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Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
Some Imagination Ler Yet.

lfrom the Emtra Telegraph
 A California exchange editor had begun to think lying was played out in the Psci- fic slope press until he encountered the following item:
 'A couple of weeks ago a Mono county farmer had two thousand barrels of pop corn in barn. The barn caught fire and the air was filled with dense showers of popcorn. This extraordinary exhibition caused an old mare in the adjoining field to think that winter was at hand. So she lay down under three feet of popcorn and froze to death"
 ''EureksI" he murmured, "the country is safe" Afterward followed, in quick succession, the veritsole accounts that during the past week have enlivened the monotony of the county crop reports, and divided the honors of public attention with the grasshopper of the San Joaquin and the San Jose scale. There was the Winters woman, whose turkeys got drunk on branded cherries thrown out to waste. and who. thinking them dead, plucked these misguided birds, as many another boozy bird has been plucked, and was filled with horror some time later to see them, recovered from their spree, walking about clad only in their own manifest em- barrassment.
 There was the petrifed girl from France, found after many years with her feet grown fast to the solid rock, of which she had become a part, and who still main tains a stony silence as to how she came so. There was the tree cut by loggers up on the Columbia, the trunk of which was found to be full of bears, and which was headed up and rolled down to town with its overload of Ephrsim in good shape In fact, enough evidence passed before the exchange editors searching eye to demon strate clearly that the journalistic Ansnias of the Pacific coast is doing business at the old stand
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
No Pickles.

kfEom but tOuin \ IouFAnloD-l
 A lady who has the good fortune to be a friend of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes re- istes little anectlote of the first time she asked 6 favor of him as author. She had just completed book for children and Dr. Holmes kindly consented to read the man. uscript.
 When it was returned to her after his perusal she naturally looked it over with eagerness and anxiety, in haste to see what criticisms or corrections her distinguished friend had made. She turned page after page, but found no erasure, mark nor mar ginal note, until at length, nearly at the end of the story. she came to a single neat ly penciled line in Dr. Holmes fine hand writing.
 It was placed against a passage upon which she had rather prided herself, a viv- i'd description of the picnic feast of group of children in a grove.
 First reading the paragraphs to see if she herself could find anything amiss, she next resd what he had written. It was this:
 Don't let those children eat picklesi'
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
ss. A coon was raised on the east side of

es. A coon was raised on the east side of the Monterey, and the dogs chased it down through deep and rough ravine and up a rocky spur on the west. After 6 climb of an hour Benchof and Yingling at last came up with the dogs. They had run the coon into tree and were snsrling and barking around underneath. The boys whirled the torches and BenchoH banged away at what he supposed was the coon, but no animal tumbled.
 Yingling in the meantime had been tear ing paper and trying to ignite 8 match, but it was damp and would only splutter. Renchof was deriding him when sudden ly great ball of fire illuminated space. Yingling had succeeded in igniting his match and was emptying @ roman candle into the tree.
 The first oall struck branch and burst and the second hit the coon "plumb-cen- ter" Its fur caught fire, and with yell it came rolling down among the angry dogs. The third ball revealed two more coons in the tree, and Benchoff's rife dropped one, while Yinglipg, with the last ball in the candle, hit the limb on which the third coon clung with pitiful terror, and it lost its hold and tumbled into the mouths of the waiting dogs
 They got six more coons that night with the help of Yingling's candles, and now the colonel regularly shoots the Romans and Benchoff shoots the gun. They are the most successful coon hunters in all the region
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02

signed by legally qualified medical man @ it is further prohibited for the nursef to use, in the rearing of infants conided
 to their care, at any time or under any pretext whatsoever, bottle or bottles with
 tubes.
 Miss Mary E. Burt, of Chicago, who has
 recently returned from Greece. says that the common school children of Athens are taught ancient and modern Greek, French and sometimes English. They have no school "readers' such as aff1ict American children, but as soon as they are able to read they are put at once into the classics of their own literature, so that long before they have reached mature years they are familiar with Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, Plutarch and the dramatists. Instead of reciting nursery rhymes they learn the best myths of Hellenic literature.
 It is cheering fact that the adoption of automatic couplers on freight cars, which do away with the great danger incurred by the brakemen under the old methods of Souphuk, lS ocCoAinS noic SchSAoA,o HI time there will be few of the old and dan gerous cars left. Every year more and more new cars have the patent safety ar- engagements, and so there is less and less danger to brakemen, with 8 smaller per cent. of casualties. One big firm of car builders in Pennsylvania say that since 1889 they have built 1000 freight cars with automatic couplers and only 600 with out, and since March, 1891, they have built none without the safety appliances.
 The London Times the other day con- tained an advertisement for an assistant, Capable of teaching the classics as far as Homer and Virgil. "'' Among the answers received was the following: Sir: With reference to the advertisement which was inserted in the Times newspaper few days since respecting school assistant, beg to state that should be happy to fill that situation; but, as most of my friends reside in London, and not knowing how far Homer and Virgil is from town, beg to state that should not like to engage to teach the classics farther than Hammer smith or TurnhaIn Green, or, at the very utmost distance, farther than Brentford. Awaiting your reply, am, sir, &c.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
Women Gold scarchers fin Colombia.

From the Engineering and Mining Journall
 River Bar Washing.-This work is gen. erally performed by women alone. Feb ruary is the dryest month of the year, and during it the rivers are very low, and beaches and bars are then exposed which during the rest of the year are covered by two to four feet of water, with a current of five feet per second.
 When a good paying bar is found the news travels quickly, and women come from miles around to work 1t. The only tools used are the batea for washing, cachos for gathering. and slmocsfre for loosening the gravel. The scene presented is ofsentimes very animated. Babies are placed in bas- kets under the shade of some gigantic pichinde. The older children play about the beach and even assist in the washing. The women too old to work tend the fire and roast plantains for the monday meal. The dress of all is extremely simple, being nothing more than two yards of 6 coarse woolen cloth tied around the waist. It is yard wide, snd consequently while touching the ground when worn by 6 short woman, it comes but little below the knees when worn by tall one. Some of | the women tie a gaudy handkerchief about | the neck, leaving it fall over the bosom; others are naked above the waist.
 The work Is begun by removing the large stones on top, or rather the women facing up stream throw the stones in front and on each side, forming three sides of 6 rectangle (burro) Then the finer gravel and sand is loosened with the almocsfre, and, dipping in their batea, they fill them from in front by the aid of the cachos. When full the bstea is washed over the burro, the resulting metal being put in ( gourd, kept for the purpose, called mate.
 The women frequently work when th< water is so deep that 1t is necessary te dive, and then 6 flat stone weighing from four to eight pounds Is tied to the small of the back by creepers called bejucos ol cuascs The work is carried on in aver desultoy-msnner, the women frequent, stopping to smoke and gossip or to nurs their babes, 50 that although the day is spen at the place 1t is seldom that moro ths
 three hours' work is done, during whic
 time thirty-hye to forty.ays bstsas c
 grsssl gre wsshed,
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
THE COAL TRUST.


 The benevolent and public spirited gen. tlemen who have set out to control and make more profitable the anthracite coal business are having fair luck. As will be remembered, they started the deal very smoothly so far as the dear public was concerned. They announced that their chief objects were to make '.economies" in the cost of producing and transporting coal, and to "equalize" the cost to the con- sumers. If they happened to make little money it was to come through increased facilities in handling, the doing away with middlemen and their profits and the more direct dealing with the consumer. Presi- dent Mcleod said. among other things: "The experience of this very thing in other directions has shown that the people have been greatly benefited by just such consultations as we are now considering"
 The combination now controls 92 per cent. of the anthracite coal trade. It has made some economies, and it has raised the price of coal materially. The extra profit to the combination on account of this action will probably be at least s10,- COG, ,OOO year, and some gay s15, 1000. .0O0. It is bold performance, and, considering the state of public feeling, risky one. Local dealers will, of course, be gov erned by the combination, and they will have to put up their prices. The people are patient and long suffering, but rise in the price of coal in order that the coal trust may make ten ol fifteen millions will cause general howl and it ought to. If there is no law that will reach the trusts 8 law must be made If they are allowed to go on as they have been going on lately they will soon takt charge of the people from the cradle te the grave, and if the sugar trust. the coa trust, the rubber trust, and other trusti leave anything ungobbled it will be cheer | fully taken by the coffin trust and the un dertakers' trust. It is time to strike som' telling blows if we would not be enslavet l by the trusts.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
Kilkenny Cats.

During the rebellion which occurred in Ireland in 179S, or in may be in 1903, Kill
 kenny was garrisoned by a troop of He's
 sian soldiers, who amused themselves in
 barracks by tying two cats together by
 their tails and throwing them across e
 clothes fine to fight. The officers, hear.
 ing of this cruel practice, resolved to stop it. As he entered the room one of the troopers, seizing a sword, cut the tails in two as the animals hung across the line. The two cats escaped, minus their tails, | through the open window, and when the officer inuuired the meaning of the two | bleeding tails being left in the room he | was coolly told that two cats had been | fighting, and had devoured each other | all but the tails.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
The Cry of the Dreamer.

am tired of planning and toiling In the crowded hives of men; Heart-weary of building and spelling, And spelling and building again. And long for the dear old river, Where I dreamed my youth away, For a dreamer lives forever,
 And @ toiler dies in a day. am sick of the showy seeming Of life that is half a lie; Of the faces lined with scheming In the throng that hurries by. From the sleepless thoughts endeavor, Iwould go where the children play; For a dreamer lives forever,
 And thinker dies in day. can feel no pride but pity
 For the burdens the rich endure; There is nothing sweet in the city But the patient lives or the poor. Oh, the little hands too skillful, And the child-mind choked with weeds! The daughter's heart grown willful, And the fathers hesrt that bleeds. No, mol from the streets rude hustle, From trophies of mart and stage, would fly to the woods low rustic And the meadows kindly page Let me dream as of old by the river, And be loved for the dream alway; For a dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.
 John Boyle O'Reiily
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

"Get @ move on you," is the order now adays.
 There will be May flowers, but there have been few April showers.
 We all can soon have rubies. The French chemists Frenzy and Verneuil have for years been experimenting on produc- ton of rubies by chemical synthesis and announce that they have at last succeeded in making stones of 8 marketable size. Dr. Stephen A. Emmons makes an an- nouncement that, if true, is of the highest industrial importance. It is that he has
 succeeded in forging nickel, and can pro- | duce the metal at the cost of steel. It has about the same strength and isnot affected | by water or acids.
 An electrical "transformer" has been ex. hibited in the Crystal Palace by which fifty horse power can be transmitted for a req ! sonable distance through a wire no thicke, than hair, and cross the Atlantic, with [ l loss of two horse power. through wire { tenth of an inch thick.
 Here you have 1t. A Canadian electri l elan states that electricity causes the tides snd demonstrates 1t by electrifying rub l ber comb by rubbing it through the hai and then drawing it over the top of glas
 filled with water, the result being that tn
 tidal wave follows the comb.
 France has enacted stringent law b,
 which 1t is prohibited Q) to give to infant
 under year any form of solid food unles
 such he ordered by 2 written prssariptso
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
New Style of Coon.HuntIng.

The inhabitants of the mountains west of this place are great coon-hunters.
 Some nights ago Bill Benchoff and Colonel Yinsllns started out with half.a-dozen doss spd i've hoys tp carry the pine s0Eeh-
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
2ruutstum5, &r.
D. M. WEIGH & SON

D. M. WEIGH & SON OFFER g bbls Fancy New Baking Beans at only 7c at qtsfor 25c.
 P1neappfes. Pineapples. nice Pineapples for 25c. 2extra large Pineapples for 25c. Fancy Evaporated Apricots
 at only 10c lb. Fancy EvapOrated Peaches
 at only 10c lb. Fancy Lemons at only 10c dog.
 Fancy Oranges 25c, BOG and 35c dog. READ. READ. READ. Our Fancy Elgin Creamery Butter, price re duced to 26c lb; lbs for $1 OO. good table Butter at PIG lb. Good Butter at 21c 1b.
 Eggs. Eggs. Eggs. Every Egg warranted. at only 17c dog. 1000 bu Fancy Potatoes Soc bushel. How those Ham Rolls sell. No bone, all meat, sugar cured, at only 12c per lb. Once tried, all ways used. Many other grand bargains. ID. M. WEIGH & SON.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
Ewen Mcintyre
 & Co. Monday, Maya, 1892.
 High tide, 2:56 a. m. Low tide, e:ss a. m. BULLETIN FIRST OF MAY. Tardy Buyers Lose Many Opportunities Like
 These.

Wash Goods. Beautiful assortment of Bedford Cords, double fold, 32 inches wide. April price i2tc. May price 64c yard. Another surprise in choice plain Elan nel Suitings, three shades each of tan, gray and slate. April price 12ac. May price Gle yard. t Just 25 pieces left of Jacquard Bedford Cords tall colors), manufactured to retail at 25c. May price 15o yard. 36 pieces all wool Bedford Cords, in tans, states, brown and navy, all regularly sold at 624c. May price 46c a yard. 10 pieces black all wool Henrietta, good value at 5Sc. May price 48c @ yard. Hamburgs.
 We offer what we actually consider the cries shown in years.
 One lot 45 inch Swiss Embroideries
 At 17c yard. One lot 45 inch Swiss Embroideries
 At 29c yard. One lot 45 inch Swiss Embroideries
 At 39c yard. These are positively less than half price.
 
 25 dozen A Chenille Covers (fringed. ) April price $1. May price 69c each. Mems Furnishings.
 One case Mems French Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers (with pearl buttons). Value 75c. May price soc each. Buttons.
 All sizes best quality imported Pearl D-.k kz k.:1 20c to 374c dozen.
 May price two dozen for 25c. Buttern1ilk Soap.
 One more chance te buy this famous soap at less than half the regular price 10c cake. The best soap ever made for the skin and complexion.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
@1fsce11xmeums.
What Physicians Say.

It is right that the sick and suffering should listen with their very souls to what the medical profession say of any new aid in their great work.
 No single agency has yet been found that SO surely comes with help to the man or woman whose system is 80 undertoned that they are prey to all forebodings of evil, as our Compound Oxygen.
 Dr. c. H. Thomas, at one time assistant chemist at Harvard university, declares that it 'quiets the nervous system, induc- ing rest and sleep," that means health.
 Dr. R. F. c. Brown of Warren, R. l., says: "I most heartily indorse it. It has been of much assistance to me in my prac- tice."
 Dr. o. F. Bigelow of Amherst, Mass, writes that his patients under our Oxygen treatment are Improving in marked de- gree"
 We can give you the names of many physicians who write us in even stronger terms. Remember, it costs you nothing to test it's effect for yourself at this office.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02
Howe & StetSOD. EMPHATIC BARGAINS l Advertising Purposes. Monday, May 2d, 69e Day.
 Tuesday, May Sd, 5se Day. Wednesday, May 4th, 49e Day.
 Thursday, May 9th, S9e Day. Friday, May 9th, 29e Day.
 Saturday, May 7th, t9c Day. On every counter: thro'- out our store will be found A SPECIAL VALUE On Monday at 69c; Tues day 59c; Wednesday49c Thursday 39c; Friday 29c; Saturday 19c.

Everybody knows we mean exactly what we say when we talk about RE- DUCTION SALES and it will pay all buyers of gen. eral Dry Goods to visit our store every day of the week and examine the bargains offered.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02

As these great reduc-
 tions are made for the pur- pose of advertising our
 selves, the sales will be STRICTLY FOR CASH.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02

"Get 6 move on you," is the order now
Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-02

adsys.
 There will be May flowers, but there have been few April showers.
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livered within two hours the village
would be shelled. The Solomon
islanders have had considerable
experience of this sort and the
chief knew just what to expect.
The chief and one of his men
promptly set off in a canoe for the
war ship, having in charge native,
whom they delivered up as the
murderer of Mr.. Duval.
The accused man made a full
confession of his crime. The cap
tain of the Rapid made a careful
investigation, convinced himself
that the prisoner was the culprlt ne
was after, and sentenced him to be
shot at s o'clock next morning at
the village where the murder had
occurred.
At daybreak next morning a
solemn procession of boats went
ashore carrying the prisoner. 1t
was thought that the treacherous
natives might be ill-natured enough
10 lIlUeTlcTo Will IlAC pioSi oiiA'
line of seamen was therefore ex-
tended around the part of the
village facing the woods to guard
against surprise. The prisoner
was led ashore and tied to a
tree. He was very calm, OBJ
| served all the preparations without
tremor, and did not utter a word
| even when he was blindfolded.
Several hundred natives grouped
| themselve around the place of ex-
ecution, looking on in awed 81
lence.
A firing party of ten marines was
toled off, marched up in front OF
the condemned savage and loaded
their rifles. The color sergeant
gave the command "Present"' and
then, after moments silence came
the word, "FireP' and then the
ten rifles blazed away. The muir.
der of the white man had been
avenged. The doctor pronounced
the victim dead and the marines
marched back to their boat, leaving
the body for the natives to bury
Such lessons as this will impress
the natives, if anything will, tina
it is better all around to let white
men live than to kill and eat them
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GUNBOAT JUSTICE.
Teaching South Sea Natives
That it is Costly to XIII and
Eat White Men.

That it is Costly to Kill and
Eat White Men.
The Solomon islanders, who in
habit beautiful archipelago
stretching for 500 miles parallel
with the northeast coast OF New
Guinea, says writer in the New
York Sun, have earned the reputa-
ton of being among the widest
and most untamable of savages. 1t
is only within a few years that
the missionaries have attempted
to work among them. Before the
natives grew accustomed to the
sight of trading vessels it was as
much as a mans life was worth to
venture on shore, and the islanders
were left pretty much to them
selves until six or seven years ago,
when England and Germany
divided the islands between them,
and then looked around to see if
they were really worth dividing.
Since then a number OF traders
and missionaries have built sta
tions on the islands and persist
emily wooed the natives to barter
and prayer. The coy and suspl-
cious creatures, however, have dis
trusted the good intentions OF the
strangers, and as they are con
firmed head hunters they have
lost no opportunity to lop off the
head of a white man whenever
they caught him alone.
The British Government decided
recently to keep war vessel II
the neighborhood and teach TIT
natives better than to eat mission
aries and adorn tabu houses witt
the skulls of traders. So Her Ma
jesty's ship Rapid has done lvel.
business of late, inhicting gunboa
Justice upon villages INDUCING II
cannibal feasts with white men a
the most tempting delicacy on tn
bill of fare.
$ When the captain of the Rapi
b made his last report he had JUS
be executed a native for the murde
resof Mr.. Duval, white trader. Tn
coierime occurred in Mott bay, anon
reigh southern islands of the GROUP
'ara 60 relay, soon after the murde,
= any opinicid anchored in the bay an
beg, howevefd to the chief that unles
" few wordarer of Mr.. Duval was d.
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