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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-07
The SiletE Reservation.

In the north part of the county lies the famous
SiletZ Indian reservation, now soon to be thrown
open for settlement This reservation is among
the last of the Indian lands to be opened to the
whites, and offers about the last opportunity
the prospective settler will have in securing a
home from Uncle Sam. The Indians having
been allotted their lands and one hundred and
eighty thousand acres remaining which will be
turned back to the general government and be
homesteaded and taken under the timber act
The Siletz river is navigable for twenty-five
miles up from its mouth for all classes of river
boats. Along the river on either side for three
miles inland are large bodies OF rich tide land
and for the next twenty miles large sandy bot.
toms extend from the rivers edge, varying in
width from two hundred yards to quarter OF
a mile. This territory has never been visited
by fire and there are millions of feet OF fine
| fir, larch and cedar timber Large deposits oi
coal are kIiown to exist, the quality of which Is
the same as that of the magnificent Depot
Slough coal. On this reservation can be found
some of the best agricultural and grazing land
on the coast. All the preliminary work look
ing to the opening OF the reservation has beer
done, and 1t is only awaiting the President,
proclamation announcing it open for settle
ment, when the pioneers AK will startle the
wild elk and deer from their natural haunts
iwhen capital will take up the echo and soon
where but a few months before nothing but tn,
wild animals harsh notes and wierd chants Of
few old Indians, the remnants Of a once power
full tribe, was heard as they paid their tribute L
old Medicine Rock, will be heard the music o
the saw and hammer. Civilization shall con
ouor the earth
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-07

Newbcrn, N. c., was named after
Bern In SwitArlgnd by Baron do
Graafewidt, @ Swiss. who founded tho
town In 1870.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-02-07
Miscellaneous.

Owing to the mild climate and absence Of
FROST fruit Of all kinds that can be raised in Ore
gon do exceedingly well here. Large orchards
of prunes, apples and pears are being set out
and go far have proved to be perfectly free from
all fruit pests, common in the Willamette Val
ley and California. Lincoln County viii be the
banner fruit County in Oregon
The oregon Pacific Railroad which has its ter.
minus at Yaquina City, has reached the Cas-.
eade mountains and is operating one hundred
and forty miles Of road. And as soon as this
road makes connection with an eastern road
and becomes trans.continental line opening
up the great wool and wheat belts, of eastern
Oregon, Yaquina Bay will then become Il for.
midable rival Of other ports on the Pacific coast
OF known fame.
| Lincoln County offers better inducements
than any other county in oregon for capital
Lincoln County offers good inducements for
homeseekers.
Lincoln County has many undeveloped re-
sources only sleeping for the want Of capital
Lincoln County wants business men, working
men, farmers and capitalists, 1t takes all kinds
OF people to make and develop q country. Take
Horace Greely's advise and come west, where
billiards and cyclones are unknown; where
every mans latch string hangs on the outside
where the warm breath OF the grand old Pacific
paints brilliant colors on mid.winter flowers
where Ayers Ague cure Is ofno more value thar
q bushel Of sand; where fever and malaria ar,
strangers and outcasts; where an honest, in
dustrious man can make him home and be Al
free and independent as Governor Pennoyer.
| If you are an old man come and view sunse
down by the sea, rest yourmi and be care fre,
for r while. II You are yonug man come anc
grow mp with the country. liyou are a mon
eyed man come and double your capital. II yol
are single man come and sec our girls fyol
are a sickly man come and get your health.
| you sre a tourist come and see our evergreen
hills, our Newport, our Zeal Rocks come ant
stand on old CAGE Fouweather the farthes
! point west, and cast your eye out on the foam
/ Ing, rolling restless, dashlng, breaking, roar
| ing, angry ocean waves, and DC IN them like
ness Of the human family, always moving
| always restless, always striving 20 reaoh N,
| Yaquina Ray and Lincoln County
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
SHE SWALLOWED ICE WHOLE.

And Thought She was Frizzed ana Going
to Die Sure.
Auntie was a Southern nanny who
had come North with the family she was
born in, for the first time in her life.
The sights and peculiarities of the North
ern people, SO strange to her eyes, caused
her a great deal of trouble and confusion,
and also provoked much mirth. Now
auntie had seen but little ice in the
South, and one very warm day she ad-
dressed her young 1nissuS: 'LOr, chile,
Is dot powerful headdake."
Why, auntie, I'll get you some ice, y
which the young lady did, telling her to
put some in a handkerchief around her
head. and take Il small piece in her
mouth.
A;s;Is;c ~!.2.!o,, 20 do as she was di-
rected, but evidently overdid it, for in a
short time she burst into the dining
room. shouting:
20 Lor'. MISE, Is frizzed, Use gwine
ter die. Lor' er massy, GIN me some
hot water, quick, befo' Is u dead mann
my"
why, what on earth is the matter,
auntieY'
After a great deal of trouble the follow
ing explanation was given:
us done swallow dat piece of ice as
youse told me, an it stuck in my chest,
an den it began ter freeze all my chest,
an / done feel it er reachin' fer my
heart. Dat settled it sure 'nOugh. Moth
III would stop that freezin' till | swal-
Tered de hot water ter melt it. Yes, Is
better now. but | don't want no more Oh
dat ice. '--Harper'S Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC.
In Some German Towns the Weed is Pro
hibited on the Streets.

In Some German Towns the Weed is Pro-
hibited on the Streets.
The consumption of tobacco of all kinds
in France, according to recently compiled
statistics, is nearly 125,O0000O pounds
per year. An analysis of the figures
shows that the people of Northern France
use nearly four times as much per capita
as those in the southern provinces. Al
most every other country of Europe, how
ever, consumes more smoking tobacco in
proportion to its population than does
France.
This is especially the case with Ger
many. In many small German towns
smoking in the streets is forbidden Less
than fifty years ago if a man ventured
on the streets of Berlin with a cigar in
his mouth he would be liable to arrest.
The same provision existed until 1913 in
Vienna, though the law was not OBJ,
served by the populace. The town of
Brock, in Holland, which is said to be
the cleanest city in the world, has long
forbidden the people within it's walls to
smoke after sunset in the streets unless
with covered pipe. Sin order that the
cinders may not be blown about" Smok-
ing with an uncovered pipe in German
or Austrian forests in an offense that is
vigorously punished and as a result of
this regulation forest fires are. rare in
those countries
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
The Largest Painting.

The st. Louis Republic thinks that the
most remarkable piece of panoramic,
painting ever attempted was 2000-mile'
view of scenery along the Mississippi
river, which was executed by John Ban
ward, the artist, who died at Watertown,
S. D., in the summer of 1891. This:
panorama, which gave faithful and clear
cut pictures of bluffs, river mouths.
farms, prairie dells and wooded promon-
tories along the Father of Waters for &c
distance almost as great as that which
separates st. Louis from New York, was
painted on a strip of canvas twenty-five
feet wide and nearly two miles long.
Nothing similar has ever been attempted
on such gigantic scale, and, while Ar
fist Barnard was not known as the,
Michael Angelo of America he viii
long be remembered by the lovers of the.
curious, in either art or nature, as the.
man who painted the largest painting.
ever known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14

II Z;1gI ] 4T

Mrs. James Taylor, who resides at
No. 80 Bailey avenue, Kingsbridge,
New York, on the 18th Of Deem
Der, 1894, said: "My age is IS years.
For the past two years l have had
liver trouble and indigestion.
always employ physician,
which | did in this case, but
obtained no beneficial results. I
never had any faith in patent
medicines, but having seen Ripans
Tabules recommended very highly
in the New York Herald, con-
Guided to give them a trial After
using them for short time,
found they were just what my case
demanded. have never employed
a physician since, which means
So call and 81 for medicine. One,
dollars worth Of Ripans Tabules
lasts me month, and | would not
be without them if it were my last
dollar. They are the only thing
that ever gave me any permanent
relief. | take great pleasure in
recommending them to. any one
similarly affected.
(SigneO MRS. J. TAYLOR"
Ripans Tabules are sold by druggists or by mail L
al Company, No 10 Spruce Street, New York Sample
ial, 10 cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
TOWED BY A SWORDFISH.
Boston Fisherman's Exciting Adventure
Off Chatham.


Off Chatham.
John Troy. q fisherman of Boston. ar
rived in New York aboard the three
masted schooner Katie G. Wilbur of st.
John, \. b., and spun the following tale
of the sea:
L am one of the crew of the fishing
boat Iolanthe of Boston, Walter Martin,
captain On Thursday last the 1olan5he
was off Chatham, Mass, and five of
her 14-foot dories. at 3 a. M, put off to
set travis for fish. There was one man
in each dory.
My travis parted, so | rowed in to
get the. buoy aboard. | got it in and
was placing my oars aft, when 12-fOOt
swordtlsh, prowling on the bottom of the
sea, got tangled in the buoy line and
started ahead like a streak of lightning
l was nearly pitched into the sea and
the dory half filled with water | saved
the oars, but one of the trawi nets went
overheard
L dared not move forward to cut the
line for fear the dOry would upset, SO /
had to sit still and let the fish have full
fling. l halloOed a. the start like dear
life for help, but no one paid any atten-
ton to my cries.
hours before it let up. Once it came to
the top, gave a leap of twelve feet into
the air and then shot under the water
again sideways. The wrench carried off
the dory's gunwale.
AT the end of the five hours the
fish came to the top again and died
of worry, / guess. They say that's what
always kills the swordfsh. Then / cut
the line, losing seven fathoms of rope
and one of my two anchors.
THE other anchor l dropped to see
how the tide was going. 1t was running
westward Then l began to row, going
by the sun.
L pulled all of Thursday afternoon
and night, all of Friday and Friday
night, and about 1 a. III. Saturday was
so tired and thirsty that | anchored in
SiXty-eight fathoms of water and tried
to get to sleep in the bottom of the boat.
/ had had neither food nor water since
left the Iolanthe.
L could not sleep, and in an hours
time heard a foghorn.
L raised my head and saw two lights
bearing down upon me. | stood up and
hallooed as loud as l could. / tried to,
but | could not, break the anchor line.
Again l shouted to keep off.
Then the captain Of the vessel spoke
to me, and asked me to come aboard.
/ did so. They gave me some tea and
then / fell asleep.
Il was told the vessel was the Viii
bur, bound for New York with timber.
| was picked up forty miles east of
Chatham. / am very thankful for my
rescue. l thought tune and again it
was all up with me.
This was the second sWordtish I've
had dealings with. Once on the Grand
banks v e caught one in a net, but seven
men couldn't land him.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
RUSSIAN CENTENARIANS.
That Country is Prolific of Aged People,
MOSTLY Men.

Russia seems to be prolific of centenari-
ans, though one would hardly be disposed
to regard the general conditions of exist
ence under the government of the Gar
as conducive of longevity. Last year
we were told of the French cavalry
colonel who fought in his middle age at
BorodinO, and would not, perhaps, have
died even in his 18th year if some
benevolent persons had not got up sub
scription for his benefit.
Lawrentz Efimoff, who has just
shutf1ed of this mortal coil in the Prov
ince of Samara, beats this worthy hol-
low. He was half way through his Sec
Ond century when death cut short his ca
reer. He probably owed the prolongation
of his days to the fact that he spent his
youth in the honorable and healthy pro-
fession of brigandage. In the reign OF
Catherine II. he belonged to the famous
band commanded by Pougatcheff, and,
having been caught, was sent by the EN-
press to Siberia. However, he had his
revenge by surviving his persecutrix just
100 years. He did not initiate most of
his rivals in senility by retaining his ia,
culties to the last. for he was blind for
some time before bidding farewell to the
wOrld.-Pal Mall Gazette.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
From a Ton of Coal.

Somebody has made the interesting
chemical calculation that, from a single
ton of ordinary gas coal, there may be
produced 1900 pounds of coke, 20 gallons
of ammonia water and 40 pounds of
coal tar. More curious still, it is found
that by destructive distillation the coal
tar will yield nearly 10 pounds of pitch,
II pounds of creosote, IA pounds of
heavy oils, 91a pounds of naphtha vel
low, 6.3 pounds of naphthaline, 434
pounds of naphthol, 2H pounds of solv-
ent naphtha, ~ pounds of phenol, 1 10
pounds of aurine, IL pounds each of
benzine and aniline, 81 of a pound Of
toludine, .46 of a pound Of anthracine
and 8 of pound of toluene.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
ONCE A SLAVE.
But Now He Rules the Country as Con
QuerOr.

But Now He Rules the Country as Con-
queror.
Tripoli traders who have come in lately
from Bornu, in the Soudan, tell an excit-
ing tale of the rise of a new conqueror.
His name is Rabah, slave, and later a
lieutenant of Zebehr Pasha, formerly
Egyptian governor Of Darfur
When Gordon fell Rabah, who was col
lecting taxes in the Soudan made his
way with a body of fighting men to Bag
hirmi, southeast Of Lake Tchad and not
only held his own against the Mahdists,
but conquered the country far and wide.
He then turned against the Sultan of
Bornu, whose capital is Kuka, ON Lake
Ichad, where the traders were. Ashem,
the Sultan. was defeated, and Klari,
Ashem's nephew, who succeeded as Sui
tan, gathered fresh forces and attacked
Rabah again and again, but was always
repulsed. Rabah is a free lance. fighting
for his own band and profit; his army
lives on pillage. He is a tall, spare negro,
very energetic, and of simple tastes.
He has collected a large store of gold,
silver, coral. feathers and ivory, and has
good number of modern rifles His
power is absolute, and he is rapidly form
ing powerful state behind the French,
English and German Hinterlands
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
Tired of French PRAYERS.

There is a boy in Philadelphia, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Record,
whose French nurse has taught him to
say his prayers in French. When the
proud mother was made acquainted with
the wonderful progress of her boy, she
was overwhelmed with JOY. When the
women Of her set dropped in to call on
her, the precocious child was trotted out
to say his prayers in French for the
wonder apd admiration of the visitors.
This continued for some time until the
lad grew weary of it. One day he mutt
MED. He would not say his prayers.
His mother coaXed and threatened by
turns. But the little boy was obstinate,
and finally, driven to desperation, he
said: Il don't want to say my prayers,
cause Jesus must be awful tired O.
hearin' me prayin' all the time; sides, l
don't think he understands French
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
BEARS CLIMB TELEGRAPH POLES.
Buzzing of the Wires Makes Them Think
Bees Are Around.

The abandoned telegraph line which
the Western Union Telegraph company
set about establishing through Alaska
about thirty years ago is to be revived,
the company deciding that there is suffi-
cient business to warrant its construc-
ton. The line will be built to Forty
Mile creek on the Yukon, and branches
will run to Sitka and Juneau. thus put
ting Alaska in touch with the world
The plan thirty years ago was TO con-
struct a line through Alaska by way of
Behring straits to Siberia, and thence
to st. Petersburg. Before the line had
been finished to Alaska the success of
the Atlantic cable made the TRANSIT
berian line unnecessary. One of the
principal difficulties the telegraph en-
countered was from bears, which took
the telegraph poles for bee trees and the
humming of the wires as the sound of
disturbed bees. They tore down many
poles in their active search for the honey
supposed to be concealed in them. Bears
are still numerous in that region and
the enterprise of carrying the telegraph
to that far region may be found more
difficult TO accomplish than is now
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
A MARINE CURIOSITY.
An italian Bark, 90 Years Old, with
Wooden Walls 20 Inches Thick.

Wooden Walls 22 Inches Thick.
A crew of men is loading spruce boards,
etc, into the Italian bark Jose Oliveira
Coelho, Capt. Joseph G. Andrade. This
Gently in ballast. She brought cargo Of
bone to the latter port from Buenos
Ayres. She was built in Italy twenty
years ago and is worth looking at, not
only because of the carved woodwork
here and there on the deck, but because
of the manner of her construction. She
is built as Solidly as an old wooden man
of war, all her planklng and timber being
of white oak.
We went down into the hold, where
they were storing away the lumber, and
the first mate. handsome young Portu-
guese a brother of the captain, said:
Il elf you five dollar, you drive nail in
there He pointed to the great planks
that made the lining or ceiling of the yes
sci. The wood was teak, the hardest of
all wood, and to drive a nail into it
would practically be impossible This
ceiling of teak wood is six inches thick.
Next outside are the timbers, eight inches
thick The outside planking of the yes
sci comes next, and is wooden armor of
eight inches of solid oak.
Here is a sailing vessel with walls of
wood % inches thick. The wall of u
wooden American schooner that carries
lumber to the river, while built in the
same way, IS but II or 10 inches tnlck.
This Italian vessel belongs to a very
extraordinary man whose name is Jose
MaciaI, and who, though but 40 years of
age and unable to read or write, is worth
$4,000, 900 or S4,000,000. He was born
in Portugal, and went to Rio Janeiro at
an early age. He was poor and ignorant,
but had the money-making faculty. He
began with bumboat, so-called-that is,
a little rowboat for transferring passen-
gers from steamers to shore. He soon
became the owner of several bumboats.
Then he got possession of q tugboat, and
in few years he owned seven tugboats,
and by the time the last rebellion came
about, this man, unable to read or write,
was one of the richest men in Rio The
Italian bark is this Portuguese million
aires first venture in the lumber business.
He went to Buenos Ayres during the re-
bellion. and he is there now.-Portland,
Me-, Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
A DOCTORS YARN.
Of Two Sisters Who Killed Their Grand
father to Ease His Pain.

father to Ease His Pain.
This is a bit of a true story a physi-
clan told me the other day, and it struck
me as being the text for a fascinating
story Of the Sherlock Holmes sort. We
were talking of the ACCESSIBILITY of put
ting hopelessly i'll persons out of their
misery as soon as possible. DR.. B.
didn't believe in it.
Il was asked to do it once" he said.
Two sisters asked me to kill their
grandfather, whom l was attending. He
was old and could not recover. They
seemed simply to pity his pain. l re-
fused. Next morning when 1 called the
man was dead. The nurse told me tie
sisters had sent her out on an GRAND.
When she returned the windows of the
sick room were open. There was a
strong odor of chlOroform in the room
and the man was dead"
And what did you do?" was asked.
Nothing. The elder sister is now
under the care of a specialist in nervous
diseases. She cannot sleep. She will
not ALLOW herself to be alone moment,
and she keeps the gas burning in her
room all night. think she will end in
madhouse''
Isn't that a priceless bit for some au-
thOr's notebook ?-Washington Post.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14

FAIR SAILING through life for the person
who keeps in health. With a torpid liver
and the impure blood that follows it, you
are an easy prey to all sorts of ailments.
That "used-up y feeling is the first warning
that your liver isn't doing its work.
That is the time to take DR.. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery. AS an appetizing,
restorative tonic, to repel disease and build
up the needed flesh and strength, there's
nothing to equal it. 1t rouses every organ
into healthful action, purihes and enriches
the blood, braces up the whole system, and
restores health and vigor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-08-14
KIDNAPPED Ply A TARPON.
The Adventure of Small Boy Who Went
Fishing in a Louisiana BAYOU.


The little son of the agent of the
Southern Pacific company, stationed at
Bayou des Allemands, had an adventure
the other day while fishing for the gay
and everything catfish. The little fellow
was out in the river in a fat-bottOmed
boat, and while handling his line sudden
" became aware that something out of
the ordinary was at the other end of it.
The line, which he was holding rather
slackly, became apparently alive and in
a moment was WhiZzing through his
fingers as if Old Nick himself was on
the hook. The boy endeavored to stay
its outward flight, but to no purpose
and he had the satisfaction of seeing the
end reached in quick order. FOrtu-
nately for the remainder of the story
the end was securely fastened to the
boat and as the line tautened out the
little craft began series Of manOeuvres
or the surface of the river, and the boy,
becoming alarmed at the unusual occur
renee, yelled for assistance.
The craft went ON with the food: in
the one end the boy, on the other pow
erful something or another, which, con-
tent with giving sample of its skill
as head-on propeller, kept its bulk hid
den beneath the water. And still the
boy kept on yelling and the boat agoing,
until several men on the bank of the
skiff and, armed with a steel harpoon-
they had been there before-started for
the boy and the boat and the something
another. still under the water. but oc-
casionally breaking the surface as if it
wanted to fly. When the rescueTs
reached the flying craft one of them
seized the tautened nsh line, sententiously
remarking, "Grande Ecaille," began to
shorten in and in about FIVE minutes of
hard work had brought the capture
alongside, where it began cayorting and
plunsing, throwing the water in clouds.
Another of the men Selling the harpoon,
watched an opportunity and in a few
minutes more darted the steel into the
cleaning sides of the fish, for such It
was.
When the bank was reached the capt
ured was taken ashore. 1t proved to be
a splendid specimen of the tarpon and
measured over six feet in length, its
scales being larger than a silver dollar