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4i COAST W&1 MAIL. W .& v te " u i -" VOL. VI. MARSHFIELD, OftEGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1884. NO. 34.. JMT MUcellantwit GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES -AT LJfT CASH STORE ON ACCOUNT OF Jlssol'va.tlorL bf " CALL AND BEE W aro selling CLOTHING AT QltEATLY REDUOED RATES. And wo Itsvo also detormlnod to sell anything that tho pcoplo ncod In our lino at tho LOWEST PRICES. Remember, wo NEVER FAIL to bo continually adding to our stock and that wo lmvo put BT PRICES DOWN TO THE LOWEST NOTCH. Just drop in and try to comprehend our price, and you wilt notlco that an actlvo trado is always conducted on tho small-profit plan. Ujwn viewing our immense stock of DRY (JOODH, CLOTHINO, LADIES' and OKMTLEHEN'H FURNIBIIINQ GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATH and CAPS, OIL CLOTHINO and RUUBER GOODS, a lull assortment of Ladle' and Children's CLOAKS and DOLMANS, GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, WINES and LIQUORS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, PAINTS and OILS, and othor articles too numorouH to mention, tho universal exclamation is, What a porfoct stora and what chimp goods I J. LANDO & SON, Proprietors. OS MY MarshfLeld, Oregon, enry Sengstacken, - - - Proprietor DBALXK rugs Medicines, Chemicals, jroanxis, Jandles, Tobacco and Cigar. Stationery inu liquors lor ,1J id Prescriptions skillfully compounded. i . . 'ina tmpiro wiiy vruK toro win and ownership as I attention. Orders MID Front Btreot, opposite tho Central Hotel, Marahfiold, Oregon, Dr. O. B. GhOLPEISr - Proprietor Censtsusilj" on hand s&ll aeria ef DRU&S & CIEEMIC.4JLS Winoa for medicinal purposes, Dyo StuiTu, Trusses, Sponges, Toilet Articles, Perfumery, Stationery and School Hooks. Also, ohoico CIGARS and TOBACCO, and everything usually kept in a medical dispensary. rrescnpttonu cnrciuiiy compounded. BAY VIEW BREWERY CXEMMENSEN & CO., iFIROIPIRIIElTOIRS, Keeps constantly on hand and offers for buIo a superior artiolo 0 LASER BEER. ALE ANB WHOLESALE anb RETAIL. MY PAH IS SUPPLIED WITH THE C1IOIOEST BRANDS OF WINES, LIQUORS ANB CIGARS. OClB H.OGrEBS' raw stoee South Coos River. Til IK UNDERSIGNED HAS JUST RK- I-i . i.t- M. CKIVED and opened up for sale, at hit CW store at hit nUce oil South Com river. an itcntJv ttock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, EMBRACING, r"fi. Dry Goods. Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats sad Caps, Cutlery, Crockery aad Glassware, Tobsc- com, aad aliaett everything the market demands, all which will be sold at rHE LOWEST LIVING RATES, ind persons llvlne on the river, si well as else- where, wilt and It to their interest to , call and trade with me. J' B. C. UPPERS. PIONEER MARKETS, Mahbiipikld Eui'Ikk Oitv. H. P. WHITNEY, Pkoi'riktou. A good supply of MUTTON, BMb CANNKD iiKjKr, "iH (1001)8, OKK, ETC. STC, ETC. and all kinds of JALTHtATSANDVEQETAILES constantly on hand. Also a good stock of anooHKXHis. v e sFe h s AMD L06BINB CAMPS iVPPLISD AT SHOUT NOTICE. Advertisements, TUB- OopeirtriGxalauIp FOR YOURSELF. -Jtt HE STORE IH wiis, and Fancy Toilet Articles, Pure Wiues Ateuicinai uito. Agent for Wells. Fargo & Go's Express I contlnao under tlio saino manttueincnt left at cither store will receive prompt .A-mvj. ui.iiua idimsn DRUG STOR nsaka nilH I WII B 0a BIB B. L. AG-ERS, General Blacksmith AND 3STickel Plater, Front street, north of Postoffice, MAH8IIF1ELD. HPRSESHPEINP AND EVERYTHING In the bUcksmllhlng line executed ul short notice and on reasonable terms. I la vine Utcly brought fiom the east a process for nlckel-platlne table ware, etc, 1 make a spe cially of that business and mn prepared to trans form Inferior or half wornout table cutlery, etc., Into handsome and serviceable articles that are always bright and never need scouring. urders irotn me country soucuca onu prompt' ly attended to. (myaaj R. I- AOEltS. UAVID YOUKO. HKMtV IIUDKN SODA WATER "WORKS, Corner oC Third and C MtroetM, 11 U PEN & YOUNU, l'rojtrletors. QODA, SARSAPARILLA, GINGER ALE, ETC., OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, Constantly on hand and for tale. r Orders from the country promptly filled, Address orders to " Munli field Soda Works." myi7 FOR SALE. nniDE LAND LOT EAST OF THE LUNCH ROOMS DUILDINOS, Front street, MarshDeld, Apply to A. M. CKAWFOKD. Jaio Attorney at Uw, Marshneld, A SCIENTIST ON SNAKES. The Plaltwot Remedies for the Most Vi olent of Poisons Rattlesnake Dltes. Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent UfaJ ''To concoivo of an antidoto to nnnlyj poison in tho truo oonso of tho lonn," Hlr Joseph Fayor explains, "ono must imaglno a substance so subtlo as to fol low, ovortako and neutralize tho vonom inuioMood; ono that shall lmvo tho power of counteracting and neutralizing tho deadly Influonco It lias oxortcd on tlio vital forces. Hucli a substanco has still to bo found and our Drcsont oxnori oncoof tho action of drugs doos not lend to hopeful anticipation that wo shall find It." With regard to tho many drugs usod in various countries for tho euro of snako-htto, it is curious to noto that as a rulo. they aro procured from tho most deadly plants. As liko cures like, so poison cures poison. Pennyroyal, says Oharas, wan hold to tho noso of a vliwr. who by turning and wriggling labored hard to avoid it, and in half an hour's thno was killed by it. This was in July, at which Hfiwon thoso creatures aro computed to ho in tho greatest vigor of their poison. Another drug which is poison to a venomous snako Is tobacco, within tho rench of most persons. This, among nntlvo remedies, has alwavs been In favor, and wo have hoard of its efficacy ever slnco tho weed wrs known to huropcAiis. Various speucs of tobacco and its allies ara indigenous to most tropical countries, and probably wcro in tiso for both man and snako bites long Ix'fora civilized nations took comfort In smoking. Man carries mora poison in his mouth than a snako, said an old Virginian writor, alluding to nicotine. IIo ran poison a rattlcsnako moro quick ly than It can him. Nicholson states that It also rapidly allectfl a cobra, and ho recommends it, should you wish to destroy tho snako uninjured. 'You have,' ho says, 'but to blow into its mouth a drop or two of tho oil from a dirty p!K.' Two young men chopping wood to gether in Virginia espied a rattlcsnako. Willi a forked stick ono of them held its hood closo to tho ground, keeping its body constrained with his foot, whllo his comrado took from his own mouth a quid of tobacco, which ho forced into that of the snako. Tho reptile was then released, anu noti not crawled a coupio of yards before it was convulsed, swell ing and dying within a short timo. rjtrychnino appears to havo a similar effect to tobacco on snakes. Fay re r found cobras extremely sttsccptlblo to tho influonco of strychnine An almost imnalpabla quantity caused a cobra to twist iUclf uj) in a rigid series of coils and dlo. Carbolic acid U another drug which produces powerful oflucts. Pour ed on tho floor of their cages it will kill venomous snakes in a very short timo. A largo Dungorus died in ten minutes in this way. Dr. Weir Mitchell approves of carbolic acid. 'Alio j,ancct recommends every backwoodsman to sunnlv himself with a llttlo of it, which is easily portablo and manageable in capillary tubes. In soveral of Mitchell's experiments with crotalus venom carbolic acid applied to tho wound was attended with success. But it must bo dono at onco. Tho wholo secret of cures when cures can bo effected at all lies in promot- noss. it is celerity on tno part 01 tuo Indians which insures their success. In an instant, if his comrade be bitten, tho run-ago is on his knoes, sucking tho wound, grasping tho limb firmly or strapping it tightly abovo and below tho bite, knowing quite well tho importance of chocking tlio circulation. Ho has his "poison pills," and tobacco in his pouch. IIo oxplodes gunpowder on tho wound and Ioscb not an Instant, nor does tho victim lofio heart. IIo submits with courage and tonfidenco, and in these lio another elctnont of bucccbb. Many cases aro on record of jxjrsons being at death's door through fear alone, whon bitten by a harmless snako, but recovering on being assured Uiat tboro was no danger. And other coses aro well known where bitten persons havo diod of fright and tho depressing in fluence surrounding tho accident, whon Uioy might possibly lmvo recovered. Anu now tor a tow worus auout 1110 most popular and perhaps most attaina ble of all remodlos alcoliol. No wonder tho backwoodsman resorts to this, which, without any chopping off of fingers or toes, or personal pyrotechnics, or other local tortures, deadens his sensibilities, renders him unconscious of suffering and sends 1dm into a happy obliviousness of danger. It is not a re fined mode of treatment nor ono that presents many opportunities of exhibit ing professional skill; and it is no doubt somewhat derogatory to admit that to bocomo dead drunk is an offectivo victory against snako venom. During a solourn in Iowa soma years ago, whon wild and uncleared lands formed tho 'streets' of tho town in which I was staying Lyons, on tho Mississippi river, and as a lovely a spot as artists and botanists can wish to revel in it was by no moans an Infrequent occur rence to hoar of rattlesnake bltcB. "What was dono to tho man? Is ho alive?" wore questions naturally askod. "Ho drank a quart of raw whisky and got dead drunk." Gonorally a quart had the desired effect, that is, of causing intoxication. Persons unused to intoxicants might bo affectod by a less quantity, but so (ffelontis tho combat betweon venom ami wntsky tuat a largo dose must bo swallowed before any effects nt all aro produced. I heard of a man in Nevada, George Torhuno, a teamster (I glvo his namo, having reasons to boliovo tho truth of tho story), who was bitten in tho hand by a rattloBiiako whllo stooping to roach oomo wator out of a spring. Tho man was alono far away from ,ijUu man habitations. It was au instinctive and momentary business first to kill tho snako ; thon rusidng to his wagon, ho drew tlio bung from a keg of whisky and took u largo draught of tho contents. After swallowing as much as ho could, ho took somo tobacco from his pocket, saturated that with whisky, and applied this poultice to his hand, Ho then pro ceeded with his team, drinking whisky at intervals, until ho reached a dwell ing, whon ho removed tho poultice and found that tho wound had turned green, Applying anothor of tho sarno kind, ho resumod his journoy and his potent doses, reaching his destination next day M sober as a judgo, having imbibed onough flro water to intoxicate a dozen men. Tho quantity sometimes swallowed uudor such circumstances is utterly in credible l'rofossor Halford describes a caso of snako-bito, near Melbourne, In which two bottles of brandy wcro drunk without any symptoms of intoxication, and another of a girl of 14, who, when bitten by nn Australian snako, drank thrco bottles without being intoxicated, Blio recovered. Alcohol has noworful attractions for oxygen, writes Professor Halford, on tlio theory that tho vonom has produced foreign cells in tho blood; so that if alcohol ongago tlio oxygen absorbed by tho poison, tho colls perish and recovery ensues. Dr. Shortt, of Madras, says: Bring tho patient undor tho influonco of intoxication as speedily as possible; make him drunk and keep him drunk until tho virus is ovorcomo. Dr. Weir Mitchell states that delicate women and young children under tho influence of snako poison could take quarts of bran dy without injury and almost without effect. Ono man a man of temperate habits took ono quart of brandy and a half-nint. which onlv sliahtlv intoxicat ed him for about four hours. Another man, bitten in tho throat, was cured at tho end of '24 hours, during which timo ho had 'two quarts of whisky in ono night, and renewed, as the pulse fell, besides red pepper and other stim ulants. A Dog and Snake Story. A snecial disnatch from Williamsnort. Pa., contains tho following remarkable snako story: John Davis and George Miller drove from Collonsvillo to this city on Monday. Whon they wore cross ing tno mountain at a place Known as tho Old Hermit's, a valuable coach dog which accompanied tnem ran on into tno woods. Boon altorwaru tlicy heard him folplug in a peculiar manor. Iiotli men umped from tho wagon and hurried in tho direction of tho cries. They came in siuht of tho doit in a small hollow and found him in a fight with soveral rattle snakes, wincli surrounded mm on a largo flat rock, and struck him from every sldo. Miller and Davis each seized a long club and went to the dog's assistance. They killed 11 rattlesnakes, and many others escaped amonir tlio rocks. Tlio largest ono was 4 feet long anu Jiauiv rallies, wniio 1110 men wcro buxy cuttinc off tho rattles of the snakes thoy had slain, Miller was ovorcomo by tho peculiarly offensivo odor that char acterizes rattlesnakes, and Davis was obliged to help him from tho spot. It WKJ several minutes before ho revived from tho effects of tlio poisoned air. Tho dog was nowhere to bo seen. Davis went back to tho woods to look for him. In passim; by the spot whore tlio snakes liad been killed, ho saw a number of live ones which hod coma out of their holes among tho rocks, gliding round their dead companions, springing their rattles and every motion denoting fury. Davis beat a retreat and wont off in nn other direction, calling his dot;. Sud donly ho caino upon tho dog with his body imbedded in a mire holo in a swam py spot. IU head alono was abovo tlio surface. Dogs bitten by rattlesnakes in stinctively seek sucn places and uury themselves in tho mud. Old snako hunters say that if a dog is nblo to find swamp mud and cover himself with it, it will Invariably draw out tlio poison. Davis left his dog in tho swamp and drove on to this city with Millor. Lost evening tho dog arrived homo apparent ly nono tho worso for its oncounter with tlio -venomous reptiles, although it must have been bitten by them many times, Tho spot where tlio snakes were killed is n famous rattlcsnako den. A hunter known as "Twoliuo" lived in tho hut near tho den for many years, and killed scores of its Inmates annually, f rying out tho oil and selling it to people who camo long distances to obtain it, tho belief in its efficacy as an ointment be ing universal in that neighborhood. A Baby Balced to Death. Last year Mrs. Anno Bullen, a widow woman, married John Freeman at Goose Creek. Kansas. Freeman's first wifo had died a short timo before, leav ing an infant aged four months. It Ib said that ho married ngain in ten months after his first wife's death to lmvo his llttlo boy properly cared for. Mrs. Ilullon professed to havo great lovo for tho child, and could not do enough for it. Itcforo tills she had been working at Frooman's house as a nurse. Thoy had been married scarcely n week whon her inhuman treatment of tlio child attract ed tho attention of tho neighbors. Ilullon was frequently reminded of this, but tho woman seemed to lmvo bucii an in fluence over hlra that ho could do noth- ing, IIo diod suddenly alout six months ago, and by his will left his property, consisting of a 108-acro farm well-stocked, and bouio money, to tho child, and $3000 to his wifo. In tlio will was a proviso to tho effect that In tho ovent of tho death of tho child tho entire property should revert to his wifo. After ids death all tho woman's pretonded lovo for tho child vanished, and bIio treated It in a barbarous manner. At ono timo an attempt was mitdo to havo tho guardianship taken out of her hands, but, by tho aid of false witnesses and n stupid country justice, sho was enabled to provo that tho child was woll caied for. Mrs. Ilullon now tells the neighbors that tho othor afternoon, while sho was baking bread, tho child cntwled into tho oven, shut tho door after it, and was found by her burnt to a crisp whon sho went to take out tho bread. The neigh bors think alio placed tho child in tlio oven witlt tho deliberate intention of cooking it alive. Slnco tho infant's death it has boon rumored that sho poisoned her husband. Sho is now iu jail in Jefferson county. Itandall stands un liko a llttlo man for tho democratic duplex tariff plank, lie finds it un intelligent and businoss-llkq utterance, iu spite of the fact that lieu Ilutlorwau tumble to understand it. IIo ciphers out of it incidental protection, Wattors.on, Mnrrison nd Iturd insist thin it means tlio sarno thing as tho declaration of four years ago for a tariff for revenue only. What tho words actu ally usod may bo construed to mean is of much less consoquonco than what tho jMirty itself moans, and that is to bo gathorod not from an occasional profess ion, but from its public acts and ly tlio expressions of its leading mombore, Tlio groat majority of tho democratio party aro frcc-tradors, and, if they had tho ijwur, uioy woum attain as nearly as possible to frco trndo by reducing tlio tariir 10 a strictly revenue basis, regard less 01 its onccw on American industry, Thoy tried to effect this last winter. Thoy tried tho sarno thing In tho forty fourth and forty-fifth congresses tinder tho inspiration of Morrison and Fernan do Wood, and they will attempt it again if tho people aro so ill advised as to glvo them another opportunity to disturb tho industries of tho county. MYSTERIES. Warm calms of heaven o'erbrood the earth; On scented sward my feel are pressed; Spring breezes make melodious mirth, Yet silent awe pervades my breast: To-day by nature I am shown Her marvelous elements alone. I Hnrjer where the daisies throng1, With golden disk on supple stem, And, careless of their beauty, long To unreil the Impulse guiding them; And wondcringly my soul receives Tho resurrection of the leaves. I cannot praise the emerald meads. Where pomp of lengthening clover peers, Nor that green radiance of the reeds . That cleaves the marsh with slender spears; My reverent heed alone I give The miracle that has made them live. These blossoming trees whence odor floats, The full-fed rivulets Joy Intense, The ecstatic trills from feathered throats Pierce me with strange bewilderments. In all things lovely I would guess The mystery of their loveliness. But while I muse the weltering day Drops from the horizon's dunask air; The pastoral distances lum gray. New mystery deepens everywhere, And high eight brings, released from thrall, The mightiest mystery of all. Edgar Faucitt. Blaine as a Professor. fSL Louis Globe-Democrat It was in 1851, while I was engaged in running a lino between Louisville and Newport, Ky.. for a railroad to con nect these cities, that I had my office at urennon springs, nenry county, Ay., tho seat of the military institute in winch James G. Blaino was at that timo Latin professor. Having been a graduate the Juno preceding. I was allowed quarters in the barracks with my assistant (also an ex-cadet) and wo were permitted somo privileges which discipline denied tho cadets. Ono evening, having just returned l.W.U WJf UUIIIVi A. lllfllVlLIUUl JL 1,117 1,' dets to a good spread, and to prevent ntitrnnlnn anf 1)m i imn nf nftftp "Inna " or 10 o'clock, when all lights must bo out, and all In bed. Wo were all ready for a set-to. with keen appetites and a relish for tho dainty fare, when a tap at the door caused a stampcuo ot our visit ors, two under the bed, and two behind tho -wardrobe curtain. On opening tho door who should our now visitor be but Prof. Blaine, on duty to see that all lights wcro out. and all cadets in bed, and being attracted by the light from our transom ho stopped In to seo that we bad no company, and also to have a quiet chat about George town. Ofcoursowo were glad to see him, althoughunexpected at snch a timo, and politely invited him to take a bite, which ho readily did. Tlio suppor was tempting a boiled ham (that had been packed a year in hickory ashes in tho old stono smoke house at home), a roast turkey, pickles, beat biscuit, lemon pies, blackberry jam, spongo-cako and Catawba wine. Ahd how ho did enjoy it several slices of ham and turkey, many biscuits, pie and jam, and soveral glasses of native Catawba to wash it all dow n, and good natured chat to keep company until 11 o'clock, and tho professor arose reluc tantly to go, remarking with a smiio: "I am glad I happened in ; bnt was not that rather a largo spread for only two?" I never knew if ho suspected our four visitors hid in tlio room, while ho was enjoying tho feast, but always thought lus eye caught sight under tno ward robe curtain of two pairs of feet, belone- ing to two trembling and hungry cadets, who dared not move, but listened Im patiently to tho professor's chat. If ho saw theso pedal extremities ho must havo enjoyed not only the supper, but a huco joke on tho two boys, yet ho never let on, for It would havo been his duty to havo ordered them under arrest fpr a gross violation of disicpline, in having been out after "tap." Ono of tho boys is now stato treasurer of Arkansas, and another, I beliovo, is ono of tho supremo judges of Louisiana. Bee Notes. J. M. Hicks in Commercial Gazette. It is nothing uncommon to hear of cases where a boo hlvo has produced POO pounds of honey, from a single colony of bees, in ong season. I lately had a re port trom a co-worker, who has taken 673 pounds from ono stock of Italian bees, up to July 20. This was dono by tho uso of ono of tho I.X.L. honey ex tractors, which takes all tho honoy from tho combs neatly, and freo frvm a par ticlo of beo bread not strained honoy, but extracts it as it should bo, it desired, in its purity. This is, abovo all, tho most healthy mode of procuring tho pre cious nectar. In order to fo.rco a stock of bees to raiso and hatch a queen for themselves, you flrst render thorn quoonless by tak ing their mother queen from them. Bo sure thoy havo plenty of fresh eggs, as woll as young bees hatching from tho boca, which aro under 14 days old, con struct tho royal colls nnd mako proper selections ot eggs or larvtc, trom winch tho young qucou is to bo raised. It is truly a ploasuro to ono who may no quito well posted in tno uenerai nan- its of tho honovbeo to bo able to dis criminate and to classify tho different workers within tlio hives, such as "guard," "wax-workers" and "nurso boes," nil of which aro departments to bo flllod by tho bees in tho different stages of life, which aro appropriately filled, at various agos, before thoy go forth as iionoy-gathorers. It is also a well-known fact that all beos do not attempt to porform any out door labor, such as gathering honoy, water or pollon, until thoy aro 14 days old; but thoy are constant workers with in tlio hlvo. performing such labor as cleaning cells, preparing food for tho yet uulmtchod nnd looking aftor tho general crood of tho colony. Wo suggest that in raising a queon for a colony of bees, In all cases tho tcm twramentof tho older bees should be looked after, and if they possess a mild and gcntlo disposition, then it will bo commendable to hatch tho young queen from such brood. With bees, as with men and horses, "blood will toll." A thousand queens can Imj raised In ono season from tho eggs of a single pro lific slock. It is also equally true that a hundred stocks of black bees can bo well and perfectly Italianized in ono sea son from a single stock of Italian bees, nnd leave tho mother queen In her old home all tho time. Handlo your bees but llttlo, if any, during tho dog days. To do so is hurt ful to km and would bo worso than useless? But keen them stron? in titirfS bore, bo that after tho dog days aro over mo v wm again go to woric gathering and storing lionoy. Prairie Dogs Devoartag Texas. Tho march of the prairiodog, says tho Albany (Tex.) News, is a standing threat against tho future prospects oi the grazing districts of tho state. Draw a lino from tho Red river, south to tlio Colorado, so as to run about tho western lines of Throckmorton, Shackelford. Callahan and Coleman counties, and you mark tho front of the greatest Im migration army ever dreamed of by man. From this lino west 250 miles every square milo is infested by theBo devouring pests. They thickly inhabit a Eccuon oi country saw miles long and 250 miles wide. The adrent of tho whito man into this country lias but increased their numbers, as man has destroyed tho wolves, badgers, rattlesnakes, panthors and other animals which prey upon tho prairio dogs. Thoy eat tho pass in the summer and tha grass roota in tho winter, and tho consequence- is that what was but a few years ago tho finest grazing region in America ia fast becoming a verdurcless desert. Unlike all other animals in America, the prairio dog is migrating, not west, but east. Only a year or two ago his eastern lino was about tho western line of this coun ty. In a short timo ho has advanced his frontier cast about five miles into Shackelford, Throckmorton and tho other conntics lying north and south of Shackelford. Unless checked he will soon ravage all mesquite gross land in the state and will then descend in count less hosts upon tho black, waxy farm ing land of Tarrant, Dallas, Collins and the other counties east of us. It is no exaggeration to say that $10,000,000 does not exceed tho value of tho grass annually consumed by tho prairio doga of Northwest Texas. A Frigatfol Tragedy. CflicAao, August. 13. Henry M. Col lison, formerly pastor of the Fullerton avenue church, yesterday afternoon shot his wifo, killing her instantly, and -then attempted suicide. .Collison baa been deaf all his life. This affliction in terfered with his success. In February last ho resigned his position as pastor of the church, but it was not accepted. Subsequently he again resigned and left the church. Since then he has been idle, and financial troubles caused him to bo very melancholy and eccentric. About 2 : 30 o'clock Mrs. Burgess, a friend of the family, camo to take Mrs. Collison out riding. After entering tho carriage Mrs. Collison got out and went into tho house to speak to hor husband. Sho left 1dm to return to tho carriage. He followed, and at tlio foot of tho stairs shot her in the back of tho head. Sho fell dead. He stepped over tho body and shot himself in tho right temple. Tho ball went through Ids right eyo and threw it out on his face. The ucrvo of tho left eyo was cut and tho eyeball turned around. Ho was taken to tho hospital, where ho now lies in a critical condition. Ho may recover, but will bo blind in both eyes and insane the rest of his life. Ho is 45 years old and his wife 30. He was bom in England and lived sometime in Canada before coming hero. Mrs. Collison was a most amisblo and estimable woman, lovely aliko in person and character. There aro four children, and tliedomestic relations of the parents were of the happiest charac ter. The tragedy created a great sensa tion. Shavingin China. Chinese shaving is a slow process. Tlio customer seats himself erect on a Btool or bench, with tho knowledge that an hour must pass before ho can bo re leased. Tho barber begins operations, by carefully washing tho victim's face, cars and hoad with very warm water, wiping off tho dripping ports with a wet towel. IIo then begins shaving tho head, or rather around tho crown whoro tho cue begins, commencing over tlio right car and moving along until tho forehead and lower part of tho backhead aro cleaned. Ho next passes to the face and afterward to tho neck. Tho ears are shaved and carefully brushed out and cleaned with delicato brushes and ingenious instruments. Tho face, neck and head aro then rubbed until tho skin assumes a healthy ..pink. Tho second jwirt is somewhat liko tho "Swedish movement euro." Tho bar ber begins to turn and manipulate tho head and neck until overy cord and musclo has been stretched, pinched and pulled. Tho shouldors, arms and back arc also scientifically pounded and pull ed until the, victim expresses a desrra to havo the, manipulator stop. Tho cuo is then unbralded, combed and cleaned, and again braided up and put in place. Occasionally, when a barber desires to show great attention to a distinguished customer, ho rubs and pulls his lingo ra and oven his toes until tho joints crack. Thomas Adonis Hendricks is busily engaged in remodlinghis lettorof accep tance of 1870. Ho proposes to add a front bay window, put in a now side board, enlarge tho coal holo, orect a now cupola and paint tho entire ediflco pink. Until theso improvomonta aro com pleted tlio establishment will bo closed to tho public. The Philadelphia Ledger remarks that if peo would give half as much atteatioato their diet as they do to schemes for recovering their health after It has been impaired, they would run very little risk of needing the advice of a doctor or change of air. No two men were ever put up for high office who needed vindication more than Cleveland and Hendricks. The futt has lived a grossly Immoral private life, while the last was JmI)1 to his country in its time of greateM trial. ''-? - . ' Mm i WJ x ! i.-y V ,-vy -c '$ . .Sj r 3 2 ' JH "jf . t," S. -. . iiw - . t f k -4? n m -' K 5F iia m' 1& ,31 . - wv