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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-30
THIS A MAKE TROUBLE
THE GERMANS FIRE ON an AMERI-
CAN TEsSEL AT LAST.

One Of the Masts Broken by the Shot
Germany thinks England Should Join
with Her Against A~merica-Press
Opinions i'm Germany and England on
the Subject.
PARIS, January 25.-A dispatch to
Temps" from Zanzibar says:
IAN American sailing vessel, bound from
Zanzibar to Madagascar, was fired on by
German vessels. One of her masts was
broken"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
MISREPRESENTATION saIye,

THE BEST SALvE in the world fOl
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chllblains, COrns, and all Skin Erup-
tiOns, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
Price % cents per box. For sale by j,
w. Conn.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20

The above engines are made in one,
three and fiye-gallOn sizes for hand use !;
SiXty-gallOn single tank on two wheels,
two eighty-gallOn tanks on four wheels,
sixty, one hundred, three hundred and
five hundred-gallon stationary; other
sizes made to order.
For further particulars, call on or
NI-rifn fn
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
SKINNING SUCKERS.
A Los Angeles Mans Novel and Pro
htable Business.

Los ANGELES, Nov. 1S.-A very
pretty scheme that has probably re-
suited in large gains for its origina-
tors was unearthed in this city to-
day. The prime mover in the plan is
J. A. McCusker, a real estate man.
The scheme was about as follows:
Owing to an error in the tax levy
in this city a greater personal pro-
perty tax was collected than was
called for under the levy subsequent
ly made by the council, and the tax
payers became entitled TO rebate OF
40 per cent.
McCusker, who was at one time a
deputy in the. city assessors office,
wasaware of this, and accordingly sent
out postal cards by the thousand in
forming taxpayers that rebate would
be paid to all people calling at 20
South Spring street, at room %, a
dingy looking Office without any ont
ward sign to indicate its purpose
". A. Stratton, manager of the
Union Lumber and Supply company,
received one OF these cards, called
there to get the rebate on the tax of
S157.75, and was given SL40. McCus-
ker exae;ed a receipt in full and an
order on the city tax collector for
Stratton's rebate. It did not dawn
on Stratton that he had received l
per cent. instead of 40, his due, for
several days. Then he employed a
lawyer, who forced McCusker to dis.
gorge.
This case, together with several
others similar. came to the knowledge
of the Chronicle correspondent to-
night, and an investigation showed
that Mr.. McCusker had been operat-
ing on a decidedly large scale.
He did not confine his operations
to white people, but went among the
Chinese, either in person or by agent,
having o little book containing list
of Mongolian taxpayers. With this
book in hand he would approach a
Chinese merchant and tender a small
sum, which was invariably accepted,
present q blank receipt and order, get
the merchants signature and go on
his way rejoicing. How much he has
cleared up by this little job it is of
course impossible to ascertain, and
McCusker himself could not be found
last night,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
See What a Practical Fireman Says,

Tacoma. WASH, Sept. ~, 1899,
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to certify that I, George A. Burbank
witnessed the exhibition Of the Lindgren
chemical engine test to-day, and as l have
witnessed great many such chemical tests
in New York City, Boston, Mass, and other
large cities in the East. 1 hereby state that it
was the quickest and most satisfactory test,
and was also proIounced so by two of our
councilmen and all the citizens present, and /
will also state that the time of applying the
chemical was left entirely to me and did not
give the word until the fire was well started,
for in other tests l have witnessed they have
always put the chemical on the minute the
fire was started and water would answer just
as well, as there was nothing but the fame
started and the wood not charred, and l take
great pleasure in recommending the Lind
gren" as far superior to any other Chemical
engine on the market.
(Signed) GEORGE A. BURBANK.
Secretary Paid Fire Department,
Director of the Northwestern Fire Associa-
ton.
Was last year Secretary Of the Northwest
ern Fireman'S Association.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
Republican City Convention.

A REPUBLICAN CITY CONVENTION
Oregon, Saturday. Nov. 80, 1889, at O'Clock
A, NJ, TO nominate candidates for the fol-
lowing city oflces, to-wit: Mayor, Coun-
Gilman for the First and Second wards, Au-
ditor and Police Judge. Chief Of Police
City Attorney. Superintendent OF Streets
City Surveyor, City Treasurer. City Assessor
and City Rarbor Master.
BY order Of City Central Committee,
G. H. STOCKTON.
Chairman
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20

Le Rtchau's Golden Baisam No. 1
cures Chancres, first and second stages.
Sores en- tho Legs and Body; Sore Ears.
Eyes, Nose, etc, Copper.coIored Biotchas
Syphilitic Catarrh, diseased Scalp. and All
primary forms Of the disease known a.
Syphilis. Price, s5 90 per Bottle.
lie Rtchau's Golden Ralsau1 No. q
Cures-Tertiary. Mercurial Syphllitic Rheu.
matism, Pains in the Bones Pains in the
Head, back OF the Neck, liberated gore
Throat, Syphiiitic Rash, Lumps and con-
tracted Cords, Stiffness Of the Limbs. and
eradicates all disease from the systam
whether caused by indiscretion or abuss
CT Mercury, leaving the blood pure and
healthy Price IS 90 per Bottle.
Le Rfchau's Golden Spanish Anti.
dote for the cure OF Gonorrhna, elect.
Irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Geni.
tai disarrangements. Price 81 Sc peT
Bottle.
. Le Richau's Golden Spanish In.
lection, for severe cases Of Gonoffhea,
81 SO per Bottle.
Le Kichau's Golden Ointment
for the effective healing Of Syphilitio Sores.
and eruptions. Price 81 90 psr Bor'
lie Richau's Golden Pifie-Nerys
and Brain treatment; loss OF physical DOW
er, excess or over-work, Prostration, ste
Price 50 90 per BOX.
Tonic and Nervine,
Sent everywhere, c. o. D., Eecurely packed
per express.
4. f. RICHARES 81 CO.. A1ents.
Al 4 429 Sansome street, Corner Clay ~
San Francisco. Cal.
% CIRCULAR MAILED FREE.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
Z. 7 WRIGHT.

Foot of Morrison Street, Portland, Or.
Who also handles many first-class Spe-
cialties including the Advance thresh-
er, engines, Self-feederS and band-cut-
terS, hOrSe-pOwerS, marine machinery,
laundry machinery, c. S. Bells farm,
church and school bells, Canton steam
William William PoWeil "S brass P6i goods al DoIph's %
laundry machinery, blacksmith forges
and drills, Advance Perfection axle.
coach and compression grease, self
heating bath tubs, tank pumps, inject
Ors, inspirators, Shipman and Acme
coal oil engines, iron pipe and fittings,
wrenches of all kinds, oil cups and the
best grease cups and lubricatOrs in
America, the new Marsh steam pump
the best and cheapest.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
LOOK OUT FOR FIRE.

To Theater Owners. Managers and Whom ii
May Concern
This is to certify that have equipped the
Windsor theater in this city with the Lind
gren stationary chemical fire engines. After
examining all other systems of fire protection
and after repeated tests Of the Lindgren sta
commendation of the insurance under-writ.
ers, have no hesitation in pronouncing ii
the cheapest and most powerful, as well as
perfect, fire protection for theaters ever in
vented. In my opinion every theater ard
opera house in the United States, as well as
Europe, should be equipped with these chem
ical fire engines, and thus save the loss of life
and thousands Of dollars in property,
Respectfully.
(Signed) IL. COLBY.
Owner Windsor Theater, Chicago, Ills
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-11-20
Removal Notice,

TOE GIARDINA HAS LEASED THE OLD
81 New. York Novelty Store recently occu-
pied by Thatcher, the grocer, on the cerne
Main and First streets, and VIII move his
barber shop In there about the lst Of next
month. It VIII be frst-class in every par
ticular.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27

sample complete set e family scales together with eata
lgue Of Watches Books Guns ami numerous household articles
which offer great Inducements to Agents and others The
Scales accurately fitted aud adjusted and warranted
every respect and only offered az this price fr the
agents sud others to handle goods On ten
dollar cash order from mammoth circular will send
st Of scales free allow you the price paid for this SET
IT. EVANS CO. Isa land is state s., CHICAGO, ILL
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27

An account recently published
gives one a deep respect for the taste
of Russian women of means in want
of niglitgowns, and is calculated to
make the America girl envy the
Petersburg climate, which makes
such things excusable. Princess sA lex.
andra OF Greece, who is soon to marry
Prince Pau, of Ressia, will have such
fine nightdresses us will make her
sorry she cannot drive out and walk
about the streets in one OF them
Three OF these things are to be given
to her by the Cars wife. They are
made and readyto be sent. One i,
made of silver fox, bordered with god
another OF sables fastened with sil
large pearls, and the third, which il
the best, is made of fur OF blue fox
with girde OF diamonds.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27

The fact that large number Of Con
federate soldiers are buried in nation
al cemeteries is not generally known,
The Knoxville Journal puts the
number at $500, and remarks that
"most OF the Confederate dead are at
Camp Butler, Cypress Hill, Fun's
Point, Fort Smith, Hampton, Jeffer-
son Barracks and Woodlawn They
are not marked by headstones, but in
all other respects are as carefully kept
as the graves OF the Union soldiers. In
some OF the national cemeteries the
Confederates have corner to them
selves, but at Cypress Hills they are
interpreted with the Union dead"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27
safe Investmen,.

Is one which Is guaranteed TO bring
yon satisfactory results. or in case of
tallnre aretnrnnd purchase price On
this safe plan yoH can buy from our
advertised Druggist bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumtion,
y is guaranteed to bring relief in ev-
cry case, when used for any affection
OF Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as
Consumption, Inflammation Of Lungs,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whuoping Gaugh,
Group, etc, ,lc, II is pleasant and
agreeable to t,stt, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at NJ. A. Netherlands
Drug Store.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27
what Negro E0ucntion bends Tc.

A loudly-attired negro got into pro-
scenium box at a New York theatre
last night and threw magnificent
bouquet to Miss Fannie Rice, one OF
the artists. There was card bearing
q message attached to the flowers
The lady very sensibly aud fifty re.
buked her Othello-tinted admirer by
tossing the floral tlibute to one side
and the comedian stuck them in his
belt. The audience jeered the presump.
tuous negro till he was fairly obliged
to leave the theatre.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27

"Why don't You say thank you,
Johnnie, when you are handed any
thing?" said Mrs Brown at the table.
"Your sister always says it"
ayes" replied little Johnnie. "She's
woman and always wants to have
the last word"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27
Notes for Publication.

Name B. Checker residence: Elm
street, Dallas, Texas; occupation;
barber; statement April 10TH 1889:
Had liberated sore throat several
years could not talk loud enough to
be understood by my wife and family
In the effort to drink water or coffee
it would come out of my nose. My
tonsils were eaten away by the ulcer.
/ took great many remedies. Potash
and mercury mixtures greatly impair
ed my digestion. / finally abandoned
all other treatment and began Swift's
Specific, and a few bottles cured me
sound and wel-voicc recovered,
health made good. This was several
years ago, and have had no sign oil
any return of the disease.
Two Bottles.
Two bottles Of Swilt's Specific cured
me OF q bad condition OF my blood
from which | had suffered for Is
months | had blotches and sore,
which were painful aud troublesome
5. S. S. ismuch better than potash an'
mercury mixtures, and recommend i
aboveal blood remedies
ED. COMPTON, Homeland Va.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease
|
mailed free
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Ora yer Z
| Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27
Is Consumption HMcurab,e.

Read the following Mr.. G. H. Nor
rls, Newark, Ark says; WAS down
with Abscessof Lungs, and friends
and physicians pronounced me an In.
durable Consumptiyc. Began taking
Dr. Kings new discovery for Con-
sumption, am now on my third bottle
and able Ia OVERSIZE the work ON my
farm. 1t isIhe finest medicine even
made"
Jessie Mibdlewart, Decatur, Ohio
says; Had it not been lor DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption
would have died Ct Lung Troubles
Was given up by doctors Am now il
best ofhcalth." Try it. Sample bot
Ties free at NJ. A. McFarlands Drug
Store
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27

Gov Richardson, of South Carolina,
met Gov. Fowle, OF North Carolina, at
a hotel in New York city during the
centennial. Said the former to Gov.
Fowle; u suppose we have a historic
remark to make to each other. But
don't drink so early in the day. Have
a cigar" And the two men smoked in
the most companionable way.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-06-27
Two Bottles.

THE statement that the delay on
the part Of Mr. Blaine, the American
Secretary OF State, in authorizing the
American commissioners to sign the
Samoan treaty, WAS due to the ques'
ton ei allowing Germany's claim to
indemnity is seni,oflicially denied in
Berlin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-03
wE6sTER's BLUE SUIT.
Tho Famous Orators Love Tor Indigs
Dyed Clothes Explained.

In0 Famous Orators Love tor indigo.
Dyed Clothes Explained.
Daniel Webster went TO college in home
spun suit, Of which probably every thread
was carded, spun and woven by his mothers
hand from the wool Of their own sheep says
Wide Awake. II was q dyed-in-the-wool
suit, and the color was indigo blue, the old
New England color. In the South it is butter.
nut, but though our Yankee grandmothers
and great-greatgreat-g -grandmothers knew
all about what butternut bark would do,
and the subtle power for slate color that lay
In sumach berries and bark Of white maple,
and various dyes that root and flower, bark
and leaf could be made to yield, through the
agency Of vitriol and copperas TO "set -,
them fast, the universal standby was the
blue pot-par excellence the ''dye-pot''-that
stood in the chimney corner Of every kitchen
worth naming SO Webster was fitted out
in indigo blue from collar TO ankie-unbe-
coming for his swart skin-and set off-hand
and sophomore. Before reaching Hanover
there came one of those drenching rains,
which, like the Scottish mists, wet man to
the skim The suit held its own Cor has not
indigo blue been "warranted fast'' since
hrst indigo was heard OFF,, but it had
parted with enough so that Daniel, too.
was dyed blue from head to foot
Daniel Webster had 3 liberal stratum Of
sentiment In bis makeup, and for some rea-
son this color Of his young manhood became
his favorite wear through hfe. Hew0re blue
coats TO his dying day. If any one ever
saw hun IN different one the fact has not
been put on record. f
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-03
NEGROES AS SOLDIERS.
General Lord wolseiey Pays the Africa,
n HIGH Com nyfrnauf

General Lord wolseiey Pays the Africans
q High Compliment.
do not think Europeans learn drill as
quickly IS the Basuto or the Zulu. It is as
tonishinR to see the seal, the undisguised
interest and application these savages bring
to bear upon all military lessons given to
them, writes Lord Wolseley in the Fort
nightly Review. They take the utmost pride
in being soldiers and In acquiring any art or
drill or exercise connected with the man
agement and handling Of arms, or the move
ment Of armed bodies There seems to be
something in the disposition and genius of
the common stock from which they come.
some hereditary bias in their brain. in their
very blood, which fits them for the easy ac-
QUESTION Of soldiers duties. And yet
r,any OF these races who thus quickly 40
quire an excellence in drill, ETC., can not be
taught any mechanical handicraft; indeed.
many can never even learn 70 draw q
straight line.
The African in our West India regiments
has always displayed the child-lilre affection
for and implicit reliance upon the officers
who treated him well, which Is 30 marked q
feature m the character Of the negro slave
His obedience 70 orders, especially when Q
sentry, was remarkable Many amusing
stories on this point were current at Gov
ernment House when ] was at Cape Coast
Castle. A previous Governor, finding that
his native servants were given 70 robbing
him by daily carrying away bundles of
things from his kitchen, had orders given
70 the sentry before his door that no one
was to be allowed out carrying any parcel
with him. Very shortly afterward the Gov
ernor, In hurry to consult his Chief JUS
tice, put some papers into dispatch-box to
take with him TO the judges house. He
reckoned without his host, however, for the
sentry, standing in front OF him with bayo-,
net at the charge, would not allow him to
pass with the offending dispatch-box. The
Governor demonstrated, and urged that it
was he himself who had given the order.
but all to no purpose. for In the quaint and
amusing gibberish which those men speak,
and emphasizing his words in q very deter
mined fashion with his bayonet, the sentry
said that his "copral" had told him not to
allow any one with bundle to pass, and
the ''copral's'' order was his law.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-03
An Essay ON Breathing.

A boy fourteen years old, recently I'm.
ported from Kentucky, says the Washing
ton Star, handed the following in as com.
position on breathing" The instruction
was: ''Tell all you can about the breath.
ing" He said: "Breath is made of air.
We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our
liver and our kidneys. Ifitwasn't for our
breath we would die when we slept Our
breath keeps the life agoing through the
nose when we are asleep. Boys that stay
in room all day should not breathe. They
should wait till they get out of doors. Boys
IN room make bad, unwholesome air.
They make carboniclde. Carbouicide is
poisoner than mad dogs. A heap of soldiers
was in black hole in India, and carboni-
eide got in that there hole and killed nearly
every one afore morning. Girls kill the
breath with corsits that squeeses the dia-
gram Girls can't holler or run like boys
because their diagram is squeezed too
much I'll was a girl I'd ruther be Q boy,
80 can holler and run aud have q great big
diagram
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-03
LOVE AT THE WASH-TUB.

A Queenaland Cattie-Raiser Wins q Bride
in Very Short Order.
Marriageable young women are in great
demand in this part of the Queen do
minions, writes correspondent from JSock-
hampton, Queensland, Australia. The
sexes in this colony are in the proportion Of
one hundred and twenty-five malos to
eighty eight females The towns, however,
retain more than their share of the fair sox,
and In the sugar planting districts thcr a
deplorable dearth of women Near al
the landowners and large planters .
married, but most Of the whites in r
employ are bachelors, and, what Is wo .,
many of the poor fellows haven't ch.,. 9
TO change their condition if they wish ~.
The result is that whenever q nice white
girl goes into the interior on the plantations
she has to get married In self protection or
else she is so pestered with attentions as
almost to drive her out Of the country.
remarkable case of sudden and almost
unpremeditated matrmouy occurred on a
plantation near Winton few weeks ago.
A planter had been to Northampton, and
had here engaged strapping good-looking
girl to assist his wife in her household
duties. After she had been in her new home
several days she took her wash-tub out OF
doors one morning 10 do the family wash
ing. While hard at work, with soap-suds up
to her elbows, along came a squatter who
kept small herd Of cattle in the neigh
borhood. He didn't intend to lose this
chance to make the acquaintance of Q
woman. So he sidled up to the wash-tub
and began to talk, and it wasn't long before
she was giving hum more than half her at
tention.
After awhile the young man owned up
that it was case Of love at first sight as far
as he was concerned and he popped the
question without any ado. The girl said
she was willing if her mistress would in-
dorse him as worthy young man. That
lady thought it would be good match, and
said 30, and a quarter of an hour later the
brand-new lovers. in their work-day
clothes, were footing it three miles away
to the house of a magistrate, where the
knot was legally tied in short order. The
bride finished her washing in the afternoon
and that evening she transferred herself 10
the home of the squatter, which she now
adorns, apparently as happy a woman as
there is in Queensland.
A great many people do not like this cli-
mate, for we are twenty degrees nearer the
equator than the residents of New York.
But those who do not object to our SUPER
abundant sunshine, which makes most of
our days pretty warm, though not unhealth-
full, are doing well; and any presentable
young woman who ventures into this colony
is apt to have her name changed almost be-
fore she knows it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-04-03
Mice and Their Tails.

The following story illustrates how much
mice love their tails: In Norwich, Conn,
the other night, a young lady set mouse
trap in her parlor-a trap that was like q
diminutive railroad round house, with
arched doorways, and with delicate little
loop of steel under each doorsill to fly up
and catch mouse by the muzzle. The
steel nooses snapped busilY ali night, and
the next morning the lady found five mice
clinging in five Of the unhospitabie door
ways, and what was very mysterious to
her, three long mouse tails hanging from
the three other entrances. She puzzled her
head long over the inscrutable problem.
Why did three mice visit her trap over
night and deliberately leave their tails be-
hind them! But there was no answer to
it A very bright idea, however, flashed
into her mind, and she set her trap again.
Verify, the three tailless mice came back
to recover their tails, and In the gray
dawn of the following day the young lady
found three tailless mice dangling from the
trap.