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7-NO. PORTLAND, OREGON. SFXDAY MORNING. MARCH 4, 1888. tD Marrij mbla March is jiarcb 3 13 27 His Party on the pave Taroran 6 30 A sf HBSI PABT.

fth, 10. -On approaching eto look. wall. otter bofldlnpare KepcbUcan ConventUm for Hi. ped to meet at the city it Bdnwday U.C llin flay nt thepnrixaeo! nominati offices, to wit Ki Officers, to select sir tlonal Kepubllru, blulnf-ai as may pro ntlon, Tbe portioned among the se ter rtn rt8 wtth oat which look ao wen Wtt of the nuterW.

al- a tM Bort important are whtte- al nrtW to tie semi-tropical trees Sw Koeensns tatan here Is at tte esttauted population lodnUV tin Engllab garrison, Tn.cltyUon the mi of tto Nile, and at the south- IheanbUn Sesert UM wtailn two mDe of the TouU "be same bring one Duty and ODE- fraction over on Elneer Hermann 1 election. The commhue i imanesbe belrt March 1st inventions April Mb a ca tbe proper county central com ot pecple, effectually In every ol onr bodetire to promote nuony throughout the Utateby oledged to these objects i hivutU to nolle lo epubl can State Convention JOSEPH fi I ortlflnd.Or.. 2-1 1888. KepnWtcan patera please copv DEMOCRATIC COST A Democratic Coumy ConvenUon'jMi urny la by culled totawtu- y.f Wednesday March2. iiS3, ectlng 17 delegates ro a rend it onventloD win be beld i I day of April next.

tof, places oaBatarcUy clock M. ft all prrclBLta ites of Pon land aud KHSI Portlw Amended that tbe polls beopewdil keptoppn i EveryDg. nd and Cast Portland la earnestly n. tbe primaries and to vote onnty Convention Tbe foUOTlDf to which eacb otloe pjeciocTtt. CITY 0 PORTLU.D Nortb Portland AKBBK at the city.

I may as well annot a tort to. We Americans o( UK Aonrictn dewrt and many MM Omnghwme parti otNe- ipetkolttiedetBrt hi those enaaST, tnt in AWoan desert 1s iOUr attaly. Therelsno llvtofr tWiotliuii not letf, not a llv- Every- ife Not isa general thing places, lwt wide or about the tSi DM WUlionto river at Portland tut to not 10 deep and Is that It Is difficult of navl- wtth baits tint draw more MM of mtn. The wtter Is anile of the year to q.ulte Polling plftTtsNo. TM 1 Wl! am (to taieintj visitors to Cairo fciad Ike Sohrni, distant from Bttiullanm the edge of A of the Una.

I went which Is the wialli ud li about 460 feet nnxuite It, bat It how detp the foundation ot the find. It Is certainly 'aw IM linn o( stone arener- ii the fonndition has troB the beghmlnz There itiitoMiliora the sand. Some i in trc thick, some leas, Ewn IIUiWn thickest morse Is about HoMbM. HuttlakMSB of each course 1 SUM ill aronnd the pyramid iwikinnnolaKtogether. Thema- ineknairti obtained no doubt at on the eutem side of the 3 Pulton 1 St John It 'tabor --The names I jn lues ei well po hi MniMaot ipnear to hive been rat doOe In their building Hn mill iboat four feet In width tutor tnt In length, ind ao- Dtad inttorilj (M Hirl- begin 4236 twfore the Chairman DemocraticC 188 First Street, 1 Chronic Diseases of MEN ladV fully treatad, LOST MAMIOOD uutKteti Itallty Seminal 1 nipotency.

Gononlioex aiuetj ecline. NESS IS DermngeaieatB that i or excess in af tar yeari, Kidney WrilWrJTM 5 be seen al- aricecele. curttL "Jo nauseooa nwd interflow uied, Cfae urine cl i-Eme albumen present. Ight or to rTeDces a (Sanot account for Tills a wtakness die a A perfect cm Office BOOTS BP Imp-rts tuo most -j of a LETTL1. from JIE1ICAL GE5.

TLEilAN at Mad to at LEA PERRIN' tbJt taeir 1 nlsbJy itoemed 1 nmE t. oi1 S'o" side these mosques, bat they ate so arranged that the women can took through the upper windows. We took oar ladles to gee (be moejnee and they were admitted without objection and chairs were brought In for their accommodation. There la one thing that I may say about me Mohammedan people that I have observed since I have been among them that might well be Imitated bf Christians. They attend to their religions dalles nnder all circumstances.

On the ocean steamers the deckhands and Ballon kneel for prayers wherever they may be when the honr for prayer arrives; the same with the fieldhands and the donkey and camel bora, Also the merchant may be seen prayleg In his shop, quietly and earnestly, the same with the passer-by at the mosque, he stops. washes hie face, kneels facto? the east, spends say two minntee In prayer to the Almighty, and goes quietly away. He does not advertise his religion, or make any demonstration about it, but all Is done quietly and earnestly, and I am sure not hypocritically and to attract attention from the public. The University Mosque Is the great Mohain- edan school of the East and has an average at tendance ol 10,000 pupils. Admission can be obtained by application to toe minister of the Interior.

We visited the mosque and found It very Interesting There were Duplls of alt agei from the little fellow of fears to the baardua man ol 40 All were sitting ou the stone floors and attentively etudyicg their lessons, the teacb ere on one side of the semi oirde aud toe scliol are sitting In clone rows around in front. Tbe teacher reads fiom the koran and the scholirs read alter him In Choral" Soma were learning to write and used sheets of tin, and wrote with a small pointed pencil like a painter's brush. Some of the boys need the pencil very rapidly and their writing looked welt The Arabic Is written from right to left across the sheet. The teacher usually has a cane eight or ten feet long, which he uses without stint on any of the pupils who do not attend strictly to business. There are some ten or fifteen (rood, lusty fellows among the scholars armed with sticks about fifteen Inches In length, with two straps about three-quarters of an Inch In width and two feet long, and then are nsed on the backs of the more unruly to Insure good order.

These fellows appear to have plenty of business to do In their capacity of "public whlppers We visited the Citadel Moaque, which is the finest of all the public buildings of Cairo It is built of alabaster, and. standing as It does on the highest ground In the city, presents a commanding appearance, but on close inspection It does not compare favorably with the fine churches of Europe. It was In the yard of this moeqne that the massacre of the Mamelukes took place by order of Mohammed All, on March 1, 1811. Eight hundred Mamelukes were killed In this massacre, only one escaped (Emm Bey), who leaped his horse over the southeast wall, a distance of at least forty feet bight. It looks as though It would be certain death to attempt the feat, yet he escaped, with the loss of his horse, which was killed by the fall.

Toe view of Cairo from the grounds of the mosque is fine, and from nowhere else can the pyramids of Gbeezeh snd Sakara be seen to better advantage. DP THK HILB Having seen all there Is worth seeing in and about Cairo, and the weather being so pleasant, we concluded to take a trip up the Mile through Egypt to Nnblo, abont 700 miles south from the mouth of the Kilo, where we could have an opportunity of seeing the wonderful temples, tombi, and also to see the whole valley of the Nile of upper Egypt, the river being at good boating TRICE TEXTS. EOMANOE nr atop at all pointo of Interest on the river and give any who chose to mate excursions Into the I desert on either side of the river time to do so, ana would ston four days for tbe party to Tbebes, Karnak, Sinai and the tombs of the kinge, aiao three days at Assouan, giving time to visit the granite quarries from whleh the obelisks and Btatnee were obtained, also to visit the Islands of Elephantine and Phlla, aud aae the wunderful temples, in those places. Our party constated of eighteen Americans, twaitj four English, tbren lionuann, two Australians and one Boeetan Tne acooui inodatlous na tbo Bteamer weru all that could be desired We baa English earle, Irish lords, euveral member) of parliament, one of the chief clerks of tbe house of commoDP, and the eighteen sovereigns om America--all agreeable and pleasant, except one old lad; who perorated In making hertwir cisa greeable, bntasBhewastheonlyonewbodlr so, but little annoyance was caused nun that source We bad a physician with ns, but bal no use for his services had arranged In advance to have (innkeyB provided at the various places alnnif the river where we proposed to make excursions, and our provisions would be sent from the boat We took saddles, with us We left Cairo on January and In about two boors arrived at Sakara, where we landwl to visit tbe site of ancient Memphis, the Serapeum and tbe pyramid of Coons. There are eleven pyramids on the plain of Sakara.

One ol these Is called tbe "Step pyramid," and la believed to be tbe oldest monument lo Egypt. It is square, 351 feet 2 inches on each eooare, and 197 feet in height. There are Bve different sections o' It, each nearly forty feet in height ANCIENT MKMPHIS. Hut little of ancient Memphis is left except vast mounds of sundried bricks It is tbe edge of the Lybyan deeert, and about four miles from the river There are several granite monuments and etatoee of ancient kings, sbme of which are well preserved and others inuch defaced, but all allowing fine workmanship. Aiong tbe edge or the desert was the bjrial place of tbe people and for miles there Is (me 5ut sepulchre A few miles west of the edze ot the dwert are the tombs of the kings and priests of Memphis.

These are excavated la tae solid rock, and are In a very perfect state of prajerva- Ion. There are twenty three looms, In Bleu of which a granite sarcophagus of large slzrf waa found Tfle rooms are about twelve tee' by eighteen, and the first one is found abont two hundred feet from the entrance, and are not opposite each other. There are twelve on one aide of tbe passage and eleven on the other. The walls are covered witb futures cut In the rock and finely finished. Many of these figures are extremely delicate and are In Immense numbers.

These figures have all been Deciphered by Marietta and Brusch, and are bs- Hevedto be correctly translated The translations have been critically examined by acbolara and are pronnonced by them to be eor- th VJ Ot Ulee lran8laUon8 a published the ordinary sightseer rarely bothers hloneK to do so, although It is not atalldlfficoltto do, jet very slow work because of the want of an index the pf translations. INearthe tomb nf the kinns and priests Is a well-preserved tomb of a high priest who was "5 ed lck The sides of this tomDareoov with sculptures of various scenes in the life Priest, all well preserved These pictures Include all kinds of aulinals that were common i' cw comm in tirypt, except the camel, ail muds of birds and huhes, hunting and harvest scenes, boats, mus cal instromeots, ohll- uren plating, etc. In all these scenes the high iSK ,1 PTM en and presiding in state It is noted that in all the Immense numbers ot lam- lb8 ln Egypt, all of which arecbv- 1 11? 1 6 and out wltl figures of animals, mrdp, fi.hea, Insects and reptiles, no camels ever appear, although it has iieen associated with the earliest periods of history No one Has yeFbuen to explain wby the camel nae not been denlcted on these works when all mi IfiX b4ve betD 80 lavishly represented on ail these ancient bolldlngB, ttcvlng seen all worth seeing on the plains of Memphis, we returned to the boat juave seen some very ludicrous scenes ou tbe raclficcoast with "bucking horses" aud stab norn pack mules, etc, in early days, but 1 STTM snctl a ludicrous eight as the flrst at TM leaving the boat for Sakara Tbere Fally one-third ridden a donkey and several had "stride of a horse After perhaps lai the last of the i the first part ot the oavalciile h-o across Ihe plain to Memphis, led JgiVorUand lady I brought up tbe res' to th half boor a d.uan fell olf and in tt)6 ani) Same refused to mount rifiiiS back to the boat 0 liars junta off tbe seoonii and third time, bui as the reen)al1 'bey bad not far to fall, and none were seriously hurt, aud all a WBd wnuuaijr uuri, ttUU tui i 0 boat sume way or other- 0 the a however, vowuu! they wiald amlci. nk 'y Bat we D. P.

THOSPSOK. Koted Events ia the Hiatory of Illegitimate lojjung. Hyittrlii ol Salting Bipuwa-Paraf aad Eli Bchlmii-Thi Mud Bprhlgi-Iabn's Uanpeotod Bin to Fortniu. IWrittBD (or the, Sunday Draconian If in writing a chapter or series of chapters on the romantic side of mining, we begin with an account of the deceptions practiced In the business. It will be excused on the ground of utility, while It may be objected to as Inconsistent with romance It goes without saying that among a race ot men so honest and candid as the miners, there is never any attempt at practicing deception of any sort, oat evil-minded people of a lower degree of morality frequently gei Into that business and devise eobemea for duping the unwary.

It Is to their operation that we will at first confine ourselves. Wa will first (real of "salting" mines and ores, wbloh to to eay, improving their appearance to the purchaser. It le usually done by enriching ore already on the ground, or by supplying rich ore from elsewhere with to deceive. For the Information of those who have not much skill In deception we wish to lay down the law, approved by long ages of experience, Ibat as It le always tbe incredible story that ta believed, so it Is the absurd and unreasonable swindling scheme that succeeds. For example- It Is now some fourteen years ago that the tamed aud ever-memorable Arizona diamond swindle was sprung upon San Francisco, a city of sane men and women The story was that precious atones by the bushel could be and had been picked up on the lands of an Incorporated Incorporated for the occasion) company lu a particularly Inaccessible part of Arizona.

Diamonds, rubies and emeralds were clalmel to Ue abont as plentifully as paving stones on a down- East farm Although common knowledge might have taught people thai such a coincidence as the co-existence ot rubles with diamonds was extremely improbable, no one seems to have thought of that, but the whole city, and as many strangers as could get there, stormed the doors of the diamond company and prayed and fought for stock. Millions went Into the collars of H. treasurers of the company, and as the F.equel all but proved, die movers, though not tbe brains of the grand steal Such was tbe excitement that the Bank ot California, In wbosl custody tbe stock books wen placed, le cke them up and refused to issue stock until a uiin DR expert had reported on the find. The man choeen was onn Janlo, who, to his ever- tabling discredit, supported the extravagant statements of the company. Not satisfied as x-t, Gareuce King, a geologist of great sagacity and understanding, went to the spot, and In a report of admirable terseness wrote the condemnation of the nefarious ooncoctora, and the fell through, and the truth was revealed at a later date certain Philip Arnold, freshly come upon the coast, laid the plans and took the firm mentioned into his confidence Money furnished, presumably by tbein, to buy diamonds, and Arnold, disguising himself, went to New "tfotb, LQndon and other diamond marts, and purchased several lols of precious stones, nrjcut, to the amount of many thousand dollars, aud returning surreptitiously to the Untied Slates, went to Arizona, and selection a favorable place aud tluw, sowed the ge ns broadoart, and returning to civilization sent a prospector la bis confidence lo make tbe dlst ovary for which be had prepared at such Iroable and expeuae Tbe land vttm or course tkau up uravlttusly aal preparation made lo incorporate tbe company Public opinion compound the authorities to order aif investigation, and withlu a few months the above fsotfl were educed.

L. bud to dia- gorge about $300,000 and had great difficulty in getting off ao cheaply. To cover their share In tbev raised a tremendous hubbub, pretending to have been duped, and employed detectives lo run down Aruold, who had taknn to his hole Tbey found htm In a retired part of Kentucky, ih Ing In quiet Blyle, in a sort of medurral castle The phena of the county alternated his arrest, but he resisted, and a pistol fight ensued lo which one or more persons were Injured Eventually he surrendered and compromised wdth his "dupes" Tor lhe snm ol No one save the precious knows bow much was realized on ttio venture, but It must have been a very heavy sum, A Ibe Lent family have since that time been able to make an annual pilgrimage to Piirle, carrying then? wardrobes In fortj-two leather trunks, all marked in big lellerp, wllh lhe name of Lent Arnold possessing tbe natural prudence of Americans must have retained at lesst a competency, very likely be never surrendered the Jjufo Is still a mining expert-- of a certain class Clarence King rose subsequently to be America's greatest geolcgist and the bead ot tbe national geological survey. William Balaton, who ordereu tbe books looked up until the truth came out, and theieby saved millions to the crazed would-be investors, drowned himself, as all the world knows, an unfitting termination for EO useful a life. STOBl OF ALFRED PAR4F Since lime immemorial rognee have duped the human race with drags and chemicals.

Tbe ancient alchem sto, who laid the foundation of chemistry, were acute deceivers, who put money ID their pockets while Interesting and mystifying the woild-- a very stupid world-- nllh their juggleries and Incantations, their splrltnons and their menstrual, it Is to their successors, the pbjBiclans and the chemists, It at Ihe world of to-day has to look for repetitions of greater marvels, some of science and some of deception It was through a consnTn- irate knowledge of chemistry that Alfred Paraf, the most acute dissembler, the Cuglloetro of a later generation, was enabled to successfully inaugurate plans which pui to tbe blush the most ollgmal projects of tbe age, Nearb every one must remem bsr this young man. who, of French birth, came to Amer ca about 1870, a graduate of tbe most advanced technical schools of his native land, and, as a chemist, already a rival of Dejiray, of of Bolstaaudran To fitly characterize hta genius In its malevo lent aspsct, it Is enough to say that be was tbe Introducer In America ot Ibe oleomargarine or bull hatter Invention --a baleful process, which has contaminated agrlcnllure In Its moet beneficent aspects, and, Indeed, has injured ind corrupted civilization itself It was to work this scheme that tbe accomplished Frenchman, whose tongue waa equally the master of four languages, estab tithed himself In San Francisco It Is a pity be bad not located In Portland, for then, Indead, would our millionaires (Parat's ready prey) have learned tbe persuasive power of a mau who could promise more than VI lard and per foim less than kliiabiSmub Theetory tbat we have to leli of Bofnurn in tbe bay clt is Ibat of tools and their money Fortunes were not realized out the Intettinal adiposity of oxen, and Paraf went, after enaottag cb iptera lu the history of applied Inventive chemistry, to Chile, where be upon ttie of the "valley of paradise" i the rqactno process, for txlraumg gold from! anything, and particularly from copper ores, which abound that country It was a relapse I the abstract ID chemistry to the concrete and slmble Chill is not a good place to teacb rbemical reactions, learned disquisitions upon molacular Interchanges would not, aa In tbe American cities icatcb purees and lUra. Briefly, Paraf hit upbn lhe old and it is hoped, ow outworn method of "salting" by meaus of tbe chloride of goh --a dishonest practice to which many fortune; are owing Nothing is rascally aud nothing more easy lo carry oul Paraf pimply "coped" lhe ore to bs tested i a solution of tbe compound in water, aud by the aid of an assistant deceived the keenest tlgbled After tatlDf In no less tban nr Ibe money of bis credulous hosts, Monaleur I a a discovered to be a swindler, aud al be af-ied for further time to complete i i i i which woald hrmg about the prom teed repuUe, tl outraged babi'Ruta, not hiviuiz (be patience of the bathers ofKeely's motor, put him In prlsou where he stayed toreeveti bubpequfntly be died lu Peru, despised, or forsaken. TbiB etory, wi'h tioral al the end, Introduced to eLow that di Unreal lines of luxation reach to tbe eame means for given end. CrelfibtoD, the apemlne proprietor ot a worth l.ts niint, end Paraf, Inn naeqasled pti-tle'.

the skilled bolh fell oft ai tieir relliooe, upon the well triad method ot nalt wllh chloride of (told. Ttey both found It Impossible to eecape from Ihe thrall ot a method eo old and well known as to be qoiokly aaspect- ed and easily detected. THB MtT 1 TEE WAE OF '55, An Interesting Chapter of Early Day Oregon History. The B.ttie of Ennrrj Hill Bun from Olituoo- Boare Hard Biding b7 aa la- dlu Veteran. IW niw-n lor The Sunday Oreuonian It waa the early part of October, 1155, and Some four or five yean ago the story of the ellver-mnd springs of Crook county thrilled the public heart.

Tbe Brings episode was a joke which verged a swindle Tbe original Intentions of tbe projectors were not altogether bad. It would Mem, but the astonishing gullibility ot UaeO-efiCB public, enamored of uncertainties, was suoh that a great deal of ounces of sliver in a eott, muddy eubstaoce said 7 received their second trial of savage war- to have been taken from aeertala spring In the tare Two 8 before, the tribes of Rogue southern part of Crook coajnlr, just east of the "'erhad come with torch and scalping knife. Cascade range and samejrhat over 100 miles that war ended and peace had been pur- 8l a nd P0anrei InaljM were eu atrocity never showed more hideously than it has done In those Bogoe river wars. The story of the murder or families and burning of ity and set oat on a of discovery to the place, Tbey found It after a prolonged search among rocks and raUlenuakea, and, gathering up a mule-load of mod, started for home. But their absence bad been noted, and several people, who, being on tbd had perhaps too good reason to believerthat the spriog and its muddy eurroundlngE hat been silver by the flrst dlscomeiB, which could very easily be done by chemical means, as will bo explained--set out In hot haste to Intercept the Intermeddlere, If to prevent them from procuring an assay, would ebow the non-argentiferous character of the mod and eo cut short a seaao i of prosperity to the "trs of Btnck.

They met the returning loves- homes has been told time and again, bat mci- have been told before. Several companies of volunteers bad basn mastered Into the territorial service, and it became an Imporant question how tboy should be supplied wlti ammunition to carry on the war. In the early stages of life ID a new country there Is always considerable powder and lead kept In country stores, hot trouble had ligatora at Prlneville, very hard trip In- Deen brewing for some time, the Indians had deed, aod a hasty one. Theyset, about enter- Deen laying in supplies, for though they might taloing them, with eaci good suoceea that In a be barred rxom buying in person there were few hours' time the nvedtlgators were drunk always men vile enough under the table, and boots, seizing the eaoto of mud, presumably non-argentiferous, made the bi-et of their way bask to Portland, wbloh had the effect of prevailing the premature expose of a very good jest which cams to a subsequent collapse through the circumstance of Mr. Henry G.

of San Fran- dtco, to whom aamulae of the valuable mud were submitted for examination, finding In It a piece of coined silver, whleh the sailers had neglected to file up wheni they sprinkled the rtomltr of the spring with To find examples of finished deception In salting mines we shall have -a go beyond the bouu dsrlee of Oregon, becauea, although Indigenous swindlers lact nothing In Intention or zeal, they can hardly be said to posseesithe polish, the research and the excellent calculation thai charac terlzes deceivers who one had the advantage of residence In more rnlin circles. The lyplcsl vulgarian of Colorado, ex-Lleut- Gov. aud ex -Senator bor, Who has been aptly styled "Ihe great American hog," got his start aa a capitalist through he endeavors of a prospector to deceive him with a salted mine. It was an extraordinary oastt. Tabor was living at Leadville, then but a vllhige whose gnat future was as unheralded.

He kept a llule grocery aud supplied UM nblghhoriog miners wllh the necessaries of Ufe, while his IndnstrlODs nlfe took la wasting, and between the two they made out a lewot living. Tub r's first mining venture was luduoed by a prospector indebted to him Cor some store goods furnished The rogue traded off his mining claim to square ough to trade wtth savagds, or low enough to become thelc Intermediaries and aid them In such purchase. The settlers had been making purchases of ammunition and the stores were out of stock. The commissary general of that time and place was General McCarver. who was making hu way south to the ecsne ot war.

Word had met him near Eugene that there had been fighting and more nas expected, and the -stock of ammunition was ducinedly low. He had talked matters over, and bad reached the conclusion that the ocly way was to seua off, beyond the theater of war, to purchase powder, capg and lead where the eicltement had not readied. At that time Scottshurg was a placa of atme im portauce and had five or six well stocked trading houses It was decided to send a messenger to bcottsburg aad lose no time. THE OB080B STOCK OF HOH3E9 At Eugene KcCarver found a young man named P. CasUeman, known to be active and energetic, who was stopping there a few days waiting for something to turn up, The quartermaster toned his man, and found him "willing," then he said "Have you got a good borne 1 At that time Lutefaavaee, at Salem, owned the famous staiUon, a horse wtth white points and some white in face, bat with a solid sorrel color.

These were features all "Ssj-ge horset" were apt to carry, and CasUeman hil a nag that was thoroughly "Ueorge Sometime there should be written a bUtory of the beorge stock, fcr It was a faui fajjily of me rogue craaea on ais mining claim ui the aoclnnt, first having a to? two of maI1Jk a TM 9 UI affiW men to work In it, whereby toe Imposture was discovered. Tabor, ho wfcvfr, continued to sink in the shaft, and within a few feet struck good ore, which made him eh. The claim afterward became known as the "Chrjsetlte" mine. Tiber became suddenly rich, wnl to (wMiaaa, moved In the highest circles of society, ahdbeBxtna toj refined to lite with hu wife, who was ouly a good old drudge, qnlie unfit to be the helpmeet to great a man he got a dlrorce, with a division of the proper whicb meant several millions In Mrs Tabor's pocket Since then he has married a very showy lady of half his age, and gone into the cultivation of the graoes, which Is an appropriate occupation, Indeed, for an Ignoramus who spells shoa" wtth a and probably drinks out or his finger bowl. The only real distinction of life Is that he Is the man who got rich by baring a mlna saltad on him.

THE QOI IBN SOUP. The thought of the sllter mad boiling springs of cer tral Oregon brings us by an easy transition to the chicken soup gold spring of Napa county, Cal. Caustofa Is a happy, pleasant hamlet In the Coast Range mountains, where city people come to rusticate and di Ink the waters of the numerous mineral anil thermal uprings about town. Some years since one relghton, called "Colonel," bought a "place" which included a spring locally knowi the "chicken soup bowl," because Ita waters taste or are sometimes fancied to taste Ilk; that much esteemed ailment Here he built a huge tavern ao.il a high fence encircling bin spring, and giving the former a high and mighty hotel name, he sat down behlnu the hitter rake In Ihe ducats from snmmer and invalids of all degrees of Illness 01 wellness. But they didn't come, or if they cviie they ate too much solids and drank too little of nature's genn ne restorer, Creljthtou's soup water, and the projector got sick ot hia project Something bid be done Iq an Inventive bonr be turned away his guesti, barred the doors, thrust adoujle "scatter gun" through a convenient crack and bung up a slga dvorge cons to take the track as his successors The country was fall of "ieorge horses" In the 't Os and they en aid run or walkor plow orhanl a carriage It was the nearest to a "horss-ol 1 the farmers of Oregon have ever kuowu Old deorge and all his stock were tough as old Joe Dogstock.

They ware uzlyio a uiiiatu point, or mey wouldn't nave Daea so and such tyers. L-istleraau had a Ue jrga horse, in its prime, and he stalled sanusucally when McCarver asked that question Ot course he had a good h)rse, BO he fed bis beast, wulle McCarver wrote lU instructions, and was soon readj, for McCaner insisted that hs must ntari lutlanter It the middle of the afternoon when the sorrel was saddled au 1 brought round aud Cas- tlttuian tor tbe road for bjottsnurg Ha got to CwitftrlghL's for buuyer, i lly," and uight WHS creeping down uu tn the world when they clitnbed the spurs of itlpoola raage It deepened us tue leached thesu nintt, and with only ihe litter of Rttire a iw and then glimpfllug be ween the trmt lupn, tLe went i and down towards ihrt dap jua rue timber was heavj along Pan cnwk, tbe road was and the eaine fact ueid true of all (be road they traveled until lht fiodlly reached Scottstmrg In thof-e tide were scarcely more than trails, and man and burse needwl a double stock of eensfs to find their way through the moun- tam tjasses or oft the trail that went down the 1 occasionally there were elreaois to ford and only starlight, and little of that, to do 11 bj The Goorge borso Bad a rider vie to suit, and they he oo When mornlug dawued the eiene had changed to the banks of tbe LniDqtia Withlu twenty one hours 1 time man BLd horse bad covered the dlstauce of ninety miles from tugeue to Scotteburg Bjforo taking rfst or food Tastleinan hud called the mar chKDts together aud laid the matter before them Of course he had credentials to show them, but they were not Quite as good as auy ordinary clt- IZOD'S verbal promise to pay. FXB HOT FOH I 1 The merchants took th'e matter under coaaid- r. eratioaland promised lo give their answer the a gd tto a bore came and aekedw ha waa tne matter and nd mad no Lhan or borsea His Invoked the constaMb's aid to aolre a daap a Utfir orefl had brought him the nlaety miles injetery. Tbej-found OreiKatonglower'us over la Iees twenty hours' actual time, and a big bottle of hie soup water, aud covtmnir rcSius on reams of pa.jmr with cil eolations of bow mocL soup watnr bad rna to waste fliucw the Clir miaa era began hw side lay tbe certificate of a chemist to the elf act wbile stopping to feel be had not stopped to rest The horse was put In a stable and hla rider fqund a bed In tbe hotel The merchants realized'the gravity of tbe situation and even felt Insecurity to the fate ot Scottsburg, that the liquid yielded apon aQalysis so mia? nhoald Ibe war go on and the ludtana be aao- graiDB of metallic gold per gallon Ai we re- easeful i In such case there was nothme to hln- markd before.

It Is always the most unlfkoly der a raid down tie I tnp ma to that place story that receives fullest credence, WI'LU is why Crelghton's story ol tbe richness of his sjup water extended over all California aad mat the Acceptance of many wjo ought tu kuowu better than believe it. ol course the thlug was joint-stocked. But in an tvll hour for tbe pro jector (who was mean vh lie reaping re ward) a chemist einplrred by would ba invest ors unraveled the sebeaje by that that Crelgbton used chloride of gold to "sail" the water. The colonel escaped, leaving town between two days, bequeathlug lo his duoga a rich legac? of experience Mark Twain nsed beso circumstances as a foundation on which toccnstrnctthevery laughable account of emena's gold epriug," wherein he averred that once having a spring on his farm nblch Ho wed water containing so any grains of gold to ue gallon, and having also a father in-law who was too old and de oreplt to earn bis board In any other way, he ucfd to stand the venerable gentleman in the spring four bonrs each day, and when be had become plated with gold Le would lead him out and scrape off tbe metal with a case-knife, the monthly dividends to stockholders Clemens family) running very ttgh Indeed. The writer remembers that having given this veracious account to a lady to read, sae returned the paper nitbtbe forcibly expressed opinion that "Mr.

Clemens ought to be ashamed of himself for treating a helpless old man so despicably as to make him stand in wa er all day up to his chin, and he was a mean br ite So there' HfcBBLBT LANl, lion- It Looka the FlHhermcn Washington Special.22d Tbe following dispatch has been received from the president of the national fishery asso elation Mr Chamberlain deserves the peerage His victory is complete The treaty Is a moreshaius- ful surrender In the day of our national power than ft as that In 1MH, extorted in the time of our national wttakaeaa peril Making no indemnity for past outrages. It not our commercial ngtvts, but Uaited States of large and valuable fUhUi? areas bith Inbajs and seas Than: that American senate Is still eituut ant no Inconsiderable part of the treaty mak Qfl bere Pieo'Trade citroue. Petersburg ttwex Appeal (Dem imue have two mes lo the United One uf is in New lork city. the traders arouid got proS'3 on tbe ImnnrtBti 'ns ff Ilowi ig of American nmoofjciuiw, and ixuknn would get per- 11- i omtoat to i the Kentucky. McCairer represented lhe terrltorUl govern meat, which wa3 supposed to represent tbe United States of Ainerlca but lo fact it did not represwnt enythiug so able aad permanent, and whoeier fu-nlBbel aupp IBS had no aa auranceof payment Tbwea facts ware oanvawed and fully uoderst-rod, aud then the half dozen merchants of ScQltetmrg took a patriotic view of tbe question aud determined, as good citizens and loyal men, to each one laratsh bis proper tlon of a mule load of auuuattioa for the pur pose of proUKUne tbe threatened settleuidntfl There was no sperulatlou in tbair eje, aad they preferred to keep their wares on their shelves They did their part aa loyal man without ex pectation nf Castleman was tu meet Mctarver at Roseburg so the same forenoon he took what he could carry of the ammunition and returned by the river trail leaving tbe pack aoirail to follow more leisurely A man was tw days making the journey with the paca animal, but Castteman started about 10 cluck 1 in taa journey to Rosehip Uie eatna Jdj 'horse waa equal to tba Tfiere was of baste, because much depeaded oa having a supply of amniunUlon It Mc( arver could know what to depend on be c-mid make bis arrangements iccordlngly, so astlemiu and his Rorrel rode back la baste to give tbe needed information A MTION IN C.OOIt TIMK Arrived at Roseburg, he fiund the rough clatter of war fn the ascendant news coming in continually for more assistance and for anp plies Tbere wae a rumor, rather well defined, that a battle waa in progress suatb of Ijipqaa, and lhat tbe men were becoming jahoit of am munition This dilemma was dishearteulng because there was only a hope to secure suppMes from the mojitbcf-the Impijua, and thdt was uucerlaiir when the territory had aft cash la auJ practically no cradft to bank upon But tbe return cf mtleman gavn assurance that a temporary supply was fortheom aad would answer the present emergeucF or laast until a stock of ammanftlon rould tw provided trom more reliable sources Tde i ia to get the horse load on the wa im Scritsburg deltveidd to tbe tr in tbt Castleman bad a gool rest, aad itilly, tbe Barrel, was fcetm for aaoLber ride by the time he was c.lled oa for It Tbe second day the psck fron Ruittsbnrg put ID an appoarauo, aad It ta determined to forward hU Ioa1 to the seat o' war without delay F.

Castleoun having mide a Journey to aoiraititMoQ, WM Bfclected an a prauur iuao to me -workf UIRD and hnnw lupjrUat ftrtors to piling war. Bctwwn aocHogw there rises a crose-range known as Umpqna mountain that has formed one of the most formidable obstacles to travel from the beginning From Bosebnrg the roads were passable until they reached this mountain. There they entered a canyon, climbing Ita ravines, occasionally surmounting small precipices and fording somewhere near a hundred times a foaming creek that rushes down Its chasms. It Is a beautiful place to study nature In by day, at one's leisure, but might aOrlght an ordinary soul by night, with only clouds to deepen the heavy blackness of Its grand old forests. Castleman was provided with an assistant they drove off through the winding hills of beautiful Lmpqna in tbe early morning and reached Canyonville at dusk.

Here they rested got a fresh pack horse for the dead load of pow der, borrowed or bought a lantern, and struck into the fearful canyon as the edge of night was being drawn over the listless world. It was lalhera debatable band, this Umpqna moun lam and Ite canyon, because It formed the divide between the scenes or war and peace. There was no reason why Indians should not lie In arribusb where a thousand hiding places offered tbcmeecinriiy, and slay and plunder at their own stotetwllL i A KORXUhATi SI I ESSTmON Trne, there was no ostensible reason why In- 01 me could not occupy the canyon and ambush uuhappy wayfarers, but there happened to be known to the whites who were Intimate with their life an i traditions, a scrap of history that was probably preserved from the recerds of the Hudson's Baj Company. It Is well known that ludians fear any spot that has been a scene of carnage and the dead. They never pass where a battle has been fought and their dead hare lain.

cry fortunately for the whites, such a tradition attaches to the Umpqua canyon. The story Is worth preserving, as a bit of legendary lore. lhat once jpon a time the Hudson's Bay Company exceptions to the continual robbery and treachery perpetrated br these savages aud gave them a thorough whipping In a battle fought In this terrible pass. The Indians lost many tilled as well as wounded. They recognized from Ibatday the Hudson Hdy Com pany as their masters ana were glad to make lerms witi them, but this discomfiture made them more savage than ever towards other whites As a result of their superstitious Ideas they found eome other trail through the Umpqua mountains, where they need not run the nek of meet ng the ghosta ot their Mends who were slain In battle It may not be safe to predicate entirely on such superstitions, and place Implicit faith In savage bigotry, bat knowing this ancient; and undemanding Indian habits, Castleman determined to make tbe trip by night A NIGHT JOUBNKY.

While It wae currently said that no Indian ever went through the canyon our travelers took wlee precautions They had a lantern wllh them, to light the way in worst places and often bad ol it Toeir road lay for three miles up the bed ot the creel and then went back aud forth In continual crossings of tbo btream- At several places, rocky ledges croured the ravine, over which Ihe wat-r leaped in cascades, and up which the rider bad to clamper as he could They groped the'r way through the Stygian blackness, wllh occas- loual uileKiviuRS tha a eaviige might "be drawing a on tfleiu as tbey did so Toey bad had word that a neveral-aayVfight was going on and lhat ammunition was becoming scarce. It was possible that they they might inn out of powder and leaa Knowing this, men crept on, making slow headway but en re. bile it was ueumsary to supply the vol- nuteers It was also very Important not to let the tavagea become owners' ol that precious load. Ibey hi tie watching for it, they might have their whre amps ou the lookout, and their sunre suspicious that wletud white man were accomplices If so, what more feasible than the savages being kspt informed of all their actions and a party of them In ambuscade waiting their coming It was hardly probable that any fear of the shades of their ancestors who were killed of yore, would prevent the taking of two scalps and 200 pounds of oowder At daybreak the "ammunition train" arrived at Hardy Llifl place ou Cow creek, south of the canyon. Here they met some of the heroes who Bad bean In tbe recent battle, for there had been a bard (ought field at the classically-named atlon, known as Hungry hill, wnere a lot of men bad beep wounded and a few killed, but they bad the hardly earned satisfaction of know lug tbe Iiidiaus had the worst of it Hardy had a Blockade in the baautifnl little valley of Cow cret-k When Castleman reached there he met a de tachment ofthe volunteers who were in search of him at least they were search of ammunition He was clad to turn over his whole train of oue cay lo the ji and to bed with a clear conscience Billy, the sorrel had been on the road enough to earn a rest, so, for a brief lime horse and rider retired from active pursuits ot ellher I war or-peace end enlisted under "balmy sleep 1 The battle of Hungry bill had been fought tbe day before, while the small ammunition train waa on the way from Roseburg to Caoyoa- illle.

Tbe volunteers bad covered themselves with laurels' (that grow abundantly in the drave creek bills) and retired to rest on them at tbe also classfcaUy-named "Six Bit House," situated on the waters of Wolf creek, about ten miles from Kill's stockade Just then the log house styled thus, had become a hospital, where several surgeons were In charge of twenty lo Iwenty five men who bad been wounded In Ihe baule of Hungry hill. THE BIT HOUSE The above Is not an Indian name, but the reader will be surprised to see hbw near It comes to being so when be learns Ite true history Once upon a time the whites had Bat in judgment on an Indian and had pronounced sentence of death on him for eome act of robbery that was only tbe last of many such They found him incorrigible, so they pronounced sentence of death ou ulm there, at Six-Bit bouse It was abont to be executed, when a white man, who stood by and lived near, accosted Ibe Indian with a dun He said "You me six bits and I want uiy money At that day six bits was not much money, and the fellow's neighbors were surprised at his tenacity of purpose in claiming It at such-- for the Indl an at least-- a solemn moment But theladUn was equal to tbe occasion and will history for his answer Turning to his creditor, wllh every feature wrealhed with scorn, the savage improved the opportunity his coming fate afforded to free his mind Heeaid "Von dog, you are so contemptible as to be able to come tn a man who is about to die with your dtmaodfor sis bi's Walt, yon hound, until I am dead, and If you can find six bits about me you are welcome to It Then they swung him off and named it Ihe "Six Bits honse The Indian's memory is embalmed tn the speech he made, and his creditor's seems lo be remem bered In the same connection It IB well enough to preserve these scraps of history as we go along for some coming Homer to use when he wants to write an Oregon Iliad hen be was rested, astteman went on to the aforementioned etx bit bouse to see how tbe war was progressing It was a rather rainy morning, as bs rode up to the camp for there was a roilltarf encampment there of some im portance, consisting of four or five companies aud 'ttlU or 400 of Oregon volunteers Wnen he arrived It was raining a little, but Capt Jona than Keeney of Lane county, had bis men out for exercise, and the visitor came up just as they ei formed a rather remarkable feat of arms. then the war broke out Mr Hiram Smith of Portland, was going through R)gue river valley with three or four ox teams heavily loaded with provisions. Tbe exception, being a barrel that contained a suitable provision against a rainy day, as Capt Keeney no doubt thought, but not classed ordinarily as provisions for army use He bad been obliged to abandon his wagons to save bis life, or had left part of the load to more easily baul the rest The military had sent an for the goods the Indians had not destroyed, and much of the merchandise being ac'ually intended for the mines came In good time and plmo to satisfy the wants of Ibe troops then In thti Qeld They ha1 bxen rather sururhed to dwcnser in the conten ot the cask alluded tn, a vers asreaable quality of peach brandy When CasUeman drew up the "ankward squaa" of Keeney's command were i toting on thtlr arms, while a detail passed along Ihe line with a bucketful of this peach brnorty, dealing tin cupful to each man They were taking to military drill in the kindest manner NEW YORK LETTEBS. Melancholy Piotnrea in the Streets of Sew York 8HIUWS VITALIZES to whu nu need for Constipation.

Loo ol Appetite, ana all Tbe WhlU P.Iio, of A T. to 6 Bold -II Will Be Bold to Olnb foi Tilth of iti Ooit. (Written ror Ttto '-mi 117 Orezoman. 1 I eh fi A half a dozen men were standing talking In front of the Hoffman honse A daehing young woman In gorgeona ralinont went sailing by like a cutter In a thirty- mile an hour breeze Tbeeun shonedown upon her and sent out from her magnificent diamond earrings aid the mass ot beads that covered her head and shoulders a thousand hues. C'rcct, Coolly, she's a hummer'" said the first speaker's friend From one end of Broadway to the other the dabrog young woman was complimented ana criticised.

It was a bright and glorious afternoon The mellow sunshine and the dry air bud eent Ihousandp of persons oul to see and be seen. None in all the throng attracted so much atteulion as the young woman whom ChoUy described at a swell. She was correctly dressed. She was In black from head to foot Not a Ml of color was to be seen anywhere, except a white collar, tan colored gloves and tan colored over galtere, fitting lightly over patent leather shoes. Every man in the vast throng turned and stared at her.

She was not overdressed, and, In fact, was as modest as the delicate little that nestled In her bosom. What was It then' She was an actress, and as lovely a page aa ra ever saw. She is paid well for her work, er face and figure are her fortune There Is very little more to be said. She Is Illiterate Sbe can barely write her own name, bbe bad no education Her ither was a notorious shoplifter and her father was a detective Sbe knows how to drees and how to dance, and she has kicked her way Into a fortune, for her charms have smitten a younz and woallhy Cuban. It cost him S2JO.OOO to get ber, and she Is living in all tue luxury that money can command in this cosmopolitan city That is all there Is to be told.

And yet Is the most talked about woman in the whole city Just now. Let me draw another picture. A handsome, stylish, well dressed woman baa Just stepped out of her brougham and entered a Broadway florist's. Sbe picks up a Handful of gt igeona Ler majesty roses that lay in a basket on tLe marble counter. "One do'lar each," says the florist Rive a big dinner and a ball this week," stya Ihe lady, "and I'd like to have my house LB.I deon elj decorated She lo ks lonugly at the big roses and Inhales the dfllclous fragrance I pm afraid the roses are too expensive." said tLi- llorist A collar apiece, you 1 and she tapped her gloved fingers oa th" rr arble counter of the store They are very choice," eald the ftirlst 4 Huw many would make a good show in aa house "It would require several the florist 1 Would ten thousand do" 1 "Ob, jes'in.

It would be a gorgeous dU- Well, go ahead then," and in a second the door ol hu carriage closed behind her She was me wife nf a millionaire ten times over What was 810,000 to her fiothing II cost her no more thought than a snap of the fingers. And ye line magnificent dame, as aha nalkad fum tLe (I rial's dooi to her carriage, tiruhhed el uwa with as plUable an object aa ever this big city can show It was a woman, not 40 years of age. Her clothing was old and tattered und far from clean. Her hair was disheveled Her eyea were blooclthot She was the widow of a oncej prominent ew lorker, a man who made a great fortune by an invention that Is now indispensable tbe world over He died at a time wLen be wae rapidly becoming a millionaire. SUCO-M turned tbe widow's head.

Her husband's business was soon taken from her by her husband's filend Her money was stolen tbe same man And then' But why go on 0 It was only a step from the magnificent mansion lhat she called home to a police station where she now nightly begs for a place to lay ber bead A beggar. Worse than that, even, and the man who robbed ter of ber money and cast her out to lite a life of shame was her husband's best friend. Eten fallen women, when the rose Is gone from ihelr cheeks, are pushed aside, and from a iilded house lo the lowest dive Is the last and quickest step of all Tbe woman in silks and diamonds, rolling in hf luxurious carriage, was the wife of Ihe nun who bad made lhal creature in filth aud dirt aad ebame what she Is to-day' The wife had spent 810,000 for roses on this glorious day. while the woman who deserved to be called wife was hustled off by a burly policeman One more picture. bee tfcat dirty, Sllhy locking fellow standing In front of that saloon on Park Bow' Hlj clothing is old and ragged His face and hands are unwashed.

Hishair Is long and unkempt His Leard Is thick and matted. As he stands there in tbe bright ennlight he seems to be the most foilorn object in the world. Know him'' les. Indeed. He was postmaster of this city once.

He was elected by an overwhelming majority to a prominent county office. He made money no fast that he didn't know tthat to do with it He lived In princely sty'e Rum did the rest He fell from his high noil tion to tbe gutter in than two years He IB there yet, almost a tramp He has no means of support He is waiting now for some of the men that he knew in his prosperity to give hloa a dime to buy a drink And when night comaa you will see him standing in front of the same saloon, butlonbrjllng passers-by for a quarter to pay foi a night's lodging' FOSTER COATIi The Mansion. When the Jate Mrs A. T. Stewart died the big white marble palace at the corner of Flftti avenue and Thirty fourth street, that all we rid has read of and which that lady so long occuplrd as a home, was left In charge ol a faithful old housekeeper and a retinue of servants It is a gorgeaus palace It was bnllt by V.

blewart at a time when labor and malarial was expens'ie No one knows how much it cost, but certainly not a penny less than IX). Now it Is in tbe market The stew art executors have decided to sell it, and tb t-e uermns who have desired to inspect It wllh a view to purchase have had an opportun- visit all the rooms Theeetablisbmeuthas bwtn earned on Ihe same as though both Mr and Mrs Stewart were alive The blinds are drawn as always were during thPlr occupancy of tbe pile. The house Is swept, duatad 1 cleaned regnlarly each week. A solitary gas jet nickers In the gorgeous hall as It did when Venart lived A detective paces and down in front of the house, night and day, aud tbe tervants come and go just the sane as when the lady of the mansion occupied her maenificBnt boudoir Noihlng In the house bfafi been disturbed but the pictures They weie pnld at auction The rich lace curtains a at tbe windows, and the carpets that wi-re wiecially made for each room still cover the tiooifl Not a speck of dirt is seen anywhere The faithful old hoesekeeper and the i i a live their monotonous life, and i jiawwrsby, when they esa ssw Hebted the servants' wonler If the EDO of the great merchant prince his not returned to the palatial home that brought him dentb Tbe bnildio? will be sold. a few wei-ks I- xyerts estimate that it may Woe Several clubs are negotiating for It, aud one or two bonanza kings hope to get It, but notH dy peems over anxious about It.

The im has gone forth that It la anluclrr. ard few rietsnos care to tempt fate even lu tills w( rk-a-day world D4VII) VBCHSLEa. "Havejou wintered weU'" no Hood's Sirsa- you in good condition. NEWSPAPER!.