HMHrtaWfiIMH)lJ'Mk)lUtH0 ,OOUOO0 JtifH 00
If YoFw anTfrSte job woS
. AT LOW PRICES,
Leafs your orders at tliis o3c3,
V "Nil
OOJ KKWaOUOOO lOOOOfHKKKMJfM luOOOt KMX Hl0
, Tf yiraftnefiii pbstcd oa
COUNTY AFFAIRS,
. Subscribe for tHe Official Paoer.
11 ii u
VOL. 0
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1892.
NO. 23.
IVJLJLkD
re
COVERED
WITH. A
avctter:
miL.IT. WILJL MIY TAH& YOU
MAKt'.S A t??Ss ""rv'ntc CROP
tsittikc lVvwin3i YEAH
HW postal rM uaiiSSffjMWWWft
MITCHELL
NEW MARKET
THIi ORliGOiN Mi ST.
nr.
THE MIST PUN COMPANY,
J. H. BEEOLE, Managsr.
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAi'EB,
, ftkrrlitloM limn.
On. on year In advance, $1 M
One 'utiy U month f 1
klogle c.'i y
Adt.rtlaiiif Itattam.
Penfe14tmt.il frfr.lv An. venr
1 1
-
1!
0'if culiimn (ill. iuai m. .... .
H til atilumn im year
O irl-wiiuina ouh yuar..
V It I
ilneh ona innnlli i
Inch. Out nieollu........ ..................... , 1
Oat Itirb all inatitha t
Lienl M;lc. Ietntt per line f. r fjrtt lner
11 -m: lOt'eute perllue for iu uli.ix);iiit lu-n-r'l
m.
ftlT.nlrn.nts (I hi ir inch for flrnl
Inwrii'tii, anil ,i rxuu per inch lor each l
nltuMrllDll.
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CO LC M J t A CO C S T Y D1KECT0KY.
.....D. JHwH'pr, M. H.Utu
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t fx iurc ....U. W. c(, M llU-
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C. r. lioiiTi. Hninlpr
"intir
C ui nli-t'jnn..
A. H. Lltui!. HiinitAr
Itoi.1 H. Mr, Vrrnoul.
J. iV. ariir,
tj. t-'J'T- l. "J . L "J- -f - '
.UroHIC -ft IIAlfiii Ulc. N I. fS-Brilftr
ri ii-.'iuu'r.tM-n nr. I 1. I lllll.l -Kl iriMV in
eh month t..'r, H. KtiU ill. UjII. Vi-it
In t momlnrt lu i!004 .uttxlluc liiviml to
(.rift.
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i. U:.a tluii ly, Wo l.inwldjr tia4 PrlJuy t
ft H
Th. mill for Mif h)aii.t, fr-lklilP ft VMM
Q'tU i MouJy. w li4' ''l'' iy
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Miiurmllwij) nr(!i cl't ft ID . fur
I jrtloH ii I r. x
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TrafrUiii U jlrl-.Hlvr Itoulc.
49.Au.rr KiriVKltlVfl Mt. Iltfl.il
f... l.piU.i.t at tl A. tf. Tltft.'ttfV. 'I L .IMlrlV Itllll
P't.ir-nv. tfvi. m. Molt for i lnl iil
M.miUy, W4injly Vil'Uy ftt .W A. M.
RfH : Ikalik l.ava St. Jlrtlvu. fin Port
ImUTui H.iilnrultiii ni 3:;u f. M.
stiKAMCr 1 K'.lono ImrsHt Itelnn-
... l.l...i.l (tnlltf .r tl Mituitnv. Ht 7 A. It . Ai '
Hvtnir: 'ort!n'i tt tv.au: iifiiiinliii!. liv
'iirllnnv ftt t r. tf.. tirrlvliiK ul Hi. ftt
PROFESSIONAL.
pR. JI. U. CLIr-F,
)' 1IYSIC1 AX and SU ROEOX.
8t. Itlen Oregon
D
.11. J. E. II ALL,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
. Clfttskiinlt, Coliiin' l i county, Or.
1. KJCS. -
ATTORNEV-T-LAW, t
6T.1ILE1C8, - j OBFOOM. ,
Deputy Dlntrirt Atlxriiy fordlnmi In Co.
NOTARY PULRLIC and
' INSURANCE AGEXT,
v , . Uaygrr, Oregon. . ......
T. A. McUftior. . , A. a. DRtMMa.
ftjcBlllDK DBKfahEU,
ATTORNEYS atLAW. -
Orrjon City t Orron . -
rrorhit attention g.vnn Uii'l-olTlc bunlnei-.
urns, f
SURVEYOR and
CIVIL ENGINEER,
Bt. Helens. Orejriin.
Uonnty antveyor L.'itJ mirvcyln",to n
pUnlUMi mil wiuUievruij w.nk ir,iu,'.I,
done. ' '
W, T. BlMWBV. J.'W. DuArmt.
UBNEY A PltAI'EU,
ATTORNEYS-at-LAW,
drcK Cltv, Orcgun.
Tw.lve vcura1 exmol iv'e Ui'irlstcr of
Win i;iiileiHiut I. in, urtliv lie ;. 11 c
tneuila u in niiiiiiei!ift,"y oi " klnili
tittrlneaM bufuitt the Lund Olli'iu t
CnurM.wid into'.triiig the Onitrul Lui.U
tXflo. . ..
CIPSl'.V.l
tM-I
. " B BwBa3fl HVBCZ.JeaiBWB w
.
SlUMl'
gines, Boilers Wagons, Buggies; Etc., Etc.
LARGESTSTOCK.
Prices the Lowest.. Correspondence S3licifcd.
,USWIS;&v,8TAlfER
MACHINERY & VEHICLES,
BLOCK - PORTLAND, OREGON.
ST. HELENS
Prescriptions
A Specialty.
EDWIN HOSS, DRUGGIST
DfcAMiK IN )
PURE DRUGS,' ' -' OPTICAL GODS,
MCDICIN'KS. T01LF-T. FANCY GOOD-",
ARTICLES. CliEMIr'AL". . STATIONERY.
CONFECTIOSEUY, XEW NOVELS. ETC.
AiM Vfrytl.t:iK uiuil y foun J In a Fir.-t-i ,liis
Thy Itii iim" l'ie c I p 1 nii'i-fu!!y com, outidfil at any hem -, J.iy or i irlit. I y
rOiii;'H'iit a iil Kxn'il n Iiimiit).!',
-rT,TriI3 -
rs an
"J--r INSURANCI COMPANY,
A.lbnny, Or.
AUTIlOriZKD CAPITAL; - - - -SECURED
CAPITA L, - -
All) CAPITAL, . - - - -
FARM PROPERTY A SPECIALTY,
All Losses Promptly and Satisfactorily Adjusted
Fur lA: ticul.tri iily t t'miilic of Min rc .t OiiK-, r Tils Mt t ftW.
'"THE REI'AIL MEUC
Muditim ol Triu bi t
uiul llio Lotiriuuicr. llo luiml jifoloct tho interest
oi Iiis ciiMtoiiicisj y piirclioing iu thc lowcM and
nml host iniiiketH, uml Ity wiling' to his nitrons
at tLc J-ovvoot Pottible Prices.
jer.
PROPRIETOR OF THE OLD ST. HELENS STORE,
In kropinp there tn;o juini-iples of tr:;de alwp.38 in
view ; often leave tho oil truck und strikes, "across
lots ? for lJjiivaius for Inn cuntoincrs. His 6tock of
tX5G8noral Morohandise
Is being cnUrged
hy
It i not' I'nnvcn'ft'it to iiiiiih- the nmny liiT-rcnt nrt'i'les kept
nn wile, ft i co l 1 (.111 lr,v () il ,1 I tbii K. L iliii.i' Wi'iir OkhiIviiicii'ii
Wtar, ua, iirr, fiiot Wm'i Hour unit P eil, (iwiir e- una i n
ni Oomt", hni iiiioi Uurmiitru. rm-kirv ati.i Olu var. Oitiuitii
i.i.i) li nvuri'. 'lowiitr nml eliut, llnti i.ud Cuius i.oo' uiul bli es,
i'lititit Muili tie , Ivl i Alticlcn, itc, .
. F. R. GHOWN,
HARDWARE
- AND
1 nn rrv
212 First and 9 Salman Street.
tplre nt Oil.,., n't A nll.lt trf..a tl ..... Hnl tin .anf In
"
IT- ' H
an.iled Iriun oltsttrvallnnv Bond monev or a tampa by letter with full rddremwrltten rlaln'.y. 1 Jit"
pojHlan-wmricDy einfldntlnl Thu adyerffment l boueat arrt tiillit to wrrd in every woio ii
etniMna. W. Invite vo'l tl.1"il wlrh'n nrl voawlll and everything A rrrrrwiited Cut tbSil aiin
a ndtvdnv. idrtreiw O'I'PM OMf MtCftL CO.. 174 Rc f etreet, ClUC IKrVftTU O. Yen ci n
rotH'er your leifr at in. I'init Oilice to Inaare Ha aafe rtiv. ry, . wbl rr . on for ftty ci
Of f tlluro or llr:h'eiit Injiii r io nor po rhHer. ;very bnttlo ftuarunU'Cd.
t DEPJll -To ladl who lairodiB-. n1 mona their Mcodp ""'' "a", Sfi
rtWalwiiip,,eiftwithit.1tl5Rr!.I7rdiM.iao r La iy "'' an aal-a
M ftn 'i. lli M aii to Ml t ft o si ulwIUi . ttood alalary m Ooaimttttoa ta ftawaw.
PULLERS,
DRUG STORE.
jraors irom moi
Cotyitry filled
JJcturn Mail.
S-3')0,00
2 17.0;
74,25'
II ANT is tho nociSi.rj
livwii "tho AI;,inu..ciii'rr
oi
Xew Goods Every D.iy.
- ' .
rr ttti
PORTLAND
d Merchants1
liEW DISeOVEflY tCGIBei
In oi.niixionrlint n aoluttoii a piu-t wu acolilently iiilitril un th rrnnij
and vn wwililuif illtcrwaol II ua dutcovcrtft Ihut tli Lair nn com.
piciuty n-ni-'Vi'd. W. at ouonpttt ihmuiiniiul prip.railon. tiathft
market ami ancreat has lHen the duinnd itutl w. an uow intnkluclng
It throuirliotit the worl4 under 111. nurae ol Uuo.u'. Auli-iiftU'iuo
IT ISPtRFECTLY HARMLESS AND
SO SIMPLE ANT CHILD CAN USE IT,
It the riatr over anrt apply tli admire lor a few mlnutfS. and tlia
hur illnpprs" W maglo without ih.iilghtMtpaiiiorinjnrr when
amiMcd or vr allerw.rd. It liunllko any olliw preparatlt a ever awd
fi'i'a MkeimrpoKe. Tlionnanila el LAlill Knhohave teen annayiMi
with luilr oatli.tr FACE. KR arrl altll" atteat Its merlta.
IIKNTI.KMKX who do not arpreelntea heard or hnlron their neelr,
f nd ft pnoilca. boon In Uuern'ii A nll-Hnli in-nhleh doea awny
ii.liHbnvhii .l,. r.rini ItH tulnr. .ronlh an utli r Impwwiblltly.
auftv mafllnff htlXe tMWtlire Ptlld b' Ul ttTCUrely .
Ii. JlKOCKr.NllUOUolI,
ATTO RN RY-at-L AW,
Oregon City, Oregon. ,
t,n'epel il nsctitof 'Ipticnil I mil offlw.)
II iiio-lcxl. Vte-t iiii'lUin. Bn J 'limber
Land appl onion-, uiul ithi-r Lin I Ollim
liuxintiM .kc aliy. OILca, aivond, fluor,
LimuOlli. c Dili iliiiir.
-go to-
JOHN A. BECK,
The Watchmaker acd Jeweler,
-I'Oll YOfR-
E LEO ANT
JEWELRY.
Tli? Hiict imnorfmenl of Watchpn. Clocka,
and Ji'Wtlry of nit cJci:riucinsi.
Oppoilc Die Em m.l, : Purtl:ii rl Orceon.
A. H. BLAKE SLY,
Proprietor of
Oriental t Hotel.
BT. IIEL.KNS, OREGON.
The hoiifc h.ia hr-pti fully re'nrnl.hei'
tlno i'.'Ii 'U! nnd ti e I't-t of iitccm
nioiliiliniis will lie iven.
CHARGES RE ASfJNABLE
TAliK tun In conn rt't!on with
tin lint I ohi ec )'i(r with ilio Nonli-p-ii
Pnt'ilic . .ii il n nU at Milun tj'ujc
or Tacoi a irnin lu p. tit.- r'or I'orilam.
tr In at S i. in.
JAPANESE
CURE
A npw nn-l complete tveul tut. ti-itlnKo
itIjHIt 1 1, O.lidftCIllM I I CaiMTrlf , til o it
ox fl!nl ills: n (Mifivc 'u e lor Kxti-rnil, In
t:iml, Jtlht'i ittid HUtiiUif IuliiiiK, itiioiiic.
ecfur nr Hcl tuty VV.e. Kn-.l im nv otlini
l-erp tijtl iViiitilf! uc.akuos e-: it ( ahvtii
rout tentjHl to tlifl gemtl hnfl . 'the Iith
I wo' t! y of n m iit-al pure rju iu o, .n
!u " itli tne knii tnuie -ftsa he o ner. 'llii
e r.clv Hm nevr Lreti known to fitil f 1 e
ix. forf. ent hv mail. Whv tifhr fro u thi
rrii lf riKeHnc when h w iiMn p w-an:ro i
f n ult'i l-oxi. to re fun 1 I he m net' If mi;
nrci. 8en I tam r for free suu le. (fuitrniitcr
...I In- '.L',...i. . m. miritl, I'.. 111.
nJ KetH-l JnijtK'4is.' Ho e Akgiu', Portluau, Or.
Golumfcia Restaurant &
Lodging Bouse.
ferjtMni New, :
Claaa Bads and tli3
Bast Table Sel
MR3. M X SCOTT,
(Form riy Mr-. M Nuitv,)
PKOPUIETRESt
Nrxl Dimr to Ias.iiic Hull,
vr.. HELEN. : - - OREGON
One Dollar Weekly
tuyii a stood poM natcli hy iur i-lnb "
tin. Our 14 kar t gol'-tihidca.ii'snri'W r
a teJ fur '.0 vtitn. f ine Klirin aoit Wah
li:ti miVi'irin'.. Ktnii ni ul ami ret
L ! rr (S'lit. fee. Kqmil t'i any V
111:1. m.eurd Nriit ft liira we hav,
on , tve .ell "t.e of ihi- Ii u n ! i rtjr c
ntclic" ii r ili clnli imioe $2S nn I ciM O
1. P. by xre. witlt T vilcgpof eacami .a
ion bi.foi'i' j av.iig for tin-.-anie.
)'ir niri'i t at Durbani, N. ('.. riw.
"Ottr Jewelern 3iH''e oon'tn c 1 thev r'on't know
now you call turnin mtcu u ora lor tne money.
)i!' agi'i t tit Ilivith Spring , S. (!. , wr tea:
"Your watches t.-ike at slirhl. The treiiiletnim
whoKot the lat wfll-'h wiia ihftt he exmninei.
unit rl(J . teiveliM-n vvAUrhe. in tuuiutr.
that w:. uii bnt;er than yourd, but the price
was?,." ,
Our rgent nt Pcnnitipton, Tex . write:
"Am In r 'Clpt of the vviilch, and ampleifel
without luiftdiro. All tvho have cecii it wiv it
wool I be I'hVAp at f ,11."
One pood relluhti' asctit wa'ilctl for eaili
place. Wrilefor t arti.-iilnr.
Ejiriuu Watch Co., New York.
Sealed Bids.
J Not'ee l liire'iy jiivi'ii that se.i'co tH
will hi- weired by i In- 0 uuty eon t of C ...
binibii coin. tv, OreRon, Uiio 10 o'clovk A
M , im tin- tli Uav of .hi y, 1MI2. for ihe
eon t it timi oi' a bti.lge n r .-s Miitonc 'i'fk
i t Mil on 't U n on li e Nunlivin I'aeitic
liiti to ol . tlie liiiidi r t furnish t a sp, r
iiit aiion-, stiuin, dingta'ii and all mat tiul
bo tin-eotitrtnui hi of said loi.ire. K eh
I bid- r -hull dtoo-ii wtt'i hi; hi . 5 n f i- nt.
of the nut mot of sun I id, wbii'li sludl Iw
fiir'.iii'tl 1 1 ino cMi nty in ri' ti e nuurd i
iu ide tu I i.n anil h iai', nailer ti r
-v S -r t w rioil of uvo days a tt nueli
iiwa-d i in de. lo t i ter int ii c n r tsftnU
hlo hi ln.n I ii, he ttui.mer ruqtlired by und
o tlie Miti ia ti.in uf li e nuid bounl of
coip tv ( o.mol.innnci'i. imiiiII ultra, h
Units II b' aril may. in ;ti disc.t'tion. ij -t
nils mi 1 nil hid, liy otiicr ul tin: bi a u m
county coni ni..6ioi:e'rt.
, u. j. switzkr,
County Judpp.
St. Iltlens. Or., May 5, late. n.l. jlO
I'ctttio.t'" fjp Liqna.' Ij'cciasa."
' No Ice i hereby (riven that nt aie'int f
th' i.'i.Uiuv loin t, oi the fct.tti; of OtiuO't.
i. r the t.o ntv nf Oul .in i , to bj Ii lion
then i day oi'J.tlv, A. I. 1MU2, the u riT-
iKntd'ttili ap. ly 1 1 said i-i tir o. a liuen-i-ai
n aVitl f t in the fuHowinii ntt..i 'ii.
to-it i
I'u the Ilonlriill i Ct min's-to- ert and
futility Cum! o t ,o t tjti-oi Oregon , .or
i'u. it m' ijiu t on ity :
We, t:i' iinilertlKiicil letral vote's in ve:iri
pousi. nt riii i l. fi limih'ii county, Ma e f
itvi!i n. ien io fully i e iti u y ur I o: ont
l!e I a y t int it l.ivn e etrrnnt d luO.uirlcs
. Koni- If A Co . Ui xi II . iii turn-, v nou
in I ion t liintirs in nid Si nppoo'i' Tf inei
in If-H qiiiinii I " ih n t n p-dlo i.. lor a
neriud d one y ar, da i g rum July Gila. A.
I). I ;il'J: 1 '..
Ii iV I'rlfo, J 1 c Minrd. Jo .in H Ome, John
I'rlc. .lo'in Sclinit kit. 1 Hiib h. Jo-.e. h IV ta un.
iii'tl, Wliliiim TWh te. Vmuk Te'u iHivv John
iliHrt'iili'iri. Ii II l.yii 'h, 1. i 1 etiilorlf, liuatav.
If i-ivK-ki. Joob A KrilM. Willla i. Mi'Muin.
tlenrita D tiuvc. It K Morris lv I) Mr-Kay, 6 A
iliiK'or. J S S; arkn. J li ToiitTiHufi, A lliuunuu...
Ire. I'llin M 1'ar-on. Ritrtava l.Biiao. N II McKay,
ii ( llt'iivais. J I feni'v.. M Halite, 'William
liiarove' Jr., Mtrhael Fit-t eiiil't. K'rlwanl
1 1 nrtx, U .Newman. Ni wnuin. II W Kniifhi in, I
I Min-kina. r Itnbluo y, W C Kemul. ( hai
It'ltn. J 11 1 velmiiini I Pliim' enr, 0 Kt th. K !
.itnrtiin, o bii.iiiiir wii r un. o Kehmititft. v ;
tirou'u, .1 'U finer .1 h ti'tneiin. Jihn V :
.v t. ceor-e M ItroiH. 0 W Rvimy,- II bar-
.o THV.ill, w N Kiel. Mab'olm M.-Kay, N f
Oldnndoi tf, T A Clonli per. John A Johnson I
Itiiukuiauu, 0 iijuul. S Sbattuck. iu'm
I.
2i m .1 J3Tl
CLAMMY LEECHES.
What HHpprnr.l Wlin it t-'arm of Then
Itroke Ih. In Culirrnlu.
PfrwinH iu the WeKtuin addition
bav Mlept soundly for yean ia ig
iioniiicp of the fiu-t that at any mo
uiimt a iilarao woine thnn'tho lcKrusts
of I'KJ'I't might wnne crawling into
olK'ii wiudowH and under hniwily 1 8ho wan far away, Llcr bird hopid
tiling drxiin--tt plagueof fierco. Hood j jt9 Kndad cat and peeped in vain
hungry lx:he. Thoro an exten tor food from her hand. DayH went
wve letx:h Tann at t.12.1 Buh BtJWt. i by. Tho dnain was fjraduallv clear
where Ki.iioiiof the -repulsive won- in j, mm,x ar.d uheu it was
BtofH uiut-i.'.ifiucil awaiting purchas
er, rne fann ia one uf two in
the United Status, tho other .being
in New York, will tliurw ut times
Mi.tint) leucheB Hquirtn ceasejlessly
nlxmt. over and through nwamp
uiut'lc, eonHtantly Bcarchin; for txime
lmi)liunimal thiit t-hantt) may have
inilvil tloxvn to furniKh ufe&Kt fortbe
iuHatiate aiiDeliilal.
The hiechew at the Sau Francfctto
fanu broke away the other night
and overspread theneigliboringteno
uient in a very ahoi-t time. Hun
dred of theui crawled up the walls
and tried every window and crevice.
Keeking an entrance lieeauxe of some
iuxtiuctive knowledge that in the
honxe they eoultl find tmceulent pa
turage upon the fomw of leepers
who rented without knowledge of the
thi-eateniugdiiDtrer. ..... - .
D'.it a minority found thoir way
Into the nluepiug rooiiw not more
than I.omi- but even that number of
Kiiaky. greeniKh black, creepy worma
BiiSieixI to terrify the occupant al
most into ft Cm when they felt the
eajjer miction of the leeches and
awoke to lind themselves festooned
with the ugly pniducttof theKwampy
ooze if B:rileaiuc. '
The first to awaken rns a young
Iiuly. uml Khe was uot long ia r.n
uoiinciug her iliHtrcsn end nroiwing
; her fellow occupants of the Loiiko,
: nly to (hid thitt each of then had
j for nami companions Inmi a ticoro to
j htliidretbi of the leeches,
r Biianns were savagely plied in
twrV tfJlUor
'
and under every piece
of furnilurt.. Dtxlclothing wasUiaken
and clowfly examined. Ltetrh bitea
vveit divtwed with wiothing applica
tiniLs. ttrtl after seveial hours of ec
tnnty the hoiusehold again settled
down to rest. .
Next morning un escmination of
the prtsmntM catl Ihose r.djaccr.t vras
niado. and wbeu the leech farm was
dineovereil the nocit;t was out ch well
us the leei.'hes.
The worm are brought from
Franco, whereabout Dordeam there
aw wide r.rea iu Llack, light oozo ia
which leeches of the fiercest sort
multiply uiistintod. . The jhizs fcirly
hcives with their wvithinga at the
season of the year when they are
uiiast uctive. acd it it then that one
of thecruolest wghta possible may bo
seen. , . .. .
ld horses worn ctit ia faithful
service are driven into the marshes
and are noon covered with the hun
gry lcoche;i. which fasten .to lips,
eyelids, nose or any other tender
irt. and hang on until glutted with
the life blood of their victim, or un
til the wi-etched horse 'weakens un
der the diiiiu and falls to suffocate in
tlie slime of the leech morasa
When lew'bes ure ihiml to send
to New York or Kan Francisco men
are; huwi wnose iioverty compels
them to accept r.uy chance. Tho men
walk barelej'geil into the landera of
the leeth sv.v.mps and are' immedi
ately covered by the repulsive crawl
ers, but liefore they can mow than
pieiie the skin of the men with
their sharp semilunar teeth they are
swept nil luto pouches, fi-om which
they are counted out into beds of
wet moss uml boxes ttf their native
oie, imbedded in which they are
trunsKirtod rifely any distance.
San Francisco Examiner.
; Tlia Clioarteat Llht.
" Secretary Langl(?y. nf the Smith
sonian institution, has leen cxpori
menting for some time past with fire
flies fi-om (ilia. He says that the
light they give. Is the "cheapest" in
the world produced, that Is to fay
with the least heat and the smallest
exiaiuditure: of enei'gy; and he be
lieves that a , suivossful imitation
of It would prove a most profitably,
substitute for gas and electricity.
The insects ore beetles two inches
long aud lielougiug to the family of
"snapping bugs." so called because
wheu oueof them is laid ou its back
it snaps itself into the cir with a
clickii.g sound, r- Washington Star.
On Way to' NuO'orata at Troj.
; A frog cannot , breathe with his
mouth open.. The conformation of
bis breathing apparatus w such that
when bis mouth is open his nestrib
will be closed and. 'paradoxical aa it
may stHm. all you have to do to suf
focate a frog is to put a stick in hia
uimith so be can in it shut his jaws. It
is a strange phenomenon, probably
tuipuraileloiV iu uuimal history, but
ueverthehtw. any .one .. who pleases
ni.iy make the experiment though tt
certainly will ! disastrous to the
frog. Bt. Louis Glolie-Deuiociat '
t Ollv. Oil Ot-romliiE a Myth.
The development of theeottonseod
industry has been so great and tho
many articles now made from it aro
so useful that it has supplanted tho
famous olive tree products in a ma
jority of cases. -New YoriJ Journal.
No Time 'to Look.
D;tshuway - What did Miss Palisade
nave on last ntgutf ,-riv
Stuffer-I don't know; I only saw itauamo changed to Rosn-to?i. Carboy-
at dinner. Cloak Review, " ! pors Bazar, .
THE OLD RED CRADLE.
A Hit of flon.rlinl.1 I'm nil I lit I. rut lip
at Auction ftn.l Hi. Ku(a .. Oil.
After - the woman hud Ux.-n away
for (kiyH liv went through the- house
like ii man. iu a dream. EIo ji-adiiaJ-ly
camo to a. realization of tho truth.
AH her little thiujw were there, hut
over it loft him on weak und unde-
cided aa a child.
Thu next day out on l!i3 wall hung
tho red flag of tho auctioneer.
: lie wau rring to bo'1 out r.nd go
away. Tho auctioneer wca raying,
in his metallic, mcrcantilo way:
Tiiis. ladies and gentlemen. La part
of tho property of Mr. Jatnea Dar
dell, who Li suddenly obliged to loave
an account of ill health. And Low
much am I olTorodT ,
Tho bids wont along lively, one
after another. They boU her chairs,
bor carpeta. her curtains, her dishes,
her betla. hor bedding. Every Beard,
every stitch, every chip ia tho paint
seemed to cry out tho story of the
happiness of other days, and of a
home despoiled. Clilt, one after an
other, the neighlwr woman, clert tor
bargains, carried them off, . :
"And now," said tho auctioneer,
"here, ladies arid gen tlemen, wo bavo
tho liltlo old red cradle, such cs you
and 1 were rocked ia ia tho old New
England farmhouse homo. tSy client
tells mo it baa been in tho family for
fifty yearn.. Go on now, pvo mo a
bid."
IIo held up the red cradle.
"Two doUurs." said a gruff voice,
that of a secondhand dealer at tho
corner. ( ;
"And ton." said another. ' r
"And twenty-Ovo." cai.l a third. .
"Tho old iod cracllo. what do 1
hccrT cicktimed the auctioneer In
in hia aercantilo tono.
After the bale. Lzaaat. who had
bought the cradle, was settling his
scoro with v the auetioceei's clo.k.
Uo said to th? man whose wifo had
gono away t
I have bmight
stuff." .
nearly c!l your j
; "You have. L-sacs.
"Do yea want t. buy tliem bccU'r
cunning fimilo.
"Leave me." said tho man abrupt
ly ; "tcke your good and leavo taa."
"In the morning,' said Liuaxs.
At noon nevt day Curdall said to
hisKTvrait: -
'Why doesn't Isaacs como overt
Go end tell Liui I want to see Lia tt
onco. He must take the ntvJT away,
83 wo faufst get out ct onee.T
; "lie Bays," said the servant, coil
ing back, "Oust be baa changed his
mind. lie refuses to take the goods."
vuatsiftatr
"no bought everything in for your
tvifo, who stood in the crowd and
hrcko completely down when the old
red cradle was put up tt auction.
Here L a note raying that tho awaits
your furgiveuesa to return homo.'"
The old red tradlo. Ah ! what is
its cong cf "Home.- Sweet Ilume T
New York Recorder.
: . Caxthaa tlreut SnKkoa ' . . .
.Tho ancienti firmly believed in
raonstor serpeiit of all kinds and of
both tlie land and merino cpeeioa.
Dunng the wars with Carthage a
gTcat tnako U said to havo kept the
liomaa army f nim wostdEg the Dag
ratios river for sovoral days.. The
monster ewallowed up no less than
seventy Koman soldiers during this
combat and was not conquered un
til a hundred stones from as many
different catapults were tired upon
it all at one time. The monster skull
and skin were preserved and after
ward exhibited in one of the Roman
tomples.
creature
cording to Pliny. St Louia Republic,
A Horrowcil Scrinnn.
Ea early cu James U's tima we road
of a country clorgyrnfcif who olectri
fled his eouereffation bv the state-
mont Unit it was "for their vices. that i
Providonco has auiicted them anil
their famihes with that err.u) iwsti
lenw whieh u spi-eading everywhere
in this town." . Uo had omitted to
read tho discourse right tkrough. or
ho woidd have known that this re
ferred to the gi cat plaguo ia London.
Dlustiated London News.
Ouo Way of Telllnc.
" YTiTo I know that Hrs. Droastone
waa thinking all sorts cf horrid
things of uo while sho was talking to
me. ry't
Utsbcr.d Why, my dear, 1 don't
understand v.'bvvmi rJiniihl tnr thnr
Cineeeti-liilli ..-"u en,.,.'t,..unnt i
- Wife Oh. yes. of ccuiiie; Lut she
kept l-okicg tt my dress nil the time
she was talking. - Detroit Freo Pivss.
Tlio Topua nml the Coral.
Coral was madeiisoof bv tho Ro
mans as a projection against the evil
cj'o, and popidar : s'.poititlon has
crotlitcd the topaz with tho ixiwer of
depriving boiling wator if its heat
Pei'haps tho most wonderful prep
ertio:i. hoveVcr,. .T''ei,e aseribtad ta the
chimerical stones which many crea
turca wore euppoaed to caiTy in their
boada. Queries Magazine.
-f. ! Boston. Illclit Object.
"ITew York U ruloil by so' few poli
ticians!," Kiid il.xrlowj of Philadel
phia, "that I should think you'd havo
, The clriwl skin of . tho "?f .
was .120 feet in length, "to v 1 ? . tu-.v-ja
COLLEGE MEN AT A DISCOUNT.
Prank AUvle. from Son.lbl. Rlatar
Aldml One Vttiinj Fellow to ; t start.
He was a college bred youth, nml
after graduation camo tho fjttostion
of Low bo wan to make his living. :
IIo had the right stuff in him. though
at first it waa pretty well hidden by
tho high opinion he held of bis own
capacity. . '''
A farmer's son, with no influential
friends to assfct him in obtaining a
jituuiion, ho found himself alone iu
DoKUih. He : presented himself at
Inir iw.'ss otlices, wrote letters in an-F.-.ver
to advertisements, sought inter
views with, men prominent In com
mercial and banldng circles, but was
everywhere met with refusal. At
last ho began to grow despondent
and to wonder what a college educa
tion was good for anyhow.
He now sought the advieo of an
old maid sister, his senior by many
years, whose experiences in the
world had made her thoroughly prac
tical. She questioned him closely as
to how he maile application for a
podtion. bow Le approached an em
ployer, what ho said of himself, etc.
When tho young man had answered,
she said :
"It's just w I supposed, John. You
didn't oslt for a place as an employee
at all. Your method ii more hue de
manding that the employer turn over
ki3 entire business to you. You'll
Lavo to go about tho thing different
ly. Don't attach so much impor
tance to your college acquirement.
Collegians nowadays oro as thick as
huckleberries down cast, and some
of them aro working for a mere song.
"Don't eay to a man from whom
you expect a situation, 'My dear sir,
if thero fa cn existing vacancy in
ycur establishment I shall bo glad to
till it. being assured that my qualifi
cations will enable me to ossumoany
position you may havo to offer.' Just
bclieVo that there are a few things
left which you don't know, on'3 make
your application accordingly."'
John waa sensible, and eaw the
force cf Lis sister's remarks. His
neit request for a situation was
couched ia more modest terms than
the others, end his college training
was uot tn'jatioacd until the very
h.'t part of the interview, when it
; v.xs
i-iiwa clx by tho employer a '
ovrn questions. ' ,
Ho got that situation after a few
days without further trou'ults. That
wen esvcral years ago. end today he
holds a much lictter position in the
samo establishment ' " V b
Only tho other day John repeated
bin tiiiitpr'ti odvk-e to a recent gradu
ate from bin alma mater, at the name
time relating his own experience.
Eostoa Herald. . : . . r -
'" ' Canty Heat Caicra.'
- llany rats cf men Uvo entirely on
animal food, and these ore the most
hardy, and from all I hare been able
to gather on the subject the most
free from dkeaseU cf ell lands. Sir
Frendd Head seya of the Pampas In
dians: "They cro all horsemen, or
rather pass their lives on horseback.
In spiio of theclimate, which is burn
ing hot in KiKamor: and freezing in
winter, these Wave men. who havo.
never yet been' iJnbdued, are entirely
naked, end liave'liot even a covering
for, their head. They live together
in tribes,, each of which fc governed
by a cacique, but they have no fixed
place. of roHidoaeo. ,Wherothe pas-i,
rare i.i gixid they aro to bo found un
til it U consumed by their horses, and
they then instantly move to a more "
Terdant spot ' They1 have neither
bread, fruit nor vegetables, but thoy
subsist entirely On the flesh of . their
mares. "-Gentleman's Magazino.
Electricity Iu Modern TOarahlpa.
- Ia ma-Jura warahirw. electricity is
plajnug a vory important part1 The
by the pressureof a button can make
hit) wishes known- to e very' part of
the vessel, as well as direct its move
ments mechanically. Now, by a
rev.- application, tho fighters on the
1-Iiantor.omch can
clow away the
j smoke irora their eyes, and n may
I net lio long we-' some invention' ia
1 pj:lentexl Ly which they may blow
i this b-ciolro into tho eyes of their en-
enucj. Ccctricty, ...
'"'''- - - Horn Kliurka 11 1 to. '
l enco hocked a shark about fiv
foetlcng, whit:h fought longer than
ucual. acd when brought to gaff he
was found to bo hocked in a side fin.
"liothat Lo retained hiti fulL towers.
Soclsowitb the hammerhead.' The
i thovclr-ose rhtuk-I bavo found to
' bo the most active of s them,; Tho '
nurse i hai k Lies cn the bottom, and
'tfl
bite i.i cot felt or its oreeence
I known to tho angler till be raises his
rod. then the Cab "cornea up like a log,
without resistance. - Forest and
Stream. " "' -
. . Tka Only TVay. , ,
Miu Yoitngmothor (with tones ele
vated above baby's screams) Don't
sing, to tho child. Edward, for mer- -cy's
sake:, he'll never go to sleep if
you do. '.
Edward (who' has an execrable
voico and kmiwa itlrrYos Le will,
my lore? hell do it in self defonea,
Kato Field'8 Washington. . . ...
. Lagta and Love.
Dejected Cuitor If you intende4
to cay "no" why did you lot tne pro
pose . '.-,.'' ,j :
Bweet Girl "Why, how could I eay
no" if yon didn't? Not 'oik
Weekly.