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THE OREGON MIST,
U. H. nnd County Olllfinl Piipor.
BURROWING FOB 1200.000.
Tl VTamlerlnirt of an Atonlhd XYaaaBa
Hpollad Hl Kobbery.
Fifteen years ngo ttilevot determined
on a biz bank robbery. The bank
selected was in a city iu Now Jersey.
The enterprise was planned aud princi
pally pushed by a ciovcr piexpncKOt
caiioit "Momo Matcnos," alias jotiu
Larnov. Ho was a man of enterprise
cutirage aud braina, anil, what was just
as important iu a job of this sort, ho
had money lots of it. Matches was
not a "cophcr man" himself, and in
no wise worked on banks in a practical,
personal way. lie belonged to lh
aristocracy of rogues, was a prime
pickpocket, iu fact, and if some light
lingered McAllister ever writes a book
he will tell tou such a man belongs to
rojrucrv's 'MOO,"
Matches did the outside work. He
proourod t'io tools, too soction Jim
mies, tho spreadnrs, pullers, wedfres,
mauls, suction-pump, putty, powder,
fuse, saws, tiles, drills and drill-brace.
as well as various corrosive acids for
oatiug iron and steel. Those tools are
necessarily hand-made, as in the
nature of thing? they ran only be
ordered of trusted men. The mou who
make them are among the best artisans
in the world and tho cracksman tools
they turn out are light, elegant, ac
curate and of great power. The tools
for tho Now Jersey robbery were made
in Cleveland, umler the direction of
man who was once tho chief police
oiliecr of that city. They cost Matches
(1,800. The bauk was selected be
cause of a vacant dwclliug-houso on
one sklo, while two streets and an alley
were on the other three.
It is well to say right here that
banks, and especially those weak banks
in small couutry towns which are the
gophers" pride and joy, had belter
know who has possession next door.
That is whore dauger generally comes
from.
Matches began by bribing the janitor
01 mo Dane, wuo was - also its night
watcliruau. lie let the taleuted robber
inside one night aud an accurate plan
of the bank with its money vaults was
made. Then Matches rented the bouse
next door, paving for a month in ad
vance. Que Saturday evcuing the
fang assembled and the work began,
aturday was selected because the
work was going to take time and they
would need until Monday morning to
complete it. Their purpose was to
tnouel iuto the bank from the neigh
boring house. Descending to the base
ment they began, guided by their map
of tho bank.
All night they moiled and toiled in
the basement. "A good deal of work
was before them, as they had to tun
nel under the open yard between the
buildings for a space of ten feet. But
they kept on, for they were within fifty
foci of $200,000. At last the earth
taken out began to encumber that part
of tho basement where the gophers'
were at work. One was detailed to
carry it back in a large basket and
dump it in a rear room. This rear
room had half-windows from which
one could sue into the back yard, but
the "gophers" never thought of that;
they were thinking only of the bank
and the fiOO.000. Matches was not
with them, or this mistake might have
been averted. He told me this story
himself, and was confident nothing
would have gnuo wrong if his master
mind were there.
Trouble began in this wise. The
card -"For Kent" wa still in the front
window. The thieves overlooked that,
too. , It caught the eye of an old Irish
woman bound for early mass on Sun
day morning. She coveted the edifice
for a "boordiu'-house." It was locked,
so she went about peering into the
windows and descried a pile of fresh
earth on the floor. "Tho "gophers"
had been dumping dirt there about
. thirty miuutes.
, "Av Oi tuk it," said the old Irish
woman to herself, "Oi'd make the
lan'Iord clane out the basement sbrira."
And then she journeyed on to early
mass and the consolation of her soul.
Tho morning aud part of Sunday
. afternoon sped by. No bees ever
worked like the diligent "gophers"
nearing the $200,000. The pile of
earth in the back basement grew
apace. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon
the old Trish woman, her mind fraught
with "boordin'-house," determined to
tako another look at the eligible
structure that stood next tite bank. She
was astounded at tho growth of the
mound of earth in the rear basement.
From a small, inconsequential heap it
had grown nntil tons of earth were
now cumbering the floor.
"Howly virgin, but the bouse
, flaunted complatcly!" exclaimed the
horrified lady, and started straight for
a priest
The cleric was not superstitious and
smiled at the snook theory. He started
for the house. On the way he notified
, a sergeant or ponce at a minor
station. The sereeant know his liusi.
ness and at once divined the scheme of
tho thieves. He was also an ambitious
olfieer, and determined to make the
capture without first notifying the cei
tral ollice. I his was contrary to police
rules and disarranged matters might
ily. If he had notified bis superior the
viuoves would nave . got away. In
caretul Matches had the chief "fixed
ana a lleet messenger was in constant
waiting in sight of any signal which
the chief might give, to fly to the men
at work and notify them of discovery.
The signal was simple. The chief was
to put up a certain window of bis
oui co. lhat means "Look out!"
isut the sergeant did not notify the
cuiel. lie wanted the credit himself:
so he took a squad and captured the
industrious "trouhers" ,u their tunnel.
"And they were within two hours of
mo stutr, too," said Matches, sadlv, at
be related the - matter to me. "Two
hours more and they'd had that $200,
000!" Kantot City Star. t
111 Old Sellow Almanac
I left the farm when mother dled,aot aJmnged
my pn of ilwelllu'
TolHuh(-r Sni-lo'f stylish itousn, rhrht In
tlio eltjr Utwi,
And them wus tliom. before I name, that sort
of noiimt nw tolllu'
How I won Ul II ml Um town folks' ways to
tliflirtilt U mwft,
Tlwy Ntut I'd Imvn no comfort In Uio rusUlti',
flxeil-H) thronir,
And I'd liar to wear stiff collars cvwrjr week
day right lon.
Bad I take to city ways Just Ilka a duok to
wir,
I like tli racket aud the noise, and noror
t iro of shows:
And them's no end of comfort In the mansion
of my dHiiKlitor,
And everything- Is right at hand, and money
irpoiynown.
And Meed help Is all about, just llatottln' for
KIT PHIL
But 1 miss the yellow almauao off my old
micueu wan. ,
Tins house la full of calendars, from attlo to
tho cellar,
They 're nalnlcd In all colors, and are fanny
HKOIOBCO!
But just iu Uits particular I'm not a modern
feller.
And tho yellow-covered almanao Is good
enough for mo:
I'm usod to It, l'va noon tt 'round from boy
hood to old aire,
Audi rather ltkoihojokln' at the bottom of
eacu ptftgtN
Illko Ihewny tho"S" stood out to show the
wcok'c ltojtlnnln1
flu tlieoe iiew-fnnirlod calendars the days
seemed sort- of mixed!,
And tho man upon the covor.though ho wa'u't
exactly wimtin ,
With luntrsnml liver all eiiKwed.stlll allowed
how wo are uxcdt
And the letters aud credentials that were writ
to Mr. Ayer
I've often, on a rainy dig-, found rcadlu' very
iiur.
1 tried to find ono recently; there wa'n't one
in t tic city.
Thoy toted out great calendars In ovcry sort
of stylo;
I looked at 'em In cold disdain, aud answered
'em In pity:
"I'd rather havo my atmnnao than all that
costly r!!e."
And, though 1 tako to city life, I'm lonesome
auernii
For that old yellow almanao upon my kitch
en wall.
Klla Wheeler Wlloox.
BEHIND 111 OCEAN HORSE.
Gulden Rod and Influcnxa.
A Maine man says the golden rod Is
rcspousiuieior many cases of influenza.
n. wuiie ago his little daughter gutli-
e" laigu uuuen ana put it in a vase
in the parlor. Two sleeping, apart
menu are on the same floor, and the
doors are IrequcntJv left open at night
, Two dnys after the' ilowers had been
carried inte the home several members
oi the family began to sneeze, com
plaiu of sore throat, and feel greatly
dopresscd, but not for several days did
they find ot the cause of their illness.
It is said that the Ilowers give off an
imperceptible powderlike substance,
which is taken iuto the luugs by the
sleeper, causiug nn irritation. Jt also
irritates the throat, produces violent
sneezing, makes the limbs feel as
though burdened by some heavy
weight, nud depresses a petsou's suir- i
its.
n e were in the Japau soa, cruising
for right whales.
Our ship jvas tho Georgetown of New
Bedford, Cant. Williams an old sea-
dog, with fists like tho knots of an oak
tree and a tremendous breadth of
shoulders.
This man had the reputation of hay
ing captured the largest whale ever
caught in those seas a hump-backed
fellow," which ou be hit tried out
yielded 110 barrels of oil.
1 he skipper was promt of ins lame
as a skilltul wliale-liunter, winch, in
fact, was well deserved. Ha could
throw the barbed iron further than
most men, and was nlwavs cool and
self-possessed in momeuts of the great
est peril, whether it was during his
njrnts witn the monsters oi toe deep
or with the nnirrv elements.
it was a close, sultry day. tar and
near the surface of the sea lay un
broken by a single ripple.
A yellowish vapor or haze bad, how
ever, for some hours been noticed to
windward. It seemed to rise slowly
aud to spread gradually over tho blue,
unclouded concave above us. The
sun, meanwhile, bad assumed a singu
lar appearance. It had turned to a
nary red color, and was surrounded by
a green and blue ring, which seemed
to revolve round and round it.
Finally a hollow, humming noise
was heard, as if some brazen instru
ment was being blownby unseen beings
far above our heads.
At the same moment from aloft, like
the wild cry of some distant sea-bird,
we heard the voice of Hiudok the
Kanaka boatsteercr, who kept a look
out at the mainmast head.
"There blows! There there there
blow-ow-s!"
"VVhereaway?"' yelled Williams,
through his speakiug-trumiiet.
At the same moment the sun-browned ;
faces of all the men ou deck were
turned aloft
"Three poiuts of the lee-bow two
miles off a try right whale, sir. There
blows! blows! blows!"
'Vail alt hands!' roared tho captain.
This was dono and all hands below
came bounding on deck.
. "Stand by the boats!" was tho next
order.
The boat-slecrers young, active fel
lows, all of them sprang iuto their re
spective boats to get their lines and '
craic in reauiness.
"Lower awav!" ordered old Wil
liams, with lightning celerity making
mi way to tne ueCK.
The four boats dropped splashing in
to the sea and the next moment away
tbey went after the whale.
Iu about half an hour we lay on onr
oars waning ior the whale to come up.
iiiwiok siooii in tne now, scanning
the ocean with his eairlo eves. Ho was
as -.ie-lookiug a specimen of an island
er as was ever seen, his frame was
tall and supple, bis arms long and
sinewy, bis shoulders of great breadth,
and his chest round and deep.
''Do you see anything, yet?" in
quired iv imams.
"Nothing yet see, sir," answered the
islander, casting a dubious glance
aruuuu in in.
ihe haze had filled all the air and
me suns iigut was darkened omin
ously.
Tho humming noise previously al
luded to had grown louder, and we
could all see a great line of white water
teariog down toward us from wind
ward.
Suddenly Ilindok, pointing ahead,
whispered:
"'1 here, dat fellow, sir!"
"Your oars, men," hissed the can-
tain through his set teeth.
We seized the oars, and the boat
glided swiftly and noiselessly toward
where the ripples ahead showed that
the whale was coming up.
ire uau not sot hall-way there, when
tip came the leviathan, shooting straight
from the sea. his whole monstrous
form revealed, his tins outspread like a
pair of wings.
a moment be remained poised an-
. I ml. .. .
jr.ireuiiy on tne very end oi his nukes;
men uown nn came, strikinsr the sea
like a thunderbolt, and sendintr the
spray flying in awhile, blinding shower
.11 around mm.
Now, Hindok ffive it to liimi"
screamed Williams.
A line of steel-blue litrht went
through the air, then another, add we
were fast
ilindoK find ntlt. tmttl irnm in Ilia
wnnie at me uistaqce or six tatuouls.
ivitu a backward rush the monster
nearly struck the boat The vaoor
iroin ins spout came into our .faces,
and the bout thrown over upon her
starboard gunwale, was nearly cap
sized.
Down went the whale the next mo
ment, sounding, and way. went the
boat as n drawn by liiihtnimr. with tho
line humming and drumming round
the loa-irei head, and her irnnwaTcs near
ly on the level with the water. . . ,
a early at the same moment the
storm struck us.
All aronud us the .wind howled with
terrific fury, and the foam and spray,
almost blinding us, drenched every I
man to the skin. The ocean seemed
one mass of white, boiling water, in
which tho dragged boat was burled so
often that wo were uearly swopt from
our thwarts, while the tub oarsmau,
whose duty it was to bail, vniuly ou
doavored to keep tho craft dry.
The air had darkened with the fly-
tug rack aud scud, which, Iu torn
masses, were blown hit hot' and thither
liko phantom ttumnns come to seise us
nud drag us down to the dopths below.
At last tho whale came up, and we
h.mrd old Williams give the order to
"Haul lino there!"
Haul we did, but it was like haullnif
along under tho surface, fur the boat
now was almost coutinuullv buried.
In fact, when wo wore uuar enough to
euablo the captain who. accord in ir to
custom, had changed places with ilin
dok, taking his statlou in tho bow to
hurl his lauco, tho boat was full of
water.
Williams, howovor, standing tin
moved, throw tho lauoe. Tho whale
felt it, aud, writhiug, turned, making
straight for tho boat.
"Stern! stern!" scroamod the ear
tain, as ho spoko again planting tho
jwieu in iiiu iiiuuivi 9 WUJ.
We endeavored to obey, but a great
mass of blinding wator, with spray
and foam, struck us, nud ovor wout the
boat.
The last object I saw at that tlmo
was Capt. Williams, seated astride the
capsUod boat, churning away vigor
ously at tho whale. Then I lost con
sciousness. When I came to T becamo sonslble of
a sort of Hying motion, as if I were be
ing borne through tho air.
I opened my eyes to sco myself in
the arms of Hiudok, who sat astraddle
the capsized boat, which was dashing
along through tho wator, tlrawn by
the whale. The storm was still raging,
aud the offect of tho black and scud,
with tho white, boiling sea, lighted by
the ghastly glare of the sun struggling
through the vapor was so weird and
singular that for a moment I half be
lieved myself in somo unearthly region.
Hiudok, with bis black hair stream
ing on the blast, and his wild eyes
flashing a lambent glare, added to the
strange effect of the scene.
"Where am I?" I inquired.
"All right!" answered Ilindok.
'Boat caosize; canting hurt whale
boats
SO
he no can go down. All rlirlit. We
got whale.
Y hero is the captamf"
"Don't kuow. uuoss other
pick tip."
'llow camo you to pick me tip?"
"Boat strike you on hoad. You
faint Me by you. Me pick you ui)
ml (rep nn licit tvilh i nn o
f-- - - " J WW.
As I had now fully recovered my
senses Hiudok, cantiouing me to hold
on hard to the boat's keel, let go of me.
I scrambled along behind him and
there we two were clinging to a cap
sized boat in a storm, witn a whale so
injured that it could not sound, drag
ging us onward.
On, on, on.
Tho seas flew nn around ns. and tha
spray nearly blinded us, yet we cluug
firmly to our bold.
I glanced behind tne evcrnl times to
see the other boats, almost out of sight
astern, tossiuir in tho cauldron of
waters, their crews evidently wntchiug
us. Mill further astern, with the black
rack almost hidiug her like curtaiu.
lay the good ship tinder close reefed
mam-topsail and foro-topuigit stay
sai
meanwhile there was tho whale, our
"ocean hone," drawing us on. Iiiu
spout ascending now and then with the
noise of thunder. llie sharp keel
made our position very uncomfortable.
and yet wo wero obliged to maintain
it. as any motion siduways would in
sure the rolling orer of the boat, which
we could not then hope to regain.
it seemed to mo as it the soeed of
that whale would never relax. Away
ho went to leeward, now and thou ris
ing out of tbo wator, revealing his
groat body with tho two irons slicking
in ! - i nau never oeioro Obtained sucn
a good view of tho whalo in motion.
The vast back of the monster was
fully shown every time he arose from
the creamy waters. There was his
hump, so thickly covered with bar
nacles, as to resemble a hillock of
oyster shells, with here and there a
broad cut which had healetl up, but
betokened that this was not the first
timo he had felt the barbed iron. It
was, however, the singular nppearauce
of the huge head which most impressed
me. Long and ill-sliapod, with Its
diminutive eyes, there was something
so unearthly in its appearance every
time it was lifted up that I involun
tarily thought of the fables of sea
monsters which I had read when a child
and which had first inspired me with
the desire for a sea life.
Drenched and shivering, the situa
tion of Hiudok and I was, meanwhile
anything but comfortable, with a rush-
jog paiu iu my head about the region
of tho temple which told me that I had
been struck when I first tumbled into
the sex
On on still on.
Now I glanced behind file, uo more
to see ship or boats. AH were hidden
by distance and (ho black rack of the
storm.
The speed of tho whale, however
had now begun to abate. His motions
were palpably more feeble, and his
spouting became weak and less fro
qucut, and sounded mournfully.
"Soon die now hooray!" cried wild
Hindok, as the whalo at last spouted
blood.
Tho blood came every moment thick
er and slower. The boat's speed now
was nearly stopped.
Finally over went the monster on Ids
side, the blood now rising scarcely six
inches above his spout-hole. He swam
feeble, describing a half-circle, and
theu he died.
Got whale!" cried Hiudok.
his hands joyfully.
"Ay," l answered, "but where Is th
shipP" .
"Never mind ship," answertd the
wild islander, hts mouth fairly water
ing as he looked toward the vast uu-
neaving oony oi mo monster. "We
got whale."
We now contrived lo right the
boat and bail it out, when Hindok
lashed it to the whale.
And thus we lay, outriding the
storm, far away in midocean. not
knowing when or how we would be
picked up.
By night tbo storm had abated, but
there was as yet no sign of the ship.
but every drop of fresh water, and all
tne salt meat and biscuit, usually car
ried in wbalo boats, had been smiled
out by the capsizing of the light craft.
we did not sleep a wink that night
In the morning 'still no sign of a sail.
Another day passed, ami now our
parched tongues clovo to the roof of
our mouths.
On the next d.iv wa r n.rl
driven mad for want of water. Ilin.
dok's wild eyes rolled in his head. nii
several times I saw him fasten them
on me with a sort of hungry look, and
I kuow tho vulture-like feeling that
animated his breast.
Another day still no sail I
At ruldulght of the noxt day, which
Had passed tut the others, I lay weak
aud helpless iu the bottom of tha boat.
whore 1 saw a pair of eyeballs Hashing
iuiu my iticti,
- It was Hiudok, who now caught me
by the throat, his uplifted sheittli-knlfe
gloaming.
Vainly I struggled. Tho point of
tho knlfo pricked my flush, when the
fellow suddenly released ma.
lhosottud of croaking yards nud
blocks was hoard right ahead.
It proved to bo our ship, which soon
picauu us up.
We found tho captain aud all liandi
saro aboard and told our story.
as soon as we nan partaken ot re
freshments the captain shook bauds
with llitulok aud complimented him
for so pluckily holding ou to the whale.
As to tho men, thoy gavo three
Cheers nud carried us Into tho foro-
castle on their shoulders to liston
agalu to our story of that wild rido on
tne capsized boat jY. r. World.
Salt and It Uses.
For woak eyes, a wash of weak salt
and water will provo of much benotlt
Salt and water, quite strong, and
tisod porsistontly for a tlmo. will pre
vent uiu nnir irotu laiung out.
A toaspoonful of salt dissolvvd In
one-half glassful of wator Is excellent
to allay nausea In sick-headaches.
To relievo hoart-buru think a half
tumblorful of cold water in which has
boon dissolved a tablosnoonful of salt.
When wiping up the floor before
pultiug tho carpet down, sprinkle tt
all over with salt, while damp; this
will greatly prevent moths.
For stings or bltos from any kind of
insect, apply dampened salt, bound
tightly over the spot. It will relieve,
aud usually euro very quickly.
Salt as a tooth-powder is bettor thn
almost any other dentifrice. It keeps
the teoth very white, the gums hard
and rosy, and tho brcntb fresh.
If the throat is vervgutu, wring a
cloth out of cold salt and water, and
bind It on tho throat tiirhtl v. when ro.
ing to bod; cover It with a dry towel.
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19 VACUIIUUI.
For neuralgia, make a small muslin
baa fill it with salt, heat it vory hot,
and lay it against the aching place. It
will prove a great relief, as salt retains
the heat a long timo.
For troublesome weeds, and for
grass in sidewalks, driveways, etc.,
apply a dressing of coarso salt; this
will kill all growth. Ho careful not
put it on anything that should not be
destroyed, however.
For catarrh, snuff up considerable
salt noil water from the hollow of the
baud, every morning. Salt and water,
used as a gargle Just before going to
uuu, iirenguieus me inroat and helps
to prevent bronchial troubles: it is
also excellent for sore-throat.
If iuk is spilled on the carpet, thro
a quantity of salt on it, which will
quickly absorb tho iuk: take this un.
and put on more salt. Keep repenting
this, nibbing it well Into tho ink-spot,
until the ink is nil takeu up by the
salt; then brush the salt out of the
carict.
For a felon, tako common rock-salt,
such as is used for salting down pork,
dry it in nn oven, then pound it tine
nud mix with siiirits of ttirpentino. In
equal parts. I'ut it on a linen raR
aud wrap around the felon. As it
dries put on more, and If followed up
tlio felon will be dead In 21 hours.
If anything catches lire or some
thing .burning makes a disagreeable
smell or smoke, throw salt upon it, at
onco. If a bright, clear lire is quickly
desired, it may readily bo obtained by
throwing salt upon the coals: likowise.
if too much blaze should result from
dripping of fat from broilirg steak,
bam, etc., salt will subduo il.Oood
tlQutckccpmg.
Cameos CJomlns; Mack,
To every old fashion that Is revived
Is added some modern and bcnutifvln?
touch that enhances in valuo ancient
art Years ago wealthy women wore
barbaricallr henry carrinirs. bracelets.
and necklaces of cameos set in jowels
or piain gold bands, ihcy prized
mem inr more man diamonds, and
carefully preserve! them in queer old
sauu-iineu poxes tor the trrauililangh
tors of 90. who turn un their nrnttv
. .. . J
nuio noses at the heavy ornaments.
Some of the cameos were rarely bean-
tiful, but the greater quantity were
bad indeed. Just vol v ldlel r soma.
body finds a new uso for tho old gow.
gaws.as they havo long been regarded,
and cameos will "bo much worn from
this time out ,
Collect all those ngly, dangling ear
drops and wrist-bands once worn by a
proud grandparent and if they are big
and handsome have them set in a
broad.floxiblo gold band, largo enough
to clasp the arm high above the elbow,
like the bracelets worn by those high
nosed, dignified I'.oman women. Four
or five large-sized ones can be set in a
braoolet, aud if tho gold band Is not
preferred order camoos, each in Its
original setting, to bo linked together
and furnished with a clasp. Women
who affect statuesquo draperies can
make admirable use of the largest
cameos set as pins to hold silken folds
knotted on the'shouhlers nnd hips.
Jcwelors have not forgotten how to
use tools at carving the olonr white i
stone, and to-day can be bought In tho
city of New York most wonderful ex
amples of tins art For instance, on
thick, deeply toned sapphire, sot in
rim of diamonds, is carved n wnrrior'a
belmetcd hoad, and though the face
and bead cover ntr are white the hair
curling from under the helmet's rim
and about the chin is pale gold colored,
aud every detail iii the finish of the
hair shows to perfection umler a mi-
ovoncopo.JUu.itridoi American. ,
MISSING LINKS.
Stanley makes tho length of the Nllr
1WII1II0S.
Chluamuii gmiet'iilly travel by threes
nud fout's,nud hid always chattering.
Twenty million acres of the land of
the United Status are hold by foreign
ers. It Is said that there nro 15,000 brass
bands iu this country, with 160,000 per
formers. Adam Moots, ot lllgby Fork, Miss.,
who Is ninety-lour years ot ago, has 400
tlusceiiilaiits'livlug.
Ono Colorado county has lOOnrteshiu
wells. New onun do not dcuronso the
flow of tlio qld oues.
Tho first nud only modern windmill
lit London Is to bo seen nt work on tho
top of a warehouse In City Hoad. Lou
dou.
I vote nyo with n blir K!" exclaimed
a rural mouther of the Ohio assembly,
ns he promptly responded to tha roll
call.
Thlrtv-six years niro tho llrst settler
built his house In Omaha, and tho In
dians reluctantly fell back a few miles
to mo west. -
Tho horse that (ienernl Grant lust
usetl Is leading a comfortahlo life on a
farm umiv St. Louis, where it is tender
ly cared for.
Mrs. I.vnn Llnlon tlin Knirllsti iwivul.
1st, is salif to bo one of the most populnc
women In Ureal Britain, us well ns oue
of the cleverest.
Jean Charlut.ahov nmid 11 voiira.li
succeeded iu usooudihi; Mont Blutie.
Ha is tho voui'L'est climber to accom
plish such a feat.
The Austrian minister of public In
structions requests masters of public
schools to cultivate a taste for athletlci
among their boys.
Tho number of women who avail
themselves ot the co-ediicntloual privi
leges offered by Michigan University U
constantly Increasing.
Two ot tho albums sent to tho Inter-
ualinnnl exhibition of mistairo si am us
nt Vienna were insured for X'l.SUO nnd
JC3.000 respectively.
A sensation iu New York recently
was a handsomo turnout drawn by two
well-sroomud mules, driven bv a hand
some liveried coachman.
Half a dozen Now York ladles are
said to earn a handsomo living by hold
ing i-viitvinmiuii tiinsses aim giving
private lessons in that art
A correspondent describes "Oiiida"
as "a square, yellow woman." but this.
says the N. Y. World, does not altot
tho fact that 'vtiida ' is largely read,
A young girl rodu her faorso through
store door at Lynohbtirir. Va.. the
other afternoon, made her purchase.
said good-by aud backed gracefully
UUl,
Tho avornire duration ot life Is
greator In Norway than in any other
couutry Iu Europo. This attributed to
the uniform cool temperature ot the
climate.
A drainngo and plumbing bill oi
ItoO.OOO is large for one Individual to
settle, but the duke of Portland has re
cently completed Improvements to that
amount
Iron collars for heavy work horses
are coming into use. They weigh less
(him seveu pounds, and the advantage
of their use is said to be Immunity from
sore uecks,
Brazil Is Inrtror than tho United
States, but In tho whole twenty slatoi
which make up the republic there are
not as many people as wo havo iu New
York and l'onnsylvauia.
French surveyors have discovered
northwest of Sues the bed of an ancionl
paual running for miles in tho direction
Of the Uetl Sea, which it seems to have
oouncctod with the Mediterranean.
REAL ESTATE!
-If Ytm Wtvnt to IJny or kSi-11
Town or Farm Property,
lluul. oi' Xjenso l?roiUrt v
-t'Alil. ON-
J. H. STINE, St. Helens, Oregon.
EVERDING & FARRELL,
l' KONT hTltfc'F.T, . - I'OKTLANII. OliWJON.
DICALKIt.S l.
Wheat, Oats and Mill Feed of all Kinds.
HAY, SHINGLES, LIME. LAND PLASTER.
'te'teettf GROCERIES,
Which wo Sell Cheap lor CVh. (Jivo m u Cull.
EVERDING & FARRELL.
JOS. KELLOGG & COS STEAMERS
-1
I
Jos.
Kellogg and ftJortlr
West.
Cowlitz
V
or
I tivor
Columbia t'liy. Kiilnum, Cnrn.ll Point, Jtnlui.-r tV.lnr U ,.li ., 11 , i, ""T"?i
and get MORE POWER
and uso LESS WATER
WHt for our hmw Illn.trnMd t'ataloau of mot.
THE LEFFEL WATER WHEEL A ENGINE CO. SPRINGFIELD, 0, U.SA
Bacteria Kvcrrwhero,
CI
LINK
Olnttons.
Among t iia neeoiinu of enormous
enters there are, perhaps, none moro
xtraoruinnry than that related ip
tiller's worthies, " concerning Nich
olas Wood of Harrison, Kent, Kngland,
The neeotint says: lie ate at one meal
a whole slieep, at another time thirty
uuzbii iiieiniH. at mo resilience of
Sir William Sidley ho ate as much as
would have sulliced for thirtv men.
At Lord Watten's iu Kent, he devoured
eighty four rabbit's at one sitting.
which at the rate of a half a rabbit for
each man, would serve 103 men. At
breakfast he ate eiirlite.cn' vnrda of
black midding, and during tho day ate
whole hog. When acoomodntetl with
fruit he ate three pecks of damsons,
flecognlced Ilia Voice.
In a St. Louis police court the other
day a blind man recognized bv his voice
a man who hud robbed li i in. lie picked
him out from a number of persons who
wero brought in and who said "Good
morning" to him. The prisoner con
Ceased,
The greater majority of these micro
scopio plants are what tbo botanists
call "baitterla," the smallest form of
vegetablo life. So small are they that
it would take, in some cases, as many
is 15.000 of thorn arranged in a row to
extend oue inch. They have dilToreut
forms, some being round, somo oval.
lomti rod-sbaped, while others are
much tho shape of a corkscrew. In
all cases they are so small that one
needs a poworftil microscope to exain
Ino them, and in no case can wo ncr-
eeive them singly with tho naked eye.
When countless mlllious of them are
grouped togotbor in a mass or polony
we can see thorn aboqt as wo are able
to sea an apiirpaohlng army of whiou
we nro totally unable to distlnirulvli a
single soldier. I have said that thoso
bacteria move about: and this Is truo
of most of them, although thore are
some which do not appear to move at
all, but remain Hxcd wherever they
Uud a good feeding place. Those that
have motion behave in a very peculiar
manner; somo wobble about in one
filaeo without moving forward in the
east; others dart hillier and thither,
back and forth, at an nmmroutlv furl-
pus rate, rocking and twirling about,
and turning a hundred somersaults as
thoy move along, liact'eria mtiltlnly
very rapidly, and thoy do Ibis In
very curious way.
A singlo one broaks Itself in two:
then each half crows very ranldlv nn.
til it becomes as largo as tho original.
iiiuu Hiusu iii nun uivnio nn again,
aud so on, until from a slutrle film wa
havo many tliomamU in a very short
timo. To give you the figures, mull ns
thoy aro, a siuglo ono cau multiply at
10 enormous a rato that in forty-eight
hours it can produce something like
280,000.000.000 of its species, tiroat
consequences follow this enormous In-
crease oi oaciona, lor while ono, so
small of itself, can do but little hnrm,
tho army resulting from such rapid
multiplication makes it possible for
them to accomplish a vast amount of
damage, SI, Louii IkpuOlie.
Among the art treasures which uied
10 morn me qrawing-roqm iu his marr
um iiiiu, now occupicq uy uio Man
hattan olub, A. T. Stewart olierbdmil
block of Mexican Oh vx 12 lnnlin,inro
and about 7-8 of an inch thick. J(o
gave $700 for It, and it was considered
au unusually big, rare pioco of what
was thon a precious stono. So rapidly
have the onyx deposits of Moxl
developed since the day of the mer
chant prince, howovor. that a nloee of
onyx the same size as the one tho great
trader valued so hltrhlv can now hn
purchased in New York for about
or for a good deul less than the one
hiindreth Dart of the nrice ha
Blocks of onyx of eight toet are now
shipped hero, out up to oommnrolal
size In Hiooklyn, nud sent to tho Now
England factories to bo polished. For
interior u corauon onyx black African
inarblo, so long used almost exclusive
ly, has been almost superseded by the
mottled stono now found In such
abundance On our own continent. V.
r. World.
ArrsKA.2sr:o3
; STEAMER G. W. SHAVER,
J. W. SHAVER, Master.
i,enve I'm (bind from Alder t doek Mondnv Wunnemliie fcri!i.. l..- rt
kame, touching at Huuvie Main), St. H, ens, Columbia Cjty, f,m. Hfe,
City, Itniiiuir, Cottar Limiting. Ml. Collin, llmdlniry, 8lel(n, Oak I'o lit, and all
intermediate point, liuturnjng Tuesday Thursday, ami Kntimlity,
STE AMER ii A WZA W I LLO
GEO. SHAVER, Master.
. Loaves Tuesdays and Thureduy,' Jbr CLA.TSKANJH nnd
i!,r!C!'!flei")ill,9 Hoturnins next day. On Sundays', for
&KAM0KAWA, CaTULAMKT nnd WJ5STP0RT, ami jjitc-r-mediate
points, returning next day,
D
ONT BUY YOUR DRUGS
ANYWHERE
But at a regular DRUG STORE
You will find the
FRESHEST,
PUREST,
AND
BEST
of everything at
The Clatskanie Drug Store
Dr. J. HAIX- Proprietor.
DV-D IS 1ST MY
S ATI TIT p AND HARNESS MAKER
liJlJM&M , Repairing a Specialty.
IWMl Work Warranted.
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iMJlEEDS, TREES, BULBS,
'rTRTIUZERS, ETC., WH
KRKt'KIt Hb'l'FUJOt. lilts IK a
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