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, 1891-11-09
WORD PAINTING.
Something from the Pen of q Mason
County Legislator.

OVWHby A4CSl6lhUu
Hon. A. HI. Anderson, Of Shelton, ought
to have been a newspaper man, or novel
writer, instead Of capitalist. Here is
something, says the Shelton Sentinel from
portion Of a private letter written by Mr..
Anderson, with no thonght that it would
ever be made public; but all intelligent
readers will enjoy it as an exquisite bit of
word painting, and therefore It's possessor
felt justified in placing it on exhibition:
Last tuesday as we steamed from
Olympia to Shelton and entered that
wonderful arm of the sea, called on
the maps, 'Hammersley's Inlet;' wa
terry ingress that is always interesting,
because never twice alike; a river with
out source or delta; nervous and quiet; ;
deep and shallow flowing with the
swift eagerness of a cascade and eddying
in cOncentric circles among the constella-
tions of star fish that gem its sombre
shores and then again, flowing with the
SILENT stately majesty of a great river; a
marvellous avenue to the sea that glacial
chiSels have sculptured out of almost adj
amantine cement; we saw an exquisitely
beautiful phenomenon. From the deep,
green water, and athwart high bank Of
tan brown, just ahead of the boat, there
seemed to rise great band of prismatic
color. Slowly it ascended and then with
graceful curve dropped toward the oppo-
size SnOf6 auu sweeping GOWN TO us MIR
rOred the semi-circle in the water, so that
a perfect circle of iridescence was formed
around about us. We steamed for fully Is
minutes aureoied by its heavenly hues and
apparently on the lower edge of the
senli-circle; then the magic loop dissolved,
and sweet Iris ffoated, far away toward her
Peacock Palace, in the mystic recesses of
the Olympics, as if afraid to linger longer
in Neptune's embrace. The bronzed cap
tain, always loquacious with anecdote and
tales Of his adventures, was silent in the
awe inspiring presence of the lovely visi
tant. With aface radiant with the inspire
ing scene just witnessed, he turned to me
and said: AL, my boy; my steamer may
be old, slow, small and humpbacked, but
Til bet my lite she is the only steamer in
the world that has steamed over two miles
perched on the lower circle of rain bow
He was right. The little dingy boat was
the central figure in a picture that the art
of ages could never hope to match''
, 1891-11-09
Notice Of Street Assessment.

ITO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN, and to the
L person or persons herein named: You and
each of you are hereby notified that the city OF
Olympia special assessment roll for the eolIec-
ton OF the costs and expenses of grading Fifth
street from Jefferson street to Adams street,
which assessment was duly confirmed By the
city council on the Sd day of November, 1891,
is in my hands for collection, and that the same
will become delinquent on and after Tie G4th
day of December, 1891.
The names of the owners or reputed owners
and description Of the property and amount Of
assessments are as follows:
Louisa B. Nosehka, lot i block As, olym-
Louisa B. ToschEa, lot : block Is, oiym- - .
pia, north 50 feet. ,-.,........ liz 81
north 50 feet lii 80
north 60 feet .,,,,:...t,.. III 90
south 60 feet Observation-Disclosures. 491 80
/
Total 963 OC
GEO. SAV1DGE,
n9-3t City Marshal
, 1891-11-09

l had sciatic rheumatism SO that was
all drawn over to one side. My hip sank
in SO that you could lay your hand in the
cavity, and I did no work for wear. Moth
ing did me any good until tried Hibbard' S
Rheumatic Syrup. Four bottles cured me.
For sale by Pacific Drug Co.
IF. ALBERT KING, Van Vert. Ohio.
, 1891-11-09
Careful Cahhr.

From the Boston Globe; "Now, cabby
do be careful how you drive. I'm very
nervous, you know"
Don't you be afraid, sir; I'll be keerfu
an which 'orspital would you prefer to bt
taken to in case Of a haccidentt
, 1891-11-09

1shen Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
9ghen she was a Child, she cited for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
yghen she had Children, she gave them Castoria
, 1891-11-09

The WEEKLY TRIBUNE contains the
news of the week from all parts the world,
1t is brim full and boiling overwith bright,
crisp items of interest to the housewife,
the merchant, mechanic, farmer, laborer,
student and professional man.
, 1891-11-09
Ordinance No. 563.

An ordinance providing for election notices
to be given for the general municipal
election to be held on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in December in
each year.
The City Council of the city of Olympia do or
dain as follows:
Section /. Pursuant to the provisions of sec
ton g. of chapter s, article 2, laws of1839 and
$780, under which the city of Olympia is orga-
nized, there will be a general municipal cleo
ton, held in the city Of Olympia on the first
Tuesday, after the first Monday, in December,
in each year for the purpose OF electing city
officers for the ensuing year.
Sec. 2. That notice of such election, the offices
to be filed, and OF all matters to be submitted
to the qualified electors, shall be given by the
city clerk, together with the names Of the in
spectors and judges Of election appointed by the
council to act as such, by publishing such no
tice in at least two of the newspapers published
within the city of Olympia, at least ten days,
previous to the day of election and by posting
up notices thereof in two of the most public
places in each of the wards in said city.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication.
Approved Nov. 5, 1891.
J. G. HORR.
Mayor.
Attest A. L. CALLow,
City Clerk
, 1891-11-09

tt is the only newspaper West OF Tacoma with
the Associated Press franchise. Sub
scribe for it and get all
the news.
, 1891-11-09
Notice of Street Assessment.

p e erohs @A4 haeG eFen to dh9
each OF you are hereby notified that the city
Of Olympia special assessment roll for the
GoldeetloI ol me COSTS and expenses OF gravel
6la street to Main street. which assessment M was
November, 1891, IS in my hands for collection,
and that the same will become delinquent on
and after the 14th day OF December, 1891
The names Of the owners or reputed owners
| and description of the property and amount of
assessments are as follows:
1,,1io n pIir,3 o,,,7 IA M p,,o,+ Iloo7,
q sI, ~ Ril fa faa+ anu Ola, I No 90 M
~ = y go oAS = pif' " = -
Total 90 90
ho'''i = ono GAVIDGcE + o. W
no-e+ 49, I,i+a1 IN Norsbo1
-0oo Ivy
a.
, 1891-11-09

All the Associated
latest local an
Of the day I
THE
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17
GIBBONS IS FOUND GUILTY
Talking to the Jury in the
Gibbons Trial.
THE PLEA FOR THE PRISONER
An Able Effort by the
Attorney-general.

MR. Hiiies Makes an Eloquent Plea ana
Puts tho Prisoners Case In the Best
Possible Light--Ifis Opinion of Detective
Testimony--Nir. Biggs Sums Up Tor the
State.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17

The prisoner, William ]. Gibbons, was
not in the least affected by the verdict.
As the jurymen came into the court room
he gazed curiously at them, leaning his
head back against corner of the dock,
and rolling his eyes from end to end of the
jury box, He heard the single word that
consigned him TO post, .pillory and prison.
without ilinching chewing cud of tobacco,
meanwhile with the utmost nonchalence,
As he retired from the court room. in
charge of deputy, on the way,to the cells
down stairs. he smiled broadly, and with
an air of bravado, winked his left eve at
Detective Witsii, who was seated by the
door.
MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.
Theprisoner's counsel, William S. HilIes,
made motion for q. new trial and an
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
CALIFORNIA CABBAGE.
A Huge Specimen Which Brought About
Wedding.


. Romance and theA> rose go hand IN
hand. and the dainty violet and the
modest lily have often opened the pcr-
tails Of love, but it has been left to Can
fnrpia TO produce the only cabbage that
has ever led to a real romance that
wound up in n wedding.
Eighteen months ago, according 10
the unQucstionablc statement a gram
merchant Of san Francisco, there stood
in front Of the door of one of San a
cisco's real estate dealers a cabbage
from san Bernardino County weighing
ninety-two pounds, and said to be the
largest ever raised. While this produc-
ton Of California's greatness was on
exhibition the Oregon express landed
from England two RritonS, SO tresh
from their native soil that. they walked
along the dry and dusty streets with
surtouts down to their ankles and their
trousers rolled up to meet their coats
They were both bound for Australia.
Passing along they espied the wonder
ful cabbage, Both men stopped short.
Up went two single eyeglasses.
by love, old boy, that's a doosedly
large cabbage, doncherknow."
"Doosedly large" replied the second
surprised son of Albion, and then they
both went in and inquired of the real
estate man where it was grown.
Both men were wealthy, Both men
were cousins, and while unknown to
them the busy hand of fate was now at
work, it only seemed to the curiosity
seeker that in deciding that life would
be misspent unless they saw the land
upon which this cabbage grew that
they were obcying the idle within OF idle
gentlemen in going to San Bcrnardlno
to do so. And so they went.
Englishmen as a rule are not garru,
lous and these two friends were nc eX-
ception. Once in San Bcrnardino they
were directed to the farm where the
cabbage grew. They remained two
weeks. At the end of that time n OF
them said to the ranchcr:
IL want so much of your land in 1
certain section. How much is II
WORTH
Pour hundred thousand dollars"
1t was paid for. The other friend sale
to the rancher:
"Your daughter is very beautiful anc
| love her. ! want to make her my
wife"
There was a wedding at the ranch
There were a number of people present
friends of the family, and the groom
threw aside his taciturnity long enough
at the supper table to tell how the biz
cabbage had led to his happiness.-Sal
Francisco Examiner.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
snhsiitntn rnr Rubber.

In view of the threatened dearth oil
india -rubber and Il rapid declma non
which is going on in the available gut
Ia pcrcha trees, the statement that Il
supply of what may, in some respects
he an effective substitute for these use
full articles of commerce is plentiful IN
Australia, is of interest. The Austrt-
liam c~aoutchouc is said to have been
first observed in little sand hollows, ana
rescmbled patches OF dried leather IL
was found generally in swamps' ana
the theory of its production was ina u
had resulted from the overflow OF petro-
leum or rock oil. There is still a WIDE
difference of opinion as to the origin OF
the substance. Some scientific authori-
ties ascribe to it a vegetable origin ana
regard it as a gum exuding from a plant
or lichen. others assign to 1t a sub
tcrranean origin, but the known iacts
concerning it are not corroboratlve OIL
this view.-Chicago Daily News
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

inches wide and sinches long, with four
holes, Y, near one end, and A 4 inches
from X, b AZ inches from Y, and G
81 inches from Y. Two straps like
this are attached to each block, the bolt
passing through the hole, Y. A com
mon 96-inch carriage bolt may be used,
and it is well to batter the end, after
turning up the burr, 50 that it may not
work loose. The measurements are
from center to center.
Fig. . shows how it works in practice.
D is the block with strap attached at X.
X is bored . inches from the bottom OF
the block. i is the bolster, and when
the hole which is bored two inches from
the top is directly under X, the hole, A,
in the strap is just right for the bolt
that passes through the bolster. BY
shifting the block two inches, or to the
dotted line, j., the hole, i, comes right
and shifting two inches farther, the
hole, C, m right to use. The holes
in the bolster should be five inches
apart, and then by slanting the straps
the other way TO ar adjoining hole, the
block will come half way between.
With blocks adjustable to changes OF
one inch, a little chopping away OF
rough bark will enable the lumberman
to secure a log quickly and closely. A
carriage bolt with easily-turning burrs
proves, in practice, to best for the bolts
that must be removed to change the
blocks. Spring keys become rusty and
bent and immovable, and leather thongs
lose out and bolts and blocks are lost
in consequence.-L. B. Pierce, in Farm
and Firesidc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

rapidly going forward. at is such q
mockery!' she thought, land will be
free while l can"
She saw little of her middle-ased
lover, for business took him away dur
ing the few weeks that interviewed be-
fore the wedding. Ella grew palcr and
thinner daily. Not that she took the
matter much to heart; indeed, she
seemed to have no emotions, to be capa.
bic of no feeling. But at night she
would dream of Lawrence. He had re-
turned, happy in the prospect of maxi
ing her happy, and found that she
could never be his; or she would see
him dead. beside her, sometimes he
seemed to be pleading with her, urging
her to come to him. But she would
wake as ~listlcss and Indifferent as be-
fore.
The morning of her wedding day
dawned clear and bright. To her il
was not a symbol of happiness. She
kept to her room till the hour drew
near: once she heard a voice that sound
ed like-no, no! it could not be. But
she wished she had not heard it. 1t
woke the old memories in her heart
more fully than she cared to realize.
When she was dressed, she went with
her mother to the sitting-room at the
head of the stairs where Mr.. Ford was
waiting for her. She was surprised to
see how pale he grew as she entered.
He did not offer to take her hands, but
regarded her with grave eyes. At last
he spoke:
Dear child. | wish you all happi-
ness.' he said.
She looked at him in surprise, II was
not his words so much as his manner
that surprised her. He came up TO her
and took her hands in his own.
Dear child" he said, II wish you all
the happiness in the world" His face
relaxed into a smile as he watched her
bewilderment. And | think" no
added, that it will be yours"
He dropped her hands and called:
Come Rogers and as he saw her folded
in Lawrence Rogers arms, he slipped
out of the room and left them to their
happiness.
He had no other plan than this since
she told him her story. He had made
Lawrence a rich man and thus quoted
her parents objections, and he stoutly
declares to Mrs. Lawrence Rogers that
himself and Lawrence are equally
happy.-Mattie Campbell, in Yankee
Blade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
Tight Collars.

A chapter might be written on the
deleterious effects of tight collars, and
especially that variety which projects
stiffiy beneath the neck, to the manifest
discomfort of thesswearer and the
amusement Of b~eholders. BY compress
ing the veins they, Of course, interfere
with the return of blood from the head,
and thereby promote red noses and
pimpled faces, against which all the cos
metic lotions in the world are of ro
avail so long as the mechanical cause is
allowed to remain. Tight collars are
even ~accused-and with some snow Of
reason-of causing serious defects Of
the visual apparatus, due to heightened
bloodpressure, arising from the artificial
impcdimcnt to the ~blood-flow nj the
root Of the neck. We should not be
surprised to find that these execrable
contrivances were also responsible for
watery eyes, pendant lips and the gem
eral of expression which
usually characterizes the physiognomy
of their wearers, Hospital Gazette.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

failed long before the family was left
absolutely pennilcss.
Then James Ford showed his friend
ship for the distressed family. When
they feebly demonstrated, he said:
What in the world can | do with nv
money, unless ! endow an orphan
asylum or an old womens' homc?' But
he looked rather w~istfully at Ella as he
said it, hoping for some encouragement
in her face.
About this time young Rogers letters
grew more and more Respondent in tone,
and Mt last he declared that he should
not write again until his luck had
turned. 1t wns n cruel thing to do; bu,
he knew nothing Of her home surround
ings, for she had not written, thinking
TO discourage him.
The morning after she had received
this letter her mother came to her will
q worn look In her eyes.
"Ella!" she said, "your father Is part
ing with the money which Mr.. Ford ha,
supplied him rs rapidly a. he did will
his own. He is sure that he will sue
coed this time, but l have little hope
my child. Why can not you end all o
this poverty and suspense? We hav
done a great deal for you, and this is
poor return TO make. Mr.. Ford wishe
to make YOU his wife. Lawrence vii
never come back for you; he is tired @
.ou already, Oh he would continue /
write. You do not know the value @
none Or you would not refuse so goo
an cFe- You can rot find u kinde
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

man than James Ford, nor q gem
erous one"
When hermother was gone Ella threw
herself on her bed and cried as If her
heart would break. She did not be-
lieve that Lawrence had ceased to love
her, hut which way did duty lie9
Should she sit by helplessly and see her
parents ground down TO worse poverty
than they had ever known? Oh 1t was
hard-hard.
She dried her eyes and resolved never
to give up her lover, Surely she could
not be required to forego all hope OF
happiness for money!
''Ah!" she thought bitterly, ~ do not
wonder that the world is a sad one II
people are called upon TO make such
sacrifices. But | never shall give him
up. He will come back q rich man in a
Few years, and we shall all be happy"
But the coming poverty, the depend.
ence on the friend she would not mar
nv, were continually before her, and al
the end of the week she went down into
the little parlor to meet the maj who
was so blind to her u~nhappiness.
Il hardly dared hope you would be so
kind" he said, coming forward eagerly,
to meet her. He took her hands in his.
"You will be my wife, he asked.
Il will leave YOU to decide that, she
said gently, after have told you my
story"
He regarded her q~uestioningly.
Il have only the love of a friend to
offer YOU she said, and then she told
him the whole story.
He was silent a long time. Then he
said: II am glad that you began by being
honest with me. should like, for the
sake of the rest, to make you my wife
as soon as possible"
As he took her hand at parting, she
saw that he was quite pale. When she
saw him again he seemed more quiet
than usual, and stayed only a few mo-
ments. Before he went away he took
her hand in his and looked at her for a
moment.
Suppose Rogers should come back,
expecting to claim you. Do you not
think it would be a little hard on him?'
She grew very white, and when she
could command her voice she said: Il
will write to him."
Then you have not written?"
mo. I could-did not
Mr.. Ford saw the hesitation, and did
not renew the subject.
Ella would lend no hand to the prep
arations for the wedding which were
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
THE FARMING WORLD.
CHEAP LOG RACK.
One That When Properly Made VIII Last
n Lifetime.

-
One That When Properly Made VIII Last
a Lifetime.
Fig. l represents the rear axle and
bolster of a low wagon or truck with
an easily-made and cheap log-rack. The
rack consists of two bed pieces, AA,
running parallel with the reach, SN0
inches in size and II feet long. These
are notched one inch deep onto the
holsters of the truck. At the rear end
of these bed pieces are three sets of
notches to permit of frightening She
gear for longer logs. One set EtS
feet from the forward end, to permit of
drawing railroad-tie logs; the next 10
feet, andthe last ut the extreme end, per-
hitting a la-foot reach, which will al
low of loading logs 20 or 81 feet long.
The false holsters, b, are of the
same size as the bed pieces, SKI, and
are notched onto the latter one
inch. making the height from top OF
truck to top of false bolster 10 inches,
or Just the height of stakes in the truck
from which this rack was originally
made. Where the stakes are but 9
inches the bolster must be notched an
inch deeper; aud if II or Il inches, the
bolster can be thickened by spiking on
a or a-inch piece on top. This is
cheaper than getting a special size for
a thicker bolster, as the holsters are
sawed from the ends of the bed pieces,
a 16-foot hcmlock ~scantling making one
bolster and one bed piece.
The forward bolster is bolted to the
bed piece with 4-inch bolts. These
bolts are IS inches long and drop into
holes bored into the truck bolster !
inches. A thread is cut on the lower
four inches of the bolts and a burr
turned up into the lower bed piece, a
2-inch auger hole having been bored
one-half inch deep to receive it withou,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
That Cellar Once More.

Winter is here. The apples, If you
have any, and the nuts are in the cellar;
and what is the condition of the cellar?
There are some cellars that are little
protection against frost. Their construc.
ton is SO faulty that as soon as severe
weather comes the fruit and vegetables
In them will freeze. The frost gets into
the cellar through the top Of the walls.
But the trouble 10 10 easily remedied
that nothing but negligence Is account
able II frost does get In. Bank up the
cellar. Place corn stalks, stable ma
nure or any thing Of the kind around
the top Of the walls. II neatness is de-
sired-and II ought to belt is not diff
cult to make a neat job Of it. But, neat
ness or no ~neatness, the work should be
done.-Vcstcrn Rural.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

More than onc-scventh of the human
race die of tuberculosis. The number of
those who die of it every yearin Europe
alone is about 1000, 900. In this city for
the year 1889 out of 39,5s3 deaths re-
ported the cause of j, l63 was phthisis,
while to bronchitis were assigned l,792.
The average age of those who died of tu-
b~erculosis in this country in 1880 was
only 81 years. The magnitude and i'm
portance of a discovery such as this
which appears to have been made by
Prof. Koch can be realized only by
those who know how great the continu-
ing mortality is and how much sorrow,
loss, and suffering are caused b.. it in all
parts of the world.-N. Y. Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10
MY AFFINITY.

Oh. I pass her ev'ry day
As | hurry on my way
To that dreary place, the shop.
VIII re l have to be at eight.
1t is usually too late
For q slave like me TO stop.
She has lovely yellow hair,
Which she lets with careless air
Fall in masses uncontined.
Though contemptuous Of the crowd,
or her treSScs she is proud,
Nor 10 admiration Siind
She's a true aristocrat;
One can easily see that
From her naughty, high-oorn air,
From her chiseled lips and nose,
From the GOODNESS that she throws,
In a calm and placid stare.
She is wealthy; that appears
From the jewels in her ears;
From the richness Of her dress,
Winters chill or summers fame,
Still her raimcnt is the same.
What's her secret Who can guess'
Sometimes l imagine her
Captive TO q sorccrer,
Like the princesses in book
OFT l see a stout old man
Prowling there, the girl TO scan
with most critical o: looks.
Then in fancy l iLter
I'm the knight to rescue her
And 70 ha hpr hriiprrOOm gay:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-01-10

A Patron of Literature.-frcd-D
you think your book of poems will SELF
Augustus-The first edition will be eN-
hausted on the first day, Freddy!
but that's good. AugustuS-les; my
uncle, who is II patron of literature, in-
tends to take the whole edition, Fred
All. | sce-hc intends to destroy it,
Yankee Blade.