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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1888)
f THE COUNTY SURVEYOR. A Being of Remarkable Importance and Royal SeU-Possesslon. Those of toiy dear readers who caa read and I suppose, without a doubt, , that a good many of them can will, with little difficulty, recall the awe in which the magicians of the olden time were held by their fellow mortals. This awe and veneration has a parallel in modern life In the general respect and consideration with which the county surveyor is treated on the occasion of a professional visit to one of the hernials in his territory. Enoch Jimson and Solon McGill got into a wrangle over a new line fence that must be built, each wanting to shove it over toward his neighbor a little. Although the land In dispute amounted to but little, they could reach no settlement of the difficulty without the lines being "run." So the county surveyor is called in, and it is then that his importance Is manifested and his vanity gets a wholesale tickling. Augustus Bings is not a man you would pick out in a crowd as being one to whom the world at large would look up with any remarkable degree of ven eration; nor does he seem to expect it, as he walks among his fellow men in the populous county seat. But when . ville his dignity and importance have grown to enormous proportions. Pos sibly it is the ozone of the country air that has so remarkable an effect. On this trip he is accompanied by a youth who carries the chain and holds the rod with intention of ultimately learning the mysteries of the profes sion, and at last shining forth himself. This youth is the cynosure of all eyes, as far as the juvenile portion of the Tillage is concerned, and is envied as being the happy possessor of enormous brain qualifications, thus to enable him to act in the important capacity in which he does. All the slang phrases . which he drops are eagerly snapped up by his young admirers, and the chestnuts that he incidentally relates pass current as the latest and best wit for many a day. It is only the assistant that jests, however. The surveyor himself is self-contained, and scorns such frivol ities, as being unseemly in a man so far advanced in science as he is. His utterances are brief and sententious, and confined mostly to sundry and dark hints as to the capacity of the indi vidual who run the lines before. Deliberation and lack of hurry are marked characteristics of our surveyor on these trips, and it being so near noon he does not undertake his work until he has refreshed himself with dinner. The smiling and gracious landlord escorts his guests to their seats; the cook holds the kitchen door oped a crack and inserts a tousled head to steal a glance at the great man; the young lady that waits on the table ad justs her bangs and looks pleasant at the assistant; the regular boarders file In and seat themselves and turn their conversation to as important sut jects as possible so as not to be consid ered too ostentatiously flippant. Dinner over, our surveyor and his assistant are rejoined by the contend ing parties and an augmented audi ence. They proceed to the seat of war; the assistant spreads the three sticks so they will stand alone; the surveyor motions the boy who carried the box to come forward. He steps forth with his precious burden with the proud step of a soldier called from the ranks to receive a deooration for bravery. The eyes of the public are turned toward the box, each eager to catch the first glimpse of its contents. The surveyor takes a key from his pocket, stoops down and deliberately opens the cover. A stillness falls upon the group, as he lifts from its resting place the transit and puts it in position on the tripod, i-aoh move he makes locating, leveling and all the various maneuver Ings are watched carefully, and no mo tion escapes notice. . His assistant walks away from the instrument, bear ing the figured rod and pulling the wire chain. He pauses at a certain distance: holds up the rod; the sur veyor places nis eye to trie instrument and waves his hand to the right; the assistant moves the rod to the right; he waves his arm again; the assistant moves again; he gazes long and earnestly, then stands erect and the surveyor produces a little red book in which he makes a few figures. He stops to talk with Jimson and then withMcGilL The postmaster sidles up. Thi-tl3a tfvnA va ertiir. witrt Vi i a rtnsrav squlnts into the instrument with the other and sees nothing. The cobbler. the next best politician, who is also deacon in the church and school com mitteeman, follows the postmaster with the same success. One or two more of the more influential and important in habitants do the same, while the new doctor, who once carried chain during vacation to earn money to pursue his studies, asks the surveyor "if his ver nier reads to the fractions of seconds," which so booms his reputation for learning, that old Doctor Bolus loses three patients during the next week, who transfer their support to the new , doctor "who is up to the times." At length the survey ip made, and the matter decided ii favor of neither, " old fence was in the right place. and trie two contestants oecomeirienaiy once more. The surveyor and his as sistant leave on the evening train, and the village settles back into its accus tomed tranquillity, but for some time to come, the record of an event is based on the number of days or weeks that it happened before or after 'that there surveyor was out to Jimson's." An thony Alps, in Ttxm Sifting. It is 6aid that the oldest man liv ing anywhere is James James, a negro of Santa Rosa, Mex., who was born near Dorchester. S. C, in 1752. He was with his master in the revolution ary war, was forty years old when Washington was elected President, went to Texas when one hundred and one years old, moved into Mexico five years later, and now, at the ripe age of one hundred and thirty-six, lives in a . little hut, to which he is confined by rheumatism, and is supported by con tributions from the citizens -of Santa Eosa. m . A mother who has had much ex perience with boys and girls says that "the majority of children, while easily interested, will not follow out their natural inclinations without help." They need suggestions to turn their plays to the best advantage ; they re quire encouragement and sympathy to preserve contentment and full delight.. A few toys with the mother's incentive to originality and invention are worth more to children than the contents of a toy shop without a knowledge of their best use Boston Journal. WESTERN DUGOUTS. The Houses or Karl? HomMtnd Claimants la Kumm and Nebraska. To begin with, the habitation of the homesteader is either a dugout or a house built of squares of sod taken from the prairie Nebraska or Kansas brick, as they are facetiously termed. The dugout consists of a hole dug in the side or a canyon or any sort of depres sion on the prairie which will serve as a wlud-break. This hole is roofed across, about on a level with the prairie with inch boards, and these are covered with sod. A foot or so of stove-pipe protruding from the roof is the sole indication of a human habita tion. One room generally serves all the purposes of the homesteader and his family. If he prospers for a sea son, he adds to the frout of his abode by erecting walls of sod on the sides and putting in a new front, the old one serving as a partition between the two rooms. This is considered a commodi ous dwelling. After riding over the quarter section looking for an owvsr, espying such an abode, and guiding your team carefully down a break-neck descent to the front door, would it sur prise you, upon entering this hole in the grdnnd, to find, for instance, a very modern organ with an imposing cathedral back towering high in one corner of the room? But this is no cause for astonishment very fre quently organs and ornate designs in furniture are to be found in the dug outs. Or, if the lady of the house should invite you to remain for the meeting of the literary club there in the evening, would you stare at that? Not at all. Literary clubs, which the members ride all the way from five to twenty miles to atteud, and where they discuss with great earnestness every thing from the latest political problem to the most abstruse point in metaphys ics, are quite the regular thing with our homesteaders. But to behold this Hfe so full of paradoxes in the height of its incongruousness you should be a spectator iu the dugout when a neigh borhood dance is in full blast. The earthen walls have been skilfully tapestried for the occasion with calico, and when the fun begins, the clay floor speedily responds to the capering of the many twinkling feet, and there arises a cloud of dust that would stifle an Indian. But, bless you! they don't mind a bit of dust. A polished floor and most perfect system of veutilation attainable could add nothing to their enjoyment. . The homesteaders are very honest. You can leave a house unlocked at all times and your stores are perfectly safe with the exception of what liquor you may have on hand for medicinal purposes. In other words, the home steader will steal whisky every time. As a class they are neighborly, kind to one in distress, and exceedingly hos pitable. But it must not be supposed that all homesteaders live in dugouts or sleep six or seven in a room; such expert ences attach to the first year or two of frontier life more than to any later pe riod. Many sightly, eommodious and comfortable sod houses have been built. The walls are usually two feet in thickness, the roof shingled, doors and windows set into the walls, and the house plastered inside, sometimes outside, altogether making a very neat and desirable residence. These struc tures, too, are free from the annoyances of dugouts, in which are found all manner of insects and rodents. Occa sionally a rattlesnake will burrow through theearthn sides and coil him self snugly in tha bed-clothas, where you will find him on a cold morning. Such intruders are rare, but there are some people who strenuously object to even rare visit of this sort; such are usually energetic enough to get out of the old house and into a new one be fore spending many months in an abode so uncomfortably near to nature's heart. Frank H. Spearman, in Har per's Magazine. e m ADVICE TO BATHERS. A Few Suuwtlom Concerning Whan and How to Batha Bathers should enter the water swiftly, not allowing the lower limbs to become chilled, thus driving the blood to the head. Most of our boys plunge into the water head foremost; but this is not necessary. To submerge the body up to the neck is enough. After this the body resumes an even tem perature, and when this course is fol lowed injurious results are rare. The common belief that it is neces sary to wet the head upon entering the water is based upon the assumption that otherwise too much blood is im pelled upward. This is not true if the rest of the body is quickly immersed Ladies can not be expected to soak their hair every time they bathe, nor is it necessary that they should do so. A common error is that of remaining in the water too long. Blue lip9, shiv ering limb3 and subsequent headaches should be sufficient warning. A nap after bathing is advised by physicians. Sea bathing induces drowsiness, and has the effect or a sedative and nerve tonic; hence a dip in the salt water just before retiring for the night gen erally insures sound sleep. When the water is colder than usual postpone the bath. Because some robust people can bathe in and out of season, and stay in longer than others, should not induce sensible people to imitate them. Fif teen minutes is quite long enough to remain in the water under ordinary circumstances, and for delicate persons even that short space of time may be injurious. Too violent exercise in the water should be avoided. The extreme fatigue which follows is in itself suffi cient evidence that it is injurious. Dr, Bail in People's Health Journal. Mormondom'i "Old Folks Day. Americans generally might well follow the example of the Mormons in one thing, namely, the observation of a holi day called Old Folks' Day. Holidays commemorating some national event are too apt to be seasons of noisy unrest. A day devoted to the old folks would be the occasion of delightful family re unions, and would be a distinct gain to the home life of the people. It would also promote that reverence for old peo ple which is so often lacking in this country. We need more holidays of the right kind. Let us hare an Old Folks' Day. New York Tribune. A Birmingham, Ala., man made a clock which he intended as a present for a friend. He set it running, aud it want all right for awhile, aad suddenly stopped. It was after ward ascertained that the person for whom it was intended had died at the very time in dicated by the clock. It has been set going frequently afterward, but always stops at the same hoar. Martin Wiles, bathing master of tha Mohican house. Lata George, while digging under the roots of a big cedar not far ironi the beach, found a quantity of Indian weapons, evidently of great antiquity, and portions of a human skeleton, which crum bled into dost as soon as exposed to the air. The weapons were arrow head and stews hatchets of curious design CHANGE. When first wa parted. The barren fields la; bare beneath the sua, And crimson leaves dropped downward ooa by oue: The heart of nature bled, that now was dona Her labor sweet, tier pulses beat Slowly as tear drops tall from aged eyes, For all the poor dead blossoms at bar feel No more would rue: Tet gray cloud held for ns a rosy dye: Love smiled through pain on love la that food-by. When nest wa met. The summer fields were green with hope's warm tints. The waves were shtnlog with the golden dints That sunbeams make, when on foam crests each glints In showered gold: And wide nnroiled The carpet, flower decked, by nature spread. And silver arrows held with axure thread Glanced o'er the sea: But all was gray and cold, fair love was dead. And Hpriog a frozen wrote to you and too, ttuth Ramay in New Orleans Times-Democrat. Girls and the Violin. The world will hear something of woman In art before the Twentieth century comes in. 1 have been listening to a singular con cert. Improvised by the damsels who car ried off the prizes for violin playing this au tumn at the Conservatoire. There were eight of them. The flower of the flock was a chit of fifteen. Pagauini never bad a more aecom polished disciple. She looks a mere gamin. Ail of them acquitted ves brilliantly. Is It not curious that girls were so long in finding out how well the violin suits them I If tuey have talont and good figures, they are, as violinist, simply irresistible. The outline of the bust, when the fiddle Is against the shoulder, is given its fullest value; the forearm emerges from a nest of lace, the head gracefully bends down towards the instrument, and, if the frock Is not very long, the feet, which of course are in neat shoes and stockings, are well in view. The drawbacks are that the violin wants an accompaniment and that girlish beauty is fleeting. Very ripe beauty does not go so well with the instrument. But skill and soul in the playing will make amends. English Journalist. Exactness in Commercial Statistics. Nowhere in the world. 1 suppose, are com mercial statistics kept so closely as they are by what yoa people call the French steam ship line the "Composnio Generate Trans atlantique." Every time the screw turns round between Havre and New York it is recorded, every ton of coal burned, every day's work of every man, every expense of tha passenger service, every detail of the freight all are known down to the nicest certainty in tha general oiBce of tha com pany. So there I liave been shown the measure exhibiting bow far one '.urn of tha screw will push forward the Champagne on her way across the sea, and next it on a plat ter the exact amount of cool which must be burned in order to turn the propeller around once. It has been calculated bow much each kilometer of ocean travel ought to cost and what it ought to produce. Indwd, there is nothing, down to the amount of rope and painting and tar, which the company cannot calculate to the utmost nicotj in its oGice and the law of averages always brings tbeir calculations out correct. Chicago News, The Cartons Manistee Fish. Tbe manistee is a fish of the size of the sturgeon, found only in the Manistee river, in Florida, it is sightless, but acute of bearing, so that it can discern the approach of an enemy at a distauco of a mile or more and seek safety in the reeds or shoals along the banks. It is speared by tbe negroes, by whom It is highly prized as food, and occasionally b to be found in the markets of New Orleans and Mobile, but is seldom fouud in this local ity. The flesa is coarse and much resemble beef, though retaining tbe fishy flavtr Scientists have never been able to discover tbe origin of the fish, but incline to the belief that it rises from some subterranean stream or lake and has increased and multiplied in the Manistee river, but, owing to its lack of sight, it has not been able V make its way into other bodies of water, where it might be propagated. Chicago Journal. TTae BvnnhM Superstition. The American Notes and Queries bns a long paper in its last issue which discusses the superstition of the horseshoe. It says The belief in the horseshoe attained its greatest diffusion at the end of tho last cen tury and the beginning of this. Aubrey, in his 'Miscellanies, tells ns that in his time most houses in the west end of London had a horseshoe nailed orer the threshold. In 1813 Sir Henry Ellis counted seventeen horseshoes in Monmouth street, but in IS-tl only fire or six remained. Lord Nelson nailed a hors shoe to the mast of the Victory, and 'Lucky Dr. James' attributed the success of his fever powders to the finding of horseshoe, which symbol he adopted as a crest for his car riage." The Epoch. He Saw by the Papers. "I see by the papers,- said Momus to Sauber. "that your daughter is not prepared to re ceived her gentlemen friends this eveningp "By the papers r howled Sauber. "What right havo tho papers to" 'I mean the carl papers," hastily ex claimed Momus, inclining bis head toward a young lady whose front hair was twisted up in numerous small pieces of paper. And as Momus was married, and an old friend of tbe family, he was not ej-jctcd. Norristown Herald. Tho Way to lie Happy. There was a married man and bis Wife wo the head of the household. He had a friend wlto was in the same case, only his friend was ap parectly happy and comfortable, while he was just tbe reverse. lie had long studied this peculiar difference between them, and be finally mustered up courage to go to bis friend and ask bim. "What is the way to be happy," he asked, "when you are under a woman's thumb r "Dont squirm. " San Francisco Chronicle. Vrimt the Matter Wsa "VThy, John, what Is the matter with babyf she said, as she came hastily into the house. "Ke is crying bitterly." "Yes," replied tbe old man, as he handed tho infant over, "he Is evidently thinking of what the governor of North Carolina said to tbe governor of South Carolina." The Epoch. Aa Appropriate Setootiots, Tho Bazar is Informed of the very appro priate selection of an organist at a recent church wedding. As soon as the happy pair bad bees pronounced man and wife, the or ganist played, "She never will be mlss-ed. She never will be ntes-ed." Harper's Bazar. A writer in Table Talk urges the dyspeptic to learn to eat olives as a means of repairing and lubricating the weak stomach, a means which he de clares to be more efficiers. than all the pills and medicinal draughts ever con cocted. Beef Juieo with Cream. The juice that runs from an underdone piece of roast beef when it is out should be carefully saved. Every particle of fat must be removed when it is cold. An equal quantity of hot cream can be added to It, with salt and pepper to taste. An excellent cough mixture is made of one ounce pressed mullein, half, ounce hoar hound, one quart soft water; boil until thin mo'aeses; strain thin, add one pint New Orleans molasses; boil a few moments. Dose, one tables poonful four times a day or after every cough ing spell. Mediaeval superstitions linger In Austria. Tha burgomaster of Zurakt, In Galicia, has just instituted a prosecution before the crim inal court of Solotwina against a man named Jean Kowalesink for having "by his mali cious sorceries and incantations caused a hail storm to devastate the fields of Zur&ki on July 2a R. P. Kreigsman, of Curtis, Fla., received a lot of toilet soap for his barber shop. In placing the cakes on the shelf he noticed that wue of them was much heavier than well con ducted soap generally is. Cutting it open, be found a silver dollar of the vintage of 18S2. Be intends to deal with that ftrm alto- SIGNATURE AND SPACE, 8 hall the Newspaper Article Ba Signed? Effects of the Space System. Space writing makes newspaper work a tint gamble; tuore Is always the alluring vUion of a "big story" tomorrow, which justifies the extravagant expenditure of todny. There is nothing more calculated to doinoralize a man than a constantly varying income. It Is all very well for moralists to claim that the worker should calculate upon the minimum, it Is not in human nature to do so. The cases where a space worker man ages to save any money are very rare, while the salaried man, whose weekly pay may not be so large as the average of the space worker, in nine cases out of ten has a snug bank ac count, lies idea demoralizing the men, the spa co system directly injures the papers them selves. A salaried man has very little tempta tion to enlarge upon the facts, his effort is not to make a Ion;? story in order to lengthen his string, but only to make a good one, that he may strengthen his hold uon the pa-er. The salaried man i rarely a "fakir," the space sorfcor has every temptation to bo. Of the padilwl rtorics and sloppy writing which tho space system encouraged, there is no-need to speak ; we have to sulfur more &nd more from it every day. The vast injustice of the space system is that it makes no distinction as to qaality, but only n partis, quantity. One result is that every live newspaper has each day pre- ! pared as much again copy as can be used. and in every oulce one or more men are em ployed for the sole purpose of destroying the labor of other men. For obvioas reasons it is almost impossible for a man in the olllce to understand thoroughly every story which passes under his blue pencil, and as a natural result " copy chopping is rarely done very Judiciously. Again, there is very Kttle In ducement for a man to make a story good, unless at the saute time he can make it long. A column U a column whether it be brilliant or dull. , If, as many editors claim. It is Impractica ble to 6V away with the space system, signa ture could bo brought in with good effect to modify it and lessen its injustice. If the copy reader was empowered to attach the signature of tho writer to a meritorious article, it would funiUh an inducement for better writing and more accurate work. It would enable a conscientious man to build up a reputation for himself ouLsido of trie paper on which he is employed. It would be, at least, a recognition of good work. There are very few men who would be niilins to see their signatures appended to statements which they know to be false or to writing which they know to be sloppy. The benefit would he mutual to tbe peper and the writer. The Journalist. Iloward on tbe tVulpplns Post. We nerd a different grade of peunlty. Wa need riomotliius that shall appeal to the na ture of the criminal. A man beats his wife or his mistress, whales her until It would seem as though life itself must leave its frail tenement. He is arrested and given six months on tbe island. I insist that not only is tho vicUnj uncompensated, but the crim inal is in ro s-nisa punished. An eye for an eye, a lash for a lash, would seem to bo nearer equity than the jrvscut incompleto sequence. Tbe whipping post is regarded asarvlicof barbarism, and when sonio years ngo its ue waa discontinued in Delaware, 1 remember all the northern journals made much of the fact congratulated the state upon iu ap proach to more complete civilization. Now, I believe that the uv of tho lash on hcasts of burden is at times necessary. Brute force is often an essential. There is but one way of managing a buil dog. There is but oue mode of dealing with wild beasts. Ex perts toil me that an attempt to control a company of elephants without the prod would be a supreme folly. The elephant is cun ning. Tho elephant fa crucL Tbo eiepbant is long sulTering. He waits for bis opportu nity, and then in a twinkling of- an eye his d-jedity disappears, and his marvelous strength, intelligently duct-d by an ex traordinary degree of cunning, is utilized to uproot, to pull down, to sweep into de rtruction everything and everybody that has ever stood in his way or aflVv. ded him the iaintest excuse for so doing. Beast tamers tell me that nothing undar heavens keeps .ho lion, the tiger, in his place, crouchuig with fear, except a firm faith t bey have in the superior physical strength of their mas ter. The red hot iron, the knotted lash, tho lancet shaped prod, starvation, red hot cocls jf unquestioned fire, these are the elements with which to control four legged brutes, snd when man, made in the imaga of hi. Creator, puts his moral nature on all fours, approaching the very b asts in their brutish ucss, he invites, it seems to me, the lash, the red hot iron and such physical torment as will convince him of the phj sical strength of of bis master, the community. Do I advocate the lashf For men who use the lash, 1 do. Do I advocate physical torture! For men wbo use physical torture. I da We hang men who kill; why not flog men who whip? Joe Howard in Boston Globe. Care of the Erea. The Turks regularly cut open the outer corner of the eyelids, if tho eyes of a girl are not large enough for their ideas of beauty, and inferior ejes can bo gradually enlarged by gently drawing the lids apart, day alter day, aud bathing them in cool soft water. The stronger tbe eye tho largirr it will seem, for the first instinct of weak eyes is to con tract and span themselves from light. Amer icans ruin their eyes with too much uews napor reading. The enormous tax of going over twenty columns of close print daily, besides oCioe work, is more than human or ; i:is can bear. One uses his eyes more iu i his way in a month than our forefathers did in a year's study over black letter folios. Indeed the relief of reading such huge vol umes iu bloc!i print as "Miller's Dictionary of Plants," for instance, is so apparent to overworked modern eyes that one wishes ouly one book iu twenty were printed, and that in large pica. Worn type, poor Impressions and crowded pages with flue type exhaust our eyesight, from the school book to the cheap novel aud cheaper newspaper. Reading long lines on a wide page is trying to tbo sight, as there is a change of focus necessary in following tbe lines which is positively hurtful. So says B. Joy Jeffries, of tbe Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary, who first gave the warning that the eyes of schoolchildren were steadily injured by defective books, desks and lights. (Shirley Dare's Letter. Customs of New Zealandera. Formerly tbe New Zcalanders worshiped various gods, apparently personifications of uatural objects and powers, to whom they addressed prayers and offered sacrifices. There were no idols, their gods being invisi ble; many of them deified men. Quarrels in the early times were principally about wo men and land. The natives still tattoo them selves, aud make their faces look hideous. That, however, is simply a matter of tAste, for they think that purple in the cheeks and over the bridge of the uose, and a few swau feathers iu their matted hair, greatly en bmice their beauty. They also have peculiar customs, such as kissiug by rubbing uosea. yi lobe-Democrat. Objected to the Outburst. A leading English judge is hard of hearing, and recently, it is said, there was frequent applause during the htring of a case before him. lie sjlenced it sev eral times, but after a while came an outburst louder than ever, and in great Indignation he exclaimed: "These dem onstrations are most uuscemly I . If they eentinue I shall liave the court cleared at once!" But the noise the judge had heard was a peal of thunder from a storm that had sudden! sprung up. New York Sun. T S I Show me that he who has the worse principles can get tbe advantage over him who has the better. Tou will sev er show it, nor any thing like it; for the law of nature and of God is this: Let the better always prevaC over the worse. Epictetus. All education begins in work. What we think, what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little con sequence. The only thing of oonse iience is what we do and for man, woman or child the first point of educa tion is to make them do their best. Ruskin. A citizen of Marietta. I A , put some chest outs ou the roof to dry, and tho rats gnawed holes through the roof to get the chestnuts, and when it rained the water cam through those boles with a rush. An old observer tells that one's eyebrows are au infallible guido to bis age. No matter how young looking the pemon may be, if hlr. eyebrows lack a gloss and do not lie fiat and smooth, It is no longer a young man. A woman In Americus, Ga., foil asleep during a rocent Sunday night service end didn't wake up until after everybody had gone home .-id the door was locked, fine re tnained ini Isoued three days before she was discovered Aul rescued. Among tt Continental armies the German soldiers hst s the longest legs, judging by tbe length of step. It is eighty centimeters. The step of the French, Austrian, Belgian, Swiss, and Sweden Is seventy-five centimeters, and of tbo Russian r-?Dty-one centimeters. Thirty centimeters maka a fat There Is an old porpoise that boa Vw fa the harbor or t. Augustine, Fla., years asj yenra. The porpoise is particnb -4y tame and frolicsome. He is otfllcd Old GAoul, and Is known by having one fin gone. He of tea plays around the fishermen's boats and his prewnoe always arjgun a good cateh. Workmen In a gravel bed cn the Western railway of Alabama recently came upon tho skeleton of what they think was an In dian princess. On it was found a silver cor onet, silver bracelets, a necklace made of silver buckles, tied together with silk rib bon, and a peculiar knife with a saber blade THB8PKCI.UOFFKR of Ths Yot'TH's Companion, of Boston, Mass., whldb we published last week, should be no ticed by our readers, as tbo opportunity comes but once a year. Any new subscriber to Tin Coar anion who will send fl.7n at once, ran have the paper free to January 1, 1HK9, and for a full year from that date. This offer Includes fonr holiday numbers, for ThankuKlvlng, Christmas, New year's and Easter, all the Illustrated Weekly Supplements, sad the Annual Premium 1.1st. with Sou llluatratlous. Keally a t'i.50 paper for only 1.75 a year. Pniret sound fir Is takina; the place of walnut, ash and mahogany for fine car work. I0 NOT THINK FOR A MOMENT that catarrh will in time wear out The theory Is false. Men try to believe it because It woald be pleasant If true, but it is not, as all know. Do not let an acute attack of cold in the head remain nnsubdned. It 1 liable to develop into catarrh. You cau rid yourself of the cold and avoid all chance of catarrh by msinv Xr. Saire's Catarrh Remrdy. If already aflllcted rid your self of the troublesome diwsne speedily by the same means. At all druxirlstB. Over S, 000, 000 pound of tnaplo sugar are pro daced In 1'ennsj Itanta every year. R ranch It la. Sudden changes of the weather cause Bronchial troubles. "frown's Bronchial Troehr" will give relief. Sold onl-j in boxes. Price 2 ets. Let us help the fallen still, thomrti they never psy us; let u lend without exacting the usnry of gratitute. Thackersy. 9TAMPIXO AMI) EMBROIDERY. "Yes, IJzxle, I like to do fsncy work, but I haven't felt like trying that pattern or Buy thing else for a werk. These awful 'draRKiug down' pains are Just killing me" ! "I know how f oa feel, and I can tell you where to look for re let. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is a cer ts !u rare for all those peculiar waknMf and dlstrestttng sllment. Why! it even cured me of prolapiui. and many of ray lady friends have been cured of various grave maladies peculiar to our sex by this wonderful medicine.' It is the only medicine sold by drugtciitU, ander a Iosltlve guarantee from the manufacturers, that t will give satUfactlon in every rase, or money refuuded. Head guarantee on bottle-wrapper. Rweet Is the breath of praise when given by those whose own hieh merits claim the praise they give. Hannah More. A VALUABLE MEDICAL TREATISE. The edition for 1 of the sterling Medical Annual, known as Boctetter's Almanac, Is now ready, and ma be obtained, free of cost, of druggists and" general country dealers tn all parts of the United States, Mexico, and Indeed In every civilised portion of the Western Hemi sphere. The Almanac has been issued regularly at the commencement of every year for over one-fourth of a centnry. It combines, with tbe soundest practical advice for the preservation and restoration of hi Ith, a larce amount of In teresting and amusing light reading, and the calendar, astronomical call ilatlons, chronolog ical Item, etc., are prepua.-d wtth great csre, snd will be foud entirely accurate. The issue of Hostetter's Almanac for 1S will probably be the larp-st edition of a medical work ever pub lished In any country. The proprietors, Messrs. Hostetter A t'o., Pittsburgh, Pa., on receipt of a two cent stamp, will forward a copy by mall to anv persou who cannot procure oue tn bis nclghborxiood- If sre are ever in doubt what to do. It Is a good rule to ask ourselves what ws shall wish on the morrow that we bad done. White Elephant of Slam, Lion of Eng land, Draaron of China, Cross of Swltswr, land. Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt Ikmble Eagle of Huasia, Star of Chili, The Circle of Japan, Harp of Kris. To tret these buy a box of the genuine Dr. C. McI ask s Cklkbratkd Livkr Pi 1.13. price 5 cents, and mail ua the out side wrapper with your address, plainly written, and 4 cents in stamps. e will then mall you the above Hat with an ele gant package of olographic aud chro matic tarda. Flemiwo Bros., PirrsBtTRO, Pa. People don't grow famous in a hurry, and it takes a deal of bard work even to earn your bread and butter. Louisa M. A loot t- YERT SENSIBLE "JAPS." In Japan the old-school physicians are per mitted to wear only wooden swords. This is a gently sarcastic way of expressing the opinion thst they kill enough people without using weapons. But the drucelat who Introduced Dr. Pierce's Golden Medlral Discovery into the Km- fdre. carries a tine steel blade. It was found hat all who tried this wonderful remedy for coughs, eolds. consumptive tendencies, blood, skin and liver tronbles, were, without excep tion, greatly beneBtted. The Mikado himself Is said to hsve "toued up" his system by Its Hse, and the importer wss therefore permitted the exceptional honoruf wearing the sword of the nubility. Pet him who regrets tbe loss of time make firoperuseof thst which is to oome in the f fi ll re. U'C'onneli. Tbt OduisI for break flint. BeauTT Skiq&Scalp Te:stofeo COTICUFtey NOTHING 19 KNOWN TO SCIENCE AT all comparable to the CrnoURA Hkmkdibs Ih their marvellous properties of cleansing, purifying and beautifying the skin and in curing torturing, disfiguring. Itching, scaly and pimply diseases of the akin, eoalp and blood, with lues of hair. Cotictjba, the great Btti Ocfk, and CtJTi CUBt ! oap an exquisite Hkin BeeuUflar, pre pared from it, externally, and Coticoba R aoLVBSiT. the new Blood Furiner, internally, cure every form of akin and blood disease, from pimples to scrofula. Sold everywhere. Prioe: CunoirRA, 60c; Rs oLVKtrr. Si; 6oAr, B5o. Prepared by the Pot ter IRVO AND CUFMICAL CO- HOSTOK. MASS. Hend fpr How to C'ure Skin Ulacases. -V Pimples, blackheads, chapped and oily f4T akin prevented by Ctractr ra Boap. TS r-, lJull Aches, Pnius and Weaknesses iu f stantlv relieved by the CrTlfCRA ANTI f Kaim Plastbb, tha only paln-kullna plaster, ato. Asthma, Coughs, Colds, Croat, flaensta, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Whoop IswCoagh, Loasi of Voice, Incipient Consumption, and all Xhroat anil Lang Troubles. J. R. CATES & CO., PROP'S. 41 Kanseaoe Street, hmm FraneJUce, Cat. 1A Premiums. 15,000 tn use, SO Tears Established. New m iskttDtad Btael Tunins? De- use in no other Piuno. bv which our Pianos stand In tuna to years, fooa tor iw j not aaeciea by climate. No wood to split, break, swell, shrink, crack, decay, or wear out ; we guarantee It, Ele gant Rosewood Oases, S strings, double repeating action; finest ivory keys; the Famoas AKTISKLU Call er write for Catalogue, free. T. U. AjrxiSKU, PIANO CO., Man tl torturers, Odd Tsttows' H41, Mar ket and betenth Streets, Baa Freodeco. . F.A 5Ss Ni5i7 CENTS. V PIANOS CHHOS1C COI OD8 AN1I COLU9, And all diseases of the Throat and Lungs, csn be cured by the ass of Meett'e Enalsloa. as it coutslna the healing virtues of Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphltes Tn their fullest form. Is a beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable aa milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the most delicate. Please read: "I consider Scott's Emul sion the remedy par-excellence in Tuberculous aud Htrumous Affocllons, to ssy nothing of or dinary colds and throat troubles." w. R, 8. Comksll. M.D., Manchester, O. It is no vanity for a man to pride himself apon what be has honestly got and prudently uses. Tait. OUR LITTLE WOKK1E3 AND ILLS. It Is the little things of life, tbe worries of to-day and to-morrow, that make the crow's feet around our eyes. So tbe little pains of an hour or a minute break down the constitution. Look after the little Ills. Braitdreths Pii.i-s cure dyspepsia, or Indigestion, headache, pain In the shoulders, coughs, tightness of tbe chest, dizainess, sour stomach, bad taste in the mouth, bilious attacks palpitation of the heart, inflammation of the lungs. Pain In the region of the kidneys, and a hundred other pasiifil symptoms are the offspring of dynpepslo. One or two Pills every night Is sufficient. PUR& Its superior exselVsaoe proven la asfillacsi of hoaawto saute than a qoarher of a oeotAuy. It la need br tbe Coiled Stetre Goveroaoeos. Kudcawed by the beads of the One Current ties aa the Strongest, Puree asd must HealUif uL Dr price a Oresm Basic Povder does not ana tain Ammeala, Lhne or Alom. Hold only tn caoa. PUCK &AKLNO POWDER OO. is roax. oaucAoo. a WEAK, NERVOUS PEOPLE. SB. ORSrS XXBCTaO-SLie- I1TIC IU.T cures liMlinltnilj!lllm. KB. ElBSIf and exhaoUnc cnraaic au esses or pomaesea. Cootaias 23 toloo dsrresoT S:xrl-!tT. OCABASTEK toe reseat. el&MiMMt. ftnifBtlflv Dowerful.dn- leilecrtse BCDtCAL kUXTBMc atXTta the Klrtttrla BasMSiortM me srtf Male Belts. Avotd bone eowsextb-e with msns aliases and worth low tmitsUoes. AMJKTSUC TKCS8BS fes Bcnca. 9J0OO imX aadstamwtorUloKtrated pampaJeS. K. jr. Isihsss. rw7 Market sst. M. K. fsVstle rrep, Parlflr. lesat Brssrh. A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT. or SMOKI NO T0&ACC01 Kti. Erary aaaa skat smokes a pip is a walkia adTsrtiaar of she merits of "Seal of North Care, lias floe Cat1 SmoklaAj Tobacco. The "Baal" is pronounced by all acaoker U best Tebacoo avesr said ea the Pacific Coast, 1CT TBI BK8T. Till KO CHANCES. MEXICAN SALVE THE CHEAT HEALER. Cures Cut, Sorea. Salt Rheum, Boi'a, Pimulea. Felons. Skin Diseases, and all ailments for which a salve is suitable. Fat- taking out soreness and healing it acts like magic. Hi cents a box. at all druggists. f-IT THE VAN MONCISCAR PRIVATE DISPENSARY. Kos. 183 and 134 Third Street, fertlaad, Orefaa. . . fa ve only Prirate Die- Is ve only Prirate Die praearyia Portland or ea t e N'-rthwoBi Coest. where patients are aneeesa, fullj treated O-all E RY OTS. t'HROJIC a!)U l'l:rVATK rIRRABt Rl ITfe. T ""S eld, single t TA sT-airvea. auca as T" LORT HAXBOOH rCi. "". ' 3 Ki T. lueece. fai.l a suiMn. IT-' M jTierTisa syiriiiutleenutotn, effects f . r vJf Tt 11 roary siuney ana J i2W!iyik 'h," 'oo s. exnor- j .- rasa, (wes aatcture. etc. r' V Ra(,w 'fan the Oesrs' Peilt-cl fqtii!iiif mi, liKUuuH Instruction, eslnb. junea renuimion.growintt popularity. Butnesx Shorthand, Common School and Ptnmajiahlm Dtmrt- Nrnente. htiKtents admitted at any time. Cata- i lOKiie ana specimens oi nenm;mntn sent f rre. J. A. WKSt ti.fiee's. A. P. AUHTROH.Prle. IN THS SELECTION OF A CHOICE CIFT For Pastor, Parent, Teacher, Child, or Friend, both elesfanoesnd usefulness will be found combined in a oopy of Webster' Unabridged. VARIOUS i trnet t J?l - a Beside many other TmJnabU feature, it tontaiiu A Dictionary of lia.OOO Words, S000 Engravings, A Gazetteer of the World locating and describing .000 Places, A Biographical Dictionary of nearly 10,000 Noted Persons A Dictionary of Fiction fonnd only o Webster, All in One Book. SOOO more Words and nearly SOOO more rllus tratioDS than any other American Dictionary. Sold br all Booksellers. Pamphlet free. C. C. MERR1AM a CO., Pub-re. Springfield. Maes. N. P N. U. HO. Ml-, r. N. U. NO S3 PURE, l4 a . -. . a i an. IUMI "BP -J. rah' aAli '-ee AW A7 9 a t J r J t N. TRADE i MAHIcSl IT CONQUERS PAIN. xt fcxJUEra Bheuaatlsm. Nearalgta, Backacas, Haadache, TMtaacha.tpralaa, truiMt, Ae, at Briwlssa aaa Heaters. MH.U027B Of Bottles Sold Aad Xa Every Oa A CURB Tha Cass. A. VegslarCa, Diamond Vera-Cura FOR DYSPEPSIA. A TrosTrTTi eras roa crDiosnioB ajto au atessaaa Sreealas Arista- 11 Few VrufffiM or General DtaUr riS ft Ttr Our for tou tf mot alrtadv Mark, or it trill bo ant frrssail on rtcttpt oiS eU. (8 bona tl O AssssfMe msnt on rocttpt of 3 csssi etosep. tut CHARLES A. V3GELEI CO.. eiffiasr. HAL jr- i.&3l? sit FIN WAY HKASlCH.PKAHEsl O I CI PI If A I . H VH. Gaoler. Roenbu. Ptsuus; Borden Orcaoa. bead histniaiMisL Ia;H etook of Sheet Mimic aud Books. Bb4s soDpilnu u Eastern i-tmms. aLaxraAU ustax uu.t je ran f-tf Th 0LDST HiJjlCUX la thiWQZ I If Probably Sr. Imm Tkompsoa's UELEBRATED EYE WATE Thle arts-la Is a eareratXy Bveeered Bfcnfetan's ars' sfsiptioo. sod has boss tn eooataut see fur ner-j?? a oocfcurjr. aal aotarttbasandios tbe uaor ober prepera that fears been latrcaueed tao the ui&ikct, if sals of this article Is auaatanUy tncreejacc. If tbedi r ctlcaa are followed it will omt tall. We ptrtio Urly utrite ths aaventioo of pbrausuu to It menU. lota L. Thompson, tons at Co.. TRUT. M. T. Btc fcaasTnrr sal sarisfarUea tn tb cure of OonoerbxBa anal Gleet. I prescribe It and feel safe la recommeneV tng It to all saSerera A.J.STO!reB,M.D Oecetur, Iff. price, ti.ee. . Sold by SnnM ' THS OOW BBAHD. TO DELICIOUS BISCUITS f u it r rcreslsji I f rnoi daVsVxI i nM,"swsBsna " LI atreeatrtease 1 satCawadealOe. "vDWICHT'S USE Driaims Cow-Brahd SodaSaleratu ABSOLUTELY PURE. ALWAYS UNIFORM AND FULL WEIGHT. tea there fa a ylctara of a Com toe best PROMOTES DIGESTION cn. CO CC pURIFIES BLOOD u PORTLAND, WTHE ONLY Brilliant Durable Economical Are Diamond Dyes. They excel all others in Strength, Purity and Fastness. None others are just as good. Beware of imitations they are made of cheap and inferior materials and give poor, weak, crock y colors. 36 colors ; 10 cents each. Send postal for Dye Book, Sample Card, directions for coloring Photos., making the finest Ink or iflning (' eta. a quart), etc Sold by Druggists or by WELLS. RICHARDSON A CO Burlington, Vt. Tor Gilding or Bronzing' Fancy Articles, USB DIAMOND PAINTS. Cold, Silver. Urease, Copper. Only so Cents. 1 . ; y u s y - - m 1 Z. rX. WRIGHT, "t of Morrissm street, Portland. Orrgaa Creneral Agent for the ADTAHGE ENGINES THRESHERS AND POWERS 1L1 I especially request tho'e contemplating purcraslng cither an Engine or Thresher next Mason to look up tbe record of the ADVANCE, It is the ony machine ever sold on the Pacific Coast that has giren ent ire jtatUf action. I also deal in Laundry Machinery. Brass Goods, Inspirators, Injectors, Oilers, Reapers, Mowers. Chemical Fire Extinguishers, and Engines, Oils, Belting, Hose, Wrenches, Etc - i airt, A.w(ait Jt FurUivr. i..r li,:f,?"'4 AppsUssr lwi. The Srn Bitters osatUnlns i t. tUeslaAawtoa. J-f-ALUJ. irJMl A CuJu, rIlI. $5 To s8 s Day. Samples worth tn, FREE. Uses not under the horses feet. Wj. l:,,v. STEK'S HArSTT ll18 HoUrtK Co..lf ol, JJleU. WELL DRILS FSS EVERT PDft'SE. Sold on Tnl ! jiarpa. hand tOa for mii, a-mrfe. lilHsfratal I ufacturexi bj GOULDS & AUSTIN i7 fc ieo idta m, CHICACO. ILL. ; The BTJYEHB GUIDE i Issued March and Sept each rear. It Is aa encj elopedia of useful infos mation for all who pixi ebase the hrrories or tb necessities of life. W can elothe you and furnish yon wit all the necessary and tanneeesaar appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleei eat, fish, hunt, work, go to chnrcl or stay at home, and In varions sdzet styles and quantities. Jost fig-ore on what is required io do all thesg'thing CO. IFOR KELT.. and. yon can m&keafai estimate of the vatae of the BTJTEBS GUIDE, . which will be sent upot receipt of 10 cents to pay postage. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. Ul-114 Miahist&n Avsnae, Chicajo, pi. OR.SPIfJfJEV d Dr. Spinney & Co-pif M rBVni IC DeonJtTjssof TIoc 8mlnd sin W WO Losses. Weak Keuicry, Ixxy' dency, fte dna to exoe&ses or abase, cared. t YOUHC MPPJ snfferlnir frrm the effersj I VUlllsl Wl CM ot youtiinitoliiee or ind if eretion should a -rail themselves cf onr treatzuerc. A poaitiTe cure R-aaranteX in every caje. hyphiili. rjrinarr and Veoereal Diseases all unnafrnral dj. ctaargea. promptlr aad eateiy enred. MIDDLE-ACED MEMKrs ease of Kidneys er Bladder, Veak Back. Herroia Uebilitr. Wasting of Sexual StreseTUi, eta, enreA aad restored to tea; thy Tigor. K. B. Persona unable to visit ns may be treat 1 at tTiir homes, by correspondecoe. .Medicines ad, Jnstrnctlons sent by mail or express. C'onsaltatioi Pree. Send 4 cents in stamps fac ihe Tooha ilaa l rriend or tisids to Wedlock. MAKE or WHOLESOME BREAD vlr year package aad joa vl have THE OOW BEA2S7X (DWICHT'S1 . Sale:rat'jsJ STIMULATES LIVER ts - tX3 T3 i tr-" t ; W ti: CJi REGULATES BOWELS ORECON. f CELERY I COMPOUND awe s CURES PROOFS Neuralgia Paine' 9 Ceiery Com pound cured my nerr ogs sick headaches." Mrs. Is. A. BsENTTCijr, Ssn Jacmto, Cai. Nervous Prostration "After gstem; six bow ties of Paroe's Celery Compound, I im cure, of rbeumarisai. South Coritisb, N. H Rheumatism Kidney Diseases It has dose cm more ffood for ktdsey disease taan any oifier medi cine.' Geo. A-fBf?TT. Siox City, Iowa AND Ail Liver Disorders Paiire's CeiervCom- petznd has been of great benefit fat torpid l.Ter, tixiifgcstron, and bsHocs ness Euzabkth C UtAt.L, Qreckee, Vt ST AND FASTEST THRESHER IN THE WORLD. Marine Engines. All kinds of THE ONLY DEALER ON PACIFIC COAST That ships 1 1 CARLOADS. J All sizes la stock from 40 pounds to JlS-D. HmemiKr kui pleasure so snow gooas or answer queeaoust is yoir CMsiuau nuv nvm. . ; . - ; Vim AT lata I lux ii i At II TU - f i a -fp fsstfatLs -J . I -1 1 1. a, - - - . i , .iff