Heppner Weekly Gazelte
Published Ever? Thursday.
HEPPNER OREGON.
The "New South" now means Porto
Rico.
Spain found that war Is hell, and she
Is more than half Inclined to think that
peace Is purgatory.
Spain was wise In removing the bones
of Columbus while that country had
land enough left to bury them In.
The Spaniards say they do not want
the prayers of the Americans. They
certaluly need the prayers of some one,
At the rate soldiers are beginning to
write for the monthlies, arming the
troops with magazine guns will be
quite In keeping.
Perhaps the game of war didn't turn
out much for the Dons other ways, but
that $20,000,000 shows they made a big
score in one respect
At a recent launching of a rich man's
yacht $300,000,000 was present on the
christening platform. In fact, the ves
sel Itself was built on stocks.
Salt Is 20 cents a pound In Dawson
City, which explains why the tales that
come from there have to be taken with
more than the traditional grain.
It has been discovered that Sir Julian
rauncefote Is a composer of music.
He would confer a favor on the world If
ho would fix up a new tune for the
European concert.
Forty-five million dollars Is said to be
this country's toy bill. This Is a great
sum, and the Joy bill It represents can
only be understood by the little figures
that proclaim It In the household.
If the great men of this world knew
what funny things their biographers
would fetch out they would be Justified
In doing as Shakespeare did retire be
hind the scenes without telling the call
boy what to do next.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Spain Is
Indignant because one of our preachers
prayed for her the other day. Spain
does not understand the first principles
of religious freedom. In this blessed
country we pray for whom we dadgum
nied please, whether the beneficiary Is
worth It or not.
It Is now announced that capitalists
propose to turn Havana Into a health
resort. This will be done easily by
building a large hfxtel at the place. All
that Is needed to make a health resort
is a largo hotel, an orchestra and
mosquitoes. Havana already has the
orchestra and the mosquitoes.
Now that a Belgian chemist has dis
covered how to produce artificial meat
extracts superior to the natural article
and nt less cost, the cowboy may have
to resume his vocation of a "Rough
Rider" In the service of Uncle Sam,
while the packer monopolist will have
to look elsewhere than to the slaughter
pen for his profits.
Japan's new government Is pledged
to an active and vigorous foreign pol
icy, which Is a polite way of serving no
tice on Russia that Japan will not re
main an Idle spectator of affairs on the
continent. She will bo China's friend
If China will permit, but In any event
Blie will not forgive Russia the treach
ery that followed tho treaty of Shlm
cnosekl. This Is In accord with the tra
ditions of the clans that brought about
the revolution of 18(18 to abolish feudal
ism and have since been tho brains and
brawn of new Japan.
An nrftnek Is being mnde by a num
ber of learned Indies on the old-fashioned
nursery stories. Mother Goose Is to
be banished, Santa Claus barred out
and nil the dear old legends of our
childhood stamped ns silly falsehoods.
Of course tills, attack will be unsuc
cessful. To paraphrase a certain
wilier who was himself a good deal of
an Iconoclast, If thero had been no
Mother Uooso It would have been nec
essary to Invent one. The mental lim
itations of the peoplo who decry tho
nursery slories prevent them from see
ing how much good these dear old
legends contain.
Franco seems to bo quieting down In
view of the fait accompli of English
occupation of tho Sudan. As a matter
of fact the country Is In no condition to
go to war, unless fur tho gravest rea
sons. Tim war minister of Louis XI.
was correct when ho declared three
things were necessary to the prosecu
tion of a war- money, money, money.
Just now the finances of France nro
In a bad way. The country ranks as
one of tho two or three richest coun
tries of the world, but with a debt of
nearly $0,500,0110,000, or more than a
third for debt servlco of tho total rev
enue, the people are not In a condition
to find readily the money necessary to
tho proscenium of a great war. In
(irent Britain tho debt service Is less
than one-fourth, and in Germany only
one-t wonlleth. hi case of war Franco
undoubtedly would niako heroic sue
ritlces, but a wise government would
hesitate long before calling for such nn
exhibition of patriotism.
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Russia Is such n vast country and so
little known beyond Its Inirdcrs that It
is somewhat surprising to learn that
the tramp evil Is perhaps greater In the
Cxar's dominions than anywhere else
In the world. The Russian tramps are
called gorlouns, nnd in numlter prob
ably exceed their species In any other
country. They abound In every village,
stand on tho steps of almost every
church greeting tho worshipers on en
tering or leaving with the usual suppll-catlou-"radl
Krlsta" (for Christ's
sake). One reason, perhaps, for the
Increase of the tramp species Is the fact
that tho peasantry always share the
hospitality of their cabins with them,
giving them a place by the stove and
a portion of their simple fare. In the
cities the gorlouns have regular lodg
ing houses and also What might almost
be deemed a regular calling, that of
paid mourners at funerals. Tho agen
cies which uinnage the latter furnish
the gorloun cloUies for the occasion
and a torch, thus enabling him to make
respectable figure, aud pay him 40
kwpecks for his services, which, of
ui e, piiwiipuy goes lor vouaa, as me
Russian tramp, like his congener In all
other countries, Is addicted to strong
drink, a fact which also is perhaps the
chief explanation of why he Is a tramp.
It appears that some of the growth of
the foreign trade of the United States
Is due to the superior character of
American to foreign commercial
travelers. It Is complained In Eng
land that the commercial agents sent
abroad to represent firms In their coun
try are generally young men who have
worked In the office until they are run
down In health and who go abroad for
a change, with no knowledge of the
business except that gained behind a
desk. A French consul writes In the
same line that French merchants are
willing to accept as representatives
abroad men who have failed In their
own country. An English writer, who
Is himself a commercial traveler, adds:
"United States merchants and manu
facturers send out a high class of rep
resentativesastute men, who have
large and varied experience In their re
spective lines; men educated In the de
tails of the business they represent;
men of the age that brings wisdom and
accuracy; men that earn and command
the largest salaries, and men of push,
energy and rigor." The American
"drummer" abrond ns well as at home
Is a resourceful Individual, which is to
say he Is an American.
It Is a characteristic example of the
Ideas which prevail In Great Britain of
the way to look after the Interests and
advancement of Its dependencies, so
soon after a conquest like that recently
achieved by Kitchener In the Soudnn,
that one of the first schemes proposed
Is, to establish a great university
among tho conquered people, as a
means of cementing and making per
manent the conquest. That is what la
being done. The possession of a con
tributory Interest In the Khartum uni
versity seems Just now to be one of
the necessities to the preservation of
political or social standing among En
glishmen, nnd the endowment fund
has reached large dimensions. Tho
university will of course be of a kind
adapted to tho Industrial nnd economic
needs of the Soudan, seeking the devel
opment of Its peoplo along practical
lines. The example Is one which
Americans may well emulate. It comes
Just nt a time when such a practical
"pointer" Is likely to awaken Ameri
can enthusiasm for laying In our new
colonies equally up-to-date founda
tions for the establishing of American
Influence among the new races now
brought under our flag. Those races
must bo of poor material Indeed If they
can see such results following tho as
cendency of tho Stars and Stripes
without being stirred to enthusiasm In
n iiew-lwrn loyalty. It may, however,
take time for them to comprehend the
full meaning of such' offerings for
their advancement.
Besides the ordinary scattered shoot
ing stnrs there are others, presumably
of tho same sort, but moving in great
swarms, nnd In regular orbits around
the sun like comets. Indeed In several
cases such a swarm follows In the
wnke of a comet, and Is nliuost certain
ly related to It In some wny not yet
quite clear. Some of the meteoric
orbits Intersect our own; and If earth
and meteors happen to rench the cross
ing together, we have a meteor-shower.
Tho little bodies rush Into our atmos
phere and burn. Although the meteors
In such a shower are all really moving
In parallel lines, perspective makes
them nppenr to diverge from a single
point In the henvens called Its "ra
diant." The most remnrkablo of these
meteor-flocks Is ono that mnkes Its cir
cuit around the sun In a little more
than thirty-three yenrs, In a long, oval
orbit which the earth crosses on Nov.
14. It Is called the "Leonid" swarm,
becauso Its radiant Is In tho constella
tion Loo. Magnificent displays from It
occurred in 1700, 18.13, nnd last In 18(10
nnd 18(17; for tho flock Is so extensive
that It takes more than a year to pnss
the Junction, nnd senttered outliers
precede and follow the main body for
several yenrs. It was this advnneo
gunrd which In 181)8 gave us the feeblo
showers that attracted bo much atten
tion. In 18iti), or perhnps In 1000, wo
shall encounter tho swarm Itself, and
the sky will lie filled with flying me
teors for hours. Whether tho spectacle
will be visible In this part of tho worU,
or not, ennuot be certainly foretold.
The radiant Is above the horizon only
after midnight, nnd tho shower Is visi
ble only whero It occurs between mid
night and dawn of local time.
BICYCLE IDEAS
A Valveless Tire and a Oeor that May
He Quickly Changed.
Here Is shown tho Protean gear,
which by nn expanding nctlon In tho
largo sprocket wheel enables tho gear
to bo changed by back-pedal action nt
tho will of the rider. The new French
tire Is easy to put on nnd take off; the
initial Joint, or seal, Is made without
the help of any nlr-pressure, and In case
of puncture It can bo ridden nny dis
tnnco without the least fear of coming
off or Injuring the rims. The lips which
make the air Joint are, as will bo seen
from tho Illustration, vertical In the
rim, and, to Inflate, the noso of tho
pump Is Just forced through a hole In
r ft
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PROTEAN OKAR AND VALVULES
tho rim, so that It passes about three
quarters of the wny up, when the Una
separate to let Uie air puss In, and closo '
of themselves ns soon ns tho puinp-
stroko is llulshed.
Hi W ill vs. Her W ay.
Aged Husband (after a domestic
storm) "Well, you cun do as you
please alnuit going to this ball, but If
you go 1 shall call on my lawyer In tho
morning and alter my will.
Young Wife Oh, no, you won't. You
seem to forget that when I married you
I nbsorlied all tho power In tho firm.
Dlstnnco Is often responsible for last
log friendships.
FLAMES IN -FORESTS.
SWEEPING FIRES THAT LEAVE
WILD WASTES BEHIND.
Extraordinary Pecuniary Losses In
flicted by the Unfettered Element
that Roll Onward in a Mad Torrent
of Rapacious Billows and Defies Man.
A forest denuded by fire presents a
Woeful sight The trees are not entirely
consumed. The burned trunks of all
larger ones stand straight and tall,
dead, but not destroyed. Sometimes
forest fires rage over such vast areas
that their smoke Is visible from any
point in a State. Dr. J. T. Rothrock,
Commissioner of Forestry for Pennsyl
vania, shows that the potential loss of
A BURNED FOHE8T.
the commonwealth from each fire or
each series of fires that devastate the
timber-producing areas In Pennsyl
vania is $3C WO.OOO. The fires occur
chiefly from two causes. Railroad com
panies burn their old ties along the
right of way, without taking any pre
caution to prevent the fire spreading to
the woods, and the small farmers in
clearing wood-lots for farming pur
poses burn the brush and fallen timber,
without caring whether the fire spreads
or not.
The Illustrations are significant as
showing the desert condition which a
fire, or series of fires, produces. In
many parts of tho United States one
may see such tracts, over which fires
have swept almost every year, destroy
ing the young forest growth and ren
dering the soil, after each succeeding
STREET IN PHILLIPS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FIRE.
conflagration more and more barren.
The deterioration In tho plcturesque
ucss of the country, or the loss in mon
ey to the person or persons who may
own these districts for lumbering pur
poses, may more easily be Imagined
than told. What could be more dreary
than the country shown In tho two
photographs?
Tho yenr 1804 will long be remember
ed In Wisconsin nnd Minnesota for the
terrible calamities which occurred In
July and August of that year. Intense
beat nnd little rain had made the for
ests almost like a kiln. All through the
summer flro had been feared nnd look
ed for, and by tho end of July it wns
said that not less than 5,000 worth of
pine had been destroyed. Tho fire ex
tended over a stretch of nearly fifty
mill's wide, and all that experience
gnlned by woodsmen and lumbermen
in dealing with forest fires availed
nothing against the sweeping flames,
which wore driven like an overwhelm
ing flood by a strong wind, leaving
death and destruction In their path. In
tho photographs presented herewith,
which show a Wisconsin town named
Phillips before and after tho flro, one
may soo how completely the forest fire
flond does his work. Phillips wns burn
ed July 27, nnd the loss of life would
have been severe had not the Inhabit
ants escaped by taking trains to places
of snfety.
In Octolior, 1S71, one of tho most ter
rible fires In America on record broke
out at Peshtlgo, Wis., nnd more than
700 persons were burned to death. But
probably the saddest fire was that
which occurred In 1804 one glimpse of
which, at Phillips, has already been
nail, ino unfortunate place was
Hinckley, Minn., nnd tho calamity oc-
nuns-En forest after twentt years.
curred on Sept. 1 of that year. Owing
to the long-protraeted drought, as Is
pointed out In the report of the State
commission for the relief of the forest
fire sufferers, the tiros had prevailed in
different localities for several weoks.
f but on that day the wind became a tor-
nail a, and a small Are then burning
spivad with frightful rapidity, and was
carried on the wings of the tornado
over a district coverlug nearly 400
square miles. A furnace blast swept
over the fated district, and left behind
f X III I Ifi kiTi V i?.i;T.Vf
It complete devastation. Every build
ing In Hinckley was destroyed. So sud
den was the onset of the flames that
the people could only run from their
houses and seek a place of refuge,
without even an effort to save their
household effects. Four hundred and
eighteen persons, about one-sixth of
the population of the district, are
known to have perished by a most
frightful death In the flames.
TAMED A WAR-HORSE.
Feat of Alexander the Great in the
D iys of His Boyhood.
One of the stories told by Alexander
the Great Is that of how, when a boy
of 12, he tamed the war-horse Bucepha
lus. The following Is the account giv
en by Plutarch In his life of Alexander:
"Phllonlcus of Thessaly had offered
to sell Philip his horse Bucephalus for
thirteen talents. So they all went down
into the plain to try the animal. He
proved,- however, to be balky and ut
terly useless. He would let no one
mount him, and none of the attendants
of Philip could make him hear to him,
but ho violently resisted them alL
Philip, In his disgust, ordered the horse
led away as being utterly wild and un
trained. Whereat, Alexander, who
was present, said: 'That Is too good
a horse for those men to spoil that way,
simply because they haven't the skill
or the grit to handle him right.' At
first riiilip paid no attention to him,
but as he kept Insisting on being heard
and seemed greatly disturbed about
the matter, his father said to him:
'What do you mean by criticising your
elders, as If you were wiser than they,
or knew so much more about handling
a horse than they do?' 'Well, this
horse, anyway, I would handle better
than any one else, If they would give
mo a chance. 'In case you don't suc
ceed,' rejoined his father, 'what penal
ty are you willing to pay for your fresh
ness?' 'I'll pay, by Jove, the price of
tho horse!' Laughter greeted this an
swer, but alter some bantering with
his father about tho money arrange-
ments, he went straight to the horse,
took him by the bridle, and turned him
around toward the sun. This be did
on the theory that the horse's fright
wns due to seeing his own shadow
dance up nnd down on the ground be
fore him. He then ran along by his
side awhile, patting and coaxing him,
until, after awhile, seeing ho was full
of fire and spirit and Impatient to go,
he quietly threw off his coat, and
swinging himself up, sat securely
astride tho horse. Then he guided him
1HK TAMING OP BUCEPHALUS.
about for a while with tho reins, with
out striking him or jerking at the bit.
When now he saw that the horse was
getting over his nervousness,, and was
eager to gallop ahead, he let him go,
driving him on with a sterner voice
and with kicks of his foot. In the group
of onlookers nlnnit Philip, there pre
vailed, from the first, the silence of In
tensely anxious concern. But when
the boy turned the horso and came gal
loping up to them with pride nnd Joy
In his face, they nil burst out Into a
cheer. His father, they say, shed tears
for very Joy, nnd, ns he dismounted,
kissed him on the head, and snld: My
son, seek thee a kingdom suited to thy
powers; Macedonia Is too straight for
thee.' "
Bucephalus became from this time
the property nnd the Inseparable com
panion of Alexander. He accompanied
him on his campaigns "sharing many
tolls and dangers with him," nnd was
generally the horse ridden by him In
battle. No ono else was ever allowed
to mount him. ns Arrlnn says, "because
he deemed all other riders unworthy."
He Is reported to have been a mngnltl
ceut black charger of extraordinary
size, and to have been marked with n
white spot on the forehead.
Women In Parti
"I like the way the French take their
amusements," writes Miss Lilian Bell
In a letter from Paris. "At the theater
they laugh and applaud the wit of the
hero and hiss the villain. They shout
their approval of a duel and weep
aloud over the death of the aged
mother. When they drive In tho BoU
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they smile and have an air of enjoy-
ment quite at variance with the bored
expression of English and Americans
who have enough money to own car
riages. We drove In Hyde Park lu
London the day before we came to
Paris, aud nearly wept with sympathy
'
for the unspoken grief In the faces of
the unfortunate rich who were at snch
palus to enjoy themselves. I nver
saw such handsome men ns I saw In
London. I never see snch beautiful
women as I see In Tarls. French men
are Insignificant as a rule, and English
women are beefy nnd dress like rag
bags." Philadelphia Inquirer.
CAPTURED CAT DEAD.
Famous Feline Rescued from theSnan
ish Battleship Cristobal Colon.
The famous Spanish cat, Cristobal
Colon, captured from the Spanish bat
tleship on July 3, died at the United
8KNOR CRISTOHAL COLON.
States government station at Benton
Harbor, Mich. This cat was In the
cat show In Chicago; and was awarded
a special medal. Senor Cristobal Colon
was a mascot on the Spanish man-of-
war of that name.
Early Writers on Smoking.
The fact has been discovered that
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omiKspeare never mentions smoking or
makes the slightest allusion to the
1..1.I1. mi . .
uuun. mis is tne more curious, ns
most of his contemporaries. Ben Jon-
son, Decker and others discuss the then
new fashion at length, and the humor
ist and satirist of the time lost no op
portunity of deriding and making a
game of the votaries of the weed.
The tobacco merchant was an Import
ant personage In the time of James I.
The Elizabethan pipes were so small
that when they are dug up in Ireland
the poor call them "fairy pipes." King
James himself was one of the most
virulent opponents of the habit, and in
his ludicrous "Counterblasts" calls It
a vne and stinking custom, "borrowed
iroin tne beastly, slnvlsh Indians
poor, wild, barbarous men brought
oer rrom America, and not Introduced
by any worthy or virtuous or great per
sonage." He argues that tobaco is not dry and
hot; that its smoke is humid, like all
other smoke, and is therefore bad for
the Drain, which is naturally wet and
cold. He denies that smoking purges
tne nena or stomach, and declares that
many have smoked themselves to
death. Medical Record.
Dealing with Lumbermen.
There Is an old retired merchant In
Detroit who delights in recalling his
experiences when an active man run
ning a general store In one of the
northern cities of the lower peninsula,
says the Detroit Free Press.
"I used to reap a harvest when the
men were coming out of the woods,"
ho relates. "They were not up In
styles, and about nny old thing would
suit them provided the color wns right
and the fit even passable. But there
were tricksters among them, and I
had to keep my wits about nie In order
to keep even with them.
"'How much Is that hat?" asked a
strapping six-footer, who arrived from
camp one day with a pocket of money.
"Two-flfty," I replied.
"Then he Informed me that he al
ways had the crowns of his tints punch
ed full of holes In order to keep his
head cool, and his bair from coming
out. I soon had this attended to, and
then he asked what the hat was worth.
'Two fifty,' I responded In surprise,
but he laughed at me for asking such
a price for damaged goods. He had
me and got his hat for a dollar, while
the Jolly crowd with him had a laugh
at my expense. He wanted to look at
some 'fiddles,' and after pricing one nt
$10, coucluded to take It.
"'Where's the bow? he asked as I
was doing up the package.
"You only bought the fiddle' I laueh-
ed. The others saw the point nnd
laughed, too. The glunt tried to bluff
me, but I kept good-humored, nnd got
even on the hat by charging him $1.50
for the bow. I not only got even, but
tho others were so pleased with mv
'Yankee trick' that they spent plenty
of mouey with me."
W.is Afloat wit 'i Napoleon.
Two men living In St. Helena who
were born respectively In 1708 and 1S02
are not the only persons now living
who have seen Napoleon the Great
Thomas De Moleyns, who was for many
years county court judge of Kilkenny,
who was called to the Irish bar In 1831,
and appointed a Queen's couusel In
1S53, served In his early boyhood In the
royal navy. Mr. De Moleyns was a
midshipman on board the Bellerophon
when Napoleon on July 13, 1S15, after
"the hundred days," placed himself
umler the flag of his country and was
received on board the Bollerophon.
"Maud says she Is madly In love with
her new wheel." "Huh! Another cas
where man Is displaced by machinery."
Indianapolis Journal,
IUw easy It Is to let the other fellow
do the work by reflecting that the y
erclse Is good for him.
KEEPING WHISKY FROM REDS.
Almost Impossible to Smuggle Liquor
Into Indian Territory.
The United States Government has
i wonderful antipathy toward the In
troduction of whisky Into the Indian
territory, and necessarily, afterward In
to the Indian. It Is an old story of the
love of an Indian for whisky It sur
passes all other love. An Indian with
t pint of firewater Is an element that
disturbs the natural serenity of the
beautiful Indian territory scenery; he
longs for scalps, which passion the
Government has long endeavored to
stamp out.
But whisky occasionally gets Into the
Indian territory. There are too many
railroads running through It to keep
whisky away altogether. The man who
takes the seductive fluid Into that coun
try, even most Innocently to cure his
own snake bites, runs a risk that Is not
to be disregarded. ' The country Is full
of United States marshals and their
deputies and possemen. A United States
marshal's posseman has a nose for
whisky longer than that of Cyrano de
Bergerac. There are fees and things
connected with finding whisky In the
Indian territory. And yet there can be
no doubt that the abolishment of whis
ky from the Indian territory Is a good
thing and has saved many a white
man's black hnlr.
Tassengers going through Indian ter
ritory on the railroads have had their
valises opened and their whisky taken
from them nnd their bodies thrown Into
jail before now. The only safe way to
Import whisky Into that country Is In
one s own comfortable and Impenetra
ble Insldes. Otherwise It may be found
nnd then there Is trouble. A respecta
ble American citizen recently had his
valise ravished by a United States dep
uty marshal In the Creek nation and a
hnlf pint of whisky cost him nearly $200
before he was safe and free.
On the Choctaw railroad recently an
assignment of whisky wns discovered
by a shrewd deputy marshal. The ex
press company landed a truck load of
cases marked "cod liver oil" from the
express car one day. One of the cases
came down heavily and broke. A small
brown stream issued from Its cracks.
Everyone smelled It. The deputy mar
shal's nose was no keener than the oth
ers. A half-dozen boxes on the truck
were so alike that the marshal broke
all open and five jugs of whisky fell to
his lot Each of these he broke with
a crack of his heel and the hungry sand
drank the brown fluid up. Surrounding
the sacrifice were grouped lean white
men, whose jaws drooled for the liquor
that the sand licked up, and blanket
Indians, who would have given a moc
casln colored pony for n sip.
When you go to Indian territory leave
your nask behind, because - otherwise
you are likely to go to jail. Red men
and red liquor cannot mix without trou
ble. Kansas City Star.
A most useful application of electrl
city Is seen In the way In which clothes
closets are lighted In the recently built
houses. The opening of the door turns
on the current and its closing shuts It
on:.
Gun metal handles for umbrellas and
canes, Interlined with gold or silver.
which metals are shown by engraving
Initials, monograms, floral or other se
lected designs, are the latest novelties
In their line.
On January 1, 1&9S, there were 26,838
miles of railroad In the RussJan em
pire, of which the government owned
RJ.773 miles. The reports of these
roads show a decrease In the transpor
tation of cereals and an Increase In
salt, petroleum and coal.
At the Paris Academy for Medicine
Dr. Doyau recently gave his experi
ence in regard to the result of 140 cases
of surgical operations on the stomach.
There were only twenty-one deaths in
all and twenty of these were in cases
of cancer.
A bank In New York has largely In
creased Its business, particularly
among fashionable women, by Issuing
to Its depositors gilded check books
with monograms thereon. The blank
cuecKs are priutea in goia rrom ex
quisitely engraved plates.
North Carolina, which pays a pension
to Confederate army veterans that are
In need, finds that but one In fifteen of
the known survivors In the state are
on the pension list Applicants for
aid are fewer each year Instead of In
creasing, ns is the case with Federal
pensioners.
A year ago a German schoolmaster,
Mr. Engler, was convicted by a crim
inal court of some act of Immorality.
Not long ago he died Insane and an
autopsy showed that he was doubtless
morally Irresponsible at the time the
offense was committed. With Ger
man thoroughness a new trial was or
dered and the dead man has recently
been acquitted In due form.
The great Armstrong shipbuilding
yards of England have Just turned out
the most remarkable vessel afloat it
Is a giant Ice crusher to be used In
keeping open the trade routes of the
Baltic sea In winter. Ice-crushing boats
are used In several of the harbors on
the great lakes In this country, but
they are Insignificant when compared
in size ana power to this glnnt
A fashionable London doctor, whose
mornings are fully occupied In Davlns
visits to his many patients, has suc
ceeded In effecting a decided economy.
He may be seen driving through West
End Square, eating his breakfast In hi
brougham. His morning meal Is nlcelv
packed In a hamper. A woden flap Is
in front of his carriage. This Is nroD-
ped up and the table spread. The doc
tor thus eats comfortably and at leis
ure.
With a very few exceptions, all the
great industries and branches of com
merce In Germany shows a phenomenal
expansion during the last decade. For
example, the tonnage of steamshlos be
longing to Hamburg, which In 1875 was
88,173, was In 1S79 481,699. Those
belonging to Bremen increased In the
same time from 05,070 to 220,000, while
the tonnage of sailing vessels belong
to these two ports baa since risen over
B0 per cent
A London magician, Maskelyne, who
has given entertainments many years
at Egyptian hall, kept up an offer of
$2,500 reward for a duplicate of his
box, which a niau gets in and out of
mysteriously. A clever mechanic solv
ed the problem and demanded the
money, but Maskelyne refused to pay,
as he claimed that, though this box did
the work of his, the mechanism was
different. He would 'not disclose his
own In court, however, and the Jury
rendered a verdict against him.
M. S. Prime, of California, is a rather
remarkable person In that he Is the
president, secretary and treasurer,
board of directors and manager of the
Paso de Roblas Street Railway com
pany. He Is also driver and conductor
of the single car run on the road and
is perfectly happy when the outfit
brings him In $1.50 a day. The road,
three miles In length, runs from the
railroad station to a locally famous
mud bath and Mr. Prime traded a house
and lot In Alameda county for tho
whole outfit
MAN IS AIR CONDENSED.
Statement of Llebig, the Great Chem
ist, Agrees with Solomon.
Lieblg, the greatest chemist of the
century, writes: "Science hns demon
strated the fact that man, the being
which performs tho great wonders, Is
formed of condensed nlr and solidified
and liquid gases, that he lives upon
condensed as well as uncondensed air,
and that by means of the same mys
terious agent he moves or causes to be
moved, the heaviest weights with the
velocity of the wind. But the strang
est part of the matter Is that thou
sands of millions of these tabernacles
of condensed air are going on two legs,
destroying other forms of condensed
air, which they may need to build up
their own wasted tissues or for shelter
or clothing, or, on account of their
egotism and fancied power, destroying
each other In pitched battles, using im
plements which are but other forms of
condensed air, the material of which
they themselves are formed or com
posed. Chemistry supplies the clearest
proof that, so far as concerns this, the
ultimate and most minute composition
and structure, some of which are so in
finitesimal as to be beyond the compre
hension of our senses, man Is to nil ap
pearances, at least, composed of ma
terials identical with those which com
pose the structural being of the ox oi
the dog, or even the lowest animal in
the scale of creation."
Solomon seems to have entertained
the same idea. See Ecclesiastes 3:19:
"For that which befalleth the sons of
men befalleth the beasts; as the one
dfeth, so dieth the other; yea, they have
all one breath, so that a man hath no
pre-eminence above a beast." ritts-
burg Dispatch.
Biggest Wedding Ever Known.
On the day that Alexander the Great
was married no fewer than 20,202 per
sons In one ceremony were made hus
bands and wives. This seems Impossi
ble, but the event really took place, as
historical records tell us. This mon
ster wedding occurred upon the con
quest by Alexander the Great of Per
sia, which was then ruled over by King
uarius.
Alexander married Statlra, the
daughter of the conquered king, and
decreed that 100 of his chief officers
should be united to 100 ladles from the
noblest Persian and Medean families.
In addition to this, he stipulated that
10,000 of his Greek soldiers should
marry 10,000 Asiatic women.
When everything was settled, a vast
pavilion was erected, the pillars of
which were sixty feet high. One hun
dred gorgeous chambers adjoined this
for the 100 noble bridegrooms, while
for the remnluing 10,000 an outer court
was Inclosed, outside Of which tables
were spread for the multitude. Each
pair had seats, and ranged themselves
In a semi-circle round the royal throne.
Of course, the priests could not marry
this vast number of couples, so Alex
ander the Great devised a very simple
ceremony. He gave his hand to Statira
and kissed her an example that all the
bridegrooms followed.
Thus ended the ceremony, and that
vast number were married. Then fol
lowed the festival, which lasted Ave
days, the grandeur of which has never
been equaled since.
Expensive Sparks.
Our own fireworks manufacturers are,
of course, prepared to produce as bril
liant displays as any lu the world, but
unfortunately they do not have the op
portunities afforded by royal pageants
In monarchical countries.
According to one British firm, who
are famed all over the world for their
manufacture of fireworks, the amount
spent on the display of fireworks in
connection with her majesty's Jubilee
was $l,2o0,000. The display at the close
of the Crimean war cost $500,000. The
largest individual exhibitions by the
firm were given on the Tagus for the
Portuguese Government; the second in
1888 costing $50,000, while the first,
which was made on the occasion of the
marriage in 1880 of the King (then
crown prince) of Portugal, cost half
that amount The display at Delhi.
when the Queen wns proclaimed Em
press of India, cost $17,500. Some of
the most costly fireworks are those pro
duced at the Crystal Palace. Thus, at
a benefit recently, the exhibition lasted
from 30 to 35 minutes, but It cost $7.-
500, or about $250 per minute.
Vlct'm of Many Trt n Wrecks.
John Becker has died in a Pennsylva
nia town with the remarkable record
of having been Injured twenty-five
times In railroad accidents, some of his
injuries having been very serious, yet
he lived to a good old age and died
from natural causes. There Is a drum
mer In Philadelphia who claims to have
been in a number of railway disasters,
and yet never received a scratch. He
says he was In the wreck at Ashtabula,
Ohio, when so many perished, Includ
ing Bliss, the evangelist; In that at
Greenfield, Mass., when thirty or more
were killed; at W hlte River Junction.
Vt, when an equal number of Uvea
were lost, and at Dedham, Mass.. and
Garrison, N. Y, In both of which acci
dents scores were killed and maimed.
He always buys accident Insurance
tickets, he says, but regards the expen
diture In his own case as sheer waste.
Kansas City Journah
Incompatibility of temper always
means that both parties have the same
kind of temper and plenty of It
It's unlucky to have your affairs at
, sixes and sevens-they make talrteens.