The Hood ffl Kiver acier. vol. a. IIOOI) UIVKK, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 17, 1803. NO. 3food TJivcr Glacier. IT III. lull Kl KVrilT MATUIllA V MfinNINO DT Tlio Glacier Publishing Companj. M UM IIII'UON MUCK. Ofi yftf , .. IS 00 HI IIMMllll .. 1 Of 1 llMMf IIHMttlll, ,.M.M.MimniiMiiiMMt W bp. a l ii'i; , , .1 Cit THE GLACIER Barber Shop Grant Evans, Propr, 8n uuil .St., near (ik. . Hood Kiver, Or, Shaving nml 1 fair uniting nratly done. NlUldlMtillll lillltlttlltt'Dll. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Curlislr's urdi-r discontinuing coinage nt ilu ( 'arson mint throw thirty-nine employes out of in k, A i-iIHT.iim in bring sought nt the ('itvif Mexico fiir it lottery at Ensen yielii, Liwi r California. Astoria t iiiiiiei are preparing for tho blKk'est million ditch nf till! year, 'l ilt' pn-wiit run i.i vrry ht-nvy. A monster fur-bearing Hi nt, weighing l,ruo pounds, was caught at Elk ( reek, l Tillamook, dr., recently. Philip K'Niiitv nnd Walter I. Iough crtv liavo hern arrested nt llailey, Idaho, unit charged with stealing letters. Tin foil rll crop nf green peas in now ready for the tahlu nt Yuiiui. (ireen i nil has been in the market since May HI. 'Hie Colorado, New and ("nrter rive r in Arizona urn higher than has been kimvMi in years. The hitter two are out (if their hanks. Work on the construction of the tele phone line froni I'iiii lUtoii to Canyon City has begun. The line, will be com pleted to Pilot Hoi k in two weeks, TIh iool iimt MrWhirtor murder ruses at Fresno nro ls-coiuing very miit'li tut niili'il with contradictions mid plots and counter-plots of a sensational char acter. Judge Ross of the UnitcH States Dis trict ourt nt b) Angeles has ruled in n water rase that anew constitution can not abrogate contracts made previous to its passage. I ion I xirer A Co., contractors and builders nl 1-os Angeles, consisting of li. J). In in holder nnd R. N. Rogers, sud denly departed from 1oh A neleH, leav ing lumber bill and mechanics unpaid. The limn Rums, who wiih with Hlack, the detertive, at the timo Sontag nml Evans lii'i'd on them, said to a reporter: "You may Fay, if you like, that I was seared out of my wit. There w as one obstruction in "my way as I ran that must have been nix teen feet high, but I cleared it at u leap," A petition in to be forwarded to Ot tawa fro::! the white fishermen of the Eraser river in British Columbia pro tcsting against the present law, which enables the Japs andaloins to get natur iilifccd and then procure fishing licenses. The Asiatics are taking tho oath of al legiance by tho Hcore. Tho boyH in the State Reform School near iNilein are kept at work clearing land. Aliout ten acres will bo cleared for tlio plow thin Heanon, lniikiun a little inoro than 100 tillablo of tho total estate of 377 hitch. Tho Hchool uhcs between 400 and 600 cords of wood a year, and tho cutting of it removed inot of tho timber from tho tractH to be cleared. Health Officer Keency and Dr. Ucgen buiv'cr of tho San Francinco Hoard of llealtii iiavu m-nt to tho peHthoiiHe liol ert .lacknon,a 41-year-old cook, whom thev decided wan a full-Hedged leper. Jackwui Hiiid he was a native of KiikIhihI, and that ho hud been in Honolulu for Home tune. Then bo went to Victoria, and three monlliH ago came to San l-ran-cihco. I lo thought he wuh only Hullering from Hlight skin diHeaso. The remilt of tho investigation by the government innpeetorH of tho recent collinion between tho steamers State of California and Whites bo ro is made jiublii'. The inspectors find that Cap tain l.iebeg of the Whitesboro wont Im'Iow on tho night of the accident, ieaving the second mate, nn unlicensed officer, in charge, and it was due to his want of knowledge that tho collision took place. Captain Lieheg is found culpable-for having placed such an offi cer in charge, and Iiih license as a mas ter ami pilot in suspended for thirty days. Captain Ackley of tho State of California is exonerated from all bliime. David Starr Jordan has resigned tho Presidency of tho Leland Stanford (.Jr.) University. The resignation is said to have been made to Senator Stanford personally ''l supplemented by a written communication, which tho founder of the institution has accepted. It is understood that at tho end of tho Kcholastic year President Jordan's con nection with the college will cease. The reason given for tho resignation is that Senator Stanford lias for some time been rather dissatisfied with tho manner in which Jordan has managed the univer sity alfairs. When ho retumod from abroad six weeks ago ho summoned tho President to a conference at his Palo Alto residence. ' He indicated tho changes he desired, but Jordan resented the Senatorial interference with the pJtimate result M stated. ClllCAfiO KX POSITION. At the entrance of the Colorado build ing at the World's fair is a flagstone of red MiuidHtolie i!.'ix8 feet lilid ten inches thick. Jl. Is reported that Count Tolstoi in- iciHiH 10 visn mo uoiiu h rnir ami bring- over Willi blm a party of young ki)m'ihu nobles, who are lo iiivesl ii-nte American agricultural methods uml Hid systems of irrigation Hi use in llie Went. A number of foreign coiniiilHsioiier who, when dlsHilislicd wil h the awards plan, withdrew theirexhibils from com petition Imve imuoiiticcii they have re stored I Ik-im as the result of the settle uientof the much-discussed ijtii'stion. Henry C. Ives, head of the art depart ment of the World's fair, has had a clolh jilnced over AnderHon's picture of "Woman taken in Adullerv." which the committee bad refused permission to exhibit, but which the French exhibitors gave representation to in their collection of pictures. Ilerr Wermith, the Imperial (iermau i oiiiiiiiHMoner, sanl the other dav. refer ring to the report in lute dispatches that Kmperor William had linallv decided to come to the fair, that he bad no oflicial advice lo that elici t, but would not be surprised if it came to paw, as the Km peror was a great traveler and had taken a deep interest in the fair. 'I'he formal opening of the electricity building, which has lieeii so long de fined, took place one night hiHt week. 'I'he feature of the display was the un veiling and lighting of the big I". lison lower erected by the Ucncral Klcctric Company. This shaft is situated in the exact center of the building, and repre sents the highest achievement of the in- candescent lump. It extends into the grand nrch formed by the intersection of the nave anil transept, reaching a height of about 100 feet. The met hods Used in const ruction have resulted in showing a perfect column as though the entire shaft were hewn from one mifsive block of stone. It springs from the roof of a col onnade niirouuiliiig the base, and the entire interior is strewn w ith thou-aiiils of incandescent lamps as many hin d ns the W esteru sunset, i lie colors are ar ranged hv mechanical methods, capable of being (lashed in harmony with the strains of music. T he column is crow le d with a well-proportioned replica of an I'.dison iticaiiili Mi ciit lamp, formed from a multitude of pieces of prismatic crys tals. I pwardot ,iO,(MKI of these beauti ful jewels are strung on n frame, and are all lighted from the interior by a large number of incandescent lamps. ' The ef fect produced is marvelous, and can only Is1 appreciated when seen. Montana's famous solid silver statue of "Justice" was unveiled in the mines and mining building the other day. It is the statue for which the actress, Ada Uehan, stood as a model, and by so do ing created much contention among her sisters of the profession. The unveiling of the statue was the event of the day nt the White City, and the great build ing in which the Matuo stands was thronged w ith people eager to see the magnificent work of nit. While the crowd was assembling, tho Cincinnati band played national airs. The open ing address was by Major Martin Mc (iinnisof Montana, who spoke in glow ing terms of the brilliant future before that State, of her untold wealth, of the enterprise of her citizens nnd her won derful natural resources. When he lin ished, Mrs. Richards of Montana stepped forward, anil, taking up a small silken cord, gave it a gentle pull, and the Stars nnd Stripes which enfolded the silver image of "Justice" fell away and exposed the statue for tho tirst time to public gaze. The crowd gave vent to wild cheers, while the baud played "America." When tho applause died away, Hon. I. M. IJuinn, editor of the Untie Miner, made the closing address. He spoke of the statue as a work of art, of how it came to be made, and how it represented tho wealth, enterprise nnd artistic tusto of tho citizens of that State. At the close of the exercises the Montana' Commissioners entertained their friends and a large number of ex position officials and the representatives of foreign nations nt luncheon. June 1 closed the first month of the exposition. Although the weather and the general impression that the fair is not linished have all'ected th attend ance, tho average has not been as high as the governing officers of the fair ex pected " before President Cleveland pressed the button May 1. There is no denving that tho treasury department of tlio fair is pressed for money, al though the banks, which are represented in the local corporation, stand ready to advance money at any time to tido the exposition over; but money is owing to the contractors and employes, and the former find much difficulty in getting nuiek and full payment of their claims. Treasurer Zeeberger is compelled to resort to all kinds of excuses for putting the contractors oil, but some have been waiting two months after tho contracts have been completed and their vouchers passed. There will be n severe policy of retrenchment in all departments of the fair beginning next month. Tho dis chargeof 2,000employes is contemplated, and even Major Handy, who deals with tho press representatives of tho world, is now preparing a detailed statement of passes given with a view to a heavy reduction in the list. Ex-President Raker of the exposition, who is of the special committee investigating the press matter, thinks that the press of the country has done more harm than good to tho fair and should not bo treated liberally. Before the opening the enthusiasts connected with the fair talked about an average daily attend ance of 100,000, but that number has only been reached twice -tho opening day and Memorial day. Special fete days and single-fare excursions from distant points will swell the crowds for tho next four months, but the European patronage is not being relied on to any orent. extent, in fiffiirinar m nrosneetivo receipts. For the month of May it can 1 S Jl A 11 1 A V ' only do saiu uiai we uur nas not mucn naer than paid the opening expenses. EASTERN MELANGE. Hank Failures in the West Frighten Depositors. MIL UL'.SHYIIKAUHTJilCTLYIN IT. Mohammedan to bo Colonized in Florida uml Georgia by an American Convert. Erie, Pa., in to have a Masonic Tern pie. It will cost 42K),000. The total registration of Chinese un der the deary law is less than 1.1,000. Kansas Populists have started a proj ect to build u railway by public subscrip tion. Several cases of smallpox have Is-en found in a New York tenement on First etrcet. Kansas millers, feurful of a shortage in tlr w heat crop, are engaging for fu ture delivery. Paderewski'M total receibts for his sixly-four concerts in the Lnited States amounted to 17i,0O0. Kulnlia admires "American rush," nnd wonders nt the newspapers, whose pict ures please her greatly. The Farmers' and Mechanics' Lumber Company nnd the Iiomis Coal Com puny at St. 1iuis have failed. Kentucky has a Parliament which won't adjourn. It has leen in session for eight months or more. The speed of the cruiser New York ac cording to the final computations was twenty-one knots an hour. The Missouri Railroad Commissioners have decided that a single horse must he accepted as freight, though unaccompa nied by a person. Philadelphia lias a gas plant of its own, and last vear it netted a revenue of over ij l.iH.Ml, Ono in addii ion to the free use of w hat w as needed for public purposes. New York expects loss blockade and quicker transit on Broadway because of the cable curs, which have commenced running on that congested thoroughfare. It is now authoritatively stated that I'arlyle W. Harris, the executed wife poisoner, came near cheating justice on the eve of of his execution by taking poison. The Michigan Legislature has legalized the use of the Myers voting machine in towns, villages and cities. The vote in the Senate stood 19 to 4; in tho House 72 to ;l. Louisville has offered $1,000,000 for the removal of the State capital of Kentucky from Frankfort to that city. The Legis lature, which is now in session, will set tle the question. When the dispensary law goes into ef fect in South Carolina on July 1 the State w ill realize 1 profit on every gallon of liquor sold, nnd is expected to clear $300,- 000 the first vear. Detroit doctor, who undertook to pull a dislocated ankle into place, dislo- ated the knee joint of his patient. 1 lie latter has entered suit against the doctor for $5,000 damages. It is the opinion of the New York World that the revenue bill of the next Congress will contain a clause imposing a tax upon incomes over a certain amount say over $10,000. In Ohio after August 1 all wholesale dealers in cigarettes must pay $300 and and all retailers $100 tor license fees, and the prospect is that very few of either will take out the required license. Tho first vessel with a creen flas flvins at her top that ever entered Boston liar- iKir has just arrived at that port. She is the four-masted bark Cave Hill, built in Belfast, Ireland. Her tonnage is ,l&7. Bv a ruling of the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals at St. Paul, Minn., it was held that a toreign subject who is qualified to become acitizen of the United States under the Revised Statutes does not become such by filing a declaration of intention to do so. He must comply with all the provisions oi tlio federal statutes. One of the Florida phosphate compa nies is shipping 1,500 tons a week. There are now a dozen companies thus engaged, one of which is formed bv French capi- tausis, w no snip pnospnato to j; ranee. Europe now annually consumes 75,000 tons of Florida phosphates. Tho capital invested in these Florida companies is $:W,0(0,000. Tho Salvation Army in New York ex pects to make a remarkable display in that city next fall, when General Booth will visit this country. Commander Ballington Booth and his wife will have charge, and it is their purpose to bring to New York at least 100,000 members of the army, and that every State andeverv province in Canada will be represented. Mrs. Frank C. Buffon, alias Mrs. Anna E. AVetmore, alia3 half a dozen other names, who was arrested in Pitts burg recently at the instance of her newest father-in-law, Jacob Button, ap pears to be the most remarkable adven turess that lias ever operated in the United States. Her scheme was similar to that of Eva Mann, who wrecked and finally drove to suicide Robert Rav Hamilton. Alexander Russell WehK t.h TTni'tnil States Consul, who four vpura oor em. braced the religion of Mohammed, and who represents tne Monarameaans m the United States, has been securing lam! in Florida And ftenrtfia fm tlio mn.. pose of establishing colonies of the faith- mt in mis country, tie believes that within five years there will be about 5.000 active, able-bodied MiiKSAm.n settled is the first colony. ' KltOM WASHINGTON CITY. The Star says that the President lias intimated that he will probably call Congress tigether alout October 1 instead of the middle of September. The State Department has been offi cially notified of the elevation of the Italian legation hereto the rank of an embassy, and that Baron do Fava, tho iiresent, Minister, would soon present his credentials uh an Ambassador. Secretary Lnmont has asked Attorney (ieneral Olney for an opinion as to whether the acceptance by Mendell, Heuraiid Benyard of positions on the California Debris Commission will jeopardize their army rank or promo tion. Secretary Carlisle during the past few days has received several telegrams con firming the newsiiajier dispatches as U a conspiracy on the extreme Northwest border to smuggle opium and Chinese into the country. They intimate that a number of government employes are implicated. The treasury statement showing the amount of gold and silver coin and cer tilicutiM and of United States notes and national hank notes in circulation June 1 has been issued. It shows the total circulation is $l,rM,l.rl,!KJl, a decrease during the month of $2,h7'l,4.'J4, and for the last twelve months of $2;5,8.r,8,32i. The circulation per capita is $23.88. Secretary (ircsham authorizes an em phatic denial of tho statement that the Chinese Minister has notified the De partment of Slate that the Chinese government would retaliate if the Geary net is enforced. Gresliam declared that the recent interview between himself and the Chinese Minister on the decision of the Supreme Court on the Geary law was pleasant and friendly. Not a word nor an intimation of a threat was used during the interview. No verbal or written statement from the Chinese government has been received since tho decision to indicate that the Emporer proposes retaliation. When asked if any steps had been taken towards the enforcement of tho law, Gresham replied that the matter was in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury. So far a.-i he knew nothing had been" done. PURELY PERSONAL. M. Pierre Loti has a penchant for ded icating bis books to prominent ladies. Miss Charlotte M. Yonge is now three score and ten, and has written far more than tho same number of liooks. She began novel-writing when she was 20. In Spain the name " Infanta " is given to all daughters of the reigning King except the oldest when she is heiress ap parent to the throne. The masculine form, " Infante," is given to all the sons except the oldest. When the wife and daughter of the Chinese Minister to England were pre sented to Ojieen Victoria they were al lowed to remain seated after "their pre sentation, as their small feet unfitted them for long standing. Rev. Father Thomas E. Sherman, son of the late General, is as aggressive and outspoken as his distinguished father. In his sermons ho takes every-day mat ters as subjects, and in a recent dis course ho poured hot 6hot into the secret societies. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is soon to leave Washington for a year's sojourn abroad. Much of her time will be spent i -1-- i i i A 1 in lAiiuioii, wnere sue is almost as wen known in society as in New York, but in the autumn she will make a tour of Egypt and the Holy Land. Cardinal Ziglaria, who has just died at Rome, was persona gratissima at the Quirinal.and besides being a great favor ite of the present Pontiff he was gener ally regarded by the Catholic clergy throughout tho world as destined to be come the successor of Leo XIII. The roval family of Encland is said to be the mostmonev-lovinarof theDrincelv blood of Europe. The Queen has accu mulated .1 vast, fortrmn (mm tier KAvincra and slie pays her servants less than they can get in any nrst-ciass hotel. Her daughter, tho Princess Louise, inherits this parsimonious spirit. Whatever the poverty of the Brooklvn Tabernacle, Dr. talmage himself is not a poor man. He is credited with a for tune of j 500,000 and an income of $26, 000 from books, sermons,- lectures and editorial work. The Tabernacle's finances have been badly managed; otherwise the late sop of 2;5 per cent to hungry credit ors would not have been necessary. Colonel Bob Ingersoll once visited the stoko hole of an American liner. After seeing all that was to bo seen he drew a $5 bill from his pocket and said: "Boys, 1 don't believe in hell, but I guess you do. We won't let our beliefs enter into good fellowship; so here's something to drink to my health with." And then he went into his cabin and wrung out his clothes. Miss Jennie Y'oung, the American who recently built a railroad to tho extensive salt deposits she owns in Chihuahua, has received from the Mexican government a valuable concession in the form of a privilege for the establishment of colo nies in the States of Chihuahua andCo ahuila. Miss Young has gone to England to make arrangements for bringing over several thousand English families to set tle upon tho lands bIio has secured from the government. Ex-President Harrison is having a quiet life in Indianapolis, and has not reneyed business relations with his old law partners, ex-Attorney-General Mil ler and Mr. Elam. Ho has a desk in tho office of I loward Colo, who studied law in Mr. Harrison's office, against the time when he takes up business again. He does not propose to pract ice law generally, but will confine himself to the Federal and higher State courts. He does not expect to do much law business until after his return from California, where he goes in October to give a series of lect ures at Stanford University. FOREIGN FLASHES. The Czar Has the Audacity to Tackle the Pontiff. BLACK SEA NAVAL MANEUVERS. Kcvlval of the Napoleon Craze In Paris Em press Augusta Vic toria Hakes a Gift. Russia has decided to use falcons in stead of pigeons to carry army dispatches There is said to be fifty millions of money lying unclaimed in the bcotch hanks. Paris contains at present about 241,380 ioreigncrs, including 38,000 Germans, in.oou i-.ngiisti and 3,000 Americans. A London grand jury has found a true bill against William Townsend, who discharged a pistol at Mr, Gladstone. Mount Blanc Observatory, 15,781 feet above the sea level, will be completed next August, its cost will be $00,000. It is said that forged notes on the Bank of Brazil aro being circulated among me Brazilian government troops. In his recent address to workingmen Mr. Gladstone said ho rejoiced to see an increased number of labor representa tives in ran lament. Preparations at Odessa and Crimean ports for the naval maneuvers of the Russian Black Sea fleet on a huge scale are now in progress. Tho preacher Spurgeon, whose influ ence was so powerful in London, is re memk'red w ith a monument lately un veiled in Norwood Cemetery. The progress of theilluminutionof the DarkContinent is indicated by the fact that 700 locomotives now cast the rays of uieir neauugius tnrougii the gloom. A statement recently published bv the authorities at Munich gives som'e startling information as to the increased consumption in that city of dog flesh. A strong effort is being made in En gland for a law that all ships must carry enough navigating officers to give them four hours on and eight hours off duty. The London Statist says the liabilities of the Australian banks that have failed this year, including those to sharehold ers as well as the public, exceed $500, 000,000. Patti's voice is very badly worn. She no longer attempts to sing such florid passages as she did ten years ago, and she cannot get up to her former brilliant high notes at all. Prince Bargram and Prince Mustapha. members of the leading families in Dag hestan, on the way to Moscow quarreled. They fought a duel in the province of roitava. isotn were killed. There are about eight times as many divorces granted in Japan as in the United States, the proportion in the Mikado's realm amounting to 602 out of every 100,000 in population. In the year 1870, 28,758 passengers were carried through the Suez canal, in 1880 the number had risen to 98,900, and in 1890 to 175,105; while in th past year it amounted to 183,912. with a label bearing the words "not to be delivered on Sunday," for the use of those caDDatanana who object to bun day opening of the postoffices. M. Weill, Grand Rabbi of Algiers, who had been collecting money for the relief of the sufferers from famine in that country, has received a donation of $2, 000 from Baron de Rothschild of Paris. Emperor William of Germany has decided not to call the Prussian reserves under colors this year. He says that he does not wish to keep the men from the polls next month or interfere with their harvesting. The champion long-distance walker of France, Lardeaux, has announced his intention to challenge two competitors to walk to Chicago by way of Siberia, the ice fields and Alaska, the winners purse to be 20,000 francs. The Brunswick (Germany) Hygiene Society has examined sixty samples of so-called medical Tokay wines, "guar anteed pure " or "recommended by phy sicians," and found that fifty of these samples were not pure wines. The long-expected deathblow to the further propagation of Roman Cathol icism in Russia has at last been dealt by the promulgation of a ukase by the terms of which all Roman Catholic schools, as such, are abolished. The Princess May's trousseau will be mad entirely of British and Irish-made goods. Sheffield " loyal British working men " have resolved to thank the Prin cess "for the much-needed example of liavirur Vioi lrnrl- IrtTin Iw "FnlItViiv, and English women and their brothers and sisters in W ales, Scotland and Ire land." There is in the world iust one woman trainer of racehorses. This is an Eng lish woman, Mrs. Challoner, the widow and sister of well-known jockeys. When her husband died she knew how to man age his training establishment, and suc cessfully continued his business. Her oldest son is a trainer, and the four younger ones are all good jockeys. Engineers from London are in the hills of Wales with the object of pro pounding a huge scheme for supplying tho metropolis with water. The scheme which finds most favor is that by which the upper valley of the Dee will" be con verted into a lake nine miles long sub merging miles of country, together with the whole of Bala town, four good-sized villages, six grave yards, five chv.rches, ten chapels and the Bala Theological The P.qnlpmcnt of a Millivul Church. As forthe vast numliers actually main tained by the church the single example of St. Paul'ii cathedral, of course tho largest foundation tn the city, will furnish an Illustration. In the year 1450 the socie ty, the cathedral body, included the fol lowing: The bishop, the dean, the four archdeacons, the treasurer, the precentor, tbe chancellor, thirty great cunons, twelve leaser canons, about fifty chaplains or chantry priest, and thirty vicars. Of Inferior rank to these were the sacrist nd three verger, the nincentor, the mas ter of the lngfng school, the master of the grammar school, the almoner nnd his four rergeni, the servitors, the mirveyor, the twelve gcrlhes, the book transcriber, the bookbinder, the chamberlain, the rent col lector, the baker, the brewer the brewer, who brewed In 1286 67,814 gallon,raust have employed a good many; the baker, who evened every year 40,000 loaves, or every day more than a hundred, large and mall, employed a good many more; the servants of all these officers, tbe sinjfinfc men and choir boy, of whom priests were made, tbe bedesmen and poor folk, the exton, grave diggers, gardeners, bell ringers, maker and menders of the eccle siastical robes, cleaners nnd sweepers, car penters, mason, painter, carvers and gilders one can very well understand thai the Church of St. Paul's alone rauht have found livelihood for thou.s.inrls. The same equipment was necessary In very other religious foundation. Not a monastery but bad its greater and lesser officers and tbelr servants. In every one there were the bell ringers, the singing men and boys, the vergers, the gardeners, the brewers, bakers, cooks, messengers, scribes, rent collectors, and all cornpleta as was St. Paul's, though on a smaller scale. It docs not seem too much to esti mate the ecclesiastical establishments of London as Including a fourth part of the whole population of the city. Walter Be sant in Harper's. Shell Money. A transparency in one of the windows of the Catlin Indian gallery, ut the National museum, shows an Indian drilling a bole through apiece of shell. He is making money. Not that the photographer bad to pay him a great deal to sit for this por trait, but he is manufacturing those flat beads, which most of the Pacific coast In dians rate nt one cent nrii-' Indeed, shell seems i-i nave been the ear liest, as it is now the favorite money among the lower tribes of men. Every one has heard about the wampum of our eastern Indians. It was made of clam and other shells, cut and worked to tho shape of "bugle" beads, and was used for currency, recording events, making treaties und in religious ceremonies. The finest old wam pum belts are still in the possession of tbe Iroquois of New York, and the old treaty belt of Penn is in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia. Sometimes whole shells are used, as the cowries of Asia and Africa and the tusk or dentalium shells of tbe Indians of Wash ington, Oregon and California. Tbe latter hell is a hollow curved tube resembling a tooth. They pass, accord ins to size, from twenty-five cents to two dollars. Broken bits pass as our small change, and small hells are made into pretty necklacea for the squaws. Philadelphia Press. Street Car Lodgers. "I'm picking up lodgers early tonight," remarked the conductor of a Third avenue open surface car, as we bowled up the Bow ery at 9 o'clock the other evening, and he pointed to a man seated opposite and fast sleep, with his hat drawu over his eyes. "He'll ride all the way to Harlem," con tinued the conductor, "there he'll be shaken up and take another car and come back, and you can bet he'il sleep all the way. Two or three such trips use up the Bight, and it's as cheap as going to a lodg ing house. On very warm nights I often have as many as a half dozen such pas sengers." New York Herald. A Foot Measuring Machine. A Baltimore man has recently taken out patents for a machine that takes the meas ure of a foot just as the familiar apparatus used by the hatters measures and draws a diagram of a man's head. The principle of the machine is the same, a series of movable pins conforming to the outline of the foot and registering the shape thus in dicated. It is rather a coincidence to note in this connection that the diagram made by a hat measuring machine invariably re sembles an old shoe. New York Journal Hailstorm Prevented by Trees. Hailstorms do not occur in well wooded districts, according to the observation of a noted Swiss forester. In evidence of this he points out that a district formerly ex empt from such storms has been visited by very fierce ones siuce gaps were made in the forests, and that upon replanting the cleared ground with firs the storms ceased entirely. New York Telegram. Mr. Frederick Tudor, of Boston, was the first to export ice from this country to foreign parts, and has made a fortune in the ice trade. But fifty year3 ago no ice was exported to England, and now the lo cal ice trade in foreign places (making ice by machine) has rendered shipments of natural ice unprofitable. The British debt is so large that if it were divided into one pound notes they would completely cover the state of Ohio three times over. If paid in penny pieces and each penny piled one above the other, it would make seven columns of coppe teaching to the moon. John Leech, whose humorous pictures made Punch, was driven out of London by the hand organs and street bands. Their noise affected his nerves and prevented him from drawing, and though he tried again and again he was unable to silence them. A sure cure for inflammatory rheuma tism is made by taking one ounce pulver ized saltpeter and putting it into a pint of weet oil. Bathe the parts affected and ft sound cure will be speedily made. ilme. Teresia, known as the Corsicaa fairy, was thirty-four inches high and weighed only thirty-six pounds. She lived to a good old age, though the exact period k unknown.