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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
TWO OREGON CASES.

Decision Rendered by Secretary Smith
Regarding Swamp Lands.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-In case
of Thomas G. Hodgkins, assigne of
the State of Oregon vs.. John A. Bur-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05
Children Cry
for P1TcHER's
CASTOREA

"Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
recommend It as superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A ARCHER NJ D..
Ill South Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y
ST use Castoria In my practice and find II
specially adapted to affections of Children
ALEX. ROBERTSON, NJ. D.,
1857 I'd Ave-, New Yori.
"From personal knowledge can say that
astoria Is rnost excellent medicine for chill
1ren-" Dr. G. c. OseooD,
Lowell, Masa
Castoria promotes Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrh9a, and Feverishness
Thus the child Is rendered healthy and its
sleep natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-10-05

Gents work, silk and lace goods a
speciality. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Goods called for and delivered free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Curiosities of the Sewing Needle.

Sewing needles Of bone, stone, glass
and bronze antedate all historic records,
but those Of iron, brass and steel are
comparatively modern. Bono and glass
needles have been found in Egyptian
tombs that are known to be over 1000
years old, and similar. domestic instru-
ments of bronze and copper have been
found in the mounds and burial caves
of Europe and America which are be-
ieved to be much older than those
found with the Nile mummies. The
needle first appeared in its present form
in European countries in the year 1410,
but tho art Of making them was kept q
secret for upward of 100 years after the
date last given. In the year 1850 they
were first made in the American colo
nies, but at what point is mooted
question among the historians.
At present there are no needle fac
tories in America, except those which
make sewing machine needles, 1t being
considered much cheaper and more eco
nomical to import them from the great
Redditch and other English needle fac
tories than to make them at home. Our
great National Needle company at
Springfield, Mass, makes about 80, :
600, 900 machine needles every year, and
the great Redditch (English) company
makes three times that many, or co..
900, 900, of the hand variety annually.
st. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
THE DESTRUCTIVE TERepo.
PiiinE of wharves and Railroad Tresties
Ruined by It.

The teredo Is the most destructive
marine animal we have. Il enters the
submerged part Of the piling Of wharves
or railroad trestles and bores into the
interior. When 1t penetrates the surface
Of the wood IL is about the size of pin,
but increases In size, always lengthen-
ing, but never leaving any part of the
hole II bores until its full mission is
accomplished. In this way IL stretches
from the original pin hole entrance far
Into the interior of the wood and swells
in size to the diameter of large lead
pencil. At the big end are tho cutters,
two clam shells that rotate from side to
side and cut smooth, round hole. The
worm sometimes attains the length of
ten inches.
Hundreds Of such worms attack the
exposed wood at the same time, and in
a short time honeycomb it. However
numerous they are, they never interfere
with one another, and no instance is
found where one borer has cut into or
crossed the boring of his neighbor,
though the partitions left between the
borings are sometimes 40 thicker than
a sheet Of paper. Another popularity is
that as the places of entrance are no
larger than pin heads and the worms re-
main and do their growing inside, the
wood may be almost entirely consumed
inside, yet the surface appears sound
and unaffected. Suddenly, without the
slightest warning, the wooden pile gives
way and its fellows follow in short or
der, and the wharf which appeared sub
stantial is wholly ruined.
To combat the teredo many expedients
have been resorted to. One is to sheathe
the piling in copper. Another is to cover
the surface of the wood with broad
headed taclss-the rust from which
spreads so as to discourage the teredos
operations. Still another method is to
boil the wood In creosoto under heavy
steam pressure, so that the creosote sat
urates the fibers of the wood
All these methods are etficacious, and
the creosote process is used with perfect
success in wharf and trestle building
all along the gulf coast. Its cost is the
chief drawback, single stick of creo-
sote timber costing sometimes as much
as 500 Mobile Register.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
NapoIeon's Mother.

Napoleon's mother was as much Of
soldier as her great son. On one occa-
sion, when he wanted his own way, she
gave him to understand that the first
duty of a soldier was obedience and
that if he wished to be a soldier he
must, first Of all things, learn to obey.
He had, to the end of his life, the high
est regard for his mother. AT his court
she was styled "Mme. Mere" Speaking
Of the influence Of the mother on the
character of the child, he said, 1.-The
future destiny of the child is always the
work of the mother"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Monday Ia Washday.

1 don't see why it isn't just as well to
hang out the family wash on Wednesday
as upon Monday. Yet / have known wo-
men who wouldn't have a fiat unless
they could wash on Monday. AS five
floors of two families each can't dry in
the back yard and ON the roof on the
same day, and the Monday prejudice is
very strong, landlords have had to erect
huge telegraph poles in the rear Of fat
houses, from which pole lines are oper-
ated on level Of each floor. This sys-
tenn also affords the additional pleasure
of a near view Of the number and char
acter Of your neighbors' family wash.
There muse be some substantial reason
for a woman doing just as her neighbors
do and what all women in the civilized
world do and have been doing for hun
dreds Of years. New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

DR.. Forester of AK les. Bains has an
interesting paper in lie Progress Medic
nj on 1.-THE Origin and Terminology of
Massage" The physician of lHospico
Evangolique is of opinion that the
method of treatment now known as
massage was first introduced into Eu-
rope by some of the returning members
of Bonaparte's Egyptian expedition of
1909, and relies for his information
upon book entitled "Des Faux Their
males d'Aix en- Savoie," published at
Chambery in 1908.
DIR. Daquin, the author of the work
in question, after passage apropos of
the douche, speaks of the manipulations
and frictions which were observed by
Captain Wallis among the aborigines of
Otaheite, and then proceeds as follows:
"Those who followed the Emperor Ma
poleon in Egypt inform us that this
method was also in existence among the
people Of that country, and that it was
employed after the bath. The name of
massement has been given to it, and it
is administered to the person whom they
want to masser by rubbing successfully
tho entire surface of his body.
According to this account l think
that this operation, which strikes me as
very salutary procedure, might with
great advantage be put in practice after
their bath or douche upon those who
mako uso of our thermal waters. -
London Lancet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
llNCOlN'S lOVEMAklNG.
Abe Encountered His Political Rival While
Addressing Miss Todd.

In 1889 Miss Mary Todd of Kentucky
arrived in Springfield to visit married
sister, Mrs. Edwards. At the instance
Of his friend Speed, who was also
Kentuckian, Lincoln became visitor
at the Edwards, and before long 10 was
apparent to the observant among those
in Springfield that the lively young
lady held him captive. Engagements at
that time and in that neighborhood
were not announced as soon as they
were made, and it is not at all impossi
BILE that Miss Todd and Mr.. Lincoln
were betrothed many mQnths before any
other than Mrs. Edwal~s and Mr.. Speed
knew of IL, writes John Gilmer Speed
in The Ladies' Home journal.
AT this time, as was the case till
Lincoln was elected to the presidency,
his one special rival in Illinois was
Stephen A. Douglas. Mr.. Douglas had
more of the social graces than Mr.. Lin
coin, and it appeared to him that moth
ing would be more interesting than TO
cut out his political rival in the aifec-
tions Of the entertaining and lively
Miss Todd, and so he paid her court.
A spirited young lady from Kentucky
at that time in Illinois would have
been almost less than human if shc had
refused to accept the attentions Of the
two leading men of the locality. There
fore Miss Todd. being quite human, en-
couraged Douglas, and again there was
what nowadays would have been called
Irritation. This course of action did
not spur Lincoln on in his devotion, but
made him less ardent and he concluded,
after much self worriinent. to break off
the engagement, which he did, but at
the Same interview there were q recon
ciliation and q renewal of the engage
ment
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

tacks ON General Bragg, who informed
the publisher Of The Rebel that unless
the irate editor were discharged the pa
per could not come into his lines Mr..
Watterson then realized that he must
seek other friends, for he was not the
man to retract n word nor to be dictated
to. As editor in chief he would write
his sentiments despite any one, so he
made arrangements to become one Of
the staff of Lieutenant General Leonidas
Polk After serving short time in that
capacity Watterson resigned and became
editor Of enc Of the papers published in
Atlanta.
After an uneventful existence in Grif-
fin for awhile the approach Of the Fed
eral army to Atlanta in July of that
year warned the publisher that he must
move ON IL he would keep The Rebel
afloat and save his scalp, so IL was taken
to Selma, Ala, that fall.
Here il was that the event. ii paper
came to an untimely end with the Con-
federacy 1t had so long and faithfully
upheld. II was in the latter part of
April, 1866, that Selma was taken by
General Wilson. The Federals knew of
the existence of The Rebel, and one of
the first things they did to appease their
wrath was to fire its office, which was
in building beside the river and built
partly over it. The Yankees printed a
small sheet, in which they announced
their victory over the "rebs" and prob
ably the general orders from head.
quarters" announcing the surrender of
the armies of the southern Confederacy.
They then threw the materials in the
river and burned all the files they could
find. Boston Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
NUMBER 27.
THE CIRCUS RING.
It Is Always Exactly Forty-two Feet Nine
Inches In Diameter.

In various ways tho circus of the pres-
ent day differs from that Of the past,
but the ring remains unchanged. It is
always 42 feet o inches in diameter Go
where you will, search the world from
China to Peru, with diverging trips to
the frosty Caucasus and tho desert Of
Sahara, and never circus will you find
without ring az feet inches in di-
ameter.
There is a reason for this remarkable
uniformity. Circus riders and circus
horses are nomadic Wherever their
wanderings bring them they must find
the ring always the same. else they
will be disturbed in their performance.
II not really rendered incapable. Trained
to the AZ feet inch ring, tho horse and
his rider have grown used--worn, one
might say-to the exact angle of de-
clivity toward the center Of the ring
which the radius Of 81 feet and given
speed produce.
The mound on the circumference Of
the ring always has on the inside lev
ell, so to speak, of earth, at the same
angle as that into which radius and
speed throw the driver. AS Cor speed,
that, after the horse has gone round two
or three times and is warmed o his
work, is the same through tho act In
fact, a strap generally holds his head
so that he cannot get beyond certain
pace.
The ringmaster snaps his whip, the
clown shouts, the band plays louder and
louder, but the horse knows just how
much this empty show means and joys
on at the same old pace ratil. with the
last jump through tissue balloon, the
act is ended. Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Cost of French Opern Boxes.

When the old Marquis de Casa Riera,
who had for many years the great Entire
COLONIES box on the right side-for
which he paid, if / remember rightly,
e1 200 a year, and which, though he
was blind, he filed every night with
pretty women--died some / 8 years ago,
there was hot flutter Of excitement in
the Paris Of the opera as to what would
become Of the succession to the box.
After palpitating struggle of infiu-
ences, efforts and diplomacy, equal in
emotion to the contest between Ulysses
and the Telamonian Ajax for the armor
of Achilles, the nephew and heir Of the
old marquis managed to keep the box
for one night weeli---he could not OBJ
tain more---and 1t was won for each of
the other nights by persons of the high
est place, who had been longing for it
impatiently for years. An ordinary box
for one night week costs from gao to
G820 year, according to its size and
situation. The combat for boxes is un-
ceasing. II is one Of the features Of the
rich life Of Paris, and to those who
know the people and the circumstances
the combat is diverting to watch. -
Blackwood's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
THE PASeO.


The wavering heat is broken by long rows
OF slim acacias, palms and alamos.
In brave attire there walk. between,
Jose, Andres and Agustin.
Andres, Jose and Agustin
stroll down the alameda slow
Meath spreading boughs with plats betwoen
Where rose and beled granada grow.
Tall gray sombreros, silver trimmed,
Bedecled with spangles, ample brimmed,
Shade from bright rays by clouds undimmcd
The eyes of all
They loiter on with airy grace,
A turn of head this way and that,
While sparkling smiles light mp the face
Accenting gay, theatric chat.
Their jaunty Jackets reach the waist,
with rows OF buttons closely placed,
And braided trousers tightly laced,
Costumes complete.
A greater charm Is found by far
Than shade, bright flowers and tropic
weather
In Junna, 1ncz and Leonor,
All pretty maids who drive together,
Clear olive faces, lips Of red
But back of them the warder's head.
The duenn, accredited
For watchful eyes,
The wavering heat is broken by long rows
OF slim acacias, palms and alamos.
In brave attire there walk between,
Jose, Andres and Agustin.
Il. w. Green in "Land of Sunshine"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
THE REGtNT DIAMOND.
The One Precious sto. rhat Comes Near
est to Being AwIess.

The Regent diamond, while surpassed
in sizo by the Great Mogul and several
other well known stones, is really the
finest Of all, being nearly faultless in
form and purity and the most brilliant
diamond in the world today.
Its French history dates back to 1717.
In that year it was purchased from its
English owner, for the French regalia,
by the Duke Of Orleans, then regent of
France, whence its present name. II
had previously been known by name
almost as famous.
In I'M French finances were in u
desperate strait The people were starry
ing, tho treasury was nearly exhausted,
credit oven was lost, yet under the per-
suasions Of the Scotch financier Law and
tho French Duke of st. Simon the re-
gent of France, hesitating where every
monarch of Europe had refused, finally
agreed to the price of SG75, 600.
Greatly to the relief of the duke, his
act appealed to the pride of the French
people, and instead Of condemnation for
his extravaganza he received their ap-
plause. In the light of subsequent events
their approval has touch of the pro-
phetic.
The first prominent appearance of the
diamond in the French regalia was in
the circlet of the crown mado for the
coronation of the boy Louis XIV, in 1722
After half century it was again the
center Of new crown, that which i'll
1775 weighed heavy on the head of the
young Louis XVI till he cried out in
discomfort, "It hurts mel'
Then come 1889 and the fire and
blood and fury of the French revolution.
Charles Stuart Pratt in Lippincott's s.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
New Use For Love Letters.

An ingenious bride, SO the story goes,
has evolved happy scheme for keeping
her husband true to the protestations of
his wooing. The engagement was long
one, the love letters exchanged, legion.
With these letters she has papered her
boudoir. No man could in the face Of
such evidence Of eternal devotion object
to the price Of new bonnet or be stingy
in the matter Of pin money. How could
he scold about the butchers bill, or be
sully even if she did give his pet loung-
ing coat to the old clothes man or put
her pug to sleep in his Sunday hat or
cry because he staid at the club and
forgot to come in until midnight as in
his bachelor days?-Philadelphia Call
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Battle OF the Buckles.

In petty war carried on between the
rival cites of Athens and Ege@ small
body Of soldiers entered the latter town.
They were met by an angry mob Of
women who unclasped their girdles,
which were fastened with metal buckles,
and attacked the foe furiously. The SOL
diers hesitated, not wishing to injure
the women, but the affray became 80
serious that they fed down the streets.
The women pursued them, using their
long sashes as lassos and striking the
enemy without mercy.
The case was afterward brought into
the courts, and, sorrowful to relate, was
decided against the Egeans, for the
judges decreed that henceforth no Egean
woman should wear a buckle. The
Athenians thereupon took special pride
in this ornament, which they flaunted
before the eyes of their rivals.-Current
Literature
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13

The Roman legionary is parsonage
of remarkable interest. He is indeed the
first soldier whom we seem to recognize
as such-a disciplined man Of the high
est training, with pride i'll himself, con-
fidence in his leaders and considerable
esprit do corps in fact, a warrior whom
the modern soldier can take TO his heart.
There were legions and legions, OK
course, as in modern armies there are
regiments and regiments. Some indeed,
like the famous Tenth, enjoyed even
nickname, "Tho Larks" (Alauda). The
men, il we are to believe Vegeiius, suf-
fering from the same weaknesses, could
be raised by the same means 20 the Same
excellence as the veterans Of tho penin-
sula war. As to the lighter moods Of
the Roman legionary, are they not inn
mortali2ed in tho name Of Roman
emperor?
Tacitus tell us how Germanicus, al
ways u popular general, having had
son born to him in the camp, dressed
the lad like little soldier, complete
even to his boots (caliga), in the hope
of pleasing his men. The men of course
made n pet of him and called him Cali
gula, or Little Boots, and 1t is by his
camp nickname Of Little Boots that
Claudius, son of Germanicus, lives in
history to this day. 1t is curions ex-
ample of the persistence in the nature of
fighting men. Cochrane's rough Chill
can sailors dressed up his 5-year-old son
as o tiny midshipman and made pet
Of him in the same way. Macmillan
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
Loves ProdiRalitY.

A Michigan avenue youth was dilat-
ing to friend upon the charms of his
adored one. His friend was disposed to
distrnst somewhat the accuracy Of the
young mans vision.
"She is beautiful, you say?"
GAS star |"
"And rieh?"
"Bah I know not nor care"
"True, that is secondary considera-
tion. But is she very wiser"
"Wiser than Solomon"
Excellent. I suppose she is also Of
fine family?"
Family. my boy? Family? Why,
that girl has a family tree that would
shade Lincoln park !'-Chicago Times
Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
The Iuxuriaua Romano.

The Romans had no flower shows.
There were "bread and circuses, but
not bread and flowers. The luxurious
Roman used roses in enormous quanti-
ties at his banquets. 1t was fine joke
to have roses fall from above on guests,
reclining at their tables, and the flowers
in such quantities as to smother them.
A writer in The Quarterly recalls pic
ture of Alma Tadema's s 1.-THE Rose Feast
Of Elagabalus, which shows the super
abundance Of roses. To spend on ban
quet in roses 1000, 900 sesterces, equiv
alent to about Sl60, 900, is recorded by
Suetonius, but possibly Suetonius exag-
gerates.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
BUFFALO, ROCHESTER, & PITTS.
" RURGH RAILWAY

The short line between Dubois, Ridgway
Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo, Rochester
Niagara Falls and points in the upper oil
region.
On and after June 18th, 1884, passen-
ger trains will arrive and depart from Falls
Creek station, daily, except Sunday, ms fol-
lows:
I.2O p. m. and $50 D. Accommodation
from Punxsutawney and Big Run.
$50 a. m,--Buifalo and Rochester mail-For
Brockwayville, Rdgway, Johnsonburg, Mt.
Jewett, Bradford, Salamanca, Buffalo and
Rochester,; connecting at Johnsonburg
with p. & +. train 3, for Wilcox, Kane,
Warren, Cory and Erie.
1888 n. m.-Accommodation- Sykes,
Big Run and PunXsutawney.
2:2O D. m.-Bradford Accommodaton-For
Beechtree, Brockwayyille, Ellmont, Car
mon, Ridgway, Johnsonburg, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
$40 y. m.-Mail-For Dubois, Sykes Big
Run PunXsutawney and Walston
Passengers are requested to purchase tick
cts before entering the cars, An excess
charge of Ten Cents will be collected by con-
ductors when fares are paid on trains, from
allstations where a ticket Office is maintained.
Thousand mile tickets at two cents per
mile, good for passage between all stations.
j. II. MCINTYRE, Agent, Falls creek Pa.
r. G. MATHEWS +. G. LAPEY,
General Supt. Gen. Pas. Agent
Buffalo N. Y. Rochester N. Y
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-11-13
1,atiraun Gtmr Gables.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Il
IN EFFECT MAY 10, 1895,
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Drlftwood.
EASTWARD

Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Division Time
Table. Trains leave Drftwood
EASTWARD
q:0i m--Train S, daily except Sunday for
sunbury, Harrisburg and intermediate sta
tons, arriving at Philadelphla G;2J p m,
Washington, 1880 p m Pullman Parlor car
from 'Willlamssport and passenger coaches
3:se D. m."Train q, daily except Sunday for
Harrisburg and intermediate stations, ar
rylng at Philadelphia $3.50 a. MI New York,
7:33 A. NJ Pullman Sleeping cars from
harrisburg 20 Philadelphia and New York.
Philadelphia passengers can remain III
sleeper undsturbed until 200 An
0:35 ID. m.-Train T. daily for Sunbury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations, ARRIVING az
Philadelphia, $3.50 A. NJ; New York, 9:33
A. NJ. on week days and 1913 A N. on sun.
day; Baltimore, 6:20 A. NJ: Washington, 1880
AN. Pullman cars from Erie and Williams
port TO Philadelphia. Passengers In sleeper
FOR baltimore and Washington will be
risburg. Passenger coaches from Erie to
Philadelphia and Williamsport TO Balti-
more. .
1925 n. m.-Traln 4 daily except Sunday for
Ridgway, Dubois, Clermont and inter
mediate stations. Leaves Ridgwny at 300
$3.50 a. m.--Train 3, daily for Erie and inter
mediate points.
e;s7 p. m.--Train II, daily except Sunday for
Kane and intermediate stations.
THROUGH TRAINS FOR DRIFTWOOD
FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH.
TRAIN II leaves Philadelphia $3.50 4. m.
Washington, $50 A. NJ; Baltimore, S:53A. NJ;
Wilkesbarre, 1918 A. NJ; daily except sum
day, arriving at Driftwood AT 6:27 p. NJ with
Pullman Parlor car from Philadelphia to
Willlamsport.
TRAIN leaves New York at S y. M. Phila-
delphia, ll:20 y. M; Washington, 1910 a. M;
Baltimore, 1850 y. M; daily arriving M
Driftwood at $3.50 u. M Pullman sleeping
cars, from Phil9delphla TO Erie and from
and through passenger coaches from phila-
delphia TO Erie and Baltimore to Williams
port.
TRAIN leaves Remove ut 6:35 u, M, daily
except Sunday, arriving at Driftwood 1925
a. m.
JOHNSONBURG RAILROAD.
DAILY except Sunday.l
TRAIN 10 leaves Rldgway at $3.50 n. M; John
sonburg at 0i5 n. M, arriving Mt Clermont
at 10:i0 n, m.
TRAIN 20 leaves Clermont at 1880 n. m. ar
riving at Johnsonburg at ll:l u. m. and
Ridgway at i2:OO Il. m.