A HALF MINUTE FIGHT,
ratal- Mahar Knock. On
' O'Dounall In Short Order. ;
STow York, Doo. 23. It took just 87
seoonds' time for Peter Maher, tbe
Irish tinnilisfc. to"irin demonstrate
hiB superiority in ring taotlos and bard
hitting qualities over Steve O'Danuell,
the Australian boxor, in the arena of
tbe Greater New York Athletio Club
at Couey island today. Both men were
in excellent condition and trained to
tbe hour. Each of them ws ooufldent,
tat Mutter's backer made him a hot
favorite, the odds ranging from 8 to 6
to 1 on the Irishman's ohanoea of win
" ning. .
O'Donnell wai the first to enter the
ring. He climbed through the ropea
at 8:30 o'clock, olad in a gray-oolared
bath robe. His second! were gam Fit
patriok, Billy Madden, Mike Bntler,
and Una Ruhlin, the Canton, O., giant
When , Maher emerged from bis dress
ing room five minutes later a cheer
went up which shook the building.
As soon as he got into the ring Maher
bowed his acknowledgment for the
warm welcome extended to him, and he
never looked better in his life. He
was escorted by Peter Lowtv, of Dub
lin; Peter Burns, of Harlem, his spar
ring partner, and Jaok Quinn, of
Brooklyn. Maber weighed
pounds, and O'Donnell 181 pounds.
The men shook hands at 8:48, and
Referee Aleck Brown lost no time in
bringing them together.
There was intense silence when the
men put their fists np and Maher
rushed aoross the ring almost to O'Don
nell's oorner. Both sparred t or a f w
seconds, and O'Donnell led with his
left for the body. Maher blocked his
blow with his right glove. Peter then
jabbed his left hard on the chin an J
landed heavy left swing on the faoe.
This staggered O'Donnell. and he
seemed to be nnable to avoid Mabei'
rushes. Maher sent O'Donnell to the
floor with a bard left on the ohin, and
the Australian stayed down seconds.
. As soon as he got to his feet O'Don
nell assumed a defensive attitude, bnt
Maher quickly sent bis left onoe more
on "t-e ohin, and as O'Donnell was fall
ing oangbt him quickly with a half
hook, knocking the Australian down.
Steve rolled over on his back in a help
less condition, and tbe referee slowly
counted him out The big Irishman
stood about twelve feet away from
his fallen opponent while the referee
was counting off the seconds, and as
soon as the referee tallied ten a tre
mendous shout went up from 1,800 peo
ple who bad watched the brief encoun
ter, and the band played "The Wear
ing of the Green" in honor of the vio
tor. . . " - . - k . : '
A Fire in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Deo. 28. Fire this
afternoon destroyed the plant of
Francis, Valentine & Co., one of tbe
largest printing firms in this city.
The fire broke out in the basement, oo
(raped by the Comn ej.-cial Light &
Power Company, and spread to the first
floor, where the Buswell Bookbinding
Company was wiped out The upper
floors were occupied by Francis, Valen
tine & Co. Their presses, which were
insured for $30,000, were slightly
damaged, while the stock and wood
cuts were nearly destroyed. The to
tal loss will probably be under $50,
000. Two years ago today the same
Inildiug was burned. Tbe fire was
more disastrous, for the Call was
burned out and the building bad to be
reconstructed. Today Peter McCabe,
a fireman, , fell from the two-story
building adjoining and was badly hurt.
No bones were broken, but internal in
juries are feared.
Simon Wac. Despondent.
' San Francisco, Deo. 28. Despondent
over his failure to obtain employment,
Simon Brauer, a German, 22 years
old, attempted to commit suioide early
this morning by hanging himself
from a timber extending over a tank
wall, at the old reservoir on Beservoir
hill. He tied one end of a small rope
about the timber, the other abont his
neck and swung himself off the curb
ing of the well. The rope broke, how
ever, and he fell fifteen feet to the bot
tom of the well, badly spraining his
ankle. . Having failed in his at tern pet
to end his life, and becoming frightened
by the intense darkness that prevailed
in the well, Brauer began to shout
lustily for help. He was rescued by
Mrs. Margaret Allman at 7 o'clock.
. Deb Going to Colorado.
Denver, Deo. 28. -A Terre Haute,
Ind., dispatch says: -Eugene V. Debs
has promised President Boyoe, of the
Western Federation of Miners, that he
will go to Colorado the first of the week
to help the Leadville strikers. He will
speak in Colorado cities, beginning in
Leadville, where a labor demonstra
tion is to be given on his arrival.
President Boyce says public opinion is
still with the strikers and they can bold
out indefinitely. President Boyce re
ceived a letter saying $2,000 had been
sent from Batte, Mont, to aid tbe
strikers. -
' Front the Glenmoraa
Astoria, Or., . Dec 28. Captain
Burns cama over from Ocean Park,
Wash., today-and states that the Glen
morag is again in a favorable position
to be floated. Her bow is now pointed
seaward, and as soon as the tides are
favorable she can be taken into deep
water with the aid of a tug.
Jumped the Track.
Martin's Ferry, W. Va., Deo. S8.
An engine on tbe Wheeling & Lake
Erie road jumped tbe track near War
ner last night and was demolished.
Engineer Jesse Haugbton was killed
and Fireman Haines was probably fa
tally injured.
A Ferryboat Founders. .
St. Petersburg, Deo. 28. Many lives
have been lost by tbe capsizing of a
ferryboat in the river Dneiper, province
of Ekaterinoslaff.
Fonr Children at a Birth.
Shelbyville, Ind., Deo. 28. Fonr
healthy sons have been born to Noah
Scott and wife, of this county. They
have been christened William Bryan,
George F. Williams, Arthur Bewail
and Claude Matthews Scott : March 4,
1 81)2, a son and daughter were born to
Mr. Scott and wife, and were named
Grorer and Frances. The father re
ceived in return a letter of tbsnks in
Mr. Cleveland's own handwriting.
A clever Parisian has invented a ma
chine which can split one human bail
lengthwise into thirty-six strips.
WEEKLY MARKET WETTER.
Downing, Hopkins at Co.'s Review of
' Trade.
The wheat market has settled down
into one" of a holiday character, and
! iMitiment which freauentlv dominates
prices is largely bearish. Most of the
pit tradnra have become convinced sua
every time the prioe for May gets
above 80o it ia a safe sale for a scalp,
and when It breaks below that figure
it is a purchase for Jcjo to 10 aavauoe.
The iriHbihtv oi the onus to main
tain the advantage with the news gen
erally in their favor has made traders
rather skeptical as to the prospects of a
material advance before the olose of
the year, and there has been a general
taking . of profits by small holders,
while a few of the large ones have
either been out of the market entirely
or are trading in small lines. Tbe
market is without leaders on either
side, and the trade is drifting with the
idea that there oan be no permanent
marl In the market until alter me
holidavs. The Areentine situation is
aa much of a Dusale as ever. Supplies
in this oountry are decreasing, and the
flour tarde is irregular.
The Northwestern mills report a
large Western demand, and Pillsbnry
anuounoes that they will grind on an
average of 40,000 barrels per day for
some time.
Tbe market is in a position where
buying is more essential to steady
prices than an abundanoe of bull news.
The trade has tired of tbe combined
rehash of the reports about small re
ceipts, the probable soaroity of supplies,
the dependence of European countries
upon Amerioa, and the continued talk
about wheat going to $1. Something
new is necessary to stimulate trade.
The situation is all risbt, but more
speculation is neoessary. The short
interest, although tbe largest in sixty
days, is easily soared, and an advance
nf a faw emta drives most of them in.
The bulls on the whole have also grown
more timid, and a decline or $o snsKes
out those who buy whenever ins mar
ket gets strong. At present tnere
til
little in the market except a scalp.
GENERAL MARKETS.
Portland, Or., Dec 28, 1896.
Floub Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, fifiO; Benton countvand
White Lily, $4.40: graham, $3.76; su
perfine, $2 60 per barrel.
" Wheat Walla Walla. 7880c; Val
ley, 8S 84c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 42g44c per bush-:
el ; choice grav, ifDiS 40o.
Hat Timothy, $13.00 per ton; cheat,
fli.608; clover, $8.00(49.00; oat, $8.00
10; wheat. $10. .
Bablsy Feed barley, $21.00 per ton;
brewing, $22.
MiLurrurrs Bran. $16.00; shorts,
$16.60; middlings, $23.00; rye, 90c
per cental.
Borrsa Fancv creamery is quoted at
60c; fancy dairy, 35c; fair to good,
2022Xc
Potatoes. California, 65c; Oregon,
60(8 70c per sack; sweets, 2c per pound.
Okionb 85c per sack.
Pooltby Chickens, mixed. $1.60
2.00; broilers, $1.50(42 00: geese, $6.50:
turkeys, live. 10c? ducks, $2.003.O0
per dozen.
Egos Oregon, 30c per dozen.
Cnsssg Oregon, 11c ; Yoong Ameri
ca, 12c per pound.
Tallow Prime, per pound, 2M3c;
No. 2 aud grease, 232),c.
Wool Vallev. 10c, per pound ; East
ern Oregon, 6g8c
Hops New crop. 9(3 10c
"' Bur Gross, too steers. $2.76; cows.
$2,002.25; dressed beef, 46,o per
ponnd.
MuTTOM Gross, best sheep, wethers.
$2.76; ewes, $2.75; dressed mutton, 6c
per pound.
Vxal Net, small, 5e; large, ; 4)e
per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25(3
3.50; light and feeders, $2.60; dressed,
$3.60(3 4.26 perewt.
Esattls, Wash., Dec. 28, 1890.
Flodk (Jobbing) Patent excellent.
$5.25; Novel tv A, $4.75, California
brands (5.60; Dakota, $5.60; patent,
$6.25: buckwheat Dour, $6.60; per cwt,
$3.60; graham. $4.00 per bbf; 10-lb
sacks, $2.50 per cwt ; rye flour, $5.00
per bbl; 10-lb sacks, $2.50 perewt; rye
meal, $4.50 per bbl; per cwt, $2.40;
rolledoats, $5.756 per bbl; hominy,
$2.50 per cwt; cracked wheat, $3.26;
rolled wheat, $5.25 per bbl ; whole rolled
wheat Soar, $2.50 per cwt ; pearl barley,
per 100 lb sacks, $3.60; split peas, 4)e:
table commeal, yellow, $1.65 per cwt in
10-lb sacks; 60s, $1.60; white, 10s, $1.76;
60s, $1.65; flaked hominv. $2.60 per keg.
Whkat Chicken feed, $27.00 per ton.
Oats Choice, ItAwtb per ton.
Barley Boiled or ground, $20.00 pei
ton.
Cob Whole, $22 per ton; cracked
$23; feed meal, $23.
MiLLSTuryg Bran, $16.00 per ton;
shorts, $19.00.
Feio Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton,
middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28.
Hay Foget sound, per ton, $910;
Eastern Washington, $13.
SooAB Golden 0 in bbl, 4c per lb;
extra C in bbl, 4.e; dry granulated in
bbl, 6c; cube, ec; powdered, 6c
spot rash.
JJuttxb Fancy native creamery, brick
2Uc; select, 2; tubs, zic; ranch, I Be
, Chxbss. Native Washington, 10(4jl2c,
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound.
hers, 78c; dressed, 910c; ducks, $2(3
3.60; dressed turkeys, ll(g 12o.
- Ease Fresh ranch, 34istic; Eastern,
2oc per doz.
Peovibioms Hams, large, 12c; bams,
small. 12)gc; Dreaklast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 6c per lb.
Fkkhii Mkats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 4'c; mutton, sheep, 5
per pound; lamb, Ac; pork, 6c pel
pound ; veal, small, tc.
Sak Tm akcisco, Dec. 28, 1896.
Potatoes Garnet Chile, 4060c;
Salinas Burbanks, 5c$l; Early Rose,
70(g sdc; River Burbanks, 2535c;
Sweets, 75c$1.10 percental.
Ohiomb 60Q60c per sack for yellow,
doc lor pickle.
Ems Store, 2225c; ranch, 30c;
ducks, 25.: per dozen.
Burma Fancy creamery, 22c; do
seconds, 20321cj fancy dairy, 21c;
seconds, 17(tf:18c.
Chekb Fancy, mild, new, ll12c;
fair to good, 9 8 10c; Young America,
lKgl'JJsc; Eastern, 1922o per pound.
Hops 8310c per pound for new.
Wool Ban Joaquirr and Southern
coast, poor, 4(86; do good, 4!Gc; Kan
Joaquin foothill, good to choice,
74c; do year's fleece, 45c; Nevada,
heavy, 6w7c ; do, choice, 8(i8)c; North
ern, choice, lOcailc per pound.
Hay Wheat, $810.50: wheat and
oat, $710; oat, 08' barley, $7.00(3
8 50; alfalla, first crop, $4 (ft 5: do second
crop, $6.506.60; clover, $68; stock,
$4.50(26 60; per ton.
Citkub Fkvit Mexican limes, $3.50(3
5.00; California lemons, $1(31.26; do,
good to choice, $1.502.00; fancy, $2.6C
! 3 00 per box.
Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00ra2.0C
per bunch; pineapples, $2.604.00,
WHEAT CROPS OF 189G
ENORMOUS SHIPMENTS OF THE
GREAT CEREAL.
New Departure In Shipments South-
era Porta Contlna- to the Front-In-tereattnar
Flsarea Snowing Amorl
ca'e Supremacy In Wheat Growing
w li ..a t Canter.
Men who deal In wheat will remember
the fall of 1S96, because of two unpre
cedented features: the unexpected rise
In the market on the eve of a presiden
tial election, and the shipment or me
staple from Cbtengo to Southern ports.
The first of these phenomena nas at
tracted the attention of the whole
wm-lil - the umiiul has hardly been no
tlced by any one not directly Interested
iu the sale and shipment of grain. Aud
vit this is undoubtedly rar more impor
tant than the other. s!u It la the be
ginning of a new order In wheat ship
ment Chicago and St. LiOius are me
irrent wheat centers of the continent,
gaya a writer iu the St. Lonta Globe-
Democrat At these two cltiea minions
and millions of bushels of grain are
massed every year over converging
lines of ehlnlng steel. From these two
cities It Is sent to the seaboard. In the
past the Southern ports of Baltimore,
Norfolk, et. have been supplied from
St. Louis, while none of Chicago' ship
ments, either by rail or water, have
been sent to ports south of New York.
But this year tbe continued and deter
mined efforts of the Southern ports,
aided by certain action on the part of
the British Board of Trade and the low
railroad frelchts from Chicago south
east, have tended to divert a part of the
whent trade formerly en loved bv New
York; hence the new departure In Chi
cago wheat shipments.
The ports of tbe Atlantic seaboard to
the South believe that It will not be
THE GREAT AMERICAN CEREAL.
many years before they will have suc
ceeded In securing a very large and
lucrative portion of the wheat trade,
and they believe further that this will
bring about a great boom to their ports,
since, of course, the commerce in wheat
will bring other trade. A ship that
visits the Southern ports to get wheat
must bring merchandise In order to
make the round voyage profitable, and
If the commercial growth of these ports,
now beginning, continues, new lines of
steamers between their piers and vari
ous parts of the world will be estab
lished. In fact it has already been giv
en out that one of the great navigation
companies of Hamburg will shortly es
tablish a new line from Norfolk to vari
ous European ports..
To the reader who does not keep well
informed concerning such things, It Is
not easy to see bow any ruling of the
British Board of Trade could have bear
ing on tbe commerce of American sea
ports, but a little explanation of the
facts will make this clear. The British
Board of Trade exercises the most care
ful supervision Imaginable over British
ships, and makes stringent rules con
cerning the loading of tbe vessels. This
Is due to tbe efforts of a Mr. Pllmsoll,
made many years ago. He had in mind
the safety of the British sailor's life,
which had hitherto been In great jeop
ardy, because of the greedy British ship
owners' practice of loading their ves
sels as deeply as possible, at the same
time Insuring heavily enough to min
imize the risk of shipwreck from a
financial standpoint, regardless of the
danger to the men. PUmsoIl's name
has been immortalized In the term
"Pllmsoll's line," which has been given
to the "safe" load mark, and be is un
doubtedly entitled to tbe gratitude of
sailors the world over.
But New York grain shippers do not
fully appreciate his services Just now.
Acting on tbe principles laid down by
Pllmsoll, the British Board of Trade
bas declared that In the winter time,
when the weather Is heavy In tbe North
Atlantic, ships sailing from Baltimore
and points south shall be allowed a
much deeper water load-line than from
points north of that port. That makes
tbe ocean freight rates from the South
ern ports much more reasonable, and so
helps to give them the lead, of course.
There is a more or less general Im
pression that practically tbe entire com
mercial wheat crop of the country Is
raised in the prairie States of the Mid
dle West and Northwest. This Impres
sion Is very wide of the mark. It Is
true that tbe wheat raised In these sec-
tlona forms the bulk of the commercial
crop, but not all of It by any means.
Wheat Is raised for sale on farms that
are scattered all over the country, oniy
..., eii.i!i.,!. Tsliuul. Muwuichu.
sotta, Connecticut and Florida-failing
to contribute their quota. The fertile
flats of New York State's Ufiiw vai-lcy-fltieo
tho most fnmoua wheat-producing
regions In America the farms
of the thrifty Peniwylvanlatis v who
dwell In tho agricultural auctions of
that Slate, part of Now England, Ohio.
Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama and
Georgia, and every one of tho Atlantic
seaboard Southern States save Florida,
besides some other Southern State.
muk Miiti-ihutlons. and the direct ben
efits accruing from a good wheat crop
are therefore about as widespread as
can well be Imagined.
It Is dllneult acouralely to calculate
the financial benefits of, America s
tviipnt pnm when nrloes are fair, but
they are enormous.' The total crop of
ISiMJ Is estimated at 435.000,000 bushew.
If the market keep up aud the average
price of wheat at the seaboard Is 80c a
bushel, this means the addition of $JI38,
000,000 to the country's wealth. It Is
true that the farmer docs not get all
this Immense sum, and that the rail
roads do get a large slice, but the bulk
of all the money paid to tbe railroads,
lake ve8Solmcn,.clevator and other ter
minal corporations, for handling wheat.
Is paid out again at once In the form of
wages, to the benefit of those who work
with their bands.
In this way a Drotilable wheat crop
henetltM almost evcrv class In almost
every part of the country. It does not,
however, bring Uie full value of the
crop Into the eouutry In the form of
"foreign gold," for the United States
la nnt nnlv the Ktvatiwt nrodixvr nf
wheat In the world, but the greatest
consumer as well. It being estimated
tlini STR tVMVnOfl tmahola nr rllnnnand nf
every year within tbe boundaries of
Uncle Sam's dominion. Accepting toll
estimate as correct 60,000,000 bushels
of the crop will be available for foreign!
shipment That there will be a demand
for all this wheat, and more, from
abroad, there Is good reason to believe,
because of the short crop elsewhere.
At 80c a bushel the Inflow of foreign
money for this year's surplus would be
$48,000,000. This will not be the extent
of the cash receipts from wheat this
year, however, since tbe left-over sur
plus from last year amounts to 80,000,
000 bushels, which, at tbe same rate,
will bring $04,000,000 more, or $112,
000,000 altogether. Counting the popu
lation of tbe country at 70,000,000, the
wheat for sale outside the United States
this year will show from tbe outside
world about $17.40 for every man, wom
an and child-enough to furnish bats
and shoes for all and leave a handsome
surplus.
The hauling of wheat to market be
gins soon after the ending of tbe bar
vest In some of the great wheat States
like Minnesota, whose production Is
60,000,000 bushels, It is a business of
great magnitude, and the storing of
wheat, even at small railroad stations,
requires the Investment of thousands
of dollars In local warehouses and ele
vators. Men who know bow to handle
wheat in bulk are In demand In the
wheat States during the period of mar
keting and transportation, and the
amount disbursed In their wages Is, of
course, considerable. In some of the
newly opened ond extremely productive
wheat fields of the Pacific Northwest
where there Is practically no. early au
tumn rainfall, the bogs of wheat are
piled up by the side of wny freight
bouses In quantities sometimes aggre
gating hundreds of thousands of bush
els, until tbe railroad can get ready to
take it away. In States like Maine,
however, where the crop Is only about
80,000 bushels, the local transportation
of grain amounts to little, and what
wheat Is sent away by rail Is generally
unloaded from the tall end of the farm
er's wagon directly Into the freight car.
It Is at the great centers, like Chicago
and St Louis aud the big shipping ports
of New York and Baltimore, that the
handling of wheat assumes greatest
magnitude. In Chicago boats and cars
are loaded and unloaded directly to and
from the elevators, ond In Baltimore
wheat Is spouted directly to the holds
of outgoing vessels from the elevator.
In the early days of gold mining In
California waiters In the hotels were
paid $5 a day for their labor.
A raci for a oirolk.
Tbe Contest Batw.an tha Ov.rlsn4
T.l.srraBh and tha Atlantic Canla.
The race-course was between the Old
World ad the New. Ths racers were
telegraph companies. One was called
the "Busslau Overland;" the other was
tha "Atlantic Cable."
Ths track of the "Russian" lay be
tween New Westminster In British
Columbia, and Moscow In Russia. Up
through the unexplored Frnser River
Valley It was to run. then on through
the mitracked wilderness of Alaska,
across Bering Strait, over the timber
less steppes of Arctic Siberia, and
along the dreary coast of tho Okhotsk
Sea to the month of tho Amoor. There
the American racers, called " Western
ITnlou," were to give over the race to
the Russian telegraph department,
which was to make lis best time In
reaching Moscow.
Western L'ulon sold It would coyer
the ground In about two years, The
cost would be about five nillllwn "f
dollars; but what wa five millions of
dollnrs If the prlxe could be won-n
electric girdle of the earth?
The path of tho "Atlantic" cable
was to be on a tableland some two
miles deep In the ocean, reaching from
Ireland to Newfoundland.
The summer of 1805 found tho world
watching this race with great Inter
est. It opened when tbe fleet of tho
Russian expedition set sail from San
Francisco, northward bound. Tbe
"Atlantic" people at the same time
von) towtmr awav Ktnantlc colls of
cable Into the capacious hold of the
"Great Eatern"a new came some
2,000 miles long.
Tbe Western Union directors were
lninliir.RH men. Five millions
nt il.tllMra m il. little In comnsrlsou With
the benefit they could receive could
they get telegraphic communication
with Kurone. and they theu believed
that the only way was by land. Tbr,
public agreed with them neany unani
mously. And so the two projects ths
overland and the submarine were
pitted against each other.
A vrt nnminnl rar ri It suemcd at the
outset The Overland was strong mid
vigorous. The Atlantic was Droiten
by former failures. Tha Overland wa
popular, and had plenty of money
back of It; ths Atlantic was derided,
aud "only tools, was said, "would
Invest In It."
The fleet of ths Russian expedition
which aalled from Ban Frit iicim'O 111
the summer of 1803 was quite a navy.
'.inert wers rcean steamers, wiuun
vessels, coast and river boats, nnd
Russian and American ships of the
Hue, with a promise or a vessel iroin
her Majesty's navy. The expedition
was well officered, aud about 120 men
were enlisted men of superior ability
In every department Tho supplies
embraced everything that could bs
needed. Thousands of tons or wire,
some 300 miles of cable. Insulator,
wagons, etc.
August 20, I860, the Great Eastern
landed Its cable at Trinity Bay and
th whole world was electrified by
tbe news that It worked perfectly -that
the victory had been won. Mors
than that The Great Eastern Dot
long afterward picked up tbe cable lost
the year before, and that, too, was
soon In working order. Two electric
girdles had been clasped arouud tti
Aitrth
Ths success of ths "Atlantic" was
defeat for the "Russian. An overiuua
telesrsnh line could never compete
with the submarine cables. The first
triumphant "click, click!" at Trinity
Ri was therefore ths death-blow of
the Russian scheme, and all work con
nected with that project was at one
abandoned.
But the workers ths brave men fac
ing famine among to wild uuook-
cbees burled to their lonely nuts wait
Ing for soma newt from their com-
rarlofl nr airalnlncr avArv nr-rv tr. mm
plete tbelr share of tbt great work
how pathetic that so many of them
did not bear what had happened, in
aarna mu. fYr mrirn than a vmp Aftur
tht success of the cablet Jant Marsh
Parker in Bt Mcnoias.
- Yawning far Exercise.
Children used to be taught that
yawning waa a breach of good beha
vior; but now, If certain medical testi
mony may be credited, It Is Incum
bent npon parents to set that . tho
youthful members of their flock not
only-yawn when nature so disposes
them, but even practice what may be
called tht art of yawning. According
to the results of late Investigations,
yawning It the most natural form of
respiratory exercise, bringing Into ac
tion all the respiratory muscles of tbt
chest and neck. .
It Is recommended that every ont
should have a good yawn, with stretch
ing of the limbs, morning- and even
ing, for the purpose of ventilating tht
lung and strengthening the muscles
of respiration. An eminent authority
asserts that this form of gymnastic
bas a remarkabl: effect in relieving
throat and ear complaints.
This being tbe case, the revival of an
old English pastime, Indulged In a
a kind of Christmas gambol In the early
part of tbe eighteenth century, might
not be out of place. The game was a
yawning match, and was played for a
prize, which In one Instance on record
consisted of a Cheshire cheese.
The sport began about midnight,
when the member of the company
were disposed to be drowsy, and yawn
ing was not altogether a forced act. He
wbo yawned tbe widest, and at the
sam time In the most natural manner,
o as to produce the greatest number
of sympathetic yawns from the specta
tors, wa the winner of tbe cheese.
Coral doe not grow deeper than
forty fathom. Placed deeper, It dies.
The present state of the
tea-trade can't continue.
Americans drink the worst
tea in the world, and pay
double for it.
Schilling's
remedy.
Proof: the
your money
don't like it
A SthiMIn, CompMj
tulmtiM
Best is the
grocer gives
back if , yob
w
a rooLtin ran it.
Thers r thousands who have looked
brward to the return of cold, frosty weather
with dread, knowing that It brings to them
ihetrold chronic lisks of rheumatism.
IVhy should any one hear it In winter or
lummer when it U well known what will
,ure It and insk. It stay '""' im'' '?
Ill will penetrate through stillness ana
ioi-ciie-s to the canter of rhetimatlo palm
ind ache In their worst ft.rms and will
iuIhIu them. In the oldest or hottest ell
iiato It dm Its work of cu re regar; ess . of
jow long one may have sullered. Why then
mIolll a fear? What can Jd
ihonld he endured only so long as It takes
ioget bottle. ..,'
..I. lawn. mower hat
A Mm; f.MJHw'i "
knives, worked on tha same principle
ta mowing maoblns knives, bang be
tween tbt wheelt of tht mower.
Most Volri""." Indeed.
Chief of Follce Kecft has In hit pos
session probably tht most unique wea
pon ver soon. Iu tut city of Jsekson
m.t. it la a combination double-bar
reled pistol and bowls, and was used
In Missouri by a "Regulator" when
that State was going through tbt throes
of tbt pro and .antl slavery discussion.
Tht blsdt of tho bowlo It about
twelvt Inches Itng, and protrudes from
a hilt between two small pistol barrels,
each about six Inches long. Tbt hilt
and the hammers art on and tho same.
When the hilt Is cocked Into position,
two trlnaers. concealed In tht stock,
come forth, and then tht weapon Is
ready for business, with both barrel
and twelve Inches of cold steel,
A number of men, It Is said, belong
, a ana orffflnlxatlon In Missouri.
(acre armed with these weapons, which
were secured direct from Paris. This
one In particular seenui to bs almost
ow. Florida Times-Union.
Mortar. .
The use of brick-dust mortar a a sub
stitute for hydraulic cement la now rec
ommended on the best engineering au
thority, experiment msd with mix
ture of brick dust and quicklime show
ing that block of oue-balf Inch In
Ihlfkuesa. after Immersion In wter for
tour mouths, boro without crushing,
crumbling or splitting, a prcssurt of
I.S00 pound per (quart Inch. Tht use
f brick-dust mixed with lime and naiid
Is ald to be generally and auccessfully
practiced In tht Spanish dominions,
ind la stated to bt In all respect su
perior to tht best cement In tbt con
ttructlon of culvert, drains, tank, or
cisterns.
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J itt4fi 'V tf I
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Blackwcll's Ccnuino
lUELL DURHAM
Yoo will nd oa edupoa InsM sac S aoaoa
Buy a b, raa to couaoa and aw aw
UEASONS
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
cup,
IS tur that y) ft th fanula artkl aud by WALTflR
BAKER A CO. Ltal., lurtaur, Maa. KaUbllarMit 170.
Cheapest Power
IX GUARANTEED ORDER,
i-i B. P. Hercules, Ga or Gasoline.
i t H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline. ,
i-a H. p, Rcgsn, Gas or Gasoline.
1-3 H. P. Oriental, Gas or Ganoline.
1-4 If. P. Otto, Gas or Gasoline.
1-4 H. P. Pacific, Gat or Gasoline, '
1-6 Q. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline.
mo H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline.
Statt Your Wanta and Wrlta tot Prices.
405-7 Sansome Street
San Francisco, Cat...
Gai, Gasoline and Oil
!
EVERY HEN
IHavlrheee) in Piluma
Injubior Iim ntrft
t riKht, IS bdit.r
err rr-5TEs
1rltavt "i M mivw avrssv
blorsHuiniWaVun) lh
mae-lilnM elusive) If m
imtir UtaissUtirsw whi"h pn
due) ltt vrtwtoM numlMir
Wa ptf
ftalrtl.
tllci.lraUtl
Vatal'-irua
9Ot TlgW'll OsttCllatB4a
, raa.
Potalatva Inenbtitar Co.. ltxMW, Cml
inimuAtnrB rrnnt tu up.
SURE CURE for PILES
lUh in, jhi UHart,1..4lciefa,c.cllBfrlu,rllaa. I
f?.":JLtf AH-KO'.r,"- MSMlotr. p. luck-
"-.. A4llcccir Otr.iui.c, cccfa. UN. SlU
a. f"l.u m mi. an. lluaANau. fklla. r.
DAnP VnT ir" looting Oolil or ailvar
nil r. lost or lilcldan irwiaiirr. M.D.FOW--T
1-KH, UniiMJSoulhiiiaton, Cuan.
Tl UPTntB and I'lI.E eiiradTnTpaTniril
Ii, cured ; scml Inr iKxik. lias. MciHsrisi,n a
ruRTsansLD, urn Markat St., Ban yrauolaoo.
mr 'aaaaa
1
jmt..r.;.'
Bast couku Srru
IT ,IC ML HOI I.R
Irrup. Tuna UccA Vat
u&
w1
M1KU $tlAbtMQ,
You can r! a hatitiv mind In a h.. - '
tsnanrs wlilimit much iiviistrathm. ThU u
tha sort (it nnunlniu Ilia) tits qitniiilnin kiT
lnttiBtiffMi-ar or rivHt..ttti! rnllnv,l f,w u 'r
Stomach hlliatl sr, Vol! Wtll meai ...',!'
licit, Tint M-I nioti.si'hlc anil l(riv,
(iriivliles hiliiiM for llm nmlarlc.ua, tliarheu
malic, th mid ihime lr..nl.ln win, i,.JT
Hun oi Uia liiii and blaildnr.
Tbt brain of an idiot oonttlnt moth
lea phosphorous than thai ot a pm-iji,
of aversg mental powers,
"Walter Baker A On., of Uorehut, ' '
Maw., U. S. A., have glvm years of simty
to the skillful nrt'Piirtltion of cocoa ,i
chocolate, and har devised machinery m,
sysiems peciiuiir 10 iiii-irimMiioc, or lniU
ti'ient, whereby tht purity, jmlnlBlillity, and
blithest imtiitmt characteristic a'rs it.
turned. Their preparations nre known the
world over unci Ihivm received tha Muhmt
Indorsements from the medical prelFi(m,
er, tho nurse, and the Intelligent luiiiM.
keener and raterer. There Is hardly mi
food product which may lie so rxleuslvfcjy
used In the household In comhtimtl.iu with
other foods as coco and chocolut( hut
here again w urge tha importunes of pus.
Uy and nutrient value, and these liiioort.
ant points, we feel sure, limy he relied upon
In linker's Coeim and I'liocolala." Dlrtetls
and llygieulv (Jaiette. v
OATAKKtl CANNOT HK CUHID
Wllh !,Ot!At APPLICATION, a llier estinot
reach tha seat u( the c! !., ( stsrrli u a
hi. co I or ootislttiitlniiHl .IIm-ssu, simI In oMur i
cure it you must inkr Internal remedies, Heir,
l mncrli euro Is taken luternnllv, and ai lk ill. :
reetly on theblinul and rmicmissiirlacea. II alt's
Catarrh euro Is not a iiac-lt medicine. II was
pncxertbeil l' " at lh host ii)l laiia In thii
t.cciiiliy tor yemn, ami la a rMUr )recrlp.
lion. It is eempieie.1 ol lh heat tniifes known,
eomliliiei) Willi til best )IikI purifiers, ai'iliia
Hlt.-etly on lit ntiieutia surface. The jmrrvc-l
eotiil-liialliia nl 1h 10 lintre.tlcitts U wh
frocliici-s such wonderful effects In curlnj
auurh, Meet! for trttiniiitilata, fraa.
K. 3. '11K1SKV c l i , Props., Toledo, 0,
Holit b ilriiall, )irle tUs,
Hall's t'aiutly I'llls at 111 Iwst,
HOITT'K SCItOOl. rott BOY.
This school Is locntod at IlurlliiKame,
Han Mnteo county, I'al., til chnrge n! Ira I)
tloltt, I'h. 1). It la accredited nt Hi Hut
and Maofcinl I'lilvci-Hltles, and Is one of th
best of lis kind, Twelltli tarin begins Jan.
uary , 1W7. . r- . ' ,
PWs Cur for Coiisiuiiptlnn ha been a
flod-seiid to me. Win. H. SlcCldlan, .'
Cbeer, Florida, Wept. 17, Isyft.
Daniel Campbell and hi wits, tit
Walton county, Florida, art sslr) to
bt respectively 117 and 118 years old.
fO PEoftg THAT AM lie ar
Jua tpr't faaH ,
fcillYER PILLS
MIMOMmHWnt
nl Ones toe a Dos.
SaM Iaruccula at SS. a bra
Saaaldsa aao4 trass, aaarsa
tV.sataaA fad, Ca, rhlU. fa.
This
is the
very best
Smoking
Tobacco
made.
bas aa twa awiaaaa nana ta 4 ouaca bag. I
sat jraat aaars of !. la araaeai.
FOR USING
Because it Is absolutely pure.
Because It Is not mad by the so-filled Dutch Process In
. which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the Guest quality are used.
Because it ii made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor ind odor of the beans.
Because it is tht most economical, costing less than one cent
Rebuilt Gas and
..Gasoline Engines.
.FOR SALE CHEAP
Hercules Gas
...Engine Works
Enpiaes. 1 to 200 H. F.
wheat. mm
marsuis. fnrtuiitia nav u"
Wlinitiig by Irs'llnij In (iitiirds.
full rlliilars. Hast ol raWrene Klvsn- w
"... i aU. f 'lilnatfn HtlftrU y
Trail, and a Aioroiigh n1fn?U5Hosr
1 ol Trad llrok "r's. OllUie In Portlaml, 0"
and Spokane, Wash. '
. . MOUStMOLD fJOODB gTO. ,
Till, elroular U isauod for th benfill
country otistoniars whovaniiot ' nJ ' . .
of our Dally SiHWlal Sls. ,,d1 "' "l'a.
drwai. Vou will niut both r"! '
rlahl. WILL A FINtK to.,
illUBSI V.rW.t Stra.1. KaU rrIIOt. --'
DJ.UTilHSl.A,'a" I
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