OFFICIAL A LARGE NUMBER .... A HOT NUMBER Is the Heppner Gazette. Without Of Morrow County's citizens read the Heppner Gazette. Not much of an authority on agriculture or poli tics, but true to the interests of its neighbors. it the Heppner hills would appear dry and barren. People read it; business men advertise in it. WWW FOURTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1896. ( WEEKLY NO. 71? I SEMI-WEEKLY NO Highest of all in Leavening Powr. Latest U. S. Gov't Report PAPER SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE. ' PUBLISHED Tuesdays and Fridays BY m PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY. LET EVERY WOMAN READ OTIS PATTERSON, A. W. PATTERSON. . . . Editor Business Manager At (ISO par year, tl.25 tor six months, 75 ots. (or three moncns. . Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. THIS PAFKB is kept on file at B. C. Dake's Advertising Agency, fit and 65 Merohnnts Exchange, Ban Franoisoo, California, where cor rects for advertising can be made for it. - 0. R. & N. --LOCAL CARD. Train leaves Heppner 10:05 p. m. dally, except Sunday. Arrives 4:55 a.. m. daily, except Mou- dav. West bound passenger leaves Heppner June tlnn 'l-AQn. m. : east bonnd 12:51 a. in. Freight trains leave Heppner Junction going east at 10:43 a. m. and 8:45 p. m. ; going west, 5: JO p. m. ana 6.45 a. m. There is Strength Greatest of and Health in This Discoveries ! At Every Stage of Life Where Renewed Nervous Energy, Pure Blood, Freedom from Pain, and Normal Conditions are Despaired of, Paine's Celery Compound is. the One Great Remedy That Will Make You Well ! FINEST PEARLS IN THE WORLD. OFTIOIAIi DIEEOTOBT. The first women in the land have good reasou to reoommend to every sufferer Paine'i oelory compound. The proprietors of Paine's oelery compound are not "patent medicine men." Tbey claim not one whit more tor this wonderful remedy than it will accomp lish. They resort to no schemes to sell it ; they offer no prizes. , Tbey believe in the only kind of advertising that can be profitable in the end ; that is the recommenda tions that go by letter or word of mouth from those whom Paine's celery compound has benefitted, to suffering Iriends, relatives Bnd neighbors. The proprietors of this remedy have Riven out for publication the voluntary testimonials of grateful women and men, who owe tbeir health to Paine's oelery compound; they never United States Officials. President G rover Cleveland Vice-President Ad'ai Btevenoon Boeretary of State Riohard 8. Olney Secretary of Treasury John 0. Carlisle Secretary of Interior K. R. Francis Secretary of War Daniel 8. Laruont Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert Postmaster-General William L. Wilson A ....aO.......M,l T it .1 ur.r ll.nnnn Secretary of Agriculture..... .J. sterling Morton change a writer's wrd's or exaggerate a person's importance; tbey never placard HUt of Oregon. Di io 0u;zfja wjtQ tales : they never oall a eimple oure miraole. r&reSrV'o'i'Bt Paine's oelery oompound is today the least advertised of any prominent Treasurer..... Phil. Metechan -amojv anA i. niitnnt ia far ernatnr than them all. The demand for Paine's Bnpt. Publio Instruction w. M. Irwin ' " , ., . tt. ...u. m. niieman ice erv oomnonod Is sleadiir. aa iv crowing, wnue tne esies oi every one ui tue IU W. ..... I " Mitchell artfully but dishonestly advertised "patent tnedioioos" are fast dropping off Although the past year the moat astonishing number of people In high society, .W. H. Leeds I man akn nnVilin nfftena nf orpftl imnnrtanOA. the wives of most distinguished u I " " w w ' Moore. . Wolvertonl t?i:.i. 41. nnnn...on.n nl Pi...n Wilhar Rnll Mr. IT. H i-iHZ. 1 Ut. LU VH J U1BUIVU, wuwivawvu w . . , , . . , - Senator Warren, the great Preebterian leader, Rev. Charles I. Thompson, D. D., of New York, Mai Geo. Birney, Congressman Meredith, of Virginia, Mrs. H. B Hperry. 8np. W. IT. Smith, of the U. 8. botanioal department, Helena Modjeska, Attorney General. . Senators Congressmen Printer Supreme Judges... ...u. m. iui JG. W. Mo 1 I J. H. Ml i Hinger Hermann 1W.K, Ellis , w. in. s. . V. A. ?C. B. Sixth Judicial District, Oinmit Jndge Stephen A. Lowell Prosecuting Attorney Morrow Conaty Officials. Joint Kenttnr A. W. Oowan Uepres-tntative.. Col. Littler, of the Chicago prodnoe exchange, the Kov. Dr. Meek, President Rowley, Hon. George L. Fletcher, ex-Minister Francis the publio will recall soores of others of equal importance Although it has happened that withia the past year voluntary testimonials have been constantly received from hundreds of siinu people, men and women who need no iotrodudtioo to any aeotion of this great country Still the greatest pride of the makrs of the remedy is not so rmiob the reliance that the rioh and titled have oome to plaoe upon it; hut the good that Paine s oelery oompeuud ia doing in the army ol people wboBe circle of acquaintances is limited to tbeir immediate neighbors, the good it is doing among bard working people, whose health is no less valuable than that of the famous or wealthy, and whose heart-felt testimonials are the best of all tributes to the first among Amer ican physicians, Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D. He discovered a remedy that could be put within the reach of the poor as well aa the rich, a remedy that has revolutionised in a few years the general practice of medicine, . Until this disoovery tbera waa no oure for the mnny ills that women suffer women whose nervous system, for one re moo and another, is impaired, whose life ia a burden on aooount of what are ordinarily termed "female ailments." The pains and aohea which our mothers thought tbey must endure, now van ish entirely under the curative, health giving influence of Puiue's oelery compound. Like nothing else, it gives new vigor, new life, new strength. It makei nervous, ailing women well and oheerful. It dispels sleeplessness; headaobes disappear, Paine's oelery oompouod makes it unnecessary for women, at any stage of life, to sniljr from those serious ills that afflict so many. And Paine's oelery oompound not merely relieves but permanently cures. WAITED ON THE LAUREATE. Ununty Judge . (Vrnimiwioaers.. J. W. Beckett. n Clerk , " Sheriff " Treasnrer i BJSasr7Vasvi e iisii Surveyor... School Bap't... - Coroner. J. N. Urown .A. G. Hsrtholninew ). 11. Howard J. W. Morrow' K. L. Matlock , Frank Uilliam J. r Willis J. W. Horoor Jay W. Shipley B. F. Y.ugliaa areeKa Town oinoiM, -I... 1 hoe. Moras n C-munilinen 8. Horner, K. J. HInmim. Prank How. Oeo. Conner, Frank GilHam, Arthur Minor. -run t. T . w E. L. Frwlnd Manhal A. A. Huberts Preeiaet OOeerF. I k- o W. K. Kiohanlann CkmabU. N. B. Whetstone Halted States Land (Hfleers. raa bAl.l.aa. OL . f. Moore Kerlalor A. S. Biggs Heocver Lou,o. B. T. Wilson Bmvl-ter J. H. KiibhiBS Heceiver sHBOxiJCT g3snTaa. BAWUNS WXT, NO. IL O. A. B. . Keats at Uxinsvw. Or., the laM SatordAy of rk month. Ail veterans are Invited I" Join, i v. H.a. U ao. W . Hh itsi. Adlntaat. tf Comaiarufar. D.J. McFaul, M. D. II1CICI At Mrs. H. Welch's Rtsioina. High! telephone eunnertlna lltl tbe I'alare Hotel. E. L. FREELAND, ft contemns, watvn INSUHMHCE, JJLf ABSTRACTS. U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER. Land nilngs and final Proof. Tata. STENOCRiPHEB. NOTiST I'l'EUd SUMMOyS. IN Jl'STICK.'S COURT FOR THE SIXTH DI8 trlct. Stele ol Oregon, County of Morrow. Minor St Co., et si., I'laiutllls, vs. Ben I'onnen, nefendsnt. To Ben Pnppen, Defendant: In the name ol tne mate oi tiregon, we rom- msnd you to aitear before the undersigned, a Jiistlrenl the I'eare In Heppner, in said County and State, on or belorethe:Mn osyoi necemiicr. m, at the hour ol ;o eire-g in tne anernnon oi mid day, al my oltiee In the said town tnanswer Uia un.ulaliii ol U 1 nor A Co. et al.. Inunded on expree. ronlrai ta slid whvrrlu they demand the sum ol One m unarm i weniy-six ano iu-hw ihm Isrs, for which sum judKtnenl will be rendered aKnliist you If you fall so lo apiear and answer said complaint. uiven unaer my nsnu unsuin ot m A. I , I'. W. A. Kit II A Kls IN, t j.l lA, justice ol iiio Trace. NOTICE 10 CREDITORS. H TIIR rol'STY mi KT Or THE HTATF. , of orecon. for Morrow foiinly. In the matter nf Ihi Mill of Vt m. t'rr'l. deeeasml The iitid-rslKiiol having been appointed bv the Comity Court of the Stale ol Oreirnn, lr Mnr row coiiniv, exermor oi me esieie in nm i'.ll Hn-raeed. notice 1. heretiV (Iven to tlx eredtbirs ol. and all persons having claims aralnalMld ilereeenl. to present mem vennea as reulred hy law, within sis months after the nrst pllmli'Stlon or inis sour, m iiwmiw at Ins omrw oi . ei nrown ai n "rpm, "oiw rr.TgR hai iKsrr.iMi, Iierulnr of the Fatal of Wm.Oell, lreaaed, ita. ov. It, in. 4. H. Haoea, W Mil. Ally lor Kierulor. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. m thk cofSTY rorriT or thi "tatk 1 nl llreenB fir Morrow foitnly. In the m.K-r nl II, aalata nl James lisllowsv. dereea a.1. The umlenlaned hat Ins been aptnb1 by Iheenunly roort nf the slate ot )rron, i..r nrrow eoimty. admlulstratur of tne exats'ot Jsmrs (tallooav. dereaee.1. notlra is hereby glvea te lb er 11 tors nl. and all persona hsvlng Malm, saalnst aald dareaaed. to preaenl Iheia willed aa rHlrel by law, within sis months sfler lb Brat publlnallnn of this ant Ire In J. M. K. Admlnleiraior, at bis rsaMenre near lent, Motraw a , liri-gon. i. M. KKK1. Administrator ol lb ttl el James uaiioway. der.a.i 1. PtM XoV. n. I"a. vnvm. uToci atAxna. HM.fEJILAJID. K0. sttUHor. fr Ileal. . feahjee. Wall yo aaHrTr eabaartpUoe acid aaskeaw tewr beasts ta free ef eWge. ttnre. P. O.. HeofMier. OrFneeaav, f ct lefl ebcMl Un SMlWa. eaaw oe Wft blp. I . MaediBast. Or.-M be Had ) ri. I bio. atlia lmM the aama. A 'a brand ( t em beaa rwbl Ibisrbi bral a) ytadkl sbnaldat, tm4 ewt j4 rlabteax. fnL A. Jt.Ov. Mfweaex mm rlM a. I mb, atax-S rtgbt blsi ear at aaatr ep e ten e4 ni la nana. it.-.. w at . n.iiawM. oe-asiu. a I' Mt.. m-.L - - 1 ' -k ka aa. a aawi baeaaa. M U TtimCTS i GDiFM ILMLSfi KSLVES "-j- tw eL1 aw bn wt.ml.tm, eaue Saws ess brtkip b rvabl SM. fMiM.KOTlON'8 rvw-M- u --. oo-. U M Made) o tsmmVU Tsrtnsv EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLI) BEfTKEa tf ORFK)!l V w.lb law as) ftM Jav NeevT. Haaae, tM-NMas sevaAad a) t mt Um Un aK.i.Ue I ea"U bewtad I n) bin ai aabwUt la k-fl saw. Man la M.wm -.at. J.a .llt. Iaa, fW -It iim,lT lafl m. aMiks ) rt4.l bla, kaif araa, a a" a4 aMl M le! First National Bank U:" or iiKmtiR C. A. HmCA. -T, A. Metta, CIO. W. CONtCH. . W.SrCNCI. Vaidt Via Pfa)e C.lbl.1 Am t CaaHtee EXCHANGE aa.KaftaA W,0 Ham! Venwa. e.- l.-e eauia - ru ea4 bA avW Ww loeb M bt l aa aa4 -bat - tl WM ea. MaeaaeeaaB bea4 bt afeaabtat. kaaw le Meaa4 al total. asi.aa. tt.O- leeal k tH aw ai. eta swd ai.l mi . aw. -aa. aaae b4 baft -W. Iaaa alaa THj SERPENT'S GAZE. Strange Mnscalar l'ower That Assists Them In l ancinating- Their Victims, The powtr of continuing motionless, with the lifU'd hood projecting for ward for nn indefinite time, ia one of the most wonderful of the serpent's uuacular fcata, and U one of thcTilgh- est importance to the animal, both when fascinating its victim and when miinicklr.?;- ..ine inanimate olijoct, aa, for instance, the stein and bud of an aquatic plunt; litre it ia only referred to on account of the effect It produces upon the luiiuuii mind aa enhancing the scrm-i't'a HlrttiiL'ciH'Mt. In this at titude, with the round, unwinking eyes llxi-d on mo wiiohut a nice, me effect way be very curloua aua uncanny. Kmewt (ilanviUe, a South African writer, thua dcscriU-a hla own expe rience hi the I'yrtuljrhtly Kcview. When a 1xy lie freit:rntly went out Into the bush in quest f game, and on one of thre aoliUry excursion he aat down to reit In the shade of a willow on the bank of a .hallow btrcarai bitting there with cheek renting on hla hand he fell into a boylaU reverie. After some timn he Ucamo a ware In a vagn way that on thn white, bandy botWra of the btrenm ther waa btrrtehed a long, blck Hue. which htvd not been there at flnt. Il t-mllnued fir boma tline rt'iTardlitg It wi' hotit prooarnlitlng what It wa. but all at one, with an inward ale U-eaiur fully eonar.k)ie that he was )-M!:in at a btrgsi anakn. "Preaentlv, without aptatrant motion, ao softly an I bib ntly wna it done, the anake rvaro't IU hen. I above the aur tie and lu bl it there; erect bnd still, with rlcftinln r 'Tea flgetl on me In queU"ti of what I waa. It flaabvd up on me then tint It would ! a g'l op rxirtanlty t-t Usl the power of the ho mttn eyo oa m scal e, ana I set snyeeii the task of Im klng It diwo. It was a f.jolUh effort. '1 he broaaa ba4 ana sinewy tirrk. abmit which tha water flowix! WiIIhmiI r.pi le, wer aa carvi-d In atone, and tHacrcrl, tin winking eyea. ntlh tKt l.,il eotolii anil r'llf u I lie in. ai'rrjl to flow th teighti lh I ni'-vr I I'-i'jr-d. I raUually thetw ram orr ilw! a a u-ilre) of alckenintf fear, whir l, if I hod Ulsae4 U It, otitd ha-t I- ft ia-' tnrrb 4 to rnrv bttt whit a ry I ! up. and. arliltig a fall.-n wiK.i-v briih. atlknl the) reptile with a aot icsof fury. I'rt.lb. ly ; b'.a i.f Hi I. anil original.! la almtlur ev;t Unr of mm native." The Kan i. U nm I lo plained, la a pnwrrfal bt I milijaut la lug thai tak-wOw! f rm'-f a jroat arrrn aa4 Ui at hltit in a. ma deep, dark pvwt. and ' !. I a ma li ail'mly ap-(r-airh a i.J I k d Int.. the water h .b.M !- ImII tti by tl t-er f IHj t"'1 ' t ; t '' f V. ',l finally iir n a .. i I. will, powet- a l ! . , it d( appear for ever In ti e I ' '.;. i IN ROBES AND ROYAL STATE. POSING AT THE PIANO. Hew the Supreme Court Jurfgee XsM from One Itooin to Another. Another innoratlou has made its ap pearance at the cunitol. It ia worth while, according to tho Washington font, to make a trip to tho bgyliUng jiiHt before twelv'e o'clock every day to witness it. The room in which the aupreme court juatlcea adorn them iclvea with their llowlug ailk robea la juat acroHn the hall from the chunibcr lu which tho court meets. Hitherto a few tuoiiienU before noon the door of the attirinjr-rooin would open and forthwith would emerge the aolemn jtiKliei'b. On one biilo of the corridor which by the wn', Im the main imM-age way through the rnpitol would Maud a court ofUcitil and another mnn would Ik! btatloiied on the opposite bide. He tuoen thit guard the juhticea would walk and a moment later would illsup-M-ar behind the heavy door ot the en , trance to the private corridor to the tench. Hut thla bimple and modcbt method lias been relegated to the pant. It ia different now. When the Jus tices are now ready, to leave their at tiring apartment four court tneneen gera appear. They bear two piece of nluf.li -covered rone. A man atanda on ach able of the two door, and arroaa tho corridor they btretch their plush- covered barrier. Through the avenue hus formed the the ttlack-gowned Jna- tlcea walk, the brilliant plush cover ing gleaming like a streak of Are against their aumteer robea. If the Jitlces are a little alow the crowd mut p.hew Its boul In putli-ui-e. ot until the last black gown ha disap peared are the lnh-covrred ropes taken down and the ordinary aoorae Of travel allowed to resume. all w mi lb a.-.t- Bought antl Sold. CaibsFtafWMJ est all (saaaewaBsftflSjisay1 T wSea mtmrn a4 aadltVUd f-, ttl fe . se All ( ' i I IT le-al s to 4 -- w. at o - S ' -'"' MaeiM hi 1 1 a a V J W Mat. k - M I. ea4 mm baft sa--a.Mtt Ma mm l-'t Ua. svia mrmt rM f .Ma e..al la rM ax st,. (w, seek r-t - etna, M 0 mm rVM Men b. in aa M -a an ab-a,t a., MM, . S-HM O . nanaas, 1) aa, b-n esat . eattia a aw b-fl ate. w.w. J , l-ra m i bum UelW lt-M-. MObwaaw eM b.a, rkw oi iai Ha l aa let.- Maee-a If t-A aha.l- re i " . !'-- i --. 4 - a I -t an an lib. ka.. I lei M-Ma. r Rai t ail a, as VM b- I ee-f tor. 10 Wantcd-Hn Idea ? - m m i aj. . --f t i.n f a-. w.a ' S a ... . aw ' e.a- t 14 Mwai. - 'l ' b-ei e ? 4 a4 e-4Vi a. an SV.; b-aa W 4 tat ate I aa wet at.. lea- Si V , -a.e- - - -iMl a1a V bn a- s s i rp V a-... a- a ' - aw- . ! e b-- '- - ew - " J" j -- w .-O ate-, baew- s Uew aw4 . m a ajMea - r - - Ms a I aaeue swais , i ip.. -1" t Fieil IW aabt w TraabK ias llse h4 m 6mm k't ( frail fvisal hf f fall od wl ellee aba te tr7ra f-f ! at eaa ! ae !. II aUl aln vt la i'bu( 1-.t (M-alS, Wrr-4 Of !-, dfif4 I h'S ftUee f f k ) h-.e letf TtefM 4iriftg frail Uxil I arafsr wnh blw. If. IN A HURRICANE. Padarewskl Thinks That Plaalsts Bheald Look effective While Playing. When radcrewskl waa in New York '.he waa calling at a prominent Wali street man'a home In Fifth avenue when the broker told him he would like to have his opinion of hla daugh ter playing, saya the New York Jour nal. The great pianntt courteoualy re plied that nothing would give him greater pleasure. After tho young lady had dashed off several selections l'adcrewnkl aald: "To get the greatest enjoyment from tne piano the music must not only be heard but the performer should bo Been. The performer should therefore be careful of hla or her poaitlon at the Instrument. "I will be frank with you and Bay that I preferred to see rather than hear your daughter play. I might better nay that I looked more than I listened, hue held l.eraelf correctly. There la nothing I hate more than a listless, careless posture of the body while playing. "Then there waa life In her touch. Per finger fairly a park led aa they ran over the board and touched the key, reliounding from them with a anap that wa exhilarating to behold. Her manner of using her hand and her el bowing. If I may o eall it, showed prota-r training also. I will therefor add that my aenae of hearing would have lieen equally de lighted, iloublles. 1 uiy benae of sight bad not lieen so completely nionoprb Used. I eompr.iiH-nted the young lady on her aeeotnplb hment." "There U wlwloiii In that," aald the broker. In ieftiri'? the conversation. "Tee her of t'ie piano should give far mote attention to lUi matter than they Bow do." A Necklace That Bold for Nearly Eighty Thousand Founds. The Inman of Muscat possesses a pearl weighing twelve and a half carats, through which you can see day light; it is worth about 33,000. The one owned by Princess Yousoupoff ia unique for beauty. It was sold, says the Gentleman's Magazine, by Georgi bus, of Calais, in 1020, to Philip IV., of Spain, for 80,000 ducats; its present value is about 36,000. The pope, on his accession, became the owner for the time being of a pearl, left by one of his predecessor? upon the throne of the Vatican, which cannot be of less value than 20,000. ' Empress Frederick has a necklace composed of thirty-two nearls. the total value of which has been estimated at 35,000. Her mother, Queen Victoria, has a necklace of pink pearls worth 10,000. That of Baro ness Gustave de Rothschild, made up of five rows of these precious stones, is valued at 40,000, while that of liar ones Adc'phe de Rothschild is even more costly still. Both of these ladies have given orders to their jewelers to bring to them any "pearls of great price" which . may oome into, their hands in the way of business. .The gems are usually purchased by one or the other of these ladies and added to her necklace. Good judges are doubtful whether to award the , palm to either of the above two or to that of the empress of Russia, who has seven rows of pure white pearls, valued at something like 80,000 rubles, but the atones of which are perhaps less beautiful to the eye. The one belonging to Grand Duchess Marin has six rows and is said to have cost 36,000. Mile. Dosnoe, a sister of M. Thiers, has a necklace of several rows, which has taken her thirty years to collect, and has cost her upward of 15,000. The empreaaof Austria posaeaaes aome of the most beautiful black pearls it ia possi ble to find; her casket and that of the czarina of Russia are, in fact, the most famous in the world for pearls of thla color. Mine. Lconlde Leblano Bold her neck lace of pearls a year or' two ago for jcirly 30,000, but in consequence of certain matters which were whispered about at the time she bought it back. The stone In It graduate la sise, and are exceedingly beautiful in shape and luster. CANVASBACKS IN ENGLAND. 4ar efageewe Thief Tbat la lb t-L- A bl'irr comes br m.l from the far east and tell one nor of the wonder ful thin: r. lil. U hdpiien to those who have their Ihmim on the great water. Toe st ry eona rn tho hi if four n.aated Iron ship l.ncioara. Mi hall from lila.ow, and re.-ently made Votage froot Nliarpnee to hydney, N. h. W. While sailing along between the Cap of tiotnl lb and Auslrall tit" sliiu ran Into a hurricane, or wi ovi rukvn by on, about midnight. Huddenly t'ie bra. which its' I been dan gvr.oi.l, I fit. beeatn ralm. and to tleoa oil t'i ship It Bvemed a If the aur, 'see of the isa bad bee n sub jected lo an rrtormott pre ore. by wbl) h the wave were Milled. illioul warning the men were almost Minded by a sheet of flame, which envelojaxt the ship from stem to tern, and reeu-hed half way up the Boasla- 1 hi wave of flam surge! back and forth, foe and aft. fir a few anond. and wa then anuffed nut aa suddenly aa It had aptaarrd. leaving cap.ain and crew rr.plr.t )-. t In Intense darkneas! lh blinding glare wa . I rent I y painful to lb . but reused bo darn- f ithef lo the bma of to Iba attlp. f apt. W tit MUl it we at firat eafriene t l kind, and be bt4 It would be the laV AS HARD A3 THE Are DIAMOND. f t beasbea re- T- oiil fit4 lat oa II eibt 4ea at lie 111 tail ta Ibe b, Bill tb4 ta-bt ! JaM ra I!! thi eWJ -t In HAitiea) v'.aa" of daeiiag. where la Lh dol wift wrt tm-wmA. ant W4bla eVasr a4 draw M f wbl sl.kil ahoot btowlf A and It having bad a "d. fit-nil y." A ! Uhlu.ky aaa. tad rt rd f.r h (-. t,f s- m br-ii'iioi Into He i aiet M J I rrss S-a. aaavM -Taw ' P d tb 1. H Very mu. J mT , - w-e' (U V4 w X. mjA; lf Mtrs?'e,'4:i': ir 1 1 uur. m-.h - .4 -, W w kwSala S.....W if I I I CZ W ImW, SU- w.- a fce iH aw-. Iwe I radnrt K.eerae'tt. The diamond h alwats In-en gsnb'd aa ee.esllig one qujl'd y r.lil'lt pliu-e It beyirtid rivalry, na'iic'v. that of banlne There are ral gem which compete with It In Is-auty, and at least one, the ruby, when of rare ai and quality, outrank It In mat II IWHaV )lul hone In the hole list equal It In hard iu- 'IHamotcl rut dliiMil" has beeom m popular saying. Hie baroesl ateel aanaxd ual th diamond In that r atMHt. The diaiifwid. say a reewnt and asith'srtutiv test l-'k of chemistry, "la the bard.-! f arm of ma'ter known." Hut cien .rfrer, and If natar la et aald fof her king of gem th distinction of unparalleled hanlneaa, the art of man baa n Ue-n eially eamslderal. There ar at icesl two pVelurU of rhetuU al riarlment which tvav rfud. acn,edirig to the freat French rl.eml.l, Henry Miilwn, to be I aa hard a diamonds. These ar priatuerd fr.M Ihe rare sntJ liunium. Monsieur Mnssen ha axiad lit wepsirifig titanium in the llrie fur tier In lite pur f.-in II la tardr ll.aa ate I or quart, an-l hea) vaibine4 witli eiibon or lron, so a lo fremi a sii. --Id of borid of I '.innm. It enatrhe li dianwMMl Itself In hardness. Titanium reserril.W lin la ! rlaa VrJ fbf.itwtii. and It Is lb eliaraHrr Ml element la the lauiful red and brown erystaUof mti'.e. The, I lb ahap tf n.!;. ar aotnetim f-wnd pvnwtrating large wl.it quart ery lai. f smoag g-M tbat tl l"rn) rail ' loee aryrwa" ll'ptbel febdietsMS IB l!pf F.rif 1 4u. I rb 4 ebxiisg l olei it ll'n .ny ,y latlrf ll.at if. ff , , .. g it 0 is .-. . .. rate of an lmHirtatlon Into Ureal Hrltaln of an vtmerlran Delicacy. Aii American woman who ia married to an English squire of high degree tells the following funny story of the fate of half a down cunvasbnek ducks which she had sent to England as a present to her mother-in-law. The latter wa an eacellent housekeeper and had professed herself to tie anx ious to taste the renowned trans-At lantic diilntv which she had heard no extravagantly praised. Carefully packed In lec, the game arrived In good condition, and I.ady M , the recipi ent, Invited a couple of friend to par take of the much-vaunted delicacy. "Fancy my feeling," said the pretty American, deacribing the affair after ward, "when a pair of ducka were brought on the table done to death and bluffed with onions, aaga and pota toes, while my father-in-law, carefully carving up the entire bird, leg, wlnga and all, distribute! the portion to a party cf six! 1 could have abed tear, and tho climax waa reached when, after enduring disappointed and disap proving balk on th part of the gueerta. my lwlle mere- rernaraeu: i must say, Margaret, that I rather prefer our English duckling toyour canveback., I rould not tell ber that It waa th atrocious nsiklng and atupld carving that had destroyed th chief of all gam bird. However, th duck wrr there and they had to he dloel of, and th next day I bad th pleasure of eating a pa'r of my ranvaalaKk en salmi, while th other were actually endeO up In a pie! It I needle to re late th mortification I suffered or th vow I mad never again to Introduo American delnlle to llritlah palate." A Society Girl' Experience While on Ylsl to the House of Tennyson. Some of the difficulties of living up to a disguise are illustrated in an old story recently printed in Blackwood'a Magazine., It is part of a lady's journal . kept in the year 1839, and tells her ex- ' perience in visiting the Tennyson f ami v ly in the guise of a lady's maid- Her . ' friend, .Mrs. Neville, who was invited to make the visit, could not afford ' a maid or a nurse for her little girl, so , the young woman volunteered to act in . ( that capacity under the name "Marion Langlais." They both belonged to the : same literary club which included Mary and Emily Tennyson, says the New , York Sun, but as she had never met them she considered herself safe from v . suspicion. She arranged her pretty . tresses under a coarse black wig, and quite transformed herself into a con- ventional lady's maid. As soon as they . arrived at the poet's house her troubles began. She was expected to ' sleep with the housemaid, and aside from her unwelcome company she found it awkward to dispose of her black wig, and had to wait for the wondering girl to fall asleep before she could settle herself for tho night. After a few daya Bhe was called upon to appear in the dining-room aa waitress, and. had her-. . first glimpse of the poet. Her Journal -says: "I was to wait at table, and my heart beat so . fast as I went In that I could hear nothing else -for a few minutes, for on entering the room I saw Alfred Tenuyson at lnstl And Frederick, . Horatio, Emily, Mury and the mother. Was it a delusion thut I stood there behind them, . chanKing their platos, helping them, and they lo little dreaming of my Identity with tbeserv nt 'Murlonf Was I asleep whoa the maid of all work thrust a handful of dirty fork into my hand and bid me 'out and wash 'em quick and bring 'em up!' I did do all this many time before dinner was over, and, though I did lb very well, my bund shook so the first time I took Alfred Tennyson' plate that I thought U must be soon. The romance ot the affair rushed over me." The pot t began to observe her very closely after thia, and ahe became so nervous that she nearly forgot her part. One dny as alio was passing the open door of his room, where he lay smok ing and rendiiig, he called her In and asked her to bring him a book from downstairs. Ho attempted to describe) it, but it was a German work and he thought she could not read it "I know," slut siild, and quickly went down and brought It to him. "So you understand lieriniin," he said, and bhe gave an evasive reply and left tho room. ThMt evening at dinner Tenny son could not druw a cork from a beer bottle and nftcr everyone had triad and failed he said to Mrs. Neville: "Where I your Miirlon? She can do It; she can do everything, from rending German to waiting at table. Let her try." Marlon came, and, amid a chorus of apologies and explanations, she drew the cork. Another iluy at dinner she was sum moned to the table for some trivial rea son and it was found out afterwarda thut it was to settle a dispute about th color of her eyes. Eventually her Identity wa revealed and the family took the trick all In good part WITH THE WINO. Mewisa Mia art4 I be ttaid fe ideal? la r!4 IU s..--i an, tritoti4,r tfitwfcr i itHwtlt'i; j lf' ietO. I. b eg w l. . Ill ling near th Utile placer mining aelttement Ibdoree. I) New Mealeo, said a returned tourist, according to th w Yrk Hun. I saw two Meal ran dry washing for gold, and belr .rt-d!ug alrnrk to aa aovel and In teresting Tbey were at work In a dry gulch, wit (west a sign of water In sight, and had brought the aurtfermi sand In 1-aekeLa lo the looulhof th ravine, where lit wl4 blew Mnmgty down lb valley. Tbeir washing p-.r.:-s ronited of a heavy aiuiy blanket. In lite renter of which tbey placed alout a peck of the band; then. h Meibaa Uking M4 of th blanket by lb evsjawra, U y lss4 lb sand bit-b aloft ?l and again. 1 be wind blw awa? t! fin sand. Wl.il th bevief particle with tin r-l-1 fell straight hwk into th blanket. When at lt lby paused I her rw malned In the blanket a doubl hand ful of gravvl and b-evy aaad, ia mU m fi.lUted a few yellow tpsck of gold. A rode on my Meiwaa dlr bi4 m that th to iMnwne j.tOI !y awt'stpf t!.r or t ur dollar a Aa? during tb Urn tbr" svorked. but Ut aa a U bad nl U. "i mm i" t its f w-u.d g-i lub fi.' r i, it .;. w ii iknf gold ! i Bi.i a,,:, .. Ml... 1 IM-brllrietal lit So f mi, I in- .' If- te ll.ey wvutd g4 bA to lit Its b is )', A TOUCH MAN TO INTERVIEW. Lord Randolph I hurrhlll Valuable Irpla" ItMis ef Men aud Thlsgs. Iorii Randolph Churchill hail just shaken hands with a few personal friend when a New York Tribune re porter advanced and begged hi pardon for a moment The Eii'l'diuiun hsk him cordially by the band, but when be heard he wa newspaper man who would "Just like to know," lie drew back, and In tone of anger, whU-h b Piad no attempt to conceal, said; "I say, now; really, you know, thla la loo much." "Th newspaper men," said th re porter, "would like to know If you " "Just fancy," said th l-d. Inter rupting; "I reslly did not expect, yen , know, to lav called iin lo aay any. thing atsiut what I don't know any thing about." "Would you tell u something alsnit th politic,! lluell.m in Englandr continued the rcirt.-r, finishing th question. "Now, upon my honor," be answered, "I really didn't cons over to talk to reporters." "Ibi yn Intend remaining long la America?" "Ily Jove, youll have to ak that of aotiMi on else, ff I don't know, I'm sure." "Mr. liladslon haa lt n nvll.-l bi roin to Amerk-a. bi yon think he w ill Coom7" Thla srema d bi Inlenat k4 !! dolj.h. and he sal I: 'Ilea he V Then suddenly rhecklhg blmsrlf, aald: "te.s4 4y." HI f''t waarm lb step n I blhn4 till held lb handle of the rarrbtg dr. 'I Iml Ibaarla-ry' niiiilsiry likely to lat m H b.grf" asked th -p.tef. ' L-d Iian bJph lb b.sn n IH bog, who was stlil .-4lr.f rrvr I.U slituuler, Brt.J b 4 bi bil 'Ne)t driver, b-.k k'l " Just then I ty l:ndolph( hurt hill JffViaebcd. rd tbey ,tl, ttrf-ped Into th farriag 1h rhrhi b tfabi gantlamsn, IK toetaWr from Kouth r4.lingt-,n, sail merely) 'ti. bo li. driver ark4 bl k'.p, and away t:.7 wi,t b.r a O Hi. I .!. lil, Jfi,i' a4 Sea K I "t" bes4 t K n a i i w It-t b U'tHe A G a ZL , as at ! l-m