The Oregon mist., September 11, 1891, Image 4

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Couio mil In I lip orchard, Robert the sir Isoool
unit swoot,
Itero, itlvo me your hnnd. old fellow, we'll walk
lo lite nrfoor wmt.
Tho wire's two miylti' that. iHtoty you've been
l.p to jour Kloowy trleks;
Wccmimit tillon ilmi, ltOKr, In boy of
seventy-six. , . ,
Itlluil' Wliv, tlmtia the ruiuoii you ought to
lie ll(rlit iiikI (tnvj .
(It nuMi't . ml sixty-five, you know, that your
oyo-r inlit wont uwiiy);
And It 'K'iin to mo tlmt tlio Master In Hi
wlsilora done It well
To irlve you In plnw of the wk ltoger, the
blooms that in memory dwell.
Ve-ur hnlr, who rtinll iy It Is white, Kogerr It's
silky and black as a crow:
And Nature has ruhbed on yourehcek, Roger,
the nwie-t nw08 that (now
Tin ) that utn aj.-oliig quickly l'ui eighty-one
tiwluy.
And uiy sunken checks are yellow, and I'm
auineUitug more than Kfayl
I see all the winter snows, ltoger, when the gay
Held flower are war.
And tho red loaf falls from tho oak troo, like
an ehl niHii'n tfcathlied (car.
I see, deserted and niossgrowu, the aisle wo sc
olt havo trod;
For tho parrou over t ho hill, Boger, baa an
easier road to God.
Tho mllwnv run throuth the meadows where
the hlupkltorrii-s used In atmve!
Tlie ball floiil Isn't tho dear old spot Of Any
Am)
I'll like to luy ou the rascal whip with t
mil lion knots
As made of our cherished schoul ground "do
Kimble building- lota,"
Itiityou you fortunate fellow can sif In the
jro'den hIow
That falls on your spirit's vUion from the
JcwcIIihI Ion? auo:
CanlauKhat tlie nihility hammers that are
.inushf up our jruds of clav.
For all that Is dearest and best, Roger, you'Tf
sad ly stored away,
Thomas Frost
ON THE DEK BACKBONE
A few years before the, war I whs
clerk tu the store of mv brotlier-in-l.iw,
Nathan Ritchie, in Pittsburg, and at
just that ago in which a voting man be
gins to take a real serious interest in
irirls, ami, naturally, to tret into all
sorts of scrapes and troubles there
from.
Tho Washington county farmers used
to come into town tnen on their wa
cons, britiijin! aloujr not only biff
loads of""rain. wool, flax, poultry, an
other produce, but their wives and
daughters as well. Thcv would drive
in ouo day, put up over night at the
old -"farmers' inn," down near the
Smithficld market, and tho next day
would make their necessary purchase
ana go Home.
I got to know personally a great
many of the farmer folks, and had oc
casion or took it to observe that
there were plenty of very fine young
women among them buxom, full
bosomed, bight-eyed, red-lipped girls
lull ot health, vrvaeity, and natural
honesty. But old man Dan Elder's
daughter Jennie seemed to me the
flower of tho Hock, and f assure you
that, as far as I could, I made it au
object of interest for the Elder family
to do its trading at our store.
Jennie and I got quite friendly, and
began to have a hopeful suspicion that
sue was pretty near as gl.nl to see mo
when she came to town as I was to see
her. Once I got her aud her father to
go with me to a theater, the lirst thno
either of tlretn had seeu a play, but he
got a notion that there was something
wrong about stage plays and would
not let her go again. Still the old fel
low seemed to take a sort of liking to
me. and after he had got to know me
quite well, nearly two years from our
lirst meeting, hc'invited'me to visit his
place out ou Kaecoon creek.
About a week afterward I hired a
good saddle horse aud rode out to pay
that visit. It was easy enough to litid
'l?ncle Dan's'1 place" for everybody
within a radius of ten miles about it
seemed to know him, and I reached
his house just at dusk. I thought it
tvas a good omen when the dogs were
so much more friendly than country
dogs generally are iu grcetiug a stran
ger, ami was sure of it when Jennie
said archly:
Old Uifw wouldn't be so good
natured it lie ilid not know that I was
expecting; yon. He must have heard
Die talking about vou."
That evening the whole family, Jen-
nie. her father and mother, an elder
brother, and two sisters went to
dance, about two miles distant, and
of course. I went along. At least
seemed to do so. In point of fact.
went to Paradise. I sat beside Jennie
in the big wagon, with my arm around
her while we went through dark
patches of forest; danced with Jen
nie, I don't know how many times
waited upon Jennie at supper, rode
home beside Jennie, with renewed
utilization of forest shadows; and even
snatched a kiss from Jennie ere she
lied to ber room. Under such circura
stances how could I be expected to
be more than vaguely conscious that
there was a big, hulking, clod-hopper
namca Jim . Arney. who scowled and
glared at me as if" ho would like to eat
me? What the mischief did I care for
Jim Arney? But the fellow wouldn't
be ignored. . I he very next afternoon.
feeling that it was not quite the proper
iniug tor me to loiter arounu the House
all day, I borrowed brother Dave's
rille and went out to shoot a squirrel
, or two if I could find any. Suddenly
at a turn in tne roau i was commuted
by Jim Arney on horseback. Eying
mu with au insulting affectation of
scorn he snarled:
"You're a pretty looking dandy from
towu, ain't you?"' I replied that can
didly speaking. I really did think I
presented a rather agreeable contrast
to hitn.
Ho flushed angrily, and speaking in
a voice thick with passion, retorted:
"I'd break your back if Jennie had-
u t said I was to leave you alone.." I
told him I would secure his pardon for
nll.the baek-brcakiug ho could do on
me, and invited him to "wade in,"
but he rode off ou his way, and I went
on squirrel-hunting. ,
Leaving my course to chance I
strolled higher and higher up a geutly
sloping hill until I came out suddenly
at the top of a precipice several hun
dred feet in height, which I subse
quently learned was called tho "Devil's
Backbone." The face of tho cliff was
as sheer as a wall, but rough with
great holes burrowed here ami there, in
the soft sandstone by the elcnicnts.and
with narrow ledges, on which trees
nod shrubs grew, masking all the rocky
declivity with foliage. The tops of
tall trees wero down below me, and
lar in the depths beyond their roots I
could catch glimpses of the creek, like
a silver thread. Around where I stood
bushes- grew thickly up to the very
verge of the precipice, with trees occa
sionally among them leaning over it.
An impudent, chattering gray squir
rel fat upon his haunches iu a tree on
the brow of the cliff, barking at nie,
and 1 shot. him. lie fell and lodged
on a little ledge full twenty feet below
the top, where I stood. I made up my
mind to get tho body of tho little beast,
and the difficulty -and even positive
llangor to bo encountered in doing so
were" only incitements to aohievo'the
feat Laving uiy guu ' upon the
ground, f seized a tough bush, swung
over tho edgo of tho precipice, and
lowered myself to a poiut whoro I got
a foothold and a second bush that
would bond still iowor. Before mak
ing tho second doscout I mnilo tho lirst
bush fast, in its bent positiou, to the
second, to have a way secured for re
turn. Then I went to tho ledge where
the snuirrul lav. Iu sloopiuir to pick
it up, I carelessly lot go the bnsh by
which I had swung down, and it
sprung back lustanily to its uormal
Dosition. a dozen feet above my head
1 was securely trapped, iu a place from
which Icouldu't safely got away uu
aided, without I could have flowu like
a bird. Not a friendly twig was with
in ten feet or mv clutcu; tho precipice
dropped sheer down hundreds of feet
right at my toes, and tho Icdgo was so
uarrow Unit I had barely room to
stand upon it. I rolled for help, but.
of course, nobody heard me. I took
off mv stockings, unraveled them, tied
a stoue to the yarn, and tried to swing
it over the bush uoovo mo, almost
throwing myself off the ledge iu doiug
to. The effort was jt failure. I was
hoarse with futile howling. Night
foil, aud the darkness seemed very
cold. 1 managed to sit down, with my
legs dangling over tho edgo of the
ledtre: but was tifraid to sleep for fear
of falling off. Au owl perched near
me, hooting in great enjoynieut ol my
predicament.
The night secmod yours in duration.
And there surely never was a slower
dawn than that upon which I looked
from my open-air prisou. By this
time I was weak with hunger and wild
with thirst, A Httlo after sunrise I
was startled by a gunshot from the
valley far below, and the vicious
"spat" of a bullet upon tho rock near
uiy left aukle. It made me fliug my
legs up so suddenly that I came near
toppling off my perch. "That, now,"
I said to myself, "is no doubt Jim
Arney who has discovered me, and is
popping away at me iu safety; the
cowardly nssassiu." But as I learned
afterward, I wronged him. Tho bul
let was tired by a hunter, whose sharp
eyes saw only my foot; and at that
distance, thinking it an owl, took a
snap shot at it. Thank heaven his
aim was no bettor.
About 9 o'clock I hoard tho welconio
baying of old "Bose" from the top of
tho cliff. The whole Elder family and
some of the neighbors we're out hunt
ipg for mo, my absence through tho
night having occasioned much ularin;
aud when I shouted a whole chorus of
voices answered me at once. Ropes
wero procured, and I. with no little
dilliculty, was dragged up to safety.
wnere l received so warm a welcome
from all and esiieciallv so from Jen
nie that I felt compensated by fortune
lor what 1 hail suffered. I ho old man
said, in a dryly sarcastic way, that he
thought I "rather "over-vallvod tho
sqnir'l."
I have often gone out to uncle
Dan's" less frequently sinco Jennie
and I have been married than before
but have never had auv inclination for
fooling about tho "Devil's Backbone'
any more. No; I have never heard
that Jim Aruey came to any bad end.
Ho simply married some other girl
man jenniu. .
NEW ENCLANP MOONSHINERS.
Vankr Parmer Who Maka Cider llritndy
and Maple Itnia.
The thrilling novel that might bo
wrillou about tho Now England
"nioousniner nas not yet uooti pub
lislK'd. Miss Murfrco and others havo
done-up" the illicit distiller of the
Ten uussee and North Carolina mount
ains beatitifullv, Literarily, the
crooked manufacturer of nmdo brandy
and maple rum in tho Green and
White mountains is not so highly es
teemed as this bearded Teiitiesseoan of
tho incomprehensible dialect. But why
sltmihlii't he hop 1 1 a ciirriMiniliiitrfi nii
just as picturesque, his business n fX'Uial survey tho location of tho long
perilous, Ms resistance sometimes as los' V"""' , ,
desperate, aud his uorsounlitv often as John bwifl was iu hast lonnossoo
ncculiur. 'ul eastern Kentucky as early as 17C1
There is certainly a trrent deal of "ccompauied by two Frenchmen, atld
illicit liquor iinu'ufueturod in the New iowhuro in that region they coined,
Kii.rliind States, whnrn itmhihitlnn i or preiouiicti to coin, large qtmniitie
thelaw. Generally tho illicit nianii. of si'ver money. There wore no mints
facturer would be irlad to rmv the ia tho United States then, and Swift
A I,ot Houtuoky Mine.
One of tho most persistent, aud
one ot thu most elusive traditions
Kentucky Is that of "Swift's Silver
Mine." Half n doou mottutttliv couu
ties claim to have within the border
of ouch the original mine, but as
search has ever revealed the existence
of Hi'gontiforous ore In any of them.
half a doxou other counties claim that
a mistake niftv havo been made, am
hope tho wonderful mine may be with
in their own limits. Every now ant
thou some person crazed on tho sub'
juct makes his appearance with
map or cunrt, assuming to show by
l7
t-
United States license. He could
that and make iuoi:ey out of his bus
ness, with tho aid of tho demand
secured by prohibition. Besides, he
fears thu United States roveutiu au
thorities, and ho does not fear tho
Stale authorities. Uncle Sam has a
nose to smell out his still; tho State has
not. -Unt the payment of tho letleral
license has so often betrayed the
moonshiner to the State authorities
that ho generally prefers to do without
it. Ho makes his business wholly
illicit, tiiereioro. a no proitts aro groat,
but tho business is risky. If tho dis
tiller is caught iu tho net, or a custom
er betrays him, everything that ho has
in the whole world may bo forfeited
1 he placo selected for a still in our
northern hills, is generally a cellar, aud
the distiller is almost always a farmer.
In this region there is always ruuniug
water to be hat! anywhere; the farmer
conducts a quiet lead pipo to his scene
of operations, briugs in a still from the
adjoining Mate, sets up a kitchen
stove, connects his apparatus with his
chimney, and everything is ready.
Probably his line of business is cidur
liraudyj.possilily it is maple rum. Both
liquors are very meritorious decoctions,
alcoholically speaking. Tho apple
brandy is raw-edged and not verv
palatable, but it is pure anil whole
some. 1 lie maple rum is very smooth
nuil palatalile, anil, when mado hy an
expert, is regained uv conuoisscurs as
equal to the best Mcdford. . To make
it, maple molasses is diluted and fer
mented into a sort of beer, ant! that is
distilled into rum. Four quarts ot
maple molasses will make live quarts of
excellent mm
(onernllv this illicit distilling is douo
on Delia'! vt regular
was arrested upon tho suspicion of be
Insr a counterfeiter. This was In North
Carolina. The coin turned out to be
purer silvor than that of the British
mint, and ho was released. Swift left
Boll county. Kentucky, because tho In.
dlaus wero troublesome, and ho gave a
lady of that county tho journal of his
wanderings. His journal gave a vague
account ot about f 0-1,1)00 m "crowns
w hich ho and his companions concealed
at various places in the mountains o
eastern Kentucky to facilitate their
journey ami secure safety. Ever siuoe
that journal became public search par.
ties havo hunted for tho hidden wealth
as persistently as ever Eastern people
mttueii tor mo iiiiuion treasure of dipt.
Kidd, or tho Southern ncoulo searched
ior mo secret trcasuroeavo or t apt.
Blackboard.
It goes without savititr that nobody
has ever found any turn "of the treasure.
True, there aro more or loss plausihlo
traditions in various localities. For
Instance, iu Carter county auciwut tools
and Instruments used to coin money
were louuti at tne loot ot a elUI many
VenrS nOTt. Thft ei'limttlinrr nw.tv .f u
lodge of tho cliff hud allowed the tools
to fall from their concc-alment. It is
claimed, also, that one of the lirst set
tlers of Carter county found near his
pioneer cabin a miantitv of noculiar
cinders so heavy as to cause him to
have them tested. Tho result was tho
extraction of sufficient silver to mako
several silver spoons, which, it was
said, wero as lato as 1870 in possession
oi metnocrs or tno I a mi I v. Crucibles,
furnaces, cinders, aud other relics of
mineral smelling, miou a small scale.
have been found in several counties and
attributed to n vieinago of Swift's silver
mine. In 18( 1 three Chorokco Indians
Attended to His Own Business.
For cool self-possession or a remark'
ablo display of mdiuerence in tryin
and exciting times the descendant of
Ham when lie wants to be is hard to
discount, says the St. Louis Republic's
Man About lown. Ibis fact was for
cibly illustrated in an incident con
nected with the recent trial of the
Chambers case at Ironton. It will be
remembered that one of the principal
witnesses lor the defense was i-runk
Jenkins, a negro and eye-witness of
the tragedy. I rank was whitewashing
chicken-coop only a low feet away
when the shooting occurrefl. On the
direct examination ho told his story
plain, straightforward way, and his
evidence was very material. The
cross examiner propounded the usual
questions and made a strenuous at
tempt to tangle tne witness in giving
his testimony. Concerning the facts
immediately preceding and at the time
ox tne snooting a question wouiu ue
asked Frank, to which he would give a
prompt reply, and then the attorney
would ask:
"What did you do then?"
"I just went on whitewashing the
cnicKen-coop.
"But, wheu tho defendant appeared
with the guu and it seemed as if some
one was going to be hurt, what did
yon do then?"
"I kept on whitewashing the chicken
coop. It was none of my business,
and where I came from, intVoodwafd
county, Kentucky. I long ago learned
not W interfere with two white gentle
men engaged in settling a miestion of
honor. I turned up ono end of the
coop and keptight on with my whitewashing.''
vvnenttio shot was bred what did
you do?"
"ii.ent right on whitewashing."
"Did you do anything when thev
removed the body?" , I
"les; Kept right on whitewashing."
The judge smiled, the snectators
tittered, and the- whoto court room
appreciate this wonderful display of
opposition to attend strictly to one s
own affairs. Throughout the' whole
time Frank was in the witness box he
retained this same calm, collected
demeanor, and any attempt to move
mm was more than futile. .Notwith
standing all this seeming indifference,
inoiiL'n. mere wasn't a haunter bein"
in the court room than Frank when the
verdict of tho jury was announced, and
the last account The Man had of him
he was still "painting." ,
much a gallon; tho ordinary prico for ;,sleu jvoue roiitity aud carried away
tillon, ami ihe ""MlM",ul some wcigniy sno-
(iistilling is fl.vj a
liquor is sold at $2 a gallon. Some
times thu manufacture, is carried on
under the cloak of the distillation of
wormwood a product of the uorthern
woods wliioji tho law allows the
manufacture of. Some worm wood dis
tillers up that way have got rich, but
not out of wormwood. Iu many placet
the local authorities would never uis.
turb a quiet distiller of illegal liquor,
but the law puts a terrible premium
upon treachery. Une maple-rum
niaiHilaclni'er supplied his I.ulier-in
law's table with a dainty product of his
still for some time; but by anil by the
father-in-law informed upon him,
wholly for tho sake of tho twenty-live
dollars' reward which tho law gives
the informer. The old man had the
satisfaction of seeing his daughter'
husband's line farm lakeu awav from
him. for up that way a distiller's farm
is holdeii for his olloiice, and tho man
left at middle age penniless in the
world; but the old villain got hi.'
twenty-live dollar, there are some
things iu the world that arc w orse than
making maple rum, an. I Maine law it
seems puts a premium upon sucr
villains.
Ail this, ol' course, is carried on ip
the farming districts. The hirgei
towns and villagv have laws of theil
own. and too iniiior they disuunso is
obtained more or less onenlv from out
side States where it is sold. It is the
farmers, who havo not easy access to
these bars, who resort to the illicit
manufacture of liquor. As a result,
hundreds of men become more or less
expert in making intoxicating drink
who would otherwise have not the
slightest inkling of such a process; and
though the majority of these would not
think of uiakins linuor for nrolit thev
do not hesitate to make it for thcirown
use. There is even a very good substi
tute for lager boor brewed in the hills:
and many of the fanners brow a drink
which they call spruce beer from
maple sap a very pleasant beverage.
not without heady properties undoi
certain circumstances. It is ouito
possible that the throwing of the neonle
oi northern Piew England upon then
own resources in the matter of liquids
win ucveiop an aptitude for domestic
manufacture which will result in
famous beverages yet to bo born.
Boston Transcript.
tv
stance, which tho residents in the
ueiguoornooii united in believing was
some of hwift's silver, l ie m-osenca
of tho Indians was well kuown, their
object plainly guessed, yet nobody
watched them tdosely tfiomrh to dis
cover tho place where they procured
their treasure.
Cashing Forged Checks.
The most criminal trade in this
country is that of certain money load
ers who advance cash at usurious rates
of discount on papor w hich they know
to be forged. Tliero aro several ol
theso miscreants unions' the habitues
of Delmonico's, where they re as wel'
kuown as their victims themselves, sayi
tho N. Y. World. They rely for
security on the fact that his family will
tako the forged paper up rather than
allow tho" young scrapegraee to be
criminally exposed and punished.
One of tho most notorious is now
threatened with tho loss of part of his
plunder at least. His victim in this
case was the .son of a retired merchant
of largo means and unblemished social
record. Ho secured from tlie usurer
an advance of nearly tlO.000 on three
checks, apparently drawn by tho father
of tho negotiator to his son's order.
The forgery Was, I am told, so flagrant
that it might have been detected bv a
child. The money was paid on the
checks, less a savage rate of iu teres t,
aud was tost in a couple of days at the
race track. Then the young scamp
became alarmed and made a clean
breast of it to his father. The latter
promptly shipped linn out of the
country to either Africa or South
America exactly where, however, if
not currently known.
men the family lawyer was cal ed
n and tho usurer was summoned. He
boldly demanded payment of the
chocks in full, under threat of send
ing them in to the bunk and so brlnir.
itig tho forgeries to liirht and securiuo
tho indictment of the forger. He was
noiinea to go ahead, with tho assur
anco that ho would also be. arrested fot
entering into a criminal conspiracy.
men uo nroveu more amenable to
compromise, and it is believed that he
will be paid the actual amount of cash
no disbursed, nbout CO per cent of (I
, KNOWING BOSTON HORSES.
Anlmali Noted for Their HumUUkable
Displays of Hum Nemo.
In the business portions of our olty,
snvs tho Ilostou Ih rahl, there are
EVERDING & FAR R ELL,
Pkont Stukut,
Poktlanh, OiiKuotf.
alleged face value of
their surrender.
I) per
the
checks, fot
I'ullliiK Teeth.
Feminine Fancies.
A Broken Knee-Joint.
What is commonly called the ku ce
cal), writes a uhvsieian in the Boston
JJerald, is a small, triangular bjane sit
uated at tne front of the knee joint
One of its purposes is to protect the
joint; another is to favor the action oJ
certain muscles. .When this bone is
broken across the parts are separated
by its attachments. To bring them to
gether until the aro united is always
difficult operation, unless the frag
ments are wired together.
lhcre are certain fractures that can
not be treated in this wav. but in those
which can the method should be em
ployed, for it promises by far the best
results. Not only is recovery more
rapid than where other procedures are
used, but tho victim suffers tho least
possible discomfort.- When U.o knee
cap is broken and tho physician advisca
"wiring" the patient ought by all
means, in his own interest,' to unhesi
tatingly conseut to the operation.
A Stout Horse WuuLeil.
A recent number of , the VVaitsbiti "
(Wasv) Time, had tho following tZ
"Wanted a saddle horise for a woman
weighing yiio pounds." I
crush ana tirnsii your han If yoo
want to get that lovely gloss that
society girls are so eager for. Give
your hair 200 strokes every night bo-
fore jumping into bed.
Don't be afraid of brushing it too
much, writes a Boston Globe contribii
tor. j. ue more yon urusii the more
gloss you get. If your eyebrows are
thin brush those, too, with a tinv
brush, and if they don't curve to suit
you get a tiny como and train them in
whichever direction you wish them to
go. Brushing keeps them in good
shape and it is much easier to brush
than to trim them. Besides, if you do
not understand how to trim them
properly you are apt to look funny until
they grow out agaiu.
If you wish to keep .awav wrinkles
sleep on your back. I know you will
nave bad dreams if vou do so. but I
had rather put up with the dreams
than tho wntikles. ,
Hadn't you?
Sleeping on your side causes wrinkles
under the eye. . ,;
e sure to mom wash and wine vour
face toward your nose, for the noso
never wrinkles. By wiping toward it
you will prevent those little wrinkles
near the ear winch are so plainly seen.
When you smile, do it with tho eyes
and mouth, and not with the face.
Laughing makes wrinkles, but keen
on laughing, only don't do it with tho
face.
I have just taken four moles froin
my face and it Is very badly done. Yuu
can do it yourself, only ho careful, for
tt burns, , .
Get b cents worth of nitiri.itin Wr-iiT
and, three times a day, touch tho molo
with a toothpick dipped Into the ncid.
It wi)4 come off iu about a week lcav-
ng a red spot on tho face. Limi-h Hint
spot alone aud it will heal by itself. '
They say "inolos aro a sigh of beauty,"
but I prefer tho beauty, without the
moles. :".
Tho extraction of teeth Is usually ac
companied by a slight flow of blood.
wmen ordinarily censes before the
patient quits the dentist's office. Where
this Is not tho case, or whoro hemor
rhage breaks out afresh whou medical
advice is not at hand, it should be
borne in mind tiiat the lirst and most
natural check is the clotting of the
blootl in tho cavity, and this should not
be disturbed. If it is necessary . to
rinse the mouth, let it bo dono very
carciuuy, so as not ' to dislodge the
clot, if ono is forming. Where this
does occur, the first recourse should be
to an astringent, aad tannin is the best
of ail. If that is not at hand, finely
powdered alum will answer very well,
burnt cork may bo sprinkled over the
suriaee, orn little bull of spider's web,
iigntiy pressed into tne wound, may
answer tne purpose When other moans
fail, as this pest of every housekeeper
is an invaluable styptic. In addition
to some of these, a compress may be
necessary, and an article which will an
swer all purposes mado for an emer
gency by cutting a V-shuped slit In tho
cork of the right dimensions to pass
over the wounded gum. This mav ho
lightly pressed into plaeo by- the teeth
of tho other jaw, and as it is applied, a
pledget of lint or similar dressing may
propony ue uttcu to the cavity, tliottli
often tho compress alone will prove
effectual. It is useful, . also, in such
cases, to malutain an erect position
of the patient, either sitting or stand
ing. Warm foot-baths aro also lioln-
fill, with friction of the lower limbs,
to divert tno moon irom tne head as
much as practicable, These directions
and suggestions apply, of course, to
such occasions as require treatment la
the absence, or awaiting the arrival, at
tho family physician or tho deutist, - '
UOOU JJOUSCKCcpMg. -
A young man wanted a Pennsylvania
railroad conductor to hold his train ten
Minnie lit Iliirgcltostovvn while the
youth go I niiii'ried.
good many horses belonging to llrmi
or to private Individuals which stand
"on call," as It were, Dftuntlmos for
hours, in front of their owner's placo of
business. These horse como to uo
well known in tholr neighborhoods,
mid acquaintance with thuiii shows in
them habits and Idiosyncrasies which
are most interesting. One ot the
equities with au Individuality all hi own
Is a grav horse belonging to a llrtn Iu
Wlnihron soiiuro. He stands iu front
of his owner's store. timmroiitly ponder
I in nnon tho nos ami (towns of life,
thu hat trade anil the weather, and oc
casionally he siarls off for nil indepen
dent tour around thu square, nll'otdlng
much uimtsomcnl, sometimes eonsicru
ation. to tho pnonlo who are uuno-
nuainted with his ways of doing thing.
Should it occur to hiiii that he Is thirs
ty, or that to take a drink would bo a
diversion iu tho monotony of his after
noon, he walks over to tho drinking'
fountain In tho snuiiro, politoly awaits
his turn, quenches his thirst, turns
around aud marches back, like Bo-
Pern's sheep, so that his owner, hav
ing left lilm facing in ono direction, is
ouo not to ihui nun inuiuu in ituuiiivi-
ho old gray hurso Is an independent
charaoU'i'.thoy w ill tell you iu iutluoji
square.
in the rum store, still on utis street,
Is a f i i n) whoso head resides in tho
suburbs, and who frequently drives
back and forth to and from his rest
denee, leaving his horso at the door
with a weight attached to the strap.
The "Doctor," as ho Is called, frequent
ly grows Impatient, casts longing looks
around, and sometimes whinnies for
his master. I ho other day, having
waibml overlong. as he undoubtedly
thought. Doctor reached down, ideked
up the strap, and. with the weight
dangling from his mouth, set off in
brisk and independent fashion for
home, leaving his master to follow on
foot or iu horse-car, as if. having wall
ed long enough, how other people got
nomo was no concern of his.
Down In Congress sntinre tbert
stands an old gray tow horse of an ob
serving tulud ami engaging manners,
Who tikes to make acquaintance with
passers-by. It has bcon tho habit of a
gentleman who comes in town every
morning to buy an tipple at a fruit-
stand and treat tho old fellow, whoso
somewhat monotonous life appeals to
him. The old tow homo has growu to
expect his apple, and he now watches
regularly for his friend. Upon tho
fuw occasions when the apple has bcon
forgotten or Intentionally omitted, the
horse has followed tho man or tins
stepped up on tho sidewalk in front of
luiu and stopped his passage ae if to
say: "You can not pass until you ro
paid your toll." One afternoon not
ong sinco a man who tins n strong re
semblance to tho tow horse's friend
was passing through Congress street.
wheu, to his astonishment, he felt him
self grabbed by tho coat slcovo. Turn
ing around his surprise was still greater
when ho found it was a horse who hold
him nrisoner. The towbov who has
charge of the horse came to" the rescue
ami oicarod matters up by explaining
that the two men looked so much alike
that he, as well as the horse, was de
ceived. The fondness of horses for
apples and their liking for a bit of
kiudly attention may be further illus
trated by the story of a horso in SL
John, who would never stand still un
it his owner bethought himself to
bribe the horso to do so bv occasional
ly giving him an apple through his
ours of weary wailing. I his expedi
ent proved a complete success. The
runaway was a runaway no lonirer.
Could lie have spoken no doubt it
would have been iu tho words . of
Solomon, of old: "Oh, comfort mo
wan apples." At all events, like a
famous animal of another species, he
'waited patiently about" till thoatiules
did appear.
a great many horses are lea on - tne
streets from "oat bags" drawn over
their noses and wabbling about In a
manner which must tnako it very un
comfortable to eat one's dinner in that
way. A bright horse, down in "Pie
alley." tho other day hud iienrly reached
tho bottom of his bag. It wabbled aw
fully, but tho out wore sweet ami he
was hungry. In front of him stood a
wagon, and thn wagon iiad a wheel.
Happy thought! lie walked up to the
wheel, rested Ida canvas bucket on the
top of it, and finished his dinner to the
last oat in a roiiifortiililo. leisurely
fashion and with a twinkle in his eye.
If that was not a triumph of mind over
matter what is?
DKAMCK IN -
Wheat, Oats and Mill Feed of ail Kinds.
HAY, SHINGLES. LIME, LAND PLASTER.
Also Flour, Bacon, and a
General Assortment of
CRO
Which we Soil Cheap ior 0h. Oivo us a Cull
EVERDING & FATiRELL.
(;i,ArisivA.isri:ii
RUSTIC.
Vv
STEAMER G. W. SHAVE K,
J. W. SHAVIM. Ranter.
Leave Portland (run Alihrst, dock Monday, Vfdinda,v nnd Krl-ti.y , for ( lainlue'
nie, imirhiiitftit !-auvies l-html M. Helms, i oimni.i.i t-uy, Miiania, inrt lie, i;nlulrr,
1'iiliir l.uniluiK. .Ml. I idltii, luiiiiiMirv, Mi ne, oaa roiut, aim an imeuio'uiiiir pointa,
lletuintiiK Tnesihiy, Thursday nnd Saturday.
STEAMER MANZANILXO, .
GKOKGK S1IAVKR, MwUt.
l.eavea Portland Ttieilav anil Thursdays tor t't.ATsK AX I Ksnd Intermediate ixiluU.
lietiirninif net day. On Mindiiy. for tK A MoK A W A, ' A I II M 1. 1 and WKMTl'OltT,
and intermediate mjIiiK returning litwt day.
Now is the Time to Secure a Lot In
GEORGETOWN!
This DeHiniblo Property Atljoins Milton Hint ion, un the North
ern 1 ucilic Knilroiul,
ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND,
And i Only Mile lroin St. I Menu, the County Sent, un the
Columbia Kivcr. Milton Creek, tv Henutiful Mountain
Stream, rttiiH within 200 yiittlH of thin Property, fur
nishing tin Inexhaustible supply ol Water for
all Purpose!. .,
LOTS, 50X100 o FEET,
Itandntr
in Price, from
$50 to
jylT-tf.
$100j can Ix' Seenrcd from
D. J. SWITZER,
St. Helens, Oregon.
JOS. KELLOGG & CO'S STEAMERS
MSB
Causes of Wakefulness.
Continued unkefiiliicas la a crying
call to review one's huhits nnd sua
wlmt is tvron". Do sure tho alios
pinches soinowhero nnd soon its effects
will he felt in tho life-eentrea of the
body, 'lhero is, purlinm), nieiitnl un
rest irritation or overwork In which
I a, I news is to ho nssiilnon.slv cultivated
Wo tuny depend upon it tliore is somo
wiuit o( Iml.me.e. Ono chord Is playucl
upon too much, others aro silent, and
so tho in ntul mechanism Is nil out of
tune. udoni, tlieu, dictate a recoil
Kl ruction of hnhits. At nil events the
wiso person will not resort to opium,
chloral or any other sedative tlmt
steals away Ufa whilo soothing It, nnd
jixi'8 mums which cannot oooverconio
Much depends upon tho uowur of
dismiMsiiiir thought and IiocoinliiL'
almost a blank. Napoleon had this
faculty and ninny nnothur noted nersou.
Tlio lute Lord Nn pier was believed be
tho liriliali olllccrs to owo his In mouse
strength tu.d powor of endurance to
tlio faculty of going to sleep at any
moment when not particularly oiiini'red.
Oho of the famous politicians of Mas
sachusetts, now nn old man, yet with
tlio vigor of a hoy, has tlio sumo gift.
Iu all these tint! in similar cases thorn
is both concentration and determina
liv un effort, ot llinu.111 H, i I.
withdrawn from its accustomed elmn
nels and allowed to trifle with fancies.
that come and go like soft clouds in
summer sky, like tho Ittpso of an Indo
lent tide upon the beach, or the brculh
illlf of a slliiuberiiiir Infant. In
lei inougnt unit iiiion nny ono ot them
has a souiiiilic iulliiencit. There must
bo n passivo detcrmiuutiou to follow
thoo gentle undu'ttlions out Into soiien
and loso one's self tliero. It is a culti
vable tendency nnd becomes a habit.
uuuu uoiwcHcejnwj,
LoKlMlntivc JoooHlly.
A lenticsseo newspaper reports tlmt
during n rueont exciting roll cull li
tlio house of represeuliilives of that
stale, ",Dini)bud,v lied ii sheep-bell to
ui r. v.oiiius, oi Carlisle count v, nut
iiu inn not know M liere it was until he
hud iillrneiod iho iilteiiiiou of the
bouse.' :
Joseph Kellogg and Northwest
FOR COWLITZ RIVER.
iVOIiTI I YVINNT J''".1''.'" dne y d Friday, nt
1VI 1X1 Jtpl rt orl.ck A. M leaves l'(HTI.ANI Tuesday.
Ihiir.ihy nnd Niinrdiiy nt (i o i lock A. M.
JOSEPH KELLOGG
m io:.io . ,m.
7 o'clock '. ,M
Leaves It A I NIK II nt A A M. daily,
MiinilitV flri m.liMl l-ti.M .. i..si...'..l
ItwuritiiiK. IciiWnjf l'tl(TI,A,N'liflt,2;.tu I', II., i'rylii t Itainler n
SUCCKViOH,
7. L. POCSON & EC1T.
Voeairy s lull ic ku( Uis Very
f "bttuS, TREES, BULBS,
SffiK w,1,u," u"""1 1 HEaEaU
L. POSSOIT & SON, 209 2nd Street, Portland, Oregon.
TO UILLEH BltOS. CiTALOUr
CA TALOOt'K fHKK
Ml BOY YOUR DRUGS
ANY. HERE
But at a regular DRUG- STORE
You will find the
FRESHEST,
PUREST,
AND BEST
of everything at
ft A
D. J. E. HALL. Propriet'.r.
IT
If
F
r
WHEEL
and get MORE POWER
and use LESS WATER
Writ to our Nr lli,.li.,i r'...i.n. r. iui.i
THE LEFFEL WATER WHE& & EK8IKI CO.. KESltSHt ATO