developm ent plication is now reduced to such » tent th a t it ca u ses lit tle inconvenience, and should not be refused. T here is usually sen t w ith th e request a blank — mi.IM UKO KVKKY FRIDAY MilKMSO. card o n w hich th e nam e is to be w rit­ — AT— ten, w ith an en velop e stam ped ainl ad­ F i / irknck , L ank C o v v r v , O kkoon dressed for its return. N o th in g can Is more un obtrusive or m echanical, th ou gh the line o f propriety is a t once .passed, F . A I . I . K Y , E d i t o r »»<1 P r o p r i e t o r . w e may say, w here tw o cards are sen t, the second one b ein g obviously for o*- A / 9 / — T erm s : $2.00 a year in advan ce.------1 ch an ge purposes, or perhaps for sale. 1 T he w ary au th or never, I suspect, ... . V1 , 1 w rites on both cards, since he does not Enter«*! at th e post-olhee at F lo re n c e , , county, Oregon, w .c c o n .l-c t« « . £ ft lw h w any bn51uesS tra n s - appH<.a I, t. glMW m ail matti ,r r ’ i farther, and asks an original le tte r or copiiNl passage, th e affair becomes more aiivkbtisino rates madb known on a t - serious, and som e authors and public men ignore such req u ests altogeth er, as Ri.lCATION. (.'»••al notiti« X cent* per Hue, racb hm»rt¡3 n being much more seriou s consum ers o f time. But on th e su b ject o f autograph , r t i . i t n n r i n n v app lications there is to be pointed o u t a F R O M A S A ( . R E D Q U A R K ’ curious w a n t o f ta ct, in to w hich alm ost ________ .— all app licants fall. T h ey almost, a lw a y s « « - « • C u H c -tt« , t t . co- lur»b<*n F xnoeltlon. plied to th at they have already a very large collection , in clu d in g m ost o f the n o ta b ilities o f th is country and age, R » m e ( R lM ( N e w A b o u t t h e M a t e r i a l t o o d und th at th ey w ish to add his nam e to hy th e A b o r i g i n a l S m o R e re to th eir list. T he e ffect is to im press th e •h a M a n u fa e tu re n t T h a lr proposed victim w ith a sen se o f his ow n ; r ip a a . in Ignifleance. in th a t he w as asked so late to th e en terta in m en t. More ta rt An expedition sent out by the bureau wmlW |m. show n by tr y in g to convince of ethnology for the purpose o f m aking m tn w hom you apply th a t yon collection* t4» illustrate aboriginalquar- b eg in n in g a very sm all and rylng and m ining at the Columbian ex- ’ h((k.e co u ee tio n , and th a t you have position haa just returned to W ashing- • m<. to jli|n as eariy as p ossib le in t.,0 w ith a remarkable and moot lnteI‘* J or(ler to mttUe a good start. If th is esting assem blage of objects secured. d wou)(, M>ein dishon est, it is a t le a st .tin- Among these objects are a num ber of 1 necessary to make it plain th a t you re­ pip.'* and fragm ents o f pipestone ol>- gard his autograph as o f le ss valu e tained from the famous pipe atone quar­ th an th e thousand oth ers p reviously so ­ ry in aouthweat M innesota, w hence the licited. Indians of North America have g o t the fa r th e s t n o r t h . m aterial for their pip«i since very an­ cient days, lo n g before Columbua landed an fferln ga and P e r s e v e r a n c e T h a t C h a r a e - upon this continent. From th a t time t e r la x l th e A r c tic E xplorera. down to the p r e se n t the w orking of this T he story o f A m erican explorers w h o same mineral deposit has is-en kept up have braved th e perils o f th e northern continuously, even savage • ...... • " " the f ““' W ' Sioux know ing th a t u lm « t Mip.Th.tmun trnv.lintt .n n n .lly tw o tmndrvd «*»■••, them , z . t in spend a month at the quarry. For show s th at th ey had the sJlue e n th u­ centuries the place w as regarded na siasm that characterized and su stained sacred ami all trils's m et there, pre- the early discoverers. One o f th e mem «•rvlng peace religiously whili- on the Is-r.s o f the Greely exp ed ition g iv es an ►pot, says the W ashington Star. account in Rcribuer’s M agazine o f their lo r tnllra around the quarry the sufferings and perseverance: plains are eovertsl w ith the rings w hich ‘ Fatigue, thirst, hunger, cold and murk the sites where Indian lodges »tven heat at tim es Is-bct u*. were one<- established. and everyw here • Each camp found us p h y sic a lly ox» »re scattered fragm ents of pipestone, hnwded. We *eant»*d our food, and representing the waste of m anufacture. w ith envious, regretful ey es sa w each T his inntertul w ew » to have I m - cii se- b it disappear, since it shortened th e IcvtdNl by the Ravages because o f its len gth o f our possible jou rn ey n o rth » ts-nnty and softness when fresh. T he latter quality render* it easy to curve, ward. ‘ Finally the coveted honor w a s in while subsequently it iiecotne* extrem e­ ight. R ealizing that th is w a s indeed ly hnrd It* color is an exquisite “ In- the ‘F arth est N orth,’ w e un furled th e .linn red." Much o f the carving work done on the (lag o f our country, th e g lo rio u s ‘Stars pipe* is of highly artistic quality. Home and Strip es,’ w ith a feelin g o f pride and of the sjss’Uiiens secured by Prof. ex u lta tio n im jx issih le to d e n c r lb e . L ie u t. l.t*'kw il man except the lady o f th e h ou se ’•»n the pipestone and make many other h •rself, who, living in a n, rvowsand»l«»- »"i <••» <»ut of it f,,r aale, fnun a »sun- liilitatisl condition. f»»ll in to a nwo»m. »Mete house down to miniature piece* of When the tir-t «loctor arrived w ith o u t furniture and trinket* The fuel that this pipestone quarry finding anybody ut horn»', und saw th e w a s t * rganied as Mu-nsl is indicate»! by old ludv lyin g as »lead, he b elieved her »•tiet» ive pk-uvgraplis on the r»s-ks in to be the cholera p atien t, and. h avin g t !ie » I’initv of certain huge bowlder* brought an ninbulane«* w ith him. sen t the patient to the cholera hospital. »u the wfait, representing aborigi- Next th»» ow ner o f the house returned It ai h r t Sings f rvbgb.ua u ith a d o c to r u n d w as »net a t th e door by th•• maid servant who had e n tir e ly ASKING FOR A U T O G R A PH S r»*s >ver»s! and w as hale and h ea rty . One V h. I to s e • U h M<»«t after the other the ruemb -r s o f th e fam ­ ily came horn-' except th«» m o th e r w ho M r » W i l l »,ra<>t t h e K z-our»« » «».»►’ e le m e n ta ry fo rm o f th e w a » retained at th«» hospital u n til, after g»-r - le tt e r la. »»f e m t o e , th e ap p li- hoi rs «»f anxious search, sh e w as found in the cladcra w ant happily w ith out -!»P1, I Ating taken th e tnfcetkni. A l»- n. of gas . o f distressed nanus. T ribune. ’ T h a C anU niury o f It* D is c o v e r y in f o r « - w a ll Célébra»*»! T h is Y ear. A m ong th e m any an n iversaries w hich are b ein g celebraU xl th is yea r is th e cen ten a ry o f th e in v en tio n o f gas as an illu m in a n t. It w a s in 171« th a t W il­ liam M urdock first lig h ted up his hu m ble home a t Iicdruth, in du ch y o f C ornw all, by m eans o f coal g a s m ode in an iFoti k e ttle , in to w h ich lie in serted a rough iron tube. It w a s not u n til six y ea rs la ter that th e in v en tio n w a s developed on a large sca le, w h en M urdock w a s em ployed to e sta b lish a g a s lig h tin g app aratus a t th e g rea t Soho foundry a t B irm ingham . In 180» th e L yceum th ea ter in Loudon w as first lig h te d by gas, and in 1816 th e g a s lam ps w hich had been used tp illu m i­ n ate P iccad illy sin ce 1807 becam e com ­ mon th rou gh ou t L ondon. It w a s at th is tim e, too, th a t David M elville, o f N ew p ort, R. I., first ad ap ted gas, for th e m an ufacture o f w h ich h e had se­ cured a p a ten t in 1806, to th e B eaver T a il lig h th o u se, and it lia s sin ce b e ­ com e on e o f th e principal illu m in a n ts used in th o se w a tch to w ers w hich, in im ita tio n o f th e a n cieu t Pharos, are n ow scattered a ll over th e g lo b e for th e gu id an ce and p ro tectio n o f sh ip s and m ariners. It is dou b tfu l, in th e op in ion o f the N ew Y ork T ribune, w h e th e r a hundred y ea rs hence, on th e occasion o f th e b i­ cen ten a ry o f th e in ven tion o f gas, th e la tte r w ill s till retain th e com m an d in g p o sitio n w hich it now occu pies as an il­ lum inan t. On every side s ig n s increase w h ich presage th a t th e a ge o f e lec tr ic ­ ity is a t hand—th a t a g e w h ich is far more lik ely to rev o lu tio n ize th e civ­ iliza tio n o f the w orld th a n an y o f its predecessors. Gas w ill p rob ab ly be g ra d u a lly forced in to a back sea t, and its u se confined to sto v es and fireplaces, w hich find sue! 'xvor am on g th e sm a ll households o f crow ded c itie s. It w ill I h >( e n titled , how ever, to th e g ra tefu l rem em brance o f man as a pow erfu l fa cto r in th e develop m en t o f h is c iv ili­ zation and progress d u rin g th e p ast hundred years. DR. N A N S E N ’S PO LAR S H IP . A M arvel o f S o lid ity D o in g C o n n tra cta d fo r t h e t ’aa o f t h e E x p lo r er. Dr. N an sen ’s polar ship has pro­ gressed so far in con stru ction th a t on e can now’ form som e idea o f its g en era l ou tlin e, says th e I’o lk eb la d et, o f Chris­ tiania. T he s la n tin g aides str ik e th e eye a t once. U n d er th e supp osition th a t th e vessel w ill be “ screw ed ” by th e ice. care has been ta k en th a t no p r o j«»cting p oin ts or fla t su rfaces e x ist. T h e peculiar design is based o n th e a n ­ ticip ation th a t a ll ice, w h en m eetiu g th e vessel, w ill be forced dow n under it, a llo w in g it to be raised so m uch o u t o f th e w nter. F or th e sam e reason the Ixittom o f the vessel is covered w ith hard and sm ooth w ood—g reen h eart, three to six in ch es thick. Inside, th e vessel is provided w ith h orizon tal, ver­ tical and diagon al cro ssb ea m s, fa sten ed by hundreds o f iron and w ooden join ts, g iv in g th e im press o f g r e a t so lid ity . T h e fram e is m o stly o ld oak. B esides th e outerm ost c o v e h n g o f g reen h ea rt, there are tw o oak skids . T h e vessel is provided w ith a stea m e n g in e o f 162 horse p,iwer. It Is rig g ed as a three- m aster sch ooner and w ill m ain ly rely on its sa ils w hen in th e ice. Its d im en ­ sion s are: K eel, 31 m eters; g r e a te st le n g th o f deck, »9 m eters; greateat w idth o f deck, 11 m«»tcrs; h e ig h t from keel to deck, 5.2’» m eters; w h en loaded, 4.75 m eters; d isp lacem en t, 800 ton s. T h e hull w ill lx» ex trem ely h eavy on account o f th e heavy m a teria l used in its construction, y v t it is estim ated th a t she w ill b« able to carry 400 ton s o f coal and provision*, etc. B esides th e sm a ll­ er b oats necessary for recon n oiterin g, et«»., tw o large Itoats are b ein g built ab le to hold th e w h o le crew o f tw e lv e men anil provisions for th ree m onths. If th»» polar cu rren ts are ru n n in g as N ansen suppose*, it b eco m es reason­ a b le to exp«-et that hi* ex p ed itio n w ill meet w ith success. H is v essel is eer- ta in ly a inarvei o f so lid ity . NOT THE II* ( la v e I p W h en C O M M IT T E E . II* F a i i i »«! om I t w as a eorker T h e solitary h o r s ^ . m ilitary cloak xUrted fourte.'n shadowy fitf,,. th e underbrush and v w ith yaw ning sl.oli;llns i«>ur money;” Up hoarse, l a w b s s ' t ^ T h e horseiaan fu ll height. ‘•Not a red (^nt - T he leader am,w strode forward. “ Yield or die!” he his ’" }lat do you propm m oney?” suddenly den tarv horseman. “ Huy bread." T here was a cnnrnlsi neath the military elm “ T hen”- T lie horseman's voie soft. —•‘•you are not the. te e soliciting funds?’’ “ No.” “ Take what I have A fter some furthe civilities the rider put and with a pleasan pcared. Karag«« of i T he general imprest liv e altogether on f n u ts is not altogeth rels w ill suck egp chickens and small 1 ferocity as a weasel, tie s arc not often no rel, because me ar enough to venture < «1 at ions in the dayt w ives who find eggsh stead of eggs or disc youn g chickens with off should not alwayi th e door of the wca« How’i W e offer One Hondr fo r any cane of Catarrh cured bv H a ll’e Cat F . J . Cheney A Co., W o the undersigned J . Cheney lor the last lie ve him perfectly ho ¡n e w trannactiona ar to c a rry out any obi th e ir firm . W rst A Tauax, Wli Toledo, 0 . W aldixo , v i s , Wholesale Dru| H a ll’s Catarrh Cur n a lly , acting directly and mucous surfi P rice 75c per bottlo. gists. Testimonials I FOR A fine farm of H» th e 1-akes South fro« ranch is mostly alder b o tto m land, having ‘ frontage. Ten acre« and 5 more slashed; come in to l»earing, <’ house th a t is ceik* • out-buildings, and st« be sold w ith the pis» cea if desired. l’ncP‘ h a lf cash and reas"»« balance. Apply f,'r " a t th is ofti“ *- CHURCH DlJ d rf > p . ytekiaxc P Oregon. . m lio o l. 10 o ’rhs k • th e ’ "‘ J r’vi h-r