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15 CENTS A WEEK.
ALBANY, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
VOL. IV. NO. 242
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FOR PURE DRUGS,
TOILET AND FANCY ftOODS
i() TO
-HE ALSO
The Finest Line of Pianos and Organs in the
Willamette Valley
CALL AND EXAMINE HIS STOCK.
STEWART & SOX.
-Dealers in-
General
frW
Iron. Steel and Coal j
Wagons and Jlnmies ,
Hope and Cordage .
Blaelcsmiths Supplies ,
Garden and
m all Kniplements
C. E. HAWKINS.
kffltmm
ALBAXY
Does immense business inall kimlsjof furniture, Ibeilrsom sets, rarloi
acts, chairs, bed lounges, kitchen safes, and all kind f tables, etc. , etc.
Also have a tine select:nn n wall paper and wind-tw shades, which they are
offering at cluse figures. Call and see them, on First street, apposite Stew
art Ac .Sox.
I
&
CHEAPEST PLACE IN TOWN.
DEALERS IN
Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron and Copperware, Pumps
Iron Pipes and all kinds of Plumbing Goods.
Agents for the Celebrated
ON TIME
Cooking and I leafing .Stoves, the best stoye for the least money ever
sold in this city. Give them a call at the Pierce Block,Nrorth First
Street. Albany, Oregon.
Julius Joseph
Manufactauer of Choice Cigais
AND DEALER IX
VWV
nwrun
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Cigars, Plug and iMiiokin:: Tobaccos, V ( iscb.it.iM :n:i 1'iiiM lij.ii
full line of Smokers' Articles. Also dealer in
CALIFORNIA AND TROPICAL FRUITS
Next tioor to PU"eil!i' candy store, Albany. Oregon,
LUMBER!
-T11E-
ILiiLbV i liEALD Llilli HUM.
HUDSON, OR.
f.W A iv now prepare::.' to lurulsli lumber iu car-load .!. in AtVr ,
Write for pi ices to us at, DKAIX, D'M.':LAS CO. oltKf.o.V ,
II L. DL
HWlf IV
11V.
Successor to E. W. Languor
mugs, Paints, Oils.
Perfumery and toilet article,
also a full line of books a nr.
stationery, periodicals, etc.
tST Prescriptions earefiili)
compounded
IN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE.
Albany Orejroii
CARRIES-
mm
Hardware
-AND-
mnJements
Carpenters' Tools
Builders' Hardware
Powder, Shot, etc.
Qiant Powder
Sf(i(.s nnd A
Grass Seeds'
Used by Farmers :
K r'AKKELL
Saitmarsh.
vw lw
mv Mi
LUMBER
VEST
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. 'A marvel
of purity .strenirth and wholcsomcness.
More economical than the ordinary
kinds, and cannot be sold in competi
tion with multitude of low test, short
weight iiluin or phosphate powders
Sold only in cms, Royal Baxixg few
DER Co. 10Y. Wall st.. N.T.
DW Citowi.EV & Co., A cents,
Portland, Oregon.
FllllllAK
llfll. DAVIS, M. D. PHYSICIAN! AND
VV suieon. Can hv found at his fitlice
room in Strahan's block, First street. Albany
Oreon-
tU C. CHAlIBEKIJXr HO.MKOI'ATIIIC
J physician and surjreon. (Hike, corner
Third and Lyon streets, Albany, Oreiron. Of
fiee hours, morniiis, S to !) and 12 to X and
after (i in evenings.
W. HASTOX, PHYSICIAN AND SI' It
i geon, Albany, Oregon
II. t ELLIS, PHYSICIAN AND SUKr
geon, Albany, Oregon.
n C. KELLY, PHYSICIAN AND I R
J. gcon Albany, Oregon. orKee in Purei's
new block Otlicejiours, from S A. M. to 4
r. h.
J. HOSSITEi;. VETERIXAKY Sl.'l!
l . gcon, graduate of Ontario veterinary
college and member of the Ontario veterin
ary medical society, is pri pared to treat tbc
diseases of all domesticated animals on
seientiiic principles. Ollice at AnR Marshall's
livery stable. Resilience 4tli and Caiapooia
streets, Albany, Oregon.
DU. I. W. STAllI!, I'HYSIl'lAX AND
Surgeon, late of UrowtiKvilie, Or. (Ittnc
in the Strahan l'eai'cc block upstairs in the
rear rooms on the main ball. Cai's proa ptlv
attecded to in city or countiy.
DR. n KOI.DEWAY, VETERINAItYSfR
geon, AllKiny, Oregon --Graduate of CicrJ
man and American colleges.
DR. E. A. Il'.LlsTKh-IlfiMKf.rATIIIf MIV
siciau and surgeon, lias n moved his
ottice into Craw ford' j block. All cal's prompt
ly attended to.
TUG. A. WHITNEY, PHYSICIAN AND
j Burg.ori. Graduate of Itc'lcvue Hospi
lai aicuicai ciicge. c' orKlity. PiMascs
of women a cpe .ialty. 0!iice in Kr man's
brick, Albany Oregon.
v otice is hi:iii:i:ygivex t iat piio
1 perty owners are required by ordinance
to cut dow n aim remove all thistles and ob
noxious weeds growing upon their premise,
and upon the street adjoining th reto, within
the city limits of All ani. These failing to
do so will e liable to a fine et '.
Dy order of the ( itv marshal,
.1. N. HOFFMAN
Albany, Ji ice 28, 1W0,
H.
EWKItr. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKE
and jeweler, Alban , Oregon,
ATTMKXEVS.
D. . N. Hl CKIilRN. o. W HUinilT.
BLACKIU RN. & WRIGHT ATTORNEY' AT
Law, Albanj, Oregon. Otliee in Odd
bellow's Temple. Vi 11 practice in all eourtH
of the state, anil gn e special attention to all
business.
lirOLVEb'TON CHARLSE. A iTORNEY
M at liw, Albanv, Or. Oltn c in rooms 13
and 14, Foster's block, over L. E. Rlain's
stor i
T K. W E ATI IO RFO R D,
ATTORNEY AT
J . law, Albany,
Oregon. Office in Odd
Fellow's Temple. Will nract in all the
courts of thestatc, and give special attention
to all business.
Land Snrvejlng.
PARTIES DKSIRIXO Sl'RVKYINO DONE CAN OB
tain accurate and prompt w ork by calling
uiKin ex-county surveyor K. T. T. Fisher. He
has complete copies of field notes and town
ship plats, and is prepare I to do surveying in
any part of Linn county. Postoflice address,
Millers Station, Linn cou itv, Oregon.
CI!. WINN, AGENT FOR THE LEAD
ing fire, life and. accident insurance com
panies. t'wr Kent.
I
."MRNISHED ROOMS TO Rf.NT.
AT THE
City Restaurant.
THAT HACKING COUGH can he
so (prickly cured by SI 'dob's Cure. Wo
guaraiuee it. P'oshay cV: Mason.
VOR RENT A CO.MM0DIOI S STOItE:Tx
JL frfi. An A I location. Small stock and
fixtures 'jr sale, Adi rets or call on Ashby
.v Dickinson, Albany, (r.
L T. SEDIiWIi K. M. li., ECLECTIC
J. physician and surgeon. OltU-e rooms
S-i and 'Jt, Pcarct's blm-, Albany, Oregon.
U: am Id -a yoixg jixnTiksTres a
situation asacarentcr Address Ce.
Sandman, Albany I'r.stolliec
Drain Tile lor Sate.
4000I Sl'i'PLV OK K1I1ST CLASS
J drain tile for sale at the Kage brick
and tile factory I.at of Albany mar Knox
i.uttc. Call at the actnrv or address I'ropts
Ailstor, Albany Orcgcu".
PALACE
1X1 EAT MARKET
lAMi-.S V I 'ii'K.Prop.
HiM Mrc'i - . Ul:u
r. i i : I -, wui.nr.uti'li
special KOTKE.
DR. W. Q; NEGUS,
Graduate of the .Royal College of
London, England, also of the lidic-
vue Medical College.
The Dr. has spent a lifetime ol
study and practice' and makes a spe
cialty nl ch ron io, diseases, removes
cancels, strofrla enlargements, tumor?
and wens', without 'pain or the knife,
lie al niiikes a specialty of treat
ment w ii h cieetricky. Has praoti. ce
in the (Jciiiiau Ffehch and Englis).
hospitals. Calls promptly attended
dav or night. His'motto is
" "GOOD WILL TO ALL."
firOflice ami residence Ferry street,
between Third aai-Vourth.
9,999.00
IN GOLD
To Bo (jivcii Away.
Cut out this aiUeitisi nit lit ai.d s :id it
J. LA1IMER.V Ct)., Xutterjnian, Toronto,
Canada, with 14 three-curt Canadian, oi '21
two-cent American (iosige stamps, and thc
will send you by mail (postpaid) in good tinu
tor planting in April or May next, youi
choice of any one of the following colleetioi
of plants, and enter your name in competi
tion for the St),9j:).00 in gold that they an
giving away in order to ' introduce their nur
sery stock.
Collection of Flants
Xo, 12 hardy roses.
No. 2 2 hardy climbin; robes,
Xo. 32 overhlooniiiigjroses furjhcuse cul
ture. Xo. 4 2 dahlias.
Xo. 510 gladioli.
Xo. ti 3 hardy grape viiics.
No. 7 -S raspberry plants, 4 each black and
red: ,
No. 8--20 strawberry plants, 4 choice kine"s.
No. 0 f very choice plants four house cul-
T.turc.
Xo, 10 S cherry currants (rci1).
No. 115 Lees prolific currants (black)
No, 12 5 white grape Curriits
All letters with this advertisement enclosed
along with stamps for any one or more coi
tions of plants, will be numbered as thev
come to hand, and the senders of the Cm
thirteen hundred w ill receive gifts as follows:
1st 2;i0 I The next 20, 810 each.
2nd PX) ! The next 40, i each.
3rd - SO I The next 4 1 .', 82 each.
4th ::o 1 I he next s20, i'l each.J
..th 20 1
After f:0,oo letters hive been received, the
senders of the next 1,101 letters w ill receive
gifts as follows:
1st .2J'i I Next 10, IIS each
2nd l:i.) I Next 1.1, jlO each
2rd 7.1 I Next 40, Si each J
4t'n 50 Next 47o, 2 each
.It!-. - 2.1 i Next r.oo, jfl tach
Alt:r P. 0,000 letters have been received,
?S" Icisoltic nixt 1,000 fetters will rc-
g'lis Ir.l iws:
and . .,.?1K1 each j Next ;'. 520 each
:i, 4 and 5.. 75 each Next 15 10 each
li, 7 and 8. . . 50 each Next V.M 3 each
a. 10, 11, 12. 25 each Next (!!:: 1 each
After 1.10,000 letters have been received the
senders of the next 1.10U letters will leccive
gifts as fohows:
I , -.$10 -wt IKext $20teh
2 ,,. 75ea(.h j fi.t25...... 10 each
3 and 4 50. each llext 2 each
Next 5 25 each Next 79 leach
Any person may fend anv number of times
for any of the above collections, If o cents in
.-taisiis extra i seni, we wil send in Jun
next a printed list of th? names of all persons
who are entitled to gifts.
We make this liberal offer to readers of the
Hkkai.d, know ing it will not pay us now, but
our object is to intro luce our stock and fcuild
up a trade. Our mailing points are Toronto
and Shrubmount. Out., Rochester, X. Y.,
Louisville, Ky., Plainesvillc, O., and Chicago,
III., and we will guarantee all stock to reach
our customers in good condition. We employ
no agents, but deal direct with customers,
and can sell and delier ttoek to any part of
the Tinted States or Cinaua a about one
half the price charged by other nurserymen,
through agents. Remember we will not be
undersold by any reliable firm. Send us i
li.-t of wants and we will quote you prices; or
10 cents for a hand-nine illustrated catalogue
which you may deduct from your first order.
Address all letters
J. LAHMER & CO.,
Nurerynen.
TORONTO, CANADA.
WANTED.
THOSIS WISHING A FIRST
class piano, Hewing machine, the
latest music or artists' materials, will
find a bargain by calling at Mrs. H.
Ilyman's. The pianos are fully guar
anteed for live years. The best
pianos made to stand the climate of
the Pacific coast. The New Ameri
can Sewing Machine will please most
fastidious. Painting and music lee
sous given there. Stamping, Em
broidery and Dressmaking done to
order. No. 115 1st St., Albany, Or.
BANK OF OREGON,
ALBANY, OKEGON.
CAPITA!..
..$.o,uoo
President H. BRYAftT
iccPrcs JAY W. KL4I.V
Cashier . ... . II, P. .11EUKIIX.
A general liankijg business trans"
acted.
iirht exchange and telegraphic
transfer bought and sold on New
York, tan Francisco and Portland,
Ore iron.
Collection!: made on favorable terms
ALBANY
mm
ALBANY,
OREGON
IKSS ISStl
A Eull Corps of Instrucrs.to
Classical, scientific, literary, ecnimcrcial
and normal clauses. Courses of study ar
ranged tonn:et the needs of all grades of
students. Special inducements offered to
students from abroad. Tuition ranges from
!!."..". lo JSl'..-0 Per Term,
Instrunientarini-truction in music vi
jivcii by Miss Laura Ooltra.
hoani in private families r.t low r::;c.-. and
rooms for self ixiardinjf at "mail fpii .-i. A
carciui siii'i rviion exercised over pi;;
a;i;iy fr-;n booic.'
I or ciri ill r--. :.i 'l t;.ll particii':.rs, .....:r--s
tin- ; r : .
.! v '::.!.;:;; t v. cni ; r,
Alt anv, l i-i.
i M i -i ;
1 1 s i. l : -t iv;'
'.:
tollcfriate
Inrfitnta
lUOUlUlV
OVER THE NIAGARA.
Su-sc Brodie Swims the Honc
siioe Fulls in Safety.
Cl..l IX
KlUBKU SllT.
150 L:ves Lost at Antw"f Jt C.il)it:et
Meeting too (jji-rtioo of an E : raSes
sioii o CiL-ri.- VV; D .cat;ed.
Clifton. (Out.,) Sep, 7. Sieve
Drodie went over Hciocehoe Falls
tlii.-. morning in a rubber suit. He
pii ked n f below the falls in
an unconscious iurnlilion,' and
taken to Clifton. He recovered con
fcciousiiess no lonjj aiter, and an
examination shon s that lie is not
seno.isly injured.
liiodie, with Mive'al friends and
iiewspaiK-r coiTesponnents, arrived
last night. They led the hotel at
4 o'clock this liioi nitjy and went to
a point I'OO feet above the fal's.
Iiiodic then stripped and had his
body padded with eotlou hatting.
Ho then put on his rubber suit,
which was inflated, 52 inches
around the waist and 75 inches
around the chest. The headgear
was also inflated, while two steel
bands protected the body. At 5 :20
Drodie, with a paddle, entered the
water, caught the cur cnt, waved
his paddle and a few seconds later
was shot over the center of Horse
shoe falls. Luckily, he was shot
with lightning rapidity oyer the
outside of one falling volume of
water and was quickly lost in mist
and foam. He was" buried from
view nearly two minutes, when he
appeared on the surface. He was
carried lowaid the Ame- ican shore,
then suddenly huir cl lowaid the
Canadian shore, where his friend,
John Ledger, had ropes ready to
draw him from the wale. Ledger
was striuped and swam out 20 leet
with a rope fastened to his waist,
while W. E. Harding held the
other end on the shore, ledger,
a'ter soverai attempts, reached
Drodie and fastened the ropes to
the i' on band around his waist and
then swam ashoie, where he
assisted in pulling the dating swim
mer to the land. On Drodie's
being lifted on the rocky shore he
was ipiickiy snipped. Diandvwas
poured in smaM ju:intit:es on his
temple, while he was rubbed and
chafed but he was insensible 'and
blood oo.ed f om his no.se, caused
probably from the shock or concus
sion. iorl'U minutes Drod'e laid
unconscious until ammonia was
applied to his nosing and he began
to shiver and gesticulate- with hi?
hands. He giauuaily recovered
consciousness and it was then
found that his injuties were not se
rious. He expects to be able to go
to New York to-morrow.
Ho-.V l.l.OME I'iCi.T.
Niacaka, Sept. 7. In describ
ing the expeiience, 1'iodie says
that after he entered the river he
weakened and would have given
anything in the world if he could
reach the shore. He attempted
to get ashore by using the paddles,
when the swot current swept him
back and turned his feet towards
the brink of the cataract. When
he saw that it was imiKissible to
get out, he telt the same as a man
that was to meet his -death. Just
as he came to the brink of the
falls, he became unconscious
through fright, and remained so
until he struck the water, which
was churned into a foam at th
base of the falls, when he was
temporarily brought to, by the
force with which he struck the
water. Then he again lost con
sciousness and knew no more until
he found himself lying i on his
rubber suit at the water's edge.
There is no doubt that Drodie suc
cessfully went oyer the fa'ls.
THE ANTWERP EXPLOSION.
The Number Killed 100 -The Car
nage Kesembled a Battle.
Antwerp, Sept. 7. The fire is
still raging. All the efforts of the
firemen, assisted by the military
and populace, to quell it, having so
far proved unavailing. The decks
and shipping are untouched. A
judicial inquiry has been ordered.
! Til K KILLICI) AND INJL'itED.
It is now estimated that the
number of deaths by yesterday's
disaster will not exceed lbO. rTwo
hundred and fifiy persons were seri
ously and oO slightly injured. The
firemen and troops wcked through
the entire night on hourly shifts.
Many succumbed to the heat and
smoke and had te be conveyed to
hospitals on stretchers.
All work is now entirely confined
to keeping the tire from spreading
beyond the sheds and factories in
the dry docks.
The wind continues favorable.
Six million litres of jietroleum
are in flames.
INCIDENTS OK TIIK KX T .VJS10N.
The oilj it is expected, will con
tinue to burn at least until Mon
day. At the moment of the explosion
many workmen jumped into the
river Scheidt and were drowned.
A number of sailors and customs
oUiceis were killed on board the
ships by living bu'lets and ships
were riddled by missiles.
It is t slimaled that tons of
eait ridges cxpVdcd. TI. e noie
vv..-. !:t:U; ' limes av.;j. and incj
. . - i. 1:1; , 1 . l" : :
if.oui! w Jiicn iiiif.i iie uii w as
Lti' iici than thi.t cf a ereat battle.
Ii.n::.u he.i'!.-' and other pans
!..ive I've:: found haif a mile :iway.
One hundred and thirty whole
corpses lie in the morgues. The
charred heaps of human remains
reptescHts an unknown number of
dead.
The populace watched tbc flames
all night.
Those who have been dep" ived
of their homes by the fire are en
camped on the river banks.
Tie water works, which co.-t
c:(),f 00, is th ree parts destroyed .
A CABINET HGEIIMi.
T; Ouesl'on of C.'.lliB? an Kxtr.i
Schs'ob of Cit.?ress lHsi-os-il.
"WamtiNTton, Sept.'T. Secretary
Windom called at the while house
at o'clock this mo n;mr. at the
request of the president. After a
lonj consu'taiion he came back to
the t:easui y, where he procured
seme ofiic'af papers and returned
i.i time lo.join the cabinet m-eling
;.t 1 1 o'clock. The others present
were ecicta.-i's I 'rod or, Tracy
ai'd Noble. I,ostmastei,- lencal
Waiiamaker au l Attornev- ieneral
Miller.
The cabinet has been in session
over three boms. It is tinders' ood
that nearly two-thirds of that time
was devoted to the discussion of
the advisability of calling ai extra
;x-.-siorf of congress. Tne impres
sion is that a negative decision has
been arrived at.
WORSE THAN DEATH.
An Innocent Woman
Thirteen
Years in Prison.
KvNSAsCar (Mo.), Sept. G. A
c?se which is man; respects re
sembles that o: Mrs, Maybrick was
ended to day by the full and un
conditional pardon of Mrs. Hen
rietta Gook of Osborne cauntj,
Kas., by Governor Humphrey ef
that Slate, after she had been can
fined in the Stae Penitentiary for
over thirteen years with the death
sentence constantly haugiDg over
her.
The woman had married in 111 f
nois in 1SGG, as it afterward ap
pealed, out of spite, and she and
her husband did not live happily
together. One day he wa3 taken
very ill in a field and was carried
home and nursed by his wife until
she was worn out, when she was
taken to a neighbor's forest.
During her absence her husband
died, and as she had shottly b .loie
obtained strychnine from a neigh
bor, the dead man's stomnch was
examined, nud, attcr a jury trial,
the woman was convicted and sen
tenced to be confined in the Pem-lentia-y
until th Governor should
der her execution.'
Thiee jears ngo two huufels ap
piarid bo.'oie the State Hoard of
l'aidocs and swore that Cook, who
had been with them on huntid
trips, hud used Ftrychaine fr
heait troubles. This bore out Mrs.
Cook's statement, and the board in
vestigated further and found the
woman had suffered wrongfully.
They recommended her pardon to
Governor Martin, but he refused to
pardon her. Governor Humphrey,
however, did so to-day.
HEAVY DAMAGE SPIT.
Two Colored 'Men Want On Hun
dred Thousand Dollar.
Galveston. Tex., Sept. G.
Charles M. Fcrgusan, ex-district
clerk of Fort Bend county, aud
James K. Davis, engaged as a
teacher in the public school of that
county, being two of the colored
men who were driven out ef tbc
County about a year ago, have
since taken up their homes at
Nashville, Tenn., and have institut
ed a suit :u the United States court
again st some forty odd leading
white citizens of Frt Bend county
for damages aggiegcinj 100,000.
Fcrgusrn owned a good deal of
pre pert v in the county, which he
had to abandon, as well as his office.
NINE MEN KILLED.
A Remarkable Display of Electric
Force In Georgia.
Macon, Ga., Sept. G. There was
a remarkable display ot electric
force in Southwest Georgia this
morning near Albany. II. II.
Home, John Shivers and J. W.
Shisor were instantly killed. They
were on their wav to market with
cotten, and sought lefuge from the
shower und?r a tree.
Near Hardaway a railway bridge
was struck and knocked out of line
Six men who had sought shelter
under it were killed. Their names
are not reported.
Itisnrming an I nitecn Foe.
"This was sometime a paradox," as
Hamlet says. Since, however, the
people of America and other .'ands
have been eaablcd to pit Hostetter's
Stem a ;h Bitters against that unseen
foe, malaria, it is no longer a paradox,
hut an easy possibility. Whatever
malaria evolves its misty venom to
poison the air, and decaying unwhole
some vegetation impregnater the
water, there, in the very fctronghold
of miasma, is the auxiliary potent to
disarm the foe and assure efhcient
protection. Fever and ague, bilious
remittent, flu mo asue ana acne cake,
no matter how tenaciously they have
fastener their clutch on the system,
are lirst forced to relax their gras
ami eventually to abandon it alto
ircll.cr. lint it i-" prevent". 'c force
I l:al should chiefly recommend the
bitter '.i persons dwelling in nii'laria-
tneil localities, for it is a certain
Inn -kK t of ih l'e:ce against which Use
enemy . poweil-s. Cures, likewise, j
ilv-i'i'i -i:1- iliei;t.i;;t'si;i, hitlney and !
hiliiuus ailment?. !
THE SDEPEISE.
Joy met Srr:w iu a place
Where the branches interlace.
Very fC. ret, still and sweet,
.ife O'om all profaning feet.
"Wuvail here':" .lov, r-t.irllcd. cried.
'"Why art here''' giay Sorrow sighed.
"I came here to weep," .-aid -loy,
''Tears are ever my employ,"
Mm mined Sarrow, "Yet I see
nVarj as grateful were to thee.
Come yoiinvf novice, a'ul lie taught
low to ease thy heart o'er fraught."'
ey sat down at Sorrow's feet
And was taught a lcson tweet.
iVm ..ould he make kind return;
"oiTow, art too old to learn?
'y? .Theu- tarry yet awhile.
'I I've taught thee how to smile'.'
Since ihat hour the two have been
Lon.'d :i by niyst-jrious kin;
Since, that hovrthey so exchange
'.'cars' and smile, "lis n"thin? ftraci:e
f some imes a pcz"ii:d heart
Scarce cm iell Jie twain apart.
Edith Thomas in JJoston Tianserit.
Ill MOKOHS Dili FT.
It's fogy tp wish long life to a
golden-weddiDg couple. The latest
form is: "Here's elixir of life to
YOU."
Teu don't look for motes in the
eyes of your summer girl ; you look
for the beams.
In treating the sealing pioblena
the United States need only go in
with a Rush and wis.
Sitting Bull, in the failure ot his
opposition to the sale cf the Dakota
Indian lands, is left in the Siovxp.
What is now needed, and needed
badly, is the immediate organiza
tion of a trust to manage the other
trusts.
One hundred years ago to-day
ot a single game of base ball was
p'.ayed anywhere in the United
States. Now look at us.
There i3 a sign on an under
taker's establishment iu this city
which reads: "'The wants of the
deceased attended to at prices
which defy competition."
Accepted Suitor Won't you find
i: awkward when you meet your
other two husbands in heaven?
Interesting Widow I do not ex
pect to meet either of them there.
Not that John L. Sullivan has
been tl.i ut into jail, all the cross
road pugilists in the country will
vow that he was put there to k?cp
them from hurtiag him.
First Stranger (in Bustou) Can
you tell mc how to rech Washing
ton street? Second Stranger
That's jusi where 1 want to go.
Let's work together. You go
south and I'll go noith, and we'll
report progress every iime we meet.
Summer Baarder -Your cata
logue said there was no mosquitoes
hereabouts, 3Ir Makemoncy, but I
killed seven last night. Make
money -Yes, sir; no doubt, sir.
But tbem there catalogues were
sent out in March.
He was the dunce ot his class;
that was what was said of him.
But one day the teacher put this
question to him: "How do you
pronounce s-t-i-n-g j
It de
pends a jood deal on whether the
word refers to a person or a bee,"
was the reply.
Quest (to restaurant-table girl)
What have -. you got tor diaaer?
Table Girl Iloastbeeffricassed
c h i k e stewenlamohashbakedand
fried potatoeslndianpnddingmilk
andevffte. Guest Give me the
third, leuth, fifth, sixth, eighteenth
aid nineteenth syllables.
A BI; CNDEKTAKINC.
Wanamaker'g Proposition to In
crease the Telegraph Service.
New York, Sept. 7. Postmaster-General
Wanamaker recently
snmmonad to Washington the var
ious officials ot the telegraph com
panies in order to lay beforo tbem
some details ot and aake proposals
for a new postai telegraph service,
which he has had under considera
tion, for some tine. Dr. Green.
president of the Western Union.
was one of these officials, and has
just returned from the conference,
Ho gave this afternoon to a reporter
some details oi tne proposed
scheme.
Dr. Green did not look upon the
project in a very favorablo light.
It would be distinctly second-class
delivery service. There would not
be immediate delivery by post
ofiices, but stated times of delivery,
as is the case with letters now.
Business and commercial men, hs
believed, would not avail them
selves of such service when they
can have flist-c'.a?s service messages
delivered by the company the very
moment received
It is, however, the extension ef
the (elegraoh service that farms the
chief feature of Wanamaker's
scheme. There arc at present
59,000 postofficcs in the country.
About l'oOO have telegraphed ser
vice. Dr. Green said ot the 19,000
receiving oniccs wliicn the com-
pauv now has, about to-thirds
were profitless.
Dr. Green was vcrv much in
clined iv uouot isie financial suc
cess if extending the lines to 40,
0U0 little place- in order to make
the blessings o:
vice well nish
the ttlegr;
it." sex
tor the
univus.;!
k cp!e.
Tl.eb;.-f kid gicw over Irou-rat
Albany f r :,.o0 ;.t Kcadi. w
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