Willamette farmer., January 28, 1881, Image 3

WILLAMETTE AltMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY 21, 1881.
AN Allt AtilT.tTOII.
Tfcv Tnz Hirrn In lie I'lnrri on Tlllniimnli
Bwli Tor llic llenrllt ol Murliirr.
Among tlio impediments to navigation none
arc perhaps more to bo dreaded than thosu
which nriso from fogs, mid consequently the
nature of tliin Impediment ami tho means
which may lie devised for obviating it are ob
jects of gre.it iutctcst to the mariner. The
only .moans nt present known for surmounting
tho diflictilty la that of employing powerful
founding instruments which may bo heard at
a autlicicnt diitanco through tho fog to give
timely warning of impending dinger. In the
1'acilic oecan a current of warm water starting
from tho equatorial regions, passes along tho
shores of China and Japan and following the
general trend of tho coast continues along our
shore Tho northern part of this current bo
ing warmer than the ocean ttirotmli which it
passes, tends to pioduco deiiso fofis ill tho re
rion of tho Aleutian islands and tho coast of
Alaska. As this current descends into lower
latitudes it gradually loses its warmth, and
at o certain point it assumes tho jnr.ictcr in
riH-inl tii tho water throuuh which it mssos
oi a comparatively comer sucnui, aim in mis
causo U attributed tho prevalence nf foL's on
tho coast of Oreu'on nml California which nro
. ., . i , .. i ... ii.t.
most pruval-nt during tho Spring and tilth
SmnincT. with wind front tho northwest and
west. Tho fog signals now generally in uso
lo givu warming ui iijiiivi miu mu ,..i,w.i
trumpet, tho steam whistln and tho fog sIilii,
nml soma months nim the Liuht House Hoard
ordered mio of tho latter description to bo
used on Tillamook Hock in conjunction wltn
tho lighthouse, of tho first order just com
pleted, at that point. Tho siren has been
completed nt the foundry of Smith llros. k
Watson in this city, nml yesterday
rullTluNI OP TIIK AlTAKATl'M
Were placed on boanl tho lighthouse tender,
Shubrick for transportation to its destination.
Tho siren, originally invented by Cagnianl do
Tjatour, as it now exists, dillurs csicntially
from tho original intention, first, in being
connected with a triunpot, In which it sup
plies tho placo of a reed in producing tho agi
tation of tho nlr necessary to tho generation
of tho sound, nnd, second, tho revolving disk,
which opens and shuts tho orillces producing
tho blasts, is driven, not by tho blast Iticlf
impingimr on ohliipio openings as in tho orig
inal instrument, but by n small engine con
ncctct with tho feed point of the boiler. The
goncral character of a fog siren may bo under
stood from tho following description! Sup
poia a drum of short axis, "into ono head of
which is inserted a steam-pipe connected with
locomotive boiler, while the other end has
in it a tri ingular orifice, through the steam is
at brief intervals allowed to project itself.
Immediately beforo this head, nod in closo
contact with it, is a revolving disk in which
arotwulvo orillces. Ily this 'arrangement, nt
every coinplcto revolution of tho disk, tho or
illco in the held nf the drum is opened and
shut twclvo times in succession, thus produc
ing a rnpid scries of impulses of steam
against tho a'r into tha, smaller orillco of the
trumpet placed immediately in front of tho
revolving disk. These impulses aro of such
intonsity and rapidity as to produce a sound
unrivaled in magnitude and penetrating power
by that of any other instrument devised. The
urcn is operated bv n ordinary horizontal lo
comotivc, steel boiler, with a small engine at
tached, for feeding it and for rotating tho
disk. It uses steam at a high prcsssurc, mid
Home nf iti parts inovo with very great veloc
ity, tho spindle making from l.bOO to '.',401
revolutions a minute. Tho boiler must bo
uiuvr.N to its ruix wrAcmr
In onler to furnish sufllcicnt stran and the
siren requires mora skill and attention in its
management than any other of tho fog signals
in use. Tho siren, or more properly lireus,
for as every portion of tho apparatus is lu-
a'iw.ted, thcro aro two, tho ono to replace the
other in case of accident, will bo placed near
tho western front of Tillamook Itock, in front
of tho lighthouse, and when in operation.
under tho most favorable circumstances, tho
warning blasts csn bo heard for a distance of
25 miles, and ordinarily 15 miles distant. The
construction oi mis siren nag Been mane un
der tho immediate supervision of Major (Jib
4 lespia, chief of tho engineer aervico in this
' district aud a gentleman who has ever
I, since assumed chargo here, identified himself
,- in the promotion of ovcry interest looking to
tho advancement anil welfare of onr State.
The presence of tho siren on Tillamook Hock
will prove nf the greatest benefit to our mar
itino interests, and had such a signal been in
operation a few weeks ago tho loss of the iron
bark Xupata, with all on board, which was
dashed to pieces on Tillamook Heads, would
have been unreconlfd. .
KKSILTK ne TIIK HTOKH.
UgttU of (he IllaU Mnlrr at Unyton, JiibB
May s alley nml oibrr flnrrs.
In Yamhill county no material damago vtim
done by the lata nto of the Willamettu river,
excepting at Dayton, whero it was ijuito
severe. In the warehouses belonging to W,
S. Powell there are stored aliout I'J.ftOO
I buihcls of wheat, 1,000 belonging to hiiiuclf
and tho rest to tho farmers. In Yocum's
warehouse there nro 'J.ftOO bushch, all belong
ing to thu farmers, and nil (n both houses un
sold. In tho latter housa tho water in tho
wheat ruse to tho depth nf III inches aud only
7 in the former. Opt. l'ouell has from 1,000
to 1,500 bushels in dahiagod condition, and
Yocum about MX). The gmatrst lo&s is a
large three-story wnrehoue, ."0x100 feet, the
ownership of whicli is in dispute, belonging to
either Capt. Pott oil or tho railroad company.
On Saturday afteriuon tho building ro,o and
floated down ugairut the bridge, wheru it
rested until Thursday morning, when the
whoU tuwu assembled on the spot and Iwt'an
tearing dov, ii and cutting av, ay tho immense
structure so as to save the bridge. The upper
sKjryouiy was rcinovcu, nut tlio worKv.ni
be pushed vigorously fonvanl until the bridgo
is free from tho new impending danger.
The building is said to be good as
new, the first cost of whicli was about
t'2,500. The water was backed up by the
Willamette and there was very slight cur
rent, otherwiae the destruction of the bridge
twould have been certain. When the water
(alls a little lower there are several eld ship-
Sing warehouses which will tumble and go
own stream. The narrow gauge road is
till ia operation, the nearest station being
ball a mile out of town; the high water pre
vent them from coming further. Captain
Crawford lost 123 Angora coats by drowning)
Tolue, 11,000.
Tbi heavy rains coming on the top of the
(now caused the highest water that has been
known for years in the John Day valley. Lit
tle streams became rivers, and the John Day
looked like the Columbia. Bridge were
washed out all alnug the valley, and travel
was suspended. Wednesday's stage for Ma
ker, from Canyon City, had to turn round at
Indian creek and come back. At U. C,
Trowbridge' the family had to move into the
upper story of the bouse for safety.
In Columbia county, W. T Pataha creek
rose fifteen feet in a few hours, and the bridge
'at the foot of Ouslev Hill was washed away.
Fence and wood pile were carried off and
everal Tainilie were- rescued from the upper
stories of their bouses by boat improvised out
of wagon bed.
a.i.t.ni.
Httnrltiunp the Census Returns, shutting the
I'opnlallnn ut our t'oniitr, '
The CeiisJs llurcau has figured so far upon
the returns of imputation as to reach the con
clttiu that thn total, ctchmivu of Alaska and
that region v est of Arkansas known as the
Ituliiu Territory, is fiO,l(V2,(i5!). Hut while
thcio figures ara'otllcial they aro not final,
and may be changed hearafter in the roisory
calculations, though it is not likely that sucli
posslblo change will goalwvo the units, tens
or hundreds colums. Korall practical pur
poses the total population of thu United
States and Tern tor its, excluiivo of Alaska
and Indian Territory, may bo stated at fiO,
irCOOO. Tho increase sinco 1870 has been
ll,:iljU,(IJI, oruenrly iiine nml one-tenth per
cent. The present population of tho l'acliic
Stilus nml Territories, namely, California,
Oregon, Nevatli, Washington, Idaho, Arizona
and Utah, is olllcially stated as follows:
Cnllforni.
8111, fiStl
171,707
lIJ.'JO.-i
7r..i'ju
:iJ,(5ll
40,411
l i:i,w-
Oregon
Xevad.i
Washington . .
Idaho
Arizona . . .
Utah
Total
. . I,3(W,7li
Thu iiicrc.no of this div isinu of thu country
since 1870 lias been 451, brill, or 4S per cent.
Tho increase in Nevada was but (I per cent.,
which is tho lowest, whilu in Washington
Territory it was 100J per cent, which is thu
highest rate. The per cent, of increasa in tho
I'uciflc division is greater than in nny other.
In thcKasUrii illusion, including New York,
Xtw Kngltml, Now Jersey nnd rennsyhania,
tho percent is but 18. In tho Wiaern di
vision, including Missouri nml tho Territories
of Dakota, Wyoming aud Moutaun, .'II per
cut. In tho Southern ditiiion, excluding
Missouri and including nil tho other old slave
States, , 'I I per cent. In the District of Co
lumbia, .15 per cont. It is now conceded that
'honpuarcut large increase in tho Southern
States is due to thu fact that this census was
taken there with more reganl to exactness
than any preceding ono, while that of 1870
was done- in a slovenly and cireless inanntr,
lint reaching a hrgo class of tho population.
There is but onu city in tho United Status or
on tho American continent that contains over
ono million population New ork. There
nro time others that contain over half n mil
lion; threo others nbnvo.'IOO.OOOi three others
nbovo 'JUO.000, including San i'raucuco; nnd
ten others nbovo 100.000. Tho following is a
carefully revised Kit of tho cities that aver
age :I0,IKX) inhabitant each, California having
two of them. It will be u good thing to keep
for future reference!
.New Vork l.SOil.t'K) I LxtliiniMt, O 8I,(HJ"
riilU.lol'lil... M'l.lMt I l'.itcron , S0,si7
llrooktjrii ... Mi,bti Tolislo W.I II
ClilciKO . (01.3m (.'lurlciliiii I9.W-I
II. .Ion. . ;mlt,M I'ull lllitr u.uotl
St. Ixiul. ,. SMfitt Minneapolis ..4U,Hs7
lUltlnioro Mi lift) Wmnlopi . I.'..!j0
Cincinnati S.tt,70J .N.i.lnllU 3,ill
San PrancUco. , si.niii itea-llng ,iVl
.N'twOrlouis. .. 2IU.I4H IlirtrnrU l.'.Dikl
ClsuUml, 100,1 1 i w llmhiKton il.i'.'J
I'ltUbuu. iM.m Vm.lci 4I.C5S
IlillUlo ... lriS.137 St. I'illl 4,4'IJ
WmliliiKton.. . 1I7..HJ7 Ureiici,Mus ,3'J,I7S
Newark IW.40U Detail U.077
LouMlllo m.MS l.jnn. . . ..3s,;sl
Jersey Lily . I'JJ.TiS Denver 6,(xW
Detroit. . . 110,31'.' (UkUnJ, (ill 3l,tM
Mllwsukte.. . 116,678 AtlsnU 3l,:t9S
rrmlJrues 10I.S.W t'tlcu , 33.013
Albany W.V03 rortlanil, tie 3.1,810
Ibxhotrr . .,, fcO.noj Mcmplil , . ...Xl.t'JS
Allrcluny, I'a, M.USl SiirlnnrlJ, Ms 3J.3IU
lnJlumills. . 76.074 ifinchrtttr, N, II ..3'i.U.IO
Itlclmioiul. ., IU.WJ St. Jo-i.h,Mo 3.',4sl
New llaen, . ViMi (IrsnJ lUiilils 32,015
LomcII !U,4s5 Whetlinir 31,'M
Wnrcntcr. . U,'M MoMIe, At 3I,'.W,
Try W.747 llobokm 30,is
KaiiMtClty.. . U.S13 lltrrlibunr 30,702
CinbriJiri',Mus. ti,Tui Sionnkli 3u,ul
Sjrscuas M.7U1 Oraihs 30,61 j
AKOTIIKK IIOILFE IttlLWAY.
lacorporailon of (lie I'ordaml and East I'orl
laud Hirer t Uallnay Company.
Yesterday article of incorporation of th
Portland aud Kant Portland Street ltnilway
Company was filed iu tho ollico of the county
clerk, with J. C. Hawthorno, William llcck
and C. M. Wihtrg as the incorporator. Tho
capital stock, of the new corjioration is cVK),
000, dividod into 1,000 shares, and thu priori
iwl otlice is to bo located in this city, Tho
object of thocompiny is to lay down, con
struct, maintain and operate a lino of street
railway, to ho propelled by horses, mules or
otherwiae, within thu city of Portland and
over the Willamettu river, by tho bridgo now
iu course of erection, to the city of Kast Port
land. Thu route of tho railway is to lie
through Morriton street, over tho bridge to
N street. Kast Portland, thence to Fourth
street. Thu road is to bo constructed of iron
or steel rails and will bo run through tho en
tiro length of hu above named streets, or so
far as tlio corporators shall from time to time
ilcniro tn run tho tame. Tho bridgo, it is an
ticipated, will bo completed in four months
from the prtsent date, and tho street railway
line will be ready for buniness nt thu Mine,
date, unless prevented by some circumstance
unlocked for.
On Tuesday (ion. Howard wns to tnlo com
utiudnt West Point.
Tho alwenco of mail aud telegraph facilities
for ten days iual.es limine dull at head-
quartern.
Tho antics of a few of tho Imys in blue after
niv iliv has icmilted In reinforcement to thu
shoul brigade at thu pott, and inoro clcvili
nets of tho walks and roads is thu fulfillment
of tho penalty.
I.ieut.'Col. Alex. Chambers, '.'Ut infantry,
telegtaphed on the 31st that prevailing storm
prevented bis immediate di-parturu from Fort
iii hi nr tins Km, uuu it is sun iiuciriani
when he can come down.
Last Friday thcro vtas another cniodo at
the garrison, two episodes, both boys, tu ins
in fact, presented by tho wifo of Major John
A. Kress, of the Ordnance Department. This
is the second pair of twins at the garrison
within two mouths, and if this sort of thing
goes oil much longer nono but single men will
consent to be assigned to Vancouver Ilarrocks,
Upon the recommendation of tho chief quar
termaster, a system to bo known as the "For
age Agency" system has been established in
this department, to the end that at each con
venient stopping placo on the main routes of
travel in each forage district, passing otliccrs,
enlisted men and others, may obtain the regu
lation allowance of forage to which the public
animals in their charge are enlisted, at a stipu
lated price.
In view of the prevalence of scarlet fever as
an epidemio in Portland, Major John Moore,
Medical Director of the Department of tho
Columbia, has written a letter advising the
people of the garrison and of Vancouver town
to prevent any children from visiting Portland
during the prevalence of the epidemic, and
cautioning every one coucenung entering
rooms where there has been scarlet fever.
The recommendation of the letter ore timely,
and should bo itrictly followed by all our peo
ple. Order will be issued at the garrison to
enforce proper precautions.
Eighteen hundred and igbty-oue is the
first year since 1771 whose figure read the
same both way.
TEKUITWKIAL.
Tho Carbon 1 till conl miners struck
for higher wnges last week.
Seattle) ih out of butter owing; to tho
non-nrrival of thu supply by tho Dakota.
Ft I'd. Foster skipped out of Wnlla
Wallu leaving behind numerous cred
itors. Now Tncoina is flourishing. Eight or
ten new houses nto in progress of erec
tion. It is stated that the N. 1. 11 R.
Company propose to connect New nnd
(JIil laconia by mil.
Ueorgo I). Rodney goes to tho Wash
ington Territory penitentiary for 18
months for an assault with a deadly
weapon.
James S. U. -Smith has been sent to
the Penitentiary for larceny in n dwel
ling. Says the Walla Wnlla Mutnnniin; It
is tumntrd that the railroad magnates
intend pulling up tho Dltio mountain
branch of Ihe O. R. ,V N. Co.'h line.
Wihopo that this is not tuie as it
leaves one of thu richest portions of
Umatilla county- nut in the cold.
The lhiena Vista cot respondent of
tho Itcmiicr in speaking of tho llood,
says: Wo hear of loss of property, cat
tle, horses, Imgs nnd sheep on nil lnuuls.
!Mr. Mooro has lost everything, houso
nnd nil. R. F. Wells 1ms lost nll.of his
sheep; Mr. Rrownu lost a lino horse;
James McGlniu lost considerable stock;
and in fact nearly eveiybody who lived
on thu low lnnds lost tnoro or less stock,
saying nothing of dnmugu deno to fences
or cord wood.
ST.ITK NEWS.
Rov. II. S. McLuiTerly, of Eugeni
City, will shortly lecture at Oregoi
City.
M'lM Nora Simpson has been engaged
iu ono of thu departments of tho Oregon
City Seminary.
Tho Itemlztr hays that tho narrow
gauo road is to bo extended from Dallas
to Monmouth,
Tho entire family of W. 0. Hender
son, of McMiuuvilie, have lieen nlllivted
with diphtheria.
JInjor John Thorp, who settled near
Independence, l'olk county, in 1811,
died on thu 'Jth iust.
Many peonloof Umatilla county, look
forward to tho building of u now town
somownero on tuu Umatilla river, nenr
Thorn Hollow.
Hon. Ben lfaydeu lost about f0 head
of cattle and ono horso by tho high
water, lien evidently did not hav
them ou his Polk county farm.
Mr. J. W. McGrow, of Porrytlah
who has been reported as losing 10,00
bushels of wheat on l'acillc dock, i(
this city, says his loss will not reac
1,000.
Mr. Reding, of Pendleton, has re
ceived a contract for clearing twenty
six mill's of road for tho O. R. it N. Co.
along the Umatilla river and up tho
Meacham pass.
Eggs are soiling nt McMinnvillo at
20 cents per dozen.
Ileal estate, says thu ;Wforiii, Los
an upward look at Astoria.
Nino young men were arrested at
Highland, Clackamas county, for dis
turbing a public meeting.
A. H. Soulo, of Cray's lay, died on
thu 9th or 10th, from exposure. Tho
deceased was better known as "Old
Tianner."
Udney J. Hamilton, a young man
who was born at tho Cascades, died
thcro of consumption n few days ago, iu
his 21st year. Ho was a general favo
n'Ki. Mr. T. Hook, ot Abiijua, Marion
county, lost a horso valued atSlfiO somo
tiino sinco by being snagged. This
makes four horses that Mr. II. Iiuh lost
within tho last two years.
"Rov." T. W. Spnnswick received tho
grand bounco out of tho First lluptist
Church for; Find, "Pitvarication and
falhehood. Second, "Conduct uncrhis-
tian and unbosoming it Clui.stiau min
ister." The Attoriaii says that Senator Slater
writes hopefully of tho ehauco of secur
ing a liberal npproprintion finiii tho
present Congress for Columbia liar im
provement. The sum of 150,000 will
bo asked for.
Wheat Sauvaok. Workmen aro busy re
moving wet wheat from the dcuks, which has
mostly been purchased as a speculation, Mol
son's brewery has dried considerable sinco tho
Hood, and the grain presents a good apntar
once, but is very brittle. It is thought it
can be ground into feed or even an inferior
grade of Ibur. All haste is being made to
dry wheat before it begins to sweat, after
which it would be of no use whatever. One
lot sold for fifty-five cents per sack when wet,
and after drying brought one cent per pound,
netting a handsome retuni, but it is safe to
say thst not all of it will prove as valuable,
Tho feed stores are handling very little of it,
preferring to buy it after it is dried and
tested. Nearly all that was damsged bos
now been sold, and it is now to be hoped
that nono of it will find it way through the
mills into Hour.
Clearid. The British bark Earl Derby,
Colquhoun, master, cleared at the custom
house yesterday with the following cargo)
4,331 sack flour from North Pacific Mills,
3,800 sacks from Red Star Mills, 2I.0SO sacks
front Imperial Mills, 499 cose dried fruit and
31 case of salmon. Total, 3,118,732 pound,
valued at 170,370.
Body Foond. Another body supposed to
be trota the Lopata, came ashore on West1
Clatsop beach, and was given Christian burial.
A r.UANil EYKNT.
The rrnpowl llatl of llic siirlims lodges of
Hie A. O. f. W. In Mils lllslrlrl.
At n meeting held on I'Tiday evening by
representatives of all the lodgts of the A. 0.
U. W,, in tnis district, it was agreed to give
at an early date a grand masquerade ball in
this city, although tho exact date has not as
yet been agreed upon. Tho ball will bo given
nt New Market Theatre, for which purpose j
the entire parquet is to bo covered by n sub'
attntlal portable- Moor which including tho
extensive st-ieo will transform tho liatiilsnmt
templo of Thespis into a grand ball room for
the convenience of tho hundreds of devotees
of Tcipsichore that will attend. The dress
circle and gallery of tho theater will be re
served entirely for speo aturs nml will nllord
to those who desiro tobomeicly lookers on
nt tho carnival of mirth nml hilarity, n splen
did opportunity of fii doing without interfer
ing in tho least with the morn active partici
pants thronging tho Door. A Committee of
Arrangements consisting of tho tollnwing
griitlemrii, who nro to hnve full charge ot
the nll'.iir has been nppointidi K. A. Wheeler,
of Unit lodge, No. A. h. dsscl, I'lik-lity.
No. 4) Tiauk (I. Abell, Industiy, No. 8 0.
Stratton, lVcilic, No. l!l Leo MiOnwau,
Cortland, No. .'17 l Mr. Kelly, Hope, No. I.
Not less than S'JUO worth rf prizes will bo
award od on this occasion. I'm t her particu
lars next wtck.
For some time past, says the Walla Walla
Staltunnn, Prank Hull, the well known come
dian and dialect actor, has been living with a
young woman known as Lottie Hall, who, "by
way that are dark," managed to lay by somo
money for a rainy day. Lottie, although as
much of a lady as nny of her class can Ik), wns
so Ignorant that she could neither read nnr
write, nml nil business to bo tlnno was nttended
to by Hall, who claimed to bo her leyal hus
band. Homo timu ago this virtuous maiden
picked tip her furniture, stored it away, nnd
started for Spokan Falls. Returning n few
day sinco she brought with her n young man
named Ncal and three hundred and fifty dol
lars, which she deposited in tho bank in the
namoof Frank Hall. On last Saturday, Hall
drew the mnnoy, told thn furniture to a
"fecund hand man" nnd skipped for Portland,
accompanied by Fred Foster, Josio Chester
and nn nctor named Green. As noon ns IMtfu
found that Frank had left her forlorn, she had
a warrant issued for his arrest and last even
ing tho 'drama culminated in her marriage be
fore Judge Lacy with (Icorgo Ncal, tho young
man who accompanied her from Hnnkaii, In
tho Innguagoof .Shakespeare, "nil's well that
ends well " hut alio is out about SI'.Ti. Kllbrts
will be made to bring Hall to justice.
Know All AikiutIt. Thooillccni of ocean
steamers, it is said, can, from their points of
observation on deck, tell more of what is go
ing on among tho passenger flirtations and
elopements and better jmtye of their char
acters, whether they nro fugitive from jus
tice, commercial travelers, clergymen or grass
widows, than tho jmscngcr learn lielow.
Onu observing captain declare that ho knows
whether a young woman has left her lover nt
on port t expect to meet him at tho other.
If her lover is behind hersbo enrea nothing
for wind, rain or fog, but gets Uunixl, freckled
and toughened in a highly healthful and imlo
pendent fashion. But if her lover i waiting
for her, alio takes intlnita tosuble with veils
and other complexion preservative.
DAUAor.niiv tiik Fukid. Tlio late mln,
whicli lasted over forty-eight hours, says the
Hilvcrtoh Apjxal, raited the streams In Ma
rtonotjyty to a bight not uqualcd sinco 1S45.
.Swales wcro merged into creeks, and creek
into river. Silver'creck at this placo was es
pecially high, tearing out the boom at Tar
pley's saw mill, anil setting adrift a largo
number of logs, besides gutting the mill loss
aliout $200) Silvcrton Flouring Mills, by loss
of their head gate aliout $.W0. Lnsic to the
railroad company on tho lino will aggregate
f 'J.'i.OOO at a guru. Had there been snow in
the mountains the dainago would have lain
much greater. It was an uipeusiva freshet as
it piovcd.
In Had Conmtiok. Tho Wasco county
roads, says the Timu, arc in bod condition nt
tho best season of tho year, and the lato
freshet ho washed thum nut badly, so that it
will tako considerable timo and expense to
placo them in repair again. Thu nml lending
from Thu Dalles to Vivo Milo creek, on the
overland mail routo, is in a terrible condition
Tho bridgo over a canyon obovu Mr.Cushiiig's
farm has been washed out, nnd travelers have
to go a considerable distanco iu onler to cross.
Other mads have fared as badly as this, nnd
it is dillicult to ascertain thu extent of the
damages at thu present time.
"When I was onco in danger from a tiger, '
said an nld Cast India veteran, "I tried sit
ting down and staring at him, as I had l.o
weapons. "How did it work? nuked a bv
stsuder. "Perfeetlyi tho tiger didn't offer to
touch mo. "Mtrnngu! now no you account
for it!" "Well, sometime I've thought it
was bocauso I sat down on a high bunch of a
very tall tree."
Tho Princoof Wales has won $7.'5.00O on
horse races. If hu win or loso, it troubles him
but little. In tho former cue, half n doun of
his subjects pay it j- in tho latter, nl I if then ,
"Ltndlady," said be, "tho uolTco isn't s-t
tied." ".Vo,"shu replied, "but it comes an
near to it ns your but month's I nurd hi, I
iloos;" and that man nevcrspoku again during
thu meal.
"Very intillcctual boy, that of yours, Mr.
Ooggiiu; I should like to uxamiuu his bend."
Proud father "Johnny, what humps have
you got;' "ivu got tlio hump tint limy
JIOpKIUS gi
npkins gave inu on the noso, but I'm layin'
for him
ii, father."
Mr. Longfellow can tako a worthless sheu
of paper, and by writing a poem ou it make
it worth ?.'iO. That is genius. Mr. Vsnder
bilt can writo fewer wordson a similiar sheet,
and make it worth $.'i0,000,000. That is cap
ital. An aged colored man wo hastening home
from church and was asked why he wk in so
great a hurry. "O, nothiu' partiklir, boss,"
was his answer, "on'y I jess hoerd at do con
frunce dat Sam Johnson's fell fin grace, an' I
thought I'd get right home ' toon's I could
'nlock up my chickens) that's all."
vicics auiDE.
We got the annual book which comes with
all the old life and with many additions, in
the way of new varieties of seeds and plants.
Vick's ha become a household word anion tf
all lovers of flower and plant and bis seed
tray always bo relied upon as coining true
every time. It is necessary in Oregon, where
the seasons come so early, that we should bo
prompt in making out the list for the vegeta
ble garden. We hope you will tako heed that
spring i just upon us and we should bo get
ting the tomatoes starting, in pots and boxes.
The pansie too, and various other of our in
dispensibte flowers must be started early to
get enjoyment from them.
BPOOPENDYKE BtCK.
His Touchlnc Resignation Under A3lict!on.
"That's better," groaned Mr. Spoopendykp
as his wife arranged tho cool pillows under
his head. "Now I can dio lookimr out upon
tho trees and sky," anil Mr. .Spoopctid ko is
sumed a resigned expression of visage, nnd
gazed out of the comer of his cyo upon n baro
nil.ttitlius trco nnd a half-doen telegraph
wires.
"Oh I you won't die." said Mrs. Spooeii-
dyke, cheerfully. "You're only a little sick,
nnd you'll get over it."
"That's all you know about it," snarled Mr.
Spoopcndyke. "To hear you talk, ono w ottlil
think you had only to bo lit tod tip with little
beds and n bad smell to bo nOovcrnuietit bos
pital. I'm down sick, I tell ye, nnd I don't
want any fooling about it."
"Well, well," cooed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
"don't oxcito vnurself. Keepipiictaml you'll
get well."
"Miit'h you'd euro." luuttcivd Mr. Spoop
etidykti. turning on his side nnd testing his
check on his baud-til nttitudo generally as
sinned by martyred spirits on tho nppruach of
dissolution.
"Will von tako your drops ngiiit, dear?"
asked M'rs, Spoopcndyke. "It's time for
them."
"No, I won't. They're nasty. I haven't
had nn) thing but drops for a week. I' mm
tho way you administer drops, one would
think you werotho trapdoor of n hanging
maclilne. (iltiimo somo ugs,
"Hut there ain't any tigs, dear. I'll go nml
get von Minc,"anid Mrs. Spoopciulyko.
"That's it,1' grow led her hiicliand. "Yuil
only want nu excuse tn leave mo to dio nlonu.
Why haven't yo got somo figs? You might
know I'd want figs, (lot nny citron?"
"No, I haven't any citron; but I won't Ikj
mora than a minute away, nnd III cct you
any fruit you want."
"till, yes, you il get It 1 unvn tin iloulit.
What you want is it rail fence around, nnd a
gate oil' tlio hinges, toliuAilnd-gaatcd orchard.
Fetch mo somo strawberries."
"Why. strawberries nro out of season.
Thcro ain't nny in tho maikct now."
"I supposed yoml say that, moaned Mr.
Spoopeiulvke. "You've always got some ex
cuse. If I should die, you'd have nu npolngy
ready, (liinmu something to take this taste
out of my mouth."
"What would you liko dear?" asked Mrs,
Spoopendyke.
"Soil), diM gast itl (limmo snap if yomun't
think of anything i lse," demanded Mr. Spoon,
enilvkc. "Mebbii vou niu't got nny snap. At
least, you wouldn't have if I wanted it. (lot
any cherries?"
"Noi thov are nut nf seaiun.
Thcro nro
If I can't
Where's
somo grains in thu closet."
"Dnut want nny measly grapes,
have what I want, I don't want it,
thoso drops? by dont vim gi'
medicine? doing to let inu dio for want of a
littlo attention? Want tho lifu insurance don't
ye? doing to giuimu thosu drops lieforo the
next election?"
Mrs. Hpoipcuilykn ladled out the dnan, half
of which went down Mr. Spoopendyko's gul
let nnd half over tho front ot his nightshirt.
"That's it," ho howled. ".Spill Vm. They
nro for external application, Put Vm any
where. Pour Vm up tho chimney," nnd Mr.
.Srioopcndyko fired tho spoon across tho
room.
"Have a pieco of oraniro to tako the taste
awavj" asked Mr. Spoopcndyke, very pleas
antly-
"No, I won't," objected her spouse. "(lim
mo apiece of muskmclnn."
"I don't boliovo they have muskmelons In
December," sighed Mrs. Spoopcndyke
"Of courso they don't," responded Mr.
Snoopendytc. Tliey don't have anything
when I'm sick. It' a womtri- thr mm
houses. "It's a miracle thov have Ixifs. I'm
astonished to think they have doctor and
dnig-storcs. I'vo got to hurry up and die, or
tliey won t nave any undertakers, or rniiins.
or graves, (limmo a picco ol orange, will ye;
H'pnsu I'm going to lio hero and chaw ou the
tasln ol (lieui drops lor a monini
"You'd liko thosu grapes," suggested his
wife.
"No, I wouldn't cither. What do you want
me to eat cm for. (lot any interest in thu
gropu trade? (jet any cnmmnuiiou on thoso
grapes? Anybody pay yo to mako mu eat
Villi Unuwnulil think ynit only wnutcil an
iron arbor nnd four small lioys climbing over
you to bo a grapovino. Where' mv pill?"
"Ynu took your pill, ilcar, replied in ia
tient wife.
"Oh, of cnursol A pill is out of season now.
Can't even have n pill when I feel liko it."
And Mr. Kpookcndyko groaned iu spirit nnd
inked dismal. "Nnw, sit down and dou t
move. I want to sleep, Don t you mako a
hit of noise, it you want mu to live."
And Mrs. SioKiiieudyku held her breath
mid nevsr rustled n feather whilu her husband
Itv and el.ued out of thu window for nu hour
mid n half, ,
"I Will Bpealc jo Jtiat Old Man."
Ho was Jowly wnlUii'' In thu street. Ilo
nt(ipicil now nml then to look hero nml tin ru.
It seciueil ns if ho wouhl liko to no noiiiu oho
ho knuw, or to htur souiu himlworil, or tui-.iy
NOiuitbiiiit to hijiiiu ono. It was plain that hu
was loiiily- ns if hu wns thinking how few
pcojilo were left whom hu knew, or who hail
any intcicst iu him.
lgavuhiina kind saliiatiuu. Hu toiM'iI
nii'l K'lwul ut mu in u kuul nf wouiliT, Hiemiuy
kiir)iritiil at my salutation. There was in a
moment n sinilo of H.ituf.u:iioii on his f.teo.
With a voae breaking tti h emotion, husluw.
ly sanl, "It was ery Mini iu you to shmI to
thu nlil man. They ilou't speak iiiikIi to mo
now, OM fiicmls havu lassdl away, anil thu
yiuiii ilo not know mu. I c.tiuiut twlliubiit
myself to their vivacity) theiu sums a gulf
between them ami mu. Ko I am much sail
ami very lonely."
sly voicu chtvreil him. It lifteil n burilcn.
It was to him a ray of sunshine shooting from
bebiml a ilark cloud. It is long ago that thu
old man went to bis heavenly rest. Ho
lrojrcl all lifu's burdens with his death. Hut
I hail not forgotten, and never shall, thu
cheerinir Influence of kind words uikjii him.
(iood old man, it was something to liavo only
onu littlo star shine, even brielly, on his dark
horizon.
A Stranie Freak.
(National Lin Stock Journal)
air. J. It. Hliook, of Ohio, writes us that ho
has a tow tUat was turned dry on tho 18th of
Octobtr, and oa the lflth of Novemlier she
dropixxl a rnalo calf, lioth cow and and calf
did as well as is usual) and, on the 'Aid of Do
ocrnber, she dropped another calf, eighteen
days after tha preceding birth, lioth calves
are males, Urge ami tine) ami cow anil calves
aru doing well. Mr. Shook adds that lie lias
handful from thirty to forty cows (or several
years in a dairy, and has never seen or heard
of anything equal to this.
AGENTS AND CANVASSERS
tUU from HI In IM per wrh selling finis Us
LlLKIUBOUrauo., IV UucUr-.Ueet, Ntw Yofb,
Hovl lor IhtU CUlogu saj Units.
r
My Annual Cntnlogtic nf sritelnbln and
tlo.ier Metis lur IKSI, rleli In eiirslii Irum
l'hotok'rui!u or tho orlxlnila, will be stnt KIIKK tosll
w lm plj Mvolo eu-tonirr mxsl not it rite (or It.
I olTer one of tliuUrvrpt collections ot triMsblc sctils
tscr sutitout li mi s eeil Iiihio In mtrtca, a lirye
INirtluu ot Mhuh wire irron nu in ix sol faring
''ullillreitlons for iiiHIiaMoii sirs taili pink-tire. AQ
scitls wnrnuitiil lo le lsith In-linitl trim toimtnr; s.i
far, that sliouM It nit ullit-rnl-K, I will mill tin
onltrurJlU. Tlio orul.ml liilnslmer nt the lltiMnnl
Siuili, I'liliini)'. Moli'ii, MiiMtlirml OiMuires, Mpl
can Corn, mnl nsirs of oilur stiretntili-n, I Intltc tin
pntrivi nro of nil w Ii.. ire aiulnas In Imto tlulr scut
illtiitl) fnim tlui irnmcr, fretli, true, iiii'l of Hie vrrr
best strains. m;s i:(.S I'tllllN IM'Mltl.Tt.
'MINJ (ll mll!. M.irl.l.-lmi.l. Jinx,
Ifl, irt
WILL CERTAINLY CURE
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Sore
Throat, Bronchitis, Influenza, Astb .'
ma, Whoopinp; Cough, Croup, and
ovcry Affection of tho Throat,
Lungs and Chest, including Con
sumption. Sold by all Druggists.
NOTICE.
Onr Descriptive Illustrated Tries
7 1st, No. 30. or llrr Goods, iU., will lt
Isaneri abont March 1st, 1HHI. l'rlres
quoted Iu No. 98 will rnimln ironil until
that date. Hi-ml ns yourtmma enrlr for
topfof No. D. Frretoanr ililrf.
MONTdUMKItY WAUIl A VII.,
97 Amu Wabash Ave., OIiIcseu.HL.
SAWING MADE EAST-
A boy 10 year old can tw off a
stooi log lit i wo mm at,
Our stw portaMs Monanh Lightning' Bawlaff
Mashlna rlvsli all sthsis. SO easfc tnU tx ftna
tar sms wks csa wwssai sad mvf la Iks I4
sraj, ss est toy 6 yssis M4 csa srtsk IMS sssrslas
Wamalask Clrculsis ssal Tnm. A(saa ssaatsd.
novaiei utmrm ut ,
Wei De Meyer's
CATARRH!
ONE DOLLAR.
Ths unprvcislviiteit muvtss ol tlio rcniarkablt if
)crtv-r....ia.. uHrl licJIIffrr In rnluHns; tl
irli-e toll a rrkiie, JiJ ol all sukatnU) ,-.,
cents s w l.ai;snil I mit sump cure, will bsjtren'
usaml by Uholcsjlo DruirvUU, hi tilini(lur INs
mitsUiiip WrllXillrj'rr'st'Mlarrli Curr.
U.K. Irry&Co., IdlNt-rH., N, Y.
)nu7 3iu Si.
IIC. . II. MC'llOliS,
WIIOSK (IIIKAT KUIIMXS IN TIIKATINlt
4liroiilraiiilslliiliii.nl lurnrHlilr Ills
rusrltllH)aHho :hIIIVI UOIni:, IIo.hu 33, f
TIMIItsH AMIllllKHUtlisol isuhwuk Ns
ha for mnsuliulloii. Iilirs lo(lo. W. W. Tkajier,
(IllU'it lime, lUiikrraol Kali in, ami lion. II. A. Julin.
son, Halrm. (Ill otiitr iU) lie will Ui t halnii, at N.
K. lorntr ol OomincriUI ami Clisiiu-ktU Htn-vts.
J4lll'tf
IMt. Wl I iivnMii.r;, V. s. "
VJiTlilirNAUY SVJKS eon;
I'lirlluuil, (Irruiiii.
tl(a rrisu-rltlon fur PIsesMSot all ilus,sol stock.
I'll'f, foriAih irrwrl'llon wrltUu. hUlu ini.
toius anj ati of ajilnulsas lusirss lsMlLle,
Ulllrr (.'. 1' IU.i,n' HUikluiik hulilra, w;HiouJ
hi., Ut hliiikan.Huk
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