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Newspaper Page TextTHE NEW AGE, POBTLAND, OBEGONV IliHI AIVE1TIS1NI. THEY LI VEIN THE SEA TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF CUBA MNTAM IIYERTISEMUT8. W.LUWUU,WUI.,mUTI!IH a DOLPH BCHRKlBIIt. Funeral Director. 18-920 Front Street, Opposite R. n. Depot Prk. Dell phone 212K. Ind. phone 419. BOISE, IDAHO. QTATE BANK OF IDAHO. Welacr, Idaho. CAPITAL, $50,000. Idward 8halnwld, President. Chan. J. Belwyn, Caihler. Alto tin n liianrh at Cambridge, Idaho. The People'! Hank. Hollclts four business. Hotel Weiser, Welscr, Idaho. BARTON a BRIZEHD1HE, Proprietors. Frco Sample Rooms. Rates reason able Milium', Stockmen's nnd Com mcrcial Moii'h IIcudquarturH. Largest nnd bust appointed hotel In Western Idaho. Hooiiih with bnth, team heat and electric call bells. Bur ber shop in connection. The Idan-ha IDANHA HOTEL CO., Ltd., Proprietors E. W. SCIIUHFUT, Manogor. 110ISK, IDAHO. OPENED JANUARY, 1901 AMERICAN PLAN. RATES 12.50 AND UPWARDS. Headquarters for Tourists, Mining Men and Commercial Travelers. Prescott, Brandt & Co., Offlce with J. II. (Ill A Villi I,, Immigration Agt. O. 8. L. II. It. REAL ESTATE AGENTS The great home land mild climate, pure mountain air, due water. The death rato is lower In Idaho than In any other itate In the Union. No cyclones, itormt or hllitards. Flrit premium on fruit at the World a Fair, Chicago, 1893; I'arli Kxposltlon, lOOo. Flrit premium on Lambs at Chicago Block Bhow, IWO.' Gold, silver, copper, coal, flno timber. Orovr wheat, oati, barley, corn, all kinds ol cultivated icrasars, and vegetable, to jierfsc tlon, We will bo plearod to show )on fine Irri tated landiat Nampa, Iloliio,Caldrttll,l'ayrtte and other points. We lmo hiirgalns In lauds from 110.00 per aero up. Correspondence so. llcltcd. Addrcii PRESCOTT, BRANDT & CO. Room 0, Hlckcy Illllldlnif. NAMI'A, IDAHO T UK COMMKIICIAL IIOTHL. A, lllnkny, I'roprletor. Flrit class In all respects. Hpeclal attention given to commercial men. Long dlstanoo tele phoue In connection. NAMI'A, IDAHO. FOR CHEAP HOMES And How to Hunch Thorn, Call On or Address J. H. GRAYBILL, Traveling iDnnlgr.tloi. A.mt Onion Short Urn Hy. NAMPA, IDAHO. The Baik of Nampa. FltKD 0. MOCK, Caihler. KB SOLICIT YOUU 1IUHINX8S. NAMI'A, IDAHO 8' TAU I.IVKUV, FKKD AND miAiwiinu mvwii.c. First claai rigs turnlihed to alt points. Bpe. clal rette to Kimiu'lt. Htar, Pearl and Snake lllver. Hpoolsl atteutlou given to commercial W. J. DUVAM., I'roprletor, Nampa, Idaho. T 01)18 HUN.lKKll. 1'UACTlOAl. WATCIIMAKKIt, JKWELKH AND OI'l'IClAN. Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Silverware. Op tical tiooJi, Cut Olass. TO Main tftrcet. I'KNDI.KTON, Oregon nilllC 0M. A OKNTLKMAN'S Rr.80HT. riuest Wlno', Liquors and Cigars. OtveUsa Call. Opp Depot, Lett Hand Walk. BMITII A UOOKWKLI, I'ropa. La, Uraude, Oregon Rates 2.60 Per Day and Up. THE GEISER GRAND (AMKUICAN) A. GEISER, Proprietor. Commercial, Family and Tourist Hotel. BAKER CITY, OREGON PEARL DIVER8 OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Thursday Island, Uctween Australia and New Uulncn, In the Center of the Klcheet Pearl FUherles In the World A Dangerous Calling. A large proportion of the pearls that deck the Talr throats of the gentle sex lire found In the 1'aclllc ocean, and one of the rlelit'Mt of the pearl naileries Is near the rocky shores of Thursday Inland. Tills Island Is one of the most curious and Interesting bits of land on the globe. It Is the commercial center of a race of people who live practi cally In the sea. They arc the pearl divers of the I'aclllc ocean. Thursday Island Is one of the llttlo group of coral formations lying be tween Australia and New Guinea. Talc en together the largest of these Islands constitute a calendar, with an Island for every day of the week, beginning with Sun .ay Island. Thursday Island commands Torres Strait. Kcprescina tlves of nearly all the nations of tho far East may bo seen any day along Us shores, disporting themselves In tho water Flllplons, Japanese, Chinese, East Indians, KlJIans, Papuans. To tho right of the Island, running for 1,200 miles down tho Australian const, Is a stretch of waving green vegetation, ap parently alloat upon the surface of tho placid ocean. This Is tho top of tho Great Harrier Reef, tho most notablo coral reef In tho world. Throughout Its length Its banks are lined with pearl oysters. Thursday Island forms the great market for these oysters. About 200,- 000 worth of shells aro raised annually along tho reef and on the western coast of Australia. Tho business of pearl fishing Is conducted on tho basis of tho nroilt from tho oyster shells. The pearls are clear gain, tho value varying a creat deal. One pearl round m jhuu sold for 2,000, nnother for 1,000. Pearls worth 20 are unite common. The shells of pearl oysters aro of enormous Ize, measuring frequently eighteen Inches ncross. The oysters lie In the sea fastened to rocks, especially coral rocks, and quite away from sand and dirt. They hang by thread-liko illaments, about a dozen In a bunch. The business of the diver Is to cut this thread and bring up the oysters. Tho shells aro worth from 100 to 200 a ton for tho best; the poorest from 15 to 00 n ton. The natives trade thorn for merchandise, and reallzo about 15 a ton on the average. Elshlug Is done In small boats or lug cers. Each boat has a Vumplng appar atus to force air to tho divers under water. The smallest boat, with appar atus, Is worth 000. Tho business Is very dnngerous. Poi sonous IIhIi, sharks and squid abound. Sharks rarely attack divers, nut con tribute Immensely to their nervous ness. Squid exude a quantity or iiikj black liquid, which dangerously clouds the water. Japanese are tho best divers. They stay under water longer, daro more, and can be relied upon better than any of the other types, among the Malay natives women are successful divers. They iro down without diving suits. fastening stones to their feet to help them to sink. Natives and divers are not allowed to open the oysters. A careful watch Is kept to prevent the theft of gems undor the eye of an ex perienced foreman. A good operator can open a ton of shells In one da RESCUING A CAT. Ht. Louie Mun Climbed ii,IIIrIi Polo to Kuvc uu Ailliuul. At tho risk of his llfo William Clyues, of St. Louis, climbed a flagpole seveuty-flvo feet high to rescue a help less eat. This piece of heroism, report ed among the lesser events In the dally news columns, had no motive but sym pathy with a dupib animal In distress. Three days before, the eat had run up the tall flagstaff In Carr Park In her pursuit of a sparrow. When sho was within threo feet of mm, the sparrow flew away. Then tho cat, Instead of turning back, continued to climb until she reached the golden ball at the top of the pole, and this, too, thc sur mounted. After a brief rest she tried to de scend. Then her feet slipped, and she uiado the discovery that her claws, al though excellent for climbing, head up, were useless when she put her weight upon them head down. Tho rotundity of the ball or fright at tho elevation seemed to deprive her of tho power to descend backward; so sho sat clutching the ball nt the top of tho swaying pole, und cried pltusly. Through all of one night of misery, through the following day, and then through another night sho clung, cold and hungry, to her narrow perch. On the third day a park-keeper nnd a po liceman tried to reach her. Tho police man climbed forty feet and was then obliged to give " "Can't somo one save the poor creature?" ho asked, sym pathetically, as he slid down. Then William Clyues, a tinner In a stove factory, pulled off his coat and started up the pole. Koot by foot ho went, until he had reached the point, forty feet above tho ground, where the light topmast was spliced on. Up this thin, swaying stem, which to the people below looked like a rood, and which bent mid trembled under dynes' weight, he slowly worked his way. Once, when n"r the ton. he slipped back a few feet The crowd gathered below shivered, and uniiy of the spec tators called to him to come down. But he only gripped the pole the harder with his shins, and s'nwlv orked his way up, uutll he was o l ten teet from nil mlti w k. AeSjBjv44fB JmzmmTl&Jfw&i "5T aaaaaagfff t sXL sgaaVt lit ItvV" Tomns Estrada Palma Is a little, old man. Ho wears rusty black clothes. He moves nervously nnd quickly, wink ing his blue eyes as he talks. He Is lav ishly polite, after the manner of tho old Spanish school. Ills chin Is more than strong and nggrcsslve, being what country people call Jumper-Jawed, which means that his chin betrays strength nnd aggression raised to the highest power. The President of tho republic of Cuba Is 07 years old. He was born nt Baya mo, In the province of Santiago. His mother tried 'to keep him out of the revolutionary movements which were brewing In the Island during his youth. Sho oven went so far as to restrict him to the boundaries of the Ilayamo estate. Associates sho knew he must have, but his boy friends had to come to see him; he was not allowed to visit them. Tho father had died when Tomas was very young. When ho was ID years old ho broke from his mother's leading strings and went to Havnna to study. Soon nftcr that tho death of his mother left him in sole control of a great es tate. Ho went back to Unyatuo to man age It. By this time rebellion had broken out actively and Palmn cast his lot with the Island party. Years of agitation and organization followed. In which tp' I the cat, flvo feet, two feet. A moment later he had gained the top, mid wrap ping his legs and ono hand firmly about the slender staff, he reached the other hand over the gilt ball, and gent ly picked tho cat from her place of danger. Then ho slid down the polo to the ground, whero he stood u moment for tho crowd to Inspect tho cat before ho took her off to get her some milk. MOLD PLANTS. I leant leu of the Kuiiuiia that Outliers on JellleM ami l'rcaerveil Km It a. Mold aver Jelly or preserved fruit Is Justly regarded as a pest, yet scientists who have studied It under the micro scope, declare that the mold plant Is a moot lovely creation. Indeed, a writer In the Kitchen Magazine says that nothing In nature Is more beautiful. These plants are associated In our minds with death ami decay, and so an unreasoning prejudice has developed against them. In many cases they do accompany decay, but as the Illy rises above the foulest pond, so n mold may develop Its frost-like daintiness and cleanliness, Its exquisite coloring, In tho midst of putrefaction. Still they also thrive lu the cleanest soil, and are wholly harmless In their growth. The most common of the molds Is the Peulellllum glaucum, well known to housekeepers as the fungus, against which a tight Is made at canning time. It first forms a grayish-green mat, and 'If removed, gives forth a fine, powdery dust. Under the microscope It Is a wonderful thing, but housewives are probably less Interested In Its form than In methods of combating It. In their struggle for existence the plants are very hardy and ohstlnnte. and naturo has provided them with a way of upsetting the most careful plans for their undoing. The spores, which take the place of seeds, sometimes, for a reason thus far unknown to science, pass Into a resting stage. Instead of sprouting at once, they lie dormant for an ludeilulte period, and germinate' ap parently ut their own sweet will. A German scleutlst has discovered that a spore may Ho quiescent for two years, nnd then, under favorable conditions of heat and moisture, develop Into a sturdy growth. This Is probably the reason why fruit may exhibit uo mold for months, and then suddenly make the housekeeper's heart to faint by a thick greeu growth. Here, as everywhere, "eternal vlgl lance" only may expect to win the day. A Comedy of an Umbrella. When the lady sat down In the car she put her umbrella In the uarrow silt between the wludow nnd the back of the seat. Then she looked with what the New York Tribune calls an air of victory nnd compassion at the stupid passengers who sat holding their um brellas uucomfortably against their knees. Of course when the car lurched the Palma boro an active nnd prominent part In 1808, when open war began, he was one of the leaders In tho newly formed legislative body. His homo town was tho first upon which the Spanish troops descended. The pat riots, loving It devotedly as they did, for It was an old nnd pleasant city of homes, burned it to tho ground, bo that tho oncoming regiments should And neither food nor shelter there. During tho guorrllla campaigning of tho Ten Years' War Palma w'as elected President of a republic organized by tho troops. In 1877 he was captured by tho Spaniards, Imprisoned for a short ttmo In Havana, and later taken to Spain, where ho was confined In an old castle for over a year. He takes care to give the Spaniards their duo, and says he was treated with great kindness and respect by them. After his release ho was postmaster general of Honduras for five years, and then came to the United States, whero ho established n collegiate school for Cuban nnd South American boys at Central Valley, N. Y. During the last struggle for Cuban Independence ho was tho head of tho Junta which, with headquarters In New York, raised money and carried on a propaganda In behalf of tho cause. umbrella toppled and went uown tho hole, but Its owner did not notlco Its disappearance until she rose to get out "Whero Is my umbrella?" sho cried. "Conductor, somebody has stolen my umbrella. I put It right In that-that silt injthocar." "Then I guess perhaps you may get It next summer when they repair tho car," answered the conductor, nmlnbly. "But It couldn't have gone down there. I mado suro It couldn't drop down. Somo one has stolen It" "Well, I'm sorry, but I can't block tho line. Do you want to get off at this stop?" "I want my umbrella." "One moment, madam," said tho raon opposite. He took his own umbrella, which had a hook-shaped handle, nnd went fishing. "Don't tear It!" cried the woman. "It's a nice silk one, and I think a good deal of It bocauso my cousin Nellie gave It to me." After a few probes, the rescuer pulled out a dirty umbrella and handed It to Its owner. "Thank you. sir!" she snapped, and strode out. The conductor pulled the bell-cord vigorously. The passengers smiled. Dlaadvantnges ol a Plat. Ping-Pong Is not an unmitigated blessing when played In a flat that is, to the dwellers In other apartments. "The family that lives over me Is ad dicted to tho game," says one victim, "and I am familiar with some of the drawbacks of living In such close rela tions with habitual plng-pongers. Reg ularly every night nfter dinner I hear the furniture in the drawing; room nbove me being pulled about the room. I know that the lnrge table la being prepared for the game. After that I hear steadily uutll bedtime the Inevita ble two tones of tho bats, ping-pong, ping-pong, ping-pong, as the game goes on. I don't know nt whnt time they stop, jl escape to a bedroom before that time nnd try to go to sleep. It Is not possible to do nuythlug In tho drawing room In which tho constant and un changing ping-pong Is heard." Hearing; Iteveraes. As a rule, women bear fortune's re verses better than men. a woman per forms llttlo acts of self-denial as a mat ter of course; she gives up her own per sonal luxuries, or even necessaries without comment or complaint; there fore her deeds of unselfishness often escape notice. The average man can not do this. He may relinquish some big thlug without a growl; his conduct In a great renunciation may be charac terised by the same exemplary pa tience which marks women at such a time, but, should the string of unaccus tomed poverty be so severe as to take from him any of the trifles which he treats as a matter of course, he be comes morose, and bia temper suffers In consequence. GLOTHES THAT WEAR and are fit to wear, bear our label, Barkers' Ooats, Walters' Jackets and Aprons aans&Klein, HELENA. AM) BUTTE, M0NTAN1. HERRMANN & CO. Furniture and Carpets, 201-203 Bromdwmy. Undertakers and Embalmers, 129 Bromdwmy, Telephone 249. IIKLKNA, MONT. Kesmler Brewery... BREWERS AND BOTTLERS Of Hlgh-Orado Beers, Helena, - - Montana CALL AT THK Keller Studio ! fine Photographs ron your We have all the latest styles In Mounts. jinng your ttouaa wora ana get prices. IP Dp 137U N. Mln Ntrei.1, MiLLCKi Opp. IVO. Helena, Mont Blazier's... No. 248 Burnside Street, i Bet. 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