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I-RIDAY, - -
FEB. 23, 189
Cumminga of New York denounced
vigorously the attempt made to arrest
him Thursday morning by the eergeant-
at-arms. He declared that he had been
present at the sessions of the house
daily, hours before and hours after the
eergeant-at-arms was there. He told
that official and his assistant to arrest
him at his peril, and stigmatized as un
bridled tyranny the attempt to arrest
him on "Washington's birthday.
Union is making a tremendous howl
against the injunction on their proposed
asylum, but the Union Pacific road ought
to make the most vigorous opposition,
lor the fare will be about $20 for each
adult from Salem, and this will have to
be paid hundreds of times over. In fact
there 'is no end to the tremendous
amount of money which will yearly be
paid by the state to this corporation.
If the railroad company had any policy
about them, they would secure the best
legal talent they could employ to fight
the injunction.
Miss Ida M. Tarbell has written for
McClure's Magazine for March a com
prehenBive account of the French method
of identifying criminals. .As invented
and perfected by M. "Bertillon, of the
French police department, this method
has a scientific accuracy that makes is
infallible. No offender once brought to
record under it can possibly escape iden
tification if ever he is brought again ;
and "Miss - Tarbell, before writing of it,
went to the Paris police headquarters
and saw it, in all its details, practically
applied. Her article will be illustrated
with numerous pictures from photo
graphs provided by M. Bertillon him
self. Malvern Cressworth, an English min
ing man, claims to have discovered in
Mexico a large and beautiful deserted
city, about 80 miles west of Lake Colo
rado, in a basin of the Sierra Madres,
ten miles long by eight miles wide.
High perpendicular cliffs surround the
basin. The only entrance is through a
deep canyon thirty feet wide. Mr.
Creesworth says the buildings are of red
stone resembling granite. The business
blocks are two and three stories high
and different in design from the struc
tures built by the Aztecs and Spaniards.
The streets are narrow and laid out in
regular order. In the city is a small
park which is overgrown with rare
flowers and tropical vegetation. Pro
fessor Wilson ought to visit vhe place
and gather some idea of the future as
pect of many manufacturing towns in
the United States after the enactment
of his tariff bill.
The agitation against the employment
of juries is not a new one, though the
arguments against it, by a correspondent,
may contain many facts of interest to
those -who have not given the subject
attention. He says : "I have come to
the conclusion that trial by jury is not
far removed from a lottery. I've heard
it said that marriage is a lottery, but
when ten men are induced to yield to
the opposition of two men, or one per
son will contend against the conviction
of eleven others in the jury room it
seems to me to be a clear case of ob
stinacy or a surrender of conviction from
weariness or anxiety to be released from
a place which is not unlike a prison.
Who would not, however, abandon one's
sense of justice to breathe fresh air,
v , l I i . . 1 . ,
wmcn can only oe ootainea outsiae me
narrow walls of our jury rooms. If there
be one thing more than another demand
ing reformation in connection with our
courts it is the absurd practice of en
forcing agreement by twelve men by a
deprivation of ordinary comforts while
they are seeking to find a verdict. ' Per
haps in time a majority of the jurors will
suffice to determine results."
Jl new description of hell; 'according
to a certain dramatist, is simply an
abode wherein people have no feelings.
It ia as impossible to experience pleasure
as pain. There are no enjoyments, no
ambition, no passions and no desires.
The occupants could go to heaven but
they have no desire. The description
throws light upon one of the tendencies
of the age. Persons of wealth, who live
idly and who have tasted all the joys of
existence have not anything to ' expect.
Pleasure to them becomes a bore, for
they have seen it in every guise. They
are not content to sip slowly and then
taste thoroughly, but thev so to the ut-
most extreme as fast as money can buy
the way. Cost to them is no object,
consequently there ia no limit to their
excesses. A glass of wine is followed by
drunkeness. Gambling becomes frenzy.
And the . glance of a pretty woman
makes the roue. . Finally when their
seven ages have passed,' long before the-
three ecore years and ten, they find it
necessary to use morphine to bring sleep
by night and whisky to keep awake by
day. They reach that condition where
life becomes a burden and ennui en
velops their existence.
GREAT ARSENIC EATERS.
Australian Women Sacrifice Health and
Hair on the Altar of Good Complexion.
The majority of the female beauties
of Sidney, according to an English ob
server, have peculiarly delicate com
plexions, languid expressions, fragile
physique and a die-away look in the
eyes, which are more suited to the en
ervated temperment of an old civiliza
tion than the active vitality of a new
world. It was easy even for a novice
to detect that these ladies owed a good
deal to their perruquier. The mystery
of this curious eomr biation of pre
mature baldness and unusual delicacy
of complexion was explained by the'
fact that these women ate arsenic in
order to produce the aristocratic pal
lor and languor, and found . to their
horror that another effect of the drug
was to make the hair drop out. Valu
ing their complexion above their hair,
however, they sacrificed the one to the
other. What a woman will endure for
her complexion may be estimated by
this and also by the fact that these
arsenic eaters rarely live past forty
five. . There is no pleasure, moreover,
in the consumption of the poisonous
drug. The arsenic is made, up into
dainty looking caramels, which fash
ionable dames will produce from pre
cious little bonbonnieres and suck
quite openly, just as the American girl
chews (rum or the English girl choco
late. The arsenic question, English
men say, was becoming quite' a burn
ing one in. th5 antipodes. When a man
married a young looking, lovely crea
ture, adorned with luxurious ringlets,
he was disgusted to find after the cere
mony that she was really a semibald,
prematurely enervated woman, who
was shortening her life to please her
own vanity and was incapable of ful
filling the duties of a mother to debili
tated children which she brought into
the world. Moreover, the suffering
winch she would go through in any at
tempt to overcome this pernicious habit
was quite enough to make her break
down, if, indeed, she could be per1-
suaded to bear it at all.
HIS PET PHRASE.
It Was Good for All Occasions and Need
Accordingly.
In the "Memoir of Henry Compton,"
published in London some years ago,
there is an amusing story which has an
obvious lesson. Mr. Watlington was a
man from his birth of an -even temper
and an easy disposition. lie went
through life with the greatest Indiffer
ence as to its cares " and its troubles.
One phrase he used on all occasions:
"It may be so, but then, again it mav
not."
Or. paying him a visit one day, says
the writer, I asked him if he thought
it would be fine, "vt hy," replied he,
"it may rain, but then again it mav
not." -
Seeing him reading: "Daniels' Field
Sports," I inquired if he ever went on
a hunting excursion.- '
'Why, yes," said he, "T did go once
on a bit of a jaunt of the sort, but I
made a sorry set out cf it. I borrowed
a gig of a friend, and stnrted for a
day's pleasure, as I thought; but the
horse was a stranger to me, and so,
not having . received a regular intro
duction to him, as soon as the chase
begun, oft he set at full speed, with
me inside the gig.
"I began i'o be alarmed. - Thinks I,
'There's danger here; 1 may go a little
farther without being turned over, but
then again I may not.' Well, away he
tore, over furrow and field, leaping'
every ditch and bank that came in his
way. Presently I saw we were Hear
ing a horse-pond, and 1 began to say
to myself: 'I may get past this pond
without being dropped in the middle
of it, but then again I may not.' .
"However, after running a tremen
dous risk, I escaped a broken neck that
time, and after getting pretty safely
through the remaining part of the
chase, says I to myself, says I: 'Well, I
may be tempted to go a-hunting again,
but then again, I may not!' "
Points In Palmistry. '."
An interesting discussion has sprung
up among the palmists in regard to the
line of the hand known as the mar
riage line. One recognized authority
says that when this line curves upward
the possessor is not likely to marry at
all. . Other experts say they know
many married and happy people with
such a line. It is also alleged that the
transverse line on the "hill of Mer
cury," which one party says is the mar
riage line, is not so considered by the
Chirological society. "Our opinion,"
says the editor of the party organ, "is
that these lines are signs of attach
ment, and there is scarcely a hand ever
seen without at least one in the hand
of either married orunmarried people."
. The people of Red Bluff," California,
have subscribed $50,000 toward building
a railroad from the Oregon Short line in
Eastern Oregon, through Lake county,
Oregon, and Modoc, Shasta and Tehama
counties, California; and thence to tide
water. Other counties will also sub
scribe liberally. The road will tap all the
valleys of Eastern Oregon and North
western California, with probably a
branch connecting Klamath Fails. Such
a system would open up a vast, fertile
country and prove of general benefit.
Mexican Silver Stove Polish causes no
dust. ' '
" If you toish to see a fine assortment of
oranges, lemons and bananas just call
and see the display at H. H. Campbell's,
next door to the postoffice.
ODD, CONCEITS ABOUT JEWELS.
Km pre ft Eugenie Always Refused to Wear
Opals.
The fancy ''for having one's birth-
month stone introduced as a mascot ia
all possible designs has led to sotne
quaint and pretty conceits in the way
of spoons, which have set in the han
dles in unique and effective fashion
the stones assigned by superstition to
the various months, says the Great
Divide. Thus January has the garnet
imbedded among fanciful tracery of
silver, February the amethyst, March
has the blood-stone, April the diamond,
May the emerald, June the agate,
July the ruby, August the sardonyx,
September the chrysolite, October the
opal, November the topaz and Decem
ber the torquoise, while the pretty su
perstitions attached to the moonstone
make it a favorite at all times. It is
said of a famous actress that she never
appears upon the stage that some
where about her person is not to be
found one of these Indian gems.
When the birth-stone happens to be a
secondary gem it is put in a seal, and,
mounted with the monogram or crest
of the owner, exercises its occult influ
ence over the letters sent out from
my lady's boudoir.
It is said that Queen Victoria . has
tried to set at defiance the old supersti
tion about the opal, and that she has
given many opals as presents, while of
the unfortunate Empress Eugenie it is
written that she has always refused to
wear the stone. The old legend tells
a story of an opal - belonging to a
Roman senator whi ch was coveted by
Marc Antony, yet rather than part
with it the records say that the sen?
ator went into voluntary exile, prefer
ring to part with his country rather
than lose his gem. The modern'preju-dice-against
this beautiful stone seems
not -to have prevailed among the an
cients, who believed that it strength
ened sight, made its- wearer lovable,
dissipated melancholy and paled at the
approach of poison.
That Sir Walter Scott shared the
prejudice of modern times against the
opal seems indicated in "Anne of Geier-
stein."' Anne's grandfather married a
lady, so the tale reads, with a wonder
ful opal. On the day of christening
their child the opal first glowed, then
paled and shortly after the wife and
husband both died. .
MONEY STOCKS OF THE WORLD.
The UlRliest Per Capita Is in France and
the T.owest iu China.
' A report recently issued by the treas
ury department presents a table show
ing the monetary systems and approx
imate stocks of money in the aggre
gate and per capita in. the principal
countries of the world.
I rom this table it appears that
France, with a population of 38.300,000,
has the highest per capita of any of
the countries named in the table, it
being S30.81. "The Straits Settle
ments," with a population of 3,800,000,
follows with a per capita of 828.94.
Closely following' and having very
nearly the same per capita are Bel
gium. S30.T0; Australia, 320.05; the
r.'r.ited States, S2I3.C3,' and the Nether
lands. C24.34. In China, a country hav
ing -a population of .402,VOO,000, the
.Tias-ses apparently do not have much
to handle, for the per capita is but
cl.80, all in silver. Countries follow
ing China closely in this respect are
Roumania, with a. per capita of ?4.(50;
Servia, $4.27; Sweden, Turkey,
$--33, a population of 39,200,000; Cen
tral American states, S3. TS; Japan, S-l;
Ind ia. 3.44. against a population of
2S7.2OO,0CO; Hayti. 4.00.
The money issued by the United
Kingdom is sufficient to give each in
dividual 20.44 if equally divided,
and that of Uerniany l'8.5G to each
person. Portugal, with a population
of but 4,700,000, has a per capita of
$21.00, and Egypt a per capita of 819.85.
The South American slates have a
per capita of 819.C7; Canada, 310; Cuba,
813.81; Italy. S9.59; Switzerland, $14.48;
(Ireece, 513.23; Spain, $17.14; Austria
Ilungary, 9.59; Norway, S(5.C0; . Den
mark, $11.72; Russia, $8.17, with a pop
ulation of 124,000,000, and Mexico, 85.
Since this statement was tabulated the
per capita circulation of the United
States has decreased to $25.55.
The. table puts the stock of gold
money at $3,001,900,000: silver, $3,931,-
100,000, and uncovered paper money at
$2,700,000,000.
BADLY FRIGHTENED.
The Tragic End of a Peculiar Ghost Phe
nomenon.
Innumerable experiences prove that
all "ghost stories have a rational ex
planation, and that some natural cause
can, be found for any seemingly super
natural vecurrence. Sometimes it re
quires great coolness and self-possession
to remember this, but the effort to
do so is worth making, for it may save
life or reason. A striking illustration
ot tnis was tne tragic experience oi a
Dutch painter, named Penteman, who
lived in the eighteenth century.
Penteman had a commission which
required the portrayal of skeletons,
death s-heads and other objects in
tended to inspire - contempt for the
frivolties and vanities of the time..
. In order to havemodels before him
he painted his picture in an anatomic
al museum. One day he had been
sketching vhe ghastly objects which
surrounded him, when he fell asleep.
tsuaaenly ne was awakened by - an
extraordinary noise. He was horrified
to see all the death's-heads nodding
and grimacing, and the skeletons danc
ing about, and waving their fieshless
arms madly in the air. .
Penteman fled from the frightful
scene, and escaped into the street. He
was picked up unconscious and half
dead with fright. . . "
As soon as ' he was rational, it was.
explained to him that - there had been
an earthquake, and that that had
caused the commotion among the an
atomical specimens, but the shock had
been too severe, he died in a few days.
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Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San
Diego, Cal., says: "Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine I have
ever found that would do me anv eood."
Price 50 cts. Sold by Snipes & Kinersly. J
All. Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's . New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it free. - Call on the advertised drug
gist and get a trial bottle, free. . Send
your name and address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of
Dr. King's New Life Pills . free,' as well
as a copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instructor, free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. Sold by Snipes & Kinersly.
See the'Worla'a Fair for Fifteen Cen ts
Upon receipt of your address and fif
teen cents in postage stamps, wo will
mail you prepaid our souvenir portfolio
of the world's Columbian exDOsition.
the regular price is fifty cents, but as we
want you to have one, we make the
price nominal. You will find it a work
o' art and a thing to be prized. It con
tains full page views of the great build
ings, with descriptions of same, and is
executed in highest style of art. If not
satisfied with it, after you get it, we will
refund the stamps and let you keep the
book. Address
. H. E. Bucklen & Co.,
- Chicago, 111,
The experience of Geo. A. Apgar, of
German Valley, N. J., is well worth re
membering. He was troubled with
chronic diarrhoea and doctored for five
months and was treated by four differ
ent doctors without benefit. He then
began using Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy', of which one
bottle effected a complete cure. It is
for sale by Blakeley & Houghton, drug
gists. . '"'. ' -
Good Chance for a Bustler.
A man is wanted by Kerr & Buckley
of Grass Valley to. run their hay and
grain ranch on shares, one with some
means preferred, but can .furnish all
horses, harness, plows, etc., if neces
sary, provided be pays his own living
expenses for the year. One hundred
and fifty acres is already sown and now
growing nicely, 100 acres are plowed,
ready to sow in the spring,and there are
100 acres Of old land to plow arid sow.
For further particulars address Kerr &
Buckley, Grass Valley, Or. dwtf
A. Chance' Very Seldom Offered.
For sale or trade for a farm in Wasco
county A fine improved farm in one of
the best counties of Southern Calfornia
in the best of climate, close to Rodondo
beach, San Pedro harbor and railroads.
Good markets, good scheols and
churches. Address this office for par
ticulars. ' ' d&w
Karl's Clover Boot, the new blood
purifier, gives freshness and clearness to
the com plexion and cures constipation.
25c, 50c. and $1.00. ' Sold by Snipes &
Kinersly, druggists. N '
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Wasco ' County,
The Gate City of the Inland. Empire is situated at the head
of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and is a thriving, pros
perous city.: . '
ITS TERRITORY. .
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agricultural
and grazing country,-its trade reaching as far south as Summer
Lake, a distance of over two hundred miles. '.
The Largest Wool Market.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope of the Cas
cades furnishes pasture for thousands of sheep, the wool from
which finds market here.
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping point in
America," about "5,000,000 pounds being shipped last year.
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon . fisheries are the finest on the Columbia, yielding
this yoar a revenue of thousands of dollars, which will be more
than doubled in the near future. t
The products of the beautiful Klickitat valiey find market
-here, and the country south and east has this year filled the
warehouses, and all available storage places to overflowing with
their products. - ,
.ITS WEALTH.
It is the richest city of its size on the coast and its money is
80iitt;red over and is being used to develop more farming country
than is tributary to any other city in Eastern Oregon.
Its situation is unsurpassed. Its climate delightful. Its pos
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