L mm THE GRANT COUNTY NEWS, Tlmrstlttyrar.fi. LOCAL BREVITIES. Attend the sheriir snlo at tho court house next Saturday. Fresh cnn ly nt Piirrish's 1'otUiflica Store. Alto the latent no els. Olnronco Johnson nnd family hnvc moved from Shoolly to our Uxiutiful residence suburb, John Day. Gnnyon City district has voted n four mill tax for the maintenance of our excellent public school syU'iu. March onine iu like a cougar in this precinct. Then nceording to tradition tlic month will ilepftrtliLcajiickial.bit. Tin- bill making uiiuois punishable who ol tain liipioni by false roprosentn tion as to their age, has Income a law. Spring jKvtry it rupidly neuumulal- ingntthu shop, but we consider it I out ox .tenon. hen the eloudg roll by we miy publUh n special poetry edition. .jt A" Ctxia Hngvmxoi(l ftt nue Sit last .Sloiiday to satisfy a judgment Jilf, .!. ftlll-tV Tim Llllll rt fl1 was realized, an indication that horses are away down. A now bell has nrrived for the John Day school house. The youngs ters will bo called forth by its merry tones, and interest in the school in creased by soveml degrees. John Laycock brought n bunch of his homes over from Hear valley dur ing the week. They don't uppcai to havo fared so verv kid v vcL but ustliug iu the deeti snow was attended th much risk. It is to be hoped that tho next term circuit court will rid tho county jail of occupants. The health of the inmates will be jeopardized if they spend the long summer mouths in soli tary couuucmoni. Mr. Hoover oirers a thoroughbred horse for sale in another column. Our horsemen should War in mind that the raising of scrub stock and cayuses has ceased to lo profitable, and should gov ern themselves accordingly. Burns is ahead of uuy of the newly created citios, nnd has ulready elected city oflicers. Capt. Kelly is mayor, J. U. Welcome recorder, Irwin Oeer treasurer, Pete Htcngur, Leo Caldwell, 1. M. I!rownndJDrA'slifoixl coun ciluicn. -"" Sonm ottho mail received at this ollivtflataly has the appearance of hav ing p't iu a haul night with the boys. Hut i?go drivers ant excusable. Knowing ho depth of snow they have to wado thipujdi we readily overlook u few soiled pajiers. .Sheep buyers will soon invade our county, and persons who have sheep to sell will doubtlos realize a fair price for them. Wo understand that ?'J for yeai ling sheep and $2.00 for two-year-olds and over has already been Ijud in ,Monow county. tlio weather proph- s: 1 hcio win io distui kinoes bo- in.l With. Tlio furious, reach- COIltllll'Ilt, llllll listers on tlio ning down Can- st Monday hud Uy. llio bri- .aw Lrokit, uiiii seeing it was impossible to hold thuni Gaston jumped out mid lot tin-in Hjiin. Thu toum got loose and wits caught by John haycock. Tlio 1'iiion Pacific hiul another wreck ulove Pottlnnd u few 'days uo, mkI a number of passengers were oiip jilcd. Tlio usual cause train went through a rotten biidgo. Give Ore gon n few more 520,000 railroad com iiii&aioucrs und iiiilrcul bridges will full down mill kill people nearly every (lay. Why cnn't our people reineinlier the triuk of tho old Dutchman Istforo thu Hood who tied u hundle of swituhuH to gether to show his loys what owor thoy would have uuitedl Let uh all take the hint and stund together for tho upbuilding of (irunt county. We want immigration woit of all, which means more propeity and a lighter tux levy. A highly sensational story has found iu way into some of our oxchnngos to the ell'eet that three men had loen killed and scleral wounded iu a coun ty Mtut light nour Burns, llaiuny county folks are not going to war a Unit their county seat, you uuy de pend. They are too busy laying plans for future prosperity, which their county is liouud to have, Frank McBeau is made the hutt of nil the cruel jokes iu the precinct. A few days ago thu wnter was shut oil" from the ktuble and Prunk was dulo gutod to turn it on. Iu placo of al lowing him to turn the usual tap he wan sent up to the hig fire hydrant, alii! was nearly drowned when u full J load of wnter shot out against him. lie U laying for tho jokers. ' i, W. Trooy has Ixwu slaying cou gnM lately tho vicinity of .Sheep gulch, up tho mountain a!out four milos front town, and last Friday ho drought iu the scalp of three of the fuircu denizens of the forest One old fulluw measured alwut nine feet, and was uiujoubttxlly the one that killed a fiun marc, for Neil Hall, as lie was full of IiOriQjWi. Hu was so fat he would notUko a tree, until hard pressed ly tho hound, I f 9 1 .a1 MM 11. n nun . '."ffli ITTTT PRAIRIE CITY NEWS. March I), 1S1U. Again snow ndorns this bountiful valley. Thoro aro a few horses still out on thu hills. Wo understand that Hiul Hyde's father is very sick. Tommy MoKwan paid this place a Hying visit last week. The new lell for the M. lv church has arrived. It wuiglis .800 lbs. The creoks aro all up from tho thaw that we had the other (lav. in il - l ii i . . , num i.ii?.aiiiiiiK iiiu iii.iv.uui ai; iiiu All the schools have sloped hut rctimrk, .. f(JW mcn wi ,nakc ,0htl ono and that is in District No. I I. contriVrymcM who mvo had the H. K. tloodman claims to bo tho ! exclusive use of the valley for a great champion middle weight of 1'iiion number of years for grazing purpos precinct. os and would still keep it if tliev The Odd Fellows gave a littlu daiico at their hall on tlio evening of Feb. 2.S Our city charter has arrived, and now there are not so many candi dates for olliee. .Some one tried thu tone of tho new M. 10. church bell by striking it with an axe. The groundhogs have left their winter quarters and come out to en joy the spring. Lee I.aurance has joined the pil grims and is intending to settle at T. H. Meador's ranch. I.igjO I.aurance was iu town this morning. Ho looks quite well after his struggle with the measles. Jesse Dixon has been advised by Koo Hardman to feed burros oltl overshoes instead of gum boots. The winter mouths have past and tho spring ones como at last, with jilenty of snow and thu wind docs We've got a now city over our way, all ready to begin housekeep ing as soon as they can elect their housekeepers. Tho capitalists of this place in tend incorporating a company for the purK)so of building a roller (louring mill. Died, in Prairie City, Feb. 2Sth, l'rico Stevens, Mr. Stevens was an aged man, and had been in poor health a long time. Mr. Wrigfit went out to hunt Mr. Jolmrabhit tho other morning. He got one all the same, but came near shooting Hob Reed iu the last act. I saw Jess McMurdo the other evening. Hu had a violin iu his hand, and I guess ho is going to fid dlo himself in ollico iu spite of the boys. Some of tho sorting fraternity of this place aro talking of organiring an elk hunt for tho purpose of in suring their safety for a period of five years. We notice an ad. in your paper for a I. M. at Long Creek that can bo trusted with a few jiostagc stamps. We are sorry that thoro is not an honest man iu Long Creek. Thoro is a certain xrson in this town unknown to vour correstoud- ent, who is accused of kissing a young lady while waltzing. It is too bad that Torus Twister does not see it all. We understand that a lady said she was glad that thu upcr crust had i'nt nut of olliee nt the mcotini' a n The lower clans had got in ixiwcr ! and wo could run tho business to Good for her. suit ourselvrs There came near being a grand knock out tho nel. morning after the (!. A. It. dun co, between two lightweights of Prairie City. One of them was completely knocked out by John Barlevcom, thu champion of all. " Mr. lCditor, if you ever como up j our way you want to bring yo tr I purbo with you so you can treat th boys. Bo SOClllblo With them, to 11 them you are a bull'alo hunter and a cougar hunter and a panther slayer, and a had man all round, and have fed a few bears yourself on the sly. At tho school election yesterday W. It. Fisk was elected clerk by ac clamation. For director W. J. (!al braith and ltoht. DeardorlV were placed in nomination. Tho ballot resulted as follows: DeardorlT 1 1 ; (ialbrailh 'M. W. B. Carenter re signed his ollico of director, where ujxm W. B. Donaldson was elected by acclamation. 1 think that I will havo to decline the nomination for marshal, as I am not qualified. I will have to go back on the frontier for a couple of years "here the bull'alo roam and J kill a few of them. Perhaps I can . scare up about four and kill live ' out of tho hunch. I will be all right i for the next term, o have a man here who can do that and not half try. Poitt'S Pl.ASTKIt. Winter sat down quite heavily in the lap of spring last Sabbath night, und wu experienced our coldest wua titer. It measured u few degrees ImjIow zero at this business block. A suWrilor has shown us a copy of a wontliur prediction made by un eastern weather urtist. It prepares for the region west of u line drawn from Chicago to Texus, winter weather all through March, and wet weather all summer, with unusually heavy storm ulwut tho 7th of June and thu OtU of July, BEAR VALLEY ULESSINQS Mit. Kmtou: Hoping to iiuluco n few more ioople to eoine and take a look at our little valley and settle therein, 1 will try and write tho facts about thin part of Grant coun ty, as there is ample room for (piito a number of settlors here. Firxt, there is at least half tho ViUev Bowl tillable laud that still helongs to nolo Snm , i iu injai wail ui liiu kiiiiii liiiui with hut vorv few exceptions still lies vacant. That grain and hardy vegetables can bo raised here there is no doubt, .... t.-t l il... .!:... I . , . W1,,,r imiVr,u ",0 l,I"c' ,or their heirs and assigns forever. I When you hear a person running I down tho country, telling you thuru is too much snow or too much frost, ' or not enough of something else, you ' can jucliru hu has interests here, i 1 proK).sc to write the disadvan tages as well as the advantages of I this valley, and this discouraging I tendency is one of thu greatest draw 1 hacks wu have. I We all know of countries more j desirable to live iu irhnps, but 'just go there and what do you findl j Why you find that Brown, Jones or Smith owns tho laud and you will 1 havo to pay $-0 to t'iOO icr acre to ' make your home there. Now what would you have us ; poor folks do, who neither own sheep i or land give up what little vacant I laud there is left to men to graxe their Hocks without molestation and I free of cost I ' Shall we plod along through life homeless, or quietly take what I'm- clc Sam oilers us and make a home of our own for a home is a home, be it ever so homely. I fear tho golden rule is almost forgotten, so much so that iu a few more years it will command a big price as a curiosity. Wo might live and let live, at least. J Bear valley is alwut 18 miles long and will average I miles wide, sur i rounded with timber. Pino, Tama ' rack and Fir. Water courses prin cipally taken up, although there aro soveral fine quarter sections va cant Avith good springs of wator,and at no placo in tho valley would any one havo to dig far to get water. Should feed stock three months on an average, although there aro hut few that do so. Kauge for stock is the best to be found. No place for fruit as a whole, but there are localities whore apples and certain kinds of berries could be raised with success. We have two school districts iu tho valley. Our nearest trading jtoiut is Can yon City, eighteen miles distant. We have no sawmill nor no black smith. Would bo a good opening for either one, especially a black smith, and we hope to seo one locat ed here soon. Any one wanting to engage iu the dairy business would find this a de sirable locality. Snow has been falling again. Somo people begin to look blue over tlio prospect, but it is just what wu require. I think most every one has hay enough to feed six weeks yet if necensary. Saw Mr. Frank Metschan plow ing Ins way bravuly through the it --- - , .J snow with a load of grub for the boys, and as it was a matter of life or death ho was making struuuoui ull'orts to ruach them. Ail the hopes he hud was beans. He thought they had beans enough left to pro long lifu until he reached them. I understand Mr. Ilitzo who went to thu promised laud of California last summer did not find the laud so promising, and is returning to Bear valley where he owns a iuar- tor section of land. Wo wish him a haiipv return, for wo need a few more sneb num in thin vnllti.-. Nkmo. Born, March t-'llth, to wife of Ira .Sproul, a I my. Dick Clink, who is the prosperous harln'r over at the Crick, is spending a few days in town. Want an OikianI For mi to, one Beethoven Parlor Organ, nmily new. Knquiiu at the Nkus ollico, for p.ir ticulais. Burlier Stephens hai just lucoivrd a machine for burning hair oil' instead of cutting it. This is tho grout agony iu fashionable circlus, Thu new law exempting railroads to lu built during the next two years from taxation, should encourage u road to seek our Ix-nutiful valley. This city's chmtor has Wu received and meets with universal favor. The Imuudarios on the west include the greater part of the Humboldt Corf, min ing claim. As soon as there is n "bnvikup" iu the mouutuins the miners will Ixin operations. Many small claims iu thu county depend altogether on water from melting snow iu their immediate vicinity. Regarding the dillerouco iu the uuiii1mi' of sheep found by thu assessor nnd stock inspector Assessor Tiiiims informs us that hu did not assess lamlis and that numerous small Kinds of sheep aro owned by parties heavily in debt, und consequently not on tin) tax roll. The inspector perhaps counted nil, thus finding u great many more than did the assessor, CALEU CORRESPONDENCE. Cai.kii, Feb. 23. Well, here goes for a few ques tions: The different precincts of Grant county aro loing visited by the sherill'or his deputies for the collec tion of taxes, and such remarks as the tar gatherer hears would canso a government mule to frown. Well, who is to blame that our i taxes are so highl Surely not the . assessor, for he assesses just as we the citizens give iu our projwrty which is according to law. But let's look a little out around. How about thu assessor taxing l'Jf,000 head of sheep and the in spector finding nearly twice that iiuidIkt in his ollieial capacity! Just here is one item of near $"200, 000 that escaped taxation; at the present lew would be a vorv nice sum if paiil on our county's Indebt edness. And if sheep are given in 1 to tho assessor thus, why not horses and cuttle, and iu fact all taxable projwrtyt Now if one third of the properly of Grant county, or one fifth, eseajn's ; taxation, does it not follow that thu other two thirds or four fifths v,ill , have the same amount of tax to pay, where if all was taxed our tax-! j cs would be projiortionatcly loss per I cent, but the sum total would bo the same. Another siR'cial. item is real es tate. Take thq'fimount'of real es tate taxed in thlsYdtinty. Let some reader do a littlu figuring, using his Iersonal knowledge for example, and compare figures with the asses sor's books, then judgu for himself. Well, my idea is not to find fault with citizens of Grant county, as 1 supKse if heresay is correct other counties are just as bad and if oli ticiaus keep quarreling some will appear worse. So taking this all into considera tion why not re-model our tax lawl Surely wo have law makers at Sa lem smart enough to stop some of those loopholes whereby this prop erty oscajR'.s taxation. In fact, "wliat's the matter with the big tax billl" If some parts are objection- ablu to money lenders somo aroal80Tml,a' nV ttt llm ImrrIWAP Into to suit both extremes, but somo parts of tho hill aro surely good for 1 both sides. j Surclv something ought to be done by our fugislators on tho subject of , assessment and taxation, or else other states that do something will soon distance Oregon iu wealth and population both, even if they can not in natural resources. Polly Tioks. The weather moderated almost as suddenly as it turned cold. Miss Uuio Mack of Prairio City is visiting relatives iu town. Go to the Red Front Billiard Halt, Canvon City, for lino wines, liquors anil cigars. I'lour, Graham, Barley, (either ground or whole) Chicken feed, Bye, Middlings, Bran, .Shorts, Ac, .ve, at Gundlach's. Thu Pacific Brewery's Celebrated Beer, the best in Kastern Oregon, is now kept coustautlv on tap at thu Red Front Billiard Hall. The ollico of county judge of this county will b much sought after iu the future, as long as there are liuugty H)liticiuus. The salary has U-on min ed from $1000 to ?lfi00 per milium. Wantkd. A Printer in the Nr.ws foundry. Must be able to furnish satisfactory references. None other need apply. First come first served. Address Tiik News, Canyon City. Mr. Ililliard was over from Gran ite yesterday, and reported miners in high spirits. May their hopes be realized, for the most money Grant county gets this year must bo dug out of the earth. Tho N:ws is thankful for the nu merous corresK)iidenco from Prairie, but of course Porus Plaster is the regular one, and has thelloor. Tho topics of thu day aro covered by him, therefore this adherence. ICstuay. Came to my place on Middle Fork, ono iron-grey work horse branded 0 J on left shoulder, shod all round. The owner will please call fur same at once and pay charges, at Austin, Oregon. Mi.not Arsn.s. There will be services at the M. K. church this city Sunday March St 1 1 at 1 1 a. in , and at John Day M. H. church at 7 p. in. The pastor (!. H. I.uco will occupy tho pulpit. Subject, "Secret and revealed things." Gov. Pennojcr signed the bill chiin- ' ging our time of circuit court. Then the shot ill' hurried out to notify jurors that they needn't mind nhotit present iug themselves at tho court house Monday morning. The fouith Monday iu April is the time for court to con vene. IfolnicN IIiimIiicmh COIIrgo Of , Poitland will open Sept. 1st. .1. A. Wosco, tho loadinj; pemnnii of tho const, has bocouiu a p.nlnor iu this school and will make it thu leadiiiL' UiiHinoBS College. Send for catalogue . m When you send away for goods remember the linn of Collin A Me Farland at Hoppnor. Thoy not on ly guarantee you first class goods at lowest prices, but they pay mail or j express charges on sniiio to any stage ollico in Grant or Ilarnoy counties. Seo thuir now "ad" for further partlcularn". A LESSON IN ECONOMY. IIiih II il. Km. I Ctirrktul tit Wlf.'i 111- IrttlltKMIHtN A mnn with lare liuslne Interests nnd n hiiui!,mc Income married a lady who. ncctiktoined all her previous life to the biMirles of wealth, hail never funned any clear conception of the worth anil putvlmiiiiK power of money, l-'or Mime mmitli the Indulgent liu.v ' n:i I ;r--atl!loil bW wife's every wltlm. One day the lady, to earty out Mime enprlee, asked for a check for lnr;e a sum that the gentleman nnllJturlol. lie saw that such pnxll(ality. If ler slsted iu, meant ruin; but not wishing to grieve his wife by a downright re-fu-4il, he determined to jjlvo her a les win Iu finance, lie therefore smilingly remarked that he could not give her a cheek as usual, but would send up tho money from hi store. About noon the promised money came, nut In crisp litl, as was e.H'cled, but Iu silver (lulhirs. the mud total lllllng several specie Lap,. The wife was llrst vexed, then hiuommI, and llnnlly, as the afternoon wore away, Ui-nme deeply thoughtful. U lieu her hti'.Kanil came home to sup per, she look him irctilly by the arm, and Icailliitf him Into the room where the ixmilcnius li(f of siH'clo were still standing, snld: 'My dear. Is this the money I asked you for this niornlnir?" "II Is. my love." wet the reply. "And illil yon have to take this money nil iu, dollar Ity dollar, iu the course of your liusliii-M,?" was the next ipicntlon Yo," ho answered, gently; "It rep-rvM-nts the ivsultn of many weeks of haul l.iloir." "Well, then." she wild, w itli tearful eyes. "m-ihI a man to take It back to the UmU In the mornliiir. I can't use so much money for so trivial a purNise. I .li.ln t tunlcr, tan. I alsnit It before. Yoiith'K Companion. Clilttiiti' Muilr. The musical art of a p -ople who rep resent one-llfth of the earth's popula tion oejjlit to Ik (.tudled. If not for the hikoof nsthotic pleasure lit least In the interest of scienllllo knowledge. Yet there Is wnreely a department In tho history or philiw.iphy of music con ceruloir which the Information to be found in the I'ook.i it, mi iiiisallsfnclo' us that of Chinese iiiuslo. Kvej.w,, I lili.torl.tn of t'ie thoroughness toid profiuulity of AmiPros, aftef 'devoting m ini pae. to an i.ltoniol fu oluohlato (he ( hiin-N.- thoiaMjnatmi willing to : li. ve llio ljp,t trnvetur who seta tluwti tWoatflloni pmiUcvof the itrt as not fill iltttruf but crinte. liarim-i.'. (inrei;ii- Crude, barbaric and noisy music etrt.iuilv Is, but not uu- rejful iled. i:vn the little music which can lie hcur.l on any holiday In the Uiine,..) ipiai'ter of Now York will serve to disclose to a illk.-rhiiitiatiiig ear that it 1. uothtutr If not uiothHlioal. The tlillleulty n.i the part of the historians hau been that they have never come In contact with the Chinese, ami therefore havo had to depend on the des.-i-ipllons of travelers mid mis sionaries lou.-hiiig the pmellciil siilu of the art. ( rr.vlly to apprehend music, however, i iiiire . " lei otinlillc ntloils of education and natural L'IfU, and those have been possessed by so small a minority of Oioko who havo written ulxtut China that thoy are bcarccly , worth enumerating. Century. Tt-rtlt (ii'rni lit Ihr lluiitHii Urlnffi i The development of teeth germs from Infancy to luatuiM life Is one of the j most Interesting phases of human growth, l'ass the linger along the tiny I jaw of the newcomer. Not only Is ' there nothing which presages future ' teeth, hut the jaws themselves seem too delicate and frail to become the , socket,, for such hiirtl-workiug portions i of the anatomy. Yet wo are assured I that there are llfty-lwo tooth Kcrmshhl 1 den there. Twenty of thorn aro for Ui temporary teeth, with which, In due , time, the child wilt lie-in to kiiiiw or chew his way through life; thu others Include the permanent set ami the molars, none of which Wgln to make their presence known until the child Is six yearn old, and the wisdom" teeth do not usually appear until about the tie ' of eighteen. The little pulp germ grows and develops till It approximates the i shais' of the tooth It Is to become; thou i It lh'glus to calcify, 'forming the dentine part of the crown, white the enamel Is deHisl'..'d by an Independent process. The surface of the crown attains its full size before the process of elonga tion commence. Then, gradually it pushes Its way outward through tho gum. iilisorhlng its tissue us it advances, .ill the pure white enamel peeps out. rittslnirgh Dispatch. ) Ti.rl.nilu tli lunkrr. A striking Instance of the elevation of a person from humble to exulted clrc uiiiKtauccH is found iu the life of Tortonia, n celebrated hunker of Home, whoe father was nothing more than it valet do place, or a guide, who showed uhout strangers for hirst. Tortonia, who was an active, Intelligent young man, nt llrst entered into business In a small way as a Jenolor. I u course of time he Ix'camc a sort of banker; and an unexpected circumstance brought him iu contact with Cardinal Chlara moiitl. On the death of 1'ojki l'lus VI., a conclave was to lie hold at Venice for the election of a now Hope. Chiarii iii' mil had expectations of lieing elect ed to thtf vacant ollico, hut he was iiu it I ilf to attend the conclave for the want of money, In thfs emergency hu was supplied with ll few hundred crowns by Tortonia. 'The cardinal now repaired to Venice, where, In the Church of St. tieorge, he was elect jd Hope, under the title of Plus VII, In gratitude for this act of service the sovereign jHiutllf on his return to Home appointed Tortonia banker to the court, lie was created it Mnnpils and nfter. wards n Duke, und became one of tho richest capitalists In Buropc H, Y. Ledger. KSTItAY NOTICk" One dark gray maro. suposc(l to bo four years old, branded y, on left shoulder. Came to my placo in Juno, IS'JO, Owner can have same charges iy proving property ami pavini: Dayiii Bi.anton. Blantou P. ()., Grant County. Or. A OA It I). Tho G. A. It. coniiuilteo tender their thanks to tho ladies of Prairio City and to those who donated to nMf Ili(lmJ ,1B ; our ,ut() uu(1)rali ion at Prairio City on tho 2ilnl ultimo. b. lloiuiii, ) 0. C'ooiiHY, V Cominittco. II, A, IlYPK,) k SOME SMART KIDS. l-"ltlltlIS "I-ct us Utile Johnnie "Xo; to n set." break this cup." It doesn't licloug Knur Messenger lkf "Conle, let its go und deliver our messages." Second MosAonger lmy "All right. I'm tired of slttln' down, too." "lr you don't give me n penny," said it young hoHful to his mamma, "I know n Imy thnt got the measles, and I'll go nnd entolt 'em." .Minis mi "Well, Hobby, do yon think you will Ik a liottcr little Isiy this year thnn you were Inst?" Hobby (hopefully) "I think so, sir; I Wrttn Inking cisl-llver oil Inst week." Mlt. 1)I'misi:v (who catches Johnny amongst his mother's fresh tarta) "lsik here, Jnhuuyl What are you up to?" Johnny (Indistinctly)- 'Tpttithe ninth, pa, but they're awfully small." Morni:u-"My son, I didn't mean to whip you so hard." Willie (who has Wen stealing jam) "That's all right, ma. I didn't get ipflte enough jam, anyhow, nnd I'll go nnd get u little more." "ltoni'.nr, yon may give me the name of Mime wild Mower," wild the teacher hi botany, ltoliert thought awhile anil then sold: "Well, t reckon Injun meal comes almut as near Ix'lng wild llotir us any thing I know of." Itc.v -"My father's Ikvii to Ktirov and yours hasn't." Tim -"lie don't want to go, mid neither do I. I've seen nil 1 want of KuroH." Hon (in sur prise) -"When did you see Burnite?" Tim "In the geography." l'tltsr Hov -"Let's put our money to gether and go to the circus." Second Hoy "All right. How iiiiioh have you got?" 1'lrst Hoy "Ntithluir. Mow much have you got','" Second Hoy "Same lis you. I Niy, let's cniwl under the tent." Tomuv (studying his lesson) -"I any, pa, where does the Hudson rise, and Into what sen does It empty?" I'a "I don't know, tny sou." Tommy "You don't know, eh? And to morrow lh teacher will Holt me on account of -your iiflirir-tnii.t " ELECTniCALEfOniJSgS, J - "T 1IUl ''ii.,.,.,d that nleotrtii llxlittinr fnTl'nrls In istll and sw will n-quln' n motive power etpiiil to at least thirty two thousand-horse tower. Ai si iiM.i A has strung no les than one hundred and live thousand three hundred anil sixty miles of wire across Its surface und transmitted In one year twelve million messages. Tin: I'lilteil States have seven hundred ami seventy-six thousand live hundred miles of wire, and in one year no less than llfty-slx million messages were sent through the country. A .nkw storage cell, having elcctixslos of Inm ami cops'r, has recently ls-en patented In this country. It Is claimed that the cells are of loss weight fur a given capacity than those using loud plates. Kixctiiic ears are generally kept Iu service eighteen hours per day. The average electric horse-power rebelled per ear Is four anil nine-tenths hoist power. The power required to stint n car Is sometimes as high as twenty-live-hurst! power. Tin: new (irand Central Passenger Station at Fifth avenue and Harrison street, Chicago, which was icccntly oK'Ut'il to the public, has tlfteen sttules In Its tower, tho upier four of these being reached by a special electrical elevator. Amimiica Is not only furnishing Ku ros' with all Its electric machines, mid lighting Hurls by electricity, hut has recently sold three hundred thousand dollars' worth of dynamos nnd lamps with which to light up the lmilou elo Hon of the Midland Hallway of HiihIbihI WOMKN Or rtlff- ARISTOCBACY. Hxiseiaw Hi'.ATtuei: prefoii, to lie n.l drsjMTd its I'rliicess Henry, of ll.itten- IsTg. Tut: (Jucn has lMu,.ht u Iik'); of hair which belonged toCharltM. I.'s head Is fore he lost It. ... JiT.cv Aviu.ii:, of l'ort'ignl, t now al most restored to health. Hu Is the prettiest and most fascinating of the sovereign ladles of Kuroe. Till: (Jueen-ltegeiit of Spain iwolved as a New-Year's present from the Hope ii splundld mosaic of the Mud. .nun tn mlt at the Vatican factory. Tin: Turkish Sultan's daughter luo liocu eiluoatetl In accordance with Hu-pi-tin hleas anil Is n young lady of taste and accomplishments. Shi Is especial ly known as a pianist of remarkable execution. Aik'Iiimtiiks Maui a Doiiotiii. v k one of the beauties of the Austrian Im perial family. She It iiIhivc the inc. Hum height, with dark hair ami eyes ami a fresh complexion. She Is noted for her charities ami for her skill iu piano playing. Tin; Duchoits d'IJ0H has lost eighty thousand dollars by the failure of Ha.v nauil, the hanker whom she met al the oilico of l.e (iaulols. Her coiinet tion with that paper has altogether cost her six hundred and lfly thousand dollars, the I ohm of whlull she feels most miicoiii fortably with three grown-up childrt u to settle. PURELY STATISTICAL. 'i'lir.iti: are 1' lilted Slates, 5,000 Japanese In the Timai: are nliont "fi.WS) persons Iu prison In the I'ultiwLHlntos. A wiitrmi In the Etude Hellglt'lises states that there are now in tho tax New England States tari.f.OO I'reli. h Canadians. Hv tlue prts'c of Inw iu New York Inst your HHI.Oou eiipo who could nut pay their rent were set out Into the street w Ithout n place to go to. AlToiiiiiNO to the olllclal returns pro mulgated by the census bureau, Oregon contains Xlll,.'i.V.I Mtiplo west of the as cade mountains, undT'i.Stll cast of that range, n total of HI 'J, I Ml, Tin: uiunlKir of deaf and dumb people Iu K'uusas Is very Inrgo. The asylum nt Olnthc eonlalus ,",US Inmates, of wh.,iu illil are males and 'i'0 females. The at tendance has more than doubled In the last ten yeurs. A Ilr.t.oitrxguu manufacturer s.iy . It Is a mystery to him what Women of nil tho guns iiiiulc. They are not jst Ishiible or easily destroyed, yet .ic.ir after year the great iiianufuctiiit rs have Increnstid their works until the liumltor of guns and pistols that are muile each year Is somuthlng emirmoiib, mill the trade liiktoad of deuriMiiililg 1 continually growlnif. ELECTRICITY THE ROAD TO HEALTH AND VIGOR. When wo consider tluj luestimablo blessing of health, and the horrors of wasting disease and imiiahJd vi tality, we must accord to Dr. Darrin tho distinguished honor that be longs only to the noblest boitofaO" tors of our race. By tiil4 discovery, whieh enable.s him to vitalize his medicines by moans of electricity, and to send the life-currents of thnt great agent through the debilitated frame, ho allavs pain, restores tho strength and florid bloom of glori ous health, and tho elasticity and jqyousness of spirit that are lost when stillering from disease of tho organs, or disarrangement of tlio nervous centers. A few instances of cure we give as a proof Ksiliv6 of tho stioriority of electricity over' other methods of cure. Mr. Isaac Wineard. CenlniJLi. Wnsh. Asthma of IS yastrs' stand iug, cured. Jos. Moore, St. Charles Hotel Restaurant, Portland, polypus iu the noso fifteen years, cured. Miss huoy Moran, Monmouth, Oregon Cross-eye, straightened in one minute. J. W. Bottom, Asloiiu, Or.kidny and liver complaint for yearsj res tored to perfect health. S. I. Whitman, Monmouth, Or., doufness and ringing noises in tho ears twelve years, restored. MIss.MainioMcK'can, 2iH I street Portland, deafness and catarrh fourteen years' standing, cured. H. K. Joslin, The Dalles, Or., (Jia elmrging ear twonty-onotydari), cured. Ur. narjs Place ofUushifas. Dnrnw,-!.. ko asiMoialiv of (ttaenfoH of tho Jmr, Noaoaht'l 'PI.....I 1 ..II ... .. it, rnnin1l ill J llio.li, iiiiii un IlLTVO private iiisoasus, Hitult uh Manhood, blood taint. Hvnhillis. gleet, ('ono! i boon, Hlrietuie, sponnn torshooa, nominal wcuknoHH or loss of dnsiro of soxunl jiower iu man or woman. All peculini- fetnnlo trou bles, inegiilur inunstruation, dis placement, ele.. nro oDnlidentially ffi and succossfully tiiMled, and yjjl iiuiier no circuinsiancos iiiuq u-Chbc that thoy cannot euro or Uenolltr- Consultation froo, ChatgfW lonsoif able. Cuius of private diNoseH guar anteed and never publtslTod iu tho papers. Giieiilars and nttobtion blaiikH wnl froo1 OlliccH, 70J Wash ington street, Portland, Or. Letter 1. 1st. List of letters remaining un called for iu the Histolllco at Can yon City, Or. March 1, 181)1. 11 G Banks, Hsip Mr ICuguno Wes ton. Persons calling for tho nbovo will please say advoilised. Mum. Ann ik U. Paiiiiimii, P. M. Letter List, Letters remninim? uitenlled foe Or., Marolr I, 1HU1. P?:r'; Mnltpguno 1 lavycuaL llf&l'..t. ' ' :t 1-W.rffflf rtrt'llinif'ror iiils-rtf-nlim-i, ' J' lottora will iibvisc ulvo ilatoofad- ertislng. Itn i: U. McIIai.i:y, 1'. M. FOB SALIC. I will sell for Cash, or trade for Stock, the lindivided half, or all, of the Sleiim Saw Mill known tin tho Sotithworth A: Guernsey mill. Huh pinner, and sbinglo inaehinoaltacb wl. For full particulars address O. GlIIUlNBKY. Canyon City, Grant county, Oregon. Many years practice have3givon C. A. Snow ,v Co.. Solicitors lif mil. ents at Washington, ), ('.., unsur passed succesM in obtaining patentH for all classes of invention. Thoy make a specialty of rejected oases, and have secured allowance of many patents that had been previously re jected. Their ad. in another cfll limn uill be of interest to Invonlorsi patentees, uiantifactunrH, anil allS who have to do with patents. 8 Both tho method and results when Hy nip of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant and refreshing to tho tasto mid acts gently yet promptly on tho Kidnoys, Liver and Uowels, cljamses tho sys tem ('H'eettialiy, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ovdr pro duced, pleasing to tho tasto nuil no coptnhlo to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its ell'ects, its many excellent qualities commend it to all. It is for sale iu fiOo and $1 bottles by all leading druggists, UHHUfAOTUIUO ONLY at TH ' . CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.' SAN IRAHCISCO, CAl. lOUli Hilt, At, Af K 10HIC, H, t. M :4. ' Hii 1 1 i i Ji il s- 1 t