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American,
The: Pennsylvania coal,eompanies are con-
sidering the question of resuming work on
full time, this week.. It is stated that all the
companies, with one exception, have agreed
to this proposal, hitt itl es been determined
to take no goij z} for February until,the'latter.
part of this month. ••
Dr. Clare Beamer, .of New York, reports
that while residing at. Pamrapo, N. J., a few
months after the lost steamer City of, Boston
was missing, his servant found a small bottle
on the sea chore containing a scrap of paper,.
on which was written with. pencil " steamship
City of Boston binned June 29, 1.870. A,
Herrick Iregne." Beamer said be did not
allude i;o the matter at thetime, because so
many rumors prevailed, He put the bottle
away and when it came to light recently he.
decided to make the matter public..
''The New York Cotton Exchange on Satur-
day diseuseed the resolutione fox the appoint-
melt of a committee to confer with, other
Exchanges throughout the country with a
view to establishing a new telegraph company
so constituted as to prevent its being con,.
solidated with any other company.
General Grant has ordered hiepottage at
Long Branch to be put in complete order for
000upanoy during the coming Bummer.
It is reported that several billsfor the
establishmedt of postal telegraphs will be
presented immediately in the House.
The Rochester branch of the Irish ,Land
League has rained a resolution protesting
against the perseontion of the Jews in Ger-
ma
er-
m Theargument in the mater c-
g t of the.injun
tion of the Western Union Telegraph .Com-
pany against the Pennsylvania Railroad, re-
straining the latter from interfering with the
business of telegraph lines along its route,
has been postponed for a week.
The Lehigh and Sohuylkil peal exchanges
announce to operators in .the anthracite
regions that it has been agreed to work full
time. A suspensionwill take place during
the last three days of next week. Work will
be resumed on'the 3lst, and continued until
further notice. • •
Newberry ,has introduced 'a bill in the
House previdiug for a joint commission by
United States and Great Britain, to investi-
gate the alleged fraudulent statisticsbefore
the Halifax fishery commission. The new
commission is to confit of three persona,
one appointed by the United States, one by
Great Britain, and one by the two conjointly:
The bill also provides for : a joint committee
of the Senate and the House to investigate
the subject
The second annual meeting of the Hotel-
men's Mutual Benefit association of the
United States was helA yeaterday'at New
York. Tho reoipts for the year were $3,900.
and the expenditures $2,000. George S.
Adams, of the Metropolitan Hotel, New York,
was elected President.
Canadian.
A preliminary trial was given the flew Mid-
land elevator at Port,Rope on .Saturday', Tt
• was Pet in operation, unloading grain' from
two ears at once, and worked satisfactorily...
In response_ to a regUieitiatt S G` •Burgess;
..1teeye.of:Esst Tar treveuuty ofeljetard -ilks.
called a public meeting of the ele'otora of the'
township, at Strathallen, on Wednesdayeven-
ing,next, 19th, to discuss the syndicate bar,
• gain.
The Bank of New Brunswick Stock sold at
suction at St. John, realized 40 per cent.,
above par; an upward jump of 4 per dent.
since the last sale.
John Purtell, one of the Biddulph prison`
ere, states that he had quarrelled ,with James
Carroll, the alleged, ringleader of the vigilante,
and they have net been on speaking .terms
for a month. He says Carroll has been put-
ting on." side" over the rest of the boys and
wanted to boas the ward on all occasions. He
(Purtell) resented this, and an angry dispute
arose...They' • onee were going. to fight, 'but
the trouble was prevented by 'Carroll bring
removed to an upstairs ward. Purtell says.
that Mies • Blake, who was killed in the
late unfortunate railway accident, near
Clandeboy, was the witness on whom he
relied at the coming trial. It.. is understood
that 90 subpoenas have been served by the
Crown in those cages.
The London bachelors give a grand ball
there phortly. About 600 invitations have
been issued to people in all sections, of "the
Province.
Seven Montreal men, .charged with cook -
fighting, have been arrested at the instance of
the society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals.. • .
Jas. Shoebottom, postmaster at Baiiymote,
London Township, -.and an oldandwell,knowli
resident, was frozen to death'on Monday night
by the wayside. • •
Wm. Whyte, Grand Trunk station agent at
London, has been presented with a cheque
for $407 by the merchants of that pity, to-
gether with a complimentary address.
A long Standing suit for 310,000, by ''Peter
Rigging, of Montreal, against P. Bowes, was
commenced there yesterday. The damages
are claimed for inducing plaintiff's wife..
An action for libel is now proceeding against
the Montreal Star, at the suit of • Adolph Le-
clere. The paper some time since stated that
the plaintiff was in the habit of blackmailing
men who Dame to his establishment. The
defense produced evidence that Leelere is a
refugee•from justice in his native land•of
Belgium: • •
G. R. Pattullo has filed a bill conteatin.
the election of Mr. Sutherland in :North
Oxford,
The Hanover cattle fair, held yeaterdily
was poorly attended. Yokes of oxen were
sold at from $70 to 380.
Coroner 0, T. Scott, of Wingham, by
special request,.held an inquest on the body
of Allen Caldwell, farme”, found dead in his
barn on Sunday. A verdict of suicide was
returned. U
Foreign.
Several meetings have been held by the
Lancashire miners,' at which theyresolvod to
continue the strike mikes their wages are
increased. •
A committee of Home Rulers hag been
formed for organizing a movement in Eng-
land against coercion.
The Southport & West. Lancashire Bank-
ing Company, which suspended yesterday,
has lost 6250,000 since 1877.
Official news has boon received at Con-
stantinople that the Turcomans have severely
defeated Gen. Skobeleff, and not, as before
stated, that he defeated them.
Floods are doing immenoe damage in the
provinces of Spain. "•
Maynard's cotton mill at Preston, Eng.,
was brtrned. Damage, £24,000.
Drift ice has caused the stoppage ot navi-
gation on the Rhine.
The 'World's Fair Commission start with a
r?lilif(en assureds subscriptions.
A''oorrespondent at Calcutta centring the
reports of .the Katowice conspiracy,
The Prince of Wales started the fashion of
Nearing' maters... _
There is in farie lees asejudice against
Wagner's musie. than formerly existed.
The wife of the Grand Duke Nicholas ,has
gone with her children to Italy, where she
will page the winter, There is more then one
Dolgorouki in the Russian Imperial family, it
miens.
' MOTHER bSHIPTf,1 T'B PRPPHEQX'.
An evening paper recently published an in-
teresting and well written arkiglo, en emote
and the several theories as to. the creation
and destruction of stare, but -the , Maier park
gave the history, so far as known, of the fam-
ous'Newton comet, which, after an absence
of thirtyseven years, is now astonishing and
alarming the antipodes, and in a short time
will be seen in our firmament, rushing on its
course toward the sun at the velocity of 200
miles a Second, ., In his long esaay on this
fiery eenent;ia monster, Newton says it is
within the range of poeslbilties, that in strik-
ing the sun terrible disorder and havoc may
bo caused in our planetary system, and the
author of said article sites old Mother Ship,
ton
The world to an end shall some
In eighteen hundred and eighty.ono.
Albeit a househol•
d word in Great, Britain,.
the 'name of Mother Shipton and her pro
pheoies are not familiar to Americans gener-
ally, and so prone ie human nature to super-
stition and the marvelous there are many,
who will cortinue to believe she was a seer
and prophetess, even thoughthe fact has
been overwhelmingly proved that she was not
the'author of anyof thepredietiens accredited
to her which have been fulfilled.
In the British Museum can be seen Moth-
er Shipton's original book,, published. 1641,
but an earlier .manuscript of the samebore the
date 1448. " They contain nothing important,
mere old women's obatter, a.jumble of vague
forecasts of local interests, which, like tons
of such trashwould deservedly. have remain.
ed in oblivion but for the enterprise oil one
Charles Hindley, of Brighton, England, who
in 1862 published,whatpurported to bo an
eaaot reprint .of the' book. Interspersed
with the senseless, as unfilled predictions,
he had inserted ten or twelve lines. An ex-
ample: , •
Carriages without horses shall go,
And iron shall swim on the.wator..
Through mountains men shall ride
England shall at last aa,1t a Jew, et
-a poor mystic effort to fortell the past'
history of engineering, and politics in Eng-
land. •
The superstitious and lovers of themarvel-
ous, ignorant of Hindley's fraud introduced to
make his book sell seized upon. these, proofs
of Mother Shipton's gift of prophecy. The pre, -
denten efthe end of the 'world in 1881 he
stole from Piazza Smith's and Philo- Israel's
interpretation of the hieroglyphioe'in the great
gallery of the Pyramid. •
The:imposture was Boon; detected and ex-
posed, 'and
x-posed,'and Hindley, publicly confessed to the
fabricated interpolatians,whiob did not'lemen
4he sale off hie -books_
MUSIC IN CHURCH.
The Cooke's Church Organ CASs -.Deal-
•• ' • sion of the, Presbytery. .. •
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TORONTO,' Jan 12. -=The Preebyterysame
to a decision to --day after a lengthy disenssion
upon • the -appeal---from the -finding -of the
session: of Ceo'ke'e 'church against,; the, six'
recalcitrants in the organ case. • Yesterday
the statement of the appellant! was; heard
asking tobe restored' `to , the , privileges of
church membership. Today the .Rev..• Mr.
Kirkpatrick, the minister ot the church, de:
fended the action of the session, holding that
it•was justifiable and necessary in view of the
oondiction of the appellants "in the -Police
Court; for' ddisorderly conduct., s.
Mr. McNallan, on behalf of the appellants
then replied, charging . Mr. Kirkpatrick with
having forced the session to take action and
with having been the cause of .the appellants
being dragged into, the Polioe;Court.
heir, Bain, :another . iii thee dpppellan:e, also
read a statement in defense of his Action, to
the effect that the appellants eiensidered that
the use ,Of music' in" the worship 0104 dis-
honors him; it was morally wrong, •and. was
on a par with the Ilse of relics and idols; it
was one of the heresies of the present day,'
and had no place in the early Church; it was
One of the eenerial and worldly tastes of men ;
it was: a mistake to •suppose that music: w•,s
aecoptable in the .worship of God ; •it•is an
infringement of the moral law •which pro-
hibits the worship of God by inuagee; it was
one . of the, teathetic heresies of the prei-
ent day, and exhibits no . charitable
sentiments, `but issues itsoedict that at
what time you hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, saolibut, paltry, dulcimer and
'all'kinds of musiot all should fall down and
worship.the•god of music.( The reading of
the statement caueed;inuch amusement.
After :a full disoussion.;the : Presbytery
finally found : let. That the appeal be die -
missed. . 2nd.. That the minima of )Ceeke's
church be censured for permitting the matter
to get into the Polios Court.. 8rd. That the
matter be remitted back to the session, and
that ;certain members, -of .the Presbytery be
appointed to actwith the session with a view.
to a settlement of the matter and restoration
of .the appellants.
—A woman at West Cornwall, Cdnn:; fail-
ing to induce her husband to move out of a'
house which she did not like, deliberately de,
stroyed it by. fire: • •
-end St. Georgeead.tr; is the beat eredi.-
ter in the country.. • In the last issue it
g
pub-
lishes a report of a railway meetin an
credits it to the St. George Leader.
--There are movements in Oinuinnati and
San Francisco against 'the ]harried :female
teachers inShe public schools. In both Oases
the city newspapers: impute improper motives
to members of she Boards ot Education. The
Cincinnati Cometerciiit °bargee directly that
the object is to make places for trustees' fa-
vorites.'
—Not since the death,.in 1850, of Dr.
Routh, of Magdalen College, who remembered
having seen Samuel :Johnson' inounting the
stairs to his rooms in Pembroke, and who had
talked with these who bad seen Charles 11.
playing with his dogs in Christchurch Welke,
has any head of a . college in Oxford died at
his post at eo advaneod an age :ale Dr.
Marsham. The late Warden of Merton took
his degree two years before Mr. Gladstone
was born, and was already in the office he
has just vacated by death when the present
Premier was an Undergraduate at Christ•
church.
A RBIA4+,A•{t Ai:1f7ltl, •
Or, Typographical Errors
A few daya ago a tall, gaunt, dejeoted'but
Wild -looking men burst violently rntl.our
sanctum, and after glaring ,wildly' round for
a few minutes, prefaced from.his breaa.
pocket a tern and crumpledcopy of our paper,.
whfoh lie• tore open and withone finger point-
ing to the, poet's corner, inqui ed for the man
who printed the 'poetry. We assured him.
that this was the ditty of the poetry editor,
who was then probably et home, but, asked
him if we could serve him .i4 any .way;,
" Well," he said, " I have sustained a griev
ons outrage to my feelings through the col umng
ofthis paper, and 1 have come to See about.
it., There," he continued, • thrusting the
paper under .our nege,, " what do you pall
that?" pointieg to the title ot a poem: in else
first column. That," we said, "why i The
Lubbers Garment„ Yee, he replied,
"'The Lubber's Garment.' My poem was
entitled -' The Lover.'s Lament,' and this is
the way your vile and obscure sheet•produoee
it ; bot that is, not the worst. I have been
unfortunate in a love affair, and I just
threw my soul into this poem ; Instead of
meeting •with the condolence of my friends,.
who knew the state of my ease, 1 have been
,made the butt of their infernal and unfeeling
jests. I am nigh crazy ;and don't care what
,happens. ,A few goblets ofthe blood of that
poetry editor appears to be the only thing
that would soothe my irritated feelings," We
tried toconvince v e Dim that, the editor in
question was a poor, thin, attenuated stare-
ling in whose whole composition, in our be-
lief, there was not eufftoient vital fluid to fill
a liqueur glasq. ,'! Be • it so," snappped the
poet,'' I'll have .what there is if it's onlya
thimblefull.. Read.. the first line,. and look' e
in the face."
Oh l -tet ern are: the Strings of my e'er busting
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31aRRYI is , . W.z iD MANIAC
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A Chinese Broker Engaged tri a. Notations
Traftio--Rosas the Mgngolian. AOQuire
the Habits• and Customs of the Lowe
Ottumwa -1i Woman' adarrled''•'to Four
Men in, Sixaltonthe.
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About two years ago an old hag named Alt
Leen lived in one of the oul-desacs leedin
off Washington street, Her business, which
was of -thee most disreputable nature, increased
until she accumulated wealth sufficient to re
tire:. Longing once more to see her natio
land, she embarked during .November; leo
year, on the steamship City of Peking to re
turn to the !' City 01 Rains," The wind and
water influence, ; " fang ahui," wag favorabl
to the voyage, and Mrs. Ah Leen found her
selfat home about the : end of Decembe
Upon her arrival in China shewas in posses
WOO of some $2,000. Desirous of turning he
money to- account,, the invested a portion by
loaning it to her putative Sister.. Oaating'h
eyes around as to the ultimate disposal ofthe
balance of her resources, she was one day ap
preached by an fldividual whose business wa
that of a trafficker he young girls, or " white
ant," as he is called in China. After a num.
bar of interviews; held at various tea sbops•in
the city of Canton, Ah. Leen was induced to
purchase a denial -Whose charms had .been
extolled to the utmost by the "white ant.'
The surn'agreed upon was $800, half of which
was paid upon the signing of the contract and
the balanceupon• delivery of the damsel on
board the steamer in Hong•Jiong harbor. A
length the time approached for departure. Ali
Leen proceeded to Hong ,Hong the day pre
vine to the sailing ,of the steamer, Pinnate
ally to day and hour the damsel was delivered
by the contractors and taken on board the
Peking. Ah 'Leen addreesed the girl 'several
he read aloud.. f' A beautiful sentiment, sir,: times while•. they were' being conveyed" on
a beautiful sentiment,. ,-Have yon
the. garment in question'with yon'?" ''
" Great boar I" exclaimed the poet,
14 Shirt l , sir, shirt I What I wrote. was
Oh h Taoorn are the strings of my e'er trusting
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and this is .the way your.. diabdlioal paper.
prints it. By Gemini, sir, I could; brain that
poetry editor With a paste pot if 1' had him
here."
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"We tOld, him that ,110 •paste,. Could
ever reach that man's .brains—nor any-
thing else either. The woebegone looking
bard after a panes, signed tens' to read the
eommenoement of the third verse i• . . .
" Away for some pills when the weather.
we .continued. : Merciful heavens," "riled
the man;'" listen to that 1 I wrote.
" Away o'er the hills where the heather: is blow-'
ing,
Fancy, ! away 'for sorxie pills' --blast that
editor ; just turn to the fifth.verse, and tell
me if the :Scurrilous and:7ow-minded printer
should be permitted to live."
We read,
". The bright tinted bruise on the red• red •nose.'
" There;!' he shrieked," what do-you•think
Of that •? 'What I said: was
' T -he bright }Brach mmeof •the^x eeered pro
.2t'$ enough -to make=s m&n ~scalp hie great
grandmother's tom -cat, it ,,is by thunder 1"
and he glared at ue in a manner .terrific to
witness. " Itis a pretty hard case, certainly,
but mistakes will occur,, even in our office,"
we suggested. " Mistaken," yelled the poet.
" If I had foreeen this awful. MOSS I would
WO signed the pledge beforel wrote. it. Why;•
my friends think I- wrote that -in- delirium:
tremens." ;„ It's too bad,".we, said. " Well,
just read: the next verse but one,ir_ he cried;.
gesticulating violently and cramming his hat
over his unkempt hair.
" I sigh for the togs which we spouted together,'
we murmured. "That line goes home to u:
Give us your hand, sir; .be aerated that a
pawnbro " .
• "Bythe long hone spoon,',• he broke'in,
"do yon think I referred to' pawningmy;•
clothing ? This hi or was a sentimental poetti
sir, a sentimental one; and that line .should.
have been
"I sigh for the days when we sported together,
sported; sir, not spouted. .Ohl I'd like to get
hold of that poetry editor. But jest look at
thelast verse ; there wales sentiment in that,.
sir, that would have thrilled even to the Mee
of an alderman, end ties what that •petrified•
son of a scavenger's daughter makes of it:" . gayLtithario teoame so , enraptured- at '.the
"Then will -you onto back on the soul et &I, mule." ere t of the new purchase that, in the gen.
ero iffy of his , heart, he presented
The soul of a mule may be. a good stroke,. Ah Leen • with $100'.as a present.
The day for the; performance of the mar-
riage <oeremoniesdrew nigh: Every detail,
was arranged,. and the guests invited.. The
marriage, rejoicings 'took plate; and the man
board the 'easel', but received no reply to her
queries. " The girl was fair' to look upon,ace,
cording to. Chinese taste, and in every way
calculated to attract • admirer°.; Her feet
were small, her eyes of the narrowest almond
shape; and her graoefulformwheh she walked
swayed to andfroshke the waving of the lily,
" Ah 1" said old Ah Leen, ".Itve got a geod
bargain. I can get $8,000 for .her in,." Sin
Cum San," and attributed her eilenoe to their
short aoquaintanceship.:.,During.the voyage,
sen ag in .attempted to resume convrse
tional intercourse with Chin ' Qui, for inch
was the name of the young lady, but all oho
obtained in reply was monosyllables • and
nods of the head. Ah. Leen 'swore by the
manes of her ancestors, stormed and fumed
preyed and besought Ohin Qui .to. tell ,tier
'what was *he `minter. 'but all she received in
return . was an idietio stare and a vacant
]augh. "Graduaily.light broke upon the Mind
of old Ah Leen. •She.hadbeen•duped
z•+. r ►. :.a ._. .ter -+fir,. A.4.$
peered at this 'unotnre, One of thew offered .
$500, the seooild .'700 and peld 120 al bargaifr .
money, but a higher bidder came along ani
scoured Chin qui for 8800, Tile man wlio, had'
paid the bargain ]cone yy felt aggrieved at
being jilted; and would lif ten to no atteni at
a compromise ; .a wife he bad bought and a
wife he• would have, and this partioular
beauty was just to his taste, "Watt g,.
little while and yon °ball have her back,''
said the old crone, as her eyes twinkled with
glee. Events justified the assertion. Before
four days elapsed thediegnsted mine owner,
for finch the victim was, sent for Ah Leen and.
beeoagght her by all the gods of Chinese here-
after to rid hire 0f his bad bargain. The man
who had paid the bargain money was a
wealthy storekeeper at Virginia. Ile already
rejoiced in the possession of a number.
one -wife, but she was childless. During
the time Ohio Qui was living with the mine -
owner he paid a visit to San Francisco to pre-
sent his devotion to the God of Fortune in. or-
der to obtain suocesk in his matrimonial
schemes, The rejection of our heroine 'oe-
carred during his abeence. The news carpe
to the ears of wife No. 1, who, fearful that he
might bring bank a rival from this city sought
out Ah Leen, clinched the bargain for 8860,
and brought Chin Qui home, But he might
as ,well have purchased awildcat., The mani.
seal developments . became stonier in Chin
Qui. She new at the wife, tore her hair and
the holm@ beeame sported bear garden, The
husband returned and found out the state .of
affairs, His rage knew nobounds at the
manner in which imbed been duped.. What
could be do ? Here were two women in his
house, one mad and the other on the verge ot
madness. Packing,' Chin Qui'e clothes, he
brought her to San French= in November,.
and delivered her to Ah. Dean, who thus re-
gained' possession of her profitable purchase.
'By this timethe novaef the•madwoman and
her adventures became known all over China •:
town, and Ah Leen saw that -her little game
was played out:- Shelled. received $8,600,,
thus making a profit of noiess than $2,8.00 in
eix'monthe. Last week when the Belgia left.
for China, a carriage drove on the wharf,froln
which Ah Leen and her..Victim emerged. The
plank was dravbii and ''the poor wretch left.
these shores, to probably find herself, on'ar-
rival in China, reaped as an inmate of some
Chinese bagnio,,
.,-,n:..JAMIE'B,GOOD-NIGHT.
Ata late hour the other night a poor old
man, weak with hunger, and stiff with cold,
entered the Central Station to ask for lodg-
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ings. While he Sat by the stove to get'warzn
they heard him groan like one is distress, and
the captain asked •
Are yon pick, or have you been hurt ?" •
It is here," answered the old man 'ache
Minted his breast. " It all come back to me'
an hour ago as I'passed a window and naw' a ' •
bit of a boy in his : night gown. I; would .tca
God that I were dead 1" .•
" What is it 2 asked the captain as he sat. -
down beside the man.
" tt id the,heart:ache—if is' remorse," the
old' man: answered. " I leave had them gnaw
ing away attn ,life fo .ears. -.I. have wanja_ed..-r-:-
to se—I hav'o:`: r&..ray. .. a th-- .. •
_. .p.._y...d " a fist" hfe :.;. ,,..
atiliblingiito this poor old frame. I: am old
•and friendless and worn out, and were some
wheel t0 eraeh me itw•ould he an act of
mercy." : •
He,wiped'his eyes on his ragged Sleeve,
made a great effort to 'control his feelings, -•
.and went on:.
The voyage was drawing rapidly 'to a.elose.
Measures' Must be adopted and schemes con•
*rived whereby shewould not be 'a loser on
the transaction.. Befgre heaving China: Ale
Leen had laid in a stook of handsome ' gar-
ment's, for the Delilah tbgt etas. ,to captivate
the dhinese:Sameons of San'Frahoisco. The
Pekin arrived at this city and ahin•Qui upon
diii etliewsdmira fen noi4 only of ^s=
namer0ue•crow$ of gaping Oeleetieri but sfao
of the foreign devils who :were aseexnbled on
the wham. Chin Qui and. Ah Leen entered a
coupe and were driven off to' Chinatown.
Safely: installed in her house, Ah Leen gave a
supper to a few chosen female. friends. The
1?r ettatnef:.Chin-Qui.added_grace te.;the., ode"
vande,'but although the guests:_one.. add :.all
were lavish in their' praise and extolled her
beauty, they could not imagine why. she : was
so silent. Each one was buildinga castle in
her mindas to the amount of the commiseion
likely to be obtained should 'their.. endeavors
to preeure;a husband; or really a purchaser,
for the unfortunate girl be successful. Some
days elapsed, during which time the charms
of Otin Qui were diamond 'at thefashion-
able Hein H'wa Sow restaurant and " other
resorts of the long. tail heathens. " One day
last June a wealthy merchant residing •on.
Sacramento street;: whose .heart had become
inflamed at the description: of Chir! Qu."s
beauty, came to visit Ah Leen. Negotiations
and p,eliminaries were entered into and con=
sumud nearly ten days and the elfin ot" 31,-
600 was, agreed`upon,as the price' to be. paid.
The contract was'signed; acid Ohin `Qui was
brohght from an adjoining chamber. The
bat it strikes us that mules—" " Mules,
sir, mules! this 'aa what I said :
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Then will ou come book to a coni that is mutiela
Where does that brute of a printer live? I'll took his brand new No.'2 wife home- But to
go straight midget him," bellowed the . min- 'quote from the Chinese classics, "Favor is de-
strei, opening the door of theelevator' by mis-
take for the way out, and vanishing. We
heard. his head strike violently at the bottom
of the elevator fine, and looking down we saw
him extended peacefully -on . the .floor, four
strike below,hie hat jammed over his head
down to' his shonlders; but still clutching the
murdered poem. "Ali," we said, as we went
back to our desk, "another poet has slushed
aorosie, the shining river; another minstrel
soul goes wbbbling up the golden stele."
ATTACKED $Y INDIANS. ' •.
ceitful•nnd beauty is vain." A vacant stare
was ell the -reply vouchsafed to him by the
girl. She broke into a senselees laugh, and
the man saw she was mad. ' Not wishing ` to
be exposed to the ridicule .of, his friends, as
there rs nothing Chinesedislike so'mute as
to " loge :faoe,". he resolved to keep Ohin Qui
at his house for a few days. After two weeks
had elapted her vagaries become do startling
as to .cause •alarm.. She would rise in the
middle of the night, and wander 'around the
kale°, ,inspiringg dread amongst all the in-
mates, Strange, and incoherent mutterings
were to be heard proceeding from her lips.
SAN. Faexcrsco,' Cal., Jan..16.—Tucson. Wearied by`thissinenbns, the merchant sent
and Deming dispatches report that the, stage for Ah. Leen and told her to'keep the dollars,
wale attacked by Indians on Friday' fourteen but take the girl 'SW, • Nothing lobi, the old
miles from. Fort Cumming, , The bodies of marriage broker took ,Ohio 'Quihome. Not the
the driver, and three men and .One woman least scrap of news as to the true orate of
Chin Qui'.s mind had leaked out_In:::China-
town, One 'morning, bright and early, Ah
Leen and her victim hied themselves to the
Oakland ferry and took the oars for Sacra-
ng
passenger were found mutilated and burnt.
The troops are in pursuit of the Indiana,
who are supposed to number forty.
•
George Eliot was. proficient in Hebrew:,
Greek, Lata: French, .German, Italian and
Spanish.
•
-Two rid soldiers, ono of whom fought.
under Napoleon at Waterloo, while the other
taught under. Wellington at the same battle,
partake of the sacrament at the Communion •
table in the Maxey avenue Baptist : Church in' Th
Brooklet once a month, side by side. , me
mi
—Within the. past' three months not less' aft
than 2,500 German immigrants have sailed c
from Europe for Texas direct, landing at tha
Galveston, In thio way they make the voyage of
somewhat more cheaply than if they went by
mento. Arrivi there, they reside( at the
hduee of a' friend of An Leon's, and once
more suitor's began to arrive. Within. three
days the highest bidder became the possessor
0f Chin Qni's charms for $600: Chin Qui went.
to ser new.home, the occupant of whieh,oar-
lb bn the busineseof anopiuni dealer. Here
again the antics of Chin Qui had fall play.
e opium pipes wore hid away the imple-
nts used for cleansing the pipes and trim--
ng the lamps were not . to 'be . found *until
r considerable Bearish. The husband was
onfeennded. "What Sort of a woman is this
t 1 bought ? She must bave a devil inside
her l" said he. :lending for some- priests,
e ceremony of exorcising the devil was gone
ouh over Chin
g Qui, but with no 'avail,
milar events.'• were.. of daily occurrence.
rn out, he came to San Francisco and de•
ended a return of his money from Ah Leen'
ioh was refused, After Several stormy de.
es, he, finally tired out, agreed to Meant
00 and send the girlbaokto Ah Leen. Back
dame, the old hag ohucklingover the gain
had made out of Ohin Qui. Another trip
B made into the country, this time 60 Vie-
ia, Neve No lona than thee° suitors ]tit•
•
way of New, York ; but they experience the *lir
disadvantaBe of findingne provision made for Si
their reception, and hundreds of men, women Wo
and children have had to pass cold nights on' re
the wharvas " Without shelter of snit kind, wh
They also fail into the hands of so•called bat
emigration agents, for Whose restraint there $10
ie no law in Teaas, and against whom there she
is no protection, as in New York. For these she
teasons German papers raise a note of aVarn wa
ing to intending imniigrante.. gin
h'orty,years ago Iliad plenty. A: wife sang
in my home, and a young boy. rode On my
knee and filled the house with•his Shouts and •
laughter. I sought •to.be a good man anda
kind' father, and people called me:suoh. One
night I came home vexed. I found my' boy
ailing and that vexed me still. more. I don't
know what ailed me to sot ° so that eight, but;
it seemed as if everything: went wrong. The
child had a bed. beside;us, .and overt' night
since he had been able to speak, he had called, .
tome before elosinghia eyes 'in sleep,•' good':
night, my. pa!, . Oh, sir, and I hear these,
words sounding in my ears. every day and:
every hour, and they wring my old heart'uutii'
1 am faint ".
For a moment.he Bobbed like a ohild, then
he found voice to continue i
"God forgive me, but 'I Was'' cross to the
boy that night. When he called to good •
night,'I would not reply, •' Good night, my
'pa?' he kept calling, and fiend that Lwas, 1
would make no answer,- .He must have thought
me asleep, for he finally cuddled down with a
sob in histhroat, 1 wanted to get up and
kiss him, but I kept waiting; and waiting; and
finally I fell asleep •
" Well:?" queried the.oaptain,as the silence
grew long.
'' When I awoke.. it was day. . It was'a
shriek in my ears which broke my slumbers,
and as I started ap my poor wife called : 'Oh
Richard 1 Rrohaed 1 our Jamie is dead . in his
bed 1' It was so. He ,was dead and cold
There were tears on his pale face—'*lie tears
he had shed when he had called ;:'Good night,
my pa l',and'I had refused to answer ! I was
.dumb. Then remorse cense and I:was fran-
tic. ,.I did not know when they buried him,
for I was ander restraint as a. lunatic.. For
five icing years life was a dark midnight to
me. . When reason returned and I went forth
into the world my. wife sleptbeside Jamie, my . •
home wag gone, my friends had forgotten me.
and I had no mission in life but to suffer 're
worse. I cannot forget, It was almost elite
time ago, but through the .mist: of years, •
'across the valley of the past, from the little
grave thonsands of miles away. I :tear the
plaintive•call as I heard it that night : 'Good
night, my pa 1' Send me to prison, to the.
poor -home, anywhere that I: may halt long..
enough to die f I am an old wreck, and I;
care not how soon death drags me down."
He was tendered food, but heoould not eat.
He reeked his body to and fro and wept and
sobbed, and by and by, When sleep same to
him, they heard him whisper:
" Good night, my boy, good night, -my
Jamie 1" -Detroit F,'ee Press.
The abolition of gambling has not dope,
Weissbaden the harm expected ; indeed, the
contrary has been the ease. Its season be-,
gins earlier and lasts later than that of any
other of the Taunus baths,
—Sir R. 'Naliaeo, who has dohe so much
for the poor of -Paris, wishes to get up a col -
Impel ball in their aid, at which every nation
10 to be represented by its most p otnresque
costumes.. .
A memorial presented to the 'Home Seo -
rotary by various London parish vestries pro- .
teste against further operations under , the
Artisans' Divellibgs act, and states that
the Metropolitan Board of Works has lost
32,810,000 `by its purchase of property ander
that tet. . '