Heppner gazette., May 10, 1906, Image 7

DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL
BODY OF LAWMAKERS
Friday, May 4.
Washington, May 4 In accordance
with the agreement f last Monday,
the senate today entered upon the con
sideration of amendments to the rate
lull under the 15-minute rule, but made
little progress. The greater part of the
day was devoted to Lodgo's provision
bringing pipe lines within the terms
of the bill, and it was ultimately unani
mously agreed to, after being so amend
ed as to make it exclude gas and water
lines from its operation, thus practi
cally confining it to oil lineB. There
were two roll-calls, but neither was of
importance, as on the one accepting the
amendment there was no division what
ever, while the action taken on the
other, on the question of confining the
provision to oil lines, was practically
nullified by the subsequent elimination
of gas and water from the amendment.
Washington, May 4. The house spent
another day in consideration of the
naval appropriation bill, the speeches
in large measuro being in support of the
bill and the naval program therein out
lined. Burton, of Ohio, delivered a
scholarly address against what seemed
the needless enlargement of the navy,
contending that the American nation
could well afford to servo notice upon
the other nations that it stood for in
ternational arbitration and the peace of
the world.
Butler of Pennsylvania, and Calder of
Now York, supported the bill, both
agreeing that the measure had less to
criticize in it than any bill reported
from the naval affairs committee of the
bouse in years.
Thursday, May 3.
Washington, May 3. The naval ap
propriation bill, which carries nearly a
hundred million dollars for the naval
establishment, was taken up by the
Bouse today. Beyond the explanation
of the bill by Foss of Illinois, chairman
of the committee on naval affairs, and
the running fire of questions which his
presentation called forth, little interest
was shown in the early part of the de
bate that ensued. Toward the close of
the day, however, a lively colloquy oc
curred among Bates of Pennsylvania,
Williams of Mississippi, Clark of Mis
souri, and Payne of New York, over
certain statements made by Bates in
relation to the price of steel rails. The
discussion took on a wide tariff range,
a forerunner of still further tariff dis
cussion as fTie session nears its close.
Washington, May 3 This was the
last day for general debate in the Sen
ate on the railroad rate bill, and it was
fully occupied. Following a brief
speech by Nelson, Tillman spoke at
length in an effort to show by criticism
of individual judges that the power of
granting temporary injunctions by in
ferior I'nited States courts should bo
taken from them in Interstate Com
merce Commission cases, and he was
followed by Bacon, Bailey, Teller and
Foraker in sjeeches at some length.
Bailey opposed Bacon's contention
that the judiciary should not be criti
cised on the floor of tlio Sen ite. Con
sideration of the army appropriation
bill was resumed, and after further
amendment it was passed.
Wednesday, May 2.
Washington, May 2 Daniel contin
ued his speech on the railroad rate bill
in the senate today, reporting briefly
bis objections to Bailey's proviso for
the non-suspension by the courts of
the orders of the interstate commerce
commission. In cases where tho courts
have suspended tho rates of tho com
imsMon, Mr. JJaniel suggested that a zona and .New Mexico as one state was
substantial bond bo required of the j discussed at length,
railroads. No proposition for a compromise was
The rate bill was then temporarily offered, and the meeting adjourned un
laid aside, and the army appropriation i til Tuesday.
bill taken up. An important amend- In a general way it is known that the
ment nuthori7.es the establishment of a 'compromise will bo the Foraker amend
general depot for supplies at Fort 'ment, allowing the peoplo of the two
Mason, San Francisco, and appropriates territories to vote upon the question of
$J,oUU,(H)u tor tlio purpose. Ut ttio
amount appropriated, $750,000 is made
immediately available.
Another amendment appropriating
$.)tw,Kii) for a cable from Jey West to
Pa n a in a
via uuantanamo, uuua, was
made.
Consideration of tho bill was not eon
cluded when, at C:45 p. m., tho senate
went into executive session.
Washington, May 2. Tho house de
voted almost the entire day to discus
sion of tho agricultural appropriation
lill, which is now almost completed.
Tuesday, May 1.
Washington, May 1 By a vote of tified that Foreman E. L. Maench, of
353 to 58 the House today decided to the laundry, frequently was intoxicated
continue the free distribution of garden ! while on duty.
nnd flower seeds. Many of the items in Tho testimony showed that Henry
the agricultural bill broadening the Setterfield, one of the employes in the
scope of the Bureau of Chemistry ami laundry, teased the patients and then
Dr. Wiley's department were rliminat- choked them for becoming angry and
ed on points of order, particularly those! excited. None of the patients, accord
relating to the adulteration of foods, j ing to the testimony, was severely hurt,
condiments, drugs and beverages. Con-1 The inquiry will, "be continued next
siderablo progress was made on tho bill week.
No Cash to Clear Streets.
San Francisco, May 1. Money for
clearing tho streets of debris was cut
off this morning, and the work eonso
qucntlv ceased, but a great deal of
progress has been made upon the prin
cipal thoroughfares within the last
fortnight. Probably one-tenth of the
streets in the burned district are now
passable. Lack of funds and ignorance
of tho amount of the appropriation to
bo given by the finance committee have,
according to Commissioner Thomas
Egan, retarded the ocration of the
Board of Public Works in clearing the
streets of debris and garbage ami re
pairing tho sewers.
Hermann Still Fights Delay.
Washington, May 1 Representative
Hermann has about abandoned hop of
being brought to trial in this city on
the letter book indictment before Fall.
District Attorney Baker insists upon
postponement on account of the en
forced absence of Special Prosecutor
ITeney from this city. Tomorrow Judge
Gould will give Hermann's attorneys
an opportunity to show cause why the
trial should not be postponed; but there
is little expectation that he will disre
gard the wishes of the Government
prosecutors.
i after tlio free-seed proposition was out
of the wa' anJ tho kill will be com-
pleted tomorrow,
Washington, May 1 The proceed
ings in the Senate today included an
'extended discussion of the railroad rate
j bill by Daniel, an explanation of the
status of the appropriation for the re
lief of the earthquake sufferers in Call
fornia by Allison and a controversy
among several Senators as to the pro
priety of adopting without referring to
a committee a resolution tendering the
thanks of Congress to General Horace
Porter for his services in recovering the
body of John Paul Jones from its long
lost resting place in Paris. In the last
mentioned proceedings Aldrich opposed
action by the Senate in advance of com
mittee consideration, and succeeded in
having the measure referred to the com
mittee on foreign relations.
Monday, April 30.
Washington, April 30. The senate
will begin voting on the amendments to
the railroad rate bill on Friday, May 4.
An agreement to that effect was re
ported today, but it proved impossible
to so extend the understanding as to
have it include the fixing of a date for
taking a final vote on the bill as a
whole. Tillman first proposed a final
vote on May 9, and Morgan was the
only senator to make objection. His
opposition was sufficient, however, to
frustrate the design, and the next most
feasible course, the disposition of
amendments, was decided upon. The
general impression among senators is
that the final vote will be reported
within a week from the time of the
beginning of the consideration of
amendments. Most of the time of the
senate was devoted to listening to a
speech by Clarke, of Arkansas, in which
ho criticised the Hepburn bill as inju
dicious to remedy existing conditions.
The house bill appropriating $170,000
for the emergency needs of the navy
department at Mare Island, and for
the postal service at San Francisco,
made necessary by the earthquake, was
passed by the senate when it convened
today.
Washington, April 30. This was both
a field day and a "seed" day in the
house, the major portion of the legisla
tive session being given over to the
consideration of the agricultural bill
and, incident thereto, the free distri
bution of seeds, for which the bill does
not provide, but which it is agreed
will bo restored to the bill.
Eighteen pages of the agricultural
bill were considered and perfected. The
debate on the question of free seeds
will be resumed tomorrow, when a vote
is expected on the amendment to insert
an appropriation of $90,000 for the pur
chase and distribution of "rare and
unusual seeds."
Th debate on seeds might have con
tinued indefinitely under tie "animal
industry" item if Wadsworth had not
made a motion putting a stop to the
debate, which was carried by a vote of
97 to 62. On motion of Wadsworth, the
committee arose, the vote being 87
against 78.
Statehood Compromise. '
Washington, Mav 5 All of the minor
amendments to the statehood bill are
either disposed of or in shape to be
made the foundation of argument at
a moment's notice. I
At today's session of the conferees on
that measure the climax of the situa
tion was reached for the first time.
The question of the admission of Ari-
.being loiucd in statehood.
Whether tins vote is to be coupled
with the election for state officers or is
to bo held prior to such elections is
one of the questions yet to bo decided.
Were Cruel to Insane.
Washington, May 5. Inquiry into tho
conditions at St. Elizabeth's asylum
for the insane was begun today by the
special committee of the house of rep
resentatives appointed by Speaker Can-
,lon
Aearly a dozen witnesses were
heard. Evidence was adduced showing
that winic of the patients who worked
in the hnsnital laundrv had been criiolW
treated, and some of "the witnesses tes-
Protests Against Barnes.
Washington, May 1 The nomination
of B. F. Barnes, assistant secretary to
President Ifooseve.lt, to be postmaster
at Washington was before the Senate in
executive session today. No action was
taken. Senator Culhcrtson stated that
a general protest had been filed by citi
zens against Ihe confirmation of Mr.
Barnes, and the postoffice committee
had failed to give the protest the con
sideration of an investigation. The
charges relate to the action of Mr.
Barnes in having Mrs. Minor Mowis
ejected from the White House, and that
the office should be given to a citizen.
Vote on Bates Soon.
Washington, April 30. The generally
expressed opinion about the senate to
day is that an agreement to vote on the
railroad rate bill will be secured early
next week and by common consent th
vote is fixed for some time during the
week beginning May 7. The request for
the naming of a day will be repeated
early next week, and it was said that
those who had been opposing a vote
would no longer seek delay. The final
vote on the bill itself will be preceded J
by debate on the amendments.
FIRE PANIC IN BIO HOSPITAL.
Elazlng Laundry Causes Patients to
Flee Half-Clad.
San Francisco, May 4 The 700 pa
tients in tho general hospital at the Pre
sidio were thrown into a panic at 4:15
o'clock this morning by the cry of
"tire."
At that moment flames were discov
ered in the hospital laundry, which was
only a few yards away. The close prox
imity of the. two buildings gave rise to
the fear that the hospital would be
destroyed.
In anticipation of such a contingency
hurried arrangements were made for
the removal of the patients to a place
of safety.
For a few minute, until the fire in
the laundry was gotten under control
and there was no danger of the flames
spreading beyond that building, pande
monium reigned among the hundreds
of patients.
Those who were not dangerously ill, or
could help themselves, jumped from
their cots and beds, and, hastily doa
ning what clothes they could find, fted
from the hospital out into the cool
morning air.
Many of the indisposed men and
women did not wait to secure their
clothes, but wrapped themselves in bed
ding and made their exit as quickly as
possible.
In more than one instance men and
women fled out into the air with noth
ing but their night clothes. Scores of
patients who had' tho physical strength
stopped sufficiently long to assist more
weak and unstrung men and women
from tho hospital.
Within 15 minutes after tho alarm
was given tho majority of the patients
had left the hospital building and stood
in groups or lay upon the ground upon
bed clothes, watching the firemen and
soldiers fight tho flames in the laundry.
When the flames had been extin
guished the nurses, physicians and sol
diers turned their attention to the patient-refugees,
and assisted in taking
them back to their cots and beds in
private rooms and wards.
Men and women became, hysterical
during the progress of the fire, and it
was with difficulty that many of them
could be induced to return to the hos
pital. It is feared that the shock to
many of the more seriously sick patients
will have a serious if not fatal effect.
When the fire was discovered in the
hospital a" general alarm was sounded.
Besides the regular post fire department
hundreds of soldiers turned out to fight
the flames. It was only by hard work
that the flames were confined to the
laundry, which, with its contents, was
entirely destroyed, and prevented from
spreading to the general hospital.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
LIMIT OF INSURANCE PAID.
Companies Will Be Generous, but Not
Exceed Legal Liability.
New York, May 4. The Tribune to
day says:
Representatives of both foreign and
American fire insurance companies, who
were in the city yesterday, discussed ac
tion to effect a compromise in the ad
justment of losses by the San Francisco
fire.
The great companies express a strong
purpose to be not onlv just, but gener
ous in cases of doubt, but one insurance
president said:
"The adjusters for this company will
not be allowed to waive the conditions
of its policies, nor the conditions and
restrictions of its charters. We have
no more right to pay a loss occasioned
by earthquake than we have to pay a
loss of life. We are not an earthquake
insurance company, nor a life insurance
company."
Insurance men estimate that the com
panies will ultimately pay from 60 to
75 per cent of the aggregate amount of
the risk.
The message from London insurance
companies to adjusters in Oakland, pub
lished this morning, should have read:
"Under anv circumstances, the Brit
ish ofliccs will only pay the losses for
which they are legally liable, since to
go beyond their contracts would be il
legal. "They cannot recognize any liability
for damage by earthquake where no
fire ensued, nor for damage by fire to
fallen or partly fallen buildings, nor
for damages to buildings pulled down or
destroyed by order of the San Francisco
authorities. "
Heavy Loss in San Mateo County.
San Mateo, Cal., May 4 The Josses
in San Mateo County resulting from
the recent earthquake can never be even
approximately estimated. Practically
every building in the county suffered
some damage in chimneys, plaster,
broken furniture or crockery. Here, as
elsewhere, brick and stone buildings
suffered the most. The loss of life w.i
small. In Half-Moon Bay a painter and
two children were killed in the collapse
of an old adobe building. The heaviest
losses were in Redwood Citv, where the
new $150,000 courthouse was almost to
tallv destroved.
Germany Refuses nelp.
Constantinople, Mav 4 It is report
ed here that the Sultan has decided to
give wav to the British government on
the Kirvidian bonndarv dispute, having
been influenced to that decision bv a
hint from tho French, Italian and Rus
sian Ambassadors, who have told him
that be could not expect any sympathy
from them. France, it is understood,
took a positive stand for Britain and
her Ambassador told the Sultan thut
she w: with Great Britain in any ait
on that question.
China Hates to Admit Fact.
London, Mav 4 A dispatch from
Pckin to the Times today says that
the onlv thing delav ng the settlement
of the French claims growing out of
the Nanchang outrage of last February
is China's reluctance to issue an im
perial edict admitting that the magis
trate committed suicide.
President Signs Appropriations.
Washington, May 4. President Roose
velt today signed the bills passed by
congress making appropriations
$100,000 for Mare Island navv-vard an.I
$70,000 to meet emergencies in the post-'
office department in California.
STANDARD SINS
ARE LAID BARE
Prelldent Tells Congress What Gar
field Found.
Huge Monopoly Built Up in Violation
of Law Garfield Tells Many De
vices by Which Monopoly Crashed
Competition Defects in Law to
Be Removed.
Washington, May 5. President Roose
velt today transmitted to congress the
report, of James R. Garfield, commis
sioner of corporations, giving the re
sults of his investigation of the subject
of transportation and freight rates in
connection with the oil industry.
In his message the president ex
presses the view that the report is of
capital importance, because of the ef
fort now being made to secure such en
largement of the powers of the inter
state commerce commission as will con
fer upon the commission power ia some
measure adequate to meet the clearly
demonstrated needs of the situation.
The facts set forth in the report, he
declares, are for the most part not dis
puted. That the Standard Oil Company has
benefited enormously up almost to the
present moment by secret rates, many
of which were clearly unlawful, the
president says the report clearly shows,
the benefit thereby secured amounting
to at least three-quarters of a million
dollars a year.
The statement is added that the de
partment of justice will take up the
question of instituting prosecutions in
at least certain of the cases, and the
hope is expressed that congress will
enact into law the bill of Senator Knox
to correct the interpretation of the im
munity provision rendered in Judge
Humphrey's decision.
The president calls attention to that
feature of the report regarding the
manner in which the law is evaded by
treating as state commerce what in real
ity is merely a part of interstate com
merce. He says it is clearly shown:
' ' That this device is employed on
the New York Central Railroad, as well
as on many other railroads, in such fash
ion as to amount to thwarting the pur
ose of the law, although the forms of
the law may be complied with."
It is unfortunately not true, he says,
that the Standard Oil Company is the
only corporation which has benefited
and is benefiting in wholly improper
fashion by an elaborate series of rate
discriminations.
The sugar trust, he adds, according
to the results of the investigation now
in progress, rarely, if ever, pays the
lawful rate for transportation.
He. declares that in the effort to pre
vent the railroads from uniting for im
proper purposes, "we have very unwise
ly prohibited them from uniting for
proper purposes; that is, for purposes of
protecting themselves and the general
public as against the power of the ;
great corporations."
He favors aa an element of competi
tion the passage of some such law as
that which has already passed the house,
putting alcohol used in the arts and
manufactures on the free list and keep
ing the fee to oil and coal lands of the
Indian tribes or on the public domain in
the government, the lands to be leased
only on such terms and for such periods
as will enable the government to en
tirely control them.
CARRIED 300,000 REFUGEES.
Southern Pacific Says Few People Left
City Permanently.
Chicago, May 5 According to official
figures, the Southern Pacific Company,
during the exodus from San Francisco
following the earthquake and the great
fire, carried 300,000 free passengers.
This total is for the nine days from
April 18 up to and including April 26.
Of these passengers, 67,000 were carried
to interior California points, 7,684 to
other states and 226,000 to suburban
points around San Francisco bay. The
value of these free transportations is
estimated at $456,000. This comprises
only the movement from San Francisco;
figures as yet not having been compiled
on the free transportation from Santa
Rosa, Vallejo, Sacramento and Stock
ton. In the opinion of Traffic Manager
Fee, the most encouraging feature of
the situation is the fact that not only
are most of the refugees staying in Cali
fornia, but that three-fourths of them
have found temporary homes within
easy reach of the city
Rates Raised Wantonly.
Chicago, May 5 Declaring that the
railroads were oppressing and discrim
inating against its members, and had
been so doing for the past six years,
the American Shippers' Association met
today at the Auditorium Annex and de
cided to enlarge its scope and influence.
The association at present includes a
maioritv of the larire shippers of the
country', and it is probable in the near and subjected to laboratory tests, and
future the interstate commerce com- thus it is hoped that the work of de
mission will be petitioned to make a Ueloplng new water supplies will !-e
thorough inquiry into the railroads' ac- j t a thoroughly scientific foot-
tions in arbitrarily increasing the
freight rates on a number of classifi
cations in the last" six vears.
More Time for Smoot Case.
Washington. May . The senate corn-
mittee on privileges and elections today
considered the Smoot case, but in view
of statements of several senators that
they desired to review certain features
of the testimony, a vote was : postponed j
until May IS It was agreed he ,
that a vote shall be had on that day.
During the discussion Pnbois offered the
following resolution: "Resolved, that
Reed Smoot is not entitled to his seat j
as a senator of the I'nited States from
the State of Utah'
Mint raid Out Over $7,000,000.
San Francisco. Mav 5.The I n.teJ
States mint, which is being used as the
general clearing house for the banks. 1
has paid out between $7,000,000 and I
$.000.000 to depositors since it opened I
Tuesdav last. '
MAP OF ARCTIC EEOI0ITS SHOWING LOCATION OF THE POLE.
Itaold Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer who accomplished the North
west Passage last year, Is credited with the further achievement of having
located the north magnetic pole. (See black star on left of the map.) He
has definitely fixed the position of this pole In King William Land, not far
from the position ascribed to It by Sir John Ross In 1831. In. commenting on
Amundsen's achievement the National Geographic Magazine said : "The new
knowledge which his observations will give us of the character and Influence
of the magnetic pole will prove of Immense value in the study of magnetic
variations. Magnetic deviation of the needle Is one of the principal uncertain
ties with which mariners have to contend. Terrestrial magnetism is a mys
terious force. Nearly every year we have a magnetic storm, which Interrupts
our telegraph wires several hours. Whence It comes or what It is we know
not. The eruption of Mont Pelee was accompanied by magnetic waves, which
were simultaneously recorded In Hawaii, Alaska, the United States and Europe.
All this makes the magnetic work of Amundsen particularly valuable, and we
must remember that was the main object of his expedition.
The banana and potato are almost
Identical in chemical composition.
There are no undertakers in Japan.
When a person dies his nearest rela
tives pnt him Into a coffin and bury
him. The mourning does not begin un
til after burial.
India rubber trees which are tapped
every other day continue to yield sap
for more than twenty years; and It Is
a curious fact that the oldest and most
frequently tapped trees produce the
richest sap.
The mnt costly leather In the world
Is known to the trade as the piano
leather. Tbs secret of preparing this is
only known to one family of tanners
In Germany, though the skins from
which it ta tanned com almost entirely
from America.
Poisoning from fas InhalatVm Is now
added to tbs recognised dangers of bal
looning. The hydrogen Itself noo
potsooous Is often contaminated with
arsenic, selenium, and antimony, and
fourteen oases of 111 effects have been
reported to the French Academy of
Medlcina In one of the two forms of
poisoning death results in two or three
days.
New wonders may be expected la a
little known field of exploration since
the Invention of a young naval engi
neer by the name of De Plury, of a
kind of metal armor with a special
chemical combination for providing res
piration automatically. By means of
this dress he has succeeded in sinking
330 feet, a much greater depth than
has ever before been reached by any
diver.
To tell the points of the compass by
a watch, point the hour band at the
sun ; then south is halfway between the
hour hand and the figure 12 of the dial.
To measure an angle by a watch lay
two straight-edged pieces of paper on
the angle, crossing at the apex. Hold
ing them where they overlap, lay them
on the face of the watch, with the apex
at the center. Read the angle by the
minutes of the dial, each minute being
6 degrees of arc. It Is easy to meas
ure within 2 or 3 degrees In this way.
An indication of the rapidly growing
Interest In underground water supplies,
even In States where the rainfall Is
abundant and the mill naturally fer
tile, Is given by the program Just pre
pared for the work of the coming sea
son by the Geological Survey of Illi
nois. A special department of the
work will be devoted to the study of
the underground water of that State.
In order to determine the limits of
what ure called the "Artesian basins,"
and the various depths to which It may
lie necessary to penetrate In different
localities to obtain good water for mu
nicipal and agricultural purposes. All
the waters will le carefully analyzed
put upoi
ing.
A recent English traveler In China
descrlles some remarkable examples of
sounding stones, or "stone gongs,"
which he saw at Chufu. the birthplace
and burial place of Confucius. One of
j the stones, which are composed of a
j grayish oolitic limestone, has been
',., lntrt . -...-er for an incense dish
' ,lUV(1 ,n front of tlie tomh 0f the
grandson of Confucius. When struck
,.u ,f
with a stick, or with the knu.kles. It
rings like bronze, and the sound Is so
distinct that It Is difficult to believe,
without Inspection, that the object Is
not composed of metaL Sound-
Ing stones are known In other countries.
A correspondent of Nature describes a
CorJck , Co M Ipe.
, Y.,, . ' ,K
J" knon " th
"musical bridge, because the stones
forming the coping give out a musical
nute when struck.
MILEAGE OF THE HUMAN BLOOD.
One Little Red Corpnacle Mar Travel
168 Mile, la a Single Day.
The speed at which the blood circu
lates In the veins and arteries of a
healthy man Is something surprising.
All day long, year in and year out the
round trips continue from the heart to
the extremities and back again. The
red blood corpuscles travel like boats in
a stream, going to this or that station
for such service as they hare to per
form; and the white corpuscles, the
phagocytes, dart hither and thither like
patrol boats, ready to arrest any con
traband cargo of disease germs.
The mileage of the blood circulation
reveals some astounding facts in our
personal history. Thus It has been cal
culated that, assuming the heart to
beat sixtynlne times a minute at ordi
nary heart pressure, the blood goes at
the rate of two hundred and seven
yards In the minute, or seven miles per
hour, one hundred and sixty -sight miles
per day and six thousand three hun
dred and twenty miles per year. If a
man of 84 year of age could hare one
single Mood corpuscle floating In his
blood all his life It would bars traveled
In that same time five million one hun
dred and fifty thousand eight hundred
and eight miles.
Funny He Didn't Remember.
One day last week Mayor Fitzgerald,
as busy as the three bees that be la
trying to make Boston, came tripping
Into the city hall from the School 6treet
entrance. In the corridor he was met
by a seedy-looking Individual who held
up his honor, put out a grimy paw with
the salutation: "How are you today,
Mr. Mayor?" "Very well, sir," was the
response, as he grasped the hand of
the unknown.
"You don't seem to know me, do
you, Mr. Mayor?"
"Well, to be candid with you, I can
not say that I do, but I am glad to
meet you."
"Don't you remember the day you
were elected?"
"Well. I ought to," said the mayor.
"Just think a bit what you did that
night Dont you remember that you
went down to the Qulncy House to
meet your friends?"
"I certainly do." said the mayor. "It
will always remain with me one of the
pleasantest memories of my life."
"Don't you remember coming out on
the balcony and addressing a crowd of
5.000 or more persons In front of the
hotel?"
"Yes, sir, I do, very distinctly," said
his honor.
"Well, I was the follow that wor
the brown hat," concluded the un
known. Boston Post
Sketches Nova Eembla.
Alexander Alexewltsch Borissoff has
started from St Petersburg on a tour
abroad with twenty-six oil paintings
and sketches which represent the out
come of a voyage to Nova Zembla un
dertaken toward the end of the nine
ties at the exjH'tise of the Czar. In
ISM he made a trip to Nova Zembla,
bringing back with him a series of re
markable sketches. In 18W he built
the yacht Meozta (The Dream). In
Archangel and sailed In her to Nova
Zembla. where he erected a shelter
with wood he had brought and finished
many sketches of Matotsehl Sebnr (the
straits dividing Nova Zembla) ami
also of the Carle Sea. During the win
ter pastel drawings or charcoal
sketches only were possible; In spring
brush and palete could again be used,
London Sphere.
Ild Not Need to Prooooe.
"He's so bashful that he never could
propose to a woman."
"Oh. I guess not Hs's married, yoa
know."
"Tea, but he married a widow, dldnt
be?" Cleveland Leader.
"Everything." says every woman
complalnlngly when getting a meal
ready for company, "has to b doo)
at ths last moment"