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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.
'Cl v 1 Monuments and
"1 , Headatones
-.; t Cemetery Work
" 1 etc.
The Hntel Gail
IDallas, Ore.
' Hag been refitted and renovated
from cellar to garret, and every
thing is new. Gcod sample room
(or commercial men. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Rales, $1.00 to $2.00.
Special rates by the week.
BUCK 4V SMITH,
Proprietors.
BATH iHD BARBER SHOP
C. T. HENKLC, Proprietor
Hot and Cold Baths at all
Times.
INDEPENDENCE
OREGON
A CLEAN SHAVE -H-H.
AND A
STYLISH RA1R CUT
WHAT TOO OKT WHIM YOU PATBOMIXI
Kutch's BarberShop.
ladependcoce Oregon.
SOUTH and EAST
-via-
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO
Shasta Route.
Tr.ln IntTM Independence tor Portland aod
wax klatlona at 2oi p. nt.
LMVt lor Corvallla al 11.00 a. m.
tT Portland
v Albany
At Athlind
" cmniento
" Ban Frani'iseo...
rigden
" Denver
" Kanau l lty
" Chicago
" Lne Angrle
VI Fao
" Fori Worth
City of Mexico.
" Hounton
M New Orleana....
H Vta-hlnatoD. ....
" New York ,
8:) a.m.
U:t) p. m.
. MM a.m.
, 6:00 p.m.
7:46 p.m.
. 6:43 a. m.
, 9 to a. nt.
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. 7:15 a iu.
7.-00 p. m,
10:50 p. m.
lljua. 111.
4 :35 a. hi.
8:15 a m.
11:45 a. m.
Ml. m.
7:25 a. m.
9:80 a.m.
7:00 a. m.
6:u0 p. m.
6:80 a. m.
155 a, m.
4:00 a. iu.
6:25 p. m.
6:4U a. 111.
143 p. m.
): A)p. m.
6:0U p. m.
6:30 a. ni.
, 9:5" a. in.
, 40 a. in.
6:i p. m.
6:Ua. m.
12:W p. m.
Pullman and TourUt tan on both trains.
CI air can H.erameiito to Ogden aud El r'aao.
and tourUt era to Chtriujo, St. Louis, New
Orleans aod Wash'ngton,
Connecting at Han Krancl-co with several
ateainklilp line for Honolulu, Japan, C'lilna,
Philippinea, central aud South America.
He Mn.O. A. Wilcox al Independence ita
Uou.oraddrena C. H. MARKHAM,
General Pane tiger Agent, Po. tlaud, Or.
0. li. & S!
Depart
TIME SCHEDULES.
Arrive
rhloagn
portland Hpecinl
:1) a in
Halt lke, Jenver.
Ft. Worth, Omaha,
Kanaaa City, 8t.
Louie, Chicago and
Kail
4 p.m.
Atlantlo
Kxpra
:00 piu
Salt Lake, Denver. Kt
City, Ht. Unite,
Chicago aoC EiuL
7 a, m.
Walla Walla, Lewis
ton, Hpokane, Min
neapolis, HU Paul,
l'uluth, Milwaukee,
Chicago aud East.
Bpkane
Klyer
1:00 pia
a.m.
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
All sailing dntes sub
ject to change
Kor i-au Kianctsoo
Hulls every 6 daya
I P ra
4 p. m.
Dally
Ex Sunday
8pm
Saturday
10 p m
Columbia River
Steamer.
To Astoria and Way
. Landings.
4 p. ta.
Kx.Suud'y
Willamette and
Yamhill Rivera.
Oregon City. Payttm,
and Way-LandlUii
Ta. m,
Tuen.Thur
and Bat.
3:90 p. m.
Mon.ATed,
and Fr 1.
6 a.m.
Tuen.Thur
and Bat.
Willamette River.
Portland to CorvallU
aud Way-Landlugs
4:80 p.m.
Krl.
I.vHIparla
35a. m.
hally
Snake River.
Ktnariato Lewlston.
Lv. Lewla!
ton, daily
a. m.
6 a.m. Willamette Rlvar. 4:80 p.m,
Ei. und'y Kx.Suua y
Oregon City, Newberg; Salem, Inde.
pendence A Wiy landings, steamer Mndoo
leaves Portland on Mon, Wed, and Friday.
Leaves Independence Tues, Thura, Bat, at
&:; a. H. Btr. Ruth leaves Independence:
Kor Portland & way landings, Mon, Wed,
' Kit, 9 AM. V- r Cory all is A way landings
Tues, Thura, Sat, 5:80 P M.
for full Information call on O. R. 4 N. Agt,
At. HKURON, Independent!, or address
W. H. HURLBURT,
General Passenger Agent
, PORTLAND OR.
CAVEATS, TRADE MARKS,
COPYRICHT8 AND DESICN8.
Sand roar business direct to Washington
saves time, costs less, better service.
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ary uamlsatlina suds. Atty'a Bj. sat So. uttl BtUnt
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