THE CAMEEQOXS. .
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An tfilmli TmrllTT Abes IMh fh
Kstttah Omiemaaeiit UTtoUly Doae-
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IS
-"Battle in tbe Cameroons?' ay w
cent cable.' What and-where are tin
ismeroons? This from the Kew York
Humid will elucidate a little: . .
The Cameroon is a territory cm tie
lliffht ol Biafra, West Africa, one
hundred and fifty thousand square
miles in extent, and with an estimated
population of two millions.' It has a
coast line of one hundred and twenty
miles between the Campo rim and the
Eio del Be;, is bounded on the north
east by a treaty line running north
east to the east of Vol, on the upper
llenue, and on the south by a line run-
ituup inland, due east from the moutn
of the Campo river, to about the me
ridian of lonintude fifteen aeirrees east,
which may be regarded as the eastern
or inland limit of the so-called ''pro
tectorate."
In im there were one hundred and
sixty-six whites, of whom one hundred
and nine were German and thirty-one
English. It became a German pro
tectorate in 1884, and is placed under
an imperial governor, assisted by a
chancellor, two secretaries and a local
council of three representative mer
chants. The country is fertile, and
numerous valuable African vegetable
productions grow in profusion. Plan
tations of cacao and tobacco have been
farmed bv a company, and numerous
factories carry on an active trade in
' ivorv and palm oil. On January 1,
1S8S. an imnort dut v was imposed on
European foods, and from this the
revenue is mainly derived. The chief
t.jwn is Cameroons, and In tbe tioutn
lialanja, Bimbia and Bakundu Town
are other important trading stations,
end Aqua Town and Bell Town are the
principal native settlements. The im
corts and exports are quite large.
In April last, Mr. Henry M. Stanley
wrote to the peace association a letter
in which he attributed the increase of
trade in 1893 at African porta under
German administration to the growing
practice among German merchants of
- importing into Africa small arms and
ummnnition. These materials of war,
he said, were sold to the slave traders
and do inestimable damage. Mr. Stan
Icy inculpated also the Portuguese in
his charges, lie appealed to tne curo
ncan nations to suppress the traffic in
arms carried on by the Germans and
I'ortuenese. TJnlessthis step be taken,
he added, all efforts to stop the slave
trade would be useless.
In February a German expedition,
which was under the command of
rrciherr von Stetten, proceeded from
tlie Cameroons coast up the river 8an
Baga to Balinga, whence it traveled to
the thickly populated district of Tikar
and reached Ngaudere and Yola.
Treaties were concluded with the na
: tribes in the districts passed
through. This reappearance on the
coast, the Kreuz Zeitung pointed out,
was peculiar in view of the statement
Made by members of .the expedition
t hat Lake Tchad was their goal. It is
a fact, though at present an inexplica
ble one, that German expeditions fail
to reach the more easterly portions of
. the Hinterland of the Cameroon. The
expedition returned in September.
England and Germany had a long
dispute about the boundaries of the
Cameroons, which was settled in May
:ost The third section of the agree
ment reads: "The German colonial
administration engages not to allow
any trade settlements to .exist or be
erected on the right bank of the Bio
del Bey Creek or waterway- In like
manner the administration of the Oil
rivers protectorate engages not to al
low any trade settlements to exist or
to be erected on the western bank of
the Bakaasy peninsula from the first
creek below Ambon' village to the
sea and eastward from this bank to
the Bio del Bey waterway."
According to the German view the
new agreement is a purely fiscal one,
intended to enable the British and
German administrations to cope with
the widespread smuggling, which was
especially detrimental to the Camer
oons. There had been no question of
altering the frontier laid down by the
provisional agreement of 1890, which,
in consequence of disagreement be
tween the two governments, left the
lUo del Bey out of count and settled
the frontier as a straight line running
from the upper end of the waterway
to the rapids of the Cross river. But
this indefinite "upper end" has now
been fixed as above set forth. Much
satisfaction was expressed in Berlin at
the pledge given by the English gov.
eminent not to allow trade settlements
on the Bakassy peninsula, which other
wise would have afforded an excellent
base for contraband operations.
A Dtsaaantled Monitor.
The monitor tSangns. that took part in
Admiral David Porter's bombardment
of Fort Fisher in December, 1854, now
lies dismantled at a Philadelphia wharf
awaiting a purchaser who needs a coal
barge. Her armor has been stripped
oil and the spinning turret removed.
The bangus was one of the monitors
that, casting anchor within range of
I ort Fisher, opened fire upon it, and
in little more than an hour demolished
all but the bomb-proof portions of the
fort. The attacking fleet consisted of
thirty .five regular cruisers, fire iron
lnds and a reserve of nineteen other
vessels. According to lien. Grant
it was "the moat formidable armada
ever collected for concentration upon
one given point" Tbe bangus v
built daring the latter part of the war.
In 1691 she was sold by the government
to a Philadclpuio farm, which made the
purchase with the object of reselling
to some south American state in need
of a teoond-bacd warship. The nego
tiations laiieu, ami tne baugns was then
dismantled. She had been built to last,
f jt it was necessary to use dynamite is
t:w work of usabxathisf fcr bull.
(ICA'SISH SUPPLY.
How It III Affected by tha Firm.
dal Stringency.
Bard Una Am CatM the Paople an
SMiiles aa Tbarir Mot BWe
Wasva the Flab an FHa.
The report of a shortage of lS,0OO.0ft0
Bushels in the oyster crop of Chesa
peake bay does not disturb the equa
nimity of the Chicago dealers.
"Our business is mostly in nan tnis
winter," one of them declares. "Bard
times have caused people to econo
mise on high-priced oysters and meats
and turn to fish as the staple food.
Fish are very cheap and plentiful.
Chicago eata 90,000.000 pounds of lake
fish and &, 000,000 pound of ocean fish
annually. The lake fish were caught
and frown last fall, ana so long as
they remain in ice continue as fresh as
when taken from the water. How
ever, if anyone demands a newly
eaughtftsa, the Mackinaw fishermen
are sending down choice trout daily
taken from the straits.
"As to oysters, the crop of Balti
more and New York might totally fail
without embarrassing the public in
the least or raising the price of the
bivalve. 1
"The Gulf of Mexico produces fully
aa fine Savored oysters as are taken
anywhere. Many people like the gulf
oyster best New Orleans could easily
supply the world with oysters, as its
coast environment is enormously pro
lific in oysters, delicious crustaceans,
and fishes. These gulf edibles are
sent north in refrigerator cars which
have conveyed dressed beef south
They also come by express. The fail-
are of the fish and oyster crop would
be a great boon to the gulf coast
trade."
The fishmonger mentioned that the
Pacific codfish had invaded tne i M-
eago -market to the detriment of the
Maine-Massachusetts' namesake. There
is no difference in the appearance of
the rivals, but epicures think the Pa
cific ood the choicer. The Pacific cod
is now shipped to Massachusetts, salted
and sent out as Atlantic cod. No one
can tell the difference.
A popular fish in Chicago is the red
snapper taken in the Gulf of TUeiico,
and called by many the gulf cod. It is
a handsomer fish than the cod and of
much finer flavor. Large fleets engage
in the catch of this fish and it is forc
ing its way into all the markets of the
world.
Brook trout weighing from two to
five pounds are plentiful in the local
markets. They come from private fish
ponds where they were taken out and
frozen last fall.
The finest yellow perch are taken in
the Detroit river at the St. Clair Flats.
Mnscallonge reach the market from
the interior lakes of Wisconsin.
The lake trout varies in color, both
of skin and flesh. The flesh is yellow
from the southern to the northern
waters of Lake Superior. In the
northwest corner of Lake Snoerior the
flesh becomes red and the skin a fac
simile of the brook trout. This latter
variety, which is the finest of trout, is
believed by some to be a brook trout
from the Nipigon river, which in times
past left the stream and bred a deep
water variety of itself. It is scarce in
the local market There is a suspicion
that the local dealer sells it as a large
brook trout
Eels mostly come from Fulton. N. Y-,
where, on the Oswego river, is the
avgest eel industry in the world.
'Ocean fish are not popular in the
recst, nor are lake fiHh popular in the
iast The condition is natural. .
Crawfish come from New Orleans,
where they are the staple food of the
French people. The crawfish makes
the most deliciousiisque known to the
-picure.
About twenty years ago there wa ft
malpractice case tried in this court
against a Bangor physician. He prr
formed a surgical operation on a pa
tient and removed a piece of dis;:n' cd
bone, an this was the snbjcvt o? t'u
Suit You know, in such casus, if Cn
patient doesn't recover as quickly a--
he thinks he ought to he become", r.i.
impatient and goes for the doctor wis :,
a lawsuit There was a bi;; fc'iit in
that case, with lots of witnesses, w.t.
tbe bone came in with the r st uf t!ic
evidence. It smellcd worse tiian a
laughter-house in midsummer wh-i
It came into court, and it gathered u !
ditional smell constantly r.ft wim".
The jury disagreed or there was o nrw
trial granted, so that the case li'.ur;
fire from April to October, and the
elerk was directed to preserve the all
important bone by locking it in the
office safe. Both parties tried to get
It but the oourt would not surrender it.
it generated such odorj while in cus
tody that it nearly drove us oat of the
'.face altogether, and if yov want to
realize all about "the scent of the
roses" that still remains here after all
these years, although we have done
t vcrything to get rid of it, just put
tour head into that safe. Lewiston
WAGES IN EUROPE.
A Swiss silk ribbon weaver regards
himself as fortunate ii he averages 4
cents a day the year round.
Clsbxs in wholesale and retail stores
in Duseeldorf receive from $! to 814 a
month; women clerks from !'" to 810.
Oebmajt editors receive an average of
$8.T1 salary per week; proirf-readera,
fS.23; compositors, 83.06; the devil gets
81.48.
Ax Italian miner receives 8 shillings
a week; a cotton mill hand,'10; a dyer,
12; a stonecutter, 13; a mason, 14; a
tailor, U
Plow and reapers in Bohemia
are paid 80 cents a day; females em
ployed at the same labor receive 20
cents, neither board nor lodging being
furnished.
Tax wages of farm laborers in Eng
land in 1850 were t shillings a week; in
lbbO, IT; in Germany, at the same
dates, the wages were respectively 8
and U abiUiaga.
THE ARTICLE WAS GOOD.
Bat Somehow at other It DMnt Ftaw
tbe M& It luuuurtaUMd,
Robert 1. Burdelle, whom every body
knows, whether thoy ever saw hlni or act,
used to run a little daily pa par In Peoria,
III., writM F H. Carruth in the New York
Trfbuiw. 1 believe it was Peoria anyhow,
it was the paper he enjoyed running so
much, because there was never any unoer
TOinry about It. He knew positively every
Monday morning -that there wouldn't be
maugt money to pay the compositors Bat
unlav night.
Up hadn't written so much good humor
then as he has Bines, but it used to crop out
once in a while-he couldn't help it. One
day a prominent citizen ofPaoida ant into
trouble with a hoekman about the amount of
hischarswor something, and took off his
coat and fought him all around the block.
Be made i a redder for haokman, too. The
next morning Bnrdeue had nearly a col
umn shout it. There had been so much
space to fill and he turned his fancy loose and
lined It He had laughed about it quiotly to
himself all the way homo that niirht after
he wrote it, and in the morning read it over
to see if the boys had got it setup all right,
and smiled 9ort ol inwardly to himself again.
About the middle of the afternoon the
man who had the trouble came in. Burdetto
trembled a little at first, because he didn't
know how he might have taken it, but the
man wore a broad grin oa Ins face and
seemed to he very much tickled over it
"That was a good one on me in the
Bcutkr this morning," said the man.
" Kr yes do yon think sol " said Bor
ne tie
"Oh capital took It off first-lass. Bid
you write it!"
"Oh, yes, I scratched It off ia a hurry last
night We hare to have something to fill
up."
"Of course. But it was really good. : I
didu't know you could do as well as that,"
went on the man enthusiastically.
"Oh. I didn't think much of it," returned
Burnetts, modestly. "If I had only a little
more time perhaps I might have made
omelhtnx out of it"
"Oh. vou had time enoughplenty of
tunc, I assure you. It was fine. Of course
I didn't realty do all you said I did."
" Oh, of course not. Certainly not Get
10 have something lively in a newspaper,
vou know."
"I see especially in a live local paper."
"You understand it"
"I think so. Of course I didn't yell like
a mao with his foot in a lawn-mower all the
time I was bavins; the controversy."
Oh, no wc have to exaggerate a littie."
"lsce. Ana then i duln't raise the back.
man up and pound the face of the earth
with him till tho police stopped me tor
wearing out the paving."
"?Jio, not at ail had to make it lively, yea
know."
"Ofcourse, Then I didn't chase him into
the country half a mile, did I now'"
"I never heard that you did. I just
slipped that in. You know a local paper "
"1 understand. Then of course I didn't
roar so coming back that people thought
there was a bail-storm comingf
" Oh, you didn't roar at all. I made that
part up to make it lively."
"I thoutmt so. Then I didnt stand oa
the corner and howl till 1 was tired and say
I could tick any harhmnn who ever looked
through a collar, and go around the streets
cracking my heels together and saying I
was from Bitter creek where it wasn't more
than a foot wide."
all. I just put that in got to in a small
town with a daily paper, you
"I notice you have to. It was a funny
piece, take it altogether.
Jtaeeaa WhltVs
Deacon a V. White, the well-known
Wall street man. haa suffered several
vicissitudes of fortune but haa always
managed to right himself, settling all
claims against him, dollar for dollar,
with interest This well-known trait
has made Mr. White extremely popular
with bankers and brokers, and inspeak.
ing of it recently an operator
marked that the "integrity of the
is not to be wondered at seeing that he
lives in accordance with an excellent
motto." Inquiry revealed the fact that
the man did not speak ill-advisediy.
Mr. White has a motto, and a very good
one it ia It is displayed in bis private
office and reads as follows: ? expect
to pass through this life but once. If
there is any kindness to show or any
good thing I can do to my fellow.
beings let me do it now. Let me not
defer nor neglect it I will pats this
way but once." N. Y. Herald.
THE WINTER'S STYLES.
J acntt fur turbans are revived-
Coat linings are handsomer than
ever this winter.
Mulbeiict tints, prune and ted vio
let are very fashionable.
Tire circular flounce sleeve kt now
made in velvet and satin.
Kome of the most stylish tailor-made
costumes are trimmed with serpentine
oraio.
Accobdiox-plazted chiffon is used to
freshen colored silk gowns that have
grown a little shabby.
Pointed apron-front oversklrta,
draped high on the hips, have been re
vived and are now very popular.
TuEite seems to be no end to the
fancy kerchiefs and collars which the
lady of fashion delights in wearing
about ber neck.
Oro-woRK stockings are again pop
ular, while novelties in imported ho
siery show gay colored stripes, plaids
ana diagonals.
KIcPLEV FROM THE POETS
Tbe moon was shining silver bright
An' bloodless lay toe untrodden aaow,
Whea freedom, from her mountain oslght
Exclaimed: "Now, don't be (ooUsb,Josl"
AD boor tossed oa the 1 urk swoksi
A bumblebee went thundering by
To hover in the sulphur smoke
And spread its pall upon the Sky. - ,
lifs echoing az tbe woodmao swung;
fic viwi h lad ot bhfb renown;
Arid deep tile pearly caves among, '
U.ie tjroggins courted MolUe Brown.
Loud njars the wlad In constant blast,
And closUless sets the sue at erea.
Wben tviiie.111 dews are falliog fast,
Am rolia the thunder drum of a
' Ot evirr thus from childhood's hour,
by torch ood trumpet fast arrayed,
Besdath yon Wv-manlled tower
Tbe old trog croaks bis serenade. -
1
sly love Is like tbe red, red rotei
lie bought a ring with poaey tragi
Sir Uarsey Bodkin broke his nose,
And, Saxon, 1 sm itoderiek Dbul
Amusing Jourasi.
Kathbyx "Frank was saying sweat
nothings to you again last night"
Battle (showing t Jeweled torts)
"Do you call that Berthing, t0 imlf
peVui t JTree Jea . ' .
' Carpels, carpels, carpets. Matting,
mattlt.g, matting. Buy of tlif Alliaii;
Furniture Co IlnUliunre Block. Al
bany, Oregon. , '
Hills, hl, huts, when In nwl nf a
hut (loii'l fail to ldt l tb'Wi' i I'
Raokt t slore, li'iuv In.ts 6c , 3n-, Mid
Joe. Wool lints 80c, io. ami SOD,
Cowboy lialsTiic ni.d J1 50. Fir lists
fl,SI.!B ntic lirt trade $1,75 New
olii.llirs, line figured lawn and Usees
veiling lit prices utvny lu low compctr-
Ion. Great bargains ll while "i"
Sik1s from 5e. up. Ouliug tluninl, i!0
yds, fur$l.' Baby' l ice c:i -iic, Sou.
and 85 cents.
Notice of lCveeutrix.
Notice is hereby Riven to all who u II
may concern, that, by an order of the
County Court for Mini County. Utaic ol
Oregon, the ttiufersigutnl has been ituly Ui.
pointed and is now the duly qualilied uml
acting Executrix of the last nill and
testament of Eugene ii. L'ttn, deceased.
all purlief indebted to said estate are nr-
lUiested to muke liitnietthite payment to
the undersigned, and all pnriiii buvii,g
claims against the estate are hereby re
quired to present the lame pro;rly veri-
Bed. within si i mi. i, tin Iruiu the 5th nay or
April 1885. the lirst publication of this
notice, to the undersigned at the office uf
Sum'l M. Garland, Lebanon, Ore.
1.1. it,
Ex. of the last will slid testament of
Eugene H. Dim, deceased.
Saat't, M. lUauxn,
. . Atty. for Executrix.
Ta5S"
THE
.Wets.
il.oo Bottle.
Oascentadoaa,
It la sold on a nisrantee bv all druas
ftsta. It onrea incipient Consumption,
and is tha beat Coush and Croup Cure, .
For sule by fi. M . bndth.
LIVERINE
THE GREAT.
LITER. KIDHEI AID C0HSTIPAT10I
CURE.
Pleasant to take by old or
young. No griping.
The root of the Liverine
planj is extensively used in
Norway for the cure of Piles.
Sold by all first class drug
gists. Wholesale Manufactures.
AiicnoH S Chemical Co.
Lebanon, Oregon.
BARBER SHOP
Best Bbavetf, Hair Cut or Shampoo at
B. F. KIRK, '
Shaving- Parlor.
NEXT DOOR TO BT. CHARLES
HOTEL.
Elegant Baths
Children Kindly Treated,
(.adits Hair Djessiug BpsctaHjr.
btwis w m h m ' . f T"v
w - ' TsW
EPS p.XBEST
in
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PAN8Y.
MAYER & KIMBROUGH
Have just received tin finest line of CUOKERY and
CLASS WARE ever brmi lit
vite you to call and inepect.
Their price are as low, if
in the valley.
Highest Prices Paid for Country
Produce.
av.js.AJs.J.Ji,-iWA ji.
BB
wwabs is fte itok story v V Via M
flaiHatlm trade , , n-Ss&U
saarlL. and labaU. JjlXJUt , . Njf yrrXS-r'
M MP W
Safe only Iff annus hC6Hnt Tw So!3 6t jrtntfs crcr-
WrfW tt ira n4 Saminer 2au ef tu'nifcle Xar jts- 7: '
r w g t e. w
Tbe Unenterprising r
Business Han. ,.
Usee a small amount of Print
ed Stationery and other Ad
vertising matter, and as a
consequence his business dies
away and lie is then like the
man whose picture appears
above. .
The Enterprising
Business Man . ,
Uses a great amount of Adver
tising matter of all kinds.
Consequently his Business In
oi eases and he becomes fit
happy as the individual who
is represented by the picture
just above.
Job Printing j
of All Kinds ii . ;
Is done at this Office in
Workmanlike Mannur, and at
rriuee to Compare vyitrt the
Times. Your Business will be
Increased by having Yotif Jub
iT'nting done at this OSice.
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to Lebanon, tvbii li tbey '.
not lonvr l!i.-f! uiivwlu'ie else,
.-B-ftrffcA ftA'lulvE :J
CrtSfiOisioretlir.n?,,!ia'p-.c,ji"trtji -;
ry;.T - r - ,v" - v t r -
Jot's for the Jaded and (luai
Health (er all JUuklud.
JOT'I VEGETABLE StMArASIlH.
liiQavAc from
nerui,
Joy'i Teretable
sarsaparuu
prevents tired foel
lnin, staigerin( aoa
tauuns, palpitatioo
of liairt, rush oi
blood to tha head,
ditsimss, rinrina in
aara, suota hef jt. th
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res, twadaotaa, tnl
iinsss,coiisUpatlori of bowels, naiM in
Ikakanl, uiL.MkAl-
J! I tonjm coated, foui
j 1 brcaih, pimples on
3l I face, body and limb.
decUnaormrvaforos
aissy spells, laint
spells, old, clammy
feet and bands, soar
risings, fatigue, in
somnia, and all dis
poses of 1 lie stomach,
liver and kidnera.
Joy,a Vegetable Sar
ssparllla is sold by all
diuftcLsta. Kefasea
salwtitute. U'lin vnu
py fur thetiesl soe tnal
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A
yuu get lb bat, Tjl
fistt Shoe sold at thtara, .
80, $4 k S3.60 Dres ho
tqusl cmtotn work, costlna fr m u
83.60 Polioo Shoe. 3 8c'99
Snt WalSioi 8b-oe mar aiulc.
82.60 anri 82 Shoes.
Unennallcd at the price.
Boy' $2 t 81.76 School Shoes,
Are Hie Best for Service,
Ladies' $3, $2.60, $2, $1.76
Ikint DoncoU, Stylish, P.rtVrt rittlnr
and Mirvlnwkle, Bat In the world. All
tny ls, I iMlat upon having V. I.. JwiiKlas
htioos. Anin ami ,rl,Mi Mtaind on bot
tom. W. h. 1MJUOLAS, Uruclilua, Haas,
Hiram Baker.
LiUii.on, Onigon.
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