The Oregon
gout
VOL. II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY (5, 188(5.
NO. 32.
THE OREGON SCOUT.
An Independent weekly Journal, Issued cvo y
Saturday by
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers aud Proprietors.
A K. Jones, I
Editor, f
J D. Ciiancet,
I Foreman.
KaTKS OF SUI1SCUIPT10N:
One copy, ono year 51 r.O
" Six lnoiulis 1 (M
' " Three months 73
Invtirlntily cash In urlviinco.
Kites of advertising- made known on appli
cation. Correspondence from nil parts of tbocounty
solicited.
Addrecs nil communications lo A. K. Jones,
Kdllor Orcn.in t-eout. Union. Or.
liodgc Directory.
OllANIl IlONIIK VAI.I KV l.OIXJK, JfO. Ml. A. F.
and A. M. Meets on iho second and fourth
tut unlays of each month.
O. IJ. Uem., Y. M.
C. K. Davis, Secretary.
Union J.owu:. No. !. I. O. O I'. Regular
meeting on Friday evenings of each Keck at
their hall In I'nlon. All brethren In uooJ
(tunilluir arc luvltud to Httond. Hy order ot
tho lodjro. S. W. Lono, N. 0.
G. A. TiioxirsoN, Secy.
Clitircli Directory.
M. IJ. Cnuucii Divino rervlco every Sunday
at II a. m and7 p. in. Sunday scbool at ! p.
in. I'rnyer meeting every Thursday evening
at I):.T(). itKV. Ami:iim)n, Pastor.
I'ltPStiVTruiAN riiritrit Hejfiilar church
Rorvlcoi every Sabbath iiiornlnjr ami evi-nlntr.
Piuvor mcetlnir ich week on Wi'dnoday
(.veiling. Sabbath school every Snbtiath at
10 u. in. Itov. II. Vuknon Hick, Pmbioi-.
St. John's Ki'iscocAt. Council Service
every Sunday ot 11 o'clock a. m.
Hbv. V. It. I'ovir.Lt., Hector.
County OKIror.
Judpc A. P. Cralp
Sheriff A. Ii. SaundfM
Clerk 11. I'". Wileoii
TreaHiror A. V. llensim
School Sutierlntendcnt .1. I,. Htudinan
Survojor." .' 13. Siinonl
Coioner 13. II. l.uwis
COMM1SS10NEHS.
Oco. Acklos Jno. Stanley
State Senator 1.. 11. Hlnehart
IIK1MK6ENTAT1VKS.
V. T. Dlclr.... E. U. Taylor
City Offlccr.
Mayor..., D. B. Iteis
COUXOII.MEV.
S. A. Pnnel W. D. Iteidleman
j.s. uiiiott, wiiiis tidir
.1. It. P.aton, O. A. Thompson
Jtceorder 1. IJ. Ihomson
Mnrfhal J. A.Jli'tinev
Treasurer J. D. Carroll
Sticet Commissioner L. Hutou
Departure of Trnlii.
Itcmilnr east, bound trains leavo atn:50a.
tn. West bound trains leuvo at i:M p. in.
I'ltOFICSSIOIVAIi.
J. 11. CKITHS,
AT'TOKMIl' AT H.AW.
Colloctlnfr and probato jn-actlro specialties
Olllcc, two doois south of Tostollice, L'Liou,
Oregon.
K. EAK1N,
AltorcGy at Law aod Notary Pnlilic.
Office, ono door south of J. II. Eaton's Btoro
Union, Oregon.
I. N. CROMWELL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Office, ono door south ot J. II. Union's store,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOJLT, JU. D.,
nBWSic;aA:v a."ve s5Je:ko:v,
ITns permanently located at North Powder,
7horciw wll'smwcrall calls.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
ATTORNEY AT CATV,
Union, .... Oregon.
D. Y. K. DKISIUNC,
flsyaJcInn nnd Surgvcon,
Union, Oregon.
Office, Jfnln street, next door to Jones Bros.'
variety store
R-B dcpco. Main strcot, second houso south
-of court house.
Chron'udlscusoi a specialty.
mm M CounsBllor at Law,
UM0X, OlIEGON'.
Hf al Eetnto, Law and Probato Practice will
reeolvo upeciul uttcntlon.
Otllco ou A Bticat, rear of Stnto Land Offlce.
U. F. BURLEIGH,
Attorney at ff-nr, Itcal Etute
and Collecting; Agent.
Land Ofllco Business a Specialty.
(1 Offlco at Alder. Union Co., Oroon.
s .
JEFSB IIAUDESTV,
J, W. EH ELTON
3HELT0N & HARDEST!,
AT-l'OK.MJVH AT L.A1V.
Will practire in Union, Baker, Grant,
Umatilla nnd Morrow Counties, nlso in the
Supreme Court of Oregon, the Dintrict.
Circuit and Supremo Courts o( the United
fiUtes.
Mining and Corporation bualncsi Atp
Ua.Hr.
OflM la Union, Oregon,
COUSIN JOHN VANDERBILT.
The Queer Old Fellow Who Mvcs
in the Jersey Mountains.
Proud of His Strength auilHis Three Little
Pigs.
IMh One AMnlt to the I.nt AVIUlatn If.
Not forty mile?!, as the crow Hies,
from the late home of New York's
great millionaire, lives an ohl man.
bowed witli the weight of years of toil
ami exposure, who is given subsistence
in the, sunset of hi- days tlii ttgh the
charity of his son, who ekctj owl ti living
by such menial tasks as he cut get.
Only this keeps the dread of the poor
house from his aged parents. A half
day's income of the Vantlerbilt estate
would be a fabulous wealth to him.
John Vantlerbilt, or "Old Belt," as ho
is more familiarly known, says The. Kcio
York llcruld, is a noted character
among the residents of the northern or
mountainous part of Morris county,
New Jersey. Ho squandered a haiitt
some patrimony and then immured him
self in these mountains nearly forty
years ago, and has since kept the peo
ple of .this region in constant wonder
ment by his feats of physical strength
and endurance.
Upon an elevation near the Denmark
pond Uncle John built himself an un
pretentious little house of two stories,
not more than 18x12 feet in size, board
ed straight up and down aud unpaint
cd. His wife,,btill a mild, pleasant-faced
and well-spoken old lady, despite the
fifty-five years of wedded life siie has
spent with rough old John, followed
liim loyally to his lonely habitation. In
tho patches between the rocks they
raisetl potatoes and the few other things
that would grow, and n cow and a joke
of oxen found pasture on the marsh
lands at the verge of the pontl. Beyond
this the subsistence for the large family
was obtained by Uncle John's skill as a
fisher. His early experience as a shad
fisher with his father in the Hudson
river stood liim well and enabled him to
make his own nets. Tito Denmark
pontl, with its muddy bottonijs;i prime
resorf 'lor catfish, and tlicy liauifl it in
great numbers. Every morning for de
cades "Old Belt" raised his nets from
the bottom and found them filled with
theso delicious little lish. I'rom these
he would. cull tho nicest antl then jmt
buck in their clement the smaller ones,
knowing full well he would take them
again when they grew larger. "I guess
I've ketched every catfish in that 'ere
pond a dozen times," he would say,
"an' I guess they'll come to know me
arter awhile."
With all her household cares Mrs.
Vantlerbilt yet found time to assist
her husband in his fishing operations.
After a catch site would skin ami clean
the little lish the iiarde.it in the world
to clean ami skin while John would
Mart oil' with his yoke of oxen to neigh
boring towns like Dover and 1'ockaway,
to sell his lish and bring back grocer
ies anil other necessaries. In cleaning
lish, Mrs. Vantlerbilt was so expert that
sportsmen have oftimcs visited tho little
house, ostensibly for the purpose of hav
ing u chat with tho pleasant old lady,
but in reality to witness for themselves
her far-famed skill in dressing catfish,
h'caloilin her chair, with a bushel bas
ket tilled with catfish beside her, she
would converse freely and rapidly with
out her work being ever interrupted.
In tho estimation of old John this was
one of his wife's . greatest accomplish
ment. "Skin catfish!'1 ho would ox-,
claim, when broached on the subject,
"I guess sho kin! She can peel the
overcoat off'n a catfish every three min
utes an' never set tired.
4 'Tal kin1 about st rength , ' 1
6ay to his intimates, over
"biled cider;" "why, thcro
man livin' in them days as
he would
n jug of
wasn't a
could put
my ole dad that was Aaron
bilt ofl'n his pins, or lift the
Vander
heft he
could. In them days the best man was
tho man as could hoe tho biggest row in
a scrimmage, an1 at town meetin's an'
tlch like the old man used ter sweep the
green fur twenty mile around. When
I was young I was a pooty tough saplin'
myself an' am yit if I do say it but I
wasn't a sueumstance to the ole man. 1
rocollcc' once, when wo was on Ber
gen Tiiit, thot a feller with a load o'
cider got stuck in tho mud, an' olo
Dan'l Crano said ho wouldn't mind
buy-in1 a barrel of it if ho could only get
it to tho store. I told him I'd git it
thar, and when he'd bought it I
got it in my arms and toted
it to tho store. Bhneby
my olo man come in, an' olo Daniol
begun braggin1 on what I'd done.
What's that?" scs tho olo man, an' ho
picks up thobar'l by tho chimes with tho
ends of his fingers, an1 sets it on tho
counter. Why, there wasn't a man
made outir-clay that could handle olo
Aaron Vanderbllt. There itse'd to be a
set of Grecnleaf that thought thoy rul-
cd tlii roo.-t in Hud o.i eoutity in th-sii
lays till tlio ole ni.itt wont an' cleaned
out the ltttll pastel of 'em at a gencr'l
trainin' in tin Bergen wootls."
jrninilson of .lolin Vantlerbilt. 'riteir
wages range from $1 lo to $1 AO per lis was alltt-s sober.hard-workin friend
dnvonlv, "but tliev appear contented '. ly, an' iee. He used to tell me he'd do
anil happy when they receive it. The , sttthin fer me. but I think William II.
other miners ehaiV "them upon their i put it oiven hi- head by tellin' him that
l.-iti-liln tn tin' niilliniiMirns. and the 1 1 was n drinktu' man. But I never ask-
1ni'rni' nwini'V tJmv will rnpnivn bv di
rection of the will, but the young men
lattgh at it and pass it by with good
natured badinage.
After a wearying journey, the Den
mark clearing and 'the abiding plac of
Uncle Jonn Vantlerbilt and his wife is
reached. Th" old man is filling a large
corn basket with the wood which he
hao chopped in front of the door. When
the object of lite to him unusual intru
sion is shouted in his ear, he responds,
"Yes I've heerd William II. is tlead. A
man who came up from Doon 'tother
day told us he dropped tleatl in tho
street. Go right in. and I'll come, too,
as soon as I've filled litis 'ere basket."
A moment later he lifts the heavy bur
den, which ho carries quite easily for
out; of his great age.
In response to a query Uncle. John
said: l was 77 on the U)th of last
August and the ole woman will be 71
en tho 1st of next March. Wo was
:rs,irricd when she wa.s IS, so ye kin fig
rer it out fer verself how long we've
been hitched. As near as 1 kin tell the
fust ones of the name that cum here
from furrin parts was Jake an' John,
two brothers. They was Low Dutch,
or sttthin' of that "tripe, 1 guess, an'
they sot 'cmsolves down on Slat en
island, near what they used ter otrfl
Toad's Hill in them days. Jake was
the gran'father of Cornelius him that
they called the commodore. John was
my grafi'fathcr, an' thoy called mo af
ter him. Jake was a shoemaker an' .John
Wits a blacksmith. Each of 'em owned
a little house an' enough ground for a
garden patch. I kin 'member ole Jake
very well, but my gran'father died long
afore I w:is thought of.
"Olo Jake ho had a son Cornelius,
that was tho commodore's father, and
John had a son Aaron, who was my
father, an' thoy was a right smart team
of youngster, an' got along well.
They was brung up together, too. Yer
see. ole John tiled when my ole man
was it little shaver, an' left him all alone
an' purl v poor of!'. But old .Jake had a
heart in him as big as a punipk'n, an
he tuk the lentlo feller in outen tho
coltl. But olo Jake's wife wasn't just
like him, an' I've often heerd the ole
man say she used him purtv tough,
makin' him do all tho rough jobs an
givin' him lo cat what the rest wouldn't
But the ole' man was tougher than :
young bear an' he squeezed through
an' cum out all rigid. Mebee it done
him good kinder sharped him up like
to hoe his own row better when he got
bigger.
"The olo man dickered in a good
many tilings outsido of lishin1 an' made
money hand over list. Whon ho cum
out in Jersey an' bought tho big farm
at Uenville lie owned some good prop
erly on Jersey City heights besides, an
hod lots of money out in use. His sis
ters dono well, too. Katie, siio mar
ried a man well oil'; an1 Isabella sho
married a rich sea captain. But while
thoy was gittin' along so wull olo Jake
their Uncle, ye know, who was so
kind to them when thoy was Icctle
was driftin' back'ards. Bimobv the
sliurfi' got hold of his hull kit an' cargo
an' was goin' to sell him out.
"Thero wasn't any railroads in them
days, an' so olo Jake, who was nigh on
ter 80 years bv this time, hoofed it till
the way out to Denville, an' ses to the
old man, 4 Aaron, ses he, 4l'ni coin to
bo sold out nex' week by the shurfi' tin'
put out on tho road.' 'No, ye ain't,' ses
the ole man, 'I'll bo thar an' fix things
straight for ye.1 An1 he was thero an'
bought in the hull kit an' ketollick.
Then he told olo Jako ho could stay in
tho prop'ty as long's ho lived for the
payiu' of the taxes. But when ole Jake
died there was a rumpus, I kin tell ye.
The ole man couldn't never quite forgit
how ole Jake's wifo lied used him, an'
ho didn't seem ter want ter, either.
When he heerd olo Jako was dead, he
went right down, tin' 4Aunt Isabol.'says
he, 'ycr recolloo how you used me when
I was a lectio boy? I'm goin' tor sell
tho old place right under your feet an1
ye'll havo to pick up yer traps an' git
somewlmr else.' Aud sell it he did to a
man named Silvey.
"Ole Jako had a son Cornelius, who
kep' tho Grand tavern at Quarantine an
win tho father of young Cornelius, who
was afterward called tho commodore.
Old Cornelius laid a pretty nico nest-egg
in the Grand tavern, for yourig Corne
lius, who kept on kcepin1 the place fer t
while arter his father died, an' then bo
gun to spcckilato outside. Me an' young
Cornelius kindor.driftedr anart.artyr'w
growed up,' fer he was at Quarantine,
wi' I was at Bergen, and wc didn't so
each other much. But wo allcrs kop'
up the quaintanee, an' every onoo in n
wliilo I'd go ter mh him. lie had tho
Vanderbilt knack of making money,
an' 'twtw Vtonishin' how he'd git along.
cd him fer any of his monev an' 1 wasn't
dis'pinti d when I didn't get it.
The !d man's narrative would sel
dom end. however, without someone
asking: "What wa that story, Uncle
John, about throwing tho bull olY the
bridge?"' At this the old man's face
would invariable wreathe in smiles.
"Well, ye see, I was a young man then
an' didn't like ter take the wash of any
other feller's boat. But thero vn a big
butler over at llaekcnsack, on the Pas
saic rhvr, who was ctcrna'ly braggin'
'bout b.-in' the man who throwed the
bull oil' the bridge. Whenever he'd git
out at a party, at a dancs where there
Wits girls, or anywhere i.lse, he'd alius
bawl out 'Hurrah for tho man what
thro wed the bull olV'n the bridge.' This
alius riled me, for he said it so big, like,
lie wasn't a light in' chap, so I couldn't
take the consato oul'n him in that way,
but 1 knew that I could do anything
that he could and would it' T over got
the chance. Bitncby titer chance cum
ter nie. I was goin ter Newark' Neck
ono day, antl as 1 kem ter tho llaekcn
sack bridge there was a drove of cattle
comin' across it. I thought of big Jim
Van llotileu right away, and says I
to myself, if there's a bull in that
lot either ho or I is got ter
go inter tho llaekcnsack river.
When I got in among cm, thcro sure
enough, was a line 2-year old bull. I
made a grab fer him ter wiuist an' got
him by the tail. He started right ofl",
but I hail as good a holt as he had, an'
I fetched him to a standstill. Then I
give him a smart twist like an' brought
him over hy tho rail. Thinks 1, it's now
or never, olo feller, an' I kin do it if
Jim Van Ilouten kin. So I got a hitch
under him, an' put all my strength in a
big boost, an' over the rail lie went,
kusplosh inter tho river, llo .swum
down the river a bit and waded ashore
in Van Wagner's nieilder. Van Wag
ner seed the full pureeedin' an' cum up
an' asked what 1 did that fur, an' 1 told
him. After that everybody called mo
the man what throwed tho bull olV'n the
bridge, an' they believed it, too, 'cause
Van Wagner told all 'round that ho
.seed me do il "
But with till his faults old John had
redeeming features even in his roughest
days, llo was gotl-natured, kind-hearted,
and in his way mindful of tho wants
of his family. After selling his lish he
would first purchase tho things neces
sary for his household, and then dissi
pate with the surplus. So this strange
life went on till quito recently. Even
in the coldest weather tho rugged old
man would go to the pond, cut holes in
tho ice, and raise his nets for tho lish.
A year ago, however, ho caught cold
one bitter day, which resulted in in
llamation of tho lungs. Tho physician
who penetrated the mountains to tit
tend him finally gave up hope and said
he could not live; but oven then the
tenacious, gritty old man rallied and
finally recovered. Ho bids fair to livo
some time yet, but his wonderful phys
iquo is broken at last. His frame is
greatly bout, and ho has become very
deaf. About a year ago his youngest
child, an unmarried son who bears the
name of William II. Vantlerbilt, took his
agetl parents to an unpretentious but
more comfortable dwelling which ho had
rented about a quarter of a mile away
from their old home, where ho earns a
living for them by cutting hoop-poles
in the mountains. Here tho old man
lives in quiet contentment and hears but
very little, of what tho world ut largo
does in refereuiM to tho Vantlerbilt es
tate To his credit it must also bo said
that he changed his methods of life be
fore his severe illness, nnd for several
years has abstained from his long form
ed habits of dissipation. Ho has oven
taken to the consideration of religious
things, and expresses himself ready to
meet his end with serenity.
Of tho ten children born to Unclo
John and his wifo live are tleatl. it is
noticeable that tho name William II. is
to bo found in each family. All the
offspring are sturdy, honest, industrious
peoplo, and, although invariably poor
and uneducated, are of gootl habits, in
them tho people of the neighborhood
fancy thoy hoo strong facial resem
blances to tho portraits of tho lato Wil
liam II. Vanderbllt, particularly so in
their well rounded cheeks and full tin
dcrlips. Tho sons of Uncle John are
John L., Anthony and William il.
Anthony is of much greater stature
than his father, and, as ho inherits the
physical powers of his sire, is a verit
able giant, n strength. Ho is 6 feet S
inches in height, and it is said of him
that he c&n lift a half ton of dead weight
A feeling of curiosity, .t dciiv to
know what e fleet the death of the great
railway magnate would have upon this1
humble branch of tho Vanderbllt family,
led the writer to seek Uncle John Van
derbllt among the lonely mountains of
Denmark. On the way from Doon is
passed Hibernia, where are located the
great mines of the C.lentlon and Andov
er Iron companies. Near the works r
man is laboring at
tree of a wagon.
John L. Vanderbllt.
and a teamster in
the. broken whillle
He is introduced as
a son of Uncle John,
the employ of the
Ho formerly work-
Antlover company.
etl in the mine,
him to ffive il up.
but illness compelled
mil ho was forced to
find outside work. He laughed at the
idea of receiving anything from the
Vanderbilt estate, but there was the
slightest tingo of anxiety in lite tones
of his voie..' when he asked if si will had
been made. When inform "vl that such
was the case and that his family was
not mentioned, he quietly remarked:
"Well, it would not hurt them, 1 think,
to spare the Utile that would make the
old man comfortable."
At the ollieo of the Antlover company,
a little further on, the miners woio
marching up lo receive their monthly
pay, and in the line tiro several stalwart
"The last time I seen him was about
a year before ho died, lie used tno
real kindly anil asked me to cum an' seo
him agin, for he said our days was gitin'
shorten' we couldn't 'sociate together
much more. After he. died 1 heerd he'd
left mo suthin', and 1 went ter Will
iam's ollieo ter see about il. A f.dler
what cum out went in and cum out
agin, and he said that William wasn't
at hum, but he brought me ti '20 bill.
1 didn't thank him much fer it an' I
made up 1113' mind when folks gits to
c'.ittin' up so I'd better leave '0111 alone.
"How much did William leave?"
asked the old man. When told that, the
estate reached the largo proportions of
200,000,000 lie said: "That's a ptirty
penny, aint it?" and he chuckled to
ltimself as if "pleased that it was so. In
fact, ho has always felt a family pride
in tho ability of the New York Vantler
bilts to make money, and has never en
vied them their enormous wealth which
he Iwlievod reflected credit upon the
family name generally. Whon told
that tho will had hem made nnd that it
did not contain mention of his branch
of the family, ho simply remarked. "1
guess thoy must have forgotten mo,"
and as the force of his own humor
struck him he broke out in a laugh.
Then ho said: "Well, I've got plenty
to cat and think, an' plenty of betldiu'
and clothes, such as thoy are, an' 1
guess I'll git along."
Coming out of this humble home,
three littto white pigs tiro burying their
noses in the mud of the road in front.
As wo drive away, old John Vanderbilt
points to them triumphantly and says;
"There's a nice lot of meat gittin' a gocxl
start for next year, anyhow."
The Fan.
I.ovo never was a Iilddoii god,
Anil nplte of what the ancients en)
'Twin lie who Niii;lit to Hoe tho iimkl;
llv told me so believe who may!
Kroa loved IVychc; while she slept,
Spying the virgin li- niliulred,
At fllit ofBUfh loveliness,
Ills heart win Uu llleil, liln Minseti llrod.
And :ih lie bent, In rapture lost,
The oil fell onjier where she liiy;
Startled, nhe awoke; ami Beehi); Love,
At once took whig nnd Hew away.
Vainly f-lnco then the love-lorn boy
Has Miuglit the maid with azure wind's;
No form of Hitch soft beauty camu
To cheer htm In his wandering.
At length one day, as sad lie Mrodu,
Hy paths made Hwect with April iletf
Jle Bplcil a hiittcrlly that painted
On u largo robchnd, full In view.
'"TI Psyche!" ordd ho; "urcly this
Miiit be the wingi that went mid cams
About her bhouliler, when ttlie lied
Willi Ihihh of rosy-colored shame!"
"Conlil I but wlzi! It!" and ho sjiran
J.lku a raeh lover, and his Hp
With tho wild t'clasy of love
Cloiud on IU fluttering azure, tip.
And as lie held the broken limb.
And wondered to what purpoao coy
lie now should turn the beauteous tiling;
'I'll make of It fair woman's toy!"
80 fashioning quick, with dexterous art,
At ouro her bhleld and yataghan;
"Oo, (hitter now forevennore I"
Said Eros and he made tho Kan.
Jlan Alcawl
Know When to Call.
In the ante-room of a Minister of
State. c
44Is tho Under-Secretary of Stato in
Ids ofllco?"
44l'cs, sir, hut whon ho is in he
doesn't rcceivo anybody."
44A11 right; I'll come sorao day when
he isn't in."
No Reason for Metempsyohoais.
Two philosophers:
44Seo her. I believe in mctompsj'
chosis. I am convinced that after my
dcatli my soul will inhabit tho body of :
beast."
"Yon needn't die for that"
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Wyoming county, West Virginia, is
without a physician.
A witty Scotchman calls the "Sunday
sickness" which keeps people from tho
house of (Sod, but interrupts no wcok
day work, morbis Subbatints.
Tho clergy, you may have noticed,
are much more forcibly reminded of the
"uncertainly of life" when a million
aire dies suddenly than when a poor
man drops dead.
Up in Canada they say cockney Kng-
lislimen just over are the only ones who
call it "tobogganing." The natives
ail it "sliding," and the toboggan is
called a traineatt.
"Iloo.e," money, and butter were
among the answers of the congregation
of New York nimsboysto a clergyman
who ask them: "What is the most pow
erful thing on earth."
The colored people of Charleston, S.
C, havo formed ti mutual protective
union to assist them in securing justice
in tho courts of that s'ate, which they
feel is sometimes denied them.
A Philadelphia dime museum has on
exhibition a "human volcano," whoso
breath is of such high temperature that it
sets lire to a piece of paper held before
t. The fellow came from Kentucky.
Contagious discuses havo e.cit"d
the people of 1'airhaven, Mass., to such
a degree that the horse cars carry two
bags of camphor as disinfectants, one sit
each end, placed thero by the board of
health.
Tho people of Atlanta, (Sa., sunk
?i2G,O0O in an artesian well 2,000 feet
deep, only to learn, from a professor of
the stato university, that tho city stood
on granite rock thu bedrock of the
continent.
Tho grinding of tho crown-glass disk
of the immense lens of Lick observato
ty, California, is well under way at
Cambridge, Mass., yet a whole year's
work remains to bo done before il can
be linished.
Under tho Oregon law, a person who
loses money at the gaining tables is
entitled to recover double tho amount,
and a Portland party who deposited
SIL'o in a faro bank has rceovorod judg
ment for $2f0.
. An honest but rather illiterate ohl
farmer, while addressing a school-house
audience on intoniporoiico, confessed
that ho hail been a drinking man.
"hut, my friends," ho said, "1 never
drank to success."
"Did you attend church, my daugh
ter?" "Yes, papa." "How did you
like tho sermon?" "Well, tho minister
stuck to his text, and I must say deliv
ered a very cheerful though somewhat
unseasonable discourse." "What was
tho text?" "Many tiro cold but few tiro
frozen."
The mad-dog craze in Now Jersey
and Now York is becoming laughable.
Tho superintondon!; of tho Now York
dog pound testifies to iti foolishness.
"People comu hero almost every day
and ask us to take away mail dogs.
When we get thorn tho dog is no more
mad than the people."
Minister's wifo (rather trying at
times): "How much did you get for
performing that marriago ceremony this
morning?" Minister: "Two dollars."
Wife: "Only $2!" Minister: "Yes.
The poor fellow said he had boon mar
ried before, and 1 hadn't tho huart to
charge him more than that."
Among tho relies of tho lato war
stowed away in tho United States
ordnance museum is a saber fully livo
feet long, which was found on tho ba -tlofiohl
of Manassas. A Virginian who
visited the museum recognized tho sa
ber as ono that had been used by a ghtnt
Virginia cavalryman in "Job" Stuart's
command. "The cavalryman in ques
tion," said the Virginian, "was nearly
soven feet high and broad in proportion.
Ho had that big saber mado by a cross
roads horseshoer, and promised to hew
his way through tho Yunkoo lines with
it and enter Washington, but, poor fol
low, he was shot at Manassas boforo In
could carry out his rash purpose." tv9
A short time since a gentleman who
lived in a small town not far from Buf
falo went the way of all flesh, and the
burial ceremonies to bo performed over
his remains were committed to thu care
of a local undertaker. Tho funeral was
quite an important one, for tho gentle
man was prominent in his own town,
and a nuinbor of Ids friends from tho
city were present, Tho services were
held in the church, but just as tho tlmu
arrived for taking tho romains to tho
cemetery 11 sovaro thunder storm came
up, and it was considered best not to
start until tho worst of the storm was
over. Tho wait was rather an embar
rassing ono, but the undertaker was
equal to tho emergency. Standing on
tho chancel stops, ho shouted so aa to be
hoard in the choir loft at the other end
of tho building: "The organUdifWlll
please give us a llttlu musia to white
away tho time." Even tho mourners
smiled.