SHEBMAN
BMutlfol Tonus Lady
m of ft
a lronlncnt Educntor of
VhKcsboro
Tnlitriniri l IoHuwml
Ornve l > r Tearful 1tiplU
nuil Irlemls
lo Her
nitANi T > x Dec 27 Tho funeral
ilaimle > Taylor took place this
at J 0 oclock aud was attend
non
a jong procession of citizens In car
hundred
i and several children from
Jiblle schools who followed with
si eves to pay this trlbuto of respect
turned
th eyhul to love for hor
e manners aud many klndncrscs
dthom Hov J M Blukloy pastor
e Travis Street Methodist church
rttcd the sen Ices
j H Brlttou and lr John Grant
VoD ll8 this cciiluj7
ot Smith an old citizen but now
rt Worth arrived today
jjuijbeenan unusually qulot Sab
jjyand the places of common resort
tthaclU haebcen almost deserted
art of the fact that ncaily every
imitations dlno
lid to out and
11
j ach has ytt been dono by tho
folks toward getting tlp pavties or
bat such things can be organized on
potlco and wo will doubtless bo
i upon to chronicle several beforo
Sunday nno
most tujoyablo but qulot wedding
flue hcie today at tho resldanco of
rides father Dr U I Drake on
Mulberry street Miss Mary Drake
1rof U IS Smith assistant
rlntend nt uf tho Wliltcsboro
ol being tho high contracting parties
Y Darwin and C II Smith tho
ur of tho bridecroom with Miss
rWoilo and Miss Mzzlo Lee tvo of
itsboros inost lovely young ladles
tho attendants Dr J 0 Carpenter
Scrmau oillelated and dismissed the
j couple with ono of his liohcst
logs which as everybody knows
tottorcan pronounce with n depth of
lag and oloquonce that leaes no
Uof his heartfelt sincerity Only a
rs i
Immediate fi lends and neighbors
present but these all united In many
est wishes for tho ftituro prosperity
icdevoted couple
may not bo Inappropriate to
tt t Miss Mary applied for
tecum a position as
herra tho Wliltcsboro school at the
inntosfol the past session and there
ile He acquaintance of Prof Smith
WM btcumo a willing captive to her
is naturo and honest worth and
for her hand has been mado happy
jorousconsummatlon of his lovo In to
il ceremony They left Sherman on
autabound trttlu at 2145 oclock via
asand lort Worth where they will
J the contention of school supcrln
ntsthls week and thence return to
xBboro for tho duties of the school
after tho holidays
Ilie Boyd phyed hero to a light house
night The entertainment was
but foimer pluygocrs seem to bo
of fihcrnuu and neglect many good
In their general disgust at too
of the other kind that have visited
apt 1 M Daugherty of Gainesville
in the city today
iJlan Gunier was In town from tis
hand rcpoits stock doing well
us Kato V Morgan teaclior of olocu
Ja North Teas college Is lsltlng
lis la Galncsv lllo durlug tho holidays
reply to G A I would say that it
oti on account of luce that the KIil hLs
Ubor nutngonUo tho presence aud
onago of tho Chlneso on tho laclllc
clsewhero In this lopnbllc 1
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WHY THHY MUBT JO
rrtsorvutlon ami Hie KmiiililliiK ot
Aortlm eroumU for tlto Oj > i > oaUln > to
ChlncBv
1 our Wouth Dec 27
Editor of tlioGaiotto
blush to belong to an order that
exhibit such mrroivminded mean
Besides tho Chinaman Is us much
tied to and lias as much natural right
4 foothold on this earth of ours as any
erbclng boin thereon Ills sklu may
wore or less fair his optics more or
oblique his morals more or less ob
i It matters not Xaturo or natuios
lias ushered him Into cxlstenrv slae
wants to tho fcuino
same subject
dons amenable to tho samo natural
land heir to tho Samo Imprescriptible
and tho proudest and best of us
theso rights wantonly Invaded and
Jnncccssarlly lniuied tho Knights ot
would defend him to tho utmost as
j as they would one of their own
ami country They would do as
ildl
itrt
to donate tho Chinese as they
for any other people had they tho
and opportunity
then are American labor organln
Uiyl
opposcd to Chlneso labor How is
hop
att
ippoiltlon jiihtllled
samo groundB on which civilized
condemning tho
lety
Is justified In
alercr to death and tho conv Icted felou
servitude ou the principle of self
l8long as greedy unscrupulous and
American employers capitalists and
Poratlons would oud could use tho
oese to degrade nil labor to make It
abject slave of capital as
i
u brought hero
ai these creatures arc
S r contract and placed la competition
debase American labor to tho samo
> d level of serfdom as long as mam
it rales and manhood In shame Is Strug
to bo free as long as wo aro already
incubus
burdened with the crushlug
snorant and upathctlo millions of our
n raro whom wonre endeavoring to
to tnanly actions and talsc to lntel
it under such pressing
cltlzeuslup
odltlous tho American workingmen arc
in meeting the invading jiordo on
shores of the 1atiflc with ino notice
admittance
v lid lctat edict of no
e sustilu thnt man
Knights of littbor
so but not irom rico prejudice They
Wore the cruel necessity which forces
to this stern oltcruatlvo 1 hey pity
Chinese They kcow it Is not their
f but the wretched inlsforluno
tao Chinese which places them as
U in tue grasp of brutal avarice
self preservation 1 paramount
3 Pity must bo repressed
kt other course conld be taken Allow
CSilncso unrestricted to swarm to our
frs to incrcaso tho already almost
rnbelmlug crushing power of cold
i conscloncelcss capitalism to drag
Jl U Anierlciuis itnd Chinese alike
n to ono monstrous dreary lovel ol
Ktal savagery and squalid hopelessdeg
Jstion what would Uio Chinese
t
K
> W V
again to lncvliable destruction would be
murder
Tho personal security ot tho poorest
Coolie whoso presence herd his been
sanctioned by the law Is as sacred In tho
estimation ot American law as is that of
our American president So is it also iu
tho eyes of true American manhood
Selfiircseivatlonis tho only ground ou
which opposition to Chlneso can bo justi
lled hero or elsovvhero When self
preservation Is not endangeicd and they
aro wantonly attacked nud unncccsarlly
Injured then It Is uoi only unjustifiable
unmanly and unAmeilcan but Is simply
selllsh sav agery M J Noivv
WACO
Hcmy rnlluru u ttm Cmilinl City
Ciumnl ljy n ainnH KIihIiiom
Special to Uio GutcUc
Wvco ThX Deo 7 Considerable
astonishment Is oppressed on tho streets
this afternoon at tho closing by ntUich
meut tonlay ot tho boot shoo and hat
house of It P Sturgls Co It Is pno
of tho leading establishments of the city
was doing a big business and was sup
posed by most of tho business com
munity to bo perfectly solvent I he
sheriff got In his work so quietly that
very few people knew about tho closing
until soiiio time after tho attochmcuts
w ero run Tho list of claims lllcdupto
this tlmo aro as follow st
Mm JtaitlmA btufalu Uco
Henry II Uncle mil county
IVnco National llanW
iA Hturpli
Tlioroail JKinan
f 1110 10
2330 SO
6b 10
11M ill
smet
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TOU1
These aro all homo creditors so to
say who were ovvaro of Sturgls Co s
al condition aud got In their claims
vve
ahead It Is knovvu that tho firm lias
large outsido liabilities and your
coircspondont Is informed that Uio
total liabilities will o to ff fiOO
and probably more Some of those out
side creditors havo been notified by wire
of tho attachment and tbolr claims will
doubt come rushing in tomorrow
no
The best estimate as to the amount ol
higher
stock on hand does not place it
than S20000 The only wonder Is how
the firm doing a good buMness managed
so Win debt It is < Unb < ited
o get
to Sturgls good nature aud indulgent
msposltrou Geo Sturgls a banker of
Hlllsboro and Judge Jo Abbott of thq
samo town wcro down hero to
attachments They arc ro
JpSly hralher and brotherinlaw of
rather raw and cold
TotUyhMbeen
raaku the attendance ot tho churches
St John tho Evangel
neht This being
the
celebrated at
sts dajl was duly
Hnlse laiand Catholic churches
Have uiedTongallnolnacaseot facial
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THE QAmX PORT
WOitTfc TJ3XAS MONDAT DEOKMBEK SS
havo gained And oh I what would
Americans have lostl Hurler A heritage
of freedom through maudlin humanitarian
sentimentality Blight tho greatest hopo
of oppressed mortals on this plana and for
What It would bo cruel to tho China
to Amcriw md Cllh t0
iw t
Yes Q A tho Knljtht ot r iborarc
M they claim working in tho interests ol
huitnnlty audstrango ns it mav
sound to the supcrllclal mlud In vlcvv
of hpparcut Juconslsloucies tboy arc
working for tho Chlneso too It is to tho
merest ot humanity the World over that
liberty may live and expand in this ro
public Tho more cruel tho present
despotism upon a peoplp tho greater In
terest they havo in tho triumph of liberty
here Crush it out hero aud whero Is
their hopo But establish a Wal Industrial
republic hero on a basis of equal and
net justlco to all whoro Intelligence
will wield tho ballot and honesty ocetipy
tho ofllclal chairs Push mammon from
tho legislatlro halls nud place manhood
thoielns oust casto from the judgment
scat and el nt cqualfty thereto Then
right w III rulo and labor acclve and en
joy the full fruits of his toll prosperity
imsultant therefrom bless tho peoJ
plo with
pcaco and plenty
Then will liberty blaze fotth with
a beat and Intensity which will soon melt
tho shackles off tvery slave and crumble
tho thrones from under every despoti
With a brilliancy which will pnotrato
with tho light of progress and civilization
every nook and coiner from Cupe Horn
to Kamschatka and from Uehrlngs Straits
to New Zealand Mako our own beloved
Columbia tho reality ol Uartholdls Ideal
Jlborty Kiillghtcnliig tho World This
Is Americas mission Tills should ho
tho niplratlons the endeavor tho Rlory
of every patriotic Amcrlcau Sublime tho
mlsslout nwful tho responsibility
No 0 A the Kulghts of Labor as
an order did not hound nud harass the
Chlneso on Uio laclllc coast or olsowhom
Iosslbly Individual members have done
so But tho order Is not responsible
for tho actions and antics of In
dividual members cither In the
giant city or ou tho golden slope In this
connection It mty bo noted that the fed
oral officials afo largely responsible for
this latest crusade agtilnst the Chinese
Congress In deference to tho emphatic
leniuuds of the eountrjvpnssed the antl
Chlncso bill but the United States otll
cials In collusion with Interested parties
connived at Its violation just as thoy
connived at tho violation ot tho eight
hour law at tho partial Invalidation of
the silver remonctlzttlou law at every
law for the benefit of tho mere masses
Tho people exaspefatcd at the ovnslon ol
the law and the continued arrival of tho
Coolies took their tlvvn lough and ready
manner to remedy it Tho Knights of
Labor as an ordcr > neither incited to
sanctioned nor aided any v lolenco to tho
Chinese then or at aliy other tlmo Two
wrong do not mako a right To hold
tho wretched Chinese responsible
for tho avarice of Coollo cm
plovers and the dereliction of Amcr
lcau officials displays neither Judgment
nor justice 1ubllc sifoty demands tho
prohibition of their further entrance but
only savagely would tUtack helpless Indi
viduals whom tho Jaw allowed to enter
and whom tho law njust protect Knclal
dcnuiiclatlou and brutal Invectives mo
unAmerican and unr nnly The cry ol
leprous Chinese never emanated from
a peison of refinement and seusiblllty
Only a coarse brutal nature could npplj
sueh epithets to the physically utllicted
and unfurtunate It they are leprous and
degraded centuries of oppression serf
dom nud starvation havo made them so
Under mogul Invader hereditary despot
or liiaiidnrin satrap the crouching Coollo
sufluied tho sumo rhfld pioerusteaU ty
ranny until Us bird lines and hirsh fea
tures wcro Indelibly stamped on his stolid
rayless hopeless countenance Who so
cruel that ho cannot pity Who so vile
that he would sink him still lower
The men who man tho lifeboat when
lo ided as full as safety will permit may
lef uso f ut ther adrnhblou though scoicsaio
sitiklng all around to rise no more but
when onco on boaid to throw him out
WASfflNUTi iETTER
Who Will Receive
the NewYear
Callers at 1ho White House
rnrnvorlh Supplies ilieTnljles ot tho
CablueUllulstmttUhVcnbou
The ClilWren CIritmn IJuWTam About
> n and VaoMii m the Ciipltnt
8p cltl Coneiponilnc8otlh sC iite
WvsniNOTov Dec
jiovt
S2 Mrs
th presidents sister will visit White
tho
House about tho first ot tbo now to
year
a ilst Miss Cleveland In her social duties
lor it few w coks Arrangemtnts aro now
bcluc mado forthorogiilar ow Years
ro
ccptton which virtually ov < na tho social
season Miss Kolsom of New York w 111 also
be inv Itcd to assist This has rcvlv ttH the
rumor of the presidents susceptibility In
that direction U is not believed how
ever tint President Cleveland his auy
matrimonial Intentions st least lor the
present
The ladles In the family ot the cablno
officers will probably be lire only nsxlst
ants outside tuvitidto receive with Mis
Cleveland on Now Yeais d President
Arthur usually Invited aboutTfifty only a
few of whom went homo With any pails
factory fueling of having rendered nnv as
sistance in tbo real senso of tho word
ltn tho six married ladles ot tho cabinet
and their daughters tho Wife ot tho
speaker and of the piesldeut of Uio sen
ate tliero will bo quite a sufficient num
bor to mako a comfortable aud hindsom
receiving party
Leaders In soeloty aro all lu n flutter
over tho laigo number of prominent
youngladias who will nnlu their debut
thin winter Tho debutantes will In
elude tho dtlujihters r rour cabinet
uiomborH Mlss Vilas Miss Bayard Miss
Kndlcott and Miss Lamar should tho
Utter decldolo como hero at nil Miss
Manning the young daughter of Secre
taty Manning will also bo hero during
the Christmas holidays Mrs Bavard
will always bo nn invalid and tho hospi
tality of her home will devolve hrgely
upon her throe daughters
Amoug the fimllles ot tho scunlorsMIss
Blackburn Alius Camden Miss Dolph
Miss rustis Miss Gorman and
Miss Mitchell will bo prominent About
twenty young ladles irom Uio families ot
members will also participate lor the tlrst
tlmo In tho gayetlcs ol a Washington win
tor Several buds from army and navy
circles will bloom In the social conserva
tory this winter and altogether tho pros
pect s most flattering lor a gay season
These nro times when memind women
especially women havo their minds oicu
pled with schemes for the possession
cither by purchase < jr creation of dainty
wurcs for gilts Ilie avenue Is thoretoro
gay theso lovely days with shoppers ou
Senerous thoughts Intent
Tho White House evinlng receptions
this whiter will be held from 8 till 10
oclock Tho leccptlou ou New Year
day will begin at 10 oclock m tho morn
lug
Tho wives of lie members of tho cabl
nut held a mei ting recently aud decided
ou n uniform method of disposing ot calls
The ladles assembled nt tho residence ot
the secretary of war Thoio were pres
ent Mrs Bayard Mrs Manning Mrs Ha
dlcott Mrs Vilas aud Miss Kato Bayard
Mis Hubbard who represents Uio attor
neygeneral was not present nor was
Mrs AVhltniiy who was lu Now York
city It w is decided that they all return
their Weduesday calls by rard nud their
dinner and other Invitation calls will bo
nude In person Iaeh lady will lea vo
tivo other husbands cards and ono of
hor own for each household They will
lccche on Wednesdays from 8 to C
oclock and on New Years day from
2 to 5
Mrs Kndlcott at present sees callers
after 6 oclock on Wednesdays
The families of five of tho justices of
tho supreme court Will lccelvo this seas
on that of Chief Justlco Waltc Justice
Miller Justice Wold Justice Bradley aud
Justice Blalchford Justlco Woods fam
ily Is abroid Justlco Harlaus Is at llock
vllloaud Justice Matthews household Is
lu mourning
Of the senators in congress twentysis
keep house fifteen Hi e at hotels and Uio
rest take private board
Secretary Manning aud a few of his In
timate friends havo formed a company for
tho purpose of getting fresh vcnson dur
ing tho winter Arrangements have been
mado with adcalcr at lojt Worth Tox
to bend a certain amount of deor meat
dally while tho cold weather lasts
A very deserving charily Is tho Chil
drens Christmas club which meets every
year to remember the poor children of
tho district Jilts Nellie Arthur was for
merly president of tho club and has been
succeeded by Miss Mollle Vilas daughter
of tho postmaster general who Is u pretty
llttlo blonde ot about fourteen summers
Tho sympathies and aid of Miss Cleveland
hav o been lullstcd in this effort to brighten
Chrlsts day tor tho poor of Washington
Tho dinner to be given tho poor children
will bo held In tho armory hall of tho
National Illfles at 2 oclock Jlonday Dec
B
Many of our promlneut citizens are
Identified with this charity among them
a uiimber of gentlemen Knch child wears
a badgo made of white ribbon four inches
long with a lltttlo sleigh bell attached
sUmpcd C C C 1885 hi gilt letters
Ah each Christmas rolls niound tho little
children anticipate with no small degree
of pleasure their Christmas dinner and
tholr minds ond their bodies aro filled
with the good things of life
Hewitt of Now York Is looking well
but his old Uicmy Insomnia still pursues
him Ho thinks thero will be legislation
In tho direction of freo rawunatcrlal
Beagun of Texas thinksthehouse should
and let the
pass a revenue reform bill
senate take the responsibility ot def sating
It aud then o beforo tho country at the
ooucressioual elections host fall on Uio
tariff Issue
Mr Mark B Hatch who lias married
Thuredav to Miss bailie HOivcn Is tho
sonotGcn John P Hutch colonel Second
cavalry He has boonresldlngforn num
ber ot years past nt San Antonio Tex
but oo his roturu with bis bride from their
wedding trip will take up bis futoro resi
dence at No 1M Sunderland place in
lids city Jfrs Hatch la the daughter ot
tho late Mts Hannah H Mauplu of BalU
more <
Tho Grand hotel will take a fow Owt
class dayboarders At fS per week
A meeting of the dlrcctora of the Vort
Worth i Denver City Hallway company
will bo bold nt the offico ot tbo company
lutlio city of yort Worth pa baturdsy
Januarys I860 at 10 oclock a m by
order of Uio president W A Boj i
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With tho closing week of 1885 wo tleairo to velum tluniks 6 pur ouslamW ton thoir Hl >
tmil patronngo ami solicit Ua continuance LMio unprosaion is doop inul wirtospruntl tltfil a
houo carrying tho ijumonse stool that wo db ounnol oxist soiling for SPOT GASH ONLY
Our return to SPOT CASH or COLLECT ON DELIVERY without DISCRIMINATION has proved a
complete success drawing to ns many ousloumrs herotoforo unknown ami largely increas
ing tho volume of our trade
Equipped as wo arc with resident buyers in all tho lgading MuHtorn markets with the
most complete and least oxpoiiHivo Bystom known to the commorclnl world for the liandlin <
of goods at votail employing uohu but polite aud experienced salesmen as oliiafs of depart
ment with abundant room aud light in which to display the immense bargaiim that only a
CASH HOUSE can offer with a thoroughly organized mail mid express special order dopart
meiitjshipping gooda to every city lowuMind hamlet west of tho MiHBiBsippi river our
business has assumed such proportions as to enable us to offer goods an low as oan bo had
in any American market Vo aro confident of Having our fi lends to their complete satis
faction AVith lie compliments of the Hanson wo remain
your obedient servants
OUUMCK
Homo l iilp > v tlto lncnnlnllilo Hull mi
llutilmnl f
WfulilnKloiiCnillnl
Undo Samuel has sent out many strange
nud wonderful men to represent him In
foreign pnrtn nml It what I hour from
some ot my nnv id trlemls > s true the usw
minister to Japan Is one of tho MrangfSt
and most wonderful ot thorn all The
peison who was selected io succeed our
into accomplished representative Mr
Bingham as our minister to Hint friendly
and delightful people tho Japanese was
oxOov lllchird I Hubbard ot Texus
who is it roailug nud tattling cowboy
statesman and who was rather prominent
In the convention that nominated Mr
Cleveland ut Chicago All Jipau has
already heard of tbo eccentricities of tho
new minister Bajlles W Hannas per
formances evidently nio not u elrouiu
stnncato them
Hubbard Is said to bo not < > nly ns wild
and uncouth as tho uverogo Conuinche In
dian but to havo un enormous vanity
IIu Insists on being nddtested at all times
as governor and does not ptrmtthts
wlto or any lnombor of hi family to sneak
to him or of him except us eiov Hub
bard Shortly niter his nrriv al at ToMo
a dinner was given lu his honor to which
the other members ot tho diplomatic
corps In Uio city vvero invited Tho
Ircnrh minister was among them and sat
next to tho distinguished Toxan In tho
course of tho conversation somo subject
was mentioned and the trench mlulstoi
turned courteously to Mr Hubbard
and salds That Is true also of
your country Is It not monsieur
Hubbard paid no attention to tho
leinark It was tho first tlmo ho had over
been addressed as monsieur and ho
regarded himself as insulted BMdll
ho snorted dont monsieur me 1 havo
bcou governor ol the stale of Toxaswhlch
Is thieo or four times as big as tho whole
of your old Trance
HubbardK finest achievement up to
date of latest mall advices was his Inter
view with tho mlkfldo when he wont to
present Mr Ucnby our new minister to
China who stopped at Toklo on his wny
to Iekln Bear Admiral John I Davis
United States navy who commands our
squadron In thoso waters was lu Toklo
and with his staff was invited to accom
pany tho distinguished diplomats on tholr
lslt lo tho ruler of Japau Bear Admlinl
Jav la Is in eminent master ot deportment
very conservative of bis dignity and
not very popular wlUi hi subordinates
as he Las been a very rigorous com
mander punished everybody who took a
glass too much ol llijuor and icgarded
with great disfavor the desire of ulllcers
to nave tbelr wives living in the neigh
borhood of Ilie ships Ureat was Uto dis
gust of Uils distinguished master of naval
dejwirtmeut therefore when Uio gov
ernor utter presenting Mr Jenby
pompously ejaculated to the mikado
Allow me to present to you Col Davis
ot tho U S navy Hubbard oamo from
a state vvhoio governor mloneland Judge
aro Ujo only distinction known and ovl
dtnUy regarded colonel as lho proper
title to give to a man In uniform ou such
ait occasion I am told Uiat tho rear ad
mirals subordinates propose to speak ot
him hereafter only as colonel and
thlnfc Its good Joko on a commander wbo
has been rather bard on them
But this was not ol The mikado un
dertook to bo polite to the governor
m
A
nml very courteously Inqulnd ot him
whether ho had been able touo nbout
muoli In Japan and sec tho oountry To
tills Inquiry tntr Texas friend piomptly
lenlled that he had not seen nuiihof Japan
the climate was too dnmticd hot for him
to travel Whether the Inletpretor Was
able to translate the full emphasis ut the
governors language I nm not lufoiiuod
but for the fuels stated lean vouch on
very good authority
n
MITKH ANIMJOMMIIXTS
An Imported railroad tlti just luvontcd
Is formed of two Inverted bowls having
upper surfaces two fastening clips se
cured to thu plain surface of each how I by
bolts wllh u bar connecting tho two
bowls and Mditcd by the fastuulng bolts
ot the Inner illpsi the concave side ot the
bowl Is llllid with cnith well tamped or
With concrete tho object being lo furnish
a Uio which shall be practical Inde
structible
It Is estimated thaU there tire 100000
ooo acres of land ou tho laclllc coast that
arouspiclully adapted lo wheat culture
Of this California has 85000000 or one
fourth of Uio vvhoio t Oregon bus 1W00
000 noros Washington Territory has
10000000 acres Colorado and Idaho
10000000 caclii Montana Utah ami
Wjomlug 7000000 each and tho great
bulk of nil this wheat laud yet lies un
touched
Tho geologists ot tho country nio
greatly exercised over tho exploits of a
scamp who has swindled them right and
left by borrowing or stealing books
which ho would puwii and by assuming
thu names of respectable teachers In
order to wlndlo teachers uml others
Ho has a remarkable amount of gcOlogl
cil knowledge especially In fossil botany
and has cleverly kept his Identity a com
pie to sir ret Ills present nddiess Is well
known however Uioeountyjall Klkhoru
WisWellington
Wellington Guernsoy toldler war cor
respondent composer librettist and
Journsllti who died suddenly of paraly
sis In London a few days ago lovtd to
tell the curious history of his most cele
biated sontf Alice Whore Art Thou
It was offorud to half tho music publish
ers In London tor 16 down but those
wiseacres refused It Ultimately Duncan
Davison agreed to Isine it on sharing
terms In tho result Uio sale of tho song
several years ago exceeded n total of a
Oiiortei of a million copies Nancy
U e offered for 950 ultimately pildits
composer Mr Maybrlnx 0iGOOO
Dr ejunlii an eminent Iomlon physi
cian jomarUud in the oourso of his
rer nt Harveliin oration that fifty
j cars ago a imtliuit could command no
niiM slliiitlc to Induce insensibility to pain
no antiseptic to promote the healing of a
wound no chloral to procure sleep no
aiitlpytiHlr iu general use to control
fever He showi d that in tho past farty
lHe years the mean duration of male life
iu Bngland nud Woleu has been increased
by two years nnd that of women by three
and a half tho greater portion of sui h In
crease being subsequent to thlldopoJ and
prior to decrepitude
Speaking of it Chine restaurant In San
Francisco Mrs Ielffcr in a recent vol
ntoo ot travels says 1 can Imagine
nothing short ot being one of tbo useless
mouthsof a city In a state of slego that
could mako mo pirlako of any of the
kickshaw of that devils kitchen oven
then I think I should bavcr grace to prefer
a more lingering death Hashes of tubu
lar organisms looking like earth worms
birds of tho bIo of chickens nud Uio form
ot cranes inndu ready for the spit In tho
cruel luookuiy of lllght mulllfailons
messes in llttlo saucers pots mitt pans
and rofuso of nil sorts mixed with shells
hav lug a ratal nlllntly Willi lho u of snails
must havo sulllecd to rebuff any but an
appetite to tlto manner born
Members of congress Journalists and
professional men ol Oiegou nro about to
pfllltun the presldt nt to set apart Crater
Inko n n imiiiii domain The surface of
the hike Is fiioo feet nbuvu sea lovel and
It Is about eight miles hiujriind six miles
vvldu 11 contains n olreiijar Hhihd M0
fethlgh on whUth Is found an oxllnct
crater which is uo feet deep nml 476 foot
In diameter In another portion of tho
lake Is found a coiiloalslnpod rock
which Is perpendicular and rises to An
ailHude of itfoo feet tibovo tho wuteiH
Biufiico Olharrouksof reiniirknblo form
and elevation toivnr high uboio tho lako
Tho lako walls nro nearly perpendicular
and vuiy In ullltudo fiom looo to uooo
feel Adjoining tho lake and guarding lis
uppioacluw the mountains uro rugged
nud of gieut nllltiiiles ono summit being
UtfiO fuel above sea lovel
WAKITAOUIIIBNTAM
in n lliiyUIn HIiuuU Imuli M iitimn tw
Hiiro It VVinim Vcclilmit
Hpoclal to tlio diiffltto
Jlif lliH ONTwtDe 27 1rldtty night
nt n logcamp in thu eastern part ol Uio
county nbout twenty tulles from Jcrfor
sou James T lloykln shot nnd seriously
wounded n white man by tho uatuo of
1rank Mutrlnmu lloykln delivered him
self to the sheriff cluuntim that It was ac
cidentally dono
Sablo trimmed d p red velvet Jackets
resembling thoso that went mo dear lo
tho llusslan heart in yents gone by uro
worn again this season
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