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n- /Jrç yo u a iA / a r e Do ÿou Ï l That the ITtMiJER nan the tarnest Ci.-oalatien of any !*Apei Published in Palk Cannty, aad it Utah by Ntarly Every Faaily within Ita Bseedariee. >f yee with ta Reaeh Evaryaaa, pat- raalia tbaaa advertising column», and u L ^ That tala Paper baa t af Carratpeadaata, all >lap represented; that I the aawaiaat aad Ha t ebaloaat. ta every way a r 1 faaily paper. Yea abeald i ’ For Pro-fHT bÿ it. - 'A k F i . ‘ -Ì % r 7% ® J) ALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SE 1 TLMBER VOL. XIX- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 0 . J. M. KEENE, D. O R EG O N S. S TA TE F A IR . CONSTIPATION Under the management of the State Board of Agriculture, Dental office in Bruyinun Brother’« on the State Fair Grounds, near Salem, commencing Sep building, corner of Court and C om tember 11th 169:5, and continuing one week m ercial atreeta, M ore OREGON. SALEM. P H Y S IC IA N AND SURGEON, Physician and Surgeon, H O , rom.:« over Brown # Hon s store. T o treat constipation successfully | | I j L K d lJ F .W .r j | It is a mild laxative and a tonic to the digestive organ«. By tak. j Mas been revised and improved to the benefit of exhibitors. Entries for prem m g Simmons Liver Regulator you ium* close at 3 p. in. the first day of the Fair, and Exhibits must be iu place j promote digestion, bring on a reg by 10 p. > 0 . of said day. ular habit o f body and prevent U l M C E S O K A D M I S S I O N , ; Biliousness and Indigestion. P R E M J. K. S ibley , in C a s h PA V IL IO N open four evenings during the week, with good music in at ten- da ncc. T H E N E W G R A N D STAN D and the NEW REG U LATIO N T R A C K are conceded to he among the most com fortaide and the best on the Pacific Coast. SP LE N D ID CONTESTS OF SPEED each day. There is entered for these corneal* »lie best held of horses this year that has been on the grounds for many seasons, V A L U A B L E and handsome improvements have been made on the grounds and ¿fundings. I. H. MeCALLON. M. D . D aly , LOSS OF APPETITE, SICK HEADACHE, BAO BREATH, Etc. REOUCED RATES OF FARES AND FREIGHTS ON ALL TRANSP T’ N LINES. Dalla«, Oregon. mo . J. 1 5 ,0 0 0 Than S Is called the “ Father o f Disease«.” It is caused By a Torpid Liver, and is generally accompanied w ith W ill be p.itl us Premiums for Stock, Poultry, Swine, Agricultural Product«, 1 Fruit*, Native W oods, Minerals, W orks of Art ami Fancy Work,ami for T rials ! of Speefl. L. N . W O O D S , M. D . D A L L A S , H. C. E mu *. DALY, SIBLEY &. EAXiN, A tto r n e y a « ii t- L u w . We have the only set of alistnu’t books ip Folk county HeliaWs aDstracts furnished, anti money to oan. No c«iutni*»ioii charged on loan*. Rooms 2 and 3 Wilson’s block. Dellas. I U M L I S T j Men’s Season T ick ets...................$2 50 .....................50 j Men’s D y Tickets W om en ’ b Hen bo i » T ick et«........... $1.(H) W om en ’s Day T i c k e t s ......................... 25 Race Track Tickets, D a ily.............. 25 W om en to tlie Knee Conroe, Free. Fort lami for Children under 12 years, Free to all. Send to the Secretary J. APPERSO N, President. J. T. GREG G , Secretary. a Premium List. J . L . C O L I.IN S , “ M y wife was sorely distressed with Coostipa* tion and coughing, followed withJBleeding Piles. After four months use o f Sim m enPLiver Regulator she is almost entirely relieved, gaining strength and flesh.’ ’ —W . B. L krpbk , Delaware, Ohio. Take only the Genuine, W h ich has on the W rapper the red mark and Signature o f Atto rne y and Counselor at L a w , 2 5 Trade J. H. Z LI LIN A CO. S o licito r in C haicrry. i m Hu been io practice of hia profession iu this place i ™oi about thirty yaars, aud will attend to all Dusireaa autmated to hia care. OtHce, corner Uahi and Court Suitor’s Saw M ill. ---- THE VERY A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . Office upstairs in Odd Fellow«’ new block. Q UALITY OF— A good supply on hand and for the yard in Dallas. OREGON . — OF A L L K IN D S.— I Progressive. I Dallas. Popular. I t r M Fin ail Marina I N S U R A N C E ‘S e e in g is • B e lie v in g .’ A n d a good lam p A ll work guaranteed firstclass. J. A . B A R K E R , sale at either the m ill or CH EA P AS T H E CH EAPEST. PLASTERING! Prompt. BEST Rough and Dressed Lumber. B U T L E R A TO W N SE N D , THE - SettinG C O . must be simple; when it is not simple it is / I not good. Simple, Beautiful, Good— these 1 J words mean much, but to see “ The Rochester ” < will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in tnree pieces only,I it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin’s o f old, it is indeed a “ wonderful lamp,” for its mar velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. Look for this stamp—T hb R ochester . If the lamp dealer hasn’t the g en n in e Rochester, aad the style you want, send to us for our new illustrated catalogue, land we will send you a lamp safely by express—your choice of over £ ,0 0 0 I varieties from the Largest Lamp Store in the World. B O C H E S T B K L A O P CO«, 4 2 P a r k P la c e , N ew Y o r k City. “ T h e R o c h e s te r.” S Z «a .cL O f f i c e : . U WASHINGTON 8T«NKT, PORTLAND, OR. Tk* Leading Home Ooinpany. , . SPECIALTY . Okarhta aad ?arionag*st Dwtlllagt aad Housahold Goods, Bshaols aad other Public Buildings, Farai Baildings and Farm Property. -DIRECROR8:— J. MeCRAKK.V, F. K. ARNOLD, D. D. OLIPHANT H. L. PITTOGK, J. K. GILL, J. LOEWKNBEKO, F. KGGKRT, F. M. WARREN, J. 8. COOPER, C E. tUUNU, k. P. McCORNACK. J. LOWEKBRRG, H. M. GRANT. Secr«Uiy and Manager CR EAT SPEAR HEAD C O N TE S T. O D. B. MCDONALD, I B t H W TRUCKMAN, H E * ° A fair »here of patrouuge solicited ' aud all o>lers prom ptly tillod. SAVE TH E TAG S. .J . M A U T I N , P A IN T E R , House, sign and ornam ental, grain- I ing. kalsoming and paper hanging. D allas , - - O regon t D u le r iu drug«, cheimc la rod prrfumery .iteianary l»ilte articles niecrch»uiu totroceo, etc , etc P u r. liquor, fur ■ « lie iM l jmriewe. only. I'hvsleUn» pr»- •criptinn. compounded H » j w M “ street, opposite court h*>uss, D m i **« ! P E T * R Y D * L .E DRUG - STORE. $ 173,250.00 In valuable Presents to be Clven Away In Return for , HEAD TAGS. 1 ,1 B S STEM WTNDtNO ELGIN GOLD WATCHES___ 6 , 7 7 5 PINE IMPORTED FRENCH OPERA GLASSES. MOROCCO BODY, BLACK ENAMEL TRIMMINGS, GUARANTEED ACHROMATIC... * H M 2 3 . 1 0 0 IMPORTED GERMAN BUCKHORN HANDLE, POUR BLADKD ’ POCKET KNIVES.................................................. 77............................... 0.100 00 1 1 5 . 8 0 0 ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM ROTARY TELESCOPE TOOTH ’ PICKS.............. ............................................................................................. CT,7»0S 1 1 8 . 5 0 0 LARGE PICTURES 114 x 28 Inehee) IN ELEVEN COLORS, for framing, no «dvertlAlng on th em ................................................................. ............. M.CT 00 2 6 1 , 0 3 0 P R IZ E S , AMOUNTING T O .................................................. S I T S ,2 8 0 OO The «bore Article. will be diets bo ted, by eawattee. Among pertlee who «hew 8 PEAR HBAD Ping Toboeeo, And return to n* the TIN TA G S token therefrom. We will dletribote M S of tbeee prlieA In t b l . m a t y a « follow«: To THE PARTY «ending os the greoteet number of SPEAR HEAD TAGS from th is r e . a i , we will glee................................................ 1 GOLD WATCH. IS the FIVE PARTIES «ending n. the next greoteet number of SPEARH EAD TAGS, on will give to each, 1 OPERA GLASS....5 OPERA GLASSES to the TWENTY PARTIES B ending OB the next greatmt number - SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will glee to each 1 POCKET . » pocket r a m & ro th . ON* HUNDRED PARTIT* «ending a . the next (Teste* ___________ SPEAR ________________ H E A ^ T A i^ ^ w we e J will ir til^ T e to rech 1 .100 TOOTH PICKS ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM TOOTH t » I V O N * HUNDRED PARTIES «ending am the next (T ro te * «am oer of RPKA* HKAD TAG«, we wUl gire to e « b 1 — THE PR O Pr.IE T-'lî«— BARTEL & VÍGGERS, Deal is drag«, paint«, oil*, gl*«> window«, candy, nuts, tobacco *n<l no tion*. fU fttir r iM t CAUCFULLY FILLED. OlYK THEM A TEJA I* The plea is that the lighter drink» are harm lene and their nee tend« to ween men from stronger liquor», flo w fa l lacious this claim is has often been l roved. Co ícerniug the whoTesomenena or harm fulness o f boor The Quarterly Journal o f Inebriety says, “ The con- stunt use or l»eer ia found to produce a species o f degeneration o f all the organ ism, fatty deposits, diminibhed circula tion, conditions o f congestion and local inflamm ations o f both the liver aad kid neys.” Dr. A stley C ooper and Dr. Ed m unds agree that the diseases o f beer drinkers are alw ays o f a daugerous character, and it was the testim ony o f leading physicians o f T oledo that every surgeon dread» to have anything to do with them. The president o f the C on necticut M utual L ife Insurance com pany said that while the effect o f beer was longer delayed than that o f whisky it wa» in the end deal m otive. T w o years ago the N orthwestern L ife Insurance com pany o f M ilwaukee cam e to the conclusion that it could no longer giant a policy to any man em ployed in a lager beer brewer)’ , because their “ business had been injured by the short ened lives o f men w ho drink lager beer.” The use o f beer and light w ines does not wean men from the use o f stronger liquors, as is shown by the increasing consum ption o f the latter in beer drin k ing and wine grow in g countries. Another fallacy is that intem perance is rare in countries using beer and wine. Professor W arren said before the legis lative com m ittee o f Massachusetts in 1867 that one-third o f the students in Berlin and fla lle were once a week drunk. A nd the N ew Y ork Independ ent quotes a m edical authority to the ef fect that in Germ any no less than lO.fltO people die o f delirium tremens every year; that o f toe m ale prisoners over 75 per cent are constant drinkers; o f the female, over 50 per cent. In France The Constitutional, a Paris paper, adm itted that the habit o f drunk enness has increased year by year since the beginning o f tlie century. “ Men be gin w ith w ine: then alcohol is taken. In 40 years the consum ption o f alcohol has tripled in F rance.”— Voice. L a r g s p i c t c r * i n e l e v e n c ò l o r s ................................. Celia Thaxter, the poet, helped her sons through college with her earnings from china painting. Samuel Minturn Peck, the Alabama poet, is just now engaged iu the unpoetical voca tion of running a turkey farm at Tusoa- I oosa . O m Hundred and Seventy-Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, a C O ., s p e a r ] Druggists I Upmnes. - . w l s o n i I (oruuuicpi »t Niagara. Since the days of Sam Patch th« falls of Niagara have exercised a frightfui fascina tion on the minds of men intent upon gain ing fame and fortune by public exhibitions of their nerve and daring. Whether it be going over the falls in a barrel, swimming the rapids or walking across the terrible gorge with a slender rope or wire for a footpath nothing seems too foolhardy to be attempted if only notoriety and ducats loom up in hopeful promise. The latest aspirant for fame in this di rection, Clifford M. Calverley, is s young Canadian from Toronto who started out alx>ut a year ago to eclipse the records of Blondin, Peer m.d Dixon. He wss then with ut mue!» experience as a wire walker, having practiced .c two or three weeks on a rope between two buildings in his na tive city, but he was a worker on iron oor- nices and r.uty be said to have been educat ed up ui dizzy heights. He whs a schoolmate of Dixou’s and got his first idea o f “ walking the falls” from his friend, though be never thought of j making a business of it until after Dixon was killed by falling into a shallow littls | pond at a Canadian summer resort. Dixon's time o f crossiug the falls hail been 12 min utes. At his very first attempt Calverley said that he iutended to lower the record. He did It, aud the watches showed that he made the trip over WO feet of wire in 6 minutes and 8 seconds. He was not satisfied with this, however, and announced that on the Fourth of July he would beat his own record. A crowd of 15,000 people assembled to see him do it. When he left the Canadian shore, he start ed rumfing like an Indian. When he reached the sag in the middle o f the cable, he did not pause, and on the up grads ap- BEER AND LIGHT WINES. PEN, CHISEL AND BRUSH. H a ll ao: O r e g o n A . HE RIVALS BLONDIN. C lifford M. C * lT »rl6 j’ i T ight H op « F#r- F lie lr E ffe c t« A r e a s B a n e fu l t h e H tron g - •r D is tille d L iq u o r » . J. H. T ownhknd , D A LLA S, 8 , 1893 mm la, Dallas, Polk Co, Or N. L. B iitlkr , * year. ..iso n e r u m T ota l Naan h e r o f P r t . aa fa » tb la C oun ty, n o . C A C n O N .-N o Taga will be I reeeteed before January let, WM, nor after Pel hrusrr 1st, der, Tosns, UM. *a«b parka*, oonteinlnr taga mint be marked plainly with Name of Sander, m most be - < oontj^ state, and Number of Tact la each paekag. All ehargea on package! HEAD.—SPEAR HEAD poaaeams more queliti of In tri naie rala« than *py other piutaead _ It li the .wertem, the tongbawt, the richest. « P I A I H E A D la mmj M o l a t a l e , p o s it i v e l y a n d a i e t ttaeajTely l w e t l w i y different i i f f * r e n t In In flaeor f l a v o r fran f r o m i m m j e th e r ping tobaren * trial wil\ c o n v in c e the m o t s k e p tic a l o f th is fact. It is th e iarges« •Hier o f any similar ---------- !$• taste aad pleaess a.«] style on earth, which prove* that It has caught the popular tael 191 T A 0 is on et Mobh. Try it, aad WMtictpate in the contest for prises. Hee that a TIN fo sent pleas of SPEAK HKAD yon buy. Send la the tags, no aaattt —**— Very sincerely, __ ___ THE P. J. »OHO COMPANY, MiroUfWW », O u t Andrew Lang disclaims responsibility for be remark credited to him that Swinburne had been writing very bad poetry lately and that the inference was that Swinburne had been keeping sober. In the Vatican at Rome there is a marble statue with natural eyelashes, the only one with this peculiarity in the world. It rep- resents Ariadne sleeping on the island of Naxos at the moment when she wss de- serted by Theseus. Kudyard Kipling has been relegated to a >ack seat in uautemporary literature by Richard Henry Stoddard, one of bis first admirers, who says that Kipling’s “ .Song of the English” U the merest rubbish and unworthy o f serious criticism. Robert Buchanan appears to be turning »essimist. He says o f literature that it it one of the least ennobling of the profes- done and that he has “ not met one indi- vidual who has not deteriorated morally by the pursuit of literary fame.” George du Manner, tbs well known Punch artist, is by birth s Frenchman. He entered as a student of chemistry at the University onllege, hut afterward returned to Paris to study painting. He made his debut as so artist with contrications of sketches to Once a Week. N O . 35- THE AFTER TIME. H e w t o H a k e B u tto n h o le * . To make a good buttonhole, one should have a rather short, sharp pointed nee dle and thread about as coarse again as the fabric on which the w ork is to be done. Run a line o f small stitches on each side of the place where the button hole is to be, aud of the same length as the finished hole. This will hold the list-' ing and outside together so that one will not slip away from the other when being worked. Next catch the thread at each end in a tiny stitch and carry it down each side, leaving it loose over the row of stitches just taker. This makes the buttonhole stronger, prevent# its tearing ont sideways and also adds to the looks of the work when complete. With sharp pointed scissors cut smoothly and straight between the rows o f stitching, and then overcast the raw edges, taking small stitches close to tho edge. This is to prevent the fraying out of the edges, but if goods are firm it is not always nec essary, though it will make a strouger and neater buttonhole. Commence at the back edge of the but tonhole, holding the work firmly with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand. Put the needle up through th# cloth, take the thread next the eve of th# needle in the right hand, bring it np and around the point o f the needle from you, then draw the needle through the cloth, being careful not to stmrl the thread or tangle the loop, which should be drawn snug and smooth, but not tight enough to draw the cloth. If properly done, this leaves a twist or roll o f the thread on the edge of the buttonhole to with stand the wear. Take each stitch back the same dis tance from the edge and the same dis tance apart. When finished, ea^hstitch should just touch, but not crowd its neighbor. Do not take a very deep stitch.—Housekeeper. Germany's Kin press. ■ The nremnt emprcis o f Germany waa ■ the Prince«! Angnata Victoria of An- i gnotenborg, and Bismarck arranged the match with the idea that it might h*al tne rather acrion» breach between the Holeteinera and the Pnunana. The pair were married in Berlin in 1881 after a wooing all too brief and cold, and the princeae at onoe discovered that she had | a difficult part to play. Between her CLIFFO RD M. C A L V E R L E Y . preaching the American shore he quickened his pace, and his last steps were like a sprinter's. His time was 2 minutes and 25 seconds. After his run Calverley gave an exhibi tion of fancy tricks on the wire. He wheeled out a barrow on which was a stove, lighted a fire, made some toast snd ate it while sitting on the wire. Then be took out a chair, balanced it on the wire aud sat down, tilting back and crossing his legs, while he calmly lighted a cigarette and smoked it, as cool as one of the rocks below on which he would have been dashed to pieces had he lost his balance. People thought he had lost his balance when he did what he calls the Calverley dive. He stood up on the wire and suddenly appeared to fall. The spectators groaned involun tarily as his body shot down, and they could scarcely catch breath again when they found that he remained clinging to the wire with his legs. On the night of the Fourth Calverley walked across in the darkness. This feat had never before been accomplished. Peer tried it once, and the next morning his body was found on the rocks below. He had fallen before he went 20 feet. The gorge was as black as a pocket when Calverley came out to cross It. and after he had gone 100 feet he was swallowed up in the dark ness. No one knew whether he was on the j cable on not, and the spectators were getting very anxious when a flash of red light blazed up out over the center of the river, quickly followed by a shower of sparks. In the midst of which stood Calverley shoot ing off roman candles. An Execution In Slam. The execution of a murderer in Slam is thus described: A temporary altar was erected, and before this the seven superbly [ built executioners, with drawn sworda, made offerings of boar’s head, fowls, rica, etc., and lighted large tapers. Than the swords were anointed. The condemned meanwhile remained on the funeral barge, where Buddhist priests gave him the last rites. He smoked and chatted after the oereniony and never showed any signa of weakness. At last he was brought out In front o f the altar and placed on freshly cut plantain leaves. The execution er asked his pardon for killing him after they had wound red • a *ties about their body aud placed red handkerchiefs about their heads. A enow = White d oth was wound around the con > demned man’s loins; bis eurs were »topped . With clay so that he should not hear the headsman’s footsteps as be dune behind him. Ilia neck chain aud handcuffs were : removed, and his elbows were secured to a bamboo posts while he was forced to a d t i ting position. Then a white line waa j marked on his neck as a guide to the swordsman. | The executioner, a lusty young Samson, > now approached from behind, advancing . with many fancy steps and moving his , •word like the hatoa of a bandmaster. His six associates formed an attentive group sad w atched every movement. For s m o j ment the large sword gleamed in the air. Then It dew-ended exactly upon the white line. The body fell slightly to one side, the head dropped, but hung by a bit of skin, | aud the man's lift Mood leaped forth upon th* sand. One of the attendant execution er» severed the bead complete!y, snd anoth er neatly placed it ou a p<de and M to the crowd. INTERESTING FACTS. Big bells are now being made from steel, iot from bell metaL The ancient ell, a measure, was the length of the arm of Henry L Some Chinese coins are of hat one-twen tieth of the value of an A merican cent. Eight counties in Missouri are named in honor of presidents of the United States The first white child town In the colonies wee Virginia Dare at Roanoke Island Aag. 15, IMT. Twelve years ago 1 sailor in every NM who went to sea lost his tils. Now only 1 In 2M is lost A Roman «amp, a Saxon temple end three cathedrals have In turn d U o f S t Paul's, A G ood Fish Story. Emporia, Kan . claims th« «atost shownr of fish. E. A. T obias , a citizen whose ve racity has never b en impeached, claims that hr picked up in his front yard a wall developed black t*ee about 8 inches la length, which, though it s i first showed but little life, on being placed in a jar of water soon recovered and is now quits lively. _ _ With a Proviso. A man who had «vidrnltr had «on * «a- p«rt«oea with .«pert erowi quastlouan wea •worn in A Pm anj I baiua court thn other day. After th . dark had road th« oath and had «Ak«d him If b . would tall “ th . truth, th . whoU truth aud nothing but the truth." h. r o p M . - I will If thay will t o K n«la«. Bun by ComprMMd Air. Visitor! to the Transportation build ing yesterday had an opportunity of see ing a novel light in til« exhibition of several great locomotives running at full speed, yet not moving an inch from their positions. This exhibition, the first of its kind, was got np by the Baldwin Locomotive work*. The engines are raised so that the drivers will safely clear the tracks, and as they fiy around with lightuiug express speed the sightseer has an op portunity to stand in one spot and see a locomotive run 60 miles per hour for a whole hour if he desires to do so. The motive power is compressed air, which is furnished from a compressor m Machinery hall through Iron pipes. One curious feature of the exhibition is the steumlike appearance of the ex haust out of the smokestack while the j engine’s cylinders ore almost at the ; freezing point. This phenomenon is due to the fact that the compressed air as it expands rapi lly in going through tile 1 compound cylinders absorbs heat rapid ly, or, what Is an equivalent, generates cold. Consequently, when the air ia finally exhausted, it is so much colder than the surrounding atmosphere that it precipitates the moisture in the latter aud forms a mist, just a* in the caae of exhaust steam, only the conditions un der which it ia formed are exactly re versed in the case of tlie cold air.—-Chi cago Inter Ocean. “ S plom dld’ ' W mm .M od« F or A m ortco. I asked Commander Ulckinn what ob servations the Duke do Veragua made at the World's fair. He informed me that during the tour of the exposition build ings both the dnke and duchess fre quently exclaimed, "MagniAceuna. pre- cioeo!” "Everything they saw on th* grounds," said the commander, "wea magnificent and precious. They w en almost speechless when they saw Niag ara. All through the state, and espe cially during our journey along the Hudeun at sunset, the ducel party was lost In wonder. The dneheae, who had been gaaing upon the landscape for some time, turned to me end «eld, ‘The word "splendid" must har* been made to de scribe America.’ " —New York Press. M arrls«. of U llleaU aea A curious marriage ha. recently taken place in France. The groom. M. Edouard Lornet. wa* born at ArboU June 0, 1878. He la 96 centimeters in height. The bride. Mias Eliae Georges, was born at Amplephuia July 8, 1874. Bhe ia 88 centimeter» in height. The beet man was e brother of the groom. 18 years of age and 84 oentimetera In height, and th* maid of honor a Mater of the bride snd 70 centimeters in height—Nsw York Herald. Com eth th* paar* th * qutot— That quloksas th . focata of UJa. A n d t h . .pint la dlronchanfad With Joys that a n blttor ■ Aud th. «oui which tor ron had j Falla down at th . Master', fact. Th. wurld aud its ways saam lonaly. Aad loro at th . beat roam. In«» What help la th.ro Urna bat only To oline to the a t a n i r a i To cllns to th. With blood for th . On th. Undnwt of Undwt To pillow the wrory hmdi To trol tho lav. that I. slowing From th* hu rt that la quick to hast With eron the harsh nails going In th. brootlfnl roarrod white to te . O bird, by th* stonu winds driroo Where never a sweet bird « l i t From the wild end angry haaroa Fly homeward with waary wlaga. And y . that aro worn aad wrory. Who faint by the way aad fau. Fly fast from th* darknote dreary To th* Rook that waa cleft tor alii —Atlanta Constitution. W om en In EMPKEHS AUGUSTA VICTORIA, headstrong young husband and bis dom ineering English mother, old Kaiser Wil helm and Prince Bismarck, all of them scheming and each of them at times pull ing a different way from the rest, her task was very Irving, but she succeeded well aud gradually won the sympathy and re spect of every one with whom she came in contact. She had a faculty for speaking the soft answer that tumeth away wrath and prevented and pacified many bitter quarrels by a timely word. A L o n s C r a ls « o n a L it t le Y a ch t. The littlesteam yacht Niobe made fast to the dock in a slip at the foot of the Randolph street viaduct recently and completed a cruise^pf over 6,000 miles. She wns built in St. Louis and is owned by W ill D. Campbell. On board are Charles A. MacKuight, engineer; O. H. Harpham, pilot; F. L. Mowder, AUie Cullnaine and Frank Booth, steward. The Niobe is a small boat to start on a cruise like the one she has just com pleted, being only 88 feet long and 10 feet beam. She ia run by kerosene, hav ing a water tube boiler and compound engines. The Niobe left St. Louis last October and started for New Orleans. Arriving there early ir^ the winter, the party spent the entire time cruising around the coast and visiting the smaller lakes which abound in Louisiana. They lived aboard their boat all the time and dined sump tuously ou the game, oysters and fish which southern Louisiana affords so plentifully. Arriving in New Orleans again early in May, the Niobe was head ed up the Mississippi on May II. The trip up the Father of Waters was a lei surely one. Every town and city on the route was visited and thoroughly in spected. The members of the party have four pneumatic bicycles aboard, and at each stop these were brought out aud the sightseeing done with comfort. When the mouth of the Illinois river was reached, the Niobe waa headed up this tributary, as the party wished to visit the World's fair.—Chicago Times. Th.ro ooowth dm* for laaahtae Aad Joy tor th* day* and yaaen But m r tb.ro eoeiatb aftor A tlm. aad a piaos lor teer« Waary of rovai aad fiat Sick of th. worldly A rifa, Kicked Up a Kumpai In Germany. General Verdy du Vemois, author of the military bill which kicked up Buch a rumpus iu Germany, was born iu East Prussia about 60 years a^o, entered the array in youth, saw much active service and by sheer merit rose to the highest rank next to that of field marshal. He is today the most prominent military To a European eye the good looks, if they anywhere exist, of both man aad women in Siam are irremedinlly de stroyed by the universal use of the betel, which blackeus and oorrodes the teeth and causes them to protrude, whioh rea ders the spittoon an indispensable arti cle o f furniture and is responsible far the great splashes o f red saliva that may be seen everywhere adorning the ground as they have been ejected from the moutha o f passersby. Like their fellows in An am, the Si amese women enjoy great freedom and influence. Being o f a most mercantile and managing temperament, thay be come the self constituted stewardesses, treasurers and hucksters of the home or shop or store. They may be sean by the hundred going to market, each seated alone in her own canoe, with bar wares spread out before her. The last king kept a bodyguard of amazona, with red coats and trousers and small carbines, bnt the present sovereign ha« converted them into a species of interior polaca police. The national character la, docile, indolent, light hearted, gay.—Fortnightly Review. Why the Qwrote AbstaiweO. ^ - . OENFRAI. VKRDY DU VEP.NOTS. writer in the German array. Personally he is democratic in feeling aud associa tions, but his military ambitions make him an ally o f the strong government party. According to German enstom (the custom indeed in all military mon archies). he left the army only to become a cabinet officer, and as n matter of course at once began to work for a big ger military establishment A <«r«*at F r « n « b N o v e l i s t . Emile Zola, the noted French realistic novelist, has a country h o u s e nt Medan and a luxurious city home in the Rue de Bruxelles, Paris, and in both his work ing room is an odd combination of lux ury and arrangement for hard work. H e-is very methodical indeed in hia BUhop Utterton’s mother was a re markable woman and Inherited much of the vivacity of her father. When the and her husband were at Gibraltar dur ing the peninsular war, the latter was known to be particular about his shav ing wafer. From his friend, the Spanish governor of Algeciras, he received the sympathetic present of some dozens of rainwater in bottles, which the butler, thinking it to be wine, duly took charge of. Some time afterward the colonel gave a dinner party, hat at the lost moment was called off by official duty, and a brother officer woe asked to take his place at the table. In due course the hock was handed round, but it we« ob served that the guests were singularly abstemious in regard to i t The explana tion was discovered when they had de parted. The well stored and savory shaving water had been supplied for hock!—Notes and Queries. Orlgte of th . R te Cep of Liberty. The red cap of liberty bad a very pro saic origin, instead of being the “ Phyr- gian bonnet” it is just th . galley slave's headgear. The Swiss of the Chatean- roux regiment seat to the galleys far their share in the Nancy riots wss* to- leased snd cams into Paris with the n d cape still on their heads. "They are the victims of despotism," said the people, forgetting the circumstances of the riot, and so the red cap became the favorite with the extreme party.—Washington Star. _______________ __ A Frond Bx-XIeetroL I saw Andy Leavitt, the ex-minstrel, the other day. The old man is chatty os ever. He loves to think and talk about his patriotic ancestry. "M y great-grsndfsther,” said he, "w as one of the men who fought the rsdooete at the battle of Bunker flllL Further than that I can’t trace him, bnt ha made a good beginning, and I am proud to know that my blood flowed in the veins of one of the soldiers at Bunker H ill." — Boston Globe. Married O ver Sixty Tears. ZOLA n« R 1 S STUDY. work snd almost every day writes shout 1,000 words. His sentences are so thor oughly thought out in advance that he vary rarely ermwe or interlines a word. He is 58 years old, small and thin and very wrinkled. His countenance has a deeply melancholy cast except when he is in animated conversation, and he is troubled vrith a dry and hacking cough. T h « K aik tr o f P » l t c * Core. John Ewing and wife of Warwick, Chester county, have bean wedded 88 years; William W . Rhonda and wile of Pott*town wen married Nov. 88, 1838, nearly 64 years ago, and David Wells and wife of North Coventry, Chester connty, wen married March SO, 1810, over 68 yean since.—Cor. Philadelphia Ledger. __________________ Short. The Bud—Why does Mr. Bpatta wear inch short trousers? Brother— Because they fit him. 1 asked him for a «moil loon, and he said he was so short his corns made hia head ache.— Truth. In Austria serconts and people of i Pullman is a wonderful town, though \ al nnk of every kind an accustomed to now a part o f Chicago, aud the man kiss the hand of thair employer», as who built it and built np the great sleep wbst oriental fashion to which it 1 ing car manufacture Is worthy of study some time to get sec ustomed. George Mortimer P u l l m a n was On the little tidelond island opposite born March 8, Skamokawa, W ash. , the cranes have built 1881, in Chautau their nests in the big cottonwood trees, qua county, N. snd the cries of the young birds may be Y. At 14 he went heard for quite a distance. into a country store, at 17 he What is reputed to be left that place to of mead in the world is in letim the trade Jsgsnfaotein, a Mexican, He claims of a cabinet mak that the stone weighs 978 er. and at S3 be took a contract Ladies may be In« for r e m o v i n g 4.000.000 ptns on used np daily tat the such house« as oxrmox u. f u l u s a s . Ulilted States alone, most of which coma was necessary for the widening of tbs from Reddltch. England. Ene canal. In 1898 Mr. Pullman locat ed in Chicago. Soon after he ooaeetved The Jerusalem artichoke has no oco- the idea of making steeping oars comfort naction whatever with th« holy city ef able, and in 1888 he turned oat the first the Jews It te a epeoées of I one of the kind which has since mada him vary rich aad famous.