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4 * G rants P ass C ourier in Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of Josephine County and Southern Oregon GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY VOL. I! << > I KI K K I «I M K*w<»\% 11.1.K IHRE« T«BY A FIERCE Ilow M. K. BASSA. l«*ue«l ever? Friday morning. Attorney and Counsellor at Law J. H STINE, - • • Editor and Publisher. Office in Orth building. Terms of Subscription: H. KELLEY. One copy one year, in advance........... One copy six months, in advance....... One copy three months, in advance.... t'Ll'H rates : Sii copie« ana year, in advance. O regon . - J acksonville , I 2 iO 1 4) 75 Attorney and Counsellor at Law Office in Court House, J A« KSUNX ILLK, ... OREGON. ..12 50 T. B KENT. Terms of Advertising : LEGAU Un« squaie. first in.»« rtion..................... Ea< It additional inserti« i...................... Attorney at Law, 92 Ui l 5Ü LOCAL. Loral Notices, per line................................ 15 cents Regular ad\ertibemenla imteited U|a>n lit» eral terms. Job Printing of all «les« ripti(»ns done on short notice. Legal Blunks, Circulars, Busint-sa Card«, Billheads, Letterheads. Posters, etc., gotten up in g«»o«l st) ie at living prices. W. II. FLANAGAN. M. I).. Will prat i it e in all th« courts of the Stat«. OFFICE IN THE COURT HOl’SE. J acksonville . : : : : O regon . C. LEM PERT. M. 1).. Grafitile ol lie Dimrati of Leipsic. Germany. Calls responded io at all aoura, day or night. Office oppoMt« Klover's hotel. Jacksonville, Oregon. 10-tf UNION LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, Physician and Surgeon, Good Turnouts oil Short Notice. G kam , P ash , O h A oon . Best of Cure Lheii (• Mturk Left In • ur Charge. Office at residence, corner Main and Third itreets. Cnlls attended any hour day or night. CARDWELL A BERRY. O regon . J acksonville . W. F. Kli&MEH, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, G rant ' s P ahs . : : : CRITERION O kkgun . Calls responded to at a1! hours, dar or night. 15tf SALOON. CATON & GARRETT, Prop’ra, Keeps the best branda of WINES, AND LIQUORS J acksonville , S. U. MITCHELL, Attorney and Counsellor at Law G rant ’ s P ass . O regon CIGARS O regon . BREWERY! BREWERY! W ILLI AM 1IEELEY, Prep’r. Will practice in all State and Fe<t**ral Courts. • rti. < next door to Commercial Hotel. Manufactures the Best Beer in Southern Oregon SAM WHITE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law G rant ’ s P ass . O regon . O regon . J acksonville . Sunny Side Billiard Saloon, A. CH ALPS, Proprietor. Will practica in all th« Courts of the State. Keeps constantly on hand the best quality of CHAULES Wines. Liquors and Cigars. IIAN<LOR. XotHI’V 1 * II 1> I 1 < A SPLENDID BILLIARD TABLE In connection. J acksonville , G rant ’ s P ass , O regon . Udit e in H. B. Miller & Co.’s store. kKIIIIX VILLE Oliti« TO It A . t’NTON HOTEL, VOLNEY VOLVIG. I * II I » I Î < IN <> I fl !• V O regon . One of the Best Hotels in South • era Oregon. And Justice of the Peace. I.LGU (•OOl IREOS! GOOD TABLE! And the best of ar<*onnno<iations. RL4\kM OF ALL Ilegal instruments of all kinds promptly ♦•'.viutril. ('onnected witli this hotel is a FIRST-CLASS LIVERY STABLE Office -8. E. Harkness' drug store. KEITHS I 'Elim MRS. ELLEN RYDER, Proprtetreaa. K erbyvii . i . e . : : : : : O regon . WILLIAM NAUCKE, (Fonnerlj Rrsley’s Ferry! Bix Mlles west of Grant’s Pass on main road leading to WILDER VILLE, KERBYVILLE and < RESCENT ( 1TY FERRIACE AT HALF RATES b. W. KEITH. Proprietor. KEEPS Dry Goods and Groceries. For good oargaiiis hi the line of Hats. Cam, Bois and Shoes or General Groceries And everything in the way of Mining biiip]>!i<*M. Those wishing bargains should « all on WILLIAM NAUCKE. K EKiiv ville , O regon . J B SCHAEFER, House .. Sign Painter, liEAI.ER IN GKAINER. PAPER HANGER. Ere. All kinds ol warn m my Hoe Pr.implly Due. DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES And ke«-ps eonatantly on hand Hats, Caps, Bouts and Shoes — AND M K A « A 1.1 (.111 General Mining Supplies. G rant ' s P ash . O regon . Those wishing good bargains must not fail to call al the NEW TIN SHOP. Kerbyville STAR R, Proprietor, O. Building, Kerbyville Mills. DEALER IN I». >1 Tin-Ware, Pumps, Pipes, Etc., Etc. P. K erby ville . O rkoon . MII.I.IK. : : Proprietor. THE * ’HW OF Flour. Cracked Wheat and Corn Meal Can be supplied at reasonable prices. DONE WORK ON SHORT ( HEAP FOR ( ASH NOTICE. Prices Moderate. GRANTS PASS, OaanoN. K erry vili e . RICHARD F. GEORGE Keeps the tin *8t WHISKY. BRANDIES. WINES THE ELDORADO SALOON, And all other liquor». — HE AlJM> KEEPS Till BEST BRANDS OF CICARS, Both Imprted and I loment i<*. Don t fail to call at the KERBY VILLE SALOON R k hakii P. Gaona a. Proprietor. Ker by r|||e, Oregon. Proprietär«, MAIN STREET, GRAM' I A - ‘ DR. PAI I. J. A. 8KMI.KR. Portland Homoeopathic Pharmacy, Krrj* th. be*t brand, of 51 WMhiAftos Bt. Portland 0rs<«»a Wines. Liquors and Cigars hl.T ÜÍ M.IÍÍ Dr:¡I» Pl! Dp s Sir N • :■ »rraamei to ofi a BATTLE. Virginia l>aa*i Hooae lUve*l | n«ier a l>r«*r au<i Stablted It« Deer have not been so numerous for years in the Capon Mountains as they are this season. By the help ut legis lation they have Increased greatly. Sportsmen from the Shenandoah \ alley, the marest civilized country, rarely get further than t u* North Mountains, the first di«tinetiv< rang«* of hills went of the Blue Ridge. So the mountain eers have the fun and the profit of the hunt to themselves. During the win ter they do little cl«* than hunt. Be tween the little mountain ranges sr« swift-running streams, the principal ones being tne South Fork. North Fork. Capon and Lost river. Muskrats, otter and mink are found along the river«, am! *<*<M»ns. ’possums, wildcats, wihl turkeys and «leer arc thick iu the wood«*«! hills. I’he must noted hunter in the State west <»f Moortield ’« Gabriel (’<w»|M*r, whose deeds have caused him to be known by his neighbors as Dan I B<»oiie. Dan‘1 keeps two <l<»gs ami a brown mare and Iu* knows every hog path ami «leer trail in West Virginia. It is sai«l that the wild animal« know Dan i so well that when they see him and his brown mar«» they tie«*the coun try. What Dan’l Boone cannot tell in the shape of a hunting ml venture is not worth hearing. Every stream in Hamp shire County has his traps M>t along its liar.’:«. With his trusty Winchester ritle he ha.« brought down twenty -eight deer this season. One day Dan*I was visiting his traps on Lo«t river. A mile above where this river disappears in th« earth is a bend where the stream is broad ami deep. Dan’l keeps a little feather-W’ciglit skiff in th«» bend for his private use. While sloshing up and down the bank of the river he started a big buck with six prongs, 'i’he ani mal .sprang from cover into the water and headed «for the opposite side. Dan’l leape«l into his skiff and a f«-w powerful strokes brought him nearly alongside of the buck. His purpose was to secure him alive, but when with in ten feet of him the buck turned about and swam straight at the boat. The hunter, recognizing his peril, drew hi« sheathe-knife ami caught the creature by th«; horn as he made a viciou* lunge at the boat. Dan’l held on to th«» horn, ami the buck lunged ami hutted furiously. The hunter tried to get at its tiiroat, and in th«» effort tin* skiff upset and Dan’l ami deer w«*re left to tight their battle out in the water twelve feet deep. To escape from the maddened buck was imponi ble, ami in«t«*ad of swimming from it the experienced woodsman dived under the water, and, cominglip by the buck s side, stabbed it in th«* belly again ami again until lie was force to c«»im» to tin* •urface himself for air. 'I'lie wild plunges made bv the woun<le<l beast were ferritic. The river was dya d red with blood for twenty feet around where the combat raged. A« the hunter poked his nos«» above, the surface to get air tin* animal cut with it* horn a long , furrow in hit side. It was the buck's last expiring effort. With a ga«p and a shivering moan it sank out of sight and tlu* battle was ended. Wheeling (IF. I Yr.) fíe giste r. A SUBMARINE VOLCANO. Millions of Lifeless l-’lsli Floating in a Yel- low Scum «»n the Gulf. Captain Robert M. Lavender, of the schooner Alice Montgomery. w hich ar- rived at this port recently, with a cargo of ice from Kennebec, Me., report« <1 an interesting incident. He states that on the 19th of O«*tober, four days In-fore arriving at New Orleans, and south ward of Rebecca Shoals, in the extreme eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, lie passed through an extensive tract of floating tish, dead ami dying. As far as the eve could reach this spectacle met the gaze, ami the vessel sailed through it for twenty miles. The tish were of great variety, and another curious feature of tin* phenomenon was that the sea wax yellowish ami streaked on the surface with a yellow «emu. The «.llppositioll th.it these fishes Were destroyed bv some sudden visitation of an epidemic disease is scare»-ly r«- t-oii- sl»le Of a variety of theories th»- mo-t plaiisibl«» appears to I m » that which attributes the destruction of th«- tishes to the breaking out beneath the sea of volcanic matter and poisonous gases ilestrih’tive to tin* lives of marine ani mals expos«*«! to them. Submarine volcanoes are by no means unknown. The fart of their existence has oft«*n b«-«-n attested in disturbances of the (wean bott«»m, rases of the sinking <»f coasts ami islands into the <ea or of their elevation out of it beingon record The oiiening of rifts in submarine rocks through which poisonous siilphu- oim or h . ..i .»¡««r. *e<l vapors are driven into the waters above, would I n * entirely in accord with the rules of volcanic ac tion. »V. O. ib' ut/uue.. Novel Clock Construction. OREGON. tatw *»»« Dealer in Honio-opathic Medicine« f«»r iTtysirians an«l Fam i I ir». Professional IJteraturv. Physicians’ >upptim. Family Medicine < »«••« ami H«iok«, Druggists' Sun«lrirs and Fancy Good». Our<! Medicine ( ase. with direction«, containing t wei%«¿ remedies, ought to be in every household for emergency. Sender’» Specific lteme«iirs for all women ailments. Sen«i f«»r our Family Hom*-e<>palhie Assistant, containing use ful notes on Hom*eopathir treatment and price list of Medicine« ( ases an 1 Iksiks. Mail oniers a »-pecialty. Satisfaction guaranteed A DR PAI L J. A. SEMLER. P. O. box •z7*<. Portland Or. NO. 4 Of the various novelties in c1o< k con struction non»- have «-x« iu d more gen eral interest, perhaps, than those which consist of a plain glass dial Ktuqiendrd by a line thread or wire, having the motive power—an ordinary watch move- ment—concealed in the central bona of the hand«, or in the enlarged «-otinter balam • of on«* of th«-m. Another <-on trivance in thia line of note C«»nsists <»f two circular plates of glass, mount«*d in a metal frame or Is nler, and c»»nn«‘<,t« »l bv a »lender column, or foot, to a |s*«|- eatal. In these the hgurew are marked on th«- fr«»nt plate, th«* hands bring at tache<l to the Back plate, whh'h is ce mented to a bra«»« rim. RsHhed as a crown w h«*« l and driven by a pinion, the «tem ««f which rite« from th» works in the p«-drstal. The nrceieuiry hour wle*« 1«. to giv* * the hand«, are hi<l«l*-n brtw»*rn the e«*ntrr I hh .»«* s «if the han«!*» ami the brass washer on the bnck plat**. W her«» th re«* gla«s plat«» are n««sf. th«* short an«! long hand« are lii»*«t to th«- «••«••»ml and third plate», am! two pinions driv«- the toothed rims of th m two plaba.— .V. Y Sun ry at Mount r uu U»o> A CONCERNING PUSH. Why Puah I« a R - quì U i » ir Life, XX alle Fuelling I« I niivecMwary. As we have said rcnvaledlv. ther • i I» nuthing in the world like energy, order to su<»c«»«»d, it is re«|iiiie«l that th« aim in view bv pursued with unwav«-r ing determination. It is the persisten effort to advance which w« commonly <1 ■ ».«iguale by the term push. A bus: ne«.s man without push might as we shut up shop ami save his money, fo» «<■'.«»ner or later he w ill l»e swampetl i»» ii*c irresistible onward rush of progress Quite different, however, fr.un this faculty of push, exerted in a particiihii direction for individual advancement, is the Iwing pushed by others. He who 1s awake to his own interests, who is possessed of push, needs no pushing from others, and. on th«» other ham: no nmoimt of pushing will b«»nclit tne weak ami the laggard. Constant spur ring will only induce stubbornness and sulkiness, ami we all know Imw th«» mule will act if urged against his will. We believe that lie who docs not feel that diligence ami eariiestm >s and a constant striving for improvement (lw it in his own business or in that of another, if hr is not his own mash r) will pay best in (ii<- end, cun Hut I m » brougnt to it by compulsion. ('ompulsion. force, driving, more over, is unworthy of the spirit of our " * him * Let who will not move his anus and legs to keep himself afloat go to the bottom, the Nooiicr the better. It is a deed of charity to such a being and in the best interests of others We have m»’patience with men who are like dumb, driven cattle, and who work solely because they must have their earnings in order to till the stomach, w hose chief prayer is “Come »lav. go day, God send pay day.’* They are not men, lint machines, and in the case of machines we expect a certain amount of work from the «•%- penditure of a certain amount of fiml and we take steps to get it. But a man, be he employer or employe, will do his best; what he may lack to-day. In- will make up to-morrow, lie will have push, but will object to being pushed. Push is absolutely a requisite in this world; pushing is unnecessary, and may result in the very opposite of that which it was intended to accomplish. — Lithographer and Printer, A TRUE LOVE STORY. Aff*e<’li«»ii XX lii< li Survived the ■ »over. y i»u<i Care. I'rial« «»f A y«»ung clergyman ami his bride were invited guests at a large party given by a wealthy parishi«>ner. In ail the freshness and <d«»gance of her bridal wardrobe the young xvif«* shone among tlu* thr«>ng. distinguish«»«! by h«»r come liness and viva«*ity and rich attire; ami wlu n «luring tlm evening her young husbamj drew her aside ami xvliisp«-ri-«l to her that slu* was th«* im»st beautiful woman in all the company, and that his heart xv:ix lille«! with pri«le ami love for h«*r. sh«» thought hersvif th«» happi est w if«» in the world. T«*n years later the same husband ami xvif«* were gu«*st.sat the same house, w luTe xvere gathered a »imilar gay company. The w if«* of ten years ago w'ore the same dress sh«* ha«l worn on tin* prex ¡«»us oe<*a*ion, ami of course it ha»l been a't«*rv«l ami re-ni.adt ami was old-fashioned ami almost shabby. Toil ami car«*, ami motherhood, ami pim*lu*<l « ir<*iiiii»tan«*«-s h.-ul lak< n the r< s -s out of her checks ami the lithe spring out of her form. She sal apart from tlu* croxx«l, car«*w'orn ami preoccupied. lb*r small handt. rouglmue I with coarse toil, wen» unglov«*«l. for tlu* iiiinisl<*r*x salary was painfully small. A little apart th«* ten year husband «I< mm I ami lo >k«-«l al hi* wife, ami as h«* observe«! her fa«l«*«l di*«*xs ami w«-ary altitude, a gr« at sens«* of all her patient, loving failhfuhi«-*« « aim- over his heart. L«M»king up, sb- caught his earnest gaz<* ami iioti«*« I that hi« eyes were iUI«*d with bars. Sh«* rose and went to him, her questioning <*ye* mutclv asking for an «-\planati<»ii of hi* emotion; and wlu*n In* t«-iid<-rly' t«M>k her hand and. placing it on his arm, le«l her away from tin* crowal ami told h« r how Iu- ha«l I m *«- ii thinking of her as «Iu* l«»ok«*«l ten years Is-for«* wlu-n sh«* was a bride, ami how much more pre cions she wax to him n«>w and h«»w mmh mor«- beautiful, for all her «hubby «Ire«« ami rough«»m*«l hands, ami how he appr«*ciat«*<l all her sacrifice ami patient toil for him and their children, a gr* at wave of happiness iill«*«l her li« :irt. a light shorn- in h«*r fare that gave it mor»* than its youthful beauty, ami in all tlu* company th«*r«* was not *«> happy a couple as this hu«ba*ml am! xvif»*, their hearts ami Laces aglow from tin* tlaming up of pur«» «» ntiim nt that tran*ligur«*«l am! ennobl«*«l ami glorified all the toil« and privations th«*y had rm I u red 77/» Household. FIERCE STORM. rHE A’THU I'he Kemrkabl. I*heiiuii**iii.,ii« AVlti.ri.eil on th. Sail Ml<u.l KI,er. “Some ten years ago." said a veteran prospector, "1 was traveling on foot from Ouray, in the San Juan, acroea the country at the head of the s.m Miguel river. Die time was in the forenoon of an autumn day. and a dense mass of threatened clouds were rolling up in the west over the Western S in 1‘hillipo Range. I was in a hurry to cross the Fish lakes, and concluded to go up through Bear creek, n stream putting in the San Miguel from tie south Tlte stream headed in a semi circular basin bounded by imtm use precipice» of basaltic rock, at whose base were vast quantities of broken rock, vary ing in size from the bowhler weighing a few pounds to masses of many tons in weight. I low these rocks came in that |w>si- ............ .. to nut. hilt tion was a source of inquiry 1 hat! an opporiunitt of solving the niystcrv befor»» I reached the summit of the divide I intended to cross. The clouds I spoke of setting in the west had in tlte meantime come rolling up ami aocumulating in size and dcnsilv. also Incoming darker ami more heavily ehargctl wit It cleet ricity. Thunder rolled am! lightning flashes played above and Itelow. ami it seemed as if all heaven's artillery was concentrated at litis par tieular point. Instead of rising high in mitbair the cloud« rose just high enongh to clear the top« of the dense forests that lined the approaches to Mount Wilson. I fearetl to procctul, and nought shel ter betieatli a huge pile of rocks about the center of tile area, and some half a mile from the south eml of the semi, circular basin mentioned, lit less lime than I have been writing these notes (lie clouds swept eastward with im ... The low altitude mense velocity, which they maintained was not great enough to clear the precipice on the east side of the basin, and they swept against it with t»‘rritic force. There was such a vast weight of wiit4»r con- tained in them that the concussion when the cloud struck the precipice was so great that immense quantities of rock were broket, off, anti fell with a shock like all earthquake to the foot of the cliff. Like a battering-ram the I m id v of clouds was thrown back ami again advanced until three distinct blows Were st rut** at the cliff. By this time the w ater w as pouring ovet tlte mountain in a Niagara-like Hood, bringing down additional quantities of rock. I'lie tH-etirrenct* lastinl only a few minutes, but in this time it was easy to perceive how the masses of de bris were placetl in the position tliet occupied. I'lie storm was over, the air cleared up, ami I was able to pursue the projected journey. !><m'< r Seu-.i. GRATITUDE An Invulhl TO A DOG. l.)»<ly’« XIi iiiorliil <»f fill r«*t. a l iiltli Tlu- So<*i«*ty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently recviv««d the following letter from an invalid lady, who wishes to mak«* her gratitude of practical value: ••Enclosed tind a check for one thou sand dollars, which sum, through you. 1 offer to the acceptance of the Ma««a (*hii«etis Society for tin» Prevention of (Tuelty to Animals, a« a grat«-ful me morial of my «log. xvlio through four le<*n years of seclusion ami pain Ita« been my (constant, faithful, d«-vote«l friend ami companion.” If all who««* live« ' had been made happier by dumb creatures would im itnt«» tlu* «‘xaniple of this go<»«l lady, tlu- Massachusetts society would have tin im*aiis not only of vastly im rca«ing it* work in our own State, but also «»I reaching out a iiclping hand to «top tin abusi*s by which humln*ds of thousand* of animals annually die on our cattle cars, and «»ther liumlre<ls of thou*md di«* in our extreme western ami *«>uth ern Stales ami Territories of m*gl«*«*t ami starvation, ami other hundn*«!» of thou sands di«» in slaughter-house.« xvithgreat ami unnecessary suffering. The ««*nding <»f ch«*cks, or the calling al th«* n»«»m of tlu* society and having without cost a legacy :uhic«l to a will, or gixing th« socictv th«* ii.«e of mon«*y on <*<»ndition that it shall I m * repai«l, if «-v«a m-«alc«l by tlu* giver th«*««* are form« of prac tical gratitude which will giv«* material aid Io tin* im n wh<» without p«*cimi u \ reward ar»* now giving heart, brain • ml em rgy to tin* protection of dumb mi mats. Hoslon Transeript. RAPID TRANSPOR TATION. l'h«» Factor Whl«*h lit*« l,r<»«l«i«*««l *••• <»f < h«*M|»il«*«M. >'«•• IT h * ••i,<»ii«»nii«s l>r«»njriit ftlioiil I»\ cheap and rapi»! Ir u«p«»rtati«»n. i« \v« I a« th«* invention* which add to th«* r<- «iiilt* of hnni.iii lab>»r, i- working loth« di' idvantag«* of th«* agi i«-nitun*’ <■ FINE PEARLS. the liilherlo f ivor« <l nation- I un«- w i Nr« l«I>*«■«*« N«irl» »« N«>b«»«ly lint l»rlnrm^« win’ll tlie **l>«,«,f of ohi England* would I «r«l t •» Wear. eoininand higher price«, blit I he killing Th«* increas’d favor given bv fashion of cattle in distant region«, «u<*h a** to lown«*ek«*d evening dr«**« ha« South Ani«-ri«-a. Ainlrali.t and N<-w Ze.» land the frc«*zing of the dea«l un al encourage«! th«* jeweler» to put together and it» trsin«|N»rtiit i«»n t«> w«*Mcri ¡««»m«* very beautiful ami c«»«tly neck Europ«* in «wifi *teaiii»hipM ha« ruin« «I laces. Thr»*«* string* of pearl* ree«*ntly th«^ market» of th«»««- who br«*d « hoie flliown in this city w«*rr value«! at cattle at home, ami the c«»n<M*<pi«*n<*«* •■-'.‘J’s), an«I $!,A00respectively, without that th«* cattle «if eaaterii I nit« d Stat' th«i prettv <liam<»n«l <*la*p« which fa«t- a» well a» w«»at4Tii Europ«», will not I» worth more intririMically than the calti em d them. Th«* |N*ar|» w«*reg * * ' • ami of lx*autiful color and *•> worl«l her «after will bar«? all tl»«- >»• * I a» one mu*t b<* a p«w*t to love mutt«»n and hog t!«-«di it can u-» it one miiMt lx* arcu*toii>«»«| to ] appreciate th«* r»*tin«*«l beauty of |M*arls. stead tlily cheapening prie«**. What i an«! half the women who »aw th»* Ihre«* true of meat ha« been true aoim* y«*ar- neckbu*«*» am! some rival < diamomi« 1 past of wheat. The ohl-tiine figure* «»1 which blazed near them in another I two and tliree dollar» a burlici will n<*cklae-c would have ch<»n«*n tlm «lia- ■eve •r again be quote«l «luring thin gen eration. Th«- wheal Hehln of th«» eiitir« m«»n<l« if not infwrm«*d of their c«»m parative ch«*apne»n. I he r«»«t of this gioite are at the c«»mman«l of th« «*on • ■ t t« rn Eur«»p« W pr»*tty baiibh* w»« ♦7 »U, and it wan a »ing!«* ban-l of nt«»n«*n in a lightgold »«»I f fu-h are not eh» « ring to Bgrieulturi-t** ting, lull it had a «tar |*«*ndaiit. willi a th* x ar«* r« r . r< -«Hiring to th« « «»n-u.¡. gr«*nt «apf»hire in the «•••ntfe. which ing jKxjr of al! runntrfea. Ther«- mai ad«l«!«i two-third»« mor«- to it« price and be di«tr«'M, but famin«*» are at an end wan a b»*autifiil ornament by' it«« lf no far a» th«* civilised and •»«•mi-civ ili/«-«! arc concerih*«!.— ’I’h«* «‘«»mbimitiofi* of diamond« ami world e«dor« «1 «tone» ar«* very finethbi ««*a«M»n, Monthly. ii'»t onlv in |M*ti«lanUi, but al«o in ring». I h, 'Jilt* J I* . , »> ;v II tell .4 ! II! < j'MH-M an big an a humming bird « «*gg in nur- r«/un l<x| by diam«»n«l »park«, in pretty •nough to figure in on«* «»f Mr- S| h » i f What Cansed the DrinUa of the Asthmatic Who ICver l>lad. THE GREAI TRANS-CONTINENTAL ROUTE. (>nl> Some folk« »ay that asthma ami tlu* lia\ fevur arc one ami the same. 'I'lie bilks are wrong. Asthma is an aff< e- tion of the throat. Hay fever W an af fectation of the mind. A man can have the a.«thma on a dollar a day and breiul and water, lie can t have a genuine, tir«t-cla«s case of hay fever uides« he has an ineoim* of txventy thousand a year. A three month«' Na tation will cur«* tlu» h ix f \ r N »thing mihkr than a hyp«»<lcrinic Injection of cold lead, introduced under tlu» Eft ear, is a «.if«* cur«* f«»r the »'•»,*ra». One of the symptom« of asthm.-i is a tendency to longevity on the part of th«* subject, if he is carefully watched. Elie good die young, but tlu* man with the asthma lives to >«*c Ids great-grand children married. 11 has long L>een a matter of much sciciitilie «peculati*m ax to what becaine of asthmatics. They disappear, like mill«**, but you never hear of a dead one. My opinion is, however, that if coroners vx«*re more thorough in their investigations, much light xNoiild be thrown on this impor tant question, if they went deeper into tlu» ant«‘<»«*deiitx of parti,*« xvlio “get on to” tlu* mysteries of the Great B«*yon<l by jumping «»tl of docks, blow ing out the gas. making a luncheon of rat poi son. H’ul by (»tiler «anally cheerful ami «•tleciivc iiicdiinns. there would I m » very few verdicts of tlu» regulation form: “(’nine to his death by his own liaml. Cause unknown.” Very few. But then* would I m » many after tlu* following form: “Came to his «loath hv his own hand. Coiitirincd victim of the asthma habit.” A man w ith tlu* asthma never catches any thing els«», unless he sleeps in a Hoboken hotel in tlu* summer lime. No asthmatic that «»ver grabb«*d for wind imui scare tlu» Jersey m<>s«|uit<». But In» <»an t catch small-pox, malaria, lock jaw, m»r in limps, no mon» than an oyster can «»atcli the ear-ache. But Iu» can catch tish, for even the nsthmntio can lie. Except down. Il<» can’t lie down. If Iu» d«M»s, his wind-pipe ami all and singular Ins bronchial tubes inaugurate .in eajly-closing movement at once ami push it heartily. The hixurioii« <*<»ueli of the custodian of a thorough bred case of asthma is a gentle tlag- b -ttom(*haii*, with a high, straight back. There's one g<MMl thing about the asthma. Y«»u (laren't exert yourself any if y«»ii have it. If a man with tlm axtInna laughs h«*artily, you’ve got to pump wind into him for ten minutes afterward. I had ail a«lhuiati<* friend once, w ho was so <*oiislanll\ afraid (hat «nine one would tell him a funny story, or that something w«»uld happen on tlu* •treet Io make him laugh, that he < d liomc all day, and in the evening Shue quicllv through ba«*k Ntreets Io the theater w her«* the late» t comic opera was being sung. Carrying a scuttle <»f coal up tin» eel- l.ir stairs, or a pail of water from Hi«» pump, is a direct affr«>nt to the asthma, and it w ill howl like a saw being lil«*«l if it i* insulted that way.« I heard of a young fellow who got tired, once, of toting the coal up-stairs, a month or so after Iu- was married, and lie workeil flu* asthma «l«Mlge on his inn<M*«*nl ami indulgent » ih». She couldn't bear lo *««<• him sutler, so she carried tlu* <*<»al« I um I lu*rsclf. One night my Uy young hiddy-btick got home late after an evening with the boys, ami was hist a I rille elegant. Ilis wife was a real nice •gant. His wife ’iml H she didn't dhin’ say a word. Next morning she r«*mai kc<J. however: “Jack, I want a I um I of coal from th«* «*. II H “Now. my dear,” said .Jack, whincy lik«-: ,,x<»u km»xx h<»\x il tllleclM Ilin Io carry coal up-stairs.” “That won't «Io any more. Jack.” said the inn<M*«*nl wife: ••Any one who could get up-stairs with I he load von carried last night, ami never a win*« to show for it. rnii’t play the short winded <lodg«* <»ff on a little hod of coal. ” Ami Jack has carried lilt» mill ever silic«» I sni«l no <»m* ha»l ever si*«*n a «lead nstlniialic. I'm wrong. I saw on«», one«*. II«- was killed right lM*fore my i*V«*s. much Io liis great joy ami satis faction. Il«* was a fri«*n«l of mine. IL- sl.*irt«»«l in with flu» asthma fifty thr«*«* y« ar« pu v ion« to hi* death, ami was as \«*t only an infant, as asthmatics run )l<- had tri«*«! all th«» never-failing axlhnia cures ther«» ar«*, ,-n«l his asthma got fat on them, so to speak. H<- «*xcii took tlu- advic«* of a frii-ml, who said it (*<»uhl I m * starved «»nt. ami went Io liv«* in a Br«s»klyn Imanling-house to give llic pi«*«« ription tlu* la st kin«l <»f a i -I liiiu -. But it wouldn't work, ami my friend ha<I sett led down with his phthisic and was indulging in th«* «laily pastim«* of clutching f«»r bnsilh, when, forlu i b ***I x , a funny man went to b«>ar«l in th« hmis«*. IL* was a ••c«»rk«*r.” Mx fru-ml ami the aslhnia lia«l b«*«*n having n week*« picnic, and it had left him alim»*t a« robust as a sha«l in Jum* As Iu* sat in Ins chair, on«* day, whooping wild wheezing ami gasping, th«* funny man came ill. “How you fcelin’. ol«l man?” Iu* «ahi “Not v«*ry mtisi-iilar,” gas|M*«l my fri* ml * \-thma r« :u!ily b«* *«»en!” alim»*t yelled the funny man, and he slap|M-«l III«» oil flu* back. I glar« «l at him. Mx fri«*li«l f«*ll back in hi* «»hair. A «mil** almost heaxa nly plaxed alMHit his fa<*<- He evith nlly ha«f caught a glimpse of th«* «billing shore. •'lie’s lm«l a t«»iigh siege «»f it, thi* tim«*.’ I «ai«l. * I’bthisi«-zactly m»!” howi«*«l the fun ny-fnan, actually gloating in hi fumy. Th«* smile «»n my friend’s fa« tin » crown!” he ytdh d I .»p m «I his ryes. M k at th«» funny-man •* Kd .MM, Whatever surprise« arc in store for us in the way of new trans-continental lines, it is reasonably certain that the Northern Pacific will always remain the choice of nine out of ten ¡teisons going from Oregon to the East who seek comfort or pleasure. The splendid combination of river and mountain scenery along its line, together with its unrivaleu equipment, place the " Northern” easily at the head. Leaving Portland for St. Paul or Ihtlttlit, the tourist or business man contemplates his long journey with no fear of fatigue, for every provision known to the most approved methods of railroad service, in the shape of palace dining cars ami Pullman sleep ers, has la-en made for the patrons of this road. 'I'lie trip from Portland to St. Paul is one of varietl interest. Dead to ull appreciation of the grand and beautiful must Im the man who can ritle along the Columbia ami feel m> inspiration in the presence of its lofty mountains. When, again, as the train moves along the shores of Like Pend tl < treille.or the banks of Clarke’s Fork of the Columbia, where picture after picture unfolds itself to his view, he can only congratulate himself that lie went I list way. Of the YeiloWstoni Park, aeecssibh) only by thia route, it is not within the limits of this article to spenk. It is a world of wondersand Is alltles ill itself, which one must see to appreciate, ami having once seen them he w ill never rest till he has seen them again. It is easy for th<*e melinetl to criti cise to s|a ak of railroads as rmmo|H> lies and their management as grinding for|H>rationa; luit hail it not laren for the tar-seeing enterprise of men like Jay Cooke and Henry Villard, we should :to iloubt tislay be dtqtending, in Oregon ami Washington, on the slow ami uncertain methods of steam- Itoatmg. Without disparaging the claims of other lines, we are safe in saying that the iqtexting up of the Pacific Northwest receivetl its greatest impulse from the completion of the Northern Pacific, wh-w future is bright w ith the promise of a far greater development of thecountryit traverses than its most sanguine frit mis have ever prodiclad. lite Western passenger business oi this great syslt tn couM not ba placetl ill charge of a more competent gentle man than Mr. o. I). Charltoii, who, it ih enough to say, is the son of his father whostiinils in the “tlp|H'r third" of the general passenger agents of the country , « bile that prince of tin- craft — W. F. Curs. it. Esq., Traveling 1’as- senger Agent—is ulways a “drawing < aril,' wheliier tn a theatrical bi'l, n post prandial speech, a ‘!a>b tail” llush or in booking a party id 'gray I,acks" over the "Northern." CURRAN'S WIT. A Fevr Mi«inpleu of tlit< Sttllviv of th« Wit* tlcat of IrlNhtiirit. To the bench Curran could I m » at times unceremonious. In his earls • lays Judge Kobln««»n mad«» an i»th nipt t«> extinguish tlu» rising advocate Rob insori, if w is currently reported, owed his el»*vnlion to the publication of political pamphlets, remarkable <mty for their slavish im»nnimxx ami scur rility. In arguing his case Curran said he had <*or»siiltsd nil his law books ami could not ilml the principle c«>ntcml<-<! for. “I suspect, sir,” said R«»l»inson •• that your law library is rather scanty.” “It Is very true, my lx»rd.” xai«l Curran, “that my bool ii 0 m»l nuiip i <»u* . but I li i\ • pr»*parc«l myself for this high ti . prof« iex- sion ralh«*r by tlm study of a few g'*od Imoks than by the com* positi«»n of a grci many bud ones.” Curran wax occasionally nonplussed by a witness, Inquiring Ins master's age from a horse trainer's ««•rvant, he could girt no satisfactory an*~ «w«*r. “Corm», come, friend,” ('tn ran. “has Im lost his t4»«»lh?' you think, rt»t«»rl«»d the servant, I know his ag«» as he does hi» horst by th«* mark of fIm mouth?” ( > h ( j 6 foiled by a Limerick banker with xn Iron leg, Curran In hi* nd<lr«»s» to dH jury Maid that his leg wax th«» M«>fti|| part alM>iit him. In a d«-l»al«* ii> the I louse «4 ('ominous h(* stated that he iiv < m I«*«I no aid from any «me, that Im was proud to I m * “tlm guardian of his own honor.” “Imh»«»«l,” cxclaiiiH»«l Sir Boyle Roche, “(congratulate Mr, Cur ran on his holding a sinecure.'* Lon! Clnr«i wax a determined cneiny of Cur ran while he was at tlu» bar. The Lord- Chancellor ruiped Ills practice at tlm < hanrery court, ami hi« client« were always sufferers. Indeed Curran Mla(e»l that tlm I«»««»»* in his pro from fessional m«»sity of Lor*I Clare amounted to no less than £30 J HO. * »•out I hi eon«» q*/rty^fe| ment were «< one oc<»asion v the a«lvor: ' i «t >i itneiit Ml <*nam- iy. I ».*«1 ( l.4i • brot *h| -(¡A a N^ roiimlltiml foiimllaml <i»»g dog I I I m eeh y him, and pahl upon t’ much mor«* a^MUMl h the dog than tn th«» bnrrisb-r.Kti lite fact was com- ment«d on bdtlw! sxion. At a ma- iHH thi e terinl point a ih»i luient *-ellor lo*t alfjlecer <jy| an«i ‘ de the Curran «topp«*d aside to fon«L at once. 1 fo on, £• m, (’lau* “ • Oll» J a h»»u«an«l par«! m«, I’’ wee **w ready r* p “I my LordT 1I« m | your Lordship really took it fm lltat ion.”— TempU was engag Ml lia t.i ■<igi».'Wvd«'UiK ar»» m.«ca I Wh* |,'f*; -«*eut on« to ..Ji Ärc «iibjcct-'d st iu!« h* < h urei i landlords r taar |»r the rural vili S« i Tt sic y an < *on (e r« • li Jab's»« was watinh Ir» ai ni nt i- noi ex uwa wh r»» W. «lf Mtl « ooiiatry diurna, r i«r*l as ecel' ina»! * t«» fr»-l