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l:ugcne City Guard, MA IURDAY DECEMBER 6. Dunks are failing in the Middle West notwithstanding McKinley lias been fleeted. "Confidence" is Ftill lucking it seems. Albert Kdward of Wales is the greatest spendthrift in the world, according to the London Figaro, which asserts that he has spent 1(50,000,000 in 32 years. He has received $23,000,000 from tho Eng. lisli nation, 5,000,000 for traveling cipcnses, and special allowances, and li is private debts amounting t) $20,000,000. l'rince Uismarck is reported as enjoying the political commotion he hae caused by his revelations. To a visitor the other day he said: "I certainly thought the stone which t!ie Hamburger Nachrichton threw into the duckpond would cause a good deal of quacking, but that the noise would be Bo dreadful is a great surprise to me." Spokane is now the division headquarters of the Northern Pa cific. All work for the main branch lints of the road, embracing 1000 miles of track, will be done tlnre. The shops, which have been moved from Sprague, employ 200 men. Forty train crews, 200 men in all, will hereafter lay off there. The new shops were erected at a cost ol nearly 2.r0,000. Professor KruHVEuing, who holds tho chair of mental diseases at the university of Vienna, en livened his instructions recently by allowing a madman, one of his pa tients, to lecture in his stead. Tli man U alllicted will) periodic at tacks of mania, during which he in much more clever and wity than when sane. His lecturo on "The Mental Condition of the Maniac in Periodical Attacks of madness" was a brilliant success. After i was over, he was shut up again. Tho (i rant's I'ass Courier is right in this: ' Oregon, it is suid, needs new constitution, but the dango lies in tho fict that a new one world, like that of California, turn out worso than the old. Our constitu tion is all right with a few amend ments regarding tho right of sut frago and permitting a registration of voters prior to each election The Oregon organic law is a good ono belter than any body of men today can frame. Tlio trouble it- we do not live up to its provis ions." John M. Palmer was not elected presidont, but it would appear that he has been chosen surveyor of Sangamon county, Illinois. The emoluments of tho office are nomi nal, which probably accounts for the fact that none of tho politicians thought about it. The duties ot tho post are not irksome and some people think they are of no impor tance, but the office exists, and its incumbent may av any time be called upon to exercise its fuua tions. Tho space was left blank on tho ticket, and a number of voters wrote in the name of "John M. Palmer," No ono else was voted for, and henco General Palmer is elected. The following is taken from the Omaha, Neb.,Vorld-lIerald: Many farmers about Winside as well as a number of business men are burn ing corn in order to keep warm in preference to coal. The principal reason for this is, of course, that it is vastly cheaper, for it takes only 20 bushels of corn to make a ton. There is also . another feature to this which is actually astonishing when it is figured out. Ton dol lars will buy 91 bushels of 11 cent corn. This, at 75 pounds to the bushel, makes G,S25 pounds, which is equivalent to about the same amount of coal. Tho freight on this noal at 21 cents per 100 would be $14.33, so the railroad company loses that to begin with by this substitution of corn for coal. They also lose the freight on the corn they do not haul to Chicago, so in f 10 worth of corn vr 01 bushels at 12 cents freight per bushel, they lose $10.91. Thus wo reach the ro markable conclusion that every time a resident of Wayne county burns $10 worth of corn fur fuel he saves $10 and deprives the railroad company of $25.24 worth of bus! ncss. Ovsteksin Skasox. Thos. Hoover of tii Ninth street luuclt lions ha mads arrangements to gat fresh Kaatern oysters aud will keep a supply on hand Id season. Try them. THE BUTTERFLIES. Afb-r Coppoe'i '-Pour La Coaroonc At iiten jntn dm know bo oar. Bow eoald iho, tMl and par m llghtf And thr punned bur rerrwber Battsrfllu all whit. A lorrr looki-d. Hie dropped her eyoe That gWwtd Ilk" rolo rt with dew, And lot Ihi-ro ruinn from oat Mm akl ButtorfllM all Won. C. for nhe laiwil hi t heart wu (una. Tba tala ut lova araa iwiftly told. And all about li-r wbeolud and abona Butterfllea of gold. Then ba foraook her one Bad morn. Uha wept and Bobbed, "O Iota, Coma Uck.,r There only camo to her forlorn Butterfllne all black. Jnho DbtIbdd. HER DEAFNESS. Christina I'hllllpson amae ona May morning with a keen kdn of dlaaatr up on her. She drew the Mind back. The spring anihlne flooded the little suburban afreet In which ibe lived. Quiet and peaceful It looked, so much so that a pa"'" Milk man, wonderful to relate, refrained from disturbing It with hli yell and clatter at loait Cnrlitlna did not bear him. Slowly the proceeded to dreas, and it 111 prevent with her was a senae of appreheo Ion and anxiety. She did not fuel Tery well either, and there was a faint burring at the Lack of bcr head. Her movement she fancied were singularly nolaelesa that morning, or elno she was very much ab stracted, fibedld not even remember to have heard the plain of the wator aa It full from the Jog Into the baaln. Hhe wondered for a second or two with an Idle hnlf formed wonder, and then panned down In softly falling full slippers to her little sit ting room. There was a conspiracy of llonoe abroad, It seemed, fur even the stairs of the HI built house forgot once to creak. Christina rang the bell for breakfaat, and rang twice, for she did not catch the first faint tinkle, Thoaervantwhobrouirht In the tray looked croas, and Chrlitlna no ticed that shedld not ropondtober"Good morning!" With a faint sigh over the coprlcloua neatof servants, Chrlntlna poured hcm-lf out some too. There wus a queer fueling upon bcr, auch a fueling as nitiriit well be experienced by one under a iiwll or Buffer ing from that Impalrmentof oonerlouanea whlob attends the bewildered, and ever at the vary back of hor bund there went on a buoy, oeaaeleas buzzl ng. " Wbnt a deprMBed fool I am," she thought to hcrnulf and laughed aloud. And hor laugh aeemed to her to sound as If It came from bcr brain. "Really," reflected Christina again, "I never remember to Iibtb felt bo odd In my llfo before. I will play a little to set my nerves In order." She moved toward thopretty little piano thatatood In the Dirtier of the room, but topped with her hand on the lid, seized by a sudden and unarcountnhle four. With a quick, resoluto movement alio flung the lid back and struck a full chord with both bands on the kvylxiunt There was no sound, anil nlthniiiih she struck again andagnln tho dreadful silence of the mom remnlnod unbroken. Then Christina recognized tlint she had become stone denf nnd ant down with a scared foco to try nnd roallzo wluit It meant for her. It meant a good deal In fm-t, so much that sho conshlored seriously whether un der the altered conditions It would bo worth while to continue living. Muslohnd been to her the central fact of llfo around which everything clso In her world revolved. Now the center had been torn away, chaos was come again. Never to hear in uslo morel llnrmony, melody, rhythm, tho exquisite endvnee of the humnn voice, tlm witchery nf tho or chestra, the dlvlno solemnity of the orpin, even the sounds of nnturo the whlxper of the wind, the waves hcntlng on the shore all to bo henceforward hut a funtnitlo mockery. Fho could not henr to think of It Her Tory soul aootuod to te stllhtL Then came a gllinmerof hope. Tho son tenoo might not bo Unal Hhe would con sult a specialist at ouco, lty chniiro she had heard of such n one, (intherlng to gether her small slock of ready money she dresaed hastily and set forth. The streets as sho paused through them were a nightmare. Carta, CArrtngca, cntia assud without a sound; a horrlblu IioIno uuness had fallen upon the noisy thor oughfares. The failure of ono alight link In tho mechanism ot sensa had lu a mo ment reduced the world to a dumb show. Home one In the omnibus sMiko to Chris tina, nnd she flushed painfully and touch ed hor car. Hlio got vory llttlo consolation from the exMTt who examined her In oxchnngo for tho two kI news she paid liliu. Ho gave hor to understand that thero was some af flict Ion of the auditory nerve. The trouble mlglit perhaps bo localized ns a resilt ot an operation. Whotherthoopcrntlon would be successful was uncertain, hut It was bound to bo dangerous and expensive Christina posnmed the profound horror ot physhwl mln which so often and not qulto worthily distinguishes the nrtlstlo temperament. M.o sbrnnk from having this doubtful oxi'crlu.cnt practlerd upon borwlf and left the plimny house In Hur ley street as dtf:ili!i'i( a damsel as could be found at that pnitlculor moment In the county of 1ihIoii, which Is saving much. During the l-crt few days ot hopeless misery Christina suffered Incredibly. The piano Boomed to muck her. Tho few friends who culled tortured her almost to distraction by shaking their heads and writing condolences on sernps of. pacr or by uslug the drat and dumb alphnln't to convey bald platitudes concerning resigna tion. In the extremity of her despair poor Christina determined to Isolate her llfo from all the ties that had grown up around It- Bha felt that she would lie more comfortable lu a country cottage than In London. There at least sho need not be mocked and distressed by having her calamity brought homo to her at ovcrr turn. It was not difficult for her to so order her affairs as to attain tho solitude alio de sired. A small annuity tuftlord for the llfo she Intended to lend, and death hud freed ber from all obligations of relation ship. Hut there was one tie which It hurt ber to break. This was nothing less thnn a marriage engagement of a year's stand ing with a young engineer, who was at that 1 1 mo Becking In South Africa the menus to make matrimony feasible. For herself Christina felt that, stricken ns the was, mnrrluge was ImiHuwIhlr. In a faro well letter to her engineer sho explained hor views on this point and bodo him for got her as soon as he conveniently could. InvUl Krnser received tin t letter while stretched out with fever In a miserable mining oamn. It very rc ily completed the work which the fever ii..U well beguu, but that was a chance that had not sug gested Itself to Christina. Having so far met, as she thought, the exigencies of the situation, Christina moved herself ami her belongings to a small cottage In Devonshire, lying mile or two out of Plymouth, and prepared, In OOmrjaiir With an r.1,1 but fmm aknin ml.M runted the rooma. to face the task of llvlug out the rest of ber life. For awhile the beautiful aspect of the country, tnon reddening under the first flush of autumn, soothed and consoled hor. but presently chance meetlnst with an old a llow student of muslo revived again in an lis intensity the trouble of the Im prisoned sense, and once mare Christina "d lata B dllU rf.ian.lv '4 he aiiiputlietio, kindly vicar of tho place, liluiaulf an accomplished amateur musician and as such keenly appreciative of the calamity that bad befallen Chris tina, sought her out By this time she bad acquired the pitiful skill of reading Words by the motions of the litis. "You must be brave," she could peroelve he was saying to ber, "and resigned." "Would you M" she asked. "I should try," he answered, sticking to bis guns, "and with help perhaps succeed." Chrlstlna smiled and shook her bead. "You are not the only ene, you know," continued the vicar, disconcerted and blundering In bis effort at consolation. "There have been others Doethoven," "Xleetbovenl" broke In the girl botly. "I have been reading about hliu lately, and here Is what ho said himself. 'What a humiliation when any one standing be sldo me could bear at a dlstnnoe a flubs that I could not bear or any one hrurd a shepherd singing and I could not distin guish a sound I Such circumstances brought me to the brink of desnulr, and bad well nigh made me put an end to my life nothing but my art held my hand.' That Is how Beethoven felt about It, and he had his art, you sec the consolation of composition. Dot what have If A little mechanical skill and a pasalonato love for music now become a curse to me. I tell yon candidly, vicar, that It la sheer cow ardice that prevents me from taking my life." Tho vicar tried to look shocked, bnt only partially suoceedod. "It's very sad," he said simply, "but patlcnoe Is the only weapon we poor mor tals have against fate that and time." "And dondly, dreary weapons they ore. But by all means let us con solo ourselves with our own Imperfection the Impossi bility of retaining a sharp edge to our Im pression In time perhaps I may become dull onough to forget that thero Is such a thing as muslo or heaven, i'osslbly with care I may make even further progress to ward vegetation." Kho spoke with great bitterness, and the good clergyman, not being able to moke anything of her mood, boat a retront He was not a man, however, to sit down easily nndor a rebuff. Christina Phllllpson interested him personally, and the problem of her life Interested him still more. He determined, If possible, to And some tolerable solution of that problem. It was nndor the pressure of his urgent advice that the girl resumed ber piano forte practice. The movements of her lin gers over the keyboard helped, she found, to reproduce tho score In her mind, and sho took to playing for hours at a stretch until the old Devonshire damo who kept the house woe almost fain to wish she were deaf too. But, In spite of this solace and In splto of the helpful vicar and his admirable wife and all the soothing Influences of rural life, Christina became mora and more restless and unhappy, and when the landscape grew white under a hard winter and the blue summer seas changed to an iron gray she fell Into so despondent a state thut her friends at tho parsonage be camo seriously concerned for hor. And then an event happened which once more changed the course of bcr life. Itcturnlng ono afternoon from a brisk Walk which Imd lent a touch of color to her pnlo cheeks, she was met at the doorway by her old duenna. "There's a visitor to see you, lulus," she remarked, with a half siiilhi Wondering a llttlo as to tho Motility of this afternoon caller, Christina ixik-oc! luto hor llttlo room. A man ant with his arm resting on tho table and his head bent Ills buck wus turned toward her, but she realized In un Instant that here was her lover returned. "Dnvldl" sho exclaimed Involuntarily. David Krascr started to his foot "I have found you," ho cried and held out his hands. But tho girl did not Immediately re spond, aud for a moment they two re garded each other with mutual pity. Krascr was wusted by sickness, and the seal of a great sorrow had left In limrU uMm Christina. Kho had homo her trouble dry eyed un til then, hut tho sympathy expressed In her lover's faoje was too much for her, nnd sho broko luto a Hood of tears. David Fraser was not tho man to neglect his opportunity. Ho took ber hand lu bis. "Christina," he aald, "wo wout each other, you and I. Your deafneas matters nothing. My llfo has been shaken to Its foundations. I need your help tostrength cn It" He struck tho right noto, not tho note of pity, but that of appeal Christina watched the words form on his lips and hope oross In bcr heart "Are you sure you want mo?" sho asked, and added hastily, "but for both our sake, for heaven's sake, do not say 'yes' out of compassion." And Fraser made answer in tho Im memorial fashion. e e e e e e e Eighteen months had passed and Chris tina aat with her firstborn child In her arms. Languidly she watched tho Juns roses nodding at the open window, and then hor eyes foil upon the sleeping child. In a moment tho old trouble swept over ber like a flood. "My Ood!"shorrlod lu despair. "Never to hear his voice never, never I" And then faintly, feebly, fur away, It seemed In soma dim court of her bralu there arose a fine thread of sound. Christina listened with artcd lips and eyes dilated listened with her wholo soul, bbe roso to her foot, her face turned to ward the child, which moved restlessly lu Ita sleep. Tho trembling hope In her breast grew firmer. Hor husband en tend tho room. "David, David," sho whispered, hold ing the child toward him, "I hear tho cry ot our child I" And bo Christina passed once more luto the world ot sound. C. 11. Palmer In 8 1 rand Musical Magazine. No Trouble For lllni. "Talk about tho technical dlfllcultles ot Llsxt's 'Uungnrlnn Hhnpsody No. ,' " exclaimed the little muslctnn with the curling hair and the high forehead. "They don't exist for met" And with dronmy, rapt, faraway gnto be weut on turning tho crunk of his hand organ. Chicago Tribune. Not a Meager Itlnlit. CivilixatUm is having no backset iu Colorado so fur ns tho rights of women are roncernod. Thero tho mothers aud wives and sisters nro moving steadily on. The amendments lo tho state constitu tion gratitin8f tho ri;;lit of suffrsK to women, not the meaner rUl't to voto iu matters ot education, but in nil that the term right of snlTriigu for men embraces, were carried by a sr.bsiaiiti.il majority. Colorado now has tho proud distinction of Wing tho first Mute in the Union thus gracvfully toyiehl to the inevitable, Some tf tho recent territories, notably Wyo ming, camo iulo tho Uutoii with a wom an.' suffrage constitution, but Colorado ts tho first to revivnteo nnd correct the error. It is n pron 1 distinction. It la likewise at) i x.imple which other states must si oner or Liter follow. The ides that women iuu.-t share the burdens of govern n nil mid tioi. of the honors is a decayed ideit Ui-t : .ensued where men aro the i:iost r.ivano. Cincluuatl Time Dr. V. Furrbringf r of Berlin praise th jwmut as a food rich in albumen nnd udviaca its use in soup or luuau. rt anvils are especially valuable, he says. In kidney diiK'ux's, tn which aniuisl al bu'.ueit must ba s voided. We will wager 16tol That wo have the BEST Full Stock Kip or Oil Cirain Uoots ever sold in Eugene for $2.50. Gall and Examine for Yourself. YORAN & SON, The Shoe Dealers. HARD TIMES IN AUSTRALIA. A Great Increase la Crime and Destitution Iu to lodustrlal Depression. Advices from Australia by the steamer Warrimoo show an alarming Increase ia casualties, crimes and acute distress. The police are nnable to cope with des prate housebreakers, who swnrm in the large cities. A few that have been ar rested give aa an excuse that famine drove them to deeds of violence. Several of the policemen attacked by burglars at pydwy are dying. Tho survivors have been promoted and given bonuses by Sir Beorge Oibbs. On one day laat week at Sydney, be- (ides a score of petty robberies, tne city ospital whs robbed of all its valuables by nurses. Mercredie & Drew, manu facturers, were robbed ef 50.000 by em ployees. F. Coson , merchant, was robbed by an employee of a large sum. Three young women succeeded in passing a number of counterfeit checks. Charles Graham, a postofQce clerk, embezzled t'.'OO from the postofflce. The government's claim is that the un employed problem is too complicated to solve. In Sydney f-jOO each week is spent in aiding 600 families. Five thou sand men in South Australia have atdced the governor to call a special session of parliament to discuss means to aid them. The governor refused. Then they waited on Premier Kingston, bnt the premier would promise nothing. He told them that though they were, in want of food they had refused to break U yards of rock per week for rations, and he could do no more. The delegation said they would not break rock for food alone. Thousands are sleeping in theopen air, and several have starved to death. At Dourke, Afghaus and Europeans quar reled over a division of labor, and a bloody row occurred. The most tratfo suicides out of 9$ in one week, directly the result of hard times, are: F. W. Wil son, the biscuit manufacturer of Bris bane, shot himself; William O'Connor, lodger iu the European hotel, Melbourne, jumped from the fourth story anddashed his brains out on the pavement; Kate Brooks, a pretty English girl, starving, got drunk aud killed herself with poison; Joseph llaucroft, a miner out of work, said goodby to his family and exploded a cartridge in his mouth. San Francis co Chronicle. A ROMANCE IN IT. An Interesting Content In the Land Office, and the Young Woman Wins. The final decision of tho secretary of the interior in tho land case of Francis L. Box aud Jerry Dauimon against Jessie M. Sinclair has been received. The case was tried in the local land office in 1801. The docision was in favor of Mies Sin clair. Box and Datnmon appealed, and tho commissioner of the general land ofllce affirmed the decision of the local office Aug. 22, 1802. Both defeated parties ajjuin appealed to the secretary, who has now confirmed the commission er's decision in favor of Miss Siuclair. It is seldom there is a tingeof romance about a hind offico case. There is iu this one. Miss Siuclair, whose home was at Durand, was a schoolteacher. Her affec tions had been gained by a worthy yonng man whoso home is not far from the Sinclairs in Pr-pin county. Both were poor. She determined to do her part in giving herself nnd her future husband a 8irt, and with this purpose she settled on the land in question, a portion of the famous water reserve territory. The land she gets is worth about $1,500, hav ing valuablo pine on it. Tho young lady's friends state the wedding will take place in the near future. Secretary Uoko Smith's decision has settled that. Eau Clairo (Wis.) Special. J. It. and Itnyalty, A gentleman just returned to London from the racing aud other festivities at Cannes calls my attention to a social feature of the royal gayeties in the past fortnight which will be of special inter est to Americans. Ono of the first acts of the Prince of Wales on his arrival at the Riviera was to make a personal call upon a private citizen of tho United States. Two days later the prince invit ed him to lunch, an invitation which the American was unable to accept, because he himself was that day entertaining ex Empress Eugenie, Grand Duke Michel and other royal gnesta. It is a fact well known in all courts nnd salons on the continent that no untitled individual in sll Europe is so cordially welcomed in the most exclusive circles of royalty and tiristocraey as this m an. His name is Jtunes Gordon Bennett. New York Suit's London Let tor. Italhvr Awkward. The readiness with which French ju ries acquit tmsland who take the lives of their wives' lovers loads sometimes to awkward mistakes by too ha: ty spouses. An unlucky glazier was repairing tho window of Iho boudoir of a lady whom her husband suspected. The master of tho house entered and caught sight of the man behiud a curtail.. Ui pulled a revolver without a word a:. I fired at the glazier, who is now in the hospital bad ly wouuded. The husband feels very foolish, but is willing to pay a big bill of damages.- -Paris Letter. A hw euacted in Germany requires that all drugs Intended for internal nee be put up in round bottlea, while those for external rue shall be rut ud in hex agonal bottle. Brevities. Con.l' Foot Ollioe grocery. Dr. Wlllougliby, dental parlors. Apples are retailing at V P tU. Dr Lowe's glasses are built to fit. Seventeen hobos occupied the city Jail last night. Glass cut aud put into order. F L t'banilers. The blockade on the O R & N rail road bas been raised, Btoves at half price. FL Chambers. HeeDr Lowe at once. He won't be back for six months. The Standard Oil Company received a carload of oil today. A full grown cook stove 18.00. F L Chambers. Several sacks of delayed mail arrived on the 2 o'clock train. We sell the famous Boup Foam washing poder. Hall & Won. Fresh grass seed. F. L. Chambeks. Mrs Tbos Peteis of Coburg is quite ill with lullanjiuatlon of the bowels. Mill feed Is retailing at f 15 per ton. It ralatd oue dollar per ton yesterday. Cleanest and strongest; quick shot shells. Now U the time to plant that holiday advertisement if you wisli it to bear good fruit. Quick shot shotgun cartridges at FL Chamber's only. The Odd Fellows' cemetery near this city bas been enclosed with a new fence. It is rumored that a prominent young grocery clerk of this city is soon to enter upon the sea of matrimony. Keller Gabbert's paper, the Ava lanche Journal ot Canyouville, went defunct after two Issues had been labored with. Crockery at Post Office grocery. Everybody knows Charter Oak cook stoves. F L Chambers wauta every body to kuow that he is selling them at half pi Ice now. A live city election will be held in Salem next Monday. A mayoi, re carder, marshal, treasurer and council men are to be elected. Stove lepalrs, any piece of any cooking stove or heater furnished or put in to order. FL Chambers. Do you lack fa I lb and love health? Let us establish your faith and restore your health with DeWltt's Sarsaparil la. Osill'KX Si PeLano. Albany Democrat: 8 II Friendly of Eugene is making un eUbrt to have ter rapin (the food ot presidents) Intro duced on the coast. "Wake up, Jacob, the day is break ing!" so said De Witt's Little Earl) Risers to the man who had taken them to arouse his sluggish liver. Ushuru & DeLauo. The ladles of the Christian church will give a fair un the 11th aud 12th ol December. Go there to get your Christmas presents. Captain Sveeney U. S. A., Sau Dl ego, dl., says: "rihilo's Catarrh Remedy is the first medicine I have ever found that would do me any good." Price 50o. Henderson & Linn. A cup of Pnrki' Tta at uight moves the howils In the morning without pain or ilb comfort. It Is a great health giver and blood purifier. Sold by A. YkkiS.ton. Eugene must have u tiew theatre building before the year 1807 expires The preseut old shack Is a disgrace to the most progressive city in the Wil lametie valley. SHILOH'S CURE, the great Cough aud Croup Cure, Is In great demand. Pocket size contains twenty-five doses ouly a'ic. Children love it. Hold b Henderson & Linn. Regular meeting of WOT U at Reading Room, Dec 9th, 3 p in. Sut Ject: '-The Bible, The Rock on which our Republlo rests," by Mrs Dr Dale. Persons who have a coughing spell every ulght, on account of a tickling sensation in the throat, may overconu It at once by a dose of One Minute Cough Cu e. OiBlUN & DkLano. J O Watts and C L Luckey have re ceived photographs of the graduating class of the Chicago Optical Institute, taken In San Franc! co. They are both members of the class. The Fitzslmmous-Shurkey prize ft.ht In San Francisco last night was award ed to the latter in the t iDl lh round a foul. Still the crowd was positiv, that Fitz had won the light fair. State Treasurer Phil Metachau was married iu Sau Rafeal, Cal., to Miss Swoetser Sutherland y sterday Hl'ler uoon. The bride is a sister of J. D. Sutherland, clerk in th Oregau treas ury department. Jacksonville TiiiitM II KAnktny and Frank Crump, wh.i were in town on Saturday, inforin-il liu Times that Ice three Indus thick had formed on tho reservoirs of the S erling Mining Co., n ore or less i f which will be utilized for uj'e next : Jii'tner. Cleveland L.-ad-. : M a Kirkland And why do you hink, Mr Dun ley, the wni Id is 1. iter iiii v and more beautiful 1 1 1 1 1 I. was ""i yeirs ago? MrDu.ley i . i, is afier lur sweet diitK-lil' i) iMu-e 1. iu use you weie ''' hi i- li.n. I'.-pV Klrkland'r. olj elio - ! theyi.iii-u m-.tl ,aVB oxetri''.. . i. Wi : we c.j.-bier i theiutea-'hie- : a' .in inv ti i s as loug as the I 'y, uccmi the Intense iC ...g .-xpeii.-iiiv.l :vrn they are ii :' i.d. Ik Wi'tV i ol emid Cholera Mibdur ii.lKiuniBiioii at once m u completely remove the difficulty OfBrRx & DeLano. ' 1 cc COfJRICIl I 'QiJ ' S3E3SCXjh.3Ej, 3F3R.3CC32S. MACKINTOSCHES: Ladies Double Textuiv, Silk Lined, "Wml," now 7ro . " I'lain " "Senre." " 'm Misses ii Mtrlo Acid and Tin. In a paper read beforo the London Chemical society by G IL Walker on the action of nitrio acid on tin, somj of the prevalent ideas on that subject are shown to be singularly erroneous. Among these is the general supposition that metallic tin dissolves in nitrio acid with the production of both a stannous and stannic salt, according to the condi tions of temperature and concentration of the acid. In theso later experiments made to determine the amounts of stannous salts formed under various con ditions of temperature, concentration of add and mass of tin treated it is shown that with dilute acids the increase of temperature has but little effect, but with more concentrated acids the effect ia more marked, for the alteration of a fow more degrees will reduce the amount of stannous salt to nothing, while in crease of concentration, other things be ing equal, decreases the proportion of stannous salt It is found that the yel lowish white substance formed from con centrated solutions is a hydro ted stannio nitrate of varying composition, depend ing on the time berweeu production and analysis, also on the method of purifica tion adopted for eliminating the nitrio acid. New York Sun. Olimay In tha Iiiloiuatlo Quarter. The advance agent of a theatrical company which was to make a visit of three nights in Washington had sum monses in legal phraseology piepared and sealed with wax, notifying the re ceiver that he must nppcar at tho box office and buy at least ono tick it of ad mittance for the piny. Thoy were formally nddre sed and sont by messenger to tho promi tent peo plo of Washington. A uumbe. f for eigners in the diplomatio corps rt ceived them, oud not understanding t ie pecul iar methods resorted to by tie Amer icans hastened to the secretary ot state to demand protection, protesting that they knew nothing of the matter men tioned in the summons, and that it was a breach of national law to arrest an ac credited foreign representative. It required tho combined efforts of Secretary Greshani and his several as sistant secretaries to explain the thing to the foreigners without hurting their feelings or wounding their dignity. Washington Letter. New ReadlnB of Old FroTerb. London Tit-Bita has "twisted" 18 proverbs as follows: "All is not beer that's hitter. The pledge in timo save crime. It's the long cane that cures slow learning. She talks most who talks fast Who can't be cured should be incurcd. There's many a tip 'twixt the meal nnd the lip. Tho nearer the bod the colder tho sheet When the fuel goes into tho fire, tho fog flies out of the chimney. Marry for taste man, rather than treasure, Ouco kitten, now pie. It isn't the scowl that makes one funk. Half asofa's Vtterthan nobed," The Fargrr. Sir John Evans gays, in Longman's Magazine, "that not even thetrainedan tiquary is proof against the forger and confesses that not only bas he himself purchased forgeries, but has published accounts of them as if they had been genuine accounts which any amount of subsequent withdrawals fails to annihi late. Counterfeits and forcprinn nhsmnt every uepariment or archaeology. Spu rious manuscripts, inscriptions, gems, POttery, glass, enamels, ivnnea. enlna. weapons, implements and armamenta have each and all been foisted on collect ors at different times and in various countries." A Modern Baro, , Mme. M , a very talented pianists, a hen sitting next to Colonel Ramollot at the dinner table, asked him In a winning tone of voice: "Are you fond of music, colonel!" "Madame," replied the warrior, rolling a savage rairof M. ! am rt urni.ui it .--Paris Rappel. t'vrtali V5 -J A: . fX f " "Twill," " 43 " - " m V4bv ZU litituUcho. Waltufuiitti. Jt .u:i:r. Kixuli.iI? it, evil dit-amB. .irpuliviiy am) nU'.- ipimmu uouthtutrrTor$itrexw, Contain n jul.uu-i. hiunainu !ad blood builder, ilnfcn' Vjk y - oftodpui KailrraniBdlnTlpiirkMlrf b.'f :dl-r to. fir mi paid, vHtk a written gun run tr or 'tn.ifr.'uaa. Tnta.(W medical bok K'si'it ptiin w-M-t.-- wu ttinoeii i u4 flnitrrrlnlNtnnfllnr. Nnthart farc-utfiiitt. Kwrrva' Hon. BMtrMratf"tB,r-Yd.!rwaf k'lw;t..-.'J( PAINT AND PAPEFU UP FCR 1NE HOUDATS. Tart of our 1897 WALLPAPER hers. KaTXow Is the time I" huv while stlaj are low at OVERTON'S ibU street. Three doom west e(T 0. , rot cat it w i Lt. wnr cRf, . An agreeable laxative mtftfiiriiwj SoldbydruRjritfsorscotbynirl. and L00 per pailrare. Happ'os t II U IlUfortJOYee'JiwdfcRalUh told br Mender)!) St Linn. TAKE -LIVERINE- -FOR THE LIVER KNII COSSTIPJTI. For Sail : 11 1L Keep 1' ant '" One of tl.o (Uf.'iculties in the cultinr ) . i..... ;.inff mom H f" (ion oi piiuiis in pii.b - , fu the dry air and dust tend to clog w pores of tho Uvea. rain' which wjuld !t ci thern and not o.'teu watered pot or syringe, the P'Ukoirttow ate apt gradually to lose thrifjg and look miserable, if they do not gothrrdie. The best remedy for J the regular use of a small pi old sponge with BliKhtlywarm" and if a little soft soap Is JZ better. Especially Is tnis utj.--. the winter when dust is n"k",, "bUght" is then at its wtest po thorough cleansing ! months will result in & ; during tho summer, ftactw ; oate handling are needed fcr i Some plants are much easier toip than others. Among thoso msT . tioned the India rubhex P' ! Email specimens of pV -ns botn need frequent washings when 'a room. Orange trees and mW I planU exude a kind of stick? I oiL which catches the dust I fore require special I traa and many other planty nfi , lng often to keep thnn W", fact, all plants with overgrew (j 0 1 and others which will jfr strengthened and iwrV'Les use of the wWfZ The enterprising JDYDg.f lookout for thech.nceoltnftif, honesf pennies, have J"" k 4 watchmaking. A larg- J J neaaquanera - n j, started, and as labor In JrB t and the Japanese pofsess n able degree the niec "'J"118' iU) p H so essential in the businej oects ought to be good.-i-un aim oi - - c abject to you. but I mr -iii sh avs yoir bvr j liend as good. tioou" mm praved Ustes. vi gr I Rich Gr.H-er 'n7cT , . Where did si -get that ' ' w . . . .1... vnnr I.llll I