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SMOKERS' ARTICLES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, CONFECTIONERY, Qaeenaware and Glassware, Lamp and Lamp Fixtures. SlAin St., Lebanon. Ore iron. ST. JOHN S HOTEL Sweetkome. Oregon, JOHN T. DAVIS, Proprietor The table is supplied with the very best the market affords. Nice clean beds, and satisfaction guaranteed to all gueeta. In coauectiou with the above house JOIliN DONACA Keeps a Feed and Sale Stable, and will 'accornmod-ite tomi?ts and travelers with trams, guides and outfits. BURKHART & B1LYEU, Proprietors of the Livery, Sale aiifl Fesi Staples LEBAXOX, OR. Southeast Corner of Main and Sherman. Fine Buggies, Hacks.Har- ness and GOOD RELIABLE HORSES Tor parties goine to Brownsville, W terloo, Sweet Home; Scio, and all parts of Linn County. All kinds of Teaming DONE AT REASONABLE RATES. V BURKHART & BILYETJ. fSONEY FOR EVERYBODY. Value of the Principal Cola of Different Nation. Austria-Hungary Issues a florin or fuildor equal to 100 kreuzers. tin 8 dorin silver piece. Tho florin is worth -.bout 40 cents of our money. The NV therlands count tho same, only they fount thoir kreuzers cunts and their florins guilders, and they issue 10-gildei-gold pieties. Denmark, Sweden, and N irway hare a decimal currency. 100 being equal to one krone, worth about 27 cents. Germans count 100 pfennings to a mark, which is worth about 25 cents, and issue thalers (3 marks). 5, 10, and 20 mark gold pieces. France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland. nd Uoumania us fractionally the same, eurreiu'y of 103 centimes to the franc, worth about 1 9 cents;. but the Italians call their francs lirea, tho Roumanians loi. and the Swiss call their centimes rappen. and have ten rappen coins called batzen, Greeks count 100 lepra to tho ilrachma, worth about 16 cents. The Servians use the Frenoh currency, but call the francs dinars anil issue a gold milan, worth 20 franca, a stiver para worth 2J centimes, and copper and nickel coins of 20. 19, and 5 centimes. The Spanish coins are 1 real, worth 100 centimes; 1 peseta, worth 4 reals; and 1 oscudi. worth teu reals; the real is worth a little less than 5 cents. The Portuguese chief coin is the milreis. or 1,000 reis, worth about $1. The Russians count by rubles. One bun died kopecks make a silver ruble, which is worth about 75 cents; they issue now a great deal of paper money in denominations of 1. S. 5. 10. 25 and 100 rubles. The large coins of Turkey are the lira, or gold medjidie, worth about 14.87; the piastre, of which it takes 100 to make a lira; and the becklik and altilik 105 to make the lira. They keep thoir large accounts by the "purse." equal to 5 liras. The Egypt ians hare dimes, ten of which makes a piastre, worth 5 cents. Algeria has a pretty gold coin called a sequin, worth a little more than $2, and a monzon nah, worth about li cents. Morocco issues a blanked or muzoona. which is equal to 6 floos, worth about one-fifth of A cent; an ounce, or oki.a, equal to 4 Man keels, and a mitkal, equal to 10 ounces. In Turds 16 karnubs make 1 piastre, which s worth about 10 cents. In China the unit is the Haikwan tael. worth . about $1.25. It is equal to 10 mace, or 100 candercens. or 1,000 cash. Persia issues a silvery kran, worth about 15 cents, copper and silver shahl, ?nd a gold toman; worth about $1.75. The current coins of India are a pie, worth about a quarter of a cent; a pice, equal to 3 pics; 1 anna, eqnal to 4 pice: 1 rupee, equal to 16 annas, and 1 gold moinir, equal to 15 rupees. The molnir is worth about $7.25. The Japanese count 1 yen equal to 100 sen; the yen is worth about 75 coats. The South American countries generally count bv dollars, some times calied polsos or s.!es. I he Australian and boutb African colonies use the British cur rency. Y. J". Commercial Advertiser. MENDING BROKEN LEGS. Msjor Alvord r.lTea pace or Two Oat of His Own Kxperienc Every owner of domestic animals oc casionally experiences losses from ac cidental injuries to them, and this is especially true of breeders who hare animals running together in numbers, in yards or pastures. Broken legs are not uncommon witii horses and cattle of various ages, and the question al w.iys arises as to the best course to pur sue. The prevalent disposition is to regard a broken leg as incurable (and tLis in spile of abundant evidence to the contrary), and to condemn the un fortunate animal at once to death. There are cases, undoubtedly, in which this is the better course, as where the age or small value of the animal will not warrant the expenditure of money and valuable time upon it. But in other cases it pays well to mend the broken it-?. Too often.however.particularly wbei young animals are killed as soon as broken legs are discovered, it is true, even if veterinary skill can not be ob tained, nature and common sense mar be combined to bring about substantial recovery. A few cases iu my experi ence, to which have been added the ob servation or account of others similar, lead me to believe that where horses and cattle have broken legs, and are of sufficient value to wan-ant some ex penditure of time and labor, and not too old, an effort should he made to save them. Where possible it 5s doubtless true economy to em ploy the best veterinary assistance in such cases. Country doctors, in general practice, are pretty good com parative anatomists, and are usually found willing to apply their surgical skill to injured animals. Ths animals themselves will generally do much to wards i-ecovery. if only placed under r.-i ri .rable conditions and reasonably - 't?d by their owners. Some years ago a two-year-old colt, v. iLii others in an outlying pasture, was :n:ud with a fore leg broken above the knee and hanging limp and useless. It was early June, hot weather fast com ing on; the animal, although fairly gentle, had never been accustomed to stall or harness. I knew it was useless to attempt putting it in a sling, or ad justing a sidlnt und bandage if left in pasture. There was a small lot avail aide, with excellent grazing, water and shade. In this the colt was placed, simply watched, given a little extra nourishment in the form of oats, anil left to his fate. The leg bung in such i way that the Done was in a natural position, and the muscies were used to eep tho foot clear of the ground. The .; u i n i.il moved about on three legs for: Qionlli, took guoi1 care of the one in jured, und 1 do fcot tntnk it Ktl.npted to lie down during this time. Then it began to put its foot to the ground and gradually to use the leg. By the time pasturage failed in the fall it had a sub stantially sound leg again, and was a useful animal for years. When trot ting it showed slight lameness, proba bly'due to a little shortening of the in jured leg, but in field work and for all ordinary farm purposes it proved o thoroughly serviceable horse. A valuable heifer just a year old had one hind leg very badly broken, includ ing an uslv flesh wound, J'h,ile unload- ing from a wagon. This leg was set. put in a stiff plaster bandage for weeks, the animal kept in a box stall, lying down most of the time. After a loti" and varied experience with surgical as sistance, making a case of much inter, est, but which can not now be de scribed in detail, the animal recovered to such nn extent that, although she has an awkward leg, she Is a good tow and a regular and profitable breeder. Within a few weeks a thrifty calf, running tit a covered yard, showed great lameness, and on examination the bone of a foreleg was found broken between the knee and thn ankle. It was evidently caused by a blow, from, I fear, a brutal attendant, now dis charged. The age and condition cl the animal were like those of the colt, so no attempt was made to sling it and use a bandage The calf has been given a comfortable and safe place, fed well, and simple applications have been made to reduce inflammation aud keep the leg in a favorable condition. It has been impossible for the creature to keep its foot entirely clear of tht ground, and this bus retarded the healing; but it is now using the leg, and while there has been a bony growth, which will enlarge the leg and be a blemish, I do not anticipate much permanent lameness, nnd expect to see the little fellow become a sound, ser viceable bull. Major If. E. Alvord, in Cultivator. COMBUSTIBILITY OF IRON. Conditions Coder Which tho Metal Hill Born Iteacilly. Combustibility is not generally con sidered one of the properties of iron, yet that metal will under proper condi tions burn readily. The late Prof. Magnus, of Berlin, Germany, devised the following method of showing the combustibility of iron: A mass of iron filings is approached by a magnet of con siderable power, and a quantity there of is permitted to adhere to it This loose, spongy tuft of iron powder con tains a large quantity of air imprisoned between its particles, and is, therefore, and because of its extremely commin uted condition, well adapted to mani fest its combustibility. The flame ol an ordinary spirit lamp or Bunsen burner readily sets tire to the finely di vided iron, which continues to burn brilliantly and freely. By waving the magnet to and fro the showers ol sparks sent off produce a striking and brilliant effect. The assertion that iron is more com bustible than gunpowder, has its origin in the following experiment, which is also a very strikinz one: A little alco hol is poured into a saucer and ignited. A mixture of gunpowder nnd iron fil ings is allowed to fall in small quanti ties at a time into the flame of the burn ing alcohol, when it will be observed that the iron witl take tire in its pas sage through the flame, while the gun powder will fall through it and col lect beneath the liquid alcohol below unconsumcd. This, however, is a scientific trick, aud the experi ment hardly justifies the sweeping assertion that iron is more combustible than gunpowder. The ignition of the iron under the foregoing circumstances is due to the fact that the metal pai ti des, beiug admirable conducters ol heat, are able to absorb sufficient heat during their passage through the flame and they are consequently raised to the ignition point. The particles of the gunpowder, however, are very poor conductors of heat, comparativclv speaking, and during the exceedinglj brief time consumed in their passage through the flame they do not become heated appreciably, or certainly not to their point of ignition. Under ordinary circumstances, gunpowder is vastly more inflammable than iron. Another method of exhibiting the combustibility of iron, which would appear to justify the assertion that it is really more combustible than gun powder is the following: Place in a re factory tube of Bohemian glass a quan tity of dry, freshly-precipitated hy drated ferric oxide. Heat this oxide to bright redness, and pass a current of hydrogen through the tube. The hydrogen will deprive the oxide of its oxygen, and reduce the mass to the metallic state. If, when the reduction appears to be finished, the tube is re moved from the flame and its contents permitted to fall out into the air, it will take fire spontaneously and burn to oxide again. This experiment indi cates that pure iron iu a state of the extremest subdivision is one of the roost combustible substances known more so even than gunpowder and other explosive substances, which re quire the application of considerable heat or of a spark to ignite them. Iron Age. m . e i Mamma "I doVt see where papa can be,. He's very late to-night" Mildred "Why, he's fixing his cane or something. I heard him tell Uncle George, this morning." Mamma 'What did ho sayP'' Mildred He said, George, I've got to blow that new club of mine off to-night' " ltd-Bits. Dudley (who is not as big a fool its he looks) "Did you, ah, give my card to Miss Bondclipper?" Servant "Yes, sir." Dudley "What did she thayP" Servant "She told me to tell you, sir, that she was sorry that the was not in." Dudley "Ah, indeed! Please tell your mithtress that I said I wath glad I didn't call." Mocking Bird. "What won't they make whisky of next!" exclaimed old Mrs. O'Paqne, upon reading that "a wild cat distil lery" had been captured in Butler County, Ala. "I'd sooner drink strych nine," she added, "than to pour down my throat whisky made of wild cats. It must scratch awfully as it goes down." A'orristown Herald. ' Threadneedle (head of the firm) to new clerk "Mr. Jumper, we have a special trade and you must bo veiy careful in your manner. Some you may trust at all times, some only occa sionally, others under no circum stances. To some of our customers you must be elaborately polite, while others prefer short sharp and brisk answers. To some of our . Where sre you going, Mr. Jumper?" Jump er "To look for another place, sir. You don't want a clerk, you need a , oiind-reader." Drake" $ Ma gating. OLL CREOLE CUSTOMS. New Origan Society M'tt Honor the Tra union of the Old lelms Tho social customs of New Orleans differ widely from those of any other city of the Union, derived as they largely are from the usuages and pre cedents of the French and Spanish regime, many of which hold good to day. The old French social law. which divided people into three different clas-tes the aristocrat the bourgeois and the canaille has to a great extent become a dead letter. Tho middle class is to-day an un iinpoi t;int factor iu society hre. One misses also that s a'ldivision into cliques and sets which exists elsewhere. In a social sense Now Orleans is virtually a dual city, the dividing line between Canal street, its principal thoroughfare. Above this dwell the Americans, who now predominate in the population. Below it live the Creoles, the descend ants of the haughty cavaliers and leauties who formed the court of the French and Spanish Governors of the province, and who still hold sacred tho stately nitnners. the stringent customs and the prejudice of their an cesfrirs. They, however, have for the greater part suffered reverses of for tune. This prevents their active partici pation in society or the lavish mode of entertainment to which they were accustomed. It has not deprived them, however, of a certain influence over the social tone of the city, and in no respect is this more readily manifested than in the universal observance of the chap eron system. This system Is closely auiiercu to as well in American as in Creole circles, and the penalty of its disregard is scandal and gossip, and perhaps, if the offense be sufficiently serious, s-jcial ostracism. Young ladies do not attend the theater with a gentleman without a chaperon, especially at night, unless they be nearly related or betrothed. Under no circumstances is it possible for a young girl to lunch or dine in a public restaurant unless a chaperon le present, and few New Orleans girls would enter such a place except to at tend a lunch or dinner party to which a number of guesti were bidden and where- oue or more chaperons were present As regards horseback exercise, in which New Orleans gitU indulge but rarely, the ride requiring a chapron is much less -tSgidly enforced, but upon driving tpjlhout the matronly protec tion there is virtually an absolute pro hibition. Stwial calls are for the most part confined to Sunday evening, when gentlemen present themselves as early as seven o'clock, and are exected to withdraw mt later than eleven o'clock, good breeding, of course, requiring the first comer to yield to his successor. Formal calls ai-e paid only on Sunday or on the evening of the hostess" special reception days, ami do not here much exceed half an hour. In Creole circles the mother of the younr lady receiving the caller is in variably present but among Americans the custom is observed only according to the degree of intimacy between the pnrties. Excursions, picnics, etc., form no part of the social entertainments tl New Orleans, though occasionally par ties are formed to visit the neighlior ing plantations when the cane is being converted into sugar. In such case the host makes a point of providing at least one, and often several, chaperons. Invitations to balls parties, or recep tions are alwavs wonted to include the chaperons, and subscribers to the club. german or cotillion, of which at least one is jnven tiurinr tho season, are furnished with separate cards for chap erons ami partners. In matters of courtship and marriage the Creoles follow tho French plan and the maternal supervision ends only with the signing of the nuptial regis try. Among the American portion of the population the American custom prevails, and the moment an acquaint ance merges himself into a suitor he is accorded greater freedom of communi cation. ,. I. Ve.t.. Another Musical Prodigy. A small and pretty twiy, who is re markable in two directions, is Philip Spooner, the third son and youngest child of Senator Spooner. His talent for music is almost that of genius. Though he does not know one note from another, lie will carry the music of an opera, after hearing the perform ance, right along with his mother's accompaniment on the piano. His voice is like a girl's, and sweet and clear as the notes of a bird. The boy is never so happy as when permitted to go to nn operatic performance, and his criticisms are so unerring as to be startling in the advanced ideas ex pressed by a child. He cares nothing for the theater, but craves music, and, if deprived of it he would be a very unhappy child. lie never touches the piano himself and is not inclined to instrumental music, though his two brothers raise the roof with banjo playing. But he will sit by his mother for an hour or two, and pour out hi? beautiful voice in high, pure notes, and .with, perfect time to the piano. Capitalist "Is the climate health- ! fulP" Land Agent 'Healthful P Well, I should say it was! Why the jury out " in our town had to bring in a verdict of murder in tho first degree against a man for horse st aling so as to inau gurate our new cemetery." Towr Topic-. Tommic was at Sunday school in his first pair of trousers, and a picture of a lot of littlo angels was before the class. "Tommie. would you like to be a little an gel P" asked the teacher. "No ma'am." replied Tommie, after a careful inspection of the picture. Not be an angel. Tommie? Why not?" inquired the teacher in surprise. Cause, ma'am. I'd have to giye up my new pants." Critic Railroad Agent "No, sir; under the Inter-State law I can't carry your company for less than four dollars and a nail apiece; but I U tell you what Til do, seeing it's you. Let's see; how many people have you gotP" Theatrical Agent "Twenty-seven," Railroad Agent "Well, P 11 have to charge you the full four-fifty, hut I'll send you over the line with a conduc tor who can't count more than twenty. '.'.Puoiv TWO TEXAS LAWYERS. They Alert In u Hotel sort Violate toe Klhloi of fie Profession. At a fair held nt Dallas. Tex., an Im mense number of people from all parU of the Statu were assembled. The ho tels were crowded as never befor". Among tho arrivals at a Dallas hotel were Major Duck, of Sin Antonio, and Colonel Sam Bender, of Houston, both members of the legal profession. They had never been introduced to each other, but the genial landlord, who knew them both, performed the cere mony. Major Duck, allow me to introduce you to Colonel Bender, one of the lead ing lawyers of Houston. Colonel Mender, you will lie glad to know Major Duck, the great criminal lawyer of Western Texas, the nest-egg of the profession." N. B. Tho landlord shouM have said testor of tho profession. "Major Duck." exclaimed Cootie! Bonder, grasping Duck's ba id. "I am more than charmed to mako your e .itaititatiee. I've often read yonr aaiisc in the papers." "I am proud, sir. to le introduced to such a prominent jnrUt as Colone Bender, whom 1 know by reputation." said Duck, clasping the hand of Colore. Bender. And now, gentlemen, since we ate little crowded in this hotel, I sup pose you have no objections to occupy J inn the same room," said the landlord, rubbing his hands. The two lawy rs expressed gre ii satisfaction that they were thrown int -uch pleasant c; mnar. y, and took pos session of the Hin.i'l iipartmi-nt. A ach, by a Miigiil.tr coincidence. -.-uo.idu I wit.t a flask of whisky, they trdcrcd 8 mn warm water and sugar, tnd successive hot toddies accelerated the flow of (Olivers: lion Very nritcri tlly. At th same time, the stimulant made them egotistical- and quarrel some, as is oftt-u the case with Texas t hisky. "How is business now in the Houston rtfurts?'' asked M-j r Duck, stirring up his ghiss of tod lr, ""It's very poor. In fart, the law .nsiness is overdone; there are too man v lawyers." Same way in Antonio. Hardly any new suits tile I, and new lawyers turn ing up every day. It se rasto me that every little, half-st trved. jaek-legsed lawyer in the South moves, to Texas. They are worse than the carpet-bajr-gers were after the war. or the grass hoppers." Co'onel Bender did not respond very enthusiast:ca!ly. In fact beseemed to lie in pain. What a b'ankity blank absurdity it is for ti.ese frauds from other States to ry to practice law in Texas before they lave eve:i read Texas law," continued Major Duck, excitedly. -What, you say." replied Colonel Bender, slowly. app!is to some few cases. Imt wSipti applied to lawyers. sir. who. like myself, hae been in the State three years, it has no signili- eanee." That depends on how much law they knew before they came to Texas," re plied D:!ck. with a sneer. If that slur is mnnt for me, all l"v rot to say is that i consider mysell as weil qualified to pracliea law a if 1 itad come to lexas under au al as be- fo-e soc ety w-ts organized," This was a hon thrust for Duck's ttitecedent were rather cloudy. "You area sizzle-soulnl. insinuatfns tvhitle?. a poor, s tllow. slimy lizzard. a nilden cd. corpse-f-icenl caitiff from San An'oTiio. That's whit you are. find have been for years, and you know it" retorted Colonel Bender. "I can outlaw you anr day. you Bayou City fraud," retorted Duck. ' N doubt you can outlaw me. You ire oid at tilt business. You were nn utlaw before you came to Texa. There is a rew trd offered for you yet n Alabama." observed Bender. "You are a liar. Your slanderous soul is imbued with the electric lires f jierd.ton. Your black heart emit. ulp iiirous fumes. Yon are no renUe- m in." "Whatever I may have don;. I neve swindled ignorant old Mexic ins of heir land by getting them to sig" deeds which they thought were pow.-1-s of attorney. That's your regular busi ness, ) Lawyer G.issiwty. of San An .'onio. told me." "A Houston srentleman," resp:inde D.;ck, "told mo confidentially tha when a criminal Is in a tight place i i oiiston he hires you to assist in th' nrosecution. and then he always g-t-clear. That's the kind of a criniina lawyer you are." "1 never was a member of the. Texa Legislature and played poker with lobbyists." Y u are a liar and a wart on flu orofesslo'i. You lie in your foil throat You have rot no style nboir vou, anyhow." said Duck, lookin; arou:.d for something to throw. "S;re. here," observed Colonel Ben dL'r. "your remarks nro beginning t border on personality. Your lnnguat is a violation of the ethics of the pro fession." " Take your hands off me, yon in fernal shyster." "Take that," retorted Bender, up setting the table, and hitting the wall with iiis fist Then they clinched, rolled on the floor, using language that w-s too strong for the halls of Congress. The landlord rushed into the room and separated them. "You had better let The detectives know that Shyster Bender of H uston is in town." howled Duck. Take that t ing out of here before I shoot him. Send for tho police, and let tiiem take him out into the back V rd :hd shoot him. He is .in escaped comic iroiu Alabi.ma," be. lowed lien Ueu llA-Atioruey-General Brewster left an estate valued at f 100, 000. to beheld ill trust for his son until he reaches the ago of thirty. If his son dies without issue before neaching that age the property goes to the Sisters of St Francis, of Philadelphia. Sir Morell Mackenzie, though not musical himself, is warmly interested in vocnlization and every thing per taining to the human voice. He never accepts a fee from a professional singer, but doctors free of charge the throats I of all public singers who apply to him. DAKOTA JOURNALISM. Hew ma Unenterprising Editor Loec HIS Hold on the Community. "Have you a neyspaper here?" I asked of a man who came over to where we were ramped on the edge of a little Dakota town. "Yes. got one; did have two. but the oilier feller pulled out last weuk," Didn't it p.ty?" "Naw. ho wa'n't no good got out the weakest paper vot ever seen." "What was the trouble with it?" No news, or least none to 'mount to any thin-'. Course, if something big haupeiied that he couldn't heln seein'' he'd git it in, but ev'ry we.-k there'd le a whole lot o spicv things that ho'd keep still's a mouse about, an' stick in lot o' pieces on free trade, or protev 'ion, or mebby sometimes the t.triST. B.tt the other man wa'n't that style no blowin' pieces i:i his'n. but all the pu-y an Interest in news Uiat haji- peto-d." So yoti froe the long editorial man man out?" "Had to do it. I tell you he didn't now enough to pound sand. W'y. I'-mme tell you a little case: Couple o months ag I built nm a new chieken- .-np not a very bi un. 'cause I only r't six hens an' a fightiu rooter but I made it very keerful an' put in two round roosts an' whitewashed 'em. an hree nests. I figured on half ths he-is -estin an scratchiu while to other hift was lavin. an nailed some : n iver a box in one co-nr to shut up the ett-rs in an' make 'em quit their nonkey bus'ness, an fixed h -r up ir t vie generally. Pretty soon old Co;er hi- man Hints go-it, come alon in i called him in an' sav I: Jes g.-t mi', he nw hen-ho:isrt I ;;?u a-buildin. That loo 's firsf-riTw. tays he. Vig ;le it.' sirs I. lit wiggle 1 it i oears solid.' says h. THai-u it's !!. wst hen-house in tha city." says I Wouldn't wonder." says he. Then he ra!kd off with hishea t d.iwn. a-ihiuk-ti". I reckoned, what he shoald say bo-jt it. S imehow I didn't manage ts ee the other feller U. tell him 'bout it. nit Lord r. how do vou think it come .nt?" H-tven't anv idea. Hit did it?" 'V'v. sir, I w-u nef to Hank J or je's an' borrowed his copy of 'oiler's paoer so mi's it come ont "lank hadn't got alook at it yet himself an' took it home a t wadml through it. till t.ot a line i-mt my hen-eioi! Not a line! Nt a word! Didn't ay nothing 'bout it my name wasn't in the paper! I went so fur as to even read clear through along piece on "Our Common School System." tliinki'i' ni"b bv that he stuck in o iiethiug "b ut tnv !ie;i-hoiis - in it s ui-where, but he hadn't Well, I was ma I. an 1 think I had a right to lev I throwd the pa tierdownan did i't even take it baeic :o Haak. B it next m rnin when I st-i-n one of th" 'her feller's papers down in the tr my eve stuck out so vou could "a bung your hat on 'em. There it was in his p toer "bon my hen coop !ig"s a Mexican dollar! ll read 'ikethi-- Wrt hear ih it Uncle Abnr Doty ha j-s' completed a large, an" convenient hen-house for his fine flock .f Shanrhis. lL-amv. Plymouth Rocks tfi" so forth, together with his famous rightin' roos er. B -si Butler. We hav iot let ha I the pleasure of samplin tnv of the exgs laid in this new he i house. but we know that Uncle AVi-r is not the m in to long f rget ye editor." That's the very way he had it word for word, name an' all. Jes scion's I read it I went ri rbt out an toM ev'rybodi we foul tn't 'f r 1 to u;viort O! I C op -r no lo-tger 'cause he was hurtiu th town by not, mentimiin the improve ments, and I jes' ken' up the talk till what littln bus'ness he did have Iroppcd off an' noledy wouldn't haie nothing to do with him. an' he's left You can see yourself that we couldn't very well do any thing else after the way he used me on that hen-house." F. fl. Carruth, it Cjhcio Tribune. KEPT HIS PROMISE. 4. Small Boy SUrrrt from a- Reined I.ir Ivy a Kind Word. I remember a case that happene years ago in Illinois. A lawyer friem f mv fa'h-r defended a lad for-stealiu? apj-les. me owner in me orcuaru wa without pity, but the lawyer pleadet that the child's act was merely one n gluttony aud that he ought to te in diligently treated. This was the vie of the matter taken bv the justice am he spoke to the accused in a fatherh wav. "Yon hear." he said; "what has beer siinl ai'o'it vou. inar- vou are no imei now 1 .-tin tfoing to acquit you, but yoi must liiit promise that in future yon will liehave iu a way to redeem thi fault you have committed." "The boy. who had been crying bit terly, looked up. wiped away his tears, and gave the required answer in a firm voice. Years paved away. One day as the lawjer stepped off the train at D.-troit he wa accosted by a gentle man who asked if he rememliered him. "No. I do not ret-itli ever having seen oii before," wan his reply. "Well. 1 nm the little apple thief whom you once defended. I want to let you know that I have kept the promise 1 n ade on that occasion, i now own a wagon factory in this place, am a married man ami the happy fathel of several children. It is to you and the good justice of that day that I am indebted for all this. I am sure that had I been sent to the reform school I would very likely have grown up to Ih" anv thing but an honest man.' Co-. .V. O. I'icatune. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL. Rosa Bonhenr, the famous French irti.t, goes about on sketching tours lnd in trousers and a cutaway coat The eldest daughter of the famous riieodore Hook died lately in an ob scure lodging in London so friendless that even her burial had to be provided by the parish. President Cleveland and Senator ngalls are related. Mr. Cleveland's rrnudmothor was a Mehitable Ingalls, who was first cousin to Rufus Ingalls. father of tho Senator. An old lady of seventy-six, living si Dooly County, Ga., is able to per form the feat of dancing a jig with a tumbler of water balanced on her head .without spilling a drop. . THE ZUNI INDIANS. A Carious People That la Neither Ancient Nor lagenloaa. Cosmos Mendeleff has returned from Arizona to Washing' on, Mendeleff, as j his name indicates, is a Russian, nnd he is an intelligent and expert explorer on the staff of Major John W. Powell, Chief of the Bureau of Ethnology.. For six . years he and his older brother, Victor, have b;en engaged in the survey of the antique ruins of Chaco and the inhabited pueblos of Zuni and the seven villages of Tusayati, and together they mapped the queer habitations of those mysterious people, and hare made foi the National Museum models of tin largot and most interesting pueblos. - MendelaTbas made some three mm-. ilred photographs and a large numbei of free-hand sketches of the strange residences of this remnant of a race. "I don't know that there is. much that is really new." said Mendeleff. It was formerly, indeed recently, thought that the pueblos were very ancient tba same in which this half civilized race lived at the time of th Spanish conquest but we now know better. . The inhabited villages which exist to-day are all modern. It wa. forraerly supjiosed that the Tusayan Indians never changed their pl.tee o'. alode. but held to the same site from generation to generation. It is now known that they have been in the habit 1; gained access to the tower room and of abandoning their old houses and j commenced to cIimb-tothe top of the Huilc.ing new. In early days the vil- tower. This had to be done by ascend lage were mostly in the lowlands, and ing from the outside, and as he had they were gradually crowded ujt r nothing to cling to one may we'd im eHmbed up to the practically inacces i agine his t-isk. Fancy, reader, that sible mesas sharp e'itfs. easily de- yon see a man climbing beaven-fensible- The reasac for an abandon j ward uj.on the steeple of St tneiit of villages a-d the building o Peter's. State street Albany, others are many, sometimes military but often rooted in some superstition "The builders of these pueblos ha very meager architectural attainroen. Their houses are poor piles of stout and mud. Their ingenuity was pnerile. The element of skill is almost whoil;. lacking. These curious ruins are simply an evidence of the existence of a rac with unlimited time at their disposa and unlimited material at band. Every where is shown a lamentable lack of constructive ability. They did not know how to make a square room, or how to rear one wall at right angles, or how t make a circle or even straight line." -Mr. Mendeleff has comprehensive photographs of the seven Tusayan vil lages. Each village consists of fifteen or twenty houses and each bouse of several residences. The bonse is series of terraces, receding as they rise. The first story is alfout seven feet high, and is approached from without only by a ladder, which leads to a hole ir the roof. In war times the ladder i? Jt as pu'led up. From the rear of this story rises the second story, sever feet higher, m mntetl als i by a ladder. ( a h! other ladders lend to a thirJ and j i)-rhaos fourth story. Of course the ! tirst story nn Jer this arrangement is of j ninch the largest and the npper story ' of much the smallest area, and as the ! la ter is the lightest, the best ventilated j and the safes", being defensible from i all the roofs below, it is the favorite j habitation, and usually occupied by the officers and the aristocracy. It is j estimated that in all the seven Tusavan villages there are 2.0W people, Tney j live miinly on India- corn, squashes ' and beans." They are under M inn n i:i- ! fiuence and will not permit a census oi hold much intercourse with Americsns. Colonel and Mrs. Stevenson had trouble with them, and were compelled to de par. Mr. Mendeleff and his rr!-J were treated remarkably well and are puzzled in trying to account for it "Perhaps the oddest thing." a Ided Mr. Meiilelefr. after" a m-.iment's pause. is the status of woman in thes,. queei f communities. She owns all the houses j and most of the property. The man j owns the crop in the field, but as soon ; as it is harvested it belongs to his wife. ' She controls the houe and all that 5s iu It. She works steadily and constantly in the duties of the household, but she docs no field work, and, taking it all together, her condition compares favor ably with that of the American farmer's wife. The descent of all property i in the female line and through the mother; it is she who makes the will and pro vides for the offspring." 'What does the man own then,?"! asked. J he said: I "The donkey", perhaps," but I am not sure about that" "And the land?" N j. the land is not owned individu ally. Ever since before historic time . .... land has heau owned ly the whole na tion. If an Indian goes ont and takes up some lnd not in ne and cultivates it, nobody can take it from him. But if he stops us'm-r it anybody else can jump it It belongs to the fellow that can use it" "How does that work?" "Tli ere are no miiiiona'res. There is about the same degree of comfort that, there is among very poor people anywhere. As to land, the shrewdest and smartest Indian manages to get the best, the same as under any system." Washington Letter. m e -WlV 7.N 3 WISDOM. A watch that won't run doesn't need nuy chain. The very first step toward action is the death warrant of doubt We can not conquer fate and necessity, vet we can yield to them in such h manner as to be greater than if we could. Landor. If the greatest pleasure in life is the plejismre of anticipation, the young man's tailor certainly ought to be the happiest of men. iwm-rrilie Journal. We lire habitually trying to get more out of life than we put into it to empty from the vessel what the vessel has never contained, and hence our many failures. United' Presbyterian, . Every one fancies that his own neglect will do no harm, but that it is somebody else's business to keep a lookout for him, and this idea cherish ed alike by all is the secret ruin of all. Pericles. m Let It be borne in mind that the cords of love which bind hearts so closely together that neither life nor death nor time nor eternity can sever them are woven of threads no bigger than a spider's- web. -- ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. As Episode in Cnnii--tin With th Tower of Vienna' iraait Sanctuary. The street terminates at the Stephen's Platz, and here iu the heart of all busi- ataia is the Church of St. Stephen, the most important oue in the city. To enumerate nil its details would demand Loo much time and space in this letter, but a few may interest the reador Facing the platz is the "liiesenthor" of Giant's Door, which is opened on great occasions only. Of the stained glass windows but two are real aticientones. In front of the veMry steps is a stone which closes the entrance to the old burial vault of the sovereigns of Aus- tria. The pulpit is of 1512 a-ul exe- cnted in stone. Lxten-ive reparations are still, being; carried on in the inte rior. The exterior is much blanched. and is ' covered with sculptures, sorp? of which are in a verv bad condition. The toWer. which rises above every thing else in the city, is 4i9 feet high. It was erected in 1860-4 in lace of the old one, which, owing to its condition, had to be taken down. The finest view over the city is to be had from the top of this tower. There is a little episode in connec tion with this tower worth giving. It illustrates bow Kaiser Joseph is thought of by his sajbjit-l-s. The evening pre ceding the King's birthday a man which well illnstratesj that of St Stephen's. The h ur midnight. a fierce wind blowing around his body is wrapped a flag- For two long hours he toils upward. All below are uncon-. scious of the unusual proceeding which is going on save a comrade, who ' breathlessly awaits the resnlt of his companion's venture. At this stage the fire watchmen, who inhabit the tower in order to give alarm in case of fire breaking out in the city, dis--rn an obiect above them and call out: "Who is there?" The climber, now near the summit, hears and answers: "Only L I am going to hang out a flag for the Emperor's birthday." Upon this word is telegraphed to a police station that a man is climbing the tower. Police men come upon the scene. The wait ing eomrade is seen with the climber's " boots and. asked who they belong to, replies: Oh, to my companion, who is aloft" Meanwhile the climber has reached the top. and he manages to get the flag from his bfdy, and what is more, a huge pole which he had car ried over his back, and then at then at the height of 449 feet he elings with one hand to his frail support, ties the Pue to the top of the tower and the flaft to it After remaining there half an hour he makes the descent in two more hours, and is met by a policeman, who "nqnires: "Are these yonr boots? "Yes. "Then put them on." and hej Is rrrarched off to the station. Upon being qnestioned he stated that he merely wished to give his Emperor a surpris leased. and he was immediately re- And for over a week many persons coo Ul be seen standing gazing up at he flag and prophesying that it would falL After thi the tower was inclosed for a wav up bv boards, but the feat was again attempted by a youth, who, after going a short dis tance, gave it up and returned to "four teen days" for his smartness. Now spikes may be seen in place of boards, and the one w!h next attempts the as cent will doubtless soon be in need of a tailor. Cor. Albany (X. T.) Argus. CHINESE TRADE-UNIONS. Despotic OrcaihaikuK IVhirh Control. Every Braark of Trad,. The Minister of the United States at Pekin. China, transmits to the State Department at Washington an interest ing article on the Chinese guilds, in which it is shown that every branch of bnsiness and every trade is arbitrarily controlled by these despotic, organiza tions. The trade unions boyeott op- pressively. regulate hours, apprentices, cause strikes, and adjust prices in a j' very complete manners The guild 3JT7,t oTCsTfe, have grind bails, with very expensive decorations, they being arranged . for the use of the memlters somewhat as i are onr club houses. The methods of j the trade guilds are somewhat noveL One nieniber of the gold leaf craft at Soochow recently violated the rule, and too more than one apprentice at one time. His union punished him by biting him to death. The union was .' v composed of 123 nien. and each mem-. ber set his teeth in the flesh of the of fending brother. Other penalties slight infractions of the rules are : the furnishing of a theatrical perform- '" ance, a feast for over ten, and qusmti ties of liquors. While their rule is, undoubtedly, very despotic, the Minis ter considers them not altogether harmful, as they administer justice and compel their members to act honestly. Scientific American. The language of the Bible grows more harmoniously luminous with tha growing light, when its words are read and interpreted simply, as words still living; they are found to give the spiritual message which each age re quires, the one ir.essivge made audible to each hearer in the language wherein he was born. Canon Wcstcott. - Attachment to Jesus Christ, planted in a human soul by the-Holy Spirit is the groundwork, and tte- only possible groundwork, of a beautiful and" effective Christian elfaracter. The deeper this love, tho deeper the piety. The stronger this love, tho greater will be the rejwlinesj to make costly sacrifices for his cause. Mornina Star. --"Hang the luck!" exclaimed the foreman, as he w;ts busily at work . making up the paper, "I've pied the- whole galley of this, leading editoria. on the Chinese question, and in five' minutes it will. lie time to go to press-ay f What in blazes am I going to do?' Ml TTiat's all right" said the editor easily. "Pick it up as well us you can and run it in as a new dialect story by . a rising young Southern author. It's - sure to make a tremendous hit" ' trviilt Journal. - - - - -- s V;- V V