OREGON STATE ITEMS DF INTEREST
NEW LINES IN CLACKAMAS.
FOR LONGER TERMS.
Capital Seek Investment In Electric Superintendent Ackerman Favor
Railway. I Chang, In Present Law.
Oregon City Consequent upon an' Salem That the apportionment of
Increase In population from 23.000 In public school funds should be niadj
4he Spring of 1905. as shown by the upon tne h1 ot the number of tench
,,,.,,, , ... . i employed, and not upon the rum-
-assessor, census, to S 1.000. which 1. b,.r of iWen ,B ths dUtrU.t. Is one
considered a reliable estimate of the of the most Important r commends
county's population at the present t'00 ln tne biennial report of Super
time, Clackamas county U experlenc- lntndent of I'ublic Instruction J. II.
InK a new era ln Its growth and devel- Ackerman. which was made public tn-
l,mellt- I day. T1iis very-Tadical change in the
Several agencies are contributing to t,lun of distribution is smrjrested as a
imTnt J"V deVi'loP,u; Bt . of the means of enabling the sparsely et
S.M trnorfeS tW d-lrict t. employ as eHicient a
trie railway systems. Idle capital rec and have as many months or
ognlzes as a desirable Investment the 'hool during the year as the larger
building of transportation lines Into and more favored district. This priv
Clackamas county, where the various ilepe. Superintendent Ackerman says,
resources are still undeveloped and i one to which the smaller district
merely awaitinfj the encouragement Xi entitled, California has such a law.
wUn I marketW communication j AlI1()M), ol,er recommendations
The IntVrest. back of the OreKon m?'!e in 1,e "'Tli VlJll
AVater Power & Railway Company, minimum length of the school jear be
-which has already done a great deal increased from three to Ave' months;
ln building up this county, are recog- that the levy for school purpose be
nlzed ln the proposed building of an increased from $() to .ftf per capita;
loctrlc lino from Canemah to Salem, that the inheritance tnxe be turned
and this enterprise la assured, rights- in,0 lhe inducible Kehol fund, and
. " .T 7,"rd fnd T ! that a part or the whole of the cor
veyB made over the entire route. The " 1 " , . , . ,
name Interests. It has lately developed. P-ratum tax be turned into the com
caused the mysterious survey to be mim school fund to be expended eacii
made between this city and Molalla year for school punoses. In connec
and Wilholt Springs some three tin witk the recommendation regard
tnonths ago. This will be a branch -mg the length of tlK school year,
line operated by the same company Superintendent Ackerman savs there
and will penetrate one of the richest ' , districts satisfied to
sections of the valley. Assurance la " . . . . , ,:;mnm
given that this line will be built. maintain nclmSl only the minimum
The survey Is now being made for , number of months required by law.
another proposd electric line between "There is no reason why a child
this city and Molalla, with the cele-Jin a small, isolated district is not en
brated W'llholt Springs as the ultimate titled to as many months of school
terminus. This Is being done by the j flg js the pjjj jn a niore favorably
Oregon City and Molalla Railway Com- it ,eJ diHtrict," said" he. "Mere
Interest. Its route Is via leaver . number of months' schoj lin? to which
r'r..u hrr...irh . ri.h tlmhei-nnil eri-!n child is entitled." lhe suggestion
that the rate or levy be increased is
founded upon the need of more funds
in order that longer terms of school
may he maintained.
RASCALS AT BAY.
cultural section, and the promoters of
the enterprise promise to begin con
struction work within a few weeks.
Oregon City Is becoming metropoli
tan. A free mall delivery service for
the city has been ordered established
December 1. An Improved telephone
system Is being Installed by the Hnclflc
States Company, while the Home Tele-
Protest on New Insurance Rates.
Albany New fire Insurance ratings
for th cltv of Albany Just received
nhone Comnany will begin Installing , .. em, I'n.lerwrlters
RAILROAD PETITION DENIED.
!No Reduction of Assessment of Prop
erty in Linn County.
AT.HAXY Before the Equalization
'Hoard of Linn County adjourned its
wessions tho Oregon & California Hail-
Big Timber Deal Is On.
GOIJ) HILL Hie four thousand
ncre timber trnct, situated at the
head of Foot's Creek, is now being
cruised in the interests of Idaho and
Ashland., Or., capitalists. The sale of
this property would mean much to
(iold Hill and vicinity, as it would in-
. .' ... .i... . :.. P it,.. I ,-,.Ka a lnrirn exncnillturn 01 money
HUCIlou in luo wixiiumi iuu . "" ."J"' .
i.roix-rtv from 19.000 per mile on , m building ot a losing rouu io
the losses sustained by the Insurance
companies ln San Francisco.
Acting Mayor of San Francisco Re
moves Accusers From (Ofhce.
San FTanclsco. Oct. 26. Acting
Mayor Gallagher Thursday afternoon
suspended District Attorney Langdon
from office and the Board of Super
visors approved bis action. Langdon
was notified to appear before the
Board one week from today to show
why be should sot be removed from
office.
Then Gallagher announced that be
had asked bis friend, Abraham Ruef.
to accept tho office of District Attorney
and that Ruef bad consented to do so.
The suspension of Langdon follows
his appointment of Francis J. Heney
as assistant District Attorney for the
purpose of securing indictments of
officials alleged to be guilty of graft
ing and malfeasance. It has been
openly announced that Heney and
Secret Service) Agent Burnt have been
Investigating matters with which
Mayor Sthmlti, Acting Mayor Galla
gher, Abraham Ruef and the Board of
Supervisors were connected. Langdon
Is at present a candidate for Governor
on the Independence League ticket.
The suspension of Langdon was done
for the purpose of securing the dis
missal of Heney as Assistant District
Attorney.
Gallagher gave 12 reasons for sus
pending Langdon, the chief of which
was neglecting his duties In absenting
himself for more than thirty days,
from the county to go on a campaign
tour, while the city was suffering from
an Invasion ot and depredations by
criminals.
mLM
WRECKED NEAR POINT ADAMS.
Four-Masted British Bark Ashore and
Going to Pieces.
Astoria, Or., Oct. 26. With three of
her masts gone and lying broadside
high on the beach, the big four-masted
British bark Peter Iredale Is wrecked
In the breakers about three-quarters
of a mile below the old Point Adams
lighthouse, south of the Columbia
Itiver Jetty, with every indication that
her bones will bleach in the sands,
although there Is a bare possibility
that she may be saved.
The bark went ashore during a
strong gale about 7:30 o'clock yester
day morning. Ifer masts went over
board soon afterwards. All on board
were rescued by the life-saving crew.
Cantaln Lawrence, master of the
bark, and his officers remained by the
vessel all day. Tonight most of them
are at the Point Adams life-saving sta
tion. Twenty members of the crew
were brought to this city all safe and
sound.
DRIVEN MAD BY SUFFERING.
road Company appeared bv its fluent,
tieofge Scrilicr, and requested a re-
Dii in tho taxation value or the
.rtv fii.ni 10.000 ner mile on
lain line in the. county and $11,- nect with the S. 1
icr mile, on the branch lines, to mouth of Foot's Cr
the m
MM t
.f 10.400 and if.) 100, respectively, a
reduction in the assessment on its
timber hind from $7 to $3 an acre
was also asked. The company has
;i,0.-t acres of tho finest timber land
in Linn County. After hearing the
claims of the compnny, the hoard, de
fided to let the assessment stand as
tixed by the Assessor. The total as
sessment of lhe railroad company is
.fl,7:i'14H, of which frl.-'liD.TOO is on
its roadbed and rolling stock and
Ki'i.'HS on timber land.
Railroad at the
reek
GIVENBETTER FACILITIES.
3ood River Now Ships Applet in Re
frigerator Cart.
HOOn RIVF.R Ucfrijrerntor cars
were taken out over the Mt. Hood
Hailroad and for the first time apples
PORTLAND MARKETS.
WHEAT Club, C4c; bluestem, CCc;
Valley, 67c: red. 61c.
OATSNo. 1 white, $24.50(25.50;
grav. $2S.Snff24. '
BARLEY Feed, $21.50 per ton;
brewing, $22; rolled, $23.
RYE $1.35ff?L40 pM- cwt.
CORN Whole, $25.50; cracked,
$2(1.50 per ton.
MILLSTl'FFS nran, city. $14.50;
country. $15.50 per ton; middlings,
S24; shorts, city, $16: country, $17
"er ton; chop, V. 8. Mills. $15.50; lin
seed dairy food, $18; acalfa meal, $18
per ton.
HAY Valley timothy. No. 1. $10
11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy,
$14iil6; clover, $6.50 7: cheat, $7f)
7.60; grain hay. $7; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $74 7.50.
DOM ESTIC FRl'ITS Apples, com
mon to choice. 2."'j 75c ner box: cholco
Five Survivors of Florida Hurricane
Drifted All Day on Frail Craft.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 26. Counting the
minutes, which teemed but few be
tween them and death, five men were
adrift on a bit of wreckage oil the
Florida coast, when one of their com
panions, whose suffering! had driven
him mad. thTew himself into the sea
to death. Not long afterward a ship
saved their lives.
The five survivors were landed here
by the British ship Heatherpool, which
arrived from Liverpool.
They with about 150 others wer
constructing a concrete viaduct for
the Florida East Coast Railway
through the Florida Keys, and were
aboard houseboat No. 4, which lay an
chored off the coast when the great.
hurricane struck. About 1 o'clock In
the morning of October 18 boat No.
broke adrift and was dashed to
pieces by the waves. Six men lashed
togfther two timbers. They lived on
this raft until rescued.
. . . ... . . . 1 I11UI1
nre to Do stnppe.i ciircci ocr ine n. w ; (J f.lncy 75c(f(,i 5rt; prapes. $1160
rnilroad. At several points along the p),r rrate; peaches, 75cf$l; pears,
road where there are lrge orchards 75C$I $1.25: cranberries, $9!fj9.60 per
the railroad company has built id- bnrrel; quinces, $lffn.25 per box; per
ings so that growers can load almost
lirert from their orchards. This is
Simmons. $1.251.60 per box
FRESH VEC.ETABI.ES Cabbage.
i.roving a great helrt to fruit growers, DjJWl.'is pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per
,n the east side of the valley as the dozen; celery. 75fS5c per dozen; egg
, . . .. . plant. $1.50 per crate; lettuce, head,
flpPlecro, is so large ha they onlon; 10l2c per
dozen; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, 1 ",4
cents per pound; spinach, 4 (ft 5c per
pound; tomatoes, 30?t'50c per box
parsley, 10(tfl5c; squash. 154c per
pound; hot-house lettuce, 25c per doz,
ROOT VEGETABLES Turnips, 90c
ff$t per sack; carrots, 90c$l per
sack: beets. $1.25(31.50 per sack; gar
11. 7ffl0c per pound; horseradish
experiencing considerable trouiue in
getting their fruit hauled to the rail
road. Mast Meeting for Library.
OKKOOX CITY The committee
that was appointed by the Oregon
t'ity Woman's Club to devise a plan
f..r I'sinlilisliiiiL' iii this citv a free
public library has decided to have Hf 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2
vember Hi, when the subject will be' OMONS-Oregon. 90c$l per hun.
1 . . 1 . t urfi.
onsi.ieieo ana ine nans ui me com- POTATOES Tlnvlng prices: Ore-
nuttee submitted, r.very lodge, eiup,!on rturbsnks. fancy, 90c$l.05; com
nd society and other organization in mon 75C90c.
the city will be asked to send two BUTTER City creameries: Extra
delegate1 to this meeting. Mayor creamery. 30?f324c per pound. State
4'autield has interested himself in the creameries: Fancy creamery, 25Q
-work undertaken by the committee.
Wallowa County's Big Fair.
ENTERPRISE That Wallowa
-County is coming to the front in agri
ultural, fruit and stock was shown
ly the exhibitU at the County Fair
at Ixistine, which in every way wat a
revelation. The attendance was good
and the exhibits excellent .varied and
represented every part of the county.
Fine cattle of several breeds were on
exhibition; also some verv pod theep
and hogs that probably have no tu
ciior in the slate.
Chinook Becoming Scare.
HOOD RIVF.R Employes of the
flovernment fish station on the Clack
amas River, who have been taking
nalmon eirvs at the month of the White
Salmon River, have completed their
work for this season and rert that
the number of fgsr secured this year
is the smallest since the work of en
deavoring to preserve the salmon in
the Columbia River was taken up.
Altogether but 5,000,000 ere were
taken this year as against 16.000,000
last year. The work commenced on
September 1! nd wat stopped about
the middle of October.
27 He; store butter. 16(81 7e
EGGS Oregon ranch, 32H35c
dozen; best Eastern, 2627c; ordln
ary Eastern, 24 Q 25c.
CHEESE Oregon full cream twlnt.
14!!T14V4e: Young America, lSGlSvje
POULTRY Average old hens. 12H
01314c; mixed chickens, 12012V4C;
Spring. 124 013c; old roosters, 90
10c: dressed chickens. 13014c; tur
keys, live. 17rtT 174c; turkeys, dressed
choice, 21T22'ic; geese, live, per
pound. 8ff9e; ducks, 14f?15c; pig
eons. $11.50; squabs, $23.
VEAL Dressed. 75 to 125 pounds
74Sc; 125 to 150 pounds. 7c; 150
to 2(H) pounds, Cc; 200 pounds and up,
5' ,1(760.
BEEF Pressed bulls, 2IT24e per
pound: cows, 4 5c; country steers,
5(54
Ml TTON Pressed, fancy. 7c per
pound; ordinary, 6 6c; lambs, fancy
8c.
PORK Pressed. 100 to 130 pounds.
8c; 150 to 200 pounds, 7fl7i;c: 200
pounds and up, fif!64c.
HOPS l!ofi. choice, 15fT17c; prime,
I3i.c; medium. 12ffl24c per
pound: olds, nominal.
wool; hattern Oregon average.
best. 13fJlSc per pound, according to
shrinkage; Valley, 20 21c, according
to nnenesa.
MOHAIR Choice, 26528c.
Greely't Report on Earthquake.
Washington, Oct. 26. The War Po-
partment Thursday made public the
special report of Major-General Greely
on the relief operations conducted by
the military authorities of the United
States at San Francisco and other
points at the time of the earthquake
and fire at San Francisco. The report
is accompanied by many documents,
including the report of General Funs'
ton. telling of the steps taken. The re
port Is very profusely Illustrated, con
talnlng photographs of tho relief work
In progress.
Machinery for Cold 8prlngs Dam.
Washington, Oct. 26. The Secretary
of the Interior has authorized the pur
chase of four 10x1 6-Inch locomotives
of 36-Inch gauge, at $3,000 each from
the American Locomotive Company
also 44 yard dump cart at $168.75
each; 65 tons of rails at $34 per ton,
and 135 tons of rails at $33 per ton
and also has purchased from the Ernst
weiner Company, ten twltchet at $35
each.
Thlt equipment It to be used In the
construction of the Cold Springs dam,
umauua irrigation project
Morgan Outbldt King Edward.
New York. Oct 26. In competition
with King Edward, of England, who
sought It at a memorial to hit mother,
the late Queen Victoria. J. Pterpont
morgan nat secured the nrlrtnal
Cluny Bible, In Illuminated text on
parenment, the work of the Cluny
monks In France, and more than 200
years old. He also obtained an ilium.
Inated copy of the original order of
arrest for John Bun van on a chr
ui ueresy.
HurHcan Sweeps Japan.
Toklo. Oct. 26. A hurricane swept
Southwestern Japan Wednesdsv. Hv.
eral hundred coral fishing boats are re
ported missing. Each boat It manned
oy at least two sailors.
secretary Taft hat declined a place
it. a .
wu mi cupreme nencti, which it indi
cation that he would like the presiden
tial nomination.
The new battlenhlo Minnwrnti e.
ce-sfully stood a font-hour endurance
1 est.
J'!V Frncipo dpoty sheriff ihot
on tinea a wut-beater who resisted
arrest.
Tht recent election ol Santa Ft offl
cart wat dominated by BUndard Oil in
tares ta.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
WASTEFUL AMERICA.
a MFR1CAN8 tre the opiKtNltes of the Japsn-
I ee. Ii tht they are probably the most
Jaiuet J inn
?g I tlon to tu effect tuat tue gr,.ttter part of
"ftfvf-frj Ani'M0'1 pnigrte had Imii gullied by
' iistlK OP the stored on nit I of nrt-ttltiiir sees
something for which lre indebted to nature, imt to
our own energies, fcull, mines, oil and gas reservoirs,
forests, fisheries all have been drained and drained,
... ., ... nA fnmirnr ti.u ... v... ..... i ..
WltU IllllW ... riiiauciuru vi civltf( w
calculable. We t "'res times as niuc-h ss Is demanded
by nature and more than is good for us, and we throw
away annually enough to feed the whole population of
Japan. Into our rivers In the form of diluting sewage
gO ierXIUVr 1 i. ,m, 1111 u uinri W
pies save and whl'h we would be doubly benefited by
saving. We could economize greatly If we cared to In
.l. . I , a rt IrtlS and ntht.p mutnl. nA iiaa l.nt fm.
tessed with the Infatuation that they will never "run
out," we are ss prodigal with them as with everything
... . lltlllt nt tlia .......I., la ..lnl..n4 L.
else, wuvrra. .-- i-.o-i-v "
easily calculatile. But It Is In the waste of the forests
that American nnp"" mcin-e nuns its worst iiiiiMrraiion.
The natlou has Iven willing to see Its forests so devas
tated that the present snmiitl "cut" and fire waste can
not be continued for twenty-five years longer without
destroying every patch of timber In America. St Paul
I'loueer-IHspatcn.
INSAlfTTY BY OCCUPATION.
KST snyons should be Inclined to make tho
LI figures of the Census Bureau In regard to
I insanity an excuse for desisting from men
I tnl effort, flnil fliwl In tllnm Hn BTnitu ti
St frillll tll tnrrla at ntri.liiiiiia Ufa in
the dull monotony of the life simple, it Is
null to Call nttonttiin tn thn fnpt that tin.
recent and much ditcussed report does not ln its analysis
i... mi tha Inference drawn from It hv tlm tmrenu otfi-
cials. It would appear to lie not the rush and tumult of
modern life which drives people out of their senses, but
the dreariness and monotony of a life spent ln a round
of duties generally preached up as being wholesome for
the lKdy and warranting muilty for the mind. It apiiears
from the figures alluded to that of the admittedly Insane
ln this country 4l. per cent nave neen employed as ser
vant nr lnlmrers. 22.r Iht cent as farmers or In trans
portation and other "heulthful" out-of-door work, nnd
hi .. ..onf in iiiaiiufoi'turlnif anil mechanical Industries.
Thus NO per cent of the people who are now crazy In
this country come rrom tne classes wnose ocnpaiions nre
........inrii inmnseil to conduce to a sound mind ln a
.mini! hiwl. Ao-ortllng to ail our preconceived Ideas on
the subject, this ouglit not to l. But It Is, and why It
Is so we can no more guess than we can the secret of
w hy men go crazy at all. New ork press.
THS "HAPPY ENDING."
1 N the current nunilier of the Bookmnn oc-
eurs in lntcrestliii discussion of what Is
known ns the "happy ending" In novels. The
writer of the article Inveighs severely, and
to some extent Justly, against this popular
m.th.iri of hrlnclns a story to a close. He
hiii.rn this concession, as he regards It, to
r..,hit. 1. much to he denlored as wholly lnartls-
innii.h Ha cites Black In evidence,
quoting him as UB: That while scores of people
luipmred him to tduig certain stories 'out well,' he Had
himself observed that th novels which had sad endings
were, after all. the ones that have made the deepest Im
pression." This might also seem like an argument for
the sad ending per e, which we can baraiy mm tue
writer lu Ilia Bookman means to make.
As a matter of fact, neither the happy ending nor the
sad ending Is In and of Itself good from the purely artis
tic point of Tlew. But may not a word be honestly said
In favor of the happy ending? miouiu one
gloom as a last memory when one may have brlghtnessi
Altogether It seems to us that a great deal may be said In
favor of the happy stopping l'lac-. The reader Is not
deceived If be be an Intelligent reader into a falsely,
optimistic view of life. It Is not a case of the "happy
ever afterwards" of the children's fairy tales, uatuer 11
is a ratloual and deliberate choice or main re aim
soned minds to seize whHt may be of happiness rather
than sadness. And so, as sometimes haptens, popular
taste and artistic discretion are not necessarily opposed.
The "happy ending" need not ve the Judgment aud It
often comforts the heart. Iudlanapolls News.
X
1 wvii
A BAN ON KISSINO.
ilIE State Board of Health of Indiana has
Issued an order prohibiting kissing lu the
public schools. Ou printed notices posted
lu every schoolroom there Is this Injunc
tion: "lo not kiss anyone In the mouth, or
allow anyone to do so to you." Tho in
tonetlou has created an opportunity for the
humorist, but there Is a serious side to the matter.
K,.luHn rihuvivprlea have established the fact that tne
mouth of a humau being Is the home of countless bac
teria, some of which, through Infection, leau to uisease,
and possibly to death. Indeed, science has gone so far
as to demonstrate the fact that the more beautiful the
child the more dangerous the kisses. Accepting such dem
onstration, a great many physicians mss me cuuureu ou
the cheek only, and the example tuey nave been selling
i. .ufn.r foiinuixi more and more throughout the coun
try. A recent reiort on the subject shows that In a com
munity of 1,000 people In which kissing nns ueen taoooeu
tn v.nn tha ilenth rate from Infections diseases has
decreased a little more than three and one-half per cent.
This means that ln a tnousanu people luree unu uu-uu
lives have yearly been saved.
Instead of looking at the order or tne inaiana Maie
Bonrd of Health In a humorous way, It will be well for
r,.,.l nt thnt and other States to take It as seriously
as It was Intended. If people value human life as they
should, they will do so. Wllllnmsport (Pu.) Orlt
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KOJESTVENSKY'S MANLY PLEA.
milRAL KOJESTVENSKT has bis good
points, as well as those which may be
stamped as being somewhat weak. Stauiflng
before a court martial recently at Cronstadt,
he pleaded guilty to the surrender of the
gunboat Bledovy, In an endeavor to save
tlm members of his staff and other oillclals
of the navy, who, he believed, surrendered the' craft on
account of their affection for their wounded commander
and a desire to save his life. It wns a decidedly maniy
thing to do, and reflects much credit on the mnn who
made anything but a success of the vast naval command
entrusted to hlui by the Uusslan Government His sjieecli
to the court wat a brave one. lie viriuany too in o
blame for the surrender upon nis own snouiuers, snowing
that If be were to suffer to the full extent of the law In
the premises, bis appeal meant condemnation and oeaiu,
tlm general penalty for hauling down the St Andrew'!
Cross to a hostile vessel. Brooklyn Times.
MAMMMmHt4444vvf
X THE VALUE OF HIS MONEY.
rtnntute Delormler was an unusual
ly thrifty specimen of a nnturally fru
gal race. He did not sjiend bis wealth
recklessly, and he liked to 3?t hi
money 'a worth whenever he spent nny
at all. But there was one time, ln par
ticular, wheu It reen ed ns If ho were
really getting Just about nil that he
w entitled to.
"I come bou vou' store monsieur,"
said Buptiste, laying a nickel on the
grocer's counter, "for buy som' seed.
You Reeve me one packetto t'll
vous "
"Sauree. monsieur! lou mak you
too great hof de haste you are een
too moch hof a iiersplre. 'Ave more
hof de patient hoivteel I have explain.
De nam' she ees roil away hoff de top
ma bald, but mayhe you 'ave made de
acquaint hof dose kind.
"Monsieur, I tole you now hof dose
seed She ees not flower, she ees not
eiretnbl'. but dose seed she ees come
nine ten, maybe tweP kind on one
nackette. You save heeui honteel de
fros' ees proceed for tak som' bnck
sent for de summnire, an' you ees go
for plant heem lion top de sout side
hof you' barn, you' house, you t'ck
board fence.
"Bomby she ees com' up two beeg
leave. Bomby she ees got flower not
moch for look at Bomby she ees got
fruit on herself.
"Monsieur, of hall plant made by le
hnn nteii eet ees cette plant of whom
de nam' ees by me forgot dat goes de
Dim' tn bobllge.
Ttehol'I Bhe ees geeve yon mot'
ever fing you want Orange to mak
surprise non lea enianis; lemon for
look mos' fine bon you sideboard ; beeg
balg for mak you dm mwm mocn desire
fnr nutita hsll w'st be 'av lay blffore:
beeg round ball H happle for you'
femme to pool nop "'i' ue nmmae nor
nnu Kwk w'st 'avt de misfortune to
got hole bon herself! nice clean deeper
for drink water iroiu pan, wnoie wi
beeg deeshrag for
"Oh." said the grocer, teeing light.
"I guest you mean gourds. Here they
nre."
"But mil. monsieur. One t'ousand
t'anks! You 'ave proceed to guess w it
correction. You plnit T"U dose gourd,
rr.,i mnk heem to grow an' you ees
i,hvp. f.ir honlv 0 "t de baimost to
gone to bousekeep wit
EXAMINE 100.000 MICE.
Sc
Of
leatlata Couduri l veatlajBtloBS la
mtAw af prr.
The statement nmde at the meeting
the Imperial cancer research fund
thnt Iuksk) ml bad ben exumlnetl
during the past f'Hir years draws at
tention to the use t:ng mado of ver
min for scientific purposes, tayt the
London Tribune.
In this connection some particulars
were obtained by Trlbon reprevn
tatlve In a talk wlta a prominent bac-
"illc" aaid the iclentlat, "art tt4
lu cancer exjierliiieuts Uvause that dis
ease occurs sHntaneously In them. The
work In which they are used began m
Cojienhngen. It was then taken up by
the Pasteur Institute In Paris and suu-
sequently in Prof. Ehrllch's laboratory
lu Frankfort ln the last-named place
5,(HKJ worth of mice have been used
for exierlments In sleeping sickness
and cancer.
"Certain breeders, who have a stock
of cancer-Infected mice, have found al
most a fortune in the trade, for such
specimens have a fancy value. Mice,
however, are by no means the only
'vermin' used. Rats, for example, are
largely emtilc.ved In exierlments deal
ing with plague. One Investigator used
between WW and 1,01)0 last year, xuey
are employed to a great extent lu In
dia.
"It must not be supposed, however,
thnt the knowledge derived from 'ver
min' Is only applied to men. It 1
largely used In ridding us of the post
of vermin. In South Africa, for In
stance. It was found that when there
was a great deal of plague the rats
which were regarded as disseminators
of It and had therefore to be destroyed
would only take a mineral jxilson for a
certain time. If one might say sucu a
thing, they seemed to get tired of It
"The only thing, then, was to nnd a
bacterial tolon for them. Now, there
ta nctuallv a bacterial culture known
as Hanysz's on the market for the do-
.f ruction of rats. IJanyszs worn was
originally done In the sewers of Tarls,
and the rats were poisoned In large
number. Subsequently the same metn
od wns used for killing off field voles, a
pest to the farmers. Men at the Pas
inatituta were decorated for the
services they bad rendered In thlt way.
Tha nlame-sureadlng rat is one or
the problems on which men art working
In India now. ssquirreis, n ,
sjn-ead tb dreaded disease in India,
.a An monkeys, but the native ven
eration for the latter It so great that
monkeye must not be openly destroyed.
t., i.twl animals are. therefore,
transported Into the Jungle, and the re
sult desired for protective purp is
achieved.
"In Australia rabbits are regnroea as
vermin, to that It It considered a bene
ficent act to use them for experimental
pun'. nd t0 kI" thwn off" In mak'
1..- statements I may be allow
ed to take advantage of the moment to
correct the very mistaken idea peopie
have that experimental work In labora
tories Is done on cats and dogs. I be
lieve that hardly one dog Is used In a
year In Ehrllch't laboratories."
THE UMBRELLA LANGUAGE.
ou bar
been 111,
Oeraldln
haven't you?
GorllljYes. I was threatened with
v in f rpr.
U I nil.
Geraldlne What a big Joke on the
fever. New York Fress.
Darlaat the Harna
ne (musingly) Adam and Eva loet
Pirn diss, poor things 1
Phe (rapturously) But wa found ft.
didn't we, Usriin 1 1 ucx,
Acta Which Carry with Them a Poal
tlTa Meanlaar.
There Is a language of umbrellas as
of flowers. For Instance, place your
umbrella In a rack, and It will often
Indicate that It will change owners.
To ooeu It quickly In the street
means thnt eonwbody't eye Is going to
be ln danger.
To shut It oulekly signifies that a
hat or two will probably be knocked off.
An umbrella carried over a woman,
the man getting nothing but the drip
pings of the rain, signifies courtsinp.
When a man has the umbrella, and
the woman the drippings, It Indicates
marriage.
To nuneh your umbrella Into a per
son, and then ojieu It, means "I dis
like you."
To. swing your umbrella over your
shoulder signifies "I am making a nui
sance of myself."
To trail your umbrella along the
footbath means Mint the mnn behind
you Is thirsting for your blood.
To carry It nt right angles under
your arm signifies that nn eye Is to le
Injured by the mnn who roiiows ynu.
This Is generally a woman't way of
carrying her umbrella.
To oien an umbrella quickly, It Is
said, will frighten a nind bull.
To tut on alpaca umbrella by tne
side of a silk ono signifies "Exchange
Is no robliery."
To nurchase an umbrella Indicate "I
am not smart, but honest."
To lend an umbrella Indicates "I nru
a fool.
To. return an umbrella means well,
never mind what It meant; nobody
ever does that
To carry an umbrella In a raso tlg-
t!frjs It la a shabby one.
Tn nresa an umbrella on your friend.
saying: "Oh, do take It; I would much
rattier you would than not," signifies
lJln- . .... . ..
To ira a friend nair your umnreu
means that both of you will get wet
t ear it from home ln the morn
ing meant, "It will very likely be a fine
day."
Fhllaathropla tparrvwa.
An Incident which, the writer de
clares, raised the pugnacious sparrow
avral degrees In bis estimation Is
described In Outing. It shows that the
sparrow bas other good qualities be
i.ioa his sturdlness and self reliance.
For several days four or five sparrows
h.,t riaiied a certain place 011 the roof
near my window. They always brought
food for another little fellow, wno nev-
, tried a flight from the spot The
-i.iti.iv anarrows never came emntv
iiniii9 -
bllleiL They would drop tiny morsels
.wwi near tho little sparrow. When
It began to eat the crumlsi the others
set up a great cuirping inn men new
After watching this for a few
days I went out on the roof and ap
proached tne lone uiru. 11 uiu not nut-
jpr ga-ay rrom ma aim umuw no res 1 si-
when I picked It op. The spar
row was blind. Its eyes were covered
wlta a i&likUka fl
LONELINESS OF RANCH LIFE.
Waaaaa Tails Haw It rla ta
:iat Mllaa traaa alaaaa.
BcliK a rauchwomau on a Montana
cattle ranch Isn't all beer aud skittle.
If the exjierlouce of a New ork uewa
pui r woman who kept house on oue of
them for nve days Is a sample. Oolng
out to Custer County to vllt friends,
partly for her health aud partly for a
good time, she found herself at tho
expiration of six weeks obliged to run
the shack aud "mother" her host aud
the cowboy, while her bostesu consulted
the nearest physlclau, Uo was "Qvi
days" sway.
The hardest part aUiut It all to tho
new snntier woman was not the work.
though that was hard, nor yet the heat.
though It was very hot, but the Horrible
loneliness. Of course. It never oc
curred to those ranchmen, four or five)
miles away ou the prairie, thut a wom
an fresh from a town of ,UU,liU could
be lonely or afraid on a raucu eight
miles from tho nearest neighbor.
But I was." writes the amateur
ranchwoman In a recent number of th
Outlook.
"No sooner had the hayrack, disap
peared from sight than the lonellues
bore down on me like a weight tho
miserable. Intangible, silly nervousness
that wou't stand analysis but paralyzes
Just the same.
"Oh, for something humau, something
living! I felt grateful to the foollsll
cows for coming to water aud to tho
horses for pressing around the front
door lu their affectionate quest for
sugar.
Not Sister Anne herself peered more
eagerly out of her orloled casement for
'anybody coining thau I out of my
kitchen window. But the sun, mount
ing hlirh ln a necrlesa sky. kept ou
drenching the Montana landscape wltU
light Bald and bare, tne yeiiow-orowu
uralrle rolled gentiy away and away
and away In grassy knolls to where tho
Bad Lauds broke on the violet horizon
like a city of dreams, all rose and burnt
orange and maroon and amethyst
"Not a butterfly flitted by, not a biro,
trilled. Eight miles westward to tho
nearest neighbor. Twelve miles north
ward. Forty miles, maybe fifty, to tho
east. And to the south-'-why, a man
might travel three days on horseback,
to the south nnd never see the bluo
smoke curling from a chimney. Some
times, for a minute, a horse perched
high on a rampart, of buttes would sil
houette Itself against their utmost pur
ple rim, and I knew that with hlui
there were others, for horses are gre
garious, and that he and his friend
were. only a few of the creatures-
horses and cows and sheep that wero
drifting about by thousands, week and
month nnd year, grazing where onco
the lordly buffalo had roamed. Never
bad nature seemed so grim, to dra
matic, or so relentless."
But It Is a long lane thnt bat no
turning, and eventually several of tho
neighbors called ami relieved the news
paper woman's loneliness. They must
have Increased her labors, however, for
an the morning of the third day, as ho
watched her begin her "matutinal duel
with the dirty dishes," her host asked.
"Ho you find the work very hard?"
"No," I replied, truthfully enough,
"but everything that Is doue Is don
In the hardest possible way. If I ever
becanio a ranchwoman for better or
worse. I should expect my ranchmaa
to give me a sink aud an Ice bouse for
a wedding present And he needn t
hope to lead me to tho altar unless all
the doors and windows had fly screeusj
that fitted. And I should want a
itove that would bake without beln
iworn at, and "
"Oh you want too much," laughed
my host "No ranchman would stand
such Imposition."
LEGAL INT0RMATI0N.
The power of the State, In the ex
ercise of Its police power, to revoke a
physician's license to practice Is sus
tained ln Meffert vs. Packer (Kan.), 1
L. It. A. (N. S.) 811.
The title to the bed of a navigable
river Is held, ln Klnkead vs. Turgeoil
(Neb.). 1 L. It A. IS. S.) 7(12. to be lu
the State, and the rights of the ripar
ian owner to be bounded by the banks
of the river.
That there may be a valid device to
one for life with power of disposition
which will not affect the remainder
over unless the power Is exercised Is
held In lloberta vs. Hoberts (lid), 1
L. It. A. (N. 8.) 782.
In onnosltlon to the rule generally
accepted It Is held. In Louisville vs.
McAteer (Ky.). 1 L. It A. N. B.) 7WJ,
that uroDerty of a water company own
ed by a city Is not used for a public
purpose, but la taxable, r
Tha Wal Action that there are no
fractions of a day, It held, ln Brady ts.
Oilman (Minn.), 1 L. II. A. (N. B. ) two.
to have no application to cases wner
the statute expressly requires that no
tice shall be taken of the precise tins
tn official act la dons and a record
thereof mads.
A vested remainder Is held In Ball vs.
Holland (Mass.), 1 L. R. A. (N. S.)
lOOfi. to be created by a will giving tha
testator's widow authority to spend th
principal and Income and providing
that at ber death all of ths testators
property which she may possess shall
be disposed or equally among nis sur
viving children.
A statute providing that foreign wills)
admitted to probate In other States
mny be allowed probate In the county
ln which the testator left real estate Is
held In re Clark (CaL). 1 L, It. A. (N.
8.) MMl, not to permit the will of a res
ident to tie probated In another State
and then brought Into California for
secondary or ancillary administration.
The right of a purchaser at a fore
closure sale to the Income of the prop
erty before the title becomes jsrfect
In blm Is denied In Bchaeppl vs. lisrth
olomae (111.), 1 L. R. A. (X. S.) 1070,
notwithstanding a stlpulstion In tba
mortgage that. In case of foreclosure,
"a receiver shall tie appointed to col
lect the Income, which shall be paid to
the person entitled to a deed uader Ut
certificate of sals."