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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1891)
Ufa B. Chancey, Publisher, Union, Or. PACIFIC COAST. The Charleston Ordered to Go to Honolulu. A BREWERY FOR SPOKANE. Another Break in the Colorado River Sends an Immense Body of Water Into the Desert. Tacomn will soon hnvo its cable can running. The Iis Angeles city directory has 23,- 700 names. Kpoknno is to havo a brewery, with $10,000 capital. The Charleston has received orders to go to Honolulu. A Spokane ordinance forbids cigarette smoking by minors A disease creating blindness is among the cattle along the Humboldt river hi Nevada. The Southern California Lawn Tennit Association meets at Santa Monica, 1ms Angeles county, August 31. The contract for tho construction ol the Chamber of Commerce building at Portland has been awarded. Tho Itata has paid tho G00 fine. It is said lionds will be g'ven and tho vesBel go to San Francisco for repairs. The Brndstreet mercantile ngency re ports sixteen failures in the Pacific Coast States and Territoiles for tho past week. The work of improving tho entrance of Humboldt l?ny by extending a pro tecting wall along the north spit has commenced. Tho Ixjiio Pine group of minea in the ViK)iid district, Iteavcrhead county, Mont., hns been sold to an English syn dicate for $72f,000. Thoro is troublo betweon white settlors and Indians along the Kootenai liver in Jtritish Columbia. Tho Indians are driv ing the settlers oil. The trouble with the miners at New castle, Wash., slill wears a threatening look. Both sides keep armed, and eager ly watch each other. All but ono of the six Superior Judges in l,os Angeles are on u viicutiHii. This involves an unwelcome delay in home important litigation. Keports from Frazor river and the Northern canneries are that tho salmon puck will 'all fully 50 per cent, behind tliat of tho two previous years. There is organized opposition in ICern county, Cal., to the water monopoly now tixistlng, and tho settlers propose to dig a canal and water their own lauds. A road is to be built along the dlvido between tho two forks of Kol river, thus shortening the overland route from I Ou reka to San Francisco twenty-four hours. Another break in the Colorado river is fending an immense bodv of water into the Colorado Desert. The break.it ia thought, etui easily be repaired or shut ir. Tho art museum and picture gallery at the behind Stanford University is rapid- iipproacning completion, a part ol THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. State l)p))trtinrnt limy I.Miriiln:r Detail of tin; PntHiiiuaiiiiiiilil) liny Affair. EASTERN ITEMS. Commisqioner Carter of the general land otllce bus d rected the Register and Receiver of public lands at Lewiston, Mont., to receive mineral applications to allow mineral entries in the abandoned Fort MeGinnis military reservation in Montana under the same conditions as when made for other public lands. The same rule will applv to tlm abandoned Fort McDormitt military reservation in Nevada. Advices received by the Bureau of American Republics state that a specific duty of 11 cents a kilora time (2.2 pounds) has been imposed on all lard iniK)rted in the Republic of Peru. It has been decided that nil packages shipped, discharged and re-embarked at ports of the Republjc shall be marked with the gross weight. Cases, barrels and crates must also tie marked with the measurement of their dimensions ac cording to the metric system, and fines are imjiosed for non-com pliance with this law. The State Department is 'epiito busy learning the details of the seizure of the Hastport fishermen, so as to be able to act intelligently when the time for ac tion arrives. Tho United St ites Consul at the Canadian town next to Eastport . is investigating things, and when he makes his report it will be quite compe- ' tent for the department to take some 1 very interesting steps towards obtaining an explanation of the case from Great Britain. There is no danger of a repeti- tion of the "outrage," as it is being i called in lieu of a more definite term, and the department feels that haste in ( such nn event would he unwise. j Several letters have been received by ' Postmaster-General Wanamnker from I Messrs. Brooks and Porter, delegates i from tho United States to the Fourth I International Congress at Vienna. That I Iwwlv rnmnlitiil ilH Inlifirn nri.fiinii 1K Perhaps the most important of its re- V10?' were hmIIh iu llw ml miuuinn nf Mm A llwf rnl in 11 i UatlOIl. colonies to t he union, to take effect July 1, 1802. The only civilized countries now remaining outside the union nro Capo Colony and the South African Re public, which will probably come in at tho next congress, making the postal union " universal " in fact as well as in name. The other interesting changes noted are tho proposed issue of postal cards with a paid reply for international service, in the reduction of tho registry 1 centimes (5 cents), in an increase in tho maximum-size package of a samplo from 8x-lx2 inches to 12x'lx8, au indem nity for lost registered articles and inter national co-operation in the prosecution of counterfeiters of postage stamps. McGlynn Will Probably Be Reinstated. THE SUB-TREASURY SCHEME. German Capital Seeking Investment in the United States Monu ment to Hamlin. PERSONAL MENTION. St. l.nuln 11 the Only IVinale Stali'B Mar i. lwil. 'lilted CABLEGRAMS. German Military Clril' In'r-Ht'il tlui ' IChpIohIhi Callcil IConisIt The Empire City Electric Company at New York has gone into liquidation." A piece of No-Man's-Land has become part of the Territory of New Mexico. The National Educational Association will meet at Helena, Mont., next year. The new City Hnll of Philadelphia will have a f."(S,O0O equestrian statue of General George B. McClellan. Pension-Commissioner Ratlin promises to hurry the work in his oilice, when be can cut down his force of clerks. A movement is on foot at Bangor, Me., to erect a monument by popular bmu scription to the late Hannibal Hamlin. It. is believed that Rev. Dr. MeGlynn will return to tho church, and that "the excommunication bull will soon be re voked. Six thousand saloon licences have been issued in Chicago for the present quar ter. That menus a revenue of .f:i,0J0,000 a year. The White Earth Indians are declared to lie perfectly peaceable. Rumors that turbulent are without foun- Judge D. M. ICey, Postmaster-General in President I laves' Cabmet, has been made Dean of Grant University, Nash ville, Tenn. Adispateh from Atlanta says Rev. Sam Small has accepted the managing editor ship of a now evening paper to be estab lished there. Wealthy corporations in Illinois are to contest the law which makes ineorpor n ted bodies pay their employes at least once n week. After attending tho Grand Army en campment in Vermont in August tho Hie loof is alrcndv on, and ninny of tho iron girders are already in place. Tho court-martial to trv Colonel 0. E. Conipton of tho Fourth Cavalry for neg ligence in permitting his men to leave camp tho night A. J. Hunt was lynched Iiiih been convened at Walla Walla. Them is a rumor at Victoria, B. C, that tho Wellington collieries have been Hold to an English syndicate, and that exports are now an the ground taking au inventory of the stock, seams of coal, wharves, bunkers and other property. The Alaska travel is at its height. It is greater than the accommodations. A gentleman who forgot to engage a pas Hiige before he reached Tacoma ottered a Ikiiiiih of if 17. but it would not command iinythitig more than standing room in t lie steamer. lhe Southern Pacific alone has earned on freight on potatoes going East this feason from Ixis Angeles over $200,000 This business has all leen built ui within three vears. mevious to whiei time potatoes were received from Kansas Mini Missouri tiv the Irniuloail I ho iiiternabrevenuo otllcers seized the Planing oi Heyer brewerv and tho XSow iorlc brewery, both located at liny warns, uai., lor violation ol the revenue jaws, mo combined value of Kith the establishments is almut fJiO.OOO. The oiionso consisted in not destroying reve nue stamns on einntv barrels. Tl II, frnv. eminent lias accepted an oiler of f'J.OOO inane ny me I la ves valley brewerv as a M)iiipromise for the frauds recently dis- II it i mvurvu uy mo revenue oiucers 1 lie verdict of the jury at San Diego -which investigated tne killing of tho wiilorHrow n is that Blown died from the effects of a blow on the head from a po- I! ..I.I III . jiceiuiiu-H miiy, causing a iracture o tho Hkull, at tho hands of 0. W. Breedlove: A A ll . . I II 1 I . . inni. unaries n. usou, A. .M. Coates llf lf ttf .1 1. , . n . u . u imiii ami rotor liiirrio were wesent and aided and abetted tho kill lm.'. 1 ho inrv iiIho Uiiilu Hull ). i iiK. a ne wrv aiso iintis mat the h.imh. parties clublHid other Charleston pallors nnd caused the false imprisonment of several oi mem. There is a Pcheine on font at San Frnn- clsco to match Olioynski ouco more ngainst Jim 1,'orlKHt on his return from .Australia for n side bet of $2,800 a side nud n purso. .Most of the money for Olioynski has been subscribed, and Cor bett has signified his willingness to meet his old opponent again, if the financial Inducement is large enough. As far as cleverness went. Ohovnskl was com pletely oiiUdusawl by Corbetl when they J.iuht with hard glovos. but with big kIovcw it is thought that Choytiski could do much better, as lie lias grown bingr mid cleverer in Au-trwlin. Tin cm.!, if it tnkos place, will attract iihi. Ii hiiim Hon, mill CWboit "! be it but immUr. tliniiuli lM . ...,ul, . .. ii i i ImjIQmuj Ills t, Jvm U a ru. Cr . '?T!'' ""' " U Ijjjjj, bvi ''"'K ) lubif lu explode iii caw ui ui ui'i)i, Prof. Hossander of Stockholm thinks J he has found a remedy for cancer. A now feature in Germany this vear i will bo the trotting meeting at Baden. The Prince and Princes" of Wales aro to visit Germany in state in the autumn. Count Minister has again asked to be relieved as Gorman Ambassador to France. i'uro chloroform, somethinir hitherto inattainable, will now bo made bv M. I'ictet, a chemist of Geneva. The Chilian cruiser Krrnzuriz. which recently left llavio, is lying at Penzance. sue is unable to procure firemen. The Ronio Tribune announces that Cardinal Cainutelli is to replace Cardinal Rampolia as Papal Secretary of State. A Lucerne (Switzerland) cablegram says: Stanley and his wife have sep arated. Their natures are too positive. The failure of the English Bank of the River Plate will cause widespread loss to small and comparatively poor itp'ostors. Energotic measures are devised by tho government for tho development of' cot ton culture and industries in Central Asia. Director Canet of the artillerv at Paris is believed to havo been sellimr the smokeless-powder secret of the govern ment. The Prince of Wales will go to Carls bad instead of Horn burg this season. His health is said to be somewhat im paired. English Hebrew authorities in London have taken stops to relieve the great dis- iress nuioug tne uuss an re UL'ees raiestino. The Medical Board of tho Province of Hanover bus prohibited the use of the Koch lymph in hospitals under their ju risdiction. Domestic service nnd pervi in agri cultural Ileitis in Brazil are much demor alized. The former slaves will work for neither love nor money. Edward Decobaiu, moinlior of Parlia ment for Belfast, accused of gross im- !!. .111. uioraiuy, win nice his accusers at; toon ' as his health will permit. I President will nrobablv visit Mr. Blaine nt Bar Harbor. The Dominion Secretary of the Inte rior, Pierra, has been sinpended as a re sult of tho disclosures before tiie Public Accounts Committee. In , German capital is seekin1' investments in America, and a large amount of Ger man money is likely to come to the United States this year. It is proposed to utilize the steel masts being removed from the Philadelphia as j masts for the new armored cruiser Maine, ; they being about the size required. The Ixmd-endowinent f-chemes which promised $3 for $1 are collapsing right and left in Ohio. Four with a largo membership have just gone to the wall. A resolution in favor of unrestricted reciprocity between the United States and Canada has been adopted by the Provincial Legislature of Prince Ed wind Island. Pevenue oflicers nt Washington, 1). C, are on a still hunt for violators of the liquor revenue laws, and expect to cause a sensation when they havo ended their search. j Most of the Alliance lecturers in ICnn 1 pas havo dropped the milr-treasury scheme, and the sub-nlliancea aro voting I on the proposition to take it out of the I Alliance platform. I A girl has been Lr.m to tho Chinese I Minister and his wife at Washington, nnd rejoicings have been kept up at the legation for ten days in accordance with the Chinese custom. I The Indian authorities aro landiiiL' in Texas hundreds of destitute intruders who were refused admittance into Okla homa. These parties aro being driven oil' the Cherokee Strip. Collector Phelps has been sustained i in requiring a duty on the wreckage of i the Trenton and Vandalia, which was j prtvented to amoa anil was sent to a m i nan crancisco linn to dispose ol on I shares. ' I1...-.......-....!..... n f .1... XT vw.i.Kiuiim'iii. vuiiiiihe oi me ew York World has been indicted for crim inal libel on Dr. Hammond in stating that the doctor charged au extortionate fee for removing a won from tho head of Mrs. Stanford. Considerable excitement exists at Eastport, Mo., ov. r the seizure in Pas Hiiuiaquoddy waters of seven American fisning vessels by the Domininn cruiser Dream. The Inmts were taken to St. Andrews, N. B. The number of gold and silver mining 1 iuimirnL' linu titviwl ittii.tK his form has Unit. Phvsicians do not ?.lrtmis or.. lowttionH," commonly called h loni-i.r iw in, . mines,- in tne united btatcs is practi- i-itiiy iH-yuuu coiiipuiatiou. think he will live much longer, as ho amictcd witn Heart disease. Mr. Flainineron believes that cerium lights which havo been seen on Mars may have been signals to us, and that we may ultimately discover a means nf answering them. Venezuela refuses to neirotiaten treatv of reciprocity with the United States, claiming that there would be no com- pensatiiiL' advantages under the torniB proposed by the United States. The police of Berlin have deinanil...! the opinions of phvsicians on tin m.ii. ject of prohibiting'the wearing of long, trailing dresses by ladies as outdoor cos tumes on account of thedust thnscnused to rise, imperiling the health of tho peo ple. Tho scarcity of meat in Munich is K, great that tho police have given ordo3 that no dogs should lie slam-litei,..! fnr eating pursues unless adjudged sound ny veteriniiry surgeons. Three butchers were arrested for slaughtering ami sell ing meat of stolen dogs. Ono butcher whs sentenced to two months' imprison ment for HlaiiL'hterini: thlrtvHtnl en Mimi. grels. I (lernmii military circles are greatlv in- 1 crested in the new explosive, enlliiil I ccniHit, which hns latolv been tried at (....!...... - I riwinirK, I III exIHIl lllll'lllH i urn in. tended to teat tho cniiinuniil vil mitrllu t.f dynamite and oonuiit, and Iirvo rcnultl lavomwy t.i me BW expluniv. which U found to jkMUtttt twice th fure of dy. lIMIIllte, 'lllll eXIllfWiloilM MM mwrumu. iiinl In ii . .i-fiiiiuti.iii i ih uIhi , ,.iiv. practi Those- mines making production returns number ii.L'01 according to tho census bulletin. The total internal-revenue collections in Chicago for the fiscal year ending June .'10 were $l.'U)ii-l,8;W.i!l, an increase of over $3,500,000 over tho collections of the previous fiscal vear. Most of the taxes collected were ftoin spirits. Minister Fred Douglass has a hand pome home in Anacosta, n pretty suburb of Washington, and he says fto would much rather live there than in Havti. There is every probability that ho lias come home to resign his mission. District Attorney Do Laucey Nieoll of New York has made known bis intention of selecting one paper whieh published an account of the Sing Sing electric exe cution in violation of the State law ami lay tho case lieforo the grand jury. Tho government commission, which baa just finished a six weeks' investiga tion of the Sioux troubles nnd their trilwl relations, have had tho valise con taining all the evidence thov secured stolen, it is presumed, by Indians, who were suspicious and did not understand what tho commission was doing. Seventy-five employes have been dis missed from tho New York Custom house, the salaries of eleven tiro reduced and seven olllees are alwlishwl, which have btKin for mmm time viuxint. The ciliaiigoa ninile, with thow to come ami thane mailt some time iim in tit oliieo of Um Surveyor, will miike an agwgate samg t,i the goU'rimil'ltl uf fully J00, 0O0 a ear. The poet Whittier will spend a por tion of the summer in New Hampshire at Wakefield. The only woman who is a United States Marshal is Miss Olive Buchanan of M. Louis. All the men like to be arrested by her. Mrs. General Custer, who is 'pending a short time in Iudou, is meeting witli a very cordial reception in English liter ary society. Professor R. L. Perkins of Bo'on In a copy of Horace that is more tl n :i 0 vears old. It wns printed in 157.., and lias an index to every word. James Baird, for many years Consular ngent of the United States nt Mnnaos, State of Amnzonas, Brazil, has arrived in New York on sick leave. President Diaz of Mexico, though CO years of age, is snid not to look over 40. lie shows great tact in receiving visitors, and is a gentleman of much refinement. George Smith, king of the E.iglish gypsies, is to edit a paper in the Ro ueny tongue, to be tbe organ of the wander ing race. He expects to get 20,0.10 sub I fccribers for it. I Mr. and Mrs. Joeph Chamberlain will 1 visit tbe United States in the autumn, j Lnter they will go Jo the Bahamas, where I Mr. Chamberlain intends to make ex tensive purchases. I Queen Victoria now rules a population of .i)7 000, IHX) a greater number of peo ple than ever acknowledged the sover eignty of anj' other person in either an cient or modern times. Alexander Kankin, the Scotchman who succeeded .John Brown as Highland oer vant to the Queen, bus obtained almo-t us marked influence in the royal house hold as Brown possessed. The Queen of Portugal, who is a splen did horsewoman, may often be met j whilst riding in the open country aliout I Lisbon at an hour when most of her ' subjects are still asleep. j Sir Edward Arnold is coming to the I United States next October with his son ' and daughter. He lias been engaged to deliver a series of lectures on Japan in the various cities of America. Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Christian, employs a woman as her phy sician when her nerves trouble her. Her attendant at such times is a well-known specialist, Dr. Julia Maitland. Henry Irving opigranimatieally char acterizes an English scheme for the re generation ol the theater as missions which propose to save the player's swul by pointing the way to the work hours. Mrs. P. T. Barnuin before she sailed for Europe sent the comfortable rolling chair used bv .Mr. Barnuin dining tho last few mouths of his life to the Bridge port Hospital for use in that institution. ! Bessie Bel I wood, who lived a long time Iwitb Viscount Mandeville, who married 1 Miss Yznao of New York, is about to sue him. now that he lias become Duke of , Manchester, claiming that he owes her ! money. General Anson G.Cook, Secretary of ! the United States Semite, is a stronglv- built man, about f0 years of age, and has dark hair, mustnelie and eves. He is one of the mot agreeable and popular men in Washington. Mrs. Logan has left, the General's 1? brnry just as it was when lie last occu pied it, untouched, except by the dust brush, nnd unchanged. His arm chnh still retains its customary position, nnri hardly a paper has been moved from his desk. Oliver Wendell Holmes' library in bis Boston home looks over the Charles river, and furnishes a superb view of thi , distant spires and tower" of Charleston anil Sonierville. Just at sundown the prospect is ideal. Prof. John Stuart Blackie of Scotland and Prof. W.S.Tyler of Amherst Col lego have been teaching Greek for more than fifty veins. Ami, what is more, they are still pretty lively, though close on 80. Captain Ilnins of tho steamship Etru ria anil Commodore of the Cunaiii fleet has just completed his 508 th trip across the Atlantic. He began bis sea life in 1SU8, ami has been in the service of the Ctinard Company since 1So7. The '.roperty left by the 'ate Sir Rich ard Sution, owner ot the Genesta, is es timated at over 7,000,000. The heir to the estate is a posthumous child, only jut iKim, and by the time ho becomes of ago tho fortune will be ono of tho very greatest. Sir William Gordon-Cumniing's High land home, .vltyre, is one of the pretti est seats in Morayshire, anil its grounds and woods, through which run tho river Deveron, are famous all over the country for their picturesque situation and diver sity of scene. Baron do Gondnritz, the Brazilian In dia rubber merchant who is trying to corner the entire rubber output of the Anrzon region, is an "neigetic man of Portuguese birth, y:.rs old. He is of short and very por 'v ligure, with light complexion and red iiair. FOREIGN NEWS. The Educational Bill in the House of Lords. RUSSIAN NAVY INCREASED. Gabrielle Bompard, tho Accomplice of Eyraud the Strangler, Dying of Fever in Prison. CRIME AND CRIMINALS. An Kiittome nf tlu Hi'IiiIoiiihiIhI Iol!i nl tin- Wlcl.fil. Robert Howe has been arrested at Now York and charged w ith a $10,000 dia mond robbery committed last February. Ixird Beresfonl's alleged nephew, Wal ter S. Beresford, has lteen arrested in New York, charged with sw indling citi zens near Rome, Ga. George Anderson, n saloonkeeper of Kast St. bmis, shot ami killed Dennis Ryan, another saloonkeeper, and then blew out his own brains. Dennis Johnson, the keeper of n noto rious saloon near Middleborotigh, Kv., while lesisting arrest shot two police men. A cpiwd of 100 men soon gathered and destroyed the saloon. Judge Sherman in the Superior Court Rt Greenfield, Mass .sentenced C. Mason Moody, the defnultiiu County Treasurer, to live years in the State prison at hard labor. Rev. Henry F. SutherUnd of the Ha jtleton M. E. Church of Erie, Pa., whs convicted iu the rniul Sutw Court upon a charge of sending ohecuiiu mutter thumgh tho mails. The jury iu the oe of Muoti Wml fluid tor killing Joe Dye hi lw ig-K Otil., imveii verdict ol uot gtittti The grouiui of the dofee w iw v mur. iluroti rittonl and ooiHuui.hih t i r .. can nod the partial Insanity of Biudliukt. France hns 1,030,000 Socialists. Young King Alexander of Servia will visit tbe Czar. The deaths from cholera in Mecca av erage fifty daily. Russia will be a large importer of gram this season, owing to short crops. Berlin is delighted over recent evi dence of closer friendship with England. The educational bill has passed a sec ond reading in the British House of l)rds. Lord Denmnn has been suspended in the British House of Lords for the re mainder of the session. It is said that " shares of paradise" are sold by Hie Salvation Army through out France nt a large profit. Baron Hirsch now owns the house which Lord Revelstoke was building previous to tbe Baring faUu-e. Gabrielle Iknnpard, tbe necompliee of Eyraud the strangler, is dying of fever in the Clermont prison, France. A dispatch from Koine says the Pope is apt to fall into a profound" sleep even when taking an niring in the Vatican garden. The women in several provinces of Italy are sorrowful because so many of the "men born in those provinces "are rushing to America. Mrs. Parnell claims to have compro mising political correspondence with Gladstone, obtained while Parnell was , in Ivilmainham jail. j The Russian navy is lieing increased by twenty-two ships in process of con-j struction on both tbe Baltic and Black ' Seas, besides others ordered. The women in Prussia according to ' statistical reports far outnumber tho men. The latest estimates showadif-j ference of about 000,000 in favor of the 1 women. A scheme lias been successfully inaug 1 united by the Royal Institute of Deaf anil Dumb i'i Great Britain to train up the inmates as barbers. Comment ia , unnecessary. In consequence of prevalence of chol era at Mecca pilgrims from that place i have to undergo ti quarantine of twenty days at Eltor before proceeding through the Suez canal. I Tbe Central Statistical Society of St. Petersburg has published data estimat ing the population of Russia in Decem- her last at 110,000.000, the annual in crease being 1,500,000. I The Irish peasantry have legun to lioycott nnd stone the houses of those who refused to join the plan of cam paign in Ireland. The outrages are com mitted during the night. I Fifteen thousand marks have been ap propriated to induce 500 German chil dren of the weaving persuasion to quit the trade and become farmers or ser vants to the feudal barons. The Royal Commission appointed to investigate Westminster Abbey with a view of considering the enlargement now needed recommends two plans, which will have to be determined. .Miss Gladys Evelyn is to tell the Brit ish public from the'rostruni how she was wronged by William Henry Hurlbert. Tho evidence the Court would not per mit her to give will be produced. Sir John Pender stated in London that there was a decline in cable correspond ence, and he attributed it to the McKin ley bill, though be admitted depression in trade had something to do with it. i The Emperor of Germany has sent a number ot costly presents to the ollicials of Queen Victoria's household, foreign ollice and the Guild Hall and also to the chief officers of the police department. The Manchester canal has bail the wa ter of the Mersey admitted to the finished I eastern sections. Tho work between ' Ellesineio port and the river Weaver is well advi'ntol, and water will lie admit ted soon. The city of Santiago, Chili, has just been visited with the severest fire cur1 known in South America, the loss Ih ing est'ninted at more than .2.000,0()0. Tim , British legation building was entirelv ', An Otil Itullet. Bob Lockliart dropped in to renew his subscription. "I hnve something in my inside pocket which I want to show you." he said, nnd after searching for n few seconds Bob produced the half of n large round leaden ball. "I was sawing up n fat lightwood log, nnd you will see where the saw passed through the center of the bullet. Well, I got to thinking afterward how old this bullet must be. The log was fat heart pine two feet thick. Evidentl the bullet was shot into the tree wheil small or else it could not have pierced to the center, and the tree wi evidently 100 years old when it fell to the ground. It may have laid there 100 years or more. You know fat pine never decays. I am satisfied that old man Ponce de Leon, on his tour through this country, must have fired a fancy shot at a skulking savage, and plugged the tree instead of tho In dian. Von see it's a round ball, and as it is so large I judge it to be of Spanish make." Bob is quite an antiquarian, you know. Atlanta Journal. t 4111 I'iiimK In (lit! Gulf. Between the mouth of the Mississippi rivef and Galveston, ten or fifteen miles south of Sabine Pass, is a spot in the Gulf of Mexico which is commonly called "The Oil Ponds" by the captains of the small craft which ply in that vicinity There is no land within fifteen miles, but even in the wildest weather the water at this spot is comparatively calm, owing to the thick covering of oil, which apparently rises from the bed of the Gulf, which is here about lifteen to eighteen feet beneath the surface. This strange refuge is well known to sailors who run on the small vessels trading between Cal casieu, Orange. Sabine. Beaumont and Galveston. When through stress of weather they fail to make harbor else where they run for "The Oil Ponds," let go anchor and rule the gale in safety, this curious spot furnishing a good illus tration of the effect ot "oil upon a trou bled sea." St. Louis Republic. Tho Sliver Dnllur "11." There is a popular idea prevalent that the minute letter "M" to be seen at the base of the head of Liberty on the faco of the present issue of silver dollars stands for "Mint." mid is an evidence of the genuineness of the coin bearing it. This is a mistake. The "M" stands for Morgan, George T. Morgan, who is tho originator of the design. Upon the wime side there ls.another "M." also tbe initial of the designer Tine is to be found in the waving locks of tho fair goddess, and is so cleverly concealed in the lines of the design that it can only be seen after a long scrutiny A prom inent mint oflicial. in speaking of this other initial, said that he had had it shown to him scores of times, but could never find it unassisted, Philadelphia Record. No I'iuiiI iicns for Seiriit','. A well known scientist sat in a Chest nut street hotel watching the throngs pass by. when a gentleman entered aud said; "Mr Blank, can you give any scien tific reason why women walk pigeon toed?" "My dear sir," replied the professor, in impressive tones, "women and science have nothing to do with each other." Philadelphia Press. Not Alter Hie Mote. Slip (laughingly) Wit- are yoi. looking sc intently into my eye-, Aro you looking for tlio motof Ho (orioiish)No; for the beam. Then tliu benmed. Iiiwtuiicu American. rillttelllij;. Luphson I ju-.t met Randall, nnd ho sniil I didn't look like mvelt nt all. Smile Well, oil infill, you ought to con sider that a very delicate compliment. Jour mil of ICdiieiitioii. Will Tiild' lliimi'iivi. Ciipltu,. Uirkin- Here's, tho biggest KugliMi syndi cnlo yet. (iazzaiu What does it propose ti liny? Ltirl.ni Tito Niagara lincliineii. llmper'i Bazar V VS V.J crVff BtfP &. tfVBBBJ';r, fV . A KllCBfOBi ISCffTlUvL? JArVVaJA consumed. In conversation with Dr. Aiendt, a member of the Prussian Landtag, a few . days ago Prince Bismarck declared that I bo intended to take his seat iu the fail ' in order to oppose the commercial treaty I with Austria. I During June thero was launched from 1 Scotch ship-building yards forty-three vessels, aggregating !0,:il7 tons. Of that total the Clyde contributed tw 'iity-eigbt ' Fteamers nnd ton sai'ing ships, ineustir-1 ing oT.UDO tons. j The Kaiser bus on foot n scheme- to in troduce into Alsace-lorraine a str nig German element bv inducing wealthy Germans to buy large estates oilered for . sale in ttiose provinces and settle them 1 with German tenants. ! Key. Tnkusa llunula of Japan stated! nt tho International Conrcga" onal Council at London that I OIlL" i'i?u: inn -I I. in Japan, although tne vmin.v.r o! the church, had churches and 10.000 members. i it l A I VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FR M ROOTS Be HERBS, w,, int. tunt ur IS1I1 Clllld AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARI5IN0 FROM A DISORDERED STATE of theSTOMACH OR AN INACTIVE LIVER. TOR SALE BV AI L DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS. is rig I'iMffi.w ih ItlOOI), Curos CONMiPAriiH. is niiiiCrmiv omiih i.rari i n 12 ' A n 4MII' mi !. I'HI.'l IN. 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