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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1905)
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE LEGISLATURE. Hiik'in. Jnn, .10. Sixteen mw lilll wcro Introduced In (li senate tixluy Ono prohibit tlm unlit of clitrutttit lo mliiorH mill imiki'M tliu iiku of llii'in by a person ttiulor 111 your n Juvonllu do lliniucncy whli'li limy lm iliult will uiiilcr tliu Juvenile Inw. Another In to iipiruiirlii(u f A0,000 miniiitlly for nor mill DCIIUOlH. Nlnn hills wcrii juiwihI by tliu minute Unn ill tlieao In tliu lilll raining tliu Mil n ry of tlio iinalatiuil warden of tho Ix-nl lonlhiry from illOO tii 11,200 u year, Another ritlnin tlio salary of tlm cliitk of tho state land board from $1,800 to tUMOO n your. In tliu finnan tlio Mil creating n statu Ini commission looking to n revision of llm tut code wn punned. Tliu lilll criv iillng GWadn county wo iiikmihI llooil Itlvcr la nlvi'ii a tliu county neat. If tlio nmv comity lit orbited It will lm In tlio Judicial district will Multnomah mill Joint li-glalatlvo ill' trlct with Wnaco, Strong oppoaltlnii will develop III tliu senate, where tlio Wanco people havo centered tliolr force. Nino otliiT measures wore panned liy lilll llOllhO. Th Jnyno local option bill will I Amended liy itlimlniitlng tliu emergency clause mnl tlio reduction of tlio number of voter required on a putltlon fur n prohibition election from 40 to .10 per tiii oi tlio elector ol n precinct. Comparatively fuw salary hill hnve im'cii intriKiiiciHi in tlio senate tlius lur, lint It Ik known Hint other will 1) In troducod Inter. Ait n rulu these hills Mug loin I, tbey pan wltlioilt question iiin tlio recommendation ol tliu ilolo' gallon from tlio counties affected. Hnli'in, Jnn. Ill . A bill wan intro duced In tlio senate today to suppress poolnolllng nml poolrooms. Eleven other now measure wero Intrislurcd, Nino IiIIIh with panned, ono of them appropriating fln.OOO for fish hatcher leu, Till bill lm nlmuly passed tlio house. Tlio senate bill authorizing the Lewis nml Clark fnlr cor")ratlon to condemn prlvnto property u jinaned by tliu llOIISO. Ten now blllit wero Introduced In the house, ono of them being tliu antl elgarclto bill, lilentlrnl with that Intro ltiml In tho senate. Tliu house rejected tlio senate con. current resolution for it Joint assembly tomorrow to consider n constitutional convention. Thin stotw any further pomlhllltle of n constitutional oonven tlon. Electric lwlln at railroad cronnlngs 1 tliu object of a bill Introduced In tho houao today. They nr to bo of nulll clent weight mid sound to I hi heard 100 yards nml nrn to be placed at every crossing w hero a public road crown n railway track wbero tho view In ob structed either way. JJ Tho house roinmltleo on mining fa vorit tlm passage of the bill relieving such mlniiie companies ol tliu annual license tax an lmvo an annual output ( lira tlmn 11,00(1. A new bill In tho houao provldea that nil sheep driven Into tho statu lor pan til rant) xhall In) taxed "0 rents a liriid nnd fi censt a head shall lm paid for each county through which thu cheep nru driven. Tho Csncado county bill will apix-ar In tliu senate tomorrow or Thursday. Pitlcin, l ei). 1. Twclvo bllla were panned by tho senate today and lfi by thu house. Five now bllla wero Intro duccd In tho senate and seven in thu house. Two bllla wero killed in tho senate tishiy: For n constitutional convention nnd to permit corKiratlonn to net na ad inlniatratoni. Tlio houao thia afternoon voted down tho bill for tho appointment of it hoard of Internal commerce comminaionera nml npproprlntliiK $28,000 for tho opening of tho Willamette river from Portland to I!K'ene. A bill of KcproHcntntlvu fitcinvr'a tlxinK tho torma of circuit court Ik-kIii-ninfi; on tho reennd .Monday In .May unit tho third Monday In October, kiihci1 tho hoiiHo tli Ih morning. To permit dlatrict nttnriieya nnd their deputioH to bid In for counrlca, biuda Hold for delinquent tinea, h bill if Kepreaontiitlvo Wiit'H jmaaed tho bonne today. Under tho present law tho county JiiiIko Ih required to do that function, lint romctluioH ia not prxecnt. h A bill to empower juriea to tlx iun Iahment in criminal trinla wiim indefb Jillely poatpoiKMl by tho Iioiiho thin Will Abandon Conteiti. AJnx I;ow of tho ncore-tKld contents instituted iiKiilunt (lilllnm county put tier in tho vicinity nt tho inatnnco of AVIIllnm Twlllcy, of Dcvll'a butto, will prohahly bo cnrriiil to trial, moat of tho contentorn ImvltiK realized that aen tlmcnt In till community und in tho county generally ia nualiint them. In tho pant alx weeks '22 hnmeatenda In tho AJnx acctlon lmvo been contcatcd, Three or four woru heard at Tho Dalles mill tlio rent woro not for hearing before the Gilliam county clerk at Condon, I'vellng inbtttor UKainat Twilloy, Extend Logging Butlneit. Aatorla The (IrnyH 'liny IrfiKBlnn company ha purchased three cnrliind of eteol rails nnd will begin work Im mediately on the extension of lta log ,lni railway, u dlntnnce of one mile. It luia ulao jiurclmHed n now 4-ton loco motive, mid will enlarge Its Ion boom to double Its present capacity. The company has recently acquired a large tract of timber land adjacent to Its former holdings mid now owns fnillk'lcnt timber to keep its plant In operation for Kovcral yours without jiurclinsliiK liny more bind. Not Much Snow in the Hills. 1'cndloton Tho melting enows nnd falling rains of tho past fuw days ban filled tlio streams of tho county, Water Is now plentiful enough to run nil mills that lmvo heretofore suffered by the dryness of tho fall. Irrlgutloiilats ura fearing thnt thoro will not bo u tmlllctcnt quantity of snow In the mountains to Insure n flow of water through tho summer. Usually thoro Is from five to six fcot at Kmnola, but now there Is but a few Inches, moniliiK. Thu bill cuno from Hmlitl of Jonuililnu. Hnlem, I'th, Tho annate todny pnaned tho houao bill approprlatliiK $1,000 lor llm widow ol tlio prlaou Kunrd who wero killed by Trncy ninl Merrill nt thu tlmo of llm outbreak three yearn niro. Thu aenntu bill npproiirlntliiK$!ifi,000 for malntalnln tho jiorlitKu railway wan pnnaeil liy tlio hoiino, Tho bill to exempt from annual cor pomtlou tux mluluftf conipunlen whonu iinminl output I lorn than 1,000 wan ill mi I Miw.ii I liy t li ii lioilno. Tho ai'iinti) cniiimltlfcH on roiiutien linn prnctlcnlly decided to reixirt fnvor nbly on tho houao bill for tho crnitlon of Ciiacndo county nnd tho jirolmblllllen lire that thu bill will tma tliu aennto Aliolitlou of tlio Drain normal rcIkkjI will bu rii'ominmided tomorrow by thu liouau coinmltteo. Kroiii llvo to I'D ycitra' Imprlnonmen In tho pcnltetnliiry In tho punialnnent iillowoi under tho aenntu bill to prevent train holdilpa panned by tho houao. Tlio lioiinu aauclioueil two ntiprotirln llonn ol f 1,000 encli lor dlatrict la Ira Knatern Ori'icou. I hu aenntu amended tho Hat mlary bill today by ntrlkliiu out tliu Itema for juatlcea of thu nuprrmo court and tho provision that (ho law ahall not ita Into effect na to tho nceretury of atnto nml atato triuntircr until Junii 1, 11)07 It la probable tho bill will pnaa. Kalem, Kub. .1. Nlnutwn bill wero Intnnluceil in thu Iiouho tiniay and foil in tho nvimui. Appropriation naked of tho Oreiron lenlalatiirii at thin aeaalou ark'renate $2,1110,000, but Cbnlrmnn I'nrrnr, of tho avnnlu coinmltteo on wnyn nnd ineniia, uuil Ulinlrumu nwtcr, ol tlio correapomliiiK honno committee, any they will endenvor to Mold them down iHdow $2,000,000. Ill 1 In nru nliout nil ntrodnrcd, and next Tuenilay la thu Inat day allow iil for presentation of now mcnaurea, If tho leiilalaturo ia to udjoiirn l ubriinry 17. Henator .Mlller'n lilll to nliollali nil normal rchool but ono and leuvu thu nelectlon of thin onu to thu atnto honrd of education, wan today rcportol ail veraely by thu renalu rommittcu on wnyn nnd mound, thouuh theru wnn minority report reeoinmciidiiiit that tho bill bo coiiaidcred on It merit by tho aenntu. Tliu lilll wan made a njcclnl order for Wednendny next nt 10 a. m A lilll to nmenil tlio Initiative and referendum law, introduced by Henator llowontthu roqumt ol . M. I 'Ken wan tixlay klllml In too nennte liy In lellnlto pontixinvniont. Thu bill con tnlnl Homo feature reoomincndcd by Hecrctnry of Ktnto Dunbar, for tho pur (kmc of aimpllfyliiK tho procedure, but contained other Iwiturea not aatlafac- tnry to tlio Judiciary committee. Tlio lilll to amend the local option law wn retorted in tho houao todny and will como up for parango next wwk. Other important bill yet to Ihj con' aidcrcd nru: Thoao to make cnmlilltiK a felony mid to piinlah llccnalmr ol KnmbliiiK by municipal nutlinrltleg; to tax (jroHs tarnlnpi ol tclcplionu, tele- Itrnph nnd exprenn compnnlen; to con aolldato normal acboola; to create tho olllcoof elnto examiner: to create ntate Imnrd of control, and to eatublinh n mlnlni! Imrcaii. llotli liouaea today adjourned until .Monday. Talk New Railroad. Tllliimook Another mil road propo rtion ho lioen inado to tho citizens by Mr. Diminona, who nays no fa backed by Portland capital, to glvo Tillamook county rn 11 road connections. Ho made a proposition to build a standard gunge railroad from either I' ores t drove or North Yamhill, mid lmvo it constructed within ono year, provided tho citizens could get n 100-foot right of wny, glvo $.1S,000 subsidy nml a suitable alto for n depot in this city. It Is thu inten tion to extend the line, provided It Is built to tnis city, to ru-tnrts bay. Buying Qrand Rondo Apples. Iji (irando C. V. Hunt, head of the linn of Hunt, Hatch A Co., of Oak land nnd Kan l'muclain. hna lieen In tho valley purchasing apples for the California market. He has purchased Mivcrul cars nnd expects to ship at least 10 car. The prices paid were 70 and fi cents n box, packed, according to nuillty. (1 rowers who have held have been repaid for their expense of keel lug and extra sorting. (I rand Hondo apples command the highest prices on the California market, Ixung of good quality mid free from disease. Church Colony Tor Oregon, Spokane The People's United church, at the head of which is llishop David .N. McIntuitT, Is to be disrupted in Spokane and a colony formed in Ore gon or tliu Dig llond. llishop Mcln lurfl bus made arrangements to pur chase 5,000 acres of land In ono of the places named, nnd every member of the church will move to the new colony nfter turning over nil his worldly pos sessions to tho church. The church lm now $50,000 or $00,000. Shear With Power. 1'cndleton J. K. Hinlth, president of tho J. K, Smith livestock compnny, was in tho city recently completing the arrangements for a B-horso power gnso lino engine to furnish power for a sheep shearing inachino which tho company will Install In tlmo to clip this year's wool nt Its phu'o 20 miles south of hero. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 8(to; blue Btom, 01c; valley, 87c, Onta No, 1 white, $1.35M0, gray, $l,l0l,4fi per cental. Hay Timothy, $14Q16 per ton; clover, $1112; grain, $11(312; client, $1213. 1'otntoes Oregon fancy, 7585o; common, 0070c, Apples Baldwins, $1.25; Spltion bergs, $1.7502 per box. ICggs Oregon ranch, 28Q20c. Butter Fancy creamery, 2630o. Hops Choice, 27Q28o; prime, 20c per pound. Wool Vnlloy, 1020o; Eastern Oregon, 10Q17c; mohair, 2520o per pound, DUflTON TO QO UP. Will Probably Uo Head of New Ap propriations Committee. Washington, Jan. 31. Never beforo In nil tho tlmo ho has been cbnlrrnmi of thu committee on rivers mid hnrbor ban Itepresenlntlve Ilurton held out so strongly against unworthy projects for waterway Improvement as lie ban dono thi session. Ilurton hn, from tho first, fought project which hud no merit, but ho ha heretofore liecn com pelled to consent to the Incorporation in river and harbor bill of many Items which bo did not personally approve. This yenr, however, ho has been firmer, mid hn carried hi point. Ho ha succeeded in keeping out of thu river and harbor bill every Item that wan of n "log rolling" nature. Huron sunted to no appropriations except for projects that lmvo been indorsed by tho war department. Theru appears to bo method in Mr. Ilurton' course. When tho next con gress organize, Speaker Cannon will liavo to select a chairman for tliu com' inllteo on appropriations. This chair man ought to bo a man of dlscrlmlna tlon, u man of force mid a man of high- eat Integrity. Ho must bu the "watch dog of the treasury." Ho must bo a man who can dominate hi coinmltteo and hold out against all appropriation which aro not necessary. Ho must be able to withstand thu personal appeals of memlcrs. Theru is not a single member of that committee tixlay comjxdent to Ixvomu It chairman. And Irom the speaker viewpoint, theru is not a member in tho house better equipped for that place than Mr, Ilurton. I'erbaps the chairman of tho river and harbor com mittee hod tho future In view when ho took the radical courso ho did In die tatlng tho terms of tho present river and harbor bill. ALASKA HAS A POOR SHOW. Senators Pay Little Altention to In terests of Dig Territory. Washington, Jan. 31. The deter mination of tho aenute to dlapose of the Hwayno Impeachment caao means, accenting to senate loaders, that most of tho time between now and March will bu taken up in court duty, to tho exclusion of legislative matters, save only tho necessary supply bllla. AH legislation which encounters objec tion will have to go over. This means not only tho defeat of the ship subsidy, Interstate commerce and statehood bills, but tho defeat of all legislation relating to Alaska. It hail been hoed that several Alaskan meas ures might 1h pnaacd before adjourn ment, but that hope has lsoen disellcd. Plans bad already Wn laid for bring ing forward the Alaska delegate bill, passed by the house last session. Hut Alaska will get no delegnte by the grace of tho fiSlli congress. Neither will Alaaka get much else, save what is pro vided in tho regular appropriation bllla. Alaska Is weak In tho senate lor two reasons: All Alaskan legislation en counters opjioaltlon from a few men, but what Is moro slgnlllcant, lew sen ators have any real Interest In the great district, and not moro than half a dozen men make any cllort whatever to pusli through legislation which Alaska seeks. There Is mora opposition to the dele gate bill than to any other Alaaka bill now ticnding, and this opposition will Ihj able to put a quietus on the Cush- man bill, In the present session. FOR BREMERTON NAVY YARD Amounts Provided In Naval Appro prlatlon Bill. Washington, Jan. 31. The naval ap- iropriution bill ns reported to the bouse carrie 1233,600 tor tlio rugct sound navy yard. Following aro the items: hxtvnsion of construction plant, $20,000; sewer system, $500; gradning, $20,000; fire protection system, $10, 000; electric light plant, $10,000; tel ephone system, 11,500; railroad and equipment, $0,000; boat shop for con struction and repair, $20,000; water system. $3,000; heating system, $3, 000; locomotive mid crnne track about dry dock, $.10,000; dredging, $10,000; quay wall, $25,000; roads nnd walks, (5,000; lolner shop lor construction nud repair, $5,000; machinery for yards mid docks, $2,000; additional piers, $50,000. Waved the Red Flag Kunsiis City, Jnn. 31. Two hundred men nnd women members of socialistic societies rose to their feet nnd cheered n red ling at a muss meeting held here tonight. The meeting wns called for the purpose of raising n fund for the nid of the working classes of Hussla. The czar and aristocratic class, of Itus- in wero condemned in the strongest terms at command. Ono speaker com pared tho czar to ex-fiovernor l'enbody, 1 Colorado. Kesolutlons were passed expressing smypathy with tlio op pressed nnd denouncing the czar. Japanese Save Their Powder, (ienerul Oku's headquarters, Jan. 31, lu 1'iisnu (P. l.T.) The liiissiiiu liom- lardment beginning at dawn tills morn- tig on tho extreme left rapidly spread along the whole front of Oku's army. It wns kept up llurccly nil day, mid It as the strongest artillery lire since tho battle of the Sliiikho river. Salvos nru being II red continuously. There is also considerable musketry firing. The Jupancso aro replying seldom, and are saving their tire, awaiting an attack. Theru Is a possibility that the entire line will be engaged soon. Bombs In Barracks. Vienna, Jan. 31. A telegram from Czentscbow, l'oland, reports that n bomb was thrown in the cavalry bar rucks there today nud that many sol diers wero wounded. Tlio net is sup posed to have been In revengo for bru tality in dispersing a vforkman's meet ing, Other dynamite outrages aro re ported to lmvo occurred In tho neigh borhood of IiOdz, A gendarme, is re ported to lmvo been killed and a n um ber wounded. Arrests by the Hundred. London, Jan. 31. A dispatch to tho Daily Graphic from Sevastopol says: "In consequonco of tho gravity of the situation bore, tho government has Invested tho naval and military com manders with full powers to repress disorders. Over 000 arrests havo boon made." Machines nru built nowadays which dlspensn entirely with hand labor, but, of course, such machines are useful only where large qusn title of n certain artl rlo sro produced at a minimum of cost It look a If soma of these principles were being Inculcated by In venters Into the smaller every day appliances, as for Instancs the lem on squeezer shown In the Illustration. Tbts lemon squeezer per forms every operation necessary to obtain tbe Juice from the lemon, All the user has to do Is to place the lemon In position In the squeezer and by manipulating the ban dls'tbe lemon Is cut lu half, tbe Juice extracted and separated from the seeds, and Then the squeezer Is opened the seeds and skin aro ejected and tbe juice of the lemon alio dumped Into a glass or cup placed In the bottom of tbu squeezer. The handle portion Is separated from the lower portion and operates on hinges, so that, after pisc ina; tbe lemon In position and drawing the handle forward, the knife cuts the lemon In half, while the pressure squeezes the Julco out of the lemon. The seeds drop down Into trays, one on each side of tbe knife, these trays being actuated by springs, so that when the squeezer I opened tbe seeds and akin are ejected from the squeezer. A strainer I suspended under the trays, the Juice passing through the strainer and Into cup placed below, Tbe novelty and advantage of this con trlvance will be apparent to everybody, Tbe patentee Is Alexander McLaren, of Fort Worth, Texas. Portable Apparatus forTbawlasr Kro cn Ground. Oftentimes during tbe cold winter months It Is necessary to suspend building operations entirely, especially underground operations, on account of the frozen ground. Contractors and builders find this an, obstacle Tery bard to overcome and one which en tails extra expense and labor. Build ing a wood fire and gradually thawing THAWS KOZKR OROUWD. the ground Is a ery crude and at tbe same time slow method, while blast ing also has It disadvantages. A Se attle, Wash., man has patented a de vice especially for the purpose of thaw ing frozen ground, nn Illustration of THE SPIRIT Oonan Doyle aa a !oteotlve. A friend ot Sir Conan Doyle once asked tbe great author of so many de tective, stories why be did not estab lish a detective agency and employ Sherlock Holmes' methods In solving bis clients' mysteries and conducting his business. Well," said Sir Conan, "I have a very good reason. You see that all the knots ot the Sherlock Holmes type were of my own tying, and, naturally, for me to untie them was simple. It I undertook to unravel the entangle ments of other people I believe I should fall. On one occasion, how ever, I solved what might have been a puzzle to some. I waa lu a tailor's shop while a rather unattractive man was selecting a pair of trousers. Ho Aatly objected to striped material, and got the Idea that he was an ox-con- vlct To satisfy myself I visited a number ot prisons, and sure enough, I found that mau's picture lu tho ,f -" - which I shown here. It consists of Are chamber with n detachable cylln drlcal hood or cover, this hood being made of sheet metal and perforated, allowing tho nlr to enter and create sumclent draft to keep up a good Are. The hood I divided Into detachable sections with suitable fastenings to hold the sections together and also to connect them to the base of the fire chamber. A draft pipe extends above an opening In the cover, a hook being attached to tbe latter, so that the whoto apparatus can bo lowered Into an open big partly excavated. It will be seen that all the parts are ao constituted and proportioned that the draft pipe, cover and hood can be arranged upon tbe Are chamber to form a compact package for transportation. Charles W. Joynt of BcatUe, Wash., Is the patentee. Bhclf for Hooka. Tbe high standard of educational methods In colleges and universities In tbe United States has put a premium on reading, not only for pleasure, but also for research. Libraries are well patronized, not only by the college stu dent examining reference books, but also by bis more unfortunate brother who cannot afford a college course. Tbls docs not keep the latter from reading all he can, and the demand for more libraries Is constantly beard. A. frequenter of libraries has patented the adjustable shelf-desk shown In the Il lustration, and lta advantages will be readily apparent Buch a device la often wanted when examining books on tbe many shelves. It Is extremely simple in construction and can be In stantly moved from one ahelf to an other and placed where most conven ient. A shelf-desk, as tbe Inventor calls it, for holding the boos la fast ened to and supported by brackets. these brackets being shaped to con form to the size of tbe shelf. The end of the bracket which Ata Into the book shelf Is divided Into two arms, the upper arm being shorter than the low er arm the upper nrm bearing against the upper side of tbe ahelf and the lower one below the abeir. A clamp lmr screw can also be affixed, but this Is not absolutely necessary, as the arms are sufficient to hold the sbelf-desk In iKisttlon, the user removing and plac ing It where most convenient Joseph A. Lawsnn of Menanda, r. Y.. Is the patentee. OF WINTER. rogues' gallery. Doubtless he had had enough of striped wearing apparel." Tlm lluaalnu Hamovar. Every llusstan peasant who Ispros-jiorous- enough to enjoy the luxury ot tea has his samovar. At all Inns each visitor Is supplied with one. It Invari ably accompanies the traveler and the picnicker, and even tbe ofUecrs start ing out upon a campaign And room for a small one In their baggage. Samovar signifies "self boiler." It Is made ot brass, lined with tin and with a tube In tbe center, In which tbe hot cinders of charcoal are placed nfter having been Ignited. Often a pipe connects It with tbe chimney, and two friends will sit for hours drinking tho boiling hot weak tea. Harper's Ilazar. Mrs. Cbadwlck doesn't owe us a ce:0, and never tried to borrow mon ey from us. Isn't this being distinguished: M ADJUSTABLE SHELf-DESK. FORESTS IN THE ROCKIES. Thickets of Hprnce and Aspen at Great J.loratlona. I'd know the inldconllnontnl moun tain country It Is not enough to go hurriedly through tho rnnges by roll la midsummer, when flowers nro Abund ant and tho emerald buo characterizes every peak and park, says a writer In Arboriculture. One must sco.the country when Ice and snow abound and the contrasts aro most decided. With from one to many feet depth of snow upon the surface, spruce ana aspen thicket of the higher elevations and tbe pine and cedar on the lower slopes attest the majesty of nature. These mountain have been stripped of all larger trees by the ninian and Aro has ravaged the forests on every band, yet naturo makes extraordinary effort to cover the bare spots with verdure. Among tho fallen logs and leafless trunks still upright rcmnnnts of for mcr conflagrations, she has scattered the Ane seeds of tho aspen on tbe wings of the wind, as this Is almost the only deciduous tree which will grow in the higher mountains, and here among the ruins of a past forest dense thickets of tbls rapid-growing popnlus tremuloldes have established themselves and are fast preparing a soli In which the more valuable coni fers will. If tbey have opportunity, again recover these mountain aides. The steepest slopes and most precipit ous mountains, above 8,000 or 0.000 feet elevation, are being planted by na ture with these most Important pio neers of afforestation. Birds, animals and the wind are do ing tbelr part In distributing among these aspen thickets seeds of Douglas (red) spruce, silver spruce and other trees of greater value and permanence, which, hidden by tbe fallen leaves, take root and. protected by tbelr de ciduous friends, grow Into timber. Tbe aspens when dead and dry are very Inflammable and Are spreads with rap idity, destroying the coniferous forests as well. Tbe national government has not yet awakened to the necessity and Importance of protecting the forests of these mountains from Are and spolia tion. Tbe forest rangers are given ir more territory to guard than their In significant numbers can cover. There should be 100 times aa many men em ployed aa are allowed by the authori ties. Here at the headwaters of the most Important rivers of America no adequate efforts are being made to per petuate the forests, without wblcb Irri gation will be forever Impossible, navi gation irregular and agriculture In the West a precarious occupation, while tbe mines upon which so much depends will be without Umbers, except as they are brought from far-distant points. 8AWS ABOUT WEATHER. Useful AdasM Compiled by the Qov eminent for Osneral Use. Itecently the United States weather bureau compiled a list of the more common weather adages. From this tbe following examplea are taken: When bees remain In their hires or Ay but a short distance, expect rain." Men work better, eat more and sleep sounder when the barometer la high. 'Do business with men when tbe wind la from the westerly, for then tbe barometer la high." "In summer, when the aun burns mora than usual, expect thunder storms." "If the temperature Increases be tween 0 p. m. and midnight when the sky Is cloudless, expect rain, and M during a long and severe period of low tempera tore the temperature Increases between midnight and morning, expect a thaw." 'A red aun has water In bis eyes." 'A piece of seaweed hung up will become damp previous to rain." A rising fog Indicates fair weather; If the fog settles down, expect ram.' "Hoar frost indicates rain." "The larger the halo about tbe moon tbe nearer the rain clouds and the sooner the rain may be expected." Snakes show themselves on tbe ap proach of rain." Human hair (red) curls and klnks at the approach of a storm and re- stralgbtena after tbe storm." When a cat washes herself good weather may be expected, but If sbe licks her coat against tbe grain bad weather Is Indicated, or If she washes her face dver her ears or alts with her tall to the Are." When the birds cease to sing rain and thunder will probably come." Pigeons return home unusually early heforo rain." When Ash bite readily and awlm near the surface rain may be expected. A bee was never caught hi a shower." Wben Ales bite greedily expect rain." "Cottonwood and quaking aspen trees turn up their leaves before rain." When the leaves of trees curl with the wind from the south It Indicates rain." When the sun drawa water rain follows soon." Red skies In the evening precede Ane to-morrows." Chicago Chronicle. Caotus for Forage. Luther Burbank, who Is called the botanical wizard because of his devel opment ot atoneless plums and other fruit freaks, has Just produced, after ten years' work, a spineless cactus, which is half as nutritious as alfalfa, and will yield more forage to the acre. Ily a series of crossings and recroas- tngs ot different varieties from differ ent parts ot the world, Mr. Uurbank Is aiming to make tbe plant hardier and to produce more fruit and leaves. He has at bis Santa ltosn experi mental grounds specimens of a cactus which be bas robbed of thoms, hav ing brought the leaves to a state -of perfection In which a man can rub a leaf over bis face. Tho surface la found soft aa silk. The creation of a spineless cactus 1 of world-wide Importance, The plant will grow luxuriantly on the driest desert In this and other countries lta leaves and fruit are food tor man and beast, and It will mean to some re gions mora than tho Introduction of the potato means to Europe. San Francisco Letter. A young widow Is never satisfied un til she can call bcrselt an ex-widow. Cot. Bamuel W. Pennypacker, wbo in bis messsge to the Pennsylvania legislature urged the enactment ot a law empowering the Btato to sup press any nowspn per that persists la the publication ot llbeloss and un truthful state ments, baa figured before aa an advo cate ot similar leg islation. In giving his approval to tho "Quay" libel law. which be signed la GOV, riKHTFACKM .May, 1003, he expressed sentiments much like those In bis Inst message, and raised a storm that spread be yond tbe bounds of the Keystone Btate. lie Is a descendant of Hendrlck Pannebecker, who was a surveyor for the Penns, and other Dutch ancestors who came to tbls country In the early part of the seventeenth century. He was elected Governor In November. 1003. Previously he bad been Judge of the Court ot Common Pleas In Phila delphia, lie is G2 years old. Mrs. Maria Weed, whose anti-Mormon lectures, under the auspice of the Interdenominational Council of Wom en of Nrw York, have stirred the country on account of the fitnoot sens torshlp hearing. Is a Chicago woman who baa made a deep and searching study of the Mor mon question. It was sbe who Arst called attention to the Mormon oath mama weed. placing the church above citizenship, and It was she who exposed the Mor mon doctrine of the marriage of liv ing people to the dead. Sbe also de clares thst the Mormons allele that both Jesus Christ and George Wash ington were Mormons, and employ that piece of mendacity as an argument for the conversion of people to-day. August Belmont, tbe new president of the National Civic Federation, la one of the foremost men of affairs In America. As head of the firm ot Au gust Belmont & Co.. the American representatives of tbe Rothschilds, his Interests are of great magnitude and widely diver sified. He is pres ident trustee or director tn no fewer than thirty Ore corporations. AUOUST BILMOXT. employing many thousands of men. He waa born In New York In 1833 and was graduated from Harvard In 1875. Perhaps his greatest single achieve ment has been to give New Torfc Ita new rapid transit underground railway' system, being president of the com pany and advancing $30,000,000 In lta construction. Mme. Stoessel, wife of the valiant defender of Port Arthur, is not less heroic In ber temperament than her husband. When tbe Investment of tbe fortress was Impending M m e. Stoessel waa given tbe opportunity to return to Russia, but sbe declared that she would on no account leave ber husband. To show that sbe could be ot use to HUE. STOESSEL. the beleaguered garrison she took charge of the ambu lance service, and under her direction It became markedly efficient She ex hibited so much unselfishness and de votion to tbe welfare of tbe troops that the men regarded ber as a veritable good angel. Luther Burbank, who has Just evolv ed a new fiowcr, everlasting as to pet als and fragrance. Is the most famous naturalist In tbe world. It Is said of him that be Is to horticulture what Edison Is to electricity. On his farms nt Santa Rosa, Cab, bo has developed many now fiowers, fruits and vegetables, be sides adding new tints to old blos soms, und giving to li tiikii iiiubank tho lily the odor of a Parma violet Mr." Burbank was born In Lancaster, Mass., In 1810, and moved to Califor nia lu 1873. He Is unmarried. J. W. Mufllj of Des Moines has writ ten a history ot tue Una llundrea anil Knrtv-uluhth Pennsylvania volunteers. He waa adjutant of the regiment. Charles Boese. Inventor of a new pro cess of photoaculpture which, it is said, will revolutionize photographic art, bas established a studio in Rome. Graham K. Mellen. son of President Mellen of tbe New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, is a stenograph er In the employ of the company. n.n. William J. Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, having expended $750, 000 on a park, Is now building an eques trian nnd pedcatriau trail Into some of tlio grandest scenery of the Rocky moun tains. rnn.rn receutlv awarilrd the sur viving heirs of the Six Nations $2,000, 300, and former President Andrew John is In Washington to see that uo half breeds get any of It, A movement la on foot to erect a mon ument to "Dan" Emmett, a ndnatrel, th snthor of "Dixie."