THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
Narlgatloa ea the Columbia.
. Portland, Dec 2. To thb Editor.
Referring to your review of the transpor
; tation needs of the Northwest in today's
Oregonian, I desire to submit the follow
ing outline of a corporation which I
think would afford the relief demanded,
and at the same time be a good paying
investment.
I suggest the Portland Railway & Nav
igation Company ; capital stock $5,000,-
140,000,000), Oregon & Transcontinental
($40,000,000), and Oregon Improvement
Company ($lo,000,000), I see no reason
why a perfectly feasible transportation
company backed by business interests of
Portland, and carrying with it an assur
ance of economical management and
freedom from stock jobbery, could not
readily float bonds in New York to the
amount of $4,000,000. In conclusion I
would ask how much of the grain crop
of Eastern Oregon and Washington
would go to the Sound for shipment with
WOMAN'S WORLD.
YOUNG WOMEN AS TICKET AGENTS
IN BROOKLYN.
000, divided into 50,000 shares of the par g(ch a 8vatem a8 ti,iH owned absolutely
value of $100 each : head office Portland
Or.; object to buy, lease, construct and
operate railroads and telegraph lines in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, in con
nection with a barge and steamboat sys
tem nnon the Colembia. Snake and
Willamette rivers.
. To build grain elevators, wool and
imtin warehouses and wharves, to be
-
operated in connection with said system,
and to do a general warehouse business.
To operate a line of steamships
and other sea-going craft between
Portland and San Francisco, Puget
sound and other points on the Pacific
coast.
Tn mnHtmet . and ODerate for toll, a
system of ship railways, locks, or such
other methods of transportation as may
l deemed best in overcoming the ob
structions to navigation on said rivers
To dispose of said locks or ship rail
ways to the general government at any
time In the future, upon payment of the
nritrinal cost of said enterprises, and in
terest to date of purchase, and to pro
vide for the expenditure of said sum in
railway extensions,
in Portland? . T. Flynn in Oregonian.
Getting Accurate "Information.
Here is a slorv I heard a number of
years aeo. In substance it ran as fol lows,
for it was a swift story and traveled far
and wide:
Mr. Jenkins was in the habit of getting
drunk now and then, lor in those days
the people drank more or less. One day
he had taken a little too uuch, and on
the way home he got into a mud hole
with it, and when lie got himself out he
was very much disfigured with the mud
that was on his clothes. He came on to
ward home, and when he n eared his
residence he saw his little boy playing in
tne orchard. Wherefore he took it in
his mind to fool the little Mr. Jenkins.
He changed his voice and called to his
little boy. The boy did not recognize
his father, who was in a terrible rtliffht
from having wallowed in the mud and
n-qtpr "Whnt'a vnur father's name?"
asked the proud sire. "His name is Mr.
Jenkins, and mamma says he is a very
bad man !" replied the little innocent,
Major Handler's Will. -
' The last will and testament of lie late
Daniel Handley was probated Monday,
Dec. 1. in Judge Thorn bury s office.
The will is dated April 8th, 1886, is wit
nessed by William wney and oy its
nmriainna tWl DM luff i( St PplPr'fl
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To purchase or lease, it possible, tne cnUrch to be used in building a new
Oregon & Washington railway inunt
system), making such extensions thereto
as may be deemed advisable, and oper
to thA name in connection with river
and ocean service.
THE ADVANTAGE OF 8CCH A 8Y8TESI
First Absolute ownership in Portland,
thereby insuring to this city at least a
nt ittam nf the trade of Oregon, Wash-
j""-
ington and Idaho.
Second Such a system, with its un
limited carrying facilities, would relieve
the present deplorable transportation
church ; $500 to the St. Mary's academy,
and $500 to the First Congregational
church, the testator stating that this be
quest was made through his esteem for
the founder of the church, the Kev.
Thos. J. Condon. It also provides for
Edward J. Handley, his son who died
two years ago. All other property is
left to his widow for life, to revert to
Edward J. Handley at her death. Mrs.
Kate Handley. George Liebe and J. W,
French are appointed executors without
bonds.
Wea't Sit In the Vroat Ho it For Rose
fends mt Marriage Pretty Souvenirs.
What Miss Potter Has Done Will Wo
men, Combine Wedding: Gowns.
The recent appointment of two wo
men as ticket agents at the Boernm
place station of the Kings County Ele
vated railway has led others to apply
for places. They are told there are no
vacancies at present, but their names
often are taken and reserved for future
reference. In the absence of General
Manager William T. Goundie a repre
sentative of the company said recently
that positively none of the men would
be turned away to make room far
women.
'Bat," it was asked, "is it to be, the
nde hereafter that women will be ap
pointed to fill vacancies as they may
occur?"
"There is no reason why women
ahoold not be appointed," was the reply.
"We believe they will prove honest and
capable."
The official, however, would not com
mit himarff as to whether or not this
was to be the future policy of the com
pany. There are drawbacks to the em
ployment of women. A ticket agent on
the elevated roads, as everybody knows,
baa often to deal with some pretty ngly
customers. The two women who are
now acting as ticket agents are not de
terred by this consideration.
Xf the two female ticket agents, one
goes on duty at 5 a. in. and stays until 8
n. m. tea hours. She is relieved teen
bv (he other, who remains until 1
o'clock the next morning ten hours.
Tber will be expected to work seven
days in the week, the same as the men.
He aaid they understand this, and had
offered no objection. It is said the road
had economy in view when it introduced
the innovation. The men are paid f 12
per week, whereas the women receive
fa. A saving of $3 a week out of bach
of tte eighty-eight ticket agents on the
road would mean $264 a week for the
owners. New York Sun.
In September, 1890, two centuries will
have elapsed since the first paper-mill
I nwinriuf in 1 mnnoa - I It I u mill U'QQ
. ,i I " tm dWlU 1JI Miuviuai aua auasa rt
muddle and prevent its repetition m me buiit and operated by William Rittmg
future. I huvsen, at Roxborough, near Philadel-
Xhird This system, costing out aooui i pnia, and it is proposed mat tne oi-cen-
one-eighth of that of the Oregon Railway tennial be bttingl v celebrated, ueo. . w .
& Navigation, and being operated at a g,. Horatio Gates Jones desires
correspondingly .low figure, would result correspondence with them as to the best
in a reduction of at least 50 per cent, ot plan tor such celebration.
The Oregon legislature meets January
5th, three weeks from next Monday. It
will have an immense amount of business
as the senatorial fight is on hand and
there will, no doubt, be a big row over
the assessment laws.
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buysto the bestadvan-
tage.
The most prosperous family is
the one that takes advantage of
low prices.
the present rates. -
- Fourth The assurance of cheap water
rates would result in the immediate
settlement and improvement of millions
of acres of land in Eastern Oregon and
Washington, the trade of which would
be assured to Portland.
Fifth Such a system being operated
without any of the burdensome alliances
ot great corporate expenses of its most
formidable competitors would be able to
withstand any opposition, and at the
Bame time give to producers of the In
land Empire the benefits of permanent
. cheap water transportation.
Sixth 1 or the purpose ot securing a
carrying trade other than local, arrange
ments might be made with the Great
Northern and other roads approaching
points on the Upper Columbia for the
shipment of through freights and Qj.QQgj.jgg 31.(1 Pr0V.S.0nS
Beventn a pro rata law such as is in
force in the other states, might be
adopted by the Oregon and Washington
legislatures, compelling rival roads to
receive and deliver freights at water con
nections and forward the same for a
reasonable amount of the whole haul,
thus giving to all sections of Eastern
Oregon and Washington the benefiits of
water transportation.
Eighth Such a system being operated
by Oregon and Washington capital for
i i .
' interest on the money actually invested,
would be able to defeat any possible
- railroad combinations detrimental to
either the producing or industrial inter
est'of Oregon or Washington.
rtintn &ucn an enterprise would give
cheaper lumber and coal, and bettet
prices tor grain and wool to 'Eastern
Oregon, and a valuable local market to
Portland.'
Tenth For the purpose of aiding the
agricultural interests of the state.arrange
ments could be made for the erection of
grain warehouses on the Columbia where
grain could be stored and advances made
upon the same until such time as favor
able foreign shipments were offered.
COST OF SUCH AN EXTEBPBISK.
Purch.se of Hunt system .!,000,000 1
Ship railway, Celilo, est U. S. engineers 1,250,000
Twenty steamboats, river service 300,000
Two steamships (San Francisco service) 500,000
irsin elevators, warehouses, etc 100,000
iiirUJCUUI BWlUlg IMltU, ni'....i UU,UUU
BROOKS & BEERS
- ill sell you ehoiee
OF ALL KINDS, AND
AT MOKE REA80NABLES RATES
THAN ANY OTHER FLACK
IN THE CITY.
REMEMBER we deliver all pur-
....
chases without charge.
390 C 394 Second St. -
me GoiumDia PacKino Co..
PACKERS OF
Pop k and Beef.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Fine : Lard : and : Saasaffes.
Curers of BRAND
Waa't 81t in the Front Row.
The) custodian of the large ball in
Cooper Union undertook to perform a
gallant act on the occasion of the Munic
ipal league mass meeting, and he is now
m the ways of the fair sex than be
Before the clamoring crowd in
front of the building was admitted to
the hall he told his assistants and the
policemen on guard that he wanted the
frtst row of seats reserved for ladies.
Be was very particular on that point and
admonished the police over and over
again not to let any men occupy those
front seats unless they escorted ladies.
The wieldera of the persuasive night
sticks said all right. Then the doors
were opened and the rush came. Of
coarse, every man and boy scurried down
in front and swarmed over the front row
of seats. Several seated themselves in
that forbidden quarter, but they were
unceremoniously expelled.
It cost the police and the custodian
and the custodian's assistants a great
deal of trouble to keep that front row
t, bat they succeeded. Several
ladies entered the hall and were politely
invited to "step right down in front.
They were shown to the front row, but
after glancing at the empty seats they
turned back and found other places not
to far forward. Not one woman could
be- indneed to sit down in that front
row. The gallant custodian was sorely
puzzled, and finally he mustered suffi
cient courage to ask one lady who de
clined to accept his invitation to sit in
the front row why she objected. "I
don't want to sit there," she exclaimed
impatiently, "because there is no place
to pnt my feet" New York Times.
tf.,000,000
- In summing up the probable cost of
such a system, I have allowed $2,000,000
for the purchase of the Hunt system,
but as he might not be disposed to sell
at that or any other figure, and as. the
same results could be had through a
traffic agreement with him, that item
might be stricken out. '.The estimated
cost of a ship railway at Celilo is $1,250,
000. This is a work that ought to be
undertaken oy the general government
but for the purpose of giving the country
the benefits of a speedy completion of
: . : i. i . i i
private corporation and allow the gov-
eminent the right of purchase as soon as
its feasibility and value to commerce
was determined. - And the same might
be said with reference to the Cascade
locks. Thus the actual cost of an open
river with an ample river and railway
service attached would be about $2,000,
000, a very insignificant sum when the
benefits to the country are considered,
As Portland has already expressed a
willingness to invest $2,000,0000, in the
Hunt railroad, (a minority interest too)
for the sole purpose of securing indepen
dent connections with the "Inland Em
pire,'-' I see no reason why it cannot take
this matter up single-handed, and con
duct a profitable transportation system
just as well as Henry Villard, Elijah
Smith or anybody else?"
Ot the Bum necessary to carry out
such an undertaking, not more than
twenty per cent, of the capital stock need
be paid, the balance being obtainable
through the sale of bonds to run from
twentymo fifty years. To prove that
steamboating is not as unprofitable as
he Oregon Railway & Navigation com
pany would have us believe, it is only
necessary for as to refer to the career of
Captain U. B. Scott. "When it is consid
ered that Portland's wealth and com
mercial prestige, has made the forma
tion of such companies possible, as the
Oregon Railway & Navigation (capital
His il rami,
Dried Beef, Etc.
Cor. Third and Court Sts.,The Dalles.Or.
COLUMBIA
j mm i lavenoer, were nneu wiin pa
V3DdV k3GC0rV. I to triangular
' I J (heavy cardboard with bev
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
. (Successor to Craa k Corsoi.)
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
O -A- 1ST DIE S
East of Portland. .
-DEALER IX-
yufs, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish snv of these eoods at Wholesale
or Kciau
SFESH OYSTElS3-
la Krery Style.
104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
For Rosebuds af Marriage.
Let me venture a few little points to
those of my girls who since the summer
have worn a bright ring on their third
finger: -
My dear, don't let the man to whom
yon are engaged to be married pay any
of the expenses of your living or trous
seau, until you are his wife. A calico
dress and contentment are much more to
be desired than a fine silk one garnitured
with scandal.
Don't complain to the man to whom
yon are engaged of the different mem
ben of your own family; it is not a good
preface to matrimonial bliss.
Don t write silly letters to him, even if
be is fond of affection given in that way.
Let it be by word ot mouth rather than
with pen and ink.
Don 't expect mm to love yon as no
man has ever loved before. The methods
of loving are very much the same all the
world over. Be satisfied if yon have got
a good, honest love.
Don t believe that he is a combination
in beauty of all the ancient gods, of all
the gallant knights and of all the great
statesmen, but conclude that he is a gen
tleman, and that should be your ideal.
Don't believe that he is thinking of
you every hour of his life. He is not; be
satisfied if he is working away, with
every now and then giving a thought to
the girl for whom he is making a home
over which he expecta her to preside as
a loving, thoughtful wife. Ladies
Home Journal.
Pretty Souvenirs. '
A lady who has just returned from the
seashore showed me some souvenirs of
her vacation. Among them were several
jewel receptacles made out of the shells
of the sea nrchm. Three of these shells,
about four inches across and of a delicate
lavender, were lined with pale pink silk
pieces of
beveled edges,
thus "notrinfr a dainty addition to a bu
reau or toilet table. To prepare these
the opening was made larger by carefully
catting or breaking away the shell; then
a small piece of cardboard was placed in
the bottom of each, and 'the shells were
fastened by a few stitches to the trian
gular piece. Some delicate cotton was
sprinkled with sachet powder and placed
The revenue cutter Bush, late from a
northern Pacific tour, brought home a
walrus skin over fourteen feet long. It
was captured by some junior officers on
Walrus island, and will be sent to the
Smithsoniau institution at Washington,
where, after being properly prepared, it
will form one of the Alitskan exhibits at
the World's Fair.
A Ghost Identified by a Photograph.
What IB said to be a haunted house is
situated at Andersonville, half a mile
west of Scottdblc, Pa. The house is said
to be visited by the ghost of its former
owner, and for that reason a family has
just vacated it. The house has been
visited every night this week by many
persons desirous of seeing the ghost.
They say that in watching the residence
about 13 o clock at night yoa will see
carious light gleam forth from the up
stairs window. Mrs. William Mier, who
occupied the house until a few weeks
ago and vacated it on account of the fear
of the supposed ghost, relates a thrilling
story of her adventure.
She says that about a week ago, late
at night, she went upstairs, and was
horrified to see the face and hands of
what she thought greatly resembled
human being. It frightened her to such
an extent that she tainted. When she
related her story to her husband he
laughed her to scorn, but a few dayB ago
she induced him to go up stairs at a
stated hour and see if he could see the
supernatural being. He complied with
her request, and was amazed to see the
same face and hands, which had every
indication of a human being.
The supposed ghost resembled an old
man, and as the house was owned and
occupied by Jacob Anderson, who died
a few years since, a great many people
thought it was probably his ghost. Ac
cordingly Mrs. Mier, who is a Btranger
in this place, visited Mrs. John Golds
borough, who is a daughter of the late
Jacob Anderson. An album was given
her containing Anderson's photograph,
which she quickly recognized on sight
Mrs. Mier never saw Anderson, and the
moment she looked at his picture she
recognized ft as being an exact likeness
of the face sho saw in the old Anderson
house.
The people don't take much stock in
spook business, but Mrs.' Mier's and
other people's stories, who are accredit
ed with seeing the one sposen or, . are
certainly increasing the belief in this
vicinity that there are such visitations.
Mrs. Mier is an intelligent lady. Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Watermelon Loaded with Wasps.
There was a funny occurrence on
Pratt street wharf Wednesday. A sailor
on an oyster, pungy which had been
cruising about the oyster grounds off
Mogothy river landed with a dilapidated
looking watermelon under his right arm.
The mariner entered a nearby saloon
and laid the piece of fruit down.
It being a little late in the season for
melons a crowd gathered around to look
at the sailor's find, and several of them
emphatically expressed donbts.as to the
soundness of the melon. ' The sailor,- in
nocent of what was inside of it, said to
prove the 'melon was in good shape he
would plug it before carrying it to his
best girl, to whom he intended to pre
sent it. He did so, and upon extracting
a piece of the rind about 100. wasps flew
out and made things lively about the
place.
It seems that the melon was somewhat
overripe, and while lying neglected in
its bed a family of wasps had bored a
small hole in one end of it and taken np
their abode therein. The man who
brought it to town rushed out of the
place with several of the insects settling
down npoa his face, and in his hurry he
knocked over an Italian fruit stand, fell
on a cat, which was nearly crushed to
death, and nearly knocked two police
men into the dock. The restaurant man
put out his gas and left his dogs to fight
the wasps. Baltimore Herald.
Speculation Over Balna.
The strange story, told on good author
ity, of the ruins of a great fortified city,
built of dressed granite blocks, found on
the Mashonaland plateau, in South
Africa, has given rise to a great deal of
curious speculation, for its history is
wholly unknown. Many of the walls
are completely covered by the dense
jungle, and very old trees grow on the
top of the nuns. If the city or fert was
built by natives it must have been in
remote periods of time, when there was
a higher civilization than now, but it is
just possible that the fort was con
structed under the direction of early
Portuguese explorers and by the aid of
cheap slave labor.
Only a superficial new has been made
of the ruins, but light may be thrown
on the mystery when the houses them
selves have been explored. Light is be
ing rapidly turned on the Dark Conti
nent, and the stories that come from it
are as interesting as those sent to Europe
from this country 300. to 400 years ago.
Then, however, the news was not wide
ly disseminated. Now every one who
chooses can learn from day to day what
is going on in Africa as in other parts of
the world. Exchange.
Wonders Under a Marsh.
A remarkable discovery was recently
made in the town of Oneonta, where a
company is engaged in digging phos
phates from the depths of a swamp. In
deptbof twelve feet by an impervious j smipaf. measure of independence ap-
r i i Li. i Pears to be in the character of the Ital-
Too Good to Sell.
In his life of Horace Greeley, James
Parton tells of an old newsdealer who
could not be persuaded to sell the lass j
copy of The Tribune remaining on his ,
stand until he had bad time to read it.
"I
found three successive and distinct eras
I ian who trundles his fruit truck to the :
FILLOON BROS. r a
. Dealers in
Farm Implements and Vehicles
of forest growths. The bottom layer is '
of deciduous trees that grow only on np- j
lands, such as beech, oak and maple.
The second layer is of soft swamp woods.
such as elder, basswood and dogwood.
The upper layer is of coniferous trees,
such as pine, hemlock and spruce. The
puzzle to the naturalist is the finding of
upland trees at the bottom of the marsh,
with the trunks and larger limbs and
abundant specimens of leaves and beech
nuts in a good state of preservation. An
other wonder nnearthod by the excava
tions is the finding, at a point five feet
below the surface and among the trunks
of the coniferous trees, of a flat stone
about five feet square which had been
utilized as a fireplace.
The blackened stone, the large collec
tion of ashes and cinders, and the bits of
crumbling bones of animals indicate
that long ages ago somebody cooked food
there. That somebody must have been
man in the strictly primitive and savage
state, for no trace of any utensil or tool,
not even a sharpened flint, has been
found among the debris of the fire. Al
bany Journal.
America the Bourne of the Emigrant. -
The degree to which America offers
prominent advantages to the emigrant
is just now shown strikingly by the ex
isting conditions in Iceland. It is said
that that country is gradually becoming
depopulated owing to the constant emi
gration of its people to the shores of
Canada and the United States. These
emigrants send back such favorable ac
counts of their new home that others
quickly follow. It is estimated that 20,
000 'natives, nearly one-quarter of the
whole population, have left the country
in the last year. The emigrants are said
to be chiefly from the northern and east
ern districts, where labor is carried on
only under great difficulties, besides
which recent harvests have been very
bad and have entailed much suffering.
New York Commercial Advertiser. :
f-pTrm T"1 A X .T .TT!.? ("5 TP.
v. : , t- r mi,, t?.... ....... ' ---w-. , --w
night. For a week or two he has been
selling the California imitation of Tokay :
grapes, and his boxes are emptied very ;
soon after dark. The other evening
three customers stood at the curb wait- i
ing their turn. One asked for half a
pound, and the Italian snipped a cluster
in two and placed it in a brown paper '
horn which he rolled deftly over his
hand.
The second customer also took a half
pound and got the Becond half of the :
luster. That cleared the cart save for ,
one luscious, heavy cluster lying against j
the back rail. It was perfect in form,
richly ripe, and untouched by decay on j
even a single grape. The third customer
reached over and picked it up. He was j
about to say "How much?" when the
Italian angrily exclaimed: j
"What are you doing with that? Put j
it "down!" j
As the customer was not speedy in '
0?. !Plows, which are TTnecitialed in this market
UNCLE SAM GANG PLOW.
We call Special Attention to our Stock of Gang-
Soli
gently upon a piece of brown j Qn eaSy terms, and
laid it
paper.
"But I want to buy it," protested the : Spot Cash Buyers,
customer, feeling for his silver. j
"You can't do it," said the Italian j
bluntly. "Think I no want any grapes? :
That's for me." And he pushed his truck j
away from the curb and started down !
Park row toward Mulberry street. New i
York Sun. !
a Liberal Discount given to.
Call and Examine our Stock.
FILLOON BROS.
complete: stock of
One Man Against a Pack of Wolves.
Andrew Philhpot, a farmer living
near Sallisaw, L T., set out to visit a
sick neighbor half a mile distant Friday
night, and while passing through a lone
ly woods on his return home was at
tacked by a pack of wolves. He was
unarmed, but seized a large stick, and as
the wolves came closer and closer he
kept them at bay while he hallooed for
help. A big wolf sprang at him, but he
beat it off, wounding it, am made
break for a tree. . The wolves followed,
snarling and snapping at his heels.
Again Phillipot drove them back , and
ran to another tree. In this way he
succeeded in getting in sight of his house,
and his cries brought assistance.'. The
rescue was timely, as Phillipot fainted
from exhaustion just as help reached
him. Cor. Dallas News.
A. A. Brown, :
Has opened a choice assortment ol
Staple aod Fancy Groceries,
Wood and Willow-Ware, Fruit Con-
fectionery, etc., which he offers at
iteasoiiafile-.-Pilces
A Share of the Public Patronage is
Kespecuuliy feolicitea.
fJiekelsen's Block,?
Cor. Third and Washington, Tne Dalles, Oregon.
Por catarrh snuff up considerable salt
and water from the hollow of the hand
every morniug. Salt and water used as
gargle j nst before going to bed strength
ens the throat and helps to prevent bron
chial troubles. It is 11I30 excellent for
sore throat.
A farmer in Vau I3uren, Fa., owns
three apple orchards. On cue tree thie
year were fifteen bushels. Ail the ctb-
together bore not mere than a tr.ruei.
The Philadelphia City Directory show?
that more than 13,000 persons by the
name of Smith reside within her limits.
Of this number there are 250 full grown
Johns and 820 Williams.
"Better late than never" was used over
800 years ago by Thomas. Tucker, in his
"Five Hundred Points- of Oood Hus-
I bandry." Later on Bunyan used it in
i hia "Pilgrim's Progress.'
Wants His Presents Back.
William Shoneman has applied to the
police of Lincoln, Neb., for aid in re
covering $45 worth of presents be had
given Carrie Struber, his late betrothed.
Hiss Struber is a tall, handsome young
woman, who shoneman - says had
agreed to meet him at the Burlington
depot Thursday night and run off to
Omaha to get married. He was there,
but she wasn't, and he says refused to
have -anything more to do with him. He
therefore wants hia presents. Cor. Oma
ha woria-Heraia.
' Female ArtUta in Paris.
Mme. Leon Dcrtaux, president of the
Association of Women w Painters, and
Sculptors, supported by many men of
note, is trying to obtain the admission of
female students to the classes and privi
leges of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in
Paris. Several of the members of the
council of the school favor this enlarging
of their borders, and the minister of fine
arts has promised his consent, so that
the famous museum is likely to echo to
the footsteps of that pernicious sister
hood which its founders counted it very
strut o tne conscience to keep out.
Pans Letter.
Colors of Noted Writers.
I notice that the majority of literary
ladies seem to affect certain colors for
their gowns. Mrs. EHa Dietz Qymer ia
generally in Drowns, Airs, Mary Bryan
in pink or black, Mrs. Hodgson Burnett
often wears crimson, Mrs. Frank Leslie
prefers handsome black costumes; Hiss
Gilder, brown or gray; Mrs, Louise
Chandler Moulton, a light gray, and
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, block
velvet. Probably they study what is
suitable to their special style, for they
always look becomingly dressed. New
xorastar. - -v
A frog Child. -
A child T.-H8 born in Birmingham,
England, cu Sept. SO, which bears a
strong recmhlance to a frog. Its ptin
is warty and cold and clammy to the
touch: v.-hen it cries it mak-js an un
earthly croal ing uoiss. There are three
fingers on e.-ich hand nud four toes on
each foot Besides the points enumer
ated it has many other characteristics of
a frog, even to huge, knotty looking, lid-
less eyes. The parents are almosT dis
tracted over the occurrence and hourly
pray for it to die.
There are two other "fros child" cases
on record, one the offspring of a Piute
squaw in Nevada, which was born about
ten years since, the other a monstrosity
which first saw the light of day at
Goshen, Ind., in January, 1889. St.
Liouis Kepublic. (
The Are of Indian Outbreaks Is Past.
There is not the smallest danger of
serious Indian outbreak in the north
west. The conditions existing in this
region have been entirely changed by
the building of railroads and the estab
lishment of means of rapid communica
tion among posts. It is quite impossible
to organize an Indian outbreak under
the eye of the agent' on reservations
without the conspiracy becoming known..
With existing means of communication
and transit an outbreak could be crushed:
in its incipiency by a rapid concentra
tion of troops. There are elements which
might once have been dangerous in the
situation at Standing Rock a heaven'
sent prophet and a meddling woman
but the age of Indian outbreaks is past
Portland Oregonian.
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Queer Seed from a Crane's Craw.
A truly wonderful plant is at the Alle-!
gheny conservatory. No one knows to : Carpenters,' Blacksmiths'
w tint Lias? ib Lrrjiuua v auj iixlu auuuk t
it. it is the subject of much specula- j shelf Hardware, Cutlery, Shears,
await the development of a bud that is ; Carvers and Table Ware, and Silverware.
farming. Then, they say, they can i
place the plant. The botanists have a ; pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters Supplies, Pacx-
suspicion that the plant is a tropical j , . .
one. and superintendent Hamilton is; Building Paper, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Terra
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The history of the plant so far asj
known is a unique one. During the 1
summer one- of a party of gunners I
brought down a crane. It was a beauti
ful specimen, and the taxidermist of the
party set to work to mount it. In the
bird's craw were found several seed.
With a view to learning if the seed was
killed by the bird eating it they were
placed in water. In a few days the
seeds sprouted. They were planted in
loam and kept in a warm room. Ed
ward V. McCandless took charge of it.
The plant was an object of interest to.
Mr. McCandless nnd his botanist friends,
and its development was closely watched.
Last week it was transferred to the con
servatory. The leaves are long and
broad and heavy, not unlike a species of
palm. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Bead in the Saddle.
A special from Pay son, U. T., says I
John Bolton accidentally killed himself i
while going horseback from Payson to
Salem. In the middle of the forenoon
he left town to visit his sister in Salem,
taking with him a double barreled shot
gun, with which he shot himself. He
was found on horseback with half the
right side of his head blown off. He
was Bitting in the saddle leaning' his,
head over the horse's neck. Apparently
the horse had not moved since the gun
exploded. It is believed that he had
been dead in the saddle two hours. Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle,
Three little boxes of Ceylon tea, each
weighing five pounds, were sold by auc
tion in London recently at the extraordi
nary price of $7.62 per pound. It was a
very rare variety known as "choicest
golden tipped pekoe." The leaf , was
small, but hterally blazed with golden
tipping. - :
Wade Wilfong, colored, thrashed a
school teacher in Pasquotank county,
N. C, in ante-bellum days, and had to
skip out. He settled at Seel alia, Mo.,
later, and having since got rich is now
on a visit to his old home to Duy the
plantation on which he worked as a
slave.
A new material called rubber velvet
is made by sprinkling powdered felt of
any color over rubber cloth while the .
latter is hot and soft. The result looks
like felt cloth, but is elastic, waterproof
and exceedingly light. .
D&ugeroas Bags.
I have noticed with some surprise the
number of people who have been bitten
recently by spiders, and the case of the
death of a girl in Jersey City from this
cause is fresh in mind. Within a week
I have met three acquaintances suffer
ing, as they told me, from spider bites,
and one of them had a hand so badly in
flamed that he was afterward obliged to
have it lanced. In this connection a
housekeeper has shown me two speci
mens of "thousand legged" bugs that
were found in his house.
They were each over an inch in length
and had twelve legs on a side and two
long feelers. The body and feelers were
striped, zebra like, in black and white.
I suppose they will be given to some en
tomologist for examination, and whiU
these particular varieties may not be
closely enough' related to centipedes to
be poisonous they are at least unpleasant
companions for a lady to find running
about the house, and make her think she
has seen a centipede or tarantula. New
York Star.
The Ballot Lw Helps the Printer.
One of the most appreciable effects of
the new Australian election law is the re
markable boom it has given the job print
ing business. Never before in the history
of elections have the printers been called
upon for such vast quantities and vari
eties of campaign cards and campaign
literature generally. Under the new
system the personal canvass is the most
likely to tell, and hence the use for cards
of all dimensions. The confusion exist
ing as to boundary lines of wards and
districts has been of benefit to the
printer in supplying cards with maps on
the back, and best of all ia tho rage
among the candidates to have their
portraits printed on their cards. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Will be Done on Short Notice.
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Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc.
Keep the back, especially between the
shoulder blades, well covered; also the
chest well protected. In sleeping: in a
cold room establish the habit of breath
ing the nose, and never with the mouth
open. - - -
Louis Fagan, master of prints In the
British museum, is on his way to this
country on a tour of the world. He will
lecture on the treasures of .the British
museums while on his travels.
A tunnel to Prince Edward island
across Northumberland straits, a dis
tance of six and a half miles, is the next
irreat enirineerinjz : feat talked of in
Canada. .
Mrs. Taaderbllt's Change of Heart.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt is credited
with an effort to bring back summer
country life in her world to the aimplic-
A Joke Saves a IJfe.
George Busch, of Newark, N J., was
overcome by coal gas a few nights ago
while in the cellar attending to a fur
nace. Two friends who called at the
house for him the next morning could
not gain admittance. Thinking that he
had overslept himself they concluded to
get in the back way and play a joke
upon him. . They opened a cellar win
dow and discovered Busch lying in hia
night clothes on the floor. He was re
suscitated with difficulty. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Value of Cigar Ends.
A man called Angus te, surname un
known, has just died in Paris, leaving
behind him the respectable sum of 100,-
000f., or 4,000, the whole of which com
fortable peculium would appear to have
been amassed from the profits earned by
picking up cigar ends in the streets of
the French metropolis. London Tele
graph. .
The Handy Man.
Wife That pane of glass has been out
all summer, and now a freezing cold day
has come and we need it in. I ve told
vou forty times to send a man here to
fix it. Why in the world haven't you
done it?
Husband Because I can fix it myself.
Good News.
An Illuminated Fountain.
The apparatus employed in the electric
fountain in Lincoln park, Chicago, is
quite simple. A number of arc lamps
with horizontal carbons and each provid
ity which means summer rest Last 1 with a parabolic reflector are located
season at .Newport she wore cool and
simple toilet with few ornaments, she
turned her children out to play in the
plainest and most serviceable garments,
she invited guests to quiet pleasures,
and set her whole life to the key of un
ostentatious comfort and leisure,. It is
said that her missionary labors resulted
in some conversions from the painful
worship of Mammon. Harper's Bazar.
in a vault or cavern beneath the fountain
pooL Openings covered by plate glass
and inclosed by brick spouts, permit of
the upward projection of the light into
the streams of water and spray. By
means of colored glass slides interposed
between the lamp and the lower open
ings in the sponts a great variety of beau
tiful combination effects are secured.
Western Electrician. '
- A Girl at the Throttle. -
Hiss Nellie Tetreau, who resides at
Lumpkin, has proved herself an expert
at handling the lever on one of the im
mense road engines used for hauling
logs into the saw mills. Hiss Tetreau is
not more than 14 years of age, and
her courage in the line mentioned is
something remarkable. She steered the
mammoth engine and wagon through
the woods and up and down the hills
with a dexterous hand. She surprised
the men at the mill with her aptness,
and conducted the engin as well as any
man conL Oroville (CaL) Mercury.
Quinine is robbed of its bitter taste by
combining it with sugar of milk and
some bicarbonate of soda. Capsicum,
ginger or other aromatics are also nsea
in combination with quinine to prevent
its disagreeable head symptoms and for
other valuable improvement in its administration.
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The badger is by no means unworthy
of being taken as an emblem. He is a
very plucky, persistent little animal
not so industrious as the beaver, perhaps,
bnt capable of a great deal of endurance,
and sufficiently brave in his own defense,
though ordinarily quiet and inoffensive.
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