Job printing. K0 rm E BAN ON (is.id rrr.ET Eireiy description of H.-Y. K1RKPATKICK . Job PrintiM Done on Short Notice. TEAMS O BUSriq On YfSLT ,..., Six M uth, " Ton. Mouth (Parable an md-n Legal Blanks, . Business Cards, letter Eeada, Bill Heads, TERMS OF ADVEaCTli. ; On, ,nare. first lnserti'm taafa adilUkmal maerUon . ... (LOC-aLl j . Local K'Hlrwi, p- line i . . i Hxular adrvrtiseroenta inserted .(tfKrr Circulars. Posters, Btc VOL. II. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1888. NO. 12. Executed In good etj'.e ud kt lowest nrtot prleea. II 1 1 w 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 uraav evcmm oi irw. v.-. ....... - 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. .1- L - ' - t -V '