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Newspaper Page Textto 5 OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE LEGISLATURE. Halcin, Jim. Ill, Two hills nf tl IIIOII hchhIiiii. iiiiicnillinr tlin AiiHtntllii Imllnt luw, mill relating In llio Kightl J ll'i Ifln I district, which IIiii govcrnii Vetoed, with icliirncd In (lin noiintn inn Islliil In pass, A Julnt memorial win llllliplltl iiiglnit iiirlv action on II I hi rt il lint government In tlm i-iiiihI riu- lloil nl Hut Collin riuiiil. A lining lliu nmv lil I Ih Hi-Mi: Tii limit thu lipurH i imrvlrn n( mllroail employes; In crunt juvenile roil flu, uml to itmcml illstrlt IrrlKiitlnn luw of IHtir., Upon tlm hoimo convening IihIiiv Hpinkcr Mills iitninuncoil tlm standing ciMiiiiimiMK, Tim l;olllti riuiiil riKolu Unit wiih ndoplcil, A nnoliilloii fur -Id-cunt lumber ruin to tlm Mlwitirl river wiih referred. Alining thu new liiciisurca Introduced wciu: To milk district irliiiury luw operative In 111115 ix ti'lx I Iiik open mi 1 1 1 1 on hi'iihiiii for (ki Iiilnlilit Irniii Aiigmit 15 tn August In imcinpt (rum timitlon property n liouitchiililcrs to ffiUO Viiliiatlnli, ninl I I'riiUn l.iini-iiilii munly, Tlm new county Ih In ho cut nut nf Wasco mil Its temporary mill prolHihly permanent cnillity sent Is (n Im IIihhI lllvcr. Krtlcm, Juii. 17. Tlm Inllnwlni! worn among tln 111 til I In liilioduccd In Hi HOIinlo today: Tn protect llimlfrii ojh I I'm planted In Oregon Milters; iiHH'liil tliu luw fixing tlm boundary (Irani count; In rmitn tlm Mnllii'iir Ir rlgtillon illiilriet; tn make death penalty apply tn tmiiiriililH'ry ; In iiuthorlrti tlm Utw In mill Clark iilr tn condemn prl Viito properly. Tlm piirKini nl tlm Irrigating district lilll In In I'liiililu Hi" people ol tlm Mill Imiir country to overcome tlm obtttneles III Hi" wiiy nl government Irrigation Work. A lilll raising tlm statutory ago ol consent I rt mi 111 tn IH years was In I on tin' tulilu. In tlm linuso flvi lilll" that linil lit-fii Vetoed by tlm governor with rend Out', (or higher mlary for Miiltunmul county M'lmnt superintendent, wan not nllitlHllitil. Tlm ntlmr (tun, authorl I Hk' nililltlniiiil I'xpfiiilllnritt by tlm stnto ilul ry anil food coiiimliiioiier ji 1 1 1 tMK 1 1 li K Artnrln charter, tn IkiiiiI tlm warrant liidclitcdmiw n( Miiltiioiuali count, anil (or executive mansion inn ollmr appropriation, were mmlaliuil A Joint riwilnt Ion tn niljourn Icgls- latum Ii'liruaiy 10 wim rolcrrotl. Thirty-live now bllln with until (or tlin first tlinu in tlm Iioiiihi loiluy. Mining tlit'in lielng: To miikit gambling n felony; tn nutlinrlm special tux (or liritlges In rortlaml; tn protect run I liluiiK ami inliii'rn ; to cm)ciisatit In dlati war vctcnina n( 1855-tl, ami appro. printing $15,000 therefor; to create rallnwil coiiiinlnilnii; tn crtsito Klghtli judicial district:; tn crixito Tenth judi clal illntrli't; tn enable electors to vote without new registration when they movo tn another precinct; to iiini'iiil local option luw. I Hill option by precincts only la tin ptirHinu of tlm bnilnu bill. It It bv comes n law prohibition In counties as a wbnlu ami groups o( precincts will Ihi alHillahcd. Halom, Jan. 1H Tin rlu'lit of tlm Hipbt tn I'lrrrlfc tlm ri'liTi'iiiliim iw it la tn Imi pnitix-tinl by (ioviTlmr ('limiibiTlalli anil notice to till i ffivt waa toilay riTViil uimu tlm two housed nf tlm lrt;iliitiire. In a npivlal me tHga tin) KDViTiior tolil the ini'inbeni in plain luiiKiiiiKo that they am iittiu-lilni; iMiitTitenry oIuiikihi to many iimuHiirin which lire not iIihIkiiihI to ini-et real vliiiTKiMiviin anil that lie will (eel IhiuiiiI to illmipprnvo aiicli hilU if paws! Ill that torin. Hevi'iileen bllln weru imnnitl by the heniite, all ol minor lliiirtane except In k' to tlm loeiilltleo ill reel ly Interwtisl, Ih'Iiik iiiimtly I'liaiiKea In city churtern. Annum tlm new iniMimireH Introclucitl with: To radio tlm aulary of the iimlnt nnt wnnleii of tlm penltetlnry from (1100 to f l,".0O; to miieiiil Kenerul mail lawn; tn iiiaku it unlawful to nlmot from nr iixin any public mail ; to ile line rl;lita nf riparian owiuth fmntiiiK on tlm Coluinbla river; tn provide, (or (ormiiiR of ilyklni; illtrlctn. Tint netiiite tlcfeiitcil thu Iiouiih joint resolution imkiiiK conrtwH tn call u 1'oimtltiitioiial convention (or the pur Kiro o( ntloptliiK mi liniciiihueiit pnivhl iuK (nr election of I'nltetl Ktutiyt hcii utiira by til net vote ol the people. Three IiIIIk pamteil the house totlny, iih (hIIowh: To extcml tlm llaneroft ItonilliiK' net for newer unit street lin prnvciiiciitM to nil liictiriruttHl towim; to eiuKiwer corKirutloiiK to net iih nil iiiliilntriitorn, exeeutora, nvelverH, Quy Wasco Land. Tlm Dulles HomeseekerH am be ginning to arrive In this section uml Homo nro already buying laud. T. I,, mul 11. V. Hemingway, recently from Hioknne, bought tlm Pat (inrman farm of 110 acres, near Klngsley, for $8,000. The Messrs. Ilcinlngwny bnvo triivohil pretty well over Kasteru Oregon look ing (or laud, nml finally determined Unit Wuseo county uHonletl better In tlucemcnts than any other section ol thu eastern part ol the state. They say no other section ol Oregon has laud that will produce ns much. Portage Engineer Has Resigned. Haleiii A, J. McMillan, who has been In thu employ ol Tlm Dulles Cclllo portngo rullwny commission, as engineer In charge ol the construction of thu routl, Iiiih tendered his resigna tion. Mr. McMillan prepared the plana mul specifications upon which tlm construction for the building of the road wiih let, null It was expected that Im would continue to represent tlmstute until tlm work should be completed 111 health la the reason given for his riisginutlon. Ills successor has not been numetl. To Light Jacksonville, Jacksonville A (runchlHo linn been grunted to tho Condor Water & Power company to furnish electric lights (or Jacksonville. Tho company is tho owner ol tho fino dam ncrosn tho Hoguo river near Gold Hill, nnd tlio power nml light must bu transmitted n tils tnnco ol 12 mlloa, Tlio poles tiro al ready not for tho lighting, iniifumicli ns tlio company la now turnislilng power to run tho Opp mining machinery, ono mllo west from Jacksonville. uuiirilliiim anil trunteeNi tn autlmrbiii enunly eimrtu to iipprnprlalo hniiU (or roiul purpnin. i weniy-Keveu new lilllx wem reail i... n... 11..1 i i... i nu ninv iiiiiu in iiiii iiuuntii TIm. llrl Ittrt,.. i.iti.ri,rl 1,111 peateil In the hoiimi Iniluy carrylnif l.'III.I I7.I2, of which 117,11011 in tn cover ilclli'lciiclcH, f oll.tllll) tlin expcintm of lint prenelit lexlilatlvn ncMinoii mill flirt, HH1. Ill (or mectlnit uupiilil ncnlp ImuiillcH. Haleiii. Jan. 111. Thirteen (teiiatn IiIIIh mill two hoiiKii bllln wero tiawted by tlm limine loduv. annum them wiirei To iwIiiIiIIkIi ii Thlnl HiiHtern Oreifon Dlntrlct Aitrluultural wmlety; to entiib- Hull enunly mid city boiiriN ol health; to retiilrtt teaeliiTH in puhlic fcliiHiln to u'vit HO dayH1 notice of Intention to iillt; In fix the Ici-h to be churned by cnillity recoriliTH. A bill wim Introduced to take tlm iipoiiiliimnl ol flnh wanleii from tlio iMiiinl couilKinctl of tlm governor, nccre- tary ol Mtalii ninl ntuto teuttiirer uml ulvu It to thu Kovernnr. A itlmihir bill will be liitrotlticetl In the Unite tomorrow. Aiiiouk the other new incnmirtii were: To mucin the code ho iih to chiiuiii the inline ol the Hlate lleform h'IiiniI; for nlatti eoiiveiitioua of county ndiiHil ml periliteutlenln; to compel iitleiiilinico nl clilltlrcii lit M'liool ; icoiiirlnir. nil en tranceH to Hiitoona to Ihi In tlm front or inont cointiilciioiiH place; to abolish alt Mute normal hcIihhIh except one; to- provltle lor creation ol hureiiuot mine; to protect railroatl companion from ticket nciilplni! uml rciiuirliiK railroad eoinpiiiilcn to retlcein iiiiuitetl ticketa Twelve b tin pinweil the hoiino tmlay, four of them municipal charters. llllllllCipill Hernteeii new bllln were Introduced iimoliK thcill ItelliK: AmetiililiK law an to mipiMirt ol poor: to exemnt certain illinium enrKiriitionn from IMy license lux; for hohliiii; iiKriciiltiirul Institute mid npiiroprintltiK money therefore I lie hill rulsliii; the axe of consent from III to IH years wan brought up in the senate today ami miiile a HiHriul order (or 1 1 o'clia'k tomorrow. Muny seiiiitor uml repieseiitutiven fuvor tlm measure ami it in liellevetl it will msm Inilli lioiiMm. Salem, Jan. 20. Two bllln denliftieil to I- In tin, interests of l.ilsirerii were ilcfcatttl in the senate today by ludefl lilli) luistiHiiieuieiit. One ol these pro- swetl exlciiiliui; to all iK-cnpattioin the provlsionn ol tlm emidoyers liability act. lil'lt) villi; onlv to rnilroatls. The other was to raise from ft(00 to $I0, 000 tlm maximum limit of .lumuKed hat limy Im. recovered for Injuries cans- UK (be ileutl. of any iK-rsons. I-.iKl.t bills were passed by the senate and seven new ones Introduced. One of the new measure appropriates flTt.OOO for tlm oiKTation of the fortiiL-e roml mid another is for the employment of roil vlct labor on public roatls. The fiercest Misfits in the legislature will be wiixctl over the proiMiscd ere- iuioii oi uiree new counties in i-.asiern n. ti.. i 1 ""r' ...... V.V r'"l",7-" aru t asende, with IIikhI t ver ns its county seat; .Nesniitb, with Antelopii ,.r ..n ......... -v..., ...... ..... ,JlRe, nun Union as its county neat. All tlirii) iiroiHisetl counties lunl lohhles workim; .... ... .. . - "." "ri""-" "i obblen from Wasco, Cnsik ami Union. l'ivo bllln were passed by the bousu. One provided for mi appropriation of 10,000 lor salmon hatcheries uml an titer fixed the time fur the I'win ami Clark fair from June 1 to Octolier 15. IK), i. ITftevn new measures made their np. petiruiice, one of which was to alsillsl Im normal hcIiihiIs ut Ashland and Monmouth Nine bills have la'cn pussiMl by both iiises, .1.1 by the senato only ami six iy the house only. In tlm scnatu Mil Ills have lieen introtlucetl nml In thu louse Doth houses ailjuorntsl until M outlay . Reopen Woolen Mill. Ktigene John P. Wilbur mul Wll Ham Wright, ol Union, bavo secured option on thu Willamette Valley Woolen .Maiiulacturlng company's mill .......... ........ .... ...v.. . i.m,.., ...r dinost a year on account of the com-1 muy gtiing ii in iiuiiKnipicy. i ney are now exu uug me line in me pron- riv iiiiii HHiKing inio a lew minor iih- mis, ami ii is given out ny necelver c .nr.,, .rv . ...I,. .(,, Hl.lll ,1. ..HI property to these gentlemen Ih certain. I lie plant will be thoroughly over turn lotl ami new machinery added. Prizes May Do Offered. Snlcin County Judge Scott, prcsl dent ol tho exccutlvu board, upimlntetl by the tnx.ayiT8 to prepare a Marion ctiunty exhibit for the Lew s mid Clark ...... ..t.n .....i, .. ,..,, K , , ismru i i im ei.i ni, mo couiiiy court room, in mis cuy. iinous piiuses oi tlio mirk ol preparing the exhibit will bo tils. cussih! nml tho iiucstion na to whether or not prizes will bo awarded to the pcoplu of Mnrlon county on article which am desired for exhibition will be settled. A low exhibits havu al ready been received. Highest Award for Wheat, Pendleton Umatilla county lends thu world in inu rotiucuon oi mm wheat, in-cording ;lo tlm miperlur Jury on nwiirds of thu Umlslunu Purehuso exposition. W. V. Temple, mi nctlvo fnriner ol this county, received olllcial notice of tho highest nwaril received (or ,i... .ii.,.. i i ... i... .. ii i...... " ..... ''i " v i uMisiu..u. Mr. TciiU'lt) h specimens consisted ol three sheuvcH o( blueHlein wheat nnd formed a part of Umatilla county's por tion of thu Oregon exhibit. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat W'alhi Wnlln, 85e; bluo stem, 88i)0o; vnlley, 87c. Outs No. 1 white, $1.3202.35, grny, $1.115(31. 40 pur cental. liny Timothy, 1416 por ton; clover, $11012; grain, $11012; client, $12018, l'otntoea Oregon (nncy, 80005c; common, 00 0 75c. AjiplcH Baldwins, $1,25; Bpltion borgs, $1.7502 por box. Kgga Oregon ranch, 2U(jaUc. Mutter Fancy creamory, 25 0 27 He, Hops Choice, 20030c ; prime, 270 28o por pound. T) flECIPnOCITY WITH QEHMANY Uorlln Chnmhcr of Commorco Poll Horn Proililnnl. Ilerlln, Jan. IH. Tint Amurk'nii ('liainber of Cniiiinvri'u of Ilerlln con- I '"m inai inn moment ih luvoraMH lor " movement lok lri to wan I a reciprocity treaty between tint (Inlliil Hluten ninl In.. v i ,. n n. ' ' "" i ,,,,,,, ., j . f i. ii i ii i ""' "vijirtR iiy insulin ucr "'" "an coin inoe.i mom proiiamy win affect Amerlcmi trailii ntlveranly. The Llimulier ol (.oiiimefce xent ii petition to I'leaitlent, Kooauvult, which in part Inll'iwa: I he AliMinCan f liamher of t tun inerco of Ilerlln, oriuilzcd wild tlm l"lrlK," " (nrtheriiiK kooiI relatioim between the llnlteil HlateH mill tier I tunny, iupcclally in tlm directinti of commercial uffnirH, ninl inclutliiiK '"'"'K " membera of IiiuIIiik concernn lioth niitiomilitieH trading between two countrii-H, pray that you urne lm cont(rei ami oilier niitlioritk ' prennitiK neetl of prompt iictlou for reciprociiy inniy wim iiermmiy ami ' w lawn anil reKillatlona for lraitBil nf inurchniitlltu), to rfilnr prmeni very utility ami olten mi l,IHl ytiti wliich ban la-en mul iitill oimiuiuiy caiiHiiiK iiiucii nittcniwm "' '"'""H iiiiioiik practically nil tlm im l"irtera of commnditifn Into Hrt ol Ulilletl Milieu. The Amerlcau ChamlHT of Commerce offern ltd nervlcea in thu collection of information. THREAT TO RAILROAD MEN. Roosevelt's Plan of Regulation to Do s Followed by Cut In Wages. Ilonton, Jan. IB. In an adilrcan I foro the Brotherhood of Icoiiiotlvu i:,iKm.era, Ilivinlon l, on the occaiion of Its 4()tb anniversary, today, Presi dent I.uciiin Tunic, of the lltiaton & .Maine railroatl, amku of President Hoosevclt'H protsiwil that railroad rates lie regulated under coiinrtwdonal super vision ami authority. Sir. Tilltle declared that such n poli cy, It carried out, must inevitably affect the income of tlm 1,000,000 persons who pi in their livelihood directly from the railroads, lie did not think it bail been nr could be shown that the milkers ol thu constitution ever hud miy other tlinuisht in mind in connection w ith the I,..., ,ii,, i.. ......,..(, i... i ...i, i,.,t ,.,.. .i.,n. , tt ,,), ,,,.,,, ,IlU,lU fl)rL.ver to prevent the erection by any state of nny customs, tariffs or other barriers that should be mi obstruction to the free currents of commerce. The railroads of 11)03," lie said. "were nblo only to liny their share- holders nn nvcraKe dividend of less than :1 lt,r cunt ,, a, . ,,llcl01, , rutp() faft Ilwsnrily lie follow etl by n ritluctiou of operatinK expenses IDAHO SURVEY TO BE MADE Pahsamarl Valley Said to Offer Good Field for Irrigation w,,i,ini i iu ti, i!i! 1 . : .s..".., - - ..i .v....u.. of the reclamation engim-cni bna been airecte.1 to the Pahsamarl valley, in CllM,,r ,, )llntCs. Mabo, ... m.r . ... c titcin. limb. ,,,., 00.000 acres of fertile land could h. ..w,ii,i i. ...- ..!.. . 'J ..M.i, waste in that sect on. A careful reconnaissance will bo miitlu miller the supervision of District I'.iiKinccr 1). W. Itoss when tlio field season npenn in thu spring. Data now in Ills sissession tends to show the ex istence of rcclaimahlo lands in small rather than in largo ImhIIcs. The vnl ley is comparatively narrow, foothills crowding down close to the river on Isith sitles. In order to determine the f,.uil,illl.. .,( .,.. . . l, li o( ,,, ,imu.vcr cttre. ...i ..,,irv ...in i, ln,i1, Smoke Drives Out Firemen. Chicago, Jan. 18. Thirty-tlvo com- pnnics ol firemen tonight fought a fire In thu beef storage dennrtmunt of Scliwnrxchlltl A Sulzberger company, nml when tlio firo was finally put out not over (5,000 damngo bail been done. Tlio firo caught In sawdust and the trwllll8 o( wntcr 1K,urtMi it imi iit,.,.able clleet for four liours. Tlm ,...i,, ,,,.,.,( ,,,i .,., .t.... ,i,. .i, Hri.,en w cm conu.elliM to relievo each ti ,..,. f.,. .i.,.,iluI .... 1 1 n, nr ,.. ,i. ,-,i,i ... ,.. rf,..i bv iu fining. Overtures to Cattlemen. Deliver, Jnn. 18. Xivtitiutlons have been opened by tlio otllcers of the Na tional Livestock association with tlio American I'uttlu Growers' nssorintlon, which was organized by cattlemen who iwc,0,i from tl,o stockmen's convention wUh viow tl, ogtaMi,!,!,,,,. bannonlous n,,al)na hetwit-n tlio two oragnlzii- tl(),IH, Tim National Livestock assocla tiol,.H XmatA ot conln, m, decided to meet lu this city on JIny II next, on which dnto tlio American Cuttle Growe rs' nsstx-intion will bola its first con vention here. Bloody Riots at Saratoff. London, Jan. 18. Tho Vienna corre spondent of tho Ixmdon Daily Lender reports serious rioting nt Saratoff, tho capital of Kussliui government nt Sam- i(t t ho troulilo started somo days ago, when tho reservists wero culled out, nntl tlio jtolico we homes ol thoso who ill tlmo. On Frldny nnd ero sent into tho lid not reiiort on ,., nt.il Knlhl am-A.tl millor mosses occurred mid on Sunday mn r..anrvlyi ,.,.!),, ,r.i t 0i.. ;i : ............ ... .....v.... ...... listened to revolutionary speeches Closed Season for Salmon. Ottawa, Out., Jnn. 18. Tlio Domin ion government bus been naked by n delegation representing thu salmon in dustries of British Columbia to ngreo to n closed season of 1)0 liours each week nml nn entiro closed season in 11)0(1 and 1000, so ns to prevent tho do-. plotiou of tho fisheries. Tho stnto of Wnshlngton bus ngreed to tho proiiostil mid Ctinadu will probably do so. Prlxe Vessel Taken to Japan. Nagasaki, Jan. 18. Tho llrltlsh steamer Itosoly, which was captured Jiinunry 11 by tho Japancso cruiser In tho Sea of Jnpan, has arrived nt Sns- ebo, whoro sho will bo tried by tho prize court ontboebnrgo of attempt ing to cnrryconl to Vladivostok I'nttl Morton, who linsj received per mission from tlio President to promote a plan for railroad legislation which Includes lexallzetl poolliiK. a court of' Interstata com mcrro ninl tlio iiholltlan of tlio private freight car nml Hide trark.wu apiiolntetl ris Heeru tary of tlio Nnvy last June. An vlro president and traf fic manager of the Hnntn I'e, a liosl Hon which he held I'AUI. WOJ1TON. tip to tho time lie became n member of thu Cabinet, ho renchctl a prominent place among railway men of the coun try, which, It In believed, wnn ono of tho principal reasons of tlio President for Intrusting tho tank of railroad re form to his hands. Mr. Morton In a son of tho lato J. Sterling Morton, Sec retary of Agriculture In the Cleveland Cabinet, nml Is 47 years old. An ho was practically without political ca reer ami legal training, his appoint ment to tho navy portfolio wan said to hnvo been without parallel In political history. Mr. Morton and tho President aro warm friends. Father Ignatius, the Anglican monk who ansertn that ho possemes power to raise tho dead. In nt tho head of the famous Llanthony Abbey lu Wales. Ills name Is.Toseph LoyccHtor Lyne. ami ho wan bom In London In 1837. IIo was ordained n priest of tlm Kn gllsh church in IHin. and speedily began the attempt of restoring mom nsticism. Ills re llgioun iminit In Ig lATIItli IGNATIUS. nntlus of Jesus, and bin followers wear the oltl Dngllsli Ilcnedlctlne dress, ami In their services use the Sarum Missal of tho Aute-Ueformatlon Church. In 1800-1)1 Father Iguatlun made a mis- slomiry tour of America. Six yearn ago ho was ordained priest of Llan thony Abbey by Archbishop Mar Timo- tlieus of the Syrian Church. William Cornell Greene, who, it In claimed, asserted ho would Invade Thomas W. Lawson'n office In Iioston to call him a liar and a charlatan. Is a noted mine own er and cattle mag nate. He Is at the head of tho Greene Consolidated Cop. per Company and Is part owner of the Turkey Track Cattle Company. Mr. Greeno was I I V i. In 1831. went West at tlio ago of 17. prospected with suc cess, soon became a rich rancher and cnttle man, nnd later acquired the La Cunaneo mines In Mexico. At tho time of tho Apache troubles ho led vol unteer forces against the Indians. Hugh K. Taylor, who has assumed tlio duties ot editor of tho Woman's Magazine of St. Louis, tho monthly which claims a mil lion circulation, was born In Ar kansas thirty years ago. At 14 he be came tho devil of a country printing olllcc. Two years later he obtained employment In the comiioslng room of tho Dallas (Tex.) limes Herald, huqh k. TATXon. where he rose to the position of man- aging editor. Thomas J. Humes, for six rears Mnrnr oi Dcnuie, is ucau m Alaska Itenjamln Campbell, who has been appointed fourth vice president of the Great Northern, In charge of traffic. has the reputation of being one of tho most progressive trnlllc men In tho West. IIo has ris en to his present position, which Is said to com m nnd a salary of ?30,000, from the tele graph desk. Ho wns born nt Lib erty, Intl., In 1853 II KM J, CAMl'UKIX, nnd entered the rail way servleo In 1873 as un operator for tho Cairo and VInccnnes Itnllwny. Three years ngo I-. II. Hnrrlmnn took him from the trnlllc managership of tho Oregon Uullroad nnd Navigation Company and mndo him assistant traf. tie director of the entire Hnrrlman sys tem, with Its vast mileage. Morris Fitch, n well-known abolition ist anil friend of Wendell Plillllns, is ucau. Ooiiimaiitlcr-hi-Cliief lllackmar, G. A. It., has appointed J. M. Sehomacker ot Pittsburg his senior aldo tie eanip. L. F. Loree, former president of tlio ltoclc Island system, proposes to go abroad. In Itussla lie will be tlio guest of Prince IlilkofT, head of the railroads of tho Czar's kingdom, There is a wlml'mlil" built In 1102 on tho farm at Utchlnglinm, England, where Itudyard Kipling now lives. Admiral Dewey's portrait, by W, D. Murphy of New York, has been hung In Vermont's State capitol at Moutpelier. According to tho report of tho Unit ed States Commissioner of Education tho average monthly wages of teach ers for 1003 was $40 for men and about $40 for womon. Less than 28 per cent ot tho teachers wore men, or 12,382 out ot a total ot 430,500. X KEEPING HOLD. It was tho tourist season In Wish ington, although for that matter It Is tourist season thcro pretty steadily for n I no months out of tho twelve ev ery year, and tho day being perfect, tho Library of Congress was thronged with visitors. Knthunlastlc groups wero gathered In every corridor, weary sightseers filled the scats or dropped limply on tho ntalrs, and tho marble floors echoed with tho constant pass ing of feet. Suddenly from a group of gray-hair ed ladles, the youngest of whom must have been long pant 60, an eager volco wan heard: "Oh, but girls, look at thin picture!" People who wero near glanciil nmll- Ingly at each other; two schoolgirls giggled aloud, but a tired woman on the steps looked wistfully after the happy gray-haired "girls." 'Aren't they having a good time?" sho said to tho woman beside her. "I'll warrant they were schoolmates, and they've kept It up oil their liven, and now they're having a regular lark together. It's nice to see them o, only It kind of makes you feel an If you might have kept hold of things In your own life that you vo let go, don't It?' en, It doen," her friend agreed, so berly. 'I believe It ono of the mot happy things In the world, as wc grow old' er, Iowell once wrote to a friend, "to have an many ties as possible with whatever Is best In our own youth, and to bo pledged os deeply as possl ble may be to our own youth." To be pledged deeply to one's youth, to "keep hold of tilings In your own life," sure ly there Is no better secret for mafc. Ing the years yield rich harvests. loutu s companion. RED ANT8 HELP "HE BLACK. What Ther Hid When Their Colored Ilrethren Were Imprisoned. On the stone steps of a house on tho "hill" aro two wooden pillars a foot and a half apart among the supports of tho porch. Itoccntly big black ants have been so abundant and ag gressive about ono of these posts In which they made their home that ajl Its cracks and crevices were puttied up and It was deluged with an ant kllllng fluid. Four days ago a tiny snakellkc line was noticed between the two pillars. It crooked and curved and looked as If something bad crowded through a light coating of dust, leaving Its trail there. On close examination It proved to be a line of life. It was made up of countless minute red ants, rushing madly, some In one direction and as many In the other, some turning to the right and others to the left, but all of them all the time holding close to the circuitous route from one post to the other and making the snakelike line or worm line on the stone step. During all these four days those lit tle bugs have been uninterruptedly busy whenever they were looked at. night or day. Once the stream was swept off with a broom, but In a few minutes the gap was closed and erytblng looked Just as It bad before, Apparently these creatures are car rying out of the disinfected pillar the i dismembered remains of the black ants and depositing them In the pillar that has not been subjected to treatment These small ants are so minute that they aro scarcely perceptible except In the mass, and they can readily slip un der the base of the pillars, where the black ones could not go. None of the red ones had been seen thereabouts until this remarkable procession began Its unceasing to and fro march. Are they slaves of the black ones, nnd, If so, who gave them their orders to clean house? Nothing Interrupts them; they even refuse to be tempted with sugar or scared by water. Whfa a little pool was put In the path, they filled It up with tbelr bodies and the next marched on. Hartford (Conn.) Courant Yankee I'uiupkln Pie, You may talk about your foreign cooks and all the things ther make, The thousand dainty dishes that they stew and boil and bake; You may prate about their wondrous skill in culinary arts. How deftly they can manufacture pud tlIiiKt, pies and tarts; Go praise the I'rench and German chefs. ami the Italians too, For making salads, sauces, soups and fancy dishes new- Hut for a toothsome morsel upon which I cau rely. Just give to mo a solid wedge of Yankee pumpkin pie. Let thoso of fashionable tastes turn up Hie noso III pride. And think it quite plebeian to be simply satistletl; Let them eat their pate tie fole gras, their trufUes and Much stuff With forelgu names, suspicious looks and odors rank euough: Let them eat those airy pastry puffs they tiunii so very nice. uecause Irieyve got outlandish names and cost a mighty price- But say, to curb your appetite, and your stomacn satisfy There's nothing like a great big chunk or lankee pumpkin piel Roast beef may have nutriment, more botly-uullillng worth: Veal, mutton. Iamb, be nourishing, and stretching of your girth: Your chicken, duck or turkey mar suit palates very flue But these can tako a back seat when I'm passing down the line. Fish, flesh and fowl may serve -to stay ine appetites or some; nut you must treat me better when I to your table come. I.cavo out the high-toned viands, let each ttalnly tllh go by- It I can got my face fast In n piece of pumpkin piel New York Tribune. Blight llirreroneo. He If I were suddenly to lose nil my money would you mnrry mo Just tho samel She Not quite tho same, dear. Wo should have to Invite a fow hundred more of the rnbble to bring us pres ents. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Many a young man who thinks be Is a girl's Intended is only her pre tended. Husbands are like bablos easily spoiled. KNOCKING THE KNOCKER WHO LOVES THAT IS THE W0I1K IN WHICH All SHOULD HELP. If a thug hits you on the head with a slung-shot and later falls Into thi hands of tho pollco, he may be punished sovcroly; if a man Is guilty ot re peatedly knocking on a door for the purpoio of causing annoyance, tho law will prorldo redress for tho porson or persons annoyed; If a man poisons) your dog or clubs a mule unmercifully, he can be made to suffer; If a man Is caught taking your watch, bo Is held to strict account; but tho knocker can knock from busy morn till dewy eve; be can besmirch your character; ho can ruin your business; he can defame you by Innuendo; and the only satis faction Is that when you get to heaven you won't sea him there. Many men carry a hammer habitually, as a policeman carries his night stick ready for uso and whenever they seo an opHrtuulty they knock. To tho man who used his fists In audi a manner, bully and brute would bo too mild to apply, but the ono who strikes nt tho character, and, through that, at tho reputation, In not Interfered with. Iletween tho knocker and the skunk thcro Is a marked difference, and that difference Is entirely In favor of the skunk, which emits Its offcnslvo odor as protection. In other words, the skunk Is offensive when defensive; tho knocker In offcnslvo alt tho time without being on the defensive nt all. Thcro Is somo difference, too, between the mosUlto and tho knocker; tho former has Its seasons of In nocuous desuetude; not so tlio latter. Tho knocker Is a moral thug, piradoxlcal ns tho expression may seem. To moral Influence ho In Impervious; and, unfortunately, society has not yot learned to put blm In that class of the animal kingdom to which he belongs. It would. It Is true, bo difficult. It not Impossible, to And any other animal with no many hateful traits as the knocker. Ilesldcs, there Is no class ot animals where the knocker would be tolerated. It Is generally supposed that the way to succeed In life Is to work; but among many who succeed there aro those whoso only work Is "working" others, and whose Idea of good business In to knock every competitor. They seem to Imagine that by knocking and depreciating the stock of others they are sending up their own; and that by complaining they show their critical acumen. An a matter of fact, they do nothing of tho kind, for "any fool can And fault; most fools do; soma can do nothing else," we aro often led to believe. The knocker as a rule devotes mont of his tlmo and energy to those who arc down and out, or those who are struggling. The more manfully a man struggles tho more persistently will the knocker attack him. A knocker rarely attacks a man his own size, for he would have difficulty In finding ono as small as himself. He In worse than a rattler, for tho latter at least does not strike until he has given warning, and when he does strike bit victim Is there. The knocker, on the other hand, shoots poisoned arrows from ambush. The knocker's rule of business Is, "It you see anybody who Is getting along better than you are, or If you see anybody who Is getting along at all, knock." Unfortunately the knockers, although Id reality our enemies, are often found In the ranks ot our supposed friends, and so well disguised that ws never see them In their true light. It Is hard to think that we have to put up with them, but the best of men have suffered. If that Is any consolation. The mistake Is made of treating the knocker with contempt. He should be treated with a club. The best way to cure a bully Is to thrash him. The bent way to treat a knocker Is to Jump on him. Instead of which most men listen to him, forgetting that If he will knock others he will surely knock them. Charles T. Logan, In Newspaperdom, Aside from errors of refraction, W. II. Itlvers finds the eyes of all races and classes of men to be practically the same. The apparent superior sight ot savages Is attributed entirely to practice and education, with famil iarity with the surroundings. lladJant, tho Invention of two En glish engineers. Is claimed to Increase the efficiency of gas Ores as remark ably as the Incandescent mantle adds to the light It Is a product of the wasto of chemical works, replaces as bestos or fire-clay balls and causes the gas to burn brightly and completely. trebling the heat The material can be had In any quantity at no greater cost than fire-clay. The action of water as an anesthetic Is Illustrated in some recent cases brought to notice by Joseph Clements. In one enso five hemorrhoids were In jected with distilled water when they were removed In fifteen minutes with. out pain, and the patient at once re turned home. In another case two flstules were opened and scraped, one after the Injection of water, and the other without It The last operation was exceedingly painful. The action of the water Is declared to be the same as that of solutions of cocaine or other drug a filling of the Interspaces ot tho tissues, thus temporarily suspend. Ing Interccllubar respiration and par olyzlng the local nerve centers. The University of Nebraska Is In. strumental In calling nttenlon to the advantages of Pike's Peak as a field laboratory for the study of plant physiology. Itlslng abruptly from the plain, and standing out In front of the main range of the ltocky .Mountains, the great peak Is like a section dt stratified climates, temperate at the bottom and arctlc-alplno at the top. The distance from the plains to the summit Is only ten miles, and the ver tical rise Is nearly 8,000 feet. Two or three botanical stations have already been established on and near tho niouuntin. Experimental methods In studying vegetation and the evolution of new forms may hero be applied with ease. The size of farms In Japan -runs from less than two up to about three and three-quarter acres apiece. Eveu these diminutive farms aro often In several separato pieces, tho average size of which Is about one-eighth of an acre. During tfio past rour years a law has been In operation for the re arrangement of these scattered farms. Tho owners are to exchange fields In such a manner as to mako tbelr pos sessions more compact Tho spirit of scientific progress Is behind the move ment the government wishing to en large the cultivated fields so that agri cultural machinery- may be used. With all his primitive ways, the Japanese farmer manages to make his soil very productive by thorough cultivation and fertilization. Recent experiments by Berthelot show that tho nerves ot smell are so sensitive that the odor ot Iodoform can be recognized In quantities as small as the one hundredth-billionth of a gram. In such a case tho odor was distinct although hundreds of years would be required for tho subs tnnco to lose a thousandth part of Its weight This Indicates that tlio delicacy ot tho nerves of smell In detecting tho pres ence of minute quantities ot emana tions is ot tho same order as that of the spectroscope; nnd for this reason Berthelot calls attention to tho risk ot Inferring from spectroscopic examina tion tho change of ono element Into nnotlier. The spectral lines of ono element might nppear In tho spectrum of another, owing to tho presence of an infinitesimal impurity. SORROW AND SUSPICION. Much Harm Done by Thoughtless Criticism of Those In llereoveuient. "Thank you!" said the shabby little woman, tremulously, as she received back hor old bonnet with a knot of TO KNOCK block ribbon replacing Its antique red, flower. "It's real kind of you. Mis' Aylwln; real klndl I supposo I'd ought to have thought of It myself, but I didn't; that's all. There wasn't any room In my mind for clothes, somehow. Sister Kllen and I never cared much for outward marks of mourning, anyway. Ullcn used to say she'd plenty of pity for folks that were bearing grief, but they weren't always the same folks that were wear ing It But I don't feel like flaunting gay colors, the Lord knows; and I don't want to show nny disrespect " she choked, and then added, "I sup pose folks have been saying I'm heart less, but I Just forgot I've been missing Ellen sot" Yet there bad Indeed been somo reckless tongues to call heartless her piteous forgetfulness. Tongues of tho same kind dropped gall In the sym pathy they expressed for another be reaved woman. "Poor thing! I'm sorry for her. But did you know she attended the sewing circle three days after the funeral? Of course she must have been fond ot her daughter but It was certainly strange." It was strange, as It Is strange that a man mortally hurt sometimes keeps on with his task of the moment me chanically, till he drops. Under tho shock of a great wound of the spirit, the poor mother, half-stunned, had gone on, unthinking and uncaring, with her round of life in Its usual order, of which the weekly sewing cir cle was a part Tho grief of the mourner, when it Is accepted as genuine, draws genuine sympathy from all but a scant few of the worst of us. But there are many, uelther best nor worst nor even bad, who allow themselves to suspect n, grief not borne as they would bear it If a person observes prescribed eti quette minutely In dress nnd de meanor, there are those to whisper "affectation" or "exaggeration;" if ono seeks, earlier than strict convention decrees, the needed relief of company or music, there are others to breatha of unseemly haste to forget; If one of that impulsive but often most loving nature which Is all ups and downs nnd sudden transitions Is seen for a moment chatting nud laughing after recent afflictions, somo accusing volco will murmur "shallow" or "frivolous." It Is the fact that despite the rules nnd conventions which hedge tho per iod or mourning, people remain as dif ferent In sorrow as wo freely admit them to bo In Joy. No truly sweet and helpful sympathy will be soured or withdrawn because of such dltfere ences. That Is a poor kind of pity whose soul-mate Is suspicion. Youth's Companion. Parkinan'n Doed of Justice. A story Is told about Francis Park man, the historian, which shows that In spite of Impaired eyesight ho was not blind to injustice. A friend met him walking along the street, holding two street boys by their coat collars. In reply to his friend's request for an explanation Parkman said: "I found this boy bad eaten an apple without dividing with his little brother. Now I'm going to buy ono for the llttlo boy. and make tho big one look on wbllo ho eats It' After reading this Incident we should expect fairness of treatment tn Parkman's histories. Jurist Is Aollve at OO Yearn. Judgo Charles Field of Atliol, Mass., Is the oldest member of the bar in Now England, and tho oldest Judge In tho United Stntes who Is at present exer cising full Judicial functlous. Although fX years old, Judgo Field sits on his court bench almost every day, either nt Athol or Gardner. So Wonttor. "It looks as it the people were gut ting on to us at last" said tho crooked politician. "What will wo do!" Time, I'm afraid," replied uie otn- er, despondently. When the preacher calls and thi Bible doesn't have to be dusted, II means neat housekeeping mora thaq devotion.