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United States Officials.
President Grover Cleveland
Vice-President Adlai Stevenson
Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham
Secretary of Treasnry John Q. Carlisle
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith
Secretary of War Daniel 8. Lament
Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert
Postmaster-General Wilson 8. Biell
Attorney-General Riohard 8. Olney
Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
State of Oregon.
Governor 8. Pennoyer
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J. 11. Baker.
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" Surveyor Geo. Lord
" School Bup't Anna Balsiger
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Indian singers.
Their Vorallxntlon la Crude, Hut Highly
Appreciated by Their Fellows.
In an address delivered in Washing
ton. I). C, upon "Indian Music,'' Miss
Alice Fletcher stated that the music
of the Indians is solely and simply
vocal. Their soups are compositions
which have in them nothing borrowed
from instruments, nothing of artificial
instigation.
An Indian melody nevef serves two
sets of words; there is no instance
where the people have a custom like
our own of singing the different stan
zas of a lmllad to the same tune.
A large proportion of Indian songs
are entirely without words, syllables
being used to carry the tones. Per
haps the most striking peculiarity of
Indian music is the lack of definite
pitch, for there is no such thing as a
standard pitch among the Indians.
The Indian starts his song where the
natural quality of his voice and his
present mood renders it easiest for him
to sing it. A tenor will naturally sing
upon a higher pitch than a bass; a
soprano will differ from a contralto.
The pitch of a song depends upon the
individual.
With the Indian there has never been
anything we should call vocal training
any drill as to pitch. Some Indians,
like some white people, always sing
flat; while some Indians, like some of
us, have what we call natural musical
ears, and they sing in tones surprising
ly near to our standards.
Such Indians are recognized by their
fellows as musical leaders. They are
considered the best singers, men whose
services are sought and paid for on oc
casions of festivity.
WANTED TO USE PLATINUM.
Interestlnjr Experiment In Coinage Made
by the Russian Government. -
"Once upon a time," said Mr. C. O.
Baker, Jr., of New York, who is con
nected with the only platinum refining
plant in the United States, "Russia
concluded to try the experiment of
using platinum as a money metal, says
the Washington Post. There is really
little of that article found anywhere
else on the globe except in the Ural
mountains, in the czar's dominions, and
having a monopoly of the precious
stuff, the idea of using it as a coin
seemed plausible. Hut it didn't prove
a glittering success, and I have never
seen any coin made of platinum by
that government dated later than 1H44.
"Here is one of the samples of the
Russian experiment," said Mr. IJaker,
taking from his pocket a piece about
the size of a silver quarter. It bore
the date 1880 and had some Russian
characters on it signifying it to be of
the value of six rubles, 05 about 84.75 in
American money.
"I gave $11 for it, however," said 11 r.
linker, "and its intrinsic value is worth
nearly that amount. Of course, no
other nation would go in with Russia
and take platinum for money, seeing
that no other country produced any of
it to speak of, which may be a tip to
some of our silver friends. Platinum
is lower than it was two years ago, be
ing worth now 10.50 nn ounce, though
a while back it was worth 17 an
ounce. At its present price it is just
about half as valuable as gold. It is
the heaviest of metals, its specific grav
ity exceeding that of gold about 5 per
cent., and so ductile that it can be
drawn into a thread 1-1000 of an inch in
diameter."
HELPED THEM DIE EASY.
Farmer Leach's Indorsement of the Hog
Cholera Cure.
"In Nemaha county, southeastern
Nebraska," said Ueprescntativc Mercer,
of Omaha, "there lives an old farmer
named Rufus Leach. The hog cholera
was raging in the county and Leach's
hogs were dying fast, when along came
a smooth-tongued fakir with a patent
cholera cure for hogs. He showed
Leach his goods, rwad him the .direc
tions on the bottles, and sold him two
or three bottles of the compound for
five dollars.
"Three or four weeks later Farmer
Leach was standing at his gate in the
evening when a well-dressed stranger,
who was driving by, hailed him. There
was an air of desolation about the farm,
a lull as of death, unrelieved by the
musical bass grunts of a lot of contented
hogs.
" 'flood evening, Mr. Leach,' called
out the stranger, pulling up at the
gate.
" 'Good evening,' said Leach.
" 'You don't remember me, I see,'
said the stranger.
" 'No, not exactly,' said the farmer.
" 'I sold you some cholera cure for
your hogs a few weeks ago,' the stran
ger explained.
" 'Oh, you're the man, are you?' said
Leach, quietly.
" 'Yes,' said the fakir, 'and, by the
way, how did it work.'
" 'Well,' said Leach, in his complacent
style, 'I don t know that it done any
good, except to make the hogs die a
little easier.' "
Two Very Old Ladles.
It is well known that women attain
an extraordinary age oftener than men.
One of the most celebrated female cen
tenarians was Countess Desmond, who
lived one hundred and forty-five years,
and died in the reign of .lames I. as
the result of an arcident. This ex
traordinary woman was, at the age. of
one hundred years, so active and lively
that she used to take part in the dances
with voung people. At the age of one
hundred and forty-five years she trav
eled from Uristol to London, no small
undertaking in those days. Kven this
instance, however, is surpassed by the
case of a French woman named .Marie
Prion, w ho diwd at M. Coloiube ul tl
he of uu bniiditd and City yrUi5.
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INDIAN KICE PICKERS.
How They Inaugurate the Season
In the Wleoonsin Fields.
The Exercises Include the Execution and
Mock Eating of a Dole and the Welkin
Is Made to KIhk by the Ked
men's l.evels.
Up in Chippewa county, Wis., around
the shores of Rice lake, weird fires
break the darkness during the August
nights, and the occasional lone white
man. camped in the neighboring wilder
ness, hears, apparently emanating from
the Dames, unearthly kinds of noises,
echoing over the waters. This is the
season of the year the Chippewa In
dians come down from their settlement
on Sand lake to pick the wild rice
which grows in profusion at Rice lake,
about ten miles from the village of
Cartwright.
Hundreds of braves and squaws and
papooses assemble on the borders of
the lake, and the night is sometimes
made hideous with their historic dances
and revelries, says the Chippewa Falls
Herald. Last season the rice picking
was inaugurated with the most solemn
dunce in the traditions of the tribe
the dog dance. It requires a milk
white dog for the occasion, whose sac
rifice is demanded before the dance can
proceed, and while the animal's blood
is flowing from the wound which
causes its death, the dance is begun
and continues with the greatest fervor
until the dog has breathed its last. Tho
aarcass is afterward baked in a boiling
pot of water and the Indians, after go
ing through an imitation of feasting
on the remains, bury it with exagger
ated ceremonies.
The next day rice-picking is com
menced, and to those who never wit
nessed the mode of gathering tho seed
the operations of the Indians are cer
tainly interesting. Several of the
tribe take a canoe, and while one pad
dles around through the rice fields, the
others knock the seeds from the heads
into the bottom of the boat. After 8
load is obtained it is rowed to shore,
where others await it to take charge
of the "curing" operations. It is
thrown into a large kettle, which
stands over a blazing tire, and is al
lowed to bake there until turned into a
beautiful brown. Then another set of
workers take charge of it, and it is sub
jected to the "stamping" operation. At
this part of the proceedings the spec
.ators are liable to become a little dis
gusted with the work. The rice is
owered in a deer skin into a pit in the
?arth, and a swarthy Indian, stripped
to the waist, jumps into the hole and
jonimences to stamp with all his
might. If 1 sees a. doubtful expres
sion on the faces of those not familiar
with this method of cleaning the rice
he reassures them with the statement
Unit his "feet are heap clean, wash
'cm good before getting in," and goes
011 with the arduous exercise amid
clouds of dust. After the foreign sub
stances are thus removed it is set
11 way in baskets, ready for the market.
The rice is sold to stores and private
fnmilies for ten cents a pound. About
six hundred bushels are gleaned yearly
:i:id the tribe is amply repaid for its
'.rouble in gathering and preparing it.
This year the yield has not been so
!:ir;e as it has been in former seasons.
The plant is said to be gradually dying
out. owing to the manner in which the
Indians gather it. and it may require
only a few seasons more to kill it ef
lVetuully. The land on which it. stands
is owned bv a Menominee company and
is donated to the Chippewa tribe for
the picking.
After the rice season is over cranber
rying commences, and several weeks'
employment is obtained on the marshes
near Cartwright.
CRAZED ENGINEERS.
Instances In Which I'nuvoldable Aecldenls
Have t'nhhiKcd Men's Keason.
The strange antics of a crazy engi
neer at Alton, 111., recently suggest the
fact that insanity is very frequent
among railway employes. Two dra
matic illustrations may be mentioned.
There is living in New Jersey not far
from Philadelphia, says the Philadel
phia Times, a man who for many years
was the foremost passenger engineer
between New York and Philadelphia
on the Pennsylvania railroad. He ran
all the specials and best trains and in
ten years never had an accident. One
night in the gleam of the headlight he
saw a woman. He had only time to see
her hands raised and to hear her cry,
and before he could put his hand upon
the lever he, felt a jerk under the
wheels and knew that all was over.
Since that nilfht he has never been on
an engine. F'or months he did not sleep
and later became practically insane,
but only on the one point of seeing and
hearing the woman his engine killed, j
Now he goes about harmlessly mid
aimlessly, but he has to be kept away !
from railroads, and in his fretful sleep
he awakes with cries and paroxysms of
horror. The other case is that of a man
who was conductor of a truin on the 1
Camden & Ainlxv, whose I rain had an ,
accident. He came out all right him-
self, but It preyed so upon his mind
that one : night lie left liii home, and,
going to I h" point ho re the accident
occurred, thro"- hirnolf in front of s
parking trnin. fcciving injuries from
whieh he died.
MUSHROOM DRUNKARDS.
The Fungiia l.'sed in A.la nod Scotland to
I'romole InloiUation.
The inhabitants of the northeastern
port of A: in use a inu'-lir')in to pro
mote iiit'xie:,t ion. H i known, ays
the Clii.-af.-o TrilMUH'. 10 the rlly-blown
Uto lii."lii nn. I H ol.. W'O al'Utidttlit
in Si'oti;jri'l. The. juiigu is gathered
in th" ht'ert part of the year, and is
tli"ti hung up !,v a s'ri'ig in tiie open
air to dry. Some are dry liefore gath-ori-d,
and U. a ra ! tale I to be far
ne'iv narcotic tlimt tlic! artificially ,
pr. vi rvi.d. I -u.iliy the fungus is rolled ,
,ip likea bolusund taken without chew- j
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"ri. hrge or two unall fungi produce '.
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of intoxication for one day. The effect
is the stunt! as that produced on inking
a quantity of spirits or wine, except
that it is delayed from one to two hours
after the bolus is swallowed. At first
it produces very cheerful emotions of
the mind. It renders some persons ex
ceedingly active, and it is a stimulant
to muscular exertion; thus, if a person
affected by it wishes to step over a
straw or a small stick, it impels him to
take a jump sufficient to clear a low
hedge or the trunk of a tree; it keeps
those fond of music perpetually sing
ing, mid under its influence a talkative
person can neither keep secrets nor
silence for any length of time.
Telegraphing 107 Yenrs Ago.
At Dublin, Ireland, in 1788, was pub
lished a volume entitled "Arthur
Young's Travels in France," which
contains nn extract from a letter writ
ten on October 1(1, 1787, and which is
here transcribed: "M. Lomond is a
most ingenious mechanic. He made a
remarkable discovery in electricity.
You write two or three words on paper;
he takes it with him into a room, and
turns a miichine inclosed in a cylinder
case, at the top of which is an electro
meter, a small fine pith ball; a wire
connects with a cylinder or electro
meter in a distant apartment, and his
wife, by remarking the corresponding
motions of the ball, writes down the
words they indicate, from which it ap
pears that he has formed an alphabet
of motions. As tho form of the wires
makes no difference in the effect, the
correspondence may be carried on to
any distance, within or without a for
tified town, for instance, or for pur
poses much more worthy.
A DANGEROUS TREE.
The Jllanchlneel of Africa How It Is
died hy the Nnflvci.
Everywhere Hie uiuncbpuiel lias the
unenviable jvnutritinn ol' bring a ni'.;.t
dangerous tree, in the slui.ie of u-hieli
it is never safe to rest. This evil repi'
tiition Iris its origin in the pouonous
qualities of the sap and frr.it of a tree
of this kind, found 111 Africa the ar
borescent euphorbia. Thi.. tree has a.
magnificent hut most peculiar appear
itnce. and tli.' lliickne.sf. of its foliage,
which wholly excludes the sun. r.ecniii
to invite the traveler to rest beneath
its brunches.
Tile negroes have n way of talcin'4
adviintng.! of the delightfully cool
shude and nt the same i iim' n -oiding
the' dingi r from the poixtnous drop
pings of the tree. 'I hey erect a
thatched roof below tile lowest branch
es and flu 11 lvnose in security.
M. TremiMix. sayn the Chicngo News,
in 11 mtrrative of his excursion to the
Soudiiu. h;ii 1111 interesting pimsnge re
specting these nboresccnt euphorbias.
"While taking 11 view of Cucsine." he
says. "I in-Iced one of the negroes who
stood near me to go and sent himself
under a grent euphorbia tt'hich stood in
the foreground. At first he hesitntcd.
then, after 11 little, he decided to yield,
hut not without mh.itig his eyes ninny
times in apprehension toward the
branches of I he tree.
"I was about to climb upon a rock to
break off a branch which I brought,
home with me to France but the
negro, seeing me approach, fled in
terror from the shade of the deadly
tree, gesticulating wildly and shouting
words in n language which I could not
comprehend. His signs, however, and
11 few Arab words uttered by one of
tiie bystanders--'Do you mean to die'."
made me undi-rstand that in touching
the tree I was running a serious risk.
"Hut the tiling was done and the
broken branch in my hand. Immedi
ately a milky liquid flowed forth, in
much greater quantity than I could
have imagined from what 1 knew of
these plants in other countries, cover
ing mv clothes and penetrating even to
my skin.
"The features and gestures of the
negroes expressed their fear. They
made me understand that, if the white
juice touched one of the numerous
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wounds which I at that time had on
my body I should die, and that it was
dangerous even to let it touch the skin,
"It is willi this juice that they poison
their weapons in order to make their
wounds mortal. They first thicken it
till it acquires the consistency of paste,
then they dip in it the points or blades
of the weapons which they wish to
poison."
Trees of this kind are oftn twenty
four feet in diameter and seventy feet
in circumference. The greatest height
of trees of this size is twenty-four feet.
The trunk and large, branches are of
hard wood; the smaller branches con
sist mostly of pith and parenchyma,
sustained by a slender woody fiber.
A ROYAL- DEAD B EAT.
How Kins; Milan Filled Ills Depleted
I'urse by Hhadv Methods.
One hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars per annum is the income conceded
to ex-King Milan of Servia, by his boh
and by the national treasury in con
sideration of his quitting the country
and betaking himself once more to
Paris or some other distant capital. It
is now some months since he left the
i'Veneh metropolis to all intents and
purposes penniless, numerous judg
ments out against him and a quantity
of so-called debts of honor unpaid. His
credit was exhausted and he was,
financially speaking, on his beam ends.
It may be remembered, says a writer
in the Philadelphia Press, that when
lie first abdicated he stipulated for a
large annuity, which was granted to
him. On two occasions subsequently
he obtained large lump sums from the
Servian army to defray pressing debts.
Then he commuted his annuity for a
third lump sum of large dimensions,
sold his ofliee and dignities in Servia
for a fourth sum, his Servian citizen
ship for a fifth and finally obtained
from the czar a gift of two million
rubles in return for a solemn under
standing never under any circumstances
to return to Servia. It was not very
long before he had squandered all his
money at the card table, upon tho turf
and in the demi-monde.
Finding himself without resources,
he effected a reconciliation with his
wife. in the hopeof inducing hertoeome
to his assistance, she being very rich,
Queen Natalie, however, knows her hus
band too well and declined to do any
thing' whatever for him until he bad
eaten humble pie by himself demand
ing the annulment of that divorce
which ho had taken so much trouble to
obtain, and even then she refused to
give him any of her own money, but
merely offered to use her influence
with her son to grant him a new al
lowance. Seeing that young Alexan
der was somewhat slow about comply
ing with the request, and his position
at Paris without either money or credit
being absolutely untenable, he, in dc
tiunce of all the promises which he had
made alike to tho czar, to the Austrian
government and that of Servia, re
turned to llolgrnde, where his pres
ence, brought about a couple of minis
terial crises and led to no end of diffi
culty. And he has refused to budge
from there until his' financial exigen
cies arc complied with.
I suppose that unless the tired Ser
vians depute some one to put him out
of the way by means of knife, pistol
or poison, we shall In course of time
see him once more going through the
same process. That is to say, he will
commute his present income for a lump
sum. squander it and then return to
llclgrade and upset one or tw6 more
ministries, disturbing things general
ly until again bought off.
A Kre Occurrence.
The rare instance of the coming of
age of a whole trio of triplets was cele
brated recently at Whitemast, near
Leamington, Kngland. (ienerally in
case, of triplets the children die soon
after birth, but occasionally they sur
vive und reach muturity. One case is
on record of quadruplets, all of whom
were reared.
This All Through.
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win artuaity gave you rroni wry to nv h'iiidr',d
hr M n nt. " how to mane owr ft
etc." The way to begin real economy.
ij. A Rootft'a Lift Wilkie Cellini,
16. Shim That Pasi in the Night -R Harrtden.
17. A Study-im Scab let. A Cuntn Doyle
ib. U'euhbd and Pahted Charlotte M, Braeme.
19. Mv I.adv'k Monrv Wilkie Collins.
, Maid, Wife oa Widow, Mr Alexander.
ai, liAi'tc to thf 01 1) Howe. Mary Cet.il lUy,
aa, A Yelmiw Asian lota
t. FjI-Ack ftKAUTV. Ann Stwelt,
?4 Chahi.'imb Temple. Mr Howton.
35 Tub Hkib of Lynns. Hubert Btidiansn.
j6. The Mam im ni A:n -Stanley J. Vcmu.
17. DODO. -it. Y. Benton.
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