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INDEPEN DBNCB l THIS PAPER t I the Uwt dvrtlslof medium la Polk county, and constantly growing better. TEY XT. r' sen v sa .VOL. VIII. $2.00 Per Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1 i Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 15. x THE PUBLICS In Oulapukun lu favor if I ho Kxtvllonce of (lie WEST SIDE nan Family ami Ooucral New. )vnMr. THE THE WriST SIDE -iswrun hv hi ta'i rcliski j Com?' . H'UiWuat, M M M ICS, n ... . A.NC. On" Vf six Vo Tin i J When i.. . $,.00 I OQ SO I JO ! net UISERS. lu ' i ' 41 heat nf t.ltnu th t it IIUaiM river, n 4 lli itreaoa aa rail t iti'lo D-.yiileiimt at ! i-1 1 kiirmt twmt r the cm., I'- ..( trie U'ie.1, mxtt ;iui 4 il i ( i i il in mm Wilieay tle valley Tf i.-.tili nr.-.-i,n elrenla' the Win Sum i e,tl"V n eneu u iii it mil H, iu aal at Adeitl4.W ttedlui. JOB PRINTING! t IK TNI La st and Best Styles,- H)TJ LIVING RATES . ' Ul i'i I . . 101 A N.i' DBS I'lSTRY. U K & M Tl.l'R, Phv...i;aas & 3 urgeona. -:.- J U. S, Examining Surgeon. oit'. .id. oi Mai at, INPaTINHa.OL'l, 011001 DR. J. K. LOCKS, Physician and Surgeon. Bucna Vint. Oregon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON, Resident Dentist, All work warranted to riva tbt beat of Sitiifictica. UDW IKDWCI, OlHWt,' -Hi I: t il. TIM A. O I" W.-IM.Kl'KNI KNK li'(l' vi a . i f ' rwrv i mi n niifi i i lunltrn.l . I- i.UWON. M W. K, V. luM.T , r.:ff. V.M.I.KV l.lllniK Ml. I i. 'I K ni,i l hi M ttlr tuilt tvt, v Tluir tin t'MM'lll. All llll S ttl ' rnlu'li llli",l ' ' 'i, I: trli,'. K.A. tK)l"T W. L. wiLKir, Alioniiy in ' 1 i" I w. I11.'M1 lulni'' " lriiinit Atlralli'll. C M ICTION A Hh IA (() rr in t 'i i n llmi.i'. J i-. ,-t A. M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. Offle: Cut. Muln tad MooawuUi Wltt'KNDKN'CK, 0OOK MRS. A. M. 1IUULEY, Milliaerj E Fancy Goods Kext to IndpndDoi Mitlonal Bink. boiriHDMCi, Omooh- Durham Bros. . CITY FISH MAkki.i Tish of all Kinds :n Season Main HI., IniI.,i.eniPii--.. DR. JORDAN'S A CO'S. 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R. rATTamioH. 1). P. I'ATTKIHOW. PATTERSON Bros,. DRUGGIST TiiiTi:jiii ui1 ---T i -1 - "- -DBA LAW IK- , CLOCKS JEWELRY. im'Kpt?viem:k. W. (I. 8IIARMAN, MI-'KCHANTTAILOK Suill Made to Ordor and fit Guaran teed. I'lWlnm r. ,i(M Inr Mwlmnl" mid other Hi" ,ut ind I'roHneil. I will l'' n mniiihly R wmtawlth Mnri'hnnle at Inrtepondiiicw nnd Mnnmoiitli f"r HocnlllnK. (!, Mtrnt-t. . . lMIHtt I'. U. Ilnv ynnr tli-hete Km1 of ae 'n .......lanil l.tlUKIll Wait aiaa mmm. Capital : National : Bail ! THE FRUIT IS a t Villi ill l V A 1 lb AiFaiis taken of at dv to HE M HAS COME FOR ACTION. A AILROAD TO FALL CITY I It is needed.' We We can build it. Who will make a start? Thf lia. f gn at men all remind us We can make our lives ublimcr And parting leave, behind us Vt (ttpriiits on the sands of titne, Get in and Swim! Water is not very nor deep. Don't stand on the bank and shiver. You will never learn to swim in that way. Let us have the survey within four weeks. The grading done within tour months and trains running by December 1st, 1891. lontr Pull! A Strong RIPE ! PI II! Tide in the Men which the Flood v Fortune must have it. The PLUCK A Pull AliVToirether! i The Great Composite Novel, i Tha Joint Work of V. T. IIAltNUM, JOHN U BUM-IVAN, MM. NVK, KIXA WHKKI.KII WIUOX. Maj. AIKKI) V, (lAMIOt'N, HOW 10 MUMMKl INSIMXTOH UVHNICH, PAtl.INK HAI.UMIiw RAHTI.AKK, W. It. ItAUiOU, NUM. NKUiON and A LAN ItAI.K. XI. LENA MAKES A DIHCX)VERY. B; P. T. BaBNTTV. Iiluitrau4 a coultaus. by E (Ooryrlalil All rlxhu rwwmd ) There ooinna a orlaia in tha liroa of init people when aurrowi cruwd ao thick and faat that thers U a dreary eatUfao Hon la the thought that tliintn cannot be mch woraa." Bo felt Kdna Crawford, aitting with bowed head and iliaknn nervra, on the train that ia lnsirliiu hr onward to the bedaiile of her dying father. Bhe bitter ly regreta ever havinK left him, aud tor tun beraelf with wild piuturee of the ituTerlnga he may have endured at the anacrnpnlona hauthi of Dr. Wataon. So fell Kami rmtrfimt. titling with wiml Afoif. For thl man, ao Inextricably enttui fled with the aormw ami dinKrare thai araoonneeted with her pant life, alie feela a deep and rwleutltw loathing. It was tliroOKh lil ixTeocutloim ahe waa forced to wave her futhcr'a aide, and renifin bering tliia, her yonng face wear an ex ion of inch intrna hatml that i- attraotathe attrition of theladyoccti pying the opinwlte chair. Tula lady hail quietly entered the car by one door aa Henry Heiiihall, power lea In the group of Detective Burn, war ajected thniugh the other. Hhe waa dreimed In an olalxirato liuht allk gown, totally inappropriate for trav eling, and over a dainty little theatre bnannt waa pinned a heavy dark veil that completely covered her faoe, Beneath the veil waa the Uar alalned oooiiteuaure of Lena Ilnuahull, who had bean arooaed by the tragic expreaaion of K-laa Crawford face into thinking there waa perhapa aoma one elae aa unhappy aa beraelr. Two hour before, when Henry IIin- ahaii ien bia young wire for the punfuit of hi faat-inatlng ideal, Lena had waii dered aimleaaly up and down her little parlor, a prey to bitter meditation. Hick at heart from brooding over her bus band' neglect and the thoturht of lonely and loveleM future, ahe called Mr. Hinlth and amiounced her inton Won of paaalng th evening at the thea tre. At the night of the girl' tear Italned fac. Mr. Smith wiaely held her tongue, but the cynical smile that played atiout her tlnn lip cauaed young Mr. Henahall to feel for her truated com panion a audden hot dislike, When Mr. Hmith left to make ome preparation for atxMimpanying her Lena threw herself on th bed in a paroxysm of bitter weeping. Her thought turned longingly toward her father, to whom be bad alwaya gono for advice and yra pathy, and with the, thought came the audden determination to go to him without dejay. She knew that Banker B Altaian waa then In Chicago on an im portant financial misaion, and umtnon tng a bell boy he procured a time table awl found that with haste she could catch the 8:80 Chicago express. Sli thrust a few artiolea into a valise, and leaving a brief meeange for Mrs. Smith, to tlie effoct "that ahe had de cided to- go out alone and not to wait np for her; the stopped Into a cab and was oon at tne v nlon depot. Hhe purchased : her ticket, securing the only remaining action on the train, and before she had time to realize the importance of the step aha liad taken she waa whirling away en route for Chicago. Lena waa suddenly brought back to the oonaeiimtmeaiof her position by the porter, who waa collecting the compart ment ttokttt preparatory to making up the bertha for the night, Edna, who in the hiwte of her depar ture had neglected to secure any sleep ing section, now found that everything bad been previously engaged and that the only alternative ti Bitting np all pight waa an uninviting looking loungo at the end of tlie car. Mrs, Henahall, who had been attracted by the girl' de spairing fuee, stepped forward and of fered her tlie other berth in her own compartment. Edna accepted gratefully and warmly thanked her unknown companion for her courtesy. As she moved from the scat her foot touched a small, dark object lying on the floor close to her chair. It was a leather enrd oaso, stamped with initials ,"H. R. II." With a view to discovering the owner Edna opened it, and extracting oue of the bits of pasteboard read aloud, "Mr, Henry Rowan Henshall, Now York city." "Why, this ninit have been dropped by the gentleman who spoke to me just as the train was leaving Sun Francisco," she said. Lena had grown deadly pale. "The gentleman who spoke to you'r" she ques tioned faintly. "Yes," replied Edna hesitatingly, "a. .11. wn,i. Lti,,.n i,nh..,5i;Ui tull, blonde gentleman who has followed me on several previous occasions. This evening he spoke to ins and I resented it. A stranger present at the time cam to my assistance, and in the disturbance that followed thia card case was proba bly lost". Lena Henshall remained silent Crush ed and humiliated by this proof of bor husband's duplicity she hud not the courage to further question her com panion. Her rove for her husband was the first grand emotion of her life, and the dis covery she had just made filled her with a mad, wild jealousy. When she finally retired for th night it waa with the r knowledge tqat in the berth Above ner, tiy iu own invitatum, lay the girl who waa the cauie ul her hua band'a IndlfTtiretice and probably tha poawanor of hor huaband'a love. How limp; ahe toHm about in her narrow berth, wakeful and mlaerable. Lena never knew. Jut aa meniiful altitp wiu cloaing bar weary eyvllua there cauie a audden jar, tlion a horrid cranh, a ahriek tliat rent the air, a blow upon her bead that made a hldmma glare of light, and then darknoM atwoltite and blmaed nnoon tdonimeaa. Tlie paper of ilia following day wen fllli-d with the ghaatly dutoila of the awful railway aH.'idmt near U . The imnun of the aurviving t)!iiwm gin. tiiRotln-r with a lit of the killed and wouudud, were pnliliiihed, but the name of Edna Crawford, aliue Luulat- Neville, diil not apw-ar in any of theat uroiiTiti. nor did the atrictcet and mOMt diligent inquiriea thrnw nnv light on th oninpli'te and uiyHterioui uiaappeafaaor or inu young woman. (C nitlnnvd next week.) AN OLD TIME INDIAN TERROR. A Ael India Wha far Tea Vaar Ta rvrlaad the Settler, af Arlaaaa. They were talking about Indian out break when ona of the party, who had been for many year a resident of All' ton territory, remarked: I tell you, gentlemen, that thia Indian businea ia pretty aerion. . Why, down in Ariaona w. lived for ftfte n year in a state of terror on account of a maraud ing band of Apache that had thing pretty much their own way all thia time. in kplto of all tlie government troop. conld do to keep them In check. 1 call to mind particularly Old Vic torto. There waa a warrior for yon. He commanded a band of aoma SOU backs. They were the Chiracahna Apaches, and the murdera, rubberiea and depredation! committed by that band during thoae ten year In which they were on 1 warpath are almost Incredible. Old Victorio wa nearly 90 year, of age when tha trouble began. II mled thoae mlakin with a rod of iron m pile of hi year. And he was para- lyted, too, completely paralysed. He was only able to use hi left arm a little, just enough to lift a cigaretU to hi month. Ue wa constantly in tha aaddla, and bad to be strapped on like a bale of good. Ilia band bad the finest ponie to be found anywhere. They would sometime appear at one plaoa, and in less than twenty-four hour yon would hear of them ome place 100 mile dis tant. All throughout southern Arixona aud northern Mexico old Victorio con tinued bis raids until th settler finally gave up in despair. The government troop appeared to b. utterly Mwnrk in uic matter. Why, that band of redekina would sometime plunder a wagon train right under the noara of th. trooper, and by the time th. latter were mounted and ready to start in pursuit they would be out of Right The next day, perhapa, the wire would tell of lorn fresh depred. uon committed oy toe am. band in a section of tlie country over 100 mile away. i ma old war aog, However, wa Anally rounded np and shot H. died in the saddle, fighting to th last, and hi band, what wa left of it, diaperaed. Of course the settler beard of it and were delighted. Dismay followed, however, when Cochise took the field, Thi In dian ran thing pretty much the same way for five year, and then oame old Oeronimo. New York Herald. Ska Bad to Waah tha rite, A curioua case of special interest to elderly apiuatera and levers of bona pets I shortly to come befor the Berlin court. A yonng woman was engagad a companion to an old lady at stated wag, but ran away from her place two day. after entering aervice. Her mistress procured her arreat under the law that a servant must give du. no vice before leaving her situation, bnt th police, afur hearing the girl' statement, told tlie lady that she conld not compel the girl to return, and could only claim dumagea in the civil court. For the girl stated, and her statement hava been proved true, that on entering the lady' flat four immense dog jump ed at her, although they did not do her any harm. In the next room another big dog, with a litter of pups, met her gaze, while the third room wa tenanted by at lvaet three dozen different varieties of birds. The kitchen of the old lady wa given over to cats, and the girl a deeping room was converted into a temporary hospital for invalid meipber of the animal world. "Tlie old lady," said th. girl, "wa very kind to me, but as my duties con sisted In waehlng all the dogs daily, and 1 had to share my bed with half a doaen dogs and cats, I was obliged to ran away to avoid sicknees," London Telegraph. An Immanea Shark. While native fishermen were out Ash ing with nets at Waialua, on th. othe, side of Otthu, a mouster shark got en tniigled in one of the nets and wa hauled ashore on the beach. Almost the whole village went down and killed the monster with axe. The shark meas ured eighteen feet in length, When cut tip into piece tw. good sised turtles, one of which was still living, wen fonnd in the stomach. The turtle measured eighteen inches across. Other thing of a varied nature were also found in the stomach. The jawbones were brought to Honolulu by tlie steamer C. R. Bishop and placed on exhibition. The jaw have seven rows of teeth and measure r.wAnt.r-r.wn inc-hps a-han fnllc ATTAtirlMV The natives Btated that th. mate of the ' dead shark managed to escape. Hono lulu Times. Tha Alaskan Turkl.h Bath. The Alaskans, as a rule, are not par ticularly found of bathing, but some of thorn like occasionally to indulge in a sort of Turkish bath of a primitive char acter. For thi purpose a number of long sticks are driven into the ground in a circle four feet in diameter, being iLmamhm, .1 . .1 1 . : .l nXTtZ n A.n P"1"' 8,x twit f mm the bottom. Aitnall fir. of wood, with stones, is lighted in the middle, and the heat is kept in with blankets spread over the framework. When only the cinders are left, and the (tones are well heated, the bather take a seat inside and proceed to perspire,- Washington Star, A Dry aerator.. "Bring your umbrella," called Mrs. Brinkley to her husband, the other Sun day, as she waited at the door for hint to go to church. ' "Who's going to preachf" he oalled back from upstairs. "Our regular preacher. "latnataoi' weiiv i gues we won t i need an umbrella. Texaa Sifting. UUUNO FOR LIFE. titt SHIPWRECKED CREW'S VAIN FORTS TO REACH LAND. EC- The Mas Prawaid aa the aVaaky Bhaae island Wllhla Tea feat af Terra Virata A Vivid Yxaerlatlaa af aa Awfal asaim. William H. Bum, an ey witness of th wracking of the thro masted schoo ner A. H. Horrtmrt, of Olciooartsr, tells a thrilling tory of the battle of th ves )' crew for Ufa. She wa trying to make Newport for a' harbor, bnt, being nnabUto accomplish this, dropped an chor at noon shout a quarter of a mil. off sh or. 8b. dragged her anchor and struck Black Foist (boot 4 o'clock, and In twenty minute was kindling wood. Th crew consisted of six man. Three war drowned, including th. captain, and three were aved. Every man of then wa on th rocks at oa. time, and th. captain and steward war. swept away whan but flv. fast from shore. It was an awful strnggl. for lif. between the aii men and th. merciless water. Burns tell the story thai; Black Point, wher th. vessel struck, is thre mile south of th Casino, if is a mat of rock which jute boldly from th hor. but descend into a sharp pointed reef with jagged protruding edge at it farther point It i not one solid body, for th action of tb ware ha worn wid and deep crevice in it where the watar frifTiia in rvvili On fm nnrll, mi Am I it form a ort of cova, where th. sea in a gal ha full weep, I hav. charge of th. cottage of & a Rogers, of Buffalo, when I liv. with my family, and which is about a quarter of a mile from black Foiat on th. bluff. I wa informed about twenty minute to t by Ham Kiaaouth, who live near bv that a schooner was going on the point H immediately rushed out and wa on th bluff about fifty yard from the rock when th. acbooMr, drifting broadside on, struck. Tha wind wa. blowing sixty mile an hour and the sleet and bail cut into th. face like needle. wftacKKo ar waves. I wa quickly on the shore. Th. ves sel waa scarcely 100 feet away, and waa right on top of th sharp rock, which were exposed by each receding wave. Tb men were plainly visible, huddled together, banging on to the houae at the (torn of tb. schooner. At five minutes to 1 fifteen minute after ah. struck. u. miuentnaat toppled over with crash that was beard above the other noises, and th. mainmast and th. fore mast quickly followed. As the fore mast Went over tb aid. th. vessel snlit in u middle, and the cake of to with which h was loaded cam. pouring .ut A tn vessel parted th. mm jumped for th rocks. They all landed. Young Lawrence, a mere boy, only 18 years old, wa tb. last to jump. H. never reached th. (hor. Th. mate. John Rooney, a quickly a h. could, threw off hi boot and overcoat Hi fore thought aaved hi Ufa. Th. captain, the mate and th. steward, Frank Ham mond, kept together. While Bernard Weber and another seaman named Kan tried to work their way over to ward th. sooth end of th. reef, the others went straight ahead and more toward th. north aide, wher. th. tea had fall sweep. I had run down to th. chore while Kistouth had gem after another man named Rowley. When they got to the seen. th. vessel was In piece and the men trugglfog for their lives. 1 sta tioned myself toward the south tide, and beckoned and gesticulated for the men to com that way. I yelled also, bnt J could hardly hear my own voice. The group of thre. and the yonng tailor, however, kept right on. The ea wa dashing over th. rock with terrific force, every wave completely submerg ing them. Th. hole, and crevice were filled with water, and through thee the men waded or swam, clinging to tb roexweed or th. slippery rocks as each Wvt struck them. WABHKD AWAT. Young Lawrence had arareely covered twenty-fir. feet of tae distance when a wav. (truck him and h. disappeared. He was th. last to leave th. vessel and the first to drown. Kissouth and Row lay bad now arrived, and Weber and Lund, who had crawled and swam in, were hauled ashore, while I ran over to the other side, toward which the cap tain, mate and steward were struggling. Tb mat. had caught hold of a cake of ice and waa endeavoring to keep afloat on it but soon let go. It was only flv. minute nnoe they had left th. abip, but it seemed an aire to th. men on ahore who were watching the brave struggles of the unfortunate' sailor. Inch by inch they fought their! way along the treacherous, slippery i rock, holding on for their live in the crevices and by the weeds when the big breaker dashed over them. As the waves receded 1 would rush down the slippery rock on which I stood in the rain hope that they would get near nough for me to seise them. Th. min utes seemed like hours, but still the men held on. Now they are within ten fori, bnt an other wav. breaks over them. If 1 had had a ten foot rope I would Lav. saved them all. The suspense waa awful as th men, with their drawn faces and shut teeth, held on and looked toward th. refuge ao near them. v Now the wave uoat tuom. nu. .uo were A strong effort and they goes back. are safe. They press forward; are al most there, only five feet more, when a monster roller bigger than the others strike them. It tear their weak grasp from the rooks and buries' them out of 1 but. ' He, divested of his coat and boots, has a better chance than th. others, and aa the waves go back he lies straggling almost at my bet It ia bnt th. work of a moment to seize him and drag him safely on the rock. Th. others were washed' up on the shingle amid the driftwood of the vessel the next day. The steward' body wa entirely (tripped of clothing, hi skull smashed in and hi calp torn off. Providehoe Journal. A Startling CompaHsan. Recent statistics show that French railways annually kill one person out of each 8,000,000 carried, while in England 81,000,000 are carried before one meets a violent death in a railway accident French railways' annually wound one passenger out of each 600,000 carried; English, one in each 750,000; Belgium, an in each 1,850,000, and Prussia only one in each 4,000,000. St Louis Repub lic Warn Ttaiin That ' Dollcy Did she say you hay, old man f Uoslin She wasn't so considerate as that. She used a "plain aud emphatio "no," Jiuneey's weekly, . I . ' aaaad ia Oeeaa Trael. " "The great drawback," said Mr. Rich ard, one of the agents of tbs Hamburg American Packet company, "to crossing the ocean quicker than we do at present is th ajrpense of coal. More powerful engine conld be built which would in crease the speed, but these engines would require so much more coal, Th. (team r of the Hamburg-American Packet company now consume about 210 to 2S0 ton of coal a day; if 850 ton were needed daily, these steamers would be run at a lorn, for, betide th cost of and th. valuable space required for the addi tional 100 or so tons of coal, mora en gineers, more stokers, etc, would be needed. Bnt if w. went to aa unlimited expense for the moat powerful engine in th. world the gain of time in crossing tlie ocean would not be more than eight or ten hour, o long a coal is used. - "I hav. great faith, however, in elec tricity some day or other taking the place of coal for the propulsion of ocean ' steamers, and when that ia brought about they will be run much cheaper. The weight of the coal doe not make the steamer ilower; that ha nothing to do with it Sometime a weighted ttoamer goe faster than on. that 1 not weighted, all depending upon the wind and weather. "Steamers can never go a quick a locomotive, because they hav. to con tend against water and air, whereas th. railroad car have only air aa a resist ance. Assuming tha maximum speed of a locomotive to be about sixty mile an hour over short distances, it may be said I that it goes three time as rapidly as a Kiur, aiuougn we average time maue by th. faateet limited express train is only twice the average time mad. by a fast steamer." Epoch. The KUUa Will Touch for Thia. . One th. seventh floor of the St Cathe rine flats, at Fifty-third street and Madi on avenue, a particularly pretty Mal tose kitten has the good fortune to live. - Her favorite snoozing place i on the eat of one of the window overlooking the court yard. Thi window happened to be open for a few minute the other morning, and the kitten, quite carried away by the novelty of the idea, stepped out upon the window ledge to take a cat' eye view of the yard below and the curronnding country generally. An instant later her paws lippi from under her upon a piece of ice and over she went She fell a trifle of some six (tories and then landed feet fore mart just upon the extreme edge of the roof of one of the outbuilding. But so terrific was the force with which she landed there that she bounced from off the roof like a rubber ball, and after this instant's respite continued on her headlong journey toward the ground. Sbe landed on her feet again, shook herself for a moment just to see that she was all there, and then giving vent to a faint yowl of triumph, as one would '"' ay, "How' that for highr picked her way toward the houae again with a de lightful air of nonchalance and totally oblivions to the fact that she has only eight live left to her credit New York Evening Sun. Maehlna far Shaping and Boring Post Arm An ingenious machine is used in Ens- land for preparing telegraph post arms. These arms are usually made from the beet selected English oak, and vary in length from two feet to four feet They are in the first case planed on the four, aides by mean of a special planing ma chine, and then sawed to the exact length required by mean of a double cross cnt sawing machine made specially tor the purpose. The arms are then passed on to the shaping machine, which rapidly and effectively doe its work. The machine is quite self contained, and has the driving shaft placed overhead and supported upon standards fixed to the main bed. The arrangement for deal ing with the various length of anus have been carefully worked out At tha official test of the machine the wooden ' arms were finished at the rate of three per minute. New York Commercial Ad vertiser, Enoch'a Claaataeatlon. Dr. Van Dykes told this story: I am reminded of a preacher who preached from the text "And Enoch was not" He went on to explain that this text was incomplete. "Now, brethren," said be, "yon may not know in what way Enoch was not To find this out, we must ex amine the text carefully in the light of the context Firstly, Enoch was not an Episcopalian, because he 'walked' with God and did not danoe. He was not a Baptist because be 'walked' with God and did not swim. He was not a Pres- ovtenan. oecause tne context tell ns that he walked with Ood at all. juid ha was not a Methodist, because we are plainly told that God took him." New York Sun. Are tha Eyei Ever Safe Beware of the electric light This ia I a warning sonnded by a correspondent, ; and a warning that should be heeded., I The use of the incandescent lamp is apt I to be highly injurious to the eyes if pre- cautions are not taken with regard to I shade or globes. Plain or cnt glass is particularly noxious. In all cases the little illuminator should be sbsded with a green or thick white shade, and the glass should be frosted. It is said that a number of men in the clubs are suffer- ' ing with sore eyes, entirely due to the ' , , ,.- ... ,,,,,, SSSTt ,n toe cWh Uhto- Jaet like Hla Bnaelan Brother. The sultan very rarely or never leave the ground of Yildis Kiosk, except to go once a week to a mosque just outside, when the very striking ceremony knpwn aa the Selamlick takes place. Once a year, also, he pay a visit to Stamboul, ; but the route there and returning is . never known in advance. He is in con stent fear of assassination. Some grand duchess whom he received at his court, on his complaining that his health was indifferent advised him to take more exercise and change of air, and to drive about the country. On her departure he is reported to have said: "What harm have I done th&t this woman should de sire my death? Why does Bhe advise me to run into Mich dangers?" Nineteenth Century. ' A Wedding Cake Deflected. "I had some wedding cake today ui der Very distressing circumstances," Baid ' a postal clerk. "At the poatofbee a pack age had been received containing a heavy , invoice of this style of fancy goods. It was nearly six inches square and had sixteen cents in postage stamps, but not a ign of an address. There was no help for it. The owner couldn't be found, and rather than let the cake go to waste it waa distributed judiciously among a . few friends. Of course everybody was sorry, bat the state of things might have been worse." Buffalo Express.