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C ourier G rants An Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of Josephine County and Southern Oregon. GRAVES PASS. JOSEPHINE (OUNTY. OREtiON. FRIDAY ll.I.r. IHH»< TOK\ •* »' Issued every Friday morning. IN A GALLOP. UiMt U ihr lUlr at Which Hill Br««ly in llaMlvtiing tu the roor-Huti»r. H. K. HANNA. to-ne^nd Counsellor at Law ( niing down from Northern Michi gan. one morning, the train wa8 crow d- •d with lumbermen going to a new ■H.iip. The men were all stout, healthy Terms of Subscription: '«».»king fellows, (piite rough in their ap- II. KELLEY. I pearance and talk, with long hair aud Une copy one year, in advance.............. 0ne ropy six inoiiths, in advance............. Attoruy and Counsellor at Law About daylight they unshaven faces One copy liircc months, in advance......... began to cat their breakfast from all Office in Court House. A clvb rates : ««»rts of fond they had with them, and J ackcnviixk . - - • O regon . Six cai'i'-' J' in. in a-! . .s-, . ...» Û0 the united strength of the mixed odors suddenly lii crated from cheese, onions, T. B. KEN I’. Terms of Advertising • dti-h, dried herring and so on was LMAL Attorney at Law. nearly strong enough to stop the train. On« square, first insertion........................... t' <iu \boiit seven o’clock the breakfast sta W'practice in all the courts of th« state. Each additional insertici............................ | tion was reached, and one of the lum »FFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE. LOCAL. bermen went into the hotel along with l.«< al N«‘i< es. | h r line............................ lacnts J aisonville . the other passengers, and did his ut : : : : O regon Regular advcrtibcinents inserted upon lib most in th«* limited time at Ins com erul terms. mand to bankrupt the keeper of the es- (’. LEMBERT. M. !>.. Job Printing 'ablishment. When th«* train xxas again in motion t all d«M<Tiption8 done on short notice. Lira I tlanks. Circulars. Business Cards. Bi!lh. d> a savage looking fellow’, with a jaw A-tterhcais. Poster«, etc., gotten up in g>o«i j » alls responded to at all aours. day or night. strong enough to grind glass, who was st .vie at living prices. rti< « opposite clover's hotel, Jacksons ille. devouring great strips «»f codfish and »«ton. 10-tf wiping his mo ilh on his coat slcev« aft«*r every bit«*, peered out from the wilderness of hair that surrounded his W. H. FLANAGAN. M. I).. b ack eyes, upon the man across th«* wav. who was picking his teeth with a Good Turnouts ou Short Notice. jack-knife, anti said: “How i* this. Bill? You hain't been Hr*t of Care Kiven to Mtork Left in G rant ' s P ash , O regon . squ:•ndvrin' your substance on a store our <'barge. Office at resilience, corner Main ami Th. breakfast, hev ye?” itreets. Calls attended any hour lay or nig “Well, I reckon I jest hev, Pet«*,” CARDWELL A BERRY, said Bill, with a look of importance that J acksonville . : : : : O regon . could not be expressed in print. W. F. KUKMFIt. M. 1>. “What do they tax a feller for warn; but grub in these partsnow. Bill?” con tinued Pete, as he tore offastrip of co«l- tish big enough to make a meal for a G rants I’ ash . OREGON. CATON & GARRETT, Prop’«, small family. “A half a dollar's what they lifted m< K«*epa the liest brand« of Ln. Pole.” Call« r< «pencil d to at «'1 hour«, day or nigh “Did von say a half dollar. Bill?” WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS. “Thai’s what I said, Pete.” OREGON. S. U. MITCHEL! J acksonville . ! “Do you mean to tell me that you hod to pay a half a dollar jest for eaten’, Attorney and Counsellor at Law Bill?” BREWERY! BREWERY! G rant ’ s P ass , O regon “T'hat’s what I'm a sayin’, Pete. \\ ILLI 4M HEELEY. Pr«p’r. That's jest what I bed to do.” Wiil p-actic« iti all Siale ami Federal Courts. ••All that mon<*y throwed away jest Manufactures the Office n xt floor to Comme» < ial Hotel. for a little grub! Didn't you have any lest Beer in Southern Oregon bitters. Bill?’’ “Not a smell. Pete.” < IR EGON. JACKSONVILLE. “Nor no segar?” Atbrnty and Counsellor at Law “No, Pete.'7 “Didn’t you make no bargain for tb< G rant ' s P ass . O regon . trash beforehand. Bill?” “(>f course I di«l.” A. (’HALE, Proprietor. Will practice in all th« Courts of the State. “It wasn't a gouge game they com«* Ops constantly on hand the best quality of on you, then?” “No. I knowed wh it 1 was a-doin’ CHARLES UHAN’SLOR, Wines. Liquors and Cigars. afoir I butt« r« d a biscuit. “And you know» d you'd hev to fork \o in i'v I * «i 1» I i <*» SPLENDID BILLIARD TABLE over a half dollar jest for eatin’, di«l I you Bill?” In connection. G rant ’ s P ahs . O regon , “Why, certainly, Pete.” O regon . fK HON VILLE, “Well, my goodness, Bill! What on this arth ao you mean? A half a dol onice in II. B. Miller & Co.'s store. 4 K IC II X X I I.I.E IHHK TOR V. lar jest for eatin'! Jest foreatin’, mind ye: no s«*gar nor no bitters! All throwed away in one lump, and nothin' to show VOLNEY COLV1G. for it ten minutes afterwards! Bill < Oi of the Best Hotels in South ■ 1 Brady do you know’ xxhat you're a- doin ?’’ em Oregon. “I'm a «loin' well enough, Pete.” And Justice of th« Peace “No you hain't. Bill. You'r«* a gal GQ BEDS! GOOD TABLE! I.K. 4L BLANK» OK ALI. K I \ IH. lopin' toward the poor-house jest as And the best of accommodations. tight as you kin jump, and if hoiiu * of L«*gal instruments of all kinds promptly »nectcd with this hotel is a your friend« don’t int<*rL*r«* ami git a executed. gardeen appintvd for you, goodness Office S. E. Harkness' drug store. FST-CLASS LIVERY STABLE only knows what’ll become of you. A half a dollar jest for v«*atiii', and that. IRS. ELLEN RYDER. Proprietress. K iyvillk , : : : : : O regon . too. all at one grab! Bill, yer brains is a turnin' to water; I'm act'lh ’frai«i they be. Look at that codfish, will WILLIAM NAUCKE. I Formerly Presley's Ferry) you?” I holding it up by the tail. “I keeps - only paid a quarter for it a week ago. Six Mlles west of Grant’s Pass on main an<l itTl stand me anothei tr week or so road leading to yit jest like nothin’, and yit you'll WILDER VILLE, throw way four bit all at on«* w’hark KERBY VILLE and For good oargams in the line of for a few bites in a tavern as unconcern URErU ENT CITY. ed as though money growed on trees. Ami everything in the way of Bill, you’re a darned sight bigger fool’n FSRRIACK AT HALF RATES 1 ever took you to be, ami that's a lillilBU* Nll|>|>li<»W. i>. W. KEITH. Proprietor. saying heaps.”- Lige lì row n, in C7 h - cago Ledger. Th wishing bargains should call on WILLIAM NAUCKE. J B. SCHAEFER, K erry ville . O regon . CURIOUS NAMES. •tttev in Orth building. J a * sRoMiiXK. ... O regon . J H STINE, - - • Editor and Publish« Pilate ol the University oí Leipsic. Germany. f ONION LIVERY AND FEED STABLES. Physician and Surgeon, Physician and n “"eon, i CRITERION SALOON. unny Side Billiard Saloon, UNION HOTEL. KEITH'S FERRY. D, Goods and Groceries. IL'^s Biols and Shoes sr General Groceries Hous« •n'1 Sign Painter. • RAISER. PAPER HAM.ER E tc . X . I ><• I ciiui I <»i A Clrrroniin'« < I» *t CoiicernhiC K«*m»rk- al»lr (iiveii Name*. DEALER IN DR1GOODS AND GROCERIES Kn«l keep« constantly on hand in kinds ol w ri in nu lui Pruiptlv D n Hatt Caps, Boots and Shoes — AND — <- I 1 E Geral Mining Supplies. < )REGON. • RANT • PlHS. I Thons 'i i ig g«HMÍ liargains must not fail to « all at the NEW TIN SHOP. O. II P. O. Building, C erbyx ille . O regon . Proprietor, Si \ Il R. * Morbillo K-byville Mills. DEA I.ER IN I’. H M I. ER. : »•roprlrtor. : Stoves, Tin-Ware, Pumps, Pipes, Etc., Etc. Floor. Ciked Wheat and Corn Meal Can iRipplied at reasonable prices. SHEAR FOR cASH. Prices Moderate. «RANT’S PASS. OHMIOS’. - O regon . K erry 'Ut. RKIARD P. GEORGE leept the fin **t A WHISIT. 3RANDIES. WINLS Aii«ialI «Uber liquors. tlHE ELDORADO SALOON, HE , Lso KEECH THE BEST8R4ND8 OF CICARS, lull hmrted «ru! Domestic. WENNINGS 4 CO., Don its.. tcall tithe KERBYVILLE SALOON R r h a < u P. G eorg », Proprietor. Krrti »Ille. < iregon. t. -Ming > I MrtA. h ’ rietv -tore at for»VlStto' "IT»'»''- • ” DltPAtn GRANT' FAS* * •1 inis. Liquors .and Cigars. s fil.T mí H1HÍ Drill; Pit H; M Silt Hi* a«« *i in fir • -etMi .«rvavR * TO O®* a.agtss it Portland. Oreg us Deafer I »I oibwwdai hie Medicines for Ply*’« find Families. Professional f,ceratura teyaicia* « Suppile«. Family M-ri in» and Books, Druggist*’ Snndr ne« *-« ÌMÌ vary Goods. Our tedt.ne Ca«^ with «iirertinn«. conta nini *IV» »pmedies, ought te lie in e».ry tus old f«.r emergency. er'S A mn IA» Remedies for ali I won»» » aiteAMk Send for o«ir Family ’ Hon» fek assistant, < nt/oning fui n - • '• ILimem» at) ic treatment and |W h »- 1st d Msdteiro - ' ases ami Books. • ws a •*'»tisfartion a ;>. I . .rr«<r ArTI" A. SEMLER. ftrtliBl B ohm ; .tùie Pharmacy, n T>- • J. te*C >R FAVI. J ’ V Ci A SKMLER. Portland. Or. “What a name that young man ha«.” said a clergxman yest«*rday to a AV//* n - gatherer, as the person indicated Irf his presence. “What is it P” “E P. Baxter, h«* writes it. Nothing remarkabl«* about that, but what amount of hard thought i* con<*'*ah d in th«»u«* in itials. Th«* man w a« Ixu n on Januarx 3. 1863, and his parents named him Emancipation Proclamation Baxter in honor of the occa«i«»n.” “That’s pretty bad.” “Y«*«. but ther«* ar«* some parent« with cranky ideas on the «iibject of naming children On«* tx>x I • •hri*t«*n«*<l P«*r«« verane«* Jones, I endeavored to <li- «uadi the father, but h«* said th«* mother was call«*«! patience, and he «aw no r**a son whx thi* boy should not I m * call«*d Pcr-«*\«■ram-«*. L' c : iii -' th«* twoalwax- went together Within a few paces of the grave of Bi njamin and Deborah Franklin, in th»* ohl cemetery at Fifth an«l Arch str«*ets. there is a h<*a«l*loiiv le aring the in-cnptioi» •’«.»< re«I to th* memory of S L I Lloxd If th«* owner of that name were living now hisfri«*n«l- would probably « all him •(’elnloi«! I ha«l a color»*«! man name«! Al«*xander •ioing «oni«* work around her«* one«*. I ii.seil to hear the other workmen call him ‘Trib* and Hole, ami it -tri « k me one day to ask him what hi- naim* wa« T'ribulati«>n Wholesome Alexam!»*r. • ah.’ he replied. “B max have b« • n -«»no* relative of hi* who came to nu- with twins to have baptized ’’ “What name will you call them?” 1 a«k»*d. “‘Cherubim’ and Seraphim,’ replied th»* mother. Whv?” I a*ko«l, in astonishnietit. “B •cause,'1 she replied, “de pra'i book says ‘de cherubim and «eraphiin continually do cry.’ am! de«e yer«* chil'en do notin’ else." T he 5>»/ s-gatherer edged toward th«* door. and. when he had g«>t in the Lib by. shouted “chestnut,* ami wk p|»ed down stair«. PhiLultIphia Nrwu. Perhap--3* -•«.rtl ; / an ’« */ • f a f< funeral «■ ever win p**nn»-d app'-sr» in i a London society journalT d» *«*rip- n of the grave ffi a recently «!••< *■ The grave was fined with reel »in tile«, and ‘•presented a most V. r ere*« arming appearance. A THE MYSTERY. \PRII. IB. 1886. MACHINE. ADDING ’*riv.»nee of a - Kreprr Twelve Yearn' XV«»rk. Tlir Star, et thr Hr.« M«r, « rlr.tr- H li»* Became of Her Cr«w. A FLY IN WINTER. After C G. Spalding, who keeps 1 mm »ks (or A writer reviews a my.*tciy of th. -«• 1. ay A Johnson, has perfected a nia- which, as he says, furnisheM a theme ‘iin*' that is designed to aid brother suited to the analy tical genius of FNx and worthy of it. it is the story of Uic I H>l.-k<‘t‘pers or accountants in running brig Mary (\ le.*tc a* told in the archix<•* up h»ijg lines of figures, lie has been of the State Department. Thirteen at xvork on the. invention since 1873, and years ago -he sailed from N< w York had the thing patented something lik« for (b noa with a cargo of alcohol in a year ago. The machine is em*asrd barrels. Her captain, B. S. Briggs a in a wooden box about eight inche* man bearing the highest reputation for square ami three luch<*s deep, and, lift t<> seamanship and correct in *.ss, ami who ing the cover, th«* interior is was a part owner had with him h .■ hold an en .meled white surface. w ift and a young child, and a crew of which an* two dials, and xvhieh siiow.* ten men, some at least of whom were tin* brass keyltoard in the lower Iwtt known as peaceable and !ir*t-cla>* hand corner. I he larger dial of W< sailors. T'hc vv*srl was picked up at txvo is on the left of tin* ma«*hine. and is sea Dceembi-r 4, 1S72, with no one Gil divided into one hundred sections. The b<«ani S;ie was sailing with two at>- rim of the smaller dial is likvwi*«v cut propriate sails set, as if pursuing her into twenty sections. T'hc hand which Voyage. The ----- weather ------------ was ----- ------- calm and moves the smaller is called the hun tin* *ea smooth; and not only was the dreds, about tin* first dial is called tin* vessel entirely sound and seaxvorthv. unit pointer A litth* linger play on but sin* had not ev«*n expvrienct d the brass ke » board makes the object of rough weather, for a vial of medicine the dials ami the reason of the pointers' stood upright oil a table in tin* names qiiickiy understood. cabin. T he cargo was wel! stored and I’hv nine keys on the board an* num in good condition. There was no evi bered from 1 to 9 and an* plaivd dence of a struggle on board. 'Flu* in regular on.’cr, but also in two row*. brig's paper-, (>hroiiotn«'t«>r ami boat 2. I. 6 and 8 b«*ing above and die mid were gon«*, hut every thing else was in numbers I m *1 oxc Th. k«*y is a brassu|>- shipshap«* order, even to the sailors' right, and as the linger draws on it. a chests. fhe last r«*cord in the log ha«l spring allows ic to slip back toward the b«*«*n ma«!«* November 2.’>, but th«* judi- lower end of the box. T'hc pulling of cinl otlicers who investigated th«* ease each key on tin* board sends tin* unit held it almost impossibh* that the brig pointer along on its journey around the could hav«* sail«*d from her position No dial as many point* a* then lUv nn'ihs vember •<» to the point al which she in the nu!nlx*r of the key. Pull the 9 was pick«*«! up upon the same tack with key and the dial *vt at 0 goes to 9. Pull no <»m* at the whc«*l, ami they inferre«l the same key again ami the unit pointer that the abamloirniciit must hav«* taken moves to 18. Pud the 1. 2 and 3 keys place some «lay s after th«* last entry was now ami tin* pointer goes (*onseeu!iveiv made in th«* log. \tmiral Shufeldt, w ith a hop, skip ami jump to 21. When who inx«*stigat<‘<l the mystery at th«* re the flnit pointer, ke«*ping up its agile quest of th«* Consul at Gibraltar, r«*j«*ct- athletics has reached its starting point ed th«* idea of a mutiny from th«* ab again, there is a quick litth* motion on sence of any signs of violence, ami con the right hand dial. The pointer then cluded that the v« ss« l xxas abandoned has “dotted and gone one. ’ The ma in a moment of panic. But nothing chine's internal clockwork is more uc- was ever heard of the ship’s company, curatc than a human head can hope to and no cl«*xv to the* affair has ev«*r b«*«*n I m *. Il isn ttrotibled with malaria, nor found. Th«* failur«* of the log to bear is it ever larger in tin* morning any record for th«* last few da vs th«* than it was tne night before. All < I < w was probably on boar«I only the accountant has to do is to run his bight« ns th«* my stery. A. Commer- eye up and down tin* columns, pulling cial. each respective key a> lie he reaches readies tin* the A day is suf- corresponding figure, THE GREAT WALL. licient in which to learn th«* k«*X -I toa ni. ami the motion of tin* hainl <|ui« kly be « liiuii h <* *«‘»'ii from On«* of tlie T ovv « m rof comes almost inx«iluntary. Tin* The exiwrt «*xp«*rt This Xnrivut I'ortitlcMlion. can run th«* figures in his h«*ad and on Of tin* ancient Great Wall, only a low the key-boar«! sinnilt:.n<*oiisly. thus rampart remains, with square tow'er:. “proving” his xvork bv on«* trip up or «liminishing towarils flu* top. Th«**«* doxvn th«* column. < nrrving is per- towers ar«* g« nerally placed on the fornn*<l by setting th«* pointer at tin* Io set tin* unit summits of the mountain across which numb«*r to b«* carried. th«* wall w’ihds. I ascended on«* <»f pointer all that is m*« «*-*ary is to hohl them, th«* b«*tt«*r to contemplate the* doxvn key 1 ami turn th«* nointer for- view, but hud no one with whom to war«l to a number <>m* less than th«* on«* share al! tin* admiration that I L it at carriv«l. On releasing key 1 tin* p«»int«*r this moim-nt. It is quite impossibh* to is on the «1« sired number. T he liun- di« d pointer « an I m * moved in either di- d«*s<*rib«* all that th«* eye to«»k in inoinitaiiis, valh*ys, gorges, grass cov r«*ction. The hand easily <>p«*iat« s th«1 ered slopes, pastures, farms. lak«*s. nim k« ys thus: No*. I. 2 ami 3 with with th«* s«*c«»n<l. T iu* prvsvii«'«* of man is to !>«• L it; not th«* first linger, I and of tin* l«x*al vill:ig«*s of tow n lift», but the (> and 7 With tin* thud, 8 and 9 with th«* Th«' iiwintur cliiiiiiH f'T tlie li <• of a great State. To tin* east a su- foil I t II. p« rb val.«*y dotted oxer with ( hili m * imichin«* unerring a« « ura« y ami surpris v.llagrs, surrounded with bushes and ing rapidity. IL* says an expert can tr«*«*s; farther oil’, on several levels, add 240 figures a minute with it. — chains of mountans, the tops of Springfield (Max#.) /«*< publican. which were on a level with mv eyes. Toth«* west th«* ground undulates KNIFE HANDLES. gnulnally towards the plain, beyoml which ar<* nior<* mountains. Ou the A < « iitrnl Vim ri« hii XV «»«««I I *«■«! Chlrfly for rocket < ut l«*ry. south, magnificent pasture-land, inter- s«*ctvd by tin* Great nail with its ruiii«*«l “Did you ever wonder what knifo towers, On our right the (»rent Wall, handles are made of? asked a dealer crackl'd and destroyed by centuries, and IM lie in fancy woods of a reporter, cox cred with plants: on our left, a m I ojm * towards the plain, laid out in artificial handl'd out a *hap« lc** block from his terraces with fields of millet, oats, po store of spoils from many trophical for tatoes ami hemp. As to the ('hinese, ests. “Outside of bom* and tortoise they are to be seen everywhere, with shell ami p«*arl, so-called, which every long plaits and bare-headed, attired in a one rceogniz«**, th«* majority of knife whit«* shirt and blue trouser**. The women are scantily clothed, ami tfu* handles art* made out of a close, fine children, whose heads are decked with grained w < mm I, about the name and pe«l tlowcr*. an* naked or m arly mo . What igree of w hich 9.9951 out of every 10,(MM) strikes one most is th«* sudden transition persons an* ignorant. It is known in from the barrenot desert of yesterday to th«* tra«h* as coco I mi ! i wood, and it the fertile and populous country of to (*<»m«*s in large «piantiti« s. millions of day. It seems like a never ending pound* a v« ar, from Panama. “It i* of *p«-ei:il vain«* for kniL han village of *111:111 houses, covered with texture; verdure, garden* ami flowers, th«* wh«»le dles, bocatise of it« flaws, extremely tidy and pleasant Io the eye. frr«*«lom from knot* This, then, is that swarming human ami consequent ion to di»: kinds ant-hill, China Chicago Interior split. Many I p«»l sb of vxihm I r«*qmr«* varni*hiii<! s before ing and filling up of er« VALUABLE SOCIETIES. they attain the I m aiit v for which they At by very < «monunity *h«>ul«l llavr M are famous. < >f course that *«»rt of II i*t«»rl« -<•»•ii« <*»«»«• Ir<y. thing can’t be done in theca*«* of knif«*- The president of th«* N«*w Englaml handles, and something rnu-t b«* 11-' «1 Historic G» ii«*nlogii*:il Society, in h - an which doesn’t require fixing up. <'oco- miai addr« *<«, di*<*lar«*<l it “a -acr« d dutx bola is rarely u*« d for cabinet making, to pi«**«*rve and hand dow n to futur«* I m «a 1 ise, I ¿ci ng a gummy w « mm !. il doc*n t The *ann* qmiliti«*« that g«*rn rations not only th«* lim«ag<* an I glue well. hi v.ry of our families, but to record make il of 11*' ni th* inaniifai tun* of th« n «ni«*- and virtues of tho*<* m«*n ami knife hamllf * r« nd« r it valuable for th«» worm n who havit b< « n b« n« fa< tor* of making of wind iii*triiine;il-. like th« hunk« not in 11* in « «-hunk-, our rae«*. IL -aid it w a* th»* «I» -ign < f ibiti*. It co n< ** to iim ke otter other wo < m | m . the *<M Ì«*ty over which h«* pr«* id« «I to strips and plank*, lik«* per|M*tuat«* th«* events of th«* lives of Sometimes these piec s will weigh five those w ho have bi uctit« d their race on and six hundred poumls, but generally a larg«* or a small *<*al«*, mid “to em tiiiich !<••* than that. It c< mts 2 1-2 « i litA balm their virtm * in emh aring word-, a poiiml now, but befon * freight « went up so that their trial«, imlu-trv. |N*rs«*v»*r- down arid the isthmus was anc«* ami *m*«*« -- may str«*ngth«*ii th»* thoroughly it used to co-t doiibl«* that price. A. I. Tritnmr. characters and < h« < r and «*m*oiir «g th«»-«* who com«* aft« i triem.” A -«»« h tx with such an aim :•.* that of thi* organ, zation should I m * c«lal>li*h<*«l in «*x«*ry iMirtion of the country wh» r«* g» '»graph ical lin«** ami commercial <*nt«*rpri*«*s in «'orninoli t«*ml to d«*v«*lop |M*<*uliar lo« al int«*r« -t in th«* men and w«»m«*n who haw prox«*d of ♦—p«*< ial worth. Cur- renl. L it, of gun fame, h o» r<H*«*«« for manufactur- In-t« :«d <»f grinding I and «alt¡wiretog« th<*i ■tat«*, sulphur is put in d ate of cartHiii. This is ton or c«*llul«»*M* fibre, mpnlpable |»owd»*r A I of salt|M*tm is a«, led Th«*n it is ex a|s>riiti d I *rx«tall zation. Altno-t h r is thus obtained. 1 rm *.itn T ti to tl und« di Oui nig ■III. I n t«TVI. W J idge B. *j,krd tl ru naid I •« it i*. tnjiidge Ihuirh 3t4 h«* il kick like a st<*«T, I in.” “Never mind; you can i*w him for the General lo-moi liar de lie t tn iirfuddun Kag1*. Ixt POETRY. % IM “Ah,’’ *m your favorii** “H hv that At rU-v* n o « I Si.irhHy turfi" “I Til-mu’ pd Ir dear do1 Ink king •ut wnL aw up; and F hai ng “Y. s” ah you know Bink« «« m an i fancy. I rmi« nil*1 W. an t -I T the fart, I «I« thou khown II thou.** ali<! if 1< ■ >f th > !)•>' d hi ». IN MEDICINE. Br- < vrele«* rhy«l«*tani» Who Mak« Gr«v« r«»r* in Tlieir Preacriptiona. Nature is full of the milk of huinai kindness. This may seem a strange ns srrtiuD, but it is true, ami its correct nets can be demonstrated with mathe matical precision by any one wh«» care« to undertake the Job free of ñá pense. 1, ala«! am not that man. 1 am prepared to assert, however, that th»* laws of Nature, lik«* human laxvs, have their exceptions. Behold, then, the sad fate of tn«* fly in winter ( ’ut off from all that made life one de lirious dream of joy in the sweet sum mer-tiino long ago, he wanders a lorn and blighted bring on the face of th earth. S •* hhu on th«» dinner-table one tl\ all by himself IL* looks on every aide of him with his hundred eye.«, an«( sees no other of his species. IL* is alone n hi« age. No sweet-faced Sunday Xivl fly pe-ps at him from behind the sugar-bowl, <*r blushes when «h«* turns tin* corner <>f thu butter-dish ami acci dentally meet« him fa«»« to face, with a orl of how-ramc-x <»n-t here expression ii lu*r larg«*, thoughtful «ves. No sister grve4** him w?»cn ho goes honu' at night, and ask* him whethei* In* has bi 'light her any New* Orb an« mol t* « from d«»w*n town. No brother meets him in the hallway and says*. ••W« II. (TiaiTcv, <li«l you g«> long of mince-pie to-dny ?” No mother stands ready to comfort him and sooth«* his sold after hi« «h’Jly snuggle for brcail and butter and sugar and coil * and nt'lk ami things. No father c•>iu<** forward to pat him on th«» back ami say: “Go on. mx son. as you have begun, and you will bcconio an eminent mem ber of th society—pci hap« greater than ■ji horse-fly.” No creditors but then I suppose that, as flies are supported at th** ex pense of the community, they have no creditors. This is a sad stale of existence—this stat«* «»f the fly in winter. But Nature is full «>f compensations. Woman’s work is never done; neither is a fly’s. IL* gets up ju*t a« « al ly ami g«)e« to bed just as Lite in thr winter as he «Iocs in the slimmer. Ami he is infinitely mor«* industrious, lie has to lly around and scramble to keep warm. (>. the wihl. unspcakabl«* joy of a fly wh«» finds a man's nose in the tender dawn of a winter morning! The only no«c iu tin* room and the only fl\ ! Dors th«* fly r’««»» t » the occasion? IL* docs. And lie risas to the nose, too. He •its up hi it and walks around it, and III«*« away and conu s back to it. ami otlu'i wisr expressi's his joy. Man’s soul may xveary ot the fly, but th«* ll\ n< \ > t tire«, in the summer the fly soiiu I ini * - gets disgusted with tlu* man's antic- ami g«»i*sawuy. Then the man gets a «mall rest until another fly comes along. Bill in winter th«« man wakes up and s«*cslh<* lly. 1! • makes a «lab at tne in sect, ami it shoots madly away into space for about, six inches ami then careers back ami « lings once more to the mail's nose. T’hc man sees that there is but one fly. IL* watches that fly. His eyes bri’onie fascinated by its niovcim ills. When it wings its way «»If into space, the man strains his eye* aft«n it: ami when it com«*« back hih I sits on his nose, he looks cross-ev«*d at it. After a time h«* g«*ts up mill st' alth- ih procures a towel with a wet **m! Murderous thoughts course through hi« brain. II«* looks for th«* fly. Fhe fly is «»n the gas-gloln*. Tlu* mail li«** ilown ami pretends to b«* asleep. Then th«' lly e<»ines and sits on his nose. The man hauls «»11’ ami smites. IL* knocks his fal««* teeth «lown his throat ami ■plnlt«*rs water into both his eye*. Win ii h«* «li ic* them, he ««*«*s th«* fly sitting on th»* I m *«I post smooth ing his «pit-curls with his spare l«*gs. I he man ri««1« «lowly. IL* strains «•very iiiusel«* in hi« back trying to get up so -loxvlx a« not to frighi«*n th«* lly. IL <lraw in ar to I Im mot ioni' But I ()nc«* mor»? lie smite* t<»W«*l t'»IK*h «•« (II., b »«l-|)OSt tl whizz ■ I off and pitched on t wife’s nose. Then the in m smiles a horrid Minile inil rolla te< k Into ted* And the next m » hi nt th - man feels th« lly trying to crawl into his ear. D' -p'ration s»*ia«*s him IL* jumps up ami di- -«<•« lihnsclf IL* go«*» out and tii.s Io buy soim* fl\ paper. It is u*'1« «« The storekeepers hi ugh at him •Why. sir,' tln*y say: “we have no fix pap a this time of year.” I lien lie tries to buy a fly-trap; hilt Ibex are all packed away until next Muiinn«*r. IL* goes home, Dr pair is rising in his soul, when suddenly a brilliant IL* ont and idea strikes him tdih"i's ri, ag«*d »»»n borrows a ii«*ighbor s son, IL takes th«* I» to hi« room and shows him tin* fly. lie pi "ini- * th«* boy half- .i-dollar lí h«* e.'itchi s the insect. I In* boy enters upon tin* task with »■ni Im-i’i«ni of youth IL* climb« all I ox •• the furniture re<*kl' *sly, miiashes a li f s dolbir uiii'i oi uid a fmir hiiiuli ed- day < l'>ci<, and finally kicks over the carpet on fire. After lamp ami » is over, the boy a|>- th«* colilla pears with “I’ve '*a out a light lutili “(Jive hi T h«* boy 'Fhe mar But th«* The rcai piar« lfl«l goin t li ui man "Thut was a hard run of it," re marked a down-town clerk to a re porter for the Sun, who dropped in I a drugstore late the other night. “ People F talk about mistakes of pharmacists, but not one mistake is made iu a drug store t twenty by d.M-tor» who write preserip- ttuus. I have just had a case which might have paused a death if 1 hail not <Uscoverod an «..yr bv a physician in time to prevent iu *v*.o hours ago a man oanie tn here with a >t«aeription He was in a hurry for it. b.^>>v.,, i;lr pel son fol whom it was iu.ciid>.<i wm siillbring greatly”, and «.mie La«4?» hsd to bo done. T'hc physieiati who r.tt.’nA cd tin* ease wrote out :i presi'*ritw T'ho iuedicin«*f le intrude•! to g»' c were to relieve me suffering, but iu compounding the prescription I found that lie hinl included enough of a power ful drug to have killod twenty persons in the doses he intended to give. It was not a case where I could make mi alteration, as «h uggists frequently have to «Io. 1 could not make up the pre scription, because I knew it w«»ul«l «•ausc death. The only thing tobedone was to hunt up the duebvp. I had to hunt him up myself, because he would h ive been very angry if 1 ha«l sent tlm man after him, ami we would ImvJ font h's custom. I took a cab and drove *o h»« house. TTiei«' I found he had n>"VO(| away, amt 1 had to go a mile fai l her bcf»»r.» farther heLvre ! I found him. him« it was an h>»ur and a Indi before I got back and tilled the proscription.” “Do such thing« frequently ooeiir?” “They happen every day. Ir most eases they are detected by th* druggist b< iore harm results. A pliarntev ,| must know the nature of a dni«j. for what purpost* it is used and the amount given in ordinary «loses. This is •spe cially true of poisons or potent r<M.m*■ «lies. B\ this means if « i rer« are nnt«V* we can detect them. The in«*re acci-^ dental addition of a small nnglt* Io the sign used lor a 'dram will make it an ‘ounce’ and mullipli*« the «plant ily .eighty times. T hat little mark i« «»asily made and it fr«*«pient!y is. Justyueler« day a perseription came to me from a physician who wanted to give a patient a medicine so potent that three «Irons would have killeti him. In order to prevent ov«*r«losos the medicine was to Iu* mixed with four ounces of sonic harmless litpiid, which is known to the trad«* as tin* ‘vehicle;’that is. the harm less drug use«l to dilute the potent reiih tly tn this prescription the phy sician had simply r«*vcrse<l the two drugs, giving four ounces of the poison ous inedicin.i and a few drops of the •vehicle.’ (H com s«* that was a mistake on its face, and I simply reversed the quantities.” “Do these errors arise from the care lessness of the physician?” “I can’t say it is carelessness, but something is wrong. I can see that some errors arise from the fact that members of a family talk to a physician when he is writing the prescription, and In* inadvertently writes th»* wrong medicine. If, how«*v«*r, physicians would carefully r,*ad th«*irprescriptions before sending them out there would he less trouble, but more than half the doctors writ«, out (In* prescription, tear il off tin* tab and give it to the patient or his friemls without looking at it again. If physicians would r«*a«l their preset iption« «'»me vt*rv common «'rrois )'»»iil«l b<* avoid«*«!. For «*xainple. il not infr« pi»*ntl) happens that inorphiiu* i« written for qiiiniu«*. I’iivsicinn« iugoo«l standing i* Chicago have written on prescriptions «•: ’ling for six-grain mor »< i\v anybody would phine capsules know that w' ilo. ,thr thing that Such prescript ionsi was wanted, get lllto a dill'? would never store if tin* dootori were only More careful in their work, or if they would read their prescriptions b«*L»re s«*nd*ng. th«*m out. But th« gi«*at«*st trunk« is ill illegible writing. Doctors as ur'ilej are careless writers. Their pnwirip-’ lions are ditll«*nlf to r«*ad Manx a lime I have liecn conipelleil Io go to a doc tor’s ofii«*«* and g»*t him to decipher a |)i*«*«cripti<>n, and every druggist has iad the sam.' experience. Now, if tiiV»«* is anything that should be written in a clear, bold hand it to a proscription. T hink how much d«*p«*n<ls upon it« cor rect composition by the druggist. U h<* should make a mistake no cx«*uae would be mad'* for him Bcoies of doe- tors never think of this. They write pi'*«<*1 iption* in bad penmanship an*1 I In* druggist has to trust to luck. It «••«•ms to in • that good penmanship should bt* in.ld«* '»i'* of til»* I* «plisil's of a physician’s right to practic»*. M«*«li- cal colleges should have a penmanship department and require its stmlents to take a full course b«*L»re graduating lu that wax m inx mistak«*« of ph\«i- cinii« now attributed to 'Imggwt« imglil be avoided. CAirtsy«? ‘bwt I n * to th IS tl R Hl Ont A' MISTAKES The Pleating and k<liU rath»c Aulica ol the Solitary li «act. '! Bi ti lit I W ed ( »« h APPROPRIATE NO. 3 nW Ml. bill to roll A hi i Fi Ku H'.n if’ miri ht, w di n Putt. L’ MONSTER Two CANALS. koierprl««*« «»I A*|nnis1»l«»< tudr «««I I nip>«r tanrt*. Ifithl* Th«* propose«! German canal w hich is to connect the Noi (h S»*a and th«* B »I lie, seems to hav»* direct»*d attention in Franc«* to vai ions achi'mes for conn«*ct- ing b) raqal the great M«*diterrane»n "'.•I"” Mar«eill<*s with the mouth of thus completing inland the |{h<uie, ” will. Lyons, Paris, «*<» iiimiinication Roimn xml Havre. In 1881 the (L*n- oral (’• mneil of tin Department of ttm Bouch :*s du llhonc adopted a resolution expressing approval «>f a scheme for a canal which wn> to be carried through a tunnel eight «*ig'.. kilometres long. T'hc plan was, however, how «liown to b«* st- tended with many pract l<*al liillh’u!lies. A proposal is now made » by Dr. I jouis ( '» hi 1» t, deputy nmxor of Lyons, to cart v th«' <*an vl from th«* port of Mar seilles along thr shor«* of the M« diter- r:im*an to th«* iiioiitli of the Rhone. It is ass«*rt«*d that th«* w hob* expen** vTdl not exceed 5 o ,< nn ). o «) o fianes, and that th»* m*w waterway will very materially diminish th«* expense «»f sending g.md« by inland navigation from the Mc«|it**r- ramoin to tn** English ohnnnel. .V. K. /W. A hint to th< at rival manager*: M (Tara “Are you familiar with Danti Mr “Divine (.' hiim 1 r va i Frat her I f— “ N (Tara T he fact to. M «*ofiiv«ly busine returns to Un The woni»r the legitimate drama the botter it will b for Ih« prafetrton. ’ •ffarptr'j