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KKSbSK mmummmmmmmmm t d i H. W. BROWN, Dealer In Drugs and Medicines PAIXTS,()II,S,(lliAKS. Books, Stationery, etc. i J7 S rimciiili st HKraEESBB CtSTAftllShtDIll I6)5)J tetUwU THE a WestShore I k4 l VJ'.SAlSJA-Jk3;KJi im at JittMJfii fpnRTi Nn.ntirr.nfj.lV Tho West Plioro Is the only lllufliatel msev r.lno iiiibllnlial on the l'nclflc rot, ami nwta from Its nxct'llcnt lltcrnry fi-ntiitvi", lt object ta to convey Information, by lioth n ami jpenett, of tlio ucat n-nourrrn of this region, aud the progics of lliplr development. Hicclal IllitstnvUsl article apprar In rtxto Isiiio ; nlao, fcvcral pages of notes of tho pro. prcM bi-lni; mado In every wctlnn. Oit-ron, Vailili)'ti)ii, Id alio, Montana, Alntka, I tnh, Callfnnili, llrltlsli Columbia, and tho Taclflc Northwest In cenrrnl, are bclne llhutrntnl. Tlio imtiacrlptloii price Is only fJ-TA It la not only tlio etienpett llltutrafnl magazine tn tho United State, but contain articles nnd en- R 'raving 01 Kft intcrert to every reeidem or ils nvinn. which cau not be (amid tn nr other publication. Subecrlbcra for 18RS receive n laro mpple ment every month. Tho fln-t one l n lieautl ful oleograph of the ' Ktitrnnco to tho Colum bia Itlvcr." printed In tilno colors, ntnl each of tho others represents roma feature of our Hi I ill mo scenery. The mpplementa arc alone worth mora than the price of tho macalne. Try It for 1KKH, and after reading, fend It to your friends elsewhere. You -will flud It hott entertaining and Instructive L. HAMUKU 1'ubllahtr, 171-173 Sooond St., l'ortland, Oregon. Monarch of tlie DailiesI -THE Omaha Bee! Delivered to an part of the city for 20 cents a week, every day in the year Leave sub scriptions tit Lincoln bureau, 1 027 P street. TAKE THE lissouri Pacific Eailway The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to MchiEon, Leavenworth, Kansas City, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, New York ani Boston. RECLINING CHAIRS FREE ON ALL TEAINS. I ifSTor further Information l'olders, etc. , ea I' JdlY.H II. (1. HNN.. City Ticket Axcut, for O mid lith Us. ) llAllCOlK, Dei ot Ticket .Ri-nt. WONDERFUL SUCCESS. i:cono:uy is avicaltii. All Iho l'ATTKItNH iou ulli l u-v during tlio year, for iioiIiIiik, u oavliig of from$aWto J4.U0j,by ubcrll)lui; fur THE CAPITOL CITY COURIER ANO With Twelve Orders for Cut Ptper Pillerntof your own selection and of ny ilie. BOTH PUBLICATIONS, ONE YEAR, fOR $3.26 (THREE TWENTY-FIVE), D EMOREST'S .T THE BES ." r nil tlio JMiitrnv.lnoM. t tT0NTIMNnfiT0IIIK, I'onMfi, ANII OTIIK1I I.IT1.1UUI ATTIlArTIONl", IOMIIINIM AlCTItTIC, titlKN. Tine, ami HouMiiinui MArrnm. HUittrittctl with Orlyiiml .Strvl J-Uiuvav. Iiltl, I'luKiifitiivHrin, till l'ieturr unii flitfi Woodcuts, iiKiliilii it the MoitelMniii ino of .ImcWcd, i:i:'.h M.i.'nzliia cniitalim iico.iioii order entitling tic lioldur 1 1 tin M ledum of imy iuttcrn llliihtnitnl In tho f mhlon il'inrlment In I fiat nuiiilicr, nml la liy of (In tlws manufactured, uhiMiik jattt run larlns tho yimr of the vuliii of oMrlhreu dollnr. DICMDIIKsT'S MONTHLY U jil'tly enlilleil tlio IVorld'n Model Mauazlnc. The l.uruost In l'nrtn, tho liiritent in Circiil.iiliui, and Iho lnt TWO Dollar ('.I'liliy Mti!ii'ln Ifiinl vtlll bo ihoTwiiily fourth i'iir if lu iiibllcitlou, mid It Ktuiid ut tho lli'Jilof I'll in 1 1 ) I'lriodlnilj It (OiiIaIiih T-! W, liirsjooiiirtii Hixllij lin lim, ilcumilly 1'Ki.ti'd unii fully llliiHtruted. I'iiIIIbIkiI by V, Jclillliii.'t Duiuorcct, Nuw York Antl by Special Atrruuincnl Com 0 bincd with tho t Capitol City Courier at S3.25 Per Year. STORIES ABOUT MEN. Somrtlilntr. 01 u I.lur, but Not for IVrty Cents, A number of iiioiuIxmn from tho liomo of ivprvsoiitttlVM liuvo stolon tivvitv nt vmloiu tiiiic-i nml for short p't-lods from tlnlr i-oti grvmloiiiil diit lei. Most of them lmo en Jovod tlioutselvos, li;it itoito to ii fiiontcr ox tent thnti did Wilde, of Missouri, Mud, of Mltiiuxottn, nnilHiiwyer, of Now Yo."k. They Invndod tlio rtnto of Mnrylnml nnd attullcil llio tinsoplilotlcnttMl natives until r.lioy Kt tired. Tlio lint plneo lit wlileli tlioy iiimln nny ftu.v nus U-ouitriltowti. I'limi tlieiv tlixy intended coming; to tlio enpllnt by bout, but that wml-oocnMoual eruft tuning de parted, tliey worn eompolled totmvol by pull. Tlio train was Marled with n plnelibar and proeeoded nt u very dolllx-ruto i;nlt. Omi MOtially tlio coudiU'tor would fret "IT mid gather n fovr poncho, with which ho would treat t'io passengers. After tho train hud been craw Hue nloitj; for all hour and hjul covered lit loan six tulles, the eonduetor eol leetod tho faro, which, for tho coiiki'cvsIouiiI ero d, amounted to 8() cimiU eaeli. When ho reached Col. Wnilo, that genial "bald knob ber'' remarked, In his Innocent way: ' Do j on chnrgo preachers full faro on this roadf "No, Mr," was tho conductor's reply. "Wo only chnrgo them half rates. Are you a prcacherf ho added, looking Kpmrcly at tho colonel's Methcdlsl cotiutcnuuco. "No I am not," Mild t'io Misxourlan, "but that Ri'JitleniMii li.," K)iiitliiR to .Judge Hiivv ir, u ho Nit ti couple of kcuMu front of him Tlio eonduetor lit once letuiued to the Judge, and after n to-arching (jliincv at the mu klxN'd couuteiiaiicu of tho New York fctutuMiit'ii, prolU'ivil him 40 cents, with tho remark; "Wo only collect half rates from preachers." "Who in blank wild I wai n preaelierf" naked tlio judv, with conslderablo show of aiiRer. The conductor throw his thumb back over hlsishoiildcr In the direction of Col. Wade, nnd looked as though ho thought nil tho timo that tho colonel waHgurhlliiK tho facts in tho rne. In tho lticnutimi' the three dimes, tho nickel nnd fho pennies rcHsed calmly in the judge's fat puliii. Uo ivgarded them in slleuco for u moment, and then handed them back to tho nflleial, saying: "I am a i;ood deal of n liar, but I will not lie for -10 cents." Then he iclapocd into absolute tiilenco nnd would not look ut Col. Wado until WaMiln;; ton was roauhiil. Washington l'ot. Tho lllll Was I'iismiI. All c.t-nieiiilierof tlio Virginia Rtnto sennto told 1110 the other day cif an incident In lir legislative caicer ulneli I dn not reniemlRT eter having seen In print liefore. A. 1. l'rnle more, nut many eursiipoa iiieinU'i4 of the lunisoof ivpivM'iitntii's liimi the Ninth Vir Kinla district, win Udore ho emtio to Wash Ington a mcmlier nf the Virginia ven.ite. One day lie Introduced a hill for tho tclief of the Nltretles of II O U'iit, 11I111 wiis 11 collector of tae3 in Scott euiuity. Ho made u lunf explanation of the lull, and when he sat down Edgar Allen, familt.irly Lnuwii us "Yanlteo Allen," who represenud the I''unn vlllo (Hfiti'lct, rose nnd said: "I wish to ax If Mr. Wax Has been too lax In collecting the taxi If Mich are tho facU 1 am willing to relax And remit the tax Which tho law etiucts Wo hhonltl exact Of hi hureties." It is needlcbs to mill, tny informant mvi, that tlio hill parsed hy u utmnitaoua voUi. Kuw York Tribuuo. Uooiluln HikI tlio Ilrtt of It. Nat Goodwin Is pretty (diets and can get out of 11 K-rapo us clean as any man living. A gentleman in New York, writing to n friend here, madohomocomparativo allusion to Chicago ami tho eastern inetroKlls. In concluding ho wrote; "l!ut I l.now your feeling toward Uitbiitit,r and then addi-d "Here is 11 little i.tory on Nat (loodwln that is not malapropos: Ono day Nat tiood.'i'i met young Mr. Ileudersou, a friend of mine. 'Hollo, Nut,' called out Henderson; 'wIrto have you liecn k longf 'Uh, up in Ilosto:i, Montreal and riuluilelphia,' ivturiied Oood win; 'and, Hilly, liiwontimicil, 'I urn glad to get back to Now York. All other places In tho country are just camping out ones.'" Goodwin has U-en playing here, and tho Chi cago man, meeting him ono day last week, hhowod him tho IctU'r ami usUed him if ho thought It was kind to speak that way after ull tho grand receptions ho hud had here. Nut looked at tho letter, smiled, und haid without hesitation: "Why, my dear fellow, you don't think I would "bo guilty of men tioning Chicago in connection with thoo places, do your I'shaw ! They can't trot in tho samo class with this city.1 Chicugo Herald. Accounted for. Col. "Dick" Wlnteismith, of Kentucky. i prohubly tho Ut fctory toller in Wasliington today. If ho doesn't alnaya conllne himself Hrlctly to tho truth, uohody will llnd fuult with him, for he tells his little nuecdotei with such a serious mien as to carry conviction to tho minds of thoso of his listeners who do not know him bo welln3M)mo of his friendmlo. Ho wasppealclng tho other d'lynt Chamber lin'sof tho way In which ndvrreo luck will sometlmoi pursue u man, and remarked that ho onco played at tho Whito Sulphur Bpringi ami nover held n trump. Homo ono in tho company suggested that that was Impossible, lieeausoho must liavo held at least opu trump overv timo ho dealt tho cards. "Hut," replied tho colonel, bringing his fht dow 11 on tho table in front of him, ' -every timo I dealt it mun misdeal." Now York Tribuuo Tho Sou of Ills Futhti-. Hero Is 11 story about tho ton of tho Into bishop of Illinois. Mr. Whitohouso had Komo business In New York with a largo luw firm, wherein a sou of itufus Cluxito Is 11 partner. It was Mr. Choato to whom White liouso uddressod himself. "All right, sit tlowu,"Nild tho Now York lawyer; "I'll seo you in a moment or two." "Hut," said tho visitor, "I urn Mr. Whlto hojse, of Chicago." "All right, all right," wild tho lawyer, kcnlihling away lll.o mad; "tuko a chair; I mil busy jut now." "Hut," again said Mr. Whltohouse, "I am tho bon of llishop Whltohouse." "Ohl well, tuko two i-liiifra then." said Choate, without looking up. Chicago Herald. IIuil to lie 11 Venus. 'You uro looking lovely to-ulght, tny dear," buid Graeio. "I must lie," she replied, "becauso whilo coming homo lu 11 cur this afternoon a l'hlla (lelphiti gciitleiniiu guvo mo Ids beut." New York Kvcmng Kun. Iiiiliii'emeuts. Said a persuailvo Hgvptiau guide to a traveler who refused to climb tho pyramids: "Carry up ono side, down t'other, twenty minutes, no Isuie broke, and vmi very linppy, only two sliiillu'. " Youth's Coiiipniilon. Iteiiiarldlbto Tiko of 1'iKtlni;. If the extra rdlnary story that reaches u from Spam N true, tho entire iniv of fablers. liH'lii'lin j y.mr American, I'r 'ranner, and tlio ltaliati. Siiii-l and Mnrl.ittl, will bo eoni Ndled to hide tlx ir iIIiiiMiIiIhsI heaiht The utatetnent Is niaile, app.iivntlv on good au tbority, that thero has Jut Ihs-ii iidinllled to tho l'onteveilra hosltal a feuulo hysterical patient. Domlugn Hecamondo by name, who lian neither tasbsl finxl nor swallowed water for over ten years She l Jill )iarsof ago, tall and, us will readily ho Imagined, thin. Mho ha black hair, small, sunken, ring en circled eiii mid a pule, unhealthy complex Ion. In IhTTilto had au attack of typhoid fever, nnd was so seriously III that her llfo was ilrHuilivd of. She nvovereil, however, but over sin. e, whenever she has attempttsl to eat her ntomach ivjecteil tho foihl. I'lutl ing this to ho tho case, she gradually imii tlitetcd tho habit of not making Iho eirort. Sho, however, sulTors coutanlly fiom pain lu tho stomach, Is extremely feeblo and has frequent attacks, during which sho loses IkiIIi cotiscioumiess mid hcnsaliou. Whatever ina lw thought of the ubove ttateuient thero is llttlo doubt that tho Mib Joined exiH-rienco of the nlcnldoof Cordeldo. the little eoinmiiiK" lit which Dniiiiuga lived, Isuutheiitlc. Don Krnncisco Cncharelro, tho nlcaldo luiUistloii, although 11 kindly man, Is somewhat suspicious and dotct mined to lest Homiuga's fasting Kiweiit for himself. Ho therefore, with the consent of her lela lives, shut her iii in u room lu his houo, so situated that ItwnseiKV to kis-p watch tver II at all hours of the day and night. Kor eleveildaVH Domiiigik reiuaiued a prisoner, und during that period held iiocoiiiuiuulcn tlou with tho outside wolld. When the door wasopetud on the eleventh day, llommga was found quietly sc itisl on a i hair In much the sumo condition us when the cxicriiiiciil began. It vmis then that Don I'lauctsco io solved toNMid her to l'ontevedr.i, where sho could lvcelvo 11 thorough medical exaiiima lion. Arrived thi-ro sh was taken bvfuru the provincial commission, mid a physician was called in and a mcdlcnlcAauiluntion hail, the result of which wasthat livsterical svinp- loins were found, and It was ircomuicudcd ; that tho patient he admitted to tho city hos pital, and that her mother bo allowed to accompany her, that sho might iccclvo the cnroutid attention to which she has U-eu ac customed. At latest accounts the I'ontevedra physicians weio attentively studying this curious caso. Cor, New York Press. 'Iho Alamo's Only Survivor. Kur tevcral d.is thei-o has liccn ut tho National hotel 11 tun ti with it history. Wil liam James Cannon is his iiaiuo, When tho Texan republic was making her struggle fot freedom iwuriisl the heroic defense vvh'eli ended in tho inohsncivor tho Alamo. "Ther mopjlu! had her mevse-tgrr of defeat the Al.imo had none," 1.1 the nisei Iptiolf 0,1 the lint tic monument winch minks tho plin-o wheie the ljull ml t'll-t is, lluvvio and Clix-l.-ottlill. Hut there was a survivor. A bo by some luit-ii-Ic escalssl tho univii'-nl ii,tu,;htir I: vvns Wilh.u t .1.. ..i . Cum 111 "tlu Child of the Alanm." tie is now au old man with lout; whitebait, which lulls around u faro lemurkably like tint of the lateSeeri tury Seward, though seamisl und loiighetKsl bv n frontier life. Ho hus hsl a must event ful life, which would furnish the Inundation for u doen lurid dune novels, lie sjn-aKs fluently Spanish and u ilo."ii Judinti tongues. He followed Crook Into the Masealcro retreat in tho Sierra Mudrcs. Ho wears n broad sombrero of Spanish felt, a picscut from Gen. Urngg, United States minister to Mex ico. A claim for miiiio ?,(XK) ucies of valu ublo Texas lauds lu tugs lum to Wuslilngtou. Washington Cor. Now- Orleans Times. A Tale of Two Musicians. Mr. Mapleson tells a funny story about llenedlct and Arditf. Siguor Anlitl, with u manly recognition of patent facts, ueceptt his baldness ami even glories in it. Tho Into Sir Julius Benedict, on the other hand, re- i sorted to artistic devices with tho view of concealing what ho had somehow persuaded himself was a defect, llenedlct and Anlitl were ut ono timo Joint conductors uud r Mr. Mapleson. "Hnlh," suvs Mr. Mapleson, "were excellent, but neither wished to I hi mistaken for tho other; mid 1 remember on one occ-isiou, when a grand combined ikt- lorinanco was to tako place, llenedlct going into the prima donna's dressing room, Uikin; j in . fi liriiuli ,i ... 1 ..iiciTm II, .,. I.. .......... .. .. ... ... .. ... ., w.,, ,,a, ,,, , 411,111 in , refill. half so us to cover us much us possible of his denuded cranium. "'What uro you doing, ISenodiets" 1 nsked. "'Nothing p.iitu-ulai-,' ho replied; 'only 1 don't want, .vhllsl wielding tho baton, to bo mi-takeu for Aldlti,' "Soon nftrvvaiil Anlitl appeareel, and with u couple of brushes began ojorating on his hair so t.s to leavo us much ns tsissiblo of his bare skull exp(wsl to view. Ho oxplaiuul hu action by exclaiming: " 'i don't vvuut to Is? mistaken for Houo diet.'" Now York Tribune. Culu unci Stump Collectors, "Probably no busiues- in this country is so henously all'ect(.sl by political oxcitoineut us that of com uud st.iiiii collectors," said a Nassiu street collector. "Tho bulk of our buiiness," l.o fi-suuied, "is done bv boys lu ' t.mail amounts. Who i u presidential election ii near tho boys Uou't get us much sjieiidup i money fiom their fatlui-s as they do in tmics I of political quiet, and consequently they cun i not bu.. stamps or coins. TIiono who aro not ; interested in this fail or cruzo cauhavo uu ideuto vvhateiiormoiu proportions it Ingrow ing in this country. In tho summertime, vviieu rosido-itH of this city fjo to tho wittering places, I send btiiui. mid coins to them. Au tdet ot l.jw generul tho cr.izo is may Is I i;athered from tho fact thai not long ago I inserted a llttlo udvertlseinent in a western impcraiii I teceived nearly l.'Xr,) letters ask- ing questions) about stamps and coins. Not i long siiieo uu item printed nt a city qer, i which fald that I would glvo J?J for ii SO cent piece of a curtain date, caused mo almost endless annoyance, l'ossehsors of that kind of coin fairly tumbled over themselves in their efforts to get upstairs to inc. Hut tho coins hail no fictitious vultie. Tho paper hud mado n mistake." Now York Uvenuij tiuu. Wanted to Mulio It Ilrlglit. A Hoston gentleman, not lung since, pur- cIuihsI suitable grounds a short distance out, and erected tlien-on a handsome hottso (or his own tire. In tho omMIUlunent of 1m homo no expuiibo vviu scared, and among other details tho "hand'j of tho big Iront iloor".wus nnurtistloiill'uir, (luishisl in brow it bronze, lifter ono of the advanced fashions of tho Union. Shottly after moving Into tho house one of I 1 1 domestics, a stalwart Hlddy, I irci-h from ICritt, was d tectcd to polish tho trimmings of the ft out door. About uu hour nftcrwurd llrtdget, in it bt.tto of copious jier- ' t-pirutiutl, precutid In Itelf befoto thoustoll- I ished housi holder with tilt luloimatiou that I tho "knob win powerful hard tocluue, iuliro- 1," And hard ind-.t-l it must have Usui. With u vigorous use of blush uud baud the girl had Micco.iled in lemoving about half the broiizo IllMI tho handle, leuvm0' it u sorr tjicctuclo I otiiiegulur intchwoik. Wo won't ntteuipt ' to describe thu fivlmgi of tho lord of tho iiuiuui tm ho ituiod v. iluly from the v-.onlotn gu'l to tho work of Iki- hands, but up to djto bolh tii'o ivjvjiU-d alive. Hoston lludget. DlsrA C IN rUl? COUNTHY Conxil bv Siinlt-ii') ('iitelrwvness llr. I.ury II. Hall's OtieivulloiH. A N'ew Yot I,, r iveently took a ilrlvo of Kline ihns with Ins wife through Vermont (Jnodny I 'iev itopssl foi dimiet at it pleasant rountry i-m, sitimtisl tn o benutllul little Vlllaco, which fmui Its local Ion should U'llie abode of health, AftjT iliiiuer Iho New Yoi l.i t fell Into conversation w Ith I lie pantm of one of the v dingo ehureheiv It noon c.uno out that tlioclergviti.ui hid previously llvisl for Mime ,v cits in one of Hie laiger elites of New Pnglatid, having Imsmi forced tonbatidou tho charge n an important eliur h Ibeio by luimiiisl hialth, which he was here locking to lis'tuil. The stronger, utturall) enough, askisl the minister whether he thought them was uioiv sli l,ii( or Icsii In the v lllag" wliero they wero talking than atnouit pcoplo In eiptally gssl circuinslaiHS's who live lu our largei cities. "I hardlv l.now what Io ny,"tho elergv man leplhsl "Of course thero Is tuoivdi casoticwiv thoiiKiiid o the whole poiula tlou i:i a eitv hko New- York than thero l lu a rural county lu Vcrmo.it by reason of tho gteat excis. l-i the teitemeut In use dlslilets; lint I h.ivi i;r.iv e doubt i whether Ihei-e Is as much slckn. ss pnipoitioiiiillv lu those ipi-tr tots of cities where toodo livelu comfoi t und under i igorous s-inlt-ry regulations us there Is lu this village. Cei t'tluly thero Isagteit deal of sicl.iic'Hiind it uumls't'of deaths evety )ivtr inn place hko this, which might U pie vented, und which t.'ould hopicvcutcd by the authorities in a well governed city. Toiueti Itonoiih u HliighiiU(, und this i not one lo be t.ill.cil alstil I'cie: On of tho must pn.m Incut l.iiinlie. Im (Ins town, well toi! nople, llv fir; m au i ..ccllciil I, oiis and pic iiimsl to lsj Intellie-it III in, liters of Ik- i It li, sulfers (smstanll.v floin dlseiiM-. They havi had ty phold fever ntnl dilithei la, und somebody Is (illiiigiiio-tur thetime Theytlunk llstiange, but vott would not. The truth 1 1 that If the) lived In a city they would be hauled befote Hi.' health bo. nl within twcnt.v four hours for violating the ordinance i In letting ull the waste fiom their I. Hi lieu Cow into the )ard and (M2o there, polluting I ho ulr und bnvd Ing dlseilhc." That tin re was nothing exceptional in (ho village teferrcd to pioved by a very Inter chtlng und valuable paper which was road by Dr. I.uev M. Hall, or I1hniI.Iv n, ut Ihotecciit meeting (d' tho Social S( lean ussnciatloit in Saratoga, upon "Tlio Sanitary Condition of Couutiy lloittes." She had gathered tho ueces-ar) d it.i for a Jiidgmeiil by the cMiini itution, (lining her vacation., of sixty-live ordinary laimlioiises in New Hitglaud, tin tuiddl mi I the vvi stern states. She found that little e iro I , taken us to the character of subsoil, ind thatovi r half were localisl on vveli-la.v mils, lu mute than half Iho cases, also, I'ic h.iuses weiv lis p closely shaded, ntnl kiinlighl was too much excluded from nil isirtsof tin- lions . Inn majority of oases the colli. is were found to Is- damp or wet. 11.11-ns i.ud slablei in Now Kiiglnnd uverugisl not t:i Ti than lit ty bs-t Iromtlie boiisi s, mid u;.'.!io-.i es I i I'i ,:t I'-irt.. feet, t lie v.. let-mp )lv I emg imdoiilit dlv conlaiiiinntcd by olio r the other of tlieo causeo lu a uuiulier of ca-es. Sluj-M wcim thrown into the vnrd fiMin the bac'i door in three-quarters ot the N. w Im, land fariulioiiKesexaiuined. Now loi-tho i-cult. Dr. Hall found lint bin;; uliVctioii,ilip,it'!crin, typhoid fovoruud rheumatisiii had plivel nad havo'j hi these farmhouses. Nluo'.v-threo p. r cent, of the whole number i.t New Hughim! had a record of lung fever and diphtheria und JV per cent, of typhoid fc.er. Thero is not it partl c'.oof doubt that tho greater part of this dis ease was directly due to damp cellars, neg lected slops or contaminated water; in other words, wns preventable, ought to liuvo Iks.-ii prevented, and would liuvo been prnventcd if tho suirerers hud lived In u city with u thorou;;hly cfilcicut health ilei.'irtmeut. We ur gild that attention has been called to this important matter by uu organization of inch weight ui. tho Social Science asso ciation. So mtiu.v city jNsiplo puss ii coiisiil irable part of the warm weather in the conn try that tho d-iugcr is by no moans cnullncd to the Mrniiiuetit i csnlents. One of tho inci dental advantiiges of tho vacation season oii','lit t I h tho sprenlof the fiitidamentul principles of sanitary scieuco uinoiig the i inning populatio.i by tnuir city vtsitorb. Kr.tuk Leslie's. IteuiiiaiitH of Iho l.caij tall. The sc-ittercsl portion.i of the great IC.-try timU-r t.'ift,ubando.i(slo(r.Naiitiic;et Shoals, r.re still drill tig east ward, and at the present time ciimot b-far Irom the rocks ot liibral tar. Tho ixsideuts of tho Azores und Ma dolm b.lauda nh-eady tepo-l their shores limsl with trunks of lingo trees, which are beyond doubt Ktrtof the Keary raft, dipt I.-iwreuce, of the bail, l'lalcim, from Htielva, Spjiiti, leportH jiassmg in latitililo i degs , longitude IS d gs., great llelds of logs udrilt. Tho ravages of tho ton-do worm and tho witter soaked condition of tho logs Kit lei tlieni of no mntket value. Tho weq ht of Umuu les, which h:.s U-eu foriiiiug on them for mouths has cans d tho inouster los to p.-nttally idsappoar iK-iieath the water, and the uro more of n danger thun befoie. The extent of water (oveiidby these logs may Ik- guthered Iro.-u tin- nimrtof Cupt. Ilolf studt, ot tho (lei man bark Hi emeu, who btutes thut ho win live ilavsuuioiig tho logs, many of them striking tho ship, tearing tho i-o.iper nml damngiiig the rudder. Samuel Dabney, United Status consul at l'ayal, Arorcs, ieJtts that on Juno I:.' a spruce i forty lift long drilted ashore. It was roughly bliurpctiiil ut both ends uud was Idoiitilled us pal t of thu rait.- Philadelphia 1U cord. Portrait of tlm Ali.vssliiliin fblef. Ibis Alula, tho AbsMiiliui leader, is de hcrilnil asubout ICI years of uge, a bttleabovu the averugo height buy about llvofect tilno inches. Ho is very mil built, has broad Miouldcrsntid a deep chest, which makes him look hhortcr than ho really is. Hois muscu lar and athletic, and can hold lu.i own with imy man of Ins army in feaU of skill, such as tiding uud shooting. He is a pout sjiortb matt when ho has the tune to devoto to tho hase.which luttcrly bus not been very often. He wears his hair cut short as a rule, and lots it grow iinttirall , not platting it hko tho ma jonty of his nation. His complexion is (.piHir colored, not veryduik, his taeo oval, h..iioso(if gwid shape, hth mouth small, set o!.' by g(ss tilth, His whole features uro tegular, i.ud v.hen ho smiles, which he of ten (hes when talking In private and not Uforo his follower., his fnco is most plcuMiig and tin manner winning. l(t. can Ik wry Morn, iii.d on business (a- sdilical (s-casiotts almost as immovable us u btutuo. Notv Yoil: Til bu... Au t:i terpiUlni; (.love rllcr. A I'.uimiiii gluvo ullir was arreU'd to contly lor lo.iijtiKieuurprisiug. llejliad Ins tinttio ami iuldreafcMimH', ri Is4d ciaiactets o t tho liisido of uuh glove, so that when worn tor any period ovu- half uu liotirtho lo g. id via. traimrei'iisl t tho hand of tho weaiit-. I-'or iionio timo many of his, lady iusti.iierswi.ru thus louvc.tisl into ndviT tuing nil hums, us tho ink only wore oil' ut tho oxpiratiou of u uutiiUr of weeks. What tho man' nbjief was is i iconccivaMo. as ho must hav-o know n that In. n-Uvuto could o.tly ki-.o tj Injur j uii.i. -Cuicatjo Now LKAP BALL-PROGRAMS, AND INVITATIONS Willi Illumination designs appropriate for the occasion, I'lintecl in linest style of the art at COURIER : OFFICE. ALSO LEAP YEAR RECEPTION CARDS, Weasel & (ilrt ?r i Now I3urr lllock. Wedding Invitations, ICngiaved Calling Cards, IJox Station er)', Fine Printing of all Ivnds. GVive Us ex Tj'Lal Order. The Season for Driving Has opened and we have just received a line line of Turf (Joods and a great variety of I VWeSfflmV'i W T A 1 ( Ladies : AT Grey Horse Harness Emporium, 1020 O Street. Garfield O Seventeenth stieet Railway, lots CARFIF.LD PARK Now on sale. Inquire VIIAk Dobbins, lifers Cor. 1 Ul h nnd O Sis Whips, Saddles, CY DUSTERS 3 T ROBES AN' I) Fine : Saddles THU- Addition car line of Lincoln Street fronting on at Room . Kiehards Block.
