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An Independent Paper Devota.! to the Interests of Josephine County and Southern Oregon.
GRAN PS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRID YY, MAY 21 188Ö.
VOL. II.
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TAXIDERMY.
À JERSEY CYCLONE.
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BREWERY!
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BREWERY!
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Ottico next door to Commercial Hotel.
Manufactures tlie
8AM WHITE.
Best Beer in Southern Oregon.
J acksonville .
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
G rant ’ s P ass . O regon .
Sunny Side Billiard Saloon,
Will practica in all the Courts of the State.
A. ( HALE, Proprietor.
Keeps constantly on hand the best quality of
Wines. Liquors and Cigars
CHARLES CHANSLOR.
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A SPLENDID BILLIARD TABLE
In connection.
(» rant ' s P ass , O regon .
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J acksonville ,
Udire in II. B. Miller & Co.'s store.
H I . It II V X I I.I.I.
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I NION ROTEI
VULNEV COI.VIU.
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One of the Best Hotels in South
em Oregon.
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Aiul the best of accommodations.
I.KGt I. HI.IXKW OF ALL
Ilegal instruments of all kinds promptly
executed.
Ulllre S. E. Harkness' drug store.
Connected with this hotel isa
FIRST-CLASS LIVERY STABLE
MRS. ELLEN RYDER. Proprietrcaa.
KEITH'S
EERin
(Formerly Presley's Ferry)
BIx Mlles west of Grant’s Pass on main
road leading to
WILDER VILLE.
KERRY VILLE and
CRESCENT CITY.
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K erby ville .
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WILLIAM NAUCKE,
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Dry Goods and Groceries.
For good oargainri in the lint* of
Hats. Cais. Biots and Shoes or General Gra in
FERRIACE AT HALF RATES
And everything in the way of
Mining- H»u |>|»l i«-ra.
D. W. KEITH. Proprietor.
Those wishing bargains should call on
WILLIAM NAUCKE,
J B SCHAEFER,
K krhyvili . e . O regon .
House *nd Sign Painter.
IlLlI KK IN
SKAINKIt, PAPKR HASGKIt. E tc .
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES
And keep« constantly on hand
ill tinas ci wort it mt line PTumptiy Rine
Hats, Caps. Boots and Shoes
— AND—
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General Mining Supplies.
G hani
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P ams ,
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Those wishing good bargain* must not fail to |
call at the
Kerbyville
NEW TIN SHOP
P.
O. Building,
K erry vi i,i e . O rkoon .
O. II STARR, Proprietor,
Kerbyville Mills.
PBALKR IN
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Proprietor.
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Stoves, Tin-Ware, Pumps,
Pipes, Etc., Etc.
Can la* .upptlrd at reaaonal.l.* pri. »
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DONE ON
NOTICE.
SHORT
( HEAP FOR CAMH.
Prices Moderate.
GRANTS PASS.
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RICHARD P. GEORGE
OREGON.
Keeps the fin •*(
WHISKY. BRANDIES. WINES
And all other liquors.
THE ELDORADO SALOON.
IIE ALSO KEMM THE
BEST BRANDS OF CICARS,
B'»’h I in pried and Itowtir.
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Proprietors.
MAIN STREET,
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Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
Fio ul l:iei Druis Pii Dsn Sir: Hi».
Max imr fitted up our saioon la ÄJ«* • la*»
we aoticll a liberal share •*( p»rn*uagr.
Portland HonsoMtiic Pharmacy,
51 Wohingtos It Portland. Oregon
Dealer in Hoin.«opalhie Medicines f<i
Physician* and f-'arnili«*. I
Literature. Phjwirians' Suppl
Medicine Cases ami 14* h » k «.
Sundries and Fancy Good*.
< hir
Madkdne Case, with d
containintf twelve remedies, ought to hr
in every housrhold for eavergenry.
Semler’a Specific Rrrnrdie» for all
women ailments. Send for our Family
llomo-opathie Assistant. rontaininK use
ful notes on HoUMropathir treatment »nd
pee r list of Medicine*, ( am ** amt B mk».
Mail order» a specialty. Satisfaction
K’laranteed. Address.
DR PAI L J. A. SEMLER.
P. O. hei
Portland. Or.
.ler-
There is & recklessness about a Jer­
sey cyclone which at once appeal*» to
the sensibilities of fhe uninitiated. Dür­
ing the prevalence of one of th ft lung-
teasers, which visit»»«! our town with-
out license or the service« of an ad-
vanee agent, 1 occupied a position
where an uninterrupted view of the
proceeding« could be maintained, as
a I i
thought, without being crowded, or as­
sailed by the peanut-shucks from the
gallery. I had read the prognoatica-
tionsof weather prophets from time to
time, and waited patiently for a rar»»
opportunity to occur, by which 1 could
visit Jcrny and gathc” in a few shares
of one of her boss cyclones.
T his species of entertainment always
finds more patronage outside the home
circle than within It is a malignant
type of the outside show, which is bv
far wilder than tin wildest wild West
show that was ever blown across tin*
area of our territory with a long-haired
leader. The average out-of-door per­
ennial show, which comes identified
with emblazoned fence-posters, can
usually be • run off ' under a canvas
covering something mor«» than an acre
of corn-tield; but you couldn’t crowd
the after-attraction of one of these
March visitors into ten times that
a mown t of space. Free shows always
draw better than those which charge
an entrance-admission. This is why
the Jersey cyclone has been so success­
ful of late.
I have boon saved the pain and dis­
honor of a law-suit with my hay-seed
neighbor by a means which I know
Providence alone ordained specially to
serve my purpose. This man had con­
cluded last haying-time to economize
space by building a hay-rick against
mv house in such a wav as to obscure
the light from the best window I owned
While 1 w is on my way to consult a
lawyer about the matter, I saw the sky
lakingon an olive-green tint; then the
dust rose up, «qiurnmd about for a
while, and tried to settle down again.
So did I try to settle down, but the Cv-
clonc caught and thing me again«! a
rail-fence with great playfulness and I
had scarcely become disentangled from
the rails when I saw mv neighbor's
hay-rick -ailing like a balloon above
me, and. notwithstanding mv devotion
to gathering up my lost energies, I
watched the great cone-shaped mass
wending its way aero«« the inky hori­
zon and became happy. I hoard, sev­
eral day« later, that it was still travel­
ing in a south-easterly direction.
There is another eccentricity about
the Jersey cyclone: it makes itself it«
own confidant. You never know it i«
coming: but you may best expect it
when “Old Prob’’ denies its approach
I have had an experience of eight «lay«
with this «t vie of grand uncertainty, ami
have been taught to realize that a
cyclone is advancing when the sky as­
sume« a genuine bath-brick line. Thi«
is caused by the peculiar tint of the
Jersey soil, which, when it rises, gives
the sky this strange color. I give von
the •’tip” so that you will not think
you have struck a phenomenon when
von are caught unaware« ami thrown
within reach of the burliest bull-dog in
town.
W: a-herwnmen in our district have
hecol me d«*-p.»ml« nt and morosi» of lati
«¡nee « the Man li zephv r can strip m<»rc
wholi !<» washes from their lines that)
twice 0 their number could hang out.
This fa never hifanie more painfullv
apparent to me than when first advised
of a «hirt b. a ring the initial« A. W. M
having been found clinging to a cur­
rant-bush on a farm in an adjoining
county. The loss of the shirt was not
so bad: but it carried its identity withit.
(hir p« t spaniel has not Iwrn home
for three day«. 11 wa« last seen buck­
ing again«t the wind a mile away from
our friendly abexle. having been car­
ried off on the breeze while trying to
tr<»v a eat. The « at has also disap­
peared, and it is belicv(»«l she is still
clinging to the blizzard, and afraid to
drop off.
1 was
to give an » -t ¡mate of how
f i -1 the ■\ clone
of its lw«t days,
cited with the e\|
lieforc, I replied.
;mnt: “Seventri
Chi« estimate wa*
ri-por. the day f<
from an auth«»rity
I saw sueh an a«««
and was compel!«
diction ill tile nex
that the wind at. t
a«-tuallv traveling
si-condi
When you feel
gab* into the trm
genuine Jersey <
banish from y »ur
dices rang’d by tl
the Western bliZi
Jl
for sol
vitllit v
If yoi
spent y
patrol,
Nil iil«’iel
hp iee ii
bn
«tav at !
the eel
aeolian
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to you
t« ndinu
T plendM thing
A Jei
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to look
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Dit. PAI L J. A. SEMI.ER
(»RANTS PASS
Keep” ’he I ip ’I brand< of
The Playful Zephyr» Which Hake a
•eyinan'« l ife Worth l iving.
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HUNTING AN HEIRESS.
A SPIDER SHOWER.
tii»i«n<
an«l!
It«* nt *i kaltl«»
A
Highly Instructive Science.
A DIGNIFIED COURT.
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4 M .t«l Très»
.ln«i|{e< willi l(»--|>«‘ rl.
•*W.* will stop Ink ng t»
nonv for
• t J t Dak«» la j-"'..... .
t«*n mi
th«- p< re, removing his <•« »at “during I
th«* attor-1
wliii'h t m<* the court
Ul«» c< Hl- t able, will I
’i. \ for
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1 -mall boy* 1
please «•m«»v«* the cha
a« wo ir«»po-«* to lam him loV vu on th«* I
Whi'n al
floor a Iwrtit twenty tun«-*.
•square-1
law v«*r refers to this f ■ irt
i d«-««*rt ’
•i «ag« lien «»i
n 1 oil,rht l»v
tr>l ac< ii -«>. it of havir
tli«* pr< M*eution for t wa> «!« »Ila r. and »
half, he wiB find that this I idi liai I hm I v
« l«m«! d for game «.timi on Iv in tl»'
g ,it lumen.
’all tini • r. |
We l'­ ,|.O- to
lar-.-
»«•neh, ai <1 will do
this her
t horn iron, dai
it if we
And if Wf ““.do
and
it atom* we intend to invok e t Ira |H>w< r
of th«' 1 nite«! State* a ml gw 1 a< k“l up
by the Supreme Cf urt a m! n-ffiilar I
army. If th.- att-.rm y b* the «teicnse
Mas anv frie nds in the room th *y will I m *
riven :i n oiHH»rtiinitv to » 1A1 ie hand« I
a ¡th hii n ami tak«? at »y instru riions h<* I
sb to **. nd to hin I. III) dy. The
en will plea.*« form a ring and
wc wou Id direct the ?«*n*ta b|r to pul!
o bite
Tak'* v o«ir position f« >r the »•irt is a-
f D. T.i /h
(TWA ng
x*«æh US« tls town
On«
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r< »ses.
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1-M’i no adrmre “cn
h»onn«*t was sent her from New York
a« might
through the mail. Un< 5..
I ms f xr>«*<
<r«l. and.
*at down on it
«/ou/ ft Àie
A
U. What «
W'tuewseil in
NrpU-uibrr. 1875.
This ndme is from two Greek words,
which signify “arrangement” and
'skin," so that the ancient Greeks no
doubt rega.dci! taxidermy as the origin­
al *kin-game oilLut ¡>eriod. 'taxidermy
did not flourish in America prior to the
year I*».»«. At that time an Englishman
named Scudder established a museum
ami general repository for upholstered
beasts.
>im v then the art ha« advanced quite
rapidly. To properly taxiderm require«
a line taMc and a close study of the sub
ject itself in life, akin to the require
meats necessary in order to surcetal a-
a sculptor. I have seen taxidernied
animals that would not fool any laxly. 1
recall nt this time especially a mountain
lion, »luffed after death by u pirtv who
had not made this mattra a subject of
close study. This lion was represented
in a crouching attitude, with o | m » u jaw-
and red gums. As time pa««ed on and
year succeeded year, this lion continued
to crouch. Hi« tail became loss rampant
and drooped like a hired man on a ho!
day. llis gums became less tierv red.
and his reddish skin hungover his lame«
in a loose and distraught manner, bk»
an old buffalo robe thrown over the
knees of a vinegary old maid. Spider-
spun their webs across his dull, white
fangs. Mice made their ne«ts in hi«
abd.nninal cavity. His glass eye be­
came hopelessly strabimu«vd, and the
moth« left him bald-headed on the
stomach. He was a sad commentary
on tin» extremely transitory nature of all
tilings terrestrial and the hollowness of
the stuffed beast.
1 also had a st titled bird for a long
lime, yvlm ii showed the cunning of the
*t ii tier to a great degree. It afforded
me a great 'leal of unalloyed pleasure,
because I liked to get ol»l hunters to
look at it and tell me what kind of a
bird it yvas. They did not gem rally
agree. A bitter ami acrimonious tight
grew out of a discussion in relation to
thi« bud. A man from Vinegar Hill
named Lyon«, ami a party called Soiled
Murphy (since deceased) were in m\
ofin e one morning Mr. Lyons a« a
witness, ami Mr. Murphy in his groat
-hecialty as n drunk and disorderly.
\\ e had just disposed of the ca«e, ami I
had just -t<‘pped down from tin» bench,
intending to take off the judicial ermine
and put some more coal in the stove,
when the attention of Soiled Murphy
w:is attracted to tin* bird. Ho alloyved
that it w.m a common “hell-diver with
i n abnormal head. ’ while Lyons claimed
that it wa« a kingfisher.
I he bird had a duck « body, the head
of a common eagle, ami the feet of a
«tge hen. These part* had lM»«»n ad
justed wltl
and the tail Io id
ed with lead somehow, so that the
po\v. rful head would not ti, the bin! up
bidiiml. With this rara avis, to use a
foreign t«-rm. I loved to amuse and in­
struct old hunters who had been hunting
all their live« for a free drink, and heat
them tell how they had killed hundred*
of these bijrd« over on the I’oudre in an
early day, or over m‘ai’ Ell. Mountain
whi n the country was new.
So Lyon« claimed that he ha<l killed
million« of these fowl«, and Soiled
Murphy, who was know n a« the tomato
can savant of that country, said that be­
fore the Union Pacific railroad got into
that section, the bird« «warmed around
Hutton’s lakes and livid on horned
toads.
The feeling got more and more parti-
- in. till Mr Lvoiisinade a pa-- at Soiled
Murphv w ith a large red rii-padore that
li.nl be« n pre*(*ntrd to me by Valentine
Baker, a dealer in abandoned furniture
ami mine*. Mr. Murphy then welt<»d
Lyons over the head with the judicial
scale«. He then adriot.v eaught a lump
of bituminous coal w ith hi« countenance
ami fell to the floor with a low cry of
pain.
1 ealbal in an outsidi* party a* a witness,
and in the afternoon both iu< n wef-
convicted of a--ault ami battery. Soiled
Murphy a-ked for a change of venue on
the ground that | was prejudiced. I told
him that I did not allow any tiling
wha'tver to prejudice me, ami went on
with the ra«i*.
This great taxhlermic ma-terpa•<»<» led
to another assault afterward, all ot
which proved remunerative in a small I
M
' dm I that th
bird wa- a part of the perqm«itf»s of th |
ollie«», and so I ha<l to turn if over will-
the d<. k<t.
I al-o had a «Biffed wruel from <'urn
mins ( ity that alli\u !e«l a great deal <•
attention, both in this country ami in
Europ«*. It look«.I some like a wea«< I
ami some like an equestrian «au-ag«
with hair on it. A. E.
/.
On the morning of the showei there
had bem some electrical disturbante.
There had be«*n one tomi peal of thun­
der but no rain. About ten a. m. 1 no­
ticed small spider* running over mv
cont-sleevrs, and had to bru-h off sev­
eral trails of go«*amer-web. Looking
round. I found that brick yvall*. houses,
branches of trees, etc., had thr«e webs
dangling from them, and that other
gossamer-yveb« were continually falling
from above, and adding to the accumu­
lation. By ninhlay. a long fence wa-
fr-t«KHied from point to point of its tri­
angular railtops with a ribbon-like lad­
der of go-samer: ami this wa« groyving
broader and broader as the tiny crea­
tures kept running along this ladder,
each increasing the breadth by adding
t« own contribution of another silken
thread. All along this ladder the little
-trangers were running in an excited
and hurried manner, as if they had lost
their way. and got into a .strange coun­
try Some, in traveling over their im­
prov iaed road, made mistake'-, and got
mto bordering webs of the gardvu
dvrs, where they were sj»cedily de-
v ou red.
About one p m the cloud- cLAred
oft, the sun shorn* out. and I noticed
that some ot the spiders had begun to
rr-ascend into the atmosphere, Fixing
my ey« « upon one of them I observed
that a« it left the go«-amer pathway, it
selected a clean spot on the iron railing
and gathering its limb« closelj together
it projected from its spinnerets several
threads which expanded outward«, ami
-tretehed upward from nine to twelve
nehvs. T hen this parachute seemed to
-how a buoyant tendency, and suddenly
¡he tiny creature left hold of the iron
rail, <>r was lifted off it. and quickly
“vanished into thin air.” Possibly the
real home of gossamer -paler* may be
n the blue ether, where a the wonder­
ful eeoiiomy of nature they may have
their appointed work to do. (>i it may
b«» that the.-e l.il’putian roamer- through
«pace, like the migratory birds, have
• heir appointed periods for going in one
lirection and returning in another.
Who knows? 11 e only who iiHi.le (Irani
mil uh , hik I w I iom - orilnint <1 iiiiiii.ti'r.
ire. humanly »peaking, infinite in their
number and variety. C/ hiik I>< ! s Juur-
¡al.
CURIOUS NAMES.
I'll«»
I'retly
KoniHii«'«»
< oiH-«*riiiiig
(be
Qtt«»«*re»t of I I ii iii .
West» dnsfer Abbey is dead. I knew
dm w< as a thrifty business man, and
for many years he yvas at th«» head ol
ihe firm of Abbey A- Freeman. I al
ways wondered yvhy his parents gave
him such a name, but perhaps they had
icard of Westminster Abbey a a place
>f fame, and therefore deiermiqed t<>
give their child immediate distinction,
it is difficult to imagine why parent-
nake such ridiculous
I
selection« Pre
«erved Fish, for instance. This man
\as a very suece-sful merchant, and
founded the i opulent house of Fish,
¡riunell «Vt Co., at pre-cut Grinnell,
Minturn A* Co. An ingcni<m.s fiction
ays he yvas a babe cast on the bench by
In* yvaves that hrok«1 over a wr« < k. and
iis rescuers named him in memory ot
hi« event. All noii-cn-<*! lie cam
from New Bedford (yvherc tin- family i-
well knoyvn) in company with th«» (¡rm
iiclls, and they established them-elyc-
i«-re in trade. Some other odd name-
ire found among our old families, and
I mention “Keturn Jonathan Meigs” a-
me instanc«* in yvliirh the oddity may be
■xplnined.
Jonathan M«'ig- was a
('onncct i< ut y out h who eoiiited a gill
with such little succi'ss that he d«'tcr
mined to make a final effort. :tnd tln n.
f refused, to finally withdraw. Aceord-
ngly he railed on th«* hard-hearted fail
me, and bring again rrfu-ed In* took
ii- d«*partiire, but before he got out of
tin* house hr heard tin» <,x«,laiiintion
Keturn Jonathan!”
The youth re
,iirnc«l. and fouml th«» hard heart h id
suddenly brrom»' temlrr: tin fair one
nderd, had rhangt'd her mind with that
rapidity which is tin» privilege of th«'
-ex. rin'V were married, ami ns a very
natural r« -ult tin* first boy that bl< -<•<!
tin happy union wa* named in hon«»r of
hat riTtiral tinn* in their courtship
• b turn Jonathan M» ig- b< < am«' a man
»f -«mi«* «listinrt iou. ami h«*hl th«» otlirt* of
I’o-tinn-ti i (trneral under Monro«* - ad
u nistrati«»n. I may add that Howland
Fish, <wi«hi«*r of fhe First National Bank
»f JohnsontoW'ii, ha« the ri'i t iln alr of
11•pomtiiH'iit of bi- gi amlf.ii In i .i- p t
ma-ter of that place in 1816, -ign» «l by
ILturn Jonathan M«ig-. Po-tina-hi
Urioral. A. ) ('«>/•_ 7’roy 'I iih < .
Valuable Astronomical Invention.
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EXPENSIVE SPORT.
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Coii-i<lrrable speculative conversa­
tion ha- recently tw»en caused ill Nor­
folk by the visit to Wells-next-thc Sea,
in that county, of an American gentle­
man. He stated that his name was
Jackson and that he was the s«*nior
partner of a large mining company
m ar the Nc\a la Mountain-; that he
arrived in England last week, ami at
om*< went to Wells - next-the-Sca. His
ui-siou is «»xnlained in the follow ing
narrativ« t<>Ll a ..-ptnUa.
“I have lived in California all my
life, and have never before b<*en out of
the country. About *«*ven years ago,
in tire -trects of San Francisco. I -aw
a poor, dejected, miserable-looking lad
lying on a door-«tep. I spoke to him.
and his manner and appearance excited
mv intcre-t and curiosity. 1 made in­
quiries ;us to his pa-l history, am! found
that his naim* w.«s Ernest Overton,
that It«« ran away from his home in
Norfolk: he hail also abandoned the
-hi}» in which he crossed the Atlantic,
and wa.« utterly destitute and wanted
work. I took him with mv to work
in our mines, and a more quirk ami in­
telligent fellow I never «aw. He got
on wonderfully well, ami after a bit,
with my assistance, he became the
proprietor of about six thousand aer«*s
of cattle ranch, and hn«l at least five
humlrrd head of cattle. He had re­
cently added to his possession« an­
other plot, ami while I was gone
to the record office to record his
claim an altercation t«»ok
place
t»cl w cen Uy erton ami some desperado
»'out that very -|»«»t. (Ivertoii declared
that it was his, while the desperado
swore he had rcconle«! his claim to it
soim* time ince. A severe altercation
ensued and Overton was ba«lly shot in
the neck. 'Twoday« afterward he «!:<*«!
\\ In n living lie earn «tlv vntr *at«*«l im*
to go to Englaml and inform his rela­
tives <»f all that occurred, ami endeavor
to get them possession of his pr«q»efty.
\ll that I could learn yvas that they Ih rd
near Wrlls-iiext-thr-Sra, Norfolk. En­
gland. I promised him 1 yvould do
what hr n«Ked, and this is the onlv ob­
ject of mv present visit to England.”
Mr Jackson, on arriving at Wells,
it once made inquiries of the parish
clerk as io Overton s family. Not be­
ug able to obtain any information from
ih«* register. Im stayed at tin* Railway
Hotel on«* night, and several persons in
tin* room gave him such information a-
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LargrhaiH, Saxlingham ami villages in
tin* neighborhood. Next day he hired
a pony ami ear to visitthe surrounding
villages. He wa« gone two day«, hav-
ug called at ail tlm villag«*« cn rout«»
o Holt, and after numerous fruitless
nqiiiri«*« he Niicet»<*«l«»d in finding a sis-
»«•!• of Erne-t Overton at Saxtli<»rpe.
I’M« yva- th«» only r«*lative who appeared
lo be living. 11«’ pro«luc»»«l a plioto-
■r iph of Overton yvliirh the girl mime
I lately recognized as that of her brother
. The girl appeared to be fully’
«atislied that the yvliole affair was gen-
line, and returned to Well« with Jack
’■•n. Aft» r staying a f«*w hour« al the
Railroad Hotel, they proc«'cded l»v train
ruin Wells to Livm pool, wlu‘1’«' tln*v in­
tended to take th«* m*xt -teann r for
\mci ica. The romliirt of Jackson yvas
hat <»f •% gentleman, lb* paid every
»ody yvell for their trouble, ami. from
di nppenranr«*,«, had a really genuine
*ase. l.uHtbm Xciv.s,
STRAWBERRIES.
vVli.v
They
Nhoiihl II«* l’lsnl»«l
tlu* Spriiig.
How an Iioi<»«'«*ni Igrlealturlart*«« Wife ln-
rrraK«*« Her Pin-H«»u*j>
■■Oi-caxionally a mighty Nimrod Iron’,
the city coiue« out to liunt (fame in my
■i<>ighlH>rlira><i."..ai<i n<irocnti.'lil farmer.
“A few day. ayo I «aw a swell of a chap
wlging up through my sugar bu.h to
the wheat field He had on long-legged
I hh H s . ami was toggled ami belted and
'ii appe,! out in regular hunter fashion,
lie looked just too purty for any thing.
He carried a darling of a gun, aJid he
went .lodging around as if he expected
to start up a Bengal tiger from behind
every stump. I took a short cut to the
barn ami turned the old peacock loose.
The old bird underatood what was
»anted of him. He pulled down his
••ye at me and started for the back lots.
I followed down along the fence, and
pretty soon I saw that swell hunter
break cioer from the woods. He was
alter quail, and he soon sighted t he pea­
cock. Tha bird had his tail fanned out
and liis head up, and could lie seen half
i mile away. Nimrod got his gun off
his shoulder and began to creep up, and
by and by he blazeil away. I saw the
whole charge of shot tear into the
ground i arils away from the old liird,
-Hit he knew his business. Down he
tell, wings and legs flopping, andprettr
MHin Ira expired. The young man with
the darling of a gun re.whed him about
llie same time I did.
Beautiful shot,’ says he.
••■I rei-Kon,' aays I, ‘but what arc you
huntlngf”
•••Grouse.’ says he, ‘and this is the
finest one I ever saw.’
“•«¡rouse, you numbskull, but you
have killed my peacock!’
" W ei;, the usual results follow. .!.
Ilis chin began to quiver, the cold sweat
‘tarteil out, and he w anted to know how
much I would tako to I, t him off. I
«ent him to the house to see the old
woman. She has got a wav of wiping
her eyes and choking her voice over the
tenth of that peacock which always
irings in five dollars extra. She let
-Ills young swell off for ten dollars,
which is lira usual price, mid as he
-tinted don n the highway for Detroit
the old bird got up and inarched back
to the barn with achttekle that set every
lien to laughing. That's five times
we’ve played it on the swell Nimrod«
within six months, and I < xpect mole
fun this summer than a horse can
draw.”- Detroit Free Preet.
ACCOMOD a I iNQ.
% rroN|»<H*tlv«t Mon-ln-Law Who I* WIIII hk
to l>o Mo»t Any Thing.
Solomon Isaac is afyoung Jewish mer­
chant of Austin, who, however, doe«
not care much for business. Hu is en­
gaged to one of the Schaumburg girls.
Mose Schaumburg, his prospective
father-in law, is very othodox, while his
.oti-iu-law is what is called a reformed
Isrelile, that is, he d esn’t believe in
any thing.
• Solomon,” said Mose, "I gives dot
liaeiiel terventy tousand toilers veil you
van married, but ven you bromlses me
to close uji your store dot Chewish Sali-
Imlli on. 1 gives dot Rachel thirty tou-
smid tollara,”
Solomon was silent for a moment and
then lie said to bis prospective father-
in-lnw:
"I dells you vat. You gin1« dot Kaifiiel
lifly tousmid toiler« and I don t open
mv «tore no more at all, at all, 1 »boost
dukes it easy.”— Texae Sifting».
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It Is So Different Now.
I ally In
Mrs. tk*h<Hippe um tedt wan reading the
|»a|»«*r the other evening’, when ail of a
-> ii < l<l«*n n H o bnrftt out crying.
“Well, well, well!’* exclaim«*’! S< h«>«q>-
l»«*ii-t«»<lt,
p«‘tulandy,
“What’s th«*
matter now
••Oh, <1 -J-dear,” »obb«*«l Mi«. N., tu­
multuously, “th-thera’s nn artlrl«» in
th«* p-|>Hp«*r here (sob) th-that says a
<> gi i'tiiaii chemist has (sob) «l-»li-«»ov-
«•r« «l an e ¿tract from (sob) c-c-eoal-tar
that is (sob) 2«5O t-timvM swreh’r than
sb -h -iigar!’’ and the g«Nxl la«lv al­
most w«’iit into hyat«*rics with gri»*f.
••W«*ll,” said S<»h<H»p|H*iiMt«*<lt, sar-
<*asti<*ally, “I don’t see any thing in
that statement that is iMJculiarly liable
to rxeite f«*iiiininc emotion.”
“No, il-dear,” returm*«! Mrs. Seho«q>-
|»t*ii-t«*«lt, trying to ealm herself a little.
•b-l»ut it d-«lid so remind hi «* (-«»1») of
tin* w way you use«! tot-talk (««>1») 1» !»••
for«* w were in-married.”-
•hfurual,
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S giii «» |H ople r«*romm»*nd planting In
May and June, and others in Svptem-
n*r ami October; «'ach practice ha« its
idheretils, and while they an* settling
vliicli is best we will prepare our
ground bv dc«q» trenching ami a lib«*ral
rc«sing from the compost h«*ap, and
In'll w will tel! them til ¡1 til«' best
iiuc for planting tlm strawberry is a«
-»on as you can get the frost out of the
rotiml in the spring, if plant«*«! in
• •pt«*inb«*r an«l ()ctol>«*r. more than
>m half of the young plants are thr«»Wli
mt ami d«*stroy«*<! by frost, ami if
»la’il« d in May ami June, the hot, dry
\ < I I k » i • -Hiiing on bef«»i «‘ tin y liaVe
ot a |»e!iiiam‘nt hold of tin* soil
lirivids iu«»re than half of tln*m up, I
»ut when planted Iwfor«* the -un ha«
'in li power, ami while then* is plenty
•I iii'»ist urn in tlm ground, ami geimr.illy
i liberal Hllowance, of -how«'!-, they
A Prudent Father.
oiiiim nci* with the season ami m»v«ir
There Is a village not quit«» one bun-
» back. Fhe ,*trawb«*rry should be
tw<» fret (part bi'tw'eeii til«* dretl miles from Boston which contains
row«, uml about «*ight inches between a niiiii*t«’r whois, noted for th«’ number
Im plant-: the-»«*, tlm fear after plant- of marriages of minors consul»»mate«!
n
w II
giv«t
an
abmnlan’ «lining his pastorate.
Mini-ters who
bdd, and in spring shoul«l !>e to|>-
lr«-.««l with
a
mixture
from for the ake of a petty f«»<* will riithl«*s«ly
<l«’«troy the happiness of two homes by
In- «*onipost heap and rat her mor«* than their “n<>-<pi«’Mtion-n«k«s|” iM»li<*y, oii^lit
i.ilf •! ■» ay cd barnyard manure. Flic
to b«» l«H*kf»«l un as dangerous in**m!>ers
• »mpo«t ami tin* decay«*«! parts of the of ««wiety. With two children Mrarerly
iianure will feed tlm plant«, and tlu* out of their grammar -» ho«d likeh to
itcrx parts of the manure drying will fancy that they love each oth«*r. ami a
i«»t only m t ;*s a mulch by keeping tlm minister «»f thi- kind within fifteen mil«»«,
un fi ea drying tin* groiiml, but will
no home is sal«« from th«*««* <*lamlc«tin«*
ilso ke«p tlm fruit and tb»w« r- clean marriages, and parents, to pr«»t«*et their
luring heavy rain. When th«' fruit homes, would «io welltodo a« th«» fath«*r
«•a«on is over, this !<»ng stuff ran be of a **-|>o ny ’ young son did recently.
ak«*d off’ ami cart«*«! w ith other ganlcn 11« lih 'l the correct ag«*s of his «on and
• tn • t« I’n Im ip ami tlm i • -* - 4 th- hi« intemb’d with th«* town r«*gistrar«
f'lrsad in. IL- p.mt
and n -id« nt clergymen within a radius
¡-•ourasp*«! to mak«» go«»d strong of ten miles, ami warned them that th«»
towns f«»r next year’s fruiting. If tlm marriage wouhl b«« illegal Iweaine his
vratlmr is very dry «luring Jun«*, w hen «on wa« a minor.
TrwtUrr.
Im -t it wb«rri«*s are coining into
lower, give copiowi waterings; far
I he parent or teacher may corn*
» tt«*r h ave it alcm- than half <l*> it,
< el if tint ground gets two or tlrr« « maml, or exhort, or restrain, or advise
n th»» wise«t way: but if th«* constant
X« mh ! rt«Melings th«» top-«!reusing will I
»ntiiience «>f (*ompanionship, or Isxiks,
p it niolat most through the fruiting I
or <M*ciipations, or amusements work in
< «»n
Every thin! year, in-t« :vl of
th«* opposite direction, it will be 1. bor
zg ug the plant up an«! plaiitm an-
«ti» r. train trie runners into the middle thrown away. The rule« of grammar,
b iw« « H the rows ami )>«*g them «lowir learneti w*r so thoroughly, will never
With l.ls-ral top-dr«*-sing we have eoiint«»ra< t tint effect or constant aseoci-
u tlm soil, here will I m - jt»»t th«* I ition with those who B|M*ak incorrectly,
for a rmw be«l, an«! as soon a- tlm nor will the most as«idu«His exhortation
»'mg |»la.’its can d«> without th»*ii «gainst frivolity avail any thing against
L
rmg mother the ol«l ones can !>• I ’Ii«’ general ton«« of frivolous jmx * ty. —
it «»ff .uni «-arte«! to the heap afor« *aid, I A -
•oil!«’ of the «lecaye«! parts «4 tin* heap I
A justice of the peace in Sonoma
igl’t bimk in tn«*ir pla«*e ami «Ing in. Uoiintv. < al . fined a ooy t|IO for snuot-
-nd by th« fall we will have a ff«»ui sli I •”g a •)«•?. i'h«* boy’s fattier appeared
-ig I h »1 of tine, strong crowns that will «ml a«ke<! f«»r a re«lm tion of the amount,
«i« .d a splcndi«! crop tnecoming season
pi lining that he had ««Himflv thrashed
\ r| this rnay r«?peat«<! even thir«! the Ixiy. The justice <*onsi«ierat«*lv re-
.•ear. renewing the ground ami plant- I i-i« «'d th* tin«» to $7.00, thus cstaMiahh
in tl»«* «ame manner. Thia is a way of I ng the legal value <»f a whipping in
»y 'U. F k A •
1 Sonoma County at ♦‘J 6u.