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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1887)
OREGON NEWS. Everything of General Interest in a Condensed Form. Crook county is to have a now jail Railroad men are prospecting Mor- ow county for a line. uipntneria is prevalent m some parts of of Douglas county. A large number of brick buildimgs nxo being erected in Albany. The bridge across the Yamhill at Dayton has been condemned. The postoflice at Dilley, Washing ton county, has been discontinued. White men have taken the place of Chinese on the Gold Hill section railroad. of The right of way for the railroad has been secured from Ashland to the Cal ifornia line. The $1,000 foot-race at Astoria be tween Pete Grant and Ed Rea was do clared a tie. A little grandson of Noah Shank, of Brownsville, fell into the river and was drowned. Henry Burton, who recently came to Oregon for his health, died on the tram near The Dalles. Thomas Washburno, who lived cross the river from llarrisburg, was ound dead in his bed. Freddie Howe, the 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Howe, who livo at ISellwood, was drowned in the W n lamctte. Articles incorporating the Portland Fraction Company have been tiled twith the Secretary of State. Incorpora tors, Ralph KnuH'man, D. F. Sherman rand Charles Kennedy. Capital stock, 3250,000. Thoobject is to build street railways in various streets in Portland. A new cannery is being built on the fCoquille, near Pershbakers mill, by tho Mount Hood Packing Company, vbich will bo ready by tho time fish ling commences, it win nave a ca- Ipacity of 400 cases daily. J. W Lume s cannery, above Parkergburg, Ewhich has been changed to a steam Rcannery, has a capacity of 700 cases a fclay, Alice May. daughter of John May, U Beaver Creek, Clackamas county, md her sister, several years younger, started out to gather berries. Tho horse became frightened and unman Rigeable. Alice said to her sister, K'Slideofl', there's no use of us both be- hng killed." Her sister obeyed and es caped with but slight injuries, but Edlico was thrown, and, having her foot in a strap instead of the stirrup, was dragged a considerable distance and fatally injured. William Beagle, who died at the res' fldence of his daughter in Pendleton, ;was one of the earliest Oregon pio neers. In tho spring of '44 he drove tiis cattle over tho Cascado mountains, tho first that wore ever taken across the trail. He established tho first flrhito school in tho State. This was what is now called Washington WUIILJ llllll 111 W1U J Uill XU I. lie, ive others, built the first "Prot- church in the State. It was Wedica icated to the worship of God by Rbo Baptist denomination f A dispatch from Ashland says : Tho .Chinese laborers at the Siskiyou tun nel were paid off, and at 11 o'clock at night, whilo congregated in tho store of Charlie Din, a masked mob, esti- mntaA nf tlnrti- nr fnrtv nftnplrml Mm etpre and began tiring. The China imen offered no resistance. They were jail robbed. They claim their loss at ('$800. Ono woman was shot in the Itliigh a flesh wound. A boy was teUot in tha spino and his recovery, is "doubtful. A man was beaten over Hie Head with a shot-gun and his skull fractured. It is estimated that 150 wRA man by the name of Bumhoil'has 'lo( fish on tho Klamath Reservation at the mouth of tho Klumath river. Ono uio conditions is that uumnott snail y tho Indians a certain price for the h which are caught bv them. R. D. tuno has found that tho State Leg aturo has declared tho Klamath a vigable stream and that he has the right to navigate said stream and fish therein. Itonco ho fitted np a hsuing ijrtnnt and proceeded to the Klamath and anchored in the stream and began to'".;:' The Indians threaten to kill lime's men if they fish there. The Wttlers along the Klamath fear trou ble and thoy are arming themselves. tTho Secretary of tho Interior has concurred in tho recommendation of i&Q Commissioner of the General Land iQflico of May 10th lust, that a Com mission bo appointed to mako a thor- lough and exhaustive investigation of fine condition of the Willamette Val- ly and Cascado Mountain Wagon ad, The Dalles Military Road and Oregon Central Wagon Road, in is State, especially as to whethor d roads have been constructed, and lother or not tho certificates of tho ivernor of tho completion ot sam ids were obtained by false and fraud misrepresentations made by parties itereetsd in obtaining said lands. The scretary has appointed John U. Sic- ime, of Clovoland, Ohio, now of Adjutant General s ofiice, to rep lant the Department on the Com- i6sion, and will soon appoint two hers to represent the General Land lice, on recommendation of the 3mjrussioner. a no investigation win , i . i i n i commenceu eariy in .august, vjuih- nt 18 made to the General Land lice that neither of tho wagon roads ivo been completed according to law, though their completion lias been lly certified to by tho Governor of legon. The grant to these roads ag- egate about 52,3000,000 acres. COAST CULLINGS. I Devoted Principally to Washington Territory and California. A flood in Arizona swept away sev eral houses at Nogalcs. A church edifice for the use of the Baptists is being built at Roslyn, W. T, A fire at Hanford, Cal., destroyed a large part of the business portion of the town. The K. of L. Assembly at Roslyn W. T., are building a fine two-story hall JUx3o feet. S. L. Short has boon appointed rail way mail agent between Helena, Mon tana, and Portland. At Lessley's sawmill, near Jackson Cal., a young man by the namo of Al bert Petty lost his life by a log rolling over him. During the past year tho various postofhees m Washington Territory issued money orders aggregating At Stella, W. T., while a lad about 11 years of age, son of Mr. Clark, was playing, he hanged himself and was not discovered until ho was dead. There is some talk on tho Sound of importing 1,000 negroes to work in the logging camps. Tho scarcity of la borers is urged as tho justifying cause It is reported from Los Angeles that tho Perkins-Baldwin breach of promise case has been settled by plaintiff ac cepting $7,500, or ten per cent of the verdict. It is reported that miners are so scarce at Tybo, Nevada, that men can not be got to do the work, and Indians are employed m tho mines at $J 50 per day. The San Francisco Chamber of Com merce has resolved to memorialize the ensuing Congress to assist in the construction oi a cable from San Fran cisco to the Sandwich Islands. Camas prairie is in Idaho county. It is thirty miles long by twenty miles wido, and it comprises about twelve townships, which makes it the largest tract of agricultural land m ono body in the Territory of Idaho. It is not generally understood that tho Puyallup Indians were granted by an Act of Congress, at its last session, tho right of equal suffrage with tho whites. Many of tho Indians aro ex pecting to vote at the coming election in November. The east-bound passenger train ran into the rear of a freight at Apache Springs, A. T. The liremun, E. J Beckler, was killed; Engineer Her man badly hurt, and tho engine badly wrecked. No passengers wore so riouely injured. The steward of the fishing schooner Courtney Foard was recently washed overboard in Alaskan waters. His body was recovered, and a bank book, showing deposits to tho amount of lj)li,000, was found on his porson. Tho mate of the C. C. Funk also shared tho samo fato about the same place. Bishop Seghers, Catholic missionary, was murdered in cold blood by his companion, on the night of November zath last. The scene of the tragedy was on the banks of the Yukon river, about 500 miles from its mouth. The murderer is Frank Fuller, a young man from Portland, Oregon, who ac companied the Bishop as companion and servant. Albert Stephens, 8-year-old son of Judge A. M. Stephens, jumped from a street car, whilo in motion, at Los An geles. In running forward to reach tho sidewalk, ho ran against a wagon loaded with brick. The recoil was such that he was thrown over on his back undor the foro wheels of the wagon. Both wheels passed over his body crushing the skull. Death 'was instantaneous. iVt Dillon, Montana, Henry Grab- hoin shot his wifo through tho head, killing her instantly. Ho then fired two shots into his forehead, neither of which, however.took fatal effect, merely indenting his skull and glancing up wards. Ho is unconscious, but his life, t is thought, can bo saveU, by trepan ning. Tho murderer is under arrest. The deceased and husband camo from Kansas about four months ago. Jeal ousy was the cause. R. VanWinklo, who lives on Elliott's slough, near Aberdeen, W. T., heard ono of his hogs making a terriblo dis turbance m tho slashing near his houEC. Equipping himsolf with a Winchester Van ran to tho scono of blood as rapidly as possible, arriving just in time to find a largo black bear tearing tho flesh from one of tho finest of his porcine pets. A well directed shotinought bruin to the ground, but the nog was also killed. John R. Nails was run over and in stantly killed by a street car at San Francisco. Ho was driver and con ductor of tho car, and had just started from tho terminus on tho down-town trip, when he dropped ono of tho reins, and in endeavoring to regain it leaned over tho dashboard and lost his balance. Ho fell with his head on tho track, and both wheels passed over it, crushing in the cntiro left sido and eaving tho brainB exposed. At Pomoroy, W. T., tho child of P. F. Noyer fell in a well seventy feet deep and had the presonco of mind to clasp tho bucket ropo which accompa nied her to the bottom. Tho mother on missing the child went to the well and began to turn tho windlass and bo found her child was on board tho rope below When tho mother gavo out the bucket from tho top met tho one half way down coming up with tho child which bad presence of mind enough to catch tho descending ropo nd rest her mother, who soon ralliod sufficient strengtb to pull her jewel to the top. The child sustained only a fow bruisee. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Ad Epitome of the Principal Events Now Attracting Public Interest Ernest Kamniy fatally shot his wifo and himsolf at Philadelphia. R. B. Clathem shot and killed J. S. Harkins, Jr., at Lexington, Miss. General Richard Rowett dropped dead at Washington Park, Chicago. Alexander G.tssnian, of San Fran cisco, committed suicide in New'Yortk. John Dalloff was shot dead iA' Lyons, Col., by a man named Dyer, who after ward committed suicide. Joseph C. Kennedy, a well known attorney, was assassinated bv John Daily, a laborer, in Washingtmi. It is reported at Detroit that tho steamer Ariel ran down a boat con taining five persons, all of whom wero drowned. Morgan, the New York bicyclist, has broken the world's record for a quarter of a mile, having made the distance in seconds. Peter Burkhardt, aged 70. a wealthv fanner near Petersburg, Indiana, hav ing become jealous of his young wife. ucuuoraieiy snot, aor (loan in tno pres ence of their four-year-old boy, and .1IM . , I . . . . . . . ' men killed himself. At Trenton, N. J., Dr. Carver broko his previous record of brcak-iug 1.000 guiss uaus in -joa minutes, lie accom plished the feat in 41A minutes, and only missed twentv-four out of 1.03(5. lie used a repeating rifle, two men loading besides himself. The St. Anthony elevator, triple structure, tho largest in the Northwest, located near Minneapolis, was totally destroyed by fire, together with tho contents, 1.1UU.0UB bushels of wheat, Loss on building and machinery will bo $250,000 ; on grain, $S25.000 ; in surance, unknown. The wheat de stroyed was one-tenth the visiblo sun piy ot tno iNoruiwest oiusulo of Du- luth. At Montrose, Col., Mrs. C. A. Hoath went to a neighbor's on an errand. leaving three small boys alono in tho house. Shortly afterwards ono of tho boys went to his mother and told her they had built a fire, and for her to come homo and get suppor for papa. I lie mother, mistrusting something was wrong, hurried home and found the building in flames, and her two sons burned to a crisp. The Indian Commissioner at Wash ington has received a telegram from the agent at tho bpokano reservation saying that tho sheep men wero driv ing their Hocks across tho reservation in largo numbers, to the injury of tho Indians. He asked for troops to drivo them off. The Commissioner therefore addressed a letter to the Secretary of tho Interior, asking that troops be sent to bpokano agency as early as possible to aid tho agent. The volcano of Akoutim. on thn Island Akoutan. ono of tho Aleutian group, is in a state of eruption. Tho natives on this island report that tho eruption lias been in onoration almost constantly since the middle of May. Land explosions occur cvory fow mo ments and largo quantities of rock aro thrown up hundrods of feet into tho air. At night numbers of streams of molten lava could be sunn enm-sini' down the mountain sides, illuminating the whole country round about. Earth quake shocks aro of frenuont occur ence on the island. At Clinton, Iowa, four peoplo wero shot during a "Wild West" perform ance of Sells Bros', circus. George Harrington, aged 17, was shot in tho forehead and will die. Mrs. W. A. Lambortson was shot in the left breast uat abovo tho heart, dangerously. Wallaco Phillip, aged 10, was shot on top of tho head. Ho is not very seri ously wounded. Ono of tho Indians was shot. How badly ho is hurt is not nown. Ho was immediately taken away, iso cause is given for using bullets, oxcept that tho cowboys got the wrong rovolvers. It was dono dur ing tho encounter of cowboys and In dians in tho ring. iVbout a year ago railroad telegraph ers formed an organization of their own, and since thr.t time tho order has grown largely, both east and west. At tho coining session of Congress they intend to ask tho passago of a bill, and they claim to havo Congres sional influence enough to do it, mak ing it a ponal ofl'onso for any railroad company who employ a telegraph op erator who directs tho movements of passongor trains who has not boon granted a license. Licenses will bo issued by the government, the appli cant being required to pass a practical examination, to produce ovidenco as to his moral character and habite, and to bo of proper age. A gang of Italian laborers wore at work balasting on tho Erie railway, near Jloboken. Tho Chicago express was an hour lato and rushed round tho curve before tho men had tho slightest warning and dashed through them, killing twelve or fifteen on tho spot and wounding many othors. Tho shrieks of tho victims wero heartrend ing. When tho train slowed up tho track presented a sickening eight, be ing covered with mangled bodies, tho rails splashed with blood and broken imbs, whilo pieces of ragged flesh wore scattered in all directions. Somo bodies wero mangled boyond descrip tion and crushed out of all eemblanco to humanity. To most of tho victims death must havo come instantaneously, but somo of thorn appeared to be yet quivering and life ebbing away when tho train was brought to a stand-still. There was only fifteen minutes' delay, and tho train which had wrought so much disaster proceeded on it way from Allendale to Iloboken. COL. INGERSOLL'S HOME LIFE. The Sunilny KTonlnj; Informal Heceptlon. A Dnugtitcr' Orcnt Hupplnc.-.. Col nnd Mrs. Incersoll aro livinR this win ter at No. SO Fifth nvenuo, with their two only children, Miss Inrersoll nnd Miss Miuu: Ingei-soll, 'iotli of whom nro now "out." They go n great deal Into society nnd havo received fonnnlly n number of times this Inst reason but tho Sunday evening informal reception nro particularly tlio colonel's. A great ninny of his own friends como then, and, with tho bright ami pretty women whom tho ladies ask, thcro is much that is sparkling nnd on lovable. Mrs. Ingersoll is n big, lmndsomo womnn. whoso happy face shows in every lino tho lovo nnd Uio loyalty that has been lavished upon her. Miss Ingersoll is n tall, slender girl with n faco ot tho tyjw made dear to us as tho "Mndonnn" stylo of beauty fair, se rene, puro and lovablo. Miw Maud is darker nnd rosier nnd extremely like her fnthcr in temperament and mental dualities an ex tremely bright nnd witty girl. Tho two girls nro msepirauio nmi liavo nover been nwav from each other but ono night, nor from their father nnd mother but two nights in their lives. Last year they tried to go to Elberon for two weeks, but papa nnd mamma, having let tnem go, wont nrter them in just two days. 1 hey could not bear tho loneliness. And no ono who does not know tho closeness of ths ties that hold them together could npprccinto what that "loneliness" meant. Miss fgersoll was speaking of her lifo to a friend ttX other day, and sho said most truly that sho know peoplo would not lwliovo what hers nnd her sisters had been. Iuverinnll her lifo had sho heard either her father or her mother speak nn nngry or impationt word. Never had she been denied n pleasure or forced to do anything unpleasant. Sho had simply, sho saui, irom uio (lay sno enn remember first, been mudo so happy that sometimes it fright ened her, used to it as sho was. "When 1 seo other people," sho said, "and seo how un happy they aro 1 feel nlmost wicked to bo so happy inyselt." In this samo little conllden tinl talk sho said of her father said it with tears of lovo in her oyes: "Nobody but his wno and ins girls I:now how nbsolutelv nor- feet n mnn ho is." Could any man nsk nioro or lire than praiso hko thatf Fnnnio B. Mor rill in New York World. Tlio Quern of line. Speaking of tho poor, ono of tho queerest figures in Now York is that of a woman who nnvcr wears anything but rags, but such a wild nnd wonderful assortment of them that sho is really picturesque Sho is generally known in tho quarters sho frequents as Crnzy ICnto, but sometimes called tho Queen of Itags for a change Never had tho most gorgeous rainbow moro colors than this queer creaturo combines in her ragged raiment. I tried to count them the last timo I saw her, but had to givo it up. From tho mass of rags on hor hend to tho tattered fringo of rngs nt her Heels, slio was n ierambulating kaleidoscope, so tar as variations of color wont. Sho gathers tho rags wherever thoy can lo found. often fishing thorn out of tho gutters, nnd, as sho nover nttempts to clean them, tho amount ol Hire slio carries about in her daily wander ings may bo imagined. Sho not only clothes Herself witn rags, but wears layor upon layer of them, reofed and tucked nnd strung around her till sho is swuthed llko mummy. One of tho worst tenements in Now York is a building called tho "Barracks," near tho liattery. Crazy Kato is ono of its tenants. Sho has a room in it, and tho room contains hardly anything but rngs nnd rotten nunles. Next to her mania for rags is n passion for garnering rotten npples nnd going through tho form of peddling them nt tho downtown docks and sometimes in tho shipping ofllces nnd others. Nobody over buys her npples, but a great many who know her oddities give her nickels and dimes, of which, ft is said, sho takes such n good care, notwithstanding the boo in her bonuot, that sho has quito a little store laid by for n rainy day. Thoro was a romnntio story to! nbout her somo years ago to tho effect that being in lovo with a sailor boy who wont to hen nnd nover camo lack, sho lost her mind in consequence, but it is not nccepted in the "Barracks," whero the general opinion is that Crazy ICato was born mat way. blio is an odd creaturo cer tainly, but quito harmless, tho "Barracks" Ieoplo say. Now York Cor. Detroit Free Press. Amurlcnn Women's 1'Vot. Wo havo had so much to do with hands this winter, they havo been so mapped and do- scribed, that It is rather pleasant to have tho feet mentioned, ovon if in so uncompliment ary a manner as that remark of Mr. Ceorgo Riddle, which has gono round tho world, that tno "lioston loot is proverbially large." This is a queer ttntement for nn nrtist to make who has gotteti up many Greek plays, nnd who has dono his costuming so well as hus Mr. Riddle. Tho Boston foot is hereditarily small, as nro an American reot. Un a glass easo in Paris, whero tho best slippers nnd boots nro mndo for tho feminino foot, stands n very beautiful plaster model of tho foot of n Bos ton woman, so small, so delicate, with an instep so high that tho water runs under it. Tho anklo is especially admired by artists, an a sort of raco horso delicacy of articulation is combined with raco horso strength of tendon. It is tho foot and anklo of a thoroughbred creaturo, and fulfills all tho conditions of tho sculptor's needs. Mrs. John Sherwood in New York World. I'orrnrso Human Nature Dr. W. 8. Caldwell deals tho women physi cians abroad a hard blow in tho following, which ho writes from Paris to Tho Chicago Medical Journal: "Most American physicians whom ono meets hero are young men just from tho colleges, and they aro too often only interested in such cases as a man would seo only occasionally in n lifetimo. Thoy nro eager to seo Billroth resect tho pylorus for cancer, nnd nro constantly presenting their cards to Pcan to get a chanco to tea opera tions that they nover ought to attempt to perform. But I am oven more disgusted with somo of tho lady physicians who como hero to Paris Thoy will bo pushed and jostled amid tho great throng that follow tho surgical servico of Oillan at tho HotolDiou; sit on a back beat with an opera glass in hand to hce Pcan amputate a man s leg at tho hip joint; but go to tho children's hospital, where Simon holds his clinic, and ono finds not a single ono of them thcro." Doing 1c Gracefully. The empress of Austria has a passion for doing graceful things gracefully. Traveling by steamer to Orsova a week ago, ono of tho gentlemen was unlucky enough at dinner to upset a gloss of rod wine upon her majesty's dress. Tlio gentleman was in what it is, I believe, correct to describe as a "blue flunk;" but shortly afterward the empress, who had not boon a bit cross, consoled tho awkward man by presenting him with a breastpin in uniiianw. lonuon leiier. A Good Deal Worse, "What can bo worse," kald an exasperated husband in the middle of the night, "than a teething babyr "You arc. John, when you have tho tooth- ocho," responded his wife, New York Sua PAPERS FOR NOTHING. THE NOVEL COMBINATION PRO POSED BY A PARIS JOURNAL. I.p (iniiloN' On'rr to tint Prominent Mor clinnH of tlio IVt'iirli Capital Advan tage ot tlio :m-uiiih How It Will Work. I heard only to-day of n novel combination made by 1a Oaulois, n roynlist Catholic jour nal, edited by tho famous Jew, Arthur Meyer, ho who unfairly wounded Edmund Drumont, author of "La Franco Juive," in n duel, somo months ago. Tho intention of tho paper is to economize for its subscribers nnd nt the samo timo aid some charitable work. The paor is to bo given for nothing; or, in other words, tho subscription is to be paid by tho merchants jmtronized by tho subscribers. Le Oaulois starts on tho basts that n journal Ls tho bond of union, tho medium of commu nication, betweeu its readers nnd mcrcnntilo houses. On ono side tho journal receives money from advertisements, on tho other from subscriptions, so that it is much simpler to nsk tho merenntilo houses to pay tho sub scriptions. In that case, readers will bo nuxious to subscribo and mercantilo houses anxious to pay tho largest number of sub scriptions posiblo, ns each subscription rep resents a patron. Lo Oaulois, therefore, has n list of 500 prominent houses that sell every thing from u jKiir of shoes to a landau, nnd tho names of theso houses form a Llvro d'Or golden book. To- each ono of theso mer chants Tho Gnulois said: "Wo offer you no ordinnry advertisements, nnd only nsk you to allow your unuio to bo used in our columns three times u week. So much tho worso for us. If our readers pay no attention to tho insertion, you owo us nothing. But if they go to you if they buy so much tho bettor for them. Then you will pay us tho price of n subscription to Tho Gnulois for n length of timo in proportion to tho amount of tho pur chase." O To their renders they said: "Rend our Llvro d'Or. There you will find tho names of your merchants. You will nlso find now names. Whenever you havo n purchno to mako go to ono of tho houses mentioned in the Livro d'Or. Buy, nnd do not mention Tho Gnulois, but take your receipted bill nnd scud It to tho journal us payment for your subscription. Tho Gnulois ncccpts this bill as n chock, and sends an employe to tho house whero you havo nuido your purchase for tho amount of your suliscription." ADVANTAGES OK T1IK SCIIKMK. In this way tho subscrilier pays for his newspapers without untying his purso strings, nnd tho nierchnnt nrrnngos for his advertise ment by paying tho subscription of his pa tron. But if tho subscriber does not wish to pay tho subscription with his roceipt, prefer ring to pay as has been his custom, Tho Oau lois offers to givo, in tho subscriber's name, tho prico of his subscription to somo chnrl tablo association. Thon thoy return tho ro ceipt of tlw merchant nnd tho receipt of tho charitable association. This scheme seems to havo ninny advan tages, nnd perhaps thoro is nothing unfavor able in connection with it. As Tho Oaulois subscrilwr does not nnuounco himself ns such when ho buys, thero is no dnngcr that tho merchants will increase their prices, and in Paris nenrly nil those houses havo prices plainly marked. Ono important question is: How much must ono buy in order to havo the right to a Gnulois subscription Tlio yearly subscription is $11, and this represents 11 vo ler cent, of tho purchase, so that $220 must bo spent to allow for tho yearly subscription. I ndd n table whioli explains moro fully: 1 Month. I a Months. I 0 .Months. I 1 Year. $!M.0O $53.00 $110.00 Howovcr, ono is not obliged to purchaso for this amount at ono time, and in ono house; ns many bills ns ono pleases in ns many houses (taken from The Llvro d'Or, of course) ns one pleases. An illustration, and I shall have finished: A Chicugoan arrives in Paris; ho takes rooms at ono of the hotels mentioned in Tho Llvro d'Or, Hotel Castlgllono, for instanco; ho spends thoro $i!0; ho goes to ono of tho tailors mentioned nnd spends $160; to a res taurant of Tho Llvro d'Or nnd spends $50. lie enrries his receipts for $220 to Tho Gnulois nnd receives a subscription for ono year, Paris Cor. Chicago Times. One of tho "Airly" Member. "It ur' my painful dooty to roninrk dnt Brudder Jurisprudence Johnson ar' dead," said tho president ns the triangle sounded. "ITo wnr' nn honorary member, llbln' in Montgomery, Alnbnmy, nn' ho wns ginernlly referred to by do glneral public ns Professor Johnson. IIo had do high honah of belli' do only cul'd geinl'nn in do city who was ad mitted to do meetlus of do White Mini's Drug Stoh club. Sometimes ho could bo found in I do barber shop under do Exchange hotel-. talkln' 'bout do way Dan'l got out o' do lion's den wldout n scratch on his pusson, nn' some times ho could lo foun' at do nowstan' in do postoills, rolatin' his imllytiklo experiences an' hopln' somebody wouM buy him a puper of tobneker. IIo was ono of do nlrly mem bers of dis club, an' do only reason ho wns nebber present nt nny of our anyual meotiu's wns boknso freight charges um so high. "Yes, do purfessor has drappod olf by do wayside whilo ninkin' do dusty journey of lifo. I known! him pussonally fur many y'ars. winio i can't say uat no bettered do world much, I know dat ho nover harmed it. As his eulogy I would say: 'Nelthor rich nor great neither a philanthropist nor u states man. Jlst simply a man who died widout an inemy.' Do usual emblom of mournin' will bo put out In de usual way, an' if ho owed us uuy back dues wo will cull his account squar' to a cent. Do ovenln' will now bo consumed in actln' upon communicashuus an' listeuin' to reiwrts." Dotrolt Free Press. A Contly Kxpurlmont. Tho Duko of Edinburgh seems to havo very meager fitness foiSiis position in tho British navy. IIo recently had constructed at grcut exjienso in tho Malta dock yard an immense lioom, which was shipped on board thoTemeruIro for conveyance to Argostoll, as tho duko had conceived tho idea that it would be n lino thing to placo this boom at tho entrance of tho harbor thero and thou to test tho powers of tho Polyphemus by mak ing her burst it. Just as this crazy experi ment was on the point of being tried it was pointed out to the duko by somo ofllccrs who aro moro practical than himself that if by any chanco tho Polyphemus did not cut the boom clean In two a ioarful catastropho would be the result, So tho duko reluctantly abandoned the idea. Tho boom was ono of the largest and most olaborata that has ever been teen, nnd it has now been returned to Malta, whero, presumably, It will Ih sold for a trlllo, being perfectly useless. Detroit Free rress. Depends on tho Town. Nebraska Fanner I want my farm cut up into city lots. I think this would bo a good tuno to eclL Omaha Heal Estate Man Where is ltl "About forty miles south." "That's too far oft for a conservative place like Omaha, but you might advertise it as an addition to Kansas City." Omaba World. COVERING HAY STACKS. How Hnjr In Itlrks Gun Hn Prntnctnd With Hoards at Small Cost. Iii ricks ton feet wido and twelve foot high, between three anil four tons of liny will bo contained in each rod of length. On an nvorage, between oue fourth and onc-hnlf a ton of this will waste whuro the hav la mixed meadow hay and clover, if left uncovered. This I a los of ono to six dollars, accord ing to the local prico of hay. In new countries coar.o slough hay furnishes a good covering or thatching to tow out tho stack with, but slough hay U passing nway before tho ditching spade and improved grass seed, it is often necessary to store the hay out doors until barns can be aH'ord od, or when an unoxpocted surplus is harvested. Sometimes it is found expedient to stack in the Held or in the edge of a woodland pasture, to be fed out without hauling to tho barns. Tho writer lias used sixteou foot boards to mako covers for ricks and found tlioni economical. For a rick ton feet wido. ten or twelve one-foot boards aro necessary. Throe polos, or scantling, livo or six feet long, aro used on oaeU sido for rafters. Tho boards aro mere ly tacked on lengthwise, beginning at tlio bottom, lapping an inch to shed tho water. Haftorscati be put in placo be fnro tho boards are nailed on, or tha .ide- of tho roof mav be raised in placo after nailing the boards fast. Tho two ides can lie fastened together at tho ridge with pieces of foneo wire. Top out tho rick so that tho cover will have a good slant on either sido. Where tho stacks aro exposed to tho wind it is well to fasten the covers to stakes in the ground with wire. If tho nails are not driven quite' down thoy can bo easily drawn whou feeding, and tlio boards used for other purposes or laid away until next hay ing time. Tlio first cost of tho lumber will be about three dollars for each six teen feet in length, and should last many years if it is at all proporly oared for. Near a small horso barn it was de sirablo each year to build a round stack of two or throo tons of hay in addition to that contained in tlio mow. To protect this during tho fall rains, a cap was mndo of boards in four parts. Tho angle of ench triangular section at tho top was Some what less than a right, angle, so us U givo the four sides tlio slopo of a four sided roof. Tho sections wero light, and wero put in placo by tho man ou tho stuck taking a ropo in either hand attached to the opposite soctions nnd, by the aid of the pitcher, lifting thorn to the top, whero they woro fastened together by moans of strong twino wrapped around nnils. 'Jlio lower op posite corners were also attached in the same way. This cover made of scraps of boards did servico several years. Tho top of the stack of liorsu liay was always in ns nice condition na that in tho mow. Prairie Farmer. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Tho Moody Birthday Endcwmont Fund for the schools nt Nortlifield is growingslowly toward tho desired limit of $-10,000. A littlo girl in tho primary school was asked to toll Ums difference between tho words "foot" and "feet." Sho said: "Ono feet is a foot, and n whole lot of foots is a feot," Bazar. Tho Presbytoriun Synod of India in composed of live presbyteries, fifty four ministers, eighteen candidates, twonty-oight ohurelios, 712 communi cants nnd 2,328 Sunday-school scholars. Tlio homo Sunday-school of Mr. Spurgoon's church hus 103 teachers, all members of tho church, and 1,428 scholars. In all the schools connected with tho Tabenmclo thero nro ,7,C77 scholars. Indianapolis Journal. A YOUNG BUTCHER'S LUCK IIo WIiih SI 5,00 In Tlio IiOulNlan Htuto Lottery. " I want to hco a reporter," said nu unusually happy-looking individual as ho entered tho Chronicle Building. Ou boing introduced to ono of the stair ho commenced by saying that liiH namo was A. J. TrcftH, and that ho lived in IJutchortown. As thoro was a very largo fire recently in that part of tho city thoro was apparently no groat reason for such unusual joy as that manifested by Mr. Troftu. He, liow over, wiih very anxious to cominuni cato tho news of a godsend which had fallen to him soon after he had boon burnt out. " I am tho follow. I won it. Just bought ono tickot and got $15,000. That's luck, isn't it? " said tho jovial Trofts. Thon it began to dawn upon tho re poitor that ho was really in tho pres ence of another ono of tho lucky hold ers of a winning number of a Louisi ana lottery prizo. Mr. Trcfts had como down of his own frco will to toll of his lucky vonturo. "I could hardly behove my oyes when I read that number," said ho, "52,74!). I looked at my tickot, turned it over and laid it down beside tho pa per and compared it and thon I began to think I wna tho luckiest man I over mot. Just think, ono ticket, and all that money for $1 1 " "What aro you going to do now, Mr. Trefts? " asked tho interviewer. "I am going to extend my business right away, for that flro nearly did for mo. I didn't beliovo much in Tho Louisiana Lottery before, and I just thought to myself whon I bought tho tickot, 'well, I'vo lest enough already, this dollar will never bo misaod,' and now you may bo euro I never atop thinking how glad I was I bought it, and so I thought I would drop in and tell you about it." Sun Fratieiwo (Oal.) ChronkU, July 2.
