i
MENNONi'.'ZS OF RUSSIA.
V-.w llitniahlpa e; ('trrlxtlmi Ht Undar
tha Ci:irii ioTpmiuaat
The Mennonites of Russia, as well as
Ik-brows, are complaining uf the sever
ities 01 the cW government, and, bat
v r th obstacle to thou- emitnnitiaB,
! whole body of thorn would probably
come to tall country. They are a
Christian sect over three centuries old.
um1 hold baptismal doctrine not reoof-
rot by the orthodox Oreek church,
ii.to which tht government has tried to
drive them.
The Russian Hennonitee, who num
ber only about 60,000, took np then
habitation in southern Russia, near the
sea of Atov, about a century npo, ex
plains the New Yurk Sun. having then
left Prussia on account of the hardships
to which they were subjected. They
ore a peaceful, intelligent, virtuous and
industrious people and they have en
joyed rare prosperity in that region.
The main trouble of the government
with them (Trows out of their religious
principle of non-resistance and their re
Tjsal to render military service. For a
njr period of time they were exempt
v: -m service by the decrees of the czars,
:t this privilege was withdrawn twen
.. years ago. They then obtained per
; ;::3ion to leave fiussia within a speei
lk:il time.
In 1873 they began to take advantage
of it, and several thousand of them
f -mid refuge in this country. The first
eolonies went as farmers to Kansas and
Minnesota, where they purchased land
::ad got along finely. The czar seeing
Urbr determination modified his decree
f conscription, and gave orders that, in
iue of war, they should be required
r ly to render service in the military
br spitals. The granting of this privilege
rud the expiration of the period during
v. iucu they were allowed to emigrate
: topped the mennonite movement to
America. The whole body of them was
desirous of leaving Russia, as they left
Prussia a century ago.
Kow again they are suffering hard
ships through the operation of the con
scription law and through the czar's de
termination to bring them into the ortho
dox fold. If permission could be obt ained
by them to leave Russia they would fol
i. w those of their brethren who came
here eighteen years ago.
FISH ANtf b.(H, YARNS.
(."hole Eph Pu'SKETT. of Mirn bells
Falls. Tex., has taught a rattlesnake
to shake his tail to music.
Turns thousand salmon, it Is
claimed, were landed by bamuel Good
win with one haul of a not near Port
Anirele. Wash., recently.
JI lis. O. P. PirsK, of Gainesville. Go.,
lulled thirteen rattlesnakes in the lot
nronnd her home, with a piece of fence
rail, a few days ago. They averaged
about two feet in length each.
Ah old Maine fisherman has been
living in a dory all summer, cruising
a taint Penobscot bay catching and cur
ing fish, fie has camped in rough
fashion on the islands, hasn't slept in
h lied since last May, and avers he has
had a very fine time.
One curious result of the hurricane
that struck the southern coast recent
ly was the killing of quantities of fish.
For many days after the storm the
coast aronnd Savannah and throughout
the stretch where its force was most
vented was strewn with dead fish of all
lands.
Poisosoua snakes are so numerous
in Venezuela that snaki. bite is almost
ts common there as in iLaia. lint there
arc fewer fatalities, for the natives
!:;ie discovered that a plant known as
iLe ocumtllo,when powdered and ap
plied to the wound, results in a cure in
almost every case.
: ART AND ARTISTS.
Giotto's greatest advance in paint
ing was the rejection of the greenish
Mack color the Byzantine painters em
ployed for the human figure, nnd sub
rtituting the color of nature for the
faces and hands.
The museum of antiquities at Dres
den has eome into possession of an in-U-resting
marble relief from Rome,
which represents an ancient butcher
shop, of oblong shape, and divided by
a pillar into two equal parts.
A portbait, which is Supposed to be
of Robert Aachmuty. one of George
HI.'s judges, in lioston. is still Hang
ing in the supreme courtroom in that
city. The picture is the work of John
Singleton Copley and bears the date of
1787.
Mr. BtKire-JoHES, theEuglishartist, j
Is encraired upon the ink-resting task
of painting a portrait of Mr. Glad
stone's youngest granddaughter. Doro
thy Drew. This little blue-eyed
maiden of three years is said to re
semble the grandfather startl'uigiy.
A Greer peasant livingon the island
of gina recently discovered a mag
nificent statue buried in the rrround,
upon which had been a nall planta
tion, and which he had cleared. The
statue was sold toji bric-a-brac dealer,
who sent it to London, where it has
just been bought by the British gov
ernment for the sum of sixty-five hun
dred pounds.
BOOK LITTER.
The sultan "is establishing a public
library in Constantinople. All the li
braries of the mosques are to be trans
ferred to it
Tuk old Indiana homestead of the
family of Mr. James Whitcomb Riley
has been purchased by the poet as a
permanent residence.
The largest library in the world is
the lhidiotacquc Natiimale, Paris,
founded by Louis XIV. It cuutalns 1,
Tl,LZtT ;0n '"P"1 I
1... um n wripts, ,T.D C,n maps nd f
Char
cuius an 1 ftiL-dals.
"sa WiKBsr.r. Umiiiai cele-
brated hi
eighty-fjarth birtirtajr ro-
t-ontly. He is workln
oi an euto
ograpuy. iew men have in their
time t.-i.;ted more of tho love of their
fellow mea tlian Cm checvv Autocrat.
A.- int.-resting find i a i arr of 610
v-Jlumes. includi,-ff ic-.-jaty' niann
kunptftof tbe tenth and i '.:ve:-tli. und
im with wocder.--.il raiajur.rer. of the i
iha fonrvecut!) ce-ituries, which were
r-tor.ijr ii)!w-J.i b , JVaieisiaat
t-L!
U Vh rirst txtUtfU :m Ovvi t.:t- Vtfant
Asa.
The first race fur the cup, now
known as the America's cup, was
sr.ilei arm.r.d the I.ile of Vfcjht on
AuruiU !tai, says the ll-'uuWlnhia
Ibw. t-'f t!,e yachts that trt U-il the
seas in i;e days the . :t old
Ameriai, l'-:1! of years iili .i-nmrs. is
pr-iba1.-!; lu..- only one now ;::vuuuni
w'uu. ' in- l.yal yacht ao-i:n'ron hud
osercd a cup open to con petition ivy
yacht-: of uH natious. Tp.w America
was lyiiss ist Coweo, and b.-r cuntm
were auxiiii:.. to get a mnUIi r.tcifwich
4 repreicr.tative Hritish yacht. Com
modore Stevens entered tUc .-nii-rica
in this ip.-u race. There t-tv six
tfehoouins, one a three-master of three
hun.-in-t and ninuty-two tons, and
eijrht cuttira in the raue. The Ameri
ca wa the lart yacht to got ait. She
ran v. irc-nnd-wlng, her r.;niw nil out
on otte ide nnd her forct-aii ont on the
other, a: -1 very soon had rr.ilod grand
ly thruu.-rh the fleet, vcaehiaf the
schooner licatricc and the cutters Au
rora. V. diintc and Arrow, which were
h-adine-. Finally the America, by very
skillful lodging, managed to got into
th-lcl. , ' ..
'i.;? Yankee boat with the wind free
had shown superiority over the Eng
lish rebels. And when It came to
windward wijlc she proved that she was
equally -up,-t.ur. Mie worked to tlie
wiiu'.wur.l no s peedily that by the time
the point was reached there was not a
yacht in aigut from her decks. The
wind now died down and a strong
head tide was encountered, against
which the America made little head
way. This gave the fleet, which had
not yet caught the full strength of
the tide, a chance to creep up on her.
The lit : e entter Aurora and the cutter
Arrow nea.'y caught up -with the
America, but the rest of the fleets were
miles astern. At St. Catherine's the
Arrow went aground and was out of
the rac-. but thfr little Aurora clung
to the America admirably.' The wind
now freshened again and the America
ilrew away rapidly from her plucky
little rival. After getting by St.
Catherine's tho America had a leading
wind, and easing off her sheet.-, tore
through the water in magnificent
style and swept toward Cowes, a re
markable winner. The defeated Eng-
hVh yachts were two davs altogether
in getting into port. The dismay of
the Luplish yachtsmen and all Great
l.ntaia ct the temble defeat given by
the little black Yankee is almost a
matter of international history.
Commodore Stevens had tried be
fore the big race for a match very hard
and had posted in the Royal squadron's
castle a challenge to sail against any
yacht for from one thousand to ten;
thousand guineas, but the English
were afraid of the Yankee from his
first appearance and the challenge was
never accepted. t
A TERROR TO BANKERS.
Th hri Wka Camm im ate Oakw of
Huakta Hninlj U Mot UmdnL
K. A. Painbolt, of Norfolk, Neb., who
was present at the world's congress of
finance at Chicago, said to a St Louis
Globe-Democrat: "1 am more fearful of
the man who makes a good appearance
than o'. the other kind. Men who ex
pect to deceive bankers understand
how much we have to depend upon
looks. They prepare themselves ac
cordingly. If a man comes to me with
a certain amount of timidity and want
of confidence. I am more inclined to
tahe iiim at his word and give him
what he wants than if he is ready of
s;)cech an-J entirely self-possessed. As
for the theory that the confidence man
betrays himself by his manner I have
my doubts. It hasn't been my expert.
ji-c with them. Dickens is considered
an authority on hnman nature. Dick
ens said something like this: "The
geaerul impression is that a dishonest
man cannot look you in the face. Let
me disabuse your mind of that, for J
promise you a dishonest man can look
you out of countenanoe every hour of
the day if there is anything to be
gained by it' My experience in the
bunking business confirms that view
of it"
J. M. Dinwiddie, of Cedar Rapids,
said: "Let me add my experience. A
man came into my bank with a check
for fifteen dollars his wages as a car
penter, he said. Be was dressed like
a workingman. lie looked like one.
In .every way he had the appearance of
an honest man. 1 hadn't the least
doubt he was what he claimed to be
ana cashed his check, lie had forged
the signature. He cashed six others
like it in our city that day. We got
him and I looked him over carefully,
but I couldn't see anything about him
which conflicted with my first judg
ment that he was an honest working-
even arwr ne was in prison he
was just as honest looking as when ha '
came to the bank window,
A WOMAN IN IT.
In a suit for divorce by an unhappy
husband is Kent county, Mich., one of
the reasons given for his action is that
his wife makes life a burden to him
by keeping a revolver in the house "for
the express purpose of showing him who
is boss."
A wxddim took place the other day
In a picture gallery at Paolo, Kan.
While the preacher was performing th
ceremony the artist turned his camera
upon the happy couple and photo
graphed them just as they were regis
tering their nuptial vows. ' .
A Hamburg bachelor who died recent
ly got even with, a woman who jilted
him by leaving her a legacy of twelve
thed mark, and the following le
..m.b ,hlrf :
ter: "Madam Some thirty years ago
I was a suitor for your hand in mar
riage, yon refused my offer, and as a
aonseqaeno my days have been passed
in peace and quietness. Sow I requite
your foodnea."
'ttLii-uojiEiiKTiw U the new word
naming an Instrument to register th
time of each xwversation at the tela?
phone from th time of ringing up th
4change to tbe ringlng-off signal,
Euch a system would reduce rentals of
telephones to a acale according to lot
.f.U.t...
BARON HAUSSMANN. .
'The Csrer at the Liwrjrctle Pmfeot Whu
fatMlnstrveteri l-si Is.
Enron Ilnussmnnn. the creator of mod
ern I'uris, thron.;h tho vast systems of
public improvements instituted and
oiirried out by him as prcfeot of tho
Heine under Louis Nnpoleon, win-stricken
by mxiploxy while nt dinner on a re
cent evening, and died in the course of
the night, being nearly eighty-two
years old. Ilausmsnn was n native
Parisian, soys the Springfield (Moss.)
liopuMican. and grandson of a man
who war. banished by mistake in 1810
a:; on? of those who in convention voted
the death of Louis XVI. lie wes born
March 27, 1801), was educated at the Con
servatory of Music, but became an ad
vocate, and after the revolution of 1830
was sub-prefect successively- of several
departments, und prefect of the Var,
the Yoano, and the Gironde under the
presidency of Louis Nnpoleon.
Shortly cfter the second empire woe
established Ilaussmuuu was mude pre
fect of the Seine, and entered at once in
1858 upon the ehonges which huvo made
"Hnussmaunhiing" a term to Bignify
the complete transformation of a city
from atre, dirt, crookedness and squalor
to freshness, cleanliness, convenience
and splendor. Some have said that the
idea oi these unexampled improvements
in its main outlines belonged to Napo
leon ill., but the energy and ability
with which they were uehieved were
such as to almost entitle Hanssmann to
be called great New hoidevurds, out
ting through and demolishing the an
cient nnd picturesque but narrow and
noisome quarters of Paris; great pub
lic gardens and open squares replacing
nests of wretchedness, splendid rows of
buildings, theaters, hospitals, asylums
public offices; strong and artistic
bridges, fountains and many other ac
cessories of beauty; the nmkiug into
grand parks the lJois du llolognc the
bnttes dc Chuumont Vincenue6 and
Moutsouris: these indicate the charac
ter of the work. The grand bendevard
of Sevastopol, on both bunks of the
Seine, the boulevard Malcsherbes. and
over twenty others were laid out
through t iie old parts of Paris, und one
of them p-.-serves his name.
This required an immense cnse,
and presently Huutsmann was elinrju-tl.
notwitl:st;iUfUng the great sums raised
by tiie mtmicipauty, with raism? more
money still by incuns of uuar.thnriaed
bonds. At his request the bu-iffut of
the city was given to the control of the
corps legislatif, which spent most of
the session of lSvO in examining his ac
counts. The result was the auth-jrising
of a new loon of liity-two million dol
lars, but Ilanssmnnn was ashed to re
sign his prefecture, and: refusing to do
so, was relieved by imperial decree in
January, 1870.
After tho full of the empire he left
France for a time, but the public re
sentment of his extravagance was not
lasting, lie returned in 1871 and was
appointed director of the Credit Mobil
icr and brought it into pretty good con
dition again, Hanssmann was made
senator under the empire, elected a
member of the academy of fine arts,
and got tlu- grand cross of the Legion
of Honor in Wt-i. In lfi77 he was re
turned to tlie chamlicr ol deputies from
Ajaccio, beating IVinee Napoleon, -and
was frequently called upon to defend
there his administration of the public
works. The municipal eounoii of Paris
even voted in 1870 to change the name
of the boulevard Unxnimann. but fiunl
ly relented.
FOREIGNERS OF NOTE.
Miik. Carxot's musieales at the Ely
see, in Paris, are really amazing in their
splendor. r
Lobb Staxi.ct, of Preston, governor
general of Canada, is an enthusiastic
football player.
Ems Pacha has been honored by a
German botanist. A now plant has
been called Eininia Eminens.
The latetharlcs IJradlaugh played a
strong game of chess, and ranked
among the bent players of England. He
was also skillful in checkers and other
similar games.
Pkisce Hkxbt, brother of tho emper
or of Germany, recently displayed sur
prising talent as a violinist nt n coneert
in Kiel. The prince played the first
violin in the orchestra.
Oscar Wn.ms has not abandoned
estheticism entirely, it seems, as he
tunes now in a white room wjth a shelf
upon the wall and no furniture except
the table and chairs, while the draw
ing-room has settees with high white
docks ana sago green cushions.
Tub people of Japan owe much of
tneir progress the last twenty-fire years
to the Empress Harako, a very scholar
ly and progressive woman. Her most
hitunate fnend. Ntumutz Tamnimw.
graauatea irom vassar college, and has
doubtless done much to assist the em
press in introducing western innova
tions into Japan. , ,
r- . -
Osetraplilrsl riofce,
The Japanese are a very polite peo
ple, but they sometimes like to play a
joke, in a roundabout, oricntu! way,
qpon the men of tlie west in the days
of the second empire Huron o-.i s was
aent to Japan to demand the opening
pf certain ports to French com ucrcs
Amaag the rest he named to tli
Japanese ministers a certain tit i.
The Japanese functionaries smiled so
broadly when ho preferred tiic r .-rjucst
that the French ambassador a.,lieii them
to tell him what gave theiu s i moch
amuseaient; but instead ol answering,
flic Japanese mhitoers said.-
"Vie will opeq the port in qunation,
my lord, if I-'ranoe, in her turn, will
open a certuio port to us."
"What port it thatr asked the
Frenchman.
"The port of Liverpool,"
"But, your excellencies," laughing,
"Liverpool is not a French mri
oglish one." j
'Vesr answered the Japanese.
"And tbe port yon named to us is not i
in Japan, but in Coreal" j
ihe ireneh amhossador was mm.
You can get S loaves of bread at
Mayer ft kimhmiighfor 25 els.
- L VI K, lack, 1'ii-e. Just received a
new and large HUiply of dress Incos
coarse -end flue lim-ii laoe. Lsdiea
shoes, coarse and tine;ulo outing llmt-uel-'i.nd
slijrtinus nl such piieea l hat
(Himpelitiou is nut In tl, nt (lie Raeket
slore.
Insure jour property with Peterson
& Adiireu j. .They lire intents for ihe
(.lid licllnblo, Home Mutual, .New
Zealand, Springfield of Massachusetts,
Cntitiiienlul, and other gi.ml, reliable
eoinpnuies. They also have money to
loan nt 8 sr cent, in sinus Innu filX)
up.
TVot W-e of Kxectitrtx.
Jioiicc is hereby Riven to all whom it
may concern, that, by sa order of the
County Court fur l.ion Cnaaty, State of
Oregon, the undursigaed has been duty ap
pointed and is now the duly qualified and
aotutu Lxectitrix of the last will and
testament of Eugene H. 1'lm, deceased.
AM parties indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment to
die undersigned, and all thirties having
claims against the estate are hereby re
quired In present the same properly veri
fied, within six months front the nth diiv of
April NK. the hrt publication i i .i
notice, to the undersigned st the olhce of
SaaiM M. tiarlnud, lhnnon, Ore
h. 1. I'm.
Ex. of the Inst will and Imminent of
Kuyene II. Vim, deceased.
Sam'i M. t-Auuxn,
Ally, for Kx-ecutrix,
An agreeable laxative and Rxrvr Tosto.
Bolji byDnii-btsoraeDt bynalL &oWo
and ILOOper package. Samples frsa.
Wf tit P rnvortta TO-H mm
BU iiVforthoandJJnau.tto.
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Pleneant to take by old or
young, No griping.
The root of the Liverine
plant is extensively used in
Norway for the eure of Piles.
il L.. ii i , i ,
ooiu ny an nrst class ciriig-
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BARBER SHOP
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B. F. KIRK. .
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Children Kindly Treated.
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PANSY.
MAYER & KIMBROUGH
Have just received t'no finost line of rrOCKERY and
l iLASS WARE ever tuvn, lit to Lebanon, which they in
vito you to call and inapt t.
Their price are as lew, if not lower thru ary where eke,
in the vallev.
Highest Prices? paid for country
l 'reduce.
Lumber Cheap
AT THE
WATERLOO MILL
(Two miles west of Wateiiou)
The nearest mill by eigM miles to any point in tho Valley.
Lunilier sf bditinn jirieee, ti;li IiIk ral disrount for cash.
Will (ill oidi'is at once. ':
Save inonev, time, ymir wnson and team by buyins,' of
WATERLOO MILL
You can haul 15CKJ feet at a loud as the ruHd is pood to
this Mill.
The Unenterprising
Business Man , ..
Ubcb a amnll atnoutit of Print
ed Stationery, and- ot her Ad
vertising matter, and as 11
conBcquenco his business dien
away and lie i then like the
man whoso jiiuttire rtppeari
above.
m
The Enterprising
Business Han , ,
Usee a great amount of Adver
tising matter of all kinds.
Consequently his Business In
ci eases and bo becomes lis
happy os the individual who
is represented by the picture
juat above.
I) Printing
N,.v,
of All Kinds
Is dwe at thin Office in aj
Workmanlike Manner, and nt j
l'rcv to Compare with tho i
Times. Vour Businesa v ill hc-i
Jn(T(;n8cd by having Vour Jcit f
Fr-ntinn done at this Ollico. i
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t'oniu-ei a', YiUjiilt.a Buy with u,
SniiFiaiiclhi-oui d Yaiiilug Bliy rt,Hill.
ship Cuinpaiiy
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aiiolil every 8 dnyx, .
riu-Hi'iiger neeoiiiiiiodiitluiis minor-pin-sill.
Hlnirteet rotrte is-twiiii the
VVilliiiiietie Valley nnd (,'uliforiila.
Fare from Allmny or points west tu.
Bun Frauelseii:
Cabin, $12 00
wrajre, 8 00
Cain,roundtriji,()(Jds, 18 00
Fur milling dntaapuly to
il. Ii. Walden, Agent,
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