The J'fipor for the Stock
man, .Merchant and
The. Paper for (he Farm,
the Workshop and the
Miner.
J Tome.
Volume A'.
CANYON CITY, GRANT COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. AUGUST SO. ISOl.
Number 2 V.
TEE GRANT COUNTY NEWS.
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Oregon Slate Normal School,
Monmouth, Oregon.
BOARD OF REGENTS:
His. Kxeollonrv (!ov. Si isrjrrr.v. l'r.N.voYKit, ")
Hon (L Mrllnmr, Soc'v of Klnlo
Hon.
Ion. U. 11. M'-Hlior, Supt.'of l'nhlto
JJkj
k.n;. SfiiouiKi.ii, Washington County,
J. It. V. Hi!ti.i:m.
hoc
Hon. J. J. D.m.v; V Poll- C'ountv Kioautho Comuiiltoe.
Hon. r. V. Hai.kt. )
Jacoii Yoiiiikkn, Mnrinn Oount , J.
Ai.nir.ii I.aov, (IhtokutnnH County, A.
. IL JIoi.mii, Muiion vounly.
'I'lm lending Nor
mill Ralioul of iliu
Nurtlnvmt. Ur-nti
lifiilnml healthful
locntion. So m
luoiiH. Now build
illy . Now nppn
mum. Kii 1 1 nc
nlty. Light ex
pense. Largo nt
tmiilnuco. Nor
iiml. Normal Ad
vanced, HiiHino-H. -Ji":.
Musio nn.l Ail ItTMM;,
Hpccinl at ten- jiaj
tion given to jiliy- tl ,. .."Y
Mi
. a Vrv w re. ... a7 air w
yrnr nt school for $151). Kiiiciimch: Tuition, Normal nnil llUHincsH coursoR
$0 25 per teiin of 10 wi'ckn; Wrpntnlory, $.r per term, board nt Norinnl
Dining I lull fl.iO per week. Goad I ward nnil lodging in jirivnto fiitniliuH,
V3.ii0 H.r wook. hVst icirin opens Soot, "'.i, lS'J I. .StudontB enn enter ut
nny term. For Cntnlouo, mltlrosH i I.. Cami iu li., A 11. l'rou. or
J. M Powell, A. M. Vico 1'riH.
(IIKItlFK'd SALK.
Notice is hereby given thai by vir
tuo of nti execution mid order of sale
issued out of the Circuit Court of tho
hUto of Oiogon for (!rnut county,
upon n judgment ittitl order of knlo
tendered in Raid court on the 27th
lay of March, Ih!)l, in fnvor of
M.ir'ttiot Powell, Pill', nnd naiiut
Admn Murray, Win. Murrny nnd
Alox Murrny, copiu tnom n) Illrrny
llron. nnd Alex Murrny ilefuudantH
for Tin eo Thotunnd Onr Hundred
nnd Kifty-oik'ht nnd Hixtv ouu ouo
huudredtliH ($3 1 .'.8.0 1) do'llnrn with
intercut thereon fioui said iI7tli dny
of Miirch, 1MU, nt the mto of 10 per
cunt, per tuiniiiu nnd the further mini
of Three hundred nnd tun dollnm
nttorneyH' feu, and tho fuither hiiiii
of Senlv one atiti twonly-two ono
liundredttiH dolhirH coktn iiml 1 in
lmrMiieiiU, nccrning coIh nnd tho
cohU nnd expeilHeii of nnil upon thl
writ, I liiivu leie) upon nud will
uull nt imlilic unction on Kntuidny,
tho tiiltli duy of Auj-ut, Ib'.M, nt '2
o'clock j. in. of nid dny, nt tho
court Iiouho door in Cnnyon City,
(inint county, Oregon, nil the ri'lit,
title mul inluicHt of Hiid ditfcndnntH
in nnd to the followinj; deseiihed
nttnihed proporlv, to wit: TheSJ of
Hoc :i, Tp. i:i S' It '27 K V M nnd
NJ of N of S-c. Id, Tii. l.t H, It !i7
K V M nnd the SK of Sec. , Tp.
Ill S. 11 :i7 H V M mid SV of Sec.
I, Tp. HI . It L'7 U W Mmid NJ of
Sec. M, Tp. la S, It '21 V, W M nnd
HJ of NW und SW'l of NWJ nnd
NW'l of SV of .Sea fi, Tp. lit S, K
'27 H W M und VJ of NWJ of S'ec.
:i.r nnd YA of NH of Sec. 'M, Tp. l'J
S, It '.'(i U W M nud SKJ
nud Ni: of NWJ and N W of NHJ
of SwsIU.Tp. S, H 'Jt! K W M
und of See. '2U, Tp ll! S, It -'(
KW.M nud SJ of See. .1, Tp. Ul S,
11 '.'7 U W M nud YA of SK of Sec.
22 nud W of SWj'ol Sec. '2:, Tp.
HIS, It I'll K W M, nil huiii); Hiluitto
in (limit county, Htntu of Oregon,
together with nil nud Hinnlnr tho
teneiuuntH, herolitmnuntH mul nppur-loimiH-nH
thoiuiinto lt'loii;in or in
nny wino npM-itiiiniii.
TeriilH of Hide ChhIi.
Dntud nt Cnnyon ('in, (Irani
county, Orepm, thin '.'Htli dny of
Julv, A. 1). I hill.
0. P. CltKSAP, Shorifl-.
Jty W. S. Soitiiwoiith,
Deputy.
NOTICH FOlt PUUI.ICATION.
-ixi Otlkt kt lWrn, Or.
Julj IU, 1 11.
irltUf iu tltrU irtitlc uf Ut lutMttUti to lutkf
ti4 U UH"tft t U Hlm, kiJ llul uJ
it twf mU I iulr Ufri U I'uHht Clfik of
illAitt wunlr, ml Cauiuu IMf, Ofrwt, uti Aug
7. Irfl. tlit IIKMtV T W Ktlll. II'J Nu. SOU, ff
lh .SV qr Hm II, T II b, It 31 K W it.
lie itmrf thtf foli(n; itfiM turu tl
1.1-1, iHifAivttv llttMtll, Juie C N.
ftikWiln, A. I. llUlf), ll uf l'rlrt t'H), Ottgui
J h. IIU.vriNUTON, Rfk'liur.
The Police Oaictte.
I tlio only illustrated pajwr in
the world eontuiiiinn nil the latest
Htuisitional and fK)rting iicwh. No
SaliHin KeeKr, UarlHTorCltil) Uixmi
can nll'ord to he without it. It al
ways make.- friends wherever it
i;oei.
Mailed to nny address in the
.Unitud Stnten, wcurely wrapjied, ia
veeko for tl.W.
,Seml Kivoeontrt for sample copy.
Hini.Mto K. Fox,
Frnnklin Squtirtt, Now York City.
V V.x Oflirio.
Instruction )
I'ioh. of the ILunl,
C. Whitc, lulk County.
Noirsnt, Multnomah County,
ttlcnl cuUiiro, vol
mitni inilitnry
organization.
Thoo too'hiiif,'
iliploninH from t lie
school nm t n
litlcd to (''null in
nny county of the
Btuto without fur
llior examination.
Tuition todnced
in Norni.it mul
lliininosB dopart
innntH from $ 10 to
f'.'G per year; in
Preparatory from
MO to f'M. A
HAD THE Dl HI1IKI) K1TECT.
CiRiLLTU,Oaiii C.v, Itt Nut. "HI.
I hltUl, iimmiuiumI I'A.lor kUt.'. Nttf.tt
1(-'ilc to i.i.ttf-lr Ib.l ! mflpil Ir.im li.4-
ba it. fur o ifU lor lMfl, lu.'J lHII(t4
il Ui u. dkliw vut.l him. il. UwriOUf.
WKAK.Vlaj Oh' UKMOIIY
u, J'.flJi Co, HE Not. W.
I n lr.ul UU kIU tjr;illuluc .1..1 lill
lu.nr tuiiMlk , lut t-f no i.o 1 bad ktuiut
tl.at-(lf v Mlirll Mtotcl.Mlf rixinjtllrlttlul
tur K'K-nl'. Nirv 1'unlo I tiK-U II uit tnk
tul tf Utit.r i.f II, hl,ti t.rt.uirtit liuk mj
iuMnirr an ff.t n u,tr I IhcrvftTo rrB
uh iil iliU rviniJir Ui all tulTrrTr, II due
UlOl. Ik.U .llU J. It Iwl. fur ItuU.
i.toiiun I'ama.v.
FREE
A VH.tllj.hlA Hook on 7(ir.iiil
I)Imi.o. Hiit no In tut ..MnM,
.in! HM,r li.UrliU rut tlMout&4n
till, motlli tun fiiMi of . liMvrcfi.
Ililt rmftlr liu a vrrp.r4 lit U. lUiwr
ro.l I'aator K'MirtU utl'urt Vayn.lDlvalbcUA
audi, imiw ;iiciaril unJar lit. illictlun Xty
KOEMIG MED. CO., Chicago, III.
Null) liT UrusctaU ut HI for llotU. 0 fo
S. I-ir:ohlir, ! 7ft. 0 llottia. for ta
JUM IN ISTHATOIf.S SA I.Y..
Notice, ia hereby ivou that in nor
suniico of mi order of the ilou.
('ounty Court of tho Htnlo of Oregon,
for (iriiiit cotiutr, which ortler hh
mnile on the (1th d.iy of July, 181)1,
in Iliu matter of the estate of Stephen
Ornhuiii, docoiiKcd, the uudentiguod
mlminiitrator of tun Chtnto will on
S.ilunlny, tho -"Jlli day of Aiifjuht,
lH'JI , nt the hour of two o'clock p.
m. of Hiiid tiny, in front of the court
house door in Canyon City, Oregon,
cell ut public auction to tho liidHt
und Ixml bidder for ciihIi in hnnd all
the right, title, iiitetctt mid etiUe of
the unid Steihen (Irulmin, deceased,
mul all tho right, title unit interest
which tho Haiti ostoto lias by opera
tiou of law or othcnvUo nctpu'rod in
mul to that eertnin real estate hituato
in (irant county, Htnto of Oregou,
nutl pniticiilnrlv tleHcribetl nn follown,
to wit: Tho NK of SHI Sec. ia,
To. 11 S , It. ai Y.. W. M. n-id tho
Sl: of SW nnd Lota a mid 1 of
Sec. 1H. Tp. 11 S., U. as K. W. M.
latrd at ('aiiyon City, Oregon,
thiB '25th day of July, li'Jl.
(!i:oiuii: II. Wood,
Administrator.
NOTICK FOU PUIILI'JATION
IjowI Ofili al Iturtia, Ortvoii
JuiJJ, In I.
Nullrr la Urralty rncn that llio filoi.liia-iiaiiu4
Mttlrr lia. IlllrU IMttlra ttf lila ottthtluil to Ulalo
lln.l pioif In auMt of lila clatin. kti.1 that aatU
imal lll b nu.1. balvrc Iba ( uuutj t l.it. .1
111. lit t unlit), at famuli lllv, Or..'uu( ott Aui;
la. IM.I. Mi.- ItKl II CN ril t.tis. IIJ i .s..
1,4 IK. nWif NK Ml hoc W, W lit Mill. MVur
ni: hi .snla, TUX lit! K.
II l atoaa tliw folluwilia allti to ut hla
t4itlliiHHl. rvwlJrlir un.ii aut culll-atlun uf
uf aakl UhJ, 111: It. I. (Illltr, lco lUk.r, A I.
IILack, J T. I'u-.ll. all ut la)llic, Ol.
J. II. IIUNTISOTOV, lUgl.t.r
NOTICK FOH PUBLICATION.
I at) J OflU at Hums, (rrirun.
Juh U, 1MI
Notlr li Wrb)' yUru Ihit l folluttu; muii I
trlllrf flirt hotU uf tU InUntiali to tiufc
tliul priMtf lu turn-orl of hUrUtut, mA tti4t !!
fuwf 1 1 1 tc inJ U fur r tli rutitr Hiti tt
Urmitt ryvit.tr or t Chmi Mtjr, Or uu Au- tv,
Ul, Ui JUKI, ' AlinolT. liM No 974 fur
th y. hf hV qr atiU NW or hs itr Sc II itJ NK ur
1U ititiiff ilia fultniii)f wltitcftr to irv tit
CwtulluUuu rrtlnuf uwhi, mj cultltfttlun of ft4
Uu.I. Hi Uihlwii.H j trailer. I. Il Untfh
lln, il i.'.f .Smtk all of hl. rt, (.raid .uitlj. vt
J M. Ill KTIN(lTtN, llrcittvr
IW iitMlM
HIM, - Ju., Imm. iJni-. I4k
v til Un htg mf a4t
fcKW laJllM l'..li..a!,.
II.IIuIUll.C w.,llt BHU I"w1ImI(1ImU
' tKi
HAPPCNINGS OF INTCRXST.
T'ir (lnillni; of n itelrttn M Scrnn
t m I'a , ktarUM a llce mystery, until
In- bone were found to to tliose of ft
alf
A v:ti:iiax huntrrof Danfurtli. Me.,
i i ul1iMtiitlin: to Will a liiik' 1'ar Willi
knife, win carried thri-o mile on Hie
nitimln liack tiofon the Wild bortst
'ted from the lo.i uf lil(l.
"Tllliow tip your linmU ntl casb!"
)-ellol ft lilultwnyuinn "Itli ft IT"" Ui
I'utrick Maltliowa. of hhciiandiKilt, I'n.
Maltlit'uk Kft'o up ft pftcknif' lie wm
enrryltn:. then knocked tlio umn down
with t htone, Riid, rewverliiK pnek
ttjfe. rcnHl.
A ir.nuiiu.r. method of Milcldc w
rulopUMl by ft mncldnlut of Wftldlielm,
Wcktplintla. Ilo put the etudnu nt lt"
hli;hel H-ed nml then threw ltltni.elf
nt.'ninit the tly-wheel, which ktnteic ht
heud olT nt once nnd IonmhI hli Uxly
tialnst the Wftll with cnudtlnK' force,
liiither violent, hut tlead KUtv.
A mix containing ft big knnke, con
kiKtiol to King .t ankUn'a circus fell
nnd broke opi-n In tho Southern exprekn
olllre nt lllnnltighain, Ala. The mmko,
keven feet In length, drove the other oc
ctipauU from the olllce, and rmiiolletl
the night clerk to take refuge In the
vault, where he H'tit hours liefore the
kimku wn recaptured.
(1m: of the largest devil fUhoa ever
eatiKhl In l'tlget kound wa caught
near Port Madison the other tiny by
wane llkhernien. When dn.t caught It
would incaMire, kpreml out, fifteen or
twenty feel acrowt from tip to tip of lis
arms. On eacli of IU eight nnn wen:
over two hundred suckcm, making In
all upward of sixteen hundred.
Tub latrkt INh ktory comes from
(Vala, l'la., wliere the cook nt n rei
tiiiirant Is alleged to hne found a dia
mond ring In n flkh'k ktomnclt. The
ring Is of handsome design nnd contains
no ven small stones set in n circle, with
nu.' largci than the rest In the center,
lusiilii the bnud on the lower side are
etigravcl the letters S. K. I.. The ring
Is u valuable one, probably worth from
otto hundred to one hundred and twenty
Uvo dollars.
SAGE OBSERVATIONS.
IViv't call r spado ft spado when It Is
a shovel.
I'AHlilosr and decency kliould bo always
on good tonus.
No man Is accountable for tho mis
takes of his friends.
A iiax Is frequently known by tho
company he keeps out of.
Don't lose sight of nu honorablo ene
my; he'll make a good friend.
No man ever yet minded Ids own
hulsticks who didn't get Into trouble.
lloWEVl.lt great some men's abilities
are. their liabilities are nlways greater
IIonlsi Y is the lest jxillcy, because It
Is the only policy which Insures against
loss of character.
Tins soaring hawk has no ear for
music, and rates the cry of the part
rtdgi' alnivc the song of the uightin
i;u!c Tin: mnn who Wllovos in ghosts may
Ik? a lK-tler citizen than the one who
doca not believe In his fellow-creatures.
ittiturv. .
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STATISTICAL ATOMS.
IT is estimated that the Ohio river ban
a lloatlug population of h.OOO families,
who live in shanty boats nnd llout from
town to town.
Is Charleston. S C when) the ,xp
ulatlon Is nlKiut equally divided be
tween whites and blacks, there are two
deaths of blacks to one of whites.
Ix ltoston alone, lu the past year,
some llfty persons have lecn hurt or
killed by accidents In elevators -most
of them freight elevators, of which
there are over 1,100 lu that city.
Mom: than one-fourth of tho people
of this country live In cities of H.UOO In
habitants or more. The urban jopula
tion Is set dow n at IH.-JUl.r.TO. or Stf.l'J
K-r cent, of the total (0J,iV.g,'ii0).
In smI of 41,000 persons lu prisons
lu the I'nlte.l .States 3J.0O0 were for
eigners, and largely by those of foreign
birth. In the same year over 810,000,
IKK) worth of property was stolen lu
New York, llrooklyn and Jersey t'lty.
Txr-rr a t xa
SCROFULA
It It that Impurity la tlio Mood, wUScb, kv
:uiuuUUiis lu tlio tUnJa uf the neck, pro
ducri unalctitlr lump or swclllngi; nblcb
csbio painful running aun-a on Uio tmi,
Uc, or fictj which Ucrclopci ulccra la lbs
Ijci, on, or noir, often cauilns Mlndncis or
leafueii; which li the origin of plmplei, cio
teroui ftowtln, or the iuuij other muilfeiU
lloua uiualljr ucrlhcil to "Iiuuioii," which,
Uiteutni Uin Uio lungi, cauiei couiumptloa
uiil dciUk lklng Uio luoit luicleut, It li the
Eioi I gent-Mi ct ull illiraict or nfffclloni, lot
I crjf few i-ci on sio cutlrcl; freo from IL
",7Sr CURED
lljr taalng HooJ'i SsriapirllU, whlck, bjr
the icmaikatln rurci It hai awcumplltlird,
often when other iitllclnei bno UlleJ.hu
proTeu Itself la U a potent siul peculiar
ruetllclne fur Ihli dlieaie. Soma of these
eurei are realljr noudctful. If you mttet from
scrofula, t tuie to try Iloud't Batiaparllla.
M Mjr daughter Mary wai afSlcted with iciof.
oloui lore ntH'k f roiu the time the waiamonUii
Did till ho became tlx yci-iot age. I.uuipi
foilned la her neck, and one ot them alter
growlsctotbe die of aplgeon'a egg, tccame
a running tote for over Ibiee yeart. We gave
ber llood't Hartapaillla, when tbe lump and
ill Indication! of tcrufula enllrelr dli
appealed, and now the tremi tu be a health
Child" J H CanuiK, Nauitebt.N, J.
H, n, lie ture to get only
Hood's Sarsaparllla
SUt;alUru(lit. fliatiretft. I'll vai4eal;
ll C. I. UOOUJt CO., Avll.MkU4,LuaU.aUaa.
IOO Dosoa Ono Dollar
tHjuMA' mvfVJxt- MataM'Uljk
DRIEF PERSONALS.
A rACslMII.c of Hen. Sherman's au
tnifraph will adorn his tomlrtUme.
MtcliAtl. D.iMTT U crelltel with tho
leklgn of making I'aMfornta Ids home.
Cor.iT lluiimitr IIisuatiok says that
the Kugllsli are doing splendid work
for civilization In KgJP-
Joux T. Koiin. of llalllmore, Is re
garded as the oldest theatrical man
ager In the t' tilted Stales.
It Ih said that the grand duchefcs of
Sate-Welmcr owns the most jHrfcct
collection of Jewels in the world.
JosKI'll Prt.IT.i:u has u fad. Il Is to
commence whatever he hns to do of Im
portance on the tenth day of the month.
Maiiauajaii l)urt.i.i.r Siaoii and hi
mm were grunted an Interview of more
than an hour by Queen Victoria nt
(irnsse.
Tun crown prince of (ireeee lifts ft
chapel and altar, for uvj upon the field
when ho happens to be engaged In war
like operations.
No I.r.cs than five hundred and six
teen originnl poems, II Is said, were
sent to Von Molt he on the ocenston of
his birthday celebration last Ocloler.
Tlir. sultan of Turkey is said to Im an
evpvrt at tho great American game of
draw poller, though where und from
whom he learned It Is not known.
Mil. I'ltANK Tai.maoi:. son of Itev. T.
I)e Witt Talmage, has leen nreepled by
the llrooklyn Presbytery its a candi
date for the Presbyterian ministry
Sin KltivtN Aii.soi.ii k.ivs the mikado
of Japan is nl way s obliged to walk alone
in public, his arm bolug considered too
siicred for even the empress to tuke.
Mil. TaI'I.ino, a Ilritlsli mi-mlx-r of
parliament who died recently, wiei sup
posed to have the largest collection of
foreign stamps any man ever posM'sscd.
Hit. Si:vaui Wi'.iin, of Ni w York, Is
very much of n society man. He U
en-dlled with owning a hundred searf
pins, mov, or less, and he lndonga to
all the swell clubs.
A I'oiutv (I'n.) lady Injured by n
fall due to n Mir sidewalk ottered to
settle her suit ngalnst the city for two
hundred dollars but the city olliclnl.. in
sisted on the case going to court and
the lady won a twenty-live hundred
dollar verdict.
Last fall Charles Trejethen, of
Peak's Island, Me., lost a oeketbool; con
taining twelve hundred dollars in bank
notes. Some days ago his w u lost nn
overshoe, and while hunting for the lat
ter In the nxid over which he hud passed
he discovered the long-iuls.sliig'kK.'ket-book
with th5 money still in it.
A itixi:.NTl.v married young farmer
living nt (ircenbush. neur Sheboygan,
has hit tiKiu a novel anil elfective
Mihenie for getting his wife out of IhmI
in tho morning, lie tills the stow with
damp shavings, lights them nud then
shuts tho damHT In tho pix. lly tho
time he reaches tho bara she is elfeet
ually smoked out.
A rAUMiuiof Atchison, Kan , wanted
to dig a well, so he plowed a lot of land
nnd planted It in oat.s livery di.y he
watched the oats, observing the spot,
that showeil the greatest moisture.
1'inally he selected a spot nud sank a
well. At twenty-four feet he had a line
stream of water. It is said lo lo the
U-st well In the county.
Toil startling enterprise, n pertain
Harlem merchant Is unapproachable.
Ills latest scheme to draw custom is the
checking of babies while their mothers
spend money over his counter. The lit
tle ones are numbered Just as If they
were wraps or umbrellas at a ball, and
are only returned to persons holding
duplicates of tho tags around their
necks.
Ki.i.ctuic wands are now used In
east taming.
Tin: days of the telephone girl are
numbered. A new Invention makes
tolephtuio connections automatically
Till: electric cubs recently Introduced
nt Stuttgart, tiermauy, are reported to
Ik- entirely successful and very popular.
Ki.i:(tiiic motors nre said to Ik- com
ing Into general use In shoo factories
Manufacturer find the motors prefer
able in cleanliness, economy, and, in
fact, tu every wny, to steam power.
Usui. inn manufacturers nre bleaching
paper by an electrical process, without,
it is stated, Impairing Its strength. A
magnesium chloride solution Is decom
jioscd by a juiwerful eleetrlc current,
with the evolution uf chlorine and oxy
gen. lliiwAitn A- llvnn, of Kenosha, Wis.,
Is said to lo the Inventor of a gun In
which the projectiles nre llretl by elec
tricity. No gunpowder Is used, nnd the
inventor claims that the gnus may !
made of wood or paier, nnd yet 1m ef
fective nt long range.
It is not a little curious to find the in
dustry of ice making connected with
the production of electricity. The news
comes, however, Hint the Hrldgcport
(Aln.) Klectrio Light fc Ice Company
has been organized to erect all electric
light plant und Ice factory, with ft capl
tul stock of kitty thousand dollar.
INCOMES AND FORTUNES
Tin: nrchblshop uf Krlau, lu Hun
gary, has n yearly revenue which
amounts to t"J7.",(KX).
Till! prince bishop of Cracow, lu Aus
trian (inlloln, receives In revenues each
year the sum of PJOO.UOO.
Kr.ui Tauai, formerly a Harper
(Kan.) lKy, gets 812,000 a year as horse
jockey, and only rides half the year.
Kino (ir.ouoi.-, of (i recce, has a for
tune of only 110,000,000 franck. The fam
ily kjHuuU little money nud puts all its
savings Into solid Investments.
Tiik governor general of India, tho
viceroy, receives a salary of 8'J.'.0,(00 a
year, with alluwauoea that Include, a
gorgeous palace ut Culoutta and a sum
mer residence, all making his jiosltlun
worth &voo,ww a year.
FOR THE FAIR READER.
Limit glove can Ik? cleaned with
corn meal; black kids, with a teaspm
uf oil to which n few drops of Ink have
la-en added.
A.s Invitation to an evening reception
calls for a written regret, but whether
you neeopl or decline a format call
sIhiuM Iv made afterward.
Ciii ik II wedding arv on the decline,
according to the eeelelastlcal commit
tee of tho l.ltchtlc Id dhs.-ean conven
tion litenter prlvaey und loss cost ale
supposed to Is.' sought for.
A tiAl.srv little cracker Is mm- served
with oykters on fashlnnnble table. Il
Is lu the shn of a blue-point oykter
shell, nnd 1 said to t- speelnlly nice in
quality as well as picturesque In form.
Vm.vkt Is now tho fashionable ma
terial for bridesmaids' khoex. The only
objection to It, observes tho Pall Mall
(laiette rather naively, is Hint it make
the feet look somewhat large. The
favorite shades for evening wear are
heliotrope, primrose, moss green nnd
pale pink.
An nrtlsllc decoration nt n recent
fashlounhle luncheon consisted of a
large basket of white lilacs lu the cen
ter of tho table, nnd from this nqx-s of
lilacs and Mllllax extended to the plate
of each guest. Kach rope terminated in
a large cluster of Pnrmn violets, rvitlng
on a lace handkerchief, which was de
signed as n souvenir.
KMiiuoiDKiir In silk, riblsm and gold
thread Is seen on nearly every article
designed for home or personal decora
tion. A pretty young girl at a recent
ball wore u dress of tulle with dainty
embroidery lu blue ribbon In forgot-iue-noU.
Her while satin sllpen. were
also covered with blue rlhlioii embroid
ery of the same dainty Mowers.
MEDICAL MATTERS.
Tin: tendon Hospital says fully SAO,.
000 deaths iocur In Ureal llrltalu every
year that could Is- prevented by proper
sanitary regulations.
Invi.niion, a luulon scientific Jour
nal, says that it has U-en discovered that
the kola nut has the xiwer to restore
to normal condition the worst sutforer
from intoxication or monomania.
(il'M chewers' cramp Is a new- addition
to the tyes of disease produced by the
frequent use of a single group of mus
cles. It Is n muscular incoordination
similar to writers', telegraphers', milk
maids' and clgarmakers' crump.
Western Medical Reporter.
1'i.iks have long Won accused not
without reason of sprendlug disease;
but It lit asserted now from Havana that
mosquitoes have a use, for If they In
ismlate anyone after biting a yellow
fever patient, the disease which follows
Is so mild that fatal rcsulls tiro rare.
Ihiglish Mechanic.
An Knglislt dentist who tried hyp
notism In his profession was very suc
cessful. He extracted a tooth for a
lady when she was In a hypnotlted con
dition, nnd when she was awakened
she said she had not felt the removal of
the tooth, and she hna not experienced
nny discomfort since.
A l'liCM'ii physician has discovered
that the cause of arttcinur-rlietimatisin
is to lo found In n specific micro-organism.
He has cultivated the inieroln-,
and after Injecting ll into rabbits, has
oW-rved the Inflammation of tho living
membrane of the heart which Is char
acteristic of liillaunuutory rheumatism.
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ART OLEANINQS.
In the society of the lied Cross a spe
cial arcluiMilogical department U form
ing, the mission of which will In- to
prevent tho vaudallstie destruction of
old monuments and works of art In
lime of war.
In Allorf, Switzerland, the Tell
monument committee is making every
effort to press forward Its work, l'our
prizes of fVJfl, 1375, SS.V) and 8U0 have
Ih-oii ottered for tho four U'-st plan for
the monument.
Tut: historical gray coat of Napoleon
I., which was stolen from a museum,
was found recently by the police In the
Quartler (111 Temple lu Paris. All old
clothes dealer had given tho thief sev
enty cents for U
AN Italian nobleman, tho Count de
Itrgues, Is owner of nu ancient wimsI
engraving of Christopher Columbus,
which Is Udleved to Ik- a true likeness.
It will probably have a ph.ee In tho
coming American exposition,
Mil W.u.roim, the Kugllsli antiquary,
has started a suW-rlptlon to pay for re
cutting the Inscription on the tumb of
(ieorgu Chapman, who translated
Homer and who Is burled lu the old
church of St. (illes-ln-tlio-l'lcld, Igni
tion. Dt'ltlSO tho recent demolition of the
old wall of Tcmesvar, a great stone
goblet was found underground. On it
wus the Inscription. "Stefan I-kMiiiczy.
lli ." It Is supposed to ho the goblet
given to Stefan Iisonczy by the women
ofTomckvar for Ids bravery lu ilefuiid
lug the town against the Turkk.
Tlicio: are 123 female students ut thu
university of Ann Arlsir, Mich.
Si.-ut. the establlshineut lu of
West Point military academy, 3, lis t men
have received diplomas from Unit in
. 1....1....
, . I
Or tho classes graduating at itarvanl
In tho last nine years, i07 men have ' jun
Ik-cu ruitnriaiiH and 4irj Kplscopuli.-iu. I ....'... i.
.. , , .. , . iii KNni.ATloN Is a provision of nature
Not a man of thu slas hasuvowed him- , ..,.... . , ,
,, , , .ii. ls often abused. 1. very s eep ng room
self as nil infidel or ntheist. , , , , ,. , , ' 1 h ,
........... should have It window upon an hour
'I UK endowment of the ktato of North . mor1Itf. UIld u iiu'uHl clothing
Dakota. In lands granted for common ,,,, , . ori w) .HtM
selus.l purioscs, amounts to one-eight- lu hUoan ,,, ,,,,
rcnth of the entire acreage of tho btatc, ,. , ... . . , .
or lu round numl-oni .'..W.OOO. ' A vv" nt" J " 1 - w "r "f'1'" "
,, . .. ,, , pllsi may Ui tested by wrapping It w th
Piioil.KNT lUuran. of tho nowChl-!u'M , .4,r Jliu, , U.
cagj. university. hoK. to pick up komu ,.,,,, wlth wlalhm of uu-,u,u oflolll,.
of his faculty In .New Haven, but ll Is Ak ,,, , ,
,sslblo that ho will retire one ur mural o( llu. ,,,, lt vvlll u, tUckeued by tho
profokson. In (Jortnauy while ho Is ' ullliur w(mtluUlk.is. '
ubroad lids summer. I "
NOTES FOH THE DOCTORS.
Da. Korn's lymph may not, accord
ing to (lerman law. ! xtented
In n rveeul article In the Nineteenth
.'ciliary. Dr. Sn..w point to the fact
that cnn.vr I lncrvo.slng. The death
rate, which in Wli wns asA p.r million,
had risen to 610 III IvsM.
Sin !Uonkl.i. Mai klnzi objects to
large I npituls on the ground that the
adihsl virulence of germ front the last
ie of tunny (HttlenU is a dangerous as
.hat of those emanating from dead
Us Ho.
Ha. Sft.i.iVAN Wiiitnuv. tlte first
merlcan physician who manufactured
iiineowt!ile unxllcliies. hns Jtu,t dietl
it hi home in NewUinvllle. Mass., ut
.he age of elghly thrve. He was grail
u..te,l from Harvard Mislicul Sclasd
nearly llfty year ago.
Dm. Ili.anx nnd Plcq, of Nuute.
I'nituv, have Isssn conducting eonsump-tlon-eure
experiment on the oI.tvii
thin that gout. are exetup. friMii the dis
ease, and they now announce that on
stimptlvo patlellU Injeet.sl w Ith gKit
bhl have lsrn grontly Istnelltiil
lilt. 11 i. l l.l:-! sint out that the
danger of ,lls, as.-s I a a rule lu the ill
rv.'t rntioof the earelesstusm w ith which
they are regarded lie says that dis
eases may Is- classed n in. ire or less
fatal as people nre arakl of them and
seel; projH-r advice t i lsith prevent nn.'i
cure.
Tun physician of Havana are ue
eessfiilly IniH-tiluting new arrival. In
Cuba ngiiinat yellow fever, through
uiiMqult.st that have txintiimtliated
theuikoltok hy l.lluging yellow-fevir
patients. I'lfty-two cnw. of inotHiiltn
iuuculalion have Ueu folloWil up. Of
them only nlnMit s percent. slibs,ueut
ly isiutruettMl the dls.-ns.', with ,i mot tal
ity of less than 'J jvr ivnl.
Miss Aiuki: Uai-inU an iirmkis. Swiss
artist who is U-triuiii.ig to achieve fame
She paints w ith lit r tis.
P. A. II. Wiiit.M.u, ol P iiladelphia.
Knight ;,7.V) worth of pl.-tiir.ts at the
late S,.tey art stile ill New V 'It.
Mil. Sk.Ni.. the lins.kl.vu art patron,
who hns ju t now sold a eh.ilee collec
tion, s.t.vs he think the four gr.-..u-st
living p iln'.ort aivCaziu, Kuans. Iiuicw.
and Israels. The hist lemU the Dutch
scIhsjI.
KofKN hopes to eroct a stittue to the
painter (lericault. 'i'he mayor Inu. taken
the matter in hand, and c.xpocU, if l'ie
doubtful tI:iaiiL-es of the city pv-mit. to
get the iiiJiiinrlal in psitii by S,-p
teuiber 'JO. IH'Jl. tii ,me liuu.it v.ltli an
niversary of the artist'., birth.
1Iaiiom:iu Naui n i i.i. UoriiMiiuii,
who recently purchased the e-lebrit.Hl
Strauss eolUn-lion of objects of lle'i.r..ie
art, has presented it to tae Clone, lii'l-M-Ulll
in 1'ari.s. One of Ule tl.l. : t ..ll.i
m.ist curious ohJeiU is a loife ark ,f
walnut wisl. ornamented with llft.t
four panels, stiKrlily curved.
Cai i'iiaiiii, the new nrt-bttylii prlie-e
of Paris, g ave a il..l.ier t-i e.'ltjtir ,1-- his
purchase of I'he Angidti." One of
the fe.ttiites of the ent. i t.dnin.-nl ,o
a commemorative medal iu silver in the
napkin ol ea.ii guest. On on. lie tlierv
wns nu engraving of "The Angelas,'
und on the other the date of the dinner,
with uu explanatory inscription.
TRICKS OF CUPID.
IIk "Cliurlotto, I love you; oau you
not return my alfeetlou'.'" She "I'm
afraid I 11 have to, us 1 have no use for
It."
1 v Lake county, Tenn., a short tlun
since, a young man of lwcuty-ecn
married a widow- of forty-nine, who bus
seventeen living children.
IN Iiulsvllle, Ky , the other dar, Pol
ly Ann Collins, aged twelve .c.irs. was
married to Jesse Donahue, a w idow er,
thirty-three year old, Polly's patent
consenting.
A IUVAI. lover of a Sturgls (Mich.) girl
succeeded ill getting a tenqsirary .t-pun-incut
of the other fellow 's marriage
to her by having his new divn suit
stolen from the tailor shop.
WliillN seven luiiiutes after a couple
entered the Atchison couilhouse the
other dny they cumo out man und
wife. The license had been obtained anil
the ceremony performed within that
brief time.
Majoii C'tifHT "So you re fits.- in.
Mis I'oiidaut?" Ml K.--"l'm very Mjrry
Major Croat, bill Jour soil has just pro
Ked to me, and I aeeepteit him."
Major C "IIimmI gruelous! You don't
mean to say the Uiy bus b.-eu such an
as."
Miss Wintiiiioi' "Pisir Jack has now
U-eu a full-lteilgtkl urchlteet for six
mouths, iiml ho hasn't had a single com
mission. He designs Uiuiitiful boil ' "
Mr. Townes -"Mis Wluthlop -K.is.dle
can't I s-rsusde you to let j.uir brother
design u nice eoiiutry house for - for us?"
SANITARY CLIPPINGS.
Ncvimi breathe through tho mouth
unless It is Impossible to breathe
through the nose.
Wati:ii kept in a room for awhile it
unlit for ue, and Ice water should al
ways bo kept covered up.
A WLTkilk handkerchief tied, without
folding, over tho face is a complete se-
ourlty agalust sulfiKiatlou from smoke;
II pursuit free breathing and, at the
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THE HOME INTERESTS.
Camu.:s Ihut have lx-en frozen never
d 'ip.
I'si: soap Ixirk for cleaning Wvsden
lis.- gikkU.
Tut: Is'st butter iu the world natur
ally can lc sadly Injured by tho use of
ory psir salt.
Tui: U'st thing to clean tinware Is
common soda, rub on briskly with a
damp cloth, after which wlx dry.
Tiik U-st way of preserving silver nr
linineiits Is to wrap them lu silver xiv'r
and lay them In a tin Isix Illicit with ar
row nil -dry arro.vroot, not, of course,
mixed w uh water.
Ilv applying a tittle nf the bast car
rlnge oil arnlsh carrfully w Ith a earner
linlr brush to the edges of broken eldtm,
the KrU Ising neatly joined ti'llaer,
the fracture will, when thoroughly dry,
Is? hnnlly s-reeptlble, and the china
w 111 stand lire and water.
To kkkp glassware bright, wip.s
directly from the hot uds. Tumbler
umxI for milk should Ih thoroughly
rinsed In cold water ln-foro Isdng Im
mersed lu hot suds, as hot water seem
to drive the milk Into tho glass audglvtt
them a dingy apuraiicc
In ehnnglng fenthers, always iut
them Into new ticks, as the feather
will surely prick through washed
tick. I ls-llee our grniidiiiolhem
rubU-d the Inside of the tick with hard
s.mp to present this, but I should prefer
new ones Old ticking eon always Iv put
to gisl us
FUNNY LITTLE FOLKS.
PitiAOOOtru "Can you give mo a
sentence Illustrating the illlterence W
tween mind and inallcr.'" Tomiule
"Yes, sir! When I don't mind, pretty
soon they' stilhin' th' matter."
Tr. sc-nt.li "Tommy, can you give me
a sentence In w hich but Is a conjunc
tion?" Tommy "See the goat butt
tho lsy. Hull Is a conjunction and
connects the Iniy with the gout."
llrooklyn Knglc.
A l ini t. girl lorn on the SVlh nf
Kebruary said to her mother
"Mumma, if I had K'eu a year older
nnd there hadn't U-en any Uth of
l'chrunry in that year, wouldn't 1 have
U-en Isirn at all?"
"What do ioti do with that baseball
mask?" "Why, Johnny Is very bud
sometimes, and tbe only closet I have
to shut him up lu is where the preserves
are. I put the mask on him with a lock,
and the preserve an- safe "
M amu c - "You naughty girl! You've
eaten every cooky there was on tho
plate I told you you might have
three." Little IMith " Yes; but didn't
tell me which three, so I .had to cut all
to l' sun- to get the right ones."
A kim-iik u:ti:ip lady found n young
ster crying on the street. "What's the
matter, buhby?" she asked. And bul
by answered -"How would you like to
wear your long-legged brother's panh.
cut down, so the bag of tho knees cumo
out at your ankle?"
HARDLY CREDITABLE.
J. II. llltoAliwni.i., of Alpharetta, tin.,
owns a goose that walks nlxiot on a
Wmlen leg inaiie from a piece ol bum
Ihsi Mn. IIazoii Is the suggestive name of
It mull who wus arrested the other day
at llaunihul. Mo , for carrying a con
cealed weapon lu his boot.
I'm. km a Kansas editor lies there Is
nu old gentleman lu Itooncvlllc, that
.tate, who hat carried tho same um
brella everyday In the week for sixteen
consecutive years.
Mau J a vis Cui:.:v Jriu Ann
Aiii.i.iv 1'iuntis I'unoiti Ki.iza Maiiia
Ot'ir it lit. Dast Moiiiiison Is the ab
breviated as'llalion of one of the col
ored U-llrs of Atlanta.
(lvt.il a year ago William lUuieot, n
Norrlstowu hotel proprietor, placed a
hriue- cheek on the I Kick of a snapping
turtle, which he reloasisi. The pluto
I sire Itoocol'k name and this Inscription:
"(its f.tr one drink." A few days ago
he found the animal strolling over his
procity. und thinks he cumo back for
the drink.
In s Arthur St. Clair, of Clnolnnull,
aoht a piece of laud for i'J.'.'i, which Is
thus deserllsd In the deed: "The 1-1,000
pt of nu Inch from the u. e. corner of
lot No. S3, and running south of uu
In.: thence w to the back line of said
lot; thence n. of an Inch; thence e. Ui
Kiiut of Iwginuiug " This is probably
the smallest real estate transaction on
record.
THE DUCKS AND QEESE.
O.vi: ndvautugc with ducks 1 their
rapid growth.
(il.k.si: eat the grass close down to
the risit unit often kill It out iu this
way.
Ir Is sometime ucccAsary to assist
ducks out of tho shells, but rarely if
ever chicken.
DtX'lis, If kept In a good Condition,
rarely, If ever, get lousy, thu oily
nature ot their feathers preventing
this
Till: Isjst breed of geeso for feathers
Is the Kiulxlcr They are entirely
white, and while geese feathers bring
thu Istst price.
Dl ckh do uot have the cholera, croup
or gape, and hawks do uot Isither
them, they will lay more eggs und tho
eggs ik ill hutch be tier than hen eggs.
INDUSTRIAL AND FINANCIAL.
A i lll.niMi gum concern In llrooklyn
hits become, a stock company with a
capital of PI, 000,000.
An average crop of hay In tho United
State Is osllmutcd at (0,000,000 ton
uud tho value Is estimated ut jUtST,.
000. 000.
Tin: first carload of cedar wood wus
1. hlpsd from Arkansas to Kuropo the
other day. It will uoiuo tuck In thu
shuie of lead peuoll.
n Si VJa!!i;.