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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21

the strange musician, who began to re-
treat backward slowly, step at time,
the snake following him.
When at length, in this manner. he
had drawn the hideous creature some
ten or fifteen feet from its hole, he sud-
denly squatted down and began to play
more loudly and shrilly. At this the
SCRIP mt raised itself on its tail, as when
about to make his deadly spring, and
actually commencing dancing motion,
in time with the music, when the
charmer gave me the signal to strike.
Guardedly and stealthily 1 advanced
near enough for the blow, and then
struck, cutting the reptile in two, and
sending its head flying to some dis
lance. I never took life with better sat
isfaction.
Whatever deception there might be
about the juggler's tricks, there was
certainly none about the snake, for l
have its skin still in my possession. 1
gave the man couple gold mohurs
and he went away, perfectly satisfied,
wishing my excellency any quantity of
good luck. l was perfectly satisfied,
too, and would not have missed the see-
ing what l did that day for ten times the
amount l paid.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21
The Cooks Accommo iating Lover.

When q certain family on the Brush
farm took new cook last month it was
specifically stated and fully understood
that she was not to have any men hang
ing around the kitchen. She held to the
agreement three or four nights, and then
the family discovered that she had a
beau. He came regularly every night
after that, and three or four nights ago
the colonel was at the back gate waiting
for him. When the young man appeared
the colonel threw . whole iceberg into
his tones, as he inquired:
well, sir, did you come here to
sparkle"
II did" Was the calm reply.
I'm love, are your
Eyes, sir"
"Who with?"
Sarah, the cook
"Oh. I didn't know but you loved
one of my daughters" sneered the
colonel.
mo, don't at present" said the man
~ he seemed 70 catch new idea, "bui
the thing hasnt gone SO far with Sarah
but what I might break Of in case you
had something better up stairs for mel
Sarah doesn't work there any more
but the colonel won't get over being mad
for several weeks yeti Detroit Fres
Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21
TOLERANCE.

He is not great whose work or word,
By fiery indignation stirred,
Would Judge all evil hearts that live
With no relenting palliative.
Nor he that bv too neat skill
Would animate the human viii,
And bid our fettered minds declare
Responsibility a snare.
Nor he that seems. for those who list,
An icy intellecI ualist,
Cramping mcralty's wide span
In bounds utiltarian.
Nor he that mercy's form would dress
In tinseled robes of mawkshness,
And give to crimes of worst intent
His facile tears for nutrment.
Nor he may, least of those alive!)
Vino speaks of sins eternal gyve,
And deems that by some dark decree
Man is what man must eyer be !
But he is great who fronts all shame,
And dares to name it by its name,
Yet feels his breast burn warm for those
Hurd-struggling in temptations throes
Who rates at full dreary worth
Tine bitter despotisns of birth
Where tvrant Ignorance control
Her loyal tens of thousand souls
Who sees how vice her venom wreaks
On the frail babe before its peaks.
And how heredity enslaves
Like ghostly hands that each from graves
Who well has pored on life and thence
Deduced sublime experience;
Who pites error since he must
Thodgh still his pity leaves him just
Whom random ire, whom sudden rath
Can turn not fir I'M the vital TRUTH
Nor once retard, nor once advance
His calm and regal tolerance!
All, such as he should walk afar
With Plato in some purer star,
And mark the great Greek muse and dream
In some new deathless academe
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21
"Nearer, Ny God, 10 Thee.'

This language is the heart-utterance of
Mrs. Sarah Flower Adams, who was
born in Cambridge, England, in Febru-
airy, 1905, and whose history has been
but very slightly known to the great pub
lie, who have cherished her hymns as one
of their most sacred treasures for nearly
half century. Her father was the
editor of a weekly Cambridge paper.
Her mother was o woman of fine gifts
and culture, and she herself was the
youngest child. She was noted in early
life for the taste she manifested i'm liter
allure, and in maturer years for great zeal
and earnestness in her religious life.
She contributed prose and verse to the
periodicals of the dav, and her art criti-
cisms were valued. Married at an early
age, and Of frail constitution, she still,
amid many bodily sufferings, kept her
pen busy, her thoughts and her writings
always tending upwards. At what time
and amid what circumstances she caught
the inspiration from which was evolved
that wonderful hymn which has ever
since echoed round and round the globe,
is not known; but it was probably during
some period of peculiar trial, when her
spirit was uplifted through sorrow
almost above its earthly body. She
little dreamed that her hymn like those
of Toplady, Charlotte Elliott and Ray
Palmer, would be heard through ages.
1t was first published in 1914, in
volume of sacred lyrics issued by Mr..
Fox, OF England, just eight years before
the death of the gifted authoress, who
only lived to the age of forty four, and
thus never knew the fame which was to
~ 20 al, % bar hyp,p opJ bor mama
The hymn soon began to appear in
various collections, and was everywhere
received with delight. 1t was given the
popular in this country. Everybody
who has grown up in Christian LAID
knows it by heart, aud in many coun-
tries which do not float the banner OF
Christ it is almost equally familiar.
Last year." says DIR. Cuyler in his
"Heart Life" Professors Smith, Hitch
cock and Parks, as they wound their way
down the foothills of Mt. Lebanon, came
in sight Of group of fifty Syrian stu.
dents, standing in line, singing in
chorus. They were the students of
the new college of Beirut, of Abieh, and
they were singing in Arabic to the tune
of Bethany As the procession drew
near they caught the sublime words:
Nearer, Ny God, to thee:
Nearer to thee
Zen though II be q cross
That rsiseth me
Still all my soma shall be-
Nearer my God. To thee.
Nearer to thee
Il am not much given to the weeping
mood. said Professor Hitchcock, when
describing the thrilling scene; but,
when we rode through the ranks of those
Syrian youths, confess that my eyes
were little damp
eff it be permitted to the departed
people of Gcd," continues DIR. Cuyler,
ito witness the transactions of earth, we
may imagine with what rapture the glori
fed spirit of Sarah Flower Adams heard
her heart song thus chanted in the land
of sacred story,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21

s'Alannikin mashsrs" il the name given
70 silly svells and jackanapes vhc. fron
the psrches q No hotels, ogle pretty
femals passete-by.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21


On the 25th OF October General Gar
ibaldi's will, contained in an envelope
closed with five seals, bearing in Eng
lish Overcome evil by good" was
opened in the presence OF his widow
and number OF friends. The will
bore the date Of July Is, 1881, and o
codicil had been added on the 9th Of
the following September. The pro-
visions referred exclusively to the des-
tination OF his property, with the ex-
ception of the twelfth paragraph, which
read as follows: my body shall be
crematel with wood Of Caprera. on the
spot have marked with an iron bar.
and pinch of ashes shall be enclosed
in an urn Of granite and placed in the
tomb Of my children, beneath the acacia
tree existing there. My corpse shall be
dressed in the red shirt-the head on
the bier or bed OF iron--placcd against
the wall toward the north--vith the
face uncovered--the feet toward the
iron bar--the foot Of the bier secured
with bands Of iron, the head likewise.
Neither to the Syndic nor any one else
shall my death be made known until
the cremation is finished"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21

We we're running through South Car
DINA when great big giant of fellow
with a terrible eye and voice like fog
horn boarded the train at q small station.
I think most of the passengers sized him
mp as a chap whom it would be danger
GUS to argue with, but the giant wasn't
satisfied with that. He clustered at the
conductor, growled at the brakeman and
looked around as if seeking some one to
pick fuss with. Everybody answered
him civilly, and he had two or three
seats to himself, but the man who wants
a row can generally find some pretext.
About the center of the car pale-look
ing chan about twenty-five years old
occupied seat and was reading a news
paper. After time the giant rubbed
along to where the young man sat and
growled out:
stranger, what may be the first cost
of such hat as yours ?"
The young man looked up with flash
in his big blue eyes, and then turned to
his paper without replying.
"Heyl did you hear me?' roared
the other, as he leaned over the seat
and lifted the hat off the young mans
head.
Quicker than one could count six o
shining revolver came from you couldn't
tell where, lifted itself on level with
the big mans eye, and the white fingers
clutching the butt never trembled
hairs breadth as quick voice uttered
the words:
drop that hatr'
The hat fell from the giants grasp and
the quiet voice continued:
Nov you sit down or I'll kill you"
The muzzle of the weapon was not six
inches from the mans eye, and l saw
him turn from red to white in ten Sec
onds. He backed away at the command,
sat down in seat opposite, and never
stood up or spoke another word during
his ride of twenty miles. He had
"navy" under his coat, but something
in that quiet voice and blue eye warned
him that the move of finger on his part
would crash bullet into his head
Detroit Free Press.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-21

this one not only Mortified me, but all
INV attendants, who, with cries Of alarm
enlarged the circle very rapidly, for
they knew it's bite to be fatal.
mo more such tricks - these, con-
iureri' said l, sternly.
SIT is perfectly harmless, your excel
lepcy,"" grinned the old man, walking up
"a. lifting it by the neck, putting its
head into HE mouth, and allowing 1t to
run down his throat.
I shuddered, and half believed the
iuggler possessed Of devil, II not
devil himself.
Re next produced . tube that looked
like brass, about two feet long and hall
an inch in diameter, and next, the ball
Of twine again.
Where these things came from, or
won't 10. could not tell. They seemed
70 be in his hands when he wanted them
but never observed his hands passing
near his dress, either when they ap
peared OF disappeared. When I looked
lor the cup that I had lifted from the
make. Il IVES gone; and yet neither my
: self nor any q my attendants had seer
/ this wonderful man pick II upl It va
indeed juGglefy, II mot magic. Of th<
mnot uu0uo1tionable kindl
Through TIE brnss tube the coniurel
no1 utnSod one cd a. the twine. which
- M hotueon HE toeth. He thoE
49, re tuho betNeen his lips, threw
~ - hsad. aad held u pefpsndiea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18

telegram from New Orleans. December 16.
says: The famous libel suit of NJ F. Bigney.
editor of the New Orleans City Item. against
Watson Van Benthuysen. president of three
street railway companies and wealthy capital
list, was closed to-day. The suit grew out of a
card written by Van Benthuysen and published
in the Ece',ing States in which Bigney is spoken
of as scoundrel and a liar The suit has occu-
pied the attention of a jury for week. i'm the
civil district court. before Judge Rightor, and
to-day the jury decided in favor of Bigney.
awarding him 81. $50 damages. The past record
OF the two principals to the suit was pretty
Thoroughly Overhauled. Van Benthuysen put in
witnesses to show that Bigney had cheated at
cards. and Bigney sought to prove that the
former had robbed the cOnfederacy, Of which he
was an officer. In cross-examinatiOn Van Ben
thuysen said he had no desire to hide ANYTHING
but he was sure no citizen would desire his evil
dence to come out. He was placed in charge of
two boxes of specie, which he conveyed on the
train o: wagons accompanying Jefferson Davis
at the close of the war. The money was dis
tributed among the men at various times and
portion Of 1t he retained. 1t was not intrusted
to him, as he was given full control of the money
He kept this to aid Davis on his trial and he
turned it over to the person for whom he in
tended It, Van Benthuysen had applied for q
new trial, mainly On the ground that the presi-
dent OF rival street railway company had
stocked the jury.
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THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL.
Continued from First Edition.

After recess, Mr.. Bliss continued his remarks
He took up first route ss,145, from Ojo Caliente
to Parrot City. which was carried up by various
devices from S2745 to s31 ,34a76, OF which amount
the sub contractor who performed the service, re-
ceive1 but S10,666. The orders ON these routes
were made
DESPITE THE PROTESTS OF THE PosTMAsTERs.
When the sub-contractOr demanded SIP 900 for
carrying the mail, Mr.. S. W. Dorsey wrote him an
Indignant letter stating that 1t not worth any
slch sum to carry the mail On route 8, $50, from
Sagnache TO Like City, included in this in
dlctmeH, Mr.. Bliss said he would not
spent much time. There was upon this
route great amount OF fraud, but 1t
appeared That greater portion OF the money
derived from the route hld gone into the
pockets or II man not mentioned In this indict-
ment. 1t appeared thfit the contractors on this
route had performed the service OF two routes on
on and got pay Tor both. not wihstanding the pro-
test OF Il postmaster on the route. Two years
after the protest the service one @! the routes
was discontinued about the time publ Htt2n-
ton was directed to the extravaganza in the star
route service
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Wall Street To-Day.
FLUCTUATING MARKET, TENDING TO HIGHER


NEW YORK, Dec. 1S-The Posts financial article
says: The stock market opened ha11s per cent
lswer than it closed Saturday, the latter Mime
apOlS and st. Louis During the first fifteen min
uteS OF business the market was steady, and prices
advanced 1sax, but from then until near II o'clock
the market was weak and prices declined ~ per
cent for ST. Paul and Omaha to 53H IL for do. pre-
farred to 112H; IL for Denver and Rio Grande to
AZ: II for Burlington and Quincy to 127K; per
cent for Northern Pacific preferred to SAX; per
cent for Missouri Pacific to 1O3s q for Louisville
and Nashville to 5316 q for Pacific Mail to 431s
and laa for the remainder OF the list, the latter
Delaware, LaCkawanna and Western, 1899; Kan
sas & Texas to SO; Western Union Telegraph to
SOY, and Union Pacific to 1929. From then until
about II AS o'clock there was an advance OF ~
Pc per , cent in in ST. Paul and Omaha
Western to 1a111;. Ia in Omaha common to
54s; 11s in Missouri Pacific to 1919; in Denver to
43; p in Burlington and Quincy to 1885; 3 in
Louisville to 81: u In Western Union Telegraph to
12x: q in Michigan Central to 1G2A; q in Lake
Shore TO 117ss, and 1sass in the remainder OF the
list. There was then decline OF e. but since
noon the market has been strong and the decline
has been recovered Money during the forenoon
was per cent stocks and 3 on governments
Government bonds were steady during the fore
noon, though the Is were % lower than the clos
Ing on Saturday, the other issues being I'M
changed. State bonds were nominal Railroad
bonds were dull and steady with no important
changes.
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The Markets.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 1S-Virgnia Ga, consolidated,
6lzs: past due coupons. 62; ten-forties, 43sl
,o BALTIMORE. Dec 1s:-cetton quiet ddling
super, 3; l5a3.65; do extra, 3.75a4. 80; do. fam
n.y. s5s city Rsd super
family t?5 do s slo eHra 200 o. Whest
southern quiet and western steady-souhern red
lU3sl; 10 do % amler. 1.o9al.15, 80. Mary
land; lOsAalo9; No 2 western winter red, spot,
1O7A February. 1.os4al. os3s; March, III ssl lls
Corn, southern easier; western lower and active
southern white. 5OaG3, do yellow, 5Oa63; western
mixed; SPOT new, 63a6sa; year, 622a bid: January,
white 4sa49: do mixed. 45a47: Pennsylvania 45a5U
Rye dull 64a65 Hay steady-rrilne choice Pennsyl-
wanna and Maryland r. c0al5.0. Provisions quiet and
Gear rib sides. packed, s4alO]a Bacol~shoulders.
10.; clear rib sides l214 Hams. 14al5. Lard-refned
l24 Butter frIn-fo: choice western packed and roll
22a26: Exgsafresh steady r. limel, dull 24a25 Pc
s7s copper refined steady l7k Whisky firmer'
l. isal 1s Freghts to Liverpool per steady
cotton. 3-16aad; -four; Is; 9d:s grain. s54d. Re-
ments-wheat So, 9lS bushels: corn Sc 29l bushels
Saes-wheat 157 400 bushels 625, It's bushels.
NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Stocks moderatiyely active
4s4K. State bonds neglected GoyernmentsNgen.
orally unchanged. Cotton-dnll, easy.
NEW YORK, Dec 18.-Flour- heavy Wheat
dull, 3aas4 cent lower. Corn-opened 4s% lower sub
seqpently recovered Po.k-weak. 49, scale 90. Lard
LONDON. Dec. ls. 80 p.m.-U. g. bonds, 4s.
1881. Atlantic X Great Western lists 5I]; do eds.
III. New Jersey Central lists. Ill. Erie railway
Ontario and Western. 27a4 Milwaukee and St. Paul,
common, lllL, '
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The District in Congress.

PROPOSED SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX BILL
Mr.. Harris, in the Senate to-day, submitted, by
request, IN amendment 10 House bill No 6,929 for
the collection of taxes 1t IS an amendment which
provides for the confirmation OF tax titles. Under
this proposed legislation the holder OF tax title
Is permitted to go into court by prayer petition,
and secure an adjudication OF his claim. II ad-
verse Claimants fall 70 appear after due notice the
decision OF the court Is made conclusive against
any such adverse claim
CLAIMS AGAINST THE DISTRICT.
Mr.. McDill to-day presented a memorial from
citizens Of the District signed by H. J. McLaugh-
I'm and numerous others, asking for legislation TO
enable them to collect their claims against the
District. 1t was referred 20 the District commit
Tee.
CHAiRaAN NEAL AND THE DETECTIVE FORCE.
Chairman Neal, OF the District o. Columbia COM
Att5ee, has made no movement looking to an inves-
0gaton OF the charges against the detective force.
He believes that the charges OF sufficient i'm
portance TO be Investigated, still he could not take
notice of them unless they called to the atteH-
ton OF Congress, Through petition or otherwise,
by the citizens OF the District Should this be
done, such petition will command respectful and
Immediate attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18

NEW YORK, Dee. 1a-The steamship Wisconsin,
which arrived here to-day from Liverpool. reports
that on the right OF December 14tiI. In latitude
402s, Longitude 6S50 she came in collision with
the bark Ella. OF Portl md, Maine, from BncnOs
Ayres. The crew OF the Ella we taken on board
OF the steamship. and the latter stood by until
morning. During the next twenty-feur hours 1t
was Impossible to get alongside the bark, on ac-
weather having moderated, the Wisconsn's Chief
officer, with 6 crew. boarded the Ella and found
she was not seriously damaged The bark's crew
then returned, and she was taken In tow by he
steamer. The hawser soon parted, and fearing
that the steamer might he damaged by the hawser
foulng the propeller the captain OF the Wisconsin
detailed his chief Office and take charge
o. the Ella. The collision was caused by the bark
using, in addition 80 white light, 4 torch light
used by the New York pilot boats, for one Of which
She Was taken.
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Bad Reports About King KalaNaua.

An American resident of Honolulu, who has
long been in business there. in a private letter
to friend gives rather discouraging account
of commercial and political affairs In the Sand
witch Islands. ''The King" he writes, ''seems
to have bten dazzled by his reception by the
crowned heads of Europe, and now only thinks
of making figure in the world, regardless of
the cost to the taxpayers. He has put in office
ministry of no character, which the whole
moneyed interest of the islands cannot but op-
pose. The revenues are being scattered broad
cast. The King is very unpopular with the ma
tives, who generally favor Queen Emma, widow
Of Kalnehameha Nv. The Americans have the
largest interests here and have opposed Emma
on account Of her leanings toward England; but
as the King now seems to be opposed to Ameri-
can interests. the foreigners may hold offand let
Emma and her friends take charge of affairs If
affairs are not soon gotint0 shape and the treaty
of reciprocity is not renewed business will be In
a bad way, and we may find ourselves an Eng
lish colony. If the United States government
abrogatcs the treaty Of reciprocity with these
islands q move will at once be made for a similar
treaty with England (to admit Hawaiian sugars
into British Columbia, Australia and Canada
free of duty. and this plan is preferred by many
OF the King friends"
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CuNARD LINE
NOTICE.
- LANE ROUTE.
IHE CuNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY ITMITEl
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL
CALLING AZ CORK HARBOR.
FROM PIER 40. y. z NEW YORK
Seryla.. We'd. Ii lee. Bo:hI.ia. We'd, q Dco
Scythla We'd. 20 bee. Catalonia. Med.. Jan.
AM EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM New iOIik.
49, RATE OF PASSAGE:
goo. ESQ and Sl00 for passenger arcommodations
steerage at very low rates. Storage tickets from v-
lowest rates.
Through bills OF laden given for Belfast GLASGOW
Havre, Antwerp and other ports the Continent and
tor Mediterranean ports.
For freight and passage apply at the Company's Office
No. Bowling Green, or both steerase and cabin to
OTIS BIGELOW CO.. COS 7th street. Washington,
fE6NON H. BROWN & Co. New York;
Orto Messrs. OTIS BIGELOW & Co,
1&nl2 Cos 18th street, Washington.
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gang Of very bold robbers, after the Jesse
James style, though on somewhat smaller
scale, are working" st. Louis. Four men
riding in spring wagon stopped In trent Of a
jewelry store on Market street about o'clock
on Thursday evening. They broke the show
window and made a grab at the goods on dis
play. but there was very little in the window,
and that little was out Of reach so they got
nothing. This evening about half-past o'clock
four men, presumed to be the same fellows,
walked into a jewclry store on O'Fallon street,
between It'll and Sth, and two Of them covered
the proprietor, who was alone In the store with
revolvers while the other two helped them
selves 60 about 81 900 worth of jewelry. they
escaped, and ss yet no arrests have been made.
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The Courts.
COURT IN GENERAL TERM.


To-day in the case of Hammond agt Miller.
the opinion was delivered by Judge Cox. re-
handing cause for new trial Blunt agt Hart;
opinion by Chief Justice reversing Judgment
below. U. S. ex rel. Burnett agt. Teller: pen-
atty of bond for writ of error
EQUITY CoURT-Jud0e Hag7,er
To-day, in Moore agt. Harrison; a sale was
ordered. Raoul agt Gaines decree for COM
plainant for $4,000 was passed, and Marshall
agt Main On hearing.
CIRCUIT COURT-JudQe MacAfth.r
To-day, In the case of Achson, Harden & Co.
agt Day ct al a verdict was given for plaintiff,
nominal damages. and in Albemarle Bank agt
Boone. defendant was called and Judgment
entered.