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."