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0. R. & N. CO ? a cn E. McN El LL, Receiver’. TO THE GIVES THE CHOICE OF ANCIENT LOG CABIN STANDS ON LAND THAT ONCE BE LONGED TO WILLIAM PENN. With Additions It Is One of the Old Manor Houses and Was the Birthplace of Prom inent Families—Finding an English Coin of 170 Years Ago. Iu the northwestern part of the pretty little town of Media, the county seat of Delaware county. Pa.. on a tract of land known as “Star Mount, ” owned by Samuel W. Powell, is located a genuine curiosity in the form of an old log house, which contains much to interest the antiquarian, and to afford material for the historian. The structure meas ures 22 feet in length and is 20 feet wide and 15 feet high. It is said to be VIA one of the original manor houses con DENVER structed shortly after the arrival of Wil SPOKANE OMAHA liam Penn and his colony cu the banks Minneapolis of the Delaware river. Circumstances AND AND point toward that belief, and prove the ST. PAUL KANSAS CY claim to antiquity, which makes the old log house an important link connect LOW RATES TO ALL ing the distant past with the presenr. EASTERN CITIES. This house is constructed of oak and chestnut logs hewn from the primeval OCEAN STEAMERS forest, while standing bes.de it is a Leave Portland Every 3 Days giant cak, the largest by all odds in the surrounding ccuntiy, which is a living • • FOR - • witness of the age of tiie lowly dwell ing which finds shelter beneath its huge ••• outspreading arms. Tree and house are each the complement of the other, and i seem destined to continue their intima For full detail» call on C. A. WALLACE, McMinnville, Or. cy during succeeding years, and perhaps ages. Or Adire»» M. »I HtKLBIHT, In the year 1681 A. D., on the 2d Gen. Pass Agt. day of March, Peter and William Tay poKTLnn, ok . lor purchased the land upon which these objects of interest stand from William EAST AND SOUTH Penn iu England, and on the 22d iust. Thomas Powell took title to the land VIA upon which the house and tree stand and adjacent tracts, and after numerous transfers it finally came into the pos OF THE session of Mr. Powell, who formerly so™ I » i COMPAQ resided in this city, but who now lives in “Star Mount,” in northwest Media. Upon discovering the historic value of Express Trains Leave Portland Daily the house and oak, he subsequently took precautions to preserve the objects of a \ LÍA VE. ARRIVE past age and civilization. Portland.......... «:» P M I San Francisco..10:4:. A M The house is constructed of logs, and Ban Franci«-o.tt:00 P M I Portland............ 8:10 A M ' to prevent the entrance of cold air they Above trains stop at East Portland, Oregon City. were chinked with mortar. The small Woodburn, Saleiu. Turner, Marion. Jefferson, windows and doors were hand made, Albany,AlbanvJunction.Tangent,Shedds, Hulsey. Harrisburg. Junction city. Irving. Eugene, Cres from the primitive oak cut from the well, Drains and all stations from Roseburg to . forest. The faces and ends of these logs Ashland inclusive. are scarred and defaced by exposure to Koaeburg Mail Daily. the storms of at least two centuries, LEAVE: ARRIVE: Portland......... b:30 A M I Roseburg 5.2u P M and show plainly the ravages of the Roseburg 8:00 AM I Portland........ 4.40 PM “tooth of time,” but at heart areas Salem Passenger Daily. hard and sound as when first placed in LEAVE ARRIVE position to form a house for one of Portlaud...^ 4:00 P M I Salem........ 615 P M Salem............... 8 UO A M | Portland ..10:15 A M Penn’s followers. The present owner, desiring to both preserve this ancient structure and to DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE. improve its surroundings, added some seven or eight years ago several addi PULLMHN * BUFFET tional rooms to the original mansion, SLEEPERS but outside the massive old chimney is ANO exposed to view, and inside the logs SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS. with their plastering, the windows aud doors with their wooden latches and Attached to all Through Trains. strings may be seen, while the low ceil ‘.West Side Division. ing of homemade boards point to a date BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS when the ax and saw were almost uni Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) versally used by our forefathers. At the time when the additions above Portland Ar I 6:20 P M 7 90 A n TTT v McMinnville Lv I 3:40 P M mentioned were made an old English 10:15 A M I Lv Corvallis Lv | 1:35 P M 1»15 P M I Ar coin was found. Upon examination the At Albany and Corvallis connect with coin proved to be a penny of the reign trains ot Or Central & Eastern Ry. of King George I, and while the date is Express Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) almost illegible, it seems to be 1724, or Ar 1 8:25 A M perhaps an earlier date. This old Eng Portland ÏÏFTV -I.V St. Joseph 7:14 P M Lv Lv 1 5 5S A M lish penny was lying under the old L v | 5 » A M wooden door sill, and had become im McMinnville 7:24 P M Ar Through Tickets to all points In Eastern bedded in the ground, and was only States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at brought to light by the use of pick and lowest rates from G. A. Wilcox. Agent. McMinn shovel. History aud tradition unite in ville. E P KOGERS. the story iu relation to this old house. Asst. G. F. &P A.. Portland, Or. Beginning with the river Delaware R. KOEHLER, Manager. and reaching as far as portions of Ches A ter county, and bounded also by Ridley and Crum creeks, were some two tracts LOCAL DIRECTORY of land deeded to the Taylors, Powells and others in 1681 by the proprietor and founder of our state, William Penn. CHURCHES B aftisi —Services Sunday 11 a. m. and Upon each of these two tracts or parcels T:30p. m ; Sunday school 9 50 a m. . the of land log houses were erected, and one young people's society 6 15 p m Prayer of them was destroyed by fire. One of meeting Thursday 7:30 p m Covenant these houses, the one now owned by Mr. meeting first Sat each month 2.00 p. m. Powell in Upper Providence township, E. B. P ace , Pastor. adjoining the town cf Media, is the sole M xthodist EriscorAL—Services every survivor, and it is correspondingly Sabbath 11.00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday prized by him. school 9 30 a m. Prayer meeting 7 00 p The house and old oak, together with m. Thursday. D. T S ummeb ville , Pastor. C umb . P besbytbbias — Services every Sab the curiosities connected with them, bath 11:00 a m and 7:30 p. m. Sunday are very antique, and there is no doubt school 9:30 a. iu. Y P. C. E.. Sunday 6.30 but that the claim of antiquity is well p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday, 7 :30 p. m. founded. In 1715 it was in the old log E E. THoxrsost. Pastor. C hbistiax —Preaching at 11 a. m. and at cabin that John Powell changed from 7:30p. m on the first and third Sundays; the Quaker to the Baptist faith, and or on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:30 ganized the First Baptist church of Del until further notice At Carlton on sec aware county, known as the Brandy ond and fourth Sundays at 11 a. tn., and wine church. The congregation was Saturday evening before at 7:30. At No. 8 at 3 p. in on second and fourth Sundays. formed on June 14, 1715, with 15 mem bers, and among the delegates were J ames C ampbell , V. D. M.. Pastor Sr. J ames E piscopal C hcbih —Lay-Ser Abel Morgan of this city and James vices every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m. Jcnes and Joseph Eaton of Delaware. S t . J amis C atholic —First st., between Thus the old house, constructed by a O and H. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Ves first settler from the virgin forest, which pers 7.30. Services once a month. extended from far inland to the shores T. B riopy , Pastor. of tho Delaware river, has both a civil and a religious history, and has been SECRET ORDERS. K xowles C hapter N o , 12. O. E S—Meets at both the birthplace of prominent fami Masonic ball the 2d and 4th Monday evening in each month Visiting members cordiallv in lies and the habitation within whose walls a prominent denomination of this vited. C H. MCKINNEY See. MRS. C. W. TALMAGE, W M. and surrounding country first sprung in A. O. U W —Charity Lodge No. 7 meets first and to existence. —Phi ladelphia Telegraph. third Fridays of each month 7:30 p. m Lodge TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES SAN FRANCISCO The Shasta Route room in Union block Hereditary Names. H. C. BURNS, M. W J. D. BAKER, Becorder ’ 10 Yamhill Lodge So. 10 D. of H meets in Union hall second and fourth Friday evenings ot each month. C csteb P ost No. 9—Meets the second and fourth Saturday of each month in Union hall at 7 30 p m on second Saturday and at 10 30 a. m. on 4th Saturday. All members of the order are cordially Invited to attend our meetings .1. B. S tilwell , Commander. B. F CLtTBIXE. Adjt. According to the invariable custom of the Duke of Richmond’s family, it is prescribed that the eldest son and the eldest son of the eldest son shall be named after King Charles II, to whom they owe so much. The same principle is preserved in Lord Salisbury’s family, where the eldest sons are named James, W. C. T. U.—Meets on every Fri after James I, who bestowed the earl day at3 p. m. in reading room. Union dom of Salisbury and viscounty of Cran- block C laba G. Easoir. Pres. borne on the original founder of the JiNsie G allxntis ’ i . Sec y house. Getting to It. Oregon Central & Eastern R. R. Co. Anxious Mother—Has Mr. Bashfnl proposed yet? Daughter—Not exactly, but last even ing, when I was holding little Dick in my lap, Mr. Bashful went to the piano YAQUINA BAY ROUTE and sang “Would I Were a Boy Again. ” Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the San —Quiver. Francisco and Yaquina Bay Steam* ship Company. STEAMSHIP “FARALLON” A 1, and first-class in every respect. Sails from Yaquina for San Francisco about every eight days. Passenger ac commodations unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Fare from Albany or pointe west to San Francisco : Cabin....................................... »12.00 Steerage................................... 8.00 Cabin, round trip, good 60 days 18.00 For sailing dates apply to, H. L. WALDEN. Agent, Albany, Or. EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Or. CHAS. CLARK, Supt,. Corvallis, Or. It s just as easy to try One Minute Cough Cure as anything else. It's easier to cure a severe cough or cold with it. Let your next purchase for a cough be One Minute Cough Cure. Better medi cine ; better results; bettertry it. Rogers Bros. WIVLS AS TREASURERS. A Man Whose Wife Carried the Purse— A Bachelor’s Wisdom. Two passengers on a New Haven train approaching the city a few mornings ago conversed together in a loud tone— that is, one of them, who was bluff, hearty, stout and a bachelor, talked in a particularly loud voice, while his com panion, who was thin, meek and a bene dict, answered in lower tones, which were still not inaudible after the pas sengers in the seats near by began to take an interest in the conversation. “ No,” said the bachelor, “they want me to get married, but I tell them that I’ve seen enough of married people and I don’t care to be tied down the way most of them are. Why, there was a man down in our place died not long ago, and the widow came down to get his wages. He had died on a Friday, and he had a week’s wages coming to him. You ought to have seen that wid ow when she found out how much he got a week. He had been taking his wages home to her every week and giv ing it all to her to divide, as she sup posed. But when she found out that he had been getting <3 a week more all the time she seemed to wish that he were alive again just for a little while, but I guess that he would just as soon have been dead if he had had his choice then. I have heard lots of people say that you ought to take all your money home to your wife, but I don’t want any one telling me how much I shall spend for carfare or luncheon.” “Well, there is something in that,” said the married man basely. He was a particularly humble looking man, who crouched down in his seat as if he did not dare sit upright, but his wife was far away, and he was emboldened, in the confidences of talk on a suburban train, to reveal his woes. “Now, I do feel badly sometimes when I want to take a man out to luncheon with me aDd spend some money in entertaining him. If I don’t do it, I cannot very well keep his custom, and if I do it, it costs so much money that my wife, who knows just what I receive, thinks I am dreadfully extravagant, and talks to me about the way in which I am wasting money. ” “Yes, that’s just it,” said the loud voiced bachelor. “If you don’t spend money you lose trade, and yet you mar ried men are half of you afraid to go around and spend money freely on your customers. I know a man in our store who doesn’t dare spend more than 35 cents for luncheon for fear his wife will find it out. They talk about letting your wife spend all your money, but for my part I'd rather spend it myself, and that’s why I tell all my friends that I am not going to be married. ” Just at this point the train entered the Park avenue tunnel and the voice of the base revealer of secrets, who did not worthily support the part of the married man, was lost in the rumble of the train.—New York Tribune. AMONG THE LEPERS. Those of Molokai Have Many Ways of Oc cupying Their Time. Here in this sea girt asylum of peo ple afflicted with the most dreaded of known diseases, from which there is no escape but through the portals of death, is presented one of the noblest and brightest pictures of the glory of Chris tianity, with its marvels of self sacri fice amid surroundings and under cir cumstances the most depressing. These poor victims, doomed to the ravages of a disease that completes its deadly work in an average of four or five years, the progress of which is marked with the most significant and destructive preci sion, can alone appreciate at its true worth the Christian heroism of those who are laboring among them, follow ing in the footsteps of the venerated Father Damien, and ready as he was to accept, if need be, the burden of the disease itself in their behalf. And yet unhappiness does not chill the air of Molokai. Death has lost its terror by reason of its very familiarity, and by the silver lining their faith has given the cloud. The Hawaiians are naturally a light hearted people, and even the shadow of leprosy cannot suppress for long their buoyant temperament. In Molokai lepers may be found en gaged in pleasant pastimes, and among them one may hear the light and cheer ful words of greeting and see the sunny smiles. Horse racing, which is a favor ite national sport, is indulged in fre quently. Nor are the lepers idlers; far from it. They work, while able, in the cultivation of the ground and in other ways, and altogether lead a far pleas anter and more contented life than might be supposed. The improvement of their condition, as compared with what it was when Father Damien took up his residence on the island in 1873, has been chiefly brought about by his influence and the labors of his succes sors.—Donahoe’s Magazine. Marie <le* Medici. Marie de’ Medici, the second wife of Henry IV, who married her in 1600, a year after his divorce from Margaret of Valois, was an Italian beauty, petite and dark. She was hot tempered, and her intolerance of her husband’s infideli ties caused constant domestic bickering. Her voice was shrill, and when angry she raised it almost to a scream, so that when the king and queen were engaged in a domestic argument everybody in the house knew all about it. For Females Only. Mr. Caustic—By the way, dear, let me give you a point about letter writing. Mrs. C.—What is it, deal? Mr. C.—Hereafter always write your postscript first, and it will save you the trouble of writing your letter.—Rich mond Dispatch. Were we eloquent as angels, yet we should please some people more by lis tening than by talking.—Colton. Out of 226,000 farms in Denmark on ly 1,900 are more thau 250 acres in ex tent. Artificial Cotton. Artificial cotton, says a Paris journal, resembles the natural product in this— that both are formed of Cellulose nearly pure, and as nature has prepared cotton by means of the elements of the air and soil forming the cellulose in fine fibers by means of secret forces and offering it in the state of wool to be transformed into what is required of it, so the chem ist in his laboratory takes the natural cellulose of the tree and separates it from the substances with which it is combined, transforming it into threads by means of suitable appliances, For this purpose fir wood is employed, this being submitted to a series of mechan ical and chemical operations, and the threads are drawn out, afterward being rolled on bobbins. The material when manufactured resembles ordinary cot ton, though having a slight defect, which can be easily corrected—that is, it is a little less solid than natural cot ton. On the other hand, however, the new substance is worked and woven easily. It can be dyed as readily as nat ural cotton, and when passed through a weak solution of tannin and certain other reagents it will take every shade of artificial colors and can be dressed and printed on just as are the tissues of natural cotton. Cost of Living In Paris. An able statistician has been estimat ing the cost of living in Paris at the present time, and has compared it with that of 40 years ago. He shows that in the fifties an average middle class fam ily could do with a budget of 10,000 francs, or £400, annually. That did not mean luxury, but it was sufficient for comfort and required no economical engineering for the purpose of making both ends meet. Nowadays the case is different, and an official with a wife and three children dependent on 10,000 francs a year has to work miracles of saving in order to avoid getting into debt. Accordingly, in less thau half a century the conditions of life in Paris have been completely modified. It is no exaggeration, in fact, to say that prices have doubled and with them has increased the desire for a more luxuri ous mode of living than that led by the average Parisian of the fifties. The statistician has revealed nothing new, but his figures serve to emphasize the fact that the French capital is the most expensive place of residence in Europa —London Telegraph. A CENTURY HENCE. Sample, of Item. That May Then Appear In the Papers. A horse, an animal said to have once been quite common in our city streets, tfras seen in this city yesterday. He at tracted much curiosity and he was fol lowed wherever he went by immense crowds. It is almost impossible to be lieve that our ancestors could have trust ed their lives to so formidable a crea ture. It is understood that the animal escaped from the Equine Food abattoir in Brighton. An almost unprecedented event hap pened in this city last evening, when Mr. and Mrs. John Brownsmith cele brated the anniversary of their mar riage. The Brownsmiths were married a year ago. It is quite remarkable for a couple to live so long together in the state of wedlock, and their celebration naturally drew to their residence a dense throng of admiring friends. Con gratulations were poured upon the hap py pair, with wishes that they might continue together long enough to c.b- serve the second auniversary of their wedding. The directors of the Euripides Manu facturing company have been convicted of the charge of failure to examine into the accounts of their treasurer, and have severally been sentenced to imprison ment in the state prison for a term of five years, Their counsel argued that, inasmuch as the treasurer’s account: as shown by expert examination, were faultless during his ten years of service and that no suspicion had ever fallen upon him, the sentence should be light er, but the court very justly remarked that the offense was the same as if the result had been severe loss to the stock holders. It was curious to see a pedestrian in Washington street today, the first one that has been seen in the city for many years. He occasioned no small amount of vexation to the uuicyclists, in whose way he was getting continually. There can be no objection to people walking in their own houses or in the country, where there is plenty of room, but it is clearly out of the question that the prac tice should be permitted in our crowded city streets. The death of Solomon Strongmiud, which occurred this morning, calls to mind the remarkable fact that during his long residence of five years or more in this city he has never mysteriously disappeared for even once. Undoubted ly Mr. Strongmiud was somewhat ec centric in his habits generally, but in this especial matter the controlling cause must have been something far more po- tept than mere oddity. A man appeared on the street dressed in trousers and cutaway coat yesterday. He was promptly arrested and carried to the station house. When he next made his appearance he had donned the petti coats and other garments appropriate to his sex.—Boston Transcript. WHAT NORDAU HAS DONE. a few years, but was continually giving concerts, so that “publicity became his chief instructor.” In 1827 his father died and he became a teacher of the pianoforte. Between 1836 and 1847 he traveled all over Europe; in 1847 he became hof kapelmeister (cr director of the royal concerts) at Weimar; in 1861 he went to Rome, and from 1870 he lived in Rome. Pes>t and Weimar. He died at Baireuth, Bavaria, July 31, 1886. Pope Pius IX made him an abbe in 1865. The title was honorary, but Liszt received the tonsure and wore thereafter clerical garments, though he gave concerts, taught as before and fol lowed his previous manner of life. Without a Shadow. The most famous “man without a shadow” was Peter Schlemihl, the hero of a story of the same name by Adelbert von Chaisso, a German novelist. Peter sold his shadow to a little man in gray who proved to be the devil. The con tract was disastrous,and Peter Schlemihl is a name given nowadays to any one who makes a bad bargain. But others than Schlemihl have lost their shadows. In the “Lay of the Last Minstrel” Lady Buccleugli’s father is mentioned in passing as having lost his shadow to the devil when lie studied the black art. In fact, all who studied magic were be lieved to sell their shadows to satan. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Boston’s Handsomest Rubber Tree. The handsomest if not the oldest in dia rubber tree in this vicinity is one at the corner of Boylston and Berkeley streets. The owner claims that it is very nearly 100 years of age, having been owned by the same family during that period. For a changing people like our selves this long possession speaks well for the family and well for the tree, which must have passed through many vicissitudes and tribulations incident to passing generations. It is a noble plant, however, and looks hardy enough to live another 50 years, to say the least. Long may it wave!—Boston Herald. The famous sacred Mohammedan flag enshrined at Constantinople is said to be a portion of a silk nightshirt for merly we.u by the great Mohaftrmed himself. The cap of a Chinese mandarin sports a button at the top, which by its color and material iudicates the rank of tba wearer. FOREVER AND A DAY. Urge me not, I pray. All the air is golden; Every thorny spray In the sunlight blushes, And my thoughts are holden By the warbling thrushes. Urge me not today. Oh, when winds of May Shake the boughs with laughter Till they toss and sway, Till they kiss and sever, Speak not of hereafter, Breathe not of forever— Give me but today. —J. K. Wetherill in Travelers’ Record. Professor Lombroso Has High Praise For the Author of “Degeneration.” WHAT A LETTER DID. Iu “Degeneration” he has the great merit of combating certain dominant influences, paiticularlv that of mysti cism, which, recrudescent in these lat ter days, thanks to certain errant ge niuses, has led astray a vast throng of talents. In this book, too, he is ever the man of our century who has most felt the pulse of his times, aud he has not only put his finger on our most opeu wound—on that egotism which is steril izing our moral sense aud rendering us cruel to oue another —but he also has succeeded iu finding its explanation in the special tendencies of the degenerate; whether it be the higher class degener ates who invents the strangest freaks to catch the public eye—as weddings in a balloon or Cardinal Lavigerie’s cru sades—or the imitative degenerates who deem themselves original iu simply copying. Finally he has had the supreme merit of applying psychiatric research to liter ary criticism. He has carried this reform to its utmost applicability, seeking, with that audacity, intrepid even to in solence, which he exhibited iu his “Con ventional Lies, ” to demolish the repu tations most firmly established. And thus he has been able to overthrow the work of the French and German Sym bolists aDd Decadents, who proclaim science untrue because in 100 years of toil she has not given them the key to all the mysteries. These pages of his are among the most splendid written in this century, such as could be wrested from an artist thinker by the sight of four idlers, who insult the legion of tireless workers busy in searching and researching nature, even into her inmost recesses. Aud very just is his diagnosis of them—that they have for their char acteristics a nebulosity of mental repre sentation, a confused and motley idea tion, too much eroticism, an abnormal deinotional fabric and an exaggerated egotism which causes them to observe things only in relation to their own selves.—“Nordau’s ‘Degeneration,’ Its Value and Its Errors,” by Cesare Lom broso, in Century. How a Southern Congressman Innocently Made a Lifelong Enemy. Sharpening a Pencil. “Speaking of stenographers,” said a gentleman well known iu Washington, who fur a number of years represented a Louisiana district in congress, “I once had a secretary, an unusually careful and competent felloxv, too, ivhose slight slip in a typewritten letter to a constitu ent of mine cost me that gentleman's friendship, a friendship valued much more highly than I can express. “This is the way it came about: At a time wheu I was well nigh submerged with committee duties I received a let ter from the head of one of the most in fluential and widely respected families of the state. His residence had just burned down, be wrote me, the loss coming at a moment wheu it affected his financial matters to no inconsidera ble extent. Could he not presume upon our many years of friendship to the ex tent of asking a loan of $250, until the insurance companies should settle his claim? I was deeply moved to learn of his misfortune, and immediately dictat ed, along with a number of other let ters, the following lines to him : “ 'My Dear Sir—I am greatly pained to hear of tho calamity which has come upon you. I regret I have not $250 in available funds at present; will send check in a day or two. ’ “Promptly enough the check went, but with equal promptness it was returned to me, with no word of explanation. I own I was surprised, but concluded he must have received his insurance mon ey, and the circumstance was gradually forgotten. But it was very forcibly re called to my mind when next I paid a visit to my home, for he did not call upon me, as he had always been wont to do. On the contrary, he shunned a meeting with me. “Imagine my dismay upon finding that the letter I had sent him, in the most kindly spirit possible, contained these words: ‘I regret I have got $250 in available funds; will send checkin n day or two.’ In vain I explained, apologized, implored. To his dying day he never forgave what he termed my i-tudied and unwarranted affront. “That is what the touch of a finger upon a wrong key did for me, and for years I have never mailed a letter, long or 6hort, without first subjecting it tc the most rigid scrutiny. I tell yon, sir, it pays to be watchful in this respect. ’ —Washington Star. From childhood up man, naturally de structive, with an inherent desire to smash things, has been taught to take care of everything that is nice, tidy and ornamental. If you want to know how well the lesson has been learned, watch men sharpen pencils. Did you ever see one begin at the end that lias the pretty The Last Straw. gilt letters on it? The rudest and most Henry Van Meter, who died in Ban careless man will turn the pencil cud for end to whittle on the plain part.— gor about 25 years ago at the advanced age of 110, was a genuine old Virginia New Y ork Press. darky who drifted down east in some Assistance Not Necessary. mysterious way in the early part of this “Help! Help!” cried the man who century. He imagined himself charged with was being robbed, “Calm yourself,” said the highway inspiration from various spirits and man. “I don’t need any assistance. ■ was in reality unbalanced in his mind for the greater part of the time, on ac Town Topics. count of the superstitious beliefs which The Bonnet's Peculiarity. possessed him. “Her bonnet is too young for her. ” At one time he was summoned to “Yes, and the older it gets the young court as witness in a certain case, and er it looks."—Detroit Tribune. the counsel on each side badgered him with questions until his wits became so When La Volte Was Danced. entangled that his answers grew quite Southey,in his “Commonplace Book, ” wild and preposterous. Noticing the II, 327, says Gifford, shows that thr distress aDd confusion of the poor old waltz of the present day is La Volte, witness, the judge, who was a most which our ancestors, two centuries ago, kind hearted man, hushed the lawyers became either tired or ashamed. This and put a simple question to the bewil dance was first introduced at the court dered darky, with the intention of bring of Henry II at Fontainebleau in 1555 by ing him back to the starting point. the Comte de Sault, and its history is This third assault, for so Van Meter thus stated by Vincent Carloix in the regarded the kindly judge’s interposi memoirs of his master, Marechai de tion, proved the last straw to the old Vieilleville: darky. “He, the Comte de Sault, had the prin “Now, looka-heah, yo’ole gray haired cipal vogue in a ball royal for his fond gemman up on de bench dar, ” be broke ness for dancing and his good grace. So out, shaking a trembling forefinger at that he introduced at court a sort of the judge, “don’ yo’ interfere wid dis dance called ‘La Volte de Province,’ yer bus’ness at all. Dis chile's got jess which had never been danced there, and as much as he can do to take care ob which has afterward had a great run dese two fellers down heab, an dat’s de throughout the kingdom. It has also truf!”—Youth's Companion. been said that he invented it, for many A Dog In a Crowd. called it‘La Volte de Sault,’ and this name is suitable, both because of the It is really cruel to take a dog, aud etymology of the word and the character particularly a small oue, into a crowd. of the dance.”—Notes and Queries. No one possessing any imagination would ever do it. Can you fancy wbat Abbe Liszt. the feelings of a little animal must b? Franz von Liszt was a great pianist, when it finds itself in a perfect forest perhaps the greatest pianist ever known. of legs, each leg provided with a foot He was born in Hungary in 1811, and shod in hard leather and liable to come made his first appearance iD public in down on one of its poor little paws? Its 1820. He studied in various places for small brain must be iD a ferment of ay- prehension all the time, and if it could command any language it would prob ably be of a powerful kind.—Philadel phia Ledger. A KNIFE in the hand of a Surgeon gives you a feeling of hor- ! ror and dread. There is uo longer necessity for its use in many diseases form erly regarded as incurable without cuttiug. How They Eat. The following is the daily ration of the animals at the Jardiu des Plantes in Paris: Ten pounds of flesh for each lion, tiger and bear; seven pounds for the panther, three pounds to six pounds for the hyena, one pound for the wild eat, and two pounds for the eagle. There is a “rocking stone’* in Sulli van county, N. Y., which is estimated to weigh 40 tons, and which is so evenly balanced that the strength of one finger is sufficient to set it in motion. The British Medical Journal states that the strain of railway racing must tell upon the drivers, and either they must work shorter hours or that greater risk must be run. In the Ural mountains the peasantry believe that if a wolf sees a man before the man sees the wolf, the man will be struck dumb and remain so as lpng as the wolf lives. Why Jumbo Was Attached. The Triumph of Conservative Surgery is well illustrated by the fact that kiimiiikr — Breach, is now radically RUPTURE •«L's ■ UIvL< ~ cured without the knife and without pain. Clumsy, chafing trusses can be thrown away ! They never cure but often induce inflammation, strangulation and death. TIIMftRS Fibroid (Uterine) aud 1 VlYlvriVOy Ovarian. many others, are now removed without the perils of cutting operations. P| I p TI’MORQ however large. Fis- ■ ILL. I tula and other diseases of the lower bowel, arc permanently cured with out pain or resort to the knife. QTfJNF *Q the Bladder, uo matter how ’arge is crushed, pulverized, washed out and perfectly removed without cuttiug. ^TPICTIIRP of Urinary Passage is also oiivivi vi\L removed without cutting in hundreds of cases. For pamphlet, references and all particulars, send 10 cents (iu stamps) to World s Dispensary Medical Association, No 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N Y. TAVERN OF (/) 0 Gastie Crags Z Opens June I, 1895 F □ 0 SWEET BRIER CAMP. ftee. Schonewald, Manager. Luxury. Good Cheer. Hospitality, Delightful and Healthful Pastimes, Matchless Mountain Scenery. Established last year in a romantic dell of «be Sacramento Canyon, just below and in full view ot erand old Shasta It was a great hit. and promise* even loose an couraging results for-the present year. T. J. LoFTi s, at Castella. is still in charge and will answer all inquiries. A new candidate for public favor this year is MOTHERS and those soon to become mothers, should know that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of its tor tures, terrors and dangers to both mother and child, by aiding nature in pre paring the system for parturition. Thereby “labor” aud the period of confinement are greatly shortened. It also promotes the secretion of an abundance of nourishment for the child. Mrs. D ora A. GrTHRre, of Overtou Co , Tenn., writes: “When I began taking Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. I was not able to stand on my feet without suffering almost death Now I do all my housework, washing, cooking, sewing and everything for my family of eight. I am stouter now than I have been in six years. Your ‘ Favorite Prescription ’ is the best to take before confinement, or at least it proved so with me. I never suffered 60 little with any of my children as I did with my last.1* SHASTA VICI NO CAMP U) 0 z F □ 0 Also in the Shasta region,about a mile and a half from Dunsmuir It is a genuine paradise for hunters, fishers and seekers of health «nd pleasure. Easy to leach (near the railroad), sightly, and all the necessities of camp life easily procurable. All inquiries about Shasta Vtcino Camp, if addressed to W. C. Gray, box 4. Du us* muir, Cui., will receive prompt attention. It was eight or nine years ago, and CAMPIXG IN THE the cars containing the animals were unloaded near the Canal street freight SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS house. The animals were guided across Alma, Wright«. Laurel. Glenwood, Felton, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek. Exchange place by attendants, and the elephants went along very peaceably. REDUCED RATES They hadn’t gone a great distance, During the Camping season will be however, when Jumbo’s back began to made by the itch. The big elephant tried to reach SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. the place with his trunk, but didn’t j For full particulars address manage to. So he stepped from the line E. P. ROGERS, Asst.Gen. Pass. Agent Portland. Oregon. and looked for a suitable place against ] which to rub his back. There were two objects in sight—a big flagstaff and Paddy Burns’ shanty, which stood in the rear of the Three Ones’ fire station. Jumbo picked out the shanty, and by Thus. F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne, Henry C the time he had relieved his feelings Kinre, Receivers. things inside were upsidedown, aud the building had nearly been removed from NEW YORK. its foundations aud shoved into the wa A Religious, Literary and Fam ter. ily Newspaper. Paddy Burns looked for a lawyer, aud found the late Ambrose E. West. The Undenominational, unbiased and impartial A attorney issued a writ and gave it to a paper for clergy men, scholars, teachers, deputy sheriff, with instructions to at business men and families. Jt dis cusses every topic of the day tach Jumbo. The officer presented the —religious, theological, po paper to the treasurer of the circus and * litical, literary, social, then took up a position near the ele artistic and scien * phant, but out of the reach ot the swing tific. Its con of his trunk. tributed ar The bill for damages was promptly ticles are settled, but the officer said afterward by the that if the animal had decided to walk away he hadn’t any idea how he could Most Eminent Writers of the English Language. have proceeded to enforce the law by compelling him to remain.—Providence Journal. It employs specialists and distinguished xiljc .Independent NORTHERN PACIFIC R U ZN Cars Regulated by a Hair. One solitary human hair seems a very small thing, but it is the most important part of an important machine iu the eapitol at Washington. This machine warms aud ventilates the house, the senate aud the various committee rooms aud runs several electric dynamos. Its most curious feature is the appliance for telling the proper temperature of the air in the building. A dial arranged like a clock marks different degrees from 0 to 100. Zero means perfectly dry air, 100 saturated air—i. e., air carry ing all the moisture it will hold. Human liair absorbs moisture like a rope, becoming shorter when it is wet, iu the same way. The hair here is six inches long. The difference iu length between it when wet aud when dry stands for the 100 degrees of moistuie on the dial, and as the moisture of the hair varies the pointer on the dial moves. According to the necessity, more steam is thrown in or steam is allowed to es cape, the atmosphere being in this way regulated aud kept at a healthy point. —New York World. writers as editors of its Twenty-one depart ments A paper particularly fitted for lawyers, doctors, clergymen, those engaged in busi ness, young people of Both sexes, men ami Women who read and think for themselves. 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