The Grant County News.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT
CAJSYON CITY, OREGON.
S. II. SnEPHKRD Editor.
TELEGRAMS.
Indian Outrage.
Ouray, Col., Oct. 4. On the 2Sth ult a
partv of freighters in camp on the Cim
meron about four miles from Cline's
ranebe, were visited by a number of Un
compagre Utes, who demanded supper.
On being refused one of the Indians at
tempted to shoot, whereupon the freight
ers fired, killing an Indian named John
eon, son of Chief Chavanaux. News of
the affair was communicated to the agent
at Lob Finos, at whose request a detail of
nix soldiers was immediately ordered to
Cline's ranch, and the freighters arrested.
While on their way back to the agency
they were surrounded by a party of In
dians, who overpowered the guard and
took the prisoners from them. There is
little doubt that the Indians have mur
dered the freighters.
Mark Twain's First Publisher.
New York, Oct. 4. The rlmes, noticing
the death of Elisha Bliss, Jr., president of
the American Publishing Company, says
ho was the first publisher who gave favor
able consideration to Mark Twain's "In
nocents Abroad." after the manuscript
had been rejected by every publisher of
note here and in Boston and Philadelphia.
The sale of that book to date, including
pirated editions, is 200,000 copies. The
American company cleared $70,000 from it.
The Cotton Worm under Control.
Washington, Oct. 5. Professor Kiley
'says he has reached a staere in the man
agement of the cotton worm when there
is no longer any excuse for its raveges
and that cakrpiller and ball worm will
cease to be a cause of anxiety to intelli
gent and enterprising planters.
linrunm Says He hns Money ISnouh to
II uy 'cm In.
India NAi'OLis, Oct. 7. Chairman Bar
num said to-day in reply to Lander's
charges that republicans would use a
great deal of money, "I shall be in In
diana on election da', spending the morn
ing heie and the afternoon in Terre Haute
and we will show them that we have as
much monov as is necessary, or as they
have." A bystander suggested that he
had better have expended a little of it on
his own state, to which Barnum made no
replv.
The Mormons "Defy Hell nnil the Govern
ment." Salt Lake, Oct. 0. The Mormon semi
annual conference convene I to-day, at
tendance large. President John Taylor
fainted while delivering a sermon. Ceo.
Q. Cannon and Apostles New and Rich,
addressed the assemblage. Cannon, in
the course of his sermon, defied hell and
the government to abolsih Morinonisni.
Accidental Drowning.
San Francisco, Oct. 3. This afternoon
David S. Cailwright, John T. Smyth and
a man called Charlie, surname unknown,
while fishing in a small boat near Angel
island, were capsized by a squall. Cart
wright was rescued by a yawl of the tug
Kabboni. The other two, after clinging to
the beat for a while, were di owned.
Suicide.
To-day a well-dressed young man not
on board the 11-30 ferryboat from this
city to Oakland, seated himself on the
bootblack stand, demanded a fin-t-cku-s
shine and paid for it, and walking for
ward deliberately jumped overboard. A
boat was lowered, but every time it ap-
Dronched him the determined suicide
would dive and avoid assistance, and
after three repetitions of the maneuver
he sunk for the last time.
Offenbach Dead.
Paris, Oct. 5. Offenbach the distin
guished composer and musician, died this
morning.
Archbishop UlcCloskey
London, Oct. 7. The pope has nomina
ed for coadjutor with the right of future
succession, Archbishop McClokey of
JSew lork, in order to permit the latter
to leave his diocese. The nope is dis
pleased with Archbishop MeCloskey for
participating in reception of Farnell, the
Irish agitator, and that displeasure will
be manifested if the archbishop comes to
Home.
Trouble In tlic Kant.
Ikhkren, Oct. 7. A Kurdish chieftain
from the 'lurkish side of the frontier has
united his forces with Hamzeh Agha, a
Persian Kurd. The allies number 150,000,
mostly armed with Henry rifles. They
have plundered Lahegan and Maragha
districts and they arc within 50 miles of
Touris. There is great alarm there as
the country is defenseless. A Persian gen
eral started last night lor Touris to collect
troops.
Agricultural Stations Recommended.
San Francisco, Oct. 7. The state
grange yesterday passed resolutions re
commending the appointment of Hon.
William G. LeDuc asaeeretary of agricul
ture and requesting congressmen to pro
cure appropriations for the establishment
of at least three experimental agricultural
stations, two to be located in California
and one in Oregon.
I'arncll's Agitations.
Duuun, Oct. 7. Parnell has issued a
circular to the trading and farming classes
of Cork, inviting them to a meeting to he
held Saturday next, for the purposes of
establishing aland league on a new ban,
intended to give the new body wider
scope.
Jlnlston's AYldovr charges Sliarwu vrlth
Fraud.
SanPkancisco.O-i.cS. Lizzie I7., widow
of the late W. C. Pulsion, has filed a com
plaint in the supeiiur court against sena
tor Sharon. The document covers
pages and is to the effect that Ralston
and Sharon, were partners in business;
that Sharon was also one of the executors
of her husband's will, of which complain
ant was sole beneficiary; that their part
nership property at the time of Kulslons
death amounted to a value in round num
bers of $30,000,000; that Ralston just be
fore his death gave Sharon a trust deed
of his property; that Sharon has had the
custody of partnership books and papers;
that no inventory of her husband's estate
has been ti.v bv the executors; that
Sharon by false representations and other
means has deirauaeci ner in tne seuie
ment of Ralston's estate of large amounts
for which she demands accounting and
such ni8titution as may prove just.
Collision on the New York and New Eng
land RailroHtt.
Haktkoki), Oct. 9. There was an acci
dent on the New York and New England
railroad at Hop river, near Willamantic,
last night, caused by a collision between
the passengeraccommodation train, leav
ing this city last night, and an extra
freight train, going west from Willaman
tic. The wreck was bad, Engineers Ken
yon and Flood, and Firemen Forsythe
and Hunley, were killed, and Conductor
Aldrich, of the freight train was badly
injured, and will probably die. The con
ductor of the freight train is said to blame
for the accident, as he should have held
his train at Willamantic for the uassenger
train to pass.
Compliment to Cyrus W. Field.
New Yokk, Oct.. 9, A number of New
York's most prominent citizens united in
an invitation to Cyrus W. Field to a din
ner previous to his departure for a tour
around the world. Field accepts the in
vitation with the request that the occa
sion be of the most informal and familiar
character.
Will Abdicate rather than Yield.
Consta nti notlk, Oct. 9. Thesultaii has
declared that I13 would rather abdicate
than yield to the wishes of the powers.
He has had a protracted interview with
Hobart Pasha.
John Garvcy.
New Yokk, Oct 9. A cable special
announces tin death in London yesterday
of John (Jarwy well known in connec
tion with tic regime as the man who
crrried to Albany money by which the
Tweed charier was passed.
A Delicate Situation.
Paws, Oct. 11. Though Germ:n, France
and Austria have not yet ollcially roplitd
to English proposals in regard to the east
ern question, public opinion among ail
three is that seizure of Smyrna customs
might if resisted by the Turks give rise to
a conflict which would open up the whole
eastern question. The three powers con
sider the circumstances which caused the
naval demonstration as completely
changed, and are resolved to regard the
reply proposed by England as necessitat
ing fresh negotiations. A correspondent
says he fi'ids satisfied from i information
in his no.sscssmn that the powers will not
agree and that the fleet will disperse sine
die.
Government commenced prosecution
against 1mm ix Fiat for an anielejustifying
the attempt of Bcre.owski the pole, to
shoot the enspfior of Russia at 1'aris, in
June, 18(57.
ri:i:ro:id Accident.
St. Louis, Oct. 11. A west, bound pas
senger triti 11 on the Indianapolist&.St Louis
railroad n,n 'htough an open switch at
Nokomis, III.. .S-j miles east of here, at. 0
o'clock this morning, and collided with
the rear of the freight train. On the side
of the track next the caboose, which was
demolished, was an oil car. This burst,
the contents taking fire. It ami the
wrecked atoose and entire passenger
train, consisting of bagg.tge and express I
and mail ear, two coaches and one sleeper
was entirely consumed. Conductor
Browning and the engineer of the pass
enger train, were somewhat injured, but
none of the passengers were hurt. After
the collision the freignt train, except the
oil car ami caboose, pulled out and es
caped further damage. Loss probablv
$7 0,000.
A Call for the 1're.sldent.
New York, (Jet. 1 1. The Herald to-day
s.ys: There is an urgent necessity that
the president ot the United States return
from his long pleasure trip on the dis
tant Pacific coast to his post of duty at
the government. Matters that require
his vigilant personal attention, are hast
ening to a possible crisis. In at least two
states, politic.il passions are inflamed to
such a pitch, that threats of violence have
been publicy uttered. There is ground
for anxiety, if not for alaru.
London not Investing In DeLessepn.
New Yokk, Oct. 11. A London dis
patch says as to the DeLessops syndicate:
It is absolutely certain and positive that
no definite progress whatever has been
made: in fact, it is not in operation at all.
The affair is entriely confined to Paris
and New York, and no interest whatever
has been excited in it here. Scarcely a
single house in the city has heard of it
except as a rumor from France.
So "Wags the "Would. The young so
ciety lady of Atlantic City who fell in
lovo with a day laborer in a railroad
yard, and married him with her parent V
consent, will, undoubtedly, be much
pitied and patronized by her lidy ac
quaintances; but if, as said to be the
case, the bridegroom is good-looking,
honest, amiable and industrious, she has
probably not done any worse than many
others of her sex. At all events, she has
done much belter than the beauuful be
ing who, a day or two ago, ended her ro
mantic career by eloping with her
father's colored coachman, and marry
ing him against her pareuts' wishes.
It seems that Vienna is exporting large
numbers of false turquoises closely re
sembling genuine ones. The backs of
every specimen are picked out, and the
holes filled with a' black cement to
imitate the matrix of La Yieille Pioche.
The spui ions are a little lighter than the
real turquoises, but the specific gravity
lost is not to be altogether relied upcii.
An expert in gems advises purchasers to
serapo off the matrix, and if the speci
men is spurious the artificial perforations
will be revealed.
A girl hearing her mistress ask her
husband to bring "Doinbey and Son"
with him when he came homo to dinner
sot two extra plates for the expectou
guests.
King JLudwIg's .Encore.
I am told that in a German concert or
opera they hardly ever encore a song ;
that, though they may be dying to heat
it again, their good breeding usually
preserves them against red uiring the rep
etition. Kings may encore ; that is quite
another matter ; it delights everybody to
see that the king is pleased, and, as to
the actor encored, his pride and gratifica
tion are simply boundless. Still, there
are circumstances in which even a roy
al encore but it is better to illustrate.
The king of Bavaria is a poet and has a
poet's eccentricities, with tho advantage
over other poets, of being able to gratify
them, no matter what form they may
take. He is fond of opera, but not fond
of sitting in the presence of an audience;
therefore, it has sometimes occurred in
Munich, that when an opera has been
concluded, and the players are getting
off their paint and finery, a command has
come to get their paint and finery on
again. Presently the king would arrive
solitary and alone, and the players would
begin at the beginning and do the entire
opera over again, with only that one in
dividual in that vast, solemn theatre for
an audience. Once he took an odd freak
in his head. High uj and out of sight
over the prodigious state of the Court
Theatre is a maze of interlaced water
pipes, so pierced that in case of fire in
numerable little thread-like streams of
water can be caused to descend, and, in
case of need, this discharge can be aug
mented to a pouring Hood. American
managers might make a note of that.
The king was the sole audience. The
opera jjroceeded. It was a piece with a
storm in it. The mimic thunder began
to mutter, the mimic wind began to wail
and sough, and the mimic rain to patter.
Tho king's interest rose higher and
higher : it developed into enthusiasm.
He cried out :
"It is good, very good, indeed ! But
I will have a real rain. Turn on the
water!"
The manager pleaded for a reversal of
tho command, said it would ruin the
costly scenery and splendid custumes ;
but the king cried :
"No matter, no matter; I will have a
real rain. Turn on the water."
So the real rain Avas turned on and be
gan to descend in gossamer lances to the
mimic llower-beds and gravel walks of
the stage. The richly dressed actresses
and actors trippod about singing bravely
and pretonded not to mind it. The king
was delighted ; his enthusiasm grew
higher. He cried out :
"Bravo ! bravo! More thunder! More
lightning ! Turn on more rain !"
The thunder boomed, tho lightning
glared, the wind raged, the deluge
poured down. The mimic royalty of the
stage, with their soaked satins clinging
to their bodies, slopped around ankle
dee) in tho water, warbling their sweet
est and best: the fiddlers under the eves
sawed awav for dear life, with the cold
overflow spouting down their necks, and
the dry and happy king sat in his lofty
box and wore his gloves to ribbons ap
plauding. "More yet!" cried the king, "more yet;
lot loose all the thunder ; turn on all the
water. I will hang the man who raises
an umbrella."
When the most tremendous and effec
tive storm that had ever been produced
in any theatre was at 1-ist over, the
kings approbation was measureless.
He cried :
"Magnificent ! magnificent ! Encore !
Do iLagain!"
But the management succeeded in
persuading him to recall the encore, and
said tlii company would feel sullieiently
rewarded and complimented in the mere
fact that the encore was demanded by
his Majesty, without fatiguing him with
a repetition to gratify their. own vanity.
During the remainder of the act the
luck' performers were those whose parts
required changes pf dresses ; the others
were a soaked, bedraggled and uncom
fortable lot, but in ho last degree pic
turesque. The stage scenery was ruined,
trap doors Were so swollen that they
wouldn't work for a week afterwards, the
fine costumes wero spoiled, and no end
of minor damages were done by that re
markable storm.
It was a royal idea that storm and
roally carried out. But observe the
moderation of the king. He did not in
sist upon the encore. If he had been a
gladsome, unreflecting American opera
audience he probably would have had
his storm repeated and repeated until he
had drowned all these people. Mark
Twain. -
Handle Dairy Stock Cakefully.
Mr. Purcell, in the report of the New
Tersey Agricultural Society, says: "It is
important that dairy stock from the
young calf to the old cow that is being
fed for beef, should be handled and
treated kindly. If a calf is handled
roughly and becomes wild and vicious
thereby, when it becomes a cow you may
expect the same, but if handled care
fully and treated with kindness, when
grown up she will be mild and gentle,
it may not always be so, but in general
it is. There have been many cows spoil
ed by the person having the care cf and
milking them when-eveer they come in
his way, or if when milking a cow hoists
her foot or kicks (which is generally
caused by pain), such a fellow stops
milking and commences whipping, or,
worse kicking the cow and sho becomes
enraged, holds up her milk, kicks back,
and is finally ruined. Never whip a cow
for kicking, if she does kick the milk
pail out of your hand and sometimes
upset and knock you, but be kind and
geutle with her, and milk her out with as
iittlo excitement as possible, and if she
gets over her kicking propensity it will
be by mild and not by harsh treatment.
Never whip a cow because she kicks, for
it will do no good, but will do a great deal
of harm."
Care of Farm Machinery.
The rainy season is so nearly here,
that farmers should at once examine the
reapers, mowers, threshers, headers, en
gines and other farm machines, which
are now to be put under cover for tho
winter. If this is not done until next
summer, the blacksmiths and carpenters
of the vicinity will then be too busy to
pay proper attention to details. Unsea
soned timber may bo used, and annoy
ing delays may occur. The whole sub
ject should be cared for now, ami dupli
cates of thoso parts which are most
likely to be worn or suddenly broken,
should be obtained. Farmers will know
that reapers, in particular, must be in
early rexmir, as in some seasons the rust
ruay strike a wheat field so quickly that
only immediate cutting saves it for hay.
In the care of mowers and reapers,
and indeed of all field machinery, the
use of too much oil on the cog-wheels
and toothed bearings works a great in
jury. Even though the gearing is care
fully boxed, or encased, and as much as
possible protected from dust, still some
dust will enter, and settle upon the oil,
making it thick, hard, and worthless.
After a while this surplus oil becomes so
gritty and hard that it lifts the cogs
apart, wearing the journals, increasing
the draft, and rendering the jar and ten
dency to break much greater. The
X)roxer plan is to wixe the cogs with an
oiled rag once a day, or if using an oil
can, to pour on but little. The gritty
conglomerate in tho bottoms of tho cogs
and pinions should frequently be re
moved. Sometimes a tooth of a cog or pinion
will be found to cut. Examine and see
whether or not the shaft is sprung. If
the tooth has been cast rough, mix black
lead and tallow as a lubricant to cause it
to wear smooth. About the most impor
tant part of a reaper or mower is the cut
ting apparatus. Examine all its parts
each day, before beginning work. Look
at the guard, the fingers, the knife-bar
and tho sections. Straighten bent patts,
and replace whatever is broken. A bent
knife-bar must be straightened care-
fullv. Put the bar, bent uppermost, on 1
a wooden block, put a piece of wood on ;
the bar, and strike this with a wooden :
mallet. A guard bar can be straightened i
by the use of a lover, but must be taken 1
from the machine first. When engaged
in the actual work of the field do not 1
stop and start up when the knife is full. '
Back a step, and let the matter gain
headway first. j
The sections of a new mowing machine '
knife are square cut at the point. Some
farmers grind these to a sharp point. .
This is a mistake. The machine has less .
draft, and does better work when the
smiflvn cut, is left at tho tin. This is also
true with headers and with reapers.
Some farmers use a file for sharpening ,
their reaper and mower knives. This
heats the steel and takes out its temper, j
Tf is n bin! sis to filo a razor, or a nrun-
indstono and olentv
ofwater. Let the stone have a square
c,,w maui TTnlrl tho l?nif n?i
the top
of the stone, in a diagonal
direction;
same side
grind tho
sections.
grind alternate sections on the
Then reverse the knife and
other side of the untouched
When, while at work in the
field, a section is broken, or notched by
strikinsr a stone, remove it bv taking the
the rivets out, and put on a new one.
Fit the rivets well, for if loose in the
of danger to the driver, by living off or! acity and on a scale which strikes a per
dropping in tho guaids. Use a riveting 1 pekial uneasiness into the rude minds of
hammer to form a head on the top of the , their wondering and grudging neigh
section. Keep the nuts and bolts tight, ! bors. In Jjio long run, it may be con
oxaniining them every day. fidently predicted that everything that
One of the most necessary points in ' favors civilization will favor tho Jew.
field work, is that the driver should
never, even for a moment, stand in front
of the knives of a mower or reaper to
which a team is harnessed. This should
be a fundamental rule on every farm.
No matter how safe a team may have
been, the records of farm life show that
frightful accidents have occurred from
this cause. If a team is startled and
runs, there is almost no escape for a man
and he is thrown down and killed, or
frightfully mangled, Several such acci
dents occurred on this coast this year.
How to Can Cokn. In order to can
corn, says the Country Gentleman, boil
the corn on the ear a few minutes; then
cut the corn off the ears while as hot as
you can; put the corn into the cans at
once; have the can almost full, say with
in three-fourths of an inch of the tox;
then fill the can with boiling water,
and have tho can soldered and xut into
a kettle of hot water, and let it boil in
the water for six hours. In every six
quarts of corn take one ounce of tartaric
acid, dissolved in boiling water. Cut
the corn from the cob and xmt into a
sufficient quantity of water to cook
When the corn is smoking put the acid
in. When done, seal airtight in tin cans
or glass jars. To prepare for the table,
pour off the sour water and save it; put
in enough fresh water to cook it; for
every quart of corn add one teasrjoonful
of soda; let it stand a few minutes be
fore cooking. While cooking rmt in a
teaspoonful of sugar. If the corn turns
yellow there is too much soda; pour
back some of the sour water until it
turns white again. When nearly done,
season with salt, cream and butter, same
as fresh corn. Dissolvo one and a quar
ter ounces of tartaric acid in one-half
pint of water; cut the corn from the cob
and cook it properly; when cooked add
two tablespoon! ills of the acid solution
to every quart of corn; can and seal se
curely ami set in a cool, dry iilace. When
wanted for use, stir half a teaspoonful
of soda into two quarts of corn, and let
it stand three hours before cooking.
This removes all acid from the corn.
A Chicago man married his niother-in-lawy
so that he could live with his
wife in peace.
Jews In Europe.
There are only 40,000 Jews in all
England, and only 50,000 in. France
But in Germany there are 400,0W, m
German-Austria twice as many, in Rus
sia over 2,000,000, and in Boumania there
are over 400,000 in a population of o,VW
000. In Turkey, no doubt, the Jew.-, are
better treated, says the bat:, h tyteview,
than in the adjacent nominally Cbnstian
State, but in European Turkey there are
probably not 20,000 Jews, and in Syria,
which includes tho ancient seat of tno
race, there are only 40,000, or as many
as in the distant island of England. It
is difficult to suppose that there is not
some connection between the density or
the Jewish population and its ill treat
ment, if only it can bo traced. ine
quality of the Jewish mind that has
brought it at once into eminence
and antagonism is its expausiveness.
No national mind is so rigid m one di
rection and so elastic in another. lne
Jew guards his fortress, but is always
sallying out from it. He has a passion
for affairs. He longs to do something
and to be something. In countries
other outlet for this passion for activity
but commerce, and. as ho is the worst
treated in the backyard countries, for
where he is treated as an outcast he has no
commerce of the most potty kind. He
has taught himself by tl:e practice of
ages to become the prince of hucksters
and usurers. As a rule he is not allowed
to hold land, and has lost the art of agri
culture with which in old days he con
verted into fruitful terraces the barren
rooks of Palestine. He has been shut
out from the armiss, and his exclusion
has stunted in him the fertility of mili
tary resource, the power of military
contention and the recklessness of
life which for a time made him 9- match
for the legions of Titus. But where
he can find an opening he uses
it. If he can do only little business he
does little business. If big business is
open to him he does the biggest business
within his reach. Where better things
were offered to his grasp he has shown
himself a master in philosophy, in poetry
and in art. What is most curious ia umu,
if only ho has a chance, he expands into
a new nationality without losing lus old
one. Tho English and French Jo w is a.
Jew, always remaining in his circle, ana
yet is an Englishman or a frenchman,
No Frenchmen showed themselves more
devotedly French in tne German war
than the French Jews; and m England
oul" literary Jews show themselves furious
patriots and write up the leoxards of
England as their ancestors might, had
they posossod the art hr.vc written up
the Lion of Judan. The Master of the
Bolls is one of the ablest of
judges: but, except in the suieri
ority ot his acumen, he is exactly luce
auy' other judge. It is not therefore,
wonderful that when they have free
plav, and vet are not too numerous to
excite much comment, they should sue-
' coed without awakening jealousy
In a
1 country like Germany, where they were
1 numerous and where commerce is at
once backward, so that their success is
not swallowed up in the success of the
nation, and forward enough to give
them considerable chances, they get on,
hut not without considerable social
! friction. In countries like Boumania,
where civilization is just da wning, and
I where they form a substantial iart of the
' population, they can only do small
rhincs: hut thev do those with a uertin-
Knowledge hi a Nutshell.
A pace is o feet.
A cubit is 2 feet.
A fathom is 0 feet.
A palm is 3 inches.
A league is 3 miles.
A span is 10 Jb inches.
A great cubit is 11 feet.
Thero are 2750 languages.
Oats, 33 )Ounds jier bushel.
Bran, 20 pounds per bushel.
Barley, 48 jiounds jier bushel.
A day's journey is 33 miles.
Two j)ersons die every second.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
A square mile contains G40 acres.
A storm blows 36 miles per hour.
Slow rivers How 5 miles xier hour.
Coarse salt, 85 pounds xer bushel, y
A tub of butter weighs 84 pounds. '
Buckwheat, 52 pounds per bushel.
The average human life is 31 years.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 xounds.
An acre contains 4S40 square yards.
A firkin of butter weighs 56 pounds.
A barrel of flower weighs 196 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A hurricane moves 80 miles per hour.
A rifle ball moves 1000- miles per hour.
A hand (horse measure) is 4 inches.
A rapid river flows 7 miles per hour.
Electricity moves 228,000 miles par
hour.
The first Iucifer match was made in
1S29.
A mile is 5280 feet, 1760 yards in
length.
The first horse railroad was built in
1826-7.
A moderate wind blows 7 miles per
hour.
Gold was discovered in California in
1848.
Corn, rye and flaxseed, 56 pounds per
bushel.
The first steamboat plied the Hudson
in 1807. n pn
Wheat, beans and clover seed, 00
pounds per bushel.
Tim firRf. liKft of locomotives in
this
country was in 18&). ft
The first almanac was printed by Geo
Yon Purback in 1640.
Something to lie about a lied.