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LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1888.
NO. 12.
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SOCIETY NOTICES.
LEBAJfOJT LODGE. NO. 44. A . F A. M : Meets
at their new ban in masomo wic, "
evening, on or before the lull moon.
J WASSON.W. M.
LEBANON LODGR. ITO. 47. I. O. O.V.: Meets Rat.
I . 1 ' W . .1- . lnlluva Hull
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Main utreet: viaiting brethren ennUsilrg Invited
attend. J- J- CHAW-TON, S. O.
HONOR LODOK NO. S3. A. O. TT. W.. Lebanon.
Ongon: Meeta every nrs aim mini """"'"i,?'
lugs in the month. K. L ROSUOh. SL .
A. R. CYRUS & CO.,
Real Estate, Insurance & Loan
Agent.
General Collection and Xetary Pnblte
Business Promptly Attended to.
C. H. HARMON,.
BARBER & HAIRDRESSER,
LEBANON. OREGON.
Sharing, Hair Catting, and Shampooing in th
latest and
BEST STYLES,
gy Patronage respectfullj Bolt cited.
St. Charles Hotel.
LEBANON, Oregon.
X. W, Comer Main and Sherman Streets, two Block
East olBK. IVpot.
H. E. PARRISH, Proprietor.
Tables Supplied with the Best ths Market
, Affords.
Sample Booms and the Vest Accommodations tor
Commercial men.
-GENERAL STAGE OFFICE.-
I. F. CONN,
Contractor, Carpenter
and Builder.
Plans and Specifications Famished
on Short Notice.
ALL USDS OF CABPESTES WOSI DONE
And Satisfaction Guaranteed.
PRICES VERY REASONABLE."
Albany and Lebants, Or.
C. T. COTTON,
DEALER IN
Groceries and Provisions,
TOBACCO & CIGARS.
SMOKERS' ARTICLES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
CONFECTIONERY,
(laeenswrare and Glassware.
Lamps and Lam; Fixtures.
Main Ht Lebanon. Oregon.
ST. JOHN'S HOTEL
Sweethome, Oregon,
JOHN T. DAVIS, Proprietor
The table is supplies with the very best the
market affords.
Nice clean beds, and satisfaction guaranteed
to all guests.
In connection with the above house
JOHN 130XACA
Keeps a Feed and Sale Stable, and will
accommodate toutits and travelers with
bams, guides and outfit .
MIS BIS.
BLACKSMITHS,
Lebanon, Oregon.
Horse Shoeing and Gen
eral Repairing,
AIL Work Guaranteed to Give
Satisfaction
AT
Prices to Suit the
Times.
GIVE US A CALL.
While fighting a grass fire at Car-
rollton, Ohio, Mrs. Susan Hess was
burned to death.
Maryland's output of coal last
year was 2,926,902 tons larger than
in any previous year.
The whole Germau empire is but
little more than twice the size o! Ore
gon, but her population is over 45,-
000,000.
Diking the past year 2,200 miles of
railroad have been constructed iu the
State of Kansas, thus adding one
fourth to her total mileage.
The production of pig-iron in the
United States in 1887 was 6,417 148
gross tons, the largest in the history
of the country.
The richest child in America is said
to be May Sharpless, a little miss of 9
years, who is worth 19,000.000 in her
own riaht Ex-Gov. Leon Abbett, of
New Jersey, is her guardian, her father
being dead.
Wm. McPHERSoN.of Greene County,
Ohio, has four young hogs that can't
hear it thunder. They will . tand per
fectly still while a gun is fired right
over their heads. They have no ears.
and no signs of any, though in other
respects they are well-shaped pigs.
It is said that Momnisen, the hiator-
rian of the Romans, when walking
along the streets of Berlin, keeps his
eyes fixed on the ground and pays no
attention to the salutations of those
acquaintances who meet him. He is
in hia 71-t year.
Miss Eliza Bliss, of Rehobath,
Conn., invited an applicant for charity
into her house the other day. While
she was preparing food the tramp
sang, "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and
at the same time stole the lady's
pocket-book and ?23 from the bureau
drawer.
A flastek cast of a fossil egg,
found in the tertiary strata of the
Island of Madagascar, the original of
which was in the Paris Academy of
Sciences, belongs to the National
Museum at Washington. It is thirty
four and one-half inches one way and
twenty inches the other.
Aboct 2,500 words are all that are
u?ed in ordinary talking and conver
sation, although there are some 20,
000 words in the Ealisu language.
Different authors vary in the number
of the words they use, but the differ
ence is but slight. Shakspere found
4,000 words sufficient for all his works.
The cooling eflVct of ice is actually
dependent upon its melting, as in this
process the heat which causes it to
melt is absorbed from the surround
ing bodies. A pound of ice in melt
ing will absorb sufficient heat to cool a
pound of water from 174 degrees Fah
renheit to a freezing point, or to cool
142 pounds of water one degree.
The city of Liverpool is to be sup
plied with water from a reservoir in
Wales, which is to be four and one
half miles long by a half mile to a
mile broad, an I eighty feet deep
There will be three lines of pipe, each
sixty-eight miles long, with filtering
beds and secondary reservoirs. The
acqueduct alone will cost $15,000,000.
Mortar made in the following man
ner will stand if U3ed in almost all
sorts of weather. One bushel of un
slaked lime; three bushels of sharp
sand; mix one pound of alum with
one pint of linseed oil, and thoroughly
mix this with the mortar when mak
ing it, and use hot. The alum will
counteract the action of the frost on
the inortar.
Miss Almeda Taft, of Sadorus, 111.,
has a canary bird that snores. About
two o'clock one morning its snores be
came eo loud as to arouse the house
hold. The bird being awakened, the
noise instantly ceased. The owner of
the bird regards it now as a very musi
cal canary, and the neighbors all de
clare they never heard the like of its
snores which become more pronounced
with each succeeding day.
A brakeman who lives in Hornelis
ville, N. Y., while standing on the top
of a freight car was struck full in the
chett by some object that came sailing
through the air directly toward him
The brakeman picked the thing up
and found that it was a small owl
Taking it to the caboose, he notic d a
small glittering object almost con
cealed by feathers on the owl's breast
It was found to be a plain gold ring
suspended around its neck by a fine
chain, which also appeared to be gold.
The trinket was closely examined, and
on the inside the following inscription
was found engraved : "From C. E. S.
to G. E. M., 1881, F'idelitas."
Augustus Wiley was shot dead
about ix miles above Jackson, Cal., by
Lorenzo Cuneo. Wiley, under the
influence of a crazy fit, to which hi
was subject, went to Cuneo'e ranch,
adjoining his own, and attacked young
Cuneo, aged 17, in the garden. He
then attacked Cuneo's mother with a
shovel, inflicting several severe scalp
wound. r The boy got a shotgun, and
told Wiley if he did not quit beating
his mother he would shoot him. The
sissdil'iNt left the woman to attack the
bey, who tired at him, the charge tak
ing effect in the upper lip and killing
him inbtantly.
COAST CULLINGS.
Detoted Principally to WaabingtoE
Territory and California.
Henry Schussler, aged 14, was
drowned while bathing at Napa,
Ual.
Fire broke out in Pal use City, W.
T., that consumed ihe entire eastern
jiortion of the town. 1IH of the bus
iness houses are destroyed.
Joe Charest was drowned in the
Sacramento river opposite lied Bluff,
Cal. He was iu swimming, took
cramps, sank and did not rise agan.
Ignatius Kehrer, brother-in-law of
ex State Treasurer Wiel, Ml dead from
a wagon, of heart disease, at Sacra
mento, Cal.
Turner Purdum, while fishing on
some rocks a mile south ej Sinta
Crux, Cal., was washed off by the surf
and drowned.
In a baseball game at Monterey,
Cal., John Tyman, while running
basts, slipped and foil, breaking his
leg.
Frank Lagrove, driver of a brewery
wagon, who Wis thrown into the
street by a runaway team, died from
the effect of his injuries at S.in Fran
cisco.
A brakeman named J. F. Brown
was killed while walking on top of a
treignt train at Summit, Cat Brown
was caught under a euowabed, and the
top of his head was taken off.
Henry Peterson, of San Francisco,
and Wm. Payne, of Victoria, B. C ,
have signet! articles for a rowing
match at Victoria, on June 23. The
course, threw miles and turn, for a
stake of 12,150. Peterson ia allowed
f 150 for expenses.
Wm. Burns, a young plumber of
San Francisco, went out from Oak
land on the bay for a boat ride, and
h not been seen since. His boat
drifted ashore with some of his clothes
therein. It is supposed that he fell
out of the boat and was drowned.
Jack Hemmens, a pioneer, was
found at Victoria, B. C, wilt his
throat cut. It is supposed that he
committed suicide in a tit of despond
ency. Deceased was well connected
in England. Of late years, through
drink, he had descended low, and lat
terly lived among the Indians.
C. W. Ingelfritz, a telegraph opera
tor was found dead under the ap
proach to the Humboldt bridge at
Winnemucca, Nev., with a bullet hole
in his head. He waa a young man of
exemplary character. The supposi
tion is that unreturned affection was
the cause of the act. He had fallen
heir to a fortune in Germany.
Two tinners, Charles Gilbert, and
W. M. Bush, were thrown from the
roof of a house at Los Angeles, Cal.,
by the explosion of a small gasoline
stove on which tin ir soldering irons
were heating. The m- n ft H a distance
of thirty feet. Gilbert had a shoulder
blade broken, and was otherwise in
jured. Bish was Beverely bruised.
The dead body of a woman, who
proved to be Mrs. Nellie Wideman.
Formerly of Hea'dsburg, Cal., was
found in a hou.-e of low resort on
Second etrevt, 8u Fianeuco. The
suspicion is, judging from marks on
her ieron and the circumstances un
der which she waa found, that she is a
victim of murder.
Oscar Beaver, a resident of Visalia,
shot and killed J. Crie, a stockman.
Beavt-r was living on his homestead,
about three miles northeast of Lillis
Station, Cal., and Cripe went there to
lay d tim to the land, and in a dis
pute, drew his pistol, when O-car
fired. There were four or five slu.ts
exchanged, the last shot taking effect
in the breast of Cripe, killing him.
An aged woman, probably 80 years
of age, was picked up dead near the
Union Pacific railroad track, close to
Squaw cretk. Idaho. Her neck and
botn arms were broken. Just before
the train reached Pocatello, the con
ductor was informed that an old lady,
who had been in the emigrant car,
was miKsing, and it was feaied she had
fallen from the train.
About six months ago the city
council of Santa Ana, Cal., granted a
franchise to the Tustin Motor railroad,
to take effect when the company was
incorporated. Up to two weeks ago it
had not incorporated, and a new Iran
chise was voted to the Santa Ana,
Orange fe Tustin horse line over the
same route. The road was build at
once, and cars are now running. The
former company hasmcorpjratel,and
intend to bring suit for usurpation of
the franchne.
Two men, one of whom is dead,
were burned in a fire at the St, Louis
hotel at San Francisco. A cigar
stump carelessly thrown away set fire
to the building, which burned like a
tinder. Andrew Aiken, a longshore
man, and E J Harenburg, a waiter,
were sleeping in a room together, and
were enveloped by flames before 1'iey
awakened. ITarenburg rushed through
the Amies into the etreet, and escaped
with several burns about the face and
body ; but Aiken lost his presence of
mind, and remained in the burning
room. He was rescued after being so
badly burned that his skin feu oil in
dry, crisp pieces.
A gentleman of Baltimore proba
bly owes his life to a parrot The cries
of the bird awakened him at three
o'clock in the morning. Ho discov
ered that his house was on fire and
barely had time to arouse his family
and get them out before the building
was comoletelv wrapped in names.
It is an interesting fact in connec
tion with the work of the American So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals that the seals of the Society
were designed and engraved by the
late Frank Leslie, who was one of the
earliest sympathizers with Mr. Henry
Berrh in his humane undertaking-
V - Vv !f U A 4s. VAtlnB 1 9 thn Tvn k Tl f"W
I oi urn very- ana sieaaiastness. iou let
m i m W - 1 -
your imagination wander in delight
over the memory of martyrs who have
died for truth. And then some little.
wretched, disagreeable duty comes,
which ... is your martyrdom, the lamp
for your oil: and if you will not do it.
how your oil is spilt! How flat and
thin and unillnminatedyour sentiment
abowt the martyrs runs out over your
sell Indulgent life! Phillipt Brooks.
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest Is a
Condensed Form.
Albany is infested by burglars.
A new county j lil will be built at
Arlington.
Jackson county's court house is to
be repainted and repaired.
Hon. J. R. South, on old pioneer
who rt sided near Halsi-y, is dead.
R. D. Hume is buitdiw; a birgc
warehouse at Gold Bench, Curry
county.
Cole Brothers, of Cregon City, are
erecting a sawmill ou Pudding river,
near Aurora.
A small shark was captured at Ya
quma bay recently, and shipjHd to
I'rof. Congdon, at the state university.
W. T. GrUwold and Eugene Itick
secker, of the U. S. geological survey,
have taken the field for the season in
8outh -rn Oiej;on.
Jotdiua Nichols, arrested at Sweet
Home for disturbing the public school
and threatening the directors aud
others, was lined f 10 and cots.
Wm. Bogart accidentally had the
backs of both his hands pressed
against a pulley in the Coburgsiwmill
in Lane county-the other day, lacera
ting them terribly.
Louis Nolan, of Crook county, has
been sent' to the penitentiary for two
years for forgery committed in signing
another man's name to an order for a
suit of cloihaa.
W. N. Thomas, of Rack creek, near
Mehama, has received a notice from a
vigilance committee to leave the coun
try within ten days. He says he will
stay where he is.
A man named James Morgan, who
was iu the employ of Hotlman &
PfeiffVr at Albanv, decani ted. taking
about $50 from the safe. He was ar
rested in Portland.
A. Hammond and Richard Mitchell
were out hunting, and Hammond
killed Mitchell, mistaking him for a
deer. The accident occurred in the
mountains near Jacksonville.
Frank Tripp, of the Coquille river,
accidentally shot himself while out
huntiug. The gun was resting with
the stock on the ground when it was
discharged, the ball entering the right
breast.
Frank Mick was accidentally hol
near Albanv, while hunting. Pbcing
a lighted pie in a side pocket with his
cartridges, one of them was exploded,
injuring one of his fingers as well as
his body.
Mrs. J. E. Sorbin, of Gitesville,
Linn countr, took an overdoe of
morphine, and died from the tflVctsof
it. She was a confirmed titer of mor
phine, and obtained ttie drug by un
derhand means.
Charley, the 15-yenr-old sou of R.
Trvscott, living on Powder river near
Auburn, B.-iker county, was seriously
injured by having hi s uldle animal
fall U(ou him while riding ou the
range.
A little girl of W. B. Wright, post
master at Shedd, Linn countv, was
slightly burned by the explosion of a
co.d oil can, (rum which she was pour
ing oil into a lighted Move. The
mother teeing the girl's clothing in a
blaze, (.mothered the fire out with her
apron and skirts, burning her hand in
doing so.
The residence of B. H. Irvine at
Jordan Valley, Linn county, burned
to the ground with all Ihe contest-".
The origin of the fire is not known,
but i is supiosed to have originated
from a flue. About tl50 worth f
wool and f 100 in greenbacks were al-.
so consumed. -A quantity of silver
also went through the fire, but was re
covered in a halt melted condition.
George F. Cooper, a resident of
Bker county, has been adjudged iu-
sane and committed to the asylum.
The young man, it is said, wss highly
respected by those who kuew him,
and his unfortunate condition is much
regretted No cause can be assigned
save that several years ago, while in a
Southern State, he had a severe attack
of yellow fever from the effects of
which he never fully recovered.
George W. Clarno of the lower Suis-
l.iw, met with a serious accident on
his ranch on Indian creek. ith his
brother he was engaged in sawing
down a tree. It commenced to fall tin
expectcdly against him, throwing him
to the ground, and with his wrist on a
rail, another rail falling on top of the
first, the tree coming dow.i ou the
rail, crushing it completely off above
the fingers, leaving nothing but a
stump.
An altercation took place a few
miles north of Fendleton, between J.
B. Coyle and William Temple. The
quarrel arose over the building of
some fence. Coyle waw st work dig
ging post-holes, when Temple came
up, and after tome words they came
to blows, in which Coyle got the worst
of the encounter, his head being
bruised and cut by a spade which he
had been using, but which lemple
got away from him. Coyle retaliated
by shooting at Temple, which did not
take effect.
Wm. Marston, accompanied by a
woman who passed herself as Irs.
Marston, and two children, boy and
girl, nearly grown, arrived in Salem
and bought twenty acres of land near
Like Labish, and built a house tlure
on. A day or two since H. D. Kelly,
a citizen of Pueblo, Col., arrived in
Salem in search f his wife and chil
dren who h d eloped with Marston,
and had taken some money and other
valuables belonging to hiiii. He was
attacked by Marston and terribly
beaten about the head and body
Three of his ribs we e broken, and it
is feared that they pierced the lungs,
The best "wash cloths" are made
of white or unbleached Turkish towel
ing. Cut a yard into three lengthwise
strips, and each strip into four pieces
This will m ike a dozen nice cloths a
quarter of a yard sqnure. The prettiest
finish T3 button-holing with coarse
red working cotton, about one-half
dozen stitches to the inch.
Charlie "Mamma, how long is
Annt Adelaide going to visit us?"
Mamma "I dou'5 know, my son; as
long as she chooses, of course.
Charlie " Well, won't we get very
tired?" JJarper's Bazar.
THE BUSY MOTH.
As Instructive Hit of Natural IlWtnry Ro
tating to tuo Kare Old Bird.
You will find a great deal of valuable
information about the moth in books;
you will learn that he possesses inven
tive talents of a high order, and jaws
which closely resemble a pair of scis
sors. But a full realization of the
creature's ingenuity can only be had
by intimate personal acqunintance.
The moth is not an intelligent-looking
bird. On the contrary, he has a
receding brow and chin, a wholly un
intellectual enst of countenance a
sort of You-haTe-waked-me-too-soon-let-me-slumber-again
look. But if you
tuck the bed-clothes uiidcr his chin
and go off on tijvtoe in order that he
may slumber again, $ ou will ere long
find yourself a victim of misplaced
confidence. His unprepossessing feat
ures, and his habitually weary look are
wise provisions of nature to enable
him to successfully impose upon the
human race.
If ho possessed a massive forehead,
large, soulful eyes, 'neath finely pen
ciled brows, delicately chiseled feat
ures, and a clear, ringing laugh, in
connection with his scissor-like jaws,
and his wild, eager longing to devour
expensive store-clothes, men would be
on their guard against him. Or, if he
were of the size of a dog or a rabbit,
or even of a kitten, he could be chased
out of the house or shot at sight. But
he is so small that he can hide himself
and his whole family under a button;
or, if he feels like it. can lie on the lap
pel of your coat and smile up into your
face, and you will think him a speck of
dust, if j-ou see him at all.
The moth and the tailor are bound
by some mystic tie, the precise nature
of which has never been made public.
But that it exists is beyond question.
The two are constantly playing into
each other's hands. The tailor does
all in his power to further tlie sale of
the particular goods to which the moth
is most partial; and the moth, in his
turn, loses no opportunity to serve the
tailor, as 1 shall show. Speak to your
tailor about this, and he will affect to
regard It as a pleasantry. He will
evince a marked disinclination to con
verse on the subject. Question him
closely, and he will indulge in evasive"
repartee or become angry. Nor can
you gain any information from the
moth.
Let us study the ways of this eccen
tric and ingenious fowl. You are going
to the country. Your wife gets out all
your winter clothes, and all hers, and
all the children's, and has them hung
on the line in the backyard, remarking
that she is so glad those Simp-tons are
not at home to see them and make re
mark about them. Then she sends
the chambermaid out with a stick to
beat them. She works until her hand
is blistered, and until she has burst two
of the seams in your dress coat, and
knocked most of the slutting out of
your best overcoat. Then your wife
tells yon to go round to the drug store
and ask the proprietor to send her
some thing that he can recommend as
a sure preventive of the inroads of
moths.
At this the moths in the garments
you have been thumping you don't
see the creatures, but they are there all
the same exchauge glances and smile
cynically.
lou go to the druggist, and if be
diesn"t happen to put up a preparation
of his own for the purpose, hp tells you
that there is nothing that will strike
terror to the soul of a moth like cam
phor, just plain, simple, every day
gum-cam jihor. You buy four pounds,
and trip lightly homeward with. Your
wife rejoices greatly at the good tiding
of great joy which you bring.
The clothes are all carefully foldea
and lumps of camphor the size of co-
eoanuts distributed among them. Then
they are wrapped in newspapers, for
there is a quaint old legend which says
that moths will have nothing to do
with these publications; that they hate
them with ns deadly a hatred as that
of a much-criticised tragedian, or a mas
whose little autobiographical person
al" referring to him ns "our genial and
whole-souled friend," has been refused
insertion. This fable is still believed
by most people. ,
You put away vour camphorated
clothes. There is one worthless old
coat that you leave lying on a chair.
lou go to the countrv, cast aside dull
care, and abandon yourself to enjoy
ment, skim-nu'k and salt-pork.
A hen you return, two months later,
you examine your winter garments.
When you undo the prtekaes the smell
of camphor is so strong that it nearly
knocks you down. Are there any
moths to be seen? Well, yes, a few.
About two thousand of assorted sizes
on each garment. All summer long
thev have been indulging in broad
cloth fricandean and doe-skin a la Es-
f(iynol, and similar luxuries. Have
they eaten where it will not show? No;
they have studiously avoided all such
places. But they have assimilated the
greater part of both lapels of your
dres-coat and nearly all the front of
your eighty-five dollar overcoat.
And the old coat on the chair have
they injured it much? No, they have
not even glanced at it.
As the poet sings: "A. rare old bird
is the festive moth." F. A. Sleam$,
in Puck.
m a-
Tho people of St. Peter.ilmrg are
cxlrciuily fond of attonding theaters
Iu (inn mouth 31220 persons visited
the Ris-iian O.xsra, 32 003 tho Alex-androv-na
Thoatnr. 22 972 thi circu
and 17 500 the Michael Theater. The
average attendance is about 4 000 per
night all tin year round.
Tho Crown Prince Nich Lis of
Russia, wno is now seventeen yeais
old, is duscribod as an nui c iona'e.
wnrm-hearted boy, who Is a great
favorite with every one, and who pos
sesses democratic notions. At the samo
time he has his father's Imperious will.
and does not like to have his plans in
terfered with. r
A great deal of interest has been
excited in E.iropo by the assertion
that thero has been a gradual decrease
n blondes in Germany. Almost 1L-
000,000 school children were exam
ined. and tho result showed that Switz
erland has only 11.10, Austria 19.79,
and Germany 21.,80 per cent, of pure
blondes. . .
SEA PEARL FISHING. j
Tho Largest and Most 1'rodactlve fishery
stations of tUe World.
The sea pearl fisheries are principally
conlned to the Persian gulf, coasts of
Ceylon, the Eastern archipelago. Aus
tralia, the lagoons of many islands In'
the Facific and to Central America.
Fresh water pearls have, as a rule, but
little luster, and are consequently of no
great value. For a while the Scotch
pearls enjoyed a great reputation.
During the summer months the Arabs
carry on a sort of pearl fishery on the
coast of the Red Sea. They catch the
mollusks and lay them in the sur. so
that they may open quickly. The
pearl fisheries In the Persian gulf,
especially on the coast of the island of
Bahrein, are also in the hands of th
Arab j
The Cej-lon pearl fisheries are carried
on on the west coast of Ceylon, in the
gulf of Manaar. south of the island of
the same name, and also on the west
coast of India, near Tuticorn. Ex
perience has shown that few pearls,
and these of little value, come from
mussels which are not older than five
yours. During the fifth and sixth year
the value doubles, and In the seventh
it becomes fourfold. The pearls are
not fully matured if they are taken j
out too soon, and. ou the other
hand, the animal dies if the pcarli
remain too long in the shells. For
these reasons, at the Ceylon fisheries j
pearl fishing Is prohibited at certain j
periods. In sorting the pearls they are
first passed through r. row of baskets,
ten or twelve la number. The eighth
basket In the row has twenty holes, and
the pearls which do not pass through
these holes are said to have the "twen
tieth measure." The other baskets have
30, 50, 80. 100. 200. 400. 600, 1,000 :
holes, etc., and each basket has its
ecial name. After the pearls have
been sorted In this measure they are
weighed and their value is noted.
China has pearl fisheries near Pakhol.
The rhillippiue Islands produce large
quantities of mother-of-pearl. The en
lire region from the island of Tawi
Tawi and Lulu to Baselan is one con
tinuous bed of pearl oysters. Here the
Malays and Chinese fish in common.
The Lulu fisheries, near Tawi-Tawi, are,
according to the statement of an En
glishman, Mr. Moore, the largest and
most productive cf all the pearl fish
eries in the East Asiatic seas. The
pearls which are caught here have al
ways been famous, and the mother-of-pearl
is distinguished by its yellow lus
ter, which makes it suitable for many
purposes. The most important pear!
fisheries in Q ieensland are in the hands
of Sydney capitalists. The fisheries are
carried on by Malays, who dive to a
depth of six fathoms. The pearl fih
eries on the northwest coast of Austra
lia employ a large number of Malays
and natives as divers. Recently the
English papers have reported the dis
covery of pearls and mother-of-pearl
near New Zealand.
Diving is one of the principal employ
ments for the natives of the Pacific
(K-ean. Ileres likewise, mother-of-pearl
m the principal object of the fisheries.
The oysters live in large colonies, close
together, and are firmly attached to
u-h other; they are attached to the
ttom by a ligament or band, starting
from their body and running through
the shell. In the lire animal this band
is of a dark green, and sometimes gold
bronze color, and fishermen can tell
from its color whether the shells con
tain pearls or not The shells reach
their full size when they are seven years
old. When the animal has reached
maturity, it tears itself loose from the
"tones, opens its shell and dies. The
shells are then covered with corals and
parasites. Thev become worthless aud
the pearls are lost. Occasionally pearls
are found loose in the shells. These
are always of a very fine quality, per
fectly round and often very large. But
there is hardly one in a thousand oysters
which contain such pearls. The natives
often lose them, owing to the careless
way in which they open the shells. Fine
and calm weather is most favorable for
pearl fishing. The divers wear no special
suit, but simply rub their body with oil,
so the sun may not blister their skin.
They remain under the water one or
two minutes, and bring npoysters from
a depth of twenty fathoms. They rare
ly go to such a depth, but the finest
oysters are found there. Thus in many
iishing grounds, which were supposed
to be exhausted, a great many pearl
oysters are found in deep water.
Besides the pearl oyster there is often
found in the lagoons of the Pacific
Ocean a kind of Venus shell, which
often contains pearls of great value.
The fishermen do not look for these
peat Is at all, bnt it is presumed that it
would pay to examine these shells more
systematically. In the Pacific there is
found another pearl-producing mollusk.
whose shells greatly resemble those of
the common oyster. They are always
found attached to rocks, invariably one
by itself; and they are quite rare.
Their pearls nrc always perfectly sound,
with a fine luster and a gold color, of
about the size of a pea. N. Y. Star.
A Misunderstanding "I say,
stranger," whispered a Western man,
who had strayed iu an tip-town theater
where the play of "Romeo and Juliet"
was going on. "I can't make head
nor tail ot this thing. What's the
name of the plav. anyhow?" "Romeo
and Juliet" "Well, if I'd known
that," said the disgusted Westerner, "I
wouldn't have come in. I understood
the feller at the door to say it was
something about Omaha and Joliet"
Life.
Henry (softly) "Florence, do yon
think you could leave your happy
home and loving friends and go into
the far West with a worthy young man
who has no wealth save his profession?
(A pause.) I'm waiting, Florrie,"
Florence (tenderly) "Yes, Henry, I
think I could." Henry, (with a sigh of
relief) "Well, I'm right -glad to hear
you say that You see my friend Joe
is going West and wants to marry,
so I'll just mention your case to him."
Foreign Bible societies apparently
do more to supply Germany with Bibles
than do the German societies them
selves. Last year the native societies
circulated 214,318 copies of the Scrip
tures, while foreign societies sold by
colporteurs, etc,, in Germany 835,743
copies, . '.- :.
aAKE SHARP'S CAREER.
Early Strorrl sad Home I.ll. of th
Ker Tork Street-Car Macnat.
It is singular that as much as Jake
Sharp's name has been before the pub
lic, nothing is ever said about his home
life or his early struggles, and yet both
are unusually full of interest Jacob
Sharp began life in the northern part
of New York as a poor boy, who had
to work so hard for his daily bread
that there was little time left for study,
and whatever spare time he did have
was given up to experiments whieh Le
hoped would result in the invention of
something that would be the founda
tion of a fortune, for he was ambitious,
and he worked with a quiet, dogged
persistance that was bound to succeed.
People were divided in their opinions
of him, some thinking him a fool, oth
ers lclieving him a genius. When he
was nineteen he married his present
wife, who was then about fourteen,
and they went to live in a little log
cabin which he had built with his
own hands. He made all the furni
ture, and some of it was beautifully
carved by the aid of a jack-knife.
Their home was on the edge of the
forest which he cleared little by little,
working for farmers at about eight
dollars perjnontb, and having bat lit
tle time to work at borne. Still he
managed to cultivate enough to give
them a living in addition to his wages.
Here their first cl-ild was born.
During the first five years of their
married life no two ever worked hard
er than they, and it was not long be
fore their industry and frugality be
gan to telL About this time Sir. Sharp
patented his horse-shoe which was the
foundation of his future success, aud
this was followed by other inventions
iu rapid succession. In 1849 they left
Rome, and came to New York and
prospered.
-Their first child was born in a log
cabin, their last in a house worth $50.-
000. Mr. Sharp became interested ia
the horse-cars, and since 1852 has been
tp3 nT lo get a franchise on Broadway.
At this time his wife kept and made a
home for him, the like of which few
men can boast Their home in Twenty-third
street is a large, rather old
fashioned building, with a small grass
plot in front and a large yard in the
rear. The house is furnished hand
somely, and even luxuriously, but with
more regard for comfort than display.
Mrs. Sharp, like her husband, worked
hard in her youth, and brought np her
children herself, but her innate refine
ment and true, gentle womanliness
have long since overcome her early
lack of education. Some years ago she
began to paint, feeling that she had at
least a love for art. and though she had
many periods of discouragement has
succeeded so well that her house is
filled with handsome paintings, many
of them better than the average shown
at the Academy. She paints from
nature, generally, and artists say that
her pictures are worthy of high praise.
The whole atmosphere of her home is
one of peace, and comfort and domes
tic harmony, and 6he is one of the
sweetest, best and kindest of women.
Her charities are unbounded, though
done in silence. She dressi's simply
and plainly, ex ept on rare occasions,
and keeps an almost open house for
pvery body. All her children are liv
ing except her first-born son, who died
a couple of years ago, and she has sev
eral grandchildren, all of them having
talent and one. Miss Dell Rogers, is
hound for success in literature. Their
home life is a model for every body to
follow, and it seems hard that their old
age should be overshadowed, andespe
-tally that she should suffer. Olive
Harper, in Indiannpcl s Journal.
UNCLE ESEK'S WiSDOM.
Practical Fltlloiophr Set-re i la a ttllilj
l'alaUbl, -War-
The world has had but few teachers:
a score of men have furnished us all
the wisdom and philosophy we possess.
The man who knows but little, and
tells only what he knows, is a hard
man to bother in a cross-examination.
It takes the evidence of two or three
witnesses to prove a man's virtues, but
me is enough to fasten his Ticcs upon
him.
The reason why there is so little real
friendship in the world is because most
of the compacts are based npoa policy
rather than upon principle,
A weak man is harder to steer than
a vicious ono he won't take the bits.
Pity is treacherous; most of it is
a set-ret satisfaction that 1 am iut so
badly r ff as you are.
A lazy man in a great hnrry is very
amusing; he is continually steppiug on
himself.
If we ever do reach the top round of
the ladder, we shall find it a dreadfully
cold and lonesome place.
Whoever reasons from the heart will
mako many blunders, but none that
will not be fot given.
The line between folly and wisdom
s often an imnginary one. and men are
fter seen traveling along with one
foot on each side of it.
A great deal of learning has been
ost, but not one single prei-cpt of
wisdom. Century.
Henry George's Wife.
Though Henry George has acquired
such large celebrity, his wife's name
has hardly been mentioned in the pa
pers that speak of him so often and so
much. She is a thorough home body,
devoted to her husband ami their fonr
bildrcn. She is one of the small,
dump, cheery bodies that never get
down-hearted, and people who have
known them a long time say that but
for her unflagging devotion and enthu
siastic belief in him Mr. George would
never have been able to come triumph
antly through the long period of strait
ened means and hard work which pre
ceded his sudden success. Chicago
Tribune.
- Soft water should be used in cook
ing vegetables, and the only way city
folks can soften water is to add a little
ialt to it Six or eight potatoes will
need a teaspoonful of salt to the water;
urnips and parsnips require about tha
same that is, a teaspoonful of salt to
a quart of water. If any scum shouUI
happen to rise to the surface when, th
vegetables are boiling, it must be r
fuUy.skimined off. ; -
POLICE CqURT RECIt-"
A Harmless Teeth's First Attempt
Practical Newspaper Work.
In order to afford that variety whic -.
la the spice of life and papers, we cr, '
eluded to have a man attend the sit
tings of a New York police court It
happened, however, that the only mem
ber of our large and talented staff who
was at leisure Monday morning was tha
young gentleman who edits Household
Recipes. He is an enthusiast upon the
subject of recipes for the construction
of soft gingerbread, eream pies, dried
apple jelly aud the like, and his mind
seems to run on such matters continue
ally. He will go further to learn some
new way for getting up a salad than
the most enthusiastic naturalist would
to secure a new species of snapping;
turtles.
The following in his first attempt
police court reporting:
The first prisoner brought up j
he must have been badly brought;. ;
by hi-J looks stood charged with L .
ing been intoxicated on the streets, I
wasn't entirely sober when arraign
looking as though he had about t :
cupsful of whisky to six eupsf ul of bt
too much, mixed with four to fi
pounds of a policeman's club put ow.
warm. The court allowed him to stj .
about five minLtes. and then sen-
to the Island for sixty days to tTri-
A tramp was hauled up who looker,
as though he had had not more than
two cups of soar milk, one teaspoonful;
of saleratus. ditto of cream of tartjrr,
eome ginger (pop), and a little can
way with stale bread crumbs for er
weeks. He was mixed to a smoot
batter and set before the fire to rise.
A thief was arraigned, charged wiii
breaking into a bakery. He wasincis
cups about three and a half cuj. I
should sav, mixed with sugar. He
said he mistook the bake shop foi a
paint store, on account of the chrome
yellow on the buns. When he resisted
arrest the policeman gave him a recipe
for pound cake that he will remember
for some time. It raised puff balls on
his head without the aid of yeast and "
made his nose into a batter. He was .
laid away in the station-house oven to
brown.
John Smith, being drunk, attempted
to beat his wife, but found himself in
hot water, with a flavoring of lemon
and whisky. His wife added three dessert-spoonfuls
of stove leg for every
loaf, the loafer. A lump of sugar was -added,
together with a lump over the
eye for top dressing. French mustard r
and a Mansard roof complete
tmcture. Court ordered a drtsriis-'
vinegar and prison apparel, i
Got the ear-ache, have you? 1
marked the court to the prisoner w.
his head tied np. - Court recommend;
as a recipe for the care of ear-ac
two parts water, one part his hair '
the middle, and one part from h
family and friends for thirty days.
Texat Sijtings.
THE HAUNTED CLOCK.
Qeeer asd Cstcannr Habits ef am Aetdes
Family Tlnae-Piece. -
Ia a farm-house near Devon. Pa.
there Is s haunted clock, with a wein.
legend of revolutionary times cc
nected with it A cold-blooded murder
of a drummer is in the legend, and
once a year "the clock acts strangely"
and can not be made to go. This is a
true bill, you nnderstaad, and I believe
the story. 1 know that "haunted
dock." I have met it ia aPennsyl
vania tavern more than once. OnlvSS
the legend doesn't do the haunted clock -
full justice. Not only once a year, on
the anniversary of the drummer's!
death, does it "act strangely." It acts
strangely all the time. It chokes and
gurgles ia ghastly gutterals for about
five minutes before it strikes, and
heard, in the dead of night these aw- I
ful sounds petrifv the terrified truest I
with horror, for he firmly believes thati
the man in the next room is hanging
himself with his suspenders. When
the haunted clock strikes eleven, it -
starts off with ponderous solemnity
and strikes six. Then, it stops, groans
twice, gurgles, makes a muffled noise .
with something that needs oilinw.
strikes one. wheezes : and goes to
sleep. About 11:30, however, it wakes ;
up, grunts, sneezes twice, strikes
the other four, and. with a hollow gronT
goes on its limping with tick tocks. Jot
alternating loudness and softness, son ; k-
times falling asleep and misfDg two, ;
three ticks altogether, always wak "
with a start and tick tockingvery louche
ly for the next minute. And then, along
in the afternoon, when yoa are anxious
to go to the station to catch the five
o'clock train, the hour hand points to
three and the minute hand is at five
and the clock strikes nine, you know it
is a quarter past six and your train has
gone more than an hour ago. There is
also a calendar on this clock, showing
the days of the week and the months,
but it is stuck fast between Monday
ana iuesday at the 31st of February,
and there is a hole in the dial where a
moon shows itself ia the full dark all
tho year round. O, it is a sure 'nough
haunted clock. Tve seen it man v a
time, and have missed more trains by it
than there are spooks in Virginia or
thengs" in Indiana. Every body-
about the hotel "sets" that clock. The
landlord looks at it about once or twice
a week and ssts it bv a silver watch
that looks like a slung-shot Then by
and by the oldest boy comes along and
sets it by the school bell, which rings I
about nine o'clock. Then the porter-
hostler comes along and sets it "by the
sun." And. finally, the landlady comes
in and sets it "by guess." And the old
clock, remarking, -None of these things
move me," haunts on in the same dis
tracted, time-killing old way as of old.
Burdettc in Brooklyn Eagle.
A woman In Hatbusb, Long Island,
has brought suit against a druggist for .
$2,500 damages. Some time ago she
took two prescriptions to the drug store
to be filled. One was a liniment the -other
to be taken internally. As he
mixed th$ labels after filling the two'
bottles she took the liniment in internal
doses and rubbed herself with tho other
stuff. Neither of them did her any harm.
"I suppose you must be tired
talking," said his girl after she
been talking about fifteen minutes w
out his being able to get in a w
"O. no," he replied. "I get shaved :' V
" u-'s." Gucago Tribtme.
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