VI W UP 0 H HHXI HHHHUHH Ml Tfr W HMHMWIM I)')
if ycavaut flrst-classjoii Tori
' AT LOW PRICES,
lew lonr orlars Tt this offlci.
twoou whiooooi iouoeooaot i.oi uum'i i ,
Ifyua want to teen jastefw
COUNTY AFFAIRS, -
Snliscrilig for llis Official Paper,
OOO lOOnnt HMMM MHMt HMMKNKKIOOO 04KH1O 000
VOL. 9
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1892.
NO. 2U
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MITCHELL, LEWIS 6 STMER CO,
r MACHINERY & VEHICLES,
NEW MARKET BLOCK - PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE OREGON MIST.
IMtlKV KVKM rill DAY MOHrMlstt
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THE MIST PUBLISHING COMPANY,
J. R. BEEOLE, Manag9r.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
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On espy tla mouth. .......... . 76
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ussrter column on. year,
On Inch on. uianlh
On. luoh litre, minima..,
On. luck i kiouuia.,
ImiI hmImi lAcama mp Una for flrtt Inser
tion ; ID eest per Uu. for each .uln.wiii.nl,'
MuwlBrilMiii.nt,ll to per Inch for fir
Inwrttoii, nl M ruit hi luculur each tubs.
sjieattBtertlon. - - - " -- v-
COLUMUIA COUNTY DIUfcXTOKY.
Jadis, .. ..f), 1. 8wlter.t. Helen.
ri.m ... K. K. qiitck.Hi.
Sli.rllT ia. Matter, ft Helm
Truurf .,....u...tl. W. to , et. Helen
pt. a) ech.ils... ..... ..-..J. 0. Wait.. H-mh.
Aor ....... ... 0. F. Ikmn, Kalnlei
Sury.yur A. H. Utile, HallHe.
i i... Il-rae Spe er, Vernuul
CoUlon.M w Xai ins., Msa...
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sristy Hellsss.
M.iome.-m. Helena Lodge, Nil. M-ftetrulai
ciiutsnuicatlou. lint snl llilM "fiu'dae J."
each mouth at 7 '.Mr. M. .1 Moiik' hull. V Mi
ls member la good standing tuylted to st
M4sgiie.-IUInlr Mt. Ko. lr-Wtft'
SKMllnnMalunliiy on or l.lur m.h lull niuoi.
U sur .1 Mnl hull, ov.r lllmi. h.r I .
M-ir. VI.IHux Bi.mU.rt lu goud lu.lln In
vllril rtttnU.
Til mll.
)nwo rlv.r (Unstt elo l I M k. .
Th. sail l..r V.ruonl. u.l I'llttnnr;
fh."mll lor Mrhlnrt. rUl.k.iile nl Ml.'
I.v. qnlnu MuuiUy, U aui!l.y mid ftii
MMsU.nllwsyaorlhloN -!
rortltud til r. M.
Travsl.ts OI4-.HI.r
! 0. W. BHv-lvet ""
lor frllnd t II Tn.-Uy. Vdl " V
tliirotr lv. ft. llrlMM (or I l.l.kml.
N-nar Wl'iwsr swl Vrtinf t 100 .
TtANft li.n-Uvt t Helen, lor rorl
Und ?:U . s. iitnnilni m ! f.
rtmiiii Joiirl K.WM-I1
for FortUnd di lly x. iund. nil . . '
rlvlnitt HortUnd l 10 W: n-inmlu.
ronuur ull.a.. .rrlvln. al St. Il.l.nt '
TROFEsJSlONAL.
jQK. II. K. CLIFF,
rUYSICIAN and SUKGKOX.
81. Heln. Oregon.
niySIClAN. and SURGEON.
Clstnkatile, Coluinl-la county, Or.
yy i. Rtct, ' i
ATTOilNEY-AT-LAW,
Bt. Hums, . Obkoox.
IXputy Dlttrlct Attorney forOulumMn Cu.
QHA8. W.MAyOICIl, ?
NOTARY rULBLIC and -INSURANCE
AGENT,
Usygwr, Okhoii.
T. A. UcUaiDi.
A. 8. Diitnaa,
McBBIDB DBE88ER,
-
ATTORNEYS-at-LAX
Oregon City , Oregon .
rromjit itt.ntlongliilii'ofllbiiiilnMf.
CTTnVF.VfiTl vn ; , ;
-CIVIL .ENGINEER,
8t.Hcl.nt. 0r.gnn. . '
Comity torireyor L ind anrv.y Inc. town
platllntf, snd tnglneenng woik pruiui.tly
dun. ' . .
W. T. Bnw.it, v ; J. W. Dmm
BURN BY A DRArER,
ATTORNEYS-at-LAW,
Ortgon City, Oregon.
li iLiMMji Uecrlfttar nf
th. UnlMd Btato. L:iud Office '';. 5
rn.nda.ua In ou aiwolsHy u( nil kind of
bUKlue.a befor. tlis Land 0" f r.
Onnrts, wd U0lTiDf lbs Osnwal Land
Farm t Mill
-' . .
STUMP
r Engines, Boilers, Wagons, Buggies, Etc., Etc.
LARGEST
Prices the Lowest. I .Correspondence Solicited-
I-
B. UROCKKNBllOUUlI,
ATTORNRY-at-LAW,
Oregon City, Oreiron.
( I.a'e "pei-lnl agent of (Hni riil Inml i ffl'-e. )
K in. le-d, I'rc-einiition. and Tl'i'tx-r
l.aml api l iallon-, nii.l iln-r Lnn-1 Oill- e
hu-lne-" a ii c'nl . Olllco aiuond fluor,
Lund Ufll- a But ilfuif.
MI.SC'ELLAMCOUS.
THE HTl Jl.TI B
IBALDA
It now ntakinc regular round '
tin Iruiu
OAK POINT TO PORTLAND
; Daily Except Wednesdays,
Lmiim OAK POIST..
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KAI.iMA
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l.rAVra TORI LAND... .
AauivibTKI.I.A
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.7:44 -
W. E. NEWSOM.
Model Saloon.
J. 8. ( 10X1XCEB, Prop'r. .
ST. HELEN8, - OBE005
Choice Wines,
Uouors and Cigars. Beer 5 Cts.
Billard and Pool Tabla
for (La fooommodaCion of Patroni
CALL AROUND.
Portland Seed Co,
(F. W. MILLER. Mgr..)
UKAI.RK8 IS
SJBDECJDS
; Fertilizers, Bee Supplies,
Spraying Apparatos and Material,
Poultry Snpplies, Etc., Etc
171 Sn-cmil St. Portland, Oregon,
feinl for Catnloauu. nov20 6in
BLUE FRONi:.
One Price Cashr Store.
WM. SYMONS,
DKALER IS-T
General Merchandise
DRY GOODS, rv r f
QKOCEI5IES,
TINWARE, ETC.
Ladies FineShoes
X A
; PATENT MEDICINES. ; r
RAL'IER,;. i i : , s OREGON.
A. H. BLAKESLY.
Proprietor of '
Oriental : Hotel.
BT. HELKNS, OREGON.
Tha hnin. h been fully rafurnlshe
tbrouglii'Ul and tlia best of nucom- ,
' moduHuiia will be given. , "
CHARGES REASONABLE.
PT A OK run In connection with
tli li(it.'lioiii.ecitng with th North
ern PaoillcTTallroad at Milton. S'a:e
for Tacoma tralnt 10 p. m. For Portland
train at J p. m.
TREES
Machinery
J
PULLERS,
STOCK.
ST. HELENS HOTEL.
J. George, Proprietor,
Table alwayt Upli4 wi'li Die be-tedlblen
and dvlleacien the market atlbrdt.
THRMS HE 80XABMC
FOR BEUR BOARDERS.
Hjving been n.w'y refuri.idied. we
are prepared 1 1 Kire aaiiefuctiun to all
our patrons, und folic t a aba o ot your
patronage.
ST. HELEN 4
OREGON.
-00 TO
JOHN A. BECK,
The Watchmaker and Jeweler
I 01t YOUR
KLEGANT : : : JKWELRY
The I'liie-l a-aor'nieiit of Watches. Cl.x ki
and J.-wlry ol i ll ileevripiiun.
Opposite the K-m ill, PnrtU'd Oreon
.JAPANESE
CURB
A new ani eomvlete n. t i.ih. natUiiiiff o
u;ik,.Iu t, ointment. In Ca"le, l li
nox aud t'lllt: a P.mliUe cure fur KMrriml. In
l.rnal, Blln l and blee-iliu, Iu-liliig. nronlc
i tieiil or lletad lair 1 1 ic. un l nmny olhri
tl.en.e anilleuitl. ekne--. It it tlw.yni
jrtal benunl to Ihe cncr.il healih. Th. iln.
d M-ov.'ir ola m. lliaTi-ure rsinlerlngin urera
.Inu lin ma knife uiiuecusry htreutler. Thl
lit. cie. iv hut ner lieeu Ihhiwii to (all. (lie
Imi. s for i: win hr mall. Why Buffer I mm thl
l.trll.le iII-mi when a written g.iarame. la
ilven with a bo. In refund lha num. II noi
eiiret. Hend tanii for fne !tnil8. linaraiilee
iwueilbv Wo,iAo. I'larkc A Whiletli
and K.i.ll DruKlu. Sot Anenu, l'orlland, or.
NIC XV
Colnmbia Restaurants
Lodging Bouse.
ETerytWng New, '
Clean Beds and the
Best Table Set
MRS. M. J. SCOTT,
(Formerly Mre. M. .N'uit,
PROPRIETRESS
Ni-gt Door to Miiaoiiio Hull,""
ST. HELENS,,
OREGON
OF COURSE YOU DO.
SrOH BEtNO THK OA8B. It behooTe
v u lo lin.l Hi. in t dv-lrabltt place to
purcle vour' lnri rutor."
"THE BANQUET."
Keep, constantly on h ind the niu.oua
Cuban Blossom Cigars.
The flneat line of lna Ihuoi a ana
Clit.ir to le found ilii" tide i.f Port
In nd. And if m lh to
eiig.nie in a ironic of
POOL OR BILLIARDS,
They can asu a you tbat tliey bave tin
Ivtnl lul.lc in town. r.verj n ing t .,
niiit. and your putroiingo ia ra.1n.1-tfu.l5
aolii'lied.
THE BANQUET"
St IM.n. Oregon.
UucMsu's Arnica cIts.
The Bent 8al la Ihe world for Cut, Brulnet.
gore.. Uleera. Salt Kh.um, F.r.r Bore., Tetter,
Chapped llaoda, Chllululn., Corot aud all tilt In
Grnutlona, and po.ltlTely eurea 1'llett or no ay
required. It It guaranteed to give perfect aatia
faHlon, or monejr refunded, Trie. 26 eviita per
box. For Sale Bv Kdwin Boat.
One Dollar Weekly
Buy. a good gold watch by our i-lub xy-
tein. Our 14-kart goll-ntit'i canes are wnr
rai ted fnriX) .xeara. Fine Klgiu and Wnl-
Ihuin m.ven'tni. Biem wind ami cel.
T.t.lv'n or irenfn eixe. Bqnsl to any
waicb. loat'cure agents whir, we have
noil'', we "ell " oi me uuining i-s e
O. I), by express with pr vilegeof exund iu
tlon befiirv paying for Hie fame.
Our agent at Durham, N. . write.
"Ourlewelert have ennfeased they don't know
how you can fiiruUhauch work fur the money."
Out agent at flrath Spring-, K. 0 , wr'tea:
, "your WBICIIO. ittt ai .ik. ,n ..
who got the lait watch mid that he examined
ann nru'wi a powtie. ...
tliatnerenO.bi'Uar than yourt, but the prk-e
waaliA."
Our Hgent at Pennington. Tex., write!
'Am In reeelpi OI in. waien, ann am pieamn
.in,,.,,! miunn. All who have teen il aav li
would be cheap at lie."
One eood reliuble agent wanted lor eacli
plac.. Write for narticnlara.
JSL. OBBSSSSHSBSSSH
REPUBLICAN STATE -TICKET.
Fiir Pri'sideiiii.il EWtira,
J. F. CA.I'LES, of PiiiiI.hkI.
II B. MII.LKK, if GrifV Phs.
1). M. DUNNE, of PurtlHiid.
G. M. IRWIN, i.f Ui.i-.li.
Fur 8ui'rpiii' Jmlx,
F. A. MOORE. 81. Ilcl. na.
A rti Tiicy-Oi-iieriil,
L. R. WEBSTER, Jrti'kmmville.
DISTJiWT.
Fur CotiKn'eanifii,
DINGER HERMANN. (1-t ilietrict.
V. R. ELLId. (2nd iliatrict)
Fur Citriiit JhiIk,
T. A. McBRIDE. OrK" Oity.
Fur Dimrirt Attorney,
W, N. BARRETT, f Hill.born.
For Joint Senmor,
J. W. MAXWELL, .f Tillamook.
Vnnrd of K'lii'iliz-ition,
G. WINGATE, of Antorin.
COLUMBIA COUXTY.
For R'preseiititive,
NORMAN MERRILL.
; For Sheriff,
C. W. BLAKESLEY.
For Clt rk. ,
E. E. QUICK.
For Conimiiieioiier,
ISRAEL SPENCER.
For County J iuIk.
DEAN BLANCH ARD.
. For Treaeim r,
E. M. WHARTON.
" For Aei-eeMir,
GEORGK MAYGER.
For Surveyor, :
A. U. LITTLE.
For S' liiX'l SuiM rintemletit,
T. J. CLEETON
Fr Coroner,
B. P. QUIVY.
NOTICE toil PUBLICATION.
jind Offle. at Oreiran City. or.. Arll 111, 192.
Nolle 1 Hereby etven thai the folli.wiii-
niiiie-l helllcr hat lili-d not lie of hi. Imeull. n
n make Hunt pmof iu .up(4 t ..f hii claim, and
thai Mild prouf will be matie befnie Inu county
lerk of t:nluinliia county. alM. Helena, U,egn,
on May HI, Iter.', via:
JOHN O. TOMPKINS,
llnmetead entry Xu. tBti. for the .w U o ree
ilnn . t n. r 2 w. lie nam.- ihe f, U,,wlne
ailueasa lo prove hU'eouilniioii. retl.lence
iiiwii, and cultivation of aald laud, under tee
ilon-WI, K. 8.: B. P. Qulvy, Henry riierxka.
Siephen Halnea. Julius Zeamatin; all ol bcap
piHuie. Ouliimbin county. Iiretou-
HeujHinln Harues wbo ma-is p-e emptlf-n P.
4. No. I. hereby tiieeially niitiiie-1 to api-eai
nnd .how eaune why Ihe entry of Jubu U.
T impkina thould lint be allouexl.
Zlmn 1. T. ArTEltSoS. RegUter.
Treasurer's Notice.
Counlv Treaatm r'a OfBce, I
St. Hrk-na, tr M v IK, 1852. f
Btnte of Oregon, t'oluinbiu County:
No lw Is beieiy vien that all unraid
I'liuuty warm nta which have nern inente.l
and ehdorwd "not paid tor waul of fumU''
from Mnv 4, 1891 uu to July -W, 1'- both
Iniei i'l'lusm-, will be uiia ujioii ri-n-nu-ti
hi at ihi-i olHoe. Interest on aal.T warrant-'
will nut be allowed aft-r tiiednieof
lhi.nutce. O. W. COI.K.
- dunty rreii'Urer.
Sealed Bids.
Notice l" hereby given that aea'eci bids
will Iks received by lln- c lunty court of C i
'nnibiu cniiiitv, Oregon, up lo 10 u'clwk A.
M , on the Nth dav ot Ju y, 18!)2. for the
iiut ii tii.ti of a biidge i f Milton creek
i,t .Milion .-t ti n. on il e Nortltvin I'aciHc
Hui roud , the binder t" lumir.li p ans, hc
ilkaliuni, truln, dingiaui and all mateiial
fur the construiui ii of anid luilge. E ch
I idd'-r -hall deHi-lt sitli Id' U I 5 m r c. nt.
of the Hiuiiiiut of audi hid, whii-h ahull he
forltiti-d t ihe int.-nty in -aw Hie nward U
nude In l.iui and he tails, neiilpi -ta r re
l'u-4-a t -r t ie in riod of two day a ter surh
iwa'd i ni.ide, to enter into a on t met and
lie l,i bund in ihe ma iner required by snd
o the eati fa lion of the miiil bonnl uf
i-oii.ly iii.uuiiiuiimeni. provided vlua-e
that."! I I" ani niav, initadiscietion, nj ct
nii v un.l nil bida. liy order of li.e b. a.u ol
county coniiui.ioiier!i.
1). ). SWCTZKR,
Comity Judge. '
81. Hilene.Or., May 5. 1!I2. . inlajlO
Splendid Young N:rman Horse
Will make the sea-on of 1803
sj fullowt:
Moniliiy and Tuoadiiy ut R. COX'S
plure, Warren.
VVVrlneaitiiv nnd Tl nrsdny ut GEO.
JAyUE3',G.dilf, . ,
Reel of the week at C. MUCKLES
rnnrli. Deer I-lniul.
lEimS: 1NSU RANCH; $13.00
TKMI'K-i'l-abeauti:'nllsrk lion gray.
16 l-atide liiuli: lx years ol.i: weiifua ltWO
iiouu.l. with tine.atile. nuit'k moveiiieni.
ttii.l totnil t., nulla In iMii.lkl ,e uivm Hod
uuranility. j
He wa iren ny oun uyron iwier: ny
nlil llvion Kier. l:iino:-tud nnd owned by
tiliiirimiter, Keotti, Iowa. Tempei-I's dam
a -I ed by Uld lempeai. u .orinun none,
wnea nv J. isown. luwn.
CIIAS. MUCKLE, Owner.
NOTICE rOR PCBLICATIOM.
Land Office at Orison City, Or., April l 1SI2.
Notice It hertby iilven that the fol'owlug
namod settler hat filed notice of hi. iuleu iou
tn make Una) proof In tuiKrl of hit claim aud
tliaiMAld nroof will be made before lha County
tlerk of Columbia county, at M. Helena, Ore-1
iou, on May HI. l'i. vii:
- ci. . y "una .
Preemption 1. D. No. 7 .S.V for the a. i of lec
tion . I 4 n. r 3 w. He name, the following
wlin-eetn tmive hit eonlinnont reairieni.
upn.i, and ciilllratlnn of raid land. Tic II. Weal,
U. Freeman. Geort;. Kamsey and H. White: all.
of Hcappouse t. 0.. Columbia county, uree.a.1
a&utff J T. APPKRSON. BaglMer. .
mWm
A SLUMBtR SONO.
Ill dream yon stand uutalde Ihe window,
My old wblaperiiig leesa;
I'll dream you bum inittkl ibswlmtew,
Jly old boner beea.
' Till my peaceful apiril drnwsaa
With your plrataul hum.
Ia and out your little Iwntas,
Aa you ao sod come.
Oatbee me Ihe honey of aleep,
Tbnmgh Ibe old. ewvet. aitnny liahl,
Wbete your bum la anft and dsep
HofUT Ibua Ihla Inures dIkIu.
Utile, bummliiii, uoldsn bats,
liummlnK bees.
' Bum me lo .lumber,
To slumber.
And from the eweet old anmraer gardes.
FuutbinK Kiand fro.
And from Ihe bright old aiimmer gardes,
Wberr Ihe lillea blow,
from the holly bm-ka' bigh chamber
lluuiming loud sad low.
Wheat the moruina g lor lea rbuuber
Aa you eome snd KK
From Ibe old daya fly lo bm.
Bum s dream around my braia.
lioni old aweetneea dmwaily.
And my old, soft aleep aicsiu;
Litils. bummlnK, Koldeu I
ilumniiuK beet.
Hum me toaluinbcr.
To slumber. .
Irene Putnam in Hood llouaskeeplag.
Lsremsklng la Krane.
It was etttimated in 1876 tbat there
were ROO.IHKT lace workers ia Euro)o.
of which 13(1,0(1(1 were women, aud
that in Djlgium alone there were
over Out) luce echooUi. many of whih
were in the convents: No wonder in j
it, then, that the most remarkable I
pieuce of point lace are found an heir
looma all through Belgium, one of j
which is dewTibed an a three cor
nered shawl aa delicate an if woven
by a spider and ho fine it can be
drawn through a ring. Until 1665
French lacee were no coarse that the
people would not wear them, in spite
of several ordinances of the French
government
Thin led Colbert to start the manu
facture of newdewigna at hi own
country seat, near Alencon. from
patterns brought from Flanders. Ven
ice and Genoa, under the superin
tendence of Mme. Gilbert a native
of Alencon, with thirty skilled lace
makers. The result of thin scheme
Boon became the rage, so that no
more money went out of the coun
try, to the delight of the shrewd Col
bert Brooklyn Eagle.
A Now Jerary Street Apple.
Nature must have been in a hu
morous mood when she made the
Eweet Greening. She has turned out
an apple which is peculiar to itself.
Thin variety is large and firm. Its
coat is a very iale, yellowish green,
sometimes almost white. It is rather
sticky, but the skin is thin and ten
der. The best way to eat it is to
rinse it in lukewarm water and bite
it off without peeling it. If peeled
and quartered it will not taste half
so good.
Thin variety is grown almost alto
gether in Monmouth county. N. J.
Nearly all of the crops are shipped
to the New York market. The
greater part of each crop is con
sumed in this city. -New York Even
ing Sun. ": . "
A merles aa Tssght la Fore lew Bckoola.
It L said that American girls who
have been educated abroad never
grow to look with respect upon the
land of their birth and its institu
tions. Brought up in the midst of
the pageantry of monarchical fun
di tions they grow to love the splendor
and deem the simplicity of American
customs barren. American history
is insufficiently taught American
customs ridiculed by tales in which
they are shown distorted by the
fancy of the narrator. Even the
geography of this country is neglect
ed. Philadelphia Press.
On. of tbs Qsrsa'. Admirers. ;
William VYilberforce. writing to
Hannah More in 1S20. says: "In
consequence of a very civil message
from the Duchess of Kent 1 waited
on her this morning. She received
me with her little girl on theflixir by
her side, with her playthings, of
which I soon became one.
The little princess is now a great
grandmother, and is known to the
world as Queen Victoria. Youth's
Companion ,
Dim Haatsslty Degmaersts If tsft Atssst
, We find no instance yet of the wolf
evolving itself inio life human, but
we have s instances of the human
easily losing its most essential char
acteristics and taking on the type of
the wolf. Does the human life left
to itself find degradation more nat
ural than development?-Rev. J. H.
Seeley in Congregationalist
Tlrasosas Jskse."
Low Comedian- These newspaper
jokes about theatrical companies
bu sting up and the actors walking
home are getting rather tiwwme.
Heavy Man (reflectively) -Yea. but
not half so tiresome as the the walk
ing. -New York Weekly.
Wblatllng Daring s Rskssrssl. -
' To whistle iri the theater during a
rehearsal is a sign that some oue will
die, or that you are "pil ing" a mem
ber of the company out of an engage
ment There is nothing to counter
act the evil of this.- Chicago Herald.
tlrae. Mas.
Men can be found who are willing
to go to Africa as missionaries who
are not willing to take cape of a cross
baby for the tired wife for an hour. -Ram's
Horn.
Wood folee Losing favor,
Telegraph poles made of iron are
being largely employed in Europe.
They are both light and strong. -New
York Journal,
HIS OWN EXECUTI0NO.
A Chief TTka 11 lamer. mOleted Iks Dtstk
I'esaltles Us Istpssed.
If you go down to French Guiana
and ascend the big Moroni river-n
little distance you will find a great
many negroes who talk very bad
French. Some of them, however,
have visited France and have a little
education. The more intelligent of
these negroes will tell you that the
greatest man who ever lived, except
tae first Napoleon was Boni. One
of these negro tribes is called the
Boni, from the name of the man who
t jleased the people from slavery.
Boni was the intelligent and au
dacious negro who, in 1772. revolted
against his master on the coast of
Dutch Guiana, destroyed his prop
erty, escaped with hundreds of other
slaves and founded a new home for
the people, whom he piloted to the
borders of French Guiana. For many
decades all slaves who escaped from
their masters were able to find their
freedom among the Bonis. A curious
story is told about Boni by the ex
plorer Henry Coudreau, who has done
so much to make the interior of
French Oruiana known.
A long distance up the Maroni river
is the island Adlafo, which means
"cutting off the head." This is the
island where for a long time Boni
carried out the execution of crimi
nals whom he had condemned to
death. The enrions feature of his
system of capital punishment was
that he requned no assistance what
ever in carrying his judgments into
effect He alone escorted the con
demned persons to the island of Ad
lafo, and unaided ha cut off their
heads. The Spartacus of the "Ne
groes of the Woods" seemed to be
particularly fond of this son, of ex
ercise. Physically he was the most
powerful man in his country; No
ono wished to cope with him in com
bat. - When he had a prisoner whom he
had condemned bo would place his
flintlock and his saber in a canoe, seat
the condemned man in the bow of
the boat and then paddle up stream
several miles to the island. IIo would
not have even a boatman with him
on these little expeditions.
"Now," Boni was wont to say to
the unhappy wretch before him, aa
he paddled along, "do not attempt
to escape, for if you do I shall surely
stop you by a bullet in the legs. I
shall not shoot to kill yon, for I shall
wish to torture you after I get you."
"No. chief," the trembling victim
would often reply. "1 -shall not try
to escape." And such was the terror
Boni inspired that the unfortunate
prisoner would reach the place of
punishment prot-ably without enter
taining the slightest thought of es
caping. ,
When they reached the island,
Boni would tell his prisoner to get
out of the canoe ami would then
march him to the place of execution.
This was a large fiat rock, washed
by the waters of the rapid river and
shaded by a tamarind tree. The
rock is still shown to every one who
visits the spot When they reached
the- place, Boni, fierce and inexor
able, would sternly command:
"Now you die. .To your ktieca.
Your nanus behind your back. Hold
down your head."
The unfortunate wretch, more
dead than alive, would mechanically
obey : the order. Boni would raise
his saber, and with one sure stroke
would sever the head from the body.
The head would roll upon the flat
stone, and the blood would be washed
away by the rush of water from the
rapids, which now and then over
spread the rock. Boni would then re
embark, and upon his return hid peo
ple would more than ever regard him
as an object of terror to evil doers.
Chicago Herald.
. Bad rises for a Ussae. .-
A farmer digging a well near Ms
houao at Darlington has discovered
that his dwelling was built over the
remains of a huge mastodon. He
has discovered about ten feet of the
tusk, but has stopped excavating in
the sandstone for fear of endanger
ing his house. Scientists who hate
visited Darlington to investigate the
discovery estimate that the tusk
must be about 16 feet long and the
whole skeleton 3(1 feet long and 18 to
20 foot high. A small chip from the
tusk was sent to a New York scien
tist who pronounced it the-purest
ivory. A rich mineral spring has
burst from the rock just above the
tusk. Iudiana Cor. St Louis Ulobs
Domocrat ...
Ksvslsy.es la Iks Klgktasstk Ceatary.
- Envelopes ore supposed to be quite
modern, but in the Birch manu
scripts iu the British museum. No.
4.m-t05, there is a letter from
Martin Triowald to Sir Hans Sloane,
dated Stockholm. April ti, 1733, in
closed in an ordinary envelope, which
is oponed out and mounted at the
end of the letter. Notes and Que
ries. ' P.t os Shipboard. -
, Monkeys are common on- board
slaps serving in tropical and semi
tropical .waters. ; The Yorktown. the
Yantic and some. other ships carry
innstiUa. Many carry cats, and Cape
pigeons are pots with the vessels on
the Pacific station. VNew York News.
V, Mot Ik Coffe.
V, "Customer TUia poffee tastes lik
n old tobacco pipe.
r Waiter-! 11 bring you a basin or
tYatcr so you con wash y'r muAtache,
uooti news,
MsssOts mt Heading Circlet. ;
' Resiling circles -seem to be all the
rage now among young people of .
every clans. Their multiplication,
unlike many other successful institu
tions, iu not due altogether to the
fact that the idea is a fashionable
one. for fashion and study hardly go
band in hand They are horses of
different breed, different color aud
different proportions, and it is sel
dom that they can, from a compara
tive standpoint be made to labor to
gether. . The necessity of education
which is daily impressing itself moro
und more upon the youth of our
times is the cause responsible for
their existence. The benefit that the
studious one derives from thera is
obviously great A man reads a
book and carries) out of it a' certain
number of ideas. His knowledge of
that book is uot as great as if he re
ceived the ideas of thirty readers of
it each of whom views it differently
to some degree.
This is the argument the voting
people make in favor of this pros
perous institution, aud a little reflec- -tion
will show that it is not a bad ono.
I dropped in during the exercises of
one of these circles during the week.
Young men and women, the maxi
mum age of whom was twenty -three,
were laboring industriously over the
j French rebellion, and the way that
they arranged the facto, throwing in
I detail While keeping clear and npper
, most the main ideas, was something
marvelous. They bad been eotabor
ing for just one year and had in that
time reviewed and studied American
history and a dozen work of differ
ent rtandard, authors. Brooklyn
Eagle. - - .
Wsa VTalllsis-tssi SaryrleedT
The generally rereived notion that
the Duke of Wellington, waa-anrprised
receives full eonfirnmtiosy io many
pages of "Waterloo Letters. "and per
haps most sBsvrkedly in a letter from
Sir William KapieT. tto historian.
Napier gives- the- loUoaeing account .
from tBslukeeown month: ... ; .
lie found the Print of Orange at
the Duchess of Richmond's ball on
the- evening of the 13th. He was
uarpnaed to see him because ho had
placed him at Binche. an important
outpost tor the purpose of observing
and giving notice of the movement
of tho enemy. He went up to him
and: asked if there was any news.
"No. nothing but that the French
have-crossed the Sombre and had a .
brush with the Prussians. . Haveyoa
heard uf it r" This was news. So he
told hint quietly that he had better ,
go bock to his post and then by de
green k got the principal officers
away frnm the ball and sent them to
their troops. This was done. I think
he said, about IT o'clock. He then,
went to hi quarters and found Muf
fling there, coming from Blucher
with the aews; he ought to have ar
rived long before, but said the duke
to me, "1 cannot tell the world that
Clucher picked the fattest man hi
his army to ride with an express t -mo.
and that he took thirty hours to
go thirty mito, London Academy.
. fimrl. Baby's Vslee.
The phonograph has in its cylinder,
great ixjetdbiliries of comfort, as more
ani more- persons are beginning to
discover. A Xew England father,
whose business, makes compulsory
long periods-of absence) from home,
has a dear little daughter of four
years. The child is, olast mother-,
less, snd the father writes thus to a
friend: "When I next return east I
shall take Baby to the phonegraph
makers and have an inatrMtnent
made for her which will preserve
her quaint utterances and her sweet .
voico. 1 shall take it with me al .
ways, and when 1 am weary and
longing for home I shall set it in op
eration and listen to the musk of her
loving prattle.? Her Point of View
in New York Times. , , .. -.
' "'- 'A Rsaaarkskls Bteard. .'" '
The statistician of tlio Delaware and
Hudson Canal company railroad
points with pride to, tho remarkable .
fact that on the Pennsylvania branch ,
of this railroad not a single pasaen-
ger.bas been killed since the road
went into operation, twenty years
ago. "It is also a matter of oou- -grarulation,"
-be sayar "tliat during
that time. four children tare iea
born on the traina of tbat division - . .
two of them twins." AU four are .
alive, and one of them ia an em-
ployee of the oompany. Yankee
Blade t-j-,
Ths Only Tfclsg They fcvsir DI4.
It is not "generally known '" that
John Bright' powers of sarcasm
were almost unrivaled. Some of his
sharpest utterances bare been against
. members of the nobility. When boasts :
; bad been made of the antiquity of a
i prominent family, tbat theii. ancee
i tors came over with the Conqueror,
hie) reply was prompt. "I never heard
i that they did anything else." Saa
Francisco Argonaut..
"; Cos as for Csaaplstisty,
Weo Daughter ' (admiringly) -
You're such a darling, sweet mam
mal So pretty and stylish. I'm so
glad that - ry""rTi.!
Mamma-i-WeU, dear, goon,
Wee Daughter trcniarigl y)
Well, I'm ever ao gb4 you inarrjed
into our family. -Pittsburg Bulletin.
Tks Trouble),
"What fa the hardest part of jolie
writing. WittixT
'Punctuation. That a the reason
many jokes lack point." Hew
i tur