A HOT NUMBER.
OFFICIAL
PAPER
A LARGE NUMBER....
0 Jlforrow 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.
Is the Heppner Gazette. Without
it the Heppner hills would appear
dry and barren. People read it:
business men advertise in it.
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FOURTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1896.
J WEEKLY WO. 7(0 1
I flUVT-WlTTrir I V KO ir,n
SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE.
fUBLISHBD
'Tuesdays and Fridays
BY
M PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
OTIS PATTERSON. . . . Editor
A. W. PATTERSON, . Business Manager
At $2.50 Dor year, $1.25 (or mi months. 75 tire.
cor three mourns.
Advertising Rates Made Known on
Application.
THIS PA.PKR is kept on file at B. CJ. Dake'e
. Advertisine: Agenoy, fit and 65 Morohanui
Exchanprs, Ban Francisco, California, where co...
tuou for advertising can be made for it.
0. R. & N. -LOCAL CARD.
Train leaves Heppner 10:45 p. m. daily, except
Sunday. Arrives 5:00 a. m. daily, except Mon
day. West bound passenger leaves Heppner Junc
tion 1:11a.m.; east bound i:33 a. m.
Freight trains leave Heppner Junction going
east at 7:4.i p. m. and'J:10a. m.; going west, 4:30
p. m. and 6.1b a. in.
DIBECTOET.
United States Officials.
Tiesident Grover Cleveland
Vine-President Ad ai Btevenson
Secretary of State Kichard 8. Olney
Secretary of Treasury John Q. Carlisle
Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith
Secretary of War Daniel B. Laninnt
8retry of Navy Hilary A. Herbert
Postmaster-General William L. Wi son
Attornjy-Ueueral Jmlson Harmon
Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Mortoi
State of Oretsnn.
efovernor W. P. Lord
Secretary of Htate H. K. Kincald
Treasurer Phil. netseiiKi
Snpt. Pulilifi Instruction i. M . Irwin
Attorney General... . C. M. Idleman
Senator, W- M.ilrid.
? J. H. Mitchel
Congressmen 'w'.nrEI!,1ma""
Printer '.W. H. Leed-
(R. 8. Bean,
3uniin Judge F. A. Moore,
C. E. Wolverton
Sixth Judicial District.
rironit. Judge Stephen A. Lowell
Prosecuting Attorney H. J Bean
. Morrow Connie Ortii-ial.
Joint Senator A, W. Onwan
lieoresentative. J. N. Kmwn
I onnty Jmhte A. G. Kartholomew
'" Commissioners , . U. Uowapl
J. W. Beckett.
" Clerk J. W. Morrow
" Sheriff K. L. Vatlock
" Treasurer Frank Gil limn
Assessor J. r'. Willi.
Surveyor... J. W. Hornor
- School Sup't . Jay W. Shipley
" Coroner li. i VkUgliau
HXPPKtB Town ornoKR.
Mayor Thoa. Morgan
Ci'incilmen K 8. Horner, K. J.
Hlocnrn, Fmnk Itoaers, Geo, Conner, Frank
Gilliam, Arthur Minor.
(Uooruur P. 3. Hetloclr
TrMaiinrar K. L. Krreland
Marshal .A. A. UoberU
Precinct Offleerr,
J untie of the Peace. W. K Kirherdson
Constable. N. H. Whetstone
United States Unit Officer.
TUB DALLKS, OR
J. t. Monre llesristnr
A. 8. Biggs Hnmuver
LAaBAMUB, OB.
H.F, Wilson Hplr
J. 11. Koblniis ,.lUoiver
ESBZX B3SIETIES.
UAWUN8 POST, NO. IL
U. A. R.
M-Uat Islington. Or., the lut Bturdy of
rach month. All veterans are Invited to Join.
(." C. Boon, Geo. W. Hhith.
Adlutant, tf Commander.
LUMBER!
tlTX AVK FOR HAI.K AI L KINPfl OF CM
vf drurd Lnmtwr. Umtleeol Ueppuer, ai
hat U known aa the
Pitt 1,000 FEKT. ROl'OH,
" " " CLEAR,
- I too
- 1? 60
rg PKUVEHKt) I HKHPSER, WILL ADD
I IU.UU per I.UM tort. atMIUniiel.
The above quotations are strictly for Cash.
L HAMILTON, Prop.
Katioaal SanK of MWi
w. pku.ai. en. k KiHiiop.
IVealdreL CMkler.
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BCSIXGS
COLLiccrriONS
UsU on KevorabU Tertua,
LXCHANGE BOUGHT 4 SOLD
H EITHER. tf OKFIOK
Oatario-LiuiDS Siaje- line
-JK JV I-
BOBKS-GHHYOH STflGEUHE
M. A, VriLLIAMS, P'op.
OS'TAUIO.liLUSH
Untie Dsilv ( 6 t. m. en 4 r
flvrs k ObUriq 4J bonre.
Single Fare $7, GO.
Round Trip $10.00
iwnxscAxrox
mh i im i. r f tr r'..i . s
I l t,n I tf Ms. v ....!
Su-t f- t T fi,. I u
hk . ii-'Uim, liluxl .e s . i n
ael llvrM.
Seer la the 1 1 rue Id fH Ike We!
Orr-aian, (he fr.afwt e..sif of
It fa a.tva' .( . 1 U t N !- '
lilkiaaie t .a;i e es l
latbeeUte. !. mm si I et ee a
.rtti's e a) Irl. pel J !.!. im
f4 '.eU, aa errw-o.ii.ra4 t!
Vmmm ra ew4 ewk-erl,
6imTIo7iwS r.Y ERR.
Flg-ures Never Lie, TJut Their Basle May
Be Faulty.
figures may not lie, but on the basis
of statistics may sometimes be very
faulty. Commenting on this limitation
of the statistician's science, Carroll V.
Wright points out that, in the matter
of crime, the number of sentences in a
given state may vary With the legisla
tion. Laws are constantly being passed,
Mr. Wright says, to raise moral delin
r.uenciee to the gn!de of positive crimes,
i;nd then, alter a time, such laws may
be repealed, with the result of vitiating
ronclusi'ius obtained by comparing
one year with anotheir. This is illuS-J-atod
by the record of liquor legisla
tion in connection with crimes. Pro
hibitory legislation seems uniformly to
increiise drunkenness, for the reason,
in large part, that it increases, if en
forced, the number of convictions. A
new class of statistics is called into ex
istence. It is to be noted also that, as
ft rule, the authorities of large cities
are opposed to prohibitary laws, deem
ng licenses more rational or expedient.
They are accordingly often led to en
force prohibitory laws with extreme
rigor in order to make them odious and
.iecm-e their repea!. With a license law
they are lenient in making arrests of
drunken persons ThuH It comes about
that statistics seem to prove prohibition
extremely prolific in crime, while li
censes promote virtue. In any case,
errors enter the record by reason of
want of uniformity in methods in vari
mis parts of a given state. This want
f uniformity at a particular date is ex
ceeded by the variations between eff
erent dates. In recent years statistic
.re better kept than formerly, with th(
Tect of appearing to show an increas:
!" crime. But appearances are deceptive
n this ease, Mr. Wright thinks. In 1881
'lie number of convicts in pen iter, tiarie
vas 37,538, or 709 to themillion of popu
lation. In 1890 the number of convicts
vas 45,233, or 722 to the million of popu
lation. WOOD MOST USED.
Pine Is Fashioned Into the Greatest Va
riety of Products.
Oak can be put to the greatest variety
of uses, but as a matter of fact pine
vood is most used. A phenomenal de
mand for the latter in the wood-pulp
ndustry hns arisen within recent years.
Over 1,000,000 ton of wood pulp were
produced In the United States alone in
3S94, and 210,000 ton in Norway and
Sweden, the bulk of It from pine. Pine
is also largely used In ship and houhc
parpen try, and it is adaptable " to
o ninny purposes, and is so abundant,
Unit it lia come into almost universal
requisition. Common turpentine is ex
tracted from it, as are also tor, pitch,
reein and lampblack. Splinter of the
rosiiiou roots ore used by the High
landers instead of candle.
Fishermen make ropes of the Inner
bark, and the Karotchatknn and Lap
landers steep the latter In water to
make a coarse kind of bread. The oil
obtained from the shoot.i of the dwnrf
pino Is used medieinully by the peasants
of Hungary, while the eoft-pTaiiu.-d sil
ver fir n used for t lie Miutidi tig boards
of musical iimtrtiinrnU, and tbe Ger
mans employ it almost exclusively in
their ?at toy" factories. The wotk!
iwil in the manufacture of lucifcr
inatcliPB is rjKwtly pine, and theoggrf
gate amount of pine wood uecd In these
various Industrie exceed that of all
other kind of wood put together. '
COINED IN CHINA.
Clew onn-e of Counterfeit Half-Dollars
( Irealated on the Coast.
At lat tbe I'nited Plate atcret rrv
ice authorities have struck a lead to
the KMirve from which have come the
tlioiisunil of almost erfert imitation
li:ilf dollnr circtilutcd throughout the
Pacific roost.
It I Iwllrvrd the counterfeit, whlcti
olmoluU'ly defy detection, except when
under a wrful ninfoifylnfi jflawi Id
the hand of a !cter expert, wre mode
by Chlneae In their rathe land and
h rou hi to this oouu try lal auuitucr
I y the inetnlar of the troupe of Chi
iter actor who came to America to
perform a? tbe Atlanta expoaition. At
nnirt the entire tmttie la now In Pan
rrtuicfueo, nat lnir la-en filling cnpttRf
inrnta In (liintown Uifatrra alnc re
turniti Ircw the twL .
It Is r t imated that f?o,ouQ of the tin
autU'irioJ coin hnvr liora diepiee
of by the f bliuw, ami that "Little
Prte," the Cliliininnn of rerrnt sx'r-trnrk-joli
notorlrty. wae Uwk of the
rM tnr. However, the IM.OOH rrnliiml
bee nut tcrn rlrnr profit, a the cuu
trrfrli rontsin almost the eawe
nmoeat of ure !trr eusito ihr rrirwlar
iy minted half ilollnre, bill the rutreti.
ly low price of eilvrr Ltil!i.m pne tne
founterfriten a pond prtiflt
TREE-CLIMOINQ RA0QITS.
bs) THsl ! Kails a4 I Xlsiruae
IUra Thai Fm4 mm liraHs.
It irriM altrx ( a strrt. h of the Itn
arlnation to think of ml.l.lle rltmMnf
tn. Vet In Australia many ral.Mu
have somrhow anMirel the trrv-elteab-Irif
liahtt. barinir lro f sr't. on ao
count of the rwuti.rtis of d's ar4
oT anlmeia. in df-p trarrvwinf anj
ItniUte s-uirr:.
An Australian ent m totnf!anl re
rwrillw lh tsrrt front fifl of m rahhtt
that ha t Iwti aiiil m an -, Utes
ar.U tnm Ihm r"n'l, and ! wn,l In
Me Icttor that U.U a n.H at all a re
oarkahie lUmt. en l h hwl often tmni
them. at the trareeof thlr
r;i.otuuik .,f ifwa f,mr, T.
r ei yanta hlfh
r. parr. to eat ip U anoUier
rvnarkat.lo thlnf. eat pH the h of
5ew Zelari'l ha ttrnje a ihwt rm.lrr
haeiatf timmtM Ut ll artb te of f .l
I fnwtt (.nrrlr -f'e.! fir.
i Th Ire I t,..,, .f l?, Wmn4 U t
hat al
ntM lima " rr ettal.) to
""ein ntr ati sure ly f.f rfiBMe
'"I a I tUet In i.)ilfn thy in
'.! tin" )t ru,a" en. I
wl.er et U fcaitJ. SaJwiJ U
.! evrwsev.e
i -r , . zzzir: .
BANKING iN JN0KWAY.
It Is Conducted In a Safe and
Unique Manner.
Depositors Are Charged for Leaving
Their Money In the Bank -Some
of the Queer Rule of the
Institution.
Probably the most independent and
aristocratic bank in the world is the.
Norges, or National bank of Norway. It
seems to be wholly indifferent to doing
business of any kind, and what it does
do it insists upon doing in its deliberate
way.
Socially, the bank is of considerable
importance. The directors mtet twice
ri week, and these friendly gatherings
are said to be most enjoyable affairs.
Loans and discounts form the chief sub
jects of conversation. No loan or dis
count can be made without the approval
of three of the directors. Suppose the
directors are to hold a meeting on
Wednesday and you want to borrow li.'O
krone on Monday. You apply to the
N'orges bank, and are told that the mnt
ler will be taken under consideration at
I he directors' meeting on Wednesday,
nd you may look for an answer to your
application by Thursday. It does not
matter in the least that you want the
100 krone Monday, and not Thursday;
you , simply have , to wait. After all
there is not so much absurdity or in
convenience to the borrower in this ar
rangement as seems at first glance.
!Ie who may want a loan only antici
iates his reeds and prepares for it a few
lays in advance, instead of waiting un
til the hour before he wants it. And the
ank ia always able to make sure thai
ts loans are safe ones.
The origin of this institution was as
'culiar ss its management is unusua'
;oon after the nominal union of Norway
:nd Sweden, in 1814, the latter country
iegan to feel the need of greater money
"acilities to meet the demands of the
apidly-increasing commerce. The tit
nation was not unlike that in the United
States at the formation of the first
United States bank.
The problem of securing the necessary
capital for a great national institution
was a very simple one for the Norwegian
,-Tovernment. It raised stockholders for
the bank just a it raised soldier for it?
. rmies. livery well-to-do citizen was
nonopened to take so much stock. lie
was always at liberty to take more if hi'
chose, but always in amounts divisible
by five. Bookkeeping was made easy on
a new principle, in accordance with
which sums 4-nding in other figure
than five and zero were to be excluded
from the books.
This national bank Is also a national
pawnshop. It I authorized by law to
lend money on any non-perishable
goods, provided they con be depowite.l
in the bank and kept under lock and
key. For this service It charge rather
less than the usual pawnbroker' inter
''fit, which may, perhaps, account for
the rtM-ity of private pawnshops In Nor.
way. In the regular loan department
the curionti rule I enforced that loan t
may not be made for lens than one
month nor for more than aix, and
mily for um of at least 400 kron
(120).
American bnnk manngera would look
askance at the rule which subject nil
diposite to a charge of one-lent h per
cent, for nkiii(- them In. Vrntrcunce a
afcio takn with a liberal hand on the
unlucky wight who happen to over
draw hi? account. He In flni-d one x r
rut. of the cxi-rna amount, w hlrh fine U
iiirucdiot. y charged agalru t Mm. am',
nynif nt of the draft l totally refined.
If l.y Occident or for any rcamm an oCI
clnl lmnnri urh nu overdraft, he Is pi r
"oiuilly rrt-KriHtl,le. The Norjri ban :
uiiitioKtiuratl d.H-a a mifc buainew... -Detroit
Free I'rcaa.
A FROQ HUNTER. i
Mear tmnej ;ir Is AveamaleHag a l arge
Itstnsrhlas) Ilvnuis
Mia Mon a Seldcn, of Frlrmlahip, N.
Mit hunter of renow n. Tlirftanu she
'ngs Is frog. For seven ye- she has
bfcu upKrting hcreelf by tier unique
tlliletie exercle. Now h Is one of
the moet prokperoua cltlrne In the
little town, and ehe I reputed to have
a bnnk account which, If It keep on
growlnjr, will eventually enable her to
gie up frotf hiio!tii?.
Ib-forw atie look to frog ebootlng Mis
KHiIcb taught e h'Mil In the country re
iiuus for ten dul I ii rs a wrt-k. Khe did
not (wirtlenliirlr enjoy irnehltir, f-irhcr
;mij its were freijuently Uiya a I. out t li-e
a big a hrrsclf, and ihry had that par
. ieulur form of bumor wbivh hme It-
If III lielng ohetrrperotia. Moreover,
ten thillere a Week did tiol aatlsfy Mia
Hlilen'a hlra of rorwr coii tTt ! on.
r'otuwqnrntl, hn ahe fotind that
fnspa were a coellv luxury, ahe rr
o;r, to Invest her eetlrip In a
."ifg farm. Friendship Wing rich It
t";;s anl imw, MiM M-i-b Imi'gM
71 ecrr of larxl, fmi-r-d It In. arul Uaa
fo rn! fr?e for the Nrw York tnar
trt, to the MWrtlful rlrllhlof lirf hrlffh
!. Ttn-jr thoarht h wis a herm
leae and etnusll a; iHrtaCa sjlrn thry
a Jir prtif ticing thi" rg trr. Hut
vihrn ihry borne tl.it t.e , .sr,
I-"" the first siti, Ibnwvhirems l
r'.f rrrtnln'd to lini'au. an-l frt.
!i.r'B U- am a f utsr r mi.hIh.o
In I'r irid.Mp, Ttm otbrr ehor.ter aril
tWir gem to Mm Hrl.We. who In turn
lie H to tl- t
Iet ntamef an of aur freed eluM.
f waaela eiiih a aevere Wivel ImnLle,
Chit d.rfti.'e rvnie-ttea ha I feld, Ibea
e trie I 'hemtssrlsio' (V.li. (SxhW
en.t rliarrrtn ltene, mlirb erf
li? rllf Via '! M ee IKe
saeHsrla ef at aej lh at'll fo
wow4 exiaplslal. Urt. K (J. Urmftrf,
I ra lsrirksl.. Ml. Th rwfteloi? es
the tel en.twihe ef pm neike Ke'lM
f.r it? eeatery, eeee ejifleinl. il
1 rhlee IfefsKiiesa la ekit'lrwa. It
rst.f fail ti le .M.t rlll mSm
ml e .' 1 t;m eat 'herls'a
Pll4 Aifflr are t'illw4. Msay
"nlre -sf tfes. tt.eif e
-liin.U t'- mm It Lae ffftxl.
Fe Vf Ums.b fervea, lfg teta.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,
Prof. Albert Koebele, cf California,
has made a three years' contract with
the Hawaiian government to destroy the
insect pests of the islands. His method
ia to get insects harmless to man to kill
noxious insects.
X rays are to be Applied to prac
tical agriculture. Dr. Gractz, of Mu
nich,, has taken a picture of a onc-day-
old pig.showing its bony structure. By
continuing to make pictures of the pig
the action of food on its growth will
be shown.
New possibilities in the use of the
Roentgen rays have leen discovered by
Dr. Irenzel, of Berlin. Twelve sheets
of bromide of silver paper laal one upon
the other were placed in the holder and
the picture of a frog taken. The image
was equally well defined on each sheet.
In Germany last year ships of 101,
402 registered tons were built, against
117,621 tons in 1894. This is a consider
able advance as compared with 1892,
with but 48,208 tons, and 1893 with 66,
474 registered tons. The report does
not include the ships built in the gov
ernment yards.
llussia is publishing the construc
tion of the Tiflia Ears railway as fast
as possible, and will probably have it
completed by August next. It will en
able her to carry an army from the
Caucasus to the doors of Turkish Ar
menia. The line is 190 miles long, and
is already built as far as Alexandrapol,
50 miles from Kara.
Dr. Pize, of Montelinar, France, has
discovered a new anaesthetic. He has
found that by injecting gualacol under
the skin in small doses operations can
be performed without pain. A com
mittee appointed by the academy of
medicine has inquired into the value of
the discovery, and has congratulated
Dr. Tize upon his achievement.
Each instrument excels in some
particular passage, the piano in scale
passages, the harp in arpec:c, the mnn
doiin in the rapid re petiticii. of one note,
the banjo in the rapid piny i vj of broken
chords, and so with other 'n p uiucnts,
but the violin can beat them i II on their
own ground, while there is r.aicli volin
music that can be played o:i no other
instrument.
English is the langunge that has
altered most. Regarded merely as a
Teutonic language, it is farthest re
moved from the parent stock. It 1 de
scended from tlru Saxon, which U the
parent of low German and Dutch, oud,
as it were, the grandparent of English.
But beside Uie Teutonic part, which ia
the groundwork ot the language, It
has suffered all the effect of u lengthy
Roman occupation.
THE ELDEH TREE.
Some of the Traditions and Superstitions
Attached to It.
The traditions attached to this tree
ore very numerous and widespread,
from the day of Tliny downward, any
Note and Queries. The fancy or belief
Hint Judas hung himwlf upon an elder
tree, which will lie found In Gerarde
and many old herbalists and poets, l.or.
.1 nh n son turning them, of courxe, frnte
the mime to the purplish-brow n fun?u
which grow on it lrk under the title
cf "Judas' car," which Coles refer to in
"Jewea Kare, called in Iit!ii Fungua
f niiibleiitiii and Auricula Judae." 'J'hr
plant npfiear to have had In Kiifhiml
the old cognomen of plj tree or limit
1ree, ami in Scotland liore tree, vi dorht
frotn the facility with which pipva or
tub for musical or other pi :;.
have always been made by pi hing out
the p:!h from the younger hrnm-liii..
WcKccintogettbe name from th- Dutch
holder with the (iermnn Iml l ti th r.
mi nun with the French, In I'nl'nn I
vlieiboom, Iteliun nAtnlitirn, Ktixhia.t
bnalna, ami SpenieJi saiuco.
The eplced wineeoalnioalunlverkiilly
nuule from the lurries in country die
'.rli te, and the tuediclnul lrtina nt-
trilillte.l-Ulnl not Without rell;.(.l l'l
tl-ry many pre) nrHtions mnde fiom ii
imrk. ahooie, leai tuid rix.t .v oun
iry folk front time Immet mri!. and a
proportion of which are ftmi'd In the
Vluirtnacoiocla, have doubt lees made it
a j.oiiihir plu nt, and gatlu nl around
many of the itiimtlthn a. tale., ami
urn rtihanrrd the virtiwa It is aaid to
''. At all evi nls, In m arly rw iy
t-inty In Knglnod lie pmlws run l
beard, and wnndrou tW-a In eontitt"
(ion with it will he found to exist.
D0UNTIE3 IN SEALS.
Mat Mill Fare llasiat ae4 l.et Tear
Matoeel It.
Maine paid Umiitlra on l.f.f.3 ecu I
and on 305 U-ar In I oS. In Istttnnly
3HJ erals end JVi I- are were DIM. The
In err a of aral killing I due to e id
em! Increase of the tm-inly, nmkli.g If
one dollar. The brara hate Urea thinierd
oul by eilrnsne killmtf. Why there
sluniiil be a Ix'untjr on sls In .lajn,
aaya Die New York Hun, to !bne who
Ltkow that In a n gle year a eraj con-
sullies 3.VI pounds of fish, whit h would
mal.e C.rwi. p. u n. Is aawd tijr the
kill. of of I.r.J s'ale In W. Most ,4
Ike fistt entea are roerev-frairml, eix h
a am u-d la halting lobster ite -erulpine.
fliiii.il rs. tHnro!a, rlr, hut
not f'W valuable f.h. I.kr herring,
alrii'.n and marlarel, are llllI l.y
!), ariii'uls. !ii'h J rVul'y a ex-i-rl
l-v erl l.itttter la enuring
all (if h an'maia k'.W 1. Many l e'lly
W r-l-. w e -'(. atxl il.U
nire It a i f.treieeal were kill") during
on I ' ) s rxartty why l'.inl r
erw I i-rl 1er, They are hsiM-
IfMir'n -.H.r il f-.t tlf t,t .',.
Srtm. tr. I fc ntl ,!. hiiMH, w'J I
'fru'te of isrmus Hh!.wi rarrio. end
frw.te of filenle. ei I m If er t'lrt itif
feriwwra in any wey. Mair.e iie fle
dollar and Vrk ten itiiar a
1,mi.J t-t hii! rg ll.ee mrA net. ire 1
, rrMre.
1 1 " Jite I'eul i'u,m, li. rnr'i
j Jwt. 1. a a s .ut,s.. ,
t f .i rr w, Hl.t..!, I t , t ,.J
j I . i, of , M,r. If.,' , .. ,f , , , ,. ,
I &. ,. I m, I, ,,,) , xe ,y,0
j c a. ei I is I t;.,i ',,(,, ,,, .J Uum
1 li.Mif taU.i m fet'era
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SWiFi PIGEONS."
More Than a Mllo Hade a Minute In a
Recent Trial.
Aided by a southerly wind and a per
fectly clear, sky, the first test of the
pigeons which are to represent the first
Chicago Homing club in the National
federation races this year was a most
notable success, says the Chicago Chron
icle. The trial was remarkable In more
than one feature. Two hundred and
eighty-one birds, the largest number
which the club has ever liberated from
one racing station, made the trip, and
of that number every bird was reposing
peacefully in its loft by one o'clock in
the afternoon. The time made by the
first birds to arrive home was the fast
est ever made over the course, and rep
resents a speed of more than a mile a
minute.
The birds were noerateC? at Monee,
42 miles away from the nearest loft,
at 7: 30 o'clock, and White Wings, owned
by L. Verschueren, stepped back in its
loft at 8: 14. White Wings was closely
followed by nearly half the flock, and 50
arrivals were reported between 8: 15 and
8:17. Inasmuch as every bird spent at
least as much as five minutes in circling
before starting on a line for home, the
speed shown is materially more than
a mile in ench 60 seconds.
As an illustration of how little even
the best fanciers are able to judge of
the merits of their own pets, it is in
teresting to note thnt White Wings had
been considered almost worthless. Only
a month ago he was flown from Sixty
first street, a distance of eight miles,
to his loft, nud took 16 days to make the
journey. That was his first trial, and
he was sent to Monee Saturday quite
as much in the hope thnt he would be
lost as for any other reason.
A HOUSEHOLD WORD. ,
Ludicrous Blunder Which Was Made by
a Tresldlnir Offlcer,
The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times-Herald relates a laugh
able incident in the career of Mr. Tnrs
ne.y, of Missouri, who was until lately
a member of congress from thnt stale,
but-v.'iu unseated by the house.: The
occurrence, it should be explained, took
place some years ago, when Mr. Taruney
was not so well known ns he is at pres
ent. It was in the midst ol a political cam
paign, nnd Mr. Tarsney, who hud gone
to New York state in the service of his
party, was announced to speak In a
country town. The chairman of the
mectiug, a local (jclebrity, w as properly
minded to give the gentlemnn from Mis
souri a handsome reception.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he said, "we
lmve with us to-night one of the great
est statesmen of the great west, an ora
toi famed throughout tho Mississippi
volley, a gentleman whone uame is to
you a household word. Permit me to
introduce to you Mr. Mr. " '
Here the How of his eloquence wa
checked, and leaning townrd the orator
of the evening, he whirpcred:
"What did you soy your name was?"
"Tarsucy, of Missouri," whispered the
orator.
"Fcllow-citizen.M re.mime.l the rtu.lr.
man, "It I my proud pleusure to Intro-
uuce to you iur. Larceny, of Miasourl."
Mr. Ilbodi Nosh, of Ihi place, was
(aken In th tiiubt with cramping pain
and the Beit day diarrhoea at in. Una
look half a bottle of blackberry eordlal
but got do relief. Hue) then sent lorn
lo see if 1 had anything Ibat anolil help
ber. I aeul her a bottle of Chamber.
1 in' CoMo. Cbloera and Diarrhoea
lU-medy and Hie first dove f lirved ber.
Another of oar Lei.bbor bid been lck
lor abont a week an I bad Iried diffrenl
retnrdirt for diarrhoea bnl kept gelling
wore. I etui lira I hie asroe re me dr.
Only fonr dar of it were rrquired lo
Our lura. lie ay be owe tie rco
ery lo Ihf wonderful rrme.. M'e.
Mart Htbler. Kidnes. Mich. F.,r sale h
Cubeer k lirock, draguiala.
The i..inufaelure of felt I covered b)
; 1 1 j nt. m.
1 !.!-ited luarhinrw for Ixiok-biliding
i'iiriilH-r 2,.V.(l.
'.V.itrh and rlork making la eni-otir-ki'iiI
by 3,r,ii patent.
There are 1,4(9 different appliance.
Inr drnw ing wire.
Arl.nni.na bu one Intention In every
i' ?J7 of It population.
Three are t.2Ml pa tenia aexj tnudrUof
a. ret rtirtal w Ire.
There are 5,'j79 jxitent IkIs and
N.rlir f.ir ibmra end fair.
There are i.Trt dinVrr-nl kind of
wiwe and saw ing ap(4iralu.
VortS Carolina he one mienlor lo
firry li.'vT of Us fopli.
The utent offer litis u.d 7.'llft
i l ie on laniidry appllnnrra.
New Jrrry one Inventor lo ery
;.jT ot Me leifitilalHin.
Tlir are l.iii l..ls nd, sr whl. h
if) lis) Uasl, IN elt)ewoikirig.-i(li
Ih llK let.
Veltertslaf tteeeHfeei Ra).
I.ovntgtn rate ie liri ,ii g m'si
l4 ref id'y. I'rof lrtner!ri, of th
MiMnlrn.! la'airal.rfv of I'aii I. . ..w .1
lw lo f.e I IW mi. I. i.ls f Ji.frt.cl
niathinrs, at. I Ui etu i eriews
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la teiinb. An Im-i .!.i.,n aswrte
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titt'st'lib'-d u-, rx'itt I a I. If rem
Irom a r ulon,rr, a) lag : "I'lixtoaram
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AD50.WTEE.Y
HARVEST OF THE SEA.
A Peculiar Occupation Followed Off the
Coast of Ireland.
Along the northwest coast of Ireland,
on th5 borders of the Atlantic, dwells
a hardy race of men whose chief occupa
tion, when not engaged in fishing, con
sists in the manufacture of "kelp."
This "kelp" iseof great commercial
importance, as from it is obtained near
ly all our iodine a body of vast use in
medicine.
During the winter months the kelp
burners set out in their frail little "cur
raghs" (small canoe-like boats about 12
feet long, mode of canvas) and, proceed
ing along the coast, fill the boats with
sea-weed, from which the kelp is made.
In this they are assisted by the women,
who, bareheaded and. shoeless, take
their turn regularly at the oars, nnd
are almost as expert at it as the men.
After a storm is the time selected
for obtaining the seaweed, as by tliL
force of the waves it has been torn from
its bed and is cast in along thctshnre
in large quantities.
When the boats are laden, the seu
weed is brought to a small creek, nnd
there placed in heaps out of reach of
tne tide, i'rom this it is carried in ereele
on the backs of men and women to a
point further inland, where it has to un
dergo a process of drying.
The drying comtists in exposing it to
the sun and wind, and the better to do
this they have rows of loose stone
laid about 20 yards in length and a
few feet in height. Along the tops of
these they scat ter the seaweed.
The drying takes months, so that
spring Is well advanced ere it Is ready
for burning. This does not matter,
however, as owing to the fuel the pei,t
or turf got from the borr at hand not
being yet cut and dried (or "w in" n
It is termed) It Is summer before the
burning In the kiln can commence.
The kiln is a deep trench dug In tin
ground. Alternate layers of lut f and
seaweed arc laid in this until full, nnd
the whole In kept burning for ubot'l
three weeks, until it enke. together In
a large bluck man reiiembling coke,
but much more solid and heavier. Tine
is the "kelp."
It I then broken Into blocks uhout
14 Inches square nnd brought by lmsii
to the villages, where It U sold, to lv
hlpH-d to more profitable market.
Host ii n Post.
EXPENSIVE MIRROR.
WIU Urine; the Moon Within Thirty
r.lRht Mllee of th r ye.
A special train broujrht Into Pari t
few day ago, wrapped In heavy felt
Mankets, bound with softwoiKl luxips.
rough block of cryatul, which la to
form the mirror of the hug b kecone
at the r.MH) exhibition. In Its iin-w nt
elate the piece) of glue weigh ll,ft)
jKiunda and ha already oixt t2ii,uoo.
It will cot 30.ot!0 more ond luka 80
moc'h of polishing by a novel and se
cret mechanical prove before It Ir
fiuished. Ita dmmrter I ucurlr seven
feet, aud It la expected to bring Hie
lil'Miti within 31 mill's of Ihcryc, but
the chief rxH-rt of the Parle obrrva
lory any thnt Ha linngra will not lie
dialinct a their are now at f 4 uiilee,
Which Ihry believe la the Utmost Jirac-
tlfhHe limit.
The Ifortsr Was DUfaslnl.
The nrprm. riimnklne. who cut Ms
throat with a retor, wa In fnajil of ttu
d. tor' premier at the time. In bu t,
he waa tlffbt on the doctor 'e nidvwaJk,
w hich la a liU ly-pard aijd kepi weik.
of which the owner 'la rathrr earrful.
At the I mi lies I the doctor tlifK rilwil lr
horrible (-bt when lb licgro etl.uihid
Li throat with the rror. Tlirn,'
m the ilnrtor."! shouted tohlra torH
off th sidewalk."
(sees Ml farlrell
The king of llelglutn, when walking
otia day, called at farmhouse) and
Baked for a glaea of milk. While be was
drinking II, he heard lb koateaa eay lo
her hatband la Flemish: "I wonder
what that long nowd linrlislnoea will
glew a l"T the) mllkf SS hriri the
king ImoW out a Se-frn piece, nnd
handed ll lo Ui woman, saying In
I l. iiii-h: "Allow an to offer yoii IIhi
pxrtraitof the lung fcted Lughabui."
otith 1 1 i-mrHinlon
fllfwl fNfal Iwwiaej file.
hj mdinj-Muielure; intene liehing
a4 atibf Ing; Bxiat at algLI, worae by
aeralrhing. If allowed to oaliBna
lamer Lira, a bicb efla mA and
Blear ala, (worn rag eery eora. fsTi
UlVTstawf alop I ba llchmg and bleed
tag, Leak norln, aa.I la aaoel aaaesj
re mot b laaxof AI drfiele, at
if d, ( a f) !. If H ! Hsn,
I'MladeltMa,
A ri'iu.U r of ilr , I, . s ,e lately Urn
IfHrl.t,,) l,y ,(,', h ,,rt, Btapes)
I eairvd aiM. an-l at. bee a renJIe
? 1,'nlf ? a. roe of ibe eer roii,. i
N H, in ... rarrylig a U'"ry that
!, ,,f l,, l.i,.p-Lx h
nmy 1st of e i ,im any ;. .irnl sl,.,
'l-ei of a - I fmk, fr li s'),,- is
l M In a rt. t,!r ..t,,,n t rn Ihes
.f!l the arvl in ihe ri.ir rsbe
te I n!(r te.. ai j ike In nd' r I
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DOG DETECTIVE.
Does What Hnmsn Sleuths Had Worked
Upon Three Months In Vain.
The Cincinnati papers contain an al
most incredible story, which, neverthe
less, seems to be well authenticated.
In the early spring of 1895, a business
man of Cincinnati, Charles Hermann
by name, disappeared, and no trace of
him could be found. For three months
detectives worked upon the case with
out avail.
Soon after his disappearance, Her
mann's dog was found, badly poisoned,
and near the point of death. The ani
mal was sent to the hospital for dogs,
and remained there two months under
treatment, not being suffered to go
out. But his life was saved. .
When at last the dog was liberated,
he began to search for his master; and
after a geod deal of running about,
commenced digging on the banks of
the Ohio river, opposite Cincinnati.
There, after a time, ho nueurthed tho
body of Clmrles Hermann.
There arc indications that n murder
was committed, and that poison was
administeicd to the dog nt the same
time. Very likely it wns throwv to
him by malfactor who dared not shoot
or touch him.
The body was identified, but un
fortunately the sagacious dog could do
no more. ;
Bout hum Educational Advancements.
According to Prof. Alexander Hogg,
Btate muntigei' of public schools in Tex
as, while the south has gained 54 per
cent in population In the last 20 years,
the Increase in the enrollment of school
attendance hn been 130 per cent. In
the same period the value of the school
property has Increased from $16,000,000
to $51,01)0,000, on addition of nearly $2,
000,000 per year. Of nil the people in
the south, white and black, one In five
I In nttendnnce at school during some
port of the yeur. ThiB is the proMirtlon
in Saxony, which excels till countries
In Europe. It is estimated that of the
$320,()i)ti,oim expended for education in
the south iu the last IS year one-fourth,
has been for the colored race Detroit,
Free Press.
H'lueeseil to Death In a Ntumo.
George Bennett, of Eden, Out., met
with it hui iil.le death the other evening.
He wen nf-ii;,tii:;r in the oi erntion of
splitliiU' larpc hliiini H with n jack
screw and Imd one m-arly s lit, when
he Htcp; ed ii.to the ojm nl: . Suddenly
the J.ui seri-w s.ri:i ;r oi:l. I'ie etuui)
lion d I I e a ihui, e:it hiii-r Pi limit, nnd
he wus alow ly s'liuet d to death.
A ( liiiuiiuu's ri(o,t ( rime.
A Chitiiii.ieii nl h'haiiglini cotiiuiiiterl
the oth( r dnv lint is I he I'rvntexl of nil
rriinr in rhiiiu-e jun..it udi nee, Ly
li.urii 'i iiii' Imi -riii,iir.' thi r. I he tn-n-
ally fur liiia is li b "i ut r.,i Into lo.noo
piece." nnd Ihe n nrdi rer'a fulher also
I puni In d for having Lrntighl up such
a rrimluiil.
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LOCAL DISEASE
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