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He who thinks to please the world is dullest of his kind for let him face which way he will, one-half is yet behind. VOL. IV. NO. 27. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1890. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. HIE PACIFIC COAST. The Cruiser Chaileston Ordered to Honolulu. An American Capt3in Tells of the Horrible Atrocities Committed Upon the Russian Exiles. The trades of Eureka, Humboldt coun t , Cal., are now working on the nine lioir a day schedule. There baa been no redaction in wasea. The pale of the Silver Bell mines to an English syndicate, haa been consummat ed bv the payment of flOO.OOO. The mines are located thirty miles west of Tucson. The Penitentiary Commissioners of "Washington have decided to order a 25 loom plant for making jute bags in ac cordance with an action of the last Leg islature. The right of wav for the Union Pacific between like Citv and Tacoma has been nearly all secured. C. A. E. Kaubert is securing the right of way on this portion of the liue. The road will enter on the tide flats near the reservation school. Free transportation of oil paintings for the Spokane Falls Northwestern In dustrial Exosition from paints in Ore gon, Washington an.! vi...i , and half . rates on exhibits shipped from points farther est have been obtained from the railroads. Oscar Ballon is of Providence, R. I., is at the Oregon State asylum suffer ing from hydrophobia. He is rational at times, but calls the attention of his attendants when he - feels the spasm coming on. His sufferings are said to be so terrible that he prays for an end to life. The steamer Mabel struck a large snag in the Bnohoniish river the other night, and sank where the water reaches her smokestack at high tide. The disaster was entirely due to the carelessness of loggers, who a few days ago cut off a " sawyer " snag a few inches below the wnter without either liamHniy a buov or informing the boats. Several late arrivals of vessels from Alaska bring recent intelligence from Chigmk bay. Four canneries, managed by different companies, effected a com bination and worked in common. Fish were so plentiful that hundreds of thou sands were thrown away on account of a scarcity of packing materials. The total pack at Chignik bay was 43,582. The Trustees of the Seatle, Lake Shore and Eastern railway met at Seattle last week. A. S. Dunham, the Managing Trustee, stated that the sole object of the meeting was to ratify some right-of-way agreements on the new extension. It is understood, however, that the meet ing had relation to the placing of bonds to the amount of about f 1,000,000 in New York, the proceeds to be used in paying for new construction. The United States cruiser Charleston has sailed for the Hawaiian islands in obedience to telegraphic orders received bv Kear-Admiral Brown from Secretary of the Navy Tracy, ordering the vessel to proceed immediately to Honolulu. The occasion of the return of the Charles ton to Hawaii creates anticipation of an other revolution in the islands' king dom. The Charleston has a lanre stock of fuel and provisions for a one-year cruise. ; .- The case of the Southern Pacific Com pany against the Recorder of Fresno county, Cat., has been decided in favor of the company. The case at issue was the definition of " course " in collectins fees on recorded papers. The Recorder has usually construed the word to mean the shortest unbroken line between two points; that a course begins and ends with the streets- and alleys of a block. The 1,'onrt decides a " course " to be a straight line between two points, whether broken or not. The steamship Australia arrived at San Francisco from Honolulu last week. bringing advices to August 29. Since the last advices the legislature has been principallv occupied with the considera tion of the Oahii railway bill. The House passed an amendment giving the company a budhkiv ot tiM per mile. King Kalakaua visited the leper settler ment August 7, and addressed the peo ple. Orders nave Deen issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs honorably disbanding the First Battalion of Ha waiian volunteers, Known a the Hono lulu Kines, It is -stated at San Francisco that there is a probability that the brewers' trust will come to griel. Deposits were paid bv the syndicate on all concerns pur chased, but in most cases the remainder of the contract has not been mihlled. This is particularly the case in regard to the Philadelphia brewery. A deposit of $ 150,030 was paid to it to bind the con tract. Then 500,000 was to have been raid on the 1st of July last, $5X1,00.1 on the 1st of August and the balance on the 1st instant. These payments have not been made, and the whole contract is about to be declared on. lhe syndicate. however, has been given until the 15th instant in which to pay the whole of the purchase money. Should it fail, the broperty will revert to Mrs. Wieland, and the $150,000 deposit will be forfeited. The barkentine Catherine Liedden has arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia. Her commander, Captain John Thomap, gives a description of the Russian exile system as witnessed by him. He de scribes a brutal scene, which he wit nessed on Saghalien island, the famous exiles of all ages, heavily manacled, were being taken to the island. A few old men, whose strength gave out, fell from exhaustion. A brutal driver, act ing tinder orders from his superior, shot the unfortunate men, and removed their chains. No mercy or discrimination was shown. Wives saw husbands killed be fore their eyes ; mothers saw th eir daugh ters outraged and insulted. The exiles were driven like cattle, a heavy whip being used to urge them on. The prison cells were filthy and the treatment bar ba ous. A, new bridge has just bren completed across the main Umpqua river at Ump qua ferry. The driving of the last spike was the means of great rejoicing by the people in that neighborhood, and the exercises were witnessed by 5J0 people. Miss Maud Shambrook drove the last spike. Speeches were made by several prominent men of Douglas county, and at night a dance was given by the young people. The structure is a combination Pratt trust, and is 61 3. feet in total length with one span of 3J0 feet, probably the longest span in the State at present ; an other span of forty-two feet and the rest in approaches. The height above low water to tiie floor is fifty-one feet, and the piers are forty feet in length. The tridge is seven feet above high water, ... 4ind the total height from low water to r-st was? 2:3.000. THE TINTYPE GIRLS. They Have f.ol of Fun, not They Worry tit. I'onr Photographer. They come In late in the afternoon. all talking at once. " e want our tintypos taken." "Yes, all together." "In a group." "Any particular style you'd like?" "Oh, we want something picturesque. Ses, we want it artistic, an out-door scene, you know." The photographer quickly wheels up a mountain view for background, waltzes a wooden-looking "rock" into the fore ground, props up a rustic fence at one side, and throws down a shaggy grass- suggesting mat before it While he Is composing this medley from the Inex haustible beauties of nature the girls discourse on the subject in hand. "Belle, you sit o i the rock and I will stand beside you; Grace can lean on the fence, and May, - yon sit on the floor. We ought to have a book to be looking at Ah, here's an album; that will do. Dora, which side of my face would be the best to have taken?" "The outside," said Dora, promptly. 'I wish we had a parasol," says Grace. "Be quick as you can," interrupts tlie photographer, realizing how precious Is every moment of the fast-fading light Dora bestows upon him a look which plainly says "with intent to annihi late:" "We pay yon by the job, not by the hour. Do not presume to hurry us." At last - they locate themselves ac cording to the dictates of their own sweet and wayward fancies. "Ah, my!" exclaims Belle from the rock, "what an awfully uncomfortable thing this is to sit on." "Put your hand on mj shoulder. Grace. Finally all seems in readiness, when just as the photographer Is about to re move the cap to expose the plate. May suddenly exclaims from the floor: "Hold on a minute, Grace, yon ought not to be standing; you are to tallu Change places with me " Then ensues a general scrambling and rearranging, iseue improving the op portunity to try for a softer spot on the rock. "Am I looking at the right place?" May anxiously asks of the photograph er, as if the sun would certainly fail to do its desired work if her head was not turned at just the most becoming angle. "les," replies the much-harrassed personage addressed, heroically chok ing back unholy utterances. "Sit per fectly still now." '-. He removes the cap, and a brief and blessed silence ensues. When he re places the cap for a moment the chorus breaks out: "Oh, my goodness dear me 1 never why, I was just" - "Keep just as you are," says the pho tographer, authoritatively, unexpect edly removing the cap again, and thus effectively shutting off the threatened deluge of remarks. The poor light necessarily made the exposure -unusually long, and when at last it is over a volley of deep and re vengeful groans comes from the girls as the photographer disappears with his plate. Then their 'ongues are loosed. "My, I feel all tied up in a bowknot" "Goodness, but I'm tired standing so long." I never knew any one to be so long taking a tintype." "Oh, I feel as if I had just had a tooth pulled so thankful it is over." "Oh, see this picture of some girls in a boat Why didn't he say he had a boat?" 'I don't think he is very agreeable, anyway. All he thinks of is to get It over with." "Oh, here he comes with the pict ures." Now they gather around the man with the pictures, all talking excitedly. "Oh, oh. just look at me." "Just see the way my eyes look. "My head is held too high, and I asked you" : - "Oh, see how my dress looks," etc, etc., till at last they relinquish the artistic treasure long enough to have them put in envelopes. Then they pay for them and go out, leaving the long-suffering photographer free to relieve his overwrought nerves in any form of speech he thinks will be most soothing to his feelings and ex pressive of his sentiments. Boston Globe. Easily Explained. "Mr. Phorex," said the young man, with much feeling, "you must permit me to express my gratitude as well as my surprise that you have permitted Miss Daisy to look with favor upon my suit In the bitterness that exists be tween the two cities I could not have complained if you had told me that you did not relish the idea just at tbs time of having a St Paul man, and a poor man at that, for a son-in-law." "It is all right Philip," said the great flour merchant kindly. "Make your mind easy on that score. When I found that Daisy was determined to have you I went to a census enumerator and had you enrolled as a resident of Minneapo lis. -Chicago Tribune. Hnw He Oot Even. A half witted fellow was traveling by rail way for the first time. ... Having seated him self, he did not see the use of keeping a bit of cardboard, so he threw his ticket out of tha window of the carriage. Consequently, at the station where the tickets were looked at, he had to pay. At his journey's end he had to acknowledge that he had been "done." A few weeks later some men in a railway car riage saw this same man laughing immoder ately to himself in a corner of the compart ment They inquired the reason of his mer riment. He replied by telling them what he bad suffered on bis first railway journey. "But," concluded he, triumphantly. 'Tvt done 'em this time." "Well, what have you done J" asked his companions. "Why," replied he, "Pve taken a return ticket, and I ain't a-going back again V Cal cutta Times. . .... "Ob, Tit Lovel" Anastasia It is Caspar's signal I most dissemble. JLiI, EASTERN ITEMS. The Little Missouri Range Swept by a Prairie Fire. The President Extends the Time for the Cattle Kings to Remove Their Stock from the Territory. Ex-Senator T. C. Piatt of New York has declined the proffered Spanish Mis sion. The popnlatiou of Rhode Island is given as 345,343. In 1SX0 the population was 270,531. syndicate of American capital ists is to extend $10,000,000 in railway building in Jamacia. One of the largest . worsted mills in Providence has been recapitalized in England and the stock sold. A vast syndicate of physicians and others have a project of establishing a health resort and sanitarium in Florida. It is believed at Washington that Be- nicia, v-Hi., win ue seiecieu uv me gov ernment at which to establish an ord- Mavor Frank P. Rchiffhauer of Kin- sis Oity, Kan., has been arrested and charged" with emberailing about 110,000 of the city funds. Official dispatches from Honolulu do not show anything calculated to cause alarm. The report that revolution is rife m discredited. Guests at St, Louis hotels help them selves since the waiters' strike, and the best of it is they are not so long about it and they have no waiters to tip. Statistics show that the cotton crop this year is the greatest ever produced. and that the growers are less in debt than at any time for twenty-five years. The Grant Memorial Association haa already raised $150,000, and needs to raise fooO.OtW more in order to erect the proposed monument in honor of General Grant. A suggestion for a second Boston me morial to John Boyle O'Reilly calls for a charity farm of 100 acres near Boston for that city's homeless Roman Catholic children. It is reported in Boston that a note of the Worcester Steel Works has been pro tested. The capital of the company is $500,000, but the Commercial Agency gives it no rating. The committee having in charge the adjustment of the Virginia debt an nounce that it has on deposit a large maioritv of all rl:.ses at the fwcnritifl under the agreement. The freight brakemen on the Pittsbure. Shenandoah and Lake Erie railroad at Mercer, Pa., have gone on a strike for an advance in wages, and ail freight traffic is snspemied in consequence. - It is understood in Wall street at Sew I York that Norvin Green is about to re sign as President of the Western Ijnion Telegraph Company. He is to be succeeded by George Gould. Mr. Morrow is not a candidate for the vacancy occasioned bv the resignation of First Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson. Mr. Morrow says he will start for home as soon aa Congress ad journs. The first week's engagement of Miss Emma Juch proved the most successful ever known in the history of Denver. The gross receipts, which far exceeded that of the Patti company, amounted to nearly $30,000. John J. Knox. ex-United States Con troller, who arrived in New York from France, said that the American saver legislation, which has caused an advance in the price of silver, was looked upon with tavor in fcurope. The President has agreed, upon the receipt of a written guarantee that half of the cattle of Indian Territory will be removed by November 1, tlut he will extend the time for the removal of the remainder to December 1. TKo Unwn Citrr Natural (San and Fuel Company has offered the city of Cincin nati flliu,uuu ana 2 per rent, upon mc annual gross receipts of the company, or free fuel for the city buildings, in con sideration for the franchise. The citv of Chicago is endeavoring to secure the benefits from deposits of city funds in the banks, The interest has for years been above $50,000 annually, and" the City Treasurer has claimed and appropriated the sum as perquisites. A New York evening paper says a pe tition is being circulated among the stockholders of the Illinois Central, urg ing them to rise in rebellion against the present management. The petition says the company is practically on the verge of ruin. -Two St. Louis physicians have filed complaints in the Probate Court for in quiry as to the sanity of Mrs. Wood worth, the evangelist and leader of the Oakland (Cal.) doom-sealers, who has has been holding meeting at St. Louis for several months. About a dozen scientists, archfeologists, botanists and zoologists are about to ex plore Arizona and New Mexico to exam ine the remains of ancient civilization. antedating, it is said, that of the Aztecs and existing principally in tne una val ley, in the northwest part of Arizona. The peculiar habits of the Zuni and Navajo Indians will also be investigated. A prairie fire ravaged thousands of acres along the Little Missouri river ten days ago, and the great cattle range was swept clear, ine nre was pui out Dy means of horses, which were killed and used as dratra to extinguish the names The horses were split up the back and their carcasses dranced over the country by long ropes. Twelve hundred head of horses were nsea. The South Park Commissioners have decided not to tender the Washington park as a site for the World's Fair as reauested bv the Exposition Directors They add that they have already made a tender of the unimproved portion of Jackson park and will now add thereto the improved area of that park, making - 1 A 1 J .-. l , a u)l. HI acreage tsu wuuemi ui m:ico. A mile and a half of the frontage on the lake shore is included in the tender. The Senate Committee oh Private Land Claims through Mr. Colquitt has n aie an elaborate report on the bill to reim burse the erantees. their legal represent atives and the assigns of the Punta de Laguna Mexican land grant in California fnr lands of which they were deprived by an erroneous survey made by the of ficers 01 the V m tea estates, ine com mittee recommended that they be al lowed to select lands in the State of Cal ifornia, not mineral and not reserved, in Quantities eaual to the amount of which they were deprived by the erroneous survey. MOW ANIMALS CHARGE. loan of the Various Ways In Which They Attack Their Victims. We are in the habit of seeing la books of travel and sport very startling illus trations of the attitudes wild animals assume when charging their human ag gressors attitudes which, in the mala and moat essential point, are most In correct For instance, the tiger has the credit of smashing in his victim's skull with a sledge-hammer-like blow of his fore-paw. The elephant is generally de picted coming down like a locomotive, with his' proboscis extended to its full length; the bison and buffalo charging from a distance ot many yards, with their heads and horns lowered; and our ursine friends standing upon their hind legs, always exposing the fatal white horseshoe on their hearts most conven iently. I should be glad, therefore, to hear the opinions ot some of your cor respondents, who have shot these larger ferm naVirm and bean charged by them, regarding their attitude when assuming the offensive, for my own experience is so totally f t variance with the precon ceived notions of artists that 1 think the matter may not be unworthy of pub lie discussion through the medium ot your columns. To begin with the feliad. I am glad to say that in the few instances in which I have stood a charge my antago nist never got home; but a relative of mine, who was very badly wounded by a tiger, and several friends who have not only been In the mouths of tigers, but of lions, all tell me that the animal, to use, perhaps, a homely form of ex pression, "came roust bank np against them." The description Is perhaps more expressive than refined In language, but I thinks conveys the idea ot an ani mal "hurtling" np against you. -. In seizing their prey, tigers, and I believe lions, though with the latter I have had no experience, almost invariably go for the throat, though In one or two in stances that have come under my notice of animals killed by tigers they have evidently been first ham-strung; these probably, were the work of young and inexperienced tigers. I once saw a man charged and knocked over by a panther, and he only saved his throat by putting np his arm, which, as well as his shoul der, the animal grasped with teeth and claws. The relative to whom I alluded was seized in a similar manner, and three friends ot mine who have been mauled by tigers, one and by a lion, all described the animal knocking them over by sheer force of weight before seizing them. I think, therefore, the being knocked over by a paw stroke Is a fal lacy. Any one who knows any thing about elephants must be aware that their trunks, and particularly the tip of the trunk, is the most delicate and sensitive part of the animal, and that he shields It from Injury by every possible means in his power. It la, therefore, very un likely he would expose It in the act of charging. My experience, limited though it be, points to the fact that an elephant once he has made up his mind to charge, curls uo his trunk tight Before charging, and In order to get wind of his adversary, he may Indeed extend it but once the presence ot the foe to be attacked la detected the pro boscis Is put out ot the way of possible harm. Bison I am talking of the Indian animal. Bo gaumtni. buffaloes. when they charge. Invariably poke their mosea up in the air and commence by running at you with their heads well np, much in the manner of domestic cattle, and only lower their horns when within a few yards of the object of their attentions. This I take to be a mere matter of common sense on the part of the animal, for. It he put his head down say even forty yards away, he could not possibly see where he was going. Bears, when wounded, will. Indeed, often get up on their binds legs and dance about from sheer rage, and will also at times do so In order to get a bet ter view of the whereabouts of their enemy; but when they charge, whether it be at a man mounted or on foot they Invariably charge on all fours. In charging most animals give vent to certain vocal sounds grunts or roars and this, it is natural to suppose, is done with a view to terrifying and de moralizing the object they are attacking; In fact, more often than not It is mere bounce on the animal's part I have often seen tigers roar when charging who never really meant mischief, and who, when met by a bold front turned off. No doubt in the case ot attacking their fellow animals, establishing a "lunk" and so demoralization, these roars may prove an aid in bringing their victim within their grasp; hut as a rule, when engaged In pursuit of prey the felida depend principally on their powers of stealthy approoch, and only . toar at the last moment before seizing, with a view of paralyzing morally their in tended victim. Land and Water. Sensation at m Weddine;. A stunning and decidedly sensational wedding occurred in Odessa the other day. Marc Pogorezky led his blushing bride to the altar. - While the Russian priest, or pope, as he is called, was pre paring to perform the ceremony. Mara went out to get a drink,- saying that he would return In a few moments. In his absence, however, a handsome young stranger approached the bride and of fered himself as a substitute. She im mediately accepted him, and the pope, who was half drunk, never noticed tha change. The ceremony was performed. Just then Marc reappeared, refreshed and ready for matrimony. But when he found out what had happened he proceeded at once to paint the church red. He thrashed the bridegroom. slapped the bride, knocked down the father-in-law, punched the pope, and kicked the mother-in-law. lie was ar rested; but as the case involves a ques tion of ecclesiastical law, it was referred to the Czar, the head of the .church. Chicatro Herald. Whet Clara's Caller Stole. Bobby (at the breakfast table) Clara, did Mr. Spooner take any of the umbrellas or, hats from the hall last night? Clara Why, of course not; why hould he? Bobby That's what Td like to know. 1 thought he did, 'cos I heard him say when he was going out: "I'm going to steal just one,", and why, what's the matter, Clara? Boston Herald. Reason Enough. Beggs I wonder why Mrs. Jaggs won't let her husband employ a female typewriter operator? Foggs Don't you know? She was bis former typewriter operator. Mung's Weekly. f A jeweler is quoted by the Phlla delphla Record as emphasizing the fact that a watch should be wound every day at ua same uour, ot near it . FOREIGN NEWS. ' x)rd Sackville Vents His Spleen in a hisillanimous Manner. The President of Colombia Speaks Well of Present Effects of the Pan American Conference. Russia is increasing her garrisons in Paland. Osnian Digma has arrived at Tokar with 3.00J followers. TVirt fVitKttf ff Wnlott Id himlinfT an in. nocent and enjoyable existeuee at Ham burg. The grain trade between Suakim and the interior has been stopped to prevent t tie spread ol cholera. Non-nnion men are being put to work on the docks at Melbourne, and the ship ping trade has slightly unproved. lVspi te Cat 1 ioI ic clerical condem na t ion the system of boycott is still employed largely as a political weapon in Ireland. It is reported that armed Armenians have crossed the frontier from Persia to assist their persecuted brethren in Tur key. A private bill has been introduced into the Argentine CongresB to authorize the leasing of 250,000,00 J acres of the na tional lands. . Tt la e f 1 1 .1 1 41, t ...-A aa-A A I Will mii.a of smallpox in the Province of I'ernam hucrt. Brazil, and an average of twenty deaths daily. The British naval maneuvers iust con cluded have cost about 2.10,000, and the taxpayers are complaining that the show was very dear at the price. The saloonkeepers of St. Petersburg have been warned not to sell liquor to factory operatives on credit or entice them to drink in any other way. Advices from Ijimns state that the German agitator, Toppen, has been con verted to Mohammedanism ami is about starting on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The lanrest sailimr vessel afloat has )uht been launched at Glasgow. She is a five-masted ship of 3,650 tons burden, and is intended for the nitrate trade. Arn touts and Montenegrins continue their sanguinary warfare on the Turco Montenegro frontier, the Turkish Com missioner being unable to preserve order. Alexandre Chatrian, the well-known French novelist, who wrote in collabora tion with F.mile Erckmann over the nom de plum of Erckmann Chatrian, is dead. Signor Dorsina, member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, has secured a con cession from his government for the es tablishment of a steamship line between Italy and Mexico. Liverpool seamen and firemen have deluded to combat the organized ship owners' federation, and a trial of strengt h with the gigantic nmon of capitalists may soon he looked lor. A difpatch from San Salvador says General Ezeta is engaged in forming a legal government for the Salvador Re public, preparatory to demanding recog nition Irom foreign powers. The Empress Frederick's chronicle of the ninety-nine days' reign of her hus band will lie a most curious boos, it is said that it will explain many circum stances hitherto thought obscure. A Berlin dispatch states that Emperor W imam is annoyed by the non-arrival of the plionoirraph promised by Mr. Ed ison, and has Deen. trying to purchase machines elsewhere, but without suc cess. The prospects of the Panama canal are definitely brightening, and in the best informed circles at Panama the matter Is regarded as practically concluded. The draft of a bill is being prepare! at 1U- . . . t - . 1 , 1 1 . r 1 . gout 10 auiiiorize me 1 resident 01 Co lombia to secure terms with M. Wyse. No French fleet will be present at Spezzia at the launching of the new Italian war ship at that port. The order for sending a squadron to Spezzia to do honor to King Humbert has been coun termanded in consequence of a dispute regarding formalities to be observed on the occasion. Reports to the effect that the coal miners' strike in Belgium was over proves to have been premature. The strike is still on, and though in one or two districts men have returned to work, the movement has extended to manv other districts which heretofore had not been affected. Laguerre, the well-known Bonlangfst member of the Chamlier of Deputies, in an address to his constituents admitted that Boulanger held relations -with the Count of Paris and lTince Jerome Napo leon. In an interview Boulanger pro tested against the alleged revelations against him as idle talk. Lord Sackville, aa Lord of the Manor, has through his agent made a claim upon the Stratford-on-AVon Town Council for encroachment of rent in respect to the American fountain and clock tower which was presented to the town by George W. Childs three years ago. and which was publicly opened by Henry Irving. The exhibition of prison labor in St Petersburg on the occasion of the Inter national Prison Conference, which was recently held there, was so successful that measures are being taken now to establish a permanent "Museum of Prison Work." Greece, the Republic of the Archipelago, France and Italy have already declared their willingness to contribute to tnat enterprise. The rioting at Valparaiso. Chili, dur ing the late strike was of a very serious nature. There was ccn iderable pillage, and the police charged the crowd with sabers in hand. Some twenty persons were killed. . At one time the crowd was fully 10,030 strong. The arrival of the cavalry and artillery quieted the tumult, but pillaging outside of guarded points was carried on and many outrages were reported. A new ''cure" has been invented in Germany, which may be adopted as a greater novelty than the mind cure or the faith cure, its basis is the harden ing of the human organism, which has been disastrously enfeebled by civihza tion. The patients imitate the noble savage and the gypsy, and the system includes going barefoot as one part of the cure. One German parish contains 1,400 patients. The President of Colombia in his message to Congress says : ' The results of this historical conference (the Par. Amerirai.nl nr alreaiiv Iwinv folt. nnrl v no distant epoch we shall see our Amer ica giving 10 me woria an example the suppression of international w and of the development of commerce . , r , j? . n. , . upon ine iounaauons 01 confidence; . -. i . 1 1 . of mutual renpect unu on narmony 01 ; legitimate interests." J all Sweet Be venge. "When much . younger than I am Bow," said an old newspaper man, "1 sold sewing machines. You may rest as sured I was a trifle fresh, and suffered therefor, as the following adventure will show: Near the close of a hot August day I was driving through the village of G to the town where 1 made my headquarters. Suddenly a big black cloud appeared in the Bky, and when my played out horse had covered half a mile the rain came dancing down. 1 had two machines on and no blanket To save myself and machines from getting drenched I drove for the only house within a radius of a mile. "I was a sorry sight when I reached that old country mansion half hidden by tall maples. Jumping out, I knocked at the door and explained that I would like to leave my machines temporarily, in order to save them from the storm. Be fore I made the request I discovered that the young lady who responded to my knock was ne with whom, much against her will, I had le.t a machine on trial a month or two before., and had only taken it back aftt-r repeated protestations on her part that she did not want it You understand, we used to get a machine into a house by representing that we would leave it on trial. "But once we got into the house we in sisted on its being bought, and used every persuasive art to accomplish that result I requently this was very embarrasssing to the lady of the house, and she never forgave us for the annoyance of leaving the machine for weeks and asking her every other day if she wouldn't buy, ben she had emphatically declared she would not Now was the turn of the young lady in the old fashioned house to get square. And although the rain had nearly washed the machines oat of the wagon, she slammed tha door in my face and then sat by the window enjoy ing my discomfiture to her heart's con tent As I prepared to drive away I turned my head and beheld her pretty face bubbling over with smiles. When I reached N I was a sight to behold. But the experience cured my freshness." Boston Globe. Looking for Bis He was sitting In Franklin square with a soiled newspaper in his hand and with a look or profound - thought shining through tho earthworkson his unwashed face. The policeman eyed him auspi ciously as he came by. "Good morning, he said. "Ughf" grunted the policeman. "I was thinking, he continued, not observing the alight to his salutation, "that this la a good place for me," "There might be worse, said the of ficer. "I have been reading in this paper, which recently inclosed my breakfast. that there are seven hundred million of dollars in circulation in this country a little upwards of $10 per head, you will observe, for each man, woman and child of the population." "S ellV queried the policeman, as the reader appeared to sink into an abstract ed condition. "Well," be resumed, "I was wonder ing which of the persons I have seen walk by here this morning had my f 10, and whether I had better attempt to se cure it by diplomacy, or brave results and go after it with a club. Possibly you could throw some light on the subject; or possibly, you are the one who has it. and would be willing to save trouble by advancing ten cents on it Say will you do thatr But the policeman was not to be thus beguiled and arrested him aa a vag. Washington Star. Exact Copyists. The Chinese are essentially imitative. If they once learn to do a piece of work, they are sure to perform it again in ex actly the same manner, even if that manner could be vastly improved. A teacher in a Chinese Sunday school owns to being equally amused and provoked at the patient exactitude with which her grown up "boys" follow her instructions. One day, when a faithful but back ward pupil had some difficulty in read ing the sentence. "He laughed aloud,' she said, somewhat impatiently, point ing to the verb, "Now listen to me laughed." -1 ! ' - Once more the docile scholar attempted the difficult task of pronunciation, and this time he read, with ill concealed pride in his success, "He now listen to me laughed aloud. On another occasion the same pupil came to a word which he could not pro nounce, and as the teacher was busy at the moment, she said: "Spell itr He was so slow in doing it, however, that she looked over Ids shoulder, and said, encouragingly, "Man." - That was enough tor the imitative Chinaman, and he slowly read aloud the whole phrase, "A great and spell it man. Youth's Companion. - Crime Is Scientific. There is one thing which business men may as well understand. As fast as sci ence Invents appliances for the safety of money or valuables, just as fast does crime invent schemes to circumvent. Crime is more of a science today than it ever was. You may remember the bur glar proof safe that was put in at Salem, Ilia. It was the latest The inventors not only claimed for it that it could not be opened In the usual way, but tbey claimed that it was so constructed as to withstand any explosive which might be piled up about it and touched off. This claim seemed to invite test by the scien tific cracksman, for one morning pieces of this safe were found all around the building. It had been blown into atoms. Bafe burglary "safe cracking" is go ing on the same as ever. - Crime is sci entific. W. A. Pinker ton in Chicago, Tribune. - " : - ' -" ' Babies' Jleed of Sleep. A young baby should spend most of its time In sleep. Never allow it to be wakened for any purpose whatever. A child's nerves receive a" shock every time it is roused from sleep, which, is most injurious to it Admiring friends should be made to wait - until it is awake to kiss and play with it. After It is nursed at night put it back in its crib, and if it is comfortable It will soon fall asleep. It should never sleep In the bed with an older person. Plaee the crib with its bead to the light, so as to protect the eyes from the glare. light canopy serves to ward off draughts. Curtains cut off the supply of fresh air. and, except a mosquito netting in sum mer, should not be used. Until a child is 2 years old it should spend part of each day in sleep, taking a long nap morning and afternoon. Ladies' Home Journal. SKULL DEVELOPMENT, MOW TO SIZE UP" YOUR FRIEND'S INTELLECTUAL POWER& Mental Caliber and Craulat Measurements. Mistakes ot Peregrinating PhrenologUt. lr, Peterson's Talk 00 Becent Investiga tion. Recently the scientists both in Europe and America have been giving a good deal of attention to the conformation and measurement of the human head or cra niometry, as they call it . : The studies of Dr. Frederick Peterson, the insanity expert and specialist in nerv ous diseases, of New York, have been equally extensive. Their conclusions have been reached by accurate measurements and not by feeling bumps. Dr. Peterson said to me: THK FRONTAL LOBES. "In men noted for great attainments and intellectual capacity all the diame ters and arcs of the skull are far above the normal averages. In other words. their heads are larger. In many criminals the diameters and arcs are below the nor mal average, and there is also great ab normality in shape, especially in heredi tary criminals. One side of the head may be larger than the other, the forehead may retreat, or there may be some other lack of symmetry and proportion. Often the teeth, jaws and ears are deformed. All the higher mental faculties are loca ted in the frontal lobes of the brain, and these naturally have a direct proportion to the length and bread th of the fore head. Just back of this region are the muscular centers and the een ters for cuta neous sensation. "Directly behind the ears and a' little above are the centers for remembering that which is heard, and here are un doubtedly located some of the muscular faculties, for instance, the wonderful memory of musical compositions, such as was possessed by '-Blind Tom." The memory of everything seen is stored away in the posterior lobes of the brain; therefore people of great perceptive power and who remember well all their perceptions will be found to have a large development on the back or the head. It has been noted that in people bom blind this part of the head is smaller than it should be. In contradistinction to quack phrenology the perceptive power is located here in place of Gall's philoprogenitiveness and bump of ama- tiveness. Gall . located the perceptive power immediately over the eye, behind which is a cavity in the bone containing no brain. . ... - , . "The average circumference of an adult man's skull is 20$ inches and of an adult woman's 19 inches. The aver age length of the arc from the roof ef the nose over the top of the head to the most prominent point on the back of the head is in man 12 inches and in the wo man 12J. The average length of the are from one ear to the other over the high est part of the. head is in a man 12 j inches and in a woman 12$. The aver age an tero-posterior diameter, that is from the middle of the forehead in straight line to the hindmost part of the head, is .in a man 7 inches and in a wo man 61. The average diameter throucli the widest part of a man's 'head, from aide to side m a straight line, is 51 inches, and of a woman's bead 5j inches. These are only a few of the more important measurements taken. "I never made less than seventeen measurements and three drawings of each bead. But in the most careful studies sometimes from SO to 130 sepa rate area and diameters are measured. It will be seen that the bead of a woman is on an average smaller than that of a man, just as her brain weighs several ounces less. While it may be taken as a general rule that a head of large dimen sions is associated with unusual capa city in some one or other direction, it is, of course, not always the case. One can easily imagine, or may even have met with persons with large heads who seemed to enjoy considerable emancipa tion from the bonds of intellect; and one can' readily conceive of much of their brain substance being replaced by more ordinary tissues or substances required to prevent the formation of a vacuum. PACKISQ OF THK BRaiS. "The skull bones may be twice as thick as usual, or there may be nn un usual amount of fluid in the carries of the brain and its coverings. Again, a person with a rather small head may have more thinking centers to the cubic inch of brain than the other; less fat, less water, less packing of every kind, as in the case of Gambetta, whose brain was rather small. The word 'packing is an excellent one to use in this connection. for it describes the condition perfectly Just as delicate china or glass vessels are packed away in sawdust, hay, etc, for shipping, so the fragile cells containing memories and thoughts are packed away in an enormous quantity of substance, known as connective tissue, which dif fers relatively little from hay and saw dust in structure as seen under the mi croscope,! and which serves an equally efficient purpose. Hence an idiot is oc casionally, though . indeed rarely, seen with an unusually large bead; but in the packing of his cranium valuable struct ures were left out by the. thoughtless workmen, and only the hay and sawdust stowed away. "Up to the age ,of 25 the development of a man's skull depends on his educa tion, and, in fact, his entire environment Subsequently the mind may develop a great deal, but the skull will not From the age of 25 the skull retains the same proportion and the same dimensions, and it is on this account that certain measure ments of the head become useful as a means of identification of adults. They may change their appearance in many respects, but cannot voluntarily alter the shapes of their heads. M. Bertillon has incorporated, therefore, certain skull di ameters in his system of identification of criminals, now much employed In France, but as yet little In this country. New York Herald. Two years ago George Croft, ot Oshi koshv Wia, loaned a friend 10, to be returned by mall. Soon after he re ceived a letter asking If he had received the money. ' Croft replied no. Soon after he received a letter with the $10 la It and the friend declared he had one before sent the money. This week Croft received the first letter containing 910, wh ch was sent August 17, 1883, to Ashland, and had lain there two years. Miss Abigail Dodge ('Gail Hamil ton") teaches a Sunday-school class taat meets -every Sunday at Secretary .t&iaone:a res hi unci The Mod era Qaees of HenrUb fa the dark etres at li!s earn Stan helped himself to all degrees Of learned distinction, Kor dreametl tnat womtta e'er coald mavtev Bo Baca, Vir Oil, or Zo Boaster Without extinction. - But all is changed. la Greek and tctfa. By hives which iearoed sroors fcaTe sot & Queen bees sip bomy. By classic streams tiwy Homer spent, And no male don can drive them out for love or money. Bat to oar tide: Minerva Erj-de Was of our eollege halls the prvia. j. Bhe thowrtit in Greek. ' ' In Sanscrit she eon hi write a play. The c&lcuhis she solved all day " Ere she coakl speak. The dons of Cambridge owned that !) Could wax "em on philosopher; " "And as for science. Old fossils who coald bones cotspsra. But who had lost in thought their hair, Socgfat aa aliinniy. The fair IBaervs, Qoeea of Hearta, One day wwi cafape& Haster ot Ana, Sse knew them ait - . - Ixxric, divinity and krw. Zoology, doxoiogy; tat, pshaw 1 '. . Shu beat old Sol. : ; - Kow many suitors socght to whs Minerva with their vapid chin And polished cheek. : Sbs bowed not on the Appian Way ' To any man who coald not say "Ice cream" in Greek. 1 For she was lovelier than the dawn. And lithe of fig-are as a fawn. t - Oot of his mind One fellow wrote a seng; His qtiantitiea, poor wretch, were wrong She cut him blind. 1 Bat, ah! a lowly youth there A very Farts, ami his game Was, with a bait, "' "'.'-'-:-" Played by the Greeks In Athens when The gods wen! yoacjr. Of all the mea ? BefcarfthecaU. .. . -,.. A champion fee, whose mighty bat Had laid fall toeny a Hooster na& His aim was trae , When at a rival head, KadoTph, " " With eye tmerrinfr, as in goli. The baseball threw. One eve be eaiae. Torn were his clo&ea, And on a patch he wore his nose. Arm In a atiBg. "Milieu a." cried the yooth, with e!e, "We've basted "em. Hoorahr' and aba Said "rms-a-KBa.'' r- Ehe was the belie. Ah, it was swee. She bade him kneel down at her teet. And crowned him then. "My best and bravest. See of Arts, -The Master gives thee hers. No carta. Hie Jacet penna pea. New York onraaL THE YOUNG PEOPLE. A Uttle Girt Appeals to Kitty 'a Family Pride. .:, . A little girl of Knickerbocker descent, in whose presence the family glories were of fx?n descanted on, was overheard lately rebtiVinj her pet kitten for some misdemeanor. H.-iii-ing pussy by her fore paws and looking fall in the face, she remarked: "I'm a.-Jsairfl of you, Kitty, for being so naughty ; c.d just think, your grandmother was a iisitead f Buffalo Courier. u A Well Intended Sog-gest-osk I shall have to spank 700," said aa AUe ghany mother to her S-year-old dacijister. "Ton have been a bad little girl." " Suiting the action to the work, as they say in novels, the child was placed in the pror spankorial position, when she squirmed, around to get a view of the maternal ey&, and observed: - "Go it light, mamma,'" The spanking was postponed. Pittsburg Chronicle. ' xperlsnesttal A little miss of 5 from TJnadilla, ca a visit at a house in this town last week, spent a good deal of her time in talking to a pet cat. "Why, dear," said her hostess after a littla while, "dont you know the kitty cant talk! "Oh," was the prompt reply, "I know they cant in Unadiua, bat I didnt know bat what they might in Oneonta." Oneoata (S. Y.) Herald. A. Dock of Story. My little one was 5 last summer. I took her down to Bangor. She had never seea any ducka One day we were out in the yard, and she saw some. She looked at them a short time without speaking, and then she said: ''Ravent they got long lips H Boston. Globe, ' - A Toothfnl Punster. My little niece, aged 4, recently heard m remark to her mother that I intended in a few days to go to Little Rock the state capitalon some business. She immediately ran to me and said: "Oh, Uncle H , when you dit to Little Yock wont you buy me m little yoekrng chair?" Boston Globe. ' . Tonga. A St. Albans 4-year-old miss had fceso naughty the other day and her mamma shut her op in a closet by way of penalty. Tha Uttle one alternated between fits of crying and appeals for freedom, and was heard to say within herself: "I tell you, this is tough I St. Albans Messenger. A Voice in the fTUderaeea. A little boy was told that the Bey. Mr. Go forth, the missionary to China, would be th only Christian minister in Charge of a dis trict having as many people as are in tha whole of Canada. "My P ha said, "won't bo have to holier T Toronto Globe. Not His Fault. Mamma Johnnie, did you throw that cat m the welif - Johnnie Indeed I didn't. I was just hold in it over the box by the tail and it wiggled loose and fell in. Washington Critic. A Possible Inheritance. Bobby (thoughtfully) Pa? Father (irascibly) Ta'as, ya'as, what is itt Bobby Do you think I'll be as cross as yoa are when I grow up! Texas Siftings. : The Regular Army, Oh. -Lady (to CoL Bloodof "KetackylTa o&Ta erown no ans. mm ttii ivi-v . Blood f t Col. Blood Tea; three that have reached man's estate; there is CoL Tom, the eiiest, then Maj. Bob and Capt. Jim." ' Lady Indeed, quite an army of tiera! The Epoch. - ' ,i At too Recent ion. At Mrs. Trick Scored's reception. - She Did you manage to get me soisesnp per in that awful crush around the table I Ha Yes; I have three fried oysters iu s f vest pocket, and soma chicken salad in e jC hanil k emh i&t She Oh I how good of you. Town Y