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- OHly Half Yaakees. aUe'a Cjdeackr (or October has this uood stbiy; for which it was very prop crly given tho first priie: "I was on tho losing side during tho late wat," said Roger Blakenshtp to a party of vets who worn fighting thoir lultlea o'er uain in the corridors of tho Southern. "I belonged to a Mississippi regiment, and the last mother'd son of us expected to return homo with nt loast a dozon Yankeo scalps dangling at his belt. Our orators had led us to believe that all w had to do was to show- our selves and tho Yanks would break for tall timber. Our Colon.ol was a planter and asmalMry politiean, who hnd never seen a real live Yankee, and ho fnllv ex pected to plaut or regimental colors on the national capital before we had been out a mouth. Wo were eager for tho fray. "Just before Grant invested Donelson wo oncountereil a scouting rty of Michiganders. They numbered only about 40, and tho colonel took tho cotn pauy to which I belonged ami attempted to head them ofT. They made a haitv scamper for a bmsbfield that wjs sur rounded by a rail fence, ami we broke ranks and lit after them in a go-as-you-please order. Every man of ns wanted a Yankee, and realized that there were not enough to go around. Just as wo mounted tho lence we received a volley that laid a score of our men out. Before we could recover from our surprise those Michigandcra were over the fenca and at wok on us with their saber and revol vers. We concluded that wc had made a mistake, and thai we didn't wnt any Yankees, after all. "Tho Colonel was the first man back to camp. Half his left car had been she, away, and ho had an ugly saber guhinhia shoulder. I helped the sur geon fix him up, and after we had made him comfortable he turned to tho major, who was also an editor, and said, sol emly: "Yer've been a-tellin' us in yer darned oKl paper that tbo Yantect wouldn't tight. Dod rat. yer ui easier hide, what do yer call Cgbtin'?' "The major replied that those men were westerners and only half Yankees. 'Only half Yankees?' ancrted the colonel. 'Damme if I ain't goin' borne. If them's only half Yankees, I'll jest be dad-burned if I'm coin' to tackle any whole ones.' " We have leeeived a copy of tho Ore con Progress, printed at Portland by the Oregon Progress Publishing Co., and ediled by Capt. Wo. F. Wallace. It is an S-page 4-colnmn paper beautifully illustrated. It is devoted to the system of co-operation in busin&M. As a news paper venture wo welcome if to the brotherhood. The total rata of'Douglas county, 1S02, for president, was 3002 divided as fol lows: Cleveland '510, Harrison 1,329, Weaver 1,093, Bidwell 51. The total Tote of the atate was 73,491 divided as follows : Cleveland 14,243, Hairison 35,- 002. Weaver 2G.9G5, Bidwell 2.2S1. A Philadelphia establishment has just received an order from Russia for fortr locomotives. The English also are de bating the suggestion that their new rail way in Africa be built on the American plan. There is no doubt that it is the best, if grade crossings are eliminated. The worid'e gold output has mounted up to about IISO.000,000 a year, a hand some figure, ot course, but tlia pig iron production of the United States this year will probably exceed it. The corn crop ootclasees both comMned by an im mense margin. , Special Notice. The Eushey -addition in North Rcse- barg, consists ' 200 acres of choice land, baring been platted into large resided Iota and acreage property, navable in vearlv inttaltmenln twartnr- , sir per cent-interest per annum. The titlfl iq nrfprt unit nwrv .:tl be released by the mortgager from the operation of a certain mortgage now up on the property. To examine plata and learn prices, etc., call upon D. 8. K. BncK, Agent. Fruit Prospects. One reason why we hart but little money in circulation now is. since the sheep industry has been destroyed by the admission of loreign wools free of duty, the other industries inaugurated to take its place has not yet had time to be fully devoloped. The fruit business bids fair to Oil the vacuum ere many years. Those who had the foresight (or good fortune if you prefer to name it) are getting somo ready money. We have good reason? to believe that within tho next flvo years Douglas county will produce not less than a million pounds of dried prunes with a reasonable increase of other fruits. Public Vendue. At the public sale of stock on the Mel vin place, near Oakland, yesterday, a large number of stock wero sold for caeh, realizing over $2,300. Tho cowb, two and one year old, sold for an average of $10 a head. M. and W. C. Tipton and P. B. Beckley bought about CO head of cattle. Colts, and yearling mules sold for 20 to 25 dollar's a head. One Jack for stock breading sold for (171. There was a large number of people at the tale and bidding was quite spirited.. TWO AUTOGRAPHS. Bismarck Saw Ton Moltko'a Sentiment &nd Went Him Ono Better, young German lady of rank, poo- of groat personal ciianns sum sui- Wiumng; jjuumors, mo unugwer mlnonfc tolitlclan, hcrsolf now n bappy wifo and mother, onco beguiled Moltko, vrho was paying a brief visit to her fathers country homo iu biiesia, into writing somothiug in her autograph album. This wis tho entry : Luro vorgclit; Wahrbcit hcstclit. V. Moincr, Fcldniarechnll. Which in English would bo: Alio most fail; Truth will prevail. Tho vrilv damsol now dotcrmincd to bido her timo until 6ho should bo nblo to match Moltfco's dictum. When her family had again settled down in thoir Berlin quarters for tho winter season, Princo Bismarck called ono afternoon, and sho 6howcd him her book, calling his attention to what tho groat strate gist had mitten, adding artlessly: "Do you think tho samo, dear prince? Per haps you would liko to nun your com ment? And on tlio samo pago? Oh, thank you so very much I And may I send tho volumo tothoWilhelmstrasso?" Tho chancellor next day returned tho book, now a greatly treasured family possession, and thi3 is what ho bad mit ten beneath tho contribution of his col- leagno: Wohl wclsa Ich. dass In Jcncr Welt Dlo Wahrhcit stcts den SIcs bchalt. Poch prgen Luro dieses Lcbens Kaxnpft cellist cln FeUuuarsshall vcrgobeas. V. BisxAUCiC'Rclchslanzlcr. Very roughly Englished, tbo chancel lor's lines might run something liko this: In futcro worlds, beyond the pole, Tbo truth 1 strong and shall prevail, lint 'gainst dor oncdano lies, 'tis plain. Field marshals even flght la Tula. Westminster Gazette. LAMPS THAT ARE CLOCKS. They Were Commonly Used In the 6eT. entecntti Century. Of tho various examples that havo been given of early specimens of tho clockmnxcr's art not tho least interest ing aro tho several types of lamp clocks. Ono of these was of a kind qnito com mon in tho seventeenth century and con sisted of a lamp burner placed nt tho basoof a glass oil receptacle mounted vertically ou a suitablo standard. Tho Oil rwcrvoir liad attached to it a scale. facing tho bnracr and showing tho hours, beginning at -I o clock in tho aft crnoon, ut -which timo tho lamp was to bo lighted in winter, and ending at o'clock in tho morning. Tho lamp be ing lighted, tho gradually descending level of tho oil, as combustion proceed ed, marked tfco hours. Tho other dcvtctvjstcr origin, dat ing back to tho begmmirg-of tho lircscnt century, utilized tbo raino principle It consisted of two communicating oik chambers, superposed by a clock dial. In ono of tbo chambers was placed a night lamp to illuminate this dial, and in tho other was suspended n 11 cat from a cord which passed around a Fxuall pul ley. Tho latter -was mounted on a hori zontal axis ending-in tho center of tho diaL Tho float of course descended as tho oil was consumed and carried tho index hand along with it, thus making tho hours precisely as in tho case already cited. At their best these timepieces could havo had only an indifferent dc- grso of accuracy, yet they probably served their purposo well and certainly aro interesting at the present timo aa iBusrratitm -.m nf 'm expedients fsdcDtea bv mechanicians- iJ mi . i.p period. Cassicr's Magazine. An Independent Lawyer. A, lawyer, with his client, called one day nt tho ofBco of a gentleman who is considered to bo ono of tho leading men of tho Philadelphia bar. Tho lawyer had on important case, and ho wanted to tako tho legal big gun in as adviser. Ho explained his business and said ho and the client would be back in tho aft ernoon. "I won't bo hero then," said tho legal giant. "I havo an engagement at 3 o'clock, and I won't bo hero after that hour." "But there is $3,000 fee in this for you," explained tho younger lawyer. "Can't help It I won't bo here You will havo to como tomor row." "But my client can't como tomor row." "Well, I can't break my engage ment." eald tho senior. After somo fur ther talk it was asfecd that a meeting bo hold that night That afternoon, hav ing nothing clso to do, tho young law yer ana his client went to a ball game. Tho first man they saw insido tho grounds -was tho great lawyer, who was hurrahing for tho "Phillies" with all tbo vigor of his lungs. That was his important engagement Needless to say tho lawyer's practico nets him enough money each year toinako him mdepend ent Philadelphia Inquirer. Old Time Football. Football has never been a very gcntlo gamo, to judgo from what blaster Stubbcs says about it in his "Anatomlo Abuses," published in 1583: For, as'conccrnlng football playing, I protest unto yon it may rather bo called a friendly kindo of fight than a play of recreation, a bloody and murthering practico than a sport or pastime, for dooth not every ono lyo in wuight for Ids ndversarie, seeking to overthrow him and to picko him on his nose, though it bo on hard 6toues, so that by this m canes sometimes their necks aro broken, sometimes their backs, somo times their legs, somotimcs their armcs, sometimes ono part thrust out of joynt, Eomotimes another ; sometimes tho noses gush out with blood ; sometimes their eyes ctnrt out. Serrla. Scrvia is thus called becauso it was origir ..y inhabited by tho Sncdi, or Snov . ho located there, designing to' roma'i:, but wero driven ont toward tho! north by other tribes, and finally mado -their wny to Sweden. 60SSCd gtuariy of a wo ROYAL ('LUSHES A DELUSION. They Como Onco In n While, but Do Not Always Win Much. "Thcso stories nbout men making big winnings by accidentally catching a straight flush when luck seemed down on them mako mo very woary," Raid nn amateur poker player, who has been poking" off and on for nbout 18 years, playing, however, nothing moro impos ing than "penny ante. " "I always class such stories with mnko stories nnd fishing talcs," tho player went ou. "Thcro may bo somo truth in them, but I havo novcr had any such luck and I havo hold my own very well nt 'penny anto' too. "I havo had just two 'royal flushes in my experience. So far as tho acci dental and surprising part of thorn was concerned, that was all right, but for tho big winnings I novcr saw them. On tho contrary, on both occasions, my opponents I wns playing two handed games each time 'lay down' on mo un ceremoniously. And I don't think I gavo my hand away cither. Tho first royal Uush 1 over had tno fortuno to hold iu my hand was about six years ago, when I was having a quiet littlo gamo with an old mend, ic was a modest 'jackpot' My opponent opened it for a nickel tho limit I skinned my hand, but could uot find a pair. A king and queen of hearts looked pretty, and I chipped in my uickol and drew to thorn. "Imainno my surpnso when an aco, a ten and a jack of hearts camo to ma I kopfc mighty quiet, hoping to mako a killing.' "Mv opponent threw inn nickel chip, and I saw it and raised it tho nickel limit Ho lav down. Ho had uot bet tered a measly pair of jacks. "Tho other timo I had a royal uush was about a year and a hah ago. Jly opponent asked mo if I had ever had ono and said that ho had npt "Tlo Fccoud hand after his remark I had tho 'asc, ' and ho staid in. I had a queen, jackand ten of clubs and thought I would trv for a straight or UusIl Tno king and then tho aco of clubs camo to me. "My opponent skinned his hand and then said, 4 1 11 givo it to you. ' Ho had onlv an aco hich, with Inns next "I showed him my hand, and ho vol- J ubly congratulated himself that ho had not 'bettered his draw, whilo I well, I never swear in company, but I felt mighty liko it "Kansas City Star. Princo Clmrlle. Ho was a young Princo Charming, beautiful, brave, capable of enduring hardships and, till his misfortune soured him, not only kind, hut of an uncom mou and ulnicst impolitic hnmanity. Well might Walton, tho spy, pronounce him, with tho blood of John Sobicski in his veins, "a far moro dangerous cneny to tho present erfablisliment of tho got ernmcnt in England than ever his f--thcr was." "In thcso days, when a king of sotao sort was n tuwssity, England scenicd to havo in Charles a king bom to lb adored. But tho tendency of things was invincibly against him. Ho nppcars, I own to myself, to liavo liad better qual ities than any man of his lino since tho fourth James fell at Floddcn. Thcro was nothing in his Scotch expedition, till tho fatal morrow of Cnlloden, that did not become a gentleman and a king. Tho Cameronians, n feeble, but virulent remnant of tho auld leaven of tho cov enant, publicly blamed his "foolish lenity and pity" to tho "redcoats whom Providence put into his hands. " If his courage is accused, so has tha' arlborouch been, nnd tho evidence ajromr-sfciQ "never -was a man not a coward so prmloax-TrorTv man not rash so brave," may bo taken ns dispos ing of a childishly malevolent- accusa tion. He was gcntlo and considerate till misfortune taught him suspicion and hope deferred mado the heart sick. Tho exposure, which ho boro ro gallantly in the highlands, and. tho habits of that country, taught him his fatal vice, which corrupt Cxi and debased a character nat urally coble cud generous. Scribncr's Magazine. Ho rtelcracd the Tip. The Bristol (England) Mercury sayt that whilo Padcrowski, tho pianist, wai iu a nearby town recently ho received a courteously wcrded letter asking to oi Igw an invalid lady to call upon bin and hear him play ono piece, promising iu return for "tlii3 great treat" a dou ceur of lialf a guinea, which was tender ed with much apology. Tho letter to so wcrded as to bo a courteous and dclf cato appeal to the pianist's generosity. Tho letter had the desired effect, and bo appointed a time. Punctual to tho mo ment, tho lady appeared, and Padcrow ski played her a fow pieces. Tho lady thanked him end slipped tho promised half guinea in tho most gracious mode of tip giving into his pahn. "Ah! what is this?" blandly asked tho pianist "Tho half guinea I promised yon." "I really believe." ho answered, with a smile, "that I shall bo nblo to get to tho next town witbont it," saying which ho returned tho proffered lai gesso, bowed tho lady out nnd sat down to his interrupted breakfast Tho Tramp's Opportunity. Queer thingj happen in this world. A tramp took rcfugo in an old graveyaal in Georgia and prepared for a sound night's rot lictwccti two graves. Abott tho hour when churchyards arc supposed to "yawn" ho was awakened by a strange noise, nnd on looking np ho dis covered an escaped convict in tho ntt of filing his shacklca As tho tramp stood up the convict, in superstitious terror, fell upon his knees, whereupon tho trump arre ted him, delivered him over to the an-iioriticvi at tho camp near by and received a reward of 20. At lanta Coustitntiui. In Lincolnshire, England, it is tho current belief that Bishop Fleming, founder of Lincoln college, Oxford, died while attempting to imltato tho Sav iour's miraculous fast of 40 days. ,'m'n hr i!i i Jin! iisd iiwa ' Health for sill Maukr.'J JOY'S VEGETABLC ''SXRSAPAUIUA. ( i made from herb.4, and co:it;iij.J r.. .n I n c r a 1 dniKS or deadly poll en. Joy'o Vcsctnbli EarapartlU robs the Mood or all Its impuri Her Ihrougb v-jtrre'iow.i proper chnn ne'a. Joy'n Vegetable Sar.'aparlUa cures liy p c p 8 t a , Chronic Liver CoinplalnU nnd Kidney AifecUcn. ties, anu courses all these iepurl Joy's Tegctablo sarsapamia prevents tired feel ings, BtagRermor sen sations, palpitation oi heart, rush ot blood to tho head, dizziness, ringing in can, spota beforo the cjei, headache, bil iousness, constipation of bowels, pains in tho back,melancnoly, tonguo coated, foul breath, pimples on facs, body and limb, dcclineofncrvo force dizzy spoils, faint spells, cold, clammy feet and hands, sour risings, fatigue, in somnia, and all dis- liver cud kidneys, v tTc,s Vegetable Ear-;i-.in.la Is so'd by rJl d.a- i.-s. Jlefuge a ttb :!ute. V."- r ymt p yfi rt'ie-. .ihst I f Good i 1 m m iu pastry j-oa cannot have cninR. Lanl has always had very objectionable features, C- causing indigestion and many other dietetic trou- e" bles." Science lias come to the assistance of the cook, and of weak stomachs, with H the new shortcniug, ItiscomDoscdofthcchoic- e est beef suet and hiehlv 9 r. b refined vegetable oil, iu many respects as pood as gi? the finest imported olive el-; oil. Pnvsiciara endorse it. i; cooking experts recom mend it, and thousands are now using it in prefer ence to any oilier shorten ing. Refuse allsubstitutcs. Read Cine cents in sacps to K. K. YclSjan ft Co.. Clilcaarv for baal kkco Ctacolece Coot Uufc. contain ing lit hundred rrctpes prcrtnM by nlsecalMi: Da:bonU(-" - vins. Couotcac U sold lr- t ... . Si I iiado cii!y ty II. S. FAIRBANK & CO., -i i. muib and KtCHic 1GO, KEVJ VORR, BOSTON. Tula extra ordinary Ke JaTeuatcr is tho most wonderful discovery of tho ace It bis I en en dorsed by too men of Snropo and Aaerlra. Hcdran 13 narely vega Ublo: Hadjan Flaps 3f tho dls chargo In SO days. 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