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THE SUNDAY . OBEGOHIAN, PORTLAND, TOLY 8, 1900. THE FIRST CROP OF RAPE HARVESTED JTBAB, MONMOUTH AWB FOUKD VERT PROn TABUS; Seed Brings $35 Per Acre, After Steep, Goats and Hot Had Grascd on Field for Months MONMOUTH. Or., July 7. John B. Stump finished yesterday on his farm, ad joining Monmouth, a 30-acre field of rape, which yielded 10 bushels to the acre. This plant resembles the rutabaga turnip, the stalks running about four feet high when .matured. The pods and seeds are also much like those of the turnip. The recent rains caused the pods to open, and fully one-half of the seed scattered and was not saved. It was cut with a grain bind er and threshed with a grain separator without any difficulty. The value of this plant to the progress ive farmer interested In diversified crops can readily be seen when, it is known that, On this S6-acre field, -whlrfi m nrram In June of last year, Mr. Stump has pas- turea aw nead of sheep till early this Spring; also many goats and hoga during the "Winter months. And the seed at the present market value brings 2 to 6 cents per pound, or about 53 BO per bushel, mak ing on the amount saved on this crop $35 per acre. rh!a Is probably the first crop of rape .harvested on the Pacific Coast, and the outcome has been watched with consider able Interest by agriculturalists from dlf terents part of the state who have known that it was being grown here. James E, Wing, of the Breeders Ga zette, of Chicago, with Dr. Withycombe, of tho tSate Agricultural Colin? pt. ined this crop when it was threshed, and 'both expressed great satisfaction at tho result of the experiment. Mr. Wing was here visiting Mr. Stump's .rtock farms, taking views of the stock and farm scenes for publication, and was also mak ing a looklng-up of thoroughbred sheep and goats, which he says are not excelled anywhere in the vUnltod States. TRIALS FOR GRAIX THEFT. Chief Witness Against One Mnn Is Already in the Penitentiary. COL,FAX' Jul' 7--In e Superior Court this morning on motion of the state's attorney, an order was Issued to the War den of the Penitentiary, at Walla Walla, to deliver the person of W. H. Clifford, a convict serving sontence there, to tho custody of the Sheriff of Whitman Coun ty, to be brought to Colfax as a witness for the state In the case against Charles Do France, on a charge of -grand larceny. Clifford, It Is claimed by the state's at torneys, will be a very Important witness a convicting witness, In, fact. Clifford was agent and manager of the Shawnee Warehouse Company's business, and as such agent and manager looted the com pany, selling grain in store with the ware house company to the amount of nearly 20,000 bushels. Nearly all this stolen grain was marketed through the Instrumental ity of Charles De France, who is himself accused of having robbed the Shawnee Warehouse Company. The De France trial is set for July 9, and this morning attorneys for the de fense moved for a change of venue, alleg ing that the case had been prejudged by Judge McDonald, and also that prejudice exists in tho minds of the people to such an extent that DeFrance could not have a fair trial here. The prejudice of the people, as alleged. Is supported by the af fidavits of a number of persons, among them being one from George Hazzard, formerly prominent in the Democratic party of the state. The state has been given until Monday to prepare to combat the motion. The case of the State vs. Wong Tee, ' charged with the murder of his country man. Chong OIn, in Colfax. May 27, has been set for trial on July 16. This is the case where the Chinese gambler, Chong OIn. was waylaid and his throat cut, his bead being nearly severed from the body. v Dangers of the Summer Resort. Spokane Spokesman-Review. Some breaking down of the convention alities Is expected at the Summer resort, and therein lies the relief and pleasure of the outing. It Is well, though, for par ents to consider that there is a limit, even at the lakeside or In the mountains, beyond which lies danger. It is lamentable that many young women return from their Summer outing with greater improvement physically than In mind and morals. Disregard of the social restrictions of every-day life often leads to mild flirtations, and these sometimes pass on to dangerous Indis cretions. It Is unfortunate that, as a rule, the better class of young men cannot enjoy extensive outings at the Summer resorts. Having entered upon the severe duties of llf, rentlon to their employment will ro permit a Summer's idling. A week or two of vacation is all that most of them may hope for. On the other hand, young men of frivolous Inclinations and de ficient industry and ambition become habitues of the Summer resort, and there the absence of conventionality rives them recognition and freedom they can not find in the city. And often they have the superficial graces which please young women, and these give them an influence that Is always Injurious and sometimes blighting. Parents should not forget that it is un wl?e to cast aside the social birriers which civilization has found essential to the fair name of womankind. There should be regard for the laws of chape ronage at the Summer resort as well as In tho city. Attention to these social canons .may save needless grlevlngs. Found Dead la Bed. ALBANY. Or., July 7. Henry Teeters was found dead In his bed at his home In this city this morning, having died sud denly some time In the night He had gone to bed as well as usual. He was 70 years of age, a pioneer of 1615 and a vet eran of the Indian wars. Mr. Teeters re sided at several places in Oregon and California. He left a wire and eight chil dren. Two Residences Burned. ALiBANY, Or., July 7. The residences of William Dick and the heirs of R. Far well were burned at Shedd last night, causing a loss of about 91000. Several other buildings caught from the flying cinders, and It was a close call for the whole street The Are caught from the sparks from the engine of a wood saw thafcpassed the houses. The Grant's Pass Company. GRANT'S PASS, Or., July 7. Company H. O. N. G., left this morning la a spe cially decorated car on the 4:30 train to take part in the annual encampment at Salem. About 45 men were In the car. They took with them "Pug" Berry, a boy of 10 years of age, who will act as their Drum-Major mascot Young Berry has developed a great deal of skill in twirling .his baton. The Dalles Company. jTHE DALLES, Or.. July 7. About 50 men belonging to Company D left here today for Camp Geer. Most of these are men who served through the Philippine campaign, the remaining number having been recruited here during the Winter. C H. Reed, of Dufur, as Adjutant-General, and F. A. Mead, of La Grande, Major of the battalion, accompanied The Dalles men. Enorinc Derailed, but Nobody Hurt. EUGENE, Or., July 8 The north-bound through freight struck a horse at 12:30 "this (Sunday) morning, one mile and a half west of Eugene, derailing - the en gine. No one was hurt. The accident will i . A delay the north-bound and the south hound overland passenger trains, and the south-bound through freight. Life's Prises Are for Workers. Junction City Times. Every man who has reached a high place in America has earned his way there by hard "work. In nearly every In stance he has commenced this hard work when a boy. Young men, if you want to succeed, work hard. Work won't kill ; you half as Quick as Idleness. In freo I America there is no place to which a boy may not rightly aspire. The Presi dent, the Senators, the bishops, the mer chant princes of 40 years from now are nearly all young men and boys today who are having a hard struggle to get along. The thing for a young man to do Is to have an aim In life a high aim. and plan to reach that sphere by every possible means of an honorable naturo that the Intellect will suggest Don't put off the start, start today. Ordered to Port Valdes. WASHINGTON, July 7. First Lieuten ant George C. Burnell. Volunteer Signal GALLERY OP OREGON Erfc j. jfc "v&k 8B3l?t &i ) & 5?fc?t3flr itntSf i ff'fttiL J j-iaSS sBBKsV skwMu F. P. NUTTING, OF THE ALBANT DEMOCRAT. ALBANY. Or., July 7. F. P. Nutting", editor of tho Albany Democrat, daily and weekly, tho oldest Democratic newspaper In Oregon, was born in New York State, November 10, 1850. Part of his education was obtained in a newspaper office. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, N. T., In April, 1870. In 1880 he came to Oregon, lo cating in Albany, where he nan since been connected with the Democrat, from December, 1683, as half owner, and from January, 1893, as sole owner, editor and publisher. A Val ley paper once said: "The Albany Democrat Is one of the beat papers in Oregon, and la more copied from than any other paper la the state. Mr. Nutting Is a live editor, and possesses ' the faculty of presenting news la an Interesting way. "We alio believe that the Democrat is about the fairest paper In the state, never intentionally misrepresenting anything, polit ically or otherwise, but always endeavoring to make fair and impartial statements," Corps, at Seattle, Wash., has been ordered to accompany a detachment of signal corps men from that place to Port Valdes, Alaska, and superintend the construction of a telegraph line from Port Valdez to Fort Egbert, Alaska. " h Dictator Bryan's ProprIty. Davenport Times. JMctator Bryan says he Is willing that J all those who have enjoyed any of the blessings of renewed prosperity during the past four years should vote the Re publican ticket this Fan. If Mr. Bryan was honest, which he never Is politi cally, he would vote the Republican ticket as he has prospered during tho last four years as he never prospered before during all his life. Ex-County Treasurer of Tacozna. TAOOMA, Wash.. July 7. Frederick T. Olds, a prominent mercnant and ex-City Treasurer, died suddenly tonight of apo plexy. WORLD'S SUNB0NNET CENTER Hott a "Woman Started the Flourish ing: Industry in Indianapolis. Indianapolis News. "Do you know," said a manufacturer, "that Indianapolis is the greatest sun bonnet manufacturing city In the world7" Tho rise of the sunbonnet as an article of extensive wholesale manufacture was accidental and sudden. Ten years ago there were no manufacturers of sunbon- nets In this country, as far as known. Sunbonnets were then and had been in use for scores of years, especially the old fashioned Quaker gingham bonnet Each community furnished Its own supply every woman made her own bonnet It had not occurred to any one that there would be profit In making them by the dozen, or hundreds of dozens. But that happy thought came to Mrs. M. L. Roberts, of West Indianapolis. A sunbonnct that Mrs. Roberts made for herself attracted the attention of a neighbor. It was not elaborate. It was simply made, but natty, and the tastlness of It added practically nothing to its cost Would Mrs. Roberts make one for her? She would. She did. That started the trouble. There were other neighbors and friends. Bonnets had to bo made by the dozen. Perhaps other women In the city would be glad to get such bonnets? The large retail stores were visited and trial orders were obtained. These orders were soon duplicated. Perhaps there would bo a sale of them In Chicago, in Louisville and St Louis? There was. Once they were sampled there was too much of a demand for them. Three or four days after there had been a ship ment of 100 dozen would come the order, "Ship another 100 dozen at once." Mrs. Roberts had converted sitting-room, dining-room, bedroom into sewing-rooms, but the facIUtles wero overtaxed. Part of the largo barn was remodeled and fit ted up with sewing machines, cutting ta bles, etc., but there was no catching up with orders. The large customers seeing that the demand could not be supplied in this way, started to manufacture their own sunbonnets. Sunbonnets wero not patented, and there was nothing to pro hibit anybody from making even Mrs. Roberts's pattern of them. As one large factory after another was started with unlimited capital behind It Mrs. Roberts saw that It was useless to try to compete in the making of the pop ular cheap bonnet and immediately set to work to manufacture the better and more expensive kinds and began the mak ing of sun hats. Competition was headed, off this time by the securing of a patent in a simple device which enabled tho hat and bonnet to be taken apart to be washed and be easily put together again and appear as new. Variable Irrigation Supply. The report of .the hydrographer on the flow of the Bolce for the week ending June 30 is interesting. It shows that the flow decreased from 4350 second-feet on June 24 to 2180 on the 30th. On June SO last year tho flow was 11.IS0 second-feet more than five times as great as this year, while the.flow on, the corresponding day of 1833 was more than twice as great as this year. The figures serve as a warning to those using -water that they must be prepared to husband the supply wherever there Is any possibility of Its running short, for the conditions that govern the flow In tho Boise are operative throughout the state. SOUSA MARCHES GO CHEAP Bold rixr.ahinsrton Post and "Hlch School Cadets" for ?70. Ainslee's Magazine. "The first piece I ever had published I paid for," said Mr. Sousa. "It cost ma 525, and that 525 was a great deal of. money to me, an awful lot. Of course, the piece did not selL Some friends of mine with a great big gob of klndess in their hearts bought copies. I think about 54 worth. But the rest of the world, though It was hunting new tunes, paid no attention to the publication of my piece. It had not found me yet, apd the fact that I was disappointed in the sale of my music did not disarrange its ma chinery in the least. The next timo I NEWSPAPER MEN No. 4. thought I would try Philadelphia. I went up to the publishing house of Leo & Walker and showed my two compositions to the editor, with whom I struck up a friendship that h.as lasted ever since, that day, and that was in 1872, when I was 18 years old. He played over my pieces and they sounded beautiful. He was a good pianist and I never have been. He made soma kind of a. cabalistic mark on them; I suppose it meant O. K.. and sent me down to see Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee liked the pieces, but I -was a young man, an abso lutely unknown young man, and all that you know what they all say. Still the pieces were very nice, and they would puuusa mem, giving me i. neia my Dream giving me 100 copies of each piece. My railroad fare from Washington to Philadelphia and return and my hotel bill amounted to JIB, and for that I was to get loo copies of each of my two pieces, which would cost the publisher perhaps ?7. I thought that was pretty hard. But I "ac cepted. I supposed that the music would be printed off Tight away. It wasn't After about a dozen letters from me dur ing a period of six or seven months, I finally got word that they might get the piece out the following quarter." "Now that you have made a hit, don't those pieces sell?" Mr. Sousa shook his head and pressed his lips 'together. "The world does not turn back and look for what It has once passed by. It wants something new".ri "After awhile I sold my compositions for what I could get anything from $5 up to $25. The 'Washington Post Mai.ch and the 'High School Cadet March' I sold' for 535 each. They made an Independent fortune for the publisher, Coleman, of Philadelphia." "And all you got out of them was $70?" Mr. Sousa nodded. He did not seem to feel bad about It He seemed to think it was a kind of a Joke on him, of course, but a good Joke, for all that Probably ha believes that there are more marches Just, as good where they came from. Probably he has got over grieving about it in tho last 10 years. 7 The Kansas City Party. Brooklyn Eagle, Ind. Dero. Tho candidate is the platform. He per sonifies free silver, surrender to the Fili pinos, assault on the paramountcy of National law, attack on Invested rights, the House of Want In its war on the House of Have, and every other social istic passion and spasm which makes a platform its mero rhetorical cover and politic? its battle-ground. His candidacy is a candidacy of revolution. It is gal lant sincere and formidable. Those who by devices would make it seem less sin cere would -make it not only less for midable, but also less respectable. The Eaglo will be surprised If, honest revo lutionlst and gifted socialist that he Is, Mr. Bryan does not brush aside the trimmers and the evaslonists, and, theat rically advanced at the head of the ene mies of order, the opponents of prosperity and the foes of property and of thrift leading his motley following to "Novem ber and its consequences. Child Misintr At tbe Police Station last evening, Mary Simmons, a child 10 years old, liv ing on a scdw at the foot of East An keny street was reported missing. When last seen, she was sitting on the edge of tho scow at S:30 o'clock, and the suppo sition is that she may have fallen into the river and drowned. The scow was anchored off the shore, in 50 feet of water. The child was barefooted and had on a short coat and a light dress. t Captain Huston Dead. WASHINGTON, July 7. The War De partment has received tho following ca blegram from General MacArthur at Ma nlli: "Captain Robert M. Huston, Forty-Seventh United tEates Volunteer Infantry, died of typhoid fever at Manila on tho afternoon of July 6." In a raffle, John Brooks won a. bouse and lot at WInlock on the Fourth. It is worth $500, and 'his chance cost him SI cento. NEWS OF THE EAST SIDE UJfCERTAIX 'WITNESS pi A OA3IE- IjAW CASE. Death of A. J. Stafford Wheeltvonian Injured East Washington Roadway Notes. Walter Pomeroy was tried yesterday afternoon In Justice Vreeland's Court on the charge of having the" carcass of a deer In his possession on Juno 16. While the charge was made by I. P. W. Qulm by, game protector, John Dunn was , the chief witness. C. Bonser, C. Parker and William Bennett were also witnesses. It was charged that the defendant had the dead deer in his wagon, and in his statement before the District Attorney, John Dunn said that he ' saw the deer in Pomeroy's wagon, partly covered up with sacks. He then made a direct and unequivocal statement, but when on the , witness-stand he wobbled In his evidence woefully, and was unable to tell two stories of the affair alike. He was- un certain about everything, and could not testify directly In the case. Justice Vree land scored "him severely fornls vaccllat lng course, and said In his opinion Dunn ought to be punished for bis action. The evidence of the other witnesses was not material. Under the circumstances. Jus tice Vreeland acquitted tho defendant. This case was first started in Kraemer's court, and was transferred, to tho East Side court. Death, of a Pioneer. A. J. Stafford, a well-known farmer and pioneer of Multnomah County, liv ing on tho crossroad between Pleasant Home and Troutdale, died yesterday of paralysis. He had been In falling health for over a year, and last Winter went to California In the hope that the cli mate would benefit him, but he came home little Improved. Mr. Stafford was 6S years old, and had lived on his farm In Multnomah County for the past 33 years. He came first to California In the early mining excitement, 'where he remained several years before coming to Portland and taking up land In this county. No man was better or more fa vorably known than he in that neigh borhood for fair dealing and Integrity. He has been identified with tho growth of that part of the county. There his largo famljy were born and reared. Mr. Stafford Is survived by his wife and 10 children, tho latter being Mrs. Mlna Buxton, Mrs. Viola Richardson, Trout dale: Sim, John, Everette, Etta, Alfred, Florence, Jessie and Chester Stafford, at the old home. Tho funeral will tako place this morning from his late home, and the Douglass cemetery will be the placo of Interment East "Washington Roadway. Tho elevated roadway on East Wash ington street between Union avenue and East Water street. Is going to pieces very fast and the time Is not far off when it will all be gone. It has been closed up for several years, but it has been used by several stables. The sur face planking Is rotten and falling In. There are places where the substruc ture is giving way and settling. .Near tho Southern Pacific depot on East First street a considerable portion of, the road way has settled down. There Is now nothing left on this street as a reminder of its former activity during the days of the Stark-street ferry, except Jacob Danner, who is still a fixture. He- has been on the street for about 20 .years. The roadway can never bo repaired. It is too far gone for that There Is no Immediate prospect of the roadway being rebuilt The property-owners have set tled down in a waiting attitude for some thing to turn up, and will probably wait till their hair .grows yery, white and their Joints "rusty, unless they mpve them selves. , Wheelwomnn Injured Miss Josephine .Ganon, who lives on Third and Main streets, wag severely Injured on the corner of. East Seventh' and East Clay streets last evening by being run over by a horse while she was riding by on a bicycle. A horse, be longing to P. Peddlcord, who has a stablo on East Seventh street between East Mill and Stephens streets, ran wild down the street and knocked her from her bi cycle to the street with great force, and wrecked her bicycle. Miss Qapon was rendered Insensible, and was picked up and carried into the house of Dr. Davis, near where the accident happened. Later she was removed by carriage to her home. She sustained very sevore Inju ries. She fell on her face, and was badly bruised, and thero .seemed to be concus sion of tho brain. "Fortunately, no bones were broken, but she had a narrow es cape. The horse struck the wheel, and not the rider. At last accounts she was resting 'comfortably, and will doubtless be about in a short time. Death of Mrs. Yates. Mrs. Yates, wife of F. H. ,Yates, died at her home, on the corner of East Thirty-third and East Alder streets, Fri day night, after an Illness of some time. She and her husband have lived at Sun nysldo for the past seven years. They came to Oregon owing to her ill-health. Mrs. Yates was 54 years old. She was highly respected by her neighbors. A husband and two sons survive her". Tho funeral will take place from her late homo this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev L,- F. Moore, formerly of Sunnysfde, will conduct tho funeral services. East Side Notes. J. P. Sharkey and wife left recently for their old home, Wheeling, W. Va. After completing their visit there they wllL proceed to Detroit, Mich., where they will spend some time. On their way back to Portland they will stop ovef at Chicago for a short tJme. The elevated roadway where East Tenth street Intersects Belmont will be com pleted within a few days. Timbers are in place and the plank will be laid. The en tiro Improvement on East Tenth street will be finished this month. It will bo an excellent Improvement Emll Pelffer, the young man of Sell wood who shot himself a few days ago near his home. Is improving, and is in a fair way to recover. He is at the Good Samaritan Hospital, and will be confined thero for somo time. The son of Leander Smlthf-of St Johns, fell from an apple treo Friday evenlngt fracturing his right forearm. Both arms were broken. .Dr. Dav Raffety was cajlqd to attend the bo?. It was a severe frac ture. The improvement of East Taylor street from East Sixteenth to East Thirty fourth street will greatly facilitate the protection of property against fire. Tho street passes through a dlstrlot where at present It is impossible to got an en gine. Dr. A. H. Johnson, of the East Side, has gone to Danville, Wis., where he will remain for a short' time. His en gagement to Miss Erma M. Bjalnard, of DanviUe, Is announced. a)id th,e nows of the weudlng is expected afany time.' The general committee of "arrangements for the annual encampment! of, tho Mult nomah County ex-Soldlefs and Sailors' Association will meet the'evenlng of July 12. At that time It is expected that it Will be known where tho reunion this year will be held. John E, Mayo Is chairman of this committee, and J. S. Foss secretary. Members of Gilbert Auxiliary Camp, No. 1, and Gilbert Camp,jNo.4, went out on. a tally-bo party Friday night The party had tin horns, and mado themselves heard wherever they weni.A Dr. Wise, room 614, The Dekum, -How to Make,' Deda. Before making up the bods" sec- to it that tho rooms have been aired. On a clear, sunshiny day open the windows before breakfast and strip the bed, hanging the clothing over chairs, near the windows. Allow the rooms to air for a couple of hours and shake the bed clothing free of dust If the day la rainy, do not open the beds while the room Is airing. They will gather moisture if you do. On a damp day hang the bedding to air in tho rooms with the windows closed, make up the beds and air the room again after the beds have been mado up. The most important part of bedmaklng is to get the sheets properly adjusted. Wrinkles in a tfaeet are en abomination. The bottom sheet should be tucked in se curely at the top, so that It cannot be Jerked down by the restlessness of the sleeper. The top sheet should be tucked In tightly at the botton, so that It cannot easily be drawn out of place. It should be laid with the wide hem at the top, and the rough side of the hem turned upper most, so that when It Is folded back over the coverlet the right side will be ex posed. . BOXER MARSEILLAISE. "The Churches Stop Heaven" "Let tho Forelign Devils to Be Killed." London Standard. Tien Tsln, April 30. We are having a recrudescence of anti-foreign literature, of which the following are very good samples. The first of them Is In rhyme of peculiarly attractive form, the meter throughout representing two lines of three characters each, and ono line of seven characters. This Is partic ularly easy to memorize. I know some Chinese Christians whose families can repeat It by heart after one or two read ings, and they assure me that it Is a style of placard which would be univer sally memorized, whereas, the prose placards are read, but make no lasting Impression. I append a literal transla tion of tho poem, without any attempt at rhyme, for fear of destroying tho effect and also I give a samplo of how it runs in Romanized Chinese: BOXER FIjACARD. God assist the Boxers, The Patriotic Harmonious Corps; It is because the Foreign Devils disturb the Middle Kingdom. Urging the people to Join their religion. To turn their backs on Heaven; Venerate not the Gods and forget the Ances tors. Men violate the human obligations; Women commit adultery. -Foreign Devils are not produced by mankind. If you doubt this. Look at them carefully; The eyes of all the Foreign Devils are bluish. No rain falls. The earth Is getting dry. This Is because the Churches step the Heaves. The Gods are angry. The Genii are vexed; Both are como down from the mountains to deliver the doctrine. This is not hearsay. The practice will not be In vein To recite Incantations tnd pronounce magic words. Burn up the yellow written prayers; Light Incense sticks; To invite the Gods and Genii of all the grot toes (Halls). The Gods will come out of the grottoes. The Genii will come down from the mountains. And support the human bodies to practice the boxing. When all the military accomplishments or too tles Are fully learned. It will not be difficult to determine the "For eign Devils" then. Push aside the railway tracks, Pull out the telegraph poles. Immediately after this destroy the steamers. The great France Will grow cold and downhearted; The English and Russian will certainly dis perse. Let the various "Foreign Devils" all be killed. May the whole elegant Empire of the Great Chlng dynasty be ever prosperous. SPEND SUNDAY AT BONNE---" - VILLE. O. R. & N. special train leaves Union Depot 9:30 A. M. for Bonneville picnic grounds Sunday, July 8. Good music Refreshments on the grounds. Fifty cents round trip. Baby Foxes Rescued by Parents. Some weeks ago. says the Cincinnati Enquirer, a den of foxes was discovered on tho bank of the Miami River near Redbank, by three boys, John Bain, Lew is Shumate and a boy named Lloyd. Young Lloyd took two of them to his fatber's place, near Redbank. They were fastened to a kennel with stout cords at tached to collars. Persons In the vicinity frequently heard the old foxes bark at night, and one night last week Farmer Lloyd, hearing a commotion In tho barnyard, went out and saw the parent foxes scurry away. He then went to the kennel and found that the cords which had confined the young animals had been chewed In twain and the little ones were missing. It Is the supposition that the parent animals released their young and carried them away in their mouths, as a cat does her kittens. She Told Charlie. It was the morning after one of the "most delightful dances of the season given by the younger set" that a crowd of chattering girls wero gathered together discussing what a good time thoy had enjoyed, when one of them picked up the evening paper and began to read an ac count of the affair. Finally she exclaimed, "Why, Grace Darling, I thought you woro pure white last night!" "I did," replied Grace. "Why, the paper has It that you wore a white dress and a black girdle," said the- first girl. "I told Charlie that somebody would see .him If he didn't take his arm away," In dignantly replied Grace, and then she blushed and became confused, and could n't And a place to rest her eyes! Memphis Scimitar. The Winlock Pilot says that Monday ev ening about dark two half-grown bears attacked a couple of young calves that were in a lot In that town, and they were making things lively for the calves when discovered. On being Interrupted the bears beat a hasty retreat to the woods. As the blood contains all the elements necessary to sustain life, it Is impor tant that it be kept free of all impurities, or it becomes a source of disease, poisoning instead of nourishing the body, and los3 of health is snre to follow. Some poisons enter the Wood from without, through the skin by absorption, or inoculation ; others from within, as when waste products accumulate in the system and ferment, allowing disease germs to develop and be taken into the circulation. While all blood troubles have one common oririn, each has some peculiarity to distinguish it from the other. Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheumatism, Eczema and other blood diseases can be distinguished by a certain sore, ulcer, eruption or inflammation appeariner on the skin. Every blood disease shows sooner or later on the outside and on the weakest part of the body, or where jit finds the least resistance. 'Many mistake the sore or outward sign for the real disease, and attempt a cure by the use of sabres, liniments and othea external applications. Valuable time is lost and no permanent benefit derived from such treatment. BLOOD TROUBLES REQU5RE BLOOD REMEDIES; the poison must be completely and perm, nentlv eradicated the blood reinforced, purified and cleansed, or the disease goes deeper and saps the very life. Mercury, potash and arsenic, the treatment usually prescribed in this class of diseases, are violent poisons, even when taken, in ETnall doeesj never cure, but do much harm by adding another poison to the already overburdened, diseased blood. or any similar blood trouble, write them deuce. We make no charge for this service. Book on blood and akin diseases free. PREFERS MOUNTAIN GAME AUSTRIA'S KAISER FOND OF DEER AND CHAMOIS HUNTING., Fasses'HIs Spare Time Trackinc and Shooting Bis: Game In Far Alpine Fastnesses. Kaiser Franz-Joseph, like so many oth er monarchs and princes, Js a 'great sportsman, and finds his chief relaxation In shooting. From his earliest yc"ars, -says a writer in the London Telegraph, he has been especially devoted to mountain sport, finding a shooting party In the plains but slow sport, after having tracked his game in the mountain fastnesses. The emperor possesses some of the best preserves in the world, but It is many years since he has visited them for the purpose of shoot ing, for he finds the Alpenjagd much more exciting, and all his spare time is spent on his beloved mountains. Early in the Spring, when the snow be gins to melt on their heights above the J Austrian plains, the adventurous inhab itants go out up the mountains (which are often at that time of the year full of dangers) to see If they can hear the first cry of the Auerhahn, so that they may be able, when the Kaiser comes, to guide him to a place where he Is certain to find the birds. The Emperor comes for his favorite sport as soon as possi ble to the Semmerlng with his guest3, all the party In the costume of the country. I i !. t. u, lont.rn. tho At m5"W "t " bw w.. ...........,, .- Kaiser Is taken to a likely spot, and early in the morning the sport begins, for It i3 only in the early morning that it Is pos sible to shoot the Auerhahn. Chamois Hunting;. Later in the year the Emperor Is always at Ischl, where he has many shooting boxes on the mountains of the Salzkam mergutes. These houses are of the very plainest description, and the only things In them of any worth are tho antlers and other trophies of the chase which adorn the walls. The Emperor starts early In the morning, and Is rowed over the lake to the place where he takes his stand among the rocks, and the chamois are driven past him. For B0 years his Majes ty has shot in the mountains, and by his people ho Is always warmly welcomed there. Later the Emperor returns to his shoot ing box, where luncheon Is served, but the food, though plentiful. Is plain, and beer Is the chief drink. The meetings are always merry, and the Jodllng of the Jager gives a cheery sound amongst the mountains, and very often there is mu sic of zither and hunting song3 are sung and stories related. In SeDtember the Kaiser shoots In the Steycrmark, when the sport Is deer-stalk-lng, and his Majesty always has a large party of friends with him. Though at thl3 time of tho year there is generally very cold weather and often deep snow In the mountains, the Emperor is out morn ings and evenings, and does not seem to mind the cold In the least He is a thor ough sportsman, and never shoots any but the deer of a certain age, and even when many are standing together, the Emperor picks out the one who has lived the longest The Emperor pay3 a last visit to hi3 beloved Alps In December, after which the snow makes the sport Im possible and the game is left in peace, until the Spring. A Thorouch Spprtsman. Kaiser Franz-Joseph is much more of a sportsman, than the modern man who shoots, and who only considers the num ber of head of gamo that he can manage to flwitrov in a civen time. The Kaiser enjoya the hardships entailed by his mountain sport and the difficulties attend ant on his shooting, and It Is for this reason, that he doe3 not care for shooting over his preserves In the plains, and con fines his attention to the mountains. He Is an excellent shot, and Is hardly ever known to miss his aim, and he Is also merciful, and Is careful to allow no useless suffering. His ldndnes3 of heart Is proverbial, and his very love of sport makes him anxious to see that there is no unnecessary pain inflicted, and also that those animals and birds are killed that are the lawful bag of the huntsman (Jager). The Emperor Is often accompanied on his shooting expeditions by his son-in-law. Prince Leopold of Bavaria. All the Bavarian princes are keen sportsmen, and are used In their own country to mount ain shooting. It was In 'Bavaria that the elder sons of the German Emperor were first initiated Into the mysteries of Alpine sport and those1 who have once tastea the Joys of this sport are never likely to take much Interest in other forms of the chase. BEH GARKO ROASTS THATCHER. Shows Up the Career of the Deceased Billlardist. Benjamin Garno, the welt-known writer on billiards, in an article he recently con tributed to Sporting Life, and In speaking of tho late John A. Thatcher, the Western blUlard expert and author on billiard topics says: "Aa a player of matches Thatcher was as often vanquished as victor. As a billiard writer, ho was capable of greater haste in forming opinions than tenacity In hold ing thorn. He would champion men, but neglect lnstltutiona. By his own admis sion to myself he was cognizant of many a 'hippodrome' aa to stake money, and, yet like every other professional bil llardist that has also been a billiard writer, he never penned a line In exposure or disapproval. Moro than once it be came apparent that, were his originally chosen calling In peril, his professional frlenda would be safer from his pen-than billiards because of it Tho amateur im broglio of last year and tho year before disclosed that he could think privately in ono way and write publicly In another. 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Sec tionalism In alliance with personal friend ship, I am feeling sure, must have been almost altogether at bottom. "Of much that he penned h had no personal knowledge. Of not a little that ha printed on hearsay and with. o abiding faith that he let It go as aU his ! said in no unkindnefw, but rather in jus tice to others dead, as well as to some that yet are with us that In his charming book he aimed most of all to paint two or three friends not aa men chalking, but an gods walking. Gifted with a penchant for assertions that could be twisted so as to "beat records,' he would often risk beat ing the trutht as well. Assuming an air of dogmatism, he could invest mere gosrfp I with all the force of fact In this way. In many Instances, he has upset records that once were amply settled- Let It be charitably hoped that of aU such he had never known." Cruel Bicycle Invention. An Ingenious Frenchman has invented an effective, if not altogether humane, device whereby to foil the malign purpose of the bicycle thief. He had a sharp, steel spike, some three Inches long, fitted In tho center of the saddle of hl3 machine, and provided with a spring Joint, so that It could be raised erect on occasion, while it lay flat in ,& groove until required for use. Thus equipped, the cyclist rode up to his fa vorite cafe In Paris, leaving his bicycle outside, after duly fixing his Insidious bayonet A lew minutes later one of the maraud ers now so common In Paris came along, and, seeing his chance, wheeled the bike Into the middle of the road, and hoped. In the twinkling of an eye, to distance all pursuers. Scarcely had ho started before agonlz- lnpr shrieks summoned a crowd to the - tij ,,,. spot and the Impaled victim was picked up, bathed In blood and unconscious, for conveyance to the nearest hospital. Tho Inventor Is said to be so delighted with the success of his experiment that he has applied for a patent Good Buyer of Players. Barney Dreyf uss. president of the Pitts burg club, is, according to Ted SuUlvan, the best man at finding ball players In the world. Ted declares that Barney slips Into a country town, wearing false whis kers and a long duster, and keeps under cover and watches a game. The next day he drops his disguise and enters into ne gotiations. Of course, the manager tries to Bell Bar ney every man but the one he wants, but Barney finally talks around to his object, and after dickering on the price untU it reaches hl3 own figures, he grabs the ex act change out of his pocket and shoves It Into the hands of the manager before he knows what Is being done. v SOUVENIR OF J. WILKES BOOTH Lorgnette Given a Senator's Wife by Lincoln's Assassin. The daughter of a United States Sen ator has a lorgnette which was pre sented to her mother by J. Wilkes Booth tho night before he killed Lincoln. Tho story, as printed In the Chicago Tribune, Is as follows: Booth rented a room the night befora the assassination In the Washington Hotel, where Henry Clay died. The house was crowded with guests, and the corridors, after dinner, were filled "with women of note and beauty. Booth, who was fond of admiration, commingled with the assemblage, and was presented to many. He carried a handsomely mount ed lorgnette, which a Senator's wife com plimented. She knew the Booth family, Edwin Booth having been a guest in her home. This fact was sufficient warrant for J. Wilkes Booth to be unusually gra cious, and when the Senator's wife ad mired the actor's lorgnette, he begged the favor of presenting It to her. The 'fallowing' night occurred the trag edy. In the preliminary Investigation which followed, the Senator's wife and another woman who was with her tho evening she met Booth were subjected to a most rigid inquiry as to Booth's manner. The daugnter of the Senator's wife, now a prominent society woman, tells this story in connection with the investigation: "My poor mother was questioned and cross-questioned by a lawyer and a de tective touching her meeting with Booth. But she was unable to give them any Information concerning Booth's manner, except that he was gallant Hard as they tried to learn anything from her, she could remember nothing showing that Booth contemplated crime nothing in dicating that he ever thought of such a thing. He was In a Jovial mood, and spoke of some future events with con fidence. "I do not think my mother ever quite recovered from the effects of the Incident She kept the lorgnette for some years, never using It, however, and nnany she presented It to me. "I am not supersti tious, but I have never yet tried to use this lorgnette that something unusual did pot occur. Tho first night I carried it my horse had an accident which made us late In arriving at the theater, and when we got there we found the play postponed. Once it was misplaced, and suddenly turned up. On another occasion it was loaned to a friend, wbo was taken 111 in her box and nearly died be fore she got home. I still have It but I have never used it although I mean to some day." Lacked a Fevr Things Only. Tho following letter, from an old col ored citizen, strikes the Summer season fair and square: "Mister Jlmmle Dear Fren en Sir: Mister Jlmmle, I feels that I mus' 'dress dls letter ter you. Mister Jlmmle, hit como ter me las' Wednesday dat I had a call ter preach. Now, Mister Jlmmle, campmeetin is comln' on lak a race boss on a shell road, en all I needs ter fall right inter de work is a celluloid collar a long linen duster, a tall straw hat en a big palmetter fan. Mister Jlmmle, please como ter de rescue er de ol' man In his day en tlmo er trouble, en you'll git a warm welcome, on da yuther side, hereafter. "P. S. Pleaso sen 'bout six palmetter fans, ez dey is powerful cheap!" Atlan ta Constitution. jioam B$d Poison, SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, a : ' h cl 1(T3 5