VOLUME I.
FLORENCE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA TERRITORY, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY' 4, 1882.
NUMBER 45.
PROFESSIONAL.
tsuivr e. howakd. maucis r. hatns.
HOWARD & KAYNE,
ATTOBXITS AND COUKHEIOKS AT LAW, COBNKR
flixth and Frvmnnt streets, Tomlwtone, A. T.
A. H. PARKER,
MlNlMQ INOINEER AND 0. 8. PKPLTY MISEttAL
Surveyor. Office in San Franciaco Jewelry
ftors.No. 480 Allen street, south de, between
Fourth and Fifth atr , Turotwtnne. A. J.'.
JOB U. MILLER. J. H. LUCAS.
LUCAS & MILLER,
A.TTORXKT8 ASD C01ITHEL0BS AT LAW, OITICE,
motna 6 and 7 Gird buildintf, comer of Fremont
and Fourth. Tpmhutons, A. T.
UTW H- DAVIS. GEO. 8. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS & DAVIS,
Attohxits at law. giro's krw building,
oornsr of Fourth aad Fremaut ats., Tombstone,
A. T.
WELLS SPICER,
AtTORWET AND COrXELOR AT LAW, 213 FIFTH
Itmt, Tombstone, (,'acliii Co., A. T. Also
Notarv Public; U. S. I'ommissjouer of Deeds
fur rallfornia.
J. G. PARKE,
Cm I. ENGINEER AND V. S. MINERAL Bt'RVFTOR
ftirr eyiiwf dons in all iu branches. Office, 620
Fremont street. Tombstone, Arizona.
a T. HENDERSON,
Fbtbiclax akd nrROROit. ornci, 60 rut
moot street. Tombstone. Arlson.
A. 0. WALLACE,
Jctrnca or the peace, eocrth btbeet,
re door below Fremont, Tombstone, A. T.
JOHN Kl. MURPHY
Attorney at law, room 28, brown's hotel
Tombstone, Arizona.
L F. BLACKBURN,
IETOTT SHERIFF AND AND COLLECTOR. OrTtCS
with A. T. Jones, office Iluachua Lumber Co.,
Fourth street, below Fremont. All official
budneas promptly attended to. Collectious a
r sialty.
I. F. HUTTON,
Attorn et at law. oftice on rirrH rtrew,
between Fremont and Allen, Tombstone, Art
ant 6. E. C0ODFELL0W, M. D.
OfTIOE tN TICKERS MUMHNO, FREMONT
street, Tunilwtune, A. T.
P. T. COLBY,
A rTOW FT AT LAW. WILL PRACTICE rN ALL
Che oouru of the Territory. Oitice in Gird's
buildtrm, rooms 11 and 12, corner of Fourth
and Fremont streets. Tomlwtorie, A. T.
CsEO Utm(ni, A. M. Walker,
Betfato City. Tombstone.
WALKER It HAYMOW D,
AtTORNETE AT LAW. FROM FT ATTENTION Giv
en t all tmsuiess iu trusted to tbeui. Collec
tiaot made a seoiiilty. A. M. Walker Com
missi nwirofdewUforthe
A. J. FELTER,
JosTICl or THE FEACE, JiOTART rBLlC AND
Real Estate AaJit. Offioe on Fremont street,
between Fourth and Fifth, Tombstone, A. T.
tR. R. H. MATTHEWS,
Physician and subceon, tombstone, arirso
a. Offioe wits) W. Street, Fourth street, new
Allen.
a. o'MXLYENEY. O. O. TBANTL'M.
OMELVENY&TRAUTUM,
Attorneys at iw. booms 3 and 4 gird's
building, corner Fourth and Fremont streets.
Tombstone, A. T.
S. M. ASHENFELTER,
Attorney at law, clifton, a. t. prompt
attention Kiren to any btiussa entrusted to m
MILTON B. CLAPP,
NOTAB Y PUBLIC, CONVEYANCER
AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS.
Offlue at Sufford, Hudson Co.'s Bank,
Tnlietm. A. T.
Thomas Wallace,
Mini no broker, real estate agent and
Conveyancer. Allen street, Toinhstnne.
Rodman EI. Price, Jr.,
Civil engineer and c. a. depctt mineral
Purveyor. Office YoUord building, Allt'n street,
Tombstone, A. T.
J a. G. Bjward,
(Late of I oi Angeles.)
Attorney at law. at phement at the of
ftoe of J. W. Stump. Toiultone, A. T.
W. A. Harwood,
Notary Fi'nuc, oobner rovniH and pri
vmt streets. Tombstone, A. T.
T. J. Drum,
Attornet at law. office in vicker's
building, 431 Fremont street, Tombstone, A. T.
E. P. Voisard,
Annates and notary ptjblic-,allen street,
Tombstone, A. T.
Cluu-loa Ackley,
Civil engineer and deputy c. s. mineral
Surveyor, Tombstone, A. T. Office on Fre
mont street, between Sixth and Seventh.
3. V.Vickera,
Real estate agent, acctioneer. convey-
sna .Vlmnig OjieraLor. freuiont street.
Fifth, Tombstone, A. T.
A. G. Lowery,
Attorney at law, euewont street, between
Fourth and Fifth, Tombstone, A. T. Will
praotioe in all courts. Agent for mining prop
erty. Conveyancing ana collecting promptly
attended to. Keferences given.
r. sL SMITH. W. EARL. O. W. 8PAULDINO.
Earl, Smith & Spauld:ng,
Attornets AND COCNSEUPRS at law. office
in Drake's block on Pennington street, Tucson,
Arizona Territory.
Tohn Roman,
Attornet at law, tccson, Arizona.
Webb Street,
Attorney at law, 113 pocrth street, tom
tone, Arizona.
J. W. Stump,
Attorney and cocnrelor at law, rooms 3
and 4, EpitHph Building, Fremont street,
Tsmhstmie, A. T. Will practice in all the
courts of the Territory, anil attend to business
before the Department at Washington, 1. C.
Pperial attention given to U. Si. patent and
pension biniiiMtj.
Dr. Gillinghzun,
Dr. oili.fngham (late of Virginia city) is
now associated, in the practice of Medicine
and Surgery, with Dr. Gildei-nleeve. Office,
Kpitaph building, Tombstone, A. T.
Dr. F. Heller,
SCROEONAND PHYSICIAN. OFFICE ON TnT
street, beluw Allen, Tnmln.oni, A. T.
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BT EUGENE J. H At Is.
Too may envy the joye o' the farmer,
An' fancy h s fre, eisy lie;
You may Bit at bin bouut fm table,
An pr.iise h; inrtUKtrious wife.
Ef yon wc irked in the woe df iu tha winter, -
Or U 1 ered the furrer all day.
With a team o' uuru youns; oxen,
An" 1et heavy loiidifd with clay,
Ef you held the old plow I'm a UilnkiL
You'd sing different way.
Yon may talk n the go'den-eyed daisies.
An' ljlie- tiiat wear sech a charm,
Bat it pives w$ a heap o' bard ibor
To feeip 'em ir m ap'i in' my farm ;
Yon may pictm' the beautiful sunsets,
An' IsiiidfCDpee bo fu!io' repooe,
But I tevnr g t tiiue to look at 'em,
icept when it rains or it blows ;
You ntay siuif o the aong-birdti o' summer,
I'll tend to the hawkti and the crows.
Yon rosy long fur the lot o the farmer,
an' dwell ( n the pleasures o' toil ;
But the good thingfi we hv on our table
A 1 Jiev to be Aug fiora the eoi ;
An or beaulifui, brlr tyaller but'er.
Perhaps you may never bev leari.ed,
MalPs a heap o' lias d work lur the wimmln.
It liez to be eh eriul y chcrned ;
And the che?-sea, fto plump in our pantry.
All heT tu be lifted an' turned.
When home from the bay-field in summer,
With eUifi ffieau'in' over my head,
Wh n I miit by tha light o' my Lantern,
An'woMjily crawl into b; d,
Wlien I thiuk o the work o the morrow,
An orry fur fear it might rain,
When I hvur the lend j.eal o' the thunder,
An' wif, sbe Vgins to complain,
Then I fef l eZ .t life was a bunian,
WitU lett.e to hope iur or gain.
But the corn must be p'anfed In uprliiRtime,
1 be wees must t e kep from the givuud,
Tle hay must Le cut in the summer,
1 h-: wheat must be cradled au' bound.
Fur we never are out o emp oyment
Except when ve iie in ur b d,
Fur the wviod mi: fit be hau'ed in the winter,
An' pat ently pi:ed in tbe shed,
Whi'e the araiii mut be took to the market,
'i ho .took must be watered and led. -
You n:ay envy the ioyp o the farmer
Who works iikj a slave fur his bread,
Or, n ebby, to pay off a mortgage
That bangs like a c oud o'er hln head.
Ycu may sit in the shade o' the orchard.
Nor think o' his wants or hie needr.
You may Raze at hi meeders ati cornfieldr.
An' long fur U;e lifd thai he leads;
Buttl e:e s Icctle o comfort or pleasure
In fig-tin the bugs an' tha weeds.
Bn the farmer depends upon only
The things that he carna by hisVil,
Air t e lecte Le frains ij gut honest,
Bv turuiii' and ti hn' the soil.
When hi Jat cr op is toted to market,
V'ith couKcibi'ce all ppot'ea- an' clear,
Be may ieuve he o d farm houe forever.
To dwtl: in a holier p ere ;
An' the crown fiat he wears may be brighter
Because o his impe ife here
A Pleasant Love.
" I have got pome news for you. Mas:-
gie," Le said, one day. about eighteen
months alter he had gained his cwmiais
sion. " Guess what it is."
They were walking along the green
lanes of Perlufk, listening to the cease
less nuirraur of the sea, as at intervals
they had walked and listened ever since
they could remember ; at any rata, she
was six years younger than her former
p! ay-fellow.
" You are going to be promoted," she
said.
" Promoted, yon little goose ! No one
ever gets promoted ia the British army.
Guess-again."
" You are going f.o many an heiress."
There was a lump ia her throat as she
said it.
" Wrorg again. No estimable young
pei son witli green eyea, a turn up nose,
susceptible heart and 50,0(J0 a year has
turned up yet. But it's something near
ly as good. I am ordered to China."
" On, Alic ! " she gasped, and burst
into tcfljrs. It was very foolish of hur,
but then she was only 16, aud had not
yet acquired the praiseworthy art of
concealing her feelings.
'Vuy, whatever are you crying for?"
he linked, and kissed away her tears.
He'd kissed her ever since she was 5,
aud thought no more of it than if she
had been Lis. sister, cr the cat, except
ing, perhaps," that it was nicer which it
was, no doubt " I shall only be away
five yeais at most, aud when I come
back I'll briug you a pig-tail, and an
ivory tooth-p;ok, aud a wholo lot of
things, and "
' Yrs," she said, listening attentively.
" But then you'll ba a young woman
I forget aud 'out,' and all that sort
of thing, and won't condescend to speak
to a poor Liontenant ; you will have all
the Squires and fox-hunters about the
place at your fet."
"Oh !"no, indeed, I shall not, Alic,"
she said, eoperly.
"But I tell you you will. I believe
you are a bora little flirt, and I shall
come back and find "
But she burst into tenrs again, and
put up her pretty little hand to stop Iris
teasing, which she cou d not bear just
then. It seemed so cruel of him to
laugh and joke when he was going away
-for rive years. He did not seem to care
a bit, and she cou'd have broken her
heart upon the spot, and thrown away
the pieces, so as never to be bothered
.villi it ag;;ia. Then, seeing her mourn
ful blue eyes, he was mercilul.
" I believe I shall come back and find
on just as (ireat a little darling as you
are now, and, if we've got any money,
we'lljget married aud livehappyeveraftt-r,
ud if we haven't we'll get married and
starve ever after unless, of course, the
heiress turns up."
" Oh, I hope she won't !" said
Maggie, like a truthful little idiot.
-l.Dn ..... t:. " mv-. :
dear?" , , ,
, . "Yes, of course, I -shall, -and I shall
expect.: you .to, writs biwk "Wt j.r 'l.
crimed, Vj 1 uU 11 't 1 rf i - i
kaoW:' ' " - 'r .
; "So A' (. i ' -, w nt , j. O - 1
Matrgie waiud. bnjsi-f?1-" -- -letter,
tct ix jr-oi'ifi kj i-i
came. "Perhaps it takeH loncrer for a
letter to get here from Umua, sue
thought, knowing as little about the
means of transit and the time it took as
if the. Celestial city had been in the
moon. But a year passed, and yet no
letter came, and Maggie journeyed into
womanhood, but no word or sign came
from Alic Granger, and at last she gave
liim up altogether.
Maggie was 20 years old when her
father died, and the creditors pounced
down, and she and h. r mother were sold
out. Mrs. Dunlop was oilered a houw
iu London by a sister, who was well off
and bad tempered, and it was thankfully
accepted.
Maggie went as governess into the
family of a Mrs. Marshall, of Woolwich.
Mrs. Marshall's daughter by her fir.st
husband was really mistress of the es
tablishment, for Mary Patterson had a
strong will and she was an heiress. "A
very nasty heiress, too," poor Margie
thought, and she was right, for Maria
was skinny, and thought herself sarcas
tic, aud always said veiy nasty things to
people who did Hot dare to" 6ay them
back again.
One evening, when Maggie hail been
about a year at Woolwich, and she wa-i
sitting alone in her school-room as usual,
for the pupils had just said good-night
and been delivered to the tender mercies
of their nurse, Miss Patterson walked in
very much dressed aud rather flushed
and excited.
"Miss Duulop." she said, "we shall
! have a few friends this pvtrj!nr and 1
.know one or two of thnm liktT'.in im-
proniptu dauce; will jou be ready to
come iu to the dra '.vine-room and play if
we should waut you ?"
Iu the evening she put ou her shabby
black gown, and stuck a spray of white
flowers in her golden hair, aud waited
patiently for the summons. When it
came, with a roll of music under her
arm, a flush on her innocent, frightened
face, and a scared, almost humed, ex
pression ia her eyes, she descended and
timidly opene 1 the drawing-room door,
and there stood still for a momt nt, star
ing in astonishment. There 6at the
heirees, with au easrer, pleased expres
sion on her face, and lean ug over her,
talking and laughing, and more hand
some than ever, and sunburnt and soldierly-looking,
was Alic Granger. The
color rus led to Maggie's face, as if to
say a hurried 'Rood-by, and then left it
altogether. She recovered self posses
sion, however, and walked with what
she flattered hcrsslf was great dignity
toward the piauo. She felt rather than
saw him raise his head and look at her,
and the next moment she saw him by
ner siue.
"Maggie my dear Masaio 1 Whv.
fancy you being here; where did you
come from ? I have been trying to find
you out for mnnths."
"1 thought you and then she did
not know how to go on, ro added, al
most piteous! v, "I am the governess
here."
" Are you ? Oh, I see. then, that is
the reason I have not seen you before, I
suppose."
.Do vou real'v know Miss Dunlop?
the heiress asked, coming vp and speak
ing in her coolest manner.
Maggie wished sincerely she could
sink iuio her shoes and bury herself. .
V ny, ot course I do ; we have been
play-fellows ever sinoe we were born
haven't wo, Maggie ?" .
Aud Majrgie, fo.ilaig that she was
backed up, answered bravely :
" y es.
" Oh, indeed, how interesting!" then
turning to Maggie : " Will you be so
Rood as to begin a waltz, Miss" DunU p ?
This was to be our dauc, I think," to
Alic, end sha tailed oS with him tri
umphantly. He carae to her directly after the dnce
as over.
. " I went down to Porlock to try and
dud out where you had goae to,'' he
3aid, " but nobody knew."
"It didn't mitter," she said, huskily,
letting her fingers wander vaguely over
the keys to make believe she wasn't
very much interested in what he said.
" Yes, it did it mattered a great deal.
Why, I have got a box full of euri; si
ties fov you Ciubs to fiulit with, and a
lit tl e heathen ged o.-two, and a statue
of Buddha and all sorts of things. I
told you I should bring you them home.
Do you live here I mean in this hou-e ?"
He said these last words under his
breath, for the heiress came up, and
he was carried off to dance with
Mrs. Somebody at the other end of the
room, but not before Maggie had nodded
a reply to him. Soon after this Miss
iratterson came up to the piano and,
saving that she wished to play herself,
aud that Maggie looked tired, dismissed
her without being able to get another
look at Alic.
The next morning, to Maggie's verv
great surprise, Mii-s Patterson came into
the school-room beiore the ctu iuren had
assembled.
" Miss Dunlop," she said stiffly,
should like to kiftw where you say you
met Air. Granger.
"At Perlook. His uncle lived next
door to my mother. Hf is a very old
friend, indeed
" Thank you. I merely wished to in
quire, because, of course, you must be
aware that it is not u.-.iial for any one in
your position to make herself remarka
ble by liavme long confidence talks with
any gentleman who may visit the nuse.
"I don't know what vou mean, M.83
Patterson," Mag;;io said, indignantly,
But Miss Patterson had swept out of
the roum without deigning to reply.
Then Maggie went into her little
room; the one p'aee she had in the world
entirely to herself, and cried ti.l her
eyes were red and her head auhed.
The lessons did not progress that
morning. Maggie was thinking of Alic,
who was no doubt strolling about the
common lustennig to the band End mak
ingloveto the heiress. The children
were more than usually stupid, too, and
all the world seemed upside down, and
all its wavs turned crooked. Suddenlv.
at about 12 o'clock, just when Maggi.
was m the middle i f expounding ns bes
she could the eccentricities of the French
grammar, there was a knock at the
school-room door. .
"Come in," she said.
The door opened, and there stood be
fore her astonished eyrs the furm of Alic
wronger, aud behind him was a man
evidently his servant with a box on his
shoulders.
"All right, Torn, put it down ; that's
right ; now lie o'X There, I've brought
the curiosities round, Maggie; I thought
you would like to se them."
" Oil I What will Mrs. Marshall and
Al.ss i'altersou say t said Auio, iu
j -. . i Notui!i' to vou for to, next hull
I l.our or s , jf 1 h it jiN i iii
, tin lr t t is i, m , .
u' i .f v A jP et i '; 1 i i
' ' , ti r u i 'v.
fjux4nmMis, Ms-ill.-s it.iur.-aa
hour; run along, my httle dears," and
ho Opened tho duui tor them aud shut it
after them.
" Oh, Alic !" she said, in fear and
trembling.
" Oh, Maggie !" he answered, mim
icking, " what did you mean by going
away from Perlock, and not leaving any
address ?"
"I couldn't help it, and you never
wrote."
"No, I never write letters; don't
know how to spell well enough. But I
have been hunting for you all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding you
here. Now we'll unpack the box; I had
it opened before I came; so it's only
fastened by a lock."
"But, Alic, they'd never forgive me."
" Never mind; it doesn't matter, be
cause if you are good I'll take you away
next week. Beside-, they'll forgive me
anything. I saved the Colonel's life
when he was in Hong Kong at least so
he says. There, now, what do you think
of these for fighting with? Got them at
Jivaon purpose fi-r you," and he held
up a pair of heatheni.-h-looking clubs
and brandished them over her head, aud
then proceeded to pull out the rest of
the contents of the box and to deoorate
the school-room with them. "There's
Mr. Buddha, and there's why, what's
the matter, Mapgie?"
" Nothing, only yon will get me into
into dreadful trouble yon will, indeed ;
Miss Patterson came iu th s morning
and scolded nie for talking to you last
irk'ht."
" Never mind, she's only jealous." he
laughed. "Now, tell me how soon you
can leave here.
"What for?" she asked, innocently.
"Why. you haven't forgotten that we
agreed to get married when we came
back, have you, little coquette ?" and he
put his arm around her waist, just as of
old, and was not reproved. It was o
very comfortable, she thought.
"No; but you are engaged, are you
not?"
" Yes, of course, I am to you,"
"Oh, but, Alic"
" Oh, but, Maggie"
And then he stopped aud kissed her,
and nothing more could be said, for
the door opened and there stood the
Colonel, and there stood Maria Patter
son.
Of course there was no rejoicing on
the part of Maria, but, notwithstanding,
Alic and Maggie were married within a
month.
A Desperate Struggle.
"Halt! Who goes there?" shouted
long, lank Confederate soldier, sittin
upon a sorrel horse, toying with -
double-barreled shotgun, the favorite
weapon of the Western bushwhacker in
the' early war time. He was the" picket
guarding the camp of Dick McCann, one
of the most &prr. of the Confederate
cavalrymen. The bivouac rested in the
security of his vigilance in a piece of
woods a mile or so to the lett of the
turnpike leading from Gallatin to Nash
ville, Xenn. The picket stood where the
country road which led past MeCann's
camp made its junction with the turn
pike. He evidently challenged the cav
alry approaching liom the direction of
Gallatin as a matt r of form, for as the
officer approached him in response to his
command, " Advance and give the coun
tersign," his shotgun lay upon his lap,
acro-s the pommel of his saddle, while
he was paying more attentii-n to his
comrade w ho was coming up the wagon
read with two chickens iu one hand, the
plunder of an uuofficial forage, and an
unruly horse iu the other, than he did
in the officer responding to his chal
lenge. The Federal soldier got within a
few feet of him before he teemed to re
cognize the possibility of an enemy be
ing nearer tnau Nashville. The dress
first attracted his attention, for he saw
that it was not that of a Confederate, and,
hurriedly bringing his - shotgun to bear
upou the officer, ho ci iamunued:
" Halt ! What regiment do you be
long to?"
" To the Fourth Michigan cavalry,"
replied the ofiicer.
Covering the officer with his shotgun
as he pas-ed around to surrender him
self, the Confederate fif,aiu commanded,
"G.ve me your arms !"
The officer, who wore a heavy over
coat with a long cape, dropped the
reins upon Ids horse's neck, pushed
his hand under his overcoat to un
buckle his saber and comply with the
demand.
The Federal soldier's horse being
thus left at liberty crowded against that
of the Confederate, and, believing his
game was already ia hand, he laid his
shotgun down across his saddle to re
ceive the arni3 of his captive. Hardly
had he done this befi-re the Federal
soldier saw his opportunity, and,, throw
ing his left hand quickly undei the cover
of his cape, struck the' muzzle of his
shotgun and knocked it to the ground
and with the same movement caught the
Confederate by his long, flowing hair,
pulled his bend upon hisfcreast, whipped
his revolver from its pouch, placed it
against his body and tired. The ham
mer of the revolver caught in the fold of
the 1 ng cape which hung from the Con
federate's shoulders and did not explode.
He drew it back, raised the hammer
again, aud made another attempt to se
cure the Confederate. This time it got
between his body and arm, and, although
it did not miss fire, the Confederate was
in injured and in the tussle escaped. All
the work of a minute, for the
had shouted to his, command,
,-ard ! " the moment he had grap-
. :T. one of MeCann's private sol
But by the time it had arrived
idler was going down the road at
biiMii-SiSck" speed, while his comrade
wiib. the two chickens lor the morning's
breaktast had mounted his horse aud
was following him hurried! v. The little
command passed on to Nashville as rap
idly at possible, without stopping to do
more than to pick up the so.'dier's shot
guu to send tome as a souvenir of the
eocap-ue.
Gross Superstitions,
In my grandfather's family the old
cook was accustomed to bake cakes in
large rounds, which she cut into four
with a sharp knife, each quarter being
put to bake by itself. She was most
careful that during baking the pointed
end oi each of these quarters should
not be broken, otherwise a death might
shortly be expected. Even the slipping
of a piece of soap from a person's hands
when washing has been construed to
mean that the death of some relative is
imminent, as, indited, is also the persist
ent burning of a fire on one side only of
4JWe grate ... m--.
rverv- n-a Knows tiv.i t i r"-T2 ic
T ... ,'-.., '.v
j " , g lo. -dval,
11 Uie houae-aoor is closed upon the
corpse before the Iriends have come out
to take their places in- the carriages,
Sheffield people say another deuth will
happen before many days ;- and if, at a
funeral where the mourners walked, the
procession went in a scattered or strag
gling manner, this was thought in tne
West of Scotland to betoken the same
misfortune. Even if the mourners
walked iuickly, the omen was bad. - To
walk under a ladder betokens misfort
une, if not hanging, as it dues in Hol
land. To meet a luneral when going to
or coining from a marriage was consid
ered very unlucky in Lanarkshire; for
if the funeral was that of a woman, the
newly-made wife would not live long ;
and, if it was that of a man, the fate of
the bridegroom was sealed. If one
heard a tingling in his ears, it was the
"deid bells," and news of the death of
a friend or neighbor might soon be ex
pected. 11 knocks were heard at the
door of a patient's room, aud no person
was found theTe when the door was
opened, there was little chance of re
covery ; and, if a mau caught a glimpse
of a person he knew, and found, on
looking out, that he w is nowhere to be
seen, this was, says Mr. Napier, a sign
of the approaching death of the person
seen.
JLecturb on the rhinoceros : Profes
sor "I must beg you to give rue your
undivided attention. It is absolutely
imjMWsible that you can form a true idea
of this hideous sninml, tinl-es you keep
tout eve fixed oonio."
Immigrants.
" Immigrants,'' the fat passenger said,
speaking with his head out of the win
dow, " are grand things for a new State;
they are the bone and sinew of our coun
try; they are the hope aud strength of
the State; our doors are open to them,
and our hearts ory welcome!' when they
come; they are the wealth of the frti.i
tier, the development of the republic,
the glory of the golden belt, and the
support of the Liand Commissioner;
but," he continued, speaking with a hes
itating utterance, his attention and
thoughts being distracted somewhat by
a hot cinder as big as a goose egg in
each eye, " but they are not, and I have
ever maintained it, they aro not really
pleasant and attractive traveling com
panions.
" You are entirely correct, oh patient
and most observant of men." the Jester
replied with a groan. A Danish lady
with three children was endeavoring to
Bbare the Jeste-'s seat, and the Danish
baby was crawling over his lap to look
out of the window. Now the Jester loves
babies, indeed he doss, but he is not a
very go 'J"r-irse, and this iiti.ls Dan
ish baby, poor little thing, hadn't been
bathed for two weeks, aud it3 face hadn't
been scrubbed for a month, whereas, had
justice been done, it should have had a
bath ten minutes after the train started.
The Jester must have looked discour
aged or severe, for the baby, halting on
its wandering way to the window, looked
up into his face. Then the grimy,
plump little lips quivered, and the suck
ling Hamlet began to cry in good strong
Danish. '
"It is lie, Hamlet, the Dane," said
the sad passenger.'
What wilt thou do for him, Laer
tes ? " asked the tall, thin , passenger.
" Woo't weep? woo't right? woo't fast?
woo't tear thyself ? woo t drink up JEsil ?
eat a crocodile ? "
"Nay, an' thoult mouth," said the
Jester, " he'll rant as well as thou."
And then he climbed over the back of
the seat and left the Danes in undisput
ed possession, while he sat down beside
a boy who ate apples and gingerbread
until he became sea-sick ; and then an
old woman, going down the aisle for a
dink of water, fell against tha side of
the car goin round a curve, and bent a
very soft-biiled egg she had in her hand
against the panel, bent it all out of
hape ; and then, as though the sad
spectacle of that blighted egg was au
inspiration of hunger, every last immi
grant in that car hauled out a' lunch
tr im box or ba sket or gram bag and be
gan to eat, until the air was heavy with
the sound of bre4 crumbs and stowage
and cheese and corned beef and onions
and things. And there was so escape
from it, because these immigrants that
come into Kansas travel on first-class
tickets, as a rule, especially on the
North and South roads. It's unreason
ble to grumble about it. Poor immi
grants, they can't help it ; they're not
really fond of dirt.but there should be
some provision made by the railway
companies for their convenience and
comfort Bob Burdrtte.
"Sit Down, Robert"
Eider Traverse was ouce the most
noted men in Eastern New York as a
camp-meeting leader. He had a pon tr
ful voice and was a fluent speaker, and
in the prime of life could get away with
any man who ever sought to disturb hi
meetings. The elder was once holding
a camp-meeting at Ybukers, and word
reached him that a notor.ons rough,
known as "Chicago Bob," intended to
be on hand Sunday for a row. He made
no reply ajid took no prvcnntion, but
when Bob appeared on the grounds,
with a cigar in his mouth, and a slung
shot up his sleeve, the elder didn't pale
worth a cent Bob had come out there
to run things, ani he took a forward
seat. When the crowd began to siug,
he begau crowing, aud thus created con
fusion :
"Robert, you had better sit down,"
observed the elder, as he came forward.
"Chicago Bob sits down for no man !"
was the reply.
"Sit down, Robert." continued the
elder, as he put his baud on the loafer's
arm.
" Hero goes to clean out the crowd !"
crowed Bob, as he pulled o3' his coat.
Next instant the elder hit him under
the ear, and, as he fell over a bench, he
was followed up and hit a,ain and again,
and, while in a semi-uneonscious state,
he was carried off by his friends.
Next .day he was the first to come for
ward for prayers. The elder put his
hand ou his head and said : . ,
" Robert, are you iu earnest 7"
"lam."
"Are yon really seeking faith?"
"You bet I aiu'l If faith helps a man
to get in his work as quirk as you did
yesterday, I am bound to bavs it, if I
have to sell my bat I"
He didn't gel it v strong, but he
did no mors crowing while the meeting
lasted. L'tioa Oturvrr.
America's Fnture.
Of course some dav the mevement of
people from the Old World to tlie New
wilt cease : the population, nf ..th two--)
l1 r
mane up oi ail lantruuges and tribes,
with the imperial baxou element pre
dominating, and capable of exerting a
force which has not been witnessed or
felt since the days of the Roman em
pire. SI. Louis Republican.
The Japanese. Laburer.
In his own country the frugal Jap
lives in a house of no more than four
rooms one lor eating, sleeping and tit
ting, one for cooking, odo for bathing
and one to spare. He never wears boots
nor brings mud into the house. He and
ins family sit on the floor when they eat,
and take the r meals at a low table,
the floor of their dining and sitting
roum is covered with clean, soft mats,
upon whi h at night cotton comforters
are tpread to sleep under. Such a house
can be built and iurn:shed for $100, and,
though cheap and small, is comfortable.
The bath, found in almost all laborers'
ln usrs, is in daily use. Batter than
gold is the water cold, "
" It isn't dying," said Mra. Brown
smith, " that troubles me. I am not
atiaid of death ; but it makes me sad to
tuiuk of leaving my friends. I often
think what would become of yon if I
were gone 1 " " Oh ! you needn't let me
interfere," replied Browusinith eagerly ;
"don't hit me stand in your wa -, dar
ling." And the house took up the ques
tion of " Resolved, That Brownsmith is
a brute," passed it through its three
readings without a dissenting voice, and
adjourned precipitately for a real good'
crv.
A Doctor's Liability.
It is related, as a legend of the medi-"
cal fraternity, that the Emperor Angus-'
tus was once so highly pleased at a cure
effected in himself by his doctor, An
tonius Musa, tnat he raised that gentle
man to the rank of Knight, and relieved
the whole profession from the burden of
taxation. . ,
Probably at no time before or since
that event has the lot of the physician
been such a happy one. In the earlier
cays of Koine the practice oi medicine
was despised arid confined to the hum
bler ranks of society and to slaves. Not
until the influence of Grecian civiliza.'
tion made itself felt in' the Roman cap
ital did physicians gain honor or stand
ing. In the middle ages the calling suffered
a relapse, to t peak medically. Surgery
was in ill-repute, and Spreugel tells us
that in Germany no artisan would em
ploy a young man as an apprentice'
without a certificate that he was born in
marriflsre cf honest parents, and came of
a family in which were found neither
barl-ers, bathers nor " skinners," as sur-
Even at the presont'ilay, although the
meritorious claims of the medical and
surgical practitioner bovo been recog
nized and an honorable social status
awarded him, his railed is not at rest
The advancement ai:d refinement of
ideas have begotten de. per -anxieties and'
a feeling of respomibiiry. So jeidouJy
does the law gu rd the lives and xersoC9
of the people, that every time the phvs-"
ician writes a prescription, or the sur
geon makes an incision, he takes Ids
purse, his liberty, or perhaps bis life ia
his hand. The risk is not all on the,
part of the patie-et, despi'e a popular
impression that the only pocket-Dook
likely to be'depletod or the only life lia
ble to be sacrificed, is that cf the sick,
man. O'ivcr E. Lyman, in Popular
Science SlorMiy.
A t'Brtful of Kin?s." .
An amusing incidsnt is told by Ger
man correspondent es having occurred
during an imperial hunt at Eiibcrtn
stoek. The hounds had just been called
off, and the guests were dispersing, when
the Emperor William, feeding slightly
unwell, proposed to r, turn to tiie castUs
on foot The King of Saxouy and the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg accompa
nied him. But, when the august party
were about half way to the catte, tho
Emperor became fatigued, and a peas
ant, driving a cart in the direction of
Hubertustock, happening to pess by,"
they asked him to give them a lift which
he willingly did. On the way, however,,
the good man's curiosity was excited by
the appearance of his passengers, ana
he said, turning to one of them :
" And who mny you be ?"
" I am the Grand Duke of Mecklen
burg." " Oa, indeed 1" returned the peasant,
with a wink. "And who may you be ?"
he inquired of the Dext
" I am the King of Saxony."
" Better and better !" cried tha carter."
"And you?" aacosting the third mem
ber of the party.
"I am the Einparcr of Germany."
" Well, then," siid the countryman,
in high humer, " 1 shall toil you who I
am. I. am the Shah of P. rs.a, and. can.,
hoax people aS well as you.
But when he dreve up to-the Cast'.e of
Hubertustock the honest fellow found
that of all the potentates in the cart ha
was the only one whose elaini'couid no:
be made good.
Rust Preventive. m
A new method of promoting the stf
face of iron from rust has been brong!
forward by Mr; Wan', of London. 'i'L
new "inoxidizing " process, as it
termed, consists m coiebining a si'ioa
with the metal bv the aid of LeJ .isvit
Cast or wrought-irun objects are hrt
coated, by painting or dipping, with a
sflicate giaze, which quickly dries, and
the ai tides are then passed through a
furnace, or rather oven. In this way
the silicate composition is r-aid to be
fused and absorbed into the metal,
which upon cooling is fou:id to havrf as
sumed a dull, black appearance. Ta
coating is said to be so iar homogeneous
with the metal as to protect it from any
change from loi'g exposure to the at
mosphere; and, at the same time, tha.
silicate is not liable to disintegrate or
separate from the iron. The articles
treated in this manner may be orna
mented by combining the silicate wash
with any ritrifiable colors. Tims
smooth-polished colored surfaces may
be produced npon iron, which, while
possessing features distinct from ordi
nary enameling, yet present superior
and more durable resulU than those ob
tainable by ordinary painting and var
nishing, Saient jic American.
An Impertinent 3Hmic. w'
Young ladies who expect attention
from young men should not ke p a toc-well-edue-ated
parrot A faiuiiy it,
Nashvide has a parrot noted for its wonv.
derful powers of imitating the humair
voice. The family aiso has a daughter
whose especial dutv is the care of the
- "- f.s, y -
found them closed. He pulljd the bell
knob again.
" Next door!" shouted the parrot, in a
voice not unlike the young lady's.
The young man looked up and down'
the street in a puzzled sort of a way, as ,
if it had suddenly dawned upon his
mind that he had made a mistike in the
house. Concluding that he had not, he
again rang the belt .
"Goto the house!" cried Poll from
his perch in the upper window.
" What house?" excla.med the young
man, angrily.
" The workhousa!" shrieked the par-.
rot The young mau concluded to leave
for his boarding house. Youth's Corn
panion.
i'iiey A'cver SmileiL
A Massaehuset s man went to call on
some school children, and begin to toll
them funny stories and pleasnnt tales
which made tiiem laugh. Suddenly
noticing their faces becoming sober h'
turned and saw the teacher threatening
them.wirh gestures and a fierce expres
sion of face. Oa asking her what the
matter was, she said in a harsh and sol
emn voice, " Thev are never allowed to
smile iu my room." "Then I think
your room ought to be more agreab!o
than your company," ho answered, and
it is to be h ped that he took uieauures
by dismissing hef to make it so.
Wb never could quite understatv?
why a non rut mart is the noblest worir
of thcOjWtf ir.