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VOL. I.
. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1887.
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ON
PRE
SOCIETY NOTICES.
LEBAKOJT IIDOK, NO. . A. F A. M : Meet
at their new hall, in Masonio Block, on Saturday
J WAS30N. W. M.
iEBAKOJ iODGR. NO. 4T. I. O. O. F.: Meeta Sat
urday evfctiLu of ea-;h week, at Odd FelLw Ha
Main atreoti rtaiUsuc brethren eortiiaily tmil-d
tuuuL J.J. bHAKLTOK, It. O.
BONOS LODOK NO. SS. A. O. P. W.. lebanon.
ureffon: Meet, every nrst ana mini mumiay even
U w un moottL jr. 21. Kosuua. M. .
J. S. COURTNEY, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AMD SURGrEON
LEBANON OREGON.
aWOffios in Or. Powell's Residence.
F. M. MILLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NoUry Public and General Insurance Agt.
LEBANON. OREGON.
Collection, and ether boatnaas promptly attended to.
vmw ua main ana
DR. A. H. PETERSON,
SURGICAL DENTIST,
Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty.
LEBANON. OREGON.
In reaMeaee. OB Main atx-aet- next drar north
J. B. Mootacue a new reaulenoa. Ail Turk warranted.
margea Xwaeuaaljte.
C. H. HARMON,
BARBER & HAIRDRESSER,
LEBANON. OREGON.
Sharing, Hair Cutting, and Shampooing in the
latest and
BEST STYLES.
JWPstronafs reape-tully solicited.
Ot. Charles Hotel.
LEBANON. Oregon.
V. W. Oanw If afn and Sbennan Streets, two Block,
HW A A. Mini.
J. NIXON, - Proprietor.
Tables Supplied with the Best the Market
AUords.
Sample Room and the Bent Accommodation, tot
IbmmercttU
JENERAL STAGE OFFICE.-
J. O. HOI. AND,
lVebantm, Oreg-e.
MafttrracTcaa-B AD duui is
Harness, Saddles, Bridles,
Whips, Spurs,
..AHD ill.,
Goods in the Saddlery Line.
Harness and Saddles Repaired Promptly
and at
LOW PRICES.
LEBANON
Heat Itfarlret
SIHL a KELLEIBERSER,
Proprietor.
Fresh, and Salted Beef and
Pork,
MUTTON,
PORK, 8AUSACE,
BOLOCNA and
HAM.
Bacon anil LarH always on Hani
Main Street, Lebanon, Or.
. L. CcWiN, . tf. tlalaTOX, i. W. CVBKTK,
BANK OF LEBANON
Lebanon, Oregon,
Transacts a General Banking
Business.
Account Kept Subject to CLacb.
EXCHANGE SOLD ON
flew Tori:. San Francisco, Portlani ant!
Albany, Oregon.
collections Mad on Favor-
ablo Terms. i
G."W. SUIT
Lebanon, Oregon
DEALER IN
StesiiTiiwUM,Pnps,&c.
.MANUFACTURER OF......
Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware,
EV13 SPOfjT, Etc.
All kinds of Repairing
Also keep
Tlie WOVEN
T. S. PILLSBURY,
Brownsville, Oregon.
Practical Watclimakor-
DEALER
Watches, Jewelry,
..A COMPLETE
Lais' aiii Gents'
JEWELRY.
Hp, Bracelets,
ROGERS & BROS.' SILVERWARE.
All Unaraateed. All Work YVarraatecU
nrst Bxr Nail of tie City HalL Mala Slral
ZIJTCIIELL & LEWIS CO., Limited.
Faetary: Rarlae, tVla.
MANCFACTCRERS OF
THE MITCHELL FARM
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THE. 1HTCHEIX WAGON.
TjOB, Header and Trucks; Dump, Hand and Road Carta; Open and Top
. Bugrglen, Phaetona. Carriages, Buckboards, apd
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Scrapers, Oale Chilled Plow), Ideal Feed Mills asd Wind Mills, Knowl
toa Hay Rakes, Horse Powers. Wood Saws, Feed Cutters, etc. We
carry the largest and best assorted stock of Vehicles on the Northwest
Coast. All oar work is built especially for this bade and fully warranted.
Send for aew 1887 catalogue.
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Front Street, Portland, Oregon.
Our goods are sold by F. H. ROSCOE & CO.. Hardware Dealers, Lebanon, Or.
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L F. & H. A, Singer Sewing Machines & Machine Supplies.
LEBANON OREGON.
Done at Short Notice.
in stock
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IN
Optical Goods.
ASSORTMENT Or.
ROYAL ALLOY
THIMBLES,
LADIES'
Cuff anH Collar
SETS,
Chains, Pins, Etc.
Bromsviiie, Or.
Ilranrh t Parti a ad, 9r
AHD SPRING WAGONS.
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All Work
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As, eottntaed
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W in prtodpai
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JwH.re), wliA a
evui narraaty.
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COASTING.
I ist before the blazing prate
One night, my toos toaitnr.
When In two comrades burnt elate .
And bade tne come out coasting;.
Though somewhat loath to leave my nap
And dreams of summer weather.
I roasod ani donned my coat and cap
And forth we went together.
Ere long- we sought lofty hill
That rose above the valley ;
Nell went with Will, Belle went with Phil,
And I I went with Bally.
As up we sped, beneath our feet
We heard the crisp snow crinkle.
And silvery from each skyey street
We saw the starbeams twinkle.
The hill's broul crest we reached st last;
Then, toward the vale's dim hollow,
Down, swiftly down we swept, as fast
As hares when hunters follow.
And while fair Sally to me olunst
So trusting and so sweetly.
Joy cast a spell upon my tongue
And silenced me completely.
Again we climbed the winding hill;
Again we downward darted:
From Nell and Will and Belle and Phil
By chance (of course) we parted.
I did Dot climb the slope, you seo.
To searcu-for either crony ;
The next hill that I climb will be
The hill of Matrimony.
Clinton Srollart, in Dtmarett IToiUMg.
ENGLAND'S "STUUNGIIOLD.
ZA.Ce in the Great Fortress of
Gibraltar.
Galleries In the Rork and Thnlr Co, The
Una Dividing Koglan 1 From Span
ish U: " Worth Front"
and Its Doings.
The rr-ck of G'.braltar is pierced
toward its sonthcrn part, at 1.109 feet
above Uio level of the sea, with numer
ous excaTations that form a complete
network of natural galleries s pro
found and intricate that, though they
hare often ben explored, the extrem
ity of them has nevi-r boan discoTered.
From place to p!ac those galleries
broaden out into vast halls, the vaults
of which, supported by natural pillars,
are formed of stalactites that throw
out a thousand rays at the least light.
The best known and the most accessi
blethe Grotto of St. Michael
reached by an almost imperceptible
entrance, and which, a few feet from
its opening, forms an immense ha'.l 220
.feet long and 66 feet high, is the plac
often chosen by the authorities of Gib
raltar when they wish to honor a dis
tinguished guest, to offer him a lun
cheon, a dinner, or a fete.
To this network of natural gallertes.
which at certain places serve for am
munition magazines, the English at the
north flank of the rock, which forms a
perpcndtQuIar wall 1.500 feet high,
have joined the two celebrated artiu-
eial galleries hollowed out by convicts
during the siege of 1780. which, one
above the other, shelter the most
famous batteries in the world. From a
military view, however, these batteries
have lost rmich of their value since the
recent progress in modern artillery.
Guns t the largest caliber can not be
used because of the severe shwk given
ly the detonation to this ptrt of the
roc-k. A few years ago, while one of
the batteries was firing a salute during
a strong wind-storm, a burning piece
of tow was blown into the interior,
which ignited a calssou of ammunition,
the explosion of which blew the gun and
the artillerymen out through the em
brasure. Since that time these batteries
are used with great precaution. They
remain the principal attraction at
Gibraltar, the great object of interest
for tourists. The tipper gallery, where
all the batteries are covered, is easily
visited, but with a permit from the
military authority aud under the con
duct of an artilleryman. The Interior
gallery, where most of the batteries
are uncovered, is less accessible to the
public. To enter it a special permit is
necessary from the Governor, which is
obtained only in very exceptional
cases.
The narrow tongue of land that unites
Gibraltar to Spain is about 1.100
yards wide by 2,200 yards long. It is
a plain of sand, destitute of vegeta
tion, save a few aloe trees. It is divid
ed in Its length into two nearly equal
parts. The one that adjoins the rock
belongs to the English, who call it the
"North frout," This is where the
reviews take place, the exercises of
the garrison, the horse races; and here,
too, is the cemetery and the abattoir
where are slaughtered the meager
Morocco catllo eaten by the inmates of
the fortress. A line of English senti
nels, posted 150 feet apart and easily
recognized at a distance by the white
umbi-clhia fixe I in the sand, under
which they shelter themselves from the
,n, indicates the limits of English soil.
From that point to the Spanish frontier
it Is neutral groum', on which no one,
not even a civilian, is permitted to set
foot At its othct extremity a line of
intrenchmonts fallen into ruin marks
the Spanish line. It is guarded by a
eordot of sentinels, and day and night
the English and Spanish soldiers, sepa
rated by a distance of 1,500 feet pace
back and forth, eyeing each other as
sharply as if their countries were at
war.
During the day the "North front" Is
the tivclicst place in Gilbraltar, for in
the city, hung like a ladder against the
western sido of the rock, there are no
level surfaces. All the exercises dear
to th3 English, like polo, tennis, and
cricket, can find the necessary space
only in this exterior field. From morn
ing till uight this plain, then, is
the theater of all English activity.
The spectacle, on the Queen's blrth
Jav especially, is always imposing. In
l.o afternoon of this day tho 7.000 men
composing the garrison leave the city
to be reviewed on the North front. At
two o'clock the Governor departs at
tended by his stafll A platoon pre
cedes him comprising twenty officers in
brilliant red uniform on horseback. A
few foet in their rear a handsome squad
of Amazons follow composed of their
wives and daughters, authorized by
enstom to pass in review with
titpir fathers and husbands. When
the Governor places himself in
front of the troops the bands
strike up '"God Save the Qieen,"
the solders present arms, the officerf
make the military salute, and the spec
tators, uncovered, remain ; silent and
motionless. A i battery placed 1,500
feet above their heads at the sum
mit of the north side of the rock
fires a salvo to which all of the Interior
batteries respond. After various
evolutions the troop return, to the city
and deposit their arms in their barracks.
when they are at l.betty to spend the
rest of the day as they please. The
taverns are crowded, and the amount
of brandy swallowed is Incalculable.
incalculable also the number of
"drunks" met with after dark on the
streets. For these there are special
provisions. Each of the post in the
city and on the rock is provided with a
kiuU or sentry-box, and when a red
coat too much under the influence of
drink passes in sight of one of these
posts the officer or sub-officer calls two
of his men, who lay hold of k!m with
out violence and guide hi staggering
steps to the box where he is allowed to
sleep off the fumes of his brandy nnth
morning. The next day there are dis
tributed some fines and sentences in
the guard-house, and then every thing
resumes its usual course. Brandy Ls
the weakness of the English, and it
greatly increases the mortality of the
garrison. All that succumb die of the
same disease, a kjnd of cerebral fover
that the English call rock fever, but
that the natives correctly call brandy
fever.
Every thing on this rock partakes of
the military. One is awakened by the
sound of cannon each morning as soon
as the rising of the sun gives the signal
for th-j opening of the great gate. The
same cannon at sunset signals its clos
ing. These two firings of a gun are
always regular, but they are net the
only o ics that are hoard in the course
of a day or night, for everything that
happens out of .the usual course,
who; her on the rock or around the
rock, is signaled by a cannon. This
cannon, which became inevitably a
comptnhjn of thn existence o every
one living on the rock, is in a battery
at the summit of the rock about the
middle of its length, at the foot of a
mast from which flies a signal flag thai
whenever the gun is fired, tells what it
is firs?d for. The most frequently it is"
to warn the 9panish coast-guard out of
English waters. Sometimes it is a fire
tha signal indicates its location.
Precautior- are st well taken,
and the pumps no expeditiously
handled, that a fire is very speedily
extinguished. Sometimes it is the
rock itself that burns. Though it is
b ire, so to sp;ak, a vegetation grows
in the spring that Is soon parched by
the sun, for from April to November it
never rains in Gibraltar. Oace or twice
during the summer this growth takes
Ere probably through the carelessacsi
of smokers. When this occurs the ex
citcm )nt Is great, for the rock is scat
tered over with powder magazines, and
water in large qu tntitit-s, except at the
base of the rock, is hard to get- The
entire garrison is sometimes employed
in fighting these Lres for forty-eight
hours.
Gibraltar, besides its garrison of
7.000. has 15,000 inhabitants. For a
fortress of. such small extent this
population is embarrassing. Ths
civilians are everywhere Sacrificed t;
the military. Ia the village ami on the
rock tha bast places are occupied by
barracks. Every thing that serve the
needs of defense, the health and com
fort of the troops, is admirably looked
after. From top to b tSom the rouk is
furrowed with excellent roads, and in
the city the streets are marvelous
ly cleaned and well kept. The
sewerage system is perfect, and ga?
and water abound everywhere. But
the civil population is shut up in a very
restricted space, most of the houses are
hovels, whose existence is subject to
the caprice of the military, for, above
all, nothing must interfere with the
firing of the batteries. Not a new
building has been constructed for
twenty years, for all the available land
was built on long ago. These fifteen
thousand inhabitants, born on the rock
ind called by the English "rock -scorpions,"
are, according to law, subjects
of the British Government, as born on
English soil. Ther have the right to
live where they were born. No one
can expel them, but everything is done
to fetter the development of the civil
population, and, above all, to prevent
the formation of a foreign colony. A
foreigner can enter Gibraltar only with
a permit valid for twenty-four hours.
At the holder s request it msy be ex
tended three days, and lie can
not remalu longer than that time
without a reliable guarantor
known to the military authorities
With such a guarantor his permit may
bo renewed every three-months, the
guarantor being liable to a fine of five
hundred francs and three months' im
prisonment if the peron for whom he
has vouched violates any of tho rules
imposed on foreigners. However, for
eigners are numerous, for nearly all
the servants employed at Gibraltar are
from Spain. They nro not allowed to
bear any offspring on the rock, and a
woman with child ls heartlessly ex
pcled. A male inhabitant of tho rock
may marry a foreign . woman, who
Uiiu acquires the right to I've there,
but a British woman that marries a
foreigner is expeled with her husband
the day of her marriage. When this
law was firt pat into force there were
a number of foreigners at Gibraltar who
had been allowed to live there without
permit for many years. All of them
had to submit to the rule requiring a
permit every three months, and all
who were married to a woman that
within the preceding three months had
given birth to a child, living or dead,
were expeled.
The interior spectacle of the city of
Gibralter Is lacking in neither gaiety
nor animation. In tho evening the
whole population is in the streets.
The Moors with their white Arabi an
cloaks, their red vesti, their puffed
pantaloons, their barn feet in Turkish
slippers, jostla the redooats; the tur
bans mingle with tho white cork hats
of the English. In the midst of this
crowd circulate E.iglish cavaliers,
Amazons, Andalusian muleteers with
huge sombreros, and . pretty bland
misses with saucy straw hats. The
scene is varied, picturesque and full of
color. But when one lives at Gibralter
the truest pleasure is in getting out of
it. In the midst of the ramparts that
surround you, batteries, casements,
powder factories, sentinels; with the
continual discharge of .cannon signal
ing the opening and closing of tho enly
gateway by which one oommunicatcs
with the rest of the world, the iiApits
bIoh of Imprisonm"" beco'" -s o
spa-
one passes this single exit v
for the sake of passing it and a
himself that he is still free,
road then presents itself ar
velously kept up by the Eng
constantly filled with carriagi
pedestrians, which, under a 1
sky. goes along the bay of Gibra
the left and the neutral territory;
right, and leads you in less t
quarter of an hour to the first
bouse port, the first Spanish?
LI iiea. There tha spectacle c
In place of the English senf
fresh, so ruddy, and so well."
are the custom-house officers
hollow jaws and starveling
somber and seedy uniforms, j
every comer ls a smuggler;
be afraid, they will not treat y
From time immemorial the,
has been the friend of the Sp
gatherer. It is he that enab
live better than the governmot. .
doesn't always give him his paj.
In 1874 smuggling flourished ,
part of Spain. The frontier was
worse guarded, and the customs :
cers were never worse paid, Gibrsl; i
which, as a free port, has at all tins
erved as s depot for the smuggling
done along this part of the coast of
Spain, overflowed with the merchandise
that forms the object of this inter
dicted traffic The city was filled every
day with caravans of mules loading
with bales of goods. Just before the
?;ate closed for the night they departed
it single file for Line a. On reaching
the frontier the man at the head of the
line jabbered with the customs officer,
whilfi the rest hurried on. Guns were
fired, an4 the officers made a feint of
opposition, but no blood was shed.
Linea is a miserable place of three thou
sand or four thousand inhabitants,
nearly all employed at Gibraltar in
loading and unloading vessels. Each
one on entering Gibraltar ia the morn
ing receives a pass good for the day,
which he gives op at night Pari
Figaro.
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SAVE THE BUTTONS.
An a?zellnt Ptaa for M akinc- a Collection
of lkM Csvfol Little Articles.
First of all. save the boot buttons and
glove buttons. Many persons whose
dress is otherwise unexceptionable fail
in proper attention to these most es
sential points.
When a pair of boots is discarded.
cut off the buttons. In time there will
be quite a collection. If discolored,
.hey may be restored to their original
blackness by applications of ink or
shoe polish. Let these buttons be kept
in a box which shall be accessible to the
rhole family, or, better still, let each
aiember own one. Teach the children
to replace their missing boot buttons
and to do it promptly.
In like manner, when gloves are east
isidv preserve the buttons. As they
accumulate, keep them in a box by
themselves, and ne ver suffer a missing
one to go unreplaced. -
We can testify from exp erience that
his plan of making collections of boot
nd glove buttons is an excellent one.
By means of it one need never be found
wanting in these little articles, for the
tbsence of which no particularity, with
regard to other details of dress can
ttone.
When a garment is to be consigned
o the rag-bag always take off the but-
ons. Often a set of buttons which has
lone duty on one dress will be found to
suit another quite as well, and indeed
til kinds of buttons can sooner or later
he utilized in many ways. Christian at
Work.
PITH AND POINT.
Study a dimple, work hard at a
smile.
We desire to be underrated only
by the assessor.
If time Is money some men have
enough to start a bank.
Be not simply good, but be good
tor something. Thortau.
The laxy man's happiness consists
in sitting on the soft aide of a pine
plank and seeing other men work.
"Whatever you do, my boy, begin
at the bottom and work up." "But,
father, suppose I was going to dig a
well?"
The young ladies who have "noth
ing to wear" generally have enough
to keep them 4varm. Merchant Trav
eler. The remark of the colored brothel
that "Cussin do wedder is mighty
po' farniin'," is unquestionably true.
Rural Termonter.
If you wish to win the unselfish
devotion of the waiter you must show
him a good deal of "quarter." Bos
ton Commercial Gazette.
In murder cases where there is
danger of hanging the prisoner the
defense makes every effort to hang
the jury. JV1 O. Picayune.
Conceit is a fool; deceit a knave.
The first deceives itself, the second
practices deception npon others. Both
are intolerable. Boston Budget
Lady Shopper "I am looking foi
a wedding present." Druggist "You
were fortunate in coming here, madam.
We have just laid in a large stock ol
the latest hair-restorer." New Haven,
News. ' -
It Is a happy thing for as that this
is really all we have to concern our
selves about what to do next. No
man can do the second thing. Be can
do the first George JHacDonild.
A little chap, told by his mother to
ay his prayers an I to ask for what he
wanted, prayed "for ote hutdre.l bro
thers and fifty sisters." Tha mother
hurried the little sinn r off to bel be
fore he could say amen.
Schoolmaster "Well, Bobby, my
little fellow, what is your eye for?"
Bobby "Seem' wi" & "And your
ear?" B. "Hearin wL" & "And
your nose, B dsby F' B. (after a pause)
"For takin' the cauld wL"
Why it is that crying babies are al
lowed to ride in passenger cars, while
well-behaved dogs are relegated to the
baggage car. is almost enough to puz
zle a seven-thousand-dollar Inter-State
Commerce Commissioner. Puck.
Such a difference in people.
Eome weep because they part,
And languish broken hearted
AndothevaO my heart!
because they never varied. -
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strong, the need of air
and libertv an vSnlonf.
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1S31. ;. y --'i- -1 op.
The notii -.'.'. .a eatui of this import
ant and distinctively Anerictn crop
for the past year is that; although' its
acreage is 2.500.030 more than ia 1835.
its total yield is aboat 270.003,000
bushels lis. It is, however, the
largest of the fivs crops that have fall
en short f an average yield. The
average farm price is 85 6 cents per
bushel, which is an advance of
12 per cent, over that of
the previous year. Tkis is th t first ar
rest of the steady decline ia the price
of corn since the short crop of 1881,
when the average price was 6X6 cents,
and the crop was 1.194.916.000 bushels.
11 inois produced 209.813,000 bushels,
wh-ch is the largest crop in any of the
corn-growing States.
The product of wheat is 457,218,000
bushels, derived frm an area of near
ly 37.000.000 acres and having a farm
value of 314. 003. 003; the average price
per bushel Is 63. 7 eenta, . against
77.1 ' cents for the previous
crop and 64J cents for th
great crop of 18S4. The product of
oats is 624.134.000 bushels, grown npon
23.653,474 acres. .
Ia the year 18S5. 8.649 miles of rail
road were eons meted. Their very ex
tensive growth during the past year is
an assurance that aggressive enterprise
has impeled capital to oeenpy new
fields and to develop undertakings al
ready inaugurated.
The number of mercantile failures
in 18S6 was 1,052 le than in 1SS4. and
548 less than in 1S35. Chicago Jour
nal. PATHS AND ROADS.
Tb. Most Sacosssfvl Way of fmproT'at the
Apoaaraac of Hons Oroaads.
T. J. Scott, in his work on Suburban
Home Grounds, well remarks that
walks should all be ia the direction
that the family go oftenest, and "no
more walks should be made than are
wanted for daily nse in business or
pleasure." It may be given as a rea
son, that a few walks well and neatly
kept are vastly better than many and
pretentious ones in a shabby condition,
in v. hich they are apt to be found when
there are too many to take care ot
In connection with keeping them in
proper order, there are two points te
he observed. The first is. that full and
sufficient drainage should be given that
they may never be' soaked with water
nor jiel.l from softness from below; and
secondly, that needless labor is not ex
pended in their construction with only
moderate means on the part of the
owner. If the soil is naturally heavy
or naturally wet, anf.iciai draina'a ia
absolutely necessary. But on hard,
gravely and dry soils, less expense
may be incurred for this purpose.
Sometimes nearly the whole bed may
be the natural soil, with a few inches
only of fine gravel. It wonld inieed
be better to make the whole path of
natural soil, provided it mty be
smoothly and neatly kept, with the
edges perfectly preserved, than to ex
pend much labor ia trenching, filling
with broken stone and dressing with
gravel, and then allowing it to ran to
waste.
It is often d ffieult to procure fine
gravel in suitable quantity to construct
walks. A good substitute exists in
many places at no cost besides sifting
and drawing. This is anthracite coal
ashes. It is easily applied and evenly
spread, and never forms adhesive mad.
Heavy rains do not wash it, unless
large water channels are first formed.
Weeds do not grow in it as in common
soil if laid on several inches thick. If
the soil has naturally a good drainage,
walks may be made cheaply with it.
But it will not prevent the necessity of
thorough drainage where the soil is
naturally wet or water soaked. Ws
have constructed roads with it for
light carriages, and after the lapse of
many years they still remained in
good condition with almost no expen
diture of labor for repairs. Although
of a rather cheap appearance for fin
ished and expensive grounds, when
compared with the best gravel, they
will appear well if kept in good condi
tion, and garden alleys or passages
for running the wheelbarrow will be
greatly improved with a dressing a
few inches in depth. Country Gentle'
man.
Sugar in the Court.
"Now, young lady, you may take
the stand," said the lawyer in a case in
one of the justices courts the other
day.
"Yes, sir," she replied, with a beam
ing smile.
"That does me up," whispered a
man on one of the benches, "fm her
husband and she's forty-nlae . years
old. but the surar on thai I
tongue will co . .- i
m.UinervoOS AT REAON
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... ' . . ... .
...jeril 4
:v.iii!j char
thflft. !
"Ton t.H b
dered, "I knr
cigars, and yor
truth r Til ha' X'
I dont" --
The darky wa v
for a: mometit, - j ; v,
without soiraethin., .
and as he went t
grew quite j;iLila' ,
assured that he V ?
This is what he safe -
"Now, Gitt"eL'I- i
'splaln. 'Sense me '
'clar f o de L-jrd I a,
gars. I ain't stole n
de church, raorl? "
Gin' el, you 'pkSl -gown
dat joa '$-.
goes home and p-;s. - -.
gown an puts bof my
jes like I see you da,
say: I 'clar Will yum,
look rai"ty like de Gmi
yon, Gin'eL I does feel , '
but somehow I aiu't I
wants 9-m"pk-.. I hevjk
thinkin' wat it motit bi.
'oman, she say aoint 'I
Henry, ef you j ha 1 one
fine see-gars yr'd look
WelL Gin' el, wWn I sv,
fine see-gars I k
you, "cos I feel ,,?, ,--.-!.
"But yon
broke in the General, "wht
smoke one ot. the eijrars J.
and leave mine al'in".' f
The old negro drejr' 1
proudly, and looked re pro
his master, while fce rrli't
"GIn'el, Tse lnei'"T-
fifty veers, an Ts? nivrr k
t! smoke a poo s.?-Tr '
want to disgrace ver, G.
gwiae to look lik Toavv
see-gar in my mutF'
The General never answere
tion. .K T. Tribute.
A M EX iJt rT --rtSTL' j
Discovery ot a Rare Crater TBnt IBoaj
Oat Destrartfo In Hur To.-ui..
The explorers sent or.t l; ti-.s r?t'
Torres to ascertain the exlsu - c c f ;r
volcano reported near Uaviij ., 5"., u'
Mexico, have returned. Tby r." 1
an active volcano fourteen rpU.-s s
east of Bavispe, ia the Sierra
mountains. The party could not -proach
nearer than f.ijir mil" of
monntainr The crater was pour
forth aa immense yi - .f ..-
and lava, and b',:.
issuing from the Side of
The lava, in vas; wmc-?
pouring down the luoun ia
canons, which are V-ei.-j f.14.
ing water has destroys 5 a". I m
in the valleys iAlhe vi. i .;-r. B.
weighing tons are ;i rlt-1 .'os-i
the crater. J '-"
The exploring party says theN
procejding from the mountain
most terrific like - a camber of"
engines at work, aecnraf-rinijd '
sounds of thunder. The air was'
with smoke end cinders. Tlie -had
great didculry ap:Toa
within four miles of tT.j nsonni'
owing to the great chanr.s tCieV;
L. . 1 I 7 .M
roads and trails are ? : 0 .
wiped out The cocntry is fe:i, IJ.l'i
broken up. The entire .surface f f th.
earth presents a woe-begone sri
aace, and not a bird or livi-ig'
oould be seen within ten miles t
volcano. ; .
The town of B ivi--ye is a cyv
ruin. The people h.'- a" cvei
on the higliylaHts -? ' (9
tents in morui t?i;. T.iT,e his v
a constant tremor and continual st,
of shocks daily since the first eat
quake shock. Troy (.V. T.) Timest
Working Him Nicety. -.
"My dear." said a fcii-band, -mho I
fond of putting poser.?. en yoa ta
me why young women who don't wr
to get married are like angels' lysif
The lady finally gave it up.
, "Because they are few and f ari
tween. Ha, ha, ha! Not bad. eh?j
Exceedingly clever. He, he, i
By the way, John, can yoa let me I
thatthirty'dollars?" " "
Certainly," said John. 5. T. Sa "
There is now Kttl doubt that 18f
will be the , biggest building year tijf
this country has ever known ia r
roads, factories and other houses. J
now estimated that ?KO.-0 r" "
and 19,000 niil-s of old r
will be laid this y?a
the iron f nro aces and
rail mil's an-aby ruianc
cost of these raif-n"''-853o.00t3.fS0
for
w-
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