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Higheit of 11 to Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report MM I I X An&QUDTUMX PUBE QUEENS OF HAWAII. PLAYED PROMINENT PARTS IN ISLAND KINGDOM. THE How Queen Kauhuniana Eatabllshed 'Woman' Blfhts" Itoral Fracaaalons, In One of Which Uowagar War Her-ntjr-lwo Yarda of t'aaliinara. When the missionaries arrived at Ha waii. March 80.. 1830, the condition of Woman was that of a slave, She could not eat cocoanntu, bunanas, orungua or fish, and one of the curious tabus, or in. terdictions, forbade hur eating any kind of food with men. Queen Kaaliuinunu sent fur the new king, Liholiho, who was engaged in a drunken orgie out on the ocean in a canoe, and urged him to throw down the idols in the heuiaus, or temples, and to clinch the mutter by eating in public with a group of women who were feast ing by themselves at a little distance from the royal abode. Stuggerlng over to them, Liholiho, who was a very dif ferent character from his famous father, sat down and publicly ate some of their food. The cry went up, "The tabu is broken." The torch was applied to the idols, and woman's emancipation began. Queen Kaahmnanu was a huge, heavy mortal and like all the chiefs she was proud and cruel. At first she treated the mission aries with disdain, offering only the tip of her little finger in salutation, but site became a zealous convert and remained to the time of her death, in 1832, at the age of 08, a firm and conscientious Chris tian, beloved by those who Intimately knew her and universally respected for her abilities. She had ruled as consort of the greut conqueror, as joint sovereign with his son, Liholiho, and as regent dur ing the minority of Kauikeouli. Kamamalu, the queen of pleasure lov ing Liholiho, was fond of display. On a state occasion in 1823 she wus carried in procession, seated in a wbalcboat ou a frame of wicker work borne on the shoul ders of TO men, The boat and platform, 80 feet long by 12 feet wide, were covered with costly broadcloth relieved by beautiful colored tapas (native bark cloth). The queen's dress was a scarlet silk mantle and a feather coronet. An immense Chinese umbrella, richly gilded and decorated with tassels and fringes of the same gandy color, supported by a chief wear ing a helmet, screened her from the sun. Chiefs held aloft kahilis, or royal staffs, 80 feet high, the handles sur rounded by alternate ivory and tortoise shell rings, beautifully wrought and highly polished, the upper part being ar ranged so as to form a column or plume of scarlet feathers of 1) feet in diameter and from 13 to 14 feet long. A more magnificent insignia of rank, conveying at once the ideas of grandeur, stute and beauty, as they towered and gracefully nodded above the multitude, was never devised by barbarians. Another royal lady, Einau, who after ward shared authority with Kamehame ha III (Kauikeouli), her title being Kaa humanu II, appeared in a scarlet pan, a long piece of silk wound round the body and limbs, with two long streamers. The pau is a very graceful costume, especial ly when worn by a wuhiue (native wo man) on horseback, with the gayly col ored streamers afloat in the wind. The two dowager queens appeared in this procession. One of them wore 72 yards of cashmere of double width, oi:o hu'.f being orange and the other half scarlet, This was wrapped about her figure till her arms were supported by the muss in a horizoutal position, while the remain dor, forniiug an extensive train, wus sup ported by a retinue selected for that pur pose. The richness and variety of the dresses and colors, and the exhibition of the wealth and power of the chiefs, their hereditary symbols of rank, the stately - kahilis, splendid cloaks and helmets, and necklaces of feathers, intermingled with the brilliant hues and deep green of the flowers and wreaths from their native forests, rendered the spectacle at once unique and attractive. Groups of Bing- era and dancers, to the number of many hundred, ever and anon met the proces sion, enthusiastically shouting their adu lation in the willing ears of the chiefs. Queen Kamamalu and Liholiho made a voyage lo Loudon in 182!). Before the ship weighed anchor at Honolulu the queen chanted a farewell: - "O heaven! O earth! O mountains! O seat O my counselors and my sub. jects, farewell!" The royal travelers created a sensa tion in London. Queen Kamamalu ex hibited berself in loose trousers uuu a long bed gown of colored velveteen, but Parisian modistes soon clothed the ladies in all the gear of fashion. Corsets for the first time encircled their ample wuistB, and the London ludies, in their rage for the new lions, sought patterns of the turban that graced the brow of the queen. But, alas, the royal pair caught the measles and died in Loudon, poor chil dren of nature that they were, far from the palm groves and bosky bowers of their native isles! The bodies, in lend coffins framed in wood and covered witli crimson velvet, were sent to Honolulu in the frigate Blonde in charge of Lord Byron, a cousin of the poet. Oodey's Magazine. CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT DOGS. Eiklmiis t iud tha Faithful Animal Ke ceaalt of Their Miserable KlUttmM. "Without dogs the larger jMirtiun of the great Eskimo family peopling the barren northern coast of America vroni And It impossible to exist in its chose: home." rio writes K. V. Nelson in his "Mammals of Northern Alaska." They are used in the winter for hunting, sledge drawing and the like, but in sum- tneraro mostly left to shirt rortnem selves. They receive much hard usage, as well as do much hard work, but are described nevertheless as a rollicking set, full of pluy, fond of human society and Quarrelsome as schoolboys. Mr. Nelson credits them with avelnoi humor und declures that their varying characteristics can be read in their fuces, They are worth from $2 to $15 apiece, uc corilinsr to aire, size and intelligence, For sledge drawing they are harnessed in teams of either seven or nine tliret or four pairs and a leader. The load it from 8."i0 to 700 pounds, and tho course if mainly through unbroken snow or ovei rouuli ice. With a team of seven doge and a loud of more than 800 pounds Mr. Nelson made a journey of more than 1,200 miles in about two months. Hit last 00 miles were mude over a bad road in a continuous pull of 21 hours. They ' are much ufl'ected by the moon. During full moon half the night is speut by them in howling in chorus. "During the entire winter at St. Mi chael's," says Mr. Nelson, "we wvre inva riably given a chorus every moonlight night, and the dogs of two neighboring vi ukos joined in the serenade." 1U sueuks of its "wild, weird harmony' and seems to have found it agreeublt rather thuu otherwise. The influence ol the moon is also very nppurent when tht dogs are traveling. They brighten ur. as tho moon rises, und pricking up then ears sturt off as if they had forgotten their futigne. The fur traders take ad vantage of this fact und sometimes lie over during the day and travel ut night. The dogs endure un astonishing degree of cold. Mr. Nelson saw a female with two nowly born puppies lying upon the snow near a hut, with no sign of shelter, when the thermometer ranged from 8t to 85 degrees below zero. Took tha Train. Employer You are late again. Didn't I tell you to take the train because it would bring you much faster than you could walk the distance? Boy Yes, sir, and I did. Employer Then how do you explain your lateness? Boy I had to loaf around the station for half an hour waiting for the train. which was away behind time. Phila delphia Times. Indian Coronet, American women who long for coro nets should hesitate before accepting In dian ones. The case of un English woman who sued for divorce from her Hindoo husband points a moral. Slio alleged cruelty as a ground for her suit, and il is claimed that the same plea might be made by nearly all the women who mar ry orientals ami go home with them. As a usual tiling, the oriental gentle man pursuing his studies ut an English or American university is a picturesque figure. Ho is likely to be very clever, and it is taken for granted that he is a prince at least, when he is at home. He is populur with his fellows, and through one of them he meets und marries a pretty, freely brought up girl. Then he takes her home. She may not meet with nnkiudnesE from her husband b family, for the ori entals have many amiable and attractive qualities, and they are not cruel.' But if the husband has not cut himself adrift from the religion und ties of his child hood his wife must conform to a certain extent to the ordinary life of the native woman. And, inasmuch us she will only do this so fur us her love and duty to her husband oblige her, she will cer tainly f -il to entisfv her new relative? and will be looked ou with coldness uuu suspicion by them. New York World. The Sun's Fire. How was heat originally imparted to our great luminary? Wus lie "born in fire" and has he been in an active state of combustion since the day of his birth or was ho once "a darksome body, flit' ting hither and thither and yet going nowhere in particular If onco a mighty planet of somber hue, why is he now the torchlight as well at the heating apparatus of a great system of worlds, and, being both, who is equal to the task of calculating even tho cycle of time wherein the great change took place? It mny have been that there were no worlds in what is now the solar sys tem prior to that time, or, if there were, probably only two. These two black giants of this dark ened portion of the great universe may have collided and coalesced into a vast nebula, from whence the whole of oui system has been evolved. If light and heat were thus mechanically produced and still retained to a certain degreo in our sun, the largest fragment of the two colliding worlds, is it not altogether like ly that the great solar fires will finally burn out und that us n result man und all living creatures will become extinct on all of the inhabited plunets? St, Louie Republic. SOME GOOD ST0KIES. IN WHICH VARIOUS PHASES OF HU MAN NATURE .flu t.-ij'.Vri. Ml Senator Vauce a a Wit or the First Order. The I'arrnt That Wanted to Know Two Tulcs About Itobert llonner and I)r, MiToeh, - The Ute' Senator Vance used to say that Ills liveliest campaign for the governors!)!!) of North Carolina was that in which Judge Fettle run against him. They stumped the state in joint debate. All the white Demo crats turned out to hear Vance, and all the colored Hepulillo bus to hear bet lie. On one occasion Vance was Inform eel t n s t some young ladles de sired lo testify their devotion to the party by kiss ing the candidate for governor, - . 1. 1 ... ui u i ii g loam, Vance descended from the nlutforin and kissed a dozen or so of the young betau tics and then paused lung enough to turn around toward his competitor and shout: "Settle, I'm kissing my glrlst Now you kiss yours!" Kato Field's Washington says of him that when he married the second time he said to his wife on their wedding day: ".My dear, I'm a stuhborn fellow, and you may anticipate trouble, row, in the beginning, while I am submissive, I want to give you one piece of advice. If you fol low it, we'll get on mighty well. It is this: Make me do just as I darned please." A newspaper man who was starting for a rather out of the way portion of Vance's own state was asking him one day what kind of accommodation he was likely to find. "They'll give you some of their fried bog and eggs," the senator replied. Hints better than nothing," stud the newspaper man. I don't know I don t know," the senator answered in a dubious tone; "I've tried both." A collection of pnrrot stork that have gone tho rounds would, if gathered into book form, make a most respectable vol ume. One of the best of these is about a certain bird that wus in his -cage, which hung on the balcony of its owner s house in a southern city. One day a vender of kindling wood came along, and neariug the house he shouted out in the aiivary- way assumed by hlscraft,"W-o-od, w-o-o-d to selll" When he arrived opposite the house where the parrot was, that bird aroused himself and lustily replied, 'Put it down eel-. hip." The dealer. !.., l. !.... -- was familiar and A .. without stopping to Inquire, supposing the voice came through the open window, at once passed round to the side of the house and dumped the load down through the cellar door. A few days later he came around and presented his bill to the owner. hy, I didn't order any wood," ex claimed that individual. "Yes, you did, sail," persisted tho wood man. "As J was pawning by I heerd a voice sayin, 'Put it In de cellar,' and (lat's w ut I most certainly dun, sah." "Oh, you heard a voice, old your Saul tho man of tho house, and looking up he caught sight of the parrot, who was un concernedly blinking one eye. Well, 1 now who it was. It was that d d par rot!" und reaching up into the cage he grub bed the unfortunate bird by the tail and swung it around his head and bunged it up gainst the side of the house, Ilien hetook it in the back yard and gave it a toss over on the ash heap. Tho parrot, to all Intents and purposes dead, lay there all night. The next morning consciousness returned, and slowly gathering himself up ho stood upon his feet. Then straighten ing out one leg and then the other he look ed around, and his eyes fell on tho carcass of a dead cat that was lying on the other side of the heap. Then he exclaimed ns he ruefully gazed on the remains: "Umphl What did you order?" eai li column." ft Cas to prinli-.l m-xi day It was the niiuiiuiiceuient of n new n Hal blood and thunder story by Sylvsnust'nbb, Jr. Ihe morning the advertisement mi pea red Mr, Bonner's minister rushed to hit onice to remonstrate with him on the ex triivagunce and uhsiirdlty of paying 4 times for the Insertion of the same linlg nllieuiit announcement. "Now, why did you do IU" tha minister asked, "I hud two reasons," Mr. llonner replied. "I was not going to lie bluffed by Joe Elliott, und I wanted to Mud out if you read The Herald, l see you do." Ex-President McCosh of Princeton, who recently celelirnted bis eighty-third birth day, is working on bis autobiography, which is not to be published until after hit death. A story is told of him t J il lustrate his con tinued Interest in students. Accord ing to the l'hlla delphia Press, a fresh man, ou bis way to the college library, was ncco' t ed by Dr. McCosh. "And how do you do, slrf I think 1 know you, sir, but cannot re call your name, sir." The freshman gave bis name and uddul that bis father was un alumnus of tho col lego. "Very well, sir. I think I know him, sir, but cannot recall his name. And is yout miner wenr" ne nits ueen ueuu ior severui years," re plied the student. This terminated the interview until Dr. McCosh bad secured his mail from the post. SMI1H WAS A BAD MAN. Anil He Had Learned llnnia uf Which Ha Could lloaat. "But speukiug of train robberies," put In 1 ho colonel, "reminds me of a man met w hen I wus in command of Fort D, A. Russell at Cheyenne. He wus an ex press messenger named Huilth, and his run was on what they called out there tho 'high line' of the B. and M. railroad, Hinith uln't lunch of a man to look at, blithe was grt.it inaction, as you'll agree. "I'd heard of Hmilli before I met him, ITu'd killed two men down in western Kansas, and they were saying around Cheyenne thut lie wus 'bad.' Ho I was curious to get him to tell me the story, and ufter awhile he did. , "Ho used to have a run ou Die Santa Fe down where it crossed into Colorado, AH tho messengers, you know, carried guns in those days they do yet, for thut muttor biitSmith understood tho use of a six shooter better than some of his mates. Tilings had been so smooth on his run for so long that iio got u bit cure less ut last and used to leave the door of his car unlocked so that the brakemen could come in and talk with him when ever they liked without his having to go to the end of tho cur to unlock the door. Smith had one game, though, which was ull his own. He told me that he bad practiced it a good deal so that he could shoot within a fraction of a second after hearing any one say, 'I'ut up your hands,' All the train men on his run knew that. You know those follows ure greut in skylarking, und Smith hud warned them elllce and hud met the sumo freshmen re- never to try to play that joke on him, A $15,000 PICK UP. WELL KNOWN MAKES A BIO DALTONIAN HAUL A A turning from the library. "I know you. I know you, and how art you, and what is your name?" The Infor mation was given. "How Is your father?" "Still dead sir," replied the freshman, It is said to be an old story, this of a man named Dolierty, who was drilling with hie squad or recruits in London. Dolierty wa 6 feet 3 In height, i Great Feat, 1 Mr. Grognn (telling the story of the argument) An I hud to sthand there lukin at him, slunoilin th' best Oi end, an all the toime I was so mad Oi was grlttin me teeth behind me boick. In dianapolis Journal. Am Oversight. Conductor (to lady passenger) Haven't you anything smaller than this dollar, nia'amr Tl Lady Why, of course. How stu pid of met Hen is a 5 goldpieue. Truth. Eery. ''Say, Jimmie, did you hear about At streak of luck Sllnisey hod?" Jlninile No; what wo It? '-He died from eating too many banan as." Chicago Inter Ocean. Wanted a Chang-a. Little Dot Oh, I d give anything if 1 ttos old enough to have a huibond. Mamma Mercy me! Whyf Little Dot I 'in so tired of belnt petted Whited Financial KepuU-licra. With some very few exceptions, which it were invidious to name, but which all In the railway world know us such ex ceptions, the railway corporations of the United States literally live from hand tc mouth and have no working or reserve capital whatever, although their businest requires it more than any other. The railways are capitalized for much more than they are worth. Usually the bond ed indebtedness, car tmst certificates, equipment und terminal securities, taken at par, represent a value in excess of the cost of the road, and upon them fixed in. tcrest is compulsorily payable. Hence, whatever the road earns upon actual cost must, unless it exceed, say, 0 Jiei cent, be paid out annually in the shut of interest alone. Simon Sterne in Forum. lard Visiting Cards First. The Chinese are said to be the origi nators of visiting cards. So long ngo as the period of the Tang dynasty lOltf-lKtT) visiting curds were known to have been in use iu China. From ancient times to the present day the Chinese have ol gerved the strictest ceremony with re gard to the paying of visits. The curds which they use for this purpose are large and of a bright red color. Chicago lleo- ord. One Child's Yut-Mlailttry. The statement that a child 5) years of age would not have more than l.'HI words in its vocabulary that it was able to use undcrxtundiugly led a careful mother lo note for a mouth the number of words nsed by her child. All the parts of speech used were recorded, with the re sult that in this case the child appeared to hsve a vocabulary of 1,528 words. New York Post. At the winter iwlnce, St. Petersburg, there is a room full of diamonds, pearls and other precious stones. The em press of Russia is allowed to borrow from tlds room after giving a receipt for what she takes, and generally the grand duchess- re allowed to borrow from it also. The peculiar idea of punishment held by some parents has never been better exempli fied than iu n story told by W. II. le Fiintl, the Irish author. Speaking of. the factional fights which were Biich a regular feature of life In the county bounce lived in, ho goes on to say that just nfter one of these fights ut the fair of Abingtun, which Iio witness ed from the opjio sito bunk of the river, he saw an elderly man run ning uffera young fellow of two or three and twenty. Every time lie got near lie struck him on the head witli u blackthorn, anil every blow he set the blood streaming from Ills head. At last tho youth got beyond his reach, "Why," said Mr. lo Fanu to a man standing near him, "does that young fel low let that old man beat him in that sav age way?" "Ah, sure, your honor," said he, "that's only his father that's chastising him for fighting." The progress that woman is making to day extends into all spheres, and it is nut Ural that in love matters she should not bo exempt. The following incident is vouched for by the Detroit Free Press: The young fellow was ext remely diffident and very much In love with the girl. He had made half a dozen attempts to of fer her his heart and hand, but on each oc casion he had fallen short. To add to the seriousness of thosituatio'j, tho girl was ready to accept him as soon the proposal was in shape. Even the mother was willing, but latterly she had grown Unci of the dilatory tactics uuu ruuiau policy of the suitor anil hud kicked on his coming so often and staying so into. One night, after three hours of struggle on his part and much delicate encouragement ou the part of the girl, he IihiI seized her hand convul sively, dropped on his knees imietiioUKly, and was about one-fifth through an iiu'pus biolieil uppwd to her to bo his'n when t'le ni illo-r's voiie sounded clear on theniht from the lie, id of the stairs. Tho youth stopped short, but held on. "Mary," came the maternal voice quer ulously, "is that young man there yetr" "Not yet, mother," replied Mary, smiling sweetly down on the face of ber Komoo, "but he's getting there." And two weeks later the cards were out. Roliert Bonner went to the New York Herald one day and asked the business manager, Mr. Klliott, if he could have a tage of The Herald for next morning. Mr. Illiott said, "Certainly; two if yon like." "Then I'll take four," said Mr. Honuer. "All right. Wm can have four." "Then Ml take eight," was the prompt response nl Mr. llnnner. Aftel w.naolrutl.tn m-lth Mr Hilda,,!! the editor. It was nr ranged that Mr. UoDDft was tu have eight pages, but no more, as to give him more space would tax the reourre of the comiHising room. "Oh, you won't hare much to set up," said Mr. Bonner "I want only this six line adver tisement in small type, set in the center of for some fault to And. aii tue men squnred up except Dolierty, and the sergeant major ut once accosted liliu. "Head up there, man!" called he. Dolierty raised his head slightly. "Up higher, siri l lie bead was raised again. Then the sergeant mnjor managed, by standing on his toes, to reach Doherty's chin, and he poked it higher, with the remark "That's better. Don't let me see your bead down again." Hy this time everybody was interested at seeing Dolierty staring away above the ser geant major's head, when a voice from above said in a rich brogue: "Am I always to be like this, sergeant major?" "Yes, sir." becuuse, he said, the first man who came into his car und took him unawares with that remark would be likely to die, One day he wus sitting behind big little square iron sufu checking oil his money packages. Ho hud the safe iu a corner of the car facing one end. Ho al ways sat witli his back against the front end of the cur. Tho front door wus al ways barred. When ho raised tho lid of and at that time the littlo tmnkliho safe the messengers the sergeant major tlHe( tllt, uo ttimxya .,ut l,i8 two big six was a man whose .... ... I.. .... 1 1 BIIUl(.ia Uli HID tUlllL'Ill Ul U1U BU1U ill . height was only 0 , . , .. reet,4. Ou this day "" .", "i'i""'"-""'K he approached the 'rom "1B relir em' ' thecurcouldn t squad 1 no k i n g see tho guns, but they were reudy for iu- sharply about him stunt use, 'Well, on tliM day I'm telling you about, as he wus checking off the pack ages, he heard the car door ojien and some one como in. He took it for grant ed that the visitor was tho brukemnn whom he wus expecting, und without looking up went on with his work, He checked two or three more packnges and was ulinost mushed when lie heard the sharp command, 'Put up your hands!' "Ho looked up on the instant and saw two men, not in tho least disguised, cov ering him witli six shooters. His own hands ' were behind the lid of his safe. All right, hoys,' he said. 'Don't shoot, They're up.' "They went up, thnt was true, but as they came over the lid of the sufe there wus a six shooter lu each one. Doth six shooters cracked tho instant their muzzles came above tho safe lid, und botli bullets killed. The robbers tired, but they didn't pull until nfter they had "Then I'll say goodby to ye, sergeant ma- been hit, and their bullets went wild. jor, for I'll nlversee yez again." UNKIND. But Mrs. Nlblets Declares She Will Get Kven With Thorn. "It Is surprising how unkind one's friends can bo on occasions," remarked young Mra. Niblets. ''It seems as If they really exercised wonderful ingenuity to make themselves disagreeable at times, und weddings seem to bring them out in full force." A murmur of sympathy was heard from tho other Indies, who were drinking tea in Mrs. .Jenkins' cozy littlo parlor yester day afternoon. Some of them looked as if t hoy, too, hail tunny grievances of tho sort If they cured to toll of them, but Mrs. Niblets bud the floor and proceeded: "Mr. Xlbluts, as some of you know, Is "It was all done so quickly that there wus no outcry or noise, mid when the hrakeman went into the car a few min utes afterward he found Smith washing tip the blood from the floor. The dead men were on a blanket in a comer. That was how Smith got his repututiou for be ing 'bud. JSew i ork bun, ratimttkkliig- Forgers. "Men try in every way possible," said a prominent bank president, "to obtuin the signatures of New York bankers, "Their object is evidently to use them in committing forgeries. At ieust we suspect so, and for that reason try to be as caret ul us possible in signing letters, 'In this bunk we have many letters from the west of Btich a trivial nature a very sby man, and so arrnid were wo of tlmt we suspect an ulterior motive upon being recognized as a newly ninn-lcd cou- the t of t)0 wHt nud jf pie that wo neither of us wore uny new k , . i t. . . clothes when wo started off on our wed- fern at all do so by typewriter, even to 13 4? w ding journey. Even our gloves were old, and I am convinced now that we rather overacted the Indifference of old married folks. "Wowero married ut noon and started off on an afternoon train bound for New York. Tho parlor ear was crowded, and Mr. Niblets congratulated himself on hav ing secured seats in advance. Just us tho train wus nlmut to start the porter brought in to me a ml her large box of (lowers. I knew it contained Dowers, for tho llorlst's namo was on tho lid. I put tho box down besido me imt for tho world would I have worn flowers on that occasion, for they might have att racted attent ion, you know. By und by I began to wonder who it was who hud been so attentive and decided that I would initio the ribbon with which tho box was fastened and just iieen Inside. I I wanted to sou the card Inclosed. "I took tho box on my lap and undid tho ribbon. I had no chance to do more, for the cover was jerked from my lmnd, and out jumped a ('lipid about Id Inches high, holding an arrow which pierced two largo rod hciii'la! You can imagine out horror! The whole ear gulTuwcd as with one accord, and ull eyes Wero immediately llxed upon us. To add to the unpleasant ness tho box wns filled with orango blos soms, which fell on nil sides. "How wns it arranged!1 Oh, very sim ply. Tho llttlu god of lovo was attached to u strong w ire spring, such as Is used fui un ordinary 'jack in tho box.' Tho ribbon loosened, of course ho jumped out. Just think of tho trouble und ingenuity dis played in nrrnnging It! Pisir Mr. Niblete turned pel fectly crimson, und I blushed up to the roots of my hair. The wholo cm was so much amused that Isith men and women stared at us continuously. We stood it until we reached Haltimore, be cause wo hud to. It was an express train. At llaltlnioro wo got out and postponed our visit to New York until tho next flay. Who sent Itf Why, It was to my brothel und to a wicked cousin of mine that I wa Indebted for that littlo surprise. Hut let them beware I shall get even with them somehow when their turn comes." Ex change. Cirouinstiiiiees Alter Cases, A farmer hired a man to help work flu farm. One summer day w hen labor waf very scarce tho two wero mowing in th Held, and several larks new up. "Look at tin wo big crimes," said the hired man. ' Those are not cranes. They lire only larks, replica ino iarmer, somewhat sur prised. "If you don't say they aro cranes, I'D knock off work right now," said the hired man. As the farmer could get nobody at thnt time to take the hired man's place, hovva.' obliged to yield to the whim of (home nial. "Yes," suM the farmer, 'I seo now that they are craiu-s, but they are not big cranes. They are only half grown cranes. ' The hired man was satisfied with thU concession. Some iiiuuths ufterwnrd, the hin d mail still being in the employment of the fanner, the latter said at dinner one day ns he poured out a glxss of water: "Here is some very line liivr." "That's no Ixvr. That's only water," replied the hired man. "If you don't say it is lsvr, you can tender your resignation, for I don't want any offensive partisans ttlsiut the place." The hired man knew very Will that he couldn't get another situation at the time of the year, m be tasted the water nnd cheerfully indorsed the administration, saying: "Of course it's beer, but It hasn't got much body to it." Having thus convinced the president that he was sound on the kismo question. tha hired man was allowed to retain hit position. Texas Mfungs. the signature. 'One forger or counterfeiter in Indi ana is exceedingly systematic and per sistent in his efforts to obtain the signa tures of our oflicers. As regularly as the year comes around he writes, inclos ing u $10 bill, und requests us to send him one of our new $10 bank notes iu exchange, He always gives the same reason for the request that he wants it for 'his col lection.' Of course that is nonsense. We believe that he wants a new bill so that lie may discover if we have changed our oflicers und get their signatures. "He never does get them though. We always return his bill with a typewrit ten letter on paper containing no names, excusing ourselves ou the ground that we have no circulation outstanding." New York Herald. Woodpeckers Thut Look Ahead. There is a species of the bird known us the woodpecker in the fur west that has an unusual amount of reasoning fac ulty. It is much turner than the species of that bird found further east and fre quents the towns rather than the woods. They make holes along the eaves of the dwellings, and in these holes they place acorns, not for the purpose of eating them, ns the birds do not eat the acorns at all, but for the purpose of devouring the grubs thut germinate iu the ucorn. This indicates a continuous train of thought, looking forward to the time of the creation of the worm nnd its desira bility as food. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. - A Curloua Fatality. A curious fatality seems to have at tached itself to the family of Captain Wilson, the African fighter. All the members of it that have died have been the victims of accident or violence, ex cept bis mother, who succumbed to an attack of paralysis. The husbands of two of Captain Wilson's sisters weredrowned, as were two brothers in South Africa. There remains now the eldest son. Dr. George Wilson, a pioneer of sanitary science nnd a lover of fox hunting. New York Ledger. Ranld. They had met amid the madding throng. Commerce, with its winged feet, wns on ull sides of them, nnd industry jostled ovei the pavements with dissonant clamor. "Hy the way," ho observed, "have you any engagement for this evening?" Slio started violently. "Wilfred" That wns his first name, although the; had soiti each other but once before. -'I account myself pretty swift in these mntters, but I must acknowledge that this is certainly sudden." Taking his arm. they proceeded on theii way In silence. Detroit Tribune, The Man For the l'lare. Editor You wish a position as proof reader? Applicant Yes, sir. "Do you understand the requirements of tlmt responsible pusitlonF 'Perfectly, sir. Whenever you makt any mistakes In the paper, just blame 'em ou me, and I'll never say a word." New York Weekly. From tha Honduras National Lottery Drawing-Mr. W, H. Prudan of Dalton llnys a Ticket for III. Wife and Makaa a am, ooo Drawing. Duton, (la , June is. (Special I In a plain, uiipreteiiiloiin onetinry brick buflillns, on one of the slil tlreett of Palton, lis., I'rilden A l.yle. Iiiiiirsnee egeuls, kavs their om,-e( I'ru i en, of the nrin, is a ruiiiHrkablu num. He l tertiNNi lllty yewri old, with griiy mumirtia and sril. and IiNita t you Willi pulr of eves Mi ni hi keen enough lo read one's soul. Ha has the reputation of twliig tho bust niianeler lu lis inn, ancl ha., for a number of years been Al ilernian and ( halrmiin of Ihe r'lniiuce Commu te.., until of which orllnra he now hnlda He la held In bitch ealeem by all who know him, and hits uevor been tetiten for an olttee within lbs Hilt of liaitou'a elilieuf. Among other hoiioia eniiferreil ujsm him he wai for nulla awn le Msyor. Many a man who had been lesa aucceKo ful lu life. II aiiddenty thrown Into teajiloii of one-fifth of Ihe capital prim of the lloiiduraa Nallonnl Ixittei) (LuiiMunn stale Lottery) would Inive liiformrd Ihe whole lowu of hUg'ssl luck tul.im idKht, bill not Hi with W. II. I'rilden. OiiIhI.Ii- of the cash ior of JihI on'a bank not a mini lu own knnwH that he la Itfi.ixio dehor to day liiau lie wiia a moutDHKO. The local papers irieii in run nown iae rumor oi a eapuai priae IiuvIiik Iim-ii drawn by noiiitt one In the town, mil laueo RieiiHiiy. The ( oiiMlliillon'i eorreanoiiilent. therefore, IihiI small hos-a of gulling luueli lulormntiou wlii-n heabki-d Mr. rrinleu If he renlly had got ten ti,,uw. lie repncii: " No. sir; I did not net It. I wish I had." ' Hut we have absolute proof that you drew ino iiioiiey iroin ina new Orleans national Hank " " I do not deny Unit, but 1 got il for aonie one rise auu not luyavll. 1 iluiply acted aa aguul In liie limner. " Who really drew the money then?" 11 1 do not care to lay." ' Dik-i the oarly rolde In Dallon?" "Th.il, air, ilova no) concern you. I wrote Ihe lottery people and told them that I did not wan my iinmo unci at all. The lottery people know uuu i hot i lie moiiey, anu tusi la iiinic.eui. do not tnlnil lelllini you neraonallr about It. boiiKhi for l OLC-llfth ol ticket No. -Is tiP, which drew II.VHXI lu the May drawing, for mv wife, and aitor It drew Ihe money (liCKu) I collected it inr iter, aim ane naa it now. " Winn will your wife do with II?" " I do not know. 1 aiiotMiHi, Mhe will lnvn-t It III aome way, Tail II la hers and I ahull leave that mailer entirely to her." " H m the been buying t'eketa long?" " Off niiil ou for nerliHiH two or three yeiira. alwiiisat-ciired them for hor, tending the money iiirect io tuc company. " How uid alio receive I ho uewa of her gom! i in a x "She was delighted: who wouldn't be?" Mr. fnuleii laid ho illil not coml.ler buying lottery tickets worse than dealing in futures, ami coin-hilled by sy'n that Ihe only ililug he regretted about Ihe matter w a the probable publicity, which, bulng a very retiring man, be did not relUh. Allnula (Un ) VuiuUtullim, Junt r.i, Create. "You will not find one woman in a hundred who is familiar with the rules of heraldry," suid a fashionable stationer. "Ludies insist on having crestsembossed on their writing paper, even when I tell them that they are permitted by the usages of centuries to use only the nrins, A handsome woman came in the store one duy and said. 'ilr. B , I wish you would put a crest und arms on my paper.' I knew it would be useless to argue about the crest, und so I asked her, 'Have you any crest with you? 'Oh, nol I haven't any, she answered. 'You can make a nice one, can't your' I learned thut her husband wns a gruin dealer, so for a crest I designed a sheuf of wheat, For the iirms I designed some hawk head.) on a shield, nnd she was delighted." Women who ure interested in these things should observe the regulations sot down for the use of spinsters, married women and widows. A specified frame for the arms should be used by each The spinster is required to put her faiu ily arms into a diamond frame, with very simple adornment. When a wom an marries, the arms of her family must bo put on the same shield with the arms of iier husband. The shield is impaled, the wife's arms occupying one position and the husband's the other. If she be comes a widow, the frume for her arms again assumes the form of a diamond, symbtlizing her unmarried stute, while her arms und the arms of her deceased husbund remain impaled as formerly. Chicago Inter Ocean. TUB IIEHT or ItEASONrl. The reason why ALLCocg's Poaotii Plas Tgai art popular It that they may bt relied on to ours: 1. I.ams book, tclatloa, itltTneat or twitch ing of tht mutclet. 2. Chest troubles, such ai pleurisy, pneu nionla, consumption. II. Indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness k dner complaint. The aueceaa. however, will dsnend unon th genuineness of the plaster used. I'll popularity of Au.coog'e Pngous Plaitsss bos been to great that multitudes of Imita tions nave inning ud on every nana, i ne only lure our it to get the genuine All ( -oca's Pniiins 1'LAtTggs. llKAKDKSTH I Pills improve the diges tion. Thine auuoi to be anlne airalnst me." the traKtMllau, dodging hnatlly behind UiuM-elie." when the fiiallade of froien pofatoea began 100 IttSWAItU, IOII. 'I lie readcra of Ihia naisirwlll be tdeitseil to learn Ibal there la at least one dreaded iIImjiim) that aoiciiro hsa been able to cure in all IU atiiKun, anil Hint It catarrh. Hall's l alnrrn i:ure l the oioy positive ouro now tiiuwn m ine men leal f-alerultv. Catarrh, being a mmmlliilliuuil intense, re.oilrea a ooiialliiitioual treulnieu Hull's Catarrh Cure la Inkcn Internally, aelln illreolly upon (lie hi ooo ami miiooiis auriiirui the ayaiem, thereby diiatroylng the foiuidiillon of the dleae and giving the patient alreiiKlh ny building up the constitution and axlatliig Iu Uupllcute. Gus de Smith came down Harlem av enue witli his chin cut in several places, so that it looked as if a drunken barber had been practicing ou it. "Merciful heaven, Gus!" exclaimed Pete Amsterdam. "What did you do to the barber? You ought to have murdered him. Thut wus the least you could have done." "I didn't do anything of the kind. Aft er he was through shaving I invited him across the street and treated him to a cocktail and a cigar." "Well, yon ure a fool." "No, I ain't such a fool, after all," re sponded Gus, "for you see I shave my self." "Uh, that's a different thing. You are a kind of a double barreled fool." Texas Siftings. The First Telegraph. The first actual communication through an electrical circuit was made In 17H7, when Lamond,n French philosopher, plac ed two electrical machines in different rooms in bis bouse nud connected them by a wire, lie agreed with his wife that the movements of little pith balls should bo understood to mean certain letters, and In this manner carried on regular convex la t ion. Kxcliange. 1IRACK THIS NEItVKS. nature in doing Its work. The proprietors hue io iniirh fallh in Ha curative power that Ihe offer One Hundred Hollar foi any ciiso thai I lalla to euro. Hend for list of tenllmonlnli. Ai! dri-aa K. J. ( II KNKY A CO., Toledo, U. ftf- Hold by diugglsta; 7o cents. lite Knamcllne Store Follta; no dual no 101011. Tst OtiMtA for break fait. KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement nnd tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The ninny, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with 'ess cxDcnditure. by more promptly adapting the world's best products to ine necus oi ouysicui ucmg, win uiw-st Ihe value to health of the pure liquid laxative principles embraced iu the remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in the form most acceptable und pleas ant to the taste, the refreshing nnd truly beneficial properties of a jierfeet lax ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. It bos given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup or lies is for sale by on drug gists in DOc and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, und being well informed,"you will not accept any substitute if offered. 150.r0S A CASE IT Wl" NOT CURETt Anagriwahlft f ataMva anil NtlRVR TftMin Sold bv Drturirlstsor sent bv mail. Z5o..I0n and $1.00 per package. Samples free, TTrt TIlS The Favorite TOOTH fOTOU 11U 11 W for the Teeth and Broatii.Hio. Holes In your lungs are the Homes of Consumption Germs. The diseased spots are wiped out with new tissue made by Scott's Emulsion I Can't Sleep I bavt a tired, wnrn-ont foolliiB. This meant thnt the nervous system is out of order. When this complaint is made, Hood's fbirsaparilln is needed to purify and vitalize tho blond, und thus supply nor rout strength. Take it now. liciumnber Hood's Be lure to get Uood'sand only Hood's. Sarsa-parllU Cores Hood'a Plllflcmonll I Ivor M'n, HdloiinieA i!ji YOU Orri TRAVEL 7 IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE BIG FOUR ROUTE THE BEST LINE VE8TIBULE TRAINS. ELEGANT DINING CARS. QUICK TIME. Ask forTlckclavIa Big Four Route. e. o. Mccormick, d. b. martin, Pass. Tronic Malinger. Gen r. .1 Tkl. Agt. CINCINNATI. W. L. Douclas CUrtF laTHSBfST. V NOtQUSAKINO. 5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH ENAMELLED CALF. 4.'J.5-oFINECALF&KANGAR01 3.5? P0LICE.3 Soles. $2sjb2. WORKINGS, EXTRA FINE. u' 2.l.7BOYS'SCH0llLSH0Ea - 'LADIES SEND FOR CATALOGUE WL DOUCLAS, BROCKTON, MA33. Yoa can aave money by wearing (ho W. I,. Dontlaa 93.00 Hlioo. iHoaiH. wo ara ino lano-at ninnuramurera or tola graUeof abuea la tlie world, ami uuaruntiw Ui, value by atampfng the name anil nrlc-e on tl e bottom, which protect you awiliiat lilKhprk-caaDd the miilulcnian'a pruflta. our ahooa wiuiil t-uMmn work la ityle, eaay filling and wuurlng riimlllli-n. We hare them anlii every wlinre at lower prlcea for the Talue given than any other rimko. Take no auu atltute. It your dealer cauuot lupply you, we eon. HERCULES CAS and GASOLINE Engines ISP NOTKD FOK SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY -AND SUPERIOR Scilntlvea nml onhitCR won't do it. Thene ner vines ilniiut nuiko the nerves troug.and failing t- do in Ik. Ian rotor! of itrodumnff the eaientiul of their iiiietiule viiror. And while iu extreme ciim'h una inene only oi nervous irritation such liruirs may bf ailviaable, their frequent use in iiiifiuy prejiioiemi 10 me uei caie orgnniaiii Uihiii wlili'h lln-v mpL ami In nntpr tn n.m.w their nuk'timr effect InereftKed anil riutiireroua done evt-ntiiiilly become necefcsary. Hobtetfer't Stomach Hitters ia an efficient substiiiitc for ueli pernicious druiH. It an ets the nerves bv crnciiig, inning, Kiretigineiiing them, ine con ne tion btweeii. weakness of the nervoui tva tela and thut of the organs of digestion la strong and sympathetic, link. The Bitters by impurtiiiK a healthful Impulse to the digest ve uid as tmuating functions nromotes throno-li- out the whole system a vigor in which the nerves eomc in for a large share. Use Ihe Rittera In malar u. constipation, bilious and kidney truuuie. When a man ts naked tn font a bill how can he De blani'd lor " kicking? ' Sarcasm. "MiMiih, " said all urchin to the man who vu driving a very Ior horse, "duet you ant me to hoi liuf "Xo; this horse won't run away. 1 liuln t mean hoi lin fa i won run away. 1 meant hoi tin up. I lie auu urap. o.-hlnirtun Mar. IT GIVES WARNING that there's trouble ahead if you're getting thin. It shows that your blood is iniiwverished, and your organs deranged, to that whatever you eat fails to properly nourish you. And just as long as you remain in this condition, Consumption, Pneumonia, and othr Scrofulous ana dangerous diseases are likely to fasten upon you. You should build your self up with Dr. Pierce's (Jolden Medical Discovery. Purifv anil enriph th blood, rouse every organ into natural ac tion, and build up healthy, wholesome, mawsary flesh. Ocean Port, If. J. Db. R. V. PiERCf: Ttrnr Sir-We have used your "O.M.D." in our family and find nothing1 elav to equal it. One of our children bad tbe pneumonia, and one lung beeoioe conson ant d, tint by tbe use of the Discovery " she has entirely recovered, and It now la good health. the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, and hypophosphites. This acts immediately upon the Lungs and makes new tissue there. Physicians, the world over, endorse it. Don't be deceived by Substitutes! Prepared by Scott fc liuwni, IM. Y. All Druggnta. Save Money, Time and Trouble and Cure! CATARRH by using Fly's Cream Balm. Applv Bai.m Into thb Nostrils. Price SO ceu ts. Druggists Of COLD). Tt MEN DR. LIEBIG & CO., Special Doctors for Chronic. Private and Wasting Diseases. Dr. Llehla'n Invlirnrator the srpate.it ivnieilv fnr nominal Weakness, Lous or Manhood and Private DtaeaseH, Overcomes Prematurenetttt and prepares an inr nmrrtKf me s amies, pleasures ana respon s'bllltles; II trial bottle given or sent Iree to any onedeecrihing symptoms; call or address 400 deary St , private entrance 404 Mason at., ttan Francisco. FRUIT PRESERVED! 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