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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1891)
A. MISSING LINKS. A Savannah undertaker advertised a "grand spring opening of things in my line, A Portland (Oregon) Chmam&n who died recently left property valued at over $200,000. California seems to be a lucky state. Natural gas has been discovered three miles from Vallejo. France spends nearly 1.000,000 francs a year in providing warm meals for the poor school children. The National Academy, London, had 89 960 admissions on public days in 1690. an average of 2.594. It is curiously noted that girls who work in candy factories lose their taste for sweetmeats after the first week. The British Museum, it is stated, has been offered a statue recently recover ed in Egypt after a burial of over 3,000 years. A company of Russian and Belgian financiers with large capital has been formed to cultivate cotton on a large scale in Bokhara. The English Law Times reports gen eral complaint among lawyers of lack of business. 5Jrime and contention are both declining." The city council of Santa Barbara, Cat, has ordered every eucalyptus tree that stands within 100 feet of a water main to be cut down. There are over 60.000 Italians in New York City. The business men among them are naturalized; the la - borers, as a rule are not. An oak tree felled in Branch Coun ty, Mich., the other day, measured five feet in diameter, and, according to the rings on the stump, was 496 years old. It is asserted that a resident of Meb aaes, N. C. found the other day in a second-hand mattress, which he had used for a year. . a wad of bank notes aggregating $1,011. It is understood that a Troy audience will sit unmoved and immovable through a cry of "Fire, 71 but let any one suggest a fight and the entire crowd will glide out to see it. A man in Bloomington, 111., recent-, ly gave $30,000 to bis children, intend ing to spend his declining days with them. They accepted the money and then fend him put in the poor house. French chemists are again certain that they have overcome the difficulty that has hitherto prevented tbem from producing large rubies, and they can now make them of any reasonable Society for the Homeless sheltered last year 108.000 men and 15.000 women. Since 1870 the society has assisted, with lodgings, baths, break fasts and medical care, 2. 800,000 per sons. In Africa the number of missionaries exceed 500, and the number of con verts 400.000. increasing by about 25. 000 a year.. During the past five years Africa has furnished more than 200 martyrs. Gail Hamilton has charsre of a Bible class in Washington. If the lovely Gail should put as much vim into her theology as she does into her political teaching the exercises in her class wonld be of the liveliest. . In 1880 there were in Germany 1,131 strikes, in each of which more than ten men participated. The total number of strikers was 394.44a In 430 cases they 'were entirely unsuccessful; in 187 they got all they demanded. The doctors of Berlin have agreed that in the future their coachmen shall wear white hats, so that a doctor's ear triage may always be immediately dis tinguishable and the public enabled to summon medical aid from the street in urgent cases. The movement for the erection of a monument to Admiral Semmes, of the Confederate Navy, started in Balti more some time ago, is being helped on by a Mobile organizatiod of vete rans. It is intended to raise $10,000 r $12,000 for the purpose. The Baroness Fava is an Italian lady of rare accomplishments, who speaks several European languages fluently and correctly, as well as English. She is a great admirer of America, though the climate has prevented her from living here for two or three years. A California inventor has built a boat made entirely out of soap, and will sail in it about the bay during the reception of President Harrison. The Triii vuuiaiu ocvciii uicuiucis the company and the inventor. This will be the first soao boat ever launch ed. ' . . The portrait of the late Dr. Henry Schliemann, painted by Sydney Hodges, has been purchased by Em peror William of Germany for the Museum of Anthropology 10 Berlin. Mr. Hodges painted the picture while Dr. Sokliemann was on a visit to En gland. . . v The lot for Mrs. Fremont1 s new home has been purchased about two miles from the center of Los Angeles, and work on a small bouse has been be gun thereon. The presentation has not yet been made, however, and about $2,000 is still to be raised in order to complete payment. The war upon self-binders continues in Daviess County, Indiana, and the vandals, in trving to wipe out these la- "bor-saving machines, have burned twenty-three barns within the past eighteen months, and eighty - seven horses have been cremated, oesides oth er live stock. Property valued in ex cess of $50,000 has been destroyed. It is a carious fact that water pipes under ground will often freeze during the warm spell that follows a cold snap. The explanation made for this Interesting phenomenon is that after a cold wave a large quantity of heat is taken from the ground in the work of changing the frosen moisture into wa ter, and thus, on the principle of the ice cream freezer, the pipe is chilled, enough beat being taken from it to freese it. A device has been recently patented in England for the purpose of remov ing grease from gloves and fabrics. It is called a benzine pencil, and consists of a cylindrical "body about the size ol an ordinary lead pencil, containing benzine. At each end there is a thick piece of felt. One piece is intended to be moistened by the benzine, while the other end of the pencil is kept per fectly dry to take up the superfluous moisture. . Two men of Pal mere ville, Tenn., re cently cut down a tree. On the trunk, about eight feet from the stump, was a guarl which covered a little hollow. On cutting into the hollow which bad been completely overgrown, they found inside a frog which was lifeless but well preserved. By counting the grains it was estimated that the tree was at least thirty years old. The frog had been preserved for years in his air tight home. - .. The widow of General Logan indig nantly denies a rumor that she is about to marry again. She says: "Thanks to Congress and the Gen eral's friends. I am well provided for, and I now enjoy the friendship of many good men who were his friends, and whose wives are my friends. Why should I want to sacrifice all these present blessing and the associations of thirty years of happy wedded life for the uncertainly of other UmI"1 frobaoTv the smallest salary In the world is that paid in the village watch' man of Springstille, in Hcssen. The amount of his daily income is 4 pfen nings, or less than I cent in our mon ev. This is the same amouut that was paid to the village watchman in thn fast century. However, the -fou-nate" man receives an additional al lowance of 30 cents a month for cloth ing, etc., and is entitled to free board aud lodgings from the inhabitants of the viiiatre. itie present watchman, "Old Heiurich," is seventy years of age. , . ; ; - RETORTS TO LAWYERS. Amanlnft Answers of Wltnaes on the Stand When Under Examination. It has sometimes happened that a lawyer has, in the language of the street, "given himself away" to a smart adversary. G arrows did this once when examining a witness in the Court of Queen s Bench. 'Are yon a fortune-teller? he ask ed. 'I am not," replied the man: "but 1 can tell vours." The shrewd counsel tripped, and was worsted. 'What is that to be?" said he. 'Why, sir." was the slv response, as you made your first speech at the Old Bailey, so you -will make your last there." In like manner, arguing before a jury of judges, an over-smart counsel stopped short in his pleading, lie was confident of obtaining; a successful re- suit, and Lord Newton vexed him by seeming to be in deep slumber. Ail dressing the other lords on the bench, he said: "My Lords, it is unnecessary to eo on. as ivord JNewton is xast sleep. What was his consternation when an answer came "Ay, ay, cried the angry judge, "you win nave prooi of that by and by. . And to the astonishment and chagrin of the young advocate and the inteuse interest of others, Newton luminously reviewed the case, and gave a decided judgment against the two sanguine counsel. Even the cleverest lawyers have been set down" iu open court by equally reaay witnesses. "Did von see this tree, that has been mentioned, by the roadside?" an advo cate inquired. "Yes, sir; I saw it very plainly." "It was conspicuous, then?' The witness seemed puzzled by the new word, tie repeated his former as sertion. Sneered the lawyer: 'What's the difference between plain ana conspicuous!" But he was hoist with his own petard. The witness smoothly aud innocently answered: "I can see you plainly, sir, amongst the other lawyers, though you are not a on conspicuous. In another comical instance the at tack was directed against the character of the witness. But it recoiled. "You were in the company of these peoples ' "Of two friends, sir." 'Friends! two thieves, I suppose you mean." "That may be so,n was the dry re tort, "they are both lawyers." The blow that destroys the effect of an ao verse examination is occasionally more aeciaent than conscious ettort. In a trial not long ago a very simple witness was in the box. and. after go- iug uiivugii un uruem, was i wnii j iu retire, une questioned remained. "Now, Mr. i has not an attempt been made to induw vou to tell the court a different storv?" "A differeul storv to which I have told, sir?" "Yes; is it not so 'Yes, sir." " ' '-Upon your oath. I demand to Kuow who the persons are who have nttempt- ea tnis. "Well, sir, you've tried as nard as any ot em, was the unexpected an swer. It ended the examination - The Merry, Merry Navajo. The general theory of white men is that an Indian is taciturn, ret:cent,aud self-contained, without a streak of humor, and no taste at all for a good joke. This is -an error. They are fun ny themselves, like fun in others, and probablv do more laughing than any body and on infinitely slighter founda tion. An outnt of JNavajos had just concluded a vigorous and searching in vestigation of the swill ban-el which stood at the rear of the restaurant at EngTe, N. M. , one day, when a Santa Fe fireman who stood watching them concluded to wash them up a little. They surely needed it. albeit they clung to different views trom tne n reman. By blandishment and guile and muttt as elder people pet reluctant and timid children when steering their inexperi ence against some medicinal deadfall, the fireman took the gathering of sav ages over to the water tank and letting down the spout, earnestly advised them to stand beneath and see what they would see. borne four or live had the rranlntinn to do this, the maior uor- tion of the gang retiring to a safe dist ance and taking a very pessimistic view of the proceeding. When the candi dates were all placed their friend, the fireman, counted "one, two, tnree. and an assistant turned on the tank About a ton of water struck those poor Indians all at once. For a second they seemed, held by the deluge itselt and stood motionless, but the next, with soul-transhxinr shrieks, they started. They did not run nor fly. for that would not have been half fast enough; they just hit about three high places on the piam ana were several nines away. The drv Indians laughed and howled with delight, and for two hours after the joke tt.eir yells of pleasure still re- souuueo i ' rnngii me nine i-auip. Kansas i' tn Kt r. The Speed of That Yankee Meteoa Prof. H. A. Newton of Yale writes to the Courant the following letter with regard to the great aud wonderfully brilliant meteor which was seen in Hartford Feb. 24: "The brilliant meteor that yon de scribe in jour issue ot eb. 24 and which was beard to explode with tre mendous noise in many places in Maine appears to have been moving northward, nearly over Portland, Me., perhaps from as far south as Boston, and to have disappeared some miles above the surface of the earth over the middle or northern parts of Franklin County, Maine. So far as known no stones have been secured from the meteor. If this is the true path the body entered the air with a tremend ous velocity. The earth a at that time moving eighteen mile a second, directly toward the point from which the meteor was coming. Accord in to accepted theories the meteor w as mov ing faster than the earth, and the tone entered the air with the sum of the two velocities. This was a velocity of more than forty miles a second. In most of the cases where stones have been secured the velocities have not been more than, twenty miles a second. In one instance, however, in Stannein, Moravia, there were secured a large number of stones from a meteor whose Telocity was as great as that of the meteor of February 24." T1 .. XT.. C-.nwamA nmt ft h Ha. cided to have all briefs done by type writer J AMUSE M?NTS IN B VR1 A. Qnnlnt Way In Which tltit Pa-opln or That Country Knjny Tlinelve. As to amusement you may trust a Bavarian not to be behind in that, says the National Review, The men meet almost nightly in the differeut Inns and beerhouses, according to their status in the local societies, where they have talk, singing, music, cards, etc., the large glass mugs of beer at their sides beiug constantly replenished. The beer is fortunately light and wholesome, but the amount drunk is a serious expense, aud much more than the men usually can afford. Besides these nightly gathetings there are different clubs or societies that meet at certain times at one or other of the inns for an evening's amusement, some of them under the patronage of the priest. In many of them the women join, but the women's chief entertain ments are kunkl, or spinning parties, at home, and very cozy and pictur esque these spinning parties are. The grent feature in a Bavarian sitting-room is the large porcelain stove that stands out into the room, and that is usually lit from the passage outside. Round this stove a bench runs, mak ing a delightfully warm seat, the back being the porcelain stove. But le sides this stove, iu the older houses, there is in the wall a hole with a chimney, where a particular sort of pine, tliat burns brightly without send ing out sparks, is burned at night for the purpose of light only. Iu olden times. -when such luxuries as lamps were unthuught of, it was often the only means of illuinipatlou. Some still use them constantly; others keep them only for festive occasions. A man (generally the wag or story teller of the party) sits besides it to keep it replenished. The women have their spiuniug-wheels or knitting, and the men sit iu the darker corners; and there are always some to sing songs or tell stories or keep the fun going iu some way. One such scene especially recurs to me. .Imagine an old. dark-paneled room. In her armchair close to the store, in the full light of the blazing pine wood, sits the handsome old hostess, in her picturesque costume, busy with her spinntng-wheel. A young woman with a wheel is in an oposite corner. Three daughters knitting and guests sit in a circle, more or less, the light playing on the varied faces and time worn furniture as bright firelight alone can. One man has a guitar and two girls sing Tyrol ese songs. At last sen nappes of different kinds (sort of cheap liquors) and delicious coffee, with home-made cake, are handed round, and the eveuing ends with a hearty farewell greeting. A Typical American. John Plankinton was a millionaire, and that is as definite as his wealth can be estimated, although a man in position to know says it will exceed 10. 000.000. His interests were almost entirely in Milwaukee. Mr. Piankinton came to Milwaukee iu 1844 at the age of 24 years, and the characteristics which made him famous as a business man and a citizen were brought into action within a fortnight after his arrival. A native of Dela ware, he removed with his parents to Pittsburg at the age of 12. received a scanty education, and in 1844 eame to the city of bricks before the utility of mud had been discovered. When he reached the village, a practical young butcher. Tie found that the friend with whom he was to have formed a co partnership had better arrange ments with another, and made the ex cuse that voung Plan kin ton's capital was inadequate to the enterprise de signed. Angry at the betrayal of confidence, a business failing which he never forgave in any one during his long career afterward he resolved to start in opposition. Possess ing $420 he rented a house to shelter his wife and child at fa per month. bought a cow for $9 and turned her out to pasture and fatten on the open wiui land wnere his palatial nouse now stands on Grand avenue, while he rented land and proceeded to erect a bntcher shop which cost him flue. Fourteen days after his arrival be was retailing his meats. Industrious, honest, economical, he became the leading butcher of the town, and his business tne first 5 ear averaged nearly $1,000 per mouth. His increasing business demanded new quarters, and he moved, but it was a peculiarity of his life to retain the title to all rtralty which he had once oc cupied, and at the time of his death the land upon which he first found a home in Milwaukee was iu his name. In 1850 he entered into a partnership with Frederick Lav ton. and the new firm began the packing business, which, at the time of dissolution in 1861, had reached proportions equal to any west of Cincinnati. For three years Mr. Plankinton continued alone, and in 1864 united with P. D. Armour, under the firm name of Plank ton & Armour. The business was extended totover the now famous es tablishments in Chicago, New York. Kansas CHy. and elsewhere. In 1884 the firm divided. Mr. Plankinton re taining the Milwaukee house, and con tinuing the business there till 1888, when failing health and increasing business responsibilities impelled him to 'dispose of his packing house. How a Soldier Feels in Battle. Gen. Russell A. Alger of Detroitdoes not often illustrate his convecsation with a humorous story. Now and the.i he does, aud the following is one of his favorites: "Four ministers stopped at my house in Detroit once during a conference meeting, and one evening they asked me if the glory of brave deeds cele brated in song did not have a power ful influence in stimulating soldiers to emulate heroes of history. I said not 11. men tney wanted to know what was the sentiment that took possession of the soldier as he went into battle. I answered that just three words were often uttered by soldiers in fighting, and they embraced all the sentimeut and poetry of a warrior's nature. For example, in my division there was a certain colonel known for his religions views ana ortnouox wars, lie woum not do anything to violate the Sabbath, and never was known to utter an oath or any word on the cuss' order. I thought he was a Miss Nancv kind of a soldier, and was afraid he would not be any use in battle, except to assist in a quick and successful retreat. One day in a big battle I saw a regiment in tne thickest ot the ngtit, aud tne colonel, with his sword in hand, on foot his horse having been shot iu trout. cheering his men and urging them on. 1 rode up rapidly, and ttie words tnat good, orthodox colonel was using made me smite: '"Give em hell! "Give em helL bovs!" he would yell at each volley. "Why, colonel, I said, I am sur prised at your language: vou. our best Christian!1 Waving his sword, be re plied: "Well, that is just wnat 1 mean, ana just what I feel give 'em hell,1 "xnese are tne Liiree worqs 01 senti ment that a soldier feels like uttering in battle," In Kuropean countries before the reformation it was the custom to drink to the health of the pope 'Au bon pere To the good father." This French expression lias beeu corrupted : into a uu 111 per. - 1 A CURI0U3 CASE. Death of Man Who Had 8wllt tTp Ltka h Hit I loon. One of the most extraordinary medical cases 011 record is that of Paul Schoenbein, a German machinist, says the N. Y. Continent. For twenty-four hours he was iu reality a human balloon. Mr. Schoenbein was employed as a master machinist in the Morgan iron works, at entn street and Avenue it. Recently, while at work on a lathe, the machinery broke. The lathe flew back and struck him iu the side, throw ing him to the floor. He lay there groaning for help aud was removed to ouverneur hospital. It was found that the blow had broken three of his ribs. But that was not all. Shortly after his arrival at the hospital his body began to puff out, and in half ao hour he had the appear ance of a man weighing 300 pounds. His normal weight was 125 pounds. Further investigation disclosed the fact that one of the broken ribs had punctured tlto pleura surrounding the lungs and had also indented the tissue of the left lung. This made an air passage from the lung cells direct to the air tissue underlj ing the skin on all parts of the body. With every breath iuhaled the skin continued to expand till it seemed ready to burst. His face became exteuded till it was hideous. His chest was covered with a cushion of air which felt like a tightly blown football. There was a reservoir of air from one-half to two inches thick all over his body between his skin and his flesh. Barfing his shattered side, Sshoeubein suffered little pain. Articulation, however, became diffi cult, on account of the puffed out con dition of his face and neck. His eyes were nearly closed. Thus he lay for tvven ty-s i x h ou rs, while Dr. Jo h u sou, in whose chnrge he had been I laced, was in doubt as to what should e done. Mr. Schoenbein lived at 157 West Sixty-second street with his wife, two grown daughters, and two sons. He also has two married daughters who do not lire at home. The first news of the accident was brought to the family by an employe at the works. He said that Mr. Schoenbein had been ttruck with a lathe, but would proba bly be all right in a few days. Two of his daughters went at once to the hospital. They asked to see their father, acrd were conducted to the ward where the suffering man was lyiug. " v "That is your father. Msaid the doctor. 'Oh. no." replied the eldest, "it is not. Our father is a tall, spare man. That ean not be him." It was some minutes before the girls could be convinced. They were finally able to satisfy themselves of his identity by hi hair and finger-nails. None of his fentures could be dis tinguished. The patient had been resting very comfortably throughout the day. and at 6 o'clock one of his daughters left the hospital with more hope of recovery than had been entertained before. A fewminutes later a sudden change was noted, The patient began to draw short quick breaths, and then blood began to flow from the poor fellow's mouth. When the lung was punctured a blood clot was formed. If all had gone well this would have healed in time. But by a sudden cough the clot was loosened, a hemorrhage followed. and at 6:45 Paul Schoenbein was dead. fV His body au hour after death retain ed the same puffed -out appearance. Dr. Johnson is of the opinion that it will remain in that condition. A QUAKER BOY OF LONG AGO. Ha Didn't I. k a BrotUfr'i laterferenoa In HI ltnls. Little Moses W. was a worthy mem ber of 'the people called Q'lakers. says Auna Carpeuler in the Housekeep er's Weekly. Rnrely is a name so fit tingly bestowed as was his. The most gracious patience and sweetness characterized the child. Like the Moses of the bulrushes and the exodus, however. beu;;ith the gen tleness a quick spirit and a firm will were hidden, which on rare occasions would flash forth or staud firm. The youngster of a household of boys. Moses was the recipient not only of a wealth of off eel ion. but, it can not be denied, of au occasional embarrass ment of riches in the shape of sug gestion, advice, and dictation. One bright day the little fellow sat ou the porch surrounded by pretty, clean blocks from the great barti at which the carpenters were hammering away, and bright smooth cornstalks, gravel v building a barn. Various criticisms by his elders upon his unique style of architecture had beeu an swered in his sweetest nay. At last his brother Benjamin settled down at his side. 'Now. Mixte. I wouldn't make such small stable duorsf thy horses can't get iu." "Oh, yes, Benjie, they cau; my horses are such wee little horses." Then: "Why, Mosie. that overshoot isn't right; that's not like father's barn." No, Benjie. but 'is isn't father's barn; it's mini own barn." But so.n Benjie legau to change a block here .and a cornstalk there, and to take liberties which threatened radi cal changes to the precious structure and havoc to all the devices of the busy nine urain. The pleading Il don't go 'at way," and "P ease don't, Benjie." were met by "Now just wait a minute, Mosie, aud see what a nice, big barn we will have directly." At last the dark eyes began to flash; the small man rose, "advanced one foot, aud shaking a mite of a finger at his brother, exclaimed: "I tell thee. Benjamin. I wish thee would just mind thy own biddie; it's much as thee can do, an' more 'au thee poss'bly can do right." Not Altogether Gloomy. "If you knew some of the lunatics here as well as I do," said the physician of an insane asylum, "you would en joy their acquaintance. There are men here with whom I pass hours in conversation on agreeable topics, and I :im ofteu among them when they are bilking with each other. Some of them are fully aware that their minds are diseased, aud they know that they are under treatment just as they would be if they were suffering from any physical ailment. Oue of them said to me: I know I am crazy, and, ns I do not believe I will ever lie straight in the head, I am content to stay here all my life Another oue gave me a learned account of the symptoms of lunacy, which ho said he possessed, and which became active while he was talking. There are all kinds ot peo ple here, but there is rarely a case of a man who is always raving mad. Even the violent patients, as a rule, nre violent only at times, and I can get along with them iu their lucid in tervals. Oh. yes, a proportion of them are discharged cured and we never hear of them again after they leave the asylum.'' Nt l Sun. Oyster Growing Scarce. What shall we do for oysters in the future?1 is a question, which statistics show will soon come home to every American, in X880 the oyster pro duction of the Chesapeake and its estuaries was given at 17.000,000 bush els; last year thev yielded less than 6.000,000. " RUMSEY'S MUSTACHE. fttuatt or an Attempt to Let Hair tiro on II 10 Upper Lip. In addition to his bashful tempera ment there was another reason why Rumsey had never been able to ac custom himself to the soefety of women, says the N. Y. Sun. This was his youthful looks. He had been twitted so often by his friends, and sometimes by the women too, ttrat he had lon ago given up the idea of society in disgust. And so he complained of lonesome ness to a few of his boon companions and sought their advice, and was urged by them to form the acquaintance of some nice young woman, to whom they would be glad to introduce him, he emphatically declined. One, night, however, his chum in sisted on taking him to see a voung woman who, he was assured, would treat him just tike oue of the family, aud would never dream of making sport of his juvenile appearance. Rumsey yielded to his chum's ex hortations, and went with as good a grace as possible. When the young woman entered the room he shook a bit at the knees, but got along quite fairly through the diligent efforts of his chum, who was gifted, as Rumsey thought, with extraordinary powers of conversation. He was so much encouraged by his success at this visit that he called again very soon. During the second call he became so much emboldened that he ventured to tell the young woman that he had dreamt the night before that he had kissed her. She looked very hard at him for a few moments so hard, in fact, that Rumsey wished he had not allowed the enthusiasm of the moment to carry him away. Then she asked, quite irrelevantly it seemed to him, why he had never let his mustache grow. Rumsey replied that if it would afford ber any pleasure be would let it crow immediately. She said she would like to see him with one very much. It makes a young man look so hand some you know,1' - she. added. He promised to bare a full-grown mus tache before he called again. When will you call again, then, Mr. Rumsey?" Rumsey auswered that he guessed about two weeks would lve bim plenty of time. So that night he set about his sell-imposed task hy neglect ing to shave Ins lip. He wondered why the idea had never occurred to him before. It would make him look live years older at least., he thought, and would be very strong aud thick. At the end of the' first dav after his regular day for sharing Rumsey was pleased to see his upper Hp dotted all over with a number of blackish specks. At the end of the week they bad reached a length of an eighth of an inch at least. The next -week's progress was uot quite so rapid, but of course he couldn't expect much in two weeks1 time. She would understand that, aud if she didu't he con hi explain. It would be a first-class mustache, he thought, if it wasn't so confoundedly light colored and would only grow in the middle. 1 At last, when the night for the call came. Rumsey carefully shaved the ret of bis face, so as to give all possi ble prominence to the growth ou bis upiwr lip. Bumsey awaited the en trance of the young woman in painful trepidation. Wonld she know bim right away? And would she thank him For having kept his promise so well? All his doubts were dispelled wIiom she entered the room. Her first words settled I hem. Why. Mr. Rumsey. how very mean of you not to keep your word. 5Tou promised to have a mustache by the time you called again, you know, aud now you haven't mie." The next day, when Rumsey went around to the barber's immediately after breakfast aud threw himself with a sigh into the chair, and the barber asked him if he wauted a hair-cut. he answered, broken-heartediy that he did and a shave, too. if he didn't mind. Melssonler's Masterpiece). Meissonler's masterpiece '18l4" is known as the most expensive painting In the world, says the N. X. Sun. It is 0 iuches high bv 90 inches wide, and was last sold for $170 000. It rep resents Napoleon I. and his ieat gen eral staff riding back from the scene of their defeat. Ft came to be painted in this wise: M. Delhaute. a rich business-man with a taste for art. found Meissonier at work in his studio on one of his microscopic canvasses. "What does it represent?" he asked. A military subject, to which I will give the title 1814." "Your subject is very great, and your cativas is very small, M. Meis sonier." said Didhanie. '-Why do you not paint a larger picture?1' ' I have laid it in small for two rea sons lirst, beoause this is my style of painting; second, because, to speak openly, I need money. I work slow ly, and am able to finish a little pict ure much sooner than a larger one." "So you need money. Well, paint my portrait. What will it cost?" "Five thousaud dollars." Del ban te drew out his purse and laid the money ou the table. "Now. wish also for myself the picture 1814.'" he continued, but on the condition that you do it on a larger canvas. Some lime later, when the portrait was completed. Meissonier showed bis patron the outlines of a new "1814," with the question: "Is that large enough for you?'1 "Just right. What will it oostP" "Fourteen thousand dollars." "All right; there is half the price.1 The picture was painted, paid for, aud delivered, and in 1864 was exhibit ed in the Salon. An Englishman of fered 6U000 for it, but Del haute held back. Vauderbilt increased the offer t $80,000. yet failed to secure the piot un. Finally M. Bague, a connoisseur, got it for $100,000, and, after keeping it in his possession for one day, made the famous sale of it to M. Chauchard for $150,000. This was the first time a great paiuter had seen with his own eyes such a triumph of his art. Those who have approached most closely his success were Munkaczy, with his "Christ Before Pilate." which sold for $100,000; Millet, with his "Aneelna,1 for which $120,000 was paid, and Mur illo. with his "Ascension," $130,000. Agricultural Education In Germany Agricultural education is carried out in a systematic fashion by the Ger man h. Schools have been established where country jjirls aud young women are trained for farm-house aud dairy work, and the schools are crowded. Traveling teachers of husbandry in its various branches are in great request among local societies and communal authoriiierf. Winter evening agricul tural classes are oneued, and altogether some 23.400 persons atteuded agricul tural schools or lectures on husbandry during last year. - - A FVIgid Well. There is a well tiftyfive feet deep near Dayton. Ga., containing numer ous cavities from which Intensely cold air issuer with a roaring uoise. The air is so frigid that it is uot possible for any one to hold his hand over the opeuing for more than two minutes without having it frozen. Work on the well had to be suspended on account of this remarkable phenomenon INDIAN MAN-EATERS. A Peculiar Cannibal Tribn Who Inhabit a Mew Mexican tnlftiifl. "There are 174 giant cnnnitmls men and women. living on Seri Island, in the Gulf of California, and not sixty miles from the mainland of Mexico," said George G. McNamara to the re porter of a Sail Francisco paper. "What I say may seism ridiculous, but it is nerert hides- a fact, for I have seen some of them during my travels In Mexico. Who their ancestors were or how long they have occupied the islaud Is not known, but they are bow becoming exliuct. "I saw three women and one man and their appearance and manner gave me the impression that they are brutes by nature and brutes in 'heart and soul. It was just by chance that I saw them, as few of "them venture away from the island except to sell the mats and shawls which they make from the skins and feathers of' the al batross. They are cunning thieves, but otherwise their minds are dull in fact they seem stupefied. They have a vacant stare in their eyes, and, when not serious, an idiotrc smile spreads over their faces. "The Islaud of Seri Es about twenty miles long and at places ten miles wide, and I was told no Mexican or white man ever ventures near or at tempts to land on it, as they claim the island Is their domain and shoot the intruders with poisoned arrows or cap ture and eat them. They exist on fish and goat meat, which are plentiful. Low houses, built of shrubbery, are their abode. Some live in 'dugouts.1 or caves cut into banks. lhey roam about the island and lead the laziest life of any pfoule that I have ever heard of. No one can really tell what their daily routine of living is. but it is a fact that the tribe is dying out. and it will not be many years before they win uevume cxuiiut. Their mode of burial is not known, but it ts estimated that where there are now a handful there were several thousand uot ten years ago, and if they bury the dead and do not burn the bodies as the cannibals do, the boues of their enormous frames will cover a large area of the island. "lhe man I photographed is over seven feet in height. His face was study when he saw the lens pointed at mm. anu ue couui not understand what was being tlone. Ue, as is all of his race, was sunerstittons, but we overcame that obstacle by giving him a present of an old pair 01 trousers, which he immediately tied around his neck, lhe gentleman standing next to him is about six feet tall, and he bad to hold the Indian's band. An old rag encircled the upper portion of the Indian's limbs, and it was tied around the waist. The blanket is made of al batross skin aud feathers. The bow and arrows which he holds are the only weaMn they know of or use. His tegs from the knee down are not covered. 1 he hat he wears is of straw. ami he. as he stands there, is the typi cal Seri Ituliis. "Tne women wear patched dresses made of cloth which they receive for albatross mats and shawls. They are wrinkled and old. very few giri.s be ing anions the trilm. lhe bowls on their heads contain broken vessels made of clay. -They nr. a wonderful people," con tinued Mr McNamara. "and no doubt their pas hintorv. if revealed, will ln-in U in Itjrht facts that relate to the liiairiiiliceiit reign of t ie Moiitezumas. or even far beyond the time of Cortex." In regard to his visit to the Mexican miiie, he saiil: "i left Port Townsend in early De cember, and after traveling in various Stales in Mexico. I arrived at Her mossilo. i left there on January 10 ou horsi-back. with live natives. " We traveled Ity trail to Soyopo. a distance of 140 mils. from there to Bacanora, through the Arivec ie. which is the last civilized town ou the road. The country we entered is uninhabited; there was no trail to guide us. and we reached the muc i-taiked-of mythical mines by in indirect route of about 125 miles. The mines were worked by the old fathers or Jesuits from Spatu and the Yaqui and Mayoi Indian slaves up to 1820. when the Apaches who lived in Chihuahua came and massacred all that did not escape. The country immedi ately around about is leautifnl low hills inside a basiu something in the shape of a saucer with high mount ains on all sides. The priests in those Jays only worked ore which paid $100 a tou or umre, so the people that were with me said, aud base metal was not mined. "There is lots of land to be got there just for the asking. I went down there in the interest of a large com pany aud brought up some specimens of ore. They are mostly copper glance, and as yet 1 do not know what the specimens will assay." Beautiful "Word- to a Bride, The following leautiful letter was written several years ago by a gentle mau to a bride, on receiving her wed ding car Is. It is exquisitely fresh and original and full of poetry: "1 am holding some pasteboard in my hands. Tnree stately ptuckings from the bush of ceremony. I am gaz iag upon a card and a name a uame with which vour throbbing heart was lost. "I am gazing, too. upon a card where the nearer parent tells the world she will bo 'at home1 one day, and that is nothing new. But there is another card whose mingling there puts a liery tongue iuto this speech less pasteboard, enameling -fate on commonplace. It tells us that feeling is maturing into destiny, and that these cards are but the pale heralds of a coming crisis, when a hand that has pressed friends1 hands and plucked flowers shall close down on bim to whom she shall be a friend and flower forever. "And now can you, who bavequeeu ed it over so many bended forms, can you come down at last to the frugal diet of a single heart? "Hitherto you have been a clock, giving your time to all the world. Now you are a watch, buried in one particular bosom, watching only his breast, marking only his hours, and tickiug ouly to 'io beat of his heart where time aud eelint; shall be in uni son, until these lower tic are lost iu that higher wedlock, where all hearts are utiited irouud that great central heart of all. "Hoping that calm suns hi no may holloa- you clasped bauds, I sink silently iuto a signature," A Pigeon In a Courthouse. The Worcester Spy relates the fol lowing incident: . "Anions the visitors at the court-house yesterday was a snow-while pigeon that alighted on the sill of one of the windows of the clerk's office. The window was opened, and the bird calmly walked in with all the confidence of a lawyer. He as calmly walked the whole length of the office, quietly observing evo-thing. Pretty soon, as his acquaintance with the officials increased, he perched himself upou the desks aud later on the should ers aud head of one of the assistants. It was not decided by the officials whether he had a case to try or whether he wished to enter a "writ. Anyway he was placed on a shelf among the ancient deeds. The win dow was opened, but the iuner atmos phere was more congenial to bis ex cellency, so he stayed." ferfamet The Patent OfBos. The o flicers of the patent office, who are accustomed to alf Kinds of queer Inventions and who think themselves case-hardened against cranks and sur prises of every kind, had an experience the other day which was a novelty to them, says a Washington correspond ent. A pale-faced, thoughtful-looking stranger waiKeu into tne cmer clerk a office and said he had invented a pro cess for distilling musk from coal oil, which produced a perfume a hundred times more powerful than the natural essence, and at less than one-hundredth part of the cost. - He wanted to know whether the process was patentable. The chief cler k, who was at that time assorting his mail for distribution among the differeut divisions, looked up with a slightly incredulous smile and remarked: "You've got a good thing if you have nn mvcuuuu utte mill, "You don't believe me?" remarked the apulicant. "I will prove it." Quick as a flash he pulled a small phial from his pockets and scattered the contents over the papers lying on the chief clerk's desk. The odor of 60.000 musk rats immediately mted the office. It was all in vain that doors and windows were opened, the power ful scent could not be grot rid of. Worse still, it was carried into half the other dinsions of the building bv the distributed mail. Two days after tin incident the chief clerk said that he had inadvertently shaken hands with the inventor.and" though he washed his hands at every available opportunity the scent of the musk clung to them still. A week has passed, but the odor of musk is plainly perceptible in the patent office. The clerks carry it home in meir cioiues and begin to think they are acenteu ior me. That man's application will !e acted upon one way or another without a moment's unnecessary delay and with out calling upon him for another nasal uemonstratiun. An Astonished Hoosler. As we turned into the main highway leading to Indianapolis from a eross road we fell in the rear of a funeral procession about half a mile long, which was made up of farmers and vil lagers. We had gone nearly a mile when we saw a man running across a Held, hat less, coatless. vestless, anil barefooted. He was waving his bands and shouting, and the procession at once halted to see what was the mat ter. He struck for the head of it, and, as he climbed the six-board fence alongside the highway and got his breath, he gasped out: 4 'All of you folks come right over here as quick as you can!' Why. Ben. what's the matter?" ask ed the preacher iu charge. Come as quick as von can!1 nrged the other by voice and" gesture.' "for I plugged the hole up before 1 left!1 -But what is it?" "It's a rabbit biggest one you ever saw rabbit iu holler stump and it won't take over fifteen minutes to chop him out!" -Move 011 driver!' commanded the preacher. "But hold on! He's iri there, and I plugged the hole, and it won't take me ten minutes to i?et an axe." The procession moved on and con tinued to move, aud by the time our ten in got up the farmer's face express ed about eleven different sorts of emo tions. What's the trouble?" I asked. "Why why gush bang it! I've got the biggest kind of a rabbit plug ged up over here iu a boiler stump!" "And the procession wouldn't wait to help you chop it out?" "No! Tre heard that Injianny was turning over a new leaf aud a-eomin right up io the frills aud scollops, but I never believed it afore! Won't stop and help chop out a rabbit a great big rabbit g-o-s-h!" N. Y. Sun. An Oregon Breatbtng Well. The well is one and a quarter miles east of Stan wood, on the high land, nearlv 150 feet above sea level It pwoer O. W. Col torn, besran digging it last June, but abandoned it- various times because of gas or firedamp. He succeeded in reach ins an abundance of good water at a depth of ninety feet irons tne surface last uctooer, having passed through successive layers of clay, sand, aud some kind of stratified rock. About eighty feet below the sur face he had found a sprinkling of anthracite coal, and still further down large quantities of loose specimens of volcanic stones of several kinds, many of which have the aopearance of hav ing been met tea anu run together. About the close of October, Mr. Col- torn noticed that the well was blowing out a kiud of gas with considerable force, aud at irregular periods of time, varying from five days to sixteen nours uuration; it would reverse tne operations and begiu to draw in the air with equal force, the inhalations lasting about as long a time as the ex halations. Shortly after the gas dis appeared, but the respiration of air continued with io creasing force, until at the preseut time it has sufficient force to drive a large windmill. Not long since Mr. Col torn went down in to the well aud discovered that the air was being drawn in aud blown out at a point fifteen feet from the bottom of the well. It is supposed that there must be a large cavern at a distance from the well, and the air comes through a smalt passage leading from the cavern to the well. No cavern or passage has yet been found, as the well is walled up, and the air comes through the rocks iu the wall. Mr. Thompson's Return. She's a good looking, keen-eyed girl of 18. says a N. Y. Sun writer, anti I should u't wonder if she's a stenog rapher in some business bouse in New York. I've seen her come over on the Pavonia ferry and take a suburban train on the Erie road several times, and 1 always admired the independent and self-reliant way in which she car ries herself. She isn't bold or brazen, but sails right along as if she had cer tain rights and was bound to maintain them. One day last week as she left the boat a middle-aged man of pleas ant features who had followed her over crowded her with his elbow and turned aud smiled and began an apol ogy. She caught on like a Hash. He had "poked" her to create au oppor tunity, and if not downed then and there he would pester her again. A dozen of us saw and heard what hap pened. She turned on him, extended her hand for a shake, and artlessly ex claimed: "Why, Mr. Thompson, is that you? 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TTn.ll RnfV'iftl crrt rf hft lanil office, is investigating several timber tana irauas aiong tne nortnern coast and in several of the lower Oregon counties. Writing of his work, he says that an immense amount of tim ber thieving is being done in Che halis, Jefferson and adjoining coun ties. There is in that section a con siderable extent of unsurveyed gov ernment land. The thieves do not confine their operations to unoccupied land but invade land that has been v va XJ logger is to agree with the owner of a quarter section xo ouy nis stumpage. The Stumnafffi in thfn taont.imntAlir m. moved and the logger finds it easy to "put a heavy force across the bound arv line on to thn Adlninlno n a cut down an immense amount of Um ber in a short time, put it into booms and tow it to a mill." An instance is noted in one of the northern counties where 350,000 feet of the finest kind of timber was appropriated during the absence of the legitimate owner and it was all done in one week. Agent Hall reports forty eases of depreda-" tions. The Shufeldt distillery at Chicago, : which the whisky trust was accused of trying to blow up with dynamite, has been bought by the trust. For several centuries of the best ages of Rome it was a criminal offence for aRoman mother to drink intoxi cating liquors. At the time of our Saviour on earth, and for a Ion g period after, it was considered infamous for a Roman woman to taste wine. . Woman's News. 9 m m m m a