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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
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North
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70 p. H. I Lv
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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.
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& :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 -