The Oregon scout., April 02, 1891, Image 7

THE DYKES OF HOLLAND.
Their AlP,'ninco ,",, IIow Th"y P-
tcct tlm Laml arm Are j'rnicctifl.
A certain zealous damo is said to have
onco attempted to sweep the ocean away
-itli a broom. xu uuwju u.ivu wen
4apr tlian this. They aro slow and de
liberate people. Desperation may use
brooms. UIH oeiiLMjr.ii.iuii iirviura ciay
and solid masonry, bo, slowly and de
1,-v.pmtelr. the dykes, thoso great hill
like walls of cement atid stone, have
risen to breast the buffeting waves.
And the funny part of it is they are so
skillftilly slautvrt and paved on tho out
sido with flat stones that tho efforts of
tho thumping waves to ueai mem down
nntv make them all the finnerl
Thoso Holland dykes aro among tho
wonders of tho world. I cannot say for
how many miles tney streien along the
coast and throughout tho interior; but
vou may bo sure that wherever a dyko is
' i 1 .. !,. l
necessary iu ucvji uuhv mu vuuiuiicnmg
waters there it is. Otherwise untiring
would bo there, at least nothing in tho
form of land; uotinng but a fearful il
lustration ot tlie principal law of hydro
stntics: ater always seeks its level.
Sometimes the dikes, however care
fully huilt, will "spring a leak." and if
not "attended to at onco terrible results
are sure to follow. In threatened places
cuanls are stationed at intervals and a
steady waxen is Kepu up mgut and day.
At the first signal of danger every
Dutchman within Hearing of tho start
linz bell is ready to rush to tho rescue.
When the weak spot is discovered, what
do vou think is used to meet tho emery.
encv? What but straw everywhere
else considered tho most helpless of all
things in water! et straw, in tho
hands of tho Dutch, has a will of its
own. Woven into hugo mats and se-
curelv pressed against tho embankment.
it defies even a rushing tide, eager to
sweep over the country,
These dikes form almost tho only per
fectly dry land to bo seen from tho
ocean side, 'lhey are high and wide.
with fine carriago roads on top, some
times lined with buildings and trees.
Lriug on ono side of them, and nearly
on a level with tho edge, is the sea, lake,
canal or river, as tho case may bo; on
tho other the flat fields stretching damp
ly along at their base, so that cottage
roofs sometimes aro lower than tho shin
ins line of tho water.
Frogs squatting on tho shore can take-
quite a bird seyo view of tho landscape,
and little fish wriggle their tails higher
than tho tops of tho willows near by
Horses look complacently down upon
tho bell towers, and men in skiffs and
canal boats sometimes know when they
aro passing their friend Dirk's cottage
only by seeing the suioko from its chim
ney, or perhaps by tho cart wheel that
he has perched upon the peak of its over
hanging thatched roof, in tho hoio that
some stork will build her nest thero and
so bring good luck. Mary Mapes Dodge
in St. Nicholas.
M. Coqtieliu's Ileal Snores
He must feel, but ho must guide and
check his feelings as u skillful rider
curbs and guides a fiery horse, for ho has
a double part to play; merely to feel
himself is not enough; ho has to make
others feel, and this ho cannot do with
out tho exercise of restraint. Let me
make use of an instance afforded mo by
31. Coquelin himself.
Once, ho says, ho was tired before ho
came on tho stage, and falling sound
asleep when feigning sleep, ho nored
real snores instead of feigned ones. The
result was, ho tells u-., that ho never
snored so badly. Naturally so, since ho
had lost control of tho steed of feeling by
the fact of his sleeping, and so it ran
away and carried him ho know not
where; but had 31. Coquelin at some
tune in his experience shed real tears,
while at the same timo in full possession
of his waking faculties, and had ho leen
able to guide thoso tears into the chan
nel that his artistic benso told him to bo
the right one, then wo should not have
heard that the audienco found thoso real
tears less effective than tears wholly
feigned and tho product of intellect
rather than of feeling. Salviui in CVnt-
wy.
The Average Congressman In Poor.
To tho average congressman .$5,000 a
year is considerable money. I would
not like to say that thero aro any gentle
men in congress who do not attach more
importance to tho honor of a seat in the
national legislature than they do to tho
amount of salary they aro paid for their
ieryices. Still, I have good reason for
saying that thero aro inoro men in con
gress who manage tt savo somothing
out of their salaries than thero aro of
thoso who practically never touch their
allowances as congressmen.
Thero are several men now in tho
house who live during tho session of
congress upon the amounts that they re
ceive as mileage and what they are al
lowed with which to purchaso station
ery. At home it does not cost them any
ready money for their expenses, or if it
does they aro able to make sufficient to
meet them. Consequently these con
gressmen nro able to save tho $10,000
they receive during their term of office.
John Quin in New York Telegram.
A Muntoiloii's Tooth.
Dr. II. Miles Cochrane, of Honlton,
Me., ha.s on exhibition at his dental
rooms an extremely raro curiosity. It
tho tooth of a mastodon, known as
snch, according to Dr. Cochrane, from
the conical projections upon its surface,
and showing it to belong- to a vegetablo
eating animal akin to tho elephant. It
"fas dincuvert-d in tho earth about five
fwtfrom the burfuceof tho ground by a
uwn iigagfd in excavating for a cellar
,,J houbH in Moutioello. Tho tooth is
wint thirteen iuc-bos in circumference.
-Kemu-bec Journal.
A Snoitity Hollo' .Motto.
Mini Sallw Dhrgoua ia ona of Jfew
Wlc's society belJ.-s wwua lreing
u"lI is filled with 'l unty triiW an I
wndsoniu odditis, lb r Uinte motto,
l inn- an my eloai'- v ii u m!vt," i v
fUNit. Iy paint! U UlVtf uii tUu wall "t
I1, Hue, Morning Journal.
A STORY UF TWO Slim
THE "RUNAWAYS" THE BEST MEN
UNDER FREE CONDITIONS.
A Snnthcrnrr .Make, sch a Statement
ami Tell, Tr storj- l lw-lo
.Men Ul, U,,,!,.,, TIl(,r UMvf for Tm.
Year, Are N,r Well-to-I),, Cltlien..
A few days ngoa gentleman in Haw
kinsville, (5a.,said:
"It is a stmngu fact, yet it is true, that
the ncgrm-8 who wm. most insistent in
their eiiorts to t-ludo makers whom thev
liateU nnd who were conimonlv called
runaway niggers,1 aro the very best
citizens we now ,Uvo. I have watched
many of them, and it has alwavs turned
out that way. Negroes usually did not
run away from their masters on nccount
of work, but because of ill treatment or
of natural dislike, and when they once
tool; an aversion to their master ho
might as well make up his mind to sell
them to some one whom they liked, or
to keep a pack of hounds for tho pur
IK)so of capturing them every timo bo
gave tliem a chance to got away.
NOT AntAlO OK TIIK DOO.S.
"Do you see that old colored man in
that buggy driving around tho corner?
Well, that is old Dempsey Clarke, and
lie is today one of the richest negroes in
Georgia. lie lived for three vears in tho
swamps of Georgia because ho hated his
master, and suirered untold hardships
lighting for existence, yet ho never did
give himself up until his master, in de
spair, bold him to a neighbor named
Brown, who was good to his slaves.
Then Dempsey and his brother came out
of tho woods and wont to work on Mr.
Brown's plantation, where they worked
until tho war was over.
"I remember tho day that Dempsey
and his brother Uristow were brought
into Ilawkinsville. Thero was a bin
sale that day and several thousand
slaves were brought in by tho slavo
traders. When Dempsey and Bristow
were put upon tho block, they were bid
in by a Mr. Coley, an old planter who
was rich in land and slaves. When 3Ir.
Coley bid them in, Dempsey said: 'Wo
don't lack yer, Mr. Coley, an' yer needn't
buy us, kaso wo am t er gwmo tor hvo
wid ye.'
" 'Oh, well.' 3Ir. Colev replied, 'I've
got plenty of dogs,' which meant that if
they ran away ho would capture them
with the keen scented hounds kept for
that purpose.
I he trade was consummated and
Dempsey and Bristow wero sent to Mr.
Coley's plantation. True to their word,
the third day after their arrival at tho
plantation Dempsev and Bristow took to
the woods. They were captured once,
but before they wero brought back to tho
plantation they again made their escape,
and this timo for good, as they sworo
that they would dio beforo thev would
ever be taken hack to Coloy'a plantation.
SOLD IN Tim WOODS.
"I remember on ono occasion a party
of negro hunters struck the trail of Bris
tow and Dempsey and chased them into
tho cypress jungle, and among the la
goons just below Big Creek, near whero
tho creek runs into tho Okmulgee. Tho
swamp was almost impenetrable, but the
hunters followed their dogs and ap
proached within fifty yards of tho 'run
away niggers.'
"When they wero cornered tho two
slaves opened iiro upon their pursuers,
and as it was getting late in tho evening
thero was nothing left for them to do
but to retreat, which they did. After
trying to recapture his slaves for threo
years, 3Ir. Coley finally gave up in de
spair and sold them in tho woods to
i Jlr. Brown, of Houston county. Mr.
Brown was much liked by his slaves, and
as soou as it became generally known
that ho hail bought Dempsey and Bris
tow the two slaves made their appear
ance in tho village and gave themselves
up to Sir. Brown.
"I will never forget how they looked
when they came out of that swamp.
Their hair and whiskers had not boon
cut until they fairly met, and it seemed
to mo that nothing was visiblo of tho
face except two black eyes that looked
wildly at me. I never saw two men so
nearly like wild men in my life, nnd
their clothing served to strengthen tho
impression made by tho first glance nt
their faces. 3Ir. Brown gavo them
clothes and cared for them, aud in u
short whilo they were perfectly at homo
on his plantation, where they remained
until after the war.
"I do not know whero Bristow is, but
I am told that ho is in Colorado, whero
ho went after tho war, and that ho owns
largo mining interests there. Ho was a
very bright negro, and always would
accumulate, even as a slavo. Dempsey
remained in Houston county after tho
war and followed farming for a living.
Ho has accumulated a largo fortune,
which consists principally in lands and
live stock. His wife, whom ho married
is a slave, is still living, and his daugh
ters aro oH nt college. As a faithful
slavo of tho old type, a good citizen and
an honest and uptight business man,
Dempsey has tho respect or uli who
know him.' Atlanta (lia.) uor. uioue
Democrat. A Woman' Tribute.
A woman has a moro excellent way of
bestowing a favor than a man. Ono day
in
i 18(55 Itosa Bonheiir was 6urpriseu
In lo lenrlr in.' iii her studio to receivo a
wl
visit from the Umpmm Eugenie, who en
tered unannounced.
The empress kinged tho artist as elio
so to receive her royal visitor, and,
tern few minutes' conversation, do
med as unceremoniously aa she had
Tho woman artUt discovered that tho
woman sovereign had pinned upon her
working blouwj tin cro of tho Loyion
of Honor.
The emperor, who lad lietitated to
confer tho decoration on the nrthrt be
eiuuKttibe was n woman, had left the em
rm regent during hit absence from
r rance. One of iter first acta waa to
driwover trm i "iitanx-l I-an, near the
htudio. and dcii.r.ito If. -a Boijlu ur with
her ovv n hand. - YcUtl a companion.
Eminent Whltlen Sleet.
Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, tho whistling
prima donna, and her company appeared
at tho ojera house before a good audi
ence. An additional number was furn
ished bv Thomas F. Browne, tho local
whistler, who. by the way, Maj. Pond,
3Irs. Shnw's manager, asserteil would bo
"knocked out." Nothing of tho kind
happened, however, nnd Mr. Browno's
peculiar stylo of whistling compared very
favorably with Mrs. Shaw's.
31rs. Shaw rendered Arditi's familiar
"II Bacio." and was warmly encored, to
which she gracefully resKnded. Mr.
Browne received an ovation when ho ap
peared. He whistled "The Forest Fairy,"
and responded to an encoro with a med
ley of operatic selections, and on being
recalled gavo "Kathleen 31avourneen."
31rs. Shaw's volume of tone is somewhat
superior to Mr. Browne's. Her notes aro
peculiarly sweet and birdlike, and at tho
same time are quite penetrating. Her
trills and runs were all good, and tho
expression and execution were excellent.
She has one advantage over 3Ir. Browne,
and that is her musical training, but the
latter overcomes that by his natural
ability. In tho lower register 3Ir.
Browno excels 3Irs. Shaw, particularly
in tho flute or piccolo intonation. His
range is about three octaves, and his exe
cution of tho high notes was brilliant
He possesses one strong featuro which
3Irs. Shaw lacks, and that is his peculiar
double tonguing. Springfield Republican.
A MIhmmii-I Girl.
A gentleman out riding on tho east
sido tho other day witnessed a raro ex
hibition of spirit in n young lady well
known in society circles. Slio was out
calling in her father's carriago behind
ono of tho fastest private teams in tho
city. Ilor coachman was of tho old
French typo, which considered itself
greater than tho king when driving his
royal highness.
Tho young lady ordered tho carriago
stopped at a certain number, and
handed tho coachman a card to present
at tho door. He objected to going on
such an undignified mission. Sho or
dered, nnd ho replied that ho was not a
messenger boy; whereupon tho young
lady grow suddenly two inches in stat
ure and with a dignity that even a
coachman might have envied sho or
dered him to give her tho reins and get
out of tho carriage. He saw that every
lino in her face indicated business and
abdicated his throne. With greater caso
than many men can boast sho 6at upon
tho back seat of tho oien carriago and
drove homo at a 2:10 gait. Kansas City
Times.
State Weather Ilureaus.
Professor Nipher's recommendation of
state weather service, as supplementary
to tho national signal service, is calling
attention and general discussion to it.
That our service is incomplete at present
is evident. Tho chief damago dono to
our crops is not by tho great storms that
destroy shipping and wreck buildings,
but by storms quite local in origin and
in range. Tho general servico can only
refer to these in general terms as local
storms "in northern Illinois," or "in
western Now York," or "along tho gulf;"
but a stato servico would havo for its
special work to forecast these less ex
tended nnd localized disturbances and
announco them to tho agriculturists.
Professor Nipher reminds us that in 1803
tho telephone will bo public property,
and can bo used by such a stato servico
to communicate with every farm.
"Hello! John Smith! Get up and get in
your hay! A shower will bo thero in
three-quarters of an hour." Such is
science. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A IIIkIi Singer.
Tho lark ascends until it looks no larger
than a midge, and can with difficulty bo
seen by tho unaided eye, and yet every
note will bo clearly audible to persons
who aro fully half a mile from tho nest
over whiv'i tho bird utters its song.
3Iorcover, it never ceases to sing for a
moment, a feat wnich seems wonderful
tons human beings, who find that a song
of six or seven minutes in length, though
interspersed with rests and pauses, is
moro than trying. Even a practiced pub
lic speaker, though ho can pausontthe
end of each sentence, finds tho applause
of tho audienco a very welcome relief.
3Ioreover, tho singer and speaker need to
uso no exertion save exercising their
voices. Yet the bird will pour out a con
tinuous 6ong of nearly twenty minutes
in length, and all the timo has to sup
port itself in tho air by tho constant use
of its wings. Tho Naturalist.
Olil I'cit. Outdone.
Mr. Crumpton, who lives in tho Arkan
sas flats, seven miles south of Quanah,
had an inkling that something was going
wrong nrouud his place, and determined
to seek out tho trespasser. Going a short
distance from his house, ho entered a
cave, and in tho darkness was confronted
with a pair of fierce, glaring eyes and
rumbling growls. Whipping out his re
volver he shot nt his mark, when a
scream was uttered and suddenly an
enormous panther sprang upon him,
knocking him some feet backward, when
n hand to hand fight ensued. After a
fierco struggle and being violently i
scratched in tho face, Mr. C. finally mic
ceeded in firing tho fatal shot which
stretched his game out. Tho animal was '
dragged from tho cavo und measured
over nine feet. Carter Eagle. i
Law as :i Jntl;;" Ot'flnsi it.
An interesting caso of trial for at
tempted bigamy was summarily disposed 1
of by Judge Ridley in the criminal court.
Charles Ready is n negro. Upon an in
dictuient of bigamy he was brought into
court tho other day to answer u charge
of uttompting to commit bigamy by
using a bogus license. The fads were
fully oataulUhed, but the judge gavo a
verdict of not guilty. "There can lo no
bigamy or attempt nt bigumy," he said,
"unle the In n-.- U genuine." He
therefiTi dimi d the ease. Ready
wi.i 1 1. Id in 1 1-tixlv , however, as it is,
mid. i-i.mJ l.i ii.n u tually nutrried nev
er d wm n and h still Hubjeot to indict
luuit for Liguiuj.- Nashville American.
PORTLAND MARKET.
Whkat The demand continues good,
but thero is very little business, owing
to small offerings and high prices asked.
Quote nominally: Valley, $1.35: Walla
Walla $1.17(31.30.
Floor Quote: Standard, $4.25 ; Walla
Walla, $4.00 per barrel.
Oats Quote : fi8(S00c per bushel.
iiAY wnote: $lu17 per ton.
1.30 percental
Vkobtablks Quote: Cabbage, $1.50
1.75 per cental; Cauliflower, $11.25
per dozen ; Celery, IWc per dozen ; On
ions, 44t.4c per" pound; Carrots, $1.00
per sack ; Beets, $1.60 per sack ; Turnips,
1 per sack ; Potatoes, 7075c per cental ;
Tomatoes. $2.25 per box; Sweet Potatoes.
4(ti0c per pound; Asparagus, 20c per
pounu; rarsnips, $1 per sacs; Lettuce,
30c per dozen ; Squnsli, 3,t4c per pound.
Fkoits Quote : Los Angeles Oranges,
$2(.12.25; Riverside, $2.2502.50; Navels,
$4.50 per box ; Sicily Leinoii8,$5.50(3 0.00 ;
California. $4(i$5 pur box; Pears, 14-c
per pound; Apples, $1(3 1.50; per box;
Bananas, $34 per bunch ; Pineapples,
$5(?S per dozen.
Nuts Quote: California Walnuta,
llfec; Hickory, 8tc; Brazils, 18e;
Almonds, 10(17c; Filberts, i:!14c;
Pino Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 1718o;
Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c
per pound.
Buttkk Quote : Oregon fancy cream
ery, 37V; inncy dairy, 3032V i fair
to good, 25027 V! common, 20c; Cali
fornia, 22jC'i25c per pound.
Ciiekbk Quote: Oreiron. 146415c: Cal
ifornia, 1510c per pound.
I Eaas Quote: Oregon, 20c per dozen.
1 Poultry Quote: Chickens, $4.50
0.00; Ducks, $810; Geese, $911 per
dozen ; Turkeys, 14015c per pound,
llors Quote: Nominally, 25c per
I pound.
I Wool Quote: Willamette Valley, 16
(jil'Oc; Walla Walla, f417epor pound.
Hiuks Quote: Dry Hides, selected
prime, 88c, J3C less for culls; green,
selected, over 55 pounds, 4p ; under 65
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 30
050c; medium, G080c; long, 00c $1.25;
shearlings, 10020c; Tallow, good to
choice, 33)c per pound.
Tlio Alerchamlloo Market.
Coal Oil Quote : $1.95 per case.
Rick Quote: $5.7500.00 per cental.
Honey Quote: One-pound frames,
17c.
Picklks Quote: $1.50 5s; $1.33 3s.
Cka.nhkrkiks Quote: Capo Cod, $11
per barrel.
Salt Quote : Liverpool, $16, $10.50,
$17; Ftock, $10.50 per ton in carload lots.
CoiFiCu Quote: Costa Rica, 21)c;
Rio, 23o; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25)0 ; Ar
bucklo's, roasted, 274'c per pound.
B bans Quote: Small Whites, 3?c;
Pink, 3c; Bayos, 4?.c; Butter, 4,V;
Limas, 5lc per pound.
SuoAns Quote : Golden 0, 4J.fc ; extra
C, 5c; dry granulated, 0c; cube
crushed and powdered, Gc per pound.
Duikd Fuuits The markot is firm.
Quote: Italian Prunes, 12Jcj Pe
tite nnd German Prunes, 10c per pound;
Raisins, $2.25 per box; Plummer-dried
Pears, 10011c; sun-dried and factory
Plums, 11012c: evaporated Peaches.180
20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs,
9c per pound.
Canned Goons Marketsteady. Quote:
Table fruits. $2.00, 2ls; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartlett Pears, $1.90; Plums. $1.6;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, 2 02.50;
Blackberries, $2.50; Raspberries, $2.60;
Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.00. Pie
fruit: Assorted, $1.50perdozon; Peaches,
$1.50: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.25
01.50, according to quality; Tomatoes,
$1.1503.50; Sugar Peas, $1.1001.00;
String Beans, $1.10 per dozen. Fish: Sal
mon, $1.25r.Pl.50j sardines, 8Oc0.l.OO;
lobsters, $203; oysters, $1,5003.25 per
dozen. Condensed milk : Eaglo brand,
$8.10; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75,
Champion, $0 per caso.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3.00;
Steel, $3.10; Wire, $;t.90 per kes;.
Shot Quote: $1.75 per sack.
The JM01U market.
Beef Live, 4c; dressed, 708c.
Mutton Live, 4,'01)ijc; dressed. 0c.
Hogs Live, 4!.i44.(c; dressed, 708c.
Veal 58o pur pound.
SMOKED MEATS AND LAUD.
Quote: Km. tern Hams, lOV011c;
Oregon, 10c; lireaKiat tiacon, 10011c;
-tlier varieties, 7,'40ilc; Lard, 1ujC per
pouud.
Senntor Lngraves' secret-ballot bill
passed the Nevada House by a vote of
34 to 0. It now goes to the Governor.
The plan is similar to that of tho ono
advocated by the Federated Trades of
San Francisco, and Nevada now claims to
have tho best secret-ballot bill in the
United States.
The clothing manufacturers of Roch
ester, N. Y., hae issued a manifesto, in
which they say trade has been averted
and business injured by imported labor
leaders, and they (the manufacturers)
have decided to run their business with
out tho influence of labor organizations.
VEGETABLE PANACEA
PREPARED FROM
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ARISING FROM A
DISORDERED STATE of theSTOMACH
OR AN
inactive: liver.
TOM SALC BY ALL
DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS.
Millstuffs Quote: Bran, $1819;
Shorts ,$19dfl'0; Ground Barley, $19;
Chop Feed, $25 per ton : Barlev. 1.25G4
Our Latest and Greatest Premium Offer :
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Titi filitt-jt 1 irlitiiiunifrout AiieeJoifi of the Itebflltoni
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liUturj , etc., etc
lilllCIi AIMI V, ThU crmt wfrk eontitnt tho Mim f all
lit. I'ruMfiii of Hie t'nttet HUtu, from Wai-hlnctcn lo
Hut 1 looii. n illi ' rttMttn ftnl otlitr IHuitrfttlonn, ntto Te ami
Halt .f Nni'i'K'on HonnpftM?, MiaVeipoare, Hrroti, William
I'iMiii Hriijnmtti PrnnliUii, Htnrjr CUy, Daolrl Webatcr. atiA
fu ii iaifnnii. mittiofa, foeta, general, cltrgjmcu, etc.,
d-'ttii in the i rffiit Any.
AOIIirnri'lti:. V1iiiMi MntcanJ iHfful annfrMtloni
to artufrv treating of ArM crcpa, gate 1 atil friicra, ftrtlllitra,
firm Imi'tf m ftit, ; llvratoek ralinn, titoluttltia; the treatment of
tliat eprlometla nnltnaU , poultry k replug, anJ how malo
lie ee fill an t prorttabb; teekreplri(,lalfy farmlna:, rle. Tb
ttrntniftit of the uVJeetf ! rompleta ami eiliui(Ue anj
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