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! The persistent vooin lover f
v Is the one who gets the maid ;
I iod the constant advertiser
- Gets the cream of all the trade.
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OFFICIAL PAPER
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j The man who tries to advertise
I With printer's ink consistent,
I One word must learn nor froi it turn,
1 And that one word's persistent
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III II IIIIIIIIII IMIiiiMiiiiiKiMIII JIIIICHIIU
THIRTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1895.
WEEKLY NO. 636. J
8EMI-WEEKLY NO. 333.1
SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE.
PUBLISHED
Tuesdays and Fridays
BY
THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
OTIS. PATTERSON,
A. W. PATTERSON,
Editor
Business Manager
At $2.50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 75 eta.
lor three moucne.
Advertising Rates Made Known on
Application.
The "BAO-L3, " of Long Creek, Grant
County, Oregon, is published by the same com
pany every Friday morning. Subscription
price, tf'2 per year. For advertising rates, address
OI3.IiT Xj. PJLTTEBSOIT, Editor and
Manager, Long Creek, Oregou, or "Uazette,"
Heppuer, Oregon.
THIS PAPKB is kept on file at E. C. Dake'e
Advertising Agftnoy, (U and 65 Merchants
ifixchangs, San Francisco, California, where con
tacts for advertising can be made for it.
Union Paofig railway-local card.
No. 9, mixed, leaves Heppner 3:30 p, m. daily
except Sunday. Arrives at Willows Junction
6:20 p m.
" No. 10, mixed, leaves Willows Junction 7:15
p. m. Arrives at Hoppner 10 p. m. daily except
Sn nday.
East bound, main line arrives at Willows
Junction 1:41) a. m.
tinn 12:15 a. in.
West bound Portland fast freight with pas
senger coach leaves Willows Junction 6:3$ p. in.
and arrives at The Dalles at 12:01a. m. Here
passengers from the branch lay over till 3:15 a.
m. and take the fast mall west bound which ar
rives at Portland 7:25 a. m. The Dalles and
Portland passenger leaves The Dalles daily at
2:15 p. in. and arrives 'it Portland 6:30 p.m.
Leaves Portland 8:00 . m. daily and arrives at
The Dalles 12:15 p. m. This connects with the
east bound way freight with passenger couch
which leaves The Dalles at 1:30 p. m., arriving
at Willows Junction 6:58 p. m.
OFriCIAL DIEECTOET.
United States Offlelals.
President G rover Cleveland
Vice-President Ad ai Stevenson
Seo-etary of Htate Walter Q Greshara
Secretary of Treasury John G. ('arlitde
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith
Seorelary of War Daniel S. Irfmiont
Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert
PoslinaHter-Heneral William L. Wi son
Attorney-General Kichard 8. Olney
Suoretaryof Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
State of Oregon.
Governor W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H. I!. Kincnld
Treasurer Phil. Metechan
S"it. Public Instruction G. M Irwin
Attorney General C. M. IdVman
., ( G. W. McHride
H"tni U. H. Mitchell
Congressmen w K Eni
Printer.. W. H. Leeds
( It. S. It n,
buprame Judges....' .' K. A. MiKire,
f C. K. Wolverton
Seventh Jndlelal KlMtrlct.
Circnit .Indge : W. h. Brartshaw
I'roMcutina' Attorney A. A. Jajne
Morrow County Olilcials.
joint Senator A. W. Onwan
ltepreS'ntative J. S. Il.mthhy
i i.nntv Judite Julius Keithli
1 Commissioners J. It. Howard
J.M. Baker.
" CWIr J.W.Morrow
" Sheriff Q. W. iUrnnston
" Treasurer Frnnk Gilliam
AfMMwftor J. r. Willi
Snrreyor.. (loo. I,nrii
SMiool Sup't Anna Hslsitf.r
'' Coroner T. W. Ayer, J r
iir.rrsta town orncras.
"vol Thos. Mnrirsn
C MinciltneM O. K. Fanisw.irth. M.
l.lohuMith!. Otis Put torn-.n, T. W. Aysra, Jr.,
H. S. Ilurner, K. J. Ulocum.
I nitler F. J. Halloclr
Tiinr K. L Krwlatul
Marshal N. B. Whetstone
Prwinrt Officer.
J notice of th Peso E. L. FreMand
( onstslil N. B. WheUtun
Called State hand OBI fori.
TBI DALLES). OS.
I. P. Moor 1t.-itr
A.B. Ulilt ItaoWTur
t OK1XOI, Ol,
M.F, Wilm ItiHtl.t-r
J. 11. Kobtmis Itweiver
sxsnrr aoczexxxs.
KAWLIYS POHT, NO. lb
G. A. B.
MtetLiin-lm. (h, th Uat HatunUy of
-c-h month, ill vtnui er Invited in Join.
C C. !, (im W. Hhitii.
Adjutant, tf CouiaiutiWr.
LUMBER!
tin Have for hamc am, nsrw or c
dmwil l.uint-r, 1 mile of Hoppner, at
what U known u in
BOOTT MAWMILiIj.
I'll I.OuO FEET. Kol'GH, -"
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HOW
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TO
GIVES THE CHOICE
Of Two Transcontinental
GREAT
UNION
PACIFIC RY.
NORTHERN Ry.
VIA
VIA
Spokane
Denver
OMAHA
MINNEAPOLIS
St. Paul Kansas City
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES.
Ocean Steamers Leave Portland
Every 5 Days For
SAN FRANCISCO.
For full details oall on O. R. & N.
Ag nt at Heppner, tr address .
W. H. HUBLBURT,
Geo. Phsh. Agt.
Portland. Obeqon.
QUZOIX TIME I
San. Ironoisiioo
lad all points In California, via th ML, Shasta
route of th
Southern Pacific Co.
Th great hiahway through California to all
points Kant and South. Grand Scenic Hout
of the Pacilio I'oasl, Pullman Hnflet
Sleipn, Beoond-olasa Sleepers
Attanlied to exprem train, arlording snpenor
acooinmodations for second-claM paosenger.
For rate, tickets, sleeping oar reservation,
eto. call npon ormldrnM
H. k'dKIl I.KK, Manager, E. P. ROGERS, Asst
)en. F. P. Agt, Portland, Oregon
IF YOU WANT INFORMATION ABOUT
Afi'lr.. ktl'-r or c.r1 to
Tnr. pnmi tLAini nrT,
I0HN WEOOERUURN, MsnsqinJ Attornn,
l'.O.Uu4. WAblll.NQlU.N.D.C.
vrr,IOKS 1'iUX.n.KKO row
SOLDIERS, WIDOWS,
CHILDREN, PARI NTS.
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FDR THE BLOOD
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The Best Spring Medicine
Just now everybody is thinking about
taking something for the blood.
A Spring medicine as we speak of
it. Ana it's a good thing to do, but you
want to get the proper medicine. If you
consult your physician he will tell you to
FTInTrp GOOD LIVER
IdiVD a H1EDICLNS
and that, btcause the liver has every
thing to do with the blood. If the liver
is sluggish the system is clogged, the
blood becomes impure, and the whole
body suffers. Every medicine recom
mended for the blood is supposed to
work on the liver. Then get at once the
" King of liver Medicines,"
Simmons liver
REGULATOR
11 does its work well, and tones up the
whole system. It is" Better than Pills,"
and can be had in liquid or powder.
This extra
ordinary Ke
Juveaator is
the moat
wonderful
fliscovcry of
the five. It
nag been en
dorsed hy the
men of
Europe and
America.
Hudyati is
purely yege
tahle, Hudyan ittopg
Prematureness
of the dls.
Constipation,
Dizziness,
Falling Ken.
aations.Nerv-
oustwitchlnK
or the eyes
and other
Iaits.
Strengthens.
In tIr orates
and lones the
entire (.vktcm.
Hudjan cuiea
Debility,
Nervousness.
.-i'-'t
Kmlssions.
and devclopi a
and rc stores
cliargo in 20
da?. Cnro
Weak Muans.
I'din in Hi
LOST
unci. lofHci
tv d a v or
E
iiitlit skipped
quickly. Over 2,000 private fndonicments.
Preuiatnrt not means linnotcncy in Hie flirt
(taze. It Is a sympiom of seminal weaklier
and barrenncs.. It c&u be stojipcd iu go day
by thouieor Hudyan.
Thercw dicovery vrns made nr thefitwlal
Istsof the old I'smni s Hudson Medical Inilllul.
H Is the stroii.-ct Tlin'r made. It 1 very
powerful, hut liu'mli w. Hold for 81 00 a pack
aireorO cltai;i-4 for lii.WI plain sealed boxes).
Written Kuaraniee (ftven for a euro. Ifyoubny
sir boxes and are lot e'ltlnly cured, six mors)
will le sent to von fneof ail ebanriii.
fend fir ctnu'sn-atid bftlrmnisl". Address
AHI DKON MIUICAt, 1NMTITU1K.
Jiriictlou NUM'kiun, .'aurliet St tlSta.
Bau r luocix o. Uli
Moat Modern end prosresalva
for ratalntua or li.fonn.itta vr!t n
THU MAKUN ni!H ARMS CO.,
TticompratlvluofthtMtwecrd
Is known to most prson.
Thsy llluttrst that frsatsr auintlty la
Mot alwcy ami la tft susd.
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My of
RipansTnbuIcs
4 temper 4 with ny previously knew
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Of ni((iu, ( ey ms'l.
if AOt CMt MlCAt CO., 1 0 li'c II., N T.
Tk Mrnt' lovrfeoftt4
Tli ln!.a.ltni,t ,f this ar!h hare
ri.Tr wrn Imt ot.e Mof lli mn.
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ttiakr ..no rcr.iintu.rj va .f Bii In
tl.o Mime fi.-rl.i4 t.f lima tut kl.e UU
up In roiirif or- rwinl th earth;
ll.u th same irwnrrk.LIo fi-ion of U,
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Top NiytJ Accurl,
Kcvclver. ScSc Compact,
ECONOMY.
It Is
Belng Rigidly Exercised
In Meit-
can Affairs.
Mexico," said an American resi
dent of the City of Mexico to a Wash
ington Post representative, "is under
going a crucial test, but it is standing
tne orrleal bravely, and in the end will
emerge with the prestige of sustained
credit and greater prosperity than it
nas ever enjoyed. It has been a hard
matter to keep the ship of state afloat
in these times of extraordinary depres
sion. A rigid policy of retrenchment
has been pursued. Salaries of public
olhcials have been cut, the army de
creased, and additional taxes imposed
in order to meet the obligations of the
government. There is no system of di
rect taxation down there, and all the
revenues from imports are collected in
silver. As silver has depreciated in
value the revenues have corresponding
ly diminished in volume,,so that it was
a matter of necessity to increase the
taxes.
In spite of all these difficulties the
republic is gaining, and has a splendid
future. The depression in mining is, I
think, a blessing in disguise. It will
tend to bring out the other great nat
ural resources of the country. Agri
culture has never received in Mexico
the attention it deserves. We have as
fine coffee, sugar and tobacco lands as
there are on the globe, and the people
are at last waking up to the importance
of their cultivation. In this neglected
source of wealth lies Mexico's fairest
promise of prosperity."
TEA AND TOBACCO INSANITY.
Their Excessive Use by Underfed People
the Cause of Mental Failure.
A report upon insanity in Ireland
which has just been issued enumerates
among the causes of mental failure the
innutritious dietary of the poorer pop
ulation tending to produce anaemia
ind constitutional Weakness, which
favor the development of scrofulous
and neurotic disease and the immod
erate use of certain nervous stimulants,
particularly tea and tobacco.
" hile the moderate use of properly
prepared tea," the report adds, ''is re
garded as innocuous or even beneficial
in its action on the nervous system, its
ill effects, when decocted or overin
fused, on persons who make it their
stablp article of dietary are dwelt on
by almost all the resident medical
superintendents in their several re
ports. Undoubtedly the method of
preparation adopted and the excessive
use of this article of diet, now so iren
eral among our poorer population, tends
to the produetiu of dyspepsia, which
in its turn leads to states of mental
depression highly favorable to the
production of various forms of neurot
ic disturbance. The excessive use of
tobacco also, especially among the
young, whether by smoking or chew
iuk. " me opinion 01 certain of our
medical superintendents acts, though
pcrliups in a minor degree, injuriously
on tue nervous centers.
Iu many parts of Ireland it has been
found that bread and tea have been
substituted for porridge and milk, and
fr potatoes ulso; that the tea usod is
generally of an inferior quiility, and
the method of preparation is to put a
quantity in tne teapot early in the
morning and to allow it to Ktew during
vne uay, water being added as required.
LONG-LIVED CARP.
Una Old Hpeciiiirn la Fnntalnhlrau
Over Three llundriMl Year Old.
Is
When the tUn commission, some year
ago, began to introduce carp into the
streams of this country it is doubtful if
they knew what a lasting monument
they were building. It is pretty gen
erally known, ttys the Washington
.News, that the Rluggish and, to fisher
men, devpicuble denizen of the watr i
gifU'il with a tenure of life, barring
chance encounter with a hook, a big
black bass with his back up or other
viei.Mtihli'H of piscatorial existence
winch ex ih that of most creatures,
but the actual aire Unit they do attain
miner idvoraiilu circumstance U ap
palling, l acre ore very few lishi-rmen
who haven't a yarn about mum wily
I1 trout or tut that ha been known
to ircciient me hatne pool for many
year, but Assistant Secretary of Statu
K'K'WIiil! tclWfif a carp tliut can give
any of these fish point on how to at
tain a long life, lie wiys tliut in
pond at at FntitalnMi-au there i, or
Wa when he wii Inst there, a bar
tun led old carp that lind been plai
in tin pond in the reii;n of Brunei
A that tiion.ir. li ll'iurulmd during the
sixteenth century, Mr. Hoekliill carp
is iimsiileral.ly more thnn three hun
ilrv'l year (.Id. To prevent any mis
take by future j,'Miermili the (felille
man who in pied the uleeof roiiiuil-
M'.iier of lisii and fisheries fur hi roval
lughtii". .l:tt i d a metal lag in the ',rp
lin. and it is by this mark that the llsh
is known from the other in Oil little
luke.
WHAT A OAOY DID.
lt Nearly 't Its Mottirr Into Jail, Hut
ind Her lint Again.
Here I a rather pretty story which
I vouched f.r by a London journal,
shntt big how a small l.ul.v nnee y it hi
net Iii r into acrinti !i;:,i iihi.-s and
then Iliudv allien. I by ir i tting 1.1 r nut
nf them ii,li It d i llil tloit a omr
M'Uiustres with a child in her SMIt
wii tried for the theft nf threti gold
coin. She said in defense: "I wii.V t
my employer I. niv on business
tarried my chil l In my arms a it U
now; I wa not puvi'.g attention to it
There wire m-vcihI gold coin on the
mantelpiece, and. unknown lur. It
r. I. I., d nut It l.ttle hand and m imI
I l.rco pii , l,ii h did hot ot.wrvs
until I got li'iui. I at nli.su put uli Iny
bonnet and wa g'A.tf Iwk to my tue
j.loyir to r t.ro them wl.tn I w ar
reted, 'fin i the solemn truth, a I
liojw f ir lb sven tni rey."
"I he court eoiil j i,.,t U lirve tl.i
t..ry. 1 hi j uj.t.r! I. d the mother f if
Ie r lnip'i'li Men ,i tryiii to puhn nff
s i.li a f...j!io. for ii,i. tf ,iu. But
ii,. rtiiiB. i o ly !. r'. I l. r li.n.
i r,rf !',. a l.'.vtl tn," nt.n tit wa
!.. : In hr fof One i.f the u.'tkiftU
GOVERNMENTAL
proposed to renew the scene described
by the mother. The gold coins were
placed on the clerk's table. The moth
er was requested to resume the posi
tion in which she stood at her employ
er's house. There was a breathless
pause in court. The baby soon discov
ered the small coins, eyed them for a
moment, smiled and then clutched
them in his fingers with a miser's
eagerness. 1 he mother was at once ac
quitted. HE WANTED WORK.
And Be Climbed to the Summit nf Ben
Nevis to Find It.
An early tourist has brought down a
curious story from the top of lien
Nevis. It is thus told in a Scotch pa
per: One afternoon last winter the as
sistants in the observatory were some
what startled by a knock at the door
a most unusual occurrence at that sea
son of the year. The visitor turned out
to be a tramp from London. Llis
clothes were frozen stiff and his beard
was a mass of ice. After having been
warmed and fed he astonished the
hospitable winterers on the Hen by in
forming them that he had come up in
search of work. When at the foot of
the mountain some one had advised him
with rather grim humor to try Ben
Nevis observatory. Thus it was that
he came to climb the four thousand and
some hundred odd feet. The assist
ants, after replenishing his wardrobe
and supplying him with a good store
of food, sent hint off on his downward
way, so that he had no cause to grum
ble at being the .victim of a practical
joke.
AN EARLY IRONCLAD.
It Wa Built to Break Throuch the
Spanish Lines.
The idea of protected ships, such as
the modern men-of-war, is by no means
an absolutely new one. Tins is proved,
says the Western Mail, of Cardiff, by
the fact that an armored vessel was
constructed, though crudely, of course,
as far bask as 1585 by a shipwright of
Antwerp during the wars between the
bpauiards and the Dutch. In the sum
mer of 1585 Antwerp was invaded by
tne Spaniards both by land and water,
and the people of Antwerp built the
first protected ship on record in an at
tempt to break through the line of be
siegers in the river. It was a craft of
unusual size, with flat bottom, its sides
armed with iron plates fastened into
great beams of wood. When finished
the builders thought it a floating castle,
impregnable to the artillery and mis
siles of those duys, which should crush
all opposition, as it contained a great
number of men, some of whom were
placed like sharpshooters in the tops of
tne masts, and the rest protected bv
the bulwarks.
They were so confident that the crnft
would rout the enemy that they called
it "Finis lielll," thinking it no doubt
would put an end to the war. Unfor
tunately, however, the early ironclad
proved a disastrous failure, getting
stuck upon a bank of the Scheldt after
a very short and unhappy career. The
Spaniards were greatly amused with
the untimely end of the vessel, while
the brave burghersof Antwerpchanged
the minus from "Faim Il Hi" to ' IVr-
dito Kxnensal." or "Money Thrown
Away." The crew then deserted the
ship, and the Spaniards, 'after defeat
ing the Netherlander in a naval bat
tle, carried the monster in triumph to
the camp of Alexander, of Tunim, where
it became one of the sight of the
times. The cily of Antwerp was taken
August 17, l.Wi, and so the, first Iron-
clad on record caire to au unfortunate
end.
Yuunect Nou I avore.l.
"If one looks ulxiut him uluiimt any
where in Maine," siiysiiifobserving res
ident of thut state, "he will lind that
iu the mutter of do-cent of pri'iier! y we
have uiieoiiseioii' ly put in fnree or have
eltetted just the opposite of the Kii
lish rule of priiu.'gc nitiirc. Where
there are a itmn Lit nf children in a
family it is almost always the young
est tv in that stay with tlm old fulks
and inherits the homestead. Where I
live lean point out ilo.eiisof such In
stances in the familial I know, and 1
cuiiiiot now recall a (.ingle instance
where any oilier thnn the yomifest was
preferred, (if course this result from
the disposition t.f the older I my, to aeek
Ihelr fortune away from the pnrent'ul
roof tree a knoll a they are old
enough, while the younger, with the
ither gone, lind room I'liouxh for his
hi t Ivit ii at home, an I sluj t here. A
distinguished frmii the old world
method this may be called ultimogeni
ture." Orltlii uf Hailing- Hrd.
W owe the Invention ,f visiting
rrird to the ChincM.. So long ago ss
the period of the 'long dynasty (i,.
HOT) visiting earl were known to In- in
common iim' iu Mini, and that I also
the date of the Introduction nf the
"red siiUcn curd" which figure mi
conspicuously ,,( the engngeim nt card
of that country.
ANTS AGAINST
SNAKE.
lNaaubar Mud
In Iwif
and il!lii
lUIIU.
! "While i knipiiig iii A liil.ii in dm ing
I the late war," sunt n II I . ( r-
tnau, of I iu t .n. (I , the ntlier iUy,
j aecordillg t i the St !"Ui l.ln!c Id dee
: erst. "I w iti ed an att.i. k of a band
! of llav k an' upon a stnj d m.iUe
j "One t W'l ii.g lulu I wa trying lo
; 0i to klep lifter a Ion day iuiih li I
j f. It aoinrthli.sf inovw tin.Icr my hi !. I
j lifted one corner nf the blanket and
j found a anake between three and four
i feet la length I quickly hit It with a
mull at n a. but the rqitiS- eii,.
i tiMfdiy still.l.i I by the lihe. I picked
It tip nil I hi" end of the Sti. k an I threw
' It slmut fifteen firtawsr 'I Uninim
; landed tm lsr? ant loll Almo.t In
'aiitly tha ant pound frtu from
. their l.et. which was underneath, and
l-au a vlgoro.u ttn. k upon I he In-
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the other hand, the auts were very
numerous and quick in their aggressive
movements. The snake with one blow of
his tail would kill or wound a long line
of ants, but the active little creatures
were soon reinforced by fresh troops
and fought with a desperation wonder
ful to behold. I was astonished be
yond measure to see the tactics of the
ants. When they saw their numbers
were being lessened they dispatched
couriers for fresh relays of soldiers,
who appeared on the scene in due time
to replace the killed or wounded.
"The moon after a time lit up the
scene, but as there appeared no near
termination of the struggle I gave up
watching it, and, stretching myself
again on my blanket, went to sleep.
Before striking tents the next morning
I went to look at the battle ground.
The slain insects were scattered in
every direction, but there were six or
seven watchful ants upon the back of
the snake, which lay stretched out
dead near the ant hilh"
PUN WITH SEA
TURTLES.
A School of Them Thut Covered
the Sea
for Many miles.
"I am reminded," said an old coasting
captain to a Washington Star man re
cently, "of an experience I once had
with sea turtles on the edge of the
gulf stream, about sixty miles from
llatteras. I was part owner and cap
tain of the Mary Lyle at that time,
and was coming up from Savannah
with a half cargo of rice when one
mornirg the outlook yelled to me to
come up on deck and look at the sea
turtles. When I got up and looked
over the rail the whole ocean as far as
I could see ahead of us was covered
with turtles. They were tremendous
fellows and were paddling along lazily
in the opposite direction to that in
which we were going.
"It didn't take us long to rig up a
windlass and tackle and begin pulling
some of the old fellows aboard. We
picked the biggest, ns thev enme and in
the course of three hours we hail
caught twenty-six, about all that we
could handily dispose of about the
ship. Only nine of them lived until
wo reached New York and we sold
them for good prices. . The shell of one
that weighed four hundred and seven
ty pounds is now in New York. I
would hate to sny how many turtles
were in sight of (he Mary 1-yhi thut
day for fear somebody might think I
was llsh-yarning, but they enme by, us
steadily for live hours ami when we
got well into the school it extended us
far ns the eye could reach on uli sides,
and there was a turtle to about every
forty square feet of water and I didn't
see one that weighed less than one
hundred and fifty pounds."
DISLIKED REPORTERS.
Lord Itndolj ( t liur. I.lll Would Is'ut
He
Interviewed.
The Cunadiiin ia.ctte confirms the
opinion that Lord liandolph Churchill
is not enamored of reporters, sny the
Westminster (iuzette. A Montreal
Journalist who, during Ids lordshlp'a
recent visit there, endeavored to ob
tain his views on public quest ions, was
answered thus: "If 1 express my
views I ( hull only annoy you, I don't
want to annoy you. I have annoyed
enough people." Asked a to how he
liked Moiitreul, hi lordship' observa
tion were eitiimiscl Utween the
complimentary and the uncomplimen
tary. But he wn (minted in praise of
the Windsor and dominion aqiiiire.
"What d' your lordship think of the
value of the colonial conference'.'"
asked the rcmrter. "Nothing. Nolmdy
doc. Same a any other mliticu
fnree. All nonsense," wa the reply.
' lam afraid you am rather eynl.iil.
Lord Cii'idolph," nld the reporter, and
Lord liundolph remarked: "Yes, every
eiisil.e man 1 ituwudii.v." When at
Wiiiiii g on hi way t the roast it
oeein thut I .nr. I Knudolph Church
III ,
In
lit 4
gave local rcrter a reception
eompiiriMin Willi which hi Irenlim
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of Montreal journalists was quite
genial. An interviewer who asked his
"illustrious subject" if he could have
five minutes' conversation was met
with the reply: "No, you can't. I
never see reporters; it's years since I
utoteu to one; mey annoy me
very
much. Please go away."
A Fish with Gill and Lung.
The academy of natural science has
just come into possession of a rare fish,
which can boast of a pair of lungs in
addition to the gills with which alone
less favored fish are endured. The ne
cessity of these two sets of breathing
apparatus is readily seen when the
habits of the animal are known. In
Africa, where the fish lives, it inhabits
lakes and ponds, which are often com
pletely dried up during the dry season.
As long as the water remains the
lung fish lives as do the other members
of the finny tribe, and breathes by
means of his gills; but when the ponds
dry up he burrows down into the
mud and makes a round nest, where he
lives in a semitorpid condition, breath
ing by means of his lungs, until the
rainy season releases him again.
Insurmountable Dlfllculty.
It is pleasant to see men jealous for
the purity of their mother tongue, but
one may easily carry even so commend
able feeling as that to a laughable ex
treme. Frederic Hill relates in his
autobiography that he and his broth
ers were once interested in obtaining
some medical appointment for a friend.
A letter, or circular, had to bo drawn
up, and to be perfectly sure of having
it in the best form the young men
sought the good ollicws of a certain Dr.
Blair, who was their friend and neigh
bor, and a very exact scholar. Ho
undertook the work with great good
nature, but day after day the boya
found the document "not quite ready."
Time w as precious, and finally the doc
tor was obliged to confess that ho had
run against a difficulty. Inonc sentence
he was absolutely unable to decidu
whether he ought to use the word
"which" or the word "that." Ami
there he stuck, till the boy in des
peration took the work out of his hands.
An OdorleM Jlva-lon.
"In that country once known aa the
'Great American Desert,' embracing a
portion of Texusand Arizona, there are
no odors," said a citizen of Dallas to a
Cincinnati Knquirer reporter. "There
luscious grapes and ninny other fruits
grow, especially near the cross timlicr
country, but there is no perfume; wild
flowers have no smell, and curcusses of
dead uiiiuuiK which in dry seasons uro
Very plentiful, emit no odor. It wus
always supM)sed to Ik- a treeless pluin,
iikiii wlii .'h no plant could grow or
breathing thing could live, but a largo
part of it I', row i.ueeessf nil y cult ivuted,
nnd but for Lie rarity of the atmos
phere, causing the M-i'iiliarity I have
n timed, and the mirage, which are
even morn perfect than in the Desert of
Sahara, no one would look usm It a a
barren country now. Another singu
lar feature common U the desert hind
is that objects at a great distance ap
(enr greatly magnified. A few scraggy
iiicsquite bushes will look like a noldo
forest; stulo-s driven Into the ground
will seem like telegraph poles, "
An li.teresiiiig i.ici ...it, generally
known in rc.'nr.l to the diplomatic)
corps I that u member of that augm t
ImhIv cuiiiiot, under the penult y of offi
cial reprimand and danger of recall,
apM'iir at a fnney ball in the national
court cost tune. Till fact w n clevel
oH'd during the at winter when a
large funcy bull wn given at one ol
the private house on the mini" even
lug a the president i it I reception toth
diplomat ie corps. Those nf the iliplo
lillil w ho lit ten. led the bull later ill llif
evening were obliged lo first rhuugi.
the court co. I tunc worn at the white
house. Inquiry on the part of curious
friend developed the reason Just
stated.
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