VALLEY RECORD.
VALLEY RECORD
188UED EVERY THURSDAY.
K. J. KA1HRR
W. A. JACOBA
JACOBS A KAISER.
Publithen and Proprietor!.
VALLET RECORD.
Published at Ashland, in the
flourishing Rogue River Valley.
The leading town of Southern
Oregon, population 1,800, junc
i
tion of O. & C. and S. P. R. R.
I Leading industries—fruit raising,
mining, manufacturing, stock-
j raising and farming.
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VOL. I
ASHLAND, JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1888.
PIONEER HOTEL
A. C. CALÜABLL.
<Mk »reel.
Between Maia sud rtprtee,
MECHANICAL AND OPERATIVE
DENTIST.
OBE OX.
ASHI AND,
Ashlaaa, Oregon.
Mra. W. f. OBER. Proprtetrees.
Baar4 aw A l«4«lwg.
«limite Méate. Ste
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered fur the
painless ex ire -tion of to- th.
Office over the bank.
B* per «seek
Single Bxte. tfc. .
B. DePKATT.
First < L um »ccommodxii iru» afforded
th - public.
Central House
E. K BRIQTHMAN, Prop.
OREGON.
Renovated throughout and newly fur
nished.
pA goo 1 sample room for commer
cial trarelers ha» been fitted up in
connection with the hotel.
GRAVES A SONNICHSON,
BOOT & SHOE
MAKERS,
A'l * -rk guaranteed, and money re
funded If work doesn’t suit. R-pairing
neatly done.
LEATHU MAMUFACTORY.
They nave on hsnd a stock of better
calf skin, grain calf skin, kip, dmgola and
buck-skin han ever imported to Ashland,
which they offer for sale to the trade of
Southern Oreg >u at reasonable figures.
ill«hest marset price paid for hides and
pelts,
S top on Main Street, opposite plus.
ASHLAND,
OREGON.
I
H. •- EVANS,
House, Sign and Car-
Glasin;, Calciming, Paper Hanging, Etc.
S hop .—la rear of Wilson’s Fumi-
lare store m Maia street.
C. A. NUTLET,
Produce & Commission
I
Merchant,
Mala Mtrret.
AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW.
ARCHITECT
All Work Guaranteed.
Ashland, Or.
All kinds of fruit bought and »old on
conili is tinsi.
AND
Stair building a specialty. All work
gusranteed to be first-class and of latest
design.
HOSLEY & PELTON, Prop's
HARNESS
AND
SADDLE
Who anale and retail dealer In
Aahland and Linkville.
BEEF. PORK and MUTTON
Cured Meat* constantly on hand.
Al) work ordered will be made to rire
ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
Repairing neatly and
Pass-book accounts pay and at low rate».
promptly done,
able monthly.
ASHLAND
New Butcher Shop.
The underHighed opened to-day a new
butcher shop iu
In HMin. A liberal share of the pat
ronage of tie people of Ashland and
ficinity re-p otfully solicited.
FEED AND LIVERY STABLE.
GEORGE STEPHENSON,
Having purchased the old »table on
Main street near the bridge, and a*sum d
the management of the same I am pre
pared to offer the public better accommo-
d itions than ever befor i afforded in
Southern Oregon In the livery business.
Ca's Horses Boarded and Fed
LINKS.
TMB
Mount Shasta Route!
Caiireroia Kxpr*M Train» Kan Maliy
let**««
WILL BUY AID SELL HORSES.
Market for Ee.l Oak.
Funeral Director
A profitable market has been found for the
poor, despised American red oak, that has
been considered of no value at all. Amen
can dealers are buying up all they can get
hold of and shipping it to Liverpool. There
the lumber is manufactured Into fancy fur
niture and shipped back to New York, where
it is sold to wealthy people as the real Eng
lish oak, and a; pretty stiff price», too.—Chi
cago Herald.
She Though« So Too.
West Hide lMvinlse Between
ARRIVE
The preservation of forests from the depre
dations of insects and aphides is largely de
pendent upon the spiders that inhabit them,
more effective work of this kind being per
formed by them than by the insect-eating
birds. Examinations of the viscera of the
spiders kept lr. captivity show them to be vo
racious destroyers of these creaturera, and as
they prefer dark spots in the forests, which
are the places most infested by vermin, the
results of their labor are very beneficial.—
Globe Democrat.
W*t«r Proof Book Bindings.
PÖLLMAM BUFFET SLEEPERS.
Portland
/iOam I Corvallis 1 :2' p ta
Crrvalds
1:30 pm I Portland fl: 15 pm
At Alhany and Corv.llis connect with
trains of Oregon Pa ifle.
The Germans have invented horseahoes for
bad roods. This is how they do it The
blacksmith, when finishing a horse’s shoe,
punches a hole in tbe two end» When the
shoe is cold be taps in a screw thread and
screws into tbe shoe, when on the horse’s foot,
a sharp pointed stud of an tach in length.
With shoes thus fitted the horse travels se
curely over the worst possible roaita When
tbe horse comes to the stable the groom un
screws the pointed stud and screws in a but
ton, so that no damage can hap|>en to the
horse, and the screw holes are prevented
from filling.—Home Journal.
A composition has been produced which
may prove valuable to book binders, having
for its purpose the rendering water proof ef
leather, cloth, neper, etc. It is a mixture o'f
water, silicate of soda, resin, alum, potash,
fish glue, sulphate of zinc and sulphate of
copper in various proportion» The applies
tion is said to render the material impervious
to the influen-.-e of oil or water, and, if a
variety of ingredient» increase practical
utility, should be very valuable.—Chicago
Timed
ARRIVE
Mail Trala.
Maud Granger is going to England. 8q is
Tony Pastor Mrs Boucicault has sailed. Sc
have Lewrence Barrett and Mia Millward.
Harah Bernhardt, says a Ptris correspond
ant. when entertaining gueets at her table,
wte on a regular throne with a canopy over
bead
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At raaatmable rates.
Portlaud
-IDO p m ' A«hl»nd
8:Wam
Ashland
IHXl a ni SanFranc’co7:UH m
SauFraucisci<l::*)p m Ashland f.10 p m
Ashland
1:40 p tn Portland l<:4O»m
Portland and Corvallis.
A Chinese almanac, nearly 8.000 years old
has been discovered, its discovery com«
mo late, however. Co supply circus clowu
with rrreh jokes for this reason.-MinnreoU
Harald.
N*w and handsome turnouts, reliable
and safe buggy teams, a«u good «addl -
horses always to be had at these stables.
Portland and San Fra c sco
The O Jt C R R. Ferry make» con nee-
t'on with all the regular trains on the
East Side Div. from toot of F street.
Too Lota.
Preservation of Forests.
Proprietor.
All Orders Promptly Filled.
I have mule arr*ngem»nts with one
party to debts' m«all the beef and tnuc
too tor the next tw live mouth*, f >r which
1 pay cash oa delivery, sod se'l for cash.
DAVID PAYNE.
Ashland, Juat 96. 18«.
Alberto- Do you love me. darlingl
Claribel—Have I not had all the chain
raken from the room except tlusi— Detroit
Free Press
Horaoalioee fur Bad Roads.
Oa Main street, under the McCall Hall,
first door north of Masonic building.
I
propose t> supply tbe public with the best
of fresh
BEEF. PORK OR MUTTON
Countryman ito dentisti—The tooth next ta
bat "un aches too, doc.
Dentist- Yss. it aches in sympathy.
Countryman— Yank it out. duro seek sym
oattiy — New York Suu.
Ineentrovertlble Evidence.
MANUFACTURER,
LKAVK
flow Pet Dogs Wear Harness when Ont
lor a Walk—A Pretty Indoor Coston»
Which Represents in Its Cnt »nd Gar
niture New Styles.
A Well Deserved Fate.
II. JUDGE,
LKAVK
AND DRESS SUITS FOR MEN.
BUILDER,
SHORT ORDER.
Open ever;' day except Sunday.
Next door to Poetoffice.
Southern Pacific
BUSINESS SUITS, FROCK COAT SUITS
General shop work done In
OYSTER A ICB CREAM PARLOR
Terms Cash.
STRAY
Lowest RatesI
Choice Confectionery kept constantly on
hand. Also
•
Ashland Market
When from the vaulted wonder of the sky
The curtain of the light is drawn aside.
And I tiebold the stars in all their wide
SignUlcance and glorious mystery.
Assured that those more distant orbs are suns
Round which innumerable world« revolve,—
Hr faith grows strong, my day born doubts die-
solve.
And death, that dread annulment which life shuns,
Or fain would shun, becomes to life the way,
The thoroughfare to greater worlds on high.
The bnilre from star to star. Seek how we u Ay,
There to no other road aero«« the sky;
And. looking up, I bear star voices say:
“You ojuld not reach us if you did not die."
—Henry Abbey in American Magazine.
Office and wareroom at railroad cross
ing, Helman Street.
ASHLAND
OREGON
—Never be discouraged"because good
things go on slowly here; and never
fail daily to do that good which lies
next to your hand. Do not be in g
Bxproaa Train.
hurry, but be diligent Enter into the
ABBITI
LKAVK
Porti »nd
IJOpml M Min ..»ill. 8: 0pm sublime view of it God can afford to
McMiunviUe5:4-»am | PorUan i 8:u0 a m wait; why can not we. since we have
For informaiion reg rding rates, map-, h.m to fail back upon? Let patience
ate atinlv to company'» azen'.
have her perfect work, and bring forth
IL KOEHLER,
E. P. ROGERS.
her celestial fruits.— Q. Macdonald.
Maeurer
A»at G F A Pase AgL
He—Do you know, Miss Mabel, I have dis
covered why my brain is so actirel She—
No, Mr. Minus wit. what is your theory I Hr
—It is because I so often start a train oi
thought. She—Ah, yes! The “Limited."—
Tid-Bita.
The World's Way.
My friend, don’t forget this—if you He
down, the wcrld will go out of its way to
drive O' -er you ; but if you stand up and look
severe, it will give you half the road at least
—Uncle Ezek.
i
V/11AT SHALL WE WEAK?
The cut here given illustrates an indoor
costume that represents in its fashion and its
•irniture, leading styles. Tbe skirt of this
this costume is of heavy brown cashmere,
Aehlaad. Oracea.
braided with tbe same color anti trimmed
with a flounce thirteen inches deep, laid in i
Circuit Man Before King t’mbandinl.
Will practice in all Courts o' the State.
It is not often that circus “artistes” find box oleate.
Othje adjoining Well'» |Fargo & Co.'»
their way into the realms of a Routh African
Express Office.
chief; but when they do it would seem that
their reception is likely to be very enthusias
J. T. BOWIIITt H.
tic, A “strong man" from a Cape Town cir
cus, recently journeyed to the far off regions
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT
of Ama Hwaziiand, and there gave a display
LAW.
of his skill and power before Chief Umban-
dini at his “great place." 8o pleased was
Aehlaad. Oregon.
Umbancini at the performance that he forth
with dictated a testimonial gratia Here it
Wil'practice in all Courts of the State. is: “Ws gladly certify that you have per
formed at our Royal Kraal, Swaziland, on
Col lectio ns promptly made.
rings, poles, chairs and sticks; that you have
also played with an iron tree, and also car
J. C. PLUMERTH,
ried a large cannon on your back, and fired
it off your bock in our presence. We were
CONTRACTOR ANO BUILDER,
i astonished and gratified at the wonderful acts
that you and your little son performed. We
ASHLAND, OREGON.
do not believe that you will ever die. Given
at our Royal Kraal this 9th day of Decem
ber, 1887.
Umbandini (his + mark), King
I will give estimates to erect all k’nds
of buildings In and out of the city, fur- of Swaziland.’’—BL James’ Gazette.
u'nhiug laoor, mater.al, plans and »pec 18-
A Gypsy Band from Russia.
cxtlons, upon reasonable terms. All work
guaranteed.
One result of Lord Randolph’s visit to Rus-
Resideou on Spring street.
sia, may be the advent in this country of the
famous gypsy band which is known by tbe
A. L. WILLET,
name ol its leader and conductor, N.kolai
Shishkin. This Bohemian liand has long leer
OAHPKNTKR, BUILDER AND AR one of tie chief murieal sensations of the St.
Petersburg season, and Lord Randolph bad
CHITECT,
several chances of hearing it play during his
visit. He first heard it at the Fi inch ambas
Is now prepared to give estimates to com sador’s ball, and was so struck by tbe unique
character of both performers and music that
plete all kinds of buildings, and to fur
his curiosity was aroused. He sought and
nish all labor, material, plans, sp-c-
gained an introduction to Nikolai Shishkin
iflcatlons and details for the
himself, and took subsequently tbe greatest
front drajiery arrangement, .a
same,
upon reasonable
Interest in him and his band. The most curi breadth of material one yard and a quarter
terms and short notice.
ous feature of this gypsy band is tbe presence wide and one yard five inches long is pleated
in it of a number of female gyp«ies, some of u to the band at the upper edge ano caught -p
whom are typical beauties. The more hand on the left side. The back breadth, whlfh is
Residence. West Ashland Hillside. some of these musical gypsy damsels mala t w . yards ten inches wide and one yard six
Post-office box 113.
inches long, is pleated into the band, the ma
excellent marriages.—London Figaro.
terial being arranged in a large box pleat in
the middle and in smaller flat ones at the
Rushing Through College.
But we cannot afford to imitate England sides and then caught in the middle.
Waistcoat pieces complete the fronts of the
In the matter of education. We have no
leinre class. Everybody works. And boys bodice, which is further ornamented with
ru»u through school and the higher schools— revers two and three-quarter inches long
which we, by courtesy, call colleges—to Large flat bronze buttons are also used in the
MANUFACTURER AND
plunge into Invoice books, to make briefs of ornamentation of the bodice. (See cut) Suel
titles, to gulp down as much law aa they can braided ornamentations a» here described
WOOD WORKER
before beginning tbe practice of what they may easily be made by our readers, or braided i
will learn by their experience and that ot sets may be purchased for the purpose.
their clients’. As to the law—which ought
Shop on Pint Avenue near Main Street to
Harness for Dogs.
be a learned profession—a long and sound
The dog has come to be an important fea
preparation in the classics is almost a neces
sity. Few young lawyers and few young ture in the world of fashion, and what he
doctors lave the time for it But for tbe shall wear and how to make it is therefore a
Will make estimate-« and bid, on all aspirants for succeta in the various forms of question of more or less interest. The pet
Bui'dings, public or prirate, and furnl-ih business one or two modern languages are do^s owned by ladies and sent out daily to
all material, plans and specifications for absolutely necessary.— New York Freeman’s walk are commonly led by a leather or chain
leader attached to the collar.
Journal.
the conatru tlon of the name.
Sash, Dx»ra and Mouldings on hand
and for sale at
ATTORNEY
The beat Eiling House iu town.
ASHLAND,
FAITH’S VISTA.
HARNESS OF LEATHER WORK FOR DOG»
The harness hero illustrated is not only in
tended for ornament, but also to prevent the
collar from pressing into the neck of the dog
vhen a leader is attached to it The latter,
in the arrangement shown, is put through <•
ring let in the middle of the belly band of the
harness. The harness from which the illus
tration is taken consiste of four straps, each
three-quarters of an inch wide and long
enough to reach around the body of the am
mal. Sometime» light colored leather is used,
sometimes dark. Occasionally strips of red
cloth, somewhat wider and pinked out at the
edge, are stitched on under the leather. The
stripe are joined and ornamented with gilt,
silver or nickel beaded nails. These harnesses
can be purchased ready made, though many
ladies prefer having them made to order.
BITS.
J F Irwta. of Oswego, N. Y., paid |10,00t
flora Bible
One of the business colleges in Cleveland
has a department of phrenology
There are law» against using profane tan I
itiage by telephone in all states except Con
uecticut
A barber at Suez. Ari., while shaving a
man wee seised with an attack of homicidal
mania and cut his customer's throat from
ear to ear
At Denison, Tax., a belated passenger
emptied his revolver at the train that bad
not waited for him, and was promptly taker
in band by the police
There is said to be only one survivor o!
s once powerful Indian tribe in California
When be dies tbe language spoken by tte
tribe will become extinct.
Honesty is sometimes rewarded. A Nev
Orleans tad found a valuable sacbel, and
upon taking it to the owner, who had adver
used the loss, was made happy with a bran<
new fllOU bill.
Professional burglars are going tbe round'
of the country towns just now It is then
usual summer begira, and the guardians oi
the peace should be on tbe watch forsueb oil
welcome visitor»
tree than one-half of tbe senator» now ii
office were born in tbe states whiSh they rep
resenL Americans seldom emigrate outoi
tbe country, but they do a great deal of emi
grating about in their own land.
The managers of a western raifroad which
is experimenting with natural gas belies*
that it may yet provejjqt only tbecheapo!
of fuel far the locomotive, bat excellent tt*
heating as well as lighting tbe cara
American authors are more read th»*» tbe
English in Japan. Last year 85,000 English
and 119,000 American books were imported
■nto that country, so that the old question
' vVbo reads an American book!” waa talrh
answered.
The Zileern Kruis, the first Dutch man o
war to enter the Golden Gate in fifteen vrar
is lying off San Francisco. She is a trainu
«hip en her way to Japan, China and tl
Dutch colonic» in Lidia, where she »nil mat
a prolonged stay.
Miss Eliza Bliss, of Reboboth, Conn., suf.
died a tramp with a meaL While she wa
irepartag tbe food tbe tramp sang “Nearet
My God, to Thee," and at the same tim<
tole tbe lady’s pocketbook and |K15 frou
>er bureau drawer.
Tbe new Inman steamship, tbe City at Ne»
Y<k, is warranted
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by her guilders
to be
ukinkabl lie. That is, ooe condition laid down
.n the - contract
cor
by the company waa that she
«banld lie unsinkable, although si is of iron
ina has a capacity of 10,500 tona
A New England man has beaten tbe green
,i»ds sawdust men at their own game.
He
;<4 one of their circulars, and in reply asked
/<*- a sample of their good» They sent him
i genuine 81 bill, and the gentleman of tfew
England stopped tbe correspondence then
md there.
As a wedding party was driving through
Lie streets of a Pennsylvania town oa tbeii
way to tbe church at which the ceremony
was to be performed, the carriages drove
over a little girl, killing her immediately
Tbe arrest of tbe party prevented tbe mar
riage, and it has been postponed.
The smallest circular saw in practical use
i« a tiny disc about the size of a British shil
I mg, which is employed for cutting tbe slit«
■a gold pens. Tbbae saws are about as thick
as ordinary paper, and revolve some foui
thousand times per minute. The high veloe
wy keeps them rigid, eotwithrtswilng tbe
iiinnees.
Ixmdon bankers have for a long time beei.
»eking to obtain an additional fifteen min
ales of grace to get their checks through thi
-leering house after the close of business each
lay. The clearing bouse has finally con
ceded five minutes, and it is said that tbe
bankers welcome even this as an almost in
estimable boon.
Near North Adams, Mass., two girls of b
and 10 went out after M-y flowers and lost
ibeir way in the woods Some time aftei
-lurk they stumbled upon a farm bouse and
asked shelter, but were rei used, so they were
forced to remain all night in the woods, and
were found by the Beanebtag party at morn
mg half dead from cold, fright and exhaus
tion.
A Montana newspaper says that the days
of staging in the bills are rapidy departing
Steam is fast taking the place of horse and
mule power, and Pullman coaches are crowd
mg out tbe swayback stages of old. Th»
loted Northwestern Transportation com
■any has begun to dispose of its plant, anu
« preparing to hunt for business on the rap
idly receding frontier.
The five stones erected to mark “Maeon
and Dixon's line'’ between Maryland and
Pennsylvania have just had their annual
visitation by commissioners, who report one
tn good conditiou, ooe lost, one broken, one
iislodged by mining operations, and tbe fifth,
which bears on one side the arms of Pennsyl
vania, on the other those of Lord Baltimore,
tiadly damaged by vandal relic hunters
A cobra bite has been cured. Dr. Richards,
as reported by Tbe India Daily News,
handling a cobra with tbe intention of ex
cracting some poisou, when be was bitten on
tbe finger. He immediately cut it open to
the bone above the wound, and applied per
manganate of potash, put on a ligature and
burried off for advice.
Another doctor
opened the wound and cauterized it with
nitric acid, and Dr. Richards has recovered.
NO. H
AT A TEA AUCTION.
HGW THE EXPERTS VALUE THE
STiQCK BEFORE IT IS SOLD.
Scer.e in a Salesroom—A Visit from Pro
fessional Tea Tasters—A Preliminary
Test—The Aroma—Getting the Flavor.
Quiet Purchasers.
A dozen or a score of tea importers may
be represented in the stock of tea which
a firm of auctioneers offer for sale on
a given day. Two hundred or more different
grades of tea may lie tn the consignment. I
A sample chest, half cheat, or package of
each grade is sent to the auction room for
inspection and sampling by prospective pur
chaser». These are ranged in tiers about
the auction room so that their distinctive
names and marks may be seen. All these
marks, and a queer lot of hieroglyphics they
are, are reproduced in the catalogue, always
large leaved, and with plenty of room for
notes alongside the description of each lot of
a particular grade of tea The lots vary
from a single package or half chest up to
perhaps a hundred packages of the fragrant
Oriental leaves. The small lots are usually
particularly choice brands of tea, the large
ones the cheaper and “standard" grades.
The distinctive marks on these chests aside
from the Chinese figures are either figures or
letters, sometimes standing alone, but oftener
inclosed in a circle, a square, a triangle, an
ellipse, or some other geometrical figure, and
occasionally accompanied by an anchor or
some similar figure that is a symbol of no
oa« knows what exactly. Once in their
places in the auction room, the sample chests
are made ready for customers who wish to
try the teas. And here is where tea auction
sales differ from other auction voles. A pur
chaser may try before he buys, To enable
him to try, big holes, an inch aad a half or
so in diameter, are cut through the chest and
its wicker cover, so that the tee can easily
be reached. The sample packages thus pre
pared, everytblnf is ready for the sale.
pRorrenioitAi. tba tasters .
For two days before the sale young men
with the big quarto catalogues and accom
panied by a boy with small tin boxes visit
the auction rooms and take samples for test
ing. These young men are usually profes
sional tea tasters, and to the casual visitor to
an auction room their methods are peculiar,
to say the least A wisp of the split bamboo,
such as the network of matting that covers
the packages is made of, is the sampler’s
weapon for attack on the tea chests about
him. His catalogue is held in his left hand.
With the right he thrusts his wisp of bamboo,
doubled so as to make a sort of hoe, into the
round hole in the tea chest, and from the
-.-hest hauls a handful of the tea on to the
dialogue pages. Tbe eye serves to tell him
if the tea has been colored or bleached. That
point settled, the necessary note is made in
his catalogue. Then comes the preliminary
test. The tea is dumped from the sampler’s
catalogue into his hand. Then, with the
band partially closed, the «ampler blew«
vigorously into the mass of leaves, and at
once applies the leaves to his nose. Thus he
gets a fair idea of the aroma. As ho has no
further use for that particular sample, he
throws it into a trough which stands at tbe
foot of tbe rows of chests, and which is put
there for tbe express purpose of holding these
discarded samples and the particles that do
hot fall on the catalogue pages when the wisp
of bamboo pulls the sample from the chest.
And so the sampler goes the round of the
long row of tea chests, eyeing and smelling,
>ud once in a great while tasting a bit of tbe
tea, and alwayLtbrowiug away two or three
pounds during the course of his afternoon in
spection.
AU the observations of this expert as to
color, «roma, and quality are noted in his
catalogue. Some samples are quickly dis
posed of, and the sampler marks in his cata
logue the value of the particular brand of
tea he has inspected. But there are some
brands, usually of the finer grades, that
puzzle him. He is in doubt as to the actual
value of the leaves he has looked at and
smelled of a half dozen times perhaps. So
he instructs a youth who accompanies him to
“take a sample.” This youngster, using the
same means as his com panion has before him,
hauls a liberal v-mple from the che>*t into a
tin box, which is duly marked and lr?«led
with the same hieroglyphic» that are in
scribed on the chest and in tbe catalogue. A
dozen samples may be taken in this way for
tbe expert’s use outside of the auction room.
These collected, his work among the sample
chests is ended.
THE YOUNG
SC1LAC1Í AM) PROGRESS.
PEOPLE.
A Yeuthful Mind Which Delved
Natural Philosophy.
late
A young scholar, taking bis first lessons In
DRturai philosophy, bad the existence of
ainmalculsB, the minute creatures, too small
to be seen with tbe naked eye, which are to
be found in liquids, explained to him. After
the lesson be was asked to tell what -"I—-L
calae were.
“They are animate that you cant see,” be
said.
“Well, that may do for an answer," said
the teacher “Now, will you give me an ez
ample of animaiculsr
“The hippopotamus, the gorilla, the
whale”----
“Stop I What makes yon think those ani
mats are animalculsr
“ ’Cause 1 never saw one of ’emP—Youth’»
Companion.
THE WONDERFUL MAXIM GUN—AN
INTERESTING MAMMAL.
Professor Mayer Illustrates in a Pleasing
Manner With an Arrangement of
Floating Magnetic Needles the Mutual
Repulsion of Similar Bodie«.
Professor A. M Ms yer has devised tn ar
rangement of floating magnetic needles -vliich
beautifully demonstrates the mutual repul
sion of similarly magnetized bodies A num
ber of strongly magnetised carpet needles are
in erted in small corks, as shown in the pros
pective view of tb-j picture here reproduced.
A Ready Answer.
Flaxie is a bright eyed little girl tn Lr
Droit park, and she has the bad habit ol
nicking her thumb. Tbe other morning bei
mother was combing her hair and Flaxie, ar
usual, had her thumb in her mouth.
“Flaxie. Flaxie," reproved her mother
‘don’t do that VThat would you do if that
thumb should come offl”
“Suck tb'otber am, manwr»," replied th.
incorrigible, coolly, and paralysed her
mother.—Washington Uritia.
GOHA
RATEK’8 FLOATING NXKDLXB.
When floating, explains The Scientiflo
Popular Opinion.
American, there needles arrange tlienweivee
A preacher began his address to a Sunday in symmetrical groups, tbe form of t he groups
school thus- “Now. children, 1 am going.to ranging with the number of needle»
One pole of a bar magnet held over tbe
take a text out of the Bible I always find
when I preach that the text is the best part center of a vessel containing the floating
of my sermon. Isn’t that so. my dear chil nee.i tot will disperse tbe needlee, while the
drenf" And all the children shouted; “Yea. other pole will draw them together.
sir; that’s sol” And those enjoyed the joke
An Ansesthetie Bullet.
most who had beard the preacher oftenesk—
Religious Herald.
An anaesthetic bullet has been invented by
a German chemist which, it is claimed, will,
if brought into general use. greatly diminish
He Knew.
“Mammal* said tbe sweet smalTboy before the horrors of war. Tbe bullet is of a brittle
admiring friends, “1 knew as soon as 1 came substance, breaking directly when it comes in
contact with tbe object at which it is aimed.
in there was folks visitin’ here.”
“Did you, darlingl” said the fond mother, It contains a powerful »tUBsihetic, producing
trying to wilt him with her eye; “how did instantaneously complete insensibility, last
ing for twelve hours, which, except that the
you know!”
“Ob, you had your company voice on."— action of the heart contiuuee, is not to be dis
tinguished from death. A battle field where
Detroit Free Press
these bullets are used will in a short time be
apjarentiy covered with dead Indies, but in
The Weary Hour» of «lekneea.
reality merely with tbe prostrate forms of
Young Victor, who had been for three soldiers reduced for the time being to a state
weeks lying ill with pneumonia, asked out of unconsciousness. While in this condition
day to see his overcoat it was brought out they may, the German chemist point, out, he
with no little wonderment by his mother.
packed in ambulance wagous and carried off
“ Hang it on the foot of the bed, won't you. as prisoners.
mamma f" he asked.
The Maxim Gun.
“Yes, my boy. if you wish it; but why do
you want to have it out here!"
The new and really wonderful weapon
“Just to look at it, mamma. It's beer christened Maxim gun weighs over sixty-flve
such a long time since P ts seen IL"—Boston pounds, is mounted on a light tripod, which
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can be lowered, raised, moved literally with
one hand as easily as a garden hues, and
which iiours out automatically 600 shots a
mir.ute. There is no crank to turn; there is
no ’.abor of feeding. One man simply seta
tbe bullets going, ami then directs it at will;
aking a whole regiment front if he likes, or
keeping the fire within a range of five feet or
five inches. The lauis of it all is the utiliza
tion of tbe recoil force to fire the next shoL
Longest Tunnel in the World.
A Nest Bi* nt Evasion.
Not a bad example of an ambiguous answer
is reported to the Listener by a northern tour
ist, as coming from the pilot of a steamboat
on the Georgia coast Tbe tourist, who is a
Yankee and was a Union soldier, was en
gaged in an easy conversation with the pilot
ie a rneisnt ef the latter’s relaxation, aed
the pilot told him certain wpr reminiscences
of an interesting character, without, bow.
ever, directly intimating that be had any
personal part in them. So the Yankee asked,
point blank;
“Which side were you on during tbe warP
The pilot gave him a glance which seemed
tossy, “You are too inquisitive,”and then
answered:
“I was on tbe other side."
Then be changed the subject of conversa
tion. The northern visitor is still specula*
tag as to which tbe “other side” was, the
other side from tbe questioner’s, the other
side from the sioe Georgia waa on. the other
side of tbe ocean or the other side of th.
Canadian border. — Boston TranscripL
Getting
GETTING THE FULL FLAVOR.
Accompanied by the boy and his small
tin boxes, the expert leaves the auction room
and goes to his office to finish bis valuation
of tbe samples his boy carries. Seated at
a round table, which turns on its standard
at the slightest touch, hefinirnes his work
with a speed which is little less than mar
velous. A dozen French china cup« and a
samovar, or urn, of Lot water help him to
do this. Leaves from the sample tin boxes
Wasn’t Csed to It.
are put in the china cups and treated to a
A traveler was eating supper in the stuffy
bath of tbe boiling water from the urn in
saloon of a Chesapeake bay steamboat, and
the center of the table. There is a prelimi
when he had finished the meal, the waiter
nary sniff at tbe aroma arising from each
brought a finger bowl, with that extra touch
particular cup, and then a taste—just a sip—
of colored politeness which preceded the ex
to get tbe flavor fully. This test settles the
pected fee. The guest moistened his fingers
valuation of the tea in a moment, and the ex
and lipa from the bowl, and then a look cf
pert marks in his catalogue what be deems
sui prise overspread his face. “What is
the samples thus treated to be worth. No
thatr he asked. “Water, sah." “It’s kero
me ever disputes that valuation, for the tea
sene.” “Water, sah.” “I tell you it’s kero
taster is in his line an uutocrat, a despot
sene,” said tbe guest angrily, as the fumes of
whose decision no one dares question. The
coal oil arose from his mustache and fingers.
catalogue now marked is seut to tbe buyer
“What do you take me fori Do you think
of the house the expert represents, and with
my mustache is a lamp wlckl Maybe you
the latter there remains only the purely
think 1 want to be a torch light procession^
CREATION'S LOWER ORDERS.
mechanical work of attending the sale and
“SahF “Take this stuff away, I tell you,”
The pride of Kingman county, Kan., is a buying, if he can, at or below the figures
thundered the oil covered tourist. The ter
fixed by the expert at the maximum value of
rified waiter obeyed, and a moment later re null that weighs 4,250 pounds.
appeared with another bowl, said trem
An alligator nest, found tn Rice creek. I the teas.
The auction sale itself is very like any
blingly: “I reckon you was right, sah. I Fla., contained forty-three young saurian»
other trade sale. A hundred men sit about
Jone gave you the bowl what the lamps drip
According to the naturalists wasps remem tbe auction room in front of tbe glib tongued
in, sah.”—The Argonaut.
tier tbe locality of their nests just ninety-six crier. Catalogue and pencil in hand, the
noura.
crowd of buyers are a very quiet party, and
There are 40,000 reptiles kept tn one room let the auctioneer make all the noise. A
in the Smithsonian institution at Washing pencil or catalogue raised in the air for an
ton. It is needless to add. they are kept in instant goes for a bid. Sometimes a nod of
dcoboL
the head suffices to settle the ownership of a
A great snowy pelican, that had somehow consignment of tea. It is very rarely that a
got woefully astray, was shot tbe other day word is spoken, except when the starting bid
tear Albany, Ga. The hunter says that “at is made. Wht., other spoken bids follow they
Hrst be took it for a calf."
are usually made by some out of town buyer.
A man in Detroit was saved from a hor The auctioneer knows everybody in the
nble death by tbe courage of two pet cats, room except these same out of town mer
which claored him awake barely in time to chants, who are looking for bargains. So he
quietly tells his clerks th» name of the pur-
escape from a burning building.
.'liaser, and a stranger visiting tlie sale is left
i mystery most of the time, not only as to
vho tbe buyer is, but also as to which one of
Indian« ss Military Instructor«.
Net Beady for It.
.be men in that very quiet but very business
In department orders Gen. Nelson A. I In a lecture recently delivered in London like crowd made tbe bid. Five thousand or
lilee describes the results of the raidiug , it was stated that type writing was part of
packages of tea may be disposed of in
mneuvers practiced by bis troops In the regular courst in some American public m hour or an hour and a half, au>l then the
\rizona and New Mexico dnring th. 1 spools. Not yeti Many boysand girls have
crowd of buyers melt away just as quickly
ion ths of September, October and No learned jtut enough shorthand in tbe even
ember. Under the system which bo I ing schools to spell “knife" and “light” with as it bad assembled itself for the sale.—New
¿ork Times.
ntrodneed a mounted party was sent out. . three letters when using long hand, but in
.nd after a prescribed time force» wen troducing tbe type writer to rum their
Betrayed by a Scar.
¡»patched in pursuit, while other troops chirography is one of tbe “improvement«"
Jake Kinney, of San Francisco, was in hit
rom garrisons ahead had been notified to • yet to come. The type writer is undoubt
time tbe finest short card player alive, and
Lie in wait along the generally indicated edly of very great assistance to some busi when he sat down in a poker game be simply
route in order to capture the raiders. This ness men, but a «rise teacher would no more
turued into wood. His face bad no more ex
plan brought into play the highest quali give it to a pupil witti an unformed hand
pression in it than a brick, and, although be
ties of practical soldiership both among writing than a seamstress would give a sew-
would bet bis last dollar od ten high in just
pursuers and pursued, while the competi : tag machine to a child who could not stitch
the same sing song voice that be would on
tive character of the exercise gave it the I well. Those who are at once habituated to
four ace», it was very bard to catch him
interest of an athletic contest. Exact j laziness never become taborioua—Boston
bluffing. Finally be got into an argument
rules were prescribed as to what should Transcript. __________________
with a Loe Angeles man, and the other fellow
constitute capture, and judges accom
cut him in the cheek with a knife. When the
panied all the parties.
Four Hoar« a Wook.
wound healed it left a scar under his eye
Gen. Miles finds, in reviewing the suc
Four hours a week devoted to any study about the size of a dime, and that scar be
cessive operations, in which a fresh party I by any young man will make him a thorough
came a bulletin board for Jake’s heart It
was sent out whenever a capture was scholar in his specialty long before he is old.
effected, that they will be of “incalculable Real study for four hours a week will have was naturally white, but when be go* the
advantage in the future.’’ The raiding tbe most astonishing result» In five yean least bit worked up, although he wouldn’t
parties sought, as hostile Indians would the student will have learned so much that show it otherwise, it would turn pinker and
do, to mislead pursuers, while these latter I be will be inclined, in hi» astonishment at pinker, and finally bright red. Old gamblers
exerted themselves by every device to cap himself, to think he kuowsall there is to be used to say that they knew just what shade it
ture the supposed hostile». The result known; iu ten years be will know what h< took for a bobtailed flush, and 7dst bow near
was to make the troops familiar with a Joes not know of what 1» yet to be learned saimon oolored for four king» Of coarse
large section of country and to acquire | in fifteen years he will be at the front amon; that was laying it on thick, but tiers is no
quseiinn hot that tbe scar broke him up as a
skill in trailing. Gen. Miles desires hie i chore who know all that ta known.—8*. Loui
•ard player and drove bin out o< tbe tad-
forces to fully learn the art of war as | Republican.
wa B b > York tab
practiced by tbs Indians.—Waahingtoo
It is claimed that the longest completed
tunnel in the world is at Schemuitz in Hun
gary. It is 10.27 miles in length, with a cross
seation of 0 feet 10 inches by 5 feet : 3 inches
and is used for drainage purpose» The new
Croton aqueduct tynnel now m coures of ex
cavation near this city will be much tbe long-
est
tunnel in the world.
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much larger than thatprthe Schen
nel, being about 16 feet in diamitep. Twenty-
two miles have already been excavated.
A Remarkable Mammal.
The accompanying cut represents the top
of the skull of the remarkable mammal, Trity -
lodon, described by
Henry F. Osborn,
of Princeton, in
Qcience. It is re
duced to two-thirds
natural size, the
genus being much
larger thru any
other hitherto
known from the
Mesozoic iieriod. In
•he interval be
tween the parietals
and frontal« (1 and SKULL OF A REMARK- 1
2) is seen the pari
ABLE MAMMAL.
etal foramen (3),
which has exactly the name position and rela
tions as in the lizard genus Sphenodon.
From the large size of the fiarietal foramen in
Tritylodon, which greatly exceeds that of any
of the recent lizards in actual diameter, and
compares with that of the labyrintboionta
and saurians. Professor Osborn infers that the
primitive mammalia, of this family at least,
had a pineal eye of some functional size and
value. Tbe facte here recorded are consid
ered of remarkuble interest to scientists, add
ing, as they do, to tbe rapidly accumulating
evidence for the reptilian ancestry of .the
mammals.
Why Colors Cannot be Photographed.
He—1 see that old Mr Beutly was burled
yesterday.
Wife ishocked)— Why, is old Mr. Bendy
dead!
He (who has just been “«at upon”!—Th,
paper doesn't say whether he is dead or not.
amply that he was buried yesterday — Life
Died I d Harnere.
Photography has never reproduced natural
colors. Scientists explain this fact by tbe
statement that color has no objettive exis
tence. It is simply the brain’s interpretation
of tbe rapidity with which tbe waves of a ray
of light beat against the retina. Beata more
rapid produce the senration of the mind
known as violet; beats leu rapid, that, known
as red. Violet and red are nothing but vibra
tions of the ether until they reach the optio
nerve and communicate to that the vibrations
which the brain translates. To photograph
color is therefore as impossible as to photo
graph sound.
■■
First New Yorker— What I Starved to
death! I thought there was plenty of work
now for alL
Second New Yorker—He was not out at
I
work. He had a regular occupation.
Disappearance of an Island.
“My stars! Wliat atT
According to the official news «per of the
“Collecting subscriptions for monuments
and other patriotic object»"—Omaha World Farve island«, tbe rock island >f Muuken,
south of Bumbo, has sunk out of sight In a
word, one of the most striking objects in the
A House of Straw.
Farve group, which has been sailed past and
A house constructed entirely of materials I admired by thousands of people and played
manufactured of straw is one of the promised an important part in geogra.ihiciil literature,
novelties to be exhibited at the forthcoming baa disappeared. It once stood seventy feet
American exhibition in London. Said bouse, above the level of the sea, but the rock
which, according to Iron, is being made in gradually crumbled away so tiiat the tide
Pennsylvania, is to represent an American I washed over its surface. Tie shallow water»
villa two and a half stories high, and cover around the island formed dangerous currents,
ing a space of fertv-two feet by fifty feet
with eddies, or maelstroms, which were much
dreaded bv mariners.
Spiders Attracted by Electric Light.
A Washington correspondent commenta on
a species of spider that bas appeared since
the introduction of electric lights. It plys it«
c-aft day and night. Everywhere it« web«
are «een imparting a dingy, dirty appearance
to the architectural ornamentation outside
and ceilings inside buildings that are ilia
wln.l*. 1
!*v
Good Excuse.
“Jones used to be one of the quietest men
;>ing,” said Smith the other day. “mild and
toffensive, but now I bear that bo is con
itantly in hot water with his neighbors.”
“Well, you know," said Brown, “Jones
bought a dog a short time ago."—Boston
Courier.
She Missed All That.
Eve was sjiareil one affliction that casta a
gloom over the lives of many of her daugh
ters. Adam never bored her with stories of
the jolly times be used to have when be was
a boy.—Boston Courier.
A Good Subject.
Young Mr Fresh «complacently!—Did you
see that little article in but Sunday’s paper
about me. Miss Balinel
Miss Baline—Why. no. Mr Fresh; what
was it, a humorous article»—Tbe Epoch.
An Cndomesticated Tongue In Boston.
First Bostonian—Do you speak any foreig.
bmguagel
Second Bostonian—Yee ; nna
Fin* Bostonian- What is itf
Second Bostomaa-English.—Tid Blta
The Gould«* Social Taste».
The Goulds themselves are people of the
east possible social pretentiousness No
loubt Mr Jay Gould’s business affaire ren
ter social secret! vences a policy with him, but
ne. at any rate, was never a man to hunger
for notoriety tn a fashionable sense He is a
victim to his nerves, too, and people who
nave been close in their intimacy with him
tell me that he feels his unpopularity keenly
and this, no doubt, adds to bis desire for re
liretnent His children are chips of the old
block. The sons have the tastes and char
ai'teristics of the father in a marked degree
The business of money getting is their great
est pleasure. The daughter repeats, I am as
cured by friends of the family, the amiable
and admirable traits of the mother Al
though they live tn abundant luxury, tbe
Goulds make very little «bow stout it His
■team yacht and conservatory are Jay Gould's
sole extravagances. He buy« pictures which
he does not look at and books waicb be does
not read, as part of the paraphernalia of a
rich man's bouse Business is business with
him. first, last and every time, and his two
sons have already shown the bent of their
tastes in the same direction. — Alfred Trum
ble in New York Me we
A "Philadelphia draramer astonished the
people of Omaha the other day by wearing a
live chameleon as a watch charm The curl
oas little lizard was attached to a chain by
a thin band of gold wound about Its neck,
and Mstlsd in the creases of tbs druaimer’s
waistcoat with every Indication of oooteab