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A
P e te r
HALF
M IN U T E
WEEKLY
F IG H T .
M aher
K nocked
O ut
O 'D o u n e ll In S h o rt O rd e r.
S te v e
D o w n in g ,
N ow York, Deo 28. — It took just 27
seconds' tim e for Peter Maher, the
Irish pugilist, to again demonstrate
bis superiority in ring taotics and hard­
hitting qualities over Steve O 'D onnell,
the Australian boxer, in the arena of
the Greater N ew York A tliletio Club
at Coney island today. Both men were
in excellent condition and trained to
the hour. Eaoh of them was confident,
but M aher's backers made him a hot
favorite, the odds ranging from 8 (o' 5
to 1 on the Irisbm aq’ a chauoes of w in ­
ning.
O ’ Donnell was the first to enter the
ring. H e climbed through the ropes
at 8:20 o’clock, clad in a gray-oolored
bathrobe. His seconds were 18am Pitz-
patriok, BiHy Madden, M ike Butler,
and (iu s Kulilin, the Canton, O ., giant.
W hen Maher emerged from his dress­
ing room five minutes later a cheet
went up which shook the building.
As soon as he got into the rin g Maher
bowed his acknowledgment for the
warm welcome extended to him, and he
never looked better in his life. He
was escorted by Peter Dowry, of Dub­
lin; Peter Burns, of Harlem , his spar­
ring partner, and Jack
Quinn, of
Brooklyn.
M^her
weighed
177)^
pounds, and O 'D onnell 181 pounds
The men shook hands at 8:40, and
Referee A leck Brown lost no tim e in
bringing them together.
There was intense silence when the
men put their fists up and Maher
rushed across the rin g almost to O 'D on­
n e ll’s corner. Both sparred for u * w
seconds, and O ’ Donnell led w ith nis
le ft for the body. Maher blocked bis
blow w ith bis righ t glove.
Peter then
jabbed his le ft liurd on the chin au
lauded a heavy left swing on the face.
This
staggered O 'D on nell, and he
seemed to bo nnable to avoid M ah ei'
rushes, Maher sent O ’ Donnell to the
floor w ith a hard le ft on the chin, and
the Ausualiau stayed down 4 seconds.
A s soon as he got to bis feet O ’ Don­
nell assumed a defensive attitude, but
Maher quickly sent his le ft onoe^nore
on Lie chin. and as O 'D onnell was fa ll­
ing caught him quickly w ith a h a lf­
hook, knocking the Australian down,
bteve rolled over on his bank in a help­
less condition, and the referee slowly
counted him out. The big Irishman
stood about tw elve feet away from
his fallen opponent w h ile the referee
was counting off the seconds, and as
soon as the referee tallied ton a tre­
mendous shout went up from 1,800 peo­
ple who bad watched the b rief encoun­
ter, and the band played “ The W ear
ing of the Green” in honor of the v ic ­
tor.
A
F i r e in Han F r a n c i s c o .
San Franoisco, Deo. 28.— F ire this
afternoon
destroyed
the
plaut of
Francis, Valentine & Co., one of the
largest printing firms in this city.
The fire broko out in the basement, oc­
cupied by the Cum« a.-cial L ig h t <fc
Pow er Company, and spread to the first
floor, where the Ruswoll Bookbinding
Company was wiped ont. Tho upper
floors were occupied by Francis, V alen­
tine & Co. Their presses, which were
insured for ¡f80,000, were sligh tly
damaged, w h ile the stock and wood
cuts were nearly destroyed. Tho to­
tal loss w ill probably be under $50,-
000. T w o years ago today the same
la ild io g was burned. The fire was
more disastrous, for the C all was
burned out and tho building had to be
reconstructed. Today Peter MoCabe,
a fireman, fe ll from the two-story
building adj lining and was badly hurt.
N o bones w ire broken, but internal in ­
juries are feared.
Minimi W ig OeMpomleiit.
Han Frauoisoo, Doc. 28. — Despondent
over his lailure to obtain employment,
biniou Brauor, a German, 22 years
old, attempted to commit suicide early
this m orning by hanging him self
from a tim ber extending over a tank
w all, at the old reservoir on Reservoir
hill.
Ho tied one end of a small rope
Hbout the timber, the other about liis
neck and swung him self otf tho curb­
ing of the w ell. The rope broko, how­
ever, and he fell fifteen feet to the bot­
tom of the w ell, badly spraining his
ankle.
H aving failed in bis attempt)!
to end bis life, and becoming frightened
by the intense darkness that prevailed
in the w ell, Brauer began to shunt
lustily for help. He was rescued by
Mrs. M argaret Allm an at 7 o'clock.
D eb s t id in g tn C ,iliir «S o ,
Denver, Dec. 28. — A Terre Haute,
lud., di-patch says: Eugene V, Debs
has promised President Boyce, of the
Western Federation of Miners, that lie
w ill go to Colorado the first of the week
to help the ljoadvillo strikers. He w ill
speak in Colorado cities, beginning in
Lead ville, where a labor demonstra­
tion is to be given on his arrival.
Piesident Boyce says public opinion is
still with the strikers and they can hold
out indefinitely.
President Boyce re­
ceived a letter saying (2,000 had been
sent from Butte, Mont , to aid the
strikers.
Front tlie <i l e tt lt io ri * c.
Astoria, Or., Deo. 28. — Captain
Burns rame over from Ocean Park,
Wash., today and states Ih tt the Gleu-
m orsg is again in a favorable position
to tie floated.
Her bow is now pointed
seaward, and as soon as tho tides are
favorable slie can bo taken Into deep
water w ith tho aid of a tug.
•Iiitti|»rd t li « T riii'k .
M artin's Ferry, W . Va., Deo. 88.—
A n engine on the W h eelin g & Lake
Erie road jumped the track near W a r­
ner last night and was demolished.
Engineer Jesse Haughton was killed
and Firem an Haines was probably fa ­
tally injured.
A F e r r y b o a t F m im le rn .
St. Petersburg, Doc. 28.— Many lives
have been lost by the capsuing of a
ferryboat iu the river Duel per, province
of Kkaterinoslaff
t o u r t h l l d r f - n at a t t lr lh .
Bhelbjrville, lud.. Dee. 28. — Four
saltby tons have been born to Noah
8:i|l and wife, of this o-unity
They
fcaen christened W illia m Bryan.
F. W illiam s, Arthur Bewail
’ ’ ttlthw iB cott
March 4,
ghtar w ar« born to
., and were named
,ioes
Tho father re ­
am a letter o f thanks in
■’» t haudwrtttng
is invented a m a­
ne human ban
strips
MARKET
WHEAT CROPS OF 1896
LETTER.
H i p k lu a A C o .'a
Tra d e.
K e v le w
o I
I
The wheat market has settled down
into one o f a holiday character, and
sentiment which frequently dominates
prices is largely bearish. Most of the
p it traders have become convinced that
every tim e the price for M ay gets
above 80c it is a safe sale for a scalp,
and when it breaks below that figure
it is a purchase fur %c to lo advance.
The in ability uf the bulls to m ain­
tain the advantage with the news gen­
erally in their favor has made traders
rather skeptical as to the prospects of a
m aterial advance before the close of
the year, and there has been a general
tfiking of profits uy small holders,
w h ile a few of the large ones have
either been out of the market entirely
or are trading in small lines. The
market is without leaders on either
side, and the trade is d riftin g w ith the
idea that there can be no permanent
good in the market until after the
holidays. The Argentine situation is
as much o f a puzzle as ever. Supplies
in this country are decreasing, and tho
flour tarde is irregular.
The Northwestern m ills report a
large Western demand, and Pillsbury
announces that they w ill grind on un
average o f 40,000 barrela per day for
some time.
The market is in a position where
buying is more essential to steady
prices than an abundance of bull news.
The trade has tired of tne combined
rehash of the reports abont small re­
ceipts, tho probable scarcity o f supplies,
the dependence of European countries
upon Am erica, and the continned talk
about wheat going to (1 . Something
new is necessary to stimulate trade.
The situation is a ll right, but more
speculation is necessary.
The short
iuterust, although the largest in Bixty
days, is easily soared, and an advance
of a few cents drives most of them in.
The bullB on the whole have also grown
more tim id, and a decline of } .t c shakes
out those who buy whenever the m ar­
ket gets strong. A t present there is
little in the market except a scalp.
tlons form s the bulk o f rne commercial
crop, but not all o f It by any means.
Wheat is raised for sale on farm « that
are scattered all over the country; only
E N O R M O U S S H I P M E N T S OF T H E four Stales—Rhode Island, Mas«aehu-
G R E A T C E R E AL .
setts, Connecticut and Florida—falling
to contribute their quota. ,T h e fertile
N e w f i e p a r t u r e In S h i p m e n t s —(S o u t h ­ flat« o f N ew York State’s Genessee v a l­
e r n P o r t a C o m i n g t o t h e F r o n t —I n ­ ley—once the most famous wheat-pro­
t e r e s t i n g F i g u r e « S h o w i n g A m e r i ­ ducing regions In A m e ric a -th e farms
o f the th rifty Pennsylvanians
who
c a 's S u p r e m a c y in At h e a t G r o w i n g .
dw ell in the agricultural sections o f
that State, purls of N ew England, Ohio,
G re a t W h e a t C en ters.
Kentucky,
Alabam a
and
Meu who deal In wheat y lll remember Indiana,
the fall o f 1896, because of two uupro- | Georgia, and every one o f the Atlantic
cedeuted features: the unexpected rise , seaboard Southern States save Florida,
in the market on the eve o f a presiden- l besides some other Southern States.
tlal election, and the shipment o f the | make contributions, and the direct ben-
staple from Chicago to Southern ports. efits accruing from a good wheat crop
T h e first of these phenomena has at­ 1 are therefore about as widespread as
tracted Hie attention o f the whole | can well be Imagined.
It is difficult accurately to calculate
world; the second has hardly been no­
Am erh’a ’s
ticed by any one not directly Interested ‘ the financial b< uctits o f
lu the sale and shipment of grain. And i wheat crop when price« are fair, but
yet tills is undoubtedly far more impor­ ; they are ehormous. T h e total crop of
tant than tlie oilier, since It Is the be­ 1896 is estimated at 435,000,000 bushels.
I f the market keeps up nod the average
ginning o f a new order In wheat ship
nient. Chicago and St. Louis are the price o f wheat at the »onboard Is 80c a
great wheat centers o f the continent, bushel, this means the addition o f $338,-
sa.v« a w riter in the St. Louis Globe- 600,600 to the country's, wealth. It is
Demoerat. A t these two cities millions true that the farm er does not get all
and millions o f bushels of grain are this immense sum, and that the rail­
massed every year over converging roads do get a large «lice, but the bulk
lin e« o f «bluing steel. From these two of all the money paid to the railroads,
cities it is sent to the seaboard. Iu the lake vesselmeu, elevator and other ter­
past the Southern porta o f Baltimore, minal corporations, fo r handling wheat.
Norfolk, etc., have l»een supplied from Is paid out again at once In the form o f
St. Louis, while none o f Chicago's ship­ j wage«, to the benefit o f those who work
ments, either by rail or water, have I with their hands.
been sent to ports south o f N ew York.
In this way a profitable wheat crop
But this year the eoniiuued ami deter­ benefits almost every class In almost
mined efforts o f the Southern ports, every part o f the country. It doe« not,
aided by certain action on the part of however, bring tho fu ll value o f the
the British Board o f Trade and the low crop Into the country In the form o f
railroad freights from Chicago south­ “ foreign gold,” fo r the United States
east, have tended to divert a part o f the Is not only the greate«t producer of
wheat trade form erly enjoyed by N ew wheat lu the world, but the greatest
Y'ork; hence the new departure in C hi­ consumer as well, It being estimated
cago wheat shipment».
that 375,000,000 bushels are disposed o f
T h e | kicks o f (he Atlantic seaboard to every year within the boundaries o f
the South believe that it will not be Uncle Sam's dominion. Accepting this
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GENERAL
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P o u tlan i), Or., Dec. 28, 18116.
F lour — Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, $4 fit); llcnton county ami
W hite Inly, $4.40: graham, $2.75; su­
perfine, $2 50 per barrel.
W hkat — W alla Walla. 78@80c; V al­
ley, 82(ii 84c per bushel.
O ats — Choice white, 42(u44c per bush­
el ; choice gray, 30,« 40c.
H a y — Timothy, $12.00 per ton; cheat,
$0.50(88: clover, $S.U0<a9.00 ; oat, $8.00;
@10; wheat $10.
B aulky — Tied barley, $21.00 per ton;
brewing, $22.
M ii . lhtuffh — Bran. 115.00; shorts,
$16.50; middlings, $23.00 j rye, 90<
per cental.
B c t t ib — Fancy creamery is quoted at
50c; fancy dairy, 35c; fair to good,
20 m 22}gc.
P otatoes .—California, 65c; Oregon,
60(o 70t: per sack ; sweets, 2c per pound.
O nions —85c per sack.
P o u ltry —Chickens, mixed. $1.60(0 :
2.00, broilers, $l.f)0(i42 00: geese, $6.50;
turkeys, live, 10c; duckB, $2.00@3.00
per dozen.
K u o»—Oregon, 20c per dozen.
C iiekhe — Oregon, 11c; Young Am eri­
ca. 12c per pound.
T allow — Prime, per pound, 2 'a@3c;
No. 2 and grease, 2(«2)^c.
W ool — Valiev. 10c, per pound ; East­
ern Oregon, 6@8o.
lines— New crop, t)@10e.
B kkv —G ross, top steers, $2.75; cows,
$2,(i0(<t2.26; dressed beef, 4@6'uc per
pound.
M utton — G ross, best sheep, wethers.
$2.70; eweB, $2.70; dresseu mutton, 6c
per pound.
V nal — N et, small, 6c; large, 4'oc
per pound.
H oub —G ross, choice, heavy, $3.25 (it
3.60; light and feeders, $2.60; dressed,
$ t.f.Ooi 4.26 per ewt.
S k a t t l « , Wash., Dee. 28, 1896.
Fi.oua—(Jobbing)—Patent excellent,
$5.25; Novelty A, $4.75, California
brands $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent,
$6 26: buck« beat Hour, $6.50; per ewt,
THE G R E A T A M E R IC A N C ER E AL.
$3.50; graham, $4.00 per lilil; 10-lb
sacks, $2.50 per ew t; rye flour, $5.00 many years before they will have sin
estimate as correct, 00,000,000 bushels
1 $2.50 per ew ' t; rye 1 ceeded In securing a very large auil o f the crop w ill be available fo r foreign
pur bbl; 10-lb
10-11» sacks,
meal, $4.50 per bbl; per ewt, $2.40; lucrative portion o f the wheat trade,
shipment. That there w ill be a demand
rolledoals, $5.75(«tti per bbl; hominy,
and they believe further that tills will for all this wheat, ami more, from
$2.50 per ew t; cracked wheat, $3.25;
rolled « heat, $5.25 per bid ; w hole rolled tiring about a great boom to their |iorts, abroad, there 1« good reason to believe,
wheat flour, $2.60 per ew t; pearl barley, since, o f course, the commerce In wheat because o f the short crop elsewhere.
A ship that At 80c a bushel the Inflow o f foreign
per 100 lb sacks, $3.60; split peas, 4)$e; will bring other trade.
table i-ornmeal, yellow, $l.tV>per ewt in visits the Southern ports to get wheat money fo r tills year’s surplus would be
10-lbsaeks; 60s, $1.60; winte, 10s, $1.76; must bring merchandise in order to $48,000,000. This w ill not l>e the extent
50s, $1.65: flaked hoQiinv, $2.60 per keg. make the round voyage profitable, and
o f tlie cash receipts from wheat this
W i i k a t —Chicken feed, $27.00 per ton.
If the commercial grow th o f these ports, year, however, since the left-over sur­
G ain Choice, $24i« l6 per ton.
B aulky Rolled or ground, $20.00 pet now la-ginning, continue«, new Hues of plus from last year amounts to 80.000,-
steamers between their piers and vari­ 000 bushels, which, at the same rate,
ton.
C o k n — Whole, $22 per ton; cracked ous parts of the world w ill be estab­ will bring $64,000,000 more, or $112,-
$22; leed meal, $23.
lished. In fact, it has already been g iv­ OOO.tXXi altogether. Counting the popu­
M n.len k V» Brau. $16.00 per tou; en out that one of the great navigation
lation o f the country at 70.lXXi.lHX). the
shorts, $10.00.
I comiMiiiies o f Ham burg w ill shortly es- wheat for sale outside the United States
ra s o — Chopped feed, $10.00 per ton " ' i
..
.
tablishn new line from Norfolk to vnri- this year will show from tho outside
middlings, $24; oilcake meal, $28.
w orld about $17.40 for every mau. wom ­
II tv— I'nget sound, per ton, $0@10; oii8 European ports
T o the reader who does not keep well an and child—enough to furnish hats
Fastern Washington, $13.
S uoak —Golden 0 in bbl, 43*c per lb; Informed concerning such things. It 1« and shoes fo r all and leave a handsome
extra ( ' hi bid, 4'..,r; dry granulated in not easy to see how any ruling o f the surplus.
Idd, 5c; cube, tt'gc; powdered, 6'gC British Board of T rade could have biqir-
T h e hauling o f wheat to market be­
apoi cash,
Burris r — Fancy native creamery,brick ing on the commerce of American sen- gins soon after the ending o f the bar-
ports,
but
a
little
explanation
o
f
the
26c; select, 2.1c; tubs, 21c; ranch, 18c.
test. In some o f the great wheat States
Cm cm : Native Washington, Ith.i 12c. facts w ill make this clear. The British like Minnesota, whose production is
P oultry —Chickens, live, per ihhiiu I. Hoard o f Trade exercises the most care­ (10.IRK),(XX) bushels. It is a business of
hers, 7t'< 8c; dressed, JM Ilk’ ; ducks, $2««l ful supervision Imaginable over British
great magnitude, and the storing of
3.50; d ressed turkeys, l!(a l2 o .
ships, a ml makes stringent rules con­
Enos— Fresh lanch, 34@.,6v; Eastern. cerning the loading o f the vessels. This wheat, even at small railroad statlous,
require« the Investment o f thousands
25c per dox.
P rovisions — H ams, large, 12e; bams, Is due to the efforts of a Mr. l ’ llnisoll. o f dollars lu local warehouse« and elt»-
made
many
years
ago.
H
e
had
In
mind
small. 12 ',c; breakfast
bacon, Ulv;
vators. Men who know how to handle
the safety of the British Bailor's life, wheat In bulk are tn demand iu the
d n salt sitles, We per lb.
K hksii M rats - C hoice dressed heel, which had hitherto lieen in gr.-ot jeop- wheat States during the period o f mar­
steers, 6c ; cows, 4'*«’ ; mutton, sheep, 6« nrdy, because o f the greedy British ship
keting and transportation, and the
per pound; lamb, 5c; pork, 5c pel owners' practice o f loading tlielr ves
amount disbursed In their w a g *« Is. o f
pound ; veal, small, tie.
sols us deeply as possible, at the same course, considerable.
In some o f the
time insuring heavily enough to min­ new ly opened and extrem ely productive
S in I i i m i s c o , Dec. 28, 1896.
P otatoks — Garnet Chile, tOerSOc; im ize the risk o f shipwreck from a wheat fields of the l'aclflc Northwest,
salinas Burbanks, 8,Vi<t$t; Early Rose flunucial standpoint, rogardh-ss o f the where there Is practically no early au­
70(J80e;
River
Burbanks, 26c«36c; danger to the men
rUiiisoll's name tumn rainfall, the lings o f «vilest are
Sweet», 75c $1.10 per cental
has been immortalized tn the term plied up by the side o f «vay freight
O nions — ftOpdOOc per sack for yellow, "Fllm aoU '« line,” which has tven gtv«>n
hiitbw« in quantities sometimes aggre­
35c for pickle.
to the “ safe” load mark, aud he 1« un­
gating hundreds o f thousand's o f bush­
Enos More, 22ut25c;
ranch, 30c,
doubtedly entltb>d to the gratitude of els, until the railroad can get ready to
ducks, 25 per dozen.
H uti ' kr F a n c y creamery, 22c: do sailors the world over.
take tt away. In S ta t«« like Maine,
But N ew York grain shippers do not
seconds, 2t>q$2Ic; fancy dairy, 21c;
however, ««here the crop Is only a tv hi t
seconds, I7t«18c.
fully appreciate Ills service* Just now.
C u iu s »— Fancv, mild, new, U 012o; Acting on the principles laid down by NO. i XX i hustiel*. the local transportation
fair to good, 0>t 10c: Voting America. rilm aoll, the British Board o f Trade o f grain amounts to little, and what
wheat 1« sent away by rail is generally
ll.«C l2 !,c; Eastern. 10 $22- per pound.
has declared that lu the winter time,
unloaded from the tail eml o f the fann­
H op » — n «|10* per pound for new.
when the weather la heavy In the North
W ool — 8an Joaquin and Southern
er's w agon directly Into the freight ear.
coast, poor, 4e$6 do good, 4 Q 9 0 c ; Sac Atlantt«*, ships «.-tiling from Baltimore
It If st the great centers, like UbU'ago
mid
points
south
shall
be
allowed
a
Joaquin foothill, good to choice, • H «
7 l» c ; do year’s flee«e, 4(it8'i c ; Nevada much deeper water load-line than from and St L oot* and the big shipping ports
heavy. Wei 7c; do. choice, 8,<(Xi,e; North­ points north o f that port. That makes o f N ew York and Baltimore, that the
ern, choice. 10011«' per pound.
the ocean freight rates from the South­ handling o f wheat assumes greatest
II «\ Wlu-at, $8<jl"50 wheat and ern |K>rts much nn>re reasonable, and so magnitude, in Chicago Nutts and ears
oat, $7 '1 0; oat, |6-r$ barlev, $7.90(4 licl|>a lo give them the lead. <»f course.
are loadixl and unloaded dire ■tly to and
8 50; a I fat la first crop, $4i<t6 do second
There Is a more or lea» general Im­ from the elevators, and In Baltimore
crop. $5.50(46,50; clover, $»><48: steak,
pression that praetleally the entire ootn- wheat 1« s(H)Ut«8l directly to tbe bolds
$ I 600 5 50. per ton.
of outgoing vivisela from th ■ elevator.
UiT K t s T k i i t — M e x ic a n lim e s , $3.60icl merclat wheat crop o f the country Is
6 .0 0 . C a l i f o r n i a
le m o n s, $)(<c$1.2 6 ; do, raised in the pratrte States o f the Mid I
g o o d t«» c h o ic e , $ 1.60 d»2 .0 0; fa n c y , $2.«V die W o»t and \orthw«>«t. This Iniprea | In the early days of-'geM In n u n g in
(a 3 00 per box.
aton is very wide o f the mark. It Is i California waiters 4« the h< •te l» n e t »
I ko P ic a l E bi ir- Bananas. $1.00ut2.0( true that tbs wheat raised lo these sec [ paid $5 a day for tfec.tr labor.
per bunch; pineapples, $2.6004.00.
A R A C E FOR A G IR D LE .
T h e C o n test
B e tw s e n th e O v e rla n d
T e le g r a p h a n d t h e A t l a n t i c C a b le .
The race-course was between the Old
W orld and the New. The racers were
telegraph companies. One was called
the "R u s^ p a O verland;” the other was
the "A tlan tic Cable.”
The track o f the “ Russian” lay be­
tween N ew W estm inster in British
Columbia, and Moscow lu Russia. Up
through the unexplored Fraser River
Valley It was to run, then on through
the untracked wilderness o f Aluskn,
ucross Bering Strait, over the tluiber-
Itss steppes o f Arctic Siberia, aud
along the dreary coast o f the Okhotsk
Kea to tlie mouth of the A moor. There
the Am erican racers, called “ Western
Union,“ were to g ive over the race to
tlie Russian telegraph department,
which was to make Its best time in
reaching Moscow.
Western Union said It would cover
Ibe ground in about two years. The
cost would be about five millions of
dollars; but what wa five millions of
dolinrs If the prize could tie won—an
electric girdle o f *he earth?
The path o f the “ Atlantic” cable
was to be on a tableland some tw o
miles deep In the ocean, reaching from
Ireland to Newfoundland.
The summer o f 1865 found the «yorld
watching this race with great inter­
est. It opened when the fleet o f the
Russian expedition set sail from San
Francisco, northward bound.
Tbo
"A tla n tic” people at the same time
w ere stowing aw ay gigantic coils of
"cable Into the capacious hold o f tlie
“ Great Eastern’’—a new cable some
2,000 miles long.
The W estern Union directors were
shrewd business men. F iv e millions
o f dollars was little In comparison «vith
the benefit they could receive could
they get telegraphic communication
«vith Europe, and they then believed
that the only way «vas by land. Tlir.
public agreed with them nearly unani­
mously. Aud so the t«vo projects- tlie
overland aud
the submarine—««ere
pitted ngalnst each other.
A very unequal race it seemed at the
outset. The Overland was strong and
vigorous. The Atlantic ««as broken
by form er failures. The Overland was
popular, and bad plenty o f
money
back o f It; the Atlantic «vas derided,
aud “ only fools,” It «vas said, "would
Invest in it.”
T h e fleet o f the Russian expedition
which sailed from San Francisco In
the summer o f 1865 «vas quite a navy.
There «vere teenn steamers, sailing-
vessels, coast and river boats, and
Russian and Am erican ships o f the
Hue, with a promise o f a vessel from
her M ajesty's navy. The expedition
«vas well officered, and about 120 meu
were enlisted—men of superior ability
in every department.
T h e supplies
embraced everything that could be
needed. Thousands o f tons o f wire,
some 300 miles o f cable, insulators,
wagons, etc.
August 26, I860, the Great Eastern
lauded Its cable at T rin ity Bay and
the whole world was electrified by
the news that It worked perfectly —
that the victory had been won. More
than that.
The Great Eastern not
long afterivard picked up the cable lost
the year before, and that, too, «vas
soon In working order. T «vo electric
girdles had been clasped around tlie
earth.
The success o f tlie “ Atlautic” was
defeat fo r the "Russian.” An overland
telegraph line could never compete
with the submarine cables. The first
triumphant "click, click!” at Trinity
Bay was therefore the death-blow of
the Russian scheme, and all work con­
nected with that project was at once
abandoned.
But the workers—the brave men fac­
ing fam ine among the w ild Chook-
cbees—burled In their lonely huts ««a il­
ing for some news from their com­
rades, or »train ing every nerve to com­
plete their share o f the great w o r k -
how pathetic that so many o f them
did not hear what had happened, lu
some cases for more than a year after
the succt-s» o f the cable!—Jane Marsh
Barker In St. Nicholas.
Y a w n i n g f o r Exercise.
Children used to be taught that
yawning was a broach o f good beha­
vior; but now. If certain medlcul testi­
mony may be credited. It is Incum­
bent upon parents to see that the
youthful members o f their flock not
only yaw n when nature so disposes
them, but even practice what may be
called the art o f yawning. According
to the results o f late Investigations,
yaw ning Is the most natural form o f
respiratory exercise, bringing Into ac­
tion all the respiratory muscles o f tbe
chest and neck.
It Is reeommendtwl that every one
should have a good yawn, with stretch­
ing o f the limbs, morning and even­
ing, fo r the purpose o f ventilating the
lungs and strengthening the muscles
of respiration. An eminent authority
asserts that this form o f gymnastics
hits a remarkatil effect In relieving
throat and enr complaints.
This being tbe case, the revival o f an
old English pastime. Indulged in as
a kiud o f Christmas gambol in the early
part o f the eighteenth century, might
not be out o f place. The game whs a
ynwulng mntch. and «vas played for a
prize, which In oue instance on record
consisted o f a Cheshire cheese.
The sport began almiit
midnight,
«vhen the membi’ rs o f the company
««ere dispose«! to he drowsy, and yaw n ­
ing ««’as not altogether a forced act. He
who yawned the widest, ami at the
sam> tim e In the most natural manner,
so as to produce the greati’ st number
o f sympathetic yawns from the specta­
tors, was the winner o f the cheese.
Coral doe* not grow deeper that
fo rty fathoms.
Placed deeper, it dies
A
FOOLISH
M IM I
F I IK .
R E A D IN G .
You can read * happy mind in a happ«~-oan-
There are thousands who have looked
tsoanca without much penetration. >
'«
'orward to the return of cold, frosty «leather the *ort of coiiniensncc tim: ihe quun,.
vith dread, knowing that it brings to them lou* sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Ilc ie -tie r '■
Stomach Ritters 'wear*. Vnu w ill meet uiany
heir old chronic attack* of rheumatism. •uch. The great ilom sehic and alterative sl»o
iVbv should any one bear it ill winter or provides happiness for ihe malarious, the rheu­
matic, the week and those troubled with inac­
.uminer when it is so well known what will tion of the kidneys and bladder.
•ure it and make it stay cured. St. Jacobs \
, )il will penetrate through stiffness and j Tbe brain of an idiot contains much
•ori ness to the center of rheumatic pains |
lud aches in their worst forms and «villi less phosphorous than that of » parson
'Uhdue them. In the coldest or hottest eli-1 of average mental powers.
n a te it does its work of cure regardless of
j low long one may have suffered. W hy then j
Go., o f Dorchester,
i<> foolish a fear?
What can he cured I “ Walter Baker
iliuuld lie endured only so long as it takes ) Mass., U. 8. A., have given years o f study
to
the
skillful
preparation
of cm-oa and
' ;o get a bottle.
chocolate, and have devised machinery and
systems peculiar to their method o f treat­
A newly-patented lawn-m ower has ment. whereby the purity, paiatability, and
tuives, worked on the same principle j highest nutrient chnraiter'.-t.is are re­
ta m owing machine knives, hung be­ tained. Their preparations are known the
w orld over and have received tlie highest
tween the wheels of the mower.
indorsements from the medical practition­
er. t lie nurse, and the intelligent house­
“ M ost U n iq u e ," In d e ed .
keeper and caterer. There is hardly any
Chief o f Police K eefe has in his pos food-product which may be so extensively
u-t-d in the household iu combination with
tession probably the most unique «vea- j other foods as cocoa ail'd chocolate; but
pou ever seen iu the city o f Jackson­ here again we urge the importance of pur­
ville. It Is a combination double-bar- j ity and nutrient value, and these import­
points, ive feel sure, may lx- relied upon
reled pistol and boivie, and was used ant
in Baker's Cocoa and Chocolate.” —Dietetio
In Missouri by a “ Regulator” when and Hygienic Gazette.
that State was going through the th ro ««
CATARRH
C A N N O T K K C t 'I U D
o f the pro and anti slavery discussion.
The blade o f the bowle Is about
With I.OCAL APl'LICATION'S, as they cannot
tw elve Inches lung, and protrudes from reach the seat o f the disease. Catarrh is a
a hilt between two small pistol barrels, M o o i or constitutional disease, and in order to
it you mu-t lake internal remedies. Hall's
each about six inches long, "fhe hilt (tire
t'tuarrh Cure is.taken internally, and acts di-
and the hammers are one and the same. reeiiy on the blood andmueoussuriaccs. Hall's
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine, it was
When the hilt Is eookod into position, pre-cribed by one of tlie best physicians in this
tw o «riggers, concealed In the stock, country for years, and is a regular prescrip­
tion. it is composed of the best tonics known,
couiviTorth, and then the weapon Is combined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly
<Hi the mucous surfaces. Tlie perfect
remly for business, with both barrels
combination of tlie two ingredients is what
and tw elve Inches o f cold steel.
produces such wonderful effects in curing
A number of men, It Is said, belong­ Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. C H E K liY A CO , Props., Toledo, O.
ing to one organization in Missouri,
Fold by druggists, price 7oc.
Hull's Fam ily Pills are the best.
w ere armed with these weapons, which
««ere secured direct from Paris. Thta
H O I T T ’8 S C H O O L F O R B O Y S .
one in particular seems to be almost
ne«v.—Florida Times-Unlon.
This school is located at Burlinçame,
San Mateo county. Cal., in charge of Ira G.
M or tar.
lloilt, Ph. I). It is accredited at the State
The use of brick-dust mortar as a sub­ and Stanford Universities, and is one of the
stitute fo r hydraulic cement 1« now rec­ best of its kind. Twelfth term begins Jan­
ommended on the best engineering au­ uary 4, 1807.___________________
thority, experiments made with m ix­
Piso’s Cure for Consumption has been a
tures o f brick dust and quicklime show­ God-send to me.—Win. B. McClellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. 17, 1895.
ing that blocks o f one half Inch In
thickness, a fte r immersion In w ater for
four months, bore without crushing,
crumbling or splitting, a pressure of
l,5C0 pounds per square Inch. The use
>f brick-dust mixed with lime and sand
Is said to be generally and suecessfully
practiced in the Spanish dominions,
ind Is stated to be in all respects su­
perior to the best cement In the eon-
Itructlou of culverts, drains, tanks, or
cisterns.
Daniel Campbell and his w ife, of
W alton county, Florida, are said to
be respectively 117 and 118 years old.
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
“ J u s t D o n ’t F eel W e ll,* »
SS f I^LIVER pills
are tho One Thing to uae.
Only One fo r a D o s e .
Sold by Druggist» at 26c. * box
Samples mailed free. Address
Dr. Bosanko Bed. Co. ThUa. Pa.
This
is the
very best
Smoking^.
Tobacco
made.
Blackwell’s Genuine
BULL DURHAM
Yon will find one coupon Inside each 2 ounce bag and two coupons inside each 4 ounce bog.
Buy a bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of #250,000 iu presents.
R E A SO N S FOR U SING
Walter Baker & Co.’s
Breakfast Cocoa.
Because it is absolutely pure.
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
which chemicals are used.
Because beans of the finest quality are used.
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
a cup.
Re sure that you get the genuine article made by «V A L T E R
B A K E R A CO. Ltd., Dorchester. M ass. Established 17X0.
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beginning by tra ling In tntiire*. Writ,
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Americans drink the worst SURE CUR E for PILES
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This circular la leaned for the benefit c
orr. lost or ni<M*n tr«*«ur>s M. D. FOW-
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