OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BIOS FOR CHINESE.
IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION.
'Annual Matting at Hood River Octo
ber II and 12 Promina Wall.
Tha fourth annual meeting of tba
Oregon Irrigation aatociation will ba
bald at Hood River in connection with
the Hood Elver Valley Fruit fair, Oc
tober 11 and 12, 1906, and all who are
intereated in farthering the irrigation
- movement which at th la time meana ao
tnach to the development of the atate,
are Invited to ba present and partici
pate in tha work of thia organisation.
The appointment of delegatea will be
ifollowa: All state officials, Inclad
ing memberi of the legislative astern
blr, senators and membera of congress,
including membera of congress elect
and senators nominated, the mayor of
all cities, tha presidents of tha atate
university, state agricultural college
and state normal schools, shall be con
sidered e officio members ol the asso
ciation, and delegatea shall be appoint
ed as follows: Fifteen by the governor
of the atate, ten by the mayor of the
city of Portland, five by the mayor of
each other city in the atate, five by the
county Judge of each connty and five by
each chamber of commerce, board of
trade or other commercial body or reg
ularly organised irriation, agricultural,
horticultural or engineering society
within tha state.
It la respectfully nrged that in tha
appointment of delegatea, r arsons shall
ba selected who are sincerely interested
in the subject and who are likely to at
tend the convention, and that appoint
ments aball be made as early as possible.
The appointing powera will pleaae
have the full nane and postofflce ad
dross of their appointees mailed to the
secretary, A. King Wilson, at hia office
in the Chamber of Commerce building,
Portland, immediately upon appoint
ment being made.
Information of every character rela
tive to thia meeting will be furnished
by the secretary.
A partial program has already been
arranged ai follows:
"Irrigation Under the Caiey Act in
the Deschutes Valley," Jesse Stearns,
attorney for D. I. A P. Co.; "Need of
Legislation in Oregon on the Subject of
Waters," John H. Lewis, state engineer;
"Irrigation for Humid Regions," (Oct.
12) Prof. F. L. Kent, dairy instructor,
O. A. C ; "Irrigation Conditions in
Malheur Connty, Oregon." F. W. Met
calf, manager famous Arcadia farm;
"Fruit Growing on Irrigated Lands,"
Judd Oeer, of Cove, Oregon ; "Some,
Legal Phases of Irrigation," John II.
Lawrey, attorney, Pendleton; "Irriga
tion in the Willamette Valley," Grant
B. Dimirk, county judge, Clackamas
county; "Irrigation iu the Rogue River
Valley," J. W. Perkins, member of
legislature, Jackson county.
Teach Spanish In University,
Eugene The University of Oregon
1 as established a new department, that
of romance languages, which will be
under the charge ol Dr. Timothy do
rm, who has Just returned from a
year's travel iu France and Spain.
Heretofore the university has offered
courses In French, with tha instructor
under the direction of Professor F. G.
G. Schmidt, professor of modern ln
Buases and literatures, ltat with the
coming of Dr. Cloran Spanish will be
added to the university curriculum,
and there will be opportunity for broad
er work in the department of Germanic
language and literature under Professor
Schmidt.
O. A. C. Starts Well.
Corvallis In spite of the fact that
the O. A. C. opened early thia year,
the first two days ahowed the largest
enrollment for a aimilar time in the
history of the institution, 498 being en
rolled and many are still coming. This
enrollment is an increase of 66 over
last year. At this rate an enrollment
of more than 900 will be reached this
year. With an espectation of this four
new professors and assistant professor
have been aided to the faculty. Vey
noticeable among the new students is
the increase in the number of high
achool students, several coming from
the Portland high school.
Working Old Hammereley Mine
Grants Pass The old llammersly
mine, in the Jump Off Joe diftrict, is
auain the scene of active mining opera'
tions, after lying id'e for a number of
veart. R. G. Smith, of this city, has
a force of men at work, and the stamps
of the old mill are again dropping on
good ore. The old pile of tailings, of
which there are in the neighborhood of
350 tons, is being run through a cyan
ide plant which hat been erected. The
tailings, according to assays, carry $11
in gold, and aa the exnense of working
1kem is small, a handsome profit will
be realised.
Road Fund la Cleaned Out.
Pendleton For the first time in the
history of Umatilla county there is no
money in the road fund of the treasury.
This condition has come about as a re
sult of the flood of the early spring and
Hnrlnn tha summer the county has
spent more than $35,000 in repairs of
various kinds. From this time on un
til the treasury is replenished the road
work will have to be paid for by war
rants which will draw interest at the
rate of A per cent. In the opinion of
Treasurer Bradley this will taka five or
i i months.
Siualaw is Full of Salmon.
Eugene Reports from the 8iuslaw
tiver sUte that the present run of Chi
nook salmon is the biggest in a num
ber of years, and the pack of the two
canneries and the co'd storsge plant at
Florence will be a record breaker. The
canneries are owntd and operated by
Q W. Hard and William Kyle A Sons,
respectively, and the cold storage plant
by the latter. The silversidea are just
now beginning to inn, and they, too,
promise to be very plentiful.
Offers Big Ranch for Sale.
Athena J.J. Baalstone has placed
bis large ranch on the market. He has
1,100 acrea of the very beet wheat lands
in Umatilla county, haa farmed it for
many year and reaped fortune. The
iprlc asked ii $75 "
COBALT IN GRANT.
Is To Be Found in No Other Section
of United Statea.
6alem According to the statistical
information furnished Labor Com si s
sioner HoO, by the United Statea geo
logical survey bureau, at Washington,
D. C, there are 2,170 mines of differ
ent kinds in the state of Oregon, under
development, the greater number of
which are gold and copper, while in
some portions of the state depoaita of
some kinds of mineral are found which
do not esist elsewhere in the United
States. Notable among these latter are
the cobalt mines of Grant county, raid
to be the only discovery of thia valua
ble mineral to have been found in the
country.
Cobalt is used extensively and ia of
great value for coloring purposes and in
the arts. It is found in combination
with copper, carrying a large per cent
of gold. In his forthcoming biennial
report, Labor Commissioner Hofl will
comment upon this statistical data as
follows:
"A large number of the mines given
in the table are not operated, some
having been abandoned, and many are
in the first stages of development, on
account of tha lark of capital to carry
on the work. Considerable barm has
been done the mining interesst of the
state by unscrupulous promoters who,
by 'wildcatting,' have succeeded in
swindling many unsuspecting investors
and are responsible for retarding the
development ol the industry generally.
"The principal mining counties in
the order of the number of miners em
ployed are: Baker, Josephine, Jack
ron, Grant, Lane, Douglas and Coos.
Other counties have extensive mining
interests, and the industry, already of
some magnitude, will continue to grow.
At present there art about 3,370 min
ers in the state who draw an average
wage of $ J per day. Estimating that
they work, on an average, two-thirds
of the time, the amount paid them
annually in wages is $2,022,000."
Plana a Pleasure Resort.
Eugene N. L. FitsLenry, a young
capitalist of Chicago, has purchased
Msjor L. D. Forrest's 1,100 acre farm
on the McKensie river opposite Lea
burg, 20 miles east of Eugene, and will
convert part of it into a summer home
and t learn re resort. A third of the
farm is now in hops and Filshenry will
plant more thia sea ion. To make feas
ible the sommer resort be is negotiat
ing with the promoters of the Eugene
Springfield electric line for an exten
sion to the most famous trout stream in
Wtstern Oregon.
Chlttam Bark in Demand.
Eugene Cbittam bark ia going up in
price rapidly. AH the past winter
Eugene dealers have been paying 3)4
and 4 centa for the bark, but at present
the price offered ia 6 cents. Light peal
for the paat two seasons is given aa the
cause for the rise. Manufacturers'
stocks are running low. There are
about seven carloads of the bark in Eu
gene warehouses, some of which was
purchased two and three years ago at a
price about the same aa is now offered.
Four Flrma Offer to Supply Them for
Work on Isthmus.
Washington, Sept. 21. Proposals
were submitted to the Isthmian Canal
commission yesterday for the tarnish
ing of Chineee labor to be employed in
the construction of the Panama canal.
The requirements of the specifications
were, in brief, that the contractors
should agree to supply the commission
with at least 2,600 Chinese, the com
mission having the privilege of calling
upon the successful contractor for adi
tional labor not exceeding 16,000. Il
was farther specified that the laborers
should be on the isthmus ready for
work within three and a halt months
of the opening of proposals and that
the contractors should deposit with
their proposala a bond of $60,000 as a
guarantee to lolly carry out the terms
of the contract.
While the commission haa been In
communication with about 160 individ
uals and corporations who had signified
a possible desire to submit proposals,
only tour proposals were finally offered
to the commiesion. In the presence of
the contractors and others interested
the propositions were opened by W.
Leon Pepperman, assistant chief of the
office of administration of tha commis
sion. At the conclusion of the reading of
the proposals, Mr. Pepperman an
nounced that no award would be made
of the contract until the proposals bad
been examined by the commission and
its general counsel. In accordance with
the specifications, the proposals were
made for the furnishing of different
clssses of labor at a price flxid by the
hour in American gold.
A summary of the four proposals sub
mitted follows:
The American-China Contracting
company: Common laborers, 10 cents
per hour; foremen and interpreters, 20
centa an hour; physicians, 40 centa per
hour; cooks and barbers, 15 centa per
hour.
International Contract'ng company,
Washington, D. C: Laborers and
cooks, 13 cents per hour; doctors, 89
cents per hour; assistant doctors, 86
cents per hour; interpreters, 2 times
13 cents per boor; foremen, 1 times
13 cents per hour.
Wah Me Lee Hang & Co., Baltimore:
Laborers, clerks and barbers, 12)4
cents per hour; foremen and interpre
ters, 16 cents per hour ; doctors, 26
cents per hour.
Joel Julian Reuben, Washington, V.
: For the first 2,600 Chinese labor
ers, 11 cents per Dour; foremen, iu
cents per hour; doctors, 60 cents per
boar; interpreters. 60 cents per hour;
cooks and barbers, 30 cents per hour.
For additional laborers above 2,600 per
hoar: First 1,000, 11 cents; second
1,000, 107t cents; third 1,000, 10
cents; fourth 1,000, 10H cents; nrth
1,000, 10X cents; sixth 1,001),
cents: seventh 1,000, 10 '4 cents;
eighth 1,000, 10 cents; ninth 1,000,
9U cents; tenth, 1,000, V cents;
eleventh 1,000, 9J4 cents; remainder
of 16,000 9 centa.
The last proposal ia assumed at the
department to provide that, if the com
mission enters into a contract witn Mr.
Reuben and wans the full quota of 15,-
000 Chinese, be will furniah them, at
the rate of 9 centa per hour for common
laborers.
TESTIMONY IS SHELVED.
Farmers Catch Salmon.
Arlington The John Day river, a
few miles west of Arlington, is simply
alive with fine big salmon, and farmers
aie catching them there each day by
the wagon load. It is expected tDat at
least 10,000 of these fish will be cap
tared in that stream within the next
two weeks.
PORTLAND, MARKETS.
Wheat Club, M65c; bluestem, 67
368c; valley, 67U8c; red, 610620.
Oats No. 1 white, $24(324 60; gray,
1 22 (.(23 per ton.
Barley Feed, $20(321 per ton; brew
ing, $21.60(222, rolled, $22.
Rve $l.3b per cwt.
Cora whole, $27; cracked, $2tf per
ton. ,
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$12U4, clover, 1707.60; cheat, $70
7 60; grain hay, $7; alfalfa, $10;
vetch bey, $7(7.60.
Frnits Apples, common to choice,
25 (H 75c per box; choice to fancy, 75c
(t 11.25; grapes, Oregon, 60(t78c per
crate; peaches, 75c(rtli pears, 75c
$1.25; era1) apples, $1(31.25 per box;
prunes, 25 (S50c per box
Melons Cantaloupes, ll(rtl.Zo per
crate; mater melons f 4 file per pound;
casabas, $2.50 per crate.
Vegetables Beans, 8(A7c; cabbflg,
lU(t2cper pound; cauliflower, $1
1 25 per dosen; celery, 50(ff'0c per
doaen; encumbers, 15c per dosen; egg
plant, 10c per pound; lettuce, bead,
20c per d sen; onions, lOotlZSC per
dosen; peas, "(ic; bell peppers, 6c
pnmpkloe, lc per pound; spinach,
4 (ft 5c per pound; tomatoes, 40 (it 60c
per txs; parsley, 10(3 16c; sprouts, 8c
per pound; squash, 1 '4c per pound
turnips, 90r(t$l per sack; carrots, $1
0i 1.25 per sack; beets, $1.25(31.60 per
sack; horseradish, 10c per pound
Onions Oregon, $1031.25 per bun
dred.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, deliv
ered, 80t90c; in car lots f. 0. b. conn
try, 75(t80c; sweet potatoes, I,c per
pound.
Batter Fancy creamery, 27,l,(jt30c
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 29c per doser
Poultry Average old hens, 14
14 te per pound; mixed chickens, IS Si
14c; spring, 16c; old roosters, 9o3
10c; dressed chickens, 14(M5Se; tur
keys, live. 1M21C; turkeys, dressed
choice, 21 0 22 Sc; geese, live, 9010c
ducks. 14015c.
Hops 1906, 15017c per pound
1905. nominal: 1904, nominal.
Wool Eastern Oregon average beet
15019e per pound, according to shrink
asei vallev. 20022c. according to
fineness.
Mohair Choice. 203Oc per pound
Veal Dressed. 8 Wot 9c per pound
Beef Dressed bulls, 80 per pound
cows, 4St05v,c; country eteera. 606c
Motton-Dressed fancy, 70Sc per
pound; ordinary, 606c; lambs, fancy
808SC
Fork Dressed, 7S.S per round
Secretary WUn wade a compii
tatlou showing tbat It would require
intuieut of $V.'XH).l)i at t..
urt ceut to nqtrodui- revenue rnugh
to run tbe it'""-i or Agriculture
for oue i'eur- Thl ' a" '""tratlou.
be said, of uat ' Mu done for the
farmer. The luo" to the department
from H ource. ''"'hiding the dlrevt
appropriation, revenues from forest
reserves, and tbt allowance for publlo
printing Is a Hle Wore than SU.wh),.
UtiO a year. When the new meat In
spection hi. th work of exterminat
ing the cattle fever, tic, and the
gypsy and brows-tailed moth, ami the
irrigation of dry lund farming have
been put Iu operation, the department
will have a pay f" f over turno ier
sons. About lwlff tlies are eclen
tutu, trained alowf "lvlal linen The
average salary l tluiii ;hhj a year.
Over 11IMU P1,HV f literature are
circulated each year, and this amount
will be greatly Increased as new line
of Investigation re begun. One of the
new line provided for this year 1
grain luiqiectlun, and this promise to
I, one of the lirS'nt Helds of acleu
tlnu labor.
The census burea will soon begin
collection of marriage and divorce sta
tistics uuder tb ccusu authorized by
Congress. A fe Iieclal agents will
go Into the field t once to confer with
county authorities ami others as to
scope of tbe information available.
Over 200 clerks will be sent out to
gather statistics on marriage and dl
voire from tbe record of countieH,
State courts and like available sources
of information. It Is the Intention to
gather data In large centers like New
York aud Chicago this summer, and
later to obtain It In tbe rural district.
The census will cover the last twenty
years. President Roosevelt 1 deeply
Interested la It. Llilform divorce legU
latlou In the State Is excited to grow
out of it.
Nowhere In tue world are bank de
posit lucreasliif In a greater ratio than
In the United Bute. The French, Just
ly famed for tbeir economy and saving
proclivities, are easily outclassed by
the Americans, reputed spendthrifts
and tbe most extravagant people on
earth. Official figures just at band
show tbat Id France from 1885 to 1!H)5
bank deposit Increased from $1S2,XH),
000 to I570.0UO.IHJO, or 218 ;er cent. In
the United States during the same
years the deposits Increased from $1
248,000,000 to W.733.000,000, or 271 per
cent. This rait, increase Is properly
chargeable to tie prosperity enjoyed Iu
the United Sites rather than to
healthy growth f the habit of economy,
Hereafter ere man In the military
service of the IXied States will have
tnumu- in avt .ten r and -dm with
ITALIAN SHOES POOR.
Htatk Tartar Ks Airtea-M4
Uttm tram Markvl.
The average Italian-made shoe Is sold
at the same price aa tbe American
product, but Is not half ao good In qual
ity, according to the New York Trlb
uue. It la made on the same kind of
last. Italian makers baring euccesfully
copied every American style. Women's
hoea made In Italy are particularly
ugly and ungraceful, rendering tbe
ankle crooked and the poaltlon of the
foot on the ground unnatural. Moat
Italian women wear buttoned boot.
Children shoes have irfectly atlff
olea, like wood. A few shoemaker
will flit order for cblldreu'a ahoea
with flexible soles, but the price Is high
and the quality low. The ouly reason
why tbe superior American shoes do
not obtain a bold on the Italian market
U the high tariff duty luiosed on
them. ImiKjrU are taxed $W for every
lot) pieces, except those from Germany
nd Austria, on which tbe duty la 50
per cent le. Hides come Into Italy
free, so that the native shoemaker has
sn advantage' la cheap raw material.
I nflulshed leather pay $3 for each 2'J0
pound, finished leather for shoe sole
$l tor,2M itoutid, glazed leather $18
for 2-0 iound, and leather for uppers
.'0 per ceut additional on the above
rate.
Under these conditions Italian shoe-
making ha naturally thrived. Most of
the shoe machinery used In the Italian
manufacturing trade is Italian or tier
man, and electricity Is fast taking the
place of steam aa power. Men and
women are employed In tbe factorle In
about equal proportion. Husset shoe
make up about a third of the total out
put annually. One-quarter of tbe pop
ulation weara - the wooden sandals
characteristic of tbe country.
These facta regarding the Italian
shoe trade may prove suggestive to
American manufacturers who have cap
tured market for American shoes all
over the world. The demand la Italy
Is for a man'a shoe which will sell at
not more than $:i.50 and will outwear
the Inferior native stock. Tbat means
something like a $2.50 slioe In the Unl
ted States, deducting the tariff. For
women, lace shoe could be Introduced
with a tittle good work, If the condl
Hons of price could be met. It I lm
possible to purchase Iu Italy a child's
shoe of the comfortable type sold In
America, or of anything like equal
quality, l'rlces of this class of goods
run from $1 to $1.80, the latter being
demanded for shoes made to order In
American style with flexible soles.
One pair of American shoes of this
class will outwear not less than six
pairs of the Italian make. The north
Italian market would seem to be avail
able for a campaign, with a special
shoe which would be a novelty. Still,
the rapidly Increasing Italian factories,
fostered by the protective tariff, might
readily meet such an attack.
! enlistment, so that
nmtiike Iu his Iduutl
ad or alive. Tbe
nterstate Commisaion Turns Down
Pacific Coast Lumbermen.
Chicago, Sept. 21. Various Eastern
and Western railroads, through their
legal representatives, made strenuous
objection! today before tbe Interstate
Commerce commission to tbe presenta
tion of testimony by the Pacific. Coast
Lumber Manufacturers association in
its petition against 25 Western rail
roads. Tbe lumber manufacturers are
asking to compel tbe railroads to furn
ish adjustable racks on flat cars for tbe
transportation of lumber. They claim
that tbe roads furniah proper facilities
for tbe shihpping of other commodities,
and is not doing likewise tor the lum
bermen, discriminating against them.
After the attorneys on both sides of tbe
lumber case bad made exhaustive argu
ments, the commissioners declared that
the cBe would be indefinitely post
poned.
Passengers In Need of Food.
Washington. Sept. 21. The plight
of the 600 passengers of the Pacific
Mail steamship Mongolia, which re
cently went ashore near Midway Island,
was made known to government officials
here today through a cablegram receiv
ed by the manager in this city of the
Commercial Cable company. The ne-
cestity for (he Immediate .sending of
supplies was made apparent. There
are ordinarily lees than 40 people on
Midway island, and the inflnx of 500
would mean a serions dram 'on the re
sources of the island.
New Pointa Under Meat Law.
Washington, Sept. 21. Tbe decision
of the acting attorney general haa been
asked by the secretary of agriculture-
regarding certain previsions of the new
meat inspection law, particularly as to
whether or not foreign meat nrodncts.
or food products in which meal is large
ly a component part, will be absolutely
prohibited from entering the United
States and whether England, Germany
and France will be forced to provide
system cf governmental inspection and
labeling wbich will be acceptable to
this government.
Mexican Plotters Held for Trial.
Douglas, Aris., Kpt. 21. The pre
l.minary bearing of Thomas Kspinoea
and Elfanso Martlnes, who, with
number of otker Mexicans, were arrest
ed here recently on a charge of con
splracy against a friendly power, and
violation 01 ine neutrality taws, was
concluded today before United States
commissioner pames. Tbe men were
held to the Federal grand Jury, bond
being fixed at $500.
Opens Mora Oklahoma Land.
Oyster Pay, Sept. 21. The preeident
haa Issued a proclamation opening the
Kiowa, comancbe and Apache Indian
lands in klahoma. The Interior de
partment will announce the date for
the reception of sealed bldi under which
the 60.6000 acrea of land are la bo die-
posed of to homesteaders.
htv
the record of
there may bt no
flcatlon whether
impression of dllters.it fingers will also
be taken, so thui tt toss of- a thumb
would not sbut off leans of Idcntltica
tion. This system his been adopted on
recommendation of 1 board appointed
by Acting Secretary Alnsworth. Tbe
board found tbat tbe chances of Anger
nrlnta of to persons being alike was
one In C4,OUMi".OU0. The system will
also be einpl',J'ed for tbe detection of
deserter aid ta prevent fraudulent In
dorsemenU
The Poemoster General ha Issued a
fraud ordif lUJalnst the Vlneless Pota
to Couipary of Chicago, which has been
advertising '"Stance at fl.no kt
bottle krwn ss potatlne, which was
guarantetl to produce a many ta-
toea In aJln of sawdust, without vine
or follagi fwU'' 1 grown on au acre
of grouii, within a period of alxty
day.
A ttfement made by the Secretary
of the nterlor showing the allotment
of funs under the provisions of the
natlonl lrrik'atlon act, any that the
sum o$l',m ' derivable from the
, mihlic lands H available for
this prpose. Work will be continued
or befU iu fifteen western State.
a 0f fifttHMl flpOC.Al affPIltW Of
th IHOr I'M"11 v lilt it ai.ua
been rlougbed for several month on
accou of lack or run.is, rcsunieu g.
gressb lnveti,l'" of land frauds In
the wtern snJ Southern State under
the HH"oi'riitloa hlch became effec
tive if
ti Isthmian Canal Commission has
I mm Invitations for proosal to fur
nlshot less tlwn 2,."iH) Chinese labor
er I canal construction over a period
of less thsn two year. The work
ing r l to cu"1"1 or ten hours, wito
alt ;rttie pi'd for at the tlme-aud
aharate.
T War Department has awarded
.1' tire I'1" "f Philippine bonds to
the wuiit of $l..iss) to Klske A
rt.ti.on. V ,orE- " These
curtate besr 4 lT cent Interest, are
redt-able in one year and are accept-
Mble. eei tirlty for public deposits. It
I, tilxth W ' kind.
-1 :
j'Oftofll'T Iepartment ha decid
ed tM t Bltlnu,re the use of auto
mol.t In th collection of mall. If
nmvful. tbe ytem will he extended
to a be Mrs" cities. Two automo-biio-ive
1" constructed which are
caps of dln wrk of four horse-dravuu'le-
y thirty Hebrew children, who
werePk!n,J "' K1"blneff masa
rn, ved t York the Immigra
tion W"1 ni1''' ,h,t xhpy n,U!,t b
N.nt . An rIsl wa taken, how
trrr tti frilled He,rew charities
and''tny ln,,1uil Hebrews; and
the n rinded by direction
of th",,nt ,Ionip have been pro
vided fu'11Ie wh will adopt tbeia.
Tbe first place In London which the
American visit la almost Invariably
the tower of London. This structure la
the germ of the modern city. The
building la black, with a blue dome lud
a gleaming gold ball tbat crown Ita
lantern. A narrow, winding staircase
leada to the room where the littlo
princes died ao pitifully. Here la th
sst where Anne Uoleyu, wife of Kn
gland'a "bluebeard," waa executed, and
Katherlne Howard likewise, her equal
ly unfortunate auccesor, and where the
lovely and lovable Jane Grey was be
headed, a martyr to political Intrigue
and royal Jealousy. Here la the trait
or's gate, and the little cemetery which
Macauley declared to be the saddest
sjs)t on earth.
Next In iiolut of luteret cornea tbe
cathedral of St, Paul, with Ita raonj-
meuta of heroes, a blue dome over-
hettd, - where organ tones roll amply,
wide alslea from whose mute walla
Crimea's tattered banner speak of
glory. There la, however, uo monu
ment In Ixndou which Americana so
dearly love aa tbe beautiful abbey
church of Wetitmluster. All who boast
of English blood feel that this Val
halla of Great Britain Is a racial In
heritance. All In the abbey Is beauti
ful, with a beauty consecrated both by
the holiness of man'a high faith and by
the peaceful, noble, reconciling touch of
time. In spite of the many tombs,
Westminster's atmosphere Is not de
pressing. An air of reverence but not
oue of sadnesa overhangs "the silent
meeting place of eight dead centuries. "
There are lessons taught by thia great
sculptured tomb of klnga and nature's
noblemen. High purposes and high re
aolvea surround tbe mind, and teach In
the vaulted quiet of this sacred eepul
cher, peopled so plentifully with Inspi
rations, trutha of life and lore learned
more slowly la the busy, lonely streets
outnlde.
The tourist who wishes to take In at
a glance bow big and how lmitortant la
Loudon, should go and stand on, Lon
don bridge, where can be seen the con
tinuous throng croeslng tbe river, tbe
great port of the Thames crowded aa
far aa the eye can reach with docks and
river craft, and tbe bristling forests of
masts. Here centralizes the thought
of the vast relation of Ixmdon to the
rent of the world. It la not merely the
blggetrt city It I by all manner of
means the greatest. It Is both the com
mercial and the financial center of af
fairs. Ita port, the largest In the
world, extenda way down the Thames
on both banka aa far aa the sea, so
1 HE WORKED.
There was au astonishing contrast
between Mr. and Mrs. Payette. Mr.
I'ayette was the thin, shabbily clad,
overworked mother of nine children.
and certainly looked the part. Mr,
I'ayette was a sleek, robust eron of
leisure, and wore hia adequate clothln
with a pleasing air of Jauntlnen. Al
though I'ayette looked the picture of
health, and although the doctor whoin
bis wife consulted anxiously coukl find
nothing wrong with him, this Indolent,
casy-tfolng Freiuilunau declared that he
was too much of au Invalid to work.
"It ees tbe heart," he would explain,
when kindly disposed but skeptlonl per
sons carried cast-off clothing to the al
ways destitute little Payettea. "I have
too larite the heart. Listen I Hear
bow she ee palpitate! 1 moo' not be
hagltate. I nios' remain of a calmness
within my hlnslde. I mo myself car
ry with a softnesn luk tbe basket of
bulg."
"(Jul," loyal Mr. Payette would af
firm. "Mon AdolplW, she uios' nevalre
be hagltate. She ees not of a sutlkient
strongmws to do 110 vork."
One year, during the berry season,
the Payettea borrowed an old tent and
caiiiHd out, children and all, on the
lrry fields. Afterward Mr. Payette,
tired but beaming - with satisfaction,
told at Kit It
"At" last, niadaine," confided she, trl
umpbautly, "there ees vork that mon
cher Adolphe can do. lie ees vork
hard, for seex whole veek. Me, 1 am
prouil, I am hoi' up my hold. Me, I
am tole evalrbody, 'Mon bou Adolphe,
lie ecu now a man lak odder man ht
ees vork!'"
"Hut eurely," replied the Interested
l.stener, "he didn't pick berrlesT There's
nothing easy about that."
'Hut, no, madame. It ees I who
lieek the berry, but, madame, behol'!
It ees Adolphe, mon bou. Adolphe, wno
finds for me dose plan where 1 shall
lieck."
tbst It forms a harbor that la sixty
ml lea long. All ocean telegraphs con
verge here. And people from every
quarter cf tbe earth come to London,
either to sojourn for a while or merely
to pass through the city en route for
some place else. And these dingy look
ing dock warehouses below contain un
told wealth, the greatest treasure prob
ably tbat ever haa been collected In one
place In all tbe world. Tenple speak
with Justice of "Father Thames," for
tbe river la mainly responalble for Lon
don's greatness.
Whitehall la superb. Ou both sides)
of tbe road are palatial masses of ar
chitecture. Near by la Scotland Yard
and the admiralty, and then the Horse
Guard, the headquarters of tbe British
army. The name la taken from the
household troops alwaya on duty here.
The alte of the place la that of tbe an
cient tilt yard of Weatmlnster, which
waa so renowned for Its Jousts during
the Tudor reign. Sir Thlllp Sidney
used to tilt here, the Ksrl of Ieli-eter,
too, and that brave old Sir Henry Leo
who Is celebrated In British history for
having lived eighty yeara and aerved
five English monarch.
Opiwslte to the Horse Guards Is tbe
Whitehall banqueting hall, out of too
window of w hich Charlee I. stepied to
tbe scaffold. To-day it Is la the pos
session of the United Koysl Service
commission, having been given over to
it by Queen Victoria. Any one who
weara a sailor's blue Jacket or a sol
dier's uulform la admitted free to Ita
Important naval and military library
and museum.
Richmond terrace is lined with hand
some edifices, and tbe visitor passes by
the government offlcea through what la
known aa the principal avenue In Ixm
don, and comes to su Intersection of
four road which forms the center of
a group of lmitortant buildings. Be
yond are Westminster hall and the
houses of parliament
In tbe former building, which la now
the entrance of the latter, the first En
glish Parliament sat It has been, be
sides, the scene of splendid royal fes
tlvltles, of those coronation banqueta of
olden time when the champions of En
gland rode Into the hall and threw
down the glove In challenge against all
comers. Charles I. waa tried and con
demned here, and Cromwell, magnifi
cently attired In ermine and In purple,
waa proclaimed lord protector. It waa
only a few yeara later that his head
waa exposed at thia same place on the
point of a pike.
X "Deadhead" Trla.
One of the most famous of American
shipping lines In the palmy days of our
marine was the "Cope Line." which ran
between Philadelphia and Liverpool,
says tue author of "Memoirs of Charles
II. Cramp." By this line John Han
dolpb, of Itoanoke, determined to go tc
Russia, when he had been apiolnted
minister to that country by President
Jackson.
Entering the office of the company In
Phllauelpbla, be said to a clerk, Id
hia usual grandiloquent manner:
"Sir, 1 wish to see Thomas P. Cope."
He waa shown to Mr. Cope's office,
"I am John Randolph, of Roanoke,"
be said. "I wish to take passage to
Liverpool In one of your ships."
If he expected to 1 tendered a past
he waa grievously dlsapiolnted.
'I am Thoraae t'oie," milled th
head of tbe line. "If thee goes aboard
the ship snd selects thy stateroom, and
will pay one hundred and fifty dollars,
thee may go."
o a Hard riaiht.
Miss Prim The Idea of his trying to
kiss you! Why didn't you slap him?
Mlsa Koy I did the nrst time.
Philadelphia Tress.
Women find employment la beluf
martyrs,
It waa long ago discovered tbat tbe
natural color of pure water la blue and
not white. The green and yellow tlnta
found In water are due to extraneous
substances.
Tremendous quantities of coil will
he required to run tbe turbine liner
Lusltanla's engines. Tbe ship's lndl
cated borae power Is 05,000, which will
mean a consumption of not less than
436 tona of ateam each hour and a
corresponding consumption of fifty tons
of coal In tbe same time. Tbls would
work out a total of 1,200 tons of coal a
day.
For an artificial rubber a German
authority recommends mixing an In
fusion of Carragheen moss with starch,
and drying on a slightly oiled metal
plate. When the transparent sheet pro-
diK'ed I broken up. It softens In cold
water, and on subsequent heating It
forms a thick gummy substance, which
may be used for thickening paint or
for many of the purposes of rubber.
The asteroid or minor planets, of
which nearly 0(10 have been recorded
since tbe beginning of the nineteenth
century, have been supposed to form a
ring In the space between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter. One discovered on
Feb. 22 of this year, however, has a
unique Interest In having been proven
to be beyond Jupiter, Its mean dis
tance from the sun being 5.23 to Jupi
ter's 5.20, while Its aphelion distance
rt.151 exceed tbat of Jupiter by
nearly the earth's distance from the
sun.
with the expenditure of only 2 kilo
grams of Uie material per hour. These
trials are under the direction of au,
experimental gardening association.
All substances, even eggs, are poison
ous when they are Injected In certain
quantities Into tbe circulatory system
of an animal. A French Investigator
has taken the powdered yolk of a
duck's egg, treated It with a 20 per cent
olutlon of salt and Injected It Into the
veins of an animal until It died. In
order to kill a rabbit fifty-five grains
of the substance were required for each
pound of the rabbit's weight Tbe
yolk of a ben's egg Is less poisonous,
but that of a turtle more so, thsn tbst
of a duck. Tbe albumen of eggs la
also poisonous.
Muc h Interest la taken In the recent
owning of a gigantic aiphon tbat car
les tbe water of the Aragon and Cata
lonia Irrigation canal across the val
leys of Sosa and Rlbabona. By this
meana water la brought to more than
247,OtiO acrea of land hitherto virtual
ly barren through lack of Irrigation.
Tbe great siphon consists of two main
tubes, flre-etghths of a mile long, and
12 feet 5 Inches In diameter, lined
Itb ateel plates three millimeters
tblck, hound with Iron boope snd snd
encssed In concrete. Tbe tubs hsve
a capacity of 7,700 gallons of water a
second.
In Germany some Interesting experi
ments have recently been made In the
protection of orchard trees against
nlgbt frosts by means of fumigation.
A psrt of an orchard In bloom was
tbus successfully guarded against an
April frost by the dense smoke of
napthalene. But the experiment was
very expensive, 50 kilograms of naptb-
lene being consumed by seven flamee
In one hour. Later a new preparation
of chemicals was tried, prodifig a
eompsratlrely large volume of smoke
VINDICATION Or DREYFUS.
Cowrt's Verdlet Cloaca a Laar Cfcaaw
af lailsatlM.
When the supreme court of Franc
announced Its decision annulling the
condemnation of Dreyfus without a re
trial, It completely vindicated Dreyfus,
restoring him to his rank In the army
aa though be had never been accused
and making blm a chief of squadron of
artillery. Together with film Plcquart
waa also reinstated and made a briga
dier general. This closes a long chap
ter of Injustice which, perhaps, has nai
parallel In the nineteenth century. Tb
Dreyfus case exemplifies two extremes
of human conduct unthinkable Infamy'
and the loftiest sense of Justice. Tbe
criminal expedients employed In th
original conviction of the unhappy offl-
URETrts Tinn Aito now.
cer; tbe savage tortures to which It
waa subjected, especially during bis
life In that cage on Devil's Island, and
tbe entire drift of conduct of tbe bu
reaucrats tbat were opposed to blm,
mark tbe outermost limit of bstred snd
cowardice. But Dreyfus Is now vindi
cated. Guilt baa been brought borne to
tbe guilty and tbe Innocent has been re
habilitated In the garments of Inno
cence. The highest court In tbe French
republic bis declared tbat the accusa
tion, the farcical trial, tbe Inhuman
sentence, tbe nesrt ores king publlo
degradation of an officer of tbe army,
whose honor wss dearer than life, tbe
breaking up of a tender family relation.
tbe suffering tbst wss Isld upon a de
voted wife and adoring children becaus
of the husband's and father's woful
plight, and all the direct and collateral
horrors of tbe Esterbsty Infamy, bad
no reason for being. Out of this dark
night rises the beautiful picture of a
wife's untiring devotion to her busbsnd.
nd Mrs. Dreyfus' nsme Is now lauded
throughout tbe world.
Net Lar I attek.d.
The last time I passed through
here," said tbe traveling man, "aba was
grieving for ber busbsnd, who had Just
led. I suppose shes resigned now."
"Resigned." echoed tbe native.
"That's a new way of expressing It
Yes, she's msrrled again," Philadel
phia Press..
It's easier to do tbe things wa
bouldn't do than It Is to avoid doing
the thing we should do.
It's a wise dentist who la 'able ta?
draw bis own conclusions.