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THE COUNTY PAPER
My DAVENPORT At BOBTKI.
OREGON,
110
LATE NEWS
OeBcral Newt. "
About two fcot of snow felt In North
crn Ohio, March 30ih ud 81t.
Princess Caroline, widow ot tho iko
redltary Prince Ferdinand, of Dcnmttk, Is
dead.
Tbo loom harness factory of Geo.
W. Harris, Lowell, Mass., burned April 6tfc.
Xoss, f 40,000.
A bomb exploded under the windows
of the palace of the Dnlce Bontona, at Jftd
arid, April BJ. No one hurt.
Princess, by Tramp, record Sb32 last
7ear at Are year old, has been told to a Chi-"
cago gentleman for 1300, to bo used on the
road.
Tho cold weather and snow of tho
winter In Montana killed 23 percentofthc
-cattle and 40 per cent ot .the ahecp of the
Territory.
Chicago's first receipt of strawberries
leached that city March 81st. They came from
Mobile, Alabama, and sold at 110.00 lo (12.00
per 0 gallon can.
Dr. Glenn, the largest wheat grower
in-Callfornla, pronounces the wheat profit so
email that he must seek diversity ot culture
lor his 45,000 acres.
Gartor Harrison, Democrat, has been
re-elected Mayor of Chicago, by a majority of
7,741. Wm. L. Effing, Republican, has been
elected Mayor ot St. Louis.
A salo of winter wheat of tho pros
pective crop has already been made at Bt.
.Louis 1,000 bushels to be delivered In ware
house Bcpt. lit, at (1 per bushel.
It is stated that Col. L. F. Oakes, for
rnerly of the Kansas Tactile, will be appointed
General Manager of tho Northern Pacific
road, vice O. E. Sargent, resigned.
On tho 1st ot April in California trees
were putting on their buds In profusion and
the fields and meadows were gleaming with
the golden tints of the buttercups and pop
ples. A special from Moberly, Mo., says
nearly all the coal mines In the northern and
western districts ot that state closed on
the 4th ot April. The miners demand 4)
cents,
Tho town of Groen Island, Nebraska,
opposite Yankton, Is reported as swept away
by the flood. The steamer Western sunk at
Yankton, and the Fontanelle six miles
Above
Thrco hundred and seventy horses,
costing f35,C00, were purchased by American
dealers at JTontreal, Canada, recently, and
sent all over this country, some going to.Bal
tlmore. Tho apiarians in tho vicinity of Urba
na, 111., have met with Immense losses from
the extreme hard winter. The losses range
from one-third to all the colonies In each
apiary,
Mrs. Magdaleno Mills died in New
York, April 6th, after three weeks' fasting,
the last without drinking water. Family
troubles and lots of money said to be the
cause.
John P. Rich, Republican, has been
elected to Congress in the Seventh District of
Michigan to succeed Hon. O. D. Conger,
transferred to the Senate, by a majority of
over 8,000.
A dispatch from Wood Mountains
says that Sitting Bull and camp, about 100
lodges, arrived at Wood Mountain the last day
of January, and have been camped near the
post ever since.
According to tho records kept at Fort
Bnelllng, Minn., the snowball of this winter
has been four times as muh as for the pre
vious nine years, and nine times the average
of nineteen years.
6ne of tho slones in a flouring mill
In Monroe county, Arkansas, burst April 5th,
Instantly killing two men, and fatally wound
ing several others, and among them Mr. John
eon, the owner ot the milt,
A flro originating in Robinson's wag
on works, Cincinnati, April 2nd, completely
destroyed the building, COxIOO feet and live
stories high. The Ore extended to other build
ings, with a total Iocs of about (100,000.
A boiler in Cummlngs & Finncs'
smelting works at Leadvllle exploded, April
1st, completely demolishing the building.
Wm. Collins, the engineer, was probably fa
tally Injured, and three others seriously.
Recent frosts have wrought much
damage to Atlantic collie and sugar planta
tions in Central America, where the memory
ot man and tradition unite in testifying that
no Ice was ever before known as a native pro
duction.
By a heavy frost in tho northern part
ot Texas, April 1st, the fruit crop was con
siderably Injured. In northern Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama, early vegetables are
mucn aamagea. uisieareathe peach crop
is entirely cut our.
A company has obtained a charter
from Florida to construct a ship canal across
the State by way of Caloosahatchee river and
Lake Okeechobee to the ocean, near the mouth
of at. Lucie river. The company has a capi
tal OI f3,UU0,U00.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has de
- clared the constitutionality of the law impos
ing a penalty ot 1 per cent, far non-payment
of taxes. The same tribunal declares that lo
cal assessments of rail-road side-tracks, turn
outs ana switches are void.
Mrs. Albright, a widow a few miles
from Youngstown, Ohio, hung herself with a
skein of yarn to a beam In the woodshed
Marcb, 88th. On receipt of the news, her un
cle,! John Xllzera, living ten miles away, fell
ata. Mrs. Albright leaves Ave children,
At BrockviUe, Ontario, April 4th, W,
Frailer, Arthur Wright, and a young man
Irom altland, (name unknown,) went duck-
shooting. The boat capsized, and Wright and
the yountr maa from Jbraltland were drowned.
Frailer was found clinging to the boat, and
lies unconscious.
The latest accounts from Chio est!
mate the number of victims by the earthquake
at 5,0(0. All the foreign men-of-war at
Smyrna have started fer Chio. Gen, Long
street, United States Minister, has ordered
the corvette Galena to proceed thither with
succor for the sufferers.
By an explosion in a saw mill at
Berkley, Virginia, April 2nd, Andrew Brown,
Thomas Creek, Moses Conway and Lnke
Whitehura, were scalded to death. Robert
James and Robert Brown were also so badly
Injured that they will die. Three other men
were badly scalded.
The terribly mangled and lifeless
body of a nun was fouad In a tunnel at BL
Louis, April 2d. It evidently had been run
over by three or four trains. From papers on
the body tho man's nttne Is supposed to be
Eugene P. Ellis, a carpenter, whose family
resides at Emporia, Kansas,
Four directors of tho London
Northwestern railway, .accompanied by one
of the managers, wilt .come to tho United
States to inspect the American railway system,
with a view of the Introduction Into England
of some of Its features. The deputation will
travel over all the principal trunk lines In the
States from New York -to San Francisco,
Dispatches up to 'tho 6th of April
say that occasional shoots of earthquake are
still felt at Chio. All the open spaces in the
town are filed up with the wounded, many of
whom are In a helplees condition. Many of
the dead and wounded wore still under the
ruins. The survivors were emigrating In all
directions. There were tar tmore victims In
the villages than In the town of Chio.
A dispatch from (Constantinople,
April 4th, says: A strong shock of earth-
.((lake at Chio, In the Island of that name,
destroyed many houses and seriously damaged
all left standing. Later details say that many
Inhabitants were killed, and tho remainder
are encamped In fields. Jtfany neighboring
villages were also destroyed. During the
panic which ensued tho Eastern Telegraph
Company's offices were pillaged.
Great damage has been dono in Da
kota aDd soino parts ot Nebraska by the high
waters and the Ice. At Fort Pierre, Dakota,
the loss amounts to fully (50,000, as only a
few houses wcro left. There was no loss of
life. In the Platte Valley, Nebraska, the loss
of stock and other property counts up In the
hundreds 'of thousands. Thrco lives are
known to have been lost, but It la thought a
number more perished.
Tho N. Y., Tribune says: President
Parker, of the Produce Exchange, received a
communication from Edward Btvc, Consul of
Belgium at Philadelphia, who was Instructed
by his government to make Investigation of
the alleged hog dlscaso prevailing In this
country. Seve snys he has Just arrived from
Chicago and Is "ready to believe no diseased
meats wero shipped directly from Chicago,
Cincinnati or St. Louis."
A San Francisco dispatch of April 5th
says: The crop reports show that nearly
everywhere In the State tho prospects are fa
vorable for a good average yield. On some of
the flooded lands no attempt will be made to
raise crops, and a majority of tho wheat grow
ing counties report decreased acreage, al
though a number have seeded more than usual,
and returns as far as received show about half
a million tens of wheat In store In the Inter
ior. Crime.
B. F. Harrington, an outlaw, was shot
and killed at Mount Princeton, April 6th,
while attempting to escape from officers.
A special from Dallas, Texas, says
that Adam Thompson, who was convicted of
the murder of old man Bchumaker, has been
sentenced to hang on June 1st.
Mrs. Upright, a young woman, shot
at Stanton, Mich, by herhuiband, March 19th,
died April 3d, having lived fifteen days after
being shot through the brain.
On the 6th of April a United States
revenue posse In Somerset county, Ky., cap
tured Johnston Hochstetter, Wm. Miller,
Samuel Ryle and Joseph Nlckland, moon
shiners, with 150 barrels ot Illicit whisky.
At Memphis, Tonn., on tho night of
April 5tb, Lucius Cobb was shot and instantly
killed by Lawson Bkelton. Tho difficulty
originated over the possession of a colored
girl. Cobb and Shelton were both colored.
At Sunbury, Pa., April 6th, while
Mrs.- Hover and family were at dinner, a
daughter aged 17, and a son aged 14, quar
reled. The boy left the table, and returning?
with a shot-gun fatally shot his sister. The
boy gives as a reason for the crime, "They
would not give mo enough to cat."
A party of cowboys raised a disturb-
nneft nf fWi.111 fMtv TTMf s...t. XT.w
March 29ih, and were pirllaiiy disarmed by
the Sheriff and sent away, but they soon re
turned, and a cowboy named Harry Deans
shot Sheriff Barnard Kearns through the
heart. The Deputy BherlH was also wounded.
A Sidnoy, Nebraska, special of April
81, says that Reddy McDonald , Lead musician
at a dance house and a noted cut-throat, was
taken from the county Jail by vigilantes and
hanged to a tree In the court house yard. Mc
Donald was one of the sixteen desperadoes
who were Jailed ql Friday. They had held the 1
town in terror for several years, and the citi
zens resolved to clean them cuU McDonald
was discovered arranging plans lor breaking
Jail, and hence the lynching.
A special from Durango says tho
whole section of country around Rio Arabia,
New Mexico, is in a 6tate of nervous excite
ment. Terror reigns supreme. The cause of
the terror Is Ike Stockton and a gang who.
with his brother Port, have for two years been
depredating through New Mexico and Texas,
murdering, stealing, &c Less than a month
ago Port Btockton, whose headquarters were
near Farmlngton, entered a saloon In that
town where a number ot ranchmen were drink
ing, and as customary everybody took a drink
under penalty of being shot. There was one
refusal by a ranchman. Not complying
rort drew a revolver but was Imme
diately shot and killed. Ike Btock
ton hearing of this collected a eanc ot
six or seven desperadoes and started fov
Farmlngton with the avowed purpose ot kill
ing every man who was present when Fort was
killed. Blnce then they have been murderlnc
the ranchmen and coyboys, killing and steal
ing stock and defying the authorities. A vlg
lance committee was organized, butts now
erless, the desperadoes being thoroughly ac
quainted with the country, well mounted and
having divided Into three or four squads to
evade them. Gov. Wallace has called out the
militia and the country Is to be scouted until
the desperadoes are run down.
Forelsrje.
XNQLAKD.
It is said that tho Government in
tends to propose a resolutlou canceling
u-uonneii's laat suspension in the Commons
The experiment ot lighting portions ot the
city ny me lirush & Bclmen electric system
was entirely successful. Bradlaugh ad
dressing " Ms supporters at Northamp
ton said If elected he would take the oath and
Immediately ask leave to Introduce a bill sub
stituting affirmation for oaths, Notwlth
standing the arrest ot most ot the Boclallsts
who directed the FrtVuitt, It has been resolv
j . i i . .
cu mat uic journal snau reanDear. A new
office baa been selected and new type purchas
ed, minejm Martin, one ot the staff ejected
irom me premises, nas undertaken the pnbll
cauonor tne rrtvuM,
Physioians spook hopefully of Boa-
conneid's condition. It Is stated that Eng
land has declined to attend theMoneterv Con
erence because the conference Is practically
pieagea w Bi-meuiism,
A Londondispatch of April-th says
Or. Brace visited Lord Beaconsfield this
morning, as well as Dra. Ktdd andQualn,
-Subsequently the three physicians held
consultation and Issued the foUowtng bul
letin: "Lord Roaconsfleld was rather restless
until three o'clock this morning. 6lnce that
hoar he had somc-qutct sleep. Ills .coughing
and expectoration Is less troublesome, and
ills strength Is maintained. This Isthonght to
indlcato a relapse In the condition of the
patient." The -doctors upon being Inter
viewed stated that tho patient's condition Is
as favorable as tsicy could expect, -but tho
-cold winds are seriously Interfering with his
pregTess. Dr. Kldd will visit the patient at
Intervals during tbo day. There will be an
other consultation to-night. To-night -Dr.
Kldd will sleep at Lord Beaconsflett's resi
dence eo as to be ready In the case ot onicr-
geney.
The London Tines of April 6th flays
uiaastone'a epeccn, last night, or over
two hours' duration, was delivered with
out any perceptible abatement of
his characteristic energy. We hope It Is
not necessary to take him at his word, Uiat
this may be his last budget, but it It be so.
the necessity will notarlw from any defect of
power. In the Commons S. P. O'Connor,
Homo Rule, called attention to the Increase
ot evictions In Ireland, and appealed to the
Government to tako steps to restrict them.
The Chief Secretary for Ireland said those
who had advised the peopta to pay no rent
were partially responsible for the evictions,
and hoped that tho Land bill would bring
about a better state of things. Gladstone de
clared that never In his knowledge had any
Government exercised greater care or be
stowed moro anxious labor or consideration
on any proposal than the present Government
had on tho Land bill.
The authorities of tho London custom
house have been warned from Liverpool that
an attempt to blow up that building will be
made shortly. Extraordinary precautions
have been taken. Dispatches of the 7th say
that Beaconsfield had passed a' bad night, and
that the Immediate attendance of Dr. Qaaln
was found necessary.
RUSSIA.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg states
that a violent quarrel has broken out In the
Imperial family In cousequenco of which
Grand Duke Constantino strongly suspected
ot Nihilism, is about to resign bis high post
ox Grand Admiral, and Minister of Marine ;al-
so,!t Is reported thatConstantlnewlll resign In
favor of Alexis. When Constantlne, who Is
the hero of tho diamond stealing story, ap
plied lor permission to pay his respects to
the remains of the late monarch, the Cztr
sent him In reply an open telegram with tho
royal signature, addressed "To him who Is
unworthy the name of Grand Duke," brand
ing him as a disgrace to his family and Rus
sia and abruptly refusing his permission to
visit tho capital. Immediately after departure
of the foreign Princes, measures of extreme
severity will be taken against the Nlhllsts.
IRELAND.
Jasper Jully, editor of the Roscom
mon Herald and a land league organizer, was
arrested at Boyle on the charge ot Intimida
tion. Jully, In his last speech, referred to the
museum In New fork, where be said rewards
are given for the heads of Irish landlords.
An affray has occurred between the
people and tho police wbo were protecting a
process serving on an estate In Countv Mavo.
Two men wero killed and several wounded.
Twelve baronies In County Cook have been
proclaimed In a state of disturbance.
At Clonmol, Sunday, April 3rd, Thrs.
Sexton, M. P., addressed 10,000 people. A
man named Cahlll has been arrested on the
charge of shooting Daly, a victim ot the
agrarian murder In West Meath. One ot the
persons engaged In planting the bomb at the
Mansion House In London, named O'Donnell
arrived In New York, April 2nd. The Irish
organizations are arranging for an excursion
down the bay to meet Coleman, another of
the Mansion House plotters, reported on
board the Australia nearly due. Money has
been cabled to the third person now resting In
Paris.
A Dublin dispatch of April 6th says
the Land League receipts for the week wcro
2,500. Fifty pounds were voted to the fami
lies of the killed at Claghcr. Victor Hugo
having requested Admiral Maxse to give writ
ten views on the present situation In Ireland,
and the cause of the distress, for use as the
basis of a manifesto promised Parnel), the Ad
miral has complied with the poets' request,
ana now prints nis'statement In the form ot a
brief pamphlet. The Admiral recognizes and
supports the efforts ot Gladstone's cabinet to
deal with the Irish land question. He con
de sns the conduct ot Parnell and colleagues,
and declares they know perfectly well It the
present cabinet resigned the only alternative
would be the reactionary conservative cabinet,
whose watchword has always been Protestant
domination In Ireland by means of Tory land
lords, and Tory churches. A dispatch saya
that while a dozen policemen were escorting a
process-server at i Balllnamore, county Let-
trim, they were attacked by twenty women
with stones and sticks. Tbey fired on the wo
men and a girl aged 20, was fatally shot and
another wounded. Several of the'pollce were
seriously Injured,
AFBICA.
It is reported that the exploring expe
dition of Colonel Flather was attacked In Af
rica a short time ago, and Colonel Flather and
nearly all the members of the expedition
killed. One member named DIanone with a
rubordlcate officer named Folegnln and 61
men escaped, bat were subsequently overtaken
by another tribe who declared they had no
share In the massacre. This tribe offered the
fugitives some dates, but the fruit was pois
oned, and 29 men died after partaking ot it.
Folegnln with thirty men continued tbo re
treat but were surrounded by hostllo tribes.
ALGIERS.
Telegrams from Algeria report threo
regiments on the way to the frontier. Two
army corps quartered In the Marseilles and
Montpeller districts will shortly be mobilized
to reinforce troops In Algeria, and six largo
transports are preparing for Immediate ser
vice The cruiser Tourville has been or
dered to embark field equipments for forty
officers.
Quern Cancuriniri
a cough with Dr. Bull
Cough By rap be called,
ouiiying a cougni
A story Is told of a German shoe
maker, who, having mado a pair of
boots for a gentleman of whoso flnan
clal integrity he had considerable doubt,
made the following reply to him when
ho called for tho artioles: "Dor poets
ish not quite done, but derbeolish made
out.'
Proai. sii.aao.
"To sum It up, six long years ot bed-ridden
all ot this expense was stopped by three bot-
un ui nop oilier, taneu uy my wue, one
nas aone tier own housework for a year since.
Without the loss of a dav. and I want everv
body to know It, for theW benefit." JV, E.
rarmtr,
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, Thursday, March 31.
iweucupwo penaiog Dusiness, nelng
ivaviuuuu ui iuu election oi oincrrs
Speeches wero martc by Cameron of P.,
Maxey, uawes, Jonas, Brown, Beck and
Logan. Beck moved that when the Senate
adjourned It would be to meet on the first
muuuiy in vectnmer. Rejected 21 to 21,
After some further Jocular remarks bv Beck
uawes and Pendleton, on motion ot Dawes
mu oeuaio aajoarnca nniu to-morrow.
WASHINGTON. Frldav. Anrll l.f
The resolution for lie election of officers came
uu o uuuuisdcu onsinces. a motion ny Pen
dleton to go Into executive session was de
cn 1?tM' . ' nVf S0, - ,onK debate
.ununvu, irHripau-u iu or bamar, uawes.
xiur, urorge, nui, wgan, vooruees and Ma
hone. Without coming to a vote on tho res
olutlon the Senate adjourned.
WAsnraoTOK. Monday. Anrll 4. Bv
a vpto of 29 to 25, the Benate again refused to
go into executive session. Johnston spoke In
answer to Dawes. Remarks were also made
i'wes. joncs, or Florida, In answer to
Logan, dented that political outrages were
Demetratcd In Florida. Harria mn4 ,i !
the resolution for election ot officers on the
table. Yeas, 23; nays, 27. A number of
uuaiarv motion wun a.Tif-ai mil .ti. .al
lowed In quick succession. Dawes moved to
adjourn, which was agreed to, and the Senate
a-ujuurueu.
Washington. Tucsdav. Anrll a
The resolution for tho election of officers of
iub oenaie was ian up. llama moved to go
vu. wvi uciouii ui-Bircu w DrescnL Boms neu
chliflv bv Mcl'henan and lfnr. rri .nil
calls wero ordered on various motions, all of
which wero voted down. Debate was con
tinued by Burpslde, Hill, Beck, Cameron, Bay-
"'"i uuniuau, lAiau, vanceanu Jiawioy, al
ter which tho Senate adjourned until to-morrow.
WAsniNOTON. Wodneidav. Anrll fi
TU in n , . . .rf 1 - . . .
ino ito jrresiucni prescmea as ununisned
business th election of ftamtn nflWra. M.
Pherson held that tho chair should call for
uib prcKniauon or petitions and memorials,
but the chair said that this was an executive
session, and that there wat nn mnmlnir hnnr.
Tho Senate, 81 to SO, refused to go Into ex
ecutive session. Bayard snokc. lustifvlnir
the Democrats In their attlmdn for ih l..t
icn uays. no sam mere was no prece
dent for tho election of Benito officers. The
unineio treaty was before the Senato and
OVChttobo considers!. Thn ITnltxl Rf.t.
Dupremo uouri stood to-day enfeebled In
numbers until the Senate should displace four
officials and put four others In their places.
The United States Circuit and District Courts
wero waltlncr, unable to proceed with public
business Until the Benate should i1!nlrn tnnr
officials. Postmasters wcro awaiting confirma
tion ; the collectors of customs, and especially
the collector of the great port of Now Fork,
that the foursubordlnatcsof.the Senate might
be turned out, and four others put In. Bber
man replied to Bayard. He said when the
dictates of the minority went beyond reasona
ble delay It became worse than revolution, It
was treason. Fifteen BenitnrapnnM
the United 8latcs Senate from doing a single
ouuwiuni urcuKup me government, under
vuu ruira oi me senate and in conformity with
them this government might be as absolutely
destroyed as the southern confederacy would
have destroyed It If they had succeeded. The
rules were Intended to be construed with rea
son and Judgment. The doctrine of the right
of the matorltv toriilnmiint
nority had certain rights to Interpose dilatory
motions in order to delay and worry out tho
will of the majority, but when they passed
those rights they entered upon dangerous
grounds. After some brief remarks by others
the Senato ad j inrned.
Cnvngnarl's piuck.
A Pcshawur correspondent of the
Civil and Military Gazetto tells tho fol
lowing anecdote about the late Sir Louis
Cavagnari: Many, many years ago,
young Cavagnari was a shockingly bad
rider; but, in sp'ito of a naturally bad
seat, and regardless of constant falls,
ho would attempt to ride any animal.
One evening at mess, having been chaf
fed about his frequent "pips," he under
took to rido any one thcro a r.toeplechase.
Tho challenge was accepted, and the
next day the race camo off. Tho con
ditions wore, that whoevor got fiwt
ovor tho last jump was to bo tho winner.
Young Cavagnari, riding all legs and
arms, led nearly tho wholo way, and on
nrriving nt tho lost jump put his horso
at it. Tho animal did not quite clear
it, and camo down, giving his rider a
most awful cropper, on tho right side,
howovor.of tho jump. Cavagnarl's
cap flow off in one direction, his spec
tacles in another, and ho himself was,
to all appearance, badly stunned. Hu
rocovcred himsolf, howevor, in acouplo
of seconds, and standing up, whip in
hand, ashy pale, cxolalmod, "I've won,
anvhow."
Manners Two Centuries Ago.
A curious little book, called tho
Kulesof Civility," which was publish
ed In 1675, throws amusing light on tho
manners of our ancestors two centuries
ago. "Being in discourse with a man,' '
wo read on ono pago, " His no loss than
ridiculous to pull him by tho buttons,
to play with his band strings, belt or
cloak, or punch him now and thon on
the stomach." Again, "It argues neg
lect and to undervalue a man to sleep
whon ho is discoursing or reading.
Therefore, good manners command it
bo forbid; besides, somotbingmay
happen in tho act that you may offend
as snoring, sweating, gaping or drib-
12." More explicit are tho rules
for behavior at the table. "In eating,
observo to let your hands be clean
Feed not with both your hands, nor
keep your knilo in your hand. Dip
not your fingers in tho sauco, nor lick
them when you havo dono. If you
havo occasion to sneezo or cough, tako
vour hat, or put your napkin before
Tour face. Drink not with your mouth
full nor un wiped, nor so long till you
aro lorced to breathe in tho glass,"
Thcro aro rules for tho drawing room.
"it a person ot quality no in mo compa
ny of ladies, His too juvenile and light
to play with them, to toss or tumble
tnem, to kiss tnem ny surpriso, to lorco
away their hoods, their fans, or thoir
cuffs. It is unhandsomo among ladles
or any other serious company to throw
off one's cloak, to pull off one's peruko,
to out one's nails, tio one's carter, to
ohango shoes if they pinob, to call for
one's slippers to be at case, to sing be
tween tho teeth, or to drum with one's
lingers."
Tho defeated candidate is like the old
bachelor who says he once fell in love
with a beautiful young lady, but aban
doned all idea of marrying ber when he
found that she and all her folks wero op
posed to tbo match.
"The difference between my husband
and tho moon," said a married lady the
other day, "is that tho moon is only full
onoe a month."
uraiiaa aa uom.
Ktdnev-Wort moves the bowels reamlarlv,
cleanses the blood, and radically cures kidney
disease, travel, dies, bilious headache, and
Ealns which are caused by disordered liver and
Idnevs. Thousands have been cured why
anouia you not iry w voturuwor.
"JOE."
natrott Free Fret.
Hadn't you heard do newsP Why
san, Ho,s dono gono dead! Yes, sab.
bin dead an' buried fnr a hull week,
Da t's do reason ho didn,t oomo aroun'
any moro wld his apples an pop corn."
"What, your little Joe deadP"
"Dat'sde tru, sah. Como homo one
day all stufTed up wld a cold, an' in
twonty-four hours wo had hlr. in his
shroud. It was awful sudden, an
can't roallzo dat ho's gono. Las' night
wo foun' ourselves waltln' supper fur
mm, an' In do middlo of de night wo
wako up an' And ourselves oallln' his
namo. It comes powerful hard onus
It docs, an' wo can't speak of it wldou
our hoarts swollin' up bier 'nuff to bust.
Ho was do only ohllo, you tnow. an'
wo had built up somo poworlul hoDes
on mm."
. . ..
"Joo was a'goodboy."
"Deed ho was. Ho nebbor cinus
ono hour's troublo, an' darwasn't a bod
ha'ron hlshoad."
Thcro camo a pause, and tho old man
seemed norvous and uneasy. Ho star
ted to go, hesitated, and finally said
"You dou't know nuflln' 'bout Heab
on fur suah, do youP"
"No"
"Well, has you got any IdoasP"
"Yes, a fow."
"xou see, all do wimin' has como in
to consoio my olo woman, an' ono of
cm says dat do big grown up folks eo
to ono pan of ucaben an' do chill'cn
to anoddor part. If dat's truo don wo
'tne littlo Joo whon wo git up dar
maybo wo can't ebon seo him. Dat's
what make) his mudder tako on so,
Wo's got purty old now, nn' wo'll soon
git do summons tojgo, but if do hopo an'
spectashun of mcotln' dat boy up in
Hcabcnam taken away from us wo
might as well hang ourselves in de
woodshed."
"You need have no fears. Hcavon Is
not fencod off to separate tho young
irom tho old."
"All plied in togedcrP"
"Yes, and plenty of room for all."
"Will wo know our Joo when wo git
up darP,'
"Yes."
"An, ho'll know us?"
"Yes."
"Dat's de way I hold, but do olo wo
man she's kinder fraid datldoan' know
fur suah. Siy, IohP"
"Yos."
"Please do do olo man a favor. Tako
your pen an'writo down dat Hcabon am
not fenced off, nn' dat wo shall fin our
littlo Joo clus by do pearly gales wai-
tun' an' watchin' to wolcomo us as we
march in de proccshun. It will make
do olo woman feel a heap easier an'
help her to b'ar up under dls-
fllctlon."
The "certificate" was written and
handed to him, and he carofully put it
away and said as he was ready to
go:
'I'm a fousan' times oblcoged, an'
de swollin' in my heart has gono down
obcr half. It wrung us powerful hard
to seo dat boy on his dyin' bed, but
when we war' told dat wo shouldn't bo
ablo to git to bim up in Ilcabcn wo
was clean dun fur. Day to you, boss.
Izo gwlno right off homo an' chirk up
do olo woman wid du blessed news."
Antiquity at Table.
Tinder's Mtgailne,
They did not dino simply in the Spir
itual era. Wo.havo had nothing in la
ter times to excel in profusion and
splendor the feast given in tho third
year of his reign by Ahasuerus, King
of ail the earth from Ethiopia to tho
Indus, in his capital of Susa.to tho
most Illustrious and tho meanest of the
Modes and Persians. Wo read in the
book of Enhor how tho six months' fete
wound up with a banquot in the royal
gardens, to which tho small and great
among tho citizens were invltod. Tho
description preserves tho magnificence
of the jublleo. Tho multitude ate and
drank in tho shade of gorgeous-cur
tains, white, bluo and hyacinth, very
probably that taplstry of Babylon for a
chamber suit of which a Roman Empe
ror long after gavo 32,000 ot our mon
ey, or may havo been somo costly fab
ric of Tyrian weft. These curtains
wore suspended by rings of Ivory at
tached to marblo columns. Tho guests
rcclino on couches of ivory and silver,
which Btood on pavements ot jaspqt'
porphyry and alabaster, adorned, with
oxqulsito paintings; . They drank out
of golden cups, tho meals wore sorved
In dishes continually varied, tho wino,
of tho rarest quality, flowed as irom
fountains. Ahasuerus entertained in
mannor worthy of a mighty prinoo, b
by all accounts tho monarch and
hospitality wero completely collpsoufiy
Solomon in all hl-t glory. No nafcn
sinco or before was moro prospou3
f han TRrnnl nndor tlin wlao Kin?. The
if"
preolous metals were almost as commonWmHar in Utah, nnd, thougn to a less
In Jerusalem as Candida found th
bo in El Dorado. Tho daily consul
of food at Solomon's tablo in
thirty measures of fine flour,
measures of meal, ten fat oxo
grazing oxen, 100 sheep, beside
roe-bucks, fallow-deer, and fatted fowl.
The royal menage was, of course, in
keeping- with the noble commissariat,
whloh was superintended by twelve offi
cers, each of whom discharged the
duties of lion's provider or caterer for
the King's tablo during one month of
the year.
If all tho dogs were sent to Lapland
tho lawyers to Llo-beria, the donkeys to
Brayzll, the, lovers to Blgh-beria, the ed
itors to New-zealand, and the, key-hole
angels to Peer-u, tho eternal fitness of
things, would havo equilibrium down to
a fino point.
Men who stir round Candy makers
fnto
nation
afudod
slxt
H ayVM
ltaru.
Relations of the (foxes.
The census bulletin just issued from
tho Department oftho Interior, respect
ing tho relations oftho sexes in the sov-
oral states and territories in tho United
States, with a summary of tho changes
during the past docado, shows that in
tho total population of tho state of Iowa
in tho year 1880, whloh was 1,624,620,
the distribution by sex was 818,234
males and 776 886 females. In tbo
yoar 1870 tho'numberoffemalosto 100,
000 males was 90,703; in the yoar 1880
tbe number was 91,630, only a variation
of 767 within the last decade.
Tho bullotln shows that tho prepon
dorance of females is in tho Atlantic re
gion. In tho wholo tior of states which
Ho along the coast, with tho solo excep
tion of Delaware fonralos aro In excess,
Of tho states along tho gulf, thcro aro
moro femaios than males in Alabama
and Louisiana. Theso with Tcnncssco
tn tho interior, are tho only states in
which fomales aro in excess. This ex
cess reaches its maximum in tho Dls
trlct of Columbia. In tho southorn por
tion or tbis tier of states tho excess is
but slight, whilo in tho northern part it
s very decided, showing markedly the
eiioct of western emigration of tho malo
elcmont, and of tho cxiatenco of mnnu
f aoturos of a class which espeotally em
ploy romalo labor. In tho Mississippi
vaiioy tho excess is slightly on tho sldo
oftho males, Indicating tha. tho popu-
lation oi that region Is not a normal ono,
immigration entering to disturb tho
natural proportion oftho soxos. The
most marked cases oftho excess of moles
aro in tho territories and nower states
of tho west, whero soUlomcnt is recent.
whoro immigration is still active, and
whoro tho luxuries and comforts of llfo
aro groatly abridged bv tho necessities
ui uuuuur existence, ispociauy is this
truo in thoso states and territories whero
mining and cattlo raising aro tho prin
cipal occupations. Of theso tho most
marked oxamplos aro Montana, Ari
zona, Idaho and Wyoming, in which
moro than two-thirds of tho population
aro malos. Now Mexico, although a
territory, has beon under different con
ditions from most of tho othors. It has
long been settled by a pormanont class
of farmors and graziers of Mexican
blood. Utah, too. is peopled malnlv hv
a a 1 j
settled community of farmers having
families. Tho existence of poloygamy',
also, goes to account for tho nearly
qual proportion of females in this ter
ritory, in spito of its comparatively re
cent settlement.
In old, settled agricultural communi
ties tho sexes should bo yery nearly
qual In numbers, fomales being slightly
in excess. The southorn states present
tho best cxamplo of this class of popu
lation. There aro fow large cities in
that section, and there is littlo immi
gration or emigration. Tho concen
tration of population into cities, tbo
growth of manufactures and mining
industry, immigration and emigration,
all tend to disturb tho normal relation
of the sexes.
Tho census returns show thcro has
been but littlo chango sinco-1870 in the
relatlvo proportions of tho sexes In New
England and the middlo Atlantic States,
but that littlo has generally beon a pro
portionate increase of females duo to
migration of males westward and in-
creaso of textile manufactures. Emi
gration from this region, however, has
been in part disguised by immigration
into these States from foreign lands, at
tracted by tho incrcoso in manufactur
ing Industries. In tho South Atlantio
and Gulf States there has beon a
marked increase in tho tolativo propor
tion of malos. The cause for this
change is probably to bo found mainly
among the people resident therein, and
not In extraneous influences. It may
with confidence bo ascribed to a prac
tical cessation ot emigration, and to tho
effort of naturo to restoro the normal
equilibrium botwecn the sexes which
was disturbed by tho war.
In tho states of the Mississippi Valley
the changes are not extensive, and dif
fer in different states, presenting no
salient points. In tho border states of
Kansas and Nobraska and the territory
of Dakota wo note in tho inoroaso of
fomales tbo progress toward a settled
condition of society. A similar move
ment is very marked in most oftho
kerritories, as Arizona, Idaho, Montana,
Washington and Wyoming, and tho
i -
PaciQo states of California and Novada.
In Colorado, howover, this progress
has boon rudely interrupted by tho
re at and rapid development of tbo
mineral resources during tho last two
years, which has drawn to that stato a
vast malo immigration. In Now Mexi
co tho conditions ot tho settled Moxioan
population havo been dlsturbod by tho
influx of a whlto malo element, drawn
thore by mining and by tho rapid con
struotion of railroads. Tho caso is yery
extent, In Texas.
A man whose store 1b in the basement
can always sell his goods lower than any
yJ body
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The Youth ef Oar Ceanlry.
Wratcraltnral.
The youth of Amorioa are indeed the
favored of the world. It is theirs to
pluok tho sweetest flowers that bloom,
to gild their names upon the same en
during tablets of famo upon which glit
ter thoso of tho noblest who have ever
lived, and to win evon thoohoico laurels
which tho world has nover yet bestowed
upon any who havo gone before Im
our free Republio ovory youth is invited;
to leap as high and as far as the bright
ness of his mind and the purity of M
character will light tho way." Tho
humblest, by energy and application,
may become tho greatest: poverty mav
loso itself in the golden splendor of
woalth; obscurity may blossom into
fame; tho nowsboy may becomo a hero.
tho tailor may becomo tho President,
and an honest, unostentatious, humble
young man may bo tho father of his
country and live forevor in tho hearts oi
nis countrymen.
Intellect and princlnlo and character
aro tho foundations of greatness and un-
uying famo. Naturo bestows tho first
of thoso, but tho lattor nro moulded bv
ourselves; anl without them, intellect,
although it glitter liko tho sun at noon
day, is powerless to achlovo any per
manent success or fadoloss renown.
From tho boginnlng of timo to tho
present, tho long pathway is strown
with the wrecks of men and women
who, but for imperfections of character
and want of prlnolplo, might havo en
shrined their memories in tho hearts of
an admiring world. Tho history of our
own favored and noblo Republio is not
without tho dark and disfiguring- shad
ows which aro cast by tho lives of bril
liant but unprincipled men. They danco
among tho biographies of our pure and
spotless sires liko tho black clouds
among tho boautilul stars, nnd mutelv
but with startling oloquonco pload with
our youth to bewaro of neglecting the
cultivation of principle and tho forma
tion oi character.
May the young men and maidens of
America heed theso solemn warnings
nnd embraco tho priceless privileges
which nro afforded them of becoming
useful, happy and roLowncd. May they
tudy well tho causes of failure of thoso
who havo preceded them, end having
discovered what thoy aro, shun them,
as thoy value thoir good namos, and tho
brightness of thoir future.
If our youth will bo tomnornto. hon
est, faithful and industrious, they mav
bo reasonably certain of living lives-
whicn. will make tho world bettor and
happier and cause it to moisten thoir
tombs with tears of tho sincorcst love
that e7er glowed in the human broast.
Mixed Metaphor.
Iiclcrivla.
It Is a lost art and net a now accom
plishment we grapple with in theso de
generate days when wo venture on.
metaphor.
The class of people who most fre
quently use it claim kinship t past,
masters in the art, inasmuch as they
aro lacking in what wo call education.
Tho negro, and above all the nocro-
preacher, wallows In metaphor, in
variably moro or loss mlxod. It was
one of thoso who, confessing his faults
before his congregation, criod aloud:
Brethren, tho muddy pool of politics,
was tho rock on which I split." And
it was another who fervently exelaim-
ed: "Wo thank Thco for this spark of
grace j water It, good Lord." Another
prayed for "grace that wo might gird
up tho loins of our minds, so thatwo'
shall rcceivo tho latter rain.". Mixed,
motaphors grow luxuriantly on tho
fertile soil of tho United States. Only
the othor day I road an artlclo from tho
oloquent pen of Colonel John W. For
ney, in which, speaking oulogistloally
of tho mother of John Qulnoy Adams,
ho said: "Sho was a public woman all
her life. Honco tho remarkably mixed
character of her posterity." This un
happy phraso is rather a muddling of
expression than a mixing of metaphor.
Ireland has so long boen looked upon
as tho homo of mixed motaphor that a.
good deal of tho fun has beon vubbod
out by tho suspioion that tho speolmens
aro made to ordor. Of this class is
doubtless tho peroration attributed to
an Irish barrister: "Gentlemen ot the
ury," ho is reported to havo said, "it
will bo for you to say whothor this de
fendant should bo allowed to como into
court with unblushing footstep, with
the cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth, and
draw threo bullocks out of my client's
pocket with impunity." In this con
nection I will quoto a single illustra
tion, which has, at loast, the advantago
of being authontlo. Early in last year,
bofo-o the general, oleotion, Mr. Shaw,
member for tho county of Cork, and at
that timo loader oftho homo rulo party,
was addressing a meeting hold one
Sunday at Cork, with the object of dis
cussing the land quostlon. Mr. Shaw
is a sober-minded man, who, on ordi
nary occasions finds paVln speech to
servo hit purpose. At til s time, how
ever, tho spirit of motapjkr oamo upon
over, tne spirit oi motapipr oamo upon
him, and tnRls wat itade him say:
"They tell us that weviolfle theSab-
bath by being here to-day. Yet, if the
ass or the ox fair into the pit, wo can'
tako him out on the Sabbath. Our
brother is in tho pit to-day the far
mer and the landlord are both in it
antlwo are oomo to try if we can lift
them out" This similitude of tho
Irish landlord to an animal predoatlnod
to slaughter was bold, but timely. The
other half of the analogy seomed calcu
lated to get Mr. Shaw into troublo with
his constituency.
The most affllotod part ot a house is
tho window- It Is always full of nanes
and who has not seen moro than 020
window blind.