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VALLEY RECORD. VALLEY RECOR ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. K. J. KAISEB. V. A. JACOBS. JACOBS KAISER. Publisher» and Proprietors SUBSCRI* T1ON BATES. W M ......... I 10 ............. 7» Oes ya . ................................ Hs Booths .... Three luootbx .... VOL. I Central House - c. ASHLAND. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 31. 1889 CALDNKLU El’ROPEAN' MECHANICAL AND OPERATIVE DENTIST. E. K. BRIQTHMAN, Prop. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered fcr the Ranorated throughout and newly fur- psinless extraction of teeth. Office over the bank. nUhed. DR. P. F. UNCER, A good sample room for commer- eial travelers has been fitted up in •onnoclion with the hotel. DR. J. M. TAYLOR GRAVES & SONNICHSON, Ornes In Ayers Building, facing New Hotel. — WITH — AMHLAND. OBBGON. BOOT <fc SHOE MAKERS, AD work guaranteed. K. DcPBATT. AND COUNSELLOR-AT LAW. ATTORNEY Repairing neatly W ill practice in all Courts of the State. Tb*y has* on hand a atock of better Office adjoining Well's ¿Fargo & Co.'s •alt »kin, grain calf akin, kip. dongola and buek *kiu » han ever imported to Ashland, Express Office. whleh they offer for sale to the trade of Southern (fregoli at reaaonabl* figure*. J. T. BOWDITCH. Highest niaraet prire paid for hide* and pelte. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR-AT- Shop on Main Street, opposite plaxa. LAW. ASHLAND, OREGQN. A H. S. EVANS. Will practlcs in all Courta of the Stats. Collections promptly mads. DKALXK IN J. C. PLUMERTH, Paint«, Oil«, Painter«’ Tool« Wall Papor,'Cla««, Rte. ASHLAND, OREGON. AU Kind* ot I will give estimate* to erect all kinds of building* in sumí out of the eity, fur- n'ahmg labor, material, plan* and specil- cations, upon reasonable term*. All work guaranteed. Reeidence on Spring street. CONTRACTS FOB HaiallBB, HisprriaB.. Ktc Kir. I Car. MAIN AND GRANITE srs.. OBBGON ABM LAND, A. W. SCOTT, Contractor and Builder, ASHLAND, OREGON. C. A. N UTLEY, Produce & Commission IVIerehtint, Is prepared to GIVE ESTIMATES •nd TAKE CONTRACTS on all classes of Brick and Wooden Build ings in and adjacent to Ashland. Can be found at the New Hotel Building. Aahlaad. Or. ■•In Street. All klnda of fruit bought and cold on eommlsalon. Choice Confectionery kept constantly on hand. Also CEO. W. COOPER, Contractor and Builder. Wishes to notify the public that he is prepared to TAKE CONTRA« TS for OYSTER A ICE CREAM PARLOR DWELLINGS, BARNS, BRIDGES, etc., anywhere in the country “elween Red Bluff and Portland Having a large crew Open «very day except Sunday. ofgiod men with ms all the time, lean Next door to Poatoffice. put up building* in good shape and on short notice. I Reference given. Address. Ashland Market HOSLEY & PELTON, Prop's. Geo W. Cooper, Yreka. Cal. H. H. LITTLE’S New Store, on Third Avenue, Dear the Depot, Wbo'eeale and retail dealer in Ashland. Oregon. H hm * complete stock of the best lines of BEEF. PORK and MUTTON Paints, Oils and Varnishes Cured Meats constantly on hand. Tarma Cash. Pass book accounts pay Which he will »ell in large or small quan tities at lowest rates. Painting of all Kinds, Inslmllng carriage work, contracted for at lowest figures. able monthly. New Butcher Shop. The underaighed has opened a new bnteb*r shop in HAT1HFACTION M. JUDGE, HARNESS AMIILANB, On Main street, second door from Gran ite street. 1 propose to supply the public with ths best of frssh BEEF. PORK OR MUTTON In season. A liberal share of the pal- renaae of ths people of Ashland and vicinity reepectfully solicited. AU Orders Promptly Filled. GIAIA7TKKI* I [»] AND SADDLE MANUFACTURER, OREGON. ASHLAND, OYSTER PARLORS ASHLAND HOUSE Oregea sad, CHOICE CAKES! Repairing neatly and promptly done, and at low rates. FEED AND LIVERY STABLE Merchant Tailor Estes & Williams CITY PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAN «FER. Passenger Coach Every Train. Overland to California Freight moved anywhere] about town at rates VIA Lawer Hum Any One Rise. Southern Pacific Co’s Line, THE MT. SHASTA ROUTE. Fire wood of all kinds delivered anywhere in lowu at lowest prices. <30j Time Between GEORGE STEPHENSON. ASHLAND AMD MAM FKAMCIMW. Proprietor. 23 HDU Mt CALIFORNIA XXrnKMH THAIS* *VX DAILY Between Having purchased the old stable on Main street near the bridge, and assum d the management of the same. I am pre Portland and San Francisco. Sared to offer the public better aocommo- ations than ever before afforded in | North. South. I lx-ave» Portland. Arrive« I 10:45 a.m. Southern Oregon in the livery business. 4 W » 30 a. m Arrives Ashlaud Leave« | 5:40p.m. 5 00 a m Leaves Ashland Arrive« I 5:10 p in. Sau Fraucinco Lv | _____ 7:00 p.m. 7 45 a m Ar . ._________ , __ Local passenger tralus daily. (Except Snuday.) Israve Portland Arrive, 3 4.« p ni l»v< Albany Leave | 11:35 a m. Arrive Eugene Leave y DO a.m. PULLIAM BUFFET SLEEPERS. TOURIST:*: SLEEPING:* .CARS, For accommodation of Second ' lass 1‘assen gar* attached u> Kxprau Train*. Horses Boarded and Fed At reasonable rate«. New and handsome turnouta. reliable and safe buggy teams, aw good saddle horses always to be had at these stable». WILL BUY AID SELL HORSES. The O & C. K. R. Ferry makes connection with all the regular train* ou the East side Di- viaioa from tout of F *lfeet..l'ortlaud. Meat Side Division BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. »¿H.’“*««■ THAIS» DAIL» (KXCKJ-TSUSDAYJ_ 7Xt am. i Lv 12:35 p.«* I kJ Portland Corvallis « *J0 p.m l;w p.m At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of Oregon Pswiflc Railroad. II sxra«»a Taxis» daily , (axcarr svsuay .) U»»«. IL» Portland Ari st» am *A*> p m- I Ar McMinnville Lv I 5:S& a.m THROUGH TICKETS to all points SOOTH AND EAST Via CALIFORNIA. For full Infonaatiou regarding rates, map», •te., call on wmpsoy, agent at Ashland. R. KOEHLER. Manager' E. P. BOGERS, A**L G, F, andPaaa Agt. Funeral Director Office and warerooua at railroad ing, Helman Street. ASHLAND OREGON When worn out or mutilated notes are redeemed they are taken to the re demption department of the Treasury and counted, cut in two lengthwise, each half counted in separate rooms, XDd each lot then separately reduced to pulp, some of which reappears in com merce in the form of toy animals and other figures which are sold at the souvenir stands of the Capitol and at the various shops in the city. One of the accountants has held the position since 1855, and has been all that time one of the most skillful and trusted em ployee. She is of mature age, and ia fat and well kept, like a woman of wealth amid leisure. Her methods were aimpie, and yet required the coolness and skill of an accomplished prestidig- itateur. Her accomplishments were worthy of Hermann in that respect. Surrounded by her associates in similar work, she would deftly tear notes in pieces, paste them together so as to form one more complete note than the pack age originally contained and then ab stract a complete note of large denomin ation. The packages would foot up cor rectly and seem to be untampered with. How long this has been going on, wheth er she ia the only light-fingered lady in the business, and how much has been stolen no one can tell, for each day all that has been counted ia reduced to pulp. The deficit discovered in the one lot, when an expose of this woman's performance was accidentally made, amounted to within a few dol lars of $1,003, and the amount pur loined may, therefore, foot up to a large sum. All the time she has been engaged in this work, at least for sev eral years, it has be“n a subject of comment in the neighborhood where she lived, and still lives, that she put on remarkable airs for a woman that received only $75 dollars a month. She purchased a fine bouse years ago, and furnished it in the most elegant style, and not long after purchased an other. Recently she has been engaged in erecting an expensive country mansion in one of the suburban villages. For several years she has kept a fine team of horses and an elegant carriage, in which, however, she would not ride to the treasury. She would not patron ize the street cars, though, but each morning and evening had a livery man come with a coupe and carry her to and from her place of honest toil, by which she became a capitalist.— Wash ington Cor. Philadelphia Press. ARCHITECT All work ordered will be made to rive ENTIRE SATISFACTION. H°w a Female Clerk Managed to Live High on a Small Salary. UPHOLSTERING Geed Fits Gaaraateed. ASHLAND DAVID PAYNE. Bean*, The word pea comes from the Greek ‘ city, Pisa, in Elis, where they were grown in large quantities. The mess 1 of pottage for which Fsau sold his birthright was a dish of peas. They Under Masonic Temple. B. F. BNYDKB. Freprieter were called lentil? then, and it is said that in Middlesex and Oxfordshire. , MEAL« í».*5 CENT« England, the common people still call ■ them “tills," dropping the “ len.” In All we ask is a share of your patronage, the reign of Mary they were called which we shall merit. Will serve meals at all “peason,” and in the reign of Charles hours. I. “pease.” The uses of beans were anciently rather more satred than culinary. Among the Egyptians it was held to be some sort of a crime to look at them, Opp. Oddfellows' Building. and Pythagoras forbade them to be eaten. In Athens a judicial as well as Maia Street. Ashland. Oregon. a sacred character is attached to them, and they were used in gathering the votes of the people in electing magis his well - known house under In En tbe new management. will be conducted trates and in drawing lots. on the best and most popular plans, no pains gland they were tnknown until 1509. being spared to give general *alisfaetion. It Asparagus, breught to England in contain* comfortable sleeping ananmeut* *np- £1- d with single and double beds, making it a Elizabeth’s reign, was cultivated so wlrable place for the entertainment of noth assiduously by the Romans that Pliny traveler* and families. says in his time three heads weighed one pound. It was cooked by rapid THE TABLE« boiling, and Augustus in requiring Will always be supplied with the best the haste on any business is reported as market atfords, served in style that will be saying: “Let that be done quicker sure to please the most fastidious taete Matra reasonable and satisfaction guaran than you would boil asparagus.” teed. Judea was famous not only for it# “gardens of cucumbers,” but for the «1. J. STRAIT, Proprietor. great size of its radishes. The Tal mud speaks of a fox hollowing out a radish of Judea for its lair, but this is rather more than a skeptical age is willing to accept The Greeks offered radishes of gold, beets of silver and Opp Oddfellows’ Hall, ABMLAMD, OBBGON turnips of lead to Apollo at Delphos. They usually boiled their radishes, and the French peasants at the present day FRESH BREAD AHO PIE8 DAILY. roast them under ashes. Radishes suggest lettuce, which ha# an equal antiquity. The Hebrews ate it with their paschal lamb, and it was a favorite vegetable with the Greeks If Every Variety and Romans. Aristoxenus, the philos KEPT COMMTANTLY OB HAND I opher and gastronomist, watered his lettuces with the rarest wine. Cab Orders for parties promptly executed. Special bage used to be endowed with mar prices given. velous medicinal and Dutritive virtues. Al' kind* of ornamental work neatly don*. Wedding cakes a specialty. Cato considered the rod kind to be a Bread delivered daily at your door. cure for drunkenness, and said that Price* always reasonable. “By the use of cabbage »1 me Rome JOHN WEXLER, Propr. had done without physicians for six hundred years.” Cauliflower was also New is the Time te Get Your Mefas. abundantly cultivated. Both it and cab Chairs, Spring Beds. Etc., bage were plentiful in England in Be paired. Mary’s reign. The onion was once the deity by wham tho Egyptians swore. The GEO. H. TYLER mother of Apollo was particularly fond of this esculent, and preferred it Ha* opened an raw. Leeks are probably indigenous to England. Garlic is dear to the Spanish heart Parsley, a few leaves EBTABLIBHMEMT of which eaten raw will effectually At H. 8. Emery's, at R. R. crossing. Ash neutralize the odor of the onion, ia and Oregon. Also manufacturer of Wheeler's Patent well known in history. By Anacreon Spring Beds—the Best Made. it was made the emblem of joy and Picture trainee a specialty. festivity. " Hercules was crowned with it in preference to laurels, and a wreath of parsley was one of the prizes Leave orders either at shop or st Mrs Ty at the Nemaean and Isthmian games. ler's photograph rooms. While the ancients were so well supplied with vegetables it seems a JAMES NORRIS. great pity that they did not know how to cook them. Fancy seasoning a boiled turnip with honey, vinegar, gravy, boiled grapes and a little oil! AND---- Thi# was the custom among the BUILDER, Romans. Carrots they ate raw with ASHLAID, .OREGON. salt and vinegar. A recipe for cook ing onion# left by Apicius reads as fol Will furnish plan* for any and all kinds rt lows: “Cover the onions with young buildings here and elsewhere, and superin tend the construction of the same when desired. cabbage leaves, cook under hot em Office on the west side of the plaza with bers and season with gravy, oil and Lucky & Co. [17] wine.” And here are the same writer’# direction# among other# for preparing lettuce: “Boil the young leaves with R. N. ANDERSON, onions in water wherein a little nitre has been scattered, drain dry and cut them small, mixing with them pepper, parsley seed, dried mint and onions, adding gravy, oil and wine.” Such a ASKLAND, OBBUON 9«»nglomeration as this could leave A full line of foreign and domestic goods nothing further to be desired.— Toronto cassimeres and fancy suitings of the latest Qlobe. ---- .---- — styles, always on hand Store in Mrs. Gillette's building, corner of Told by Your Teeth. Main and Church streets. U.S B akery ! Batidlas Papers. Wrapping rapers sad Twiner. Artists’ Materials Old-Time No'ioni About Pea»*, Ou.o u acid Asparagus. T Ashland. Oregsn. L1ATHDK MANUFACTORY. RESTAURANT ROBBING THE TREASURY. HISTORIC GARDEN SASS ---- ANU Aahlaad. Orrg.a. OREGON. ASHLAND, VALLEY RECORD. Unncess Beatrice, like many women oi taste, spends her leisure hoars in artistic pursuits. She recently contributed two very meritorious paintings by herself to the art exhibition at Ryde. The widow of Unser «Frits prefers to bs known as Empress (and queen) Frederick rather than Victoria, thus showing that she intends to live apart from politics and asso ciate her name forever with that of her illus trious husband. Now comes the story that the placing oi sentinels about the residence of the dowager Empress Victoria of Germany was at her own request, as she has a morbid dread of in truders, and wishes for some time the rest and solace of utter seclusion. Queen Victoria does not, as has been re ported, work until past midnight upon her private correspondence. As a matter of fact, she never trouble* herself with public or private business or correspondence of any kind except between breakfast and luncheon. Princess Mary of Cambridge is renowned for her unappeasable» appetite» Some gentle man recently announced his intention to oiler her a couple of canvass back ducks. “Ob,’’ said a friend, “she would make short work of those. Offer her a couple of wild turkeys.’’ It is said that the Princess of Wales often sits in the hill at Sandringham as tbe night falls and watches the coals reddening in the immense fireplace for an hour or more, ut terly oblivious to all sights and sounds around her. Just wbat tbe royal lady's dreams are about during that quiet hour no cue knows, but the habit is well known to tier friends and intimates. The czar spends very little time in his •tudv, as he is more afraid of his stoutness than of political plots, and is consequently in tbe habit of receiving his ministers in the grounds, walking up and down an avenue while listening to their reports. Ho fre quently adds his initial "A’’ to an important document by holding it against a tree, and I banco it is rather indistinct at times. The shape and placing of the teeth are not without significance in the character given by the mouth. When the upper gum show# abota the teeth directly the lips are opened, it is a sign of a cold and phlegmatic nature. Short, small teeth aro h®ld by the old physiognomists to denote weakness and short life, while rather long teeth, if evenly set in the head, denote long life. The more the teeth, in point of size, shape and arrangement, approach to those of the carnivorous animals, the more violent are the animal instincts in the person, while the more human teeth in shape and position approach to those of the graminivorous animals, the more placid is the character. White, medium-sized and evenly-set i teeth, which are seen as soon as the mouth ts open, but which are entirely exposed—that is, which do not at any time show the gums—are a sign of good,and honest natures. Projecting teeth show rapacity; small, retreating teeth, which are rarely seen unless in laughter, show weakness and want oi physical and moral courage. The • lower teeth projecting and closing over the upper range are indicative ji a harsh nature.— Manchester Guardian. , LOTTO IN ITALY. A Game Which Devour* the Earning* ef the Poor with Regularity. The Italians are natural gamblers. The national game of lotto, now under the patronage and control of the Gov ernment, is patronized to an incredi ble extent The chances of winning are less than few and far between; but rich and poor, priest and peasant, pat ronize it with pnrsistent regularity. The poor actually go without food and pawn the very beds they lie on in order to buy their weekly tickets. The game itself is of simple form. Numbei^from 1 to 90 inclusive are placed in a large revolving wheel, and at noon on Satur day, in the presence of the municipal officers and Government representa tives, five numbers are drawn forth bv five different children gathered at random from the waiting crowd. These numbers are then publicly pro claimed as the winning numbers for the week and telegraphed far and near. Previous to the Saturday drawing— that is to say from Sunday morning till Friday night—tickets are sold. The purchaser chooses his own num bers, and he may buy two or three or four or five, just as he pleases. It is needless to say that to choose five win ning numbers is akin to . a miracle. Two numbers not unfrequently come out, and occasionally a lucky investor hits on three; but these are rare ex ceptions, and, as at Monaco and.other public tables, tbe percentage is so heavily in favor of the bank, that the people lose their money with delicious regularity. To prevent cheating and possible collusion, the offices are closed for the sale of tickets on Friday night and remain unopened till the day after the drawing takes place. The prizes vary in value in proportion to the amount paid for the ticket, and are tempting enough to keep the poor still poorer, while the Government coffers grow full and overflow. — Chambers' Journal. EVAPORATING NO. 38, FRUIT. An Expert Gives Some Suggestions as to the Best Methods. S. W. Itovell, of New York, an ex pert in evaporating fruit, gives some excellent suggestions. He says our grafted varieties of apples will yield six to eight pounds of evaporated fruit to a bushel of green apples weighing fifty pounds. A paring machine is essential, and he prefers one that pares, cores and slices at the same time. There are several good ones. Two girls with a machine will prepare thirty bushels in ten hour#. Machines must be kept in perfect order. Bleach ing with sulphur should be discour aged, he says, but bleaching of some kind will be practiced for some time yet. Apples and peaches must be put into the bleacher as soon as pared. To keep the color of fruit until it can be bleached, run it from the parer into a vat of brackish water—not too salty, as the dried fruit would then gather moisture and damage it. “Spread the fruit for drying on trays made of No. 5 galvanized wire cloth. Care must be taken not to leave the fruit in the evaporator so long as to turn it brown. I take out the fruit rather early and spread it about ten inches deep on a curing floor, where it lies for ten days or two weeks, and is shoveled over once or twice before packing. In this way ono can take fruit from the dryer while it is still quite damp, saving fuel and increas ing the working capacity of the ma chine. We also get a more market able quality of fruit, for the color will be better. “Evaporated apples in ring slices are packed for Eastern markets in boxes holding fifty pounds. Two pieces of paper placed in the boxes next the cover, and laid so that they will fold back each way from the center, lapping down on the side of the box, and then the ring slices are laid in row# on the paper, with one-half lapping so as to make a nice facing; then the box is filled from the bottom, and if the fruit is thoroughly dried a press is necessary to get fifty pounds into the boxes com monly used. Ripe peaches must be prepared by hand; rpread on trays with the flat sides next the wire, and bleached like apples. They are packed in twenty-five pound boxes. I do not fully dry berries, but finish in the cur ing room, shoveling them over a few times. Four pounds of black raspber ries will make a pound of dried fruit. A bushel of peaches will make eight to ten pounds.” Mr. Lovell says the waste can be made into vinegar worth $3 a barrel. He does not speak encouragingly of “cook-stove evaporators” for market purposes, but thinks a well-organized establishment, properly managed, is profitable. Western New York mark ets, at the writing, were offering 6 cents for prime apples, equal to 8 cents in New York City.— Si. Punt Globe. TO CURE DIPHTHERIA. Turpentine Said to Be Almost a Specific to the Disease. We have on several occasions re ferred to the use of turpentine in diphtheria. Recommended originally in Germany and claimed to be almost a specific, it was there, also, that the employment of the drug was subject ed to the most severe criticism. Some recent publications have again drawn attention to the alleged value of this substance, and most remarkable among these is an article which appeared in the Therapeutische Monatshefte. The author asserts that he has employed turpentine in diphtheria for the last four years. In that time he lost only five cases out of sixty that came under treatment Two of the fatal cases concerned infants, who appeared mori bund when first taken, and died a few hours later. The other fatal cases were also unusually severe from the start, two dying in thirty-six hours, and one surviving five days. This is certainly a noteworthy record, as diphtheria statistics go. Tbe oil oi turpentine was administered in dram doses three times a day. Sweet spirits ot niter was used as a corrective, iD the proportion of one part of the spirits to fifteen of turpentine. Symptoms of intoxication were never observed by the author. In addition to the turpentine, a 2 per cent solu tion of sodium salycllate was given every two hours in tablespoon doses. A gargle of chlorate of potash solution was likewise employed whenever possi ble. Under this plan of treatmenl rapid amelioration of local signs and constitutional symptoms was observed. Usually improvement began at once, and it was rarely necessary to push the drug beyond five or eight doses. Il should be remarked in this connection, however, that a very generous anc stimulating fluid diet (strong broth, port wine, milk) formed a feature ol Dr. Roese’s plan of treatment. Tnost who are inclined to be skeptical in re gard to the utility of medicines in the severer forms of diphtheria (and the profession contains many such) will scarcely accept the author's figure« without a challenge. On the othei hand, for the very reason that violent diphtheria ordinarily justifies nc gloomy a prognosis, we are ever ready to employ any means which maj possibly reduce its frightful mortality. There is no reason, therefore, why the turpentine treatment of this disease should not be given a fair trial.— Medical Record. The Fecundity of Fish, It has been calculated that, as fish produce so many eggs, if vast numbers of the latter and of the fish themselves were not continually destroyed and taken, they would soon fill up every available space in the seas. For in stance, from 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 codfish are annually caught on the shores of Newfoundland. But even that quantity seems small when it is considered that each cod yields about 4,500,000 eggs every season, and that even 8,000.003 have been found in the roe of a single cod. Were the 60,000,- 000 cod taken on the coast of New- found left to breed, the 30,000,000 fe- males producing 5,000,000 eggs every year, it would give a yearly addition of 150,000,000,000 young codfish. Other —Hanover Squeer—“Wonder wbat fish, though not equalling the cod, are made old Colonel Werker look so cross wonderfully prolific. A herring weigh when I congratulated him on his ing 6 oz. or 7 oz. is provided with about hearty appearance?” Bleecker Street 80,000 eggs. A^ter making all reason —“Sho! Don’t you know he's running able allowances for the destruction of for office on the strength of having i eggs and the young it has been estima —“John,” said a diamond-dealer’s broken down his health in the party'# ted that in three years a single pair of herrings would produce 154,000,000. wife, “Freddy swallowed a big stone service?”— Puck. Buffon calculated that, if a pair of her —“I lei’ you,” exclaimed a thin in rings could be left to breed and multi to-day.” “My goodness! That’s aw dividual on Fourth street, “that water ply undisturbed for a period of twenty ful! Where did he get it?” “Out in is God's greatest gift to man. As the years, they would yield an amount of the street.” “Oh, you mean a com poet says: ‘It is the summum bonum of fish equal in bulk to the globe on which mon stone. I thought you meant a diamond. Well, I wouldn’t worry human happiness.’ ” “Are you a Prohi wp live.— N. Y. Post. about it. I don’t believe it will hurt bitionist?” asked a musician, taking —A wonderful read estate dealer him. " -Jeweler's Weekly. him cordially by the hand. “No, sir; I ' does business at Gladstone, Mich. He sell milk.”— Exchange. —“I don’t understand,” said Rolla, won’t sell a lot unless the buyer signs —Farmer (at country school)—“Be a forfeiture contract not to allow looking up from his book, “why an ex cess of wealth should be a bad thing. you the teacher?” “Yes, sir.” “So it whisky selling on the premises. I should think the wealthier a man was you that thumped the tar outen my f was the happier he would be.” “Not — In Boston the neck of a chicken is boy Tom last night?” “I did punish i an unruly scholar.” “Punish! Wai. called Napoleon, beause it is the bony at all, boy,” said Uncle George, weari ly; “possession in moderation is the I should say so. You stamped on him part.— Albany Union. and slugged him an’ ended by kickin' —“The Poodle Dog” restaurant, the right thing. Now, nerve is a grand him clear across the school yard. Ia ! , San Francisco Delmonico, was yclept thing; it’s splendid for a man to have that correct?” “Pretty near." “Let » ■ by the Frenchman who started it “Se nerve. But if he has so many nerves be can’t keep the rest of ’em quiet long ruiucu Lkcuy, nuivu. Hen), which, me shake hands with you. I have to j poulet d’or" (The Golden admire a man who can knock out mv was too much of a j jawbreaker for the 1 enough to put that one to sleep hi# riches embarrass him.”— Burdette. jreaent name. son Tom, for I’ll be hanged if Lean do natives; hence the present IL”—’ I Published at Ashland, in the flourishing Rogue River VaUey The leading town of Southern Oregon, population 2,500, junc tion of O. & C. and S. P. R. R. Leading industries—fruit raising, mining, manufacturing, stock- raising and farming A LITTLE CONGO HERO. Story of a Boy Who Rescued His Mother's Body From a Crocodile. On the Congo, near the equator, live the Ba-Ngala, with whomtheexplorer, Stanley, had his hardest battle when he floated down the great river. They are the most powerful and intelligent of the Upper Congo natives, and since Captain Coquilhat, four years ago, es tablished a station in their country they have become good friends of the whites. A while ago, an exciting event occurred in one of their many villages, and Essalaka, the chief, went to Cap tain Coquilhat to tell him about it. “You know the big island near my town,” he said. "Well, yesterday, soon after the sun came up, one of my women and our little boy started for the island in a canoe. The boy is some dozens of moons old. [Captain Coquilhat says about tuielve years old.] He say# that while his mother was paddling she saw something in the water, and leaned over to look at it. Then he saw a crocodile seize his mother and drag her out of the canoe. Then the crooodile and the woman sank out of sight. “The paddle was lying in the canoe. The boy picked it up to paddle back to the village. Then he thought ‘O, if I could only scare the crocodile and get my mother back!’ He could tell by the moving water where the crocodile was. He was swimming just under the surface toward the island. Then th boy followed the crocodile just as fast as he could paddle. Very soon the crocodile reached the island and went out on land. He laid the woman's body on the ground. Then he went back into the river and swam away. You know why he did this. He wanted his mate, and he started out to find her. “Then the little boy paddled fast to where his mother was lying. He J umped out of the boat and ran to her. There was a big wound in her breast. Her eyes were shut He felt sure she was dead. He is strong, but he could not lift her. He dragged her body to the canoe. He knew the crocodile might come back at any moment and kill him, too. He used all his strength. Little by little he got his mother's body into the canoe. Then he pushed away from the shore and started home. “We had not seen the boy and his mother at all. Suddenly we heard shouting on the river, and we saw the boy paddling as hard as he could. Every two or three strokes he would look behind him. Then we saw a crocodile swimming fast towards the canoe. If he reached it you know what he would do. He would upset it with a blow, and both the boy and his mother would be lost. Eight or nine of us jumped into canoes and started for the boy. The crocodile had nearly overtaken the canoe, but we reached it in time. We scared the crocodile away, and brought the canoe to the shore. The boy stepped out on the ground and fell down, he was so frightened and tired. We carried him into one of my huts, and took hie mother's body In there, too. We thought she was dead. "But after a little while she opened her eyes. She could whisper only two or three words. She asked for the boy. We laid him beside her on het arm. She stroked him two or three times with her hand. But she was hurt so baa’ly. Then she shut her eye» and did not open them nore peak again. O, how the little boy cri'id! But he had saved his mother's body from the crocodile." As Essalaka told this story the tears coursed down his cheeks. “I have seen in this savage tribe,” writes Cap tain Coquilhat, “men and their wives- who really love each other, and verita ble honeymoons among young couples. The child feels for his father the fear and respect which his authority in spires, but he truly loves his mother, and has a tender interest in her even after he becomes a man.— N. Y. Bun. PROMPT DECISION. Tbe Power of the Ability to Make Ute of Propitious Moments. STRAW ON THE FARM. I It* Csefulne** and Value ia the Shi.pe at Bedding and Manure. There is considerable diversity of opinion as to the value of straw on the dairy farm. That it has a value not to be despised ia conceded by all, but yet the practice differs very much in tbe methods ot handling it. At the ex treme East we find the farmer hus banding it with almost as much care as he does the grain that oomes from it. He not only preserves it dry and in good condition, but runs it through the cutting box, mixes the ground feed with it and feeds it to the cows in but little excess in amount with the quan tity of hay or other stover that is fed inthte same manner. While it may not be necessary or even economical in the Western far mer io pay quite so much attention to the straw of the farm that his contem porary of tlwEast does, yet it is safe to say he in most cases underrates its value when properly handled. We be lieve the old practice of burning the straw has been entirely done away with on the dairy farm even at the ex treme West, but allowing it to rot in large stacks when threshed at some distance from the stable is still too often the practice. It Is a common thing for book-writer* to tell us the relative value of straw as compared with good hay, but these tables are often misleading from the fact that one straw is not like another straw, especially in feeding value. The straw that has become too ripe or the one that is too immature are alike almost worth less for feeding purposes, while the one that was cut at the proper time has a great deal of good in it Then the straws of different grains have not the same feeding value. Oats and rye make an indifferent feed compared with the straw of wheat and barley. Espec ially do we recommend th's latter arti cle. The farm practice of cutting bar ley In rather an immature state to pre vent the grain from shelling out in the field conduces greatly to the feeding value of the straw. The only serious objection to the use of barley straw lies in the villainous habit the little barbs have ot getting in the eyes of the cows, but they rarely do any serious harm if let alone. The men who handle the straw are more apt to suffer from thia barb nuisance. We must not overlook the usefulness of straw on the farm in the shape of bedding and manure. There can be nothing better to put under the cows than dry straw, and when we consider its manurial value it will pay to haul it from a considerable distance, even when a fair price has to be paid for it The great trouble with straw is its extreme bulk compared with its weight. This objection can only be overcome by ingenuity on the part of the dairy man. There are many device# tor load ing and unloading it that remove the bulk objection in a large measure, while the rack for hauling it may be made nearly double the size for other purposes. Baling it is yet too expen sive on the farm, and it is to be hoped that some method of handling it much better than any now in practice will soon be invented. One thing is certain and that is that whatever trouble there may be In handling straw it is far too valuable to be allowed to rot in the field, and no man should allow these monuments to his lack of enterprise to rear themselves In his fields and tell his neighbors how shiftlees he lx.— American Dairyman. JAPANESE COURTESY. How Acquaintances Greet Each Other When Meeting In the Street. When a couple of Japanese acquaint ances encounter each other in the street, no matter whether high or low, male or female, old or young, they stand with their feet somewhat apart and bow repeatedly while rubbing their bended knees with their hands, draw ing in their breath as they rise and closing their lips with a sudden gasp as they flop down again. The conver sation opons with a sigh and a dry cough: “Schibaraku o n.e ni kakari- masen,” L e., “It is a long time since I hung upon your eyes (I have not seen you this long while).” Reply: Deep sigh with a short cough, i. e., “Yes, alas! alas! I have long been deprived of the pleasure of gazing on your features.” Q.: “How is it with your respected husband and the Chann ing baby?” R.: Sigh and cough as before, L e., “Best thanks lor your kind inquiry; they are both quite welL" “Since I last had the pleaiure of hang ing on your eyes, you have grown much older and also rather stouter.” R.: Sigh and cough, i. e., “Many thanks for the compliment, but I am afraid you flatter me." And so on, ad libi tum, until they part again after series of bows. If the salutation takes place in the house, where the cleanliness ot the mat# affords fuller play to the in stincts of politeness, thsy kneel down, place their elbows and hands, palms downward«, on the floor, and touch the mat with their forehead. They remain in this attitude, gently mur muring complimentary phrases, inter rupted with sighs, until ene of them, feeling the blood rise to his brain, cautiously lifts his head td peep whether his vis-a-vis has changed his position; if this is the case they both slowly work their way upwards; but if tho other still keeps his head on the ground, the first one quickly ducks down again, so as not to be outdone in politeness by his partner.— Tokio Let ter. It has been well said that “purpose is the edge and point of character—the superscription on the letter of talent: that character without it 1# blunt oi torpid, and that genius without it it bullion—splendid but uncirculating.’’ Even errors—if they imply nothing criminal or of evil intent—may be translated into something splendid, something magnificent, by virtue of de cision. When Mr. Disraeli, in his first great effort in the House of Commons, met not only with unsympathetic listen ers, but with contempt so complete thal he was compelled to sit down with his oration unfinished, he drew his hat over bis eyes, and, with a resolute shake of the head, said to himself rather than to the House of Commons: “The day will come when you will hear me.” And in spite of rebuffs, many and se vere, he persisted in getting on hi# leg# on every available opportunity, at tacked those who had supported, a# well as those who had opposed him, and thus, by grand decision and mag nificent audacity, he translated his failure into a training for success—a success which, not improbably, future historians will find to be somewhat qualified by the faith which Mr. Dis raeli carried to an extreme, based on the conviction that this decision and magnificent audacity could atone for great errors in statesmanship. He oer- tainly never showed that “habitual in decision which has been called the chief evidence of weakness; evincing either a want of capacity to apprehend what is best, or a want of energy to pursue iL” “Strike the iron while it is hot,’’ says the old proverb. Ti.Jre is a pro pitious moment, when outer circum stances, like the heated ?~»n. "/e soft HUMOROUS. and pliant; decision. dlrec»ed by In —Don’t despise the man who has sight, is as a h immer in the skilled hand to mold them to its pattern.— only one shirt. The chances are that he doesn’t owe a very big wash bilL — Wayto Fortune. Merchant Traveler. —A wretched humorist who ought —Mr. Andrew Lane is said to be to be ashamed of himself says that our one of the best paid literary men of the time. The London Daily News boys don't go to college to get higher give him for his editorials on minor in the world, but to get lore. —Smith—"What a dazzling creature topics |3,000 a year; hie monthly your wife is.” Brown—"Ought to see “Ship” in Longman'» Magazine brings him in $500 annually; his articles in her without her diamonds. They spoil the Saturday Review are said to be as her conversation.”— Detroit Free Pre»». —He (who has just lefttij piano) — remunerative as those in the Lon don Daily New»; he has a handsome “How do you like my voice, Miss salary as • reader” for Longman'»; he Race?” Miss Race (Cincinnati)— writes magazine articles and London “Your voice? O! it’s certainly a howl letters, and copyright receipts from his ing success, Mr. Keys.”— Texas BijU ing». books swell the list