Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1902)
WALLOWA CHIEFTAIN. l ubll.hf.l Kvery Vek. ENTERPRISE OREGON. ,A thorn in the lu:s!i is worth two In tlie flesh. Liberty consists of letting your wife do as you please. Almost every man is lazy, but he doesn't like to ailuiit it. 1 a man pots too fresh he deserves to find himself in n pickle. If a man finds that marri-.ige Is a failure he puts It all in his wife's name. It is easier for some musicians to compose a wedding march than a cry lug buby. Self-praise gi?s a long distance In an advertising medium of universal circulation. A sister's love isn't supposed to be expensive uuless It happens to be some other fellow's sister. Few men have will power enough to do things they dou't want to do and don't have to but ought to. The woman who has found out how to flirt with her husband after the hon eymoon need not be afraid of old age. A man talks knowingly of the Incon sistency of women and then proceeds to get mad if one of them proves he Is right. One way to avoid fatal mistakes In distinguishing between mushrooms and toadstools is to couilue your oper ations to parsnips. The finding of Noah's ark in Alaska would seem to explain the occasional discovery of the remains of a mam moth in that latitude. Edward Everett Hale is working hard, with prospect of success, to secure a system of state pensions for the worthy and Indigent aged in the State of Mas sachusetts. Old age pension systems are certain to be adopted iu this coun try sooner or later. Gen. Ilorace Porter, in his oration at the centenary of the West Point Academy, gave advice good alike for soldier and civilian: "Never under rate yourself iu a battle; never over rate yourself in a despatch." Valor and modesty combined add glory to the victories of peace, not less thau to the triumphs of war. Amid the applause of the assem bled surgeons at the Academie a Paris physician of eminence urged the prompt use of the knife where appen dicitis is suspected. The knife's the thing, with which I'll prick the ap pendix of the king or the subject, for that matter. For more true Joy the surgeon feels with a good sharp kuife In his hands and a well-chloroformed body on the table thau Cuto or any other exuberant person of the classic past. The Department of Agriculture an nounces a new historical novel en titled "The Bedbug. History and Hab its of this Well-Known Insect." In certain respects we might be induced to hail this as the great American nov el, embracing as it does the country from Maine to California, from Flori da to Alaska. With the habits of this Industrious insect the public is more or less familiar, but its history has been enshrouded in mystery and will be read with increasing Interest by all admirers of the cunning little creature. We hope this charming book will be advertised according to all the facili ties of this enterprising day, and we have no doubt that the first edition lias been largely exhausted. Tributes from authors, who have gone into small country hotels for repose and literary environment and Inspiration will be placarded in the street cars, and we shall look for such testimoni als as "A good scratch goes with every page," and similar appreciative com ments on Mr. Marian's art. "Good-morning; how's your health?" "Very good, thauk you." "Oiad to hear It." What an unconscionable liar you are. ' You are not particularly glad that Jones Is enjoying average health, but you said you were. "Why, Mrs. Brown, how pleased I am to see you, and how is Mr. Brown and how is the baby, and why don't you come oftener, and etc." Lying. Way down deep in jour heart you are saying. "The horrid thing. I wish she would stay at home." -Delighted, delighted," says the public man at every introduction to Smith of Podunk. He is not delighted. He is borrd to death. He is lying because of habit. Conventionality makes liars of us all: We have been taught to wel come the coming and speed the parting guest with looks and words that belie our feelings. We have been taught to say things we do not mean. We lie because we are cowards. It is the easiest way out. To tell the truth would often Involve us. We lied when we were young to escape punishment or to serve a vivid fancy or for diplo matic purixses, and we have formed the habit. How likely when we get to the portals of heaven that we will lie to St. Peter. We will be asking after bis healtli, and when he says he Is quite well we will remark "Glud to bear it." Judge Sidener, of St. Louis, has de cided that a wife has the right to search her husband's trousers at night The case was that of Henry Shnuer ami wife. Mrs. Siiauer claimed her husband ha 1 disturtwd her peace. Sliar.er's defense was that on several oec.is'ons he discovered his wife searching his pockets aft' r he had gone to bed. "That is no defense at all." s lid Judge Sidener. "A woman has a perfect ri;rlt to rummage her hus band's pockets at night." It needed no Judge to declare tills inalienable right of a wife. Viewed from any stand point, the privilege is one of the per quisites of wlfedom. Under the com mon law practice, made and provided. the wife gets the rake-off. It may be remarked that Insofar ns newspaper editors and some other Individuals are concerned, the decision will cut no ic. The trousers pockets are always de pleted before night comes. It might however, be suggested to wives of the rich that ttiey make a chaser study of a husband's habit respecting this mat ter of carrying money. When a hus band ostentatiously hangs his trousers on the bed post before retiring and snores Inside of five minutes It may be taken for granted that the pockets do not contain over To cents In change. Look In his sock If you would find the roll. One other consideration: Is not this decision opposed to public policy? Marriages are becoming more and more unpopular. If this prerogative of a spouse is exploited, will not marriage able men hesitate at the prospect of being looted? The New York Court of Appenls has recently handed down two decisions which will be of Interest to the whole business world. The first Is connected w-lth a man's liability for the account he may give of himself to a business agency. A certain New York firm, rep resented by Clarence Birkett, had told an agency that its assets amounted to more than JloO.OH). In consequence of this rating Thomas Tindle had sold the firm several bills of goods. The basis of Mr. Tindle's estimate of the firm was the Information he had re ceived from the agency. Pretty goon the firm failed. Mr. Tindle lost. He was determined, however, to see that his deceivers did not get away alto gether unscathed. He began suit against them on a charge of fraud. The defense put up was that the firm Itself had never made misleading rep resentations to Mr. Tindle In person. It had merely made certain statements to the agency, and the agency had told Mr. Tludle what it thought it knew. If the blame lay anywhere, then, It lay with the agency. This course of reasoning commended Itself to the Su preme Court and to the Appellate Court. It seemed defective to the Court of Appeals. The judgment of the lower courts were reversed. Mr. Birkett's firm was held to be guilty of fraud. "Disregarding mere forms and methods It cannot be doubted that the defendant spoke false and deceitful words to the plaintiff through the agen cy Just as effectually as if they had met face to face and the statements had been made directly and personal ly." Whether this Is good law or not It seems excellent Justice. One can not help feeling that statements made to a commercial agency are made to the public and that when the public. Is mis led by them It ought to have some rem edy. The second of the two decisions mentioned Is concerned with a certain aspect of the relations between a bank and its customer. A New York firm deposited with the Chemical National. The firm's credential man fell Into the habit of raising the firm's checks. He put one figure on the stub of the check and another on the check Itself. The difference between the two figures he appropriated to his own use. He kept on doing this for two years. During all that time the firm never compared the returned checks with the stubs. It seems odd. therefore, that when the ultimate disclosure came the first thing the firm tried to do was to get the bnnk to remburse it for Its losses. Naturally the bank refused. Then came the suit. The lower courts found for the plain tiff. The Court of Appeals found for the defendant. The plaintiff. It is held, ought to have examined Its vouchers and notified the bank of all discrepan cies. This decision seems to be as righteous as the other. A firm cannot ask a bank to protect It against Its own employes and its own neglect to make sure that they were not swindling It. The Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The great Increase of British mari time trade in the seventh century ren dered the determination of longitude at sea a pressing necessity. The subject was brought to the notice of Charles II., who, understanding that the first requisite was a more accurate knowl edge of the positions of the moon and principal stars, founded the Boyal Ob servatory In 1C75, on the hill which was formerly the site of a castle occu pied by Humphrey. Duke of Glouces ter, the alterations being carried out under Sir Christopher Wren. On the Duke's death the property reverted to the Crown, and in succeeding reigns the castle was used as a Boyal habita tion, a prison, and a place of defence. It was here that the Earl of Leicester was confined when he incurred the dis pleasure of Queen Elizabeth by marry ing the Countess of Essex. As the Man Kee It. Miss Justout Wherein, Mr. Wise Man, lies the secret art of conversa tion? Wiseman Young lady, listen! Miss Judson But I am listening! Wiseman Well, that is all there is of the art of conversing agreeably. New York Times. There Is so much competition In the world that the man who makes a good living should be a hero with bis wom en folks. The only man who dares give the star actor any back talk is the promn'.er. NATIONAL PPJNTERY. GIGANTIC BUILDING IS NEARING COMPLETION. WUl lUre a Floor Space of Over Four teen Acres and Nearly 4, (KM) Persons Will Find Employment 127 Presses Will lie KunnidK. The new government printing office is approaching completion and will be a gigantic affair, writes Bene Bache. the well-known Washington corre spondent It will cost J'J.UW.OOO, aud will provide a total floor space of over fourteen acres more than two and a half times the floor' area available iu the present establishment. As yet the building Is entirely covered with scaf folding, but it is substantially finished, except for the Interior woodwork and painting. It will be the greatest print ing shop iu the world, employing the services of nearly 4.W0 people. Accu rately speaking, 3.SM persons will toll under Its mighty roof, nearly 1,000 of them being women and girls. Each year It will expend the enormous sum of 4."00.000, nearly three-fourths of it for labor, and in its main composing room 84 printers will be eugaged In sticking type. Eight hundred aud eighty-five employes will be occupied in binding the books and documents produced, and an additional tllio will do nothing but fold the printed sheets. Figures like these give a notion of the gigantic scalp on which the shop will be conducted. Each twelvemonth it will consume for bindings the skins of 3iUh o sheep and ll.ot.io goats. In ad dition to 7o,0 square feet of "Russia leather," made from cowhide. It will use up In a like period 8,000 tons of white paper, 4o.tHHj pounds of printing Ink and 37,m pounds of glue, together with 7,'fio pounds of thread for sewing books aud pamphlets, and 4.0U0 packs of gold leaf for the titles of volumes de luxe. One hundred and twenty-seven presses will be constantly In opera tion In the great building, their total output iu a working day of eight hours being Just about l.OOU.OOo impress. ons. These presses are of every conceivable kiud, one of them being capable of priuting cards on both sides from a web of bristol-board at the rate of C5, Ooo cards per hour, while four other machines turn out 4o,ooo printed en velopes every sixty minutes. The quan tity of type actually employed will be approximately l.oW.Oco pounds, or 750 tons. No other government spends any thing like the amount of money on public priuting that Is squandered by L'ucle Sam. In this particular Congress Is always disposed to a reckless ex travagance, and hence the huge size if the plant required. Public documents are an Important perquisite of Sena tors and Representatives, who scatter them broadcast among their constitu ents. One hundred tons of a single re port now In press will be issued and distributed In this manner, and the total number of volumes of various kinds of literature turned out by the office iu a twelvemonth Is about 1,000, 000, representing a total cost of some what more than $l,ooo,oou. Nowadays government books, like other kinds of publications, require Il lustrations, and the cost of these ran up to about $300,000 last year. It Is safe to say that ten years from now Uncle Sam's printing shop will spend pretty nearly hulf a million dollars for pictures. The most costly illustrations are for the reports for the Department of Agriculture and the bulletins of the Bureau of Ethnology, many of these being In colors. Each bureau furnishes IU own pictures, but the printing office has them reproduced by firms In Bos ton, New York and elsewhere. These firms print the Illustrations and return them to Washington, ready to be bound with the text. The most important Job the big shop has to execute Is the printing of the Congressional Record. This dally news paper, which records nothing hut the doings of the National legislature, is written from beginning to end by the official reporters of the House and" Sen ate, who take down In shorthand every word that is said at either end of the Capitol. They dictate from their notes to typewriters, and the material thus reduced to typescript is sent over to the printing offices In batches by mes sengers. The Record is ready for at tribution early next morning. One hun dred compositors are employed exclu sively in the business of setting type for it, one department of the printing office being devoted exclusively to this publication, which Is "set up" and sent to press Just like any newspaper, being delivered every day to about O.OOo sub scribers. Each representative in Con gress gets 22 copies dally, while a Sen ator Is entitled to 42. Anybody may subscribe, the price being .?l",v 3 month: but the paper Is not directly profitable to Uncle Sam, Inasmuch as it costs $12o.OOO a year. The printing of bills Is another Im porta nt feature of the work of the es tablishment. Though only a few hun dred of the measures submitted to Con gress In a year become laws, millions of copies of them have to be printed. A bill must go through a great many phases before It can become a law, and during the process of Its evolutiou It has to be printed agniu and acaln per haps dozens of times. If finally passed, a single copy of It Is printed on the finest parchment, and this goes to Pres ident Roosevelt for his signature. MAN WITH A BIG VOICE. Member of the "Spellbinders' Trust" Tells a Story on Himself. Grouped in the lobby one warm day, taking In the light southerly breeze, were half a dozen of the House leaders. CURIOUS SLT DEPOSITS. One of the unique sights of California is the remarkable salt deposits nt Salton. This region lies in a deprrsion some 3n0 feet below sea leveh and is thought at one time to have been the bed of an ancient sea or lake. Ihe tract of laud looks like a vast snow field. The rock salt deposits cover about 1.000 acres, and are now worked for com mercial purposes. The output from this place is about 2.000 tons of salt annually, valued at from $0 to ?34 per ton. The labor is done chiefly by Indians, who are able to withstand the intense heat of the desert (running up to 150 degrees in June) better than the white men. The method employed is as follows: The salt is first collected by a peculiar plough having four wheels, in the renter of which sits an Indian to guide it. This is run by a cable from a distant dummy engine. This machine cuts a broad and shallow furrow eight feet wide mid three feet lone, throwing up the ridges on both sides. Indians follow in the wake of the plough with hoes aud pile up the salt in pyramids. Then nnd there the "Spellbinders' trust" was formed. The coming cam paign and the probable amount of speaking that would be required were discussed nt length, and then the mem bers of the trust drifted into anec dotes of the stump. Charles LIttlefield, of Maine, led off. "I'm going to tell one on myself," said he, aud soon he had a large nnd In creasing audience. Including pages aud doorkeepers. Mr. Llttlefleld's voice. It must be remembered. Is famous from Seattle to Eastport, nnd his constitu ents in Maine insist that they can hear the rumbling when he speaks In the House. "It wns up In Buffalo In the '90 cam paign." he continued. "A local lawyer and I had been assigned to a big meet ing over on the tough side of the city. The local man. who was evidently mnk' ing his first campaign appearance, was introduced first, nnd proceeded to draw from his Inside pocket a manuscript, from which he started to read. "It was a pretty hard crowd, taken nil together, but nt the same time they were a bright lot and up-to-date. My friend read on for some twenty min utes under great difficulty, nnd then the crowd began to' cheer nnd shout in derision. Nothing like this, however, could stop him. AH kinds of questions were fired nt him, but he paid no atten tion and continued to read off long lisrs of statistics. At last the chairman of the meeting signaled the leader of the baud to start up. The band played 'Home, Sweet Home,' as a gentle hint, but the speaker only waited until It finished and then continued. At the end of nn hour of the worst rot I ever heard, my ambitious friend closed lu what he thought was a blaze of glory. " 'Three cheers for the speaker for finlshiug!" some one yelled. "The cheers were given, and then I was introduced. It was a tough prop osition, but I Jollied along with the crowd for some fifteen minutes, aud then launched Into what I thought wns my best line of talk. I finished nil right, and the chairman said I had made a hit. "In driving to the hotel after the meeting the local speaker said to me: Mr. LIttlefield. If I only had your voice, with what I have to say, I would be a wonder.' " Just then a roll call was nnnounced and the trust adjourned. Washington correspondence New York Herald. HAS SOUVENIR OF KING. It I Only a Crust of Hremi, lint Chl coko Woman Prizes It Illicitly. A unique souvenir of the banquet given at the Richmond House lu Chi cago in 180U to the Prince of Wales, now King Edward VII., ls possessed by Mrs. Charles Hunt, of this city. Mrs. Hunt is the mother of Mrs. Moses J. Wentworth. wife of the nephew of "Long John" Wentworth. Mayor of the city at the time of the Prince's visit. Mr. Hunt wns Cliy Treasurer then, and he and his wife were living at the Richmond House. In deference to the hotel's distinguished guest they gave up their suite of rooms for his use. Af ter the guests had left the dining room at the close of the banquet Mr Hunt went in with a number of others out of curiosity. Seeing others seeking souvenirs, and thinking that, as he and his wife had given up their rooms to the Prince they were especially entitled to n souvenir. Mr. Hunt took a small piece of toast from the Prince's date. He placed it In n liti) tmS and presrntcd it to his wire "ns a present from the Prince" She has carefully kept the crust, and It is in nn excellent state of preserva tion, a little harder to bite, however, than it was 42 years ago. In connection with the Prince's toast Mrs. Moses J. Wentworth tells nn an ecdote. It seems the Prince was not feelingfwell on the night of the ban quet. He hnd so lltle appetite that a piece of toast was about all he cared to ent. Having satisfied his slender ap petite, nnd lieen ot the table ns long as he wished, he announced, ns Is usual with royalty on such occasions. "I have finish-d." This wns the signnl for all persons nt the table to quit eating, rise and then follow the Prince from the table. Now It happened that "Long John" Wentworth. the Mayor, was a good dent hungrier on this occasion than the Prince was. He had started In to eat something of a "meal," when the Prince's announcement, "I have fin ished." interrupted him. "Well, I have not finished." he ex claimed. In a tone of good-nntured but Injured protest. However, he arose with the rest nnd left the table. But he afterward told one of his friends that he took advantage of the first op portunity to "skip off by himself" nnd get something more to cat Chicago Tribune. English Landlord's Ways. The secretary of the Tenants' Pro tective League sends us detuils of a pe culiarly unjust and hard-hearted dls truint on the part of a Peckham land-" lord. Last December a widow took a house iu l'eckhani uj an amiuul tenancy, at a rental of 39. and was foolish enough to sign nu agreement containing n clause which specified that the rent was to be paid quarterly In udvance. She was nllowed to enter without any prepayment, nnd on the 2"th of March six months, 10, was demanded, one quarter due nnd one quarter iu advance. This, of course, she was unable to pay, and before March had run out her home was stripped from kitchen to attic of all its furniture save and except what was contained in one small bedroom, where one of her daughters lay dying of cancer. On Saturday last the broker pnld a second visit nnd made a second dis traint broke the lock and forced nn entrance Into the sick room, aud cleared It of everything, even to the beef tea standing by the bedside, and would have taken the bed upon which the dy ing girl lay, but was prevented by the accidental presence In the room, wher the door wns brutally forced, of a well known Church of England clergyman, who was tendering to the girl dying of cancer spiritual consolation. His de termined protest saved the girl her bed. The Tenants' Protection League will take the earliest opportunity of holding a public meeting to protest against such barbarous proceedings. They have ac cordingly convened a meeting for 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon on Peck ham Rye, where the chairmnn will give chapter and verse, names nnd details of the outrageous acts here described. London Chronicle. Anecdotes or the Queen's Girlhood -Mrs. Sarah Tooley, in her recently published "Life of Queen Alexandra " tells some very Interesting anecdotes of her majesty. As a child the Queen's surroundings were exceedingly simple "Mamma," said the little Princess one day, "why may not Dngniar and I wenr mushn dresses?" "Because," replied her mother, "your father Is not a rich man, nnd muslin dresses cost so much to get up." There were not many serv nuts at the Gule Pnlnls, where the Queen's early life was spent, and the young Princesses were required to dust their own rooms and to make them selves useful at meal times. A gentle man who was Invited one day to par take of the Informal family luncheon at the Palais recalls that the butter dish chanced to need replenishing, and the rlncess Louise (of Denmark), In stead of summoning n servant turned to her eldest daughter nnd said- "Al exandra, will you fetch some more but ter And the future Queen of Eng and departed on the homely errand to the larder. Reason to Fear. The following conversation Is gaId o have taken place between two Boer cadcrs when it was nrst announced that the Australians were sending a contingent to South Africa: "I 8ee sniJ one, "that some people called Aus ralians are coming over here. Do vou know anything about them?" -w " was the reply, ",JUt , hear J elevt. of them beat All England a ver or two ago." "Good hea vens," cre(i tZ first tu,,v Rily tLat of them are coming here!" A Hani-Worked Hero. "When I starred as The Tii..,m IvofSldloh'-saidtheemiiSror was on the stage during the entire play and spoke nine-tenths of the lines 'That." said the low comedian, Cas roll."-Baltl,nore American. e matter of kin settles whether & wedding s to be a home or church af fair. Aristocratic kin who look well on parade means a church wedding; wuuii;iai nc, I . . . , :i ine ngnt to designate th.. HirnlliMi ulitntti. ...... J - -I" "u ai tar ing I held. In Post " " a . (Teun.), 55 L- R. A.. 481. t , 3 M the carrier and not t ti.. ... &! . the absence of a mim,.i. - K 3 lug reason to the contrary. C,5''' The owner of a dog that'ha. , been of a kind temper and ha. ' given occasion to suspect timtiT I I.I.. lo l w I "'ic in unu. iii jmrr ho. -i (Ln.. 53 L, R. A. 071. w'Jt dered liable In damages bv. nJl! that the dog bites some one owner is guilty of no negnjeacT An agreement by the 'bolder of tual benefit certificate to dp by by-laws subsequent held In Gaut vs. SuprdmeS? L. of II. (Tcnn.), 55 L. R. to authorize the reduction of theb fit called for by his certlflcate. tf7 has for years paid assessment, a, h orlglnnl value. 0 A member of a mutual benefit lociml Is held, in Rogers vs. Uulon BewtoW. Soc. No. 2 (Ky.). Go L. A. R. TJ to be properly adjudged In default to nonpayment of dues, where the amor; of accrued sick benefits to which entitled exceeds the unpaid dues. Wjtj this case ls a note reviewing the io. thorltles on application of accrued t efits upon dues or assessments accr I ing on a Denent certillcate. A stipulation In a contract fortk.1 sale of a proprietary medicine tiutuf purciinser sunn not sell it for lew Qm a specified price, is held In Cant u Hall & L. Co. (Mass.), 55 L. R. A, ei not to follow the medicine Into ti( I hands or n subsequent vendee. Tl right of a purchaser of personal prop erty to sell or use it free from restric. tlotis affecting It In the hands of tot vendor Is considered In a note of ttU I ense. An Instrument in the form of a fat purporting to convey to named tru. tees, their heirs nnd assigns, at a tpc-1 Hied price per acre, "all the pine tim ber suitnble for saw-mill purpow on described lots of land, and provid ing that the balance due on each lot shall be pnld when the lot Is entered to cut the timber. Is held. In McRae ti StUlwell (Ga.), 55 L. R. A. 513. to malt It Incumbent upon the grantees or their successors in title to cut and remov such timber from the lots within i reasonable length of time from th dnte of the conveyance, and It Is held that on failure to do so their Interert In the timber ceases. With this ct Is a note discussing the atithorltles on conveyance of title to standing timber without conveying title to the land. The Professor's Mistake. The members of a certain learned clety hnd been Indulging In birthday festivities, and when dinner and thf subsequent enjoyments were over Pro fessor Jones started off to trudjee the hnlf-niile or so to his home. The pro fessor ls a very clever man, says the Pittsburg Bulletin, and noted for the keenness of his lutellect. The excitement nnd the unnsnillr hearty dinner, followed by the abstruse discussion In which he hnd been en catred. had given him a hendaclie; so. nppronchlng nn electric tight post he pressed his throbbing brow against the cool Iron. Thus he stood for a tew minutes. Then, feeling a little chilly, he buttoned his overcoat preparatory to proceeding on his way home, but to his horror, when he nttempted to leave the post he found himself unable to move. A brain such as the professor works nnlckh- nnd the reason for Ms deten tion soon seemed clenr. Evidently t current which" fed the lamp above W become diverted from Its course and wns passing through his body. Wnf him to the post In the process, i ghastly and horrible, stared him In the face. Gradually his back-bone wooW become dissolved to a Jelly, and ifhUe the awful process was going w must stand there ns helpless as a but terfly pinned to a cork. In his terror he gave vent to bis f' Ings in a mighty yell. This attracted the attention of a policeman, who hur ried up. and then, shaking with lnosl- ter. listened to the professor s expia tion. When be had finished, the po liceman unfastened the professors overcoat from the post, ronud wW he had Inadvertently buttoned It Her Letter Proved It. The sense of Importance which lit Clara felt on being promoted to to public school after two years of la sons at ber grandmother's knee greatly Increased, says Harper's Mtf zlne. when the time came for ber am written examination. She studied faithfully the twefl7 pages of her spelling-book covered n? the revlevr, and when her paper returned she had the delight of m'" that it was graded one hundred. The litt!. girl at once wrote - father the .news of her success. "Der uui vtiv r-ai tuvs.m- papa," the little note run, "t MA ' i tnjss a single word In my examining I am now purfnee In spelling. Venezuelan Pearls. TV,r. Iolnn.1 r.f f a fern 1-1 11 . SltUfltCd OB -LUC .-!(.... W . .lil.lp, -------- - the coast of Venezuela, Is one of tw most celebrated centres of pearl fish ery. The Spaniards In the days o Columbus found the natives of Mr garlta and the neighboring mainly decked out with pearls, and the pean producing oysters of that locality bsv never since failed In their Prwluftl ness. Recently the price of pearls 0 risen la the market, nnd the actitw of the Venesuelan fishermen has to respondlngly Increased. A French co pnny has obtained a concession in the Venezuelan government to flso pearls with diving apparatus. Children of poor parents are lucky; thev have no inheritance lose. RECENT ;."r-S.""-