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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
A LIVE CARGO.
shipping Chinese How tho w onion are Taken
Aboard.


FtOm TIE San Francisco Morning Gull
The steamer at Hong Kong lies ut anchor
In the bay, after she has received her cargo. The
regular Chinese cooiis passengers are given TO
understand that on a day named che will sail,
anu that they must DO ready TO go on board at
On early hour In the morning. At about three
o'clock A. NJ. the embarkation begins, the
coolies beng brought out TO the ship from the
shore 10 lighters, which usually carry from 40
10 $40 pe sons. When the lighters come along
side. gangway Is made, and along this the
coolies pass in single nle, each having in hts
hand ticket WITH which he mas been provided,
which he exhibits. As soon as all are on board
the anchor Is weighed aud the ship sieams out
OF the narbor.
But before all this, which is regular has oc-
CURED, and under the cover OF the darkness OF
night, small boats. or "sampAns, as thew
cal cd In CninA move silently OF from the SD ore,
each containing from i've 10 ten Chinese females
OF the lowest order. These women do not pass
aboard the ship by any gang plank, but they are
put through port, which has been left conve-
niently open Tor this purpose. They are re-
ceved on board toy some officer OF the ship, who
has provided secret hiding place for them |;
and before the gray twilight OF morning ap-
pears everything about the ship has IemdkA-
bly, regular Appearance. Just before the ship
reaches Yokohama, on her way to San Fran
cisco. all the Chinese passengers, except the
women, are mustered on the main deck, and are
made to pass through a narrow gangway, only
Wide enough for one To pass at a time. Their
passage u kets are taken up aud another ticket
furnished each ore, to show that he " Ill be all
right when disembarked at San Francisco.
while this inspection IL In progress upon the
main deck, two Of the shio's officers 20 into the
st-erage and make search to ascertain IL there
any stowaways on board. AZ any are found
they are put ashore at Yokohama; but no in
stance has ever been known where female
stOwawaf was put ashore, except after tue ar
rival OF the steamer In Ban Francisco.
After the ship has arrived In this port, oppor-
tunities are given To tue owners of these women
to smuggle them ashore. This Is done by the
cOnniyAnce OF some Oficer OF the ship, and pos
si6ly OF some subordinate Custom House oficer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
A Woman who sings Tenor and n Man whs
Sings Alto.


A portion of the musical community in
New York Is very much interested Just now in
the voice OF newly-inported singer recently
arrived from Paris. Her name Ia Nile. Mauger.
lite Selvi. and she has already been engaged 10
sing IN the choir OF ST. Marks Episcopal Churoa.
corner OF Second avenue and ZENITH street.
Her voice Ia pronounced by competent Judges
TO be pure tenor. and 10 remarkable for lie
clearneas and strength In tue upper register.
She renders tenor solos with MAGNIFICENT effect,
and she 10 alre .dy regarded as musical phs-
nomenon. Her ability to sing without appareua
effort the most dim 'ult music written for lemons
has been tested upon several occasions in the
presence OF some OF the most famous masters
In the city, and altogether 1t Ia predicted thss
she Is bound to create n sensation upon tue
concert plat form during the coming season.
Mile. SelNi 10 us phenomenal as q tenor =
certain gentleman VINO has for a long time cred-
itably sustained an alto part IN quartet cnoD
attached to one OF the Brooklyn churches. Ihts
gentleman Ia an amateur strictly but his voice
Is pure contralto, The chest notes are perfect
and upon hearing him II Is dlfiicult to believe
that one Is listening TO masculine voice. His
solos are gems In their way and his proficiency
10 SO remarkable that he has been advised -
quit mercantile pursuits and study for concert
singing. What an Interesting pair tins female
tenor first mentioned and this masculine cos
trhlIo would make In concert Iroupel How
ever II any OF your re derS wish TO hear IA ale
voices singing alto parts, let them drop into
Trinity and hear the boy choirs upon some festA
div
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
A DEAD-H FAD PASS.
How n Southern Correspondent Sat for his
Portrait. and How 10 Looked.
ffora me Itctsbur0 Herald

PHILADELPHIA. June ID have had to
comply with the rules and have my photoeraph
the grounds oY regularly appointed artists. As
they had 10 depict several thousand correspon-
dents they couldn't take much pains. You
know 1 am not strikinRly handsome even when
pleased. In CT was as mad as steamb at
baIkeeper with a big lot of passengers carrying
taeir own wniskey had been standn g In the
press gang line for an hour aud hiatt. Aud
had ON tight pair Of shoes. And was hot
ana nungry-and thirsty aud dry and wanted
some lager the worst sort. And then felt
sneaky aud mean at the rogues gallery Idea OF the
arrangement. But my turn came at last. need
my collar wiltei. ana my cravat twisted,
and my shirt-fIcnt Dulged out, i Topped
boarder, anu butsed back the forked iron head
brace clear out Of position. Inc artist wanted
to M me In better attitude. But told him
10 snoOt II TO me as was. Ihere wasn't much
time To agufy, SO he shot II TO me as was
Just as he snot IL to me as l was, bright ray OF
light Tell on the TIP top Of my tawny mead, aud
glanced OF into my Iight eve. 1 lnvoluntarily
smut down my right eye. and Of course elevated
my right check. linen thought what the con-
three or four inches In width. when the artist
gave me the picture next DAY ne kinder laughed.
lie might well have kinder laughed. 1he sud
den ray Of light ON the top Of NV mead had left
the qualification Of a long, diagonal. shiny, bald
streak-inuch ike blaze on a roam nlustans's
nose. The sudden shutting OF my rlgnt eye had
ielt a sort OF Rilt-edged lcony over that optic
and the consequent smile mad extended under
my left ear. exacLIy ABOVE tue place where tho
knot Of my cr4vat was tied.
When / gave the picture to the lady In attend
ance, who was To paste IL on my ticket, sue
kinder laughed. When gave IL to tue man VINO
was to put the Official stamp on II, he kinder
Laid back In his chair and put n ruober eraser
In his mouth, and appeared To 10 suffering some
sudden inw.ro pain. But at last he stamped II,
and then l went rght out al the dig z ate and
came around to a small gate, to see how slick
aud nice it would tie coming In ON special Cen
tennial correspondents ticket. Bat didn't
come in with 1t very slick aud nice.
"bee mere. young III an, says the gats-Keeper,
you can't come around here trying to get IN ON
that there thing. " ny the man whose picture
Is on that pass must be near onto hundred
years old. When did your hair grow outf
When cid your eye come uncurledf How did
your mouth hOp back so suddenI 1 know your
game, young man! You've been and hooked
some poor old country editors pAss. l advise
you to 20 along on VITA that thing. It's put
up lob. You might get arrested"
Seeing there was no uss to argue the matter,
anu feeling tn Justice OF the mas convictions,
1 went Ground to the press headquarters outside
aud explained my troubles. They sent a man
back with me wno made II all right But that
Is the only gate keeper wno Will lot me In on the
internal hobgopliu VI pass-and LIE IL still sus-
plciOus.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
Love ON n Train.
krom DE 1tOp nnlea.

Every day we have additional evidence
OF the truth OF the old adage that the fools
are not all dead YET" On Saturday evening a
couple entered a car OF the local train at Albany,
He was young fellow Of rather an ardent tenn
permanent, with white hair cut close, and with
face where scarce appeared the uncertain
prophecy OF beard" She was lively damsel OF
half IRE" ana with new summer bonnet.
They sat In the same seat, and seemed utterly
unconscious OF the fact that their actions we're
the "cynosure OF all neighboring eyes" Her
arm stole gently around his neck, his crept slyly
around her waist. She would bend over and
whisper something IN his ear He would incline
hts head slightly 10 catch the falling meaning
He bebeId himself reflected from her eyes, and
was on straight In his. The passengers were a.
much Interested In the affair rs tho parties
themselyes. This was Kept up until tho train
arrived In TROY. aud We s---t Gun no moro,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
Tho New whea, Destroyer.
FrOm Ms 81. RaM rl0neer. h.ess.

What has heretofore been thought q
chinch bug, destroying wheat on the Southern
Minnesota Railroad now groves to be a fly.
People who have been over the Southern Minns-
sofa Railroad say that there Is a new insect at
work on the growing crop OF wheat along the
line, especially where II has been dry. Although
the last rain has dispelled the fears OF dTou ght,
the ny has gone to work vigorously, and all
present the appearance OF having lost life and
yerdure. IL turns yellow, withers up and dies.
The hies seem TO work near the root, and draw
the sustenaDce out OF the staik. whether they
will continue 10 their ravsnous course rsma. 10
TO be seen. II they 10, whole nelds will not
yield return Of seed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
MIRRYING APRINCH
what 10 Cost mr.. aeerge Parsens - 0es =
Fercisn sen-in-Law.

Correspondence " ne 0rophn
In the city OF Columbus, where Mrs.
George Parsons. He is a lawyer whose fortunes
are so well advanced Dy requests and investments
that he seldom appears in active NE. re Is
citizen, but no has the added connection Of AN
ar, or tito " not princely son In law.
Nine years ago Mr.. Parsons started to Europe
with No daughters to make the rand tour az
abundant leisure. l was PASSENGER on the
same steamship, the Fulton. we.youne fellows
used to see two vivaoious Western girls,
Just out OF school. sitting at the head OF the
compsnio nway, one q thom not too sea sick 70
conceal the fash Of her black eyes and the rich,
girlish color that those Columbus mondays i'm
part to the complexion. Romping, racing
,aushing as she revived from NAL de naer. May
Parsons was generally considered the prettiest
lass ON shtpbaprd, and 81 young as TO be nearly
unconscious OF ". She made no other impres-
known.
Hut three years In Europe changes many a
rustic nature. The news came back to Column.
bus that MAY Parsons WAS TO marry q prince"
"a Young CHAP attached to the German Legs-
ton at Paris She returned " Columbus, and
wed Visbnu himself, and doomed to a state OF
holiness for term OF preparation, He was
lineage was somewhere well wrtten, and
amounted to having served In the wars and
drawn salary veiiantly since the time OF the
ductive John Hay or Major BsDcock, one Of the
, under diplopatis ., bu. q Tue prince Tor 81
some dogs with him to denote his Importance
settlers, hounds, or something supposed out of
America To he aristocratic. But not peg
would that high ettled Dutohman bulge
until Parsons pere had settled on OF
about and some say raised and paid
100000 to him for the holy privilege
OF taking the prettiest Girl away from Colum nus.
Parsons was u man OF sense, and probably
thought princes super1uous on the earth in amy
form, but this new AID knightly form OF assess
ing taxation on females was Indeed cruel. Nine.
Parsons, however. did not want such u bsauti.
iul prince To 10 out OF the family. Whatis called
the social pressure was brought to bear, and
Dutohman, dogs. bride, title, and all disap-
peared out Of the Union depot toward Europe,
Diminishing the bank account OF Columbus aud
In course OF time making George Persons
the very worthy grandfather Of two princes,
whose ankles are better turned aud whose eyes
are blacker tn IN any Of the Weldeoker, Schom-
hausef, DOwershausen family.
And yet may We prudently ask-for we do not
hght with double handed swords nor wear q
helmet aud pair Of military corsets-would not
George Parsons, Of Columbus, prefer son on
tue republican plan OF his townsmaD, Rutner-
ford Is Hayes. to a sonin-law who requires an
income with wife and lives by chewing his
side whiskers around a legttionf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
The Coal Mines Of Wyoming.

The coal mines i'll this vicinity are the
most extensive IN the world. At Almy, two ana
a half niles from Evanston, are the Rocky Noun.
tain Coal ana Iron COmpany's mines, three u
six feet IN thickness and several miles IN length.
extending into the mountain u great dopths
This company average about eighteen cars u
coal per day during the year, most OF which "
shipped to the Central PAcihc railroad. IpSN
Union Pacific Rallro Company mines, W. W.
Sefat, lessee, are also nearly MS extensive, an
aver, Re Of from twelve To hfteen cars per day
being shipped away, partly 10 the Unlon Pacin9
Railroad aud partly to Salt Lake City. From III
To 30 men are constantly employed ut these
mines.
Winsor. which ID turning out from tesn to
twenty tons per day, which supplies this citH
with fuel.
About forty miles duo north from Evanston
IL what Is known as the Twin Creek coal mine,
owned by the Wyoming Coal aud Cokin1 Con-,
pany with capital stock Of t2,5D00OO. The pe-
cullhrity OF this coal Is that IL Is easily convorte9
into COKE, Thousands Of tons Of wnion are usod
This IL the only coal that has been discovered
west OF PENNSYLVANIA that can DO III ade 70
coke successfully. number Of coke ovens are
now being constructed, and by the lst OF Mag
wo expect at least one hundred teams will be
required to convey the coke To the railroad.
Only eighteen miles from this mine, ana
twenty miles from Carter station, Is the Nam.
moth Sandstone Mountain coal mine, which u
the lHrgest coal mine that we have any knowl-
edge Of ever having been discovered. Ii Is about
four miles in length, and consists OF sixteen
veins, one lying above the other, thin layer Of
sandstone intervening. The bottom vein Is tho
while the next one above Is over seventy i've
feet In thickness, with one a lew feet above OF
sixty feet, another forty, ana 30 on, MAKING
about four hundred feet OF SOLID coal these
grees, and are very easy OF access. The coal "
very bright, and free from slate or dirt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
Our Ministers sermon.


FF'FN He -'eN HNNeH "bsss"s
The minister said last night. says hei
Ifyour ME ain't WORTH neIhin' to other folfA
Why, what's the use OF nvin'r'
And THAT'S what saY 10 my wife SAYS 1.
He'd sooner begKar would stArve Than give
cent toward Ouylns d.nner
tell Won our minister Is prime. he Is.
Hut couldn't quite determine,
When heard nm a-giyln' II right and left
just VINO Ma Int bl his sermon,
or course there couldn't be no mistake
when he talked Of long.winded praJin'
For Peters and johnson, they sat aud scowlsa
At every word he was sayin',
And the minister he went on to say,
There's various sinus OF ehea In.
A. TO bring to meeuni
don't think much OF the man that gives
The loud amens al my preachin',
Aud spends his lime the follONiu week
In cheatln' and oyerreachin'."
guess that dose was bitter enough
For nan IKE Jones To swa leTi
But noticed he dldn't open his mouth,
Not once after that to holleri
Hnrrah. says ], for the minister
or course l said II quiet
Give Us some more OF TINS open talk.
ia very rrfreshin' diet.
The minister hit 'em every time,
Aud when lie spoke OF fashion,
Aud riggln's out IN bows and things,
As womAn's ruln passion,
AND comm TO church 10 see the styles,
cOulun't help a'wlnkln
And guess II sot her a'thlnkln'.
Says TO myself that sermons pat.
But man is que creation.
Aud I'm much afraid that most OF the folks
Wont take the Application,
Now, II he had said one word about
NY personal mode OF slnnln',
I'd have gone to work to rlkht myself,
And not SIT there GRIMM.
just then the minister says says he,
And now I've come 10 me fellers
WhO'ye lost this shower by usin' their friends
ASS sort % moral unbreas.
Go home" says he, ana nnd your faults,
Instead OF huntin' your DrOtheT,'.
Go hOme," says lie, "and wear The coats
You tried 10 III for others"
My wife she nudged. and Brown he winksa
Aud there was lots o. smihn,
And lots o. lookin' at our pew.
1t sot my blood q Dln.
6ays " ulyself our minister
II gettin'a little bitter,
IN tell him when the mcetin's Out
Ain1 That Kind VI cntter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02

From the INCA Observer.
He stands sublime, In sun and storm
us banner GEARS the WORD IL torni
All ttand IN fear oil Uncle Sam.
when the good cause seemed most forlorn
lie laughed the coward hearts 10 soorn;
When cropping WIDE they could not see,
He rose and said, C.me follow me-"
The State is proud that gave him birth,
HIS fame extends through all the earthi
watchSord and u tower VI strength.
Corruption shrinks and stands Aghast
Whene'er she hears his bugle blasti
You cannot break. y, cannot bend,
You cannot swerve nun IRON his end.
The Empire State lay near TO death.
When even the Ooldest held their BREATH
In that dark hour OF sorcst need
lie slew the giant robOer, Tweed.
The fetid slime from whence there springs
The serpent brood Of thieYisn klngsi
How wise, deliberate, and slow
lilo waits, to strike the heavier blow.
No more Is heard their a ndsh mirth,
They walk no more the good green earth
By swamp and lake, IN vale and hill,
They lie entombedi ana colo ana suu.
He seems most Mt TO lead the van,
In him behold the Honest Man.
IL seems that this Centennial Time
HAD come 10 make the hour sublime.
The Peoples heart toward him yearns.
Around him where the battle burns
He cannot shrink, he viii not FAM
lie wears such shining coat VI mail.
Through all the land wide rings his name.
ss H s's md s soSf' lns ssd wssI
He wears triumphant onhis crest.
No gambling dens Of stocks and cards
Comprise MS friends aud body guards.
He Keeps his post where'er II bel
He never loiters BY the sea.
From yaulted base to towering roof,
His Treasury doors are burgar-proofi
HIS only charm against N scnance
Is but Eternal Vigilance
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
Her First Appearance on tho stage.
From Fanny KeDsbs's Autobiography in the Agana
A0nfhIy

From Fanny ktDsbss Autobiography in the Atlantic
Monthly.
| saw my mother advance on the stage,
and while the uproar Of her reception hlled me
and dear Mr.. keely. her Peter, and half tho
drdfadts persOnU OF the pl y (but not my father
who had retreated, quite unable to endure the
scens), stood around me as lay all but insensl-
BILE, IN my aunts arms. Courage, courage, my
dear child poor thing. poor thug u reiterated
bleV" urged keely, IN that irresisioly comical,
nervous, lachrymOse voice OF his, which l never
since heard without n thrill Of anything but
coDlcal association; never mind 'em don't
many rows OF cabbases!' Nurse /" called my
mother, aud ON wdddled Mrs. Davenport, and,
turning back, called In her turn, JuhetW
My aunt gave me an Impulse forward, and
ran strsi ght across tue stage, stunned with the
tremendous shout that greeted me, my eyes
covered with mist, and the green baize flooring
OF the stage feeling as II II rose up against my
feet; but l got hold Of my mother, and stood
ike terrined cre AZURE at bay, confronting the
huge theatre full OF gazing bsings. l 40 not
think word uttered during THIS scene could
have been audible; In the next the ballroom,
1 began to forget myself In the following one,
the balcony scene. had done 80, and for aught
knew was juliet; the passion was uttering
and shoulders, while the poetry sounded like
music 10 me as spoke II, with no sciOusness
OF ANYTHING before me, utterly transported into
the imaginary existence OF the play.
After this / did not return into myself till all
was over, and amid tumultuous storm OF ap-
plause, congratulation. tears, embr4 ces and a
general Joyous explosion OF unutttTable relief
at tho fortunate termination OF my attempt, we
went home. And 80 my life WAS determi ned,
and devoted myself to an avocation which
nature OF which have never been able to come
to any decided opinion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-02
Return of salmon to the Connecticut Rivor.

FTUTH NVHFWTFF'
A fine specimen OF salmon has been
caught at Middle Haddam by Mr. Thomas Dom
alion In a gill net, aud l. on exhibition AT Stew,
ens's market. II weighs nearly twenty poundA.
and Is one Of the most cheering things To loo4
at IN these h ri times. IL means that the orr
OF the commission Is not useless with regard =
salmon. aud II IL promise that there viii be
plenty OF these delicious ash AT our doors before
long. The specimen ID about yard long, and .
beautiful hsh, though really not So sllyery q
some OF the enormous kennebec ones that have
been lately sold In immense quantities In thu
city. Tue fish was taken going up stI cam. sn4
Ia thought to be one OF those planted 10 to
Warrington SIX years ago. II this one ltJtA
Others also should 10 IN tue TiysJ.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-24
THE GOVERNOR QUESTION

A peculiarly of the canvass for govern
or, thus far this year, has been the number
of good names suggested, the number of
excellent men who, for one reason or an
other, have peremptorily declined to be con-
sldered in connection with the nomination,
the varied objections which have been
raised as to tho candidacy of some of those
named, and the fact that most of the sug-
gestions as to the personnel OF the candi-
date have come from the people, not from
the press. The number of excellent men
who have been suggested, and the objec-
tions which have been urged against many
of them, show how kcenly sensitive the
people are upon the subject, and how de-
termined they have become to be Satisfied
only with the best governor that the state
cau furnish. We publish elsewhere u
batch of comments from the state press on
the governor question:" from which it
would appear-if the press can be taken as
u reflex of public opinion, as we believe,
this year and upon this subject, it can
that the popular sentiment OF the state ia
gradually, but surely, crystalizing and GEN.
terIng around one mainland that man,
Broughton ID. Harris of Brattleboro.
The reason IL, perhaps, obvious enough.
Mr.. Harris is conceded 10 be worthy and
well qusluied, and, In personal character,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-24

Absent and not voting or, as the Free
Press puts it, being "called away from
Z" Washington, to New York, Vermont aud
" Portland, by business connected with
d" the Lamoille Valley railroad, in which
his constituents had important interests
which he was trying to serve" or, as our
faoetious friend of the Morrisvllle Citizen
has it, being al the Fifth avenue hotel,
New York city ''at the call Of Mr.. Horace
Fairbanks who wished to confer with
him on matters connected with the p. d
30. railroad" was the manner in which
the representative in congress served his
constituents and, with the Citizen, we
think that although ''this may not be ex-
actly the service that Hendee was elect
ed to do, yet 1--WE do not believe he can
better satisfy his constituents in that
valley than by attending to tho interests
OF that road" Witness the facts. While
he was absent and no. voting, "residng at
the Fifth avenue hotel, and journeying
to New York, Vermont and Portland, the
affairs of the road went on swimmingly.
When, however, in consequence of the
comments of the press or q desire for re-
election, he becomes fixture in his seat,
and attends to his business, the Lamolle
Valley railroad goes all to smash, there is
an entire stoppage of work, and the labor
ers-embarrassed, destitute and unable to
get their pay-are scattered everywhere.
The Lamoille valley needs Hendee more
than coupress does