I ( I , i sv - i .. .. i ., .. , .. ,..,.. .. t, ... IE i 1m EVENING CIPi '""L'-ara ay',"!, , "f11 fT?T'?'2122 HZ-Jllli " 2T "" Il " f ' -4 Js , f JOURNAL. it VOL, ft, "Wittf Moia i'Ai'ioft," iij. jii mm ,i ,Ui liikitha.ubln, iiimim ii'AMiiiimi JK ftAlitrtl, OHJWOrt, MtIDAr' DUOJtlllim 00. 1802, LI t 3 "TO-DAY'S NEWS TO-DAY." T"? KO. 906, f BOY'S sill NEW AND YOUTH'S A tiud tti?80rttiieht and W prices ttfc tlio YORK RAC Also sea otti lino of l3bota antf SliOcs, BlUST VALUED IN THE CITt. 1 Lii T. BARNES, r s 33? r H 1 Uiniiifc in Stree t hummiii iJSiuwwW BIG REMOVAL SAL E. Commencing Friday Moaning ID Mil Ml 'S, I K llll), , December 23d. GLASSWARE, AID Our KntJre Stock of ROCKERY -AT- Rather thnnVuii tho risk of breaking during removal. SROAT & GILB, ISO State Street. EDd. C. Cross. Choice Meats. Wholesale and Retail Dcsilcr in Fresh, Suit and Smoked Meats of all Kinds OS Court and 110 State Streets. H. F. BROER, Proprietor of the DEPOT SASH AND DOOR FACTORY, All House-finishing Mnterlal made to order at the lowest Portland prices. See us before you buy. es MAllTItf & HA BKINS, BLAUKHMITHJNG AND HORSESHOEING. The be3t work in every department. Hacks, Buggies and Harrows made to order. Estate Street. ARCHIE MASON. A. li. SMITH General - Contractors, Street Work, Sewering, Excavating, Concrete and Mason Work, TiliDg, &c. All work promptly done. SALEM, OREGON. Wanted At Once. Remnants of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots iind Shoes, Hats and Cans, and all kinds of merchandise, either new or second hand, to sell either at private sale or public auction. Also, Household furnituie of every de scription, at the RED FRONT BAZAAR. 62 State Street. JESHEfcHO Sash and Door Factory Fronts Street, Salem, Oregon. The best class of work in our line at prices to compote with the loweRt. Only the beat material used A 180 STATE BTREET. TINWARE, ROOFING, -STOVES,- Crcamery and Dairy Sup- id ics. btccl Ranees, Parlor Heaters in all Styles a Spe cialty. , CLOTHES WRINGERS AND "WASHERS BQTThe best on earth, call. Give us a 10:3 tf. ELLIS & WHITLEY, LIVERYMEN. South ofWtllamott Hotel, SALKM ... OREGON J. H. HAAS, THE WATCHMAKER, 215K CommorcUt St., Salem, Oregon (Next door to Klein's.) repairing UIOC&8, Specialty ol Spectacles, And ..iockb. waicumannjewHiry. W. Taylor, Honso Cleaner, Gardner and General Jobber CARPET LAYING AND CLEANING, WHITE- WASHING AND WINDOW CLEANING A SPECIALTY. C.N, CHURCHILL CHURCHILL T S. BURROUGHS & BURROUGHS, Tinners, Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters; SHEET METAL WORKERS. Auents for the celebrated economio force and lift Pump. 100 Chemeketa Stieet. FOUND The place to get a Saddle horse, Livery rig, Express, Dray or Truck, Wood, Hay, Mill feed or crood well rotted Manure, load of Dirt or Gravel. Call on Ryan & Co., back of Willamette hotel. Prompt and careful work is our motto. RYAN & CO. SALEM IRON WORKS, B. F. DRAKE, Propsietor. Oeneral agnt tintl manufacturer of the celebrated Wahlstronj 1 atent Middlings I'uriner and Keels. Farm machinery made and repaired. DRAYS AND TRUCKS always ready for orders. Sell und deliver wood, hay, coal and lumber. Of flrw HtAtfl fit. onoosito 8a- r - z 7 w v m Iroa works. Drays and trucks may be round turougnoui toe uv AT HtaW ana uornmonumi r Salem Track 4Draf.fi). the corner IrtlwU. F. T. HART, LEADING MERCHANT TAILOR. 247 COMMERCIAL STREET. BROOKS & LEGG, PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully eoinpoun'aNl (Ujr w cave orders at Thomas & Johnson's uommerciai street. For Sale at a Bargain. A good ten acre fruit tract near Balem. A rare burgaln, nud on easy terms. Apply to Joui.nal, onlce. Nc U CI Notico of Final Settlement. OTICE Is hereby given, that George O. lllncbain executor of the estate of It. Chubb, deceased, has filed his dual nc- couuv as sucn executor, auu ine couui couri of Marlon county. Oregou, Iihh net tlie Slh (iuyol December 180'i t the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. lor the bearlnir thereof All perrons having objections Ut atd uc- counL wjii present mem 10 sam murv hi said time. OEO. a.ULNQIlAM. lH-6dw Kxecutor, WILLIAMS & ENGLAND BANKING CO. CAPITAL STOCK, all Subscribed, 200,001) Transact a general banking buslnessl lu all Its braucbts. GEO. WliiMAMH President Wh. EN GLAND Vice l'resldeD li UUUMCNAUY Oashltr. DIKKCTOKS: Geo. Wllllann.Wm. Ed;, lnnd,l)r. J. A. Richardson, J. w. llodion, J. A Itakcr. Hunk In uew Exchange block on Com mHroliil utreet. :19-tf MONEY TO LOAN. Special Inducements for tho next SO days on koju iarm loans. FEAR & HAMILTON, IUm 14, Bush Bank block. 5 12d ai Authorized CapUalWOOO.- CAPITAL NATIONAL BANE Unleni, Oregon. W.A.CUSICK.'Hrts. "W. W. MAUTIC Vice Fres. J. U. AIjUKIIT, Cashier. State, County and City Warrunts bouf at Par. rt MormiUS, Atiti 11U8INE88 At8 MliM0Nt-a,Mtorneyatlaw18alm( JLf UrfgimJBlcq up-stalrs in Patton's tF.CONlttofney at law, room 7, JJJ Mtirpl flock. ia AttittinV At law. ffnltn. Otllneoverlndd A lln.li'o Zt-tf fJ.HIIArtf. W. HUNT. Bit AW A V liUMHtorneyRat law. Omceover LttpUnl Nioftii bank, Balem, Oregon. O JT.ntCAHtJHON, Attorney at law, (J. ofllcqi ttalraln front rooms of new Ilium bloooorucr commercial and Court streets, B'ua) Oregon. JOHN (JaUSON, Attorney at law , Koonft and 4, Ladd A flush's bank bulldlng4Mm,Oregeti. Sllyr II. C. 1IUHAM. W. It. HOIiMEH. J-M1!A. Uolmer, Attorneys at law i Olllilii Hush's block, between State una Coit,dniX)m'lMt. ME. 8UE, stenographer and Type , KWt. llest equipped lypewrtllug oihio, uione, lu Uregon. Over I-addA Uush's hk, Hiilcm, Oregon, , H.AD3UAW,PXtY8lOIAN AND IV I J, Heon, Hnlem, Oregon, onlco In Cuish-llman block, upilulrs Itcsldenco comer nleaud U. K corner Inter street. rvll. flS. MOTT, physlclau and BU IJ goi Olllco In Eldrldge lllook, So tetit, Ogon. Office hours 10 to 12 a. in. 1(11 pa. rlt.;C. HM1T1I. Dentist, W State street, JLf Hn, or. Finished deutal open- liofis every description iioBsupwiauy. Painless opera- ifcV JPOG11, Arehlttct, PIbbs, Speol YV iSciUUiui aud Huperlutcndence lor all'ciscH of buildings. iKRMjM., up stairs Ollloe an Com. i' VnilllflT ArVittAot r.wM.ii'M Mar uam building, I'ortlaud, Oregon. ri Sil -'H D'.TOWNSEND, Civil Engineer and , Purveyor. Ofnce with Oregon Land LtAilein, Oregon, , ! IV'. JjABSEN CO,, Manufacture of all I. ikludsof vehicles, llepairlng a special- ty.,'rtop OHtaieRircet, T ,. tm PrrTECTION LODGENO 2, A.O U.W. Mcow In their hall In t.ito Insurance bullng, every Weduosdav evening. A WlTf .tlnil'rt Ut,nnr-At, w-" ' ui ..v..v. T PltOVED ORDER OF RED ;MEN, iKamlakun 'IrlbaNo. 8, Hnlem. Holds waUl every Thursday evoulug, at 7:30 Vfwuiu lu btato Insuranco hall, I K. C. HAKEll, Prophet. (RANK n. VVATKllH. filler of lleflorrts iThe Pacific Detective BUREAU, A.LEIVI, - Orogon. C, B, CLEMENT, Minager. Olllce room 3. Giuy Block. ales reasonable. Public and private kurk done. EDUCATIONAL. Our Little Men and Wonid FOR I3G3 Is made exnresly lor the younirer and girls, who cad their luugulue at b ana in cuooi Kverv number will contain stories. Bir- ited pictures, poems, verses andjlugle-jnd "pieces to f pen It In schno ." iltvldfull these there win te the following serin 'Ihreo Utile Gold-Diggers. Ilj oilvrflar per All ubontthe remurkableadveifires ol some children who sailed uiouudfupo Horn to California. I 'Jhe House WoUve In, fly I.avlfa H, Goodnlu All about our "heads, lnds, and the rest ol us;" not llEo stiifyli'g rnysioit gy. i A Utile Columbian Grandpan.if Uy Greta Cryur. '1 hesttiry oi a boy whJnade himself trulv worthy of his nimiH. I 'the Clock o' the Year, iiv Elllibrth Cutnings. Kegulrirly ench mouti this clock tells tho time o' year In preity)jyu.e ana siory. Specimen copy with premium list, (cents, $1.00 a yfa't 10 cents a number. D, L0IHR0P COMPANY, BitiorfMass do to the Best, M tTho placeV'or young ladles and gentle- fnjen 10 secure aithorougbeducatlou Is the oy,Butucr,uow. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Long and still tho loading Institution of tue worth wesu tieuer man even New course of instruction lu Oratory, lhenloRy nud Posl-Graduated. Colleiri). and Jjhw courses greatly enlarged und iintiritvi'd. 1'aptiltieH Increased and Improved. For Catalogue of College of Law writ Dean b T. Klchard'.oii, Esq , Halem, Or. rort'atHli'guool College of Medical and Phiirtnuoy write Dean Richmond Kclly,M, D Portland, or. For general Catalogue write Rev. Geo, Whltakcr, D. D., l'resldeat, Balem, Or. 7-S-Jm-dw THE WILLAMElTE SALEM, OltJEOC Kates, $2.50 to $5.00 rtr Day The best hotel between Pertia: Francisco. Flnt-class Jn all ltil ments. Its tables are served Choicest JTruiti Grown in the Willamette Vail and Han i appoint, ivllh tlu A. I. WAGNER, Prop. Wanted. Salary an ill t 11 permanent, pjace i unfy growers of nuiiery su a iMirli'iin and Canadian snlls rlttles i ur siieclalty. BROWN expenses iply now. i no both llxrdy va 1UI1. LU,, (Mid 1 4 s-M Nursery metrchlcago, 1831 TI,E c2S5KirATOB 1893 Country Gentleman THE BEST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES. UKVOTKUVro Farm Crooi and Procetaea. Horticulture ana x rui-Urowlnjf Iilve-stoclc ana Ualryln, Willie It alo Includes ail minor aepur. menu of Rural lnlereu. such as the oul. try yard, entomology, bee-keeping, gieeu. house and grapery, veterinary replies, farm questions and answers, Oroide readier, riomestlo eoonorny. and a sum mary of the news ol the week. Its niur ket reports ar unusually complete, aud much attention is pld to the prospects of the crops, as throwlrg light upon one of ths most important of all, questions When to buy and when to sell. Ills Ho. erally lllustrate4.and by recent enlarge ment, contains more reading matter tuuu ever before. The lubscrtptlon price is II JO per year, but w ofler a ipeoial re duction In our CLUB RATES FOR 1803. Two SubtcHptions. 'B "ne -"iUt"c- 4 Six Subscriptions, " " 10 Twelve Subscriptions, " " IB 0fVo all New Subscribers for lW,pay lngindrnce ow. we will send th ri" nt-r Weekly, from our receipt f the re mil tanee. to January 1st, IfW, without euanw. jr-t4elmen Copies Fri. Addrrs LUTHER TUCKER It SON, Publishers, jA.ltoanjr, X.Y. j&fammk wMwmm NLY LINE RUNNING THROUGH "TRAINS Leaving Portland, 8:45 . M. " " 7:30 P. M. 3 DAYS TO CHICAGO 72 Hours Quicker to St. Paul, 23 Hours Quicker to Chicago, 40 Hours Quicker to Omaha and Kansas City. PULLMAN and TOURIbT SLEEPERS FREE RECLINIMG CHAIR CARS, DINING CARS. For rate and general nfurruatlon call nnora'wruw, JJoIso Si Barker, 270 OommercUl street, Ha'em, Or, or tf.iiLiiimi.uu.tr,; vs.!, .p. A. VA WMBlUfVll St., FRIENDS POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Will be opened to students Hept. 11, 181)2. Olleis Ihe most practical couiblhoi siuuy ol any school In the State, viz: Mpchanlcal KiiL'liiei.rliiir. Oivll Kuiluierliiir. Kloarlual Knglneerlng, Acadeinla and Grammar siihoul courses Btudcuts pructlo dally In wood shop, machine shop, aud laboratories. Tuition and Hoard per Tear, $160. Special inducements to a few young men who wish to woru lor inoir Doaru auu tut tlundurliiif iurttlouc For prospectus and further infoi matlou, address j,DWiiM wuiiiuwinii,n, l'resdeut, balem, Or, Till! CM'ITAL JOURNAL. II0FER BROTHERS, Editors, I'UIllitBHED Att.Y.EXCKPTBONDAY, 11T Till Capital Journal Publishing Company, (lheorporatedo Office, Commercial Htrcet, In I'. O. Bnlldlng hntcred at tho postomce at Balem, Or., as fttond-clsf matter. Highest of all In Leavening Power.-Latest U. S Gov't, JUpott RoYal Baking Powder 3Miss Ballou.'s KINDERGARTEN. THIRD YEAR Opens Monday, Septerauer 10th, at Kin dergarten Hall, opposite opera bouse. Children received at three years of "Re and over. A connecting cUiss wilt be is- lauilMiea loruauinceu niuuvrgurieu ,iu nils and those brulnnlng Iirtumry work. Only the best modern Kindergarten meth. ndu ainulovud. l'ruuir's siKlem ol drawing and color work introduced. mm Tm acres of good garden Innd near Ha- lem. Apply at ouee to JIOKKIUHIOH, juuunai. ouioe. 0KF.G0N AND MASSACHUSETTS. Portland Telegram: The for west needs more people. Population as mucb ns competition Is the life of trade. People make business, not vacant areas. Thoy make towns, cltlesjthoy provide a market. There must be a demand in order to pro vide a supply. If Portland wants 250,000 population, there must be 800.000 people In the state. If Ore icon wants half a dozen cities of 25,. 000 to 60,000 population, there muni be over a million souls In the state at largo. Oregon wants people. It wants them not only In thousands, hut tens of thousands. How In the world can ntiy manufacturing en terprise expect to start up, which may be solicited, uoIcbi the project ors look around and see a popula tion to buy their goods ? The mil lions In the Central West and East do not help them any. The old es tablished manufactories look after them in a way that brooks no com petition from this coast. The Oregon manufacturer must bo able to count on an Oregon constituency, while the Massachusetts maguate looks not only to his state, but to the Northeast, to the whole Atlantic seaport, to the Middle states aud to tho Central West. Supposing Ore gou has 400,000 inhabitants at the present moment, for that iltjure-wlll cover it easily, being a large lucrease over the national census; one-fourth of that is right in Portland, leaving 300,000 to be distributed over an area that can readily support 3,000,000. Tt is almost ridiculous to believe that Oregon's 00,000 square miles hold only 400,000 people, while Massachusetts' little 8315 square miles are not crowded at all with its 2,500,000 Inhabitants. In other words.Oregon ranks Beventh in area und thirty-eighth In population of all the states, while Massachusetts is fortieth lu area but sixth in pop ulation. The Willamette valley proper, the part that is the very cream of it, could hold two Massa chusetts, aud the latter is teeming with busy cities, whioh lu turn are teeming wllb manufactories. Every acre of tillable ground there is also occupied by smaller land owners, aud farmhouses by tho score are seen along the country roads be tween the frequent towns. CLEVELAND AND MURPHY. Mr. Cleveland us president-elect has given out that Hon. Edward Murphy of New York City is not a proper man of New York to bo elected United States senator, aud that tho elevation of such a man as Murphy would bo extremely dis tasteful to Cleveland. The man who is elected puts his ofllclal foot upon the neck of the mull who hopes for an election. It Is not pretended that Mr. Mur phy is not qualified for the place he seeks, or that he Is immoral, or has committed any crime, or that he is not a good Democrat. His only of fense seems to consist of his demo cracy. Cleveland wus not his choice fur president before the convention, but lie gave him his support and helped elect him. Mr. Cleveland's attitude of pub lic cenBor, ns to tho lltness of one of his party leadera for party honors, Is strange, to say the least. No Re pupllcan president ever so far forgot himself us to interfere on the eve of a senatorial election and dictate to a a legislature who it should elect senator. Mr. Murphy is nTam- many man. It is true, ho Is not u miiL'wumn. Hut that Is the mis fortune, aud not the fuult, of the young man. He may become one as Cleveland did. sssm ABSOLUTELY PURE AN OVERWORKED COURT Twenty-five cases are yet to be argued before the Oregon Supreme court before tho March term. There are many cases already argued and submitted, some of great import ance. The railroad rate case cannot be considered properly Jn less than two weeks. Multnomah county will ask for an other circuit jadge,as well as Marlon. Judge Sbattuck has over a hundred cases for appeal piled up on his cal ender. The future outlook for our Supreme court Is not bright so far as getting many holidays Is concerned, How can any relief bo obtained for the overburdened court. Busi ness before the court is Increasing rapidly. The Judges can only put in so much time. They must hear new cases. But speedy justice de mauds that they also have time to consider them within a reasonable period. One way would be to select more judges, This would not meet with favor from economical legislators. A great help would be to allow them a stenographer and type, writer, to dictate their opinions to, and save them the constant time-consuming drudgery of writing them out. CRAZED BY THE COMET. BUQGESTKD COMMENT. Wo are reliably Informed thot the Ex-Rev. referred to In a correspon dence from Ctieuiawu is not Hon. G. M. Irwin of this city, at one time Supt. of the Indian institute. Henry Hucfcs Glbbs, formerly governor of the bank of England, u delegate to the Paris Monetary con furence u 1878, n member of parlia ment, aud a presideut of the Bime tallic league, has what will be re garded as the olasslo and standard statomeut of the bimetallism on the crisis lu silver, for the January Foi-iiai, ENGINE AND BOILER rrPK "ale. Th boiler is an Miorsonp l rltrht Minium- I ind the engine a B-h me tior ziuIhI. Un'ti are In good condition. and out 8700 whei new. Ap ill- U) A. II, ruiiMOCiivn wu.a.upp" slto Kirst national liank. JAPANESL CURB a iitv and flnrnnlete 'treatment, consist. ng of suppositories, oiiitment In capsules, also box and pill;; a rltli cure tor e. trnul. Internal, blind or bleeding. Itching, chronic, rewnl or hereditary l"lles, aud many other disease and female weak, new: It Is always a great benefit to the general health The first discovery ol a inedioHl cure rendering an operation wllh fhi knife nni)H-e.sry. herealter. .This remedy has never been known to rail. j A Protestant ohurch has Anally been dedicated In Spain. The papal nuuelo and thousands of aristocratic Cuthollcs protested in vain. The Protestants owe their viotory to Premier Sagasta, whose predeces sors have always successfully re fused permission to the Protestants. After n few moro Protestant churches have been built in Madrid and their luoflouslveuess shown the people will no longer oppose them. A great deal of such opposition re sults from niero Ignorance. wlni.irurlt; sent by mall. Wby suffer from Mils Wrll'le disease when a written guarantee Is slven with ll-oin, to refund (he m mey II not cuied nd stump tor Ire ample. Uuarynleo lwuJ by Uuouaud, CtunAOi.,wn!Mland retail drug gists, ! agents, rtortlavii. Or. Brooks TO WHAT ARK NYE COMINfl? To whut are we coming as an American people who pretetid to bo living uuder a Democratic constitu tion? To what Is the Uemocratlc party coming? Tlieso remarks are elicited by tho stupendous Idolatry of President elect Cleveland by tho party which bus elected tilra. His consent must be obtained before that party cuu do anything It seems. It wus given out that Mr. Crisp could not bo re-elected sjieakor be cause Mr. Cleveland wanted some onoelw. The present Democrutlu house would have passed a free sil ver Jbill but for his pernicious Inter ference. Before u tarlll bill can be Introduced It must be submitted to Cleveland. He has said that Mr, Murphy ! not fit for senator. Upou what meat does this great man feed that his opinion counts for so much more than that of millions of voter? The whole United Htatra will be liftsAltig under the yoke of It ha r4Bt sbsrltt from SHAftfe, One of tho most Important and imperative duties of congress at this session is to give control cf quitran Hue Into the hands of the national government, not only because of ttie danger of cholera next year (for every year that cholera has appeared in Europe It has appeared hero the following year), but as a safeguard auainst oilier epidemics. Dr. E. O. tihukespeare, of Philadelphia, wiio has nerliara ulvon more study to this subject than any other nmii, sets down Incontrovertible reasons in the January number of The Forum for national control aud lay out defi nite plans for Its operation, Orcgoulon on Death Penalty: There Is but one ground upou which arugumeut for or against this custom should bo based, The rcul Issue is this: Is It for tho welfaro of society that the life of the murderer bo for feited. rSeiitlmeut hus no placo In the dlscu&ulnu, If hanging a man or placing him lu thu cleotilu chair rids society of u dangerous member, and at the same tlnio has the eUVot of restraining others from bt coming equally dangerous, It la both the right uudduty of socluty to coutiuue the custom, if tills be u mistake, aud murders would bo lessened lu number by abolishing tho death penalty, thou It li iqually the duty of society to abolish It. At present the weight of opinion Is that society Is benefited by the death of the inur derer, It remains tube proved that (his opinion Is not founded ou fact, nud when the proof thai) have been given, there will be little difficulty lu securing u chatigo. A Herald of the Infant Year. Ol ii thuUsI thirty yciiwor more from thuiwuuiry, and the sea-mrul will repre soiittbeiermoftbeiinbound'd populwrt. tyof iiosiettt' Htinacb Hitters, 'the opening of the J ear IbtU will bo sljuallswl bribe apiMtaraue ut a iresli Almuiuaol thellltteis.lnwhhh theuses, derivation and action olt'-ls world lamous niedlolne will I lueldly set lortb, Kverybody should read It. The calender aud ustn nomlral euloulatlons to be fouud lu this brochuie are nlwajs astouUlnugiy ac curate, and the statistics. Illustiallons, humor and oluer reading matttr run In interest sBdfuliof roltl. 'ijie U'p-."Sr Company, of l'ltUbuwh, Vs., publish It thminehw. Tbr-y employ HiurtlUuU ty bands In the mtei.uuleal work, and morelhanileven moulds lu lh jear uro eoruuitim In lt p.WMFutlon. It eau be ob ulneJ, wllhiut uuitof all druagWs aud aud muulry dealers, aud U pniueJ m K gllth German, Kr-uoti. Welsh, Shir weglan, BWfrdUb, Holland, Itetaewilyaaaa lala, onco sho said alio studied sulphur. She slipped out of bed tho first thing In the morning und read whut tho papers saldj about tlio comet, then wont back to bed, again. Yhon I sat down to breakfast with my paper sho va loaded for moJ You could seo a hazy ted light hanging over tho Jersey horizon from our win dows, und she hud those windows open, so much at night wo all got colds and snuflles. On Sunday night the sky ovori thoro was bright ted at intervals. Well, she was jufct wild. Thou she smelled, tho sulphur in tlio air. 1 novor saw a woman got so oxcited. Sho scarcely alnnf n wlnlr. ' "The noxt morning, when she found that it was tho Jorsoy meadows on lire and that sho Imilu't eon tho comet at all, she was tho most disgusted woman you ever saw. She won't touch a uews paper now. Sho says tho newspapers uio tho biggest llura next to tho astron omers on cnrtli. If 1 say 'comet' at her now sho la as mud ns u hornet. "In my opinion, It's bon a confound ed fraud all along, This man Uiel.t, or Ueoly, ought to got si months on tho Island." Now Voik lleruld. the rrospectlro Arrival of BleWs Orbi lrt Its Influence llohlnd. There are wise people to-day who be lieve that tho proximity of a comet to tho earth brings with it various diseases, mental as well as physical disturbance. "I never took any stock Iri this comet business," said a practical friend of mluo. "Pro seen several comets la my time and read all sorts tt rot aboat thom, very Httlo of which 1 believed. But this comet" Ho paused Mid drew mo away from tho crowd. Having glanced about him uneasily, ho continued; r "This comet nearly droyo my wlfef crazyl Yes, sir; factl And she's nearlyr driven me crazy. Do you-lmye you; seen anything queer nliout me lately?" 1 told him 1 had not that he looked as sane a-s his average fellow mortal.' ''Well," he resumed, ''I've run a mighty narrow chance, I tell you. But, she's cured now. If this Infernal comet. hadn't gone away jnst when it did 1 should have been locked up by this time.! "My wife is ordinarily a quiet little -woman and takes no particular interest, in tho newspapers except when there ti( a mystorlous murder, case like the great. Maybrick poisoning case or the Carlyle Harris caso, or homothing like that ' somothiug mysterious, you know- Then' sho grabs tho newspapers and roads up on tt, und thlnlcsnbout it, and talks about it. and advances theories about it, and thoroughly masters It, hanging the de fendant every day. Sho can tind moro clows than tho whole motrbpolitan po lice force. Sho pounces down upon me at breakfast with her theories and clews and suspicious, and as those aro changed after rending tho evening papers 1 get another doso nt night. "But this cornet! Sho has been, stricken yes, sir, stricken by the mys-J terlous influence tho comet fa said to' havo npon tho human mindt It was manifest in her tho very day sho read, the dispatches and tho differences of learned opinion as to whoso comet Ity wus and its probable orbit, its distance, tho number of sparks in its tail, etc. If' it had been a straightforward comet' and come right out whore everybody, could sco It and whero everybody ex-' pected it, sho would havo been all bo reno. But tho mystery of the thing, thet uncertainty, the disagreement of astron-, dmers that settled her. She began; -reading up on tho comot from tho news-!' papers. As every newspaper differed. and every nuthority in every newspaperf dlffored with every othor nuthority In' that or any other nowspaper, sho fouadl herself suddonly plnngod Into a whirl of excitement, j "Sho sprung comot ou me overy honri in tho day and swept tlio heavens with a 8-inch operu glass every night She! hud a sort of tuea that reunot cunnka or iron were liablo to drop into our flat Sho wout up on tho roof to see the me teoric shower and got lockod out up thoro by tho janitor. If 1 hadn't missed her Bho'd havo been frozen to death. She got up ton times a night to look ont, and ftalutthft t)io Lightning. In Quito, according to IJ;, Whym per, it ia customary when a visitor tnlcos off his hat on entering a room to bt'f; him to put it on ngain, unci in tho nbsonco of ponniseion leave is generally requested. This cmtom is tluo to approhoseion that cold will bo taken if tho head i uncovered. In Quito there are ho BtoveH, liroplucea nor chimneys. Tlio Bamo persons, ou going out of doom, tnko off their haLa to flash of lightning, no matter if rain is fall ing, and when tho streets are busy , and lightning ia abundant a gro tesque effect ia producad by thaw Habitations, which wem to b garded ns a duty by all well behaved persons, aud are performed aa punc tiliously m th homage paid to -' ioua procoswipiva. -Yputh's Cowfww- ion. n irulullutumAble PetreUum. Numeroua prooagcoa figure ia the iwteut' Uwt whrdy it to clihiii that iietroltttun can b randan fat expUwivy and ako ttninflaiwyalss. One of thai? oc mint wit addfaf to about forty ipdlmui of pttpofetts No ring Om whoie well. JJt km six ltouw' tfawdusst m QW for iM,-r-inuwsuMplus , v :. i I, : h s3 v A .J 3- i! J 13 r' v J i ' ! 1 k w 1 J .',! T .i i r-'"., joo;stu slum. rTTrW.- 'A A t-fui,.