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ALONG THE COAST. Item of General Internet fileauad. From Ui Thriving l'aolllo I States. Conditions in all line of industry in tho Pacific Northwest this full are in exceptionally fine shape and indica tioiiH are that next year will see an ac tivity not hitherto found here. Even now we have indications from different sources that there are preparations be inn made for doing a large amount of deferred work along agricultural lines, railroad building, harbor improve ment, mining,eto., besides much work that muBt be done to keep pace with growing demands in these sections, and as a result of all this it is safe to pre dict that there can be no idle men through the winter, nor during next summer. In some sections the demand for workmen is so great that thone needing them have difficulty in secur ing them, notwithstanding that the wages offered are higher than ordinary. Nearly all men who are able and will ing to work can secure employment, and there is no excuse for idle men from now on. Those who may have been affected by the closing down of nearly all the shingle mills recently can secure temporary work elsewhere during the time their mills are closed, if they so desire, and men coining from the East looking for work should have no difficulty in securing plenty of work at good wages. Of course, it is not ex pected that thore will be so great a de maud for skilled labor as for the ordi nary, on account of the skilled artisani and regular employes of the factory and on the farm holding their positions right along, but that class of workmen who generally do not secure work for all the year and are anxious to keep busy during the winter months may find work in abundance at good wages. Northwest Industries. Lieutenant Jamei Monro. Lieutenant James N. Munro Fourth United States cavalry, who made the successful bluff, while in command of 50 men of his troop, which resulted in the capture of Bayombong, with 800 armed insurgents, under General Co non, is well-known in Walla Walla, where he was stationed In 1887. When the war with Spain began he was left in command of the fort at that place, being the only officer at the garrison for several months. He chafed under his enforced absence from the field of battle, and repeatedly said that if given a chance ho would do something to make his name known. One of his ex pressions was, "If I get a chance I'll show them a trick with a hole in it." He was delighted when the order came last spring for him to take his troop to the Philippines. That he carried out his promise "to show them a trick with a hole in it" is made very evi dent by his capture of 16 armed insur gents for every man in his command. Lieutenant Munro is a graduate of West Point, is a small man of athletic build, of brusque manner, and appears when on horseback a typical cavalry man. Italia For Alunka. Heavy shipments of railroad iron have been recently made to Seattle for the Aluska Toad, and within the past few weeks contracts have been made by the White Pass & Yukon for the early delivery of 4,000 tons of rails, which will be shipped from Seattle to Skngway and Lake Bennett. This is in addition to 7,500 tons already pnr chased and which are now going for ward. These rails will be used in the extension of the White Pass line from Lake, Bennett to Closeleigh, a point on Fifty-mile river, four miles below the White Horse rapids. For a Hotter Rurvlee, The Northern Pacifio Till undoubt edly institute a double train service between St. Paul and the cftast next April. The announcement has been made before that the road would at' tempt a double train service, but now the rumors have given way to an au thoritative statement to that effect. Owing to the heavy traffic it is believed by Northern Pacific officials that a double train service is the only solu tion to the present difficulties in main taining anything like schedule time. Northwest Notei. The seventh annual meeting of tho Washington State Dairymen's Associa tion will be held at North Yakima on December 28-30. Professor C. F. Curtis, of the Iowa agricultural college , will ddhver addresses each day, and other prominent dairy enthusiasts will also take part. Tho Areata delivered at Marshfield, last week, 1,000,000 salmon eggs on ice for the Rogue river hatchery. These eggs traveled nearly 1,000 miles before they leached the hatchery, although the place where they were taken was only 40 miles from the mouth of the Rogue river. They went by way of San Francisco, the wagon road being too rough to transport them. Most of the employes of the suspend ed Washington shingle mills are now at work repairing the buildings and machinery of the mills. It was feared that the general closing down of the Rhingle mills in this state would throw many laborers out of work, but it hag in fact brought little hardship upon them. J. W. Kunzelman, L. E. Torinus and David Carmichael, of Stillwater, Minn., are reported as having acquired extensive tracts of timber land in Skagit county. W. S. Jamison, of Port Gamble, is said to have sold 1,200 acres of timber laud for $20,000, sup posedly to the Stillwater syndicate, says the Lumber Trade Journal. Pendleton's expenditures for 1899 will be more than $4,000 less than for 1898, even including the cost of 1,500 cords ox wood purchased this year that will be carried over. Aberdeen logging camps will run all winter. A Tacoma firm has an ordor for 5,000 cedar ties to go to Honolulu. Over 3,000 logs and piles came out of North Coos river on the raise caused by the recent storm. The Southern Oregon normal school, at Ashland, has enrolled 150 regular students to date, besides 60 children in the training school. Since Memphis completed its system of sewerage the death roll has decreased 30 per cent in the districts which pos sess proper drainage. NO HESITANCY IN TRADE. dual Shrinkage at End of the less Met Apparent. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The approach of a new year usually brings to much oi nesi tanev in business that the small shrink ge this year is surprising. Probably never before have the productive forces of the country been so largely covered bv contracts at this date, inducing employment and profit far into the coming year. This results not from any mere speculative excitement, but from actual demands for consumption running far beyond the producing oa' nacitT iiereafter, and pushing it to re markablo expansion. The increase in foreign trade has been significant, com pared with the increase of $24,000,000 in payments through clearing-houses. For the week the payments have been 20.3 per cent larger than last year, and 88.1 per cent larger than in 1892. Demand for cars and other railway eauipraent is enormous, and also for shipping, both lake and ocean. Tin is weak at 2-7 74O, and copper declined to 16?4 0, but lead and spelter are stronger. Wool has advanced farther, with much speculative buying, though most manufacturers have supplied wants for the present, and are less disposed to purchase at prices now averaging higher than at any tlms since June 10, 1891. Whoat has risen 3c, and corn a frac tion, with a decline in Western re coipt of both. Atlantic exports of wheat this week, flour included, were only 8,859,607 bushels, against 6,636, 767 last year, and Pacifio exports 880, 172 bushels, against 556,523 bushels last year. Failures for the week have been 221 in the United States, against 248 last year, and 33 in Canada, against 22 last year. PACIFIO COAST TRADE. Seattle Market). Onions, new, $1.00 1.25 per sack. Potatoes, new, $16 20. Beets, per sack, 75 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60o. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Pax-snips, per sack, 7585c. Cauliflower, 75o per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, 75 90o per 100 pounds. Peaches, 6580o. Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box. Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box. Prunes, 6O0 per box. Watermelons, $1.60. Nutmegs, 60 75c. Butter Creamery, 82o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 22o per pound. Eggs Firm, 8081o. Cheese Native, 16o. Poultry 910c; dressed, ll13o. Hay Pugot Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $17.0018.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.85; blended straights, $3.10; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat flour, $3.10; rye flour, $3.804.00. ' Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16.00; shorts, per ton, $17.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.60 per ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $35.00. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 60 51c; Valley, 61c; Bluestem, 62o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 86c; choice gray, 85c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $16 18.50; brewing, $18.0019.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy, $911; clover, $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; seconds, 42) 45c; dairy, 8740c; store, 25 35o. Eggs 1821c per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 8.50 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $7.008.50 forold; $4.506.50 for young; ducks, $4.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per pound. Potatoes 50 COoper sack; sweets, 22Jc per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, $1; beans, 6 60 per pound; celery, 70 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 60o per box; peas, 84oper pound; tomatoes, 75o per box; green corn, 12i 16o per dozen. Hops 8 11c; 1898 crop, 56o. Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 14c; mohair, 27 8O0 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3c; dressed mutton, 7o per pound; Limbs, 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $6.00; light and feeders, $4.60; dressed, $5. 60 8. 00 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top Bteers, $3. 50 4!00; cows, $3 8.50; dressed beef, 6 7)i'o per pound. Veal Irge, 6.7jc; small, 8 8c per pound. San Francioeo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 12 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val ley, 1820c; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop, ll12o per pound. Onions Yellow, 75 85c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery 24 23c; do seconds, 2224c; fancy dairy, 21 22c; do seconds, 19 20o per pound. Eggs Store, 25 27c; fancy ranch, 86c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $1415.00. Hay Wheat $7.00 10; wheat and oat $7.509.50; best barley $5.00 .'.50; alfalfa, $5.00 7.50 per ton; traw, 85 45c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 40 50c; Ore- n Burbanks, 60c1.00; river Bur auks, 45 65c; Salinas Burbanks, el. 00 1.25 per sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 6 6 0 per pound. MYSTEHY IS CLEARED WIDELY SOUGHT MURDERER LO CATED IN ALASKA. Principal In On of America V Moat Ben eatlonul Caeca Found, After Eleven Years, but Again Kacapea -Interested Two Continent. One of the most sensational murders In American criminal history was that of Amos J. Snell, in Chicago, In 1888. More than eleven years, many of which wero spent In a vain attempt to run down the murderer, have Bluee elapsed and now comes a clew to the whereabouts of the much-sought-for criminal. A returned miner, William Illgler, from the Cape Nome gold dig gings In Alaska, gives the information that may yet lead to the arrest and :onvict!on of the murderer, Willie Tas cott. According to Rlgler, a man was car ried Into his cabin last fall in a criti cal condition. The stranger, believing that be was golrg to die, said that his name was Tascott and that be was a fugitive from justice for the murder of Amos J. Snell. He told of several cir cumstances connected with the crime, mentioning the fact that $50,000 had been offered for his capture. Instead of dying, the stranger recovered and then mysteriously disappeared. Illgler and his partners at once took the trail and sent word to all the near-by mining camps, but could get no trace of the missing man. It was plain he had not taken refuge In any of the mining set tlements along the coast or In the near by Interior. Cape Nome is on the sea coast, and after a long, fruitless search Rlgler and his fellow trailers became nil. lie TABi'urr. (As ho appeared at the time of the murder eleven years ago.) convinced that Tascott had made his way out to sea in a small boat and boarded some passing whaler or trad ing vessel bound for the Arctic. He would hardly run the risk of remaining in Alaska, when his story was known all over the country. Amos J. Snell, for whose murdei Tascott is wanted, was a rich man, well advanced In years, who lived in in old-fashioned mansion at the corner of Ada street and Washington boule vard, Chicago, lie was a largo owner of real estate in the immediate vicin ity, the renting of which was conduct ed in an office In the basement of his house. One night in the early part of February, 1888, three men broke into the Snell residence by boring a hole through a panel in the rear door of the lower floor, and then slipping the bolts. Their first move was to break open and rifle a small safe In the office, In which It was supposed Mr. Snell had consid erable money taken in for rentals. Next they went upstairs to the parlor floor, where, in moving around, they were heard by Mr. Snell. The latter, a brave, daring old man, came down from his bedroom In bis night robe, pis tol In hand, and cried out: "Who's there? Ah, you d d scoundrel." As he spoke Mr. Snell fired a shot in the direction of the back parlor, which was answered almost In the same flash by two discharges from the burglars' pistols. Snell dropped dead with two bullets in his body. Ihe murder created the most Intense excitement all over the West. The reward of $50,000 stimulated the po lice to unusual effort, but for two weeks not the slightest clue to the mur derer was obtained. Then the keeper of a lodging house on West Madison street discovered in the stove in a room lately occupied by a man called T. A. Scott the end of a charred check bearing the signature of A. J. Snell. A quantity of stolen silverware was also discovered. "Scott" had disappeared, Put it took little work to identify him as Willie Tascott, the son of a reputa ble paint dealer. Young Tascott was a wild lad, well known about town. He never did any regular work but alwavs had plenty of money. Burglaries had been frequent on the West Side and It was an easy matter, In view of devel opments, to trace most of them to Tas cott. Search was Immediately begun for the murderer, but although circulars descriptive of him were sent to every city and hamlet In the country and to Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada and Cen tral and South America and no less than $25,000 was expended he was never apprehended. He was seen twice after the crime, but the second time mysteriously disappeared and un til the miner's return was not heard of again. Fully 2,000 men were arrested on suspicion In various parts of the world. Where Tascott Is now Is un known, but search will be resumed and hopes are entertained of ultimate cap ture. The Interruptions Ceaa d. A clergyman who had been greatly annoyed by the continued interruption to whlchhe had been subjected during the delivery of his sermon, stopped abruptly, and looking round at the con gregation, spoke as follows: "Some time ago, .when delivering a ermon, I was frequently Interrupted by a gentleman sitting In front of me, who gesticulated, moved about, and whispered to his neighbors, and at last I addressed to him a sharp reprimand for hia unseemly conduct When the! service was over my clerk in the vestry mentioned the matter to me, and asked if I was ignorant of the fact that the person addressed was an IdlcL I have Cue then always hesitated to repri MP? mand any of my own congregation f"r Interrupting me in fear that I may be addressing an Idiot, who Is not respon sible for hla actions." Silence reigned throughout the dellv ery of the remainder of his sermon. London Spare Moments. A FEARFUL SENTENCE. A Remarkable Condemnation Made by a Judge but Not Kxecutcd. Judge Benedict, who was Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico for thirteen yeors, from 1853, was an original character In many ways. One Jose Maria Martin had been convicted in his court of murder under a state of facts showing great brutality and with no mitigating cir cumstances, whereupon Judge Bene dict sentenced him to death In the fol lowing language: "Jose Maria Martin, stand up. Jose Maria Martin, you have been Indicted, tried and convicted by a Jury of your countrymen of the crime of murder, and the court is now about to pass upon you the dread sentence of the law. As a usunl thing, Jose Maria Martin, It is a painful duty for the Judge of a court of Justice to pronounce upon a human being the sentence of death. There is something horrible about It, and the mind of the court naturally revolts from the performance of such a duty. Happily, however, your case is relieved of all such unpleasant features, and the court takes positive delight In sen fencing you to dcVA. "You are a young man, Jose Maria Martin, apparently of good physical constitution and robust health. Ordl narlly you might have looked forward to many years of life, and the court h: j no doubt you have, and have ex pected to die at a green old age; but you are about to be cut off In conse quence of your own act Jose Maria Martin, it is now the springtime; in a little while the grass will be spring lng up green In those beautiful valleys, and upon those broad mesas and moun tain sides flowers will be blooming; birds will be singing their sweet carols, and Nature will be putting on her most gorgeous and most attractive robes. and life will be pleasant, and men will want to stay, but none of this for you, Jose Maria Martin; the flowers will not bloom for you, Jose Maria Martin; the birds will not carol for you, Jose Maria Martin. When these things come to gladden the senses of men you will be occupying a space about six by two beneath the sod, and the green grass and those beautiful flowers will be growing above your lowly head. "The sentence of the court Is that you be taken from this place to the county Jail; that you be there kept safely and securely confined In the custody of the sheriff until the day appointed for your execution. Be very careful, Mr. Sher iff, that he h.:ive no opportunity to es cape and that you have htm at the ap pointed place and at the appointed time. That you be so kept, Jose Maria Martin, until Mr. Clerk, on what day of the month does Friday, about two weeks from this time come? ('March 22, your honor') very well, until Fri day, tho 22d day of March, when you will be taken by the sheriff from your place of confinement to some safe and convenient spot within the county; this la within your discretion, Mr. Sheriff you are only confined to the limits of the county; and that you be there hanged by the neck until you are dead, and the court was about to add, Jose Maria Martin, May God have mercy on your soul, but the court will not as sume the responsibility of asking an All-Wise Providence to do that which a Jury of your peers has refused to do. The Lord couldn't have mercy 011 your soul. However, if you belong to any religious organization, It might be well enough for you to send for your prht, or your minister, and get from him well such consolation as you can, but the court advises you to place no reli ance upon anything of that kind. Mr. Sheriff, remove the prisoner." It Is a pleasant sequel to this dread ful sentence that Jose Maria Martin escaped from Jail and died peacefully several years ago by falling out of a wagon and breaking his neck. Ameri can Bar. His Handloap. "A funny story that I could not help but laugh at was told by a traveling salesman at a local hotel." said the Man-about-town. "It happened during his last visit to this city. lie arrived at the Reading Terminal and ha. led a hansom. The driver, who seemed to be a good-natured chap, was tongue tied and stammered badly; of course that was no fault of his. The drummer told him that he wished to be driven to the Continental Hotel, and the driver answered, using his hand and emitting all sorts of noises: 'A-ll r-r-rlght, s-B-sir.' "The gentleman stepped In and off they sped. After driving some time the hansom came to a standstill, the driver Jumped from his seat and the visitor stepped ont Looking about he noticed that they bad gone some distance be yond the hotel, and he remarked this to the driver. Tbe-driver nodded his head and answered: '1-lt t-t-t-took m-me-me a-a-all this d-dlstance t-t-too s-s-say w-whoa!'" Disappointed. One of the officials of the Canadian police at Niagara Falls tells the follow ing story: A German from Pennsylvania blew In the other day and asked the officials if there was anything about the place worth seeing: "You see," he said, "It's shust like dis: My frlents und frau told me I should take Id in, und I vant to take everyting in der lss to zee. Dey did zar der was somcding great here, und I forgot Id already, und I haf walked all ofer und tee nodings." The visitor was at once taken to the finest view of the falls, where he stood a few minutes looking around. "Well" said his conductor at last "Veil," returned the man. "I iee nodings." "Don't you see the falls?" "Votl Dot vater falling? Iss dot vat I cum all dis vays to zee, a liddle vater dripping? Ach, Gott! I go me home." "-Columbian. All German Boja Lrarn Trades. Every boy in Germany, from the crown prince to the meanest subject, is obliged to learn some useful trade. The women's Idea of a pr Christian Is one who keep on her kid gloves at a church social, and bosses the rest the DiaansT British army ever sent abroad. Gen. Sir Rcdvers Duller, V. C, will have under his coimnuml during the pres eut war in the Xrausviml no fewer than 70,(KK British troops. This, says Pearson's Weekly, is probably the largest number of ineu ever placed at one time under the supreme control of one leader, view ing the fighting strength of the British army (Eu ropeans) In the groat wars of com- COMPARATIVE SIZE OF ENGLISH ARMIES IN VARIOUS WARS. paratlvcly modern times. At Waterloo the Duke of Wellington had just fewer than 24,000 British troops under his command, while Lord Raglun, In the Crimea, never had more at one time than 20,000 Britishers fighting un der him. In the Indian mutiny Lord Clyde (then Sir Colin Campbell) had but 40,000 troops, with whose assistance and the help of that portion of the Indian army which remained faithful to Its alle- MAY WED A PRINCE. A Descendant of a King Paying Court to an American II el row. The gossips of London and Paris are coupling the names of Miss May Goe let, daughter of the late Ogden Goelet and heiress to $20,000,000, and Prince Henry of Orleans, sou of the Duke of Chartres and a descendant of King Louis rhlllppe of France. The Trlnce is paying assiduous court to the young and handsome American heiress and an engagement is expected as the out come. The Goelets mother and daughter are at present living In Par is. They are giving lavish entertain ments, now that their period of mourn ing for tho late Mr. Goelet Is ended, and Prince Henry Is their guest of hon or at every function. Prince Henry is a good-looking man and Is popular In Paris. His chief claim to fame, outside the fact that he would be king some day If there were kings In France, Is derived from bis duel with the Italian fire-eater, the Count of Turin, nephew of the King of Italy. It was no French duel; the partici pants were both wounded. The Count was slightly cut on the right baud, but the Prince was severely wounded. At one time it was believed that he would die, but medicnl skill, strength and youth pulled him through. It was because the young prince had said that the Italians were cowards and fools In their Abyssinian fights that Turin challenged. Ho himself bad made three Journeys to Abyssinia, and thought he knew something about that remote land. Turin declared that all Prince Henry's reported discoveries were "fakes." After the duel there was royalist talk of electing Frince Henry President In 1895 the Prince's father had to in stitute proceedings to have his son de clared a bankrupt The young man had squandered a vast amount at cards every French nobleman docs that nnd his father was called on to pay the shot, which he did, borrowing from Baron Hirsch. But he made up his mind not to do It again. Miss Goelet Is a charming young woman and has had her share of suit ors, among them Prince Francis of Tcck, brother of the Duchess of York; the Duke of Roxburgh, the Duke of Manchester, the Earl of Shaftesbury and Viscount Crlchton. The Goelets will make their future home in Paris. Jewelry and Jewelers of Manila. Manila Is a remarkable place and filled with all sorts of things strange to American eyes. Perhaps one of the oddest characteristics of the city Is Its Jewelers. They are all women and are wonderfully skilled In their profession. All of the Jewelry shops are small and dark and very little stock Is displayed, but if you go in to buy strange treas ures will appear from queer places and you will be shown valuables that would be the pride of many an Ameri can store. You will see exquisitely carved statuettes of coral; necklaces of the daintiest pink coral, many of the beads being carved Into the form of quaint figures; long chains of pearls, white, pink and yellow; big pearls in fantastic shapes, and so forth. Many garnets are displayed, some of them blood color, some of tbem orange and others yel'ow. Yellow garnets set in sliver are very popular. . Silver filigree work and small bowls of mother-of-pearls are also sold In large quantities. The women Jewelers buy crude gold, put In their own alloys and work the metal Into pattern lace made of gold thread worn out and beaten Into shape by hand. Some of this remarkable Jewelry will probably be exposed for sale In the large American cities soon. How to Dodge Light ting. o Some of the simplest things In the world are the most efficacious, gays the Scientific American wise man. Now, mm -Aw vf vLJn MISS MAT OOKI.KT. ginnce, ho was enabled to quell the most senium outbreak of modern times. Going t little further hack, to the time of the great and prolonged Peutnsul war, Wellington thought he was a forti nnte ninn if he could direct an arm corps of 30,0)0 British troops, while the great Marlborough, at Blenheim, led to victory, ami against fearful odds, an a mv of llUXM) atrong. Lord Wolseley was expected. In the Egyptian war of 1KH5, to scatter the forces of the Mahdl, a very considerable force. consisting of over 50,000 arubs, an to assume the practical dictatorship of the Soudnn, with British force or only 20.000 men. while Lord "Bobs." as the hero of Candahar is playfully called, that is to say, Lord Roberts, could rely on no more than 13,000 European troops to oppose the forces of the then turbu lent Ameer of Afghanistan, In the Af ghan war of 1878. Sir Red vers Btiller is, therefore, an exceedingly fortunate man In finding hlnmelf at the bead of fighting army whose numlK-rs eiceed by 2,KK) tho total allied forces which Wel lington commanded at Waterloo. for Instance, If you are afraid of light ning, here's a very simple safeguard to remember simply put on your rublwrs and then stand up so that your clothes won't touch anywhere. Whether you're Indoors or out of doors you're perfectly safe, for rubber Is a non conductor and you are completely lnsu la ted. This Is worth remembering. INNOCENT CHILDHOOD. The Story of Little George and His Uncle from Culiforniu. One fine bright morning, as little George Plllgarlic and Benjamin Butter nut were playing marbles lu the vacant lot that was around the corner from their homes, an old man came to them. "Good morning my ladsl" quoth he. "And what might your names be, could I ask'" "Sure you can askl" promptly exclaimed little George, merrily hook ing a marble while Benjamin was not looking. "Getting an answer, sir, is where you will have trouble." "Go get a hair cut!" said little Benja min tilling a happy laugh. "Get them all cut sir," earnestly cried little Gorgle; "one Is as bad as the other.'" And with a shout of laughter, for he was a boy of high spirits, he dashed a large gob of mud in the old man's eye. Little Benjamin quickly followed the example of his merry mate, and when the mud gave out the lads were not above taking plain stones. Their voice's rang out in child ish glee, the marbles were forgotten as they pelted the old man. That noon, as little George wended his way home ward, for he was a lad that had never to bo called to his meals, be thought of the old man, and wondered who he could have been. No sooner had he entered the house than he heard his mother call him. "Come, Georgle, your dear uncle from far-off California Is here and wishes very much to sou bis darling little nephew." "Holy smoke!" said little George, "I am very much mistaken if this Is not the aged guy with the fringe on his face." The old man that George had pelted so hard was, Indeed, his uncle, and both eyes were still black where stones had hit him. And did the rich uncle put the gold watch back In his trunk, and tell little Gorgle's mother what a bad boy her son had been? Not In many thousand yenrs, little reader I He gave little George the gold watch and many other presents, saying nil the while that he liked to see little boys with spirit, and when bis visit was over he begged hard that little George be permitted to go back to his California ranch with him. And little George went. What happned to little George when he got to tho ranch? Ah, dear readers, that would be telling. Kansas City Independent Seeing Stars in Dtytime. The phenomenon of people "seeing stars" In the daytime Is not at all an unusual one. As a rule, however, the circumstances under which these heavenly bodies become vis:ble by daylight are not of the sort which make the sight of them desirable. But to see a rainbow at midnight, and un der conditions which leave nothing to be desired. Is a much rarer occurrence. It was witnessed a few nights ago In Switzerland. The moon was shining In a brilliantly clear sky, and round It spread a circle. In which all the colors of the rainbow gleamed. And any loyal and literary Switzer witnessing the phenomenon might well be proud of seeing In real life the "strange and wonderous token" which, so Schiller says, shone on the night when Tell and his friends swore the great oath on the Rutll a thousand years ago. West minster Gazette. Prom Wheat to Bread, Eight Honrs: If nature would only grow wheat In the form of ready ground flour w could convert it into bread In less than eight hours. The most she will do, and that not very often, is to grow it so that it can be ground the moment it has been thrashed. By taking advan tage of one of these rare concessions on the part of nature Mr. Prosser, of Erdlngton, Warwickshire, England, has succeeded In converting standing wheat Into bread In eight hours. Professional Dinner Taster. A curious profession for a woman Is that of dinner taster. She Is the pro duct of Parisian refinement and spends a portion of each dny visiting houses and testing dishes Intended for dinner. She suggested Improvements, and shows the cook new ways of pre paring dishes. The duties are pleas ant, and the compensation ample. The first letter a child writes Is either to Santa Claus or to the relative who gives It the most presents. CORN IS KINO. Interesting Facta Concerning the Great American Htuplc. The word maize is derived from the Greek word lea. It Is n t definitely known where the plant had Its origin. Humboldt asserts that it Is American. Other writers claim that It originated In Asia, whence It was brought Into America by the Spanish explorers. There Is nothing so far discovered in tho records of ruins of Egypt to Indicate that tho early dwellers along the Nile ever knew of the grain. In an sncleut Chinese book, however to bo found lu the French library at Paris, co.n Is mi nt oned. In Ch.le corn has long be u grown, and It Is called rea curaquu. There Is an old Javanese legendary peom, "Manek Maya," which likens the grain of corn to a maiden's tooth, and to-day, In certuln parts of the mid dle West, there Is a variety known as "horse tooth." Most of the South American Indians know of corn. Some make a sort of beer from It A Qulcba legend says that Con, son of the Sun aud Moon, gave maize to man. The Iroquois s iy that corn was given by the Spirit of the South. One of the snake legends of the Moqul Indians tells of six bachelors. Red Corn, Blue Corn, Yellow Corn, Green Corn, Spotted Corn and Rlaek Corn. It Is not alone with the Indians that myth and legend endure. To-day farm ers of New England, aud, lu fact, lu the newer West have their manifold "signs" for the planting of corn. Go through the agricultural regions aud you will hear them talk of planting "In tho full of the moon." and the like. Among the German settlers, In certain localities, It Is believed that In select lug seed-corn for the next year's corn all the stalks and refuse must be takeu Into the highways and lustautly de stroyed, but not by burning, as that would Insure the presence of the black fungi, or "smut," as It Is provinelally termed. Corn Is the great staple of the United States. It Is the most Important pro duct of the American continent bo It grains or the output of mines or factor ies. More acres are devoted to the rais ing of corn than In the uuuual yield of oats, wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat und cotton combined. Corn provides more smploymeut for laborers, provides nio.e work for distributers and makes basis for more Industries and activities tint 11 my other American commodity. In the past thirty-seven years the value of the coin output has beeu $15,000,000,000. Last year (1S08) a corn farm of 0,000 acres lu Iowa yelded a net profit of $50, 000. About 3.800 acres of corn were actually planted. Thirty-one planters were used to put the seed In the ground, seventy-six cultivators did the "tend ing" and sevetity-flve wagons haul, d the crop from Held to cribs. To hold the corn cribs twelve feet wide, sixtetn feet high and half a mile long were required. The corn yield of tho United States for 1800 Is estimated at 2,050, 720,000 bushels, the number of ncres planted being 81,550,000. Corn Is king. -John L. Wright, in Leslie's Weekly. The Stage. The stage continues to form the mir ror of fashion. One need scarcely take In a fashion paper If one pays constant visits to the theater. Here one can study all the varieties of la mode and the latest and newest designs. Each play seems to have Its own specialty In dress, Its favorite color and Its favorite dressmaker. Possibly spectators never give a thought to the fact that these constant changes of costume form no Inconsid erable portion of the fatigue Incurred by nn actress In a long and heavy part Dress cannot be slurred over now. Gowns must be laced and buttoned up, gloves, shoes, bats, petticoats be worn to match. It was different In the good old days, when actresses shuffled one gown over another and fastened them lightly with a button. The Japanese costume Is one of the most Intricate. The real Japanese lady wears three gowns, one over the other, a small por tion of each showing at the neck, the gowns being artistically shaded, say, from pale pink to deepest rose, or from violet to sky blue. The chemise, too, must match, and a special touch of deep contrastive color la given by the waistband. Nutritious Foods. Frof. Atwater, who has devoted him self to the study for a number of years, declares that there Is no single perfect food, the nearest approach to It being milk. No food, however, contains the essential constituents in right propor tions, and thus we have to get what we want by combining our foods. It will be a shock to many thrifty house wives to learn that beef and eggs are among the greatest of all economical mistakes. A single dollar spent In wheat-flour will yield as 'much nutri ment as $30 spent on sirloin of beef. Sugar ranks next to wheat-flour as an economical food, for a dollar's worth of sugar contains as much nutriment as $0 worth of milk, $12 worth of eggs, or $40 worth of oysters. In proportion to their cost oysters are almost the least nutritious of all foods. Beans and po tatoes run a close race for the third place among valuable and cheap foods, and the fourth place Is shared between fat, salt pork and cheese made from skimmed milk. Warships Injure! by Electricity. Aji Italian court recently, after a trial, ordered the removal of some wooden yachts, whose bottoms were sheathed with copper, from the neigh borhood of Iron warships anchored In the harbor of Leghorn. It was alleged that an electric connection was estab lished through the ships' cables where by the copper-bottomed ships were turned into the poles of a galvanic bat tery, the result being a rapid corrosion of the Iron in contact with the sea water. The Dewey Plant. A blooming plant with clusters of blood-red tassels depending from Its glossy leaves. Is to be seen not far from Broad and Chestnut streets. It Is lab eled "The Dewey Plont" In conspicuous letters. Six months ago the duplicate was seen In another part of town, with an Inscription declaring It was "Admi ral Dewey's favorite flower!" The plant Is a native of the Philippines islands. Philadelphia Record. Some people are willing to let a good xcuse answer far good conduct , a