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BICYCLE NEWS
THE
Tn local bicycle field is very dull. No
, nor Vfitm are beiTiff made, and there are
" no pwra bicycle parties. The blcycje. is
-being used now more as a means of con
veyance than anything ' else. Many
Wheals are being Bold now but they are
tnore of the ' roadster variety. Portland
i J0 does not seem to be a booming place
' Cor automobiles, as no new automobile
'Sate are reported. The persons owning
'automobiles 'do not put up any races,
'but use the automobiles as the. bicycle
-owner do, I, e., as a mode of convey
ance.. Ons of the latest th'ngs which Is re
ceiving the attention and praise of the
English cyclist is the fabric sided tire.
" From all accounts Jt not only gives an
easier riding machine, but also gives
good service from the standpoint of wear.
Automobiles are not allowed on the
. grounds of John D. Rockefeller's estate
'at Poeantico Hills, New York.
Oscar Werklng, of Hagerstown, N.
- has received, the permission of the poat-
' vaster genoral to use an automobile in
'making his delivery in the rural dls-
trifct surrounding Hagerstown.
' 'Cleveland Insurance men refuse to tn
Sure autos as they consider them "poisr
risk." ;
- -Previous to his sickness, King Edward
! YIU presented a bicycle, to his grandson,
Prince Edward of Wales,
.Ths. cyclists on the other side of the
Atlantis continue to fight, on paper, over
the - question of hlgth gears and long
- cranks,
Jimrriy Michael has returned to New
York.; to again follow pace on a bicycle.
The automobile route over the Sierras
; fromPiaceryllle; Cal.. to Lake Tahoe is
' not a success. ' ' '
'The 'control' of the American Cycle
Manufacturing Company has passed to
Colonel Albert A. Pope and John 1.
Rockefeller, who now owns a majority
of the stock.
- Rigal, , the French motor-cyclist, is
willing to race American competitors on
English or French trjacasJ on which tt is
T
- MODERN SHEPHERD.
w s '.; i"" 1 ! " L.i --: ;
. 'X.'-aw '- item la i last fweelt's papers
' stated that within the. last week a band
oT 150 masked men. had attacked the
" sheep camps In the mountains west of
Landers.' Wyo.V and routed 65.900 sheep
,. . Into ths mountains, where those that are
. ! sot killed by wild animals will perish of
neglect, most "of them being ewes and
lamba.' The marauders were not iden-
. . Jtiiled. X'-.V ', - '
' .Jk grat inanyjlawteas happenings oc
cuf -ra the1' wast' which seldom come to
. jour notice as prominently as this one
aa. It Is not always the bones of cat
' U thaJ p jUhlhgn.the prairies, as
- anr cowboy aa tell you. And this sheep'
business has Its enemies among cattle
men, among . jealous herders of rival
lunches, and that element of "bad" men
Who Wants a little "fun."
' 'it seems a wanton loss of property and
ntfe. Some people's whole fortunes are
Ijn a bunch 'of "sheep-and think of the
'-"pr!c,rTrTirattoK---
tragedy which occurred near where the
writer was' visiting in Wyoming about
three weeks ago.
' . A' ' man by the name of Murphy, a
PennaVltanian had Invested his money
la some sheep .and, hired, certain men as
- V herders, TWe 'of wieeL herders proving
V lawless ''insubordinate creatures, he
. "JUred" thenSk," This was unsatisfactory
" to the JJlscnarged herders They there
' Jtora. epnsplred' to teach their erstwhile
employee' iesaon, an!,aereel that the
only fitting punishment was to tie him
' hands and feet to a couple of horses and
. literally tear him apartr Mpriihy, heard
of their plans and that night, frightened
out of his wits at the threat, which was
J" to have been carried out the neatt day,
'. and finding the men sleeping in one of
' his camp wagons, where the had no
j-lgnt to e, tu shotat Qicrn and Berjousiy
wounded, 'both. The mn:!havei died' since
, and Murphy Is in jail awaiting his trial
" this fall. He has the sympathy of most
tpf the bard-headed -jnenvh Ms-vicinity;
t and it Is generally admitted that the
, murdered men are "no loss to the coun-
Th modern "shepherd" Is little better.
; than the animals he tends. Throughout
: the season he lives among the sheep.
' He looks It, he emlla It, and he eat
-". like it. The extreme joy of his Jlfe Is
' coming to town and getting gloriously
.'drunk. Ha lives on canned goods ana
i, such game as comes his way, and some
times stem necessity teaches him to be
a tolerably good cook In a cameflre sort
of feshion. iWthal, it is a hasn.Iife, In
the lambing ind shearing seasons it
Weans night 4nd day work, and even
during the rest of the year a constant
watch must be kept against wild anl
male, straying sheep and helpless, "foolish
lambs,
v Hardly a man In Wyoming but has a
small fortune stowed away In sheep. ,
" 1 This has been the rule for the last six
' -r. tt seven years. Ten thousand is a mod
derate number for the average man to
own,' They have taken the place of cat-
- tie. because sheep will live ort sagebrush
fcnd cattle won't. But sheep are very de
'structlve to the ranges, and the feeling
" for raising cattle is dawning again. They
- gre less care, and less' destructive, and
" many sheepowners are spreading cattle
V en their ranges again. Once upon a time
cattle refused to feed upon a range where
. v sheep , had been. That Is also being
' ch'angM now. the cattle taking mora
. kmdlyto the wooly creatures' presence-'
" atmosphere, which is considerable, and
rather more forcible than elegant.
' ,.The Wise plan no longer expects to- feeet
' W ahaep or cattle on Government lana.
Those who try it get left, for all the best
' ranges were taken up long ago. . If a
fpan wants good feeding grounds nowa
flays he must buy them, like in any other
rlaceV. ', .-, - t ,
' Thetnalnta.lnlng of a ihwp camp Is an
. expenslvsAjnatter. A -camp - la j( a little
vlllagt In list-It, which must be supplied
With jnecessarles at least once a month.
' A hot the camps ane up .in the
' mountains, where It Is sheltered and cool,"
nd from 100 -Hi: mile away from -a
' towa w upply station, H Just about.
. keepe on,mao steadily oh the roaS for
- uppllea, with a : big , wagon and six
horeas, AJid lt't no boulevard driving in
. Wyoming,-' -r 1 .. t .''" S - - . t
-The boss harder Uvea la a sheep wagon.
FOR 1 . -
BICYCLE CRANKS
possible to ride at least 63 miles an hour.
A motor cycle club has been organized
In San Francisco, which now has a
membership of 26. The president Is U
, J H. Bill.
Since the. advent of the motor tandem
for use in piked bicycle races, a number
of nasty accidents have been caused by
the motor of a fallen, machine contin
uing to work after the spill.
The bicyclists of Portland are giving
the police a great deal of trouble .be
cause of riding on the sidewalks, not
having bells on their wheels, not using
lanterns at night time, etc. It. is 'not too
much trouble to comply with the police
regulations relating to bicycles In this
city,, and if you want to be on the good
side of the policeman on your beat, t
only thing you have to do is to heed t
regulations. '
There Bra now more than 600 auto
mobiles in California, two-thirds
which are in San Francisco.
A. L. Prescott, of Massachusetts, made
a 2000-mlle trip through Connecticut and
Massachusetts on a Prescott steamer.
An exposition of the construction
of
an ton. bikes, .typewriters, and other pro
uucts of mechanical Ingenuity will be
held at Leipslg in the Crystal Palace
from October 18 to 27.
Good roads, like good people, are not
very numerous. ,
One of the latest automobile converts
in Ktnr Lewanika. the paramount chief
nf th Rnrotse Klnadom In Africa. He
visited Sheffield"'' recently, accompanied
by a' small suite and had his first ride
in an auto cafwihe mechanism of whicn
he asked to be explained to him.
The automobile has been put to a new
use. Joshua Crane, Jr., of Boston, hav
ing successfully used one In playing polo.
The officials of Shanghai are debating
as to whether to place motor busses or
electric cars on the streets of Shang
hai. A motor cycle which will sell cheaper
than others has been built by the Relay
Blcvcle Company, of Charlotte, N. C.
Their wheel weighs 0 pounds.
It is a sort of canvas house on wheels,
with a front door and a stovepipe stick.
rang out oh top. It has a bed, a small
cooking stove, and a pantry. It is the
sheepman's home while in camp. If the
sheepman Is cleanly his home may be
quite pleasant but generally he Isn't,
and It Isn't
A sheep camp, is no place for women,
though .occasionally the wife of on ot
the men goes out to help cook. 8he
never stays longer than necessary. .The
eternal baa-baaing In every key v the
smell, the dlscOthjorts, the dlrt-ugh!
It's' ah "interesting plaoe td. vlslt--a
sheep cwnp-burll destroys 'any roman
tic 'notions": one may "have hail ' afoot
the lam With fleW as white as' show,"
or the joys of a pastoral life mixed up
with a flock of dirty, , woolly, stlnkinit,
noisy things. ' If Watteatl, who palntecr
beautiful shepherdesses,' ever came lr
contact with the ' real thing and the
modern shepherd he'd go way, way baca
somewhere and fail oft. Talk about your
"gentle" shepherds oh. my! Tou ought
to Jiave seeh thej one f ! saw ; last Fourth
of July lying In the muck back 'of a
barn and sleeping off his celebration.
And no more mutton for met I've
sworn off! ' E. K. W.
Even, ttp feiifcsjt JmodesJ , .wedding .costs
the tffjijcpjfcipMlix.$lP'. .' v
Thiitalenlen ls a,l)ttii startling, but
oftenth i , little.', Item pi "..wedding, -expenses
iinay ' etpialh to "rnahy. girls, why
they 'remain unmarried, " hV'... average
young man simply canhol; aSorcl "the fuss
and feathers of marrying you. Who Is
to. blame ferthls? is the girl, of is it
her . ambitious nother, who . wants the
distinction of, a showy' wedding, for .her
daughter?. .'Frankly.'.- Jt 'to sually ;the
fault 'of the "mother. " t is 'the foolish
striving of thifte In the middle classes to
ape the rich. A man earning $3000 a year
may have the courage to ask a girl to
marry him, but he usually lacks the
sand to ask her, t marry him quietly.
This statement is a littls startling, but
cn Investigation it proves to be a moder
ate estimate of what the average wedding
costs a young mart. 'Thef$? are fees, bou
quets presents for -the bride and others,
wedding l-lng. tip,' two suits of clothes
anyhow, together with a complete outfit
of underwear j. and dress accessories, a
new overcoat, and after all of these
expenses the cost of the wedding trip,
which Is considerable, no matter how
short. It may be. ;
it ia a ,.rlii niia.tL r hhthpr the
il. ,d U cv.'vuu, M " . - ,
game is worth the candle Under any cir
cumstances. The trouble Is, when does
a wedding cease to fee an occasion of
pure Joy, solemn troth and unaffected
congratulation, and becne an occasion
of vuiaar display?
., But in the case of a man of unlimited
means, as well as of a woman similarly
situated there la not evsn a questlon,as
to th follv of an expensive wedding. It
certainly U absurd on the face of things
for two people to sink ail or nearly all
of their savings into the event Of an
hour when they should he making pro
vision for a whole lifetime. Sip York
Press.
'Gene Ware's Troubles.
Col. Ware the newly appointed ' com
missioner of peslons is already telling his
friends In confidence that he Is not
"stuck on his new job." He says he Is
required to listen to all kinds of heart
rending ' tales and is confronted with
schemes anu questionable propositions
from claimants who assume .a stand-and-dellver
attitude in applying for pen
sion allowances. Commissioner Ware
dined with the President a few nights
ago and tne President it Is said asked
the new commissioner how he liked his
new position up to date.
"It is less tempting now than it was
when I consented to take the place" he
replied, "but I have hopes that . It will
become less disagreeable as I become
better acquainted with the class of cus
tomers I have to deal, with."
"That is a very encouraging way to
look at "sald the 'President. "The
chances are. however, that the longer you
serve the more difficulties yon will have
to -encounter."
A very little ttinegar makes a poor
lelrinj
salad f few"-'"
THISTLE-CUTTING DAY.
Tomorrow Is Thistles-rutting- Day and
all the anml people of Portland are urged
by the Civic Improvement Association to
devote ten minutes of their valuable time
to cutting down the Canada thistle. Thla
suggestion was made, to the, association
by A. H; Devers and has been acted up
on with the above result by President
McCu.sker.
VAR VETERANS TO CELEBRATE
Camp Harrington, BpanishAmerlciyi
War Veterans, will celebrate the fourth
anniversary Of the fall of Manila this
evening in the A. O. U. W. hall, Becond
and Taylor streets. Following the secret
meeting there will be a smoker. jBeneral
u. u. tsummers will be present ana win
report as to what has been done In the
way of providing a monument for the
decased Second' Oregon boys.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
M. J. Adams, a banker from Siiverton,
Is In the city.
E. 11. Brudley and son, prominent lum
ber men of Hood River, are at the lm
penal.
L. F. Conn, County Clerk of" Lake
County, is In the city from his home in
ljukeview.
Otto Metsehan, son' of Phil Metsctian,
the well-known hotel man, has returned
from Blalocks, where he has been In the
cuttle business.
J. H. Price, formerly Secretary of State
of Washington, passed through the city
on his way Bast to look after sosne min
Ing matters. Mn Price is a brother-in
law of Senator MitchcM.
MT. TABOR PARK.
The Portland people are still enjoying-
themselves at Mount Tabor Park every
evening. Tonight and for the rest of the
week there will be the same perform
ance as was commenced last Sunday.
Ferner and Kent, in their refined musical
sketch, and Keith Lennox', the laughing
black man, are still eliciting the generous
applause which they so richly Ueservei,
Dorothy ..Dene, the pride of Newspaper:
Row, Is at her best In slnlng "Chlmmte
The Waltons, the comedy acrobats, and
Robert Shields; the peer of the air, are
ustoniBhlng every one with their hazard
ous tricks. James Conway Is amusing
the crowds with his-new jokes and buck
and wing dancing. A- new, management
has now taken charge of the park, who
promises to give their audiences the beet
kind of. shows obtainable every evening,
' Aftermath of a Depew Joke '
While Senator Patterson was Wlkiug
the Republican Senators fled to 'their
committee-rooms and to the cloakrooms.
Loud shouts of laughter were heard 'In
the corridor back of the Republican
cloakroom. This la one of the stories
told:
Some time ago Mark Twain and Sena
tor Depew went to England on the same
steamer. When they were four days out
a concert and banquet were arranged and
Twain and Depew were put down for
speeches. At' the" proper time "Mark
Twain was introduced and talked for
0 minutes, making' a typical Mark Twain
speech. Then it was Depew's turn. He
arose and said:
"Ladles and gentlemen Mr. Clemens
and I had an, agreement that we should
write out speeches arid exchange them.
He has just made my speech, hut un
fortunately, I have lost his manuscript
and have forgotten his speech.'? 'y
Senator Depew sat ddwn and the peo
ple-present roared with laughter at the
Joke. .Mark Twain had nothing to say.
Next morning an Englishman met
Mark Twain on the promenade deck.
"I say, Mr. Clemens," the Englishman
said, "I have always heard thit Senator
Depew was a remarkably. clever man, but
I have changed my opinion. What
wretchediMrlvel of his that was you were
compelled lo recite last night."
Joke Was Not on Farmer.
The scene was a Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit car, working Its' way, to the Manhat
tan end of the bridge. . Uptown In Brpokr
lyn a' passenger got aboard one- - who
bore in his tanned and seamed face,
brown and gnarled hands, bent shoulders,
whiskers growing from his neck, not his
face, and In his clothes the evidence that
he was a countryman from the agricul
tural "deestrlcts." . The conductor was
flip and smart. Ta hirh the countryman
handed five pennies as his fare.' The
conductor, disgusted, showed his feelings
in the way he rewrdefl the penn'e In
his palm. He went up to ths motorman
and back again, stopping to tell an ac
quaintance sitting ImmeuAtely In front
of the countryman of the agriculturist
who carried, pennljj' Thert the acquaint
ance thought he would have some fun
with the countryili.iti in':(? to all
about he turned to the old man, asking:
.'Say, old man, did you ever get up in
the night and shoe horses?"
Without a change of countenace, but
most promptly, the old man replipd:
"No, bnt I have shooed chickens In the
daytime."
Kvervbodv roared except tne acquaint
ance, who tmmedlatery calleil on the
conductor for a transfer to the Cross
town line.
LABOR NOTES
The Wardner (Idalho) Industrial Union
held a picnic the other day, and was
attended by 300 or 400 members. This
is the name of the new organization
which was formed in the Coeur d'Alenes
for the purpose of supplanting the Min
ers' Union after the Bunker Hill and
Sullivan mill had been blown up. It was
organised by the mine-owners and their
Imported men; It is probably the only
union of its kind In the United States.
Both employers and employs are officers
and direct thaffalrs Ot th organiza
tion. It i a weak concern and Is ridicul
ed byorganlzed labor everywhere.
WHITE COLLAR LINE' BOATS.
Astoria, dally T a. m. except Sunday.
The Dalles, daily 7 a. m., except Sun
day. ...
Alder street dock, BoUr .'phones. Maid
CUPffi'$VICTIMS m
. . HoW THEY ACT
Love Isi)M(Iel.'Into Games and
Every Lover Plays .
.Them.
Love games', says Professor Groos, are
chiefly four Caressing games, games of
self-examination,, fighting games, and
games of coquetry. " Sweethearts play ca
ressing games because they like to be
near each other: they play games of self
exhibition because they wish each othe
to behold their merits; they play fighting,
games because they find it necessary
sometimes to fight to win uch other, or
because fighting is one method of dis
playing their adorable quallllos; they
play coquetry games because they ars
made coquettish, and for uo other rea
son In the world.
Despite the fact that they have been
pursuing their games since times prehis
toric, and aitbough they are supposed by
those outside the enchanted pale to be
laughably alike in their cooing, thev
have mrt decided upon a unlversul pat
tern for "their games. Not even the klsa
In excepted when Professor Groos pro
pounds this Interesting revelation, honor
ed with supreme glory by dreamy bards
as well as by Intoxicated suitors. All
children play catch and hide and seek, no
matter whether they be the dainty scions
of lordly Fifth avenue houses or sooty
little beggars from South African hov
els, or heathen Chinese, but when they
are grown and begin to ham the game
of love they each make up games ol
their own fancy.
GAME OF CARESSING.
Perhaps the little play toying with In
significant objects is the nearest expres
sion of universality In love games of ca
caresslng. Evfn those benighted peoples
who have not" discovered the ecstacy of
kisses enjoy thli" petty trifling of which
the lovers In the' mill on the Floss are a
type. Kitty was" doing her fancy work
and asked Stephen for the scissors, whlcn
Were passed and repassed between then,
without the least reason for doing so,
except theproxfmlty to which ft Jed and
the handling of one object together. It
Is the '.rick ot the boarding school hoy
denand who shall say how many others
ot the fair to let her shoestring untie
so that the spruce stripling who has
captivated her heart may have the op
portunity of tying them again. The dig
nified Oriental, woer who disdains the
intimacy of the kiss does not scorn the
delights of examining the ornaments
worn by his beloved, not only with his
eyes, but with his fingers.
The more ' nrnlv'Jhhe period or social
class, thinks Professor Groos, the more
common Is this sort of play. At the
spinning fetes of olden time Europe,
couple after couple sang a spinning song
while their hands "crept In and about the
spinning apparatus.
Plays of self-exhibition arise out of the
lover's desire to present himself In the
moat advantageous J)ght possible before
his loved one. With this iin view.,' he
plays a part. Ho acts as though he were
braver, stronger, more skillful, handsom
er, or more delicate feeling, and keener
Intelligence tjhan he is actually and hab
itually. A comic paper once observed
that a lover always tries to be as lova
ble as possible and hence always makes
himself ridiculous.
The lover not only.has the aim In view
of pleasing his sweetheart, but he also
enjoys his little exhibitions for their own
sake. He appears to be. looking on at
himself, listening to his own fairy tales,
and enjoying his own parading. ' When
this is done to excess his game is com
monly known as flirting.
One- of the features of self-exhibition
are the contests of many swains before
their ladles. The old-time tournaments.
Whose victor were given the privilege
of crowning their chosen one as the
queen of love and beauty, are one of the
many examples. Any man in a contest
feels double stimulation to do his utmost
when ladles are present!. They 'have
long learned that prowess and a martial
bearing are admired by the fair ones.
This1 admiration Is in part a relic of the
earlier form of.loyer-llke exhibitions.
The Indians use ' their war paint and
feathers primarily to delight the squaws.
In some tribes the men do not dare to
marry, for no woman will have them
until they have slain a number of foes.
The conquest of rivals in this way be
comes one means of self-exhibition. It
proves his supremacy. In some tribes
the youths gather together and" fight for
the belle, and the conqueror bears her
off as his prize. In the West Vlctorlaip,
tribes a man Is allowed, to carry away
another man's wife if he con defeat the
man in combat. Both the husband and
the new suitor ore entirely satisfied and
the woman takes her fate as a matter of
course. In New Zealand, when two suit
ors present themselves before a single
Alarming maiden and both are equally
strong, courageous and clever in battle
combat, she gives the coveted "yes" to
the man who can pull her arm the most
vigorously. Each man takes an arm and
they pull simultaneously.
MAKING LOVE A8 A SPORT.
The higher the culture of a pair of
sweethearts, the more prominently do
mental displays mingle with the exhibi
tion of physical fascinations. The cul
tured suitors delight In simply showing
their power to charming woman or in
making a direct attack on her heart.
Many men enjoy this so keenly that they
play the gallant without any serious Ipve
Intentions and ensnare every lady with
their brilliance of conversation. The
masculine post-prandial withdrawal to"
the smoking-room is explained by Profes
sor Groos as a dpslre for relaxation after
the fatigue of mental exertion In display
ing their charms to women during' the
dinner. '
The stilted ornate styles' of lovb letters)
are another form i of eelf-exhlblflon
adopted by the suitor who would fain
win his sweetheart .by . the power of
smoothly written Words. ., i T'.
Self-exaltation Is retaliated in full by
the woman, but with a difference. She
alternately seeks and flees. and in pared-.
fffg her wonders ft ever addresses herself :
to her adorer. She turns aside when' the
sees him appreciative- of them' as If she ,
were shy. While he parades his strength
she makes much of weakness, helpless-
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Portland, Or., July 23. 1902.
ness and hor housewifely accompltsn
nrents. She veils- 'her Intentions, arid while
making far more daring exhibitions than
man ever attempts she carries them off
with, such disguise and art that she Is
never compelled to acknowledge their
purpose. - '
When displaying her mental graces the
same disguise comes In tofot'rat Ion. Chi
cago Tribune,-' ' -
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Dutch Tulip Beds.
To the Hollander this pilgrimage to
the tulip fields Is perhaps the most treas
ured outing of the year, and the Sun
days of April usually find 30,000 admir
ing burghers visiting the fields. It was
not long before the air, heavily laden
with perfume, warned us that we were
approaching the nurseries, and a sharp
turn In the road brought us full upon a
Seemingly interminable prospect of lurid
color; Prom - the palest cream "to - the
.. ... ...
deepest crimson, no single hue seemed fo '
be missing, and the eye, bewildered at
the feast, turned away to ' rest upon
some patch of sward set apart for the
more robust uses of husbandry. It was
late In April, so that, saving here and
there a fugitive bed ot tulips,- the do
minion of the hyanclnth was complete:
and- of the narcissus, which Is popularly
thought to abound. In Holland, I Was af
terwards toldr by a confiding bulb mer
chant that so great is the output of the
Channel Island, the : Seniles and Lin
colnshire In England thdt the exporter
of bulbs buys largely from these sources
and palms them off on the foreign mar
ket as a. Dutch growth. The blossoms
have no marketable value In Holland
and at maturity they are cut and strewn
upon the ground, there to rot and en
rich the soil. As a vendor Of blossoms
the small boy hereabouts turns an oc
casional penny by way of pin-money, but
beyond these roadside transactions 1
Should say the retail traffic in flowers
Would fare meagerly If dependent on
home patronage; for Mynheer dotes on
his garden, and prefers rather to buy
the bulb . and by careful nursing to
see his pains rewarded in the time of
flowering. i.
SENATORS ARE NOT
ALL MILLIONAIRES
A writer In the New Tork Bun, who
Claims to know what he Is talking about,
says that the popular Impression as to
the wealth of United, State Senators
Is greatly exaggerated. He can name but
a dosen members ot the .Senate who
are millionaires or better, and they and
their approximate possessions are given
as follows:
William A. Clark, Montana.. ..$25,000,000
Thomas Kearns. Utah.. 10,000,000
John-Kean, New Jersey 4,000.000
E. B. Elklns, West Virginia.... 4,000,000
James McMillan, Michigan..:... 6,000,090
John Dryden, New Jersey...:,.. 6,000,000
Redfleld Proctor, VeVmont.,: 3,000,000
George Peabody Wetmore, Rhode ;
Island 2,000,060
Nelson A. Aldrloh. Rhode Island. 2,000,000
Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio... 2,000,000
Chauncey M. tepew, New Tork. 2.000,000
Euaene Hale. Maine 1,000,000
If the popular imperssion were consult-'
d this list would be considerably extend
ed. It would Include lrfdge 'of Massa-q
chusetts, Jones and Stewart of Nevada
(bonansa kings), Piatt of New Tork.
Fairbanks ol Indiana, and a number of
others men not necessarily quite worth
a million dollars or, more, but an amount
approaching that sum. But this au
thority rates Steward , and JxJaes not
among those who are comfortably situ
ated or 'have considerable incomes froirf
accumulated propertybut ai among the
poorest Senators, In the class which in
cludes the senior Senator from Massa
chusetts,' Frye of Main, Vest . and Cock
rell of Missouri and most of, the South
ern Senators. They were at one time
rich, but have, had fheir ups and downs
and are now said to be down. Mr.
Lodge is -said to -possess a 'modest for.
tune," .which is doubtless true as for
tunes are 'spoken of today, but a few
years ago. before' the Carnegles, Rocke
fellers and Morgana had set-new stand
ard of measurements, he would, have
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THE CANNON OF
GEORGE THE THIRD
From deadly implements of war turned
by the enemy against the sops of the
land In which they have tor more than a
century reposed to Instruments useful
In the furtherance of peaceful pursuits
In that same country is the remarkable
transition through which two large can
non now in the works of the Keystone
Bridge Company have passed. Captured,
It is supposed, by General Gates at the
battle of Saratoga, one of the most im
portant engagements of the revolution,
the cannon were placed In the JEUUaburg
araena, ear, , tn ,agt century. ftnd re.
Hnllv.nlr. ..ntiitm. wh
malned there as souvenirs until 1873, when
they were "bought by the. old Shiftier
Bridge Company . and placed In -the mill
to be used as compressors. There for
almost 20 years the old guns have done
service,, and nq better tool of their kind
could be found. " , ' '. .
In a ' dark corner of Ine' dingy plants
hidden from sight the greater part of the
time! by the great weights surrounding
them, and smeared with grease and
grime, the old cannon-still retain their
usefulness, and beneath 'all the grease
the royal coat of arms of the proud King
George III. stand out, the sole remin
ders of the days In which they boomed
In the service of the King. The royal
crest Is close to the old touchholes ot
the guns. Instead ot powder there is
been called a rich man. Senator Spooner
of Wisconsin is said to have $250,000 and
to be satisfied with it, but he 1 classed
among those who are not rich, but just
comfortably well off. Of the New Eng
land Senators who have not been named,
Dillingham of Vermont and Burnham of
New Hampshire are classed a "com
fortable," an Hawley and Piatt of Con
necticut and Galltnger of New Hamp
shire, along with Hoar of Massachusetts
and Frye of Maine, are classed as poor,
or dependent upon . their Senatorial sal
aries and what little they can pick up
in their professions as they go . along.
Of the 25 Senator sworn in March 4 last
only three are rated as millionaires, and
It is contended that this fact reveals
no tendency to fill the Senate with rich
men.
Much in Little
One Australian syndicate has offered
General De Wet . 25Q weekly and ex
penses for a lecturing tour In Australia.
More than 33,000 pounds of opium were
received at San Francisco In a, single
shipment from China last week.
The latest returns of the population or
Japan, Including Formosa and the Pesca
dores, gives total of 46,444,524.
Seattle' export to Japan are, now
about $5,000,000 per annum, which Is II
times what they were six years ago.
. After he had administered a sound
drubbing to a local bully, a colored-e-tnan
was carried round shoulder-high at
Swansea, Wales, A
In Switzerland 1271 hotels, having an
aggregate of 92,333 bedsi have been got
ready this season for- the accommoda
tion of tourist. . , .. '
Crematories for the destruction of the
bodies of animals which have died from
Infectious disease are ; to be erected in
Silesia.. ,'.' . ' ':' ,' . ,.' . .
Venice has ekcafe which ha been open
day and night for ISO year.
The world's record for steamships Is 560
miles a day, and for sailing vessels' 325
miles. ' , ' ': '.' - --..' -VR :'-:r"
One but ot every 1 Danish "emigrants
to the United. States becomes a Mormon.
In China probably more wood' Is used
for coffins, than, for any other purpose,
The coffins are made ot lumbet from
four to ten Inches thick. It fa : not , m
high estimate tf say that from 3,000,000,009
to 10,000,000,000 Test of lumber are an.
oually thus utilised.
by MAIL '
now Inserted in the touchholes of both
- places a prosaic water pipe that In no
way seems to belong there.
Before being enlisted in the Industrial
service of the Keystone Bridge Company
the heads of both the cannon were re
moved, bo that they are now open at
both ends. Through the great 16-inch
bore water is mumped and Is forced out
by long cylinders that are burdened by
6U)0 pounds of steel. This tremendous
weight is released and, settling the cylin
ders, forces them - through the bore - ot
the cannon. Before them goes the water
that is thrown through the pipes against
a machine known as an "upsetter." At
the other end of this machine the "T"
bars used In bridge construction are plac
ed and the ends, heated to a white heat,
are locked into the, "upsetter." The
force of the water from the cannon
pushes the machine against the end of
the bar and Starts the head, that is
Jater finished In the big five-ton ham
mer. Day after ; day these huge guns
have performed this humble work, and
when one looks at the proud crest of the
King of England he wonder If, were
they possessed of life, they would not
feel humiliated at this sad fall from their
former calling that of battling for glory
and victory and empire. Pittsburg
Leader.
Clever Little Stories.
Senator Hanna sees all comer at his
house every afternoon, between 6 . and 6
o'clock. ' Recently a prosperous looking
man was there with a bundle of papers
under hi Arm. He had a acheme he
wanted the Senator to Invest In. "It
you will put in $50,000," fie said to the
Senator, "I will guarantee you 160 ber
cent profit In 80 days. "I'l do It," said
the Senator. The promoter rubbed his
hand in glee. "When can I have the
moneyT' he asked. "Right now," said
Senator Hanna; "I'll give you a draft
for $D0,0OO, payable In 90 days, and at the
end of that time you can send me the
balance of the money.
' General Sherman could say the most
pleasing and tactful things and ;yet. no
one could be more sarcastic. - He was at
tending a large reception at Fort Leav
enworth once, when youth approached
him and aid, familiarly: "What a great
bore these things must be to you, Gen
eral ?" "What's thatT" asked General
Sherman, quickly. '1 ay," repeated th
other, "It must be such a bore to you,
meeting a lot of people you don't know '
and making them, feel that you do re
member them. "Yes, yes,' replied the
General; "now, for instance, I don't know
who the devil y are."
Senator Proctor of Vermont say the
finest speech he ever made consisted of
only four words. It wa a retort to Sen
ator Hoar' sarcastic little thrust In a
speech directed af the Green "Meuhtaln
Senator. He said: "No man In Vermont
Is allowed to , vote, unless he ha made
$6000 trading with Massachusetts people."
Whereat, Proctor aid: ,; "And , we all
vote Chicago DaUy New.
- Profit In Soda Water.
-The oda water counter . In this drug
tore 1 nearly alway crowded. Five .
men are basy there with the faucet and
spigots all day long. One customer asked
the dispenser at the end of the counter
how much business the fountain "did"
during the day.: ' '.
V-Our gross) receipt, , year to andyear
out, are more than $60,000," ho replied,
and when the' customer expresed sur
prise he ald: ' a
"Why, at -Blank.' place they take In
,much more than that because he' open ,
'M hour a day." ' . .
"And what' the profltT" the customer -pursued.
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