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NO. 8.
LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY. -MAY, 2, 1890.
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, ADVICE TO DYSPEPTICS.
Common Sense and Their Own Stomach
Are to be Strictly Obeyed.
All dyspeptics should avoid anything
which thev (not others) cannot digest,
says the if. T. Ledger. There are so
ruany causes for and forms of dyspepsia
that it is impossible to prescribe one
and the same diet for all. Nothing is
more disagreeable or useless than to be
cautioned against eating this or that,
because your neighbor "So and So"
cannot eat such things. If we would
all study the nature and digestion
of food, and renieniberthat air and exer
cise are as essential as food in promot
ing good health, we could easily decide
upon the diet best suited to our indi
vidual need'. The diabetic should ab
stain from sugar and anything which
is converted into sugar "in digestion,
such as all starch foods, sweet omelets,
custards, jellies, sweet sauces, starchy
nuts, wine and liquors.
The corpulent should abstain from
fat as well as sugar and starch. A
diet of whole wheat, milk, vegetables,
fruits and lean meat will produce only
a normal amount of fatness, while an
excess of acids, sweets, spices and
shortening keeps the svstem in an un
healthful condition. Those who can
digest tine flour, pastry, sugar and fats
become loaded with fat, but are neither
strong nor vigorous.
Thin people -with weak digestion
should also avoid such food, for thin
people are often kept thin by the same
food which makes others fat. If they
cannot digest the starch, butter and
tine flour the system is kept in a .fever
ish, dyspeptic state; they become
nervous or go into consumption for no
other reason than that the life is burned
out by a diet which only feeds the tire
and does not renew the tissues.
Men dig their graves with their teeth;
not only by drinking whisky and using
tobacco, but by eating food loaded down
with inflammatorv materials.
Married Life of Actresses.
By the way speaking of George
Gould reminds me that tiis marriage
with Edith Kingdon has been an ex
ceedingly happy one. They have two
children, both boys and his" wife seems
to have given up all thought of the
stage. She has taken to her domestic
life as cheerfully and fully as though
she had never the applause of the
multitude and fe!t the glare of the
candle behind the footlights. Such in
stances are very rare indeed. In the
history of the stage in this country few
women have ever left it for domestic
life without desiring to return. Be
sides George Gould's wife I can recall
but a few others. Who does not re
member the beautiful Agnes Ethel?
She married Tracy, who kept drunk
from the marriage dav to the day of
his death. General Be a Butler- mar
ried an actress and she never p.ved
after the nuptials. Jean Davenport,
who was great in "Queen Elizabeth,"
now lives in Washington. She quit
the stage after she married General
Lander, who was killed in the war.
Annie Louise Cary, whom I saw only a
few days ago. still fair, fat and forty,
gave up her profession when she mar
ried the broker, Raymond. She sings
at home, but nowhere else. These are
the most prominent ones I can recall.
There may be more, but there are few
1 might say no happy marriages be
tween actresses and non-professional
men while the actresses remain upon
the stage. Philadelphia Times.
Novel Use For Newspapers.
General Bussey the Assistant Secre
ary of the Interior, has a somewhat
novel use for newspapers. The other
day when the weather was sharp, he
was preparing to go out of the Depart
ment Building for lunch. A Washing
ton Star reporter who happened to be
in the room at the time was surprised
to see him unbutton the lower button
of his vest, fold up a newspaper and,
placing it over his abdomen, button his
vest over it. "I always do that," he
said in surprised inquiry from the re
porter, "when I am going to be out in
the cold. The newspaper is a non
conductor of heat, and when placed
over the stomach preserves the supply j
in what has been called the reservoir of j
heat of the body. A newspaper is a
good substitute for an overcoat, and in
cold weather is the best device that
people with scanty wardrobes can
adopt. Insufficient bedclothing can be
reinforced in the same way, and news
papers may be said to be the poor
man's friend in more senses than one.
When chilled by sudden cold a news
paper placed over the stomach soon re
stores the normal temperature of the
body and prevents an attack of pneu
monia. I have frequently recommend
ed this use of newspapers, but I find
that practically very few people really
appreciate its value."
Hoist by Her Own Petard.
When Maria Mitchell was professor
at Vassar her niece, who was a student
there, was suddenly taken violently ill,
says the Boston Gazette. She imme
diately telegraphed for her sister at
Lynn (Mrs. Owen Dame), and the
frantic mother, without thought of
preparation for the journey, took her
young child and rushed on to the col
lege. She was absolutely a sight to
heboid. None of the Mitchell girls
were ever accused of vanity of dress,
but really this was shocking. "We
improvised some dresses," said Miss
Mitchell, "and made her presentable.
The illness proved a short one, and my
sister returned borne by way of Chat
ham, where she took the train for Bos
ton without change of cars. I accom
panied her to Chatham, and stood on
the platform waving my handkerchief
as my sister and her child passed out.
She neglected for some davs to write
me, and in my anxiety 1 dropped her
a note, saving: 'Information is wanted
of a badly-dressed, homely-looking
woman, with a beautiful baby, last
seen at the Chatham depot on the
morning of .' My sister promptly
answered me, saying: 'The beautiful
baby reached home safely. The last
seen of the badly-dressed, homely-looking
woman was. she was standing on
the platform of Chatham.'"
The Scramble for Office.-
Uncle Sam pays his 200.000 employes.
Including soldiers and sailors, an
average salary of $825 apiece. The
average earnings of the plain, every
day citizen, who gets pay in propor
tion to the work he does, are about
half that much, probably. This state
of affairs explains, perhaps, why about
26,000,000 male American citizens
make a dead set for about 50,000 offices
every four years. About 25,950.000 are
disappointed every time, it is true, after
wasting a great deal of money and
patience, but they have had a chance
at a pretty big thing.
The Dutch parliament has taken a -
Dac&wara step by passing a bill for
grants to denominational schools and
the abolition of fre education, except
lot paupers.
EASTERN" NEWS.
A Young Lady Swallows an Open
Pen Knife.
A STRIKE BY MUNICH CAKFEXTEBS.
Kit banl Proctor, Son of the Late Astrono
mer Becomes Insane.
Work on the harbor of Vera Crux is
being pushed to the utmost.
The city of Dusseldorf has voted to
construct a harbor to tout $17,000,000.
Two negroes cutting levees in Luna
county, Miss., were killed by guard.
Gladstone dined at the Grand Hotel,
London, with several American friends.
A dispatch from Buenos Ay res "an
nounces the resignation of the Argentine
ministry.
The Tampico branch of the Mexican
Central railway, has been opened for
regular trallic.
The steamer P.ilboa, from Grimboby,
England, has been lost in the North Sea.
Fifteen lives were lost.
The discovery of wonderous precious
minerals in the Grand canyon of the
Colorado river is reported.
The wife of a Michigan sheriff is badly
injured by an escaping prisoner, but
manages to knock him out.
The Denver police a Tested seventy
saloon and restaurant keepers for vio
lating the Sunday-closing law.
William O'Brien denies the report that
he is engaged to Mile. Katfalovitch,
daughter of a Parisian financier. j
The indictments against the New York
boodle aldermen Kirk and Shiels, of the
Sharpe period, have been quashed. i
A strike of carpenters has occurred at
Munich. Nearly all the workmen in
this trade are idle in consequence.
Charles K. Kincade, the Washington
correspondent who killed ex-Congressman
Taulhee, has been ordered released
on fJO.ttOO bail.
A statement is current that the United
States Express company has decided to
reduce the pay of its employes 10 er
cent, on May 1.
A German chamber of commerce has
been formed by the residents of the tier
man possession of Togoland, on the
West African coast.
State Treasurer Archer of Maryland,
refused to appear to answer to the charge
of defalcation and was lormally removed
from office by the governor.
Dr. Knapp, late German consul at
Samoa, has been placed upon the retired
list owinir to his conduct at the time of
the disorders at that place.
A report comes from Manila that the
Spaait-ii steamer Ordonez has collided
with the Spanish mail steamer Romulus
and siink. No lives were lost.
Coneil Brace, a noted nemfteL..tIie
Britiidi turf and breeder of St. Gatien,
winner of the Derby in 1884, has com
mitted suicide by shooting himself.
At Ottawa, Oat., Miss Alice Elliott,
while suffering from dementia, swallowed
a small pen-knife, with the blades open.
;So far she has exjierienced no unpleas
ant results.'
The London Standard's Betlin corres
pondent says that the emperor has given
express orders not to interfere with May
day manifestations except in case of ab
solute necessity.
An International conference on fishery
questions will be held in London ntxt
August. The conference will deal mainly
with questions of international boun
daries in deep sea fishing.
' Richard Proctor, ajred twenty-two,
only son of the late famous astronomer,
R. A. Proctor, has become insane at St.
Joseph, Mo., and it has been decided to
confine him in an asylum.
A large meeting of nnemploved work
men was held in Rome. Some of the
speakers indulged in such violent and
anarchical language! that the police fi
nally dispersed the crowd.
The Sampson Low company, Ixndon
publishers of Stanley's new book,
"Darkest Africa," will soon issue five
million copies of the work. The hook
will be printed in 15 languages.
All the delegates elected by the pres
bytery of New York city to attend the
general assembly at Saratoga, ?day 15,
for final action on the revision of the
confession ft faith, favor revision.
All the tailors of Manchester, Eng.,
have gone on a strike in conjustion with
a similar action on the part of their
brethren in London. The .movement
may possibly become a national one.
Millet's 'L'Angelus" is now depo:-ited
in the vaults of the Rank of . Montreal.
The owners were obliged to remove it
from the United States or pay 30.000
duty on it, and they chose the former
course.
The steamer Shakharah, which left
San Jose destined for Hamburg, went to
pieces on the rocks near Acajutla, Gua
temala. None of the cargo of 19,000
sacks of coffee, valued at about $ 400,000,
was saved.
young married men of Springfield, K.y.,
and life-long friends, quarreled after ban-
i;iiii5 vtuci .iiv in 1'iitii i . . . n .
Kelly secured a shot gun and killed Lo
gan instantly.
The indictment against Frank Wood
ruff, alias Black, charging him with com
plicity in the murder of Dr. P. H. Cro
nin, has been dismissed by consent of
the state. The indictment for horse
stealing still pends against him. John
Kunse has also been dismissed.
The Darling river, Australia, is still
rising. A large expanse of country is
fhoded. Several buildings in the sub
merged town of Bourke have collapsed.
Hundreds of inhabitants have taken
refuge in the railway depot, the custom
house and postoffice, which are protected
by dams. ' ,
The body of Lieutenant Frank R.
Heath, who died in San Francis) last
June of pneumonia, resulting from ex
posure during the fatal hurricane at Sa
moa a year ago, reached his home at
Richmond, Va., recently, in charge of
Passed Assistant Engineer Strickland, of
the navy department.
A five thousand gallon water tank,
weighing with its contents over twenty
ton, crashed through the roof in the
Park theatre in Philadelphia. The con
cussion caused by the fall was so great
that window glass and dishes in the ad
joining houses were broken, and quite a
panic prevailed lor a time.
CORRALLED THE BRIDE.
Ths Strang Wadding of Bt Charts? and
HMtltH Kuot,
"Plots for stories have not all been
used, as some people assert'" remarked
W. A. Jenning of Wyoming In the
Colonnade to a Philadelphia Press man.
"A friend of mine," he continued,
"who lives out in the cattle country of
the Big Horn basin was a witness in
1885 to one of the most remarkable
weddings of which I have ever heard.
At that time a few settlers had gath
ered in and formed the nucleus of what
is now a prosperous farming region,
but the sway of the cowboy was undis
puted. The first wedding in that Sec
tion on Owl creek was that of Big
Charley and Meetut.se Nance, a native
sagebrush belle. The bride and groom
came seventy-tive miles on horseback
to the squire's, and in exactly the same
fashion. When within a few miles of
the squire's home they met that of
ficial, surrounded by a half a dozen
cowboys. Then the bride got restive
and nervons, declaring that she would
not marry any man on earth. But the
judge, the cowboys, and groom were
equal to the occasion. At a short dis
tance stood a corral.
'Take her over to the corral, boys,
and put her in,' said his honor.
As Meetutse Nance heard this or
der she made a wild break for the hills;
but her days of freedom were over.
She was quickly run down, aud amid a
volley of feminine sagebrush eloquence
the delighted boys started on a lope
for the corral. acHjg thi. Nance
leaped from her bronk and started like
a Scared deer for some adjacent brush;
bat it was no go. However, she fought
vigorously, and his honor ordered:
'Hobble her, boys- The boys were in
ecstasies. A pair of rawhide hobbles
were stripped from a cavuse's neck,
and their twist adjusted about the
sturdy ankles of the struggling bride.
She was then taken into the corral and
his honor, mounting the fence, bade the
groom take his place by her side and
catch on to her hand. "This done, his
honor assumed the look of digniiied im
portance called for by the occasion, aud
saii.
"Big Charlie and Meetutse Nance,
you come inter this corral single. I
now pronounce you a couple. Big
Charlie, unhobbleyour wife."
-But this Big Charley found difficult
to do and it was not until one of the
cowboys had gently cast his lariat over
the newly made wife that the husband
was able to turn the lady loose, Theu
the justice called his boys together,
and, saying, Come ou", boys; we
han't got no business here now, led
them away. One of the boys looked
back and the happy couple were busv
unpacking their camping outfit and
the honeymoon had evidently begun." !
Not Disposed to Invest In Silverware,
"We meet some queer people among
the many who are constantly flitting
into and out of this store;" said a sales
man to a writer in the Jeweler's Weekly,
"but an old man and his wife, upon
whom I waited a few days ago. took the
cake for pure unadulterated simplicity.
The couple were evidently on their
first visit from the country. When 1
approached them the old lady, who was
undoubtedly master of ceremonies,
stated that they wanted to -purchase a
soup tureen.
"Do you want plated ware or silver?"
I asked.
"Solid silver, ter be sure, the woman
responded, with a glance that, had I
been anybody else than a salesman,
would have frozen me.
"After seeing a numler of designs
the old lady decided upon one aud in
quired the price.
"One hundred and twenty dollars.'
I answered, as I called to a boy to take
the article to the shipping-room.
"Whatf she almost screamed. "One
hundred and tweuty dollars fer that?
Wall, I swan.' For a few moments
they gazed at me as if I had expressed
an intention of robbing them, after
which they conferred together.
Presently the old gentleman turned
around, and in a quivering voice said
he guessed they'd better buy a plated
tureen, as that was just as good.
We have several dozen designs in
plated ware in stock, and after cr: lie
ally examining each one the old lady
plucked up courage enough to ask the
price of one that had only reeeutly
been produced aud was selling for $13.
When 1 mentioned the price she looked
blankly at her husbaud and said she
guessed we didn't have auythiug to suit
them. As they were going out of the
store I overheard the remark 'What
mighty dear store these in New- York
are, ter be sure. I wouldn't pay morn
$3 fer a soup tureen no, not if" it was
the only one in the country.'"
Where Cigars Are Carried.
I have a good deal of quiet fun to
myself watching where people put
their cigars. Of course your business
man has his cigar-case or he puts his
cigars in his vest pocket. But there
are some characters. Take the Irish
man who is a laborer, for instance. He
sticks his surplus cigar in his hat band.
I have seen a policeman buy three or
four cigars and put them on the inside
of his hat. It isn't often that a China
man smokes a cigar. I believe it is a
rule that no Chinaman shall smoke
a cigar until after he has cut bis queue.
Before that he smokes the cigarette.
I never knew where John kept his
cigars or his cigarettes. Yon see him
walking along the street and all at
once he makes a motion, as if he were
going to dive, and he comes up with
his cigar or cigarette, as the case may
be, and is smoking before you know iu
It is still a question among the best
smokers as to where is the best place
to carry a cigar if you are not smok
ing it. Chicago Tribune.
Wn lightning strikes it admits of
no arbitration.
The National Flower at Last,
The little 7-year-old daughter of a
leading physician in a neighboring city
heard the question as to what flower
would make the best national emblem
discussed at considerable length only
the other day by a party of guests at
her father's dinner table. Each guest
had given an opinion and supported it
with the customary argument, when
suddenly the'little girl woke up.
"Papa," she said, "I know what I
think would be the best natioual em
blem." Well, Josephine," said the father,
what is ft?"
She answered with an air of relief, as
if glad to have the question definitely
settled:
The chestnut!" Boston Transcript.
. Connecticut's Wickedest Town.
Connecticut has a wickedest town.
It is Monroe, with 1,000 inhabitants, a
murder record of ten in fifty years, and
the possession of fifty divorced or
separated couples. -
COAST SEWS.
A Great Increase In Wheat Acreage
In Washington.
SEATTLE T HAVE A FIRE BOAT.
Sailers Wrecked on Mandia Island Arrive
in San Francisco.
Visalia is to have a soap factory.
-Centtalia, Wash., is to have a street
railroad.
Juneau has a Meani laundry and a
bath bouse.
Seattle has let a contract for the build
ing of a tire-boat.
A new artificial ice compa-y is being
formed at Fresno.
San Diego and I ah Angeles collcl-t
their taxes semi-annually.
Myrtle Point, Coos bay, will have a
street railway thin summer.
The first Chinese laundry at Sears
villtt in many years is being established.
Work has liegun In laving a street car
track to connect Whatcom and Sehome.
Philip O. Moore of Olvnipia has leen
apointed State Librarian of Washing
ton. A company with $5H)0 capital is fitting
up a factory tor making patent neckties
in Merced.
The wheat acreage in the State of
Washington is reported to le :t3 percent,
over last year.
Michael Quirk, of San Francisco, was
thrown from a runaway team and in
stantly killed.
It is estimated that 7.000,000 feet of
logs will be floated down the North Pa
louse river this season.
Tacoma will soon have a dry dock.
The narrows on the west side of town
have been selected an a site.
A Tulare Chinaman has lieen fined
10 for eping into James Clement's
house through a window at night.
The San Diego lrnion sajs there are
200,0)0 acres of Indian reservation in
that county, and but 500 Indians.
Ow ing to the bad health of his wife,
Representative Biggs, of California, has
declined to be a candidate for re-election.
Work has begun on the new coutt
house at Colfax, and the building is ex
pected to be ready for occupancy bv Jan
uary 1.
The Ladies' Annex, a female attach
ment to the Board of Trade at San I iego,
has oj-ned a free market for home
products.
Tacoma will poll a large vote at the
coming municipal election. It is re
ported that over KW votes have lieen
registered.
Captain E. Pitty and the crew of the
schooner Cassie Edwards, wrecked on
Mandia Island, in the Harvey group,
have arrived in San Francisco.
The Santa Rosa Republican complains
that fish peddlers clean tisli on the
streets, leaving a litter that offers in
ducements to large settlements of flies.
The Cathlamet (Wash.) Gazette, says
the Chinese there make from sturgeon
skins leather that is almost impervious
to water and of great wearing quality.
The Ventura county Supervisors, con
vinced that they were huvint; manv cov-
ote scalps taken outside the county.
nave repealed the coyote-scalp bounty
ordinance.
A big squirrel hunt was held in the
neighborhood of Iatah, Wash., a few
davs ago, and the Tekoa Globe says it
resulted in the death of nearly a thous
and of the little pests.
The Olvnipia iteople consider the
bonus of $5),0;K1. asked by the I'nion
Pacific, as small considering the advan
tages to be derived by being on the main
line oi the great system.
Anticipating Ue construction of irri
gating ditches, a large number of ople
nave recently taken up land in r ranklm
count)'. Irrigation will increase the land
in this district to great value.
Sedro, on the Skayit. is four months
old and has about fortv bouses. It will
soon have a national bank and a fine
hotel three stories high, 50x94 feet to
be completed within 6ixty days.
- The Howell prairie grange is consider
ing the matter of giving a grange oicnic
early in June. This order of patrons is
in a nourishing condition and ttie mem
bers rightly think a picnic would be
quite enjoyable.
A Fresno newspaper estimates the
area planted to vines and trees in that
vicinity for the season just closed at 19.-
000 acres. The trees include a large pro
portion ot tne tig, orange, lemon, almond
and the English walnut.
Secretary Windom has notified the
collector at San Francisco that steamers
will not be allowed to transfer Chinamen
at San Francisco to Panama steamers.
This is to prevent the smu.gling oi"
Chinamen into California.
The Devil's Playground, near Puy.
allup, for years the center of attraction
for Indian horse racing and gambling,
has given way to the march of progress.
The owner has laid it off into lots and
acre tracts and it will soon be a part of
the town.
A member of an Oroville lodge of Odd
Fellows sent in $9 from the mountains
to settle his dues and assessments. The
remittance consisted of a gold nugget
worth $8.50 and 50 cents in cash. The
nugget he had taken out of a mining
clai n he was working
Ow ing to the immense snowdrifts that
encumber the trail across the mount-tins
from the John Day to the Midd'e
Fork country, says the Grant County
News, water tn the streams and rivers
will not lie scarce when the balmy days
of next month shall arrive.
There was a child born to a Mrs. Wal
lace over iu Kelso, Cowlitz county, the
other day which, though otherwise
strong and physically perfect, had no
openings at the eyes, the skin completely
covering those members. A surgical
operation was performed to supply the
aenciency.
The Seattle Journal, while admitting
that there are some serious questions be
tween the laboring men and the employ
ers of that city, believe that no open
rupture will take place. Neither Seattle
or Portland can afford the luxury of a
Erolonged strike. There art too many
oases to build.
Illf Injnn Licks a Veteran.
While we were lying at Fort Lara
mie in 1865. a Kiowa Indian from Kan
sas came on to act as a Government
scout. He could speak English first
rate, and having lived among the
whites for many years he had picked
up a good many pointers. We soon
h arned among other thing that he
could "put up his dukes" In first-mte
style. Iu fact, when put against our
best man. "Joe," as the Judian was
Darned, knocked him out in the seventh
round. We put him on to a few extra
dodges, aud then wailed for the fruit
to ripen.
Troops were pouring In for the In
dian war, and most of hem were old
vets from the Army of the Potomac.
Most of these were in a great hurry to
knock over an Indian, either with list
or bullet, and the half-dozen redskins
about the fort had to hustle to save
their bacon. One day when the sign
was right, we togged Joe out in true
Indian style, gave him his cue as to
how be should act, and sent him dow n
among some Pennsylvania troops. They
spotted him for a sttalp-raUer at once,
and were hustling him around, when
we appeared and demanded fair plav.
The leader of the hustlers was a big
corporal of fistic fame, and the minute
it was proposed to get up a mill be
tween him and the Indian he jumped
clear off the ground and yelled:
"Whoopee! That hits me! I've been
laying for an Injun. I'll give you mv
head if be stands through the first
round!"
Arrangements were soon made. We
went out where the wagons were
parked, and cleared a space, and the
principals were soon ready. Joe was
as calm' as a May morning, having Ht-
uo io jKiy. wnue cue corporal was all !
"gab"' aud excitement, aud calling I
out:
"Watch bim, bora, and don't let him ;
run!" " j
We had six-ounce boxing gloves, and j
It was to be Queensbury rules. When !
Joe was ready, every one but the cor- j
oral could see that he had "been j
there;" the latter was in such a hurry ;
to punch an Injun" that he overlook- i
ed particulars. He weighed at least j
thirty pounds the most, and there was
a grin of delight on his face as the ca'.l j
came. He went in to secure a knock
out blow, but several surprises awaited !
him. He could no more hit that In- I
dian than a boy could lasso a weasel;
and when the first round closed bis I
grin had given place to a look of as- I
lonishmeut. -
When round SPcond opened we gave
Joe the wink. He mada a dodre or
two. feinted, swung his right with a j
smash, and the corporal uttered a yell j
and went to the earth to snore like a i
horse for five minutes before he came t
to. It was as clean a knock-out as any I
one ever saw, and he was man euougfi j
to realize it. When he could keep his !
feet, he reached out his hand to Joe !
aud said: j
"Don't set me down for a fool. I :
am simply fresh too fresh. This has j
salted me, however, and if vou'll come j
around to the tent. I ll divfde half and
half with you. and then give you a re- 1
volver which I captured in Virginia to f
learn how to get that swing with the J
right. JV. I". tfun." '
"Fly "With Me."
Consider what love-making on the j
stage really means, says Mrs. Kendal in !
Murray's Magazine- A young girl comes i
into a theatre to play ingenue parts.
She stands in the w-iug ready to be call
ed upon the stage and she bees a man
and a woman making love. The man
says, "Dearest, fly with me," The wo
man savs, "I dare, not." The man says,
"We will go at once; come." The first
time such words as those fall on the
ears of a young girl unaccustomed to
hear them they might, if said with fer
vor and passion, mean something, but
thi is the way it generally goes:
"Dearest, fly with me,"
"No, no, not" from the stage mana
ger; "when you say that you stand at
the back of the chair, you lean over
Miss Snooks' back; she waves her hand
against you. Now, try it."
This is gone over twenty times, until
at last the idea of "Fly with me," as
understood by the young ingenue, must
be of a most appalling kind. The gen
tleman has had his right arm, his left
arm, his right leg, his left leg. his back,
his chest, both his hands, his head ail
talked over. He has tried it in a high
voice, he has tried it in a low voice. Tie
has tried it in a thin voice, he has tried
it in a heavy voice, until there is no
tense left of what "Fly with me" might
under other circumstances mean. All
the romance of love-making is gone.
Therefore, what effect cau it have? In
love is it not the fact that some of the
charm lies in treating of an uukuow n
land?
Corn Husking.
There are in round numbers about
2,000,000.000 bushels of corn in the crop
of 1889, says the Orange Juild Farmer.
Of this perhaps 100,000.000 bushels may
be eaten by cattle and hogs direct from
the stalks, either in the field or vards.
The other 1,900,000.000 bushels are all
to be husked by hand, for as yet there
is no machiue invented which will do
this work profitably. Do the husking
men and boys (and some women) aver
age fifty bushels a day? Probably not.
Even if they do, our corn-husking this
year will require 30,000,000 days of
work, which is equal to an army of 1,
000.000 buskers all working steadily
thirty-eight days each! Messieurs iu
ventors, please hurry up that steam
husking-machine so long promised. A
big mem: If twenty huskers could have
begun on this year s crop 6,000 vears
ago (seven years before Grandpa Adam
began living) and kept busily husking
fifty bushels a day each, without any
holidays, but 312 days in each and
every year down to our preseut time,
they would at the end of this year still
have 30.000,000 bushels of corn left to
husk out of the crop of 1889, after al
lowing 100. 01 HI, 000 bushels to be con
sumed w it hout husking.
Collecting; Debts In Montreal.
A Daniel has come to judgment In
Montreal, where a man has been con
demned to pay the sum of $1 as dam
ages for having called upon a person in
a factory with a view to collecting a
debt. The court held that the domicile
of the debtor is the proper place at
which to demand money that id owing.
It is further declared that to ask on
the street for money that is due con
stitutes an assault.
"Ads" on Clouds.
A western inventor is endeavoring to
Interest capital in his electrical magic
lantern for casting or reflecting adver
tisements on the dark clouds that often
hang low over a city. The inventor
claims to have secured contracts from
several well-known firms for displaying
their cards in this manner.
Territorial Hard Times.
During the spring and summer of
1887 about 800 colonists went to Port
Angeles, says the Seattle Press, and
.luring those same seasons over $.30,
300 was siwnt. It was a glorious big
picnic. The men would work on the
colony's tramways until they fancied
themselves tired, when they would call
a halt and stop work for the day.
They held stormy meetings, at which
all hands would pitch into the debate.
nd then after adjournment they
would all attend a dance and have a
gloriously good time of it. This was
kept up until the funds were all spent
and a big debt of about $10,000 or more
was accumulated in Seattle and Port
Townsend. A cloud bad gathered over
their heads and they could not see the
silver lining. Starvation stalked
through the colony wigwams and
pointed with bony tiugers at the vic
tims he intended "to carry to his home
over the snows of winter.
The beef supply was cut down from
a whole carcass a week to a quarter,
and then the beef supply was cut off
altogether. The butler'bill, which had
been ranging as high as f55 a week,
was wiped out. and the colonists had
no butter. Retrenchment was the
order of the day. and it was carried to
such an extent' that the standard bill of
fare was as follows:
Potatoes, bread, and cotton-seed oil
gravy for breakfast.
Bread, jiotatoes, and cotton-seed oil
p-avy for dinner, and
Cotton-seed oil gravy, potatoes, and
bread for supper.
Some people did not even have
enough of this. Philip Meager, who
has lived in Port Angeles for twenty
six years, says:
"Many a time have I stood on this
wharf and counted from forty to fifty
lanterns going along the beach. They
were colonists, and they carried with
them each one a spade and a bucket,
going after a meal of clams. They
w ere proud, but 1 tell vou tbey were
hungry, too, and no mistake,"
As Brave as Grace Darling.
A woman who is now assistant
keeper at White Head Light eould en
lighten those who wish to know some
thing of the experiences of lighthouse
keejiei-s. In 1856 this woman lived at
Matinicus Rock, twenty-five miles from
the mainland, and inaccessible except
in pleasant weather. Her father,
S-.tmuel Burgess, was the keeper at this
jight, and his family consisted of an
invalid wife and live children, one
daughter. Abbie, being 17 years old.
At the time of the memorable gale that
swept Minot's Light into the sea the
keejer happened to be away. The
heavy seas broke over the rock, wash
ing eVery movable thing away until of
the dwelling not a stone remained.
The little ones hurried the mother to
the tower, and then crept in themselves
as the sea cleared the rock of all save
the stone lighthouse. For four weeks
they lived there alone, for no human
being could go to their reoue, but
night alter night Abbie lighted the
leacon, and it never failed to slime
through the gale.
One day iu 1857 Mr. Burgess left the
rock to obtain his salary and to secure
provisions. A gale prevented his re
turn aud the family ran short of food.
Abbie fashioned a sail.and her brother,
who happened to be at home, started
in a small skiff to procure food. For
twenty-one days the family lived on a
cup of corn-meal and an egg each, per
(lay. for the son was not heard from
uutil the twenty-second day, and added
to the risk of famine was the suspense
as to the fate of their father and
brother, for were they drowned the
family would have starved on the deso
late rock. During' a II this time, at the
end of which the father returned. Ab
bie eared for the sick mother, comfort
ed the children aud kept the bright
light burning to save the passing ships
from dashing on Mautinicus Rock. To
day says the Lew iston Journal her hus
band is keejier at White Head Light
and she is tne assistant, and a braver
woui.-iu never lived.
Little Ilirds at Sea.
Exery day we see playing around the
ship, aud skimming up aud down the
wave hollows companies of. lovely lit
tle terns and sea swallows, the latter
no larger than thrushes. These fear
less people of the air have not bv any
means followed us from the, land, liv
ing as gulls often will, on the waste
thrown from the vessel. They are
vague and casual roamersof the ocean,
w ho, spying the great steamship from
afar, have sailed close up to see if we
are a rock or an island, and will then
sk im away again ou their own free and
boundless busiuess.
Yonder tiny bird, with purple and
green plumage, his little breast and
neck laced with silver, is distant 1,000
miles at this moment from a drop of
fresh water, and yet cares no more for
that fact than did the Irish squire who
"lived twelve miles from a lemon."
If his wings ever grow weary it is but
to settle quietly on the bosom of a
great billow aud suffer it for a time
to rock aud roll him amid the hissing
spindrift, the milky flying foam anil
the broken sealace. which forms and
gleams and disappears again upon the
dark slopes. Wheu he pleases, a
stroke of the small red foot and a beat
of the wonderful wing launch him off
from the jagged edge of his billow, and
he Hits past us at one hundred kuots
an hour, laughing steam and canvas to
scorn, and steeriug for some nameless
crag in Labrador or Fundy, or bound,
it may It), homeward for some island
or niHisli of the far-away Irish coast.
Marvelouslv expressive of power as
is our untiring eugine, which all dav t
and all night throbs and pants and
pulses in noisy rhythm under the deck,
what a clumsy, imperfect affair it is
compared to the dainty plumes and
delicate muscles which will carry that
pretty, fearless sea swallow back to his
roost! f' Edtvard Arnold.
A Millionaire in a Pitiable Condition.
The men I pity most at New Tear's
time are the millionaires, says the San
Francisco .Chronicle. They balance
their books and they find that they have
not made anything like as much as
they would like to have made, however
much they have made. I don't know,
because my business does not take me
much into the haunts of the million
aires, but I judge 18S9 has not been a
good year for them. The other day a
friend of mine went in to see a well
known real-estate owner of other peo
ple's real estate as well as bis own. He
found him seated at his desk with his
hank-book before bim, in a brown
study. He looked pale, and haggard,
and ill.
"What's the matter? Ton don't look
well."
"Don't IP Do I look bad?"
Tes; j-ou look bad."
Well, I guess you'd look bad, too.
If you had $5,000,000 lying idle in the
bank, not drawing a cent of interest"
DEATH IN A TREE TOP.
A Sad Trarrdy That Bippraed la th R1.
wood Forests of Mebdoelno.
W. S. Mills and Henry Eckhart, of
Colusa countv, who recently returned
from a camping hunt among the coast
mountains of Mendocino, tells of a re
markable find among the great red.
wood forests of that part of the state, a
story which, for thrilling, weird, wood
land tragedy, excels. -
In the northwestern part of the coun
ty, late one afternoon, just before sun
set. while the hunters were making
their way to camp, they noticed that
the rays of the sun in the tree tops of
a dense grove fell on and lighted np
a white object high np among the
branches of a large madrona tree.
Approaching the foot of the tree for
the purpose of getting a nearer view of
the white object, they were astonished
to find, lying on the gronnd at the
foot of the tree, the remains of an old
Kentucky rifle barrel, with part of a
much decayed stock still clinging to it.
The barrel and lock were covered
with rust. Indicating it had lain for
years in its position. While they wera
examining the ancient gun, ana look
ing for further evidence aroand the
foot of the tree, the snn had so far
declined as to throw the white object
in the branches in a deep shade, niak- j
ing it impossible to make out what it !
was. j
As it was somewhat difficult tn climb
the tree, they concluded to return in the
morning and make further investiga
tion. Marking it by placing poles and
fallen limbs against the trunk, they re
turned to camp.
Next morning they returned to the
tree, and in the bright morning light
had no difficulty in making out the
white object to "be the skeleton of a hu
man being. Mills climbed the tree and
fonnd the skeleton to be that of quite
a large man, resting across two lare
limbs, and tied near the thigh-bones to
the same.
There was not a particle of flesh on
the bones, and but few dangling rags,
Near the skeleton, and lying across one
of the limbs, was the frayed remains of
an old coat.
Throwing the coat to the gronnd
Mills descended, it having been decided
to leave the bones where thev Jay in
the tree, rather than throw" them to
the ground to be scattered by wild ani
mals. There was nothing to indicate how
the man bad met his death, or why his
gun should be on the ground and his
skeleton in the tree.
They conjectured that the hunter
might have been chased by a bear and
bad climbed the tree, and had accident
ally dropped his gun, which, striking
the ground, had exploded and wound
ed the man mortally; that ere he died
be had tied himself "to the limbs of the
tree to prevent the animals from de
stroying bis body. This, they thought,
would account for the broken stock of
tne gun.
A search was then made in the re
mains of the old coat, which was mold-
eu and matted together in mass.
An old moldy notebook was found.
In the book was pencil writing, which
was still legible in places, thou?h the
leaves were moldy andmnch injured by
long exposure to the weather. On the
first page there was part of a name end
ing with the letters ington; all the
balance of the name was obliterated by
mold and stain.
There was writing on the next two
or three pages, but it could not be
deciphered. The next few pages were
comparatively clean and the writing
perfectly legible. It was a record of
his last days in the tree, and read:
"He is gone again, but she sits at the
foot of tho tree, ... How lono
will this last? For three davs I have
been kept up in this tree and I am dy
ing with hunger and thirst. One of the
bears always remains while the other
goes away for hours. . 4 . Will
they never leave the tree? Shall I die
here, and then fall to be eaten by them?
- - - If I only had my rifle again
w drink of water. I have eaten
nothing but the leaves of the tree and
they are so bitter. ... The sun is
nearly down and the male bear has re
turned. They will both remain all !
night. . . . It's morning again. I :
though I was ! eating in the slight
dreams last light- No; I am dying of
hunger and thirst. I am growing
weaker. ... I have wept till there
are no more tears. I found myself try
ing to get out of the tree last night, but
the bears growled and I came to my
senses. ... The bears are under
the tree. The ground is covered with
them. There are hundreds of them.
I have been eating leaves and do not
feel hungry now. I think I'll get out
of this yet if those bears will go away.
. . . The sun is going down again.
1 won't write any more."
The following was probably written
the same day. or it might have been
written the following day; he writes
his last few lines, and they are incoher
ent: "I had hard work to get the book out
of my coat. I have tied coat over limb;
tied my legs to limb with suspenders,
.' . . won't write any more soon,
as it will be two weeks to-morrow
"Tilly last night, Tilly was here
She here all time now as I will be too
weak in the morning last night she
Tilly so are the bears. So many find
me find me only to think where
are they I will put put put the book
in pocket god night ill not be gone
love Tilly "
Here ended the writing, of which the
above is a correct copy. There were
no dates to the pages, and nothing to
indicate that the writing might not have
been done all on the same day and at
the same time.
The writer retained the writing for
some weeks before he gave it for publi
cation, seriously doubting its authentici
ty. Han Francisoo Examiner.
Hungarian Jealousy of Austria.
To appease the Hungarian jealousy
of Austria, the emperor-king has or
dered that ail the notices placarded in
his palaces at Budapesth shall be writ
ten in the Magyar language; and,
further, that on all such placards the
words "imperial and royal" shall be
substituted for "imperial royal."
Russian Technical Schools.
Russia is organizing a system of
technical schools of a very complete
form. The schools are of three classes,
lower and middle technical, and npper,
or, as they are called, trade schools.
The first consists of three divisions, for
mechanics, chemists, and builders re
spectively. The second class is in
tended for assistant engineers ' and
architects, foremen builders, and agri
cultural bailiffs.
It Is easier to live within your in
come than to live without one,"
Philadelphia has a new Turkish and
Russian bath-house, built by subscrip
tioo. at a cost, it is said, of $160,001).
spoetkg irons
Corbett Homeward Boun&.yAitltll
and Dempsey to'Gire Exhibitions.
JOnS TEES EE WILL 0PO A EOTIL
Eoss and Largai Prparin; fer Tieir
Summers Werk.
Chicago police have ordered all the
poolrooms closed.
Billy Dacey, the light weight, has
oined a boxing academy in New York.
The Lurline Club held a reception at
tts club house at North Beach.
The ereat Met,rnrwVl;a l...,);....
stakes at Epsom were won by Parting-
The lioston nTTir,r-ii't , -. 1
low the Godfrey-Cardiff contest to take
place. -
Tommv Tanfortfi Ala.iA m 1
- . . ... uwva4 vimiirr
Summeas at M0 AnInl-vn "iw i v '
411 .. C ).
Orleans.
The Mr-f'srtJnr-r:.!! ...v. I - -
j " 1 uu&u;u unjf
beea nostmncvi hr . r'i;r.: m... '
directors. i
Columbia College hae three ;.- t- "
oared shell crews training on the liar- 1 '
lem every afternoon. 4-
Dick Farley, the well-known local
oarsman, is contemplating a match with f
Hyams of Sacramento.
George Lee is presently giving his ui S
tention to the race-track but in a f ' '
weeks will start in to row.
George Bubear has challenged Wil
liam O'Connor to row over the Para
matta course for 200 a side.
Young Mitchell will go to Portland in
a few dai-a Ho -;n i 1 1 . t
exhibitions with Jack Dempsey.
Jimmy Griffin, the St. Paul light
weight, will return to San Francisco in a
u imue permanently.
--.j.u uu Aruuuiiei uare
nfty-three lady pupils in the female an-
rMv IK. il. 1 t
w; uijuu vitiu au. present.
John Teemer, the well known oars
man, will soon nrmn . W&1 f zr .
' 1 - " - a, jiLikcra-
port. He says he will quit rowing.
. . . ..j , . ' vuutiia 1 i . .
weight, wants to fight Danny Neediiam
in any of the clubs for a reasonable
purse.
A scheme is afre1v nnior K o 4
an interna tiori&l shoot; no t,i.
honor of the discovery of America,' in
Jim Hall, the Australian pngCirt, a" 1
Larry Foley, the well-known sport.n
man, are expected on the next steamer
to San Francisco. .
Jim Corbett is homeward bound and
will be in San Francisco in a few davs.
The Olympic Club boys are going to give
him a big reception.
Wallace Ross and Jack Largan have
already commenced rowing ps 4fee-
lem Eiver, N. Y. They will compete in"
many races during the season.
Dan Hawkins, the clever young bantam-weight,
is anxious to arrange a
match with Billy Zanders, in any oi the
clubs for a reasonable purse.
In the sculling exhibition at North
Beach, St. Anr-stine, April 8, Gaudaur
won by a few feet. Earam was second
by half a . length over Hoamer.
Peter Jackson
that if the California Club cannot match
him against Sullivan, he will eorr?cnt to
fight Joe MeAuliffe a second time.
Th Niw TnrV AtWo; m.,K l
thousand five hundred members. The
Manhattan sixteen hundred. The hit
ter has ratKi the initiation to $l(vt.
Tom Connors. middle-we's-hi !:
as-catch-can wrestler, writes from Mil
waukee, wis., that it is his intention to
start for San Francisco at a near date.
A match hetweon T?Tlw
was recently defeated by Joe Cboynsk i
uu .-mie toniey trie "Ithaca Giant," is
uuuer consideration by on of the club
Max Lot net the c)a
light-weight wrestler, has decided on en
tering the professional ranks. Max will
we wuiw a very aimcuii man to handie.
The California fTlnb ia neonKaf otK
Jem Carney, the, English "ight-weight.
" i in a til iiikTrnmv.mm ajVAimc -
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rr .. .. .
nuwr juiimie narrow or Jack MCrf
Big Bill Barry, the giant Irish hammer-thrower
formerly of the New York
Athletic Club, recently won $3,000 on
the English race track. It is
that he will soon visit this country
again.
Jack Carkeek rsvs that V la r.il. r,?
willing to increase the stakes for his
wrestling match with Tom Cannon to
$1000 a side, and will imctla Kim aittw
- ' - - v -. .
in Milwaukee or Chicago and will allow
mm sou tor expenses. . .
F. K. Stears. PreidoTt nt tV. .JA TV,
troit League Club, was recently elected"
president of the Detroit Athletic Club,
one of the most flourishing athletic or
snizations in the West, and which will
shortly erect a new club bouse to cost
$600,000.
The directors of IHa nimm.
sented E. A. Rix, the chairman of the
comniilEeA on cinn ffmnnda vith -
some set of engrossed resolutions thank-
mg mm tor ms Taiuaoie services in se
curing and constructing the new grounds
near Golden Gate Park,
A meeting of Ftiilasfolnhia lni4 y;
clists was recently held at the residence
Of MlSS Dunbar, for thft rtnrrwuua nf n.
ganizing a ladies' club. Preliminary
business was gone through, and a meet
ing arranged for a later date to thor
oughly organize the club.
At a meeting of the California Athletic
Club a motion to the efiWt that n,.o
of $20,000 be subscribed for a contest to
a union Detween John L. Sullivan and
Peter Jackson was carried almost unan
imously. It is understood the fight will
net tak plac befora September.
What will ' probably be thel--wheeling
tour of the season wiK;
byF. F. Weaver of the Ne '
Bicycle Club. Mr. Weaver wit. .
New Haven on May 1st, and wm
through Philadelphia, Baltimore, M ' '
ington, Virginia, Ohio, Kansas, St. L'
and through to San Francisco. V
Edward Hanlan, the ex-ehampkx
oarsman, has received a telegram that'
20,000 has been raised for the tourna- ."
ment to be held in Duluth, Minn., to bo
called the World's International Regatta "
Hanlan will go into training at once
take part, as does also Hosmer, his pr -tege.
Tr e dates are July 21 to July '
inclusive. ' . '