ALONG "THE COAST
m or General Interest Gleaned
From the Thriving Faol&o
States.
Salmon Trust Belni Pnrm..
A Seattle dispatch says a large Chi
cago syndicate is lust about to close a
deal by which it will secuie all, or
most all, of the flshtraps of Puget
ouuiiu. me organization bus secured
options on traps which oatch seven
tenths of the fish found in Pncrot Bnnnfl
It is believed it will continue to pur
chase other traDS until it will VinuA inn.
trolled the total output. In addition
10 me nsntraps there are options held
on two canneries, and it is nndnrsinn,!
that an effort is being made to secure
uwiers. in lact, tiie ultimate purpose of
me syndicate is said to be the absolute
control of both salmon catching and
salmon canning.
The Wools-rowers' Convention.
The Pacific Northwest Woolgiowers'
Association, which meets in Pendleton,
March 7, 8 and 9, promises to be a very
interesting event. K. C. Jndson. in
dustrial agent for the O. R. & N Co.,
has seoured the attendance of lpfirlina
Bheepmen of the East, while the presi-
aent, ut. James Withyoombe, vice
director at the agricultural experiment
station at Uorvallis, and Seoretary J.
V. BaileV have been workincr nn a nrn.
gramme that will be interesting and
instructive.
A Novel Japanese Project.
S. Odagaki, representing the Mitsui
Bussan Kaisha and other interests of
the Mitsui family in Japan, is on the
Pacific coast for the purpose of secur
ing a number of bright American boys
to be sent to Japan and China and edu
cated in Oriental business methods.with
a view to extending trade with the
United States. The Mitsui family, it
is said, is the richest in Japan, and
their various interests are capitalized
at over $50,000,000.
Coldest In Nine Yeari.
The recent cold weather at Alba, in
Umatilla county, Or., was the coldest
experienced in nine years. At Ukiah
the thermometer registered 40 degrees
below zero, and 28 at Alba. The Alti
tude of Alba is about 150 feet higher
than that of Ukiah. The cold weather
killed many horses on the range. Cat
tle so far are in good condition, al
though the oold weather has been se
vere on them.
Tusk of a M astodon.
C. M. O'Leary, who is at Dawson
City, has written to a friend at Port
land that he has found the tusk of a
mastodon, which he will ship from his
claim to Dawson if the Portland mu
seum will defray the expenses of ship
ment from there. This tusk is 8 feet
6 inches long, and 26 inches in circum
ference. It was found 80 feet below
the surfaoe. The estimated weight is
from 450 to 500 pounds.
Portland'! Government Building.
There are 120 men engaged on the
new government building on Park
street, Portland, Or., and work is pro
gressing rapidly. Forty-six calroads of
granite have arrived recently from
Snake river, and the stone is piled up
in small mountains. Granite will con
tinue to arrive from now on.
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Frileflghten to Be Prosecuted.
All who were connected officially
with the . boxing match in Teutonia
hall, San Francisco, recently, wben
John Farrell was knooked out and seri
ously injured by a blow on the jaw from
John O'Brien are to be prosecuted for
prizefighting.
Hops Sold at 13 Centi.
Julius Pincns last week purchased 14
bales of hops from James Harvey, and
80 bales from George Wilson, in Yaki
ma county. The price paid is under
stood to have been 13 cents. These are
about the last of the good hops left in
the county.
Leased the Buckley Mill.
The Van Horn Lumber Company, of
Taooma, has leased the Buckley Lum
ber Company mill for one year. The
new owners commenced operation Feb
ruary 1. They employ 70 men, 85 in
the mill and the rest At the camp.
The capacity of the mill is about 60,
000. Capture of Opium Smugglers.
John McCloud and J. Allen were
arrested in South Portland recently, be
ing suspected of smuggling opium.
They had iu their possession 90 oans
of the drug, unstamped. They are
believed to be old hands at the busi
ness. No More Special Service Men.
Orders have been issued on board
the United States ship Albatross that
no more men will be enlisted for spe
cial service. All those now enlisted
for one year will be transferred to the
general service on application.
Shore Duty for Captain Glass.
Captain Glass, late commander of
the cruiser Charleston, who returned
from the Orient on the steamer Bio de
Janeiro, will take charge of the naval
training station now being constructed
on Goat island, San Franoisco harbor.
Eagle of the Bald Tribe.
Last week S. White, of Deeming,
Whatoom county, Wash., killed an
eagle that measured seven feet from
tip to tip. The eagle is supposed to
have belonged to the "bald" tribe.
Senator Foster Start East.
8ena tor-elect Addison G. Foster has
started from Tacoma for Washington.
Thomas Sammons, a Tacoma newspa
per man, has been selected by Senator
Foster to serve as private secretary.
A Kitchen Accident.
"Grandma" Perkins, of Pine Creek,
Lake county. Or., while at work in her
kitchen the other day, tripped and
fell upon a stick of wood, breaking
both bones of one leg just above the
ankle.
' lee la Hie Well.
Reoently Mr. Burns, who lives near
Lakeview, Or., found ice lying like
truth at the bottom of bis well. He
was compelled to use a 20-foot pole to
break his way to fresh water.
The Coqullle Creamery.
The Coquille Dairyman's Union held
Its annual meeting recently, and decid
ed upon the operation of the Coquille
creamery for the season of 1899.
A sailing boat with four persons eap
iaed outside the Narrows near Van
couver, B. C Three men swam over a
mila to teach shore.
The Indium' Spring Harvest.
The Indians have begun bringing
Into Antelope, Or., wool and pelts, of
wnioh they sell tons every pprinc
They gather them from sheen that die
on the ranges during the winter. It
is not an uncommon sight to see 20 nr
30 borses packed with wool and pelts
in charge of two or three old squaws,
upon tli streets in Alrington in spring
time.
To Build Evaporating Plant.
N. A. Waldahl, of Albany, is mak
ing inquiries of the number of acres of
Italian prunes, the age of the trees.
and the number of driers in the vicin
ity of (Sheridan, Or., with a view to
erecting a large evaporating plant in
tiie vicinity of Sheridan this summer.
For a Hopgrowers' Uulon
A movement is on foot to organize a
hopgrowers' union iu Polk ootinty.
The object of the uniou will be the
protection of the growers and the es
tablishing ol agencies in the central
markets of the United States.
Will Maintain Its Hospital
Acting on advices received from Ma
nila by cable, the California Red Cross
Society has decided to continue the
maintenance of its hospital station in
that city as long as the California vol
unteers remain in the Orient
Point Wilson Fortifications.
About 150 men are at work on the
government fortifications at Point Wil
son, at tiie northern city limits of Port
lownsenu. 1 lie force is to be increased
as the work proceeds.
' Fruit Trees Killed.
W. H. II. Miller, who has 80 acres
of 8-year-old prune trees three miles
north of Eugene, Or., has had them ex
amined by experts, who report them-all
killed by the recent cold weather.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, 80ofl.10 per 100 pounds.
Potatoes, f 18020.
Beets, per sack, 75c.
Turnips, per sack, 50(3 75c.
Carrots, per sack, 45 55c.
Parsnips, per sack, $1.
Cauliflower, 75f 1.00c per doa.
Celerv. 85(3400. .
Cabbage, native' and Califor
nia
VI. 25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, 85 50c per box.
Pears, 50e$1.50 per box.
Prunes, 50c per box.
Butter Creamery, 26o per pound;
dairy and ranch, 15 20c per pound.
V.tiira 1 fl 3l 1 Qrt
Cheese Native. 12(2120.
Poultry Old hens, 14c per pound;
spring' chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c.
Fresh meats Choice dressed beef
steers, prime, c; cows, prime,
c; mutton. 8)c; pork, 7o; veal, 68o.
Wheat Feed wheat, 120.
Oats Choice, per ton, $23.
Hay Puget Sonnd mixed, $7.50
9; choice Eastern Washington tim
othy, $12.60 13.
Corn Whole, $23.50; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $23.50.
Q-l . I 1 1 . .1 I
uai icv iwiiw ur gruiiud, pur ion,
$352C; wholo, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
straights, $3.25: California brrnds,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.50; graham,
per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour,
$8.75; rye flour, $4.60.
MillBtutrs Bran, per ton, $14;
shorts, per ton, $15.
ifeed Chopped feed, $20 22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake
meal, per ton, $35.
Portland Market. -
Wheat Walla Walla, 67c; Valley,
69c; Blucstem, file per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $3.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 4142c; choice
gray, 89 40c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $2223; brew
ing, $23.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy, $8 9; clover. $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c;
seconds, 4550o; dairy, 4045o store,
25 30c.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13 Wo;
Young America, 15c; new cheese,
10c per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $34
per dozen; hens, $4. 00 6. 00; springs,
$1.253; geese, $6.007.00 for old,
$4.505 (or young; ducks, $5.00
6.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15
16c per pound.
Potatoes 65 75c per sack: sweets.
2c per; pound.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 76c
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 1,25 pur 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 76c
per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celery
7075u per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per
box; peas, 83c per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75c$l per sack.
Hops 1518c 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, 7c;
spring lambs, 7c per lb.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;.
light and feeders, $3.00(34.00; dressed.
$5.005.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 8.60$3.76;
cows, $2. 60 8. 00; dressed beef,
6 BJc per pound.
Veal Large, 67c; small, 6 9c
per pound.
Baa Francisco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 10l?cper
pound; Oregon, Eastern, 1012o; Val
ley, 16 17c; Northern, illc.
Millstuffs Middlings, $20 32. 00;
bran, $18.00 19.00 per ton.
Onions Silverskin,60 90c per sack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 27c;
do seconds, 24 25c; fancy dairy, 23c;
do seconds, 2021c per pound.
Eggs Store, 18c; fancy ranch,
20 22o.
Hops 1898 crop, 18 16o
Citrus Fruits-Oranges. Valencia, $3
2.60; Mexican limes, 5.60f6; CalU
fornia lemoti, 7Ec$1.25; do choice,
$3.t0 per Ijx,
Hay Wheat, (18 17.60; wheat sol
oat, $13(316; oat, $1416; best bar
ley, $1213; alfdfa, $1314 ptr ton;
straw, 40 70c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, $1.00 1.10;
Oregon Burkanks. f 1 f 1.85; liver
Burbanks, 75c $1; Salinas Burbanks,
f 11.10 per sack.
Tropical fruits Bananas, $1.36
3.60 per lunch; pineapples, $2.60
4.60; Fenian dates. 6kc ptf:
pound.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
Now Lies Dead From an
Attack of Apoplexy.
HE SUEVIVED BUT A FEW H0UBS
Fears of Disturbance in Paris Haas
ures Taken to Prevent
Disorders.
Paris, Feb. 18. President Faure
died from apoplexy tonight.
It has been known for some time
that bis health was weak, but the first
intimation that he was sick was given
at half past 6 this afternoon, when a
message was dispatched to the pre
mier, M. Dupuy, announcing that the
president was ill. M. Dupuy immedi
ately lepaired to the Elysee. All
medical efforts proved futile and the
president died on the stroke of 10.
It was not until 12 o'clock that the
news began to become known to the
general public in Paris. From this
time began a continuous arrival of pub
lic men. Strict orders, however, were
issued, and only members of the cabi
net weie admitted to the Elysee.
The report spread rapidly throughout
the city, and large crowds soon assem
bled in the vicinity of the palace.
It is reported that the recently
formed league, known as La Patiie
Francaise, will actively push M. de
Beaurepaire'a candidature.
Under the present exceptionally ex
citing conditions, anything may be ex
pected to happen. Much depends
upon what General Zurlinden, military
governor of Paris, as the head of the
military element, may decide to do.
M. de Freycinet has ordered the
troops confined to barraoks today.
THE TREATY APPROPRIATION
It Caused a Long Debate In the Na
tlonal House.
Washington, Feb. 18. In the house
today the senate amendments to the
agricultural bill were nonoonourred in,
and the bill was sent to conference.
Without further preliminary business,
the house went into committee of the
whole, and resumed consideration of
the sundry civil bill.
When the paragraph appropriating
$20,000,000 for the payment to Spain
under the treaty of Paris was reached,
Wheeler made a point of order against
it. His point of order was that the
paragraph was obnoxious to rule 21,
invoked yesterday against the Nicaragua
canal amendment. If the treaty of
Paris was completed, if it was vital
ized by the ratification of the Spanish
oortes and the exchange of ratifications
had taken plaoe, he confessed that the
treaty would be the law of the land
and the amendment would be in order.
He cited numerous decisions of the su
preme court in support of his position.
Then followed a long debate on that
portion of the bill, and without get
ting beyond that point the house ad
journed.
In the Senate.
Soon aftei the senate convened today
the house joint resolution authorizing
the seoretary of the navy to pay certain
laborers, workmen and median ks at
the United States navy-yards and naval
stations 60 per cent additional for work
performed in excess of eight hours per
day was called up and adopted.
The military academy appropriation
bill was passed without debate, and
consideration of the naval personnel
bill begun.
Morgan offered the Nicaragua canal
bill as an amendment to the river and
harbor bill, and had it referred to the
oommittee on coiumeroe now consider
ing that measure.
The military affairs committee re
ported the army leorganization bill,
which brought out an extended discus
sion. "
A house bill setting apart a certain
tract of lan'd, containing 10 acres, in
Oklahoma to the Stella Friends Acad
emy and Church Association was
passed.
Consideration was then begun of the
postoffioe appropriation bill. Praotic
ally the only obstacle encountered by
the bill was the committee amendment
providing for special mail facilities on
the trunk lines from New York and
Washington to Atlanta and New Or
leans, and from Kansas City, Mo., to
Newton, Ean.
The amendment which appropriates
$171,238 special mail facilities from
New York and Washington to Atlanta
and New Orleans, was then agreed to,
,43 to 10. The amendment appropri
ating $25,000 for special mail tacilities
between Kansas City, Mo., and New
ton, Kan., was also agreed to. Mantle
of Montana, presented the credentials
of Wil'iam A. Clark, and Turley of
Tennessee, presented the credentials of
Hon. William B. Bate, each eleoted as
senator from his state for the term of
six years from March 4, 1899.
At the conclusion of the reading of
the postoffice appropriation bill, it was
allowed to go over.
A bill providing for an additional
circuit judge in the third judicial cir
cuit was passed.
Washington, Feb. 18. General
Brooke today cabled from Havana, re
porting three deaths among the Ameri
can soldiers in Cuba since February 14.
The Rebel Retreated.
Manila, Feb. 18. A large body of
the enemy, presumably reconnoitering,
was discovered on the right of Briga
dier-General King's position, near Sao
Pedro Macati. this morning. The en
tire bigade turned out, and after an ex
change of volleys, the rebels retreated
into the jungle and disappeared.
VYashinaton. Feb. 18. The depart
ment of state has been officially ad
vised of the settlement of the great
strike at Colon.
A Mary Tard Fire.
New York, Feb. 17. Over $1,000,-
000 of government property waa de
stroyed by a fire which started tonight
in the large machine-shop of the
Brooklyn navy-yard known as ma
chine-shop No. 28. and the workings
of the navy-yard have received a seri
ous set back.
Stanley Brewer, single, aged 80, was
tbrowu under his wagon, loaded with
wood, nea? Eugene, Or., and killed al
most instantly. He was found at mid
night with a wheel on bis back between
the shoulders.
Oh; brave and wie n.1 steadfast soul,
Whose Latloo dc'. thy tomb to-day!
So long as this vnat globe shall roll
Tby praises shall cot pass an ay.
And we, whose fathers fait thy hand,
liofor whose blade they broke and Bed,
Will honor, with thy nntlve land,
The noble memory of the dead!
For mere than fame, or patriot pride
Uefore all things desired and fair
1 freedoml Stand thou there beside
Her beauty In that native air
Thy lightnings cleared, that might see
The tranquil splendors of her eyes
Binlle down on all thy race to be,
And lti unrivaled destinies!
Men ipread the feast and pour the win
In memory of thy stainless name,
And honors ever shall be thine
Enduring love and deathless fame!
But though tby glory through the sphere
Were curved and spoken, harped and sung.
Thy ghost would not disdain to hear
One tribute from an English tongue.
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DEATH.
Centenary to Be Observed by What
Wa Called a "Mock Funeral,"
On that December day, nearly a century
tgo. w hen the body of Gen. George Wash
ington was laid away in the vault at
Mount Vernon, "mock funerals" were
held in many towns and cities east of the
Alleghajiies. Our great-grandparents were
In their infancy in those far-away duyg,
and many of them saw these "mock fun
erals," which were conducted, of course,
With nil solemnity. From these sights of
childhood springs the conviction in the
minds of centenarians here and there that
they were witnesses of the real funeral.
Such is the trustfulness of old age lu mem
ories of times long agone!
Ninety-nine years of national life have
WASHINGTON'S FIRST TOMB.
passed since then, and America has given
far more attention to anuiverRnry celebra
tions of that happier event the birth of
its first President than to the yearly re
currence of the day of the funeral.
Ihis year, however, the centennial of
that day will take place, and the observ
ance at Mount Vernon will be on Dec.
14, the anniversary of the day of the
death, instead of on the 18th, which was
the date of the funeral. It Is Intended,
nevertheless, that the observance shall
take the form of a duplication of the
funeral services, going over the same
ground as In 1779. So elaborate are the
contemplated ceremonies that already
plans are being put iuto shape for the
great event. As Gen. Washington was a
Mason, the services over his body were
conducted, in part at least, by the Ma
sons, and so the anuiversary services will
be under the direction of the Grand Lodge
of Virginia, Free and Accepted Masons.
The Grand Lodge will meet In Alexan-
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TOMB HOLDING WASHINGTON'S BODY SINCE 1831.
dria, and, escorted by Lodge No. 4 of
I rederieksburg, In which Washington re
ceived his first degree; Washington Lodge
No. 22 of Alexandria, of which he was
the first master, and Federal Lodge of
Washington and representatives of every
Crand Lodge in America will go to Mount
Vernon and there repeat the services of
Dec. 18, 1709. It Is expected that Presi
dent McKinley, himself a Mason, will
make an address, and after the ceremonies
a banquet will be given in Washington.
The march to the tornb will pass, of
course, the old tomb In which Washing
ton's body was buried, and In which it
rested for more than thirty years, though
the objective point of the procession will
be the new tomb, where the colli n now is.
In his will Washington stated that "the
family vault at Mount Vernon requiring
repairs, and being improperly situated, I
desire tbat a new one, of brick, and upon
a larger scale, may lie built at the foot of
what is railed the Vineyard Inclosure, on
the ground which Is marked out, in which
my remain and those of my deceased
relatives (now In the old vault), and such
others of my family as may choose to be
entombed there, may be deposited." Not
withstanding his request, it was not until
1831 that the new tomb was built and
Washington's hotly placed therein. And
then the old vault was allowed to fall Into
a state of decay. In recent years it has
been rebuilt from a drawing in the Con
gressional Library, and it I now sur
rounded by an iron fence, and Is kept up
with the same care as the new tomb. In
1837, v when the marble sarcophagi to
which the coffins of Washington and his
wife rest were placed in the new tomb, the
key of that tomb was thrown into the Po
tomac river.
At the request of Martha Washington
door was made to the old tomb at the
time of the ceneral's burial, las'' t
closing it with brick, ns had been the cus
tom at previous burials. The widow -wai
sure that she would soon follow her hus
band. She lived only eighteen months af
ter the death of Washington, keeping en
tirely, it is said, to her room on the third
floor of the mansion, and upon her death,
In 1S01, her body was laid beside that of
her husband in the old tomb. Washington,
was buried in a mahogany coffin, lined
with lead, which was put in a case cov
ered with black cloth.
WASHINGTON A RICH MAN.
Owned Thousands of Acres of Land
and Stock and Ncg-roe.
When Washington died he was one ol
the richest men of bis time. He owned
lands and stock and negroes, and his es
tates amounted to thousands of acres. He
had houses iu Alexandria, Va., and prop
erty in Washington. Ue had valuable
lands near the present site of Pittsburg.
He was throughout his life a money mak
er, and when he was a boy he got $3
a day and upward for, his surveying. lie
put his surplus money into lands, and an
advertisement In a Baltimore paper of
1773 states that he had 20,000 acres of
land for sale on the Ohio river. His will,
which is now kept about twenty miles
from Washington, in the safe of the old
court house at Fairfax, Va., gives a de
tailed statement of every article he pos
sessed down to the calves and sheep. Ills
personal estate was then put down at
$532,000, and this included a vast amount
of tobacco, large numbers of cattle, sheep
and horsoB, nearly all of which he willed
to his wife. This will Is now kept In a
wooden box, the top of which Is covered
with glass. It was torn In two some time
ago by some careless sightseer, and since
then no one has bceu allowed to handle It.
The account books which are kept In the
State Department show that Washington
was very careful about keeping a record
of his expeuditures. He put down every
thing. Washington's Golden Words.
Interwoven Is the love of liberty with
every ligament of the heart.
To persevere is one's duty, to be silent
is the best answer to calumny.
Without virtue and without Integrity,
the finest talents and the most brilliant
accomplishments can never gain respect
or conciliate the esteem of the most valu
able part of mankind.
Frouiote as an object of primary Impor
tance, institutions for the general diffu
sion of knowledge. - In proportion as the
structure of a government gives force to
public opinion, it is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened.
Observe good faith and. justice toward
all nations; cultivate peace and harmony
with all.
Let me warn you most solemnly against
the baneful effects of the spirit of party.
It exists, under different shapes. In
all governments, more or less stifled, con
trolled or repressed; but In those of the
popular form it is seen In Its greatest
rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
My first wish is to see this plague to
mankind, war, banished from the earth,
and the sons and daughters of this wo. Id
employed In more pleasing and innocent
amusements than in preparing implements
and exercising them for the destruction of
mankind.
Itather than quarrel about territory,
let the poor, the needy, the oppressed, of
the earth, and those who want Innd, re
sort to the fertile plains of our western
country, the second land of promise, and
there dwell In peace, fulfilling the first
and great commandment.
Dignity and Usefulness.
During tho American Revolution, an
officer, not habited in the military cos
tume, was passing a company of soldiers
at work making repairs on a redoubt. The
commander of a little squad was giving
orders to those under him, relative to a
stick of timber which they were endeavor
ing to raise to the top of the works. The
timber went up hard, and on this account
the voice of the little great man was often
heard in bis regular vociferations of
"heave away! there she goes! heave ho!"
etc.
The officer before spoken of stopped bis
horse when he arrived at the place, and
seeing the timber sometimes scarcely
move, asked the commander why he did
not take bold and render a little aid. The
latter appeared to be somewhat aston
ished, and turning to the officer with the
pomp of an emperor, said:
"Hir, I am a corporal."
"You are not, though are you?" said
the officer. "I was not aware of It." And
taking off his bat and bowing, "I ask your
pardon, Mr. Corporal."
Upon this he dismounted his elegant
steed, flung the bridle over the post, and
lifted till the sweat stood In drops on bis
forehead. When the timber was elevated
to Its proper station, turning to the man
clothed "iu a little brief authority":
"Mr. Corporal Commander," ssld he,
"when you have another such job and
have not men enough, send for the commander-in-chief,
and I will help you."
It wa Washington.
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QUEER BURIAL PLACES.
Strange Requests Made by Eccentric
Decedents.
The most extraordinary of all burial
requests was that of the celebrated
Jeremy Bentham. The great philan
thropist aud exponent of the doctriue
of utilitarianism, dying in 1832, left di
rections that his body should be dis
sected and that the skeleton should bo
put together, and, after being clothed
In his old vestments, should be seated
In a sort of glass house on wheels. The
first part of the program was perform
ed by his faithful disciple, Dr. South
wood Smith, who, in endeavoring to
preserve the head, deprived the face of
all expression. Seeing this would not
do for exhibition purposes, Dr. Smith
had a model made In wax by a distin
guished French artist, who succeeded
in producing a most admirable likeness.
The skeleton was then stuffed out to
fit Bohemian's clothes and the wax
likeness fitted to the trunk. The figure
was placed, seated on the chair in
which be usually sat, with one hand
holding the walking stick which was
his constant companion In life, called
by him (like a dog) "Dapple." The
whole was Inclosed in a mahogany case
with a glass front, covered by folding
doors, and presented to University Col
lege, where It cau be seen In the south
gallery of the college museum,
The strange request of Anthony Et
terlcke, who was a prominent lawyer
and once Recorder of Toole, Is notewor
thy. Having some cause of offense
against the people of Wlinborne, En
gland, in which town he lived, he de
clared that he was to be burled in a
consecrated spot, but not above nor be
low ground, not in the church nor out
of It. To make certain that this was
done he got permission to build a coffin
Into the wall of WImborne minster, so
that it Is half In the church and half
out, half above the ground and half bo
low it, To do this a special arch had
to be made, and for the repair of thla
arch and the coffin Anthony Ettericke
gave to the church a sum of 20 shillings
from a farm. To bury him the wall of
the church level with the pavement
was opened and the body deposited In
the coffin as described. It Is of slate
and Is emblazoned with many coats of
arms. There are two dates on lt-1091
and 1703 one over the other, so as 'to
render both almost unreadable. He
was fully convinced that he should die
In 1001 and had his coffin made and the
date placed upon It But he did not die
till 1703, and so the second date was
cut over the first.
An art gallery seems a queer place In
which to bury bodies, and probably few
of the Inhabitants of Dulwlch are
aware that Dulwlch College picture
gallery contains three bodies the
bodies of the three people to whom that
collection of pictures owes Its exist
ence. Noll Joseph Desenfans was a
native of Doual, in France, but settled
In London, first as a teacher of lan
guages. He became possesses of a val
uable picture by Claude, which he sold
to George III. for 1,000 guineas and so
became a picture dealer. Then Stanis
laus, King of Foland, commissioned
him to purchase pictures to form a na
tional gallery for Poland, and In this
work Desenfans was helped by his
friend, Sir Francis Bourgeois, H. A,
When the Polish King was overthrown
the collection of pictures came back to
Desenfans, who on his death left his
pictures to Bourgeois, who decided to
hand them over to some public body for
the benefit of the public. Accident di
rected his attention to Dulwlch College,
to which he bequeathed his pictures.
The bequest was conditional. He wish
ed a mausoleum to be erected In the
gallery, where his own remaltia aud
those of his friends M. and Mme. De
senfans, might repose. The candltlon
was accepted.
Tender Recollections.
The balloon was tugging at Its rope
and bouncing about clumsily In the
puffs of wind. A widow stood regard
ing It with streaming eyes. She was
alone, but a crowd gathered about her,
attracted by her untimely tears. She
Bobbed for ten minutes, while the
crowd restrained themselves, but at
last an old gentleman, whose long
white hair and saintly face declared
his belief that be was privileged to
thrust himself Into anybody's business,
stepped forward and said:
"Madam, why do you weep 7 Why, oh,
these tears?"
The woman snuffled loudly and then
replied:
"Ifa the balloon."
"But," queried the old gentleman,
"why does the spectacle of a balloon
cause you to weep? Did a loved son
once perish as an aeronaut?"
"No," replied the weeper, "It wasn't
a son It was my husband."
"Ah, your husband was killed while
ballooning?"
"No, he wasn't; my husband died In
bis bed, but be weighed twenty-one
stone, and that jumping balloon re
minds me of Just how Henry looked
the last time 1 saw blin a-danclng. Ills
figure was like that!" And the widow
dissolved In a new burst of tears.
J udy.
Husxta's "Spanish" Navy.
The Relchswehr gives an almost
comic account of the Russian naval
maneuvers which were held lu the Bal
tic recently. Every ship engaged In
the operations was not only short-
banded, but such men as they had were
perfectly untried hands, Incapable of
performing the most ordinary duties,
and causing a large number of mishaps
by their bungling carelessness. There
was a special lack of engineers and
firemen, to an extent, Indeed, which
endangered the safety of the ships. The
allowance of ammunition which hud
ben placed on each vessel was absurd
ly Insufficient, aud rendered any kind
of systematic gun practice Impossible.
In the auxiliary squadron of thirty
ships no less than twenty broke down
so completely as to be eutlrely hors do
combat "This," remarks the Relchs
wehr, "Is tho fleet of the power which
desires to dispute England's supremacy
of the seas. Anything more ridiculous
can hardly be conceived. If this squad
ron was In the least degree representa
tive of the Russian navy Russia's com
petition for the supremacy of the world
may be regarded by England as a neg
ligible quantity."
"Parson Tough."
A story of Hobson's early days at
Annapolis shows that the lads who
made heroes are not always the reck
less ones of the company, but rather
the youths who have already mado
their companions respect them for high
moral qualities.
Young Hobson's loyalty to the Chris
tianity he had learned at home won for
him at Annapolis the name of the par
son. Oue day his companions discov
ered that the parson possessed qualities
not to be despised.
With the rest of his class he was tak
ing a swimming lesson, He was far
out along the rope In the breakers, so
far out that life depended on his grasp
of the rope. He pressed out farther
still, doing hla very best
Then, as mischance would have It, he
found he was not alone. He met a
classmate coming in, clinging for life
to the rope. Safe passage for both was
almost an Impossibility, One must
yield to the other, but which?
It was a trying moment for the
youths, but It did not take long for
Hobson to decide. He gave way to hla
classmate, keeping the merest touch
on the rope; but somehow, at the mo
ment of passing, even this hold gave
way, and he fell Into the breakers.
The boy left on the rope got In and
sent aid to Hobson, who was brought
to shore dead, as all supposed; but he
was not dead, and In time he revived.
"Nobody but Hobson could have come
out of that alive," said his classmates,
and from that time they changed his
name. It was a parson still, but it had
now become 'Tarson Tough." Youth's
Companion,
WHEN AN AXLE BREAKS.
How Damaged Vehicle Oct to the
Kepalr Shop,
The common way of getting a ve
hicle to the repair shop wrhen an axlo
breaks close to the hub, as It usually
does, Is In the case of a rear axle, to get
a piece of joist or other timber from
the nearest convenient place, make tho
forward end of It fast to the front axle,
and lot the other end trail under the
broken axle, which rests upon It, tho
end of the Joist dragging on the pave
ment behind. Thus supported, says
the New York Sun, the broken end of
the axle Is kept clear of the pavement,
but not so high as It would be if in or
der and with a wheel on It, and so tho
vehicle thus drawn off to the shop has
a decided sag,
A better way of getting the vehicle
with a broken axlo to the shop, and one
often used on heavier vehicles, such as
coaches and large wagons, Is to make
fast to the broken axle a short section
of axle with a wheel turning on It,
such as repair shops keep ready for
such use; wheels of different sizes, as
front wheels and rear wheels, turning
on a short length of axle, which Is se
cured to the broken axle by means of
clips. This temporary wheel may per
haps be of a different color from the
other three, but It holds the vehicle up
to Its usual level, keeps It from racking,
and by this means it Is drawn easily
and safely to the shop.
It may be, however, that for tho
very largest vehicles such simre wheels
and axles are not kept; and, in that
case, this vehicle would be got to the
shop In the same way as the lightest of
vehicles, but with the use of rather
heavier materials. Thus, when the
rear axles of one of those long four
wheel trucks, such as are now used for
beams, was broken off at the wheel, tho
axle was supported on a long, square,
heavy stick of timber, the forward end
of which was secured to the front axle.
To raise the rear axle up to about Its
ordinary level, blocks were placed be
tween Its under side and the top side of
the tlmlier. From the under side of the
end of the timber, ns It dragged over
the paving stones, little smoke wreaths
now and then floated out. Even with
no load at all the weight of the massive
truck was so great and lnre so heavily
upon the supporting timber that the
end of the timber, where It dragged
upon the ground, had been worn down
almost to a point and It was almost sot
afire by the friction as It was dragged
along.
The Duplex Questioner. '
The treasurer of a theater wrestles
with many phases of humanity, all of
which are more or less Interesting.
Hugh Quarles, the Bijou's treasurer,
claims to have had an entirely new
one In the person of a duplex question
asker. Late Saturday afternoon a
gentleman stepped up to tho box office
and asked If Mr. Aronson was In.
"He Is In Chicago," replied Mr.
Quarles,
"He Is In Chicago? When do you
expect him back?"
"To-morrow, sir."
"To-morrow? He won't bo In bo
fore?" "Not until Sunday," said the treas
urer. "Not until Sunday? Well, have you
any good seats for to-ulght?"
"Yes, sir."
"Yes? Are they front seats?"
"Fifth row," answered the treasurer.
"Fifth row? Can't you give me seats
In the second?"
"No, sir."
"No?" Are they aisle seats?"
"Aisle seats," answered the treas
urer. "Aisle seats? On the side or In the
center?"
"Right side," said tho treasurer,
rather Impatiently.
"Right side? Can't you give me cen
ter?" "Not center, sir."
"Not center? Have you the first row
In the balcony?"
"Second row, we have center."
"Second row? How much are they?"
"Three dollars, please."
"Three dollars?"
As the treasurer handed the gentle
man 2 change out of $3 the duplex
question linker H'lld:
"Thank you."
By this time Mr. Quarles had ac
quired the duplex habit and said,
thoughtlessly: "Thank you thank
Uod." New York Telegram.
Not the Whole Thins;.
"What do you think that girl said
when she refused me?"
"I'll never guess."
"She said she had so many similar
experiences lately that she couhlu'l
offer to bo moro than a hulf -sister to
me."
A man tells a girl that she is pretty,
and forgets It In five minutes; the re
membrance still warms ber heart wiirn
she hears his name when she Is 00.
Cold weather naturally makes the
alcohol thcriuouieter low-spirited.