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About Cottage Grove and Lemati echo=leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1895-1895 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1895)
k NOT MORE ABSOLUTELY P U B E ABOUT ELEPHANTS. BELIEF THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED WITH SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE. A P r a ir ie F ir e . Describing a prairie fire in “ The World of A dventure,” the w riter says: "A more picturesque scene could hardly he imagined. The night was very dark, hut as far as the eye eonld reach, all across the horizon, aliout four miles in front of us, was a broad, bright, lurid glare of fire, w ith a thick canopy of smoke hanging over it, whose fantastic wreaths, as tliey curled in the breeze, were tinged w ith the red reflection of the flames. Even at that distance we cuulil hear the crackling and rushing of the tire, which, as it advanced, caused a strong wind. Every now and then a brighter flame would shoot high up into the black cloud of smoke over the top of the hill, illum inating for an instant onr tents and wagons in the dark hollow and g iv in g a momentary glimpse of the ‘ horses which were picketed on the side of the rise, on the crest of which the figures of the men engaged in lighting the opposition tire—winch, as it became too extended, they beat down with blankets, only suffering it to burn a space ahont 12 feet broad right across the line of the advancing conflagration— stood out in strong relief against the glowing w all of light beyond them, and us they ran, tossing their arm s and waving the blankets and little torches of lighted grass, they lixiked in the dis j tance like demons rather than men. ” , O n e n f I 'n c le S a m 's F a r m s. j ] There is a most beautiful farm situ a t ed near the sum m it of the L ittle Belts which is still in the possession of Uncle Ham. I t is a m atter of wonder th at no one lias yet thought to settle upon it, as its value is destined to be considerable when the boom comes Its soil is deep and rich, aud clear running water crosses itseu tire length. It lies protected on two sides by heavy tim ber, pine anil fir, and is surrounded by grandly magnificent scenery, such as virgin nature in this pic ! turesque country only is able to supply. , Many a weary, heartsick eastern g ran i ger has pined, aged and died in search of snch a place. Many a baron, duke or titled son of nobility lias squandered a fortuue and traveled to the ends of the earth vainly searching for such an es tate. Ami yet there is lint one poor son of Jupheth, titled or untitled, that we w ill not conduct to th at balmy snuuy district, free of charge. All that is re qnired is that he he a citizen of the U nited States and signifies his willing uess to make this lovely nook his home. — N eihart (M on.) Herald. ily life lias found its noontide, and my days Have gone in q u ie t by to o u tw a rd gaze. In such side places have my feet been set. So few of ail my ft lion s have 1 m et. So sm all tk e g ro u n d my scanty s tre n g th could gain To bold an d till. V'b.it w onder if th e grain 1 reap is to ld by sh o rt and - u n d e r sheaves. And if win re flow ers m ig h t Llooiu a re only Iva veai Vet shall 1 sorrow th a t m y friend» a re few. T h a t we«I h 1 b a w not. th a t toy pow er to do 1?» held in n a rro w bou ids? T he pow er to be 1» min«*, luit'huinid, t > •>. ■ iw fast, afl fr« «• A» w inged w ind th a t blow s atVross th e n ig h t Or m orning sunshine on a m o u n ta in height. So 1, d«<xl poor, may have w hereof to yield To you, b rav e w o rk e r, in a w id e r field. If w hat 1 am ha« bl» >s« <1 y o u r lot, my own. 1 ask not m o re th a n my s till life has known. —A u rilla F u rb e r in Hous< keeper. A PRIM EVAL STORY. brawn fur until U ~ ,,iw) • carriage horse. Sun bird was young aud impressiona ble. She had been wooed Ly every youth of the clan, had listened for awhile, aud then repulsed every man cf them. No woman of the tribe was so beauti fully shaped as Suubird, nor was there so sm art a tlathead among the Tushe- tushes. She had a Trilby foot ami the shoul ders cf a Lillian Russell. Her old father loved her devotedly, still ho chided her. “ You are getting much too gay for the tribe, my precious darling, ” fl0 would say in his blunt, rough way. During Chug s convalescence his days were sweet v.nh newiie-s. Instead of bullet lu-nded Spat-Spat, covered with fu r like a megatherium, here was a creature with a head like a triangle, and w ith a gra tul figure, smooth and soft to tho touch, and the broiled steak of p -t tertiary reindeer was charm ing to his palate Tho vocabulary of the language of Chug and Suubird contained hut 600 words aud nurse and invalid could soon converse. Ho happy was Chug th a t lie hated to tell tin- story of tho passion which filled his heart, and lie reserved it from day to day. But his stalw art form trembled w ith emotion as Snnbird’s hand gently smoothed the fur of his la o.ul shoulders. When Snubird’s father comprehended tho trend of affairs ho did not grate his teeth because, as a m atter of fact, ho was a fish eater and toothless. But he spoke his mind. "Como— the jig is up!” he shouted, and dragged Chug to the place of execu tion. This denouement astonished Chug so much that ho was pinioned by withes of elastic bush before he could make up his mind to resist. The executioner brandished a pon derous dii’.otherimn tn when SunLird dashed through the throng of Tuslie- tushes and wrested it from rim . “ Stand b-a-c-k!” she s h r i ki ll, with the fnriou’ mb :i of a j. - t t n . i • saber toothed t;„. ■ i ' . . . h e r cubs. “ I love him, and if ho dies I d-i-o w ith him !” fri 1 H o.bird as the tribes men v. . v red before la-r as h fore tlie aw ; presence of a 50 foot high ptero dactyl. “ W hat! that hairy anim al w ith small hands and feet and l . t t i r o u n 1 I" ad— th at Populist fr ta k l” yelled tho old chief. “ I lovo him becansa ho is s i dim-rent from other men, papa. Ila is so per fectly unconventional I’ ” ri plied Sun- bird “ T h at’s a!! right, ” said old Tnshe- tusho as lie released d r a g and blessed his i hildr a. “ It w ill l o my turn to laugh when you w ant a divorce, young woman! Remember ll Chicago is only '.’0,600 years hence!” B at Ciing eventually bicamo chief of tlio tribe, and through hi ¡ example tho people became exceedingly m ild m an nered and -till k to w hisker rail in g .— Kansas City Star. Chug diil not know th at he belonged in the post tertiary period of the world as he stood beside the tawny waters of A b o u t T h e m T h e F ir s t O n e B r o u g h t to a great inland rca whose waves gently T h is C o u n tr y . washed th e warm shores of the young earth. Elephants never go to sleep w ithout Ho was in Kansas, although ho was leaving one of the herd awake to keep not aware of it, although as lie stood ho watch and give w arning in case of in looked off into the uorthw est anxiously trusion. Go into the big menagerie tent for the clouds th at would bring raiu to af the show any night after the ele break the drought phants have gone to sleep, or go into The little brook w hich now winds jae ut the elephant cars on a night run, through the valley w h ile lie stood is a rail you w ill find that, no m atter how mere glim m ering ghostlet of its mighty (uietly and stealthily you have entered, post tertiary predecessor, tne sea. the eye of one member of the herd is Chug was young anil litho and stal upon you. wart, liko the mai hairodus of the cata Conklin believes, as do most all ele clysmic caves His whole body was hard phant keepers, th at the anim al can u n as wood and covered w ith a coat of derstand w hat is said to it. Indeed, thick nut brown h air th at harmonized trainers assert th at it has more in telli w ith the reddish beard th at flowed over gence than any other anim al, and that his broad chest as th at of a post tertiary it is the only one th at can lie taught to Pt ffer. mind by word of mouth, w ithout other His heavy mane of w eather beaten cues. T hat it is endowed to a lim ited locks hail never felt a h a t extent w ith reasoning powers is certain, About his loins from one shoulder (due German philosopher thinks he has was draped the skin of a cavo lion. discovered th at this m ental development A ponderous mace of flint lashed by is due to the fact th at in the trunk the leather thongs to the handle lay •at his elephant possesses a prehensile organ feet sim ilar to the hand of man. The hand, Chug, who derived his name from he asserts, has played a mi re im portant tho sound of the m ighty blow w ith jiart in the development of the human which lie smote to death tho cave lion intellect than any other agency, since it whoso hide he wore, was not thinking brings its possessor into more intim ate of the pterodactyl from which he nar relations w ith the external world than rowly escaped tho night before. any other organ. Home menagerie man, Nor did lie notice the Cyclopean croc w ith more practical observation than odiles in tho sea. the German professor and a sm aller His thoughts were sad and roamed hump of theorizing, has pointed out that atar the only flaw in this reasoning is that At a distance, too great for his com if it is correct the gorillas and chim pan putation, he had been horn am id a little zees ought to have a higher m ental de clan of post tertiarians. velopment than man, because they have A strange impulse, snch as his broth four good hands instead of two, and any ers anil sisters had never known, came one of the four is stronger than the over him eight hands of fonr men. The monosyllable conversation of liis Well authenticated stories of the kin made him tired. Chug was wont to sagacity of elephants are so numerous tw ine wild flowers in his hair and wear that it is never necessary to resort to ex sandals of woolly hippopotamus hide. aggeration to say something interesting "Hpat-Spat, ” a young woman who about them. In th eir w ild state the eonld skin an Irish elk quicker than leader of a herd has been seen w hen ap any woman of the clatr and who scorned proaching sw ampy ground to extern! one tho luxury of saudais or robes of hide, foot to try its solidity before trusting one nay pointed her reeking finger at his w eight to it. When satisfied of its Cling mm she paused in her w ork and firmness, lie would go confidently on, crieo uuutemptuously, “ Duilo, dude!” and the whole herd w ould follow in “ Yon d id n ’t say ‘dudo’ when I saved single file, cautiously stepping in the yon from tho claws of the ichthyosau W h y O h io ’» G o v e r n o r 11.$» N o V e to . IT a M is tr u s te d I ll s Sex. fisitpiints of the leader, so th at when The governor of Ohio is the only ex rus!’’ retorted Cling and passed o il. the entire herd had thus passed the A Durham miner, aged 73, visited a Thus Chug gathered up his weapons ground would look as if a single anim al ecutive in the country who lias not the and went forth alone and wandered Newcastle lawyer, a bachelor, for the had gone th at way. The same tra it of power of veto. It seems that the Buck- from Ins own fireside. purpose i f m aking his will. The old caution is preserved in the domesticated eye State has done business w ithout this Long no had pondered over tho m ys m an’s property consisted of tw o small provision for years. The story of bow it anim al. The action is not the result of cottages, w hich had cost him £150, and tery nt life. training, but a brute instinct alw ays dis- ■ was abolished is interesting. Years ago a little furniture. Ho had repeated in his sleep the re played and bearing a striking resem Ohio governors derived a big share of train, "'.‘.’hero aro others. ” The lawyer having asked his client their income from marriages, for per blance to reason. If his clan existed, lie argued, why how bo wished to dispose of his prep forming which they were allowed $2 When Jum bo tried to butt a f ist erty, the latter replied: not otuer clans somewhere? freight off from the Grand Trunk tracks ! each. In the early days that was a large “ Ma anld woman hes to h o v all so Was it not possiblo th a t in th eir soci sum, anil llio executives oonnted this a in an effort to save the baby of the Bar- , lang as she’s ma widdow. E fther that ety he could lose th at tired feeling uum herd, Tom Thumb, and lost his , principal source of revenue. F inally the which hail so oppressed him? ma bairns gets all. ” life in the attem pt, it was said th at his fee was abolished by legislative enact “ W hat ago is your old woman?” Hue moons had come anil waned, he action gave unm istakable evidence of ment, bnt tlie governor's salary was had traversed unknown leagues cf mo asked tho lawyer. reason, though it was poor testimony to sufficiently increased to cover ihe fees rass and forest, crossed the tide of rush “ Seventy-tw o,” replied the miner. thus lest. General A rthur St. Clair, who liis judgm ent th a t he so greatly under “ Aud how long have you and your ing rivers, aud still nothing but packs was then governor of the territory, v e estim ated the force of the locomotive. of great hyenas, trum peting mammoths, wifo been m arried?” asked the lawyer toed the hill abolishing the fees and In the m atter of the food value of d if “ Over 50 years,” replied the miner. g ian t gram inivorous aud carnivorous ferent m aterials the reasoning power of signed the one raising the governor’s m am malia ami monstrous reptiles and Thereupon the lawyer suggested to salary. This iierfonntince, so the story the elephant is very faulty, however. his client th at lie should give the wifi amphibia. He w ill eat alm ost anything th at comes J goes, so angered the people that they tho interest during her life, whether she Man w as nil, aud woman existed net. his way. If a canvasman leaves a coat , soon afterw ard abolished the veto pow continued a widow or otherwise. If Chug had lived nowadays, lio or vest hanging on a quarter pole w ith er, and later took it out of the constitu would have known w hat troubled his “ Hinuey, I winnot. I ’ll hev me aan in reach of an elephant, the big brute ! tion. — Buffalo Express. w ay,” said the miner. breast. w ill edge over tow ard it and w atch an “ But, surely,” replied the lawyer, O itrilties o f M a r r ia g e . He w ould havo found love in tho eyes opportunity when unobserved to touch “ you d o n 't expect your old woman, now of beauty and become happy. H alf the weddings in the country are it w ith his trunk. Then he w ill begin i boor Chug did not understand love. 72 years old, would m arry again aftei to haul it toward him , puttin g in rolls I celebrated on Wednesday anil Thursday. His soul yearned unconsciously. •your death?” Saturday lias more than the average of hay anil chewing them between times. Tho miner, looking the lawyer full His thoughts w ent hack homeward. number. Friday is not a favorite, as As soon as the garm ent is at his feet the It had not bceu quite so hail there n> in the face, answered, w ith much so few marriages are celebrated on that elephant w ill put one of his ponderous lem nity: day. Widowers are more inclined to in this solitude five hoofed pedals on it and begin to “ Wey, liinney, th o r’s nao ktiamtig He thought of how he b u ilt a house m arry than bachelors, and widows more tear it up, rolling the pieces in hie for his mother of tho ribs cf a horned w hat young eheps like yourself will do inclined than spinsters. Both facts are trunk and stuffing them into his month. eloquently in favor of tlie comparative lguandon th at in life was 70 feet long, for m oney.” — London Tit-Bits. The sole of a shoe is ju st ns good fm advantage of matrimony. For one bache with legs thick as tho fluted columns of him to chew on as a wisp of hay, and B u t l i e W a s a B a d S o ld ie r . lor th at m arries between the ages o f 50 a C orinthian temple. his natural instinct of m ischief inclines He recalled how he used to arise early There was one man in General H ar and 55 seven widowers remarry tietween him to prefer th at which he knows it: these ages. These are m arriages out of and build tho fire, and liow he once had rison’s regiment notorious for his had forbidden him. nil equal number of each class The ac mashed his finger w hile chopping kin character. No amount of imprisonment The first elephant brought to America tual num ber of bachelors m arried w ill dling w ith tlie old stone ax. seemed to have any influence over him. for exhibition purposes was Old Bet, An idea camo to him as ho stood there He was us w ell known in the orderly be greatest only in proportion ns they and it has often-been rem arked th at the exceed by seven to one the actual num looking across tho great sea. room as the sergeant major, and his American circus was built on her shoul Why not float upon its bosom on a courts m artial took a» hour to read ou ber of widowers living at these ages. ders. Different accounts fail to agree in Under tlie same conditions, for every raft aud mayhap come upon another parade. At last ho was sentenced to be regard to the date of her im portation, spinster m arried betweeu 30 and 65 two people? flogged and dismissed the service w ith w hich is placed all the way from 1776 Chug workoil w ith feverish fervor, ignominy, and tlie sentence was duly widows aie remarried. — Philadelphia to 1838 by different w riters of old tim e Times. and in tw o days was launched upon his carried out. A ll through the horrid cer reminiscences. Old Bet was brought hazardous journey emony the prisoner never uttered a word A V a lu a b le R e lic . over in the ship America, of which Cap But, alas, as he was pu ttin g to shore of fear, of bitterness or complaint. tain Crowningsliield was master, aud I met Colonel George Rawson, clerk a few days thereafter, an air breathing, As ho was drummed out of the bar she landed, according to the harbor rec of the board of aldermen, yesterday. He cold blooded pleiosaurus, w hich was rack gate in the ignominious fashion of ords, in Philadelphia in A pril, 1788. | was smoking a peculiar looking pipe, hidden in tho reeds, suddenly shot its those days an oilieer said to him, “ If Sbe was bnt a feet high, and the sum and I remarked upon it. horrible head at him , its long, flexible while in the service you hail behaved nf $10,000 was paid for her, the largest “ Y'es,” h esaid, “ it i s a peculiar look- neck seeming liko a monstrous serpent. half as well as you have done while u n price that had been paid up to th at riqie 1 iug pipe, anil a costly one. It cost $6.60. Chug pushed away madly, tore him dergoing your punishment, you would fur any anim al, either here or in Bn* It was bought at the World’s fair in self looso from tho jagged jaws, but have made a good soldier. ” To which rope. She was first exhibited in Pliila Chicago for $5. Its bowl was broken tainted across his raft, aud the taw ny the man respectfully answered, “ I delphia and astonished the public daily shortly ufter, and it cost $1 for u new Waters boro it out to sea, tho rudo fu- wonld, sir, if yon had been my captain. ” by draw ing the corks from 30 bottles 1 bowl. In a few weeks the stem was □oral car of a post tertiary hero. Anil added the general to his audience, of beer aud drinking the contents. On I broken, and it cost 60 cents for a new For days tho apparently dead voyager “ Surely there must havo been some the 20th of June, 1799, she passed I stem. ” floated. want of system and of care in carrying through New York on the way to Bos “ Why do you keep it?” His system stood tho strain, anil the out the m ental training in that m an's ton. “ Well, because it came from the fair. ’’ sp a rk of lifu rem ained duo to tlie f isli- company. ” — Blackwood’s Magazine. Old Bet had been bought on the com “ Bnt did you not tell me that the lou of the tim e of eating hut once a m unity plan hv a number of farmers of | parts th at camo from the fair were hro week or so. Shoes. P utnam county. N. Y ., at the instance ken and hail been replaced?” C h ita h ail dined tho day prior to liis The Portuguese shoe lias a wooden of one Ludwig Bist ail ler, each m ortgag “ Yes, hut I keep it because it had as- misadventure. solo aud heel, w ith a vamp made of ing his farm aud putting $500 iuto the 1 sociations w ith parts of the old pipe.” — Did C hief Tuslie-tuslie of tho fisher patent leather, fancifully showing the venture. T hef exhibited her under w ag Louisville Commercial. m en at tho mouth of the river, now flesh side of the skin. The Persian foot on sheds at hotels by p utting a piece of x.-iown as tho Arkansas, intercepted the gear is a raised shoe and is often a fool I n s a n e C la ir v o y a n c e . side canvas up in front of the shed. The .-aft and found Chug. high. It is made of light wood richly A woman who has had a great deal to admission was 25 cents for adults and After duo consideration among the inlaid, w ith a strap extending over the 12 cents, or a York shilling, for c h il do professionally w ith the insane and rite it was decided to put him to death. instep. The Muscovite shoe is baud dren. This gigantic zoological institute, with their treatm ent says that nothing Tt.» Taslie-tushes had dw elt by the woven on a wooden frame, and hut lit us the caravan was called, traveled east has more impressed her in this strange . . many generations, and the legends tle attention is paid to the shape of the as far as Paw tucket, R I., where the and interesting people than the clairvoy-’ < i r e t h e i r origin as the children of a foot. Leather is sometimes used, hut the elephant, in spite of its docile disposi auce which they undoubtedly display. gigantic uiastodonsanrus which had for sandal is generally made of colored silk tion, was shot aud killed. As the ‘•in Often she has been told of occurrences merly infested the coa; t. cordage mid woolen cloth. The Siam stitu te ” contained no other attractions in another part of the building which T heir village was ou the site of the sin e has the form of an ancient canoe, the mail narrator had no possible n atu tne show closed. The same proprietors present city of W icl.ita, somewhere witli a gondola bow and an open toe. then imported a second elephant, which ral way of learning, and which were ex near the soap works, and was laid out The soléis made of wood, and tho upper they also called Old Bet, and they en actly correct as related. This curious in town lots even into tho bed of the of inlaid wood and cloth, aud the ex larged their exhibition by adding to the fact would not surprise the psychical sea. terior is elaborately ornamented in col collection a lion and a two horse cage student who lias a perfect belief in the They were brown skinned, bcat^lless, ors w ith gold and silver. The sandal undiscovered lim itations of the subject and one monkey in a box strapped on to and w ith hair black as the alluvial soil worn by the Egyptians is composed of a the hind end of the lion's cage. The ive mind, bnt to most of us it is bnt and stiff as the whiskers of the giant sole made by sticking together three further uncanny proof of the existence second Old Bet landed in 1833. Follow post tertiary leopard. thicknesses of leather. This is held to ing her to these shores the next pachy of more things in heaven anil earth than T heir numbers had brought ahont the foot bypassing a hand across the in derm to arrive seems to have been Mo are dreamed of in our philosophy.—New many improvements in the mode of liv step. Tlie sandal is beautifully stitched gul, a very big fellow w ith long tusks, York Times. ing, snch as w earing loin cloths of n a w ith threads of different colors. who was burned on the steamer Royal tive grasses and the hanging of shells E le c t r ic E le v a to r » . T ar between St. Jo h n ’s and Portland, N o v e l P o c k e t S c isso r s. A well known electrical authority has from the ear anil nose. Me.—Chicago Inter Ocean. For generations tho fashion of flatten A novel pair of pocket scissors in Lon pointed out that it is now as easy and A lli g a t o r T e e t h . don do duty as a cigar aud Cower cutter, cheap to have an electric elevator in a ing tho forehead had prevailed. Chug bad sm all hands and feet, was gas pliers, ordinary pliers, wire cutter, In 1890 about 250 pounds of alligator private house as in a laige office b u ild teeth were sold, hunters receiving from ing. Tlie cost of operating an electric hairy as a cave lion aud wore whiskers, com tester, paper knife, nail knife, $1 to $2 a 1*mini for them. They are re elevator in, say, a five story house, ami besides his head was not flattened. screwdriver, a 8 inch measure, a piuch- Such a m onstrosity could net bo per er aud a railw ay key.—Loudon Stand moved by burying the heads and rotting making 50 or 60 trips a day, w ill not ard. out the teeth. Of the best teeth about exceed $3 or $4 per month. The devices m itted to live. The natural curiosity of the Tushe- 70 make a pound. The stuffing of a lli for operating these' elevators have been Dews are least abundant on islands gators and the polishing of the teeth so improved th at an invalid or a child tuslies, however, impelled them to nurse give employment to 40 persons. U nfor can manage them. The old lever attach Chug to life to see w hat lie was like and on ships in midocean. Seamen near ing land can tell that fact by reason of tunately alligators grow very slowly. ment can be dispensed w ith, and the when well. Tho job of nursing Cling fell to Sun- the deposits of dew on the vessel. At 15 years of age they are only 2 feet elevator ascends or descends on the pres lung. A 12 footer may he suppuaed rea sure of a button. It w ill stop only at bird, the only daughter of tho old chief. A clergyman was censuring a lady for Sue marveled at the brawny propor tig h t lacing. “ W e ll,” replied she, sonably to be 75 years old. It is believed each floor aud w ill start only when the that they grow as long as they live, aud elevator door is closed.— Boston Journal tions of tho strange voyager. “ wonld you recommend loose habits to She whiled away the long hours by jo u r parishioners?” probably they lire hiuger than any o th of Commerc«. '* p la itin g his w h it e r } aud grooming h ij er anim als.—P hiladelphia Ledger. r h e y U » < M c u ta l I J o a llt l e . N o t r o u e m c d by O th er A n im a l» I n t e r e s t in g s t o r ie s LAST CENTURY HIGHWAYMEN. W u e u T h e y W ei « . » » : • S ca ffo ld , T itle d L a d ie s V, . p t F o r T h e m . The gentleman of the road was long the terror of the highway between Ken sington and Kuiglitsbridge. As late as the year 179'.) a detachm ent of light horse was employed to patrol nightly from Hyde park corner to the former place. F.iot passengers w aited until a piarty eonld be made up sufficiently strong for m utual protection, a bell be ing lung when a start was deemed prude it. An extract from Lady Cow per's diary in 1715 speaks volumes: “ 1 was at Kensington, where 1 in tend! il to stay as li ag as the camp was in Hyde park, the roads being so secure by it that one m ight come from London at any tim e in the night w ithout dan ger, which I did very often.” The romance which such w riters as Ainsworth have given to the highw ay men is not so highly colored as may iic supposed. Daring his brief term of of fice he was a man of note, the darling of the fair sex, the hero of play and ditty. H edaneednt Ram high and dined at the clubs w ith im punity, and when at h ist he became notorious enough to he worth apprehension lie pu. sed in triu m phal procession from Newgale to T y burn, dressed in the newest fashion, bowing gracefully to tho windows, where ladies of position shed real tears of grief, and gayly quailing a farewell enp w ith adm iring friends of his own sex. The courtly McLean—grocer aud gal lant—made Hyilo pmk his chief scene of action. Here on a November night in 1749 he nearly put an end to Horace Walpole himself. That gentlem nn’s coach was stopped by McLean and his accomplice, Plunket, as he was re lu m ing fiom Holland House. A pistol, ac- ciilentaliv going off. grazed the sk ill un der bis eye, ¡mil stunned him. “ The ball went through the topof the chariot, and if I had sat an inch nearer to the left side m ust have gone through my head. ” B ut lie freely forgave the fasci nating scoundrel, when the law at last intervened. He w rites: “ My friend McLean is still the fashion. Have not I reason to call him mv friend? lie says if the pis tol had shot me lie had another for him self. Can I do less tlitui say I w ill he hanged if he is?” H e gives tin amusing description of the rush that was made to see the condemned man in Newgate. Three thousand people visited him in his cell oil the first Sunday after the sentence, so th at he fainted twice from the heat. The noble members of W hite’s came in a body. Lady Caroline P eter sham and other ladies of title wept over him and uttered broken words of com fort. “ Some of tho brightest eyes were at this timo in te a rs.” —A talanta. SUBDUING A TERROR. The In to x ic a te d W o o d sm a n R an » A ffains.t a M an F r o m B ra d fo rd . Up “ I ’m the best man on this tr a in !” shouted an intoxicated woodsmau as he swaggered into the smoking car at a lit tle way station on the Buffalo, Rot Hes ter and Pittsburg. “ I'm tlio best man on this tra in !” he repeated, anil smacked his fists fiercely. As lie repeated tiic assertion with ad ditional emphasis u dr.de who was smok ing »cigarette sneaked into another car and tlio other passengers wore a troubled look. B ut a man ou a back seat, who lives in Bradford, walked up to the would be terror and said calm ly : "S tranger, you say you are the best man ou the train. If that is tho case, w h at’s the use in making such a fuss about it? I think you are the worst man ou the train —certainly the worst be haved. When I sie a fellow acting like yon arc doing I set him down as a cow ardly bully mid a miserable, sn aking cur. Now sit down. ” The terror bail evidently received a serious setback, hut, ho d id n ’t like to appear to be too easily subdued. Ho he s a id : “ T hink you are a better man thgn I A P R O M IN E N T HAD RANCHMAN SUFFERED H e Say» T h at H is WHO LONG. D o cto r and F r ie n d « H a d G iv e n H im U p —H i» M i r a c u lo u s C ure. From (he Colorado F arm er, D enver, Colo. “ I should hope so ,” said the other. “ You’re a li a r !” exclaimed the ter ror, anil made a pass at him. T hat is w here lie made the mistake. The gentleman from Bradford let go w ith his right and sent the fellow- spraw ling ¡'.gains', the iron portion of a seat, cutting liis head so that it required five stitches to sew up the gash. A fter he had recovered somewhat and began to realize w hat had liappeued he sa id : “ I d id n ’t think the dashed thing was loaded. ” — Punxsutawney Spirit. V a lu e o f A r t e a ia a W e lls . In many parts of the country artesian wells may he bored and w ill furnish riinniug streams at the surface. This is due of course to the formation of the under strata o f the earth, and if one is fortunate cupngh to strike a good vein the supply w ill lie abundant. In por tions of the south artesian wells have been boreil to the depth of 1.200 feet. O lio of these wells was finished in less than three weeks, stiiking a vein ■ f w a ter 1,200 feet below the surface; hat f lr- nislies an outpour sufficient for tho tow n’s uses. It is not an uncommon oc currence that one must drill the second tim e into a well to secure a permanent supply of water. It is a curious fact th at after one has reached a e n ta iu depth piping is unnecessary. A well in New York state was dug to a depth of 150 feet and furnished a rea sonahle supply of w ater by pumping. After tho second season it gave out en tirely, when the d rill was put in anil nearly 200 feet more were cut through before w ater was reached. For the first 150 feet the pipe went down, hut after that the w ater rose through the cut in the earth, there being consistency aud firmness enough in the soil toniako pip ing unnecessary.— New York Ledger. H u x le y C lia lls T y n d a ll. T yndali was, I think, ouo of the ear liest ln e m h i s of the A lpine elnb, but he seceded after an unfortunate dispute, which arose in connection w ith his own successful attem pts o il the Matterhorn and Mr. W hymper's ascent of that peak, anil it was not till three or four years before liis death that he again attended one of tho annual dinners of the club, where lie and Professor Huxley were among the guests of the evening. Both orated, but in the particular art of after dinner speaking Tyndall was not the equal of his brilliant rival, and his labored aud rather egotistical u tter ances contrasted unfavorably w ith the delicate persiflage of Huxley, who, by the way, dialled him unm ercifully on that occasion as being one of the goats and not one of the sheep—the goats who climbed the arid locks, while the sheep, among whom Huxley reckoned himself, browsed contentedly on the rich pas tures below.— Blackwood’s Magazine. G o t I t M ix ed . “ When is a ship like aw om au? When she is in stays. ’’ “ By George,” exclaimed Fenderson when he heard this old tim er, " I ’ll spring that ou the boarders tonight I” •■aid he did. When they had all given it up, he exclaimed w ith pride and p'eas- ure in his eyes, ‘When it has its corset on—no; that doesn’t Eonnd just right either. But I ’m sure it was something about corsets, aud i' ¡truck me as pretty cute when I heard i t .” —Boston T ran HEBE BELOW . H O W ’S T H IS ! ■•Mail w an ts b n t little h ere below, and w an ts th a t little lo n g ,” an d ju s t as lo n g as he can get it. T he w ords o f th e old h y m n have a m ean in g , w h ich , in te rp e ’.ed th a t as th e absence o f all pain is su p rem e h ap p i ness. it is very little to ask lo he freed from it. A sh o rt c u t to th e a tta in m e n t ot th is is to ti e S t. Jaco b s Oil I t Is a little th in g to get, b u t th e a m o u n t o f good ii does in th e Cure of p ain s is so m e th in g en o rm o u s. W e offer One H un-inni Dollar* rew ard for an y case ot C a ta rrh th a t c a n n o t be cu red hv H u ll’s C n tarrh C ure. F. J . C H E N E Y A CO., P rop*., Toledo, O. W e th e u n d ersig n ed , have know n F . J. Chei.ey for tlie last 15 w a r s , a n d believe him p erfectly h o n o rab le in all business tian sa ctio n » am i fin an cially ab le to carry out an y «>hligation m ade bv th e ir firm . \\ k » t A T bcax , W holesale D ru g g ists, To ledo, O W a iiu s g . K ikkax A M arvik , W holesale D ru g g ists, Toledo. O. H a ll's C a te rrh C ure is tak en in te rn a lly , H istoric W heat. ac tin g d irectly upon th e blood an d m u Experts on the subject of bread grains cous su rfaces ot th e sy stem . Price, 75c per say th at wheat can he traced buck into b o ttle. Sold by a b Di ugg sts. T estim o n the dim past across Ihe line marked by ials Free. David S. Green, who is past middle life, a m an of tine physique, strong, vigorous aud buoyant, w ent to Colo rado in 1860 and now resides a t 2127 G ran t avenue, Denver. He is well the advent cf historic man into the dim i known in Colorado and Indian Terri-1 ■hades of the stone age. It has been tory as a cattlem an, and is also known known in Egypt aud in the valleys of in Colorado m ining circles by “ old the Euphrates and the Tigris since the ; tim ers.” He is a mem ber of T rin ity . tim e when history "ru n n eth not to the 1 M. E. church of th is city and well contrary. ” The prehistoric races which i De|»ends upon a known in M ethodist circles, and a fa formerly lived in the famous “ lake h ealth y body and m iliar figure on the streets of Denver. dwellings, ” which were built on plat-I a co ntented m ind. He is a gentlem an of intelligence aud forms supported by piles driven in the culture, com m unicative and affable. lakes of Sw itzerland, had their mealing Ou the f iis t day of F ebruary, 1893, stones, w heat mortars, sickles and other . Mr. Green received a serious in ju ry to grain harvesting aud flonm iaking appa- i Is seriously in d m ger the spine, occasioned by slipping w hile ratus at least 4,060 years ago. Wheat I un less your blood is suppoitiug a heavy w eight. The in- ' found in ancient Egyptian tombs and in i rich, red an d pure. jury was very paiuful, and in a few tlio ruins of the lake dwellings referred days he w as helpless. Through the to is identical w ith that which lias so long m onths of suffering th a t followed bountifully blessed the husbandm an in he was reduced in strength and flesh the 7\1 ississippi valley in this season of u n til his nervous system was w ell uigli 1895.—St. Louis Republic. exhausted; he was brought to the bor der land of paralysis. His entire right S e e k in g S a fe ty . side was threatened w ith this malady. , F ranlein Mabel (to her young man)— Is th e One T ru e Blood Purifier Tlie spinal colum n anil base of the B ut now yon m ust ask papa tor his con P ro m in en tly in th e Public Eye. brain were a battery of pain aud tor- i sent. PTT T Q cu reaU liv erb is,b U io u a- ture, aud naught w as left him but to Yonng Man (very shy)—Oh, certain TlfHYTI’Q J a W lf M * t» m ness, headaches. 25c, suffer ou aud w ait for the end. ly! Your—papa—has— 1 hope—a—tele- W hile in this condition aud utterly phono—at his—office?— Uebur Laud und HERCULES hopeless of help (as his physician and Meer. the best medical counsel proved power N E W W A Y E A S T -N O D U ST . less), his attention was providentially called to Dr. W illiam s’ P ink P ills Go E a s t from P o rtla n d , P en d leto n , W alla As a drow ning m an clutches a t a straw W alla via O. R. N. to S pokane an d Great ...E N C IM E S ... so ho caught a t P ink P ills aud im m edi N o rth ern R ailw ay to M ontana, D akotas, St. ately began to improve. He com P aul, M inneapolis, C hicago, O m aha, St menced their use about the m iddle of Louis, E ast a n a S o u th . R o ak-hallast track : sc e n e ry ; new e q u ip m e n t G reat N orth March last, and today his pains are e fine m Palace" Sleepers a n d D iners; F a m ih nearly gone, aud all the alarm ing symp T o u rist C a rs; B uffet-L ibrary C ars. Writ» toms of paralysis have disappeared and C. C. D onovan, G eneral A gent. P o rtlan d , the original injury is rapidly im prov O regon, or F. I. W h itn ey G. P. A T. A. P a u l, M m n.. for p rin te d m a tte r and in ing H is general health aud flesh are St. fo rm atio n abo t rate.-, ro u tes, etc. returning, liis usual elasticity of sp irit autl vivacity are restored, aud an hour’s W e b a ’-e n o t been w ith o u t T i<o’s Cure conversation is sufficient to convince for C o n su m p tio n fo r2 0 y e a rs .— L izzir F er - , C am p S t., H a rris b u rg , Pa., May 4 one th a t to P ink P ills is due a change RE' UM . alm ost m iraculous. F I r a .- A H F its »topped f ee b- I r Klin»-*» In conversation w ith a representa G r«-atN e»v»* K e n t o r e r . N o F ’ts »iter tlie iir»i tive of the F arm er, Mr. G reen said: day’» use. MarveloiL. cures. Treatise and j‘2 00 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Seud to Dr. Kune. “ I have not been ou the street for sev «31 Arch Kt , Philadelphia. Pa. enteen m ouths till tw o or three days T ry Q xrmea for h'ertufa’-i ago, but I am so much better. It is a surprise to me and to my friends, yes, NOTED FO R ... and to my doctor too. The fact is I have been a t death’s door. No one S IM P L IC IT Y thought there was any help for me; STRENGTH even my doctor thought I never would ECONOMY be any better! B ut here I am w alking S U P E R IO R W.ORK* about ns you see, and to me it is w on M A N S H iP ... derful! and perhaps you w ill hardly IN EVERY D E T A IL believe mo when I tell you w hat did it Thn»p engines arr» acknow ledged bv exne.-t —it w as Dr. W illiam s’ P ink P ills for engineer* t<> be w orthy of h ig h est com in-n a- tion for bhnpiicity, hivh grade m aterial aud eu- Pale People.” perior w. k iia u th ip T. ey develop th e full It is due to suffering hum anity th at actu al hor> power, end run w ith o u t an e b c tric •■park b a ritry ; th e system of ignition is sim ple, the story of Mr. G reen be told. H is | im xp» u i . e and reliab le For pum ping o .fltg kindness of heart aud generous im for irrig atin g put no be-ter eng Die can ba f<*uiid < n t k,e Pacific eoas . For h oisting outfits pulses would rejoice in spreading the for m ines thev have met w itu l.ighert spur val. fame of a remedy th a t has brought him For in e rm u te n t pow er th e ir economy is uu- questioi.ed. from the valley of death to enjoy the pleasures of a loving home. H is physician is a gentlem an w ell- STATIONARY AND KAEINE ENGINES known in Denver, has lived here many — m AurrACTrnBb b y — years aud built up a good practice. He Brings comfort and improvement, and is broad-minded aud in good standing tends to personal enjoym ent when in the best m edical circles in the city. rightly used. The many, who live bet P O R T LA N D . OR. Anyone w ishing to do so, can readily ter than others and enjoy life more, with satisfy him self as to the facts herein 'ess expenditu-e, by more promptly Send for catalogue. related. adapting the wo. Id’s best products to Dr. W illiam s' P ink P ills contain all the needs of physical being, will attest cunt ’ s the elem ents necessary to give new life lie value to health of the pure liquid IXPBOVKO aud richness to the blood and restore Hxative principles embraced in tin shattered nerves. They are sold in remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting boxes (never in loose form , by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, or in the form most acceptable and pleas A M ild P h y s ic . O n e PHI f o r a D am *. six boxes for $2.50, and may be had of ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly a movfcoient of the bowelt day is nocsaaanr fcr health. These pills supply wi at th e system lacks to all druggists or directly by m ail ^from beneficial properties of a jierfect lax m ake i t n^guiar. They cur« H aadache. brig h te n th tt ative ; effectually cleansing tlie system, Dr. W illiam s' Medicine Co., Schenec Eyes, and clear the Complexion betterthan vothnette? dispelling colds, headaches and fevers 1 hey n e ith e r grip»! nor aick •*n. “ 11» oo n n n o e yoa, $r<s tady, N. Y. ana perm anently curing constipation wh I m ail wimpla free <>r full J ux f T 25c. Soi l every. Y our H appiness Y o u r H e a lth Hood’s S a r s a p a r illa GAS’ flND-GASOklHH KNOWLEDGE American Type Founders’Co. an. L IV E R P IE L S A r t if ic ia l M a r b le. am, do yon?” script. VALLEY OF DEATH. “ Niue tenths of the marble topp'd tables ami so on—w hat I might call fu r niture marble—seen in this country are made of artificial m arble,” said a man in the trade. Thousands of tons of this mock m ar ble tiro made annually, and even men in rite trade can scarcely tell the differ- eucc between the real anil the false a r ticle, for the m arkings or m arblings go wholly through the block and are not merely superficial. The basis of the win ! ■ is a i imbination of limestone and chalk, which, chemically treated, can he made of any shade desired. The a r tificial marble in the rough is placed in ti v. ¡iter laith, and upon this is sprinkled a sort of varnish, consisting of sesqui- «¡xiilc of in n. gum and turpentine, aud sll manner of marbled designs are pro duced when the turpentine is broken up by the addition of water. Any pattern of m arbling can be pro duced to onlcr. Once such pattern ap pears. 'lie air is ixpelled from the blix'k and the colors are fixed by the im m er sion of the stone in sulphate and warm water baths, and then another bath of sulphate and zine so closes np the pores and hardens the stone that it acquires the density of the natural article ¡mil can l e cut and polished in the same m anner.—A tlanta Constitution. A H a n d s o m e B o n k Binding;« The only old gold and silver bound dia mond iucrusted book in the world is en shrined in the holy Mohammedan city of Isuan-Ruza, Persia. Tho book is of course a copy of the Alkoran. and is a gift from AI-d-nr-Rah man, ameer of Afghanistan. Tlie covers of this unique volume, the sides of which are by 4 inches, are of solid gold plates one- eighth ( f an inch in thickness, lined with silver sheets of the same thickness. The centerpiece, as well as the cor ners, is a symbolic design w rought in diamonds, rubies and pearls. The center figure is a crescent, w ith a star between its J n’^j, the whole design being com posed of 109 sm all diamonds, 1G? pearls and 122 rubies. The diamonds ou each corner, which are almost hidden in the golden setting, and the orange colored lacquer w ith which they are fastened are each worth about $5,000. The book itself is on parchment, entirely w ritten by hand. It is valued at $125,000. There arc said to have been over 100,000 visitors pre-m t in Isnan Ruza the day the holy re! e v a s enshrined.—Philadel phia Record. T R I P S I 'N D E K T A K E N F O B i i E A I . T H ’S It has given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels w ithout weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug gists in 50c ami $1 hotties, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, yon will not qi-c^nt. anv substitute if offered. A*ec. John Reid, Jr., where D R BO SA N K O i l t D. ( <»., p;.-i.»<je j hi», Pa. AXLE CREASE BEST IN IKE WORLD. Ite w earing q u a litie s are u n su rp assed ,actu ally o u tla stin g two boxes ot anv o th e r brand. Free from A nim al Oils. G E T T H E G K N U I N K . FOR SAKE BY OREGON AND / I g r W A S H IN G T O N H F K C H A N T S - ^ > an d DeaJers generally. FRINK SiDDILLS SOI?! I t is th e be>t soap in the w orld F rin k Siddall says s<», and w»- s t\ »o too. Everyone wi o has tried it tlrink» so. Have you tried it? J u r price i* 10 rent* a e a k .. P you m ention 'ris p an er we’ll give you nil e x tra ' ake for m e h dol lar’s w or’h .o r s e U 86 cakes io - |3.25 Trv 1». S m ith ’s Cash Store 414 4 6US h ro n tb t.,8 . F. Cal. Great Falle, M ont., reevm mended F iv e Cream lla ln to tne. I ean em jhaeize hi statem ent. " I t is a cure fo r catarrh directed."— Rev. Poole, P astor C entral Pres. Church. Helena. M ont. M R FO S. R W lHSLlhiS S os ° ytrhu ’£ g - - C H IL D R E N T E E T H IN G F or Mie by a ll i>rugv!«n. V3 C« nt« a battle. S Itching U R and E Blto C U R E for P IL E S l. Bleeding or Frotrudtna Piles sirio at >,nre OR. B O -S A N -K O 'S PILF. R E M E O Ï . > s- .vh cure. Circulars ren" tree. Price 50c. l » t u « i > u $ r a a i .. DK. BUSANKO, FhU»., Fu. m g , a ti'o rb s tu n o r '. N. P. N. Ü. No. 622 —R. F. N. U. No. 69» T im e ly W a rn in g . The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of W a lte r B aker & Co. (established in 1780) has led to the placing on the market many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of their name, labels, and wrappers. Walter Baker & Co. are the oldest and largest manu facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are I used in their manufactures. Consumers should ask for, and be sure that they get, the genuine Walter Baker & Co.’s goods. WALTER BAKER & CO., Limited, DORCHESTER, M ASS. If you w ant a sure relief for pains in the back, side, chest, or limbs, use an Allcock’s Porous Plaster B e a r in M i n d —Not one of the host of counterfeits and imi tations is as g*ood as the genuine. FERTILIZER CITilOKIID B“^ J U S T O U T—SEND FO R ONE ^ on " 2 0 5 T h ird S t....P O R T L A N D SAK E Will lx* rendered more beneficial, and the fa tigqe« of ir vel c u n t• raeted, if tlie voyager w ill tulle Hlo: g w ith him tetter*» Sroi. ach B ut: rs, Mud use th a t pr« t ctive and e nabling tonic, ner .e D-v'go u n t and appe iz e r n g u l rly. In p u ritie « in Mira .1 w ater is neulr.-iliz d by ir, at. it 1 -a matchlea» tra n q u lizer and r< gulHtoi or th e stom ach. ID e r a n d bowel- It counter acts m alaria, rh e u m a i m and b tendency to k Cney and blad e r a i menta. “ O i the w hole,” rem a-ked t t e hor?e, reflect ively. *1 c an ’t say th a t I res. ret ti e hie cle. You b e -th e red haired g irl joke was b lin k in g re proach upon m y m ay h>iir-. D .aih b tf >re dib honor, do n ’t you k n o w .” RE t FOR CUBES WtitKfc Ail ELSE FAILS. Befct Cough feyrup. T&ttes Good. U( In time. Sold by drugyleta. W E L L -K N O W N BEER -----(IN KEGS OK KOTri.ES)----- Second to none— N o m a lerwnen* from MALARIA I Thre»* do-ea only. Try it. T R V I T ... PO RTLAND, OR. DO YOU FE E L BAD? DOKS YOUR BACK ache? Does everv step seem a burden? Yon need M O O RE’ S REVEALED REM EDY. “ H E T H A T W O R K S E A S IL Y , W O R K S S U C C E S S F U L L Y .” C L E A N H O U S E W IT H SAPOLIO
