The Lebanon express., March 16, 1894, Image 3

Lebanon Express.
FRIDAY, MAR. 10, 1804.
gdsAddllioiial locals on iirnt t jt;T.-V,ii
F. 8. BHrace Is now in Sodaville.
New goods ut Read, resoock & Co'.
Buy your groceries at reeblcr's, and
dive ninncy.
Wni. Wallace intends to leave in a
few days fur Arizona.
Oats, hay, hran, chops and nil kinds
of feed, at Peehler's.
Fresh pica, cakes and bread at
Peehler's grocery store.
Every customer at Rorum & Kirk's
burlier shop gets a clean tawel.
The Democratic enmity oonveulioii
will in Albany, April 4th.
Cash paid for produce at reebler's
grocery store; highest market price.
N. W. Smith has just received a nice
line of perfumes and toilet articles.
J. S. Courtney M. D. Physician,
. Kurgeon and Accoucheur,' Lebanon,
Or.
W. C. Petrson, his mother, sister
and one of his children, are all still
sick.
A snlwcriplioti to the Exritrss from
now until after the election, for only
2o cents. ,
J. 0. Roland, of Portland,, formerly
an old resident of this city, is visiting
friends here.
Did you kn:w Read, Peacock & Co.
sold 14 yds. of Outing Flannel for $1.00.
Fust colors, too.
The republican county convention
will meet in Albany Thursday, April
6th.
J. E. Adenx, agent for the Albar.y
steam laundry, sends washings down
on Thursdays only.
Mr. Meildenhall left Wednesday for
California. Mr. M. Is a 'brother of
Mrs. .1. (J. Boyla.
If you are thinking of Imying a new
spring draw, reinem!- r n.ad, Peacuek
& Co's new spring r ,,(k1s.
Mr. Hamilton, a real estate aud
mnucy broker of Salem, was In Leba
non this week., cji business.
For the r,ext jo days' Uojd will do
enlarged work at a special rate, to get
his wovk more thnrojghly advertised.
1 have a few second-hand books that
I will close out a! a bargain.
M. A. Mili.uk.
The little three year old daughter of
u. i.pcou, w no lives near tins city,
is dangerously sick with brain trouble.
C. A. Zaun will leave to-day for
Houthern Oregon, to look for a location.
We regret very much to see Mr. Zu.hu
leave Lebuuou.
itaker Is receiving clothing, hoots
and shops, tlally, in spile of the hard
t'nies. His low prices make the goods
sell.
Bach is not selling' his clothing at
cost, bul still you can get a better suit
therefor less uiowy than anywhere
else.
V Licenses have been Issued for the
larrlageofEdward Wllloughby and
Cora E. Hawk, Wallace Hawk and
Llda F. Allord, Jay Wilson and Hallie
Richards, Jay Lewis Perry and Hadie
McNeil.
There will be an Easter social at the
resideuCR of Dr. J. 8. Courtney, on
Thursday, March 22ud, given by the V,
P. 8. C. E. of the First Presbyterian
church, "Huutpty Dunipty" will be
served to nil. , '
The subject of discourse at (he First
Presbyteriau oliurch next Sabbath
morning will he "Saiicliflcatlon"
John 17:17. Evening discourse will be
"Entreaty and Conditions for True
Consecration" Romans 12:1.
Mrs. Eaton and Jus. Burtenshaw
and wife ex:ct to leave here on Sat
urday Yur Garden Grove, Calif, where
they go -to make their future home.
They have chartered u car, and will
ship four horses and all their house
hold goods.
The Htittc Prohibition convention
will bf held at Kalem, April 41 h, to
which all prohibitionists are Invited tin
delegates. The Linn County Prohi
bition convention will convene at the
court bou.is in Albany, on Saturday,
Apiil l ttli, at 1 o'clock p. m. All pro
hibitionists tire Invited to seats as dele
gates. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives
the best satisfaction of any cough med
icine I handle, and as a seller leads all
other preparations In the market. I
recommend It because ft is the liest
medicine I ever handled for cough,
cob's and croup. A, W. Bamikidor,
Millersvllle, III. For sale by K. W.
Smith, druggist.
('. A. Zalin has traded his entire In
terest in tlie confectionery store to A.
E. Davis, for a house and lot. Mr.
Davis hns been in the business with
Mr. Zaliu since last full and has become
thoroughly acquainted with all that
pertains to (he confectionery business.
He will continue to manufacture the
shine tine grade of candies that have
been sold from their store, and we
behove he will plem,o all who give
him their patronage,
If you want to get nlM fresh kread
go to Peebler's.-
J. M. Marks has moved Into the
Walton house.
Cruson St Menzies are doing a strict
ly cash business, aud no use to talk.
The first shipment of spring gooda
has arrived at Read, Peacock & Co's.
Mrs. J. A. Roberts and children re
turned home Wednesday.
CASH Is the word. No use to say
anything else to us.
Crubon A Mekmeh.
A line of bo'h cotton and woolen
dress goods have just arrived fit Read,
Peacock & Co's. Something new, '
Send the, F.xpress to some of your
friends in the East, for the in ixt three
and a half months. It will only cost
you twenty-five cents.
RdfusRoss, of Monticello, Ind., ar
rived in Lebanon the first of the week.
He Is a nephew of S. A. Cochrell. Mr.
Ross Is well pleased with the country
and thinks he will locate here.
A severe rheumatic palu In the left
shoulder bad troubled Mr. J. H. Loner,
a well known druggist of Des Moines,
Iowa, for over six months. At times
the pain was so severe that he could
not lift anything. With all he could
do he could not get rid of it until he
applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm. "I
only made three applications of It," he
says, "Aud have since been free' from
all palu." H now recommends It to
persoDs similarly afflicted. It is for
sale by N. W, Paillh, druggist.
IN MEHOIllA M OF WI. B. CVOBE.
Win. B. lie re, the subject of this no
tice, was ho'.-n Jan. 6, 1811, in Jefferson
county, lnd iana. The old home coun
try he did not forsake for twenty-five
years; hrrt, in 1830 the Western lever
begr.n to burn, and he gat him to the
r.rairie slate of Illinois. This great state
i had the honor of .famishing him with a
"help meet," which it moat handsomely
did in the person of MlssMargaret Mor
gan, and which has proven to lie a
blessed union. The following year found
the fever still, burning for' Western
travel, this time carrying him to the
historic country known in the geography
as Ve Moines county, Iowa. The West
ern fever had become chronic by this
time; so that by April, 1845, he deter
milled that the setting sun alone should
be li its stoppi ng place. So, alter the few
preparations necessary to be made were
completed, the long aud dangerous jour
ney wiib begun, over an almost trackless
plain, across which, at that early date,
but few persons had dared to venture,
arriving at The Dalles, one of the most
historic places on all the Northwest
coast, situated at the east end of tiie re
uownod gorge that cuts the Cascade
mountains into, through which the
mighty Columbia river umkes its way
to the sea. From this point it was
wholly impracticable to undertake to
reach "the Willamette valley by wagon
road. The only alternative left, was to
go through the mountains by water.
Itut how could this be done without a
boat to navigate the river. But neces
sity, which is the mother of invention,
came to their relief.- Witli hands made
brawny by use, tb'ev raided the pine
forest where the woodman's ax had not
yet gone, aud soon a rude' raft is con
structed from these pines, upon which
wagons with their cargoes, and women
and children, witli a few men to manage
it, embark on the untried and danger
ous waters, to make the perilous trio to
i tire safer waters and a better craft below
i the Cascade falls. That We may the
bettor understand and appreciate the
aituatiuu of these travel-stained and
I footsore home-seekers in the far-off
1 Oregon, the glorious laud of the Occident,
when this cargo was in its place, the
raft sunk so deep in the water that the
wagons were bub deep.
The trip down the river was progress
ing as favorably as could be expected,
when suddenly theru met them one of
those firce wind storms, with which nav
iltalors have become so familiar since.
There seemed to be no hope, but all
must perish. Though . dreadfully
alarmed, no harm came to thetu, and in
due time the vicinity of Portland was
reached, where the winter was passed.
In the spring, he, with others of the
company came to this (Linn) county,
locating his donation of 640 acres about
three-quarters of a mile north of this
town, witere he continuously resided
until a year or so ago, when lie bought
property in tiie town and became one of
its citizens.
His sterling worth has contributed no
little to the prosperity of this country,
causing it to blossom like the rose. Tiie
greatest event in his history, the begin
ning of his religious life, occured in 18-14.
His first church aftilliations was with
the Missionary Baptist, in which com
munion he lived upto 18(18, when he
withdrew and united with the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, where he lived ,
and labored, trusted and loved by all,
until death, who loves a shining mark,
claimed him for his own: which sad,
hut not. unexpected event came, unhid?
den, March 12th, 1)4.
In his religious life, Brother Gore
was not demonstrative, but steady. Was
not what could be citlled aggressive, but
could always lie relied upon to help.
Our interests at Lebanon have been
fostered by him with most fatherly
solicitude and care from the beginning.
His (Irst labor and money for the church
was put here, and he, like the seasons,
kept it up to the very hist. Our
property holdings here, are largly the
resuits of his consecration to the church
lie most tenderly loved. His last
momenta were pre-eminently peaceful.
His was a glorious victory in the last
hour, and over the last enemy.
Water Gore and eight children and
numerous grandchildren are left to'
sorrow, but not as those who have no
hope, for the husband, father and grand
fat tier can easily be fouud ; to the heav
enly muusions is where lie has gone.
Wi'le did the pearly gates swing on their
golded hinges to let one of God's saints
into giory. A good man is gone. Larth
is poorer but heaven it richer,
V. C. McFakiakD.
WATKiaoO GAKBAUE,
Rain, Rain.
Ask George Miller bow be can tell a
man from Waterloo.
"Elder Wayback" would not make
much money wiling spuds to the
Waterloo people, as they make two
meals of one small potato.
The road from Lebanon to Waterloo
is the worst In the state. Cause a
populist road boss.
The directors of Dlst. No. 112 have
decided not to whitewash the school
house, as George Sauford will give it
one coat of red clay for nothing.
Our weather-god baa queer fancies
at times, it seems. Last week fences
were laid low, and considerable dam
age done by wind and rain.
We have voted the bonds and now
(he directors sleep the sleep of the just,
and have no fears of having s big
school building on their hands, and
yet the ball is not over as a few are
preparing to fight the illegal proceed
ings in the courts. The position of our
district is simply this: They have
voted $1200 and now comes the W.
D. Co. and want the pay for an $800
block and $200 for doors and windows.
This leaves us the magnificent turn of
$200 to pay off an $800 debt. We aire-
dy had the lot and windows and
doors, hut at it now stands we pay
$1500 interest in 20 years for the use of
$200. This may bean enigma for some
but the solving of it will be painfully
apparent to all who now, or ten years
from now, own property here. In
stead of being in debt $800 we are now
over $1800. This is a sample of the
"business bump" as developed ou an
average Waterloo cranium. Some
mules have it also we refer to the
little kind used by Balaam ou his tour.
J. B. Wirt .will teach the public
school here the coming term. As prin
cipal we predict fun for John, but he
is a good teacher and no doubt will
work a radical change here aud no
! mote will the boys smoke cigarettes in
their little bark houses In the woods.
John is small honed hut has great will
power and staying qualities. He is
put there by the choice of the people
(the old folks) and if there "aint" some
fun lieforc long we will change our ad
dress as a prophet,
The Lyceum has not been the howl
ing success it once was. Religion has
toned it down and now the most fas
tidious can attend without having
their sensitive Waterloo nerves
shocked. In fact music hatb charms
to soothe, etc., in our towu and a few
more nights and then the taxidermist
will be needed to stuff' the dead con
cernnot the music but the debate.
When, oh, when will the sun come
forth aud disperse the bums from our
P. O.I This is the worst town ou the
Pacific slope fur cranks and men who
think, or act as if they think, that at
some oast time in their life they had
swallowed an encyclopedia. Talk,
talk, all the time, but work, work,
never. They tell us of the labor th y
have doot and the diu.li they Will dig,
but rustle like fury to borrow saleratus
to color their bread In place of butter.
Gents, give us a rest; we are worn out
'with your big talk; but when you have
an opportunity you will do all you can
to ruiu the town morally, mentally
aud financially. Yeu are punk. Let
up and hunt work.
Fred Gross has applied to the gov
ernor lor the militia to bold their an
nual shoot here. He proposes to fur
nish live targets.
Parker has gone east to procure mon
ey on the school bonds, we learh. Gib
hard t was spoken of but his friends
could n t spare him from the town.
The council still move along and kill
time and draw their salary.
C. Rank.
Change of Bttllavtt.
C. A. Zahn wishes to announce to
the public (hat he has traded his busi
ness to A. E. Davis, a former partner
of his, Mr. Duvis assuming all debts of
C. A. Zuhn's. All accounts due to
said firm are payable to Mr. Davis.
Ou retiring from the business will
say that I thank the public for their
liberal uatrouage aud assistance, re
marking that temperance in (his city
is in its Infancy, according to the sup
port given this establishment.
' C. A. Zahn.
Having bought the whole interest of
C. A. Zahu's confectionery store, would
like to ask the public for their liberal
support aud shall endeayor to please
them. A. E. Davih.
The travels of the famous "liberty
bell", as it Is known, to distinguish it
from Its famous Phlladllphia proto
type, will be far more extensive than
has hitherto been mentioned. Not
only will it come to the Midwinter fair
at San Francisco, but will be taken to
the continent of Europe for a stay of
ut least a year. First it will go to Eng
land to be rung ou the battlefield of
Ruunymedeou June 16, 1894, in cele
bration by the English speaking world
of the anniversary of the emancipation
of the serfs. Next it will go to Italy,
and thence to Constantinople, Jerusa
lem, Cairo and then through Australia,
India, China and Japau, and back to
Suu Fiuuclwxi, mabluga circuit of tun
warld.
Populist State Gonventioa
Oregon City, Or., Mar. 16, -The
following is the ticket nominated at
the Populist convention held here:
Governor N. Pierce, Umatilla.
Secretary of State Iro Wakefield,
Jackson.
Treasurer Calwell, Lane.
Attorney General L. M. Olmstcad,
Baker,
State Printer Orton.
Supt. of Publlo Instruction Jory.
Supreme Judge Boise, Salem;
Member Congress 1st dlst., Joo
Waldrop, Portland; 2nd dist., Chas,
Miller, Morrow.
District Judge 2nd dist., D.Stott.
District Attorney C. H. Dalrymplo,
Albany!
J udge Miller is sua (June sick.
lioru, Alar, lu, IsW, lu the wile 01 li.
1'. Kirapiimu, a boy; weigui 10 lus.
C. E. ButuarU a ueiuouatiu candi
date lur cuuuiy clei ii. was in town tue
IKiiloi tue Ween.
U. B. Montague left Weduesday for
Oregon City, to attend the populist
state couveuuuu.
it. Tivey aud family intend to move
to Kuusas about May 1, Mr. Tivey
having disposed ol nis properly here.
i neso nurd times we waul to save all
we cau, but ol course we nave to eai,
sun you will save some by gelling your
groceries at Jtaoh's.
E. T. Lewis, the man recently hetu
uy Justice curl to await tile 'action ol
lue grauU jury, made au attempt Muu
uuy uigni to escape irou the county
Jail, by sawing oil me uul's will! a saw
iiiuue out oi a spriug ut uio watcii. Me
was caugut in lue act aud slopped.
in Hie case of Dr. bpouogle, who
was tried for the uiinie ol a urimiuui
assault upon the person of Mrs. Pearl
Wyalt, the jury brought in a verdict
of guilty as charged, aud the sentence
will be given on Monday. The pun
ishment for rape, ol which he is con
victed, is from three to twenty years
in the peuitentiary,
W. E. Chandler was Uikeu suddenly
ill last evening. He was at nis home
alone when the spell began to come on,
but reached the residence of Jesse
Spencer, when he fell in au uncon
scious slate. A physician was at once
summoned and lie was soon revived
aud he is now getting along nicely. He
is still at Mr. Spencer's. Mrs. Chand
ler came over from Lebanon to-day
having been called to the bedside of
her husband. Coivalhs News, Mar.
13.
At the populist convention Friday,
just before closing, a resolution was in
troduced asking the convention to in
struct the delegates to the state con
vention for C. B. Montague for secreta
ry of state and Geo. Alexander for state
printer. This alter having already in
structed the delegates for B. F. Ramp
for congressman and having endorsed
Dr. J. L. Hill for governor looked like
trying to give all the state offices to
Linn county, and Mr. Montague de
clined. The resolution was then laid
on tie table. . Another funny feature
was the speech of the nominee for
county treasurer, in which he pledged
himself that if elected he would not
deposit any of the county funds in any
bank, but would "provide, other means
of keeping it safe." He did not say
whether be would hide it in a sock,
carry It in his pocket, or would loan
it out to the people. Herald.
The grand jury has again refused to
indict John Marks for burglarizing the
house of bis brother, Wni. Marks. By
this action the grand jury refuse to be
lieve to be true the charges that have
been twice made by Mr. Marks' fami
ly and by himself. This second refu
sal to believe their story should satisfy
them that in the belief of the grand
jury it was not Jno. Marks who placed
those articles in John's bed aud under
John'ssmokehouse. From e piessious
let drop by the grand jury aud by the
prosecuting officers, it may be possible
that the next grand jury will be called
upon to enquire who Din put those
articles on John's premises. Thai is
the question that interests the tax
payers of this county,' who have paid
already several hundred dollars to as
sist IbiB farce. If John is innocent, as
the grand Jury believes, then some one
has put up this job. Who Is this man
or these men? The ingenuity shown to
convict John may be called into play
to save, themselves from the place
where they tried to put John In the
penitentiary.
Strictly In It.
When it comes to selling goods, Ba
ker Is strictly in it. He carries a large
aud well selected stock and has whit
the people want, aud they alwavs find
the price to suit the times, Call and
.see flim.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to express our thanks to
klhd friends of Lebanon aud viciuity,
for their many kindly offices and
Christian sympathy,' during the late
illness of VV. B. Gore.
Mks. V. B. Gokk
and Child kkn.
Caufht.
Mand I think it is very rude to turn
around and look at people. When Tom
passed me today, he kept turning and
aiming back for a long tune.
' Nelly Indeed! How do you know?
Boston Traveller,
WHEN FRUIT FREEZES.
Why Orange Ara AM to Umlst frost to
an Cnusoal Dogma.
The late Professor Kewberryof Co
tarnbt oollege, New York, showed aci
entlflcally some yean ago how oranges
and apples are able to resist frost to an
unusual degree. His explanation is es
paoially Interesting to every citrus fruit
grower.
The professor showed that it is a law
of crystallization or freezing or solidify
ing that this process depends npon sev
eral conditions of the liquid to be crys
tallized or frozen, by which is meant sim
ply that the liquid is ohangod into u solid.
The effect of evaporation has ranch to do
with it, as this itself reduces the tempera
ture of liquid to a considerable extent,
as may be discovered by any person who
will pour s little ether in his hand and
blow npon it, when the greatly increased
coolness will be felt. In India water is
frozen by exposing it in porous jars to
the cold night winds when the tempera
ture of the air is several degrees above
the freezing point, '
Ice may be formed in a redhot cruci
ble by the sudden evaporation of liquid
carbonic acid or In a saucerunder the.re
ceiverof an airpump by the evaporation
of it and the rapid absorption of the va
por that escapes by reason of the reduced
pressure by sulphurio acid in another
saucer. '
Again, solutions of various substances,
as sugar and crystallized salts, will not
freeze at the ordinary temperature at
which ice is formed in. pure water. Thus
a solution of salt requires a lower tem
perature to become frozen than fresh
water does, and it is well known that
sugar sirup can hardly be frozen at .any
ordinary temperature. Further, the ten
sion under which liquids are held has an
effect in the same way. A light tension
makes freezing easier, while a high one
retards the congelation.
Now, all these facts have a bearing in
the case of oranges and other fruits, as
well as the sap of trees. Watery sap of
very succulent plants freezes much more
easily than the sweet and dense sap of
the maple or the hickory. Some buds
will resist freezing quite stubbornly at a
very low temperature, and the resinous
covering of the bud scales of trees, as
those of the horse chestnut, exert a great
resistance to freezing.
The sap or juice of the orange contains
a large quantity of citrio acid in solu
tion, and a low temperature is required
to congeal such a solution. It also con
tains considerable sugar, and this tends
to resist cold. The sap or juice, which
exists in this fruit in the proportion of
78 per cent in the orange, is under con
siderable tension, and this exerts some
resistance to freezing, and finally the
sap is not exposed to evaporation be
cause of its tight covering by which it is
protected.
Thus an orange must he exposed to a
lower temperature than the ordinary
freezing point of water before it will
freeze. The same applies to other fruits,
as apples and vegetables and potatoes, to
some extent. Pomona (Cal.) Progress.
Introduction of Envolopes.
The late Henry L. Lipman of Phila
delphia gives this interesting statement
regarding the early use of envelopes in
this country: "About 1843 ungnmmed en
velopes made their first appearance as a
new importation from France, an! I was
the first to begin their manufacture in
this country. Shortly afterward I im
proved them by adding gum to the flaps,
and the gummed envelopes I made were
the first which had been seen anywhere,
aud the first envelopes of any kind used
by the United States government were
made by me. The demand at first was
very small. Envelopes were as difficult
to introduce as any new invention or im
provement is at the present time, and
they were considered only as a tempo
rary fad which would soon go out of
fashion again. That is the reason I did
not patent or push them very hard, espe
cially as I had a good trade in seals and
sealing wax and feared that envelopes
would interfere with them. At first
they were only used for business pur
poses, and it was some time before they
were employed in social correspondence,
as a person was considered locking in re
spect to a friend when he had to lick the
gum on the envelope sent him. I also
made the first mucilage known in the
United States, and when postage stamps
were introduced the contractor had to
come to me to learn how the gum was
made, and I gave him the information
gratis."
Ho Could Not Bear the Drops.
"I saw au amusing experiment," said
Henry Waller of Omaha. "Some one
stated that no man could stand a quart
of water dropped on to his hand, drop
by drop, from a height of two or three
feet, A bystander bet $20 to $1. that he
conld, and the wager was accepted. In
less than a minute there was a blister on
the man's hand and in less than three
minutes his face gave evidence of intense
suffering. Before a pint had been drop
ped he gave up exhausted aud described
the sensation as the most terrible one he
had ever experienced. The man who
pocketed the $20-iffered to give odds of
10 to 1 that no one could stand a pint of
water dropped on his head drop by drop.
When he could find no takers, he volun
teered the statement that no one could
have gone through the ordeal and retain
his reason, a statement nobody present
seemed qualified or anxious to contra
dict." St. Louis (ilobe-Democrat.
A Family Hone.
The editor of the Hawkinsville (Qa.)
Dispatch recently published the follow
ing notice: "We have a good, gentle,
family horse that we are anxious to ex
change for a good possum dog or a rea
sonable amount of fish bait. There is
positively nothing wrong with the horse
hut his voracious appetite. We have
had him with us now about two weeks,
and he has eaten up three loads of cy
press shingles, two lot gates, licked the
bottom out of a cast irou sugar kettle
aud commenced on the gable end of our
residence, aud the fact is we have just
rot to swap, sell or kill or be without
aetu or boms,"
HOMING POWER8 OF THE CAT.
Tli oj A Mjtrion ami tTiifathoraablo
Even to MoUorn fioienoe.
That a cat cn come home in tho face
of almost inorediblo difficulties is per
fectly certain. Thus, to take a fact an
an instance, a cat waa carried from a
town on the northeast coast of Fife to a
honae near Perth. It went in a basket
by train to Leuchars, where it changed
for Dundee, and at Dundee changed for
Perth. Next day, about 7 In the morn
tag, this cat was observed to run dovn
the avenue of its new home with a pur
poseful air. On the third day it ap
peared at its old .home.
Now, how did that oat achieve its
journey? Did it tako a bee line across
country, and, if so, how did it know its
direction? Or did It run to Dundee, cross
Tay bridge (the railway bridge) and so
along the line to Leuchars, negotiating'
the Eden at Guard bridge? We can
hardly suppose that it swam the Tay.
Or did it go round by the head of Loch
Tay a long rough journey by the El
lin, where a cat might meet many dan
gers and temptations? The perils of a
cat on the road are innumerable. Every
collie dog chases it, every gamekeeper'
has a gun for it, every boy is ready with
a stone. Indeed we never see a cat on
its travels. No doubt it runs by night.
There is the hypothesis that the catcamo
by train, changing at Dundee, and achiev
ing the difficult maneuver at Leuchars,
wherein many men have failed, going
back to Dundee or getting to Cupar,
though not one of them was like him
"that will to Cupar." This method of
transit, which, needs agile acuteness of
reason in any man, may not he beyond
the powers and intelligence of a cat.
But all conceivable ways, from the
bee line across country and oven rivers
to the course round Loch Tay, are full
of perplexities. That the cat simply
rode on a broomstick behind a witch is
an hypothesis which brings us into un
friendly contact with modem ideas of
progress. Somehow the thing was done,
and done in 48 hours. A dog spoken of
by Mr. Romanes ran from Vienna to
Mentonne, but died of fatigue. The cat
was as well and sound as usual. We
may speak of instinct and inherited apti
tude, hut to find its old home is of no
use to a cat in the stnf ggle for existence.
Cats, much more than dogs, are inde
pendent of a home. They can take t
the heather, the forest or the back green.
Thus the cats which fortuitously devel
oped the power of "homing" would be
no better off than other cats and not
more fitted to survive and bequeath their
accomplishment to their progeny.
In face of these facts our boasted
science is dumb. We know little about
cats, but cats know a great deal about
us. Faculties of this kind made the cat
a mysterious power in the middle ages.
He was roasted alive that his unknown
protector might come and rescue him by
uttering words of prophecy. This very
fact proves the existence of a feline se
cret society which nobody studies, for
we are all apt to neglect tho facts which
underlie aud inspire the truths which
are called superstitious. Cats have very
probably "an underground railway."
London Saturday Review.
Ho Apologized.
A western judge was listening to an
attorney who had a mean habit of inter
polating remarks into the proceedings of
the court. What he Baid was scarcely
ever heard by any ono, as he mumbled
rather than spoke and would never re
peat a remark. One day he said some
thing which nobody heard except the
judge, who at once became exceedingly
angry. Turning to the court bailiff, 'lie
thundered out, "Adjourn this court!"
Then, as soon as the bailiff had done his
duty, the judge stepped from the bench,
beckoned to the lawyer to follow him
and entered the clerk's' office. The laiv
yer went along. So did two or three
other people.
As soon as tho judge got fairly into
the room, he seized a lawbook, and turn
ing upon the lawyer he fairly screamed:
"I was on the bench awhile ago, and yon
insulted me. I waa a judge then. l am
a man now, and the man will have an
apology for the judge, or he will take it
out of your hide.- You might make an
apology to the judge, but you would
not mean it. Now, however, the case is
more serious, and unless you give mo
what I ask I will smash your head."
The lawyer made a most abject apology,
which the judge accepted, and thon the
party went back to the courtroom and
resumed business. San Francisco Argo
naut, A ltelentless Hyena.
A well known Austin gentlemanfound
himself in a very embarrassing position.
He had left his money at home, and not
a nickel or a car ticket could ho find
in his clothing, Ho was about to leave
the bobtail oar when a gentleman, a real
gentleman, with a sinister cast of counte
nance, tendered him a nickel. He gladly
accepted it and dropped it into the box.
The grateful party then shook his un
known beuefactor's haud, thanking him
for the confidence and accommodation,
and asked his address so he could return
the money.
"Never mind," responded the gener
ous man, "it's a counterfeit anyhow.
The Btreet car 'company will make that
hound of a driver redeem it. I've got
no spite at you. He in the scoundrel I
am after. He has trifled with the affec
tions of a female relative of mine, but
this will show him what kind of a relent
less hyena I am when my blood is up,
Ha!"-Texas Sittings.
Memory of Sleep Walkera.
The memory of sleep walkers is ex
traordinary, not to say phenomenal, es
pecially when under the peculiar impulse
of the disease which prompts their move
ments. Moritz gives an instance of a
poor basket maker who waa unable to
either read or write; yet, strange as it
may appear, when in one of ids somnam
bulistic vigils he would preach fluent
sermons', some of ,?hich were recognized
as having tonned.. parts of discourses,
which he was accOstomed to hear when
he was a child attending his parish
shvehf 40 years before.
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