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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1891)
Cause and Vtfltact. t- & dinner party was la proa-rc down b - .. '- ffW, .iPt ulrtvf-tn!r, ta the nursery, wm a :. -' ' ,' loonly little Kml. " , , . her"' ) noihiiur left t dot" lift lbc4. "Tlisit otocfc In very slow. Antt when uurfH' dot flniHu supper, will ;.' , ;; put me tniritt uibHt!" 'Now, If they d let m play with thatl" ha toofci'd up on the wall, And fitntly pushed a cbajralmiff before him n bp Apokt- I really wuulU not mischief It, ot worry it fek, at all. j. And I fHl quite pretty certain I oould mend :: It, it It broker L About Ave minutes after this, tli door-bell v rat it, mid low wTIm HTvant toilm muster whispered, "Sir, 9 lit ' lit thv door - The it'wfnp-r. you runs; for.' Replied the ; waster, "N '. He ' math wne stupid blunder. And ha 7 thought or it no utoro. Fire mtitut'ns pnitorKl; a pound ot wheels; the servant came to sav, Tne oriairo t a-walit, sir, belike it 'a iKim Inn e rw. Byi-U man Is very posture you rati? for a ouppny," "I did n t," sM tlie master, and his look and um were suriy. In the mme mysterious manner a policeman oame ami went. Ami a doubtful look was rowhijr now, upon the master's fitee; An liK'ii had occurred to htm of what the mys tery nicinit, i And he was just preparing to follow up the . trace Vhen, lo! A burst of thunder-sound," the eiifrlne drew up proudly, Ckv followed by the hose-cart; and dire confusion srrew. But tte master from his door-step by shouting; wltdlv, hullr. Was In time to stop the delude, and afe waa alt that he could do. Straightway to the alarm he went, and cap tured Master Freddy, Who sobbed, "1 only gave It such a Uttie, little Jerk! I did n't mean to start It Just to try If It waa redy; I wan tod -all I wanted waa to see If it would work !" M:trjru-et Vandcgrlffr. In fft. Nicholas. WHICH WAS GUILTY. 'l do think John, you might let me have little more money." Victoria Hale was kitting at the breakfattt table, ft pout upon her cherry lips, da ominous wrinkle between her brows. She looked very pretty, in her moruinar dress of fluted white lawn, with a breakfast cup of Swiss muslin and rose-colored ribbons, that were peculiarity becoming: to her olive skin and larger velvety black eyes. "More money, "Victoria?" he repeat ed with a scarce I v perceptible knitting of the brows. "Are you not getting unreasonable? Do I not keep you liberally supplied with all that I have to spare?" "But It's so mortifying to go u-shop-ing with Mrs. Hvde and Mrs. Bonning ton. and Have to'stand hy while they are purchasing the sweet things at eucn uargams: - "Don't go shopping with them, then; that's my advice.' Vou would shut me up. thou, from all amusement and society P" "Nonsense, Victoria 1 You know better than that! Here are your pret tily luroisiteti house, your gamen. your little conservatory to amuse you?" Tui tired of them all," said the pretty bride. "One can not be con tented with the Rime thing forever." If you wanted a perpetual change, a continual whirl of excitement, you should have married a rich man." Don't be cross, Johu," said Victoria, coaxingly. "But you know all our neighbors about .here are tolerably well off, and I don't want to be left be hind. I shall be mortified to death if I cin't have a croquet party in July." "I have no esiiecial objectiou to that," said her husband. "I suppose it need not necessarily be expensive?" "Not so very,1' said Victoria. t)t course we must have a band, aod the sweets and ices from the coofectioa erV "Wouldn't your piano and a little home-made cuke and ice-cream do?" What notiseuse. John! Do yon suppose I could ak our stylish neigh bors to such a two-penny sort of affair as that?" "Thev would know it was as good as we could afford." "And I need ft lace parasol terribly. And ah. John, I had forgotten about Mrs. Iacy's cream -colored ponies." "I hope, for goodness sake, she don't want you to buy them?" "No, of course not. But she says I mav use them while she is at Searboro. Isn't it kind of her?" "I dare say it's very kind," said John Hale, ruefully; "but do yon chance to know how much a pair of ponies costs in the keeping to say nothing of the expense of the groom?" '-O. if you are going to stoop to such pettv consider:! t ions as that " "Well, well, use them if you like. I dare sav we shall ma nacre Bomnhow" "And the croquet party? Only thirty or forty people just to pay our social debts. It's so shabby to be be hind hand in such a thing." "If you1 11 be as economical as you cat about it " "And the parasol? And the summer silk that is such a bargain at Peter Robinson's " "Yes. yes, yesl Only remember, Vio, that there is a limit to our funds." Mrs. Hale was satisfied with the grudging assent so reluctantly screwed ant of her hnsband. She gave the croquet party and had the satisfaction of hearing on all sides that it was the most elegantly gotten up little affair of the season in Hollo way road. She whirled down to the parks and along the Bayswater road, with the cream-colored ponies. She bought the lavender summer silk, with m "love" of lace shawl to wear with it; paid Mme. Fringe Furbelow four guineas to make it up. and had it ruined by a glass of lemonade the first time she ever wore it. She accepted an invitation to visit Yarmouth with a tartv of irav friends, and cried all night before she coma induce her hus band to consent. "Vic, you don't understand,11 said John, with a careworn look on his brow. "We must study economy or ...we shall go to ruin." "Economy." sharply retorted Vic toria; "I am sick of the very word.11 Her husband tnrned silently away. It was bard, just when be had most need of sympathy, counsel and advice thus to be repulsed. . m They tell me," said old Mr. Hardie, the senior member of the firm of Hardie, Blocke & Co., that Hale's wife dresses the most elegantly of any one at Yarmouth this season." "What, Hale who keeps Denny's books? Young Hale?" "Yes." "The deuce she does! How can he afford itf" "Ah!" said old Hardie, taking snuff, "that's a different matter. I don't knot bow be affords it. If I were Denny I should keep an eye to things!" "They've bad some serious lessons already, I'ua told,11 said the other. That burglary last week cost them L 000." Any trace of the borclars as yet?" "No. The safe must have been opened by skeleton keys, Denny thinks." "Humph!" grunted old Hardie. "If the cashier was anybody but Hale, that Denny trusts as he would trust him self" "O, nonsense, nonsense! cried the other gentleman. "There's such a thing as being too suspicious, Hardie! You 11 be naying next that Hale is at the head of a gang of burglars!" "He may be, for all I koow,n said Hardie dryly. Meanwhile Mr. Reginald Denny be gan to be strangely mistrustful. Not of John Htfte he would as soon hare r thought of doubting liiujshlf but of others about him. "Hale," auld he, soinolhiuts I think these knaves of burglars are nearer home than any one imagines." "Do you, sirP' A ghastly look came over the ynmig man's 'features as if he were in paiu. "limmssUjlel" "At nil events it is worth, looking iuto." said Denny. "The oircloof sus picion seems to he narrowing down. Do you mind sitting up for a night or two." Pray douH mention U. I am well enough' said Hale, almost Impatiently. It was the tlrt night of his vigil a dark, tempestuous midnight, with rain failing nntrdde and the rush of equinoc tial winds wailing dowu the chimneys. Mr. Reginald Denuy hiul goue home, hut some unaunlyi!d notion induced him to return, quietlv and by stealth, toward 2 o'clock in the morning. Let-tins- himself in with his private key, with a word of assurance to the alarm ed watchman, who paced the ware house, noiselessly entered the counting house. The safe where the money and valu able tHrs were kept was wide open. Kneeling before it, with both hands full of bank notes and bills, hurriedly transt'ering some to an open leather ease in his right hand aud putting others buck, was John Hale himself. Iu an instant Mr. Reginald Denny's Iron grasp was on his arm. "So I have got at the root of the matter at la-t." said he, iu a deep, stern voice. So vou are the burglar. John HaleP" "Ah!" exclaimed the culprit, In dis may. "Have mercy!" Merer on a heartless wretch t never! Von shall pay the full penalty of your ingratitude and crime!" "Think for one moment, sir, or the situation in which I have been placed by an extravagant wife, whom I fond ly, tenderly love." "Her follies nre no excuse for your disliouesty. I have placed unlimited trust in you. This Is my reward. Ifad I not fortutiately arrived on the spot to-morrow morning would Jiave seeu me a, beggar, aud th viper I had warmed aud nourished laughiug at his dupe." White with rage aud dismay Hale sprang to his feet and confronted the man whom he had so Icng been system atically robbing. "You have discovered me." be cried In stilling accents, "but you never shall convict me." There was a vivid flash, the report of a pistol, and the next instant John Hale lay dead before the eyes of the horrified merchant. "It was not so much his own fault as it Wi his wife's," people said when the ngiy facts connected with John Hale's suicide leaked out. "He was weak, but not naturally wicked, and she persecuted him mercilessly for money. Poor girl! her dress and fash ion aud luxuries were dearly bought," And Victoria Hale, sitting, pale and agonized, in her .deep widow's weeds, knew as well as if supernatural hand had written it In fierv letters ou the wall that she had killed her husband. BURNED THE REBEL FLAG. A Httrrtnm; fttAry Tnld of Dr. Jnnnklla Fthr-ln-lw nf 8ton-wl! Jackson. E. D. Ludwig. of Erie. Pa., who just before the war. was a teacher in the Sunday-school of which "Stonewall" Jackson was Superintendent, relates the following story to the Detroit r I'resst "Thomas Jonathan Jack son, that was SionewaH's' full name, was Professor of Mathematics and Artillery Practice in the Washington College, of Lexington, and bis father-in-law. Dr. George Juncktin. was President of the college. President Juncklin was an uncoin promising Union man, and just before the war. when the secession spirit ran very high, a party of student one night raised a flag over the dome of the college. When Dr. Juncklin cftme down next morning and saw the Hag he ordered the janitor to take it down. The stu dents told the janitor that if he lower ed the flag they would kill him, and he refused. Dr. Juncklin. although up wards of 70 years old. mounted to the dome, cut the halyards and brought the flag down. Stepping into Vie bal cony he lighted a match, set fire to the flag, and as it burned said, in a clear voice that was heard by all be low, So mav all attempts to destroy the Federal Union eud.' He was aU once seized by a crowd of the infuri ated students and citizens, and it re quired all the energy of his son-in-law, Stonewall Jackson, aud a number of others to prevent his beiug hanged on the spot. A compromise was ar ranged by which he was to leave the State. He hastily entered his family carriage and. with what few effects he could lay his hauds upon readily, set out for Harper's Ferry escorted by his friends. When he had crossed the river he stopped the carriage and di rected the driver to wash every parti cle of Virginia soil from its wheels and body." Now there's a true-story." concluded Mr. Lttdwig. ''and one that I don't believe ever appeared in print.1' The Vslne of Commas. A Prussian school inspector appear ed in the office of the burgomaster of a little town, for the purpose of asking him to accompany him on a tour of inspection throug'h the schools. The burgomaster, rather out of sorts, mut tered. "Does this donkey come again?" The inspector awaited his time for a proper answer, according to the im mortal advice, "Vt-ngeance is a dish that must be eaten cool." When the inspector was introduced to the teach er, he said he was curious to see how well punctuation was taught. The burgomaster, the local supervisory authority, said: "Never- miud that; we care naught for commas and the like." But the inspector ordered a boy to go to the board and write: "The burgomaster of R. says, the in spector is a donkey." Then he order ed him to change the comma by plac ing it after R. and inserting it after in spector. Thus: "The burgomaster of R-, says the inspector, is a donkey." It was a cruel lesson, but it is reason able to suppose that commas rose in the estimation of the "local supervisory authority." London Journal of Edu cation. Nature's True Tonic. One of the advantages of light gym nastics, says Tfie Ladies' Home Journal, is that the sick and convalescent can m nke what appear to be trill i n g efforts, and by them, in lime, be re stored to active health. If too feeble to be practically able to make but little exertion, try what are known as deep breathing movements. Lie flat upoc the back, take as long and as deep breaths as possible, and while the month is closed, slowly throw the arms np in front and then at the sides. Rest for ten minutes. Try again the same inhalation and exhalation of nir, the latter being: pure and frush. After while, attempt the same, sitLing tip. These exercises can safely tie taken by the sick one every day. several times, and the whole muscular system will be improved, just as if some reviving tonic had been given, a far better one than any charged with alcohol or some like stimulant. Worth Knowing. There is notbiug which will sqnelch id oii-ieu ui w in its lutjjfjjiTiii; uiute i quickly and effectually thau sand I and there are tio afterclaps in the way n.ir either. I SALLY BUSH. Abraham tlnonln' Strptuotti r A few in lies from the Ohio river, In southern Indiana, in the midst of Its grand old forest of towering oaks, of walnut and maple trees, were scat tered bits of prairie bind that rose and fell in waves of hill and hollow most fair to see. Upon one of these eminences stood ft small, unsightly cabin of rough and unhewn logs, with neither doors or wiudows. In one corner of the room folea were stuck Into the cracks of the ogs, while the other euds wero sup ported by forked sticks sunk into the earthen floor. Over these boards were laid, upon which dry leaves -were scat tered, the whole surmounted with skins of anlmnls, aud old clothes. This was the only hedttead visible. Three or four three-legged stools, u slab with the Hat aide upward serving as a table, and a Dutch oven and skillet com pleted the furniture of the room. This was the home of Thomas Lin coln, an easy going, id Id man. whose chief excellences lay in his skill as a huntsman and his remarkable aptitude for story-telling. About a year after the death of his wife, who had left to him tw o children, he sought another in the person of Sally Bush, who had in earlier years rejected his suit, but who was uow a widow, living with her three chitdreu in Kentucky. Iu homely words, he urged imme diate marriage and she yielded. It Is fair to presume, however, that had she known'the real truth about the Indiana cabiu tile her consent would have been hard to gain. Packing up her household goods and loadiug them on a naon drawn by four horses, the newly wedded pair arrived at Thomas Lincoln's home. Imagine her disnpnoluiment when, ut the close of a cold December day, they drove up before the doot-leat, w'iudow less cabin, ttifiontof which stood the two children, Nancy, a girl of 11, aud Abe, a boy 9 years old. Ill-clad, with unwashed faces and uncombed hair, these little creatures gased with eyes aud mouth wide open at the wonderful treasures unloaded from that wagon. There were chairs and a table, aud knives and forks and cooking utensils, and most marvelous of all a real bureau, that in those days had cost (40. This Inst Thomas Lincoln had declared a sinful extravagance, und had urged Sully to sell it, but she wo.uld not heed aud so it was brought to the backwoods cabin. To these uu tutored children, who had never heard of such things, and who knew nothing of their uses, this ehauge of surroundings came, like ft perfect revelation and changed the whole color of their lives. Iu person. Sally Bosh was tull and stately, haudsome in face ami figure, with earuest eyes and beautiful curl ing hair. Iu conversation she was bright antt cheery, and to all her charms added a rare force of charac ter, expressing itself in ueatuess, eu ergy, economy aud thrift. Desolate as was her future prospect, uupromising in its every feature, she lost no time Iu lamentatiou. Looking calmly into the face of chaos, out of it she wrought comfort aud order. Turning with pity to the two neglected Lincoln child re u she cleaned them thoroughly aud combed and straightened their tangled locks. She taught them how to wash themselves, and gave them untiring lessous in the virtues of cleanliuess. From her own wardrobe she fashioued for them gar ments, and clothed t lie in comfortably from head to foot. Nice uai-m beds and nourishing food were provided fur them. She treated them as kindly as she did her owu children, aud took them into the heart of her large aud gracious motherhood. Through her insistence, her husband laid a w ooden floor, and in due time doors and win dows found their proper places. Lit tie by little more laud was cultivated and Iwitcr provisions were made for the entire family. Instead of hlmv and hard usairc to which the children had been always subjected, she ruled them by love and by winsome ways. As Abraham Lin coln so often sab! in afi-r yea vs. -he was the woman who tir-o made me fi-d like a human being." To him she was the embodiment of all things good his "saintly mother." hi "Angel of ft mother." as he used to call her. Uncultivated she certainly was. as measured by book attainments, or by the accomplishments of these modern times, but she was airong in high pur pose, aud capable of aiousing ambi tion in others, by her earnest zeal. A short time after she arrived at the Lin coln home, "Abe," to whom she suon became warmly attached, was titled out iu a comfortable suit of elnthos, and sent to school for the first time iu his life. It is true he walked four and a half miles each day for this instruct iou. which, at the best, was meagre, but it was enough to stir desire for more, ami fan to living flame the light that was in time to lead this laud through dark ened places. Utterly iguorant, rude and uucouth. the new mother found this boy seem ingly destined to a life of rudeness and obscurity, and from these depths she rescued the pure and honest and force ful spirit, that is to-day loved and rev erenced by the whole world. Through the transformation she brought about in the home and in the entire life of the family she completely woo the boy's con tide nee, so that he rested entirely upon her wisdom aud yielded her, in all things, the most im plicit obedience. Did she assume that certain things could be brought about, he never for oue momeut questioned the result. Faithful always through his entire life to this devoted woman, Abraham Lincoln never forgot her, in the midst of triumphs, whoso glory might have din mod the remcmbrauce of a' heart less toyal than his own. After his electiou to the presidency, before he went to Washington, he vis ited his mother, now bent aud bowed with age. It was a sad parting, this last one, for both share in the" same forebodiug that they should meet no more on earth. After his assassination Mr. Herndou, Mr. Lincoln's law partner, went to see her. With streaming eyes she said: "Abe was a good boy, and I can say what scarcely one woman can say iu a thousand, Abe never gave me a cross word or look, and never refused iu fact or appearance to do anything I re quested him. "His mind and mine, what little I had, seemed to run together. I had a son Johu who was raised with Abe. "Both were good boys, but I must say, both now being dead, that Abe was the best boy I ever saw. I did not want Abe to run for president; did not want him elected; was afraid some how; and when he came down to see me after he was elected president I still felt tiiat something would befall Abe and that I should see him no more.11 Our republic must justly honor its heroes and statesmen that their exam ple may inspire those coming after to guard the freedom of the future, but shall it not also remember the debt of gratitude it owes to its women-builders to the patient, tireless, creative force wielded by the mothers of men? Ella Dare, in Inter-Ocean. Forty-five thousand immigrants ar rived from Sweden and Norway to tbo Uuited Stales last year. THE INDIAN'S MUSTANG. Hor Vrm Introduce! tn America by .. the flpatilnrtla mt Sn VUciapail, The Indian horses of the mountain and plains tribes were originally of that wild stock once found In yast herds all over the Intnicontlnent region and which had their beginning from those that stayed from the Spniilurds hi old Mexico, as them were no animals of that character on the continent un til the Spanish conquest, if wo except an extinct species found only as a fossil ou the plains of Kansas. These were geological specimens long before the advent of the Indian, and of such a re mote age as to bewilder the miud Iu Its contemplation. Even until the middle of the eight eenth century the Indians of the coun try east of the Mississippi used to laugh at the white man, who' could not walk but must ride a horse. The Indian thought nothing of keeping up a "dog trot" till day, making his lifty and sixty miles during that lime. The wild horses of the American continent once roamed from the border of old Mexico as far north as Lake Winnipeg, says a writer in the Kansas City titttr. Twenty-three years ago there were a treat many wandering over the broatU grassy bottoms of the Cimarron, iu southwestern Kansas; perhaps they are not all extlnet yet. All the wild horses that I have ever seen were of a small stature pony built In every instance but possessing awondeiTul amount of endurance; a toiiirh, hardy animal, well lilted to per form the peculiar duties the Iudians demanded of him. The savages are verv hard on their animals, and unless their horses wero constituted to "live on ohm 03 nud drink the green slime of the buffalo wallows" thov would have become extinct, probabfy, long ago; When caught youug they are easily broken, but if taken at an ad van ceil age l hey are perfectly Incorrigible. I remember oue that used to do duty on the old stage line between Ellsworth and Sterling, alwut seventeen years ago. He was the most vicious brute it has ever been my fortune to see. Whenever it became necessary to shoe him he had to be knocked down with an ax. and before he rccovttred his Senses tied, and only iu that condition would the blacksmith dare approach him. His endurance was something marvelous; his driver, the only man that could do .inylhlug with him at all. tried for years to e:ir him out, but without success, and he succumlwd at last only to old age. I have ridden he hind him many a time, but in momen tary expectation of having my brains kicked out or dashed to pieces when ever he started dowu hill. His bones lie bleaching somewhere on the divide tie t ween the &tnoky Hill and the Arkansas. Hardships of the Fourth Fremont Kxpfdttlon. The Century printed a posthumous account by a survivor of the fourth ex pedition of General FrernonL The scene is in the neighborhood of the Rio Grande del Norte. The writer, Micajah McGehec, of Mississippi, thus described the effect of the cold apou the animals. The farther we went the more ob stacles we had to encounter; difficul ties beset us so thickly ou every baud as we advanced that they threatened to thwart our expedition. The snow be came deeKjr daily, nnd to advance was but adding Hungers to difficulties. About one-third of the men were al ready mut or less frost-bitten, every night some of the mules would freeze to death, and every day as many more would give out from exhaustion and be left on the trait. It seemed like light lug fate to attempt to proceed, but we were bent on our course, and con tinued to advance. At one time men were sent ahead to report the pros pect, aud returned staling that grass appeared iu the distauee before them; they supposed that the snow was abat ing, but ou coming up what they saw proved to be the tops of bushes six feet high projecting above the snow; nor did anything appear upon which the animals could subsist. The corn we had packed along fur them was al ready cousumed. Sometimes we would attempt to move ou. nnd the severity of the weather would force us buck into camp. In one of these attempts, before we could beat mir way half a mite against the tempest, our guide. Old Bill Williams, was nearly froseu; he dropped down upon his mule in ft stupor aud was nearly senseless when we got into camp. A number of men came In with their noses, ears, faces, fingers, and feet partly frozen, and one or two of the mules dropped down and froze to tlcati under their packs. Poor mules, it was pitiubl" to see them! They would roam about all night, generally, en account of their extreme weakness, following back the path of the previous' day, pawing in snow three or four feet deep for some sign of vegetation to keep them alive. They would fall down every lifty jards under their packs, aud we would, have to unpack them and lift them up. and that with lingers frozen and lacerated by the cold. Finally they began eat ing the ropes anil rawhides lariats with which they were lied, until there were no more left iu camp to tie them with; theu they ate the blankets which we tied over thein at night; then they came into camp and ate the pads and rigging off the pack saddles, and ate one another's manes nmh. tails entirely bare, even into the flesh, and would come to us while sleeping and begin to eat the blankets off us; they would even tumble into our tires, over the cooking utensils. But. poor things, little relief could we afford theiu, for, although they suffered much, we were in no better condition. Wanted Golden Shoe. Ex-Congress man William Sen It, the millionaire of Erie, Pa., has a great number cf Jo horses, and anyihiug' that pertaius to the eqiune race he ap preciates, even when it is more or less of a facetious nature. He occus onally tells the following: "A gentleman wanted to borrow some money from Mr. Isaacs. The tatter said, rather indignantly, that he did not lend mouey unless he had good se curity. Fiually the gentleman said he thoirght he could give security. "'What?' asked Isaacs. '"A horse.' "'Bosh! the horse is worth nothing.' "Yes, it is. Why, my horse is 17 hands high, has diamond eyes, ruby ears, and silver mane.' "A horse of this great value, the gentleman thought, would be taken as security, when Isaacs put au end to the dicker by asking: "Veil mine trieut, has dot horse got golden 8'ioea. too?'' Eipftnse No Ooject. I am uot permitted to give my authority for this anecdote, but it is true. A woman, who is not unknown iu fashionable society, where she reigns by rijht f riches over a little queen dom of loyal admirers and ndnnresses, had an affectatiou of the throat, but was not too ill to see her physician. After making an examination he said: "Madam, I shall have to touch two or three of the affected spots with nitrate of silver." Oh. doctor, please don't do that," she said. "Use nitrate of gold; the expense is immaterial." San Fran eisco Examiner, i s x THE ORACULAR MULE. Rh Was lilhi.llr Trtifttfil, hat Pat FrlimtlM In a Hut at l,st. Buster has done it at last, says a VVelUboro correspondent of the N. T, fiwn. ,- Tbe hnuds of the law have closed upon htm, nnd woe sits by the 1 1 earth of Uncle Murg Binder's, In the Pine creek reglou. Buster is a mule a tittle mouse colored miilti that has been ia the Binder family so ninny years that his ago is forgotten. He was the autocrat of the Binder premises. His chief duty was to haul Un-ile Morgand Aunt Peggy when they wanted to go visit ing or to town to trade. That Is. Buster hauled them If he hadn't made up his mind to a different course. They never knew whether or not the mule was going to take them or not until they got into the wagon. Then Uncle Murg would take up the lines nud say: "Now, then, Busterl What o ve think nbout HP" If Buster prick nd up his ears and started ou that was ns much at to' say that he thought It was all right nnd he would take Uncle Murg and Aunt Peggy wherever they wore going nnd fetch them back home slick as a greaser. - But ff Buster replied to Uncle Morg's Inquiry by laying his ears back on his shoulders and scowl ing they knew that the mule thought it wusn't all right and without another word Uncle Morg and Aunt Peggy would dismount, unhitch the mule and turn him out and go contentedly Into the house to wait until some day when Buster was willing. "Make him go agin his will!'.1 Uncle Morg always exclaimed when asked why he didn't force the mule to go. 'W'y, man. sum pin' VI happen surer 'n 'later rot If wo sh'd go ugiu Buster's Idee o' the matter! Buster knows!" It was the same way with persons. Buster's opinion of an Individual de cided Uncle Morg ami Aunt Peggy. When he folded his liberal ears bttck and threatened a rush upon any per son under his scrutiny that person could do no business with the Binder family. "Muster knows!" was alwavs the emphatic remark of his two loyal subjects after the mute had given his opinion, anil that Iu spite of several queer judgments the arbitrary Buster hat put. on record. There was the case of the man who drove up to the Binder place once when the railroad was building. He started for the house but Buster block d the way. He not only laid back Inls ears and threatened the man with his front, but turned about aud let his heels fly so viciously and so rapidly in the direc tion of the man's head that the stranger backed away and shouted to Uuete Morg. who stood on the stoop, lo call his mule off. "I've got some business with you!" shouted the man. No y' han't!" replied Uucle Morg. "Ye han't got no business with me. fur Buster's agiu ye, 'n' Buster knows!" The mail went off iu a huff, and, come to liiid out, he was the ngeut of the railroad, and wanted to contract with Uncle Morg for a big lot of ties. The consequence was that other part les gut the contract, which proved lo be one with big money in it. "Don't care!" safd Uncle Morg. "The chances is th't if I'd ha' took the contract I'd ha1 put the money in ft bank, n the bank 'd a busted! Buster knows." Then there was the new preacher In the district the Rev. Absalom Dubbs, the meekest, mildest, and most harmless of men. When Brother Dubbs went tn make bis tirst pastorial call on Sister Binder, he was bounced off of the premises by Buster so quick that he never knew how he gut out in the road. It saddened the hearts of Uncle Murg anil Aunt Peggy to know that Brother Dubljs had been weighed In Buster's balance and fouud so ; lamentably wanting. But there wai no getting around it. tJ rot tier isuuua was under suspicion, and Uncle Morg and Auut Peggy stayed home from meeting all that year. Their faith In Buster's wisdom was not shaken a bit ' by the fact that the dominie quit the , district with a S)otless record. I 'The world hasn't come to an end i yit!" said Uncte Morg. "Preachers is doin' some tur'ble queer things these days w'en ye han't a pectin' of iL , Muster knowtt!" I But the oracular little mule is suffer ing greatly iu prestige now. Uucle M org's and Auut Peggy's heretofore unwavering trust in Buster has been rudely shaken, and their calm philos ophy does not serve to sustain them Iu their painful awakening. Two or three months ago oue of the nicest appearing young men who bad ever been seen in that part of the Pine creek county stopped his horse at the Binder farm aud got out of the wagon. Buster took to him on sight. He put his nose on the stranger's sleeve and walked him right up to Uncle Morg's door. Buster even seemed to want to follow the man Into the house, he had taken such a fancy to him. That was alt the recommendation Uncle Morg and Aunt Peggv wanted fur the stranger, and he didn't dilly-dally in ' in presenting the business he had in ; hand. In less than fifteen minutes be ; had Uncle Morg's signature to a con tract to act as agent in that district for the grab quick stump-puller and light ning chuck-hole tiller. Last week the coutract turned up in the shape of a cut-throat judgment for $160, and Uncle Morg was called upon to settle. He kicked, and they levied on property of bis, including tne oracular mute, j "If I hef to pay the swindlin' uote I i will," says Uncle Morg. "'Tain't the ' money I mind, but to think th't arter we've let Buster hev the run o' the place fer twenty year n' better he'd turn to 'n' stear us agin a bunko game ' is w'at's break in' us all up!" What to Io When Starring. A survivor of the hardships of Fre- mont's terrible four expeditions writes as follows in a posthumous narrative i of the expedition printed in the Century, in which be more than hints at the fact of cannibalism. It was curious to hear different men tell of the workings of the mind when they are starving. Some were con stantly dreaming or imagining that they saw before them a bountiful feast, antt would make selections of different dishes. Others engaged their minds with other thoughts. For my part, I kept my mind amused by eutering continually iuto all the minutiee of farmiug, or of some other systematic business which would keep up a train of thought, or by working a mental solution of mathematical problems, bringing in review the rudiments of some science, or by laying out plans for the future, all having a connection with home and after life. So in this way never allowing myself to think upon the hopelessness of our couditiou, yet always keeping my eyes open to every chance. I kept hope alive and never once suffered myself to despond. And to this course I greatly attribute my support, for there were stronger men who, by worrying themselves, : doubtless hastened their death. Ten ! out of our party of thirty-three that ; entered the mouutains had perished, and a few davs more would have finished the others. - For Charity. Seventeen persons who died in En gland in 1890 bequeathed to various I chariLies the enormous sum of 474. I 700, equal to about $2,373,000. AN EXCITING HIDE. 0ESCENOING TH SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS AT NIGHT, tfnmttimirrniil llnrtit Otiln Dawn ftfia . Rtofp Hiitpm of (hit Mountain nt tUm Hlht of thalr RpnftU. One olgtil I was crossing the Sierra Nevada iu a stage; says n writer in the Detroit Free 'rea I was the only fiassenger aboard, and hence had a unely and dreary night of it, Tlie long, stow pull of the ascent has con sumed atl of the fore part of the night nnd much of the early mom. It was about 2 o'clock when the sum mit was reached, nil uumvares to eith er myself or the driver iu front for In the tediousness of the long climb and the silence and solitariness of the tiirrnunding we had fallen fast asleep. Kuddeuly there was a sharp rolling of the heels, ft violent jostling of the seats, and we both awoke to the terri ble consciousness that we were going down the motintalu at a most frightful gait a runaway team lu front. When the down grade had been struck the driver usually a careful nnd vigilant man was so fast asleep that brakes were not applied as prompt ly as was necessary, and the horses, liudiug that they were not under con trol, with the heavy stage rushing up on them, became ut once frightened and lied down the sleep descent. When the driver tirst awoke and re alized the situation he was in midair, having been violently thrown from his seat. He had had the lines wrapped around tils hauds and wrists.aud, hold ing fast unconsciously, he was jerked forward in the furious leaps of the team. Yet It was but a moment or two un til he struck the ragged ledge below the roadway, anil I discovered my sit uation, as I heard him utter a horiible shrink and then ft low moan as one in the death agony. By this time the tower wheels of the stage were off the roadway; the stage itself was on the edge of the fearful precipice, and the axle of the vehicle Iteiug dragged along over the stone wall that supported the lower side of the toad bed. The scream of borrow piercing my ears emphasized the frightful situation, for the driver was not only dashed to his de-.ih, as I sunosed iu the dark ness below, but there was the awful possibility that In the next moment the stage and horses would go over the brink aud land In the dismal uu- ! known abyss of canyon beneath. The ' driver was pulling with all his weight In the direction of that abyss. The half-upset stage and the vigor- ; ous jerks of the frightened team in front brought additional horror to me; nevertheless I determined to make au effort to save iny life, if possible In & leap upward. So I sprang out of the stage in ft desperate jump from the higiter side. I reached the ground iu safety, but not a moment too soon. The stars were bright overhead, and through an opening Iu the forest trees around on either baud I saw the "lead ers" of the team makiog a desperate effort to avoid being pulled over the precipice, the lines mill in the grasp of the driver below, the man clinging to the ribbons with the clutch of death, and the rough stone edges of the lower wall of the roadway having broken the speed, since the axle had to be dragged forcibly over the nneveu sur face. With a swift decision of mind I saw what must be doue lo stay the tragedy, sol jumped to the front, seised the leader by the bridle-rein, and at once pulled his face square to the upper bank. I thus stopjwd the horse and kept the stage still on the road. But where was the driver? This was the harrowing thought now oo my mind, for the man's cries were bushed. I cried aloud for him. but no answering voice came In reply; no sound was heard save the echo from the upmsite side of the canyon beyond aud the frightful panting of the trem bling horses now well in my hands. Again and again I cried louder and wilder nnd deeper in my distress. But I heard nothing in response save the mocking echoes and the heaving sound of the restless horses. It was the mo4t terrible moment of my life terrible beyond expression. Alone in the dismal Sierras them selves the picture and inspiration of gloom! aloue in the deaduess of the . night, with a frightened team I knew not bow to manage, a broken stage out of its pnthtvny. aud a supposed dead companion to lind nnd guard till help or the mnrn or the grizzly lenr should come. No pen can ever portray the sensations of a soul in such a crisis. Again 1 cried with a wail of misery and despair. I knew not how lnv. how loud, uor to whom the wailing note went, but my cry was answered by a low moan, the moan of a man seemingly in the agonies of death. My driver was not dead and so thank fulness sprang iuto my soul. It was some consolation even to hear the sound of the ninu's agony, for with it came the hope that the poor fellow, after all, would survive. - Hope grew stronger, for the next moment came another nud still an other groan, this time from a man evidently with vital energy and a ral lying struggle. Soon the driver crawl ed, half dead, up tlie bank- but the only thiug he seemed to be thankful for," and tlie only fact he appeared to appreciate was his courage in holding on to the lines while he was beiug dashed and dragged on the rocks be low. In the darkness the lirst thing he wanted seen was the manner in which he had performed the fearful feat of holding the reins! I, still trembling, held the frightened horses against the upper bank, doing all I could to quiet the fears of the panting beasts. By the aid of matches we soon had a good light and the situation was ful ly revealed. The poor driver was frightfully mangled und torn ns he struck the sharp edge of the rocks be low. , I tied up the man as best I could, we mended the broken stage and got it back into the road, anil then came the slow and cautious and painful de sceut to the next station ut the foot of the range. But poor Henry was never again able to go upon the road behind his team in the long months during which I remniued in correspondence with friends over his fate. An Indian Challenge. Two tribes of Indians in the npper part of California had as boundary be tween their districts, a low ridge where the streams headed. If you should go to where one of these streams. Potter River, rises, you would see stilt standing a tall pile of stones beside a never-failing spring; ou one side of this cairn was the territory of the Porno Indians, and on the other the land of theChumaia. These tribes were enemies, and were often at war. When the Chumaia wished to chal lenge the others to battle, they took three little sticks, cut notches round their ends and in the middle, tied them at the ends iuto a faggot, and laid it on this cairn. If the Pomos accepted the challenge, they tied a string around the middle of the three sticks and left them in their place. Then agents of both tribes met on neutral ground antt arranged the time and place of battle. which took place accordingly. Ernest jnaersou. tn .msAouu. A tdttlo Girl's Diary n the Kast. We went fo Pompeii day-beforo ye terday. It took ns two hours to get '-here and three hours to look H all over. It was very Interesting. Of course I do not rotnembor everything. First, we went Into the museum. There were fin the first - room) some old locks nnd keys, a big iron box and some bread. Iu the second room were 7 or 6 skeletons; a dog, a little boy, tome women nnd some men. The dog was all twisted up as If In great agony. The color of theiu was a dirty whitish brown. On the sides of the room were some big water jugs. Then we went In through the gate to Pompeii. The houses had no roofs and no windows, the light coming In from tlie door. I suppose once they had roofs but now they have all fallen to pieces. First we went to the big room where the king sat and scute need the people. Parts of the pillars were yet standing and between each oue was a little basin cut out of stones. Up at the end of the room was the sent of the King. Near the sent were some stairs which led into a prison. We descended these stairs. It was a little room with two holes at the top through which the King told tlie poor creatures down there what he was going to do with them. This room (not the prison, but the room tvhere the King sat) was very long and had about twenty pillars in it. They were all made of marble; not very clean and bright now but then when It was new it must have been beautiful. We saw some little wine shops and oil shops. The sign of the oil shops was cut iu the stone outside. The sign was two men carrying a big jar of oil between them on u stick which they carried ou the shoulder. The wineshops did not have any sign I think. These wine, nnd oil-shops were just alike. At one end of the room was a long marble table with live round holes at the top. I went to see what the holes were and saw a great bis jug suuk iu the eat th reaching up to the holes. Iu the jugs thev put the oil and wine which they so id. The streets were quite narrow; but I think the Bazars were still narrower which we aw iu Cairo. There were some beau tiful mosaic fountains with little bits of steps lending up to them for the water to fall down on. Afler looking at some .tuiiis wh entered the Forum which hud six streets leading into it. They coii d block the streets up so riders and carriages could uot go through if they wanted to. We ate our lunch in I he garden of Dioinedes and In his cel lar were found the bones of eighteen women and children with bread and other things to eat. Lucy Morris Ell worth, in tot. Michotaa. Doesn't Need Hair Ileatorer. The longest suit of hair in the world is perhaps that which grows on the head of Miss A sen at b Phi I pott, of Gainesville, Tex., hers trailing ou the ground when she stands nearly four feet, and measuring in all teu feet and seven luetic. Miss Phi I pott is a slight, delicate woman, approaching middle age, and regards her maguiticent tresses as rather a nuisance, complain ing that their weight actually drains her strength. The present growth is of the past seven years, as in 1884 her head was shaved during a spell of brain fever. It is necessary to her health to cut out large -quantities of hair every few months, and this she has a regular sale for from some large wig manufactory in the east, which pays her well for It. ns its fineness and silky gloss is exceptional, besides be ing of a Hindi admired red gold tiut. Miss Phil post says she has been sev eral times approached by enterprising proprietors of dime museums, who have made her oQVr to travel with them as a freak, and has also been re quested tn act as agent for sundry hair tonics. She claims that her family have for generations been noted for the beaut)' and length of their hirsute ornaments, her grandfather having a beard that fell to his feet, nnd being obliged lo cut his hair every day or two. Her mm tier's hair was such that when she lay in her coffin it en wrapped her from head to foot and was then obliged to be folded back several times. That Third Party. The constant presence ol a third person at the fireside and table, says Mrs. P. T. Barn urn in The Ladies' Home Journal, is especially disastrous in the earlier years of wedlock. The presence of one who is not "of our selves" may often restrain what is worst in us; but alas! it always re strains what is best. There must al ways be in the most perfect unions and the best ordered lives some little fric tion which will once in a while find ex pression. The gentle protest with which, if alone with your husband, you would disarm bis tract iousness, flies in your throat because of the third per son. The loving caress with which you would close his Hps and make him ashamed of himself, is as impossi ble to you as if you were paralysed. If misunderstood, pride will not let you explain, aud you retort indignantly; or, at best, keep silent with an acltiug heart, and in time you grow to hate that third person who may be an angel of light, but who is none the less eat ing holes io your marriage garment. It may not be possible, without neglect ing a sacred duty, to have your house eutirely to yourself, but I charge yon, as you value your mutual love - and happiness, be inflexible in your resolu tion to keep some waking hours out of every twenty-four wheu the fireside shall be sacred to you anil your hus band; when 3'ou can tell each other your thoughts, your hopes and fears, with uo stranger intermeddling with your joy. Boating Uy Dram Ilea. We passed heavily laden junks slow ly working their way upstream amidst what to aoy but the Chinese would have appeared insurmountable diffi culties. A hundred naked, shouting, and arm-swinging trackers dragged each one slowly along, now straining every muscle at the long tow-line, now slacking up as a man seated at the bow of the boat directed them with the beat of a small drum held between his knees. Below the rapids other junks wero preparing to enter them witii much burning of joss-paper and tiring of crackers, and near by was a little life-boat station, with two or three "red boats" ready to pick np any one in case of accident. Below all of the rapids on the Yang-tssu are life boat stations, which, -like many other charities in China, are kept up solely by private subscription and render the greatest service to tlie enormous pop li bit ion employed ou the river. Lieut, Rockhill. in Century. The Same Reversed. Now and then Senator Iceland Stan ford tells a joke and smites wearily as if he almost regretted it ws so hu morous. Here is an amusing skit of of the variety order that he occasional ly relates: "Oue day I was riding in a street ear in Sau Frum-co, when I over heard a conversation between two men that struck me us peculiarly funny. They may have been comedians re hearsing. One of them said: "Well, Bob, I've got a job down town. "-Yes? What doing? 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A 8mn Bernardino Bannnb A dispatch from Daggett, southern California, says: Montgomery's big find In Pahmmp valley Is a big find now without a doubt. Work Is being pushed as rapidly as the appliances at hand will permit, and ore is being taken out every day that warrants all that the discoverer ever claimed for It. New discoveries are being made every day or so. One prospector lately brought In some first-rate-looking placer gold, and reports as high as 60 cents to the pan. Two new ledges of coarse gold have been found since Montgomery left, and numerous ledges of silver ore have been located. ' Montgomery will soon have a small mill at work and Is sure of big results. The first reports of the would-be ex perts, who reported t he mine a failure. Is explained by the men at the mine, who say the experts were not looking for a mine, but for an artesian well of old rye. CLOTHING! 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