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EUGEIIE CITY GUARD. LL.CAMrBF.LI, rraarletar. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE TRUE TRIUMPH. Tu van of k'n.-s ar rhiMr ' i-n. And rb Mrea i antdr. moorr- uivne. II eoo Ura iuo-4. w.io taint m art ia ailcoce u(lcn and aioue. Our crot ! r- an! 1 . 1 he lua o la-'lra a junlf a I. Gl broi'.er fie 1lir uubier s'.t.f . I6a Alcan'icr erl jo4. lit ll'c baj no Wl wbollr lost; lit lar wholly muappltrd, so win tlia ai-rplfr 0T IliOJfS ba l-.j Baubt oo eartb b-aMe, He only breath the mnaa'atn air, bM uircrtbo limban-lslrtntbof will Baa bKi atrrted. an-i tumra To rraru IB imunil of tbe bitL to HI thiltbtav.lt drtlret Imptdc ti n liial ma ba trot. And each delr w l lul ojwa laoo p hsLaroanliol -y. i. r4. ia Carnal. A SINGULAR FUNERAL As Described By One of the Walters" at the Festival "I w'sh some one would conn here nd discover as, and then a set o( peo ple arrive and settle, to that thu wt might gradually become civilised and at last enlightened. Have you aij idea that it is known in what inky dark ness we sit? And yet I don't suppose there U a person in town who ran not read and wriie. I don't mean that he can spell, or put a grammatical sen tence together. That power ia not necessary, even to be graduated from the Center High PcbooL And wha: do you imagine w.ll be required or in at that funeral this afternoon? We shall rnt nliaA Ihi-ni I know, and vet I am go ng to try with all mv might to do what they expect. itiu wrote my sister Gertrude on a certain day 14 summer. The town of Ransome, which you will not find on any map. is remove! from ti e seashore. " It is in Massachn- ett. It is lovely of aspect, with hilN ami irooks and rocsy pastures ana distant purple mountains. But it is of its po;le more than of its scenery that I am go:n to speak. It is almost a miracle how such E laces ran still exist in Massachusetts; amli-U not half a dozen miles away from towns where live lad cs ana geu llemcn who can use a singular verb wi;h a ngular subject, and who know what plural means. A great deal hangs on knowledge seemingly so sim ple. Here in this part of Kamome we are Fcornnd if we say "How are you?" instead of "How be ve?" Such ;s the natural proneucM to depravity that I have Lately truckled to popular opin on and Dun about the wrong verbs reck lessly. I don't think I am liked any the better for it, and 1 imagine I am still called "stuck up." They will not read here, and you are a "lav. shitless thing" if you read. "I ain't no time for read n ," a roan will say scornfully; and you shall sea him silt inz for hotirs in a numb sort of war. perhaps smoking, perhaps not even doing so much as that. He will tell you he is resting, and he would a'neeielv believe himself an object for blame it he should be scanning a news paper or a book. Vou say this statu of affa'rs can not be in Massachusetts, lint It la, and though we have lived in the midst of it for six years, it even now seems incred ible to us. What impassable, though Invisible, barrier ia there which pre vents glimmers of sense ami rcliuement and literary tastes from coming here, when a few miles awsv you shall find culture and geniality? True, there U no ra Iwav to the v. Huge, but a railway is not sofely a civiluer. 1 defy any one to teach 'these peop!e anything. They may listen, or appear to listen, to some one announc ng a sen-evident tact noi known to them, and you will see all the time on their face a look of dull scorn of vou who should believe such a thin?. "lie who would convince the worthy Mr. Dunderhead of any truth which Dunderhead doe not see, must be a master of b s art. llut I wa- going to tell you about that funeral. A man living near us bad died after a long and painful illness; mv a'sU r and I called to ask the family if we could ai.t them in any way. Y e met several women with lugubrious faces who bal been in to see the corpse. Wt were invited in for that purpose, and as a great treat, but deel ned. "Can we be of any use?" we asked. "Wall" with the conventional Yan kee natal, which, if too ever thought of it. Is that one does mot talk through the nose, but without the asa'stance of that organ: "Wall you couldn't no how be waiters to the funeral, now could ye? Inqu'red the widow. We protested our willingness could we know what was the duty of waiter. "Wall, you see, when we've all gone to the grave, the waiters they git up a suppjr; coJee, tea, and so on. lhrre'11 be a sight o' folks most l.kely come t a k I rum the grave, and they'll be nighty hungry. You'll have to tend r ght up to era. ve know. There'll be several tables tuft, and dishes te wash Now, roM.'iye, bow? I'll be so much obleeged to ye. But." she added In thoughtful cmmlrat on of n. "if ye do, m can't go to the grave." We said we would '.aj and would try to do what was proper. How apiKt'-cing going to the grave must be," siid Gertrude, as we walked home. Oa the wv we m t Nancy Holland. hD taking down a stranger from Mill Village, .-he explained that h-r companion had never ccn Mr. twcli, the man. but that she f.'lt a Wih to see the corpse. Mr. Holland was old. and trembling with the interest and excite ment of the evasion. She asked U we were to be present "to the tuneriL When t Id that we were 1 1 be "w a:terc. she lo ktst at usw.th unmi-takub'e sur prise xrA envy. 'Ht ve. now? I declare I told M s Kwe'l I d j s"tas leve stay an' help. nr.Ir I cai't leave Robert, je know, e.nd he went 03. KiMtn Intcrricwf with several other eei-hbors we nw that our o'bee was i cul m teJ fprxrtunity to ier Into mrii.f in- ho:ie: to s-e where dut' Lai coll.-ctel; to Cnd out h w man v p es had ixt n made, and lo j d je pr.u." acourately whether th-v were male n tiev i.git to be? I over htarJ o in d xr 'pit ol 1 woman, who re nt a ned b-bindittth-houset.fmoiira'ng. nay to another, a the two t ttred along the narrow entry through wh ch the cjflin ta l just Ixca borne: -I call it odd that Mii-s twoll houlJ a' had them two gals as wa t-r: my gals would a'bn glad t come. What do thej know?'' jerking her head back la our d rect on. t)li. bow hot it wa! It was fervent as adiv in MassachuaetU will somc t mes in the iniram-r, tho Leavens be ng overspread by a thin. eopjK-ry hae. and w.thout a brea h of a r. It was the th rd day of such h a, and even' one loreioia mai in would break b.-f re niglit )!ean wh le it hid not broken, and we were in the kitciieo brewing coiTt-e and tea. We put two tables end U end in th "ett:n'-no:n." and hrttened tosnr ad them with cro kcry. cake and pie. :ai-k of bread and of cold-boiled corned l.ef. Tiie cemetery was not far. and we wi re latvly n aly. when carr'are after carviage drove ba:k from the grave aid their occupant poured icto the houoe. Where do the men get tho cur ously ahaped sack coat wh'ch bag so in the back and aleeves? But that the days of Deripa'et c female tailors are over, we should sav that th'e gar ment were the r work, f nese men slouch in and out of door, talk ng in mumbling volet's, while the r women iu prim urees pat their hair before the little Iooking-g!ain the bed-room. then come oat one by one, and peer over the table at u. I bey talk. t-o, a::d d,cu- how well, or Jiow ill Vie uiiuiater did. One thinks he dd not improve the occas on correct Ir, an other that he wa not suflicientlv frt l n in his praver for Ihi widder." "Widders ia 'custotne I to bein' prayed fur more particular, sad aney Hot bnd. w bo sjtoke, I suppose from expe rience, she having been a widow twic before she marrii d hi r Kobert Though they all talk, they are evi dently impatient for the feast No less than ten carriage loads have come We learn from the remark of one thin. pale-faced woman that it is a distinc tion to bavo a rooa many come use from the grave and pa: take of the fes tival. "When Misa Mart n was buried they only had aix carriages to supu-r." she say, in a congratulatory way to the bereaved woman, as il in Jlr. hwell a case sorrow hud .ti compensat on. nar.e.i, h had a good many friends." repl'nd tho widow, a glim tier of oomplac.'ucy oa her face, wh ch U careworn and sahow. In a few minutes ave have the tint table full, including the minister, who is in a hurry, hav.ng another funeral to attend at three o clock, lie drnka. thirst. If, three cups of tea, and is hus tled o3" after a handshake and gentle murmur of condolence to the w.dow. For the next hour my sister and I might have' been waiters in a crowded restaurant. We tiud tho feat "is very part cular about their coOce aud tea. and very copious in their consumption of those beverages. We have cut the third stack of corned beet, of bread and of cake. We have emptied one pickle jar, and I am going down cellar after a second; for one cadaverous woman, in a blue and green pingham dress, seems to sub st on pickles, and U very arbitrary in her remarks to me con cerning those relishes. She appears to think that, in some mysterious wav, 1 am responsible for the fact that there a a whitish mould on some ol these preserved cucumbers. When I hand her the dish the third time she av in a husky whisper: There ouht to a' besn baked beans. Why d dn't ye see to it? Hand me them cakes. Ain't there no beans in the bouso anvhow?" "1 saw a bushel of raw beans in the shed." 1 can not help saying. She tossed her head, po ntcd to her cup. an J said "lea. I hurried o.T cravenly to obey h r. We washed d shea furiously between whiles, so that the supply might not fail. After the first tableful had been test, I ran down the cellar for more pea. I fell against the woman in checked gingham, who was luisurcly lookin? about Probably she was coavinc nz herself that really there was no beans. "It's a good sullcr." fhe said, calm Iv. "I allers did want ter see M as Kwell's sutler. She says it don't frve'.e; but I d'n know bout thct How much pork hcv they got pu dow n?" I did not answer her; I may have laughed in her face. She seemed thoroughly contemptible. Mounting the sta rs with three t er of pies in each hand, whom should I meet but the new-made widow. She caught hold of my sleeve, and asked, excitedly: Whar's that M Skiles? I knew she was a pryin'l Jea' ret her out o' there!" I left Mm Kwelf hurriedly de scending the stair. How the encounter ended 1 never knew. The afternoon wore away in melting heat and increasing work. At last the slow-motioned men brought round their horsea and covered wagons, those big carriage that, in ch luhol. we used to call "bed-room." Deliber ately the women mounted into these Tchi'cle and were carried off. lix hau'ttd. faint, not having had t me to eat a morsel, we walked homeward, accompanied by Nancy Holland, who. though unable to leave Kobert. had yet remained to the laat m'nute. "I don't think MUs Lwell she took it very hard." sa d Nancy, her head bob bing up and down in her earocstnc. "I watched her all t'arooh to re marks an' the prayer, and, ef you'll be lieve t, she never cr.ed a drop. She jes' snt st il. I declare. I should a" thought she'd a cried a littler That is one ol ths funeral where we were wa ters. ..ix (!!.$.) Cor. .V. J. IWiaae. - Ind cation are not lack's; that the various photorapaia ren-daetise prooc- wiil soon practically n-urp the prov.nce of wuod engraving, "fuel eiigiav.ng already is virtually extinct. Tuc wood engraver of the near futar m jst be a master of h s art aa art st, in fact -to ottaio employment 1U- A "TIP" IGNORED. tba l afortunala I tprrirnrm vf a ym pr Coircapoailirnt. England is often P-ferre l to by Amer icans as a land c-f tip. Th s L as un- nt as if an Eng'i-hman were to refer , to this country as the land of the tipy. I know many iii-taoees where tips have been ret'used. and one of these I always have felt a little sore afco.it, and th'tik st 11 my English friend took a mean ad vantage of the inno. enee of a strange in a strange land. This is how it came about Detroit as all the world kiou . bought an island of about tight hundred acre with the intention of makings park of it IHuy m Ix-iidoa at t.ie time I thought 1 would gather tog'her a 1 ttlc inforxafon about the excv!le.t and extensive park of the metropolis and seud it over to the S t-retary of the Detro t Park Committee. I wa walk'nz through the beautifu' Temple (Janlen by the Thame em biu k men t witn my ir.en i. me r.ngiio man, whea we naturally drifted to the subject of park, and I said to him: "I waut to fiud out what I can abou park, to send to Ietroit. How had 1 Letter set about it?" "That depends on what you want U know about them. First try and con centrate what mind you have on the part cular cla.ss of information you w ant then perhap I can help you." "1 want all the information thert is on the subject 1 was thinking of gring np to the British Museum reading room and asking the attendant to br.ng me the books they have on park." "7'Aat'sarooti idea: a brilliant idea. When the assistant pile around you the two or three tons of hook tiiey nave on that subject I fuppose you 11 exect your friend to get up a relief party and dig vou out" What would vou do?" Well, I wouldn't begin with all the- 7 ....... x books the British -Museum nas. ow here are the Temple Gardens, one of the loveliest park in the world. I'll introduce vou to the chief man, and vou can interview him. ' " "There's Hide Tark. for instance; that's a sort of tvoical Ixndon park. How could I find out what I wanted to know about that?' "Write to the Ranzer." "I'll do that Sav. hadn't I bcter offer him a tip of some sort? A half crown or so? ouiiin t ne answer my letter the more readily? This seemed to strike mv English friend a a grand scheme. He looked at roe with admiration, ana u was so jk-iuoui that I advanced any id a that auite met his approval that I couU not help feeding gralilied. "You ve got the plan at lu-t! That would be iut the thinz. Do it deli cately, you know. I'se a little diplo macy. "Just intimate in an off-hand. whole-souled manner that you dou't mind a half crown or so. and u that don't fetch him nothinz will.' "I suppose a letter addressed 'The Hanger of Hide Park. Loudon,' would reach him all right "Yes. that would do." When I got ba-.k to the office I wrote: "Kanrrrof Hide Park: "iiKsa aia delrou of oMainins what information I can about Hyde Park, iu font annually, eont of coast ruction, numher of people etnlovrd. etc., aiH I inoucoi per kaix uu would be ool mouth to mail ai any pamphlet that vou hare In reference lo (he mailer. I anau r a-iao io rar nwun and other expense, and If rou would do me th faror lo iowiiI half a crown for jour own trouble l snail oe oouireu io rou. "1 have the honor to remain. ir. "Vour obedient servant. - "l.t'KSHar.' I waited day after day but received no reply. Every time we met mv En glishman expressed surprise that the lianger had not jumped at my nait crown offer. He seemed to have told all bis friends and mine about the mat ter. and when they met me they seemed grieved that the Ranger had not writ ten. They always inquired. 1 never saw people so anxious to help a person on. At last the man whom I consider entirely to blame, said to me, as we met on the Strand: "By the way. did it ever occur to you to find out who the Ranger of Hi de Park is?" "No," I answered. "Do you know him?" "Not personally. He is the Duke of Cambridge, head of the British army and uncle of the Queen." Luk Sharp, in tktroil I'rtt Pr. COLORADO RATTLESNAKES. Tba Hooa Coaapaalowa ef Pralrla Dog aad Tbelr Eaeaatca. Occasionally by the hard baked mound of a prairie dog's hole, the sunlight would strike with a dull glitter on the back of a rattlesnake, and the boya were never in too great hurry to stop and kill the "varmint" with the loaded - end of a quirt The snakes were arrant cow ards, always making every effort to run away from an attack; as, however, their very best time was never faster than a lazy man could walk, they were never allowed to escape. They were easily killed, a small blow from a quirt or the knotted end of a lariat stretching them out motionless but for a faint movement of the tail, which the cow boys claim will not die until sun-down. One Billy insisted upon stopping and skinning one peculiarly sleek and shiny specimen He said that a snakeskin worn around the hat would always ward off headache and toothache from the wearer, and he considered it an especial ly prudent plan to assume this simple preventive at the beginning of a roaad ur Billy further asu .?d us that a bite into the back of a live rattlesnake would insure a person good teeth for the res', cf his life. He wa. absolutely certain abtHit that although he owned he had "aller. somehow, felt ajin trvin' it him self." Billy's "panl," Sam." seamed to expresi the" general wntiment of the party w hen he remarked that there was "!cU of curiousaesj about snakes." Sam sa d he always carried a piece of blue vitriol In his poeket at a round-up for cake bite. If he was bitten he had only to spit on the vitriol and rub it on the'spot to draw out all the poison at once. But tSe rest of the party were j;.p,se.J to hoot in derision at this rem eJy, r.n-f erring to place their reliance oa" rd wisky. Sain had proper re sp.v-t for thi remedy, too. but he agreed with nut-, h caivete: "tiood whlv il hard to e p ready." CW!jv, ia Lt- i nc oi.lALL COY. A Ury Trratnteat of aa F.er Old and l:vf Near Saljeet. The small boy." a a subject. Is not now; is quite moidy, in fact; nor can he, aa a problem for solution, claim that degree of, crtspnes withal that rou'd r-ommend him as a novelty. A a topic he is a o'.d aa Cain. As a reality, however, he is a fresh as the newsboy who this morning wul drop bis paper on your doorstep, and quie.ly appropriate tt e one that was left th tc a raonif nt before, by which uansa; lion h clears five c.n's. No peri;d of authentic hVtory, so far a kuown, has held the small boy in esteem, and ancient legends are full of suggestions' derogatory to his character. Pi gin mythology led off by furn'sbing him with bow and quiver, and leaving him single-hand-d to work the de-tnic-tiou of mankind. Doe any one siip- po-ethe choice of this in-tnimeat of tonfus'oa was mere chance? Veriiy it wa prophecy. From the day ia which a si no 1 of irreverent urchins cried alter the ascend ng chariot of Elijah: MJo no, thou laulhead!" 'to the present moment when he of another race may stand on a corner and ye'J at your new spring suit inviting hi c mpanions to (Jit onto that rig. will ver?" his morals and hi au lacity have been growing in an inverse ratio. While all this is con ceded to be true, there is still no diminu tion In the production of th's nu'sanc aud no method available for his sup pression. In the language of Sairy (iamp, "fact is stubborn and can't be drove;" and if Sairy's observation goes for anything, the small boy i the one nden:able fact of creation. Tbe boy rises slowly but irresistibly from street gamin to hoodlum, from hoodlum to ward politician, from ward politician to a seat in the Suite Legisla ture, and so on through tbe chapter. He is the terror of his own family, the per petual torment of hia neighbors, the ever-recurring proDiem oi a senooi bojrd that wavers between tho "moral suasion" plan and the method recom mended bv Solomon. Notwithstanding the pompous discussions on the best way ol managing mm, ne remains, io all intent aud purposes, "lord of him- telf," and has never seemed to consider his condition "a heritaze of woe. The worse he zrowa the dearer he becomes to the maternal side of the house, for to his mother his inioiiitous deviltry bcems but tha prom'se of future greatness. His father tolerates because murder is a crime and the community leta him live because in ten or twelve years he will have a vote that may be bouirht for a small sum. No man ha. the courage to attack one of the least of these, lest he be found stoning some future President and lizhlinz hi own political possibilit'es. The question has oeen to turn hi inge nuity, hia facility of imbibinz impres sions, his alertness, his accuracy of repetition into some chic net where it may cease to terrorize the general pub lic, and be made to turn a wheel some where inbe system of social economy WelL the problem has been solved. Where the higher civilization has failed necessity has accomplishel for the less favored natives of the moun:a:o dis tricts. An old settler from . the south ern part of Kentucky says: "Where mother, aunt and "young married women have work to da' that will not admit of chaperoning their own or other person daughters, the small brother is invariably tbe chnperone o' h s sister. He becomes her constant c ompanion: goe with her to the spring, and inedi.atively pad ile in tbe branch while she tills her bucket Rcr duty is to rrabble potatoes; he doe not w ait to be told, but silently falls into her wake, and sit on the fence, soft y whistling, with eyes bent on the hin- aon. waitinz patiently for any deter mined Lociiinvar that may come nd nz that way. It gel to be an autonia'ic process after awhile, and Irom the milk ing of the cows in the rooming to the putting up of the chickens he never leaves her, and any love-making that :s carried on in his presence is simply suicide to both parties," It is further stated by the gentleman, who is not however, always reliab'e. that the boy it furnished with a whistle made of wood, which he blows with peculiar inleni.ty when when be sees any one approaching. He is often shot at and sometimes killed by his sister's almir ers, but there is always an abundance of small bora The above facts are respectfully mb- mitted to the higher cUss of tociety whose system of chaperonage is often lax. lis adoption would relieve the mothers and young married women of a great deal of responsibility, and put the small boy in a wav to show why be is permitted to live, 'o young woman whose prospects have been forever bl ghted by a single remark of a small brother would for one instant doubt his value as a chaperone. He might be tried first at garden parties, moonlight picnics, and it might not be amis to station one behind the door-step on summer eveninz. Louisiiiie Cturitr JeumaL The Prevalence of Insanity. Dr. W. E. Sylvester, in a pape which appeared recently in the A!Uisi and curoiojift, states that twenty years ago the number of insane per sons in the United States was ouly 2t.rli Ia ISTOithad reached S",t3i, and in 1S0 treatment was required for 91,9'9 lunatics. From 1870 to IS. the increase In Insanity was nearly 15C L per cent, while that of the total popu lation wa about 2b. These figures dc not however, represent actual lucrease. but durinz this period a large number of insane, previously concealed, were brought to public notice by more thorough invest. gation. In Amenta. apart from several large county av lums, there are SO State and i) private institutions for the care of the icsane. with a l roper capacity for about V. but containing 5-i'JZ, uxxx leavin.r. nrobablr. 45.(aa) to be cared for el-cw here. The proportion of in sane is greatest in .New t-nglano. while the increase has been most rapid io the West ra States. In the State ot New York there are thirty-five insttu tions for the care of these unfortunau people, accommodating 1LS13 patients, w hiie it is said that there are 4.0CQ pro TENU8E-0F-0FFICE LAWS. Tba a eta -of lSta. 1887 aad 1889-The Tett of tba Law KeinUUnf Bcmoirau. The zeueral interest felt in the Feder al offices of the country will attract much terest to the statute regulating re moval. In order that they" may tc generally understood, we subjoin the texts of the lawi on the subject: Bv the act of May 15, 1820, "all Dis trict Attorneys, Collectors of Customs. naval officers and Surveyors ol the cus tom, navy agent, receivers of public moners for lands. Registers ol me Lana Oilices. paymasters in the array, me Apothecary .General, me awsii Apothecanes General and the Commi sary General of purchases shall be ap pointed for the term of four years, but fba1! be removable from office at pleas ure." By the third section of the act to reg ulate the tenure of certain civ.l office. passed March 2, 1867. as amended vy the third section of the supplementary act of AprilS, 1869. it is provided "that the President shall have power to fill all vacane'e which may happen during the recess of the ScnateJ by reason of death, resignation or expiration of term of of fice, by erantinz commissions which shall expire at the end of the next ses sion thereafter, and if no appointment by the advice and consent ol the Senate shall be made to such office so vacant or temporarily filled as aforesaid, dunng such next session o! the Senate, such office shall remain iu abnvance without any salary, fees or emoluments attached thereto until the same shall be filled by appointment thereto by and with the consent of the Senate, and (luring such time all the powers and duties belonging to such office shall be exercised by such other officer as may by law exercise such poivers and duties in case ol a vacancy in such office." The first section of the act of Apnl S, 18G9. ("after repealinz the first and sec ond sections of the act of 1867) provides "That every person holding any civil office to which he has been or may be hereafter appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall have become duly qualified to act therein, shall be entitled to hold such office durinz the term for which he shall have been appointed, unless sooner removed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the ap pointment with like advice and consent of a successor in his place, except as herein otherwise provided. Another section ol the act provides: "That during any recess of the Senate the President is hereby empowered at bis discretion to suspend any civil officer appointed by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, except Judge of the United States courts. unt.l the end of the next session of the Senate, and to desiznate some suitable person, subject to be removed at his discretion, to perforin the dute of such superseded officer in the meant me; and such person so des ignated shall tike the oaths and give the bonds required by law to be taken and riven by the suspended officer, and shall during the time he perform his duties be entitled to the salary and emolument of such office. no part of which shall belong to the officer superseded; and it shall be the duty of the President within thirty days after the commencement of each session of the Senate, except for any office which in his opinion ought not to be tilled, to nominate person to fill all vacancies in office which existed at the meetinz of the Senate, whether teiu porarily filled or not and also in the place of all dicer? suspended; and if the Senate, during such session, shall refuse to advise and consent to an ap pointment in the place of any suspended officer, then, and not otherwise, the President shall nominate another per son as soon as practicable to said ses sion of the Senate for said office. By the sixty-th'rd section of the act to revise and consolidate the laws re lating to the Postoffice Department passed Jnne 8, 1872, it is provided: "That Postmasters of the fourth and fifth classes shall be appointed and may be removed by the Postmaster General, and all other shall be appointed and may be removed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall hold their offices for four years unless sooner removed or suspended according to law. All ap pointments and removals shall be noti ced to the Sixth Auditor. DANGEROUS. TorpasiobiK Oil Walts With t0 Qaarta of Xltra-Glreerlaa at a Shot. In all the oil regions in Pennsylvania up to the discovery of the Thom Creek district in Butler County, great care had to be taken in torpedoing a newly drilled well so that the charge of nitro glycerine might not be too heavy. it was, the sand rock would be so badly shattered that the well would be filled up, and laborious and expensive work made necessary to clean it out before i: could ' be operated. A twenty-quart toniedo was about the averaze size used, and it was exploded in the shelL In the Thom Creek region nitro-glycerine to the amount of two hundred pounds enough to destroy a city is dumped in the well after it has been drilled far enough in the sand rock and exploded. Tbe sand is of such a nature that it does not run in and fill np the hole after the shot, no matter how heavy it may be. It is not practicable to mile or handle a two-hnndred-quart torpedo so a new shell ta been constructed Irom which. after it has been lowered to the sand. its contents roav be dumped out in the hole. , The sheil is then hoisted to the surface, refilled with mtro-glycerine and relowered to the rock. This dangerous proceeding is repeated until there is enough nitro-giycenne in we wen. w ben it is exploded, and the tubing can ihen be run down at once. This peculiarity of the Thom Creek sand facilitates operations greatly, but makes the business ol weu snooting, by which the lives of the workmen are al ways put in jeopardy, tenfold more dangerous i.aun. A tramp In Alexandria, Va, ake to be whipped instead ot sent to ia He received twenty-five lashes and was allowed to go. $200,000 SAVED BY The Cash System J.E & Have determined to abolish tbe Old Credit System, AND HAVE MADS Sweeping Reductions! In Musical Instruments. Sheet Music, Music Books, Strings and everything per taJninir to the music trade. We have called in all our traveling men, discontin ued our sub-agencies, stopped selling to the trade, and now offer to sell direct to the consumer at a less price than we have been selling to the trade. We propose to sell for cash with order, thereby avoiding bad debts. Every Piano and Organ sold by us is fully warranted for flvs years, and will be kept in r air free of charge. .. .'. Any Piano or Organ ordered ol us can, after three days' trial, be returned at our expense if not as recommended and satis factory, and the money will be refunded. You can buy a Piano or Organ of us on the installment plan at the same price as the cash purchaaer. By paying us any amount at any time we place the same to your credit and send you a certificate of deposit When you have deposited the full cash price of the instrument jou wish it will be subject to your order. Should sickness or other misfortune overtake you before the amount of the instrument ia deposited, and should you so desire, your money will be refunded in full. We buy Pianos and Organs at the factory for cash and ship in car-loads. Other Musical Goods we buy in Europe and get them as low as the Lowest Now as we offer to sell direct to the consumer, you will get your goods at a heavy reduction by ordering from us. The cry ef Shoddy will be set up by in terested parties, but it will not go, for these are the same Pianos and Organs we have been selling for the past ten yean; and it is a well-known fact that there are no better instruments made in the World. We append our Price List, in which are shown our old credit prices and our pres ent tremendous reductions. We give prices of leading styles only, but the same reductions run through all styles: E0EBT3T3 & SOS (0E PEASE) PIAX0S. Style 7, 200; old credit price, 75o. Style 8, f 2; old credit price, f 100, KcCAHtf Off PIAJTOS. Style 7, 2S; old credit price, $350. Style B,t300; old credit price, m Style C 310 ; old credit price, 700. EALLETT & DAVIS FIAS0S. Style 10, $323 ; eld credit price, o50. Style 21, $330 ; old credit rice, f500. Style 43, 55, 56, f 15; old credit price,$70 HE5TLY 7. KJXLEB PIM0S. Style 10, $410; old credit price, $000. Style S, $350; old credit price, $500. Style 8, $325; old credit price, $330. w. w. mmj. os.oA3rs. Style 100, $55 ; old credit price, $165. Styls 101, $55; old credit price, $175. Style 20 $70 ; old credit price, $173. Style 201, $75; old credit price, $135. Style 250, $35 ; old credit price, $200. WHimX & HOUffES.OSGASS. Style 300, $90 ; old credit price. $150. Style 310, $S5; old credit price, $165. Style 321, $95; old credit price, $175. Style 190, $100; old credit price, $1S5. Style 204, $115; old credit price, $275. A Rubber Cover and Stool goes with each Piano ; a Stool and Music Book with each organ. No charge for packing and shipping. Other musical goods reduced in the same proportion as Pianos and Organs. Sheet Music at One-halt the list price. Those who use stringed instrument will aave one-half by purchasing atrings ot us by the bundle. - All we ask is a trial, and you will be convinced that we mean just what we say. Cut this out and save it for future use. Correspondence solicited. Send for full descriptive catalogue. We have been ia the Musical Merchan dise business for the last ten years, and as to our mode of deal in?, refer to persons who have bought our instruments in all portions of the North Pacific Coast For city reference we give the name of Ho. HEXRY FAILING, President ot the First National Bank, ef Portland, Oregon. I H. BOBBINS S SON. 229 FIRST STREET, Portland, - - - Oregln. ve:cd one. l'id it not g ve an almost vided for at home. .V I. IvA