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11 Vehemently Denounced General Eagan. by COARSE AND BRUTAL LANGUAGE The Reported Criticisms of the Com manding General Have Hotly In flamed the Commissary-General. VETO MESSAGES RETURNED. NEWS OF NORTHWEST lfniiil of General Interest Gleaned From the Thriving Tucifln States. Governor Iiogers Semis the Wanted Document to the Senate Olympia, Wash., Jan. 13. Imme diately after the reading of the mintuea in the senate. Lien tenant-Governor Daniels announced the standinc com- A wheat Producer. mittees. Uniontown, Wash., claims for the Plummer called for a committee of southeastern corner of the Palouse five to group the committees and recom-' country the distinction of being the mend the number of clerks. Carried. J greatest wheat-producing section of High presented a memorial from ths world. Within a radius of six Clark oountv settlers. He asked that ' miles of tiiat thriving town there were the memorial be referred to the com- j mittee on memorials, but that, inas- PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Washington, Jan. 14. Commissary General Charles H. Eagan today reap peaied before the war investigation committee to answer the charges of General Nelson A. Miles concerning the commissary supplies furnished the army during the recent war. General Eagan 'b statement furnished the sensa tion of the war commission's .history, and was regarded by old army officers as one of the most remarkable attacks ever made in the history of the service. General Eagan's statement to the com mission wis a bitter personal attack upon General Miles, so entirely un qualified as to scope and language that the war commission on hearing its con clusion ordered a brief executive ses sion, after which the doors were opened, the witness was recalled and business resumed in the usual way. The subjeot in controversy was Gen eral Miles' already famous "embalmed beef" testimony, and the letters and documents supporting it. General Miles bad oharged that the canned and refrigerated meats sent to the army in Cuba and Porto Rico were unfit for use, that they were preserved by the use of chemicals, and that they had "boen bought and sent to the airay under pre tense of an experiment." This reflec tion upon both the ability and honesty of the commissary department had an gered General Eagan and caused him to request to be recalled to reply to General Miles' charges. That his statements concerning the commanding general were not the result of a sudden outburst of passion was clearly shown by the fact that General Eagan read his remarks from a carefully prepared type written oonv. Not the least remarks lile phase of General Eagan's statement was the language in which it was couched. There was scarcely a phrase that would not have been characterized as sensational in ordinary official utter auces. General Eagan, after the hear ing was over, refused to say whether lie had any further move in prospect in forcing an issue between himself and General Miles. He denied numerous statements of Miles, charged that the latter's testi mony constituted severe reflections on commanding generals of the expedi tions, and referred to him as "This same Commanding-General Nelson A. Miles," and said "whoever called beef furnished 'embalmed beef ' was a liar. W. B. Miles, in charge of Armour 8s Co.'s plant, appeared for the paoking house. He testified as to the quality of the canned meats and methods of in sneotion. Commissary-General Eagan, in the course of his testimony, called Major Ueneral Miles, commanding the army, "A liar, who lied in his throat, lied in his heart, lied in every part of his body," who perpetrated a gross scandal, and who should be drummed out of the service and imprisoned, and should be avoided bv every honest man and barred from every club. He charao terized his interviews as "filth." much as a similar document had been introduced in the house, he did not de sire the' state put to the expense of printing the memorial. On motion of Yeend, W. C. Gray, of Stevens county, who is contesting the seat of Senator C. A. Mantz, was al lowed the privilege of the floor of the senate. The committee on the compensation of senate employes reported as follows: Secretary, $5; assistant secretary, $4.50; sergeant-at-arms, $5; assistant sergeant-at-arms, $4; minute, journal i and enrolling, engrossing and assistant I engrossing, bill and docKet oierKS ana stenographer, $4 each; judiciary clerk, I 4.60; pages, 2; all other employes, including committee clerks, $3.50. The vetoes of Governor Rogers on bills aoted upon since the adjournment of the last legislature were presented, together with the names of the ap pointees of the governor, lire confir mation of appointoes was made a spe cial order for January 30, at 11 A. M. On motion of Megler, the vetoes were made a special order for January 17. The votes cover, among others, the gen eral appropriation bill. The excep tions are: "The appropriation of $25,- 600 for the Cheney normal sohool, $17,600 for tme maintenance of the Whatcom normal school, and $20,000 for the equipment and improving the grounds of the said Whatcom normal school are hereby objected to and dis approved, the reason for such disap proval being such appropriations are opposed to a just public polioy at the present time. With these exceptions the bill is hereby approved." Senate bill 250 appropriated $1,745 for the relief of George W. Babcock. The governor's objections are: "From information and belief, I consider this claim unjust. The claimant has his remedy in the courts." Senate bill 194, relating to tidelands, the chief executive considers unconstitutional. The committee on grouping commit tees was named as follows: Plummer, Wilshire, Paul, Megler and Carper. raised this yea upwards of 1,500,000 bushels of wheat, with good crops of barley, oats, hay, vegetables, etc. Fall wheat averaged from 42 to 52 bushels to the acie and spring wheat 23 to 80 bushels. If any other ambitious cor ner of the world desires to contest honois for supremacy in grain-raising the opportunity is offered. Telephone Extension. The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company will soon connect Hailey I Idaho, with all prominent places by long distance telephone. A line will be constructed from Boise to Camas Prairie, thence to Halloy by the Gold Belt, and then to Blackfoot. Hailey j will be the headquarters of the 800 mile line between the Utah & North , em and Boiso. Telephone lines are be ' ing extended over the prinoipal parts of Burns, Or., and the Prineville Tele . phone Company is making extensive improvements. Hops. A contraot to sell 12,000 pounds of the 1899 "bops at 10 cents per pound has been made by Daniel Oavanaugh to Faber & Neis, of Albany. Pros pects for fair prices for this year's crop are very flattering. Hop men in Ore gon who held their crops and thus ob tained better prices are now out of debt for the first time in several years, llorst Bros, bought several lots at North Yakima within 10 days at 12 and 13 cents. "MAY MAKE MISCHIEF, Filipino! Evince Sign of Hostility Against Americana. Manila, Jan. 14. The situation at Ilo Ho is unchanged. The Filipinos are unceasingly active day and night Saturday they loaded some lightors with rock and sank them at the en trance of the river, blocking the chan nel for all vessels with the exception of launches. All lights have been ex. tinguished. Order, however, is maintained with severity, and offendeis are promptly shot. On Sunday one of the Arizona's boats, manned by soldiers, was carried on by the ebb tide to Quimares island, and while attempting to land three armed natives assembled on the beach and compelled the Americans to retire, The Filipinos refuse to have any deal ings with the Americans, vegetables and fruit are not obtainable, business is suspended, and the warehouses are filled with rotting sugar. At Manila the situation is critical, but pacifloation is possible in spite of the unyielding attitude of the Fu pinos. It is reported that the rebel government at Malolos is willing that the Americans should establish a pro tectorate on the condition that they promise to give the Filipinos absolute indenemlonoe within a stated time. It ia also said that the Filipinos will de inand official recognition. Efforts are being made to bring abtmt another conference with the lebels. The educated Filipinos are anxious to avoid trouble, and it is hoped that the militant Filipinos will reoeda before wiser counsels. In the meantime the tension is extreme on both sides. Dominique Krathofoki was hanged at Springfield, Mass., for the murder of his stepdaughter, Viotoria Pinkus, 16 years of age. on January 17, 1897. More Battle-Ships for England. London, Jan. 14. The admiralty has placed orders for two battle-ships of the first-class of 14,000 tons each, at a cost of 1,000,000, with the Thames Iron Works & Shipbuilding Company, Ltd. Indian Appropriation Bill lteported. Washington, Jan. 14. The senate appropriations committee today report ed the Indian appropriation bill. It authorized a limited return to the con tract system of Indian schools. D'epew Will Be Senator. Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 14. Chauncey M. Depew was unanimously chosen an the candidate of the Republican party for United States senator at a joint caucus held in the assembly chamber tonight. There was very nearly a full attendance of members of both houses. The election will be held in both houses next Tuesday, and on Wednes day both houses will meet in joint es aion to declare the result. Cornelias McGanney and ten horses were burned to death in a fire which jjeetioyed stable in New York. . Clerk' Salaries Fixed. The first business of he day in the house after invocation by Rev. Henry L. Badger, rector of St. John's, was upon the speoial order involving the adoption of the committee report scheduling salaries of employes. Mr. Bellows submitted an amend ment horizontally reduoing the schedule 50 cents on eaoh employe, but allowing the proposed $3 extra compensation to the speaker to stand. Roll-call on the proposed amendment on salary of clnel clerk showed the relative strength to stand about 47 to 23 in favor of sus taining the committee. After one more test ot stiength, the amendment was withdrawn by Mr. Bellows, and the committee report was adopted. The speaker was authorized, on mo tion of Smith of King, to employ a sec retary at a salary of $4 per day. Beals presented a petition from en gineers and steam users of Skagit and Snohomish counties for a law compell ing inspection of boilers. A resolution prevailed, offered by Gupderson, calling upon the state land commissioner s office for informa tion concerning value of the state's granted capitol lands. The speaker ap pointed Gunderson, Minard ana Bed ford as such committee. A memorial was offered by Daniels, praying for the pensioning of Indian war veterans. Advance in Eggs. Eggs are worth 50 cents a dozen at Colfax, Whitman county. It would seem policy for the Whitman farmers to raise a million or two bushels less wheat and put in a few acres of hens. It is much cheaper to raise a dozen eggs than a bushel of wheat, yet Whit man and other Eastern Washington counties, whioh produced nearly 15, 000,000 bushels of wheat last year, import thousands of dollais' worth of daiiy and hog products and eggs every year- - Canyonvllle Industrie. The crowing and shipping of fruit in the vicinity ot Canyonville is now so far advanced as to bring in consider able of a revenue. Prunes to the amount of 1,500,000 pounds have been sold at the average rate of over three cents per pound, bringing in over $18, 000. Shippers are now getting ready large consignments of winter apples, and the prevailing price for turkeys is from 9 to 10J cents gross. Lime, sul phur and salt for spraying purposes are now in demand. APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED. v Bromine-Chlorine Plant. An innovation in mining that will be of the greatest value io the people of Eastern Oregon is the establishment at Baker City of a bromine chlorine plant, for the working of refactory ores, which have hitherto been con sidered as worthless. The Goloonda plant, being erected by J. G. English and others, and which is expected to be in operation very soon, will increase to a great extent the busi ness of the Baker City merchants. liime Shipment. The Tacoma & Roche Harbor Lime Company, which is the chief lime works in the NorthweBt. shipped 100, 000 barrels last year, against 90,000 in 1897. The increase was both foreign and local, and the president, J. S. Mc Millin, says he expects an increas3 this year of at least 60 per cent, basing his estimates on trade conditions and or ders now on hand. This business is a fair indicator of the demand for building material. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60; Valley, 62c; Bluestem, 63o per bushel. Flour Beat grades, $3.20; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 4041c; choice gray, 89 40c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $22 24; brew ing, $23.50 per ton. Millstnffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00 per ton. Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover. $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; soconds, 4550o; dairy, 4045o store, 2530c. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12gc; Young America, 15c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.253 per dozen; hens, $3.504.00; springs, $1.253; geese, $0.007.00 for old, $4.505 for young; ducks, $5.00 6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15 16c per pound. Potatoes 7085c per suck; sweets, 2c per pound. Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celery 7075c per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per box; peas, 83sc per pound. Onions Oregon, 75c$l persack. Hops 1517o; 1897 crop, 46o, Wool Valley, 1012o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 26c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7e; spring lambs, 1c per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $5. 00 5. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 8.50$3.75; cows, $2. 60 3. 00; dressed beef, 6 6 Jc per pound. Veal Large, 06c; Bmall, 78c per pound. Seattle Markets. Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds. Potatoes, 20$ 25. Beets, per sack, 75c. Turnips, per sack, 50 75c. Carrots, per sack, 45 60c. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Cauliflower, 6090o por doz. Celery. 8540o. Cabbage, native and California $1.001.60 per 100 pounds. Apples. 85 50c per box. Pears, 60c$1.50 per box. Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 27c per pound; dairy and ranch, 1822c per pound. Eggs, 27c. . Cheese Native, 1212!c. Poultry Old hens, 14o per pound; spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c. Fresh meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 6)7c"; cows, prime, 6c; mutton, 7sj; pork, 67o; voal, 68o. Wheat Feed wheat, $22. Oats Choice, per ton, $24. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.00 11; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $15. Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.60. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $25 26; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $3.25; California brrnda, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour, $3.75; rye flour, $4. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed Chopped feed, $20 22 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. WAITING. ' j lie sun has slipped his tether And galloped down the west. (Oh, it's weary, weary waiting, love.) The little bird is sleeping In the softness of its nest. Night follows day, day follows dawn And so the time has come and gone; ' And it's weary, weary waiting, love. The cruel wind Is rising With a whistle and a wail, (And it's weary, weary waiting, love.) My eyes are seaward straining For the coming of a sail; But void the sen. nnd void the beach Far and beyond where gaze can reach! And it's weary,, weary waiting, love. I heard the bell buoy ringing How lone ago it seems! (And it's weary, weary waiting, love.) And ever still, its knelling Crashes in upon my dreams. The banns were read, my frock was sewn, Sine then two seasons' winds have blown And it's weary, weary waiting, love. The stretches of the ocean Are bare and bleak to-day. (Oh, its's weary, weary waiting love.) My eyes are growing dimmer As if tears or age, or spray? But I will stay till you come home. Strange ships come in across the foam! And it's weary, weary waiting, love. Cosmopolitan. Governor Geeri University Regents Satisfactory. Salem. Jan. 13. Governor ' Geer sent to the senate this morning the ap pointment of Dolph, Bean and Senator William Smith, of Baker, as mem bers of the board of regents of the state university, and Holt as trustee of the Soldiers' Home, the same as Governor Lord had named, and which were with drawn yesterday except Smith in place of Kincald. The nomination of Smith "took the wind out of the sails" of the opposition to the governor, as Selling expressed it, and instead of a fight all were confirmed immediately. Two Additional Justices. Upon the assembling of the house the committee on resolutions reported back a resolution providing for an ex amination of the books of the state board of school land commissioners, with an amendment that the commit tee be allowed only one clerk, at a sal ary of $3 per day. The resolution was adopted as amene'ed. After the first leading of the bill by Beach of Multnomah to regulate building and loan associations, Moody asked the consent of the house to take up and place on its third reading the bill providing for relief of the supreme court, and an increase of the number of justices of the supreme court to five. The bill passed by a vote of 87 to 17. Big Cargo to the Orient. The N. Y. K. steamship Riojnn Maru sailed from Seattle last week for the Orient, with one of the heaviest .cargoes ever taken from that port. Tle freight inoludod 4,000 bales of cotton, 13 carloads of pig lead, 14 cars of wood pulp, besides a great quantity of flour and miscellaneous goods. Another cargo soon to be shipped to the same port will contain 700 tons of salted salmon, brought over from the Frasor river. Bids for tounty Bond. The county commissioners of Gal latin county, Mont., received bids last Monday for the purchase of funding bonds to the amount of $137,000. These bonds are made payable in 20 vears. and are to bear interest at the rate of 5 pel cent per annum, payable semi-annually in the city of Bozeman. The county reserves the right to redeem any of the bonds after 10 years, by giving 60 days' notice. Flax Industry Growing. A result of recent agitation through out Oregon for the cultivation of flax, a commercial commodity, is the sowing of a considerable acreage this fall to flaxseed. The Portland Linseed Oil works is furnishing seed to farmers on application, agreeing to take their pay from proceeds of crops raised, for which crop they will contraot at prices that mean handsome returns. Plan to Modernize Rome. Rome. Jan. 13. The Marquis di Medici has prepared for the govern ment bis plans of a project to make Rome a seaport. ' He estimates the cost at $12,000,000. Medici is one of the wealthiest men in Italy, and is prominent as an engineer. He has al ready executed gigantio works regulat ing the flow of the river Tiber, at a cost of over $60,000,000, and con otrocted a number of railroads and other feats of engineering. Half Town Destroyed. Halifax. N. S.. Jan. 14.-Fire to day destroyed half of Bridgewater, a prosperous shipping and mill town on La Have river, entailing a loss of $250,000. Of 58 stores on Main street only two remain. Seventy buildings were burned. Bill for Pacific Coast Cotter. Washington, Jan. 14. Senator Per kins, of California, today introduced bill for the construction of a revenue cutter of the first class, to be used on , the Pacific coast, cost not to exceed j $250,000. San Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 10 12c per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val ley, 1517c; Noitliern, 9llc. Millstuffs Middlings, fl821.00; bran, $15.50 16.50 per ton. Onions Si 1 verekin, 50 75c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 28c; do seconds, 25 20c; fancy dairy, 26c; do seconds, 20 23c per pound. Eggs Store, 2580o; fancy ranch, 84-37c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2 2.60; Mexican limes, $60.50; Cali fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choice, $3. 50 4. 50; per box. The Seven Devils. It is currently believed that the Northern Pacific is making strenuous efforts to establifdi a line-to connect with the Seven Devils railroad, and thus tap a rich copper region. The Northwestern Railway ' Company has also three crews of surveyors in the field, and is preparing the way for graders from Huntington to the Ox bend of Snake river, and from there to the Peacock mine. There are now 28 O. R. & N. surveyors working from Keating, on Lower Powder river, to Eagle valley, arranging for the con struction work from isaker ijity to Seven Devils. A Good Showing. The Whatcom creamery has turned out 82,340 pounds of butter, or over T6 tons since May 1, 1898. Patrons de liver their cream and receive 24 cents per pound for the butter yielded. The sum ot $6,802 has thus been paid out to Whatcom county residents since May. The oieamoty will continue in opera tion all winter. It is said that the electno cabs in New York city did a recoid business during the blizzard and proved their entire efficiency. Mew Bank Proposed. A new bank, the second in the town, is a new project now being planned for Lewiston, Mont. The capital is ex pected to be $100,000, of whiuh amount Fergus county people nave aireaiiy subscribed for $60,000 worth. George Bach, formerly of Utica, will be cash ier, and the principal promoters are H. Hodgson, David Hilger, Herman Otten and Louis Landt. The bank will open its doois in perhaps a week or two. During the season the Northern Pa cific has shipped from the ranges to Eastern terminals for Northwestern and Chicago markets 10,000 head of cattle, an increase of 6,000 over the previous season; 515,000 head of sheep, an increase of 15.000, and 8,000 horses, an increase of over 50 per cent. The present season has not yet closed. According to the correspondent in the Spokane Review, the- milling town of Republic in Eastern Washington, offers exceptionally fine opportunities to capital to erect waterworks. It ap pears water is now selling at 50 cents a barrel. The Golden Spike. February 1 the citizens of Globe, Ariz., will celebrate the completion to that point of the Gila valley, Globe Xs Northern. The regulation golden spike will be driven, and the citizens of Globe will make the event an auspi cious one. The probabilities are that the Southern Pacifiu will make special ratets to Globe fiom all points between Los Angeles and El Paso, and that the inhabitants of that section of country will turn out in gala attire. According to the Electrical Review, Prof Henry A. Rowland, the distin guished physicist of John Hopkins university, believes be has perfected a 12 message telegraphic system a de cided advance on the quadruple so universally used. According to a recent compilation, Germany has 711 miles of electric rail- t ways, equal to those of all the rest oi Europe together. England is ciedited with only 98 miles. Most of the larger towns of Germany have electiic linos, and the whole system of Berlin will by the year 1901 be conveited to electricity. THE BURGLAR AND THE BRIDEGROOM. mHE colonial express was just X drawing out of New Haven late In the afternoon, when a young man with a dark mustache and glasses, who had evidently Just boarded the train, walked down the car aisle and paused inquiringly at the vacant seat bv mv side. The train was well nneu, and after pausing for un Instant as If to see whether I objected to sharing my seat with him the stranger planted himself at my side. Finally he leaned over to me, and, touching my arm, said: "I trust, sir, the arrangements will be satisfactory." "I beg your pardon, sir," I replied. "I am Miss Celeste's man. I was sent to meet you." I never neglected an opportunity to take advantage of circumstances, and I merely replied: "Indeed." "We are due at Trovldenee at 7:22. The ceremony will take' place at 8," he went on, Ignoring my non-coininiltal replies. "If you will please to give me your baggage checks," he continued, "1 will have the servants attend, to it when we arrive." "1 have nothing with me but this satchel," I replied. "Ah, you have sent it on ahead. That Is good. But," he said, "you are per haps wondering how I recognized you?" "I am not remarkably well known," I replied, "and my pictures " "Ah, you look just like them. Miss Celeste allowed me to look at one. I am gratified that you did not forget a sug gestion I made to Miss Celeste that you wear a fedora and a pluk rose." "So that was your idea, was It?" I said. The train commenced to slow up for Providence. My companion arose, and I followed him when he leaped upon the platform. 8 A carriage attended by two footmen was In waiting, and my companion guided nic to It. I was In such a strange position that I would hnvo preferred doing without the footmen at this par ticular time. In a few moments the carriage drew up at the door of a large, well-lighted house with a broad veranda. From the parlor laughter and conversation Indi cated that a large compauy was pres ent. As we alighted another carriage, which had been just ahead of us, turn ed from the curb and a solitary gentle man walked up to the house. "We are Just In time. That Is the minister," said my guide: '! will show you to your room, If you please, and you can join the company In the parlor as soon as you are ready. If you need me you can ring." The broad staircase was at hand, and I was saved the em barrassment of meeting any of the guests whom I might be expected to know. Celeste, also, I escaped. My room was large, nnd upon the bed a number of packages were spread out. I opened one of them. It was a dozen silver spoons. A small card read: "To Mr. and Mrs. George M opart: Congrat ulations." Evidently the package was intended for me. I opened several oth ers. One was a handsome diamond pin. Just as I took It up I heard the knob of my door turn, and unconsciously I slip ped It Into my pocket My companion of the train entered. "Miss Celeste desires me to say that she will meet you at the head of the stairs In ten minutes, and will descend with you for the ceremony." "O, thank you, William. Is your name William? I forget." "James, sir." " "All right, James; that will do." 1 retled my cravat and then took o.n- other look at the presents. I remem bered afterward that I failed to return that pin. Several other remarkably costly presents of small size were also missing afterward, though 1 remem ber perfectly seeing them on the bed while I was In the room. I had Just about six minutes In which to keep my appointment with Celeste, Had It not been for Uie ceremony which was scheduled to take place im mediately afterward I believe I should have allowed my love of adventure to lead me to the head of tLe stairs. Ce leste! Nice name! I wondered what he was like, as I softly opened the door and looked out Into the hallway, She was not there yet. Neither were the servants. I left the room, closing the door tightly behind me. The ball was deserted. At the head of the stairs I could bear laughter and conversation. I had my hat In my band, but In order not to excite com ment I had left my smull satchel be hind. I strolled out on to the veranda Just at that moment down the street I heard the rumble of a cab. Iu anotbe moment a four-wheeler, driven furious ly, hauled up and a young man leaped out He dashed up the path, taking the steps three at a time. I drew bac into the shadow. He passed so quickly that I could not see tils face. I sauntered down the path. The drlv tr was just turning bis cab around. 'HI, cabby!" I shouted to the Jehu. "A dollar If I get to New Haven depot in five minutes." I bought a copy of the Providence Journal next day at Boston to see how the ceremony had been performed. For a provincial paper the Journal really did well on that story. I enjoyed reading the humorous ac count of how the bridegroom missed his train, and how the butler had mis taken another gentleman on the train for Mr. Mopart. I disliked, however, to have the Jour nal make such open Insinuations against the honesty of the person thus Introduced In Mr. Mopart's stead. It stated that in all probability the butler had stumbled upon a clever ras cal and crook In bis search for the bridegroom, for a number of costly wedding presents which had been left in the room with the supposed Mr. Mopart had mysteriously disappeared, as he himself had done but a few min utes before the real Mr. Mopart had ar rived. He had left behln dhim a small hand satchel In which were found a number of jimmies, skeleton keys, and other articles used only by a certain class of gentlemen. It was the discovery of these articles that first aroused suspi cion. As for the wedding, that had taken place in spite of the excitement. Exchange. THE TARTARIAN LAMB. There are more than six thousand known languages and dialects. There are always 1,200,000 people afloat on the seas of the world. The cun of largest calibre in the world is the British 17.72 inch one hun dred ton gun. A map of Jerusalem In mosaic, over fifteen hundred years old, has been found In Palestine. London hns a population of 4,250,000, equaling the combined populations of Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg and Rome The highest point of land In New York (Manhattan) is at Eleventh ave nue and 100th street, 225 feet. In Brooklyn the highest point Is Lookout Hill, In Prospect Park, 180 feet False teeth for horses, which were suggested by the president of a French humane society few years ago, have actually been Invented, and are gaining favor with owners of large stables. In Ecuador they sweeten coffee with crushed Beetles; in Japan they give you gooseberry pie with roast duck; in Cey Ion the richest people beg, and in Lon don a man who refuses to tip a waiter runs a fair chance of getting arrested. To "dance attendance" Is an expres eion borrowed from the medieval cus torn, which compelled the bride at woddinc to dance with whomsoever asked her. No matter how low the con dltion or how objectionable the person the bride could not refuse. AFtrange Plant that Closely Resem bles an Animal. Among the strange stories to be found In the narratives of early travelers, few are strangi r than that of the veg etable lamb of Tartary. This story, as believed by the reading public, and even by the naturalists of two cen turies ago, Is so marvelous, and so ob viously absurd that we wonder bow tho most credulous could have believed It to be true. The story Is that In an elevated and cultivated salt plain of great extent. west of the river Volga, there may be found a creature half-animal, half plant to which the natives give the imo of barometz, meaning "little lamb." To obtain it, the Tartars sow In the ground a seed like that of a melon, from which. In due time, rises the strange plant having the figure of lamb, with the feet, the hoofs, the ears, ana the wuoie neaa, except me horns, of that animal, distinctly formed. It grows on a stalk about three feet In height, being according to one ver sion, rooted to the ground by Its four feet, while another account raises the whole lamb, feet and all, from the ground on a single stem, on which It Is able to turn, and also to bow Itself downwards to the herbs on which it feeds. It lives as long as there is grass or herbage around It, but when It has consumed all within Its reach. It dies, and withers away. Its skin Is covered with a very white down, ns flue as silk, and Is greatly prized by the Tartars, who pull It off, and wear It as a cover for the head. Inside, It Is composed of flesh and ' bones, nnd when wounded It gives out a liquid resembling blood. Wolves are said to be the only animals that will eat It, aud they are very fond of It Specimens of this remarkable produc tion were looked upon as the rarest treasures in the collections of the curi ous In days gone by. Two different specimens have been described In the "Philosophical Transactions," and a third has Its portrait given In an en graving In Darwin's "Flower Garden" and Its history told In the florid verse of that work. The "lamb" Is a natural production. greatly helped, In the development of the particulars In which It most resem bles that civature, by the Ingenuity ot the natives The body Is a portion of the creeping stem of a species of fern which generally grows as erect as a tree. This stem Is densely covered with beautiful, Jointed silky hairs, of a rich golden color. On the surface next to tho ground a few roots are glvea off, while the leaves or fronds, as they are called In ferns spring from the upper surface. The fronds reach a height of twelve or four- Growth of the Language. "It seems to me, Henry," remarked tho wife of a professor of English lit eral ure, after the guests who had at tended one of their "evenings" had gone, "that you treated Mr. Scollops with marked discourtesy." "Oh, I did, did I?" "Yes. You turned your back on hlin while he whs talking to you, and walk ed deliberately out of tho room, mutter ing to yourself." "I listened to him patiently enough," snld the professor, "while he was tell ing mo where he had 'Sundayed tho wcok In-fore lust. I stood It, even when ho observed that It nhviiys 'enthused' him to talk over old times, but when ho asked mo to come around some evening nd 'reminisce' awhile" and tho pro- ssor walked to tho window and clear ed his thront vigorously "It was all I could do, Hester, to keep from throwing hlin out of the house!" Hwiss Humor. The Tull Mall Gazette, having hnd access to the oinciiii archives or mo custom houso at Los Verrleres, pul llshes the following cxatnplo of duly scheduled Imports: A missionary was returning to Basel rom Patagonia, bringing with him, not as the milts or urn moors, nut merely for the purposes of science, a collection of Patagoiilan skulls. The custom house ollleers opened tho best, Inspected tho contents and In formed the owner that the consignment must be classed ns animal lnmes, and taxed at so much tho pound. Tho missionary was Justly Indignant; therefore tho otllclnls agreed to recon sider the question. When the way-bill hud boen revised, It appeared In the following form: Chest of native skulls. Personal ef fects, already worn." teen foot, and have a longbare stalk before the leaf Is spread out. The Tar tar takes a suitable part of this creep ing stem for a body, deprives It of tha roots, and of all the leaf stalks except four, which are Intended to be the legs, two short ones for the ears, and a stump for the tall, and then, turning Id upside down, trims the stem, and so produces this mnrvel of tho early ex plorers. The fern, known to botanists ns the elbotium baromotz, Is a native of Eas'tern Asia; It has been Introduce,! Into our conservatories, where It flour ishes, producing, after a few years'! growth, good specimens of the "!amb.'!i The silky hairs of this fern form a favorite remedy among tho Chinese for checking the How of blood by applying; them to a wound, In the same way ns felt or cobwebs are used by some poo-' pie In this country. The more fibrous and elastic hairs of several species of the same group, natives of the Sand wich Islands, are largely exported from these Islands to California and Austra-i Ha for stiifllng cushions and for similar purposes, Philadelphia Times. (Simplicity of a Novelist's Ufa. Jokal, the Hungarian novelist, lives In extreme simplicity. Ho Is seldom seen away from home, and begins work at his desk fh the early morning, some times remaining there the whole day. A small room adjoining his library con tains the ixwks of reference he con suits, a narrow bed like a soldier's, and a few window plants. The room Is so destitute of what Is generally looked unon ns necessary comforts that It might lie the dormitory of a monk. Dr Jokal, now In his seventy-fourth year, Is constantly attended by a devoted man-servant, who hns grown aged In his beloved master's service. A Delightful I'lotur.s A homelike picture of Mrs. Washing ton and her favorite granddaughter Is given by Mrs. James Gibson, who fre quently visited her when, as the Presi dent's wife, she resided lu Philadelphia, then the capital of the United States. Mrs. Gibson's language Is quoted by Miss Whiu-tou In her "Martha Wash ington." Mrs. Washington was In the habit of retiring nt an early hour to her own room, unless detained by company, and there, no matter what tho hour, Nelllo (Miss Custls) attended her. Duo evening my father's carriage be ing late In coming for me, my denr young friend Invited me to accompany her to grandmamma's room. There, after some Little chat, Mrs. Washington apologized to mo for pursuing her usual preparations for the night, and Nellie entered upon her accustomed duty by reading a chapter and a psalm from the old family Bible, after which nil pres ent knelt In evening prayer. Mrs. Washington's faithful maid then assisted her to disrobe and lay her head upon the pillow; Nellie then sang a verse of some sweetly soothing hymn, and then leaning down, received tha parting blessing for tho night, with some emphatic remarks on lutf duties, Improvements, etc. The effect of these judicious habits and teachings ap peared In tho granddaughter's charac ter through life. j The Hliapo of tho Kurth. Owing to the action of certain well- known laws, the earth Is not a perfect sphere. Careful measurements show that It Is slightly bulging at the equa tor. It Is a simple matter to show proof that the earth Is rouud. When a ship Is approaching tho shore, the first parts to be seen are the top sails; as she nears the land the lower sails and rigging como Into view, and lastly the hull appears. If the carta's surfuce were flat the hull, being tho largest part, would be Been first." Philadel phia Inquirer. Japanese Hooks. Tho Japanese now publish three times as many books as the Italians. Out of 25,000 volumes published last year In the Land of Flowers no less than 5,000 were law books, and 1,300 treated of religion. Clubs drive some men to-matrimony and matrimony drives others io club. Oklahoma. A sensational ease with a funny side is reported from El Reno. A couple ar rived at the principal hotel and regis tered themselves as man and wife. In fact, they were elopers, one having run away from a wife and tho other a hus band. In the course of a week the In jured husband and tho Injured wifo arrived from Kentucky and caused tho arrest of the pair. Tho deserted man and woman had never seen each other before, but while waiting for requisi tion papers from Kentucky they stop ped at the sumo hotel, uud formed an acquaintance. Having a common grief, they became Interested In each other, aud on the day the requisition papers were to arrive they astonished tho offi cers by eloping oil their own account, going to Texas, where they aro now supposed to be. The first pair of elop ers were released from Jail, and the Kentucky officer returned home, after Informing the local paper that ho "hoped a rattlesnako would bite hlin If ho ever traveled a thousand nillea again to help a couple of men trade w!ves."-Kansas City Journal. .t The good points of a great many peo ple aoew to have been brokeo off.