The Corvallis gazette., May 21, 1897, Image 4

Several Ohio lawyer once gathered in Judge Wilson's room after adjournment of
court and were discussing the retirement of a member of the bar. Among them was
one whose practice was worth $25,000 a year. He Baid: "I hare been practicing
several years and am well fixed. I have thought I would like to retire and -devote
my remaining years to studies I hare neglected." "Study law," put in Judge Wil
son. A sergeant of a company of British infantry quartered in a Dacoit-infested part
of Burma, a few years ago, was a firm believer in destiny. One evening, when
dressing, preparatory to taking a stroll in the jungle, be was noticed by a corporal,
a persistent opponent of the destiny theory, to slip a revolver into his pocket.
"Hello!" shouted the corporal, "what are you taking the revolver with you for?
That won't save you if your time has come." "No," replied the sergeant: "but,
you see, I may happen to come across a Dacoit whose last day has come."
During a general election a canvasser called at the house of the late Prof. Froun,
the historian. Mr. Froude was out, so the canvasser bad to content himself with
interrogating the butler as to how Mr. Froude would vote. The butler an old
servant, who understood his master well--replied: "When the liberals is in Mr.
Froude is sometimes a conservative. When the conservatives is in Mr. Froude is
always a liberal."
Gen. McClellan when in command of the army conducted a waiting campaign,
being so careful not to make any mistakes that he made very little headway.
President Ijncoln once sent him this brief but exceedingly pertinent letter: "My
Dear McClellan If you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for
awhile. Tours respectfully, A. LINCOLN."
A young American who was bicycling in southern France was pushing his wheel
up a steel hill when he overtook a peasant ; with a donkey-cart who was rapidly
becoming stalled, though the little donkey was doing his best. The benevolent
wheelman, putting his left hand against the back of the cart and guiding his wheel
with the other, pushed so hard that the donkey, taking fresh courage, pulled his
load np to the top successfully. The summit reached, the peasant burst into
thanks to his benefactor. "It was very good of you, monsieur," he said: "I should
never in the world have got up the hill with only one donkey."
To a young lady who declared that Kentucky produced the handsomest women,
the fastest horses and the best whisky on earth. Gen. Grant once made reply: "I
unequivocally indorse the first part of your statement. As to the horses. I admit
that also, for I own some of them myself, and 1 am considered a good judge of
horseflesh. But as to the whisky, you will pardon me if I doubt your position.
Whisky, in order to be good, must be old, and your Kentucky men drink it up so
fast that it doesn't have time to get old." i
ACCIDENT DUE TO-BLINDS.
Horse Plunge Into the Elver Be
cause It Cannot See.
Blinders confuse a horse at the mo
ment of danger and increases the
chances of disaster. The animal which
In an accident at Chicago was hurled
Into the river by the trolley car wore
blinders and there Is good reason to
believe that but for them Its life would
not have been sacrificed. It did not see
the car bearing It down from the rear
and when the collision actually came it
had no chance of seeing how best it
could save Its life. The Instinct of self
preservation is as strong In a horse as
It Is In a man, and its knowledge of
what course of action means safety is
generally surer. The horse was at
tached to a heavy delivery wagon,
could not learn what force was Impel
ling it to Its doom, and, dazed and
blinded, was deprived of the use of the
one power that might have meant sal
vation. I "Black Beauty," seer of all horses and
a teacher who and the personal rela
tive is used advisedly has taught need
ed lessons to horse-lovers the world
over, Is made by his human interpreter
to speak on Just this phase of danger,
though more especially In reference to"
the night.
"I consider," he says, "that blinders
are dangerous things, especially in the
night We horses can see much better
In the dark than man can, and many
an accident would never have hap
pened If horses might have had the full
use of their eyes. I remember there
was a carriage with two horses return
ing one dark night, and just by the road
where the pond comes close the wheels
went too near the edge and the carriage
was overturned Into the water; both
horses were drowned and the driver
hardly escaped. If these horses had
not been partially blinded they would
of themselves have kept farther from
the edge and no accident would have
- happened. When our master's carriage
was overturned not long ago It was
aid that If the lamp on the left side
had not gone out the coachman would
have seen the great hole the roadmak
ers had left, and so he might, but If old
Colin had not had blinders on he would
have seen It, lamp or no lamp, for he
was far too knowing an old horse to
run Into danger. As It was he was
very much hurt, the carriage was
broken and how the coachman escaped
nobody knows."
The conversation that follows is
taken from the book "Black Beauty"
and the place Is a pasture, with the
horses In conference:
"Can anyone tell me the use of blind
ers T' askes Black Beauty.
"No," said Sir Oliver, the hunter,
shortly, "because they have no use."
"They are supposed," said Justice,
the cob, in his calm way, "to prevent
horses from shying and starting and
getting so frightened as to cause acci
dents."
"Then, what Is the reason they do not
pnt them on riding horses, especially
on ladles' horses?" interjected Black
Beauty.
"There Is no reason at all," said he,
quietly, "except the fashion. They say
that a horse would be so frightened to
see the wheels of his own cart or car
riage behind him that he . would be
sure to run away, though, of course,
when he Is ridden he sees them all
about him if the streets are crowded.
I admit that they do sometimes come
too close to be pleasant, but we don't
run away; we are used to It, and If we
never had blinders put on we should
never want them; we should see what
kas there, and know what was what,
and be much less frightened than by
only seeing bits of things we can't un
derstand." "I should say," said Ginger, curling
her nostril, "that these men who are so
wise had better give orders that In
future all foals should be born with
their eyes set just in the middle of
the foreheads Instead of at the side;
they always think they can Improve
upon nature and mend what God has
made.
Writing by Cave Dwellers.
A discovery of unusual Interest in
deed, .one might say of nearly the
greatest Importance that has been
made for many years In the domain of
anthropology has latterly been an
nounced by M. Ed Plette, and consists
In the finding, In the cave of Mas
d'Azll, -in the departments of.Ariege.
France, a layer. of pebbles of unques
tionably neothlitbic age, in Which many
""of the surfaces are painted In various
devices with the peroxyd of Iron, saya
an exchange. In these markings there
appears to' be almost unquestionable
evidence of the existence of an alpha
betic language, and It Is even surmised
that some of the markings may even
Indicate entirely conventionalized pno
netic characters. The pebbles In ques
tion are mostly rounded- or flattened
stones of quartz- or schist from the
river Arise, and overlie a deposit con
taining the bcnes of various large quad
rupeds reindeer, aurochs, horses, etc.
while above them rests a mixed lay
er, in the upper portion of which are
found polished stone axes.
In some cases the entire surface of
the pebbles is colored, but more fre
quently the stones are marked on one
or both sides with simple devices dots,
bars and "graphic" or combination
characters, while occasionally a border
forms part of the decoration. These
-a rlrvn devices are classified bv M.
Piette in four categories: Numerals,
symbols, pletograpnle signs and alpha
betical characters. Most of the spots
uu.wtni arc uijfeuiuuaijr nstvuueu uui
to be numerical characters, those of the
first series (spots) being considered to
be, units of the higher groups of fig
ures, and those of the second (the bars)
to represent. simple numerals. In the
pictographic signs M. Plette believes
to have found the transcription of nat
ural objects, such as serpents, trees,
reeds, etc. Assuming the alphabetical
signs to be properly Interpreted in their
leaning I. e., to be syllabic in their
construction the question Is raised:
Can it be possible that these pebbles
were employed In building up words
and sentences, much as children use
boxes of letters? However conclusive
or Inconclusive may be M. Piette's In
terpretation of his finds, their discov
ery will doubtless tend to warm up the
zeal of anthropologists In the direction
of the new and most Instructive field
of investigation which has been opened
up to them.
COLORADO MOUNTAIN SHEEP.
The Day Not Far Blatant When They
Will Ee Extinct.
Mountain sheep appear to be increas
ing In Colorado, and, stranger still the
rare and timid animals are leaving
their dizzy haunts among the high
mountain peaks and drawing nearer to
the habitations of man than ever be
fore. In the comparatively low lands,
near the town of Jefferson, there is
now a flock of fifty or more mountain
sheep. , Jefferson is on the South Park
Railroad, about eighty-one miles south
west of Denver, in Park County. It is
an old-fashioned community, and has
near it the well-known summer resort,
Jefferson Lake. The vicinity; disturbed
by the rumble of trains as well as the
sounds of human life and industry, is
not at all a quiet one. It has none of
the characteristics which usually mark
the natural home of the almost extinct
mountain sheep.
And yet for several days past a band
of at least fifty of the soft-eyed, large
horned native sheep or the Rocky
Mountains has been calmly grazing
around the town ef Jefferson and close
to the railroads. It is said that the
sheep" do not display any sign of fear
of the Jefferson people. Many of them
come In open daylight within easy pis
tol shot of the residences. They do not
run away, unless somebody purposely
tries to frighten them.
. For many years past the sight of a
mountain sheep has been a rarity in
Colorado, and usually but one at a time
has been seen. A hunter far off from
civilization might descry a solitary
sheep perched on a crag overlooking
some wild and steep canyon, but hard
ly ever within gunshot range. No such
thing as fifty sheep together has been
reported, even by the veriest Mun
chausen of hunters. When a lone sheep
was seen it usually disappeared from
view at the slightest alarm.
Considering these things, the descent
of fifty sheep upon the town of Jeffer
son, as though they had formed them
selves Into an excursion party some
where among the mountains, does not
look reasonably explainable. The gen
eral theory is that bitter cold and deep
s.nows In the higher altitudes drove
them downward, and that they joined
together for mutual protection as they
traveled from peak to peak. -.Killing
mountain sheep Is absolutely prohib
ited by law In Colorado. It is a closed
season all the year round with the ani
mals, just as it is with buffalo. Denver
Republican.
To Properly Address tbe President.
Ex-President Harrison, who details
"A -Day with the President at His
Desk" in the Ladies' Home Journal, re
lates some of the amusing solutions of
the perplexing problem as to the proper
way to address the President: "Some
times he Is addressed by letter-writers
as plain 'Mister,' sometimes as 'His
Majesty,' or 'His Lordship,' and very
often as 'His Excellency.' The High
Government at Washington' was
thought to be an appropriate address
by one writing from Austria and a
letter addressed to the 'White Office'
was rightly assigned by the Intelligent
mall clerk to the White House. The
official title of the head of the Execu
tive Department is 'The President.'
All propositions to add adorning but
superfluous titles were rejected In
Washington's time. The correct letter
address Is, therefore, 'To the Presi
dent,' and the oral address, 'Mr. Presi
dent.' " ,
:. When the String '"nappe 1.
After a terrible struggle they suc
ceeded1 in getting him into i'ne'strait
Jacket, but he continued to yell: "Mur
derr "War!" "Bloodr "Friendsr
"Assassins!" and "Wild-Eyed Sensa
tions!" Poor devil! For six months he bad
been writing the scare heads for the
Daily Snipe and nature had rebelled.
Cleveland Leader.
Ard He "Was Carromed Off.
Traveler (at a crowded hotel) How
much do I owe you? What's my bill?
Hotelkeeper Let me see; your room
was - -
Traveler I didn't have any room. I
slept on the billiard table.
Hotelkeeper Ah, well, 40 cents an
hour. Boston Post r
Centenarians.
According to our last c. n -us, 3.S81 per
sons over 100 years were found, and
of these 2,583 were women. In France
In 1895 there were only sixty-six men
and 147 women over the 100 mark. -..
A funeral at a bouse attracts people
who never go there at at any other
time, ,
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING .TO, THE
FARM AND HOME.
Pointer on Bow the Farm Can Be
Made to Pay Advantage of Bavins
Welta in Barn Basementa How to
Prevent Posts from Decaying.
. . , """
To Mrke the Farm Pay.
One of the greatest hindrances to
profitable farming is a desire to go too
fast at first, and to purchase things one
could get along without. The obliging
agents tell you that you need not trou
ble about the money; your note will do
just as well; but you will find that you
must pay big Interest for the privilege
of going into debt, and you are always
at a disadvantage with your creditor.
Have the money ready to-pay, and
you can then make your half of the
bargain. Take good care of your farm
and your stock and they will furnish
the money for the necessary outlays. I
will Just say to young men who expect
to make farming their occupation, that
they may expect hard work and plenty
of It, and they will not need to join
any baseball nine for exercise; but if
they take care of their health and hab
its It will not hurt them. I have tried it
for over sixty years, and am to-day a
well-preserved man. I can truly say
that with the blessing of our heavenly
Father upon the labors of myself and
family, I have made farming pay, and
what I have done others can do.; John
Lnramour, before Bloomingburg, Ohio,
Institute.
Wells in Barn Fasementn.
Every basement barn built for hous
ing stock should have a well under It.
In this way water of proper warmth
can always be secured for cattle, and a
tub or kettle kept full all the time will
add greatly to their comfort. It is well
for all stock to run out of doors In cold
weather for a while each day, but the
animals ought never to be forced to
drink water nearly or quite do,wn to the
freezing temperature. We have'scores
of times seen cows turn away from the
water under a hole in the Ice because
they were so chilled that further drink
ing of icy water was Impossible. Much
of the lack of thrift of cattle In winter
Is due to drinking ice cold water, and
will be remedied by having a supply of
water from a well In the barn base
mentAmerican Cultivator.
To Tr-vent Posts from Decaylnsr.
. It is tbe rapid alternation from cold
to heat and from dry to moist ' that
makes posts decay so rapidly. This is,
of course, worse on sandy soil, through
which the air rapidly percolates, while
in the heavy soil the air does not enter.'
The best .preservative for posts in any
kind of soil is to thoroughly dry them
and then char their surface. After rub
bing off the flakes of coal dip the char
red ends in oil, taking care that both
the charring and the oiling come up
above the point where the post enters
the soil. Posts treated thus have been
found sound after fifteen or twenty
years, when, without this treatment,
posts on sandy soil had rotted at the
junction with tbe ground after eight
or ten years service.
Live Ftock Points.
New South Wales ships annually 290,
000 beef cattle to Europe, while Queens
land ships 950,000. These and the
beeves from Argentina are the ones
that mostly come in competition with
our cattle In European markets.
It Is not hard to raise a colt by hand.
In case of a very young one ieft with
out mother's milk, add a little warm
water to some fresh cow's milk and
feed that If the foal has not yet
learned to drink, put the warm milk
Into a long-necked bottle, so that the
liquid will drain through slowly. The
colt, tasting the 'milk upon the moist
ened rag will begin to suck it After a
little time the young animal will learn
to drink, and after that all is plain
sailing. The colt will soon drink out of
a shallow pan. Give the mUk four
times a day. To teach the baby horse
to drink, pour just a little milk down its
throat, so that It will taste It and want
more. With patience the thing is soon
accomplished.
Don't turn livestock In upon tender
green pasture while the ground is soft.
If you do you will ruin both ground
and grass. Let the grass get a good
start a nd the ground become solid.
When pigs are three weeks old they
need more food than the sow's milk
generally yields. Give them skim
mll'i with a little wheat middlings and
linseed meal In It. This is good for
pigs till they are six months old.
Worltinjr Three-Horse Teams.
The true economy of team work Is
better understood by Western farmers
than by the average of farmers In the
East It is to the Western farmer that
we owe the idea of cultivating hoed
crops with two horses, requiring no
stoppages, while the man may if he
chooses ride behind and manage the
hoes, so that none of the grain Is destroyed.-
It is rather mdre difficult to
turn two horses on a cultivator at the
end of the row. Therefore, this plan is
best adapted to large fields where the
rows are long. But three horses, win
on heavy plowing do nearly twice as
much as will two horses. Now that
horses are cheap, It Is the farmer's In
terest more than ever before to make
horse labor accomplish all it will, with
as little as possible of the much more
expensive human labor. Cultivator.
Smut in Corn.
It Is a general rule in farming that the
same crop should never be grown on
land two years In succession." With
most crops exhaustion of the kinds of
plant food required by the crop makes
this rule imperative. The second crop
is so far Inferior that it does not yield
a profit "But corn derives Its nutrition
so largely from the 'air that It ?an be
grown in succession so far as tbe sup
ply of plant food Is concerned. But it
Is found In the West where this policy
has been mostly practiced that the
smut" on stalks and ears Is so greatly
Increased as In some cases to take one
fifth or more of the crop. The smut
spores live in the soil through the win
ter, and are ready to attack the corn
very early If planted on the ground
where corn 'was grown the year be
fore. Ex.
Toads in the Garden.
We once knew a good farmer who
when he found a toad on any part of
his farm took pains to catch It and re
move It to his garden. He said that in
this way bis garden became so stocked
with toads that they destroyed thou
sands of insects with no cost or trouble
to himself. It is a very Interesting
sight to see the toad helping himself
to insects. Sluggish as he appears,
whenever an Insect comes within reach
of bis long tongue It Is darted out and
that Insect Is seen no more. They will
eat potato bug larva, but we never saw
them attack the malodorous bugs that
attack melons, BquashesTand cucum
bers. .v.-
. Ammonia for House Plants. ---Every
housekeeper has tier bottle of
"household ammonia,'' of some prep-
aratlon of ammonia beside her kitchei
sink or in the bathroom. It Is verj
useful In many ways as the house,
holder knows. It has also another use
Fill a teacup with tepid water In th
morning and add to It three drops oi
household ammonia. Pour this op th
soil of the geranium, or other rapil
growing plant in your window. A ap
plication of this kind once or twice i
week will add wonderfully to thi
growth and appearance of the plant
It Is, In fact, a concentrated liquid fer
tllizer that is effective, cheap ani
handy. For a number of plants twelv
or fifteen drops to 'a quart of water li
sufficient. Twice a week on a suunj
morning is enough. Agriculturist
Kinvs in Balls' Nones.
Two recent attacks by bulls on theii
owners In Connecticut call attention t
the danger which always exists evei
from bulls that are regarded as genth
and entirely safe. The fact Is, no bul
over one year old Is to be trusted. Ever
without meaning malicious attack, h
is liable in mere play to make a wound
bringing blood. Then, however gentl
he may have been before, the sight ol
the red fluid will Infuriate him. Th
only safe way is to put a stout ring, ir
every bull's nose when he Is a year old
Then with a cord through this and
stout stick with book at tbe end tc
catch the ring and hold the animal at
a -distance, the most vicious bull maj
be safely led.
Durham or Shorthorn Cattle.
The valuable breed of Shorthorn cat
tle originated In Durham, England, and
there are yet old-fashioned farmeri
who speak of them altogther as "Dur
ham" cattle. Until comparatively re
cent times it was a fair-milking breed
giving a good mess of extra rich milk.
There are yet some strains of the Short
horn In which the .tendency to mili
production Is retained. Those - whc
have, such cows need wish no better
But as a rule, most of the moden
Shorthorn cattle have been bred tc
make beef, and In some of the" cows
this" tendency Is so strong that they be
gin to fatten within three or foul
months after dropping their calf.
" .. Bush Lima Beans.-
Many farmers so much dislike the ne
cessity of poling tbe Lima beans thai
they allow" them to grow trailing on
the ground. When thus grown, more
or less of the beans are mildewed, at
least on their pods. But there are now
several varieties of bush limas. Some
of these we have grown, and while
retaining the high, quality which makes
the Lima bean' so desirable, they are
as easily grown as are the ordinary
fleldjbeans. - In-most of the bush Limas
there will be found plants that tend to
grow tall, showing that they are sports
of the upright growing Limas. But it
is easy to clip such upward growth. It
was perhaps by doing this that the
bush habit of growing was originally
established.
- The Cabbage Flea.
One of the worst pests of the cabbage
grower Is the little flea, which gets into
his beds of seedling plants almost as
soon as they are up and eats the leaves.
It works only a few days; as the plants
get larger the leaf is rougher and less
tender. Frequently sprinkling with
fine, slaked lime will kill the fleas.
After this Is done it is well to spray
the bed with water in which a very
little spirits of turpentine has been di
luted. The odor of this is very strong,
and the quantity required to give an
odor is so small "that no harm will come
to the plants. Most insects are direct
ed to plants by their organs of smell,
which are very acute. Any strong odor
will get them off their scent and thus
protect the object of their search;
Egt Shells for Laying- Hens.
The avidity with which laying hens
will eat crushed egg shells shows how
necessary they are in the hen's econ
omy for egg production. There is no
better way to supply lime required for
egg shells than this. The shells In the
gizzard also act as grit, enabling it to
digest food. The only care in feeding
is to crush the shell thoroughly, so that
its likeness to the egg may not be seen.
Where egg shells are thrown out with
out being crushed, the fowls soon learn
the habit of picking at the shells on
eggs, and from this they quickly become-egg
eaters, a habit which once
formed Is never forgotten.
Kaffir Corn for Cows. '
I have thoroughly tested this feed
and find it far ahead of any other for
cattle and horses, especially milk cows,
which If fed wholly on this will produce
nice, golden butter during, the entire
winter. If the fodder is well seeded It
Is best to remove part of the tops, else
the cows will get too much grain. Give
a small armful to each cow three times
a day. F. W. B., Decatur County,
Kansas. ; "
Skipping Rope.
One favorite amusement of school
girls is attended with much danger
rope-jumping. Most girls know that
there Is danger in too violent exercise,
or In exercise continued too long. Girls
are, perhaps, less ambitious to jump a
thousand or several hundred times
without stopping than they were a few
years ago. They know that death or
permanent Injury has resulted from
such foolish attempts. But the danger
is not alone In excessive jumping. It
lies even - In its moderate Indulgence.
Physicians say that the nerves of the
limbs or of the spine may be paralyzed
by jumping the skipping rope. The
delicate nerves of the-foot are liable to
suffer permanent injury from the Jar
of jumping and the amusement puts a
strain on other nerves of the body,
which may cause paralysis. It seems
hard to check girls In the enjoyment of
this graceful and exciting sport, but
when so many dangers are Involved, It
is a duty to give warning. Parents and
teachers can see the need of caution
better than the children.
Would See His Mother. .
T Mr. Greville was persuaded, when he
was over 65 years of age, to attend a
spiritualistic seance. Foster, the pre
siding medium, was in great form, and
the revelations were astounding. Gre
vllle sat silent, and his aged, wizened
face was emotionless as a mask. Sud
denly the medium grew excited, and
said to the old gentleman: -
"A female form Is bending over you.
Oh, the extraordinary likeness!"
Greville signed.
"She lifts her hands to bless you.' .
Greville sighed again.
- "It Is your mother!"
"Ab, poor thing," said Greville; "I
am glad."
"She smiles! She says all is: well
with herl"
Greville sighed again and said, "I'm
delighted!" - . i
"She says she will see you soon. Ton
are old, and you must see her before
long." . ' -c-
Then Greville quietly observed,
That's very truel I'm going to havs
tea with her this evening."
Tableau! London Judy.
Remarkable Newspaper.:
' The most extraordinary, journal In.
the world Is published at Athens. Its
contents are written entirely In verse,
even to the advertisements. - - -
- --. '.: Hanging . Above a Tiger.
I A British officer In India had gone out
upon an elephant In search of a tiger,
which had just killed a man and two
bullocks within half a mile of camp.
The hunt was brief, and the officer pres
ently got two shots at the tiger, but
without killing him. The jungle was
heavy, and it was already getting dusk
when the servant touched the officer
from behind and said, "There he Is!"
The adventure is best described by the
man himself, as quoted by Gen. Wilkin
son. ; r
The tiger was lying within ten yards
of me, unable to rise, as I afterward
found out, from his loins being broken.
Seeing that he was not dead, however,
1 was in taeact of taking up my rifle",
when something struck me on the back:
and jammed me to the front of the
howdah. I had Just time to lay hold of
the branch of a tree and pull myself out
of tbe howdah, otherwise my back
would have been broken.
Then, the frightened elephant Tim
away, and left me suspended immedi
ately over the tiger, which lay looking
up at me, growling and lashing his
sides. .,
You may imagine my feelings. In
vain I tried to get Into the tree, apd at
last, my fingers becoming cramped, I
lost my hold and fell on the tiger. It
was like dropping into the jaws of
death.
The instant I touched the ground, the
tiger with a terrific roar seized my left
foot In his mouth,- and with one bite
crushed the heel and ankle bone to
powder. Then he gave me three other
bites, two on the calf of the leg and one
on the knee, every bite breaking the
bone.to pieces. ' '
.My agonies were dreadful. In vain I
called for help, but after a struggle I
got my right leg free and gave the tiger
a tremendous kick on the head, which
induced him to let go. Instantly I got
np and hobbled to the foot of the tree,
where I fell exhausted, with the tiger
still a few paces off. '
The sepoy, who "had been with me in
the howdah, had lodged safely In tho
tree, and witnessed the whole .scene.
Now he came down within a few feet
of the ground,' and begged me to get
Into the tree. At first I thought I could
not but when the sepoy told me that
the tiger would be at nie again, I gavv
the fellow my hands, and he managed
to pull me up into the lower branches.
By and by my brother officer, whose
elephant, like my own, h.nd become un
manageable, came back, and finally
killed the tiger,, after which I was
somehow got into the howdah and car
ried back to camp.
One of the cheapest ground returns
that can be built for electric roads may
be constructed of old rails. Flat rails
' are the most convenient for the pur
pose, and are usually the most availa
ble. They may be rendily laid between
the rails. It Is necessary, however, lu
order that the rail thus laid shall mate
rially reduce the resistance of. the re
turn circuit, that it be exceptionally
well bonded, otherwise there will be
little gained. One point may be noted
as being extremely favorable to this
class of bonding. The rail is not sub-
i ject to continuous jar, as in the case
of rails domg, at the same time, me
chanical" service, stUl the joints are
subjected to the gradual motion of ex
pansion and contraction. The bond
must, therefore, be flexible, or It will
gradually work loose. If such a feeder
were laid with its joints staggering,
those of an active rail and cross bonded
thereto, the failure of a bond on either
rail would be provided for. By draw
ing a sketch of the two rails and the
bonds, it will be seen that by stagger
ing the rails each joint Is bridged by a
rail, the path having four bond joints.
If the joints are opposite, the number of
bond joints in this reserve bridge is in
creased to six. The use of old rails for
this purpose would seem to be very ad
visable, being both economical and dur
able. The electric continuity of the
bond may be preserved from corrosion
by embedding it In an asphaltic com
pound. Electrical World.
sonz Written Under Hot Fire.
"The Star Spangled Banner" was
written by Francis Scott Key at the
time of the attack on Fort McHenry,
made by Admiral Cockburn, on Sept
13, 1814. Key was held as a prisoner
In a little boat moored to the command
er's vessel. Through the whole day
and night, exposed to the fire from the
shore. Key watched the flag on the
fort, and at break of day on the 14th
saw it was still waving "our flag was
still. there." Then, taking an old letter
from his pocket, he rested It on a barrel-head,
and, at fever heat, wrote the
poem, which he called "The Defense of
Fort McHenry." Ladies' Home Jour
naL ' . '
KEEP IN SHAPE.
From the largest cities down to the
Smallest towns this ia the month for the
beginning of out-door sports of all kinds,
ind also the beginning of the season -whan
sprains, bruises, hurts and mishaps are as
plentiful as huckleberries. Every Spring
this is a common experience, and the com
mon experience has settled down to this,
;hat the best thing to do is to be provided
with a supply of 8t. Jacobs Oil for emer
gencies of the kind as an -especially sure
sure for the worst sprain or the blackest,
bruise. Sportsmen, athletes, ball" players
ind oarsmen have known this for many,
many seasons, and reference to it - is no w
jnly a reminder to get your supplies. Hard
strains and overwork 6f the muscles will
jring pains and aches and sportsmen know
what's best and are never without the jur
ist cure in the use of tne great remedy.
In Kansas whole sections of land have
juddenly disappeared, leaving only
fathomless lakelets. ,
Ha for a Fifth of a Century
Cured all forms of ...
KIDNEY and LIVER DISEASES.
THE DREAD
B RIGHT'S
bat advanced Kidney Disease.
Either is Dangerous.
Both can be Cured '
If treated in time with Warner's
V Safe Cure.
large bottle or new style smaller
one as your aragyisti. ask lor
naer ana ooept mo substitute. -
... . . is
Disease I
WANTS LAW IN ALASKA.
Civil' Authority Should Be Extended
In the Yukon ( ountry.
P. B. Weare, or Chicago, has been
conferring .with the president and sec
retary of the interior with reference
fo the extension of civil authority over
the mining region of Alaska. Far
away in the center of the territory,
where the Yukon River, crosses the
boundary between British "' Columbia
and the United States are a number of
towns, chief of which are Circle City
on the American side, and Fort Cudahy
on the British side. At the latter point
the Canadian government has officials
and a military garrison. They collect
customs dues on all the goods that are
Imported from the United States, and
most of the supplies from the mining
towns are brought up the Yukon River.
They also have mining Inspectors who
collect a tax of $15 on every claim that
-is filed. This furnishes sufficient rev
enue to defray all the expenses of the
police and the courts.
But on the other side of the line, at
Circle City, there Is no law or order.
The only official is a recorder, who if
elected by the miners and records theii
claims. Mining law and lynch law are
the only codes that are recognized, and
the toughs and desperadoes of both na
tions reside on the American side of
the boundary for that reason. If a
man robs or murders or commits any
other crime at Fort Cudahy all he bas
to do is to cross the boundary at Circle
City to escape punishment. Hence the
latter place is not a model of order and
respectability. -
There are already about 3,500 miners
in Circle City and In the neighborhood,
with the same sort of followers that
are usually found In mining camps.
Scattered along the river also are some
35,000 natives, who naturally are Inoft.
pensive and honest; but are being cor
rupted by contact with the whites. The
nearest court and the nearest official,
the nearest place where'the laws of the
United States are enforced, is Juneau
which is 1,100 miles - distant In a
straight line; and 4,800 miles by boats
. down the Yukon River, whlch: are the
' only means of transportation.
Mr. Weare represents the North
American Trading and Transportation
Company of Chicago, which, with the
Alaska Commercial Company, ' does
most of he business up that way. The
company Is composed of Michael and
John Cudahy, Charles A. and P. B.
Weare of Chicago; E. E. Weare of Ce
dar Rapids, Iowa; Chas. H. Hamilton
of St. Paul, and Capt. John J. Healy,
an old miner and mountaineer from
Montana, who Is, now at Circle City in
: charge of the interests of the company
! there. E. E. Weare is at Fort Cudahy.
Mr. Weare says there is a regular
j stampede into the Yukon country- this
! spring.- Every means of transporta
1 tion is utilized to its fullest capacity,
v The . miners are deserting the silver
j States to dig for gold among tbe rivers
; of Alaska, because, as he says, with a
long-handled shovel, a pair of gum
boots and a tin car, anybody can get
rich.- This makes it the more neces
' sary that there should be some official
authority at Circle City for the protec
j tion of life and property, and for the
collection of revenues. He will recom
j mend the Secretary of the Interior, who
has charge of the Alaskan territory, to
j send to Circle City a commissioner, a
j judge of the United States court, a dep
: uty United States marshal and a de'p
I uty collector of customs.
Mr. "Weare says thafpeople have very
j little conception of the extent and'rich
j ness of the Alaskan territory. They
: do not realize that it is bigger than the
' section of the United States that lies
i east of - the Mississippi, bigger than
. George Washington or Thomas Jeffer
! son ever expected the United States
to be and full of treasure.
The Power of Habit.
j- The power of habit is particularly ex
: empllfied In the effects produced by
j the company we keep. The utmost vlg
i Uance, therefore, should be exercised
on this Important subject The great
power and force of custom forms an
argument against keeping bad com
pany. However shocked we may be at
the first approaches of vice, this shock
ing appearance goes off upon an Inti
macy -with it Custom will soon ren
der the most disgustful object familiar
to our view; and this is, indeed, a kind
provision of nature, to render labor,
and toil, and danger, which are the
lot of man, more easy -to him. The
well-disposed youth, entering first Into
bad company, Is shocked and disgusted
at every turn at what- bis sight be
holds, and what he Is compelled to
hear. - The good principles which be
bad imbibed ring In his ear an alarm
ing lesson against the wickedness of
his companions. But alas! this sensi
bility is of short continuance. The next
jovial meeting makes the horrid picture
of yesterday more easily endured.
Rectttude is soon thought a severe rule
an Inconvenient restraint; a few
pangs of conscience now and then
whisper, to him that he once had better
ways and thoughts." But even these by
degrees die away, and he who at first
was shocked even at the appearance of
vice," may be formed by custom into a
profligate leader of vicious pleasures.
. Both Were Gentlemen.
One cold and stormy evening last
Winter a prosperous-looking business
man stopped in the vestibule of a large
office building, on his way out, and at
tempted to light a cigar. An urchin
with an armful of pajers also stood
within the arch, stamping his feet on
the: stone step to warm them, as he
lustily .cried his wares.
The wind blew out the last match
which the fur-coated broker bad about
his person, and be turned to the boy
and said:
"Here, boy, give me a match."
"" The lad eyed the gentleman furtive
ly as be inquired: "Say, mister, Is that
a demand or a request ?'
Instead of being angry at this re
proof, the gentleman for he was such
replied kindly: - ,
. 'A request, my boy, , a humble re
quest; and I'll take a couple of even
ing papers, too, I guess," he added, as
he received the match from the-youngster's
hand and passed him a quarter,
"and you may keep the change."
- "That .man's got manners If he's a
mind ter take the time ter use 'em,"
said, the boy, as his patron boarded a
car. V" " ..... '
"That boy wont always have to sell
papers If he practices what he preach
es," thought the broker, as he eat down
to read the news. Philadelphia Item.
The Woman Question.
"Woman will never make a success
ful politician.- She cares too little foi
public sentiment" -.
- "Of course, woman does not like pub
lic sentiment. No gentleman would
make love to a woman In public, any
way." Cincinnati Enquirer. -
. . : : Satisfied. . '
Inquirer How do you expect to come
out in the race for office?
Aspirant Oh, I'll be satisfied with a
place. Yale Record. . ,
When public sentiment declares that
a loafer is as good as anybody, he never
fails to make aarious trouble. .. .
A SCIENTIST SAVED.
President Barnaby, of Hartsville College, Survives a Serious Illness
Through the Aid of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
; . - ' From the Republican, Columbia, Ind.
The Hartsville College, situated at
Hartsville, Indiana, was founded years
ago in the interest of the United Breth
ren Church, when the state was mostly
a wilderness, and colleges were scarce.
The college is well known throughout
the country-, former students having
gone into all parts of the world.
PBOF. ALVIN P. BARNABY. .
A reporter recently. called at this fa
mous seat of learning and was shown
into the room of the president, Prof.
Alvin P. Barnabv. When last seen by
the reporter Prof. Barnaby was in deli
cate health. Today he was apparently
in the best of health. In response to
an inquiry the professor said:
"Oh, yes, I am much better than for
some time. I am now in perfect health;
but my recovery was brought about in
rather a peculiar way.""
"Tell me about it," said the reporter.
"Well, to begin at the beginning,"
said the professor, "I studied too hard
when at school, endeavoring to educate
myself for the professions. After com
pleting the common course I came here,
and graduated from the theological
course. I entered the ministry, and
accepted the charge of a United Breth-
rein Church at a small place in Kent
county, Mich. Being of an ambitious
nature, I applied myself diligently to
REASONS
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
a cup.
Be sure that yon get the genuine article made by WALTER
BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1780.
ness.
Cures all of them. The life of the nerves is , Electricity,
which this famous appliance pours into your body for hours
at a time. Its effect is soothing, strengthening, exhilarating.
Read Dr. Sanden's famous book. "Three Classes of Men."
It is instructive to weak men or women. It gives hundreds
of cases of cures accomplished in the Northwest. If you
will send us your address we will mail you a copy by return
mail FREE, closely sealed.
SANDEN ELECTRIC RFIT P.O., 283 West Whlnaton St., Portland. Or.
When writing to Advertiter please mention thit paper.
Newton calculated the speed velocity,
of the comet of 1860 to be 880,000
miles an hour. Brydonne rated the
speed of the comet he saw in 1770 at
2,500,000 miles an hour. .
ROCKED ON THE CREST OF THE
WAVES,
The landsman, tourist or commercial traveSr,
speedily begins, and not only begins, but con
tinues, to feel the extreme of human misery
during the transit across the tempestuous
Atlantic. But if, with wise prescience, he has
provided himself with a supply, of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, his pangs are promptly miti-
ated, and then cease ere the good ship again
rops her anchor. This is worth knowing, and
thousands of our yachtsman, summer voyagers,
tourists and business men do know it.
Electricity bas been adopted ae the
motive power of the machinery in con
nected with the drainage system in
New Orleans. -
HOME PBODCCT8 AND PURR FOOD.
' All Eastern-Svrup. so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
flucote. "yea Garden Jfrip" i made from
agar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
-by first-class grocers.-in cans only. Manufac
tured bv the Pacific Coast Syeup Co. All gen
uine "tea Garden Drips"- have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Watercolor drawings will, it is.said,
lasj; four hundred years if they are pro
tected from direct sunlight.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, j
Lucas County. . (
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney fc Co.,
doing business in the city of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every Case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cuke.
3 FRANK J., CHENEY..
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1MJ6.
i A. W. GLEASON.
, j seal j . . ' Notary Public.
! Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
I acts directly on the blood and mucous snrfaces
of toe system, oena ior resiHnouiai!-, irce.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
.- '
" The most extensive cemetery in the
world is that at Rome, in which over
6,000,000. human beings have been
interred. - , '
Road Rights tn Germnny.
Foreigners who visit Berlin. -will do
L well to observe that rule of etiquette
which, precludes a person when out
driving or riding from passing people
of high rank. -
j " Thus, a stranger, an American, It Is
said, was arrestea tne otner any m tne
' Xhlergartenr for having ventured to
drive past the carriage conveying the
young Crown Prince and his brother
on their dally drive.
.The. royaL vehicle was proceeding at
a relatively slow pace, and, as the stran
ger was driving a pair of spirited hors
es, he saw no .harm In driving past and
ahead of the Princes.
This rule has always prevailed with
regard to military officers, a young
lieutenant or captain never venturing
to give his dust to his major or his col
nl, while the latter, la his turn, is
; content to Collew la the. wake of hU
fsBeral, ,"..-
'T. " -
my work and studies. In. time I no
ticed that my health was failing. My
trouble was indigestion, and tnis,with
other troubles brought on nervousness.
My physician prescribed for me for
some time, and advised me to take a
ohange of climate. I did as he request
ed and was some improved. Soon after,
I came here as professor in physics and
chemistry, and later was financial agent
of this college. The change agreed
with me, and for awhile my health was
better, but my duties were heavy, and
again I found my trouble returning.
This time it was more severe and in
the winter I became completely pros
trated. I tried various medicines and
different physicians. Finally, I was
able to return to my duties. Last spring
I was elected president of the college.
Again I had considerable work, and
the trouble, which had not been en
tirely cured, began to affect me, and
last fall I collapsed. I had different
doctors, but none did me any good.
Professor Bowman, who is professor
of natural science, told me of his ex
perience with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People and urged me to give
them a trial, because they had benefited'
him in a similar case, and I ' concluded
to try them.
"The first box helped me, and the
second gave great relief, such as I had
never experienced from the treatment
of any physician. - After using six
boxes of the medicine I was entirely
cured. Today I am perfectly well. I
feel better and stronger than for years.
I certainly recommend this medicine."
To allay all doubt Prof. Barnaby
cheerfully made an affidavit before
LYMAN J. SCUDDER,
Notary Public.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
t People are sold by all dealers, or will
be sent postpaid on receipt of price, 50
' cents a box, or six boxes for 2.50 (they
are never sold in bulk, or by the 100),
by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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Because it is absolutely pure.
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the finest quality are used;
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because'it is the mpst economical, costing less than one cent
Good Health
Are "you nervous ? Your nerves are
the channels through which your gen
eral vitality courses. If they are upset
you can't be healthy. There are in
numerable ailments following nervous
'
Dr. Sanden's
Electric Belt...
Microscopical investigation is said to
prove that the pores of wood invite the
passage of moisture in the direction of
the timber's growth, but repel it in the
opposite direction.
Pi8ds Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house. D. C.
Albright Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 11, '95.
A mustard pot which does not require
the use of a spoon has been invented in
Germany. The mustard is supplied
through a little spout by pressing on a
spring.
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If your druggist or merchant has not in stock
the genuine remedy, which has and will cure
99 per cent, address Pfunder's Oregon Blood
Purifier, Portland, Or by sending for a
bottle or to for a half dozen bottles and we will
prepay express.
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