Heppner Weekly Gazette
Pabllshe Kverr Thursday.
HEPPNER OREGON.
To bo sure tbe elevator combine Is
designed to lift prices.
And then tt came about that Spain
lost everything but honor, and Spain
had none of that to lose.
. Lieut
strength,
a $0,000
home.
Hobsou Is still gaining
He has succeeded In lifting
mortgage from his mother's
All sorts of party calculations are be
ing made on 1000, but a close study of
the figures shows one-half of them
must end In naught
Some of those Pacific possessions
have hard names as It Is. Goodness
knows what we may be calling them a
little while from now.
In a recent duel In Budapest one of
the parties was wounded. This will
give everybody a chance to say that
they manage matters better In France.
If twenty postoffiee clerks In Manila
can do the work of 200 Spaniards any
good American tailor would be equal
to holding down the director general
ship. It's a subject for a moment's reflec
tion If not longer looking into, that as
much as eight million dollars were
spent by this nation last year for look
ing glasses.
It seems only natural that the Presi
dent, after seconding the Czar's de
mand for universal peace, should be
gin Immediately to talk of Increasing
the army and navy.
should be puinsnod at the whipping
pot. The crimes meant are thoae of
which women and children are the
vK'tims.
There lire materials now at hand in
tbe American and Spanish records of
Hie recent war out of which a historical
novel could be made that would rank
with "Ivanhoe" or "Hypatla" In dra
matic interest. Where Is the Scott or
KIngsley to put these materials into un
dying form? The oppression of tie
Spanish officials In Cub i, the'r v n .li:y,
and their brutality these might form
the dark background against which to
depict the devotion of some high-mind-ed
Cuban patriot. Weyler and Fitz
hugh Lee In opioslng roles, the secret
plotting at Havana and New York, the
lobbying at Washington, the deception
at Madrid, all offer good materials.
Blanco might be cast In the role of arch
plotter, and the dastardly destruction
of the Maine might be shown with all
the secret workings of the demoniac
forces that led to the crime. The curse
of that crime should be made to follow
the Spanish cause throughout the war,
to lead Blanco Into ordering Cervera
to his doom, to blight his own plottings
for a dictatorship, and to cause the.
downfall of Spanish sovereignty in tbe
new world forever as it really did.
Such a novel, with the stamp of genius
upon its pages, would be the book of
tbe decade. Who will write It?
In Havana they have changed the
name of General Weyler street back to
Obispo. The Cubans believe that a
street by any other name thnu Weyler
would smell sweeter.
General Kitchener wants $500,000
for the erection of a Gordon memorial
college at Khartum. Such of the na
tive as have survived the Kitchener
preparatory school are Invited to attend.
It has come at last. A woman In New
ork has been driven insane by the
telephone. She raves constantly: "Ring
and ring, but all they do Is to ask the
number." She Is the first, but by no
means tbe last. .
One phase of the Indian situation
was happily bit off the other day by a
Western ranchman. lie was asked If
the Indians near his ranch were trou
blesome. "Naw," was his frank reply.
"They hain't got nothlu' we waat."
A Tarls paper has been confiscated
for printing a caricature of Emperor
William's visit to the Holy Land. And
yet France Is a republic a government
for and by the people. Imagine an
American paper being confiscated for
a similar offense.
As an Instance of the thoroughness
with which the England of to-day is en
tering upon Its gigantic colonial tasks
the proposed college at Khartum Is an
excellent Illustration. Another which
apeals less to the Imagination, but Is
far more practical, Is tbe arrangements
the Colonial Office Is making for the
study and treatment of tropical dis
ease. Hereafter medical applicants
for appointment In the tropics will be
required to have passed at least two
months of special study upon this sub
ject In Institutions specified and to give
evidence of their knowledge by passing
a special examination. It Is certainly
an Indication of better things that sci
entific inquiry Is now to be made as to
the nature, causes and treatment of dis
eases peculiar to tropical regions. Much
has already been done In the study of
yellow fever, the bubonic plague, etc.
It Is also now known that malaria Is
caused by a parasitic organism intro
duced into the corpuscles of the blood
by the mosqui to and perhaps by the com
mon fly. The effects of the bites of the
tsetse fly are probably due to some kind
of parasite or bacterium. A knowledge
of the causes of disease Is of prime Im
portance, whether In the tropics or else
where, but too little attention has here
tofore been given to the proper regimen
In health and disease In tropical re
gions, a subject in which America Is
now scarcely less Interested than England.
AT THE TbrtN OF THE ROAD.
Where the rough road turns, and the val
ley sweet
Smiles bright with Its bnlm and bloom,
We'll forget the thorns that have pierced
the feet
And the nights with their grief and
gloom.
And the sky will smile, and the stars will
beam,
And we'll lay as down in the light to
dream.
We shall lay us down In the bloom and
light
With a prRyer and a tear for rest,
As tired children who creep at night
To the love of a mother's breast.
And for all the grief of the stormy past
Hest shall be sweeter nt last at last!
Sweeter because of the weary way
And the lonesome night and long,
While the darkness drifts to tbe perfect
day
With its splendor of light and song.
The light that shall bless us and kiss us
and love us
And sprinkle the roses of heaven above
us!
Sydney Advertiser.
THE DUPLICITY
OF COL. DAINTREE.
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mm h
Up2
aIIEN," declared
Miss uaie, u s a
splendid exercise."
"Of course," said
old Col. Daintree.
"It's recommend
ed by all the doc
tors," Insisted Miss
Gale, pinching the
tire of the back
wheel.
"Naturally," said
Col. DaJntree.
It enables you
e the country,"
ent on the young
lady argumenta
tively; "it makes
PJ y to ae
Ziap went
A late appointment In Philadelphia
Is that of "Custodian of the Loft," to
look after some old papers that are not
needed more than three times a year.
In the street cleaning department of
New York three bosses to oversee five
men has not been an Infrequent occur
rence. The padded pay-roll of politics
needs no further Illustration.
The literature of heraldry is running
Eastern society wild. Half a dozen
venders of ready-made crests and
shields and coats of mall are said to
be doing Philadelphia. The rage for
arms Is at fever pitch. Even vehicles
ore taking on fine names and coaches
have their lions rampant or tigers
couchant on the doors. There Is a gen
eral rush for Insignia of rank.
We take It as a timely acknowledg
ment of the humanity behind the guns
that the Spanish branch of the Red
Cross Society has been asking for In
formation as to the medical and hu
mane devices used by the United States
to alleviate the horrors of war. What
a pity that tbe Spanish society had not
niade some effort to alleviate the hor
rors In Cuba that precipitated the war.
The sending of 1,800 tons of steel rails
from Sparrows Point, Md., to Bombay,
India, by the Maryland Steel Company
is a further Indication of the Inroads
which American manufacturers are
making In markets heretofore monopo
lized by Great Britain. The same com
pany has booked an order for 2,500
tons of eighty-three pound steel rails
for a railroad In Ireland, thus actually
bearding the British lion In his own
den.
United States Pension Commissioner
Evans has compiled from official
sources tbe American casualties on ac
count of the war with Spain, and places
the total number of deaths at 2,IHHS, of
which lo7 were officers. Tbe lives lost
In the destruction of the Maine are
considered In the same light as mortal
ity In battle. Of the total deaths, eighty
olllcers and 2,520 privates died of dis
ease lu the various camps, and since
the close of hostilities In Cuba slxly
one men died of wounds which they
received III the service.
The right to capture private property
of the enemy on tbe sea In time of war
and divide It up niuoug the captors Is a
subject of exceedingly great Interest to
the commercial world, says the Chicago
Times-Herald. At the breaking out of
our recent war It attracted Immediate
attention from the numerous captures
of Sapnlsh trading vessels plying Ihj
tween the ports of Porto IUco and Cuba
and other countries. The prize money
that thus fell to our naval forces was
Justified by past precedents, but to the
general observer this making a prey of
Inoffensive and defenseless merchant
men seemed more like piracy than civil
lzed war. By reason of this experience
there has been a general desire express
ed that this remnant of barbaric war
fare should now be abolished. Captain
Mahau comes to the defense of the cus
tom, and urges as his strongest argument
that commerce Is the life of a nation,
on which It thrives, and that therefore
anything that will cripple his commerce
will cripple Its fighting power. lie
further says that the great commer
cial Interests throw their Influence on
the side of peace, for the very reason
that they will be the greatest sufferers
by war. "Assure nations," he adds,
"that their financial Interests will suf
fer no more than the additional tax for
maintaining active humilities, that the
operations of maritime commerce, for
elgu and coiiHtwIse, will undergo no
hindrance, and you will have removed
one of the mot effective preventives of
war." We think this argument proves
too much. If a mulon may be crippled
on the sea In this way, why may It not
bo crippled on land by like means?
Why should not towns and cities bo
sacked and plundered by a victorious
army mid the Inxrty divided among tbe
officers and men? Why should no non
combatants be put to the sword so that
they may not Ins forced Into the ene
my's army? Why should not tbe grow
ing crops be destroyed so that there
would not be food for the enemy? No.
The capture of private properly on the
high seas Is no more defensible than
the capture of the same kind of prop
erty on land, and It Is to be hoped that
early steps will Ik- taken among tbe na
tions to abolish this foim of warfare.
It would Indeed 1h a good subject for
discussion at the Czar's peace confer
ence.
A curious feature of the recent crisis
between England and Prance was tbe
buying of British consols (government
bonds) ami other British securities In
the Loudon market by French Inves
tors. It wus made perfectly plain that
not a few Frenchmen Ix-lleved that
the country their own nation threaten
ed to light wns so much more secure,
at home and abroad, and better able to
survive a great trial without Interna
tional disturbance and danger to vest
ed rights, that they smothered their
French pride and let prudence direct
their Invest nients Into British proierty.
There Is really no sound argument
against the restoration of the cat-o'-
tilue-talla to Its useful place among the
weapons of Justice. The main objec
tion advanced Is that It brutalizes the
persons on whom It Is used that It ex
tlngulshcs the last remaining spark of
manhood. The answer to this la that
only rrlmea the commission of which
proves the culprits to be already with
out manhood or Ui acnae of ahauia
At What Ago Is Man Mroimcst?
The muscles, In common with all the
organs of the body, have their stages
of development and decline, says the
Strand Magazine. Our physical
strength Increases up to a eortalu ago
and then decreases. Tests of tho
strength of several thousands of Jhh-
ple have been made by means of a dy
namometer (strength measurer), and
the following are given in the uverago
figures for the white race:
Tho "lifting power" of a youth of
seventeen years Is 2M0 pounds. In his
twentieth year ttita Increases to 320
pounds, and In the thirtieth and thirty
first years It reaches Its height, 35tl
pounds. At the end of the thirty-first
year the strength begins to decline,
very slowly at first.
By the fortieth year It has decreased
eight pounds, and this diminution con
tinues at a slightly Increasing rate until
the fiftieth year Is reached, when tho
figure Is !t:i0 pounds.
After this period the strength falls
more and more rapidly, until the weak
ness of old ago Is reached. It la not
possible to give accurate statistics of
the decline of strength after the fiftieth
year, as It varies to a largo extent In
different Individuals.
Ella-Whcre doe Bella get her good
looks from-her father or her mother?
Stella-From her father. lie keeps
drug itora. Household Words.
you hungry; It is the best thing for the
temper that was ever luventeu.
"Fact matter is," said the old gentle
man, as they went down the hill, "my
nephew Is a fool."
"In regard to this question or cy
cling," she agreed cautiously.
"And although of course I like Him,
said the young lady, glancing at the
ground shyly, "and all that, I cannot
permit him for a single moment to say
that I shall not do this or that 1 snail
not do that."
"1 should have felt much Inclined to
tell him so."
"1 did," said the young woman firmly.
The Colonel bent to dust his white
spa is.
"These young professors," he remark
ed, "get a didactic manner that Is at
times highly ridiculous. I'm afraid I
shall have to get Frank married In or
der to "
"Married!" The bicycle was stopped
suddenly. "To whom?"
She rested the treadle on the curb as
one who did not propose to move until
she had received an answer.
"You won't speak of this," said the
old gentleman. "I don't want It to get
about.'" ....... .
"You may rely on me."
"Don't happen by chance to know a
Mine. Van Oppen?"
"I do not know her," said the girl
nulcklv. "and I don't want to. She
wrote a ridiculous letter on 'Unwoman
ly Sports' that nppeared In the "
"Bather a pleasing sort of widow,"
said the Colonel. "She has property In
Holland, and she would be an excellent
match for him."
"Hope he'll have the sense to to pa
tronize home Industries." She laughed
rather uneasily. "Good-by, Col. Dain
tree. I must go home and work."
"You won't let this that I've told you
go any further?"
"No," promised Miss Gale, decided
ly, wheeling off; "I'll see that It doesn't
go any further."
Col. Daintree went carefully down
the steps to the terrace walk, chuckling
go much that Infants who were exercis
ing their dolls stared at him amazedly,
and In their astonishment allowed their
tow-haired, staring-eyed charges to as
suine an upside-down position that was
almost undignified. The old gentleman
talked to his dog. as, leaning on the par
npet, he looked nt the arum lily-shaped
fountain, sparkling In the sunlight, and
watched the folk coming up the path
ways from the riverside. He lighted a
cigar, but his thoughts were so absorb
ing that he allowed It to go out. Pres
ently he saw, among the people who
were coming up the gardens, a serious
young man, wearing pince-nez. He
waved his walking stick, and the young
man hastened his thoughtful pace.
"My boy," cried the Colonel, cheerful
ly, "how nre you, how are you?"
"Not very fit, uncle."
"That confounded South Kensington
business "
"It's not that, sir," said Mr. Frank
Daintree. "I 1 have had some little dis
pute with Miss Gale." The Colonel was
much astonished. "Bather worried over
It."
"Tell me," said the Colonel. And ho
listened to an account of the dispute
with all the attention of one receiving
news of a perfect freshness.
"And I must say," concluded the
young man, "that I consider there Is no
necessity for a girl to cycle, and that
there nre many other exercises open to
her of a gentler and cr more woman
ly character."
"1 quite agree with you," said the old
gentleman emphatically.
"And yet, when I ventured to hint to
Miss Gale that 1 looked upon cycling
wlih disfavor, my remarks were receiv
ed with well, almost contempt"
"I don't know what girls are thinking
of," said the Colouel, despairingly.
"Fact matter Is, 1 expect you don't go
quite tbe right way to work. Frank
You're too deferential, too courteous.
too submissive. Now, n girl like Miss
dale requires tho hand of ateel more
than the glove of velvet."
"Not sure that I quite follow you.
sir," said the other doubtfully.
"Perhaps you are not listening.'
"I'm trying to, sir."
"Fact matter Is, strictly between our
selves. Miss Gale wauts a lord and
master; some one who will slmp'.y
make her obey his comtnaud. Thiit'a
the kind of man she ought to marry."
"Marry !"taiumered Mr. Frauk Dain
tree. "1 know Just the man." declared the
Colonel, Jubilantly. "Aa It happens,
I've got hliu In my inlud'i eye at the
p risen t uiouvTM
"I thluk you'd better keep him there,
Fir." said Mr. Daintree, warmly. "This
is not a matter that calls for the Inter
ference of any third person."
"You leave It to me, my boy." said the
old gentleman cheerily; "Ml see what 1
can do."
"I should be sorry to show any want
of respect for you, sir, but I must
say "
"He won't allow her to rove all over
tbe place, cycling," said the old gentle
man, confidently. "He'll soon let hct
know that the proper place for a wom
an Is the fireside."
"Not on a summer's day like this."
"All the year round," snapped the
Colouel, "all the year round. That's my
dog barking. I must bo going."
"Before you go, sir "
"Good-by!" said the Colonel
Colonel Daintree was a man who
read his newspaper carefully and com
pletely, beginning with the births and
finishing at the announcement of the
printer's name, and in this way he al
ways flattered himself that he missed
little or nothing. This was how It was
that in reading his local journal at the
bow window of his rooms at the end of
that week, he came across two adver
tisements which gave him great con
tent The terrier on the Colonel's kne
was also scanning the journal close'.y,
with a view apparently of ascertaining
the latest news In regard to the muz
zling order.
"For sale, lady's bicycle. Cost $G0. A
bargain. Write Miss E. G., Burleigh
terrace, Richmond."
Further down was the second adver
tisement: "Wanted, to purchase at once, safety
bicycle, with latest improvements, for
learner. Write Trofessor Daintree, The
Grove, Boltons, S. W."
The old gentleman slapped his knee
with satisfaction, making the terrier
jump, and the dog, a little annoyed,
went to the window, and presently
commenced to show signs of recogni
tion. The Colonel put down the news
paper to ascertain the cause of Di's ex
citement, and saw Miss Gale walking
toward the park In company with his
nephew, the two being quite obviously
on the best of terms with each other.
"Now that, Di," explained Col. Dain
tree, rubbing the Interested terrier on
the back, "that Is the result of what we
call strategy." The Woman at Home.
UNCLE SAM S GROWTH
JNITED STATES HAS EXPANDED
SEVEN TIMES.
RiiBlness of fpreonina Ont Not En
tirely New It Has Been Thirty-one
Years, Though, Since We Last Ab
sorbed Foreign Territory.
This country sluce It became a na
tion has made seven strides in terri
torial expansion. At the close of the
revolutionary war Connecticut Virgin
la, Georgia and the Carolinas had
"property out West," which was spokea
of as "the Western reserve." It was
not a part of these States, but territory
owned by them, Just as Porto Rico, the
Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines
are owned by the United States. After
a. while the several owners ceded this
territory to the Federal government,
and out of It have been formed various
States.
That part of Alabama north of lati
tude 31 was ceded by Georgia and
South Carolina. Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin were nil ced
ed by Virginia; Tennessee was ceded
by North Carolina, Ohio by Virginia
and Connecticut, Mississippi, north of
latitude 31, by Georgia and South Car
olina, and Minnesota, east of the Mis
sissippi River, by Virginia. In 1S03 the
United States acquired from France
the "Louisiana Purchase." This pur
chased territory Is now occupied by
Arkansas. Colorado east of the Rocky
Mountains. Iowa, Indian Territory,
Kansas, except the southwest corner;
Louisiana, except a part east of the
Mississippi; Minnesota west of the
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, except
a part west of the Rocky Mountains;
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma
east of 100 degrees west, South Dakota
and Wyoming, except the southwestern
part. The United States then rested
from expanoion and Improved Its pos
sessions. From Foreign Nations.
In 1819 the nation grew again in ter
ritory. Florida wa3 bought from Spain,
and by the same treaty which ceded
Florida Spain gave up the Oregon
country. This Oregon country was de
batable land at that time. England
had some Ill-defined claims to that part
which Spain ceded to the United
States, and a well-defined claim to the
was so delineated on the Land Office
maps, which were supposed to be cor
rect. It has been found, upon Investi
gation, that the Louisiana purchase
stopped at the continental divide, and
that the territory occupied by Oregon,
Idaho, the State of Washington, the
northwestern part of Wyoming, and
that part of Montana west of tho
Rocky Mountains, was acquired by the
United States from Spain sixteen years
after the purchase of Louisiana from
the French. In view of the talk about
"expansion" this map Is of especial In
terest, as showing how this nation has
been expanding since it was a narrow
strip along the Atlantic seaboard.
part which is now called British Co-1 and the Indians obtain it by digging
It Is a fact not generally known thai
there was a tunnel under the Euphrates
within the walls of aneleut Babylon.
In some oceans, particularly to the
south of Japan, Islands have a way of
appearing and disappearing without
notice.
The Chinese Emperor has his domin
ion acknowledged over 4,218,000 square
miles of the earth's surface, a territory
one-fourth larger than that of the Uni
ted States.
A great curiosity has recently been
brought Into England from Monghyr,
In Asia the Ur of the Chaldees. It Is
an ordinary white wine glass bottle of
unmistakably European manufacture.
Finding its way to the Orlent.lt fell
Into the hands of some Ingenious
Asiatic, who Inscribed upon the Interior
of the bottle one of the odes of Haflx.
How this was accomplished no Euro
pean has been able to discover.
The number of banks In 1707 was
25; In 1807. 0,457. The capital In 1707
was $10,200,000; In 1807, $1,027,493,
G53. The bank circulation In 1707 was
$10,000,000; In 1S97, $108,020,070. The
deposits In the First Bank of the Uni
ted States In 1800, the earliest date at
which reports of bank deposits are ob
tainable, amounted to $8,500,000; tho
Individual deposits reported by the
0,457 banks In 1807 amounted to $5,
103,755.807, of which $1,030,370,035
were classed as savings deposits.
Between the mountains of India and
Tersla Is a powerful tribe, among
whom an extraordinary custom pre
vails. Women's rights apparently have
received full recognition, for the ladles
of the tribe can choose their own hus
bands. All a single woman has to do
when she wishes to change her state is
to send a servant to pin a handkerchief
to the hat of the man on whom her
fancy lights, and he Is obliged to marry
her, unless he can show he Is too poor
to purchase her at the price her father
requires.
NOVELTY M LLS OF MAINE.
WONDERS OF YUCATAN.
Pyramids and Interesting Ruins Built
by Early Inhabitants.
"Yucutan is exceedingly Interesting
to the traveler, the historian and the
archaeologist and I wonder why ex
plorers have not visited the country
oftener," said N. B. Dupont of New Or
leans at the Planters'.
"The average man knows something
about the topography of Egypt and
even the school books have given hlra
Information about tbe Egyptian pyra
mids, the peculiar Nile and the customs
of the people, but the average man
knows little or nothing about Yucatan
But it is a fact that pyramids construct
ed as ingeniously as those of Egypt are
found in Yucatan. It must be remem
bered that Yucatan is almost a desert,
One can travel for days and days and
see no running water. But beneath the
sandy surface there Is plenty of water,
WEALTH AND NOBILITY.
Rich American Woman Joined in Mar
riage to a British Noblemnn.
In Grace Church, New York, .recently,
the Earl of Strafford, a member of the
English nobility and equerry to Queen
Victoria, was joined In marriage to
Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, widow of the
wealthy American manufacturer who
died four years ago, leaving a fortune
estimated at $10,000,000. The pomp and
ceremony usually manifested at a func
tion of such social prominence was en
tirely absent, owing to the fact that the
Earl is In mouring for his cousin, Prin
cess Elwan, of Saxe-Weimar. The cere
mony was performed by Rev. Dr. Hunt
ington. The Earl of Strafford is 07 years of
age. lie is tall, lithe, and dignified. His
inheritance to the earldom came to him
at his eldest brother's death, In the be
ginning of this year. He conies of a
family that gave to Eugland a hero and
a martyr. One wns Viscount Torrlng
ton, who fought bravely in the navy In
the time of George I. The other was
Admiral John Byng, whom popular
clamor condemned unjustly. Admiral
Byng was shot by decree of court-martial
for having failed to prevent the de
scent of ihe French upon Minorca, and
for having failed to relieve St. Phillips.
George III. made amends for that exe
cution, as well as be could, In favors to
the Byng family.
The Countess of Strafford Is already
well known In the society of England's
capital. After her husband's death she
went to London and was presented at
court nnd Immediately became a great
favorite.
OF THK
OFFICIAL MAP SHOWING TERRITORIAL GROWTH
UNITED STATES.
Produce Spools, Fkewers, Toothpicks,
Dice lioxesand liaby Eleixhs.
The spool factories of Maine turn
out annually about 250,000,000 spools,
which will hold 50,000,000,000 yards of
thread-200 yards to the spool. There
are seventeen of these factories in the
State, employing 550 hands, at average
wages of $1.50 a day each, or $247,500
year total. In the making of the
spools 30,500 cords of white birch tim
ber, or 15.250,000 feet, Is used. This
timber Is worth $4 a cord. A large
part of the spool timber cut in Maine Is
noj, manufactured there, but shipped
from Bangor to great factories in En
gland and Scotland. Last year Bangor
exported (t,978,f.t8 feet of spool bars to
the I'nlted Kingdom, the value being
$144,000, nnd more will be shipped next
year. There Is practically no limit to
the supply of white birch available.
The so-called "novelty mills" of
Maine are numerous all through tho
hard wood districts. In these mills are
turned out nil kluds of little wooden
boxes, many of which are used by
druggists; checker boxes, checkers.
dice boxes, wooden stoppers, handles
of a thousand kinds and shapes, tooth
picks by tbe million, ladders, swings,
sleds, school desks and chairs, toy
carts aud wheelbarrows, tables, desks,
cycle stands, baby sleighs and other
things too numerous to mention. The
largest "novelty" factory In the world
Is at South Paris, Oxford County,
where 200 hands are employed.
A Dlxfleld factory has Just completed
an order for 8,000,000 checkers and
200,000 dice boxes and at another fac
tory in tho same town they have made
this year 525,000,000 toothpicks. One
firm haa made 5,000,000 skewers, such
as are used by butchers. Wooden bi
cycle rims are also an important artlclo
of manufacture. The product of these
factories goes to all parts of the world.
The timber used was ouce considered
practically worthless.
luuibla. Though the coast bad long
been known to Europeans, It was first
really Introduced to the civilized world
by Capt. Gray, of Boston, who, in 1792,
sailed Into the Columbia River, which
for his shlD. In 1S05 the
United States sent an exploring expe
dition through the region, and In 1811
the original John Jacob Astor founded
the town of Astoria there. Therefore,
the United States set up a claim to the
country based upon "discovery, ex
ploration and settlement." But Spain
had a prior claim by discovery and an
nexation which she held to tenaciously.
Therefore, when we negotiated for the
purchase of Florida, we got fcpam 10
Include in her cession the Oregon coun-
It wns not until 1840 that Engiana
gave up all her claims to the part of
the Oregon country now ownea oy me
United States. In that year she retired
above the 49th parallel, and the boun
dary wns established as It exists to
day. After acquiring Florida aud the
Oregon country from Spain It was
twenty-six years before the united
States again expanded territory. It
then, lu 1845, annexed the republic of
Texas, which had revolted from Mexi
co aud established an Independent gov
ernment for some time. The Texas of
that time embraced not only the pres
ent Stae of Texas, but also the east
ern part of New Mexico and a strip ex
tending across the southwesteru corner
of Kansas up through Colorado Into
Wyoming. Then came the war with
Mexico, which closed In 1848, Mexico
ceding to the United States a tract of
territory which Is now occupied by Arl
Eona north of the Gadsden purchase,
California, Colorado, west of the Rocky
Mountains; Nevada, New Mexico, west
of the Uio Grande and north of the
Gadsden purchase; Utah and the south
west corner of Wyoming. A few years
later tbe United States bought from
Mexico a strip of land which now
forms the southern part of Arizona and
the southwest corner of New Mexico.
This was the Gadsden purchase.
So far, although the territorial ex
pansion of the I'nlted States had been
enormous, it had been effected by tne
acquisition of territory contiguous to
territory already possessed. In I8tn a
new departure was made by the pur
chase of the vast territory of Alaska
Immense wells, some being 250 feet In
diameter, and from seventy-five to 100
feet In depth. It was this sandy condi
tion of the country that led the ancient
people of Yucatan to build Immense
pyramids as foundations for their build
ings. These pyramids are carved In
designs of sculpture and odd figures,
showing that the ancient inhabitants of
Yucatan, like the Aztecs of Mexico, pos
sessed some artistic ability.
"Yucatan and the numerous Islands
off Its coast are Inhabited by a people
whose blood is a mixture of old Indian
tribes. They live In small huts and
OLD ILLINOIS QUARTET,
Four Hale and Hearty Slate s Whose
Aces Aggregate 3-13 Years.
Among the hills of Johnson County,
Illinois, there are four sisters who
claim the palm for longevity. The ag
gregate ages of this remarkable quar
tet foot up 343 years, or an average
of over 85 years, and they bid fair to
remain for some time yet. Among their
kinfolks, who number half of Johnson
County, they are known as Aunt Peggy
McFatrldge, aged 03 years; Aunt Polly
Gore, aged 86 years; Aunt Sally Thack-
The man who Is dissatisfied with his
work la never happy.
QUARTET OF AGED SISTERS.
have made but little advancement to
ward civilization. One peculiar fact Is
that one sees no roads on these Islands.
There Is no need for any roads, because
there is not a horse, burro or ox or any
kind of draught animal ou these isl
ands. "Mexico has Just conquered the Yaqul
Indians lu the State of Sonora, after
a ten years' war, but the native Indians
on the mainland of Yucatan have never
been conquered by the Mexicans. The
Yucatan Indians will offer as much re
sistance as the Yaquls, if not more,
when the Mexican Government decides
to make war upon them. There are
about 300,000 of these native Indians,
ml ttinv nre In nossesslon of the Intiv
from Russia. And now, after a perltd rlor of ,he country and care little for
of thirty-one years, the United States tne authority of Mexico. Many of these
igain expands us territorial urnns. lmllMDS are imif civilized. They know
For the first time a correct map has mte about ,he rulng of ancit.nt temples
Been published showing the acqulsl-1 , Yucatan, but these ruins tell of an
tlon of territory on this continent by.clent tnlinbltnots who have once lived
the United States. It appears In the thtre aml nin()e , proSress In civil
report of the Secretary of the Interior. ' ijjatlon.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Heretofore the northwestern part of i
the Louisiana purchase has been ahown Erery man thinks he write a
er, aged 84 years, aud Aunt Fanny
Reynolds, aged 80 years. AH of these
ladies are widows, and three of them
have outlived their husbands thirty or
forty years.
I'recnut on.
"You wouldn't mind telling me what
topic of conversation you are most In
terested In," sr.ld Mr. Meekton to the
friend who had accepted au luvltatlon
to dinner.
"Why, I don't know that I can."
"Well, I wish you wjuld make the
effort as a matter of friendship. It
would be right embarrassing to hare
you ask me what I think of the Philip
pine question or the army Investiga
tion without my having had an oppor
tunity to ascertain In a quiet, diplo
matic way what Henrietta wishes me
to thluk about them."-Washlngtou
Star.
aa Tndtng to th Faelflc ocean. It j "hand "
Unkind Trit e.
"Stubrnst, the critics say your book
shows great promise for your future."
"Future? Gnat Juniter-cau't '
8wd man tver do anything good and then
quitT Detroit Free Tresi.