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i THE MEDPORD MAIL. VOL. IV. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1892 NO. 4. J. - PROFESSIONAL CARDS. B. B. PICKED, K. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: Booms 2 1 8, I. O. O. E. Building FRANCIS FITCH, ATTORNEY - AT - LAW. Medford, Oregon. J. B. WAIT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Childers Block. H. P. GEARY, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office on C street. B,OBT. A. MTT.T.T:B. Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. Jacksonville, Oregon. Will practice in all Courts of the State. j. h, whitmait. Abstracter and Attorney-at-Law JTEDFOBD, OREGON. Office In Bank butldlnz. Have the moat com plete anl reliable abstracts of title In Jackson county. W. S. JONES. M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Medford. Oregon. Office Hamlin Block, np-stalrs. DR. O. F, DEMOREST, RESI DEXT DENTIST, Hakes a specialty of first-rtaas work at reason able rates. Office in Opera House, MeJfonl. Oregon K. PBYCE. M. D. Physician and Snrgeon. Medford. Oregon. Offlce Childers Block; Residence, Galloway residence. WTTT.AH.Tt CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counselor at Law MEDFORD, OREGON. Office In Opera Block VK. M. COLVIG, ATTORNEY-AT - LAW Jacksonville, Oregon. MORRIS HL HARKNESS, Attorney and Connsellor Grants Paaa, Oregon. DRUGSTORE Th twlln,' dm: store of Melf-rJ Is GEO. H. HASKINS, (Successor to Ha-klns & !.awton.) He has anything in the line of Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines, Books, Stationery, Paints and Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, And everything that Is carried In a flravclaas Drug - Store. Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded. Main Street, Medford, Oregon. EAST AND SOUTH -VIA- Sonthern Pacific Route. THE MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE. EXPBESS TRAINS LEAVE POBTLA5D DAILY : South I North "Portland Ar I 1 -2 A. M. Medr-.rd I.vJ 55 P. M San Francisco Lv 7 .-00 p. M. 70 p. H. I Lv 933 P. M. 1 Lv 8:15 A. at. Ar Above trains stop only at the following station? north of Be - burg : Earn Portland, Oregon Olty, Wood burn, tialem, Albany, Taugent, Shedda, Hftlsey, Harrlsburg, Junction City, Irving and Eugene. Kosebarg Mail Dally. 8:06 A. M. I Lv Portland & :40 P. M. Ar Boweburg Ar 4:00 P. U. Lv 6:20 A. M. Albany Local Daily (Except Sunday.) 6 .-00 P. K. I Lv 110 P. M. Ar Portland Albany Ar 8:55 A. M. Lv8a A. It PTjxxKAN BUFFET SLEEPERS. Tourist Sleeping Cars For accommodation of Second-Class Passengers, attached to Express trains. a WEST SIDE DIVISION. BETWEEN PORTLAND AND C0EVALLI3. Mall Train Daily (Except Sunday.) 7 30 A. K. I Lv 12:10 P. M. I Ar Portland Corrallls Ar I 530 p. h. Lv j li Jbi p.m. At Albany and Corvallls connect with trains of Oregon Paclnc Kallroad. (Express Train Daily Except Sunday.) 4 M P. M. I Lv Dostlnnrf lnlflJWl a 7 m P. M. Ar McMlnuvUle Lv 5:45 A. u. . sfj-Through tickets to all points East and South For tlkts and lull lnfonnation regarding rates, maps, etc., call on Co's agent at Medford. ft. KOEtlLEK, X. y. KOUEKa, Manager. AsaLG F. p. Agt ANtCDOTES AND INCiDEN S. Early Career of Knlitt-ss Celebrities in all Ages. HERE ARE VARI OUS origins attrib uted to the mem bers of the bouse and family of Ba ring. It has been stated, and is gen erally believed to be the most authentic account concerning; them, that they Were originally German weavers who came to London: and belug successful In business, were, through the interest of William Bingham, of Philadelphia, appointed agents to the Amt-rican gov ernment. During the loyalty loan in 1797, the head of the house made one hundred thousand pounds Tor three con secutive days; and in 1S06, somebody sarcastically said. Sir Francis Baring is extending his purchases so largely in Hampshire, that he soon expects to be able to inclose the country with bis own park paling." Nearly sixty years ago, this gentle man, the first algebraist of th day. re tired from business with a regal fortune, and died shortly after his retirement. But the great commercial house which he had raised to so proud a position was continued by his sons, and may be con sidered the most important mercantile establishment in the British empire: and as an instance of the fortune and capacity of its members, it may be men tioned that the late Lord Ashburton, when hearing, as Sir Robert Pulo ex pressed it, " the honored name of Alex ander Baring ' realized 170,003 in two years by his combinations in French rents. Peter Baring seemed to have been one of the remotest ancestors of the Barings. He lived in the years from 1660 to 1690 at Gronegen. in the Dutch province of Overessel. One of his a noes tors under t e name of Francis Baring, was pastor of the Lut'-.erm church at Bremen, and in that cai aeity was called to London, where, among others he had a son named John. The latter, weil ac quainted with cloth-making, settled at Larkheer, in Devonshire, and there put up an establishment forthe manufacture of that article. He had five children four sons, John. Thomas, Francis. Charles, and a daughter called Elizabeth. Two of these sons, John and Francis established themselves under the firm of John & Francis Baring, at London, originally with a view of facilitating their father's trade, in disposing of his goods, and so as to be in a position to import the raw material to be required, such as wool, dye stuffs. Ac, directly from abroad. Thus was established the house which, after the withdrawal of the elder brother, John, who retired to Exeter gradually under the firm name of Francis Baring A Co.. and eventually under that of B:tring Brothers A Co., rose to world-wide eminence in com merce. Jamsc'Jee JeeJ-ebhoy,the Panes M-reliant One of the most remarkable East India merchants, a native of the Parsee race and faith, and ranking with the highest and the most enlightened among Europeans of the same business calling, was Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy. He was born at Bombay in 17t3. and his father was so poor that be followed the pro'ession of a " bottly-wallah," that is. a bottle-fellow, buying an t selling old bottles. At the age of nineteen, Jamsetjee entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Framjee Kusserwenjee, and in the fol lowing years made several successful voyages to China. Possessing those qualities most desir able in a merchant, integrity, judgment, and enterprise, he gradually extended his dealings toother countries, and drew In a rich harvest of gains. His ships, built by the excellent Parsee ship wrights of Bombay, tra'ie with all parts Of the East, and now and then sailed even round the Cape. Tear after year be prospered, and when he had been twenty years in business, he bad acquired a large and stili increasing fortune. He did not, however, in winning his fortune, forget or mistake how to spend it. In the course of a few years. JeeJeeb hoy's benefactions- amounted to some $300,000. The East India Government made a report of his enlightened munifi cence to the Home Government, and the latter conferred upon him the l are and distinguished honor of knighthood. It was the first Instance, indeed, of any royal title being bestowed by the English government upon a native of India. The ceremony of presentation took piace at the Governor's House. The circum stance was not only highly gratifying to Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy himself, but to the native community in general, who are accustomed to attach an extravagant value to any such marks of honor. It was consequently determined by some of the most influential natives to offer him atestimonial at nceof their respect for his character, and their gratification at the distinction he bad obtained. A sum of fifteen thousand rupees was con sequently raised, und invested not In silver service, a bust, or a statue, but in a fund, the interest of which should be devoted to procuring translations of popular and important works from other languages into Guzeratte, the language chiefly in use among the Parsees. Nicholas Blddle and the Mis isslppl Loan. To the prudence and clearness which characterized Mr. Biddle's course in the crisis 1836-7 has been attributed the fact that American credit was saved, and the mercantile interests of the United States preserved from ruin. The gratitude of the commerci 1 bouses thus carried through was limitless, and Bld dle was always received with marked attention in New York, and through-out the States he was bailed as the greatest financier of the day the Saviour of Commerce. Perhaps the height to which he was thus elevated made him dizzy, even generating the fancy this his popu larity and moneyed influence could lift bira to the presidential chair. To win the South, he made enormous advances to the cotton planters. His last meas ure for popularity was this; there was no American bolder of the whole $5,000, 000 to the State of Mississippi. Plant ers are naturally rather backward, and this begat public distrust. Then Blddle took the whole loan, reckoning on his Influence and the indorsemens of bis bank to procure money from the capi talist. When he saw, however, that he had reckoned it ithout his host, he deter mined to offer a part or it to Hottinguei A Co., as equivalent for the bank ex changes. The Freneb firm, however, al ready a little nervous, resolved to get rid of the whole burden, to let the bank paper be protested, and to send back the Mississippi aper. What follow, d Is well known. Conquereu at lmbL Senator Brry, of Arkansas, who is serving bis second term, was a poor boy and as ignorant as be was poor. In young manhood he made an earnest ef fort to rub off the rough corners by bard study, and through pluck and enterprise laid the foundation of future prosperity.. He was forced to' steal the woman he loved from a second-story window in the night, but the father-in-law would never let him enter his home through all the years that he was a teacher, lawyer, legislator and Judge; but when he be came governor of Arkansas he wrote him as follows : "My daughter was a better Judge of men than I. Forgive me, and daring your administration, whenever you want to slip away from the capital to enjoy a brief respite from the cares of state, I do not invite, but beg, you to make my country house vour home." " V- BONAPARTE'S NIECE. THE QUAKER GIRL WHO SHARED JOSEPH BONAPARTE'S EX'LE. When she Visited Turin, trite wa K"eog n Brd by Nap 1 on III. s of his Kln,:rril, and was Kindly Entertained, and Pre sented VI h Many Souvenirs, When Joseph Bonaparte, who had been King of Spain when his groat brother had throues and crowns to give away, lived in Philadelphia, soon after his arrival in this country, ho met and loved a beautiful Quaker girl. Her family had been for long years noted for its respectability, and it was a great blow to t!ie staid old Qiiaker family and all thoir friends when the quiet Utile Quakeress fell a victim to Bonaparte's blandishments and became for a time his companion. Outside of her descend ants, whose position in Philadelphia has since been untouched by a breath of scandal, there was for many years no one who knew the name of this fair Quakeress. Joseph Bonaparte soon be gan to spend the greater part of this time at Point Breeze. Some claim that it was while a resident there that he had his second Puiladelpbia affaire fe caur, and to a young, beautiful, and accom plished girl gave his heart and what was left of bis hand. This is not so. T.ie little Quakeress who had left her friends to unite with him an I the Tren ton, N. J., girl were one and the same person. This union resulted in two daughters, both born near Trenton. The younger died in infancy, and the other is the one whose denth calls forth this sketch. After a while Bonaparte moved his establishment from Trenton to the northern part of this Slate. Here he chose to be known as tho Count de Sur villiers. He purchased of Herman Le Ray a tract of d'-.tOJ acres, lying partly in Jefferson and partly in the adjoining county of Lawrence all uncultivated and nearly all timbered land intending to hold it for himself and friends in exile as a forest retreat and game preserve. Le Ray, writing of this purchase under the date of 9th or April. ISil. to the "Antwerp Company." snH that the Count had selected "a tract abounding with picturesque landscapes, whose re mote and extensive forests, affording retreat to game, will euable hnn to es tablish a great bunting ground ; quali ties of soil and fitness lor s tilers were only secondary considerations." This description of the region is a truthful one to-day. for although miles of the forests have disappeared, much forest still remain, and the delightful land scapes Le Kay spoke of have lost none of their beauty by the clearing and cultivation of large areas of what is still known as the Bonaparte tract, by an act of Congress of March 31. 1N25. Joseph Bonaparte was empowered to bold the real estate described by deed. The ex-King remained on his northern estate hiost of the time, until soon after he heard of the French revolution of July. 1KJ. when heabandoned bis Amer ican estates, and. going back to Europe, never returned. Bv an instrument dated July 14. 1S3J. be made Joseph Hiphineau his attorney to dispose of his holdings in America, reserving a tract goodly in extent, but almost valueless for agricul ture to become the property of his natural daughter. Charlotte. The mother's maiden name was Annette Savage, and when Joseph Bonaparte re turned to France she married a French man named Delafoile. Bonapaite had given her a large tract of land near Indian River. Jefterson county, and here they resided in a fine country mansion for a number of years. Wbn Mr. Dola foile was left a widow she had three children to provide for. as two bad been born to her after her mnrriaire to Dola foile. She moved to Watertown. and aided in their support by keeping a small store for the sale of fancy work. From the Bonaarte estate Charlotte re ceived $1.30 per year until theFranoo Prussiau war. She married Zebulon U. Benton, who survives her, and resides on the remnant of the estate in Jefferson county. It is rich in iron ore, beyond a doubt : but. owing to a lack cf tact. Mr. Benton bas never been able to do any thing advantageous with it. although for many years the couple lived fairly well upon the proceeds of Bales of piece after piece suitable for timber or pas turage. Butthe possibilities in this line narrowed down, and Mrs. Benton had for some years aided in their support by teaching French in this city and else where. S e was the mother of two chil dren, a son, Joseph Bonaparte Benton of Philadelphia, and a daughter, who, it Is believed, also resides in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Benton visited Paris in 1856 and were r cognized by Napoleon III. as of bis kindred, and were kindly entertained by the Emperor and Em press, wbo presented tbem with sou venirs, which are at the same time tes timonials of the visit. Napoleon III. at this time legitimized by his imperial will the union of Mrs. Benton's parents, and thus in French law mado her a legitimate child, a fact of which she was certainly proud. He also made her daughter, Josephine, maid of honor to Empress Eugenie, which place she occupied until affairs in France com pelled their return to this country. Napoleon 111. often said to Mrs. Benton. ' Queje I'c.ime," in speaking of her visit to France, thus expressing the regret he felt that she bad no. come before, so that he might have placed her children in the places to which they were en titled. Mrs. Benton was known In her youth as Miss Caroline Delafolle. When in her teens she attended for some time the school taught by Mrs. Evarts. on Whitesboro street, this city. She was a particularly handsome girl, and her eyes were large, dark, and lustrous, and rover dimmed by age. She had many souvenirs given her by her mother that were left by her father, and she received many more on ber visit to France. It was herdeligbtto talk by the hour about the B inapartes and the French people. She wrote a book called " France and her People' ' and corresponded with many papers and several magazines. Throughout her life, so f.ir as known, she had an abiding faith in fortune toll ers, and her belief in tbem in no manner departed as ber years increased. Few women bad greater ambition, and the downfall of her family and fortunes was the source of much grievous disappoint ment. TJtica Observer. A Cow-Hide Horseshoe. In England and on many parts of the Continent they have been for a long time using a horseshoe made by com pressing common cow-hido. It is com pased of threo thicknesses of the cow skin pr. s-eil in a steel mold and then subje 'ted to a chemical preparation.- It is claimed for It that it is much lighter, that it lasts lot.ger, and thai split hoofs are never known in horses using it. It is perfectly smooLh at the bottom, no ca'ks being required, the shoe adhering fi'-mly on the most polished surface. Its ulasliulty prevents many sprains, the hors 's steps being lighter and surer. Wh.. Is N kits." Nikita is the stage name of an Ameri can girl wbo is now singing in concert on the C ntinent. Nobody seems to know who she Is or where she comes from. But she- is a prodigy. Sue is about twenty years of a.-e, a ta'l, angular, raw-boned blond.t. When she sings she stands with her hunds behind her and face turned upward, as if she was s ng lngto the sky. Her voice is phenom enally sweet, velvet.- and powerful, and of surprising compass MONEY IN DISEASES. MEN WHO SELL THEMSELVES OUTRIGHT TO THE DOCTORS. Scenes In Private Hnopltal Every New Ailment or Peculiar Development of an Olil One Has a Money Value and Is Eagerly Sought by Pl.yalcluns. So eager Is tho rivnrly among famous surgeons and physicians to excel in the discovery of tho now and strango pheno mena of discaso nnd In now pnxsseg of treatment or bold work with tho knife to alleviato or cure morbid phenomena, that tho poor man who develops In bis system novelties of suffering, mhy, from a purely wordly point of view, deem himself fortunate indeed. He has oulv to apply at tho clinic of any well known operator to find himself ntoneo tho centre of re spectful attontion and almost affectionate interest. , Hore as well as in Purls. Vienna and Ber lin, there is known to tho few initiated to be a ready market for curious maladies if their possessors know where to go and offer themselves for sale to tho surgeons' knives. And not by any means do these willing sacrifices go to death. For the re deeming feature of tho whole question is the unquestionable fact that if human skill can cure them they will be cured. Not the income of money kings can buy better treatment. Nino out of ten of tho borribio stories of " human vivisection " are base less. With tho other one of that ten, the victim mid the surgeon and tho law, which never hears of themalone havo to die. The most obvious purchasers are, of coiirso. eminent unMical men, connected either with some famous public hospital or who have a private hospital or residence in which th-can pursue scientific research es. Often they are clinical professors who wish to show a ran? form of discaso to their classes at the colleges. The value of the purchase is as material for experiment or demonstration. But when this bargain and sale is ef fected, the patient, who from the dregs of life passes at once to the enjoyment of the choicest blessings, is assured that if be dies and leaves his body for further and Indefinite investigation bis estate will be paid a much greater sum sail. For tho surgeon who makes such an offer well knows that fame and fortune may weil await the result of such an au topey. An assistant at one or two private hospi tals says ho knows of several cases in which Sioo to S w has been paid to persons suffering from peculiar disease for the privilege of experimenting on them. An amusing instance of this occurred not long since. A young doctor at one of the dis pensaries was consulted by one of the worst-looking specimens of humanity imaginable, such as one of the laity might call a " bum." This man. who did not know the money value of his complaint, had come to the dispensary to be treated for a severe pain in the chest. On exatniuing the chest the doctor found that the (vttieut was suf fering from aneurism of the innominate ar tery .one of the rarest and gravest conditions known, for which uo treatment so far bas proved successful. On that indeed Drs. Vaientiue Mott. Willard Parker and W. T. Bull, of this city, have all tried their skid in vain. Now, dearly enough, the doctor who cures a patient of this condition will be made famous by it. Hut as such cases are rare it may be some time before one is suc cessful. The young disxnsary doctor told the patient what was his trouble, and offered to get him into a hospital, which offer was giwdily aewpted. He was given some medicine and told that he might wait until a hospital could be found ready to re ceive him. The young doctor then went to a well-known surgeon and offered bim the patient for $VW. The surgeon de murred at this sum. but was willing to pay $150. The young doctor Uien went to another, who finally agreed to pay $4X). He returned to the dispensary without de ciding which he would lake, when he found all the surgeons whom he had been to sec waiting for him. They all wanted tho case, and soon bills ran high among them, at last, says my Informant. $0J3 was set tled on and the successful bidder gave the dispensary doctor his check for the amount and invited him to come to his private hos pital and s the oeration. He thou drove away with his purchase. Whether or not the oeration on this pa tient will prove a success cannot be con jectured, but doubtless lofore long a paper will be read by the operator on the cise before some one of the scientific societies which will give him SiJ worth of attention from the inedicui papers of this country and Europe, and prove a grand advertise ment. Of course, private hospitals are usually run in secret, and. as has been suggested, the surgeons owning them do not like to be investigated. Their secrecy and pro fessional standing place them above the dangers of the law if they do any opera tion or experiments not allowed by tho au thorities. Ou tho whole, though; they are of groat advantage to the profession, and their abuses are never discovered to tho public The prices paid for rare surgical operations, which when paid carry with them tho privilege of treating the patient only in such a manner as the cure tho dis ease may require, no actual experimenting outsido of the determined lines of justified treatment ieiiig allowed, vary greatly. For such a case us tho one cited nbovo $.ioo Is tho standing prico. Tho icrson who told tho writer of tho instunce says also that the dispensary attendants had a reg ular understanding as to a scale of prices, of course, in secret. The price for a case of ovariotomy is ordinarily $40; skin dis eases, from $10 to $100; tumor of the brain or spinal cord $100 to $400, according to circumstances, and tho various nerve dis eases are quoted at from $10 to $300. Whenever .any raro coso turns up tho doc tor keeps the patient's address, and if on going among Hissiblo purchasers he finds sale for the case, he goes for it with a coupe and takes it directly to the place indicated by the purchaser. N. Y. World. Wire Finer Than Hair. Wo uro at work just now on somo pretty small wire. It is l-5onth of an inch in diam eter liner than the hair on your head a great deal. Ordinary lino wiro is drawn through steel plates, but that wouldn't do for this work, Iwiumo If tho hole wore away over so little it would make tho wiro larger, and that would sjioil tho job. In stead, it is drawn through what is prac tically a hole in a diamond, to which there is of course no wear. These diamond plates nro made by a woman in New York, who has a monopoly of tho art in this country. Tho wire is theu run through machinery, which winds it spirally with a layer of silk thread that is .0015 of an inch In thickness oven finer than tho wiro you see. This wire is used in making the re ceiving instruments of ocean cables, the galvanometers used In testing cables and 'measuring insulation of covered wires. Interview with a Manufacturer. The Inventor of tho wlmloback burge has taken out pntents in the United States and foreipn countries on an adaptation of his barge for war. It will be sinkahle except the turret for the lookout and the bow, where two disappearing carriage guns will be placed, one to sink below to receive its charge while the other Is raised and fired. A resolution expressing sympathy with the royal family in the deathof the heir of the prince of Wales was laid on the table by the British Miners' federation. TELEGRAPHIC EKUOIiS. THEY HAVE CAUSED FUN, SORROW, AND LOSS OF MONEY. Not Always Due o I ip-rt Operators Cnrrlrs WrMlng O.i.n Cinses Them Th Old Nol loo on Trleitraph Klnnks The Karl est M taluk". There was once a ma-i who received a telegram which said: "Cog hog alonce pettier Is bad." He didn't know what to make of It. He puzzled over it for two hours. Then be took it to tho telegraph Offlon. "I can't read Chinese," he said. " Translate that for mo." Tho operator who received the mes sage asked the operator who sent it to repeat it. It turned out to be: "Come home at once : mother is dead." This "oog hog" error Is probably one of the earliest in the history of the tele graph. It is eertninly the most ancient of the many that telegraphers tell about when they get together after work and "talk shop." Thousands of errors have been made. In fact, a day rarely passes without a good u any of them occuring. Some of tbem havo caused much amusement, some have caused tears, and some have caused serious financial loss. They are not always due to in expert operators. It is a remarkable fact that during the prevalence of bad weather, or what are know as " electri cal storms," dots and dashes have been so shifted as to cause a receiver to put down a word totally different from the one transmitted by the sender. It is coinparal.vely easy for poor band writing and careless transmission to change fl teen to fifty, or twenty to thirty, or fifty to sixty. There was a mistake of this character perpetrated In Washington sometime ago. It caused no loss, but that was because of good luck. A grocery firm in the capital city sent an order to a wholesale house In Baltimore for fUteen barrels of "A" sugar. The next morning the grocery firm reoeived a shipping bill which con tained the information that fifty barrels of " A " sugar had been shipped to them " as per order." . As the sugar was by that time In Washington, the firm, having investi gated and discovered that the mistake was not theirs, notifie 1 tie manager of the telegraph i ffk'e that the company must take the extra thirty-five barrels off their bands. The Washington opera tor, wbo was of a speculative disposi tion, requested the manager to delay hls answer. Then be ran around to find a friend who was in the suar business, and inquired a- to the future of sugar prices. He learned that there was a strong probability of an Immediate and material advance. He informed the manager that he recalled that the mis take was his, and that he was prepared to pay the penally for it by taking the sugar. Tne firm turned over the thirty five barrels t tae operator. Two hours later they. too. he.ni that sugar was going up. They snt the operator word tht tbey would re. i-ve bim of his load if he wished. He replied that he was very much obliged to them, but they needn't trouble themse ves. The next morning he sold his sugar at a good profit, took the money to the races, and lost it. The wifely reproaches which a gay young New York lawyer encountered on reaching his borne late one night were undoubt-Jly due in the main to bis own poor tandwriling. but a careless operator was aiso responsible for tbem. He related the experience the next day. "It was 2 o'clock when I reached home." he said. "My wt e met me at the door. I saw at once that she was very angry. Siie handed me a telegram and asked freczingly : 'What is the meaning of this?' I aid : "Why, my dear, what's wrong? Tt:a'. is probably the message I sent you in the after noon." 'It is." she answered. "Please read It and explain." I read it. To my astonishment it aid : "Shall dine with Kilty Smith, an old gal of mine, who has Just returned from Europe. Will .be late. Don't wail for me.' " 1 wouldn't wail for the best man that ever lived. said ray wile, and she began to cry. "I realised at once what ha I hap pened, and I hegnn to laugh. "Why, I said, this message bas been botched. I wrote no such stuff as that." "What did you write, then? she demanded. Then I told her that what I had really written was: 'Shall d:ne wiij Billy Smith, on oid pa! of mine, who Das just returned from Eumtws. Will be late. Don't wait for me." Those internal op erators had butchered it. I've got the original message." Two callow young operators made an explanation necessary Iroiu a young New York newspaper man recently. He was to le married iu the West. Before leaving town he devoted several days to searching over Brooklyn for a flat, be ing assisted in the searcu by a young married woman, the friend of his be trothed. Upon leaving b's offi'e one morning about 2 o'clock he sent the Brooklyn lady a telegram, which he ex-pect-d would be del vered to ber about 8-3Jor9 o'clock in : -no -iug. The disnatch was wo d . elically : " Will bo over to worry yo.. t is after noon." The message was " bulled " on its way across the E st River and a meaning of so much importance whs given to it that the Brooklyn ou iator rushed it out, the messenger boy arriving at the house at about 4 A. M. The husband of the lady go' on of bed to answer tbe bell. By i it ' r mistake of the delivery de part :i i 1 1- envelope addressed to the bus., i.tl. He opened it and was aston!-!ie ! to read: "Mrs. : Will b. ov -i to marry you this after noon." A gent'e-n in with- the dignified name of Cyru.-. i X son was s'looked to have a message b.i lod to him addressed "CirousT. N n.'' A wholesale produce merchant received a message from a re tail customer saying '" Your KW are No. 900 D.'' It should h.ive been " Your eggs are no eood." Tuo delivery department of tho New Orleens Western Union office was mystlfl' d by a message addressed to Blyanuon Street. It turned out to be 6M Cannon street. A country operator onco entered a plea iu extenuation of his lack of skill. He aid: "I run a country offlce, aud am called a ' ham ' by city operators, but I claim tho houor of being the hardest worked man in tho business. I'm the Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, real estate agent, insurance agent. Post maslor, express agent. Superintendent of the Sunday school, aud President of tbe village debating society. Is it any wonder that I break ' pretty often. with all these cares on my mind?" N. Y. Times. Mrs. Mary Simpson of Chicago, a dressmaker, committed suicide Jan. 1(1 by walking out on the iee on the lake, removing her clothing, lying down entirely nude on the ice and freezing to death. - John W. Hood of Osceola, la., a bank president, put up at the Dudley house. .Chicago, and was found dead in the morning with the gas turned on and nearly all his money missing. It is thought that a woman visited him in male attire and in some way accomplished his death. Texas has had very cold weather and much stock perished. For- the first time in eighteen years Red river froze over. Knormous damage has been done by lloods in Spain. THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. A SHORT CHAPTER ON THE DO INGS OF BRIGHT PEOPLE. Physicians Sails For the Prevention of Spreading Contaclons Diseases I New Systrm lor Propelling Vessels A Cow bide HorKe-h' w. UITS FOB THE protection of physicians and others against contagion while attending per sons with conta g iou s diseases, has been in vented by Dr. J. L. Roll in s, of Auburn, Cal. It is worn over the ordi nary clothing so as to entirely cover the wearer, and is almost entirely im pervious, such parts as may admit air consisting of germ proof material. It bas mechanism for supplying filtered air for respiration, facilities for using the stethoscope and the laryngoscope, and removable gloves. The suit, which is prefer ibly of rubber, is in two parte, brought together at tbe waist by clamped flanges. In the crown of the head piece are two preforated metallic plates for holding a wad of germ proof material, and the front has similar plates. Near the ear a circular opening is protected by a disk of rubber. CCD For admitting light the upper front part of the head piece has a glass-covered opening. The trousers and boots are cut in one piece. In the feet are bellows, prot'Cted by germ proof material, that are worked by a treading motion, main taining an upward current of air and driving out vitiated air through tbe ad piece. For a woman a skirt, in stead of trousers, may be provided. I be suit may be carried :n a conven l i. nt casing to within safe llmitsof acase of cnta-.'ious disease, then adjusted and the patient visited, the exterior being t disiufect--! after removal. A Nrar tij.loa tor Prop-Ulna; Vessrls. A special i-oa:d appointed by the Navy Depattmetit has rendered the following report regarding the new system of pro pelling vess -ls in-tuguratei by John A. S-sv-or. the son o' the famous s'dp builder: "The propulsion of vessels by the liber ation of a large volume of gas by ex p osioa an 3 the d sp'.acement of water thereby has been tried nnd has met with success. The vessel is loo feet in length, railed the Eureka." Tbe apparatus consists of two horizon til tubes alsut twenty inches in diame ter placed fore and aft in the after part of the vessel below the water-line the a ter ends being in corurauni at on with the sea. Petroleum in the form of spray and air under pressure are injected into the tubes at the 'orward ends and ex ploded by ele. trieit The reaction against the forward ends of the tubes propels lb vessel. The explos ons are arrange i to take p a -e alternately in the Cylinders and t ie firing mechanism to work automatically. Sixty explosions a minute in ei.ch cylmd. r l av already been ol ta red. giving quite a uniform motion. " Science, of Oct. 31. says, in speaxin-- of this report: "In the Secor system friction and inertia of moving tarts are eiim. rated and, without an terior loss f in at or pow.-r, that method of propuls o-.i :s adopted that is sug pested iy t he mo-t advanced science. Science is t-wlay n aking demands of the team-engines wi.U h .tcan never study. Fluoro:apbv. Fluororaphy is a process of transfer ring lithographio or phototypic prints to glass by means of fluorated inks, which, in contact with sulphuric acid, disengages hydrofluoric aoi h. which eats Into the glass. The prototype is inked with the following compound ; . Grammes Boap ." 50 Glycerine. 40 Tallow 50 Water lrt) Borax ' Floursbar 50 Lamp black 15 Negatives are taken and transferred to the glass. Thelatt-r is surrounded with a bor-ler of wax and covered with sulphuric acid or a density of sixty-four degrees or sixty-five degrees Baume. Ait"r fifteen or twenty minutes the acid is poured off and the glass is washed w.tu water and cleaned with a solution of potash, then washed wit a water again and dried with a cloth. Accord ing to the Revue do Chlmie Industrielle et A ;rici le, this is the piocess that gives the best results. An Oriental Illusion. The soldiers of the Hindoo tribe of the Sikhs are famous for their exceeding cleverness in handling the sword, and one of their favorite tricks is the cut ting in two of an apple while resting in the palm of the hand of a confrere with out grazing even the skin. I happened to witness a very clever performance of this trick by several Sikhs, but could not suppress my suspicion that the thing was based mote upon a cute piece of de ception than the art of the performer. A close Inspection of the two halves of the apple confirmed my supposition that the apple had been out before it was ever tonohed by the sword.' There is In existence a very old arti fice, whioh undoubtedly In the course of time has found its. way to India, and Is made use of by the Sikhs for the delec tation of their Htidiences. The process is simply the following: A fine needle of more than ordinary length is threaded with a strong thread of ordinary silk. Beginning at the stem of the apple, the needle is inserted underneath the par ing and a stitch about one-half inch In length is made, aud so ou all around tbe apple, taking care that the needle la passed through the same hole every time, from which the thread oomes. When the apple has been attached around In this manner, the two ends of the thread are oaught with the fore finger and thumb and pulled firmly to gether, so that the apple Is cut In two underneath the paring. The little holes caused by the needle are hardly per ceptible, and oan be; nicely smoothed over. After being prepared In this way the apple can be out in half in the clev erest possible way with one stroke of the sword, and this Is undoubtedly the method employed by the Sikhs in the performance of the wonderiul trlok, whioh astounds their audiences. Pitts burgh Dispatch. OUR ARMY RECRUITS. Where They tome From and How They Get In Tbe Best Reeralts. fCopyrlfrht. 1891, by Tbe United Press.) To keep the ranks of Uncle Sam's little army of 25,000 men filled it is necessary to maintain recruiting stations in the prin cipal cities of thecountry where men may enlist. The ranks are being constantly thinned by death, desertion and tbe expir ation of the term of enlistment. While a bounty is paid to those who reeulist at the expiration of their terra of service, five years is as long as most of those who serve in the ranks care to remain in the army. The novelty bas all worn off in that time. A majority of the new recruits are en listed at the recruiting offices in New Y'ork. The principal off! where men for the infantry and cavalry are enlisted is at 146 Park Bow. The recruits from tho offices in all the Eastern cities are drilled at David's Island in Long Island Sound. NATIONAL PBOPOKTJOSS, Of the private soldiers of tbe United States army only one third are natives of America or even citizens of the country. One third are natives of Great Britian and the other third is made up of .representa tives of exery civilized nation in the world. Of the third credited to Great Britain twoout of every three are natives of Ireland. Of the other nations represented the Germans lead in point of numbers. There are also Frenchmen, Austriaus, Spaniards, Russians, Poles. Italians, Egyptians, na tives of the South American republics and tbe West Indies. The only race not ac cepted is the Chinese. True, co Chinese have ever offered their services to Uncle Sam. but if they did they would be de clined with thanks. A few Arabs have ap plied at the recruiting office, but none of them were ab'e to pass the examination. There are fewer Italians than any other foreign nationality represented in the army. THE BEST SOLDIEBS. The German recruits make the best sol diers, say the officers of the army. They are clean, obey orders like a trained ma chine, and rarely make trouble of any kind. Most of those wbo enlist have served in the German army five years and they soon learn the United States tactics and are then veteraj soldiers. They usually remain in the training quarters on David's Island only a short time until they are ready to be assigned to duty with some regiment in service. Nearly all foreigners who enlist have served in the regular army or the militia of their own country. While the Germans are the best soldiers in the country nearly all the foreigners are better than the Americans in point of discipline. Very few foreign born soldiers desert- To them the. position is a soft berth and the pay of $13 per month is more than they ever earned at bard work in their own country. They know laen is little probability of war and they are content to remain in the army. Some of them re-enlist when their term of service expires. THE EXAM1XATIOS. Only two cad a half per cent of tie men who apply at the recruiting cilice on Park Bow are able to pass the necessary exam ination. A corporal is stationed at the door of the stairway leading up lo the of fice from the street, and he first subjects the applicants to a series of questions be fore they are allowed to go upstairs. Tbe corporal turns away one-half of those who apply. An average of 0 men per month call at the office with the intention of be coming soldiers. Only of them get by the corporal at the cuter door and only twenty of the other 2uo succeed in passing the final examinations. Undo Sam is very particular about the kind of men he makes soldiers of. First of all the applicant must be between twenty one aud forty-five years of age. He must be aUe to read and write the English lan guage fairly well and must have a least a common school education. II a foreigner, and he has served in the army in his own country, he must have an henorabie dis charge. All applicants, foreign and na tive born, must be able to prove bv some reputable citizen of the United States that tbey are men of good character and habits. bile a foreigner is not required lo become a naturalized citizen, he must be able to prove tuat he has resided in tse country long enouga to establish a good character. No man addicted to drink is accepted. If the applicant possesses ail these re quirements he is then passed to the medi cal examiners, who subject him to a most thorough physical and medical examina tion. Tbe recruit must be healthy, with out a teur'ency to disease of any kind, and he must also oe a well formed and devel oped man. A man who can successfully pas the physical examination only needs a little training to become a good all arouud athlete. THSIS TM.E. The applicaut who passes all the exam inations is at once sent over to David's island in the Souud, where he dons a uni form and shoulders a musket. He is in structed in army tactics and regulations daiiy until ho is able to go through a drill with precision. The time necessary to teach a new man is from four to six mom hs. As soon as t he recruits are suffi ciently well drilled they are assigned to tbe different reginieuts and sent away in small squads to the point where their command is statioued. There are usually from to 6iM recruits on the island, but an emergency will reduce the uuinber very rapidly. Duriug the Indian troubles in the West last winter all the recruits ex cept forty or fifty were hurried to the front to till the ranks of some of the regi ments sent to fight the redskins. tTKTIS KlNGLAKK Women's Waists. While a 19 or 20-inch waist is a deformity in an adult woman, the New York Ledger thinks it may justly be doubted whether the 36-inch waist of the Veuus de Medici is not somewhat too large to be in proportion with the figure of the' average American woman. It is characteristic of women of the highest types of the Indo-European races to have wide hips and narrow waistiv. In other races the hips are narrower and the waists larger. The American woman appears, in consequence of her large hip measurement, to have a smaller waist than she actually has. To the unskilled masculine eye a girl with a waist.22 or 23V inches may seem to have a wasplike figure, when iu reality her measurement is very nearly what it should be to satisfy the critical judgment of an artist or her family physician. The Venus de Medici is 5 feet 5 inches in height, 26 inches about the waist. 34 about the bust and 44 about the hips. The women employed as "cloak models" by most of the great dry goods establishments in New York city are about the same height. The measurements required of n "model" 5 feet 5 inches in height in one es tablishment are the following: "Waist, 83$ to & inches; bust, S4 to S3; hips, 45 to 47; base of skull to waist, 16; biceps, ll4 to 13," A prominent physician recently gave the following as the correct measurements for a well formed, well developed and healthy woman of 5 feet 5 inches: "Waist, 34 inches; bust, Si to SiK", biceps, 13 to 13; wrist, 5X to 5; hips, 44 to 45; calf, 13 to 14, and ankle, 7 to 7X." The doctor's "model woman" has smaller hips and a smaller bust, and about the" same waist as the "cloak model" Ravens in Alaska. The Alaska raven Is a fine-looking bird, as large," as a turkey, and upon closer ac quaintance a real handsome fellow. His coat is indeed black, but of a black glossier and richer than silk and softer than vel vet, while in a semi-shade the feathers are tinged with that peculiar color so often seen on well-preserved Mnv.tj.b inJ It is very funny to see these hirrla hnlrlln J as it were, a conclave. Ten r . alight on the ground and walk to thl iii.-.-un piace wun a stately, erect step their every movement cool and assured. Then an old bird steps gravely into tlx ujiuuitr, nuu trie meeting begins with CPHMif OllMnral nrA I. L , . . , 'JM ,.! il U1 fTranim nv enroll n .. . . . " - auJlAA UI0CU ' ."" ,J . auu ior mm loey ter, resuming their positions when TUCCAC until tho .vi u. i l a. " gttiU IX nates, and thev flv off to the beaeJi hills. These birds are seldom killed. ravens the peculiar construction is markable. They are a combination chisel, scissors, dagger and gimlet. 1 ven's existence, for he bas to dig on the beach for clams, bore the bard shell by re peated chipping, and again in pure mis chief he will tear and break anything tKt his bright and unerring eve lights txdoh- Thc natives from Yukutat Bay, through the network of islands 5fS' far as British Columbia, have an ancient legend that the raven was the bird that brought light from darkness when the world was cre ated. On this account they venerate it, and the totem of the raven is regarded as denoting the most illustrious descended family San Francisco Chronicle. An- ctfot. s of Talleyrmod. " The art of putting the right men in the right places," Talleyrand once said. " is first in the science of government; but that of finding places for the dis contented is the most difficult." It would seem from this that the dis tinguished French statesman was as much a prey to ofti-e seekers as are the public men of our own time. His man. n-r of disposing o' them is amusingly illustrated in the following anecdote : One day cne of these troublesome per sons presented himself to M. de Talley rand, and reminded bim that he had been promised a place. "Very we!L" said Talleyrand, "but tell something that 6uits and which can b given. You don't know of anything? Well, find something. You must admit that 1 haven't the time to search for you." The applicant was thus disposed of for the time being, but a day or two later he agin presented himself, his face radiant with hope, and said: "Sir, such ana such a place is vacant." " Vacant," replied Talleyrand. " WelL wbat.ao you wish me to do? loa ought to know that when a place is vacant it bas already been promised." Like many another famous man, both before ris time and since, Talleyrand exhibited at least in early life a great reluctance to settling with his creditors. Wben he was appointed Bishop of Anton by Lou s XVL. he considered a fine new coach to be necessary to the proper maintenance of the dignity of that office. Accordingly a ccaca was ordered and delivered, but cot paid for. Some time after, as the newly appointed Bishop was about to enter his coach he noticed a strange man standing near who bowed continually until the coach was driven away. This occurred for several days, until at length Talleyrand, addressing the stranger, said : "Well, my good man. who are you?" " I am your coachmaker, my lord." re plied the stranger. Ah ! " said Talleyrand, "you are my coachmaker; and what do yon want, my coachmaker? " " I want to be paid, my lord." "Ah! you are my coachmaker. and want to be paid. You shall be paid, my coachmaker." "But wben. my lord?" "Hum!" said Talleyrand, settling himself comfortably among the cushions of bis new coach and eyeing his coach maker severely. You are very inquisitive-- Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. tt Hrnxhe4 Tnem Off tbe Chmtx It is true that within past years the man who indulged frequently in dean collars and polished boots took upon himself, in certain circles, the awful responsibility of being regarded as a "dude." But a genuine representative of t he game was at a Saturday matinee and be had just disposed of a pair of tan gloves on a vacant seat at his side when a pretty young woman sat deliberately upon tbe chair in question and struck up a sprightly conversation with her com panion. The young man seemed to suffer keenly during tbe first act. and when the curtain fell a purpose ejected to be dimly seeking utterance from his lips. He rose, as though to leave the theatre, fumbled his hat and overcoat. eK.i . -i- . . .... i j gazed at his pretty neighbor, who seemed to be distinctly annoved by his atten tion. Finally he had amassed sufficient courage to address her. and. with a look of almost human intelligence, be askd: "I en beg you ah pawdn eh but yah sitting on me glawves, yah knaw !" . The young woman adjusted a silver lorgnette and eyed him frigidly. "You are entirely- mistaken, sir. I brushed them off on the floor when I sat down." And the orchestra began to play an old Scotch air. A Mossier Carlnon. Mr. W. Holberton has on exhibition at Abbey Imbri's, in Vesey street, a lot of rar antlers of caribou, shot by himselr last tall in the White Hills, 300 miles inland from St. Johns. Newfound land. The trophies are of interest la connection with this paragraph printed a week ago in Land and Water. London. England: " The head of what must be a rare specimen of the caribou has just been mounted by S. L. Crosby & Co., Bangor' (U. S. AX. It is labelled " King of all Caribou.'' and certainly the head might have belonged to an animal holding that honor, as it is the finest specimen erer brought into Bangor, and it is doubtful if anyone has ever 6bot a finer. The antlers have twenty-eight points, meas ure nearly 4 feet in length, while the spread from tip to tip is 33 inchea The animal was shot by Mr. William H. Mills of Boston on Bald Mountain, in the vicinity of Jackmantowai. a station on the C tnadian Pacific Railway north west of Moosehead Lake." Mr. Holberton has one pair of antlers whose spread from tip to tip is Just 4 feet, and he believes it belonged to the largest recorded bull caribou everjshot. N. T. Sun - Took Gladstone for a Ri)SSI Mr. Gladstone ran into London from""" Hawarden the other morning, and feel ing uncommonly hungry he dropped in about eight o'clock at the Raleigh Club for a quiet breakfast. He looked so red eyed that uobody would have suspected 1 1 t m-a k. .. A . wiA I men. The sagacious waiter mistook him for a " rounder "one of the boys. " What have you got to eat?" demanded the oid gentleman. "I bait your pardon, sir," answered the waiter, haughtily. ' " but we don't serve suppers after four a. m." j . The Mvles of VUlllnr It is a common saying that yea can Judje a man by his visiting card, says the Boston Traveller. A lately arr.ved rector not ten miles from Boston lecent ly left bis cheap, printed .card at the house of one of his parishoners and his neatly engraved one at another's. The houses were resrectiveiv in unfashion able and fashionable quarters of tbe eity. But tbe parishoners happened to be cousins. They met. they compared cards as women will and that rector now wonders why he is erowinc in die- - tavor with some of his oans -