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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1890)
Dll. C. U EN T I .Between O. T. Coll on and I-ie-su & Wallace. i. sus, J. K. WlUTllHRrORD, Attorney- at-Law OtTu-e over First National Hank, ALBANY, . -OUEGON. "" J, M. KKENR, D. D. S. Dental --.-Parlors. Os-ticr: Breyman Bros., Building, 8A1.TEM, OREGON, ."IIours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. W. R. BILYEU, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, ALBANY, ORROON, E. J. M'CAUSTLAND, IVIli .EliClNEER SURYKY03. Draughting and Blue Prints. Office with Otcgon ' Land Co., Albany. Pwersije Rvtrm and Water Pupplies Specialty. KstatfS Subdivided. Maps made or copied ou short notice. A. L. McGLRUE; succ--it to C, H. Harmon ) Baik : and : Hairdresser, LEBANON, OREGON. SUAVTXa HAIR CUTTING AND ShBRtjxooing- in the latest and best stvle. Special attention paid to dressing Ladies hair. Your patrouage respect fully ohviled. LHQAflOfJ i-1 W Meat Market, ED. KELLSNBES3ER, FfCjr Trcsh vt Salted Beef, Pork, Muttou, S-iusaie, Bologna, and I lam. Baeor; zr)d Card lluays 00 Jiard. Main Street, I.ebauon, Or. 8. S. PILLSBORY, si 'Utl'7 1 1 f 'vy JEWELRY, RBOWNSV1LE, ORECON rranir aaya tie tiaa the VT. T.. DonglM Shoes without nnme and prtea atamped lb bottom, put him down aa a fraud. 7. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENTIME!.. Beat In tte world. "Fxamtn fits 5.00 tiKNflNF. HASn-SKlVKO MtOK, V4.00 KAMMKn'KD WH.T SHOK. rtx.iCK ad fsrmkkv shoe, 4.50 KXTlit VAH E CALF MIOfc. SWK WORKINGMAN'S SHOK. .00 and fcl.'S HOYS SCHOOL SHOES, All made iu feoufrress. Button and Luc IV. S3 L. DOUGLAS SHOE lafoiW Bet Material. Beet Styl. If bhi wild Iit vonr dt'Aier m riff Beat Fit inc. W. L DOUGLAS, EROCKTOS, MASS "Examine W. I. Doug-las $2 Shoe for Gentlemen and Ladies." r by C. C. If A CK1K X. AVhalcs. The "right whale" is the most vi- j cious of ail the whalebone whales and , at times tights desperately for its life. The H 11 backs were rarely captur- j ed before the invention of the bomb- j laace, as they ran so fust boats could -; not stand liit strain. . '! Why are umbrellas like pancakes? I ' 'v arc sc-M.mi i-eu aiicr leut. 1 If M if THE. NEWEST, N08SEST AND LARGEST STOCK OF- In the County, is now to be ALBANY, 2" When you want 16 "dress tip," and make you through MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY. Mr. 13. A. ScriKFFMsn, is an expert, and has charge of thia de partment. We guarantee satisfaction. MY SPRING STOCK - 01? DRY GOODS, KRESS COODS,! ' ' who lit Notions, Stockinet Jackets, Beaded Caps, Ladies' and Children's Shoes, Has arrived. I have also received my Spring Stock of MEN'S, YOUTHS' & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC, Of which we carry a Full and Complete Line, and will not he uu dersold. Come and see us, and we will treat you well. G. ALBANY, THE YAQUINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD, j OrEiGB Dmlspaest Ccipau's siesBSalp Line, j 225 Shorter. 20 Hours Less Time j Than by any othrr Moutc. FIRST-Cl-ASS THROUGH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT LINE Fivra rortland anl sU jxiints tu the Willnmrtte Valley to and from Sau Franctitco, Cat. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. TIME SCKHt'LK, (Except Sunday I Albany iwp.m. CorvnUia mop m. Vaquina 5 j p m. I.v Yftiiitna 0 45 ft. m t.v C"i"vnlli 10 a. m Ar Altmny m O. & C. trains connrct at Albnnj and Cor-a11i. The above train connect at Yaquina with the Oreiron H-eh)lnent Company"" line of Slram- ships between aaiiuia auu Nin i ranow. l atpiuia am SAU.IXC. DATES. Vni.S. K Steamer, t in. Sieauier. Vaq'n;i' May 4 M Ay May 14 Mav f'Arrtllun . .".May. W . Mav S Wilamette V y . Willamette Val'v Mav Farallon Famlton . .". Mav'it. Willamette V'y 1 Willamette" V'y May sn Faralton This cumpany-.reserves.the right to clmufj-e sail ing date wnhinil notice. Peiicer"from fortland and all Willamette Valley point can make close ooniievikm with the trains of the Vaquina route at Albany or Con-al-lis, and if detined to San Francisco should ar- ranse to arrive at aquina tne evening neiore mr ilate of sailing. ; Passenger and Fretgiht Rates Alwnythe Lowest. . For partictilar appiy to C. H HASWKI.I.. i C.C. HiKlt'li, C.en'l I-t Sc I'as. Agt. I Act' i.en. V. fi f. gt Oregon Devel pm nt to ; t. 1 R. R. R. Co., 504 Montjfonicrv St j Corvalli, San Francisco. Cat. Ore gon. I.ea- Corvallis Monday, Wednemlay, Friday. 6 a.m. Leave Albany 9:50 a. m. Arri Salem. Monday. Wednesday. Friday. J p m. I.e-e Salem, Tuesday, Thursday, sawr. dav, S a. m. 1 Arrive 1-onlnnd, jTnesilay, Thursday, Saturday, 30 p. m. SOI; TH BUVM Leave Portland Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6 a. m. -s--" M4 ArrivciSalem. Mondav," Wednesday. Friday, 7:15 m. Leave Salem, I uesnay. 1 nursoay, satur- uai Lav. 6a. m. Leave Airviny,.! :w p m. Arri-e Corx-allis Tuesday Thursday, Saturday. 3:30 p. m. J. L. COWAN. J. M. RALSTON. Bank of Lebanon. LEBANON, OREGON. Transacts a General Basing Business ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT TO CHECK. Exchange sold on Francisio, r.rt!a:i.l aw Co'.iections :;i.iiie on New York, San 1 Albany, Oregon, favorable terms. G.T.COTTON, : DEALER IN : GroesriBS ana Provisions. TOBACCO and CIGARS, SMOKERS' ARTICLES. Forslin ani Domestic rm it? Confectionery, Queensware and Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures. ' Vaym 0li for ICgg. Main Street, Lbion, Oregon. Wi. Seen on the Counters of OREGON. we the would be glad right price. to show - W. SIMPSON, OREGON. TTie Itliiht Kind of Pen. 'The only capital twdeil to emlark in the )m4!itti of Hierartirrt is A Iwt tle of ink and it vprali! IH'tt."' She lirni re:t! the won 1 9 ntnl winiUr ed over them mora deeply than usual, kniuinj' lur white brow until the pildett curl on her forehead ieeked down luto her eyes to see what it all meant. Visions of a future spangled with plaudits and bright with fame nse before her. Yes. she would adopt thi fourth pro fession. rmtin on a love of a hat and a dear, dainty little wrap that hufred her close, alio started out to putvhas the necessary out tit. Keaehitifj the liook store she looked out fnim tinder her droopins; plumes and eoiiuetlishlr nked for a bottle of very liest iuk. Wheu plaeed on the eounter liefore her it was like an elixir, so many jrrand. possibilities flashed through her head. "And now I want a jen." On being asked if there was any make ahe pre ferred, she hesitated and then said: "Yes, but I most forgot what it W. It's like vei inieelli. or varioloid. No that isn't it. Could it be verdigris or veiilanev, now?"' "Hearty. I donl know." replied th puzzled clerk. "Ion must r.... t. .,..: .... .... " If looking 9 1 1.. j. 1 r, s niu, I'm. . v unMie, KJ buy it if I only knew what it was."" "llv the way." questioned the in spired clerk, "eould it bo versatile?"' "Yes, that's it, I knew ld find it. A versatile pen is what I'm looking for." "I am sorry, miss, but we have none in stock. They are very rare aud we have little call for them. You Bee the points are nil dipped in grey matter and attic salt, and " tircy! Well, then I don't want one. Gray isn't becoming. I never have it near me," and turning she walked away unconscious that she was rob bing the world of a literary gem. Detroit Free Pres.. A Prolific riaj-vrrlUt. SjKiaking of Boucieault reminds me of how little we really know aliout the men who write plays and their words. Think of it! Steele Mackaye, although jet a young man. less than forty-live, has written and produced twenty dif ferent plays, nearly every one of which has run from tifty to a hundred nights in one locality. Besides this vast amount of work he has built three theatres and opened them with his own productions, xet not more than one theatregoer in a thousand "'' - . . " F"V - 1 aul Kauvar and his ettll more re markable one of "An Arraut Knave," which he recently wrote for Stuart Kohson. can recall three plays from this remarkable man's pen. The loB Had to Climb. Wa wore comfortably seated around : the hearth at Porter Lake, in Pike county. Pa., and the spirit of story- j -telling was strong upon us, liecause j the fishing had lioon unusually good and the supper lmitnteous. The flash j and sparkle of wit tilled ihe upper air of the room as with a tine aurora, and a halo of calm blUs encircled the brow of each entranced lislene.r. But first j the drug and then the antidote. The I licnevolent Colonel drew us down gently from the giddy heights with a story" of a coarse plelician, locally I known as a cattish. Tims ran his tale: j "A man and his dug went fishing in j the Mississippi. In a short time the 1 man felt a mighty pull on the line, and j he knew that a cattish had taken hold. ! The giant came . along peacefully enough until ho happened to change bis mind, and theu he decided to double on his -course and take the man along. The faithful dog, seeing his m.-thtWs danger, rushed to the rescue bravely enough. The wily cattish, when he found the dog pursuing, turned upon him and territicd the dog. who 'incontinently turned tail and swam vigorously toward the dry land, the catfish hotly following. Presently the dog gained the land and ran hastily, the cat-fish madly surging after him. The dog, sorely pressed and fearing a painful'deathin his extremity climbed a tree, the catfish still pursuing." "Hold on!" we cried in chorus; "dogs can not climb trees." "Can't climb a tree?" responded the Colonel. 'But the catfish was close uKn him, and this dog had to climb." forest and Stream. Herreoletl. , When Mnrt Ann lailltniieraotthsiiltllletlaown ihnr on Injun liny I waaylail, ter Illkaloace a gal ttmVIn' her IlllllOSt W'llV. I heci-d sometiilk In tlifl villas abaout lior llyln' IiIkIi. IV w liluli for tli busy farmer folk with chores t-r li-w t-r Wv 1 Rut I paid no ortr attention ter all the talk lllttl'll Blip curoe In her reff'lar bnarilln' raotind ter visit with nil a Ki't'll. My .ink an' lii-rlinil been cronies ever aim Ihnv i-rinltl witlk. An' It Ink me attack to hear her kerrectltt' him In lil Inlk. Jnk ain't no lutntl at frrnninter, thoutdi tin , hatut hi lr-nt for work I i But 1 lor mywltr, "lk out, injr sal, yer ; ainolhr lilt a Tin k I" ! Jake II wonderful patient an' snld. In a Hp n'mmu'il he a behindhand with the Join's ill Injun liny. 1 reniemlii-r iut ha wan aakln' fwr soma o' my An' aim until lie niiniilil alius any, "them air,' llljlllt lllltlft. villi 11' "UiKin la" t ( ones. Wal, Mary Aim ken' at lilin Middy, nmrnln'an' t'Vi'iiln' Imiir, Tell lie iliiHwi-nt owu lilt mouth fur fear o' titlklit wroiiir. One lv I wait pit-kin' currents daown by the tifil 11 tiini't tree. When I iui-nl Jnk a m!i-e a-anyln", ' wlllin' ler marry tne An' Mary Aim ki-rrttjtln "Air ya tin ye wlllin' veou an il av. Our Juke he ut hla foot ilaowu. In a ilnm, da rlthil way. "No wliniiien fulka la a-iruln' tertie renrranirlit' llin I Hereafter I aaya era,' 'tliein la," i falk'lalo,' i an' 'I le. : Bf folk don't Ilka my talk then they needn't ' Imik ter what I ai ! Hut 1 ain't a-Riiln' t-r tnko no anaa from folk from Injun Hun , 1 ak you tret) and flual, '1V ye Roltl' ter marry I mer'" An' Marry Ann a-x,treniblln' yetaniloua-llka, "1 liel" Florenee R. Pyatt. A SPANISH llLUKHKAUl) There wn once a Spanish gentleman of high rank, who led a very wild mid dissolute life, but now desired to set tle dowu to his own estate and take to himself a wife, who would preide over Ids household in a lilting fashion. Be lt and handsome, Ills w ickedness or naught: and soon he was b- !1 to a lovely lady, wlnne family pleased with the alliance, and who brousrht hint a tine fortune. i The wedding was celebrated with I pivat pomp, and he brought his bride home to his palace, the poor of the ' place gatherad as tuual bImiuI the door; niKl out a wintered out neggar-wo-nian was loud in her praise of the lady's lieauty. and begged to be per mitted to present her with a Itoqtict of wild flowers that she had gathered in the woods. "A tHior offering, my ladr," said the woman, "but all the poor gypsy j has to give." 1 The lady took the flowers with a ! mile, and dropped a coin into the , gypsy's hand. As she entered the door she bent her lovely head and inhaled the perfume of the flowers. j The servants remembered the ac- ! tiou. and her smile, asjsho paed into ; ! her apartment, leaning on her hits- j ! band's arm. for it was the last they j i ever saw of her. An! hour after she lay dead, ami all the doctor In Madrid ; could not tell what had killed her. j The young widower was very sad for j a lousr time, but Vy ami by he liegau to j find life bright once more, and chose 1 for himself a second w ife. This lady was lovelier than the first, though not I ' so rich, ller predecessor's fate did not ' alarm her, for she was strong ami full j of health. Death seemed to lie very ; far from so radiaut a r real lire, as she j stood iieforo the church altar and plighted her Imth to the man with j whom she hoiied to pass her life; but I those who rememliered the lirst wife's fate shuddered as nt the fall of even tide sh entered the gates of her hus band's villa. The same old gypsy who had greet cd the former bride stood am'hlst the crowd. "Ileateu and the saints bless you. lady!" she cried. "I greeted her who came before, and faded like a flower. Mav von live until vour hair is as hile as mine. Flowers are all I have ' to give. Will yon honor me by taking j them, lady?'' " ( The bride, as the other bride had j done, accepted the offering, and re- j paid the gift with a coin. She held the blossoms loosely in her j hand, and passed into the hall. A : banquet was prepared, and she par- took of it. Wine was ou the lioard; ' she tasted of it. When the dance lie-j gan none danced more iralv than the : ; bride. It was a merry wedding aud j j when at last, in the hours of the morn- ! ing the music died awav. the guests "''P! ami tne lamps were e.xtiu- m t w licwl I ha luuilifiil trirl tt,iliAit Willi denarted and the I e-'-, I smiles and blushes to seek tier place 01 rest As she crossed the threshhold of the hall she stotqied and picked some thing from the floor. 'My Hor gypsy's flowers," she said. T will not raject the humble token of kindness." and bending her face over them, she passed out of sight. Half an hour afterwani the husband also entered the bridal room. All was still. The lamplight fell over the pi lows, but no fair head rested ujn them. Ho looked about him; in the corner of the room lap what looked like a heap of rumpled satin at tirst sight. He advanced toward it. and saw a hand that grased convulsively a little bunch of white flowers, and w ith a cry of horror, cast himself be side the tody of his bride. She was dead; she bore no wound, no sign of injury about her. Agaiu the physi cians could not find the cause for the death, and people began to whisper tales of evil spirits who haunted this fatal bridal chamber and did to death the fair beings who braved the'tu by entering it. Again the gentleman was a widower; again he suffered tmich sorrow, but it was not eternal. He began in time to seek another bride, but in vain. No i one wouKi rsk the fate of tlose otner j young and lovely women. No one 1 would have this juiitebeatil. the ravs- : teries of whose castle were so terrible, j and for years th - oo- i ing without winning, until ono morn- ing, meeting me Lonna wo on ner way to church, her black eyes veiled bcancth her black mantilla, lie made a grand impression, aud was permitted ere long to offer his hand and heart with true Spanish gallantry. Donna Mora, who was a widow, lis tened uot ill pleased. "I do not detest you. Senor." she said, "and I frankly tell you so, but you have had strange bridals hereto fore. I do not feel tired of life, and desire to enjoy myself a little longer. Let me know why your tirst wife died. You must surely know." ' On my soul, I do not!" said the gentleman. "I believe you," said the lady. "Lis ten to me, then. I am ready to mar ry you, but before I do, I must be al lowed to inspect your house from roof to cellar, lou must vacate it. and give tuo the keys, and I must go there alone with my sister, I will discover the mysterv, if there is one." "Donna Mora," said the gentleman, 'do as you will. I vacate "the dwell ing at once. There are the keys. The long one of steel opens that fatal chamber, which I beg you not to en ter the bridal chamber of my dead brides. Adieu! Thanks for vour promise, which I shall hasten to claim when you summon me." He kissed her baud and rode away. She at once made ready to seek the dwelling of which she had heard so much. The lumbering carriage held her, her sister, two brothers, maid, mau-servant and pet poodle very well. And, at last, they came iu sight of the old Moorish building, aud paused to inspect it. "I begin to tremble," said Donna Anna.'; S'l have no fears," said Donna Mora. Then she ordered the coachman to drive closer, descended and unlocked the gittn with her own liamU. All whs tit ill; only (lm echoes welcomed them, Their feet awoke morn upon ihe stairs; they made Donnu Anna verv 011s, Don nit Mora was as brave as a man. They lnsH-cted every room, they peeped Inlo every closet, they opened Ihe bridal clianilicr Hint uiv ' tin-dust tliitt had gathered upon Its oriuuuetits, and from thu neighbors they drew the whole slory all that was known. And for the lirst time Donna Mora heard of the old gyisy-nnd her flowers. Then she waited, pacing Ihe floors of the empty rooms, while Donna Ann it watched "from the window, nnd the brothers smoked cigarettes iu the court-yard. What was she walling for? She told no one. At last "Sister, Is any one com ing? I thought I heard a step," said she. "It Is an old jjt psy with some flow ers," said Donna Anna. And ' Donna Mora mild: "Hid her come In." Then passing between Ihe smoking brothers, who scarcely looked up, and by the little dog. who growled, en tered sn old woman, shriveled and yel low, who conrteslcd and said, "May the good stars shine for thu pretty Heuorilas ami thn brave seuors. I have heard that the lady who is to be mistress here has come, aud I am old nnd may not live to see her a bride, and-would fain welcome her. Then Donna Mora answered "I am the lady." Then may I offer a few wild flow ers." said the gypsy, "and my good wishes for the sen or has been my bene factor. A poor uifl. ladv, but do not scorn it." She held the flowers toward Donna Mora, who took them and put theiu j down upon the table. "Mooiia Anna." sani she, tiling mt I dog here. Brothers seize the gypsy In a moment more the struggling ; woman was held in a stroiijr trrasp. and Donna Mora, holding her dog In her lap, pressed the flowers to Ills nostrils. "If he lives, free her. If he dies, have her arrested," she said iiuieily. Donna Anna hid her face. The brothers sternly regarded lirst the wo man, then the do; the latter had be gun to tremiiie. in a moment more he tittered a whine, long aud terrible to listen to. Douua Mora dropped the flowers, Ihe itoor creature tar mo tionless across her lap. lie was dead "Have the woman arrested," said Donna Mora, njrain. "It is she that has murdered those two poor women with her iMiisoiied flowers, as she would have murdered me." Hut to the Heiior, when ther met once more, she said this: "I know the witts of gvpsle. and their art of jiolsotiitig flowers. 1 know also that an Injured gyy girl is al ways avenged by her "tribe. He who is false to one woman let no other wo man trust, Adieu. A'. J. HWir. A Poor Jew's Wanderings. It has just leakeil out that a poor rippled Hebrew from Persia. ' old rrii who -..i. 1 ....!. .. 1...... ....... 1...1 i,:.n ! and ancient Hebrew, was recently put j Into an insane asylum here and cruelly I traated, says 'filobe dispatch from San Francisco. His story read like j romance. Chaskel Hale'vy was a Ihm.i man in Bagdad when two years ago he was crippled by paralysis. He heard that his brother in Bo'mbaywa wealthy, so he set out for India. At Bombay he found his brother had gone to Hong Kong, and at Hong Kong he learned he was In Yokohama. There he found his relative, but so poor that Chaskel determined to n-ltirn to Bag dad by way of San Francisco. He Iwggetf enough to ranch hcra. where charitable Hebrews gate him shelter. He walked only with crutches, and one days boys stole these, leaving him help less, far from home. He licgged aid from a policeman, but as he tried, in Persian custom, to kiss the oflleer's hand, the policeman thought he was a vicious drunkard trying to bite him. and clublied Chaskel over the head un til the xor Hebrew was insensible. He was arrested for drunkenness and sent to the alms house. He made frautio apaals in Hebrew, but no one under stood him. His efforts to escape led the authorities to pronounce him craiy. and two physicians cert i lied he was hoelessly insane, ami committed him. There his long while bcanl. held sacred by his race in Persia, was shaven off, despite his tears aud apieals. Then he trietl to commit suicide, but was pre vented, t-inallv lie was discovered by a i i.i.i .u . tit:... , , 1 1 .... ,, ... .., j which sailed recently. llalevy was i well educated, but the olice reconls I show that he was entered under a false -' name, and no efforts were made to se- ! l,is through an interpreter. He was simply railroaded inlo an asylum Itecause he could not make himself understood and had no friends. The "Hwanip Fox" of CJrorgla. Turning over a page of his priv memorandum-book. "Bill" Jones, rate the detective, said to au Atlanta (tow man: "Here's the case that gave me title as Swamp Fox of Georgia." my "What is it?" "In '68 a safe was blown open in Macon aud aliout f 11,000 was taken out. The case was put in my hands aud I followed the man intotheswamps near where Limber City now is. I found him there working at the mill, and pit work, too. In a short time he and! were quite friends, and were Bleeping together. He had a habit of leaving the bed about daybreak every morning, and I began to follow liini. It was slow work and required several weeks. One moruing I'd go a eertaiu distance, and then hack, aud the next morning a little further. Finally I went to the end of his rope. I followed him into the heart of the swamp aud saw him take a package from a stump. He handled it awhile autl then put it back. I guessed what it was, and I guessed well. That night I went to the stump and pulled out the package, and found over f 10.000 iu it. That night we went to bed together, but about midnight I got up, aud, securing au olltcer for whom I sent, went to that stump. The next morning came at the usual hour, and as Btooped to reach for the package he he we sprang upon him and he was ours." "What became of him?" "He got twenty years, and I got $2, 100 " The Virtue of Mot Milk. It is worthy of reiteration that milk heated to as high a temperature aa it can be drunk or sipped, above 100 de grees but not to the boiling point, is of great value as a refreshing stimulant in cases of over-exertion, bodily or mental. To most people who like milk. it does not taste so good hot, but that is a small matter compared with the benefit to be trot from it. I fa action IS exceedingly prompt and grateful, and the effects much more satisfactory and far more lasting than those of any alco holic drink whatever. It supplies real strength as well as exhilaration, which alcohol never does. Good Housekeep ing. Home, from being a city set i4 seven hills, is likely to be a seaport. The mountain is not to be cast into the sea, but 11 profane American company is willing, for the sum of 68,000,000 trance, to undertake to bring the sea to the mountain by means of a canal eleven miles long. The scheme was suggested by Garibaldi and has since been approved by Le&iep. COLD MINING IN CHINA. Tan Thmisand Human t reat lire Who Ills Thraa (innties of Hold a Ity, Minister Deuby has sent to the Plate Department. In a recent report, a trans lation of an article which lt-ceiitly ap peared in a native tii-wspajHtr pub lished nt Shanghai, giving an account of the gold mining iu Shanghai. It )"!:.. .. . ... . . lliere are cold mines In Mum-hurl a which may irh o n belter account of themselves tliMii niiv of our coal or Iron mines. Smite of the latter, as for in stance, the ( 'h'ih-cliotv mines of Allliul nnd the Slli'how uiiinsof Kl.tnsti, have 1 far been ant I hiii"; tut a success. owing to ililUciililc o ' tra spniinjr II mineral to the places where it is re quired. Hut fur gold there Is a good market every where, it 11 I all that is brought nut of the earth Is sold on the spot. VY hat has stood in t tit way of successful gold mining iu China is want of met hod. The P'ltijr-lu trold mines. on the Shantung promontory, employ about lo. (Shi persons, and the work- lug expenses are Ho() .els a day, but the output daily is only B ounces of gold. lint we are pleased to chronicle the c!iciice of a very differ ent state of things nt Ihe Amur gold mines. Wheu Pn feet Li assumed the direction sit mouths ago the working of these mines was commenced with sudden and wonderful energy, aud a sulisiilnrv mine was opened at K'i-kan Ho. Here, where llie gold brigands had worked at their forbidden mines j before they were so disastrously scat- tered by the Chinese tiorcriinient j troops, gold mining is now actively j proceeding under the sanction ami en- t couragenieiit of the government. At ! lirst tiie out put was very small, but it! has since so Increased that during the! last ten das of Ihe third moon (April !M-UU, IKM'i), the joint production of j both mines w as del it ecu lifty and sixty ! ounces of gold dust. There are from j AM in 0HI miners euiploted. and each is finding now about a tenth of an ; ounce of gold every day. and it is ex-1 peeled that before many mora month ' there will be 3.( miners working ! there and producing IltKi oicices of gold i a day. Hitpp,' '-bare-holders! These mines ol' Hci-Lutig Kian Te near the frontier Ix-tween that Chinese j province and the Russian Amur ter- ; rilory. There are the Tung Kiu Shan j and "the Si Kin Mian worthy of being , named beside the California of the t Americans and the Australia of the 1 British, which are commonly called by us, resnectivel v, Kiu Kin Shan nnd Sin Bin Shan. Ihe old ami new gold i liclds. Here stretches a gold vein of j 41JOI0 fiis) li long, which if properly! worked will yield us incalculable' wealth, nnd is now only wailing for ; capitalists to come forward to supply , the working capital. It must le con- fessed that, the wav thes. mines were , managed In-fore Prefect I.i came along , was anything but reassuring to invest ors, but now we may hope that mote confidence will l felt and that these ' uoblemiu s may be properly develojied. ; i According to the lirst clause of the j Russian treat v the range of hills called . the lling An Ling separates our terri- j torv from the Ku-siait. the gold country of J1" " the soutli a"" a ,f hl sl,!" m 'M"u ,,,J tn the not 1 1, of that range. Ihe mines under Prefect 1-i s superintendence are l'""-' mountains some wtenty or eighty li from Molt lb. All provisions for the mines nni-t In- iuiHiiied overland from Ai-ken (otlu-rw isu culled S ighalin Via, or Black River ), a distance of 1, MsJ li, through Mod Ho, passing Russian territory on their way. Pre fect IA intends to effect a reform in this respect, and partly by the employ ment of steamer and partly by open ing of new toads to lender it possible to bring from China everything necessary for the proper working of .be mines ud thf supply of the er onuel with prot i-ioits without liae aid f Russian road.' ltcglnnlitK In I III Joy I, Ife. Americans are just beginning to en joy life. We -tre not quite the solwr ! aud sad-cheeked race that we once were. The struggle for existence Minis , the people better off than they were' one and two hundred tears ago. There is more abundance and comfort, less j Cold, hunger and eXosure, belter food, j shelter and clothing. Things cau le ; enjoyed now which could not even exist : here pret iously, forlMilh the comforts' and luxuries themselves on one hand ; and the margin for expenditure on the other have increased and come into; being. These hate given color and! interest to life. '. lliereiigioi 1 he religious belief, too. is more cheerful. 1 he an fill ileitv f Puritanism has been supplanted by n lot ing one. Religion now bu-ies itself more with good deed and human sympathies and T :,i. ..i : i. i ivna nnti KituMii, iiiini t'l uuu. n utv gathered a larger fail hit. the absolute benevolence as well as justice of liotl, i and of the substantial t ictory of good i over evil which this implies. i Contact with (iermans and Jews. who 1 have migrated to this country and be- come a part of our environment, is having I s lullueuce. Co to Saratoga and who among the visitors are haviug the most enjoyment? The Hebrews. Among the work people who are out for a holiday in the park, or the coun try, or ou the water, the Germans show the most hearty devotion to the occa sion; and neither are the Irish and other Europeans wanting in this re spect. All these influences of better fecd iuT, more leisure, a In'tter religiou, a growiug H'sthcticism, larger incomes and jKissibililies of better living gener ally, to say nothing of the contagious CAKIU MC Ul U1U Ul'l lll.l U, till? Iiuuiuna ....l..il...r wi.n to. ,W , i.. .. ,i. ,i... ti. ,i ; enjoy living, are bringing the jieopleof this country into a better cnj meat of Aunt Nina's" A p pout. "Zeb" Vance was holding forth iu one of thn cloak-rooms of the senate the other day on the evils of iutenter ance, writes a Washington coriespund ent of the N. Y. Tribune. 1 don't know whether he intended to "point a moral aud adorn a talc," or whether he ex- Iiccted that the seed, iu the company ie was in, should fall on fruitful ground. Whatever his motive in tell ing thu following little story, I omit for obvious reasons of delicacy, all mention of names. Said the genial senator from North Carolina: "There was a caitiMiiccting held last year in the immediate neighbor hood of my home in Charlotte. Among the many colored people present w;is Aunt Nina,' who was noted for tho length and breadth of her prayers, iu which she never failed to make men tion of her old master, who was tuuch given to drink. Ou this particular oc casion, atter having disposed of all the rest of creation, she became more than usually ferveut iu her appeal iu his be- natt, requesting as a 'special favor that ! uf ,e Hax eu ",",u a uruiiKam s grave Aeuai, ruu m.iviiM'iiuK-11 nit; i o j quest with this irresistible appeal: j "'O Lord how would it look! him in hell, with his bald thatP" head, aud drunk at Plumbing In Old Home. - f 1 Recent investigations in Rome show that the ancieul plumbers of the Eternal city were obliged to be very particular with their work.';. There have been un earthed great quantities of lead wa ter pipe, each plainly stamped with the name of the owner of the - house, the year of the pumbiug, the name of the consuls for that year, aud that of the reiguiug emperor. CV4 . IPflWS STMUSf&D STOCK BOOK. DON'T'.DELAYl IN SECURING TERRITORY. Finest Book on Earth for the Farmer, Stockman and Blacksmith LAttGIXST PROFITS! f,rr r,iUil,itirtanii Agrntt' Trrwu apply In D. L. PCADLEC, 307 Sagsome St., 539 Frageiseo, Qal CAMP-MEETIN' JOHN. A IJllla Story Told of Alias of Mlails alppl by III t'ollvsaoa. Representalire Allen, of Mississippi, doe-u't have it all his own way. Con gressman Burrows, of Michigan, lias got even with Mm for once. He got Captain Allen up In line recently aud fired a whole battery Into his ear. 'When Allen was saving Connecti cut last fall," said Burrows, "he had nu uppoiiitment in Windham county. He was met at the ilejnit by an old fel low ith a bald face and a fringe of vellow-whiiey whiskers springing up irotii his ltd far-bone over the edge of his collar, like witch grass in the angle of a rail fence. "This is Mr. Allen. Is ilT asked the old 'nil. "It air,' responded the Captain. "Wall, I've come to take ye to the mect'nV" "Without further ado the Captain climbed into the wagon. It was one of the kind saved In tho ark. It hail a rocker body set ou thorough braces and with wheels two inches across the tire. The shafts were straight and l mi up front a low axle to the horse's neck. The horse was a rat-tailed buck akin mare which cautert-d behind and ambled iu frot.t. She wore nu old fashioned collar and names, cut decol lette ami stuffed with straw. Allen tried to stir the old man up by talking ptditics, but the patriarch didn't seem : very enthusiastic for the Democracy, : antf preferred to talk alout foreordina ', tion aud the mortal certainly ninetv- tiineln a hundred had of being damned. "Finally they reached the place of meeting. There was a good crowd, more women than usual, but a terrible solemn lot all around. 'I he hall looked more like a meeting-house than most places, but Captain Allen was Accus tomed to ex (wet anything. Old Gal wats escorted him to the platform, where solemn - looking mugs shook haods with him aud didn't utter a word. Gad. thought the Captain, this looks like a funeral. I'll have a job warming them up.' Finally one of the solemn parties walked to the edge of the platform and said: 'Brethcren and sisters: It is my sol emn pleasure to ititerjtice to you to night, a man whose name is a house hold won! from Maine to California a mau who. though upwards, 1 uinler atattd, of W j ears of age, scarcely looks 0i. Kltow me to present Key. John Allen of Main, more ginerly known aa "Camp Meet in"" John Allen, who witloieu the services with rar." Washington IH. Toja nf the IHden Tim. A thoughtful-looking little gentle man sat iu the Girnrd House, of Phila delphia, one evening watching the jMiiple pass in and out and listening to snatches of conversation which were wafted to his car. He Silt alone in a corner, smoking a pi with a long slender stem. His black coat was ornamented with braid, and his grey hair was topjietl by a black skull cap. The gentleman is Auguste Blare, of Paris, an inventor of mechanical toys. He has si K-nt his life in this work, aud ! each vear brings him additional in terest in it. Mr. Blare has a marvel ous fund of anecdote. esiecially about the wonders of automata, ami takes great pleasure in talking about the latter. Puppets and marionetts were pat ronized," he sak!, "k o?S by the Greeks and the Romans, and automata, which are the invention now principally dealt in, alo go back to a remote eriod. Vulcan's t ijiod on wheels has Uie authority of Homer; Daedalus made moving statues; Archvtas of I'hreiitum, in 400 B. C. invented a wooden pigeon that could fly in the air. In the six teenth century Kegiomantamons made an iron fly wliieh moved through the . , , f atT',,,"T' f,prw,nJ an auto- malic eagle, which on the arrival of the Emperor Maximilian at Nurem burg. flew forth to meet him. "But oue of the most wonderful of such inventions of which we have record was a group of automata con structed by Philip Camus for Louis XIV. This consisted of a coach and four horses that, started off at the crack of a whip, the horses prancing, trotting and galloping iu turn. It ran along until it got iu front of the King, w hen it stopped. Then a toy footman descended, and opening the carriage door, handed out a lady 'with born grace,' as the records tell us. The Fatly made a courtesy, presented a petition to the Emtieror, re-entered her carriage and was driven rapidly away. Such is the description of the most wonderful automatou," concluded Mr. Blare. "I never saw the tor itself, of ! , . . course, but the description just given to vou tallies almost word for word j with an authentic record. I memorized i the latter at one time, so marvelous I did it seem to me." Feeding Canary Birds. A good many people don't know how to take care of canary birds, and L therefore, give them the following ad vice which I got from a bird-fancier: "Never give your bird sugar, or tigs, or raisins, or anything sweet, except a small piece of sweet apple (eeled) twice a week. Put the apple in the cage in the morning and take it out at night. It should have all the rape and canary seed it wants and gravel should be kept at the bottom of the cage. Avoid feeding the bird celery. Twice a week feed it on one-third of a boiled egg. using both the white and the yellow of the egg. Grate up the egg; that is better than putting it in whole. Give it the egg the day before it gets the apple and as large a piece. of the former as of the latter, iet it have a bath every other day, using water with the chill taken off." A remarkable little animal has been added to the Londou Zoo. it is a deer, though iu size but a trifle larger than a full grow u cat. The cloven hoofs pro claim its position in the mammaliau world lieyond doubt, but it has no norns. in tne male two long cautue teeth project from the upper lips, and these, perhaps, serve in their stead. A Lively Cripple. A one-legged man whom the Seattle (Wash.) 'Hjlieew eie after the other day took refuge in a cellar, barred the door, and defied the whole force. The tire department was called out and the eel lar pumped full of water. Wheu it got up to the man's chiu he surrendered. Since then he has escaped three limes from jail "EXPERIENCED COUNTY CAHVASERS fJEl VE PRICED To tnnke a success when they have under- CUT THIS OUT snl re let n to us with IU cents and receive ten aainides that will make you more n inner in a week than anything ever otrereif, Koltiethirti new, durable and profitable. Send at once to NohTliwfHTrR.f Si n-l.y Co., No. S.'.'i Firxt Street, Portland, Oregon. STAR IUWITI0N CO, -ManiifurtiiK-f of Printers Rollers, RoiiBrcfiposiiloii. PADDINQ CEMENT ETC. Boiler Casting a Specialty. H07 Fourth SL, Ivast Portland, Or. CUFF DWELLERS. Marvelooa Dtarovvrles la Bnathera Colo rado by Two H art for J K.iptorars. Messrs. Frederick 11 Chapin anil Charles P. Howard of this city, says the Hartford t'vuraiU, have recently re turned from a most interesting ami fruitful exploring exj.Mlition in south ern Colorado. They made a special search for and among the various cliff dwellings iu the Mancos canyon. They are exjerience climbers. Mr. Chapin Is a member of the Appalachian elub; has climtied Mount Blanc ami the fx- , tremely difficult Kothhorn at Zermalt, and has published numerous articles la the Ammltichinn and other magazines. Mr. Howard climbed Mount Blanc with Mr. Chapin. and made the ascent of the Matterhoro by iiinelf. They went out to the". Mancos can- ?on mainly to take photographs of the nterestlng objects there, but they also mail many discoveries themselves. The pictures Mr. Chapin makes are perfect, and he has brought from this trip a collection that arts simply -marvelous and that show us more about the curious cliff dwellings than can be told in words, though the story accom panying the picture, as be tells it. makes tne scenes complete. These dwellings in the Mancos can yon were discovered last December, and very few people bare seen any of them. They are scattered all along the lofty walls of the canyon and its tributaries. Youtind them in count less abundance, vet they are almost ab solutely inaccessible save as the steps to them are found. They are far up the side of the gorge, that can not be scaled from below. And they are down below the top so far as to be out of " sight or reach from aliove. and are generally tucked away under an over hanging ledge. Tbey are not easily noticed, and the only way to reach them is by the steps cut in the stone. The buildings are uot adobe; they are mortar and mason-work structure. The largest that they have explored is 425 feet long a palace or a fortress. It was at least eighty feet high and would hare held l.UtSi people. On the grooud floor 124 rooms were traced. 1'he object of these explorers was not relics but photographs, ami so they took pictures instead of gathering ma terials, but they Raw a great many curious things. Corn and beans are Still to be fou ml iu the ruins; indeed, a corn-cob was found imljedded iu the original mortar, showing it was as old as the strtu-tnre. Skeletons can be found by iipheaving'lhe debris. Who ever goes there to dig will come away loaded. And so. too. on the plains .al-otit the ranch where the travelers slopped the fields yield pottery and other relics. aud the loose stones prove to lie parts of the ruined buildings. It is a coun try whose people have gone. Why they went, w hy they lived as ther did while there these things and nearly all else about them are matters for speculation. Richard Welherill, a ranchmau of Mancos. was the discover er of the first of these dwellings iu that locality and fouutl them last December. It is assumed th at they are at least CuO years old. Ingeraoll On Crime. Before the ninth annual convention of the State Bar association Col. Rob ert G. I ngersoll delivered an address upon the subject of "Crimes Against Criminals." in which at the outset he demonstrated that punishment by tor ture and death had fai ed to abate crime. The following were among Mr. Ingersoll's utterances: "Degradation has been thoroughly tried, with its maimings and brand ings, and the result was that those who inflicted the punishment became as de graded as their victims. It is safe to say that governments have committed far more crimes than they have pre vented. I am perfectly satisfied that there are millions of others iucapable of practicing certain virtues. There is uo reformation in degradation. Who ever is degraded by society becomes its enemy. A punishment that de grades the punished will degrade the government that procures the inflic tion. Is there any remedy? Can any thing be done for the reformation of the criminal? He should be treated with kindness. Every right should be given him consistent with the safety of society. He should neither be degrad ed nor robbed. Why should these men after having been imprisoned for years be turned out without the means of support? Would it not be far better to lay aside his earning so that when the convict is released after five years of imprisonment he will have several hundred dollars of his own, enough to keep the wolf of crime from the door of his heart? If we are to change the conduct of men we must change their conditions. Extreme poverty and crime go hand in hand. Ignorance, tilth, and poverty are the missionaries of crime. As long as dishonorable success outranks honest effort as long as society bows and cringes before the great thieves there will be little ones euough to fill the jails." How to Be a Favorite. Brown: "How is it you are -eAtelmrj favorite everywhere you go?" White: "Oh, that's easy enough. Whenever anvtlitnor nlAnsint homwna t mc T kMO) it to myself, so as to make nobody eu-o vious: but all my miseries and misfor- tunes I tell to everybody who will hear: me. and you can't imagine how happy they make everybody 1 tell them to. They say, you know, that misery loves j company. I don't know bow that is. . but company loves misery every time." r-Botlon TramcriuL ji