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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12
Mr.. and Nine. de Lesseps.

The whole of Europe, says The Paris
ian. passes through the dining-room
and salon of Mr.. and Nine. de Lesseps.
It is a hospitable house, if ever there
was one, cosmopolitan. and always SEEM
ing to be full Of joy. You amuse your
self there as you do nowhere else, and
you find there note in the shape of q
joyous band of seven children, who at a
given moment make noisy and bound
ing entry in the midst of the receptions
Mr.. de Lesseps loves to be surrounded
by this little world, and his young wife
is an adorable mother. Every day about
4 o'clock an immense landau carries off
the brood to the Bois de Boulogne. Who
has not remarked those laughing faces,
those rosey cheeks, and the eyes spark
ling with youth that is blossoming
forth in the full tide of happiness Be
tween the father and mother and their
children there is perfect harmony and
tenderness which is perhaps the most
natural sentiment in the world, but now
a-days is not common enough.
Nine. de Lesseps is of Creole origin;
her beauty has the type of that race, the
magnificent black eyes-eyes of black
velvet which prevent you from seeing
with impartiality any other feature of
her face. Still, let us see. The nose,
perhaps, is a little wanting IN line? Yes,
assuredly, but you hardly think of it in
the presence of that queenly look which
commands all your admiration. And
then she has q supremely elegant figure.
Tight fitting dresses were invented for
her sake, and she is faithful to them.
Doubtless this fashion would be eternal
if all the women had as good right to
conform to it as she has. She is the
daughter of Mr.. de Bragars, who was
judge in the Mauritius. The following
anecdote relative to her marriage with
Mr. de Lesseps is known to their friends
alone. It is charming. On his return
from Palestine Mr.. de Bragars brought
back with him some roses of Jericho for
some ladies of his acquaintenance. Mr..
de Lesseps; who was one of the friends
of the house, was present when the le-
gend of these flowers was related. Any
one who has some of these roses dried,
may put them in water and express a
wish; if his desire is to be fulfilled, the
next day the faded flower will be found
to have bloomed again.
''And you, mademoiselle," said Mr.. de
Lesseps, turning toward the young
daughter of Mr.. de Bragars, ''are you
going to try the experiment."
cit is useless. monsieur" the young
girl cried with melancholy and emotion.
''Those roses would not bloom againp
"Why?"
because the wish that form cannot
be realized"
There was such confusion and evident
emotion in this reply that Mr.. de Les
seps was struck and set to thinking.
''Try at least, mademoiselle, he said,
taking her hand, which she did not with
draw too hastily. 1t appears that the
young girl put the legend of the roses to
the test. The following day they re-
sumed their colors, and soon afterward
Mile. de Bragars became Nine. de Les
seps.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12

LAsCARs.-The men who call them
selves Lascars belong to almost all Asiatic
races, except the Chinese. Your China
man wants full wages, and when he goes
| to sea is always a carpenter, IA sail maker,
or skilled operative of some kind-Phil-
/ ippine Islanders, Malays, Mughs (from
the old Burmese COAST, Sindees, Cutch-
ees, Arabs, Somalees, and even, though
rarely, Pathans from the Hills, and pure
blacks from Nubia; but they were all
strong, all amenable to discipline, and all
| very pleasant to captains, because they
required SO very little accommodation.
Any covered place was better than their
own huts, and if there were none availa-
BILE they slept about as they could. They
all obeyed their own elected officer Or
gang masters, and they all, as long as their
and perseveringly, mutinying quite as
rarely as Europeans. The captains liked
them, they persisted in employing them;
and gradually the Lascars came to form Il
large proportion of every crew-a propor-
ton which of late years. and in nom
fighting services, have steadily increased.
There was, however, always one doubt
about the Lascars. Captains, unless ex-
tremely familiar with them, and person
ally popular with them, dstrusted their
nerve in battle-that is, Captain Marry
ever tried at once by danger and cold,
they would absolutely refuse to do their
duty. We do not remember the incident
on which the belief rested, but it was
nearly universal among the very expert
enced and competent seamen who made
up the old Conpany's Naval Service
curious and estimabe class-.lnd was, enl~
bodied in story almost certainly SO Years
old, for we heard it ourselves as an esssi
legend of the service 81 years ago. One
of the company's captains was running
down the channel in bitter weather, when
gale came on, and, the ship being i'll ex-
treme danger, all the Lascars suddenly
sat down. They struck nobody, insuted
nobody, and made no rush for liquor; but
there they sat, with that passive, inof-
fensive and unendurably irritating obsti-
macy which none but Asiatics and Red
Indians can display. The captain, after
vain efforts to rouse the men with exhOrt-
atious, orders and ropes'-endings, deliy-
cred through subordinates, at last went
down to them himself, and said, in broken
Hindostanee: 'You must pull the ropes,-
my men; for, if not, in ten minutes you
will all be in hell J" "Utcha" (''tres bien,")
was the humble reply, ''utcaa Sahib; SO
much the better. We shall be warm
there" The very desire of life had gone
out of them, and move they would not
and did not, and the work which saved
the vessel was done by some recruits on
board.-[Spectator. III.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12

"Alphonso," said -chfisy4iie, thought
fully, az she let down her back hair that
evening, us this simply q. sporadic case,
or do you expect allyour wives to take
naturally to being shot at? Because,
dear, don't want to be disagreeable1
but, you know, shall really have to q
forated like coander, If yoa don't
gage better style Of assassination.
aren't you ableto afford dynamita(
plosion like thetszarR This is ny
what had beeA1s4ao expect.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12

Some people outlive their manhood as
weff their sefulness. 1t would be bet
ter Tor 4kfem and their friends to die
eaglisr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Rearney Ras Fled.

San Francisco, 17.-Coun8el for
KeaIney announce that they will sp'
ply to the supreme court for a writ OF
hd5sQS corpus, as the only resort lelt
them. The supreme court is now
sitting at Los Angeles, and some time
will necessarily elspse before any
action can be taken on the appliCa-
ton. The superior court ordered a
remittitur forthwith, which would
land Kesruey in the house of correc-
ton directly. He was not present
when the judgment of the court was
rendered, and it is rumored that, an
ticipa!ing the decision and pending
the application of q habeas, he has
absented himself from the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

In FRANCE they are agiiaLing the
question of taxing church property.
An influential member of the Cham
Der Of Deputies recently proposed that
all religious associations be made
amenable to the common law in the
matter of taxation. He called special
attention to the real property belong
ing TO the departments, to cougrega-
tions and to other corporate bodies.
Those lands and buildings never pass
from one hand TO another, and are sell
dom, if ever. sold; and as a conse-
quence they pay no mutation Orlegacy
duty. Their proprietors, in the legal
sense, never die. Private property,
on the other hand, changs5 owners,
on an average, every twenty years.
and is a constant source Of revenue
TO the community. 1t is only ques
ton of time when all states will tax
all property, public and private.
ecclesiastical and lay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
LATEST KILOGRAMS
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
REGULAR SESSION.
HOUSE.

Washington, 1.-THE House wen
Immediately into committee on tn,
Indian appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being Hsskill's point O
order against Hooker's amendment
for the transfer of the Indian bureau
to the war department.
The chair decided the amendment
germane, as it retrenched expendi.
ture, but as it was the same in
substance as several bills now in the
House, he therefore sustained the
point of order.
The committee rose and reported
the bill to the House.
The House rejected the amendment
increasing the appropriation for cloth
ing for the Sioux from $3.50 coo 10
$3.50. 0C0, by vote of yeas 81, nays
104; the amendment abOlishing the
Indian commission was agreed to
yeas liz, nays 60. Other amend
ments we're agreed to without division
and the bill as amended passed.
Mcmahon, from the committee on
appropriations, reported back the
special deficit bill with the Senate
amendments.
The bill was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole on points of order,
A bill passed providing for the re-
superintendent OF members of the
legislatures of the territories of Mon
tans, Idaho and Wyoming.
Manning, from the election com
mittee, offered a resolution for the
investigation OF the anonymous letter
in the Donnelly-Washburn case.
McLane thought the resolution did
not present a question Of privilege
and moved to table it. Rejeoted-99
to A. The resolution was then
adopted-1Oe to So.
The House then went into com.
mittee on the special deficiency Il
which McMshon explained.
Adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Domestic.

Fremont. Ohio. IA large re
publican convention to-day appointed
Blaine delegates to Columbus. Reso-
lutions were PASSED in favor of Blaine
Chester, Pa 1.-THE new iron
steamer Columbia, built for the
Oregon Steamship Company, OF Port
land. left Reaches yard this evening
for New York.
Buffalo, N. Y, II. - During a
heavy gale this morning several
vessels became involved in jam and
were badly used up.
Washington, 27.-Sometime ago a
man, by inyenting a story of the
destruction of some government bonds
and by means of forged letters
secured from government a reissue oil
these destroyed bonds. Now it turns
out that the bonds were net destroyed
and they are presented for REDEEM z
ton by the Eighttul owner.
The Shoshone and Bannack
Indians now here, express a willing
ness to settle in severally and adopt
civilized methods of procuring a
living.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

MRS. BRAKES letter to Sexton
Taylor, published in another part OF
this issue. completely solves the mys'
terry OF her husbands death in this
city fortnight or so ago; and solves
it in q manner mos. creditsble to the
community, however much it may
disappoint and wax certain class.
The HERALD assumed from the first
that it vas q case of suicide, not be-
cause We wanted to turn an assassina-
ton into self murder, but for the
reason that all the facts and circum-
stances obtainable pointed directly to
suicide and not to murder. There
was q strained attempt on the
part of some to make this a horrible
midnight assassination, and we re-
GREETED then and do now, that some
OF tho9e who seemed anxious TO put
this black face upon the affair are
those who should incline to keep up
the credit and go0d name Of the city
rather than interest themselves IN try.
ing to give the place q black eye. In
a certain degree every citizen of Salt
Lake must have suffered in reputs-
ton if it had been shown that Drake
was assaesinated On a public street
without q clue being found to TIE per-
petrators CT the deed. It being proven
beyond dispute that be took his OWL
life relieves the community of evers
shadow of blame, and removes from
the police a good cause for censur'
had the murder superstition been sus
| tanned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
THEATRICALS.

New York, 17.-Mapelson troupe
gave Lies Hugunots" farewell matt
nee to-day, and took steamer for
Europe. The company's benefit Oh
Friday drew an immense house.
jim Keene and G. Z. Garrison
have each subscribed $4,000 for
stock for the proposed Metropolitan
Opera House Company, making $37,-
600 OF the 100000 subscription called
for.
Christine Nilson has written tbs
Herald demanding a contradiction of
the siatemeH. TIA: Ter voice has
fsiled.
"Among the Mormous," by D.ns
mors, Of san Francisco, vas sue
cessiuiiy produced on Moa lay at
Holley's, Boston.
Aaron OrdEay, of Lawrence, started
on Monday ior San Francisco, with
125 performers from New England
cities and towns, for a sixty days
excursion, travelling in Wagner cars.
A new play, tine Gentleman from
Nevada" has made bit in Boston.
J. B. Polk plays the principal part.
Emma Abbott has made $50. GOO
during the season now closing.
Carrie Wyatt, formerly OF Cali
foTnia. acts Adrienne in the "Oele-
brated case at Windsor" in the Bow
cry:
''To Marry or Not to Merry" at
y aIlack's.
Annie Pixley will be succeeded at
the Standard next week by the
Weathersby Goodwin troupe.
Maurice Grau will bring out new
French company at the Standard in
the autumn.
Henderson will produce later in the
season several new and strong plays,
one of them entitled "Bigamy."
Miss Henderson, who made a sue
cessiul adaptation called almost 9
Lile," is now at work upon another
play.
Chicago, 1.-THE theatres have
all done rushing business the pas
week, Sothern at McVicker's, Rob
son and Crane at Hooley's, Kiralfy'
at Haverly's, the Wyman's at TIT
Halssed Street Opera House. Frank
Frayne at the Olympic. in "Martt
the Hunter"
Next week the Strategists Boston
, Company at McVicker's, Mel
Roberts at the Olympic, Byron
Our Girls" at Hoolsy's, a local..
composed opeTeita at Haverly's, 9Th
Rival Contineers." The LiDgaEd an
Damziel Company vii play il
"Osken Hearts", ut ST. Louis
shortly, being a version of Heart
Of OAK"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

CINCINNATI's CITY council seems
bent on driving the democratic ma
tionaI convention from that city. In
order to induce the national commit
mittee to designate Porkopolis as the
place for the convention, Cincinnati
promised everything in the way Of
accommodation and entertainment.
but now the council refuses ID allow
poles to be erected in the streets go
as to supply the necessary Geographic
facilities. It is not too late 10 reverse
the action of the national committee,
and there are plenty of enterprising
cities with enterDrisipg boards Of
councillors that would be only too
glad to get the convention. AS the
convention will spend several humid
red thousand dollars wherever it
meetR, Cincinnati is foolishIy endang.
ering a good opportunity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
ELECTORAL VOTES.
Proposed New Rule for Count
ing Them.

Washington. II The democratic
members of the Senate committee on
rules. and of the Senate secret COM
mittee on counting electoral votes,
held q long private meeting to day
and substantially decided to recon-.
mend that Congress adopt a new joint
rule providing that in case only one
certificate of the electoral vote of q
state be presenter to Congress it shall
not be rejected except by an sffirma
tive vote of the two houses; and that
in case of dual returns neither shall
be counted unless the two houses
agree that one of them is the true and
valid return. The proposition is sub
stantially the same as that offered by
Senator Motion in the Forty fourth
Congress, and adopted by the Senate
in favor of a bill which, however,
failed to receive final action in that
body in consequence OF Thurman
having entered motion to reconsider
its passage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
S J. L,
He is Still in the Field, and is
Making the Political Effort
Ofhis Life.

Washing ton, II. - The Essning
Star publishes q special dispatch from
New York, purporting to give the
exact position OF Governor Tilden,
which the Star says, sis from con-
Gdential friend OF tue Gramercy Park
statesman, and may be accepted as
entirely reliable" From this au-
thoritive statement it appears that
Mr.. Tilden has not decided to with
draw from his presidential candidacy;
on the contrary, he is making ''the
most earnest, though quiet political
contest of his life" to crush out John
Keliyism in New York politics, and
establish his own supremacy. To
surrender or compromise with Kelly,
he holds, would be az fatal to the
democracy as a surrender would have
been by the regular state convention
to Mr.. Kelly's secession convention
last fall at Syracuse. In his opinion
if the legitimate organization and
control of the party are not retained
and enforced in every election pre-
sinct in the state of New York, it is
quite immaterial whether he or any
other democrat be nominated at Gin
cinpsti. This" says the Stars in
formant, sis the precise situation
which Governor Tilden regards as
much higher than a mere personal
candidacy"
Washington, ia correspondent
of the Journal, writing from st.
Adams, Vermont, says he was in
formed on the train between New
York and Montreal, by leading
democratic politician of New England
whose high standing in the counseiE
lot the party entities him to promi'
nent recognition, that in late demo
cratic conference in New York City,
at which Tilden and Genera
Hancock, with the members OF the
national committee were present
the question of Tilden's candidacy
was settled q! the meeting
and Tllien positively decided
not to be candidate fol
nomination, and that he has writer
letter to be read at the Syracuse
convention Withdrawing his name
from the field, urging as reasons hi
failing health and desire to have har
mopy and success. Gen. Hanc0cl
stated to the Journals informan
he should not enter into any contes
or fight TO secure the nomination, ant
that he Was not a candidate in any
sense, being no seeker Of office. III,
correspondent Eas shown letters anC
kilograms from leading supporters o
rilden's candidacy in New York ant
Connecticut corroborating the state
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

Qua EASTERN visitors have been IN
fortunate in the time of their visit, az
they reach the city at the worst period
in the year SO far as pleasure and
sightseeing are concerned. a month
later the city will be clothed in green
and decked with bright flowers, while
the walks and drives will be delight
fuI, instead of in their present dis
agreeable and even repulsive condi-
ton. But if there are any
book-makers in the party we will
undertake to say thai in their few
hours sojourn in Salt Lake they will
see and hear enough TO build volumes
upon. 1t is a remarkable character
istic of the down east" author that
he can spend a few hours in a Salt
Lake hotel and learn more of the city
aud the people and the institutions,
than the most energetic resident
newsgatherer can pick up in q de-
cade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Foreign.

Berlin, 1.-THE budget committee
has pronounced the petition Of the
paper makers for the imposition oil
duty on rags exported from Germany
to be unsuitable for discussion by the
German Parliament.
The Reichstsg, to-day, commenced
the debate on the second reading oil
the bill for a renewal OF the anti
socialist law and rejected the amend
ments Of the socialist deputies for the
sbrogation of some clauses Of the bill,
and also the amendments OF Wind
horst, ultrsmontane leader, allowing
appeals to the tribunal Of the empire
against the dissolutions and prohibi-
tions of meetings, and exempting
electoral NJ meetings from the jurisdic
ton of the law.
Constantinople, 17.-Said Pasha,
president OF the council of ministers,
has proposed to the Sultan to convoke
a national assembly under a modified
electoral assembly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

ONE OF Prince Bismarck's favorite
pastimes of late years has been to
attract wild bears to his park at
Valzin by feeding them with all sorts
of delicacies. Il is said that all the
bears for miles around have become
acquainted with the chancellor's &C.
centricity and profted by his gen.
crosby. An enthusiastic hunter re-
siding near Vsrzin couldn't stand this
sort of interference with his sport, and
made repeated raids upon the Princes
domain. In few days he succeeded
in killing twenty-five bears, always
eluding the game-keepere. Bismarck,
on hearing of the destruction of his
pets, few into violent rage, and BE-
came seriously i'll, which is said to
be the origin of his present sickness.
He contemplRtes binding a line Of
forts around bic psrk, and filing
them with regularly trained sentries,
being determined 10 protect his pets
ct WhatsYer cost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18

THE CAR has shown himself proof
against dynamite, cold lead, bombs
and other destruclives, and now his
enemies are trying to feed him poison,
with the view TO aseertaining what the
effect will be upon the old mans sys-
tenn. A day OF two ago poison was
discovered in e dish on Alexander's
dining table. As the Gar compels
some of his attendants to taste every
dish before he INDUCES, and to drink
wine or water before he puts 1t to his
lips. the nihi!ists are in a fair way to
kill of the Imperial household before
the Emperor gets his dose.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Poor Peru.

Washington, 1.-THE following
dispatch was received at the Gillian
legation this evening: Panama, April
17.-Csllas has been blockaded by
steamers of the Chilian navy. A
great panic has arisen there and st
Lima. The inhabitants are fleeing
from these cities. The PtrGvisns
have been completely defeated in
Los Angeles, near Moquequs Ac-
mital Montero is trying to escape
from Taeua.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Nuspected vic Poisoning.

Philadelphia, 17.-Dr. Goesen has
been held for trial on charge oil
poisoning his wife, who recently
died. The chemist has net yet com
pleted the analysis CT the stomach OF
the Tife's mother, who died a short
time before his wife. DR.. L. f.
Haiues, who visited the woman only
once during her sickness, and gave q
certificate of death from disease OF
the kidneys, hiss been held as aces
sorry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
Against Grant.

New York, 1.-THE independent
republican organization issued an
address to-day, saying that the under
signed American citizens of German
descent, edherents of the republican
party would consider the domination
OF General Grant as a candidate for
the presidency az injury denly
affecting the welfare Of the country as
well as the republican party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-18
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE ONTARIO SILVER MN
ING COMPANY.

OFFICE OF THE ONTARIO SILVER MN
ING COMPANY.
Room 40 Nevada Block,
San Francisco, CalifOrnis.
ii. K. GOODRICH, Secretary of the
Ontario Silver Mining Company, do
certify that at a meeting Of the Board OF
Directors of said company, held at its
Office in the City of San Francisco, on the
SIst day of March, AID. 1880, among
other things The following resolution was
passed, to wit: ResoLUed, That r. G.
Chambers, residing at Salt Lake City, SAT-
Lake County, Utah Territory, which is
the principal place Of bu.iness OF
this company in said Territory, be and he
hereby is appointed Agent Of this com
pany; and that he is hereby designated
as the person upon whom process issued
by authority, or under any law of Utah
Territory may be served.
u@@~ In Witne-s whereof I have
few, hereunto subscribed my name
'AAh' and affixed the seal of taid
so~ Company
J. K. GOODRICH, Sec'y,
al5 Ontario Silver Mining Company.