Commercial and Financial Happening
of Interest In the Growing
Western State.
Price
Bounty for Seal Scalp.
Chairman Kendall, of the fisheries
committee of the Astoria Progressive
Commercial Association, is circulating
& petition among the canners and those
most directly interested for subscrip
tions for a fund to be used in paying a
bounty of $1 each for seal scalps and
$2.50 each for sea lion scalps. The
fund is to be placed in the nan Is of the
secretary of the association and war
rants drawn against it by the fish com
missioner. This Bubscription list is
the result of an effort being made by
the association to exterminate one of
the greatest enemies to the fishing in
dustry. It is claimed that a sea lion
will devour four salmon every 24
hours, and as there are at least 2,500 of
these animals hovering about the mouth
of the river, 10,000 fish or 4,000 cases,
representing about $13,860, are being
destroyed each day. The intention of
the association is to have the law
amended so as to set aside a portion of
the license money for paying this
bounty, but this cannot be done until
the next session of the legislature, and
in the meantime the funds are to be
raised by subscription.
14 Tear for Highway Robbery.
Mai tin Everett, an American citizen,
was sentenced at Vernon, B. C, to 14
years' imprisonment for highway rob
bery, alleged to have been committed
about a year ago at Grand Forks, B. C.
Six months ago the case was laid be
fore United States Consul Dudley, and
be presented it to the state department
at Washington, D. C. The sentence
caused great surprise, as it was known
that the case had become an inter
national matter. Consul Dudley to
night apprised Secretary Hay of the
sentence. His prior representations
to the state department were favorable
to Everett's contention that his arrest
by Canadian officials at Republic,
Wash., was unwarranted.
' i uriL umv t ur new uwra 1 I -
Mother's Heroic Sacrifice to Save Her
Small Son.
l ne heroic impulse of Mrs. John
Sommefroh In pushing her 6-year-old
son away from her saved the boy's life
it the expense of the mother's exist
ence. She was 28 years old, the wife
at a farmer living near Lyndhurst, L.
L She was walking with her son to
ward Babylon on the east-bound track
Jf the Long Island Railroad.
The train left Babylon at 4:25 in the
afternoon, bound for Long Island City.
aiotner and son were In no danger
wnere tney were. They could see the
, train three miles away, for the road
I runs perfectly straight at that point
The boy was walking at his mother's
side and was next the west-bound
track. The oncoming train was rush
ing at high speed. That tremendous
fascination which even grown people
inmoHmnn 1 1 . . . . .
I .va,vi,ureo irci wuen tney are looking
it a swiftly approaching train a desire
:o throw one's self in front of the loco
notlve must have taken possession of
:he child.
j The boy gave a scream and darted
icross the tracks. FTo nmni -
. 1 - ..... . .1 I
me oistriDution trane in snoes, but j second in the path of the train. His
manufacturers are hanging back in another sprang after him. That one
their purchases of leather, and hides second enabled her to catch up with
are rather weaker. i him. It w m... ...
She thrust the boy from her
Inactive Demand and Weaker
Are the Feature.
Bradstreet's says: The trade situation
this week may be summed up in the
phrase, inactive demand and weaker
prices. While in many respects the
industrial situation is easier than it
was, the unsettlement in the building
trades continues marked, the reflex ac
tion being exhibited in the unsettled
demand for building material and
weaker prices for lumber and for many
produots used in the building industry.
Iron and steel buyers are still hold
ing off, most of the business done being
for small lots for immediate consump
tion. Relatively good reports come from
the retail trade at most centers, not
withstanding the backward spring, but
as yet the volume of reorder business
from wholesalers and jobbers has
proved disappointing. Finished cotton
and woolen goods remain steady.
Wool is weaker, owing to the re
stricted demand from manufacturers
and in sympathy with lower prices set
at many grades at the London wool
sales.
Relatively a good report comes from
Relatively the best trade reports
still come from the Pacific coast mar
kets, but better weather conditions at
the South have tended to brighten
trade reports from that seotion.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 3,480,704 bush
els, against 5,537,022 last week.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 174, as compared
with 153 last week.
second.
lust as the train struck her. Death
;ame to her Instantly. All had hap-
coolness tn the social atmosphere, let
him remove at once to one of those es
tablishments whose landladies adver
tise that they and the guests are all
one family. In these the home feelings
at times fairly run riot In the veins.
They are no mere product of mustard
plaste.-s and fiat-irons, but the result
of a great, warm, miscellaneous In
timacy on the part of the people who
might otherwise have dodged one an
other had they ever met at all. It Is
an Intimacy ordained by chance, but
it Is as thick as that of twins and as
voluble end unescapable as the Inter
course of a crate of chickens on their
way to market.
The social ties that lash souls to
gether at a boarding-house table draw
more powerfully than any mustard
plaster and leave more lasting effects.
Sometimes for good, but sometimes for
evil, it must be said. They say a deli
cate brain is apt to break down after
ten years or so of boarding Just from
the dripping on it of continued table
talk. Like every other good thing, it
can be overdone.
HIGH LIVING.
TELEGRAPH FRIENDS.
People Who Know Each Other Wlthon
Having Seen Each Other.
"It's very funny," said a former
"lightning Jerker" the other night, to
New Orleans Times-Democrat man.
'what vivid pictures telegraph opera
tors who have never met will form of
each other merely from talking over
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Fatten Eastern Oysters.
Mr. Wachsmuth expects another car
load of Eastern oyster seed for his beds
near Oysterville. With him the rais
ing of Eastern oysters is no experiment,
as he is the pioneer in the business on
the North Pacific coast. He has had
fully matured Eastern oysters to ship
for two years past, and eaoh year has
increased his importation of Eastern
oyster seed. He has never succeeded
in propagating them here, but depends
entirely upon the growth of the oysters
be plants for his profits. The demand
greatly exceeds the supply.
The Riverside Tennis Club has been
organized in Arlington, Or.
Gold dust is as much a medium of
exchange at Sparta, Or., as it was 35
years ago.
H. M. Stevens and W. F. Yeck, who
are operating the Darnell mine, have
made application to the city council for
a franchise to operate an electric light
plant in Kalama, Wash.
An effort is on foot to organize a
company of National Guard at Cottage
Grove, Or. The required number of
names have been secured and many
more are available that conld be had.
Dr. R. E. Stewart, of Goldendale.
Wash., has a collection of over 30,000
perfect Indian arrow heads, besides
nevoiai iuuubuuu impenect ones, ana a
large and rare collection of Indian
curios.
The supply of milk at the Browns
ville, Or., creamery is increasing. It
now averages over 3,500 pounds per
day, and still tnere are a few more
who have not commenced supplying
miiK yet, nut will do so later.
Navigation on the Upper Columbia
is to be a reality, it is 'said, even
though the boats of the portage com
pany fail to materialize. J. A. Pound
has commenced work at Arlington on a
boat that will be capable of stemming
tne current oi tne big river at any stage
of water.
doz.
Seattle Market.
Onions, $9.
Lettuce, hot house, 40 45c
Potatoes, $16 17; $17 18.
Beets, per sack, 50 60c.
Turnips, per sack, 40 60c.
Carrots, per sack, 7585c.
Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c.
Cauliflower, California 8590o.
Strawberries $2.00per case.
Celery 40 60c per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.001.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $2.002.75; $3.003.50.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517o pound.!
Eggs 17c.
Cheese 14 15c.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415c;
spring, $5.
SAVED HE BOY JUST ASnE TAN
One Needa a Balloon to Reach Prices In
a Dawson Cafa.
"V ..
u suppose,- said a man
who was in the Klondike last summer,
"that with the improved facilities of
travel ana weight transportation to the
Klondike country prices of Jbbrn modi
fies tnere would have become just a
little more nearly normal, but I hw
In my possession a bill of fare I got at
xaeaiys notel and cafe In Dawson in
September last, and here are some of
me prices that one must pay for eat
ables. The hotel in a
ture chiefly logs, and the conveniences
are not altogether modern, and a good
many of them are lacking, but the rate
per day Is twelve dollars. If one eats
at the cafe a la carte here's what he
pays: Sirloin steak and onions, $3'
porterhouse plain, $3.50; with mush
rooms, $4; tenderloin plain, $2.50; with
musnrooms, $3.50; Chateau Brian!
(spelled that way), $4; with onions,
$3.50; Hamburg steak, $1.50; English
mutton chop (one), $2; (two), $3.75;
breaded, $2.75; corn beef hash, $1.50;
lamb chops, plain, $2.50; pork chops!
sauee piquant, $3.25; liver and bacon,
$!.'; plain, $1.50; ham and eggs, $2.50;
bacon and eggs, $2.50; fried tripe, $1.50;
pigs' feet, $1.50; fried in batter, $2; kid
ney, fried, broiled or saute, $1.50: with
mushrooms, $1.75; pork sausage, $1.50;
men eggs (two), $2; scrambled, poach
ed or on toast, $2; with oysters, $2.50;
plain omelet, $2; ham, oyster, jelly ome
let, or with onions, $2.50; Spanish or
rum omelet, $3; souflle, $3.50; Welsh
rabbit, $2.50; golden buck, $3, and so
on, with pie at a dollar a slice,' and pud
ding a dollar a smell, and cigars 50
cents for the cheapest As I said, it
does seem that at this late date living
would become a little cheaper, but peo
ple who have anything to sell want
the earth for it, and the hapless con
sumer must pay the price or go with
out The only consolation is that II
will be as bad or worse at Cape Nome,
though that will probably tumble
juicker because It is so much more ac
:essible than the Klondike."
SEAKCfl FOR A GIKL.
AN INDIANA WOMAN'S LONG
YEARS OF SEEKING
'Aunt Polly" Barnett Dead. After
Seeking a Lost Daughter for Twenty
Tears Touching Story of Old and
Insane Wanderer Over the Earth.
pened so suddenly that Mrs. Somme
froh was a corpse before Engineer For-
Deil could close the throttle and check
the speed of the train. The train crew
went back, to find the victim. Engineer
tforbeil had told the others how the
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 woman had given up her own life In an
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.00 19.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
effort to save the boy, and they won-
i tiered If she had succeeded.
When they found the woman's body
the trainmen took off their caps and
tears streamed down their faces as they
lifted the remains to the side of the
tfack, where they placed a guard over
them. Not far away they found the
child, unconscious, but alive. He was
carried Into a car and placed on seat
cusnions, wnile the tra n sneedwl tn
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; Long Island City, where an ambulance
C. T. Moore, the Blaine, Wash., mill
man, who platted the original townsite
of Blaine for the Cain Bros., is making
preparations for the building of a com
plete sawmill and box factory on the
Semiahmoo side of the Blaine harbor.
Everything is arranged, and the mill
will be placed in operation as soon as
it can be constructed.
Five well developed cases of small
pox are reported at Forest Center, Stev
ens county, Wash., three and one-half
miles north of Springfield. Dr. Baker
reports the cases are in three different
families. It is said the members of
the families have been around town as
usual and many people have been ex
posed. The county commissioners have
been notified of the cases and a quar
antine has been established on the three
families.
The Bellington Bay Rod and Gun
Club has made arrangements to pro
cure 20,000 rainbow trout fry for Lake
Whatcom. This variety of trout is the
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed bee'
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, &
10c.
Hams Large, 18c; small, 18 H:
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides.
8C
was waiting.
handsomest, gamest and best ot r.e
tront family on the Pacific coast and
the advantages of securing a plentiful
supply of these fish are so great that
the club intends to establish a nursery
for them near the foot of the lake where
the young fish can be brought to an age
and size to care for themselves.
An unknown man was killed at
Marcus, Wash., while attempting to
steal a ride on a freight train. His
head was almost severed from the body.
H. B. Moyer has temporarily closed
his sawmill on the Calapoola. He
has between 400,000 and 500,000" feet
of lumber, which will shortly find its
way to the valley, mostly to Browns
ville. Mr. Moyer will soon move his
mill below the old logging camp, where
he expects to cut nearly 4,000,000 feel
every year.
Mrs. G. L. Circle has sent for the
necessary machinery to start a cream
ery at Prineville, Or.
Gross Bros.' Iron Works are manu
facturing a quartz crusher for A. E.
Wood and F. L. Gilman. to be used ai
eir IIllliCH 111 I.I1H n mn Tl vpr matrirr
VH T.nn I' 1H7PT10 IT kOiMBta. 'I'Un
uuu oi ooo nonnnfl. Ann la tnn mran.
ion of Mr. Gilman, who claims that it
m. wuan . w tuuD ui fjuaxiifi per (my.
wo ore cars, to be operated by a cable,
en. The motive power to operate tht
achinery will be a waterwhaei.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 51 52c;
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 54c per bushel
Flour Beat grades, $3.00; graham,
f2. 50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 36c; choice
gray, 33c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14 14.50;
brewing, $16.0016.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton: mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7
T.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton
Butter Fancy creamery, 80 35c;
seconds, 45o; dairy, 25 80c;
store, 2225c.
Eggs 13c per dozen.
ineese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
4.50 per dozen; hens. $5.00: sm-inps.
$2.503.50; geese, $6.508.00 for old;
$4.506.50; ducks, $6.007.00 per
uuaeii; turKeys, live, 14 6515c Der
pouna.
Potatoes 40 65c per sack: sweets.
aJ?4C per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab
bage, l6o per pound; parsnips, 75;
onions, 3c per pound; carrots, 50c.
Hops 2 8c per pound
wool Valley, 12 13c per pound;
eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3ic; dressed mutton, 7
7J4C per pound; lambs, 6c.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
DEEDS AWAY HIS DAUGHTER.
She la Given as a Sort of Chromo with
Fifteen Mining Claims.
Miss Ida Davis, youngest daughter of
Josian w. P. Davis, of Redding, Cal.,
a pretty girl, with dark eyes and hair
has been deeded to Rudolph Ott as if
sbe were a piece of real estate. The
girl is thrown in as a sort of chromo
along with fifteen mining claims, and In
rlg IM HAVI.1.J
default of Davis being able to deliver
hese and the chromo to Ott he agrees
to forfeit $10,000. The two men princi
pals in the strange transaction seem to
take it as a plain, serious matter of
business. How the girl views it is not
known. She is silent If sne isn't a
strictly obedient daughter it will cost
her father $10,000.
the line. As a general thing they are
correct for you can size up a man
pretty accurately from the way he
manipulates the key, but sometimes
they are ludicrously wide of the mark.
"When I was a kid and was holding
down my first job in a little Ohio town,
I worked on a Pittsburg wire with an
operator who signed C. D. He was a
jolly fellow, and slack times we used
to chat and chaff and spin yarns to
each other by the hour. He was a cap
ital story teller and a still better lis
tener, and there was an appreciative
quality in his 'h a,' 'h a,' 'h a,' Jhat
was peculiarly tickling to my vanity.
You know, that's the wav teleirrnnhara
laugh over the wire, by sounding h a
auu repeat, ana tbere's lust m mnxh
difference in the way It is done, as
there is in laughing with your mouth.
wen, i got quite attached to C! TV
and Imagined I knew exactly how he
looked. I thought he was about 20.
with a round Jovial face, and a Httl
baseball mustache. A eood dresser I
said to myself, and popular among the
giriB, ana i was niied with such a
yearning to make his acquaintance that
I finally seized on a very flimsy pretext
to run over to Pittsburg for a couple
of days on ostensible private business,
but really to meet C. D. face to face.
I was only 17 and was sure we would
have a glorious time together. When
I walked into the office, a thin elderly
man, with a long gray beard, was lean
ing against the counter. 'Is Mr.
aDouir said l. giving C. D.'s right
name. I am Mr. ,' he replied, and
you could have knocked me over with
a feather.
"When he heard who I was he turned
red and made some excuse to get away.
Poor old chap, he had enjoyed playing
boy, and we were equally disconcerted.
I never joked with O. D. any more."
Hard Shoes In Service.
It is said that each war brings out t
oemand for quite a crop of chiropod
ists, or corn doctors. This is due to the
poor quality of shoes soldiers generally
wear. Most of these shoes are furnish
ed by some contractor, who cares little
for the comfort his goods give, and they
are stitr and poorly shaped, thus caus
ing much suffering among the troops.
People who are experienced in such
matters say that going barefoot for r
day is preferable to wearing the hard
unwieldy shoes that are given the men
wnen on the march. NaDoieon. whn
was a great general in little things as
wen as big, never neglected the details
pertaining to his men's dress, and he
always tried to get them comfortable
shoes. Statistics show that a larger
percentage of shoemakers are enlisted
among soldiers than from any othet
trade, but they usually have to fight in
stead of cobble. The regimental corn
doctor is one of the most popular army
institutions.
Negro Distrust of the Javbir I.
Southern negroes regard the jaybird
with comically grave distrust, says the
Chicago Times-Herald. To them he Is
tne counsellor, guide and friend of tht
evil one himself. The amount of con
fidences established ages ago between
tne devil and the jaybird is to the Af
rican mind enormous. Plantation "un
cles" and 'aunties" believe that when
ever Satan can spare the time from his
frying operations he visits earth, and
ne ana tne layDlrd hold a council ol
war, devising ways and means Wherein
and whereby to ensnare the darkv soul
Before this combination the voodoo
charm of red flannel, fish-bones, scrap
ings of human nails, and hair from a
aeaa person is of no avail. The rab
bit 8 foot is powerless. The only de-
rense is "rassiln' " in prayer. This is
highly esteemed, as the more arduous
tne "rassiln' " the less work will be
done in the field next day. The Jay
Dira is safe from negro attack safe
through fear.
"Aunt Polly" Barnett, whose long
search for her daughter made her
known all over the southern part of
Indiana, is dead. A week before her
death she was taken into the home of
a kind woman at Linton, Green County,
and there she died. The citizens of
Linton, long acquainted with her and
her story, subscribed for the funeral
expenses and a large number of people
were at the Methodist church when the
Rev. William Buck conducted the services.
Her maiden name was Lay and she
was born in Kentucky at least sixty
years ago. She was first married to a
man named Sexton, and after his death
she was married to a man named Bar
nett She had one child, a daughter, by
her marriage with Sexton, and it was
this girl's disappearance that made her
an insane wanderer. John Bays, who
was prosecuting attorney of Green
County at the time the girl disappeared,
relates the story as follows:
"The daughter left the house one
morning twenty years ago and had not
returned by evening. The next day a
search for her was begun and the moth
er continued it until she was unequal to
rurtber tramping about the country
m my investigation i soon made up
my mind that the daughter had been
put out of the way by some person or
persons to escape exposure at her
hands. I finally concluded that thrse
persons knew something about her dis
appearance. I also reached a conclu
sion tnat she was drowned in White
River and that her body was anchored
at the bottom of the river. We found
footprints in the sand along the shore
in a secluded spot and there portions
of her clothing were found. While I
was entirely convinced of these facts
I could get no evidence on which to
proceed against the suspected persons.
I followed the career of the three men
and each met with a tragic death."
Accompanied by her younger daugh
ter, a child of Barnett the mother be
gan her search. She walked up and
down the banks of the river and of oth
er streams In the same part of the
State. After several years she aban
doned the river and streams and began
looking into the faces of women in the
towns and villages of Southern Indi
ana. She visited cemeteries and read
again and again the Inscriptions on
tombstones. Undertakers' shoos were
visited by her regularly. The daughter
who accompanied her, always walking
just behind her, grew Into womanhood.
They were seen In all kinds of weather.
They slept in hovels, in strawstacks, or
unaer trees. They ate what was eiven
to tbem, and no housewife in Southern
Indiana ever turned them away with
out food or clothing. '.'Aunt Polllv's"
search awakened sympathy every
where. A few years ago the daughter
flied from consumption. She was buried
in a country cemetery, but a year or so
ago her mother became dissatisfied
with her resting place arid exhumed the
body and carried the bones elsewhere
but where no one has ever known. Af
ter her daughter's death she was ac
companied by a large black cat which,
she requested before her death, should
be turned loose and be allowed to con
tinue the search. A collar was made
for the cat with "Aunt Polly's" name
and the date of her death engraved on
it. lne cat left Linton a few davs
afterward.
Wednesday, yet the average "med" Is
a regular attendant Up and down he
parades, blowing bis trumpet in the
face of everyone he meets and looking
the very picture of happiness, although
past the age of three.
By 7 o'clock the "tarry rope" lamps
are lit and the fun commences. Coun
try "bumklns" fetch their "lasses" and
buy them candy and pears or whatever
Is wished for; provided that the cost
does not exceed sixpence. The elite
of both sexes mix with the crowd and
"treat" the one the other. When all
Is about sold out the students start for
home with a rush, upsetting the stalls
as they go. Nothing, of course, is said
by the police, it being "Timmer" day.
Should any one be so absent-minded
as to forget the months and the days
thereof he has no doubt whatever,
from the head-splitting noise, of the
last Wednesday in August
BELOW THE BOILERS.
$5. 00 6. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50;
cows, $S.504.00; dressed beef, 6
7740 per pound.
Veal Large, 6K7Kc; small, 8
BXac per pound.
Tallow 55c; No. 2 and grease,
o Xt (s 4c per pound .
LIFE IN A BOARDING HOUSE.
Ban Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 14 16o per
pouna; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; "Val
ley, 2022c; Northern, 1012c.
nops loan crop, ntgiao per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 1717Kc;
do seconds, 1616c; fancy dairy,
loc; do seconds, 14 15c per pound.
Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch,
17c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 18.50.
Hay Wheat $6.509.50; wheat and
oat $6.009.00; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.006.50 per ton;
straw, 25 40c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 65c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 70c$1.00; river Bur
banks, 40 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
80c1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 75c$1.60;
do choice $1.75 3. 00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66jc per
pound.
Ten Years of the Table Talk Likely to
UUK Insanity.
A recent writer on women's occupa
tions accounts for the permanence of
the boarding house as a social Institu
tion by a reference to this powerful
Impulse of the human breast: "In a
boarding house," says she, "you can
obtain a mustard plaster and a cud of
palatable gruel and a warm Iron for
urniug a Biwi uui or a velvet gown.
All these things are dear to a boarder."
They create "a home feeling which the
hungry heart of the hotel dweller
misses."
This is true, but It is not whole truth.
and it Is unfair to the boarder, says
the New York Commercial-Advertiser.
Deservedly prized as are the mustard
piaster and the warm Iron, they are
not the only, or even the main, things
that give the boarder that homelike
low. It Is the conversation of the
boarding bouse table that holds him
and thrills him and keeps bis feelings
A Woman's Wit.
Gen. Hazen, the first head of the
weather bureau in Washington, found
it almost Impossible to persuade the
members of Congress to vote for him
the necessary funds with which to car
ry out his plans. One spring, when the
appropriation had ben shamefully cut
down by the economy loving chairman
of the committee, Mrs. Hazen was the
guest at an after-dinner reception at
the house of one of the Cabinet mem
bers, where the most detestable and un
endurable weather, untimely and un-
iooked for, was the topic of the "mo
ment. As Mrs. Hazen crossed the rrvim
to make her adieus she was waylaid by
the chairman of the offending commit
tee, who accosted her thus: "Well,
Mrs. Hazen, is this the best your hus
band can do for us in the way of weath
er?" Mrs. Hazen looked at him with a
sudden flash in her eyes, then an
swered, clearly and sweetly: "Yes, Mr.
Blank, the very best for the appropria
tion." The discomfited man fled, In the
midst of the hardly concealed smiles
of the surrounding guests. New Eng
land Magazine.
The Czar's Costly Yachts.
xne emperor of Russia, who, In the
foiar htar, which cost over 1,000,000
sterling, and the Standart which cost
about haK as much, possesses finer
yacnts than any other European mon
arch. Four hundred thonsnnd nnnnda
was spent on the principal apartments
on the main deck of the Polar Star. The
decoration of the dining-room cost 20,
000. The decks are very curious, being
paved with red, black, and white mar
ble, and the.-e is a marble fountain.
The big dining-room below decks will
seat 200 persons. All the annrtmpnta
are fitted with rare stones and wood.
The crew and stewards number 400
men. Tne yacht Standart Is a splendid
vessel, somewhat on the lines of the
Paris and other steamshiDs that mn
between Southampton and New York.
tier accommodation below Is saoerb
there being suites of cabins for eleven
members of the Royal family.
Serves His Purpose.
A boy's code of eitquette does not con
form witn the manual most mnn
and adopted In so-called polite society,
says the Memphis Scimitar, but it
serves his purpose all right
Two chubby little fellows were stroll
ing along the sidewalks the other after
noon, when they were joined by a third,
who was a stranger to one of the two
chums, so the other proceeded to intro
duce tbem.
"'Ned' Bright do yon know Tom'
Brown?" he questioned.
"Nope," replied "Ned."
"Well, Tom' Brown, do yon know
'Ned' Bright?"
"Nope," returned "Tom."
"Well, now you know each other."
young and homelike. One should not 8,0 wea and om Proceeded to
t.i . v. cav-ii uiua in tne most ap-
I proved manner and roll over and over
in the dust In the friendly wav hnv
have.
KVEnuuK lue spiritual siae. xever a
meal without its cheerful greeting and
kindly weather talk. Not even if he
would, could he be left out of those
genial discussions beginning with-
See by the paper we're going to have
snow."
T -
nu one ever reels neglected In a
boarding house. No one ever has any
hungry-hearted botol Ionesomeness
about Ulm there. If ie detects any
Lawsuit Over lOO Yean Old.
A lawsuit which has lasted more than
100 years has recently been settled
Ireland. In 1870, Robert Smyth, brew:
er, or smock alley, Dublin, failed.
dividend was paid, but that was not
sufficient to realize S4.80 in the Dound
It has now been discovered that a small
sum Invested at the time by the court
as being too trifling for distribution
has, by the accumulation of compound
Interest in a hundred odd years, devel-
opea into rour figures, enough to pay
off all the debts and leave a good sum
for law costs. Strange to say, there Is
i claimant for every penny due In 1790.
Hlsft Price for Butterflies.
High prices are pa:d for butterflies.
and some private collections, such as
tnat of the Hon. W. Rothschild at
Trlng, Herts, England, are said to be
worth 100,000 more or less. Some
New Guinea butterflies have fetched
50 apiecM. One of the Rothschilds is
said to have paid 200 for a Papilio,
now quite common. The demand for
rare specimens has led to dishonesty.
The insects are dyed or else wings from
one species are fastened to the bodies
of other species.
& shrewd person never makes the
mistake of putting oleomargarine be
fore a woman guest from the country.
How superior a boy feels when he
hears some other boy being scolded)
Prairie Dos Towns In Nebraska.
Within a radius of four miles of Rush
ville, Neb., there are no fewer than
nine prairie dog "towns," covering at
much as 3.500 acres of pasture, wbic
U rendered "almost useless.
rhe Mighty Powers of Propulsion of
transatlantic Liners.
Twenty-five years ago the Engineer.
of London, the recognized authority on
all matters pertaining to steamship
navigation, made the prediction that
the crossing of the Atlantic ocean, by
a steamship, at the speed of twenty
five miles an hour, was one of the
things impossible of accomplishment.
iuai uiue me Atlantic nad never
been crossed by a screw steamer at as
high a speed as fifteen miles an hour;
the Cunarder Scotia, the last of th3 ble
sidewheelers, never doing better than
an average of fourteen and a half knots.
Therefore the prophecy of the Engineer
was not at all a wild one. But to-day
there are steamers that have reached
the speed of twenty-five miles an hour.
and others are in course of construc
tion which are expected to surpass it.
The fastest liner of to-day has done
more than an average of twenty-five
miles. Her enormous engines and now-
erful propellers, mignty powers of pro
pulsion, have forced her through the
roughest waters of the Atlantic at an
average speed of twenty-one knots,
which is a fraction over twenty-six
miles In the hour.
The distance of the Southampton
New York route Is 3,060 miles, which
covers on the average in five days and
seventeen hours, considerably over
twenty-flve miles an hour for the en
tire trip; her mighty engines that
throbbing, thumping heart down below
revolve about eighty times per min
ute, or about 672,000 revolutions to
cross the Atlantic. Frank Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
The Timmer Market.
On the last Wednesday of August
every year there is a fair called the
"Timmer Market" held in the Castle
Square In Aberdeen, Scotland. Some
fifty or sixty years ago nothing could
be bought at it but wooden articles
from which arose the name "Timmer."
Now, however, it Is the Scotch house
wife's last chance of getting her ber
ries for preserving. Every patron of
the market knows that after that
month the only chance of fruit is gone
hence the rush. Great and small,
rich and poor alike turn out
Booths, set to the best advantage and
numbering perhaps two hundred, are
arranged In rows, ample room being
left for the buyers and pleasure-seek
ers between. Fruit stalls, old clothes
dealers, shooting ranges, wheels of for
tuneeverything to make a penny can
be found there. Schools and colleges
have no recognised holiday on that
Lord Charles Beresford Is noted for
h's readiness at answering questions.
His skill had a pretty good test durinz
the recent election in York. There,
when at the various meetings, the mob
put him through his facings in good
shape. Some one asked, "What distance
is Khartoum from Soudan?" "That
question," he remarked, "apparently
comes from one of my countrymen. I
will do as ihey do in Ireland and an
swer it by asking another, 'What dis
tance Is Dublin from Ireland?' "
An interesting story Is told of how
Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the well-known
English actress, first went on the stage.
About six years ago her husband ac
cepted an oppolntment for seven years
In a distant part of the world, and there
were reasons why she could not accom
pany him. In his absence Mrs. Camp
bell suffeied much from ennui and
lonel.ne s. F.nally, in her anxiety to
find occupation and change, she aDnlied
for and obtained an engagement with a
touring company, which started her off
on what proved to be her successful
career.
The Marquis of Waterford once show
ed remarkable detective skill. A rob
ber, who had broken into the Marquis'
house at Curraghmore, Ireland, was
pursued by him, and followed to a pub
lic house four miles off. There the rob
ber had seated himself amone a num
ber of men, who were drinking and
smoking, and not one of them would
betray him. The Marquis, however.
was master of the situation. He insist
ed upon feeling all their hearts, and as
he was their landlord, and the great
man of the county, not one dared refuse.
The man whose heart was still beating
much too quickly was the robber, who
had Just ceased runn'ng.
When Senato;--eleet "Joe" Blackburn
was practicing law in Kentucky a
young fellow came into his otflce and
expressed a longing to get work. Mr.
Blackburn handed him a writ and told
him to go to a certain house and serve
the paper on the tenant "Now, don't
come back and say you couldn't find
him," he cautioned. "Nail it to the door
if you have to, but serve it." The eager
young man started out and returned an
hour later with his face covered with
bruises, and his clothes torn Into
shreds. "Well," said Mr. Blackburn,
did you serve it?" "No, sir," replied
the battered employe; "the tenant
licked me and told me to bring the
papr back to you." Blackburn arose
fr. m his chair, and towering up with
indignation said: "Here, suh, take that
writ back and serve it on that tenant
suh, acd tell him, for me, suh, that by
h avens, suh, he can't intimidate me
through you, suh."
Since Lord Beauchamp, the present
British Governor of New South Wales,
has occupied the government house at
Sydney, he has ordained that an official
receptions only guests of a certain rank
shall be permitted to approach the
presence through designated doors. To
these blue tickets are awarded; to oth
ers of inferior mold, white. At a re-
c nt function, through some misman
agement an Important public man re
ceived a blue card, while a white one
was sent to his wife. When the pair
reached th audience chamber the lady
declined to be separated from her hus
band, or to abandon the aristocratic
blue ranks. An ald-de-camp endeavored
to reason with her, and explain the
commot on that would ensue If blue
and white were suffered to mingle to
gether. But the fair one was equal to
the occasion. "Nonsense," said she, as
she pressed forward; "what do you
take us for a seidlitz powder?" The aid
collapsed.
The fifth Duke of Devonshire and his
brother. Lord George Cavendish, were
noted for their taciturnity. Once, when
traveling down to Yorkshire, they were
shown into a three-bedded room. The
curtains of one of the four-posters were
drawn. Each brother in turn looked In
and went to bed In another of the three
beds. Toward the close of the next
day's posting, one brother said to the
other: "Did you see what was in the
bed last n'ght?" "Yes, brother," was
the reply. They had both seen a corpse.
A Scottish paper tel s an anecdote in
connection with the new electric sys
tem Just opened In Aberdeen. Two
farm servants came to Aberdeen to
spend New Year's Day. Arriving by
train, they immediately made their
way to the terminus of the electric
tiamway circuit where, after looking
at the new creation with much wonder,
they decided upon having a ride. Get
ting on to the top of the car, and after
getting well along: "Wull," said man
Jock, "this Is a graun' Invention. In
Edinburgh I saw them drive the cars
wl' an iron rape anetb street In Dun
dee they pu' them wl' an engine, but
michty man, wha wad a' thocht they
could ca' them wl' a fishing-rod!"
Some men have so much respect for
the truth that they always keep at a
distance from It
If a man is unable to say nothing and
saw wood, ne can at least try to do
either one or the other.
Dignity always begins where boast-