PICKED U P J N
— PUBLISHED BVBKY FRIDAY MORNING.
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F lorence ,
L ane C ounty ,
A U B Y A B L IT O N .
O regon
ru b lU h rrd .
B. F. A lley ,
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E ditor .
A. S. B liton , Local Editor and Manager.
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on record was recently o p in ed In B aku
on th
the e T l aggicu
a w ic ll g ran t. --
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It c o u tu m e .
a t its original force it w ill be th e rich-
.tntain in
orld.
est - n ap h th a m
fountain
in the
the w
world.
I t is likely th a t lam pii >, - • xico,
w ill become one of the deep-w ater p o rts
of the world. The soundings now
metuture more th an tw en ty feet oyer th e
bar, th e g reatest depth ever a tta in ed .
The bar is w earing away.
C omplete statistics of the g re a t fire
a t St. John s, Newfoundland have ju s t
bcen issued. The num ber of houses do-
stroyed was 1.550.the num ber of fam ilies
burned ou t 1.874, and th e to ta l n u m b e r
of persons burned out 10,234.
peo ple
across t h e s e a .
E U R O PE .
.G erm ansat last take kindly to
• Tbe uerut«— - -
rfcan hoe-cakes.
A
barom eter y e t m ade h a
T o i n w orking order a t th e St.
^ C D
t .wer
in I Paris.
I t is forty-one
es to
wer in
an
inches high.
residents »« H elen-
, Scotland, m oretfully k illed a
S n a r i a n last m onth—a donkey sa
one hundred and tw o y ears old.
to be
aHty q{ Norw ay as a sum-
J W
is indicated by th e fact th a t
mer -
t hs of May, J u n e and
durmg «
k r s touched a t B ergen,
T„ i - 5 102 travelers
J 7 . ; s n o f w o m e n -ro -------
h l.rs h a s been
Julv
discovered in l’aymago, Spam.
1 y
once a m onth in a cave on th e o u t
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Of the town,
tow n, w
to p p *®«
lan b n rg la n e s,
sk rU oi
&
{ bur
and1 hem
fifteen th o u san d
gla«
p]under. T hey usual-
vworked in men’s a ttire .
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INTERESTING TO ALL.
E ntered a t th e poet-office a t i lorence,
E min P asiia is now perfectly desti-
Jjtn e county, Oregon, a« second-class tute, according to the la te st news. lie
m ail m a tte r.
is living w ith an Arab a t Tabora, and
cannot leave until he receives help.
P ope L eo X III. a ttrib u te s his long
advertising rater made known on ap ­
life and general good h ealth to th e reg-
plication .
Local notice» S cent» per line, each Insertion. u la r ity o f h is habits and his abstinence
from an y th in g b u t the sim plest fare
fiwpRAi Chinamen have proved them -
asha , th e senior field m ar-
K ITCH EN PO IN T E R S.
s l N
m ymak
l T t h e P T
u iic ls h T r ^ ? U te “y died“a t ! selves successful farmers> in ^
a“ »nd
I t I s Raid th a t clu sters of clover, if
‘ t e h ilis “ d
h u n g in a room and le ft to dry and shed
th e ir perfum e th ro u g h th e air, will m arshal.
mountains.
nf
drive aw ay more flies th a n all th e fly
T he rnnidity w ith which caste is giv- 1 OvKB seventeen thousand styles o
tra p s and sticky fly papers can collect. ¡ng way in India is indicated by th e fa c t ! silk goods are know n to dealers,
—D etroit Free Press.
th a t it recently cost a w ealthy m an ( Ovyx of a superior q u a lity and in
R oll J elly C a k e .—F o u r eggs, one who had lost caste only 8300 to be rein- I abundant q u an tity has been discovered
cu p sugar, one cup Hour, one teaspoon stated. Seventy years ago it w ould in j}ridgewater, Va.
baking powder, llnvor to taste. Bake have eost him 8100,000.
| TnE fishhooks of th e bronze age have
in a quick oven; tu rn o u t on a cloth,
M avroyeni B ey , T u rk ish m in ister to , precise|y toe same heads as th e m ost
sp read w ith jelly. Roll l»y keeping cloth
W ashington, is not a solemn and se- ' IX)pU]ar‘patterns of to d a y ,
betw een cake and hand. One-half re­
eluded person like m ost of his co u n try -
jjlQIIT nationalities a rc said to be rep ­
ceip t can be used.—Home.
ine», but a jolly little “ F renchy” so rt re^ nted in a choir of sixteen little g irls
T o Bon. R ice .—W ash clean tw o cup­ of man, w ith a fondness for social life.
at St. Jam es’ mission, New Y ork city.
fuls of rice; p u t it into a pot w ith two lie lately added a know ledge of te n n is
A thimble is really etym ologically
q u a rts of w ater, and boil it q u ite te n ­ to his oth er accom plishm ents.
considered
only a “ thum b b ell,” th e
der; tu rn It in to a colander to drain,
original
thim
ble having been w orn on
b u t do n o t s tir it. L et it stan d before
SALT AND P E P P E R .
! the thumb.
th e fire to dry a lsm t ten m inutes. Ev­
“ Do you have n a tu ra l gas here?" said
ery k ern el of rice w ill be sep arate, dry
IN OLD ENGLAND.
and look very w h ite .—Boston Budget. the stra n g er in W ashington. “ N o,”
E ngland is as large as Iowa.
BARBERRIES are never eonsidered lit was the reply; “ congress isn’t in session
T he youngest man in th e new B ritish
for use, like th e persim m on of th e now ."—W ashington Star.
S ue —“ T h a t’s a perfect g«x>se. I m et house of commons is tw enty-tw o y ears
south, u n til they have been touched by
him
a t a w aterin g place la st y ear.” He old; the oldest, ninety.
th e frost. T hey th e n m ake a delicious
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Em
inently proper place to m eet w ith
jelly, an excellen t preserve o r pickle,
A n English company is being o rg a n ­
him,
I
should
say.”—N. Y. H erald.
w hile th e juice w hen can n ed m akes a
ized for the acclim atization of elep h an ts
A nd H e W ent A way .— Gruff Custom­
d elig h tfu lly cooling d rin k , m ixed w ith
-• • w
n o s m South America.
Who’s
w ater, for feverish invalids.—N. Y. er (slouching into b arb er shop)—“
B arb er— A rhinoceros has been in th e London
ahead of me, old L athers?.............
T ribune.
m -i
¡Zoo for tw enty-eight years. T h is is
longest t ime an an im ai
( ' ale ' s L iv er S a u te .—Slice th e liver. “ I wo gentlem en. -C h ic a g o I nbune.
H icks —“ W h a t did you ever see about
his kind bas bved in captivity in
T hrow boiling w a te r over it for a
m inute. Have some b u tte r very ho t in T ick er to m ake you th in k he was a mil-
°rD 2 ° ’ , , ,
m nnn
a frying-pan, ami lay th e slices in, lionaire?” l)ix —“ C racker and cheese
. . in . h . is eo at * pocket.
l , ,* »» —A. v 1. ii
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I n England
alone more . th , a , n 10,000,-
Her-
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tu rn in g u n til cooked firm; place on a cruinbs
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1
000 oil lamps are used nightly. T h ey
h o t dish. Squeeze lemon juice and
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un . *
t
! cause 300 deaths annually, and in Lon-
sp rin k le parsley over th e top. Add the
SECBETABV h IBBE8- 'Dtd JOB ,to re .-
b u tte r in which th e liver w as cooked ,.r any lrrep u la rities in th e l.ed I ape
, hcm.
and serve.—Food.
b u reau ? In sp ecto r Sharp—“ Yes. Four
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of th e em ployes were hard a t work.”—
HISTORICAL FACTS.
LAW BREA K ER S.
N Y. H erald.
I n China the year 1892 is th e y e a r
B erlin com plains of the enforcem ent
W hat I s the G ain ? — J in k s —“This
of th e Sunday law s u n d er w hich no one railro ad is a soulless corporation, is it 7,910,341.
I ron pavements were first laid in Lon­
is p erm itted to w ork more th a n five not?" F ilk in s—“ Yes.” Jin k s—“ Well,
th en , I d on’t see w h at it can hope to don in the year 1817.
hours d u riu g the day.
T o ILLUSTRATE th e exeerablcncss of gain by issuing half-fare tickets to the
T he first French newspapers, th e G a­
H erm an law, a cavalry officer w as dis­ clerg y ."—N. V. Sun.
zette de France, was started in 1631 by
charged for reaching from his saddle
' T heopliraste Renaudot. lie also estab -
DO YOU KNOW T H E S E ?
and saving th e life of a little girl who
, lislied the first Mont de Piete.
wns about to be ru n over.
A dna C. T reat , aged ninety-four, a
\V hat is know n as “sh o rt w hist” w as
O ne Moses Lull was fined tw enty-five resident of Denver, is believed to be the introduced into England in 1800. In it
d ollars th e o th e r day in a Lynn (Mass.) oldest mason in the world, having been th e gam e consisted of live points in stead
court for cruelty to a horse. T he full a m em ber of th e order for seventy-three ' of ten a °d no honors were counted,
w eight of his punishm ent m ay be e sti­ years.
m ated w hen it is explained th a t he had
IM PERSONALITIES.
I t is said th a t Mine. P a tti and other
Is»ught th e horse for seventy-five cents.
women of high stan d in g on the stage
A woman in N ebraska has a nose fo u r
Tw o E ndi . isii women fought, made preserve m ost carefully th e txxits they
and
th ree-q u arter inches long.
up th e ir q u arrel and kissed. T h en one wore nt th e ir debut, which they con-
A n Oregon m urderer while m arching
of them caused th e arre st of th e o th e r shier lucky to have ab o u t on th e first
to th«' gallow s w as showered w ith bou­
for assau lt and b attery . T hereupon n ig h ts of engagem ents forever after.
q u e ts throw n by women.
th e claim was made th a t th e kiss had
E
x -C h ief G eronimo , who, w ith other
canceled the grievance and then* could
T he New Bedford (Mass.) S tan d ard
su b ju g ated Apaçhe Indians, is living
I h * no cause for netlon.
re
a
r
Mobile.
Ala.,
h
u
been
made
a
c h ild r e n ''" '^
fa m i, 'y „ ° i .
n ear Mobile, Ala., has been made
A F rench a rtist recently evaded very garde
ia n le lie r n t th e m ilitary station where
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' * w ms ami all living. '
cleverly th e law req u irin g dogs to be 1 he
lie is a captive, and is also a justice of , /.W'
,u“ a ‘° which was recent-
uiuzzhsl by p ain tin g a muzzle on his
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ly killed by an unknow n vandal in Ki­
th e peace for
the tribe.
Fido. So realistic w as it th a t th e de-
ow a county, R an., was valued a t fifteen
« eption
m ight
ight never
never have
n a w been
neen know
Known
i I,KA' K8,,lle ncw governor hundred dollars. I t was the la rg e st
ption m
n
if th e dog hud not foolishly b itten a po- of Mn,ne’ *’»"*'
of the w ar a lieu- buffalo bull in th e country.
lieem an one dav and no * betrayed his te n a n t and n t once secured work as an
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ordinary hand in a sash factory, but
fond m aster.
BOOK NOTES.
a fte r a tw o-years’ trial of the job he
TH E W O R L D S ODD C O R N E R S , th o u g h t it w asn't a promising one, so
RiDF.n H aggard ’ s story “ M ontezu­
he struck ou t in other lineR.
m
a’s
D aughter” will first appear serial­
TllK deepest m ining sh a ft in Africa
ly-
hili'» recently twen opened a t Kim berly.
You can g et a drop or a barrelful of
S enator S quires ’ d au g h ter is only
It goes dow n 1,000 feet.
oil off any carpet or woolen stuff by
fifteen,
but she lias w ritten a volume of
S ev era l nnt«»graph letter* of L uther applying dry buckw heat plentifully
p
o
etry
and
dedicated it to her father.
an d M elunethon have been diseoventi and faithfully. Never put w ater tosueh
A niooRAPHY of th e la te Daniel
in th e lib rary o f an obscure to w n in th e a grease spot, or liquid of any kind.
D ougherty is in course of preparation,
lhruasian provinee of Saxony.
G h . more . the bandm aster, beside
T iik longeat can a l in th e w orld is the ing a w onderfully swift music pen ‘s be- th e m aterial having been given by Mrs
musie penman. D ougherty into the hands of a well-
«me w hich extend* from th e fro n tier of had the largest
*toek
of orchestral know n biographer.
C hina to 8L P etersb u rg . I t measure* »core*
scon«* in
in America, if not the world. The
CoNstnERARLE in terest has been
in all 4.472 mile*.
«•aah Value Of his musical library ..... is esti.
•u
library
is
esti-
aw
akened am ong th e literary circles of
T ue moat pow erful n a p h th a sp rin g m ated at over f *>0. "20.
B erlin by the sale of an edition de luxe
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G re at fo r 2,000 m arks.
A rchdeacon D enison , wbo •
y e ars o ld e r th a n Mr. Gladstone
s e n t to th e press a sequel to hi« “v
of My L ife,” published in 1879 L w?*
h e w ill give a sum m ary of the 1
period o f his ev en tfu l career
lattr
P E R S O N A L GATHERlNGS.
R e v . Dn. H offm an , who owns n,
H offm an house, New York, is ,
ric h e st clerg y m an in the world.
U'V
C h ie f I nspector S teere , of ¿he N
Y o rk police departm ent, retires
$•2,500 p en sio n a fte r thirty-five years
service, d u rin g w hich he never had
c h arg e p re fe rre d against him.
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I n th e fa m ily of Philip C. D nim el of
P h ila d e lp h ia , five generations are repi?
sented. Mr. Drumel is ninety.fOur
y e a rs old a n d w as a drummer hoy UB
d e r N apoleon, being present at, th'
b u rn in g of Moscow.
H. B. M c C lelland , who has been
te a c h in g school in Encinal countv
T ex ., fo r 840 a m onth, has been notified
t h a t h e h a s fa lle n heir to the title ami
82,000,000 e s ta te of his uncle, Lord
W illiam M oore, of England.
M rs . M a rth a A. H ogan , Mrs. Marr
A. F a s s e tt an d Mrs. Sarah A. Fassett
trip le ts , w ere p resen t at a celebration
a t W alth am , Mass., the other dav.
T h e y a re six ty -n in e years old, and say
th e y w o rk ed w hen girls in a cotton
m ill in w h ich Gen. Banks was a bobbin
boy.
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QUEER PICK-UPS.
I t is said t h a t th e “ snake stones" oi
Ceylon w ill in v ariab ly cure snakebites.
A g ia n t ’ s sk eleto n has been unearthed
a t B ru n sw ick , Ga., which is nearly nine
feet long.
C onnecticut spelled in an Indian dia­
lect, Q uin-neh-tuk-gut, signified “land
on a lo n g tid a l riv er.”
A t th e poles, w here all meridians con­
verge, th e re can be no natural standard
tim e, fo r i t is every hour of the day at
once.
“ S avecenearreatoresooaratlabom -
aronatetok . ” T h a t is Esquimau for
“ You m u st g e t a good knife,” an im­
p o rta n t th in g to have in Labrador.
T h e p ro h ib itio n of cigarette smokinp
am ong em ployes is among the cholera
p re c au tio n s adopted by the New York
sto ck exchange.
A t A ix-la-C hapelle there is a news­
p a p er m useum founded by Oscar von
F o rck en b eck , w hich contains files of
specim ens of m ore th an 17,000 different
new spapers.
STU B
ENDS OF THOUGHT.
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A w if e is wisdom.
B roken h e a rts have been repaired.
A n e w s pa pe r never tells half ¡1
knows.
T h ere is no corkscrew without a wf-
fin n ail.
A w ise m an w ill think what s fool
w ill say.
H armony is th e brain, melody the
h e a rt, o f music.
11 igh tem p ered people are not neces­
sarily ill tem p ered people.
TnE w o rld is n o t greatly indebted to
good n a tu re d people for its progress.
T h er e a re as m any million kinds o
h e re a fte r as th e re are many nu nD
k in d s o f people.
,
I t is th e m an w ho thinks wrong »
does rig h t, r a th e r than the man w i
th in k s r ig h t a n d does wrong, n 0
th e fa v o rite in th e pools.
HISTORICAL DATES.
W ooden p avem ents were »**« *QTet
tio n o f N icholson in 1S54.
. ,
T he first om nibus appeared in n
in 1825; in N ew Y ork five years later-
S tereo ty pin g w as the inventi0®
D idot, 1793, a n d cam e to America _
U mbrellas have been made w
I U n ited S ta te s since 1802, and m o •
era b le n u m b e r since 1802, but. -
for th e c h e a p e st goods, until la,e
th e stick s, th e ribs, the strew
th e coverings w ere imported.
I n 1801 w a r w as declared aga’^
U n ited S ta te s by th e bey of
w hom th e U n ited States had P
u te fo r th e p riv ileg e of naviga
,
M ed iterran e a n . Hostilities e°i
w ith s lig h t p ra c tica l result.muC
■ c re d it o f th e A m erican navy»
w as m ade in 1805.
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