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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1890)
C. II. BUCKET?, DENTIST, Ui'FicB: Between O. T. Colton and Peterson & Wallace. LXBANOK, OHEGON. J. K. WEATHERFORD, Attorney - at-Law. Office over First National Bank, ALBANY, OREGON. J. M. KEENE, D. D. a Dental : Parlors. OfkcB: Breytnan Bros., Building, SALEM, OREOON, Trnottr from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. W. R. BILYEU, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, ALBANY, OREOOM. E. J. M'CAUSTLAND, CIVIL ENGINEER SURVEYOR. Draughting and Blue Prints. Office with Oregon Land Co., Albany. Sewerage System and Water Supplies Specialty. "Estates Subdivided. Maps made or copied on abort notice. 0 L. McCLRUE, (Successor to C. H. H a Kin ) Barber : anil : Hairdresser, LEBANON, OREGON. SHAVING. HAIR CUTTING AND Shampooing in the lateat and best style. Special attention paid to dressing Ladies' hair. Your patronage respect fully solicited. LEO AH OTJ Meat Market, ED. KELIEHBERGER, Prasr Fresh St Salted Beef, Pork, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna, and Haul. BasoQ arjd Card "lluays or) Harjd. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. S. PILLSBURY, tjtuau'" $s 'Mi JEWELRY, BROWNSVILE, OREGON J. U COWAM. y U. RALSTON. 0 Bank of Lebanon, LEBANON, OREGON. o Transacts a General BantM Easiness. ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT TO CHECK. o Exchange sold on New York. Saa Francisco, Portland and Albany, Oregen. Collections made on favorable terms. g:t. cotton, : DEALER IN y Grooenes aiiff Provisions. TOBACCO and CIGARS, SMOKERS ARTICLES. Fereim ait Domestic Trnits, Confectionery, Qneensware and Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures. Pays Caatt for Begs. Main Straet. . Lebmon, WMon- Yx v - t m r 1 if MUCH THE NEWEST, NOBBIEST AMD LAMEST STOCK OF 1U T In the County, is now to bo ALBANY, - G ""3"Vhen you want to "dress up," we would be glml to show you through and make the right price. MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY. Mr. E. A. Schkfplkr, is m expert, ami hn chnrgo of tliia de partment. Wc guarantee entil'iit-liun. BEARD Druggists & -DEAI.F.RS IN- PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES PAINTS, OIL, GLASS ANI STATIONERY, Hue Perfumery, Brushes FANCY TOILET ARTICLES. Prescriptions Accurately Compounded. MAIN STREET ----- LEABANON, OREGON THE YflQDIHA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. Oreio. DeTelopmt Coxpasj's Steamsblp List. 225 Shorter. 20 Hours Leas Time Than by ny ofher Rowle. FIRST-CLASS THROUGH PASSENGER .AND FREIGHT LINE From Portland and all points In the Willamette Valley to and from Sau FraneiK, Cal. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. TIMS 6CF.DULK. (Excrpt Sunday I. Albany I -00 p. m. I.v Corvmllia nop, m. Ar Yaquina J jo p m. L Yaquina 65 a. m. Corvallia 10.$, a. m. Ar Albany i:ioa m. O. & C trains connect at Albanj and Corrallis. The above tmins connect at Yaquina with the Orejfon Development Company's line of Steam ships between Yaquina and San Francisctt. SAILING DATES. Steamer WILLAMETTE VALLEV wilt sail: From Y'aquina July sfcth, August 6th, Auitusl 16th. AKust ilh. From San Francisco Angust it, August ttth. August list, August Sisu Kintxais the Oreon Faetfle Popular Sum net Eiri sio!n. Low Kate Tickets are now on sale from all Valley . Points to Yaquina and return. This company reserves the right to change sail ing dates without notice. Passengers from Portland and all Willamette valley points can make close connection with the Tains of the Yaquina route at Albany or Corval lis, and if destined to San Francisco should ar range to arrive at Yaquina the evening before the date of sailing. Passenger and Freight Rates Always the Lowest. For particulars apply to C. H HASWELL. , C. C. HK;i E, Gen 1 Ft & rass. Agt. f Act g tien. F. Si V. Agt. Oregon IJevel'pm'nt Co 1 u, P. K. R. K. Co., J04 Mootgomerv St. j Corvallis, San Francisco, 'Cal. I rr)f.n. MOBTB BOl'KD. Leave Corvallis Monday. Wednesday. Friday. ; S a.m. Leave Albany 930 a. in. Arrive Salem. Monday, Wednesday, Friday. J p m. Leave Salem, Tuesday, Thursday, Satur dav, 8a m. Arrive Portland, Tuesday. Thurmlay, Saturday, 5 jo p. m. sm-TH ori Leave Portland Monc'ay, Wednesday ,-Fridsy 6 a. m. Arrive Salem 'Monday. Weduesday. Friday. 7:15 p. m. Leave Salem. Tuesday, Thursday, Satur day, 6a. m. Leave Albany, jo p m. Arrive Corvallis Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. 3 30 p. ra. TraaMsinr says tia mi tne W. T Dsuwiaa snwt Slisoui oi ni pnm wim 1t II V ;.v W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE FOR GENTLEMEN. RMt In 4"Sa wnrlft. rilmlni Ilia J.OOOESI INK HASD-SF.BKD SHOE. 4.00 H AMWEITKI) HUT SHOE. SL50 POLICE AND FAKMEK.V SHOE. i.ftO EXTRA VALVE CALF SHOE. 24.2.1 "RORKINGM AN'S SHOE. H.OO and Hl.-t.t BOYS' M IIOOL SHOES. Ail made in onjrrrsa, fttitton and Lave. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 .SHOE FOR LADIES. Bat Material. Ttrmt Stvlc. fteat Fitrinr. It aot soM bv your dealer, write W. L DOUGLAS, KKOCKTOX, MASS ''Examine W. L. Douglas $2 Shoe or Gentlemen and Ladies." far tinl y C. t". HACKI.KMAX. STOP AND READ! Smooth Shave and Nice Hair-Cut. Shampooing and Spanish Lus ter Cures the Scalp of Dandruff. HOT AND COLD BATHS Gentlemen and Ladies may Indulge in the Luxury. Next Door to Ptert.on & Wallace's Real Estate Oflice. I. R. BORUM, Prop'r. LEABANON - - - - OREGON. UIMS B ayoooitt. put aim loss as m Krmuo G MT2 Soon on the Counters of OREGON. & HOLT, Apothecaries, and Combs, (irs f EAST AND SOUTH -VIA- Southern Pacific Route Shasta Line. Express Trains Irf'HYe Portland IHilly. 4t00r. a Lv .... Portland Ar . 9.xfn. a m. Lv Alhany r :Ma. m 1A.S a. M Ar Sau Franetei Lv . .tW r. t Above trains stop only at following stations north of Koi-elmrs : Fst Port!snd,'ireon City, Woodburn, Ha;em. Albsiiy, TaiiKeut, (he.d. Ilalspy, liarrUltunr, Juiii'Uou City, Irving aud fctigene. Roseburg Mall Daily: a-oo. I.v. 12 JO e. I.v mo e. M .At Portland. . Albtny. .Rosehiirg. Ar 4-nor. Ar 12 1 Lv . SW . Albany Local, Dally (Except Sunday): 50 r. m Lv 6W a. a i r Portland AUiuy. Ar Ar 9 ( a. a 11 a. m Local Passenger Trains Dally (Exempt Huuday): 1 M r. M I.v 2 so r. m .Ar T.) a. a I.v v2 a a Ar Albany 1-liauoa. ...Albany. I-banon Ar 9 . a I.v a 40 . a .Ar . 4 -Jrt r. a .Lv s to r a i'ullman Buffet SleejKTs. TOUHIST SLKKPIXCS CAKS, For accommodation of SKond class ra"eners. attached to Express Vrauis. West Side Division. Bet. Portland and Corvallis. Mall Train Daily tKxcept eundtyl: T:!W k. a Lv 12:10 r. a..Ar . .Portland -Coraihs . Ar S:20 r. a ..Lv 12 ..Vi p. a At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains ol Orexon pacific Kailroad. Express Train Dally (Except 8uodyi: 4 40 r. a Lv ... .Portland Ar SSOr.a 7:24r a Ar ... McMinuvllle. Lv . 5:4 a. a Through Tickets to all Points East and South. For tickets and full Information regard liiir rsiev mais. etc.. call ou coniiiy aactit at Lebauon. K. KOF.HLER. E. P. KOUF.KS. MniiSKi r. Asxt. i. F. A !' Atieut. A Novel Invention. A pocket typewriter i ahortly to be offeretl U thp IJritish iiuldto, nays the Pacific Slof Patent Office Record. Tye writing instruments now in the market are of consitlra.lle aizo ami wriht at least a porson could scarcely think of carrying one about with him regularly. The one urttier notice is not only inex pensive, but is bo small that it may be carried in the waistcoat pockeL The retail price will lie under 10 ahillin"-"-it measures 5 1-2 inches by 3 inches and weighs about four ounces. Thottph so small it ia not a mere toy. The iu ventor claims for it that it will turn out better work ami be found more useful than the larger and more exptMisive machines. With reference to ita con struction, all that can be eeen when superficially examined is a disk about the size of the face of a gentleman's watch, in which the type is fixed, and one or two smalt rollers. It will print a line from an inch to a yard long and paper of any size or thickness can be used. Anyone can use it, though, as in the case of other instruments. practice is required to enable the operator to write quickly. Another advantage is that by means of dupli cate tyjms the writer can be used for different languages. Patents have been obtained for most of the country in Europe as well as for America, Canada, aud Australia. The Other Fellow ;t I he Drop. He was six feet two inches tall and weighed SJ."0 pounds. His face was purple with rage, and his breath came in short and quick gasps. He walked into the oflicu of a quiet little man on a certain street of this city, twid, with a heavy cane uplifted, he commeaced: 'li n you. lve got you now. My time has come, and Jm just going to wipe up your floor w th you. 1'ou are a a gentleman, sir!"' he stuttered as his eyes. fell upon the self-cocking re volver held pointed at his heart 03- the quiet Utile niiiii. "That's all I wanted to sa-, sir. Good morning, sir," and he rushed out of the door with the perspiration standing in beads upon his forehead. Turning to the Town Talk er, the quiet little man said: 'Don't say a word about this, but that man is going to meet with a sudden death some of tbe.se days," aud he replaced the weapon in his pocket. Louisville Commercial. Old Chairs. Two chairs that have been handed down four generations go to help out on the furniture used in the late Abram Sampson's house in Coleman, Mich. The oldest one was bought in Boston, Mass., in 17-19, and has now reached the ripe old age of 140 years. They also bave a flour barrel in the house that was bought in New York in 1839, has been in twelve different states, and ia good for twelve more. Those Oootl Olfl-Kaahloned Folks. Bomehowtbepeoi Is of to-day ain't as they! til to im, At any rate. 1 111 pretty sure they're not the siinio to nin. And a hlle thi'tnar many Just sagood ai those 1 ioumI to know There' rw score and score among tl.em that i are only so and m. W uxod to alwaia taku a matt exactly aa he said. . ! Rut now it's sMr to tn It e him Just the other! wav Instond. It does hiv hem t Just lota of good tn meet mice In awhile . , 1 Pome or those mss old fashioned folk go near- 1 ly out of Bl.l lo. I wouldn't say the ttnrld In honesty Is t!llng ! biuk, 1 woulthi t say flint. chHstluti liuutliig grrHce have lost I lie track, I wouldn't siiv tlml men to-day are lest the: friends of truth. ! Because thev seem lo illlTer from the one 1; knew lit oiiih. Tliose Miiln pleitse me qnlle a well as these I 1 meet toliiy. I Their henrts anil hands were honest aud their i lives belt! little Billle. Did those old-fashioned coiln now so nearly ) out of t) lo. ! We're wiser than we used to be, ws may be And ifil old homespun honesty may li'sa our : hearta litilmo. These later days w are all bent on getting rteti so fast We haven't time tn think of thing they tltouirhtof III the past. We're wildly striving alter gold, we rush and push and crowd. Ant! after while we ll each be wauling pockets In his shroud. But none of a can e'er outrank within Uie aftcrwhllo Those, good ohl-fashloned pi ople now so nearly out of style. A FLIRTS EXPERIENCE My cousin, Harvey Lewis, had anid, the evening before, ' Little coa, I'm coming to take you for a drive to-ntor-row. If the weather Is line." and the weather being line we wenL He was only my second cousin, but we had always made a great deal of the relationship, and lie seemed more like a brother than bo distant a con nection. Hilton that day he told me how he loved me and how I oulv could make his life happy aud would I be bis wife? At first I could not believe Mm; vet surely he could not lie in sjKirt; ami 1, as usual, began to cry. Then when he tried to squeeze my hand. I drew it away, ami sat. after I had recovered from my llrst outburst, looking red, and tearful, ami abashed. 1 felt as though tlousin Harvey, whom I loved verv much, but not in that way, had really tloue something very rude and unkind. To tell the truth. It Mas my tirst of fer, ami I wanted aottie more solicita tions, and more flirting, before I lied myself down to any particular indi vidual. To Ih an old lady at 1H, for sooth! Indeed. 1 was not" going lo do any anvh thing; and I. who never kept a secret from my mother, wisely con cluded in my new dignity, that I had better not mentiou the matter er haps Cousin Harvey would prefer that 1 should not. So 1 dressed myself as usual and went down to the parlor where mam ma sat at her work. It seems to mo that your ride was unusually short," she said, as 1 en tered. Oh, it was cold ami windy and for lorn, and 1 wanted to get home." io replv. but a look of some sur prise; stu'lt an excuse from me was un heard of. After a pause she asked: "Why. didn't Harvey come in?" Why, I thought he was liehitid me, and when I turned at the door he was driving oil." Another questioning bk. 1 felt an noted. ilut as I w as exjxH'ting comptmy no other than the eon of the wealthy banker. Mr. I'oynter Smith I Nfdily donned my sweetest smiles nod my most enchanting manner for his teue tit. Hut Mr. I-ynter Smith, junior, soite of being tailoi ied ami but U-ri.eu to the last degree, w as undeniably eom uion place in ap'aratiee, and not less so in conversation. His remarks had never seemed so trite and vapid. 1 Was Msiiivelv ashamed of him; and when he asked" me to go to the theater with him and Ids sUler on a certain evening. It was only the recollection of his great name, and great expecta tions, that tiu ally led me to accept the invitation. Cousin Harvey Lewis is a great deal nicer. Indeed. I love him dear lyl" and I licgan to feel verv miserable again; "but 1 do not think I could marry mr cousin; ami, besides, just think of lsoy titer Smith's wealth! Any girl would be glad to get Povnter Smith, or Harvey Lewis cither! and my mind reverted to several of my friends who were always raving about hi in. Nearly a week pasei, and Cousin Harvey, who never absented himself : more than two days at a time, had not j made his appearance, and. worst of all. he was at the theater the nitrht before ' with that horrid little Bessie liaker and j her brother. j 1 was so angry that I could have torn ; her eyes out, but I preleudiHi to lie jier i fectly fascinated with I'oynter. I i wanted Harvey lo see me. but I was 1 not sure that he did. Several times I j detected him looking in that direction, j whereujion I instantly became absorb . ed in Toynter. Coming out we were : just a little in advance of them. 1 j managed it bo, and I was in the gayest ! spiriU, quite convulsed with laughter, ! in fact, and clinging to l'oyiitcr arm j as though I loved liim dearly instead : of utterly despising him. We had received invitations to a j party for the next eveuing. 1 would i not have staved at home for worlds, ' though I had nearly cried my eyes out, I and had a violent headache iu conse ; quence. On such occasions Harvey had al j ways been my escort; but, of course, ; he would take some one else now, and . Povnter had asked me. I had always j run down to exhibit myself to Harvey , before the final wrapping up, but I ; could not do so for I'oynter, aud was ' as sulky as sulky could be when I pre- sented mvself. What clitl 1 care for his old riches? ; I never would marry him, and he might ' as well rind it out first as last. So, I when ho remarked on the beauty of i the night, as we proceeded in the car i riage, I declared that it was the cold- est, blackest, and most wretched night ! of the season. j An answer so full anil exhaustive ad i tnitted of no reply, and there was a si : lence of several minutes. Mr. Lew is was probably not to be j present at the party, as he was generally my escort, was tne next remark. "I was sure 1 did not know whether be was to be present not kept informed of movements. or all not! 1 was my cousin's A silence somewhat longer than be fore; but Mr. Smith was not to be thwarted. He had set out with the de termination to be agreeable and slight obstacles should not discourage him. ' "Mr. Lewis appears to be very at tentive to Miss Baker lately," he said. "They were riding in the park on Tuesday. I noticed. Such a pang as shot through me! I bad not the heart to be cross, so I merely said, Indeed!" and coughed, and laughed, and choked, and swal lowed, to keep back a burst of grief. Of course the first person I saw on entering the room was Cousin Harvey, with Bessie Baker upon bis arm; but I affected the most supreme devotion to Poynter and utterly ignored Harvey's presence. I was perfectly wild that night, dancing, flirting and laughing as though 1 never had a care, inasmuch as I heard a gentleman remark to an other: ' "I think Miss Lewis is the most light-hearted - creature I ever saw, wbatv sunbean she must be at home," After a w hile Harvey aud I met tace to face, and he said "Good evening" with a careless smile and turned lo his partner. 80 the winter months, paused, and roy tiler was usually my cavalier, though now that Harvey's attentions ceased, other gentlemen began to make advances. Hut none of them pleased nut, and I'oynter disgusted me so that 1 co 11 hi hardly treat him w ith necessary civility, lu fact, 1 was oi'leu exces sively rude to him. which hud effect the reverse of that desired, unit his visits aud attentions increased every ilav. llarvey, in the meantime, was as attentive to Miss Haker, and It was soou reported that thev were engaged; and even I was compelled to believe it when she displayed an engagement ring. llarvey had not been to the house since that Inst day, over Ihreo mouths ago; and now mamma and papa did not mention him. 1 never told them the cause of our quarrel, and thev soon ceased to question me, though 1 could not help suspecting that I hey knew. At last, one iluy, l'nj tiler Smith asked me, in a stupid, blundering sort of way, if I would be tils w ife; where upon', informed him, in a manner suf ficiently positive, that I most assured ly would not. His surprise was Im mense, and he seemed to think 1 must have made a mistake; wanted to kuow if I really meant it. aud said that I should. have everything 1 wanted. Hut the more he insisted the more emoha ie I became; aud he at length took leave. Bityhig that if I should change my mind 1 must let him know. As soon as he was gone I told mam ma all about it; and then she drew from me the storv, told with many tears, of Harvey's declaration, and how I spurned It, and how miserable I had been ever since; and no he was en gaged to somebody else, and I would uever marry anybody. After sobbing a Utile with my head "in her lap J felt a Ureal deal better, and that it would not be so hard to lie an old maid alter all. My only regret was that, old as 1 might consider mvself, no one else could pos sibly conshfer tne so for ten years yet, and vet during all that time 1 should be o&.iged to go into society. A few days after this mamma aud papa went out otic afternoon lo make a call aud I was silting alone in the par lor. Suddenly some one pronounced my name aud looking up I saw Cotisiu Harvey, who, when sprang up in dis may, caught me iu hi arms. lint 1 shall not tell any more, save that wheu papa and mamma came in they found us sittiug ver) cosily on the sola where llarvey held me fast' though 1 tried hard to assume a more distillled ! position at a di.stau.ee when 1 heard ! theiu coming. i There were a great many explana ; tious to be made, and it finally appear ed that 1 had been the victim of a con ! spiracy. j l'apa and mamma hail suscted : something all the time, but had known j nothing for certain until my confession. ' Papa bad immediately seen Harvey, aud had brought about this meetiug. 1 As lor the Tatter, his attentions to j Miss Haker were intended solely to bring me to my senses, if 1 had any, as i she w as soon to be married lo a geu- tlemau w ho was then abroad. ; We were married after a short eo '; gaameut; and, though my short mar- tied tile has bad sotuo clouds, they have resulted, generally, from my own j pettisliness, aud they are becoming i more rare. Hut of this 1 am sure, thai i 1 uever was so happy before, aud atu I extremely gratilied that 1 missed the ! very narrow escape 1 had of losing the j niau of my heart. A'. J'. Juxntiig II urfd. SHOPPINC IN AMERICA. According to at Description Otvea by a Re cent Hrltlsh Traveler. The (American) storekeeper never j says what a commodity Is really worth j in'triusicallv or in his particular market, ', but places Its value aliottt 2j per cent j over what he will take for it aud which ; Is iu turn alwiut.2.') per cent over what ' he paid for iL Bargaining which goes ; on in all the provincial cities and towns is extraordinary. The process is called ; "Jewing dow n," aud proceeds some thing like this: Scene: Store. Enter prospective buyer, Kints laconically to article and loquitur: "Say. what's'this worth?" j Storekeeper One dollar, aud dirt ! cheap. P. B. (who really wants It) Ah, waal, it's not quite what I want. But I'm in no pertiekler rush to-day. ' (Pauses.) B'lieve I'll give you 70 cent for tL S. Seventy cents? Whr, I declat it's dirt cheap at 1; but spittoouiug . I'll let you have it for 90 cents. j P. B. That's qoite ridiklous. How ever I ken jist let un rip! (Turns over alamt a dozen articles and then pre pares to leave the store.) S. Come now, yer shall hare it foi 80 cents, thai ! I couldu't make it bet ter nor that anyhow. P. B. (examining article attentively. ' but grunting the while) No, sir-reej it won't run it. Now confidentially I'll tell yer what 1 will do. I'll give yer 75 cents 75 cents (impressive! v), and not a red cent more. What sayl The storekecjK'r tires a bolt at the nearest spittoon, shakes his head, aud turns to serve another customer. Pro spective buyer saunters around the store, and evcutually reaches the door. At this niomeut the storekeeper calls out: ' "Say. you can take that durned thing, but come aud see us again, will jer? ' Aud so the compact is' conehided. Both are fully satisfied, and thiuk noth ing of the ten minutes they have wasted, for lioth concluded they have "bested" the other. This phrase "come and see us again" ia the usual fare well. I have had it said to me scores of limes. Arthur Monlejiore in Temple liar. Meerschaum History. In 1723 there lived in Pesth, the cap ital of Hungary. Karlo Kowatee, a shoemaker, whose ingenuity in cutting and carxing.on wood brought him inlo contact with Count Andrassv, wilh whom he became a great favorite, says the U lobe-Democrat, The couut, on his return from a mission to Turkey, brought with him a piece of whitish clay, which had been presented to him as a curiosity on account of its extra ordinary light specific, gravity. It 6trnck the shoemaker that, being porous, it would be well adapted for pipes, as it would absorb the nicotine. The experiment was tried, and Karol cut a pipe for the couut and one for himself. He would work on them at odd mo ments during working hours .without wiping the wax from bis hand, lie noticed that the wax gave the pipes a pretty brown polish aud also that they smoked more sweetly. Other noble men hearing of the wonderful species of clay imported it in considerable quantities for the manufacture of pipes. The natural scarcity of this clay, known as meerschaum, and the great cost of importation m those days of limited facilities for transportation rendered its use exclusively confined to the richest nobleman of Europe up to 1830, when it became a more general article of trade. The first meerscaum pipe made by Karol Kowatee has been pre served and is now iu the museum al Pesth. It is strange that people go to the alt water to yet fresh air. NEW YORK'S PLUT0CRAT8. Origin of the Fortunes of th Aatora, the Tanrtnrbllu and th Lorlllarda. John Jacob Astor had his store In Versey street, in the building in which Dr. llalleek- lived. File Greene Hal leek, the doctor's son, was one of As tor's clerk. Old Astor got his start hi life by hiring out to a furrier to beat fum keeping the moths out of them at a dollar a day. He was economical and saving, anil presently began to buy cat furs and mnskrat furs, and when he had accumulated a lot of them he took ihetn to England and sold them at a large proUt. Then he established his own business here and extended his connections westward and northward until he became the largest denier In the country. Commodore Vanderbilt was at this time running a "perry-auger" (peri agna a small ferry lMi.it. carrying two masts and alee board) lietween Quar antine Station and the city, and was becoming very jiopnlar with boatmen aud others who were thrown in his way. Fulton & Livingston owned an exclusive charter to run steamboats lietween New York and Albany, and the monopoly was paying Immensely. Two obi Jerseymen then started an opposition line, but as they could not run direct between New York and Albany they got around the difficult by going from"Sew York to Jersey City, ami making that the starting point for Albany. They encountered all sorts of dilllcttlties, "however, the monopo lists going so far as to willfully run their Imats down and otherwise crip pling them, and they were threatened with bankruptcy. One of the proprietors was at New Dorp one day, when he asked old Mr. Guion if he knew of a man eoniwtent to take hold of t'telr line and make a success of it. "1'es," said Guion. 'I kti rr such a man. His name is Cor neet Vsnderbilt, He'll take your boats to the mouth of hell if you want him to." "That's just the man I want," was the response, and in a little while the bargain was concluded and Cor nelius Vanderbilt took charge of the line. The nionoMlists tried every possible means to prevent the line from doing business in New York, and at last put a Sheriff on Imard with in structions to arrest Vsnderbilt if he should attempt to move the steamer from the wharf. Vanderbilt got all ready to go am! then stood by with an ax, and when the wheels had begun to revolve and there was a good strain on the hawser he up with an a and cut . . I . - .. 1 - I A 1 trie nawser aim wfnuiwi isit to Al- banv with the Sheriff on board. A continuation of the vigorous policy finally broke up the Fulton A Living. slon monopoly and established the op position line 011 a profitable basis. , Vsntlei bill's daughters were a wild kind of girls. They were trerfectly at home everywhere on Staten Island and were very joptilar. 1 used to see them in a grocerv over there sitting on the counter swinging their feet and talk ing to the young fellows who went chaffing them. The Lorillards had a snuff and to bacco business, ami they made a good deal of money out of ill There were three brothers of them Jacob and I'eter and George. Jacob had a butcher shop tip near the Bowery Theater. Peter that was the Dutch of it; it came to be Pierre after it had Iweu transplanted into French soil a few months; I'eter aud George were the snuff and tobacco dealers. After they got wealthy, nothing would do but old Lorillard most have a carriage and a coat-of-arms upon it. He chose for his coat-of-arms. "Who'd thought it sntilf iHUight it." This made the people laugh, ami so he changed it slier a w hile, putting on in place: "Quid rides." which means: "Al what , do vou laugh?' His t' baeco store w as in Chatham street- A'. J". Times. SAYS GRAVITATION DOES IT. Remarhahl flock that la Said Without Winding. to im T. O. Farrer. watch maker has in vented one of thb most peculiar clocks ! of the nineteenth century. It consists ' r yilllfltTUlII V T II L U l i .& I'll-l-m of a plate glass dial suspended from the ceiling, and all the parts or it that are visible are the two hands, the pivot upon which thev swing, and the dial. It is marked "(iravitation Clock." and not one trson in 1,000 who passes it has the faintest idea that it is the most ingenious device of the century. Many clocks w ith glass dials have the works of a watch as their motive power, but this clock has no motive power that ia visible. Mr. Farrer worked on the invention for six vears before he succeeded in erfeclfng iL He alleges that the only motive power is the gravitation of the earth, and that the clock will run on forever without winding. The only imperfection is that it loses from four to five minutes a day by the friction of the hands on the pivot, aud, therefore, the hands require to be regulated once iu twenty-four hours. He sliowed a reporter somethinsr, alKiut the war the clock worked. When the hands pointed to a quarter ; past 1 Mr. Farrer caught hold of them j together, and seut them tw irling j around the dial, like the winder of a j wheel of fortune, til the momentum the hour hand and After oscillating un - had been overcome the minute hand re- sumed their resjieclive and proper po- ; sitions'still marking the correct time, i At 1:'-U he did something still more re markable, He slipped ihe miuute hand and laid it on the counter. off the pivot At the end of six minutes be re placed it and sent it whirling around the dial. When it came to rest it set tled at the right place, twenty-six min utes past 1 o'clock. The hands are of tin and are hollow, and perfectly balanced on the pivot. Mr. larrer says they are moved by the gravitation of the earth, but it puzzles the spectator to account lor tne power i that rai es them after they reach 6:30. j All kitids of theories are afloat to ao- ! couut for this. . . . . , .i Some people jr that , Is are filled with fluids the hollow hands are filled with fluids . ..... , ... ... .il of d.lereut densities that overcome the rav 1 1 alio n of the earth when tne. hands reach that point. But Mr. Farrer keeps his secret, and rejoices over the j mystification of the beholder. He in- j sisls that electricity is not the motive power. Fresno Republican. i A Noted Tiger. A tigress in the Nagptir district has a fondness for the employes of the Bengal-Nagpur railway, frequents a tract of country only about nine square miles in area, and is possessed of extraordinary cunning and sagacity. Last vear. uu to June, she had killed seven people, beside wounding others, . i ,. , 1 - : . one lives id a iockj- aim precipitous spur, in which there is a heavy bam boo and other jungle. Several springs of water rise at the foot of the scarps, and there is a cave which shows many signs of being used by her and her family. A big stone just outside of the entrance is scored deep and long with many scratches of their claws. In February last in broad daylight she carr.ed off one of a gang of permanent way men from under the eyes of his companions. She has been shot at many times and her cubs killed but she has got off scathless. Sometimes the man-ealer traverses very long di tances. London Times. It may relieve mental worriment on the part of somebody to learn that the way to say Mpwapwa in the true Afri can style, barring certain nasal embel lishments, is as though it were spelled Eiup-wah-pwah, d"yrs STMiDjsfus stock book. DONT DELAY IN SFCURINO TERRITORY. Finest Book on Earth for the Farmer, Stockman and Blacksmith LARGEST PROFITS! F'tr Catalogue! aiut Agenf Tmntpplp lo . L. PEABLEE, 307 Saijsome 5t., 5ar prasiseo.al. WIT AND HUMOR. The girl who has the strongest will Is the girl who says the strongest won't. Hoinerville Journal. It lakes more than a well-starched shirt-front to make a polished geutle nian. Kearney Enterprim. We sometimes hear of the spirit of hope, but hope is no spirit; it's only an ex-specter. JJinghamton Leader. On the question of the introduction, of the European influenza into this country the eyes and nose will have it. Lowell Courier. Billings "I understand j-on are an agnostic, Thompkius." Thompkins (politician) Onlv before the grand jury, my boy." lerre JlauU Expren. He is a poor excuse of a man who cannot convince his wife that he Is a genius, lefore marriage. Afterwards but we'll let that pass. lUatUlihia Press. It is said that "men are the archi tects of their own fortunes. This ex plains why so many of them fail, for but few get beyond the nave. 1'hila delphia Press, Mrs. II "Maggie, where do yon suppose vou wili go to if you teH such falsehoods as this?" Maggie "Sure, ma'am, I don't care; I have frinds ia ay ther place." - "Look here, said the farmer to the tramp. "Let me jist give you a pinier ' "But I don't waut a pinier. replied the tourist. -I want a quarter. 2 errs lliule Express. Women and Wine are often classed together by the poets, but we have 1 " t , , " , . . 7 !?reT "r,e, poet who claimed that both of them improved with aire. j Burlington free Press. 1 "Alone with God and her lead pen i cil" is the only opportunity a woman baa to sharpen it without leing told she doesn't know how and never wilL j UulMnson (A'avs.) News. There is a great difference In poker j players. There's the man who can j play poker and there's the man who ; thinks be can. The latter is the one j who has to write a check. The Epoch. j A good many people publicly thank i the Lord for their prosperity who would j lie mad if somebody should snggest that they were not mainly responsible J for it themselves. Smmrville JournaL Perhaps the advice of a certain dear ' old lady applies to etiquette as well as j to other affairs of life. "Speak the : truth alwavs. she was wont to any, "but speak it gently." Youth's Cvut '. pa num. "What makes the tea so weak. Mrs. i McKerrel?" asked Funnywit. the wag " of our board ing-honse. "It's been : listening to your jokes about the hash. 1 I reckon, replied Mrs. McKerreL Jiuraelte. Kind Lady (to drunken wavfarer) "Dear sir, the lioou liook tells us not to look upon the wine when it is red." uruntanl "Lion t see how 1 can: blind (hie) drunk now." Kearney En terprise. I Poet "Have von read mv latest effusion?' Candid Friend "No, I have not- We are friends, and I don't want to do anvthing that is likely to . - , 1 1 , , ! "TT ' J ton Herald. I Griggs "Do yon mean to tell m i there is no money in literature? Look ; at Dawson; he's worth his millions." i Penman "Dawson? What did he ever ! write?" Griggs "Nothing; he's a pub ' liaher." Borton Pout. i Florence (looking at some lionnets in ; the milliner's window) "O. Jen'! : aren't they lovely!' Jennie (looking : across the" street) "Yes, indeed! Ks ' pecially the one with the side w tuskers." i Latere nee American. Adorer (after a rebuke bv the old : lady) "I didn't kiss von. 1 onlv pre tended I was going to. Why did you ; call to your mother?" Sweet Girl (ro pentantly) "I I didn't know she was lu the bouse." A. I. H eA7y, "How will you have it '. asked the binder of a man bound f" who had s brought in a dictionary to have new 1 covers put on. "I think it would lie ' appropriate to have it S)eIlbound." i was the reply. Pittsburg Chronicle. Mabel "Let's play house; I'll be the mother." George ""Yea, and I'll !e ! '"'iT" v., ,7 A"' v " f0?1-" .?d V" 0B;p- ' "r "Tea, that a just you! Hu al- the father." Clara "And I'll be i l i wavs want lo oe oo.sa oi everytuing. Life. In Court 'Trisoner. have you anv- ! thing to say in your defense?" "Your ! Honor. I beg v ou to consider, before pronouncing the sentence, that the only reason I steal is so as not to be loafing about the streets all day." Fliegende Blatter. Wickars "If yon don't let up on your drinking, Vickars, one of these days you will be having snakes." Vickars "No, I won't I drink noth ing but imported Irish whisky, .and there can't be anv snakes in that, you know." Terre llaule Express. l I xHi-Hiuii, m wiiiic niN usriirr, whjIe innocentIj iooking on at a street :.. j T T, . 1 -1 1 1 LUh revei tru m uistui onuv iu uis It wa9 Dn,Joubtedly bred by some one to whom he had been in the habit of suggesting a hair cut every time he shaved him. Lowell Citizen. First Philadelphian (yawning) I've watched the girl across the way washing those doorsteps until I'm sick of it. I guess I'll go down to the prayer-nieetins aud have a little ex citement Will you come?" Second Philadelphian "Thanks, no. I've got some New York friends iu town and I've promised to show them the sights. Guess I'll ake them dowu to the morgue." Ltiwretnv .me iran Von Boreall "Did you not under- 'stand me. MissLn , cy r I go South to morrow. Have you nothing to sayr" Miss Lucy (coolly) "Yes, I can say earnestly aud from my heart that Von B. (aside) "Sw eet girl, I knew she'd be sorry." Miss Lucy "That my sympathies are entirely with the Sonth " PUT, HulUtin j Old Lady (reading paper) "Shock- ing! res, just horribly shocking! It ; does beat all how these nobility cree- ; ters do carrv on." Birds "How's j that, grandma?" Old Ladv "Why, I just reau mat an rngusn xsuKe got a queen full' at a card party, the other night." Kearney Enterprise. Heavy Boss (to budding genius who never reaches the oflice on time) . "Young man. I owe all my success in life to the fact that I was never late. I always got to business early." B. G. Well.that's where we differ. What suc cess I've had I owe to my head, not to my feet." Philadelphia "inyutrer. EXPERIENCED COC'iTY CAfiVASERS fjEV jfJE PRICED To make a success when they have under taken the sale of m (MOTION CO., Manufacturers of Pfimofs' Rollers, ard -:- Roller Ctirijisiiiori PADDING CEMENT ETC. Roller Casting a Specialty. 1 107 Fourth St., East Portland, Of. BISHOP SCOTT ACADEIY1Y. PREPARATORY ACADEMIC. Fo infoimatioit address and cstshfciie J. W. MILL, Principal, vj-J Ierfi7 - - loTt-AXi, t,n IN PURSUIT OF SNAKES. Collector's Hunt After a Rather Cty Lmkln Reptile. There is a popular prejudice against even the most harmless snakes, and few people would carry the collector's rage so far a to attempt the capture of an ugly-looking' reptile with the bare hands. Hut tiie born naturalist, like tiie born Kirtsman, does not mind any slight risk when his blood is up. In Sherman F. Denton's "Incidents of a Collector's Rambles"' is the following account of an incident belonging to his stay in Australia: Snakes were rather numerous, and one day. while walking in the thick scrub. I canio across a large, light brown one. coiled upon the ground. He was by far the largest specimen I hail ever seen at large, and was proba bly ten or twelve feet long, aud as thick as a man's leg at the knee. I thought at first I would shoot him in the head with a light charge of shot, and carry home his skin. Then I con sidered that. II taken alive, be would be worth five times as much. Feel in sr about in my poeket and game bag. I at last fount! a leather strap with a buckle. I drew the strap through the buckle, making a noose, and thus armed, started cautiously toward bis snakeship. intending to put the noose over his head. As soon as I came near.he artlv nn j coiled, opened his mouth very wide. j Iherebv disclosing his sharp teeth, and. J hissing spitefully, struck at me. I i dodged behind a "small tree, and, lean- j ng out as far as I dared, tried several i times lo noose lum. lie was very sav age, and looked powerful enough to crush me in his folds, At this junct ure my courage was at rather a low ebii. After 1 had teased him for some time, be suddenly decided to leave my company, and started off at full sjieed. I caught np my gun and went after him. and. by hard running through the scrub, managed to head him off. lie stoptied. coiled up again, and again I tried the noose. He was equal to the occasion, putting his bead under his coils iu a very sulky manner; but as soon as I reached out, and caught him by the tail he pulled away with great force and started off once more. This time he took refuge under a fallen tree;anil before I could head him off. he was gliding down the bole of some w ild beast, which was partly con cealed by the dead branches. I reached the soot just its the last two or three feet were goiug down, and seizing his tail with both bands, I bung on desper ately. Y ith mv feet braced atrainst a limli ! ot a ,ree J pulled liil the tail cracked I MmI ''Picd, as if it would break 4 asunder. sometimes he pulled me within a few inches of the hoe. and then I would brace up on the limb, aud drag him half way out. At last I grew so tired that I bad to let go my hold, and. with many regrets, I saw the last few inches of the tail disappear beneath the ground. Likes and Dislikes. j Affinities and repulsions are queer , things. Sometimes they allow analysis ; or explanation, but just as often they , don'L Our likes aud dislikes do not j appear to be under our control, any ; more than that very powerful emotion i al impulse toward a particular one I which is called love. It may be said ; generally that where there " is esteem , there can't be any strong dislike, I though there may be no attraction, j YeL curiously enough, there mav be I joe wunout esteem. Women have j been known to love the most worthless i characters, for whom they could not i possibly bave any esteem. It is an j enigma after all. I The loss of faith in one might seem ! to shatter affection in one bnt it doesn't. Affection survives confidence. People ; are drawn together, whose tastes and j pursuits widely differ, by some one stroug trait w hich they bold in com j nion. and persons of wonderful identi i ty of taste and psychological resem i blances never contrive heartily to like j each other by a collision revolving j around some point of radical moral j difference which makes all the joint r and kindred qualities go for nothing, j And so the queerest marriages and the j queerest friendships are contracted on the one hand and the apparently j strongest antagonisms kindled on the I other hand. No Balzac has ever sound ) ed this depth with his plummet. There are instinctive iorces wbicn allure and repel, despite reason, philosophy, and circumstance. It still remains true, however, that there are a few magnetic people whom all love. It seems aa natural for them to be sovereigns of hearts as for Caesar or Napoleon to command tne enthusiasm of legions; No one inquires into the secret of their witchery, and all acknowledge it, young and old, men and women alike. This is perhaps as great a puzzle as all the rest Pittsburg Chronicle. ' Throe-Story Wagon. A three-story wagon was captured at Martinsville, Md., a few days since. The first story under the running gear was a coop of live chickeua; the sec ond. sandwicheL-between the far? nd third ant bidden pv viewT" " e voted to moonship j V - -its- .- - u lsilea with ml ' ' - - . LXl-iL