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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-07-27

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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

ExInNa THE PRIVILEGED CIAssEs.-In
st. Petersburg more than six hundred
persons of the noble or privileged classes
are under arrest to be deported to Sibe-
ria without trial. In one of the tempo
rary Governor Generalships in the south
of the empire (Odessa) sixty privileged
persons have already been sent to Sibe-
ria without trial, and two hundred per-
sons of this class are under arrest to be
judged. So great is the number of per-
sons of this category to be exiled. that a
practical difficulty is said to have arisen
in connection with their deportation. A
noble or privileged person who has not
been iudicially sentenced, when sent to
Siberia, by the orders of the Third Sec
ton, or Secret Police, must be escorted
by two gendarmes, it being against the
laws to manacle privileged person who
is uncondemned. It appears that there
are not gendarmes enough thus to escort
the number of persons to be deported,
and the Ministry of Secret Police has
proposed to get rid of this difficulty by
sending the privileged persons fettered
like ordinary criminals. On the other
hand the officials are opposed to any such
course.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30
Loving q Whole Family.

'sI don't want to make any trouble, but
there is one man in this city who ought
to be gibbetedp began blunt-spoken
woman of forty-five as she stood before
the officials of the Twentieth Street Sta
ton day or two ago.
When they inquired for particulars
she handed out letter and said:
s'Observe the envelope. That letter is
addressed to me. You will see that the
writer calls me his jessamine, and he
wants me to set an early day for the we'd
ding"
When the captain had finished the let
ter she was ready with another, adding:
ssAnd this is addressed to my daughter
Lucretia. You will see that he calls her
his rosy angel, and he says he can't live
if she doesn't marry him. It's the same
man."
So it was, and his letter was as tender
as spring chicken. That finished, she
handed out third, with the remark:
'sThis is directed to my daughter
Helen. It's the very same man, and in
it he calls her his pansy, and he says he
dreams of her.
why. he seemed to love the whole
family" remarked the captain.
''That's just it. I'm a widow with two
uauSnC6rS, anu ne was COufCluS us all at
once and engaged to the three of us at
the same time. Oh! what wretches there
are in the world"
eyes, indeed. It's lucky you found
him out"
eyes, it is. If hadn't he might have
married the whole caboodle of us. IF
Lucretia hadn't opened one of my let
ters, and if hadn't searched the girls
pockets while they were asleep, we'd
have thought him an innocent lamb"
'sAnd do you want him arrested?"
ssNo, guess not, but I want this mat
ter to go into the papers as a warning to
other women. Just think of his sitting
up with me Saturday night, Lucretia on
Wednesday night and Helen on Friday
night, and calling each of us his climb
ing rose! Oh! sir, the women ought to
know what deceiving animal man is!'
eyes, he is pretty tough"
SIT has learned me a lesson" she said
as she was ready to CO." The next man
that comes sparkling around my house
has got to come right out and say which
he's after. If it's the girls I won't say
nothing, and if it's me it won't do 'em a
bit of good to slam things around and
twit me of burying two husbandsr'-De
ty'Oit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30
Liszt's Playing.

An American lady whose sister is
taking lessons with Liszt, the world
renowned pianist, describes his playing.
She says:
I hinted to her that she should ask
Liszt to play. She must have been as
tonished at my presumption, but never
theless she asked him, and guess he was
none the less astonished.
At first he did not understand, and
asked, ''You play something more to
me?"
"No; you play something more to me,
will you not? Something of your own,
please"
He laughed good od-humoredly, and sat
down on q stool, saying, II cannot do
anything now Then he exclaimed,
"Oh, this stool is too low!' and rose
again.
Florence ran and placed the chair she
had used for him, and he sat down and
began. We came forward and listened
throughout without stirring-almost
without breathing, it seemed.
It was a dreamy, melancholy strain,
with rapid, running bass, very sweet,
and played excessively pianissimo-the
wonderful tone he was SO celebrated for.
| Except for this there was nothing very
extraordinary in his playing.
He used both pedads continually, and
but once came down with the forte pass
age. While he was playing, his face was
set and rather sad-looking, and now and
then he raised his eyes to my face with
out changing the expression.
Instead of feeling excited at so great
| an honor being accorded us, it seemed to
have chilling effect; and when he rose
| and came toward us, and we warmly
thanked him, he was less calm than we
were, for he seemed saddened and
nervous.
He looked at his fingers and said
stAh, these are invalids; can do moth
| ing with them now. I am an old man
ah, yes, very old man."
I took his hands, and he looked
pleased as we admired them. He must
| really have been amused at us simple
little girls. would have liked to kiss
| them, but I feared the after ridicule OF
my less demonstrative sister; so l let
| them drop.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30
An OlympIan Joke.

It was a bright afternoon and the inn
mortals were sitting on high Olympus
watching the cremation of some insane
American who thought there wasn't
land enough on this continent to bury
him in, when the blue-eyed maid re-
marked:
"Mars."
The colonel hastily folded up his mar
Of the lava beds and slipped it in his
pockets.
''Sreak, Minerva; the class is up. &c
ahead with the oral
ssWhen they put q man into the crema.
tory or the retort,- or whatever they call
it, what figure Of expression does it re-
mind you OFF"
The colonel scratched his greaved
shin (now don't ask us what it was
greaved about, or we'll tell you it was
greaved about to the knee, for we are in
no humor for nonsense) and presently
he said he wasn't much of scholar or
raw grammar, but he believed it was Q
kind of an erysipelas; something left out
you know.
"Well." said the goddess, '.but what
is left out ?"
The colonel hesitated moment, and
said he hadn't considered in regards OF
that, and Hermes remarked that it was
probably an Interpolation, because the
man was put in.
Vulcan, who happened along with q
new hinge for the front gate, asked il
it wasn't hotology.
Juno didn't think it could be tautol-
ogy, because it wasn't always the same
man; indeed, it never was the same man.
IT'S the same man this time, isn't It'll
asked her husband, cautiously throwing
up his elbow to the level with his head.
Ganymede, the barkeeper, said he
thought it was hyperbole, because il
was awfully extravagant; $35 per man at
the Washington, Pennsylvania. crema-
tory was the regular charge for every
barbecue.
Saturn, who came up this afternoon, il
being Friday, with a string of fish, said
he thought it was synedoche, but, on be-
ing asked what synedoche was, frankly
confessed that he didn't know and went
down three.
Apollo thought it was bit of trochaio
metre because the man was in his coffin.
It took the immortals a long time to
catch on to this, and then Jupiter re-
marked that they weren't running col
lege pharmacy up there.
ssNo," said his amiable married sister;
emo, pharmacy's sake don't talk doctor
shop. What do you think it is, Minerva?'
The blue-eyed goddess turned down
glasses and said, with great precision:
ssWhy, the retort scorches; does not it
strike you that way?"
But, after moment of silence, the
colonel said he wasn't up to this new fam
1n1 soks he
immortal Jove called to Ganymede to
bring him flight one," at the same time
holding up all the fingers on one hand
behind his wife's head.
Laughed all the gods; the heavens with laugh
ter broke.
And wise Minerva thought twas at her joke.
Burlington Haaokeye.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

CATALAN AND JENNY LIND.-Ca Catalani
and Jenny Lind only met once. Cata-
lani fled from Florence in 1S48 to escape
the cholera and took refuge in Paris,
where she heard Jenny Lind at a concert
given by Lord Nord Normandy. Some
DAYS after the entertainment she was sit
ting alone when strange lady called on
her. The visitor refused to give her
name, but was ushered into the room.
Catalani rose, and the stranger advanced
timidly. She was young, not handsome,
but with an expressive face, over which
played most agreeable smile. II am
Jenny Lind, madam she said after a
little preliminary dialogue. II am
come for your blessing" It was given.
They never met again. Catalani died
shortly after of cholera. II Forney's g
Progress.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

He was bald-hsaded, he had colossal
feet. his ulster was apart, and there was
q hazy look, like to q Deackerel sky, in
his blue eye. He was braced up in 9
corner of the saloon, and he regarded
everybody who came in with an imbecile
smile. Essay, he gasped, catching at
3 lead-pencil speculator who was yend-
ing pencils at two for five cents, "why'm
I melancholy?' The riddle was too
much for the lead-pencii speculator's
mind. He gasped for breath. .sBe-
cause continued the conundrum pro-
pounder, as he placed his knife rakishly
In his mouth and tried to light it with .
toothpick, because I'm morn full.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

TEMPERANCE. - Newton commanded
the lightning from the clouds and held it
at his feet, while Morse made it a swift
messenger of thought to the inhabitants
of the earth. But he who invented the
laden jar charged with alcoholic stimu-
lants, invented telegraph, the operators
of which can be heard all along the
wires by the tingling of glasses in every
tippling shop in the land, sending forth
to the inhabitants of the earth daily the
sad news of misery and death, and such
are the relations of mankind, one to the
other, that they go through life together.
as it were, hand in hand, so that not one
can touch the e1ectro-magnet without all
receiving the shock. To avoid it, the
connection must be broken, the wires
must be cut, and the most effectual way
of doing this is total abstinence. Elk.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

DEFIN1rIoN OF PoETRY.-Poetry is the
product of earnest thought. Thought
cherished in the mind becomes earnest ];
then expressed in words it becomes poet
ry. The feelings move inwardly, and are
embodied in words. When words are in
sufficient for them, recourse is had to the
prolonged utterance Of song. When this,
again. is insufficient, unconsciously the
hands begin tn move, and the feet to
dance. To set forth correctly the successes
and failures (of government) to affect
heaven and earth, and to move spiritual
beings, there is no readier instruments
than poetry. Sucred Books Of China.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

A LIFE SAVING VEssEL.--Away down
East a novel craft has been invented by
clergyman for the preservation of life
at sea. It is floating vessel in the shape
of an inverted balloon, which is entirely
covered, the entrance being by man
hole in the upper part, reached from Q
platform wholly surrounding the vessel,
and from which small iron ladders drop
down to the water. Inside, arranged
around the widest part, are seats and
berths, and under the covered bottom is
space for provisions. Ventilation is pro-
vided for by an ingenius device. The
boat is adapted for shoal or deep water
by a ballast weight which is raised or
lowered from within. It is furnished
with a keel and rudder. Its peculiar
feature is its method of motion. This is
automatic It is obtained by wave or air
wheels attached to shafts which are con-
nected with small propeller. The prin-
ciple of the wheels is that whatever way
the wind blows or the waves move, the
motion is always in the same direction
and under control Of the rudder. The
boat can be made of metal, and the size
regulated by the needs of the vessel to
which it belongs. It is proof against
fire, always rides vertically, is easily
dropped from the ship, and can be han
died by any one who knows how to turn
crank.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30

A TOUGH QUEsTIoN.-Ch Children are often
puzzled by questions which are not un-
derstood by their elders. During the late
Franco Prussian war q Sunday school
scholar read about the prayers with which
the Germans and French were petition
ing Heaven for success to their arms.
aMother," asked a little girl of her par
ent, 81 don't see what the Lord can do
under the circumstances, do you He
can't give the victory to both of them, and
it seems 10 me like terrible dilemma to
be placed in" Her mother, who was not
entirely satisfied with the role which
Great Britain played in the affair, re-
marked, awelI, my dear child, perhaps he
will do as the English do, and remain
neutral
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-07-30
Rules for Common Calculation.

To square any number of mines, write
as many lines, less one, as there are in
the number to be squared; then annex
an eight, as many ciphers as mines, and a
one.
To square any number ending in FIVE,
cut off the five, multiply the number as
it then stands by the next higher num-
ber, and annex twenty-five to the
product. That is to multiply five and
one-haf by itself, or five and fve-tenths
decimally- multiply five by six, which
is thirty, and annex twenty-five, which
would be thirty and one fourth, or SO. 25.
To multiply any number Of two
figures by eleven, add the numbers
crosswise and place the result between
them; that is, to illustrate, forty-five
multiplied by eleven; add the number
four and fve-nine, set the nine between
the four and five, making four hundred
and ninety-five. Should the number
make ten or more, carry out to the left,
as in addition, and set the difference be-
tween them.
To find the interest at any per cent for
any number of days, write the principal,
the number of days and the rate per
cent on the right Of line, write thirty
on the opposite side and cancel. If you
| want it for months, write twelve instead
Of thirty. Another rule is to multiply
one-twelfth of the principal by one
| third of the days.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
A Brooklyn Princess.

A divorce suit is pending in Brooklyn
entitled Trice against Trice, the parties
being colored, in connection with which
there are some curious stories. Both
sides. claim q decree, the wife, who
is the plaintiff, on the ground OF the
defendants unhusbandlike conduct, and
the husband on the ground that when he
married the woman she had husband
living in Africa, no less person than
the King of the Ashantees. About the
wear 1865, tall young black from Africa
found his way to Brooklyn. He could
not speak English, but he acquired the
language readily, and it was soon known
in the Sloan Presbyterian church, into
which he happened TO- fall, that he was
Albert Agamon, the eldest son of the
Ashantee king. He had heard in his
country of the great world beyond, and
had set out, like the prince he
was, to see it. He was an OBJ
iect of great interest to the fe-
male members Of the church, but es-
capped all their snares until the plaintiff
in the present suit, then comely color
ed widow, smiled upon him. He marri-
her, and she became princess. They
lived together in harmony for some
years. and little prince was born, who
is still resident of Brooklyn. In the
meantime the prince became an ardent
Christian, and was licensed to preach.
After q while ne was persuaded that
through him Christianity might be es.
tablished among his native people, and
with this as his mission, he set out on 1
visit to his early home. Upon reaching
the gold coast. he wrote back to his wife
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
FOR EIGN.
french Church Affairs.

PARIS, Aug. 6.-The Temps says: Nothing
has been changed since Premier de Freycinet
explained his policy relative to unauthorized
congreg atoms in the hambers, except that
bill on the right of association ia being drawn.
1t would scarcely be permissible to dissolve
such congregations before this is discussed by
the chambers 1t will contain effective pre-
cautions and special provision applicable to
religious congregations In the event of its
rejection the only course would be 10 revert
to enforcement of the March DEGREES,
Drowned.
The Loir announces that boat belonging
to Prince Galitzy foundered on the 81 inst.
off the coast of Flnisterre Vlsconnt Fleury,
Mrs. Hennessy, an American lady, and two
natives OF England. were drowned.
Greek AfrAirs.
ATHENS, Sept. 6.--AlI men thirty years of
age we're called out Saturday, which COM
pletes the preliminary stage Of mobilization.
Diplomatic.
BERLIN, Sept. 6.-Baron Maguns, German
minister to Denmark, whose recall from
Copenhagen was recently announced, has
merely left his post on Through.
The meeting between Baron Haymerle, Aus
tro Hungarian premier, and Bismarck, was
cordial. They agree on all leading questions
Eastern Afr.trs.
RAGUsA, Sept. 6.--Fourteen vessels of the
feet are now assembled here. As soon as
the French division arrives, = council of wal
will be held under The presidency OF Admiral
| Sey mour to decide upon the character of o.
eratiuns Admiral Cremor commanding the
| Russian fest has gone TO C-t'fnge
! The Mon;enegrlns already occupy como
minor points in the cedei district, bd. Alba
ni4ns hold the tatle De Pont on tae riyel
| I'm.
Prime minister kadrie P4sha, has offered
the iuhabiIant, of Dulcigno lands south o
the Bojan, twice The value of their presen
| holdings. The por Eo2es tn 1t this prop sa
/ will be accepted and the naval demonstration
obyiated.
The Disputed City.
VIEKNA. Sept. --Albanians have twice at
tempted TO fire Dulcigno. R;za Pasha ha
| formally notified the local authorities tha
/ the town will be ceded on tue 12tn lust
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UsEFuL Rnripm.


REMEDY FOR SoazHzkD N = 1s.
a correspondent sends the follos 70
the Bulletin: I noticed rscenfly 3ara-
graph in Los Angeles paper hich
represents that Q diseass called sors-
head" was killing of the poultry that
section. Sore head i q diseass Ahich
is quite familiar 10 poultry raise $. e.
pecially to those who are compe 4 20
keep their fowls IN close contia E1ent.
1t is one of the many forms which -onr
mas or maniiesting itseaf u nfst q Oears
as Diotcn on the zoWfs face or . vol
nng IN the corner o. the eye. BY gently
drawing the thumD and nnger froEa the
eye forward quanety q mattes WI
probably be expelled q the noafril1. H
has a strong and offensive smslis and
aIter II peg1ns 20 now from the eyes and
nostrlls, the bird iuses sts appetite, re-
fuses toods mopes apout, ana soon dies.
The simplest remedy = tc wash the birds
head with mixture ut Labnrsque'6
solution and water ltwo o. three table
spoonInls 20 = qgars g Wrter = e1onsnl
s.u paens vain y. .ne Sszsis 80 Se1y nne
wings Wnste the pz1u tnsks - nee0
rnen y soss = s.se szsss -, = ~ e
louhu enas sne a,schsle - lave &c
cumulated IN that location. IN which
case Il ought TO bs earsfullv rou,ored.
The mixture in Question l. 4 perfect dir
infectant. Feed the chickens dnfsnr
the treatment with soft aud st;mnlatinr
loou, anu gut ls.ls AZ t4e
Where these directions are clrefnlly
followed there is not much danger Of
any great mortality IN the poultry yards.
l have cured some OF the most hopeless
cases with it.
FIsH SoUP.-Fish soups can be mads
of very delicate taste. but there a No
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11

FsrENpsHrp.-Many have talked in
very exalted language Of the perpetuity
Of friendship-of invincibie constancy
and unalienable kindness, and some ex-
amplcs have been seen Of men who have
continued faithful to their earliest choice,
and whose affections have predominated
over changes Of fortune and contrariety
of opinion. But those instances are
| friendship which is to be practiced
or expected by common mortals must
| take its rise from mutual pleasure, and
| must end when the power ceases Of de-
lighting each other.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-09-11
The Female Thumb.

The female thumb is said TO be an i'm
portant index of the female character.
Women with large thumbs are held by
phrenologists, physiognomists, etc., to
be more than ordinarily Intelligent
what are called sensible women; while
women with small thumbs are regarded
as romantic. According to certain au-
thors, who profess to have been obsery-
ers, woman's hand is more indicative OF
woman's character than her face, as the
latter is, to certain extent, under the
control of temporary emotions, or OF the
will. whereas the former is fact which
exists for any one who understands it 70
profit by. Women with square hands
and small thumbs are said TO make good
housewives and gentle wives. This sort
of women will make any man happy who
is fortunate enough to win them. They
are not at all romantic, but they are
what is better = thoroughly domestic.
Women with long thumbs have tempers
OF their own, and generally a long tongue.
There is hint in this to lover. Let
him, the first time he seizes hold of his
mlstress's hand, examine, under some
pretext or another, her thumb; and If it
be large, let him make up his mind that
as soon as he becomes q married man he
viii have 10 be very very careful. Again
if young man find that his lady-love
has large pain, with cone-shaped fin
gers and small thumb, let him thanh
his stars-for in that case she Is suscep.
tible to tenderness, readily hattered
easily talked into or outof anything, and
readily managed. But if she is woman
with square hand, well-proportioned
and only tolerably developed thumb
then she is either one of two distinc
classes of women--a practical femals
who will stand no nonsense, or she is |
designing female; woman who oanno
be duped, or woman who viii dup
him.
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Surely our women cannot think about
the subject, or they would never promote
this sacrifice of bird-life for q mere freak
OF fashion. The rage for feather trim
mings has almost annihilated the ribbon
trade of Coventry. Men, women and
children in that once busy city are
starving because fashion has produced
new style of ornament. So TINT TO please
the latest whim, birds must die and chill
dren must starve. You may stand ION
the bridge at Coventry and see scores OF
people lettering there, who, but for the
supercedure Of ribbons by feathers,
would be busy 1t work In the lookup
mills.-( London Letter.
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WEST INDIES.
complese pev.ss.t,on tn Jam.,

COmpIete UeVnhtAttoh IN Jasnhfca.
BALTIMORE, Sept 6-The Nelcs Letter of the
osth of August contains further particulars of
the storm which devastated Jamaica Utter
destruction followed the storm aui the dam
age could not be estimsted. In Uppark Camp
the prisoners were released TO save their liy.s
threatened BY falling buildings. Two wom-
en- we're killed st GleDgofs By house falling
upon them. At Newcastle one soldier and
three women are reported killed. Not .
green leaf is to be seen for miles, and twenty
years will be required to restore the place to
the condition which existed before the storm.