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Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02
HOKUSAI.

One hundred and twenty-three years
ago-in the year just before the first
observed transit of Venus-there was
a looking-glass maker in Yedo, who
was made happy by the information,
"It's boy" Neighbors and friends
rushed in to congratulate MIS- Middle
island, the happy mother whose son
North-house (Hokusai, was to become
the most famous artist in Japan.
As the boy grew up he was fond of
drawing, and always had a pencil or
brush-pen in his hand. He made
pictures of babies on their mothers
backs, of chubby children playing, of
theownerless wolfish dogs and bob-tailed
cats of Yedo. Nearly all the Japanese
artists before North-house, had painted
only lords and ladies of the court, nobles'
costumes and gorgeous silk dresses and,
! gold-lacquered vases and palanquins
belonging to the Mikado. Many of
their subjects were Chinese, but silken
curtains and red temples and pagodas,
with abundance of gold clouds in the
picture to cover up the plain or common
parts, were what one saw on most
famous works of art.
But Hokusai was a man of the people.
He cared next to nothing about Chinese
heroes, or high lords Of the COURT
except to make fun of them, so
he struck out in a new line. He
pictured farmers and mechanics,
thatched cottages and shops and mar
kets, pack-horses and street dogs, and
everything in humble life. He espeei-
ally entered into the juvenile world
which is only as high as yard-stick.-
and while his brother artists scared into
the mountains and clouds Hokusai kept
on the ground, with the result that
even the babies understood his draw
ings, and dyers bought his books for
their patterns. To study some of the
dainty pictures dyed into dain1io lady's
skirt, or to read Japanese fairy tale
on BRIDES robe, is often to recognize
Hokusai's pictures reproduced in color.
Hokusai opened studio in Yedo in
1910, and labored steadily with the
brush until 1849-about five years be-
fore Commodore Perry entered the Bay
of Yedo. His chief books of pictures
are his n1dng,sa, or albums of sketches.
Occasionally he made journeys, and
the fruits of his travel were his " Hun
dred Views of Fuji-Yama, ;" besides
many pictures of natural scenery. His
drawings are more simple and less
finished than ours, but are much clearer
than those of most japanese draughts-
men, so that, of them all, Hokusai is best
understood by foreigners.
Hokusai is dead, but thousands of
japanese still chuckle over MS carica-
lures and in American metal-work,
wallpaper, silk embroid-
cry, and hundred forms of decorative
art, the strokes of his pencil are visible,
with character all their own.-FTom
" a japanese Funny artist" By
William Elliot Grifts, IN ST. NIcHo-
LAS for March.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02

WONDERS OF PUGET SoUND.-Pu-
get Sound is considered one of themost
remarkable bodies of water in the world.
1t is surrounded by continuous forests
that reach back to the SUBMITS of the
Cascade and Olympic ranges. The
streams that come down from the
mountains on every side have fertile
valleys; some of them are already oc-
cupied and well cultivated. Puyallup
and White rivers and their affluents are
well settled, but there is abundant
room for settlers on the Snoqualmie,
Snohomish', Squak, Skagit and Moot
sack, as well as ona valley in Whatcom
county, where Frazer's river once flow
ed. 1t was once believed that the land
around the Sound was worthless, and
that its forests stood on rock without
soil but time has demonstrated that
this is only true of small extent of
country near the Sound, and that all
the upland between the streams, and
extending to the mountains, is rich,
deep soil that will produce anything
that will grow in that climate.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02
90 WIND THAT BLOWS OUT OF
THE WEST"

o wind that blows out of the West,
Thou hast swept over mountain and sea,
Dost thou bear on thy swift, glad wings
The breath of my love to me?
Hast thou kissed her warm, sweet llpsY
Or tangled her soft, brown hair?
Or fluttered the fragrant heart
OF the rose she loves to wear?
o sun that goes down in the West,
Hast thou seen my love to-day,
As she sits in her beautiful prime
Under skies so far away?
Hast thou gilded path for her feet,
Or deepened the glow on her cheeks,
Or bent from the skies to hear
The low, sweet words she speaks?
o stars thatare bright in the West
When the hush of the night is deep,
Do We see my love as she lies
Like a chaste, white flower asleep?
Does she smile as she walks with me
In the light of n happy dream,
While the night winds rustic the leaves,
And the light waves ripple and gleamG
o birds that fly out of the West,
Do We bring me a message from her,
As sweet rs your love-notes are,
When the warm spring breezes stir?
Did she whisper a word OF me
As your tremulOuS wings swept by,
Or utter my name, mayhap,
In single passionate cry?
o voices ont of the West,
Ye are silent every one,
And never an answer comes
From wind, or stars, or sun
And the blithe birds come and go
Through the boundless fields of space,
As reckless of human prayers
As if earth were a desert place
JULIA c. R. DoRR, in March Century.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02

THE COLONEL Several weeks ago,
by special enactment of the legislature,
the governor offered a reward of two
hundred dollars for an Arkansaw man
who is not judge, colonel, major nor
captain. The next day, plain, unas-
Stunning gentleman called on the COVER
nor and said "I have the honor, sir,
to claim the reward you offered for a
man who is neither a judge, colonel,
major nor captain. 1 am neither of
these" "I am glad to meet you, sir, y
said the governor. "Just sit down a
moment until attend to little matter
Of business The man took seat and
the governor went into an adjoining
room and after moment called "Col-
onel ?'' Yes, sir, said the gentleman
arising. "That's all right, F" remarked
the governor. "I see you are a colonel.
Porter, please show the military gen
tleman to the door and admit next
man. .''-ArkanSdW Traveller.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02

FIR, PINE, OAK AND CEDAR of un-
surpassed quality and practically unlim-
tied in quantity clothe the mountains.
overhang the rivers, and shadow the
plains of the Puget Sound district in
Washington Territory. On a moderate
estimate it is calculated that this re-
gion will yield the almost unimagina-
BILE quantity Of 100, 1000, ,OOO,OOO feet of
valuable timber. The trees attain a
remarkable development both in height
and beauty. The yellow fir is frequently
found growing to height of 250 feet,
the white cedar to 100 feet, with a girth
of over 60 feet the white oak is 20
feet in height, while ordinary sized
specimens Of the sugar pine yield from
5000 to 5000 feet Of cut lumber.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02
A WELCOME.

Far in the sunny South she fingers,
Yet slowly comes along,
With fairy garlandS in her fingers,
With snatches of sweet song.
Her eyes with promises are beaming,
Her smiles will rapture bring,
The sunlight from her hair is streaming
Thrice welcome. lovely spring.
She brings us gifts, the royal maiden,
Fair flowers to deck the hills;
With primrOses her arms are laden,
Bluebells and daffodils.
Pale crocusseS have come before her,
Wild birds her welcome sing;
Ten thousand longing hearts adore her
The gray worlds darling, spring.
y M EJton
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02

EVERYTHING AMERICAN is the fash
ion at present in the City of Mexico,
and the Mexicans are beginning to
adopt many of the customs of this
country.
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02

SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado, ris-
ing to make his maiden speech the
other day, said: "Mr. President, 1
am paired with the gentleman from
Hampton, Mr.. South Carolina"
Middletown transcript., 1883-03-02
THE READING HABIT.

The following entertaining article on =" The
Reading Habit, is from THE CHOICE OF Books,
a very Instructive little work by Charles F.
Richardson, published by John B. Alden, Is
Vesey street, New York.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-06
CALIFORNIA SOUTMERN 4. Il.
DIRECT RAIL C0mmunlcATIOn WITH
NATIONAL CITY AND SAN DIEGO.

On and after ThursdAy, Sept l3, 1855, trsins
of the California southern RailrCAt going sonth
will leave Cotton daily at 26s ?. H., or on arrival
oil Esstbourd Southern Pacinc train. and viii
leave Riversido st II 80, arriving At san Diego at
1916 ~.
Going north, win lesvs San Diego at GA A. y.
and Riverside At f0i, arriving Cotton at 2.9o
r. NJ, San Francisco time, making close oonnec-
ton with train TOR Los Angeles and San Francseo.
Passengers from the east connect direct, srriv-
ing At san Diego the same night Fifteen min
utes for supper ut Fall Brook.
Passengers will save II jm ten (t0) to sixty (60)
CENTS by purchasing their tickets Of the agent
bet ,re emit r ng the cara
Round trip tickets cannot be obtained on the
{ ain.
For information addross Agent California
Southern iiroad, Cotton, or
J. n. VICTOR,
Suporfnsy,dsnt, and osn. Ms aad Pns.. Ar,
NatioIAl CITY. Cal suS
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-06

Steamers Orissba and Ancon 20 through 70 SAL
san D1ego, leaving San Pedro on tho dates o.
heir arrivals froin San Francisco.
Ths orimba and Anoon call at Santa Barbar
nd Port Hartford (S4n Luis Obispo) Only, on tn
QUITE 70 and from San Francisco.
The Eureka and Los Angeles call ~ Sal
iusnAventura, Santa BArbArs, GAviott, Poi
larford, Ceyuoos, San simeon. Monterey sn'
ants CruA
Cars to connect with steamers from Ban Psdr
avs The q. Z. X. X. Depot. Los Angeles, at Il
elsok \ H., railroad tine.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-06

The Santiago creek came down with a
terriho Hood last sa urduy. 1t is sup
pos,d that there was a waterspout let
loose near the head of ths stream. No
damage was done
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-06
Rates Of Pare from Los Angeles:

eyPlans Of Steamer Cabins at Agents OHIO
here belths may be secured
For Newport Landing, via Santa Crus, etc.
eight stsames Leave san Francisco about ever
20 weeks. - tides ssrss on the Newport bar.
The Company reserves the right to chsngs u
tsaners or their days Of sailing
drF0R PASSAGE OK FREIGHT AS ABOVE
OR FOX TICKETS To AND FROM
all Important Points in Europe
......ArtiS ro.....
a. MCCLELLAN, Agent.
0fncs-No. 8 Commercial St.. Los Angeles.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
EN- VORAGE.

Whichever way the wind doth blow
Some heart is glad to have It so;
Tbon b ow II east or blow ii west
lowind that blows, hat winds res
Ny little craft sails not alone;
A thousand fleets from every zone
Arc out upon thousand seas;
And what for me were fsyoring breeze
Might dash another, with the shock
OF doom, upon some hidden rock
And so do not dare opray
For winds to watt me on my way;
But leave It to Higher Will
To stay or speed mo-trusting still .
That all is well, and sure that He
who launched my bark will sail with me-
Through storm and calm, and will not ran
Whatever breezes may prevail,
TO land mo, every peril past,
Within His sheltering haven at last
Then, whatsoever wind doth blow,
NY heart is glad to have itso; .....
And blow il east or blow invest, r,.s
Tho wind that blows, that wind is best,
-Cg,oline /. Mason, ia Christian .Oh'on..
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
THE CHOIR'S QUARREL.
The COntralto Calls ON the Religious Editor for
Correction.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Dloohiyh GaSio'
81 think that you treated us very
unkindly in saying that we had fight
in our choir" murmured the con-
tralto, taking the chair the religious
editor placed for her and Strengthening
her hat. "You hurt the feelings of
everybody and 1 don't see any good
of it,"
"But didn't you have a fght?"
protested the religious editor. didn't
the tenor say the soprano didn't know
any more about music than a loga-
rithm does about the doctrine of in
FAINT baptism?"
81 know that" conceded the con-
tralto. "And he was right. She
don't. But she is a grained old
maid and the sooner we get rid of her
the better"
"And didn't the basso take the
sopranos side and hit the tenor on
The nose?" continued the religious
editor,
81 know he did," replied the con-
tralto. "And he was all in the wrong.
That tenor is perfectly lovely, and the
soprano got mad because he was to
sing a duet with me. But l don't see
why you wanted to pitch into him.
Why didn't you say the soprano had
been flirting with the barytone for
six months, in spite of his being
married man? What did you want
to put it all on the tenor for?"
81 didn't know anything about
that" retorted the religious editor.
Somebody told me the tenor took
You to the church picnic and that all
the row grew out of the fact that the
soprano told his wife"
$50 she did, the meddling old maid.
l. was none of her business. He
didn't take her, and he isn't likely to.
We never had any trouble in that
choir until she got to poking her nose
into everybOdys business. Say, 1
wish Won would come out and state
that The choir is perfectly harmonious,
and the paper was mistaken IN Its re-
port about the difficulty"
"0f coure L viii, if their is any
truth in it. responded the religious
editor. as the difficulty all over?"
ut viii be as soon as the tenor gets
MS hands on the organist. BE has
been giving his mouth q holiday and
SAYING that the tenor wants to get the
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
Mean PeOple.l

One of the oldest things in the world
is the fact that mean people do not
know they are mean, but cherish sin.
cere conviction that they are souls OF
generosity. You will hear him inveigh-
ing loudly against neighbor who does
not come up to the standard OF gener-
GUS man, and decrying the sin OF hoard
ing and Withholding, without being
sensible in the least that they are con-
demning themselves. They are usually
people who are not in the habit OF self
criticism, and if they were not amusing
they would be the most aggravating
class alive. Moreover, they are gener-
ally people who are not only willing to
receive, but who demand great deal
at the hands of others yet the example
of their friends giving and Lending
never seems to strike them as q yarl-
ance with their own line of conduct,
and if by any chance they part with
farthing, it appears to them a more
magnanimous act than the founding OF
hospital by another. The mean per-
son must be brought to lively sense
of the need before opening her purse;
as for beggars, she disapproves OF them
altogether they are as pestiferous rs the
mosquito, in her eyes, and ought to be
legislated out of existence. We do not,
however, always find the mean person
among the rich; she is quite as likely
to be poor; indeed, one of the great
disadvantages of poverty is that it often
obliges one to seem small; obliges one
to think of the candle-erds when one
would prefer to think of better things
Money does not make q person mean
necessarily, or we should not all be
struggling so desperately to obtain it;
it ought rather to be apreventive. The
disease lies in the disposition of the
individual, and it is doubtful if any ul-
terror circumstance can eradicateslt;
and while in this view we may easily
forgive her, yet we find her vastly in
convenient to deal with. If she is the
employer, the mean woman is apt to
get as much work from her servants
for the least money as possible. On
some pretext or other she detains her
seamstress after her regular days
work is over, underpays her washer
woman, or exchanges old buds for clean
linen, keeps the servants fire low, or
pays their wages with cast-off finery.
Sometimes it is the servant who gives
poor work for liberal payment; some
times it is the husband who dine
sumptuously at his club, while his fans
lily sits down to spare diet; some
times it is the landlord who oblige-
his tenant to make his own repairs o.
go shabby; sometimes it is the neigh.
Dor who borrows but never lends: the
manufacturer who adulterates food OF
drugs; the stepmother who feeds the
children on skinned milk; the mother
in-law who grudges her sons wife the
fallals she has not been used to; or the
daughter-i n-law who makes her hus-
bands mother, feel like stranger in
her home. Indeed, meanness is such
an unlovely trait that it is no wonder
we all disown it.--Harpers' Bazaar.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
The Invasion of the North.
New York Journal.

The Southern military organizations
now visiting the North are carrying by
storm every point on the march. Hart
ford has fallen before the Charleston
Light Infantry. The flag flies over the
State capitol and the armories. The
Continental Guards, of New Orleans,
have take Providence in Rhode Isalnd.
All this is pleasant reading. 1t is not
improbable, however, that the reporters
have failed to describe the most inter
esting conquests that have been made.
The young ladies OF New England are,
in spite of their traditional devotion to
pork and beans, attractive to the fiery
Southern eve. How many prisoners
they have made among these Southern
warriors the merry wedding bells viii
probably tell us in the fall.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
The Head Waiter.

Oh, no, my son, that dignified gentle
man who looks down upon You with
majestic complacency, who possesses
the grace of Apollo Belvidere, the
proud front OF Jove and the equanim-
ity of the mumRified remains of Ra-
meses the First-that sublime person
age, my son, is not an emperor, King.
Prince or President of some powerful
nation, neither is he the owner of count
less millions, nor the landlord OF this
caTavansasy. He Is far above all
thrones, Nominations, princedoms, viz
ties, powers He Is migh.iest of the
uightiest. Look at him, nv son, and
tremblc. Behold the head waiter. and
shrink into ROthingness before his tran
scendent grandeur and-eheek. -Bos-
Ton Transcript.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02
.A fire al Texarkana on the n . p

A fire at Texarkana on the mGl non.
ing Of July 18th destroyed the VIZ. NJ
block of buildings on Broad stree zee A. =.
bordering on Elm, total loss o. "a an
tween $4,000 and 100000, WIN -. :
insurance of between SzO'OOS h
$4,000. The fire is SUPPOSE -
the work of an incendiaIy.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02

THE Boston Courier gives tng IN. III
lowing wise piece of advice to It's O' ~;rl
elor readers: "Never marry
unless you have known her at ie
three DAYS and a picnic"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02

"A man named Willis, of MaI,
shall, shota beef. The bullet sII 1Ud
the animal in the head and reb0unaIss-,
hitting the shooter in the shOui"
and infiicting a painful wound
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02

The grand jury Of Wharton
county has indicted the entire bar OF
the county for failure to pay occupa.
.on taxes.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-08-02

The Volksfest VIII be held at Sar
Antonio on the 5th and 9th Of DC.
fnber.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-15
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The CHILEAN congress is still in secret
session over Peruvian affairs.
There were fifty deaths from yellow
fever in Havana last week.
Count de Paris and the other Orleanists
have left Vienna for Paris.
The French population of New Orleans
celebrated the anniversary of the fall of the
Bastile yesterday.
Thad Norris, a negro, who murdered VIM
Arnold at Texarkana, Ark, in 1880, was
arrested at Shreveport yesterday.
The citizens of Louisville have sub
scribed $4,000 for a display of fancy
stock at the exposition.
In a railway collision in Buenos Aver:
seven cars were wrecked, two persons were
killed and fourteen wounded.
The board of trustees of the Soldiers
home at Bath, N. Y, have exonorated
Superintendent Pitcher.
Railway trestle foundations were washed
away four miles north of Eureka Springs
Ark, yesterday during heavy rain, and
trains were delayed.
Arrangements have been made with al
the railroads centering in Houston, Tex.
for reduced rates of fare to the exposition
at Louisville.
fire yesterday morning destroyed one
half of the business portion of the town OF
Belleville, Nevada. Loss $4,000 and in
surance $4,000.
Delegates from Maryland in the Nation
al encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Denver, left Baltimore this
morning.
Two train robber convicts, who escaped
from the Coal Hill mines, came into the
Eureka Springs, Ark, stockade yesterday
starved and disheartened, and gave them
selves Up.
There was a good review of troops in
Paris, yesterday, by President Grevy an6
ministers, and on their arrival they were
greeted with shouts of "Vive la repub.
lique."
j. F. Hatton and Mr.. Van Alstyne, two
old citizens of Brownslow, Tex, got into
an alteration yesterday, and the latter
was shot and instantly killed, and the other
had an arm broken and three fingers shot
off.
The damage to the Missouri Pacific
freight house at st. Louis by the storm OF
Friday night was slight, and there were
but small losses in the city. Two barges
were sunk in the river, and the log raft
which got away from Its anchorage was
caught by the steam tugs.
Members of the American mining stock
exchange of New York have sued for the
appointment of a receiver and to dissolve
the exchange, its rooms having been given
up and its members having dissolved.
There is about $4,000 of a gratuity and
insurance to divide up between the mem
bers, and the action is brought so as to
have it done.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-15
Personal,

A. E. Rood, Duluth, is at the Merchants.
G. A. German, Morehead, at the Wind
sor.
W. MeI05, New Richmond, Wis, at
the Windsor.
TTheo. Sander, of this city, is on visit
to Shakopee.
GA. Shellabarger, Staples, Mimi, al
the Metropolitan.
State Treasurer Chas. Kittleson has re-
turned from Albert Lea.
W. II. Miller, La Crosse, a man OF
wheat" is at the Merchants.
State Auditor W. w. Braden has return,
ed from attending land sales at Redwood
Falls.
Capt. A. H. Reed, Glencoe, will spend
the Sabbath in st. Paul, with headquar
tiers at the Merchants.
j. f. Force, postmaster at Heron Lake
is spending the Sabbath in the city, anG
will take in Mahtomedi this afternoon.
Judge Miller, law partner of Gov. Har
rison of Indiana, paid visit to st. Pau
yesterday. He is a guest of Prof. D. L
KiehIe.
John Ulrich, La Crosse, prominently
identified with the German press of Wis
cohsin, wife and daughter, are at the Met
ropolitan, and will go to Minnetonka for
short season early in the week.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-15
THE LESSONS OF sUMMER.

His glory covered the heavens, and the earth
was full of his praise-Habakkuk 9-3.
'sTo him who, in the love of nature holds
communion with her visible forms, she
speaks various language" wrote Bryant,
and in the beauty of summer hours every
bird and bee, every leaf and flower has a
voice for the individual who can hear.
Who, that has stopped in the heart of
some vast forest to look about him, with
the shade of the green branches over him,
with myriads of infant trees starting up
on every hand, and the deep silence of the
summer noon time falling upon
the denizens of the WOO de
the gentle murmur of the slightly moving
branches the only sound, has not felt that
God was in that small voice? The angry
strength of the wind or wave attests the
power of Him, "who maketh the clouds
his chariot; who walketh upon the wings
of the wind" But as in the days when
the Propht Elijah stood upon Mount
Horeb, and a great and strong wind rent
the mountain, and broke the rocks to
pieces, and after the wind came an earth
quake, and then fire, but the Lord was not
in the wind, the earthquake or the fire, but
in the still small voice that broke the