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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1898)
r ; F T H E W E S T > t A D V E R T IS E R S YO U R H O H E PAPER S U P P O R T IT ► HC« SH7SLAW3 OHLT FAFXS. 4 O P P O R T U N IT Y Ì 5 i-A s k -ir -it.-:.', FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, June 17. ltíitó. VOL. IX . •A V t. < -¡S ' GUIDE. TRAVELERS’ u U .U t 1 R D IN E H S T E A M ER Brer nor ...............V\ i 11 in in I . L o id . retary of 6 'a te .............H. K. Kincaid. Maurer.......................... P hilip Metchen t. Public Instruction.. ..G. M. Irwin. ite Printer........................ W. H. Leeili). orney General........... C. M. Idleman. i ...................... It. S. B e a n freine Court •] .............F. A. Moore f • • .C. E. Wolverton kg< Second D istrict__ J. C. Fullerton iruey Second D istrict., .W , L. Tales REGULAR H. H. E a rre tt, P ro p ’r, D A IL Y T R IP S Florence and Read of Tide. ORTHERN Pacific, Ry. E U G E N E -F itO k ’ E N C E STAGE LINE. u C- B a n g s ,___ P roprietor. ■«........ “ C O O S ,” — - B e tw e e n ----- Leaves Florence Mondays, Wednes days and Fridays. Arrives at Florence Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays. Connects with Steamer and Scotts burg Stage Line for Drain. Also with Stage Line for Coos Bay. Charge reasonable. COUNTY OFFICERS IIE o -----Will m ake/-------- o 3 T A O E L IN E , * N ,E . O. Potter. . Stage leaves Eugono Mondays, S ........... ,J Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 a. . T. Cahison {nt., arriving at Florence th e day P u llm a n A. C. T Jennings W ““ '"“’ , ‘ f o l l o w j a t 1 () a m S lee p in g C a r» g8Urer.......................... A. 8. Patterson I Returning-stage leaves Flor- E le g a n t .......................... D. P. Burton i ence on Mondays, Wednesdays D in in g C ars Dol S uperintendent......... C S. H unt and Fridays at 3 p. in., arriving Iveyor......... ...................C. M. Collier jn jjHgSne the following day at T o u ris t muiasioners J*............... S le e p in g Inner..................................J- W. H arris . |ic e of Peace................. F. B. Wilson j l ' gtable........................ John l'\ Tanner j O. W. Hurd i — Win. Kvle Í Ird of Trustees ) L. Christ ensen M. Morris 5 ___ J. 0. FLINT, Proprietor ........ [order......................... John H. Morris Í K o r e n o s, O regon . surer .............................. J- A. Pond aliai........................... G. C. Cuinpton 1 10R3IS *** HOTEL, OUR AIM—To furnish the best 1 accommodations at reasonable- prices. SEC R ET SOCIETIES. . A A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107. Regular communication on second [ fourth Saturdays in each month. O. W. II ckd , W. M. . K notts , Secretary. Head of Tide Hotel, W. W. NEELY, Prop’r. Tables furnished with all the delicacies of the season. Wild (A . R. General Lyons Post, No. 58. game, fish and fruit in season. Best ■d lusot? secoinl anti fourth Stituruuj’H accomodations for the traveling 1 each mouth at 1:30 p. m. J. I, BurrEKFiKi.D, Commander. public. Charges reasonable. J. L. F urnish , Adjutant. fc H O. U. W. Perpetua Lodge, No. 131, HRs meets every 1st and 3d Saturdays month. Memliers and visiting brethren in good standing are cordia.ly ivited to attend. J. J. A ndek SOS, M. W. F m . K vlk , Recorder. each |O . O. F. Ileceta Lodge No. Ill,m eets levory Wednesday evening in Lodge ill, Florence, Oregon. Brothers in I standing invited to attend. J. J. A nuerson , N. G. A ndrew B rvsd , Sec. C a rs ST. PAUL -------- M IN N E A P O L IS i Single fare - - - - $5.00 Round trip - - - - $9.00 CITY OFFICERS. i ~. , , . . , „ lt | Tickets for sale at E. Bangs s , livery barn, Eugene, and at llu rd i Bident. ........R- Weatherson & Davenport’s office in Florence. 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WILSON Neither cot.hl be tell who puhll.bed it, E V U L S E , OREGO N. but it win a l.ue work, in many large v olomea ,'rrica t 111, C ourt H om e. "IX> yon ever nse them?” asked the F L O R E N C E .-- - ORE G N agent. "Certainly—almost every day.” K. E. BENEDICT, "In what line?" BO YEARS* "Uh, 1 press my trouser, with them i EXPERIENCE rTORNBY - A.T - LAW. They are splendid tor that 1 — Ratnhhr Notarv Fablie, Surveyor NOTARY F loren ce. ' : : P atents Oregon. D esmnb PATENTS •vratx . n t T r a d , W a r t , obm n w l . nd a llT x G n t busts*«« oondartad for Pend ma i d , drawin g or pbnto. 1 ‘» tro u b le fr e » o fc h ir ■»«. O u rfe o n o ld « « UH « t e o t l i i w . r 1. A P s m h l a t "B ow tojOb- ala !*»»*«$•.” with eo«t ** b foreign oowutrie» »eat frea. Address, PUBLIC. -r r .v - m U ’w T . s X ' y £3& % C O PYRKJHTS AC. í-'r" - r« w n t f r ~ . < lid w « w r y tor M-r a r jw p w . a u . Patenta tafean thronafe Monn a Go. raeaiYO ^ r i a l « H Y ., wltboat ebarxe. Io I»« 1 C. pB*«arr A. Or*»*» SNOW A CO. W ifs'ss’ os. Oa y J SOentlfic flmtrka». A bandaowalr mn«trat*4 weekly. tanroM Hr- eolation of any n Z Z 2 ¡á £ r& rear ; font month», |1 Sold by au sewsSaalera. T t i . C o ll.< l» o ’. R eto rt. Memliers of the class in Cambridge had been rather flippant in regard to Rome pompons authority, aud a fellow was eulogizing him. Said be: "Yon are probably ignorant, young gentlemen, that the venerable pursou ot whom yon have been Mpeukiug with .Beta levity is oue of thu protouudest scholars of our age— inde ed, it may he doubted whether any man oi oarage ha. I-a the, I more ri< eply in the »aired fountains ot antiquity. ’’ "Ur coin« up drier, ,ir ,'' was the re ply of the uudergraduat« — "Becollec- litn , ot Aubrey da Vera. " WAS A POOH BAH. FOOLED THE MANAGER. K o w J . W . K e l ly , “ »he H u llin g M i l l M a n .“ M a -is »he H i t o f U lx L ife . HOW YOUNG FOX RAN A WHOLg A theatrical manager tells this story COUNTY IN DAKOTA. regarding the late J. W. Kelly; In his cailiir days Kelly was appear H e H e Id A l l th e Ofllcea F u r O n e W i n t e r ing at a variety hall in San Fraucisoa a u d K a t h e r liu jo y e d th e E x p e rie n c e , The proprirter aud manager of the placo T h o u < h I t Is P res u m e d T lx a t l i e W a s was a German, who bad a great admi ration for the “ rolling mill m an.” S om etim es a L i t t l e Lonesom e. While Kelly was appearing at the tbeo- There is a man in this town who was ler the Gorman arranged to put on the the supreme ruler o f . the whole county ituge .i series of tableaux depicting the for almost six months. He was a Pooh heroism of the member« of the ban Bah with a vengeance. His name is E. Francisco fire department. Kelly was J. Fox, and ho is fond of telling how to stuud at one sido of the stage aud re- he mu Cavuliir.- couniy in (ho first w in oito some original verses describing ter of its existence. It came about in rach picture or tableau as it was shown this way: on the stage. The German was wildly Cavalier county had been named, bnt anxious that this tribute to the firemen unorganized for several year» up to Should make a bit on the opening night 1881. It «insisted of a largo strip of “ Oh, Chon," he said, “do your pest, land, all owned by tho government, ly and you vill make te bit of your lifel” ing west of the western boundary line On the duv of the opening Kelly re of Pembina county. Abonf' that time mained at home, so as to be in the best P. McHugh of Bathgate was elected as possible trim for the show. Soon after a representative of Pembina county in 8 o'clock he started for the theater. the legislature, and it occurred to him Just liefore going into the hall it oo- and to Attorney W. J. Mooney of the eurred to him that bo could have some same village that it would be well to fun with the German; so he turned up organize Cavalier county and arid to it bis coat collar, mussed his hair and the three ranges in tho western part of went reeling into the variety hull. Pembina county. This western part of There was a sound of crashing glass Pembina county was very much higher ware. The Gerrnau had dropped a tray than the rest of the county, and was full of beer glasses. situat«L the people said, and say yet, "Oh, Chou," lie moaned, waving his “on the mountain. ’’ So McHugh got a bauds in the air, "you haf wooined all bill through the legislature defining te taplocel Vat is te good of buffing Cavalier county as it is today. Irishman to vork for you?" That was in tho winter of 1884-5. "Thash all right," mumbled Kelly, A courthouse was built at Langdon, stuggsring up to him. which was designated os the county "Go vay, ” shouted the manager. seat, and at the election in November ‘•You hef kveered te show.” various county officers were elected. With that the manager rushed for the But none of tho county officers came to stage nnd ananged that a soubrette L.ingdon to live. It was already a bad should announce the tableaux. Then he winter, aud they could see no reason went out in front and waited, all in a why they should come if there was tremble, to see if she could get through some oue there to take charge of the with i t In the meantime Kelly went records. So they united in asking E. J. around on the stage, and just as iheeou- Fox, a young man just from Canada, brerte walked on the stage Kelly fol to take charge of the offices nntil sum lowed her and said, “ I'll take care cl mer. Fox accepted the iiosition, or posi this. ” tions, and in December took charge of The German saw him come on the the affairs of the connty. The court stage, nnd with a cry of mortal terror house was then u large building—in ran for the trout door, lie know that fact, too largo for use. Fox decided Kelly would spoil everything. He stood that it would be better to leave it va- in tho street, mopping bis brow aud ennt until spring, and he took up his mouning in agony, when he began to abode in a one room “claim shack, ” the hear loud appluuse inside the theater. only other bui.,.ing in town. This wns He could hardly believe his senses. about 15 by 20 feet in dimensions, aud Every few seconds there would be a there he lived and did business that roar of laughter uud haudclapping. He winter. Ho was deputy clerk of the timidly went back into the hall, and eouits, county judge, connty treasurer, there was Kelly, sober as a judge and county auditor and register of deed«. “ straight as a string,” making the hit The sheriff lived in the country and the of* his life. After that ail the German superintendent of schools lived just could do was to sit down at a table Io across the Manitoba line. The sheriff weep and order beer tor ever} body did not serve out his term, for he was around. put in jail for Rliooting a man in u figl In telling the story Kelly used to say There v.as not another liviugsoul with merely to finish the story, ” 1 saw him in two miles. alter that when I really did hate a tidy Fox lived entirely alone, and did Ills number aboard, but be only laughed aud own cooking, except tho bread baking, said, ‘No, Chou, you can't fool m e .'” which was done by a neighbor three —Chicugo Record. miles away. Langdon, though the coun ty seat, was not yet a postoffiee. The A SLIGHT INTERRUPTION. postmaster of Olga, in the eastern part In c id e n t o f n I U p o rte r*» V is it t o a F ir e of the county, used to send over a large E n g in e Blouse. package of letters and papers about A reporter who had sought s t a fire twice a week to tho people whom he knew lived near Langdon, and Fox engine houso iiforniutlou on a point would give to these people their mail concerning which the driver ooolil best when they called for it. There was n. t inform him stood talking with the oue settler 40 miles to the west, but driver by the stsl) of one of tho horses. at out U and 60 miles northwest, near The horse wus secured by a tie strap the Manitoba line, there were several oommouly used in the department. Oue m tthrs, and somo of these used to drive end of tho tie strap is mude fast by a that great distance to “ file” on a home staple driven into the side of the stall, stead or a tree claim. When they did while the other end is passed through tliut, Fox had to give them their meals the throat latch of the horse's bridle uud and lodgiugs, and, in fact, he had often i held on u pin (but rises in a lit«ie recess in (he side nt the Stull. By means of a to keep a sort of betel. Tho winter of 1884-6 was very cold, simple mechanical contrivance the pin aud at night Fox used often to lie is pulled down Ht the flnt stroke of t'rs awake and listen to the blizzards howl gong when an alarm is sounded, the tie around his little shack. He was kept strap is released, and the horse is set busy, however, for there were many free. A . the driver aud tho reporter filings, registerings of mortgages and a talked, thu horse, in a friendly sort of few deeds. An average of two or threo way, bent his head down toward the men would come to see him daily on driver. Suddenly an alarm was sounded, and business, but he seltkim saw a w oman. Nearly all the settlers near him nt that the horse was transformed, and like time were bachelors, who afterward wise the driver. Tho horse's head went went back to Canada to get nirirrisl; up, and lie wus alert in every fiber. At and indeed Fox did the same. Every the first stroke the pin had dropped, and body w as poor, and yet they all seemed the hone was free. With a single boetd to enjoy themselves, though they had he cleared the stall and made for bis to haul their wheat from 50 to 75 miles place by the engine, with the driver ttf- side him. The other two horses of tho to market. The winter passed very Rwfftly, and team—this wu* a three horse team— in the snmmer Mooney and McHugh were clattering forward at the same enme with their families. Then other moment. At thu front of the house men settlers began to pour in. Buildings were sliding down poles like lightning. There were a few sharp, quick, snap went up, as if by magic, and in a few months there were a postoffiee ami a ping sounds, as the men alrindy there dozen dwellings. Talk of a railroad lie- snapped the collars together around the gan to be heard, and in a few inenths horses' necks, aud over it all tho boom it came. Then indeed Pooh-Bah Fox ing ot the gong. In all the newer firehouses of the city ha«l to surrender his glory. He chose to take up the humble position of superin the stalls cf the horses are placed as tendent of tho schools of the county nearly as possible abreast of the engine, and he still retains the place. lie Is dis so that the horses shall have the shortest posed to think that, in spite of the «un- liossiblu distance to go. In some of the forts and conveniences of the present older houses, in which there is Jess room, inode of life here, he enjoyed himself the stalls are at the rear. That is where more that winter w lien he was monarch they wore in this house, Surprised a litile, the reporter had of all the government offices of Cavalier county.—Langdon (N. D .) Cor. Chicago lost a second or two in getting to tho front. When he got there, he saw the Record. driicr in his seat holding the lines over D iscernm ent« the team ready to drive ont and waiting “ Ella, you have been playing all the only for the last stroke < u tho gcug. afternoon with 1 lies': toy soldiers. That's All fire teams are Ins krd up on eveiy uot a prcjx r amusement for a big girl alarm. On first alarm they go out only like you,” said lier mother. to fires within their own district This "But, mamma, I am uot playing with alarm vrn. for a fire outside the district. the soluiers. I picked out the officers Unhooked, the horses trotted buck to and played v.lth them.’’—Pearson's their stalls. Descending from hiss« at, Weekly. the driver took up tb9 interrupted cen- varsation just u* if nothing bed hap A e c o n n te d F o r. pened.— Naw York Sun. Mabel— What an interesting talker Mr. Gusher Is, Ho always holds one » ntbroMcrag ta^Ma«eva. when be speak». "There’s no dandy business about it ,” Mrs. Gusher— Dees he? That ac be said. "It's just plain, b'trd sen.e. count« for the bairltouadon hl* shoul Since the new woman bus mode beraelf der last night.—htraud Magazine. so distri-sstngly apparent I have had to have my iniliuls pat ou nearly every The principal defense of the Dutch iu thing I wear, so that there would be the war with Alva w u found In tho no < xcuse for my wife thinking it'a character of their rounlry. Small bas hers."—Chicago Post. tion*. long curtain walls and very wide H e r T r ia l. ditches filled with water were the char- "I an* not H'tng 10 give him up with acteriatka of a Dutch fortification. out a trial," said th* woman aa she in- A wagon load uf mortar w ill fill about «•«♦•led pMs-seun^* for a divorce.— *0 hoda. Ihg^tteh. N O . SONO. ENLARGED LYMPH GLANDS. Lam pe M ean end U a w f t » 7 S b aa ld Be T rea ted . ( w o a H th a t m y lo re w e n a Illy f a ir And I w ould th a t I w o n « snuhouu t n ) C B ti;i « . be d r e u lo s tier flow ery h x ir AU day long wl-.h m y a ir y gold. "Wkxt are these lamps in my baby's reck*” <8 a question often asked tho O r w ould th a t she w ere the dew th a t Ues doctor. Iu th ’ rose aud I the r.x e tree were. Lumps, or kernels as they are often T o fold m y red leaves over her e yM A n d m ake in y .w eetuM X a p a rt u f bar. called, because they feel like grains or seeds under the examining fingers, are Would I w ere a breeaa th a t lx w h e re l t w ill lymph bodies, or glands. A u d she a le a f la some lo a.-ly pl.c<x B ow I w ould c lin g to her, .lu g to h e n t i l l The system of lymph glands and She gathered uie up la bur green e u b ro ra . tubes oover« the entire body. If lt were exposed to view, it would have the ap O r w ould th a t sho w ere a f t w b bo guy A nd I w ith in so a« lo w ly b d pearance of meshwork. Lymph ducts Where o ft her a.Ivory feet w ould .t r a y lead from the akiu. from the muoon« A n d d im p le the t u r f above mu xpreod. membrane, aud from bone to lymph N ay . 1 earn th ' saabeam th th a t's hta bodies which are further connected ' JLud lf»VG thu l i y her u i.W g jld . with cue another by the same means. A nd Kivu me tujr luuidcn, ju s t u< she U, At any point where there it an in T u hlsa tm d sing to, to keep and bold I — Y o rk Ledger. flammation, a sore, a breaking of thu ikin or mneons surface, there w ill ba A LAD WITHOUT GUILE. touud open mouths of lymph ducts into which waste matter is liable to enter H o w G ra n t Iin p rM o e d MW C om rade, oe a This waste matter sets up an irritation Wee» P a in t Cadet. and an enlargement of the lymph bod- “ He wns a lad without gu ile,” testi- to which it finds its way- H w ill lies General Longstreet. "I never heard now bo easily understood how such an him utter a profane or vulgar word. He enlargement or inflammation of thu was a boy of good native ability, al lymph bodies always points to a statu though by no means a hard student Ho of inflammation at somo point, perhaps perfect was his sense of honor that, in at a considerable distance from thu tho numerous cabals which were often lamps themselves. Thns » felon on thu formed, his name was never mentioned, finger causes enlarged glands to appear for ho never did anything which could in the armpit. be subject for criticism or reproach. He Lnmps in the neck may sometimes be soon became the most daring horseman plainly traced to eczema of the scalp. iu the academy.” Ho had a " » y of Hometimes the month is the seat of thu solving problems out of rule by the ap- ______ ____ ________ trouble. ____ Large and inflamed ________ tonsils mny plication of good, hard sense, and F.afut pI-PHenti tj,e teeth may be decaying Turvulla ends ntirla Itir finvino* "When HWnPli C our H IT i « Ingalls by saying: When the e».r is the seat of an ab- school aays days were over, if scnooi ir the tne average aither or dorjllg the oou.su opinion of the mombers of tho class had oj a pm-alent discharge eularged glands been taken, every oue would have said; are common. There is Ham Grant He is a splendid Enlarged lymph bodies just liehind fellow, a good, honest man, against the angle of the jaw are sometimes sig whom nothing can be said and from nificant of catarrh of the noee and thu whom everything may bo expected. ’ " adjacent portion of the throat. One of the keenest observers in his The existence of enlarged lymph bod class, for a year liis roommate, perceived ies for a tew days, or sometimes f o r a moro iu him than his instructors. ‘ He iGUger interval, cannot be said to be in had the most scrupulous regard for itself dangerous. The case is different truth. lie never held his word light. when lumps exist fcr several weeks or Ho never said an untruthful word even longer They become changed in char iu jest. acter after this time and begin to break "Ho was a reflective mind aud at down and form purulent matter. Thtx times very reticent and somber. Some stage, more difficult tu to uiuo, cure, na as - . . . I •»•■ »o'*» too, t is a C AAVJAV uuuvuit thing seemed working deep down in his | tisenolnay become affected. thoughts— things he knew us little about The skin over the glands is iuvolved as we. There would bo days, even and becomes part of the large, soft, red weeks, at a time when he would be si or pnrplidi swelling, uow called an ab lent and somber—not morose. He was scess, which eithor breaks or is lanced a cheerful man, and yet he had these by tho surgeon. moments when he seemed to feel some These enlargements may become in premonition of a great future— wonder vaded by the tubercle bacilli, from ing what he was to do aud what he was which consumption of the lungs or a to become. He was moved by a very sin geueral oousnmptlon may develop. cere motive to join the Dialectic society, During the oourse of an infectious which was tho only literary society we disease, when the glands in the neck had. I did not belong, but Grant joined peoon,, enlarged, the care of while we were roommates, with the the throat must not ba neglected. Thu aim to improve in his manner of ex« use of on antiseptic solntiou on the pressing him self.”—MoClure'a. affected part* w ili often produce an im mediate good result.— Youth's Com V n a a th e n tie P o rtra its u f P ra a k tla . panion. It seems the height of abaunlity to A b o u t L ig h tn in g Hods. look upon the so called "Sumner Por trait of Franklin at Twenty, ” belougnig Reds, although they may uot entirely to Harvard university, a* on authentic protect a building, may preserve it from portrait. Where did Franklin, who wus being seriously damaged. Tho Jefferson grubbing for funds to carry him homo physical laboratory of Harvard univer at the time this picture is supposed to sity is protected iu tho following man have been painted, get the money for ner Each of the chimneys is provided the "purple aud fine linen” in which he with rods which are connected with is arrayed, let alone to pay tho artist conductors running along the eavoa for his work? Aside from Fianklin’s cir From tho corners of the roof conductors cumstances being against its authentic are led to the grouud and are connected ity, his “ Autobiography" is silent upon underground with a conductor which so important a subject aa this portrait, entirely surrounds the buildiug and and its history is purely mythical. which la connected to a permanent w a Another picture that has no better ter supply at least ten feet below the claim to be considered a likeness of Ben surface of the ground. Iron pipes are jamin Franklin hangs in the Metropoli driven to reach thia water supply Thia’ tan Museum of Art and was painted by is os near an approach to a “ago as cir btephen Elmer, on English still life onmstanoes would permit. painter. There is nothing to show that A trolley oar has a lightning rod In it was given the name of Franklin until its trolley, which is connected through 1834, when a plate engraved by Hyder its motor with the rails aud the ground and published iu 1782, as “ The Politi It is uot beyond possibility, however, cian, ” was releí tered and issued with that a discharge descending the trolley the name of Franklin. arm should refuse to go through the mo The last picture to he mentioned in tor aud should sock a quicker oscillating this expurgatorial list is of the first im |iath through the car This is not likely portance as a work of art. It was paint to hapjieu oftkn, lor the uetwork of the ed by Thomas Gainsborough and is in trolley wire and the telegraph lines of a the collection of tho Marquis of Lands- town or city, together with the electric downe, but it is clearly not Benjamin light wires, separate and divert into Fnmkiin. It is, in my opinion, the por many channels the electrical disturb trait c f Governor William Franklin.— ance. The great increase of wires in our Charles Henry Hart iu McClure's Maga oities serves to protect from great dam zine age by lightning, for many paths are offered to tho discharges, which are Tbu F l n t Htuaia P ow er. thus broken up into more or less liarni- Tho power of steam was known to luaa .parka. —Professor John Trowbriilgn Hereof Alexandria, whot xhibitodwhat iu CUanuoqoau seems from the description to have been ; ____ » small 1 team engine to Ptolemy Phila- , F o I md I tj . delphus aud Ilia court about 150 U. C. ; Just what it is tbnt induces poison Pliny describes a small boat, built by a ivy to play its injurious pranks ou soma ‘‘magician” of Rome, which moved by people at soma tim e, and uot at others means of a wheel, “ driven by a pot of is still a profound myst«ry. Oue thing hot water.” Watt's invenliou of a ro- ' 1 is certain—the number of peoplu tary steam engine was patented in 1769. 1 ►aaoeptible to the poisouing infiuencu The first railway locomotive was built mu«» be extremely few, truui the fact by Trevithiek in 1804. Th? first prac that tu tho vicinity of Philadelphia the tical locomotive wus perfected by Ste highways and byways are oterruu with phenson in 1829. As early as 1707 Deny* the plant to au euormous extent. It 1.4 Pupin built a model of a st9:unboat, froqnently tmpo«stble for people to g<> which was destroyed by a mob of boat by without brushing against it, and if men. The first practical steamboat was it is tho vapor or acme exudation from built by William Kymiugton in 1802. the plant which causes the trouble thou In 1808 Rolu-rt Fulton, in connection sands of pursocH most be ujd«r thu in- with Gliancellor Livingston, built a flneuoo to every one who sntfer« from steamboat which was tried 011 the Hatae. It Thu writer of Ibis para graph knows In 1807 the Clermont begun trips from of a tract of land m wnich thu plant New York to Albany. ( grows profusely aud on which many 1 t c e r e i of laborer« are «tuploverb These A D lK r u e t K»ttina>«. ' laborer, are fi«v,ueutly set t» wooding "Papa,” said yonng Mrs. Hunker, and palling out tho plant by the naked “ won't yon please givo Cteorun ami me bund, aiid, *> far us thu writer kuuw». $10,000?” nono ot these mm was ever poi«ui««t by "What do yon want that much rnouev it The cattio oat it grordiiv whenever for?” they get au opportunity It eminst'J "Wc want to build a $5,000 house. ” uaie no lujunou. uiflneuru on them.— —Harlem Life. i Meehan a Monthly D id H im a Favor. K u a ll.lt Iu Pedestrian (to footpad>— Money or' Hers arc somo attempts at English to my life, is it? I was wondering how I be seen on the siguboanls iu the streets was going to live through this week. of Tokyo: Now I won’t have to. Very kind of you. 1 “ Wine, beer and other niedicin'-«. " Hhoot sw ay.— Boston Trauarript. "A ahop, the kind of umbrella. [Mre- acl or atick." The willow is one of the most adapt "The shop for the fornltcre of rite able of plants. A willow switch stark eeverafconutrlca. ” in the wet ground w ill almost inavria- " l’rlcea, no Increose nr diniinirb." bly take soot and Uv-ome a tree. "AU kinds of superior eondnta kept h«r*. ” “ Skin n-.nkrr and seller” (jvir»»*»- A bushel of plasterers' hair, whin teao ehitpx — Lunuoii Tit bite. f well dried, equals 15 pounds. > - * « w