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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-28
Where Power Resides in China,
From the London Spectator.

We are often asked where, In the
great Empire OF China, power really re
sides, and we believe the best short
statement is this. Subject to certain
immovable customs, the Emperor, in.
his capacity of father Of the people can
IN theory give any order, and cam In.
practice punish with decapitation or
exile any official or person who disobeys.
il. He is, in ell serious affnirs. however
Obliged to consult, though not to obey,
a rather large grclp of Princes OF his
dynasty aud great Mandarins, who
divide the departments and the great
yiceroyalties among themselves. The.
dynasty moreover, be inc foreign JIG COM
pellet. to respect the army to some ex-
tents while this army is, for financial
reasons, SO limited In number that ii Is
difficnlt to garrison the empire, and i'm
possible to hold il down for an hour. Ii
is the tradition Of the court. therefore.
never seriously to offend either the
army or the people ia such q way rs to.
provoke enemies, more especially In
Pekiu. Al present the Emperor is q
boy only just II years of age. and ali
real authority belongs to widow of the
last iull.grown Emperor, uien Fung--
who is called the Empress Mother, but
10 not the mother Of the Emperor-to
Prince Kung, Ii Hung Chang, the fav-
orise Of the native Chinese. and two or
three less known high officials. They
can send out any orders they please, and
are obeyed, but they cannot afford Is
risk the Instructions which would fol-
low any great atiront to the pride OF the
people, such as the ccssiQn Of TonNnin
would be. China. in fact is q o solid
Turkey, with Sultan, Pashas, army. and
mob sharing power in unequal degrees.
40 in Turkey, too, al four arc bound in
the chain ofa law which cannot be
modified.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-28
KITrIE's WANTS.

Me want Christmas tree,
Yes ms do:
Want an orange on 1t,
Lots ofeandy, too.
Want some new dishes,
Want q red pail,
Want a rocking horse,
With a very long tail.
Want q little watch,
That saws Tick, tick"
Want a newer Dolly,
Cause Victoria's sick.
Want so many things,
Don't know what to do;
Want a little sister,
Little brother, too.
Won't you buy 'em mamma?
Tell me why you WON'T.
Want to 6 to bed?
No the don't.
Eva NJ. Tappan.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-28

Wickham & CO., Tioga, Pa. banEes,
have failed for $4,000.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

the end of three hours they came to the
narrow shelf upon the steep mountaIn
side, but as the boy went boldly on, the
men did not hesitate. When Alulek
reached the edge of the declivity
he stopped and turned to his followers.
"Do you see that bed of moss and
gravel?" he asked, pointing down to the
strange work he had done.
"Yes-we see it, but how do you reach
it?"
"why--it is easy to slide 'down to it.
All you have to do is, to settle down and
start. You'll stop when you reach the
bottom!"
"And the gold-is it there?"
Follow me and look for yourself.
Here-so--now come on"
AS the boy spoke he settled to stoop-
ing posture, and balanced himself for
the slide. I he greedy men followed his
example. The shelf was wide here, and
they had room to start nearly together.
Mulek went on ahead downtown
down--but with a keen eye and a steady
nerve. At the edge of the moss his right
foot touched the end of concealed stick
his position assumed An upright posi-
ton, and with one flying leap, his foot
inst touching firmer spot in the center
of the moss, he reached the opposite
side.
And there he turned as quick as
thought and snatched away the stout
cross stick upon which he had stepped.
Remember the Oasis of Lebon and
the Moorish merchants" he shouted at
the top of his voice.
The boy caught the quick, frightened
look of Ben.Zama, he heard the fearful
cry of terror, and the next instant the
bloody chieftain was at the edge of the
precipice. He gave one more wild cry,
made desperate plunge for the spot
where the boy avenger stood, but he
might as we'll have tried to leap to
heaven. He touched the baseless fabric,
and in u moment more he was lost to
sight.
The others comprehended their dread
full fate now. They threw themselves
upon their backs, and pressed their
hands upon the rock but the smooth
surface afforded them no holding place.
Down they NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the voice of the young executioner
sounding still in their ears-down-
down.
A low cry--a cry of death-came up
from the vast depths of the chasm--and
in a few moments more naught was
heard save the dull roar of the dismal
torrent as it bore upon the foaming
bosom the forms of eight dead men.
II buried six beneath the sands of the
desert. have buried eight here! Father
-mother--b rothers-you are avenged!'
Noona never saw her adopted sob
again; but in few weeks afterward
Mulek, the son of Yezid, arrived in
Tripoli, and when he had told his story
he found no lack of friends.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
TWENTY YEARS

Beg your pardon, old fellow | think
was dreaming inst now when you spoke,
The fact is. the musical clink
Of the ice on your wine-goble,s brink
chord OF III memory woke.
And stood in hA pas ture field where
Twenty summers ago had stood;
And heard in that sound, declare,
The clink;ng If bells on the air.
Of the cows coming home from the wood.
Then the apple blooms shook on the hill,
And the mn ein- stalks tilted each lance;
And the sun behind "Rapttys' mill
Was my uttermost West, and could thrill
Like some f.ncifu land of romance
Then my friend was hero, and then
The girl was an angel. In tiue
drank buttsrmilk, for ct ten
Faith asks less 10 aid her than when
At thir., We doubt over wine
All well il does seem that l must
Have been dreaming ust now when you spok'
Or lost vers like, in the dust
Of the wears that slow fashioned the crust
On that bottle whose seal YOU last broke.
Twenty years was its age, did you say?
Twenty years? o my friends, it is true
All dream that have flown since that day,
All the hopes in the time passed away.
Old friend. We been drink ng with YOU.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
AGRICULTURAL.

The man who let's his poultry roost in
the tree-tops all winter will be very apt
to make tie old complaint that ':hens
don't pay their way, nohow."
The first appearance of cotton as an
article of commerce was a shipment of
seven bales from Charleston in 1857.
In 1880 81 the crop was 6,6OO,OOO bales.
The annual cheese product of the
United States, for an average good sea-
son, is now estimated at 40O, 00O, 900.
pounds, and the butter product at L.
200, 900, 900 pounds.
Sows may farrow at sny time if the
quarters are warm and comfortable, but
if the pigs are not properly cared for
they will be checked in growth if the
weather is cold.
Corn burnt on the cob, and the refuse
which consists almost entirely of the
grains reduced to charcoal and still re.
tanning their perfect shape placed be-
fore fowls, is greedily eaten by them,
with a marked improvement in their
health.
Carefully prepared statistics of the
1881 and 1882, show a marked increase
III Juo pIlCc III VIC ioot y cdi Ucluk dDOut
$34 per head. The sales in 1881 aver.
aged $15S per head. and in 1882 1892
per head. This is encouraging for
breeders.
Some Apple Suggestions.-The buy
ers all want red apples, they say that
they sell best. The fancy for color has
given Baldwins boom, as they handle
and ship we'll. There is another advan.
tage for the fruit-the tree is hardy and
constant bearer. On account of its mar
ket value and the hardness of the tree
aud strong bearing propensity, in an
orchard of 100 trees I would plant IS
Baldwins. Too many varieties Of fruit
are nuisance. They make an endless
amount of work. and many kinds, while
they have value for home use, are un.
suited for keeping or shipping. They do
not pay. The Esopus Spitzenburgh is
the daintiest favored apple that grows.
The Spitzenburgh wants protection and
a virgin soil. The latter requirement
can be made up in part by the use of
ashes, and the former by planting wind
breaks and evergreens. treated
stunted Fameuse apple tree twenty
years ago with wheelbarrow load Of
leached ashes, and that tree shows the
benefit of it to this day Col. F. D.
Curtis
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

LoUIsE's THIRD EoUERRY.
and Grayson Macarthur has been invited
to become third equerry to Princess
Louise Of Canada. and will probably &c.
cept. The position is one of distinction
and profit. The first equerry is Colonel
Thomas Fitz Dobbins-J ones who is Lieu.
tenant McArthur's cousin. The Princes
happened to be looking over Colonel
Dobbins-J ones album one day and. upon
seeing the Lieutenant's photograph, ex
claimed: by my halldom, Sir Thomas,
this goodly knight hath found favor In
mine eyes. Summon him at once into
our royal presence" Colonel Dobbins-
Jones informed her that the Lieutenant
was in a far-off country, filling the hum
BILE role of private secretary. "Odds
bobs!' cried the Princess. ''He shall
have the first vacancy that occurs in our
court" Last week Captain Algernon
We're de we're Smithers, of the Quebec
Horse marines, died of enlargement of
the spleen, and yesterday Lieutenant
Macarthur received word that he had
been appointed to the vacancy.-Denver
Tribune.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
A husband in Massachusetts whipped

A husband in Massachusetts, whipped
his wife, who employed lawyer to pros.
ecute him. Then he took proceedings
against her on the charge of common
drunkenness, and she engaged the same
counsel to defend her. This lawyer sued
the husband for the value of his services.
relying upon the rule of law that hus-
band is liable for "necessaries" supplied
to his wife. The Supreme Court
accepted this view so far az pay for her
defence was concerned, but ruled that
the charge for prosecuting the husband
could not be allowed.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

DIVORCES IN New YoRK.-Social sta
tistics show that for every thirty seven
marriages in this city there is one d.
vorce. New York, in this respect, does
not keep abreast of some the Western
cities, but the figures nevertheless are
not without certain comfort for con.
sentative people. 1t is reasonable to
suppose that the divorces are the result
of unhappiness in married life; at least
that is the view generally adopted by
moralists. But it is certainly as fair and
logical to assume that the .undivorced
are not unhappy. This simple method,
which presents us with Joy and misery
in the ratio of 81 to l, is q method which
may be applied by healthy optimists to 9
great many other social phases. Misery
makes the most noise in the world and
very often deceives Us by its clamor. II
isn't the divorce ripples on the surface of
the social current, but the quiet. steady
tide of matrimonial serenity and duty
that does the work of civilization.
Whenever our statisticians have so per-
fected their methods that they can tell
us what proportion of the divorced get
married again, we may have occasion for
fresh satisfaction.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15
An Astonishing Trial.

An astonishing trial has just ended in
in St. Petersburg trial of boy of
thirteen for the murder of his father
and its most astonishing feature was the
boys testimony. He confessed his guilt,
but maintained an appearance of com
plete indifference during the proceedings
and when asked what motives had in
duced him to commit the crime, simply
said: my father prevented me from
continuing my studies, and making for
myself brilliant career. He also would
not allow me to read novels, and that is
why resolved to get rid OF such
rough, uncultured father" How
was the crime committed?'
asked the President. Zone night when
mother was out of town l crept out of
bed and went to the kitchen for a
Ratchet. On my way there said to my
self: My God! What am about to do?'
But then l thought rs there God?
Who can prove it?' So took the Ratchet
and went into my fathers room. He
did not move, but opened the window
to make sure that he was asleep, and
then I struck him a blow on the head
with the Ratchet. He sprang up and
cried 'help! but fell back Immediately
ON the ground. Then took the Ratchet
back to the kitchen, dressed myself and
went out. In the morning when l came
back they told me my father was dead.
l know have done wrong, but 1t cant
be helped.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

A Chicago clothing store gives pres
ent OF coal stove with an overcoat.
This is great deal better than painting
a fireplace on the tail of q coat, or put
ting q coil of steam pipe in the back
lining. Some of the ready-made coats
need furnace in them to keep man
warm. More wool and waddine. and less
coal stoves is what the boys want.--Peck' 5
Sun.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

GRADING PENsIoNs.-The proposition
to grade pensions seems en- inently
proper. The man who has lost leg, or
an arm, or an eye, deserves to receive
more pension than one whose wound is
troublesome but not disabling. So. the
man who has lost both legs or both
arm is subject of greater commisera-
ton than either of the above
named instances. Congress seems
disposed to take this view of the mat.
ter, as it certainly should do. Wars are
not made by those who fight in them.
If the soldier who fights IN the battle is
to be crippled, the country is in honor
bound to see that he shall in some sort
be provided for. There are said to be
many fraudulent applications for pen
sions. These ought, of course, to be
guarded against, but the deserving
seould not be neglected nor overlooked
on this account
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

Worse than nothing: A wag, speak
ing OF friend whom he suspected Of Iiv-
ing altogether beyond his means, OBJ
serveJ that he believed he would owe
several thousand dollars after all his
debts we're paid Lawrence American.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

A SOUTH CAROLINA BOYS LONG NAP
A negro boy, sixteen years old, was
killed recently while packing cotton on
the plantation of MIR. l.. +. Irby, about
two miles from this place, under the fol.
lowing circumstances, s. surmised. The
unfortunate deceased was found about
the middle of the bale. 1t seems that
the packing hands had stopped for din
ner, excepting the said boy, with about
two hundred pounds of cotton in the
press, and it is supposed he lay down
and went to sleep on the said cotton
When the hands returned from dinner
enough cotton was thrown in to finish
the bale and the screw of the press run
down, thereby crushing the unsuspect-
ing but Inflated sleeper, whose condition
was accidentally discovered by small
piece Of his coat protruding II Lawrens-
vile Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-15

Stuffed peppers: Get the large bell
pepper, cut out the stem end carefully,
take out the seeds, then ill with the fol-
lowing: One very small cucumber, a
spoonful Of picked lily. and tiny green
tomato, then place the end Of the pepper
back and run a common wooden tooth
pick through the top of the pepper.
thus securing its contents, place them
carefully in a jar or firkin, heat sufli-
Gent vinegar to cover them, with a small
piece Of alum to each quart of vinegar;
when boiling hot turn over them aud
close tightly, and when cool place in
cool place. The Household.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-16
"a TIN PAN ARaUMzN 7 I"

The prohibitionists OF Massachusetts,
have followed in the path of their Ohio
friends. Recently enc Of their most tai
ented leaders, Henry Faxon, came out in
support of the Republican ticket. Upon
this the prohibitionists read him out of the
party, when, according to the New York
Posts report, that gentleman before he
went "gsve his fellow-lsborers some
valuable information, in which he COM
pared the efforts of the prohibitionists to
further their cause by electing Butler to
the conduct OF the man who, wishing to
make great deal of noise for little
money, bought an old tin pan for drum,
and discovered when he reached the point
where he wished to create the greatest din
that the bottom of his drum was gone.
The prohibitionists, he said, had advanced
kind of tin-pan argument chat to defeat
their friends is hsrbinger of victory in
the future" Mr.. Faxon's voice should
have been heard in Ohio. In Massachu-
uetts. Robinson, the Republican nomiaee
for Governor. is teetotaler; but ne be.
lieves that the people having agreed to
local option are not ready to support the
prohibition scheme. Butler, on the other
hand, fatty opposes prohibition, local op-
ton and all else that would Withdraw sup.
port of the liquor interest from him, and
this is the man the prohibitionists really
aid.
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RO.l'I,lS ANL 4sj5,slAUAAIlaa. II .
HELVETIA HOUSE,
CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT

GEE THIS: ROAST MEATS, WITH yEGE-
= tables, and e dish Of Pudding, including Tea,
Coffee, Wine or Beer, all for Is cents, at the Cali
fornia Restaurant, s23 street, between Third and
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-16
OLD MEXICO.
Matters At Guaxmas.

GUAYEAs, October 15th.-Society here has been
thrown into intense excitement, caused by the ar
rest and Incarceration of Don Cayetano IDygo one
Of the very best Of our citizens, and partner Of
the house o. Aguilar & Co. Yesterday many tel
egrans we're sent to Governor Torres, and also to
General Carbo in regard to the release of Mr. Inygo
but up TO date no answer has been received. The
cause Of the arrest, etc. is known only in official
circles.
News from Hermosillo and along the line of the
road northward is encouraging. But few cases Of
fever and less deaths reported The cold nights
are doing the work of cleaning US of the in
| lection.
No news Of reliable nature has been received
from the coast Of Lower California in regard to the
mines, or in respect OF the fever. The weather COL
tinues cool, and the Thermometer marks S. at It's
maximum. Business OF all kinds is reviving and
our streets pres-n more lively appearance. From
the record Of new cases kept here is learned that
none have been reported for thu last twenty-four
borrr
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-10-16
THIS MoRNIEe's NEWS.

In New York Government bonds are quoted at
~ for As of 1907 14s for as lol for Sis sterling
81 ss1es4 SO 1OOt for s. l01 for IS; silver bars
lI0l
Silver in London, 80 ll-l6d consols, 100 Is led I;
per cent United States bonds. extended, 1O5; As,
I24 45s, III.
In San Francisco Mexican dollars are quoted at
tT!@ss4 cents.
Ophir and Hale & Norcross we're the most active
stoeks In the Board at San Francisco yesterday
morning, as they were last Saturday and Friday.
10 excitement in other kinds, most Of which looked
weak.
a decision Of the United States Supreme Court
smasbes the Civil Rights Act into smithereens.
: serious panic occurred in a school-room at
Waterbury, Conn, yesterday, and many children
we're injured.
general strike of switchmen was inaueurated
at St Louis yesterday.
Princess Victoria OF Hesse, Queen Victories grand
daughter is soon to marry Prince Louis of Batten-
burg
In p.nic in a Jewish synagogue at Seuvenka,
Russia, forty women were killed and thirty others
Injured.
Warlike preparations are incessant along the line
o. the Geman-aussian frontier.
Twenty persons we're arrested Sunday at Foxon,
Conu, for Sabbath breaking.
The International Socialistic Workingmsns Con-
ven;ion at Pittsburg seems to be fizzle.
The Congregational Council at Concord, n. H.,
has adjourned, to meet al Chicago in October, 1856
Ia the Valencia murder case at San Rafael, the
jary disagreed. and the defendant was discharged.
prize fight of ninety-nine rounds took place
near Portland, Or, Yesterday morning.
Judges Sawyer and Deadly. of the United States
Circuit Court, have returned to Marysville from a
visit to the hydraulic mines on Yuba river.
Harvey Wade, Postmaster at Alyiso Santa Clara
county. committed suicide Saturday night.
liajor Robert a. Hutchins, e. S. A, died IN Los
Angeles yesterday.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Synod closed at
Haniord, Tulare couaty, Sunday night to meet next
year in San Jose.
Chinese cannot rent building in Keyport, N. j.,
for laundry.
Charles Seaman has been arrested in Blooming
tor, Ind. for wife murder
John J. Deshon, the oldest American resident IN
Nicaragua Is dead.
The death Of d. joe Maria Rofas Garrido, the
first orator of the Republic OF Colombia, is an
nounced
Serious riots have taken place in Foo Chow,
ChinA.
Trouble is anticipated to-day in RossIea, Ireland.
Three boys under Is Years OF age in custody at
Red BlsH, charged with burglary.
Fire in Nantes, France loss over 500 900 francs.
The island OF Chios was shaken up again by an
earthquake Sunday.
= fierce gale on the English coast yesterday did
much damage, several vessels being driven ashore.
In 4 shooting ARRAY between Cinnamon at Mont
Grey one WAS killed.
The National Association of Local Preachers of
the Il E. Church is in session at Philadelphia.
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PAYING HIMSELF TO KEEP SoBER.-A
young man from the country who visits
town frequently, and sometimes gets on
thigh lonesome, WAS in town few weeks
ago, and during his stay became so eek.
hilarated that he knew not money from
chat. One of the old citizens seeing quite
lot of money in the young mans hand,
asked the loan of it. The young man, who
is ever accommodating handed over all the
money he had in his hand. Thus matters
stood until short time ago the old citizen
met the young man and lectured him about
drinking, and said : "Now, my young
friend, will give you a dollar every time
you leave town sober" Agreed" said
the young man. Since that agreement the
countryman, when sober, regularly calls on
the old citizen for the dollar, and gets it.
He now keeps sober when in town to make
the dollar, little dreaming that it is his
own money! Martin (Texas) Index.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Meeting of sacramento A
Chapter, No. 3, R. A N, will be held at IN
Masonic Hall, THIS Tuesday, EVENING, Xxx
at 730 o'clock, for work. Sojourning Com. "
MONS are cordially invited to attend. BY order of
c. KELLOGG, Il. P.
W. B. DAvIs Secretary. ole 1t