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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1891)
V 3 i ,:s: ti'iod to iha brim. - - 1 ml til rim. : ' the orjutal tood. ? In Ws rmlor brother. .Kit' of the nt M rarh o'ber. . wii tr ear.nut-t ami rvt mm mirtrt. I tnn rroisttont and gnuiiteft souls on earth : i undtT my touch ibmif a atruck by .!, It 1, tier 1 was s. itns for I Jilted In rnlirht. out the head vf king 1 have tot-a th w tim hifiUt of fsme I hs.ro hurled rae-n r lita.tpd many n honored riantet Aa takn virtue and trivt'ti shaiiiw. tve teiiirtod youth wnli a ir, a tt it on made hn future a litirrn wast. wttXUaiA.H urn I, ian any army Uuwaih the sky, ara mate th arm ot the driver fait, wtit t he train from the iron mil. is roatle r-Mi-i shins ro down at sea. tr.e shrU-ks of the lot nr awwt to me. .tlwy said: 'BonoM, how fi-reat vou ber S strength, wealth, gvmua bvture you your mJffht and power are ot-e-r all. ill hoi pule brother," latitrtuM the wine, Jan you Uit of derd as grvat a mtm-r i H thf water '. "I wmnot boast a kmsf dittrr .tied or a muiM.'riHl hoet, jt I i-i mil of a hottrt onro sad, Mr my crystal drop made light and plnd Of thu-sia Ire outHwand, of brow I've iarad, of hauo Ire oixii,v1 and aouta I've savini. I.ntM through, the valit-y, unshed down tuo mountain. T-d in ih river and played In the fown , tain, t n the sunshine and dropped from the jwrf where ttaddnd the landcap and e ye. n irv raaed the hot forehead of fever and pain, at made the parched meadow a row fertile i with inn in. in tvii ot the rK.w.il wWJ of the mill J out flour and turn at my will; ' oil of manhood dt haswl by you, j. lifted up and crtiwncd anew. - n l hPljv 1 atrvnirthpn, and aid: . den the dturt ot man and maid: Uie toiH-lminl npiitt trrw. " aro bettr lor kuowlnv me., e are the taJe thoy t)d mic-h othrr pla of wine and its ialtr lmth-r. . hey oat t.-reiher, Bllcd to the brim, jib rich uma tablt, rim to rim. t MineFarner. 1 A W03AN'S SPITE. My wait, I think. Miss Neville?' Kate Neville turned at the sound of iy Pu.mer'a soft voice, ami without a rrd laid her hand on his arm; a tnute later they had Joined the s they moved in perfect step to bbinr inusio that filled the air, could feel Roy's heart beating v ly. and the clasp of his hand grew ' r and tender. complete silence they finished . dance; but as they paus.nl t - window, Roy bent down to hi? nion. ; darling, I cannot let you leav? ," he whispered passionately, s I thrill ran through the ;irl; son bhxxl swept over her cheek, rarely lifted her eves to his, . - ter hf art ia them. g?S ' aTHsIi of light In hi? Je his heart exultingly x e drew avteep breath; he dared not ak, but stood with close-set teeth stering himself. t'he silence was broken by the ap arance of a gentleman, who claimed ite for the next waltz. Roy watched her as she moved away, Jove plainly shining in his eyes. iy aaconseious that other flashing eyes were watching him. st outside the window sat a girl Vle"fhed hands and set tM-th, and ick with anger, he had ' passionate whisper, and the l that the man that she , had given his love to roused in her the wildest 'rUould like to see vou!" een her teeth. "Ii r wife, neither shall , sir, 1 will wring ht av, now." -r.?ie called. yof his name, Rov turned young lady who ha'd drawn nHairu ; Merrill, how can you re. femmsMrt. said, as he stepped at'i the low window, .in sotired," she returned. "And 3 deliciously cool here, that 1 to rest." was mistress of all the arts and f a finished woman of the world, used all her(ji- to keep him i ana witty, her comments upon and people amused Roy in spite self. J there goes Kate Neville!" she Tied, as Kate appeared in sight jeautiful she looks to-night! By , what has become of Mr. jowassoattentive to her . ur bctoio last? Da you re 1 him?" t his lip; but, forcing down his he answered: Stanley well, but I never 1 at." you spend the winter in Men-; -o years ago?" asked Cora. ! was abroad all that winter," said ellt I spent two months there. I , liss Neville everywhere, and Mr. y was her shadow, much to my , for I had alwavs credited him ore sense." -t do you mean?" asked Rov. hy, I was puzzled to know what ;tion such a girl could have for a : refined as Mr. Stanley. She o eecrrjf xf her fondness for - .. I myself have seea her iampagne than many men re to take at onetime, and ?1ey seemed determined to '. .s'.ir.afti?" asked Roy. rspiration stood 1, and his hand? d, if he had not nly. No one ever . t the trouble was, . t that one of her . " dy disenchant . . . " ery sndden as followed - aitor. How- to her, for timspeet thi? my partner, - ighted, for I - ' . - irly to extinc- -laugh, Cora v, fi'lly conscious oi ft be.iind her. ill straight into the ? for a moment be ... ' j - '-aid deceive him; and - ln possible that Kate, CT;lieved to be almost .ceitful, bold, and coarse, fed the room he came face ; 1 Mrs. Latimer, an old you are just the one I want! o with us in our yachting--"not intend to take a refusal. . . sappointsf-" Mr. Stanley ns as h ' ?(!." - ' op im to es- V iia a supremo t-slurt sh concealed nor nnhapitinea; with witty repartee and merry laughter she hid an ncltin" uus in um privacy or nor own room 1,.. 1.. 11. . . - . ano gave way to iur frtiof. "Uh, why did t let him look into r.t ojes and read my Heeiet?" she cried in an agony ot shame. And the poor girl burst Into a passion of tears. A few days later she heard that Rov I.M.I n-. . .. . . M ... - . . . ijviia awny or some llillC. As the weeks glided awav, if KatoV lovely lace grew thinner ami paler, n one suspected the cause. I ho season was drawing to a close, and she rejoiced at the prospect t! leaving a city where she had suffered so much. t ith a heavy heart she dressed ior me last reception she expected to attemt. l he rooms were crowded when she entered, and in the moving mass til Humanity she failed to see Roy rainier whoso even never left her face. Poor Roy! He had trained his hear ror weeks, and St rose in rebellion the moment lie saw the girl. tie started like una shot, m ) noticed a young man push his way to nnm b Blue It was Stanley. lie bowed over Kates hand with great empresstment, and she welcomed mm warmly. mm compressed lips Roy turned away, sick at heart. Later in the evening lie met Stanley I.. V .1 ... in mo urvssing-room. in some v Kate's name was Introduced, nn Stanley spoke of her in terms of creat admiration. "Sha ia an old acquaintance, ia she noir oy asked. No; quite the contrary. I have oniy Known lier a Tew weeks. ,.r . . . . io you mean to ten m yon were not acquainted with Mi. Meville two winters ago?'1 demanded Rov. A crimson flush spread from Stanley'? "1 expect yon refer to a distant re- iiu,ci mis Misft ieviue, wno was nere two winters ago, and who is a very different kind of a girl." And with a hasty "good-night!" Stanley disappeared, without noticing how his information lmd affected Roy. The floor and ceilillr aeomod t mLl before the eyes of the youn man. and the things iu the room chased wach other in the wildest wav. Living himself a shake to restore his scattered senses, he turned and wont swiftly downstairs. in a few minutes he wnt l.wi.l Kate. "Miss Neville, this is our waits?" With a little irasn. Kntninmp,) uu sound of the voice that four lon weeks before had addressed her in almost the same words. The suddenness of the attack was too much for her; unresisting, she allowed 11m to lead her to a small re ception-room. lie closed the door, and then all the man s control left him. "Oh, Kate, can von ever fm-o-iv 9 Can I ever make you love me? Relieve me, i nave oeen mad! And he certainly gave her good cause to think he was still in that uuhappy conditiou. Keeping her hands locked in his, he poured forth his story incoherently, perhaps, but it l. rt no'doubt in Kate's mind of his love for her. Carefully she kept her face averted. 'ad, my uarimg, is there nothing I can do to win your forgiveness?"' "No." she answered in a low tone. "You forget 1 am a woman " "Kate, do not break my heart!" he in terrupted, catching his breath desper ately. "And to a woman who loves there is nothing to forgive," she finished in a whisper, hiding her face on his breast. Straining her to his heart, he laid his lips to hers, softly and tenderly, and in that moment was vouchsafed to them a foretaste of heaven. In Oreat Goott Imck. A Detroiter who was looking for lands iu southern Kansas got off the train at a little town at midnight, savs the Free 7Ve.., aud iu trying to find his way to a hotel he went astrav and brought up against a man who held the muzzle of a shotgun against his breast and said: Now, then, if you move a foot you are a dead man!" He moved his tongue instead and asked what was wanted. Two more citizens joined him, and he was then marched to the lock-up and told that he was a prisoner charged with at tempted burglary the uight before. Two of the men positively identified hiia as the man they had se'eu runuinsr away from a jewelry store. Seeing it was no use to talk he kept still, and they went through him. They found nothing suspicious, but held to their case, and he was locked up and left alone. Early next morning a fat little justice of the peace came puffing iu and called out: "Why didn't you tell us we had got the wrong man?" "It was no use." "It wasn't, eh? You'll have to pay for all this!" "But it wasn't my mistake." "Yes, it was! Here 3-ou've gone and laid us liable for a suit of false im prisonment, and I won't stand it." "If the officers don't kuow their business I can't help it." "Well, I rind you to lie a disorderly person, and I tine you o and a month in jail! If you'll get out of town I'll remit the jail part." And I must pay 5 because your officers made a mistakeP" queried the Detroiter. Certainly. While we were fooling with you the man we wanted got away! Any more hesitation will bo contempt of court and a hundred dollars tine and six months in jail. Train is about due, and my buggy is outside." He rode down with him, and as the tram moved off "his honor" said: "You got out of this mighty -luckv-, old fellow! There is only one lawyer in town, and he was calculatins to charge you $50 for advising you totake vuc uiii roau our or this and RtriL-A gait of ten miles au hour!" His AVord Was Good. Reuben Lloyd tells the story, as printed in the Sau Examiner: following Francisco "During the lifetime of William a Ralston it was the habit of that genius for speculation to buy and sell property in the names of his friends with no record or writing to show his connec tion with the transaction. After his death I happened to be one of the com mittee appointed to try to rind out what had become of about $11,000,000 worth of property that was supposed to be thus distributed and concealed under the names of his frieuds and associates. "Of all the men in San Francisco who thus held his property the only sin who came forward and delivered it ' was Maurice Dore. He said: 'This H mine. It belongs to the Bank of ornia.' .There was not a scratch of a pen, valine or word auywherc in the vate accounts of Ralston or of the ak to show that Maurice Dore was rtbe owner, and he might have kept i property for his own without being stioned or even suspected by any . ?n earth. Yet, unsolicited and hesitation, he stepped forward rered into the haAis of that " property that brought to the $400,000 inW- " forty Yearn. Married, how lonir aim fount the year by i lie cum. nld wi'iidlnit-rlnir. Onee thick and lira v v. II. iw itit thr v. the wuitrd) timt inrlt in iMnif 1 And youth . Hh llirnit mi litre, cweet heart, la the only hudiitir Udnitl Wo two, ah, what did we know of lore when macs or June were red ? when you wept went tear at a aniur, nr tub . I ved at Koine Ihoufrhtleaa word 1 wild, And bundled If I only pTi.ii.ml jour hand or a klits on jour fair browu head. Our hearta were Unlit anbrlirM tnibble blown. I.Ike children In Inlrylmid We Wandered down where Ihe daNlea grew to thai won. left nl irnlilen ixrand here all the drcimi or the heart come true, and lovers walk hand iu hand. Blnce ttien.fttnec then, O.thc lonir, lonirroad wo .... t'BV" wandi-rrd UiiihibIi calm and Hiorm, w lien leave llrw t.y u and Mm lliikra whirled and we wntehed the awalloua turm In w I nircd elou4, airplimr down the aky to lntida wher the mill waa Warm. There wn alwava brlirhtnemi ror you and me and over the team we wept For llle'a sore lar and hurlina; pain ami n- bow of hoi attllerepl. And deep Iu your awei t. tear-clouded ejea my uuiihlne forever aleptl Look at. me, di-ar. w ith your true, kind eyea li.-nnilntf under our toft while hiilr; Tltey are lar more beautiful now, awcethenrt, thnn when nioriilna' ami youth were fulr; And tar more lovely your pale, wnrn ehi-eka than w hen IiIukIu'S were burning; there. I talk like a lover? Of court I do. What else ahould 1 talk like, prm ? For a man la never a lover true to the girl of liln heart, I My, 1111 he's lived a her hunbnd forly year and Been her grow old and gray. .Til due. THE ART OF FLYING. U'a May Have the Alr.Shlp Hllhln the Next Herade, From the earliest hintorio time flying haa been a means of locomotion which has had A strnng-e f :seiii:itiou to man kind, saya the liostou A-ni.f. and probably as early as man found him self able to increase his natural power by adapting to lite uses the forces of nature, attempts have lieeu made to fly through the air, though in no case has there, been any conspicuous success. It is. perhaps, discouraging to give time and attention to the work of de veloping something upon which so much human time, euergy and in genuity have been wasted," but there is still much to be said iu defeose of those who are seeking to devise and perfect flying-machines, that modern science and invention have surroutided their efforts with more favorable con ditions than have hitherto existed. The would-be inventors of living machines arc always abnormally" san guine and invariably believe that , if they had a sufficient sum of money to jierfect their plans they could quickly solve the problem of air navigation. But some quite as confident ns any who now live have had the needed money and have wasted large amounts of it without achieving success. Still, it should be pointed out that although these failures are well known to all of those interested in the study of neros- ! tation. the members of the aeronautic societies of England, France, and tier- many, many of them of scientific at tainment and who have given patient study to the subject of air navigation, are strongly of t lie opinion that we are on the eve of great discoveries in this respect and that at any time the world may be startled by au invention which will perhaps be more remarkable than any w hich has hitherto been made; that is, the discovery of a means of safelv. economically, and successfully flyiug through the air. These hopes of a great development in aeronautics rest on this scientific- basis: that experience has show n that tinder certaiu conditions the resistance oi tne air is as great as the resistance of the earth, and assuming the proper conditions, it should be just as easy to maintain a body iu the air or ropel it through the air as to rest it upon the grouud. As an illustration of air resistance, it is pointed out that if a quantity of gunpowder, freely exposed to the air, is exploited upon 'the sur face of a rock, the result is morel v a bright flame and a puff of smoke, "the gases generated passing off harmlessly into tne air in consequence ot its tigiu resistance when compared with the're sistance of the rock. On the other hand, when giant powder or dynamite is exploded under similiar conditions the rock upon which the explosion ot: curs has great lisures made in it. be cause in this instance the resistance offered by the air is greater than the resistance offered by the rock, and tl.f force of the explosion is driven down ward rather than upward. Now. why this difference? Merely because, in one case, that is, gun powder, the explosion is a slow pro cess, while iu the other it is a quick one; therefore, the couclusioti isdi.iwu that, providing motion is sufficiently rapid, a resistance can be encountered in the air amply sufficient for the mechanical work of lifting upw ard and driving forward. Assuming then the existence of a comparatively light body, supplied with machinery whTch can drive propellers at an exceedingly high rate of sKed, and the condition's would seem to be present which are needed to assure safe air navigation. We have in aluminium a metal "which fully supplies the needed quality of streugth and lightness, and, with" im provements, there is reason to believe that iu a few years more this metal will be quite as cheap, if not cheaper, than copper. We have iu petroleum a concentrated fuel which may bo used to generate a large amount of power with the minimum of weight and waste. Jt is also possible that in a short timo more we shall have light batteries iu which large quantities of electricity can be stored, to be draw q tipou when ever the force is needed. These are all possibilities of the near future, and they, one and all. hold mi the promise of enabling some one, even in this generation to solve a problem that has defied the utmost skill of mau in past ages. When one considers that the discovery and utilization of a safe and economical means of air naviga tion would imply the mor nr Wo speedy abandonment of almost all of our present means of land aud w ater transportation, the tremendous econ omic and social revolution that would .. 1 . e ... ,i j- icsun iiuin me uiscoverv we nave re ferred to can be perhaps faiutlv im agined. The successful trial of an air ship would in twenty-four hours' time cut down by half the Value of all the railroads aud steamships in the world, because it would afford an opportunity of cheapening to au iucredible extent the cost of transporting both persons and merchandise. It may be that this generation will have passed away be fore this discovery is made; but. on the other hand, it is not impossible that this great inventiou will be brought into public use before the close of the present ceutury. What His Father Would Have Done. A story is told of a young Irish officer, who. while dining at a bauquet in connection with some great military display, was grossly insulted by "a supercilious young Cockney officer, who contemptuously alluded'to him as "a verdant bog-trotter." The young fellow rose in his place like a shot, and dashed a glass of wiue full in the face of his insulter, who sat directly op posite him. A grizzled old colonel, who chanced to be sitting next to the spirited youug Hibernian, and who had been a" quiet spectator of the incident, gave him an approving pat ou the back, and ex claimed, encouraginglv; "First rate, my boy. "first rate; but if it had been your dear father, who is in heaven, he would have let the miser able puppy have the decanter." Shef field Telegraph. MISSING LINKS. After a long absence the turnover collar is coming back again. Seattle, Wash., charges from $200 to $1,000 per day for licenses for cir cuses. The original mask of Napoleon, taken after death, at St. Helena, Is for sale for 6,000. Dr. Sequard claims that his ellslr has cured Intermittent fever, neuralgia, rheumatism, insomnia and leprosy. The live New England states have built, so fur this year, sixteen miles of railroad. North Carolina has built 220. A Vermont legislator has Introduced a bill for the punishment and sup pression of the persona who caricature politicians. The greatest city park In the world is Fairiiiount Park, In Philadelphia, containing over two thousand nine hundred acres. In a biographical dictionary of Rus sian authors recently issued 1,'tMX) pages are devoted to those whose name be gins with A. A Jew ish boy in Russia w ho stole a pear was brutally punished. The word "thief" was branded tm his fore head in three places. At F.ichweller, in Germany, a lady left Instructions in her-will that when she died she waste be bulled in a ?plen did ball costume. Dli Saeiaiiietito," tlio eaiiiion taken across the plains by General Fremont in his first expedition, is an object of interest nt the Kansas State Cnpitol. A miller at Oothcitlojf-i. tJa., fonmt the wheels iu the mill clogged so that the- would not work. After taking 3G0 poutuUof eels out llm wheels turn ed once mot e. There were 8,'2'J.I houses In Phila delphla which wero closed dining the summer; 5.00.1 were reMrtt'd to the police, and of these four only were en tered and robbeU. The total length of the streets, ave nues, boulevards, bridges, quays and thoroughfares of Paris is set down at GOO miles, of which nearly 200 are planted with trees. That hypnotism U becoming danger ous is proved by the issuing of a pre scription for escaping the hvpnoli.er. The tH'st remedy would lie, tirsl. never become hypnotized. A. J. Welch, of Hartford, Conn., w as h bootblack not many tear ago. Then he began to follow the races, and to- day is worth $.j(X),0tXl. nil of which was made ou the race course. An innovation in the methods of binding green fruit at the port of New York Is about to be put in practice. The new arrangement consists of a steam-heated wharf, SO by 1st feet in dimensions. The Academic de Sciences has sub mitted a new system of musical flota tion iu which iwenty-seven characters replace the 203 symbols now employed to represent the" seven notes of the gamut in the seven keys. The British South Africa Company, it U reported, has proposed to its em ployes that any servant discovering a mine in the country covered by the company's charter will be made a co proprietor of it w ith the company. Of thirty pedestrians injured on the streets of Cincinnati in one month twenty-live owed their injuries te the carelessness of female drivers; and. as a result there is a call for an ordinance to prevent any woman from driving horses iu that city. An English company with large cap ital has bought the "petroleum fields near Payta. iu Peru, and exjiects to furnish oil enough for the whole of South America, Australia. China and Japan. Immense tank ships are beiug built for the business. The watercress is a plant which has resisted all efforts m improvement by cultivation. Under artiticial Irealmeut It loses the faint, piquant mustard flavor that is its special charm, ami assumes much of the hot, pungent taste of the horse radish. The general coucensus if opinion seems to be that it would lie better to send Ireland food than money at the present juncture. The fear is that it may result, if money is sent. In its be ing turned over to the landlords iu payment of rent, which is by uo means w hat is wauled. Lady Dilke. wife of Sir Charles Dilke. is taking active interest in labor organization in Etigland, and has re cently addressed crowded meetings of women. She urged them to form unions, but warned them against deserting the cause as soon as their wrongs had been l ighted. "The Cost of Drunks" is the inter esting theme to which Torouto news- f apers are now devoting some space, t is figured out that the 5.411 drunkcu men arrested in the town last year represented a deficiency in wages lost, etc.. of $191,682. No wonder a Toronto editor deplores the prevalence of drunkenness "in our midst." A member of the British South Afrl cau Compauy reports the discovery of an ancient ruin in Lundi, Mashonaland. of which the race there uow has no record. It was there when their fore fathers came to the country. It is a circular aud massive building, with walls of wrought stone, iu some places ten feet thick. It is supposed to be a fort. The Edison phonographic doll has now got up to 135 words in speech. For a long time only 70 words could bo packed into the compact little frame, and it was therefore deterred from saying a great many I hinsrs. iu course of time the wizard of Meulo Park may make his do ls talk, as freely as human beings. It is all a matter 6f combina tion. The law offico of ex-President An drew Johnson, in Greenville, Teun., is still standing, aud is used as a storage-room by a patent medicine com pany. The little shop in which he worked at his trade is on another street, and the sign is still on the door. "A Johnson, Tailor." The prop erty is owned by Mrs. Patterson. An drew Johnson's daughter. A young lady iu a far Western State recently sent the following inquiry to someone in Washington: "Willvou inform me where the navy of "the United States is, and how many men do they keep there, and what else do they keep theve. and w hat do they keep them for? Do the iiieu-ef-war stay there? How many guns, cannons and shells do they keep there, and what do they keep them for?" T. B. Harnetl, of Camden. U. J., gave a dinner to Walt Whitman re cently. "I publish my own books," says the venerable poet, "and have done so ever since my first little volume entitled -Leaves or Grass, was return ed to me unnoticed by every leading newspaper in the country save one? Things have changed since then, and scarcely a day passes in which I do not receive a request with satisfactory honorarium to write for some leading newspaper or magazine. But I have to go slow, and only work on days when the spirit moves me; for you know I am half a Quaker, and go a little on the light within." A Massachusetts man has takea out a curious patent for a f uuenal carriage. It i3 built like an old counti'v omnibus with a compartment on roof the coffin. .There i -..y - nollon that la starllingly now, but the patent lias been Issued specifically for an endless chain mid pullet ar.nifm ment which lifts the eolllti from fiio hautU of the pa 1 1-bearer to the place deidgiied for It on the top. About a doxen varieties of nir-ilght colllus hava been patented since Janiiut y, each be ing graced with tune particular quali ty. In one the air Is pumped out through a small hole after thecoma litl has been closed, mid the hole au tomatically closed by an apparatus In side tht air exhausting machine, A TftiP TO CENTRA!. AFRICA. Ia a Paw Veara Murh a .I.mrnry Will Ite t'nmmnn Kntig;li. The latest news from the Congo states Hint the railroad to connect the port on the lower Congo with Stanley jtool. where navigation of the upper Congo begins, is now In processor con struction, and that everything ii pro gressing favorably. Tim entire length of the line Is less than ilOO miles, and only twenty-five of these present en gineering obstruction of any difficulty w hatever, and these have already beeu overcome. If all goes well the line ought to be completed In three vears, say the Philadelphia Imjitirer' By that time express steamers will be put on the Congo, so that a trip to central Africa will be easily made by every summer tourist. Thus we will auppose a Philadelphlaii desires to visit Stanley Falls, the head quurterfi of TIppooTib, situated direct ly In the heart of the dark continent. If ho U in a hurry ho can plan hli trip about this wav: Phlltil.-I.lila foStitlinnilon tom lmn.pt on t m.'iilli or tXiiiiro.. OutOiiiito ntili.mil . MMtll.-v pool Slunl.-y faU ...1 'J'ao wet-k-i at th I al lieturn trip a above iMya. 7 13 I 14 . .. t4 Total length of trip , .... 63 1 litis one eau leave home July 1, see all the wondrous beauties of the Afri can continent, spend two weeks hunt ing elephants and visiting the natives, aud be back al his desk Sept. 1 after having crossed the equator six times. We shall expect verv soon to see the country flooded w ith circulars of the Tippoo Tip African Tourist company (limited), which will issue round-tri'p tickets for the journey, furnish guides and all useful information, attend tourists on little hunting side trips, and secure front seats nt cauuibal feasts. All this can be easily accom plished tor foOO, the great point Iu cheapness being that the shops of cen tral Africa are not such us to tempt the tourist to unluail his wealth. , la dies particularly will not return "w ith their trunks full of central Afiicau costumes. The above estimates of lime and cost may seem overdrawn, but it is prolc able that before this decade is ended they wilt be found to be too high. And after Americans ouee get Into the wav of taking a jaunt into central Africa goodness knows what development may take place in that benighted re- Oeath or a famous Itattleanakn. The largest rattlesnake ever seea In Georgia was killed Saturday In Lee county upon the plantation of Secre tary of Stale Gen. Phil Cook. The snake has terrorized the neighborhood for years, and its death Saturday was the occasion of a jubilee celebration among the darkies iu that vicinity. Even the white people joined iu the P-PIIPI hI feeliinrof rli..r i !,- . .1 .. ...... r ...... 'unri ous and dreaded a neighbor was rid of at last. The snake, by actual meas urement, w as a little o'ver eleven feet loog. 11 nan nineteen rallies and a button. The snake has been hunted for years, aud traps innumerable have been de vised for its capture. Its den is an Impenetrable aection of the Kiucha foouee swamp. Near this Is a cypress pond, and between the swamp ami the pood is the road. Hundreds of times Us Hack has been seen across this road. People who had uot seen it were loath to believe tho stories told about It. but the truth finally became established, anil Dim I snake became famous from the Atlan tic 10 tne ruciiic. The snake has swallowed young pigs, chickens, rab bits and other small animals, and was dreaded by i ho negroes like a ghost. It was difficult to induce them to travel fho 1. ,il al I.vl.l Last Saturday the snake was found across Ihe path near the jkjuiI by Mr. Phil Cook. Without disturbing it Mr. Cook went off for help. jeturning with three or four negroes armed with hoes and clubs. Stealing up near the snake the negroes fell upon it, and with the hoes aud clubs finally killed it- It was cut open and iu its belly was found a full-grown buck rabbit- This probably accounts for tho dormant and comparatively helpless condition of the snake nml the ease with which it was dispatched. Tim snake was then thrown across the shoulders of one of the negroes and carried to Ihe house. ThougTi the negro was a stalwart, muscular'mau. he staggered uudcr the load. Atlanta Constitution. A Woman's UeveiiKe. ForBome time past girls employ ed In "ne of the departments of "the Bridgeport Corset Company's shop have beeu greatly annoyed and delayed in their work by the machines con stantly being found out of repair when started in the morning. X-rys the Hart ford limes. At limes three or four hours would be required to put them in shape for the work. This state of affairs continued so long that many of the old bauds left and new girls were taken on. On this particular work there is only so much to bo done every dav, ami as it Is all piecework the breaking of a machine causes a loss to the one operatiug it, and at the same time give those fortu nate enough to have perfect machiues a chance to make extra pay. There was oue woman working ia this department who kept constantly busy, her machine never appearing to get out of order, thus giving her a larger share of the work. Finally the machinist of the shop became sus picious that some oue was tampering with the machiues and set a watch. Early one morning of last week he got to the factory about C o'clock, aud. hiding himself, waited for develop ments. He hail not long to wait, for the woman in question arrived, as she was always the first to appear every morning. After looking around and seeing no one in view she took a screw driver, aud, going to one of the girl's machines, began to disarrange its gear iug. The machinist stopped her and reported her at the office. She waa immediately discharged. Simple Homed ica. Never breathe through the mouth un less it is impossible to breathe through the uose. For an aching tooth, saturate a piece of cottou with ammonia, and lay it on the tooth. Constipatiou may be relieved if a cupful of hot water, in which a tea spoonful of salt has been dissolved, is taken every morning before breakfast. For stomach worms in a child, mix oirSMeaspoonful of powdered sage in two tablespoonfuls of molasses, and give a teaspoon ful every morning. It is said that to drink sweet milk after eating onions will purify the urfji'tn so mat no odor will remain, t A ' 1 of strouoffe'. .!s also r ou-offe. ,-s also r to- ".jrjlouser.- '(. ' ' 1 CHINESE GIRLS NECLECTE0. KduraMtin llenled Thrm lloe-tuaa ThJ win atarried. A writer In the Ar Vhint H,mld, in an easily on The National History " "iw v-iiiiim tun, has siituti. Inter esting remarks on the lack of ednca tlnti of ChlnesH women Wl.-.. n.. child grows up to what we should call a young school girl her fi lends be.rin to be very uneasy about her. This has not the smallest conneeiioti with her Intellectual Mature, which, no far ns any culture which It receives Is con eernml. might as well be iion-exisicnt I r .. i .... i . i . umenn ner i inner loi imeii i In im a schoolmaster and at home with noth ing to do he never thinks id teaching his daughter to read: It Would bo lire. posterous. It Is like weeding the field lor some other mau, or pulling a gold ciiain orounn tne neck or some one elsos puppy, which may at any mo ment be whistled off, nnd then what becomes of the chain? One of the un derlying assumptions of Chinese so ciety Is that it Is the body of the girl for which the parents are responsible, and not the mind. To almost any Chinese It would probably appear a self-evident proposition that to spend time, strength, and, much more, money In educating the daughter-in-law of some oue else is a sheer waste. ' But," you say to him, "she Is jour daugh ter." "Not after she Is married." he replies; "aha is theirs; let them edu cate her themselves if they want her educated. hy should 1 leach her how to read, write and vcc'ion when it will tiercr do me any good?'1 With which utilitarian Inquiry the education of most Chinese girls has been banish ed from human thought for the apace of some millenniums. The anxiety which all ner friends be gin lo feel about a Chinese eii l as soon as she attains any considerable size is cxiiiuiieti in me inquiries which are made about Iter whenever she happens to lie spoken of. These Inquiries do not concern her character or her do mestic accomplishments, much less her intellectual capacity, of which she has, theoretically, none to speak of; but they may all"li summed up In the single phrase: "Is she said?' meati lug by the term "said" In-trothed. If the reply should be in the n.-g ttive the Intelligence is received in much the same way as we should receive the in formation that a Kuroieaii child had by some strange nerle t lieeu allowed lo grow to the age of IG without bar ing been taught uuvthiug w hatever out of books. The instinctive feeling of a Chinese iu regard to a girl Is that she should be betrothed ns soon as possi ble. This is one of the many points ia regard to which it Is almost Impossible for ihe Chinese ami the Anglo-Saxon to come to terms. As soon as a Chinese girl is once betrothed she is placed in different relations to the universe gen erally. She is no longer allowed such freedom as hitherto, although that may have been little enough 8he can not go anywhere, liecause it would be "In couvenient." Hh might be seen by some member of Ihe family Into which she is to marry than which it is hardly possible to think of anything more horrible. "Why?' the irrepress ible occidental inmiirea ami U ed by the information that "it would not be picqKT." Why It would not be iwoimt uo one can ever tell, except I hat it never was proer. and therefore It is not so now. aud therefore never will be. The imminent rik that the girl might tit some unguarded moment le actually seeu by ihe family of the future mother-in-law is a reason why so few engagements for girls nre made in the town iu which the girl lives an arrangement which would seem to be tor the convenience or alt parties in a great variety of ways. Cheap IiIvIiik in li'iiiilon. A once famous American disappear ed from New Yol k some years ago and months afterward was recognized in london. He told me that be lost con sciousness here and regained it there, everything between the loss and re covery beluga blank iu his mind, lie awoke one morning iu a queer little bedroom, with chintz curtains and a grate tire aud a comical bed and ancient furniture, built, like every thing portable in England, to resist time aud to strain a cart man's Imck. He arose, and seeing a bell-cord, pulled it. A little woman in a mob cap ami apron responded. He asked her where he was. and what she under stood his name and business to be, and how he spent his time. Finally he said. "What do 1 usually do when you come up. as you say "you do every morniug?" "Well, sir," she replied, "you usually order a penny roll, a penny- i worth of tea. aud au egg or a chop for a penny. Then. sir. 1 bring you a Clate, cup, and saucer, a penny oat of utter, and a knife ami fork and nap kin." "Well, tiring me -what you think best," said he, and he gave her four pence, as she suggested. j Iu half an hour or less, he says, he was seated at a table w ith a steaming pot of tea. u picturesque fried egg. two or three slices of toast, a plate aud knife and fork, and (as is the rule in England) a tiny pat of butter on a plate almost ns bi as the one he was to eat on. That, he says, is the way needy bachelors live iu the modern Bubvlou. Julian Hnlvh, in Harper" a -M'ceify. The Young Italian Woman. In the middle classes line dressing out of doors has to be combined with an ability (real or supposed) for keep ing house, says the Ht. Jamet Gazette. Fond mammas regalo young men with stories of their daughters' prowess in a manner worthy of Goldsmith's Mrs. Primrose, nnd have even been kuown to set the hopeful youug women to sweeping nnd cleaning as soon ns the expected ring was heard nt the door, in order that the hesitating aspirant might be brought to a declaration by the sight of the girl's capacity ns a menial servant. Under these circum stances marriage becomes simply an escape from intolerable dreariness. The idea of choosing a husband to whom she can prove a faithful wife rarely enters the girl's head. She must be married that she may be free. Some man of her acquaintance thinks she makes a good figure in the society he frequents, finds that her dowry is sufficiently large, and tired of "living" or desirous of settliug down proposes for her hand. The young wife, if she belongs to the upper classes, finds her self suddenly iu the possession of un bounded liberty. Her chief duty is to act ns a sort of clothes' peg, that the world may praise her husband's liber ality. She can now go out alone and, having little to do at home, spends most of her time calling, promenading and gossiping. Circumstantial Kvidence. Daniel O'Connell was at oue time de fending a man accused of murder at Clonnel. The circumstantial evidence was so strong against the prisoner that the jury had already determined upon their verdict of guilty when the man supposed to be murdered was brought into court alive and unhurt. The jury was desired tn return thair ,-...-.1 . ......... . .. , . Tcmiv.1 ai once, nnd they did so, but it was one itTt-.Mi M ..tin -a . . " vjuuiy. "( par noes tnis mean?" inquired the Judge, "if the man was not murdered how can the prisoner be guuty t -i lease, your Honor." said the foreman. Vs guilty; he stole niv bay mare ?ars ago." f ; ..- r nit. joniMx cog Muealiona! Museum uf AEalooiy T3 ... .A ...... .1 r...... I KM MAKitrrst. it. ih k tin. ell l lllline-'l. Where Ill.,ainrl of In. amino ebjneui may tm menn. c-l-lrei in Kun.i.o al a r.tof ni,fi. Thl a la tlia only Unarum lb' nlda ftV '. '" ""ray mountain. Kalati l llahed 24 yar. iu, and lt UtuKht -"M'i"i 111117 yon ait mane, mill how u avoid sleknoas nnd dlwaan. Entrance for L. IT. "n""w. ! eta. I'rtvat office, II Ueary Ku, ..kwiio In Inn Square, Cunault atloa frea. dead for twok. Ml I -TPlwn -t- INSTRUMENT3 tctary Bulldlnf 1SS V AK T ST. Baa Frsaeisor BLAKE, M0FFITT TOWN! IXroHTKUS AK1 IAl.tUl 13 BOOK, NEWS, WRITINQ AND WRAPPiNC PAP ID S Card Stock, Straw and Binders' Iloorr I'au-nt Ma.-l.Uia nwuta Ilasa. SIS lo SIS BttrnuiKmto 3t Bab JTmurtJao. NOT AT ALL AFRAID. A Farmar'a Wlfa Who C ould Tll Angel 1111,11 hik Haw Tli.m. Oue summer evening an old farmer sat on his door step smoking a pipe oeiore going to ijeti. says the Mifflin burg Jimfa. Presently a tramp sp- proacneti and sain: "flood evening, sir." (iood evening." answered the far mer. "I have been walking a long dis tance. Bain me tramp, "ana If you will permit me I II sit a few minutes ou your doorstep." "All light, ' was the answer. The tWO llieil fell Ililn pnnvnriallnn and as the farmer discovered his guest to lms nil niieiiU'eiiL man ihu r tail. was continued until a late hour. noma you mum giving me a rang 01 cuierr" asked the tramti. at lpnrth ot at all," said the farmer. "I will Uo It with pleasure." The citler was nrocured and dfiwwwl of In a summary fashion, and then came the next request: "I re I rsri-tril i,nn,l .11.1.... day, and I should like very much to 1 . . . 1 . . ... : 1 . ... 1 m . . . tioo." ' wnii tun. 11 TOU nave nn allien. "All right," answered the farmer, "I can accommodate you." Meanwhile the wife, who had nnir before retired and w listening in tZ conversation from her bel-rooui. called out: No. Tou won't I wnn't I,:.- here. Come, hiialmml it'- 1 : .... t you to come in ami lock up." "Madam," said the tramp, seriously, tor,.!.,.. 1.. 11.. .1: .:- 1 .. . J . l."U U .u, ,t, 1MB UIIIr nn ni I )A ynim "you should not sneak SO ahnmllr In m Stralirrpr. Vr,, n.n-l.fr i. .... . . - 1 r v ,Bij.. uu cuienamiog an angel unawares." . a.in t nii,e fraid.' returned the old lady, calmlv. "ancoU ,1 around bcezins cider nfter dark The Antics of a Iioy. Ire Conies out at tlm frnnt iln.. orient laced and hnmiv. if out for no particular reason save that he wants to be moving about. He is full of lihvsical action anil ha imoi mi some of it out of him before hoiltim or he won't lie tit to sleep. He doesn't know this with his head lint l.la lwUl knows: for after all the body does a e1"' " o ii own nun tnng, inde pendently of what we call conscious ness. He stands on the stem and Innka up and down the street. He doeso't kuow what he is lonk i n it f..r tnilu.1 says the Washinston VnliitaL he la not looking for anything. He just looks with a sort of undefined hope that he will see something sno-p-estive in him of what to do. He i llllllia llnwn I ha steps and goes to the gate, hangs on it a moment, makes a few sounds with his voice such as nobody but a boy can mane, anu nobody else would make if lie could. Ther don't moan mriklnn He makes them because well, because he is a boy. As if he had suddenly thought of something to do, he bangs the gate open and rushes down the street yelling like a young Indian. But he has not suddenly thought of Something tO do. lie haa limnlc ilniia that because he couldn't think of any thing to do, and he must do something. Then lie nicks tin a atnnn ami firaa ft .1 a dog, and cringes aud feels sorry ii it i.!.. !. I . .. 11 us mo mam. tie ooesn t want to hurt the do?. He t hrnwa I ho atnnn lua- cause he and the dog and the stone are mere ana it is bandy to do so. For a few seconds he stands and looks up in to a tree at nothing. Then he breaks into a run a?ain. and audifonlv aita down on the curbstone as if he had accomplished souiethinsr and was con tent. Kissing as Medicine. Joe Brooks was sitting- la his barber shop recently, says the Monongabela Republican, when two ladies entered. evidently mother and daughter, the younger carrying a babe, and both strangers to the proprietor. Mr. 13 rooks, with that Chesterheldian bear ing for which he Is noted, arose and gave them a cordial greeting. The mother of the babe, after reulvimr to the salutation, said to Mr. Brooks: "I have a favor to nsk of you. and. al though it may seem a queer one. and you a stranger. 1 hope you will grant it. I'm sure if you do it will be of great benefit to my child." "What can I do'for you. raadameF replied Joe. "If it is anything reason able I presume I can graut it." "I have heard." continued the lady, "that if a colored jierson will kiss a baby twice in the mouth it will assist it in teething and make this otherwise troublesome period to children very easy to bear." "I guess I can accommodate yon. madame." replied Joe, and. suiting the action to the words, took the child from its mother's arms and gave it two as sweet and resounding kisses as he was capable of bestowing and Joe is an expert in that direction. lie has the mouth. When this was done the mother took the child, and both Indies left the shop, apparently perfectly satisfied the opera tion would give the infant relief from that pain incidental to teething. They seemed to be ladies of refinement and from their actions firmly believed that caresses from a colored person would have the effect desired. Mr. Brooks says he has heard it is good for neuralgia on older girls, say sixteen to twenty j-ears of age. What His Father Would Have Done. A story is told of a young Irish officer, who, while dining at a banquet in connection with some great military display, was grossly insulted by "a supercilious young "Cockney officer, who contemptuously alluded to him as "a verdant bog-trotter." The young fellow rose in his place like a shot, and dashed a glass of wine full in the face of his insulter, who sat directly op posite him. A grizzled old colonel, who chanced to be sitting next to the spirited yonng Hibernian, and who had been a quiet spectator of the incident, gave him au approving pat on the back, and ex claimed, encouragingly: "First rate, my boy. first rate; but if it had f - 9, your det "'.lather, who'.-j, 0 r a a PACIFIC STATES T"YPEFOUNDRY newspaper PUB1.18HINQ HOUSE. 409-11 Waahingtoa fit., OppoaiUi post Offlca, PACIFIC COIIT ASSST fo Comtrr'a IT, . Type I'rmnrfrv, New Yor I artihordf. O. i . fypt Foundry cK,, luroton. Waldo Ac Co" Self h",. r,t" llahrork Cylinder, Cult's Armory Imn'd. 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