THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
The editor of that excellent journal
has some very peculiar views, at
least they seem so to us, with regard
sistless disease, is already becoming
controlable; diphtheria, cholera and
kindred diseases have yielded up the
STATU OFFICIALS
: hotiob. to properly. .. II damages were roeas- secret, vi weir .vnuseo w iu
nrori nf.r.rf1ir.ir tf hia view's, there f researches of the medical scholars,
AH eastern foreign advertisers are . - .. - , -u. i ' j
referred to oar representative. Mr. E. would be none recover mc ior me anu even iue ulrau .KpU5j, .. .
Katz, 230-234 Temple Court, New York ef the land, since that. is pro- thought, will soon be under control
h:U",Dg C"U Tided by Nature. : ' At Los Angeles Tuesday, Dr. Thomas
. The ownership of land is the line Powell of Missouri mane some re
of demarcation between savagery markablc experiments before a party
and civilization. It might be better of doctors in order to prove the effl-
to go . back to primitive ways, to cacy ot his remedy for certain dis-
cm. idiemnn frihol relations to mst.nral nursuits eases. He alarmed some of the phy
' - VLT (TA " . v,.vuw- w r ft
"Jj.h." Mitcheu an(j conditions, but civilized D'an sicians present by injecting baccilus
will not do it. He prefers the rush tuberculosis and baccilli diphtherial
and roar of enterprise and business into himself, appearing to take them
to the peaceful pursuits of nomadic without evil effect. He also injected
life. As long as this is true and we some bactiua into two guinea pigs,
nierk ... a m. Keiny live nn t.h pnrih instpud of in TTtonia. which promptly died. 1 esterday be
cione.'.'.'.'.'.' the ownership of land and privileges injected sputum from. a woman dy-
Auesgor w.ii.vvpippie wiii continue, ana men ana lunes vi tuu3uiutjuuu uimcui.
sSr7ntei.deni ot Pnbiic sc"hoo'iii'..Vc.''L: Gilbert w,u valne them. Can we wonder that doctors disa-
Coroner W.H.Butts ... , t., . . -m,
We will agree wun. tne Hiast ure- grec auu un. u
Governor
Secretary of State ....... .
Treasnrer
Bapt. of Public Instruction.
Attomey-uenerai. . . .
Senators
. .W. P. Lord
HKKincaid
..Phillip Metschsn
. tr. at. irwin
Congressmen.
State Printer '..
I B Hermann
) W. K. ElUs
..W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge.
Bnerm.
...Robt. Mays
.T. J. unver
THE INDIAN HORROR.
gonian that many things might be in hfs opinions, when one of them
changed for the betterment of the will take the method used by Dr.
It is somewhat surprising that with world, among them changes in modes Powell to show his faith in his belief?
the amount of sympathy we Ameri- 0f taxation; but we can see no other
cans are manifesting for the Cubans way of dealing with property than as
that we get up so little for the starv- it j3 now looked upon.
The condition
ing millions of India.
of that unhappy people is simply in
describable, and the vast horde of
sufferers makes all attempts at re
lievicg them seem futile.
CHRISTMAS DAY.
It is pleasing to know that foreign
countries, even 'Spain, are acquaint
ed with anil understand our little
national characteristics and realize
that our senators and congressmen,
urally pose for the admiration of
their constituents. They realize
that we are great admirers of the
Of all the days of the year Christ-
. . . I hpinrr nlCAd on hiah npdpstftls. nnt-
mas takes precedence Dy long oa&s '
There are as a holiday over all others. Among
millions of them now on the verge Christian people, the world over it
of starvation, and according tore-lis a dav of reioicinsr. of rest from
i ' -j .1
norts. thev will have nothimr to sus worldlv oecnnalion. of familv're' picturesque m poiiucs, anu mereiure
tain life until another crop is grown, unions, of interchange of tokens of are gratified by taking a peep at our
which will be six months. Alieady affection, of the laying aside of jeal- selves in the mirror of our own good
in nlai-es the livins are feeding on nnsiVs nd strife, of nenee on earth opinion. Senor Canovas says, "The
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lhA dend. eases heino- rpnorted of nnrf w,T. tn nil mmbind T.nno- unuea oiaies is an ngui, anu wen
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mothers cooking and eating their before the Christian era it was kept De loOKs PlcasanI
children. Huinanitj' stands appallad by the civilized people of those days
at the terrible calamity that has be- in honor of the return of the sun
fallen this unfortunate people, and from his southern journey; but its
celebration did not have the same
meaning as is conveyed now. Then
it
after 'reaching borne he was stricken
with paralysis, and bis two daughters
who are married and live in town, were
summoned to his bedside.
"At 2 o'clock this morning Mr. Biack
died. " lie had been a resident of Monnt
Tabor -for years, and was well known
He was - engaged in fruit-raising and
farming at one time. Hia death was
painful shock to the members of h
family and hia friends, for it vaa sup
posed he was in excellent health. To
those who sat on the jnry with him yes
terday he appeared to be very well, in
deed.
"When the news was brought to the
attention of thecourt this morning there
ensued a consultation as to what should
be done. The defendant and her conn
sel were willing to proceed with the
trial with eleven jurors, but Judge
Stephens objected to this, as it was ini
proper procedure and he cuuldnot conn
ten a nee it.
"To the proposition to draw one more
new juror, Mr. Hume, of the counsel for
defendant,' objected, and ' as no other
agreement could be reached, it was set
tied by discharging the jury, and the
sattingl of the case for trial January
19th the second dav of the new term.'
BOUNTIES IN SEALS.
yet no organized effort is being
made to afford them any relief.
The contem Jlalion of their
Senator Mitchell has introduced a
bill providing that persons may
make final .roof on timber and
stone lands before any officer quali
fied to take homestead proofs. As
was a day of rejoicing that the the law3 is at present5 this ciag9 of
most unhappy condition may well light of the world was not to vanish; landa must be proved up on before
give us ungrateful ones cause for de
vout thankfulness that we have b een
spared such an experience, and cause
at least a fleeting expression of grate
fulness to Him who sends us rain
not to keep on its journey to the
south never to come back.
Now it calls to our minds remem
brance of Him who showed us the
way to life everlasting; who taught
and surshine and plenty. Christmas, us the golden rule, and by His ex-
the time of "good will to men," ample, the glory of unselfish and un
finds all of us, with food and dying love; who taught us that it is
clothing, at least.
the register and receiver of the land
office, and it often works hardships
and causes unnecessary expense by
compelling parties to go a long dis
tance to make their proof."
A Musical Marvel.
Such great interest has been mani-
Not much to be more blessed to give than to receive; tested throughout the country concern-
grateful for, we think, but surely whose followeis were the poor and
when we measure our condition, not the needy, and whose disciples were
by the few who are more happily of them.
situated, but by the many who arc a Of all davs Christmas is the most
ing the remarkable talents of Miss Yaw,
the charming young California soprano,
that we publish herewith an interesting
illustration of her highest note in com
parison with the highest notes of two
abundant reason for being satisfied
with our lot.
THE CUBAN SITUATION.
Patti
NlLSSON3 -p
thousand times worse off, there is blessed, for then even Dives opens famous prima donnas:
his purse for Lazarus. Around the
fireside gather three generations to
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rejoice tor maniroia Diessings re
ceived, and to renew the ties of I
The Cameron resolution in the affection binding them together in
senate has gone" over the holidays, one household.
which means it has gone up. The Blessed day! wherein it is per-
sentiment of the people of the United mitted the worldly to forget the race
States ' towards Cuba and Spain has for the things of the world and to ex
not changed, they feel just as much ercise in giving to the poor the
sympathy for the one and just as charity that is t'ae one divine attrib-
much detestation for the conduct of I ute vouchsafed to man.
Yaw
Maine Still rays a County and Last Tear
Raised It.
Maine paid bounties on 1,602 6eals
and on 305 bears m 1895. In 1S94 only
385 seals and 550 bears were killed. The
increase of seal killing is due to a 50-
cen-t increase of the bounty, malting' it
one dollar. The bears have been thinned
out by extensive killing. Why there
should be a bounty on seals is plain,
says the New York Sun, to those who
know that in a single year a seal con
sumes 3,050 pounds of tish, which would
make 0,060,300 pounds saved by the
killinsr of 1,662 seals in 1S95. Most of
the fish eaten are coarse-grained, such
as are used in baiting lobster pots
sculpins, flounders, tomcods, etc. but
not a few valuable fish, like herring,
salmon and maekarel, are killed by
these animals. Much difficulty is ex
perienced by seal hunters in securing
all of the. animals killed. Many cadly
wounded ones escape, and probably
more than 2,000 seals were killed during
1895.
X6 one knows exactly why bounties
are paid on blaok bears. They arc harm
less animals, according to competentob-
servers?, feeding on-. beechnuts, wild
fruits of various kinds, on carrion, and
roots of plants, Esklom if ever molesting
farmers in any wny. Maine pays five
dollars anu Sew lork ten dollars a
head for killing these good-natured
creatures. m
the other as they ever did, but that
the Cameron resolution, which was
in effect that the United States pro
ceed to fire the Spaniards out of I
MEDICAL HEROISM.
When it is remembored that Casfcie
Kenz only touched G on the fourth, Di
Mnrska F above the third, Christine
Nilsson F sharp, and Fatti G 6n the
fourth, Miss Yaw's voice will be the
better appreciated by musicians. - When
Cuba, was ever intended seriously, is the medical fraternity, and especi-
aouoaul. it appears like a bit of
The great American people are
prone at times to poke a little fun at Nils80n ng the high F sharp in Mo.
I 7a.l 'a ' T a m o Tlnta hai lifllon.pl
zart's "Magic Flute," her listeners
fairly labored between raptnre and hys-
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any to lone mem aooui tue spirit 01 ,-;, m;o. v.. v .h..n
jingoism on the part of Pennsylva- fraternity and harmony exhibited in without che slightest effort, and sustains
ma's aged senator, and the readily ,hp;r jntprfio,irsfi with eneh other: the note with the sweetest quality. If
yielded consent of Senator Cameron hut tllfire ia no douht hut tnat as . any have supposed that Miss Yaw, with
to the resolution being postponed Llass tbey are exceptionally brave T!TTB'
.. . , , , - . - - Bium irea. lubv are very muuu mia-
limii niror inp nn nnrs s nwa inor ... I - -
j , .. w men. it requires, more man any
he isn't half as anxious to see it pass other callin herotc Qualit,es, and
as he pretends to be. Secretary thesc are shown every day in the
Olney knows what he is talking matter-of-fact way in which medical
about, and his words of wisdom were men CXDOSe themselves to all kinds
of contagious diseases in the course
of their usual business. It takes
more genuine bravery to tackle a
cholera or yellow fever epidemic
as oil on the troubled waters of the
senate.
The whole matter seems to have
resolved itself into' 'this: This gov
ernment cannot recognize Cuba un
til the latter form some kind of a
government; . and secoud, that we
cannot interfere between Spain and the medical fratermtv is sec01ld t0
her subjects unless by her barbarity no other, and that the science ad-
sue compel us to simply put a stop to
tne massacre or non combatants.
Cuba could, we believe, get auto
nomy, and have a local government
if she were satisfied with that ; but so
far she has not asked the good offices
of the United States, but seems de-
lermmea to nave an or noining.
This being the case, she must work
out her own salvation.
LAND VALUES.
The East Oregcnian insists that the
juries in the Taffe and Seufert cases
should measure the damages those
gentlemen . may recover , by the
amount ot property created by in
dustry and thrift that is destroyed.
taken. Her voice throughout its entire
range is sweet, expressive and sympa
thetic. She reaches the highest and
lowest notes with much, lees effort than
the ordinary singer, and sustains them
with faultless accuracy
The expression of a critic upon Miss
Yaw's remarkable voice serves very
aptly to define the sensation which fills
the auditor when listening to her phe-
man n aoes to cnarge a oauery, ana Baid . ,lHnman comprehension may fol
the results are about as deadly. low her voice to high C and fairly keep
In the line of experiment, too, its feet on earth, but when the seventh
tone above that is vibrated with a clear,
bell-like charm, it ia then that one as
pribAcj tha ti Tn f. tn finniA Bnnoinaln,al
vances more slowly than some others inBtrnmentalit lt ia not earthv
is not due to less study or research, enough for our faltering conception."
but to the fact that results are harder In Paris the. critics marveled at her
to be obtained, experiments being prodigious voice, as indeed did the
hnndiV.anr.Pd t.h (W tW miss i aw sang
. J C ft ho V A hiorhTI trio trrJ of nrimo Innna
only have their remedies got to act could not comprehend the ereat altitude
upon living tissues, but the diagnosis and was not satisfied that Miss Yaw had
must be made from symptoms. In really reached this great height until
Gambling in India.
Amongst the Hindoos throughout
the whole of India there is a holiday
celebration in honor of Lakshmi, the
goddess of wealth and good fortune,.
wncreim gambling is universally re
garded as a religious duty.' It iskuown
as the festival of lamps, and on that day
all classes indulge in gninss of chance
with shells, coins, cards, diyc, etc., and
the future of the individual, whether
good or bad, is looked upon as a forecast
of his wealth or poverty during the en
suing year. The romcu take a most in
tense interest in the proceedings and, if
fortunate, expend their' winnings in
the purchase of sweet-meats nd fruit?,
as gifts to all their fronds and rela
tions, toys for the mnll children and
fireworks for the boys. At. IJeuarep,
thir s:icrt'd city, as night approaches,
sir.all earthen Iamj.s, fed with oil, are
kindled, making .the outlines of evrry
mansion, palr.ee, temple and minaret
visible. All vessels in the river are also
illuminated; so that the whole city is
one blaze of light.
William's Culinary Department.
The German emperor has a curious
arrangement with his. kitchen depart
ment. The empress arranges his menus
and he pays the cooks about two dol
lars for each plate, on ordinary oc
casions, and five to seven dollars on
state occasions. Luncheon is served at
two and dinner at six. The empress
sliart-s all his meals, and at luncheon
they usually have company courtiers.
artist3. savants, authors, or distin
guished foreigners who happen to be in
Berlin.
WORDS BORI4 fiM NW YORK. ( HUNTERS HIT BY THEIR GAME.
"Forterhonse" Originated in Burling Slip
'Boss" fcom the Datrli.
'.New York city'fs the birthplace of
several expression? that have been for
many years current all over the world.
These expressions are not the outcome
of scholarly thought and culture. Al
though our professional men have du
tifully and generously aided in the cir
culation, and ennoblement of neolo
gisms foreign born, the apt yet un
studied offerings of the untutored
workman have held their own in lit
erature as well as in everyday speech,
while many labored results of learned
mind workers and would-be mind mas
ters, of words have lived -but -long
enough to be named.
The word "boss," which came into
common use during the regime of Wil
liam M. Tweed, is a Dutch baas master.
In the language to which it belongs
it is much used in composition. Thus,
timmermnn baas is a master carpen
ter, and n preacher is in Dutch merely
a church boss.
Only a few years ago attention began
to be called to the prevalence of the va
rious forms of vice in what was then
considered the choicest residential part
of the city. A newspaper reporter
named the region the "Tenderloin dis
trict," and as such it is destined to be
known for a long time to come, while
tne name tenderloin will "o ilutv sin
Tularly in other, towns as-they grow
more !ile the citv in Iheimotable char
acteristics.
IV-vtiT is (hp name given in Londi
more thnn a century?; to a very V.v
and htvivy beernuich fmicird by porter
and other outdoor workman.. The wor
nnd the thing came to New Voile in di
time, nnd porter wn.s soon in demand n
a bevrrnge pnsonjr the w.hnrfrnen. truck'
men and 'longshoremen ergr.ged on th
river fronts cn the east nnd west side
of the citv. One tnverr.er in l'urlinrr
slip bpc;i!U! famous for the porter h
sold and h.s place gradually gained tl
distinction of being the porter, house
of the town. In course of time he addv
11 the facilities of a hotel to his "pub
he nr.d increased it.s reputntion by fur-
nishinfr h.s customers a steak such
t.hev could get nowhere else. Thev
nlld it the "norterhoiise steak," and
!v that ram? a particularly choice cu
of the ste:ik part of n steer is known
everywhere. Farper's Weekly.
SCIENTIFIC REASON GIVEN.
Why the Eyes of a Fainted Portrait Fol'
low the Observer.
Wollnston's curious discovery was
that by adding to each pair of ey es u
nose directed to the right or the left
the eyes lose their front direction, nnd
look to the right or left, according to
the direction of the nose, By means of
a flap representing the lower features
in a different position, as Dr. Wollaston
remarks, "a lost look of devout abstrac
tion in an uplifted countenance of in
quisitive archness in the leer of
ounger face turned downward and oh
iquely toward the opposite side."
As by changing the direction of the
lower features we change the direction
of the eyes, says Notes and Queries, so
by changing our position, the eye of the
portrait apparently follows us. If
ertical line be drawn, through the tip
of the nose and half way between the
eyes, there will be the same breadth of
head, of cheek, of chin and of neck on
each side of this middle line, and each
iris will be in the middle of the whole
eye. If we now move to one side, the
pparent horizontal breadth of every
part of the head and face .will be di
minished, but the parts on each side of
the middle line will be diminished equal
ly, and at any position, however oblique,
there will be the same breadth of face
on each side of the middle line, and the
iris will be in the center of the whole
of the eyeball, so that, being on a flat
surface, the iris will be seen in front of
the picture or obliquely.
CHICAGO HORSES AT LUNCHEON
Squeezed to Death in a Stump.
George Bennett, of Eden, Ont., met
ivith a horrible death the other evening.
He was assisting in the operation of
splitting large slumps with a jack
screw and had one nearly split, when
he stepped into the opening. Suddenly
the jackscrew sprung out, the stump
closed like a shot, catching Bennett, and
he was slowly saueezed to death.
other words, in most professions or
trades a certain thing is to be ac
complished and the material to be
worked upon is tangible and evident
I she bad struck the key on the piano.
N. Y. Musical Courier. '94.
Sudden Death of a Juryman.
The trial of Mrs. Nellie E. Jones on
In medicine it is not. Yet in spite the charge of pocket-picking has been
of these drawbacks the science has interrupted by an unusual incident the
made siant strides in the rjast ten deatt of one of the jurors
vears. and is nrocn-Pssir.o- now W "La8t evening, upon adjournment of
, court," says the Telegram, "Juror F. M.
leaps and bounds. Black went to his home at Hunter's
Consumption, that heretofore re- Station in apparently good health. Soon
A drowning man would have little use
for a method of rescue which would re
quire days. A dyspeptic doesn't want
to bother with a remedy that is going to
take weeks to show its beneficial effects.
The Mount Lebannon Shakers are of
fering a product under the name of
Shaker Digestive Cordial which yields
immediate relief. The very first dose
proves beneficial in most cases ; and it
is owing to their unbounded confidence
in it, that they have put 10 cent sample
bottles on the market. These can be
had through any druggist; and it will
repay the afflicted to invest the trifling
sum necessary to make a trial. ;
The Shaker Digestive Cordial relieves
by resting the stomach and aiding the
digestion of food. . (1)
Laxol is the best medicine for chil
dren. . Doctors recommend it in place of
Castor Oil.
Man's Faithful Servants Emulate Him in
Taking a Hurried Meal Downtown.
Even the horses of this city take
luncheon downtown. Every business
man knows what this mrans, the hur
ried bite taken in the short hour about
noon every day, when business is aban
doned long enough to permit . the de
struction of a piece of pie or a sandwich.
Everybody does it, so it is as fair for
one as the other, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
This same haste applies to the nap
which pulls the cab or the heavy draft
horses used as freighters. At the noon
hour on any of the downtown streets;
the observant person can see these
faithful beasts with nosebags depend
ing from their beads quietly munch
ing their oats or corn with every evi
dence of satisfaction.
It makes no difference to the horses
that the passing throng sees them in
the act of taking food. They are ns
callous on this subject as their mas
ters, many of whom can be seen sitting
on the wagon or adjacent sidewalk
with tinpail open, eagerly destroyinp
the luncheon which the wife packed in
the morning. It is all in a lifetime, and
the Chicago horse has learned that he
must eat when he can, nnd not be too
particular about it. ' Hence be lays his
ears back and munches away with
placid joy.
Cash in Your Cheeks. -All
county warrants registered prior
to July 12, 1892, will be paid at my
C . TA. . . n f. TnA R
0'uuc. . xutereait tcacco unci xcv. v,
1896 C. I. Phillips,
County Treasurer.
I..IILI,- ,MUI III
local'disease
and is the result of colds and
sudden climatic changes.
For your Protection
we positively state that this
remedy does not contain
mercury or any other injur
ious drag: b
Ely's Cream Balm
Is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure for
Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Bead and Hay Fever of all
remedies. It opens and cleanses the nasal passages,
allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro
tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses
of taste and smeU. Price 60c at Druggists or by mail.
ELY SBOTHSBS, M Warren Street. New York.
C(W. Hun
Hot clam broth every day at noon at
Ad Kellar's. ... " tf
Instances Where Sportsmen Have Received
Severo Blows from Birds.
Game killed in full flight has a mo
mentum thatcarries ita long way some
times. London Field relates seeral in
stances where, the birds have hit the
sportsman. In one case George Mon
ners -was shooting in the woods of Long
Island when a grouse, driven by beaters,
came flying along fast and high up. He
shot at it, and then, with the other
barrel, fired et another bird. Just as
he was about lowering his gun after
the second shot he received a blow on
the . head that knocked him sense
less. The grouse first hit had tumbled
against his head.
That- same aiternoon a wheelman
riding along near the linevof hunters
admiring the scenery did not observe a
big black cock till its feathers brushed
his bead. The black cock had been
killed and had nearly hit him in falling.
The badminton volume on shooting
tells haw the late Charles Leslie was
knocked out at the battery by a grouse
he had shot. A strong hnt probably
saved him from serious injury. .
American hunters have had similar
experience. A man was riding along
in a wiigon some time ago, according
to Forest and Stream, when something
hit him cn the head with enough force
to make him dizzy. An nnweunded
partridge flying through the woods had
hit him fair. Why the bird did not turn
nside is ns mush a mystery as the fact
that partridges sometimes fly against
house sides and are killed in so doing.
Cost of a Cardinal's Ilat.
The red hat of a cardinal costs him
more mcney than kings pay for any ex
cept their very best crowns. IJeforc
accepting it the grateful prelate must
make offerings to the the propaganda
and to his titular church at Iiome, end
pay fees to a long list of officials, rang
ing from chamberlains at the Vatican
down to the cooks and sv.eepers.aud the
soldiers of the Swiss guards. Indeed,
the new cardinal iuis to pay fees at every
step from the moment of his creation
to the occasion of his receiving the red
hnt in public consistory, and when till
is over and done finds himself oil, of
pocket to the extent of $2,500 at least.
If the cardinal is without means to de
fray the cost of his elevation, and if Iu
is to reside in Home, the Vatican is ready
to make him a loan to be repaid in in
stallments out of his yearli' allowa-icrs.
- The Soxes In Burmah.
The new woman should take her way
to Burmah. There, travelers say, is th
only place on earth where- trua equality
between the sexes exists. In spitti of
this, it is claimed, m woman aire more
womanly than the Burmese women,
whose good sense enables them to see
the line whore they ought to stop. In
the higher classes a woman has prop
erty of her own and manages it herself.
In the lo.ver classes she always has c
Irade and runs her business on her own
responsibility, the sexes choose tiheir
own operations, and jt is curious to see
t he men sometimes sewing or embroid
ering, while the women have nearly a!'
the retail trade of the island on tiheir
hands.
THE CUPEY.
A West Indian Tree That Grows from
Tree Tops.
The cupcy, or,, as it is sarcastically
called in the English possessions, "the
e.ttorney," is one of the most curious
as it is certainly the most picturesque
denizen of the virgin forests of the
West Indian island, says London Tid
Bits. It belongs to the parasitical fam
ily of trees or plants, but, terrible to
relate, it' invariably with the basest
ingratitude destroys all life in the un
fortunate tree that cherishes it in its
early growth. The seeds are borne on
the wings of the wind, and deposited
on the branches of other trees, when
they burst into roots, which are dropped
toward the ground all around the
nurse tree. In time these roots reach
the ground and strike into the soil.
From this moment the roots grow
stronger and stronger until they re
semble a lot of rope ladders thrown
over the tree. Next the parasite send
down a great cord, which twines round
the trunk of the supporting tree, at first
as though in loving embrace, but it
grows tighter and tighter, eventually
strangling its benefactor out of exist
ence. The "nurse" tree thus killed rots
to decay, and from the immense fibrous
roots of the destroyer new springs a
great trunk, which rises high into the
air. When the cupey is full grown it
presents a magnificent spectacle, for
the oord-like roots rise often to 50 or
60 feet, and support in midair the vast
tree itself.
Voracious Birds of Prey.
The voracity of the eagle and similar
birds of prey is well known, but the
contents of a nest which was recently
discovered in the Alps by a Swiss hunter
shows the following remarkable variety
in the daily menu: A hare, 27 chamois
feet, four pigeons' feet, 30 pheasants
feet, 11 . heads of fowls, 18 heads of
grouse and the remains of a number of
rabbits, marmots and squirrels.
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Ceremony at Marlborough.
At Ifarlborough house there is more
ceremony, socially speaking, than at
Sandnngham. A number of servants
herald your arrival or departure, and
there are usually two servants stand
ing outside your room door when you
are staying in the house, and. a man
behind the chair of every guest at meal
time.
The English Lanffoage.
English is spoken by 45,000,000 per
sons in the British Isles, by probably
7,000,000 or. 60,000,000 inhabitants of
the United States, by 4,000,000 persons
in Canada, by 3,000,000 in Australia, by
,700,000 West Indians, and by 1,000,000
in India and other British colonies.
bringing the total . of the English-
speaking race to over 100,000,000.
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