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VOL XLIV, NO. 14T.
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1895.
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
p r o ill i
I872 1895
Lubricating
OILS
A Specialty.
pisfyer
Brothers,
Sell . Astoria
Ship Chandelery,
Hardware,
Iron & Steel,
Coal,
Groceries & Provisions,
Flour & Mill Feed,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Loggers Supplies,
Fairbank's Scales,
Doors & Windows,
Agricultural Implements
Wagons & Vehicles.
NEW GOODS
B. F. ALLEN,
365 Commercial Street.
New lines for 1895.
Japanese Rugs and Matting
Bamboo Furniture, etc.
(Direct from Japan.) '
House Lining, Building Paper
and Glass.
Wall Paper of 1895 now in with a stock
Japanese Leathers, Wholesale in Chicago
from $9 to $18 per roll of 12 yards.
II F. ALLEN'S,
365 Commercial Street
Snap R Jodak
at any man coming out ot
our store and you'll get a
portrait ot a man brimming
os er with pleasant thoughts.
Such quality In the liquors
we have to offer are enough to
PLEASE ANY MAN.
. - Corne and Try Them,
HUGHES & CO. '
IS THERE?
Is there a man with heart so cold,
That from his family would withhold
The comforts which they all could find
In articles of FURNITURE of th
right kind.
And we would suggest at this season,
nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se
of Dining Chairs. We have the larges
and finest line ever shown In the city
and at prices that cannot fail to pleas
the closest buyers.
HEILBORN & SON.
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
" Conromly St., foot of Jackson, Astoria.
General Machinists and Boiler Makers
Land and Marine Engines, Boiler work. Steam
boat and Cannery Work a Specialty.
Castings of All Descriptions Made to Order on
Short Notice.
John Fox. President and Superintendent
A, L. Fox Vice President
O. B. Prael Secretar
They Lack Life
There are twines sold to fishermen
on the Columbia river that stand in
the same relationship to Marshall's
Twine as a wooden Image does to the
human being they lack strength lire
evenness and lasting qualities. Don't
fool yourself Into the belief that other
twines besides Marshall's will do just
ae well." They won't. They cannot.
C.J. TRENCH ARD, Agent
Wells, Fargo & Co. and
Pacific Express Co.
HOP and PHOEfllX ItfSuflRJlCE CQ'S.
Custom House Broker
and Commission Merchant.
50a Bond Street.
Kopp'Q Beer Hall.
Choice Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
KENTUCKY WHISKEY
Onty handed over the Mr. The largest glasa
of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half.
Free Lunch.
Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor.
Cor. Conromly and Lafayette St.
THOMAS MOKKO,
The Blacksmith whoso shop la oppos
ite Cutting's cannery, is now prepared
to do such odd Jobs as making new
cannery coolers, repairing old ones,
making new fishln boot Irons, j and re
pairing old ones, ana all other black
Bmlthlng that requires first-class workmanship.
Carpenter Shop.
Tour mind Is on repairing your boos
this spring; possibly on building a new
one. If so, remember we are carpen
ters and builders with a shop full of
tools always willing to do such Jobs
and want your work.
JULLER eV GOSXEY.
- gnop oft Hwaos Bock.
TO BE BUILT AT LAST I
1. U OSGOOD,
The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher.
506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR.
That there is .
YOU
ttHtlt
fljfaD
no other stock
in the city so
large as ours
in the way
of
Fishing Tackle,
Croquet Sets '
Lawn Tennis Sets,
Bird Cages,
Feather Dusters
and
all other
Spring Goods.
GRI FFIN
SUITS.
GhOTJIIIlGffill
Our Sping Stock Has Arrived. They Are Wonders For The Money.
Look Through Our Stock.
Men.s Suits Worth 1 10.00 for $6.50. Men's Suits at $ 8.00
" " 6,75. " " " 10.00
" - 7.50. " " " 12.00
Worth nearly double the money. Come and see us.
Men's Pants f 1.00, $1.50, $2.00, $2.50,
Big lines of Underwear, Hats, Shoes.
Oil Clothing, Also full stock of Dry Goods.
The Cheapest House
Oregon
THREE LOTS.
In a desirable location,
CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS
On the new Pipe Line Boulevard Just the place for a cheap home.
A Block IN ALDERBROOK.
STREET OAR LINE will be eitended this summer to within 5 minutes
walk of this property Will sell at decided
ACREAGE.
In 5 or 10 aore tracts inside the city limits, also adjoining Flavel.
GEORGE HILL,. 471 BondSt, Occident Block,
HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
F0flflD& STOKES GO.
DEALERS IN "
Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware,
White Sewing Machines,
Hardware,
Boat and Fishermen's Supplies,
Paints and Oils,
Ship Chandlery,
Teas, Coffees and Groceries,
California Wines,
Medically Pure Liquors,
Sole Agents for the Celebrated
'fllmigfytij Dollar Cigar.
MUSIC HAM. ;
KEATENO ft CO will open their
WWW Music Ball at 35S Aster street,
- Saturday the 16th. They will
w keep oumberleas good liquor
and cigar bealdea having good mualc all th
time.-
A Railroad to Astoria, by
Mr. Hammond, who is not
only a Railroad projector, but
a merchant of Montana, and
who is building more Rail
roads, but is r.ot selling for
less money the same grades of
Men's and Boy's Cloth
ing, Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Boots,
Shoes, Trunks, Valises,
Etc, than--
Our line of
fishing rods
start in with
the common
bamboo poles
for a
few cents
and run up
into the . $.
ior vthose that
are lots better.
So you see we
can suit every
body.
& RKrQJU
PANTS.
aBOYS'.
$3.00 and $3.50. Large lines to select from.
Suspenders, Socks, Rubber Boots and
In The State.
Trading Co.
600 Commercial Street,
2 blocks from High School.
A BARGAIN.
FIRST ADDITION.
bargain.
Between Astoria and Portland
STEAMER
SARAH DIXON,
" SPRING TIME TABLE.
Steamer Sarah Dixon leaves Astoria
Monday morning for Portland at I
o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday evenings at o'clock.
Returning leaves Portland Sunday
morning at 7 o'clock: Monday, Wednes
day and Friday evenings at 8:30.
SHAVER TRANSPORTATION CO
A. V.ALLEN,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Flour, Feed, Provisions, Fruits
' ' Vegetables, Crockery, Glass and
Plated Ware. Loggers' Supplies.
Cor. Cass aud Sqotaoqo Street. Astoria, Or
i.''-.oVaj. -rllHUJ JJSJ m'l usi V lis I" jm'0
THE U. S. NAVY HONORED
Emperor William Was Pleased
With Oar Navy.
THE FIRST STEAMER ARRIVES
Chittagong- Comes From China K
P.'s Hit Again-Gold Reserve
Silver Meeting in Kansas.
i-i'.. Tuna i fVrff:irv Her
iiMUiiiiSivii, ...
bert received a telegram today from Ad
miral Kirkland, commanding we siiuau
ron at Kiel, dated Sunday, ted, in which
ihe says the German Emperor visited the
,,l,0-.TTrtii. VnrV .flint del V. Ho COOTlDli-
mervted the United States squadron and
ihe New York particularly, on ine p
naornnxA nt iha wnrlf of , illumination,
ldent of the United State for sending
such fine specimens of jhe American
navy w me opemuu vi wio
ADVANTAGES OF THE! TREATY.
Warihlnirton. June 24. Consul Jolnlgan,
at Shanghai, has sent ta the state de
partment another report about the com
mercial advantages cf the tieaty between
China and Japan. Former, treaties con
tained no favored nation olausa, while
ittia Noal treaty contains concessions Tjn
eflcial 'to and expansive of oil Asiatic
commerce. -The concessions tb Japan have
given the world mew marts' and avenues
of trade; Now 28 ports are open ana me
countries who buvo favored tho nation
clause in their treaties hnvi 9qual privi
leges with Japan. Japan was under re
strictions as to interior trade, which have
now been removed. Mr. Jolnigan says
ithe most Important provision of the trea
ty la tlhat Which mikes the country free
to carry on manufacturing Industries,
This virtually opens China to the new
industries, as machinery may be imported
under one clause of the treaty. Mr. join
lgan says: "It may be said that China
is the great undeveloped country of the
world, and that new developments attend
d with profit await well-directed enter
l.rioes In this empire."
GRESHAM'S WILL.
Chicago, June 24. The will of General
Walter Q. Gresham, late secretary of
state, was admitted to probate today by
Judge Kohlsaat. The will is very elm'
rle. It Is written in Jud'?c Gresftam's
own haind'writlng upon a single sheet of
paper, and .dated December 18, 1888, It Is
as follows:
i"I WiaCtcir Q. Gresham, dot hereby
make this, my last will and testament:
I give, devise and betqucathi to my wife,
Matilda Gresham, all my estate, prop
erty, and effects, real and persj.iiil and
of every kind and description, and where
soever situated, to have and to hold ab
solutely. I appoint my wife sole ex
ecutrix of this will."
The schedule of property owned by
General Gresham shows that he was
worth $51,000 at the time of his death.
Of this, $10000 is In real proeprty, and the
balance in persotval effects.
HOPEFUL OF A SETTLEMENT.
Louisville, June 24. The Hon. James
B. MoCreary, chairman of the house
committee on foreign affairs, is here to
attend the Democratic state convention
tomorrow, and is running against Senator
Blackburn for chairman of the committee
cn resolutions. McOreary was a member
of the international monetary conferance
which met at Brussels in ISM. When seen
by a representative of the Associated
Press he stated that tils experience with
'the English members of that conference
gives him the assurance that, in the
advent of ta Salisbury ministry, it will
be in the Interest of bl-metallism, as
Lord Salisbury, Balfour, and others, are
more favorable than Rosebery and his
assoicates were for such a conference.
McCreary said he was more hopeful i.ow
for intertniatlomal action that would settle
the ratio between the metals.
A STRANGE FUNERAL.
Coeur d'AIene, Idaho, June 24. Judge
ACberc Hagen, a well Imown attorney and
public man, was burled here today under
associations seldom witnessed. He stood
high in Free Masonry, yet he was bur
led in a Catihollc cemetery, two Catholic
priests, Father Heldo, of Spokane, 'and
Father Becker, of this place, officiating.
Many Masons attended the funeral and
a number of them acted as pail bearers.
Mrs. Hagen, who is a daughter of Brig
ham Young, is ta. Catholic. It is said that
during her husband's dying hours, she
won him Into the Church. He left sealed
li structlons as to his funeral. It was
thought for a while that these had dis
appeared, but they were found yesterday.
They merely directed "that all matters
be left to the wishes of his wife.
THE POPE AND SOCIETIES.
Cleveland, Ohio, June 24. The Universe,
the ofilclal organ of Blahop Horsimann,
of the Cathoilg Diocese of Cleveland, is
out with the statement that there has
been received from Rome a rei'.eratlon of
the Pope's request that all members of
the church would withdraw from several
societies, notably the Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias.
Ex-Cong nes&man FurOjit one" of the
leading attorneys of this city, and one
cf the leading members of the Elks and
Knights of Pythias, declared today that
while he was a good Catholic, society
connections were a matter of conscience,
end that he would not give way to any
authority on that point.
N. P. ORIENTAL BUSINESS.
Tacoma, June 24. The Northern Pa
cine announced today that between now
and August 1 it will handle 12,000 tons of
incoming Oriental freight over the Ta
coma docks. This big increase results
from the large new steamer Just added
to the line and the loading of two calling
ships with the new crop of tea. The pres
ent facilities are Inadequate to take care
of the business and work was begin to
day on the first of four warehouses,
etch 40x100 feet, which will be used for
the Oriectal business.
PRECIOUS STONES.
" Washington, June 24. The report of the
geological survey on precious stones for
the United .States for the calendar year,
1S94, compiled1 by BpecU! Agent CJrg
King, of New York, was made public
lis today. The principal developments oif
the year are summarized as follows.
The . finding of a 10 7-8 karet diamond
at Dowaglac, Michigan; developing of a
new ruby mine near Franklin, New York;
the finding of emeralds at Mlchell Peak
and near Earl's station, North Carlolna.
Sapphire deposits are reported" 25 miles
meat of Fhlllipsburg, Montana, 1400 acres
in extent. A new locality of true emer
alds was alto found near Bakersvllle,
N, C, and) a big output Is prelicted.
POSTOFFICE INSPECTION.
Washington, June 21. Th postofflce
depanttnent has entered a policy of detail
ing inspectors to watch, letter carriers
on their rounds and report inattention to
duties and any Irregular conduct on their
routes. Officers In a number of cities
are involved.
Special reports are made to the depart
ment by the inspectors. Delays in deliv
ering malls at house, unnecessary con
versations, stops, meeting acquaintances
and waste of time generally are among
the complaints entered against postofflces
In the department files.
MAIL CARRIERS SUSPENDED.
Columbus, Ohio, June 24. Twenty-two
imiail carriers have been suspended from
Ave to thirty days, on an order from
Washington, the result of a private
watch affording evidence of slow work
of most of these carriers.
FITZSIMMONS ON TRIAL.
Syracuse, N. Y., June 24. Bob Flts
elmmons appeared in the court of ses
sions today to answer to th indictment
charging him with the killing of Con
Rlordan, his sparring partner, In the
course of the exhibition given in this
city last winter. The Judge overruled
the Challenge for actual bias, made by
the attorney for the defense, on, the
ground that a Juryman was a church
member. It was also ruled that Jurors
with a prejudice against prize fighting
unless such prejudice existed in this par
tlcular cusp, were not disqualified.
CATHOLIC TEACHERS DISCHARGED,
Portlands Or., June 24. The teachers for
the ensuing year ta the public schools
of Portland were elected by the board of
school directors tonight. One of the di
rectors is sal dto have made a strong
effort to have all of the Roman Catholic
teachers dropped, eighteen in number.
The board was unwilling to make such
a- heavy Inroad on the Catholics as de
sired by the one member of the board,
but out of the twenty-four who failed
of re-election, nine were Catholics, or
just half of the Catholic teachers In the
public schools of the city.
COLIMA REPORT.
Washington, June 24. The account of
the wreck of the Coilma has reached the
state department from United States
Consul Eugene Bat tle, at Acapulco, Hex,
ico, dated June 8th. He transmits the
statement of Mr. Chilberg, of Seattle,
corroborated by three of her passengers
and two seamen, that the wind and heavy
sea were the cause of the wreck and
possibly a leak in the vessel. One hun
dred and sixty-five were lost and 31 were
saved.
ALASKA TRAVEL.
Taconfi, June 24. The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company Is considering the ad
visability of putting another steamer on
the Alaska route, so large has the tour
1st trawl become this lummsr, This
company is running two boats and an
other company one, and almost every
berth on them Is taken for several trips
ahead. General Schofleld and party will
tun ror Aia&ka. on ithe queen Thursday.
HAYES TO BE EXAMINED.
Eugene, Or., Jun J.-H. P. Hayes,
charged with Incest with his niece, has
been taken to Fall Creek, where he will
have a preliminary examination tomor
row. The Investigation of the coraner
in regard to the cause of the sudden
death of the father of Miss Walker re
vealed nothing Indicating foul play. The
man died or neuralgia of the heart.
MARKET REPORTS.
Liverpool, June 22. Wheat Spot, quiet;
demand, poor; No. 2 red winter, 6a 6Vd;
No. 2 red spring, stocks exhausted; No. 1
hiard MUTUttofoa, as Vjd; No. 1 California,
Ss 6d.
Hops at London Pad Me Coast, 2.
San Francisco, June 22. Hops DuK ;
State, common to choice, old, 38; 1SW,
48; Pad flo Coast, old, 4S; 1894, 48.
GORED BY A BULL.
Eus-ene. Or . .Tuna Jl Th. Rou T n
Driver had a narrow escape from death
lUSt flllcrht. An him farm .naa,. ..hi.
by being gored by a bull. The animal'
sue iiver against a Darned wire, rence,
goring him frightfully and lacerating
his flesh on the barbs, but he Is not con
sidered dangerously injured.
THE CHITTAQONO ARRIVES.
Portland, June 24. The steamship Chlt
tr.gong, the first of the new line b3tween
Portland and China, recently establish d
by the O. R. and N. Co., arrived at Vic
toria today. She is expected to reach
Portland about Wednesday. She will sail
for the Orient from Portland about July
1 with a full cargo of flour.
ARKANSAS SILVER MEN.
Little Rock, June 24. A poll ot the
Democratic state-committee on the cur
rency question has been made by a news
paper. Out of a total membership of
nineteen, letters are published from sev
enteen. Eleven favor the free. Independ
ent land unlimited coinage of silver, and
six favor the gold standard.
MINERS QET WORK.
Wardher, June 24. There aro new ar
rivals of men every day seeking work
at the Bunker Hill and Bulllvan mines.
The company Is ready to receive all ap
plicant iwho want work as miner.
PARLIAMENT TO DISSOLVE.
London, June 24. The various con;rvi
tlve agents throuhgout the country have
received official notice to prepare for
the immediate dissolution of parliament.
HBNNE3SY KNOCKED OUT.
Boston, June 24. Creadon won the fight
at the Suffolk Club, knocking out Hen
nessy in the sixth round.
Tho citizen of Hamey. county com
plain Vhat Indians from Uw UmatHla
reservation come into their county and
kill doer in largo nurrbera for their petts;
leaving the meat to waste. J
STILL IN ABEYANCE
Matters Approaching Crisis in
Railroad Situation.
NOTHING DEFINITE ' DECIDED
And No Final Action Will Be Taken
Until the Meeting- at 7
0'Clock Tonight.
During Sundya and yesterday the air
w is full of i unvote chat the arrangements
for the ral!raai had uctu completed; that
Mr. Hammond had: been telegraphed for
and that he had wired that his men in
Missoula had been ordered forward at
once. i ,
The truth of the matter Is, however,
that the work of the committee In ar
ranging the guarantee bond on the right
of way is well in hand and the prospects
are favorable to the enterprise. The com
mittee held a meeting at 4 o'clock yester
day and appointed ub-ccmmUtees to On,
ish the details and report to the meet
ing tonight. No telegrams were sent to
or received from (Mr. ' Htumrmond, nor
has he ordered any men from Missoula,
or elsewhere, nor is it likely 'that he will
again be sent for until everything 1b
absolutely ready for him. His plans and
requirements are wet! known and will
no doubt be met. The committee have
worked hard and have yet much hard
work to do. No one, not connected with
the work, oa realise the number of de
tails Involved In such an undertaking,
but the gentlemen have the sympathy and
best wishes of tho community for their
success.
STATE NEWS.
The truth! of the old Baying what U I
necessary to go away from home to learn
the news receives another exemplification
in the following from a recent number of
the East .Oregonian: Thre is a possibil
ity of a new Industry being started on
this coast and one that will utilize an
humble-and heretofore apparently worth
less product of the benches. This to a
factory to manufacture (butt tons out of
clam shells. In Germany there are many
of these factories, employing thousands
and a representative of one of the larger
concerns Is now on ithe .coast looking
into the possibilities of the Clatsop clam.
Such a factory would give employment
to about 200 hands. The work to light and
young persons are generally employed to
do the general shaping, with practical
foremen to oversee operations. Abelonl
buttons are used for women's attire, being
generally large and taking a rich polish.
They can be mode In all colors, the abe
lonl shells of the coast of southern Cali
fornia being very beautiful in even their
native State, embodying all the colors of
the rainbow. From the dam shells a
cheaper grade of button will be manu
factured. In the Columbia river valley, in Union
and WaHowia. counties, ithe fruit crop con
tinues promising, says B. S. Pfigue in
the last state crop report. Strawberries
are about over and cherries are ripe.
To 'the south of the Blue mountains fruit
and berrlei are not so promising; the
frosts injured them, and the yield will
be light. The hay crop will be good in
some locations, but will be poor In others.
From Grant county a correspondent
rites: "Groin crops are so backward
and the land so dry that unless we hav
copious rains within a short time they
will be a failure, The hay meadows are
not going to turn off anything like a
normal crop. Grasshoppers, I fear, ar
going to clean the country, they have
already destroyed gardens, and will most
likely harvest our second crop of alfulfa;
'they took my second crop last year."
Clot! sop county might also take a lesson
tfnxm the following item in the Moro
Observer: ' Wasco county had best haul
in her lectures to us about roads and
more dutifully attend to her own. Recent
ly at the Junction of the free bridge and
Miller bridlge roads C. W. Falrchild, of
Grass Valley, wi'Uh an eight-horse team
and two wagons, loaded with 9,000
pounds of wool, wietnt over the nasty nar
row grade at that point, barely escaping
with his life. Both! wagons were demol-
Mied by tumbling to the bottom of the
chasm, sixty feet deep, and four horses
were pulled in after them. There are
laws in Organ which hold counties to
strict accountability for damages such
as this, and it mxay appear later on that
Wasco county has cause for congratula
tion that this casualty was no worse than
reported."
The Marlon County Record says: The
Chinese pheasants are becoming a nuis
ance and it will only be a matter of time
until tt will be necessary to adopt soma
way to exterminate them. By investi
gating it is found that the lady bug is
one of their choicest morsels of food,
and the destruction of a band of young
turkeys- is favorite pastime, besides
they are fast exterminating the grouse
by th killing of the young.
The people of Burns art) vicinity, in
Harney county, are preparing to take
evert chances with the grim monster
deadh. Agents for some ten life insurance
companies are at work in that commun
ity, and he County News states that a
single one of these companies has taken
10 applications for life Insurance.
If one ha tried ami failed to make
two blades of grass grow where but one
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
mm
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grew before, ays the Baker City Demo
crat, all he baa to do to attain success
Is to plant a (dandelion iseed where the
one blade grew and soon he will have
hundred in Its) place,
There Is likely to be oome very close
Investigation to discover the persons)
guilty of burning ithe Cunningham prop
erty in Umatilla county. The total in
surance on the property amounting to
$36,600, one of ithe largest policies being
for $16,800 in the Hartford.
. Kalama la overjoyed at the selection
of its river for the fish' hatdhery under
state supervision. "Twenty thousand dol
lars spent in our midst," as the Bulletin
puts it, "Is not to be sneered at."
, Hop growiera of Uklalb, valley are' greatly
concerned over the appearance of a
worm which is devastating the fields.
The peet is BW'lar in appearance to the
army wormv
A raft, containing 200,000 teet of hem
lock logs, is ready at Gray's river for
towing to the Oregon Oity pulp mills.
CHINESE CARVINGS.
ArtlMlc Ornaments Cut Out of Nuts and
Tiny Fruit BUattes.
The most curious objects which are
matte Bubjecrtis of the carver's) art In Chin
are the rairlous nuts and! fruit stones.
Among Ithe taitlter class may be earned
the stones of Vhe olive, plum, peach,
dberry, and of the former the most com
mon are made upon the sheila of wal
nvlM and cooaaiiute. These seeds and
nuts are cofllected w3rh great care and
oairefully cleaned and dried before being
taken to the carver, who has an Invaria
ble stiatndVurd of the size, proportion,
weights, harctaees, etc. When every de
tail bus been carried otit to the satisfac
tion of tho erttet, a nut or seed is se
lected by the designer, who roughly
traces upon dJts surface an outline of the
future ploture. This Is handed over to
apprentices, who block out Itho design by
cutttng through Iths Kgenous tissue
along the lines drawn. The crude carv
tng is again passed to he designer, who
sketches! a seoonrd and more intricate
series of outlines, when It agvuln goes for
ward to the subordinates, who cut out
the indicated channels. ' After this (he
designer gives the objedt Its finishing
touches, and the asBidtants prepare it
for market by polishing, olTJlng and wax
ing the carvings.. Thews nut and fruit
stone carvings are shown in the shape of
buttons, iwiitoh chorals, sleeve links, ear
rings and brooches. Collections of them
strung on silver, copper or gold wire are
also used as bracelelts, anklets, neck
laces, rosotileis and official ornaimests.
The carvlnga represented upon these
Seed and mut ornaments are frequently
of a very high order of cancepltlon and
dfospCay much of Ithe carver's cleverness
and dexlterilty. The wrBter has seen sin
gle cherry seeds upon which were plainly
and arWtically outlined a dragon, two
crickets, a cornflower and a bunch of
grapes. On the larger . iseeda and nuts ..
are represented entire trees and their
fruit and leaves, vines with leaves,
flowers and vegetables atltached, as well
as buildings, bridges, towers, temples
and fences. Among the second group,
which are usually composed principally
or animal figures Ithe horse, lion, tiger.
elephant, camel and bull are most gen
erally represented. St. Lpuls Republic.
OREGON COPPER.
The Richest Deposits) to the World Exist
In Jkwephine County.
Grant's Pas) Observer.
About a year ago Capt. A. M. Drown -
accidentally learned that soma large cop
per deposits existed In Josephine county.
and after a time learned their location.
Since that time he has been quietly work
ing up his proposition until mow It has
developed into mare than he had ever
hoped for.
The mine Is located about thirty miles
south of Grunt's Pass, at the mouth of
Flailli creek, on the west bank of th
Illinois river, and is about nine mlK
from the public wagon road. The dis
tance is quite rough and hard to tra
verse, but a road Is now beiing bul'Jt which
will change matters of ttram&iport to a
considerable extent.
Several months ago Captain' Brown
bonded eighteen copper claims oa the
creek, and later on induced Capt. Geo.
F. Wheeler to come out from Baltimore
to see the mines. Mr. Wheeler brought
an expert along, and they soon satisfied
themselves that they had struck the rich
est copper miineis in existence. Before
leaving Mr. W. purchased an interest in
the claims, and on returning to Baltimore
organized the Siskiyou Mining company
Bind sent out the necessary oapltal for
Captain Brown to commence develop
ment work and put in ithe. roachlnAy
necessary for a test.
They are now opening the mine in two
places, by tunneling, and gettting out very
rich ore, which, runs from 22 to 46 per
cent pure copper. This is five times
richer than any other known copper
mine, and 90 per cent richer than 7h
cetebnated Lake fluperior mines. Not only
that, but it contains) $6 per ton In gold
and is free from base Ingredients. This
has been ascertained from tests made on
upwards of 1,000 pounds of ore which
have been shipped to St. Louis and Balti
more,
QUICK WORK.
The other day in a shoe factory tn a
Massachusetts town, a company of gen
tlemen, especially Invited to witness, the
operation, saw a kangaroo's skin trans
formed into an elegant pair of shoes in
one hour and ftltyJtwo minutes after ths
leather had been finished. At 11:40 in
the morning the hairy skin was given to
the workmen to be ttamneuv In two hours
and twenty minutes the tanning was
completed, and by $.62 in the afternoon
the shoea were all ready to put on the
feet. Probably there never was in a
the world a pitr of shoes so aulcklv
made. Ex.
YET HE MEANT WELL.
"Young man " said 'the mear-slghitcd
passenger, "would you mind getting up
and giving this old gentleman a seat?"
"Sir! exclaimed the bloomer girl and
the bearded lady simultaneously.
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