THE NEW AGE. POllTIiAND. OTIEOOT-T.
The New Age.
A. D. GKIPPIN, Manager.
OFKIOK 364 BtORHIHOK HTIIKKI'.
Orriimi TilriioiiB Oak 501.
Knltreil nt the I'nlo(llec t Portland, Oregon,
mccoml Una multsr
HUHHUItll'TION.
Onti Tanri faynliln In Ailvnnr
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National Republican
Ticket.
For President,
william Mckinley, of
Ohio
For Vice-President,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of N. Y.
HON. II. W. COKIIKTT.
f Thu Ktuto pioss notes with undis
guised inturoHt tlio rotnrn of Hon. II.
V. Corbott to iiutivu participation in
tlio politico of Oregon, It Is announce
uicnt on July 1 1 that hu would bo a
candidate bofoio tlio legislature (luring
tlio coining wlntor for re-election to
thu United States senate, being not only
an assurance of that fiict, hut an upon
declaration of war iik)ii IiIh political
enemies who rocontly sought to (miliar
runs tlio iK-soiiutor with scandal and
oxtortion.
Mr. Corhutt 1h too vvoll known uh a
man of integrity, intelligence, progros
slvonoss, magnanimity and business mi
gaolty and uprightness to hu an easy
victim of hucIi wlckud designs uh have
been niiidu puhlio during tlio past week
or ho and worn qulukly branded uh tlio
..... ...
dastardly tricks of hiiiiiII and unscrup
ulons politicians. Ily calumny those
tricksters sought to Impair Mr. Cor
butt's oliunco for onthiiHiastlo consider
ution uh a candidate iioxt winter for
tho United .States senate; hut they sue
toodod only in bringing ' Mr. Corbott
promptly into thu fluid in oppoidtlou to
thoir schemes and wicked ambitions.
TIIK CITY AND THE GAMIILKItS.
Thu new 1 mi Hoy announced by Dis
trict Attorney Chaiiiherlaln, uh publio
prosooutor, and Chief Mckiiighlan, as
tho head of tho polioo depaitmeiit, for
thu proper reHtriction and control of
tho gambling fraternity of tho city is
provoking much comment, pro uptl
con, the ultra opponents of gambling
in any form prejudging it with hovoi
ity, wlillo the advocates of tho wide
open plan rcguid it an uniiocoss.irlly
ovoru.
1'ivory intelligent porMiu wlio posses
ses informatiun on tho Mihjout known
that gambling in thin city cannot bo
absolutely suppressed, Ho kuowH also
that tho gamblers, aro iiito willing to
pay a generous lleonso for uiuiiloipal
recognition o( their privilege to operate
certain games under given conditions.
Now, tho only question is whether tho
city shall embroil itself in coiiHtaut
litigation over tho gaiiibling business
jr whether it elm 1 1 dovlso a reiiMinalile
Kilioy for controlling it peaceably and
.urn it, at the same time, into a source
if prollt to thu taxpayer. Tho latter
s certainly the sensible tiling to do as
business proposition, vvliilo, moially,
cannot bo worse than to fall, in the
inner case, to control the gambling
aternlty at all.
A iMilloy faithfully executed by the
lloials along the line which divider
i plain midway between the two o.
jinos will ceitaluly in time prove tlui
(ootivoness of the plan now in npor.i-
CHINESE HUTCH EltY.
rhoro is little doubt that the IIoncm
China will piecipitatu the iinHirial
oriiinent into a bloody war with the
at powtus of the olvlliisl woild.
cod. it now appears that impeiial
es am co-operating with the Itoxern
ho deatiuctlon of huiiiau lite in for-
territory,
ho spectacle presented at this time,
fomented by the atrocious masNi
of tho foielguera at 1'ekin and iiu
atiou of the bloody bconesof butch
(o lie minuted during the progivnt.
10 war, in in truth appalling,
mllng powera openly oxpiesi their
o or tho partition of tlio Celestial
F.inplro; and. although tlio United
States appearH to regard such a radical
policy with a degree of disapproval,
thcie is so far little reiiBon to hope that
stable conditions, both political and
commercial, can bo re-established in
China vvithoat dividing tho empire.
Tho sturdy little Japanese warrior is
much in evidence In tho Chinee tiou
bio. Hu in a fearless and aggiessivo
fighter on all occasion; hut he, in
comparing with Auiuricaii, Jlrltish,
German, ItiiHHliin ami French soldiers
on impel ial poll, has found the China
men better equipped to light after tho
modern fashion than they ever weio
before.
The national campaign 1h progicslng
so far without much excitement. Cur
rent iucideiitH in our struggle in thu
Philippine!) and tho atrociticH Mn the
diluent imbroglio have aheady begun
to iniiko tho llryauitcH wince a little at
tho prospect of having their pet theo
rloH upset before they shall have time
to piosont them in detail.
Lord itobertH Iiiih moro than an all
summer's job in tho lloer altercation.
South Africa Ih dotlned to lie shaken
by tho cannon's roar even beyond thu
advent of tho now century. Civiliza
tion will win, however, if it bo nut
urged onward too barbarouidy.
Many citizen of Multnomah county
regard with much favor tho apparent
tendency of tho new administration of
local ntTairs to retienulmieiit in publio
uxpeiiHOH, Lot tho good work proceed,
gentlemen, 'iho people are watching
its progress most lutcrcHtodly.
The street carnival proposition ap
pears to bo progressing admirably.
The event promises to ho a grand suc
cess. Vhitors will bo attracted to
this city from all parts of the Noith
west to witness tho llrst display of tho
kind ever undertaken hero.
WONDERFULLY RICH STRIKE.
Mlllllltltlll VltMT tMllllll III SlllMll,r lllx-
Irl.'t Nurmlii(c All Kxmi'IiiIIihih.
A great deal of interest is now being
aroused by tlio very rich oro which Is
being found on tho Mountain View
Mining Claim, on Cracker creek, in thu
Huuiptur district. This property is
situated on Sardine creek, 11 miles
from Hunipter, and is reached by a
good wagon road at nn easy grade, and
as tlio oro is a lilgli grade snipping oro
this is a great advantage and will make
the property a quick producer.
Cu tills claim has been found a cross
ledge which is olght feet wide and cuts
the slate formation at right angles.
This lodge has been opened up by a
series of cross cuts and a shaft (or a
distance of .100 feet. Samples taken
from tho shaft and cuts assav $ll.oO to
.f UH7 per ton. Tho present owners,
the Mountain View Cold Mining Co.,
of I'oitlaud, which is made up of seine
of I'm Hand's most prominent business
men, aro pushing work and in a low
mouths will no doubt have opened up a
very valuable mine. In fact the prop
erty can lie classed as a shipper from
the grass toots.
The Mountain View Cold Mlnniu Co.
U a new organization and tho olllceis
are: 1j. 1. .MoArdlo, piosldout; .1. II.
l.othrop, vice-president; .1. Frank
Watson, treasurer; .1. V. lleisner,
secretary, and Cake iv Cake, attorneys.
The directors are: .1. Frank Wat-
sou, who is president of the Merchants'
National Hank, and who has always
manifested a cieat deal of interest in
mining; M. Hillings, piosideut of tho
Union .Savings eo Loan Association, II.
M. Cake, of Cake & Cake, attorneys;
John Versteei:. a prominent capitalist
and mining man; h, I). MoArdlu, sec
retary of the Co-operative Investment
Compairv; J, II. iAithrop, who has for
several years past been tlu general
agent ol tlio union raclilu Kallroail in
i'oitlaud, and lias had considerable ox
peiieueo in mining; Chas, Clark, a
prominent mining man; .1. W. lleis
ner, of Hoisner, Keady & Curtis Min
ing Stock Hrokcrs, who is a man of
wide oxpeileuco In mining, and Ii, Y,
Keady, also of tho llrm of lleisner,
Keady & Curtis, who is well known in
the elty and lias had considerable ex
perience in practical mining. The
company is capitalized for .f 1110,000.
Oiio'iuillioii shaiea fully paid and
non-assessable.
Tho WilMHi-McOullay Tobacco Com
pany, of Middletou, Ohio, is tho only
extensive tobacco concern which sup
ports olllces in Portland, Mr. I'lch
ard llusteed is the local agent and the
company is indeed fortunate in having
secured the services of such an enter
prising and genial gentleman in tho ca
pacity of agent. Mr. Husteed has al
icatly popularized tho several excellent
luaiids of his company's tine tobacco,
I such as "l'lso and Shine," "Cold
Itopo" "Thrasher" and "Cavalier"
pluu tobacco all produced by the best
well paid union labor, The Wilson
MeCallay Company is anti-trust in
every sense, Hence its geneious treat
ment of patrons witli tho best plug to
bacco piodueed.
I ley Mountain Yiuvv (.old Mining
Co. stock now at ground lloor prices.
It will bo listed on the Oregon Mining
Stock Kxehaiige, Seo lleisner, Keady
A: Curtis. "J'-'O tjtark street. 'Phono,
O.tk li-'Ol,
MINES. AND MINING.
tlni VVIIIiNeir Iilrn Neeileil to IToi'
pnet Kiialrrii Orngou Min
eral Field.
James Duckworth, one of the original
locators of thu K. and E. mine, in
Crackor oreek district, near Kumptor,
Oregon, and ono of tho best informed
men in tho camp, says that what this
country needs is n thorough prospecting
by men with now ideas. Tho old
timers always look for a certain kind
of float, and nro particular about tho
formation. Now hardly a wook passes
without sonio find being inado on hill
sides that iiavo beon run over for years
by tho old timers mid pronounced
worthless.
Mr. Duckworth visltod a property at
tho foot of the mountain on tho Sump-tcr-Grauito
wagon road, and found Don
Ycager and his partner, Montana min
ing men, working on a 200-foot lodge
that ho has boonovor ninny tinioH and
considered worthless. Development
shows that tho ledgo is filled with
strata of quartz of a bluish appearance,
and all of it pans gold. A number of
assays have been made, giving $!i to
$13. Tho ledgo can be tracod for over
two miles, from ono cido of tho moun
tain to tho other, and it prospects
throughout. At prcsont a 25-foot shaft
is being sunk, from which a cross out
will bo run to dotermino if tho values
go down. If favorablo results shall
bo obtainod, machinery will bo secured
and n shaft sunk noO to -100 feot.
Thcro is such a large body of oro that,
with present values, $11 to $4 per ton,
tho proporty is another Treadwell.
Facilities for mining and milling are
excellent. At tho head oi Dull Hun
creek, running alongside of this Jdgo,
in early days there was placor mining.
There was little wash gravol In the
creek bed, and thu diggings frequently
dipped to tho hillside, where no gravol
was found, hut rich dirt. At that
time it was wondered where tho gold
rnino, from, and no one ever thotight
tho big dlko was guilty, hut this rocoiit
discovery is almost proof positive that
tho placer gold came from tho dlko. '
A MOUNTAIN OF QUAHTZ.
itrnini kuliln 1'oruiitt Ion In tlir til nn
Hhrr I'l.lrlrt.
Tho tlluo river, Oregon, district Is
rupidlv forging to thu front, and is
now enjoying au era of activity but
little dreamed of a year or two ago.
Kxtuiisivo dovolpinont work is being
done, aund Imost without ox cop tiou
claims aro proving valuable, Thu sta
bility of thu district has been conclu
sively provod, and as a result prospec
tors have Hocked in hero this spiiug by
tho hundreds. Mining capital has
been attracted, and ouu mill is in suc
cessful operation and several moro aro
in course of construction. Now discov
eries aro being made in almost every
direction; most notable among which
ato tho discoveries on tho Calapooia
and Mckonzio rivers, which show ex-'
tromely rich ore, and tho iiumonso
mountain of quart four miles up llluo
river. This mountain of quartz is n
romarkablo formation, and is probably
unparalleled in mining discoveries.
Tlio mouutalu is 1,270 foot high, and
appears to bo nearly all quartz. At
tho top several cliffs of solid quartz
projoct for a hundred feet or moro
above the surface, wlillo voins of oro
crop out in all directions. Thu oru as
says from $3.G0 to .$12 per ton,
Tho Lucky Boy mluo Iiiih been com
pelled to shut down iho stamps, owing
to shortage of water, since thu dry
soasou set in. The remaining 11 vo
stamps are kopt going day and night.
Tho company has thu machinory for a,
sawmill on tho ground, and, as soot) as
it ciui bo set up, lumbor will bo sawed
and a tlumo constructed which will
furnish plenty of water for oporatiug
all of the stamps.
Jones Si Co. have thu foundation laid
for a nawmill at thu llluo river bridge,
ami already have a number of logs
ready to saw. Tho machinery for tho
mill is expected to arrivo in a short
time. The mill will bo situated at tlio
now llluo ltlver city townsite, and is
intended to supply tho local market.
It will bo operated by stoam power,
and will have a capacity oi 10,000 feet
per day.
Stumped u Httuvurt Itlrxr.
Tho steamer Danube, which recoiitly
arrived at Victoria, It. C, brings nows
of a rich atrlko oil tho hendwators of
Stewart rivet, 400 mllos from Dawson.
A stampede is on, boats going up in a
continuous string. At White Horse u
whisky (amino prevails. Saloons aro
licensed, but cannot got permits to
bring in liquor. Tho police aro watch
ing tho boundary for smugglers, and
havo mado many seizures.
Not tlm rat ,Notn.
A cold storagu warehouse is in course
of construction at Troy, Idaho.
A hay warehouse, UUxTO feot,
10
feet high
is being built at
Palouso,
Wash.
King county is said to furnish one
fourth tho inmates of tho Wallu Walla
penitentiary.
Walla Walla boasts of shippiug 50
carloads of fruit ami vegetables tho
past two weeks.
Applo scab is reported among tb
trees in tho vicinity of Moscow, Idaho,
especially in tlio Americau Hidi dis
trict. Deer aro reported to bo plentiful in
Coos county thts season. They aro
frequently seen in bauds of suveu or
eight.
Washington railroads aro following
u rule that no packages weighing moro
than d50 pounds will bo accepted or
cheeked as baggage.
Deposits lu Walla Walla's banks
reach $1,400,000; in the Spokauo
I banks $5,000,000. Other Kastorn
Washington centers are similarly well
supplied with uiomw
MENTAL GROWTH OF WOMEN.
ADY MAUQAIIBT SACKVILLB
says In a recent number of tho
Ilumanltnrlati that the question
of education Is an Importnnt subject Jn
Judging the Intellectual capacity of
woman, and that until lately education
has played a comparatively small part
hi woman's life. Her function was to
be beautiful, and education was useful
only so far as It added to her power of
attraction.
"Itroathlng such an atmosphere of
narrowness and Insipidity, what moro
natural than that she should have be
come narrow and insipid r" nsKs me
writer. "Noble work could spring only
from overmastering genius In such lim
itations. Woman has been discouraged
from mental growth by the opposition
of men, ami even of women to a great
degree.
"Now- that she Is awaking to a newer,
broader life, treated more us an Indi
vidual and less as a mere fraction of
sex. Will not tho chains which have
bound her o long leave n numbing ef
fect on her limbs? If a sluvo and n
free man run a race, It Is necessary to
unload the slave of all his bonds before
it can be said which Is the better ruti
nor. "Woman has been no less the slave
of man than of convention. Her phy
sical weakness (also greatly due to cir
cumstances) gave rise to the Idea of
corresponding mental Inferiority. This
creed she was brought up to accept,
nml did accept with the Inevltablo re
sult. Yet men ami women, starting on
mich totally different levels, are com
pared :is though ImiIIi had enjoyed the
siinic advantages of circumstances and
education.
"It Is only when, years hence, woman
shall enjoy the same fundamental free
dom as man, when her capacity or In
capacity for a profession shall be tested
by experience, Instead of convention,
that anything like a Just comparison
can bo Instituted between tho Intel
lectual capacity of the sexes."
A Ilrtllliint Wninnn.
Miss Janet Itussell Perkins of Chi
cago, who recently took the degree of
Ooctor of philosophy at the University
of IleldellHTg with
the highest possi
ble honors, has
since been made a
member of several
leading German
sclentlllc societies,
nn honor which
prely comes to a
woman. Hefore go
ing to Germany
Miss Perkins stud
ied at both the
University of Wis-
MISS I'KllKINS.
ronslu and the University of Chicago.
During her stay abroad she has taken
courses In llerllu and at Heidelberg.
Sho has studied liotnuy, zoology, phy
sics and chemistry, though botany has
always been her specialty. The paper
which won her the doctor's degree was
on the monliulccue, n species of plant
found In South America and tropical
Africa. She passed brilliant examina
tions, obtaining the highest possible
murk for either man or woman.
fiweetheiirU Over 70 Years.
Miss Kate Putnam, 88, and August
Croft, 80, were married tho other even
ing, at the bride's home In South
llloomtleld, Ohio. Tho
wedding party was a
largo oue, but no guest
of less than 00 was In
vited. The couple were
Iwni und reared on ad
joining farms. At the
age of 15 and 17, they
were devoted lovers,
and though they drift-
Ml apart ut that nge, Mns. ciioft.
they kept up u corre
spondence. They did not become for
mally engaged until Jan. 8, 1000. Neith
er the bride uor groom ever married.
They have ulvvays expected to, some
day, and both say It was by mutual
agreement that they have refrained
from matrimony until thus late lu life.
Touch Your OlrU to Mend.
Every girl, In whatover stutlon of llfo
she may bo placed, should be brought
up to mend her own clothes and do a
certain share of u youuger sister's or
hi other's, or somotldug for her parents,
says tho Cleveland Plain Dealer. Even
where people uro rich enough to keep
ladj's maids it does not follow that
their children will be able to do so to,
the end of their lives, und many a girl
has married and goue out with good
prospects to some country or colony
where no one can bo got to perforin
these little services for either love or
money, and If not aide to do them for
herself she bus been iu a very poor
plight.
lluiup of Neatitean.
Neatuess Is ouo of the most attractive
of feminine qualifications to a man. It
It also onu of the rarest. Early and
persistent must be the tralulng which
carries a girl Into womanhood with her
"bump of neatness" well developed.
L'uless inhereutly fastidious during
bchool days, sho Is liable to drift luto
careless habits which she never out
grows, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One girl may have a trick of leaving
shoes about her room. As a mere tot
she was permitted to do this, aud as
she grew .older the untidy custom was
never abandoned, for the simple reason
1 K- W I
that she herself did not notice anything
unusual about It, and probably nobody
else felt at liberty to correct her. An
other young woman, particular to prim
ness In other directions has a slovenly
iiami on leaving comumgs in ner nair
comb. There is a necessity of constant
vigilance on n wonian's part unless sho
would bo Judged unworthy her birth
rightdaintiness. KlicM Itntlicr He mi American.
When Mabel Cannlff, n Tallica, 111.,
girl, met and fell In love with Otto Von
Schaegler, four years ago, she did not
know that he was
the sou of a Ger
man barpu. They I
went to live in
Davenport, Iowa. I
After a few years
the husband was
sum moned back to
(Sormany to as-'
siiine the title and
estates, his father
having died. Mis.
Von Schaegler did
JIHS. VO.VSCIIAKUI.fc.!'
not want to give up her residence In
the United .States, so the two went
to Germany and renounced their claim
In favor of the baron's younger brother.
I.ct Man Kefarni Jlcfore Marrlujjc.
"A glil should never marry n man
that she may reform him," writes Mar
garet Saugster, in the Ladles' Home
Journal, "If hu Is In need of reforma
tion let him prove himself worthy by
turning from evil and setting his face
steadfastly and perseverlngly to good
befoie ho asks a girl to surrender her
self and her life to him. Nor should ii
girl be too Impatient with father,
mother and friends If they counsel de
lay In deciding u matter which Is to In
lluenco her whole cut cor and her lov
er's, when they, with dealer eyes than
her own, perceive hi him au unsuitable
Ity to her."
Hlllclic.l Kelts.
Stitched belts, fastened with n small
buckle or tiny pin, seem to Hud favor
with a large number of women, who
usually manage to wear what others
have overlooked. These made lu black
velvet, stitched In white satin or In
silk to match the color, of the gown,
give an exquisite lliilsh to the waist.
Itemember that they tito made extreme
ly narrow, sometimes not more than an
Inch wide.
IteuiovltiK Oi-ukh Htulnn.
Grass stains that so ofteti appear on
children's clothing may bo easily re
moved. Ouu method recommended Is
to wash tho stained spots In alcohol,
letting the most obstinate stains souk
In the alcohol for an hour or so and
then rubbing them out, soys the
Hochester Union. For a fresh grass
stain, rub lard Into tho spot, then wash
lu a cold suds.
l'ollte hut Not l'rnlltahlc.
"I beg your pardon" is an evldenco
of pollteuess, hut It doesn't buy a new
luce rutllo which has been ruined by
the clumsy but repentant man who has
put his foot lu It.
Of Iutcrent to Women.
At Anuupolls, Mil., thu women who
pay taxes appeared for the llrst time
as voters a few weeks ago. Of tho 070
votes cast only 22 were by women.
Tho young womeii of Flushing, N. V
have formed what Is known ns a board
of strategy to assist members to secure
tho youug men of their choice as bus
bauds. Miss Josio Wanons, of Minneapolis,
has been chosen Third Vlco President
of tho American Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation. She Is tho tlrst woman to hold
otlleo In that body.
Kel OkumJ of Japan, I.abat M. Salani
booly, and Hu King Eng of China wero
among the young women who received
degrees from the Woman's Medical Col
lego of Pennsylvania.
"Nover think of marrlago until you
aro ablo to support a husband," was
tho advlco Thomas Shearman gave to
tho members of tho New York Council
of tho llusluess Women's Nntlonul As
soclatlou recently.
Miss Dorothea Klumpke, tho young
Americau astronomer employed regu
larly by the French government at tho
rarls observatory, has been given
charge of tho balloon work. One of
her duties Is to ascend In a balloon
dally to direct tho observations.
Great Britain does not hesitate to era,
ploy women lu responslblo positions.
Tho head of tho postal department at
Gibraltar Is Miss Creswell, who re
ceives a salary of ?2,740. At the same
place Miss Edith Shore is a medical
ottleer.
Mrs. Flora Annie Steel is said to have
recelved a higher price for her literary
work than any other woman. When
she was wrltlug "On the Fuco of the
Waters" sho took a temporary homo
In a natlvo village in India, and flvmi
without a servant or companion, in
this way gaining the coutldeuce of the
village folk.
The Kev. Alice It. Porter is the pastor
of a congregatioual church at Way
zata, .Minn
Sho preaches twice every
i .. ci , . . .
Sunday, teaches a Suuday school class.
gives au address to the young people
every week, leads midweek prayer
meeting, Is President of tho Ladles'
Aid Society, conducts all the funerals,
and marries almost all the youug peo
ple who seek matrimony In that ra
glon. .
PASSING OF GAS LIGHTERS.
Xacreaalns Use of Electric Laatpa la
Leaving Them Without 'Work.
They are getting after the nlmbla
young man who trots around the streets
In the gloaming with n torch on the end
of along pole, touching oil tho gas
lumps one by one and leaving a trail
of more or less light after him, says tho
Chicago Ctironlcle. The Irrcsistlbiu
march of science and progress and
the other things which aro making
changes In the world is sweeping tho
lump-lighter out or tlfe way.
In 1887, before there were any munlc-.
Ipul electric street lights In service In
Chicago, about 400 young men, old meu
and barefoot boys trudged nightly;
through alt the city streets lighting thr
gas lamps. In the chill dawn theyimadu)
the rounds again, putting out the lights:
Now a handful of employes In thft
electrical department of the city throw
a few switches In the electrlG light sta
tlous every evening and Instantly 3,500
electric arc lights spring to life ulonjj
the streets which the boys formerly
paced so laboriously, and In the morn
Ing the switches are thrown back onefl
more and the lights die out. It Is nil
dune by a simple turn of the wrist.
Hut the lamp-lighter has not been en
tirely superseded as yet, notwIthstaniU
ing City Electrician Ellicott's anxiety
to extend the electric lighting system
until It Includes the entire city, which
Is to be done as soon as machinery can
be Installed to use the water power of
the drainage channel at I.ockport.
There nro still thout 18,500 gas lamps
In nightly operation, and, as each light
er cares for nn average of 100 of these,
there are still nearly 200 lighters iuuk
Ing their rounds nightly.
"gg5sBBttlPX3B
yililll iHTTniTu oWbS
I.AMI'MnitTKR AT WOIIK.
Just how many boys and men aro cm
ployed it Is dltllcult to learn accurately.
They all work for the gas company,
as the city pays $20 a year for each gas
lamp and tho company "tnalntalus" it
that is, pays for lighting, extinguish
ing, cleaning aud repairs.
Hut wlillo tho company allots an ov
erage of 100 lamps to each lighter, and
pays a fixed rate per lamp for their
maintenance, tho lighters sub-let tho
contracts lu somo cases, hiring little
lads for almost nothing to do part of
tho work, of which, of course, tho com
pany has iio record.
Soinfc old men who, for many jrears,
havo been employed as lump-llgtitcrs,
swear their sons Into tho service ami
mako a family affair of It. Therefore,
It Is probable that more than 200 peo
ple nro employed to care for the 18,500
gas lamps which are still In service.
Although tho electric lighting sys
tem of Chicago was Inaugurated only
thirteen years ago and has grown slow
ly, few people realize that tho city has
the largest muulclpal street lighting
system In the world, Including 3,502 arc
lamps, each of 2,000 caudle power.
Iu addition to tho gas lamps, there
areupproxlmately 10,000 gasoline lamps
In servlco In outlying districts not
touched by the mains of the gas com
panies, and these are rented by the city
from private corporations. These, too,
aro being displaced gradually by the
extension' of the electric lighting sys
tem. Old Not Want the Homo.
WUIIo Woodard tells tho following
story at tho expeuso of ono of tho now
well-known turfmen of tho Middle
West racing circuit: "A few years
ago," said Willie, "our friend came
down from Central Kentucky with a
few home-bred horses to tho Louisville
track Ills first starter was put in a
selling race, which ho won. After tho
race was run the horse was led up la
front of the stand. The track auc
tioneer went through tho routine with
$300 the owner's bid Tho trainer and
owner rushed tip excitedly and yelled:
Ilere, hold on. I didn't bid on that
"boss." Just give me the purso and
keep the horse, 'cause I don't want him
about the barn."
Servants In China.
In China a rich man gets as mior
. servants as he wants, and yet he pays
tuem no wnBes- wul,e tlie common peo-
p, lmve to pay tuem wel1, Evea tue
t,iey are uiml t0 Kot for tuo reason thai
tuo crop0?0 of tho rich man can make
raore tunn trlp,e tue ordinary wage
,n Perquisites.
Pennsylvania Hallway Employes.
nereafter no new employe will b
taken on the Pennsylvania railway who
has passed the age of 35. Tho com-
Pauy'8 new Pension system makes this
nraniitlnn iuvAQsn-v
precaution necessary.
ilenrinsr Under Snow.
People buried In an avalanche hear
distinctly every word uttered by those
who are seeking them, while the buried
ones' most strenuous shouts fall to
i penetrate evea a few feet of saaw.