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PROFESSIONAL J. M- KEENE, CAHDS. ß A ^ER D. D. S. S T R / iN Q , !*dst l o i n , Denial office in B iv y irii» BrmlierV building, corner »>f Domx and Coin - inert ial vlr- et«, — DEAI, IN— Is the Oriental ealutatk n, knowing that good health cannot exist without a healthy Liver. W hen the L iv e r is torpid the Bow els are sluggish and con stipated, the food lies in the stomach undi gested, p o i s o n i n g the blood; frequent headache ensues; a feeling o f lassi tude, despondency and nervousness indicate how the whole system is de ranged. Simmons L iver Regulator lias been the means o f restoring more people to health and happiness by g ivin g them a healthy L iver than any agency known on earth. I t acts with extraor dinary power and efficacy. Stoves, Tinware, and House Furnishing Goods, ÜREQOÜ SALEM S How’s Your Liver? — AND AKE NOW- L. N . W O O D S , M. 1). ^eÍ!ir\¿ - PH YSIC IA N A N I) SUUUEON, T D Dallas, Oregon. H B MeCALLON. M. D. - RETI RE FR F I It Physician and Surgeon, (D A L L A S , du &■£ “ ÇoslT” 3 >iVI B U S ! N P A R K ! FIO, The new addition to Dallas, lies four blocks southwest of the court house, commandin'' a view of the whole town and ■o. J. D a l y . J. E. S ihlky , H. C. E a k in . j surrounding country. Shade trees are set yut alongjail the streets, which are graded and SO feet wide. Size of lots— DALY, SIBLEY & EAKIN, A tlon ieys-ji l-l ai >v. (j(Jxl44, with allleys through the hloeivs. « r o a n over Brown à» S uii ’ m store. W® have the only set of abstract b«»okii in Folk j county. Reliable abstracts furnished, ami money to oau. No coinmission charged on loans. Rooms 2 ; end J Wilson's block. Dallas. J. L. C O L L IN S , Attorney and C ou n selor at Law , N o llr llo r in O w ncerjr. H m been in practice of his profession in this place Oi about thirty years, and will attend to all bush ess entrusted to Ids care. Office, corner Main and Court ts, Dallas, Polk Co, Or N.L. B iitlkk , PRICE $65 AND $95 PER LOT. These lots are sold on the installment plan— $10 cash,! balance on three, six, nine and twelve months’ time without interest. This is by long odds the prettiest and best addi tion to Dallas. THE Wm. P. WRIGHT, Agent. J. U. T owhhknd , I A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . Office tipHtair« in Odd Fellow«’ no» block. T> A TT.T. A H. - - O B E G O N . ’ T. L. Bin LEU, BOUNTY SURVEYOR- All kink» of work ill tin* lino of Mir veyiug promptly done. Address. Dnl- ^ \ : - p l :: ct -1E i : s . t í - --— * av m v :: c u nenct.. ¿mSL \ > ► « T \V A. liU M iK IL ■ T . H IG D O N 1 a «. Q U f i + Z R 5t iM.,ww UltlW lha., i w » r m of 1M lb*., u d I f**l so much b*tur that I would not Uki « Md be put buck whrr. I w*i. I *m both turprit*d> *nd proud cbhnirc. 1 Mcommind vour Ve*Unoiit to *11 suflertrs from _ WU1 *a*w*r *11 loqulriot If it*mp It inclosed for reply. POTENT* TREATED BY MAIL CONFIDENTIAL. ■ .„ In i wtth *• *t*r«lu«. ineonrenlenc*, or b*d «Been. Pkt fllmUn *ddr***, with 6 cenU In tUmpt, n. * *. r. i n n . Prompt. it ic k ii m in t Progressive. t * r (' t i r She , ciicui , ill t ’ p. R iQ D O JY, p r: f ? t" t f m f a c OuLtitTfaS^ERi — S u cc ess o r« lo .1 A R o la n — Popular. lotat Tin nl Mm We carry a full line from the cheapest to the finest C O U R T STREET, O PPO SITE TH OPE RA HOUSE. IN S U R A N C E CO. H e a d CLOSING OUT SALE! O ffic e : 83 WASHINGTON .STREET, PORTLAND, OR. Fu ll The Leading Home Company. WE MAKE A 8 F E 0 I A L T Y o r INSURANCE ON Qbirhes and Parsonages, Dwellings and.Household Goods, School, »nd other Public Building», | Farm Building, »nd F»rm Property. l 5 h o e s , ; n z o f (groceries, L a m p s , C r c c b c r ^i Fin ? D. B. MCDONALD, TRUCKM AN, \V. I f . M c l l A N I K D . M A R T I N , I J A I N T E R , House, sign and ornamental, grain- lin g , kalsoiiiing and paper hinging. .D a lla s , - W ILS O N * DALLAS. $£$£$ FOR 30 D AYS! For the month of December uv will make sweeping reduc tions in our large and well selected stock of fine millinery. A fa ir sharp o i p a t r o il» y e so licited ml a ll ord e rs p r o m p tly tilled . .J . - Brand Millinery Sale! FOR 30 D AYS! D a lla s : O r e g o n A . £h ris*tm as Q o o d s , ALL VERY CHEAP FOR ESTHER CASH OR PRODUCE. - IIIBECROK8:- J.McCRAKEN, F. K..AKNOLD, t>. I). OLIPHANT H. I*. PITTOCK, J. K, GILL, J. LOKWKNBERO, r . KGGKKT, F. M. WAKREX, J. 8. COOPER, S. E. YOUNG, E. P. McCORNACK. H. M. GRANT. J, LOWKNBKRO, Socrctaiy and Manager , President U llK , i, , N S l C O . , Druggists 1 Upofaiss. Dealer in drag», chemic le »nd perfumery Rtathmerv, toilet article., nieerchaum I M-'" ' ciimr*. tobacco, etc , etc. Pure liqunn for ; medicinal purtewe« only. i.r.- .cription. compounded day or tigh t. Main street, opposite court house, Dallas, «>r. WORLD BEATERS! A pretty line of ladies and misses new and stylish trim med felt hats, all in late designs of this season. $ 1.5 0 ! $ 1.5 0 ! $ 1-5 0 ! Send in your order for ore of these hats and we will for ward it to you. Do not Delay—First Order—First Choice. M P .S . S- C- R E E D , 2G5 Commercial street, Salem, Oregon. CLOSING OUT! — To retire from business.— F O R M E D IC IN E S ! —o o TO T H E — Clothing, Boots and Shoos, Anti a large stoek of general merchandise McCoy Drug Store. M cC O Y, O R E G O N , T > x . 7 . E- Saurtel. Froprlatcr. D e a le r in d r u g », " i l » , p a in i», g la »* , p (jter, fa n c y g o o d », etc . for - Gash! IN TE R E STIN G BY IN C ID E N TS MAJOR A. R. . RE LATED C ALH O U N . A T h r i l l i n g S t o r y o f lit - a t li V a l l e y , 111 t h e C a lifo r n io P ro s p e c to r Few l»e * e r t — H o w D ie d of a T h ir s t W a n d e r in g W ith in a V a rd s o f W a te r. ICopyright, 1 *:*, by American Press Associa tion.] Death valley, in southwestern C alifor nia, near the N evada line, is fam ed as the hottest, and most sterile place D» tiie United Slates. The story o f the band o f Mormons who got lost in this valley and perished of thirst is as true as it is th rillin g, but there are other stretches in that desert land quite as uninviting as Death valley. J have m yself traveled for days w ithin sight of w ater foam ing and roaring at the I tot tom o f some canyon, whose precipitous banks rose up from 3,(XX» to 7.000 feet in height, and yet men and animals were to r tured w ith thirst. I have never seen a land drier or more sterile than the dry mesas or table mountains that extend to the north from the Moqui villages to the valley o f the •San .Juan in southwestern Colorado. Uninteresting though this region is, every hill and defile in its arid expanse Las been traversed by the gold hunters, and there is not a spring in all that land that is not known to the prospector. This is certainly a dangerous land fo r any man to tra vel over who is not fa m ilia r w ith t.he w ater supply to be found in its accessible canyon bottoms or its fe w h alf alkaline springs. W h ile su rveying in this country before the days of railroads we had w ith us tw o N a v a jo Indians as guides. Th e only use of these men was fro lead us to w ater or to secure fresh meat—the latter an unusual occurrence, for the only gam e was the big horned Rocky mountain sheep, and they were by no means abundant. bit o f a frolic, a sort o f a last »endoff, w ith some o f my bachelor friends. W e indt lged, sir. too much, I fear, iu the cup that cheers and inebriates. The fact is, Mr. Gmson, the seance broke up in a free fight. My clothes were deluged w ith beer, ami while tryin g to force my unruly friends to peace I was pounced down on by a minion of the la w in blue and run in, as they call it.” “ I»ocked up, eh, and fined tiiis morning? T h a t’s about the size o f it,” said the edi tor, setting down tiie scissors and mois tening a stub of a pencil between his teeth preparatory to tak ing notes. “ Yes, sir; th a t’s it. And, sir, I called in to beg you on my bended knees to keep the H ory out o f the papers. I f m y niisfortuue, sir, came to the ears o f the lady to whom I am engaged she would at once declare the match off, and it would be my eternal ruin ,” urged the young man. “ S ir!” exclaim ed the stern editor. “ Do you dare to interfere w ith the liberty of the press? Do you not know, sir, that it | is only by holding such terrible cases up to the loathing of a virtuous and indignant public that we can preserve tiie morals and d ign ity o f our own fireside? That account goes in, w ith a display head, tom orrow.” “ Pardon me, Mr. Gruson, but would ten dollars lx* an inducement to” ---- “ Ten dollars! A paltry ten dollars o f fered as a m uzzle to the press! W hy, sir, you are heaping an Ossa of perfidy on a Pelion of infam y. M y fam ily, sir, does not need ten dollars” ----- “ B u t you could use the money fo r mis sionary purposes, Mr. Gruson. And, sir, ! i f you could only be induced to let up on : me this time, I w ouldn’t mind m aking it tw enty, though that w ill drain my pwket- book m ighty low. H ere is the money, sir.” “ A h ,” sighed the editor as he drew the pile of one dollar bills nearer and looked them over, “ when you allude to the hea then by mentioning the missionaries you strike on the tenderest chords o f my na ture. For the sake of the G entile 1 may violate my pledge to the public—a pledge made w ith the first issue of this paper—to g iv e our readers the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I f you could drop in on me w ith anot her ten, to be con tributed to the heathen, I m igh t send a re porter to w rite up your wedding. H e would show the fa m ily o f your prospective w ife w hat an acquisition it has made in m arrying you. Good m orning, sir, and liear in mind that we at times ignore illega l acts in our own land for the sake o f the be flighted heathen.” Th e emerald ia t he crjntal of silica or Hint, w ith the addition o f a few other ku !> ktances, among which is the oxide of chromium, whereto it owes its color. And Its color is its chief value, for in hardness it is inferior to the topaz and far below the diamond, according to a connoisseur in Items. Like the ruby, the emerald was a Item greatly prized and much idealized by the ancients. L ike other noble gems, too, the emerald cured diseases when reduced N o t a T r a v e le r . to powder and taken internally. If worn Th ere are many railroads in the United by a eliild, it was a sure preventive, to States today, yet it is a fact that there “ lits,” convulsive or epileptic. Placed on are hundreds o f thousands o f people— the lipH it stopped hemorrhage. A s an . adults—who have never ridden behind the am ulet around the neck it dispelled vaiu steam horse. terrors, put to flight evil spirits and cured Tick et agents ure fu ll o f the strange in fevers. It restored sight and memory when quiries made o f them by green country these had failed, and in oiden times, when people ami their efforts to “ je w ” down the “ anim ism ” was the true faith, no one need price o f a ticket as they m igh t a pair of fear cataract, paralysis o f the optic nerve shoes in a country store. or aphasia who had an emerald for iiis Recently a lank W est V irgin ian entered I SAW Ti n: FORM OF A M AN EXTENDED. silent physician. lin t if powerless to pre the ticket office o f the station at Charles W e had been for forty-eight hours w ith town, and a fter g azin g alxm t him in open vent or cure any evil it shivers into atoms, out wuter, and our horses and mules reeled eyed wonder for some tim e he shuffled up being, a « it w eie, bound to expel tli>e e v il under the blistering sun as if they were to the agent and asked: or confess itself vanquished iu the combat drunk, while t lie youngest o f our men had it sustains. Besides these wonder w orking “ Be you the man as sells tickets?” a n u gi d look, so d ryin g on the skin were properties the em erald bliuded .makes if “ I am ,” was the response. the siroccolike winds that beat into our they dared to gaze on its luster. “ Sell ’em fo r a ll over?” faces day mid night. South A m erica furnishes t he finest em • a m .H Our guides were disappointed in finding eralds, and the .Mexicans w ere possessed of “ W h a t’s the price for one w ho’s all alone no w ater in ( 'oyote springs that morning, emerald.» which sound to usalm osl fabulous by hisself?” but they cheered us up with tiie assur for size and b •am v Th e chief priests of “ T h at depends on w here you w ant to go.” ance that by the tim e the sun was setting these Mexican temples wore an emerald “ I want to go to Tennessee.” over the country o f the great canyons we ring on the first finger o f the right hand; “ W h a t pnrt o f Tennessee?” should reach the ojo fria, or cold springs. b I ho a bracelet set w ith a consecrated enier “ Aist Tennessee. You see, down thar’ s A lo n g the route traversed there was no sld, and in tiie exhortation o f a Mexican w l ar dad’ s folks come from afore the wah, vegetation—not even a cactus. Th e air and I ’ lowed as the crops was in and tiie mother to her claughti r the em erald takes was not disturlied by the hum or song of cohn was shucked th at I ’d run dowi. and the place o f a symbol, “ And thy father lias insect, and the coppery sky looked as if it see my kin,” and t lie man refreshed him self polished and rendered thee brilliant, even m ust instantly parch tiie w ing of any laid w ith a bite o f plug tobacco. as a precious emerald, that thou niayst np that attem pted to cleave its heated, fu r pear before the eyes o f t lie world even as a “ In what part o f Tennessee do your nacelike depths. Jewel of perfect virtu e.” friends live?” asked the agent. The setting sun was lengthening the Some say that the Peruvians worshiped “ A in ’t I ju st done tole you hit w'as aist shadows of men and horses into immense Tennessee? M y folks name’s Teed. Tim a huge emerald, as big as an ostrich’ s egg, hut attenuated silhouettes, when m y at Teed as was jailed last yeah fo ’ shoot in and offered to it as tribute o f praise and tention was attracted tot lie Navajoes, who, Sam Poteefr—he was a own brother o ’ mine. adoration o; her em eralds o f sm aller size— in their eagerness to reach the springs, had as children giver, to t heir parents or vassais W e tins is a hard crow d wheQ w e thinks gone on ahead on foot. delivered up to their lord. Cortez got from any one is a-tryin to impose o'li us,” seid On a nearer approach I saw the shriveled the man as he g a v e the belt th at sup the Golden ( 'asrile five emeralds of priceless form of a dog ly in g along the trail, but it ported liis trousers a vicious hitch. value. The first was cut into tiie form o f was so parched as to he as hard as flint, a rose witn its leaves; the second was a “ Oh, yes, th at’ s all rig h t,” said the a ffa and there was nothing in or about the ble agent as he lmiked alxmt to see that kind of toy or “ charm ” —a hunt ing horn; hoily to indicate when it had died. It had the third was a fish w ith golden eyes: the the avenues o f escape were unencumbered. been a noble creature and must have fo l “ B u t i f you w ant a ticket” ----- fourth was a bell, o f which the clapper was lowed Its master into this sterile laud. a large pear shaped pearl; th f fifth was a “ B ut ain’ t I done tide you that Id o want A hundred yards farther on, and where a ticket? Mebbe you uns think I ’ve come cup set on a golden foot rimmed with gold the Indians were standing, I saw the form down h y a rto chin w ith you fo ’ the good *i and bearing four golden chains fastened to o f a man extended, his rifle lyin g by his my health and to make m yself agreeable. u pearl by which it m ight be worn as a side and his belts fitt ing close to bis shriv B ut though m ighty g<xxl hearted whar jew el on the breast. eled form. folks treats me ’ bout squar, I ain’ t out fo ’ I t was the body o f a tall, fa ir haired fun, leastwise not to speak o f.” R a i l w a y s o f t h e W o r ld . young man, and from the neatness o f the Latest obtainable statistics o f the rail “ B ut where do your friends live?” dress we inferred that he had not lieen a way m ileage o f the world, as quoted by “ In aist Tennessee. C an’t you heah?” nrofessional hunter or prospector. The Industrial W orld, show that the mile “ I can, but near w hat town?” Grasped iu the left hand there was a pen age at the beginning o f 1H74 was 1G7.7V# in “ Th ey live in the country. N one o ’ my cil and a piec e o f paper t hat had l>een turned the United States, 14,0K2 miles in Canada kin hex any use fo ’ a tow n.” y ellow as parchment by the sun. and r».tVJ.T miles in M exico and A rgentin e “ B ut you must g et off at some station?” H oping to get a clew to tiie man’s iden Republic. In Kurope the German empire “ T h a t’s w hat I reckon to do.” tity , I took t lie paper from his stiffened fin conies first, with ‘¿0.7UO miles; France s«*c “ Then give me tiie name o f the station.” gers and read as follows: Olid, with 24,310 miles; Great Britain and “ W h a t fo ?” “ i t is now three days since I got separated Ireland third, with 22,tf8T) miles; Russia “ Th at you m ay know where to g et off from m y friends, who were prospecting on and 1 may know w hat to charge you,’ ’ said fourth, with 19,84.5 miles. W u rtem b u rg and Denmark are the coun the R io Franchos. tbeagent, try in g hard to restrain his anger. “ I have not had food or water for three tries which have made the least progress “ H it ’s Digit P o w e ll’s va lley.” days, and I feel that I am dying. »My poor In the construction o f railw ays since 18H0 “ But there is no station o f that nam e.” dog lies dead near by. w hile in Asia, apart from the 16,875 miles “ I tell you there oughter be.” “ If this should fa ll into the hands o f a of lines in India, the Transcaspian line, re “ But there isn’ t. N ow , 1 can g iv e you a w hite man, I ask th at my laxly be buried ticket to Cum berland (va por to K n o x ville .” cently constructed by the Russians is «95 near where it may be found. miles in length, the Dutch colonies have850 “ W aal, let me have one.” “ I am twenty-eight, years of age. My miles o f railw ay, the French 65 and the “ F or which place?” name is H en ry G Rollins, and I am a civil Portuguese 34, w h ile there are 1^5 miles in “ I don’t g iv e a red. B u t if you don’t engineer by profession. My parents live in send me through straight I ’ ll come back China and 18 in Peisia. H-----.” In A frica the colony o f A lge ria and Tunis awl talk loud to you. Do you uns hear Th ere was an attem pt made to ndd letters m e.” comes lirst with 1,940 nirtrf?r-%b'‘ Cape Col a fter the B. but we could not make them ony second with aliout 1,880 m ile«, Kgypt The agent gave him a ticket to Knox out. third w ith 965 miles. N atal fourth w ith :54I ville, the farthest point off, and w hile lie T h e saddest featu re o f this case was the miles, w hile the Orange Free State has 150 prays that the W est V irgin ian may l>e run fact that to*- poor fellow died w ithin a few over he lives ill daily dread that he w ill miles and other minor states al>oiit miles. In A ustralia the figures are 2.708 yards of the w ater o f which he was in return to Charleston and carry out his search. miles for Victoria* 2,275miles in N ew South threat o f talk in g loud. W e carried out his request by burying W ales, 1,64ft m iles for Queensland, 1,875 A lfred R. C alh o u n . miles for South A ustralia, 401 for Tas him under the rocks by which he lay. one o f the men form ing with the loose stones a mania and 1.950 fo r N ew Zealand I lr o w t iln g ’ « In t**lle e tu M l <;«*n ero«D jr. rude cross ;*t the head. B row n in g’s knowledge o f all th at had W «sul>seqiiently tried, hut w ithoutavail, S u p e r « ! it Io n s o f N e w T e a r '« Oajr. been done by the poets, both ancient and Finish whatever you fiegin to do on »New to find the friends o f the man who sleeps • modern, was like that o f Tennyson, very by i he spring out in tiie great Am erican Tear's day, or you w ill ‘ half do” things all extensive. H e loved his art not only in desert. the year. his own hands, hut in the hands o f others. Re sure to have money in your purse and There was not a grain of envy or grudge 8«-flng II»»* Fdltor. you (p u rs e in your pocket, so you w ill not or jealousy o f other livin g poets in his H e was a tniid mannered youth, but his lack the same during the year to come. face showed signs o f a recent debauch, and conversation. Keen when he did not care W ear a new suit if possible; at any rate his clothes down the front were stained for the subjects or the kind o f jxietry, he Khun a soiled or torn garm ent w ith beery drippings from Ins straw col appreciated and praised the work. It was 1 Should you chance to put on any gar | characteristic o f his searching curueity and ored mustache. merit wrong side out wiien dressing in the “ Ah. are you Mr. Gm son. the ed itor o f bis love o f discovery that ne was not con | morning, take of! all your cloti.es and dress T iie ht ica! Ki ord?” asked the young tent with reading the best work o f the by entirely over again unless you wish to in limn as w itn -i Milling steps and downcast gone poets, but sought out the little msiks vite ill fori une. eyes he neared the a w fu l presence of the where some unknown p<iet had planted Be the first to wish the cook a happy one flower, the sole poem o f his life, and man w ith tiie shears. N ew Year. I » n g before “ J have tiie honor to lx* the editor o f The ! brought It to excellence. Do not stumble or fail on the stairs; but Rthicnl Record,” said the great man as he ^ m art’s “ .Song to D a v id ” had taken its Should you do so in going upstairs, threat place in so many collections I remember surveyed Ins visitor over the tops o f his ened ill luck n»-«y f»e averted by carefully his quoting a long passage out o f it at glasses. abstaining from looking Isdiind yon. “ Mr. G m son — a h ,'I think p m know my a dinner.—8. A . Brooke in Century. A present o f h basket o f eggs or oranges fattier H e ’s tiie veterinary surgeon out brings good luck to the house into which Started Poor. at Red Top. I — I ’ m his son. and 1 regret they come. to say that 1 am in a little trouble. I am M. Marinoni, who commenced life as a Th e foregoing are only a few o f the many ai*»u i to in «Try next week a woman who factory lad, is now chief owner of the Paris •tiperstiiion* which the Scotch people roo is the fairest and sweetest o f her” ----- P e tit Journal, circulatin g nearly 1,000,000 De< t w ith what is to them tiie most joyous “ B ut,” broke in ihe editor, “ you surely copies daily, and proprietor of several valu | holiday o f the year. Bdt most im portant do not look on your approaching m arriage able patents, including the famous rotary of them all is that for genuine good liu-k in the ligh t o f a trouble!” priuling m achine that bear* his name. He there is nothing so fortunate as that a man •‘ No, Mr. Gruson, it is not that that trou is now nearly seveuty years of age and it (especially a tall and fa ir man) should lie ble« tne. Ht re is the case, and I blush, several tmiea a French m illionaire.—Loft- the first to set foot in the house on N ew sir, as 1 g jvs it to jo u . Last night i had a dou l it - ik lfe Year a morning. --------------------- - The crowds that throng the store every day prove that it is a genuine bargain sale. Come at once while the stock is full. B . F O i l S T f d E i l & C O ., rm C R IP TIO N S CAREFULLY FILLED. EMERALD. P a c tH K iu l T r a d i t i o n * A b o u t a S to n e W h ic h F a a liio n la J u s t N o w F a v o r in g . BUTLER A TOWNSEND, T - NEVER BEEN p iS A P P O IU T E D , As a général family remedy for dyspepsia, Torpid Liver, Constipation, etc., 1 hardly ever use anything olae, and have never been dis appointed in the effect produced; it seems to be almost a perfect cure for all diseases o f the Stomach anti Dowels. W. J. M c E lboy . Macon, Ga. some : o d d s t o r ie s 2'J" Com mereiai ttreet, Salem, Oregon, » r a j, . H i d d e n T ie »* ».o r e . There is no subject more fasciaLtiugthan the search for hidden treasure, and it is one which comnieuds itself beyond the merely occult and mysterious by a certain reason ableness which appeals lo commou sense as w ell as to the im agination, for doubtless there is a great deal o f hidden treasure in the world still remaining to lie discovered, while we may infer that a vast deal has been actually found and appropriated to the uses of its fortunate discoverers. The old fable of the dying man who so heart lessly deceived his children by the story of the treasure buried in his gardens hows anyhow that such deposits were not un common iu the remote era o f the fabulist, and indeed the buried treasure forms a val liable item in the stock properties of the dramatist, the fabulist and the story teller from the very infancy o f their arts. The classic dramatists did not fail to make use o f such a convenient expedient as the discovery o f buried treasure, which was in itself an incideut not altogether beyond the lines o f impossibility. Recorded in stances indeed o f such good fortune must necessarily lx* rare, as the prudent treasure finder then, as now, must have been espe cially carefu 1 to keep his secret to himself. But <x.*casioiially such an incident glides into history, as in the case o f Julius, the father of llerodes A tticus, who discovered an im mense treasure hurled under an old house, the last remains o f his patrimony. The vastness o f the treasure precluded any at tempt to conceal its existence, and the pru dent Julius hastened to make knowu his find to the officials o f the Rouutu empire.— A ll the Year Bound. BRINGING OUT A BUD. COST OF O U T F IT , W ITH ITS AND ORNAMENTS* HER DRESSES H ow a Swell Y ou n g D augh ter o f a Wealthy M an 1« P repared for the T ryin g Ordeal • f M eeting “ Society**—She H m to Hove A liu o «t In n um erable Gowns. Some years ago 1 wrote about the man ger in which a F ifth avenue fam ily o f my tcquaintance kept its oldest daughter what fou m ight call satin lined and cotton bat- tinged with luxury, like a bit o f exceed ingly delicate jew elry in its ease. N ow I want to tell a little, just the veriest trifle, that I have happened to hear about the manner in which that young lady’s sister is being got ready for what ts called her “ debut” in society. A s I remember the story o f the surroundings o f her sister, whose marriage made a great stir about tw o years Ago and who is now wrapped np in a little baby o f her own, there was noth ing more extraordinary than that she lived in great com fort and had nearly everything that she wanted—a French maid, I remem ber, and great closets fu ll of dresses and bureaus fu ll o f linen, and a very pretty bedroom which, by an odd chance, I hap pened to be called into for a moment when she was away. The most striking things in that room,as I remember it, were the great cheval glass in which she viewed the effects o f her dra peries and the “ set” o f her skirt*, and a pretty rosewood “ priedieu,” w ith an Ivory and silver covered prayer book on its shelf, K i t t y Ilu d H o n , t h e “ H u m a n P in c u s h io n .** One o f the “ celebrated characters” o f on which she knelt to say her probably Nottingham w’as K itty Hudsou, known commonplace prayers every night and throughout Great Britain as “ the buinau morning. It strikes me now, though I did pincushion.” She was lx>ru iu 1765, and at not think o f it then, that perhaps not so the age o f six was a sweeper in St. M ary’ s many persons would slight their prayers if church, near Arnold. Pins were rarities they had a pretty rosewood contraption, among the poorer classes, and poor K itty w ith a cushioned shelf for their kneea, star was encouraged to pick up those found on ing them in the face and gettiu g in the way the church floor, “ receiving a stick o f taffy o f their feet every tim e they dressed and for every m outhful thus collected.” This undressed—robed and disrobed, I mean, of I'ahit o f holding pins iu the mouth grew on course. But now she considers herself an old m ar the child till dually she could ueither eat, driuk uor sleep without having from six ried woman, and may even have French novels to read and to hide when the younger to a dozen o f them under her tongue aud around her glims. She w'ould often go to one visits her. A ud she and her mother are sleep with a mouthful o f pins and awake to just now very busy iu preparing to usher the younger girl into the giddy whirl o f so find them gone. ciety, in which all the older ones spend their The absence o f the pins could be account ed for only in one w a y —she had swallowed ornamental lives. 1 had never thought of it before, aud 1 wonder how many of my them. S till she kept up the practice, feel ing no ill eff ects except a numbness iu her readers have ever considered what it means limlis. Ten or a dozeu years later, how to “ bring out” such a girl. O f course I ever, she was in a terrible plight, passing knew that some one gave a party—a mother sleepless nights aud screaming with pain or auot or sister—and that the “ bud” or debutante had to be w ell dressed for the oc nearly all the time. Iu 1785 she was Bent to the Nottingham hospital and remained casion, but gracious sakes! as any fashion able woman would say who reads this, the in that institution a year, during which dress for that one night is nothing at a lt tim e 5,000 pius w ere removed from differ W ell, uot exactly nothing at all either, for eut parts o f her body, uo less than 300 of I have heard that it cost more than 1200, them coming out through her breasts, both and the ten dollar handkerchief that site o f w’hich had to lx* amputated. A fte r her w ill wear that night is now having seven discharge from the hospital she was mar dollars’ worth o f lace sewed on it. ried twice, and lx*came the mother o f nine The shoes, the silk stockings, the orna children, none o f whom lived to the age of ment* for her hair, the stickpins for her eighteen. Notwithstanding her terrible ex corsage and the exquisite linen which w ill perience K itty lived to lx* over seventy intervene !>etween her dress and her person years old.—St. Louis Republic. are all o f the finest, and cost a lump sum of hand m is o f dollars. So it does cost some T h e F r e i g h t H r a k e in a n . thing, after a ll—that and the order at Sher The freight hrakemau is misunderstood. ry ’ s for a supper for sixty, and at the florist’s He has tw o fingers rem aining on his right for literal banks o f flowers. And her little hand and couples with a stick. His .Scotch cousin, who lives w ith her and is to be cap spreads his ears, g iv in g him a partic iresent at the installation of the belle, is to ularly desperate appearance. He chew's to dressed, it seems, w ithin w hal 1 would bacco, and it is worth while to hear him call an inch of her life. swear whew theengine humps too hard. If But that com ing out night figures very he caught, a dude in a saloon he would kick ligh tly in the cost o f the occasion. This him. He hunches his shoulders w hile he young Indy ha* been in the hands of sev walks ami gets a Bowery sw ing on his eral dressmakers for more than a month, knees. This is the freight hrakeman as aud has nearly tw o dozen new dresses un you see him in a play. Take him of an der way. W hen 1 heard that 1 remarked evening in the Commercial hotel up at the that I had not remembered that she was in junction when he is sm oking and talking short dresses aud needed a new set. I was wreck. Then he is different. laughed at for that. “ Bless you,” said her A white pine box has been brought in father, who was my informant, “ she wears from up the road, and tw o layoff men are dresses as long a* her mother’s and has sitting up with a Ixxly on Railroad street. done so for a long tim e.” What she is The dead fireman had lx*en a friend to every having now*, it seems, are dresses o f a kind man iu the room. He had started in “ w ip she never needed lx*fore—dresses for public ing up” at the roundhouse w’hen a boy and and social functions, from which she used then he got a place on a switch engine. He to be Iwirred when she was merely a jdrl. had been regular for four years, and was A m o n g these new gowns are theater expecting an engiue almost any trip when dresses, ojx*ru dresses aud cloaks, tea he started out on the extra run and came gowns, dinner dresses and dancing and re IxM k in the baggage ear.—Chicago News ception dresses. Record. A h h rule she has to have a bonnet to match every dress and shoes and stockings T i i e l*it 1 illc11o o f t h e S o u th . that accord with the evening dresses. A The graceful palmetto, that grows so half a dozeu new wraps, some of them profusely iu the lower tier o f the southern from Paris, like one or two o f the dresses, states, Inis recently become a factor in the are in the list that this irreverent father industries o f the south, for its wood is hard rattled off to me when he fouud that I was enough to curve and its filx*r is strong interested. And even these are but tbs big enough to make excellent cordage and a ger things. useful siilistitute for sponges. In Jackson The iiuini>er o f fans, and the abundanos ville, Fla., a factory has lieen started for o f gloves, and the cost aud delicacy of two- the purpose o f m aking brushes and brooms score o f the handkerchiefs, aud the hairpins o f the filx*r, ami elsewhere sink brushes are and pocketbooks and purses, tbs slippers heiug made o f the wcxxl, half o f whose aud the umbrellas that he mentioned thickness is being converted into bristling seemed to me beyond all reason and beyond points. the calculation of a man of modest figures. The young leaves o f the tree m a k e « w»i«> J The father did not pretend to know much that the |x*ople are Ix-giuniiig to appreciate, about the matter, and said he guessed he and the taste o f it is likened to that of bail not told me o f some o f the important chestnuts. Bears knew atxmt it long be things. “ W e ll,” said 1, “ it sounds to mesa fore t he people did, and it is a favorite arti if you had adopted a Hottentot girl with a cle o f diet among them, the black bears {mini leaf for a trousseau and were trying to clim bing the trees and browsing on the dress her for a season at Newport.” And fresh shoots as eagerly as they browse on that is bow it doe* seem. watermelons. —Detroit Free Press. This young woman is also to enjoy the dignity o f a maid—a real French one, who C arelen N w it h T h e i r ( I I m w i . was engaged in Paris by a New York lady “ T h e cost o f sjx*ctacles and glasses,” said o f her acquaintance, who thus would have an old optician on Brand way, “ is something caused tw o continents to feel interested in enormous. A greater proportion o f people the great eveut had not the purchase of every year wear glasses. | dress*- h in Paris disturlwd that side o f the “ When a man buys hi* first pairof glasses glol>e lx*forehand. She is also to have a he imagines he is done w ith it. He w ill carriage and horses that she is to call her have some excuse and think it necessary to own and order sent around whenever she give it when he come* in lx*fore six weeks wauts them, instead of asking her mamma and gets another pair. He w ill break one for the lotui o f that lady's equipage once in glass perlmps, or both, or mislay them, or awhile at the most inopportune times, as I get them torn off in a crowd, or the oord , am informed she has lxx*u doing o f late. wears out and they drop o ff o f their own ac It is all very strange to me, but I must cord. H e t(links that is a rare accident, but say it seems equally natural to my rich after be has used glasses a year or tw o he friends. Poor Richard gave the advice, w ill find that if he g<x*s alxmt much six “ Associate w ith the wealthy, for a man !a pairs a year w ill lx* u low aveiage. I have i often mistaken for the company he keeps,” customers who come here for glasses tw ice j or words o f that import. I do not either that often every year and some as frequent follow or lik e his mdries. 1 havs rich ly as tw o or three times a single mouth. In | friends and some that I like and admire nine cases out o f ten the cause is sim ply i very much, but not all such are cuinfoctar I carelessness.” -»N ew York Herald. ble company for a poor man. N ot that ths sensation o f every man enure into the ■ a l ter. for it does not w ith me, but the only I> l« l r l b i i t t o n o t F a b l n e ! P o « l t l » n « . Since the establishment o f the federal sense o f inequality that some o f us cannot government, including Harrison’s adm inis overcome or forget is t hat which comas with tration, N ew York ha« had forty-tw o cabinet the presence of great wealth, especially when it Is inherited and carries no comp*** appointments, Massachusetts thirty-seven. bension o f the status and limitations off I ftn u sy lva n ia thirty-six and Virginia West V irginia together forty three. C ali those who have it not.—Julian Ralph la Providence Journal. fornia, now' one o f the largest and most ini porlant states, l-ns never had a place in the C n ln e f d .n l A r e W e n U . cabinet. T h e only cabinet office ever held JefTemon MiUer. o f .lefteMQBTUX, 1*4. by a man from either o f the Pacific states was that o f attorney general, held by he* »ootl rMMUw for Ihe »ttu a* lifelike 0 » George W illiam s, under Grant —New Vork both rat« and thrashing ma* blow. la W l he « » » fending e niarlnne riota* work J » * Sun. _____________ fence le m , » uen • rat ran eoroee the t e a r .Many Furr bases. Turning to wolch the rnleot. Miller k*d You ng W ife - My dear, I ’ ve been putting hi» left hend pulled off by the meehloe. down everything 1 spent in an account A gout. In irar. while fredlnc the « w ■> book, just as you said, but I think I'd bet chine in the hleotfcol bern obo e , O IO ter stop. tinned. • rat ran between hie h it . ™ Husband— W hy so? kicked et It. »lipped end had hi» oedy^ro- You ng W ife — It ’s costing like everything ntalnln* hand «round t o o p u l^ —P W X * I - for accouut boolut.- N ew Y ork Weekly. r •1