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Patent taken tbroacb Mann m Co. roeefre pecui nottoeintbe fViraiifie Amerima, an4 tboa are brought widely- before the pabhc with, out or art to tbe tnTentnr. Thla aplend.d oaper, tMoed weekly, elenantly- Hloatratpfj. ban by far th larveiit rtrcaiatin of any acientilV work tn tba wond. 9: a year. tanpre eopiee aent free, BotldinjT Edition, ttnotbiy. $2iOa year. Pint-fa ayptea, '1 eenta. Krery number 40rjntaina beaa. tiful pUtea, in eolora, and pbovwrapb of new boweea. witb plana, anablin btnldera to nbw tvaa iasvrt rJesUtm anJ trnr amtnrtA. Addrpna ML' 4 CO, hi Ton, ibl BttOALiWaT. ALASKA'S BOUNDARY REPORT OF THE CHIEF OFCOAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. General Duffleld and Mr. King, the Canadian Itepreseniatlve, Meet at Albany ami Compare Notes 1'laln as If Keeoriled by Deeds and Maps Washington, Jan. 4. General Duf field, chief of coast and geodetic aur rey, today presented to tbe secretary of state the report oil the Aluska boundary, which was agreed on by him and the Canadian representative, Mr. King, at Albany this week. The report will not be made public until transmitted to congress, bnt it shows a practical agreement between the surveys of the two governments, and may have tbe effect of partially quieting the appre hension of trouble over the boundary. Tbe greatest difference between the lines run by the engineers of tbe two governments is only six feet aud seven inches, or fifteen seconds of longitude. In view of the two surveys, Oeneral Duffleld does not hesitate to express tbe opinion that there can be no dis pute between the United States and Canada over the boundary. He said: "The line is as plain from the treaty as though it had been recorded by deeds and maps." The two commissioners who met at Albany, had no authority to fix the boundary, but only to recommend from the results which had been reached the lines to be definitely established. The ratification of their work remains for another joint committee, and Secretary Olney will doubtless recommend to congress an act for the appointment of a oommiKsioner to represent tne um tea States for this purpose. General Duffleld is confident that the British can find no grounds upon which to base a claim to tbe gold fields of the Yukon river, since a British engineer, Oglesby, in 1893, after a very direful observation, marked the banks of the Yukon and Forty-Mile oreek, where these streams are crossed by the 141st meridian, and bis marks were verified by the United States survey. The only possible ground for contention General Duffleld forsees is furnished by that phrase of the Russian-British treaty that at no point shall the boundary be more than ten marine leagues from the shore. The United States government interprets this to mean continental leauires. while England might oontend that ten leagues from the island shore was contemplated a oonstruotion which would deprive the United States of a valuable strip of territory, if bus tained. IN BEHALF OF ARGENTINE. Senate Asked to Exclude It Ftom the Workings of the Mew Tariff. Washington, Jan. 8. Senator Voor hees has presented to the senate a com munication from Senor J. V. Doinin guep, charge d'aff airs of the Argentine legation, beaTing upon tne relations be tween Argentine and the United States as affected by the tariff. It relates to the proposed tariff on wool under.;. the house revenue tariff bill, and, in order that there shall not be any interrup tion of the good feeling now existing, and to avoid disturbing the commercial relations between the two countries, I he asks whether it could not be suggest ed, in considering the bill,- that the proposed duty should be made to ap ply only to oountries other than South American. He says the only importa tions from South America are compar atively small, and instanoes the state ment of the National Woolgrowers' Association that their chief complaint is against Australian wools, and sug gests that all desired ends oould be ao- oomplished by exempting South Ameri can oountries from the operations of the bill. He adds: "In this way rela tions with a sister republio would not be affected, and the Argentine Republio would supply, in a moderate degree, tbe wants of this market, while that country oould continue to expand her exportf. ' Dominguez calls attention to tne fact that the principal Europeaen nations admit South Amrican wool free of duty and asks how, if congress desires friendly and close relations between this country and other American states, it oan pass a measure whioh will ex clude from this market the chief product of one of the South American countries? After some debate the com munication was referred to the com mittee on finance. A Denial From New York. ; New York, Jan. 2. Regarding the article in the Portland Oregonian today forecasting a possible crisis in the Northern Pacific receivership contro versy, it is said by local representatives of the Northern Pacific interests that the article had little basis in fact, and merely evidenced the feeling of the far Western interests oonoerning the apparent inability of the courts to agree on a single body of receivers for the system. The hitherto unsuccess ful efforts of the Farmers' Loan & Trust Company to effect a settlement of the existing difficulties, however, have not destroyed the hope of adjust ment in tbe near future, and tbe plan now under discussion is regarded as likely to reach a more successful issue. The Debs Case. Cincinnati, Jan. 3. President. E V. Debs, of tbe American Railway Union, came under the jurisdiction of Judge Taft, of thenited States court, dur ing tbe great railroad striks of 18U4, and the proceedings are not yet ended. Today, tbe demurrer of Debs and his associate directors, Howard and Rog ers, in the contempt proceeding, was overruled and an order was issued directing Debs and associates to file an answer within 10 days. Debs may yet have to endure another trial fur contempt FORTUNE FOR CAMPBELL. Ohio's Kx-fioveruor Said to Have Mtruek It Rich" in California. Columbus, 0., Jan. 2. From roll abble sources it haa been ascertained here that ex-Ueovruor Campbell has recently "struck it rich" iu California gold mines. The information, as it comes from Captan Frank Barrett, for merly of Lancaster, and now located in tbe San Joaquin valley, Cal., is very interesting. Some years ago Captain Barrett con cluded to leave Ohio and seek new fields in the far West He purchased a cattle ranch midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles aud settled there. While there be beard tbe legend, which bad been handed down from the Indians for half a century, that at a point in the San Joaquin river, on his ranoh, there wag a vast deposit of gold. The story was that in a pool formed by a natural dam iu the San Joaquin, at the foot of the famous Gold Gulch, from whioh many for tunes had been taken, there were de posits of the gold which the depth of the pool had heretofore prevented any thing like successful working. Lack of water had prevented the full work ing of the gulch itself, for the deposits required piaoer mining, and it was only when the spring Iresheta flushed the valley that evidences of the gold which had for years been swept to ward the gulfs were obtainable. Captain Barrett determined to work that pool, and he returned to Ohio and organized the Ohio Mining Company, with $500,000 oapital, ana with Gov ernor Campbell, Allen G. Thurman and other Ohioans as stockholders. Gov ernor Campbell took one-eighth of the stock. Barrett's plan was to build another dam at the bead of the pool, change the course of the stream, then drain the first dam and secure its rich doposi ta. Professional divers were first secured to prospect the pool. The re sult surpassed tbe wildest hopes. Gold was brought up to the value of $10 a pan. Then tbe construction of the dam was begun. It was a tedious under taking and it was only through the summer drought that progress oould be made. Tbe drainage of the pool has just begun, but it already promises to make fortunea for all the stock holders. TO SETTLE RATE TROUBLES. Western Lines to Bold Meetings In Omaha and Denver. Chicago, Jan. 3. Another effort is about to be made to settle the rate troubles in the West. A meeting has been called of the Montana lines at Omaha January 2, and if this in any way suooteds in straightening put the difficulties, a meeting will be held in Denver on the following day. . This seoond meeting will take up the ques tion of Utah rates, and the differences between the Union Paoiflo and. the Denver & Rio Grande. The California lines are having some trouble with their passenger rates in connection with the landseers excursions. Some of the land agents who are working up the business for these "excursions have ad' vertised that they will ran free sloep ing-oars from Cbioago to California, The roads not engaged in the exour sions claim the roads which are to carry the sleepers are in connivance with the land agents; while it is assert' ed'on tbe other band that , tjie lines running the excursions are receiving full fare for all the excursionists they handle.' The complaining lines threat en to take action in the near , future which will even up the rates which they declare are being out to' the extent of $15 for the free sleepers. TRAINS COME TOGETHER, ' Two I'ersons Killed, Four Seriously and Two Slightly Injured. .- Cincinnati, Jan. 2. Two passenger trains collided at 7:30 tonight on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail way, near Coal City, fourteen miles from Cincinnati. They were the Louisville express, whioh left this city at 7:05 P. M., an the St. Louis accom modation, due here at 7:05, but which was an hour late. The first known of the collision here was when the wreck ing train was sent out about 8 o'clock, accompanied by physicians, railway Officials and others. Tbe Wildest rumors were current The hospitals were put in readiness and police head quarters were promptly equipped for the oare of the injured. When infor mation was obtained from the scene it was found that there were two per sons killed and six injured. Both engines were totally wrecked. The combination car of the Louisville ex press and the express car of the St Louis train were telescoped. Coal City is a coaling station on the road and has no telephone. When the engines were wrecked they knocked out a telegraph pole wltn such force as to out off all telegraphic communica tion. Mestiengen arriving from tbe scene of tbe wreck report that all of the injured have been rescued and are being cared for. Tbe killed are: Fire man Wilson, of Louisville express; an unknown man, buried under the wreck. Our Mew Minister to Switzerland. Kansas City, Jan. 2. John L. Peak, United States minister to Switzerland, received his commission from Wash ingon today and left, with bis wife and th.-ee Jaughters, this evening, for Switzerland. Creede Bank Closes Its Doors. Denver, Jan. 3. A special to the News from Creede, Colo., says: At a stockholders' meeting of the First Na tional bank of Creede, it was decided that tbe bank go into voluntary liqui dation at the close of business today, The railroads will largely increase their mileage in the district next sea son. Tbe Canadian Pacific will put a line on from Three Forks to Sloan City and probably on the Kootenai river. THE HOP INDUSTRY LARGEST CROP IN THE COUNTRY RAISED NEAR SEATTLE. A Much Dlaeouraged Business Growers liaising Tobacco With Satisfactory Iteaults Latest Market tteports and Future Outlook Motes. Surrounding Seattle there is a vast hop-growiug district whioh furnishes the product that brings many hundred thousand dollars annually into the state, says tbe Times. Most of the orop is handled by Seattle buyers. Hop culture iu Washington dates from the year 1800, when a peck of hop root harvested a bale of bops which were sold for eighty-five cents per pound. This attracted attention to the indus try aud resulted in further planting. Each succeeding year has witnessed an increase in production, culminating in a crop of 60,000 bales, or nearly 9,000, 000 pounds. Up to 1804 a fair prioe has been sc oured for the hop produot of this state, the price per pound ranging from twelve to twenty-six cents. During the past two seasons, however, over production the world over resulted in the price dropping to six and seven ceuts. This fact has been very dis couraging to the farmers, and during the season of 1800 many hops were not gathered. A return to normal condi tions will mean a large aoreage in this state and remunerative prices. The hop ranches, whose products pass through the hands of Seattle deal ers, range in extent from three acres up to !i20. The largest in Washington, and it is said in the world, is known a the Suoqualniie hop ranoh, 820 acres in area. At Meeker there is a farm of 150 acres, while at Puyallup there are three extensive ranches of eighty, seventy-live aud seventy-two acres eaoh. Aside from the vast number of laborers regularly engaged in the cultivation of the crop, during picking season, which lasts during September aud part of October, the fields are filled with from 10,000 to 15,000 pickers. Tbe remarkable increase in hop pro duction in the state of Washington has been due entirely to the existing fa vorable conditiods for the development of thu branoh of agrioulture. The deep, insist, friable, rich soil; the cool nights, coupled with long days of sun light; the certainty of summer rainfall; the ease with whioh the loamy land may be cultivated; the constant con tinued growth unchecked from drought, have all contributed to make tbe yield large, the cost light, the orop oertain, and the quality ohoioe. , . . The best and most productive hop lands must be selected only by practical experience. The bulk of the orop of Western Washington' at present is grown in the valleys of the White, Puyallup; Stuck, Skagit and Sno homish rivers and on the 'Du'ngeness bottoms. I'-In -i Eastern Washington, where tbe climate is more like that of New York, success has attended the efforts of the hop farmers of the Yak ima valley where that ajrejige is con stantly increasing. From the Cascades and the Olympics spring many streams, forming HCh'Valleys adjadent to tide Water. For oountlesa centuries has the silt been .oomiug down the mountain sides, and-, 'the-. process still, gqes ion, vegetable growth .springing , up and taking possession ,qf the newly made land. ' This rich ajluviaj deposit is in exhaustible and the hop roots penetrate deep into th sdilto absorb the moisture. The Latest Market Ileports. Some sales, are made by holders in ordor to realize' on other' stock, but business on "the" whole is1 not aofve, says the American (Agriculturist As has been,' efforts are still made to force prices below .quotations, but thus far the tenacity of growers has kept the market from, any material deoline. Among holders in the city, however, there is some' competition for brewers' orders and concession s are made at times to effect a trade. Export busi ness is rather Blow at present, owing to the . full supplies of American bops already on. the English and European markets. Growers as a rule are hold ing their crops, . although here and there a farmer sells out at such prices as be can obtain. On the Paoiflo coast the situation is much the same as at this side of the country, while across the water a fair movement is reported for the choicest kinds, but poor grades are neglected. Lord Salisbury offers little encour agement to English hop growers who are asking protection. A delegation last week urged that the government readjust the duty on lasers, so as to en courage the growth of English bops and barley. Salisbury said that be believed that public opinion in England was not at all changed upon the ques tion of protection, and this would not be attained at any period during the present generation. Hop Notes. Rangau, a the Grant's Pshs hop raiser, has shipped a carload of splendid hops to London. The invoice consisted of ninety-one bales. The Eugene Guard gives the follow ing advice: "They are plowing up their hops in England andJNew York. That's good. Don't plow up yours." Not long si lice one of Salem I hop commission merchants telegraphed to a New York bouse, says the Salem Statesman, for an order on a certain lot of hops and requested an immediate answer. No reply came by wire, but a few days later a letter was received in which tbe following information was imparted; "Am not in a position at present to' make any offers. It is very strange that none of my custom ers are interested in Pacific coast hops, and if they do not reverse their de cision against them I am afraid that we will bny your hops in the spring by the bale and not by the pound." both left the room, he went back and permitted himself tbe satisfaction at kicking tho thing gently in several places. Tho evening saw them both estab lished at thoir desks. Tho horrid impos sibility of it all struck upon Jones only too soon. Ho had written the opening chapter iu his best manner, and th tiiuo caiuo when ho wanted to read it out. To give her her due, his wife lis tened eagerly, and did him full justice when he ceased. "And now listen to mine, " she said; blitholy. Jones felt it to be his own act and deed, and he resigned hiinsolf to listen. Her chapptor was really not badly writ ten I Her ttyle was evidently modeled on his own. Jones put his finger tips to gether and smiled hopefully. But when it came to her hero, alas I not only bad bo "a comb at tho back of his head," as Stevenson puts it, but bo was altogether impossible. How to wipe him tenderly out of the chapter without breaking of hearts? Jones fidgeted distressfully. "That's not quite the sort of thing a -man would say, doar," he suggested mildly. "Oh, Isn't lt!" she answered, with derision. "As it happens, a man did say it those very words. Do you imagine you know how every kind of man talks to a woman when he's alone with her?" "Heaven forbid I" said Jones. "And who said it to you, may I ask?" "I didn't say it was said to me," she replied, with some haste. "How do you like this ending? I think it's rather neat, don't you? 'And when they hat! both left the conservatory there was something frail and pink lying on tho murblo floor. It was a moss rose bud. ' I rather admire that sort of ending. " "Whore is the point?" inquired Jones. "Oh, well, if you want poiuts to ev ery singlo sentence" "Well, but don't yon see that unless you moan something by it there's no sense at all in the thing? It's simply Family Herald 'business. ' I should h70 thought you'd have seen that " "It's a matter of taste, and I differ from you," said his wife very coldly, "and if we are to pick holes in each other's work allow me to tell you that no lady would have behaved as your beroino did iu that lutusonil" "Why, that actually hap" began Jones unwarily. , "I knew it I" cried his wife, overturn ing the ink bottla "It was that day you saw Kitty Cameron home from tho theater. I thought so at the time I Sho shall never enter my house again. " Jones was enraged, but saw a possi- I. I, i uie score. -r "It was on the same day," he said slowly, with a painstaking smile, "as that on which you permitted yourself to be addressed by a nian, hot your hus band, in the way you so tastefully chose to read ma" . There, was a silence.- They glared at ,one another. ..Then Jones' wife got op and left tne room witn a queeniy step, .i .i. j v u : j t.-. ...41. Cloning i,iie uuur ikuiuu uci tt iuj uw- tattoos gentleness. jonos uenra no murjoauuub uuiiuwms ing for some time,, but next: day, the. bill came- in fpr the, writing table 7 guineas. . , , ,,. . , i He bargained With Shaplemunn, who i. 1 1. I . .'..'.. 1. J..- A .hJ ,L. (3J0eillUU W liuao lli uuus lui m, nuu mw Incident closed, i ' ' ' ' ''''''' Some mouths later Jones' book actu ally appeared, and Jais write eoeived nu merous letters,, congratulating her on the authorship of it "W4i In tilMTtrnrJili'Hnrhw mean?" he demanded, k ' .v-.- ',' Why, dear, ?J sqs!.,.?. a little shame- facqdly; "I'm afraid I.tpJd npQst of them about thut time wl)en,you and I" "Well, when we whaW, '. "Collaborated, doarest pojt't you re member?" Now Budget t". , , , . . Tardy Praise For Boswell. :. The London Standard showed a be coming respect for lotters by devoting a "leader" the other day to the memory of Boswell, whose ,doa.th'..topk place a century ugo. It makes perhaps more of" a tragedy of his' end than the facts quite justify, but it does recognize his plaot in literature, which after all is the es sential. His follies were not greater than Goldsmith's, and yet the world by a silly trick wont ou sniffing at "Boa ay" for generations. . That nonsense is happily now about dead. ,We are begin ning to speak fittingly of one of the greatest writers in literature. Boswell is to all other biographers what Shake speare is to other poets. ' Lookhart's "Life of Scott" is admirable, bnt it baa only to be compared to' the "Life of Johnson" to show Boswell's superiority. Is it not time that the great biographer had his own life worthily written? St James Gazette. The Two Torkeys. , Mr. Lanigon's fable of "Tbe Two Turkeys" has a fine cynical flavor that prodigal sons will relish : "An honest farmer once led his two turkeys into bis granary and told them to eat, drink and be merry. One of these turkeys was wise and one foolish. The foolish bird at once indulged excessively in the pleasures of the stable, unsuspicious of tbe future, but the wiser fowl, in order that be might not be fattened and slaughtered, ....11 .,. v.:- a..., I. lUBlrCU tUUllUUail, WUllilllUU UIB UCBH and devoted himself to gloomy reflec tions upon the brevity of life. When Thanksgiving approached, the honest, farmer killed both turkeys, and by plac ing a rock in the interior of the prudent turkey made him weigh more than bis plumper brother. "MoraL As we travel through life' let us live by the way. "Buffalo Coni merciaL Presumptive Evidence. Miss Sbarpgirl I have read that av fish diet has a very beneficial effect on the brain. Do you think there is any thing in it? Canesucker No, Miss Sbarpgirl, I'm no fish eater. Miss Sbarpgirl WelL then it seem as if there might be something in it after alL Texas Sifting.