-.,? 27 c o Slock- man, .Merchant and .'Minor. GMNT COUMT NEWS. 77o Raporor the Farm, tho Workshop and the J fame. Totone A7. CWsVrtXV 6'VTr, GR.'JNT COUNTY. OREGON, Til URSlh'l Y. .UJIHCJI 12, ISO J. Numbci THE .... J . - - 3W1 ft K5 v ' i K 1 1 St r i 1 1 TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. Xo nouirr oxUu n to the fact that mani- ill-oit,so.ri snimsf." ,,t ,.,it light, tlfotjgji the precise nature of the T?fHnWdm for lu emission In not nl--Way fortnlit. TflK algtc ..f the ocean, and coelnlly ut highly -saline sen, nrv In nil resis-et dllTcivtit frum fresh-venter nlgH. Tliry constitute two indenilent orders, one of which Is adapted by It.n orgnnUation to froth water, the other to Milt water. TitRttK are the curious ribliott flh. :,xvltu thotr Hn prolongiM Into feelers in a 1 1 J times im long rut the IsHly; and Vtw . uro other strange tyvs with Tn'Uil tails, nml cycle heads that JSktte' like nightmure than actual rtstiietlou of matter-of-fact nature. jr TMHxvhnle In no mow n fish thnn the T l&t U n:blnl. IU ymuignro Istrn like the 1 klttn and the puppies, but only one nt 2k'nf t'f" young whole takes IU ttirlslimpjit it lt mother's breast. Just toftthtifftimnn ltby does, nml it Is Jut aStOnrcrtjlly watched nml jjunrilcil hy ltn pnrynHp IKnwtto the ilcpth of two htimlrvt! fathom, wliore dnyllht ilimpponns tin pt of n (lh jjrow ronstantly hlfKr :umI hlintr. Hoyoml tlmt ilcpth Mimll i .vuil form ct in, with lon feclont lt vi lowl ktij)iliuin'nt the eyp. Sicht, in UetilSill ' tlx'Klnnlntf tinlniiihy. In (rrwtnffnlirJ tho llh nru mostly SpantMi mnckcrol, with It iT iMiiiHith. e eone-MintKiI ixxly. I nnonir f the wlfUt of llshi'x, nml for hix-cil only HikIh n purallol in tho ilolphln. 'I'liore U a preat fclmllnrity in hhnpc Xw tween tla'M! two, uml iKith cut the wntor lllio a yncht. 'Hie first follow the ftiKtcht htenmern with the Rivntoiit onfKt, in It. iIuhIiok suIiiiiuIiik ut llvo times their dpoed. Tiik niethftil hy which the solo M'nrchi'H for food Is peculiar. lie taps tho sandy lHttom with hit lu-nil, guided nppnrently hy Mcnt only; when the tuvtllo IllamcntH find Miiuethtnt; etlthle he Immediately seizes It with n vigorous mid sudden snnpof the lower lmlf of the jaws, where the teeth are situated, but novor 6napM nt any thltifr not first localized by his feelers. V.CRAPS OF GOOD THINQS. X A WOMAN' seventy years old, who ilves on the Island of Moiilieb'aii, Me., ns never seen a horse. t0dtiMjn man has had the plenv liiif; his own obituary notice, it himself, and hn laid it In' published after his death. tidlminpolis man lias constructed le of steel tuhiiiK and aluminum, though exceptionally light, Is to Iju practically unbreakable. ut'lAVhua compiled somo very VSlfil"s",s-W iwinonHratts Uiat tnmigui jive, on nn nveniKe, n and n half longer than men mry vocation of life. Jt Norristown, l'a., attacked he, left the theater, nml hliorine; dentist had the uxtracted, after which e tho rvt of the piny. 1 jtiC piHtinen, ". Sly tolled ti wmffj) V. They mi muted on ttie malls in lire on duty ti. ui , Ky p "I., in piiuianves in ho that no loan hos to Arork hnn ei(ht luwrn R day. .KcriMitm uMin Hie HulUli lun- hnh preilktetl that ln-fon- lon Uh irrnnd opera will 1h- iK'nuaneut- ,tablUlu'd In thK oountry. lie snys the lhijlUh hintrmiKO etui be Mini; hout in any way disturbing the mi- fiilned letfiito How of voice nml tho beauty ot tone. A vr.ltv expeiutvo fail Is hnvliii; your portrait otit a nn onyx euineo. The work U verj Mow, ditllcult uml lulnirl nu. The Imago when done in perinnii- cut ami ill hit for centuries. There t are.enouijh people In New York who J enjoy thin kind of uxtrnvaipineo to Ivo 2 constant eiuployment to llvo 0:111100 por trait uarverh. C A wi i,iipiihhi.i lady on n ioulsvllle fctreet-cur declined to pay faro for her little h'Irl, Miylni; that Mie was "only Uln-eo yuar old." Wliereujion the little ' " -ko forth: "Why, mamma, " jhw thai I'm bc year dd, Jnv hirthdnyT Tho lady, i a penny, hnrrloiljy irave r another nickel. ROOM ADVICE. ,Ket that kinduew and ton tire vnMiitlnl to mieceMifiil nur- jtoN'T nMt a convalewent if ho would ike. thin or that to oat or drink, but pre. iif tho ddlenelen and preMint them In tftomptlni; way. I A ,nu:wi: mutt never h'ot Impatient. A yk iHrmn U often Irritable ami Mtine Vex"olstlnuto, but tliiu must 1k over f hv Ijliidnfiui ami llrmni ' ' Bbn-Mok perMiu unless you .i-etted to do mi, tir there U u j ruuKou why yon should. A norvoun piiou is often iiiiulo von uncoiufurta- ilu.y it. Till nurse miut learn to Ixi cool and collected in Minis of trouble. Any ex prcstlon of alarm or anxiety, u( a criti cal moment, muy result dUustrouMy to ho patient. lM tho early moniliiK' bouis the vital 'orces of tho nation) are at an ebb, nml lti to add additional or provide muiio- Is time. ho nurve's work ht and trying. lo,rvlii; phyM- rmliie whether tho VJLlloi 1 ruin . nor MS S 1 V I 1 V 1 . DOOKS AND AUTHORS. Caitaix Kino' novel, "lletwtvn the I.lnei." hai won hli;h prnlMi from the fiin m.mt mtlltnry nutlmrltles In (irvat llritnlu. litttut Zouv hn Uen pnkl frt.000 for tin rtifht to (mblUn hU new mivel, "Mnney," In one of tl I'nrU ovenlni; paper. Km Tkhkimh hn written a lik of remlnlKeuees of fwmoii men he Iioa met n hU hetiirtni; tiMir, ami Juit piibllsheil under the title of "Klni; of I'lntfonu atul Pulpit.'' I.ffv t.Attnixt, the autlHire, to mi per stltitHHi In that Mie Udleves it n bul omen to a)nk of her future literary viirk to even her miMt Intimate friends 'If I did," she wtys, "I Mumld never 11 on with It." Tol-ATnf niece ban prejKirv-d nn edi tion of "Wnr nml l'enco" for the blind. 'lliU edition will W orlntisl enllndy In ml v1 letter, nml each epy v III contain nlMUit neveii tlMiumtml Ho,', The prt ami Ion of the work haslnittsl live year. Miw. SofTinioitTll Utile author of eigh ty novels, "Itetrlbntlon," the first story, Ivlng pubUMieil In 1MB. That I bit; work for n woman's hand ami bruin, and the world none the worse for It, either. Tho latter fact U her cniwnlui; triumph. Ax old Mhfsdnmte of Ithler llnggnnl says that at college the future author of "She" WM not accounted clever, lie xvax n plain, iiintter-of-fnet liy, who lived simply. Ho had n preference for traveling, however, which he Indulged Immediately after graduation. ArTKli fifty-nine yearn of Inlxir, liar thelemy Salnt-llllalre hai flnlMietl his translation of Aristotle, n work In tlilr-ty-llvo volumes, l-'ur the hist twenty years tho tranitlntor has nl lKen very active In polities n Sen:tnry to Thiers, Minister of l'orolgn AtTalrs, ami Sen ator, ON OR NEAR THE THRONES. QtiKKX VierolilA has presented n rlohly-capnrisoned Indlnn elephant Ut the Kmperorof Mons-co. IIciuno tho forty-nlno years of hUllfe tho Trinco of Wnles has drawn SJlrt,.VK), 000 frtim tho public treasury of (In-nt llritnlu, nml his debts, it is said, now amount to ntsiut SS.Ooo.ihki. Tiik finest stvolmu of phvslcal man- hotxl on a lhiroH'an throne is King Os car of Sweden, In whose royal veins there runs very gisul red plelsdan bliHsl, with but little of tho real blue article mixed In It. Ills ancestor wns Napo leon's marshal, lleruadotte. Is spite of tho advancing years nml Increasing llesh of the l'mpress of Uus- sin, she has not lost her taste for danc ing, but Indulges in that pastime nearly a frroly as she did in hor youth, when her devotion to It won bur the tonne among her friends of the grnsshopper." LlMJt'OKAl.AM, who iH'Comes Queen of Hawaii by tho death of ICalnkaua, her brother. Is the wife of nn Knglish man, I.tciitennnt-dcueral John 1). IKim Inis. Her designation as heir apparent was due to the fact that she was the only iiicmlior of tho royal family who had children. Tin: (ionium Kinis-ror Is now a land owner in Norway. A few weeks ago he made a contract with Holm Munthe, 11 well-known architect of Chrlsllaula, for the erection of five villas and 11 hunting lodge 011 his estate. The Norweglmis Indlevo that It Is tho l'.mieror'h Inten tion to visit his Northern homo each summer. NATIONAL NICKNAMES. Til 11 Ihinos are known as Danskers. Tin: Swltzer rejoices In tho name ol Colon Tampon. Tut: Italians lire almost Invariably known In Kuropo as I.uzznroui. Till: Irishman derives his name of I'adily from his National patron saint. A Scotciiua.v Is known the world over as Ssjuly uml never object to the title. CotdlN MtcillU. U tho name by which the Herman Is known to the continental nations. ll.soi.lniMr.N have accepted the name of John Hull ui suited to the National character. Till: ltusslan Hear nml the I'uspeak able Turk are hardly real nicknames, IhiI they go. A.v ancient nursery rhyme rooortU the fact that Taffy is u Welshman uml wi he is culled. Don WiiiHKiuiAMMM t almost a na tional nickname for the .Spaniards, dating from KllvilMlhnu times,. M Mii:i:it ft 'uxiii, an abbreviation of Nicholas, sums up tha Hollanders, who aru often known simply as the Myn heers. K.Mii.isii sailors call tho rrouchmmi, In contempt, Johnny Criipuud; but in Franco he is Jaciios Itonhumine, or, us a ism rtfeols, M. l'rudhomme. MERICANISMS, Kaut year tho (loverumunl sold 18, 000,000 aorcit of land to settler. Twcntv Mii.t.io.v acres of land of the t'nltod Stales Is held by foreigners. It costs tho (iovernmcnt Hi.'M,iXM) n year to print tho Congressional lleeord. Tin: fashionable hotels of America have U'como the most oxiouslvc In tho world, CioAiiirm: smoking In thU country Increased thirteen (sir cent, during tho past your. Tin: nuinW of suloldo in tho 1'nlted Stutek In IhtXJ was .'.HIO, while In IhVJ it wasS,)l. nml In lsss, i.isj. It Is estlmuteil that out of nn army of U.000,000 smokers In this oountry, those who uo Imported cigars only number O1.000. Tin: gold do! tvorld over. 1 liar Is worth 100 cents the lu l.ondoii or .ShaiighultW 00 graliiK of standard iftilil tire eijuiil Noo cents. 1 r A LAUGH FOR EACH. Sin: (sentimentally) "Shall you ever forget our lmiicynxsm. darling?" lie (prnctlenlly) "Never! Mm bills were something tisi awful." I'oha (eltf siusln)--"I. jim ever go tmt drlvlngT" Stnnrtweetl (cHinlry cHisln) "Yb-h, Wen tin' tdo ettws won't eiHne up wltlHHit K"lu' arter Viu." Miss I Sim-mikxi:s "My faithful on nlno pthales knlokerlsx-ks after any violent iiiHseuhtr exereKe." MUs ltrwjiy-, "Ytm mean to sny his breath comes In short punts?" A MAX had etmsuHiHl a fortune-teller ns to his future. "You'll lie ssir, sir. until you're thirty," was the prediction of tho I'ylhoness. "Ami then?" "Oh! niter that you'll get used to t." KxAKPiniAmt Vii-rm (tossing s-nny to orgnii grinder) -"Herts take this nml lie off!" Spaghetti (gratefully starting his crank ngaln) "Not yetta slgnor; one gtssl turn ileM-rres another." "Yi:," said the bulldog, after n hard effort to break his chain and chew up a tramp he saw In the rottd, "if I wasn't so much attached to my home there is nothing I should llkels-tter than to join that ioor wanderer yonder." Soiuiowolii: "I heard tint of the girl undergraduate make a truly womanly answer the other day." Junior "In deed." Sophomore "Yon: the profoswir lu astniimiuy askeil her why the earth givs around the sun." Junior -"What answer did she make?" Sophomore "Itco.ni so." Tin: Modern Stylo. Visitor (trying to amuse tho baby) "See, baby, see. Then- goes the elusy-ehisi." Nineteenth Century ltaby (contemptuously) "lu deed! I have always umlersttssl that that was a locomotive; but If I have ln-en iiilsinformcil. I thank you for tho cor rection." Mamma (coaxlngly) "Come, Hobby, take your medicine now, and then Jump Into lied." Hobby-"! do not want to take my medicine, ma." Father (who knows how to govern children) "Hub ert, If you don't take your medicine nt once you will lie put to Iwil without tak ing It at all." Hobby takes It promptly. AS TOLD UY CHILDREN. O.v lielng asked what n nephew Is. a little Kostoti schisil girl replied: "It Is whfii your nlrco Is a Isiy." A TKACllKll asked a class to writa an esMiy on "The Itesult of Laziness" and one of the bright but la-y Isiys lu the class handed lu ns his composition n blank sheet of paper. Tin: following written definition of the wonl "bachelor" was humlod lu by a llfth grade Isiy: "A bachelor Is n man who has no wife, nor wants no wife, nor can't get no wife." C ...,,.. ...J 'IV ,w.NliMmtnl Wnr liilll-,1ttlerr''r"'rr.rs tuut iiitJ v mint- nute ............ , .,...,.,, .J.i.il what would you do?" Tomin--"! would not let anylKsly wash ' ly faeu or comb my hair any more." I'l.oim: (hsiklng tip from her history) - "Well, what I don't understand ulsiul Columbus discovering America Is how he knew It was America, when he'd ncter seen It Is-fore." 1 "W11 Tare you doing, Willie?" akcd the startled father, as his son suddenly sllps'd on the ley pavement ami slid ten feet. "Traveling on my shapt. apn." was the answer that the Interesting ehlhl gave. JoliNNV (entertaining the young man licfuro "Sis" entered tint parlor)- "I 'lowed you'd never come back here nny more." Young Man "Why so, John ny V" Johnny "SI said yesterday you was clean 'gone.' " ADOUT VARIOUS ANIMALS. Willi. K a farmer at Shiph.tch, l'a., was attending churuh his horse froze to death outside, Oknkva, (., thinks It has the only horse lu the world that ouu turn a com plete somersault. 11 II. Ki:.un, of Hoston, has biught tho famous Knglish St. Itcriiard dog, Mr Iktllvcre, paying for It. W.-IOJ. It Is estimated that from tsJ.OOO to 100,000 deer feed In tho forests of Scot land, and that 1,000 stags are killed an nually. Tin: king or horseshoe crab chows lit food .with IU legs; the little animal grinding Its morsels with its thighs Isi fore it passes them over to its mouth. is the spring of every year seals may lie seen In the waters of New York liar Isir. They are not tho ss-clus so valua ble for their skin, but u variety known as the gray-baok seal. Tiik dogs lu llulfalo steer clear of a fighting cut ownisl by I). A. Slaght. ll weighs twenty-eight iunils, and Its clawing power usually takes the cour age out of-a dog of twice It-t weight lu alKiut one minute. "doss," Tin: rod Chines.' chow-chow dog that was long the traveling com panion of tho l'riiice of Wales, is now fourteen years old uml tiitlrui, uml tho honor has fallen upon "l'luuiplo," another dog of tho same breed. ON LAND AND WATER. Tin: China Sen mid tho Hay of Fiindy are the two roughest seas In tho world. Tin: Knglish Chnnnel ut Its nnrrowest breadth U twenty and u tpmrtcr miles across. Tin: Kvnngel, the American HaptWt mission steamer 011 tho lower Congo, Is the first vessel to uinko the passage from thu mouth of the river to Matmli In 0110 day, Nkaii Honleaux they have a buoy lu thu harbor which is connected with the mainland by telephone. Ships arriving can communicate with tholr owners to their greut advantage. Till: depth of a sea alsiut six miles Is reduced 0S0 foot by compression; if the occuu were Incompressible the level of the surface would bo 110 ftwl higher than It is at prc'siit, uml nUiut 3,000,000 square uillus of laud would m submerged. - f FROM FOREION NATIONS. Titr. people of Mexico hnve taken to drinking beer. Hrewerles are spring ing up In every city of Importance. Ax agitation has Ik-gun In Kuglaml for the repeal of tho law providing for the execution of women for capital crimes. Tin: llrllUh llnlloon Society has en tered a sturdy protest ngalntt the threatened choice of Jenisalem as the prime tnerhllau of the world. Km l commencing the cultivation of tobacco, the enterprise lielng assisted by the concession ot government land to thu planter on easy tonus. Tin: wettest place In the world Is Cherrnisxiujee, alsiut t&O miles north east of Calcutta, Just outside the torrid lone; there tho rainfall Is upward of (100 Inches every yenr. Tin: otllclnl Itussiun 'bulletins now Ic ing Issued assert that Ji'APV'l,'w'r (iermnn etilonlsts vvilloVtJjc Kmplro have Is-come ilangt,rKc!Tt'!?lfi iffljc' prov ince they form slxt,eetfx3icenL of tho s.piilatlon. "-.ft'' Tin: French ChamlK'r ban agreed to a duty on mural advertisement, ns sug gested by a prlvnte nicmlver. The duty Is to Is- graduated iiceonllug to the s ulatlou of the hs-alltlcs lu whlvh tho placnnls are alllxed. Kmi-kiioii Wii.i.iam, of (Jerinany, Is said to have demanded the resignation of the manager of the Court Theater, IWrlln. owing to the faulty manner lu which the "l'rlnce of llomburg" wax recently represented there. Tin: Ministry of the Interior of Rus sia has approved a project to establish agricultural colonies for professional In'ggars and vagrants. A social com mission has been apxlutcil to work out the colonization plans lu detail ami to present them for adoption to the Minis terial Council. The plans will Is) ready by next spring ami put ill operation as soon as Indorsed by the I iovernmcnt. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. .Swirzi:iit.AMi gets about f-J, 000,000 n year out of American tourists. I'liKVtot's to the time of Ktlralicth the only article to assist lu eating w as the Jack knife, which also served for sundry other purposes. A Ji:v:u:ii says that It Is n rare thing for him to sell a solid gold watch chain. F.vorylssly buys the plated article nowadays, even those peoplo who are well able to afford the solid. Aniuxo the first figure to the second lu IsVI gives us the third, nml sutf trading the fourth from the third gives us the second. And If we add all tho figures wo get tho numlicr of the century. I WWIIiK.NT AMIIU.I- Ol AIII1 ATOOT , . . ..m .... .! IU stralglit streets or walls. Wvauso they believe the del II tratels III a straight lino- Tliey are great ls'llevers In signs ami portents, thousands hi nuiuls-rs. MAt'liiMllir I accomplishing wonders for agriculture. It is slated that in ' ICniiMis biscuits were eaten that were made from flour, the wheat of which the Hour was made having stood lu the Held lu a growing eomlitlon ninety minutes before the biscuits were eaten. Tiiciii: is a temple of Slvu, near AllalMibitd, In India, surrounded by 11 high mound comisised wholly of the fragments of earthen lsittles. On 0110 ot the last days of February from HO, 000 to 10,000 pilgrims assemble, each lielng provided with two or three earthcru Isittles containing water from tho (i angcs anil n few copH-r ttiliis. ILLUSIONS OF GREAT MEN. (loirrili: states that he one day saw the exact counterpart of hlmstdf coming toward him. I'oi'i: saw an nnn apparently come through the wull, uml iniulo liupilries after Its owner. UviU'N often received visits from a sMctor. hut he know It to lie 11 creation of the Imagination. Dli. Johnson' heard his mother call his naine In n clear voice, though she was at the time lu another city. Il.tliON Kumaxi'M. Sukiikxiioiiii l lleve.l that ho had the privilege of in terview lug persons In the spirit world. I)t:iIAIiTK was followed by an Invisi ble ponton whose voice he heard urging him ti continue his researches after truth. Ixtrtt.A, lying wounded during the siege ttt l'auiH'liina, saw the Virgin who uneourgvil him to prtsvouuto his iiila skm. NlH JtMlil'A ItCVNOI.IM, leaving his house, tHWght the lauis were trees, ami the uteii and women buhes agl tatetl U Uie breeze. I'.a v.Ai.iac, while chanting tin- "Mis erere" ami "Do l'rofiindls," fondly U llovotl that the sou nils he emitted wt-iv of tho lUituro ami hud the full elfeet of a truiiipV't. Ol.l Villi ClMlMWl:l.U lying sleeplesi. 011 his couch, saw the curtains os-u and u gigiiiitlti ivoiiiau apis'iir who told hlui that ho would It'coiue tho greatest man lu Knglatiih DOMESTIC HINTS. Coi.n meats are generally found more easy of digestion than warm ones. Srr a dish of water lu the oven with cakes when baking and they will seldom scorch. liVB.V tho broken tacks are helpful lu this utilitarian age. They uro excellent for cleaning Isjttlort. l'trT old rublHir rings of runs Into weak ammonia water, and they will re cover their elasticity. Halt nml water, quite strong, ami used iKirslstently for a time, will pre vent the hair f rom falling out. AN excellent cement for fastening leather, pa sir, or wood to mutul, ouu Is) iiiailo by adding a ttfuioonfulof glywr luo to a gill of gluo. , QUITE ODD IF TRUE. A mm. of fifteen of Atlanta, Ma., was divorced from one hui.lmml and has Just taken another. An Atchison innn Is soon to marry the woman wIhi sto.sl sponsor for him when he was ImpUted as n lstby. A ( inc oo man has reckoned thnt ho has pttld the proprietor of his hotel 9'M,' 000 for his own Nxiril nlone. A txt.Miiii.tiAitox nt U'h-oster, Kng., has s-tlllousl their vltmr to dismiss a new curate U-cause ho Is the sou of a gardener. MissCattov, of Constantino, Mich., lost her xolce through Illness several years ago. She reotnertnl It by sneez ing the other day. A nu an at Atchison, h'an., sots a chair at table every day for her hus band, who died more Until a year ngo Iu his plate she puts a little iNiuquet of flowers. A urru: Isiy nt I'tlcn. N. Y., one day recently played letter carrier, nml dis tributed through the ueighlsirhiHsl n bundle of old love letters that his mother had saved from her courtship days. W A. I'ft.ToN. one of Clayton Coun ty's (On.) oldest nml best eitliens, died the other day. Just us ho drew his last breath the old chK'k. which for forty years had faithfully kept time, stopiHtl nml has not run since. 'I'm 10: Is no end to tho artfulness of womankind, There comes a story from P.iilgway, Pa., to the olToet thai a man there, while blow lug smoke rings lu the presence of a young lady, was surprised to see her run her finger In one ami tell him we'll lie married next spring. What could the Hir fellow do excent to Ihiw his head lu meek submission'. IN THE COURT-ROOM. (1:XI:uai. It. A. Al.(il:u has Just lsen victorious In a land-case contest lioforc the Interior Department, In which the amount Involved wits J 1 110,000. The land Is situated near Seattle, Wash. A m.w Jury law lu Minnesota enables llvet.lxths of the Jurors to render 11 h gal verdict. This will eltectually nul lify the stiihlsiriinesM of the juror whe knows that he Is right and all tho otheri w rong Jl'lxiK (It'lllllir, of OiHirgla, Is deter mined that his court shall Is- tieutei. with resvcet. Last week ho fined the Solloltor-Oeneral 8'J-J0 for smoking and the sheriff W for talking while the eouit was In session. Tin; following Is n ropy of the re turn made by a colored constable 011 a warrant In MU-rty County, tin.: "I hnve this Day ltest the II. sly of Kate Ann (.ocouiito. I have lllr In My Cust. VhJA lho 5tlda,vufrthaJ7ih i.f..Juiu, A uoMtx who figured nnpatiMr died recently In Sail l-'niiuiscu leaving fit. If), which she had accumulated by Is'irit'ng. Three lielievolenl ws-letles that had Ik frieiiiled her to the amount of jSIO. IKJ.t mill JtWJresH-ctlvely have In-gun suits to recover the sums named from her estate. A woman in liar Harbor, Me, was brought Isifore a trial Justice charged with Is'lnga common scold. The reeoril res,rt.thut "after all enjoyable enter-l.iliiuu-iit of nlHiut tliree liours" the pro eeeiliugs ended w ilh the sentencing of the culprit to thirty days In the couut Jnll Mie apiealcil. however, and tin case will probably Is' heard from again. MECHANICAL MATTERS. In the aliseiice of a complete ehcinl enl test, the high ssitillc grat ity of gold 1 10..: 1 is the test of its purity. lti.i KM' Investigation Into the rurlou'. question of the uv of uu annular drill hy the anoleuts load to tho conclusion that jewel sints worn Used III Isith drilling ami sawing. Tin: prUe engine at the Uoyal Agrl cultural Society's exhibition In Isi'J Is said to have burned 11 S pounds of coal per horse snver mt hour; that of ts.o, T',; of IS.VJ, l; of 1,VI, -I , j of Is.',-,, a, ; of IsM, SH,; uf and of Ism,;, 1 is, Ar a test of steel manufactured lit Heading, I'oiiu., the other day, 11 one Inch bar broke at n strain of 'JjU, Ki:t laioiiils, "Is-liig alsiut Jo.iHHi kiumts 111 excess of the highest reisinl authorita tively known " The test wits made un der the supervision of (iovernmcnt of lleers. Tin: following Is recommended as a sure way of finding when' 11 crack In a piece of inetlil end. Moisten the sur face with stnileuui. then wisi it. ami then Immediately rub it with chalk The oil th.it has penetrated into the crack exmles, and thus Indicates where the crack ends. Wood ami I no.v notices all Ingenious wuy of cooling a journal lu iiiiichlm-ri that call not lnt stopjssl. This Is to hang a short endless ldt oil the shad next to the box, and lei the lower pari of ll run In cold water. The turning of the shaft carries tho holt slowly round bringing fresh cold water continually lu contact with the heated shaft, ami without spilling or spattering u drop of water, AMONG THE POULTRY. Ir ducks are made profitable they must Is- kepi growing from the start. Is sending eggs to market a hotter price can bo realled If they are wubhed clean. If managed quietly turkeys are very easy to handle and eau ho driven with very little trouble. Doi m.i:-Yi;i.iii.i eggs, lint egg nml nil Hint class are nearly always the re sult of the hens lielng tii fat. r.vril. tho chickens nre six weeks old sweet milk can Ik; used Instead of water, ami the niltry will thrive lietlor. Yol No fowls when first hatched do not require any kind of fil for twenty four hours, liroad .soaked In milk In good for I ho first food. ADOUT THE APIARY. It Is estimated that to eo'leet one isiiind of honey from clover A4.000 liends tif clover must ! deprived of nectar uml 8,710,000 vlslta fnmi Is-es must 1h made. Notiii.no enn detract more ftxim our crop of oiHiih honey than to hnve our Is'es get the sw arming fever during the honey harvest unless It Is having them so weak at the time that they are of little or no value. Tin: largest amount of wild honey overtaken f nun one tree was nqHii ted from Oregon recently. A farmer tsik TOO siumls fixiin olio tsittouwissl tree III which n huge swnnn of Is't-s had stotN'd .ip the annual accumulations (or ninny year. ! I x hs-nllng nn apiary avoid the close proximity of laurel thicket as honey gnlhenil from the laurel Is iiuwholc some. If not really poisonous; avoid the uelghlsirhisMl of ehler-mill. and do not locate luiuiiiltately near a large Isslyof water, ns ll will confine your U'e-range to onedlreetloii exclusively. Tin; prominence of the Wc-kccplug Industry Is not gononilly ixt-ognleil. from the fact that It Is nlnnwt etery- here carried 011 as nn Incident of gen eral agrlcnlliin'. Kvery Stale and Ter ritory rxqsirts Is-es ami inure or less hon ey, usually a hive or a few colonics fur each farmer, w Ith occasionally nil ex tensive uplury nml hirgx- prtstuction. Al.w axh in uiamigliig Ik-cs, the apiar ist should have an eye on the future ns roffurd his honey harvest, until the harvest arrives, mid when ll urrites, then Is'inl his every enei-gy for the lime which Is present. For Instance, my honey harvest isunes from busswissl. or during the last half of July, so nil tuy ojs'nitlonh previous to this thu 1101 t Is' lu reference to this harvest, or all nit elloits will result only lu fmlute IN THIS AND OTHER LANDS. Ovkii 4tKI,0O0 negrtKis are annually eu shivcit lu A f lieu. Wiiiiin the last decade .Vtfin.iSO for elgni'rs have come to our shores. II.M: of the latest crazes lu St. I -on Is U that of riding upon the electric cam to cure rheumatism. Ai.Tootnunii, Kugllshmeii buy 1h tweeu oletou nml twelve bundled mil llolisof fortigu eggs a year. A tot'iniAl.l.M: ledge, recently discov ered 011 a farm near Auburn. Me., Is said tohavo alreudy yielded S7,ft00 worth tif gem. .It sr iiIhivo Vienna, 011 the Hautibe, Is tho convent and sehiHit of Melk. which has just celebrated Its loooih nuntvorsn ry. Iris Mild that from Nt. Main alone .Miu..uilsUuUsj,uiutiully-ldp'il -glnml Is equal In volume to half the houses tif tho town. TiuiCoinmerx-lal Tnividors' Ssicty of Franco, founded ten years ago, has7,fxi lucmls'r. 'i'ho President Is M. Ilris son, ineiulx'r of the ChltmlHir of Depu ties. ON account of their lightness ami lui sriueiiblllty, compared with wo. si, large tin packing oases uiv now fro queiilly us, pi the shlpineiit of light manufacture-, to South iiiericn. Peculiar Manr rulUr 'lnlt mkn llmsl't Htr iipailll.i tii-ilor to all oth- r in.'.lirlnci. iVi iillir la cointilnitleii, piusirtloii, and I'H'iar.HU.11 o( Iticrrdienti, llissl'a H.ir4artlU pxictic.t llio fullcurathu vaunt uf tho Wit k 11 o 11 ii'liirillea tlin trfoUl.lo klnc uo in, Prtulur hi lit itrriictli si's Har- tint cronunij iiparllu li tins ttt tlio only tnrdl- wlilcli eta truly Uiild.0 c Oiiallumhrd (Visra One S CV IMUr" Jlcdlflnci In l, .... It-. ,.. xj S Ir'iulro larcrrilmi'i, andtlutiol S I'K'licoai Kissl iciulliai Ihssl'i, IVrullar hi III liioilli-lnal intilti. Hood's rlaiaanllA f ruinplltli. t rurn Mtb. tun unkiioMn, and hai won for lltclt V llio llllo 1 ( "Tlai froatrit hli.id .lt purifier rvnr illacuvcrod." S p jrcuairmili" toIiiaina houif,"ttirro li now S inorii of Iltvsl'i Baiiai'aillla S In l.owcll, wlicro S 0Jtliiaadf, than of all Votbi-r Mood purlflcra. JNpr-ullir lu Iti phrnoino- ual rrconl nf a!ci ibmad rJ'rwa utlirr preparation l oS S nrtr allalnnl lurli lwnu- V ylMUj la sii ihorl a tlmf, . auu rriAiiitu in p'i-uijo X S ind ronftdcfira amoni: all cuii ot peoplo si) atradfait), IVi not he Induced to loir oilier rrpiratlont, tut ho uro tu rrt tha IVrulUr tlrdlrluo, Hood's Sarsnparilla BsMlirslUruMUU. Hitliluili, l'iiilsl; ty 1. I. IIIMili A to.,Arfkwarl,l,w'.l, IIh IOO Douou Onu Dollar (IRSTjflTlONflTRANiQ OT XXopjiuor, I!. A. It II : A, I'UANK Kill. 1X1(1, I'rosiilent. V ico- I'rrsiilent. (1 1'.oiKli: V. CON'NHII, Cashier. I. I'. ItllKA, T. A. IIIIKA, l-T. nonwis, Directors. Transacts a (Jriu rnl HniiLliig iltisliit's. Exchange on all j mi I s of tho worlil-s, BOUGHT and SOLD- Collection inailo at all jiointa on KwiHonalilu 'I'uriim. .Money luiucil at from ouu to ton Mr cvnL yTtop tiu told u ttit tsls of s mills i xlilch, from otrrfNMllnr, isllotsrit sNait n.t felt fr, ssruir to hluiM-Ui "Mr fsttivr, turrlr, " Mi h-insltlcil ucrr, sn.l I sin bit own t'bll.l In Ki.t nj I plrll." Nml Jr he st tlrk sinl wesrri tncn rti'lsuiiMi - luiul lists msJs smIKsks, inr fstlicr. sflrr all. cuuM hr l-vn nnlj sa m." A tun, fur rstlnr a foaj. illntirr. msr trrt rllrsiaf snllr Jor iiui) tmt nit Usr (I don't mean run to Infrr hn frl Ilka sn iul lit ll tutlr slid rrliu, lilt ttorusih sml lltn sro HirUh, u rooruso, Oiisaulont nut mil uf nfU" irvniTsllr. for Indiirrttlaii. HU liiuinrs sad si I ilrrsnrrtntntt nr llu Hlniusnb. I.lvrr sml llimrli. Dr. Pierre's (UiMrti Modlrsl IHscovrrr la sn unMiiilts Krni.sjj. IVntilni no slrabul to Ini-Lrl. slo; no nrrtip or tugsr to (rrinrnt sn.t its rsnia ths dlk-etlv irocrses. It rlrsnsea thu irtlem sml curt Jmilc, Mutchi, ruliona slut sll Hkln slid ttcslp llltcasn. ts-rutulnus irfrcllont, sj l inrrniiT, Hits. Ifllnt l)tns HifHlni( and Tuimirt, jkld U Its lupvrlor sllrrstivn preprttlm. Woiii.n's Durtsttnr Hsiucti. Afiuy. cutiuk, Uauufscturrit, lluSslo, ti. r. REWAWD offnrast fnr sn If s st t Inmiratil ra ft A 1 In lbs llrait 'JJ rictnis uf 1 v , 4 Incoratils rsan uf tVlsrtli 1 In Ibn llrad, by lbs iro- Urrb Kainisty Daly W ctuU. aUU4r(UU otcfystian. IT CITY IMRY STABLE. llngltott nod tV Co. I'rtrxirn. Canyon City - - Oregon. NEW KEST'cpiNT; Canyon City, .1. ,. Chambers, t' 'I'liis ltiwtaiinint has lecently opoiuil, nml will furnish .Meals or ",ing at living rates. A spiwial fisiture uisiilt this lioiisil is Mint no ('liiuitso eoikit nitt einployeil in tho kitchen. (lle the ltustuumlit a trial. .M. J. OlIAMlifclin, lVojirictor. Canton Citv OnuioN, IImoIi tit HtiiHa Uf da lu oi.lf r. 01 liMll) ljllrJ. All Wuik Warriintnl F Irat-olns. BREWERY SALOON Canyon City, Or. 7V.V popular resort has he.cn reopened to the public., and now, as in tho past, keeps nothing hut the, best Wines, lupiors v' C'igars a. i. kick. tun, rrir. CITY HOTEL MAIN HTItKirr Oanvon Citv, Ohkoon, a rot 1 r iflnoji rsoj Proprietors. 11 uv.' irurrnion, Tritvolttif? iiiPii will fiml tliU' - iv , v. . t , plcnHiuit nml tlonintblo plitco" , ' which to ntop. .' VriV " " " ' s, ' (Jll'lt IIH IX illlll I x s ' "Ms. s ! a 1 7"' . V 6 'C H- " 0 ce V V A,