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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1886)
rEnsox.ir. axd other xotes. Senator Jones ol Florida is to open n law olllco in Detroit. Mntthcw Arnold is the guest of Mrs. Bur ion Harrison in Boston. Maurice B. Flynn was bom, lie snys, with a gold spoon in liis motitli. Henry Yllnrd is expected to retain to New York nbout October 0. Uomenyi, tho violinist, is playing in India, it is said, with great success. Cornelius Vnnderbilt is spoken ot for re publican candidate for mayor o! New York. Bret ilarto is engaged on a new Christ mns story, to boentitled "ThoQtieen of the Pirate Isle." Dan do Qnillc, Mark Twain's ex-associate on the Virginia City Enterprise, is writing iv history of Nevada. Thomas Powell Fowler has been elected president of the New York, Ontario ifc West ern Railroad company. Justice Stanley Matthews and his bride nre buying ornninents for their home from obliging London dealers. Senator Jones of Nevada is so jolly a gentleman that everybody feels glad that lio is so big a millionaire. Fred Douglass will visit the historic Rhine and the Alps in the company of his accom plished wife in September. Gen. Phil Sheridan and Col. Mike Slioii dan lately went to Somerset, Ohio, on a visit to their mother, who is SI years old. Slnde, the Maori pugilist, is fighting alco hol at Auburn, Cal. II can knock out a customer who does not pay up with one hand. Mr. I'pochcr's stylo of oratory does not appear to take in London, but that docs not surprise his friends. There is no scan dal in it. Edwin Booth nnd Lawrence Barrett arc visiting Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field, of Chicago, at their summer home, Beverly Farms, Mass. Col. A. L. Hives, of Virginia, has been offered $2r,000 a year by M. do Lesscps. So says rumor. The colonel is to boss the Panama canal. Patrick Ford, of the Irish World, has re cently been in conference with Mr. Blaine and is even now "resting" nt a quiet hotel at Bnr Harbor. SOME WASIIIXOTOX OOSSLP. The postoflico department, with the view of affording tho public additional facilities for correspondence by mail, has completed nrrnngetnents for issuing a combined letter flheet and stamped envelope of a pattern which can be readily understood and uacd. It is styled a "letter sheet envelope," nnd is of only ono denomination two cents. For the present nt least it is deemed expo client by tho postmnster-general to confina the issuo of the letter sheet envelope to n few of tho principal olllces. Tho contract under which tho envelopes nre furnished to tho government provides that they shall bo transported, free ot charge to tho gov ernment from New York, tho place ot man ufacture, to any postoflico in tho United States to which they may bo ordered, and also that the department shall pay the contractors only for such letter sheet en velopes ns mny bo sold. These envelopes will be sold for threo cents a single sheet, two sheets for five cents; pnds of twenty five sheets 58 cents, 100 sheotsfor $2.40. Acting Secretary of tho Treasury Fair child has issued a call for $15,000,000 of 3 per cent bonds to mature on Oct. 12 next. Tho bonds included in this call nro as fol lows: $50, original No. 101 to 123, both inclusive; $100, original No. 1,522 to 1,077, both inclusive; $500, original No. C50 to 728, both inclusive; $1,000, orig inal No. 4,207 to 4,000, both inclusive; 310,000, original No. 10,248 to 11,003, both inclusive. Total. $15,000,000. the a.thrESTOx surrnitEits. Galveston dispatch: Tho city council at a meeting last evening, appropriated $15, 000 for the benefit ot tho storm sufferers of this city. Tho citizens havo subscribed $5,000 for tho same purpose. This will only afford temporary relief, as over 150 families are rendered homeless and desti tute by the storm. Tho recent storm proved very destruc tive to small vessels off tho Texas coast. It will doubtless bo months bolero tho full list of tho casualties nro known. Ono sloop has gono to pieces off Pelican island, while another sloop noar her is bottom up. Tho crew ol two men aro supposed to havo been drowned. An unknown vessel and "threo schooners nro reported ashore or overturned at diiferont points along tho count. Two ot the crow of one schooner are lost and tho crow of another aro supposed also to have been lost. All tho small crafts in tho bay from tho shoal to Edmunds' port aro reported lost. A lumber schooner has gone to pieces in tiie bay and her captain and cook drowned. It is roughly esti mated that tho damngo done shipping in this vicinity during the storm will approx mate $100,000. The village of Quintane, nt tho mouth of tho Brazos river was entirely swept away and two schooners driven ushoro. No .lives lost so far ns known. Iudiauola is a rompleto wreck, not moro than threo or four houses escaped destruc tion by tho heavy storm. A negro woman and two children were drowned. Nearly al! the sheep on the island wero drowned and the remainder probably perished. CLEVErUXD'S VAC.ITIOX. Tronpect House (N. Y.) special: When Contractor Watts Cook of Patterson, N. J who is going to build tho new Harlem bridge, left there early this week he gavo orders that his little steam-launch, tho "Nellie," should be placed at tho presi dent's disposal. Two guides brought it -alongside tho wharf this morning and cot up steum, when they tried to got back into deep water, but ran uground. Finally sho was got off and the president nnd party boarded her nnd ran down tho lake, dart ing through the channels between the numerous islands. Troutins lines nnd n ride were aboard, but the party gave them belves up to enjoying th sail and no fishing or bhooting was done. Lunch was eaten eight miles from home, on the banks ot the Inko. Thocottago was roached nbout 0 o'clock nnd nil expressed themselves as having thoroughly enjoyed the day's trip. To-night a gennnn was given at the hotel tinder the management ot Miss Cutter ot Boston, Miss Warner of New York, Miss Albert ot Germantown, N. Y nnd Capt. Curtis of Indianapolis. Mrs. Cleveland re ceived an invitation which she at once ac- 1 cepted. The presidential party will proba bly attend chunh to-morrow in the llttU J chapel on the hill back ot the hotel. M.AIXE'S SECOXl) SPEECH. Blaino made his second speech of th campaign at North Berwick, Me., on the 25th. He twitted the prohibitionists of inconsistency and ingratitude toward the republican party which lind given the stnte nil the prohibitive legislation it lind ever had. The prohibitionists did not expect to elect anybody of their own party. They could only defeat the republicans. Pnss ing to tho fisheries question Blaine said: "Canada is in a very peculiar position. Site wants to enjoy tho pride nnd senti ment of belonging to tho British empiro and to pocket the profit nnd advantage of having an American market at tho Maine time. Wo don't think that fair." Blaine read at lengtli from tho lato treaty with Canada, commenting ns lie proreeded, nnd showing by its terms that the United States were placed at groat disadvantage. CliAZEO 11Y DllIXK. MoNTOOMcnr, Ala., Aup. 24. Harris Gunter, a well known citizen, entered police headquarters at 1 o'clock this morning; with a double barreled ehotcun to kill Captain Mar tin, the night chief, nnd llred and killed Ofliccr Montgomery, Martin not being In tho room. A desperate strangle followed between Gunter and the two olllccrs, who disarmed and placed him in a cell. Gunter was on a spree anil had earlier In the night been arrested by Martin. Friends went his bond and got him out. He wentlioine.biit came back In his night clothes with the above result. a sfPECiAL- Attiiaction, for old soldiers especially, will bo tho opportunity to view that grand picture, the Battle of Gettys burg, when they viwit the Oinnha fair Sept. Gth to 11th. This is ono of the sights which must not be overlooked, and many of the visitors, ns well as veterans of the army, will nvnil themselves of the chance afforded. Tho picture is an exact repro duction of tho famous painting in Chicago and is one ot the most vivid representa tions of a great battle ever depicted by an nrtist. The old soldier can fight his battle o'er again and tell onco more tho story of how that desperato field was fought and won. UICII.VOXI 1ECLAI!EI JXS.IXE. St. Joseph (Mo.) special: After being out forty minutes this afternoon t hi jury in tho Richmond murder trial brought in a verdict of not guilty on the ground of in sanity and decided that Richmond is iusano sometimes. Ho was given over to tho sheriff, nnd to-morrow steps will bo tnken to put him in lunatic asylum No. 2, nenr this city. The easo was hotly contested, nnd the arguments on both sides wero tho most carefully presented and powerfully con tested ever witnessed in this county. Tho verdict it not generally satisfactory, but public opinion is bo divided that no ver dict that might hnvo been returned would have met with popular indorsement. 1IISTOIIY OF KAIIOR TIWUIILES. Washington dispatch: The bureau ol labor statistics expects to get the second annual report out by t ho time congress meets. Two subjects will bo treated in tho report. One is tho question of convict labor. The other subject to bo treated is strikes. A complete history of the strikes from 1SS0 up to July of this year will be given, including tho causes, purpose and effect upon the labor of tho country. if str roiuc Anovsan. It is thought the information received by Assistant District Nicoll in Now York con cerning the meeting held thero recently by the anarchists called to sympathize with tho condemned Chicago bomb throwers will result in the indictment of thoso most con spicuously identified with tho meeting for unlawful assembling, by the next grand jury. England Twenty-Five Years Ago. A correspondent of The London Sjicctator writes, rather wickedly: "I can not share tho Indication which I hear freely expressed ou all sides at the American subscriptions to the 1'arnell fund. Such Investments aro llttlo chickens, which aro sure to come home to roost; nnd I, at any rate, can not forget tho confederate loan of twcnty-tlve years ngo, ngalust the subscription of which by English men, you, sir, if 1 remember rightly, lifted up a solitary voice among Loudon journals. Leaving our mere speculators who went in for n big profit, ot whom there is no question here," tho English subscribers to the coufed nte loan must have meant that they thought the confederate states right lu their cirort to break up union, and wished them success. Now that, I apprehend, Is precisely the meaulng of the subscribers to the 1'nrncll fund. They think the home-rulers right, and wish them success. If a section of our people, therefore, did precisely what a section of tho American people aro 'doing to-day, had not we better stop fuming, and lcavo these llttlo chickens to come home to roost lit the United States tweuty-flvc years hence, as ours are doing!" A Sane Man in a Mad-House. Proceedings have been begun in Philadelphia to secure the discharge from the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane of Clifford J. Maxwell, who has been confined as a lunatic for three aud a half years. When tho proceedings were beguu Maxwell was temporarily released from the asylum, and ho has gono to Atlantic City to await summons to the trial of the easel The J'Matlelphia Jieconl says that Maxwell Is about 80 years of age, a Philadelphia!! by birth, and a son of Rev. Gordon Maxwell, who was for many years pastor of tho Emanuel Protes tant Episcopal church In Kensington. He In herited a fortune of over $80,000 from his cramlfather, who was one of the foremost of Philadelphia merchants at a time when the port almost monopolized tho merchant trade of the Atlantic coast. He received his educa tion at West Point, but a military life hail no charm for hlin, and after spending some time in seeing the world he married a young lady who was a teacher lu the boarding-school of her aunt, Mrs. Carev, at the corner of Six teenth and Spruce streets. This was about eight years ago. For several years after the marriage the couple lived happily together aud hail born to them a little girl, who soon be came her father's esjieclal favorite and pride. When the child died the father was prostrated to nu extent which gave his friends the keen est anxiety about his health. Shortly afterward Mrs. Maxwell took a step which astounded those who had observed the apparently happy llfo of herself nnd her hus band. She called in two physicians, and af ter making an examination thev signed a cer tificate of the Insanity of Clifford Maxwill. Upon this ho was committed to "Klrk brldge's." lie protested against the commit ment, but not having fully recovered from the shock of his daughter's' death, his protests were feeble and easily overriden. Arrived at the institution he soon made it evident to the attending physician that he was certainly not a dangeious 'lunatic, although his wife had justified her course bv declarlug that she was afraid to live with him." It Is said that at one time he did have temporary aberrations, in which he had the delusion of being haunt ed or pursued by something more tangible than misfortune. Ills friends recently becamo convinced that he was perfectly sane, and that bis Imprisonment was unjustifiable. They therefore secured the services of a lawyer, and the hospital authorities declared that they had no objection to let Mr. Maxwell leave when ever his wife gave the word. In order to have tho matter Judicially determined, a writ of habeas corpus was taken out. The case was postponed for two weeks. Mr. Maxwell Is in the enjoyment of a large Income from a trust estate, of which the Guarantee Trust com pany hat charge. A GYPSY DEAUTY. One of the Oldest nnd Most Famous of the llomnules. Fifty or six' years ago tho gypsies In England wero n much more remark able race than tlicy aro at present. The railway had not como to break up their habits; there wero hundreds of lonely places in dell and dingle where tlioy could hatch the tan, or pitch tho tent, their blood had been little mixed with that of the gorgio, or gentile; they spoke their languago with greater purity than at present, and still kept their old characteristics unchangod. If they had tho faults of Arabs they also had many of their good qualities. If they stole horses and foraged on farm ers, if their women told fortunes, lied and sometimes cheated a man out of all his ready money, by pretending to lind a treasure in his cellar, on tho other hand, they wero extremely grate ful and honest to those who befriended them, and manifested in many ways a rough manliness which partially re deemed their petty vices. They wero all, as arc many of their sons at present, indomitabe rough riders, of tho horso horsey, and to a man boxers, so that manyof them wero distinguished in tho prize-ring; the last of theso being Jem Mace. At this time thero prevailed anion" tho English Romany a strong, mutual faith, a tribal honesty which was limited, but all tho stronger for that, even as the arms of a man grow strong er when ho loses tho uso of his legs. They aro a people of powerful frames, passions, and traditional principles. Their weak children soon died from tho hardships of nomadic life, the remain der illustrated selection by suffering, and the survival of tho fittest to light. With such characteristics thero could not fail among the gypsies many strik ing instances of warm friendship, in tense love, and tho fidelity which endures oven till death. This was known of thctu when littlo else was known beyond their most apparent and repulsive traits. Walter Scott indulg ed in no romantic license when ho de picted Ilayraddin Mangrab'm as devoted to Qucntin Durward; even at present the incident of a thoughtful gift or any littlo act of kindness to them will bo remembered with a gratitude out of all proportion to its valuo, and go tho rounds of all the Romany in the United States. And therefore when mon fell in love with women thero often result ed thoso instances of intense passion nnd steady faith which at tho present day aro really becoming mythical. Tho gypsy in this, as in everything else has boena continuation of tho middlo ages, or of the romanco era. Such a passion was inspired moro than half a century ago by Jack Coop er, tho Kurumengro Horn, or Fighting Gypsy, in u girl of his own tribe. Her name was Charlotte Lee, and it was about 1830 that Leslie, tho royal academician, led by the fame of her beauty, painted tho picture now in New York in tho possession of his sister, Miss Emma Leslie. The fame of her charms still survives among her peo ple, and when a few days ago as I was talking of Charlotte to some gypsies of her kin near Philadelphia, I was asked if I meant the Kinkoui that is, tho Beautiful One. Century. How to Travel With Comfort. Avoid railroad food by carrying chicken, beef, hard-boiled eggs, bread, fruit and salt. Arrango to start quietly after a plen tiful meal. Take overshoes and water proof in your hand-bag. This is im portant. In railway traveling ride only in the last car of an express train and tho front car of a slow train, or get as near theso points as possible. Attend to tho dailj' functions, clso travel will derange them. On warm days rido backward by an open win dow, thus avoiding cinders and draughts. For ocean trips take abundanco of outer garments and llannol bed gowns. Walk the deck for exorcise, clso first days ashore will bo fatiguing. But rest tho firsfc two days at sea. At night, if fatigued, drink a cup of tea witli a bit of bread, and rest thirty minutes beforo dining. A tired stomach cannot digest easily. Ilonco tho frequency of diarrhoea during travel. If seasick, keep the deck, lio upon tho back near tho center of tho ship; cat in spite of nausea. If vomiting fol lows, cat again at once. This is tho only remedy. Drink little or none of tho railroad ice-water. If obliged to eat at sta t'ons, choose simple food. Eat slowly. Better less food than much haste. Bread and fruit or chocolate mako an excellent lunch. Drink hot beef tea with plenty of red pepper. Eat ship crackers, raw beef, finely chopped, salted and rod peppered, and mix with bread crumbs. If not seasick, control tho appetite or prepare for dyspepsia. Avoid nearness to water-closots. Bo sure of dry bod linen and clean blank ets. It is better to uso your shawls than to bo oxposcd to ' dampness. Throw back tho bedelothing two hours before retiring. See that your gas burner docs not leak. Movo bedsteads away from windows. Old hotels aro draughty. New York Graphic. Giving tho Other Woman a Show. An old shanty boat with a tin stern wheel and a general air of having been a tender to Noah's ark has been at tho mouth of Jack's run, near Bellovuc, since the spring. John Whitfield, his wife, and another woman lived on tho boat. Tho ark is gono now, and tho happy familv is no longer happy. On Saturday Whitfield sent his wife to town to collect an alleged debt, and in her absence ho and tho female took tho train for Wheeling. Mrs. Whitfield was broken-hearted at first when sho found that her faithless lord had fiown. The neighbors comforted her, however, and last evening tho said: "Well, I've supported John by sowing for ten years, and I guo3s "I'll give tho other 'woman a show now." 1'ttlsburgh Dis-patcfu 0U11 NATIONAL PAltK. Somo of tho Beauties and Won ders of the Yellowstone Reservation. Streams Where Brook Trout Oan Be Caught with a Pitchfork or Rotrioved by a Dog. A Iteslon Worth lrotcctlus. A Fort Keogh, Montana, correspond ent of The Chicago Times writes: There arc manv wonders within our great national reservation that have never been noticed by the numerous uidc-books, and thero aro just as many more outside of tlto border lino and in tho neighborhood which should have been included when tho park was cre ated. Tho mistake was in not making it twice tho size, for the whole country roundabout is ono region of continuous wonders, such as no other portion of the known or unknown world can boast of. Tho Cinnabar mountains, tho Devil's slide, the beautiful valley of the Stinking Water, tiie Teton basis, just across the Continental divide, and last, but not least, Henry's lake, over in Idaho --these and the other marvels close by, when taken as a whole, and leaving out till that is not included in the park proper, combine a region of stupenduous and startling wonders fully equal to if not actually superior to all that is contained in tho 3,575 square miles of tiie park. TUB CINXAUAIt MOUNTAIN'S arc full of petrifications of every kind, and the fossils scattered all through the canyons and gorges and on tho peaks arc" numerous and varied enough to supply all tlto mu.iouins in tho country for ages to come. On the summits of theso huge piles are undoubted eviden ces of the glacial period. Glaciers ex !st even now in the Wind River and Teton ranges much below twelve thous and feet, and the tens of thousands of granite boulders that occur on both sides of the Yellowstone valley beyond the Second canyon and from tho Cin nabar mountains to the north base of the Amethyst mountain in the park were no doubt stranded in their pres ent locations by an immense water power, which must have swept them down from tho north ages ago, when the rivers ran as high as the mountain tops. But the most remarkable exam ple of the glacial period in this region is a huge boulder resting on tho brink of tho Grand canyon, about a mile and a half below the great falls. It is verv compact, a coarse, crystalline fehlspathic granite, in shape rectangu lar, the edges sharp and unworn, and its cubical dimensions somewhat more than 2, 500 feet. It is within a stone's throw of the brink of tho canyon, and rests upon a series of sheets of Vliyolite, surely not more than 1,000 feet in thickness. In seeking the possible source of this rock ono would naturally turn toward the south, tho sources of tho Yellowstone; but tho great ranges to the east and south aro vulcanic, and aro not known to con lain a single exposure of granite rock. There are no such formations in tho whole upper Yellowstone; for thero is a total absence of granito pebbles on tho shores of the lake or in the beds of tho rivers. The homo of this wanderer must bo sought in the north, beyond tho valley of the Third canyon, 50 miles away, and at the southern end of the Gallatin mountains. To reach its pres ent pusition from tho northern locality this stupendous bowlder must havo crossed the course of the groat valley of tho East fork and the third canyon, and havo ascended the river as it now exists a distance of 20 miles, avoiding on its way by a circuitous route the in tervening Washburn range and tho op posing mass of Amethyst mountain a most curious freak of nature consider ed from any point of view. Four miles from tho northern border lino of tho park and just after passing the Second canyon gohi" south is tho famous Devil's" slide. It is a rosy, brown-colored shoot running from tho top to tho base of the mountain at an angle of about .10 degrees, and looks for all tho world like a toboggan slide that has been generously sprinkled with cinnamon. At the top on cither side riso two lofty minaret towers, so wonderfully paired in size, shape, and outline that one inlghtvory well sup pose they wero constructed from a sin glo model rather than being, as they are, tho simple handiwork of nature. Tho slide starts from tlrs point and shoots down a steep grade, bringing up sharp and abrupt on tho brink of tho Second canyon. Tho Indians be lieved when it thundered that tho ovil ono wont plunging down this awful in cline, pitching iniotho roaring Yellow stone at its baso, and then by somo subterranean passage within tho earth mounted to tho top again, and repeat ed Ids little diversion until it ceased thundering. Tho lightning was caused by friction with tho fiery-colored road bed in tho devil's rapid descent. TUB VALLEY OF THK bTINKINO W ATE It is the most beautiful little garden of Eden on the North American continent Tho titlo would seem to convoy tho im pression that it is a bad smelling stream, of offensive odor and vllo tasto, as its name would indicate. On tho contra ry, it is a beautiful mountain rivulet of the clearest and purest water, but strongly impregnated with sulphur. On account of its peculiar odor, it was named by the Bannock Indians, whoso reservation was, a long time ago, tho park, "Yttskinmaya Wicista," which translated into tho vernacular signifies bad water. Hero it is that a few largo game animals still loft alive in tho northwest seek refuge from tho roady riilo of the hunter. This beautiful country is tho homo of tho mighty elk. Hero aro to bo found tho brown spe cies, tho giant bull elk. and tho rarest of all game animals, tho albino elk. Tho snow elk is certainly tho scarcest of the big game still left in our coun try, and until a short time auo was known to the white man only by tra dition. Tiie Indians have often spoken of it but their statements were never credited. Now comes tho proof in the bceing. A baud of fifty was sighted Im the Stinking Water country by a party of hunters last February, and, although they were pursued for two days and a night by the indefatigable moun taineors.yct did they fortunately succeed in cseap'ng the deadly bullets of the not-liunters. Thev finally made their escape over into the National park, where they were safe from pursuit. Tho Stinking Water country is no longer what it ucd to be. The poor, hunted animals are never uro of their lives there now. With an instinct truly marvelous they drift over into the park, where cold lead and murderous powder can not reach them. The super. uton dent, his assistants, and tho army of ficer in charge of the improvements as sured the writer that the largo game animals not already slaughtered now seek out tho park as the only place of refuge left them in the whole north wtst. It Is about fine they were find ing it out for themselves, as the great government under which they live has never thought of enacting any laws looking to their preservation. There are a tew mountain bullalo in the park, numerous bands of elk, numberless deer of all species, and hordes of mountain sheep. Tho park should bo increased beforo it is too late, not only to include the natural wonders round about that properly belong there, but also to give tho "few animals living within its' boundaries a wide range. Tho Teton basin, ami ' in fact the whole stretch of country from tho southern boundary of tho park as far as the Garden of tho Gods in Colorado, is filled with carboniferous fossils, lava Hows, and volcanic ejectainenta. it is a eonntrv that, if fullv oxolored and classified, would double tho interest now contained in the park proper. .Just across the western boundary in Idaho is the lovely ltf.KUV I.AKK. Beforo it is too lato this beautiful sheet of water should bo preserved from destruction. It is situated on tho public road built by tho government, leading from tho upper geysor basin to Virginia City. Tins lake is tho head waters of the Henry's fork or Snako river, and is the breeding-ground of tho salmon-trout so plentiful in Snako riv er and in tho Columbia and its tributa ries. On my first trip over this road somo two years ago, 1 found on thu banks of tins lake and hidden by tall fir aud pine trees a rude log-cobin. oc cupied by an individual who was thoro as a speculator. This money-making fellow had foreseen that many park tourists after visiting tho geyser ba sins would return to civilization via Virginia City, so ho built his cabin on tho road and near tho lake, hewed out of a solid pino log a dugout boat for the accommodation of tho sightseers, and provided himself witli scores of spears for the uso his customers who desired to try their hand at fish spear ing. How tiie poor innocent trout did stiller that year. There was terrible destruction by greehorn spuersmun who wounded and inutilateda vast deal more of the piscatory tribe than thoy caught. Tho proprietor of tho log cabin also kept a seino for the amuse ment of his patrons, which consisted in casting the net aud making a haul and thu throwing the fish back into tho pond again. At tho time I strongly suspected the miscreant of employing dynamite or gaint powdor as ono of his pastimes, for tho shores of tho lako wero lined with dead trout that bore tho ap pearance of being stunned or having been killed by a sudden shook. 1 saw at ono time and in one pile the results of a night's seining .and spcunng, and I think tho pile would havo aggregat ed closo on to nine hunderd pounds avoirdupois. Fortunately tho specula tor is no longer at his old post nor at his old tricks, and tho trout can there fore go on spawning undisturbed and in peace. At present this lovely littlo pond, nestled down amid tho giant peaks surrounding it, is full to overfiowiiig of tho gamy salmon-trout. Thoy aro in school throe aud four foot deep, ono above tho other, and packed as closo together as fish can convieiitly be. These schools extend as far as tho oyo can reach. Thero aro no other kind of fish In tho lako save salmon-trout, and tho num ber of this species seem to bo beyond conception. Thero aro a groat many moro thero now than thero wero two voars airo, and thoy havo virtually overstocked tho lako. Thoy mass thoiu Belvos in tho small streams tributary to tho lake, evidently for no other pur noso than tho want ot room, incro aro no larger fish to prey on them, and so thoy go on increasing without cheek or hindrance. Where thoy crowd up a stream very thick tho loaders often find themselves pushed Into tho grass and reeds, and possibly wriggling around on dry ground. With a spado or pitchfork thousands could bo thrown out on tho shore. An old hunter living in tho neighborhood says whon ho wants a moss of fish ho AVIIISTLKS TO 1 1 IS VOQ, who goes plunging into tho wator, and usually brings out ono or two in his mouth. An average of tho weight of tho fish in Henry lako would bo about 125 trout to tho 100 pounds. Of course thny run much larger than this, ono fellow being caught by spearing two years ago that tipped tho beam at 12 1-2 pounds. From every aero of ground surrounding Honry lako a ton of grass could bo cut. Tho soil in places is ns black as coal, aud thoro is no naiiio for its richness. Game is very plenti ful, and ducks, geese, whito and black swans fairly swarm about and through tho rushes or hover over tho mirror sur faco of this enchanting shoot of water. Honry lako is raroly tho sourco of Snake river, which in turn tumbles into tho Columbia, aud so finds an out lot to the sea. Snako river, followed throughout Its course, is truly n river of rapids. For threo miles above tho Shoshone fulls it Hows through imuiouso caverns with lofty basaltic walls on each side hundreds of feot high. At tho Twins or Littlo falls thu river is divided by an island, and tho two streams rush ovor separate precipices, and pitch into a pool 175 J out below. As viowed from the bluff hundreds ol feet above, the sight Is grand; and us for looking up from bolow, tho gorge ous panorama is too awful and tremen dous to describe in words. Five mlloa bolow aro tho great falls whore tho en tire river descends in ono mighty sheol 210 feot. Forty miles further aro the Solomon's falls. A short distance up tho canyon beforo reaching thoso falls Is tho most remarkable sight in Amer ica. High up on the wall, perhaps two thousand feet, a river of water gushes out in one solid stream, and leaps a cataract into the torrent below. It has a tremendous volume, and looks like an immense hose stream shooting out of the mountain side. From the high binds following down stream Issue numerous great spring", the water of which fall over the rocks, and arc lashed into sil very spray in their descent. Tho first of these pours over the cliff in a semi circular form, and falls over two hun dred feet. The spaces between aro lined with green moss or shrubs, so that it presents the appearance of an immense grotto. As seen from tho op posite side of tho river it is very beauti ful. The above are only a few of tho marvels of nature contained in tho strange country surrounding our groat National park." - M.I. ..HI Removing Ilnirs from the Face. "Tho climate of San Francisco must bo very bad for the complexion," said an Oakland man to his wife on tho boat the other day. "I notice a great many ladies from San Francisco who go over two or threo timos a week to our sido of tho bay, and four out of live of them seem to bo troubled with an eruption which appears in patches on their faces. The eruption is confined to tho cheeks and chins generally, but I saw one quite preltv girl the other day with her upper lip all disfigured in this way. Look, thero is one now." "You poor, stupid croaturo," re sponded tho wife of his bosom, in that pitying tone used by wives when they happen to bo possessed of a littlo ex clusive information; "that is not an eruption." "What is it then, small pox?" "No; sho has been to hor doctor's to havo tho superllous hair removed by electricity. Tho San Francisco ladies sro ovor to a doctor in Oakland for treatment, because thoy don't want to be seen going into tho olllces of thosa in their own city known as practitioners of the art. while the Oakland girls go. over to t ho city. About six out of ton' women aro troubled with superllous hairs on tho face or arms, and tho pro cess of plucking them out with a pair of tweezers two or threo times a month is not pleasant. Tho electric doctor burns the root of each hair with a needle through which an electric spark is sent, aud tho removal of tho hair is permanent. So when you seo a girl with that eruption on her fa o you may know sho has been having her whiskers removed. Somo girls have to shavo regularly, but that makes tho whiskers grow coarse and still' like a man's." "Yes, I've noticed that often," said tho husband thoughtlessly. "When? Whore? Who is sho?" And onco more tho pursuit of knowl edge caused trouble in tho human fam ily. San Francisco l'osf. His Lovely Illtto Whiskers. Oh, but thoro nro peoplo who mako fools of themselves! When a man sets out to mako himself a fool in tho lino of a park llirtatiou ho is likely to bo very successful. Tho l'ark lounger over in Allegheny lias in hisin nd's oyo a still-jointed gentleman, in a whito stovepipe hat, who, in the struggle to give Father Time a black eye, has dyed his whiskers n gorgeous and peaeocky Syrian purple. Ho doubtless meant to havo black whiskers, but the maehh.o slipped a cog in the dye works ho pat ronized, aud his whiskers catno out in Miss Cleveland's pet hue, which prom ises to be fashionable here. This man walks moro miles and makes tho least showing in his dibits to perform thu feat vulgarly known as masking than any man in Allegheny. His attempts in this linut aro positively debilitating to tho oyo 'witness. School girls and swoot sixtoons aro tils especial dolight. But he met with a Watorloo yesterday. , Ho struck u) a llirtatiou w-th threo bold voting things, nnd was making himself agreeablo as best ho knew how. Finally tho girls wanted to got rid of him. Ono addressed him in a low tone of voice as "Pa." whereat ho colored up, and laughed feebly at tho ioko. Tills not proving quite potrifyinlng enough, another remarked: "What lovely whiskers you havo got! Won't you givo mo a lock of your whiskers?" The old boy was gratified, and wantod lo know: ''Why, my dear?" Tho giddy young thing gushed: "Thoy aro just tho shade of blue that I want for my dross. I want a lock for n sample to match tho color." Tho crushed dyo house sign wont out under tho shado of ono of tho trees which formerly graced the front of the penitontlary on Ohio street, and whon ho had fully ro sovered ho set out for homo. 1'itts 'jurgh Post. Aslinmcd of Her. Man (to wlfo who justly despises puns) "My dour, I saw something to day that Bhookcd mo vory much. , Wlfo "Tell mo about it." Husband "I was standing on tho itrect when along camo a well known loafer, a regular free lunch liond. Ho Hopped and would havo doubtles spo ken to mo but just thou a man rushed tip, seized the loafer aud throw hint Jown. Immediately the man who had thrown the loafer was arrested and taken to the police court which hap pened to be in session, where ho was ;hargod with being an anarchist." Wife "An anarchist." 'Husband Yes." Wifo "Why, how could thoy brinj inch a charge against him?" Husband "Becauso, you soo, ho had' thrown a bum." Wife (indigunntly) "You m'sorablo thing. I am a great mind never to speak, io you again." Husband "Y'os, but don't you think it is u pretty good pun?" Wifo "1 might have thought so whon my grand-father told it to mo as ; a reminiscence of ids early llfo. if you want any supper you'll havti to cook, it yourself." Husband (crost fallen) "Thero you f;o. Never saw the liko. Why. your ack of appreciation ot Amarloau humor makes mo ashamed of you."- Arhansaw Trveler. n