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(TUSUKO Hf rKIPSV.) J. H. STINB & CO. Publisher TKRMS OF SUBsR'RlPMON. On Vw 00 81 Months , Tbrt Montis ( Pn4 in advance.) TERMS OF ADVERTIS1KU. (Lkual) One sqnsr, flrsl Insertion ?SS Kach aadi.tunai insertion 1 30 (LOCAL) Local Notices. I r Hne , '5 mt KeHlu advertisements Inserted upon liberal tmnt s- E BANON .EX. PRE Ar0L. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 188 NO. 22. SOCIETY NOTICES. LKBANON LoTKlK, NO. . A. F. A M : Hau t thrir new hall in Muontc Mock, on Stunly eteuing, on or before the lull iiuxn J WASSON, W. M. attend HONOR LODOK NO. SS. A. O. Oregon: Meets ev Infs In the month. Meets Sut ll..s Hill, visiting erettsxeo eonliiilly invitel to J. J. CHARLTON. N. O. LEBANON LODOF., NO. IT, I. O O. P.: utility evening of e:h wevk. at Odl Min street; visiting sreUsxen eonuully Lebanon, eteu- Oregon: Meets eer nrt and Uitnl Tnarsdayei s moato. . n. tunvvs. m. " . J. S. COURTNEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LEBANON OREOON. tFOtRc In Dr. Po veil's Residence. F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Notary Public and General Insurance Agt. LEBANON. OREOON. Collection and other business psumptl attended to. Office on Main street. DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL DENTIST, Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. LEBANON. OREGON. Office In reehlance, on Msln street, neit door nmth ot ' B. M mtarue new residence. Atl work warranted. Charges reasonable. C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRPRESSER, LEBANiN. OREOON. EhaTing, Htir Cat tin, and Shampooing in the latest and BEST STYLES. 7 Patronage respectfully solicited. G. W. SMITH, Lebanon, Oregon DEALER IN .MANUFACTURER OF. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, EVE tSlOIJ1 IS to. All kinds of Repairing Done at Short Notice. Also keep In stock -T. S. PILLSBURY, Brownsville. Oregon. Practical .. Watchmaker. St. Charles Hotel, LEBANON. Oregon. . W. Corner Main and Sherman Streets, two Blocks East of R R. Depot. J. NIXON. - Proprietor. Tables Supplied with the Best the Market Affords. Sample Rooms and the Best Accommodations for Commercial men. GENERAL. STAGE OFFICE.- J. O. ROIiAND, Lcbamea, Oregen, xaicrcn;Rg asi dealer ns Harness, Saddles, Bridles, . Whips, Spurs, ....AND ALA.... Goods in the Saddlery.Line. Harness and Saddle Repaired Promptly and at LOW PRICES. LEBANON Meat Market BI'IIL KELLESBEBER, Proprietor. Tlic WOVEN AVIRK BED. ..DEALER IN. Watches, Jewelry, Optical Goods. -A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF. Lais' ai Gents' JEWELRY, Mis, ROYAL ALLOY THIMBLES, LADIES Cuff and Collar SETS, Chains, Pins, Etc. ROGERS & BROS.' SILVERWARE. All UMaS BrBteri. irsi Door Hortl of tie kit HUL Mala Street. All Work Warranted. lJi-ovviissvillo, Or is LIFE WORTH LIVING? -Is life worth living?" Ask Of him Who tolls both day and night To make a little horn fir thoso Bo dear uuto hit sight. "It life worth living?'' Ask of her Who, crowned with widow's, weeds, Doth nnd supremcst happiness In kind and noble deeds. "Ii llf worth livingf Ask again Ot those whose highest lui Is to aiwlst their fellow man. WlAout one thought of fame. "Is life worth Hvlng?" Ah I dear friend. Let these good people tell: A better question far is this It life worth living well? Columbia Dltpatch A BRAVE LADY. How "Her Royal Highness" Fought for Her Life. MITCHELL & EEWIS CO., Limited. Factory: Barlne, Wl. It Portia ad. Or MANtrTUTCRER9 OF THE MITCHELL FARM AND SPRING WAGONS. THE MITCHELL WAGON. Loir, Header and Trucks; Dump, Hand and Road Carts; Open and Top Buggies. Phaetons, Carriages, Buckboards, and Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork, MUTTON, PORK, SAUSACE, BOLOGNA and HAM. General Agents for Canton Clipper Plows, Harrows, Cultivators. Road Scrapers. Oale Chilled Plows, Ideal Feed Mills and Wind Mills. Know l ton Hay Rakes. Horae Powers, Wood Saws. Feed Cutters, etc. e carry the largest and best assorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest Coast. AH our work is built especially for this trade and fully warranted. Send for new 18S7 catalogue. Only those who have experienced it an realize tho exi-itmeut caused -j witnessing a lianl-to-liaiul conflict be tween two saTae, untamed beasts. 1 Imve witnessed bull lights in Mexico, tnd seen a python cruh the life out of calf in South America, but never :tze! on a more thrilling episode than n one hot Algerian nigni ai a water ool about two hundred miles In the iu erior. Beside the ihm1 were several trees of a fair Ptze, in the bunches of ue of which had l-f n placed a small olatform hidden among the clustered eaves, from which liming place 11 was mveiiit ut to shcHit miT animals night conic to the iool to drink during the night. Thither repaired one even- ng sMn after .sundown, Maccovoy and nyself. nccoinpanictl ly his Arab -r- ant, a young man nanieu Asuia. w no bore our spare guns and acted as gen eral factotum to us both on expeditions f this nature. It is ditlicnlt for me, in lUV cooler moments, to rnuiu a viT-e, uitl the smooth, straight stem proved .xtrcmely tixuiblcsiune to swarm. How jver, with the help of Mac and Asilla. I inann"vd it and secured n comfortable lnhr They followed with great fa ility, being" both slight, active men, tnd nt once made the guns ready. The moon rose gradually, audi hati ootl opportunity to study perfect si 'ence. Nothing can le more deeply lcnt than a still right in the desert. As there is little or no vegetation in these vast mean of sand, there is no nsect life, and for several hours after :he moou rose absolute silence reigned. We did not speak. There was no wind. It seemed as if there was 10 living thing in that wide prcad expanse of country. 1 .vas beginning to feel sleepy and nod frequently, when a prolonged roar lounded close at hand. In an instant we were wido awake ami grasped our Sims nervously. At tho next instant The roar was answered from a location immediately beneath us. On looking lown we saw a lioness, lying on her bellv, her head between her paws, and lu-r long tail waiving luxuriously to ami fro. She looked like a huge cat enjoy ing some pleasurable sensation. Almost instantly a third "woof! woof!" mounded at our backs, "tiao. am-: breathed Mac, "we are in for a bag to night!" and a moment later two mag- uu.-ent males stemied slowly and ma- jostically into view. The female con tinued to purr and wave her tail gently. As soon as the two lions spied each other thev prepared for action. Slowly and carefully they neared each other, die lioness meanwhile watching them as a cat does a mouse. Closer and closer they drew, while we. spellbound, reserved our fire to witness the terri ble duel that was impending. And now they crouch and with mu tual roars of rage spring at each other, md. meeting, iu imdlcap. fall, biting tnd tearing, to the earth. We can hear their txmes crush between their powerful jaws like egg-shels beneath n man's boot-heel. The lioness, main taining her tranquil attitude, watched the conttict, as it seemed to my excited v with ;i devilish smile on her face. Over ami over they ltd led, while the sickening sound of champing bones filled the air, mingled with their iran tic roaring and the movement of their bodies as they thrashed through the whirling sand. By this time my nerves were so wrought up that I could stand the torrilio. spectacle no longer, and, taking ,delileratc aim at the lioness, behind her shoulder blade. I let 11 v- Above the rumble of the smooth-bore sounded the shriek of the lioness as the heavy ball crashed into her vitals. The two duelists at once ceased their encounter, and as one of them turned he received Maecovoy's .-;!., l,i:ll.-t in tho head, the missile "If the tamarisk U only dry enough," quoth Mac, "we can shu smoke her uut;" and he galloped round through the Waters and a volley of flaming torches riuned Into the brake. This fetched her. She made a gallant charge out and almost up to us, before we gave her all four barrels. It stopped her, and for a moment the noble beast seemed stunned. Then, as the smoke cleared away, we saw her return to the shelter. More torches were thrown in. and four times did the desperate llon- ness chanre-tis dauntlesslr, and receive our tire, before -finally biting the dust. She had eleven bullet lioles in ho. beside the smashed shoulder I had given her the night before. With that bullet in her.fwhichhad pasfvl through her aud lay against her ribs ou the op- Hsite side to that it had entered) she iiad traveled nearly nine miles, had made live determined rushes, killed and disabled four doers, and died like theiheroine she was. in mid-charge. And Mareoroy, turning to nie, asked: "Doctor, do you still hold to the opin ion that a lion is no better than a big dog?" And I could find no answer. save words of praise for thenob.le creat ure that lay dead before us. Too much time had elapsed for us to track the other lion successfully, the spoor bav ins- been obliterated by the feet of other game. But two lions out of three wasn't such bad work for twenty-four hours, after all, and we returned to camu fully satisfied with our day's that I sport. Algerian Cor. London Standard. HOME AND FARM. BERMUDA HOUSES. Vnttn M -- Legal "ij Letter C'.rci.' ad at i VALUABLE RELICS. Three Cn-looa Memento of Rrvolntlonary Iist I'rrserved In a Delaware To wa. One is a silver straincj', which Benja min Franklin had mae out of his firat dollar that he had. ever 'earned. An other is a worn prayer book, which also belonged to Franklin. In it is written the name of Betty Parker, a vniiii" girl to whom he save it, with these words of advice: "t!o to church constantly, whoever orcai hes. The act of devotion is your principal business there, and if properly attended to. will do more towards mending the heart than sermons gener ally can do. Yet I do not mean that you should despise sermons, even if jou dislike the preacher, for tire discourse is often much better than the man. as sweet and clear water comes through very dirty earth." The other memento is of a difitaeat character. It is a bullet, covered with a thick coating of rust. At the battle of Brandywine General Lafayette was shot, ami fell. "General, I am wounded," he said to Washington, as he was carried past the chief. "I am sorry for it " was the reply. "Sir. I am n.d. sorry!" the young Frenchman answered, quickly. The bullet had passed through the leg and could be felt under the skin at"the other side. No surgeon came tti dress the wound. A woman named Bell McClosky cut out the bullet with her scissors ami bandaged the leg so skilfully that when the surgeon ex amined it nothing more was needed. This woman was the wife of a poor soldier who followed her husband to every battle-lie v and gave what help she could to the wounded and dying. When Lafayette returned to this country in 1824, he visited Delaware, and re ceived ft splendid welcome, civil and military. But he did not forget the woman w ho had come to his help. Bell McClosky w as brought to Wilmington and presented to him. She had pre served the bullet and it is cherished by her descendants as the memento of a brave man and a good woman. Youth'$ Companion. Don't waste food onx-ows unable to make decent return. Live as much as possible on the sunny aide of the house. farm Journal. -Fried Squash: Slice thin, dip Id egg, then in Hour, and try in not but ter. -The time-honored custom of feed ing little chicks an exclusive diet of crnmeal is now condemned fey some authorities. Ctrn, as an exclusive diet. Is whol ly unfit for a horse. It Is the most heating food. Corn meal ought alwayi to be fed with cut hay. lFeer Rural Asnarasrus: Tie in small bunches but not very tight, Jit into boiling water, and cook about a half an hour Serve hot upon toast with butter. Christian at Work. To grow corn as many farmers do, and get a yield of thirty or forty bush els per acre, affords little profit, but just as much as there is In half tillage of other crops. Country Oentleman. Good draining Is one of the most essential things in a stable. The ya pors which arise from liquid remaining upon the floor are inhaled by the ani mals and produce Ill-health Montreal Witness. Well-drained and deeply-tilled land stores warmth" to such an extent as to prolong the season of growth, and ob viate risks of frost that otherwise might reduce profits of cultivation materially. A good feed for young pigs that are nearly ready for weaning is equal parts of meal, ground oats and shorts, one quart of the mixture in a pale of skim milk, allowing them all they can drink of it, three or four times daily. A little ammonia in hot water a tablespionful to a quart or a small quantity of borax dissolved in the water, applied wi:h & soft cloth or flannel, will clean paint lind windows without Eoap. Fartn, Field and Stock man. Kainit, which Is now extensively used as a fertilizer, is a compound of the sulphates of potash -'and magnesia, containing, also, common salt and other chlorides. It is not only an ex cellent fertilizer, being soluble, but is one of the liest materials that can be sd for preventing loss of ammonia in the manure pile. SL Louis Republican. Cheese Omelet i Beat three eggs, add to them a tablespoonful of grated Parmesan ck-eee, jioiir into a hot pan; fry and fold in the usual manner. Just In'fore folding add ft heaping table spoonful more of cheese ftnd turn oat on a hot dish. Dust ft little rarmesan cheese on top and serve. Baptist Weellu. JjOAiU Uphill: Nothing is more com mon than to see a team drawing a heavy load up a hill, urged to do its best from bottom to top, and when the top is reached the horses are breathing heavily; while a sensible driver will hold in his team, and when the top of the hill is gained there is a little quick ened breath and no exhaustion. Again, it is comninihjor a team to be driven rapidly down hilL This, too, is all wronsr. lameness and stiffness ofien occurring as a result. In both rising and descending a hill a team should be made to move slowly. , r-a 1 ANSWERING LETTERS. Durability of the Peentlar Balld'.nj Mate rial Used la Their Construction. Ill speaking of the Bermudas. Rar. John Sayder said: "One of the pretti est sights, I believe, I ever saw wis when I went up into one of their light houses and looked out upon the islands below on the one hand and the widt ocean on the other. The landscape was green with palms and all kinds of tropieal plants, and the earth was car peted with gra-?s. The natives build in small villages which dot this' country on every side, and the white tops of these yillage hons down among the the palms, and with a cat-pit of green grass foiva background, make a picture one must see to appreciate. The air is balmy, and said to lie a wonderful curative for consumptives." "Of what material do they baild houses In Bermuda?" , "Of coral; that is to say, of a stone found about twa fuet mi ier the soil at almost any point. Thi. is the work of the coral insect, and has bren covered by the soil in the process of forming the island." "Does the stone stand the weather and answer for all bnilding pur poses?" "Yes. its durability is somewhat re markable when we consider what the stone is and the way in which it is ob tained. The masons go out and re move the two feet of soil which cover the stone, and they find it as soft as wood, perhaps softer than some kinds of our hickory. They cut it out into blocks of any desirable size or shape and leave it exposed to the air a short time, whe:i it becomes" as hard as real stone and stands the weatiier accord ingly." "You spoke of the village house-tops being white; what makes them so?" "Every peasant and resident ol the n.-i-miiilns is siiBDoss.l to paint his house-top at least once a year. The covering is of stone and sometimes almost flat, and as cLsterti water is their only source of water supply, they paint their roofs that they may better turn the water into their cisterns. Very often you can see about the forts large surfaces arranged in this wly to turn water into the cisterns. The earth is removed off a large space of stone acd this is so arranged as to turn the water into a common cistern. The stone is all painted, and as I said, looks Tery beantifnl when one looks down from the lighthouse at this snow white substance among the green grass. St. ljouis Republican. - Empire at Wash; , You can pass fr.m the the library by going throw, little hall. I have been in ries in my life, but I an ea; , have 1 entered one eattl . The room might almost, be d : an octagon, it hasV y ny 1 and crannies. Therei " book-cases filled "with ratfj . manuscripts aud a nsiaf of beautiful workman richly bound editions '' -- v classics. Thijj room is th private office au4 strangers . a chance to enter it- r". further toward the back of U . we come to the ball-room, .- largest and most elegant i -and the sceDe of some of th- liant entertainments ever i;; Washington. Though the not a frequent eit.-'iiinr l is always ready to put his ! disposal of the society ht!i -ington. Every season. 5 -gives a grand ball, for s thousand invitations ar -- -last occasion of tuts kird i in the public mind, on acc'- behavior of the eue-iis. another apartment we'd ing in. Tliii is the 1 Th r4 7"' If - as WHITEHEAD TORPEDOES. Bacon and Lard always ss land. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. J. L. Cowan. 3. M. Ralston, J. W. Cusick, BANK OF LEBANON Lebanon, Oregon, Transacts a General Banking Business. . Accounts Kept Subject to Check. Mitchell & Lewis Co., Limited, 188, 190, 192 and 194 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. Our goods are sold by F. II. ROSCOE & CO.. Hardware Dealers, Lebanon, Or. Meteor Showers. IYof. Richard A. l'roctor maintains that most of the meteor streams with which tho earth comes in contact are derived from the earth itself; that is, thrown off by volcanic action at a time when the internal forces of our planet were sufficiently active to give the initial velm-ity. some twelve miles a second, requisite to carry them beyond the earth's attraction. Comets, which he regards as the parents of the meteor streams, he thinks may have originated outside our solar system. Most of the comets whoso orbits belong to our sys tem, ho thinks originated in the larger planets. The sun is now, perhaps, giving birth frequently to comets which probably pass beyond the limits of iU attraction. Scientific American. Gr. E. ate h maker and Jeweler- .DEALER IN.... Watcnes. (Ms, Jewelry, Sifter Plated fare and Optical Goods. .AGENT FOR. O O O O O Repairing ROCK Quick Unequalled in FORD WATCHES EXACTING SERVICE a EXCHANGE SOLD ON Hew Tort. San Francisco, Portland aid Specialty. Albany, Oreson. Co"ections Made on Favor o o o o o TrainB SBsKnSMSMOEi'afW- wt ' . . i - i n arts .VkW&'ir - a IF V '41 - sysr o o o o i th U. Sl .Coast ftnr- In C1 ervto7;by Xioeosnotive cognized lb THE BUST. Sold in prlnctpu lUMStowni by exctasive (rents. iltMrlliia? jeweler), with FuUWajTmAij. All Work Guaranteed o o o o o o o ALSO AGENT FOE THE. L J. & H. A. Singer Sewing Machines & Machine Supplies, LEBANON OREGON. piercing the hollow over the eye, where the skull is weak, and entering the brain; death was almost instantaneous. The other male with a thundering woof!" gav a mighty spring and landed half way up the tree iruiiK, nearly shaking us from our percii. Asilla hastily discharged one of the spare guns, slap-bang into Ins lace, oui probably the charge only guazed him, for falling back lie disappeared mto the darkness toward where the moans nA nt tho. lioness ercw iainiei and fainter every moment. The moon being on the wane, auei all sounds had ceased we returned to camp, with many promises to each other to take up the sjoor of our wounded enemies in the morning and track them to their death. According 5 at. daybreak, with a party of iifty Arab beaters we returned .to the I'st-.nd" were soou o the sivoor of urmmded lioness. The sand was torn up for quite a space, as if the ani mal had suffered terrible agony, and following the trail for at least nine miles in a southeasterly direction, the dogs gavelongue at a tamerisk brake, that extended on three sides of quite a body of brackish water. Some four or live of the dogs, of better blood than the average Arab cur, dashed into the tangle, and the next instant we nau me satisfaction or seeing me uiaugieu ic mains of one flung up in the air, from about the center of the patch. A chorus of yelps and snarlings now ict in, and one disconsolate cut limped painfully out, his ribs bare of flesh where the lioness' paw had struck him. We were now iis a predicament. After an hour's infernal clatter by the beaters, we were as far from getting her royal highness out as ever, tar sbowjiersi'f the wouU not. It is likely that to the Assyrians belongs the honor of first having made a seeding machine more than tive 600 years before the Christian era. An opener and a mould-board, made from a round stick of wood and to which were attached handles aud a tongue, constituted this machine, with the ad dition of a bowl-shaped hopper fastened to the rear of the plow-point and sup ported on a hollow standard. The seed passed from the hopper through the standard to the furrow and was covered by the earth falling back ou iLlroy Times. uneot the nrsM recent of inventions is the chirocycle, a machine designed to take the place of velocipedes and other vehicles for children. It is propelled by a crank and is far more durable and useful, it is said, than the bicycle. A factory for its manufacture has recently been established at Uxtoru, Mass. iiie touorraihonieter, which records auto matically the typography and difference of level of all places over wnicu it pas&ea, is a recent invention of a Parisian. Faithful Pastor "A minister a life , i i , t : .1. : is a very nam one. x-nitsuiuuci "Why, there are only two sermons a week to write and " "O, I don't mind sermon-writing; that's easy enough. But my duties requiro fre quent visits to the homes of every mem ber of the congregation, ana just nun, of the strain of my conscience." "Cou I science?" "Yes, I am expected to ad mire all the new babies." Omaha World. T t - The late Thomas Foster, of New- buryport, by his will, divides the resi due of all his property among the North Congregational Church of New buryport, the Home Missionary Society and the American Board of C'ommH gioner9for foreiga missions, in ec- 1 A Daly yhlelt Should B Performed S Promptly Even in this business-like age, when every thing is done by system, and not even the sma'.lest inquiry by mail is supposed to remain unanswered, there is now and tlmn found a business man who docs not fulfill the duties of a cor respondent. Such a one was the hea l of a largj agensy in ono of our sea board cities, who hail, in front of his desk, a long row of pigeou-holes. all of them marked "unanswered letters." and all stuffed fulU Why don't yo:l answer thoso let ters?"' a visitor asked or him one uay. What would b; the user" he an swered. "Why. they would only go and write to im again!" Anoth.tr ma:i. a lawyer, was found by a caller ona d.iy sitli:i in front of an open grate, with his elbtws on his knees an. I Ils ch'.u on his h.mds. watch ing a great heap of letters burning fiercely in the grate. Why. I thought your man said yon were very busy." said tho caller. "I am," said the lawyer. What are you busy about?" "Answering my correspondence," said the lawyer, a lu pointed to tht, letters burning in the grato. It is worthy of noto that the agent who feared that his correspondents would write to him again if he an swered their letters lost his place, while tho lawyer had means of earning an In come other than those attending to the business details of his profession. There Is no safer rule that a business man can follow than this: "Sao that all your letters are promptly and politely an swered, by somebody In your employ, if you can not do it yourself. " Youth's Companion. Miss Chandramukhi Bose, a native Christian lady, has been appointed Su perintendent of the Bethune School of Calcutta. The Indian Messenger, the organ of the Brahmo Somaj, cordially udorses the appointmeut. Mr. Geo. A. Jarvis, of Brooklyn, has given f40,000 for a new building for the Episcopal General Theological Seminary. It will be called Jarvis Hall, and will bo put up on the Ninth avenue front of tho grouuds. Tho graduates and former pupils of Wheaton Seminary, Norton, resid ing In and about. New York, have formed an alnmnoe association, with Mrs. Kate Upson Clark, of Brooklyn, for president CongregationalisL During the past twenty-live years the British and Foreign Bible' Society have sold in Italy 185,495 copies of the entire Bible. 450,177 New Testaments and 596,459 portions of single gospels, etc., making the total issues nearly a million and a quarter. . - There are said to be about sixty Protestant communities In fcpam with 14 .OuO oDea- Professed l rotestants. and hardly Adopted""bT Kerly Ery NTl Power In Kurops snd Ameries. The torpedo that has been adopted by nearly every naval power in Europe is known as th3 inteiieaa, ana be longs to what may hi designated as the "projectile class" that is, having been started on its eours3 toward the enemy, no control of it is retained by the operator. Mst of tha various tvp s of this class are wholly sub merged when operated against any enemy, and are generally "arrainl to run at a given depth blow the sur face, varying from five to filieen feet Naturally, one of the main objects of iuventors of torpedoes, as well as of those engaged in other fields of inven tion, is financial profit. The White head is the only torpedo thai has yet proved a success in this resDect It is built of thin sheets of steel, is cigar shaped but without the attached float and is made in three sizL's. the larsest b jinff 1 9 feet long by 16 inches diameter, a:id the smallest 9 feet long by 11 inches diameter. The motive power is compressed air, car ried at a pressure of about seventy atmospheres, in a cylindric.il reservoir within the torpedo. The spaed attained is about 25 miles p?r hour for a distance of 50 yards. The torpedo is divided in to three sections "forward." middle and "rear" containing, respectively, the charge of 70 to 93 pounds of gun cotton; the aljusling mechanism, wherein lies the secret of the inventor, and by which the hydrostatic pressure ths surrounding water is made to regulate the depth of immersion; and tha air er.g nes and steering machinery. It is designed to be carried on board a very swift torpedo boat, capable of fertaking the fastest iron-clad, and, when.wilhin effective range, to be discharged from the boat with the steering rudder of the torpedo set in such a position as to di rect its center toward the enemy. The first motion, or "discharga." is effect ed through a guide tuba in the bow of the boat, either above or below the sur face of the water, usually by means of a very small charge of powder, after which, upon reaching the water. tnntedo is proncled by its own i every derree. "'l.?s 1 nished with divans ! sofas and rugs of- . design and color.--' - - o .... ' regard for taste; " the object sought -gained. In a larg you will be shown . collection of pipes. It is in itself in the matter of t I thought I saw a subs? -like opium, but I woot - The smoking-room is lounging place of th W'r'V can find a majurriir f)iS? who make up the legation at of the day, smoking, dozing. delicious tea every half hour, ing. on the whole, a delightfully life. In the evening they generally go to the theater, of which they are pas sionately fond. YoC caaeee th-jo al most any night iu a box, drr-ed in their cool, loose-fiilin eos'tiyiti aud looking the picture of ! Lst"i contentment. Perhaps one b it u,e interpreter and translato-eai m J stand what is going o;.1" ' not allow this small matter with their enjoyment of the pi applaud vociferously, bu no . in a timely manner. ' I remen evening, some time ago. si tti them at the theater. Darin'' the parts an actress on the sf cigarette. She was evident"-, expert, the smoke went the V and she choked. The tpf Chinese box went off likipa crackers, the epidemic sg soon the whole audience w. of laughter. The two hund Secretary of the Legation I hard at te time that I thon going to have a fit The present members of the Ciu.ii.-se-. Legation arsia very handsome, iot"i- gent body of men. Including the'err ants. there are about thirty of ifrr., and they seem to enjoy life iiiie many children. The incidents of their life in this country seem to have a per fect fascination for them. They go to the circus, to balls, receptions and din ners, and follow, in fact, every form'of lifo with the most supreme delight. During the social season they are laitli ful devotees of society, and promptly return every call and rapturously .in cept everyinvitatioa sent them. all ia all, the sum and subtane'rQf Chinese diplomacy iu this conatry &o pears to lie ia "the direction of haying a good time. : Chang Yen Iloon, the Minister, how ever, is credited with being a man of nnnsaal ability, fie is a soldier by pro--fession, and for repeated gallantry ia subduing a number of rebellions in the provinces he was promoted first to the rank of Tas-tai Expetant, and then made Envoy Extraordinary . to tha United States, Spain and Peru, which positions he now holds. He is much more dignified and. reserved than his associates, and is rarely seecia public He docs not speak a word of Eug,'U'u. however, and whenever he goes out is accompanied by his translator aa-t' in-' terpreter, besides a retinue of sevvants in glittering livery. Washing tCn Cor. Chicago Herald. The assertion that the stinjr of the scorpion is not fatal to the animral itself - p is confirmed by Prof. C Lloyd Morgan. ; of University College, Bristol, who on t fr ont occasion pierced a large .Cape acor- 'fc Q V if - the ex- oion with its own sting ia titree places. 1 The onlv.apparent effect w is to render. ,X '- let r.vM T, tflll Vl f , r fL .V ns 1 1. . ..Ia a I MJIU I va " '."S gines. lhe explosion may u . ..hVilrv.r. I ' ict wit-n tne i o - w take place either upon impact i .n.n.r nr nti(r tlio torocdo has run a fiven distance. act toner s Magazine Governor Bartlctt of California, durino- a recent official visit to R?d Bluff.'vvas waited upon by a delegation of fifty young ladies, each of whom gave him a bouquet and a Kiss. The local chronicler records that as the last ono laid down her floral offering and the kiss on the Governor's lips he looked up. glorious expectancy pictured in every lineament of his countenance, and said: "Come on; it shall never be said that a 49er quailed before the be witching eyes and rosy, pouting lips of fair woman no. not a thousand daughters of the Golden West!' therels a well-known venomons snake 7 f the ei.hra family found in South Af-; rica whose poison is harmless to itself or its brethren. A". F. Ledger. "Augustus," said Maud, who. as he had been calling on her for some time, thought she would give him a hint, should like to b an actress." "Aa actress?" repeated Augustus, in as tonishment "What on earth do you want to be an actress for?" Because then I might be engaged?" She now wears a solitaire. X. . Y. Srtn. She Knew Him. - She sat beside me at the play In all her girlish loveliness, : While in the x across the way A dowager in gorgeous dres ' iiv or" 1 stores. -!thoilt ft rer- i It is juit -stProtenaut The Smart Little Boy. Mamma, are we all worms?" asked a small Detroit boy of his moklier last Sunday. ,.-' "Wh. no, child! What put such an idea into your head?" 'Cause the minister said in his ser mon this morning that we were poor worms. And papa told sis she was a book worm. ;" WlvU kind of a worm am I?" - "J- r '-." - 'You must be aglow worm, dear, you are so bright!" DetroU Free Press. Sat, while the diamonds glittered bright. On wrinkled neck and shotUdrs bare; "Ah, were those gems my own," eriei. - -rd flnd for them a plaee mare 'air.' I 'I I . Twhisaered. "tieed Tteli Where I would have tlwe gem' reps9't - "t4 ?i She faltered not aae knew vae wtt. t . ! " i u "Wliy, with your uncle, I suppose r .; "-- -.- - . ; CTiicsg T.i'rHae.s-T "Ah. Mrs. Fog," said the prafes- -: ; 2 jor, placing the tiseaiW in front olMai, ,1 I "I nevei ignore your rolis, whatever else ;' ; may do.". "Iu-lo ' I. protws.r,, yooT,.,,;-, words charm -iy .soul, as Psf ; ; "Evorv ear ia twstid. witat . . : f. The true b Connsctieut and; . .settled recentl from six to -iary line between I a vie island was oIi. 1 1 says, sweet music tit api aoticedtAD, !vfi;:Qrv' -:. i-'- J 9t able Terms. "Ss - w