D y e in g B u r g l a r « .
Burglars broke one night into the
rkshop of a dye r in K o sh n ’ a n d b ad
» to o th e r a p re tty la rg e -size d pack-
of valuable dye stu ffs w h en th e
, ir gwakoned by th e noise, a p p e a re d
„ the scene, arm ed w ith a double-
htnter As he e n te re d th e d oor he
’ niedtwo m en s k u rry in g off to th e
‘L r end of th e dye-house. A t th e
"amnions, “ Stand, o r 1 fire:” th e y b oth
t mpcd into a v a t w hich th e y th o u g h t
but w hich w as tilled w ith som e
X 'l i q u i d
S ta n d in g in th e bine
bath, they both eried fo r m ercy, T he
l-er, however, to o k aim , an d th ey
ducked under, b u t soon cam e u p a g a in
lQj earnestly e n tre a te d p ard o n . B u t
the relentless d y er gave th e m th e bene-
tit of a few e x tra dips, a n d th e n tu rn e d
them out into th e s tr e e t w ith o u t g iv in g
notice to the police. T h e s to ry g o t
wind in Kosliu, and e v e ry b o d y k n o w s
the indigo-dyed sco u n d rels. T h e y a re
likely to rem ain m en of m a rk fo r som e
time to coine.—V crm isch tcs.
IN FAR-AWAY LANDS.
T he public ex ecu tio n er o f P a ris, M.
Diebler, has g u illo tin ed 220 persons.
L e V oi . ei ’R (th e th ie f) is th e n a m e of
anew popular w eekly p a p e r S ta rte d in
Pari«.
H orses are so p le n tifu l in B uenos
Ayres th a t everybody o w n s n t le a s t
„ne. It is said th a t even th e b e g g a rs
beg on horseback.
P aris has 87,655 tre e s in its s tre e ts ,
and each tree re p re se n ts a c o st to th e
city of thirty-five d o llars. T h is m akes,
in round num bers, th re e m illio n d o lla rs
worth of trees in th e stre e ts.
T here is a curious s n a k e (Ily d ra c i
yeti) in South A frica t h a t lives w holly
upon birds’ eggs. 11 h a s no te e th o r
sighs of teeth in its m o u th , th e w hole
dental array being lo c ated in th e
stomach.
T he first ice cream v e n d e rs in E n g ­
land were N eapolitan p e a s a n try o f th e
poorest type, b u t th e ven d ers now com e
from all p arts of Ita ly , m a n y b e in g n a ­
tives of th e m ost re m o te c o u n try
districts.
T he native A u stra lia n s have a
weapon which is c alled a “ w u m n e ra .”
it is a stra ig h t stick, hollow- a t th e end,
in which is placed th e h a n d le o f a d a rt.
The dart is th row n, b u t th e stic k re ­
mains in the th ro w e r's h a n d .
I n some of th e a n c ie n t te m p le s of
Egypt, know n to he m ore th a n fo u r
thousand years old, th e sto n e s w ere
doweled tog eth er w ith h o u r glass
shaped ties of th e T im arisli o r S h ittim
wood, the dowel sin k s b e in g o n ly al>out
one inch deep.
BOOK NOTES.
R iper H aggard ' s sto ry “ Montezu­
ma's D aughter” w ill first a p p e a r s e ria l­
ly-
S enator S quires ’ d a u g h te r is o nly
fifteen, but she h a s w ritte n a volum e of
poetry and dedicated it to h e r fa th e r.
A RiooRAPnv of th e la te D aniel
Dougherty is in course of p re p a ra tio n ,
the m aterial having been g iv en by Mrs.
Dougherty in to th e h a n d s of a w ell-
known biographer.
t’oNsinr rarer in te re s t h a s been
«wakened a m o n g th e lite ra ry circles of
Berlin by the sale of an e d itio n de luxe
"f the com plete w orks o f F re d e ric k th e
breat for 2,000 m arks.
A rchdeacon D enison , w ho is tw o
years older th a n Mr. G ladstone, has
'"lit to the press a seq u el to h is “ N otes
"I My Life," published in 1879, in w hich
,le will give a su m m ary o f th e la te r
period of his e v en tfu l career.
k**T* T r »<l® on th e
E u t Coa»t o f
A frica.
Intelligence from A den say s th e slave
‘ . on the e a s t c o a st of A frica is
•‘?ain increasing, o w in g to th e high
i ri<es now offered fo r slave«, and c«ra-
■uii from th e in te rio r a re a rriv in g
, 11
Ih cso c a r a v a n s .i t is declared,
-•‘H- <‘X{H>ricn(.eij no difficulty in pass-
» through \ itu, an d slav e s have also
n '“’ubarked a t p o in ts in th e n e ig h -
of Zeilaii, Djibout'.l, Masso-
an<l ■'u a b ‘ln. T h e A rab s a re m uch
d' how ever, a t th e g r e a t nntn-
fi-.
c a p tu re s w h o a rc le st l»c-
tii,' 7 -’"bin-f th e m a rk e t, th e propor-
' ’’ b,K un d er p re s e n t co n d itio n s
j (> l**1" ' ‘e n t- *’f th e tiuinl>er w ith
1 the c arav a n s sti.rt from th e in-
trri
r- - • In*
-ters w
c c e p t in
- trn
“ «»H-r-.
u n ill i now a accept,
•ange n o th in g b u t fire a rm s o f th e
best m a n u fa c tu re and am m unition.
I R aids on a lurge scale by num erous and
w ell-arm ed bunds of tra d e rs arc ex­
pected as soon as w in te r sets in toward*
th e c o u n trie s fu rth e r to th e so u th —
th a t is, in to th e te rrito rie s o f th e Congo
F ree S ta te an d B ritish and German
E ast A frica. — Leeds M ercury.
REAL ESTATE
FOR BARGAINS l \
FARM OR C IT Y PROPERTY
CALL ON OR ADDRESS
THE LANE COUNTY LAND & LOAN
EUGENE,
IM PE R SO N A L IT IE S.
CO..
OREGON.
A LEADING Philadelphia society lady
h a s h a ir 63 inches in length. She is
only 61 inches (5 feet 1 inch) in h eig h t to whom it may concern
ami i i S , : ? ¡ ^ ¡ X n c e ^ h k h ' ^ t
'>*■” ' U ‘"” ‘ ” , — '
A P h ila d e lph ia candidate complains
-> • '»‘h .l «Ire
th a t so m any lies w ere told alxjut him «»me is level ami free from wml Thsl f r u h t ^ - T ,ol,T n«
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d u rin g th e cam paign th a t he cannot Mid lan,i and the Mme te tte d r a b to f o r r o u d ^
Supt.
Public
Schools,
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county.
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now g e t c red it from his tailor.
A CAREFVI. old lady in Southw ark,
P a., concealed a ten-dollar gold piece in
.
, S‘d*erilspd *»»d »worn to before me thia Mb
a w o rk -b ask et w hich contained some
l’«y of M»roh, 18W.
JuMtrii A M ormis ,
ru b b ish . A tidy fem ale relativ e threw TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
’ “ W’*’’
o u t th e rubbish, and th e gold coin with
Being first duly sworn I depute and' say: That I have h-en resident of I h.r
it.
f m-e, Lane t ounty, Oregon, (or the past twelve ware; that 1 am famih.u and w<- I
A bridegroom in llaium ond, Ind., acquainted w ith the property known m “ Emsicr and lUrrv's part .1 I h.r.....
th o u g h t it p ru d e n t to begin married that the same »« ¡idinirably suited for residence property, being perfectly l.-u-l „nd
life econom ically, lie gave fifty cents .¡ee fromi wind. I hat fruit tDH-s und shrubbery grow well io the „off Uhd that
to th e clergym an who perform ed the pilie well water is found ou the same at a depth of (non ten to tlftis-u feet
cerem ony, and th e n had the audacity to
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JoaKi-u A. Muaata, M enhaut.
dem and a receipt.
SK A I.
Snitscribed and sworn to liefnre me thia 12tb day
A h atter in Bethel, Conn., thought
day
of
Man-Il, lftfci.
I.. B in ae,
he w ould enjoy a q u iet smoke. He
Notary Public,
lig h ted his pipe n ear a tu b of w-ood al­
cohol. T h e alcohol took lire, th e fac­
to ry w as consum ed and the cost of that
sm oke am o u n ts to $135,000.
A n old sm oker, whose cig ars pos­
sessed a pleasing and p e n etratin g odor. I
w as asked w here he b o ught them. I
I P L A N A T T O N .—The N le w h g plrtur* remain* Amr Ian«, « ma a*) fcb ikm (I mm S*««,
“ A n y w h ere,” he answ ered; “ only, be- : Any E one
cuo huu Ute iiumi »
but it it ik . i tu eaty u* dciititguith üm ( m m of tbt il.r*«
fore sm oking them , 1 soak tw o inches j Tbepiciun wi.il puEwhed in a ftw n«wip«mn tu rn dm«
«nd aiir«,t«d
m w iw m
euruanaardrcmcdif*. w n K w o ff«-d n o w [w i»« co in im iu »tu i<
«ù b H. À» U m wt« «Man
of th e th ick ends in brandy, and let
û tointruduca >H.r »«iticui«» into new boute«, ib<>M who •n ittn lO w (>*«»•< aoapMiiSis BfW m io «i»a
th em d ry .”
sot lo to u ii*u .1 M I MM. A atauw raiaM M yd thu For» M l c«.." «iw titH M iM M iw aia
aiedicine» «re In
in Toronto, t'. omla, x.h -« ihry «r« b»'i k„ •»... poirot* at«
T here are no flies on th e G eorgia ed­
uewipajica, wbvlo.2. druggteU oud luulug butataas houM»
ot X mu M m .
ito r, w ho announces th a t he w ill take
groceries, clothing, jew elry an d real
e sta te for subscriptions, lie gravely
adds; “ L and w here chills and fever pre­
vail m u st be provided w ith a first-class i
physician, am i an u n d e rta k e r who
k n o w s his business.”
As nearly as can be ascertained, the .
irrig a te d iands of C alifornia comprise ;
3,500,000 acres. Irrig a tio n has cost 120,• j
000,000, b u t it has increased th e value of
th e lan d $500,000,000.
A new com pany has been formed in
P a ris w hose o b ject is to eompleto the
P an a m a canal. T he cap ital of the new
com pany is to be, $30,000,001, and it is
said t h a t w ork w ill be begun again at
once.
J apan is rap id ly increasing her man­
u factu res. T h ere is a steady decline in
th e im p o rtatio n of m atches, printing
paper, to ile t soup, lead pencils, bricks,
tires, u m b rellas, boots, leather, und
p a rtic u la rly beer, cotton yarn, Portland
cem en t, g unpow der and saddlery.
W a llis B rooke , a w riter in the Lon­
don T im es, is of th e opinion that “ we
sh all soon see m ilk im ported from Aus­
tra lia in frozen blocks and retailed in
L ondon stre ets. I t can be done as
easily as im p o rtin g b u tte r and apples.
A Prize Picture Puzzle.
MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS.
T he Greek pike was twenty-four feet
long.
T he n e x t p resid en t of the I nited
S ta te s w ill receive a b o u t seven million !
votes.
I
I t is said th a t a n u g g e t of gold worth
$15 w as picked up the other day hi
th e d ig g in g s a t Byron, Me.
1’iHiiKit C kotzkb . of Montgomery
cou n ty . T en u .. is seventy-five years old
und never votetl b u t tw ice in his life.
A single g lass eye can rarely I* worn
m ore th a n a year w ith o u t being P°
ishe.1, for th e surface Iweomes rough-
ened by th e action of i.Ne tears, etc., j
an d ir r ita te s th e lids u-t they ru »
over it.
T he E u ro p ean ra t is found a ,A< r
th e w orld. In h o t o r cold climates i
flourishes; an d w herever roan h a » * ’" * ’ j
it has gone, am i often secured •
m en t w here m an found it dilfleB «
very u n p le a s a n t to live.
Miss W alli p has been appoint«’» »
M -hool-teaeher in a K ansas town. i« r
p upils should be made to nnders. nd
hat she will m ain tain the credit f
th mgh th e puntsh.m
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I co m in g in to favor w ith th e e x p e r t■ ¿ j
co u n t, a player must h it tb< <» ,
; tw ice w ith th e cm- hall a t each
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