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i THE ARID REGIONS. W001-EN 00003 0T,vt- Frova an' Twelfth Canafca Will thaw FmhM Cb dltton and'TaluM of Arrlonltan In Arid, ; Sab-Bamld Stlom. Tb preliminary work o( the oensoa office In collecting data relative to the arid and sub-humid regioni shows tbat daring toe past 10 yean vast area have been reclaimed by irrigation, both caption ta DnUnata Sfcowa In Othar Lives. Braditreet'e review lays: Exceptioni to the quiet and even dullness shown by the many linefbf trade and speculation are found in the active demand for woolen goods lor next fall'a delivery, and in the active call for dry goods on iprlng account. In tbe latter direction, pricei show by ditching from running .tre.m. and .rVt an advance of 25 to 40 per cent. In drilling for subterranean water. Where only a few year, ago the sage " " " , ZL7. L. brush struggled for existence In thi "lucVw V 7. ,7.1, 68 . . . I In TrrlnAa V anther fVinnicinni throncn- mldBt of a waste of alkali and iand, ' , u u today are field, of waving grain and ZZTZCL .kT. and there la Very general complaint of larze stocks of winter eoods in the blossoming orange-groves. Hundreds of miles of canals and ditches have been constructed; hnndreds of welli have been sank, and thousands of acrei of land have been cultivated in zenct where once the desolation of Sahara -' feigned. Moistened by fresh waters and fertil ized by the rich silt of the swift moun tain streams, once trackless wastes and desolate valleys in the Arid South went, have te co me as 'fertile as the famoui valley of the Nile, and send forth crop of endless variety and exceeding abun dance. Irrigation is intensive farming. Where the water supply is ample, it is sure farming. There are no failures, and ciops are enormous. The expert enced irrigator is like the trained en gineer with his band oo the lever. The movements of his hand regulate th amount of water supplied to his fields as those of tbe engineer control his en cine. In most of the irrigable sections oi the West, fertilizers have never been used, although the land has been con atantly cultivated for over two centur ies. In many sections fields may bf seen which have yielded successive crops of wheat for 40 years and show no diminution of productive strength. Wonderful progress is shown in the methods of constructing canals, dams, and pumping machinety, and in the manner of distributing water. Modern Inventions in machinery have greatly lessened the time, labor, and cost ol construction and management, and made possible many gigantio enterprise! of land reclamation and water utiliza-tion. Mountains have been tunneled and whole rivers have been lifted from their beds and spread over the valleyi precisely as wanted. High up in the ranges and on the elevated plateam immense storage reservoirs bave been constructed to impound the flood waters of the streams so that the thirs ty land below shall not suffer during the long rainless summer. As the successful solution of the problem of conservation of flood waters means the reclamation of millions oi acres of publio land, the people natur ally ask the government to promote measures having this end in view. To this demand the government responds. Lands containing excellent reservoii sites have been set aside and a thorough study of the sources and per manence of the water supply of arid regions has been made to enable con gress to legislate with intelligence upon this important subject. In aid of this work the twelfth cen sus will endeavor comprehensively to show the present condition and valuoi of agriculture in the arid and sub humid regions; the length, irrigable extent and cost of the various canals, wells and ditches; the character, vol ume and constancy of water supply; systems employed in distribution; amount paid for water and the crops, acreage and yield of irrigated farms. This effort will be successful if those lntei estod in irrigation shall heartily co-operate wib the census office and its agents. within a brief period the main schedules for taking the census of irri gation will be distributed, and Dlreo tor Merriam requests that all reoipienti prepare properly to fill them out and to return them promptly bands of this branch of trade. Another effect of the usually mild weather is that shown In the Northwestern lum ber business. The lack of snow will probably insure a reduction on the cut of last year, and this, combined with smaller stocks, points to at. least maintenance of present lumber quota tions. Woolen manufacturers have consti tnted an exception to the general quiet Tbey opened the'- order books this week, and an unu ally heavy volume of bnsiness is reported to bave been re corded. Cotton eoods are reported in good demand in nearly all markets, and the confidence as to spring bnsiness in dry goods and clothing is a notable feature, in sharp contrast, in fact, with tbe reports received from retailers as to tbe present season's business in winter- wear goods, scarcity of water is com plained of as limiting the output of New England cotton mills, which are reported as backward in deliveries. Business failures for the week nnm ber 253, as compared with 255 last week. 846 in the week a year ago, 288 in 1898, 826 in 1897, and 893 in 1896. Canadian failures for the week num ber 89. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. 75c aattla Markata. Onions, new, $1.60 1.75 per sack. Lettuce, hothouse, f 1.25 Potatoes, new, $16 20. Beets, per sack, 76 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60o. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $ 1.00 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.25 1.50 per box. Pears, $1.00 1.25 per box. Prunes, 60o per box. Butter Creamery, 29o per pound; dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 84o per pound. Eggs 20o. Cheese Native, 16o. Poultry 18 14c; dressed, 14 15c. Hay Paget Sound timothy, $12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00319.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $21; whole, $22. Hour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.80; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Mills tuffs Bran, per ton, $14.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, 46c; cows, 44c; pork, 4c; trimmed, 8c; veal, small, 6c; large, 4o. Hams Large, 13c; small, 18; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides, 8c. I PaolBo Coast Notas. Mormon elders are holding meetingi at points in Wallowa county. Baker City's special tax to continue her schools was carried by a vote of 50 to 1. Eagle valley has a "whisky wagon" presumably a concern that peddles Ore water. Another sawmill will soon be in operation on the Biuslaw. It will be owned by Saubert & Co., and will cut about 80,000 feet daily. The Marshflnld Run nnrinnitAnrii that the Western Union Telegraph company dozen: turker. Kve, Portland Markal. Wheat Walla Walla, 51 (3 52c; Valley, 60c; Blues tern, 52c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $2.90; graham, $2.25; superfine, $3.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 30c; choice gray, 84o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15(316.00; brewing, $18.00 18.60 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16 per ton. Hay Timothy, $1012; clover, $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c; seconds, 42,45o; dairy, 80376c; store, 23)27lo. Eggs 1617c perdozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12c; Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per pound'. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs, $3.608.50; geese, $7.008.50 forold; $4.606.50; ducks, $0. 009.00 per 1517o per MISSISSIPPI'S WATER POWERf Fills of tbe Great River Turned Into Powerful Motor that Now Grind the X Wheat of the Great Northwest and Cot Millions of Feet of SkT W LDmoer Aonniiiy nature a siave to man. ONSIDEBABLT less than a dec (fjk ade ago tbe Idea of harnessing the majestic flow of the "Father of Waters" as It la to-day would bave been looked upon as preposterous. "Dam it, you can't," will be remembered by many as a saying of their childhood applied to the Mississippi River. But the overpowering advancement of civ ilization has conquered all obstacles, In surmountable as they seemed, and now the mighty force of tbat grand river, formerly knowing no burden larger than an Indian canoe, has been turned my tbe hand of man Into motive power for ponderous machinery. The whiz ling flight of the arrow of tbe children of tbe forest has given way to the whirr and buzz of busy wheels. To tbe poet ical nature this may seem a sad denoue ment, but it Is a vivid example of the "survival of the Attest;" and one should glory In progress. The water courses of the great Northwest were always the favorite highways of the aborigines. For many years the only craft to navi gate these waters was the Indian canoe hewn from a loe. or fashioned Id a primitive but serviceable manner from tbe bark of the birch. With the coming of the French traders larger boats were introduced, and the era of advancement began. True, tbe French could not con eel ve, at tbat time, the possibilities (that have since become realities) of the power of the Mississippi. But slowly and gradually, since they sailed their unwieldy batteaux upon Us course, has the march of progress been going on ward. A waterfall to the aborigines meant simply an obstruction In the river, around which they must make a though established under Government auspices, had died a natural death be cause of the poor quality of the product. However, tbe poorness of the product waa no fault of the millers. Tbe demand for sawed lumber with which to build Fort Snelling bad mean time resulted In tbe erection of a saw mill the first one to derive Its power from the Mississippi The building was near the site of tbe old flour mill. In 1848, one year before the territory of Minnesota was organized, work was commenced upon a dam and sawmill on tbe east side of the river, which were finished and In operation tbe following spring. Improvements of a substantial character were not commenced on th west side of the stream, however, until the year 1850, when the Minneapolis Mill Company was organized and erect ed the first mill built by citizens of tbat side of the stream. Now near the site of that little Government flour mill stand palatial etone structures where over 15,000,000 barrels of the finest flour in the world are manufactured yearly by the waters of St. Anthony's falls. Tbe dam and establishments at St Anthony's are the largest on the river. Tbe great dam Is an object worth crossing the continent to examine. Over 30,000 horse power are generated by the river at this point. Gone are tbe prim itive sawmills from tbe east and west banks of the river, and In their places are mills of magnificent size that turn out in the neighborhood of 000,000,000 feet of lumber annually. The dams at this point on tbe river are marvels of engineering skill and Improvements are being added yearly. tbe ownership of W. D. Washburn & Co. was equipped with modern machin ery, and has resulted In a modern struc ture, called the Lincoln mill, owned ljy the Plllsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Company of Minneapolis. Their dam has a capacity of 10,000 horse power. Sixty-one miles up the river from Minneapolis, at the present location of St. Cloud, was another falls that prom ised powerful possibilities. One of those shrewd Mainltes, who was looking for Just such an opportunity, very soon, with tbe assistance of others, set about improving It. Many difficulties beset their path, and their handiwork was often destroyed by tbe logs coming that tie glory or us snipping aays srwi " .cnjTr'K OVer. I ConT fnl- Ino.vln. A 4(aI Tl - H. i " . uai ton. ' talned Home Cnrloua Data. Habits of thrift are eenerallv out sometimes thev per- ' : : PILLSBUEY DAM AT MIXNKAPOLIS-10,000 HORSE POWER. , down the turbulent liver. In tbe face of severe trials these Yankees never flinched and the hives of Industry that now mark this spot are the natural out come of their energy and perseverance, The dam at St. Cloud Is capable of gen erating 7,000 horse power. Frank Steele, whose position at Fort ST. ANTHONY'S FALLS. ON THE MISSISSIPPI. BY WHICH 30,000 HORSE POWER IS GENERATED FOR MILLING PURPOSES. will extend its line to all points in the county the coming summer. mere will be no debate this wintet between the state universities of Ore gon and California, but effort will be made to have a "meet" next winter. A barrel of whisky, supposed to have come from the wreck of the Brothei Jonathan, which was lost off Cresoent City in 1865, was washed ashore Inst week, saya the Marshfield Coast Mail. pound. Potatoes 55 85o per sack; sweets, l2io per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90o; per saok; garlic, 7o per pound; cab- bago, l4o per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, f 1.16(9 1 .60; carrots, $1. Hops 7 10c; 1898 crop, 56o Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 814o; mohair, 27 80o per pound Mutton Gross, best Hheep, wethers portage at considerable loss ot time although that was a secondary consld erauon in tnelr minds, as they were overburdened with time. However, tb unloading and reloading of their canons was a laborious .process and labor never was the "long suit" of the noble red man. Heuco tbe poetical beauty as well aa the commercial value of the falls were lost upon the benighted na ture of the savage. Tbe men who ventured Into this vast territory after the sway of the Indian had been terminated forever had little appreciation of the picturesque gran deur of the waterfalls, but had a habit of associating a certain or uncertain amount of dollars and cents with the possession of such a fall. The Missis sippi, leading to all other streams, nat orally enough excited their cupidity. In their fancy pictures of whirling Wheels and turning saws continually passed. Over 200 years before Father Hennepin had discovered the falls, which with pious fervor he christened St. Anthony's. What If that worthy priest could return to earth for a visit to the famous rapids at the present day. Departtd Is the virgin beauty of the spot, but In its place stand industries employing an army of workmen, and their manners and customs would un doubtedly fill Father Hennepin with The explorations of Pike, Schoolcraft and others had been so thorough as to determine every rapid of a size likely to become profitable as a water power Tbe pioneers following close on tbe trail of the explorers saw golden oppor tunities to utilize the river to their ad vantage. Attempts to bridle the flow of the water were not to the liking of old Mississippi, however, and many of the first dams were carried away down the stream before they were scarcely com pleted. John Green, In 1848, discov ered at a point where the river was broad, a series of falls rivaling In latent strength old St. Anthony's. Green named the discovery Little Falls. The locality suited him and he built a dam across part of the stream; cut down enough of -the surrounding forest to build blm a sawmill, and to furnish him material to work on. About this time settlers were pouring Into that part of the territory thick and fast and Green's mill was rushed far beyond its capacity to supply the demand for sawed lum ber. . Just about the time when work was at Its best a section of his dam gave way and necessitated a long shut down for repairs. Green was not dis couraged, however, and material being plenty and help at hand, he set to work ana built a much stronger dam. He also Improved his mill and other build- The barrel is in good condition, and and ewes, 86c; dressed mutton, 6,H the whisky should be of rare quality. A river steamer is being built on the Coquilla by D. T. White, Alex Snyder and John Moomaw, which is to have a speed of 14 knots an hour. It is the intention to make two round trips pet day between Coquillo City and Bandon during the summer months. . The weather continues "soft" throughout the western Big Bend, sayi the Waterville Empire. The depth ol snow on the ground varies in different localities from six inches or less to 12 and 16 inches. It is reported that at Pleasant Hill there are 16 or IS inches. 1 The snow does not extend to the Co-1 lumbia river level, hence the stage 1 irom nere travels about balf way bv 7o per pound; lambs, 7io per pound Hogs uross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $6.506.00 per 100 pounds Beef Gross, top steers, $3.504.00; cows, 939.50; dressed beef, 6 7io per pound. Veal Large, 67sc; small. 8 rtO per pound an Pranaito Markal. Wool Spring Nevada, 12l5oper ponna; tastera Oregon, 18 16c; Val ley, S022c; Northern. 1018o. nope ib crop, 11 ISO per pouna. Uutter Fancy creamery 25o; do seconds, 2324o: fancr dairv. 21 aleighs and the rest on wheels. Manv I '8o; d? 8econd8' 18 20o per pound. people are thinking that the weathM.-rS8!ro", 18 auo! Iany raon. will continue this way for the remain- aer oi tne winter. Taooma is receiving daily about 600,000 feet of logs. Port Angelos is to have a new bank. Pennsylvania capitalists are its pro motors. The erection of a salmon cannery in Port Townsend is now an assured fact. Tha cost of the cannery, when com pleted, will be $30,000. The big flume across Olalla canyon, aays tbe Rose burg Review, only carried tha water fiom Byrou creek, and its collapse does not interfere with tin. mala ditch from Olalla creek. 23o. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 Q 80.00; Iran, $18 14.00. Hay Wheat $6.609.50; wheat and oat $6.509.00; best barley $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $8.00 7.50 per ton; straw, 8045o per bale. Potatoes Early Kose, 85 90; Ore gon Burbanks, 85o13.0; river Bur banks, 60 85c; Salinas Burbanks, $1.00 1.25 per sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $3.763.85; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75cfflll.60: do choice $1.753.00 per box. - .Tropical .Fruits Bananas, $1.50 J. 50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 68.S'o per LITTLE FALLS TOWER DAM-10,000 HORSE POWER. amazement. Other explorers In after years spoke of the beautiful spectacle presented by the falls, and the latent power which they possessed, but noth ing in the way of developing the water Corce was accomplished until the ar rival of the United States troons in 1819. In 1S22 a small flour mill was built Just below St. Anthony's falls up on the west bank of the river. Built of roughly hewn logs, with the crevices partly rilled with mud. It would make a sorry showing against the stately struc tures of brick and stoue now occupying lta site. However, It answered the pur- pos of the hardy yeomanry of that date. The projectors of this enterprise then constructed a log flume, thus di verting from tbe noble 'ver an lota of its massive strength. The power thus obtained was sufficient to run one set Of burrs. Over twenty-five years rolled by before another attempt was made to j harness the stream, but In the mean time the flour making Industry, al Ings. One year later the dam, sawmill and a cabinet shop-went down the river together. This would have disgusted many a man with the business. But the Indomitable energy displayed by the enterprising Green triumphed over all difficulties and a much more substantial dam was constructed. New buildings were erected and Green at last reaped the reward of perseverance. Now a thriving city stands at the point also bearing the name Little Falls. Great manufactories, gigantic sawmills, elec tric light plants and various other In dustrial concerns, cover the site of James Green's sawmill. Caleb and W. H. Woodberry in 1S53 went In search of water power and. ac cording to the accepted custom, built a dam and a sawmill. One year later they erected a Hour mill alongside their log cutter, but the results of their in dustry went up In smoke about a year later. Another and better flour mill waa erected and in recent years under Snelling enabled him to keep an eye on territory acquired by the United States, got hold of the falls of St. Croix and kept them by right of possession, and In company with Jeremiah Russell, Dr. Fitch and a number of other gentle men secured a force of workmen, and with tools and building material, sailed and hospitals, as well as all charitable and educational buildings. All chaplains, doctors and nurses are protected In every possible way, and are not to be taken i prisoners or in wounding or killing a disabled man. Tbe bodies of the enemy are to be carefully searched before burial, and any articles found on them which might lead to their identification are to be sent to the proper quarters. Explosive bulets must not be used, and quarter must be given to tbe ene my whether he asks for it or not. In an attack on the enemy there must be no concealment of the distinctive signs of the regiments, and tbe use of poi sons for polluting drinking water Is strictly forbidden. Boston Traveler. Furnishes a Valuable Soot. The flame of acetylene gas has been found to furnish a soot which Is espe cially valuable In the color industry. When such gas Is burned with a smok ing flame the result Is the production of three or four times as great a quan tity of soot as Is the case with mineral oils. Moreover, It Is very light In weight and exhibits an absolutely black color without a tinge of brown and has none of the tarry admixtures or other substances that characteristically ap pear In lampblack. The substance Is likewise noted for being very bulky and is found to be admirably adapted for India Ink and the colors of flue inks for such lithographic work as requires a positive black. It Is now being man ufactured in France by a patented proc ess, almost absolute purity of color and La Boxe Francaise. La boxe Francaise claims, both as a gymnastic exercise and as a means of self-defense, to be a decided improve ment on the English method. It originated In the old savate, a di version much In favor with "souten eurs" early In the '30s. These saveiters knew, however, no more than the lower kick and doubling up of the leg, and made very little use of either the f sts, or the high kicks now aimed at head, chest and sides. A professor of ths savate, by name Michel PIsseux, num bered among his pupils the Duke of Orleans and Lord Seymour, a noble man well known In Paris In the '40s; and, Indeed, many fashionable young men of the day purposely learned the savate that they might better meet the attacks of the roughs who frequented In force the public balls, and resented in a practical manner any advances to the ladles of their own set. Now the originator of the modern boxe Francaise was unquestionably Charles Lecour, who, having thorough ly mastered the savate, perceived that it was but an Incomplete art He de voted the whole of his mind to Its per fection, and his attention was soon drawn to the great advantages of box ing as taught In England. He saw that, whereas the hands were In the French texture being obtained at a compara- method mainly weapons of defense, the lively Small COSt, W and foot mnnnnnlizln, tho n Hnnlr the Englishman, on the contrary, used the arms and fists for the latter pur pose, regarding the legs as springs, which helped him to close with or get away from his opponent, as circum stances might require. Both systems appeared to Lecour to want comple tion, and his next move was to leave Paris for London and place himself under Swift and Adams. Having ac quired the tricks of these then famous professors, he returned to Paris to put Into practice his theories of the com bined methods. London Critic. Foo lng the Publio. "I'm about bushed In the matter of curiosities," mused the owner of a small 6tore. "It's a bad habit this Idea of drawing trade by making a museum of the window, but 1 can't A 7,000-HORSE POWER DAM ON THE MISSISSIPPL to the St. Croix falls on the steamer Palmyra, dammed the stream and built a sawmill. Two towns, Taylor's Falls and St. Croix, were built alongside the stream, the former In Minnesota, the latter in Wisconsin, and material im provements were made upon the great logging stream as time went by. Aside from the Mississippi, tributary rivers have been developed for power In much the same way. H. H. Graham In 1854 built a two-room farmhouse and a backwoods mill with two run of stone at Hastings, Minn., on the Vermillion River, a tributary to the Mississippi. He built no sawmill as was the custom of other settlers, for the simple reason that the stream did not wind Its sin uous course through timber lands. From that small start great establishments have arisen. Although most of the enterprises de scribed in this article have eventually been crowned with success, one must not think there were no failures. Many attempts to turn the great Mississippi into chanels of usefulness have been marked by great disaster. The work of years might be 6wept away in a sinzle night But the hardy settlers did not despair, nor did those who came after them, and to-day the falls of the majes tic Mississippi are among the greatest sources of motive power in the world. The Mississippi In years gone bv was the great highway between North and South. Great steamboats plied their busy trade up and down the stream; logs by the million were, and still are. floated on Its current, as well as on Its tributaries. The constantly chancinz course of this peculiar river has long been a source of wonderment tn th world, and It is principally for this rea son that the railroads have usurped so much of the traffic that formerlv went down the river. A station misht h on the river one week and Isolated from it the next In spite of the efforts of man to keep it within bounds. Therefore it Is eminently proper that the nnmir river -In its old age" should be put to turning the wheels of Industry now A Lover with an Appetite. The driver of a slow passenger train noticed that ihe stoker always stared Intently at the windows of a certain cottage near the line, and curiosity Im pelled him to ask for an explanation of the habit. - "My girl lives there," said the stokei aententlously. "Then I suppose she sits In the win dow watching for you?" surmised the Arivcr. "No, she don't; she ain't time to play the fool," grunted the stoker. "I only rook to see whether the window blind's up or down. If It's up, I know it's coortin' night; If It's down I know it ain't; that's all." . "And do you always visit her when stop now business won't allow It" A few hours later the soda water trade was rushing. The crowd outside the window gazed In until It was thirsty at the remarkable bird that hung In a blgcftge. The card attached bore a handful of the alphabet hysteri- you 8ee tne Dllnd UP?" cally put together and designed for a You bet 1 do boss," answered the scientific name. After It were the Btoker heartily. "It's one of her tripe words: "From Samoa." onion nights, an' she knows I should A few days later the "curiosity" not turn P Dut for that- Coortin' Is was feeding in the back yard with the a dry &ame without a tasty supper t rest of the bantam hens. Detroit Free nelD u along." London Tld-Bita. Press. One or Those Dress Pockets. She was quite a well-dressed woman waiting for the 10 o'clock train, and It was then 9:30. "How long will it be until that 10 o'clock train goes?" she asked at the ticket window. 'Thirty minutes, madame." rpnlifd the clerk suavely. "Will I have time to go out and buv something?" upon clrcum- The Pastor's Call. A Portland minister recently called upon one of the families In his parish. He ascended the steps and knocked at the door. Receiving no response, he was about to depart when he heard a window In the next house open and a woman's voice, "Mrs. Smith, the mln Vster's at your door." What was tbt pastor's surprise and amusement when he caught Mrs. Smith's response wafted (fe-ntly around the corner of the house, v'Sh! Don't you s'pose I know It?" The next Sunday after the service Mrs. Smith met her pastor and expressed her sorrow that she was away when he had Tbina forbidden in War. i nsrhani not eenerallv realized I .. r. r- ---- m - lucuuuuic, vui Kimeumej iney that the game of war Is hedged around cause for ,mugemeat witnoat tn r ny as many resmcuuu son practicing them being aware of i, m.tPh under Oneensburv rules. These -wi. "7.. or - ; A. . iuu imj in; van rewuuy will ,n regulations, which are under the tanc c, wn h tion of all the civilized countries of he f mo,rflourtahlng of " oa world, are designed to insure fair play , , tQ , W. When Hi. intended to bombard a ? TnZ " place due notice should be giver, so SJJ f that all women and children may be re- K- , ,. . " . , , He I moved to a place of safety, and every 7 J ' ar"'"' n .... . L I in a handsome, brown-stnna timid ... E care must De taxen to spare cnurcoes .. . . "vu' a"a t -t-c... uo nra icubuu ior economy 1 than the average citizen, yet he has one bablt-perhaps better, one idiosyncrasy -that might well be taken as an Inrti. cation of poverty by those who did not ' know the clergyman. With lnw i Scotch thrift the minister makes n. of tbe blank side of the letters be ro celves when they are written "on one side only." He was asked recently to Drenaro .n article for a magazine. In due time th manuscript reached the editor, mpi, page of It written on the back of an old letter, and It was only too evident that be had paid no attention to whether the letters were of a personal character The letters furnished a rather curious L-oinmenrary on the sort of letters a metropolitan clergyman receives. Among them were: A notice from an insurance that his policy had lapsed, owing to the non-payment of $150 premium. A note from the eeneral nouimir agent of a railway refusing his request that a pass from New York to Chicago ire giveu io a poor brother In the min istry. An appeal from a poor widow for money to pay her rent and keen w from being dispossessed. A letter from a broker, who was on ef his congregation, asking him to In vest in a certain stock, as It was certain any way Injured. Any soldier robbing or mutilating an to be "a good thing." tZ?JBA d ,h u h" , A recelpt showm that e had paid f trial, and death Is the penalty for for the 1Iomi. nf hi. v 1TA11 rA I ti tr ri" L'llMnrr a sllunKlswt mnn I t 'That will depend stances,, madame." "I Just want to go across the street" "Where Is vnnr nmnorF This was a queer question to ask nd llcd--York (Me.) Transcript me may rather resented it 'In my pocket of course." she an swered somewhat testily. "Then you have scarcely time, mad ame," said the clerk with gravity, and the lady flirted herself away from the window In a dudgeon. Detroit Free rress. Insanity Amon? Half-Breed Indians. An Incident of the civilization of the red man Is that he Is developing In sanity, Just as white folks do, and therefore the Government has bought 100 acres of land near Canton. S. D. whereon to build an asylum to accom modate all the insane Indians of the United States. Indian Commissioner Jones says, however, that there are no insane Indians of pure race. The Inmates of the new asylum -will be uau-oreeaa. Englisn Women's Jewels. Among the wonderful collections of Jewels owned by English women, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts' unique set of sapphires Is celebrated; the Marchion ess of Bath's necklace of black pearls Is estimated as worth $500,000, and the Duchess of Westminster's Nassau dia mond at nearly $200,000. The Princess of Wales has a beautiful necklace, which she always -wears on state or gala occasions. Flowers tn Ice Boxes. A French scientist has made some plants "artificially Alpine" by keeping them in an Ice box, all night and expos ing them to tbe full action of the sun during the day. As a result tbe leaves do not grow so large, and become dark er in color, while the flowers grow larger and are of a brighter color. t