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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1896-03-20

Don't send away for your garden and
flower seeds until you have looked
through D. M. Ferry & Co.'S seeds, which
are the best to be had. For sale at P.
ii. Stephenson's.
Everybody knows the Mitchell wagon.
Look at Shurte Bros. ad that will tell
you where to get it.
Say, have you seen that new improy-
ed Little Giant" gang pillow at Shurte
Bros? 1t is daisy.
James w. Smiths new spring and
summer stock Of gents furnishing goods,
boots and shoes, dry goods, etc., will all
be in by March LIST. His goods are
bought direct from the East, at prices
that DEFY competition.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
A POSER FOR HIS MOTHER.
She Couldn't Be Consistent in Furnishing
Her Two Sons.

Children are philosophers very fire.
quently, but this does not alter the fact
that a mother with four small boys will
day There are two sections of a small
boys pantaloons that will succumb to
wear and tear unless constructed of
ten-inch ar1nor plate. Anyone can guess
that these are the seat and knees. This
tnother with four boys, living on Har-
wood street, has job of mending every
night. Little Tom manages to wear
the knee of his breeches out every day.
Christmas night his mother said to
him: "ToIn if you wear hole in your
pants tomorrow l shall cut them off
above the knees; am tired of patching
your trousers every hight" Yesterday
when Tom came home to dinner the
knees of his trousers were frazzled out
as usual, and true to her word his moth
er took pair of scissors and clipped
the garment above the knees. Tom felt
that he could not face his playmates in
any such trousers, and, broken-hearted,
he resorted to tears and wept bitterly.
His grief continued until Jimmy came
in, and when Tom discovered two large
holes in the seat of his brothers
trousers he gave way to laughter
Toms laughter became so boisterous
that his mother asked him: "What on
earth is the matter with you?" Tom
only pointed to those holes in the seat
OF his brothers trousers and shouted
hilariously. Still no one saw where the
laugh came in, and when his mother
again demanded the cause of his hiarity
he replied; 81 am thinking, mamma,
how funny Jim viii look when you cut
off his pants above them two holes."-
Dallas lTeX.l News.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

An excellent and simple remedy
Tor a sprain is made by mixing the
Hell-beaten whites of six eggs and half
4 cupful of table salt together. Apply
between thin muslin cloths.
Zig Pudding.-Chop half pound
of figs and mix with a teacup of grated
bread crumbs, teacupful of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of melted butter,
four eggs, beaten light, and five ounces
Of candied orange and lemon peel.
Turn into a creased mold, steam two
hours and a half. Serve with pudding
sauce.-N. Y. Recorder.
Fried Breakfast Bacon.-Remove
the rind and cut up several slices of
bacon, scatter in the frying pan and
fry gently. Beat up SIX eggs, add to
them salt and pepper, pour over the
bacon, let it set nicely and turn. Have
ready slices of toast, on which lay the
bacon and eggs, pour over little melted
hutter.-Western Rural.
Tartar Sauce.-Put in a salad bowl
two egg yollts, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon,
while adding to this slowly and grad
ually pint of sweet oil, dropping in
a teaspoonful of vinegar at time when
the sauce is too thick. Add some fine
ly-ehopped gherlains, eapers, parsley
and two tablespoonfuls of prepared
mustard mingle well and serve.-Bos-
ton Budget.
"A German cure for colds is called
egg soup, and is worthy of trial. Beat
up the yolll of an egg in pint Of
water; put in little butter, with two
or three Jumps of sugar and a table
spoonful of good whisky or rum; set
the dish on the stove and stir all the
time it is over the fire. When it begins
to boil pour it backward and forward
between a saucepan and pitcher until
it is smooth and has gained froth.-
~ Y. Sun
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
yeretarlans Use FIesblv Names.

Vegetarian restaurants are by de-
grees giving up the use of such titles
for their dishes as convey the idea of
a meat diet, but they still find the word
''steak" indispensable. Otherwise their
bill of fare is much improved and of
more inviting character than it used to
be. Indian broth" reads well on a
cold December day, and "braised onion
with tomatoes" appeals to many. But
what is vegetable turkeyP"
1t seems to be rather n confession of
weakness to be dependent on the animal
world for names wherewith to invest
the various preparations of vegetables,
cereals and fruits. To America they
owe many forms of succulent and
tempting food, such as fried corn. maize
with plums, and pineapple pudding
made from the timed fruit The use
of cheese, forbidden by some of the
strictest followers of vegetarianism,
enables the caterer to offer such sayory
dishes as Welsh rarebit, cheese fritters
and custards, ana the olors that are
emitted are of the most savory and ap
petizing ription.-London News,
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t was said that it was mainly ew.
Ing to Mr.. Chamberlain influence that
Prince Henry of Battenberg was al
lowed to go out with the Ashantee eX-
aedition, hence Mr.. Chamberlain Is in
aigh favor at court.
"A proposal to prohibit viviseetien
has been rejected by the inhabitants
Of the canton of Zurich by q vote of
over two to one. By nearly the same
vote they accepted law for the pro-
lection of animals, with due satisfac-
ton to the demands of science.
Australia is progressive country;
even the rabbits are wide-awake and
up to date. Those which are now in-
Testing Queensland have learned to
climb trees by their teeth, devouring
the bark and twigs to height of over
eight feet. Fences are Intellectual
against climbing rabbits,
Over one-third of the territory of
Africa, the Sahara district, does not
contain a single river. The greatest
river in the world is the gulf stream.
It is from 100 to 200 miles wide, and
over 5000 miles long, extending from
the strait between Florida and Cuba
to the northern coast of Norway
The Jordan is the "Descender."
During it's course it falls over 1,2O0
feet. At no point is it nayigable, even
by small craft, to any considerable
distance, and presents the unique spec
tacle of river which has never been
navigated flowing into the sea which
contains not one living creature.
"A psalter printed on vellum in 1850
for the Benedictine monastery of Sankt
Jakob at Mainz, the third book from the
Mainz press and the second printed
book with date, is offered for sale In
Mr.. Quaritch's Liturgical catalogue for
S26,250. This is probably the highest
price ever asked for single book.
When last sold in 1884, this copy
brought $24,750. No other copy has
appeared in the market for almost 100
years. It is far rarer than the Mazarine
Bible, the first book ever printed
Count Nicholas Esterhazy, lib
eral patron of the fine arts, has been in
the habit of hiring artists to paint ex-
clusively for him. Among those he
employed was Bella Pollik, the animal
painter, who left him four years ago
because his engagement prevented his
name from becoming known, and who
then sued the count for 10000 FORMS,
the value he set on two frescoes he had
painted in the counts castle of Totis,
in Hungary. The Austrian courts have
Just decided that the artist had no right
to extra payment for work done while
drawing a salary from the count.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
OCEAN NOT so DANGEROUS.
Lake Navigation Is Beset by Many Perils
to Which the Sea Is Stranger.

Sailing the great lakes with the low
stage of water during the season just
closed has been a combination of Mis-
sissippi river steamboating and Allan
tic navigation-wor1e than that, for
the river captain has no such dangerous
places to run as the 500 river, with its
Jagged rocks, where masters are forced
to pick their way over courses marked
by ranges amid swift currents, and fire.
quently in crowds of boats like naval
display. AS river pilot the com
mander of a lake vessel has before him
in passing through the narrow and
crooked channels connecting the great
lakes problems which would drive his
brother on the Mississippi out of his
mind Past these he enters an open
sea frequently swept by storms, which
try to the utmost the strength of his
craft Then the task before him has
features which the ocean navigator
generally escapes. The latter has sea
room. He can run before the storm
perhaps hundreds of miles, or, heaving
to, let his boat drift for days at time.
The lakes, while large enough to pro
duce tremendous seas, are really so
small that in big storms vessels have
little sea room. Once in gale, they
are practically on a Ice shore, and must
fight it out without running if unable
to gain the shelter of the shore to wind
ward.
1t is due to this union of river and
ocean navigation that losses on the
lakes reach so high a figure. This is
particularly true since the coming OF
steel boats. The laundering of the
steamers Western Reserve and w. II.
Gilcher in the fall of 1892 proved con
clusively that steel boats had to be
built as heavy and as strong on the
lakes as on the Atlantic. Every steel
vessel launched since then would pass
easily the critical inspection of the
ocean underwriters. But this very So
lidity units them for the river part
of lake navigation. When they touch
a rock something must give way, and
when something gives way the cost
of repairs is far heavier than it would
be were it not for the complicated net
work of angles and frames which give
strength to the double bottom. The
Tast season millions of tons of freight
have been carried on steel boats which,
in the shallower parts of the con
Meeting rivers, were within a few
inches of the bottom. Now and then
something went amiss, and a big re
pair bill followed.-Buffalo Courier.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
Absent-Minded. Indeed.

A Scottish farmer who was little alb
sent-minded was one day going into
Perth with a load of hay. He led the
horse out of the stable, but instead of
backing it up into the shafts of the
wagon, he absent-L.;, dedly led the ami
nal along the roa6, and never as much
as looked behind him until he walked
into the yard, leading the horse where
the hay was to be delivered.
''Where will / back it into?" he cried
to the stableman standing by.
Back in what?" asked the man.
"The hay, you stupid IDIOT
What hay? Ie've nae hay, ye daft
gowk."
Turning round to his CONSERVATION
the farmer for the first time appre-
hended the fact that he had left the
wagon at home and brought the horse
alone. In his hurry to reH ir the error
he started off at a trot, and was half
way back TO the farm before he realized
the fact that he had left the horse be-
hind Glasgow Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
PITH AND POINT.

--Kate-"Just look. these boots are
ever so much too big" Mary-"Yess
you must have given him the number of
the street instead of the number of your
shoe. .'-Boston Transcript.
Useless Effeet.-"I have story for
you that will make your hair stand on
end" 'Well, what good would that do2
don't know one note ON the piano from
another."-fndianapolis journal.
-squildig- What doctor did poor
Jaysmith havef" McSwilligen-'He
had two of them. One was DR.. D.,
but l forget the name of hisaceompIicel"
Pittsburgh Chronicle--Telegram.
Same oplpion.-Miss E~tty-'T
think Harry Donough is just as .aice as
he can be-" Miss Nettie--@Well, think
he's horrid" Miss Betty-''So de l. bat
he can't help it; he's as nice as he can
be."-Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Chatterbox@'Do you ever
make any errors in speech?" Mrs.
Wordsworth-"Yes; I made one a few
years ago." Mrs. Chatterbox-"W What
was it?" Mrs. Wordsworth-"I said
Yes "-Riehmond State.
-"Why did you break off your en-
gagement with Miss BerthaY' ''Be-
cause her parrot was always saying.
Stop that, George" but what DIFF
ference did that make? Your engaged
ment was not secret But my name
is not George. '-F1iegende Batter.
$50 yo' kin be coaxed but not druv-
kin yo'?" said Uncle Nose to the young
yellow man who had just declared him
self. my ole marster had a mule OBJ
dat kind, an when de ole man died dat
beast brought jis' sebben dollars, wen
odder mules was sellin' fer 200. ."-Indi-
annapolis Journal.
Mrs. Nonvo Reesh-''She called me
bar maid, and flew at her and pulled
her hair" Mrs. Toplofty-"Oh, how ter
rible! Still even that didn't justify you
In fighting her." Mrs. Nouyo Reesh--
Eyes, but if you had ever been bar
maid, you would understand how mad
1t made me" e."-Plck-Me-Up.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
She Knew Her Rights Wen.

She was evidently from the country,
and when she boarded car and handed
the conductor dollar, with instruc-
tions to be sure that he made the right
change, he knew that she was not
woman to be fooled with. Following
the usual custom of conductors who are
short of change, he pocketed the note
and returned to the platform, intend
ing to give her 95 cents when he had
taken more fares. The passenger fol-
lowed his every movement with sus-
picion until the car stopped at Wash
ington avenue, when the conductor ran
ahead to see that the railroad tracks
were clear. Quick as flash the woman
jumped from the car, pursued the as
tonished conductor, overlook him, and
belabored him with her green umbrella,
shouting: 81 knowed you was goin' to
steal it, you brass-buttoned theft"
Only the interference Of a bystander
saved the conductors skull, and no ex-
PLANTATION would satisfy the irate coun-
try woman until the change was placed
in her philadelphia Record.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
DInlnr-Rnom Decorations.

One of the prettiest decorations fo1
dining-room walls in houses of moder-
ate price is pottery and brasses in the
form of plaques, jugs, beer mugs and
other articles of fine shape or color.
Such articles need not be expensive bits
of china that il would break ones heart
if they came to grief. Such things
make a charming over-mantel decora-
tion, covering the entire space TO the
ceiling. If they are TO be truly en-.
joyed. however, they must be securely
placed, and are not recommended "a
the woman who is her own maid.-N.
I. Post
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
A Snake Region.

The great northwest is full of sur
prises. a tourist recently came across
a place in Klamath county, Ore, where
the principal product seems to be
snakes. He was a camera fiend and took
some snapshots that substantiate what
might otherwise be n rather question:
able story. According to the picture
the snakes are piled up like windrows OF
grass in a meadow. The traveller says
that while the snakes are harmless.
they are not particularly inviting in
large quantities.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
sLEIeHINe NOT WHAT 1T WAS.
Seasons Are Too Brief, and Customs Have
Changed of Recent Years.

5edsoDb Are 100 bTiel, anu ausbuEhs IAfo
Changed of Recent Years.
In the past few years sleighing has
undergone marked change. In the good
old days one of the chief attractions
for sleighers was the road houses, and
to a large majority of the sleighing
public an afternoon of the sport was
not complete without a visit to one
of those famous hostelries of the road.
But commercial improvement was the
cause of the downfall of these hos
pitable places where frost-bitten pleas
ure-seekers were wont to toast their
shins before cheerful fireplaces and
warm up the inner man with steaming
"hot scotches" and substantial Tom
and Jerrys."
Sleighing, as it is INDUCED in to-day,
Is more of a passing show than in for
mer years. To be sure, there is little
speeding down the center, but this
feature does not bear comparison with
the fast and furious driving which
once characterized the sleighing on the
Arsenal road and the "mile ground"
The racing over the snow was the at
traction then, and the people who did
not join in the lively brushes found am
pie enjoyment in watching the fun
from the side lines. Any kind of a
sled ON runners was good enough, and
style did not cut much of a figure, SO
long as the horse was fast. While
the sport has not lost any of its popu-
arity, those who indulge in 1t have
of late shown decided inclination
for snowy turnouts, and the frequent
ers of the Brookline boulevard seem
to take as much delight in exhibiting
their nobby sleighs as they once did
In showing the pace of their sleek
coated roadsters. Handsomer sleighs
will be seen this winter than ever be-
fore, and the craze for novelties is on
the increase. There is no vehicle in
which there is so great an opportunity
for beautiful lines as in the sleigh,
and none which has in late years been
more improved in that direction. The
manufacturers are continually aiming
at the artistic, wlt lie keeping comfort
and lightness in view. This years rigs
show a remarkable brilliancy of color
/ instead of the sober colors of other
! years, all of which seems to indicate
an evident desire to make the sport
q more enjoyable one than ever.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
At the Young Folks Meeting.

Youngson-F Friends, of late l have
been passing through trials and
troubles. They've fought me the won
derful truth Of the matchless verse;
1T is more blessed 10 give than 10 re-
ceive"
0ldson-And won't you tell us how
you learned that lesson. dear brotherP
Youngson-Tve. been learning 10 tel
rgraph.-Bay Cily Chat.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-29
She Had Refnrmnh-

Ethel-Molly told me yesterday. Nell,
That you had resolved TO give up talk
ing slang.
Nell-Nes. I have. / thought il all
,yer, and I've made up my mind that
sven if the young men do seem TO like
girl whose talk is bright and slaugy,
When IL comes 10 getting married she
imply isn't in it.-Somerville Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
OPPOSED TO BOISE pENROSE
Wanamaker Takes Hand in Pennsylvania
Senatorial Contest.
SPEAKS SEVERELY OF ATTEMPTED BOSSISM
Says IL DIshonors the state that One
Man should Claim to own Ma
jority of Legislature Dc-
fore 1t COnNcncs.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-John Wana-
maker who is opposing Boise Penrcee for
the seat in the United States senate, now oc-
cupied by MIR. Cameron, was interviewed to-
night on the situation of the campaign.
which is one OF the bitterest known to Penn
sylvania politics. He began with the state
ment that II the next four years do rot
give good times to the country the new
century will usher in changes that will ue
severely felt In the most remote corner OF
the world. Pennsylvania responsibility in
the administration OF national affairs is
thrown upon her congressman and two sena-
tors. The terms of these senators expire,
one at the beginning and the other during
President McKineys administration, and as
the time approaches to fill the next vacancy,
some of these who labored necessarily to de-
feat the nomination of Mckinley and car
ried the vote of Pennsylvania in the con-
vention against him, are assuming to dis-
place the federal patronage in advance OF his
Inauguration, in order to influence the votes
OF the members of the legislature"
Mr. Wanamaker spoke In strong terms
saying: THE old commonwealth is dishon-
ored by the claim that one man owns l5O
votes out Of the 200 chosen men, composing
the legislature, not yet assembled and
add that one boss rad "defantly taken the
state by the throat' and dictated his own
terms.
Concerning national issues, he said he
favored the tariff high enough to remunerate
manufacturers so they may be able to keep
employees going the full week at good wages,
and to exclude everything we can grow or
make in this country. He advocated a
greatly restricted immigration law, and as
serted his unalterable opposition to any tam
pering with the monetary system, which
would tend to destroy the nations credit or
depreCiate the coin.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
BATCH or pExIALs FROM MADRID.
Stories Published In WnshinGton and
London Are Promptly Denied.


MADRID. Dec. 29.-It is officially denied
that there is any truth In the report pub
lished in New York paper on Sunday last
that the United States consulate at Car
denas, province Of Matanzas, Cuba, had
been twice attacked and the shield torn
from the door in spite of the efforts Of the
local authorities to protect the consulate,
An emphatic denial is also officially given
to the statement today Of the London
Chronicle that there was reason to believe
that the French foreign Office has been
sounded in regard to Cuba in an anti
American sense.
An emphatic denial is given here to the
report credited to the Washington Post that
Senor Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish minis
ter at Washington and Mr.. Olney have
concluded negotiations for the acceptance
by Spain Of the good offices Of the United
States in the settlement of the Cuban in
surrection.
LONDON. Dec 30.-Thc Daily News Paris
correspondent says: 1T is quite clear that
Spain is in negotiation with Mr.. Olney, but
the Castilian pride compols the government
to negotiate in an underhand way. They
cannot help trying to arrive at a private un-
derstandlng with the United States, for the
proceeds of the recent loan are nearly eN-
hausted. and Captain General Weyler's APP
parent inaction has checked the buoyancy
which followed Maceo's death"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
IRISH ANT1-TAxATioN AGITATION.
strong Resolutions Adopted Mt n
Mnss Mceting McIh Mt mcriclk.


Mass Meeting Held ut Limcrick.
LIMERICK, Dec. 29.-Lord Dunraven
presided today at meeting here of all
classes, at which a resolution similar to
the one agreed upon at the Mansion house,
Dublin, meeting of yesterday was adopted,
calling upon the government to remedy the
financial injustice done to Ireland by over
taxation Bishop O'Dwyer who was the
chief speaker, eXhorted Irishmen to stand
together in the spirit of the words of Lord
Castledown, uttered at Cork on December
last, when he denounced the obstnacy of
the British treasury officials in refusing to
right the grievance of the Irish in respect
to taxation. Lord Castledown, upon that
occasion. said that he hoped history might
not repeat itself and the people of Cork
follow the example Of the people of Boston
in 1873 when they threw a cargo Of tea
into the harbor as a protest against unjust
taxation.
John DAILY, the Irish aGitator recently
released from prison, said that Lord Cas-
tlCdOwn's declaration that he would have
truth and justice on his side or do as the
people had done, sent a thrill through the
country, and he hoped that the meeting
would declare that If Lord Castledown was
true to himself and ireland history might
yet proclaim him the successor Of the great
and illustrious Washington. CCheers)
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS on HAND.
western Commercial Travellers As
nLIntinu IL ENcnIlcnI Lnnlilinm.


socintiou in Excellent Condition.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 29.-The annual meeting
of the Western Commercial Travellers aaso-
citation WAS held today, with large number
of members in attendance. The report of
the financial committee showed that the
balance on hand to date is $59,429, with no
liabilities. The amount Paid benenciaries
during the year was ,525 and the number
of death assessments twenty-five. The oper-
ating expenses were A,9C5. The reserve
fund amounts to $52 S69
The officers for the ensuing year are
President, Robert B. Dula of st. Louis; first
vice president, Murray Carleton, St Louis
second vice president, Alex Shelby, Little
Rock, Ark; third vice president, W. b. Mas
sey Springfield, Mo-. fourth vice president
S. II. shannon, Dallas, Tex; fifth vice presi-
dent John G.. Killingsworth, Illinois; sixth
vice president George Il. Bragdon, Pueblo.
Colo. board OF directors was also selected,
and n treasurer and secretary will be elected
Saturday.
A resolution was adopted fayorng a con-
venient and adequate 5,000-mile Interchange
able ticket, good over various lines of rail-
road.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-The annual meeting
of the Northwestern Travelling Mems asso-
citation was held today. The annual report
of Secretary ID. X. Clnk showed that the
death payments for the year amounted to
$lG9, 400 and relief funds paid out to disa-
bled members to 81 500. The association has
membership of 2,3S7 a net less of 109
during the year. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ident. William II. Gribben; secretary. d. X
Clink; directors. b. A. Scovel, ]. j. Melon
aid, d. l.. Murray, o. ID. Tracey, William
Young Emanuel BuXbaum; vice presidents
we're elected from twenty-thrCe states.