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About Grant County news. (Canyon City, Or.) 1879-1908 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1892)
The Paper for the Stork man, .Merchant and Miner. COMFY 7 The Paper for the Farm, the Workshop and the J fame. Vol a me XI If. cvA-mv city, at.'hvr county, ohhgox, thupsd.iy. Fiuwr.utYJo. isoz. Number JO. GMNT NEWS. ON A pure Virginia plug cut smoking tobacco, made from a selection of the pure leaf, free from any foreign mixture. lfor .1 solid, comfortable smoke uothing equals the Mastiff. J. II. I'acc Totuci'o C'ii., lilcliimmil, Virginia. 1W R IP AMERICAN 8RAr,(ft OALiSToN LOCAL AGENT D .O.'OVKltHOLT, k SHLS HKOS. CaNVO.N t'lTV, fl l'ropiiotors, Wm. Jnori:it.v, Nn'ii- i:ws, Galveston . nil AW .ft " W I W I I l envy The Great Prestige of Royal Baking Powder envied by all competitors. The envy shown by other baking powder man ufacturers of the great prestige of the Royal Baking Powder is not at all surprising. For thirty years the Royal has been the stand ard for purity and strength in baking powders, and has been placed at the head by every board of official examiners whether State or National. The Royal Baking Powder Company controls its own cream of tartar factory and the processes for making the only absolutely pure cream of tartar; it sends its product to millions of homes all over the world, supplies the Army and Navy, the great transatlantic steamers, the finest hotels and res taurants, and is recommended by the beat chefs and authorities on cuisine in every land. Its sale is larger than that of all other cream of tartar baking powders combined ; it has more friends among housekeepers than any other similar article. These facts are bitterness to the makers of the inferior baking powders ; hence their advertise ments, filled with malice, envy and falsehood, against the Royal. Consumers recognize a .case of "sour grapes." A QUESTION OK THE YEAR. It is apparently certain that n hill for frit- coinngo of silver will pas the Iimito, ami probable that it will twins the sonalo. Great huiiiIkth in both houses who hitherto havo slip jrtcd fret silver would now bo glad to prevent further cllort in that di rection, jmrlly through clearer in ception of economic confluence and purtlv through apprehension of x)liticnl ilisaster; hut they have so far committed themselves to the Hlicy hitherto that retreat, or even evasion, would now 1h? unite, iin k)jmI1o. Hence, if the ardent iil ver men .eo lit to force the iitiootion, as undoubtedly thov will, thcM tim servers will he unsihle to dodge it. Miould the lull conic to the presi dent it will Ik vetoed, undoubtedly . i and then the question would Imtoiiic a leading one in the proMilental election. It will, indeed, lm a prom inent feature of the contest, in any event. The party platforms must take notice of it; the repuhllcans will not attempt to dodge it, and the democrats will find it iuiossiblc to do t-o. Though co much effort is made in congress to keep the question down, it is really very likely to hecoine a more i m j Kr tu nt feature of the poll tical contest this year than oven the tarill" itself; since the business classes of the country, diller how they will on the tariff, are practical ly unanimous in the opinion that free coinage of silver would produce extreme derangement in business affairs. There are many who do not think the present tarill" a wise one. hut they know it will not cause disaster Not so as to silver. The husiness judgment of the country apprehends very grave derange ments from fret) coinage of silver, and even disastrous consequences. This apprehension is founded on universal exHrieiico as to the re sults of the free introduction into the circulation of a country of mon ey made of material below standard values. The had invariably drives out the good. This fact has been noticed ever since oxwricnco with money began. Aristsphones, in one of his" comedies ( It. C. 1(H)), remark ed that at Athens "the bad eituons arc preferred to the good, just as bad inouev circulates while the good is hoarded." This ivhat is culled the "(ircshani law," announced 'JiXHi years Wforo Sir Thomas (ircshani. I'nlcss international hi-metallic agreement can ho reached the na tion that attempts fret) coinage of silver will go with a plunge to the silver basis, and that seodily. Those who have been pressing free coinage in our country now four to face this fact in the presence of a national election. Hut oven through international consent a double stan dard could not long Ik maintained with unlimited coinage, unless the ratio were changed as often as c Mrience should show that one metal was falling Wlow the other. The relative values of silver anil gold are constantly lluctuating. and it cannot lie prevented. Hut if inter national agreement could Ih reached and provision were made for read justment of ratios when necessary, then freo coinage of silver would Im come practicable. Hut under pres ent conditions no nation that wants to do its hiisim'M on the basis of good money will venture tioii it. Oregoninu. The number of men that have "turned up missing" somewhat of a contradiction in terms, by the way in Portland during the past year or two is something remarkable and aliixHt alarming. We cannot re count them all. One Harlmur was fount! (lend, bui his murderers have never Wen found. Among the lat est have I nun N. S. I'ierce and K. II. I.uckey, who ilisuH"ureil, to uu a hackneyed plirnc, "as if thu earth had oHued and swallowed them up." There have Won a num ber of other cases juntas mysterious. Where do the men go to who sud denly drop out of the "life and story" of this city and vicinity lx tween two days or letween two min utes? It is aUiut ti mo that we were getting a national reputation as a city of mysterious disapjwar auces. We certainly deserve it al ready. I'ortlrntl Telegram. The fact that Oregon farmers want more land than they need, is shown by the fact tlmt they tike more laud than they can life. About every agricultural home in Oregon is haunted by the spirit that yearns to make dual proof in sup Hirt of its claim iiin the earth. We can oiiit to lots of farmers who raise grain on one-fourth of their land and ground tquirrcls on the other thrco-foiirths. "Never bother with more than you need," is true wistlow, anil the ground squirrels have more of the capacity to make tlue use of it than the grnuudowuers. Klamath Star. Throughout Kaslorn Washington and Oregon the prospect for an im mense wool clip this spring is mot encouraging. The season is so far advanced that the assertion may be made with almost unqualified Hisi liveliest) that a lietter yield of wool was never taken in these parts than will Ik- hhorn in a few months. Not only is the quality excellent, but the quantity will lie large, owing to the mild winter, which has occasion ud no los among the tlocks, as well as to the added number placed iiion the ranges. Cost of the Chilean Crisis. A conservative estimate places the e.ens4' incurred hv the navv department at t l.fiOO.OOO. The money ex M'iitled, however, will not he lois't in fact, but little of it will Iki. Thu extra provisions ami coal uan hereafter be utilized. A big item of expel so has been the tele graph bill. The rate is $1 !." a a word to ami from Valparaiso to Washington, and the government has had to UT the trlcuraiih verv freely in n-uiuiumi'.itiiig with its ollii ials Tins bill altine will ap- j proat-h tI'Miixhi I I Dyspepsia Few jicnplo lufltrnt rnott icvfrcljr (nun djrci U tlian Mr V. A. MrMalioii, . writ known grurrr ut Hlsunlnn, Va. lti nay llrfore ICS I Mat lit i-inilrnl lirallli, Krlgli. 1 lug orr JO) Jn.ui.ili. In that jrrar an allmriil j ilcni"K'il Into artitu il)-inU, aixl un I n rnluccil to lu inuiwti, tulTrrtiii; liurnliiK Intense n-inatlmii Initio itimi.vh, , ialitatlun nt tlio hr.irt, liautra, mm Imllcrttlim. I rnulil in t ilrrii. Iixt all lirart In luy work, liait ntiut im-lanrliulU, an-I fur iljji at a limn I ouU li.no mi-Ii-iiiiimI ileal Ii. I Ivramc murine, tullrii ami IrrltaUr. ami fur rlKht rari lite nai a liirtpii. I trd-il nuti)'li)ri l.iiitaiiilinanjrrrim'illrs. Oneil.iy a workman -nil..) nl iy tin- u,:i;eiteil Hut 1 Ukll . mm t 1 1 ii 11 il i S Suffering ;h U. I illil i, ami Ix-fnrr laklni; Ilia wliolo 4 a lilll I lirifan to tiel like a new man. Tim lerriHi' uln tu ulili Ii 1 li.nl lei-n ul.j-rti-l, reaie.1, Ilie ul.Ull"il nt Hie lu irt tulialilnl, my itumarli U-rann' ratler, n ulna illj- Ktirtl, nml my riillro tyiti-m begun tu lunouji. With ri tiiriilutf ilrniRtli rame attlt ily uf luliul ami ll)' IWfurn tlin f.tlli Uitllii an Ukrn 8 Years 1 liail reg;iiuei my furiurr m liilit ami natural roiwlllliHi. I am tialiy wi ll aiJ I axrlU) It In taking IIiuhI h.iruiarill.i." N. II. If Joilile. lUe In Ukc lliMr KarM liarllla tin IH'I Iniluei tl In I. iiy any uilier. Hood's Sarsaparilla rMby ll Jru(k-Uli. lj ili fur4, l it r4ui.lr it c. i. noon x co., io.crici. until. u.i. 100 Doaos Ono Dollar TI1K WONUUKS Of ALASKA. Another Ktmatkable Uncevcry in That liitcnslvc Territory. Anything new in regard to the u under of Alaska is interesting, espivially to tlie Northwest, as the development and attractions of the former help the latter. The realm of Mriptii!il olitudo through uliii h the glacial current of the Yukon passes to the frozen wi i a titling rpulehre for the K.'rihetl innsltslnn Scientists who .qiectilnte iqiou the nntitpiity of this extinct sHH-ie aver that l',(XH),(HHl years have rolled away since the death of the last of the mastodons. Kveu though this estimate Iw viewed a purely sKculative, it xsresse. the merit of inquiry, which has de veloMd no known history of its mammoth quadrtiticd. Imagination, aiiliil hv a tliscovery made in ltus'ia in iW, pictures the mastixlon as weighing at least '2(i,(KHl iMiiiutU, restMiihliug an ele phant, hilt of twice its average pro IKirtionn. The two striking features are the enormous ivory tusVis, which curl into a semi circle upward, ami the tlark coat of heavy, matted hair on the chest nnd Hanks, imparting the heroic air of a lion. Joseph Goldsmith, a prosjiector of the Yukon, has found traces of the animal along the route of his wan derings in AUska. At places where the waters ebb away from the shal lows along the shore, convincing proof of this ancient inhabitant arc not infrequently laid bare; and the caving of alluvial dcNsits along its tributaries disclose fosiil remnants that aru indisputable. Heaps of huge Ihjiics at places strew the sands, jmrta of which measure seven inches in diameter. On one stream in particular, which meets the Yu kon about I. VI miles from the river's mouth, says Mr. Goldsmith, there is a Mrciidiculnr hank in which thu Ixincs imU-ddid for cent uries are now protruding, one tusk in particular being i-.hm-(I to a length of six feet anil the base of the exMMed jKirtiou would measure at least six inches. Perhaps, if in quiry were made, the entire skeleton might bo tliscovsretl to be hidden in the bank similar to the one referred to, discovered in Russia, from which ravenous animals had eaten all its llcsh ami a jsiitiou of the hide dur ing the live year it remained ex iKmetl before removal. A native had soltl the valuable tusks. This leads Mr. Goldsmith to lie lieve frmn the profusion of Imnes at certain joints tiiat vakl herds of the mastiiutlou must have K-rished to gether in noma upheaval or yielded at the same tunc to the inevitable The mountain of ice surrounding it gradually melted. Thus thu best preserved siteciinen, which is still at the museum of natural hiotun in St. Petersburg, was accidentally found with thu hide ami llcsh per fectly intact, anil the monster as lifelike as when il wandered into its icy tomb. At present only a part of the hide and skeleton can he seen. The Alaska Commercial Company is said to own Alaska and will not allow such relicn to be taken out in any of its Ixiats unless consigned to its museum in Shu I'raneisco There (wing no other practical method of removing siocimeiis from the coun try, Ml) ono seems interested in the trallic. Occasionally the company's trailers secure a knuckle, a burn tuk or other curiosity ami turn it over to the compuny without any thought of remuneration. Mr. Goldsmith has what he con siders n feasible route overland for dugs and slcdgi, by which the Aluska Coinineri iul Company could 1h circumvented. The cost would i occHsniily In- gn-al, m even a sin gle hone often weigh several hun dred ioiiutls. However, hi) looks at the enterprise as one thai might pay for the outlay. There mav lw some doubt as to these fossils la-longing to the mastodon. They may have belonged to I lie equally extinct mammoths or other elephantine animals. Mammoth is the name given to (he animals in eastern Si beria ami I'.usM.i, while in the east ern purl of this country similar specimens ale given thu name of mastodon. Whatever may have been their origin or to what rqiecies known or unknown they may be traceable, there is a certainty that at a time to which the memory of man runs not, a gigantic animal, now extinct, roamed the icc-luuntj world of the Arctic. What forces of nature conspired to destroy that animal life must he left to scieutilic conjecture. Mum Union or inumiuoth, stiinu of them may have drilled away Usm the Hoes. Some must have fallen a prey to thu dar U'ar and thu new found kKcie of hvttr, culled thu blue I war, which crowd neroM thu glaciers of .Mount St. Kilns, WASHINGTON LKTTKR. Wasiiimitov, 1). ( Feb. 1, IS'.tJ. lClUloit Giiast Co. Nkws: Itepre scntativc Hland, chairman of the hotiM' couitnittse on coinage, fired the first gun in the silver battle, by favorably rcorting to the house from the committee, his bill provid ing for the free coinage of silver. Whether th light shall be immedi ate or Imi for a time staved oil' is to In- determined by the committee on rules, in whtwe hands the fate of the bill now rests. That committee can indefinitely tirovctit the bill Ihv ing taken up, or it can allow it to i.e taken up and lillibuslered to death, a it has exclusive and auto cratic authoritv, tin. lor the new rules, over legislation to come before the house and in naming a tunc, for the close of debate. The demo-. crntic members of that committee, SHakcr Crip and Messrs. McMilliu and ditchings, are on record as ail-', vocatert of Irce coinage, hut they! may have been convinced, like! many of their colleagues, that it j would Im "";itl jsilitics" not to pass I the bill until aftur the presidential! election. The silver men are, how-1 ever, very confident that the hill j will in due time be taken up and ! passed, as they claim that at least two hundred members are deter mined to tlo so, even if it be neces sary to block eveiyllling else ill order to tlo it. Close observers pre dict one of the most bitter lights lhat ever took place in corgrcfeMoxcr the hill. The senate finance committee surprised no one when it adversely rcjsirtcd a number of financial bills, including free coinage and Senator Hellers land loan bill. That rcrort tloes not settle the silver question in the senate by any means. The free silver senators say they wilt await the action of the house on the Maud hill, and that if the house will pass that bill, they can force it through the senate. Mr. Harrison, of course, still stands ready and willing to veto any free coinage hill that gets through. If the hill which the house hank ing and currency coininittcti has favorablv reisirtetl shall become a law it will be dillicult, if not inqsis sible, for the olhccrs of national banks to llim-llam the depositors hv A lit.uiimv womhinn bn cut n tree borrowing large sums from tho bank '(rum which he cut two saw lujr. each on worthless securities. , forty live feel Iuiiif. ami frly fcit of 'fhe house ha been in a ileci.l.Ml- , ' '! '', T "7 -r , . , . , mm nitf Oils sectluii of nlnetv feet, limb- ly investigating humor this week., lllJf . tn. i,,,,,,!,,,,,, llltrlJ. It adoptetl resolutions irovidmg for feet IiIkIi. investigatioiiH of tho world's fair, , i-wi'oi v tree hns Iveu f mini In the wrecked national hanks ol'ilClns Itiver ranyuii, lu the Nevmla llostou ami Philadelphia, and of thu jH'tision bureau. Mr. Illaino says the stateimmt that his letter withdrawing his name from the presidential contest would Is- shortly followed by his resigna tion from ollico was "an infernal lie!" He ought to know. 'fhe house talks economy, hut when it comes down to increasing its own patronage by the appoint ment of two additional messengers it agices to it by a vote of I .'ill to HI!. Representative llushuell, of Wis consin, has ottered a resolution to tin- house for the apsiintmeut of a committee to nqsirt whether any articles of homo manufacture are sold abroad cheaper than at home, and if so, what are the reasons there for, 'fhe same gentleman has oiler ed a resolution providing for tin ad journment of congreH on May ill. 'fhe first resolution may 1h adopted but there is little chance for the last one, as it is now dollars to straws that the dog days will liud congress sweltering away. Gen. Flagler, chief of the army bureau of ordnance, apearcd before the somite committee on coast de fence this week to argue for the establishment of a duplicate of the Wntcrvlict (N. Y ) gun factory on the l'acilic coast. 'fhe Canadian reciprocity com missioners are holding daily con ferences with Kvcn t iry Hlaiue and Gen John W. Foster, representing the 1'nited State, at the statu de partment, 'fhe conference are, of course, scen t, but if they result in wen a utile hit of recipricity tho public will lm greatlv surprised, 'fhe Can.itliau commissioners are hero of their own accord to submit certain iroMitiou to this govern ment, and not upon tho invitation of this government, in his been uiblished. Thin government will tear the proiHitiou, just a il would Ihosn from any other friundly government, hut accepting them is another matter. A hill has Imi-ii favorably reort ol to the houiMi from tho committee on immigration absolutely prohibit ing Chiuete immigration. Thu national olllcer of tho farm er' alliance indignantly deny tho lory that tho alliance stores are to ho turuiHl over to tho cord ago trust. PHOM MAINE TO CALIFORNIA. Tili.in: U mIiI to Ik' a spring In' Mi'iiiUvlne county. Cnl.. fioni lileli' rlM's Mich iinxlmin trot thai one whliT of It will cxtlnyilMi life. Is a recent Menu la North Dakota lmlUtiim-n of Mich etrniinlumry stic felt tlmt reilileiits sought refuse In cellars. One of the linlUtum-t It Is snlil measured twelve Inches in circum ference. A niti-MMi u, ulmli.n traveloil nil over the t'nlteil Mates for a tl rm of toliaivo owners, niv Maine men chew more to liiuvn mill Maine women chew more ctini than U vhuweil lu nuy other state In the union. Om: of the qm-erett names for n Mrx'el U tlmt txiriio by a lulillc tliiirniiK'hfare In the aiuiewtl ilUttict call.il IVnthcrWil Irine. It U miiiixhh'iI to have Wen mi elirinteneil Ihh'iiiiv) Il Is full of nn-Us. The name occurs lu the now illroetory. N. Y. Sim. Tub war upon opium suui;ghn on the I'nclllc const has I veil so cITcollve Hint the price of oitum la San Trail Cisco hns liicrcnM'tl from three ilnlliin. ntnl tweutv llve cents to live ilullant ami twenty rents a tin. All the opium fac tories have Ik-cii ilrlven out of China town. IN WORLD'S PAIR CIRCLES. Al lium muy Ixi represented lu miniature at the ehtsltlou by n series of eomprehensite relief maps. A l.l. of tin.- liiivirt:iut triilih lilies in the I'nlteil States has njfrvcil to trail xrt exhibits at Imlf lint usual rates. Tkxas 1ms iti'cnleil to sol apart a spacious room in the exposition buibl liltr fur mi exhibit by the coloieil people of the state. (iuoiioi: W.miii, mitirtcvr of the Com mercial l .ible Company, w rites to ChM Itsrivtt thai he will umlte a bl,f .llspbiy nt tho eK.-.tliin of eable llistrutneiit-s. Ti.-k liiiiluti Time i. In a lung review of the exisiKitioii, s.iys there can U iiikIuiiIiI ikhv ihnt the exposition w ill MirpaM in iimiiy nsv'i'U nil lfXKitlollK previously hehl. Tin: New Orleans Muehliierv Com pany writes to Chief lluelmnati that it will make a t-omptctc exhibit of cotton Kins. Mi;.'nr mills unit other machine ry nl the exposition. Tin: Wisconsin mate hnllilltip; will Iv two stories blh, with tint less than t -n thousniiil feet of Hour space evelusll'e of puri ties. The w bub' structure is bo built of U ist'imslii material. A Cuic oo iimn U at I'olninl luuhlni; for a sticl. of timber one huiulreil ami ten feet hintf mill four feet sipi.ire. Il Is lhutilit he wants it fur tho uciiti i- Miln uf a circus tent. nitaln lulii'e Imsi' url -lii.il ili.um tcr exccciletl forty feet, bill litis Ik-cii reiluceil by lire to thirty-liliiii feet. This Is InrKcr than any of the "Igimtio trees illscovereil la California by suon feet. Is tlrairging the An Sable river for sunken lo", UHI.OOII.OOO feel was he cureil within a very short distance, anil now the statement Is coIiik the rounds thai il Is believed there Is l.'.O.Olsl.ooo feet uf Iok's Minli III the All Sable iilone. At six dollars jht thoukaiid this would ;rr.u.uii to euoo.ooo. VACATION ADVICE. Don't go out In the wtxxls to fly n Llto- only the birds Ily there. Don't waste your time In trying to catch two-Inch fish with a ten-foot miIc. Don't try swimming in creeks where the wnter Is two feel deep and tho mud six feet. It Is always well to remcmler Un furl tlmt savage cows ami fierce, dogs can't climb trees. Il' a strange dog smiles ntynuil Is policy to smile bnoU, ami If he runs at you the In-sI thing in to run bach. Wiiiin you go out for an all-day trnmp tin not eat lip all your lunch nt ten o'clock. You will feel starved by two if you tlo. Do Nor be nngry if tho nsvstcrs awaken you nt daybreak. Uciucmhcr thiil If you went to Ud at sunset you would lie willing to got up with tho cblcl.ens.- -Harper's Young People. FOR HAIH'INESS IN SUMMER. Si:i;k cool, Imdy nooks. Tiiimiw fancy work a way. I'.M'lliliv kid gloves and linen collars. Ilt'liav never, thus lielng at leisure over. Diiks in cambrics, lawns nnd ging hams. Slolicup tho Hweitt and glvo Miiall place to tho bitter. Si:M Hum cm to the llvlngj kind thoiigbls M'rvo the ilead an well. Do Mir tell your liostes. how' sweet tho butter ami cream worn at your last summer' iMMirdliig plnco. Ir you feel llko doing n good deed, treat a duen street ehlldreii Ut lco cream. Tlmt Is mission work. Ki:u'.miii:ii that children are only small editions of older people, ami thai they have feelings ijullo as aouto. I. miles' Homo Journal. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Ci.i:a.s piano keys with n soft rng illpH'd in alcohol. 'I'o ci.i:an ii black slllc tlrcMi use a rqxingu dlpK)d in strong black tea, cold. 'i'AKHogg stains from kllvor ly rub bing with n wot nig which has been dipped in comutou tubW suit. REMARKABLE PETS. A luiciitilsr In Maine ltoasts of a cat which can tell the illlToronoe ln'twccn a one and n flveilotlar bill and Invariably drinks her milk through a straw. A MU.Mi womnn In I.ewistou, Mi'., ilrowiitsl n kitten and then hurled It W hind the bnrti. That night the old cat went nnd dug It up, ami taking it into the kitchen hrougkt It to life again. WiiK.y tho owner of a Ht donkey in Jackson, Tetiu.. purchased a rival ami Installed it on Ids farm, tho jealous original pel resented Iho Intrusion by briiylng so loud that it burst a blood vessel nod tiled. A smai.i. Isiy entered rTltuiTalo black smith shop with a small xiny which lie wished shod. The blacksmith could not get down conveniently, so he picked the Hiny up and put him on an old Ixiv, where he could pick up his corners inoro n'ntllly. A sroav coaicn from t.ltltr, I.nhcastcr county, I'n., that I. bin Shelly found a hiiuihlcliccs' nest lu the shaggy hair of the nock of his pel Newfoundland tlog when he cllpvil It. A iiiiiiiIht of cells containing wax were found, and sev eral Ik'os were protecting their homo. AUOUT LIVINQ AUTHORS. Ilftiv Mllt KlI't.lMl linn Ix-gun tlio uso of a typewriter. Jcstin McCaiitiiv, the younger, has alrondy written eleven Ismlcs nnd seven plavs, nllhough ho Is only thlrtv years old. Jah:s Viiitcomii ltil.cv, while abroad, Is arranging lo havo no edition of his ixs'ins Issued by a I.0111I011 publisher, with elalxirnte llllistrnlloiiH. Tut: payments to lin t llarlo by Ids Kugllsh publishers last year are said to luixe reached ft totnl of il.VIKW, while lu America he was paid only Sl.iloo. Ai.i:v isiiini Dim is is said to havo worked in some gambling scenes lu his new comedy, ns he sX'nt several weeks (but nut a mho at Monte Carlo last win ter ubsen Ing the play. K1.1. v U'in:i:i.i:it Wii.eov Ix-gnii her (xx'tleal career at tho ago of eight voiirs, and at sixteen nho hail a liH'al fame Ik fore she had ever Wen tun miles 1 way from her country home. Tin: wife of the wwll-kliotvu writur and lecturer, Mnx O'ltult (whose real iinnie Is I'aul lllnuet), will nccompaiiy her husband on his ny.xt lecturing tour, which will Ixi through Australia, and w III commence in ScptcmWr nc.xL IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE? Tin: trouble Is tlmt people do not tell enough truth Is-foro they lire umrrle-l, mid tixi iniirh nfler. -Atcblum I Unix'. "Mv wife Is so clever. She knows nil my w Ishes Just by hxikiug Into my eyes, mid ilix-s them- thu etnet opms!tu of nil uf them," - rilegemlo lllntter. Dl.suiNATini. lllslo -"Did I under stand you to cull your husband I.UyV'' Mrs. (iolightly -"Yes; yuu see lie toils not. neither tbxis he spin." -I'rlneotun. A DcmI'Iiiicii 1 : V r 1: iu:i 1. Hostess -Now, Mr. Harrows, I want yuu to miike yonnwilf Hirfcetly nt iiome." Mrs Harrows --'Well, I hope he won't, Mrs. I licks; Il wouldn't he polite in him to sticnr at your colli coifco ami si. nut."- N. Y. Sun. Mils. IMihi nn i is -"Didn't you frc ipicntly vow. sir. w hen yuu courted me, lhat you loved 1110 to distraction?" Mr lxikedbnck -"Yes, and I i.ew r discuveretl until lifter our lunriiigo how thoroughly distracted I was at tint time. "Huston Courier. HEALTH AND DISEASE. Itlfl.NT exX'rliucnts by (ierinan phy sicians Indicate that cancer Is conta gious. Da. I, in su.oMirr.'s treatment of chlo ride of zinc for tuberculosis has re ceived a gixxl deal of praise from Dr. 1,'Ahhc mid Dr. I'oet, the latter a kK ciallst. regarding II as a great tliu emery. Tin: serious elfccts upon tho eyes of miners from the 111c of the mixlern safe ly lamp has U'cu a subject of Investi gation in Ihighiuil, the result Wing that Increased lighting xiwer lu such lamjHi will cause nich troubles to ills npH'nr. Tilt: ripening priH-ewt makes cheese more digestible and nutritions. Tim curing (refining the French call it) de vcloM fat in the cheese. A well-cured shim-milk cheese contains more digest ible nutriment than a fresh wholc-mllk cheese. SCRAPS OF INFORMATION. 1 A I'ot'NIi of phosphorus Is Milllcieiit to lip l.OOO.DOO matches. An expert says that the average car pet Is nlxiut mi--Ii fill dust. (Ira Indian wars (rum I77i) to IBS) cust the giHerninenl?''.Oi!,S3y,'J00. Tin: largest bay in tho world is Hud Mm bay, which measures h.M) miles north mid south by i'.Ui) miles lu width. A caiih In I'ilholo, i'n., which was Wnght some years ago, during tho oil excitement, by Chicago sH'ciilators, for fS,.VMi,ooo, was sold recently nt u tax siile fur gl(K). 'J'litt great sextuple printing press re cently set up for tho New York Her ald prisluces IM.ooo four-page papers, vr hour. This Is twculy-llvo copies ht M'cond. Tim press consumes twenty six miles of tloublo-witltli paper K)r lioiir mid weighs fifty-eight tons. LOST AND FOUND. At Deposit, N. V., n dog owned by 0. D. YYiikemtin found 11 xx-l(etlxoi( containing four hundred dollars lu hank notes. That is ijulte a valuable dog. Tin: New York girl who lost her en gagement ring In a w ash basin only to Hint It two years later in tho gutter, where II hail Won washed from an ohh kowcr, hail mcuutiiuc Wen married mUi widowed, .