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it th. Heppner hilts would appear
dry and barren. People read it;
businesi men advertist in it.
PAPER
A LARGE NUMBER....
Of Morrow County's citizens read
the Heppner Gazette. Kot much of
an authority on agriculture orpoli
i tics, but true to the interests of its
neighbors. ' r '.-'.
FOURTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1896.
J WEEKLY NO. 712(
SEMI-WEEKLY NO 4861
SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE.
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Train leaves Heppner 10:45 p. in. dally, except
Sunday. Arrives 6:00 a. m. daily, except Mgn
day. West bound passenger leaves Heppner Junc
tion 1:11 a. m.; east bound a. m.
Freight trains leave Reppner Junction going
east at 7:48 p. in. and 9:10 a. m.j going west, 4:30
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OFFICIAL 33XR.ECTOH.Tr!
United Btates Officials.
resident Grover Cleveland
Vine-President Ad ai Stevenson
Beoretary of Htate. Kiohard 8. Olney
Secretary of Treasury John G. Carlisle
Beoretary of Interior....'... K. B. Francis
Secretary of War Daniel 8. Lsniont
Booretary of Navy. Hilary A. Herbert
Postmaster-General William L. Wilson
Attorney-General Judxon Harmon
Secretary of Agrioultnre J. Sterling Morton
State of Oregon.
Governor...... W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H. K. Kincaid
Traaenrer..... Phil. Metanhan
Rapt. Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney General C. M. Idlnman
In: Kiel!
Congressmen : J wgf roUs""
Printer...... ,.....'.W. Il!Leeds
!R. B. Bean,
F. A. Moore,
C E.Wolverton
. "" . Blxth Judicial District.
Oirenit Judge.:.. ........i Stephen A. Lowell
Prosecuting Attorney H. ,.' a .
Morrow County Officials. .
Joint Senator... ... ........... A, W.' Gowan
Kopreeentative J. N. Drown
!'.onty Jndge A. G. Bartholomew
' Commissioners,..., :). 11. Howard
J. W. Beckett.
" Clerk..... J.W. Morrow
" Pheriff K. L. Blstlock
" Treasorer Frank Gilliam
' Assessor J. V. Willis
" Surveyor... J. W, Horuor
" Hchool Bnp't Jay W. Bhipley
" Corouer B. F. Vttoghan
BIFPHEB TOWH OrflOEllft.
Mayor .Thoe. Morgan
C xmnilmon . 8. Horner, R. J.
rtloonm, Frank Rogers, Geo. Conser, Frank
- Gilliam, Arthur Minor.
Recorder F. 3. Mullock
Treaorer.M E. L. Freelnid
Barshal ..' ................ A. A. KoWrta
Preeisct Officers.
Justice of the Feaoe..... W. K. Richardson
Constable. N. 8. Wbetatone
Cslted "tatcs Land Officers.
TBI DALLES, OB.
J. P. Moors .... Register
A. 8. Bigg Receiver
' LA OBAMDB, OK.
B. F, Wilson .' Rngla'er
J. H. Bobbins Heoetver
XCXtJST QOCI EXIZS.
KAWLiLNB POST, NO. IL
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Meet at luexington. Or., th last Batnrday of
neb month. Ail veterans are invited to Join.
4." C. Boon, Go. W. Smith.
Adintant. tf ( imuiniUr.
D. J. McFaul, M. D.
OI'KICIC I
At Mrs. H. Welch's Residence.
Night telephone connection with
tha Palace Hotel.
E. L FREELAND,
COLLECTIONS,
yjJISI INSURANCE,
iIf ABSTRACTS.
U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER.
land Filings and Final Proofs Taken,
STENOGRAPHER. KOTiRT PUBLIC
national BaaK oi ttmi
mn. Finland, to. r. bishop.
Presides!. C sailer.
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANTING BUSINESS
COLLECTIONS
If ad M Fsvorsbl Teem.
EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLI)
II EITHER, if OREOOS
(Mario-Horns Staac Line
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H. A. WILLIAMS. Pop,
osT.inio-nunsti
ls-str Burp llsily at fi p. m. an J ar
rive at Ontario, 1st H Imor.
Sinqlo Furo $7.00.
Round Trip $10.00
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laave pirs 4aitv es.iaes ayar r mm is
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Just Received !
We have just received a
Large Line of Ladies' and
Misses Jackets and Capes
In
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First National Bank
-OF IIEPPNEB-
C. A. RHEA,
T. A. Rhea,
Geo. W. CONSER,
S. w. Spencer.
- President
Vie PrtEldant
- Cashier
Ass't Cashlsr
Transacts a General Banking Business:
On all parts of (he world
Bought and Sold.
Collections made on all points on
reasonable Terms.
Surplus and undivided Profits, .IS,(tO0 00.
hTOCK URANUS.
While yus aaep yonr aabeerlptiiia paid ap trm
aakesp soar brand is free of charge.
Bora. P.O.. Hanonar. nr-Knnii PRm
honlder; eattla. auoe oa left hip.
Chanin. H.. Hardman. Ctr. Hum hniukii
noartcht bio. I atlie bmodod the sania. At..
brands CI on bora nhl Ibishi astle
brand on ri(bt abualdar, and mt ult end of
rbthtaar.
Cook. A. J..Ina.Or. Ilnraaa. trine rlht K.xl
at atua, asma on nam ntpi ear stats I
nut aqoare
crop oa ten and split la nuk
DWmu W. M .(talluwav. Or.Vnl Rli
rbfht swallow -fotk in each eari kimas. H p
a left hip.
Ely. Ilrm. TVm.las. O.-Horaas hrandad fl.V
oa lft shaaliiar, eat tie same oa Uftlup. hols
ir rM ear.
yi.icaiwi. L. A., RMnaar. Or. at I la I.P .
riki htp; boreaa wiU taw sadar as riahl
ehuolihw.
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Hi am tha l..t ah.l.lar: aattla bra idarf J .
cht hip. aian anlartiit la lft ear. kanaa is
tutruw euaatr.
inlipana. Palis, tna. fir Hawaa. .ImU T
(ft a(i flat eailia. aatnans rttit hip, Sadat half
wwp in ria mmn man M an ear
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ean aadar eh na tna rlbl
Isaibartard W. fl Mi ma I Tsraoa. Or. 1 1. a
am. os nt.l aad lafl autaa. awsikra fnrh ia fa fl
ear ana w ctP IS nsl.l aw. ll.maa aataa
brand as larfl ah4ldar. Ila.ie hi Ur auwtt ,
Iflati. Kaapnaat. Pat. Or. 41 I, on lafl hip
aaata breed ua baft aaaabtar. Hm.f Omul
suaatv.
waiita, ma aei attot ra rur I aaf -
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I. aad i nn lal ah,atlWi eailia aama as
aip, iua arar rism aya, ure aiita ia riahl
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haft aaamUae. tatIM, l aw rltt hls
rS-rry tf II. Itataa. th. - C.llla W f aa
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laatal'aav, W, J , llailnarar. I horaM
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saVa- rrrlr t W a riskl kp aa4 ntM4
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well to call early and make their selections
before the assortment is
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We Have if) These
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LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS.
The Larrea. Ever Obtained Were Taken
st tha I'arls llliseiejtory.
The Obwrvatory o( I'arls puaaesseM s
telesoopa by moans of whiuh photo
gmphs of celcurial IkmIIps of remark
able size and cloarnrsH can be taken.
By the aid of this prest Instrument the
astronomers of the observatory hare
Just taken a series of photoiraphs of
the moon's surface which are said to be
the largest erer obtained.
The value of lunnr photogTapha, says
the Chicago Inter Ooeun, Is very (Treat
to astronomers. Formerly ther went
to infinite trouble In sketching aspects
of the moon, and two persons seldom
produced drawing of the same thing
which were not contradictory. The In
cessant changes in the moon's surface
caused by the rays of the sun compli
cated the ilniiirrliOtmsn's task. The
most detailed chart of the " mofm
ever obtained was of a diameter of aii
feet. . Hchmiilt, of the Observatnr
of Athens, panned the years from 1S40
to I7 in completing It.
The photograph le method alone gives
indisputable reatill. No drUlls escape,
and priKifs obtained agree absolutely.
The eul.w qtirnt enlargement gives a
phoUigraph of alnnit the same a lite ss
the largest ehnr'v of tlm moon made by
haml. 1 he j-x-rllomif the moon's aur
face photo rmpiio I U remarkable for
great w rii-s of emtem, which pass from
the center to tlm smith of the earth's
satelllta. At tiio bottom of the photo
graph U thti gresl ein le of I'tolemaeua,
ofv.hih the actual dia tn.tr r on the
miam'a anrfa"v la estimated to be lit
niilrs. The hi Irfht of iu circular ram
part Is said to l 1 1. Too fivt.
ImmiMislcly sh,rve la Atphonsua,
M mlli'a In illametrr, with si
eentral Jx-ak 8.iq fiwt high. To the
Utl la Altcgn.t, with a diameter of
8T mil'- and a -ak toward
the norlli.-a.t 1 1 . fe.-t high. A nsr
rrw rrster, eI!.-. Alpetrsglus, to the
siititheaat of A!l'nr.ua. has a depth of
I0.9M fert, 'Mirl.ot I P.000 t-H deep
and I'urlm h fl.WI f.t, Th pltoto
graphs will f-rM p-.rt of a new erxn
plrte map of the ri-aina aurfse which
it Is pri,w., to tnalia.
m r 'a ai.d Lsal Tenia.
A land turtle that wlth.rut fall fr
twenty J ynn has rrgalartj ap
firsrrd st the hitnc of Michael Markey,
at I'srW'-r K-ird. heatr cninly, Ta.,
cam U- time a f w ilara ag and la be
ing Jinii:y rhiliiel Br.aind i'mrU
t "n by Ms. 'iff. 1 ,l gentleman
Saaj-rl that tlx re ean be bid mistaking
Mat ttrtlc.ee I le Initiate of hi nam
are er)lUrHi- oti Ha slirll. a aayi
that Ha lra:ninif has Its an well d
vei.if.ed st hi b.i tl.sl at th arxind
of tl dinner U II It eanr Into th di'
tntf r.a.m t.) rml ite ail.tmept rr
f'-l. It stars sr.Kjiid th Mark)
pftMlx-s until H.-ptemWr sad then
goes off to IU winbrr ' 'tarlT.
If VMir rbll Ire ar isl.j'et tapvnwp
sleb ff lb Cist lystptoni lf tlm daj
eaa br.aa. If Ch(r.btlslt's
Cnh fUvassly I given a anon a lb
efeild sveam k e'e it will pe h
sitwk. afia th erospy rasb
I s Si pi'a4 tl a si'srk eaa als)b
tret .el. I P gtteg tbr toMf, U
S'SU Istsllsbi f t.1 It, I t $
Siia. I k iaie t f Caf A U' b.
M 0
broken.
Goods fill Quali
t) Price Fron)
$18.
FATALIST, BUT CAUTIOUS.
II Believed la Predoetlnstlon, nut Wanted
to Re st a Safe Dlstane.
It was once said by some humorist
that the chances were If a man intent
upon committing suicide should meet
an angry bull In a field he would run
to save his life.
And so it goes, the New York Herald
moralises. Most men who profess a
belief in dentlny and an Indifference to
fate when brought face to face with a
danger or placed In a desperate situa
tion seek to avoid rather than embrace
the Inevitable result of the event re
garding which they have held such
philosophical opinions.
A case in point Is related by a trav
eler returning from the south, and
hinges upon the experience of a minis
ter of the foreordiitatlon school of be
lief on a Mississippi stesmer In the
good old-fsshioned dsys of river rac
ing, when a negro sat on the safety
valve and the furniture and woottsvork
of Uie boat fed the Are.
The captain seeing a rival boat balf
a mile ahead began to curse In true
old time Myle, and ordered tar pine
knots, nsrsl stores, bacon, tc., to be
thrown In to kindle the Are as hot as
possible. As the steam gothighrr and
higher and the old I uat trembled and
groaned under the pressure, the
preacher drew Dearer and nearer to
the stern.
Noticing this and never losing an op
portunity to crack a Joke, the bluff
captain tapped th fatalist on th
shoulder and ;ild: ili-llo, llrotbrr
lllsnk, whsl's ailing you? I thought
yon was one of them fellow what be
lieves what Is to hsppea. will happen
nohow."
"So 1 d," replied tha rlergymaa
drswlng blmaelf np. "Ho I do, but I
want to be as near th stern as poal
bl when It dues hsppen."
THE nt'LCR OF ALL RUSSIA.
"any Ways ka vThkrh I ka Aalaarars tjia
ark Till fa apella.
Aft we are upon P.asalsn topics, 'says
a Ilerlln lettrr to the fhiladelpbla
I-elger. It may li worth while to rw-
f.-r to th nolle nnder lh word eiar
In tlm rrcrnilyifiinplpted awond vol
ume l "Tha ?.cw l:ri.'l ih IHrtlonary,"
th monumrrital work of lr. Murray
and hie aawa late. "The aiwlllnif With
(." It sava. 'Issjfsln.l th of
all Mavonic Isngnarea. The word wsa
s.1 VfirUml .y ll.-rl rr is In kVrnt
Mnacitvli t.mnirnlaril. IM4, th rhUrf
sr1f Sfrarr of Information as l Kaa
sls In western l,.ir..r-. hrnc it
pea.-. Inf.. I the we-trrn Unyii'r grn
eraHyi In aimie .f litem it la fi'iw old
rahi'tnl Th l.arman fm la ar.
and y ra n has recrritly s-Ued taar.
lit. h la al-a-i the ntratt snltalilo f.itg
ll.h spelling " lt.it laarrtlUh, some
times Sard to dca.gnate It. hrr4try
pvinca, h wr-itif. II has the differ'
nlit mi, reaaravlu-h, wbkh U
r'm4 dirwetly tm th l.atta f
pad B"t la any P!svf.r,ll f.ra i.f h
word" Tl IVrmsns tranlal hi
ttaaaisn till very ebawly In railing
him th r.ntuNrst lbr'.r,f-.lrer-tr,
!ly, the 't.rsmt lriae Throfk fo.
the lit af
(..aeiiipa, -. tot then half
lb lilt 4 nntbsa, Ksd's Clovef
T ht 1 :(( I I Ufa f,,f f t,lSll3n.
PaVSti by w.i.ie warren.
ODD POST OFFICE NAMES.
Curious Results of a Reform
of
the Postmaster General's.
Ingenuity Displayed In Some Sectlooa in
the Selection of Unique Names
Many of Them Remark
ably Abbreviated.
Postmaster General Bissell wants
short names for new post offices. Some
of Mr. BLssell's predecessors attempted
reforms in the direction of post office
nomenclature with rather curious re
sults. When the residents of a new
town in Missouri sent in their applica
tion for a post office ' several years ago
the name they suggested was not satis
factory to the department for some
reason. .
"Select another "name," wrote the
postmaster general; "something not so
common, something peculiar."
"All right," the applicants replied,
"call it 'Peculiar.' " And the mail bag
has gone to "Peculiar, Cass county,
Mo.," ever since.
If Mr.' Bissell doesn't have a run on
"Short" post offices daring the coming
months, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
it will be because ' the American
sense of humor ' is temporarily short.
There are already three Shorts in the
united States. There are a Short
Beach and a Shortburgh, four Short
Creeks, one Shorter, and a Shorterville.
Then we have Short Falls, Short Hills,
Shortly, Short Mountain and Short Off.
North Carolina contributes the last
mentioned. Hut variety in short com
bination is not exhausted. Claims
have been allowed on Short Creek, two
Shortsvilles, a Short Tract and a Short-
ville.
Mr. Bissell says one-syllable names
will be preferred hereafter. The post
office department has accumulated
quite a collection of monosyllabic of
fices. It has two Arks, eighteen Baths,
five plain Bays, with numerous combi
nations like Bay City, Bay Centre, and
the like; seven Belbi, two Bulls, and
two Ball Plays. -Indiana has a town
named B; it is in Tippecanoo county.
Tennessee has named a pout office A II
C. One hundred and twenty combina
tions have been made with Big, ran;?,
ing from Big Bar to Big Wcotls. with
such originality shown as Big Bug, in
Arizona, and Big Patch, in Wisconsin.
Eleven Bisnells leave no room fur fur
ther honors to the postmastcr-gcnerul.
Ten Bellcfontaine:i ure spelled In al
most as many different wtiys. The
Tennessceans seem to be fertile in the
selection of unique numes. They have
got a Y Z post oftice, a Yum Yum, an
Ipe, only one Jackson, strange to tell;
a Let, an Ai, an Andy, a Ben, a Bob, a
Boy, a Bud, a Cute, un Ef'o, a GUIm.', a
ath, a Ho; a Ken. a Loo, a Nancy, a
Xotlme, a Number One, a Scg, a Sill, a
Tung, a Tut, two Whigs, a Zach.
Missouri runs sotuewiiut to syno
nyms. She has a l eculiur and the
next thing to it, an Odd. She has a
Freedom and a Ltlicrtyvlllo. Missouri
hits her share of homely names for post
ofllces, such as l'ulltight, Dutchtown,
Dudcnville, Jiuitown, Drynob, K)-n-
OMsr. Combinations wltli Utmc seem to
be popular in that state. There are
Lone Kim, Lone Jack, Iono 1V11, Lone
Oak, Lone Spring, Lone Slur and Lone
Tree. The present congressional dele
gation has liecn well rememliereiL
Missouri has post ofllces called CiK'krell
and Vest, also Dockcry, Burnt-, Joy,
Ilobb, Uyan, Hatch, Hall, Tarsney,
lllsnd. Missouri bus a (irovcr In one
county and a Cleveland In another.
She has a (iresham, also an Iniralls.
Who but a printer nould have chosen
for Missouri post offices such nsnies as
Jeff and Htet? Consider the phase of
human nature which prompted the se
lection of Braggadocio as a post office
address. Prohibition Is neiirhlior to
Rolling Home, l'nrudise Is not fur
from Tribulation. Missouri has a Nlsh
nabotna, n Osrkrum, n Nirvana, i
Mis, a Liupus, an Arnica, a Jon, n
rhlrgeton, n Black Jack and a Iilootn
lug Uose.
Adam Is in Georgia, Eve is In Ken
tucky. Cain In Kansas, Abel In Ala
bama. A letter addressed to Canaan
may go to sixteen states tofor it ft nils
Its destination. The long roll of t
ofllces eon tains a. greater variety of
saint than the calendar. . Virginia has
a KL Tammany's, M. Ann, bt. Anne,
Nt, Anna, rit Annie. HL Anns are all
poet offices. One rt. Jo, five St. J
and eighteen K. Joaephs attest the
popularity of thst saint and the Irrev
rrrrn of hi latter dsy admirer. In
Alabama ther I a bamt' htor and In
Mlsslssipl tbrr I n Hsint's Beat
Texsa and Iowa hav New Yorks. ( in
rlnnsti la found In sis atates. Ther
sr four Chkrag.ai and seven lXllsd.-l-
phis. HL Louis I found in Michltfsn
and Montana, a well a In Missouri.
Center I th name of a post office la
twenty-two alat. The Cenlertowns,
Ceatervllle and other combinations
with 'Center number on hundred and
thirty -seven.
la Ikrlawsr eminty, Ohio, a pt
ofllr La named Africa. Vistula has
Negro Arm and Negro K.ait. North
Carolina ka Nrrro Head, and Arkan
aa ha tirgm lillL The Acre I In
Weal Virginia. The Hay I In l-nil
ana. Other tat effixr with tlw
artkrlea am Th llt-axl. Tit t-r(
Th IMUUm. Th t ails. Th. t orke, 1 1w
(leyaer. Th ttlen, Th tirove, Tlie
tlnma, Th Hollow, The plains, II
llidg. Th II.k, The Spring, The
Nr, Th Weirs.
Ther I no rt oftic nsmetl Vul
Dam, although many pvopl think
ther U. Tia has n Yutto, and ( alk
f.nia ha n Yubat ity. Mk hlgan and
North Dakota hav Itrvll Lake
There am thrn Tsrlffs on In Ohio,
hW-lt la qsit tl; on In West Vlr-
glala, and a third In North Carolina-
"I it imwvihrUtt, inmtjuilgmtn
rsWW tAerp smwrr rveelce tin
Untflt frxm Ik inrif of no , , , .
Whftkrr hi d" or dttrt of natire
re troJ." -1 rtrict frtim wA nf
II iiiajav J, fr,.is) ff f. a cf U-ft
rramiant-f n-f. th ( hH aru
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
D)OLQJTEIsY PURE
A GIDDY PROCESS.
The Slste r of Italy's King Outs s
Osper on Wheels.
In Consequenoe of Which th Trollo
some Larty Is PUead Voder th Ban
of
Royal Displeasure and
Sent to Coventry. '
Bicycles caused no end of bad blood
in more senses than one, it is to be
feared before finally obtaining the
right of citizenship among orthodox
vehicles of the , road;" and, universal
though they have 'now become among
ordinary mortals, they have still a deal
of up-hill work to accomplish before
acquiring a status among the surround
ings of royalty. - Of ccurse, a prince or
king may bestride a ."wheel," and do
anything but break a record or his
neck; but were a princess so far to for
get what she owed to her house, her
dignity and her long line of ancestors
as to patronise this democratic means
of locomotion, the whole civilized world
would be expected to stand aghast at
the desecration of royalty implied by
the act. -And this is the horrible deed
that has just been announced by the
telegraph, and has thrown Italian court
Circles into ceremonial convulsions.
The catastrophe, says a Rome corres-.
pondent of the London Telegraph,' oc
curred in Turin, and the heroine and
victim the lady is both ia the pretty,
accomplished young widow, the duchess
of Aosta, who Is staying at the castle
of Stupinlgi. Princess Maria Loetizia
is a sister-in-law of the present king of
Italy, she having married in 1RH8 his
brother, Prince Amadeo, duke of Aosta,
Who died in 18U0. This lady, who is a
Bonaparte, is not merely accomplished
and pretty, but is brimful of life and
fun, and takes a positive delight in
tramping upon the rigid court ceremo
nial of past acres. The last of her
frolics was executed on n bicycle made
for one.
She set out a few dsys ago on one
of these tabooed vehicles, accompanied
by a maid of honor and two court cav
aliers, and after a long ride the part;
were flying up one of the shady ave
nues leading to the palace of the dukes
of Aosta, when a company of soldiers
commanded by a major met them half
way, glanced at them furtively, and
perhaps a trifle too curiously or crit
ically, and marched on without making
sign. The duchess, rendered more
sensitive than usual by the conscious
ness that the was transgressing the
bounds of court etiquette, felt hurt at
not being saluted In the approved fash-
Ion by the major and his soldiers. This
wss perhaps humsn nature, and, a
such, excusable. But the lively lady
went much further; she actually com
plained of the conduct of the major,
who hail, she affirmed, culpably neg
lected to salute her. The commsndaut
of Turin, Ocn. d'Onclsn de la Batin. at
once summoned the officer to appear
lfi-e him and explain his conduct.
The major said he waa guiltless of any
offense, as h did not recognise the
high-born lady, oddly dressed and
tested lietween two wheels, and would
neer have permitted himself to think
of her highness as n sever bicyclist.
lisil ha known or suspected it was
she, of course he would have, etc., etc.
Gen. de la liatln, uncertain what course)
to take, appealed to the Holomonlstie
wisdom of th war minister, to whom
he forwarded a detailed report of the
whole occurrence, asking for Instruc
tions as to the punishment to b meted
out to the msjor. whom he meanwhile
kept In arrest. The minister of war,
if not precisely a fvi'mnoii, wa at least
quite shrewd rnotitfh to see that the
ground ha wss treading wa eoartly
If not holyand Instead of taking the
responsibility upon himself demanded
an audience of th king, Isrfore ".limn
ha luUl the r. tiort of th coiiimait.luiit.
The monarch rut the Oonlian knot lu
twinkling. II sent a telegraphic
order to Turin rrlesalng tha major
from arrest and entirely exonerating
blin In th matter. This, however, wss
tli solution of only on half of th
queationt the remaining sorty con
cerned tli lively youna- widow; and
th king sent his blcyrle-lovlng sister-
in-law an order forbidding her to at
tire herself in reel eowrt coatam for
th ape of two calendar months, a
prohll.it ion whlrli I eoaivslf nt to
atrial domestic arrest f that prrtl
Th princes la therefore absolutely in.
vlalbl to th g'd eltlseu of Turin,
who rf wont to watrh and aalut
her two car tlire time dally, a sh i
ral or drov or walked about Ota
ptrvrU tif th hlstorla old city.
Th liibahilanU consul Utemarlva
by gscing f .r h'i rr. through th win
d.rws of th pb'rtogr pher' shnjst,
wl.afeaaerUe .f ten triaf njfWnl por
trait In various p. ail lion a and naiaiwi
attract Imndredaof loyal eymptrlier
I poar lesrn thst sasterv has also
la-en pronounced on on nf th curt
ravalters who aeeoipiikad th ilif!,a
tm her bleyrling esprdltlon. Tli mar
ptlsof Monerlvello baa ta-en nmm trily
rtletnlaard from his ptatt by or.lar of th
king, who la said to b eitremely an
no) e at th l'tat deUrmlaafion i.f
bis slater In law to put all traditional
ewdl'sna of Court tlttelt at lianglit,
and to hav announced his InUetton to
punish asur sovtrrly all ftr trsner
greealon.
h;lt IT P4ISOS.
Ties will Knt b Blle I satnn aftr
Ja'y l.l. AH fa-e failtep- M par by
h oik i I eseti noli nefeafl'f .,! Int
nt tfl,
Htrrssa Liuar WstiR C.
OPPOSED TO ALL PROGRESS.
Chinese Aversion to Kail roads Manlfaeted
In Curious Ways.
v Engineering' enterprise In China,
particularly in so far as regards rail
road building, has had, and is still
having, a good deal to contend with in
the way of native prejudice, cupidity '
and superstition, says Cassell's Maga
zine, and the tales are many that have
been told of the peculiar difficulties
encountered in that country by
European engineers and engineering
syndicates in the course of their opera
tions.1 When, for example, the first
railroad was built, a number of years
ago, the necessary land, it was stated,
was bought from several hundred
different proprietors, all of whom
wanted .additional bounties for the
disturbances of ancestral graves,
which, as may be known, abound in
what the "foreign devil" would be apt
to consider rather unusual localities.
One proprietor claimed to have buried
on his strip of land no less than five
mothers-in-law, for whom he had to
be paid. Satisfying him naturally re
sulted in a marvelous multiplication'
oi dead mothers-in-law, who thus soon
became the chief item in the cost of
the land. Another curious example of
the difficulties of railroad construe.
tion in the celestial empire has morn
recently been mentioned, and has been
afforded by the conduct of the Tartar
general of Moukden, the capital of
Manchuria, in connection with the
surveying work of the railroad from
Kirin, another large Manchurian town.
to Newchwang, the seaport of the
province. According to current re
port it was proposed to make a Junc
tion of this line for Moukden at a
place a short distance outside the city,
but the general got a number of
geomancers to investigate the effect
of this selection upon Moukden. These
sages reported that the vertcbrm of the
dragon which encircles the holy city
of Moukden would be broken by driv
ing the long spikes of the railroad
ties Into them, and accordingly th
general vetoed the decision of thn
engineers and directed them to carry
the railroad in a stralirht line from
Kirin' to N'ewchwanir, without sir
proachlng Moukden at all. This,
while a shorter route, would compel
the crossing of a low and marshy
tract of land, llnble to floods and only
spursely populated.
REASON IN AN ANIMAL.
A Ks'a Horse Th-t YV ild Kot Tak
Klud'y l rrcparaloiy iVnrk.
"It is a mi' IhUcm iileu Unit none but
hnnmn iicif enn rcrriri and that
dumb tin :nl Imvc not lhat power,"
said Prof. Albert A. Palmer, of Buffalo,
toaSt. L'ltilHtllobi'-Detnoerat man. "I
am fully prepared to dcinoiihtrat that
the utiiimiU inferior to nuin have rea
poll i ill faculties, Httd thnt what Is gen
erally termed Instinct pluys an Impor- '
tant part in their dolnirasnd actions.
"Iet me give you a single example.
I have a friend named iK.wnltig, who
owns a string of vslnsblp rnc horses.
In his strinif is a horse known as
pipccilwcst. A day or so I m-fore a rae
In which the horse Is entered he gen
erally sends him out on the track
mounted by a stab) boy for a little
prrpsrstory work. The horse will not
tak kindly to his work, and no amount
f persuasion with whip or spur ean
get him away from a common ranter.
I noticed Ibis peculiarity in the animal, '
and on dsy suggested to Ikiwnlng
that perhaps the horse knew thst ha
wss not exH-eted to race, and for thai
reason eonld not understand exactly '
what was required of him. I prevailed
upon him to dress the stnbl ly In the
colors Usually worn In a rsce and try
th hors sirs in. He did so, and lh
boy was plseed in front of th animal
for a moment thst he might seat h col
ors. The result was thst when the
boy mounted again the hors t.rok at
th word of commend ami set oft at a
long, swinging gallop, which h In
creased to a run, finishing the work nn
der a strong p'UL Another stabl by
waa put np without th colors, ami th
hors refused to lesv th lopittg gait
ht which b started out A second
tlm the colors were need and again
th animal set out at a rat of speed
calculated to break a record.
"What do yon rail thst, iastinet or
resaolilngT I contend thst th flora
had a rational faculty which b tier,
deed at will. IU knew thatwllh.rut
th colors h bsd nothing In particular
to gain by estendlnir himself to a swift
run. W hen the robs vti re put on the
hi r r r ssoiir .1 thst tin re wa a mi oh
Jert In View, IU reasoned that ha WSS
already prepared for a race and ansd
hi pace) a so'diny ilbuut lerlbf
nrgad."
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