ALONG THE COAST.
Item of General Itrrt tlleaned
From the Thriving l'clfln
States.
The Stage Bobbery.
It transpired that Van C. Alexander,
the man who gave up $170 of the money
Btolen from tho United Htates mail ou
the stage near West fall, Or., on Sep
tember 22, is admittedly the main per
son responsible for the hold up. The
indications during the examination in
Comminmoner Jlaiuy
ACTIVITY IS WIDESPREAD.
PRINCELY GIFTS.
Volume and Value Testify to Travailing
Prosperous Conditions.
Bradstreet's Bays: Trade activity is
widespread, all volume and value testi
fying to prevailing prosperous condi
tions. Ouly good reports are received
from distributive trade centers, ana
some markets report fall demand aB
holding out longer than expected.
Kailway earnings, bank clearings, re
turns and quotations of staple prices
are all encouraging, pointing as they
do to a maximum volume of business
for this iwriod of the year. Crop re
turns for October bear our earlier im
United States
court here on Saturday, pointing to preg8ona 0( shortened yields of most
Alexander as the one planning the rob- . din grrricultural products. Expec-
bery, with the two boys as his acoom- tation of more moderate yields of lead
tdiees. are confirmed by the develop- .
U la not confined to this coun
inents. It is announced here that this try. the worid'g wheat crop will admit
phase of the oase r.ill be called to the ... bfl gmallor Bmj rye barley and
attention of Judge Bellinger, of tne . vjeia8 are not expected to be so
federal court at Portland, before whom . r ft 0 The higher range
the two boys are to be tried.
Big Steam Heating Plant.
Upwards of $000,000 is to be spent
by the Boston capitalists who have pur
chased the plant of the Seattle Steam
Heat & Power Company, and six of
the street railway lines of Seattle, in
ine erecium oi a new nuu inu." i , - . . i. o-nnrt,,
in fv, ,phnildinff and the ally heavy gain in cotton exports.
T t it., f Willi
of prices of all staples, and particularly
of agricultural products, will furnish
a profitable balance of producers.
The liberahty of foreign demand is,
perhaps, best known in the September
report ot exports oi leaning pruuuum.
Shipment of breadstults are as large as
those of August, and there was natur-
distributing system. This part of tne
plant will be almost wholly recon
structed, new mains being laid in con
formity with tho latest ideas of steam
engineering. This is bat tho beginning
of large improvements which will be
made. Plans are now being drawn for
the new building and plant, which will
be finished by January 1, and for the
rebuilding of several of the street car
lines recently purchased.
Motioned Sustained.
Judge Burnett, of Salem, has sus
tained a motion for non-suit against
the rilaintiff in the case of L. II. Mc-
.Mahon vs. The Canadian Pacific Hail
way Company. The action was begun
to recover about $.r50, alleged to be due
the plaintiff on account of advertising
in the Woodfiurn Independent and the
Salem Indejiendent. The defence
claimed that the agent who made a
contract for the advertising had no au
thority to do so, and that the newspa
per company was to take pay in trans
portation. Labor Scarce at Fairhaven.
Labor is so scarce in Fairhaven,
Wash., that railroad contractors and
others are delaying work on various
enterprises until more plentiful supply
of workmen are to be had a change
from three years ago, when laboring
men were sitting around on the curb
stones, waiting for something to turn
ap. Fairhaven's pay roll is almost 16
times larger than it was two years ago,
with a certainty of an increase next
yeai. '
Hillsboro Young Han Hurt.
Charles V. Doughty, a young man
and resident of Hillsboro, Or., while
riding a bicycle at a rapid rate over a
crosswalk, was thrown from his wheel
and seriously injured. He was render
ed unconscious for about two hours,
and received a deep cut across the left
eye and his upper lip was badly lacer
ated. The wheel was completely de
molished. Young Doughty was a mem
ber of company II, Second Oregon vol
" nuteers, and enlisted from Hillsboro.
Landlord! Smiling.
Portland hotels are generally doing
a good business these exposition times,
and would soon be filled to overflowing
were it not that guests keep going away
as well as coming in. About two days
is the average length of the out-of-town
visitor's stay in the oity, and his place
Is taken just about as quickly as he has
vacated. The principal hotels have
good long lists of names on the daily
registers.
A Ninety-round Pumpkin.
A clothing house at New Whatcom,
Wash., gave farmers pumpkin seeds
last spring, and offered five prizes for
largest results. The first prize wont to
R. D. Perry, of Clearbrook, whose
pumpkin weighed 90 pounds; second,
Cal Watkinson, of Edison, 88 pounds;
third, Cyrus Bradley, of Lynden, 61
pounds. The fourth and fifth weighed
. 42 and 87 pounds respectively.
which are doubled
month a year ago,
those of the same
Totals of leading
.arga Fnms Donated to Educational
Institution Tola leer.
In no previous year bas the cause of
education In the United States been so
enriched by donations and bequests at
In 1810. The Institutions of learning
have received 28,720,017, which Is $13,
034,407 more than they received last
year. There have been twenty-four In
dividual donations this year ranging
from $100,000 to $13,000,000. The Ust
is as follows:
Mrs. LiUrid Stanford to Leinud
Suufurd UulviTitlty $13,000,000
Kstute of Jouu Simmons for l
mule college, lioetou
Hi'iiry C. Wurreu to Harvard
College
0. W. Claytuu for s university lit
Iipuver
I'. I. Armour 10 Armour Institute
Maxwell uiirt l;l to University
of I'ruusylvaula 000,000
Edward Austin, to Harvard Col-
PgS 800,000
Lj-uia Uradley to Bradley Poly
tecnuiv niiiiiuie vw,-
3nuiuel Clippies to Wssulngtoa
University
I.icol) Heblft to Harvard College..
Marshall Field and J. Kocke
fellir to University of Chicago.
Ed ward Turk to Dartmouth Col
lege J. 1. Rockefeller to Brown University
Cnmllne U Mncy to New iom
Teachers' OlIeKe 200,000
Edward Austin to Massachusetts
Institute of Technology XOO.oou
11. C. Hillings to Massachusetts .-
Institute of Tecnnoiogy y:"?.
2,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
750,000
400,0(10
BOO.OUO
333,000
aoo,oco
250,000
exports show an increase of 23 per cent Unknown douor to Wesieyaa Unl-
i .i I versltv w
over September. 1896. but a decrease
of 8.5 per cent from September 1897,
which witnessed very heavy shipments
of breadstuffs.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 5,205,684 bush
els, against 5,188,898 bushels last
week, 4,729,090 bushels in the corre
sponding week of 1898, 5,549,720 bush
els in 1897, 4,156,817 bushels in 1896,
and 2,409,446 bushels in 1895.
Business failures in the United States
number 164, as compared with 146 last
week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6758o; Val
ley, 58o; Bluestem, COo per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.25; graham,
3.C5; superfine, $2.15 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice
gray, 83 84c per bunhel.
Barley Feed barley, $1516.00;
brewing. $18.50 19.00 per ton.
Millstuffa Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7
8; Oregon wild hay, $0 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45 50c;
seconds, 4042c; dairy, 80 35c;
store, 2227sO.
Eggs 20 22 o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
ner pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, ifd.uutg
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.008.50; geese, $G.007 for old;
$4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.50
5.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12
14o per pound.
Potatoes DO 60o per sack; sweets,
22Ko per pound.
0. C. Marsh to Yalo College 150,000
Andrew Carnti?le to University ,w
of rensvlvana w,wv
000
George It. Ilf-rry to Baltimore Fe
male college
J. I). Ilockc-Mlcr to Denlson Col
lege
W. K. Vnnderbllt to Vanclerimt
University
100,000
100,000
Unknown donor to 1'rluceton Col
100,000
100,000
II7
E. C. Hillings to Harvard College
These twenty-four donations aggre
gate $24.8S5,000, or ?U.20H.8.0 more
than the total of 1808. Chicago in-buiie.
TWO GRANT MARRIAGES,
Wide Contraet Between Those of the
President and Ilia Uranddaughter.
When General Grant took unto him
self as a bride Miss Julia Dent of St
Louis he went to the altar, as It were,
straight from the battlefield of Mexico.
Then by the orders of the war depart
ment he was sent away to other scenes,
finally going In 1852 to do soldier duty
In California, where the monotony
BRIDES BUY WEDOINQ RINGS.
Growing Practice Which One Jeweler
Thinks Has an Advantage.
"Isn't that a new wrinkle'" asked
the chance observer. j , ,
"Whatr said the clerk. "
"For the bride to buy the wedding
ring," replied the observer, turning to
look at the young woman who had Just
gone out with her purchase of a 14
karnt, gold filled ring.
The clerk, who turned out to be the
proprietor also, laughed. "Not at all In
this part of town," be said. "The prac
tlce has been In vogue here for several
yenrs and lias continued to grow In
popularity until It has become' quite the
proper caper. Indeed, when a man
conies In here now and asks to look at
plain gold ritign we consider him a lit
tle off color, and feel rather mean to
ward him, ns though he were usurp
ing a feminine prerogative, looking at
the matter from a common sense
standpoint. It saves no end of trou
ble. A ring from a woman's point of
view Is a matter not only of sentiment,
but also of adornment. She wants her
Jewelry, however cheap It may be, to
be of the proper cut and the proper
sljse. Now, what man, I'd like to know,
can go In and select the right kind of
ring even If be has got the measure!
Not one out of twenty. It Is a lot more
satisfactory for all concerned for the
bride to come In and pick out what he
wants without troubling the brlde-
wfKim. eicctit. of course, for the
money. He always octties the bill; at
least. I suppose be does.
"You see, this Is a neighborhood
where the people don't stand much on
the fine pom of etiquette. They In
slat upon the ring to tie up the contract
with, but two-thirds of these rings are
nnengraved and sell for from $2 to 4.
It's fun to see some of the women
when they first state their errand.
They beat about the bush and make
their wants known in sucn a coquernan
way that I don't wonder, sometimes,
that the young man, whoever he may
be. has lost his head. Maidenly niou
estv. I suppose, mnkes then! shy. and
they begin by saying they are looking
for a plain gold ring for a friend with
a finger 'about the size of mine.' When
they say that, I always smile; I know
what it means." Chicago inter wean,
COINS FROM NOAH'S TIME. igUPPQSE WE SMILE.
i i;-3yTL-s-i v -w
ASTOB HOUSK, NEWPORT.
grew so heavy that the young otlicer
resigned from the army and returned
to St. Louis, where whutever he had of
a honeymoon was spent He had been
unable to take his bride with him to
the camps and the barracks of the
Cntitli an it Wniit Aftir hl return to St
VegetablesBeets, $1; turnips, 90c; Lou,g h,g fatner.ln.law pre8cnted him
per sack; garlic, vo per pouuu, caun- . h u f a houge and tnree
LEGEND OF A PRAIRIE GRAVE.
Eeneath the Flowers Lie the Remain
of a nldler'e Yonnir Wife.
Near the top of the highest knoll on
the rolling prairie three ml!es south
west of old Fort Hays, In Kansas, is a
lonely grave In the prairie grass. Them
Is a board at the head and another at
the foot These boards may once have
borne an epitaph, but now they are
browned and worn by the sun ana
storms of many years, and they are de
cayed at the ground and stand at an
angle, almost ready to fall. A prairie
rabbit has made Its burrow at the foot
of the grave. All around it the grass
Is full of purple and yellow flowers.
Standing by the grave and looking
north and east there lies stretched out
a InndscaDe of wondrous beauty. The
Valuable Collection Presented to Le I
land Stanford University. j
Charles Seymour, formerly United
States consul to China, recently pre
sented to Mrs. Stanford, of the Leland
Stanford, Jr., Museum, a raw collec
tion of 830 Chinese coins. Some of
them date back almost to the time of
Noah and the flood, and they repre
sent almost every dynasty, from tho
flre-breathlng "Shun," who reigned B.
C. 2215, to the present weakling who
has Just bren thrust from his throne.
Numismatics was one of the hobbles
of the late Senator Stanford, and when
Stanford University was founded its
museum fell heir to one of the rarest
collections of coins In this country. It
contains coins of nearly every age and
from every realm, money made from
rocks and shells to the coins of purest
gold. The late accession to the collec
tion is, therefore, greatly valued.
The oldest coin of the Chinese collec
tion bears the date B. C. 2513 to B.
C. 2435. This was the legendary
period, known as the ago of five rulers,
and this especial coin bears the stamp
of Kas-Yang She. This strange piece
of copper was passing currency soon
after Noah alighted from his ark. "In
the times of Noah's sons, Shem. Ham
and Japeth, between the deluge and
the Tower of Babel." the collector has
marked upon them.
Following this comes a coin from the
"Hla dynasty," B. C. 2205 to 1818. Tho
characters upon this coin are still plain,
and could be easily translated by any
rhliiPHe nhlloloirlst This coin, like
gome of those of the "Chow dynasty,"
is made of Iron.
One of the strangest coins of this col
lection is the "swords" coin or tne
"Chow dynasty," which belongs to th
times of Cheops, David, Solomon,
Zacharlah, Draco, Ptoleusy and Sclplo.
nnnfiiclna mentions this coin in his
writings and comments upon Its slngu
larlty. It seems remarkable that such
a clumsy coin should have remained
In use as currency for such a long time.
For 200 years after 9 A. D. the Chinese
mind turned once more io novelties, for
the collection shows coins that were
In use during that period which are
quite as remarkable as the "sword
rutin." Thev aro known as "knife
cash." names quite appropriate, Judg
lug from the forms of the pieces. The
first circular coins seem to have ap
peared B. C. 221.
There Is elven an Interesting series or
coins which circulated between A. V,
RiHnnrinoH. These are of copper. Mr,
Sevmour has also made extensive col
lection of Chinese coins of the later
periods. Including the .silver coins of
1800. San Francisco Chronicle.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
rieneaat Incldenta Occnrrlnaj the
World Over- Bay that Are Cheer-
fal to Old or Xonna-Funnj Selec
tion that Everybody W1U Knjoy.
Th llos the blamed newspapers
publish about us." said one politician
to another, "Is enough to drive a man
to drink."
"Yes. that's so." replied tne omer,
"but still we have no cause for complaint."
"Why not?" asked tne nrst m u-
nrlse.
. . I, -
w-ti it m slit tv mucn worse. "
,? x., ... ... - n .
the reply. "They ungni puoiisu
truth.
(She Had Noticed It
Softlelgh-I-aw-wealiy rongot to
ot run lunch tO-dOV. 1 IB SO aw
hoBRtlv absent-minded, doncher know.
Miss Cuttlnsr-Yes; I have rrequcuuy
had my attention called to your ab
sence of mind.
An l.tfort at Distinction.
"Yfhat'a tho difference," said Mr.
Blyklns, with the air of a man who a
asking a conundrum, "between an er
ror of Judgment and a blame-fool blun
der r
"I doubt whether there Is any," said
the friend.
"Yes, there Is a heap of dlffcivncc.
One's a mistake you make when you
are running a business yourself anil
the other's a mistake you make when
somebody has hired you."-Vashlug-ton
Star.
Whnt 'a In a Namer
Old rarty What's your first name.
Kttln boy?
The Kid Stove, sur. I'm named aner
me fadder, what's a stc-vydore. Phila
delphia North-American.
Fave Trouble.
Hia Condition.
Mr. Teck-What condition did you
Mimt home in this morning?
Mr. Tock Madam, I came home in a
hack, if you please. rniwaeipum
North-American.
An Kxolanstlon.
t ,hi.-o mi this ice water is
dlrtv." said a Cincinnati hotel guest
"Ilully nee!" exclaimed the Deiiooy,
as he looked in the pitcher, "I betcher
de porter forgot to wash it
The Ktsstag- Baa.
The Cleveland man And how Is It
you have so little trouble with mobs
In Boston?
The Boston man We employ a pro
fessional elocutionist to rend them tho
riot act
thaap Pork.
The uncounted wastes of the farm
can often be turned into pork and pro
duce a neat sum of money without very j
much trouble. A couple of pigs will
grow and thrive on scraps that are or
dinarily thrown away, and such scraps
make the best of pork. Any one who
has never made any account of the
waste vegetables from the garden,
(After the Goblins.)
A little kissing visitor,
Has come with us to stay,
To kiss the girls and bite the boys.
And drive the germs away.
You'd better nilnd yer doctor,
And watch what you're about,
Or the klssln' hug 'oil kiss yer if
Yer
don't ,
watch
out
A Tramp's Tranaformntlon.
Mrs. B. I gave a tramp a good din
ner to-day. I just had to. V hat do
you 'think he said?
Mr. B. Oh, something that reneliea
your soft little hoart, I'll be bound.
Mrs. B. Yes; he said: "Madam, nor
you see a hero! Last night I went lo
sleep In the open air, an ordinary way
farer: this morning I awoke to nnd
that I waa dewy." Philadelphia Bulletin.
Thie Take Conrag-e.
"I tell you Burkhart la a man who
has nerve."
"now has he ever proved It? He hai
never gone to war or rescued anybody
from drowning; has he?"
"No, I guess not, but he Isn't afraid
to stay right In the house and face his
wife when she reads the news from
the summer resorts In the Sunday pa
pers." Chicago Times-Herald.
That Wae Too Much. '
"Yes, Bhe'B mad nt Charlie. She told
him she knew he was Just going to
steal a kiss from her."
"And did that offend her so?"
"Oh, no, but he denied that he ever
thought of such a tiling." Philadol.
phla Bulletin. r -
Aliased It That Trip, .
Gold Hill Water Ditch.
Engineer J. S. Howard, of Medford,
Or., has comploted the survey of the
Gold Hill water ditch. He employed
a party of 12 men, who comploted the
permanent survey in 98 days. Much
interest is shown in the ditch, not only
by local enterprlne, but by many East
ern capitalists, who are ready to invest
money in it.
To Propagate Steelheads.
' The Willapa hatchery will be com
pleted this week. As steelheads. are
more numerous in Willapa river than
in any other stream in this section, a
special effort will be made to propagate
them here, and to stock other streams
form this hatchery. The propagation
of steelheads has not as yet been at
tempted in any Washington hatchery.
cauli
flower, 75o per dozen; partmips, $1;
beans, 66o per pound; celery, 70
7Bo per dozen; cucumbers, 50o per
box; peas, 34o per pound; tomatoes,
25o per box; green corn, 126
15o per dozen.
Hods 70 10c; 1897 crop, 66c.
Wool Valley, 1218o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 27
80c ter pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewea, 3sc; dressed mutton, 6
7c per pound; lambs, 7Mc per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$0.0007.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 50 4.00;
cows, $3 3. 50; dressed beef, 67c
per pound.
Yeal Large, 07Ko; small, 8
8)40 per pound.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, $1.25 1.50 per sack.
Potatoes, new, 75c $1.
Beets, per sack, $1.10.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Carrots, per sack, 90c.
Parsnips, per sack, 90c.
' Cauliflower, 75o per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California, $1
1.25 per 100 pounds.
Peaches, 65 80c.
- Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box.
Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Watermelons, $1.50.
Cantaloupes, 50 75c.
negroes. The rarm was just outsiue
St. Louis. It wns In the cabin on this
farm that the honeymoon of U. S.
Grant was passed. The period had Its
troubles, though, for the great leader
failed to make farming pay and ho
flabbled In the real estate business In
St. Louis as a side issue. Some St
Louis historians nssert that the house
In which General Grant was married is
till standing in St Louis, but none
seem able to point it out But one of
the Illustrations shows the honeymoon
cabin on the Missouri farm.
Julia Dent Grant born In the White
nouse, Washington, has recently be
come the bride of Trince Cantacuzene
In the Feadal District,
Kmttli 'I'liora nooma to ha some hope
green sod of the plains elope gradually theamall potatoes, the cabbage and let- of tho(je Kentucky mountaineers, aft-
down from tne grave a aisiauce 01 tuce leaves, tne pea poas bdu vui bucu
three miles to tho cluster or long gray things that are usually cast into tne TnoBwhv do you think ao?
..... . , . . l .1 A I "
baclc yara win De asiomsneu vu u"u
1
yMbtvsS.
V. s.
obant's missodbi cottaob.
at Bussla. The marriage, of which so
much has been written, was solemnized
In the palace of one of the Astors at
Newport which Is under lease to Pot
ter rainier of Chicago. Of course the
ceremony was a brilliant one. But
Butter Creamery, 28o per pound; -fteP it there was no hurrying away of
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 12 17o per tne bridegroom to battlefields or dreary
Catches All the Fish.
Lew and Sanford Mayhew have one
of their floating traps located near the
Point Francis portage, near Whatcom,
Wash. It has 800-foot leads and
catches all the fish that come its way.
The boys say the trap's success is as
sured, and they will have it towed
farther up the Sound, where the fall
run of fish is better.
A potato phenomenon is being dis
played in Colfax, Wash. The growth
consists of several large vines, on which
there are scores of potatoes ranging in
size from a bird's egg to a man's fist.
The potatoes grow entirely above, in
stead of under the ground.
' The exports from Tacoma last week
Included 2,100 tons of coal to Honolu
lu, 5,000 tons of wheat and barley to
Antwerp, and 4,000,000 feet of lumber
to Honolulu. The imports were 8,000
tons of tea, silk and curios.
The Sundry Law.
The cases at Fairhaven, Wash.,
against Loux and Beck for violating
the Sunday law have been stricken
from the docket, the evidence being
deemed insufficient to convict. Bor
genson Bros., who run a bar in connec
tion with a hotel, were tried and ac
quitted. Dynamiters at Work.
It is retported that dynamiters are
t work again on the Wallowa river,
below the bridge, and that salmon are
being slaughtered in a very reckless
planner.
pound.
. Eggs 27 28c.
Cheese Native, 1314o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 15c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $811;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$14(315.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$21: whole, $23.
Flour l'atent, per barrel, 93. ou;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.60; gra
ham, per barrel, $2.90; whole wheat
flour. $3.00; rye flour, $3.75.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.50 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal,
per ton, $35.00;
Ban Francisc-o Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1214oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 15c; Val
ley, 17 19c; Jiorthern, 8 10c.
Hops 1899 crop, 912o per
pound.
Onions Yellow, 7585o per sack
Butter Fancy creamery 29 30c;
do seconds, 25 28c; fancy dairy, 24
25c; do seconds, 20 22c per pound
Eggs Store,2227ijc; fancy ranch,
86 88c,
Millstuffa Middlings, $18.50
20.00; nran, $16.5017.50.
Hay Wheat $09.50; wheat and
oat $6.008.50; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 7.00 per ton;
straw, 2535o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 40 50c; Ore
gon Burbanks, $1.251. 50; river Bur
banks, 50 75c; Salinas Burbanks,
90c$1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 7oc(a.$1.50;
I do choice $1.75 2.00 per box
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, noui'
inal; Persian dates, 6(4 6. Si c per
pound.
frontier posts. The honeymoon Began
in a palace In America and will con
tinue ou the vast and beautiful estates
of the prince near Moscow.
and yellow empiy buildings which were
the barractrs-uud officers' quarters of
Fort Hays when this was the far West
years before there was a railroad In
Kansas. Beyond the fort Is the town
of Hays City, a group of yellow etone
and red brick buildings. Beyond
stretches the prairie, north and east, to
the horizon line twenty and thirty miles
away. Diagonally across this stretch
of level plain runs a thread of vivid
green from northwest to southeast, the
trees that fringe Big Creek. There are
nn other trees anywhere else In the
landscape.
The legend of the lonely grave Is that
yeans ago, when the Fort Hays bar
racks were full of troops, an army hos
pital steward brought his young wife
there to live with him. Kacn bunaay
the officer and his wife walked out to
this hill, and they used to sit down on
the shady Bide of It near the summit
and gaze for hours out at the landscape
below. Then they could see the herds
of buffalo roaming over the prairie, and
once In a while a band of Indians scur
rylng across It
One day the young wife was stricken
with a deadly fever. Before she died
she asked her husband to promise that
he would bury her body near the top of
tho hill, at the very spot where they
used to sit and look out over the won
derful landscape. He kept the promise
and there Is her grave. The only flow
ers he could get to plant upon It were
the wild flowers of the prairies and
they are blooming there yet
Smith I overheard one of them try-
in to convince another that it was
wrong to kill a man on Sunday.
How to Keep a Cook.
"Mrs. Young says she baa solved tho
ervant problem."
"Rh'a a eenlus What's the solu
tion?"
"Why, she says all you've got to do
Is never find any fault submit to every
thing, do as you're told, keep out of
and pay good wages, with
Hone Pprlnes Kternat
Podsnip (meeting elderly person)By
Jove! is It possible? My old school
teacher. By the way, do you remem
ber that you said when I was in your
class that I'd die on the gallows?
Elderly Person Well, you're not
dead, yet Philadelphia North-Ameri
can.
Sidewalk Kntrllsh.
Criticism of the Pool.
Ridicule Is the criticism of the fool
the stock argument of men who lack
tr.e sustained force of logic. It Is the
nitural expreslon of resentment felt
by inferior souls when they see or hear
Bomechlng which they can not grasp or
appreciate. Ridicule never did any
good. It never made any man better,
wiser, more prosperous in any sense.
It has often scorched the germs of
goodness and nobility In timid souls,
by arousing false shame. It Is close
akin to cruelty. Most of us possess
fault-finding propensities, but have the
grace to be ashamed of them. Few of
us care to cultivate, much less glory in,
a power which blasts and sears, but
helps no one. Worse still, ridicule
tends to destroy all principle In the
man who exercises It Nothing Is sa
cred to one who looks always for evlL
Such a man can have no real friends,
for tnhough those who may listen to
him, laugh, they secretly distrust and
fear him.
Jealous of a Daby Camel.
At the Jardln dea riantea, in Paris,
the inhabitants were surprised recent
ly by the birth of a young camel and
the new arrival naturally attracted
much attention from the visitors. A
large elephant which used to be the
center of attraction exhibited signs of
dissatisfaction at the success of his
'young neighbor, but In Bplte of his
trumpeting was unable to reconquer
the fickle crowd. At last the elephant
filied his trunk with water and dis
charged it over the persons standing
locking at the baby cameL
A woman is Immensely flattered
when "the girls" ask her to appear at
a party In a low neck gown.
Porto Rico Once a Forest.
Porto Rico, By the scientists, was
originally an Immense forest from the
seashore to the mountain summits. It
la doubtful If there Is a single foot of
la land area which was not at one
time covered by tree growth, from the
diminutive mangrove bushes on the
coast to the giant trees of the moun
tain aide: and-tops. Although still
wooded ta the sense that It Is dotted by
many beautiful trees, the Island Is now
largely deforested from a commercial
point of view.
Annoyed by Cook's Hinging.
A lady on Walnut Hills, Cincinnati,
who was suffering from a severe head
ache one. day last week was annoyed
by the loud staging of the cook In the
kitchen. Going to the head of the
stairs, she said: "Bridget. I have a
frightful headache and 1 do wish you
would stop singing that song." "All
oleht. mum." was the answer. "Pfat
song shall 01 sing?"
Veragua Distlnga she I.
The Duke ot Veragua has two claims
to distinction In his own country he Is
a lineal descendant of Columbus, and
the principal breeder of bulls for the
national sport of Spain. He has im
mense herds of splendid animals, which
are under the charge of hla brother,
Christopher Columbus.
Slavery to Fashion In China.
A missionary paper reports that the
opposition to the Natural root bociety
In China comes chiefly from the wom
en, who are afraid to go against fash-
loo.
rolralot Dark Continent.
Africa has very nearly 700 languages.
and this fact presents great difficulties
to missionary effort
A quarrelsome man Is always a pert
man.
how valuable they are when worked
into pork by a hungry pig.
A couple of pigs Is the poor man a
Bavings bank. They can bo grown into
a barrel of pork with very little expen
diture of money for grain, and this is
expended In little sums along, so It Is
not greatly missed, while the product
of this carefulness la little things is a
substantial addition to the comforts of
the family. It is Just as Important that
the well-to-do man should De carerui the way
of the scraps, for it is the little leaks privileges, and you won't have a bit of
that hurt the American farmer more trouble." Philadelphia Bulletin,
than any other one thing. Work tbe
scraps and waste matter into pork.
This keeps the place cleaner and saves
a wnte that is indefensible. Farmers'
Voice.
Football in Slam,
Lovers of outdoor sports would And
one thing to Interest them In Slam. It
Is the native game of football. Har-
uer's Weekly says that it is very inter
esting to a looker-on. It is played with
a ball about four inches in diameter,
hollow and strong.
The number of contestants varies,
but play is sharpest when there are
enough to form a circle about ten reet
In diameter. Beyond that, the larger
the circle the slower the play.
The game consists in keeping the
ball tossing in the air without break
ing the circle. If a man misses his op
portunity he drops out and when but
four or six remain, the worn is snarp
and very pretty,
The ball is struck most frequently
with the knee, but also with the foot,
from before, behind, and at the side
of the player. A player has been known
to let a ball drop directly behind his
back, and then, without turning, re
turn It clear over his head and straight
into the middle of the circle, all with
one well-aimed backward kick of his
heel.
Suriaoe. Observation.
The remarks made by a countryman
when he gets his first view or tne
ocean are not always remarkable for
depth and appropriateness.
A stroller on the beach of a Massa
chusetts seaport overheard the opening
remarks of a farmer and his wife who
had come from northern New Hamp
shire, as he subsequently learned from
their conversation.
"Well, I feel to be glad we've come.
William," said the woman, with a sigh
of pleasure, turning from the sea to
face her spouse. "Would you ever have
believed there was such a sight of wat
er in one place in this world?"
"No, I wouldn't," returned William.
"And when you consider that we can't
see any but what's on top, it's all ahe
more astonishln', Sarah, now ain't it?"
The hot merchant WelL say, that's
What I call hospitable.
Felt Flighted.
"So you kicked because your land
lady didn't give you hot meats for sup
per?"
"Yes, we did. We didn't consider it
fair treatment for her to be giving us
the cold shoulder all the time." Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Not Particular.
"She has never ceased to hope."
"For the return of tbe man who Jilt
ed her?"
"No. Any man." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Doctor You're all run down. What
you need IS a sea voyage. vtuuia
your business? ';; ', '
Fatlent-Sallor with Dewey; Just
home, sir. ,.
A Journey Neceeenry.
"Ciera, you admit that we would be
more comfortable at home in the hot
weather." ' '; - .
"Yes, but everybody else Is , gone.
Who will see my new clothes ?VChi-
cago Record.
The Way Ont of It.'
"They say that Nell Gadleigh has
broken off her engagement with Harry
Hlppleton." . v?
Yes, she says he was 60 affectionate
that he wearied her."
"Oh! if that was all, why didn't she
Just marry him and have dope, with
the wearisome part of lt?"-w8ton
Traveler. -'. .
Not Hla Fault.
She Do you remember how you said,
when rou were courting me, that If I
would marry you-1 would have noth
ing to do all my days but sit about and
look pretty? And how different' it is
now!
He Well, It isn't my fault if you
don't -.look pretty any more. Boston
Traveler. .'
Ample r.Tldeoce.
"I should like some evidence, young
man, that your Intentions are serious.'
I said the old gentleman. : . ,
: "Evidence!" exclaimed the young
man. liaven 1 1 oougut tnree uoxiki
of candy at 60 cents a pound, two mat
inee tickets and six plates of ice ereain
In less than two weeks? How much
evidence do you expect from, a man In
moderate circumstances?" t- Chicago
Post.
Kuicenle's Historic Pen.
When ex-Empress Eugenie writes
about her lamented husband she inva
riably uses tbe diamond pen with
which the Treaty of Paris was signed.
Each of the fourteen plenipotentiaries
wanted to keep the pen which signed
the treaty as a memento of the occa
sion. They, however, yielded to the
request of the Empress Eugenie, who
begged that only one pea he used.
which should be retained by her as a
souvenir. Only one pen was accord
ingly employed, and it was a quill
plucked from the wing of a golden
eagle, and richly mounted with gold
and diamond. - - v-
Trnnblona Time.
"What's the matter?" Inquired the
visitor at Paris. "I never saw the
streets so quiet and orderly."
"Ah, monsieur," answered the pro
fessional agitator. "These are indeed
troublous times. Tbe mob has gone on
a strike." Washington Star.
On the rpot.
"Where were you when the fire was
discovered?" asked tbe Inspector.
"Right there," replied the officer. 1
lookin' for it" Philadelphia North i
American.
W here Ienorance Is BIia.
Jack The Ingenuity of woman Is be
yond the comprehension of man.
Tom What's wrong now?
Jack Young Black's fiancee cent
him an elaborately constructed pen
wiper for a birthday present and he
wore it to church, thinking It was a
new-fangled cravat
Bavaitea of the dllbert lalania.
Notwithstanding its nntural poverty
the Gilbert group Is the most densely
populated archipelago In the. Southern
Pacific, having ,85,000 souls within an
area of less than 200 square miles. The
people have a peculiar dexteity in the
manufacture of. weapons that'have
shark's teeth fastened to them ."with
human hair, and, for protection from
these dangerous Instruments :. when
wledded by enemies, they wear heavy
armorof plaited cocoanut fibre, and hcl
metsof tbe prickly skin of the porcupine
fish. Trey frizz their curly hair up with
a stick until It stands out like a crown,
and tattooing bas the greatest Impor
tance among them, a poor man proper
ly ornamented In this manner havl
more social and political influence t'..
a rich man whose surface Is bhui
One of their Interesting customs en
ables a man to demand the sisters of
his wife In marriage, but on the other
hand, he Is required to marry hls. broth
ers widow. A widow always carries
about with her the skull of her de
ceased husband to remind her of van
ished Joys. ; The largest island of the
Gilbert group Is eighty miles In cu
cuiufcrtnce.