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o i ft MANY MILLION PINS. QRCAT NUMBIR USKO IN AMIR- ICA EVERY DAY. . Dally Demand la Almost Fabitlona- , Com pit x Prwcoeaoa Through Which the MapU Little) Implement lWl U Uta Courae of Manufactur. i It reuulrea an average of more than twenty million plus per day to suatalu tue railing eklrta, replace tbe tnlaatug auaptmder buttons and uiwt tit other needa of tbe American people. What Iwcomea of ill tbeee plus U a question that nobody baa bwu ablo to answer, but tbr la uo fulling off lu tbe de mand, ao tbat thla uuiiibcr must dis appear In aoiu maimer ever da. It la bard to Iwaglue anything alui pier tban a pin, am! It la a atrlalng IHDot of tba complications of our mod us luduatrial ajrvteiu tbat ever pin In tb count) of Ita manufacture ixtssca through a doaeu aeparate prowaece, In volving tbe grvatcet skill ou tbo part of the operatives employed aud tbe action f a groat aiuoout of automatic ma chinery. Tbe pin makes Ita appearance at ttio factory lu tbe form of barrela of colled ortua wire. Tb Ural prwte ta (lint of stralgbteulng tbla wire. The colls are ulacvd ou revolvlug ruck, and fed (idiu these Into Utile machines, from the vise like grip of which they emerge perfectly straight. Tbenee the wire l fed luto t!ie plu iniikiug mar III no, which I aliuoat a complicated m a printing pros. A aharp knife cuu tbe wire off luto uniform length! of tile de sired alie. Aa each little longtb of wire drop from the knlfo It falla niton a tuall wheel, tbe edge of wblvb ta notched Into groove Juat large euoiigb to bold tbe oh of wire. Kaeh piece la carried along by tbe wbeel uutll au Iron finger aud tbumb else aud bold It nruily, while an auto matic hammer, by a alugle amart blow, puta a bead on oue end. Then tbe em bryo plua fall upon another grooved wheel, which revolvea horlaontally, Aa Ibey move on In the clasp of tbla see ond wbeel the projecting eud paaa over a number of circular ateel (Ilea, w hich neatly grlud them to a point Further on they encouner a pumice atoue, which amootbea off tbe Oled end, aud then tbey drop Into a womten re ceiving box. 80 far no workman' bnnd baa touched tbe plna In their progrea from tbe reel Tbe cutting, beading, pointing and amootblug have all been dune by the wouderful automatic ma chinery. From tbe wooden boxes the plna go to the "whitening" room, where Ibey are cleaned In revolving barrel Oiled with aawduat aud receUe a nickel coat ing In big vat. Then they are dried In the aawduat barrela and ate run through "aortlng" machine. It ta Im possible to get the belter of tbla ma chine. The big department atorea and whole sale dealers buy their plua by tbe case. A case contalua 108 doxen paiera. 3(H) pins in each paper. A single order from the- largest atorea usually calls for 100 eases, or nearly 60,000,000 pin. Sew York Herald. WORST PARASITES I'pon the Unman Sac Are Arletocrels of China and Bpain. The aristocracy of China are tbe most useless human beluga In tbe world. It ta no uncommon thing for the anceators of some man who baa done aervlce to tbe state to be ennobled backward for several generations, and no aristocracy can be more useless than one which consists largely of those wbo aie de ceased. Among more advanced nations tbe aristocracy of Spain Is probably tbe taost useless. Tbe strain of Moorish blood ruaalng In many of the oldest families In tbat peninsula appeara to conduce toward an Indolent pride, which prevents their members from taking part U any professions but those of the army and navy now open to them to a limited extent Tbe consti tution of 1STU, by making tbe Upper House of tbe Cortes, or parliament, conx'.st wholly of life members, aud thoft mainly elective, deprived many aristocrats of tbe opportunity of use fulness as politicians, while tbe back wardness of agriculture and the pov erty of much cf tbe land are excuses given by others for not employing themselves upon their own estates. Tbe Spanish noble, moreover, generally pre fers foreign health or pleasure resorts to bis own country. An American wbo baa spent more of Lis life In 8pa'.n than lu his own coun try recounts a conversation be bad with one ol Spain's greatest living statesmen about the Spaniard's nation el dream. "Scnor," said the Spanish grandee, "we do not waut to shine a a commer cial nation. We do not like work. We Lave in the past filled tbo proud posi tion of tbe greatest empire. It was very fatiguing. At the present day Spain baa got back to ber sense. We teach our youths to be reflned-to be gentle men." KLOPEMfiNTS RARE IN FRANCE. Parental Convent Stqnirej No Matter What the .t of Parties. ' JE'opemeDts are of very Infrequent oc currence In Stotnce, fact tbat la due U large measun to tbe peculiarity of cte French lew pertaining to mar iifcgae. Not only must tbe contracting parties up to any age have the writ ten consent of their parents, but also la case of the death of their parents tiiey muet obtain tbe consent of their rT&od4.3nta. Here Is a case Instanced by 4 correspondent whose friend Su aaznt U. was engaged to Ileurl S. lki(ii were orpbaas, yet It was several months before the ceremony could be performed because of the number of patera and certificates which were nec essary for the celebration of their nup tials. Na less than fourteen certificates wtre absolutely Indispensable, and 6u xanne, as well ns ber fiance, was obliged to show In default of their pannta' presence or written consent: First, ber father's death certificate; second, ber mother's death certificate; third, ber father's father's death certifi cate; fourth? ber fatber'r mother's daath certificate; fifth, ber mother's father's death certificate; sixth, ber mother a mother's death certificate; seventh, ber own birth certificate. Sev eral months elapsed before all these papers could be got together. (Vben at last all was ready Suzanne B. appeared at the me.Me and Inquired when she might be married. "Have you tbe consent of your consell de fam ine?" (family council, wblcb regulates tbe affairs of orphans and minora) was tbe question. "No. My parents died Intestate." "Then you can't be legally married." "But I have no consell do famllle." "Well, then, get ono as soon ' as possible," was tbe reply. And poor Suz&nne was forced to write to all her relatives In all corners of France many of whom she bad neve" ku1 expense, worry and trouble, not to sprat of lawyers' fee, etc.. tbe various members of the couacll de fauillle were! at last collected together to give their consent to tbe marriage of Buiauue and llenri. MRS. SAQa UUAROS RUSSELL id Object to Newspaper Men-Trlea to frevaal Interview. "Mr. Rueaetl Sage reaenta very much th pleaanutrles which the newspaper are always printing about 'Undo Him lellV little foibles," remarked au old reporter. "Every time the anuunl etory come out about Uncle Huesetl'a fit spring; ault Mrs, Sage has a kpoll of declaring that she never will allow hint to talk for tbe newapapera again, Dur ing oue of these little Indignation chill a couple of year ago I wna worklug on a New York paper, and wae aeut out to Interview Mr. Bage. u 'Mr. tUge I at dinner,' said the aor vant who took lu my card. 1 at down to wait. Mud through the door 1 heard the voice of tbe old people discussing the matter, M'l tell you, Russell, they alwaya misrepresent you, and I don't want you ever to talk to one again,' eatd Mr. Sage. "'But thl may be something that will coat me eome money if it geta In without a denial,' persisted Uncle Boa sell, "Finally the servant cam back and aid that Mr. Sage waa very sorry, but begged to be excuaed. I wrote on the back of uiy eardt 'Mr, Sage, the New York has Information that a vio lent quarrel took place to-day between youraetC aud George Cloultl over tbe management of the Western Union. Tbe story will be printed lu the morn ing. Have you anything to say?" "That brought htm out. In two min utes 'your Uncle Buaaell' appeared. and, to tell the truth, he la oue of tb moat affable and apparently straight forward old gentlemen I ever Inter- viewed." Chicago Inter Ocean, The French peasants who live near the aewage farm have eutered a pro test because of tbe contamluatlou of their well. Tbe population of tbe earth aa esti mated by Krnest George Havensteln some few year ago for tbe Uoyal Geo graphical Society waa MiJ7.000.000. Tbe velocity of light la 192.000 utile In a secood of time. From the un light come to the earth lu eight min ute, From some of the fixed stara of the twelfth magnitude It take four thousand year for the light to reach us. In the London Hospital for Consump tion tbo basis of treatment la rest In th open air, graduated exercise and good feeding. No window In tbe open air ward I ever closed, and during the cold weather tbe consumptive patient are kept warm with extra clotblug and artificial beat. It la em-ouraglug to note that practically all the early cases aud 70 per cent of all eases Improve consid erably under the opcu air ayatem. Last summer a Norwegian mariner. Captain Urondabl, succeeding In trans porting two young muak-oxen alive from northeastern Greenland to Trora so. These are said to be the first living specimen of their specie ever brought to Europe. It Is reported tbat tbey are doing well amid tbelr new surround ings. Tbe musk-ox, next to tbe white bear, I tbe largest laud tuammal In habiting tb Arctic regloua. It attalna a height of nearly, or quite, four feet, and la clothed by nature to endure ex treme cold. During tbe Arctic aummer musk-oxen become rery fat from feed ing upon tbe pasturage wblcb growa In every sheltered spot, but In winter tbelr long fast make tbetn gauut and thin. Morrla Glbb describe what prob ably tbouaanda of our readera have ob servedthe very carious hovering, or dancing, habit of a species of two winged tiles, wblcb assembl In groups of from 20 to 100 or more. In soma spot sheltered from the wind, and Indulge In a fantastic dance for hours at a time. The motions consist of alternate rising and falling In perloda of a few seconds, and over a distance varying from one to four feet The Insects seem to be come so Interested In tbelr sport If sport It Is, that tbey cannot be driven away from one another, but Immedi ately reform their companies when dis turbed. Many species of Insects have the habit of hovering In the air, some In parties only and somo singly. Recent experiments at Shctttcld, Eng land, suggest tbe possibility that In the twentieth century shields may once more form an Important part of the equipment of an army. Steel shields, three millimetres In thickness and about 150 square Inches lu area, have been devised, which afford complete protection against bullets fired from tbe service rifle at a range of 400 yard. Tbe small size of the shield, wblcb welgha only seven pounds, requires that tbe soldier shall lie prone on the ground In order to be abeltered. Each shield bas a loophole for the rifle, and studs at tbe side ao that a series of them can be linked Into a continuous screen. Tb Idea ta tbat by tbe use of such shields tbe necessity of digging trenches may often be avoided. Fend. There Is a feud, understand, between the Bucks and the Brlghts, mountain eers In Kentucky. All tbe Bucks bate and are bated by all tbe Brlghts, ex cepting only Bill Buck and Sal Bright, who love each other madly, devotedly. "Be mine!" Bill bas just implored as our story opens. "You must ask papa!" Sal Is now fal tering. Tbe casual reader might hastily con jecture tbat true love was hereby given the cold bottle empty. Not so, however, for old man Bright knows something of human nature. "Certainly!" he replies In all cordial ity, when Bill asks him for the band of his daughter In marriage. "Tbat will make the feud unanimous." These simple people, It Is perhaps proper to explain, have not figured in literature long enough as yet to have acquired much of a dialect Detroit Journal. Big Apple Tree. A few years ago there was on a farm near Stuart, Va., an apple tree which produced at one bearing 130 bushels. It shaded at meridian ulnety feet of ground In diameter. There Is but one thing tbat w.omen are more apt to discover than tbe faults of men and tbat la the faults of other women. . The most of our troubles are two thirds anticipation aud one-third reali sation. ..-war: 5t TIDE OF Its Ebbs and Hi OT only does Immigration Into th L'ulted States exceed that luto any other country lu the world, but It la of a character which makes the subject one of the greatest Interest and well worth the study of historian aud political economist. In ancient time whole nations emigrated and sought hew home, driven from their former once by oppression and force, or lured from them by the at tractions of more fertile fields and more KltB AND FLOW genial climates of other region. One of th greatest of these early migra tions was tbe passage of 2,300,0(10 Is raelites out of Kgypt Into Palestine, But, aa la pointed out lu the report of tbe State Board of Ulutr Statistics, "not since the confusion of tongues at Babel, which led to the scattering of the people 'abroad upon tbe face of tbe earth,' has there been euythlug of aut h a cosmoplitMn nature aa that which forms the phenomenal Immigration to the American Statee." From the treaty of peace with Eng land lu 17K3 to Juno 30, 1HIM, accordlug to a careful col hit Ion of tbe llgures of accepted authorities, there arrived In the Htu tea 19,0u3,o3l Immigrants, drawn from every natiuu under tbe auu. Statlstlce of Immigration were not kept uutll 1810, "but It la couccdcd by statistical experts that the number of Immigrants arriving lu the twenty six yeara preceding was USO.iioo, exclu she of negroes." In the early periods of Immigration a whole year did not bring to these shores as many I in mi grants as la ltd now at tbe port of New York In a single week, "lu 1718 the Inndlug at Boston of live vessels, hav ing on board 750 Irish Immigrants, aud EXAMINATION BEFOItli In 1720 tbe arrival at Philadelphia lu one week of several small ship con taining passengers from Ireluud excit ed much comment; while even toward tbe close of that century the entry Into New York harbor lu oue day of two vessels laden with Germans created a sensation. During the era of Dutch rule In New Netherlands a couple of ships annually conveyed all the re-en- forccmenta to tbe colony, and In that whole tlnto the Immigration consisted of ouly a few thousand." From the time when the tide of Immi gration really began to set toward these shores until now, New York has been the great receiving and distribut ing point for the seekers of new homes. Of the entire number of Immigrants wbo arrived In tho United States from Oct. 1, 1810, to June 30, 18D8, nenrly 01) per cent, debarked at tho port of New York. Tills has bad much to do with keeping New York a cosmopolitan com munity. Governor Roosevelt, In writ ing of New York In 1775, says: "New York's population whs composed of various races, differing widely In blood, religion and conditions of life. In fact, thla diversity has always been the dominant note of New York. No sooner has one set of varying elements been fused together than another stream bas been poured Into tbe crucible." A glance at the chart published here with will show bow Immigration ebbs and flows from time to time. The Com missioner, In his report, says: "Tho fig ures In the tablo of annual arrivals in dicate that Immigration, like ocean tides, recedes for a while, then rises again. Aside from tbe civil war period and tbat part of the present decade ending June 80, 1808, the' Incoming wave of each decennial term rose blgh- AUOTWiamnxin " rrAir ;M8W,rWaUBr CetrWrf " """" ' WMM . j ; L tae ' -. Iflllfln 11 lislfi--R-iU stUl .1 ! IMMIGRANTS IN TUB IMMIGRATION! Flows Have Left Nearly ao, 000,000 Foreigners on Our 5hores. 4 er than the oue Immediately preceding It." Uermnny has furnished the largest number of Immigrants to the United States. Next lu order are Ireland, ICttglnmi and Wales, Norway and Swe den, British America, Italy, Austria Hungary, Russia and Poland, France, Scotland. China, SwlUerland, Den mark, the Netherlands, the Wet t- Uli. Sitnln and Port until. Asia, exclusive of China: Island.. ,f the OF IMMIGRATION. Attautlc, Mexico, Islands or tbe Pacific, South America, Central America aud Africa. . In the first decade the arrivals from Germany numbered ouly 0,701. Subse quently there was a rapid Increase from that country, reaching a maximum fiom 1MM to 1M0. There was a decided decrease In the two succeeding decades, but between 1KM and 1M00 the figure TUB HEALTH OFFICERS. rose to more than double tho number from any other country, and dropped considerably In the present decade. From IfttO to 1850, 07 per cent of" all Immigration was from tbo United King dom, and a large majority of tbe Immi grants were Irish, Irish Immigration Increased rapidly until IMOo, aud then decreased uutll 1870. Then for ten RAILWAY STATION. yeara It slowly increased again, and be tween 1881 and 1800 showed a marked Increase. Since 1800 Irish Immigration has decreased. The Immigration of HugllHh aud Welsh rose steadily until 1871, when for ten years there wna a fulling off. In the succeeding ten years, however, English and Welsh Immi grants Increased rapidly, outnumbering the Irish, and being second only to the Germuns. In tho lust seven years they again have fallen below tbo Irish lu numbers. Italian Immigration was small up to 1870, but since then It has rapidly been Increasing, and in the Inst seven years nearly half a million Ita l Inus have arrived here. Prior to 1871 Immigration from Russia and Poland wits Hiiinll, but sluee then it 1ms been Increasing fast, Bfld sluce 1800 over 417,000 Immigrants from those coun tries have arrived. The Immigrants ar riving In tho United States in the four years ending June 80, 1898, brought to tills country In cash tbe sum of $10, 437,420. " NORWAY. In One District Consumpi ion Uns In- creaaed Alarmingly, In writing of tho terrlblb scourge of consumption In Norway, u nlted States Consul Victor E. Nelson, located at Bergen, eayet In November of last year Dr. Claua Hausen, of Bergen, de livered a lecture before tbe Storthing, at Christiana, on the causes of tuber culoala aud tbe light against It He stated tbat during the 30 years of bla own experleuc consumption bad In creased In th Bergen district SO per cent. In th year 18W, 61 8 per cent, of all death between 13 aud SO year) of an were caused by tuberculosis, and statistics show that about 7.000 of the Inhabitants of Norway dla every year of this disease. In Knglnnd, he eitntluued. thev have eiieeei'ded during the last 60 yeara In reducing one half tbe number of tubereuluau easea. ami iihviletaiia attribute this to lucrens- i ..l.mi.niuiis In ICnailsb home life and 1 ha rectum of consumptive hos pital. The foremost endeavor In lighting tuberculosis should be lo agi tate fr areater rieauiuies 111 griierni particularly should efforts be directed airaliiMt the habit of expectorating. Hiatlxllc or rousumpiive afluiinniiiu ' In tiiriuany how that ! 13 per eeut, .if 1. Inmate were aitie iu wura utn v I., t ... l. at. prat ar after Die cure, uti per cent, sfter t wo yenra. 4.'i per cent, jifter three and 33 ptr cent, after four yeara. On an average. It It estimated that CO per cuit. itf the patlenta lu sanitarium have lelr ability to work lengthened by one! year. The advantages of pub- lie sanitarium for (otisumptlvea are ao greal that the tlermnu Invalid-Insur ance ittinpanles erect these Institutions simply for reason of economy. ; UTTMUcTueilr Hare 11 )ellci . fU Icaiirs ami In (J rest laitil- aeful te the Oyeter, The jeeyiud fur tbat little Southern HVijlU. ')'' oyaler crab,- I always larger man tne supiujr, auu wars t . an Co to obtain the fifty or sixty gi mus vhlch are dully required for fi voting stews and making omelets In the lending lintels, renin intuit and clubs of thia Vity," said a wholesale ilsb dealer In New York lo a Washington Star writer. "Our northern oystera do not contain the Utile dainties, ao I am obliged to buy them from the oyster whut kers along the iork, Itappahau timk and other southern rivers. The Chesapeake Bay shore oystermeu send us some also. "The little crab found In the oyster la not a commonly supposed by two- third of the oyster-eatlug community, the young of the blue t-rnli, but Is a dl tliit-t specie, It Is a messmate of aud caterer to the wauts of the oyster, be ing, therefore, a benefit Instead of detriment to the hitter. Iu return for TilU TR ANSPORTATION AGENT. the oyster' klnduesa In protecting It agalust It entiities, the little crab catches and ertnhea food which In Ita entire state could not be taken by the oyster. A stitk'tilar thluir lu connection 4TrtTTrTOm"T"ihat all found Inside of tho oyster are females. The male of the same variety has a hard shell. "When I first came to thla city I was a very greet! country boy, I had beard a good deal about Fulton market oys tera, ao I went there and ordered a stew. I had eateu about half of It when I was disgusted to find what I then called a little red bug In It. I kicked up a fuss, mid they bad an awful time conciliating me. It took me somo years to realize that I waa In error lu calling the titbit a bug," How He !.oat Hi Job. An exchauge tells the story of an old colored man wbo asked a white man If he could give him work. The white man asked the negro If he had a boat. When tho negro replied, "Yea, boss," tho white man responded: "Well, you see ail that driftwood floating down tbo rlver7" "Yes, snh," was the reply. "Well, then," coutluued the white man, "you row out In the river and catch that driftwood, and I'll give you half you got." Tho colored man worked hard for a while, when all of a sudden he stopped and pulled for the shore. ' On being aBked the reason for his re turn, ho replied: "Dnt wood Is Jest as much mine as 't Is his. I ain't gwlne to give him any, and so I'm out of work ag'lu." , - The Smiths Abroad. The Smiths are everywhere. In It aly they are called "Smlthl;" In Holland,-"Schmidt;" In Russia, "8-mltow-ski;" lu Spain, "Smlthns;" In Poltind. "Schmltlwelskl," and iu Mexico, "Sml tti." Iu England the Smiths are most numerous of all families; but lu Ire land they are content to rank fifth, after Murphy, Kelly, Sullivan and Walsh. Costly Butterfly. One of the Rothschilds Is reported to have paid $1,000 for a butterfly. His extensive collection of butterflies Is valued at $500,000. Postal Cards. . More than 8,000 varieties of post iDs have been issued in the world w'tiilu tbe past thirty-five years, CRONJI'B SURRENDER. rltlak Writer's Oraphl tteacrlptlea ef Tbat DraMatle Kvtat One ( tbe west dramatis eventa of lb war lo South Africa was tbe sur render of tbe brave Boer leader, Gen. Cronje, wbo for nearly ten daye held at bay the vastly auperlor army of Great Britain, while be and bla followers were cooped up In tbe bed of the Mod der River, near Paardeburg. Describing the surrender and tb ar rival of Cronje In the British camp a British correspondent says: , , "Presently a body of horsemen cam past the hospital tent luto th camp. MaJ. Gen. I'rettyman wss one of the leading boranmeu. By bis side a great heavy bundle of a man waa mounted on a wretched little gray Boer pony. And tbla waa the terrible Cronje? Was It possible that this was tbe man who had held back the British army at Magerafonteln? Great squire should ers, from which th heavy bead waa THIS SURRENDER thrust forward so tbat ho seemed al most bumped; a heavy face, shapeless wltb unkempt grsy-tlugod black hair; lowering, heavy brows, from under which smsll, running, foxy eyes peered shiftily. A broad brimmed, gray Bocr fell bat waa pulled down low, a loose brown overcoat, ordinary dark trou sers; nothing military, not even spurs on bis brown veldt boots. The ouly thing be carried that seemed to speak authority was a thick, heavy stocked whip of hide, which he grasped and swung aa one accustomed to use It, By bla aide rode his secretary and Inter preter, a long, bony young man, with a atraggliug red beard and very light eye brow a and eyelashes. They passed Into the square of hlghlandera, who bad been drawn up to receive them. " 'Commandant Cronje,' was the brief Introduction, aa the Boer leader awung hlmectf heavily off bla pony and, curt ly answering Lord Roberts' salute, shook bands. " i am glad to see yon. I am glad to meet so brave a man,' waa Lord Rob erta' brief welcome. "The two general sat In chairs al ready provided and tbe formal surren der followed. "Gen. Cronje aat deeply aunken In hla chair, wltb hla banda lu the pockets of bla overcoat and aullenly regarded the scene. Ever consideration was paid him, but until the last waa seen of hla bulky form driving away to Modder River In the eloae carriage which had been provided for him, bla set, hard ened face only suggested tbat tbe bit terest hour of bis life was being barely endured by the man whose pluck, whose capacity and whose straightforwardness we, bla enemies, are tbe first to admit." ON HIS DIGNITY. air. Williams Ha Notice that He la Be naath Kdltorlal Notice. Just after we went to press last week, and while on our way to . Abraham Whlte'a grocery, we met Dan Williams, 1- T1IE MOSQUITO- wbo owas the livery stable on Violet street Mr. Williams did, not return our bow of recognition, but advancing upon us In a thretrtenlug manner said: "Mr. Col well, you owe me two dollars, and you either hand It over or I will take It out of your bldo!" 'Mr. Williams," we kindly replied, though much astonished at his abrupt ness, "we know we owe you two dol lars, but ,we cannot pay It at present. As soon as the money cornea In on sub scription you shall have It." This was the best we cobld do, but so far from letting the matter drop he knocked our bat luto tbe middle of tho street. Then be knocked us after tbo hat. Then be kicked us aud called us names. . , We did not fight back. Our editorial dignity was at stake, and wo maintain ed It Even when Mr. Williams bit us In the back wltb an old tin can we did not turn to bandy words with him. We think that an editor' should maintain bis dignity at all titties and under all circumstances, aud our wife Is highly pleased at our conduct lu tbe affair mentioned. Another Ideal Shattered. She was a kindly faced woman, and it was easy to see that she was bub bling over with love for the little folk. She walked modestly Into the ofilce of the city editor aud Inquired: "Will you please tell mo which one of the stuff It Is writes all those pretty little stories about children? I know be must love tho little folks, because he writes Buch nice stories about them. I want to tell him a precious little story about my darling boy, wbo Is only " "That's the man over there," Inter rupted the city editor. "Which one, pray?" "That one with the corncob pipe In his mouth and swearing nt the office boy." Omaha World-Herald. The Lnnd of the Lssy. , "In a late sojourn in Honduras," said L. B. Glvens to a Washington Post re porter, "I came to tbe conclusion that It was a paradise for a laxy man. Every thing grows luxuriantly, with but little labor on the part of the natives, and many crops do not need replanting more than once In eight or ten years. Tbe country offers fine Inducements to enterprising men, but It Is bard for a white man used to civilized waya to go down there and dwell among an ignor ant lot of natives wbo are 100 years be A)nd the times- A man would have no " ' . ... .. t .. .. congenial society, aod might a well b In exile, Tbe native usually live In bamboo bouses, though In th towns th dwellings are of adobe. Chlldreo go naked for tbe first two or three years of tbelr life, and the attire of tbe adults Is rather leant Tb Govern tueut Is Ubersl with concessions lo or der to encourage the development of the country's resources, but there la no general rule governing tb granting of privilege; It all depends 00 bow good a bargain may be driven. Tbe climate I very alubrlous, and laxlnesi la about tbe ouly prevailing disease." IO WIPI OUT MALARIA. Two Knallabmen te Kimrlmant-Tbalr Ltvas a feasible 1'enalty, Two Englishmen, Dr. Sambon and Dr. Lowe, of Iindon, are to make an Inter esting experiment and take their live In tbelr bauds for the sake of human Ity. These two men are to go to tbe Roman campagna, the deadliest place OF GEN. CRONJE. In the world, wltb Instructlous to stsy there all summer and see If It kills them. If they return homo unharmed, then th world's most fatal disease next to consumption-malaria will be at the mercy of science. If tbey die, the government will pay tbe funeral expense and the theory about malaria will be upset The theory relative to malaria Is that It Is caused by a special kind of mosquito. This mosquito abounds In tbe campagna, lying seven miles out side of Rome, and the condition of that DB. Si MHOS. region la such that no person can re main exposed there during a aummer ulgbt without contracting tbe disease. Drs. ftambon and I .owe will take with them a mosqulto-proof building, and In It they will make their home during the summer. If tbey manage to live and keep their health where no one else bas succeeded In doing so, and yet have no advantage over the others ex cept protection against mosquitoes, then the case against the mosquito will be considered complete, and the gov- PROOF nOUSB. ernment will set about prosecuting the pest wherever be exists In the colonies, aud will give all possible aid to other cotiutrles to do the same, with the ex pectation that malarial fever will be wiped out and millions of human lives saved. As the mosquito Is a night worker, the doctors will quit their houses only when the Insects are off duty, and then they will protect themselves from the" danger of being stung by a chance mosquito. Few people have a correct Impression of the frightful ravages of malaria. It is the great dlseaso of tho tropics. It Is the principal cause of sickness and death there, and of social stagnation. It, aud practically It alone, Is the rea son why Africa Is the Dark Continent; why some, In fact most of the fairest and most fertile regions of the earth are but howling wildernesses covered with worthless jungle and Inhabited oniy by wild beasts and a sprinkling of wilder men. Five millions of people die anuunlly of fever, principally malarial, In British India alone. Tbat figure, heavy though It Is, gives no idea of the amount of suffering, of Invalidism and poverty caused by this oue disease. Steeple Climbing-. Vienna has been astonished lately by some daring steeple climbing. A steeple juck celebrated the beginning of the festivities for Emperor Francis Joseph's Jubilee by climbing in the night to the top of one of the steeples of tho Votive Church, 800 feet from the ground, by means of the lightning rods and archi tectural ornaments, and hanging on It a yellow and black banner twenty feet Inner. TTa c-AVA a mlnnta rtAHnrlnHnn nt iue manuer iu wnieu ue accompusnea his foolhardy feat to the newspapers. A few nights later some one else imi tated him by climbing the steeple and stealing the flag, Dromedary'! Hump. The buniD ou tbe back of. tbe drome dary la au accumulation of a peculiar gpecleg of fat, which Is a store of nour-1 lull men t beneficleutly provided against the day of want, to wblcb the animal Is often exposed. The dromedary or camel can exist for a long period upon this hump without any other food. An old bachelor says that widows are the only second-hand articles that sell at par. - After a man once reaches the top he never talks about the surplus room up there. J i THE CITY COOK &T0R Carries a Plow Lis ef- STATIOXERY, -' CONFECTIONERY, BOOKS, CIGARS, . TOBACCO. Robinson & Co. Independence, Oregon. C. C. MULKEY Drayman. Goods handled with care Cord Wood for Sale. Independence Oregon G.L. Hawkins Issesc secsce. Ore. 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