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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1890)
- l- a, - "" - '"""SB ' a " EJBAI JLJJDJ xhnkt toplease the world Is dullest of his kind for let him face which way he will, one-half is yet behind. VOL IV. NO. 29. ' LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBEU 20, 1690. 82.00 VEli YEAR IN ADVANCE. mmiiammmmmmmmmmmmmmamammmmmmmmmma ' IMMORTAL. AN OLD MAID. AN INTERESTING CLOCK. rill; PACIFIC COAST. Sealimr This Season Said to be . Unsatisfactory. Half-Breed Indian Maiden Sues Her Rights, and ts Sustained -by a Montana Jury. for Utah's population is an In- crease ot 02,5o5 in ten years. Extensive codfish lanks have recently Wn located in Alaskan waters. The Neptune mining claims at Risbee, A. T., hav been sola to iew ior par ties for $30,000. Nevada Indians predict a mild, short winter, and will not begin stealing wood until November. Ynt.hma has been declared an in fected port bv the San Francisco Board of Health on account ot cholera. The California Press Association, which has been in session at Sacramento, has adiourned to meet at Nairn next March. Representative De Haven of the First California district has sent in his resig nation to Governor Waterman, to take effect November 3. About one-third ot the entire sealing fleet is in port at Victoria. Kight seal era have a total of I .4 skins. This is nnswtinfactorv. and i,..er scaling will be tried. The new Montague (Or.) roller flour ing mill commenced operations last week, and under the influence of an enterpris ing and active eompettt ton flour dropped from f-25 to IS per l.iwi. Agents t Kan Francisco winehonses re offering f HI per ton for Zinfandel nina ora in SoilO'lia count V. but find no takers. Vineyardists are holding off for $20 per ton for common varieties. At the cowboy tournament at Albu oneroue a Mexican named F. M. Kodri oues of Sierra countv, N. M.. won the bin nurse in 1 minute 54 seconds, which is considered very good. At least $20, 000 changed hands. The street-car men at Salt Lake. Utah are on a strike. All the cars are tied up. The strike is for the recognition of the Carmen 'a Union and for the comininy instead of the drivers to elean the cars after they are turned into the barn. John Charters, a vonng Englishman said to be the younger son of a titled family, had his leg crushed by a log at iravs Harbor a few days ago. He at first refused to have the leg amputated, but at last consented. It was too late to save his life. The British bark Kate F. Troon was "libeled at Portland by a sailor for cruel ties, and while the keeper was away she left her dock, but a telegram to Astoria caused the bark's interception, and the vessel waB taken in charge by a Deputy United States Marshal. , , In the Court of First Instance at En- eenada, Mexico, judgment has been ren dered in favor of the International Com pany of Mexico against Mrs. Burton's -laim to a large tract of land known as the Ensenada ranch, w hich has been the subject of litigation for several years. A vein of lignite coal seven feet thick has been discovered about fourteen miles from Whatcom near the line of the Se attle. Lake Shore and Eastern road. Mr. FeM man of New Whatcom is interested in the mine. A shaft thirty feet deep has been sunk. The specimens exhib ited are of a fine quality. The carpenters working on the Expo sition building at Spokane Falls struck because the Board of li rectors found it necessary to buv a quantity of lumber from a bovcotteJ mill, not being able to get it elsewhere. Public indignation was at once aroused, and prominent cit izens, bankers, merchants, lawyers and Oouncilmen. with hammer in hand. went to the building and engaged in the work of laying Bhingles on the immense roof. Scores of other leading citizens promise to aid in the work. Martha G. Berdan, whose father (a white man) was married in California in 1856 according to the Indian customs to ' a squaw, the two living together always aa man and wife, has just obtained a victorv in a suit for land at Butte, Mont. The estate of Berdan, the father, had been left to his siBter's children, but the lurv credited the story of Martha G. and acknowledged her as the legitimate heir to her father's propertv. 1 he opposition claimed the girl was illegitimate. There is much money involved in the suit. Tn the habeas-comns proceedmirs in the case of James II. Barry, editor of the Star at ban r rancisco, J udge an Kevnegom rendered an opinion and made an order discharging the prisoner, Barry was sentenced for contempt of court to be confined in the county jail five days .and pay a fine of $500. The Supreme Court has ruled that the code now in force provides for imprisonment, or fine coupled with imprisonment until the fine be paid. Judge Van Reynegom says there was nothing to be done but discharge the prisoner. A call will soon be issued for a State convention of delegates from all the va rious chambers of commerce and similar organisations in Washington. The call will include a draft of the best plan of organization devised bv the committee. The idea of the organization is to under take in a systematic manner the adver tisement ot the State's resources abroad and to induce immigration to that State. The call will probably specify Spokane Falls as the place ot the convention and some dav in October, the Exposition month, tne time lor xne convention The great Wellington coal boycott is in a fair way of being lifted. Dunsmuir. who runs the mine, has conceded one of the main demands of the men, and shows a disposition to concede others. R. Dunsmuir is in San Francisco, and has been conferringwith John Williams, President of the Retail Grocers, who acted for the Federated Trades. Duns muir has conceded the eight-hour clause, the time to begin when the men report at the mouth of the shaft and to end when thev report off work. The other main question of union recognition there is little doubt Dunsmuir will concede in some form or another satisfactory to the men. Assistant Secretary Chandler has re fused to give a rehearing in the case of the united states against xuouiaa i. Stinson and -Hugh Park for lands in the Seattle Wash.) district. Stinson and Park are the transferees in certain lands deeded to them by parties making claims. The government attacked the titles, and decided that they were not good. The - original claimants were witnesses at the trials, and knew that they were decided against them. They now claim the right to be heard, saying that they should be made co-defendants in these cais- The Secretary says they neglec.teCi to take thfir dav in court when the case was on trial and could not now be h ard. The onlv claim they make to the lands now is their right" to defend th warranty deeds they have mania. Sanson and Park xrillWegjheTaiid, j A FLOATING ISLAND. Yermont Pmimih um of tha World's llntl Cnrtoaltlea. The floating island In Sadawga Lake. in the town ot Wbltlngham, Vt., Is one ot the most remarkable freaks of nature and one ot the greatest curiosities In tbe world. The island contains over a hundred acres, and it actually floats upon tha top ot the water. There la no doubt about it It la not attached to the main land on any part ot the lake. One can pass entirely around it In a boat The fact that it really floats on tha water was made evident last year. At that time a stone dam was built at the outlet of tbe lake over six feet high, which raised the water a little more than six feet. When the gates were shut, and the water for the first time began to rise in tbe lake, there was great curiosity to see whether the island would be submerged or rise with the water. It-took about frty-elgbt hours for the water in the lake to rise to the top of the dam, and it was then dis covered that the Island presented ex actly tbe same appearance that it did when the water was six feet lower. There la no part of the island that has ever been more than two or three feet above the surface of the water. There- tore if it did not float when tbe lake was raised six feet by this new dam, it would have been entirely submerged. Since the water was raised this great mass ot land has floated about more readily than It previously did. Portions ot it, containing from one to three acres, have been broken away from tha main Island, and go swimming around Inde pendently. There .e four such pieces. Three of them are close together, and already fifty or sixty rods to the north sast ot the main island. Sometimes they ere Ave or six rods apart Then again they will be all In a cluster, tbe smaller jnes floating around faster than the larger ones, as the wind carries them more easily. The great main hi and, which con tains over 10 acres, moves about slow ly. The prevailing winds are from ihe wuth and west, and after It has blown hard for a day or two the main island is found to have changed its pos'VUm sev eral rods. Some times It will be near the east shore, and then again it moves over toward the west. It never has some nearer than a quarter of a ruiie ot the north shore. There is a small forest of tamarack trees growing upon this remarkable idand. Some of them are more than twenty-five fet high. They are in a kbrifty condition and are of large size at the butt. Smaller trees of the time kind are rapidly growing up beside them. The wonder is how the roots ot these trees are nourished The lake is iituated in marshy surroundings on tbe southwest side, and it is supposed that there is vegetable matter enough In the water to keep the trees in a healthy sonditton. isoston uiooe. The Legislature of Iowa Passes a Stringent Tramp Law. A Scheme to Connect Ike i.ne and me Ohio River by Means of a Huge Ship Canal. twtnit doctor are quarreling over their ability to kill diphtheria germs. The memltershin of the Brotherhoxl ot IxM-omotive Firemen ia 19.00J. IRISH COUNTRY LIFE. Mmm of EASTERN ITEMS. FOREIGN NEWS. A Ceatrlvanoa for rrodoelng Atmos nharte MoUtnra In Cotton Mills. It la of the first Importance in textile factories to have a continuous .and equable degree of atmospheric moist ure. In spinning eheds a large amount of frictional electricity la generated by the running of the spindles and of tha machinery generally, and this electrici ty, If It be not absorbed by moisture In the air, haa an Injurious effect upon the yarns and libera. In weaving sheds it humid atmosphere la ef equal Impor tance, otherwise there It a wmtlnual breaking of thread and other prejudi cial oceurreneea. The necessary diffu sion of moisture haa hitherto been se cured at tha expense of the comfort, and even the health, of the factory The prospect for pan-tug t nir"K "J the atmosphere and by dampening the mii a ui - aoora wlUi water. In el Blowing Up the Iron Gate of the Danube Begun. Many People In Ilohemla and Hungary Rendered Homeless by Heavy Storms and Floods. Tfco Most Enloyb: Extatenoa I ut Cm I.Mt. On the whole, the Scotch and Irish are more pleasant, particularly to a sports man; the English more dignified, or. might say, magnificent, on account ot the sue and appointments of tbe man sions, and the old historical surround intra. A great Irish house is more home ly and genial. The host and hostess generally talk better; they put mora tress upon their out-of-door appoint meats; they have better, or rather more Interesting, gardens; better-bred horses. and are readier to put them at your dis posal. The Irish country house Is mora natural. If you have not had early breakfast ordered, and arranged over Bight tor an early start, you come dowa to breakfast any hour you like within reasonable limita (-10:S0). You will generally find two or three littla tables ready, various hot things at tha fire, cold things on the sideboard. You will find three or four people at break fast, others gone, some not down. Tha servants only come when sum moned. Every body walks round and helps himself. You are asked at breakfast what you would like to do. Will you fish, or shoot, or hunt, or drive, according to the sea son, and the professed object of your visit? You are asked what shall be sent out with you for lunch. You will be sent In a dog cart or other carriage, and some of tbe guests, or the host, will ao eompany you. If you are a real sport man, you will work as hard all day as if you depended upon it for your dinnea and, indeed, in one sense yon do, tot you win gain an appetite worth a dinner by itself, xou bring your own guns. rods, horses, etc, it yon come for tha purpose of sport; if you are a fashion- able man, you bring your own servant. But if any sudden chance arises, if yoa happen to come unprepared, there is al ways some means of fixing you up for a day'a enjoyment In this way you com to know the neighborhood as only sports men can know it; you will study tht hills, the woods, the pools in the rivei with a deeper interest than mere curi osity, when you know that your suooess depends upon understanding these things. J. P. Mahaffy, M. A., in UUao- tauquan. Why the Trains Walt. It has probably puzzled many a trav eler, -who flitting impatiently in a train has waited for the draw of a bridge to close which has been opened to allow some snaillike boat to creep up the current, why the rapidly moving train was not given the precedence, as it could swiftly hurry away. It la not due to the excuse that the boat cannot hold itself against the stream, for it can and does do this frequently. It is simply the application of the old com mon law principle of easement. The boats had the use of navigable streams long before railroads were invented. and "when the latter bridged rivers they did so subject to the former's interest therein, and for this reason railroad trains are today obliged to stand back while the boats pass ahead. All mod ern conditions would indicate that the locomotive should have precedence of the steamer, and the fact that it does not shows the tenacious grip of custom. St. Paul Pioneer Press. A Long Training! Brown Do you know how lon Robinson has been keerang house? Smith No; but it must be a good many veara. I took dinner with him the other day. aad he carved a duck without spilling it on the floor. Harper's Bazar. . Sa-vcd Himself. Kiss Gushimrton (enjoying a sleigh ride) '. think you have a lovely horse, Mr. De Lyle. About what does such a fine animal cost! Mr De Lvle Two dollars an how or- yes, that horse is worth about $800, Hias Oushin gton. The fepoch. bright it ia rotvu-tinl from Washington that Senator F.varts is threatened with total blindness. I. m-inne has reappeared In New York. It is stated that over seventy cases were reported a week ago. Work haa commenced on the Kelt Une road for Baltimore. The line Win lap all the railroads in the city. A new branch of the Salvatlori Army, known as the Salvation Navy, is saving souls along Erie's water front. The crop bulletin of Iowa estimates te yield of corn throughout the State thirty-four bushels ier acre. Tl. Illinois Hoard of Eouftlizntion is discussing a proposition to raise the Cook county assessment $l:M,tHX,000. T. itiiblic schools of I-argo. I ml., were obliged to remain closed on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever. Apartment housea have lieen multi plied to such an extent in New or that a decline in rent ia imminent. Sarah IVrnhardt Is to open at New V.rk in Kehrnarv. and will sail Irom San Francisco for Australia in May. IMseased meat has been sold. It is charged, in Chicago by the linn em ployed by the Mate to am iunipy-jwi cattle. Jav Could sava excessive railroad con struction need not be feared. There will not be much railroad-building as long as inimical legislation continues. The Iowa Commissioners have ordered suits to be entered against several rail road comianies for refusing to obey the order in relation to joint rates. There is a movement to consolidate the tobacco-warehouse interests of Cin cinnati and Louisville ana coimne tne amalgamation to American parties. It is now said that the vield of the wheat crop of Michigan will 1 24.K), 000 bushels, nearly a full average prod uct. This is twice an large as was pre dicted in July. Captain Sherwood has been apjwinted postmaster at Washington. His appoint ment is a direct recognition of civil- service rules, aa be h:s been assistant post inaster for eight years. Ontside of the New York delegation all but three of the members of the House of Hepresentatives express them selves in favor of the removal of General Grant's remains to Arlington. Having puked up most of the avail able breweries and factories of the land, the insatiate London syndicate is now prosecting among our mines. Just now tin mines are the most attractive. ,U-i.-cs received bv the Ottawa gov ernment state that notwithstanding con trfldictorv renorts the damage to the a heat crop oi tne jormwerji, is mui-u more serious than is generally known. A oeeuliar and destructive disease has ppeared among cattle in Southern Kan sas, and tne animais are ujmg . hundreds. A quarantine against South ern cattle is being establishing in Kansas. Mni.tr Powell of the geological survey savs that diamond fields are likely to 1 developed in the United States. He states that diamonds oi nne water nave already been found near Atlanta, Ga., and in Russell county, Ky. The House has nased the Senate bill opening the abandoned military reserva tions in the Mate oi iNevaua u? inning stead entrv. This will add over 25,000 acres of the best agricultural land to Nevada's public domain. The scheme to connect Lake Erie and the Ohio river by a Bhip canal is soon to be presented to Ihe people in tne lorm i either case dam age la caused to the machinery and buildings, while an unhealthy atmos phere Is created. In which the ojx ra ti ves are obliged to work. In order to obviate all tills tha aerophor haa been Invented by a Ger man engineer, and la largely hi use In Germany. The aerophor la an apa ratus for distributing moisture In the form of a very fine water cloud, which may be either cold or warm. The appa ratus, which la not large, contains no movable parts, and a single high press ure pump can work any number of aero phors. The contrivance, wlueh la fixed Just under the ceiling at given points, consists of two separata nozzles, one for propelling the air by creating an In duced current, and the other for moist ening It A Jet of water under pressure la projected through a horizontal noa tle iuto a casing in which there la a vertical nozzle. The Jt from the hori- contal nozzle causes the induced cur rent of air to act upon the water enter ing the casing at Its upper part through tbe vertical nozzle. The water la passed into the atmosphere In the form of a fine, diffusive cloud, the large drops of water being caught and retained by the apparatus. The aerophor will only project Into the atmosphere such particle of water as are capable of being absorbed Im mediately, so that damage to the machinery or fabric is impossible. In the same way, the atmosphere not being supersaturated, there U no Injury to health. Installations of this inven tion have recently been pat. up in several Lancashire mills, one of which, belonging to the Hurst Mills company, Aahton-under-Lyne, was recently In spected by a number of mill owner and other gentlemen interested In the production ot textile fabrics. In the shed inspected there were 4G3 looms out of the 2,100 at work In the milL The moistening is there auceeaafully performed by eleven aerophors, while ventilation is aided by an aerophor ventilator. Tbe recording Instruments showed the temperature to be 78 dogs Fahrenheit with 75 per cent, of moisture. Inquiries of the manager and of several of the operatives elicited but one answer, and tliat wa one of thorough satisfaction. Mr. Osborne, one of her majesty's Inspectors of factories, was present, and stated Hint the aerophor met the requirements of the govern ment and was a boon to the operatives. He observed that the aerophor, or any similar apparatus efficiently effecting the same object, was greatly wanted in textile factories. Public Opinion. The outrages in Armenia continue. The Portuguese Cabinet has resigned. Iatti will give concerts In this country next &cao n. A Cabinet Minister of Health is seri ously proKd for England. Russia prottosefl to keep Chinamen out of I'ssurt by laying a heavy tax on them. The Federal Council of Switzerland has decided to recognize the Republic of Hrazil. The Turkish government will appoint a cotumiHlon to inquire into the Armen ian troubles. Marriagf s of convenience, which have been a liane of wiclal life in France, are said to be on a decline there. The Austrian war-ship Taurus, with a crew of sixty-nine men and four officers, has loundered til the lilac a sea. It Is proposed to erect an EiflVl tower in Melfiourne, and a company wit ha cap ital of $.'i00.0k) has leen formed for the purKiee. . Irish anti-home-rule members appeal for aid f r thirty men in Tipierary whose business has been ruined by the boycott. Adelina I'atti'a theater on her estate In Wales, Cralg-y-nos, has lteen com pleted, and there was an informal open ing recently. Roumania and Servia are negotiating with Vienna bankers for a refunding of their public debts at more favorable rates of interest. A resident of Cevlon savs the Java roflVe plant is dying out. and this uni versal breakfast" leverage will soon be come a costly luxury. Many people in Bohemia. Austria, and ilungnrv have lieen rendered homeless by the heavv storms ami floods, which are gvneral throughout Europe. In view of recent developments at Tripoli the government has ordered the French Mediterranean and Levantine squadrons to proceed to North Africa, The ex-Emperor of Brazil thinks of settling in Ihe neighUirhood of Vienna, and negotiations for the purchase of a suitable aliode for him have been set on foot. It is rumored in fxmdon that an Eng lish man-of-war had arrived at Lisbon, and the officers and men landed were at .tacked bv a mob ami compelled, to re- embark. IT walknd the world with bended hnad; Ttaw Is do thin." h moaning said. "That mut Dot lomi day Join tha dead. " Ha aat where rollrd a river dmps A woman mt hnr down to wimp; A child lay tn tir lap anlncp Tha wstom tourhrd th mother's band. Ilia haart waa tuchni Hapaaaed from land, But Wt It UtiKhlng In tho aand That ona kind word, that ona good dad. Waa aa If ou should plant a amd la sand along; death's aabta breda ind locking from tne farther shore. He saw, where lie hail aat before. A light that grew; grew more snd mora Re saw a growing, glnwln throng Of happy people, white and etrong With faitli, and Jubilant wltn song. It grew and grew, thla Uttta aeed Of good aown In that dar of need. Until It tom-hed tha atara Indeed I And then the old man amiling aald. With youthful heart and lift.- heat, "No good (Wid erer Joina the load. . -JocqulO Hluer of the report of the committee appointed ' n to investigate and rejwrt upon the prac- "wy, too, is m ticability and location of the huge canal. on. instead t TKo Vnrt TVwliw Prcsbvterian Svnod. comprising twenty-five counties in North western lowa anu emoracmg Bevemy two churches, has inaugurated a cam paign in favor of Sunday closing at the Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago. The mechanical difficulties in the ap plication of the new ballot law are at tracting attention in New York. One ot the greatest undertakings will be the printing, perforating and numbering ol the 8.000,000 official ballots, which must be done in ten days. Iowa has passed a stringent tramp law. It declares that any male person 16 vears or over who is physically able to u-ork who is wandering around begging Or idle, and who cannot show reasonable efforts to secure employment, unau ue deemed a tramp, sent to jail and put at hard work. . , The latest thing in trusts is reported from Chicago, where a broker named RnuwU has incorporated the " National Tonsorial Parlor Company," with a cap ital of 25.000. Barber shops are to oe established in the principal cities, and tickets of membership issued good for service for a year. Senator Stewart has been successful , . . . i . in having an amenumeni aiiaciieu u the House bill repealing the timber-culture law, which has passed the Senate, practically putting an ena to tne nuiis brought by the United States against a number of mining companies in Nevada and California for cutting timber on public lands. The manv friends of ex-United States Treasurer Spinner will hear with regret that he ia approacning nis ena. in a letter to the editor of Frank Leslie's II liintinWl Newsnaner he says that the cancer on hia face has progressed to such an extent that there is no hope of hia surviving much longer. He is 89 years old, and up to the time when the cancer appeared had always enjoyed rugged health. - . .-;. - Philanthropic and.svalthy Hebrews are likely to be addressed from Philadel phia bv the promoters of a movement now stirring in that city. It is a quick ening and extension of the Jewish Alli ance of America, organized some years ago in Philadelphia, to respond to the rush of Jewish exiles from Russia and Roumania. A national organisation of local lodges and societies is now contem plated. Membership fee will be fZS. Tha Kalatluu That nhoald rlUt Brtweea tha Style and tha Matter. ,Ko romance is any the worse, but far the "better, for being well written. To be well written it must be suitably written, and the style which is excel lent for a sober, delicate, scientific story la not so excellent for a tale ot adven ture. Even the novel-publishing news papers, aa long as they get their week ly allowance of incident, do nobgrumble, probably because the language is good. Its excellence, however, depends on the' matter. Elegant and rhythmic English and dainty and prolonged descriptions are not in place in a novel of romance; they cease to be In place as soon as the separate charm of the style becomes a rival to the interest of tha story. A drama may have too much wit, though uncommon fault, and a arred when the atten- of being concentrated on the action, is claimed by the manner of the narration. Even in tales of analysis and science, one often sees that the author has paused and nibbled at his pen, while be sought the best, or rather the most unexpected, word. This is actually a frequent vice in modern, especially, perhaps, in American novels, which aim at style. There are some readers who prefer these interruptions and delays; they think them proofs ot delicacy and of exquisite care. This appears to tne to be a fault in any work. Often, it is true, in Shakespeare one is forced to stop and read again and again some passage, for the extraordinary, astonishing beauty of its manner. But we may be sure that Shakespeare did not stop as he wrote, and work the thing up: Shakespeare who "never blotted aline.' Of course passages may be "worked up, ' and yet may show no sign of it. For example, there Is a beautiful sentence tn one of Izaak Walton's "Lives," which reads in its ample brevity as it it were quite spontaneous. But several rough copies of it, none of them good, are found on a fly leaf of a book whioh had been in the possession of Izaak. The error is to employ a research in style which is inappropriate and tardy. This is as much the fault of some good novels in the way of analysis as reck lessness of taste and even of grammar is the fault of some books ot adventure. The worst ot it is that, to a good many persons, the fault in the former class appears a merit. When Mr. Stevenson in his admirable "Master of Ballantrae," makes the old Scotch steward talk about the lurching reverberations of the fire light" he drops, for once into the error of style which is too often recognized as an excellence. At all events, the busi ness of "heredity," as in M. Zola's long series of romances, can never, probably, be much admired by more than a passing fashion. Heredity ia much too fleeting and peculiar in its manifestations to be seized scientifically. It la -about aa manageable as hypnotism,' which ia scientific, too, more or less, and is over worked and tedious. But a novel of heredity ia usually thought scientific, while a novel of hypnotic influence is thought romantic They are about equally scientific and equally transient. Andrew Lang, is Longman's Magasina. The announcement that the German authorities at Bagamoyo. Africa, have imnicd a proclamation authorizing t rathe in -laves is believed in Berlin to be a mUtake. The Czarowitz and hia brother. Grand Duke George, are to start towanl the end of Octolter from Corfu on a voyage to India, China and Japan, terminating at San 1-rancisco. A Zanzilar dispatch says that Emin Panha hoisted the German flag at Tab- ero, captured a lot of guns, ivory and cattle from Sultan Sike and then pro ceeded to I sokuma.. Great excitement is caused at Cape Town, South Africa, by the arrival of a Portuguese steamer loaded with kid naped natives from Mozambique en route to the est Coast. The work of blowing up what is called th "Iron Uate of the ihtnutie." tne great roekv pass on the Servian bonier, through wnich a navigable channel was cut many years ago, lias begun. The total cost of the Ixindon docks - I ..f atiwl OiUI mUl an. I it has leen computed that halt of this ex penditure was sheer waste. London has no public control over its docks. A annitarv commission has started from Rome for Massowah, where deaths from cholera average fifty daily. Euro- wans are not affected. Strict measures aggealloaa for a Marine Barometer. A suggestion for bettering weather predictions haa been made by Ca.pt. Franklin Fox, a well known English seaman. During January, lsvo, when terrific galea burst upon the British Islands, he finds that barometers at London gave no reliable monitions of these disastrous cyclones. His own Idea is tliat the atmospheric power of rising or depreIng 'the mercury in a barometer la affected by the amount of electricity In the air at tlie moment, and tliat to have strict, reliable weather glasses we require electric tests of the conditions of the atmosphere attached to them. It may be true, as Capt. Fox has sup posed, that electricity has an effect on the oscillations of the mercury in the glass. During the passage of an elec tric storm over a station the mercury, for reasons never fully explained, al most Invariably rise or falls very rap idly, though it often returns to Its pre vious level when the storm Is past- There is little doubt that the electrical state of clouds, as Lord Rayleigh lias shown, determines their precipitation. and the down ru-th of rain, always ac companied by a down rush of air, will tend to sustain or elevate the mercury n effect likely to be Intensified when the descending air la filled with the moke and dust arising over a great city. When, therefore, a great storm is ap proaching, and clouds in its front are tn tliat electrical condition which fa vors heavy and prolonged precipita tion from them, the effect may very naturally account for the barometric phenomenon noted by Capt. Fox. At all events, the series of experiments bJcli he proposes could not fail to throw new and valuable light upon the degree of reliance to be placed upon the weather glass. If the Invention of a reliable marine barometer should be the result of such experiments it would tie the means of saving thousands of lives and ships from the ocean cyclone. New Orleans Picayune. I remember when that narrer fan o' hern j Bed pink cheeks an' eyea so bright they 'peared to barn; An' her soiiles was sweet aa' eaaay 'aUdder stern. That waa when my noaea waa amnethin' Uraberwr 'An they are of late' 'lea when I railed on bar Kind utt steady what ye might call tr-gakv. I Always meant sometime to bid her name tha day yit aomebow I dldn t do It lent my way To keen puuin' off I'm given to delay. Now tha years crep off aa tha wrinkles they erep' In. tare's a mighty lly erlttur allck aa atn Frr to slide out at a loophole small an total fieems I give the whole thing np, an' think aays I IMn'i I've II red alone till f obty, reckon my Life kin bobble on alooe till time to die. But today soma women gaaaln In tha shade Of the peach tree yan'ier apoke of Nancy Blade Bald they reckoned aha waa bora for an eld maidt I Well, etra! all my blood went b'UIn' at her name! All thet old lore, hot with pity as a flame. Bared np till I weut an' tuld her bow It cam TV I bed n't aat her sooner. Aa somehow - When I saw her Hat'nta. blttahia' chili to brow Why, I felt like Ufa waa unly atartln now I Era Wilder MoQlaaaoa In Buffalo Expraea ITnheatthy Occupations. The ancient man or woman who pounded wheat between two stones knew nothing of the trouble that was In store for the miller of today. Man's breathing apparatus waa made to utl lize pure air, charged with a minimum of dust. When a man Uvea In an at mosphere in which flour dust floats about in large quantities there la bound to be some part of his organization get dogged a p. Wlille workers in acid works are liable to have their teeth often, and they wear away in a year or two If not protected, artisans in mills where metallic dust la In the . air are very apt to engender diseases that will be chronic. If not speedily fatal. The miller Is generally an unhealthy Individual, unless he be of the old time ort, who used to ride about the coun try during three parts of hia working hours and spend only a little time within reach of the dust from, his mill stones. It is not to be supposed that man will ever be able to get along without the miller. Such being the case, it Is to be hoped tliat something more will be done In the near future to protect his lungs while at his work than haa been accom plished hitherto. Hall's Journal of Health. Tho Hook Agent's Maw Way. - Book agents follow the motto, "When everything else fails try tmriosity, and it usually wins. An old farmer south of this city, who lias thrown book agents over the fence, allowed his cu riosity to lead him down to the gate to see a bicycle go by. Just as the young gentleman came up to the gate some thing went wrong with the wheel and he stopped to tlx it. The old farmer kindly offered his aid, and the wily agent slipped a book into the victim's hand to hold until the wheel was fixed. Its Maker Is Prooa of It, hoc Ha Has He Vf Uh to MakA Another. In tbe window of a German jewsle an Court street, Brooklyn, there stands a brass clock not more than ten inches high. The passerby who looks through the window sees under the clock, which is supported by fonf polished columns small brass platform, balanced to a nicety on two pivots in tbe middle, like an ordinary seesaw. A groove cut into the surface of tbe brasn runs zigzag from one end to the other, and on the path so made a brightly -pdliahed steel ball, no larger than a ballet, ran nn- ceasingly. When tbe ball has traveled from one end of the platform to the other, zigzagging from side to side, it strikes a thin steel wire which hangs from above, and in an Instant the plat form is tilted np at tliat end and the little hall, impelled by- the-fqree of .gravity, tarts back again. At the ttber end it comes into contact with another wire, and np goes the platform once mom Sometimes a big crowd stand around the window intent on tbe little sphere. the mystery ' which they find it bard te solve. F. T. Kraft, who runs the store, has followed hia trade for many years. One day six years ago Kraft was walking down Broadway when he saw a clock in a jeweler's window with the same de vice. He stood for an hour tn front of the glass watching it and trying to solve the problem of its constrnction. The proprietor of the store told him the clock had been made in. England twenty-five years before, and was the only one of its kind in exintence. Mr. Kraft's request to have a look at the inecbanfsm was met with, a swfuaal, and he went off with the determination to study it out for himself.. He worked at it tax month during hia odd hoars and finally tri omphed. Then he was surprised to find bow simple the idea was after all, al though he found the greatest delicacy necessary in carrying it out. Mr. Kraft took the clock from its shelf in the window to explain its mechanism to the reporter. The two mysterious wires which the ball strikes against at the end of each trip are fastened above to a long roL, From the upper aide of this rod runs a strip of steel, which rests against one of four pins on an escape ment wheel in the wort. When the ball strikes the wire it releases this wheel, which, makes a quarter revolution to the next pin. On the same axis is a cog wheel whose teeth fit into those of another of half the circumference. - The smaller wheel makes a half revolution while the other is making a quarter. To tha axis of this wheel is fastened a rod, which is attached at its other end to the platform, which is polled np or down ac cording to the wire which the ball strikes. It waa in the manufacture of the ball itself that Mr. Kraft had tbe most diffi culty. It had to be a perfect sphere to work properly, and - it wa nrw4 dowa bit by bit to the proper size. A lmie The conversation turned from the bi cycle to the book, and the former waa I gnard rail is placed at each angle of -tha repaired about the tune the old tanner groove, so that tne ball will not jnmp for the isolation of natives are adopted. Th Prime Minister of Spain, believ ing that free trade is responsible for the pviIr of the Spanish workingman's post tion, has recommended a policy of pro tection for both farmers urers. For the first time since its foundation a Jew, Professor Julius Hernstein. has lwn elected Hector Magnitictua of the Haile university. Up to within a com parativelv short time no Jew was per mitted even to teach there. Returns that have been made to Par liament show t hat there are in Great Brit ain and Ireland 3,800 miles oi inland navigation, of which 1,000 miles are on : ........ 1 ry ' mill ,ilaa r.f i-unfl la A Griwraai Farmer. Rev. Smith Baker, of IowelL Mass., formerly of Maine, while in Suco told of an experience he once had while holding a pastorate near Bangor. There was a well to do farmer who lived on the opposite bank of the Penobscot from Mr. Baker's residence who one spring, whenthe ice on the river was breaking up, lost a daughter. Mr. Baker was asked to officiate at the fu neral, which he did, being obliged to hire a home and carriage to make the Journey, the nearest bridge being some distance up the river. rotlung was said about paying him either for his services or his expenses. A little while afterward another death occurred in the family. Mr. Baker was again asked to conduct the services. which he did, tlus time luring a man to row him across the river, and again with no mention of compensation. The next spring the farmer's mother passed away. Mr. Baker was obliged to make the journey as he did the first time by carriage. Tills time the farmer went to Mr. Baker and aaid: "Mr. Baker, you have been very kind to come over here to conduct these -funerals at at such an expense to you, and I feel that it is asking altogether too much. I want to pay you something. So next fall, when the apples are ripe, you drive around and you can help yourself from my orchard." Lewiston Journal. II Didn't Tell Hia Parenta. "I have never been so happy before In all my life," said Henry Soulen, the father of a 15-year-old boy who fell from a fifth story window in the New Insurance building, and was saved from a horrible death by alighting upon a mass of telegraph wires. Mr. Soulen waa talking about hia son's escape, and. although two days had elapsed, his voice trembled with emotion. "I have was ready to subscribe for two of tbe latter. When the name was well in scribed and the bicyclist out of hear ing the old farmer scratched hia head In a rather dazed way and said: "111 be dinged if that ain't a book agent. " Indianapolis News. SHOOTING WATER' SNAKES. ntwn rivers, leaving 2JS00 miles of canals. the greater part of which are in Eng land. The Berlin Post says : Germany never had any intention of unqualifiedly abol luKinrr oil forma of alnvprv in Africa. The Reichstag agreed that the measure just been over to the scene of the acci- would be taken only Dy degrees, wun due regard for tbe existing order of things. A sad spectacle was witnessed in San tiago, Chili, recently, when hundreds of Italian immigrants just arrived from Tal cahuano implored passera-by for alms, some of the men offering their coats and shirts for sale in order to procure some thing to eat. A number of representatives of Swihs and other Continental banks recently met at llerne, under the presidency of M. Hammer, to deliberate on the issue of a loan of 40,000,000 francs for the purchaso of Swiss railways by the Confederation. The merchants of Belfast are making every endeavor to place as much linen as possible in the United States before the McKinlev bill goes into effect. The Majestic, which has just sailed, has one of the largest cargoes of linen ever known to have been shipped. Many shippers are unable to secure freight space. . The following Cabinet appointments are announced at Buenos Ayres : Min ister of Finance, Cane ; Interior, Pine dosi ; Public Works, Huego. Dr. Plaza is about to start for London to arrange a loan to pay off the public indebtedness c iming due. It is reported that Ca3eres, President of the Provincial bank, will resign. It is stated that BarrunduVs widow carries with her to the City of Mexico certain papers of her late-husband, showing that the latter was in "1587 ad mitted as a protege of Mexioohe hav ing taken out preliminary Mexican nat uralization papers. She will seek the interposition ot Mexico to seirore dam ages against Guatemala. ' dent," he stated, "and consider that my boy's escape was simply wonderfuL The wires upon which he fell are not more than a dozen in number." It ap pears that young Soulen did not tell his parents of hia frightful experience. "John reached home Saturday even ing," said his father, "ate his supper, and acted as if nothing had hap pened. He thought he might as well keep quiet so long as he had not been hurt. In the evening my son Herman, who had read about the affair while down town, rushed into the house, grabbed John in his arms and thanked God that he was still alive. Then we heard for the first time of John's fear ful experience." Milwaukee Wisconsin. vameraa in sew I or a. It Is astonishing to consider the num ber of snap cameras now In use in New York. Turn where yon will yoa are likely to run against a man mooning around with one of these machines. He is relentless and terrible. He will take you bo that you will appear In the worst possible light to your friends if only he can get you in a good position to snap his weapon. No cowboy in the wilds of Texas takes greater pleasure in punching an ugly steer than does this gentleman of the gelatine film when suddenly there bursts upon his vision a group of boys playing "craps," toughs discussing politics, Chinamen paddling about, or a prettjr girl posed on a curb stone waiting for; a horse car. New York Evening Bun; Novel Method to Rid tho Ooeromeot Fonda of Thoao I'eata. Water snakes have become such nuisance to Dr. HesseL curator of the earn ponds and superintendent of shad propagation, that be has declared a war of extermination against them. They are voracious devourers of young fish, lying in wait for them in the shallow water near the bank and gliding stealth ily up behind each finny victim, which finds itselt swallowed before It has had time to fairly realize the nature ot the tragic occurrence. One snake will con sume, on an average, at least six iiuie carp or shad per diem, and at this rate it will be seen that few of them, with ordinary appetites, are likely to shock ingly deplete the stock in a preserve within a comparatively brief period. How plentiful these destructive reptiles are in Dr. llessel's watery domain may be judged by tbe fact that during tho past twelvemonth he has himself killed 1,800 ot them. The doctor's method of killing snakes Is peculiar; he slays them with a parlor rifle, which is just like an ordinary rifle, save that the bore Is very small. and the ballet and chargs of powder corresponding. With this formidable weapon in band, it is the favorite pas time of his leisure hours to patrol the shores of the ponds with cautious foot steps, gazing ahead wistfully until now and then perchance he sees a reptile bead protruding from the water. It is a small mark to hit, but the distinguished curator a aim is un failing, and it is his particular pride always to break the snake's neck between tbe base of the skull and the first vertebra. This accomplished. the prey invapiably gives up the ghost, and the sportsman looks out for the next Sometimes he invites friends to join him in this manly exercise, but it is understood that none of them approach the doctor in accuracy of marksman- ship. D.is success may be estimated in a measure by the fact that he has al ready cleared tha ophidians out of all the ponds but ona or two toward tbe west that are appropriated to carp. He tays that people thereabout call them "water moccasins, but that they are not, in his opinion, actually such. He knows positively, however, that they have destroyed millions of his young fish, which would otherwise have ar rived at adult age in all probability, and lived careers of usefulness ia the world. Washington Letter. Absent Minded Indeed. One of our good farmers, living not a thousand miles distant, thought he would plant twenty acres of ground in corn, and, taking the sack which contained his seed corn, went into the field, put his corn planter into operation and pretty anon had the reo uired number of acres planted, so he thought, with seed corn. Ent npon finishing hia job, what was hia consternation and amazement to find his sack of corn untouched. He had simply forgotten to put the corn in the planter, and waa forced to do hia whole work over again. Lexington (Mo.) Letter. off. It takes the ball just fi5 seconds to make the trip, a half second for each section of the groove. The platform acts as a pendulum with a five second swing. The device is only interesting as a novel ty, as it is more susceptible to changes in tbe weather than the pendulum clock, and has to be regulated frequently. It is interesting to figure out the dis tance which the industrious little ball travels from day to day. Every second it runs 4 2-5 inches, or 23 feet a minute. This is a quarter of a mile an hour, or 6 miles a day, or ISO miles a month, or 21,790 miles a year, over 11,000,000 feet Since the clock waa first started the ball has traveled a distance equal to nearly three-fourths of the way around the globe. In that time it has not been worn to any percepti bie degree, althouga the brass surface on which it runs haa been ground off considerably. I have bad lots of oners tor this clock," said the old jeweler, as he put it back on its shelf, "but I wouldn't sell it for any price. It waa a pleasure to work out the principle of the thing, but yon couldn't get me to make another one of them for a good deal." New York Sun. Dlepatehu Affected dispatch is one of the most dangerous things to business that can be. It is like that which the physicians cs.ll predigestion, o? hasty digestion, which" is sure to nil tne nouy run oi crnoiues and secret seeds of disease. Therefore measure not dispatch by time of sitting, but by the advancement of the businesa, and as in races it is not the large stride or high lift that makes the speed, so in business the keeping close to the matter. and not taking of it too much at once, procures dispatch. It is the care of some only to come off speedily for the time, or to contrive some false periods of Dnsv ness, because they may seem men of dis patch; but it is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off, and business so handled at several sit tings or meetings grows commonly back ward and forward in an unsteady man ner. We knew a wise man that had for" a byword, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion: "Stay a little, that wa may end the sooner." New York Ledger. Tho Umbrella en tho Congo. A journal indulges ha pleasantry be cause an umbrella ma&er in Brussels puts on his sign the words, "Furnisher to the Congo state," Perhaps if the journal knew more about the subject it would not think it so funny, rio article sent out to the Congo state, where there are 40,000,000 of people and any number of small potentates, is so-popular or sells so readily for a large sum as the huge gay nmbrella, of which Brussels now produces toas every year, these umbrellas are in a certain sense the insignia of royalty. that is they are much prized by the black kinglets who sit beneath their grateful shade. What the canopy used to be to the traveling monarchs in the time of the crusades the nmbrella ia to the innumerous feudal chieftains of the Congo today. The accredited mr? I re 11a. makers in Brussels are acquiring fortunes. Boston Journal. A Difference and a Distinction. Caller Is the proprietor in? Wit Clerk Yes, sir. Caller Are yon the gentleman? Wit Clerk Yea, air; but the proprie tor is In the art room, ril call him. i Ezchfiiige. The leaves of the pawpaw tree are employed by the negroes In - washing linen, as a substitute for swap. They - bave also the property of rendepn meat wrapped m teem. tenaer,irwirg to the alkaloid papain whichji&y eon tain, and which acts aa" a esaVvenl. ' i Borrower" i oa tg very kind to lend me these ?5vf feel aa it I can never repay . yo-V3 - Lender ."Eh? i uy m m i a vo maJ uafe at Irs tr Keys S J V f