"ONLY A YEAR."
Ono yir ,- a rtniftriit vole
A cloar hill aye,
n.l cIumwIuk curl or aunux hair.
Too fair to dm
Only a yuar-oo volca, no wall
No tUiilhi of eye,
Kocliitriii. curia of gvld hair.
KiUr. liui 10 die'
Ono year him what lovea, a hat aebauwa
Kur inco life!
Wh.it joyu luMa, what hl iwoIt
what irem-rous strtfa'
Tlit. .iknt picture oo the wall,
Tll Imml Ktotia,
Of all ihii iHtauty. Ufa aud joy
Ht-ltlUIII ttloit'
One yrtrti one ywu- oue Utile yaar -
And ko much fone!
And yet the eveu lkw of life
Muv. ealuliy oa
Tbe pntve tmni rwa, the flowers blootr
fair,
Aove that qu1;
s.M'iw, m tint of leaf or aprar
fcirij s hi l dead
Ko (Kiuse or Inish of uuvry bird
Tlul ;!. alxive
T.'lta us how coldly aleope bulow
The form wo love
Where has, ...u Uva t.is year. !
What hast Itioil Mfttl
Wn.t vuuau.4 fair, what Ktortous Ufa,
Wlieiv thou ba-H beeuf
The veil' the veil: so clou, so strong'
Twtxt us and thee;
The uiysne veil, when shall it fall,
Thut we may aeor
Not dead, ma sleeping, Dot even gone;
But present still.
And wapiti for the coming hour
Of (iod'asneet aiU.
Lord of the living aud cue dead.
Our tivumr dtar'
We 1.0' in silence at Ibjr fees
This sad, aad year
- Ha riot Beecher Stows
A Freak of riant Life.
A Ptorv of one of the most Interest
lng frvnlis of vegetable life is told by!
Elhvocxl CiHper, of Santa Hiirbuni.
As coining from him the story cannot
be anything but strictly in accordance
wit!) the filers. Through Mr Cooper's
garden then' ran some years tuo h
sewer uiitdo of red wikkI timber This
sewer was nu'.iiii iucnsedi bv an outside
gewcr.
Across the sewer there was '
built a brick wall many feet high, ami
iu such n way that it was pierced by
tlie inner sewer, which it inolosci.1 t'ght
ly, while the outside sewer ended ul
ruptly against the wall.
The outside sewer casing had In
course of time decayed, and a euca
lyptus tree standing some sixty feet
away had taken advantage of this aud
sent one of its roots to the coveted
spot in as direct a line as possible.
Here the root entered the outside sewer
and followed its course as far as it
could.
t last it came to the wall :
... rt jr. i , I
which shut off its course, and it could
go no further, the Inside sewer being j
perfectly ti.-.-ht. j
But on the other side of the wall the
sewer and its double casing continued. I
and this eucalyptus tree evidently ;
knew how to get there. Some three j
feet high in the brick wall there was h :
little hole an inch or two iu diameter
and this the eucalyptus tree was aware I
of, as its big root began to climb the1
dry w.iil and face the stiu und wind !
until it found the hole, through which
it descended on the other side and en j
tered the sewer again and followed it j
along as formerly. ;
How did the tree know of the hole j
In the wall i How did it know that '
the sewer was on the other side? Did j
It Kiuell, and if it did how could it di
rect the root to go and find the place
With such i.reeisior? The roots f
" ' " . i
p,. .. .. .n..(T.. ,tu "l'l'llplj ttl
the direction of its food, j'ust as the eu
calyptus trva did. San Die0-o iCal.)
bUU.
Life in i he l!ahamaa
Ihvcll'Ts in tlio dark and somber north
can b-.ru'.y realizo t;.o charm and joyoun
ccs3 that s"c::i to radiate from carta and
airint;:o lot us eating southern climes
Tho mere sclso of exist caco becomes in
itself a happiness; one can understand
what animals r-robublv feel in pleasant
pastures ou brilliant die's Tiicu. as tho i
sun smiis s.owly dowirrard. tho golden
Heaven glows over a rejourn ; earl h, liu.-h
lng every monient into rich. t beauty bo
ncatb thed-ipartin? rays, while rosy beams
of light fctrea'i.ing upward liko so many
auroras is a singular and very beautiful
effect often to bu seen iu a Elahaniasuuset
AVhen the s;m Las sot new Ijcauties an
pear, every bush and tussock bwumi;;
alive with thousands of lire tlies, and wlieu
a silvery ftruvu moon ries in the calu
deep sapp'iii! t'.iy, it is diilirult to divi-Je
whether night or day Ijo tho moro fail u'.
loveliness. &si.Jes" the fire tiie3. a Ero
beetle. one of t:c, Klytra is a sir.ilar
lusect, with a brilliant groen phosphor
esceut light prwecding from two round
spots ou the thorax . added to which, when
excited, tho Insect ha.s the power to emit
a ri guit.r b'ar.e of light from tho segments j
oi inu aouoiiieu, oi sucu oruii-iney iiiat
one can rea l by its light. In Cuba l.-.-li
fasten these elytra as ornaments iu their
hair, or let tiicta flash beneath tho folds
ottullodrcsae3. aIj-s. Llaie mXineteouth
Century.
Slexlco a Good Neighbor.
Do we want Mexico? Perhaps it would
bo hard to n.vko tl.o man who has never
beeu there liinji-rstarid that wo do not. It
Is a rich country, and will develon vet
greater vr-r.h'.i. It gows everv fruit and j
crop grown ou tiie globe. Portions of it j
grow four crops a yecr two of wheat.
ono of corn u;:d one of beans or ueri:r i
nd continues to do so ver.r aft. vear for i
centuries By Iving so for south it will
never, no matter under what ruio or cir
cunigt uncus, li-ome like the L'nited States
In habits, eustoois or ways of thinking
Mexico will, however, in timo mal; a
good neighbor. President Maz is friendly
to this nation, which, under Mexican
rule, means a g.-.-od deal. There should bo
a still further increase of tho American
population there, who. when they con
feci to citf.bliahcd habits and customs,
will make money. American bouses bav-
started and failed, but they failed became
tho manari.'is insisted that thing- should
bo done tho American way and not tiia
Mexican way. It would have been a tuir
aclo if tin y' had not failed. Mexico Cor
Kansas City Journal.
He WartU't a lilt Sorry,
"Papa." said a beautiful girl, as theold
gentleman came In late, "did you notice
tho dead body of a young man in the
yard?"
"Why, no; what's the matter?"
"1 refused young Mr. Paperweight to
night, and from the hopeless, despairing
look upon his face when he staggered
from the Iioumi I fear be may have killed
himself "
"Well. I'm glad you refused him." said
the old man spitefully, "he has just
beaten me five straight gamoa of bib
Uai-flH M I JIT
Vifcitini buuLeaneure'a ISirlh place.
Of the 10,500 persons who have visited
Shakespeare's birthplace during tbe year
6,(HJ0 were Americans, thirty nine nation
alities being represented in all. The
amount derived from the visitors' fees Is
about 5-1, WXl a year. Boatou Transcript.
Bex-f Rr Hehraw Conauniei
Thorn is a p-iwit donl of tupat klllivl hm
tor the consumption of tlio Jowlsh popu
lation, and ih umthiHl of killing U very
j iilTeront from thai adopted, by I lie Con-
UW The rattle are litkon from the
i Italia, tied by the hind l.-tfs, ro' ara
.fastened around tholr heads, and their
noses thrown up o that their throat are
'(armsed, aud then their throats sit) cut.
! This operation la always performed by au
ollloer of the Jewish' church, who alone
handles the meat and prermres U for the
I market. Mo must bo a skillful lima, not
I to nay a coura;,Tous one, for It Is no small
matter to bundle these bijj cattle and cut
I their throats This throat cuitintf is a
i revolting sight, and the animiU expires In
; great Hgony. fnlliuR in a pool of blood,
i The instrument used. Is a Ions knifo,
! with the very kcetust possible edtfo- It
' la drawu once across au animal's throat,
hlnkiiiK deep into tho neck, which It some
, times nearly severs from the body. Tho
! killing must be doue at oue stroke. Two
i would be ivjrnrded as a mutilation, aud
mutilated beasts will uot bo oatcu by the
I Jews.
After the hillins:. the knife Is cleaned
It U o),a!l1t..Uf a1!).Wd Ami tt I
thou wrapped" wvoraJ Invor-s of doih i
i ... .A...... vi,M ... iti.u
may touch it All this killin, and drvss-
UV. put. V...V .
1 ,,ri.or,iiii i Jl I o ILH S ( I 1113
Jewish church established and adhered to .
front time immemorial. The person who i
performs the ollice la vested with the au- j
thonty of the Jewish church, and it Is lor
Ulm to see that the bwist, lu every part,
internal and external, is lu perfect coudl
lion, elso tho carcass must Ixs rejected.
The meat, when cleuied and dressed. Is
hutift up in the ordinary way, but each
separate and distinct pieee must havo the
seal of the synagogue allixcd to it. This
ceremouial Is vrfonned by the slaugh
terer liiihtinif a stick of soaliiur wax with
a caudle, and then Impressing it with his
seal, which is then tied throirh aslit iu
the meat made bv another knife. Thus
evcrv Identical parcel of tfcsli intended for :
. . . . . . . , , i .
Jewish consumption is dressed and sealed,
rind it nmv bo interesting to note here
tl)at t!ie j'c'wa only use the forequartor,
rejecting the huidquarter altojeUier.
Uostou llerald.
The Areumulatlon of Manuscripts
Xow. it will bardlv lie said that there
are not more thau two hundred and fifty :
people in this ouiitrv who earn their liv-1
ing bv their pens I do not know the ex-!
act figures, nobody does, but 1 should uot j
oe surprises to icaiu mm mei-w e.o i
least twenty times as many Aud what '
becomes of ail tho work that these people
proJucoi A great deal is taKen up oy tne
cheap and obscure magazines, by the ,
weekly story papers, and by the daily
papers which aiv reached by tho compare-:
lively new "syndicate" system Ihit all
those are not enough, anil yet these are
all tliere are There still remain thou
sands of writers who have uo vehicle for
their productions, even wheu these are
such as the editors of tho magaxines aud
papers would like to print. I
fcvery editor will tell you (and tell you
trulv; in spile of the skepticism of manv
of the rejected) tbat w hat is ottered would
he 1-bi.diV lu'retited. were not the nmnlier
c j --i
of accepted and paid for coutributious
already in excess of what the nnigaiine
can ever hepe to use. Iho Century and
Haipers. for example, havo Intheir draw-;
era MiS enough to till at least two years' j
issue; many of these MSS. have beeu kept I
Ave years; some longer yet; oecaMonaliy
tbev will return a paid for contribution
to tho author of it, with penunsion to ,
sen it again, it ungoi eyca occur inai a
majrazmo would accept a first rate article, t
scai'cely expecting to be able to use it. but ,
in order to prevent a rival from publish I
irg it. I cannot assert that this Las been ,
K, it i v.w 1......, ;v.l
U'.'UtT, UIH 1, to UT uvj uiir.,Lia i, LJ '30l Ull..
What is true of the great niacasines is
true iu proport ion of the lesser ones. Tlie
supply exceeds the demand; and If no
author were to write a lino from Dow
until lsyi the periodicals woiUd still have I
bairly exhausted theirovernbundant sur
plus Julian Ilawthoruelo IMford'a.
Old Empairor Ti'llliam'a Love Affair.
. lms B'erD 8P'nt was once,
hAtTCDP r.vawitat u-llh ilium mi, n
A woman s love van(Uiilied Ima. a pas
sion that exercised a great influence over
his future history and hie. This was iu
perfect harmony with tie a?sthetical laws
of contrast aud with tho more human
laws of contradiction. A lady of honor
attached to t lie court of his Eiotbcr. tlio
lovely Eliza HadziwiU, emuuored Lim to
such an extent that he Cuailv resolved to
marry below his rank. This project
caused great scandal. Tlio old courtiers
and the old royalists considered it an act
of rebellion and an outrai-o a.'siiist the
ancient privileges of monarchical govern
rnent. But some there were who found
In the qtiarteringii of this h-.dy ancient
I titles of nobility B';. la her genealogy
i pure blue UimJ, of tho genuineness of
j whoso biuenrss abundant proof existed,
j Tliis marriage, nevertheless, would have
i been undonbtedly a "aiesaUiauro," and
j Frince William would havo lost ail right
j to tho throne of Lis fathers. William's
j vounfjer brother, Charles, declared that
; Lo would claim for bis own sons tho right
j to succeed to the throno instead of Hie
i sons of his elder brother. This bold
j threat decided William to reliuo.ui.sh ell
! idea of wedding the woman ho loved, in
I order to choose ono of his own rank,
i Thus bo married Augusta, princess of
! Weimar This disaptiointuient increased
the waniko mcliuations of a wounded
heart. Foreign Cor. Boston Transcript.
.
Torma of Attack In War.
Tlie attacks upon our country might be
made from the land or from the sea. Land
attacks, either from tho north or south
bordwr. are uot to bo greatly feared, lor.
as we could easily bring iuto tho field our
full strength, wo would, lu such event,
have decidedly the advantage over an ap
proaching enemy. Attacks from tho wa.
that is, form the Gulf of Mexico, or from
either ocean, would be aimed af. our cities
u the beaboard, or at those within easy
reach uear the mouths of large navigable
streams; also at sizable harbors, Iiiipor
taut depots, coal mines uear tho shore
line, aud navy yards. The enemy's navy
would strii.e our merchant marine wber
ever found, and would, of course, if
strong enough, endeavor to defeat and
destroy our navy alloat. American Mug
Child fleflnltlona,
I asKed a little girl how she would de
fine love. Unhesitatingly she answered,
"It's goinx errands." 1 asked a little
boy the meaning of the word guilt. "It
means telling on another boy." I aslted
Harry Sullivan to define a gentleman.
He replied, not without some fervor,
"Oh, a fellow who has a watch and
chain." I suppose he read disappoint
ment in tny face, for he hastily added,
"and loves Jesus." This satno boy had
a very hazy idea of Old Testament his
tory. He had heard of Adam and Eve
"They stole apples and were turned out
of the garden, and then they had to
work for their living till the sweat
poured down." A girl of 11 told me
how she wished to live in the country
"because then I shouldn't see a lot of
people having a lot of things I can't
have." Mrs. Dorothy Tennant Stanley's
Hook.
The Lady or tlia Mitten?
Jack IIiiKtlo Will you marry mef
Rita Itubtle This is so sudden give
cio time.
Jack Hustle You can'tafford to wonts
any more time. You must bo 20 aw.
Bay yes. KiUi.Puck.
WHO CAN EXPLAIN ITT
A Strang Dlaanw on the I.KIle Inland of
SU klUla -Another Ntnry.
Few portions of the habitabla earth
have received more attention during the
past three centuries than the little Island
of St. KlUla. which Ilea off the coast of
Scotland. No people are ao strongly at
tuciied to their home as the uihauitauta
of this lonely place benevolent persona
In Cireat Britain have reiHatelly offered
to move tho m all to Australia or Canada,
and to provide for their wants till they
could got established. They have, how
ever, always divlinod these propositions.
The climate of the Island Is so severe that
It is scar ely endurable, tho sea about It is
so tempestuous at most times that vessels
cannot approach it. while the soil la bo
sterile that it will produce Utile but
grass, h1 aloes and barley
The people sutler fivm cold, hunger
and isolation. It is also etllrmed t lint
they aulTer from tho visits of strangers,
even those who come on errands of mercy
All write on !St. Kilda urtlirm that the
arrival of a vessel Is immediately followed
by a peculiar sort of iullneuita which af
foots all the people llov. Aulay Mao
ly, givM KranUt'ather of tho dUtlu
cuishotl historirtti. wrott a work on M
I v, n.a n w u , ne s,s at ,
v .,, , , . ... .... .a I... ..L
i - . . -- - --
an account of tho Island aud its luliulil
taut s nearly two hundred years ago, also
refers to it In giving evidence before
the crofter commission, the minister of
tho island, who is represented as a geu
tloman of great learning, enumerated the
"Strangers' fold" as among the principal
allHctiona of the Htiple, and oue fur
which there was uo relief.
lr. Samuel Johusou, who was much in
terostwl iu the Highlands of Scotland aud
t'e neighboring islands, endeavoi-ed to
dispose of the "Strangers' Cold" by means
of au argument, lu an essuy ho wrote
"How can there be a physical effect with
out a plnsicul cause? The arrival of a
ehipf ul of strangers would kill theni, for
if ,,fia,iNii.,i, ,ni'i I l,,,m f,n,t e,,lii tail
if oue straiii.iT give them ono cold, two
strangers must give them two colds, aud
so ou iu proportion." The logic was ex
coUent. but it did not prevent the poor
people of St. Kilda from suffering from a
severe cold for eight or teu days after tho
arrival of every vessel. A writer In a
recent number of Chambers' Journal de
clared that the disease actually exists.
8Uj tu.lt it is (l,uv to attempt to deny the
fttt.t He states that there is a uia'sa of
...i,i, . st,.!.lil. the oeenrn.iieo of
BlK.u u aisease after the arrival of every
vessel that cannot bo iUs;HiseU ot, ea
vUdh. vvJum thl,w no contradictory
tstimoiiv
Tho baiue patier states that a parallel to
the St. KiMa case is found in Tonga and
Samoa. Seine itliimi that iutlueiua was
unkuowu throughout Polynesia tiil wtilte
uicu came It is also stated, iu regard to
a small island ou the west coast of Africa,
that " it is a singular fact that auy vessel
touching there from St Helena invariably
brings with it a disease resembling Infill
eni.v" The same story Is told alMiut an
Island that lies en.st of New Zealand
Here all tho peoplo begin to cough almost
as soou as a vessel lands. 1 tie uliuu
cough, aud so do infanta, though they
i t .i.. i ..t ,i i ..i
uutu lit' a.niwivif;u 01 uiu wotiu ot
Blrani;i,n 'ims inmienza is not like
meuiiies and smallpox, that one attack
stupes immunity, an it rtvurs when au
otuT vessel lauds
t(i8 publie.umu of the'e statements,
8Url),n,.(i bv manv authorities, in a lead
j,ig minrazine has called out manv expres
sioll!i f OI,im. All admit that it was
im;H,ssiblo for the Inbabitantsof au Wand
near the South I'olo to obtain Inforuiatlon
from th(l5e iivill , on Kt KiMa. N)lne
iliov that tbe natives of several islands
bave ki!llHi tj,0 crt.ws of v.u because
. .,,., ,,..,,i , i... fr.., .mn,
''; . . . . ..
gers who hail previously landed Few
have attempted to solve the mystery It
has la'ely bei-n tho fashion to deuv any
pliciiomeua that could not be explained
bv natural causes Tbe old argument of
jT jollD90I, employed by many
persons to disprove the existence of many
things Stiil thousands are ready to giv
evidence of their constant occurrence
People who believe in things that they
cannot account for are classed as super
stitious. and few are willing to be thus
designated f'hiir.a'o Times.
Old f aaiiloued Wutt-b Chalna.
Among the pr.-sj'uts showered on
blushing brides this season figures the
old fiithioned watch chain, more thau a
yard long. After ninny years of sus
pending watches from chatelaines, from
short chains hanging from a brooch and
from ribbons secured by monograms;
after wearing them in breast jiockets or
tucked into the bosoms of dresses with
short clutin pendant, ufter carrying
them in leathern straiis or slipped into
the clasp of a bag or using them as dec
orations for the handles of parasols aud
umbrellas, card casta and portemon
naies, as ku-K fur bracelets or concealed
beneath a miniature in a brooch or be
hind the heart of a floral pin fashion
has gone back to tho ancient atyle of
chain thrown around the neck that our
mothers) und grandmothers affected.
Tho new chains aro very tine and gen
erally are divided ut intervals of three
or four inches by pearls, tnrtjuoises or
garnets, strung like beads, or by small
diamonds, rubies, sapphires or moon
stones, set clear.
As for the watch it is hidden in the
folds of the dress or curried in a side
pocket. It is small in size, and the back
should be encircled or entirely incrusted
with gems similar to thofo on tho chain.
One very handsome -watch aud chain
that I saw tho other day among the
dainty trifles of a bridal corbcillo was
ornamented with botli rubies and dia
monds. The atones were set alternately
between short lengths of the chain and
formed a spiral on the back of the
watch. I'aris Cor. Jewelers' Weekly.
Ileaten to a Mummy
The phrase "beaten to a mammy" has
been familiar to me from my youth np,
and I have always understood it as
equivalent to beaten to a jelly. Docs it
not refer to the medicinal substance
formerly known as mummy, which kept
its place in onr dinpenBiitories until pretty
lato in the liu.t century? It was vari
ously composed and not ulways of the
same consistence, but its general appear
ance would probably resemble that of
soft pitch.
1 spaU now of the spurious kinds,
which were doubtless most common.
Even tho "genuine" sorts were not, how
ever, necesKnrily Kgyptiun. IVnichcr,
in his "Traita (If Embuumemens" (Par
is, 1090), gives directions for the compo
sition of mummy from human flesh ei
pressly for medicinal purjioses. He rec
ommends certain parts only of the body
to be used, aud these to be dried, macer
ated and spiced out of all likeness to
their natural condition. Mummy so
prepared entered into a grout variety of
"balms" and other medicaments, for
which Peniiiher in his concluding chap
ter give recipes from old writers.
Some of these have the consistence of
oil, others that of an ointment. It is
clear, from the references in Nares, that
In our own country mummy and its
preparations were well known, and from
the "make mummy of my flesh," which
Nares quote from an old play, to
"beaten to a mummy" is a natural and
an easy step. Notes and Queries.
MILLIONS 0f AUTOGRAPHS.
A Tho..d mgnature. an Hear, and th.
Hard Work of "' 1 uu
UereUa.lgtiature. tin" or -a...
i.i..i. I... beeu written million
and" million, of time., and years HOT
the writer loamcl to 1
inoowiiy ami -.- . ..,,,,;,.,,
ha. fawn ,.rluted U"" "nJ ,'" L"""?,"
... f i.w m-iti. bank not on
Mir iiv Biini"M'
HUH'S OU ivetil it'll"-' - , ...I,..,
aud chock The writer tin been stoning
It urlv all the time tor over aip arier vd
t century, first as slder,
bank president, ami l,,cr "T" '"'i
tl.o l'nited States U ' ";I"!'"U of
uotea of the Western .Sathaud bank of
N"l M out." saliH-o. -tha. U .
ba.iating to Ix-ar t.a. hard on '"I"'"- '!
you will not W-o that this Is w, tel. -as ly
sad ropldlv. and Its only peciillarit Is t ns
fact that ill niaknuf lk '" 1 "V
a chvle twice instead of au up md down
" " Yini and years R I ' '
nary to make t he work as easy as
ble. and to do It as gularlv and system
atieallv as I could In lg"'K i-,;
which." as vou know, oonio in sh.-ets or
four, I woidd set my watch open U-rotM
me. and If I could not sign W' 1''.
making 4iHI signal im-s. every IHtceii min
ute. 1 knew that I was running behind
hand I could k.ipthatup lanir alter
hour, and some dins I have dune It. I
think, for nine hours with only an Inter
mission for lunch I hold a pen easily,
and no avoid am er.tnip of the tlngj-ra.
bull have had to lie dowu oil Ihe tl.Kir
andstivteli uuself to get tho kluks out
of my buck As lor a i.ition in writuiK.
i havo found it easiest to sit so that the
weight of tlie,,v".i rests ou the edge ut
tho table, and flio hand works with the
least Hsibleatru.lu iiion t he musi-le. It la
possible to get some relief bv liirnlnir
round moi-e iieai-lv la-lug the table, which
gives a Utile relaxation to the muscle of
the back ami of the neck
"The greatest number i f signatures In
adar I piesunio thit wh.nl was sigti
Im? 'notes of tho Tliird National lam
wilh w hiili le pay oil ...Idlers I wrote uiy
name bet wish fotutis'ii and lifus-n thou
sand times a ilav Tho muscles "f tb
wrist iM-came a little tlivd. but ti e hand
was seldom still, though curiously
enough, the sorest place would lie my
forearm, the skin of which would I worn
thin bv t he liuvssant grinding against my
chillies Of course the wear on the sleeve
w as a great deal w orse, but 1 iviild stand
It a great deal easier thau the soreness of
the th sh. which neither vaseline U"r cold
cream w ould alleviate I us.sj to start In
withag.Kid supply of hii. and the ink
bottle was duly n-pleiiished. I used a
smooth, tine steel en, and as I tune said,
bore on it very lightly As s.kiii as it be
gan to seratcli I tis-k a m-w one The dlf
feremt' would U' pentptille after tivo
huiidii.l or a thousand signalures In
such work n:y consumption of steel pen
ran from tift'eru to thirty a day. Tlier
wuld l- very few left iu be atler
week s work
"It se 1:1s ludi.Tous,'' lie continued, "at
this day tu think -f C.-u sipipiu-r aud S.
U. t'ell-y uinlciiahiii',' I., sign with a pn
all postal currency tl.ul was issued. It
was bud cnooj,!! tor Mr A ton lo have to
sign tl;e jr. iid c. n ilicatrs ut lirt ur the
transfers of the tl (srci'iitH when they
were CM.udid by Ssi-.tary Wlmlom
And jet iou inner ai 1 11 ally started out
to pat U,..t ,-rnii:;-d higimtun- of his on
all the ,.si:il i-ii- reucy The uatiiral con
sc(p:eTii-e wns tb.U his band began to
w,.l i.p u-iul the ting, m were absolutely
iiiicoiilrolhilile It was a physical liiiw
aihilitv. n,l he b.-nine iiicapacita?.sl very
nic'li '.'!-. r than he otherwise would
because be had le-t luloplcd a signal are ca
..;i!e of -.t -y and rapid production (lie
w. iil, I i:ii s-.ip..sr Hint the amount of ink
used in si -i. in:,- one's inline would he so
T.-rv ( ri -eptible. . but Spinuer und up
a:- -,-e In!, thun ai.y of bis stUTeMmrs. and
I followed a line'i f tr.-imur.-r-t who were
in the bn' it of sliadiug letters rather
U uvilv V-il reioetnlier how (illhllau
mil Wytimn used to sign their names. 1
was rather si.rprl.-wd uiieiimv attention
wc.s ralhd to tlie fact that I bad Intro
du.vd a now etonomy intothe treasury de
purtim-nt I was using only almiit ono
t.'iinl 11s n.ui'li Ink as my pnil.ss'ssor
T'lisv.as Is'lon- the aliiendnieut of the
laws governing the treasury reipiirlng tho
hijiiiatnre of tlie treasurer himself lo so
many rout ine mieni before tho war the
work was ctey enough fur one man. but
it grew iu t hat ! tho treasurer of the luiied
Stales pruluibly had occasioti to sl;,-n his
name ofiener than any other man lu the
country In my tlmn the laiv was aniiwiiled
permitting theileputy treasurer to sign a
large number of pa rs necessarily pass
big through thniitln-o of the treasurer I
havo seen it slated that Mr Hyatt has
ailoptid a stamp, but I have seen tin evl
deuce of it I certainly should never
cash a draft, pay a check or resis-rt au
Indorsement thai was not written with
pen and ink "- New York World.
A V.-
nua In t'.bony.
Curiously, tho negroes themselves tiavs
been amoiiif tho principal slavo owners of
ISruzil Tin-re are negroes and negroes
Ono class rnmo from a locality In the (iulf
of llcnin T hey are dilTerefit from the
Cotigoes and other di-liasi d trils s. Tie
men aro of Htalwart frames and of Intelli
gent tnlnds. the women of pleasing
countenance, with figures liko a euus d -
Medici In ebony, and they walk, even
under their burdens, like (iiii-ens Pro
fessor Agassiz once said "The Mina no
gress Is tho linent specimen of a natural
woman that I have ever seen. iho pco
plo of this tribe, were first brought over as
slaves, but they toon came to be slave
owners Thev became also shin owners
land merchants, and drove a lucrative
trail" with Africa in negroes and In
merchandise They have cros:a-d with tho
Portuguese blood, as nil the other negroes
have done; but tho Mina croi,s la by far
tho best, and It run scarcely be railed a
deterioration This miscegenation has
gone so far that many years ago, when It
was proposed, In taking the census of tho
empire, to classify tho whites and tho
blacks. It was found Impossible to do
tcrmine the color llae Uoaton Trau
scriot. Tlio I ut.'t Train Nervlco,
England ha tho fastest train service In
tbe world, as It has the heaviest road
beds, tho heaviest amount of tralllo per
mile to handle und tlie largest number of
populous centers within a small area.
Ihe l'nited States comes next, a remark
able fact, when wo think that so much of
the ground over which our railways run
Is thinly populated; Trance comes next,
Austria fuurt h. and last of all comes Or
many, tho country whoso government has
most absolute control of Its railway travel.
Poultuey Ihgeloif in New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
To cars Jililousneii, Sink Headache, Consti
pation, Malaria, Liver Complaints, talis
thd safe and certain remedy,
artiTira.
Vae tie r, .11 A I.M. KIM (40 Hi lie Ilea im lo Ilia
o'juli:; 'iiu.v am-nit ;osr C.'lUV.Vllt.Vr,
tlrJi lo, a.Vl Vg''-
Vrlrn f '1Ii-i- !. arte, per lole.
tttiUXi Sit WjHUHMkr tr.U. ewe . ..,
u tT-hi, :e,.-i-.rftiiii!i'i.-it. uiiit mo-
Ml h MPK
"the HiMiJ'i Torrii."
In Knslan.t. two i-nt.ire M'"1"
paralltloii er-sllted Ih. " lloval 0 ich with
curlnir a.'n..ila. The BiitwnHtlU.ua pra.w
nee. have now boo....... ot.Wle, and 1 1 their
.,a. wo havo a aoioi.ttne n-inedy In r.
I 'leroe'a tloMen M.sIi.hU ls..-ry which
elliulnatea the Iniluirlti.-a from ".".,
Iha natural elmiuiela, tli.-r.-l eli-annin
vitein froiu all (alula au.l Imimr ties fn.m
Ihat-ver can-- aii.li... It Is m f "?'
"ii.lv. world tamed and Iho "lily '"
an.l t.loo.1 isnu.sly .iixiiitid to ''"u,'r
euro In every eai, or money iwlu lor l( will
twrefuncM. a n fiilator of H Ctoinaen,
Liver and HowelS, " tloldeu Mmll.wl II1B..V-
fry " euna all tuliona aitacka. Inlis.tl.iu and
Uyineiiaia. I'tironle lllurrhea and kmilrod all
menta. A an alleraiiv... or lilisBl-.tirlfler,
II maiiir.ata I'" marvelous pmiwrtioa In Iha
ours of (lie woral falu an.l Scale IMaeaaea.
Halt-rheum, 'I'eiter, Koacina, ami Ken.fiilous
Snrna aud tiwellunra, as w"'ll er'uia,
nunuiouly anowii aa J'uliiionary i'..numi
lh, If laarn In time and alien t fair (rial.
WoHi.oa iieassHr Manieai, Aasoct
Tlo. i'roprlelora, Huff sin, N. V.
SF500 REWARD
-Br- unffpJ . Hie mm
ufa.un,i of 0. ga'a Catarrh day, for
a oaae of t'alarrh 111 (lie Ibad winch lhe
raiiu.d cure. Hy Its nuid. aiNiihiiia, and h.l-ln-
.r..ni.'a, 1r. Harfu'a llenicly euros the
weral tw.-a, no inntiur how (J, or of how
k- aUudiii. t'.rtjr ovuta, by drusui,
If You Havo
CONSUMPTION COUQH OR COLO
BRONCHITIS Throat AfToctlca
SCROFULA ll!agefr.iA
Or any Dl H-aarw U Tr-mi hJ I.umf
j, ,r, rM Mia
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
PURE COD LIVER OIL
With Hypophosphltes.
PALATABLE AS MILK.
Aik W ' SWiMfatow,. a ttl m
plnH rr HlMi.iim imttmt tr a
mrpt m mbaKr-Uk
Sold by "1 Ir'Jjtft
OOTT BOWK-.Chomlsts, N.Y.
C. 3vC. Ell:irLS?
Blacksmithing
Ut Al.l
Granite. Tin
AND
Horshoeing. 1 STCVES.
Fa'm Machinery.
Oregon Land Company,
.vim its
Home Office at Salem, Or.,
IN TIIK STATK l.WUASCK lU'll.I'INti, AM)
Branch Offices at Portland, Astoria and Albany
Una (ur pull' n liir-.-c Iih ,t rut n . hIib k iiicl Irnit liiriua ; alxi ity ami ubiirlxn
.r.iii'ity. S-ii.l f ir aiiililrt, miip iin.l jirir lit.
JO-rilST IDEE,
IK 'l I.IH T t r. MAI.IMli,
Ahlt : KIpS : OF :1fUHNITUHE,
BEDROOOM SETS,
Lounges, Chairs, Mirrors, Etc.
ALSO V Alili V KINDS V Of
Agent for Willow
H. A. BELKNAP L SONS,
HiKTcsHoro to J. W. HOWARD
-HKAI.KUH IN-
DRUGS AND
East 8ldo of Main
Standard Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils and Varnishes, Dye Stuffs
mm upa, lonei flmcies ana Perrumery, Hair and
Tooth Brushes, Bird Seed and Cages.
gum-nil variety of Itrul.ts' Hilri.;s, Wal.ion..ry, ll,K,ks, (;Knm, T,rco ,nJ
I'urn Wim-Miii.il Lienors for iiiimIIchI iiWi, . U
TEWIPLETON & SON,
-VVMOI.KSALK AND HliTAII
Druggists,
Prinevlllc, Oregon.
UEAMiKS IN
Perfumery, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Patent
C.nnAi r.loo. DH
vvuuo, UIBH9, IUUJ,
Also a Fine Line of Gold and
All onlsra for CTirwIa ntVtm t-if1f flll-11
poim.li-d ut Kll honri: ' ' '
HEW SADDLE SHOP,
l-IUNCVII.I K. UK.
M. H. BELL, Proprietor.
A ir.NDtXil'I.KT-anil's HP
Saddles, Harness, Snaps, Spurs, Bits,
Horse Blankets.
And WTthliif lllll" " ' UU ,uA k'vi
"'."I'li.Ti '.M,'. oa ra.u.M. torn.! ta Ibsw...i
wkuiiiia otaiutrr.
PRINEV1LLE
MEAT MARKET.
P. B. HOWARD, Proprietor.
tx KtMiHcr -
FRESH MEATS.
Butter and Eggs of Best Quality.
Vegetables in -Their Season.
Sausage and Corn Beef Constant
ly on Hand.
Hi.liM ,it Hk lol'l Hull", 4f aad r.
rnxiw.'
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Transacts i Gmnl Banking BnslDess.
fr-iUUtll ... .
View 'tt4tipiit
i atUli-r ... , -
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M hi nut
, T M lUU'NIM
AkmuhIi attr k h-. k Mlt '! Ml
r Umi "- Fit I'tmi AUai tf iut 4
t .,lk-it.n. ra tut'p kltoull' ft
POSTOFFICE V STORE
A. C. Palmer, Proprietor,
-A rt-M,HTM-K urtMB; -
Best Brands of Tobacco end Cigar., Notions,
Slillonrry, Pencils, IdU and Ptns.
FRESH CANDIES AND NUTS.
All !,! MtA am eUm Sl.U-Una HlM tm
.1 tt',nl .! ..ll.
R IN-
WACOM
and Hardware,
Woodwork
-ANt-
CENERAL
PUMPS, ETC.
Repalrl ng.
Plows and Wapons.
V LUMBER V FOR V SALE.
Crook Saw Mill.
CHEMICALS,
Street, Prlnevlllo, Or.
Medlclnis, Toilet and Shaving; Scans Fann
n.i-t. An. r ' lmuy,l
rsmis, UIIS, C,
Silver Watches and Jewelry.
1)1. a... I ..I . ..I f ,t
' ' f,rwr,P"r"" '-"frilly rom-
LINIM W.WOODS
8AL00N,
Main Ulraal, filns-in,, 0
an luitii tiik
Wines, Liquors S Cigar
FANCY MIXED DRINKS
I'mxml li sit ii.arl.iuw.l
Billiard Table md Elegant Club h:
for Iht anvuninmlallon ot mi,i,
alli-mlou lo (lllliia i.t.lvn l, mi.ii
Ed N. Whits
Malu Mlraal, I'rluat ( 0
rUH ll;Tiilt urTU
Popular Resort for i
' . WHO Wisll.
A I l-r,
A Nlrs ltrlr..kl( lulus,
A Ummt ml miliar.., M
A rUIOai((ln
CLUB ROOMS FOR CRM
Com. rarlr, laia ant oHm
All IH)0NG & (ft
liKAt.Kka IK
FANCY v JAPA1S
A Hit-
CHINESE SILKS.
AI1
FtDff China Tia Stt and OroarofaEal 1
l-HMl Mi l l:, am.
SAM C. CLINE, Proprie!
CHOICE BEE
Mutton. Veal and Pork
(i.!arsri.Y hn iun
THC HIGHEST PRICE IN W
- rtl ri'-
All Kinds of Country Prodi
Sold at a Liberal CommluU
ll4a -K-.M T ant MlliM
r i T
ill
STABLE.
(Ilnnillt.jii'a OKI Mal.U',
n-m Sir..l, rrl-llla,Ot.
CHRIS COHRS, Proprieto
FTrst CIasa Rigs. Buftglci or Hacks, hf I1
bj Ihe Daj or Week.
N,ikl M.aitll..,, ,ln liM'k Irtt In
rn Ima lalli lur aUliili.i nlll"
naiuaiila aiilmali. t H ltl tOMU ,
flESTAUMI
NEXT iMMUt T HIIKI.I.AtlARIItH
Prlii. til Or.
P. B. POIRDEXTER, Proprietor.
The Table Supplied with All tbe Delicti
Tbat Can be Had In the Marleu
White Cooks and While Mid
NnChtua nnkliia.
Mi'.n wrved al all in.nra.
rrivaia rniiiiia lur HM'lal iiifan. atr0l
with tha n-mauraiil,
DAVIS BROS,
- DHal.EHS IN-
GROCERIES
Proyislons and Canned Goods.
tors OppoalM lloi'
n rr
Mil in, u. aa.l affi" ''.".''
aiHalB u.wa. PAVI m