,RVING*S C O L U M B U S .
n e ro n the fire line. This is n very |„ . I
e n n sltk rn te tig er. „„,1 ..nnse»
»“ J
* *
honor. “ i . • k . ^ ! * n ‘P° rtlxi in '■
”«
vour
There stands in fro n t o f th e govern-
his m tw o tim es he spoiled my ;
.¿t house at N assau, th e B ah am as, a w ork, com »¡ng and shouting like tinnì-
tue of Columbus th a t h a s h ad its tier, and p tttiin g tn i'n p T ta - e .a n d ,„aU.
ttwhles. H istorically th is s ta tu e is i in g me behave like an insect, 1 am not '
‘alusble from th e fa c t t h a t \ \ a sh in g to n ab le to clim b w ith agility ow ing toi
< tue T h a t
H a s S to o d In
S ixty Y e a rs .
N assau fo r
HURD & DAVENPORT.
We have
Just Received
Our W inter Stock
Of Boots and Shoes
Has m , ¡»Yd. l ine assortment for
U>th ladies and gentlemen. Do
tint tail to ask for our famous
Jaik and Jill children school
shoe - all sizes.
i f
. . . ’
l,,e »»»arks
it stooc
-before supply is exhausted.
¡KVI1 token the s ta tu e w ould u n d o u b te d hoofs anil his nails on the p a th ’”
ly have been destroyed. T h a t w as in
I.ovcU Hl« n „ ff.
¡he days when th e hom e g o v e rn m e n t
An
old
colored
man w ent to jail in
, trying to abolish slav ery o n th e is-
W ashington last week f,-r the sake of
„,1. Gov. Sm yth w as s e n t o u t to th e h is dog.
’
Bahamas to p re p a re th e p ro p e rty - license to lie had neglected to pay for a
' keep th e animal, for kill the
i v.ners for this ch an g e and p u b lic senti-
dog h e w ould not. His explanation I Groceries,
ment was a g ain st him . Gov. S m yth
A nice line of
} was captivated by b e a u tifu l N assau. w as th a t th e dog belonged to his child,
an d ab o u t the time he was giSing to get
Groceries, Groceries!
ami he presented to th a t c ity th is s ta tu e
Glass,
th e ta g io r th e dog his child died
I ,,f Columbus. T he d o n o r’s u n p o p u la rity
1 >> 1 • Fresh stock til wavs
on
hand.
took every cent th a t he could beg or
*
-.asforseveral y ears reflected on h is g ift.
J ^ iro w to pay the funeral expenses.
Slavery was abolished, how ever, public
And, he said, “ I keep the dog for the
citiinent in the B ah am as ch an g e d , and,
W ell Selected
Tin and
sak e of th e dead child.” lie promised
according to the N ew Y ork Sun, this
to
g
e
t
th
e
ta
g
if
the
judge
would
give
Stock ol Hats, In this line wee\- EARTHENWARE
same statue of C olum bus is n ow consid
linn fu rth e r time, but. as the old man
ered one of the greatest, tre a s u re s of
cclJallpMunpetitors.
bad n o t w recked a bank or done any-
Nassau. (< raggon. an a r tis t of som e local
ALWAYS ON HAND
th in g in th e lirst-elass order of crimes,
reputation, modeled it in L ondon he had to go to jail.
; in 1831. W ashington Irv in g w as in
Sm all, Hut I’erlect.
England at th a t tim e, an d he b ro u g h t
toGraggon’s aid th e re s u lts o f liia ow n
In sour paste, vinegar, the m elt of
extensive research in th e lib ra rie s anil codfish, o r even in w ater in which de
galleries of Spain in q u e s t o f m a te ria l cayed vegetables have been infused, the
fir his “Life an d V oyages o f Colum m icroscope reveals anim alcules (little
bus." lie displayed m uch in te re s t in anim als) so sm all th a t millions of them
this work, and th e d esign is s tric tly in Would not equal a common g rain of
accordance w ith Irv in g 's co nception of w heat in hulk. And y e t n atu re, with
Columbus. T he s ta tu e w as b ro u g h t sin g u la r prodigality, has supplied many
out from London by th e B ritis h b rig o f these m inute creatures with or, ans
Rose Hill, and w as lan d ed a t N assau on as com plete and perfect us those of a
May V, 1832. It w as in te n d e d to e re c t w halo o r un elephant. In a single
it in front of the public b u ild in g s oppo- ' ounce of such m atter there are more
site Rawson square, b u t th is idea w as i living creatu res than th ere are hum an
ibandoned on a cco u n t o f n u m e ro u sj beings on th e face of the globe!
threats to destroy it. T h e w o rk of j
erection was com pleted d u rin g .June. :
FROM THE BATTLE FIELD.
13S8. l’he unveiling an d p re s e n ta tio n of I
the statue were accom plished w ith ap- j T he G atlin g gun was invented by
pmpi iate cerem onies a n d w ere follow ed G atlin g in th e y ear 1801.
by a ball at the g o v e rn m e n t house.
T he N orm an arm or had breeches and HARDWARE,
TINWARE,
BOOTS & SlIOlB,
ja c k e t in th e same piece.
THE PH EN O M EN A O F LIG H T.
E very av ailab le foot of the field of
A Puiillng P rob lem fo r S c ie n tists or A ll W aterloo is now under cultivation,
HATS & CAPS,
MEDICINES,
N ITS & CAN Dll 8,
Albert.
m ostly devoted to w heat, oats and rye.
Several theories h av e b een advanced
T he b a ttle -a x w as originally a Celtic
by the scientists to a cc o u n t fo r th e fact weapon.
fi KNisiiiNo <;oone.
T h e ancient Irish carried
(K iA US.
TOBA( ’( O,
I that we have th e e v er-p re se n t phe axes as th e men of other nation scur
nomena know n as “ lig h t.” T h e tw o ried swords.
! principal of the m any reaso n s th u s set
N early every s ta te in th is country
forth by tin« learn ed g e n tle m en w ho w as represented in th e one hundred old
Prices W ill bo found Rononible.
have devoted th e ir lives to such inves arm y nurses th a t w ere present a t tin- Goods ?s Represented.
tigation are the em ission o r e o rp u re u la r la te g ran d arm y encam pm ent at Wash
tuccryand th a t know n a s th e u n d u la to r v ington.
henry. The p rin cip als of th e em ission
A portion of th e tim bers of Gen.
theory originated in th e fe rtile b ra in o f
B
enedict
A rnold's flagship C ongrest-
MAXAGEI1S.
the philosopher, D escartes, w ho w as
su n k in O ctober, 1770, in Lake ( hum-
way back in 1690. B ut little at- p la in —h a s been raised by »apt. C. W.
entioa was paid th is p e cu liar th e o ry a t
Adams, of W est Addison, V t. '1 he tim
’ at time, and it an d D escartes w ere
u
bers are of oak and are sound.
f "si almost fo rg o tte n w hen, a b o u t
I I enry P ackard , of lt.x-kland. Me., a
wxty years later, S ir Isaac N ew to n ap-
v
eteran
of th e w ar of 1813, in which he
• • • •
[ varwl upon the scene an d e n u n cia te d
served
as
a drum m er-boy, has just re
’be same doctrine.
•hvonlingto th ese e m in e n t m en, lig h t ceived from th e General Society of t .1«
Dealer in
t'■onststs of sm all p a rtic le s e m itte d by ' W ar of 1813 a bronze medal. Mr. Pack
a rd is lam e to th is day from a wound
Junnons bodies, th e velocity of its
«nsmission m ainly re g u la tin g th e he received in a skirmish.
Ex-Gov. H enry N. II oyt , of Pennsyl
l | ors. t ¡,e u n d u lu to ry th e o ry , th a t
v
an
ia, w hile leading a charge into Tort
n"" most g en erally accep ted by th e i
F
ish
e r tw en lv -eig l.t years ago, "a.-
'' ' ltoic world, te ac h e s t h a t th e space I
GliisMwarp,
c ap tu red and disarm ed. He has now
" Wv*'»i the c elestial bodies is occupied
Gents’
received his sword hack again through
(inwpiTPS,
'.'jui im ponderable e th e r; an d th a t th e
th e courtesy of the confederate lieut. n-
Fiii’iiisliiiii?
‘‘ moMty of a laxly is suppoacd to be a
Etc. Etc.
SI iops .
£Pi«l vibratory m otion p n x ^ H n g from
to w hom ho surrem leredl lu
Hoods.
HURD X D A V E N P O R T.
Crockery,
HURD & DAVENPORT.
..ORDERS BY MAIL SOLICITED.
THE SEATON STORE
[Keeps a full lint» of Extra Quality
DRY GOODS « GROCERIES.
Knowles & Cettys,
I LEAD, BUT NEVER FOLLOW!”
Friendly
RY Q OOP,
AND
C
lothinc ,
CrtrjMds,
Roots mid
*eb°d.v m q u estion to th e eye. T he
Abm** '
l,r,x‘*‘ed in all ilirections
Loya» In I.a hr Has«-,
j
»' cry lum inous p o in t in s tr a ig h t! j n one sm all way, if not in others.
’’¡l^.s.,i
o f itx P a rticle s lx-ing C an. id a is loyal to flu-m other country.
. d to u n d u la te in a tra n sv e rse s h e spells th e English language in u*
... , " ■ 1 ,c l’nes *n w h ic h th e lig h t lon g and ro u n d ab o u t w ay a* the nmc-
¡r-if t! . lu velocRy o f lig h t is KO te e n th cen tu ry permit*. (anadian
rra.ii. '-1' l ’U> lu ,n ,an m ind c a n n o t school-teachers and some Cana lian ed-
‘ I' • idea of th e ra p id ity w ith w hich ito rs arc still w ritin g of “colour.
la-
s. A ccording to th e b e st au- lxm r” and “ candour," and if l,n ” '
he ha*
a tta in a b le to th e w rite r, th e fen d er is locked up they
»raveled by a beam o f lig h t in gone to “g a o l.”
“RlcMH ond of tim e is one hun d red
Ua ni-n<t*V ,},onsj,nd m iles. i bis dis-
C h ln e M on th e Congo.
iss,, g re a t th a t no p e rc ep tib le
I*»** of
T
h
e
B
elgian official® in the Congo
lsw ,
w ould be occupied in its
(011,^'* ’• ’ wi-en a n y tw o given jx>ints c o u n try are ab o u t to import Chinese
“• earth ’s surface.
i coolies to do th e work of common la
borers. T he English, who have trted
A St«n •• i ¡i a 11, , . ■
Th» folk " « W p a ra g ra p h 1» p r in t ,,1 th<!1 «■»P-»'"" ” * " f m ixing Chinamen
Belgians sue-
'•'e
t-
'*‘^’ ra
..1. ! 1-ritish 1 i. Lilian
p ap ers: ’ . “ ..
F p a nml negroes. wish
hu t predict th a t they w ill not i»e.‘t
.
? nntlv c f'-rest su lto rilin ate w ith any. The.' say the two race» wd!
Mthrr? ? ” H
•‘•w here I a< ‘n .“ 7 n o t w ork pea eably together .the» h i.£ -
‘n 1 l': '»1 an<l disei.n<j»oKi!n W,“ ,e m en r - n e ^ l l y being the chief m .- hwi
» »’ » r.j-,'; ¿n a vcry aw fu l m an
m aker».
I
Headquarter* for
HOPS, WOOL, WHEAT,
OATS
AND
BARLEY.
High«!. 1-rice Paid for Country IT...... ».
EUGENE,
OREGON.
THE AMERICAN FARMER,
TW O