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MINES AND MINING Americans Are Xot satisfied With the Alaska-Canadian Survey- Lose Good Territory. Skagway, Alaska, July 30. The work of delimiting the provisional boundary in the disputed Alaska-Canadian territory having baen completed in that part crossing the Dalton trail and touching the Porcupine district, tbjB Americans in the district find that they have lost a large part of what they believed was rightfully American territory. The survey has been run and the monuments set within the last few weeks by O. H. Tittman, of Washington, D. C, and W. F. King, of Ottawa, and assistants, who have Eimply followed instructions as set forth in the modus vivendi agreed to provisionally some months ago by Sec retary Hay, on the part of the United States, and the British representatives, after the adjournment of the joint high commission. The survey and demarkation of the line leaves nearly one-half of the Por cupine gold mines in the British terri tory, and it has been the general opin ion for a long time that the mines in fact, the entire Porcupine district was on the American side. Much of the Dalton toll road leading to Porcu pine city now lies within Canadian ter ritory also; that is, is on the Canadian side of the iron monuments set on the provisional line. The American miners in the Porcu pine having watched the development of the work of delimiting and marking the boundary, were so aroused over the result of so much mining district being left on the Britsb side that they were not long in addressing a protest to President McKinley. Copies of the protest have been sent to the chambers of commerce of Seattle, Skagway, San Francisco and Portland, with a request for co-operation. The commission will be in the vicin ity of Skagway a month, delimiting tlie provisional line on White Pass and Chilkoot Pass. The Porcupine placer mines, it is estimated, will yield $250,- 000 this year. Work of sluicing, hy dranlicking and other kinds of mining is carried on in the district. Placer Mine Kxcitement. Juneau has a full fledged placer mine excitement, according to advices brought from the north by the steamer Rosalie. When the vessel sailed from the north July 18, a stampede was on to a new placer diggings on Glacier bay, about 150 miles distant. Some doubt existed as to the placers really leing new discoveries. Not a few believe them to be the diggings found and oper ated many years ago by the Bussians. In any event the finds are most promis ing. It is claimed for them that an experienced miner can make consider ably more than wages. Folly 200 peo ple, it is estimated, had gone from Ju neau alone to the scene of the new dis coveries. The bars in the month of Glacier bay all are said to contain gold. 1 Advices From Nome. Advices from Nome received by the Alaska Commercial Company at San Francisco state that up to July 10 there had been 19 cases of smallpox in the camp, only one being reported sin. July 5. St. Michael has established ;. strict quarantine against Nome. According to the records of1 the custom-house, 114 vessels have entered Nome and 13,437 passengers have land ed, not including those who came down the Yukon river, nor those who landed from vessels which did not report to the customs officers. It is estimated that from 6,000 to 10,000 persons will winter at Nome. Idle Mines Picking TJp. The Phoenix mine in Greenwood Gulch, one-half mile above the Golden Eagle, and opposite the Don Juan, near Sumpter, Or., is being operated by C. N. Chatham and William Sanders, who have a two years' lease from the own ers, C. M. Berry, D. L. Choate, L. M. Barnett and C. M. Collier. The mine has been idle for nearly four years, and the 5-stamp mill and concentrator put in by O. B. Hardy are a wreck. The mill was mn only a short time, owing to bad management, and, though the property conld have been sold for $75, 000, it was allowed to stand idle, tht owners failing to agree on the method of operating. There is several hundred feet of tnnnels, but these will not be used, the new operators preferring to sink and follow the ore. The ore is of two grades, one carrying black oxide of copper and the other running well in free gold. "Rattlesnake" Jones is the name of a Boise man who engages in capturing the reptiles and selling them to the Chinese. The Celestials take eaoh rat tler and put it into a bottle of whisky and let it stand for two years. What remains of the snake is then removed and the balance is let stand until it clarifies, which process requires five years. The liquid is then a sovereign enre for rheumatism, says the Boise Statesman. The Chinese claim that it will cure the most violent case. It takes seven years in all to make tne preparation ready for use. Northwest Notes. Charles Hatfield, of Dayton, Wash., was thrown down on a load of hay by a team's sudden start, in such a way that the tine of a fork passed through his chin into his mouth. An X-ray machine has been added to the apparatus of the Moscow, Idaho, hospital. A buyer of cavalry horses has just secured 43 at Enterprise and 30 at Wallowa, Or. The teachers enrolled at the summer science school at Pullman, Wash., number 190. Colfax citizens have subscribed $1, 000 for the Whitman county fair, to be held in September. A new flouring mill is going np at Kendrick. Idaho. It will require 300, 000 feet of lumber. Heavy freight trains are being run on the O. B. & N.r numbering as high as 65 cars to the train. The Huntington, Or., jail is empty for the first time in months. It is re ceiving a thorough cleaning. A couple of years ago two Olympia marsh farmers drove a few piles to pro tect'a fish trap location. They were recently paid $100,000, this being the balance of $142,000, the price they a liked for their fishing claim. FEW CHANGES IN TRADE. Mumerous Favorable Features in Busi ness Situation. Bradstreet'ssays: Important chang ts in trade and speculation are notably lacking this week, but counter currents f demand in various sections and in dustries lend a rather more than usual ly irregular appearance to the general lituation. Among the notable features jailing for notice are the practical as urance of an immense corn crop by the recent copious rains in the further Wost, the continued cheerful reports from the sections which have gathered tnd are now marketing a large winter wheat crop, advices of continued im provement in tone to the Northwest, with reports of renewals of earlier can celled orders for fall goods, fairly sat isfactory gains in gross railway earn ings, less weakness in prices of the country's leading cereal products, based apparently on renewed buying for ex port, and rather more inquiry for raw wool by manufacturers. Unfavorable elements in trade prob ably find their chief and greatest ex position in the iron and steel business. That industry, if possible, seems more depressed than at any time for three years past, and expectations that price declines will be checked by the arrival oi finished matter at a coat basis have been disappointed, because this week steel bars have been sold in some in stances at 1 cent per pound, which is unquestionably below the basis of the cost of raw materials and manufact- e. Export business would undoubtedly expand if ship room were available. Among other metals tin is locally low er, on freer arrivals, after touching the highest price in 20 years. Wheat, including flour shipments, for the week, aggregate 2,363,743 bushels, against 3,029,381 bushels last week. Business failures are smaller, num bering 183 in the United States, as compared with 202 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, lc. Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. 80c. Beets, per sack, 85c $1. , Turnips, per sack, 75c. Carrots, per sack, $1.00 Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c. Cauliflower, native, 75c. Cucum bers 40 50c. Cabbage, native and California, $1.501.75 per 100 pounds. Tomatoes -$1.50. Butter Creamery. 23c; Eastern 22c; dairy, 15 18c; ranch, 1517c pouiul. Eggs 24c. Cheese 12c. Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415c; spring, $3.50. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $16.00. Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; blended straights, $3.25; California. $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00; 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 beef steers, price 7)-2c;cows, 7c; mutton 1 pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9 11c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 134; breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides. Portland Market. Wheat Walla, Walla. 65 56c; Valley, 56c; Blnestem, 59c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham, $2.60; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 35c; choice gray, 33c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14.0015.00; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per ton. Hay Timothy, $10 1 1 ; clover,$7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4045c; store, 27 c. Eggs 17 Mc per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 3.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $2.504.00; geese, $4.005.00 for old; $4.50(86.50; ducks, $8.004.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1617c per pound. ' Potatoes 40(8 50c per sack; sweets, 22-c per pounu. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab bage, 1 'ac per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, 1 3c per pound; carrots. .l. Hops 28c per pound. Wool Valley, 15 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 15 16c; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, lest sheep, wethers and ewes, 3Sc; dressed mutton, 7 7)c per pound; lambs, 6c. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $5.006.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00(34.50; ws. $3.50(84.0 1o per pound. Veal Large, 6,1j712c; small, 8( 8-2C per pound. Baa Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 13 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; Val ley, 1820c; Northern, 1012c. Hops 1899 crop, 11 13c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 2222)c; do seconds, 21 21c; fancy dairy, 19c; do seconds, 16 18c per pound. Eggs Store, 17c; fancy ranch, 22c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50. Hay Wheat $6.50 10; wheat and oat $6.00(39.50; best barley $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $5.006.00 per ton; straw, 25 40c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 60 75c; Ore gon Burbanks, 80c90; river Bur banks, 3565c; new. 70c$1.25. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.75(33.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66c per pound. Science . U0 vention A most remarkable cass of migration among birds is that of the plovers, which start from Nova Scotia and go to the northern shore of South America in practically one continuous flight. Comparatively few of these birds rest at Bermuda and the Barba Joes. In some interesting experiments by English botanists, "sleeping" plants, or those which had taken their nocturnal position, were placed in a dark room. On "awaking" next morning they took in the darkness their usual positions by day, even when that position had been made obliquely by one-sided Illu mination. Studies of the zodiacal light made at sea lead J. F. Bayldon, formerly of the British navy, to remark that the air over the Pacific Ocean appears clearer and better adapted for celestial obser vation than that lying over the Atlan tic Ocean. Honolulu is admirably situ ated for clearness of air, and It may become an important outpost in astron omy. It has already been selected as one of the chief points for the study of the vibrations of the earth. Water rises in an artesian well be cause the source of supply is a porous rock stratum which lies at a higher level than the well. Although the difference in height may not be notice able, it is always the case that there is a rise of ground off to one side, and the water accumulates in some porous layer somewhere up the slope. Its weight exerts a pressure at the point where this stratum is tapped, and the fluid seeks to rise there to the same height as its source. Capt. G. 3. Shelley, an English orni thologist who has devoted special at tention to African birds, says that Africa may fairly claim to be "the metropolis of song-birds." It is the winter home of a large proportion of the most attractive small birds of northern Europe, including the night ingale, the swallow and many of the warblers, and the bush resounds with their melody. Africa also possesses a great number of remarkable and beau tiful birds of its own. Among the curiosities of migration among birds is that of the bobolink, which originally nested In the Eastern United States and wintered in valleys of the Amazon. Now these birds have ex tended their summer distribution west of the Rocky Mountains. The birds which nest in the far West do not go south by the shortest route along the Rocky Mountains, but fly eastward to the original summer area of the spe cies, then south by way of Florida, Cuba and eastern Yucatan. Before the Biological Society in Washington recently H. W. Olds pre sented the results of his studies of bird music. Wonderful as it seems, he said, it is a fact that some of the birds use the human musical scale. He showed by examples how the songs of certain birds are unmistakably governed by the intervals that compose our scale. Sometimes bird musicians, like their human compeers, wander from the key. He thought that there was no escape from the conclusion that birds are sub ject to a musical evolution which par allels our own. The application of scientific Irriga tion methods has recently given a new development to rice culture in south western Louisiana, as explained In a bulletin of the Department of Agricul ture. Rice requires wet lands, but on such lands harvesting machinery can not be used. The difficulty has been met by flooding the dry prairie lands during the growth of the rice, and then draining them, by a system of pumps, canals and levees, when the crop Is nearly ripe. On the drained lands it is possible to use reapers to harvest the rice; thus the cheap labor employed in foreign rice-growing countries can be met by American machinery. HAPPY MOTHER OF TWINS. Cayuso Indian Woman la Proud of Her Duplicate Babies. Him-ye-an-hi-hl Is a Cayuse sqnaw who has the distinction of being the mother of the only pair of twins in the tribe. It is the custom In her tribe to slay all babies that come in duplicate, and the woman, known as White Fawn, Is proud that an exception has been made In favor of her offspring two little daughters, as cute as Indian babies can be. When she rides Into Pendleton, Ore., near which the reser vation of her tribe Is located, she lays them across her horse's back, one on each side, like a pair of saddlebags, and no whimper is heard from them as TWIXS OP THE CATUSE TBIBE. the pony jogs along over the rough and rugged road. It is said among the Cayuse Indians that the two daughters of Chief Qui-a-mi-som-keen (Cougar Shirt) are the only other twins ever reared by the Cayuses. They . were born long before the paleface had trodden over the hap py valleys of the red man, when upon the mountains there roamed the grizzly and the wild goat; when the streams were full of fishes, and when the native bunch grass grew knee high and made good pasture for great herds of ponies. These twin daughters of Cougar Shirt, relates a correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, were won drously beautiful, and when they had grown to womanhood reports of their W 1 HrUflllVs r beauty and grace had spread afar, and ' their hands were sought in marriage I by two of the bravest of the young i bucks. One day there came two rivals of the Cayuse braves from another tribe two daring young Bannocks from Snajte River. Now, the young redskin who steals his bride from an other tribe is held in great honor by his clansmen, and if he can capture the daughter of a far-away chief he Is more apt to become some day a chief tain himself. So the two Bannocks were very adroit. For many days as guests they smoked the great pipe with Chief Cougar Shirt. Not wishing to arouse the jealousy of their young hosts, they looked not on the chief's daughters. But when one day, when most of the Cayuses were out bunting and Cougar Shirt lay asleep, the two Bannock braves each seized one of the twins, who had strayed from their tepee, and mounting penles galloped away with them. Shrieks of the pris oner maidens awakened their father. He knew what their cries meant, and taking down a horn he summoned his warriors to the pursuit. This was use less, for their ponies, tired from the day's chase, could not catch the fresh er ones of the Bannocks. When these two braves reached home with their captives they were married to them with great ceremony. Chief Cougar Shirt, Indian-like, vow ed revenge. He sent runners to the neighboring Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes, whose chiefs soon met the Cay uses in a council, at which the three nations formed an alliance and de clared war against the Bannocks. But before the Umatillas and the Walla Wallas could Join their allies the Ban nocks, 1,000 strong, had almost exter minated the Cayuses and returned home. The medicine man of the Cay uses attributed their defeat to the twins of Cougar 'Shirt, and since that time till Tox-e-lox and A-lom-pum came, two and a half years ago, no twins born to the tribe have been allow ed to live. HER ONLY INDISCRETION. Mrs. Gladstone Never but Once Be trayed Knowledge of State Secrets. Probably no more ideal relations ever existed between a married pair than those of the late Mrs. Gladstone and her distinguished husband. Throughout his long career in public life she was his confidant and adviser, and was intrusted with the weightiest secrets of government. It is said that when Mr. Gladstone became a cabinet minister he said to his wife: "Now, my dear, shall we agree that I shall tell you nothing so that you can say nothing, or shall I tell you everything and you agree to say noth ing?" Mrs. Gladstone chose the latter alternative. Thereafter her husband related to her everything that went on in the cabinet and she never told any thing except once. At one time two ministers were din ing at Hawarden and some reference was made to a Cabinet matter. Mrs. Gladstone started to say something which revealed the fact that she knew the secret In an instant there was flashed upon her from the brilliant eyes of her husband one of those Im perious glances w hich gave to his usu ally benignant face a truly command ing mien. Mrs. Gladstone was so agitated by her momentary slip that her usual com posure deserted her. When the dinner was over she went up to the drawing room and had a good old-fashioned cry. Then she wrote a little note of apology and sent It down to her husband, and "the incident was closed," to quote the language of diplomacy. Death Age of Presidents. George Washington died at 67, of in flammation of throat and lungs. John Adams died at 91, from senile debility. Thomas Jefferson died at 83, of chron ic diarrhoea. James Madison died at 85, of old age. James Monroe died at 73, of general debility. John Quincy Adams died at 81, of paralysis. Andrew Jackson died at 78, of con sumption and dropsy. Martin Van Buren died at 80, of ca tarrh of the throat. William Henry Harrison died at 68, of pleurisy. John Tyler died at 72, of bilious at tack. James K. Polk died at 66, of cholera and weakness. Zachary Taylor died at 66, of cholera morbus. Millard Fillmore died at 74, of paraly sis. Franklin Pierce died at 65, of In flammation of the stomach. James Buchanan died at 77, of rheu matism and gout. Abraham Lincoln died at 56, assas sinated by J. Wilkes Booth. Andrew Johnson died at f7, of paraly sis. Ulysses S. Grant died at 63, of cancer of the throat Rutherford B. Hayes died at 70, from paralysis of the heart James A. Garfield died at 49, assas sinated by Charles J. Gultean. Chester A. Arthur died at 56, of Bright's disease. Most Costly of Known Feathers. The tail feathers of the feriwah, a rare member of the family of Para diseidae, or birds of paradise, are the most expensive known. Indeed, Its price may be called prohibitive, for the only tuft existing in England proba bly In any civilized land was procured with such difficulty that it is considered to be worth $50,000. It now adorns the ?pex of the coronet worn on state occa sions by the Prince of Wales. Trying to Restrict the fVanchise. A proposed franchise act in Manitoba prohibits voting by persons who are unable to read and write the English language. This provision is aimed at the newly arrived Galacians and Douk bobars, who are disposed to retain their former language and customs, and who are said to be undesirable citi zens In other particulars. Not Strong .Enough. "No," she said, regretfully, "I am not strong enough to run a sewing machine. Why, it Just about uses me up to make a century run." Chicago Post. Do not stone the baby when yon rock the cradle. bIQHT AS CURE FOR MEASLE8. Experiments Show that Sunshine 'Will Alleviate the Severity of Disease. Recent experiments Indicate that the sun may be a potent remedial agent In the ease of persons attacked with smallpox, scarlatina and measles. These experiments were made by Dr. Finsen, of Copenhagen, and Dr. Chat lniere, of St. Mande, and so novel were they-"that they have aroused a good deal of discussion among the members of the Academy of Medicine in Paris. Dr. Chatiniere a short time ago treat ed twelve children who had measles according to this new method, which is scientifically known as photothera pie. Bed light was the only cure which he used, and this he made serviceable In the following manner : On the win dows of the sick rooms he hung red curtains and on the table near each bed he placed a lamp which gave forth a. red light. He acted thus because be felt satisfied that the irritation of the skin In cases of measles is due to the chemical rays of the solar spectrum, or, in other words, to the ultra violet rays, and not to the so-called caloric or heat rays. If this were not so, how ac count for the fact that the pustules and scars are especially dep and marked on the face and hands, which are the very parts of the body that are most exposed to the solar rays? The result showed that he had not erred in ar riving at this conclusion. His little pa tients rapidly regained their health, and the virtue that lies in red curtains and red lamps is being extolled by many physicians. Impressed, like Dr. Chatiniere, by the fact that the influence of the solar rays is especially manifested on the faces and hands of patients, Dr. Fin sen conceived the idea of subjecting persons suffering from smallpox to the Influence of ultra-violet rays, which reached them after the light had been filtered through thick red curtains. The result was that the little vesicles or bladders gradually disappeared and the patients did not suffer from the customary fever and, furthermore, were not pockmarked. The ultra-violet rays, indeed, in the case of these pa tients produced practically the same effect as the red light in that of Dr. Chatiniere's, the most notable tokens of their efficacy being the absence of fever and restlessness and the gradual disappearance of the eruptions before coming to maturity. It was also no ticed that the rays had a marked effect on the maladies in so far as they af fected the bronchial tubes. Dr. Finsen's method of cure has been introduced into France by Dr. Larat and is being used not only in cases of smallpox, but also In cases of certain forms of skin diseases. ORIGIN OF CONFECTIONERY. Teade of Confectioner an Offshoot from That of Apothecary. The modern confectionery business Is a very large one, and it Is of old stand ing. If we wished to trace it to Its origin we might have to go back not far short of 500 years. It is about five cen turies since sugar was first imported Into this country, and it Is probably not much less than that since "confections" began to be concocted. They first ap peared in a medical form. Apothecar ies, whose potions were at one time very generally supposed to be efHca clous just in proportion as they were horribly nasty, took to the newly im ported sugar as a means of mitigating the nauseousness of their doses. They mixed their drugs with It and coated their boluses. That seems to have been the origin of the sirups and medicated candies, the cough drops and lozenges of one sort and another that are now so largely in demand. They were orig inally concocted by the doctors, and for many long years all sorts of "lollipops" were medicinal only. Sugar was too dear, and the generality of the people were too poor to permit of its being eaten for its own sake alone and as a mere luxury. Somewhere about a couple of cen turies ago, however, there began to ap pear a new development of the apothe cary's art. "Confections" began to be made more or less apart from any medicinal purpose, and merely because people liked them. The confectioner's business began to evolve as an offshoot from the profession of the apothecary and eventually became altogether a separate thing, though the common origin of the two is still Indicated by the sirups and pastiles and troches pre scribed by the doctors and the "drops" and lozenges and other things sold among the sweet stuff of the confec tioner. Chambers' Journal. Electric Light tFurnishes His Meal. In a hole in the stone retaining wall of a lawn at the northwest corner of Prospect avenue and Independence boulevard lives an unusually large and well-fed toad. An electric arc light hangs over the corner, and at night it attracts myriads of bugs and flies. It is then that the toad leaves his hole and hops out across the granitoid walk to where the insects, blinded by the light, fall upon the pavement and crawl around. The toad sits, his eyes spar kling in the electric light like beads of Jet till a -beetle or a moth falls near him and then he bops cautiously near to It His long, red tongue shoots out with the quickness of a flash and the insect disappears down his throat It takes a good many bugs to make a full meal for this toad, and often he is on the pavement for more than an hour. The toad Is there every night and passers-by stop to watch him. He keeps out of the way of pedestrians, and when he goes back to his crevice in the stone wall he moves lazily and with short, self-saitsfled hops. Kansas City Star. Financial Position of Royal Ladles. The Princess of Wales has 10,000 a jear as pin money, and If the Prince were to die before his august mother, the princess would have 40,000 a yeai as Princess Dowager of Wales. Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV., had 40, 000 a year while her husband was King, and as Queen Dowager she was allowed 100,000 a year, the greater part of which she spent in charities. If the Duchess of York had the misfor tune to become a widow while holding her present title her financial position would be a very trying one, as no offi cial provision has been made for such an emergency, and she could claim ne fixed income. OUJtt BUDGET OP FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Jokes and Jokeleta that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Bor n -Barings and Doings that Are Old, Curious and Laughable The Week's" Humor. Little George, who lives In a hand some house on a fine avenue, bad been reading the biographies of Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, George Peabody and Gen. Grant. Laying down the book with great impatience he ex claimed, "If we were only Just poor there might be some chance for me." Makes a Diflferenco. Teacher Take your seat at once, you haughty child. What do you want? Ethel But please, Miss Smith, mam ma told me to ask you to come to tea this evening. Teacher Why, certainly, my dear. You are a very obedient little girl. The Natural Inference. Mrs. Whyte We have had that china lenspt now for nenrlv fifteen vears. una oniy one piece nas Deen Drosen so far. Mrs. Greene Yes, but don't you find it inconvenient sometimes doing your own work? Somervllle Journal. Applying the Rule. Robbie was a very vindictive little lrilow, always watching his opportuni ty to "pay back" for all wrongs, real or imaginary. His mother had many an earnest talk wuh him about the golden rule, but he would always reply: "Yes, mamma, that is Just what I am doing. You see when Ted strikes me, j then that is just what he would have that I should do unto him, so I ought to pay him back." Wasn't Sore About It. Guest Say, waiter, this steak must be at least three weeks old, isn't it? Waiter 'Deed, I dunno, sah! I'se only been heah a week, sah. All She Noticed. Detective Did you see a man and woman driving past here in a buggy about an hour ago? Mrs. Blank Yes. Detective Ah, we're getting on track of them! What kind of a horse was it? Mrs. Blank They were driving so fast I didn't notice that. But the woman had on a Scotch mohair and wool jacket of turquoise blue, last year's style, with stitched lines, a white pique skirt with deep circular flounce, a satin straw hat tilted and rather fiat trimmed with hydrangeas and loops of pale blue surah, and her hair was done up pompadour. That's all I had time to see. Chicago Tribune. A Necessary Precaution. Wife Are you going to shave, dear? Husband Yes. Wife Just wait until I take the par rot out of the room. I don't want her to learn any bad language. New York Journal. He Got the Job. "So ye want a job, eh? Ever done any thrashin'?" "I should say so. I'm the father of eleven children." Her Idea of the Only Way. "Do you have the iceman weigh the Ice In your presence, Sara?" "No, Richard, I don't; I save time and settle the whole business by weighing It on our scales myself."' A Shocking Tragedy. "Flossy and I can't be together at all this summer." "Had a falling out?" "No; but we accidentally got a lot of shirtwaists exactly alike." A Meddlesome Interloper. Pa Daughter, I think it Is time I were asking that young man of yours his intentions. Daughter No, don't you do it Do you want to cheat me out of Ice cream soda water for the whole summer? Enough for Her. "Do you think you can manage with my salary of $12 a week, darling?" he asked after she had said yes. "I'll try. Jack," she replied. "But what will you do?" Philadelphia North American. An Appropriate Place. The Poet Where is my poem, "The Dove?" :iV The Editor In one of those pigeon holes.- Philadelphia Bulletin. Things He Could Remember. Tourist How many children hare you, Mr. Green? Farmer Green (doubt fully) Well, now, I dunno exactly. There's Bob, an' Jack, an' Alice wife, how many children are there? Mrs. Gren Seven; five boys and two girls. Tourist A fine family and a fine farm, Mr. Green. You've a large stock, I presume. Farmer Aye! I've 173 head of cattle, 8 horses, 781 sheep and 27 pigs. Then, there's 315 geese, 18 tur keys an' just 259 fowls. The Western World. Fhy of Material. Maud How do you like my new bathing suit? Maud's Papa Judging from its brev ity I should say you must have pur chased the material at a remnant sale. Philadelphia Record. Appearances Deceptive. McJlgger Young Spouter has hung out his shingle as a lawyer, and he's working pretty hard, I guess. Thingumbob Why do you think so? McJlgger I saw him buying an alarm clock yesterday. He must want to get up very early in the morning. Thingumbob Wrong. He wanted it for his office, to wake him up when it's time to go home. Philadelphia Press. Two Opinions. "I have my opinion,"' said the lady In the street car, holding to a strap, "of a man who will not offer his place to a woman." "So have I," responded the man sit ting In front of her, "but I am too po llte to express it." A Different Kffect. Mr. Johnson Dat must 'a jah'ed me pow'ful, Miss 'Mindy, steppin' off'n dat cah. Miss Porter Ah hope it 'ain' stopped yo' watch, Mistah Johnsing? Mr. Johnson No, indeedy hit's made huh run fo' neahly a mlu'it! An Exhlbltory Spurt. Mr. Jones What do you suppose pos sessed our old horse to kick up and run away? Mrs. Jones He must have overheard you read that article about his day of usefulness being past. Probably. Haughty Lady (who has purchased a stamp) Must I put it on myself? Postoffice Assistant (very politely) Not necessarily, ma'am; it will prob ably accomplish more if you put it on the letter. Tit-Bits. Expert Evidence. "What Is a phenomenon, Clara?" "A phenomenon is a man who can carry an umbrella over a woman with out poking her eyes out or pulling her hat off." Chicago Record. Those Depot Clocks Are Misleading. Uncle Hiram Gosh, all fishhooks, Marthy, ef my watch ain't lost nigh onto three hours by this here city time. A Frank Father. Green I always tell my boy he can't go to the circus if he isn't good. White I never do. Green Why not? White Because he would never gel to a circus unless I lied. Waste of Money. "I think It was awfully foolish of you to pay so much money for a seat on the Stock Exchange," said Mrs. Bronxborough to her husband. "Every time I come down to see you I always find you standing rip or walking about." NewYork Journal. Where Reciprocity Fails. "We ought to have a new hose." "Yes; but those careless folks who lend us their lawn mower would be sure to borrow it and wear it out." Proof Positive. Hix I guess your friend Meeks U coming out on top, after all. Dlx How so? Hix I saw him purchase a bottle of hair restorer in a drugstore the other day. Chicago News. Floral Monstrosities. A rival to the green carnation is the black rose, to the cultivation of which a Russian botanist has been devoting himself for some years. Now that he has achieved success he threatens to go to London and exhibit the results of his misdirected experiments. When he arrives he will no doubt be invited to explain the purposes for which he considers that his sable blossoms should be utilized. Siice he can hardly anticipate that they will be employed for table decoration or for personal adornment, it can only be supposed that he Intends to recommend them for use at funerals. It Is happily Improb able, however, that English horticul turists will be anxious to disfigure-their gardens by cultivating them, even for that purpose. j The City of Hongkong. Hongkong is both a city and an Isl and. It is ab6ut twenty-nine square miles in area, separated from the main land of China by a narrow stream, and was ceded to Great Britain in 1861 as indemnity for what is known as "th opium war."