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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1891)
a ft 11 S v r I JT hoad fr 1- Mi THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS, ThuvmUuj, Feb. U. LOCAL BREVITIES. ParUhflry Hake. Kills kotttiiitic to Lm.it. Attaint tlte night school, vvhiuli opent tonight. China now your vvm celebrated in royal otimital stylo. Mm. I ton Krway nnd children nrc vUitinj lit linker City. All ipiostion of a water supply for pkieer initios iippcurs to Ixj settled. lwrn to writo with u rnjiiil, muscu lar movement, by taking n two month's Of m mo it the nij(l.t solnsd. TIkka uho have not fit) thuir stisjk nny liny so far must throw out n fow h.tinlfoU to the poor bruUH now. Tim Jtiii' of Prairie feel proud tli.it the Urtuid Army I mi honored thorn, unit vv ill ilo well by the l)y. Kuiop U wnjnying cold weuthor. liut .M outlay thr wind blow from tho direction or Kuropo, which iudicnti nome nmn snow. Cinyon City's incorporation hill hat become n law, and tho tint Monday in April wn uloct city oilicors if tho (!ov. don't veto tho hill. Tommy MeKw.ui hrmight u load of freight through from I taker last week, ji:ut of which wan tho water wheel to jirojii'l Horn's saw mill. Mr. 1 low oil of Prairie City inform- fil ux lust .Monday that mww was re ported four feet deep at Qu&rtzburg six miles above Pruirio. China new year U gone, and now 1 comos Valentine's day. We expect a tender missive, hut will no doubt 1j doomed to disappointment. When grub gets awfully scarce th't white rabbits on the hills make veiy good chicken pie. They nro being utilized for pie purposes now. Set out orchards and care for them. few years this valley will have a and then a good bcarinz or- will lie cipial to a gold mine. ! Fisk has just uudu final proof table tract of 80 acroj of tho wiiiri-iay vuuoy wiai nan ueen claim ed along with another tract for twenty ' years. This city present;) more coasting ter ritory not seacoast than any other . city. Half a a do7.cn natural toboggan slides mo in roach, and sleds nrc in demand, Snow clouds seem to hug the inoun- j talus, ami snow deepens on tho sum mits whcie it ought to le. In this valley there has Ix-en pretty fair sleighing for a iiuiiiImt of days. M. Dustin and Uavid ltlaiiton while buggy riding last Thursday night . drovi; into a prospect hole Ixdow John Day. Dr. Orr was culled to nee Mr. Dustin who received rather a shak ing up. Harney county remonstrated against (Jiant getting buck any of her terri tory, claiming that while the "jog oil'" was straightened the promised lino created a jog c(Uully embarrassing to Harney county. yS' PeOjilo ill the country frequently have social dances and pais an eve ning pleasantly. We learn that an enjoyable time was had at Joe Oli ver's residence a few evening's ao, and alto at Mrs. Hiatt's. Mr. D. II. Kiiiehart, ( rant county's most successful fruit grower, is in to ceipt of a letter from a fruit dealer of MiuuuiK)lis, legardiug the purchase of apphw. IS runt county's apples nio U comiug celebrated, and if we only had shipping facilities money would pour in and apples pour out. A Unit the only impoitant dispatch ill the Orogoniau's legislative column is the strcotyM"d one that ' the senate was opened with prayer." One day it was not opened with piajor, them leiug no clergyman present. The big duly did nut say how tho senate got open, hut it is presumed it was opened up with a cork screw. An Fugle coriosjMmdent likens that paper to a good little Sunday -school lniy who divided his apple with his lit tlu sister, while the Nt:w is held up us a naughty ly who goes fishing on Sunday. Ho says: "Ixiok at the Fu gle' items; 'Major Mugone has gone down to Salem to work for the enab ling act.' Now hxk at the News' items; '.Sherill' Cresap has gone to Salem to attend the sherilfs conven tion.' Ftc." Voters and taxpayer, does this supeiior and profound logic snt foith by said wiiter coniuco you that the county seat should lo remov ed from Canyon City! Our Itoprosoututivo in the lloii.e, Mr. Dustin, makes a bid for u second term. Ho says: "A man is a great 1 dated at the plnces the haglo men deal U'ttur qualiliod to do something 1 tioued was genuine and we could pro after one sunsion, ns he can learn to duco tho signature of tho writer. Now handle his bills so as to keep them comes u "valued corresoiident" to tho from leing swamped." No doubt if Kaglo and alleges that tho letter of Long Creek hud all to say Mr, Dustin "Monument Taxpayer" ovor which would get another term, since hu seouu there is so much howling was publish to renrtvsent that section exclusively ed "at least a year Ufore thu editor and to have made the enabling act his pet measure. Ho says: "It will pass tho Houso if there are enough peti tioners to outnumW thu remonstrance but may get strangled in the Senate, as money and iiillueuoo will tell." Is this tho way you size up thu two houso? of the legislature) And uro wo to suppose that this was why you were so keen to eo to the Senate while tho candidacy for tho House you took ' with reluotancel L.EOISLATIV1S LAWMAK1NQ. Waeon road anil bridga bills were scaled down from 207,000 to i7, , 000. Dayvillo to Haystack was , cut to 1 1,000; Cirant county line to i Callow valley to I'J.WO; Moiiuincnt j to John Day was left as aakud for, $f,(X)0, while tbe Monument bridge bill was rofn.ed consideration by 1 tho committee. j Tbe bill to regulate tbe observance of Sunday fitted to pass. lllackman's Monument-John Day wagon road bill has passed the sen ate. K. S. llage, ii farmer with lived tun milm south of The Dalloi, was burned to death in his onbiu lately. It U salil that there is not u Uwver ' in the legislature of Ninth Dakota, nnd that DO per cent, of tin' tui'iiibora are farmer, The ling Creek Hale is made the agent of so touch uiisii'proscnUtiou lately that iU ery ink turn pale with mortification. The expenditures for Ongon for tho lisvnl yours I WSS and l.NSD nmountd to f 1,07 Tho heavient item, fl7fi.10S.Ul, was charged to the I li mine Asylum fund. Died, at iU Wolhssloy street, Tor onto, Canada, on Tuesday, tho 27th , of January, 1S!M, Mary Ann, beloved wife of Augustus James Thibodo, M. A., M. 1)., of Prairie City, Or cgon. ' Cenerally at this season there is im mense competition among buyers otl'ur ing to advance money on the coming i wool clip. Now there is no advance otlcred, which indicates that the (lis- tress in liiiMicial circles is general i throughout the Intnl. Tho Portland ICvcning Telegram , has been purchased by a company headed bv tico. II. Mollett, recently from Minnesota. Mr. Mollett has assumed editorial management, and a great improvemelit is noticeable in the hvemug lclegram. Hani times in the east makes us complain also, for our homes, wxl, mutton uud U-ef seek an eastern mar ket. Our gold alone goes ut pur every where, and if the miners make a hand some cleanup in the spring that will relieve the distress somewhat. it is not worth while to acquire fame. Lieutenant Hchwatka who accompanied an exploring party to Alaska and made iinjortant discov eries has just died from injuries re ceived in tho very ordinary avoca tion of falling down stairs at Mason City, Iowa. The Nuws has a habit of publishing facts, oven though a few soreheads are oll'ended thereby. Wo published the fact that more taxpayers signed the remonstrance than did the enabling petition, that persons who had signed the latter reconsidered and signed the former, and that taxpayer north-west had remonstrated. Truth hurts a err tain few ulout 1ong Creek. 'County Assessor Timms has just I completed for the county a plat of all lands within the county for which a final certificate has U'en issued. He j finds ii'jri.H 10 ncres. This is fi 1,000 ' acre more than was given in to the I assessor ill lls'JO, and II 1,000 acre, moro than was assessed in ItiS'J. A I diU'cretico in laud asessmeut sullicient I to pay for several plaU. Parties pro ving up sell the tract ami the final cer I tificate is not recoided, therefore the land heretofore has escaped taxation. : Olio hundred fiauduleiit names are l rejHirted to lt on the remoiistr.iuce , against the enabling act, is the. latent wail from Ioug Creek. No doubt this I has lieen "reported." So have a iiuiii Imt of other pievarications equally as stupendous eniiuatod from that por tion of the. county. They resort lo lying in order to shield themselves from Ijoiug smitten by the Ixiomorang they hurled with such a jiowerful ef I fort lately. Tho Iong Creek ring ' cried "fraud," but investigation re 1 voalcd the fraud all on their side. i The niggardly policy of the l'n i ion Pacific in discharging white section hands and filling their pla ces with Chinese should be frowned down all over the state. That com pany whose lines in Oregon scarcely contain a sound tie or a safe trestle or bridge, will soon be utilizing Chi 1 namen for engineers and conduc i tors on their trains. Plenty of ac cidents hapMn on tho line now, but then look out! "Misapprehension" is nuiqunt in tho Fugle ollice, and out) continually ' reading that sheet and tiyiug to believe , ull it stated would soon have to Ut con ' voyed to the asylum. Jan. 1'A tho editor accused the editor of the Nkws ' of publishing a bogus communication 1 signed ".Monument Tnxpuyer." Wo i made a statement denying the allega tion, saying that our corresiiondenco graced (irant county with his pres ence, etc." As the Nkws man never claimed to have the boiiafulu signature of "Monument Taxpayer" wo point tho a ecu so r to the Uilauco of untruths and misrepresentations that have Ixrn proven against the Faglo and its stall' of correspondents, again saying that to such communications us wo huvu published wn have tho name of the we can show if ueces- writer, which ry. PKAIK1K CITY NEWS. Feb. 10, 1891. News is scarce. Quito a snow storm lust night. Know is about a foot deep here. Mr. Wbitmire is very sick at bis ranch. ( i rami Calico Hall next Friday night. Measles "till prevails up at the bead of tho valley. The lycouui at tbe Strawberry school house is running full blast. Sleighs are in demand at this ! place. The front part of a liob is good Stock on the range will lo scarce in the spring; (here is a time-bar horse here, lie looks kind of thin. John I.aurance has bough! J. It. Johnson's place, and also Alex I.iiurance's place, known as the Cripsel ranch. (ieorge Cleaver is very sick, lie has not improved much since being brought over home from (Iranitc at which place he was taken sick. According to tho rules and regu lations of the Prairie Citv Dancing Club the girls of Prairfo City are .worth fifty cents apiece, as each member of the club is required to bring a partner to the club or for feit that sum So much for Pruirio City. Last Sunday I saw a fellow out sleigh riding with his girl. He al most ran his team down. Ho said she kept Hiking him in thu ribs, but ho did not take a tumble till he looked down at tho road and saw that there was no snow in the road. He concluded to turn back and wait till it snowed some more. 1 guess he has got his wish, for the snow came down all night last night. Look out, boys, and don't say anything about one another that might hurt our feelings, for if he does banned to squander a few dol lars and buy a few presents for his best girl and then get left it is no body's business, only the parties in volved. For a man has feelings as well as other animals. I am a man of few words, but would sit right down, and argno with you all day rather than have any trouble. N. (1. DAYVILLK DOTS. Dayvii.u:, Fob. 10, "Jl. We've gone "dance" mad. Last one was on the .'list. The "crowd" danced until midnight, ate supper, and then I guess they didn't go buck and dance on Sunday morn ing. I know I didn't, and I think it a malicious slander to say the majority did for We've gonu Sunday school crazy. Latest "fad;" boats pitching horse shoes. It is especially tiopular with a few a very, very few of our young men. Tho balance of thu boys sit on the fence and view the procession. After we incorMrato we shall have the city fathers build a narrow side walk for "'tho procession." It will Have blacking shoes. In addition to Sunday school we're had a term of court. A case of "slugging." One man knocked out. Whiskey hit him the worst lick. lint with all the metropolitan in cidents crowding on us vvo'vo gone 'incorioration" daft. I'nluckilv however, for the future town, wo ail want thu chief offices, and tho con sequent lack of harmony seems likely to prove fatal to our ambi tion. Well, wo will have lots of fun watching all you other little towns lighting over the same question. Hut we've gone solid on the road question. 1 see that the committee on roads at Salem has roiKjrtod favorably a f -1,000 appropriation for tho Day villc and Haystack road. The coldness ami indifference with which John Day and Canyon City received our subscription paper, which had on it from this small pre cinct alone, ilttOO for a road of great public benefit, is not at all liked. We are thinking some of sending it over to Long Creek and making a bargain with them. Of course wo would not like the county seat removed to Long Creek, still wo would like to have our near neighbors appreciate our own wants u little. I wonder if the Long Creek Fag let will accuse Mr. Ilellmau of wri ting this letter. I hope it will. Sau: Hitrsii. - - - 4 Under tho snow tho grass is grow ing. fT'ightecn inches of beautiful snow at Moan s l;anyon creel: rancli. Country folks are still sociable. We nro informed of an enjoyable surprise party at Frank Fisk's last Tuesday night. A number of telegrams have been received announcing the passage of tho enabling act. Time has proven them to be unfounded. Long Crcok Fagle corresjKiudenU will soon be asserting that the tax levy for (Irani county is not close to three cents on the dollar. Tho levy is 'J'.) I'J-.'tJi mills, but wo expect them to deny it because the Oiia.nt Cor.vrv Nkws publishod it. Cor resjoiidents and "informants" over there are having a "most a pleasant time" contradicting each other's statements. Mrs, Miry A. l.lvti mote's Famous Uool, "My Stry of the Vr.M In this new and Ucrhly illustra ted work, the world-famous Mary A. Livermoro narrates her personal work and experiences as a hospital and field uurso during the war of the rebellion. Wo do not know when 700 pages have given us more genu ine pleasure. Mrs. Livermoro sout four years as nurse in hospitals, camps, at the front and on the bat ; tlo-field, and these four years were I packed with patho?, glory and sac j rilico probably never paralleled in j the life of any other woman. Her : narrative presents a vivid inner pic i hire of the womanly side of the war, moro csjcially of her own work and j thrilling exjicriences, with many pa , tlictic and and thrilling c.Mriciic ' cs, with many pathetic and humor- ous incidents jKirtraying the lights i and shadows of hospital life. These I are described as onlv an eve-witms and a tender-hearted woman could describe them. lint a wondorlul work she did. How heroic her labors, how thrill ing her oxivorioneo in those dark years. It is a story never to be for gotten. When she first entered up on Iter Hospital career a ilentliiy faintness came over her, but she nerved herself for the work that had to be done, and soon became accus tomed to it. We regard this splendid book as a wholly unique work, for it repre sents tho womanly, or w hat may be very appropriately termed the hea venly side of the war, and this has never hitherto been written. It lifts the curtain and shows how heroic and devoted her blessed work was. Stranger stories are here told than romance ever dreamed of, every one of them drawn from real life bv a woman's hand. Shoiild every other look on the war be blotted out of existence, this one would complete ly rellect the spirit and work of the women of the North. Such a work, by so eminent nil author, at whose feet hundreds of thousands have sat and listened in admiration and won der, who.se ower, wisdom, influence and fame are now world-wide, is the literary event of our times. An able critic has said, "This is the most richly euibellibhed work ever published in America." We endorse this opinion. No uewspa ior description can do these costly plates justice. They must be seen to bo appreciated. There are ulso sp-endid fac simile platcj of famous old battle Hags, from photographs and paintings made from the origi nal liags, printed in sixteen colors from one hundred and twenty-eight engraved stones. They show ullthe colors, tints, blood-stains, rents, shot-holes, and splintered stall's, ex actly as they apjiear in the original Hags. Tho story of each Hag is told with pathetic incidents attending tho death of color-bearers who died under their folds. Put tho book into your homes. It will be read over and over again by old nnd young, with increasing plea sure and lasting profit, and will be prized by all. fff Was it Homicide? Last Friday niirht a couple- of residents of Dayvillo, ('. Ladrow and Fdward C. Ilrauii, became in volved in a quarrel at that place, and Ladrow thumped lirauu most shamefully, wo arc informed. For this ho was arrested and lined t-0 in the Justice's court. lirauu died Tuesday morning, and an inquest was to have been held on his body to determine whether or not death was thu direct result of his injuries. Wo have not yet had time to learn the verdict, ltraun was by occupa tion a sheep herder, and had no rel atives in tho country. XOTICK. Notice is hereby given that for the purose of making an examina tion of all orsons who may oiler themselves us candidates for teach ers of tho schools of this county, the county school siiK!rintendeiit there of will hold a public examination in the M. K. Church at Long Creek, commencing at one o'clock p. in. Wednesday, Feb. 2.'.th. I Sill. M. N. I'.ONIIAM. County School Superintendent of (Irant county, Oregon. Dated at Long Creek, Or., Feb. Ilth, IS!) I. Chun. Frey's son who returned from California last week nqsirts that boomed country very dry and hard times. I') to last mail wo had no au thentic news concerning tho fate of the enabling act, which has been in the hands of tho committee for toino time. Major Magono telegraphed to Fd Allen to send down some more names. We do not credit the rumor that ho said "manufacture us some more names." This is a hard winter on coyotes says tho Lake County Kumiuur. Last winter cleaned out thu rab bits, and there is no dead stock now, which makes their picking slim, and they are becoming bold enough to jump right into a bunch of sheep and kilt tiieiii in daylight, "Informant" in tho Fagle admits that he accused Mr. Ilrllman wrongfully, but says "it is general ly boliovoll by the public that you wrote it." Indeed! That shows that they will make all kinds of false statements and still think the public will believe them after they are refuted. DR. DAKKIN'S SUCCESS. Three More Prominent People of This City am! State Testify to the Km cucy of the Electric Cure. UKAFNUSS CUKKl) IN TKN MINTTtS. OrrpAAUn. The same marked uuccesw that has followed Dr. Darrin tho pas! four years Millers no diminution. His rooms at No. 70j Washington st., Portland, am crowdrd night and day, and many have to go away without seeing thu Doctor, or make apKiiii!ineiits for tho future. It is not often that any known remedy will reach such a' large number of chronic, acute and private diseases as does electricity. There seems to be no bounds to "iu utility in treat- iui disease as well as its annlica- ' tion to machinery. Tho three fob lowing cards speak volumes for the , doctor ami ms new ineory in curing the ills of which we arc ull unban pily alllicted: ICniTon Oiiiwonian: Jan. 17, I came to Dr. Darrin for treatment for deafness and rinuini' noises in 1 my cars. I was cured iii ten min ntes. as well as ever in my life. The treatment was by electricity and other methods, liefer to me at SI! Oak st., Portland. Amiiu:w Dot'iii.AHS. I.ee McOtew's ClooJ Luck. Km run Oiiikionian: I have been under Dr. Damn's Klectric treat ment for three months for nervous ness, kidney troubles and other ail ments. I am cured and recommend him and his treatment by cloeti ici ly. My place of business is Mo (i street. Portland. I have gained l.'i Rjiinds in the time. Lkk Mcd'ltl.'W. Another Soul Made Happy. Kiutoii OiiKdo.NiA.v Dear Sir: It all'ords mo pleasure to testify to the excellence of the Klectric treat ment given by Dr. Darrin. For several years I have been troubled with kidney troubles and inllauima tion of tho neck of the bladder, for a while unable to got out. A fow mouths home treatment has put mo on my feet again, for which I am truly thankful to Dr. Damn's great skill. D. K. Hoi.i.owav. Newherg, Or. , (lo to the Ked Front Milliard Hall, Canvon City, for fmo wines, liquors and cigars." Mr. (!. 11. Coad was over from Harney a few tlavH ago, and says Ilarncy county is enjoying consid erable snow. The Pacific llrowery's Celebrated Peer, the best in Kiistern Oregon, is now kept constantly on tap at tho Ked Front Billiard' Hall. When you send away for gixids remember the linn of Collin v Mo Farland at Heppner. They not on ly guarantee you first class goods at Tlowest prices, but they pay mail or i express charges on same to any stage ollice in (irant or Harney counties. See their new "ad" for J further particulars. ' President Harrison in his mos ' sago says the imports since tho passage of the McKiuley bill have J boon S per cent greater than the corresponding perioil last year. This shows that the people will have a certain class of goods, al though they have to pay excessive prices. Many years practice have given O. A. Snow A- Co , Solicitors of pat ents at Washington, D. (-'., unsur passed success in obtaining patents for all classes of invention. They make a specialty of rejected cases, and have secured allowance of many patents that had been previously re jected. Their ad. in another col umn will be of interest to inventors, patentees, manufacturers, and all who have to do with patents. $ Tho Orcgooian has tho largest circulation of any Daily, Sunday or weekly paer West of the Itocky mountains. And in order to further increase its circulation they have selected with great care, a large list of valuable hooks, ar.d other useful articles, and are offering these as premiums to each subscriber to any of its several issues for yearly sub scriptions. The Oregoiiiau should bo in every household. Send for premium list to the Oregoiiiau Pub iitdiing Co., Portland, Or. , Letter List. List of letters remaining un called for in tin' jMistolliee at Can yon City, Or. Feb. I, 1SDI. Uov J Wischer, Mr F Kapanke, Mrs Clara Loftdn, Mrs T S Merritt, Mr John Schurtz, Mr C W Slade. Persons culling for tho above will please say advertised. Mits. Annik It. Paiiiiisii, P. M. Letter Mat. Letters remaining unoalled for in tho iostol)ieo at Prairie City, Or., Feb. I, LS!M. II C Phettiplaco 2, Mr. Malting, Mr Will Milligan, Mr W F Miuard, Mr Walter Still. Persons calling for any of above letters will please give date of ad vertising. Kick It, McIIaLkv, 1'. M. COMMON-SENSE FARM ITEMS. Tin: market for the lloost product nro seldom If ever glutted, llit.UNM on the farm nro more valuable l lian capital. Farming really combluei several (K-cupatlon.s, amtlhcro Is nhvnyt vituctliliiK' to leant. Tin: vvltlo-itvvnUo fnnncr vlsitn other (arms than his own. When he tlmls conveniences, methods nml crops better than at home It Inspires him to greater eltort. Kvkiiv farm should 1h nn experiment station, with plots for maUini; oxixtI- mctitfi. The humblest farmer Is capable ' of discovering Nouiuthlng that may be ' of advantage. i A tciiiii.:-Ih)WN building should W l torn ilou n an, 1 converted Into lire-wood rather than to allow It to illsllgure the farm. A single rickety out luilhlinir, J worth not over ten dollars, will Injure the sale, of u farm ten timed itn value, i Tun (inner who carefully save all the uiauuie, ami uses every emleavur l to preserve It, Ik the one who also uses i IcrUluorw. :tiu-h a farmer Is never over-supplied with the matcl lain that are necessary to lneroao the feitlllty of his soil. A t'.viivinn should tube eaiv to keep eivh.v and safe ways of ItitfrcMt nml t'U'ivw to Ids cultivated Ileitis, More vvamn ins' lirolten down lv irt ilnr through deep furrow or over rldjfv than by twice the travel on smooth highways. j. 'I'm: MieeoiM.fiil farmer is one who l;eeMt liK eyes oKin, his fnrm elenn, nnd his stock In jrood bondlllon who makes money. And, it might W well to add, who uses his means for the advance ment, morally and Intellectually, of his family and the community. I'ECULIAH AND VAHIED. A 1-osT-omci: in Charlton County, Mo., hns been named Mlku A Moiiviov zealot hns started u pas'r at Hast Jordan, Mich., whkwho elirh. teued Herald of Millennium, tine arti cle in his' ereed is that it Is unislly to wear Killed shirts. A wirNliss In a Nebraska trial the other day testilled that he believed that a eeitain ihtsoii was Insane Is' cause that H'rsoii washed his face three times a day, A mwi.U. Innovation In New York City Is the 'hlue-rlblxin Invitation" to din ners, iudlciitint; (by a knot of blue rib bon in the lower left-hand corner) that wine will not In- served. Wiii:n some Istysaud mlor were elms Intra rabbit at lllcli Hill recently, it tisik shelter under a lieu vv tth a brood of chickens. The old hen nearly picked ami scratched the eyes out of the dojf, and from that day to this the hen anil the rabbit are ltiMp.trahle. A Nuvaha congregation, wishing to get rid of an obnoxious pastor, hit upon the dastardly scheme of giving him u donation party, but the plucky shep herd pulled a gun iimn the crowd, and laughed long nml loud to see his sheep Hying through the wixhIs. dropping baskets and bundles on the way. A ci'iuofs custom prevails among the bridesmaids of Sllei la. Kaeh brides maid plant., a tvv Ig of tin- bride's myrtle wreath Immediately utter the ceremony and watches mid tends it until It nmts. The ilrst twig to show signs of life and growth It kiipscil to bring gissl luck and a husband within the year to the girl wIhi planted It. PnOGflEUS IrT&bfENCE. Tiiciii: has hundred and been iiiade a list of two ten birds which inhabit Alnska. Till: weight of a crowd of men closely packed is alsmt eighty-four siunds xr suis-rlh-kil foot. Tin: Smithsonian Institution is nlxiiit to Ksiie ii publication showing the com ing t tiie-tion of many valuable iiuiiuals in a few ,vi ars. I'vi-i i: or other Illinois forms of eellu lo.w p.isst d through a bath of nit ili ac Id and then washed Ih-coiiii's eelln vert, n new mi.lerlalof grenl toiighneiJi. 'I'm: uiti'icuui of the Ml. Petersburg I'uivcr.ity has received the remains ol a ui..un.ioth found In Kllieria hist sum mer alsait a mile fivm the militaiy sta tin. i i f ICrusMiiy-Var, on the const ol the river l.oinovata. Among them is i. bsitli p. rfectly preserved wcighiu;! ulsiut eight siiiuds. l'lloiooiiAi-iix for determining the mo tion', i f moving uiilmals and dying bird, lire now taken on a traveling baud of M'Ui.itUcd pnH-r by means o( iiiteimiltenl Hashes of light, and the movement i. ( the pajH'r hi the fis-us of the camera is eontrolhsl by nil eleelm magnet, In Ninth Ameilea the phakingldie. variously known as harvest spiders, harvest men. daddy-long-legs, etc., in cludes but twenty-two known i.jmm-Ii-s. 1'raiit-e has u list of llfly-nllle of thb family, and thisve of other Huros-an oiintrles aie iirtlonalcly large. FACTS IN NATUflAL HISTORY. 1 1" you catch nn animal in a steel trap every minute it stays there its meat is grow lug w irso. Ai.tii.iioii the virus from n vvolf-hlte is not more virulent than that from the bite of a rabid dog. yet Its action on the blood is much more rapid. Sovn: hinders will not eat the meat of a deer that has Wcu run nnd worried by dog-., but only of those which have Ix-cii killed by what is called still limit lug -that i, which are shut and killed and so don't i.uirer much before tin y ill I r is Ih'IIcvciI that there is no re:iMiii why African elephants should not lir tamed and trained to the service uf man. The Carthageiihlil army of Han lil1i.il possessed some elephants, but they may have been luiHirted by the I'hieiiiiiam. from Ceylon. The natives of Africa nowhere care for capturing ami domesticating wild animals It is a curious rellectiou on the Intel ligence of mankind that while animals easily learn our language, we make no advance at all In learning theirs. One can not help hoping that some future generation of men may be sullleieiitly kind nod patient to Is-lleve that vv hat these loxuilcut creatures have to say to us may sometime Ht as iiiisjrtaut as vvhul wo have to nny to them. Mas. Sr.NATon Doi.i'ii thinks that tho wife who receives a regular allowance Is more economical, uud that the hus band can ls-lter calculate his yearly ex p.Miscs, thereby Is'iiellttlng Isith. "No woman should Ik coiiih11c(1 or e.H' ted to ask her husband for every cent ..he hx'iids," declares Mrs. Itolxirt I. Porter, wife of the census couimls .inner. "It piitu her In a false and bumllliittnif position." - - r UDD OCCUftnCNCES. Maim: men do some strange thlnps. fy Tho owners of an unsuccessful "pants factory" nre converting It Into a maplo J, I H Ill-Mil j. Titian: Is a woman living at Newton, Ivan., who Is forty-eight years old nnd she hns never hail a proposition of innr rlntfo. She thinks N'ewton Is the dead est town In the world. Tin: hunting eiwtuuio for women Is of such n elericnl stamp thnt when a lady was thrown lately In Ireland n country man rushed up with the remark: "If your reverence will Just knpo nlontf tho Ismk n bit there Is n handy mil you miifht climb over." Whim: Mr. Williams, of Montezuma, (!a., wm driving under nit oak tree nt dusk he wns nuiiued to Hint his horso leave the ground ami remain In the air. investiifntlou proved Hint the nlYnlr was not suSTuaturnl, as the animal had tfol cmiirhl in n swln lianiriutf from n Ixuitfh of the tree. A u.viittKi. of apples oivned near the of Whflit htul a wry lino nipU' In ! ,"' ' ""7 " "'"""'KV " r""' " , n ii-t-f in hiht: n any yoiinr laoy who chance to eat this apple Is desir ous uf matrimony she will please eor rvsonl vvith Hartley Marshall of Falk land ttiiUtv, .uuiitoliH County, Nova Scot lu." Tin: l.ewistou (Me.) .loitrnn) has this William Tell story: "There was a Maim-dis'tor triuniii)f for hltr irnmc a day or two ago, and he i;ot helplessly Inuijf op over a precipice. His fellow Inintj.in.in tisik aim, cut HT the brunch ol a tree that imprisoned him by shoot ing it olT at -.'(Hi yards distance, and the hupi Ihfiiusl doctor was rescued." Tin. f1ii' In the shin' factories at fJar diner. Me., have originated a new fad. U hen one of their number needs a hot of false teeth a pasr is passed around and i-ae!i MiliSi'iihcr pays for one tooth. When a .ullliient sum Is collected the - t Is unlensl, and a parly Is iriveu at ivhl.ii the "friendship teeth" are pre .M'lited. NAVAL AFFAIRS. Tiii:ui; is a scarcity of lieutenants In the I'.iillsh navy, and every ollleor ou the II'. t It. In active employment. Wm.N the vessels provided for luivo Is-eit Hnislieil the Culled States navy will have twenty-nine new steel tin timored and armored cruising vessels. Srcm.TAitv Tii.vov has decided upon 'he names (or live now ship , of the navy .low building. They will ls called ( 'in. lntt.it I. liulelgh, Indiana, .Miissacliii i tt .and Oregon. Tills Stationary Knglneor remarks: IT ii i. tei. in plant on Mime of the war vessels assumes astonishing proixirttoim mil If the principal element of their siiiilswltlou. The new llrltlsh war-ship Vletoila lias In her equipment eighty -eight i. team engines, not counting those In her torM-rlo boats nml launches. Tin: uniforms of the Herman inaiiucH will U altered shortly, so thnt the neck ami chest, which have heretofore re mained bare, will Is- covered, as I . the ease in other navies. The object of the hau-o l, to prevent illness among the recruits whose lungs are not strong . enough to endure tho customary ex- ixisiire. A I'lTl'M vu phase of the use of jsivver- ' fill projectors in naval vvurfnro has Isvii brought out. In misty weather the re lief II m ami glare of the light from the irojeetors served only to blind the ship, Old the torx-do Ixiats Were able to up- .iroaeh within easy distance nnd dis charge their lorpcdix'ii without being lisuiivered. FOR FEMININE READERS. Illl.l.l vim cloth makes the tlrvcst case , for a banjo. To ouv ivn: the shiny iipieiiriineo ol silk, sixiuge with unsweetened i.'in. if pretty women would remain pretty they must not xriult their teuiK-rs to become milled. A rage leaves creuses and w rinkles, and we all know these give an Impress of age. A ni:w bed-spread Is made of coarse linen sheeting, embroidered all over in , gold-colored silk in Ixihl, conventional ' lcslgns, wrought in the loiiL'-steiu stitch known to our grandmothers. Al. I. dainty women are fond of scent. Some of them use It very extravngaiitly. I uey saturate llielr dresses with tier- fume, so that when they are tuken nut of the wardrobe they are as fragrant us a bank of violets. I'm: fashion of sewing tiny sachets of fragrant isivvde rs in the oorsatro of .' dresses Is not new, ami Is certalulv a . very agreeable oim. There also "the ' xrfuine used must be no stronger than violet or sau d Lspaguc, umber or onis-nxit. An excellent and iuexis'iisive prepara tion for cleaning soiled gloves nnd other delicate articles is the following mixt ure: One iiiatt of ilexlorIeil beii.lne, one drachm of sulphuric ether, one drachm of chloroform, two drachms of alcohol ami enough cologne to "mke it pleasant. " OIV13 Both the method and results who -Syrup of Figs is taken; itispleasai and refreshing to tho luslo and tie gontlyyot promptly ou tho Kidnoy , . Liver and Dowels, cleanses tho py"., . tem effectually, dispels colds, hem', ached and fevers nnd cures habitti -constipation. Byrun of Figs is tl, only remedy of its kind over jir diiced, pleasing to tho tnsto and a- ' coptablo to tho stomach, iiroinpt its action and truly benchcial m effects, its many excellent qualiti'. commend it to all. It is forwilo fiOo anil $1 bottles by all lctulir'. . druggists. ' , MAHUr AOTUntO ONLY Uf till ., CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CG SAM fRAHCISCO, GAL. , touismu,Kr. new tout, ti; ' 4-