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' IT WQ HAD NEVEU MET. If we had never met. But, liko two warn in orbit chained, ruiwiicd divergent paths, ordahust Uy uuklnd fate, would Joy bu gaiued If w bad aurcr tnctr K w U-l &rr mat, But Ilk wg bird Wum Ual fllM It oontmvend mmI to tb night lotd ua apart, would f wiu brlght- It w liadnrr uwtT If w had never met, Hut groping m In hooduian Mind. Had passed, would other heart or mlud . Await beyond fV im to Hud If had ttevw imHt Arthur Chapman, Bronze Satyr's Secret. Surely no building of It lae over contaluod more food for the Illumina tion thaa my frioud Norman' rlver etda Ibungalow. It was fairly era in mod with curiosities froni many lands. Jack JCorman bad not only "leen verywliwe and seen everything, a tho aylng Is; be had brought home a uhlplond of unite but xuvlnelug wit- JleSSO. Onpltal yarn he could split, too, tint of one object neither ho nor his iretty Spanish-American wife- could bo Induced to HjHak, except casually "The Liberator Is sacred," he would aay, when naked where he irot It, or "The liberator has been lit an earth quake, when It tut, tared appearance wa commented njHn. Jit wa the figure of a natyr In broime, atiout three fe-t high, with less and hoofs of a goat, hort, blunt ed horns, huge pointed ear, grinning lopsided mouth, and a broken nose. It loft eye had also been lu the warn the motal was dented a If a heavy blow, which had chanced the figure', oricin.il roguish expression. Into hideous leer. But It was Mm. Norman who gnv ne the clew to the secret. Jack had been seriously 111 -a return of Jungle fever. His wife came to me In the drawing room. "Oh, he h so much better," she said with her dark eye wimmlnc. "Jl ooa will be well. Ah, me! what would I do without my brave, true husband! I think no wife has ever been so happy as I. And" turning to the hideous satyr "you gave him to ine, you dear old thing." She swung her arms around the twisted neck and kissed the grlnulug mouth. A dozen time she pressed her warm Hps to the cold brouze. I could not holn smiling. "You laugh." she said, "but It Is true. Some day Jack will tell you perh.-ipa. We do iut like to sinuk of It There Is a grave beyond the sen A mother tends It who would grieve If the truth were known." Soon afterward I had the good luck to do Norman a service. "I must nuike you a present," he said. "Ijonk around and tell me what you would like. I bar the Liberator, of course." "I wont take nnytlilng. I an swerod. "If you'll tell me why you set such store by that old bronze we shall be onlts. "I couldn't have done It a wi-ok ano for a certain reason. Hut the -r- son concerned is dead. J had no ticed that Mrs. Norman was In dit-p mourning. He tixk a nude, guardics sword from the wall. "Do you know what this Is?" he awked. "Some sort of a sword," I replied. "It is a Nlcarnguan machete. car ried by all the men and many of the women In that unquiet couutry. Ixs.k along the edge. I did so and perceived a dull stain near the square point. Jack drew bis finger dowu a long white war on his bronzed cheek. "That stain is Mood. Jt came from hero some of 1t I got a worse cut on the head. Now, I'll tell you the story." IL "Some years ago I had an Interest In a Segovlan gold mine. Hegovla should say, Is In Nicaragua, between the great hike and Honduras. Tiring of the wJId life, I resolved to visit tiranada. One night 1 passed In the hotel, and that was too long, for I was eateu alive. Next day l sought out a vacant house, found the owucr and struck a bargain. "The house I rented was nn Im mense building, em-ted on three sides of a court-yard paved with marble. There was not a pane of glass In it but plenty of Iron bars. The court yard bad a brolren fountain in the center, waterU, of course, and half hidden by rubbish and shrubs, run wild long since. "The time hung heavily nK)n my hands, so one morning I set to work to clear away the rubbish that choked the basin of the fountain. At the Ut torn of the heap I found the Llls-rator. "I cleaned the statue .myself. rtH! dared not touch It at first. lie said It was a Carib god. Jt wasn't lu lis present tattered condition then, and I considered It a great find. We set It up on a shelf alve my bed, and In 48 hours I had forgotten all alout it. "At a gambling house I met I)on Manuel Arguella. By way of return for the money he had won of me be took flic home and Introduced me to his mother and cousin. After that I called every day, for I had fallen In love with Wenora Isabel, "The passion of my life was re turned. But I was unaware that Don Manuel also loved her. I did not learn until too late tliat he had long looki-d forward to repairing tha broken for tunes by marriage with his cousin. Ife enlightened me I need not de serlilHs the scene and I refused to stand aside. Then he threatened to take my life. "Ae you know tmy lofe Is a capital horsewoman, and It was our custom to ride dally on the Los Cocos road. One morning my darling failed to meet me at the trysting place. I dls- mounted to wait, leaving my horse to Bepe. Presently he called me, and I found him examining the tracks. " 'Senior,' said he, In his grave fash Ion, 'here Is the trail of the senora's mare. It Is fresh. It was made this morning.' He went on, bent double. " 'Other horsts have halted here, havo plunged about and have gone. The uenora's .mare went with them.' Again ha moved on. "'Ah, he exclaimed, presently, 'there Is the print of a lasso ring which missed Ita mark. There the senora's mare halted suddenly, like the wlso animal she la That lasso did not oitas, and she had a fall be fore. KiaylK. ' "'What on earth are you driving at?' 1 cried. Tltf senora turned there and sjmrr.'d tin mare,' he said. "J'lie other horses followed In a great hurry, sen-. ibe did not gallop far, as we have seen. Afterward' she went quietly. " 'For the dove of heaven,, tell me .what you have learned,' I cried. " 'A mile further on,' answered the Indian, st dldly, 'there Is a path which leiuls to Don Manuel's hacien da. If the senora's mare turns there, that U where the Senora Isabel will have gone not willingly, senor. "We galloped hard to the byway pokeu of. 8ure enough, all the track loft the iwid ther. The olwervant Imllan was rhsht. "I had my pistols, he his nmehete. Wo pursuit the iiUlnct.nx and caught them tvforo they rvched the hacien da s ugly a quartet as I over set ew on. The prudent ivm Msnuei had directed tb buslut from a iiif dtstanc. "Hi felhiw howd flht, of wmr, but I nmmtgd to wing one t th fimt tire, when they all tumetl tall. I took my darling back to her aunt, with whom sue wn quite safe. Don Man ul did not show up. He kuew lettr. III. ".My darling was very fond of her aunt and unwilling to hurt her, so we said nothing of her son's villainy. But wheu IV J'd I got back to our ruinous imlaeo he advised me to bar ricade tie diMr of my room, How ever, I didn't thiuk il worth while. But nt nightfall t stivh-lusl myself on the hide tied nud fell asleep with a revolver close to my haml. "About midnight t was awakemnl by a cut on the bond, which, luckily, did not stun me. or 1 wouldn't be spinning this yarn now. 1 started up, with the blood streaming down my face, "I Km Manuel sbxnl over me, with my revolver lu one hand and an ih liftiHl machete In Iho other. There's tho machete. -.-sow, vou snail tne, nmiM'r: w hlwd. and aimed another blow at me, which I avoldl. Shouting loudly for l'cs I grappled with him nud got hold of his wrists. 1 was stronger, but loss of blood had weakened mo. lie wrenched his right hand free and cut ine across the check. Tlu blow daztnl nie-1 stacgeiHtl and fell on the lHd. "Befon I (HttiUl rise his km was on my chest, the machete at my throat, I ftlt the edg With a hist effort 1 Hung him from me. That Instant the lied hiNived and toMseil, the stout walls shiMik, the sleeping city awoke with a scream of terror. Dazed us I was, I knew what had hnpcncd. X did my enemy, " The earthquake shall uot av youf he yelled, and rushed at me over the qulverliii; floor. But agiln the Istl heavtHl iMMifilth us. Something fell from aUve. Tlu-re was a thud a scmiiii of agony iml Don Manuel rollinl ver and lay still, leaving the machete across my neck. Ah! tti.it was a close shave. "I stastferinl to my fet and gmpeil ny way through the clouds of dust to tlto stiwt, which was full of people, shrleUng, walling, pmylng to I he saints. An hour the earthquake lasted, shock followed shock. "When nit was quiet and the people had ceased to wall mid pray 1 return id to the (Kthice. 1'cm lay lu his ham mock. KmiiuI ami caused. Together we cnteriHl the room where I had so narrowly ee.ied ileath. 'The iNsly of iKui Manuel, with the skull crushed In, lay tteslde my bed. Close at hand lay tho Liberator In the condition lu which you now see it The statue hail toppled over lu the nick of time, killed the would -tie mur derer ami set me free. u sm-h chance do the live of men hang. "Don .Manuel's mother never knew the truth respivtlng his death. It wan attributed to the earthquake, its also were the cuts on my head and chock. I left Crauadi assiMiii as I could, tak ing my bride with me." Answer. Tin: niuxio.vs biu tu x. Tho liirsewt In Any Part of the Coun try Now at San Frum-lsco. The biggest gun ever seen In Sun Francisco or in any other port of the I'ldted Slates is at the t iiloii Iron Works lu San Franclsm Kverythlng is in readiness there for the recepiloii of the monster, but before any at tempt Is made to trundle It Into t!u yard tha trestle are to undergo a critical examination and Ih submitted to a seven test. The gun, which Is for the Oregon, Is heavier by ten tons than the Monterey's "Big Itctsj," ami four of the same pattern are to occupy the two mala turrets of the battleship I he four terrors will probably grow rusty In the yard before lu-y nn swung Into ixwltloii. "1 tie Oregon " boon lying at the dis-k for over a jcai awaiting Iter turret armor, nniNi will be some tlni'i In the spring In-fore the last of the hitter arrives. A mistake was made lu harveylzing tho armor for the first l.'t-H.ch turret Mini this will have to ls remade. It will not lie ready for shipment until some time next January. Tho armor for tin. other turret is to be shipped next mouth. far as the contract of the I'ulon Iron works with the government Is concerned It was coiiqileled a year ago and the trial of the battleship sat Isfactorlly made. The government has ailiout a half a million dollars of the local concern's money, the Interest on which Is an linrt.-iut Item. Hie Oregon makes the Ufih vessel built, at the I'lilou Iron works for tin1 Culled Stales. The others, lu tho or der named, are tho Charleston, San Francisco, -Monterey and Olympla. for this work the Scotta have receiv ed f lo.oui.ouii, not Including the $oio, ) held back on the Oregon. Of this big sum it Is claimed that ?7,'mVmxi was spent for labor alone, making an average of JM.bnU.fiOO a year paid out to tlie employes at the Liuou Iron works. A (JRL'NT OF .SATISFACTION. Some Bninai'ks That the Salem Hog Can llcally Kujoy. The Dalles Chronicle: In addition to the many attractions Hint S.i loin now has. the capital city to bo enriched by the locution of the medical dopartiiielit of the Will iiieUe university. Some of the Fast en Oregon piuiers will ugnlu raise the cry ol "Salem hog" and denounce the avarice of Salein people; but from Impartial uliscrvers, who delight lu seeing a city use every hononibli means to enlarge It Influence, the energy and enterprise of Salem will all Jortli praise instead of denuncia tion. The "Salem hog," to borrow tho Inelegant expression. Is not uii (ugly animal for Salem, and many other cities In the HUitu would find II u profitable Investment to Import annuo or tne breed. Tlie success of Maleiri Is not entirely due to lis na tural advantages, but Is the result.. In a largo measure, of the push which lis citizens display. Salem will slin- Ijfly get all It can, and cities, as well us Individuals, will find that little comes save for the asking. Tlie med ical school, If conducted on a high piano, will place Haleui Jn tho front rank of the educational centers on the const POLITICAL A NN I VE USA It V. Tlio circumstance that 18!)o will see cleotlons (In Kentucky and .Maryland) innt promise to tin-ait tlie sectional di vision In partisanship Is not the year's only claim to Interest In a political sense, it is the fortieth anniversary of the formation of the republcan party. As lives of nations are counted forty years Is a short time. Compared even with tho active life of some Indi viduals It J not Jong. Several men who bsk a prominent part In the fo.inilliig of the party are stUI actively at work. For example, John Sherman, who presided over tho first republican convention which nominated a gover nor Jn Ohio, ttat of 18T)5, also, and lie is still mentally and physically vigor ous. Yet in these forty years of ex istence tlie republican iarty has made more history tnau was ever muue in any other equal period of the country's life, mid much of It wa fraud history. 11 III Abe Lincoln Took Turn at It The Father of a Floating Dock. IVter Cooper Evolved Self-Hock-lug Craillo ami Ulo Hull a riaiio. Nearly every prominent American has nt some ihtUkI of hi career ex pcitittsl more, or less1 tins', t Might or exnrlinent in the effort to piislueo sxuno machine, device or cotuouud do slgiMHl to cltltcr U'lieJlt mankind r to proilt the Inventor, lu Hk' biographies of gmit iiH-ti uiul womcu It will be , ftu,,,,! .i... ,,,, rt,,,,,,! I . . .. ........ . ' out of the path which led to funs' to solve soim problem lu the arts, st emvs or Industries. It ha tiecti a fa voile relaxation for many great men and women, luWvd, every famous pemou must havo Is-eu an Inventor, lu I lie broadest souse. Writers invent Ideas, plots, theme nud method of expression, tireat generals Invent new maneuvers, positions mid iiiuuuors of ilcfisisc, schnllsls Invent tlioorhs, niellunN and principles. Our patent laws do not, of course, ivititeiuphlte the protection of new Ideas, theories, principles or themes: but their embodiment lu the form of some concrete or tangible article may be the subject of n isttetit. Among the earlier great Inventor Benjamin Franklin stood at the head, followed in due course by John Fitch, F.ll Whitney, Hols-rt Fulton, Hiimucl F, B. Morse and Jow-ph Horny. Franklin was mt only (he ttrst to suggest tele graphy, but wa the pioneer of steam navigation, lie conceived the Ideas, and they were reducoU to practlee by other. Franklin never vurel a isit. cut for any of hi Invention, lie died rhe same yeiir our piiteut system was lisutgurated lTtsi. John Pitch, a Pennsylvania watch maker, made the first, stnun!ii in t TVi, and It was proiHl by twelve piidlles-lx at either side of the Ves ts 1. HolMrt Fulton, a portrait iliicr. const noted the first practical steam Isnit. lu 1Si7. by iibtltutliig side whels for FU-th' iKtddh. Samuel F. It, Morse, an art student, laid down the p.ilette and brush to retltnv Franklin' telegraphy to pme. tli e. and he found a worthy co-worker lu Professor Jowph Henry, at one time a puhullc school ten, -tier. In IHit Atiiaham Lincoln, then a state legislator, obtained a ateiit for i "camel ami llniilng diak," so termed by the patent spis'ltbwlloii, written by the Inventor's own hand. The Invention was designed for the oii-h, of assisting Imhiis over sIhmiIm, and conslied of long. li-llouM-tlke air re -eptaelex. stlppnl lit! one Upon Wilier side of the vessa-l, and os-rntcd by vertli'iil rods or Miha pasm-d down through the air receptacles. The rods Were connected by rojn to a revolv ing shaft or ivlndlass, aupwrtcd ivn t rally lergihwise of the deck. Curd paMwd also from the tops of the re e'ptaele were filled with air by push ing downward tisui the rsls and pull ing upwnrd the top of the bellows. The blioiiyauey nf the receptacle was eatctitnti-il to carry the vckncI over shallow pav. The cisitrlvaint', as a whole, has iten regarded as litoH-ra-tlve by ninny, for the reason thill no provUloti Is made for the admlSHlon of air to lis- Is-llows or receptacle, but it would not U liureasoniible to tiqii,Me that the holen lu the top of tho receplilcleM to aceoiniiiinhile the 'ods were hitended to lie sillllrleutly large to admit air when the rods were depressed. Ill fin-t. It would Im quite ditllciilt to make an nir-llgtit tit 1h Bween the rod fllsl the holes, Put or Cooper, the millionaire philan thropist and founder oi the Cooper In stitute In New York city, obtain, si f-v-oral patents early In the century. Ills tlrf patent was dated March -7. IS 1,1, and was for a "self-rocking cradle," Tho device consisted of u pair of up- rigtus ror supporting a swinging box or bed for the Infant, and a cord weight, winding mechanism and es eapoinent for nis-nitlug the awing. key or crank was used to wind up the weighted cord, nud the cradle would rock with a motion similar to the s'ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ( 1 1 of grand fa titer's clock Whether the venerable philanthropist conceived Die Idea while minding tin baby or was led to It by philanthropic ui'tlves Is not specifically set forth in tlie patent. Hie famous Norwegian violin vir tuoso, Ole Hull, while residing In America, secured a patent dated Nov 15, INTO, for a piano, tho distinguish ing features of which were a sounding board of sonorous wood, having thin wooden braces glued to the bottom thereof edgewise of the braces and run nlng parallel with the grain of tin w.wmI of which the sounding board was made, the airings also extending In the direction over hollow bridges. Tin legs of the Insiriiiniietit were also hol low, and provided with valves, to be operated by pedals, to Increase or di minish tho volume of, tone, The lu strtunent was provided with tin In clined board behind the strings for re fleeting tho sound upward and out ward. It Is stated In the specification that a piano constructed as described would Improve the tone by age, owing to tun peculiar construction of tin; sounding board braces, (lie hollow bridges, and tho relative arrangement of tho strings parallel to tho grain of ttm wood. Mr. Cleminetis has found time to lu vent and patent a few articles of wide ly different ehnraelera. Ill first pat- one is oaten one, 1:1, jhti, nud Is for an "adjustable and detachable slraii for garments, consisting of two elas tic, straps having bullonhohw, to be coniiiictod to buttons upon vesl or pantaloons, and to bu (li-liicliiible therefrom for use upon other gar ments." The Inventor was doubtless more isiiecesHful with his next tiiilont a aerap bisik. Mark Twain's name appears as assignee In qnlle a iriiin- ner or patents, some of comparatively recent dale. A well-known novelist and tourist. Judge A. W. Tourgee, luis Hch'cted quit a peculiar field of Involution to ojsirato n, and has proved prolific and versatile lu his c loscn art. In the class entitled ''harne" ln the patent olllco his W me' appears several times. and always In eimiiepthni with a quite nriitiiiy new harness or attachment theriilo, usually of tin.' fictile armor va riety, or something emiully as char acteristic. Goorgo W, Melville, tho Arctic ex plorer, has taken out a number of nat- ontw In various lines of Invention, and Is still in tho field. Several well known nubllo men lmvo faiiled in their effort to obtain puiteirtfl, owing to the fact that their Involutions were made long after sotim one else hid secured a patiait for the same thing, ItEQUlHEMICNTH W FRUITS. Prom what we have' teamed nilwit tho rcqulromenuJ of fruit crops, It doe not seem Cut each crop rpilrc a different fortltlwr. Fertllliser miiii mfaotitnr are apt to urge a pis,lal Ituuitira for each cn(i nud ( expa litle on the merit of some imrllculnr formula or other, which la but allghtly different from uuiny other. Al ways ftiamlu the giuiruitd aonly I of ft fertiliser, and If the percent ag of tsitHAh 1 lower tluin that of phosphoric acid, you have good ground for seriously quistttunlng the adaptability of that brand to fruit en Inure, For small fmtltn. a manure which will return a nearly pttMlblo the plant food removed by the crop should Is chosen. Do not attempt to draw the Hue too chstely, and remem ber that the uiialyl of different samples of tho same fruit 1 subject to quite a variation, Tin soli will correct any slight mistake which may tm made In applying fcrtllutcr, but if nothing but large amounts of mtah be iithhM yeiir after ywir, the mom of nitrogen ami plnwphorie acid will ul timately ils exhausted, For orchard fruit use, a imiuuro oulalulng n huge amount of oUn.i, ls pltoHiiliorU- add, and mill less ni trogen, The amount of potash re iroved by tho fruit should Imi taken a a guide, when determining how much fertiliser to iiiHily. Tho on-hard should 1st kept Ncodid down to clover for the purpose of colhs-llog the re iniilndvr of the nitrogen rtulr for tlsi fruit toi. Do not cut u cMp of nay from it Hearing oiihard wlihout inaktiig a cori-esMiudlng return of plant fiKtd; It bt U-tter to put the pigs lu the clover and glv the chU-ki-lis a cluiiMv at the 1ii.. Im fur wlili h th.-v are hungry. Very Utile plant -foiKl will ls driven off to market with the plgn, ami many insect that fell with the Inqierftxt fruit will have itnasi-d away so effectually that they will eaisto no tiitiibto lu future jear. Auierlcan (ianleiilng. IT LS PINK CUM. And It Owne Front tho Par Baltic Mea Country. Amls-r I a sulwiance which was loiiu regnnhnl a of a mysterious ori gin. It I now known to Ik- the fooll gum of an extliu-t pine tree. These pliMi formed forest thoiwamls of year ago In the region of the Ibiltle sea, when the gum which exuded from their hark accumulated lu such quantities that It ha supplied the market of the world with amber since the imwt ancient time. The nnchnit tlrek got their supply from there, and the merchant of Venice during the middle age mnde regular trip to the Baltic for cargoe of am 1st. I'ntU re-utly no other way of eb- laiiuiig amiH-r was known than to gal her such plcci a were i brown t!u the shoiv lu stormy woather.' or dive for It. But today there are great amber mines tu the region nf the Hal tie which are worked day ami night all the year round. The deposits of the foMxil gnin extend from the very shore of the sea to aluiut a quarter of a mile Inland. To keep the water out of thymine, which an U-hw tlie i level, pumping has to be kept it;i all the time. The simtiim in which tin-amts-r Is found Is of blue earth, which I shovel-d Into cans and dniwu up In the mouth of the mine, where the earth Is driven down a sluice by a force of wat-r that dissolves and sep arates It from the auiln-r. Nets Willi meshes of different aixc catch the amis',', which 1 found In piece from life sine of a jM-a to the bigness of one's hand and someilu'es l.irger. Thirty dredging ships work ilurlug eight months lu the year nt lixhlng the nmher out of the siti with winding chains of buckets, which drsg along the bottom and bring up siind. stones and amber, the last Mug nlterwmd washed out ill nearly the same manner as on laud. Many divers aho l:ilwr in the galherliig of iiiuInt, deMceiidltig Ho the ImiMoiii from row Iwmts in divers' armor, with shovel ami bag SoinotliiH! they stay under water foi tlve or six hours at a time, nut com, lug tip inn II their bigs me filled. In addition to their regular wy they re celvo a prj.e for every plm that n-iiche a certain weight. Amber has a wonderful variety of color. iNomo of It Is as clear ns crys tal, some as yellow as hom-y, some light blue, ami again a tramqwiront green. Then it is found ns white us mow, the color of cream, ami often iiiiny of the tints are blended In one piece. There Is a Mipulnr notion to the effect that limber has curative iuallth f ir such iillmeiiis as croup ami sore thnsit, and many thoiiHiind tus-khu'cs of it are Hold annually for that ptiipio. A PliTUIFIKl) Ql'F.KN, Strtiugo Discovery by a Seattle Man on 1'rltico Kdward'a Island. A curious lale Is told by passenger who arrived nt Victoria, B. (!., from Alaska, on the steamer City of To poka, of the discovery made by one of their number, a Hon ill man named Itreiieu, on Prince of Wam island, says tho Han Francisco FxHiiilncr. Hrouoii went north some time ago with a small sloop laden' with a mis cellaneous cargo, on which he realized a good profit, trading among the nn tlie of the northern coast. It was on this expedition he chanced to visit mm of the least accessible village of the IhiiIhIhI rtlss on I'l lm-e of Wale 1 on inin-eor nine' isuimi, anil while there to see the mysterious divinity that Is supisised to Keep watch and ward over the tl'lbe, a former priestess or queen, who by some rare action of the pern liar sail In which her burial place was made was not. turned Into dust, but Into solid nl one. Years later the rude grave was tin covered by chance, and the petrified body was found. Tim natives hailed It us an omen of good, and carefully examining If, enthroned, It In n plan of honor In the village, the Idol so rescued being ever since the more honored than the oldiwt totem. B notion claims to be the first while iiwin to see the slatim, but so far from fueling awo or being moved to adorn I hm, he nt once rea listed that if It could be safely transported to the Culled istales It would be worth a mint, of money for exhibition pur poses.. The votrlfei woman, accord ing In Ills account, sliinds as though 1'iozeii Into gninlle while In tho act of illrccilug oiue Important move meiit of her stibjecls, Tho features as well ns tho llimbs nro clearly tie fined, as t hough life was si 111 In t he bisly, add tho wholo nspect of tho strangely preserved body Is almost regal, although the goddess was mis tress of a savage tribe. Ho much (ltd the conijniereliil vntim of the linage iiiipress tho shrewd trailer .thint a, few wniils bu HuIIoOimIv dropped purlliiMy revealed his mind io fine nnoe, wim ,l0 ri.Hit that he was qbllgid to take his sloim and .-itl out, no a, thlnkeulng slonu In order to snvo lls Jlife. Io hit now 'sold his worm nud with tho m-ncceibi f iim Sale, iiihhHl to the iprollls of his endue. no propones to piirelumii a fust sli'inn launch iwHh which to return m boldly ailsliu-t the llticaiiiiiv dletv. . A. cording to presiHit aiTaigmiciiis m Will buy h launch on the Biuret. Hound and return ns nulHy ns slibki to Prince of Wnlna lalntid, selno tho Idol and escape before tho native can discover hi proaenco and frus trate tils plan. The "stone queen" Inns, according to the tales of the tribe, watched silently over their do. dining fortunes tot upward of four ceaturloi, , : , , is wm i in One Mnu Argues That It Is Not Kecauso It Doesn't Weigh Anytliing Anil lleraiiHii Vou Can't Hear Uatlle When You Kliuke a Jar Full of It. It (By llollls Wblu, Klngstuwii, I ml) A I ils'llovo the coliilnlis f (he Hlu deitt are open for dlNctuwdiiu, I wish to say a few wo ids concerning an tm settled question, Piviplo and opin ion iuwI thcorlo am nil liable to dif fer. Mr. (leo. .11. Aillln, In hi article eu tilled, "FlomHiiary Kiodlm lu Ulee trlclly," piibh-d la the Kludeiit HoptoiiilM-r sth, state wuphatlcally thml electricity I mil a iluld. For auqis il m noi, but I am rather more tuclliied to lielU'Ve ttsit tt Is than otls-rwlse. Ills tents certainly are not proofs, although they ait- evident! Intended as such. He nays: " Imitery of 'haigcd Is-ydeii Jars weighs no mote tlian tho same battery uncharged." That Is uot a pr.Nf that Ike Jars do not contain Iluld. Magiieibuu does not ai tract ghiMs w Idle gravity . Would It may lo mranger than other strange thing If cleetrleily wits tho only thing or even one of the several thing -upon which gravity ha no erfwiT Again Mr, ('iitllil tin ft; "im-ii the Jar and there is nothing bnddo but the metallic .-.rilling of tin foil. If there was either solid or fluid there one might shako them iilxnil ami hear a Hound, but they are Ilenl and empty." Iteiv I not only think that hi theory I in.-orrect. but that he goes a llnle outside of theory and main- a siati--iim nt w hich Is m-leutlilcally rldueii Ions, lu the first pl.ee sie iiilglit h.ivo a y.tr iilwolutely full of water, or mi) kind of Iluld, and wliwi !;aken tm sound could I- heard. A Jar might lie half filled with tlr. or any k.inl of gas (which nro fluids, according to Web iter), and shaken alsiul mid yet pro dine no s id. Hut, to get back to the theory irl of the qiit-Ntloii, the eliH'lrldty stoiinl In a Lcyiteii jar may ls coiilalui'd tu the foil. A cubic Inch of ah-ohol nud a cubic Inch of water, thoroughly mixed oivtipy less than two cubic Inches of space, Would It In' any stranger than other strange lhlne If electric Iluld mid tin fol!, coiubi;;. .1 (owing to the piiblr (a.-t thu it..- former Is Cotiqiom-d nf iqiicdblil ill, oi iniicli smaller than dnete nf the lutten mould have the same peculiar notion lu a much greater degree? This w .-mid neeoiint for the preeiue of tttiid without any Increase In votitn.a of material. Again, the Iluld might adhere to the surface of the foil mid ye tieso easily displaced that It pres ence cannot be detected, t am not prepared to Ix-jlcvc that the force w tilth is hustling our iiccl cars iiIhiiii, lighting our clth-. run ning our printing pre-, and oiln-i-wise asistlug us lu thousands of ways, is simply nothing, Neither do I believe it is only " motion," or n vi bration. It can't lie a oolld and must llecewarlly be a fluid, I will des.-ribe a simple cvjm-1 inn-lit which llluwir.itci the fact that electricity has an action Hlinllar to water nud other Hiiid. Take two slender plciv of Wih and place them lu a straight line at an tin gle of 1.1 degree With their ends III eontact. Now let a very small Kin-tim of water run on the upper wt l-k and It will run the length of both. Hepnrate the ends slightly and tlie water will coiiilniie to How down the lower stick. Separate llieui still more mid the waler will drop off from the end of the upper one. It Is Juil the same with mi are lamp, l,et the inrbons touch and the current How through Ixilh. Heparate them slightly mid the current continue, Hciarato them still more ami the current I broken. The water Is cffei-tcd by gravity and the electric current Is not. Do you not agree with the nUive statements? Till: COMIM! ILMMUMD. The annual niort of the New York, New Haven At Hartford Itallroad com pany recently Issued hu one feature that will Interest the majority of peo ple. This company owns the Nantes- ket Beach railroad tlie first Hue lu America to run trains by electricity. The retort of the rnlli-oad eonrpstiv siys that the exis-rlment on the Nan- tasket line the mist few months has demousirabsl that power generated In a stationary plant, and transmitted by electrical agency, can lie used hiic eessfully In the oisirntlon of a stand ard rallroid. It scarcely mvded an actual exHrlmcnt to prove this, but the report adds that "the current ex- peu for fuel Indicate that the re sult Is economically obtained." I he company contemplates extend. Ing the umo of electricity on its lines I ,, ;, , w u, ' , V , (-1 .i -u.,.i.. 1 i .. .. ' ..' 1 anil says mat the commercial result r en imiiloiiienU AIm.i-i n...t n need Im little concern If the plant Is properly designed and built. Ameri can genius that has brought along sleiiin rallroid nud elm-trie mrcci cars to such a high grade of perriv thin will prove equal to the tusk In the mailer of electric railroading. The absence from the railroad train of the ponderous Hteaiu engine, which requires power to overcome lis Inerlla In starling ami Is detrimental to sudden stopping of the train, because of the momentum f Hie heavy en gine, Is highly nilvnnliigi'ous to' the easy handling and mice perfect con trol of the Ir.iln. The electric railroad train can bo started nnd mopped qui linker Mian one run by steam en glue. For this .rcnaoii ) ulus , run more frequent on trunk and sub urban lines, and frequent train would give such convenient servlc as would eon trul the Initlh), Today elect rU. street enr railway are connecting cities, towns and v'll hiwes. One may rldo Iweiilv or thlrlv iiilli across the country from one city to a not her In the east. There are ni) reason why the electric railroad can not do I he same, nnd even more. Tho frequent train service provided on tho NimtHHkot ehvtrlc railroad has great ly Increased travel on that road. The clm-trlc ntllroan will riwolullonlao tralllc In a few decade. TIHfl NIOXTMO(!ISf,ATUIlM The next stale senalo will consist of' thirty members. Tho holdovers are-Itrowiu-ll, (talbrenth. darler, Hawsou tresner, (Jowati, llobsoii, Holt, .jnhn noii, King, Metilung, l'atwotiu Price, Simon, Kmlih f (tlal-iop-ir,. sue' ciwsors are to bo elm-(d lo Metlliin AT,Uwl',l.i1 ll........l-t I . "'"""""i jiiiinroii. 1 111(1 iHtliiin III Mitlliioniali countyj Alloy In Mnc; ltockley In Ihmghis; Itutler In polkr Oogswell lu Iaikei Hitslon In Wnshlng totij Mux-well ll Tlhiiiook MeAlllsler In llnloHi Italey u linurlllla, iSiultli In Kliernmni Htelwer In tllllhim, and Van derburg In Vws. Tho retiring fifteen are: republicans, seven; dcmoenitH seven; populist, one, colliding Heckley ns a democrat. Of the hold-overs, Holt and King are populists and Hmlth of Clatsop a democrat, the other twelve 'being rcpublcaus, FOU015D HKHTITUTlON. Poor 'Mary lakemant Pisiplo pllie! her when she came forth from her old homo ti me forth to commence tho world mww. Old Aarou Ifcmbtrg had dl"i and had Ism burtd, nnd hi will had bvru read, by which it wa niade to appear that alt hi Wealth had bts-u le Hiieathisl to hi t.poii, Jaiird tlrnmustt, who had cluitiged hi u isiiiio to D'libeig, Aaisin loiilMrg had ls-n twice mar rhsl, but he had never luul a child of hi own. Hi econd wife hud boon widow, with one child by a former hiiMlHiud, ami tiuspurd wa that child. Oiwo while Ouspiird wa quite young old Doiilrg had Imi-u taken very h k. i.nd fam led himself dying. In hi i.udll!oii he sent for a tiiHary, and made hi will, by which ho gave his properly alt to Oaspnrd, hi wife to have the use of a certain portion while slie lived. But Aaron Dmiberg did not then die, I In got well and lived to dlw-over that his Niopsoii was a menu, fiil iu teiiq.tlbln fellow. In lime hi1 wife dUxl, and at the snine time ho heard of tho ihiillt of hi only lster. He kuew that hi sister had left a daughter, and lMeiit for the daughter to eoliie and live with li! in. Ami she cnmo-aml this wa Mary Ijikcmiin. She wn then PI. A widow uiiuiod Prlmlle, whose hus band had been ht ot cn, had Ih-cii lu the habit of coming to Doiiberg's bonne to work a JH'ciist'm r-uiicd, Thl widow had tt oti Jack -a wild, waywanl fellow frniik; and true huirtel, He wiw Mary Iikeman and IovimI her. When her uiu-le askiil her alut It she leplled that she loved Jack 1'iln gle I h -i n oho kIh ctMitd Hot help il, And Aaron, knowing tsuiiHliliig of Jack's good qiiallles, had said: "Well, well --we'll send the lad off iiHiu a voyugv, and If he cotiu back it true in in we'll ." The ycir iMiMMttl, and It was gener ally IM-Ilcved that Dmils-rg would le.ive nil his wealth to Mary Ijikeiiian. At length, when she had lived with her uncle tlve year, the old gentle man was token sick, and the ihs'tors said he could not tveover. While he W IS colllllled to his lied Ills lcwMI. ::iuird, returned, profenslng gniit peirlictiii-, and begging that he might le allowed to do hi part toward ren dering tmiifortnble the last day of I lie go, old mnu. At length iMlls-rge died, and when he hud Imi-ii burled his private denk Imd li'U omsiciI and his will found hi old will, by w hich he had be. quoathed Ids properly to lliispttl'd. I 'cop I e w ere surprised. w ;l 'K lleved that a nw will had Im-cii made and ihat Mary likemau was the heir, old servant deeiiired that Mr. Doii berg had h sight for the first will that he might di-wtroy It, but had not been il.).- io find It. 'i -- w.'li iblld, Tlie two sub si rililug wiliici.se to I lie set-olid Will I' tlime who e eie kUPnums Co to bme Imi-ii. had gone, no one knew Whit her. i And iw the old will W !is a-cepted as the true one, nud Uaspard liraiiimoni, il'ek-r I he name of Cn-pard DmlMig t"'k charge of the proicrty. llmv more he offered Ills hand lo Mary, and om-e mure ulle refllMsl It i I II. rut a niiip iiiine iii from India, am the coiiitiMllider tliereof was .la- I rlinl!e. Mary told hint her story aiel In heard It from others. "If your uncle left such a will as w have K.keu of." said he lo Marv. sure CiHpnrd has not diKiroved It. J know 1 1 i lit well, and I know Unit he Is a coward. If he has disioiied of thr M-i-oiid will I think he has hidden It The htinitllg of II Would Im- 1 In crime; but Iii hiding It lie pursue safer course, "Should the wltni-ssc ever turn iq or should anything occur to rendt the f.-H-t of Mr, Dotiberg' having mad such tl will iMwIHvc, he could, at the last iiiotuvnt, allow the will to U nro- ilui-ed. and thus go free. At nil events I ftcill piied utiii this track, audi iim sadly out of my reckoning If 1 do not run l,ii-iard C ijimiu.il v tin b i'ird and bung him to a sjiccdy ur n-eder. linspard Cramiiiot ,u In tho npuri meiHs w hich hail onctj lmi Aaron Doiiberg's "Miuggery." But (iasimrd (inimuiot did not nppear to have found much comfort. The servants shunned him, and the nelghUirs sought not his society. He was sitting in tlie grout wisy chair In which old Aaron hud once sat, nnd he was thinking what stop he should take for the selling ol the iumte, when the door oHmd, ami Jack CUdle entered. "Don't In alariinsl, Mr. Crummot " "Donlsrg, If yon pleue, sir." "It's all one to me; but I chmme. to call you by the name your father ami mot ner gave yon." .lack turned ami locked the door, and put, l lie hey III his pocket. 4!aHird was frlghlem-d. In otlu your he had know n .lack liimlle for a ris-hioss yoiuii. totally regardess of personal danger. He it liaek in tin great chair, and awaited the result. "tiraininot, I will be very brief. I think you would prefer to have It so?" the false heir pisped an nlUrnuitlv answer. And the stout sailor proceed ed: "We will have no argument. I hold your life a wm-ihless thing, nud I woud shoot you a I would a highwayman who sought to rob me! I have come here for a purpose, and I have counted mo cost. ,,ow listen: Aaron Don berg made a will by which his i.ivm etiy was left to Mary Lalionmn; and you know what has become of that will - Hold! If you move from that ctiair except to oliey me. vou die!" And liindle drew a plntol from his pocKc-r ami cooked it, if you will produce that will, you may live, if yon refuse lo produce It Q DR. JORDAN & CO.'S fM GREAT MUSEUM OF ANATOMY K -fi p .-,., rw, ot., nun i-rHm-meo (Ili-U-itin 6ih ml ph Sin.) fi ml li-urn how wniiiti-rfultv ymi mo iiiiwlo uiul hnw to tvnitl ! kiu in .mil iliMHO. MiiHi,uiiii,iii,rjil villi vii-.iinniiui Ul UVW DIIIUOIII. AllUlU- Minn ntM. .,,-I,vJ,,0.,,",'o-',"n' llllng 10.it fflnrhoi ttrei-DiniiH nt im.n; HtrH.nre, Ima ol nmntioo.1, iIImwi-i ot tho akin and kulnoy. iiilikly cunnl without th lino ot m.-r-inry. TruUuuut poroully ot by Utoi. BunU t"f book, SCHOOL BOOKS. . . . Tim serle of mliol liookH now to be uhoiI In (ho Puhllo Hi-IhkiIk have nrrlvcd sud nr on my eou tiler ... M. H. Wheeler, C St, lndpndne. RI'V-A'N'S Tho modern stand ard Family Medi cine : Cures the common every-day ills of humanity. i you nhnll die wber you ill! I glv you Iwo inliiiiti" tmo ib-spnlrliig gnnce at the avenger, one more dsik at bo rim k and the ul prlf spirit broko down. "In mercy' iintm boldl 1 will ur iHfilrI I will conf'sw all If " "If whatr "If you will lt turn go." If tl pwmle had wmideni'4 wtwn they Inwrd that tiaspard wa the lo-lr, tl7 wondered tlll Mior when tub l.W thing ca me otit-TliOt (lrtiird Oram mot bad fmind 1h said will, t.y which th prnt"iy n ,,ft ,M Mary, and had voluntarily surrender ed It to tlm surrognie. "tMsir Jack." said Mnry, n she nc tleii hi her husband' eiohrtico IIh' were ill tho old miuggery, III tho Im-imI of -tho gnu Isiy window, uiul Jack bad b'ii telling the story of hi hiiervb-w with inpiiid-"wouil you really hav shot him?" "Hush, darling! I knew oiy limn, and I auto knew my own weakness; ami. to gmird agtnst acclilent, I ihtvot Must 1h (xsir wn-teh with mi ciniiy plriiol." .New York News, MUMMJF-H JXlt Fl ier A Curloti Plis-o f Ps-oiMiiuy Prom Jtyiit. The parent ottb-o at WasldngUm. iy nn eneluitige, hn nt present u very cnrloii axMortment of coiitrlv-aniN-s jmieiiii-d for i-hi'iip"iilng the cost of tid. Hnim of the Id'ii are i-x-coedlngly lntiritlng.' One mt-ut pinvld" for iwdng corn coin issiked lu pelroh-iiui; aieriht-r would hiive peo ple cut leave ami era when gri-cii ami prs them into compact Mi k. Jt Is claimed for thl wirtli alar potent that such blocks might Is um-d for building and fi'i.'ing without iiqnlr lug their raliio n fuel, 'lliere nn; bitthli-N, many devb for utilizing coal died. One mnmr to mix chiy, mohiKse and water, ivsil dust and h Iroleiim, AiKSlo-r tiitktilri I that of suwdiiMt, Jrlnh iimiss, asUst' tibcr mid burnt Hiin-tiiM, thew beiog bolletl nnd made Into brick with co.il dunt. Then them i a pnteiil for ibiick without i-iil dust, to he com pirncd of ashc and sstwdiwl siuiralcl Independence to Portland. PoKTI.AKii, Ok., Augusta, 1S!5. Kmtok Wkht Hipk: I)ar HiM:-Owing to Hie extreme low water ami short day It will be Impossible to continue our regular tris to Iiidejs-n deuce longer than this week. After Monday, August lltb we will make but on trip ht week Ut I iidcpeiidcuw, which will I Sunday, arriving In the alUr linon and leave Momlay morning at 6 a. in. Ilease change time table to that Meet during low Water-trip to Hitlein will Is as Usual, except that we wit leave 7 a. ni., ItisU-ad of 7:15. C'ait. A. W. (Jkaham. NEW PLANING MILLS.v S'. S. KHKGUSON, Pkoi-kiictuh. Are now In oiiersllon, ami you " "ii suon nonce, uiho kinds. Main ilrrrt, Wt Llndependence, DR. POWELL REEVES, Ptrmaneatly Located at W Third Street , Corner of Pine, Portland, Orp. H'Arrc he cvri be ctiiixultrd on (ill cm, mis, mnm mm. Examination and Advice, FREE. Come one, Come all, and emhruce this grand opportunity to learn the trui ;"'l' "f ymirhealili, without money and without price. v,,.i r, 1,1 "'""'.' V ''"l'"'" HI tx.nst.lt with you Fit of Charge, and tell H . mi h. il oT W,l,,"llt ,wkin,, i m " 'll,m T1'0' furnish all iw.ll h t l v.. Byy't"t of buying medicine at the drug o 7,1- )Z2 5' -m'1' tfm:nnM fMy nn.HrkHble cu. they have made mid tlieni f,,r pnlrf " ' W ud """ u,eu- L'M Ht l,w offlw mii' ?????????????? The smvcsnful di.yslclan- Treats rupture, piles, tlssiinv tbe skillful surgeon -"the e.... fN ""I"' , , . --.Viv -,?v out knife, ligature or caustic;. nent Sis-clallst vonr 1 " friend the world' Ismcfav'tor -iHTtimnciitly l.K-ntcd-cou- suit liiiu this day. H I H i s I i" i Most Successful CATARRH Doctors IM THE WEST. TIlCHS old l-olillU.. ui.,.lll.,l . . . rir All cas.. f acute or chronic liitlattuition, roraredngiram tHlv pin il, f, . ' " n, ,u..i io neer oi me nils, eio EAR Z TT'm t'"g r roaring , thickened drum it,. ! ' I,,"M,,,,", ,"f ''"'' ''" l""-"l'''t illschargeH from the car, etc HFD f;11";'1"' '"n.or t gesUvc beadaelie, dull, fi!,l hvling of the scuTp!' '",,r ' lm,is' "0"!1'I"g or the brain, tumors and ecM'iua In Ibrout, whicli causes havvk m, LUNGS J-mhms1'!" "n1'' HEIST nm Ltlt 3 KiSLfa2 dw w- - ('lit Jl!'! 1 1 llllrl lllm-.i I.... UIUIIIHI II (uhM-m niter eating swallowing. g ,u " ""iimitHl HI LIVER SPLEEN tLtTL disorders, rheumatism mi all aLii .iuJ lolnt lib.. ..I. l " . !.? . H (l nisiwostrat on, runture nlks tls inmil of back. ul lurt,,1Us IlHliUu. ivl" 0,"vii ivvi'r Min-M. Mrtri SEXUAL ORGANS f11U',v,;,f;,i. l-em.ntorrhea, nightly or daily slrlctuiv, LwUy V t ry' l""9111 "''l'l tstorrhea, ropy, sundv sedl n ent li nil. .. ,V , Uw .of ,owtr "''ility, pros surghl opemiton, bydroc -1 " K S T'1,' twaie.1 by a new' orgium. """-tie, mi losses or drains, atrophy r gbilnklng of the JUPIliBE Ei'Sl:: UM ft"U" or swell- .! 'w"r. ,n trwl''I wlihout pain or deteiilioo i...u iiiiiureH in wck g re et. W nm hu ...... of casiafter otlmr phvalclan. I Z So inouerate. EMEDIES illustrious iiloi-MlinM.Kh medical profession that th liirTd l ures of knowledire we hnw ..i.it Itl - search lu our chosen calling 1, uk. POWELL REEVES, With petndeiiiu nnd wt.-d with r Among the most curlisi liigris',,,. for artUIHal fm are ,nu (ii i hiirnil gaHsign, coriiiis-iil, W; Hour,, sugar, u-fntiwt, brokea ft,, lard, tar nd leave. Ouoin,, tnierwiiliig f tlnnw contrtvai-, u composed of powderd charcoal uA flatly cot cork. Th ful burnt . fciuwly ami gtv off a great d-a! ,i heat, Is'lng particularly w. dJai,t for th !ek rui. Ecluy n,),. Iiav Iss-n tak-ti out for th iinoufac. tur of a lirtck or cnrtrldgi of IiIki,J jsirmi clay, which I to lie mmki-4 )a keroetm und put Into the k lu-tt,. love when want-.-d. It I only tu. sary to tom b a match u,;, m t) lire I ri-iidy for conking. Nolle of Umc, however, are Inorv (jj. genloii or tisi'.ini-)il than a f(. which I resrt4d to In- lu u,, m .mm cut III Fgl. Ill thl C!ise Kgyjnj,m inniMiuli. chiefly thow of eats, II,; h1 and other animal held sacn-d Ut Um aucleuis, are mphry. phaiiy uiVml-Fvi'. Meuteiuiiit Peary has readied tllf conclulsloii that jtolur -s-iiin,4m r)k quire a limn for a leader wlio ivn tu only do as much us any n.r man but a little more, of course mi,-, (, era an Imid to find, This In a nrmU breaking era. The lnt that one i,,, ,, can do imlay 1 outdone by some (,t,ir man toiiioitow. Ho the epi-,-r fun. eludi-s tliat he will never mv the nortfj pole iiiiIcjo It Is brought to )IMi When polar csiliiloim were ilrst pr Jeiml It WIS reasotuible lo SilppH,!i tliat wiuii'ililng might eorne 0f thjn. I'eollle eollld Hot know the pn-lw n.y! iliilons tlmt clii-d ii that region ui til melHMly Imd Is-eu there to look t them. The lejtimoiiy of one limit Hot cmM blslve. He could tell his uva experience, but he might Is- misiaVro In assuming that other uu-u would .n. counter the same obst.-lch-. 1 1 lit now enough t-xploreis liave e li;niKt,i tUt-nt-wive lu brave but vain efforts tu pe, otrate to tlie siipH4-il open wa that the iiiiniiisloii Is reasonable that oih.-f explorers would a'-compllsh no mors than those who have gsie lH-fw, There U no morn fame for nn explorer iiuIoms he iiii itU where oilii rs Uaie failed. Home one suggest that the talk of the third term I probably done to di vert attention from the second ti-nn, 9 9 5 can get all kinds of wnI work saitii, tiisirs ami luolilings oi all V ol lh malrr ork. 0 - - Oregon. j fun nniMtu jni n Mviniinut from business. Me also la-ts all private diseases, loss of )ower, sKriiiatorrh(i.i, syph ilis, liininlcs. etc. ' ,1,,"ll,t,sa. w Volw, thick phl.gin mU'"M, M' ""onluige and chronic 1 .. .1 . . lu-niil, m . " " 'im" mul Uuirn, walerbrnsh, and dilllcully in (I HP I IIVUiuitiL .1 i.. -..1 ,"K al"' "ldcr,all nervous and rctlcx ".Ht. wwihh. salt rheum, rimrwomi. hliv ' , r "'' mm irritation, rectal uleers, which produces i btt.iiu u.. , . . " . nerv- alu in . .......: ' M'u repeaieu IV?,, :!!.w '!ave hu.tlmto v" " "iHuesa, unargesvery lwri ttmn our ' S21fl!,e,, JIk1"8 ,b th" " '-w,1! Ml to H precious treas- yH,rs of hiU re-