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THE Revival of thoWhitiinin Romance. An OKI, Old Story in New Dress. Attempt to Make Soutlmert nt the Expense of History Mm. Ful ler to the Uescue. Tt strike as curious the mind of a -consvloutlou nlueieenih century his torian that any man or net el" men should undertake to foist mhhi an In telligent public, history const meted on tho iku of tho NteMungeulli'd, tin' Talos of King Arthur' round table or tho story of Wihiam Toll. Yet this I What Dr. Olivor V. Nixon, "for seven toon years president and literary edi tor of tho Ohloago liitor-tM-an," ha done In his book, "How Marvin. AYhlt mau Saved Oregon," which ho prop, city In his sub-title names, "A True liomunce." Hvou If I were not called by iiame to defend myself from tho calumny of be lli styled "a dofainor" of Ir. M.on' hero, a natural reverence for what 1 am convinced by my judgment and assured by tho fact Is the truth on the subject of lr. Whitman's agency In Oregon affairs, would Impel me to take notice of lr. Nixon's Imok. Why a man who la killed, a the natural sequence to a course of event lu w hlch he has takeu a principal part, should be ldeallr.cd as a martyr l cause he failed to accomplish w hat he had undertaken, my reason It too ol tuse to discover. Why a man who during hi lifetime had n2(i!utcly nothing 1o do with the politic of Ore gon, and who ha left not the least record of desiring to have any. should Ixvomo, nearly half a ceutury after hi death, a shining example of devo tion to his country's Interest as against auothcr jHiwer, with whose subjects ho was on terms of amity If not of do IHMidence, my darkened Intellect falls . to compreheud. The real author of Or. Nixon's "true romance." was W. H. tlrtiy. tho car pouter and getioral assistant of the Waiilatpu mission In the Walbi Walla valley, which was the superintend ent's or lr. Whltumu's station. He sides this there were other stations that In charge of Kev. II. 11. Sliding at Lapwal, eighty milt or more dis tant from Waiilatpu: another In Cliarge Of .Messrs. i. timer ami In the Spokane country, and for a yenr or longer a fourth among the upper Nex IVi-eos. Mr. dray was sometimes at Lapwal. I mention these particular to show the ground cov ered by the Presbyterian missions, and for another reason, which is to ac count for my own fault as an histor ian lu following Gray s narrative in my "Hiver of the West." I naturally slpod that a man for years em ployed about the missions and Inti mately nrqualuted with their af fair must be telling the truth about them, and 1 went In to print before I found out my error. When I found It out 1 sought to nvtlfv It. and It Is this conscientious effort to correct my own and Incident ally others, mistakes, which has brought down on my devoted head the heavy blows of the Cray-Nixon con troversialists. l!ut although they have attacked my position by the mess and from the pulpit they have not Im-oii able to overturn It, because I am able to prove my statements, while they , have only the resource of repenting un founded assertions. In the columns of a novvupaper I am limited, but a brief review of lr. Nixons book will i.ritig out some general point which I desire to make. Taking up chapter VI, entitled "The Hide to Save Oregon," Nixon closely follows (iray, making a difference suf ficient to give an tippenram-e of In dependent knowledge. Cray says t lint lit the autumn of 1HU Mr. Whitman, haineiiliig to be at l-'ort Walla Walla, the Hudson Hay Company's post on the Columbia, and at dinner with some newly arrived Catholic priests, heard them Isiastlng that some sixty settlers from the Hod river oouutry were about to arrive, who would give the balance of Tower to the British In Oregon. He also states that Sir Ceorge Simpson, governor of the Hudson Hay company, not only ordered this colony to Oregon for the purjH'se of holding the country, but accompanied it himself. Cray fur ther represents that Dr. Whitman on tho occasion of this dinner luis-tu ousJly replied to the priests that he would bring a thousand settlers for their sixty, and jumping on his horse rode home, a distance of thrlty miles, In great haste, and before dismount ing from his foaming bleed announced to Mrs. Whitman that he was going Immediately to the states to bring out a large Immigration and save Oregon to tho I'nitt'd States. He also says that ho did set off within two or three days. In the same chapter In which ho relates these exciting Incidents he tells us that Kir George Simpson went to Washington that winter to take a hand In shaping the boundary treaty, which was also Whitman's errand. All this is romantic enough, but unfortu nately it Is not true. If anyone inter ested to know the facts (and we might assume that Or. Nixon should be such a man) will take the trouble to open Sir George Simpson's "Voyage Around the World," lie will find that the pur pose of Simpson's visit to America was solely to look after the nffalrs of tho Jiomlon company; that the visit took place In 1K41 and not In 1HI1 that the Hod Uiver settlers arrived in 1M41 instead of 1H-CJ; that Kir. George, after paying a visit to Stlckcen to in vestigate the causes which lot to tin killing of Or. McLaughlin's son, and a visit to San Francisco to establish a business house there, returned to Lon don through Kussia, and that In his whole narrative he makes no mention of having seen any !'nild States ter ritory, much less that he paid a i!Ido- math; visit to Washington to interfere with treaty-making. Ho far as any Catholic priests nrrlv ing with or Is-fore the Hed Hlver set tiers in 1841, the Hudson Hay company refused to allow two priests who wished to come to Oregon that year from Canada the privilege of travel ing with their express, a privilege uover refused to the Ainerlvun mis sionaries. I have not the pnee re quired to go into explanations of these apparently contradictory acts of the Hrltish company. I can only state facta directly opposed to tin; Gray- Nixon romance. As Dr. Whitman did not go Bast In 1841, but In IMC', nil that Interesting story of the utterances of the avant-cotirlers of the Hed Hlver anttlers, Whltimau's Initiettioiis reply to their 'boast of occupying the country aud his lvasty departure for Washing ton, falls flat. (iray, In his Ignorance of history, has ald that Whitman made his visit to .Washington to prevent Webster from trading off Oregon for a codllshery on the const of Newfoundland with Lord Asliliurton, and that he did prevent It, Hi truth being that the Oregon bound ary was not considered in the corres pondence ltetween Webster mid (he (Hrltish plenipotentiary In 1842,liil only the Maine boundary, which had never been settled. Had Whitman intended to Influence international negotiations he would have been unable, us the .WerttKier-Ashburton treaty was con cluded iu August, 18-12, before he had thought of leaving Oregon. Saw all these errors of Gray are Just as open to discovery by lr. Nix on a by myself, because they are all mat lets of record. Yet he chooM to writ aw If he believed the romance he offer lu plac of history. Another statement which cannot Ih sustained aitalnst the evidence to the contrary Is that Ir. Whitman brought a wagon through to the Walla Walla valley lu ISoU Mr. Nixon makes Whitman say to Secretary Welwter lit Maivh, lM.'l, "Six year ago 1 was told there was no wagon road to Oivgou and It was impossible to take a wagon then, and yet lu despite of pleadings and almost 'threats I took a wagon over the road and have It now," Of course, a this conversation had no witnesses, It Is purely an Imaginary one. It wo were willing to lo lleve Or. Whitman liar, as t am not. It might have takeu place. lr. Whit man did not lake any wagon to tho Co lumbia river lu isait. The American Fur company, with which he traveled, annually took wagons as far as Green river, w hich was the reudeavous of the trappers, white and Indian. Beyond there the Aiinlry was rough, moun tainous aufT rooky, and very trying to the feet of animals, as well as hard upon wheels. For this reason the loaders of the Hudson Hay company, to whom the American company trim, ferred the missionaries for guidance and protection, objected to the propo sition to continue the use of wagon beyond tireeu river. Hut the two laiiles In the party found A wagon a. great convenience, and, In the case of .Mrs. Nimhling, a necessity, for her health was such that she could not sit on a horse all day. This motive, with possibly others. Induced Mr. hitman to cling to tne lightest or ms two wagons. He took off the front wheels at Fort Hall and made It Into a cart, and lu this shape took It as far as Fort Holse, where It was left, the lmrse Indite unite worn out, ami Mrs. Spald ing having recovered her health. I'arn- ham, who came to Oregon lu 1m:', speak of having seen this carl at Fort Holse. lu IS t. when the Ameri can fur companies were abandoning the mountains, beaver no longer be ing ivlonty, two mountain mon-ltoheri Newell and Joseph I.. Meek-brought both of Whitman's wagons through to the Columbia, leaving the cart at the mission, but taking the four-w heeled vehicle to the Willamette valley the following year. This part of the road lo Oregonfront the Snake river to the Wlllamette-ls-lug by far the most tllf tlcult portion of the route, why should history deprive those men of the hon ors which belong to them and bestow It uoti another? The want of candor in Pr. Ntxon'i book Is too glaring to be passed over. For Instance, he quotes from "Senate document (without numlH-rl Ie.tmlcr ,'U, via., the Forty llrst vongres. Feb. It, inn," as follows: "There Is no doubt but that the arrival of Or. Whit man In SY. was opportune. Tlio pres ident was satlstlod that the territory wit worth the effort to win It, The delay Incident ton transfer of negotia tion to London wa fortunate, for there Is reason to Is-liev that If for mer negotiations had loon renewed lu Washington, and that, for the sake of a settlement of the protracted oontro vesry. and the only remaining utiadju d Utiied cause of difference between the two governments, the offer had been renewed of the foi-ty-iiliith jar allcl to the Columbia and thence down the river to the I'aclllc ocean, It would hitvit lieen accepted. The visit of Whitman committed the president against any such action." "This is a Hear statement" says Or. Nixon, "stitumarlxlng the great historic event and forever silencing effectually the slanderous tongues that have In umsI era times attempted to dei Icprlve the old hero of his great ami deserving trlb ule" Why Is the fact eoinvaled that this somite document Is n chapter from "Gray's History of Oregon" and penned by the same hand, or the fur ther fact that Its purpose was to ol talu from congress a grant of land at l.apvvul, ostensibly for the American board of Missions, but really to en rich men connected with the Oregon missions? The history of this cflse In the court Is not without value in con-1 nectlon with the subject In hand. On this luslness Mr. Spatitding went to Washington ami while lu the Fast prese:iitsl the Whitman story, as put llsheil In this dis-umetit, to the editor of the Now York F.vangellst, Or. J. G. Craighead, with the reipiest that he should do all ihat he could to maintain Or. Whitman's claim to be considered the savior of Oregon. This the gont. man promised, nml afterward went to Washington where he s'iit two ' mouths iu looking for evidence that there was nothing discovered to cor mlsirate the statement of Gray and Spalding, ami asking him for light. A copy of this letter Is among papers In my possession. I now come to the consideration of that part of the Gray-Nixon narrative which deals with the Immigration of lsi:t. It should be unm-cessary to go Int., Ho, ,ivn Mitiiri t l,,ri t.t l,w it-ill,.! ii-l. ! deuce, the ulalm tsdng on the face of It untenable. Or. Whitman arrived In the I'nlted States lu March, lHI.'l, and found, according to his own report lo the Ismrd, preparations already In progress for a large migration. It goes with-it saying that a bisly of Kim or Os st people with cattle and household goisls could not lie got together by the efforts of one man between the llrst of March and the middle of May lu a country thinly settled like the border states, or Indeed anywhere. Nothing short of a year's time would sulllee. Farms and other property were to be disposed of, wagons ami cattle and six months' provisions to be provided, and all arrangements perfected for quitting the .country forever. Yet Gray says that the magic voice of Whitman accomplished this marvelous exodus hy simply passing through Mis souri on his route to Washington, and Oi1. Nixon says by way of making an Improbable thing sound probable, that while Whitman was In the Fast at tending to mission and private affairs, Mr. Lovejoy -was "publishing far and wide that Dr. Whitman and himself would early lu the spring pilot across tho plains lo Oregon a body of im migrants," and further, "It Is Jsst as certain that n large Immigration to Oregon that year whs Incited by the movements of Whitman and Lovejoy as any fact could be." lie had over looked the fact that Lovejoy himself says, and he has Inserted the state ment In his appendix "The doctor re mained nil night nt. the fort (llcnt's Fort, In Colorado), starting early on the following morning to join the St, Louis party. Here we parted. The doctor proceeded to Washington. I remained at Hetit's Fort until spring, and Joined the doctor the following .Inly near Fort Laramie, on his way to Oregon, lu company with a train of emigrants." There could be no mistake about this statement, though he, depending on memory and Inlliience by the Impres sions of others, says a little further on, "Tho doctor came to the frontier set tlements, urging the citizens to emi grate to the Pacific. He left Independ ence, Mo., In the month of May, 18i:t, with an emigrant train of about Hhmi souls for Oregon" -clearly a mailer of hearsay, as he was himself at Fort Heat at the time mentioned. To quote us reliable anything stated after an Interval of thirty-three years and strengthened by no recordisl tustl mony Is to lay one's self open to grave doubts. With my experience in prov ing the value of remembered events, such evidence Is set down as worthless or nt best only corrolxiratlvo. Au ar ticle In the Missionary Herald, pub lished by the Mission Board In 1813, Inform Its readers that Dr. Whitman overtook thorn on the South Flatte. Thus It Is clearly not proven anywhere that Dr. Whitman either was Instru mental In raising the large Immigra tion of 1813 or that he conducted It from the Missouri -border. It met in council near Westport, Missouri, and was icu oy a wen auowu wouuium mau ami pilot a fur a Fort Hall. Front thiro Or. Whitman, with a coin jmiiy of Nea I'etwa aud Cayuses, who had come out to meet ami trade with tho Immigrants, of whose expected ar rival they had Ihhii apprised, piloted the vninpanles down Snake river and over the Mite mountain Into Oregon, Tho latter, aud most dlttlcult 'part of the journey to Whltmau's atatloii was etulrvly under the dlroethm of Hi In dians, as Or. Whitman wa Intercepted ed at Grand Hondo and hurried to Lap will to attend Mrs. Himldlug, who was very 111.' All this I susceptible of pnstf. aud nothing which Dr. Whitman reported to the board thereafter cou trad Ms It. lu a letter to (lie Secretary of war he use theso expression! "1 have, since our Interview, lsen Instrumental lu piloting across the rout descrllM'd In tho acoonnninylng bill, and which Is tho only cllglblo wagon road, no less than :ii families, consisting of ltl persons of Itoth sexes, with their wag ons, amounting to V&t, HIM oxen and 773 hwme cattle. The emigrant are from different state. ttrt prlmMisiIly from Missouri, Arkiinjis, Illinois and Now York. Tho majority of thwn are formers, lured by Ui prHect f Isiutity In lauds smg hold out by congrowt). by the MHMMod fertility of the soil, and by the ibwlre to be llrst atiHiiiB Uiose who nro painting our In still ntioim oil tlio Jlwtllo const." Fuel her on he says: '"They have prac tutilly domoiiKtritcd that wagons drawn bv horse or oxen can erosa tho Kocky mouiitaltiH to tho Columbia river, contrary to all sinister asser tion of all those wlm pretended It lo te lunMBSNtv' I come now to a consideration of the real motives which e Whitman to make Ids winter journey lo Ihe stiiti a. Mv tlray-Nlxou oponeut lege that It was solely to "save Oregon," which was In mi ImimsUato danger, I say, and abundant proofs bear toe out. that ho went ni Ids own private busliu ami the afTuIra of the mission, aud that whatever he said or did while lu the Kktst tlsit seeimsl to lnar Ulu n.ii loaul polltk-s was simply n any oilier person going from Oregon to the I'm-H In Usase days might have said or d.me thtwe thing. To come from the FacltU'osist In isia was to have done something rotnarkable. HV ls able lo relate stories of ndvontttre and do scrllto a vast ami wlUletnesa -ountry was to guviu an Intorestisl ulleiw e anywhere. lMS'IaHy were the pns Idem ami uliluit alort to learn every thing tieariiig iijhiu the value of a ter ritory whose title was In dispute be tween the I'ull.M State nisi Grout Hi'ltalu: ami every .man, whether he was a mountain man or a mlstloa.iry, wh i had lsen 1u Oregon ivas closely qiiesthtiied. Only the year Iteforo Or. White, a returned missionary, had Ih'cii scut for to go to Waxhlugtoii and answer ipioKtlois. He attwired rheui so Intolligently that lie Mas told to pruoeed to the West ami collect as many its he could if the nopie who were walling for the U.tinty laud act, aud hMd them to oregott that season. He was made sub -Indian agetit, paid a salary, ami oomntWilouod with other extraordinary isiwers. At the same time Fremont was sent to explore the eoiiutry s far as the Groat Olvlde, It iM-Ing Intetided that his rex'H of the laud p-msatfo should connect with Coinunslore Wilkes' rosirts on his ex plorations mi the l"uolllo oast. Yet lu the face of all this action by the government we are told that Oregon was In dinger of loliig tiudd off for a nl!lr',hery iu tho Ncwfotimlhiud coat. Or. White gathered up nlsitit l.'Mt nee ons I iv advertlHlmr and livturilig pro eeihtl to lend them to On-gou. .s no n.oi omy previously iravensi ny sm to and from the Columbia river, .ind kn.nv noRhliig of the sld before lilin. he prudently left bis wagons at Fort H ill and deHndml tim pack ltniKis d iwii Snake river ami across the iii iiiiitali'.s. Hy this oiirse he ar rived i,i Whi! man' atatloii by the mid dle o' ScpteiulMr. Mr, Grant, the Hod oi Hay comKiny' agent nt Fort Hall, assured Or. White that lie could, If l' " loh.sl to attotit)t It. lake hi wagons tiimugii 10 me ixuumma, ami p (luted out the road. It ran, after leaving Fort Holse, 'through Hurirt Itlver canon ami Grand Undue valley, theis-e over the Hlue mountains to the I'matllta. This unite had Is en point ed out to Fiirnlmm Ju 18.W by the nmipatiy's agent at Fort Holse as a feasible wagoi route while comment ing on Dr. Whitman's ulmndiiumeiit of his iwainm at the fort. These facts dlssse of the charge that Grant en deavored to illMcimriigc the taking of wagons to the Columbia. As a matter ' of fact, this r mte traveled by White's company, and the following year by the great wagon otiisiuy. was fully dc'vcr-IUil to them by" Gnmt, who fur nished the aptalns of divisions with a chart of the country. No credlls for exploration, therefore, are due to Or, Whitman, or the Immigrants who per formed it he lalsir f opening the road to wagons by grading or felling trees. As all this 1 HiiMceptlble of proof, I beseech my oipoi.cnt to refrain from :ivlng hard things a I tout me for stat ing i fact, Hut to return to I'he motive which hsl Dr. WMl man to go Fast as sud denly ms he did. The ause lay, llrst of all, In 'tin nut i-actablc disposition of the Indians In general, and the Pujume In particular. There Is a whole volume of evidence to show that from the earliest years of the mlmilous the Indians were dissatisfied. While they tvero willing to receive material IxMiellls, tihey were unable to compreheud spiritual trutihs. After some expereluce with them It was found iioc(s,iry to use an arbitrary authority over them, even .In some cases to whip them. This punishment was sometimes Inflicted on the young chiefs at Ijapwtil, but the Cayuses .would not submit to It. On the con trary, they on several occasions at tacked Dr. Wihltnian by trlklng him, knocking off his hat, throwing mud .over him, ami like hostile demonstra tions. As there were usually at his place no more than three or four per sons. Including Mrs. Whitman, retal iation, If U had been Christian xlry, would have been unsafe, and these In sults were submitted to. The Indiana, being only grown-up children, pre sumed moro and more upon the Im munity they enjoyed, until lit lust they were quite beyond control. In 184t when Wilkes visited Waiilatpu he was Informed of thei troubles, which he reports lu his "n imitlve." Apparent ly ii 11 Mint .held the Cayuses In cheek was Hie presence of the Hudson Itoiy company. When matters became too serious to bo overlooked McKlnley, the agent iu charge of Fort Walla Walla, a firm and kind friend of Dr. Whitman, pmld a visit to the chiefs and gave them to understand Mint un less tihey coudiM'led themselves In a friendly manner toward the mlsslon arle they .might expect to loso the trade of tlio company, this argument uwii'iilly being sulllcieiit to quiet tJieiu for tllrat time. Hut, as they ls'lield j;he prosperity of Whitman, who by much lalsir and energy had ibullt up a comfortable home, farm and flouring mill, and couiparod wllih It tlholr own failures, they were consumed with envy ami Jealousy. Thoy uiF.Hilimed tihat the land used by Whitman Islonged to them, and limit consequently itiho wotts from It were Uholrs. Tdiey destroyed the diK'tor's water dltx-hca In valine lihey wero not allowed to use Iho water for their gardens, and stole the melons from the mission garden, besides prac ticing many other annoying acts. At tlio iiiIhsIoih there wero similar com plaints mad?, as tho reports printed lu the Homon Missionary Herald fur nish evidence. Ait the time of tho arrival of Dr. Will I to wl till the first real emlgratlou to -Oregon, tihe affairs of the auperln temlent wore becoming desperate. The home board, dlswutlisfled because the niUsloiw were hot self-iuppoetltig after lx years, ami wanted by tlm lillMsloitai'U tholiinelve that they were lu danger, bad ordered that tlo Cayuse ami Nea Force station ulioul 1 bo alMUdoncd, and Unit Mr, 8Ntitldlng Mhottht rutitrii to Urn Fast, while Dr. WihHiiiau should Join Walker and Fells at Spokane. Koch nil ending to six yeirs of constant effort wa not to In thought or. He-tldcs, nlm arrival of au Immigration furnished au argu ment, which If proMrly nreseutisl to the board ought to satisfy them that the two tatloua which were itrdoml closed could not only, with au nuinml luttiix of Immigration, hungry from the iplaln, becoma self supporting, but tlte source of wealth. All that wa -locking wai more help, and Hint he lutoislcd to demand. Hut there w as no time to le hist, as his order mrw lins'rtlve. In a fortnight after While arrival Dr. Whitman wa on hi way to the IJnst In explain llio new dtiuattoii ami to ask for reinforce tueiit. Hi friend McKltilay titled til iu out wititi the divs of tt Hudson Hay man, tin Itcttor to Insure bis safely, and with a guide to other of the stmpauy' fort, whence ho would l forwarded along hi route, No sooner wa Dr. Whitman well Marled on hi way than the Cayuse commenced hoHiltilli. Olio of their ohlof luvudod the chamla'r of Mr. Whitman at night, slie being protect ed by a lnglo wiilte mau. Alanm! at Chls outrage he tied to l ort Walla Walla ami was Kent to The Dalle, whore tlio Mot'lnstlst had a station, ami aHMt the year of her InwlMind's iibseltce In visiting different plnce 1n tho Columbia aud Willamette vallle. Fvou lu the matter of Mm, Whitman' desertion lu tho mldM of au Indian ouiitry, Dr, Nixon descend U uh- terfnge, giving 4 he luipnsMlou that tho diM'tur provided for hi wife' re moval to The Ifcilk" Is.fiim leaving bis staUoii. Hltlatugli If ho knew hi milt- J.s t at all lie must have known thai ho led. her In charge of the mission, wlch only one mau for a Mper. All itho writer of that day, namely, 1 lines. W hile and lse, (Mininent on the Tact, After .the Incident referred lo, nml the lllght of Mrs, Whitman ami her male mwUiaut, uho 0s'tor' milt was burned down, w I'll the grain It cou tiitmol. From this time until 117. wheu ho troiibh culinlimteil lu the mil-wacre of Noveinlwr iHlh, the hi tory of the mlssUms 1 one of failure. Convinced at last that he could nol mild out much longer Dr. Whitman putvhasc-l The !illo station, but, I nghsitlug to remove, and the Indian IxsMiiititg further enraged at tho ait pea raise among them of a fatal dis ease li!tr-sliss by the Immigration, ho paid the penalty of his determliiu tloti wlih bis life FltANOMS FI'I.I.KH VICTOH. S.in Francisco. July I'm, IMfi. -8. F. Call. THU MTiuSjTlTtn).-i It is Far MoreT.cudly That Htrych nine. TIh' N'ev York World ha colhs-itl a cupful of gisl, healthy New Jeiy mosquitoes, ground them Into a liq uid mass and uimlyxi'd It. The chem lnl umdyxl wti carefully ainl pa tiently rronmd by a well known amilytlnl hemli.t and exisnt on pob sous. It has been found that the glands In the iiiistqullo's head sis-rele a dead ly iHilsoii known to science a tryc)i- nine. Ami strvcbntiie Is one of the -mist powerful imIsoiis. Isss than ime drop of pure strjrhulue lu your Idoisl W4I1 kJH you Instantly. It Is tulliiite ly stronger Umiii nrseulc, inorphlnc, airniliie or tin other well known ml sens. Strychnine Is often called prtiNsie acid, ami It deadly effect are lustiintamsms. Who ever ilriiumsl that I he msqultu wiu t-lmrgisl with such a powerful ImSsou? Who ever soppos M that this H;b lusis't .wa anmsS with a I1uld more deadly than the venom of a rattle snake? Hut now, in the light of this new scleirtlllc dlwovory. we can under stand why some ticoplo, ami esinslal ly Isvliles, are so frightfully poisoned liy imiNipilio lilti. Now we iau tin dei-siiiiHl why we read every summer of deaths from mosquito biles. Ami now It Is small woisler that lun-ses and cattle Which have bis-ome enlanglcd III the underbrush of ftcv.,1., mid iswiinips expomd to the Incessant Mings of unxqultoi tire polaoucd to ile.rii. 'Phe ikiIsoii of the mosquito Is n sour, ciear iiqimi, w nu-n rno insect earr i-s in poison glands Jnn-k of Its head. Its pitrsis, tt lias lieen determined, Is to ii Id the Insect In lirisiiilng blood bv causing a tdiarp Irritation of the ibsh wlili"li will draw blood to that point from the surrounding veins. Thus the poison or the mosquito Is Inserted Into the llesli of the victim as soon as a M1 lire ha been made In the outer skin. Its effivla In drawing llie it'loiNl to I'he siliit where the Insect Is at work ore Immediate, hut the full force of the Irrliutlou Is mil fell until some time afterwards, when the mos quito has secured Its load of human bhssl and gone away. The ilrrllatlon that then sels up lu mo wound is or the most painful de H'Tlpllon, and the poison dlsirlbiiied throiiwliont the system by the circula tion of tin bhswl, Bvery mosquito ime rnerororo add a certain ipi.iut.lty of poison to the blood mid to the sys tem of I'he victim, ami repealed biles fl'iilll uuosqultoi-s cause the Wood to become heavily charged wllli veiiniu, with a conseipient wmikenltig of Hie system and iKsadcraMoii of Iho action of the heart. OltKGON NIC1CDS THIS "y." Almost without exception the peo ple of nearly every section echo the reiterated editorial expression: "ore goti need Che Hurllngtoti," called out by the recent reports Hint this road, which has la-en seeking a way Into the West, has engineer at work running a preliminary survey up Salmon river from Lewlsloii In an endeavor to find a route that, way, for tlu-lr coast ex tension of tho road litis caused no In considerable comment as to the prob able route of the road. The people of Northeaslern Wash ington have always contended that the road would take a northern route, cn.sslng the Hmkles In the neighbor hood of the passes occupied by the Northern I'aclllc and Great Northern, but tho surveys that are now being made further south are evidence Ihat no permanent route has been selected. What this company Is undoubtedly doing Is Investigating every available roule, and from the (Indlugs of lis en gineers will select the one It deems best for the road. Tho company's ac tion shows that It desires to run south of or touching Yellowstone Park. To do this and still reach the Northwest It now seems certain that one of two routes will be chosen: either by way of Salmon river, where a survey Is now being run, or by way of Council valley, In Idaho, and Grand Hondo, lu Oregon, The latter route haa al ready been surveyed, as reported some, time ago. This route runs from the Idaho line nt Yellowstone I'ark, through central Idaho to Eagle valley, Union K-oumly, and from there to Grand Ilonile valley, via Catherine crock, fionnoellng at Union with Ihe Hunt survey. Tho data for thla rout fl are on file In the head construction of fice of the road, nml as soon as the re ports of the surveyors now running tho preliminary Hue up the Salmon river route are filed something defin ite may bo expected. The statistics show that a large pro portion of our trade with Canada has been diverted to Great Hrllaln under our present tariff policy. That I ono of the ways in which democratic rule makes Itself obnoxious. PM FIELD MI Iniprovcnienis in Can ned Fruits. A Chapter (h the Saving of Seeds. A Safe Way tu Keep Ksrir Storlnar I'otatoca-Tumatw and Frost -Other Kami Note. It litis nlwny ils-en the custom to put egg down 4 it wilt or lime If they are to Im held for higher price. There are alsmt a tunny different wii,s of keeping egg as there lire soilo who wWi to keep tJiem. We will give a simple iiiclbod use by a few. Ill the Hint place, all etvs that are Intended lo Is- preserved should in laid by hens not mated with a cot k. Infertile eggs will kisst for a long lime. 11 1 al ways more or b-s risky to attempt to keep fertile eggs, for 4f there Is much cllilllge lu leiiqicinliire tlio genu ma) start and then die, tlm causing tho egg lo "addle," or sil. If. however, there I no germ there to start, then t1n egg stands tiu excellent chance to keeii, True It -I that the longer we keep eggs the staler they Will gel -they never seem to go the other way; but If they an' kept In a cool, dry place they will hot get iiiusly, Keep eggs so ihat toe air can get to and all around thiiu. Tlic room should be cool (from -10 in III degrees) II lid Well ventilated. Don't Id It get nuisiy. Hnlld rack that will hold, suy lui eggs isii'Ii. .Make Ihe bottoms of wire netting and run stick across every two Inches apart. The stick should be half nil Inch wkle at Isittom and come to a point at top. They should be tilaiuular, 1n fact, Make Hie sides of tmv one Inch high. Now make a rack the width of tho trays, with chut on the hmlde. suy four liiehc apart, so that the Iray can ls shuvisl In the ruck, one tray nlsive another. In this way a great many egg can Is placed lu a small space ami always Is- out of Ihe way. Turn the eggs half over two or hreo time a week. Draw nut a tray of eggs. Invert on empty iray over the full one, take (Inn hold mi inch side and Invert, replacing the formerly empty tmy lu the r.nk. Thus It only tak about -t minute to turn ! egg.-Agricultural Dpltomlst. lMI'UOVKM F.N'TH IV Fit FITS. CANNF.D The present season will witness a very groat change lo the manufacture of cfiniiiil giMids, ipiclal!y fruits, lu California. The tin can appear lo be doomed for all the best qiHlUtb of fruit, ami ponslbly for every line. The new vacuum proves, a recent Invon tiloti, which has Just ioe Into use In i: u rope, has Imh-ii mloptisl by some of the largest packer on the I'aclllc io:it. Hy rhto every atom of deleter ious gis geiienited In eitoklng. and even the nlr, I extracted, redin-lng fermentation to the minimum. The cs-'t of ttiiiuufiK ture Is materially re-dis-'sl, for the use of all solder Is done away wlrh, and each Jar or can can b opened without any can op r, or key-opening device, a a small liole puie'tnnil hy a iN'tikulfe enable one to life off the entire cover. The cs- pis'lal point of value to the consumer by the adoption of this new pris-es Is that tln-ie n a great saving lu freight cll.irges, IssiniMi' the gmnls In k):iks are "solid packed." A tin can of the ordinary lyte contain two-thlrils fruit and o-ie tblrd syrup, A solid pack contain INI -r cent fruit and in per cent syrup. The superior attrac tiveness aud healihfubiiss of fruits packed In glans need no comment. It may Is- said, however, that III the low er grades of canned fruits. at pns- Clll packed, Ihe a pel line In the top or the can is so small that the fruit H criiMhcd nml cut while placing It iu tl nil, and hence the iyrtip I cloudy. Tltl cannot hiipm-n by the new prist's. Itonlde this, the use of rosin, acid ami milder ami the hot Iroll to fasten the 1ip often Hcorche tho teyrup lii the can. Hy the new process the cheaper grades of fruit will ls aiiuost as gissl as ihe higher grades, the only difference Mug lu the slue of Hie fruit. California, aud ot'lu-r states as well, can put up Jellies, Jams, preserves and similar fruit products of us high qual ity a iinyrhtng impnrlisl, nml prob ably for loss money. The only dif ficulty Is In the commercial know ledge required to create distinct brand and give them standing In the world's markets. This will come In time, and from pn-soiit indications very shortly. American Agriculturist. HAVING SF.ICDM. Millions of dollars are paid out for seeds lu Mils country every year, be cause a supply I not saved from home gardens. For yours we followed the practice of saving seeds for our own use, and wo found It paid lu two ways, it aaved tihe expense of buying a new supply every year, nml gave us a chance to sow seed of varieties tha' were adapted to our clliiuite ami soil, wmloh Is a matter of Iniisirlance. We tried new varieties every year In n small way. but our main crops were always such as we know would do well with us, and by this practice we never ran risks of failure, by havl.ig plunled seeds that were not adapt si to our surroundings. Many limes A very nu-rltorloiiH variety In one plao Is of no value a fmv ihumlrcd miles away, and In litis -way Jiiany times a Warden Is a partial failure. fo saving seeds we did not save the fag ends of the crop for seeds, but so loelnl Hie earliest perfect Ms-lniens and 'let Ithoiii imatitre for him d for the crop next year. In tomalois we se lected IHie lw-st formed speolinens thai ripened to the stem, and did not crack when -mature, and kept them for seed. In saving seed of parsnips we selected the seed from the central whorl, only rejecting alt from the side slems, and for a good many years we grew seed In this way, and the bust were ns good as Hie Ural. Part of a row of peas would be left to mature all the pisls, Instead of -havilng the llrstones picked off for use, This would give us an opporl unity lo select the ibi-st for seed and save Iho variety from delei-lora-tion, 'Sweet corn, beans, encumbers, and most of the olther vogelnblos grown, were treated In the same way. We never tried to save seeds from radMios or ciiilibage, as there Is a con slant Improvemen t In I hose made by spenlaHsts, and if care Is tin ken b.'llc'r seeds ican he bought than home grown. In the mutter of cabbages and Mitillllowi'i-s, oKpuclally Hie earlier sorls, too much care cannot he taken In buying hcikIm, for there Is a vast difference In stnahis In these, and a good early ,lei-sey Wukellold cabbage Is as him-li better tiiuin a poor one as can bo Imagined. In saving seeds tihey shnuhl be thor oughly dried, ami kept In a place where tihey will not be'cvistsed lu cx troine colli, Hiouigih moist, of Hiein will endin'o any degree of wenHier and grow, but a good unany are sunie.vhnt seni-illilve In this respect. Furm News, A BUTTE It FRAUD. The fillowlnir words are from n circular -that Is being circulated over .... I think Is-st lo call at- l lie pmi'i - - , .- lentW.ii lo it as being one of th iuny fuunl that are t.emg P"'!- "" . these days, t also desire Jo tin H readers agn!nt Mng M purchase of tlte stuff, which l" l'' ! . i.i..., ... mi- les than the less iioinion ..i.i.i. w well known "black i.1n hli-h aualinl prove to m m pans " "- ' ..i. it ..,,1-ia nf it mi i ti). and two IllOII Bllll, I.-- - ... 4 parts of rennet ami ergauk' mailer. A itouiss' isix tn no" """ - -for M.fH-1 and Hie iiiaterhil are wortii ..i ,..,ma 'I'ltera are iN'vera other mix hire of a similar nature and for a similar purpose inai lug f.ilsted oil the public. Hie word referred to are: "To whom It may concern: I nm able to uouiomnri any im-i-soii that one pound of cream ery butter can s liwrl-ased from twenty live to llfty per cel.t,. Isdh in i..i ,,l e,. I, mi,, hv I In- add lloll of swts-t milk. One pound of butter I capable or taking up one imu of milk. This 1 done without lower ing the grade. No trace of foii'lgn mailer Is left III I lie miner m treated." The family right for the use of this method I offered for the simill sum of I'i -hi, Panic w ho are so "penny wise ami pound fisillsh" as to pun base any of tho so-called right should lnr In mind that by lis use Ihey become fit subjisl for denting with tho slate 01 commissioner ny rendering moiii solve liable to prosiH-llllon. Hesldes, .ii.. i. 1,1-11,-1 ton in iioiiiid to ad a a boomerang, and destroy wnni repmn Hon for goisl butler making Iho user of the article may nvo previously had. Farmers should not 1 deceived into buying the mixture, or Iho right, for Iho material mad with H aid (we cannot call It miner) im apoil ami Is unlit for trade. The claim that ihe yield of butter I lucreaH I sim ply false. Tho so-called Increase I brought about by Incorporating with the butter fat, ciinl milk, sugar mi, I .iili.-i- eoiisllliieut of the milk. aud the deeoii!iltlu of the nitrogen- mis matter oou n-uuers nm enure mass ra held, our intention has been called to samples of this material, ami mi doubt the irtle will cease H ue after la-lug acquainted with those fact. G. W. 8IIAW. Chemist. Oregon Kxs-rlment sintloii, Conallls. APPU3 CI LTFItK IN OIIWMKV. Ten year ago. when I cam'' to Oregon, no such thing a a wormy or scabby iih or Mar wa known of or seen In 'Western or Hotiihcrn Ore gen, It wa the IsNist of the ttthabl tiuitaCiat on ais-eunt of cllniatU- con dlHon the msIIIii inot'l (Ctirjn", pomouell.i) could never tl tut lodgment lu Oregon, the excessive rainfall lu the winter serving to drown the lar vae. Holtig unacquainted with the I1.1.I1I1 of thl pest I readily felt Into the ha bit or heralding f.ir aid near the above stat-uieut, and tbat Or goii must, therefoie. Iss-mue t!i great est apple growing state lu the l iilou. Two years lat,r. Iu walking through au apple on-hard with a frh-ud from the Kat. I wa reciting my set hiIi, when, to my horr. ho cut iqien au apple In whluh wa a full grown oodlln moth hirvae. 1 irlisl my best to M-rUiide htm ami likewise my self that It wa nt Hie regular apple worm, but try as let I might, I could not conceal my apprehension. The following year rnsrt came fi-oiii dlffenuit aourvc near the city that quite a large perce-itige of Hie appl was wormy. 1 had my eye open to tihe ract then that the cislllu moth wa here, Isit hoped that one of our normally wet winter would drown nil the larvae, ami that would Im the last of this t. However, the m xt year the moth wa more iihuiutaiit than ever in fact so abun dant that not more than ten per eni of sound fruit was --harvested. With in a Very few year from the time the llrst worm w,i noticed nearly every locality In the stale had the cihIIIii mot Ii. It Is a historical fact that lu the 'Hi's nml early apple sold lu Ongou for flu per bushel. For a number of year the price did not go below $.". lu connequenee many aero were set to apples. California also began to plant apple, and In a few ,o.ir produced all that she used. Ciiiisoqiii' itl.v, Oregon having a great surplus and no railroad over which to export her nphs, the price ilroppid down to nothing, nml at the time I came here one could get all tilt. magulllceiit n 'pli- that he wautisl for tho picking. Of course no one would plant apples then, but It oc curred to me .it Hint ttuio that when we ihnd Itetter whipping facilities we must llnd a market In the Knst. When apple worm became thor oughly established It acomcd Unit It would Is Hie bight of folly to plant niplc. However, alsmt this time wpniylng was recommended, aud ns 1 wa a I nut to jJant an orchard I con cluded to plant a few apples and see what could In- done. After four years' expoi-l-no.' I am prepared to state that apple growing lu Oregon can yet 1m timdo a perfevt success, and I will tell your readers how tt may be done. In order Hint the tree may have a proper start, care must be taken In selling It out. First plow Iho soli nt leaxt Li Inches deep 'by sultsolllng. If but a small domestic orchard It being plan bd one can afford to go to a good deal of troubl". Dig tho holes at least three feet In diameter. Tiro w out the earuh one xpade's depth, then loosen the earth another spade's depth, straighten out nil the main roots, and fir It lie late lu the spring ami the nt iiioMphero dry, Immerse the roots In a pall of water, carefully sprinkle dry, tine earth on Hie roots, and be careful when filling up the hole to put next to the roots nothing but llni'ly pulver ized soil. In this country, where summer ruins are conspicuous by their absence, It Is necessary to thoroughly cultivate the soil, keeping It free from weeds. Almost contemporary with tho advent of Hie cislllu niotih canue the fungus known as black spot (Push-Indium di-ntrlllcuin), Tho smvessful oivhurd 1st must, ciimliut this ns well as the oodlln iiuolih, While the tre.i is dor mant, after ptuinlng ordinarily about February 1st spray wlMi the follow ing formula! Two ounces each of blue vitriol and unslaked llmo to tha gallon of water. Dlssolvo tho blue vitriol lu hot water and slake the lime. Pour each in the cold water, If poured together while hot they do not mix readily. When the blossoms have fallen and Hie apples are ns largo os hickory nuts, spray again wllih the following: Pour pounds each of blue vltlrol and lime, three pounds of whale oil soap and four ounces of purls green to fit) gallons of water. About three weeks sulwe- quently spray again, but unless evi dence of tho scab Is hud leave out the blue vltlrol. Spray again about four times during the season, nt Intervals of throe to four weeks. Get a good pump and jiosskIo, and have tho barrel fixed wllh an agitator simply a pad dle suspended so ,-is to scrape tho bot tom of the barrel and at every atop ngltate Mm liquid thoroughly before pumping, In addition to spraying, Ho a strip of burlap about four Inches wide nroiiml each trea about two foot from ihe ground. These I examine about every ten days, killing nil the worms secreted thereunder. It is neo essary to begin spraying early and contlnuo late, ns there are three broods. I have raised from 75 to S)0 per cent of sound fruit, while thoso who do not believe In spraying never secured over 25 per cent of good fruit. The cost Is about 15c per tree, and tho saving nt least 50c per tree. D. W. Coolldge, of Eugene, in American Agriculturist. A wnrrnnt has Itoen issued for the arrest of County Judge Mngera, of Mc MInnvllle, for killing Chlueso plu-ns-ants. TilSlE TKOVE TALE Gold Hidden in the Cascades Jty Ik)hl Robbern in the Long Ago. The Lost Cabin and U Weallb, u't Over a Day'a Hide from Tha Hallo- For long year awm-h h la-en t...i.l for C. H Khld' Imrled treasure . i I t Allan'' ,'" ev ha m-ver la-en foiud. 'I hero W a iTorl ouiewhat Mmll.r llmt !. h- ?Un thl vicinity for Mur , , l cmtinouly w ,;'; 'n.e Cabin" and tho , '.M- " " f,ut. hU4i "e piiltilshcd in 1" Dalle Mou.rt.ih.eer alsmt fourteen lime 111 H' f rirttblng t '" ' cirrhsl large qu.,t!M- of .lust f wm IIoIm. ISty to w-liee. 1I wat.les 1,1 ommriuutty when a hrg' "'""' ' ' I.i t... KlClrfU.ll III of treasure woimo - "-n---- Wi'lK I'aiV" ''"l"- iMr: e.h!iiug a riding aiiluial and P'k horse, left lfc tJlrjr. irtinWjr rr the pnrsM' "f goiutf VW' "Un,t tisir lu he iiKi'iuoalii t"-"; ttty 111 hot wa loaded wblt a pnsiHtor' miilit ami a l"t of pre vision, and hi doparture ratted no i.j.. ii. Ln hi til horw- la a pimininiii, -- . ii t-lump of biln He to the road, lie l;d III wait at tiieum" ' -. oil the road botWs-ti Hle aud owy. his-, where rhe mge usually arrived st dtwk. and awaited hi opsirtiiiili). i I .. ii,.. limit I'm ord c.iach could t e beard ibsH -ml lug the graile. There wa a '-ep ptioli 1fore th roail eniefsl th can yon, and the driver usually "hws. up" and drew a tight win after trot ting down the bill, and thl Ihe pulnt w her.' he tiC.!o!iod hi.unelf. hi face completely usisked and hi triity rifle hi h: hatsl. A the stage approaclml he drew hi rule on the driver, and oalcred him to stop and lo throw out of Hie IsKtt Hie Fnltcd Htate mall and Well. Fargn Co' strong Isix, Till a tlone immedi ately, aud the next thing Hie Mbl-r did wa lo land the driver hand ami foot aud gag him. 'Hiere were no passenger on the stage that day, ami he had only one man lo handle. With It! jilck he Iwoke open the Isix, after taking It awtiy fr.iu the road lo a .ife plane from observation, and found over a hundred xsiiid of gold dust, aud a large amount In green back. II" auhlh-d hi horc quick ly, after putting away th gold dust iu convenient place In lii pack, and rode all night a rapidly as he could The driver wa foaud Hie next day In the helplKS condition hi which he was left, ami from cxpoxiire to the sun ami kick of nomlslimeiit w.t d.-l rlous fur several days afterwards. Winn he could rotate coherently what hid luppolied the robber bad pkllist Sev end hundred urllos between him ami ihe sstt where he had commlttitl rhe theft. Suspicion faste.ied on hi part ner, who wa lnitmeiit of the crime that hi comrade -had .-outniltted. but unfortunately was absent on that dny and retiirneJ on the evening of the next. He wa arrewtiil, tried, con- DR. POWELL REEVES, Permanently Located at 5IK Third Street , Corner Whi rr, he am CHRONIC, HWS, AND PBIVUE DISEASES. Examination and Advice, FREE. Come one, Come all, ami embrace this grand opportunity to learn tbe troa condition of your health, without money and without price. TIicm) old reliable doctor will consult with you Free of Charge, and tell you your disease without asking you a question. They also furnish all medi cine at their olllccs, ami mtve you extra cost of buying medicine at the drug sb.rc. We can give you reference of many remarkitble cures thev have made ou this Coast, by leading bankers and business men. Call at the office aud r-.mil I I W.I It f.ilt t.m...t iini tin in mi Tho succi-ssful pbyslclan the skillful surgiHtn-tbo enil nent sjH-clalist your H-st friend -the world'a Uncfaotor -IX'rmanenlly hcatcd-con. suit him tills day. J s Most Successful CATARRH Doctors IM THE WEST. Thesfl old reliable specialists of many years' experience, treat with wonder f it success all lung mid throat affections, Cancer, Files, Fistula and Kupture. ryr All case of acute or chronic irflanintlon, far or near slghtedness, dim L I L ness of vision, aemfiilmia J is, w lid hairs, syphilitic sore eyer, granulated lids, tumor.canccrof the lids, ete r in iVmri.,. r..... ..... i. , , . -. . . . . ,.. EAR " n, singing or roaring noises, thickened drum, m lliimi,ll.,i, r ....- I ...... llainallon of external ear, purulent discharges from the ear, etc. rC.tiir,,ll.. 0I..I. . . .. linn Neuralgia, sU-k, nervous, or of the scaTi? ,l",,,u,ry' ihan sortening 0r the brain, tutiiors and ee'in THRfl AT Ctt,tnrrl,ttl fl,,(l .vpliiillosre throat, acute and chronic plinryngitis, iuthr" !, 7,SlSJ!Kii h0M"n,wB' ,o" of vokx thick l,ulann I IINfiK Pwmption In tho llrst and second stages, heniorrhage and chronic holKLS: ISKtJ&i1 1,K,ae WUBh' ,mius ln clie8t- m'm in hIvMnt HFIRT XnlyUl"r dmm weak and fatty hearts, dropsy, and rheumatism of IILHIII the heart, languid circulation, etc. ATAIII All f.. i ...' vaiuiui ana uicernllon fulness aaer eating, swallowing, LIVFR RPIFFN Al1 dl80a808 of lo Hvor, apleen, liowels, eonstipalion, (lisordefs ibenml;. "i'0 ia1rr(l. and bladdor.all nervous aud reflex lul ;se n a IT nr"d " Skl dlB,nws- '. r'leuni, ringworm, hip Rttffi S 1,R,r,P- B"MI Titation. nerv S FX I! A I ORfiAN AU prlvate Mm Hpcnnntorrhea, nightly or dally of memorv n d ?i i,i,0Mew,!,ch- ""cted, produce nervous Irritation, loss strict, rfnal . 1 l?,,9,0,ftmil"8 of ,he hrain, idiocy, Insanity, etc., syphilis, t t .rr ma n ! i, t ,,oUl,lhe ur.,no' ''Pb'tey or loss nf poweF, 'sterility Pn-' ir2 m2 ur,u"' or i"vl. varkHiccle treated by a new Sit? O1'omllon' "yrol". "11 losses or drains, alrophy or shrinking of the RIIPTIIRF i1'110' F'8tu,ft' Vall(10l'. irydroctie, and all tenderness or swell- 1 mJ. iw "K treatt'd Wl",0Ut P!,ln or ,"tn fr' husiness. LAD F8 1 8uirrln8 frHI ay f tlio distressing ailments peculiar Pint menl. t rtB?.;"Urh 118 Kteat 1K palnftU menRtruatlont.dla; W$J&t,SjwM " 1 rr ym have met with . rt-m-a.ed of casi-s nfter nt ur ,, ..:i 1 "V ""I'Py to stute Hint we Have cured liunitrcos liioXwle. rli-"lolaiiB have pronounced ttiem hopeless. Charges very RFMFDIFR T1,10 reme(,U,s mcA U8peti!ary are known only to our llustrloiis an5T,,f Hd ,,HVe ,,esw,,u,,' t" us as a priceless heritage from our medc StehffP'' le brightest lights in the urea of known V i ,, 11 18 evor nwn; and to these precious treas seareh u 0,?ot,n f lr d rB casea and or T. i0"' Un 1 ,,ow w feel confident of curing all curable casts, and of greatly benefiting nil who have not jet received any relief whatever DR. POWELL REEVES, r let el and .-iiIiok ! i. ., - - ,v fc. riarjr for vuut fm ia Mm thu if it if jr limit gitfj "ii. Diilb Bisl spent sm i-nil ,t,. . -Hy. In a coW n,.u! i .. . i ... " tiil IMHH I"" l.-J. Rll H--iTI( ttf ttlf , I foiirlctbm rnl a.-iHoitii, ... ner, H.simltig it-fAm lh authorith1 wre mi i,;, ,JT I 1 !t t Ik. h.j. IlKIt the el.M'p of hk Law1 id to hi arrei. In. i.f( i,,. hi aiiliiwl and went Uuq n alii. After wmmlerinj thtt, sumo tlm li fisnsi a lHiHr thai had not In --u-,l fl ttlut M,...,.r..,.lltf I, ...I I .. ' " lU-ta,,, aoiiio triier. linr ),. 4n,JV " In bide blii-tu-lf fr.mi tn fngfo not hw blliwlf lo hm tAL except Whim It wis i immrj 71 cure provision frisn tti ,i, ? hail 'arofill)y k"jt hi guid jL, Ihe ;u-k on hi niiinuii. ltt( pLHoii bad tsx-n di-oiumhI (soil wlucd any t'llug t,it t,,,, J other upplii wbl.-h prirt-wio,, 2 ti-illy to.k wbh tl, jrt tll , ,. - ..,.,.,.. IIF.IP94-H fortabl" a ssiMi. In i,u, ltll hoiiie he I'sik'sl tiroimii fr , bury the dint, and dug a J Hk Mtiiuqt of a tfis uml r Jl Ited the Isig of g old. n wITJtt 4hase4 he h id iioi i gtrva),' wlis'li were largely dini-m-tui .h intembil when fh- fttmnm ' iJJ ! qillelol down, to sifiilfi vjjj 7? i haunt of nlvlli ithsi aisl Urt tmrb ! oil Itl Wi-alHl. For S'-reral v'i! pawed Hie life of a hermit, uwll W cottwleis e Is-giin trmgiiiii kirn W caite be had s'nit4tiiil ta lainrni m iu to stirrer r-r hi cnim, . dctermlii'd to go Uu k to likWia, m,, ! oral year older ttiati whea ls kfi ai"I cbangisl by the rough life ht Wl b-d, when he arrived in 1'-,;,, know him. II; partner IikI mq. rs-rvwl the at-ut'H-e lms-a on k;7 ,1l!l h W.IU Stricken Wllh fwowJ H ton ftftirwnrl he wa t.iki-n mt, '' "y ii-k. atl Just tsif.s-t. h ti w rote a foil eohfewsioii o' hll (rr! jli:d detn-rilMil the liimiKat ij, where rhe dol was hldilen, Ing rut where II wa In tl tinwade nwiw. abi. Hi pnrttiT w.i pinlnoisl itf the js'itlti-ntlnry. awl iKShim k lsn heard of ltiin since. The mi Culiln" sikI tlw Imr-J trensttre ha routisl great exeiteMt : In rhU state and Idaho for mi. joars; but until rvmly its tm. alsmt wa a conqiliSf mystery, i ; few ymir ago a young niau liifn-mHl the w riter that he had f-sllnl In atstiit twenty mll.s from 4 river In the hcH of the Vamt.t iiKrtitmiin: iiit he fil to tui tl I g.rtM, ami we have hoard uortilag trM dim 'l-e. Others have sh-i mwi's 1 hunting f r It; Inn tlnnr -.-vt-i-d hit Im cii frul'J . We had foiyoitiu ,U stury until kit wis k. wh-n a weft. know n eltlcn of The O il( laf unH ii tbat he hcliMsl t. rmve ttt itt from the Idcutii-al catiln alxsit fuiif. teen year ago, and he I quhe w tain he can h-at.- the siNtt whert tbe gold still lie. Iu a few days b to tembt making the trip, sml' nii t 11111 r'de there ill a few hours. 'Tbfff iimHI Is nciriy I'juissi l.iiried In it sp it, nml he ciuts'ider it well worth I Jmirilcy In Hie u ou ii ml ns. So nrairr ye.ir line el.tp-rd niis-e It was tt-sVl that If found now It would Is- rmeHd irts same ns IriTtsiire-trore, iA WoiiM Is-loiig to the bs-ky imtnn Further Ii-v.-,s.iiii.-iis are awjitt ami In a tittle while the mystery nor roiimliug the "Iout CalSu" ny be cleared up and one or more rum bt richer theleliy. The world grow s giddy In it old w. They art auctioning I'acitl.- coast fruit In IaiUiIoii, drinking Iss-r In (ienniny that wa made from Oregon hoa, mil Ing ahlpa with Oregon mast every where, and eating Oregon flisir li Chum and South Afrlm. F.x. of Pine, , Dregca. In vtmmtllal on nit i i f VI Treats rupture, piles, fissure fistula and rectal ulcers, with out knife, ligature or caustic, aud without pain or dcteutioa from business. He also treat all private diseases, loss of power, sperniatorrhu'a, syph ilis, pimples, etc. k i k I i H con .-..! u.n i.o,.,i,..,i, .li.ifnti fwllinr ami add dyspepsia, Indigestion, pain and hotutburn, wuterbrasli, aud dilllculty In