VOL. XXXII.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895.
jNO. 1,
TRANSPORTATION.
EAST AND SOUTH
VIA
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Co.
EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY.
6:15 pm I Leave Portland Arrive I 8:20 am
10:20pm Leave Albany Leave) 4:J3i
10 :4-i a m I Arrive B. Francisco Leave 7 :1X) v M
Above trains stop at all stations from Port
land to Albany, also at Tangent, Khedds, Hal
Bey, Harrisbuig, Junction City, Irving, Eugene,
Comstock, brain and all stations irom Kose
burg to Ashland, inclusive.
ROSEBURG MAIL, DAILY.
HUSO A M I i-eave Portland Arrive I 4:30 pm
12 :45 p M j Leave Albany Leave 1 12 :3c p m
5:50 P M j Arrive Boseburg Leaxe 7; 0am
Pullman Buffet sleepers and eecond-cla8
leaping cars attached to all through trains.
WEST SIDE DIVISION.
Between Portland 'and Corvallis. Mall
train daily (except Sunday).
7 :30 a m I Leave
12;15 pm I Arrive
Portland
Corvallis
Arrive 15:35 p M
Leave 1 :00 p m
At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains
of the Oregon Pacific railroad.
EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except
Sunday).
4 :40 p m I Leave Portland , Arrive I 8:26 a m
7:25 p m Arrive McMinnville Leave j 5:50 a m
Through tickets to all points in the Eastern
states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rate from A. K. Milner. aeent, Oorvallis.
R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS,
Manager. A. G. F. & P. A.
Portland, Oregon.
E. MCNEILL. Receiver.
TO THE
EAST
GIVING THE CHOICE OF '
TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL.
ROUTES
VIA VIA
SPOKANE, DENVER,
MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA
AND AND
ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
OCEAN STEAMERS
LklAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS
- - -FOR- - -
SAN FRANOISflfl
Wl 111 I I
For full details call on Geo. F. El
gin, Corvallis, Or., or address
, W. H. HURLBURT.
G. P. A., Portland, Oregon.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD CO
Charles Clark - - Superintendent-
Connecting with Str. "HOMER" be
tween Yaqudna and San Francisco.
Str. leaves San Francisco and Ya
qulna about every 9 days.
Rights reserved to change sailing
dates without notice.
For freight and passenger rates ap
ply to any agent
CHAS. J. HENDRYS, SON & CO..
Nos. 2 and 8 Market et
San Francisco, Calif.
J. P. BERGIN, G. F. & P. A.,
Corvallis, Oregon.
OHAS. CLARK, superintendent,.
Corvallis, Oregon. - '
Farra & Wilson,
Physicians, Surgeons, and
Accoucheurs.
-Office upstairs in Farra and Allen's
fcvick. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and from
1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P J4. Calls promptly attended
to at all hours, euner aay or mgiu.
DR, L. G. ALTMAN,
HOMOEOPATHIST.
Diseases of women and children and
Office over Allen & "Wooward's drug
Office hours S to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and
7 to 8 p. m.
At residence Fifth street, near the
tourt house, after hours and, on Sun
days. .
BOWEN LESTER
DENTIST.
Office upstairs over First National bank.
Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed.
Corvallis. Oregon.
F. M. JOHNSON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Does a general practice in all the
tiourts. Also agent for all the first
class insurance companies.
NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE.
" E. B- WILSON .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In Zelroff building, opposite
jtostofflce.
M. O. WILKTNS.
Stenographer and Notary Public,
Court reporting and referee sittings
made specialties, as well as type
writing and other reporting,
pfllce. opposite postoffice. CorvjEvllis, Or.
JAS. FAIR'S MILLIONS
Another Sensation De
veloped. A New Will Is Produced
in Court.
By Its Provisions the Two Dangrhters
and the Son Get tbe Big
Estate.
SAN FRANCISCO; Mar. 18. The
contention in the courts over the mil
liens left by James G. Fair developed
another sensation this morning. When
the case was called before Superior
Judge Slack, a great stir was caused
by the introduction of what purports
to be a later holographic will twxitten
in 'lead pencil on two sheets of legal
cap paper. It was brought Into tourt
securely framed between two plates of
glass, by Reuben Lloyd, who has been
retained in. the case by Virginia Fair
and Mrs. Oelrichs, daughters of the
deceased. This alleged . will divides
the estate almost equally' between the
two daughters and Charles Fair. It
bequeaths a few thousand 'dollars to
certain orphan asylums, and make
no provision for such a trust as the
estate is left In contlrol of under the
will previously filed.
Messrs. Angus and Crothers are two
of the four executors named in the
previously filed iwill. Referring to-
thls alleged will, Attorney Lloyd In
formed the court that the document,
according Do its date, was executed,
three days later than the will pre
viously filed. He said he would prove.
that the existence of this will had been
known to several persons, and that it.
had finally been foundi in the possess
ion of an estimable old lady, whose
name Lloyd did not divulge. Lloyd
said the old lady had not produced it
because she had read of the other will
being offered for probate, and had sup
posed it was a later document than,
the one she held. The fact that this
new alleged will has been presented
in court by Attorney Lloyd would In
BENTON COUNTY
Abstract : Company
COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OP
BENTON COUNTY.
Conveyancing and : Perfecting Titles a
-,v" Specially,
Money to Loan on Improved City and
Country Property.
J, B, MARKLEY & CO,, Proprietors,
Main Street, Corvallis.
E. HOLGATE, H. L. HOLGATE,
Notary Public. Jtstlce of the Peace.
HOLGATE & SON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Corvallis,
Oregon
W. E. YATES,
THE LAWYER,
CORVALLIS,
OREGON.
JOS. H. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
office over First National Bank. Cor-
vallis Or. Will practice in all the
state and federal courts. Abstracting, 1
collections. Notary public Convey
ancing.
PIONEER
AND
COFFEE SALOON.
HODES & HALL,
P ain and Fancy ConfectionsIce Cream.
CIGARS::
"OUR SILVER CHAMPION," "BELMONT." GENERAL ARTHUR." and
a full line of Smokers' Articles. Come in when hungry and get a lunch any
hour of the day.
THE NEW
K&and O.RJ. CO'SLIS-The Short Route
To points In WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MU.MaftA, uattuiao, oximcj
SnTA and the East. ' '
TWvntrh tinkrfs on sale to and from
TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the
United States, Canada and Europe.
The Great Northern j Railway is a new transcontinental line. Runs
buffet-library observation cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, family tour
ist sleeperas and first and second class coaohes.
Haviiwr a rock ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from dust,
one of the chief annoyances of transcontinental travel.
Round tickets with stop over privileges and choice of return routes.
For further information call upon or write,
C. S. SMITH, Occidental . Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or.
C, C. DON AY AN Gen'l Agt, 122, Third Street Portland, Oregon
dicate that Charlie Fair and his sis
ters have joined forces to contest the
will of their father. ,
The attorneys who represent the ex
ecutors under the will previously filed,
and of which- the original copy was
stolen, intimated very strongly that
they believed the alleged later will to
be a forgery. The case was finally
continued until April 2d.
The alleged will produced today
bequeaths to various brothers and sis
ters of the deceased and their chil
dren about Uhe same amounts as was
left to them under the will previously
filed. Under the first will the families
of these brothers and sisters would ac
quire a large proportion of the estate
at the deatih of Fair's children, Cbas.,
Virginia, and Mrs. Oelrichs, 'but under
the will filed today the brothers and
sisters, and their families would re
ceive only the amount of cash stated
In the will and the balance of the $40
000,000 estate could be distributed at
once among the three children of the
deceased.
DIDN'T OPEN.
A Kansas City Bank Goes Down
Again Assets and Liabilities.
Kansas City, Mar. 18. The National
bank of Kansas City failed to open
this morning. In the panic of 1893
tile bank suspended, but through an
arrangement between the depositors
and stockholders it was permitted to
resume business. The steady with
drawal of deposits since that time
has placed the - bank in an embar
rassing position, and necessitated an
other suspension. A statement given
out shows assets to be $1,800,000; 11
albilSties, $1,050,000. , The Sqar this
afternoon will say editorially: ' "'None
of the other banks of the city hare
been in any way affected."
Washington, March 18. The" comp
troller of the currency today received
a telegram announcing the suspension
of the National bank of Kansas City.
Bank Examiner Galbreath was- ap
pointed temporary receiver.' The cap
ital stock is $1,000,000, with assets at
face value amounting to nearly $2,
000,000, of which $170,000 Is cash on
hand, and due from other banks.
NEW YORK'S "EXTRAORDINARY."
New York, March 18. The extraor
dinary grand jury, which has been
out since January 7th,- reported today.
Foreman Leggett handed up twenty
five indictments and presentments cen
suring the police department. The
court adjourned until 4 o'clock this
afternoon. It is expected in the mean
time several arrests will be made and
Justice Ingraham will fix bail this
afternoon. The grand jury was not
discharged.
The following passage occurs In the
presentment: "Circumstances and the
testimony offered have tended to show
the financial consideration, ' and in
some cases a tax, for administration.
Indeed the publicity with which the
law is violated" and ; , the immunity
froin" arrest enjoyed by lawbreakers,
Is inconsistent with the" law.". ,
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Liverpool, March 18. Wheat, spot,
steady; demand poor;, No. 2 red win
ter, 4s lOd; No.. 2 red spring, 5s id;
No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s3d; No. 1 Cal
ifornia, 5s ld.
Hops dull; Pacific coast, 2 108.
New York Hops dull.
Portland Wheat, valley, 8081
per cental; Walla Walla,' 4545 per
bushel.
San Francisco No. 1 shipping wheat,
8Gc, with 87 as a full figure for
choice offerings? milling grades ar
less firm at range of 9095c.
RACING AT 'FRISCO.
San Francisco, Mar. 18. Following
were the .racing events today:
Five and a half furlongs Seraphim
won in 1:11.
Half mile, maidens, 2-year-old fil
lies Ursula won In 0:514.
- About six furlongs Lizzine Hamp
ton colt won ini 1:10.
One mile Oakland won In 1:47.
Five and a half furlongs Ferrier
won in 1:08.
About six furlongs Tigress won In
1:15.
APPOINTMENTS.
Washington, March 18. The presi
dent today announced the fpllowing
appointments: Joseph R. Herod, of
Indiana, secretary of the legation of
the United : States to Japan; Henry
A. Cemery, interpreter of the consulate
at Ningpo, China; George F. Smith-
ers, interpreter to consulate at Osaka
and Hiogo, Japan.
BHKERY
Proprietors.
WAY EAST I
CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS, WASHING
THE DEEPEST
Surrounds the Spanish
Negotiations.
Bat No Serious Trouble
Feared.
Another Keport that an America
Schooner Has Been Sank by a
Spanish Ship.
WASHINGTON, March 18. An lm
penetrable mystery surrounds. ;the.jner
gotiations between, tee state i .depart
ment and the Spanish government' on
the Allianca affair. President 'Cleve
land conferred today with Secretaries
Grosham and Carlisle. The Allianca
affair was gone over and tine t state
ment is made that the present aspect
of the subject is such as to give as
surance that there will be? nib trouble
of a serious Character between the
United States and Spain.
HAPPILY: CLOSED.
Washington, March 18. Baron Fava
the Italian ambassador, expresses bis
appreciation of the. promptness, and
energy with which the federal author
i'ties and those of Colorado have
sought to give Italians the same pro
tection as American citizens at Wal
senburg. The incident Is closed, as far
as . international complications are
concerned. ; -: - a?. -Si--
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Jacksonville, Fla-, Mar. 18. A spe-'
cial to the Florida! Citizen from .-Key
West says: A letter has-, been re
ceived from Cuba stating that the
Spanish gunboat Alcedeo fired upon
and sunk a supposed American
schooner off Puerto Padre with six
teen people aboad. It is rumored that
the schooner from Key West was the
Golden Hind of Key West, which left
here several weeks ago for a cargo of
irmt, winn a crew or sixteen men, had
to pass Puerto Padre and may have
been the vessel in question. The
scnooners iiouis .Hastings and Lily
also sailed for fruit several days ago.
The latest news from Cuba Is that the
government has captured a steamer
wtm arms and ammunition at Havana
which was to go; to Santiago de
Cuba. At Santiago several rifles wera
captured hidden away in the fit-Ida
A CLEVER JAIL BREAK.
SEATTLE, Marcll 18. A darinsr Vail
delivery, headed by-the notorious Tom
Blanek, twice aaurderer,- was -effected
at the county iatt here at 7ian
d'clocE. last-nighiQ whici; ten prison
ers, including three convicted of mur
der, made their escape. The delivery
was accomplished by means of a
dummy revolver made of wood. - '
There were twenty-two prisoners in
the cage, Including Henry Creamer,
Nordstrom, Jim Murphy and V. A.
Wilcox, and of the twenty-two nine
joined in the break for liberty. At the
heels or Murderer Blanck were Levi3,
Rutten, Willie Russell (colored), all
convicted murderers. They were fol
lowed by Frank Hart, sentenced - to
seven years for grand larceny; C. W.
Brown, a counterfeiter; R. H. Ford.
sentenced last Saturday to three years
ror Durgiary; Uhas. Williams, await
ing trial for burglary; Frank Clie
felter, a horse thief from Kent; Wil
liam Cosgrove, a petty larcehist. q.
SOME RECAPTURED. . -v.",
Seattle, March 18. Up to 1 o'clock
this afternoon two of the escaped con
victs have been captured, Rutten and
Cosgrove. Both were taken at Orll-
lia, south of this city. Blanck; was
in the company of Ruttetn and about
twenty feet behind him, but before7
the officers could hold him he escaped
into the thick underbrush. ;
Neither Rutten nor Cosgrove offered
any resistence. . ' .. ":
The officers are scouring the country
in every direction and it is ' believed
the ultimate capture of the fugitives
will be effected. 7
A liberal reward is offered for. their
apprehension., ' . . :
Blanck , and- Rutten, the Kitsap
murderers, were making their-' wAy
along the county road near ..Black
River junction when they camejupon
Kelly and Burknian, deputy sheriff s
The latter two did not think it could
be any of the escaped convicts, but
ordered "hands up." The tall '. man,
who proved to Jbe Rutten, threw -up
his hands and walked directly up' to
the muzzle of Burkman's shotgun, but
his partner, Blanck, dodged - behind
him and in the twinkling of -an eye,
was gone in the bushes. Burkman
said to Rutten: "Where do you conie
from?" He - replied:' "The county
jail." "And who is your companion?".
"Blanck." iti v'
TROUBLE AVERTED.
The Work is Evenly Divided and Per
formed Amicably. ''. '
New Orleans, March 18. A gang
of negro laborers who crossed the
tv.it! mnrnlniT tn unload the steam
er Etolia were met on their arrival
by a number of white men and tola
they would not be allowed 'to work,
and were comm!'"'1"l to return to this
side of the river at once. ;Later, a
company from the screwman's asfio-;
niiititn nf .Tofferson came over and
applied for work on the steamer.' ?.AfJ
ter a brief conrerence n was- agreeu
that work on the Etolia should be di
vided, Jefferson Parish . men- taking
one half and the negroes from tbis:
5ir vi nthpr. No further trouble is
anticipated at that point .
A HEAVY SENTENCE. '
San Francisco, March 18. John Wil
son, the youthful highwayman who
cursed and abused Superior Judge
Wallace last week after having been
sentenced to twenty years' imprison-,:
fuent for participation In the Uoldjp
of a street car, wasj brougL up ffor
sentence this rnorniig on another
charge ef robbery An additional
twenty years' inipriimment 'im
posed. Another yourfa was previously
sentenced to forty ears for partlci
iwitioa la theso two nuheries, -
POWERFUL COMBINATION.
Postal Employes May Injure Them
... v selves . Instead of Helping.
Washington, Mar. 18. The post
office ., department has Information of
the formation of a powerful combi
nation of postal employes, designed to
bring a high pressure upon congress
to overturn certain regulations and
rules. of. ;;the department. Te depart
mentt is now informed that since the
failure .of legislation in the last con
gress increasing the pay of these em
ployes, a combination has been formed
to - pass this legislation and also to
overturn those rules of the department
which are unsatisfactory to them. A
high official of the department said to
day: "This combination includes some
thousands of employes in the railway
mail service, -the letter carriers' serv
ice and in postoffices. They are all in
the classified service and protected
from removal.' The effect of this com
bination yWould be to create a senti
ment against the civil service law
which protects these employes."
. AN UNLUCKY HULK.
Port Townsend, Mar. 18. Archibald
Anderson, third officer of the British
ship Linlithgowshire, now in port, was
today accidentally struck by a bal
last bucket knocked down into v the
hold and instantly killed. Within
tbe last Dhree months three deaths oc
curred aboard that vessel. Her cap
tain died wdien the ship was entering
Valparaiso and his successor just after
leaving port; while temporarily Insane
having jumped overboard. Just before
reaching Cape Flattery the second
officer fell down the hold and his in
juries may prove fatal.
SOME SLY SWINDLING.
0sf:--k.:
-Carson Nev., March 18. Andrew
'MasonVC superintendent of the New
Ko-rk nassay office fctnd government
mint inspector, has been in town some
time inspecting matters at the United
States mint in this city. There are
rumors of shortages which run up to
something over $75,000 in the inelter
and refiner's department.
GOOD BILLS DEAD.
J Olympla, Mar. 18. A bill making
deductions on the terms of convicts
in!;-the '. penitentiairy passed both
houses, : but will not become a law be
cause it was never enrolled. Four
other bills met a like fate In the rush
at '-the closing hours. Among them is
Belknap's .bill prohibiting prize fight
ing. . . )
.: t: :; cash account.
Washington, March 18. Today's
statement, of the treasury shows an
available cash balance of $184,027,259;
gold reserve, $90,460,908. -
a
BETWEEN' : JAKE," KILRAIV
STEVE 0'BONNELL.
AND
Declared a Draw and John L. Sullivan
. Anxious to Match the Winner
'Exciting: Scene.
' BOSTON, Mar. 18. In the presence
of 3,000 people at tbe Suffolk Athletic
club tonight Jake Kilraln of Balti
more and'; Steve O'Donnell of Austral
ia, Corbett's spairring partner, fought
eight; rounds and . at the close Patsy
Shepard, the referee, amid shouts of
"Ktlrain,'? declared 'the contest a
draw.; ! While the referee was making
up- his mind .John L. Sullivan, who
sat just , outside the ropes, close by
Kilradn's ' corner, mounted a chair,
and waving his tile, demanded a de
cision.'.. When a draw was announced
he;'sprang into the arena and rushed
toward -O'Donnell's : corner. Two of
the sjcorids. grabbed him by the arm
and turned him aside, but he clasped
hands twith -Kilrain -in apparent con
gratulation and swinging his arms,
showed the-latter how, the fight might
have been won. He was ready, he
said, to challenge the winner if the
referee would only name one. The ex
ehampion was fi.ially led off by his
friends and tbe scene, which caused
the wildest excitement, ended. It took
the referee five minutes to make up
his mind what decision to make. Kil
rain had the best of the last round
nnd at tin.es it looked as if he was
going to "pat O'Donnell out. He had
not Tthe force, however, but his old
time" pluck asserted itself and with
his wild xushes he dazed the Austral
Ian boy.
t' ' 'r .
: WANTS MORE PAY.
. Cincinnati, March 18. One hundred
and -fifty colored" coal heavers at Ad
dition struck today for an advance in
pay,-' and.- armed with stones, clubs,
etc., declared they would prevent oth
ers from Staking their places. In con
sequence Jof the strike the Additson
piperand steel works will be crippled
for ccaL 4 ;
THE CANAL ALL RIGHT.
Tacoma March - 18. Congressman
W. . II. Doblittle arrived home today
from. Washington. He was one of the
strongest advocates of the Nicaragua
canal' measure. Dpolittle had sound
ed -.many I of.. the new members and
say's they; are solid? for the canaL
MAY RESIGN.
'-"? 'iv
Washington, March 18. It is under
stood In j, supreme court circles that
Justice Jackson will resign from the
bench of jthe supreme court next fall
if hts ;health does '' not permit him to
resume active work.
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New Y6rk, March 18. The steam
ship Lucania, from Liverpool, brought
SllO.OOOi'igold to August Belmont &
Co. The ,-steaniship La Gascogne,
from Havre, brought 4,000,000 francs
in gold. -J ;
v-a; Resurrection.
Boston, Mar. 16 John L. Sullivan
will challenge the wiener of the Kil-raln-O'Oonnell
gght here nex,t Monday-nAshV-'
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Highest of all in Leavening
AZZ&OUUTEMX PURE
BKIfAIN PLAYS BCLLY
An Ultimatum Sent to
Nicaragua.
Bars Our Citizens from
Arbitration.
General Ezeta Living: in Hopes of a
New Rebellion in His
Interest.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 18.
The British government, through its
minister here, has submitted an ulti
matum to Nicaragua. It demands a
cash indemnity of 15,000 as smart
money to pay for the expulsion Of
Mr. Hatch, British consular agent,
during the troubles of last year and
also for the appointment of a com
mission to investigate the damages
sustained by persons and property of
British subjects who were expelled
from Mosquito reservation about .the
same time. By the terms of the ulti
matum Great Britain is to name one
of the commissioners and Nicaragua
another, and these two to choose a
third, who shall not be a citizen of
the United States. It was also made
known that a British warship is now
on her way to Nicaragua to enforce
these demaiaids, which must be com
plied with within seven weeks from
the 25th of February, the last date of
the ultimatum.
MAY MAKE TROUBLE.
Washington, March 18. It is impos
sible to learn positively whether the
state department has been advised
officially of the demands upon Nica
ragua by Ureat Britain, but it Is as
sumed that our own government is
fully posted in regard to the matter.
It cannot be denied that hi new in
cident, taken in connection with the
hostile attitude of Great Britain to
wards Venezuela, promises to lead
to trouble of a character mfcch more
serious., lhantlie incident, ef , th-At-
lianca. There are questions of in
demnity arising in Venezuela growing
out of the claims preferred by other
European nations. Many of the claims
grew out of the failure of these re
public to meet their obligations to for
eign debtors under the stress of hard
times and the influence of the world
wide depression in trade. As Euro
pean governments appear to be mov
ing to collect these individual debts on
their own account, it is a question
that the United States must speedily
settle as to how far it is prepared to
permit this process to go on. Besides,
there is a rather disagreeable reflec
tion upon American citizens in the
disputation that none such shall serve
on the commission to adjudge the
damage. On the whole, it is probable
that the president will interfere to se
cure at least an amelioration of the
terms of the ultimatum by an appeal
to the British government, represent
ing the great hardship that ijt would
work to Nicaragua under her present
depressesd condition to prefer the
demand for so large an indemnity.
. GEN. EZETA'S HOPES.
San Francisco, March 18. General
Antonio Ezeta, who is safely housed
in a comfortable hotel here, announces
that a new rebellion in his interest
has taken place in San Salvador. Last
steamer from the south brought a
letter to Ezeta stating that on Feb
ruary 1st last President Gutierrez un
earthed a conspiracy that had been
hatched for the purpose of reinstating
Ezeta as head of the government of
San Salvador. Under Gulterrez' or
ders all of the leading conspirators
were shot. Among them were Colonels
Barrios and Salgedo and Captain Man
gandi. The letter adds that all pris
oners who were In jail since the last
uprising were ordered to be hanged.
Colonel Vasquez, supposed leader of
the plotterst had been banged by a
mob of indignant citizens.
COULD FEED THE WORLD.
Rabbits Would Soon Populate Large
Islands for a Meat Supply.
With the constant increase of the
population of the world, the disciples
of Malthus have predicted an inade
quate food supply for the future. The
chemists have sought to reassure man
kind with the prophecy of food man
ufacture In the laboratory from the
basic elements of the earth, air and
water around ns. A new hope for the
poor Is now held out by a Norwegian
sociologist, who finds a sure salvation
in the rabbit. Meek little "bunny,"
Is to keep the wolf from the door.
"The rabbit," this new philosopher
of diet declares, ."supplies in many
ways the requirements of the poor
man's food.' The poor can easily raise
them, for they are cheap to keep, and
their propagating power is most ex
traordinary. Pennant has calculated
that one pair will in four years' time,
if all the young ones be kept alive,
have multiplied Into 1,274,840. A
female rabbit casts young ones eight
times a year; If she casts seven, at
the average, she bears fifty-six per
year. Let us say she bears fifty per
year, and estimate each ten pounds;
she produces 500 pounds of meat in
a year. As many poor people could
get the rabbit's food free of cost, they
could practically, get a few hundred
pounds of meat for nothing. Then,
too, the, rabbit skins are worth some
thing, when prepared. Under various
names 20,000,000 rabbit skins are ex
ported, yearly from Australia to Lon
Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
m it -
TO7(2l(gI?,
don. .London alone uses every week
500,000 rabbits, most of which come
from Belgium. Belgium earns yearly
$10,000,000 to $12,000,000 on rabbits,
and France $80,000,000."
The best breed for the purpose of
food, in the opinion of this writer, is
the Norman rabbit, bred in the neigh
borhood of Cherbourg and Rouen. If
the domestic raising of rabbits should
be begun on a wholesale scale in the
United States, the government would
eventually be obliged to regulate the
prolific rate of productivity or the
woes of the farmers and of the South
Carolina fruit raisers would over
whelm the country. Philadelphia
Record. . .
ENDING IN SMOKE.
(A Foreign Ralilway Sketch.)
He had comforted himself down In
the corner of a first-class railway com
partment. He waa alone in tbe car
riage, f
The train, which waa just on the
point of starting, would run for four
nours without stopping.
"Foir hours' quiet, iTMntjerrupted
read," he told himself, "accompanied
by a fat Cigar."
And he purred alt Hhe prospect of
reading and smoking and smoking un
disturbed by the quibbles of chance
acquaintances. And he did everything
so easily, so elegantly he was a gen
tleman. Ho placed a handful of pa
pers toy his side. He produced a jew
elled cigar-case from has breast pocket.
He put a cigar betwen his lips. He
closed the case with' a snap, and re
turned it to its resting-place slowiy,
calmly. From Ms trousers pocket he
produced a pearl penknife, with wihicli
he clipped the cigar, and then returned
the knife ito its resting-place calmly,
slowly. From his wiaiistcoat pocket
what a host of pockets men have, to
ba sure! he produced a silver match
box and struck a light.
The guard blew his whistfle.
In dashed a young lady breathlessly.
She scrambled Into the seat opposite
!th)s yowmg genftaeman; Thje gentle
man paused. The gentleman swore,
but the young lady did not hear him.
Tbe train glided out of the station.
The young , lady arranged her skirts,
and as she did so she saw the match
burn to the end. She saw the cigar
case produced, the cigar replaced
among tts fragrant amaeammm
the ease returned to tbe pddtet J e
dhWckhyi almost t alowd.- Tw twp-
almost .2oud, JHa, b-
He looked over his paper.- And what
did he see? He saw a lititle neatly
gloved hand find Its way into a tailor-
made skirt pocket He saw a cigar
ette between the first and second fin
gers of the left haind, and a match be
tween the finger and thumb of the
right And wihat did he hear?
"I hope Monsieur does not object to
smoke?"
FEEDING WHEAT.
J. B. Hoyt, Bird's Landing, Solano
county, California, writes the S. F.
Rural Press: "With a yield of twenty-
five bushels per acre, wheat costs me
$1.10 per 100 In sacks on ranch
thirty bushels,95 1-3 cents. The land
is valued at $G5 rer acre, and should
yield, in order to make wheat-growing
profitable at one cent per pound,
thirty-five bushels per acre. A portion
of Dixon, Rio Vista and Montzuma
townships now yield this amount I,
have fed rolled wheat to horses and
mules three sack of barley to two of
half wheat anid find it Is excellent
At present prices I think it would
be more profitable for growers to feed
a large proportion of their wheat to
cattle and swine If the prices do not
decline.
"I have just dressed thirteen pigs
that were fed on rolled wheat They
were a cross between pure Berkshire
and Poland-OhiMfc. Their age varied
from eight to twelve months- old. The
last three months they were fed en-
Urely on wheat, the thirteen eating ten
snicks of rolled wheat in eight days,
The elght-months-old dressed 225 to
240 pounds; the twelve-months-old
dressed 340 to 380 pounds.
"This is the first tfime I ever fed
wheat and is the greatest gain in
weight ever had on this ranch. I am
slopping milch cows with wheat and,
shorts and Ihey are doing finely.
"Our soil is adobe loam, not of the.
black character. It costs me $1.35
per ton to deliver wheat! at Port Costa
from the ranch. The last two seasons
we have averaged from thirty-five to
thirty-eight bushels per acre some as
high as fifty bushels. Twenty-five
bushels woukl be a short crop in the
Montzuma bills."
EDITING IN CHINA.
The following Is said to be an exact
translation of the letter sent by a Chi
nese editor to a would-be contributor,
whose manuscript he found it neces
sary to return:
"Illustrious Brother of the Sun and
Moon, beiiold thy servant prostrate be
fore thy feet I kowtow to thee and
blag that of toy graciousness thou
mayst grant that I may speak Bind
live. Thy honored manuscript has
deigned to cast the light of its august
countenance uon to. Wtoh rapture
we have perused it By the bones of
my ancestors never have I encountiered
sucn wit, sucn pawou, huc-u iuhj
thought. With fisar and trembling I
return tha writing. Were I to pub
lish tha treasura you sent me the em
peror would order thait it) should b
made the standard, and that non he
published except such as equalled It
Knowing Iitvratiure as I do, and that It
oald be impossible in 1,000 years to
equal what you have done, I send
your writing back. Ten thousand
tiroes 1 crave your pardon Behold my
head at vour feet. Do what you
will. Your; servant's servant,
"THE, EDITOIV"