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