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Current Notes. The Dtxcfples of the Flying Roll. Converts to a new and strange faith are fleeing from Bichmond, Ind. Detroit is their Mecca and to it as their city of deliverance have recently gone numerous Bichmond families. Others are preparing to follow. The enrolled converts number about 100. t Detroit they have found a leader of their sect-"Disciples of the Flying Boll" is what they call themselves, and Michael Xavier Mills, a native of Ehzin Onfe, Is the man to whom they have turned. The world is to be visited by some dread calamity. That is the fear which possesses these new converts; and but one way of escape is open. The only mortals who will be delivered from the threatened wrath to come are those whose names are recorded in the Flying Boll, and Michael Xa vier Mills is heralded as Michael the prince, one born to thus fulfill the first verse of the twelfth chapter of Daniel. The author of their treasured work, called "The Flying Boll," is one James Jazrell, an English man. Mich ael the prince declares that the spiritual meaning of Detroit is "do it right," and that, therefore, God has sent for his people to gather there. England, he says, also means "God's laws," and Michigan, being interpreted aright, means "where Michael began." He claims to have been freed from the uncleanness of Adam, and that all food that was before agreeable to him is now disagreeable. D. W. Taylor ranks as the John the Baptist of the sect in thejcity which is witnessing the strange growth of "The Flying Boll." They appear honest and sincere in their belief. The twelve lost tribes are to gather at Detroit that the scripture may be fulfilled. Labor Union Notes. The Union Pacific refuses the in crease of wages demanded by its em ployes. The Bio Grande's telegraphers threaten to strike for a 10-per-cent raise of pay. Superintendent Fuller of the Pa cific Express Company says he has a cummunieation from twenty-nine messengers to the effect that they joined the brotherhood under a mis apprehension and will withdraw. A general strike of machinists on the Pennsylvania railroad system is threateded. Tbe Russian Famine. A dispatch from Penza, the capital of the Bussian government 'of that name, says the thermometer registers 58 degrees below zero and . there is terrible suffering among the peasants. A number of men have been frozen to death on the highlands. A quan tity of grain for the sufferers famine has arived at Penza, bat it is impos sible to distribute it because nearly all the horses have been killed for food or sold to procure money with which to buy the necessities of life. It is estimated that nearly 1,000,000 draft animals have been killed througont the empire since autumn. Thyphos fever, smallpox and diph theria are killing off the inhabitants. Around Penza 200 peasants have died from these diseases. The dis patch adds that in the governments of Samara, Saratov and Kijni Nov gorod the condition is far worse than in irenza. in tnose three govern ments thousands of peasants have fallen victims to hunger and disease. in me governments or unarKov an Kazan typhus is especially terrible in its ravages. The inhabitants are dying off by the hundred. rne government nas granted a further sum of 60,000,000 rubles for the relief of sufferers in the famine districts. Northern Ughta. A gorgeous illumination of the heavens was visible on the night of Feb. 13 over a great belt of territory, from Iowa to the Atlantic coast. The spectacle was scientifically ob served at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Astronomical Di rector Hussey of that institution said "The brilliant rose-red aurora visible to-night was not altogether unex pected In. a general way auroras had been looked for about this time. To-night's display naturally follows the apiearance of the great sun spot which has been visible during the past week. Other aurroal displays may be expected in the near future." The phenomenon was witnessed at New York, Hartford, Conn., and other New England points; Louis ville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colum- bus, Toledo, Detroit, Indianapolis and at Illinois and Iowa points, but not at St. Louis, Kansas City or Memphis. At Cincinnati it was first supposed that the city of Hamilton, twenty miles to the north, was on fire. Though not seen at St. Paul or Minneapolis the aurora was plainly witnessed at Milwaukee. The Little Girl Prevailed. Bernard J. Schmitz, a rich Atchi son farmer who was arrested and im Drisoned in jovemDer wnue on a visit to Germany for desertion from the German army thirty years ago, has been pardoned by the emperor, The kaiser was dead to all the ap peals of influential people, but he re ceived a letter from Schmitz' eleven- year-old daughter, pleading for the release 'of her father on his birthday, which so touched the young monarch that he immediately granted an un conditional pardon. Congress. A bill repealing the sugar bounty has been introduced in the house. - The house committee on manufac tures will investigate the "sweating' eyste rtt-incities. The prince of Wales, chagrined at his losses, will sell his horses and re tire from tne tun. Water from the sea broke into the amber mine near Palmricken, East Prussia, on tne snore oi tne .Baltic, and drowned six miners. ABOUT BULL FIGHTING. THE FAVORITE AMUSEMENT IN THE GAY SPANISH CAPITAL. Something About the uNiUlan" and u Torro" Th. Skill and Training Re quired Favorites of the Madrid Bull Ring Their Career. It is not so easy to be a bull fighter aa most people think. In the first place he must be a brave man, and risk his life once or twice a week for no honorable cause and no special glory. More often he Is a reck less creature, witn a sort ot aevii-may-care feeling. Then, he must be a powerful man, with a steady arm, good sight, agile limbs, and strong nerve. He must De a last run ner and equal to vaulting over any obsta cle. It takes years of training to make a B-iwi matador, as he needs to know tha science of his profession in all its details. Even the killing of bulls is an art not ac quired In a day. A torero has to study the ways of the bull in its native fields, often watching it as a small calf trotting after Its mother, then observing tne young ouu so gracefully gambolling in the pasture grounds. Later on he takes even more interest in the full-grown animals of 5 or 6 years, as they paw the ground in the midst of the Miura. Saltillo, or Veragua herds, carefully guarded by the finest horsemen in Spain, the vaqueros. As soon as he lays eyes on a bull, a clever matador will tell you how the animal is likely to turn out, and whether it will show fight He will predict whether the bull will charge bravely at the red cloak, or if he will be shv and run away from the men and the horses. He will be able to tell you if el toro will die hard, or if he will be easily despatched; if he will kill many horses, or If he will leap over the wooden barrier and scatter terror among the attendants in the ring. Toreros prefer a strong, brave bull, to a sly, dodging animal, as they know what to expect from the former, and are much put out by the tricks of the latter, which they look upon as treacherous. A torero is nearly always a man oi humble birth. Though popular as a source of amusement, he is not well considered. Usually he marries in his own class, lives among his own people, and seldom fre quents better society, except when he reaches the top of the ladder. He belong to a peculiar class of Spaniards who speak loudly, crack indecent jokes, smoke all day long and lead lazy lives. When net en gaged on a professional tour the torero passes his time in the cafes. In second-rate theatres, or standing in a group ot his companions and admirers in the Puerta del Sol. the celebrated public square In Had' rid. When off duty, the costume of the torero consists in tight-fltling gray or black trousers, a short black jacket like that worn by English schoolboys, a hand some embroidered shirt, with diamond studs; a broad silk sash wound several times round the waist, and a large broad brimmed felt hat. The bull fighters are careful of their personal appearance. The; are always well shaved and their hair closely cropped, with the exception of the little plait or pigtail which they retain at the back of their heads until the day they retire from active life, when it is cut off. The early part of a bull-fighter's career is rather uphill work. He must expose his life and distinguish himself for many years in out-of-the-way places and obscure village rings before chance puts mm into the way of attracting the attention of some master of the national sport. It is only ii a young would-be torero can thus catch the eye of a great matador that he may hope to get promoted and gain admittance into the much-coveted cuadrilla. A cuadrilla is the little band of men that every great torero trains under his own eyes to make them his body guard and hia companions, sometimes for many years. As they get their pay from him, they look up to him as a master, and, as it were, tbe chief of a elan, none of whose members would think of deserting their leader. The picadores have a bad name as tippl ers; they are credited with rarely being sober when they appear on horseback in the ring. It is from the agile and grace ful banderiller06 that most ot the great toreros are recruited. All their popularity, when they first came into notice, as men who were daring and clever in the art oi fixing the sharp arrow darts, called band erilias, between the horns of the infuriated animal, It is certainly the most dangerous of the three stages of the bull fight, as the brutes are fresh and in full possession ol their aggressive powers when tbe alcalde, who presides over the ring, gives the sig nal for this part of the performance. Great matadors never command more applause than when they condescend to apply the darts themselves. Kow that Frascuelo retired from the ring, the three stars are Lagartijo, Mazan tini, and Angel Pastor, with some promis ing youngsters in the rear, like Guerrita, Kepartenn, and Lagartija. Bafael Molina, so well know as Lagar tijo, is the favorite of the Madrid public, and was at one time considered quite the rival of Frascuelo. He is a very energetic looking man, with an olive-colored com plexion, heavy brow, and large, expressive eyes. He lacks Frascuelo's graceful car riage, because he is a larger man and ol stouter build. He is very cool and uncon cemed in his manners. His friends com plain that he lacks initiative. They say that he is lazy, but that when he rou9et himself to action he can kill his bull with as much spirit as any of his rivals. He has not been lucky of late. On such occasions he get a round of good hissing from the spectators, and his friends call out: "Wake up, lazy bones; show them what you can do." Bafael Molina got his name of La gartijo in Spanish a " lizard " from hie quick, short movements, which reminded one of that animal. He was born at Cordo va in 1811. His parents were poor, and gave him no education. When he was a small boy he used to wander away from home to mix with the bull fighters and horse deal- srs, whose society he liked. They pitied the forlorn lad, and often snared then food with him. At the early age of 9 he came out as a banderillero at a fight with young bulls in his native province. He placed the darts so deftly on- the buli'i neck that he was loudly applauded. From that day he became a bull fighter. When he grew up he was taken into the cuadrilla of El Gardo, then a celebrated matador. who taught him how to use the sword and the red muleta. When the most populai of Spanish matadors. El Tato, was mor tally wounded in the Madrid ring, Lagar tijo took his place. He was never so fortu nate as in the year 1869, and was made much of by the Madrid amateurs until Fras cuelo appeared on tbe scene, when both tore ros shared the plaudits of tbe Uadrllenos Lagartijo, more fortunate than Frascuelo, has seldom been caught and never badly hurt by the bulls. Thisis attributed to bif coolness and long experience. He is thi best dressed of the toreros, and evince considerable taste in the choice of his silk costumes. A finer cuadrilla has seldom been seen than that of Lagartijo when the chief reentered the ring a short time aitet the death of his wife. A. E. Houghton ic ti. l.bun. Buffalo Heads. Ton can buy a few bison's heads In the curio stores on tbe plains for from $150 to $200. Here in New York they can be got for less, and will continue to be cheaper as long as any old buffalo robes that now ex ist continue to resist the moths. This is because a taxidermist who cannot make a splendid bison's head with a piece ot fur or block of wood and a pair of homs is not considered an adept in his profession. the head of any rare animal is asked for in the proper quarters the customer will be told that there are no such heads as he wants, but that if he will wait one can be procured from some other city. If heorden it the chances are ten to one that the head will be carved out of wood, covered with the rights fur, fitted with horns, and de livered. The imitations of the mouths and nostrils of wild beasts require skilful work, but are masterful in most CaiOa. N.Y.Sun. Gargoyle l should think that women would And more congenial employment in banks than anywhere else. Mrs. Gargoyle Why? Gargoyle Because money talks. De troit Free Press. ' Wood gas, it is claimed, Is the most healthful gas produced. IN THE MAGIC GLASS. STRANGE SIGHTS THAT ARE SEEN IN THE PROPHETIC MIRROR. Some Carious lntunrt of Events Pore- 1. . told Superstition and Credulity Divi nation by Means of Reflection was Known in Bible Times. Everybody has heard of the niagio mir ror, and everybody has taken it for granted that it was an Instrument of fraud made possible by credulity and superstition. The Old Testament abounds with stories of divination by menus of reflecting sur faces, such as shining metal, crystals, water and glass. Tho high priests some times received revelations from Jehovah in an ornament of six bright and six dark stones. Divination rings were also in use. The cup which Joseph put in Benjamin's sack was the cup from which ho was wont to divine. Tho thumb null has also been used and has proved ot marvelous power and faithfulness. hue a favorite method In some places is to pour into the palm ot the bent hand and Its depths read the mes sages from the unknown. Mirror-gazing was always popular in the Orient, and as a superstitious practieo still prevails. In Egypt in 1834 a magician conjured up the figure of Lord Nelson, which he described to the bystanders with perfect fidelity. . The most sueeessf ul of all these was a Dr. Dee, who lived In tho hitter part of the 16th century. Ho used a crys tal called the Holy Stone, which was large and round. Tho regency of the Duke of Orleans through the death of -the prince was predicted by means of the mirror. This Is the last historical case of prophesy by this means. American spiritualists have used the mirror and pretend to have good results and accurate information from it. It is impossible to suppose that all the nu merous Instances of visions are wholly fraudulent. Some Rick of truth must bo in them for there is too much unanimity ot testimony and close agreement in the evi dence to permit the belief of pure super stition. Nevertheless, no attempt was ever made, until tha post 10 years, to study the subject and by sensible people all the stories were rejected as so many fables. But a few years ago a nu mber of scient ists in Germany and England took up the subject, and have gazed pensistently into the mirror and patiently awaited for the sights they hoped might-reward them. They maintained that the tales of magi cians could not all be sheer lies, and even though no prophecies were made on the strength of the mirror, something real must in some instances have appeared in the magic glass. Only the oldtime magi clans probably erred in attributing the images to an external influence. Whatev er they saw in the mirror was put into It by the mind of the gazer, was a projection from the unconscious depths ot the seer's own soul, not a reflection of any actual ob ject present before the glass. With th"is assumption they began their experiments. The Berlin society of experimental psy chology laid in a stock of mirrors, crystals and other reflecting surfaces and themem- bers waited for developments. But after series of experiments extending over sev eral years they had nothing to report. The mirrors give forth no visions. In England, however, better luck had attended the ef forts of the society of psychical research. A lady reports to the society a series of 70 experiments of which she made careful notes. She is said to be clear beaded and fully alive to the fact that whatever is seen is simply a subjective illusion as it is called. Colored bright balls, the bock ot a gold watch, mirrors and rock ehrvs- tal were all used, the last mentioned pro ducing the best results. The simplest case reported is this: I find in the crystal a bit of dark wall covered with white jessamine and I ask myself where have I walked to-day? have no recollection of such a sight, not common one in the London streets, but to morrow 1 will repeat my walk of this morning with a careful regard for cree,v er covered walls. To-morrow solves the mystery. I find the very spot, and the sight brings with it the further recollec tion that at the moment we passed this spot I was engaged in absorbing con versa tion with my companion, and my volun tary attention was preoccupied.' This was a simple case of double consciousness. When the lady passed the spot she did not know that a fact had passed into her con sciousness and she would never have known it had it not emerged and been re flected from the crystal. The next case is a curious one : " I had carelessly destroyed a letter without pre serving the address of my correspondent. knew the county, and, searching in a map, recognized the name of the town, one unfamiliar to me, but which I was sure I should know when I saw it. But I had no clew to the name of the house or street, till at last it struck me to test the value of the crystal as a means of recalling forgotten knowledge. A very short inspection sup plied me with Hibbs House ' in gray let ters on a white ground, and having noth ing better to suggest from any other source, I risked pouting my letter to the address so strangely supplied. A day or two brought me an answer beaded ' Hibbs House in gray letters on a white ground. This was a trick ot memory. The lady had the impression " Hibbs House" imbedded in her consciousness, and it is not mys terious that it came forth when tempted by the magic mirror, but it is mysterious that if should appear in gray letters on a white background. That seems to be a prophecy. Here is a case of mere memory, but it is marvelous and incredible. "On March 20 I happened to want the date of Ptolemy Phlladelphus, which I could not recall, though feeling sure that I knew it and that I associated it with some event of import ance. When looking in the crystal some hours later I found a picture ot an old man with long white hair and beard, dressed like a lyceum sbylock, and busy writing in a large book with tarnished massive clasps. I wondered much who he was and what he could possibly be doing, and thought it a good opportunity of carrying out a suggestion which had been made to meof examining objects in the crystal with a magnifying glass. The gloss revealed to me that my old gentleman was writing in Greek, though the lines faded away as 1 looked, all but the characters that he bad last traced, the Latin numerals LXX. Then it flashed into my mind that he was one ol the Jewish elders at work on tbe Septa agent and that its date, 277 B. C, would Berve equally well for Ptolemy Phlladel phus. It may be worth while to add that the fact was not in my conscious memory at the moment, that I had once learnt chronology on a mnemonic system, which substituted letters for figures, and that the memoria tochuica for this date was how Jewish elders indite a Greek copy." The use of the magnifying glass in this experi ment only adds to the mirror. Iho cum erals LXX. were, of course, projections ol the experimenters' own sub-consclousncssg but it is hard to explain how tho magnify ing glass is a mechanical device, gave definition to the vague hint of tho crystal St. Louis Post Dispatch. The Koh-i-noor. This jewel, so brilliant and massive as to be called the " Mountain of Light," now glistens in the crown of Queen Victoria. Perhaps few treasures have passed through greater vicissitudes. Its origin is lost in the mists of legendary antiquity. It had fallen into tbe hands of the early Turkish invaders of India, and from them possod to the moguls. " My son," said tho famous conqueror of Baber, "has won a jewel from the Bahja which is valued at half the expenses of the whole world I" Later on, a Persian conqueror, seeing it gleaming in the turban ot Saber's descendant, ex claimed with rough and somewhat costly humor, We will be friends, let us change our turbans in pledge of friendship." The exohange, it need hardly be said, was made. From Persian, the jewel was passed by conquest to Afghan hands. Shah Sooja, beelng an exile and a prisoner among the Sikhs, was in return relieved of the jewel by Bunjeet Sing. This prince on his death bed was almost persuaded by a wily Brah min to make his salvation certain by send ing the treasure to adorn the idol of Jug gernaut After tbe British wars with the Sikhs and the annexation of the Punjaut under the Laurences, the stone found its way into the possession of the Punjaut Board, and finally into the Tower ol London, where the crown jewels are kept. IN IHt ULUt UKASS CUUNIKY. Something About the Hospitality ol that Famous Region. " The people of the Bluegrass region of Kentucky are an interesting lot," said a man who recently returned from a stay in that section of the country, " and any one who has lived there for auy time will agree with nie on the point of their hospitality and good fellowship. They carry these so far that somo of them live together in a kind of communism. If one of the farmers has more hoi-s than ho needs for his sup ply of lard, bacon and ham for the winter, ho sends one or two of them to a neighbor who may not be so fortunate. Tho second man niuy In turn have been exceptionally lucky with his crop of vegetables or berries, and ho supplies his neighbor's table with these. In tho long run, per hups, each man receives as much as he gives, but there is never any thought ol keeping count of these presents and re turning an equivalent with Lniathematical exactness. " The farmer whom I was once vlsitins had an orchard of pear trees, and when the pears were about ripe I oskiHl him to what market ho was going to seud them. He looked at mo In astonishment. " Why,' ho said, ' I'm not going to sell any of them. In a few days he sent word around to hit neighbors that ho had some tine pears and would like to have them share the fruit with him. So they came with their carts and each took luu-k with him several bushels of tho pears. M y host, however, also received invitations to help different neighbors to get rid of their big crops of various fruits. " This free masonry does not exist indis criminately among all the Inhabitants of a neighborhood. There Is a very pronounced feeling of aristocracy, and some of the people set as much store by their family trees as English noblemen do. Those who do not belong to the "best families' are treated kindly enough, but in an entirely different way from those who have an an- cestry to boost of. One cause of this class feeling and hospitality is undoubtedly the general prosperity of the people. The soil is rich and crops, are generally good. Of course the most money is to be mado from raising tine horses, but much attention is also paid to raising blooded cattle, sheep and hogs. Tobacco Is also an exceedingly profitable thing to raise, and somo of the farmers are also distillers or are interested in distilleries. I'ndor these circumstances it Is much easier to be hospitable and free hearted than wheu a farmer has to work earlv and late to make a bare livelihood "The general level of education in the Bluegrass country is exceptionally high. The widespread prosperity enables men to give their sons and daughters good oppor tunities for study. Not only has the State several fair colleges and a number of ex cellent semiiiari'-s and academies, but it sends large numbers of studeuls to Insti tutions iu other States. 1 was surprised several years ago to learn that In Welle sley College there were more students from Kentucky than from any other State, except Massachusetts and New York. Kentucky has also a big delegation at the Universitv of Virginia, and is well repre sented at Harvard. Yale. Princeton and other Northern institutions of learning. " A peculiarity of the young people of tbe Bluegrass country is their habit of elop ing, instead of being married at home like good t'hrislaiu folk. I know ot one place of a thousand inhabitants in which there have been thirteen elopements among the young people of good social standing in the last two or three years. Sometimes paren tal objection is tbe cause, at others it is merely a desire for romance and a disincli nation to go to the trouble of preparing for a formal ceremony and entertaiument. The couple generally speed across the Ohio river to Indiana or Ohio, where few obstacles are placed in the way of lovers "bent on matrimony. Sometimes the girl's father gets wiud of the affair and starts In pursuit of the couple. If he has the better horse, and tney have not too good a start, he may catch them and briug his daughter back home. In such coses ho seems to have no particular anger toward the young man. whom he considers to have made a square, ojien tight for his heart's choice. Like as not tbe young folk try it again, and. having learned something from their first failure, are successful. If they do get across the river in safely, and are married, they are generally forgiven when tbey get home. Fathers have seen so much of the eloping that they take It much as a matter of course." N. Y . Tribune. Ropes of Human A curiosity exhibited in a tho National Museum is a about four feet long and Hair. glass case at piece of rope six Inches in diameter made of human hair. " That Is one of the most Interesting ob jects shown in this Institution." sold Prof. Otis T. Mason to a Washington Star re porter. " It is from Japan, and is only a f ragmenL Here is a photograph of a great Buddhist temple. In the building ot which such rope was used. The steps of the structure, as you see, are fairiy covered with great coils of It somo thousands ol feet altogether. I will explain to you bow it came to be made. "According to religious usage, a temple of the Buddhist faith must be erected with the utmost regard for piety in every de tail. Ouly pious hands of true believers must be employed in the building of it, and no profane material of any sort can be utilized. For example tt would lie a saorl lege to use ordinary ropes of hemp or other vulgar vegetable material for the rigging ot derricks and the hoisting of stones. " Onlv mix-s of human hair will do, and it Is necessary that these shall be contrib uted by faithful worsliiten who are willing to sacrifice their locks to the holy purpose. You can see for yourself that this spevi- men In the caw Is woven from all sorts of hair, the voting and the old of both sexes contributing. To my mind it Is a very won derful and picturesque notion, that of the good ieople coming by thousands and marching in line to have their hair cut off, so that the sacred object may be ac complished. You can figure to yourself the aged submitting their crowns to the ooeration of the shears, together with the young men and women, and even the children. Here in this short length are mingled all shades, from the tow of In fancy to the white or tho octogenarian. " It must have required a great raulti tudo of people to supply hair enough to make such great lengths of thick cable as thoso. But there is a reward for the sac rifice, inasmuch as the rope, when tho temple has been ccmploted. Is put away In side and carefullv guarded always as one of the sacred objects stored in tho place. A Buddhist shrine is always combined with a sort of religious museum." t-orean tvonners. Corea, like' Hie world of tho ancient, has its " seven wonders." Briefly stated they are as follows; First, n hot mineral spring near Kin-bhiuiXao, tbe healing properties of which are believed to be miraculous. No matter what disease may afflict the patient a dip In the water proves efllaclous. The second wonder Is two springs situated at a considerable distance from each other; in fact, they havo the breadth of the entire peninsula between thorn. They have two peculiarities. When one is full tho other is always empty, and not withstanding the obvious fact that they arc connected by a subterranean passage one is of tho bitterest bitter uud the other pure and sweet. The third wonder Is cold wave cave, a cavorn from which a wlntery wind per petually blows. Tho force of tho wind from tho cave Is such that a strong man cannot stand before it. A forest that cannot be eradicated Is the fourth wonder. No mat tor whut injury is done to tho roots of the trees, which are largo pinos, they will sprout up again directly liko the pbueuix from her ashes. The fifth Is tho most won derfulofall. It is tho famous "floating stone." It stands, or seems to stand, in front of the palace erected in its honor. It is an Irregu lar cube of great bulk. It appears to be resting on tho ground, free .from supports on all sides, but, strange to say, two mou at opposite euds of a rope may pass it un der the stono without encountering any obstacle whatever. The sixth wonder is the "hot stone," which from remote ages has lain glowing with heat on tho top of a high hill. The seventh and last Corcan wonder is a drop of the sweat of Buddha. For thirty paces around tho largo teniplo in which it is en shrined not a blade of grass will grow There are no trees or flowers inside the sacred square. Even the animals decline to profane a spot so holy. St Louis B oublio. Playing Cards with a Uurj'ar. "I am a burglar," a man writes the Atchison Globe, " and your late sug gestion of the vagaries of a lonesome man reminds me of an experience I once had. One rainy night I went out from Chicago to rob a house in a suburban town, and effected an entrance without much trouble. The house was unoccu pied ; I had received a tip that the owner's folks were away, and that be had gone after them. But I didn't know but that there was a watchman, o I was a little careful lh my business. After entering the most of the rooms I concluded that I was alone, so I puBhed open a door, and walked into an upstaiis room near tbe front of tbe house. Greatly to my surprise I found a man lying on the bed, smoking a cob pipe ; there was a bright moon outside by this time, the sky having cleared, and as he had tho shutters open, and the blinds up, the room was quite light. It was the proprietor ; he was uot going after his family until the next duy. The fellow was the coolest one I ever saw ; he amoked away, apparently en joying my surprise but filially he said : Well, who are you? I knew I was in for a tussle, so I said I was a burglar, all the time watching him. He made no attempt to move, remaining stretched out upon the bed and puffing away at the cob pipe. '1 11 toll you what I'll do with you,' he said. 'I'm lonesome, and if you will amuse me until I am sleepy, you can take anything you want. I'll show you what we've got ; it ain't much ; and you can take your pick. What do you say?" "I supposed the fellow was playing me a trick, but he seemed perfectly In earnest, and got up and made a light. Producing a p ck of cards from a table drawer, he began shuttling them, and invited me to play 'California Jack' for fifty cents a hand. Remembering thut 1 had no pipe, he found another oue. with a sack of tobacco, and t hen, seating himself again, asked me to cut for tbe deal. He made three points to my oue, and I threw htm out a silver half dollar. This pleased him so much that he pro duced a jug of wlskey and a pitcher of water, but be had only one glass, and said he wouldn't go down stairs after another one. He was quite gay over having company, and drank so much that he be Ran boasting after a while that he could beat any man on earth play ing 'California Jack.' He did play a surprisingly good game; he won S3 from me in two or three hours. When daylight began to show itself I said I must be going, whereupon he took up the lamp to show me his silverwarethat I might pick out what I wanted. But I didn't want anything, so ho let me out the front door and I went sneaking home. I often met the fellow after ward ou the streets .but he only laughed, and I knew he would never give me away." Successful African Ksplorers. The Dark Continent has been crossed from roost to coast just sixteen times. Here, according to a writer in the French magazine Exploration, is a complete chronological list of tbe ciosslngs : 1H1J-1S11, from Angola to Tete on the Zambet-i, by the Portuguese Uonorate da Casta. l&tvlStlS. from Mozambique to Ben guela, by the Portuguese, F. J. Colmbra. 1S5H856. from Benguela to tbe mouth ot the Bouuma. by the Portuguese, Sylvs Porto. lf&t-lt&S. from San Paulo de Loando to Quilliuiaue, by Livingstone. lSCo-lt. from Tripoli to the Gulf of Gunea. by tbe Germau, G. Kohlfs. lr-7J l!75. from Bagaraoyo t the Ben guela. by Lieutenant Cameron. 1S741H77. lro.n Haganioyo to the mouth of the Congo, by Henry M. Stanley. Oiffi-lsV. from Benimela to Po. t Natal, by the Portuguese. Sort Pinto. lfcNMSCi. from buakln to I e mouth of the Niger, by two Italians. Malteuci and M.issarl. ISSi 1"4. from San Paulo de Loan. la to Baadani, by the German, Major Wiss- man. 18SMt. from Port Natal to Benguela, by the Scotch missionary Arnat. l&l-l&w. from Mossaineues to yuilll- mase. by two i onuguese. lapcuo anu Ivans. lbSS-lS. nai the Stanley rails to Bogamoyo, by tbe Swede, Lieutenant Gleruff. lS-6-lVii, from tbe mouth of tbe Congo to Qulllimane. by the Austrian Oscar Lenz. 17-10. from Angola to Mozambique. by the Frenchman, Captain Trevier. lsri-lftu. from tne mourn oi tne conce to Bapamoyo, by Stanley. What th V lr Will la War. ' Tne great General of the future." said a prominent military critic not long ago, "will be a quiet man st the end of a telegraph wire." To a certain extent this description appiiea to tcM .Mar shal Von Moltke. Hut it will be still 1 ruer of the successful leader in the next European war. A despatch from Lon don shows how England is preparing for the change. It saya : An elaborate system of war telegraph ing has ben arranged between the Ad miralty Department ana the 1'ost olace. It is now possible by this arrangement, upon short notice, to connect every tele-, cxanh station on tbe coast directly with the Admiralty office. Quite a contrast between the old picture of The Duke ot Wellington, rid ng about amid tire and cannon balls." and a military leader who does his work silting at a desk In an office like a nierobant. conning bulletins from bis various subordinates as they come In on a "ticker," and despatching orders, not by aide de camp, but by tele graphic despatch, Just as a speculator wires bis broker to "buy ten Septem ber!" There Is nothing dramatic about that way ot conducting a campaign. Tbe picturesquenesa of poetry is knocked out of war. and it has become a grim business even In Its superficial aspects, as it always was in Its underlying reality. Milwaukee Wisconsin. Kxpi-etlag Too Much. Mistress Sakes alive) You have cooked that turkey that I got for Thanksgiving, Instead of the roast the butcher sent. Servant Sure, 01 dldut know It was th' mate ye wanted for to-day. You might have known that I wanted the turkey for Thanksgiving without my telling you. Molght Ol, indade? Did yez explct ter git a molnd-rader for free dollars a wake ! New York Weekly. Cream Potatoes. One of the most dollclous ways of pro narinir now potatoes for the table 19 to cream them. The following recipe has never boen known to fall : Cut four or five bollod potatoes Into slices; mix together one-half toaspoonful of butter and the same quantity of flour, which should mako a smooth yellow paste. Add this to one half pint ot milk, which has been allowed tn come to a boll : stir until thick and creamy; add potatoes and cook from live to ten minutes. . Care should be taiten iu preparing a larger quautity to keep In proper proportions. Relief from Coma. A mrresnondont kindly sends the fol lowing: "While so much walking Is bolng done on mountain and shore It Is well to know of a relief for corns. Boll a potato with the skin on; after it Is cooked take the skin and apply the Inside to tho corn, allowing It to remain there for twelve hours. At the end of that period the corn will be nearly cured. Try this romedy at least twloe before saying It Is ol no use. Three Aceompllahmenta. Here are three accomplishments which the late Justice Miller of the Uuited States Buoreme Court said every girl should know: 1. She should be able to ride a horse B-racefullv and fcarlesslv. 3. She should bo able to read aloud well 8. She should know how to write an en tertaining letter. Handkerchiefs, If washed In one's bed' room, may be made to look as smooth as If an Iron bad pressed them If, after they are wrung as dry as possible, they are pinned Hat against a looking-glass or window-pane and left there till dry. FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER. Votes Gathered From Everywhere Thai Evvrjr Woman Should Know. Bweot clover, picked when In bloom gives a fresh and dainty odor to clothes among which it is pi iced; and rose aud geranium leaves, dried, give also a pleas ant fragrance. If a tablespoonful of kerosene is put In to four quarts of tepid water, and this It used for washing windows and mirrors Instead of pure water, there will remain upon the cleaned surface a polish no mount of more friction can give. When buying tin covers for kettles be sure they have rings of wire on the top in stead of flat bandies soldered on. A good way to discover the presence ol moths, and also to destroy them, is to place a lighted candle In a basin of water; the moths will be attracted by tho bright flume and will drop Into tbe water. The burning of camphor gum or sulphur will destroy Insects. The basin of water is always necessary as a safeguard against fire. In that place your little iron pot, half filled with ashes, and the camphor or sulphur. Saturate this well with alco hol, and set it afire. Have tbe room closed tightly while the smoking Is going on, and be sure that no one inhales tbe fumes. "Aunt Sarah" gives an excellent receipt for cleaning silver. Rub the silver with a piece of an old, soft napkin moistened with a little olive oil ; then rub it well with calcined magnelsia, using a brush when necessary, uud afterword with a clear. Soft chamois. It is suid that if lamp-burners are put in water in which beans have leen boiled and are allowed to boil until clean they will keep their brightness for a great length of time. Tomatoes, If bottled whole, that Is, cooked only sufficient to soften, not to break them, will be found delicious to slice or use whole with lettuce as a salad when the jar is opeuod in the winter. It is well to try preserving-jars to see It they are air-tight before fruit is put In them. -111 three-quarters full of water place tbe rubber and top on aud screw as tight as possible; stand the jars top-side down, and if the water escapes it Is cer tain the fruit would not keep. If soap and baking powder are rubbed on grass stains and allowed to remain awhile before washing the stains will usually disappear. Bntfermtlk for the Complexion. i maao a can on a very pretty young friend the other day. and was m ved to Comment upon the exquisite whiteness of i her complexion. I begged her to tell me what particular face-bleach, or cosmetic, or wash, she had been using. For a min ute she hesitated, and then, with a be witchlug little pout, she said: "It is buttermilk !" "Is there tor particular way to apply itr I asked. "Just wash your face well with mater, and then tak? a silk sponge and "pat' if cu all over your face and neck. Then when you get up In the morning wash in ch ar water, and then in some more ot the but termilk, and dry your faoe thoroughly with a crash towel. You can get your milkman to bring you in a pint or so every morning, and you will find it a cheap as well as a perfect cosmetic." And when I said good-by to my friend that day I went straight to a dairy and asked for buttermilk, haunted all the wiiile by the memory of my friend's loveiy comp'exion. I could not wait for morn ing aud tbe milkman. Washington Post. Kxr-cllnly roRTtalfsl. One of the most useful Inventions of the season is a ri "ing board. This very sim ple thing combines utility with prettiness to the meet delightful fashion. A board two and one a'f feet by two ret is cov ered with a pietly tint of canton tlann-1 Ihriit blue mn':es a dainty looking afjlr. although dark red or ftajre green might be more useful. The tltilngs" of the board, eon-lstlng of blotter, inkstand. pen-wip-T and stamp pockets, together with places for pens, pencils, scissors, knife, sealiug ftc, are all n.ade with stripe of the cantou flannel, held in p!aoe bv small brass beaded nails. At each and of the boaid are hanging-pockets of the canton flannel for paper, envelopes and sundries; or. if preferred, oue end may have a silk poucli held in place with a taut elastic at tbe top. X U hll IXO BOARD FOR THE LAP. This will furve as a rweptade for spools, needle-book. etc. These boards form a prettv top for any common litUe table. and. held on the lap. make most conve nient and desirable writing tablets, says tbe Sew York Tribune. Two straps of leather or stout braid or other material ran be attached to one end of the board to hang It up by, when it makes handy wall ornament. BUILDING A LOG CABIN. paa and Hard Work la Earlr Day aa thr Wftra Froattvrw Lop-oaliln ImiUlinj? was creat run to th boys, although they did uot dad it easy work. Thr was a n'rtain nwrolty about tlio raising of tho slru-tun that was to be a homo, and an luteivst in loarninif the us of rud tools, that lastod until the raWu was tlnishod. The maul and the wedjres, the trow and the little maul intended for It, and all the other means and appliances ot the building wens all new and strange to these briKht lads. First, the siw of the cabin, twelve feet wide aud twenty foot long, was marked out on the site on which it was to rise, and four hiro were laid to dotlue the foundation. Those wore the sills of the new bouse. At eaoh end of every loir two notches were cut. one on t he under side and oue on the upper. to lit into similar notches cut in the log be low, and in that which was to be placed on top. So each corner was formed by these interlacing and overlapping ends. The logs wore piled up, one above another, just as children build "cob-houses" from odds and ends of playthings. Cabin builders do not say that a cab n is a certain number ot feet high; they usually say that it is ten logs high, or twelve logs high, as the case may be. When the structure is as high as tho eaves are intended to be, the top logs are bound together, from side to side, with smaller logs tittcd upon the upper logs ot each side and laid across as if they were to be ho supports of a lloor for auothet sto ry. Thou tho gablo-ouds are built up of logs, shorter and shorter as the pVak of the gable is approached, and kept in place by other small logs laid across, endwise of the cabin, aud locked into the end of each log lu C gable until all are in place, Ou those transverse logs, or rafters, the roof is laid. Holes are cut or sawed through the logs for the door and wiudows, aud the house begins to look habitable. The settlers outhe Republican Fork cut the holes for doors aud windows before they put on the roof, and when the layer of split shakes that made tho roof was in place, and tho boys bounded Inside to see how things looked, Uiey were greatly amused to uotlce how light it was. The space butwecn the logs was almost wide enough to crawl through, Oscar said. But they had studied log-cabin building enough to know that these wide cracks were to bo "chluked " with thin strips of wood, the refuse of shakes, driven lu tightly, and then daubed over with clay, a Hue bed ot which was fortunately near at baud. The provident Vouukins had laid away in his own cabin tho sashes and glass for two small windows; and those he had agreed to sell to the new-comers. Partly-hewn logs for lloor joists were placed upon the ground inside the cablu, previously leveled oil for the purpose. On these were laid thick slabs of oak and hickory, riven out of logs drawn from the grove near by. The slabs of hardwood were ' puncheons," and fortunate as was the man who oould havo a lloor of sawed lumber to his cabin, he who was obliged to use puncheons was better off than those with whom timber was so scarce that tbe natural surface of the ground was their only lloor. Noah iirooka in bt. Nicholas. To get rid of red ants use strong, boll lug-hot alum water. cDf E ' BiOtliNfc PAD n 4D k A fcJ How tne far Is Made. The human ear," said a scientist to a Washington Star reporter, " Is an organ tha true inwardness of which the physicians have never been able to get at. They can examine the interior of tbe eye with ease by throwing into its dark chamber a ray of light reflected from a little mirror, and of late they have found it possible even to see the gray matter of the brain t.-y looking through tbe little canal by which the optic nerve enters. The cavity behind the nose they Inspect with the aid of a light placed far bock in the mouth. They have no dif ficulty iu seeing into the stomach by an electric apparatus ; the intestines likewise are readily enough investigated and tbe bladder also. But the ear, as to its inter nal arrangements, is unapproachable. It is even impossible todisseet it satisfac torily after death, for the reason that the parts collapse at once when the vital spark leaves the body. The drum in a living per son bars the way to observation, aud, even though it be pierced, the winding passages beyond cannot be seen through. On the other side of the drum are the three little bones the mallet, the anvil and the stir rup which act upon each other as levers. Tbe drum acts as a sort of buffer, and the mallet. Immediately in contact with it, convey the sound waves through the anvil and the stirrup to tho 'cochlea,' a spiral sbell-shuped chamber just behind and above the external opening ot tbe ear. This shell is composed of filaments of the auditory nerve, coiled spirally and each one erect aud waving tremulously in re sponse to the slightest waves of sound. They carry the sound Impressions directly to the brain, aud so delicate is their eR-n-tiveness that the hearer perceives not only the degree of loudness, but even the finest quality of a sound, the harmony of tones, and tho distance from which it comes. The moment that life becomes extinct, how ever, tbe spiral shell of nerves collapses and the marvelous organ is a dead thing; unsatisfactory to the investigating anato mist. If only it hail been found possible to examine the internal structure of the living ear aural surgery might perhaps amount to something to-day. The science of treating the ear was born when Helm holz invented the simple instrument called the opthalmoscope for inspecting its inte rior. There are plenty of ear doctors, and people pay big prices for being treated by them for deafness, but did you ever know of a case where the patient was really much benefitted by anything he could do? l have Known dozens or aeat persons wno have persistently sought relief at the hands of aural s;ieejaiists, but not one ot tbem has been cured or maleriallv helped. simply because science has ai-liieved hard ly anything iu that branch ot knowledge." Bpaatan Pnllteaeau The Spanish lover has a very pretty way of saying: " I throw myself at your feet; senorita." Of course he does nothing of j the kind. The Spanish hostess says to her I friends. " Possess yourself of my house, it ! is ail yours," but she does not expect them to take - ctual possession. The words are the flower of chivalry. But an occasional visitor takes these polite people at their word, and they are too polite to explain tbe mistake. When Gen. and Mrs Grant were in Cuba they were invited to dine at the palace of the Governor-General in Ha vana. In the evening a ball was given which was attended by the beauty of the city Imnmrllwuiinrilu raw luilil who stood conversing with the American General's wife. She was superbly dressed and carried a marvelous fan which had de- scended to her from her great-gTandmoth- j er. It was a costly affair of carving, lace : and diamonds. Mrs. Grant admired it, i upon which the Spanish lady at once j handed it to her with the usual remark: "It : is yours, tuadaine, with the greatest feliei- j ty. Do me the great favor to possess j yourself of It." M rs. Grant was delighted ; S she warmly thanked the lady and kept the fan. nor would the dismayed senorita. who had lost an heirloom, permit the mistake to be annotimcd. CONSUMPTION. 1 hT a passu, rttofdj for tbe above duwasw: by it net Tlyin nil mf rarwe ot tbe worst load a&d of laoc etaadmc be beea cored. IrxWd eo efrooe; is my tVxth fen ite eficacy. that I w Jl nd two bOTTLU nu. with a VALUABLE TRhATISK oa tba dieeane u asr eoi fererwbowtUeead oavtbter Kxiwveaaad K O. addreea. T. A. SUraes, M. C, l3 PeaW St.. N. Y. BLAKE, M0FF1TT tt TOWNE, lMPORTOCS ANS IEALES IX BOOK, NEWS. WRITING AND WRAPPING P A R ER S CARD STOCK. STRAW AXD BETDEKS' BOARD. Patf-m Macbtae-made Bar. 512 and 516 Sacraments. San F ranci-ov A. Zellerbach Sons, PAPER WAREHOUSE, Clay Street. PBJjrrtw SrrrLxxs a Spboaltt Tne Ulllmarc. "I'll tell you one reason why girls obliged to support themselves do not mas ter housework in all its details or become ei ports as dressmakers or milliners." said a woman who after many years service as a " working girl " is now in a position to hire and doesgiveemployment to upwards of twenty young women. "It is because, as a rule, womeu who hire women to work for them do not know how to treat such employes. On tbe other hand, men who require the services of girls or women do know how to treat them. It is not that working girls desire their employers to treat them as equals, but that they do not desire to have omtinually thrown in their f,.uc Ka r.. thai t(,.. 4 m HkmiMl t . , , ... . a-iirc for a livinir. A man hires inrl tit work in his store or office, sees to it that she does her work rigliltv. uavs her her wages, and that's the end of it. The aver- .... at-v woman employer doe all ot these : 1- " things, but she is continually doing little j d'3 to and fro several times by the side of indescribable things not called for and all I the eye the air in front was transformed calculated to make auv girl of spirit aud i lnla t'1 of w- 00 which was re energy lose patieuce." Detroit Free tlecteJ what was ttien supposed to be "a Press. me orowtusn oiseoiorauon of ceilings where gas is used is caused by dust car - ried against them by tho heated air cur- rents produced by the gas. 5 Put that inybur prpe andomoKeir Price ought to be one ol the least considerations when buyiug smoking tobacco. It you want the best ami are willing to pay a few cents extra, buy the Mastiff Plug Cut; there is more solitj comfort in ne package than you win get out of a tlozen others. Packed in canvas pouchse. J. B. Pace Tobacco Co., KMhiuood. Virtula. CLUFF BROTHERS, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. (4- STORES) Orders by Mall Promptly Filled. Packed and Shipped Free of Chars. Send tor price list, or send u a list t what you want and we will pat prioeo to tt and mall tt back lor your approval, by which you can see what you aaw by entering from ua. AU good guar anteed as repreaented. n CLUFF BROTHERS, 9 Montgomery Avenue, S. 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Vhcei I kit ctzrv I do not i foe a uaeaadtnea ba lacatvcsra aain. leant radical cure. I bar made ta d eease ol FITS. KPL LEPSY or FALLING SICKSS a UlVlooc etady. I wmjTad mj mneqy to care the worst ceeea. B re efbecs have fauad is do reeeca tor not aov recwrrnac a care. Sod at occ fur a treatise aod a Frv BuCXic oi mj irfa"- remedy. Gitw Expreei and Poet Qfice, If. a, ROOT. M. C 13 Peart s Jfi- T. tfiH tvui to BOYS and GIRLS eiWS !! vm distribute prv$nts for m. Wnte for particulars t X tBlON P. WHEEUJ; 2614 Pol stryH-t, San FrttunsoiK CaL PRINTERS ! 1X1 11H kW- What th new Stlf-Spaoinc. Tvps k? It no, do yourWv-j a god turn fcywrltine to Bivctfc SHATTtVa. 4aV Wajshintoa St-. San rancirox. for a Sprcinten Bofc. it saw per ceot. in nipa3xion, and is perfection tn faoe and Ju"tt DcaUtHi. No Charge to Join. uoatpars thing lor Dochmg. Sec that voa set value Kir value. We do a general merchandise business, carry a very large stock, and can snpry all your wants vPtlv and earetnlhr- Address lor price list. Smiths Cash Store, 410-41S Front Street, ban r-rancisco, t-aL ta Cam See- toar Owa Braia, I On the authority of lr. Fraser Halle, it ! 9.lllte. possible for a man to see his own bnun. rifty years have elapsed since l ,.1 . -.-. I ...... V..- .... luaeiuiitou iiuttv vi 1. vi iuv reuua. bir j. (men Mr.) vt neatstone oeuevea it, to be " the shadow of the vasouiar network." ; Mavo thought it was "an image ot the ! blood vessels of the retiua." Sir Benjamin xrouie saiu 11-was w mm realty incompre hensible. By means of more careful draw ings Dr. Fraser Halle resumed the ex plorations, and succeeded in identifying the picture with the representation of the anterior lobe of the cerebrum. The pic ture consists, he has long observed, ot red convolutions with dark interspaces," among which a whitish admixture is sometimes visible. These, he says, con stitute exactly the image of folds of the anterior lobe of the brain with the furrows between them. The caudle should be moved to and fro about four inches below the eye, aud three aud a quarter inches from the face. Wheu the movement ceases the undulations, of course, also cease and the image disappears. A red dish mist appears first, and the image is soon developed aud defined. Night is the best time for it, but it can be seen in a dark place faiutly in the daytime. Chi cago Sews. The emperor of Germany lives in fear of being poisoned. The British government promises to subsidize a telegraph cable from Vancouver to Japan by way of the Aleutiau islands. Seuior Admiral Wallis of the Brit ish navv, who commanded the Shan non when she captured the American frigate Chesapeake off -Boston in 1S12, died in London Feb. 12, aged 100. 23S-