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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
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BIO SHIPMENT OF LAMBS.
Polk County Stock Bring. Top-notch
Pric for Brding.
Icd'psndenc Tber wer load J
and shipped from Independence on
day last week 700 back Iambi and 20
head of thoroughbred Angora goat.
The buyer of tbii blooded itock waa
Alexander Donaldson, of Sheridan. Wy
oming. Tb teller was W. W. Percl
Tal, of thia place
The Iambi were principally from
Polk county, although there were a few
in the tbipment from Yamhill, Benton
and Marion. The goata wera raiaed by
Mr. fercival. It teqnired aeven slogl
decked cart to carry the shipment. The
lamDa are Lincolnshire and Cotawold
breeds, for wbicb Polk county is be
coming famous. A few carloads were
shipped to Wyoming by Mr. Perclval
last year, and this year he received an
order for double the amount.
For breeding purposes the Polk coun
ty lambs bring fancy prices, which tb
butchers cannot pay, and owners of
sheep are naturally turning their at
tention more to the raising of thorough
bred stock. The shipment included
lambs from the J. B. Stamp and Wil
liam KiJdell farms, already known
among Eastern stockmen aa producers
of high grade sheep and goata.
.Oae lamb from the Kiddull farm, one
year old, sheared 23 pounds, and
weighed 270 pounds. The Msec at 28
cents brought 9(5 .44 . At the market
price of lamb. It would have brouabt
f 10.80, which, together with the
fleece, amounts to f 17.24. For breed
ing purposes the lamb sold for mora.
There wera a number of lambs In
the shipment which shear 21 to 23
pounds.
GOOD FRUIT NOT COSTLY.
Small Outlay Will Eradicate Codlin
Moth and Other Peats.
MUa-ankia J. II. Ret,, of this
place, who has made a close study of
sprays tor codlin mom ana iruu pes is,
believes that wormy apples are not
necessary, and that it is possible for
aH who raise fruit to keep it free from
codlin moth or other petti. Contrary
to the supposition that the cost of
spraying is excessive, Mr. Keid gives
some figures to show that spraying Is
not exnensive.
Mr. Raid cites the apple orchard of
Mark Levy, at Milwaukee, who had a
total of 300 boxes of apples and pears.
Each time he sprayed it took 18 hours
Theie were two men employed at a
cost of $9, one team at ft, and cost of
material was f 10, making the total
cost $26. This was less than 83-4" cents
per box. A great many of Mr. Levy's
trees are young and not in full bearing,
and for that reason the cost for spray
ing was larger than it would have been
had the trees been In full bearing.
"In a large orchard like that of Mil
lard O. Lownsdale, in Yamhill coun
ty," aaid Mr. Reid, "the cost would
not be moi than 4 to 6 cents par bo
tor spraying. When the spraying Is
properly done the grower does not have
more than eight or ten per cent loss
from worms."
Salem Has New Industry.
Ba'em The only sienna paint fac
tory on the Pacific coast and one of
the few In the United States, is now in
operation In Helena. A complete out
fit of erlndina. sifting and mixing ma-
rhinnr has been instalUd. but the
rinmend for the product already indi
rates that the plant will have to be
duplicated. The factory is being oper
ated on material shipped from the si
enna deposits discovered a year or two
eiro south of Eugene, in Lane county.
As tha deposits cover an area of 62
acres to a depth of 50 feet, there is
plenty of material to supply tb factory
far a. ntimher of VesrS.
Testa have proved that tha Lane
county deposits are of as high grade as
tha Italian ilenna and it has been
demonstrated that the Oregon material
can be placed upon the market In com
petition with the Imported article.
Off for tha Hop Yard a.
Portland Tb first section of Kreba
Bros.' special hoppickers' train left
Portland for Independence at 9 o'clock
Monday morning. There were a doaen
coaches in tha train, and tb departure
waa a gala event. Tb bulk of tha
crowd, with their baggage, was taken
oa at tha Union depot, and tha remain
der f them at Fourth and Stark streets.
Another instalment of pickers will
leave for tb big Polk county yard later
in the week, Moppicklng begins at
Kreba' Bros.' Independence and Brooks
yards Wednesday morning.
Epldemln of Hog Cholera.
Seaside E. K. Willard, who runs a
dairy on the Wauhama, reports an epi
demic of hog cholera throughout his
neighborhood. Willard bad ltht fin
porkers that h intended to slaughter
within a fsw davs, but tb cholera beat
him to them. Mr. Thompson, a neigh
bor, who is also in tha dairying busi
ness, baa lost all bis hogs, and Mr.
Dawson, who Uvea on tb Clatsop
plains, baa lost his sntlr bard from
tb disc.
Record-breaking Prune Crop.
Oregon City William X. Davis,
who owns a 20-acr prune orchard near
Carna, report that h wilt hav a record-breaking
crop of eiceptional qual
ity thia yaar. Ha aaye bis trees are
loaded to their capacity. Mr. Davie'
trees are all of tb Italian variety, he
having plowed up his acreage of pa
titea, supplanting them with tb Ital
ian! which ha finds mora profitable.
Large Crop of Cabbagaa.
LaQranda Harvey Clark, from a
20-acr tract of mountain land, located
four mile south of town, will harvest
600 sacks of potatoes and 10,000 heads
of cabbage, weighing from two to five
pounds. His potatoea will brinf $400,
and th cabbagea 1 800, or a total re
tarn of 11,200 from 20 acres.
Vandale Cut Hop Vina.
Salem Unknown marauder entered
th hop yard of Hlng Quong, near this
city, and cut all tb bop vine on about
an acre of ground. Th hop will b
of little valu.
FORTUNES IN DAIRYING.
Prominent Willamette Valley Dairyman
Say "Buy Cows."
Independence That tha cow la the
best of money makers for tha farmer,
Is the asssrtion of K. C. Eldridge, of
thia place, om ner of creameries at Inde
pendence, Ley ton, Jefferson, Eagene
and Junction City, and one of the larg
est buyers of cresm in the Willamette
valley.
"A large part of the prosperity of
the Willamette valley has come from
the milch cow," be said. "Darying
beata wheatraising out of sight. And
three or four years of dairying on
wheat land will double the wheat grow
ing capacity of the soil. A number of
farmeia in Pork are raising mora than
30 bushels of wheat to the acre on such
land, which several years ago would
not produce more than 12 to 15 bush
els. "A farmer with say 50 cows, al
though that's a rather big herd, and
with hogs and chickens as accessories,
can make more money then do many
ol the country banks that is, if Le
uses brains as well as bands. It's a
bonansa for him, sure enough. Farm
ers are fast coming into realisation of
this; in fact, many of them realize it
already. Dairy products always can
find a market without bunting for it,
at high prices. But dairying requires
constant attention every day in the
year, and for .this reason soma farmers
are nnwilling to take op with it.
"One man of my acquinstsnce who,
six years ago, owned 30 acres of land
and was in debt, by going into the
dairying business paid his debt, bought
70 acres more for $3,850, and has paid
12,500 of thia price already. The other
da v h" sold 14 six-months old bogs for
1217."
$500,000 Claim Bonded.
Ashlsnd Authentio reports which
have reached here from the scene of
the recent reputedly rich gold discov
ery in the Coyote bills of Lake county,
beyond Lakeview, atate that Loftus
Brothers, the original discoveres, have
bonded their claims for $500,000 to Dr.
Patterson, a Tonopab mining capitalist,
who already bss a force of ten men at
work opening up the mines. Under
the terms of tbs bond, Loftus Brothers
are paid $1,000 in cash to bind the
agreement, with a $9,000 additional
payment on November 1.
Construct Eagle Valley Line.
Baker City David Kccles has decid
ed to tske in hand the construction of
the Eagle Valley railroad, a project
wbicb baa long been looked forward to
by the peope of this place as of great
importance. Mr. Eecles baa himself
announced that he will build the line
and has called upon the people of Ba
ker City to assist by raising a stock
subscription of $100,000. This work
has already been taken up and good
progress made.
Seaside Bath House Burned.
Seaside The large bath bouse owned
by E. N. Zaller, locate J on the beach
near the Butterneld cottages, was to
tally destroyed by fire a lew days ago.
There was no wind, or the surrourding
cottage would have been destroyed.
Adjoining cottages were protected by
the bucket brigade. The loss is par
tially covered by Insurance.
Dry Rust In Valley Hop Yarda.
Woodburn Dry rust has appeared
in hopyards in the vicinity of Mount
Angel, where there is considerable com
plaint, and an immense amount of
damage is liable to be done. This is
the firs appearance of dry rust to this
section. It has a musty smell and ab
solutely destroys the flavor of the hop.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
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opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
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Kind Edward play, many part. a. ruler of Great BrlUln sod lu colonies.
.-a . .... Z . th. ft.! Agricultural society's show it Derby he Is
. Jl ,..- a,t n. whioh ai.oeals strongly te his people, ss may
it. t f..f., Th- i.it.nr. dlaolaved by the Klug 'n this event, the
greatest annual affair of Its kind held In England, and bis pereun.l Hpe,-tlon
of the stovk of various kinds added Immensely to Its populsrlty sud succ,
and notables frmu sll parts of the country thronged to tb of curse
th. .ni .,ntr ... ,it. not onlv the "county ftiaiUlee. ss the residents In
the manor and the large laudlorda are called, hut the fsrmers from all parts
of Derbyshire and from ninny of the counties around attended la numbere that
hav not been seen at the shows of the society for years. This sunual event
and the work of the Koyal Society In general has been s great aid to the
soleuee of agriculture In England, but has of recent years somewhat languished.
The prewm-e of the King this year bas given a new lnwtu to such Interests,
which Is llkelv to bear substantial fruit for some time to come. For It must
not he thought that King Edward was there In a merely perfunctory way to
give an air to the thing. He was one of the niot enthunltutlc among the
attendants, counting among hla many accomplUliments I resl understanding
of practical farming with some knowledge of agriculture ss a science.
THE WOMAN'S I HARE.
HE sailor, the engtneer, the employe In pow
der mill or lead works, the miner, tske their
lives lu their bauds when they go to their
taaks. The world honors their courage, sud
pays them tribute of prslae when, as often
hapiicns, they nieet disaster or death In their
vocation.
Hut even their risks sre not so trying to heart and flesh
ss the dull, ceaaeleas, gloomy foreboding under which
their women folk uiust always live. The woman who
knows the brenkfant her good man eats may be the last
meal before he Is brought home mangled or dead from
mine or mill bears a severer test of courage than he who
gs forth to danger.
Every woman whotte husband works In the comparative
safety of field or shop ought to send a sympathetic
thought to the wives snd du lighter snd mothers and
sweetheart of the tlioumiul snd more miners who re
cently ui-t so nor r! Me a death in northern France. To
dd to the angulxh of the lows came the dlxtlgtiremcnt of
the dead so complete that of the flint one hundred snd
six bodies reamed, only forty were recognized.
On the day of the burial slxty-sU coffins bore the
tragic words, 'Won reconnu." It gsve the lat touch to
the agony of the distracted women who wept and walled
at the funeral, that they could not even know whether
the men whom they loved were among the blackened
corpses.
When the women turned from the graves. It was to
meet the harsh exigencies of dally life the need for
food snd shelter snd riot bee. The apprehension of years
bad for them beanie a grim reality.
As we read of per" by land and sea we are bound-to
re.iiiembr. not only the Imperiled, but those who wait
and watch for them and live by them the women who
share the fear If uot the danger. Youth's Companion.
James (j. Itlrney lost nMh of bis social position when
he championed the cnime of the Indlsns whose lauds hi
nelghtiors In northern Alabama and lieorgla coveted, but
he ststed his conviction, based upon careful Investigation,
that In every case of trouble between a white man and
a redman the white msn was the original persou to
blame.
Nobody carea much for the Indian nowadays. No en
ever cared much for hi in. He has bad a bard Dgnt
against so-called clvlllistlon, snd the government whose
werd he bas leen has not helied him In time of trouble.
but has fallen back upon some technicality of law and
allowed swindlers to chest him and rob him of hla land
while be has been erased with drink. No one ever
made sn Investigation of Indian quextlons. a really seri
ous Investigation tracing matters to the bottom, without
a feeling of shame for bis country In this chapter or Its
history. The tin tag and red liquor elde at the White
Earth reservation la nothing new. It Is the old story wun
new sctors In the scene. Chicago Tribune.
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LEGAL INFORMATION. J
Wheat Club, 65c; blueatem,
valley, 6970c; red, 63c.
Oats No. 1 white, $22022 60; gray,
20(321.
Barley Feed, $20(321 per ton;
brewing, $21 6022.60; rolled, $23.
Rye $1.30 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10(3
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$12314; clover, $737 60; cheat, $73
7.60; grain hsy, $7; alfalfa, $10;
vetch hay, $737.60.
Fruit Apples, common, 50 3 76c per
bos; fancy, $1.26(31; grapes, 75c3
$1.60 per crate; peaches, 70c3$l .00;
pears, $1 25; plums, fancy, 60375c
per bot; common, 603 75c; blackber
ilea, 536c per pound; crab apples, $1
31 60 psr box.
Milons- Cantaloupes, 10c3$l 25 per
erats; watermalons, 131o per pound;
caabas, $3.2633 60.
Veetables Beans, 6ft7c; cabbage.
l'32c; cslery, 85c3$l per dosen;
corn, 16320c per dosen; cucumbers,
25c per dosen; egg plant, 10c per
pound ; lettuce, bead, 25c per dosen ;
onions, 1031i)e per dosen; peas, 43
6c; bell peppers, 12X315c; radlsha,
10315c per dosn; spinach, Z33o per
pound; tomatoes, 25 360c per box;
parsley, 25c; squash, $131.25 per
rat: tornio. 90c3fl Per sack; car
rot. $131.25 per sack; beats, $1,253
1.60 per sack.
Onions Nsw, l31Kc psr ponnd
Potato Oregon Bnrbanks, 70Sfl
80c; sweet potatoes, 434e per pound.
Butter Fancy creamery, 23)$ 27)c
per pound ;
Eggs Oregon ranch, 24c325per dot
en.
Poultry Average old ben, 13X3
14c per pound; mixed chickens, 133
ISMc; spring, 14315c; old roosters,
9310c; dressed chickens, 14315c;
turkeys, live, 17320c; turkeys, dress
ed, choice, 21322 c; gee, live, (J
10c: ducks, 13316c.
Hops 1906 contracts, 17(3 20c per
pound; 1905, nominal; 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best.
15319c pr pound, according to shrink-
page; valley, 20322, according to fine
ness; mohair, choice, 23030c per
pound.
Veal Dressed, 5H33c per pound
Beef Dressed bulls. 3c per pouod
cows. 4 35 He: country steers, 636
Mutton Dressed, fancy, 738c per
pound; ordinary, 63ftc; lamb, fancy,
888HC
fork Dressed, 73$Xc P" Pund
An exception to the general rule that
an appeal doea not He from a decree
for costs Is applied In Nutter vs. Itrown
(W. Va.), 1 L. It. A. (N. 8.). 1083. In
case of a decree for costs not In the
discretion of the court
A grantee from a mortgagor, who
takes possession of a strip beyond the
true boundary line, Is held In Thornely
va Andrews (Wash.), 1 I- R- A. (N.
8.), 1036, not to be In adverse posses
sion as against the mortgage until th
mortgage becomes due.
Fraud or mistake on the part of an
umpire, ao great and palpable aa to Im
ply bad faith, or hla failure fairly and
honestly to perform the function as
signed to him, Is held, In Edwards vs.
Hartshorn (Kai), 1 L. It. A. (N. 8.),
1050, to Invalidate Ills decision.
The failure of the court, in a crimi
nal case, to lnteriose objections to Im
proper questions made by a Juryman Is
held. In State vs. Crawford (Minn.), 1
L. It. A. (N. 8.). 839, not necessarily
to be reversible error In the absence of
objection or exception by counsel.
Th right of a bank to apply to the
personal obligations of a commission
merchant money received for produce
sent him for sale and deposited by him
In bis general account In the bank is
denied In Boyle vs. Northwestern Na
tional Bank (Wis.), 1 L. R. A. (N. 8.),
ina
LOST ARMFUL OF BEAUTY.
Otis
Let
klBwee Tails Hew He
Pool's Datacfct Drta.
I always snjoy attending the gradu
ating exercise of th Empire School of
Acting. President Ssrgent Invariably
provide an Interesting speaker for the
occasion, and then It la a never cloying
apectacle to wstch tbe young men and
women step forward to receive their
diplomas, done up in tight rolls, tied
with ribbon In tbe center, and looking
for all the world like tbe wafer on
gets with bis Ice cream at the Vienna
Bakery. They must bow In three dif
ferent directions In acknowledgment,
and tbe varying personalities conveyed
In the fashion of these bows la alluring.
This spring the speaker de reiittanrt
waa Otla Skinner, and tbe only portion
of bla excellent dlscours that seems to
bar escaped the reporters was a capi
tally told anecdote of bla aalad day
when be waa playing In "The Fool's
Revenge" with Edwin Booth. On on
memoreble occasion It fell to young
Skinner to assist In carrying the ab
ducted daughter down tb ladder, but
the leading lad waa by no means
sylph, and Skinner waa only a strip
ling. "W must hav a dummy." decided
th stag manager, at rehearsal.
So one of thoe figure used In dry
goods store on wbicb to display gowna
waa procured, and tb night of the per
formance arrived.
At the crucial moment Skinner as
cended th ladder, with Booth waiting
at the foot, eager for the culmination
of bla revenge on tbe duke. A stage
hand passed the dummy over the bal
coiy. Skinner received It, but In his
eagerneaa took too large a half In bis
arms. He felt himself being over bal
anced, and In order to save hi neck
lot go bla bold on tbe figure to grab
a rung of the ladder.
Out Into the air shot the lightweight
daughter of the fool, down on the stage
upon her head she landed, and those
who bad come to shuddor remained to
augh until their aides ached.
Over what waa ssld to the stripling
actor afterward Mr. Skinner drew the
veli of alienee.
W are avttlne ao fsnni with
"roup d etsf thst w bsven't any more
i ior ii man we nave for oatiaesl
for oreaxrasL
LANDED HER MAN.
Thea Mad a tonfraaloa that
Shocked tha Poor Hnaband.
"I have a confession to make."
Young . Tompklm Snd bis wife had
Just returned fnmi their honeymoon.
As they sat In their beautiful little
home, Tompkins, Id a comfortable arm
chair, with a good cigar, waa express
ing by every gesture his perfect satis
faction with thing) In general.
Mrs. Tompklnn, ss she spoke, came
over and took ber biiNliand'a hand lu
hers. "You won't mind, will you." she
coiitlnued, "If I tell you something I
think you ought to know? The fiiVt Is,
I am not what 1 stem."
Tompkins utartHi
"Not what I fW too are?" he re-
peated. -Impossibly .s if I didn't
know that you are the dearest and
sweetest woman In all the world."
Tompkins half clovsl bis eyes and
watched the curling nook.
"Do you know, my desr." he aald,
the best thing about you I vour do
mesticity? You are Jum a aimple, sweet
little woman, who doesn't know It at
all."
Mrs. Tompkins timidly held his hand.
"That Is what my confession Is
about," she said. "In our long court
ship I have carefully svolded any of
those subjects that nilg,t have been
calculated to excite your suspicion. Hut
now I might as well tell yu that I am
really an educated woman. I can speak
three languages, sm utursted with
Oerman opera and have made a thor
ough study of socialism, transcendent
alism, the higher philosophy, education
and biology."
Tb stricken msn beside her burled
his face In his hsnds.
"Oh! why," he cried, "did you not
tell me this before!"
And bis trembling wife replied :
"AlasI 1 didn't daret I knew that
If I did yon would never marry me."
Tit Bits,
a rt mt Kfllrlaaav.
a .rtnin colonel who Ii an authority
. A .sa la
m If miiitar- IIlBllS-l J. II U WW ir
often besieged by Inventors' with use
iu. .Unnni and sppnances ior war
... .. -nnversins win a menu.
. ..... - A
i . .--.nt bmiiKiu in a rani.
"Oh send hlra ":" Ml the colonel
.nn't take more than a
Ills Duauu
mlnnt. A (."
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A wild-eyed man. who iwibu m.
k., ...rvously In hla hands, was
In
i ha il l I nave nrw
... a tmall Darcel "a bul
ana ne iou ". ,
let-proof army coL " xam
would adopt tn.s--"
"Put It on. mi 11 '
...1 :A the bell. The ser
uiPr. aim j .
ll .a tb Inventor waa get
::i?r:;: -jone- ..u bi
maaterM Sergeant Brown to order
nu f hla men w
ball cartridge. .,.,
"Excuse me, sir. ". -""
. . inteniur. aim ue ui
appeared with eiirem haste.
a paa'.
A youth from tbe country, who was
new to the delight, of town lodging, re
cently entere.1 . 1 d.
duclng a b.ttle "n-t I n.we.t
...i ..ked for s pint of lamp oil.
riiri win, . ,
,i label off. In cas of
.. .... l. if ssked tbe oil msn
accwenia, uhuu
a bit. was the reply.
"there's only me .nd t w ' oe.
to the cu;tosrd. suu . ..uu .
UU salil 1UW V-v.
"Killed the est yr "ked the oil
man. as tbe youth w. Iang the next
day."
"No I ain't." M,d ,,,e you,h- wl,n "
' ' ,..k. hut there's a bit of mvs-
v.. Mr landlady bas been
right queer sln.e ! wont
open her mouth within j r.nU of a bo.
of matches, and she mell aotnethlng
awful o' paraffln-
Watch your M- '"u-; don't give
them so much attention ., to ruin your
main Issue, wblon ou a i.v.ug.
CHEATING THE REDMAN.
STORY which reflects little credit upon the
I parties concerned comes from the White
A I Karth Indian reservation In western Mln-
I tiiisui u tin nfi-iiiiifiHnliiii'nta are nlentv of
lienor In the hmnls of the sMculutors. Since
June 21, the rcjiort snys, the Indians and
half breeds have been permitted to dlnlioHu
of their holding or to place mortgage mou them. It
was a flue chance for the Indluii-cheatlng rascals who
watch for such opiiortunltlew, and so It Is uot surprising
to rend that In lln e of money the drunken redmen were
given tin check redeemable at the saloons for liquor.
The most shameful part of the dispatch says: "The
RL-ent at the reservation Is powerless to check these evils,
for the law has clothed the Indlsns with the right to do
a fhev ideiise with their lands.
it I the same old story repeated again and again dur
Ins the vears since the white men and the redinen first
met In the conflict for the K)esloii of the continent, a
f f extermination through the weapon of liquor, with
Its accompanying command, "Move on" until the terrl
...r. nnrtpr control of the first possessors of the country
la circumscribed within narrow bonds. Several writers
i.. nm lB lined the shame or tne ming in Burning wuru..
T..-I.... n oi.ldlnirs in bis "Exiles of Klorlda." Charles
H Co In "Bed Patriots." Seth K. Humphrey In "The
i'.u nianoMMed." Mrs. Heien Hunt Jackson In "A
r-i.inrv of Dishonor" and others of her books hsv each
told a story of substsntlsl uniformity in Its details, a
narrative of oppression. de-elt and wrong. Tbe famous
DIPHTHERIA'S SURE CURE.
HE Chicago health department makes this as
sertion In the bulletin of the department:
"Every death from diphtheria should b
msde ttie subject of Judicial Inquiry, as oth
er avoidable deaths resulting from negli
gence, culpable Iguoraoc or criminal mal
practice now are."
This Is stsrtllng. but It Is none too strong, ss thos ar
aware who hav observed the administration of diphthe
ria antltoxlu. Before the dlsi-overy of that remedy, diph
theria waa the deadliest disease of childhood. Only lis
rare Instsncea did those attacked by It recover.
But now, as the health department says, the death
rate from that cause "continues a reproach to thoe timid
or Ignorant members of the medical profession who
neglect to use the antitoxin In the early stages of th
disease and In sutflcleut quantity."
Diphtheria can be cured lu every Instance by the us
of antitoxin, If It Is used soon enongh sfter the dlsess
has develuited. Not one person ought to tie allowed to
die of It. When death occurs, as the result of It, the au
thorities ought to Inquire Into the circumstances, ami
severe punishment should be visited uion the persons re
sponsible for failure to prevent It.
The progress of knowledge, however Important, among
the great masa of people Is Incredibly slow. Undoubtedly
many persons even In Chicago, where the newspaier
have published the facts about diphtheria antitoxin time
and time again, have no Idea such a discovery was ever
made as this certain cure for one of the worst disease
that have ever ravaged the human race. Chicago
Journal.
THE YEARLY RAILROAD S LAUGHTER.
V we were engaged In a war In which during
the last year over lO.OtiO people had been
killed outright and nearly 85,000 wounded
it would equal the ifasunlttes of any year
of the Civil War on either side, and would
not only be the principal topic of Interest,
but would All the land with mourning; and
there would b Intens anxiety and unremitting effort
to bring It to an end. When, however, we ar ofnelally
Informed that between June 30, 100:t. and June 80, 1U04.
10.00 persons were killed snd 84,1!5 Injured In railroad
accidents In the t'nlted States It seems to mak no more
Impression on us than an Idle tale. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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A GENTLE "TOUCH." I
aii tim mean with which money can
i,- tra..t...t from the unwilling purse
of the American tourist are In full
practice on the slopes of Mount Ve
suvius. Most of them are ueiic.,.,
shaded forma of highway robbery,
our way down the mountain," says the
author of "A Levautine i-og o.
i.-.ntifiil Italian boy approacueu,
put his hand ou our carriage, and gave
us a sunny eni'ie iweuiy-uv UIt
si ml.
it. m-aikiMi a Ion 2 a few yards, ana
then went forward and patted tb near
horse' flank ten centesluil. He stoop
ed down and presented to madania a
smsll ple-e of lava fifteen cenieaimi.
t tha nrlce ow Durooseiy, a Ve
suvius Is entirely composed of lava and
i. thirtw nillM round. Again ue waia-
ed along In alleuce a few yard, and
then remarked, 'line day ten cni-
slml. He saw a yellow nower oy me
.i.i. r th road, which be gathered
and presented to madama with an
other sunny enilie inirrj-uve woir
tlml.
MUra I Interfered. 'Fair youth,'
..i.t i wim not thy time upon bead
les and unappreclativ traveler like
.M.irH We need no little piece or
lava; our horses do not car for ca-
reasea; we have no us ror sunny
rt.iian smiles. Her Is a coin, fair
boy; It Is the smallest I have; If I bad
a smaller It would be yours, but take
It with my blessing.' I gav him a
soldo, worth about a penny.
"Tbe handsome boy gssed at the
copper coin with the expression of a
man who has Just bitten Into a bad
oyster. He protested that be did not
want, it, and tried to give it back to
me In vain.
"Hark ye. rod youth aald I.
'Waata not vour time on us. That
iin la all von will set Far down tbe
dusty rosd behold yon carriage. In
It tuer Is a Chicago millionaire wun
hla wife, hla rootber-ln-law. ana ess
hi wife's sister. H I rich and gen
erous. 1 am poor and mean. Fly to
the Chicago millionaire. Touch th
Chicago man I mean, town tn cni
eago man'a heart.'
Tha vouth with sunny smll under
stood me. He followed my advice, and
over lava blocks he bounded away like
a chamois. In a short cut to neaa on
the Lulcsgo man.
tirirtmr down the mountain. I aaw
that the laps of the Chlcsgo ladles were
covereu with yellow wiia nower garn
ered from the roadside, and the air was
perfumed with sunny Itallsn smiles.
.. -hn the Chicago man's carriage
waa at th foot of tbe toll road I heard
. -itnt tiltercatlon gslng on. ine
.h with the sunnv smll ws de-
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.. I .Mil I M .
mandlng or tne i nicaao mniiinmin u.
franca. II said he naa oeen nirea oy
hi tn walk slona br tne carriage,
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push It down bill, pick flowers, gather
i... nA miki himself generally use
less. The bystander all agreed with
him they were all guide and carriage
trim. They abowJ tb Chicago man
HOW TO KEEP THE BOYS ON THE FABM.
Indlsnspolis 8ua.
th.t ha waa wrona- in BTinaing liw
face of the poor, o b reluctantly gav
no five franc, and preseniea ii io ium
youth with th sunny smile.
"Ah, he waa Indeed a beautiful boy,
with his Jet-black eyes, bis curling hair,
hla bright and sunny smue. nut i am
glad I passed htm on to tb Chicago
man."
LIVE OAKS Or FLORIDA.
Oa
Is
rive Faat fraaa Oral
Twaatv-aia Faf Aroaad.
Of tb many splendid live osks
which lnhsblt tb Southern State
there are none so large aa on a short
way out of Jacksonville, Fla., beside a
sandy roadway bordering the river,
saya tb New York Heraia. Here, vie
Ited by strangers from vsrlou parts of
th world. It forms a tctacl so dig
nified, so magnificent in It proportion
. i k. Man
ana uucnangmioieiie"
It its It unimpressed.
Nsturally the tre I an vergreen,
holding lu follag over tbe winter or
until th young leves of another sea
son ar sufficiently well developed to
allow of the older onee falling unregret
ted to the ground. It la for this reason
that lts mammoth framework can nev
er be wholly seen. Its truna, nowever,
t a instance of about nve reel rrora
the ground measure a trifle over twen
.i. rat in rlrcuinference. Always
y.i. " . ....
the oak marks the landsca.ie. something
as might a colossal rounmm cnsiun uui
a sprsy of trembling green leaves.
Through how many generations the
tre bas been slowly sttalnlng Its great
size none can tell with accuracy. In
fact, wheu asked a question regarding
..vi air the oldest Inhabitant of
Jscksorvllle mad answer: "Iat tree's
.t.. h.ii dsr. fur's I knows." And
. i. r,f mora scientific Dronensl
even in' "
tie feel strangely Inclined to tske this
statement aa convincing. In spit of
Its perpetual greenness th osk bss not
tha samblanc or ynuiu.
r..in thronch Its green crown.
vi banging o low aa to touch th
7 mil nd. lone strands of sray moss cast
over It a look of age and often to thoe
unhmii In tha South mark It aa well
with a melancholy, unutterably sad ex
pression.
He Oat His Matca.
On stormy evening recently, a proa-
narona business man. who Is also a
great church worker, atopjied In thai
doorway of a large building on bl way
out, and attempted to light a cigar. Aat
urchin with an armful or paper also
stood within th arch lustily crying hie
wares.
Th wind blew out the last matrrs
which th wealthy man bad about hi
person, and he turned to tb boy, ana
said:
"Her, boy, glv m a match."
Tb lad eyed tbe gentleman furtive
ly a he Inquired, "I that a demand
or a request. Mister?"
Instead of being angry at thia re
proof, tb gentleman for b wa aoca)
replied kindly:
"A ranuest. mv bov. a humbl re
quest; and I'll take a couple of even
ing paper, too," h added, as he re
ceived a match from th youngster)
hand and passea mm a sinning, -ana
you may keep th change."
"That man got msnner If be'
mind ter take the time ter use 'm."
ssld the boy, as bis patron Jumped Into
a cab.
"That boy won't always have to sell
tutors if he nrar-tlce what he iireach-
e," thought the gentleman, ss he aat
down to read the news.
A Sarlaa; Storr.
Onos more ws hear the story
Thst wss told ao long so
"Th unipira wss 'sgln os,'
And a didn't hsvs a show."
. Wsahinron Wtsr.
It Is ssld so often when a man dies)
It Is a wonder floral emblem are not
msde containing the words: "He'a bet
ter off."
Hospitality Is often nothing njor
thaa kmelloea.