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The Man With a Racket.

| He was probably from DeadwOod. or
Custer City, or the Gunnison Valley, or
from some OF the other places where
they wear one shirt for three months
and have no other wish except TO die
with their boots on, no matter how
many square feet of cowhide there is in
them. There was only one other man
i'm the saloon when he entered and in
quired for five fingers of straight pizen.
This solitary man sat with a leg on
either side of chair his chin resting
on the back of it. His eyes were half
closed, his tongue hanging out bit.
and his mind was ut rest. The new ar
rival swallowed his liquid, wiped off
his chin on his coat-tail, and suddenly
came down in front of the sleeping man
with:
'.Pm from the head waters of Grizzly
River! I'm the only living reptile as
ever crossed Rattlesnake Perrary or
swum the length of Alligator Laker'
'1've fit the hull Pawnee tribe of In
juns to onct! I've gone out at mid
night to tackle catamounts, and got up
airly in the morning to pull cinnamon
bars out of their dens! I've looked
BUTLER bulls out of countenance. and
I've made a grizzly shake all over by
one yelln'
.'Ye-e-s,' drawled the man on the
chair as he drew in his tongue and
opened the other eye.
''Don't tackle mer' yelled Deadwood,
rs he leaped high in air and clicked his
teeth together. ''fhe man who tackles
me is pulp i'm just two secondsi Don't
sit thar and look ut me that way, for
Pm an avalanche on wheels-a land
cl; Ia, ,.yitI, rs ,,,;1n,
it-a tornado which plays ball with the
peaks of the Rockies! That's the rack
ct Eve worked ever since l was ten
days oldn'
The man on the chair yawned heavi-
ly. stretched his arms, aud lifted him-
self up with the motion of an elephant.
'.Whoop! waughr' yelled the other.
'.Fve lost my notched stick, but FL
make oath I've wiped out forty-seven
white men and over a hundred Injunsr'
The other slowly removed his old hat
and flung it on the floor. Then he
pushed up his sleeves and tightened his
belt and gave himself a shake.
"W-what's the matter, old man?"
earnestly inquired the man from Dead
wood.
The other poked his hair until it
stood up like wires, got clear of the
chair. and began TO tumble under his
coat-tails.
"Wwhat yer gwine to do, old pard?'
''Gwine fur TO spile yer racket!
don't low nobody to jump up and down
and holler and whoOp and waugh on
me when I'm astraddle of cheer and
sound asleepr'
..Ycr don't! Then I'm dead sorry.
Fact is, took yer for another man
for a wall-eyed, crook-backed, knock
kneed, softy-pillar from the Calico
Flats, and meant to make wolf-meat
Of you in just 'leven Shy Ann seconds.
Shake, ole pard-put it thar! and if
That ere ky0te behind the bar don't trot
put his choicest piZen and lots of it, I'll
slice off his Internal ears and gin 'em to
va fur Sleeye-buttOnSp'
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Mexican Society.

new orleans Dt.Uiucfds.
| There exists no other society on the
planet. not even in India. where there
is more distinction of caste and class
than is found in Mexico. On the gulf
coast, by consequence of unfortunate
amalgamation of the white and the In
dian and Chinese and black races, there
are said to exist at least dozen separ-
ate classes of humanity. of different
color. or, at least, of different charac-
teristics. In the capital such is not the
case. There are Castiiians or >creoles,
or children of Indian mothers and
Spanish fathers and fulEblooded In
dians. The creoles are noted for their
intelligence, their symmetry of form
and feature and their personal courage.
Their complexion may be said to re-
semble that of the far-famed caballe-
ros of Andalusia. The males are tall
aud shapely. while the ladies are gen.
orally very beautiful, are we'll formed,
possess delicately moulded hands and
feet, and the most beautiful eyes of any
of the human family. The bellies of the
south of France, of the mountains and
plains of Spain, of the Sierras and
coasts OF Portugal, and the famous
cities of Italy, must yield to their charm
ing sisters of the Latin republics in the
beauty, shape, size and expression of
the eyes. They are SO exceedingly ex-
pressive, n glance from their low fringes
seems to melt into the very soul. il
The Mexican ladies are exemplary
wives and fond and loving mothers.
Their home to them is their entire
world; their husbands the idols of their
hearts, while their children are the an
gels which make their home their heav-
en-. Yet, strange to say, there is no
word in the Spanish language that can
express the idea conveyed in our dear
old hearty Anglo-Saxon word ''home."
The nearest approach to it is found in
hoga,, which may be translated hearth
stone' OR simply '.hearth.' Yet not
withstanding this, the ties of family are
more binding in Mexican society than
among any other race under heaven.
The repentant outcast knows that he
or she can always return to the friendly
shelter of the family roof. While the
prodigal son invariably finds the arms
of the indulgent and forgiving parents
open to receive him, for among the
Spanish creoles ..blood is thicker than
water" and tears which stream from a
mothers eyes have often wiped away
the stains OF erring daughters SIM In
Latin countries one false step is not SO
often followed by parents curse. nor
the door shut TO the return of one who
has in the senseless parlance of society
irrchievably fallen. iaa,- s..
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Japan Railroads.

The railroads of Japan present a
somewhat beggarly account. according
to the most recent data. The line from
Toxic to Yokohama. 18 miles in length.
was completed early in 1872, and has
not since been extended. Subsequently,,
ralIway from HIogo 10 Usak;t, soIiic
% miles long, and about 2S0 miles
south of Toxic, was built and afterward
extended to kioto-a further extension
of this line being made. still later, to
Otsu, on the south bank of Lake Biwa.
These are said to comprise all the rail-
ways in Japan, the length being ahont
60 miles. Another line has, however,
been commenced from Toxic to Maye-
bashi, more than 60 miles long,. this
railway, the construction of which offers
but few difficulties. will be of great COM
mercial Importance. A Arailway is pro-
jected in the northern island, and the
southern system is to be extended from
Kioto to Lake Biwa. and up to the GEN.
ter of the island.-Neao York Sun.
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.Innas' Baby.


JONEs-To the wife of John Jones. on the
18th of April, a son.
This is what the paper said. But
a week after it would be impossible to
print what j. j. said. So the baby was
exiled to distant room, with its nurse.
and a speaking-tube connected them
with the marital chamber.
For the first time in a week Jones
slept.
But at midnight he started up in bed,
and grabbed Mrs. j. by the hair.
''Do you hear that cussed babyP" he
howled, 60 - --!!
'John." said Mrs. j., sourly, 'you
have been drinking-go to sleep"
'.Sleep" he shrieked, Il wish l
could. Listenr'
And as he paused Mrs. j. heard plain
ly the music of her first-born.
With a howl he darted from the room.
When he entered the other one what did
he behold?
The nurse had given the rubber
mouthpiece of the acoustic tube to the
infant-to quiet it.
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Spring in the Preterite.


am rich, hut I'm old: c,uld think as Though
VI tlic spring. blessed thing, could drink rs
drought
fn iitc's early .iay-tim,. the b,Irgc oning spring
Could joy with The flowers and with tf;e bir,.s
sing;
Could the season hut bring hack what il once t.
Eie brought,
With Sounds that l heard then when up the
spring sprou.ht;
All the world would give for the glce it once
gave.
Oh! to love as 1 loved AMI to live as L lavei
see the farmer come bliihcly onar:h
70 tickle the earth with the of his plough,
He ~ bale. nc is hearty, he is ridiy although
He Vet feels the lingering trace 1f cou.ti
That ilo caught III the winter, when what should
he de-
But in his Ehirt-slecves mend fences while
fi:rccly 1t W.
The hens are AL clicising, and high the cows
low.
The rnkes show their teeth nj the spade and the
hur.
From tii,. barn al the wagons and carts are now
wheeled.
And the iicii ieels The frcshncss for months it's
not fecicd.
-N,lC York IVorld.
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A Stroke of Business.

A young German wine merchant, un-
able to dispose of his goods, WAS sitting
disconsolately reading the newspaper
when he noticed that a convivial old
baron, famous for his fondness for
Rhine wine, was dead. Seizing one of
his letter heads, the young man penned
u note thanking the baron for his kind
order of few days before. said the wine
would be forwarded at once and in
closed his bill The MESSAGE and wine
were received by the heirs who. over
joyed at falling into a good property.
paid the merchants bill, promptly
drank the wine, and gave the dealer,
whom the baron had seemed to favor,
an extensive order. The Young mans
custom increased steadily and at last
his fortune was made. This is an I'M
stance which disputes the old truth. an
risao cesjtds;; there was no truth in his
wine, evidently. - :
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The Fool of the Family in England.


The fool of the family is sent to the
bar; he is not expected to make his for
tune in the city, or to acquire {: large
practice as physician. But he is re-
peatedly hurried into the church, and
when he fails to advance beyond cur
acy he is allowed to bewail the beggar-
ly chances of the sacred vocation. Hun
dreds of graduates of the universities of
Great Britain become ordained yearly
without any pretense to the possession
of evangelical fervor. and for no other
reason than that there is nothing else
which they can do. Moreover, the
Church of England is SO extremely lib
eral and lax as to the opinions of its
recognized teachers and rulers that al
most any doctrines known to Cmisten-
dom may be held and advocated within
its limits.
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81 don't like philosophical woman.
don't like woman who is always
reaching out after the infinite" s.Ahr'
returned his companion, 'If my vito
wouldn't reach out after anything but
the infinite l might be happy And
the unfortunate man rubbed the bald
place on his head while his countenance
fell beneath the weight of bitter mem
ories "
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14

Lieutenant Commander Henry Il.
Gorringe is the thirty-third on the list
of Lieutenant Commanders, of whom
the whole number is eighty. He was
born in the West Indies, was appointed
from New York. and Is . resident Of
New York. ----- - -.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-07-14

Common Pleas Judge George r. ARIEL, Youngs-
towHs ". a. Spear.
- Warren. Dhio
ReDresenfafire I'm LeJislafHre-C- x. Harmon,
Aurora, Ohio
Pro5dfsJ Judge Gideon Sey mOur, kIvcnna. %.
C,HsIy CYerk John MeIaFs. Kivcnna
to1nfg Iadsfor Esstsrand Otf.,- -Eassnna-
Cynnfg Treasurer n athan H. smith. Ravenns.
NteyxF- " IIIism " ilcoX. ka.eUna-
AsseoF.tsr i'hiiv i:iesce, RlVenna-
[rs4e,sfiaJ AttOyEsy--'Dssph a. HOIfon, Ray'a.
CDsasasAssSneqS-i-aEiS S,icispis ctt viie
a u. MERRILL. Newton
Falls; E.ig:tr htttle-
scy, A;Ns;ter
Is6FsaaYg Dfrect0rs-Anzi " iiuIof, MantUa, q !;
Charles * iooiittie,
SLrcetsbOrO, o.; ,. W ..
Colin, ttVeDna, u
observation-disclosures an Cole Garrettsville.
CoroserL firt-i III Harlow. itovtStown, %
.se4ocL E.saaaiAegs--L y Reed, kaycnnai ID ID
Pickett. isIVcn..t. y rus
W Turbbuii. Edinburgh
Mayors of Incorporated Villages
GarystssrsIEe-E- e.. smith
EeaE-paneS " WoOdard
R.srsaaa-6s Gorge L. Robinson
Justices OF the Peace.
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80 IGHURcHBs.

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.e.sA.s CHURCHBS-
40 rNIvERSAIlST - Rev AsDRKg WILLsoN
= Pastor, Services every sunday at 10 80 a. m
j ana Z % ~ m Sunday School st Il % y. m
:! Pastors residence ON Diamond street, Erst door
SGfiEti-A,rfoN aI.- REV. A.. M HILLS.
Pasror Services ON sunday at 10 80 A. u, and
"A $50 r NJ. Sunday school at II :l5 p n Prayer
MeetTrg Thursday Evening at 30
Mr.I HDlpfsr- REV .. e. RANDOLPH, Pastor.
serViees On Sunday at 10 80 A.. N. and 80 P. a
SUNDAY school ari2: :i5 r. u. Prayer Meeting
ouThursiay EVENINGS at 30. 49, ~
DISCIPLE
Services on sunday at 10 30 A, n, anu go p n
sinday school atI2-i5 p " Prayer Meeting
EN- a'narsday Evening IT Z s5o -,
= COSCEPIlON--CAIitC
-EKv. J os. D,BowLEs Pastor. Services ats anu
10 81 eacn alternate Sunday sunday ScnoOi az
ya0P. High Mass, sunday ally d ana e.ich
& s,ruate Sunday thereafter. Mass every Week
GRACE Gnu H-EPIsCoPAL-Ccdar,s 81.
REV. A. j. BoCKwAY, Rector services on
sppday ut I0:D A. N. and Sabbath scho"i i'n =
utfiateiy after service
GAEWSDO ID CA A PEI.-Oakwoois street Ney-
- Dck err pastor- Services Sunday csr--
ming a4fN. Union suntiAy- school nj s-"'clocks
y. each sunday
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Bnsines Cards

MISS I4rC. JACKSON,
2AEIlsif IN sx4leoops d ali kinds. Opera
NJ FLOCK, RsvcnnA. u.
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lnieuth. ttfffs RITZ
yvrtan Chapter, No. 81, *. A. n.
A1ea.s sne third SfoEts:y Of e.ah IaoI.Th. In
o. N.souic Han. PEenix Hi0ck- -
l{ itGIDEoN SEYMOUR. VI. = IL =
Royal Arcsnun-
Meets irst and third Fridays OF every in"Hti-
IN Had IN u.Jc-N Block.
CH GRIFFIN, Sec'y,
H. o. %. F-Esycnua Lodge, Ne. Co.
Mests every WEDNESDAY evening at Odd EEL
lows Hall. . .
Rxvenua EncaT1f 1fyanent- No iSo.
Meets every and and 4th Fridays OF each month
Equity Lodge-No. A., a. ID. L. W.
4. . Necrs.,econa and fourth Eriaays of every
s-.- - J. .DILLEAfUTH. II W.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-13

JUSTICE Stanley Matthews evidently
felt the force of the strong opposition
which was made to his appointment
to the supreme bench on the ground
of his monopoly tendencies. In n
speech delivered before the soldiers
reunion at Cincinnati, he made the
following remarks on the Subject;
Let me say, comrades, that if any
man knows what an honest Judge is
going to decide, they know more than
he does, until the time comes after
hearing testimony and reading argu-
ment, he celebrates in the chambers
of his W conscience and settles his
judgment under a solemn sense of re-
sponsibility to God. If l know
anything of myself, ! think / shall
be influenced by tina, consideration
to administer the law for the pur.
pose of doing justice between man
and mar without fear, favor or atfec-
ton, impartial and equal; and so to
build up the great temple of justice in
which, and in which alone, We can
find peace and property. And what
| shall endeavor to do is to cast way
behind me every bias, every preju-
dice, and everything which can pos
sibly draw the mind away from a Just
comprehension Of the truth as it may
be presented in the present life, and
to treat every question coming before
the tribunal of justice as a new sub
ject of Investigation, to be studied,
examined, learned and treated without
reference to any past consideration.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-13

the land leagures asked when they be-
gan the agitation. 1t yields more
than it was thought a British parlia-
ment would ever agree to. The bill
is not perfection, andif the worst fears
of the friends of Ireland shall be re-
allied under it there will still be cases
of hardship and denials of justice
where a poor tenant has to contend
before the local magistrate against a
hard and unbending landlord. But
the measure is founded on a Just
principle, and is of value because it is
q concession, because it recognizes
that the agitation is not without rea-
son and the cause of Ireland not with
out justice. At any previous time a
bill offering so much would have been
hailed with JOY throughout Ireland.
The Ireland of to-day is a long re-
move from the Ireland Of other times.
The island was never so aroused, the
people never so thoroughly organized,
never so abundantly supplied with
funds from outside sympathizers.
Under the fostering policy of Great
Britain a new Ireland has sprung up
i'll America. 1t is a republican Ire
land, enjoying freedom itself and
dreaming of liberty for the Ireland
across the sea. The old ties are
strong to the second and third genera
ton. The American Ireland is pros
porous, with something to spare for
the Ireland which suffers and sobs UNI
der British oppression, and money is
poured i'll upon the old sod withliberal
hand. Not only money, but warm,
active sympathy abounds here for Ire.
land, whose sad story is never heard
unmoved by an American assemblage.
The mails go loaded with this to Ire
land, and her cause is immeasurably
strengthened by the encouragement
from this shore. IF the Ireland of
'9S had had the America of 1881 to
lean upon there might have been a
very different issue of the rash and
brave rebellion.
What is to come of this struggle the
longest head cannot foresee. 1t meets
every condition Of civil war, except a
formal declaration and the armed
forces of revolt in the field. The best
offer ever made by an English parlia-
ment is practically rejected before it
is tried. Violence defies the gov
eminent, whose civil process must be
supported by the military power.
The truth seems to be that Ireland
will not be satisfied with any measure
that a British parliament will pass.
She is not stalking her hopes on a
British parliament but on an Irish
parliament, or, better still, an Irish
congress. She dreams of %indepen-
dence, perhaps a republic. More Bit
ter days are in store for her, but she
is as reckless of the cost as she is de-
termlned to join the issue. Peaceful
counsels may prevail tor a time, but
the volcano of Irish discomfort will re-
main, to break out at some other mo-
ment with a hot tide and a belching
fury which even a strong government
will find it difficult, if not impossible,
to deal with. 1t cannot be that Ire
land will be ground forever.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-13

state association to be held at Des Moines.
the last week in June. The object is to,
raise funds to fight several cases through
the courts.
Sometime since it was reported that
Theodore Frank, n stock dealer at Scran-
ton, had been chloroformed and robbed of
$4,000 in cash. He has since quietly left
the country, andthere are reports of crook
ed work bv which he was enabled to get
away VIA about $4,000. 1t is probable
that he was not robbed atall as reported by
him.
During a recent thunder storm at Iowa
City lightning entered the telephone Office
on the wires, burning them off and set fire
to the building, creating quite q blaze.
This is said to be the first accident of the
kind that ever occurred in a telephone Of
fee.
c, w. johnson, q big, burly negro, and
a member of Sprague's Georgia minstrels,
seduced q white girl whom he first met at
the Wilson house, where she was em-
ployed. She followed him to Dubuque,
where the plot of the rascal wasd discovered,
but too late to save the virtue of the mis-.
guided girl. When the officers went to ar
rest him, johnson jumped out of a second
story window and made good his escape.
He Is the fellow with the big mouth who,
sings: I'm going to climb the golden
stairs" The Dubuque Herald, however,
rather takes the edge off the sensation by
saying that the woman, who gave her name
as Alice Carmichael, is known to have been
q soiled dove of long standing, and unfa
vorably known by those who frequent the
western division of the Illinois Central
ailroad.-[Sioux City journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-13
The Convention.

DeS Nioilc HeSiSteT.
A convention is to be held at Coun-
Gil Bluffs on the 21st of June, called
in the interest of the improvement of
the Missouri, looking to the introduc-
ton OF barge transportation. The
convention has been called largely I'M
der the inspiration and leadership of
the Nonpareil, the first paper in Iowa
to lead off in reforming commercial
relations and active trade between
Iowa and st. Louis and the Missis-
sippi river. Through it's active efforts.
the Wabash road was brought to
Council Bluffs nearly two years ago,
since which time that city has had,
through the help of the Wabash road
and the active rivalry of st. Louis
with Chicago such advantage in rates
of freights as no other city in Iowa
has had.
A short time ago The Nonpareil
took up this work of %inaugurating a
movement for the improvement of the
Missouri. 1t has shown no jealousy
of other interests in the matter, as it
has also encouraged and advocated
S'Sh % PioPooipioii loI tllC
upper Mississippi, and also the Hen
nepln canal idea. But still it has kept
steadily and earnestly pushing the
idea of taking care of the Missouri
improvements as we'll an aspiration
in which all Iowa will heartily share,
when the object of it becomes fully
understood.
At the convention at Council Bluffs
on the 2lst, every city and town in
the state should be represented. We
hope Des Moines will not fail to have
able and ample representatives there.
BY a recent very able report of
Major Suter, of the river improve
ment commission, after a careful sur
vey of the Missouri river from the
mouth to Sioux City, a distance of 500
miles, it was ascertained that ten feet
of water may be secured at low water
the whole distance for the sum of S.
DOC, O00, and in making this improve
ment to navigation the banks are in
c~identally secured, which is a consid-
Grafton that will not be lost sight of.
His recommendation is that the work
be done in sections, commencing at
the mouth, which of course is the
proper way to do the work.
Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-13

MURDER,
Unprovoked Killing OF n Plow boy
Near st. Panl, Mob.
Correspondence OF the Bee.

Correspondence OF the Bee.
ST. PAUL, June 11.-Our usually.
quiet town was thrown into a fever of
excitement on last Wednesday morn
ing by the report that a brutal and
horrible murder had been committed
about fourteen miles north west of
st. Paul on what is known as the,
North Loup table land. Our sheriff
with several other of our citizens has
tened to the spot when the following
particulars were learned. A young
a about eighteen or nineteen
years old by the name of Paxton,
went out on his claim to pillow
and not returning at the proper time,
search was made by his friends when
he was found with a bullet hole
through his head, and other marks of
violence on his head, as if he had been
with some blunt instrument, then a
rope had been tied around his neck,
and to the pillow and the body dragged
lol SCNtldl louS. Lie lCdlll lldu ulleIl
been taken from the pillow and hitched
to the wagon and driven away, leaving
the murdered man tied to the pillow.
The trail was followed, and ere long
one horse and the wagon was found
in a deep %ravine, and later the other
horse was found, but still no murderer,
but facts were developed hat cast
suspicion on a young German about
eighteen years old by the nam of
Henry Tehher. To-day he was
arrested, when he confessed the crime,
assigning no reason for the deed. He
was brought to st. Paul and lodged
in jail. Excitement is at fever heat,
and strong talk of lynching. While
lynching is none to bad for such
characters, it is better that the law
should take its course. Q. X.