THE DAILY A8T0RIAJN, ASTOKIA, SUNDAY MORN1NO, AUGUST 25, 1895.
WAITING.
Down by this brook In the tall meadow
ftras.
Patiently waiting day by day,
Sat a dear little brown bird over her nest,
Si:ent, for she said In her heart: "Lest
I wake my darlings,' my loved ones, my
beat.
Too eariy by my lay."
"I must wait," aha s.Hd as she w atched
a bee
Soaring on gauzy wins;
"I must wait," when she heard tno bot-
cilnk's glee;
"i must wait," tor surely a bird like .no.
Must liavo Joy befoio she rings.
And Joy comes not In leaving my nest
And in flylnj away, but In doing- my
best."
Down by the brook in tae tall meadow
grass,
He'.ps:y day 'by day.
Lie four little homely ihapeless things.
Waiting for feathers and strength In
Krj.Tlng nothing nave that which the
mother bird sings
To her nestlings every day.
W v don't you fly?" asked a bumble
bee.
As 'he came down from the sy.
When their wings were weik, though
they were brown, .
Ai d feathers took the pliee of down
..' Why, birds, why don't you fly?"
,fT lie birds chirped low, In their moth
' , or- tongue,
'V U"o must wait before wa fly."
Hlh uP on the branches above the brook
Sang four birds day hy day;
"We waited, we -waited, but now wo will
sir?.
Now v e will make the welkin rlnz
With our happy roundoluy."
And tho mother made melody with the
rest
"Oh, this is my Joy! and this Is the best."
Exchange.
HIE ' NEW
Y.ie "new oman" is by no means so
lie a as the paragraphic would lead us
to lmaslne, nr in the early part of the
century there died In Liangohen, Wales,
to 'Bachelor maids whose lives were full
ot romantic interest that they are here
dtserllied lor the benelit of those who
huve never heard t!io pretty story, Wnlle
irave.lng through Wales last sunimur we
came 10 the charming little 'own of
i,.arigollen, with Its plcturei'iue hills and
da.es, and Its scenery so varied and
beautiful that one can harly tear one's
self away. It was hers that our bache
lor maids lived and died. Their house,
'p.as Newydd," w'hich is i.he how place
of the town, Is very beautiful und may
be steii for tho modest sum, of twelve
cents. The house stunds on the top 01
nl.l, surrounded toy a court and Slower
garden, Inclosed with a hedge of tobo
bui.es. The house is reached by a
cc.vvnlent carriage road. Uoth Inside
ai.j out It is decorated with rare kpeci
iiii.tis of wood carving and tho rooms
are lilted with costly specimens of art
from all .parts of the world.
Lady Eleanor Butler, the daughter of
tho Earl of Ormonde, an Irish nobleman,
was left without father or mother while
still a young baby. Sho grew up with
peculiar views on the subject of matri
mony; In fact, so fond was she of liberty
that the very thought of a husband was
distasteful to her. When she was about
SO years of ago she formed an attach
ment for a young girl of 13 who resided
In the same town ot Dublin. This little
girl, Hon. Sarah Vonsonby, while of as
hteh rank as her friend, was not a
wealthy heiress, like Lady ISleanor. She
possessed but a moderate competency.
As the years wont on their affection
Increased, so that when Ludy Eleanor
was 24 and Sarah 17 years of age they
had come to the determination that they
wouCd never marry. Sarah was still
under the care ot guardians, but they fin
ally ran away to escape from their suit
ors, Barah disguised as a footnwn and
accompanied as a faithful maid, Mary
Carry!. They came to the pretty town
of Llangollen, where, charmed with the
tjulet beauty of the place, they deter
mined to take up their abodo In a little
hut, which was delightfully situated on
the summit of a hill. Tha program which
they were mapping out to their entire
satisfaction was ruthlessly tr-impled
upon by tho proverbial cruel guardian,
who appeared on the scene and insisted
on returning Miss Barah to the bottom of
her family. Sarah hai no choice but to
obey, yet expressed her determination of
returning when she was 21, which would
he In four years, .
So Lady Kleanor returned with 1 er
friend to Dublin until the term of pro
bation had elapsed, and sure enough, the
moment she was of age, which was in
1778, she and her friend shook the dust
ol Ireland off their feet and Journeyed
again to Llangollen as fast as boat piia
stage coach could take thorn. They pur
chased the hut that had so taken their
fancy on their llrat visit; also Home dcaen
acros of land surrounding It, und pulling
down tho cabin built themselves a most
commodious cottage, which, though huv
Ing a rigidly plain outBlde nmiuiruiice,
was a bower of lieauty within. It con
tained all the auxiliaries that great
wealth and natural taste could give.
Their grounds wore the wonder ai:d ad
miration of every one. There were beau
tiful gardens with pretty ornnmonta
bridges here and there, giving Hie plum
a 'most fairyland appearance.
The remaining nine aercs were usee
as a farm and they employed a number
of persons to keep It In order. Klvi
women servants wore hired to contrllMti
to their wants Indoors. The Indies'
dress consisted of a riding habit affair,
with coat made exactly like a man's
This they always wore, even when tho?
went out to a dinner party, or received
friends. Their closely cropped hair thej
powdered, to wear under black beaver
hats. When they were at the table It
was almost Impossible to know to which
sex they belonged, so masculine was their
dress.
They spent a Kreat deal of tholr Mux
in doing embroidery, and the house It
now filled with superbly exe.-uted (x
amples of It. Sarah was a palnt-sr of no
mean ability, as the landscapes whlc
adorn the walis of the drawing room fl
ently testify. They ppent fifty-two years
of life together, always devoted to e.icr
other and beloved liy everyone In the
neighborhood.
The old residents of the town tcl"
soverat Interesting tales about Ihesf
ladles of Llangollen, one of them beins.
that very tfundny morning on Ihelr way
to church they distributed sixpenny plecet
to the poor people. Their two maids be
longed o tlin cltapel and tho minister
and a Mr. Jones used to Pill on their
every year to solicit a subscription In aid
of the Blbln society. The mni.ls wou'.c
nit only give a hnnrtsomo suhwrlptlor
t vmselve. but would Indue the three
rthiT servants to ."ontrPHiti-; but,
fi'rsng to say, kind thounh their mls-
'-ises wer. they roulj never be In lueed
'i erive anything.
The txx't Wordsworth on visited Plas
Nev(1J nt the ls.lies' urgent solicitation
they expected him to wrlt a poem
'xr-.itl.itlng on the hra'J(le of the
Vinin.is. .
Wordsworth did write a poem. It Is
me. tint, so far from giving pleasure to
tV ladies, it thoroughly incensed them,
f'.r In it v alluded to their homo as a
-., i, ,ii rot. und to them.iolvs ns
their lv having paved beyond the
r.M. 'i (., ;: .... -r.lB po-Mi reads:
"Vn 1 - ... ',,,5 ',,-, JT,,;i
i oii-.nr.ity- vinipr'''' on the
Rrr.-'.-i Is st !' ?. N'-JvyH, l;i:
A ! tr.;im ! . !..:,. your favorite
Along tha vale ot meditation flows;
So styled by those fierce Britons pleased
to see , ,
Cr, haply, there some pious hormlt chose
To live and die, the peace of heaven
his aim,
To whom the wild, sequestered region
owes, ... ,
At this late day, Its sanatlfyln.T name.
Olyn Cyfolllganwlch, In the Cambrian
tongue
In ours, the vale of friendship, let
this spot
Be named-where, faithful to a low
roofed cot
On Deva's 'banks ye have abode so long
a, in luiA r hive allowed to climb
Even' on this earth above the reach of
time."
Dean Stanley once paid a visit to th
ladies when a little hoy of 10, and in
after years when asked to give his per
sonal recollections or mat visit jauBmnB
ly said that the only feeling produceu
In him was one of Intense fright.
.Mary Carryl, the devoted servant who
accompanied the ladles in their fllgiu
from Ireland was almost as eccentric a
character as her mlstra-sses, and many
were the handsome tips she received from
visitors, so that whon she died she left
her mistress all her savln?s-300, quiti
a Urge sum for those .lays. The ladles
Mniun.i o ir.nif.nr Influence In their
neighborhood, and many a wife and
mother had cause to oiess me ur
brought the bachelor maids to live lr.
that sequestered vale.
On one occasion their lnlluenc3 proved
all-powerful to save a young man who
had been sentenced to death for forgery.
As all good things como to an end, t
did those two ladies, the first to go being
Ladv Eleanor, who died at the age of to.
followed two years later toy Miss lJonson
by in 1831. They are both burled togethei
In the beautiful oil churchyard at
Llanfrollen, and one cannot do better than
quote those Immortal words: "They were
lovely and pleasant In their lives, and in
their death they were not divided."
EASILY SOLVED.
A Crisis
thait Looked
Avoided.
Ugly Simply
(Chicago Times-Herald.)
One of thorn had fcesa away and the
Olher was meeting her alt the railroad sta
tion; they greeted each othir with great
effusion.
"Oh, you dear thing," srled the .trav
eller, "how are you? I am dying, act
ually flying, to eee you and hear all
about It. The letter I had you and
r-r..d were quarrelling horribly because
you wartled to be married in church and
he refused."
"I know; he insisted upon our being
married at home Just beca.uBe he had the
whooping cough; wasn't It horrid of
him?" , ,
"IndeeJ it was. But It's all ,tet.tled now
Is R iut?"
"oh, quite; you see"
"I knew It would be; lovers' quarrels
are not serious. He wanted to be mar
ried In 'the morning, too, while you were
bent on an evening wedding; lie pre
ferred travelling gear while your heart
iui se.t unon full dress-that was all,
though, I believe no, he wanted to be
married on Tuesday and you on Wednes
day. Io tell me (how It was all settled."
"Oh, 'that wasn't nearly aM. He tn
slOhd that Ida should he bridesmaid In
spite of all I said, and, wasn't It mean;
he actually objected when l wan-.ea joe
to be his 'best man. Then I wanted to go
to Mexico on ths wedding trip, while he
was determined on a California tour."
"Hu'f we have arranged it all now?"
"Indeed we have; there will b no
more "
"I'm glad Vt it. Did he agree to board
at a hotel afterward, or did you consent
to ke:i Ihouae? And, oil, tell me, d.d te
promise to coll your mother 'mamma,'
or did you give In to his addressing her
as '.Mrs. Van Tompkins?' I c.in't res;
till I hear all about it."
"Oh, 'we ert'tled that as we did all our
dUfferenciS, In Just the easiest way; we"
"And about the presents; I remember
that he Insisted upon letting all your
friends know that none would be w.l-
come, while you nailurally wanted every
thing you cou'.d get. Did you quarrel
much .a'bout that?"
"Indeed we did, without coming to
any conclusion. Finally we ugr ed to
call In Joe and Ida and talk it all over
with 'Mi em.. You eee, I knew Joe would
agreo to whatever I said, and I u'lsvi
knew thiit Ida was aware that I kniw
she wanted to be In my place, and 1
thought she .would be careful. But don't
you think, the mean thing Just agreed
with 'Whntov.r Fred thought be;i -o 1
did no gijod at all. Weill, thank gjjdncss,
It's all settled now!"
"Weill, you needn't be so lnjuterlous;
here I ve been half an. hour trying to
et a pliln answer to a simple, question
and canU succeed. Hoiw did"
"Why, 'Fred and Ida are to be married
on TuiHday morning, in travelling dress,
and go to Canada on their wedding tour;
in their return they will keep house,
ind he Is always to call her roothar Mrs.
PVti-Ilrown. They are to accept no pra
entis, and"
"Wet I, upon my iword! And what, If
vou please, la to become of you, whh all
your iovely itrousseau?"
"Oh, th nit is all right. I am to marry
Toe, In fu'il dress, on Wednesday evening;
e go to Mexico on our trip; on our re
turn we Intend to hoard at a hotel. Joe
hns promised to call my mother 'mam
ma' as long as ho lives. And oh, Yk,t&,
I wmt you to eamt right up to .he houae
with me and help to address the Invlta
lons; wo want to get them out In good
time, fj that mine of our friends cm
Ind a valid excuse for not sending us a
rrs rA. Oh, I tell you, I am '.he hap
piest n'.rl on earth, for I am Hire ot
living things Just my own way for the
rewt of my natural life,"
VICT01UAS IK).VKEVa.
Queen Victoria has quite a number of
donkeys, of wlilen she makes spevlat
pits. A sroat favorite, according to a
filler In Little Folks. Is Skewbald, a
rfhotland pony, 3J4 feet high, that draws
the royal greut-grandchlldren In a two
wheeled cart.
Then therw Is Jurquot, tho brown don
key ttlth the whilo noso, which draws
ilie queen's chair, and Is usually taken
Ailh nor majesty on her foreign holidays.
A gray donkey, whoso sire was pur
.hased at Cairo by Lord Wolseley, and by
iiliu presented to tho queen, has also
drawn the royal chair, and even carried
10,1,0 of hr majesty's grandchildren,
lonny, tin 0;d white donkey, born at
VhnliiU Water, Is another pot with the
great-grandchildren.
I! AS1LY DISTINGUISH 121).
New York Sun.
It Is itld tliut Lady Frere once went
to nioit her husband at a railway sta
tlon, accompanied by a new servant,
.io:n she sent to look for Sir Hartle
Frere wnen the train had arrived. The
servant protested that he hid never seen
Urn, to which she replied: "That does
not matter, look for a tall man helping
somebody." The servant went and found
air llart.o helping an oil woman to
allti.it from a carriage.
An Interesting exhibit at the Atlaiitl
txhlbltloa will h, mm by tho women ot
(obb cou.rty, da. It is th celebrated
tutlle-scirrej ra.. frJm tne battle
fle.d 'f the Kennesaw mountain. It U a
plain ,g cabin abirtit twenty fe-t square
i.d was sltuaiej Just behind tha Con
fed rite breastworks. It offerel a god
rrark fr some ot Sherman's batteries
and was bor d In every part with h-ll
d peppre. with bui'.et.i, b'lt d.d not
T.l.i f... Tl.-r? ar- ov.:r thirty .-I a.i
B nnis throu
L sir. lis, and
fburli'd in I
h'ls through Its walls md by Ff.l.'wl
many tuindrvds 'of tm.lots are
he l"Ks.
STATU NBW3.
Interesting Items Culled From Oregon's
Leading Newspapers.
The Hoseburg IMalndoaler says: "The
lamimond-Goble railroad from Astoria to
Portland when completed will greatly add
to the Importance of that seaport town.
This line doubtless will be extended on
and connect with the O. P. at Albany,
and thus secure connection ultimately
with the east and control a trans-continental
lino of Its own. The peoplo of
Vstoria are alive to the Incalculable bene
fit to that city by becoming a terminus
of such a railroad line. They can see
ahead without a spirit of prophecy. They
reason from cause to effect with a pre
science born of business Intelligence,
ivhlle we Rosoburgers are sleeping upon
:ur oDoortunlties and dreaming a list
less life, walling, Mlcawber like, for
something to turn up. we nave in ciose
proximity two good harbors, Coos bay
ind Winchester bay, wim no inuper,uij
mountain barriers to Interpose. A rail
road can be bui.t to Coos bay via Camas
valley with compa: .Uively small cost
and also down the L'mpqua river to Gar
diner on Winchester 'bay, cheaper still,
and with a good harbor, better than that
ot Coos bay. while a connection eastward
Is as feasible as any other ncrois the
Cascade mountains. And the country
east of tho Cascades Is one of, the best
farming and grazing countries in Oregon,
which, until It is pierced by s railroad, Is
ind will remain a wilderness.
Judgo Kakin, of t'nlon, of the circuit
court, has Issued an cruer temporarily
inj. l ing the Oradell Canal company, the
Peoples' Irrigation company, City of La
drande and a numb;r of private citizens
rom using the waters of Grande Honde
river In the western part or tno valley.
The order was Issued at the Instance of
the Island City Mercantile & Milling com'
pany, which claims to have enjoyed the
first and exclusive right to the use of
the waters of the river for the past thirty
years, and It is further claimed that at
the ordinary season of the year, there
are 25.000 inches of water In the stream.
but owing to the water being diverted by
various defendants to the suit, the water
is entirely gone, depriving the plaintiff
of Its use for irrigation purposes ana for
operating the Mercantile & Milling com'
pany's flour mill at Island City.
The South Oregon Monitor says: "Med-
ford people were awakened again by tne
dread alarm of fire about S this morning.
This time It was the barn on George
Justus' residence property on the west
side of O Btreet south of the Jackson
vllle railroad. The building was envel
oped In Humes beforo the lire was dis
covered, but tha lire department was on
the grounds very soon and put the fire
uut when the building was Durneu near
ly to the ground. Some hay was In the
building. All was a total Iobs, probably
not to exceed JiUO. Insurance J-iixi. unis
time steam was up at the water works
and pressure turned directly on from tne
pumps.
The Nehalein Times says that It. D.
Sales, mall carrier from Nehalem to Hob-
sonvllle, was attacked by a large and
hungry cougar Inst Tuesday. While try
ing to paHB It the animal sprang toward
him, but failed In Its catch. Sales turned
his horse and took the back tracit, nu-
ing at a rapid speed with the cougar
In pursuit until a mile or grouna naa
been covered w"hen the animal stopped.
The carrier met pome men, procured a
gun and returned, killing the cougar
tho first shot. Another one Is said to be
In tho vicinity.
Oscar Tom, of Alsea, the king bee
raiser of Uenton county, has thirty
three stands of bees, and the honey pro
duced Is ns fine ns is made. Mr. Tom Is
bIho a grower of goats, and has a band
of M i of them. His band this season
averaged 4j pounds, and tho wool shipped
netted him 80 cents per pound, or JI.36
per hf.d. 11. feeds his goats but little
and- besides clcniing up his land they
Improve tho pasture and range.
The Newber-t Independent gays: "There
Is little U3e In Oregon people complain
ing over the fart that California Is buy
Intf our fruit and shipping under their
labels until we are willing to get In and
establish a reputation for Oregon fruits
In the east. California Is but re.iplns the
harvest from the planting of hard efforts
and hard cash. The people of Oregon
can do tho snmo If they go about it
in tho rln'ht manner."
"What do you think of the nerve of
the Astoria man," says the North Yam
hill Record, "who wanted the people of
Nehalem to maka him a present of 150.000
feet of saw logs with which to experiment
on rafting to tne mouth of the Columbia
river? The Neha'em Times doesn't state
whether or not he mndo good hln escape.
We have known of places where his
escape would have been doubtful."
Hcrninii Mctzger Is tinder arrest In
Portland for smuggling 300 deer hides Into
Hint market In violation of the law. He
shipped them disguised as bales of wool.
Cinch him. He Isn't any better than
,ludgo Mugers, It Is a fact that fish
and game arc decreasing perceptibly In
Oregon and It Is hoped the fate arrests
will have their good effect towards stay
ing vandal hands. Mono Observer.
Each year tho salmon run In the
Klamath grows smaller, caused by the
covering up of tho spawn of the salmon
with sediment from tho hydraulic mines
on tho upper river. Those carrying on
Ashing operations at the mouth of the
liver, to make the business profitable,
T ill have to CHtnblish a hatchery for the
propagation of tlte young fish near the
mouth. Del Norte llecord.
Wllllum Saunders, ot Umpire, says the
Coqullle Herald, for some months recent
ly carrying on tho tin and sheet Iron
trade In this pluce, will probably conduct
a salmon cannery on the lower liver
this season. He passed down last Fri
day to Inspect the condition of tha es
tablishment, overhaul It and put In place
machinery, etc., Just received per tug
KoltarU from the Sulslaw.
I
Tho selection of Prof. W. H. I.ee as
president of Albany collw has been con
firmed by the board ot trustees. He has
neon Identified with the school hinea 1SSS.
This Is the rosltlon held last year by
ex-Prliuipal Young, of the Portland high
sohool, who goes now to the stato uni
versity. Albany college begins Its new
year September 11.
The Baker Cliy Democrat says tbere
Is a iarge supinly of cattle to be had In
llaker, Union ar.d Grant countlet, pro.
vld d the prices are favorable. Over
1.000 head can be bought In Powder val
ley alone In a week's time.
A run of 1,800 pounds of rock from
a quartz claim owned by Jones & Huff
man, at Klamath river, near Henley, was
made at Ashland- quarts mill last week,
and yielded about K a decidedly en
couraging result.
Prairie Chickens are s. plentiful th:s
season In Sherma n county that I hoy fly
right Into one's dining room. At least
one, did a few days ago at Hev. J. W.
Adams' h.wfo '.n 'Monro, says ill- Ob
server. PLATINUM.
Said to Exist In Paying Quantities in
Alaska.
Buffalo ExprfS-.
Alaska has developed an unexpected
storo of pi-eelons minerals, In the last
few years, and Jinrt at premnt millers ar
ulut.tiH m to 11- tiu-tmlly uf pla
tinum that might be found tu that terrl
trry and worked with profit. Kor years
It has been known that platinum exists
In Alaska, and traces of It have been
found on the banks of the Yukon River,
but It Is only of rectnt late that the
miners have given the matter any ser
ious thought. This neglect seems strange
when one considers that platinum Is
worth from 17.50 to $8.50 an ounce.
Platinum Is nearly always found In
bars associated with free gold, In placer
deposits. Platinum ore, as It Is some
times erroneously called, contains Iri
dium, rhodium, gold, copper, and Iron.
It Is usually found in rounded or flat
tened grains having a metallic lustre,
though It comes occasionally in cubes
and octahedrons. Had the miners who
have been working on the different creeks
in the Yukon basin for the . last two
years known the value of the little glob
ular masses of platinum, they would not
have been so quick to resent their per
sistent presence In the rlllles. At pres
ent the most important sources of pla
tinum are the hydraulic mines in the
Ural Mountains of Russia. About 80
per cent of the world's production comes
from this source. Next In Importance,
perhaps, are the sold washings of the
Pluto River In the United States of
Colombia, which produces 15 per cent of
the entire product. Portions of India
also produce small amounts of platinum.
Platinum has been found In small quan
tities In this country, but It Is only In the
placers of the Pacific slope that It has
betn discovered In marketable quanti
fies. It is estimated that the United
States Import about 3,000 pounds of pla
tinum in a year from Russia. The metal
Is used chiefly In the manufacture of
Jewelry, chemical apparatus and 'incan
descent electric lights. There has been
of late years an increased demand for
4he metal, and a corresponding Increase
in price. If the platlnu deposits in the
Yukon Valley In Alaska tpproach any
where near the expectations of the pros
pectors, It is possible that they may
prove as valuable as the gold mines In
Alaska.
Asbestos Is also found In the southeast
ern portion of Alaska, but 'whether In
sufficient quantities to make the deposits
profitable remains for future develop
ments to show. A recent Issue of an
Alaskan newspaper says that Clark Mil
ler and a party discovered extensive as
bestos veins In this section last summer.
The quality is pronounced by experts to
be first-class, and specimens show it to
be of unusually long fiber and free from
foreign matter.
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.
Their History a Long Record of Extrav
ag.iivce From Neglect.
When the story ot the monitors in 'the
United Slates navy shall Come to be told
It will lay bare a long reord of extrava
gance consequent upon neglect, says the
New York Sun. Some of the uncom
pleted or recently completed monitors
were begun while many officers of the
navy were still in their cradles, and the
fleet of monitors Just ordered from the
Jamea river, near Richmond, has been
lying there rusting these twenty years.
They are ot .the single turret type. One
command'er aboard the AJax served for
the whole fleet. They are all single-screw
stiamers, ot 340 horse power and each
carries two guns. The AJax, Canonlcus,
Mahopac, Manhattan and Wyandotte are
2,100 tons each, while the Catsktll, Jason,
Lehigh, Montauk, Nahant, Nantucket,
Patsalc and Comanche are of 1,875 tons
each. Only two out of the six remain
ing at Richmond or? to be prepared for
sea, and It is said that at the four that
have not been ordered immediately from
the James some will probably be sold
as scrap iron.
The hls'tory of the ctd double-turret
monitors, several of which have Cately
been completed, is someiwhat like that
of their slngle-iturret slstvira. The largest
of these great ironclads is toe Puritan,
Sho is of C.0G0 tons and of 3,700 horde
power, and she carres tea guns. She is
a 'double barbette turret monitor, and
so are the Monadnock and Amphltrite.
They and the Terror a doiiilleiurret mon
itor, are each jf 3,900 tons and 1.C0O horse
pcMvr. The 'Monadnock carries six guns
.ai.il 'the other '.iwo carry four guns each.
All of the duble-turret monitors are
twin screw propellers. The whole fleet
has been the mystery of the navy for
neaifly a quarter of a century, and the
completion of several of theee ships liau
disappointed 'the expectation of every
body that knows .their history. Their
cost was enormous, and there have been
great changes in th-lr plan of construc
tion. One cJf them lay for years at a
shipyard at 'Wdltiilngton, Del., until the
shlpbu'ldera iput up a claim of many
thousands of dijllira for dockage. It
used to be sali that the double-turret
monitors, If comptttei, would never be
seaworthy, though, 'through change of
constructi'on, If nothing1 else, this evil
prophecy has been disappointed.
CAUTIOUS RUSTIC.
Story of a Man Who Had Soma Kx-
pcrlence la Sign. nig Thing;.
Nashville American.
It is an uniwrit;en hut rigidly enforced
law that no matt be .sllowei to write his
name on a hotel register wli:h a lead pen
cil. Tho9e who patronlz- the hoto.s are.
vl1 acquainted with the rule and alvvaya
observe It, but there are some whose
familiarity .with hotel llt Is not in n
advanced '.age, and they are the ones
who cause .rouble to the .clerks by in
variably pr,jJuing V.ieir ever-r. ady pen
cil when they essay to write their name
upon the .annals uf hotdlo'.ogy. A . Cin
cinnati traveling man amused a sl ct
coterie of fellow travelers yedierday Willi
a n.irraUve In which a pencil and ai
unsophlstlcalt.Vl wou'ld-lbe guest at a
LoulsvMle hotel played a prominent pirt.
The man with the pencil struck the office
of the hotel during a rush, and ho had
written his namve on th? register befote
the clerk noticed it'he Implement lie used.
Tho clerk was very polito about it, but
ho trased the pencil signature and handed
the prospective guest a pen freshly dipped
In Ink.
'I wrote my name once," said th
giirst. "If tnac doat turn you write i:
yours C'f."
The clerk explained that It was neces
sary to preserve the register and for that
reason they wish d signatures in ink.
The explanation didn't suit the guest. He
scented to think the clerk Ind designs on
htm, ar.d he posltlvtly refua.'d to write
again on this register.
'I'm from the country, lie said, but
I'm not as green an I look. I vo had
some experience in signing things. Sign d
a contract 5st fall to pay 2 for some
fruit trees, and three months later I hid
to pay a note for M0 that the feller had
switched my name onto, ion aon t get
me to eign nothln' more 'ceptln' I do
tt with a pencil, and then I write very
light."
The fitt'ow carried his point,- too, a d
the clerk iwas forced to write his name
for him.
SISTERS DIE 170 YBAP. APART.
Chlcigo Chronicle.
Although difficult to believ?, It Is never
theless true, that the death of two half-
slstttrs, the duus'hters ot the same father,
occurred 170 years apart. The grand
father ot the British mlalsi-.er. Chart's
Jtnvs Fox, Sir Stephen Fox, married l.i
in.!, and had a daughter born to him in
ltwR, who died In the course of the same
ar. He 41 several other children, wC.o
grew up and married, but all of them
died before their father ami without 1s-
si:. Sir Stephen, not wishing his Urge
fortune to f ill Into the handtt of distant
relatives, married again .it a Viry ad
vanced agr, und his youngest daujhter
wms born la 1?J7. She ronchej tha e?
of 9S ye and died in lvJS, thnt t. i7'
yirs alter he d :h of her oldest sister.
She saw Queen Victoria, whe-i the tatter
Wis a child, iwhtle her half-lster was
carried In ths arms of Oliver Cromwell.
THE FUTURE SUPPLY OF HORSES.
From the Farm and Dairy.
We saw the other day for the first
time this year as many as five sucking
colts with their dams on one farm. Had
we not been traveling on the cars we
should like to have made the acquaint
ance of the farmer who had the courage
and sagacity as well, to breed enough
mares to secure five colts and to have
live draft horses at their prime In the
year 1!W0. When any kind of live ttock
is overdone the tendency among fanners
is to abandon it altogether. It took far
mers twenty years to get over the idea
that the horse market could not be over
done. Convinced by the stern logic cf
facts they have now gone as far to the
other extreme, as horses have fallen be
low a paying price. The lack of faith
In the horse now Is worse than their
credulity ten years ago.
It Is argued that a horse may live
twenty years, and that It will take halt
a generation to recover from the pres
ent prostration, and that when prices
do advance the range will furnish hem
cheaper than ho farmer. It is true that
the horse Is long-lived whon compared
with the usual life of the steer, and also
true that a certain kind can be produced
cheaper by the ranchmen that the farm
er. Farmers forget, however, that there
is an imenso destruction of horses go
ing on at present. Thousands, were killed
on the farm last year because it did not
pay to winter them. More of them have
gene Into cans and sold as beef than
the general public Is aware of. When
canned beef sells lit from 1c to 6c a
pound there is room for a strong bus
plcion that there Is more norse In tho
can than cow. The amount of horse
leather used In shoes this year suggests
an unusual source of supply.
We would not for a moment euggeet
the increased production of inferior
horses. The range will always furnish
the plug, the ordinary hack horses, such
as are used for banging about In liveries,
etc. Tho high price of grain and pas
tures In the east will always limit the
production of anything but tho best driv
ing horses. The western states can pro
duce these as well as the coach horses,
and, above, all, the draft horse, or what
the farmers call the agricultural horses,
cheaper than they can be produced any
where in the world. We are beginning
to export horses to England and the
American horse Is. growing in favor there.
A horse can not be produced in Great
Britain at a cost of less than $50 a
year of age. We can grow them here,
sending them there cheaper than they
can grow them. Tho only trouble is that
we do not grow them good enough. It
Is too late to breed for next year now,
'but not too late to get right on the ques
tion.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
The best horse for work is not always
the one that is the fastest when at the
cultivator. The Blow and staady animal
is to be preferred In cultivating.
The following method, says a French
paper, Is cheap and effective In prevent
lng the decay of wood when buried in the
ground: Mix finely powdered coal with
linseed oil and apply to the parts to
be buried.
It is said that experiments in irrigating
strawberries, made In Connecticut, show
an Increase cf nearly 125 per cent in
yield. The berries also brought several
cents per basket more on account ot
Elze and good color.
A recent writer thinks a doaen hens are
worth more to a man thnn $100 out on
interest at 8 per cent, and there Is but
little risk attached to the ownership of
that many hens, whereas there Is always
considerable risk In loaning-money In
any amount.
Successful crops of celery are raised
only by constant cultivation and heavy
manuring. In this way only can the
greatest number of saleabl-J heads be
raised. The most successful growers,
says Vkjek, are thos-5 who use constantly
the largest amount of manure. Tne eel
ery plant is a strong feeder, and re
quires much nitrogen.
When setting currant cuttings remove
all buds from the part of the stem that
Is to be under ground. This will prevent
the start of suckers and the growth of
soft wood, which would serve aB a
host for insects and fungi. In trimming
old bushes, remove all old, mossy wood,
and ail but the strongest and most
healthy canes.
The watering place In pastures is fur
too often only a mud hole. If a spring
provides water for the pasture It ought
not to be left open for the cattle to tramp
in, while the sun pouring Into It makes
it unpalatable. Cover the spring and
carry the water in a pipe down a little
woy and let it empty into a trough, or
tub, that has a little shelter built over
it, leaving but one Eide open for the
stock to drink.
Ulnek raspberries are propagated by
layering. In August, when bearing Is
over and the canes are growing, bend
the lips to the ground and cover to keep
them down. The following spring tho tips
will be filled with a crown of roots, and
connection with tho parent plant may
be severed and the new growth trans
p. anted. Some bend tt.clr tips into 4 or
6 inch pots sunk into the earth and filled
with the soil, finding this removal, easier.
Red raspberries and blackberries are
propagated by transplanting the suck
ers. NOW A CONGRESSMAN.
Ptavpoui Judge Who Wanted No Invid
ious Comparisons.
Washington Star.
"One who is now a member of congress,
or will be. when the national legislature
meets hero on the first Monday In Decem
ber and Is sworn in, was, two dozen
years ago, a county Judge in the state
from which he halls, and a more pompous
and conceited Jud.je never sat on the
bench," snld a western man to a Star
writer. "But tha.t was long ago and
the years have taught him a good many
things and Improved him very materially.
However that may be it happened that
one occasion In his court, a lawyer was
pleading a case and was making a regu
lar red-flre-and-slaw-curtnln speech,
which stirred the Jury to its profoundest
depths. In the course of his peroration
he said: -
" 'And, gentlemen of the Jury, as I
stand at this bar today in behalf of a
prisoner, whose health Is such that at
mMinnt im mnv 'hn cnlled before' a
greater Judge than the Judge of this
court, I'
"The Judge on the bench rapped sharply
on the desk, and the lawyer stopped
suddenly and looked at him questlon
lngl.v. " The gentleman,' said the court, with
dignity, 'will please confine himself to the
case before the Jury and not permit him
self to indulge in Invidious compari
sons.' "It almost took the attorney's breath
away, but he managed to pull himself to
gether and finish In pretty fair shape."
FOR TIRED HEADS.
Philadelphia Record.
The pneumatic tire system has been ap
plied to all sorts of things lately. A
traveling cap for instance, has Just been
brought out that Is nothing- more than
a pneumatic tire adopted to the purposes
of headgear. It Is an ordinary cap. to all
appearance, and would not excite too
much attention on a railway carriage or
on the platform of a station, but when
filled with air it forms a pillow on which
the weary traveler can rest his head
against the side of the carriage and sleep
In peace. Another adaptation Is to the
rc!r cf wsrhir.jr and flniM?ij: ma
chines. So far. whether of wood, iron or
even hidla-rubber tubing around the cyl
inders of the washing mavhtne through
out the whole length of their surface.
The ends of these tubes can be attached
to an air pump, by which means they
can be so tilled with air that uniform
and regulated pressure can be put on the
goods passing through the cylinders. Bar
fert. the Inventor of this system, claims
that the flattening of the tubes at the '
point of contact gives a rubbing action
between the india-rubber and the stufT,
which allows the cleaning of the fabric
to be done In a third of the time neces
sary with the system of rollers.
"FIRING" HUMAN BEINGS.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The native doctors ot India practice a
peculiar system known as "firing."
Afflicted persons, no odds what the dis
easo may be, are Immediately upon ar
rival of the family physician, subjected
to the tortures of fire. A late report
by a medical authority declares that
there Is not one to the thousand of total
population in Bombay and the larger cit
ies generally, who does not bear trace
of the application of the Are cure In
the shape of hideous senrs on tho head,
back, stomach, feet or nmm
THE BEST
PIPE
TOBACCO.
Thk Oasis of tup
Colorado desert
A Hew
H
ealtb
esort
BELOW THE LEVEL
OF THE SEA
Absolutely
Dry and Pure Tropical
Climate
Pro no Li 11 cod by l'liysici;iii.- tie
most Favonihlo in Am;:ii-.t
for Sufr'i rers f i-m . . .
Lung Diseases and
Rheumatism
toy Remarkable Cu
The objections uiyed against lmlio
In the past by the large numbers who
otherwise would have lieen glad to ink
advantage of Its bcnoliclal climate, lias
been a lack of suitable accommoda
tion. The Southern. Pacific Company,
takes pleasure In announcing thut sev
eral Commodious and
" Comfortable Cottages
have Just been erected at Indlo sta
U 'li, that will be rented to uppllcauts
a.t rousonablt lates. Thev are fur.
11 1.-lied with nioJern conveniences, sup- j
piled Willi pure artesian water, and so
situated as to gove o-jcupants all the
advantages to be derived troin a more
or less protracted residence in this de
lljrhtful climate.
(From the San Francisco Argonaut.)
"In the heart of the great desert ot
the Colorado which the Southern Pa
cific road traverses there is an oasis
called Indio, which, In our opinion, i:
the sanitarium of the earth. We be
lieve, from personal Investigation, that
for certain invalids, the-e la, no spot, 01
this planet so favorable."
G. T. Stewart, M. 1)., writes: "The
purity of the air, and the 'eternal sun
shine, fill one with wonder and delight
Nature has accomplished sc
much that there remains but little for
man to do.- As to Its possibilities as a
health resort, here Is the most per.
feet sunshine, with a temperature al
ways pleasant, a perfectly dry soli
for rain is an unknown factor: pure
oxygen, denr? r. : rr.osphere and pure
water. What more can be desirec
It is the place, above all others, for
lung troubles, and a paradise for rheu
matics. Considering; the number of
Bufferers who have been cured, I have !
no hesitancy in recommending thlsj
genial oasis as the haven of the afflict- j
ed."
INDIO
Is 612 miles from
SAN FRANCISCO
and 130 jniles from
LOS AVOELES
Fare from Los Angeles
For further information inquire of
any Southern Pacific Company agent,
or address '
E. P. ROGEHS.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Art. 8. P. Co.
J. a KIRKLuVN'D.
Dl!t Pass. Agt.
Cor. Ftrt and Alder Sta. Portland. Or.
Indio
H
Canadian Pacific
RAILWAY.
AMERICA'S
Giwst -f- Trats-Coiitinental
Railway System.
10
-IN-
Palace Dining Room and Sleeping Cars.
Luxurious Dining Cars.
Elegant Day Coaches.
AU-0 -
Observation Cars, allowing Unbroken
Views of the VVohJcrful Mount
ain country.
$5.00 and $10.00
nved en l 11 lets h'tii Iciuri-l e r lln
best on wb ( quipim-ntf ol the l ery lll.el'
ttirougii ut-
A LSI I
Canadian Pacific
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China and Japan.
China steamers leave Vancouver, B. C :
Empress of Indl - - Aug 5th.
bmpress of Japan - - Aug 36th.
Lmress of China - - bept. 16'h.
Em.ress of India - - Oct. 14th,
t-mp'ess ot Jaran - - Nov. nth.
Empress of Chini - - Die. 9'h
Australian steamer leave Vancouver, U. C,
6th ol every month.
For ticket rates and information call
on or address
J AS. F1NLAY SON, Agent,
Astoria, Or.
W. F. Carson, Traveling Pass. Agt.,
Tacoma, Wa-h.
Geo. McL. Brown, Dist. Pass. Agt.,
Vancouver, B. C.
E. JlcNEIL, Receiver.
Gives Choice
of
Jw Transcontinental
Koutes,
i Via
Via
Ogden,Dfiiver
and
Omaha or
ft. Paul.
Spokane
and
St. Paul.
ullmon and Tourist tleei-er
Free Kfeallnlng Ch -Irs Car.
Astoria to San Francisco.
State, Wednesday, July S.
Oregon, Monday, July 8.
State, Saturday, July 13.
Oregon, Thursday, July 18.
State, Tuesday, July 23.
Or-gon, Sunday, July 28.
State, Frldkiy, August 2.
flstoFic. and Portlnd Steamers.
T. J. Patitar leaves Astoria Monday,
Tuesday, 'ihursUay and Friday at 7 p. m.,
Wednesday and Sunday uij:i nrr val
from Ilwaco In the evening. ieavce
I'ortland Mondayt Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday at 7 a. m., Wednesday at 8 u. ni.
and Saturday at 1 p. m.
K. K. Thompson leaves Astor.a daily,
exc;pt Sunday, at 6:16 a. m.; leaves Port
land dally, except Sunday, at 8 p. m.
On Saturday wvll leave at 10 p. m.
Harvest Queen leaves Astoria Wedn.s
day and Sunday at 7 p. m.; leaves Port
land Wednesday and Saturday at 7 a. m.
For rates and (ceuerul information chi
in or address
C. F. O VERBA UGH,
Commercial Agent, .Astoria, Or.
VV K HURLBUKT,
Qpn. Paa Agt., Portland, fir
STEAMERS
Telephore & Bailay Gatzert.
Columbia River and Puget Sound Nav
igation Co.
Two Daily Boats to Portland
'Ti-lr pl one" !iv -s Aster at 7 p. m.
d (-x- pt Snmlai ).
Leiives Portland di ily at 7 n. m , ex
opt Snnr'ay.
"R:iilry Gatzert" leaves Astoria Tne
day. Wednesday, Thnrsday, Friday and
Kuturrlay moruinir at 6 :45 a. m. ; Sunday
evening at 7 p. m.
Leaves Portland daily at 8 p. tn., ex
cept Sunday. On Saturday uiiiL at 11
p. m.
Steam r Ocean Wave leaves Portland
Tuesday and Thursday at 8 a. m., Satur
day at 1 p. ui., running straight through
to Ilwaco, connecting wilh trains for all
points on North Beach. Leaves Ilwaco
Wednesday and Friday morumg at 730
o'clock, Snrdav night at 6 o'cloi k, for
Portland. C. W. 8 TUNE,
Agent, Astoria.
Telephone No, 1L
t'. B. So-.tt President
E. A. Seeley. Gen'I Agt, Portland.
Japanese Bazaar
SING LUNG. Prop.
LatKis and Children's lia's
and duck suits.
Liulies' and Oenjlenien's
underwear ma le ro o-der.
J. )". i r:c-s in Astoria.
il7 Brnid 8treet, next door to If outer
Fruit Stora.
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