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1 rnifwf. An Independent Paper, Devoted Especially to the Interests of Southern Oregon Lil- L'. « 1 Swots CHI IORJN'5 PÁS ANO I S"OtS fOR ^ISSiSANO THtlt\ BROTHt^S; 5 hol $ that fit as sm °*T h fl RFE C1 • < coqfoiu U 1 Mi __ Ä— * J '»1 ! i* b|ADE By J-B- L ews C° Bo$ jopl SoBd Only :il the il s: r 0 Red Star Store. WOLFF & ZWICKER s 1 1. IRON WORKS [INCORPORATED] r IB '1 AU Oregon Portland MANUFACTURERS OF---- Hydraulic Pipe And All Kinds of Machinery for Mining’ Purposes. I * * ---- ALSO----- BRIDGE WORK BOLTS RODS. IRON SHUTTERS CELLI WINDOW GUARDS. DOORS. AND Cast-Iron Structure Work. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ESTIMATES FURNISHED -r Groceries! l irst-class goods kept in stock and sold at the lowest prices, quality considered. aly. - ALL KINDS OF------ Staple and Fancy Groceries ! HARDWARE. TINWARE, TABLEWARE «%- Evet » article sold warranted as represented. Fann Produce taken in exch nge J. M CHILES. r* ;.r« «•» N ìdì & e Blanks1 < (H HIEIi r?’ » ♦ ,A‘ If. Forms’ OF-KIdK. " hotel JOSEPHINE N omth S ixth .- tkei . t . G rant ' s P ass , O h »... Tl> is ai k! wn iik I popular Hotel is the Great Headquarters for Comtne tai Men, Transient Families and Steady Guests It* >»htly location insures rest and quiet from the noise of loco- niotiw I vhde the distance one block from the depot) is not enough to cause ii. en’eiice Ba; an I.Rooms by the Day, Week or Month J. 0. BOOTH, PROPRIETOR [ r ■ • »• » FOR PURE FRESH DRUGS Tn to the — «te W J K. PETERSON, Proprietor. ALL I'k ESCRi P c IONS filled by MraC. M Stone, a registered Pbar- ia acnt of twentv-three years' experience, and Patrons can rely upon oemg served with accuracy and ¡-romptneaa. > ' / The supervisors of Fresno county The river steamer Sunol was run have brought suit against Sheriff Jay down and wrecked on Sac Franctaco S<*ntt to recover f'2580 alleged over bar tTe^aevday, bv the four-masted charge for meals supplied to county bark Ob mpia, hennd in from Flrtladel- prisoners during litre, year» ending phis. Hi« for D'* A vs paa^engt* rs or the June fit), 18t4. Scott will con Wat the staaiaer Ssnol were rescued uninsured. Bobm <«lover, at one time a rich » *.->.. A drunken row over wuuien between and prosperous liveryman of Oakland, Cub, to arrested on a cJiarge of insan two MexicAiis n*n»r«l Nicolas Carreello ity last week. When the electric care, and Juan Ga*cia, at Campo, San Diego tracks snd wires made a network of county, Cal., last week, resnltad in the Oakland hG business was ruined and kiiliu; of the latter by the former. The worry he soon went braakrupt. Mendocino county, Cal., is suing her of which brought about lits prese* nt sheriff for $3<HX) alleged to be due for oondltiott. Mias Eugenia Kteiiaeger, a for mor taxes he ha* ix>llectc»L substitute of the public schools at Ixx An explosion of a gasoline engine at Angvdes was adjudged insane, Rhe re Apos, Cal., last week, caused a $12,000 «eirtly lost her poaiticn and her metan- fire. choly a»SQnivd a violent form. Walter Holts was found guilty of man The will of the late ex-Senator Dolph slaughter at Santa Crus. He beat Mrs. has been filed for probate at Portland, Fchlobohfn so badly that death result Oregon. Property valued al $126»000 ed. Tlie defense tried to prove that goes to fSe widow and relatives. death was due to other causes. Smallpox has broken out in tha Frank and Ed Prather of Knights United States penitentiary at McNeil’» Landing, Cal., are in jail on a charge of Idand, Pnget Sound. John Drake, a stealing forty head of cattle from the brother of United States Marshal Fair ranch. Drake, being the first victim. Tacoma, Wash., is to have a weather Governor Budd has vetoed tha bill bureau office. which was to saddle the care and main- ‘<*M«n»'o of the girls from Whitteir Tin* planing mill of M. Hansen an bool on to £anta Clara county. the factory of th* Pacific WoQdnnwarv I and Cooperage company were totally . km v R. Ijlly. • pioneer of Calb destroyed by fire at 8«n Francisco last f -i .a, committed sciti<ta *1 Pamona week. Tire Ions amounts to >100,(MX) la<t week by shooting himeeif. Lilly The ordinance prohibiting expector was brought into prominence eon.e ating in public places in Sau Francisao year« ago by shooting a miuister, with has received the approval of Mayor whom he was quarrelling. Phelan, and is now a law. Mra Williams of Tree Pino*, Cal., William Clino a San Francisco gro went insane a feiv days ago through cer, convicted under the pure food law* hunger. Her hnsband was away look of selling adulterated raspberry syrup, ing lor work and the persons promising to provide for hie wife failed to do so. was fined $30. The first batch of bonds of the San She «lied the day following the discov Francisco and San Joaqafa Vallay ery of condition. Mrs. A. C. Edwards, wife of the U. Railroad company have been received at the offices of that corporation. They 8. commiestoner a’ Knkiak Alaska, has 0, tlirougl through the are 250 in number and of $1000 denom fallen heir to 92>000,000, ination. The entire issue is 6000 of the death of a relitive «h» It red near Memphis, Tenn. total araount of $0,000,000. W. F. Bradford, a mining man of A six-foot ledge of coal has been dhr eovered thirteen miles east *f Hands- Randsbnrg, Cal., was shot and killed Nev., by a giunbler burg. The vein has been fottowed six at Carson City, “ thousand feet, and in some places it known as **6uap” Smith. The sohooner Mabie Gray is at Ben- widened tn twenty feat. Plenty water dixsen's shipyard at Kuroka, where re Is near by. An iron foundry has bean started at palm will be made on her for damages •a treed by her reoeiit contact with Riverside, Cal. lightning tn midoeeau. The fo»s Angeles rock pile is ready A large force of miners has been sent for the tranfps. to the Corroll Hollow mines to start The H alt»» (Cal.) Canagrie company is cleaning S»K) acres to be planted to operations. A ms^iificent solid silver cup has canagrie. been received by the First Ue^ment, The »now fall in the mountains National Guardi of California from the around Redlands, Cal., is reported at Mswahin National Guard as a trophy from six to ten feet deep. of the Califotmans* victory^ in the H. W. Jackson has beeu elected shooting match held Iasi January. president of the Humboldt Lumber Geo. Bnrling, a tinhorn sport of Pet Manufacturers’ Association. aluma, Cal., has absconded with a It has been decided to hold the }><><»]box on the recent fight «»ntalnlng second Eureka mechanical and agri 1290. culture fair next September. HE VOWED VENGEANCE. The San Bernardino wheelman are to push to c«»nipletion the cinder path ▲ nd G«t It vrltb m ftft 111—Lord Heginald*« from that city to R»*diands. Fath. “He atruc-c-c-k me.’” Plans are l»eing drawn for a new The villain strode up and down the school building and large living quart ers for the friars al the Sun Luis Hey, stage cycle path and ground his teeth with rage, says the New York World. Cal., mission. “He struc-c-c-c-k Cecil Legree!” Work on the new electric railway In n very ecstasy of fury the villain I from I a > h Angeles to Santa bionica is progieasing rapidly, It joius the pre«- stamped bis feet ami tore his hair. “I!o struck Cecil Ix-grre! No man «•nt line at ^hertnah. ever did that und lived to tell the tale. Dennis Conk, who has resided in And as for the girl—ah, me proud l»eatv- Santa Crux, Cal., for many year- aud ty, you shall yet feel the vengeance of a was well-known to -portinnnn all over Legrcc!” the coast., dmd st Laguna Saturday. What venom, what hatred there was It is expected tliat about 100 acres of in the bitter words. new ohv.* orchard will be planted at Even the pale moon wobbled in the Fallbrook, Cal., this year, which will canvas heavens. run the total in that vicinity to nearly “I have the jmpers; hs. hn, ha! I’ll 1200 acreM. bide me t'nie, and then, then I'll eros« A fifty-pounder blast at the Santee his ¡Kith sf’aln!” Ra’sing h s clenched hand the villain quarry in ^an Diego county, Cal., dis place«! a solid rock of abont 300 tons served r o:ie u;xm high h« nven and th» weight, shoving it a distance of about property moon that someday bo would puncture protnl Lord K<-irinald’s tin*. 3u feet. “I’ll cross his path again! I'll cross Work l a-' begun on a new road to hi, | atli nirain!" he r> |irat«l. the summit «if Bmifti mountain. In San A w hirr on the air of G.c ft IIv n’ght, Diego county. It Is estimated that 100 an ominousgrindiiig U|»on t kr tin .ntric: I men will be employed for a month or n n. a lam. a pneumatic “biff” I !.«• t k bo building thirteen miles of road. “L IT” of a piie-dri.cr, a bent. Littered While chopping on a small tree at shapr crashing into n pale-green trit his home in Humbohit county, Cai., trtiu! vv'tli a dull, sickening thud nod the eldest son of R. A. Lntman cat his tlu n J I "nee -silence! foot severe y with sn ax, and before It v. «• » ven so. aid reached him nearly bled to death. He had crossed Lord Reginald** cycle The Paradene-lx»« A ng^'es boule vard path again! project is now fairly under way, the A POLITICIAN TESTED. organization of the moving Mpints hav ing been effected and the d.flnate A ( onKfromnn Who ( ouid Not n»r plans made for the early beginning of < herker« to *.utt Cnnwtlfnrnt«. active work. “One of the ablest. i:.«-n in conrre*' The directors of the Eureka Street will loiu a number of vot»s in Lis dis Railway company met Tuesday and trict in Georgia,” said u de|Mirtmcnt passed a resolution to allow the drivers clerk to .i tVashington Star report« r A friend cf mine wrote m< some time of the roa«l to dlvT'ie the proceeds If they will fee«i and lend the Lor»e« and □ go that the judge was safe mo far u« his reelection was coi-e« me»!, L ut my lr«m> the rrutd in renair. The petition being circulate«! at Han friend visited one of the back «•(»tin ford, Cai., for the pardon of William !>« n few day« ago ami found tila l a R\on fr mu the penitentiary has receiv decided change in s«*ntiu>« nt had come ed the signa* arew of eight of the j'lry- clout.. He. asked cue of tit** political met. who tried him, another juryman leaders: “ ‘U hat is the matter w ith the judge ?’ has pr<miiiw<j to fiigu and two othsra “ ‘Tie ain’t no good.* hat« the matter under ewnsi'leration. * ‘Why, what did he ever vote for Ryap is s<-rvlng time for kiHing a maa that you are not in favor of?* • i the republi« ag primary election. •* *1 dun no.* Just before E. J. H ught/»n of Tulare, “ ’Did h<‘ vote «gainst anything you < • . d»e«i he nmde a request that if wanted passed?* m :; v money la» left after f aying funeral “ ‘Not «« I know on.’ • x ♦’u»< • it l»e ♦■»¡♦ended in givings “ ‘The newspapers all spe<k well of ds»i - to his memory. The dance was him.’ |r< all v enj’jyed by the young people. “ ‘Newspapers is alius lyin’/ The contract has been signed by the “‘What h the. matter?* West ( oAvt Construction company for •• ‘Waal, he coined out here, ah ’ Torn grading of the first ten ml •• of the Wilkins beat ’irn playin’cherkers. Tom kain’t play a little bit. an* w hat kin’ o’ Sierra railway out of Oakdale, Cai. " a Agger kin a man cut in corigrrs« who Vi’ork is to commence April 1st. The b-njy rtf a man wa« found float- kain’t play rheekers lietter’n th«t ?* ” ing in th« Wills met tee river, near TalMkeeo >■ SI»*® m I b . Port and, last week, and proved to o- Mft is not generally known.” says a that of Walter McNaughton, a wealthy Wisconsin man, “that thf «tat« of W.«- nurseryman of Province, R I. He is consin is a large tobacco giow«-r. Of ■uppowed to have committed suldde. course. only the lower grades «'.tn I* Dr. Lewie Leach, one of the earliest raised in ao cold a |.mat* , but wo sup white setliert in Fresno e*runty, died ply the western plug manufn tur«r'« at hie home there, laet week. with almost ail of their coTrs-r filler A year ago a tree fell acr»* the leaf. If one ear^« to see a beautiful North Arm road. Vancouver, B C., growing crop he a'notild take a drive an ! killed W. H. Nteveaa. Hie widow through lower Wisconsin at the present brought «ei against the mwnldpalily, time. To all appearances a finer yield never atovsl in the fields of that state asd has j us been awarded $10,000. The trial of <«regorto Ybarra t'tr The recent copious rains, coming as they d d just after a gr»o<1 proportion of the niord» r of Ben Hendtreon, a the early set had Fievn tapped, insure a wealthy farm« r, i a* coameaeed at large growth ” l b tab, Cal. ArHi.beId Miym, a miser, was bare- Hee. r I. ii.it.v, rd to drar!i n Me «-sMn, near Auburn, I'arUiM rrefant»»« kwpw. mix < lit. (al., last < ek. llr l^tney wTh!«/- faiix'r Merasethe founder >f fit. it w> arrwable •• .t. aDd flavor r,n ! Jgnalius ckiurci* at ban i ranciaco and a rnakre thr infmor buttvr nx.r. r«l- wen-xMowu (athelir prvset, died at able. • •tan Fraa« taco, a Mw date uo. ij MAKE l.X ur! TURKEYS ON CRUTCHES. .L. • -------- • How « CBllforula Poultry man Cur«*i Hto Fowl« of Kheuusatic Trouble«. Capt. Bridge, of Shasta county. Cal., who has an extvnaiee reputation in that district aa a cultivator of hurh-elass poultry, has developed a 1'r.Mllvaiuent of th« < ««tiler of a lH»wn- tuwu K«wM»rt with Illa Cwah Keglsler. There w. re three in one ¡arty und two in the other. They were standing before the white-aproned dispeus» r <.f refrcshinenUs, says a Chicago exihui gr. and one of the three invited thetn . ¡re party to have something. The disperser dealt out the order of the three, look the dollar offered in payment and hard« d buck 3ft rents in change. The other (wo, standing a short distance away, were not sersed, as there was a mistake on the part of the cashier. The bill amour ted to less than a quarter according to the refreshments served the three. Flic host examined his coin and then looked surprised and grieved. “1 gave you a dollar, he said. “Was it a dollar? How much ch«n;ge did I give you?* “Thirty-five cents.’* “Well. I will have to wait until some body buys. I don’t dare open the i -gis- ter, as there is a false balance on it. Every time I open it it means a purchase charged to me. Sorry, but we w ill have to wait.*’ The inan to whom the change was coming stood by and waited until the cash purchase was made before hr could get his money. He was the only one in the party who did not. enjoy the sdna tion. He remarked, gloomily, that hr never had much une forca register». anyway. WATCHES MADE OF ¡•’O'-. Fad for Black M»Ml Instead at Goh* «nd Sliver. Small metal articles usually worn by hulies or gentlemen which of late were prineijuiHy made of silver are now l»e- ing manufactured of iron or steel. Thia fad has lx*eoine very ¡topulftr in France and Germany, and quite an industry in these articles has grown up in the manufacturing centers of tlu se coun tries. Match safes, key-rings and chains, knife blades, sciaaors, button hook handies, cigarette cases, ¡siwdvr boxes and any number of articles of this description are now made of iron. They are first stamped or wrought out of the sheet metal, then very carefully polished und cleansed with ber./ine, after which they arc subjected to a treatment which gives the articles a permanent 1 lack color. This I lack col oring is applied by a concentrated so lution of nitrate of copper in alcohol while the articles are lieing slightly heated. By mixing nitrat«* of copi>er \\ ith nitrate of manganese, various tints between Wue-blark and a brownish black may l»e obtained. This proc» as is used in the great industrial establish ments of Pfumheim and Adar with much success. Particular care must be taken that the object to I m - tinted black is finely polished and absolutely clean, others ise flaws w i 14 occur in the coloring. After bt ing allowed to dry for a few hours, the black iron articles are covered with a very thin film of varnish or »imply rublied <»ff with a waxed brush. A J’au.'tu «1 <’sar. The exar does not like to be thought wanting in punctuality the |>olitriiesK of kings. A Paris ccrrc«|>ondvnt learns that he wishes it to lx* known that it was not his fault if he was so latent the opera that people begMi to think oi going away as he eutere«l. 'I hr fault was the want of punctuality of those wlm entertaineil him the Miunr evening at n grand dinner, lie wn* punctual, but did not sit down to table until in hour later, lie and the empress were kept busy holding a kin<l of Iriee, or <!niwing-room, not in the | n-punni.!. At dinner the service <lmrg»d. 'I lit < zar «•njoye»! most the even ng si \e.- sailles. The rich atateliiiras of the grand apartments, the elv'ai < «• of the small rooms, the v. stern i .< u from tin mirrors gallery, the dignity of th» chnjic) ci chanted him. The eler une»' «>f the F. \ iri <' feenth and Eig’;tc< til turv lire . i * in U <• pimnb . n I t ii.ud w as so n.u h admired ns to be ment i<»ne<( in a telegram to Empress Dowager, iia. authority on such matters. VICTORIA'S CHIEF COACHMAN. Qait« a m* Man with Hatg <><*»«• «<> Halp Him. The queen's state coachman, Edward Miller, ih an old and faithful servant, who ha« held his j*>«t for 3fi years, says Spare Moment*. He drove th«* queen to the duke of York’s wedding, on which ocranion he handled four horses from the box. There were no poHtillions. The suprem»* control of the royal sta bles restM, of course, with the master of the house, an office at present held by the »juke of Portland. Next to his grace in command in the crown equerry, Fir Henry Ewart, who is really tin* act ing chief. Sir Henry, by the way, look* after the naming of the horses. Hi« duties, however, are not all so light as this one. The immediate control of th* mews is in the hands of Mr. Nicholas, who was formerly a lieutenant in the royal horse artillery. He has under him a «tuff of about ftO official. One of th»- most intercAting relica of old Buckingham house is the “riding horse,” which has other Interests than that of the grammarian's escape Tn It the royal children were taught horse manship, and os the wail one may see the iron bracket«« used when they practiced lemon rutting. iMnger« nt Rail mad In < Familia« .ty Ijrecds contempt fordan ger, na well a« other happening*. This ie esjjev 'ally true in railroad life. ’* hc-r»* the most horrible of deaths await* a earelewe step. A gentleman n Istra nn incident of th«* kind, ae aw*n in Nrw Or leans. 'Dir tram* for vowl of She South ern I’ax ifle ww at ita pier, * uk 1 a locomo tive was hauling «-are up the abort but ■ tAWp griub* tn the dock. While the gent h man w ae watching this opera! ion, he aaw a «witrhmar, with a !nnt>*rn, step on the track right in front of the a jqsrnarhing loonmotivr. The engine camo oil. and jua* an it we<-<nrd the man would lw* crush««!. he gave a little jump and landed on the fendor, oot of «tan- ger Th* slightest slip would have meant death at a horrible kind, and yet he t/aok tjw risk 20 time« a »lay. Hta p<y could hare hardly beevi worth thn risk, but he never thought of that.—• Gohlen Days. Th« Balser's Tala«-«. Kaiser Wilhelm is now «pending one million five hundred thousand dollars f*n additions and improvements to his palace in Berlin, which will reqnire v'i'en years to finiah.’ Last year three hundred and fifty thou «end dollars was «pent in rebuilding tha northweaV*ra «nd of the paiace. I very philanthropic spirit toward his wards. Recently he noticed a peculiar di lease spreading among the turkeys. It exhibited itself by a gradual swell ing in the legs from the thigh, or time honored and much respected “drum stick” so popular among young sters about Thanksgiving time. It spread down the legs and in a few days the turkey unfortunate enough to be afllicted was unable to walk with that proud and haughty step so frequently employed by this royal bird. The ca;r tain found that by regular hot water applications the swelling could lx* re duced, but this manner of treating was so slow, says the San Francisco Call, that the patient was compelled to lead a life of idleness, much to his disgust. At times the captain would have several of his fattest birds in the hospital, and it required almost all his attention to give them the hot water treatment. This state of affairs went on for some time, when finally he was inspired to in troduce a little Yankee ingenuity into the flock, and being rather handy with Ida pocketknife he fashioned a crude pair of crutches alxiut seven Inches in len ;ih am! secured them un der tl;e turkey’s wings. They were just a fraction Uryvr than the bird’s legs, and every time tn< lieun- : a would take u step forward the ci“Ch would l»c brought into pin v «nd prog ress, instead of being l<»u . ■ , was a pleasure, in a few hours the ct c 1 * became familiar with the new order things and were able to hobble around the yard at a more rapid gait. Almost any time during dump weather, when the rheumatism is on, one can see half a dozen turkeys on crutches nt Cnpt. Bridge’s farm. They are Ivnrningsome new tricks of late, but so far are not aiifliciently expert to fly up and light on the fence. A CURE WEEK 627 th GRANT’S PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL ». 1897 TJUBTEENTH YEAR FOR IDIOCY. CHECK ON BANK FRAUDS. | a l-.v«ry Fiupluye sa*ul«l He Co ui |»r I led to Take • fteitrly V«<*Mlas* Every president or other superior «»f.iccr of a l»ank should be rvtpiiretl to take ut least one month’s vacation in course of each year. This should be regarded as a matter of courtesy, but should Is* insiste»! unon by every board of directors which has the true inter ests of his stockholder* at heart. The bank presidents who are memlH*rs of the clearing house committer should set all other bank oftieers a go<xi ex ample in this respect. Dur mg the month that the president is away hi* work must lx* done by some one else. During the month that the cashier is absent some one else must perform his duties. The same with the head b»x»k- keepers und others in auperior places in the bank’*employment. There can not, says the New York Suu, be a more healthy ventilation of n bank’s methods than to have compulsory annual vacations. Granting the vaca tions of president» and others, the next obvious thing is to shift all the in ferior employes of each bank at inter vals more or less frequent, but always The advantages of less than a year, having a mail, or rather a human machine, perfect at one ledger are en tirely over-borne by the frve»loin from fraudulent risk and the flexibility of method insured by changing the mere clerks around A clerk of ten years’ service in u bank should be able to till any place in it under the eye of president. But how will he ever at tain the necessary knowledge if his ten Years’ lubor has been on one ledger irk. d A to K? I j B s C there i an absurd fiction that a bank cleik time is his own outside f InoNs hour . This should I m » ex- •he late.t del. .u''"" •» "'»• direct»»t> . ’ tik ' uqunto lir . ' that the presiu ug flyers on the stov'k exehang will not say it is that president's ow . esiness but will look sharply after the h balance und w ill probably find a new president. If a president, in turn, finds out that his cashier is living beyond his means he will naturally infer that the bank is somehow paying for the addi tional luxuries. In short, every man who handles the money of others in trust for them is liable to have his pri vate way of living and his persoual amusements made the subject of iit- It is a part of the price lie _ pays yrirj , for the early comfort of b«*ing a bank clerk. It will follow him through lift* uh long as he is in a fiduciary position. And no one but the intending rogue much minds having to satisfy his su perior that lie is living right und doing right-_____________ A Forbidden Game. “Baraa Ka Salta” is a pccui'ar game which is much played in India, and it has recently been prohibited by the government-. Th»» game consists in beta bring made on itiiny days whether little or much ruin will fall. Vpon Hie roofs or trrruces of iiuiny houses in India there is n water tank provided with a waste pipe. Through thia tu)»e the water escapes if a certain amount of ruin has fallen. The point of the game is to try und gurss wlu*n a rein storm will l»«*giti and ut what time the ruin water in the tank will be so high tliiit the waste water will begin 1<> flow out of the diacihargv pipe. The natives «levoted themselves to this game with wik I i passionnt»* intcrist that fights frequently occurred, which in some inatane«*« developed into actual riots. So the government stopp'd all tin* trouble by stopping the game.— Golden Ikqvs. It H«K»alu« to He Seen How Suco««4ful It Will Ho. A cure for idiocy ia ouc of the latest achievements of surgical science, which has taken no many giant stride« of late years that it may bt* almost termed one of the wonders of the century. Experi ments were made on the skulls of two children, who had been Idiotic from birth, and the latest accounts are that they are not only surviving the shock of the operation, but are giving prom ise of a recovery of the mental facul ties. It would be more correct to say, says the Washington Star, that they are gaining those faculties, for the idiot from birth has no development until the obstruction on the brain is re moved. This is exactly the proe«*ss in the present trials. Holes are drilled in the skull of the child, at the top of the head where the “Fontanelle** or ‘ soft spot” is usually located. In the case now under observation, th»-sc spots hod become hardenr»! at birth, and thus the expansion and development of the brain had been arrested. The opera tion was, therefore, to make a new or artificial fontanelle. Great car«» had to he exercised, of course, to avoid injur ing the brain, and there lay the main difficulty of the operation. The scalp is drawn anew over the apertures in the skull thus made, and the little brain is left to cure itself. The chil dren thus operated on are two years old. It is, of course, a question just when the patients should b<* subjected to th»* ex|M*riment, an»l the ag<* of two •«A rBaehev* years has Iwen chosen as the starting “Of course 1 don’t know* much about point. It has lieen considere»! prob I politics,” she auid, thoughtfully, “but able that at this age the child, if it I should think, John, that you’d sonie- should recover its health ami gain in timeft get »aught in spite of all your telligence, will b<* scarcely bchin<l oth wisdom.” er chihiren of its own age a dozwn “In one way I do,” he replied, “but years later By that time assisted na a man w ho bn«» brru talking politics a* ture would have caught up with itself, long as I huve km^wshow to w in a vic as it were. Then* may be some ques- tory even after he’s been tripp-d up.” tion in the minds of ultra sensitive* peo “But if you find that you’re getting ple as to whether it is right for sur the worst of the argument I don’t geons to experiment in this way upon see—” helpless children by performing op»*ra “Oh, I just run in something about lions that may cause death. Yet there th«* immutabl«* laws of supply and de will probably be no general outcry mand,” he interrupted, in his superior against such an effort. In some sense way, “and it »vill prove n clincher f«»r d'-ath is preferable to lif»*-long idiocy. Few parents would be likely to object any kind of argument in regard to either the tariff or flnaner.**— Chicago to the experiment upon their «»wn un fortunate offspring if conduct«-<1 with Post. th«* care which shr/uld attend all such I’rrdlct Ion. dangerous proceedings. the New tiw fact tl The fl«*rs«* knew Numlay. a Mminti A Dexter (Me.) man has a mare that known several things, and. among other accoinplinhrneDttt, appar«*ntly can tell the <lay of the week. On a recent Sun day th«* gentleman hitched up, and, having aMiiMted hin wife into the car riage, got in hiriiM-lf. lie was busied for a moment in arranging the robe, I and before he had taken up the reins the borne at art e< I out of the yard into the afreet. His purpose whs to attend church, ami, a« the horse took that direction, hr decided to let her go with out guiding, to see what «he would do. The route is altogether different from that taken in the week-day driving, ' 1 ' 1 'll 1 III, lie left th»* reins hanging on th«* dasher, but, nevertheless. was carried as straight to the church as he would have gone if he had turned the horse. With out a word, win n she hail turned up to the church door an<l the earring was in pillion at the atepa. th« mar Stopped for hl* maatvr to alight. A Qncmr Savings llnnk. Five million fren«*s in n wanning pm wa* the lucky find of th«* pr«*f«-<:t of th«- Heine th«* «>lher «lay. An ol«l lady of There Is n<- j• »y in thl« work! equal to the eighty-three narm-d Turn»** ha4 died in happincAA of motherhood A woman find« her country house, l«*aving tlu* city of ample comp« a^ition for her trials and wor Paris heir to all her pr«»rwrty. which rit* an«! bothers in the soft, clinging little nrntlin. «k se to her «run tn th« she sai«l amount«*«! to five million fram s. body trustful <linn ng <-f th« little hands, and Afi«-r her death th«* country h«ius<* and the love light in the little * eyes. h«*r fiat in the Ku«* ♦!•* 1a B«M*tie were A woman'*- health is her dearest pos- session. Good look« good time», happi- a* -srrh«*d without anything being ■ ntinnancr, depend foun«l; she was not known to have anv news, love and its mi her hetitli Ain f the tach banker, and the authoriti« ■. w«-r** com ncAM of women is traceable directly or indi- ing to the conclusion that they w«-r«* f tl rgan« th«* victims <»f a myh''li«-at.ion, when distinctly feminine .roubles of this kind arc often neg!e< ted because a very natural some one opened an «»!<! warming-pan «•id proper tm.-'esty k<eps women away without a handle, stowed away under from physicians, whose insistence upon ex a sink, and found th« ■ urn then- in amination and I«.- al ti- tment x^nrrally as u*«de«a as it i <om«non Dr Pierce’s gold, bank n«»tea an«! bonds. Favorite Prescription will «1-. more forthem than qt) doctor* in ion It will do more than Wo- the hundredth doctor can unless he pre- •< nh«*s it ft is a prescription of Do« tot ord for i- Pierce, who fur joyear« ha* been chief con some j sulting physi« an of the World'« btspen- alids Hotel, at Huffalo. The gr ai< r»b»ea hr u »tirrely birth» tn the ed was 4*7 ri eighth mr.ftth if my « k ve’ith ptrgnanev •« u<u«k 1S4. Aboi I »J« uk»n il I The iamtlv dartor w»» caUed. Hr ««i«l there wm in» help for ni« The baby total wrvv ♦ I !»orn I eneved escessively I prr nei»* '* Il must be explained, however, mv hasbann against the phy«lci«a's «4- tu* I** m vice to « me lit Pierce's Favertta preacttpUee. many of the vew^’« which *a I G P ar d ««ietrd my pains. 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