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in Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of Josephine County and Southern Oregon
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY
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«I M K*w<»\% 11.1.K IHRE« T«BY
A FIERCE
Ilow
M. K. BASSA.
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Office at residence, corner Main and Third
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S. U. MITCHELL,
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CIGARS
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Best Beer in Southern Oregon
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Sunny Side Billiard Saloon,
A. CH ALPS, Proprietor.
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Keeps constantly on hand the best quality of
CHAULES
Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
IIAN<LOR.
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In connection.
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t’NTON HOTEL,
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era Oregon.
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RL4\kM OF ALL
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Office -8. E. Harkness' drug store.
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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
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K EKiiv ville , O regon .
J B SCHAEFER,
House .. Sign Painter,
liEAI.ER IN
GKAINER. PAPER HANGER. Ere.
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DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
And ke«-ps eonatantly on hand
Hats, Caps, Bouts and Shoes
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General Mining Supplies.
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call al the
NEW TIN SHOP.
Kerbyville
STAR R, Proprietor,
O. Building,
Kerbyville Mills.
DEALER IN
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Tin-Ware, Pumps,
Pipes, Etc., Etc.
P.
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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 • :■
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to
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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.
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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
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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-
............
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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