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A HOT NUMBER.
OFFICIAL s1--
PAPER
f Ae Heppner Gazette. Without
it the Heppner hills would appear
dry and barren. People read it;
business men advertise in it.
A LARGE NUMBER....
Of Morrow County's citizens read
the Heppner Gazette. Kot much of
an authority on agriculture or poli
tics, but true to the interests of its
neighbors.
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FOURTEENTH YEAR
SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE.
FCBLISHKU
Tuesdays and Fridays
BY
'UK PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
OTIS PATTERSON,
A- W. PATTERSON.
, Editoi
Business Manager
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day. West bound passenger leaves Hcppuer Junc
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Freight trains leave Heppner Junction going
east at 7:. p. m. and 9:10 a. in.; going west, 4:30
p. m. and b.15 a. m.
Cnited State Offlnliils,
f losident. .
Vice-President
Secretary of Htate
Secretary of Treasury..,.,
Secretory of Interior....
Secretary of War
Kecrefary of Navy........
Postmaster-General .
Attornny-(Teneml
..G rover Cleveland
.... Ad ai Stevenson
.... Richard 8. Olney
....John G. Carlisle
.........Hoke Bmtth
..Daniel S. Lament
...Hilary A. Herbert
.William L. Wilson
Secretaryof Airricaltn;""." J. Sterling Morton
State uf Oregon.
Governor. w. P. Lord
secretary of htate H. K. Kincald
ST pTv- pnU- m etenhsn
mit. I'nltlin Instruction . M. Irwin
Attorney General c. M. Idleman
WetisDrs i W. MeBritle
3. H. Mitonell
Uoopressmon J )!jnKert.I',.,rmiul'
, . , 1 W. H. Ellis
F"""' W. H. Leeds
u , , ( R. B. Bean,
'Supreme Judges ) F. A. Moore,
( O. E. Wolverton
Plxta Judleial District.
J.ronit JiMm. Stephen A. Lowell
Prosecuting Attorney II. J tiean
Morrow County Officials.
.'"Hit Senator A, W. Gowan
l-earesnntative J, K. Rrown
i onnty.iu.nre.... A. (i. Bartholomew
( oniiriiiMioners J. H. Howard
, J. W. Beckett.
' 'lnrk J.W.Morrow
' Sheriff E. L. Vat'ock
Trucunrer Frank Gilliam
' Aswwir ... J. c. Willis
" Hu eyor J. W. Horuor
Kchool 8up't Jny W. Hhiplcs
Coroner B F. V.uhan
BEPPNEH TOWS OrnOCRR.
Myot.. .Thos. Morgan
C rtmilmen 9, H. Horner, K. J.
Rlomun, Frank Rogers, Geo. Conser, Frank
Uilliam, Arthur Minor.
Keoonlnr , , J. HsIWk
TreiMnrar.... , K. L. Fnwlsnd
...Judson Hnrmon
MsrsUal A. A. Robert
Precinct Officer.
Jmttoaof the Pro W. K Rirhanlson
Constable N. 8. Wnetatone
United State Und Ottirers.
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C-ommaiiiliw,
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dressed Luuitwr, Mnulwof lUppner, at
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Sinqlo Faro $7.CO.
Hound Trip $10.00
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AMEmCANdOURNALISM.
Ifs Oddities As SetForth by a Literary
Gentleman In a BeUe t rance.
The common saying that dhe has to
ffrf abroad to hear the bestof the home
news is admirably exemplified in a re
cent number of the Annales Politiques
et Litteraircs. Michel Delines devoted
a column to the setting; forth of an
astonishing; feature of American
journalism. French newspapers, he
says, do not mind misprints very much
A coquille that does not absolutely
tear up and threaten to bring the roof
down oa the compositors' heads is left
for tae reader to correct. At the very
worst, the correction would be limited
to a wmple erratum. Far different is
it in America. There editor, proof
reader, compositors attack each other
in the columns of their paper when a
misprint occurs. "This is what har,
constantly in America," Mr. Delinoa
ays, and the numerous Parisians whn
are going to Chicago will have occasion
to und it out as I have just done."
And then he (roes on tn .Mnt
appalling case that he, refers to. An
American editor nnnlno-i ,t- ,
print, laying the blame on his proof
reader, and adding the remark that if
that careless person would nm.i,i,n
.u.i!..i. ... : w
iss wit,n the pretty girls
Who work in the m-oss-rnnm r,A
with the Droofs fl. 1 iff 11 tnnT.A U
blunders would not happen. To this
paragraph the proofreader appends a
note to explain that his evesiffht. 1
hot very good and that he needs new
spectacles, which he has been meaning
to buy put of the S10.S5 whir.h th
or has owed Lira since last December.
oesmes, ine Dest reader in the world
would be of no use in an nffln. .
the componitors throw every day more
type at each other's heads thn
set. Then the comnnsifnra Tau'
. , " "J tVi 1,11 Cll
innings, assailing the reader of proof
with many unkind and diannnrw..,.
remarks, of which the least offensive
is mar, ine oldest settler has never seen
him sober. All this, Michel Delines
informs us, is only the plain unvar
nished truth about American newspa
per ways. It is a r,hnple unexaggera
ted record of events which has just
found "dans un recent numero de
1 Arizona Kicker," and which he swal
lows wnoie without
credulity.
one gasp of ln-
A STRANGE STORY.
Death of the
Notorious LMack Canon
ol
Lyons.
The death is aunounced In Paris of
Abbe lloullan, the famous or in-famous-dafroque,
the Iilack Canon
of Lyons, the r.-al luro of "La Has,"
says a corr;-.t;ordt'ut. Though he
niaucs out rare appearance in M. Huvs.
mans' romance, hi influence dominates
uooif irom bep inning to end. And
weu lb mitrlit. f ir in r,-,m I,
uiong ine strangest Rpirit-j of his gen
oration. La Fiiraro snvs: "To th ,..,
. v. w a a
ning of an impostor ho added a pro
found and devious Kc!iolan,liip. Marie
ana ine arts ol a .T:a l;er age hid no se
nuerrianco f, t..B church the arch
11. him of 1.,.;.. mi- . . .
.curnou a colleague, ent two worthy
canons to reason with him. Hut lie
called down so ninny devils upon their
.oub inu. uiey were on!y too glad to
leave him in peace. For many years
he has devou-d hiin.self to the practice
of his art and profited greatly thereby.
"It was his wont to administer la
messe noire, with U it, obscene rites,
in a private chnpti lx-yond the heights
of Mont I'arna, and from many a dis
traught soul h cxorci:-d tn-i,,.n!
demon. Ha dic!
----- "iivu 'k 4t
r"T. H is but a few months ago
n.i cnu .fi upon to relieve an
uuioriunuits iiMiy from a double spell.
oi merely wat.thn vlrtim
hy physical pain, but tret -a and plant
llie Illatrk Canon bv hi.
""" mhiantiy cured the bodily
anguish and would have restored the
loaves and bl.i.m of the lady's gar
.leri had not aht too suddenly closed
r i.urno. a airaViintf frum h niA
uie aires, tie leaves none to Inhrnit his
occult power, for he would h-
i-pisru me cxprnineriU of so patrnt an
amatenr as Col. de Iiocha. Waa he
the slave of anwrxtiilun nr
able and contemptuous cynic? For the
sake of humor and hla nwn rn.
mlikl. it to trustwl the latter."
In.llnrt la Tobnu.
It l a common IrlU f In in.t;.
If a cobra Is killed
iHt In a buttrmiow. ,ihrr of the spe
cips will I aitracUHi to tl. fi i
w.rn.p,md.it of the I'ionrrr Mall
ff-or.li an Incident which appears to
lDdl. aU. as he mjs. that there i, s.tme
truth In thia thwv. aw,m. .
ni'inttMia'M lL IHi-rtoti kUM a ttrr
larjrw col,r in the compound of hit
liHirftow at tiinsmin. at., I h.j o.
Mo atnrT.-l and a, i vp ,y m Batl mo-
ch". rlnf tht n lh
n lnf.ld with I i'v nakRil
nolrwtihiwi rlfhl u!l t-rown cobra.
Bwirirt f fr..ttt f.ir frt rlg-l.l Inrhri
U five f.rt f..ar larkra. have hi
killed t'l. rw. our .f vhn h waa alttltiff
P. With I'.S hool e-U-ndod. Mitrn.
1il. . it . i .
"""Kl U IH4s Wbn lha remain.
of It ptv - rv. -1 friend were. It la a
rH a fin t that cverr sniV. ok..
id ws maklti In the dirertb.a
hi .mii1Iw. and ft-t of them
how fl.-ht when UfVlod. The lat
lo w,-r wliliin a fi. fi nt ...
" ol. II lrrtn killed thew
tiHa (l.'4. iw w..re aleanrinr p
lh urtn.v drive tUtr, .ueihras
ha , -n k.-n a otser parts of lh
Uatkt
fll! rnt lraM niaa.
MmMoms-Mnwior,; tat iiahiti,
4 Mipfflof) fesoat at alftttj rw hi
a-fiU'of, if a::.4 to
(rliotl '
tf total, a am), oflaa b!d at 4
-' - mmm
'!, brrr4l)ic aeef aora. h4t
Olf Hit .1 M lb. Il-tu- ..J kii
fw 30 IVala.
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HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRT DAY . JULY 17,
DIAMOND
An Expert Discourses on the Meteorto
Theory.
Until recently the view obtained cur
rency in scientific circles that the dia
mond originated in some secret process
in the depths of the earth and was
brought to the surface along with its
matrix, the "blue earth," by volcanic
acuon; dul whs view is no longer tena
ble. The diamond is not thrown up
from the depths, but falls from the
heights! This, at least, is the conclu
sion to which we are at length being
forced, says an exchange.
The meteoric theory has recently re
ceived important confirmation. Great
masses of meteoric iron are found in
Arizona and a piece of this was for
warded to Herr Konig for examination.
The iron proved exceedingly hard and
it was only with the greatest difficulty
that it was cut through. The cut
passed through a hollow which on ex
amination was found to contain dia
monds. They are certainly small and
black and of very little commercial
value, but all the greater rn their sci
entific significance. There were other
hollows filled with black coal, a piece of
which, on being treated with nitric acid,
revealed a minute white diamond. This
is the first discovery of diamonds in me
teoric iron. .
Is the diamond really a stranger here
on earth, a wanderer from remote re
gions of space? -Are the : glittering
stars diamond factories? Is the moon
furrowed by meteorites, richer in dia
monds than the earth? Most probably,
for it has no oxygen atmosphere in
which the diamonds could be consumed
on their passage through it , , .
And when a shooting star "goes out"
when a meteor flashes on its fiery
course is it a diamond that lights its
path by combustion?
It may be that the fire balls that
gleam for a moment mark the combus
tion of a diamond's priceless value. On
the other hand it may be that combus
tion is supported simply by coal.
unere lies the diamond land? Who
sent to earth the carbon crystal for
which men so often resign what is of
more value than even the Koh-i-noor
nonor, faith, justice?
SPED OF SHOOTINQ STARS.
Swarms of Them Flashing Through Space
a i ronifflons Rate,
The shooting stars are small bodies,
weigning, at most, a few pounds, and
consisting mainly of iron and carbon.
They traverse space In swarms and also
revolve around tke sun in long, ellip
tical courses like the onmoia vvh..
these little bodies enter the earth's orbit
they are deflected toward the earth and
Public Opinion says great numbers are
seen In a single night Their bright
ness is due to the heat engendered by
tho energy of their motion. Their speed
is enormous, viz.: Forty-two and a half
kilometers a second, while the speed of
me conn on its orbit is only twenty
ii .e Kilometer a second, forward. Con
sequently when a shower of them ap
proaches tho earth in the direction on-
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to.wu kj im course, mo initial speed is
seventy-two kilometers a second; when
they follow on its course they gain six
teen and a half kilometers a second on
It their mean rate of approach being
thirty to forty kilometers a second.
The friction cngondurs a temperature
of three thousand dugrees Celsius, sub
ject to which they burst into flama If
under Uicms conditions their substance
is not vaporized, they pass through and
beyond tho tipper strata of our at
mosphere and pursue their proper
counto around the sun; but aa a rule
they are vaporiwd. In which CRM fha
japor mingles with the atmosphere, to
fall later a meteoric dust In thia
manner we come in contact ann.,,.n.
with one hundred and fortv-.! mi!ii,i.
of shooting stars, which add considera-
vij to Uio earth's subMance.
FOOD OF AN ANCIENT PEOPLE.
They r! on polls of In. thasa and 11.4
"! leatad Anltnala.
iiciumuiy acaltcrotl tlir,.,ir,K .k.
relic bed of Switzerland's lake am
iragmoniary rcmnanU of Ita am-l-nt
pcopie a iooo. we learn that tbey were
not cannibals, for, amid a profusion of
animal oonct. very few of tha hum.n
specie have been detected. The de
port of the earliest arttlrmenu prove
that the inhabitant were ardent hunt.
em. and then largely fed a the spoil
w, i i iiuH-. nut in alter air. a,k.
lartning- occupation were followed to a
greBter extent the fJoah of tamed ani
mala wm chiefly eaten. Tti botua
have mostly been split open, oVmbtlew
for the purpo of r traUriir the mar
row. Among the anitaala ilitn.tl,..t.ui
bjr Iba lake dweller rra tlm o. ik.
sheep and the roaL Their sulla. Ilka
tnerr nuMHerr dwellinga, wPr unon tha
water; and luanlltle of the Utter pro
IM fr thorn hate been fourwl in i)a
mini oi tne lake. !', whkh ha
alw been largely dlarovenl. I thought
by the Urntletnan Mafaclna to have
lortnra tne aiceping courhe of the
bounchold. KurDcroua wild frnlta. aiu-h
a apple, peara, pltina, raspberries and
Rata, rr Itn lu led In tha e..kl.
diet of the Kwisa aWijrloeai arid Um
oVl-rtlon of appl parlnjr teaUfled to
a certain ok-eiy rt their ruUlna. They
cultivated Ihe common cereal. Wheal
and Urleyt and flat round rake baa
been diAinlnred,. and also aevarmi
tre, between whkh the irrain wa
ground.
Mra. riWIla Joh. fl M pi tea,
ib alib rrmp0 paln(
4 lb it dr diarrhoea M la. fiha
to k blf a hfttlla ml Waelberry anrdiaf
Hal t4 a raluf. Hh ti,.s m,
to m if 1 had aetlbinff lkt mmU t,mp
b. I at hi a bolllanf Cbhr.
Uta'a CoHa. fblo.r, ,M r,nW,
Itemed aad h fltt dm r.tu.. I,.,
nt tal.kHe.ea p.4 fe lte
wr krmai M1 bad tried d.f?,i
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ia If
COLD WAVE IS.
Wave but
an Avalanche of
Cold Ai
The term "cold wave" applied to a
sudden and great fall of temperature
is a figure of speech. It is rather an
avalanche of cold air that comes down
upon thd country, explains Prof. Eus
sell in the Engineering Magazine. The
essential idea in a wave is repetition.
In the eastern part of the country there
is a regular change in the temperature
of air of about 15 degrees from day to
night. In the high and dry regions be
yond the Mississippi river the daily
range is 45 degrees in some places. The
great irregular changes called cold
waves have no definite period.
The weather bureau definition nf
cold wave is a fall in temperature of 20
degrees or more in twenty-four hours
free of diurnal range . and extending
ever an area of at least 50.000 amm
miles of country, the temperature some
where in the area going at least as low
as oU degrees. Marking on a map where
a cold ...wave has occurred by lines
through the places of equal fall of
temperaturo the areas are seen to be in
closed and sometimes very great in ex
tent. In one of the greatest cold waves
in recent years, that of February 17,
1883, the temperature at 7 a. m. was 20
degrees lower than at the same hour
on the day preceding throughout an
area of 1,005,OOJ bqual-e miles, extend
ing from Lake Superior and Georgian
bay on the North to the Tao Grande on
the south and from Kansas City to Cin
cinnati. Iusiclo of the urea of 20-degree
fall there was an area of BO-degree fall
of 040,000 square miles; iasido of the area
of 30-degrce fall there was an area of 40
degree fall of 187,0.0 squaro miles; in
side the 40-degree fall there was 81,000
square miles of .SO-dcgree fall, and in
side of the 50-tlegree full a full of 00 de
grees at Keokuk, la., the center of tha
Jold wave, tho temperature, which was
;0 degrees on the morning of February
i, uuiujj aero ine next clay.
Price of hu Entree of Society.
The London Times and Telegraph
published the other day this remarka
ole advertisement: "A lady of title,
moving in the best society, will receive
a young lady into her house as a friend.
Terms, ten thousand dollars per an
num. Any introduction of such will be
handsomely acknowledged. Address
Patrician, 13,720, etc." At once the court
ifflcials set to work and they found
that it emanated indirectly from the
widow of a baronet, who is in a posi
tion, to offer tho sociul advantages
which the advertisement implies, but
she finds herself in a very straitened
financial condition; hence the advertise
ment. While tlwj ofiVuls refuse to give
the narao of this latter-day "Patrician"
they havo taken bteps in warning de
butantes and their parents against this
expensive lodging, and furthermore the
baroness has been notiiwd that if she
appears in society with any strange or
unknown lady her n imo will le given
to the press as the a thorn of the ad
vertisement THE AMERICAN PREMIER. !
a. Comparison Between tha American and
English Kpeakera.
The parallel between the Enpiuh
the American premier is, of course, by
no means exact In the first place, our
speaKer is powerful only in the house.
write Albert Ituhhuell Hart in the At
lantic on "The Speaker a a Premier,"
wnnc tne premier, throiiirh hi mnlnr.
iij iu um House or common, may, and
t. ik. i. ... .
irequentiy doe, overawe the bouse of
lorda. The scnute i not bound to rec
ognise the leadership of the speaker of
mc nouHe oi representative: hut even
here there is an evident convenient in
having a pnrty chief, capable of laying
" Iiicy or snwenslve meanure
ana or nrgin.T thoae meaaurv through.
Whenever hereafter tho two Iioum- ara
controlled by the name parly, it in prob
able that soma iutito. of" nl, l.l, it,.
ipeaker in the l aling nu-mlter, will ar
range a iirograttuutj of legislation for
ofn nrmne. m the M'etKl plive, the
peaker I ch.wen for a definite unn of
two years, unlet by vote cnnpfUed
tooner Ut resi-n. Ut parti.-a in the
LntUid SUtea are much more stable
than in EngUmL The paHy which
electa the speaker Invariably hold Ita
majrity Ut the end of that congee.
Nothing, therefor.1, but the lUrirrd
of the wiah of hi own follower U like
ly to dontroy th sjieaker a power; and
when hi follower no longer stand by
him, hi ptmltl m U mtf h like that of
the premier a.faint whom the houM id
Common ha pttawd a vot of want of
Crmflilent-e.
Tha speaker mttr.t retlgn. and hia po.
IHk-al Influence will m denlroymL Tin
aeciitivc part of the premier power I
twit within rea h of tlte iea!er; but If
tha tradition of party artloo thronffh
tlie speaker eontlnnea, tha frefteral p,,.
k-y of the party will be formed aoaato
Include rjieeutlvt arlWm. A ireai.bfil
who wUhe Ut aland well with bi party
U likely to aid in carrrinirotilthet.ro.
eramme arranifed by the junto of wkkh
me .peahrr u tin iraiii.r memlier.
"i mot recent alllilon to tha
peaker power h not been Conferred
"7 recent VM of the Imhimi n adtH.
'"IT ''' m fe1 U t4 eprext la
x,m enioiimKm, I he a U of Mnnru. oe
WHAT
TU Not a
the rl. of the h-mm: It U a natural '"'I' l rr.,w l. .). h Urn
mwth, and part of tha tendency eileted ,r m,. ly. A imu,n Ur
lhr(rlnit th halionat. faU end hue ka a trunk full of rhveb.pra n
Btelpal iriloiM Ut pit re.tnailillity 'h 'f ( h U a rl!plr, of tl,o
"P in briiloal rather than ap 1lr ' '"r-l ..f aome patron, arh I.
rda. It U a whole,! reactloa u u'"-l. dale. and otlrwiw. pr,
from tha divided lrfM.mlbi',.iy and In-TlUd lio.hsand pr-raboi
wasteful lyatem of cmdwUftg lb bul ''"a" the ot.l ol t i. m-mrmA
-mm u i vKiatnitv. It aeenrr. .1 l...t
the e,rnl.r ration of tha Meaaore held
Of rm teller Of th aaajorlty Ut b
mai Important TV-a m.urr msv
r may aH be t tha pabita fMl, but
ummr la new ;ttm tha pubUa bat a
ttr onwrtunity Uj pi rpl
VWf aja tbM tiUfi of a.r.
WR. Mer any vtm. must yimi
Ha orrilf, namely, i ha great teaera
id tV m ), y. The r.t-m lv IWre
f r. tik"!r I e.w,in.d l-i pelieHW,
if IV 4 lu t i ro- I .!,.. y t, j,,,.'
wha U tM Bi..ty. pow.r ,.,
aMreUed by U iaar Ui ymiAt
aaamratepl Waaak tmrnnt rW
er, ana win somewhat increase. Since
tne legislative department in every re
public constantly tends to gain ground
at the expense of the executive, the
speaker is likely to become, and per
haps is already, more powerful, both
for good and for evil, than the president
of the United States. He is premier in
legislation, it is the business of his party
that he be also premier in character, in
ability, in leadership or statesmanship.
SPOTTERS ON STREET CARS.
Soon Spotted by the Conductors, They
Are Given the Sixth Degree.
Every street-car line in New York
employs from forty to sixty "spotters,"
Who are paid twenty cents a round trip,
and whose business it is to see that all
fares received are rung up on the car
indicator.
"It's the easiest thing in the world,"
said a Broadway car conductor to 'a
World man, "for us to snot, t.h om In
the first place they have to keep track
of every person who gets on the car and
they can be seen" taking notes. The
usual method is for the spotter to carry
a pocketful of beans. As a passenger
gets on the car he transfers a bean from
a full pocket to an empty one, and
when he leaves the car, as he usually
uuoo wiiKu u neanv reaches thn to,-.
minus, he looks at the indicator, and at
-r - wiJ
his leisure counts the beans and sees if
the number tallies with that shown on
the register.
"Usually the spotter gets on the car
about five blocks from the starting
uuo ui mem once told a friend
of mine that he had two pockets in one,
so he didn't have to take his hand out
at all. The spotter's word is always
taken, and it is seldom that a conductor
gets anything but his dismissal notice.
"There is no appeal from his report.
Seven trips a day is the average made
by these men, and if they do not report
a man or two a week the officials think
they are not attending to business.
There is one consolation to hnnnnt.
ductors, however, and that is that the
spotters nave men to watch them, and
no one spotter is known to another.
Their statements are all mailed to the
car superintendent at his residence, and
they get their pay each month by mail.
It sometimes happens that two will
board the same car unknown to each
other, and perhaps give in different re
ports. Whenever I am sure of a spot
ter I give him the sixth degree as he
fets off the car.
"I can't tell you how It is done, but it
works to a charm, and before night
tour or five other conductors know him
ind the next day ho is known to as
nany more, so that in a few weeks
nost of us 'get on,' as tho boys say. It
lever fails, and the spotter becomes a
walking sign to the men on the road,
-oa eyes are as keen a can bo."
A LONG DANCE.
aa OU-Tlme KnglUh Aetor Who Sklppaa
from London to Norwich.
The longest dance on record I. nr,.k.
ably that of William Kemp, an actor of
some ceieority in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. He was a comedian
danced all the way from London to
Norwich. He was attended by a tabor
er, a servant and an overseer, and tha
Boston Globe thinks It was doubtles a
good thing for hiin that there were no
omnibuses or police then. fr thev
would probably have imposed more Im-
peuimenmin the way of his progress
man uiu tne country people, He tart-
ea wun several preMnts of groats and
crooked sixpences for lm k, ami laden
wun inew; danced to Stratford wit!:
out rest. There many invited him t
llwli.t. I . . I ... ...
imhvho notes or the tabor cut
snort ma joeularll lea, and he pranced
ou io morn, wiicre hu had to reject
another curoue that wits offered to
nun. rrom Jirorl bo tluneel In the
moonlight to a point mar lU.mfont
ami mat en.n a los first day's exploit
NuWquent'y ha went In for early
rising Ut avoid market je-ojile. and
though suffering from a rpntinof the
hip which l.e received he danced it
wen agoin, to Vu, !.!i,r!,t of t
- "(niiwicu nun, some
two hundred In i umber. When he
reaebwl Chelni ,, ,
rd that he conl 1 fo.l ditnea i.l all ,. .
i.uic, anil in ; loiirth tl.t i dance wa a
hard oiio-tl,l.-! WlKu
on Kiftn at i 1 1 a
and lane full of de f, l.olea, o that
aotnetime. he !) .. be "aklpt up to tha
""'" " "'en um t have plneed him In
woeful plight IU r.- ted at l!mlntrea
aud iUne.-. threo m!le off 1,1. n..
day'a journey. Hu r.ext Mop wat
Sudbrrry. where a buoher ih..i
dane with bliii, tost In half a mile he
wa urea ana l.u.l u i. n.
ianetxl the ten mile, trim is,.,-
Thetfonl tl.rea hour. 111. L.t
lge a to I:m tlnn.l. f,,., i.ii.
point bin ptet BMempled to aee.iniiiany
him. but lay !.. fr..m f.,i
end of two fields V.ht-n l. e.....,-.i
Norwich Iw In 1 1 1 ,!, In noil
the city twire. f ,r (.1 wrm- r miue.1
him in the rrotv.l arid tmi.l.. ... it.-
flUtanee over again to avoid aov i.i.
bUity of error.
QUEER COLLECTIONS.
. n. .r.n. T..tr .,m. .,u
Tt Ht BnsM
'l l Artiilr.
Tretty nearly every aort of
wj and
' thln-r. fr.n deaih rnank
' rapiia of f.o-oi.a rn ,n I,.
"J a I r e I ,r 1
a M!nd e..;i.. ..f U broken l.l... ..
Moorianoria-ln. end will not buy a
perfwl t ie. but ,, . j,r,tl fi rf
frjfrt).nl.
la tAt.n a .i: eif ,lM
wiaktic I. .(er?. et. b ari
Uri- pr,e ) mm, wr.. h p- rlth
In h!a fie; ;M K, ,1 , trt.n
tat 'lerrfi.ft.
"f Ur .1 i-tiutu e.,11... t: ....
of 'n.a
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to. . a '
. hit ..! on m .'. rn. h
''III Mi. W It'l
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Va awrt ail
fa4rt, Us f r.l
' WfUWWftiiTT" " 8f'ttM(a-H(ai)
1896.
Highest of all in Leavening
i rN.. a-. ...
Absolutely euh?e
sive collection of scorpions ana centi
pedes so far reported, the specimens'
numbering over fifteen hundred, and
each having been captured by himself.
The specialty of a business man in New
York city is rattlesnakes' tails, and
While he never saw a live rattlesnake
outside of a menanvrie. ho rivo ,,.,.
! 8et of rattles he can lay hands on and
has a cabinet full of them.
GRATEFUL COLONISTS.
How
They Repaid Sir Robert Waloole's
Kindness.
Before the war of the ' revolution
F.ngland populated some of her Amerl-
1 m . ... -
1 colonies with convicts and paupers.
. resiuem oi uetrolt finds In the tat-
( terea pages ol an old book, published
uuuuuuuicu years ago, tne lollowing
reference to the'objectionable practice:
When Sit- Robert Walpole was prime
minister of England he sent a shipload
of convicts to be distributed between
Pennsylvania and Virginia, and noti
fied Dri Franklin, who was the repre
sentative or commission,er, to look after
the American' interests. The doctor,
in response, wrote- him expressing the
thanks of the colonies for the maternal
care of Great Britain for her colonies
so strongly manifested, and that, as an
expression of American gratitude( he
had the honor to inform him that he
had this day sent him by tho return
ship a collection of rattlesnakes, and
would respectfully 'uuggest that he
have them introduced into bin majesty's
garden at Kew, in order that they
might propagate and inti-caw, at the
same time assuring his excellency that
they would bo as beneficial to hit
majesty's English dotninionfi as British
convicts were to his Arucrium pousies
slons. Just I.Ike I'ale-Fari'. ' '
An incident occurred at Olney (Pa.)
Methodist church, some time ago
which served to call a halt on long
winded sermons. The housekeeper of
the parsonage is an Indian woman.
who was secured through the Carlisle
training school, and who has ever been
ono oi most prompt attendants at all
the church services. The pnlpit was
filled one Sunday evening during the
warm summer month by an old time
clergyman, whose prosy doctrinal ser
mon or a "lull yard wide." set manv in
the audience a napping long before the
-nithly and finally" auction of the dl-
course had been reached. The Indian
housekeeper, unaccustomed to such an
lnmrvation, and being regular In her
hour of retiring, after several vigor
ous yawn stood up lit her place In the
"meeliu house," ami raising up her
right hand exclaimed in broken Eng.
lish: "Home! me sleepy." Tho effect
wa electrical; the sermon was cut
thortand the congregation soon dis
missed, and short aertoona are said to
be in order since that day at Olney.
rifla l.lunls nf llnrues.
According to the testimony of our
mot reliable naturalist the only genni
of "flying serpent" now known to in
habit tha earth In a family of reptile
which make their home'ln the great
forest of Borneo, mentioned by Min k,
William, Klntie and other a "th
flying 11ardsof the Honth ea.H Tha
best known sjiecle of this flying aam
rlun Is Draro Voleti l.-vkll, a striped,
snako-like liurd aboui fmirtecn of
IUn Ittelie In length when full
grown. The primary color of Draco
ara red and yellow, ia band, dot,
crenceuU att J stripe, the red prwlomb
Dating Ut audi aa erteot that th
erratara appear a a carmlna rocket
when aa'.ling throngh the air. Noma
have declared that hi wing are 1 Stall"
like thof the American flying qtilr
rel, tint Meek say "tliey approach true
wing and can I n.cd by tha littla
katirian t guide blmsclf at will"
A llnrtiMi ap.nitlilaa.
The petirt bvnteraof Ibtrneoand ad.
Jeetil Ulan.U hve a peetiliar kttprr
tllon. V.ben they p,.n shell In
eareU of pirK they tli every ninth
um. wnether It te lar.ra or amall. ami
put it Into a laiitla with a dead man'a
linger. 'I hr ara kept ami r known
a "see I jm nrl," or ' l.reltiia; per!,,
and the native of thn inlatula men
ti..hed rrii.tr I Move that they have
the powi rutf rrprodne in? tliefrklnd.
It every k arl put Intotlie phial, two
rraln of ria ara thrown la fir tha
pearU t) "feed ' upon. Soma of tha
White gem ti tinier of Itrtiro bellv
in the mom r.tiiiMn a flrmlr a tha na
tive do. Ithttnld that nearly every
but abitr the eoatt La It "tl. ajl lie
grr" l.t!l with from ulna to lea time
lht liiit'il-rr of "aeed tlrl." tha de
rajltif .!!e)t and tha rVa rtrefnltr
Uwed awy amoftf them.
What Make I Tklnif,
Th'rt I simply a natl by wklek
"f fJ'tl li In tha ytem I mada
n..tn. tnd in a (! .f l,.KH It I
et.rrHy faithful Indlolmn of tha
wanUff (.if Ur, iur thlmt I
f;r t Imlf.-at ,. y B prenlur drynea of
tha tnow'h 6t fatice, rauke.) I t a fall-
ur of ti.o Varrn?, al hen.Th ut
.r. tf a d . n.iunl t.f 1, ii.l. but If
C'll-'s mr (' - lr!r.-!usj tlSmUj
ln'11'i t'rrtn. H thfftwrli al'i'ta and
'l 1 1 av of fitea.t kitten
df,t n iintiiont riv .ihi In.
,ne : '.,r.tn ."t, I 1ariri
t'l-. .ff!' ?f,.n , n i,
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DIPLOMAT WAS CHILLED.
1he French Minister at Washington
Loved the Illghest Place Too Well.
An interesting story is being told in
Washington regarding M. Fatenotrc,
the French ambasador. After con
gress passed the law empowering tho
president to send ambassadors to such
countries as would raise the rank of
their representatives, Sir Julian
Pauncefoto was the first to inform the
president of the intention of his coun
try to make him an ambassador. M.
Patenotre conceived the ambition to be
the dean, of the ambassadors and com
municated it to his home government,
and his commission arrived before Sir
Julian's. He went to the state depart
ment iu the hope of immediate recog
nition as the 'first ambassador td this
country. He was told that Sir Julian
had anticipated him bv
department of the action of his govern
ment. He was angry and wrote to the
president requesting his intervention.
He received instead a chilly letter from
Mr. Gresham.
i.i til up WAR. !
Military ' instruction . in publio
schools is being strongly advocated
throughout Ohio.
A hew rifle, in use by the Italian
army, senda a bullet through five inchea
of solid oak at a distance of four thou
sand feet. ,
Thk death.of Marshal Canrobert re
calls the fact that from him came the
historic remark: "It Is magnificent, but
it is not war." The words were uttered
as he watched the charge of the Six
Hundred.
Okw. Van Vlikt is not the oldest liv
ing officer of tho regular army. Lieut
Michael Moore (retired) entered the
service as muslo boy in April, 1812, bo
fore Van Vliet was born. The lieuten
ant is a Brooklyn man.
Sesatob GonnoN in his eloquent lec
ture, "The Last Days of the Confed
eracy," is lavish in compliments and
profuse in praise of nearly all the lead-.
ers on both sides of th great war, ex
cept Jeff Davis. The name of the pres
ident of the confederacy is not men
tioned. Oik. Daniel Mono an was known a
tha teamster boy of Virginia and the
hero of Cowpens. He served as a wsg
oner In Bntddock's retreat, won honor
In Arnold's assault on Quebec and
fought brilliantly ngnlnst thn British
In tho south. Physically ho was, next
to Washington, the largest general of.
ileer among the continental.
Wirics the cznr was made colonel of
the lloyal Scots Grays tin orleer of tho
regiments wild to hhorl T'yi "Donald,
have you heard that the new emperor
of Husniu ban been appointed colonel of
tint regiment?" "Indeed, sir," replied
Itanuld. "it I a vera prood thing."
Then, after a pause! "Beg pardon, air.
but wull he lie able to keep both
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