The Weekly Ghfoniele.
TUK DALLKS,
OBEOOX.
FRIDAY, - -
JAN. 9, 1891
LOCAL AKT PKBSOXAL.
Mr. Richard Allen of Portland
the city.
- Mr. Frank Kincaid, county commis
sioner, came in from Antelope Friday.
Mr. C. E. Haight left this morning for
Portland to labor for Uncle Sam on the
TJ. 8. jury.
The weather is perfectly lovely. The
temperature to-day was 47 degrees in
the shade.
Mr. J. F. Hanrahan, at one time in
charge of the boat building for the O. S.
N. arrived here yesterday.
'The entertainment given by the Ger
man Gesang Verein Harmony netted
about eighty dollars.
Mrs. C. E. Haight, who has been quite
rick for several weeks, is so far recovered
as to be able to be up.
Jaa. Fulton ir.. is in the city. He
reDorts the late rains have put the
' ground in good condition for the plow,
Miss Annie Roberts, of this city has
been engaged to teach the primary
department of the Hood River school.
The plow trade has picked up wonder
fully in the last few days, indicating
that the rains have been general.
- Five carloads of cattle at the yards
Monday from Union, consigned to the
Cold Storage company at Troutdale.
The heaviest rainfall of the season
occured Thursday, the rain falling stead
ily and copiously from midnight until 6
o'clock. x
Toboggan stock is not quoted in the
. market this , season. Its value, spot
cash, would be represented by a 0, and
buyer 30 days by 000.
Mount. Hood camp of Woodmen will
, give an open installation, and social en
tertainment at Odd Fellow's hall-
' Wednesday evening Jan. 7. Invitations
are being issued. ,
Mr. R. B. Hood, who has the con
tract for distributing the water pipes,
has the work about half completed.
There are about 100 tons to be dis
tributed yet.
At a meeting of the city council New
Years eve, it was ordered that the time
for the payment of city taxes be extended
nntil January 31st. 1891. After which
time they will be collected by process of
law.
I We noticed a handsome rustic settee
in the factory of Andrews & Livermore,
77 Court street to-day. We advise our
lady readers to visit these gentlemen
and examine their beautiful rustic
furniture.
There is about a carload of school
chairs at the depot awaiting shipment
to the Warm Springs Indians agency
They are of the latest patterns and
better, by far than the average white
child has. .
Mr. Hampton 'has about a car load of
- cattle at the stockyards. The demand is
light for beef, owing to a large supply
'being laid in for the holidays, and the
turkeys, geese and game have given the
beef market a hard deal for the past two
weeks.
For the past week the rain centers
seem to have changed and the country
- is now getting more than heretofore,
Enough has fallen to make plowing pos
sible, and the gray and heavy skies are
full of promise of abundance of moisture.
The weather signals to be displayed
' here have not yet arrived, and probably
will not before the 15th. like every
thing else in the government depart-
. ments "time is of the essence of the con
' tract."
The. sheriff's convention is called to
meet at Salem January 20th. It is a
little suggestive that all the sheriffs
should be gathered at the state capitol
as soon as the legislature meets, but it
, is a coincidence, not a necessity.
Mr. Glenn justly complains of boys
breaking the electric lamp globes with
their air guns. Five of them were
broken in one day. Parents as well
boys are notified that any boy caught in
the act will be prosecuted and will have
to pay for a globe besides.
- Tne Diamond mill is still closed on
account of the sickness of the head
miller. This and the recent rainy
weather which has stopped travel to a
great extent give the East End an un
usually quiet appearance.
The Gymnasium Club gave another of
their very pleasant dances last night.
The beautiful hall was well filled with
happy young people, who tripped it
'. lightly until after 12 o'clock. Professor
Birefeld's band furnished the music
( which was as usual, excellent.
Hon. E. B. Faullof Baker City has
spent a day or two in our city. Mr.
Faull is one of our railroad commission
ers, and informs us that that body has
made a critical examination of the high
trestle near Crate's Point, and find it
perfectly safe, and they have also made
a careful examination of the road and
bridges between here and Portland.
Our popular merchant, Mr. N. Harris,
left Friday morning for Chicago and
New York for a month's visit. He goes
on a pleasure trip entirely, the principal
object being to visit his old partner
Mars. Epenstine who is at present in
Chicago, and whom he has not seen for
- eighteen years. We wish him a pleasant
journey and a safe return.
The steamer Baker still lies at Crate's
point and is standing the wear and tear
of the winter well. Up to date she has
not been damaged by floating ice, nor
has she been frozen in. Instead of this
the weather has been delightful, and
the only reason the boat is tied up is be
cause she does .not pay expenses. If the
company are not willing to maintain
this route, and operate the portage road
at the Cascades its charter should be
forfeited.
' The board of trade committee held a
' meeting Saturday last to prepare a report
on the proposition submitted to them to
locate a woolen mill here. While the
report of the committee cannot be made
known until it is made to the board, itis
probable that it will recommend the
proposition to give ground for the loca
tion and a liberal bonus. The matter
has advanced far enough that the men
who purpose building the mill will be
invited . to come here, look at the
location and perfect contract.
JHonthly meteorological fleport.
United States sienal service. Station, The
Dalles, Oregon, for tne month ol December, ISM).
2 S E'5 2J3 -.'5
. - 3 x 2 r 3
DAT. ?" ? ? "
1 55 57 ) .12
2 37 44 30 .39
S 40 42 38 .13
4 42 46 38
6 ,, 42 47 S6 .01
6 ( 50 36
7 32 : 26
8 '. 84 3 30
9 J..! SI 33 29
10 37 46 1M
11 37 44 30
12 --M 4X 2S .05
13 34 40 27
14 35 44 27 .16
15 .... 37 44 .
16 3:t 36 2
17 , 29 34 25
18 3H 46 31 .04
19 SH 45 ,30 .06
20 3H 39 28
21 47 61 34
22 50 36
23 41 43 3S .14
24 36 42 31
25' 47 56 37
26 46 31
7 35' 43 27
28 30 33 26
29 39 40 29
30 35 37 33 .09
31 32 36 28
Mean barometer, 29.995: highest barometer,
30.550, on 7th at 1 P. M.; lowest barometer 29.33,
on 3d at 9 r. M .
Mean temperature 37.16: highest temperature,
61. on 21st: lowest temperature, 26, on 17th.
Greatest daily range of temperature, 27, on the
1st.
Least daily range of temperature. 4, on the 9th.
M KAN TEKFEKATCBB FOB THIS MONTH IN
1871
1872
1873
1874
1876.. .37. 50
1877... 36.00
1878... 40.00
1879... 23.00
1880. . .28.00
1881... 37.501
1882...35.50
1883. . .39.001
1884... 16.00
1885... 36.00
1886. ..39.00
1887... 35.50
1888... 36.50
1889... 32.00
1890... 37. 16
1875... 16.50
Total excess In temperature during the month,
sr.
Prevailing direction of wind, westerly and
southwest.
Total precipitation, 1.19: number of days on
which .01 Inch or more of precipitation leu, iu.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION (IN INCHES AND
DBKDTHS) FOB THI8 MONTH IN
HCN-
1875.... 4. 801
1876.. ..0.46
1877.. ..1.56
1879.
1880.
1881.
1832.
...2.571 1883.
...6.75 1884.
..1.67 1885
...5. ll 1886..
..1.77
..7.04
..2.64
..5.04
1887.... 3.01
1888.... 2.71
1889 . ..2.00
1890. .-..1.19
1878....1.76I
Total deficiency In precipitation during month
2.19; total deficiency in precipitation since Jan
narr 1st. 3.3,5.
The total precipitation for the year was 12.07
Inches, am incnes Deiow we annual precipiui.
tion.
Kumber of cloudless days, 7: partly cloudy
davs, 1; foggy days, 6: ciouay aays, it.
The mean temperature lor iwaj is oi.a
Rnlar halo on the 22.
Note. Barometer reduced to sea level.
BAMl lU 1 BKIHJKS,
.Voluntary Signal Corps Observer.
An Open River.
A public meeting will be held Satur
day, January 24th, at the following
places for the purpose of receiving sub
scriptions to a stock company to be
formed for the purpose of placing boatsi
on the river between The Dalles and the
Locks 'The persons named Will have
stock books in their possession, and will
be glad to receive any amount-which
farmers or others feel disposed to give,
A full attendance of those leterested is
requested. The precincts will be repre
sented as follows :
Fairfield School House Geo. H. Rid
dle.
Eight Mile Henry Gilpin.
Dufur Horace Rice, A. M. Allen.
Liberty School House E. Pitman.
Kingsley H. M. Baxter.
Oak Grove S. G. Backeby.
Wamic E. N. Chandler.
Tygh Ben McAtee.
Antelope Allen Grant.
Mosier S. Husbands.
Hood River J. H. Middleton.
Cascade Locks Dr. H. A. Leavens.
Some Stock Figures.
Ulucago received during the year
3,400,000 cattle, 175,000 calves, 7,700,000
hogs, 2,200,000 sheep and 103,000 horses
America stands at the head of the world
in farm products and live stock and
Chicago stands as the greatest market
in America. If these hogs were placed
in a line, allowing four feet to a hog,
thev would make a solid ring of pork
around the world with six hundred
miles of hog left over. The cattle would
at nine feet each make a circle of beef
parallel to it, with eight hundred miles
of beef left over. In other words there
were handled in Chicago 26,000 miles
each of hog and cattle. This would
make a drove of twelve cattle
and twenty-four hogs abreast reaching
from here to Chicago. The cattle would
make a band a mile wide and seventeen
miles long. The hogs would cover,
cioseiy packed together, ten square
miles of land. Those who have a'liking
for estimates can find here . a subject,
and amuse themselves by estimating
the amount of bellow and squeal, a
square mile of stock contained, the
amount of horse power required to make
the noise, and various and sundry other
resultant calculations winch we have
not time to carry out.
DIED.
John Ernst, an old pioneer of this
county, died at the county hospital Dec,
31st 1890, aged 75 years. Deceased came
to this coast with the 14th Rt of In
fantry under Commander General Wool
in 1852, and after being discharged from
the army went to farming on Five Mile,
later at Dry Hollow. He was a native
of Thueringen, Germany.
The names of those authorized to re
ceive subscriptions to the boat line, by
the farmers, appears elsewhere. It is
necessary that all who intend to aid in
the. good work sign the subscription
books, so that when they are turned in
to the meeting, it will be informed fully
as to wh'at can be expected. The board
of trade will be prepared at the same
time to make a statement as to what it
can do, and the success of the matter
can then be assured, or given up as a
bad job. Everything depends on this
meeting and if it is not a success we can
blame no one but ourselves. Let every
one who proposes to give come forward
so that ail wijl give at the same time.
Rev. J. T. Eshelman, of Yakima, and
one of the few Democrats elected to the
Washington legislature, was in the city
Saturday on his way home from Port
land. He stopped off here to visit his
brother Dr. Eshelman, and for old
acquaintance sake made us a pleasant
call. He has prospered in worldly
affairs up Yakima way, likes the conn
try and the people, and we are jlad to
see (as the election demonstrated) that
they like him. He is of the opinion that
his state should do something towards
opening the Columbia, and will no
doubt aid in every possible way in
accomplishing this result.
For the information of those folks in
Wasco -county who are growling about
the action of the county court of Sher
man county in leasing the free bridge
road to a private individual and allow
ing him to collect toll thereon, we would
say that the court acted bv virtue of
authority granted by section Xo, 4119 of
Hill's Code which empowers the county
court to lease any public road along the
line of which there is insufficient labor
to maintain such road. , We are free to
say that the circumstances in this case
warranted the court in this action and in
leasing the road they had the interests
of the residents of that neighborhood in
view. Wasco Observer,
JUTE BAGS.
Made by Prison Labor Reduces the Coi
to the Farmer.
In a long letter to Hon. George Miller,
Comptroller-General of Prisons, Sydney
N. S. W., written by Gen. John Me
Comb, warden at the state prison at San
Quentin, California, there are nianv
things of interest to the grain growers
the Inland Empire. Gen. McComb
says : "the advisability of establishing
jute bag factory at this prison was first
suggested by Gov. Geo. C. Perkins, in
his inaugural address, when he assumed
the duties of his office in 1880." Tl
legislature of California "by an almost
unanimous vote,'' made the appropri
ation asked for to start the factory.
The plant for the jute bag factory, in
eluding a building 160x250, an engine of
400-horse power, "a small machine shop
foundry and carpenter shop," with
tools, cost $250,000.
"The manufacture of jute goods is the
only industry carried on at this prison
now, and apparently does not conflict
with the interests of the free labor of
the state, as the long continued, persist
ent, and vigorous protests against the
pursuit of any industry by convict labor
in competition with free labor have en
tirely subsided in this state, since every
manufacture for the market, except
that of jute goods, has been abandoned,
"Our jute mill, as run at present
keeps about 900 prisoners constantly
employed. The balance, nearly 500, are
engaged in the performance of necessary
prison work, as cooks, waiters, garden
ars sweepers, cell tenders, stablemen
etc. : also, in the improvement of the
prison grounds and the erection of new
buildings."
Gen. McComb quotes from the report
of Consul General Bonham dated at Cal
cutta, December 10, 1888, who had vis
ited a jute bag factory in India, employ
ing over 5,000 operatives, paid as fol
lows: Men, from $1 to $1.33 a week
women trom 49 to 66 cents per week
youths from 33 to 66 cents a week and
children from 25 to 50 cents a week
"The total product of all tl jute mill
in India for the year ending March 31
1888, was 74,367,620 bags. The total ex
port to the United States from British
India for the year ending March 31
1888, was 15,310,163 bags, valued at 1,
650,376 rupees, equal to $55,125. The
value here of the raw jute in bales, such
as is used in the manufacture of guuny
bags and gunny cloth, is now about
$2.06 per 100 pounds."
Gen. McComb calls attention to the
fact '"that the natives of India, who
compose the operative force of all those
mills (in India), are by nature better
adapted to the manipulation of textile'
fabrics, than any other people or race.
not excepting even the Chinese," and
savs :
"It is rather difficult, though not an
insurmountable difficulty, to start a new
mill with a force of entirely inexperi
enced and unpracticed operatives, and
especially if the force be prisoners ; and
it will require the superintendence and
teaching of a number of (Capable and
patient men, thoroughly conversant
with the details of jute manufacture, to
get all the machinery properly manned
and operated. It is extremely doubtful
that men having a thorough knowledge
of jute manufacture could be readily
found in your colony, and you would
probably have to employ them at Dun
dee, Scotland, where the jute industry
is followed more extensively by white
labor than anywhere else. The firms
from whom you would purchase the m
chinery would be the beet parties to
recommend such persons, as they have
connections with jute mills all over the
world, and would recommend none but
the best of men."
"After .a mill is fairly started, the ef
ficiency of the force can easily be kept
up by always having a number of learn
ers in all the different departments of the
mill, who can take the place of skilled
workmen as they are discharged, and
one first-class free foreman should be
sufficient for each department to super
vise the work."
"The free labor employed in our mill
of 100 looms, which is now running
three shifts of eight hours each, is com
posed of the following :
Salary.
One superintendent $200 per month.'
inree spinners (each). . via per month
Two weavers (each) 100 per month.
One engineer 120 per month,
One engineer. . 90 per month,
One accountant 125 per month.
"We employ also from three to four
policemen on each shift, to control and
preserve order among the prisoners
while at work, and most of these, after
getting familiar with the mill, prove
themselves of considerable assistance to
the regular foreman in superintending
tne worK ot the prisoners."
The board of trade are considering a
proposition to locate a woolen mill here,
the matter now being in the hands of
their committee. It is hoped that they
will see their way clear to make such an
offer as will be acceptable to the parties
making the proposition, and that work
on the buildings may commence in the
early spring. The Dalles needs factories,
and she will not have that rapid and
teady growth which is certain to
eventually be hers, until these factories
are started. As the greatest wool mar
ket in the northwest,, she is peculiarly
well situated for the manufacture of
woolen goods. We all know that the
employment if a hundred hands would
add largely to our trade in a direct
manner, and indirectly will be still more
beneficial. The starting of one factory
would induce others to come, and soon
our city would be, what its position will
finally force it to be, a busy thrifty
manufacturing city. The board of trade
will, we think, if they can give any
assurance of the men who propose build
ing tne nun Deing responsible, get a
liberal bonus and backing without much
trouble..
We print in this issue an article on
the manufacture of jute bags, and re
spectfully commend it to our legislators
furnishing food for thought. The
manufacture of jute bags is one of the
very few things that convict labor can
be employed at without being brought
into competition with free labor. As
Oregon's principal crop is wheat, it
might be well for the State to manufac
ture its own supply. The history of this
industry in the California prisons showed
that it prevented the forming of a pool
or trust, and furnished not only the
bags it manufactured to the farmers at
reduced rates, but kept the price down,
saving in this item alone to the
farmers of the State at least $250,000 a
year, which was the cost of the plant, j
CALIFORNIA GRAPES.
THEY ARE GROWN IN NEARLY EVERY
PART OF THE STATE.
There la an Ares of 400,000 Acres In
Vmea In the United States The Prod
net la 40,000,000 Gallons of Wine
and 320,000 Too of Table Grapes.
"I have no doubt that it will tin-prise
even grape and wine growers themselves
to know that there are invested in vine
yards and wine cellars in the United
States over $155,000,000," said CoL H.
Gardner, special agent of the census
office for the collection of statistics re
lating to viticulture, a branch of agri
culture which has never before received
any official attention in this country. "I
find by statistics, which are now col
lected for the first time," said CoL Gard
ner, "that there are in round numbers
400,000 acres of land in this country
planted to vineyards.
"This is an increase of 220,000 acres in
vineyard area during the past ten years,
and an increase of over $10,000,000 a year
in the capital invested. Of the area of
bearing vines in the country California
alone has 150,000 acres, including 25,000
acres of raisin grapes. That state also
has of the total investment of capital
nearly $78,000,000. Between 30,000,000
and 40,000,000 gallons of wine are made
in the United States in a year, of which
California produces more than half.
Seven-eighths of the grapes of California
go to the wine press. Four-fifths of the
grapes grown in all the rest of the
United States are for table use. Cali
fornia alone grows the raisin grape.
"I spent three months in California
giving official attention to its viticultural
interests. Although every county in the
state? produces grapes, the principal
counties of the vine are Napa, Sonoma,
Fresno, Santa Clara, San Diego. San
Barnardina and Los Angeles, although
there are many others of more or less
importance. The counties of Fresno,.
San Barnardino, San Diego and Tulare
comprise the great raisin district, and
cure 2,000,000 boxes a year, a product
worth at least $3,000,000. The grapes
grown for raisins are the Muscat of
Alexandria and the Muscat del Gardo
Blanco. These counties grow large
quantities of wine grapes also, and the
sweet wines of California come princi
pally from that district. Fresno county
has 25,000 acres of vineyards, Sonoma
21,000 and Napa 16,000. ,
"The grapes grown in California to
day include every variety that has
made fhe vineyards of Europe famous
The cultivation of the grape in Califor
nia dates back to the days of the old
Spanish friars, the Franciscan fathers,
who brought with them from their na
tive land cuttings of a grape popular
there. Just what the true name of the
grape was nobody seems to know now,
and very few care, for while there are
in bearing today some of the vineyards
or vises set out by the jolly Franciscans
a century or more ago, the grape is not
in high esteem nowadays. It has al
ways been known as the mission grape
"The old mission vineyard supplied
grapes for the table and the wine press
in California until a comparatively snort
time ago. Then . a Hungarian grape
known as the Zinfandel was introduced.
This newcomer was handsome, proved
to be a generous producer, and took the
popular heart.
It proved to be an unfortunate one,
for it seemed bo easy to grow the Zinfan-
del that everybody planted vineyards.
When they began to bear they bore with
a vengeance. The marKets Decame
choked with grapes, and prices went
down to disastrous figures. It became
apparent that the Zinfandel was an in
ferior grape after all, and to cap the cli
max the phylloxera came down on the
Hungarian importation and bore it away.
vineyard after vineyard.
"No new vineyards were replanted
with the frinfanrlftl, and the vine is be
ing replaced with the choicest and hardi
est varieties of wine grapes from the fa
mous districts of Europe, including Cab
ernet Sauvignon, Carbanet Franc, Mai-
bock, Tamat, Merlot and St. Laurent
grapes from the Bordeaux districts;
Mataros grapes from Palos; Semillons
and Sauvignons from Sauteme; Pinot
and Petite Sirrah grapes from the .Bur
gundy districts; JohaVinisbergers, Tra
miners and Franken Rieslings from the
storied Rhine; Chasselos grapes from
Alsace-Lorraine, and the rich Burgers
from Moselle. It is from these grapes
that the wines of California are pressed.
'The famous Challose and Foue
Blanche, cognac grapes, are also largely
grown, the wine from them being made
into brandy. Then there are the rich
Spanish Muscats and the favorite Hun
garian table grape, the Flaming Tokay.
In no other vine region in the world are
all these splendid grapes found growing
side by side, and they make of California
the wonderland of the vine.
"California has the largest vineyard
in the world and the most extensive wine
cellar. The vineyard is in Tehama
county, on Senator Leland Stanford's
famous 56,000 acre farm. It contains
4,000 acres.
Among the curiosities of the Calif or
nia grape region is a vineyard that may
well be called the smallest in the world
as regards the number of vines, for it
has but one vine. That is a most re
markable one, however, for its branches
extend over a Bpace of 12,000 feet, the
cane beine a foot in diameter, xras ex-
traordinarv vine is over seventy years old.
and was grown from an old mission cut
ting by a Mexican woman. It has borne
traces every year since it was two years
old, and is good now they claim for six
tons of grapes a year. I was told that
clusters weighing seven pounds had been
picked from this ancient relic of the
mission days. -"The
phylloxera, which during the
past tew years played great havoc witn
California vineyards, is Deing gradually
but surely overcome. Tne inferior
varieties of grapes upon which the pest
feeds are being rooted out, and the
choice foreign varieties, which are sub
ject to it, are protected against it by
grafting on native wild varieties, known
as resistant vines, or vines which the
phylloxera does not affect" New York
Exorcising a Ghost with Holy Water.
For some time there has been a great
deal of talk regarding a haunted house
which stands on the Oregoma and Har-
veysburg pike, about eight miles from
Morrow, O. The house is the property
of Dan Gallagher, who is one of the
noted characters of Warren county.
The fame of the ghost rapping in the
house spread far and near, and investi
gating parties were organized, which sat
up to meet the ghost. The Tappings in
variably occurred shortly before mid
night, and continued several minutes.
Some of the boldest of the investigators
rushed out to the window, but could see
nothing. The tapping, however, would
at once cease on their approach. -
Finally Gallagher declared that he
would fix the ghost. He secured a ves
sel containing holy water from the
church r ' Oregonia, and the ghost was
exorciseu in the presence of many curi
ous spectators, several of whom had
come from a distance.
The scene was a most dramatic one.
Dan approached the window and re
moved his hat, which was the signal for
the others to uncover. Sprinkling the
window profusely with the holy water
Dan in tragic tones thus addressed the
invisible visitor: ... .'
"If you are a bad spirit depart hence
and never return.' If you are a good
spirit come forth and show yourself.'
Several minutes of profound sileni
elapsed, but there was no response. Dan
again sprinkled the window and repeated
his invocation. Soil no ghost appeared,
and it is said that no more tappings have
disturbed the rest of the Fries family.
and the ghost or mischievous neighboi
has certainly stopped rapping. Cor.
Philadelphia Press.
AN ARAB IVORY RAID.
A Cruel Attaek of One Tribe Upon An
other in the Wilds of Africa.
Soon after Tippo Tib's occupation of
Stanley Falls in 1879 rumors reached
YabuH and the neighboring villages of
oppression and persecution by the Many
ema. Chiefs met together to inquire of
each other the reason of this invasion
Less than three years after Stanley'i
fight with the Basoko at the month of
the Aruwimi, the Manyema mercenaries
of the Arabs attacked and destroyed sev
eral villages higher up the same river,
having traveled overland from the Congo
through the dense forests below Stanley
Falls; and descending the Aruwimi river
in canoes they laid waste all the villages
by the way, capturing men and women,
and imposing fines of ivory for their re
demption upon those of the natives who
were fortunate enough to escape to the
woods.
Although every precaution, was taken
by the peopreof Yabuli to guard against
surprise, they instinctively felt impend
ing evil and a gloom settled over the
village affecting young and old alike.
They all appeared to realize their iso
lated position, escape being impossibli
as their neighbors were at enmity with
them and with each other, and the poor
wretches lived in a condition of fear
bordering upon panic.
At last the evil day arrived. Early
one mormng, just before daybreak, they
were suddenly startled by the loud re
ports of the Manyema grins. The forest
around the village appeared alive with
armed men, who rushed among their
dwellings from all sides, firing reckless
ly, sometimes in the air, into the doors
of the huts, and at the panic stricken
savages, who rushed toward the woods
for shelter. A few of the braver natives
stood their ground and hurled spears
and knives at their assailants, but one
by one they dropped, shot by their bin
tal enemy.
After firing their muzzle loading mus
kets many of the Manyema rushed upon
the natives and clubbed them with the
butt end of their guns. Tbo women en
cumbered with their children, whom
they were bravely trying to carry off to
the shelter cf the wodlLs, were soon over
taken by the Manyema, who roughly
threw them to the ground and bound
their arms and legs. Nearly two-thirds
of the women and children were capt
ured, including the favorite wife oi
Ioko; but many of the men and a few
women jnan aged to escape to the woods.
Herbert Ward m Scribners.
Was Once the Queen's.
Missing a literary treasure supposed
to have been once in the possession of her
majesty the queen! The precious relic
referred to is a copy of the original edi
tkm of "A Christmas Carol," presented by
Dickens to the author of "Vanity Fair,
with the interesting autograph inscrip
tion, "W. M. Thackeray, from Charles
Dickens (whom, he made very happy
once a long way from home)." The
story runs that the queen possessed a
strong desire to own the little volume
in which the names of these two great
contemporary masters of fiction were
thus associated; that an unlimited com
mission was given for its purchase, and
that it eventually became her majesty's
property for the sum of 25 10s., and
was immediately transferred to her keep1
ing.
The original authority for the state
ment appears to have been the late Mr,
Hotten,.. the publisher; but it is more
important to note that Dickens' biog
rapher, Mr. John Forster, has given
it
additional currency. The strange part
of the matter, however, is that the royal
librarian knows nothing about it, except
that no such book is included in the coi
lection under his care. London News.
Climate of Southern California.
Winter as we understand it east of the
does not exist. I scarcely know
how to divide the seasons. There are
at most but three. Spring may be said
to begin with December and end. in
April; summer, wna May (whose days,
however, are often cooler than those of
January) and end with September; while
October and November are a mild au
tumn, when nature takes a partial rest,
and the leaves of the deciduous trees
are gone. But how shall we classify a
rfimta m which the strawberry (none
yet in my experience equal to the east
ern berry) may be eaten in every month
of the year, and ripe figs may be picked
from July to March?
What shall I say of a frost (an affair
of only an hour just before sunrise)
which is hardly anywhere severe enough
to disturb the delicate heliotrope, and
even in the deepest valleys where it may
chill the orange will respect tile bloom
of that fruit on contiguous ground fifty
or a hundred feet higher? Charles Dad-
ley Warner in Harper's.
Overlooked in the Excitement.
He (on a raft in mid-ocean) There,
dear, taste this orange marmalade, and
while I scan the horizon wrap my great
coat around yon.
She How great! how noble! how self
sacrificing! But, darling, are you sure
yoa will not be too cold?
He Yoa forget, Maud, that I haw on
my Ascot tie. Clothier and Fnrrrwher.
Parents, in choosing an employment
for their children or giving them advice
upon the subject, should study their
temperaments and inherited tendencies.
Children of consumptive parents should
seldom engage in sedentary occupations.
Those who have inherited weak hearts
should not engage in work involving
moch severe stram.
Senator Evarts is sometimes known to
work constantly at his desk for ten or
twelve hours. During the preparation
of the judiciary MIL at the last session
of congress, he sometimes sat in his chair
writing and dictating from 8 in the
morning till 6 in the evening.
The all linen shirt is one of the luxu
ries of luxuries. Tne man that has
once experienced the "feel" of a fine all
)i-nem shirt will economize tn every other
direction In order that he may continue
tgtti special fad.
Walking Stick.
Nowadays there is hardly auy limit to
the kinds of material used in walking
sticks. Formerly only a few native
woods and some foreign species were
used. Innovations in the style of walk
ing sticks and umbrellas have been con
stantly introduced during the last forty
years until their manufacture has be
come quite an art and a business of con
siderable importance. ' Natural sticks,
that is, saplings of trees and climbing
plants, whose roots will form handles or
knots, are most used. They are some
times mounted with precious metals,
onyx, jasper, marble, precious stones.
Ivory and horns of all kinds. Youth's
Companion.
A ROMANCE SPOILED.
Moral la That Young Women Should Deal
Discreetly with Their Fiances. .
A charming romance has come to light
over in the unromantic city of Brooklyn.
It appears that not long ago a teacher
in one of the schools for children set
them to writing compositions, of which
she herself was to ba the subject that
is, the scholars were told- they might
write out their impressions of their
teacher.
One of these essays, of peculiar literary
excellence for a small child, drifted, in
some way, into one of the Brooklyn pa
pers, which in its turn fell into the hands
of a young dentist in one of the growing
towns in Montana. The description of
the teachers charms so captured his
fancy and fired his imagination that he
was moved to write a letter, addressed
to her in care of the paper which pub
lished the composition. In due time the
letter reached her hands. She answered
it, and a brisk correspondence soon
sprang up, with an. exchange of photo
graphs and confidences, which resulted
in the formation of an engagement.
The marriage date was set, and shortly
before the month containing the wed
ding day arrived the your dentist re
ceived a letter from his fiancee, in which
she said that she had one more important
fact to reveal to him, namely, that while
her picture represented her as being a
young woman of some personal charms,
she considered it only frank to tell him
that her beauty was marred by very de
fective teeth, which, she naively added,
could easily be repaired after their mar
riage without any great expense.
Whether the young woman's physical
defect or her business enterprise de
stroyed the young man's ideal is not def
initely known, nor is it really known at
present that the marriage is positively
declared off, but it certainly does look
as if it were, for three times since the
receipt of that letter has the skittish
young dentist written to postpone the
ceremony, and the young woman is con
sequently obliged to keep altering the
fashion of her wedding gowns in order
that her trousseau may very properly
represent the latest modes a privilege
which every bride is certainly entitled to.
This fable teaches, or shonld teach,
that a young woman should manage her
matrimonial arrangements with discre
tion as well as with frankness. New
York Evening Sun.
Biot of Women in Bologna.
Bologna was in an uproar a short time
ago in consequence of the violent street
demonstrations of the 2,000 women em
ployed in the arsenal there. The gov
ernment had just ordered 21,000,000 car
tridges, and in the midst of the resulting
hurry and bustle several women threw
about explosives with the greatest care
lessness. A young woman superintend
ent reported this, and the careless women
were discharged. The superintendent
had already earned the hatred of the
women under her by her pretty face and
popularity with the officers.
The discharge of the woman she had
reported for . discipline brought this
hatred to a white heat, and a conspiracy
was formed to lynch her. The officers
in charge of the arsenal discovered the
plot and gave the pretty superintendent
a guard of ten policemen, who watched
over her night and day. All the women
in the arsenal then went on a strike and
marched np and down the streets, shout
ing, stoning every one they met, and
usually bringing np before the pretty
superintendent's house. Whenever the
superintendent appeared in the street
the women were after her with clubs
and stones, and were fought back in
hand-to-hand tussles with her escort of
policemen.
At night the women painted the town
till the last Bolognaite was aroused and
brought to his window with loud de
mands for peace. The government
finally listened to these demands, and
had the streets kept clear at night by a
company of soldiers. Although most of
the women have since returned to work,
the plot against the fascinating superin
tendent is still on, and she attends to
her duties only under the guard of her
ten policemen.
Mrs. Blona Caird.
Mrs. Mona Caird is a woman who is a
lover of jewels and laces and dainty
draperies, open to all sesthetic influ
ences. Her ttra wing room in Iiondon
reflects her quaint and original taste in
its arrangements, its inviting ingle
nooks and the odd windows over the
manteL The "den" in which she writes
cries out against its name. It is a mar
vel of white enamel and delicate tint-
ings, even the book cases and the pretty
writing desk showing the neckless fin
ish. ,
Here she has a special drawer for the
manuscripts of her new books, "One That
Wins," "Whom Nature Leadeth" and
"The Wing of AzraeL" Mr. Caird pro
claims himself ready to main tain against
all the world that his wife makes the
best cup of tea in London. She is a
pretty figure while serving it, clothed in
a long, falling house robe in tints of
pink and gold. Her soft, heavy brown
hair, waving low on her forehead; the
dainty cups and saucers, fragile as egg
shells, seem fitter burdens than sociologi
cal treatises for her fingers. London
Cor. Chicago News. .
One of New York's Poetesses.
That dear puritan of song, Edith
Thomas, though born in Ohio, comes of
the truest, bluest New England blood,
The elder of a widow's two daughters,
her bringing up was of the simplest, but
nowhere in all the land will you find a
woman with more of fineness and charm
of manner. She is tall and slight, with
longish, oval face, bright dark eyes
that see visions and dream dreams, a
pale, clear skin and jet black hair. For
several years now her home has been in
New York, where she is a very great fa
vorite with some of the most exclusive
circles. Mrs. Vincenzo Botta haa been
her social fairy godmothbr. Want of
time and strength, though, keep Miss
Thomas from going out very much. She
is a close student, a very hard worker,
and under all her fame as a poet keeps
the fresh heart of a child. Epoch.
frontons for a Lode Trip.
Have you any mince pie?" he said,
bustling up to the proprietor of a Nas
sau street restaurant and letting his au
tumn tinted nose harmonize with the
cranberry tarts.
"Certainly, sir
"Littlo earlv, isn't it, for mines?"
"Oh, no."
"Aren't remnants or markdowns from
last year, are they?"
"Of course not. answered the propri
etor indignantly.
"Well, yon do me up a whole pie. Tm
going to start for Omaha at 5 o'clock
and I want a stayer for the trip. You
see," he added, leaning confidentially on
the cake rack, "when I went west last
year 1 eat hair a mmce pie before 1
started. Well, sir, I never seen any
thing stand by ycr like it. Couldn't ejit
mouthful of anythia till I got to St.
Louis. This year I'm buyin' a whole
pie, and I reckon she 11 see me clean into
the stata of , Nebraska." New York
Tribune. "
Bill Clark If I had C3 much money as
the old man I'd quit business and traviL
Ad CoUuxn So would I.
Employer (entering unexpectedly) 1
guess that's what you'd belter do any
how. Puck.
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