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I Mil 1 1 I III 1 1' I'M1 1 ' I'Mil il B 1 1 I I 1 1 1 MUM Itl I M i l I I Miiitt IF YOU DON'T READ j THE GAZETTE j Yuo don't get the uewe. ; All Ml 1 1 1 1 HI 1 1 HI 1 1 1 1 1 liKI 1 1 1 1 1 1 HI 1 1 III.1 1 1.11 Ji 1 HI 1 1 OFFICIAL PAPER IIIMIIMIIIIIIIMIt IIIIIIIMIM-M4ll.il tilt IftM'l ; 5 : KEEP YOUR EYE ON i j THE GAZETTE j : The paper of the people.; Siimhhi in 1 1 1 in 1 1 iim iiiniitMtiiiiiiiiriiiitmiiiii 1 1 1 iiiinM TWELFTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1894. i WEEKLY 10. 602.1 i SEMI-WEEKLY NO. 270.1 SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE. ITHUFiHffD 'I uesciays and Fridays UY THK I'A'ITWISUN PURLISIIINU COMl'AXi i.M per ypar, 41.25 for six montlip, 75 otn, Inr tliTwc mnui,n. Advertising Hates Made Known on Application. 'inilBFAPKl. islwpt onlilo at E. O. Duke's 1 AdveriiHtiiR Agency, fU and 8ft .vtorohwits K-vcfmiKjM, fcian Francisco, California, whore cou runtB for advertising can be made for it. Union Pacfic Railway-Local card. Nn, to, niixnif leaves Heppner 9:43 p. m. daily except Sunday 10. ar. at Willows Jo. p.m. i), " leaves " a. m. " t, " ar. at Heppner 5:00 a. m, daily except Monday. KHMt bound, main liue ar. at Arlington 1 :2U a. m. West leaves ' IHA a. m. Went bound local freight leaves Arlington 8:115 a. ro., arrives at The OalleB 1:1ft p. m. Local pRBHenKfr leaves The Dalles at 2:00 p. m. arrives at Portland at 7:00 p. m. F-FICX-A-X. DIRECTORY. United Htatea 1 tfKiilpnt 'i('f--l TCBideut Official. ....G rover Cleveland Ad'ai Stevenson . . . Walter Q. Gresham John G. Carlisle Hoke Hmith ....Daniel b, Laniont Hilary A. Herbert Wilson H. Hiesell Kichard 8. Olney ....J. Sterling Morion btwofary of (State beemfary of Treasury heorettiry of Interior bemMary of War Hwretary of Navy IJontinHnLei'-(ienoral Altorney-tieneral BeorHtaryof Agriculture, State of Oregon. (iovernnr 8. Pennoyer HecrtHryof Htate G. W. JIoBnde TrwiBiirer Phil. MeUchan tJupt. Public Instruction E. B. McKlroy u , j J. H.Mitchel t Dinger Hermann CoJutTPeeinen Priutor i W. n. Ellis Frank C. Raker i V. A. H W.P.I t It. 8. B t r, A. Moure iiprmnfl Judges . Lord . Bean Seventh Judicial IHntrict. tiircnil Jivlfm W. L. Bradhaw Prcwwutiu Attorney A. A. Jayne Morrow Comity .mini Senator representative ; rt'iinty Jnde Commissioners J, M. Baker. " Clerk ... Sheriff " Treasurer Assessor ' Surveyor School 8up't " Coroner Officials. A. W. Gowan J. 8. Boothby Julius Keithly J.R. Howard , J. W. Morrow ..G. W. Harrington Frank Gilliam J. t Willis Geo. Lord Anna Balsiger T.W. Ayere, Jr HEPPNEB TOWN OFFIOEHS. Waoi P- Bonr tiouamlmen O. E. FarriBWorth, Mj ijichteuthal, Otis Patterson, Julius Keithly, W. A. Johnston, J. L, eager. Recorder K J. Hallock Treafiuror A. M. Uanii Marshal Precinct Officer?. Justice of the Peace E. U Freeland Coi.btable N. 8. Whetstone United States Land Officers. THK DALLES, OR. J. F. Moore Register A. 8. Biggs Receiver L ORA.NDE, OH. B. F, Wilson Register J.H. Kobbins Receiver SSdSST SOCIETIES. -7j Doric Lodge No. 20 K. of p. ineotB ev " -A" ory Tuesday evening at 7.80 o'clock in ' 2f V 1 heir Castle Hall. National Bank build- ing. 8ojournin hnithern cordially in- --ZJ vitedtoaMoml. A. W. PATrsitKON, C. Xiif W. V. Ckawfokd, K. of U. & 8. tf KAWLINH POST, NO. 81, G. A. It. -Vietenl Lexington. Or., the last Saturday of mb-1 month. All veterans are invitfd ti join. ' C. Boon. Geo. W. Smith. Adjutant, tf Commander. L CMBB K ! JIS I1AVK FOR BALE ALL KINDS (IK UN V dressed Lumber, 16 miles of Heppner, al what is known as the SCOTT rayvcviwxxjLii-.. I'KU 1,000 FEKT. ItODOU, " " " CLEAR, ?10 00 17 SO I F DELIVERED IN HEI'PNEK, WILL ADD l'i.U) per 1.000 feet additional. L HAMILTON', Prop. IJ. A.. Hamilton. Mdn'STX. ionai Bank o WM. PENLANO. ED. K. BISHOP. President. Cashier. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS COLLECTIONS Made on Favorable Terms. EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLD HEPPNER tt OREGON IB Caieats, Trade-marks, Design Patents, Coprights, And all Patent boilnets conducted tcr MODERATE FEES. In forma Hod aod advice gives to Iftrentonwltbot drarge. Addresa PRESS CLAIMS CO., JOHN WEDDERBURN, c Managing Attorney, 1. a Box 463. Washiitgton, D. u ff-Tivs Company to managed by combination of ifcr liit nd most tnOnentlnl newipanert In the t -. St.'tf .. or ttw ?t iii-Bi pitrpoM of protect ly their mn.meri h n gatnft auncropoiooi i a ia om? :.t P c it Atnts, and earn papa .lc'..a? Uiii s ivf c.-ot voncne (or tne rcapoa&V fclll.'- an-' rosli r.!34iw of urt prcae CSw Corona 0.R.&N.C0. E. McNEILL, Receiver. ' thk QIVKS THK I'UOICK Of Two Transcontinental tct B VIA Spokane Denver MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND , -AND - St. Paul Kansas City LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. Ocean Steamers Leave Portland Every 5 Days For SAN FRANCISCO. For full iletails call on O. K. & N. A151 lit i Fleppuer, r mic)rpas W. H. HURLBUUT, Gen. Prss. Afjt. 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And receive (post f :-V) fNK J'IKCK OF MUSKJ, 4-ynur own choit e. named below, or TH REK pieces for M cents, or SIX vices for $1. 00. Remit postal note or one and two cent stamps.1 This Coupon not good after December sist, 1WU, 2? 35 CL - H a- o o The Latest Music VOCAL. VKnoBi After tub Bam.. By Barney Fa- fn 40 cts Most : popular Waltz Hoiifr of the day. Medicated to Mr. V,, K. Hariris, author of "After the Ball." A Duk am of Arcadia, Waltz Hong, Laii yon SC cts The song of all boiis. favorite of Adelina Patti. Moonmo hi on the Lauoon , by Geo. Schleirlarth fiO cts latest popular success by this noted com poser. THKE-; SOUTHERN 80N08 : "UNf'l.B Dan," "Aunt Sib Tab," "Wiibrk My Honky Klbki'8," complete 7o cts Three charming, plaintive ami charac-ti-rietic Southern Songs, written by Col. Will h. VisBcher, and arranged bv W, Hehcrt Lanyon. INSTRUMENTAL. At Evkntipk, Nocturne for piuno, Mar cus (i0 ets A very brilliant Nocturne, about prnde 4-5. In Fj.ow'ky Guoveh, reverie for piauo, Marcus 0 cts Beautiful reverie, original, and sure tfi please. O-The above are all fine editions of ral UflTic copyrights, and cannot be had la CHEAP FORM. Coupou! must accompany the order to secure the reductions named. Sia Francisco A':d -.W points in California, via the Alt. Hhawtd route of the Southern Pacific Co. Pl.t- rr'v.t highway through ('aliforrtin to all P-iints fcftht and Mouth. Wrand Hcenic Kur of the Pacific Cat. Pullman Bnffet Nlenperti. Kecond-clafca Hleopers Attttt-hKd to express train, attording mifronor iuoiumodiitioas for Hfvcond-claiw paaaeiigr. For atcs, tickets, hlnnping car rervati(iw, tc. will upin r .'uldrop H. KU KHLKK, Manager, E. P. ROGKHS, Aft Gen. K u P. Agt.. Portland. Oregon. FOUR PROVERBS. Contempt is the proper punibhmentof affectation. Evkrv man believes he carries the heavy end of the log". Tni; empty vessel makes the raORt noise, but it has nothing1 in it. Thkhk are t ao obstacles in the way of the self-conceited man. What you tell him i i too thin and His head is too tliiok. Alpharct'.ii ((Ja!) Enterprise. !'- ifr in KnirlMnd. it rflfbrotion in fieruiany The l-r.-H of t1"- (tp" l.iindrefl and fiftieth anni-vei'.-nf .- i l';c J'irtii tf I'rirce IJluceher natiiHil'v ri'vives rriuny old stories of tl;e a iiM-ii- re'i marshal. When, after Water;' '. i.e v ent tit England with the Wiw: i.i !' Ms:-i;i and the czar he had the title of I I,. P. unf rred on him by Ox ford ai'd i.i il ndir.. imiversitieh. lie wi:s every. ie welcomed with the hi:rh( ut hnp r nnf! entlnihiasm. and (n one occ-a: lun was carried to his lodg ing's by tie crowd, who hissed his hands and knees. In answer to some ladies v bo betfjfeti him for a lock of hi.-, hair hci :,aiu, with a smile, wnnting to IrJd patrtti i regret th&t I am so .'o m that respect." Jiut he could not cit..at Uk.-w till he bai t!jyj(!ti SEVEN CENTURIES OLD. A Cedar Plank Remarkable fnr tto Longevity. For Fire Hundrrd Yearn tli. l.oj V. lin prlsoued Under tb Root! of a Mam moth Tre A Surprise to scientist. Science and research have many times been directed toward computing the longevity ol natural wood, but there are as many obstacles in the way of a satisfactory conclusion as there arc species of wood. The action of climate, water, minerals, acids, contact with vegetable and animal matter, atmos pheric changes, unnatural influences, all have their effect. Fragments of Sl'IlUCE TREK GttOWINQ OVKB A CEDAK LOG. vessels which have been beneath the waves for hundreds of years have shown the timbers to be as firm and solid an when placed in position, yet this state of preservation is due to the action of the briny substances with which the wood has been saturated offsetting the destroying influences. But the life of a wood, cut off by storm or the act of man or beast from the nutriment of the earth, when that life and resistance to decay is extended into centuries, proves wonderful to the most conservative scientists. Instances are rare where the wood, dead as far as connection with the vital force of roots and earth is concerned, and left ex posed to the action of climate and vege table and animal matter, has failed to succumb to decay within a century. In the office of the 1'acific Coast Lum ber company in Chicago is a specimen of wood remarkable for its longevity snd presenting a valuable lesson in natural history. It iff a small slab of fragrant cedar, compact and unseamed, presenting the appearance of a care fully seasoned piece of wood. It is cer tainly well seasoned, for it has formed part of a, piece of timber that has lain at the mercy of wind and storm for a period extending over at least 700 years. There is nothing remarkable in timber being taken from trees known to have lived thousands of years, but this little slab is taken from a log that has been dejtd, according to expect calculation, at least 7io years. Near the town of Kairlmven, Wash., and a few roiled from the Fairhaven & Southern railroad is a spruce and cedar forest, for years the. inhabitants and visitors have viewed with interest a peculiar natural formation. tnd it be came one of the sights of that section. It was a huge spruce tree, towering high in the air and far above many of its sturdy neighbors, healthy and sound, although its feeders were ex posed in many directions. Down among its roots, yet above the surface of the ground, was a good-sizeo cedar log, and about this log grew the roots of the tree. Firmly secured was it, only to be removed by the hand of man through the destruction of its pro tector. The woodsman, scientist and mathe mnt.i"ian have decided that the spruce tree was at least five hundred years old, and from the size of the log it must have taken in the neighborhood of two hundred .years to attain its growth. The ends and major portion of the lKidy of the log had been exposed all these years, and last fall, anxious to gain some idea of the longevity of Washington cedar, some responsible men cut the roots away and liberated the well-seasoned prisoner. The log was milled, being cut into small slabs, and the result was a surprise to the most sanguine. Not a weak spot ex isted, and the slabs presented '.he ap pearance of carefully nurtured and cured wood. The fiber is firm and solid, the grain is nlmost artistic in its per fection, the color is rich and dark, and the fragrant odor of cedarstill remains. In its perfection i'. has proven a sur prise and gives the palm for everlasting life to Washington cedar. Potatoes sold well this season in England, at If 100 to SI as per acre. One farmer sold his crop of fifty acres in the ground for S.V000. Kxi'Khimkms are hi ing made by the French department of agriculture to transform tree twigs and leaves into food for horses and cattle. The French war office now accepts contracts for oats, barley and hay for the cavalry, on the basis of the nutritive value of the grain and forage. MUtmkon. Modesty as well as ambition should oome into the field when a young man or woman is choosing a profession. A pretentious youth who would have done better to stay in the hay field, where he seemed to be in his proper sphere, told his father that he was about to leave, in order to "preach the gospel to every creature." "That's all very well," said the old gentleman, "but Hcriptur' don't say every creatur' shall preach the gospel.'' A good old laxly once said to her nephew, a poor preacher whom nobody wanted to hear: "James, why did yot enter the ministry?" "Because I was called," he answered. "James." aid the old lady, anslpusly, M she looked up roi) feigtog ber speo Ucltt, ('lr yu '! 'it Wasn't some UMt, !re yu te jt wasn't some Pf Mft9':7YfiW!l RIGHTS OF ANIMALS. Horses in Germany Must Not Be Insulted. lOKfl In Belgium Mast Have Seat In Trains Pampered Life of the German Student's Corps-ioc Bettwr Treated Thau Children. While it is unfortunately true that child life is infinitely happier in the semi-barbaric orient and even in the wilds of Africa than in the most highly civilized portions of Europe and Ameri ca, writes "Ex-Attache" in the New York Tribune, yet the enlightenment and progress of the west, while they seem to carry in their train fresh in genuity of infant torture, lead on the other hand to a very marked improve ment in the treatment of animals. These are subjected by orientals to much the same horrible cruelty as the children of the white races so often suffer at the hands of their parents, relatives and seniors in general. But in Europe and America domestic ani mals are gradually acquiring an im portance and a consideration undream ed of save in those olden times when they were worshiped as gods or adored as saints. On some future occasion I hope to be permitted to draw a contrast in these columns between child life in orient and child life in the Occident, and to demonstrate from personal experience the superiority of barbarism to civili sation in that one particular. But for the present I will content myself in dealing with the vast improvement in the treatment of our dumb friends, whom strangers might often be tempted to believe enjoy the prefer ence over our children. No one has ever heard of a man be ing imprisoned for apostrophizing a child with some coarse, contemptuous or insulting epithet, yet only a short time ago the Berlin press contained the record of a sentence of three weeks' imprisonment imposed on a stableman employed in the imperial mews of Pots dam, for having addressed an insulting epithet to a favorite mare belonging to the kaiser. Although this is the first instance known of a man being actual ly sentenced in a regular judicial way to imprisonment for the use of insult ing language to a horse belonging to the state, yet I have often seen troop ers iu crack cavalry regiments of Eu ropean armies taken severely to task and threatened with punishment for talking roughly to their mounts, the welfare of which is a subject of infi nitely greater solicitude to the officers than that of the men. For the horse is worth so much to the national treasury iu cold cash, which the trooper is not, at any rate in the countries where mil itary service is obligatory; and, more over, the advancement and promotion of the commanding officer depends, as a rule, far more upon the physical con dition of the horses of his regiment than of its men. This being the case, no one need be astonished to hear of one of the lead ing Austrian sportsmen, Count Paul Festetlcs, bringing legal proceedings against a Viennese sporting paper for having referred in a slightiug manner to his race-horse Thalany, the insult consisting in a remark to the effect that though tlie mare hud won certain stakes she did not deserve to take them, owing to the fact that her com petitors had run so badly as to deprive the victory of every atom of glory or merit. This is hardly a grave insult, but the count thought otherwise and demanded a printed apology on behalf of his mare, failing which, he has insti tuted the legal proceedings referred to. It remains to be seen whether he will obtain a decision in his favor, and no one need be astonished if during the course of the proceedings the mare her self is subpumaed as a witness. In Belgium the government, which owns and controls the entire railroad system of the country, has just issued a decree which, as far as railroad trav el is concerned, places the dog on ex actly the same level as a grown-up man or woman, and infinitely higher than a child. For whereas the latter is entitled to half a place if under twelve years of age, a dog has now a right to a full seat, providing he has his ticket. That Is to say in compartments 1 ir censed to hold ten travelers, if there are eight adult human beings and two dogs in the compartment, the latter is regarded as "complete," and no other passengers are admitted, and if the train happens to be full partly with dogs and partly with human beings, any additional passengers will have to Ik; left behind rather than that the dogs should be forced to yield up their seats. The government decree, however, son tains no intimation as to the manner in which the canine travelers are "x pocted to conform to the regulations which prohibit passengers from putting their feet on the cushions; and it must be admitted that the seats of railroad carriages as at present constructed are not suited to the dog's style of repose. Inasmuch, however, as the govern ment has already given him the prefer ence over children by according to him an entire seat, instead of merely half of one, it is quite within the bounds of possibility that it may in course of time be brought to modify the cars in such a manner as to add to the comfort of the canine passenger at the expense of the human traveler. Floating- Cltlet. The modern American man-of-war is a little world in itself, or perhaps more properly a floating city, with its in habitants of many trades and profes- ions. Not only is there a doctor to dosc'you and a chaplain to care for your spiritual welfare, but many cooks, s-veral earjenters, skilled machinists, electricians, tailors, musicians and barbers. There is at least one clever sailormnn told off as ship's writer, which office corresponds closely to the old-fashioned scrivener. It thus hap pens that one can have almost any thing made aboard ship, from, an en- f Tossed copy of a complimentary reso utifiO to ppoiplicaud puiue of ma- Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report mm Absolutely pure GOETHE AND REVOLUTIONS. A Weil-Known and Very flmracterlstlo Anecdote of the Grout Author. Goethe's wide grasp of the physical researches of the day and his intense interest in scientific progress were kept up to the hist. The weight of four score years hud not the effect of nar rowing his outlook. There is a well known and very characteristic anec dote of him in the evening of his life which may be recalled as illustrating in a few lines what he was and what he was not. says Temple Uur. It wnsthe lstof Augustas:','.). The news of the French revolution had reached Weiuuir that morning and all was in commotion. On entering (ioetlie's room his secretary, M. Soret, was ac costed with the exclamation: "Now, what (lovou think of this great .event?" "A frightful story," answered Soret, "but with such a ministry what was to be expected bnt the exnulsion of the royal family?" "We do not appear to understand each other," said Goethe, ever indillY'i'ent to politics, even when boiling up into revolution; "I am speak ing of I he contest so important for science between Cnvicr and Geoffrey St. llihiirc, which has come to an open rupture in the academy." Goethe, it must be remembered, con sidered the question lit issue as a mat ter of tlie greatest importance to the future of science, lie was greatly re joiced over the fact that the youthful physicist. Kl. Ililaiie, had shown him self so powerful an ally of his own fixed idea of the synthetic manner of look ing at nature. It was a line burst of enthusiasm of Goethe's, when, during this same Interview with his secretory, he exclaimed: "What is all intercourse with nature, if we merely occupy ourselves with in dividual material parts, and do iiot feel the breath of the spirit which pre scribes to every part its direction, and orders or sanctions every deviation by means of nn inherent law! I have ex erted myself in this great question for fifty years. At first I was alone, then I found support, and now at last, to my great joy, I ain supassed by congenial minds." ANTS IN FLORIDA. Th Vsit DaniitK Whlrh Thole Ktietales , . ,f of thQ Furmor Can lo. There are more ants to the square mile in Florida t han in any other coun try in the world, says the Savannah News. There lire ants which will measure more than half an inch in length, and then there are ants so small that they can hardly be seen to move with the unaided eye. There are red ants and black ants and trouble some ants. But as bad as they are, I have never heard of them eating out the sent of a man's trousers, as a mis sionary. Rev. Mr. ilson, once told tlie writer he saw the army ants do in India while the man was sitting on the earth for a few minutes beside, him. Hut the Florida ants will take out the lettuce and other minute seeds from the soil in which they are planted and actually destroy the beds. They will suck the life out of acres of young cucumbers and melon plants, uproot strawberry plants or cover the buds with earth to such an extent as to kill them. They will get into pie, pickle, sauce, sirup, sugar; on meat, in hash; will riddle a cake or till a loaf of baker's bread till it is worthless. All remedies failing, I took to baiting them near their nests with slices of meat, bones, apple and pear parings, aud when I had from fifty to one hundred thousand out 1 would turn a kettle of boiling water ou them. J have killed during the past week over a million in the space of a quarter acre lot, and I have almost wiped them out. I had to do this to secure any lettuce plants, and many unobservant farmers com plu.il of seedsmen when they should at tribute their troubles to insects. Danger In Perfumery. Women who are fond of indulging in strong perfumes should remember that I hey are decidedly injurious to the ense of smell, liy their frequent use he secretory glands of the nose and hmat are overtaxed and weakened. Ine day a person notices that the 'raring is less active thun usual anil 'he sense of smell seems defective. This is, of course, put down to a cold, and hut little is thought of it. After a time the entire head heeomcsiilTectcd and there art; throat and lung compli cations which are likely to end in chronic, if not fatal illness. Smelling salts are a prolilic cause of deafness. All strong and pungent odors, particu larly those which act upon the secre tory processes, should be avoided as far as possible. Wilmington, Del., is to have a social club to which both men and women will be admitted. Cotton thread is generally used to sew kid gloves, as it does not so readily cut the kid as silk thread. Awwlnd Highest iHliBakin T 5iiy l'ure Crnj .f Tartar Jjvilc -j. V A'n LWrl J Uill'i.Hn nf Yfotnv' , lt-rt' thl Sf'jnrjnrT1, " til Kii Ul 'Ji JM..J'ilJ I ', ' ''"!:.,;. A SHANGHAI FARM. Not a Plaoe for Breedinn Poultry, as Its Name Might Imply. A Ketreat lu California Where Men Are Abdueted and Shipped as Sailors While Under the Influence of Drink. A few people here will no doubt be greatly interested in knowing that there is a "shanghai farm" within a few hundred miles of them, says the Pakland (Cal.) Times. Very few people have any idea of the manner in which a man is abducted and put on board a vessel in the stream, and fewer still have any idea that a great deal of such work is done from the Oakland side, be cause there is no water front patrol here. The manner of shanglming is very simple. When a captain requires a crew the law demands that he shall sign them before a proper officer. This is done, and each man is asked if he is satisfied with the manner in which his account has been settled by the board ing master. The answer is invariably in the affirmative, and the captain leaves the shipping office. He knows that if he has signed twelve men twelve men will be put on board his ship when he is on the eve of sailing, but he also knows by experience that if he gets one-half of the actual men he engaged he will get more than the average. The other half are partners of the board ing master, who have probably been before the same shipping master twice in the one week. It is these dummies who arc substituted by men who are shanghaied, the Utter being, in many instances, so unlike sailors that it is considered advisable to keep them out of sight. It is quite a common occur rence for three or four of the crew, after they recover from their stupor, to have to go to the mate and find out the name under which they are sailing. Additional light has been thrown on the matter by the publication of a story in a Santa Kosa journal of the exist ence of a "shanghai farm" located near that town. "There is one industry," it says, "located near Santa Rosa of which most people have no knowledge. It is a 'shanghai farm.' A clever mor tal of San Francisco, who has various interests in water-front boarding houses and is under contract to furnish sailors to shipmasters, is the proprietor of this industry. 'The retreat is located in the hills over in Itlnoon valley, about five miles from town. There is plenty of whisky kept on tap, and all who enter therein are invited to drink to their heart's con tent. In most every town between here and San Francisco the 'shanghai farm' is in collusion with some beer joint proprietor. This is the way the scheme is conducted: The victim has been at work, and on Saturday night comes to town with his earnings. He is in for a good time, and joins convivial crowds wherever he finds them. He finaHy gets into the spider's web. His money is all gone, but still he is given drink, lie is told of the joys and com forts of a mountain home near by, owned by a philanthropic friend of the barucepcr, wnere tlie weary may rest from their labors and drink good whisky. He is fascinated, lie is kept in a naty reeking drunk all night. Next morning he wants to sober up on whisky. He is half dazed. He is in vited to take a ride in a buckboard by a friend who appears on the scene, and gratefully accepts the offer. They drive to the shanghai retreat. A big barrel of whisky stands sparkling iu the cellar. A half dozen vagabonds are lying around. The victim gets thoroughly drunk, and so remains until a new vessel arrives at the San Fran cisco port, when the proprietor comes up and escorts the bevy and places them alsiard the vessel. When the victim realizes his whereabouts he is sailing over the bounding main." RESIDE IN WASHINGTON. Senatok Ai.i.kn'h speech contained 75,000 words. Nknatok Wolcott, of Colorado, it Is said, more nearly approaches the ideal orator than any man now in the senate. Nknatok Siieuman's real estate hold ings in Washington are rated on this year's tax list at 8400,000. He is about the heaviest individual taxpayer at the capital. Attounky Genkhat. Oi.nkv's sole ex ercise in Washington is tennis. For an hour or two every summer after noon he may be seen playing a game that would do credit to the skill and agility of a much younger man. His courts are said to be the smoothest and best kept in the city. The most capacious wine cask in the world is the celebrated tun of Konig stein, constructed under an edict issued by Frederick Augustus, kingof Poland, In 17.. This greatest of all tuns holds I.WI'U:M nlr,t. Ilouurn, World's Fair. iiPowder: