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VOL. XXIV Eatere*! at me Fostoffire In M«Minn'llle, aa Second-clan (natter. M’MINNVILLE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2ß, 1894 RICHES I N OLD BONDS THEIR HONEYMOON. CURIOUS FEATURES OF THE TREAS URY DEPARTMENT. I^.rge Sums t mailed For aud the Owuar* Not Known—How au Old New Euglauiirr Wa* Surprised aud Mads Happy—The Widow and tlie Old “Tax Kee-elpl.“ There is a mine of interesting matter to be gloaned from the United .State* treas ury by any one who knows where to search. Au old treasury official, now liv ing in New York city, said: “There is any HIRTT year*1 observation of Castori* with tho patronage of amount of money due people who do not million« of jpertona, permit on to «peak of it without cueawing. | call for it iu the United State* treasury, i You see, there have been IU great loau* It ie nnqopwtionably th*> b^-t remedyjfor Infants and Children ! made to the United States in the past 60 tho world has era- known. It lv harmless. Children libo it It years. The oldest I ever had anything to givo* them health. It will »avo their lives. Tn It Mothers have do with was that maturing in 1836—1 , think it wa*. It is about all paid, but romothluff which I* alasolotoly .afe au J practically porfoot *■_* ’ there is still nearly 4110,000, in principal child’» medicina. find interest, due to somebody. It will ! probably never be called for. And, speak Castori* <la.troy, 5X7 Or m». ing of that losu of 1830, there wn* a curi Ca.torla allay» Fevori.hna«». ous incident connected with my last refer ence to those old books relating to that Castori« prevent* vomiting Sour Curd. claim. Ic was while Judge Folger was secretary. One morning an old man came Castori* cnr.» Diai-rhica and Wind Colio. in to me who was from u New England Castori* rcllavas Toothing Troubles. state. He said tliat about 20 y ears ago he found some old stock* or bonds among the Castori» cura» Constipation and Flatulency. paper* of an uncle -mentioning his name, Castori* neutralizes th« öffnet» of carbonic acIT ga> or poi.onou» air. lie had been a man of national reputation for financial ability and made a comfort- Ca.torlu does not couta’n morphine, opium, or other narootio property. able fortune for those days—that is, from 1820 to 1840 — and be had come to the Ca.toria as.imilata» the food, regulate* tho stomach and howals. United States treasury to find out it these giving hcal'hy and natural »lean. old papers were worth anything. As tliey seemed to be United States bonds I looked Castori* is put up in cne-size bottles only. It is not »old in bulk. at them. They were 10 of the “old debt" bonds and were indeed curiosities. They Doi t allow any nna to »oll you anything cl*« on tha pl«*_or proml«. were old and yellow from age, but were that It 1* “.just as good ” and ’’ will answer «very ¡purpose.” worth, principal aud interest, 470,000 in gold, for there was 10 years’ interest due ' Keo tha* V ,n net C-A-S- l -O-H-I-A ou them. “You cau imagine the old man’s amaze The 4ao-»Luila 1. on every ment when I told him this. ‘Why, I wouid gladly Lave taken f5,O00 fur them,’said • Ignatur« rf vz rapper. be,'and 1 offered them toa Boston banker for less than that, but he rather supercil iously and contemptuously declined to buy them at any figure.’ I took the old man to see Judge Folger, who was very much interested in the matter when I explained it to him. He had never Been any of the ‘old loan’ securities, and after these were . ■ i>aid and canceled I believe he directed TT • - that one of them be framed and preserved. Well, in less Ilian au hour’s time the old New Englander walked out of the building with a check iu hi* pocket on the New ’ 7 ‘ York subtreasury for 470,000 in gold. How that 'smart’ Boston banker must QUINCY, MASS., have cursed his own ignorance and stu Wholesale and Retail Dealers in pidity when he learned what be had ' throwu away I “A circumstance very similar to this oc — McMinnville, Oregon.— curred in relation to some Texas indem nity bonds—the next oldest ot our nation I*iil«l up 4'apital, $50,000 al loans—when Mr. Morrill was secretary of the treasury. A prominent southwest- Transact# a General Banking BtudneM. ‘ ern man, who had held a high command iu the Mexican war and wa* a Confeder- PrMidrnt, J. li COWLS. i ate general officer, left among his papers a ITi'C President, I LL LA ClHILlNi certificate of ‘Texas indemnity stock,’ as Pitehur. / C. I PPERSON AND ALL KINDS OF it was called, for $10,000. His widow A it < <1 4hirr IF -S. l.LVK visited here soon after her husband’s death, and being very much reduced wa* CEMETERY Consulting the late Mr. George Rigg* con- of Directors: FURNISHINGS earning the disposition of some Texas J W. LEK I.AI' i IHI.IN. , lai, ds. Knowing that tier husband had A J. WM I’AMI'UEI I. , beAfi a large bolder of these securities, Mr. I. ROGERS Rigg* Said, 'Mr*. —-—, what did General ——- do with hi* Texas indemnity stock?’ Hint Telegraphic Trans 8»H ''i.Uit ___ Kxchange __ _ ______ ____ ___ All work fully guarantee.! tn give perferr satis n really don’t know,’ tLe lady auswered ter* on New York, **u Frsuelsco slid Portland. tarli, .11 Ki h rs ?>y |>erinissioii to Wui M.l'lin» “I never heard of any such thing.’ 'By DvpoMt* received sutjei't to chuck. Interest paid man, Mrs. L. E. Bewley, Mrs. E. D. Fellows. the way,’ she said a few miuute* later, ‘I on Time Ihiposll*. Loan* money on approved »*.-< luity. < oileciion* in*«le on *11 accessible Holl's Old Jo.volry Stand, 3d Street. saw in nn old envelope 1 fouud among his point*. paper* not very long ago something which had the word* ‘Texas Indemnity’ ou it, IF YOU WANT FIRST-CLASS but 1 thought it was au old receipt for taxes paid on the Texas laud.’ ‘Do you think you can find it again?’ said Mr. Rigg*, without telling her anything which Proprietor of The MeMinnvliie ------ OB OTHEB------ < would create ex^pet tatiou* that might uev- be realized. ‘Ou, yes,’ she replied. ‘I NURSERY STOCK AT LOWEST FIGURES I er reinember perfectly well where! put it ’ j ‘Have it sent to me here,’ was the next Write us for Special Prices. Catalogue i suggestion of the banker. ‘It i* as well to Mailed Free. situated at the Southwest corner of the Fan l have all the papers relating to this laud llround. Corvallis Nursery Co., .together’ In the course of the next fort I All of first class Drain Tile kept constantly 4lm3 Curvalii-A Oregon. night the lady came into the bank, and handing Mr. Riggs a paper said, 'Here i* ou hand at lowest living prices. the tax receipt.’ However, it was a 810,- Oun Texas iudeuinity certificate, on which M. MINNVILI E. OREGON five years’ interest was due, and the in tense gratification of tlie lady may be V K. lièti llk.1 | imagined when she was told that tho old I. F (JHrtUFH I - yellow bit of paper would add 812,500 in PROPRIETORS j gold—which was then at n small pre- Galbreath & Goucher. i miutn—to her worldly goods. It came just ■ in time, too, for »he was able with tho PHYSICIANS ANI» SCHilEONS. ■ money to save n valuable estate in Arkau- i sas, which otherwise would have been sold i »»ritos M o M imnvu i k ■ j to foreclose a mortgage overdue. Nearly ((»ilice over liraly’s bank.) all tho 'Texas indemnity' bond* have been paid long ago and I do not think there FRESH MEATS OF ALL KIND^ ' cau be more than 425,000 which has not been called for. Of course interest has CHOICEST IN THE MARKET. ceased to accrue. Manufactures and l>eah in “The next United States loan was that known iu the market a* the 5 20, a bond South aide Third St. betwi-un Ba pi * '. ! that could be paid in five years, or in 20 — after its maturity, as the government I might choose. It reached the limit seven FROM i year* ago and has nearly all been paid, SADDLES, BRIDLES, SPURS, j It was very largely held in Europe. There Brushes and sells them cheaper than Ivf remains only alxiut 8500,000 outstanding.” they can he bought anywhere else in U | “What percentage of United States bonds do you estimate w ill never be presented for the Willamette Valley. Our ail home payment?” was asked. made sets of harness are prouounced “It is not possible for me to make any •insuI'pas.sahie hv those who buy them THE • • estimate that would be at all accurate,” was the reply. “In England about one-quarter of I per MdVHNNViliUE cent is the figure. What becomes of the bond* of course 1 cannot say, but they are lost or destroyed. The government, on proper proofs being made of the loss of bonds, or of their complete destruction, will issue new ones in their place or pay the money value of them to the loser. Not very long ago a mass of wet green paper, COULTER A With;HT Prop- which was nearly pulp, was sent to the RA1LROAD treasury department with a statement pro Goods <>f all description.* luoved ami perly verified that the 1% gallons of greasy, bad looking and worse smelling careful handling giiarniitei'd. Collections stuff represented a large sum iu the old will la* made monthly. Untiling oí all eouipouud interest notes of 1864. Wa kind* done cheap. direil the matter and theu carefully sepa i rated it and found that the owner's state AV. J CLARK, D.D.S I ment was correct. The money was a part of the contents of u safe on Ixuird of a It is the Dinina Cai' Route. GrMtbhU«> I n1vt»rsiiy of .Mich Mississippi steamer that was burned n It run - through Ve*tibulf<ii few years ago. and the safe had been at the bottom of the river nearly a year be Ha* opened sa orti.v in I mon 113“ I Room u. fore the remnant of the boat not consumed and Is prepared todoaU Work m the donisi lina Train s to ST.PACL N'Change olt-'¿ g~ CBICAGU j was raised.”—New York Times. for Infants and Children Children Cry for Pitcher’s Cactoria. National Bank E. J. Oualey & Go GRANITE MONUMENTS JOHN F. DERBY, FRUIT TREES TILE FACTORY, Matthies Brothers » CITYMARKET ELS IA WRIGHT, HARNESS ! northern Truck and Dray Co. PACIFIC! CROWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY L atest M ethod or Pusuaa E xtraction THE COMMERCIAL LIVELY STABLE GATES & HENRY, Props Some Bare Ornithological Curios. The catalogue of the “Musteum Trades- edhtianum," or Tradescnut’s Museum, puKished in England in the year 1656, make* mention of many rare ornitholog ical curios owned or left on deposit in TOUftlSI avkEPINC CARS that institution. Among the dozens listed three are especially interesting—viz, “Two .Hest that -t-mtructed and in which flC- feathers from the tayle of a phoenix,” •roinin hiti‘>ns are FKÆE and furni.ihed ter * Easter egg* laid by a mayle barnyarde fijwle" and “the claw of the bird roc, holders ■ r tirsi and *< jpail-cllt** tirketi, and who. as authors report, is able to truwe an elephant.”—St. Louis Republic. ' . I C<A nn -edat DJNIXO unsurpassed, f’ U.I/.4.V ff'LVtr ROOM .SLEEP If Saf latest ei/uipsnint. ELECANT DAY COACHES. What 50 Cents Wouid Do. * A continuous line, conne.aing with all bnes. al Two sport* walking around Race street, fonim* dire, i and unint rrupttd service. “itli- E Street, north of Third Everythin« New a I nd man reservations be secured in al both financially broke, came across a res Fir-i-el*’“. Conveyance of Commercial T hm el- vance 81eepi-r through any agent i f the road. ers a apecialty Board and stabling bjr rhe .Is' or taurant with the outside covered with mouth Wo solicit a fair share of the local pal j THROUGH TICKETS to tnd from affpoicuin sign* of what could be had on the in*i*le ronage- Atuerka, Euglan.i mid Ei.’tope. »1 uiiy ticket for a very smull sunt. ’Ihe sign* read otl.ee of this loai something like tbi*: “Pork and beans, 5 cent* " roast beef and ;«)tatces. Scents; Full intbnnailou conreo. I>’Z rule* t:Bu? otl “lamb, 5 cents;’’ “full dinner, four vege Usti.- route* and other detai u fum!-hed on ap table* and pie, 10 cents;” “beef steak, 5 plication to any agent, or cents;” “ham and eggs, 5 cents;” “coffee or tea aud four roll*, 5 cents,” and soon. A. D. CHARLTON, Both sports stopped and read the full pro gramme, when one of them remarked, “It Assistant General F Ms»eng«r Agent. i had 50 cents, I would go in there and One Door West No. 121 First Street I a KD OR M< MIN5VUI OR bregk that fellow.”—Philadelphia CalL uf Cigur Store. Coruer Washlugtuu. ¡ Po W I pRANK ROECA, ioqable St BSCKIPTION TRICE 00 PER YEAR, ‘»tie Dollar it paid In advance, single numbers live cents. Highest of all in Leavening Power —Latest U. S. Gov't Report. TROUBLES OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO MARRIED A DOCTOR. He Was So Afraid of Microbes That They Were Continually Being Guarded Against—Wouldn’t Allow Her to Wear the Pretty Gown. Young Mr*. Boggs Leaved a deep sigh as site banded her dainty pink and white cup across the little tea table to her bosont friend, Mrs. Tublets, fur “just one more lump of sugar,” and helped herself to an other wafer. Mrs. Tublets was startled. “My dear est Laura,” she exclaimed, “what can fcucli a heartrending sigh mean on the lips of a bride but just returned from her hon eymoon?” “I do not mind admitting to you, dear Marie,” said Mrs. Boggs, putting her now empty cup U.ion the table, “tliut 1 have already found out that, the fate of a doc tor's wife is not in all respectsau enviable one. ’ ’ “Why, Laura, what do you mean? You can as yet have bad no experience of inter rupted dinners, midnight calls aud bad bills.” “As you know, dear Marie,” replied young Mrs. Boggs, “we started immedi ately after our wedding for Chicago, and my first trial began the very evening ot our arrival. We reached the hotel about 9 o’clock to find that instead of the fine suit of rooms we had engaged only one rather shabby bedchamber had been saved for us. Of course it was too late to change our quarters that eveuiug, even supposing that we could do better at oue of the other hotel*. I felt very dusty and made up my mind that a nice warm bath was the thing needed, and so I rang the bell and ordered one prepared. Upon hear ing the order, Mr. Boggs turned to me with a look ot horror upon his face. “ ‘Do you mean to say,’ he cried, ‘that you wouid actually take a bath in a pub lic tub in which anybody who pays a few cents can bathe?’ “‘Certainly,’ I replied, ‘when I have not a private one. 1 must keep clean.’ “‘Laura,’ cried the doctor, ‘do you not know that a number of dreadful dis eases may bo communicated in that very way? You really will have to countermand the order. I am very sorry to disappoint you, but not for thousands of dollars would 1 have you run such a risk.’ “And so of course I had to give up my much coveted bath." “Poor Laura," said Mrs. Tublets, a very little smile of amusement curling the cor ner of her mouth. But Mrs. Boggs did not see it and continued sadly: “Most people had trouble in getting their luggage, aud we were among the un fortunate in that regard, but 1 consoled myself with tho idea that, theuext day 1 could easily go to one of the dry goods shops aud buy some clean clothe*. ‘I shall not mind the inconvenience at all,’I re marked cheerfully to William, ‘because, you know, I can try them on and bo sure that they fit nicely.’ Alas, poor little me 1 I seemed destined to shock what 1 call his prejudices. “ ‘Of course you must be joking,’ he cried. But I assured him I was never more serious in my life. Then he looked actually grieved at my ignorance and re marked that shopkeepers who ailowotl uu- dergannent* to bo tried on ought to be subject to arrest and fine, if not actually to imprisonment. Of course none but thoughtless, carelei :^¿)ers< ns would dream of wearing ready macle naas underclothes until they had been laundered, considering the fact that they are commonly made in tene ment houses full of dirt aud baoteria, but to actually go to a shop where people were allowed to try on such garments, thus propagating disgusfing skin diseases, one must be simply mad. “Of course 1 was very angry at being called mad, and then aud there we had our first quarrel. “You might have supposed that this would be a lesson to him not to interfere with my personal liberty, but not at all. Hardly two weeks had passed when one chilly morning, when we were going to breakfast in the little sitting room which we had finally secured, I slipped on a lovely wadded Japanese wrapper of pale blue silk most elaborately embroidered in canary colored floss, and as I took a last glance at myself before leaving my bed room I felt that I looked very nice indeed. “When 1 appeared at the breakfast ta ble, however, I saw a shado of displeasure cross my husband’s face as he looked with marked disapproval at tny pretty wrapjx r. “ ‘Laura,’ he said very seriously, ‘have you ever worn that gown before?’ “‘No,’ I answered, wondering what was coming next. “ ‘Then dome the favor to take it off and never put it on again. Yes, my dear, I know it is exceedingly pretty, but as likely as not the person who worked all that electorate embroidery was a leper or the victim of some cutaneous disorder. Those orientals are so p’one to such dis eases, and I cannot allow you to run the risk of wearing the garment, rich and comfortable as it is.’ “Of course after that I could never take any pleasure in the dress, even if he had not absolutely forbidden tny wearing it. I was bo disappointed that I cried as I changed it for a plain American tea gown of cashmere.” “In early September we went to the mountains for a couple of weeks. We were at such a nice hotel! One of the first things that charmed me was the fact that every evening we found in our room a nice pitcher of ice w ater. The doctor had ascertained shortly after our arrival that the water was safe to drink, aud I was enjoying a glass of it in my room one evening, when William entered and said: “ ‘You are not drinking water with ice in it, I trust.’ “Upon my replying that I was, he asked if no one had ever explained to me the danger of ice in country places. ‘Of course,’ he added, ‘ice is not easy to pro cure in sufficient quantities to last all snmtner fora large hotel, and so they take any ice they can find, and much of it comes from ponds of stagnant water. Many cases of typhoid fever can lie direct ly traced to the drinking of ice water made from such ice. The latter of course melts very quickly, and so it is as if you were drinking the unhealthy, stagnant water direct.’ “From day to day I found that on vari ous pretexts most of the luxuries of life were being cut off one by one. There was some plausible hygitr ic reason to urge in every instance. When we went to New York, we spent a great deal on cab hire, because William objected to my sitting next to dirty and possibly unhealthy peo ple in the horse cars. Save for the ex pense, I was resigned to that restriction. But, my dear, if you ever marry again, I strongly urge you to select a husband from some profession other than that of medi oins.' —Washington Star. THE STREET CAR SPOTTER. lie Keeps Tab on the Conductor by Meaim of a Pocket Register. There are men who habitually stand on the rear platform of street, cars. That is the spotter's position. Professional spot ters never give “themselves nway” by counting passengers. The spotter earth s a small noiseless register in one of the pockets of hi* overcoat. He is most likely to appear on a car that, is to cany a big load. He takes his place ou the rear plat form and always appears to be the most nucuDcerned man ou the car. The first tiling be does is to glance al the register iu the front of the car. He makes ineutal note of the number of fares that have been rung up. Every time a passenger gets on he presses the button of the little register In his pocket. He never appears to bo watching the persons who are getting in the car, but ho must, he careful not to miss <>ne. He rides ou the platform until the fares of all the persons who have got on the car since lie took bis position have been collected. His last act before getting off is the mental registration of the nuui- berof fares indicated by the register in lin ear. If he has another test to make before making bis reiort, he will probably stop under the first electric light, write down on the blank furnished him the number of fares registered when he got ou the car and the number registered when be got off. He subtracts one from the other aud has la-fore him the number of fares the conductor should have registered. Then he lunks at his indicator, aud if there is a discrepancy between his count and the couut the conductor registered he reports tlie fact to the cor<iauy. A conductor who is discharged is never accused of htrying stolen money from the company. The charge Is “improperly collecting fares.” It is not often that a I conductor is discharged the first time it is reported to the company that he is “im properly collecting feres.” The test is ap plied to him frequently, and if it is found that he is habitually not ringing up fare* for all the persons wlro take passage on bis car he is dismissed. Conductors be lieve that the means umployed by spotters are unfair. They say that it is often im possible for any man to get all the fares on a car: that it is aji easy matter to get all the fares when u car Is not crowded, but when 50 or 60 persons board a car bound up town it is next to Impossible to collect without an error. Often persons will get off tha car before the conductor has reached them, and hampered as ha is by the crowd, they say, he cannot prevent this. Then persons are gutting on and off. exchanging seal* aud doing other things that mystify the conductor as ln1 pushes his way through the crowd iu search of the uickles tliatare due the com pany. Persons who travel regularly ou the cars are sometimes surprised that conductors do not lose their temper oftener. They are not permitted to “talk back,” no mat ter how great the provocation may be. Recently one of the old conductors on the Illinois street line lost his temper. The next day he lost bis position. A woman got on his car at Illinois and Washington streets. She offered him a transfer ticket, which, he said, hari expired. “It cannot be so,” said she, “for I got this ticket just a few minutes ago.” “Madam, you lie,” said the conductor, who maintained that the wemau had re ceived the ticket from a representative of the company at another crossing nearly an hour earlier. One of the company’s de tectives overheard the remark of the con ductor ami reported him.—Indianapolis News. rood Before Sleep. Many persons, says Dr. W. T. Cat hell— an eminent physician—though iait aetuaJ- ly sick, keep below par in strength and general tone, and I am of the opinion that fasting during the long intervals between supper and breakfast, and especially the complete emptiness ot the stomach during sleep, adds greatly to the amount of ema ciation, sleeplessness aud general weakness we so often meet. Digestion requires no interval of rest, and if the amount of food during the 24 hours is in quantity and quality not be yond the physiological limit it makes no hurtful difference to the stomach how few or how short are the intervals between eat ing, but it does make a vast difference in the weak and emaciated one’s welfare to have a modicum of food in the stomach during the time of sleep, that instead of being consumed by bodily action it may during the interval improve the lowered system, and I am fully satisfied that were the weakly, the emaciated and the sleep less to rightly take a light lunch or meal of simple, nutritious food before going to bed for u prolonged period nine in ten of them would he thereby lifted into a better standard of health —New York Evening World. The lieart in tlie throes of it* first white heat burns, a meteor shining bright; Love in the dawn is honey sweet. Enjoy while you can such moment* fleet - '1 hose transient spells of a fond delight; Kisses are balm when young lips meet. (Had as the morning. Marguerite, Aio your girlish face and your bosom white; law« in t ho dawn is honey sweet. The lilies smile at our very feet. Tne roses blush to our left and right; Kisses are balm when young lips meet. Toiuatoe*. Tomatoes were used aa food in the south of Europe three centuries since. A writer in Chambers’ Encyclopedia (new edition» gives 1588 as the date of their introduction into Spain, but Dodonoua, writing more than 20 years before that, speak» of them I as even then to be found in the gardens of auine European herbalists. Gerarde grew them in his garden in 1597 aud earlier. He ways In his “Herbal .” “In Spaine and those hot Regions they used to eat the apples prepared and boil ed with pepper, salt and ovle, but they yeeld very little nourishment to the body, aud the same naught and corrupt. Like wise they due eate the Apples with oyle, vinegre and pepper mixed together for sauce to their meat, even as we in these cold countries due mustard.”—Notes and Queries. Theory and Practice. In a room whets many people gather in a day is u water tank, and a porcelain cup hangs from it by a chain. A New York man, going up to it with a friend to get a drink of water, attempted to show the other liotv one might drink from a public Met With a .Serious Fall. cup and still not miugle lips, so to speak “You are very late this morning, Mr. “You see," lie said, “I do it this way. Baldwin,” said a drv goods merchant re I take up the cup and touch my lips to it cently to one of hi.* clerks. “Do not let at this point closest to the handle. Ev it happen again.” ery one, you know, naturally holds a cup “Very sorry,” said the clerk humbly. by the handle. Holding it thus it is ex tremely awkward to get one’s lips any “I met with a serious fall.” “Indeed,” replied the merchant, relent where except on a certain part of one side of the rim, so that people without know ing. “Are you hurt much?” ing it place their lips to almost the same '■Principally, sir, in your estimation,’’ spot. But as yon see," he went on, illus answered the clerk respectfully. trating his action, “I twist it around thi3 “Oh, nevermind that,” said the mer way and get an untouched spot. " chant kindly. “1 am very sorry and had That was a good theory, but it was not no intention to lie severe. We are all borne out by facts. The two stood near liable to accidents. How did you get the the water cooler for some time in couver sation. Meanwhile several peuplecama up fall?” “Well, you see, sir,” said the clerk to get drinks of water. About half of confidingly, “I was called quite early them had the same theory as the first so that they all landed on the same this morning—earlier, iu fact, than man, place by intention. Ot the rest some usual.” picked up the cup haphazard and drank “Ah!” from any side ot the rim, so that their lips “Yes, sir; but somehow or other I fell were as likely to touch Cue rim near the asleep again.” handle as any other place. Some were “Go to your desk, sir, and don’t try boldly daring and didn't seem to care.— that on again,” exclaimed the merchant, New York Tribune. Wedded today in this bower discreet Our lives shall fall upon lines of light; Love in the dawn is honey sweet— Kisses are balm when young Ups meet! - Eugene Davis in Kate Field's Washington. with an air of severity which was belied by the twinkle in his eye, which denoted that he enjoyed the joke.—New York Herald. Old Loudon Bridge. New Loudon bridge was opened in 1831. Old London bridge was a monstrosity. It dated back to the year 1176 A. D, and at least three wooden bridges are known to Lightning's Strange Selection. have occupied the same site prior to that itoobably one of the most remarkable date. lightning accidents of the period was The old bridge was slightly over 900 feet that which took place in one of the east in leugth, according to the St. Louis Re ern counties lately. A man was shear public, and had lb solid stoue piers, vary ing a sheep. Another man, passing on a ing in thickness from 25 to 84 feet, thus pony, stopped to exchange a few words confiuing the flow of the river to less than with the shearer and watch the clipping half its natural channel. The entire sur operation for a minute or two. He had face of the bridge wa* occupied by block* brick and stone buildings—erected on been standing there but a very short of arches, with the roadway running tunnel time when a sharp crack of thunder was like beneath—some of them four stories preceded by a blinking flash of lightning. high. AU of these bridge buildings were The shearer was startled almost cat of densely packed with human beings—at his senses by seeing the pony and its oue time estimated at 1,700—carrying on rider suddenly collapse in a heap, but in all the trades and other vocations of life. a second the man was up, quite unhurt. Spanning the two center piers was a huge Then the shepherd, happening to glance church building, dedicated to St. Thoma* at the animal beneath liiiq, found that of Canterbury, but usually styled St. Pet er’s of the Bridge. the lightning bad served it as it had In very early time the arch opening from served the pony. The sheep was stone the bridge toward the city was caUed dead! This, it may be as well to state, “Traitor's gate," and it was no unusual is a perfectly true story.—London Tit- thing to 6ee the heads of a dozen executed Bits. criminals hanging over it —New York Journal. French Politeness. Automatic Cotton tVlniisr. Suppose French politeness is a myth, Aii automatic winder of cotton thread it is one to be cultivated the world over. Even the humblest peasant in the small ha* been contrived, a mechanism which takes thread from eight large spools loose est province is endowed with an all con ly wound and transfers it to eight small quering courtesy that is brought into spools containing 200 yards. These small play in the most commonplace matters. spools, having received 200 yards exactly, If our men could only be taught some of stop revolving, a knife cuts a slot in the it, how much more easily would run the spool, the eud of tlie thread is fastened in wheels of life’s machinery! Business is this. The machine then cuts the thread business, of course. The rush and worry off, drop* the spool into a trap, take* of money getting dwarf the real nature, eight empty spook from a* many hoppers, yet at the same time stocks would act no places them on the spindle* aud fills these as it did the previous Bet. The machine more irregularly, bills would be no less goes through the entire process in just 45 ready to be paid, panics would occur no seconds, making all changes automatical more frequently if the arbitrators of ly aud with the greatest precision. Fur great affairs would but remember to ther, in another machine the small spool* bring into their business life a little more are placed ou an luejined track, and iu of the softening influence or refined rolling through the machine receive or conrtesies that are the flowers in a mead each end a ticket cut from a ioug strip ot roll of previously printed tickets placed ot ow of lank weeds.—New York World. u stand above the maebiue. After the ticket is cut paste is applied to the back, The Best Language For Telephoning. and it is then pressed upon the spool The French language, it appears, is which has rolled into proper position to better adapted to the purpose of the tele receive it, this nt the rate of 90 spools jier phone than the English. It is stated that minute.—New York Sun. the largo number of sibilant or hiss syl lables in English renders it a less easy aud accurate means of communication. Some English words are especially difii cult of transmission by telephone. The word “soldier” is cited as one of these. Proper names frequently occur in the midst of an otherwise perfectly audible ¡ and intelligent conversation which the ear cannot possibly catch. These must Tho Elocutionist's I.ament. When I am reciting in a ball which con be spelled out, involving delay.—Elec tains a clock that strikes or near to which tricity. the trains pass, I know for a certainty that just at the moment when I require breathless silence that clock will strike or a train will come rushing past. I once composed a piece of poetry for recitation in which I was so foolish as to insert the passage: “Hark! What is that?” I might easily have conjectured what would hap pen during the pause of expectancy. Clocks struck, doors were slammed, en gines whistled, old gentlemen coughed, young gentlemen sneezed, dogs came from all directions for the express purpose of barking, lamp shades fell down, waiters dropped their trays, babies screamed, or you beard a deaf old lady say audibly to her neighbor, “Half an onion will do as well.” Taught wisdom by all these bitter experiences, I finally decided to erase that passage.—Chronik der Zeit. Trial by J ury. Trial by 12 compurgators, which was of canonical origin, existed in Anglo-Saxon times and only resembled what is known as trial by jury in the number of persons sworn. Under the name of wager of law it continued to be the law of England un til abolished Aug. 1 1, 1833. Traces of trial by jury are found in the reigns of William I and II. Henry I and Stepben, but it was not fully established until the reign of Henry II. Trial by jury was first GOODBY. adopted in criminal cases in the reign of John—1189-99—and was the established We say it for an hour or for years: mode of dealing with them at the end of We say it smiling, say it choked with tears; the thirteenth century. Witnesses were We say it coldly, say it with a kiss. examined and evidence first laid before And yet we have no other word than this— juries in the reign of Henry A’l—1422-61 •'Goodby.” —but this change was uot fully carried We have no dearer word for our heart's friend, out till the time of Edward VI—1547-53. For him who journeys to the world's far end The laws respecting juries in England And sears our soul with eoing; tiins we say. were remodeled June 22, 1S25.—Brooklyn As unto him who steps but o'er our way— Eagle. "Goodby.” Alike to those we love and those we hate. Wo say no more in parting. At life’s gate. To him who passes out beyond earth's sight We cry a* to the wanderer tor a night— “Goodby.” —Boston Traveller. A VILANELLE. Love In the dawn is honey uweet— Sweet to the taste and fair to the sight; Kisses are buiui when >onng lips meet. Las caught the trick from Ets duchess cus turner*. You hear him talk glibly of pou ty gown* and pooty gails. Gorgeous or deadly are th* correct adjectives to us* when speaking of the weather. Nowaday* it Is quite customary for educated people to talk ot the douk. In quite aristocratic circles the final g is dropped in many words. They talk ot ridiu, shootin, talk In, siugin. I suppose the next thing we shall hear will be that they have ceased to aspirate their h’s for the excellent rea son that it has become so common for or dinary folks to du so.—Pall Mall Budget. One Way to Fetter a Folding Bed. “Every few days we read about people being caught in folding lieds aud stran gled or crushed to death or rendered crip ples for life,” said a mechanic. “It is easy to prevent this. Every folding bed can be easily fitted with hooks or bolts that will fasten into unobtrusive staples or sockets in the floor, and mako it impos sible to close the bed without unfasteniug them or pulling up the floor. Every one of them should have some protection of this nature. “A friend of mine who travels a great deal and often stops at hotels where fold ing beds are used carries a strong nickeled chain, liko those used in hanging window weights, in his valise, and at either end there is a good stout screw eye. The chain is about 6 feet long and takes up scarcely any room. When he strikes a hotel with folding beds, he lets the bed down, screws one of the screw eyes in the floor on one side of the bed at the foot, carries the chain over the frame and under the mat tress to the other side, draws the chain taut and sinks the other screw eye in the floor. This method would not be a good one to use in everyday practice, but my friend adopted it after he bad had an ad venture with one folding bed that nearly cost him his life. Nobody should purchase a folding bed that is not provided with some attachment that will lock it so that it cannot be closed by accident. They are as dangerous as unloaded guns.”—Utica Observer. English Slang. There are fashions in speech as well aB fashions in clothes. Everything in soci ety just now is either “awfully ghastly" or “awfully charming, don't you know." If your new bonnet isn't awfully ghastly, it must be awfully charming, and if Miss Those Hats. Fourstars’ singing at the local concert tlie Man (in theater, to woman in front)— other evening wasn’t awfnlly charming Madam, I paid tl.50 for this seat, and then it must certainly have been awfully your bat----- ghastly. Pretty is no longer pretty, but Woman (calmly)—That Lat cost 440.- - pooty. Y----- , the famous man milliner, Writes Postmaster J. C. W oodson . Forest Hill, W. Va., “I had a bron chial trouble of such a persistent and stubborn character, that the doctor pronounced it incurable with ordinary medicines, and advised me to try Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and one bottle cured me. For the last fifteen years, I have used this preparation with good effect whenever I take A Bad Cold, and I know of numbers of people who keep it in the house all the time, not considering it safe to be with out it.” ”1 have been using Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral in my family for 30 years, with tlie most satisfactory results, and can cheerfully recommend it as being espe cially adapted to all pulmonary com plaints. I have, for many years, made pulmonary and other medicines a special study, and I have come to the conclusion that Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral occupies a position pre-eminent over other medi cines of the class.’’—Chas. Davenport, Dover, N. J. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Prepared ty Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co,, Lowed, Ma-». Prompt to act, sure to cure NO. I “ A3 Old *-1 the Lilis” aud never excell ed, ' “ Tried and proven" is t he verdict o f millions. S i m m o n s Liver Regu lator is the only Liver aud Kidney medicine to which you van pin your faith for a ’ cure. A mild laxa - live, a n d purely veg etable, act ing directly on the Liver and Kid neys. Try it. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or madeintoa tea. Bettet Than /J//A The King of Liver Medicine^, “ I have used yourSimmonsLiver Regu lator aud can conscienciouniy saj It is the king ot all liver niediclues, 1 consider it a inedi'’lne rhest in itself.—G eo U. J aok .- .- ì ‘. s , ì acorna, Washington. S^-EVFRY PACKAGK^SB Has tt«e Z Stamp in red <>u urapper. THE UNATTAINABLE. There is a land where golden citrons grow. Where white magnolias blossom all the year; Those dwelling there pine for the arctic snow. The frozen pines and whitened landscape« drear. There is a land where nightingale and thrush Make day melodious and the moonlit night. Those dwelling there long for the chilly hush, The leafless boughs aud lonely raven s flight. There Is a land where winnowed northern snows And winter’s cold awake the bleighhell chimes; Those dwelling there desire the damask rose And the sweet drow siness of southern climes. With gaze tixed on some unattainable star. The soul still yearns to reach a vague to be. Fond dreamer! while we dream neglect doth mar The harvests of a rich reality. Oh, heart of mine! that doth forever pine For that which lies beyond its full desire. Cease for awhile! Today alone is thine; Tomorrow Death may light thy funeral pyre. - Rudolph Steinhagen in New York Sun. Too Cautious. The father of Gueau de Keverseaux had been a distinguished lawyer, aud through bis influence he held important offices un der the government. When the revolution began, be gave up his office at La Rochelle and retired to Chartres. From the time that the revolution begau Gueau de Heverseaux devoted his atteu tiou exclusively to preserving Lis own safe ty. He wrote no letters; he would receive no letters; he saw no visitors and paid no visits; he spoke to no person ami allowed no one to coma near him. It would have been impossible to be more prudent than he was. However, be wanted some sheds built ou bis farm lieur Chartres and ventured to consult a car|»eiiter. The carpenter told him that he could not undertake the work immediately, u* Gueau du Reverseaux wished, because most of hi.* workmen were drafted to join the army at ouce. Gueau do Reverseaux replied: “The workmen need not go. They can send sub stitutes.” This remark was heard by the work men, but only the first phrase made any Impression on them. They reported every where that M. Gueau de Reverseaux, who must be good authority, hud said that they need not go. The news went to headquar ters that Gueau de Reverseaux declared that the drafted workmen ueed not obey the government. This wa* considered to be conspiracy, and he w*s condemned to death. He was at once taken to the Con- ciergerie prison, and be paid for his selfish folly with his life.—Youth’s Companion. A Spook on the Car. The messeuger on express car No. 5 on the run between Reno and Ogdeu Lad rather a queer experience. When the train was passing Iren Point, iu the eastern part of the state, be beard a voice calling him by his given name, asking, “What was dotie with the corpse?” lie was at once as though glued to the car floor, aud the package ot letters be was sorting out dropped from bis bauds. Not a human being was in the car but the messenger, and in a moment or two be recovered from his astonishment enough to think that some oue bad smuggled lute the car at the last station aud began mov ing the trunks to find the coucealed indi vidual. He was busy moviug the trunks when, iu tha same voice, be heard some one say, “Ob, you might hunt till dooms day, but you could never discover the mys terious individual who is addressing you. ” The messenger’s hair was now standing on end, and be was unable to even carry his own weight, much less anything else. Ths trip was made from Iron Point to Re no without further incident, but the me* senger says he want* no more of car No. —Reno (Cal ) Gazette. A Pessimist. There was a very rich farmer who would never own that he had anything to lie thankful for in the way of profits. The parson once said to him during a fine har vest season, “Come, Mr. Jones, you can have nothing to complain about this year, at all eventsl” “I can’t say that,” said the farmer. “Still, you can't say what is amiss.” He thought a bit and then re plied very grudgingly, “Well, you see, there will be no spoiled hay for the young calves.”—Troy Times. Difficult Even For a Dentist. A young dental student sat with a pa per iu his hand and displayed a sorely puzzled expression of countenance. Not ing thia Lis chum stepped up, slapped him familiarly and ejaculated: “What’s up, old chap? Some problem in dentistry?” “Yes,” was the rejoinder, “I'm trying to pull the teeth out of the edge of an 'old saw.’ ”—Philadelphia Call. Max Muller acknowledges the debt of gratitude which student» owe to the king of Siam, the “greate»t, if not the only monarch professing the Buddhist faith," for supplying funds for continuing the translation of the great books of the east. The great social and religious festival of Thanksgiving day is a legacy of the Puri tans. They abo'ished Christmas ns a relic of popery, or of prelacy, which they held in nearly equal detestatlou, aud passed laws to punish its observance. , The official classification of French bouses in 1868 showed that 158,000 were inhabited by the nobles aud gentry, 588,- 000 by merchants and commercial people, 2,167,000 by “tradesmen" and 4,458,000 by laborers and operatives. The barracks built for European sol diers are generally far better than th» bouses of the peasantry. Chelsea bar- i J racks in England cost £245 per man.