OFFICIAL
PAPER
A LARGE NUMBER ....
Of Morrow County's citizens read
the Heppner Gazette. Not much of
an authority on agriculture or poli
tics, but true to the interests of its
neighbors.
Pwti,
FOURTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1896.
( WEEKLY dO. 699
J SEMI-WEEKLY KO 4571
A HOT Nl)MBEBr
Is the Heppner Gazette. Without
it tin Heppner hills would appear
dry and barren. People read it;
business men advertise in it.
SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE.
fOBLISIIKD
Tuesdays and Fridays
BY
M PATTERSON PUBLISHING' G0MFAN1.
OTIS
A. W.
PATTERSON,
PATTERSON,
. ' . . Editor
Business Manager
At JJ.50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 75 cte.
for tliree moii ens.
Advertising Rates Made Known on
Application.
pHIS PAPKB is kept on file nt E. C. DakeV
L Advertising Agency, ft and 65 Merchant
Exchangs, San Francisco, California, where Co..
raote for advertising can bo made for it.
0. R. & N.-LOCAL CAPO.,
Train leaves Heppner 10:45 p. ra. dally, except
Sunday. Arrives 5:00 a. m. daily, except Mon
day. West bound passenger leaves Heppner Junc
tion 1:11ft. m ; east bound i:i a. ni. '
Freight trains leave Heppner Junction going
east at 7:15 p. in. and 9:10 a. in.; going west, 4:30
p. in. and 6.15 a. m.
United States Officials.
Vifsident G rover Cleveland
Vioe-l'resldent Ad ai Stevenson
'Secretary of State Kichard 8. (lne
'Secretary of Treasury John Q. Carlisle
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smitl.
Seorelary of War Daniel B. Lnntoni
S:rretry of Navy Hilary . Herbert
Postmaster-General William L. Wiieon
Attorney- -tenond J udson Harmon
Eeorebtryo" Agriculture J. Sterling ilortoi
Slate of Oregon.
Hovornnr W. P. Lord
Beoratary of State H. R. Kincald
Treasurer Phil. Metsohnn
Runt. Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney General C. M. Idleraau
" J.' H.M
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w . ji nimat-
litohel
Congressmen WT EU
Printer
W. 11. Leeds
( K. 8. Bet
Judge F. A. Slu
0. K. Wc
Beau,
Supreme
oore.
Wolverton
rixtli Judicial District.
"rcnit .Indus Stephen A. Lowell
Prosecuting Attorney H. J. bean
Morrow County Officials.
.i-int Senator A, W. Oowan
IleDresentntive. J. '. Brown
..uoty Judge A. O. llartholomew
' Commissioners J, It. Howard
J. W. HecketU
" Clerk J. W. Morrow
" r-hirlff K. L. Matlock
" Treasurer. Frank (iilliaui
AiwoMiir J. r'. WilIU
" Noneyor J. W, Horaor
Kohool Bnp't Jny W. Shipley
"' Coroner B. F. Veughan
nCPPNKR TOWN OWIOTPS.
Mayo Thos. Morgan
fl vmrilinAM H. H. Horner. K. J.
Klocum. Frank Kuanm, Geo. Conner, Frank
l.illimn. Arthur Minor.
Ilu..r.,r F. J. Hallnck
rr,uuinnr K. L. Frwland
lUrsliai A. A. Roberta
PreeioetOf"Irre
Justice of the Paaoe W. K. ltinhanliton
Constable N. B. Whetstone
United States Land Onleer.
THl DALLES. OB.
i. 9. Moor Register
A. B. Biggs liecoivr
1.1 ftRAMUIl. OR.
B.F, Wilson Kegltr
J.H. itobbins Hecelver
8SCSBI SOCIETIES.
lUWUNrl POST, NO. IL
Q. A. B.
Ucsti at Lexington, Or., the lsat Batnrday of
a -t month. All veterans are Invited to join,
C'C. Hot. (ito. W. Smith.
Adjutant, tf Commander,
LUMBER!
IXTt RAVR FOR HAI.lt ALL KINDS OF UN
T d nosed Lamber, lOoulosol Heppner, at
wnai u mown as ma
0OOTT BAWMXZili.
per i.m rtn. roi'uh,
CLEAR,
$ too
17 60
TF fiCUVKRED IS HF.I'PNIR, WILL' ADD
M uu per i,iui leei, aoaiuottai.
The abort quotations arc ttrtrtly for Cash.
L HAMILTON. Prop.
Rational BanK oi Heppner
W. PESLANn. ED.
Prwl4aL
. BIHIIOP,
Cakkr.
TILINSACTS 1 CLMm BANKING BUSINESS
COLLECTIONS
kla-la oo Favorabla Term.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLI)
UEITSEn. tf OREOOS
Ontario-Burns Stajc Lin
-A JM I-
BDBKS-GHKYOH STHBEUHE
H. A. WIL'.IAMS, P-op.
OSTAJUO-nUllS'S
IevM Ilnrne Dally at 6 p. m. and ar
rive al Ouiano la 42 boora,
Sinqlo Fore $7.00.
Bound Trip $10.00
Thrmt h tnlftit r, rts l poun4,
jwhs.i CAsros
n ) i mn i 1. 1, lnvi.i att Laactl
' al Purna,
04 Afm4iii U iWiprt
Mow U I be I, ma lo ! Waa1f
Orvr-awB. th a(.pf of
, Waal, ttllfc lb (, b"ll ""I
If I Mar,ae ar. l! M N" l4lf
r.fnMce'Mfi ..f a pt- ' ' ra.a
, (ha aU. t.i ti I ()
rvmirn aa ,t H'k.'t.a! J..tr -sl.lt Vr
f I laolf . aa atM-nili-ral pt.
i)o4 la tm4 awWrtHa.
MUTUALLY DISAPPOINTED.
me riles and Space Vanishes Before
Too Eager Reporter.
Newspaper reporters like other people
limp at conclusions sometimes. When
he recent brick boycott beffan in this
ity, says the New York Tribune, one
f thorn rushed into the Astor Housie
md said hurriedly to the clerk: "In
vhat room are the brick manufacturers
neeting?"
"Parlor P!" said the busy clerk with-
ut looking up.
Ihe door of Parlor F was open, and
he reporter, unwilling perhaps to give
rouble to anybody, did not. storj to
cnock, but walked in, saying: "I sup
)ose this is a publio meetinor. crentle-
nen? 1 renresent the Howlor. and of
ourso we wantonly trustworthy news.
10 I have come to headquarters for it"
several piosperous-looking men were
itting about the room, and one, who was
it the head of a big table evidently act-
ng as chairman, said pleasantly: "Al-
vays glad to see a reporter. Come in.
fhe public ought to hear about this
hing, and the Howler is just the paper
woum like to see publish it." :
Ibis wasdelightful. Capitalists don't
iften talk that way. They, in fact, are
;oiuctimcs averse to making their pri-
ate business public, and the reporter
lad visions of a column or two of solid
nslde facts with ta names of weighty
non to indorse them. 1 1 :
But it would not do to look his joy,
io ho repliod, calmly: "If you'll give
ne the facts, gentlemen, without re-
lerve you will see thorn in print to-mor-
ow. Feople who onlv crive ronorte
alf the truth are the first ones to com-
jlain of incomplete reports the next
lay. Now, briefly, how many manu-
acturors are involved? How many brick
lo they turn out a year? Is your organ-
zation perfected? How much oapital
lo you represent? When did the trouble
irise and how? Are you determined to
light it out to the bitter end? How long
lo you think the boyoott will last? How
many"
"Wait, wait, wait!" broke in the
hairman. "Boycott! What boycott?
Fight! We are engaged in no fight
What do you mean?"
"Whee-o-o-w!" sighed the reporter.
'You're not the Associated Brick Man
ufacturers, then, engaged in a life-
truggle with the walking delegates and
boycotting this town, incidentally, care
less of the consequences ao long as you
win."
"No, sir!" said the ohairman, with a
touch of indignation in his tones.
'This meeting has been called to see If
we can not organize a society for the
uppression of gambling in its hid
eous "
"Oh, I beg your pardon for Intruding!"
jasped the disappointed reporter, as his
rosy visions vanished. "1 must hunt up
the brick"
"No intrusion, I assure you. Quite
welcome. You're not going?" Inter
rupted the chairman, but the reporter
lid not pause.
"Impossible for me to stay." be
erked out. "So sorry (here ho backed
toward the door), but if ono of you will
To over to the ollice and call on tho city
jUitor I feel sure ho will bo glad to do
vote to your excellent organization a
lVO (hero he closed the door from the
uthlde) corner in the waste-basket, I
nope," he continued, as he hurried down
be ball, trying to kick himself all the
way.
HOW TO ROLL AN UMDRELLA.
Almost Kvrrybndy los It Wronr. Al
Ihongh Ilia Light Way Is Simple.
"No, not that way! I never knew
one man in a hundred to do It right,''
tald the clerk in the umbrella htore.
Ilia remarks wore directed at a cue
tomer whohnd proceeded t roll up a
rwently purchafl umbrella to return
it t itsoaso, aya the New York Hun.
lie had done what ninety-nine pet
cent of pcnwma who handle umbrella
do when they attempt to gather the
folds of cloth in a neat roll around the
atkk. lie had gruped the handle wltb
Ida ri(,'ht hand and waa twisting tht
allk thmuirh with hla Uft hand.
"That will spoil that umbrella when
you have repeated the operation half
doKen tlmea," the clerk continued, "and
then you will be coming here and com-
rilulning that that tlx dollar umbrella
wasn't worth Ofty cent.
"Now, ace hat yu were dolnl You
were maklnir a iiretty mil, hot did you
nolle Ihut you wer twUtlng the rlt
ami bra. .n In a spiral around that atU-k
aa well a. the cloth? You may have
uoln ed thai your umbrella atleka and
lateltea when you try to raUe it
"That'a UiaiiM you don't know bo'
torulilt YoutwUtthe joioU of the
ribs and braeea all out of shape. There,
you mk, j i,o hovp twUletl lb enda of
lh. hl- nH umund In a b.ineh on on
aU'e of tho Imiidle. Xw, let me show
you how an umbrella ah.uld be roll.Hl."
The eh rlt ti-ok the lunltrvateil artic le,
alxii.U (ml the f.,.H of allk and wirUel
the aflml out of the rlba ami irne-elMl
t ! ne l.Mrnte the fner tneth'Hla of
uin' nila r .1 In, '.railing- I lie handle
In liia r'k'lil hand, he rnrtrelett the allk
al lb" tip n it !. leftvtlib'h beallpped
down lul half way of tlieeloth, rv4
Inrf the riba and lr-ea firmly aifainal
the ".li-k.
IlierLrht hand u then hifte to
the tljN of lite rii. whleh were held
Prm!y a nlr.tt the f. k, while the left
hatel a l)u:- l the rU tf rlulh around
th'tn. lif tl.U trtpttiml the rll rrr
k'-jft Mn!t.t a!"fi the sti. k and turt
purt'f tauud ar ui,.l It, aa the cut
U r a r.il.
M--r AM. OP Tift: IKIX.
The lmt lirl.lrf eivl amanlpf lnc)
d--n lo irasii, UtirT, asU rheorn, srxj mlf
d,M uf the skin la blatantly allavvd ly
-"V' tl.smUrUius f.v anj Mia
Ointment. Many tery La4 rj1 Kate ba
rrruinrattjr tun4 f M- It at equally
t;U.init (.if iU (in piUm M a fevmtle m.
.( M "ft tttt.li eluii p"! ban.!, cl..
kUiaa, fr( til., a-l tftronle- anr ayaa,
i or sale by drni at ti cenis ar bna.
Try tf. fa' la'!iUa ra'K'era, W
arn jifi a ri t huf r"U al.i !iiJ'l 11
Urn. um-, l-l "! 'tf lUf attil ttrii.t.uja.
tt aU y Cittar A lletfk, 4r(fMe
A PICTURE OF LONDON.
The Terrible and iirutal Savagery Thai
Existed Id Old Klvcrside.
There were ao masters in Riverside,
London, and there was no authority
for the great mass of the people. The
sailor ashore had no master; the men
who worked on the lighters and on the
ships had no master except for the day;
the ignoble horde of those who supplied
the coarse pleasures of the sailors had
no masters; they were not made to do
anything but what they pleased; the
church was not for them; their children
were not sent to school; their only
masters were the fear of tho gallows,
constantly dangled before their eyes
at Execution dock and on tho shores of
the Isle of Dogs, and their profound re
spect for the cat o' nine tails. , They
knew no morality; they had no other
restraint; they altogether slid, ran,
fell, leaped, danced and rolled swiftly
and easily down the Primrose path as
they fell into a savagery the like oi
which has never been known among
English folk since tho days of their con
version to the Christian faith, writes
Walter Besant in Scribncr.'
It is only by searching and poking
among unknown pamphlets and for
gotten books that one finds out the
actual depths of tho English savagery
of the last century. And it is not too
much to say that for drunkenness,
brutality .and ignorance" the English
man of the baser kind touched about
the lowest depths ever reached by civ
ilized man during tho last century.
What he was in Riverside. London, has
been disclosed by Colquhoun, the police
magistrate. Here he was not only a
drunkard, a brawler, a torturer oi
dumb beasts, a wife-beater, a proiligatc
he was also, with his fellows, engaged
every day and all day long in a vast,
systematic, organized depredation.
The people of Uivevside were all,
to a man, river pirates; by day and by
night, thev stole from the ships.
DOCTORS' SIGNS.
How the Disciples of (ialen Delude Theb
Patients.
The first thing that strikes the eye
on a prescription, according to the Bos
ton Herald, is a sign like a big R with
a long tail. This stands for the word
"Recipe," and means, being addressed
to the dispenser: "Take thou;" that is:
"Provide thyself with the articles which
follow."
When the drugs have been ordered
and the water sufilcicnt to dissolve
them generally a considerable quanti
ty there is seen a largo M with a line
drawn through It. This stands for:
"Mince ut flut mistura," or, In other
language: "Mix these ingredients ao
that they may form a mixture."
Next tho instructions as to how the
patient in to take the medicine are given.
They may run thua: "S. c. m, II. 4 h."
This, being interpreted, signifies:
Bumat, let him L e., tho patient take
cochlearia duo. two largo tablespoon.
fula 4 stands for quarlis and h. foi
horia together, every four hours.
Sometimes may be aeeti: "Ft hst p.
r. n. a. "tt" means mat "tost." or
hauHtus, a draught, may be formed.
"P. r. n." imply: Pro ro nata, aa the
occasion may be born; In simpler words,
when required. "S." is sumendus L e.,
to be taken.
A draught ordered to bo taken at
bedtime would be prescribed: "h. a. a."
Tho first two letters mean hora BomuL
or at the hour of sleep. The second "a."
is sumendus again
Physicians use many idioms. For in
stance, "ex lactc" means in milk. "Ex
aqua aumenda," to bo taken in water.
'Tusae urgente" (ublative absolute).
when the cough is troublesome. "Mi
tura ad tusKim" Is a mixture for
cough.
VETERANS PASSING AWAY.
la Forty Tear Theia Will lie Few Har-
vlvara al the Civil War.
IntcreaUng In connection with the de
partment encampment U the report of
the medical director, Pr. J. It Hayes,
in part aa follow, aaya the Waxbingttin
I'uat:
"uur annual death rate equals 3.75
per cent of the whole numWr in the
Grand Army Republic In this depart
ment Tbia la equivalent to death rate
of twrnty-aeven In a thouaand, a larger
death rate than usually pertains to any
given number of people. Our band of
nearly 4.oo0 la being rapidly mustered
out, and If we apply the simple rulea of
arithmetic, and provided that we re
cruit no more. In the year IVSO not one
of our 4.000 would be alive to tell the
l lory of the paat
"We are dying faster than any other
clasa of our population, l-w-a-iae mil of
the ooo In our organization mr than
one lulf are daily anfTerintr fruin loa of
limlx. from wouiiila. Injiiriea ainl illsa-
bilitlra cntnwl.il ihii tog Die war li-
aulla nf prijMiti life and lite rspoaurt and
deprivation Incident thereto now reuse
rifirehufTering than the bullet. I jute of
a liltlll sllortriis tbn life, but the rheu-
mutisiu and aeurvy eoutnu t'l in prl.n
a I xi j early rail for their n-inaltire vie
limit. Premature String of all the or
rana, illinlnUhed vital reaUlanrt to all
disturbing can-, and nre eapwlally
diwiwa of the heart, how an alarming
ly prew nt with many aurvlving rm
nvlra, are mainly due to the rheuma
tism and aeurvy of prlaon life.
"I have never aem a eurvlvof trn
tlte print n at An leraonvllle, lia, thai
di-l et have diaeaM. i,t heart In amte
fofia or other Ni, iUng our little
band of low VkiUt, In aUwt forty
;er ail lei tie ol liml or t'n
sertotialy wieirwUnl wr u(Ter the hard
slii'M. and horror i.f prisoa Ufa will
have psM-M-d HT
FlWel ribel lile File,
hymptoeaa kb net ore; id I pee itobibf
and stinging-j most al aifMi ntm by
eerairLief. if elU4 to ("tiliaee
tawiera lora. etUa U4 acd
aheraW, beeoaiatf eery tor. haf f a
OlvTKfst e"Je Iba trtt '! Ileit i
a. eia ulet slme, and la ft! j
rtt"ee Ihe tetBofa At ifggf. ;
n ma.l. lor aj aoota. Ur.H)i,e S.,
Iblladel abka.
A NEW DISEASE.
ft Is Known as " TyDewriters
Insanity,"
And AffeotH Those Who Manipulate the
Typewrltor AVht :i I. earned Doc
tor S iys Kp'Tur ling the
AQ'eoHon.
Pretty typewriters in danger of losing
their reason! A new mental disease
has been noticed by many physicians in
the past few years, and it has increased
with the use of typewriters in all de
partments of commercial and profes
sional work.
It usually begins with a slight but
persistent headache. Then gradually
the memory fails, so that persons af
fected become absent-minded to such a
degree tha they are scarcely to be
trusted alone. Dyspepsia, with all its
horrors, follows, and finally the patient
becomes unfitted for all mental exer
tion. This is a description of typewriters'
Insanity given to a reporter of the New
York Morning Journal by Dr. Charles
Higgins, of Brooklyn, who has had
several such cases under his charge.
"The disease is as real as writers'
cramp," the doctor said, "although
when its cause was llrnt sv "frosted to bo
the use of : the typuwnter it was
laughed at as absurd. People laughed
at writers' crump in the same way
twenty years n;ro."
"How can 'the use of a typewriter
cause dyspepsia?"' ushed the reporter.
"Well, to explain Unit," said the doc
tor, "I should have to ..go over all that
we know of 'that marvelous telegraph
plant which every human being carries
about with him, known as the nervous
system. Specialists who have studied
nerve diseases discovered years ago that
there were w nut we now lenow as re
flex actions. That is, that a condition
which affects one portion of tho body
produced a similar or opposite effect on
another portion, just as a telephone
wire is made useless by the induced
Current from on electric li'rht wire.
Perhaps the most fumilisir example of
this is the fact that a piece of grit or
dirt in an eye will camse the other to
smart ami become inilamed through
sympathy."
Here the doctor produced diagrams
of the keyboards of half u dozen of the
prominent makes of typewriters.
"Now, as you see, he went on,
"these keyboards consist of round or
hexagonal keys, 'about half an inch in
diameter. They urc w mto with black
letters in the cout;"i-, r.iul they bland
out against the black background.
Many of these !;c, lu-i p'.i arc eighteen
Inches long by a foot deep, and most of
them are larger tbtui the pii'o of an
ordinary book. Now 1 will miikn a little
diagram to show you "X here the great
strain ou the nervous syttem cornea
from."
Here the doctor drew a rough sketch
of tho buinnn eye in wetion niiil of the
keylKiiird of u iiontilar typewriter.
"You can raidly wo that In the ef
fort to perceive nil the keys ut once,
when working rapidly, tho eyo endeav
ors to adjust it.tclf to a focus that will
cover the cutire keyboard. But this is
Impossible, so the mirror ut the ba.-k of
the eye, called the retina, is constantly
changing the lenses in front of the eye
ao that it can get the objects distinctly
impressed upon it.
In tho diagram I have only shown
four different fiK-iie," e n. tinned the
doctor, "but when yon multiply them
by the numlierof keyson the four row
and count that the rrpaeca between the
keys are about uu inch lower thun the
tops of the keys ti.ciii. Ivch, yoti can
Imagine the vm.t number of focuses that
reach the eye uiid t'le amount of work
thelenaeaof Dint delleute organ must
do to keep pnee with them.
Prof. Ilnyes, the cxtxTt of Iliila-
delpliia.," Dr. lllgTlns went on, "linn
estimated tliut in live liotirV work on a
typewriter 411 ordinary ,-.pert operator
will have to ehalie the focus of the
lenses of the eye ut leui.t forty -acven
million times!
"Now, the hi'niun eye was never In
tended to do thin." aw-erted lliu llortor,
"and the atrain on tlvi liilln muscles
which move t!i"M I -ni.ca la cnu
moun. It aoou h:. a rdleg net ion on
the nerves, ni,d t'oi., 11 11. ily li r. lutes the
brolu to Ml -h n ili';;rve Unit it produces
typewi iten. lip unity.
"la there no eure for tliia trouble,
doctor?" asked the reirter.
"Oh. yea!" he reo I. "Rent will ef
eel a periiH-l cure, utul umieiiinea a
pau OI ryrliua'a, aiuU il lo the eyes
that are naturally lurlYct, afford a
rreal relief."
"Could you suggest any linprinrrnienl
In tyta-writcra to b-aaen the alralnou
the eyi-aT"'
"1 think I could, " concliiileil !, II ig
inna. "A tyi-vrlter with a keyUsinl
like a pla oor m 111 Mi.m up; r. u- l.itif
It would 1 a wono. rful I'on-.r f-.r Uu
trouble, I i.in' ! .nf rvj.it oris
atraik'M lint I el ln.:i,.. I 1 I e m M-e no
rveaon why t) (a writer s!oi,m le"
PUROATORItS ON EARTH.
fTbeea the l4 aa Walt Msssir Ttkey
Regalsi Tts.lr Hrealb.
A a mournful hind of aet-fifT to lla
nuiH-rous and brilliant pi area of
il. a-nre Parla la now destine.) to have
1 eerie of edlfloea ralle rxtlai-ea of
leeOi. The palate de la mort. or as
they art alw at) led. fMilais iiiortnalrea.
are intended for the r"rrliin of dead
tcidiea until the arrtirenwni for In
lerinent have len fnll eonp!rl,l.
1 he objet'l nf the rurnil-r of !i or
ifanllt) fomtr.lt tee of the Arait
palaee la twofoM. In Ihe f.r.t piaee,
they desire to prevent hasty or prema
ture burial, a It "Pin bappvna In
I ranee thai people are put Into the
fiata allrtl aedly, ly the bew
HteUeal Die dn;'.r of CofiUji. woulJ
le tnlnln.l-ed.
Nothinf la aaid a Unit attaehlnf etee
trlevlreato the wsl-' of 4ea4 per-
.n tetn-vrnrity d.p.iite in tli
r'.ui.r.i , a-. 4 ., 1 I 1 .! i.rrtnsn
a, i.-..4-.:y M jt,i i, t'i irp f
1 1 . - . . 1 . . . . , .
"Ulaal 4wt slstrttli tUe lafpeeel
departed be only in a trance. In Paris
the bodies, in the event of doubt as to
death, would be kdpt until the first
trace of decomposition appeared.
ihe committee of organization has
been founded by Dr. Bergeron, who is
aided by a hygienic specialist, M. Mar
tin. These gentlemen have already
forty thousand pounds on hand, and
are only waiting the authorization of
the new municipal council in order to
begin building. The firs mortuary
will be established in an old closed
churchyard near the Montmartre cem
etery, and special departments for the
various classes of the community will
he arrang-ed. The project is strongly
backed, and haa every prospect of be
ing practically carried out.
DOINGS OF A VOODOO. "
A, Negro Doctress In Louisiana, Swallow
.Snakes for Pastime.
An aged negress of great repute as
''voodoo," or witch doetress, among thr
negroes of this section, is attracting
much attention, not only from thosr
of her own color, but from the more in
telligent portion of the community, anc
the way in which she does this is to ap
parently swallow a number of smal
snakes of a variety unknown in thii
section. They are of the dusky color
nearly black, niod with a dull gren at
the flat head, and of a dirty white it
the belly, says a Louisiana correspon
dent of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
These reptiles remain secreted about
old Nance's cabin until she gives a pe
culiar whistling call, when they wil"
come to her, wriggling in great haste
over the floor, up her dress, ' and rur
into her open mouth, hissing hideously
They disappear and remain hidder
sometimes for minutes. She asserts
that they are concealed in her stomach
until she recalls them, when they will
come pouring out to writhe about hei
scraggy neck and coil iu her bosom.
Where the snakes really go wher
they vanish in her mouth is a mystery,
and has puzzled all tho physiclant
about, many having come from New
Orleans to witness tho phenomenon.
Some really believe that the snakes dc
go down Into the stomach, while othert
are convinced that tho witch Is simply
playing some sleight-of-hand trick on
them; but if the latter is the case it U
so cleverly done that there is no detect
ing the performance.
The wit.-h presents a most extraor
dinary and hideous appearance- sitting
with the snakes darling their flat heads
In and out of her t iothlcsn mouth, with
their littlo b;;ad-like eyes snapping a
if in fury at ull about their mistress.
As nearly as can bo counted there are
six or t.cven of these reptiles, though
old r.nnco says there are u many mor
but tiicy are all so much i f u size and
iolor that th-y enTiti.it b.i identified
1 hey nre probably of a rarmtewna.
ture, though old Ranee declares they
are highly poisonous and ro ono wishes
to experiment with them.
ODD WAYS OF OSTRICHES.
The Mules Trimd fiver tb" V. ing and
Capture Lira Other's luitiiiles
The ostrich has many strange ways,
aud I wns parli.-ularly Interested In
studying them. Nays a writer In Forest
and Stream. They go In lloekn of three
or four females and one male about
their nesting time, and for nereral
weeks before locating Itieir n-U the
hens drop their i-;.'g'' t:ll ii'init the patn-
pas. 1 liene ate ciiileil liaiieno egg
(pronounced "wat, ho' ), u. id urc. much
mmre delicate in flavor t nun tho eggs
token from tho iiivds, Thev have a
thinner shell, and when fresh laid are
of a lieiiutiful g.ihleti color. Wt
rooked tlielii by r-Ku.ting thetn In-forf
the fire. We would liit lirenk a ludc
in lliu hmiiiU 111 l oi tha egg.
largo enough 1 1 In-w-rt a I-mjomm.ii. Thr
egg would Ihi m-t i.p 1 i.i'in'f Minn hn
anhi-N, n pinch of aall uu I p -piM-r put In
to it, and the content 1 Ic-pl 1. ir, d with
a st irk ao tli.it ull v ni l be iloiie alike,
I lie ll.ivor la cv'i,.tl, it'll me run
would eutWy a very l:in;:ry in.oi.
Aaaoonua l:in f ;.'i '.I1. i!.i ble upon
a aultuble place f- r a ne-.t. t.ie male
bird 'ra(''lii" awi.y t!m grnaa and
slightly hollows out the pound for a
space of nb i.it t!iree feet In diameter.
All the hens of the flock Sv In the
tame nest until there are from twenty-
five to thirty-live egg l.il I. Thu male
binla then take oe.i.in and ait on
the cga until they are Imteliiil, Aa
us n aa the flork can leave the in-t.
the old fellow leada them away to fn-d
m fliea and aiuull Inaeeta. and every
.hing la lovely anlil bn esptea another
aialnbtrd with a bnd.
Aa aion aa lh old birds ree ea h
rther they make a p"-u!lir booming
sound, and every little ostrich d ;(
pear In the (rraw. Ihe old one then
pttroa'h rat h other and rnirage In a
float deadly eoiidi. t They light until
ne or the oilier Is kiHd or runs aw ny
The remaining one will then utter an
Other peculiar a-miid, and U.ili br'nl
will spring np from their hiding plaee
and follow the victor, w ho ainit off aa
proud aa a pr k. I have ae-n old
male Mtrb hra with three lir. ), ear it
of a different aite, two of wltbhlhry
ba! rapture.!.
Aee the I Mveda.
One of the euhlimeat rffct-u In nature
la oeraloiial!y aeen by th'Me wborlltnh
the Ull and isolated peaks of the l' ky
mountain In Colorado, Tbe drjne
of the air and the atroiijr heat of Ihe
afternoon in ran m rapid evapora
tion from (he brook, spriiijf and snow
Ihi tik on Ihe mountain aide, and Ibis
ReiUtiire, rUin on Ihe warmer air,
roniteDse a II reerhe tha voider,
thinner atmosphere aout the moun
tain top, Th traveler, looking (town
aeee rloude literally f-irniiiia llw
blm. and fr-owlfif thick end tie. k-
very Instant, so lhat a they rtacbrd
hia level lltry roil skyward and Inbue
ma of vaeif that r ,ipe the etewr
and bury 1. 1 m In dark n. I.lt'Mniiif
Oeeasiotis'ly leap frtita th cloud end
a ro"'t 1 i n l p U a r-irilenlsr'r ld
J !, I I r-f i a lirie 1 !e slot,
;'i fcl n r nit., ..ou in lilie'e I'isk
La U n 1 1 i wrest! l'UU.r,'
wtn lle
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
ODD ENTERTAINMENTS.
From Turkish Bath Parties' to Games ol
. Quotations from Authors.
It is a merry dance that Fashion leads
us with her capricious fads and fancies.
Now it is in the method of shaking
hands, and then it is the religious fol
lowing after each other in the matter
of amusements. We take, says the
New York Sun, to amateur acting and
are devoted to slumming. We go in for
skirt'dancing pr Salvation Army work
just as the mischievous will-o'-the-wisp
leads us. The latest freak is for Turk
ish bath parties, where' one woman se
cures the baths and invites all her
friends to come and be clean. The
gentlemen join the party when tho
curls are all in order again,, and the
affair winds up with a supper, where
the ladies, With their glowing faces
and bright eyes, wait and wonder
W'here and when the things will ever
be ready to eat. There is something
unique in this bath party idea when
one gets accustomed to it and under
stands that one's hostess doesn't at all
mean by her invitation that her guests
are remiss in the matter of ablution,
but lhat they will enjoy the bath sole
ly for its luxuriousness. And if this
form of entertainment lacks the attri
bute of godliucss, it may claim that
which lies nearest it cleanliness.'
Another kind of a party also much in
vogue with women just now is a "fad
party." It usually takes the form of a
luncheon, where everything is rose col
ored and tied up with bows. And
every woman is obliged to confess her
pet fad, which, when it has made its
blushing bow in conscious modesty, is
toasted and talked over. Then there
Is the literature oarty, in which the
woman's club dame or the Chautauqua
circle girl revels. It is played some
thing on the principle of progressive
euchre, only that the guests find atone
table four sets of partially-written
quotations, which they are required to
fill out; at another names of books,
wnoae autnors are inquired lor; at an
other pseudonyms to be assorted among
the rightful people. This game is very
exciting to the Philadelphia and Bos
ton suburbs girl, the prizes being
.books. Of course, some of the dames
who went to the Browning readings at
Sherry' this year In diamonds and Tel-
vets, and at the conclusion of the
course when a "request Browning pro
gramilie" was offered, called for "Rock
Mo to Sleep, Mother," and "The Cur
few Shall Not Ring To-night," mightn't
see the hilarity in auch a form of diver
sion, but the woman to whom the en
tertainment appeals can't sleep nights
for thinking of it
FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO.
How It la Proposed la Carry a Telegraph
l ine Across Hie Arrlean Continent.
The business partner of one of the
director of the compnny funned to
build the telegraph line from tho cape
to Cairo has given the Pall Mall (ia
r.ette some Interesting Information.
Capital bus been MibncriWd to the ex
tent of seven hundred thousand dol
lars, which la considered aufllclent to
curry the line os fur as 1'ganda. The
rnatcrlula are now being ordered In
liondon and will be shipped shortly.
The jHiles arc lobe of Iron of light con
struction, In order to outmaneuver the
white ttiiU, who would cut away wood
en poles. From Salisbury the line la
to Ihi curried to Tele, on the .uiiiIh-hI,
and from t hi nee to lllanlyre. There
Consul JohnMon will report the result
of hla surveys as to the liest manner of
proceeding on to I guiulu, aud the con
structing party iH have to come to
terme with tho natirr and Arab by
auleildUIng the rblefs and other of In
fluence. There w ill lie nothing In the
way of luieiictrable undergrowtha or
rank vegetation to contend w ith, aa the
line will avoid the low country and
keep to the high plateau the entire di
tance. There are two alternative
routes f.,r tho conveyance of the ma
terial. There la giaal trans is irt from
the Transvaal to I'ort Salisbury, or 1
shorter route Would be adopted if in
ti-rlulswire ahlpiied direct to IU-lra,
carried along tbe railway now being
built a far as it extends, and then con
Vrjed lite rrat of the distance by o
wagon. I h kthrnie la Ih-Iiib' pushed
forward with great activity now.
MOVEMENT OF INDIAN PEOPLE.
WI4 Mmp Kemsrrr. a lb Marriage
m iMlaels I l.ee I wmm
The report of Ihe lat census in Ilen
l. w Mi li ha Jut lirrn published, up-
I several Itelir f w hirh hllhertohavo
found (rem ral acceptance. 1'or In
atauer, ,t protta Dial lb native. In
Striid i.f m lief a ve re to lea Villa I he I
enr,- tral tlllagi , ar steadily movln
from more nenu ly peopled area lo
iti'jw I,. r in population la I
irondtd: alt II at widow reitiarrlatre
I rriu I.. ally universal In lb bar. M-
. I l.-.ia . ai'1-.re aud emoriif tbe low
if m of leehgal proper and la un
tii'iHti only among a very fv high
easte rverji where an-l Hi nvire
epr lam Mntraa rif iw-nral rt-tier
1 lie r : tl ebu ! lhat Infant mar
r.nfe di- rod esitt to any apfiret lab!
ei.-t.l tievpt la nortltea! lu-har an
em-it I '. risi.rioii, hataailie am!
t I r I hi I r niid'a !. of anliri
Ivn il It a'' !io, f,e er--al pr
r .
rr-
V t
f ?!'! 'M.inLinUtii, h.
I'll v re than nine In r
tl ha In
e..,t. I
r In the I I d. ra le, while
In tlin bit re) I e. Iba
i I t.i r. 1 1 . , :;i . d i.i
ti e il. . r... t.n lb n,fl i f the
. i . t , i i .!. ( a r!.j wl.eUi
ei all teivn aavt'a.
MOONLIGHT.
1 oouNinr.
Over umbrageous Holds and hills,
Where birds were Joyous throughout the day,
Aud warbled their melodious trills
In their own sweet, molodlous way.
The moon, tho golden summer moon, ;
Tunis darkness to an argent noon.
A ghostly silence tills the earth, '
A hush of golden strain and song:
There is no slmrlo sound of mirth
Through all the teuderful night long.
And sott winds quiver through the trees,
Salt with the odors of the sons.
u CITY.
Down shrouded lines ot populous streets
And boisterous gas-lit avenues, ,
Where ull life's blitors and its sweets, t
whore ull th it life desires or ruos,
All that lovo holds and ull it mars, '
Wukous or sleeps beneath the stars
The moon shines down like some far ghost,
f ltltul in its teuder uileu,
Pitiful to the wcury host
That slumber silently unseen,
A ho it ot eager souls t hat bear 1
Qlad hope and tcnetmus despair.
tieorge liJgar Montgomery, In Harpers
Weekly.
Moldy Fruit anil Vegetables.
There is very little fruit stored away
In cellars that is not covered with some
fungous growth. : It may be invisible,
but there is some mold on nearly every
apple and everything else brought up
to the light.. All apples and other fruit
ought to be thoroughly washed and
wiped. There is generally leas danger
from vegetables, bccaime these are
cooked, but celery, which is brought
on the table raw, ought to be carefully
washed and wiped. It is now gener
ally conceded that mold is a fruitful
cause of diphtheria, and that it ma,'
be acquired from handling moldy
apples, lent her, or anything where mold
has free chance to grow, If there is
this from fruit stored iu n clean cellar,
well whitewashed and frequently ven
tilated, how much more disease must
lurk in a neglected cellar where some
times green mold covers the walls and
dank, moldy debris of vegetable ia
allowed to hide in the corners. Keep
the cellar clcau, and air it occasionally
In winter aa well aa summer. N. Y.
Tribune.
One of the principal meii 111 the bureau
of print ing and engraving had iv some
what peculiar exieriisiiee in New York
recently. 1
He hud occasion to visit the metrorm-
liA on business, mid after a stny of aev-
ernl days nt one of the chief hotels he
culled for hia bill. When it wns t'iven
111 he tendered In pnvincnt n brand-
new e.U Mlvr eerlibeute. 11m clerk
lonhcl nt it for a moment and then
passed it back.
hut is the mutter?" said the offl-
ial.
I can't take 1,1ml," replied the clerk.
I don't think It's good."
".Not good!" exclaimed the official.
Not giMid! Why, innn. I know It's
good. I nnide It myself."
"Yea." said Ihe clerk, "lliut'e just
what I thoiight.V-Wiishiiigton Post
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