FRIDAY, AXJQVAT 8.
John W Mackay. the millionaire, Is
In Portland.
The front of Attorney Woodcock
ufllce is belnir repulnted.
' Warren Luckey has torn out hi old
barn and is building a new one.
W K Matlock lost tl.3'X) lu he
PendleUn hotel Are; no Insurance.
Tim rmlnliT4 are. now nutting the
finishing coat on 8. II. Krleudly'e
tore.
A cumpli vnunu pawed throuirh
Euiieiia liutt evening that attracted
ootiHldurable attention.
Lafavetie Lane. ex-Congressman, la
aid to be an Invalid and con lined to
bis home at itoseburg.
Dave Illoe cave a crab lunch to a
number of his frlendi yesterday. It
made one think of the briny deep.
The little 6 year old daughter of M
8 Marker attruets the atleiitlon of all
while riding her little safety bicycle.
Deacou'' Duvls killed a floe buck
deerat the hot springs the other d-ty.
lie sent a hum down here and It wait
one of the II mi. t we ever saw.
Drummer uv business U Improv
ing, and the drum morn know, they
are la the midst of It.
I'uth mount paced second In one heat
atVallcJo, Cal., yesterday. (Jhchall
won the lace In three straight beats;
Aral time 2:18.
Conslalile Linton returned home on
this morning's early train. He says an
odloer from Deer Lodge, Montana, left
Portland with Whitney at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning.
The young bicyclist, who ran Into
the young lady yesterday afternoon,
was tlned $1 and cohIs this morning by
liecorder Dorrls, which he promptly
paid.
A Chicago editor pays a handsome
and deserved tribute to Oregon cli
mate and women by remarking that
"every lady Is beautiful, for her com
plexion I as clear a crytital anil tinted
like the rose. For the climate does it."
Oregon Ciy Courier: MrLlll, an
enterprising farmer of drouth-stricken
Kansas, has been visiting M Blianor
during the week. He Is traveling for
his health, and Is wit Idled to stay In
Kanaa, as the gross proceeds from his
farm there liutt year were flO.OM). I his
Is not bad for Kansas, or any other
place,
Meacham Item In Pendleton
Tribune: "The loir cabin hotel Is
crowded three times a day with camp
era hungry campers. They all unite
In saying that the white-haired lady
and ireoileinan. Mr and Mrs Munra,
are the right people lu the right
place."
Itoseburg I'laludealer: Hon J T
llrldires has purchased the general
iiM-rehiindlse store of C D Drain In the
town of Ilrnln, and Is now In charge
of the bundles. This In an old entail
llnhed Iiouhc, and Mr llrldgcs will no
doubt make a success of his venture.
Arthur Johnsan, a son of the late
millionaire Portland butcher, has
lieen Indicted at Albany fornlifalniug
money under false pretenses. He i
known by many here and by one gen
tleman In particular who Identified
lilin at a bank of Eugene at a cost of
100.
Thursday's Iloschurg Ilevlew: The
Wallace circus is having plenty of bad
luck today. The big ' train was stalled
this iiioriilnic on their way here, and
thulr wagons breaking tlirouuli the
platform at the leHit, delaved them a
long time after their arrival here. The
parade did not occur until the after
noon. Farmers are busily harvesting and
the own Is quieter limn a month ago.
Mow Is the best time to take an
outing for those who can, for
when the wheat begins to coins In
every business man will be busy. Every
body should have two weeks In the
mountains r at the seashore. Nature
demands It and her laws are Inex
orable. Albany Herald: Mi-aars L C Mar
shall and h C Hohcll returned yester
day from their Itelknan Springs trip.
Messrs E W Langdoii and F Si
Mitchell, the others of the party, are
returning with Hie team today, they
being at Coburg when the former par
ties left them. They report a pleasant
trip and having v 11 ted both the Hal
knap and Foley Hprlugk. Mrtsohell
did not Improve In health
It Is rumored here that J T Ware, of
Narrows, Oregon, save the Uroad-Axe,
one day last week, by lifting a hay
rack, received Internal Injuries which
are likely to prove fatal. And also
that Hoi it. Ware, Jr., while lifting at a
wagon near DrvwMey, Oregon, about
tho same time, ruptured a blood
vessel from the effect of which
he died. Those parties were rained
on Spencer creek, nine miles west of
Eugene and have many relatives aud
friends In Lane county.
That
Hurvky. Congress, at the
tension before the last, made an appro
priation oi tor a morousn ami
cnniilete top -graphical survey of the
vwiianictie river Ifom J-.ugeue last
fall and, with frequent unavoidable
delays, was prowented until the parly
reached Oregon City, says the Tele
gram. That wa some time ago. Aa
yet the survey has not ln-ein made
from Oregon City to Portland, and
win not i until tie map of ttie sur
vey of the upper river are completed.
Work on those map N In progress at
the office of Mnjor lnU
KoA! Wokk. The road between
Hprlngtleld and Eugene Is very dusty,
buHrvlsor Thompson will gravel the
same, where graded, this full. A flue
coal of gravel has been placed on the
road ahovo Springfield, extending
nearly to (losheu. Tho Eugene dis
tricts extend outward for several miles
and the supervisors are doing good
work. Judge Fink deserves great cred
it for the thorough Improvements that
are now being made on the road.
During his administration more sub
stantial work has teeii expended on
the roads than for the ten preceding
years.
Hop Intki.i.igknie. Watervlllo,
N. V. Times: Hops have becu doing
well during the past week and con
slderatile improvement. Is noted In
many yards. As yet they are clean
and healthy. A correspondent from
Prescotl, Canada, writes: "Hope lit
Canada will be a light crop owing to
trusts, early drouth and ttra-shoppors,
Not over half a crop Is looked for.''
hatCADav, Arocsna
Senator J. II. Mitchell Is visiting
the towns In Southern Orogon.
Five Thursdays, Ave Fridays and
Ave Hsturduys ill this month.
A couple of camping outfits left tills
morning fur the McKeuzie hut springs.
The leachers' Institute closed yesler
duy. It wiu quite a su.tcessful all'ulr.
Dunn and llradstreet both report
that business Is Improving all over the
country.
"When His Love Orew Cold" is the
name of a new book that has captured
the East.
It now looks as If First street. Port
land, would have an electric strict
railway.
John Mullen, au Albany real et-tate
man, suicided by drowning at Vic
orta, B C, yesten ay.
The Dank of Palotise, at Pnloiise,
Wash., lis closed lis doors. Awets
$185,000; liabilities, ftf.COO.
McMahon's circus, which N uow
playing lu Iowa, expect to visit tlie
Willumette valley lu Hepiemucr
Pi rlland Chronicle: Cup tain
O'Brien, origlnulor of the la e Dully
Sun, Is said to be making an endeavor
to start another pupcr
Mrs Wiu Peiigra'a now residence on
illith street is nearly completed. It is
oulte an addition to that portloa of
our enterprising city.
It Is learned that the sawmill at Cor-
vallia has let a contract for logs up the
North Hantlaui. the logs to lie hauled
down on flat curs by the O C Sc. E.
Bishop Weaver, the oldest bishop In
the U IS church, will noiu the Oregon
conference at Eugene In Hepteinuer.
He Is one of the moat able preachers
in the church.
The Oregon Central & Eastern bus
reduced the wages of cariiehters In the
service of the company from f 2.75 to
$2.60, aud helpers from SlUj to fi.lM
per day.
In Corca au unmarried uiun Is
treated as a boy no mutter how old he
Is. A young married man of a) Is by
Corean custom entitled to lie treated
as a superior by old bachelors of (iO.
Corvallls Times: The Increased
summer travel on the Oiegon Central
lias made additional couches on the
passenger train necessary, and vliice
Wednesday three have been regularly
employed. Bound west they u re al
ways crowded.
The Dalles, says the Chronicle In
enumerating that place's attractions,
has a population vuriously estimated
from 8000 to 4000; Ave public school
buildings and one large privute school;
eight churches and the Salvation Ar
my organization.
A Walla Walla dispatch says: John
llnaK, or I lie Wullulu saloon, who was
struck over the head several day ago in
a row with a railroad man at Wullulu,
died tills afternoon, jiih skull was
fractured, which resulted in conges
tion of the bruin, causing death.
There is a great deal sold and writ
tea about the new woman, but it will
be a long time before women will be
new enough to weur out her bloomers
sitting on dry goods boxes, squirting
toiiucco juice and muklng alighting re
murks about the men that pa.-s en the
street.
Jackson vlllu's bonds seem to com
niand a premium; at' leust there are
none for sale or redemption. The
hoaru or trustees gave notice tlint they
wanted to redeem KsOO of the outstand
ing bonds; but only ,'100 was presented
and the bttlunco of tho money lies idle
In the treasury.
A young clerk while escorting a cer
tain fair damsel home the other even
ing asked her what kind of "moiiev"
she liked best. Of course tho blushing
beauty Instantly suggested "matrimo
ny." Desiring to test her kuowludge
further, the young man of current
funds and wlldcul discounts asked,
What Interest doct It bring!" "If
properly inve-ted," replied tho chur
mer, "It will doubie the original stock
every two yeurs."
Dullus Observer: In another column
we publish the announcement of the
University of Oregon, at Eugene, for
the session of lHUo-lNWl. The school of
he state Is of the highest order, und
its advantages are put so easily In a
financial way that most any young
mail or woman who wills can utteud.
Polk county has furnished a number
ef students for the university, aud, no
uouiii, win sena many more lor the
coming session.
Editor Woloott. ol the Medford
Monitor has come out on the solid side
of the bloomer. Hear him: "We want
to take buck all we have said about
bloomers, and more too. Home petty
thief stole our only pair of pants lust
night, and If there had not been a nair
of bloomers In the house our miner
would have leen suspeuded. As it Is
we are an hour late on account of
stopping the press to search for a Dock
et to get a chew of tobacco."
Medford Mull: Fruit men reiiort that
Italian prunes are droiiolng badlv.
There seems to be considerable specu
lation as to the advisability of glow
ing the Italians lu this valley. Some
of our most learned orcliurdUts an
talking against them because of this
one limit which is of Itself quite
enough to condemn them. The petite
Is the favorite of this valley and many
trees of this variety arclheitig put out.
The Italian Is the favorite in the Wil
lumette valley.
The Corvallls Times say that n yet
unnamed Is the machine built and
used by E It Lake 1" cutting fern ami
weeds In the big prune oreburd, 1 he
business) part of It Is two ten-foot
knives, Joined at one end, forming a V.
With the apex lu front of these knives.
held two or thrve Inches under thesur
face with sled runners, are drawn
along in the ground by a team, and
fern, weeds, dog fennel aud oats fall
before It like gralu before a sickle. It
cuts a swath V feet wide, and a good
lay's work In weed cutting with it Is
13 acres.
iiitGui1, Auuil.
Ho ad Wokk Oiukkki. The com
missioners' court bus employed Sew ell
Smith, of Blue Kiver, to engage a
force of men, and repair the McKeoxlu
wagon road across the summit ol the
Cascade mountains. This work Is
badly needed as the lava Is reported in
very poor condition. Sam New some
and another gentleman will leave In a
few days with wagons loaded with
2000 lbs. of freight each, purchased
here, for Crook county.
lim UT COl'-UT LL(llOH.
The (Ity Cane Kullng-llie tltlier
Decisions Jlude.
lulljr Ouard, Ai.kimi 10.
Circuit Judge Fullerton todny hand
ed down tho following decisions and
they have been filed in the ofllce of
the county clerk: a. A. Huddleston
executrix of tho estute of James Hud
dleston, deceased, vs The City of Eu
gene and Jt. K. Euftlund, Marshal of
sniil city. The above caw came on to
Is? heard at the regulur June 1W term
ofsuid court, upon demurrer to defend
ants answer li led herein. The pluln
tift apis iircd by Bllyeu & Young, J. J
Walton und A. K. Wncel. r, her attor
neys, and the defendant- bv Oeo. B.
Doiris and E. It. Slilpw-.rth, attor
i, ..va Hi-iiiLT iii (tiiiibt us to what r
ih.r .l. until lie iiiiiiIh mm!) said 'lu-
iiinrrcr. ufu-r heal loir the ari'iiine'lt of
counsel t he said mutter wut taken un
der iiilvlseineiit for further conshlera
tion, mid now having connidcri'd the
same find suld dciutirrer to itie ueieuu
aul's llrfltuud second further uinl separ-
mIm iniKWer should bu overruled, unit
that the demurrer to the defendant's
third senurato answer should be sus
tuined.
The tliird cause of the unswer is that
the plaintiff should lie estopped on ac
count ol having nan nonce oi ink iiu
ni'ovemeiit. and limdo lio objections.
The court holds t hut the pliiiolilt bus
a right to show that the si reel is
fount v road, if txissihle.
In fuel. thiMiuestlon t lint will decide
the case finally, Is whether or not the
street Improved was a county road or
not at the time the Improvement was
made.
The Case will 'e heuld on this que
lion ut the next term i f the circuit
n..ni.i
W II WhuliMi and Jennie M WhuTen
vsJohnE uinl Maliulii J Tipton; to
set aside deed. Judgment forpluin-
lifls und defeiidaiits unler.-d to execute
u deed to said W h.-t.cn anl wib:
J II Vates vs C 1 Maxwell and A
Johnson, sbeiill; injunction to rest ruin
execution, Hnit dismissed; releree
HiiHtHilled.
Henrv Maxwell vs I) IX Liikln, ft ul;
suit in etiuitv I" reform deed. Cause
ordered dismissed.
Lucv (Scarbroiigh and Jennie M
Williams vs JulU A Hyde: for pr
cssion of property. judgment for
plaiutills.
Iiisttiuti Work.
Dslly Uuinl Aue-ut v.
Opening address on pliysicul culture
by Anna li itirri.-.
Proflleid tuined on ortliogiuphy,
MlssNeltiu Chae tulUed on draw-
lug and writing.
Prof Jams lectured on grammar.
Prof Jtiii lium made u short talk ou
uriihmelic.
Prof McCluro gave un Interesting
address on chemistry.
AKrmt.vooN.
Attorney ICO Potter gavo au inter
esting address on the qiialillcalious of
a teacher; also Pror liuriihum on His
tory. Prof Orcou made a few remarks on
url hmetlc.
Prof Held talked on leading.
Prof A J Collier delivered a short
address on botany.
DiKi). Mrs. Hannah Conger at Te-
koa, WiihIi., July 31, lS'.ij, aged 73
years. Mrs. t'onger accompanied her
lUsouiul, Jonalliaii v.ouger 111 ins
and cainu lo l.iine isiuiuy this slate
ami settled on a donation claim about
12 miles west of Eugene on t'owite. Mr
Conger was killed by Indians in Jack
son county ll liSoK, leaving his wife
and a huge family of mostly small
htldrcn. Subsequently Mm. Conger
mrc'iascd a farm two miles west of
igene, where she lived u number of
years anil, by good management,
siic-tccdcd In rearing her children,
who are all grown and we believe are
all married. iS une years ago Mrs.
onger sold the place near Eugene
and movid with her eon Jonathan to
the state of Washington, where she
resided at the time of her death.
Thus another one of our pioneer wo
men has emigrated to the other shore.
1 hey were li nohlo baud of men aud
women who settled lip Oregon.
Wn.L Pi' an Wokk Oregon Citv
Enterprise: The stockholders of the
Blue Kiver Milling und Mining Com-
ianv held a meeting ill this city last
rlduy. 1 hey feel much encouraged
over the recent assays and working
tests of the ore taken out, and decided
to push the work of development. A
r arty consisting or Jt I. Orccn, .lames
'urran, W L llockner and II It Nich
ols, will at once be scut to the mines
hi l.aiif countv, und begin some ex
tensive development work on the Cy-
lone mine. l no management huve
received some pointers from a mining
expert, and will prosecute the work in
a scien title way.
Divinity Saioor.. It is now stated
hi good authority that tho lMvinltv
School will be opened in this city
about September ltllh. llev. E C San
derson, the, promoter of the school, Is
In Eugene, looking for a suitable build-
lug to be used for that purpose. The
people of this city should give this
tislllulloii every encouragement onssi.
ble as it will udd much to our educa
tioual facilities and bring a number of
good people to our fair tow n. Mr.
Sanderson Is a vcrv suitable person to
be ut the head of the project, as he is
il educatid gentleman, and under
stands business methods.
Pully Ounr.1. AiuuM H.
Biuihii: Wam'i D. A petition wns
it circulation tins morning asking the
iiyiouuiiii a nrnige across the tail
race on Mill strict Immediately cast
of the flouring mill. Ii was numer
ously signed. The citv should grunt
the petition, us ut present there is un
way to reach that mriiou of the town
aUnit the electric light station without
fylng around by the Eighth street
ridge. Heretofore the mill company
has kept a bridge in repair oi. that
street, but as il is largely Used for pub
lic travel, the woik and expense, of
maintaining the same should ie a city
chaige.
bil ly limit,!, Auiput 9.
l'ou Nkwpok i Judge Walton and
wile leli for New ,ort tliU nionilnir in
! a prlvn-e conveyance, where they ' will
jspendthe summer in their dlt..e.
Misses Ivll und Hattio Walton will
leave Monday to Join their father.
fjkOT SATPJFAClOHiV
ti, iiortir rhituis Hermann Will
Bolt if Sot Jie-Domluated.
. iim f.ttnwlnir from the edi
torial columns of the IU'glster, oftbl
morning: ,
iil- Ifurnnnll'l eXDlBDatlOU
Tuesday's Oregoulan will not be atl-
factory to nis repjencau "
Im.. ii.,,iniu.intmciiL Ha savs that in
editor of the I'laludealer lea lifelong
friend, and be considers the stateuieut
In the I'luiuueaier us a coiujiumoun.
That statement can bear but one con
junction, that is. that Mr. Hermauii
will bolt the republican party If he Is
not 'nominated for Congress In th s
district In lnUtt. Mr. Hermann then Is
not Insulted because his lifelong friend
saw At to characterize him as pro
posed bolter, but on the other nauu,
teems to admire his friend freedom
of thought. If that is Mr. Ilenuaon'i
attitude he will hear from many more
country republicans before the next
congressional convention for this dis
trict."
A Farmer' 91000 Ring.
When farmers go around with $1000
diamond rings it looks very much as
If things must boom. The Telegram
eives s verv Interesting case: On Mon
day, as Conductor Charles Berry, of
the aic.Mluuvuje express, was wniamg
ihruuuh his train, ou the down trip, he
illkiivered on the floor of one of the
cars a lurge ring. It was a wfre settiog
with a lurge white stone, resembling
diamond, but Mr. Berry believed It to
be a li ece or cheap prize-puck age jew
elry. That afteruoou, however, as he
was about passing Feldunhelmer's
jewelry siore, he, Just for a lark, took
u notion to huve a vaiue niacea upon
Ids find. He showed It to Mr. James
Wi.ll.iiui tlm liourl auliMimuti u-lifl III
diamond eiiH-rt. and when his eyes
lighted upon the alleged prize-box
ewel, lie threw up his nanaa exciuiiu
iug:
"Mv heavens! where did you get
it.'" IPs worth a cool $10W."
Without waiting for an autwer, Mr.
Wallace proceeded toexpluln that the
cutting and setliug of the stone was of
French origin, which, though, bad
gone out of style 30 years ago.
Yesterday Conductor Berry found
the owner of the precious stoue in the
is-rson or a Cornelius farmer named
Si-hetllein. He was a brother of the
discoverer of the famous mlues In
Tombstone, Ariz., out of which he re
alized several millions, and ut which
time he bought the aforementioned
ring tor Its present owner for t'JSO.
.Mr. Schelileiu's city apartments are
at a down-town hotel, wnere he keeps
his swell wardrobe, with which he
robes himself while in town. Coming
down from Cornelius on Monday, he
carelessly put the valuable ring lu a
pocket of bis overalls, from which It
sccidentlv dronis-d. He considers
himself extremely fortunate In recover
ing it.
llecrla Light.
This Is the finest light ou the PaciAq
oust. The leiis are larger and on a
much better plan-thuu the Foul
weather light, which has always been
considered first class. The lens and
clock used lu revealing the scene is of
English make. tormerly all these
were made In France. Tills one cost
$14,000, and is most complete In all its
working parts. The light, has been
seen to flash SO miles to sea. The light
s G.'1,S:0 candle power, as against the
i ape I'ouiweatuer light ori(o,3oU can-
lie power, t he location Is excellent
ami win serve me muriner ror years
to come, i lie ouicers are: a r U
Hald, keeper: Win F Klssil. first as-
istant; J M Cowan, secoud assistant.
The buildings are all well constructed
and convenient. The government has
expended nearly foO.OUO In the erec
tion or the tower, dwellings and the
oiki io connect the site with Florence,
the nearest seaport. The officer are
all courteous and attentive to their da
les, aud everythlnt betokens thor
oughucss and systematic training.
Diphtheria..
Waltervixle, August 10. :
Grace Withrow Is dead from . dlph.
theria. She was seen ou. Wednesday
by Drs Uussell and Brown, who pro
nounced the case fatal. She did not
lie until Saturday mornlns-at 8 o'clock
and Dr ltussell thinks if she had not
been weakened by treatment and
dis-e-iKO previously,: she could have
la-en saved. A aecoud.child is down
with diphtheria, but Dr ltussell baa
strong hopes of saving her life.. This
ono is younger.
Progress.
A Ran Mine. Cottaire Omvo
Leader: The Champion mine keens
Its usual force of men at work dolug
development work, which began last
ear pv driving a tunnel over 100 fet
o the vein. Since then thev hv
drifted on the veiu 850 feet all in pay
ore. Thelaceofthe drift is in the
richest ore discovered in the mlnn.
bowing as they so in it is a bonanza.
They have also sunk a shaft from the
urluec all the way in ore to level No.
Thev are sinklmr on tlm vein m
No. 2 level, which is down 70 feet, Im-
roving in quauuty ana quality as
hey go down. Thev have snfllcl
development work done and ore on
the dump to w arrant them in build-
ng a 10 stamp mill which will unn
lie on the ground with ore lu sight for
one year. Just at the loot of the hill
they huve graded for the mill and With
a bucket tramway from the mine to
the mill can haudle their ores at the
lowest possible cost. With wood In
abundance and water sufficient for
milling purposes and it beiugoiithe
same vein tut ween two mills that have
been running the past two year, gives
every promise of a bonanza to Its own
ers. 1-ootrai-e KOR$200. A match foot
race has been made between. Thos.
llarrlll, of Lcaburg,, and John Slor
nuint, of WalteMlTc, for $100 aside.
A forfeit of $t0 has been deposited
with Dave Rice. The race is for 100
yards, aud as the parlies are evenly
matched, and not professionals, It will
probably be run for all there is Id It,
hull! lioarcl, Aagutt 9.
Low Water. The river at this
place Is now probably 12 Inches below
the water guage on the bridge. The
government will probably order the
guage lowered toconfmm with theron-dlti.-ti
of the water, lu the near future
,i..Vinir will co to me dc ear
Ivthiiieason. P robaUj not later
than Kente ruber 1st.
Pond Into II is the scene of tlio la
test horror. Five persons burned
to death in a hotel tire.
A visit to the flouring mill wil
Anu!np anyone that it takes con
siderable machinery to furnish one
of the modern mills.
Another. vacancy ou the bench
of the supreme court. The dead
iustice although a democrat was an
. . e Ti : . I f I f n r-! -
appointee oi ex-r toiucus
son.
This is an early season and many
of the young China pheasants are
ripe while me law is not. opui wo
men are compelled to await the
coming ol tne open seaeou, wim
whatever patience tney may com
mand.
The farmer will get a fair price
for his wheat this year. In lact,
better in comparison than wages
received bv any other class of labor
Everything considered, the price
will beeaual to 75 cents a bushel a
few years ago, except for debt pay
inir nurnoses. A debt always re
mains the same, no difference if
prices decline or appreciate.
The Oregonian need not worry
over democratia prospects in Mis
souri on account of the free silver
attitude taken by the democracy of
that state. It was only a snort
time since that a gold advooate
named Dolph, was turned down
on account of his financial viewrj.
Ia a short time another senator will
be elected, and the Oregonian has
enough work at home ia its futile
efforts to overcome the free silver
element of the republican party
which, undoubtedly, is in the ma-
loritv. Better put up your poim
cal fences in Oregon, . rather man
shed tears over Missouri.
There is no division of sentiment
on the silver question among the
democracy of Mississippi. At the
state convention, yesterday, 1UUU
delegates were present. 1 bey were
ooking around among their num
ber for an. alleged gold bug, as
some of. the stiver men. bad never
seen one, but it was announced ' he
had escaped. Tho following is the
telegraphic- account: Colonel 11.
M. Street asked the chair to. find
out if Hon. Adam Boyd, of Nesho
ba, a gold bug, was in the house, as
some free silver people bad- ex
pressed a longing to eee a real live
gold bug. K. b. McLaunn, stated
that Boyd had escaped."
On July 1, news reached 1 Auck
and N. Z., that 27 whales, ranging
from 30 to 50 feet in length, bad
been stranded on the ocean beach,
south of Kipara Heads. The school
had evidently . been driven ashore
during the westerly gales. They
extended for two . milea along the
beach. Ibis is not an uncommon
sight in the bays that indent' the
island ' and coast- shores - of . the
island passage to Alaska, two and
three whales at a time having been
sighted lying high and dry on the
beach or -grounded, on some, sand
bar, the ebb tide having, dropped
the whales aground while the .huge
creatures were asleep. With , the
incoming , tide they work off into
deep water none the worte for their
stop ashore. .
Wheelmen claim that the bicy
cle is a vehicle, and ' therefore en
titled to its rights as such on wa
gon roads. . This , view,, which is
probably, correct, deprives . the
wheel from any right on walks or
thoroughfares used exclusively by
pedestrians. The accident yester
day is not the first- one that, has
happened through fast or careless
riding.; It is a common occurrence
to see wheelmen pass blind corners
at a speed of ten to fifteen miles an
hour. It is not possible for muni
cipal laws regulating fast driving
or riding, to be ..strictly enforced,
ana in tuo end. the only remedy
will be found in comnellinar biov-
cles to take the road where there is
Utle danger of runnins down . ra-
destrians. i Other cities have Btrin
gent laws on the suhiect Portland
na Salem do not nermit the use of
sidewalks by bicycles. ,
When a discussion as to the riaht
of teachers to wear, bloomers was
being held at a meetintr of the To-
ronto school board, one member of
that body said: "The bloomer cob-
tume will never be worn bv womnn
generally, because it must be worn
oy a well-formed woman, and
three-fourths of the females of the
country are uot well formed, and
would not care to wear a dress
showing this to be the case." Af
ter this frank Canadian confession
of the defects of their ..women, no
one with the least . common sense,
on this side of the line, will further
advocate annexation. Just think
of it! Three-fourthp of Canada wo
men not well formed.ii It is a mat
ter of congratulation for the proud
American citiien that his lot
cast on this side of the line . where
li the women are formed in f-.k.
ion that will allow them to use thnir
own sweet will on this mightv and
engrossing IwVnier question.."
Renton flonhtv lain . .
$50,000 above aEsets in the f
ury.
The third term hti!?!ilw, : . .
eringsome writers and politician.
...j 1 j " tuo micKsonv 11.
Times: "Among those who ha !
been conversing through thril
headeear is Snnafn n... ir.
Pennsylvania, who has no heiu.
tion
in declaring that Cleveland
be the next Democrats canHi
and that the thirri.to I,1
will
date
will
not hurt him. I "
o pais in
thftt thrt I'rPBirtont b .
say
' , . -..v .mo no SUeh
revolutionary intentions ir. ...
probably have a sufficiency 0f offi.
via uvuuiv mm uartS W 1)611 Ml
nrpjieiit term in nnnnliwl.i .
I -wuviMUUU, I h
third-term proposition is especiallr
renulsive to ths dnninni:.
as well as beimr (llom....:..,r
. B ""ciricailf
tgainst the unwritten law of thi
1 n rwl 'I
One of the strikinir incldend
the revival of activity in tha I,n-
industry is the remarkable advance
in the nricei of tha shicli. nr .
of the large iron and steel mana-
lactunng companies dun u
past tlve months. The market
price of the shares of one lanm
Southern company has advsnnt
from $15 to $89.60: that of one f
the largest Weetern companies from
$43 to $75; another Western cor
poration from rz to 934; a Min
nesota iron ore mining comnan
from $40 to $05, and one of the
largest Pennsylvania companies
from $44 to $63. Bomethintr mors
real than promising prosnects is
required to lift the values of invest
ment securities to such- a height.
More business, better prices and
arger profits ore the influences
that pushed up. these prices.
The Daily News, the leading
Liberal organ of England, is au
thority for the statement that the
elections in London, which result
ed in wholesale Liberal defeats,
turned almost exclusively on local
option. This is a reasonable ex
planation, althoueh it is not strict
ly accurate to claim, as the News
says further on: "It is 1874 over
again. Lord Salisbury's govern
ment, like Lord Ikaconsneld i,
float into power - on beer." Lord
Salisbury floated into power on the
total failure of Lord Iloeebery
along the line. Indeed, it is no
injustice to the late- government to
say that they left nothing on-
touched and touched nothing that
they did not spoil.
The murderous Chinamen should
be brought up. with a round torn
for the assaults and outrages com
mitted on missionaries. The next
best thing would be for these mis
sionaries to return to their native
countries. Although' for years
men and women have given their
energies and lives to the work of
Christianizing., the Chinese, and
millions of money have been spent,
the result is so infinitesimal as not
to be appreciable. Had all this la
bor and monev. been spent among
our own people, especially in ins
hot beds of vice in the large cities,
a better state of aflairs would exist
today, It is too mush like Mrs,
Micawber pretending to makeevery
effort for the heathen, and leaving
her own family neglected and de
pendent oq their own resources.
We Americans delight in noth
ng so much as . being , humbugned.
Especially is sentimental humbug
attractive. All the talk and gusb
about Mrs. Leland Stanford going
to Europe to-fell i her jewels worth
$1,000,000 in- order to carry on
the university endowed by her late
husband out of the money ooiainea
by swindling the government, is
pure notion . and -drivel, it was
most likely a suggestion made oy
her attorneys in order to elicit
sympathy . and influence publto
opinion, but once having got into
the press, it has traveled on wings
that know no rest. A woman'
whose vanity induces her to pur
chase a million dollars worth ot
jewels is not likely to part with
them for a great benevolent or un
selfish purpose. Such a dieposj
tion would . have precluded their
purchase. Again, the suit of the
government to recover fifteen mil
lions of dollars from Senator Man
ford's estate, which he had fraudu-
ently obtained, in no wise ouecw
the income of the university. Mrs.
Stanford, as the executrix of her
husband s estate has possession oi
his estate and all its income, which
this euitln no wise impairs. So
that the suit has nothing to do wu
diminishing the income of the es
tate, or impairing the fund for the
support of the university. The in
come of this estate now, as for years
past, has consisted largely in toe
sale of fruits and in the production
and sale of wine, brandy and rais
ins. So this new variation oi an
tress, about being compelled also to
resort to the sale of brandies, in or
der to support the university, which
religious and temrjerance aro criti
cizing, is another humbug. There is
and never was nv need of selling
jewels. This sympathetic dodge has
been used before to deceive mansion
for purposes of plundering them.