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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 27, 1892)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. frcprleMr. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. R0PIN3 WOLVES. A Cowboy' Llvaly Kiirlne ea Ilia Hark nf m llurklua; Itronrho. Perry BtilT, a cowboy employed on George W. Hunter' runch, was In town with three gray wolf skins and three coyote skills, all of which netted him 12(1.25. The county pays three dollar bounty for wolf scalp und seventy five cents for coyote, and the Ntockmen's Protective owttH iiition pay five dollars for wolves. Huxter'a ranch 1 ubotit fifty mile northeast of hero, on Little Horse creek. Mr. Stiff says there are plenty of wolves there. The skin he brought in were from wolves which he rojiod while riding the range. An a wolf hunter the cowboy hiut no far been more successful than the Weinberg of the Cheyenne Wildcat club, and IiIb exjierience with the animal ha ls-cri much more thriilllng. While riding u broueho Mr. Stiff wiw a puck of wolves chasing a bunch of horse, hi the rear of which went an old niaro am colt, the object of the chase being fresh colt at. Stiff got behind a hill, and, an the frightened horse flew by, ho put spurs to hi broncho, and singling out the blggi-st wolf In the pack, made the ohnso. An the cowlsiy's horse wu fresh und the wolf already tired, It wan not long until tint nnone wix (lroix'il over the head of the big gray. The unlmd's forefisit went through the loop, how ever, and the rope tightened around hi body In such a way that he wa able to make a strong pull. Finding hiiiiHelf at the end of the roie, the brute, after failing t cut it with hi iiharp teeth, made a dash for lilierty in another direction. The movement drew the ropu about the broncho' hind leg and tail, and tiie natural result was soma very hard bucking. Hot ween the bucking horse ami the wolf Stiff had hix attention pretty well taken up. He held to the bucking strap und finally got straight, with the wolf at the end of the ropo ami wpiani In front of the lionm. Hy thin time the wolf refused to run. but wit up, ami, allowing hi long, sharp tooth, wan ready for a tight Thin wan Just what the cowboy wanted. Killing up close to hi wolfnhip to get um much Muck a possible, he turned ipiickly and ap plied the spurs. When the mx) tight ened the wolf turned a couple of somer saults and wa almost broken In two, but the rope held llrui to the middle horn. Hy a series of hucIi maneuvering the wolf wan dually worn out. and dragged to the ranch. Mr. Stiff say he Iiiin wen a high M nine wolves In a pack. Not long ago four of them killed a calf hi Haxter'n paxture. Stiff made a sug gestlon to another cow liny that while the animal were full of calf meat wa a good time to elinne them down, The suggestion was acted upon, and after a chiiMt of nearly three mile a big fellow wa caught. Mr. Still also roped three utitcliici) during the Hiiiiimer. He Suva that If the Cheyenne boy will come out they can have plenty of sport. Wolves are need every day, and there would be no trouhle In getting up a chase with hound. He think some wolve may be found about ten mile north of thu P O ranch. -Cheyenne leader. An IiiiIImu l.itend There was once a man who lived in the forest far from the rest of hi tribe. Ho lout hi wife and wa very lonely. After awhile he made a wooden doll about her i.e, dressed It lu the clothe the used to wear and net it up in front of the tin-place. Then he felt hotter. Bo a year paused away, due night he came liomu and there wa hi wife kit ting hi a chair in place of the doll. She H)ke to him. saving, "The Great Spirit felt sorry for you, o he let me come back to nee you, but you mii-t never touch me, for If you do you will kill llio." They lived thil together for'.i' twelvemonth, but one nik'lit he at tempted to clasp her ill his arms. He boid, he wa holding a wtidt'ii doll! She did not come to life aain and he wa very unhappy ever after.-Washington Star. Carl) In uu Ullit ami Wrung. Curly le maintained that a strain of sentiment ulHint criminal wa very prevalent in his day, w hich tended se riously to obliterate or diminish the real difference between right and wrong. Ho hated with an Intense hatred that whole system of philosophy which denied that then wiuiaileop, ' tentlal, fundamental difference Mwecn right and wnmg, and turned the whole matter into a mere calculation of Inter est. He wa accustomed to say that one of the chief merit of Christianity wa that it taught that right and wnmg were as far amrt a heaven and hell, and that mi greater calamity can befall a nation than a w eakening of the right rou hatred of evil. W. II. K. I-ooky In ConteiiiKirary Koview. Ilvniuvlii Kuftl from Mi-kl. To remove rust stain from ulckel grease the rust slain with oil, and af tera few day rub thoroughly with a cloth moistened with ammonia. If any tain are left, they can lu almost every cujhj be removed by the application id hydrochloric acid nndaMilsciuciit Ishlnif with trliMill. New Vork Tele gram. Jaurnallatla 4'jel.-a. Mrs. Relder I kee the man who bus beeu elchunge editor of The Daily Night for twenty )ur ia deud. Mr. IWder My! my! I'm sorry to lioarthut Now they'll put some young fellow in lib place, and they'll be printing all the old joke over ugaiu. Ciood New. CongreMiuan DuUrrour of Chicago ia .allml the "Adoni of the Went." the " handaouiest man in Congre," and ia otherwise referre.1 to in ooinplimeuUry term. He Is a bachelor of only 34 yeara. ,ud him not yet ma.le hit maiden -efxh either within tha House of KepreenU- Uvea Of without. NOW. HERE 13 A BEAR STORY. Tli Trapped llnita AMlatail bjr Anutlmr lltar In t rryli'' T ' Tp. Not long ago a cow died In the vicin ity of the Ouiim ranch, near the head of Gooho creek, south of Wagon Wheel gap. It soon became apparent to Wil liam Ouinn. owner of the ranch, that the carcaxHof the cow wa lx-ing visited by a bear of very largo dimension, and, h company with Dell McClellaml, Mr. tiuinn decided to "it up" with the bear and endeavor to get a shot at it by night. Thi wa done, but owing to darkness the Ix-ar wa not killed by hots fired. A the next resort, a largo Ix'ur trip, weighing nlx.ut seventy live pounds, wa procured and set near the dead "critter," and the trapper went to bed laughing at the trick they had played on the boar. The trap wa chained to a polo eighteen feet long and eight inches through at the large end. In the morning an examination of the preml.se about the dead cow showed plainly that the lx-ar and a cub had boon there during the night. There was a large track, cighti Inches long and six or seven Inches wide, and a small track, evidently made by a cub. The trap, however, wax gone, and with it the eighteen foot fade, and the disturlx-d condition of the ground showed conclusively that the hear had been caught ill the trap. The trail, however, away from the scene, wax only the trail of two bears- there wa not a mark of dragging oil her trap or pole, Mr. (iuinii took up the trail, which he followed eight mile without com ing upon the bears, trap or mIo. At the camp of Mr. Tom Carey, seven mile away, that gentleman told how in the night he had been awakened by a sound a of miinething walking, with an occasional pause and heavy fall on the ground, a though something bad been dropped. Having no gun Mr Carey sat up in his lent the bain ol the night and endeavored to keep warm by poking wood into a sheet iron stn e. 'flu. trail was to owed a llllle or so further and then lost. In one place the bears had passed throii'.di a heavy ipiaking aspen thicket and had literally mowed anwatli through the Hipliugi, showing that the trap and pole were being taking along. The mil iinil inference is that the bear was caught in the trap and bad picked up the kiinie with the pole and Marled for the Inl1. I he bear I an old ot fender in those part, and Mr. (iuinn boors to lllid It yet. Later -A man Just lu from the head of the Man .luau report' that he passed the bear on the I 'agosa road, beyond Summit ville. J.g,'ing content edly along. each carrying oneend of the pole, while the old bear was caught in the trap by the right foot front.-San Juau I'm peetor. A l(ittltr'M Name. The title "Old Man of the Moitn talu" was llrst applied to Hassan lien Sabbal, who founded a formidable dy mist v In Svri.l. A. I. lH'.MI. lie was the prince or chief of a sect of tin Mohammedans. Having boon h.m ishcd from his country, lie took up hi' abode in Mount Lebanon, gathered around him a band id followers, who soon became the terror alike of Chris tians, Jew and Turks. They paid the most implicit ohcdiel to his com mauds, and believed that if they sac rillced their live for hi sake they would be rewarded with the highest i iv of tmradiso. l'or 2.M ; y ear those "Assassin, as thev cat lei I themselves, continued to be the terror of the conn trv. Whenever their chief, the "Old Man of the Mountain," sidercd him self Injured, he dipatched snuie o hii assassins secretly to murder the ag gn'ssor. This i the origin of our use of the word assassin for a seoi-et mtir derer.- Detroit l'ree 1'ivsx. t . .... llnw Niiii'a Ar l'i pnnnl. Sponge ure prepared for export hi the following maimer! After being bought In the li'ul market they are carted to !'.' Snipping 'rd of the pur cbi' vi', where they are cut and trimmed into proHr shapes and sizes. They are thou washed and thoroughly dried, be lug generally spread in the sun for that pursc upon eauva or old sails. Next they an assorted according to va rieties, and then parked by means of hand presses into bales weighing from '.0 to IM pounds, Sometime the sponge am bleached by being passni tlimugll a sol ut ion of white lime and water, so weak as not to injure the tilx-r of the sponge.-- Science. Ilrwara nl Ilia llnur ll iirrl. An expivsMiiau tixik a baiivl half tilled with hour iihiii hi back tocarry it up into a Main street block, and a little girl started to follow him. When near the top of the stair the bottom came out of the barrel and tifty xmnls of Hour tlmpod down upon the girl bead, knocking her down to the hot torn of the stairs and nearly suffocating her. She was picked up more fright cued than hurt, with Hour inside and outside of her clothing, a decidislly ludicrous spiM-tacle. She precede all such loads in the future. - Springlli Id Homestead. Tim XVaslril. The girl who come out of college wtth no N-nse of proportion, no eye for color, no sense of the titnesx of things, no know ledge of the pn-sont condition of the world of which. Inan her stand point, she form so large a part, will need another training, that of painful elx rienif, to lit lu r to use the tools given by her alum u;ater. - Harder lWar. S,-,.l,., -llol y.ni fwr Lot- 4,11 . alm.tst ir tv-iM itilr Kinging, tn rem h a:w r I In- tin ,t taiaatiii'''' "I can't mv llul I lime. Vlu-in--r my Cull.'ir tllltlell gi l (lnlMI 1 1 lull k, I klimv It i an use rv.u Innu fti-r it. I uii!y i ilri-s iiom If and h t It i-miiti out ul itip ollirr riul."-( 'asi l'sl Item iiiiiit lYm her Now. i liililn-a, hii li tlc n iaiv ihe most i-orn' ' I'upil-Kei.iucky. , l.n. her-W nuig. hy do you .ty hia ,"'ikr .... . r d -Krntmly iruJm ll.e iu t ker U.U.-Aaitrica. FOREIGN LANDS. Jesuits to be Readmitted to Germany. KANGAROOS IN AUSTRIA. Iminent Physicians Think Cigarettes the Cause of the Death of the Duko of Clarence. Anan:hits are active throughout Hpuin. Heavy llixxl are reported in .vmnern ripain. Influenza cases are rapidly decreaHtng hi IOlldjll. , Uerliti hanker are arranging for the placing of a'.H,IXK),(M) loan. KeadiniHsion of Jesuits to Oermany will la; approved by the government. France's wine of 1811 1 Will I the lieit since 1HM, and there was milch of it. AiiHtraliaiiH have liegun to raie ami and herd kangaroos a they would sheep. Kditihurgh ladies are collectinir money to erect a statue to Mary Queen ol Ncola. (lueen Victoria is to uive the title of " lluke ol bmdoii " to Prince (ieorge of Wales. The savings hanks of France have 5,7-IM.OOO depositors with 2,l,m,m francs due them. The grand total of charitable lieqiiests in Lnglaiid last, yesr, excluding liaron Hirsch's, was iri,(KMI,(Mi. In advocating the (ierman scluxil til 1 1 Chancellor Caprivi said atheism is the greatest ilunger of the future. The continuance of the strike at ltd- Isia. Spain. 1 chielly due to women in citing the striker not to yield. The Stockholm Chainlier of Commerce ha declared that the whole of OeruiRiiy is infested with the foot and mouth dis ease. Additional government relief to the amount, ol TiO.IHKl.tHHI rubles has Is-en ordered for the KusHian famine-stricken district. Tim French expedition under Colonel Humbert in Senegal ha had further en gagement with Chief Samory. The en emy was routed. The sale of live hogs Inn) been stopped in the Altona ((ieriuauy) market, in con sequence of the rapid increase of disease among the stock. The .fiijianese government i about to unite nil it island hy means of subma rine telegraph cables at an estimated cost of ',IHK),IKH). The story of the lmdou corrcpon I cnt at Valparaiso that Minister Kgan's rcHidenee i guarded is pronounced wholly without foundation. The 'underground electric railway in London ha n.oru tratlic than it can con veniently manage, and grout complaint is made on account of the iuadcipiate facilities. The hmdon postollicu employ 4,11011 letter carriers, with wages ranging from .'1.7') to ti a week I'.iisiilo the regular there are l.liOl auxiliaries, paid accord ijig to their work. The greatest sailing vessel of (iermany Ini Iwen liiuiiched at ( leeHteuutendo. It is built of steel entirely ,'t;!H feet long, l.'i1... feet wide, I's feet deep. It is of 1,5'ill ton burden. The foot and mouth disease ha been iliscovercil among the animal imported into I'.ngliiiid from lienmiirk, and the entry o( liunnlinittle ha been prohibited through the kingdom. The Krein h cip-dilinn in Senegal In two buttle with Chief Samorv lost one allicer and nine men killed and 'ortv tliree wounded, the enemy losing 15 1 killed and ,'Ml) wounded. The Chinese ifiivcrnment i paving the indemnities demanded for the killing or injuring of the foieigner or the destruc tion of their piopertv during the recent missionary riots in Mongolia. The new government of I'nuil lias siHiiended proceedings in the confisca tion ol the proper! v belonging to the Princes-! IsaMla and other members of J'io family of the I. do Kmpuror. Advices from China show that nil the Mongolian Mandarins who aided in the recent outbreak In Northeastern China or did not assist the government in its suppression of the revolt have been dis charged from nlliee. A superb new bridge ha l een con stnioled ill Koine over the picturesque Tiber, and it M considered one of the finest modern work in the city. It ha lioon christened I'onte Murgherita by their majestic ol Italy. The mint important event that hus iMTiiricd in tiermany since the tall of Itisuuiick is announced. The event is that llerr von Hinuigsen, the chief of the National l.ils'ruls, nnd llerr von HainU'rger, the lender of the Progress ists, have agreed to unite their forces in the lteiclistiig. The area of wlie.it sewn in India is about the same this veur a lust. The condition is p ior. The drought contin ue over the greater part of the w heat country. The crop i expected to he alsiut l.'i x r cent, to than lust year mill (lie exsrtable surplus alsiut L'S, UXI,a0 bushels. The two daughter of the late Munpiis San Carlos, w ho died some month ago, have lieen so much overcome hv the loss of their father that they Iihvo renounced the brilliant life that they were leading in society and have entered the Order ol the Sacred lleait. They tire bub grand nieces ol ex IJueen Isabella of Spain. Two Indian in Vcide Valley, A. T., having in their possession a white girl, slopped at a ranch, when the girl im plored i ne person living ttieie to rescue her. The runch ew eer gave the alam alter the Indiana toll, and a poise was orgiinii.il snd started after the Indians to release the girl. The Lilx-ials still held their- power a' Salt Ijtke, no" ithstand ng the at tcuipt to divide Ihe Ferritorv into na tional party line. At the niumeipsi clts'tioii ncertly the total v te ot the citvwii S,I7. Neolijeh' it he I.il nil vote was t ,'i 0 : the IVmoer.nic vo'e, i 7tiii, a,id the Ki piihln-iiii vote, ,s,'ij; I. ili'Ml phu :ilil l.TlU. The LtU-ral iinij T ty o.er aiis. 1.U7 These tig un-s sre the return lor Ms or. The I. a Angeles Timtt say: Con gresainan llowers hi Wm rdvis i.g ChI llornhi rnisiiiui.ikt rs thrnugh the medium o( a lie Mii'ls papi r to p i k their pr. d ii. t s hii iiusirtel art'cie, IslKding it " Malags," la csnsi', I.e sa, the iiunitry ileii.and in.pirteil ruisin. i'tiia i the isvirest kind of short sighted adice. II, w can a seition ever luiild up a repu tation snd get gissl price for It pnsl Uet bile thua sailing under lrmwrd roans' Sin h advice is specially fiHihsli jul now, when California raisins sre le j. lining todnve the iuiorted article out. PORTLAND MARKET. P rod lira, Krult, Ktr. Wheat Nominal. Valley. 11.65 31. Mi Waila Walls, fl.6oial.55 per cental. Fuit u-KUndard, 'JO; Walla W.illa, I4.HOJ Urahain, l.00; r?uM!rUne, 3.0 per barrel. Oais New, 4201 -ilk: per bushel. Hay fU'13 per ton. MiMPTt'rrs liran, J. ; liorts, , round barley, fi.W chop feed, flNm lH per ton j leed barley, f'JOi mid dlings, ?M per ton; brewing barley, fl.lUatl.15 jHir cental. P.tTritK Oregon lanc-y creamery, 374 aic; fancy dairy, 'StW-Vn; fair to good, W)tdJ7c; common, 15--iiC Eas'.ern, 'tiufiVc jwr pound. Ciikksk Oregon, 14l5c; Eastero, 15tol7c er pound. Eoos Oregon, 20(122,' 'c; Eisrn, 2ik: per down. , I'olltby Chickens. fi.50ft5; ducks, f7i"Uj geeiie, fll er dozen; turkeys, I2'itl4c per pound. VaouTAHLKB Cabbage, nominal, ll.tsj m 1.75 per cenUl ; caulitlower,f 1 per do ; Onions, 75cfl per cental; potatixjs, :ri&0c per eai-k; sweet xjtaUx;H, tie per pound; carrots, 75c per sack; parsnips, fl.00 per sack; asparagus, 25c per pound; pumpkin, 2u per jwund; green peas, 10c per pound. Fhuith Sicily lemons, f(i.5O(?7.0(); California. t:l.(K)M4.i;0 tx-r Ixjx ; oranges. 1.75at2.2!; apples. 75cil..'i5 ierbox; bananas. M.ouaM.OU a bunch; pine apples, ftteU jier dozen; cranbtrries, lU.rgM I i.o.) l!r narrei ; .-inyrna iig, Hiu; citrons, 27c per pound. StHila tlronerla. IIonky 1KW 18'c per pound. Ka i.t Li verxjl, f 15.li0i4 f 1 7.00 ; stock, tllru 12 nor ton. CoKKas CohU Hica, 21c; Kio, 21c; Salvador. 21c: Mocha. JWc: Java. 2&c; Arhuckle's, 100-K)Uiid cases, LMJ.c per xiuml. Hick Japan, f.5.00; Island, ..50i 5.75 per cental. Bkans Small white, 3c; pink, 2,' c; Isiyos, 2'oc; butter, 3,'jc; limas, a,'c iM.r iMilllld. Ki'uab-D, 4'c; tiolden C, 43,'c; extra C, 4'cj granulateil, 5'2c; en 13 crushed and tiowdered, bc; con fectioners' A, 6'uC; maple sugar, 15uJ P c ler pound. Kvkcp Eastern, in barrels, 42(8450 half-barrels. 44w47c; in cases, 3u(rt.S0c oer gallon : 2.2o per keg. California, in barrels. Hoc tier gallon; fl.7o per keg. Canned Uoous Table fruits, fl.tsJ(? 1.K0. 2'us: lieachos, fl.hOM2.lH); Hart- lett pears, fl.S0erl.lM); plums, fl.37'(i 1.50; straw berries, f 2.25 ; cherries, f2.2o M2.I0; blackberries, f I.KBwI.lH); rasp berries, f2.40; pineapples, f2.2a(rf2.S0; anricots.tl.tW(ifl.70. Tie fruit: Assorted, fl.10fiM.2il; )xaches, fl.25; plums, f 1 ot 1.10: black Is-rnes, fl.2oftti.4U per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, fl.lOftt 1.75; tomatoes, t.rK!ftifl.(H)j sugar peas, Doculf Lis); string twans. IHicftifl.OO per dozen. Fish : Sardines, 75ci l.l5 ; lolsjters, f2.:J0 (nit. 50. Condensed milk : Eagle brand, fH.10; Crown, 7.0O; Highland, fti.50; Cbaninion. to. 20: Monroe. M.10 tier case, Meats: Cornell heel, f !.!; cliipp"'! i'el, 2.10; lunch tongue, f.'l 0 ) Is, 5 6"2s Jeviled ham, fl.f0ii2.ti.') pr d imi M UrellaueniM NiiJ Itase ouotations: iron. !. steel, fo.Ol); wire, fli.50 ier keif Ikon liar, 3'c er ounil. SiKKi. 10'jC per pound. Tin 1. C. chan-oal, 14x20, prime inial if y, fH.U0aS.60 per Ixix; (or crosses, f 2 extra per mx; rooting, 14x20, prime quality, fii.75 'r lix ; 1. C. coke plates, 11x20, prime quality, f7.ni per nox. Lkap 4-,c ler pound ; Iwr, ti'uC Soi.imu n'l.li.i'ltl'i.c per pound, ac cording to grade. Snor f l.ho per sack. I lollhKhUOKH K- Naval Stokich Oakum, f4.50t"S per bale; rosin, f I.Sl)(if5 per 2WI itound ; tar, Stockholm, fl2.U0; Carolina, f7.00 per b.irrel ; pitch, fii.00 per liarrel ; tnrpen tine, hoc er gallon 111 carload lots. llnlos. Wool mill llnpa. Hun; lry hide, selected prime, ium1; ',.0 less for culls; green, selected over 5.) Kunds, 4c; under 00 pound, .k 8liee) pelts, short wool, .iUiawc; me ilinm, ulftfsOe; long, tHIccf 1.25 ; shear ling, 10k20c; talluw, good to choice, 1 (aM'uC per iMiund. Wool. Willamette Valley, 17ft(10c Eastern Oregon, IO(.iT7o per pound, according to condition and age. Hors Nominal; 18(i$2iic per pound, Tlia Maul Mwrkat. rKKt-Live. 3( ll'jC : dressed. (Jfti'c. Mutton Live, ehearml, 4liC; dressed. 7(fc. Hon Live, 6'jcj dresseil, So. Vk.m. 6(rfSi! per isnind. Smoked Mkats Eastern ham, lift? 12 ; other varieties, 12'c; breakfa' Lacon, U'uftfU'c; sides, M'tiflO'jc smoked bacon, U'.ftill'jC per ixmiul. Lahi Conix3und, Oftt lOc; pure, 10 '4 Of 11 '.,c; Oregon, ItMdt Is.SiC per (hjiiiij, llnga anil llaK(lii(. Uurlrms, S-oz., 40-ineh, net cash, tie burlaps, 10'u-oz., 40-inch, net cash, 7c burlap. 12-os., 45-inch, net cash, 7'vc burlap, ltl-o.., no-inch, He; burlaps, 20 oz., 70-ini'h, l:k Wheat hags, Calcutta, 22x20, spot, 0c; three-bushel oat bags He. Centals (second hand wheat bags), Sc. riMltl4 Aromiil tlia lliirnrta. I reniemlHT a j-! played on Col. Joslnm Car'iiter, a native of Paris, I think, lint Hum a resident mi l neighbor f U1V fiitlier in tl ii h'n of 1. 11 In. do p-l)ler li:i(l a mini nt work for 1 1 1 1 11 liavin; liy the name of Pur lin. I'ai'lin piu-ht'd on und Carpenter laid the l td. of llav due day the mail w ho put up the hnv oherviteg n hornet a tnist 011 huili carefully plu-jel up t lie eiitraniti to the nest with hav.cut the luidi and rulled Hie iii-t up in a hunch of liar. Purlin, sep- nr.iting Ihe t'liueli to pile oil a part nt tune, observed the ne-t, turntsl the hay hack anicklv and put the n hole biin. li up to Car ls liter, who in Hu n uncovered the nest and al drew oi l the i.topsr. OoxTving tiie lie. t ami the hornets he quickly threw it 11IT the load in U.' direction of the men, wh Is'ing assault. .1 bv the hornets, started on a run lor the hu ll, nvertiireiiig the Lxul mi (l.o wav. Ctirivuter Juinpisl from the load when they siai :,sl and hiudel near the nest, sprau.in 1 ue of hi ankli'S wvei ely and re ceived one of ihe wiu uie.-t of iisvptioiu from the hornet.- - I i iMa Journal Kicbeheu amused himself in the in tenuis of his l.ilxirs with a sptadrou of cats, of which he was very loud. He uod to retire at 11. and after sleeping tlin-e hours riv- and w rite or work. I Ivigel, the magmtlccnt star of tin j t'rst maguitudo in the constellation of j Orion, has l.,-., divovi-rcil by astrolio I mors to U- i no of the most distant 1 star in (be celestial vault. 1 The American people are siibjis-t in I their domestic relations to forty mid 1 on si, of l.m, an anomalous condition j not to be found ill any other civiliied I country in the world. Sane of the street era- of London, including the ticwslsiy, dustman, sweep, milkman, old clotlns man and cats' meat man. have Is on taken by Edi ili'a pbollo.r.ipll AGRICULTURAL. nformation Valuable to the Farmers. TRANSPLANTING OF TREES. robably No Better Time to Trans plant Fruit Trees Than the Middle of Winter. The transplanting of fruit trees in the middle of winter is a delicate work ; but, if successfully accomplished, it pays well (or the risk a'nd labor. O ton lucre are fruit trees on a farm which could be transplanted with nrolit to more favor able localities. There ore trees which In not seem to thnve well, and it igolten necessary to cut them down and plant others in their place. It sjwils the row of trees if a young sapling is planted in it 11 ace. It is otten desirable in sucn instances to obtain a half-grown tree and plant it in the place of the old one. rrobaoiy mere is no uetier time 10 traiiHwIant the trees than in the middle of winter. It is at such a time when little work is required on the farm and when the sap ol ttie trees is 1 ormani Select a time when the ground is thor oughly frozen, and do the work on a day when there is no danger 01 me r sus iaf- ing thawed out. Dig a large hole where the tree is to he planted, making it so arge that a big ball ot earth can 13 ac commodated. The best w ay to judge of this is to make a circle around the base of the tree to lie transplanted, running out even with the branches. Make a 9imilar circle where the tree is to be nlanted. and dig a hole correspondingly arge. Make it deep, and gotten the earth in the bottom so that the soil can lie packed close up to the roots of the trees. The earth should lie cut around the tree to the depth of several feet, hut not closer to the base of the tree than the circle drawn. Where the tree ha very spreading branches the root cun he cut a little closer to the base, but generally where the limbs ae branching the roots are hkewhe. If the roots are frozen sol idly and the day is cold, an enormous piece of solid earth will be dug up with the tree. Only the smaller roots will lie cut oir, while the main ones will not be distnr'lied In their position. When the earth is dug awav, if the tree is large one, n derrick will be required to lilt it onto a stout wagon. The ball ol earth i heavier than the tree. It is verv essential that this earth around the root iliould not lie disturbed or knocked loose. With the same derrick the ttee can lie lowered into the hole made for it, and if the soil has been loosened gutlicielit y at the b'ltt'iin, the dirt can be packed close ly around the small ends of the cut roots, t he soil should be packed thoroughly into the cavitv until the whole is thor oughly covered up. The tree ia then linn and strong against the wind, it is la'tter to put a mulch around the tree then for the rest of the winter to keep the irot in the ground or at least lor week after the transplanting. In this wav a number of new full-grown trees can be transplanted to the orchard and old dead ones removed. Ihe trees will start to grow in the spring almost 119 never disturbed, Cit'iteii Work. Something should he done in the gar den as earlv as it can l got at. The as imragus stalk Bliould iHM'llt. Hint taken (.11' the lied. The old wood should be cut out ol the currants, blackberries and raspberries, and they should all lie hla r ally manured. It is also a good time to get cutting from the hct kinds to heel in this winter and set out next Bpring Even if there are already enough of them, it may pay to make new planta tions and root out some ol the oldc one when these come to lioarirg. Trie rhubarb also want manuring tins fall. and where it has grown so thick as to make but small stalks split the crown of the old root and take a part ol it awav to start new lied. This is a profitable crop, especially in a spring w hen there have not been many apples ca'ried through the winter. The strawlierries need to have the weeds and stiperlluous plants taken out in preparation for tiie mulching which will need to he done later. The material for mulching should lie gathered together and made ready against the time ot need. Wherever possible plow tip the garden as fast a the crops are taken nil', and bury all the small weeds as deepiy a iKisuible; larger ones should lie cut and burned before the plow ing. There ought not to lie anv weeds going to seed there hut there usually are some, and they are more apt to be theie this year, as the farmer lis been kept very busy getting Ins crop harvested and marketed. - reriiiHiienl liiiprovfiiirnla. Such work as ditching and draining low land, digging out rocks and stumps building walls and lences where needed or removing them w here not needed, is always in order it the farmer has time to spare for it, and so are the repairs of buildings and their alterations as neces sary to add to the comfort of the peopl or the animals who occupy them, or the ease of doing the work that must done in them. If dry weather continues muck uihv le dug from the swamps ami put out where it will drain out and free and thaw a few times this winter. The muck from some swamps has a great deal of decaved vegetable matter, am ha some value for spreading upon sandy or gravdiv iaiul, or lor using as an al sorlnt in barn vards and barn cellars It should, however, lie dry and exponn to weather at least a year before it ihciI lorouner purisise. in oruer to ge the acid out ol it w hich lias developed when in the stagnant water. I 11 less i thus seasoned it is injurious tj vegeta tion. It is r'skv to attempt todeoorate china that lis been ncd, lieeause, if the glaze has become permeated with grease. which indorse of time gradually h pens, the colors cannot lie succec'ullv tired. Should votl decide to make the attempt, cleanse the ware thoroughly tint W illi hot water ami suits. Soi'ed oil cloth hon d bo scrubbed clean and then varnished with oil-cloth tarnish, which costs oil cents a pint. Heu.l ul I'.'O. Bridget Doody, the Mineral Point (Wis.) centenarian, and who was un doubtedly the oldest person in the I' lut ed States, died Aug 13 at her home in the above named city after a brief ill in ss She had N-eti a resident of Min er.d Point for years. The Rev James O'Keofe wrote to her native parish in Ireland some years ago and received in formation tu return on the indisputable authority of the record books of the parish that she wa born in the year 1770. She was therefore 1;H) years oM at the tune of her death. Cor. St Loni Ulub- Democrat. YOUTHFUL fXPRAVITY. "Milium. I flak I am in ttaM Imy hula VuM; Tue UmimI'JbI ' 'ol"ll Jiegleeted en Hie udii Her dimpled clieeln wUL .nw 'iJ Her ey Hi " resemlileil; The vhulilijr form my '"! J'-ned-My duriuig lui'l 'll'semnled. "I'm aurry, di-ar," I grarely ail. Ileeuue ynu II mis Hie ii'l.ling The place fur nick fulu W l I. Willi ii't a taie "' K""d ihuig-" 6he Hiouglilfully iii.tlied out her dress. Tliia wlvknl liulii lunr; "Then I'm in su k J'l-l iM- I'll wan till after dinner." Exfliauga MAIiONKS LAST RUN. A little knot of smoky, la-grimed en- ffinecrg. firemen and switch tenders were . 1 1 ..4 .1... sitting together on a 1001 uo m mo end of the train shed at Alloona. The silence of the night was broken only by the 1111 mot onoiis turn, puff ot a shining engine dragging a heavily loaded west hound freight to the U'.TmT yarn. Through the maze of tracks gleamed scores of red, green und white lights marking the switches. The group 01 train hand were idling tho time away until the hour should come when the . . , I l 1.4 ..... .. t.,1,.1 engines sliolllil ue omum uui. 10 the two sections of fast line, "No. over the middle division to liar- risburg. There was yet a long time 10 wait, for the boll on the machine shops had just tolled 11, und the train was not due until after midnight. The crowd on the Logan house porch, that great re sort of Mountain City inhabitants, was thinning, out. and us the air grew more chillv the lively conversation halted and the men on tho tool box became silent and thoughtful. Suddenly one of them exclaimed "Here comes old John Malotie. Let's get him to tell us that story ulsmt tho bust run he made. Hi, there! lie con tinned in a louder voice. "John, John Malone!" Tho imsscr stopped und peered in through the railings. "Oh, is it you, Billy? he ejaculated 1 couldn't make out who was calliut me. Jiy eyes ana ears are not as goon us they were ton years back. Billy soon had tho gato olien for 31 lone to enter, ami as the two drew near the others the old man asked, "What ure you sitting hero for, and what do you wunt with me.' The same old thing, Johnny; we're waiting to take out first section of four, and to pas the time wo want you to tell us again of that trip you made back in the eighties which miulo yon leave the footboard. Tho old man took a seat, filled and lighted hi pipo und puffed away vigor ously for a while lioforo replying. "Well, bows," ho said at last, "I don t particularly like to talk about that run, and it is hardly tho right kind of a story to spin to yon as you are going to take out the same tram 1 had that night, but you want to hear it I'll go ahead. "It's boeu 11 good many year ago, but can see the whole thing as clearly as tho night it happened, and it was no dream, though every body thought so. needn't toll you fellows that fast line was tho lir.t cast hound pasMmger train after tho mail express, which left here about 7 o'clock. Wo ccnorallv got the train from the Pittsburg division about half an hour to an hour late, but as we only flagged at Tvrono and Huntingdon we always camo into Ilarrudmrg on time to the second. This was cviynn n down grade nnd 11 hundr d and thirty mile run without it stop. The way we used to yank tho coaches along the river wa a caution, and nianv s tho timo wo rattled over th i Juniata at a uiilo a minute, not even slowing iLiwu for Spruce creek tutmel. "At that hour of tho night we nearly always got tho white li clit from the towers. Now and thou tiie given would be given nil 1 wo ha 1 to iv.luoo. speed, hut rarely tho rod. Well, this thing of running tt train like four with 11 clear tr;ack, no stops und nothing to see but the ballast and trees alongside of the rail makes a fellow grow indifferent, and I won't say iv littlo nervous. It is wearing 011 a 111:111 to speed along through those mountain: hour after hour in the middle of tho night, never seeing 11 light except in tho tower, and feeling the cold air blow in on him from those hills ris ing hundreds of foot overhead. An en gineer cannot tell what instant he's go ing to crash into a landslide. I tell yon a night run is enough to tnako a man fiM'l mighty solemn when passing through Jack's Narrows, or half ft dozen other barren rocky spots, such ns can be found between here and the Susquehanna, all of which you hoys know well. "The night I was speaking of we loft hero thirty minutes late, and u hot box on the smoker held ns fifteen min utes more at Tyrone Purges. Wheu we got started again 1 pulled her wide ojh'U and let her rip. We had nine cars on, three of them sleepers, and that was a heavy load for one of the old style en gines, but we bumped alougjit a lively rate. Beyond Huntingdon we fairly hummed along the canal, depending al together on the towel-, for it was so dark we couldn't see even the Juniata right below us. We had no further trouble as to delays. The east bound freight und coal trains were till side tracked, and we did not even get a greeu light until we reached Lewistown Junc tion. "Somehow or ot'aer I was not feeling myself that night, and 1 don't believe the fireman and 1 had half a dozen words in the first hundred miles. As we run through tho Narrow- 1 leaned out of the cab and kept an .ye on the tnifk for rocks. It was impossible to see any dis tance, however, and as 1 turned around to look for the tail lamps on the rear sleeper 1 thought of tho scores of letiple behind me riding in fancied security, while the only safeguard from wreck was in Providence. Straight up on the right rose the mountains for nearly a t'uouNind feet, and ou theother hand was the Juniata, dark nnd unreal in the wav ering glare of the headlight. "On and on w went t .ist little vil- D.m. at. Pinnn rnrea ILIOl sESS, LITER fOMPI.UTS.MrK HEADACHE, COLDS, Piai'LES, all SKIN AFFECTIONS, and DISEASES AK18IM1 from DISORDERED ST0BAC1I. ..Do TKiOenuint HAMBURG TEA i, put vp in YELLOW WRAPPLK n'a Facrimile Signatun of EMI L FRESL. REDINOTON ft OO. Aaairra. &u FnANCtaca ' MID BV ALL DBriUtT AID fcBOCEKS. . luges and farm houses, shooting over tho road crossing ana crashing by empty gt iii i:s, all of which I knew by huh, for there were no lights to tell ns. "As we drew near the Susquehanna the uir became cloiirer, and when rame within sight of Duncatmon the great flaming Macks of the iron work shone ahead of us like immense torches. We were again on schedule time w hen we pa-sod through the town, and a we ran along the bank of the Susquehanna. 1 slowed down a little. Away across the water I could seethe tall switch signal, on the Northern Central tracks. Hy nnd by I caught a glimpse of a headlight end then the faint glow of car windows, ulthough so far distant that the train was scarcely visible through the slight mist rising oft the river, I called the fin-man's attention to the tram, remark ing that the Northern Central connection of 'four' was late, and that 1.0 doubt v would get the rod nt llockville tower, a tho other train should clear us at least 1 . I : ., r. - . . 1. : . seven inltlUte. nut ,11111. uv. 111 ii-r uiKing along look, said he couldn't see across tho river on accontit of the fog. A votl all know, the old Northern Central bridge was then standing, and the track of that road cut right through . . -o 1 ..... 1 .1 our at 3iarvsviue aim micron tue bridge just nftor crossing our west bound rails. The bridge, now torn down, was : 1 1 r 1 ... even then coiisiuerea uiisaiu, ami was rarely used, the through passenger trains ou tiie Northern Central being run on the cant bank of tho river to Uockvihe, then 011 otir track to Harrishurg, mid then over the Cumberland Valley bridge to their own road again. Well, as 1 drew near Murysville I kept my eye 011 the other train, which I could see dis tinctly, thinking that wo would let it have a good start, so us not to get blocked when wo crossed the river. We were not running more than twenty-five miles an hour, mid when finally the Northern Central train was hidden by the long covered bridge I concluded she would reach Rnokville More we got to the west bank of the river. "The bridge crossed the river diagonal ly.iind we had not yet reached it mouth when my frame stiffened with horror and my eyes fairly burned in their sock ets. Kigiit in front I could see tho head light of an engine flashing through the bridge, and almost nt the same instant I caught a glimpse of a well filled passen gwr train coming over the crazy old structure ut full speed. I knew instinct ively that it would roach the crossing but u moment before us. and that 110 power on earth could avert a collision. Absolutely paralyzed with fright, 1 can still reliiemlh'r seeing Jimmy leaning out of the cab and pulling the l'll rope us unconcernedly 11 though there were no such thing as danger 1 closed my eyes in horrible suspense. In an instant tiie crash came. I felt the engine reel and shake: 1 heard the grinding of the timbers and the roar of escaping steam, while on the nir rose such a wail as never lK'foiv or since met my ears. "The next thing I knew !ta when I felt some one t baking mo v heard tho fireman about: 'Shut her off, Johnny; shut her off. Do you want to get us both laid ofTY With ;n effort 1 brought hack my senses and grasitod the levers in fwititof me. When 1 looked around we were under the shed at llarrislmrg. I heard a passenger ask u hiakcman: Has tho N. C. train come in'' and the reply dazed me: 'Yes. sir. come in ten uiinntes ago.' "I resigned the n : --:t day, boys, hii. I I wouldn't run tho risk of going through that 'XS'rionce tr-;iin for the wholn road." The old nan's last word were drownel in the 1. ir i f an incoming train, and ore he had lit. ishcd first sec tion of No. A had cotie rumbling into the station from the west. Philadelphia Times. , A Hooln in Mr. Logan' Hume. Mrs. Gen. Logan has 11 room in her Washington house known as "memorial hall," in which the mementos, souvenir and books of the late general are pre served. The furniture is of black walnut and prune leather, which was brought from the Prairie avenue homo in Chi cago. Tho walls are decorated with portraits ia'imJ battle pictures in which the soldier participated. On a pedestal is a life size marble bust, before which fresh flower are placed every day. One quaint piece of furniture is an old easy chair once owned by Andrew Jack son, and a small tea table that belonged to Henry Clay. Dozens of beautifully engrossed resolutions cover the lower walls and brackets: the medals, decora tions and official documents fill a largo cabinet, and a second contains thirty walking sticks that were presented to the general while in office. , Mrs. Logan has a valuable collection of china, in cluding Hungarian, Chinese. French, Japanese, Viennese and old English wal e, lR'sides a Mayflower tea set and a cabinet filled with historical glassware. Wash ington Letter. Siierhariuo in Fruit. The discovery of that stibstanceknown as saccharine has ultnost revolutionized the business of canning fruits. This new "sweetener," which the French government has already prohibited, ow ing to what it calls 11 dangerous ele ment which enters in its formation, does entirely away with tho use of sugar. It costs almost nothing. A prominent member of a cauning firm in an eastern :ty, while experi menting with saccharine, has discovered that pineapples preserved in it would al most entirely retain their natural taste. This is in itself n great discovery, as al most everybody knows the difference in laste between canned pineapples and those which are imported direct from the south. St. Louis Globe-Democrat The Man Mini Work. Mglita. A uewspaper man. who gets to lied so late that he sleeps until 2 or 'A o'clock in tiie afternoon, awakening the other day and looking at the clock saw that it was (5 o'clock. As h: had an engagement at that hour, he fairly leaped iuto his clothes and rushed from the house, to find that it was 6 o'clock, but fl a. ui. He had slept just one hour. Ha wasn't mad." Wans.- he felt too foolUn. New V,.rk Tri'-o" rOXSTIPiTIOX. IMMKtSTIUJ.