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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-23
THE RETURN OF THE SCHOONER.


Four days had passed away before
Captain Williams was enabled to re-
turn to the spot where Jorgensen had
been LETT, and it was with much pleas
ure that the Swede was found alive and
well, although changed in appearance
to All extraordinary degree.
Jorgensen lad strange story to tell.
The Fox had escaped notwthstand-
ing the Swede's craftsmanship, but So
exciting was the chase that he must
have wandered mics III pursuit before
lie gave W the bushy-ta game and
thought OF returning to the boat. The
olate description, chaotic masses of vol
canic rocks lay around in confusiou,
and not shrub or tree OF any discrip-
ton broke the desolation. Here aud
there were crevasses, or rents III the
earth, at the dark bottom OF which
small but rapid streams worked tor.
tuous course along their rocky beds,
and beside these streams there grew
huge masses OF lichen, such as Jorgen-
sen had never seen before. From other
ravines or cracks in the eartl,'s crust
there arose heavy volumes of steam,
impregnating the air with sulphnrons
smell. Jorgensen was man of limited
imagination, though good shot, ye,
so impressed was he with the horrible
that he declared it seemed
TO him as if he were locking upon
piece of the earth as it must have been
before any living creature pnt foot there
on. Progress even OF matter had net
visited this spot, which retained tie
ghastly desulat!ou of the pre- Atlantic
wor d. Il was not surprising that
among the irregularities OF such coun-
try he should find such difficulty in
keeping his way, for though by climb
ing to the hight of some escarpment he
was enabled to see the sea. almost as
soon as he descended from bis lookout
he became lost in a maze of bolder-
strewn canyons. When at length he
reached the shore, struggling sgainst
the gale that shreked over both lat.l
aud sea, he saw :he White. Haze
with shortcned Ea'l flying TO the west.
ward. lie took in the situation at
once and was confident that Captain,
Williams would return for him As eoo.,
as the storm abatetl.
i WEARY WATT.
There was nothing TO do but wait
and when after supperIess nights
camping ons, be woke to 6nd no sig0sl
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-23
4 SECOND TASTE.

The supposed pebble which. had
been broken in its tall lay there as he
had left it, but the contents had altered
in condition and were now but dry,
viscid film. Jorgensen was shrewd
enough to put this change down as due
IL The action OF the air. and saw that
il he wished to experiment be would
have to do SO with q freehly-broken
pebble. Selecting one of the chalky-
locking stones, he carefully broke the
crust and found it to contain small
quantity Of the rose-tinted jelly which
he was in search Of. y ith character
istic caution, he again bnt touched his
tongue to tho matter and then gathered
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-23
PROTOPLAsM.
Hans JOrsensem's Strange but Fatal
Discovery.

In September 1879, the schooner
TVh te Woce sailed from San Fran
cisco bound for the North Pacific, there
e. shoot sea otters and seals. The souls
on board were few, consisting only OF
the Captain, Richard Williams by
name and an Englishman by birth, al
though he had become a naturalized
citizen OF the Z. S., three sailors, cook
and two sharp.shooters, one named
Seth. Mitchell, native Of Connecticut,
and the other called Hans Jorgensen,
Swede. The White TTace was built
to stand weather, and was as taut
craft SIS eN er came off the New Haven
stocks, but she had occasionally to ewn
that the elements were her superior.
The up tlip was made in good time.
and the fishing, or rather sporting
grounds off the Island OF St. George
were reached without accident or even
encouuterirg a rough day. About the
end OF the month, however, a furious
gale sprang mp suddenly from the
southwest and drove the schooner across
to within few leagues OF the Aleu-
tian Islands. According to the Cap
taln's log-book, which has heeu placed
at the disposal OF Chronicle reporter,
it appears that on the 28th of Septem-
Der, being then or about so degrees
north latitude and l68 degrees west
longitude, he sehs boat ON shore to
one of the Islands which was quite new
to him, to look for water, the boat'r
crew consisting of two sailors and
Hans Jorgensen. Whilst on shore the
Swede, who had his rifle with hirn,
started iii chase OF fox. The gale
vas now blowing due west, and as
the Captain found himself drifting, he
made urgent Signals for the immediate
return of the bust. Jurgenseu ha3
not come back, and the sailors, alter
deflUeratlon, rowed to the schooner
with same difficulty to acquaint Cap
tain Williams of the fact. The Cap
:ain was, as may be imagined, excess,
lively irfitated, and was in much doubt
what to do when the wind settled the
difficulty by raising in sudden fury
aud driving the schooner still further
westward.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-23
a QUEER SENSATION.

Some hours were passed iii thus wait
ing, when overcome by weakness lie fell
into deep sleep, from whicil lie was
awakened by sensation which, lac said j.,
was almost precisely like that which
suscitated after having been pulled out
mote than half drowned from one of
his native .IJords. The acute ,ihgling
sensation was once more felt, and it
seemed as though the pains Of a new
life werNupon him. What astonished
him so much as anything was to find
that the hunger-cravings had entirely
gone lie felt strong and refreshed.
At first he was inclined to be suspicious
Of this release of pain aud new vigor,
thinking it to be but the glow of the
spark before extinction but when lie
found himself enabled 10 walk miles
without fatigue aud was troablM with
no more inconvenience from his long
fast, he became convinced that his
hunger had been appeased. In search
ing tor the cause he naturally could
but think Of tile gelatinous matter which
lie had tasted. To imagine, however,
that the intinitesimal quantity ot.this
remarkable substance, it indeed he had
swallowed any at all, could have pro-
dnced such astonishing results, seemed
highly absurd. The next day, after
having wondered up and down the
bleak country and along the desolate
shore without any symptoms OF weari-
ness. he again visited the guich where
ha had f;,und the #olutinous deDosit.
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i WEARY WATT.

There was nothing TO do but wait J.
and when after supperIess nights.
camping ons, be woke to find no sigos7
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-04-23

OF the schooner, and a gnawing at his
stomach, it became necessary to look
for something to eat. The search on
tie near land was entirely fruitless, and
he did not dare to go far from shore
Tor fear of missing the schooner. Shore
and sea seemed alike uuprudu ductive in
this desolate region, and Jorgensen
was beginning to fear death by starva-
ton when strange chance provided
him with food. Weakly crawling to
the summit of an eminence which rose
about d half-mile in-shore, and which
he had been accustomed to use as
lookout, he was overcome with some
thing like a tainting fit, aud fell back
wards, rolling down gulch which lay
on tie land side When he recovered
consciousness be found that the stock
of his rifle, which he had invol unfairly
retained hold of, bad struck against one
of a number OF rebbly- looking
objects which lay around, and i'll so
striking had broken it. The broken
object lay within few inches of Jor-
geusen's head, and he could see that the
pebble was in reality but slight shell
or lime or sulphur or something he
was not geologis; enough TO say what
covering quantity of jelly. 1t looked
like jelly, anyhow, to the famished
man, and raising himself Oh his hands
aud knees he took up piece OF the
broken object and examined it closely.
This closer inspection of the contents of
the limeshell showed the jelly to be of
the consistency of molten glue, to
be of q light rose color, and to be
possessed of a rather acrid smell.
What surprised Jorgei!sen was, to
notice that although at first sight the
jelly looked to be plain uniform body,
the substance was in reality composed
of au intini,y of minute cells, like, he
Thoughts, the roe OF hSh whist through
out its body stretched number OF li:sa:
menl< like the softes. floss silk. The
Swede touched the gela,inous matter
with his finger, took up small quan,i-
ty put it first to his nose then I'd his
mouth, and preferring the chances of
s,ccor or death hy starvation to the
possibility OF death by poisoning, very
gingerly applied his tongue to the jelly.
1t had by no means pleasant taste,
and what .Jopgersen swallowed would,
he imagined y not have killed cat.
Throwing tie half shell and its con-
tentss aside, with an expression and
splitter of disgust, J"rgersen climbed
to his post to watch for the White
Ware AID lie,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27
CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE.

1t was rumored in the dispatches a few
days ago that there had been 8 -z=r-s
in the Cabinet, and that John Sherman
had determined to surrender the Secre-
taryship Of the Treasury about April LIST
An exchange explains the unpleasantness,
as follows:
II is rumored in Washington that the
Gem puzzle was the real cause of the rup-
ture between Sherman and the President
The other day. so tie story runs. the Sec
rotary dropped into the White House. and
found his Excellency seated in the back
pArlor. with the awful puzzle on his knees.
and the great beads Of agony On his fore
head.
What are you doing, Euthey asked
the jovial Secretary
oh, trying 10 make out this blamed Is
business"
The Secretary's eyes izinkled- why. l
thought that Was settled long ago; said be,
: 8 to Z, you know.
His Exrelleney kicked the box out OF the
window. and when Mrs. Hayes rushed In.
under the belief that : surprise party had
captured the house. she found Rutherford
looking ~ ~diispidslei As If he had just
finished q ST. Pafriek's d2y Grafton. As
for Mr.. ShermAn-Eell. tne report Of q
felon On his left thumb dos not explain the
patch Of sticking plaster over lis right EYE
brow.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

We have heard a great deal about
Blaine's magnetism, and all that, but we
do not remember to have seen much said
regarding his personal beauty. Now the
Reno Gazette tells all about that. Pre-
suming that the editor OF that wide awake
journal knows the truth wher of he
speaks, we have experienced a sense of
"letting down" In our estimate Of the
Maine statesman. The Reno Gazette,
which IS good Republican authority, and
not likely to be biased against the Ssn-
ator, says that, in personal appearance he
is almost the IA fac simile Of Boss
Tweed. We will allow the Gazette to
describe him as follows:
"Senator Blaine's admirers are adver-
Using his personal beauty. The truth is
he is anything but handsome He looks
as much ike Boss Tweed As his thinner
build will permit. He wears the amt
hair and beard, and the same overshad-
owing nose As Tweed's to a fraction To
increase his homeliness he has lost the
teeth from the right side Of the jaw, and
in order to articulate plainly. he speaks
through the left side Of his mouth. Mr..
Blaine's beauty viii never make him
President
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27
Ellie WiltOn-s Dilemma.

There is a tendency to make skirts for
street wear. narrow and rigid. They are
not tied back. as formerly, and are sensibly
short enough to clear the ground but they
are so braced, fastened and shored with
strings that q wearer, if once overturned
in a gutter would be as a cast COW, and
would require lifting back to her feet.
Something OF the kind happened at the
Union Square Theater the other night.
Miss Wilton. the actress from California,
consoles herself for q bad part by wearing
several costumes Of g stunning character.
She is said 10 nave brought away enough
bonanza money from the Pacific coast to
indulge in such fancies. One Of the suits
puts her into about the condition Of q
trussed duck. Hurrying up to the stage
from the cramped dre~ssing-rooms under
meath. she tripped and fell on the landing.
Are you hurt?" Stage Manager Parselle
asked.
"Oh, no - she answered.
Then WIZ don't you get upf Hurry f;
the stage il waiting" he said.
Il can't - and she lay passively on her
face. Pm down like q ten-pin /; set me
up again."
He did so.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

has BEEN secretly confined in a room at Der
h. M IN Hartford. dusing the whole period
since. Previous TO her DEATH which oc-
CURED Q few days ago. she confessed all OF
the particulars. Her mo'her and SISTER
Jennie are under arrest The father OF the
child was VIM. Bay. a miller OF Hartford,
now Of Nebraska.
Weakening on Grant
CHICAGO, March 26.-The Times Wash
ington special says the third-termers here
have been interviewed on the report that
they are weakening on Grant, but not the
remotest hint Of = change Of front has
been given. Don Cameron says there Il
no detection worth mentioning from the
ranks Of III. third
A Negro Hanged for Murder.
ST.. CHARLES. Mo-. March 2e-William
Barton. 8 l6-year old negro. was hanged
this morning for the mnrder OF Jas ClAt-
t-rbeck. on February Is. 1873. A crowd
Of 2 1000 parsons was present. Barton con-
fessed the crime.
The CsloreI Vote for sherman.
GoLDsBoRo, n. c.. March 26.-The tvs
colored delegates elsctei to the Chirago
Convention, from this place are strong for
John sherman. The Grant men are aston
ished. as the calored vote was counted on
As solid for Grand.
Grnatto Withdraw.
BosroS, March 25.-The Advertiser re-
ceived a dispatch last evening from Wash
ington, stating thu; positive Information
has leen received that Grant will Withdraw
a. a candidate before the Chicago Conven-
ton meets.
ACycione.
WINFIELD. Kan, March "A barn and
a small building were carried sway this
morning by 5 cyclone. and neither has heen
found, NOT even = fragment, after 10 hours
search.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27
THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE COMMUTE AND The sASO-LOTTeRs.
A Card by the Peoples Committee
The AknSit Mines Richard
Mcpherson Shot Dead.
BY Telegraph to the sentinel

By Telegraph to the Sentinel
SAX FRANCISCO. March 26.-The evening
papers will publish the following card
To THE PUBLIc-We desire 20 tate that
no negotiations are going on, and no COM
munlcaiion Whatever is being lad between
this COMMITTEES and the representatives of
the sand lot. all rumors and statements TO
the contrary notwiths standing. By order
Of the Executive Committee Of Citizeus'
Protective Union ]. S. Cox, Sec'y.
1t will be noted that the card is couched
in the present tense. and is unquestiona-
bly, q strictly correct statement of the facts.
VICTORIA, B. c., March pa miner has
arrived from the Skagit mines. seven DAYS
from Ruby creek. He says the season is
backward. and adyi-es no one 10 go there
for . month 70 ONE The latest adyices
from Nicola state that the weather is still
as hard As deep snow and intense frost can
make IL. Between the LIST and 18th inst.
snow fell to a depth Of IL inches. The
prevailing winds are from the north. AID
the mercury frequently goes down 10 5. 10
and 80 deg ees belos zero, and at Douglas
and Minnie Lakes it fell to rs degrees be-
low z+ro.
MESDocISo, Cal. March 2e.--Richard
Mcpherson was shot yesterday afternoon,
about three miles south Of Noyo Mills, by
Young Mortier, and died in consequence
in tie evening.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27
OVER THE WATER.
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
The Trouble Resweea Russia and
China Attributed TO English
Influence A Prisoner
Liberated-An At
tempt So As
S~nssinafe.
lBy Telegraph to the sentinel.l


LONDON, March 26-.The Angsberg Ga
zette says that the pending trouble between
Russia and China is entirely n Of English
influence al Pekin. The Nord, Of Brussels,
refuses to believe this until it il confirmed.
bat maintains that Il China should enter
into 3 hostile league against Russia. she
viii receive 8 lesson that will cost her Kuld
ia. and England will nave the new ehagrin
OF seeing Russia strengthened in her hold
on the frontier If China
CoLoGSE- March ga musician who, in
July last. for speaking i'll Of the Emperor
william. was condemned TO IS months m
prisonment. has been liberated after serv-
ing 6 months Of his sentence, owing TO the
discovery that the two female witnesses on
whose testimony he was condemned had
committed perjury
TogoSTo. March ga man named Ben
nett, formerly employed as an engineer in
the Globe newspaper Office, but who was
discharged to-day for misconduct, entered
the room Of Hon. George Brown, at the
Office, and made a deliberate attempt to a.
sassinate him. Without a ward of warning
be aimed q pistol at the head II Brown. who
Was sitting al a desk. On hearing the ill.,
truder Brown arose. and as he did so re-
ceived q bullet IN his thigh. He at once
grappled with the intending murderer.
wre~ted the pistol from him. and threw
him down. The employees Of the estsb-
lishment hearing the shot rushed to
Browns assistance, and held Bennett until
a policeman arrived, who took him to the
station. Brown Is editor and proprietor Of
the Globe, 3 l-aier "f the reform party,
and a senator Of the Dominion.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

THM tut Fatter6On FfesH.
Abont forty-t~o or forty-three years ago
Pennington Ashton, then q young mar
ried man Of twenty-five or thereabnuts.
q foreman in a cotton mill here. went to
the Oecident to seek his fortune. He was in
Mexico and California. and ''all along the
coast" a traveller. a gold digger and pros
pector in general. but mainly engaged in
his old avocation in the cotton industry.
He was in the main successful. His wife
has always remained in Patterson, and
during the period. nearly or quite an or
binary lifetime, he has been home but
three times before his arrival the other day
to stay. The first time he was absent
twelve years. the second time twenty-five.
and the last time five or. six. His son,
Frank. 10 IN Rpssis ho!ding . very high
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

Or the twenty-nine papers Published
by colored men IN the United States all
but seven are in the South. Seven are
printed in North Carolina, three In Ten
nessee, three In Louisiana, two each In
Alabama, Texas AMI Missouri, and one
each IN MissssipPi, Virginia and Ken
lucky. Washington city has two of them.
New York two, and Kansas, California
and Pennsylvania one each.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

In the local columns Of this issue of the
srxrrsrL will be found . very entertain
ing correspondence. 1t relates to the
comips-Hoyt libel case set for trial at
Hamilton during the April term of the
D;str;ct Court Of White Pine county. 1t
viii be seen that Mr.. Hoyt makes a very
full and frank ~retraction Of the charges
preferred against Senator Comins- He
savs. to use his own words, that the
charges we're wholly unsubstantiated
by any facts whatever, or in other words
that they were wild and reckless, and
preferred in the heat Of partisan excite
ment. We have it from Judge Lansing.
counsel for Mr.. Comins, that the retrac-
ton and apology came entirely unsolicit-
ed by Senator Comins or any Of his
friends; that it was the free and volun-
tary oct of Mr.. Hoyt. If sincerely con-
WINGED Of his error, as be seems to have
been, il was manly on the part OF Mr..
Hoyt to acknowledge as much to the
man whom he had injured 1t was more
manly than to have attempted to bluff
the case through. unsupported by any
shadow Of testimony.
Those who know Senator Comins best
have never believed for a moment that
he was corruptly Influenced while a mem
Der Of the Legislature His judgment
may have been warped at times by per-
sonal friendship. but never by money
We feel like saying this much to the
credit Of Senator Comins, while having
held, and voted, directly the opposite OF
his position all the way through on the
railroad question.
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his wife. He explained that his wife had
always been a very patriotic m
The monument was made as ordered, the
stone for the base being red, the central
shaft white, and the upper parts blue, and
was placed over his w1fe's grave.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-27

A MARBLE cutter testified last week at
Philadelphia in the Whitaker will case
that Mr.. Whitaker ordered = red. white
end blns monument to b constructed for
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-10

Taking ordinary forty pound newspaper NJ
Ia average Of 1000 sheets (soid TO The foot,
one ssue Of those piled u 0 would measure Q, :
40 feet lnea ~ u mle) IN height, or fpr u
whole year $50, ~ feet lover M milsf) high,
Counting them Ill Al the average sze pi
2lNhl inches and placed end 10 end, one Issue
would extend 70,6ls,9hb feet (laas0 miles,
for ono yenr d2li ilh,l0B fet II, lhs,Ni
mles), ~ over fuln-seyen times around
the earth and five Times the distance from the
earth " the moon, IN n THOUSAND ems Of
type there are nearly 1000 different pieces,
md m m average lpur'page, eight column
paper sol In solid BREWER type, there ara llH
900 ems labouI $50 poulds), or 300 900
types 10 ole newspaper, 10 pdnt one ISSUE
nf the total 10, lBl pnpers Of this average sile
there must be handled nearly i've million
pounds Of type, NJ zoos, 76d, ron types, The
total number of edlluns nf all THESE dalles
weekles and monhIies for one year would
make 76i,7ad, and N print them occasions
the handlng OF 9,l7iiD0,si0Hp6 900 types
These averages ARE medium rather than max
mum. There susually twice rs much typ,,
nj least, In an office M will 81 the paper,
consequently for this porpose aloni there
must be 4 n million 70 lndtl vs., the value
Of which h about live million dollars.
The book Is N ba nm octave volume Of
nearly 900 pugDs and contains be,llo ull tie
American newspapers, n complete ~ Of MI
the lending foreign newspapers Of tho word,
even to the NJ l,hndf,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-10

From advance sheets of II. p. Hubbards
Newspaper Directory of the World" pub
lished by him at New Haven, Conn.,, we are
permitted to extract the following intere'-
ting and instructive facts and figures in
regard to newspapers There are 1871
American United States and Canada) news
papers-s99 dailies. s,42S weeklies, tri.week-
lies and semi-weekles, S04 monthlies and
,emi-moHthles. The total circ ulation of a
single issue ofesch of these papers (omitting
1920 not given) reaches the enormous ag-
gregate of 20,677 .53s copies, divided as fol-
low: Dsilies, 3,540,l56; weekles, tri-week-
lies and semi-monthlies, 3,625,95S. This is
an average Of 2,0il to each paper for single
issue, and taking all issues Of the whole for
one year grand total Of 1886, 473,592 copies.
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A snIcndId business for sale.

The proprctors of one Of the finest paying
restaurants In the state, with asulid aud
permanent custom, md enjoying m ooynble
reputation, which il worth money 10 any
man who knows how to run n tr,t-class res
taumnt, desires 10 sell out, Ms one Of the pro-
priclors Is compelled 10 lock after hls affairs
In another State, and she other hNa fruit
farm which requires his entire attention,
Here is u bonanza for some one. For fur
ther particulars enquire nj the nclmonro,
or address Fisher 4 Wildermm Sherman,
Texas, proprrtOrs,
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