i' 'i 'urn ii i iiiinngjrT'''''- lu-mmimw' i r n r r yr-vm EBAN H P H IH iS -4 jsv -JJL- w . u jx rvy VOL. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1887. NO. 18. THE on (issued cvkrv mmo'.l J. H. BTINB St CO. Publishers TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On. Yar 00 Bit Monthi 1 Ibrra Months v e5 (Payable ra advance! TERMS OF ADVERT131XO. (LroAL ) On sqnara, tint Insertion M 00 fcactt aaUUIoual insertion ISO I LOCAL.) Loci Notices, por lins 15 omit Regular aivertimrnt Inserted nptta literal ternta. JOB PRINTING. AU dear riptfont of Job Printing d.r on ftn irt notice. I si Blanks, timilm, Biunm farria. Bill Heads. Latter Heaiis. Ptieter, etc . executed in good at) I ami at ibtraat bung vrkva. SOCIETY NOTICES. IF.BASOX LODGE, SO . A. F A. M : Meets at their new nail in Masonic Block, on Saturday evsnins:. on or before the fnll motm. J WA8SON. W M. LEBANON IXIIXiK. NO. 47. I. O. O. F.: Hwtl Sat urday ereniug of ea-A rert. at Odd FcIIkw a Hall, Main street; tinting brethren cordially imited to attend J. j. CHARLTON, N. O. HONOR LODOE NO. 38. A. O. r. W . L-lianon. Oregon: Meeta erery tint and third Thursday em- Oregon: A Inga in th. monta. r. n. nusivt. at. n . J. S. COURTNEY. M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LEBANON OREGON. tyciWre In Dr. Powell a Residence F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public and General Insurance Agt. LEBANON. OREGON. Collection and other bnstaeaa pr.jenrtly attended to. Onlce on Main street. ' DR. A. H. PETERSON, . SURGICAL DENTIST, Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. LEBANON. OREGON. OfBc In residence on Main street, next door nmU) of O. B. Montague a new residence. A'l snot warranted. tAarges reasonable. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, LEBANON. OREGON. Staving, Hair Cnttlng. and Shampooing In tbs latest and BEST STYLES. AaT Patronag. respectfully solicited. ST. CHARLES HOTEL, LEBANON. OREOON, N. W. Corner Main and Sherman Street, two Blocks East of R R. lep. J. NIXON. Prop'r. Tables Supplied with the Best the Market Anoras. smpl. Room. and the BeAt Accommodations for mmerciat men. TSt-Oeneral 8tage Ofl e. J. O. ROLAND. LefeaaoB, Orea;oi. airacTCReit st nctut tx Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Spurs, -...AHl ALL m Goods in the Saddlery Line. Harness and Saddles Repaired Promptly and at LOW PRICES. Meat Market Bl HL St KELI.F.J!BERER. Proprietor. Fresh and Salted, Beef and Pork, MUTTON, PORK, SAUSACE, BOLOGNA aruf HAM. Baccn and Lard always, m Hani Main Street, LebanoaK Or. MEAD'S Harness Shop! laanafacturrr and Eksalsr in HARNESS, SADDLES, - WHIPS. SPURS, ....And a full Urn of.. Saddlery Goods. All work work warranted Hand-made and Calif) irui Isratber. Aenta for STATER A WALKER Agricultural Implements And tfaa Calebrated STUDEBAKER WAGON, ilain Street, nox, OkeoS. Gr. W. SMITH, Lebanon, DEALER Stoves and Tinware, Irou,PiimBs, &c. .M ANl'FAOTVRER OF. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, KV13 WlOlIrr Elo. All kinds of Repairing Also keep Tlio 'WOYEIV T. S. PILLSBURY, Brownsville, Oregon. Practical . Watchmaker. .DEALER Watches. Jewelry, A C-OMri.rrE Lais' aiJGeils' JEWELRY, Rings, Bracelets, ROGERS & BROS.' SILVERWARE. All jiod csiat-mntepd. First Dxr Ksril of ts City Hall. X ain Street. MITCHELL & LEWIS CO., Limited. "actor j-: Racine. M is. VANfFACTfRERS OF THE MITCHELL FARM f3 jA- Ja. i r yA i !-.. j THE MITCHELL WAGON. Header and Truoka; bump. Hand and Road Carta; Open and Top Buggies, Phaetons. Carriages, Buckboards. and tsT, General Agent, for Canton CUpjier Plows, Hiurrona. Cultivator". Koa.1 scrapero, (iale Chilled IIowh. Ideal Fel Mills and Wind Mil!, Knowl " ton Hay Rakes Horse rowen, AVoxl Saws. Feed Cutters, etc. We carry the largest and beat assorted stock of Vehicle, on the Northwest Coast. AH onr work is built especially for this trade and fully warranto!. Kend for new 1W7 catalogue. Mitchell & Lewis C6., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Our goods Are sold by F. H. ROSCOE & CO.. Hardware Dealer. Ibanon, Or. Gr. E. Wntfthmaker ....DEALER IX.... WatcHes, Jewelry, Silyer Plated fare and Optical Goods. .JkGKNT ROCK o o o o o o o Quick-Train , Unequalled Repairing a Specialty. in 1 11 by the t. bL joasx - & Vara! Ob isgji latorr h 1 LalKMIMtiOM Enjnnr Con Haiiwa y aura Ihtj ALSO 5 - n t c su t tow The New Noble Sewing Machine and Machine Supplies. LEBANON OREGON. Oregon IN Done at Short Notice. In stock WIRE BED. IN. Optical Goods. ASSOKTMKNT OF. ROYAL ALLOY THIMBLES, LADIES' Cuff and Collar SETS, Chain?, Pins, Etc. All Work Warranted. 1 Ji'owiisi vill. Or Ilranch: Portia Md, Or AND SPRING WAGONS. Tr. i. O "mm and Jeweler. FOR FORD o o o o WATCHES EXACTHO All Work SERVICE Guaranteed BEST. Soldi at a TH Ki in prindpal: zelualrfM Airenta aTleaullnar Jewelera). wiLbal ruU Wairautj. AGENT FO.. IsfNl 4- c-r-v. m ar. I SENTENTIOUS SAYINGS. Ocean of Wlsilom t'nml.usetl Into llrlll lant Pearl of Tbonght. Non of us are 8u gol rn we would have teoil lelit"ve: but. for that mat tor, probuhlv iiobiMly W : 1ial a we ivpi-esont him. KviU Iwonie 1pm p..tcntotw as wi appfoacli them. 'J ne roiwt loolhaclii Tfi!l iftntimt on lilnnlj i-ense at tli threht)ll tt the dentwifs iloor." A barking lts never 1 tf, but the (liflU'tilty Is in f.iloii!in; with niiy de gree of eT.n-tnes upon the moment v. hen he shall tp barking nml begin to bile. Strange that man should have leen given two ears mid lint one tongue, when, a every ImmIv know, he would rather talk all day than li-ten lire min-uttx. The evils wliit li Wfall are Lhe r;flex of our own Mctinnt. mainly A corn di mil unrea- will not tppre-i you if you endeavor to routine it within onable limits. The roeking-ehair i a favorite arti cle tf furniture, and always will be at; long a tliere are jieople in the worhl who delight in coirs'ttintly lning on the move without ever getting ahead. Io not be too ha-siy to make voni way in life. The nail goes Htrnlght in to the witod, ami U readily withdrawn: but the serew, though it takes a round nlMtut course, lias got a grip iiihiii Hit- woimIv libers that is not easily b'i enetl. No man e-in aetpiire Mli-h ttitliout rnbbi:ig Hgaint th" sleeve of society. Put all the blaeklead you will on jour kitchen-stove, and you !i:tll hare but a dull and lusterless dirtv black. It lthe frictio l of the bnisit that makes it sJiiite. Hotv we nil admire personal leauty! And yet beauty is oftentimes only a thin veneer on a wooden head. Who has not been attracted by the fair out side of a tempting pic. to lind that tbr Ibiky crnt is mer.-lv the specious cov ering of an empty void? Ma'i has lieen denominated a bundle of nerves, also an aggregation of ap petites; but an Introspective glance, gentle leader.-wKI inform on thai he is but a convex mirror uhieh lolittlo the images of nil the great things Is Nature which fall upon it. When whool children draw hoiis.- they almost invariably begin with th itM.f. Children of a larger grotl show a similar predilection in the build ing of their fortunes, and nine out ol ten of them prefer starting from the summit rather than from the base. So long as a dog continues lien' thy the lleas will s:i-k to him closer than a brother: but let him fall ill. ami they i have an engagement j-sew hore. The I ilea is not to lie dciende iimiii i;i ad versity, it will lie seen, tiny mora than fair-weather friends of the human va riety. It is the fashion of the world todcery the man who exhibits inordinate self- esteem. Hut I he worhL as uual. is at j fault. It Is right ami proper for man I to admire the worksof his Creator, audi if man can not admire that work with which he is most intimate, how ca't lo' lie expected tolwlow admiration iiwn those works which lie knows nothing alMiiit ? Uotm Trantrrij't. SENATE SECRETS. tis,rsmst I'aU rsiios which May (an.. Considerable Kcrltement. The Snate in one of its lat secret sessions, onlcreil th- executive journal o be published for the forty years from lSJ to 1SG'.. B it one publication of any part of the Senate' a eci-et piiM'eeil- njj has ever iMen maie. 1 hat in- luded the period from the lirst Co:i- pres. to lf21. Very little of the flesh and blood of the secret life tif the S;m- ate can be had from its journal. It j Joes not record the debate over treaties mid appointments, and the eloquent lcochc. the w itty retorts, the ipiar- itds and mad" Mru-rles will not be I hands. It gave France a new frontier, found minutely and faithfully pictured j and a very open one; a frontier unpro inlhe forthcoming printed journal. The I tin ted by any very great natural obsta secrct sessions of the Senate are made , t-les, for the Germans now held both so for the reason that there must Ik op- porlunity to speak freely alxjiit men whom the President aud his advisers think lit to hold o!ii-e. J he Senate I imply converts itself into a big com mittee, silting with cloe. uoors, and everv one is at liberty to tell what ho thinks or knows about the particular nomination up for discussion. Not li ng of those deliberation! told by any Senator theoretically. A a fact, how ever, a good deal is told, and the news paper are usually accurate in their rcioiL of .secret sessions. There is al ways a good deal of curiosity among the Senators, and among other folks as well, to know how their secret proceed ing became public. It is simply a pro cess of itiqui ry and addition what lit tle one Senator is disposed to say is put with what half a dozen others may saj Sometimes a Senator who does not approve of secret sessions rashly gives away all he can remember of a session. The journal to be printed will show how near right the reports that leaked out alxmt secret sessions during the war were. The theory of the Senate in making the record public now is that no harm can be done after suffi cient time has intervened between the events which involved the names of in dividuals and the present. There are a good many now living, however, who will bo affected in a very lively 'way by a publication of the secret pro ceedings of the Senate as recent as 1869. The work is to be thoroughly indexed, and each volume will contain five hundred pages of the journal and about a hundred of the index. There will be six of these volumes. Half of - hole work will tie devoted to the ar ; riod. dnrins which thousands ui o i thousands of army officers were confirmed or rejected by tlio Senate. h'tishinyton Car. Chicago Mail. DIGNIFIED NAMES. A Fashion That Promises to He-rome Pop alar With Smal!la rarents. It is a notable fact that the fashion in the names of women has very decidedly changed of late. Instead of long favorite diminutives of Mamie and Minnie, and Birdie, nml l-arrie, and Lily, and Lulu mid such other common pet names, it Is now the style to bestow upon little gir-ls rlie stately and dignified names o! Kll.atwth, Catherine. Harbara. l)rot!i, Eleanor ami others which have. long Veil out of favor as old-fashioned. Moreover, these are iven their full length and sound. Nit such abbrevia ted s as Katie, and Lizzie, and Mollie, anJ Hollie, and Maggie are allowed to le good form. Three pretty little baby girls, we know of. will jrmw with the plain name of Margery in all its rotund full ness no Madge, Maggie or Margie lioingso much as permitted. Two other little blond-haired damels are named respectively IMrothy ami Lli.abeth, in all their length and breadth all nick naming or shortening lieing utterly forbidden bv their mother. Another little tot Is dubbed Marguerite, and woe lie to them who attempt lo use any such nbbreviaaion as Maggie or Daisy or Itita. Mr. Whitney has expressed her preference for "Il.irothy" a the nam" of the Cabinet baby, instead of Frances rolsonu as asiuouueed. The wife of the President objects to iteing called by her baby name of Frank or Frankie, and writes her n:im in full Francos Folsom Cleveland. The fahi::i thus set has Itccn generally adopted. And it i not only sensible and dignilied, but useful and nppro pi iate. to incorporate a woman's maiden name with her married name, since it maintains her identity and keeps her in recognition by those who knew her best under her old name. Miss M tud Howe, the writer. Mho was married recently, will still be recognized as Maud Howe Fiiliott Ella Wheeler was not obscured m hen she became Klla Wilcox Kleanor Stuart is not lost to memory when hoi name apitoars ns Eleanor Stuart Hamil ton. And even if it were not more use ful to thus mark one's identity, women t ho have family pride in their names, whether for ancient renown or lec:iusc famous or historic, are loth to iuk them into utter obscurity. The Princess lmise tint not lose iter iieronalitv in the title of the Marchioness of Lor:ie. Our first lady fallowed her example when she -signified her desire to le known as Frances Folsom Cleveland. Ami the custom grows more ami more common. The same reaction from diminutive ma names U extended to the names of Imos. It is now considered common t call a boy Willie, or Johnnie, orf.eorifie. or Robbie, (iood form demands the full name, and that nicknames shall bi tabooed. This change of late and style as re panls names Is certainlr for the ltter. "Jim. nnd 'Tom,' and "Bob." and I "Sam." and uch. are destructive ofl dignity mid outride of the home-circle and intimate friends are augestire of the familiarity that hi-eeds contempt. Think of treorgie Washinjrton, and Billy (ihuUtone, and Sonnie Bismaivk, and Harry Beocher, ami Johnnie Sher man. But in the passion for the return to the dignity of old-style names, it is t be hoped those of the Puritan period '. ni;ly be included, when Experienos ' Mchitable, and Oood Faith Jeniha, j mid Charitr Temperance, ami Praise ; c;IMl Barchoncs, and Have Faith Vir- j pins, and Jeremiah Zcrnbbabcl, ni;d . Aiwa vs-tHlie-IVaisMl Potts, were of fre- i nueut occurrence. Pittsburgh Ditjiulch. . o FRENCH FORTRESSES. rrmn. .... Rr,.,h.nrrf and Fortl- ned Her Military frontier. The cession of Alsace and Lorraine I placed Mctz and StrasburjJ. the keys of j the old French frontier, in German j sides of the Rhine, and the northern passes of the Vosges (the pusses by which the French armies used to march to tl 10.io3 under Napoleon I.) were well within the new Gorman territory. Moreover, this naturally open frontier might be said to lo wholly unprotected y art. once Metz ami Strasoiirg were gone. 1 rue, mere was uie lorircss oi Belfort on the extreme right, guarding the well-marked vallev ln'tween tho Vosges and the Jura, which French Seoiiraiilicr call in iroure ue neijon. lut Bidfort. shattered bv the successful siege which was the last act of the war was only the wreck of a fortress, and in anv case its works were not of such a character a to lit it for its new position .01 the verv frontier line. Taught by he hard lesson of defeat, the French Government at once set to woru to sj the new frontier into a thorough state :f defense. Successive War Ministers 'lave steadilv worked uimhi the lines iriginally laid down by the engineers ?harged with the task in 1871. Money nas not been spared. It has been spent lv millions, and now, after the labor of sixteen years, the work is done. Probably so vast a scheme of military iiigineering was nevoid before planned .tnd executed in so brief a time. The French engineers have not been con tent to erect upon the new frontier three or four first-class fortresses to serve as points of support for a defend ing army. They have closed it with s double line of works, linked these to gether by an elaborate system of rail ways, and, besides rcfortifying Paris, they have constructed two other great fortresses ia the heart of France to serve as bases of opeVations for her armies if, as in 1870, the barriers nearer the frontier were again pressed by in vading armies from beyond the Rhine, Xational Beview, DRAWING THE LINE. A Colored Tarty to Which Nona But th Kloet Are to Ho In,lte:l. "YTy bress me. Miss Simmons, you 'peers to lie htimpin' j erself. What de cause id yer hurry dis niornin?'- "It" right yer is. Uncle Mose. 1st got a jxiwer of bi.ni.s t tend tot We' gwiue ter hab a pawty down ,to Ui house, an' I want you fr ter com." '.II right, chiK I'll Ihj dar. shuax Who's gwiue ter be inwited?" 'O, every body wat's got any tenshun ter being fust-class. All de elect am gwinter be presenL" "Boliver Smira folks?"' "Hain't I done tole yer none but de elect am gwinter be dar?' "Boliver Smif 8 got a horse an dray. Ef he don't b'long ter de elect, who d.M??' "He nster b'long ter de upper class;, as yer says, but de hos am down wid de glanders." "I hadn't heerd oh d.iL How aliout de Wheatville gang?' "O, yes: dey'H be dar." "An Capreshus Jfdinings?" "Xo: dey's hT out." Huh! W.'v. Miss Simmons, how's dat? Don't dev b'long ter de stockrai-v? Whv's dey luff out?" "Cause dis vere pahtr's gwine ter lie seleit. an'.oney de stoeraoy"s gwiue ter be 'vited. We can't 'low too much mixin' of low-down darkies wid de fust family blood, nohow. D.'iu Johusings warn't nuthin but common fiel" bans fore de wall." Yes; but now dey owns a 'later pato.i an a cow. "Dat s so, Lnele Mose; 1 didn't tink on itat. Keckon we II sli.tb ter Jet em in. If dev's got a cow, dat makes a difference." "How about dem Clacks?"' 'Huh! Dey aiu"t got no cow. is dey?" No; but dey's talkin alxmt buyin' a goat."' "Dim dat si-ttles hit. Dv can't come. I tells you. Uncle Mo-e. s'ciety got ter p'lect itself." "Dat's rigiit. Miss Simmons; ef de ole ciillud 'stookraoy didn't lMk out nnui sus eert. de fut tingdey knowed dey'd hab Mime oh de poor white trash comin to deir pahties. GikmI inawniu'. Miss Simmons. Be mighty keei-ful about ilom inwites."' Te gtfiue to. Uncle Moe. We has got tor make a "stinctiou somew'ere. RM'kou. we'll draw de line at de goats." 'How alxmt Jim Webster?"' 'He don't In'long ter de bote voley." "I)edoce lie don't! He am an artist. Ue paints de landscapes wid a white wash bruh.' "Dat's a fae. IH inwite him. too. G.xkI niawnin"." Good mawuinV Teia Sifting. The Marvelous Phonopore. There sems to le no end to the marvels of electrical science. We have long known that, inexplicable as it seemed, messages could lesent through a wire in opposite directions at the same moment. But now we have Mr. Laugdoii Davis utilizing for telegraphic pnroes a form of electric force which can Ihj separated altogether from the ordinnrv electric current, and which can pass freely through insulators im- uissable y currents. The new instru ment, termed a phonopore. can be at tached to any ordinary telegraph line. as-was done a day or two back in the cae of a line from London Bridsre to Folkestone. The result was that it was Ntssible to send a phonoporie message ivcrthe heads, as it were, of the usual operators, who could continue all the hue. to work the line from either end. or at anv intermediate point, and in both directions. Moreover, when the ine at either end was disconnected, so that there was no closed circuit, and telegraphic messages were therefore ntirely impossible, the phonopore worketl as sueecssiuiiy as ever. it. Jam?' Gazette. Adulterated Spices. "I know a man." remarked a gentle man this morning, "who is so consci- ntious that, after starting in the spice business at considerable expense, he sold out at a loss rather than continue manufacturing concern that could only lxmade profitable by adulterating the manufactures nnd selling impure goixl. There is uore adulteration in spices, he told me. than in any thing rise, and the making of the adulterating agent is also a business in itself. Why, it has not Ix-en long since there was a mill over in Camden where fruit importing firms here, and those that manufactured piopared cocoanut. sent their cocoanut .hell, which were then ground into powder ami used for adul teration. I believe the method is to liiul out what you can get lor your spices and then adulterate them so you can make a profit at the figures named. The strength and pungency of the spice are usually made to correspond with its price." Philadelphia Bulletin. Most All the Same. "Hello!" called a female voice through the telephone at jxdiee headquarters. "Yes, who is it?" "Same woman who has telephoned you before.' "Well." "That same husband of mine has taken that same jewelry and gone to tho same saloon to pawn it for whiskv. "Well." "Well, this same woman is going over and raise the same row about it-" "And what do you want of us?" "Nothing, except that you notify the officer on the beat to keep his hands off. He may not be the same man." e- troil Free Press. m . sw A machine has been invented that orints the sidp9 and ends of boxes at he same time at the rule of 2,500 pgr hour. ... MODERN DRESSMAKING. The Art of Adapting the Prevailing; Modes to IndisKtoal Kr.nlrcnr.ta, The dressmaking of to-lay is very different from that of a few years ago. It is now the work of an artisL Every seam, every curve aud line , must- bo perfect in Us form, and be on the latest approved mode as to shape and garni 4 nre. but the individual iigure must be at it lied as a whole, each Kiint sepa rately, and the chosen style a laptd to the form. Neither can the same style ofdrajwy be adopted by all jiersoin and equally lKoomiugreiilts expected. It is the succt'ssful adaption of prevail ing modes to individual requirements that entitles modern dressmaking to be elapsed among the fine arts. The new est modes allow no darts to appear on the ontside: thoy are made in the lining. however. in the nsnat way, and the pliable outer material is stretched and molded to the figure over the fitted lining, which gives a bias ef fect to the lower parts of the fronts that is strikingly noticeable when the goods is striped or plaided. Waista are made ns long as the Iigure will per mit and are thoroughly boned, so tliat even a suggestion of a wrinkle is avoided. In addition to the usual complement of whalebo.ies many dressmakers add short ones over the hips: one placed diajonally from the front seam of the side gore commenc ing alxmt three inches above the waist line and reaching to the bottom of the baque at the back feani of the side gore, aud another one placed over this, so as to form an X. This keeps the basque smooth over the hips, and sometimes a second X is made on the side f rm. The basque, with a long pointed front and well hound over the hips, will give a long-waisted effect to the figure. o this must lie considered in reference to its beoomingness. Shoulder seams are placed ou the top and ex tended only to the point of the shoul der, and the arm-holes are shaped and the sleeves fi.ted with the grsatast nicety. Necks are still worn very high and collars artaJiroad and fit closely. When the vet or plastron is made on Hie liftsque the collar fastens on the side. MoHere effects are shown on both vests and plastrons, and they are often made of an entirely different material and color from the rest of the dress. A vest of pink crap? is set on a costume of heliotrope faille, and a pale blue moliere is effective in a dress of dark bine. Two jshad-s of green may h combined, and cream can used with almost any color. The majority of dresses have a close sleeve, with a simple trimming at the wrists. Rib bons are used in profusion for orna menting dresses, and promise to be still more extensively employetl as thinner materials are assumed. Brook lyn Ettgfe. Concerning Drilled Wells. A drilled well should be made deep, that it may hold considerable water. If not. it may too easily Ix? puruped dry. Moreover, the fine sand, generally present, works its wavviot only tilling up the lower end of the easing, but when the pump pipe is set low, and. is pumping fast, some of the line sand will be pumped up. and lodge in the valve, soon causing the valve to stay partly open, so that the pump will not hold water, b:;t must le primed for a new start. If the well be drilled deep after water is lirt reachi-1. a space can be allowed for tilling upt-and the pump pipe need not lrf" placed so near the bottom. But there l less danger of filling up if the well lie thoroughly cleansed or pumped out after being sunk to the proper depth. This work properly belongs, to ihe men who drill the well. andshould never lie omitted. A great deal of Ihe floating sediment. if not removed then and there, will be a source of trouble ever afterward. Cinrinnati Time. When the Cuckoo Cries. In Northumberland one is told if yon are walking on a hard road when the cuckoo first calls, that tho ensuing sea son will be full of calamity; to be on soft ground is a lucky omen. In the Maritime highlands and Hebrides, if the cuckoo is first heard by one who has not broken hi f aL some misfort une is expected. Indeed, besides the danger, it is considered a reproach to one to have heard Ihe cuckoo while hungry. In France to hear the cuckoo for the first time fasting is to make the hearer an idle do nothing for the rest of the year, or to numb his limbs -for the same period. There is a simi lar belief in Somersetshire. In West phalia the peasauts on hearing the cuckoo for the first time, roll over and over on the grass ia orde. to insure themselves against lumbago for the rest of the year. This is considered all the more likely to happen if the bird repeats his cry while they are on the ground. CJiieago Xetr. Lunatics are not always devoid of wit and satire. A stranger walking out about the Midway station, at Mil ledgeville. the other da-, met a sqnad of them out walking for excroise, and asked one of them: "Where does this railroad go to?" To which the lunatic replied: "It doesn't go anywhere. We keep it herj ti run tile cars on." Co umbus (Go.) Enquirer-Shu. The pears in following advertisement ap a recent issue of a Jackson ville (Fla.) newspaper: "Being warn ed of approaching death by my phy sicians, 1 will sell my new f4o0 piano for $165. I will also sacrifice my or gans and sewing machines, or rent them. Also 'American Encyclopedia, People's Encyclopedia, "General Grant's Memoirs' and other books. J. P., Hotel news office." 1 : V 1,1 r