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The Finest Line of Pianos and Organs, in the
Willamette Valley. :
CAUj iliAAAIlNE his stock
n t TTfl' 1 1 i M snots unless
rtUllvn ine Donom. u tne dealer cannot ruvdIv vou. aeml dinv tn
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Caa tori fa Dr. Smml PlttWs
Iwfata and Children'
yarKorio or Mswedo 8ymp.
ilsns of Mothara blesa Caatorta.
ffntTl rnrrl CSntteZ Coratfrmtfan
tjnar Stomach, Diarrhoea, BractaUon ;
CHrea beajtby sleep ; alita sids digestion J
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The best French Jiaiio oe wed corset in the market. Try them once.
..You never will wear any other, Money refunded if not found entirely
. satisfactory ' " ' "'. '
F. H.
.Proprietor of.
Albany Soda Works
Aud manufacturer of
Confectionery.
We are now prepared to, furnish choice,
fresh canuies of beat grade, consisting of
pure stick, assorted flavors, mixed candies,
extra French and chocolate creams, fancv
mixed, candy toys and a jtncrol assortment
of fine candies
AT W IIOLEs.4 Liu, K KM"
Orders from count'y dealers promptly at
ta. Factory on Kirst street -
tended to. Factory o:
ALBANY
OREGON
Contractor and Builder.
DC, SHELL WILL FURNISH PLA
specifications and details for all kin of
building and architecture. All work pron.pt
' 1y done and guaranteed to be first-class. fcj
timates furnished on short ncticc for brick
joL'dinjfs, residences, nubile buildings,
ridps, etc
PFEIFFEK
Choice
goods
fi. L BLACKMAK
DKALU IS-
Drugs, Faults, Oils.
Perfumery and toilet article
lso a full line of books sue"
stationery, periodicals, etc.
EET Proscriptions ,carefum
compounded
iN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE
Albany Oregon
CARRIES -
. L. Douglas' name and price arestamnrd or.
tine Calf, Heavy Hand train
ana vrecdnioar Waternrnar.
Bent la the World. Examine Ills
$.1.00 Cienniae Hand Sfwrd
nnor.
4.00 HandSewed WeK shoe.
:(.5 Pollre and Farmers' boe.
s.60 extra value Vair Shoe.
w k 9-4 vtoruinsmen's
Shoe.
3.0 and JM.35 Koyit' .srhool
, Anoes.
All Made In Congress, Ration
and Lace.
W k 2 SHOES .11
OR
ADJKS
SHOK IOR MISSF.S.
BEST MATEKIAL,
BEST STYLE,
BP:ST FITTING
w. l. iok;l.is.
Brorbtoa. Man.
L. E. BLAIN.
is
ola timiwi
qaiolr
Complafata ggpariay
ta Caaiov
CUIdMa tarr t or Caatoria.
Mil-
"V reeommend Cactorta for chfldr. .V
romplaints,as superior toaay prescription
tJowntomB. H. A. Aschkk. M. D..
Ul So. Oxford St, Brooklyn. N.V.
9xa Cotauk CoMPAarr, 77 Mnrray S&, 31 eir York.
I
CORSETS
rBBBPerfection of Fit
COMFORT & STRENGTH
YOUNG
Sole A.gent foAjlbany
Suburb
Property!
an
LOTS IN
BURKHART'S 1MRK ADDITION
This Addition offers suj)erior ad
vantages for residence property,
commanding a view of the whole
city and but a short walk from the
business portion of town, For sale
by
WBITSMAX IUIKT3HO'S.
IF. 2 Mcl'HEltSON,
ViRST TICKET.
.REAL ESTATE BROKER.
Insurance businessfransacted' and mciiev
oancd 1 have a larpe list of improved and
unimproved eiiy proi city and fruit, garden
andfurir bnl in Har-c and small tracts. As
1 (ell o; f " rmndssionciily, if you wish to buy
or sell it ill pjy you to cine and sec n;c
H.
EWERT. PRACTICAL WATCH MAKE
aiiu jeweler, Albany, Oregon,
ALBANY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY
PfKMR
Absolutely Pure.
l his powaer never varies. A niarvei
ol purity, strength and wholes. meneB3
More eroDomical man the ordinary
kinds, and cannot be sold in competi
tion witb multitude of low test, short
weight alum or phosphate powderb
8old only in fins, Royal Baxijj" jow
deb Co., lOT. "Vail t.. N. S".
Lrwis M. .Ioiixsox'& Co., Agents,
Portland, Oregon.
rUl'SICIAN
W H. DAVIS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND
it sun'eon. Can be found at his office
room ir. Strahan's block, First street. Albany
uregon-
ri vr. uaston, physician am:mk
VX geon, Albany, Oregon.
ELLIS. PHYSICIAN
AND SURr
gcon, Albany Oregon .
a
C. KELLY. PHYSICIAN AND SUR-
ifcon Albany, Oregon, office in .Pierce's
new block. Office hours, from 8 A. m. to 4
r. u.
A.
J. KOSSITER, VETERINARY SUR-
geon. graduate of Ontario veterinary
cowege andimemDer of toe Ontario vetenn
ary medical society, is prepared to treat the
diseases ol all domesticated animals on
scientific principles. Office at Ans Marshall'
livery stable. Residence 4th and Calapooia
streets, Albany, Oregon.
E. A. McAliktkr noMKor ATinc rnv
sician and surgeon Has removed his
office into Crawford's block. All calls prompt
ly ancnaea in,
DR;G. A. WHITNEY. PHYSICIAN AND
surgeon. Graduate of liciievue Hospi
tal Medical College. New York City. Difcaees
ofwmncn a specialty. Office in at residence
on Tth street between C'a'a;ouia and Vine,
Albany Oresron.
DK. I.
Sursc
w. sTAiu:, physician and
rseon. late of lirnwnsviiic. Or. Offirc
in the Stmlmn-I'ear, e block upstairs in tl.e
rear rooms on the main hall. Cal's pron.ntlv
attended to in citj' or eminUy.
rR. M. J. PATTOV. PHYSK'IAN AND
U hurifeon, lilumlteri; a Hliwk. Albany. Or.
IVinale iliseaiics a s(K'' iultv
C'a-i be found
n me onice.aayor ni'nt
ATTOU.:iK.
J.
N. Dt'NCAN ATTORNEY-AT LAW
and notary public. O'liee in tlic Straban
bloc!., rcoiiM No. l ami -2.
D. R. S. ULA( KKCRN. t. w. W RIUIIT.
BLACKBl KN, & WRIGHT AITORNKY AT
Law, Albany, On u. I ft.n; in Odd
r t How's Temple. 4'ill practice in all courts
of the state, and 1,'ive special ctlcntion to all
business.
IlOLVERTON CHARLES E. A ITOUNEY
at Law, Albany, Or. Olbre in rooms 13
and It,
store.
roster's Dlock, oer L. K. Dlain's
f K.
WEATHFUKORD, A1TORNEY AT
.', Albany. Oreiron. office in tin-
fl . law, Albany,
F'linn Rl.ek. Will mactice in all tbe
courts of thestate, and especial attention
u an oiisiuess
Javf p mead, aitornf:y-at law
and title examiner, Albany. Or. Will
practice in all the courts of th state. Ab
stracts of title furnished oil short notice.
Ten years experience.
Land Survcylnc
PARTIES PKHIK1NO Bl RVKyiXO DONS CAN OB
tain accurate and prompt w ork bv callinsr
upon ex-county survcjoi F, T. T. Fisher. He
hascomplttc copies of Held notes and town
ship plats, aud is prepare 1 to do surveying hi
any part of Linn county. 1'ostolticc address,
Millers Station, Linn cou ltv. Oregon.
0'
RK00.N KLICTKIC HKLIKF IS TI1R MOST F.I.S-
irant medicine in the world for interna
and external use. and f . r pain oi any nature.
You will never And its eiua!. Ask j'our
drugjristfer it.
Contractor and Builder
rpHE UNDERSIGN EPjIIAVING LOCATED
X in Albany solicits patronage from city
and country Will contract to build bridges,
barns, and all manner of dwelling houses,
including Oueen Anne, Eastlake and Eliza
bcthian stvlej of buildings. Will famish
plans and sp(cificatirii8 free of charges. Satis
faction guarantee1 W. C. OASSEL. !
flano TanliiK.
T)ARTIF-S DESIRING PIANOS TUNED
j. snouiu can upon rroi. u, van : llom
of this city, the well known and reliabfr
piano tuner. He is we'l known to the people
jf Albany and the entire State, harinsr had
years of ixperiencc in this business, also in a
pianoforte manufactory, ami nas no-fqual in
that line of Dusincss, it always pajs to
patronize home enterprise and the pnblic
snouiu rememucr tnat tncy can now get
pianos tuned in a more skillful . manner in
Albany than elsewhere in the State, Leave
orders at Vt ill & Link s
w
ANTED MAN OF ' GOOD SELLING
ability to represent us as sales aucnt in-
mis icwn, (Tw to if-jouo per year can be
mado ) Address, Wanamakcr tt Drown,
rniiaueipnia, ra
The largest clothing and merchant tutor
ing house in America.
UINE CIGARS-lJiPOHTED. KEY WEST
X anil Domestic, embracing tho celcbratol
F'lor do Madrid. Estrellas, Conquerors aud
other choice brands in tho Wells, Fargo and
western union telegraph office building
fyhemctnbcr the place.
lest of i
Iiibtcad of ollcring a prize that only
benclits the lucky one, or sending out
conuacniiai slips qs baits, wt propose
to openly oiler the citizen of Albany
and vicir.ity choice goods at bedrock
prices and give
5 Per Cent Discount
For cus-li on each dollar's worth at
regular retail prices, until .Tun.l, 1V.KJ
Ugliest prices paid for chickens, og"s
and butter. Thunking you for y.nir
past patroriairi: and rolioiting your
trade Tor tl:e future, I heg t) teuiain
at y..i:r service. J. M. I5. KDU K.
OVER THE WIRES.
The Republican
Legislature
Of
Montana Decla:
ed Legal.
THE
PAY.
.COSGKESS.
Fraoce Wants a
Frotentive
'tarifi-Tbe
CDrcaei's Jc ia ihe laiffen Harder
Case Arms' at A Yerdict.
4 :
The IIbbali) s S5i-cukl .'ipaicnes.j
Helena (Mo.it.'iJan. 8. ine
supreme court to-day decided the
Thompson mandumcn.! c-aso by
granting a ierenaHOfyTn: onier-
ms.thf hiate auoiiOT ito anow
Tliomi)K.,u's bill fcv.aoileasie and
per dieiu. Tbomprif.ls the re
publican member Jf the legislature
from Silver Bow county, being one
of the five elected by throwing out
Tunnel precinct. The court goes
into the question of the certificates
and sustains the position oi tne re'
publicans. The ceruncaies irom
the 6tate revising board are only
. . . - . t . m
orima facie evidence oi tne mem
bers of the legislature. This
decision makes the republican body
the legal legislature.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
A Namber of Important Measures
Before CingTess.
Washington', Jan. 28. The
house to-day passed a bill provid
ine that in cases of pension claims
of dependent parents it shall be
necessary only to show to the pea
sion office tnat toe parents are
without other metns of support
than the pension allowed.
A memorial was presented in the
senate by Chandier for the estab
lishment of a republican form of
government in the state of Missis
B1DP1. '
Morrell intioduced abill author
izing tho issue of treasury notes
Of
deuosit or silver bills, it was re
ferred to the committee on finance
A resolution was offered by Mc
Millan and adopted, instituting
library committee to inquire and
report as to the propnety ol pur
chasing the Stanley collection
Indian historical relics now in the
tustodv of the Smithsonian Insti
tute.
THE TARIFF Ifl FRANCE.
Strange to Say the Frenchmen Want
a Protective Tariff,
Paris, Jan. 28. Tho bureau of
the chiimbei of deputies will to-
dav elect a tariff committee. De
bates which have lalten place in
various bureaus indicate that the
majority of them will elect mem
bcrs of the committee who favor
protection.
The Knlffen Murder.
Trenton, N. J., Jan. 27. The
coroner 8 jury in the Kninen mur
der case brought in a verdict this
morning declaring that Mrs. Knif-
fen died from chloroform adminis
tered by persons as yet unknown,
aud further stating that the jury's
labors had been hampered by the
witholdingof important evidence,
which will come before the grand
jury.
Baseball Suit Decided. :
Nf:w York. Jan. 28. Judge
O'Brien has decided the suit of the
New York baseball club m John
M. "Ward, in favor of the brother
hood. FROM rCXDLKTOX.
Arrival of rreiiden4:ef the Union
Pacific -A Sensation. '
I'ENprTjnv 04 J rresr-
dent Charles '.
Francis Adams, of the
'tw6 directors
ed HhrTjgh here
aJlTheV bad been
BhVwbotind at UtrnttiiftOB for1 a few
oays.. i ucy ape oq a loofoi mspec
t!dn, nd fjo by; tbe'Bbtlaa' and to
Astoria. - " Y
r ''A. feeniatlon took place 6ere last
night, William ,IhiDlapv a saloan
kben9:TorinV:iamD of the
legislature from7 'Clatsop caunfy,
assaulted bis "wife witb a big knife.
She ran into the ttreeta in her
night dress screaming. Dunlap
was arrested : as ' he was reaviog
town, and held to await the grand
1 SOENE'IN COUKT.
Chicago Lawyers Bruise Each
Other During (a Trial.
Chicago, Jan. 27. There was a
lively time at investigation of the
Deimcl failure to-day. Lawyer
Newman threw a heavy stamp at
Lawyer Majer, who is prosecuting
the investigation. m. the scrim
mage following Rudolph Deimcl
gave Mayer a right-bander on the
jaw. A seal ring cut Mayer's face
sadly. Another attorney then
flocred Deimel. After this the
fight was stopped. Tbc master in
chancery has uaked 'Judge Collins
to inflict heavy contempt noes.
Mackayltallrotd Consolidation.
New Yobs. Jan. 27. At a spec
ial meeting ol the directors of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad
in this rity to dy, ty. J. Matkay,
of the; Evam ville & Tcrre llauto
system, wu elected president, Ex
l'res'uleiit Porter nmle chairman;
y,. V. Milli'ird.secrejji'y and treas
urer of the Chicn" & Eastcru Iili
of the 'road, pitVa
to dav tPorilahi
JANUARY 29, 1890.
nois, was elected a director or ice
EvaDsvilie and Terre Haute corn
pan j. A contract tor joint work
ing of the two companies was ex
ecuted and a committee appointed
to consider the consolidation pio-
position.
SPANISH rOTTEKY.
rretty Tilings For
Country
Houses.
There are lew styles of pottery
morn effective for decorative pur
poses than some of the rude wares
made by tue Spanish and Portu -guesc
peasantry and imported by a
few houses in this city. The olue
and white Spanish ware is found
in water bottles with cups;
unwieldy cups and saucers; plates
vases in old Moorish shapes, water
jars and other piece?. The color
f this ware is nearer to tne oiue
of old noHoiid Delft than anything
dw made. The decoration on
some of the vases and on the hang
ing water bottles, which ceme in
flat, round canteen shapes, when in
arabesque patterns of lilies' is
especially effective. Such banging
bottles may be made tne receptacles
of a bunch of graceful dried grasses
or may bold in water a growing
ivy. Small pitchers ot tnis ware,
charming vases for a cluster ot
crimson rese9, are only 15 cents;
wash-bowls and pitchers are f o.
tad the hanging bottles ana vases
are $1 50 upward. The red glazed
Spanish wares, decorated in slight
conventional style, have been
readily sold to people of refined
taste, because of their odd and
quaint appearance. The pretty
porridge bowls and saucers which
sell at 25 and 20 cents each were
used last summer on elegant break
fast tables at Newport lor oatmeal
and other grains. The wash-bowls
and pitchers which come in this
ware and sail at $1 50 are used in
sum mar cottages and are strong,
a3 well as effective, and are not as
apt to chip as the blue and white
ware. Spaniards also make a ware
with a decaratioa in greens and
bine with neutral colors wbicu is
distinctively different from any
other ware. Moorish water bottles
in globular shape, with the curving
handle on top and two spoutc, one
to fill and one to pour, are shown
in this ware and are decorated in
various ways, often with fence bars
and a leaping bull, which may
have escaped from some unseen
toreador's sword . The landscape
is drawn with that delightful od
livion to perspective. The unglazed
Portuguese ware ef fine red clay
is decorated artistically ' witb
geometric figures outlined on the
surface, though done by the hands
of peasants. It is used chiefly for
water bottles and quaint Moorish
water jars. This ware possesses
the power ovaperating any watci
from its surface. A drop spilled
on it seems to disappear by magic.
Ice water decanted into one ol these
jars may be kept cool all night by
the continued evaporation
of the moisture collecting on the
jar. Even lukewarm water may
be l educed to a low temperature
in this way. The Orientals who
use this method of cooling water
sametimes moisten the outside of
these water jars. This method of
cooling water was. no doubt, intro
duced into Spain by the Moors.
To obtain the best effect the coaler
should stand on a balcony in the
eight air Quaipt brackets, cabi
nets and other pieces are shown in
Moorish woodwork 'decorated all
over fn bright 'colors, aud ' are ex
ceedipglv effective and pretty.
Such brackets begin' in price at
12 00'; cabinets cost f 15 and more,
but it Should 'remembered " that
they am painted bv hand quite
elaborately though ' rudely, and
genet ally, with true feeling, tor
colrr. Spanish fans painted witb
toreadors and bulls are also inex
pensive items useful for decorative
purpeie.
Impassable Snow Drifts.
East Washing onian ; Never in
the history of this country have
the roads been so filled with snow
drifts. Tbc snow has not been so
deep, but the wind has blown al
most every day or every other day.
The roads been broken so as to be
passabloand one night of wind has
completely nuea inem up aga.n
The wind would first blow from
the east and then from the west, so
that it has been a matter of impost
bility to keep the roads in anything
like a passable condition
Baeblea's Aralea Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Bores, Ulcers, Salt
hheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Ilunds. ' Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It ! is
Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded, price cents
ner box. For sale by Foshay &
Masoc,
Duroo's Catarrh Snuff.
Sure cure for sore eves, deafness,
headache, and the worst forms ol
estarrh in the bead and throat. Price
25 cents. - So'd by Foshay A Mason,
Albany, Oregon, .
Pocket Cutlery.
The largest and finest display
every brought to this valley just
received at Stewart & Sox's. Call
and examine.
Job Printers,
Paisley &
THE BLOCKADE.
The Situation on the Southern
Pacific Worse Than Ever.
CARRYING IN PROVISIONS.
An Enormous Loss to the Southern Pacific
Over One Hundred Miles o! Track
Tot to Be Cleared.
Sax r'ltAM iseo, Jan. 27. The con
dition of the snow blockade on the
Oregon & California railroad virtually
remains the same. It is raining and
snowing at different points on the
Siskiyou8 to night, and no one knows
when the track will be cleared. Kau-
road authorities have at last heard
from Assistant General Superintend
ent Pratt. Ho ia two miles south of
Dunsmuir, and with 3C0 men had on
hand to-day provisions for onlythree
davs. Abont 100 men, with ten days
provisions, left Redding this morning
to clear the road from that place to
Sims, so as to have an open track up
to where Pratt now is.
As to the financial loss that the
Southern Pacific Company has sus
tained, only an approximate idea can
be given. For actual repairs that
have been made since the winter
storms have set in it has paid out
Borne S250.000. The loss that has
been sustained from dimiauhed freight
and passenger revenues was something
like half a million up to last Thursday.
Since that time the daily loss to tne
comDanv from all sources has been,
according to General Superintendent
f ilimore. sauuu. inis aauy jobs con
tinues, with every prospect that it
will be the same ah this wek.
Regarding rail communication from
this citv to interior town, the situa
tion showed late to-nieht that all
three of the lines from here to Sacra
mcnto are now open. Ihe same is
true of the toads from Vallejo to
Napa and Calistoga and from Napa
Junction to Santa Hosa. South o
the citv the state ot affairs is also
much better. On the coast division
of the SouMiern Pacific Company the
line is open to San Jose, Monterey
and Santa Marguerita, being all on
the main line of the road. The branch
line from l'ajaro to Santa Cruz is still
closed. The South Pacific Coast road
is in running order to Los Gatos.
The Los Anueles line is open, but the
excessive rainfall in S.n Joaquin val
ley last night caused a great deal of
damage n the branch iine from
Fiesno to Porteryille and on the one
from .Goshen to Alcalde. The San
Francisco North Pacific "road is now
ia working order to'Cloverdale, while
the .North, ractuc (Joast people are
running trains only as far as Howard
mails tiling rp.
Sax Fraclsto, Jan. 27. The
steamship Santa Rosa sailed this
morning for Portland, without carry
ing the United States mail for the
north which had accumulated here
in great volume owing to the com
plete railway blockade. It appears
that the steamer Columbia, which
sailed for Portland last week, charged
the United Ststea government $1 per
mail bag, but the government only
offered 50 cents per bag for mail to go
by the Santa rtosa, which the steam
ship company refused. The company
cites that the British government pays
this American line 54 per mail bag tor
carrying mails from this port to Vic
toria, and that when the home gov
ernment cut the rate to 50 cents they
declined. Two weeks' mail for the
north remains here.
There was some talk of sending
Portland mail by th revenue cutter
Richard Rush, but for coal and pilot
age over the Columbia river bar the
expenses of the Rush would be $200
more than the steamsnip onerea to
carry the mail for." ' The railroad com
pany is paid $8700 a month for carry
ing the man from oan rranciscoto
Portland, while the steamer price ia
but 96X00.
ONE HUNDRED MILES TET TO CLEAB.
Sissov, Cal., Jan. 27, A strong
south wind blew to-day, indicating a
renewal of the storm. The sua was
shining occasionally, while snow fell
in the sourrounding mountains, ihe
railroad shows no improvement, and
is in a worse condition tfcan a week
ago. Two cyclone snowplows would
work wonders, . ihe two plows work
ing still remain where they wero a
week ago. The anow is thawing in
the day time and . freezing at night.
This makes the mass very compact,
rendering removal difficult The
en-irroity of work may be realized
when it is stated that there are over
100 miles of track to clear.
The
Psychology Epidemics.
The Lancet.
Every epidemic carries in its train
curious eraggeration of : many well
recognized characteristic, and these
frequently call for appreciation and for
treatment almost as much. as the
disease in which they originate. Per
haps'one of the most striking of these
mental perversities is to be found in
the idea that ' the epidemic is to be
treated by "common-sense,", or by
nostra which hay e been b-rgely ad
vertised, or by specifics which are
known, to the laity mainly through
their frequent mention in the daily
press. Those suffering under this
delusion feel that it is wholly un
necessary to seek skilled assistance,
and they boldly dose themselves with
remedies of whose power and prop
erties they are absolutely ignorant.
In Vienna it has already been found
necessary to forbid the - sale of
aotipyrin, except under doctors' pre
scriptions, as no less than seventeen
deaths were attributed to stoppage of
the heart's action owing to overdoses.
The freedom with which the Drescrin-
tion of this remedy has bceu assumed
by the public has long since been
Vol. y.no. 52.
viewed with anxiety by the medical
profession, and frequent warnings
have already fallen upon deaf ears;
and yet it is to be feared that if the
epidemic of influenza should spread
many more examples of recklessneM
will have to be recorded. .
CANCELLED STAMPS.
You Can Find a Market for Three
or Four Miiions of Them.
lias any one 1,000,000 stamps or
500,000 or 100,000? The roan who
has long been wanted by people who
have saved up stamps and who have
jealously guarded them for years has
been founi. He actually buys can- -celled
stamps by the million or the
hundred thousnd. This cheerful
tews is given for the benefit of those
who have cried out for information
from time to time. But the man who
buys them does not expeit to see
them redeemed, nor is he trying to re
lieve the sufferings of those who have
carfnliy boardeo the - "little - grveri
uns, tD3 tnree-eent sump, and tne
five-cent stamp, and the stamp of all
kinds, tint the seekers of wealth by
stamp-selling are not likely to acquire
great fortunes in this way. II they
have only collected a ,few thousand,
or even, luu.uuu tney would better
become dtscpnraed and give it up,
for the wholesale market price of can
celled postage stamps (unless for some
particular reason thy are extrinsi.
cally more valuable) is $100 a million.
And that ia $10 a hundred thousand.
"Why do I boy .pastage stamps?"
said G. B. Caiman, of No. 299 Pearl-
at to a N. Y. Tribune reporter.
Wh r, to ell them, of course."
"Who wants them?"
"If people did not want them, I
certainly should not buy them."
"Give one instance ot a reasonable
demard for them."
"Well, there is a big cigarette com
pany which has a cancelled stamp on
a picture which is given away with
every box of cigarettes. The com
pany uses millions of them."
Another."
"A oertain publication gives a
stamp book for so many coupons go
ing with the papers."
"What kind of stamps do you buy?"
"All kinds."
"But who wants common green
two-cent stamps? They are not ran ."
"Well, they are less common in
Western Bulgaria than in New-York
City. I buy stamps in all parts of
Europe and bring them to America,
and I ship American stamps to all
parts of Europe."
"How many stampB do you buy a
year?"
"I bought over 50,000,000 last year.
For fifteen years I have averaged
about 20,000,000 a year."
"What becomes of them?"
"Think of all the shops where
stamps, arc cold. A great many peo
ple make collections, and the stamps
are al! gathered for them in this way."
'What do you pay for stamps?"
"One hundred dollars for a million
of any kind, I don't care what they
are, I will take them. But I paj a
great deal more for rare ones, of
course. Sometimes people find old
stamps which have been lying around
for years. Frequently they are very
valuable."
"Suppose you were to get an order
to-day for 50,000,000 could you fill
it?"
"Yes."
4 'Would you buy as manj ?''
"Yes."
"How do you handle them?"r
"Those packing cases there are full
of them. You see the stamps are as
sorted and put in envelopes and boxed
for shipment.
. "It would not pay, would it, ta
count 1,000,000 two-cent stamps;
how do you manage that?"
"We can estimate them almost pre
cisely by weight,"
"So cancelled stamps really have a
market value?"
"If they did uot, as I said before. I
should not buy ' them. Bring around
million or two, in boxes or baler.
and see for yourself. T.ere are few
things in these days tnat are allowed
to go to waste."- And be picked up a
package of foreign stamps and gavo
them tojtho reporter as a neat-egg.
Saved By a Parrot's Cry.
Oakland letter la the San Franciaoo Fuunioer.
"Fire I Tire! Gtt out, getout ! '
This was the cry that awakened
the family of Mrs. M. D. Matthews'
at 4 o'clock tbia morning.
Mrs. Matt he ws's residence is on
j. uiwic, ucjouu ixoiaeu
Gate, and upon the alarm beiou
sounded the family, consisting ot
tne motner and ner three childret .
beat a hasty retreat from the heus. ,
which was rapidlj being ooneume;
by fire. It wai not until after th
family bad rushed out into th
street that they realized the sourc
from which their warning ha .
been received, and then they fe.
the deepest gratitude toward th
agent of their deliverance. Th
savior of the family was a parroi .
Upon the breaking out of th
flames from a defective fluo a pe
bird bad set up its cry of alari
and aroused the family in time lo
them to make ! their flight. Th
escape was a narrow one and tb
mother' was compelled to rush ou
in the cold night air with he
children, in acanty clothing. Bu
aa soon as tho family realized th
their liveB had been saved' by th.
parrot they determined to save tb.
bird's life, and Peter Matthews, i
son of Mrs. Matthews, rushed it
and effected the rescue.
Paisley & Fish have just re
ceived from the East a large i
voice of job printing stock, inclu
mg paper, bill and note head
cards, invitations, and they
better prepared than aver to ext
cute fine work at vcrv low rate,
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