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Graphic Doucflpdon o! the Naval Engagement The tutti. oi the Rio. or o. it in other- wiee known. the tattle oi Futon. Anohot celled how it. tnkin piece cf! the Perth, nineteen mile. up e river Min on ten mile. below Fooehowâ€"wu the nut impatient in point oi number of .hip. that no. token pine. fine. the bottle at Lie... end be. .130 . peeniier inteteet. inuinnohne it won the fleet bottleeve- fought with modern gone. In .11 there wereninetem meet. engeged. ten torpedo m. end .ome thirteen wur junta. besides two .hote betteriee. 0! these the French but teeny .even veuei. end two torpedo hoeto. the not neil'g Chinese. Imagine two fleet. lying lid. by “do to: week. then nil .t onee . moot ieuful engagement to tote pine. 'lliiie. too. without . word ,, _,_4,_A _- ALA BETWEEN IHE FRENCH AND WE CHINESE ..â€"â€"- ‘: _--_ ot warning I The errnngement o! the ehipe In all m fever of the Freneh. the three lergeet French veeeele being nong- eide the three emelleet Chinese. while the French. being the one: to tehe the initie the. “Red ml the tide gave them n nuns fire on five of the Ghineee veneele. Le the fight took pleee With the ships et mohor. there were no teotieel ndvnntegee won. end no ramming; the only tnetiee being in the Chinese getting under the ehelter 0! their hetteries an {or en possible. end on the French side getting behind Pesodn Hill. out of range of the heavier ehore bettery. The Chinese dirpleyed an incredible amount of iooliehneee in lenwng their torpedo boats in fair reuse of the French guns. eo thet at the first discharge they were run} or riddled by the Botch- |__- AL. ..__-. _......l "V W ____ kins. end the Chinese lost the great men] effect of their torpedo“ just when they needed them meet. Undoubtedly. if the Chinese had held back their torpedo haste till the smoke settled, an altogether dif- (eijent {spent would have been given to the W -A_ -L_ ,_In‘:_- t. It is interesting to note the relative strength of the two aides. With a compari- son of their most importnnt tenures. 'Ine French had seven ships. seven thoueend tonnnge. during most of the engagement. but were joined Inter by the Triomphente. tour thoumd tone. on iron-clad rem. 'l‘hnl their ships were ell nnermored, either composite or wooden. nrmed_ with The Chinese hed 11 vessels. 10,000 toxin-gs, iwo of which were ermed with one 184cm gun esch. the rest with aneeecure. 5} inch B. L. R.. end qnim e number of old- leehioned guns. These veesels were ell unermored composite or wooden ships. The ion! number of French greet guns we: 71; Chinese. 50; excluding wen-dunks. Weight of broadside. French, 7.000 pounds; Chinese. 4 000 pon_nde. Men. French. 2 500; The 23rd of Angus: was n bountiful day. with 3 fig!“ breeze blowing from the somb- oomheun. nnd n noon the French could be soon standing :0 moi: guns. npparently miting. At 1 30 a mun-o! war was sighted coming up the river. and soon her colors could be made out. It won the Triom- bmoh-lontiing rifles. mostly the sad one- hulf inches, um! .11 well equipped with Hohhkiu revolving unnon. in their tops and on thortoreoaqugmg poop-nib. CA AAA uuwuu. '8 WV vvuuuu- .â€"-... .. --_-_' _ -v- ' Chinese. 2 000. Last. but not least, the French erewe were in an excellent ettte of discipline end confident. while the Chinese crews were undisciplined. end deeertmg ea tut ea possible. having good examples set them by their higher ofi‘mere. who went eehore, ell that oonld.end. with the Chinese admire]. looked down on the fight from the highest peak around and six miles distant! Beside the forces afloat. the Chineee had m ermy o! 15 000 beehina them. Th1! was the state 0! efleire when, on August 22nd, the French ultimatum having expired, Admin! Oourbet werned ell ships of the eomingengegement. Al 1.56 o red flag went flut‘erfng up iowerd lhe Volte'e msalheud. s ebulp reporl broke lrom her meiotop.und he beetle bod begun. Right and lelt. first one eide then the other. she [Julie of smoke 'lezlly rolled one and up. followed by such a oreeh end roer 3e i! all of the devile of hell 1nd broken loose. while tmehineee. taken nooweres. ee bravely fired back. At first ehe roar was nppelliug as broadside alter broadside was poured into the Chinese. and thnngb ell was hard the eherp. quick reports of the Hotohkise. which were sweeping the Chinese from their guns and touring lhe Wsr~junke wish their crews in pieces use it they were paper, while once in n while lhe heavy reports of the eighteen- ton guns could be heerd. Four minutes after ihe first shot, at 2. a huge column of water rose over Pugudn Bill; ii wee lhe Chung Woo. fine Calneee flag-ship. which, being end on. tried [0 turn around. bl“ was blown up by one of he French torpwdo bone. utter receivnng a shot .hl’ouab her bullere. To the let: me Imle Chinamen on fire m sinking an 9 08. bu: mill had ume to train her lluzohuua on her dawning Don's crew. mud, flung her last gun he in; muu‘e dipped in :he water. blew up and sank. adore {bit 8. To the everlasting houor 0! her oupuiu end to the shame of the Chi- none lee “be uuid th-n with the emullunt end weakest o! the Cuineae flan he did the About 2.20 she Tnumpbmfi: fired her first abourom «brand 0! u». and. hlowly flaming up the rivor. Wok pun in the engagement, um: firing . nine-pound shot a... rated one of me amuller Chino“, {mm atom 00 new. A! 2.45 'wo burning Guinean .loopg.0'o'll' from the In“ came fiouuuu down. one mulling thrust of no; the other grounded on Fm Inland 3nd blew up at. A‘ 2 l2 one o! the “to Chinese eighteen- ton uuuboue was blown up by a French forpedo eud eeyk all)" euobor. -AA. A s e,_, At 8.10 rho remsinlng Chinese eighteen- Qon guubou name drihlnu down uud grounded on ma Menmahip Gleuflalau, uhor being literally blown to plfioo-a by mu bony gm.» of mu French. At 3.30 another burning Guineas vessel. French ooh-r.- flymg.driued down toward rho non, and blow up n 5 30. Our pOhitiou n she punt! w“ nuyming but envrnble. for her .houed guns kept firing. of! and on. us the figures honed them. while nny shot. from "no fight kept wandering in our direction. muting their renenoo known by anything hm m ugroo- I. roruoh. An tma In: vowel and In her crew were up the ”unforced than by the armor, sad u an flunu run up the rank soul. won. our .0 an ”glam: md {”99“ onrbond to . _ __ ___ ._ .....L .n 'I‘IIB MIN BATTLE. fidi'um; md mood outbond to nu. flu hm on with m (lo-pond“ o! 6.0de till. with s otuh. .,II _-___I__ n. Hui-u: lnAtI Into I'IIIW VI uâ€"râ€"u u- w--. . mo nut toll. «trying in living loud {Inc the nothing on. 01th. undoing three China. "ugh. gnu opunly dllmumod A _Lxl- ‘L- A-n We". 7-- v UII|IIâ€" v __,,_ _ enehoudon Pucode int. while she No 03 the nevy- ud. eh nun; attention the better put velar, fled towerd Foooho‘. but netoxtnneuly both grounded. eo one wee ehoe to piece- by theFreuoh. while “no oehe: hed he: heohproken. g._ e..... .... e... owe: Hue uwe "- w--- A beevy homberdment wee kept up by the French till ebout 6. when. the ebore betteriee heing silenced end the Chinese ermy out at reuse. the firing nreduelly ceeeed. During. end euheequent to. the en egement the river wee filled with fire- te end burning junhe with etinlrpote, which were blown up by the French ee they ceme drifting down the river. The ectuel engeaement lested ehout forty-five minutes, end in this time the‘ Chinese fleet wee literelly ennihileted. end‘ 1.500 Chineee lound e wetery greve. The‘ French loet eix killed end thirteen wounded. while their ebipe. with the exoep. tion of one or two burn; as shot-hole neer the weter-line. herdly ehowed e ecretch. The French bed et last three veeeele thet could get ewe with enything we beve in our nevy. en . es the Chinese ehipe were ee good en the majority of our veeeele. the result of this fight gives it lair warning ‘0! whet would become 0! our vessels in a similar ection. I eey the result would he thehemeJor. while our men would fight on long ee they hed e gun to fire or a deck to fight on. the result would he inevitehle --totel ennihiletion. The great supremacy of the French wee due to their dieeip‘ine, ‘qulckdoeding breech-loading guns. end, what wee were terrible then all. the murderous Botchkiee firmâ€"AN Ere-Wir- ‘ KISS. A Bmlvrr Appointed lor- the Failed Firm ot Davlre. Alklnron (30. Another step was taken on Friday in the litigation over the goods and possessions of the firms 0! Davies, Atkinson Co. John '1‘. Davies, theyenior partner in the firm, now a resident of Liverpool, England, on} Tuesday filed in the Superior Court a bill against John A. Atkinson, asking for the appointment of a receiver for the firm. The bill, which was suppressed until yester- day, sets forth that on July 20th. 1880, Davies and Atkinson entered into a copartnersbip, under the firm name of Davies, Atkinson 00.. and engaged in the business of buying hogs and hog products, and curing, packing and supplying such ‘ products to the firm of J. '1‘. Davies 00., of ; Liverpool, England, commission merchants, and for shipment tothe continent of Europe and elsewhere. The defendant was, by the terms of the partnership agreement, to devote his entire time to the business in this city, and was to draw a salary of 35.000 lagyear, payable semi-annually, for his ser- 7~AA -_- AL:..: I yuur, v.) ulna HOW-'uuuum-l' -â€"- _-.. __- vioee, end besides wee to receive one-third of the profits of the business. A special provision ot_th_e agreement was that Atkin. ,,,I L4 _._A-:A- -l .L- I'" ' -â€"â€"-_ -- -_, son was not to speculate outside of the regular business or the firm. and he was not to sign or indorse any notes. bonds or any obligations for any other parties. or become security for any person without the consent of the complainant. On all the moneys advanced to the firm Davies was to receive 5 per cent. interest annually. and Mrs. Isaac Atkinson. the defendant's mother, was to receive 6 per cent. on all moneys she loaned the firm. The other two-thirds of the profits was to go to Davies, and the partnership was to be dis- solved on either party giving the other three months’ notice. Davies says that Atkinson. in violation of the agreement. ntnruwu. cu Vluluuavu va Iuv ufi-vu_-_-. “ secretly and fraudulently engaged in gam- bling in option deals on he Board of Trade." and, to carry on these deals, gave checks on the firm'e account at the Cmtineutal National Bank sgzregating‘ 821012.50. and at the Bank of Montreal‘ for 86 000. Atkinson. at the time these‘ checq-iee were drawn. had no individual account at either of the banks. Up to Oct. 4‘h. 1884. Davies says, his pirtner appro- priated 6200.000 of t m fifm'u assets in the payment of individual losses. As soon as D .viee learned the state of afl'lirs in which nus partner had involved the business, he gave him no‘i :e t‘Iat the partnership was to be dlarO‘IVed. Among the assets of the firm are large quantities of hams. bacon and cured meats. which. unless soon sold must depreciite in value. There are a great many ou'etauding credits and indebtedueei-ee. which Davies expects he nfust settle. as he ehsrgee Atkinson to he insolvent and in debt I0 the firm in the sum of about $230 000 He therefore asks for a receivar. an accounting of the firm'e business. and an injunction to restrain the defendant from oulleoting any of the out- atandiug debts due the tirm. Rnbert Y. [linden was anninted by Judge Gardner mo recpvv-‘l' of the firm, his band being fixed at $100 000 â€"Chicago Times. A \Vol‘ll'lll Bleeda to Death “'llltln 'l‘wc-ntv lieu 0! “er Friends. A Brookville deepatoh eeye : A p=ouliar cave in medical practice. and an earl ae peculiar. occurred here about haleaet 3 on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. V. 11. Moore was aummoned. at the hour mentioned. to via“ the home of a mechanic named McElvaney. on Water street. where he tnund hire. McElvaney. a woman about 30 yeare of Mao, apparently dead in a unatr. In ord r h reach her aide the phyatoian had to paee through a pool of h‘ood three ieet wide. about twelve leet In length. and of eufiioient depth to thoroughly saturate hie boot» nearly halt way to the instep. Au quickly ‘anpoao-ible the unfortunate Woman was helped toaoouoh near at hand. where reetorativee euooeeded in bringing her back toeout-oinusneee. but only [or a ehort time. death ending her enflerinan in ahmt hall an hour alter the dteoovevy was made. The onune 0! death waa the hunting of a VuthOIo vein about midway between the knee and ankle of the left leg. 'lhrough lrttht or wealtueee the poor woman did nothing to save hem". and had bled to dash within twenty leet of neighbora and f iende. Nearly every drop of blood in her oody had tl twed into the orimeon p o! on the floor. The byetciau reports the one an an unueual o e. THE ATKINSON DB FALCA'I‘IoN. Rev. Dr. Thom-n nu ma more people in mnmmony th-n my two other mums" in Chicago. and n In In no. thus no two who mm one mind by him hm bun divomd. A PBCIIIJAK CASE. thumb. in onurod upon me tour- Math you 01 m nuance. trini- trom nu Rookie. on Bnurdsy npon tour (90on wow than. I , IIAIALA- B. H. Bhldriok. orgouisor o! the Knights of labor. In: “rived in Win! 3 and will uldtou the people at Winn peg on the shove "abject. In the firsl week 0! 00er ripe wild etrewherriee were found by me two little eons of Rev. G. H. Hooper in the township of Bunnyeide-e very good proof of me mildueee o! “no fell. A farewell bouquet wee given lc Dr. 8. F. B. Reid at the Grand Union Hotel, Winnipeg. on Saturday evening by 3 large number of his person! lriende. Dr. Reid leaves the city. not from choice. but necessity. the delicate health of Mrs. Reid rendering her return co lhe country uned- vieehle es the present time. The doctor returns to his old home in Gels. 0n}: ‘ A low Vros eotors came into Calgary lass week a lwe llosded. One of them claims to have discovered a valuable silver mine within an easy dismnoe of this point. An imperfect sassy shows 365 to the ton. One old prospector. who had been through the Fraser River excitement. whispered oon- fidentislly in our our: “ You kin take my word. mister. next summer them sr' Sel- kirks will sstonish the world.” There have been very extensive prairie fires on all aides of Nelson during the past few days. Mr. S. Lowrey. of 43, lost three stacks of wheat ; Mr. A. MoCaulay. of 1-10, lost four stacks of wheat and all his hay; Mr. J. Ewen. of 2-10, had all his oats destroyed: MLO. E. Goswell, in the same neighborhood. also suffered severelya Mr. Weary and Mr. Fritti. 2-11. lost !; tnresber; and Mr. Oscar Finley, 2-10. was completely burned out. losing house, granary. stables and his whole year's orop. We also hear of great damage done by fire in L!) and 1-10. Get- a Young Lady lino Trouble In Chicago A Chicago despatch says while Fourth avenue was filled with promenaders the attention of every person was attracted by ayoung lady who came out of 418 and walked gracefully along the western side of the avenue. But ' it was not alone her beauty that attracted so much attention. The fair girl’s form was encased in a white Mother Hubbard elaborately trimmed with rich lace. Policeman French encountered her, and after gazing earnestly at the lithe figure walking along so demurely he followed the_y_cung la_d_y. ‘ I. In, “demo wiEhâ€"E‘erhflee," exclaimed the officer.“ he laid a heavy hand upon her ehoulder. "ahâ€"egfins!" ejaculated the fair prome- nader. " What have I done? You have surely made‘ a mistake." She almost sank upon the vavement in aurpviae and shame, but the officer, roughly seized her and walked her along to the police station. A crowd of sympathize”; followed the policeman and l3ia prisoner. The'young‘léiyrwaa placed in. the dock. where she bung her head and cried bmgly. , A u ,,|,,x "IAâ€"L " Wine in your name,” asked Clerk Clinger, kindly. while J uamoe Foote looked over_l3ia a_pe9t_a}ole§_ a? the piiagger. _ 7“ Marni-e Allan." she refilied in a. tremu- lous tone. “ What has she been doing ‘2" asked J us- tioe Foote. " I caught her on Fourth avenue wearing this white Mother Bubberd." said the oflioer. pointing to the offending garment. :8he also abused me when I arrested or." Mine Allen denied the letter charge. but hadto acknowledge the Mother Hubbard The spectators laughed at the ununual charge. but were aeooniehed when Judge Fonts fi led Miss Allen 510. A friend a! the young lady called and paid her fi 10. and she returned hcme in a cab. Several well-known ladirs will protest against Judge Faote'n decision. _..__. _lAfL_ â€"°â€".-__- . ‘, Meanwhifiafiyoung ladies who own wh‘tz Mother Hubbardaare afraid to venture upon the sheen with them. POVE K'l’l', NIIJBDBIK ARI! HUICIDE. A lard] Kills “or H- Irl and “er-ell} Alto-r Being ”curled by llrr nun? baud. ‘ A Philadelphia despatoh sa'ys : A hard- working. unvomplainiug young Wife and mother named Annie Logan has lived at No. 1.208 Callowhill street for nearly two years. Driven to despair by the desertion of her Worthleie husband she murdered her 3-year-old son and then committed suicide. Mrs. ngau had been reared comfortably, and married Jesse Logan, a travelling salesman. six years ago. They lived toge- ther until two weeks ago. when he de‘erted his wrfe. This drove her to such acondi- tion of despair that she looked herself in her room and wrote the lollowing pathetic letter to her brothers and sisters, well-to do people, from whom she has kept the secret of her abject poverty and neglect. She said : “ I have lived quite as long as [could bear it. For twu weeks I have endured in misery. but before that I was happy. My husband has forsaken me and his deerlittle boy. who thought there was no one like his father, and was looking IJI his return. I gave up all for him and will die for him. I forgivu and still love him. Howard would have been 8 years old the 8 bday of next March. Please bury him in my arms. Dear brothers. forgive me and bury me lwherever you web to. Good-bye to all ‘and every one and to our dear Poppy. ‘ Howard used these lest word-i." A Indy in We" Palm. 0... but "hotly whno no. uid to be qum gun. o and m uoollom mom-or. Bo its aid to be " rough on mm." a well u u ""0! to hit follow m- 0! color. Having laid thie letter on the table she awakened the child. nave him 3 cup of leudanum which she had prepared.und then hushed the little lellow to high“ alter. Then the wretched Women took e deep draught o! the deadly drug. turned on We gun. end. anchoring the dying ho. in her ermn. composed herself for nlleternity. The murder em euiolde were discovered non afternoon by the rmellof opening can. end thie terrible emiul erugedy by a eomen um-nrpeoved of prevwne crime ten no pan or the biatory or the dey. A NIO'I‘IIEB IIUBBABD Norlhweu Notes. w ild A Centre. Ala. deepatch says: At 1 o'clock Wednesday morning the Cherokee County Jail. located in this town. was surrounded by thirty masked men on horseback. and all heavily armed. The horsemen were drawn up in double columns. One column faced the jail and the other its approaches. Twelve men then dismounted and. marching to the door of the jail. called on the Sheriff toadvance from his room. whither he had retired and fortified himself for an assault. and sur- render J. R. Dorsey and Miss Jane Ward. The Sheriff refused. The doors were at once battered down. and the men in an instant were in the inner corridor. the doors to which easily gave wa before well-directed blows. The noise of, the furious assault awakened the six inmates of the prison. They all hurriedly dressed. and a negro. who is held for theft. directed the mob to the cells of Dorsey and Miss Ward. The mob then demanded the Sheriff's keys to the cells. and be surrendered them. One brawny mountaineer unlocked the door and erked Dorsey out into the corridor. e r; f t s l I s e l l a c I f l i l l l l I I I I Be begged piteously for his life. and then . giving way to tears fell at the feet of the mob. and. liftinghishands.prayed fervently T for divine relief. He was 74 years old. I‘ and his long. white hair flowing in the soft breezes that penetrated the avenues of the I dismantled prison. lent to his prayer an air iof reverence that was most pathetic and induced two of the executioners to plead in his behalf. But the other ten were inex. orahle. The scene atjthe cell door. whence Miss Ward was little less rudely taken, was equally pathetic. She had passed her 60th year. and in her youth had been a woman of rare beauty. Her form and bearing had been well preserved. She presented a venerable appearance. When the vigilantes first seized her she fought. But her resistance was of short duration. Her strength gave way. and with a last assertion of innocence she fainted and fell heavily upon the stone floor of the prison. One of the men caught her in his arms. and swinging her body across his shoulder bore her out of the jail. followed by Dorsey and his escort. The mob then took a side road and marching down to a ravine on the banks of the Coosa River. they attached the rope toalimb that extended from a tall bank over the placid waters beneath. The rope was so adjusted that it would not slip and both the ends were loose. Nooses were hastily adjusted at both ends. and were slipped over the heads of the aged couple. The slips were drawn and a moment later the bodies were shoved from the bank. and dangled until life had become extinct. Then the swaying ceased and the lifeless bodies hung until noon yesterday.when the coroner cut them down. As soon as the bodies were shoved off the brink the vigi- iantes remcunted. rode at a gallop to the glen where they assembled. and then. after holding a hurried conference, they sepaa‘ rated and soon disappeared. The crime for which the aged couple gave their lives was one of the most atrocious ever perpe- trated in the South. Us the night of October 5th Mrs. Mary Davis was sitting in her parlor entirtaining C. C. Jones,a neighbor who had called to see her hu shand. It was just after twilight when a loud voice was heard calling her to the door. She responded. Her appearance at the thresh- ' old was instantly followed by the report of a shot. and with a piercing scream she fell dead. bleeding from the wounds of a heavy charge of buckshot which sevared a breast- boue and spattered fragments of her vital organs upon the wall. 0n hearing the report of the gun and the woman's screams Jones hastened to the door only to have the tip of his head torn away by a similar shot. He. too, fell dead instantly. The assailants at once disappeared. Before the life blood of the victims had fairly ebbtd away the hu-band of Mrs. Davis appeared in com- piny with some neighbors. and all were horrid d at the spectacle of the dead b; dies which lay across each other. Circumstances seemed to point to Dorsey and Miss Ward as the perpetrators of the horrible crime. and they were accordingly arrested. A lynching would have at once ensued had not the Sheriff rescued the prisoners and placed them in the jiilat Alpina. Ga. That night they Were spirited away. and it- was uct until two days ago that their where- abouts was detected. The events of Mon- day night at once followed. Dorsey was jealous of Mrs. Davis. who was his niece. and that is the only motive that can be ascribed for the crime. Miss Jane Ward was a spinster: of 60 years. Prior tothe war she was rich and beautiful. but an indiscreet not hurt her reputation. and from that time she has lived secluded from society. She had a violent disposition. . and recently became attached to Dorsey. . She was considered an accessory to the killing. Young also told us that when Kean was playing in Parie in 1828 his irregular habits and unpunctuality were constant sources of embarrassment to the impreeeario. eaye Temple Bar. He eeldom it ever attended reheareal, and one evening, when " Ham- let " was announced. took it into his head to be absent himself from the theatre altogether and was at length discovered by the stage manager hull an hour before the time appointed for the rising of the curtain. at the cafe de Peri-a. vigorously attacking his third bottle of Chambertin. In vein the horrified iuuctionary expoetulated, alleging as an extra inducement that the Ducheeee de Berry had signified her inten- tion of witneeejng‘the‘perlormanee. " I afn not the Duohefi' fabrrvant." coolly replipgl apertragedian. -- 9, A!___A‘j " Ah, but you are not Aware." inalnuated the other, pining his last trump. " th her royal highneaa osixively affirms thnl no one ever eqnsllod alum in ' Hamlet.” “ Does she. by Gâ€" ?" oxolgimed Keun. rising from hlB out. And uguly grasping lna oompgpion'a arm; “ than, air. I am ready. and by the Lord Harry. she shall lalla difierom “on to-mon'ow l" Pain mny be aid to follow plenum u “I Inflow. Auusller am Mississippi sud Als- hams as covered with mo" ‘80. hsld by x... smnlggy'fih. Po“ ruin, a, i s New Orlssns nsrohunu. uod timbersd tum.“ Itill um. Wan god how properly in shoes as». ssn be bought tori“... u m’fiin“ :- a pm. Dylhty 00 out! n: ma. - 0'0}. 7G. and. 'Jnuo Wu‘d. - Hardened lplutar 0| 6.. LVICIMâ€"TIO couple Act-cud ol .- AM... Double III!- dcr. ‘. Dorsey. . Wlluollnlnd Dill" cl QUIUILY luv-nu.- Edmund Kenn'n Aunmpllon. Thcll lunuutIOIe and The" Funk. Boon alter the first batch of China..- ut in their appcorance in New York they an to surround themselves with heethen aooeeeoriee to which they hud been accul- tomed in Ben Francieoo. Betore three monthe had gone by the had aeverai flouriehing opium dene. ha a donen " Ian- ton " semen and lottery pointi. and a donen etoree tor the sale 0! Oriental commodities. Having provided for the amusements qt their daily IIVOI. the moon-eyed etrangete net up relations with the powers above. by establishing a Jone house. wherein they hang their prayers wtthcommenduhle regu- larity and punctuality. Next they not ‘ahout encompassing order by the tounding o! a Chineee law court. and. lastly and very recently. they completed the social circle 0! Ohineee Me by opening a hospital. or. more properly. a house wherein the tick may die without bothering their iriende and rela- tives. Cbinsmen are well known to be tatallste. This trait in their national oharaoter makes Chinamen. who are otherwise cowardly, meet death with the utmost stoieinm. 0n the Pacific slope executions of Chinamen have been by no means intre- quent. and in no case has the victim of the law tailed to march to the soaflold with the fortitude of an Indian. The belief that what is to be. and no act of a person may avert a catastrophe. renders the healing art most difiioult of applioation to Uhinamen. Once John becomes really sick. he is pretty sure to die. because he gives up all hope. reluses to take medicine. and resigns him. self stoioally to the fate in store {or him. He is superstitious, and places what little laith he has in euratives. not in drugs. but in queer amulets, tunny bags. and nausea- ting liquids blessed by the priests. This superstition affect: his relations. and once the hand of death is cou=idered to have set its mark upon the sick man‘s safiron fore- head he is an outcast. He is oanion, and no more lit to remain in human habitation, for should he die under the root all manner of ills will fall upon the inmates. Therelore he is hustled out to die. 1n Sm Francisco dying men are often lound upon the attach. Parents are as rush- lesaly sacrificed. once their ailment is con- sidered hopeless, as the veriesu changerâ€" and ye‘ the children of a Chmunan arc the moat dutiful c! any children 0! my pegple. _ I -. I ,AA9,L I,_____ __ Bearing that a hospital. or sick-house, as the Chinese term it, had been established in Chinatown. a representative of the Commercial Advertiser set out to find the place. and explore it if opportunity oflered. From inquiries made among the white people in the neighborhood. the house was located on the north side of the street, five or six doors from the corner of Chatham street. The entrance was under astoop, and opened into a long. dark hallway, that in turn led int) a blind court between the front and rear buildings. The drains from the adjoining houses emptied into the stone-flagged court, and the sewage lay in pools in the broken stone. sending up an overpowering stench. Garbage was scat- tered over the ground. where it had been thrown from the Windows, and lumber, boxes. and barrels filled up the intervening spaces. Picking his way across the court. the writer reached a deal door which appeared to open into the rear house, but which really opened into a long alloy, at the end of which was another door on which was pasted a red sign in black Chinese characters. Knocking produced no response. The Visitor lined the latch and pushed the door open. A volume of tool air and smoke poured out. nearly stifling the reporter, who drew back for a moment; but recover- ing he entered. The place was dark, but gradually the eye becoming accustomed to the g‘oom it was possible to distinguish the lllnlta ot the place. Not a stick of turni- tire was in the place. but a brazier, made of an old ceal oil can. burned in the middle of the room. On one side were their bunks. arranged end for end. and on one. covered by a quilt made of gunny sacks and rags, lay a human form. As the Visitor an» preached the miserable creature half raised upon his elbow. and asked in a hol- low voics : ” What for? " “ You sick ‘I " interrogated the reporter. “ his belly sick." answered the China- man. falling back with a groan. " Hungry " " Noâ€"nu can eat.” “ Where are your friends ?" " No got fliends. All gone." As the poor fellow ceased, a hello cough told the story. He was dying lro consumption. which carries of! fully hall of his race in this country. Poor food, insufl‘icient clothing and an unsanitary mode of life soon work havoc with the weak physique of the coolie, and his vicious habits of opium smoking and gambling hurry him on until. to weak to stand, his friends carry him _to the sick-house. There was nothing more to learn. Jrha wee dyingmnd he would do» nothing to help himself. (or was not thehnnd of dearh upon him 7 Bo, leeving a small piece of silver in the colon-lure hand of the sick man. the reporter lefi. As he stepped into the court she proprietor oi the sick-house wuecomlng in With a tin plate of rice and n dimlunuve cracked oup olfieu. “ What 15 the matter with the. man, John ?" asked the reporter. “ 0. him die." " Tue bm sickness 7 " (C )nenmption.) " Y» a. Him die to-molluw." “ Wnere are his lriende?" " film 6 ends plenty lick. Got'em are: . Payee Bum Kee plenty money keep Ab Jun. " Why don's you go! a doctor 7 " " Wba' (or? Him die. Wnu' (or spend um money doctor 7 " " Wny don’t. his friends harp him home where he can be foqnfonablo ?_ " "- vâ€"v _.._ " All ulna Ind Jams come. be die that. Ah Jim all lite. Hum die plenty clwk have big fluu'nl. Beud‘um bones back Chins." The next day when I reporter celled, Ah Jim lay in spine box. He had on a new unit 01 blue glued mun-lie. end I eknll cup with a bright red button. Hie leee were . oelm exproeeion. end the thin hands were eroeeed over hie hrs Mt. Falter-l punk burned, end little gilded paper (Mruuoopinl were muttered around. Aoroea the street grand properuione were melting lor e greet Inner-l (out, for Ah Jun bud (led out of the house. and he could now be banned.â€" Ncl York Commercial Advertiser. ODIN.“ IN NIW IOBK.