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WHAT THE MINES ARE DOING
THE DULL SEASON.
,
LONG-LIVED PEOPLE.
THE LOWER YUKON NEWS
American Mining Camps in That
Section Are Doing Well,
Seattle, July 4. The Post-Intelli-fencer
hat the following ipecial newt
from Skagway:
The first newt of the season from the
remote American mining cam pi of the
lower Yukon hat just come out to Skag
way. Latent arrivals report a new strike
100 miles hack of Circle City, on three
creek known as Faith, Hope and Char
ity, which empty into the Xanana. A
Dew (trike lk also reported on Walker'
fork of the Forty-Mile, which was
Dnce before staked. A itampede ha
resulted, and other have rushed in and
re-staked the country.
Fine pay ha lieen itrack on a num
ber of claim not heretofore considered
payer. Eureka, (truck last auinmer,
has proved a wonder so far, and ha a
THE JOHN DAY VALLEY
Many Locations Reported on Dixi
and Strawberry Spurs.
Portland, July 9. The Oregonian
ha thia new from the mining center
of the John Day valley in Eastern Ore
gon:
I'rairie City, in the tipper part of the
John Day valley is attracting consider-
able notice a a mining center.
riacer ruining ba been carried oa
in the valley since the early '60s. and
the quarts' ledge were known to the
old settler 25 year ago. .Many c.uartz
location have been made in the pant
two year, and if the 50th part of them
amount to anything, the Prairie City
country will certainly be a large pro
(facer of gold, copper and cobalt,
The mineralized belt, aside from the.
placer tleposits which are found in
every creek, comprise Dixie Spur of
the Blue mountains, eight miles north
py streak 80 feet wide and four feet of Prairie City, and Strawberry Spur,
deep. It is expected Eureka will this
year yield $1,500,000.
The Rampart Camp.
Col. Wiggin believe the Rampart
camp is a good a the creek campot
Nome, and think many of the overflow
at Nome will push up the river to
Hampartand help make it a big pro
ducer. He ha the belief there is gold
in Koyukuk, but feel that the develop
ments are scarcely enough yet to war
rant great faith in the camp. How
ever,' from all sources come the report
that many are rushing into Koyukuk.
E. (I. Lenout, who has just arrived'
from Forty-Mile and other promising
American camps, report the clean-up
on Jack Wade tbia spring has been
demonstrative of good camp. The
creek is scarcely prospected, yet No. 7
below upper discovery yielded $80,000
at tbia year' clean-up. Lenont pre
dicta a great future for the creek, and
estimate the output for next season at
$2,000,000. He i going after thawing
machinery fur the creek. He ha a
nugget from the creek weighing lix
ounce and worth $116. Gold of Jack
Wade, alio of rtampurt, ia worth $19
an ounce. Jack Wade gold ia mostly
in nuggets.
Ex-Uot. McOraw' Rich Claim,
Of those who have been among the
, most successful is the man who is
working the claim of ex-ijovernor John
11. MoOraw, of Washington, known as
No.! 8, on Little Manook. It yielded
the last winter $80,000 of which $8,000
or $9,000 wa -nuggets picked out from
the pay dirt by hand. Last year Mc
Oraw thought he bad worked out the
pay itreak.
No. 6, on Little Manook, this winter
yielded f 00,000. No. 7, on the same
creek, gave $40,000. Nos. 21, 22 and
23, Llttre Mauook. jr., produced $00,
000. 1 lousier and Big Manook have
also proved rich. Hillside property on
Jiig .Manook baa yielded as high as $9
to the pan. "
Idaho bar, on which a rich discovery
wa,jnade in 1808, was all staked at
that time, but not much wa taken out
nine mile south. Dixie Spur is about
25 miles long, and skirts the northern
side of the valley. It highest point
is Dixie Butte, which has an elevation
of 7,000 feet. Strawberry Spur is 40
mile long, extending from Canyon
creek along the southern bound
ary of the valley, into Malheur county.
Its highest point ia Strawberry Butte,
which has an elevation of 9,000 feet
The principal development ba been on
Dixie Spur. Here along the forks of
Dixie creek, and in Quartzburg dis
trict, several properties have been
opened. Principal among them are
the Standard, the Lone Star, the Key
stone, the Sherbondy, the Clayton, the
Present Need and a few other. The
Strawberry country has hardly been
touched. The Cleavers think they
nave a ireadweli in the Oregon Won
der. Other aie of the same opinion.
J. Fv Kodgers, who has examined
the country on Strawberry and Dixia
Spurs, say the formation is porphyria
tio granite, pierced by porphyry dikes,
A third rock is pure gray granite carry'
ing little porphyry, but much mica,
. There is also quite a bit of serpentine,
and diorite without quartz
II. E. Stewart, one of the owners of
the Lone Star, says the Dixie Spur
country i unquestionably a copper reg
ion, although he ia mindful of the fact
that gold predominates in the rock.
The copper belt, io far as known, ex
tends, he says, four milea north from
Johnson's arastra along both sides of
the east fork of Dixie creek. There is
cobalt in the rock, as has been demon
strated by the work in the Standard
group, but Mr. Stewart thinks consid
erable depth will be required to get at
the large deposit ot this metal. Cop
per is oxide and carbonate at the sur
face, but is found in the sulphide form
with depth. On the surface the cop
per ia streaky and bunchy, but as depth
is attained it solidifies and increases in
quantity. This is the experience of all
the claim owners ia the Dixie creek
country.
There is considerable placer mining
and the dump was not washed because in and around Canyon City. Probably
of scarcity
staked.
of water, but ha been re
RICH COPPER STRIKE.
Good Valaea on Old Claim la a British
Columbia Camp.
"hoenix, B. C, July 9. An im
porta nt ore strike has been made on the
War Eagle claim in this camp. The
strike occurred in the went drift of the
100-foot level, about 175 feet from the
shaft, where a raise wa being driven.
The ore body dipped a little to the
east and wa followed 11 feet, when
the workmen went back and ooutinued
work on the raise. Up to date the
men have gone through 25 feet of clean
chnlcopyrite ore and have not reached
the further wall. The width of the
ore body, therefore, has not been deter
mined, llesident Manager Buck has
hud an average test made of the new
strike, and received satisfactory re
turns, the ore running over $20 in cop-'
per and $1.60 gold.
$35,000 was taken from the creeks
within two miles of town last year.
At Canyon City the Humboldt . Com
pany is working two hydraulics on
Canyon creek, taking its water from
ditches. A number of Canyon City
men are interested, among them Ira
Sprout, Fred Yorgensen and Herbert
Hunter. No figures of the annual out
put are obtainable but it ia believed to
be about $15,000.
Kall'njr Kariilng Arc Gaod, However,
and HmiaeM Failure Few.
Bradtsreets' say: Business 1 unus
jaiiy dull at this season, ana this year
oo exception to the general rule ia re
marked. A review of the pat lix
months, however, give little comfort
to pessimsts. Bank clearings, it ii
true, are smaller by about 11 per cent
than they were in the first half of 1899,
but railway earning are about 10 per
cent larger, and business failure, re
ported to Bradstreet's, are the fewest
reported for 18 years back, with liabil
ities of failing trades the same, with
;ne exception, and that last year, since
1892. Winter wheat has about all
lieen harvec ted in the Southwest and
the yield there ha been very large.
Copious tains in the Northwest, too,
have apparently worked some improve'
ment, judging from the more cheerful
tone of advices received from tbence
this week. - "
uooi is dun ana manufacturers are
supplying only actual wants.
In manufacturing lines dullness and
weakness are most marked in products
of iron and steel.
Hie settlement of labor troubles is
eflei-ted in the better demand for build
ing materials at affected centers,- while
rains in the Northwest have allowed
white pine manufacturers to open their
works, and give employment to many
thousands of men.
SugHr has been marked up again thia
week, coffee is higher, while tea holds
the full advance scored on the outbreak
6f the Chinese troubles. Wheat, in
cluding flour, shipments for the aggre
gate 3,018.832 bushels, against 8,184,-
J44 bushels last week.
Business failures in the United State
for the week nutnlier 196, as compared
with 185 last week.
Business failure in Canada number
25 as compared with 18 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, 1,'gC.
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. lc
Beets, per sack, 90c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Carrots, per sack, $1.25
Parsnips, per sack, D0 75c.
Cauliflower, California 90c$l.
Strawberries $2 per case.
'Cabbage, native and California,
1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $1.50 per case.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517o pound.
hggs 20o.
Cheese 12o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
012.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California.
3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3. 80 4. 00.
Millutuffs Bran, per ton, $18.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
reed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
iTdlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8o;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8J
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13Hi
breakfast , bacon, 124c; dry salt sides,
6c.
A FEW CURIOUS INSTANCES
GREAT LONGEVITY.
OF
Eatt Indian Who, It la Claimed, Was
370 Veara of Age at tha Tim of Uia
lteath-Anthentlcated Caaea of Per-
one Living to Be Over 15o Year Old.
THE ROSSLAND DISTRICT.
COMING TO THE FRONT.
Toroda Creek Mines Again Attracting
Attention,
Republic-, Wash., July 9. Toroda
oreek mines are again attracting atten
tion. Seven companies are working
and some ot them expect to cut their
le(ges within a few day. Some of
the ledge have shown large value on
the surface, aud it wa this that turned
the attention of mining men in that
direction. Among the mines that had
flu aurfaue showing and carried ex
ceptionally high value wa the Ox
ford. As high a 255 ounce of silver
and $15 in gold per ton were obtained
from the ore near the surface. The
owner decided to run a tunnel and
now have it in 65 feet. A few day
iuce a (tringer 12 inches in width was
cut lu the tunnel, which is believed to
b an off -shoot from the ledge. The
ore oarrle about 200 ounces of silver
per ton and from $10 to $12 in gold.
The tunnel will have to be extended
about 40 feet to cut the ledge. There
is also a parallel ledge that can be out
by the tunnel by extending it another
100 feet. The ledge vary from 7 to 9
feet in width.
uronp or Cnmpi In tha Summit Dhow
Nome Activity.
, ' , I r r: . . . .
npuKiiue, juiy v. uonsicierame as
sessment work is being done at Sum
in it camp, about eight miles northwest
of Olalla, B. C. It is described in the
Uosslaud Miner as rather a series of
camps at the headwaters of the six or
even creeks which rise there. Three
of these, Keremeos. Cedar and Olalla
creeks, flow eastward to Keremeos val
ley, while Fifteen-Mile, Sixteen-Mile
and Twenty-Mile creeks flow west aud
then south to the Similkameeu. There
are good trails up all these creeks from
Olalla and pack homes can get up quite
e4y.
The celebrated Nlckle Plate mine is
situated near the bead of Twenty Mile
oreek, and there are several high grade
prupenues wuniu sight ot it.
Mining-New and Oodlp.
Several large nugget have been
found on the Mary Ann placers in Che
a camp, Wash. ,
A stir is reported en West Fisher
crek, 80 miles from Libby, Mont,,
where $30 ore is reported ia an old
claun.
It i reported in Ferguson, B. C,
that a rich strike ha been made in the
Nettie L. A vein three to four feet
Wide of solid galena, carrying more
copper than usual, was exposed.
In the Muldoon group, near Belcher,
12 mile east of Republic. Wash., a
trike in copper i reported, made ia a beca
zju-ioot tunnel.
A strike i reported on a claim be
tween Delta and Carbon Ceuter, Idaho.
The ore i high grade milling, aud was
found sear the surface. No assays
have been made.
The exteut of the Slooao. B. C.
camp ii remarkable,
Worth went Note.
fit pay roll of Rosslaud, B. C, carap,
rum over aiuu.ouo per mouth.
. Boise's first ice plant will be instal
led and in operation within 15 or 20
days.
Petitions are being circulated in Lin
coln county, Or., protesting against the
proposed location of fishtraps in Ya-
quina bay.
Bid are being solicited for the erec
tion of a two-story brick hotel in Lake
view, Or. The owners will be "Miller
s Lane, who paid $3,500 for a site last
week.
rrofewor K. II. McAlister of the de
partment of applied mathematics at
the University of Oregon has been ap
pointed by the regents a supervisor of
me drainage system to be put in at the
uuiverslty this summer.
The county court of Union countv
t i . . -
vi., uhs ureteral road supervisors to
prosecute all persons who damage the
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'"""".' permiiung urination I
water to run in the roads.
A Taciflo coast ludian institute is to
oe organised. A conference of educa
tors interested in the training and edu
cation of Indians, will take place at
v nemawa, August 14 to 19. Washing
ton, .Montana, Idaho aud California,
win oe represented aud perhapa sev
eal other Western states.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 66 57,0;
ftlley,57)4c; Bluestem,60o per bushel,
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.70; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35c; choice
gray, 83o per bushel.
, Barley Feed barley, $14.0015.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid
dliugs, $19; shorts, $13; chop, $14 pel
ton.
Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover,$7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $8 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 85 40c;
store, 25o.
Eggs 16o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream. 13c:
Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chit kens, mixed, $3.00
3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.60: enrines.
$2.003.50; geese, $4.005.00 forold;
$1.606.60; ducks, $3.00 4.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per
pound.
Potatoes 40 50o per aack: sweets.
224C per pound.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips,
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, lo per pound; parsnips. 11:
onions, 1 4'c per pound; carrots, $1.
i lops a So per pound .
Wool Valley, 1516o per pound:
f-astern uregon, 10 15c; mohair. 26
per pound.
.Mutton Gross, best sheen, wether
and ewes, 3?ae: dressed mutton. 7a
- F
i ,'sc per pound; iambs, 6so.
Hogs l.ross, choice heavr. $5.00:
light and feeders. 14.60: dressed.
3.uue.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef dross, top Bteers, $4.004.60:
cows, 3.604.00; dressed beef, 6i
'4C per pound.
Veal Large, 67.lo: small. 8(3
8 'gc per pound.
If Maffeus, the historian of the Indies,
?an be believed, one Nieuieua de Cugua,
a native of Bengal, lived to the aston
istiing age of 370 years. Although the
story is confirmed by Lopez Castegu
ods, who at the time of ,Cugnaa death,
in loM, was historiographer royal of
Portugal, and although it Is altogether
the best proved instance of so great
longevity, its correctness has been
somewhat doubted. But whether or
not Cugua or bis friends mistook the
time of his birth by a century or two,
there is no denying him the distinction
of the greatest age of which we have
anything like reliable data. He la de
scribed as a man of great simplicity of
habit, and of very easy and quiet man
ners; though wholly illiterate, he was
possessed of a memory so remarkable
that be could recite the minutest de
tails relating to most of even the daily
events of two and a half centuries. He
Is Bald to have had many wives during
his long life, and it la related that the
color of hla hair and beard changed
several times from black to gray and
from gray to black.
The next greatest Instance of longev
ity known to us is that of Peter Zoc-
tron, a French peasant, whose death la
recorded on Jan. 25, 1724, at the re
markable age of 183 years. Immediate
ly succeeding Zoctron ia the Instance
of Louisa Truxo. This person was a
negress of Tuscomla, In South Anier
lea, who, in October, 1780, had reached
the age of 175 years, and was living In
so good a degree of health that she
promised many years In addition.
However extraordinary these facts,
family by the name of Rovin, which
resided about 1730 In Tunlrvax, France,
furnished three particulars, each of
which Is without a known parallel.
(1) The combined age of the parents
amounted to 338 years, the father, John
Itovin, being 174, and the mother,
Sarah, being 104. (2) They had been
married 147 years, and what Is nearly
as extraordinary, "they lived through
out this long period in much peace aud
contentment." (3) At the time of their
death they had three children living,
the youngest of whom was 116 years.
England next enters the list, and fur
nishes three remarkable Instances of
long life In Henry Jenkins, Thomas
Parr and Lady Acton. The first, a na
tive of Yorkshire, lived to the age of
109 years, and once gave evidence In a
court of justice on a circumstance
which had happened 140 years before.
In his time three queens and one king
were beheaded, a Spanish and a Scot
tish king were seated on the throne of
England, and a score of revolutions had
. spent their fury and wrought their
effects. Jenkins died In 1070 at Aller-
ton. i-aay Acton, an Englishwoman of
quiet manners and even temper, was
the widow of John Francis Acton. She
was born in 1730, and her death, as an
nounced by the London Times, was at
the very meture age of 137 years.
Fireside.
bearing upon board school hnmor, say
a London correspondent in the New
York Tribune. He began by telling a
story against himself. He was recently
at a prize distribution at Kennlngton
Road board school, and told the boys
that he would not see them again for
twelve months. He ventured to expresi
a hope that In the meantime tbey
would behave themselves and not get
into mischief. One boy, evidently re
garding him as wishing the company
the compliments of the season, repliedi
"The same to you, sir."
For precocity, however, the boy who
w-as being examined In mental arithme
tic In an East Lambeth school surpass
ed the Kennlngton scholar.
"Supposing," asked the examiner,
"there were six glasses of beer on this
table and your father drank one, hovi
many would remain?"
To this the boy replied:
"None, sir."
The inspector chlded the pupil wltb
the remark:
"You don't know the simplest mental
arithmetic." but the retort cam
promptly:
"No, and you don't know my father,
sir."
SUPPOSE WE SMILE
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC rwtn
. . Tnrideata Occurring the
Wn.id OT.r-B.Ting tha Are Cheer
fai to Old or Iong-r"7 Bel-
Uoa. th.t KwrbodJ Will Kajoy.
A congressman tells the story that,
being selected to deliver a eulogy on a
deceased colleague whom be had not
known, he consulted Mr. Eeed, then the
speaker, upon what to say. "Say any
thing except the truth," was the reply;
It's customary."
After a recent ecclesiastical gather
ing, as the clergymen were trooping
Into luncheon, one of the most unctuous
observed: "Now to put a bridle on our
appetites." "Now to pvt a bit between
my teeth," retorted the Bishop of Win
chester, Dr. Randall Davidson.
A gem from the records of a Missouri
court, given in an addrens by Hon. Wil
liam Wallace, is the following lucid
verdict In a lunacy case: "We, the
jury, Impaneled, sworn, and charged to
Inquire into the lnsangulnity of Heze-
kiah Jones, do occur in the affirmative."
An autograph-huntet, who was very
anxious to obtain the signature of the
poet Campbell, adoptd the familiar
strategem. Having cjme across a line
In one of his poems, the meaning of
which appeared to b obscure, he wrote
a short note to the Author, asking him
to interpret the worJs in question. He
f.,. .nd Down of the Game.
inn nti ho nrpflcher who was
itayin'g to dinner and being entertain-
d bv little Harry, "i noye
neonle down. Cards
h.r Poised the downfall of many
many a person who would otherwise
have amounted to someciung m i"
world." , ,
"Is that so?" the boy t-swered,
thoueht it was lust the other way."
"I can't imagine how you came to get
uch an idea," the good man returned,
"Well, last night, when pa naa com
pany In the parlor, every little while
1 nnnirt hear them savlD they were
raising one another."-Chlcago Times
Herald.
Rnt It Hadn't.
"Here's the clockmaker come to fix
our sitting room clock," said the funny
man's wife; "won't you go up and get
It for him?"
"Why, it isn't upstairs, is It?" replied
he, lazily.
"Of course It is. Where did you think
It was?"
"O! I thought it had run down."
Philadelphia Press.
A Mean Insinuation.
Banker Now, professor, let us sit
lown in that quiet corner of the con
servatory for a pleasant exchange of
thoughts!
Professor You are Incorrigible! You
are always thinking of driving a profit
able bargain! Fllegende Blaetter.
received the following laconic reply
SURPASSED ALL OTHERS.
Coat
San Franeieeo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1315o Der
pound; F:a.Mtern Oregon, 10 15c; Yal
Ity, 1820c; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 18H9 crop, ll13o Der
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 18 19c:
lo seconds, 17lsc; fancy dairv.
17c; dosecouds. 15016,0 twr nnnn.l
Eggs Store,
in.
Millstuffs Middlings,
i ( -
13c; fancy ranch,
$17.00
The London Glrdlers Give the
Heat Feast on Record.
The Worshipful Company of Glrdlers
estimate that the luncheon given by
them to the Secretary of State and
members of the Council of India re
ceuuy woras out at something over
2,000,000 a head.
The history of this remarkable feast
is absolutely unique. In 1034 a Mr.
Robert Bell, then master of the com
pany, ordered from the East India Com
pany a Persian carpet at a cost of 150.
For this carpet the East India Com
pany, now represented by the Council
of India, never received payment
It was only recently that the present
master of the Glrdlers, the lord mayor,
uiscoverea mat ax me orcunary rate
of compound interest the sum they
now owed amounted to no less than
167,000,000!
The Glrdlers consulted together and
came to the natural conclusion that
they could not meet their obligations.
Not wishing, however, to appear dis
honorable, they suggested that thev
should entertain the Council of India
to a luncheon, which should wipe off
the score.
The Council agreed, and the Glrdlers
as a result, entertained them to a lunch,
over which the lord mayor presided.
There were seventy-five guests, so
that each one, so to speak, consumed
a meal costing over 2,000,000. London
Daily Mall.
DOG MAIL CARRIER.
One
Heryford's thoroughbred yearhug bulls
me involved in a fluht. near thn
ot spriugs. Lane countv, Or., wh
I....U 1.... . 1
uum urn inn me spring and were
scalded to death.
a proposition for the location of a
nax-doer mm at Eugene Or. has been
submitted by E. Larimore, manager of
the Scio factory. The bonus ia S2.50O
, - . : - iw wa. IVV 8aiti
ide for a distance of 85 mile long and .' snd 1,500 acre, ia flax. It ia renr
rfiui Hiiut-s -uumju uaitn plant will oost S
i"ui-r"- ivuuviug in payiug huh win employ regularly
quantities gold, sliver, lead and copper, 'and.
25,0011,
bout 3D
m, ujj;vo per uajic.
lottoes Early Kose, 60 65c; Ore-
son Imrlianks, 80c90; river Bur
banks, 3565c; new, 70c$1.25.
Citrus Fruit Oranees. Valencia.
$3,"6(t3.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
3.00; California lemons 75cfi$1.50:
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas. $1.60
8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian date. 63650 Dei
pound.
Nep Walta for the Train and Takes
Charge of Mailing.
Out in Kansas, where so many things
are different, there Is a big St Bernard
mall carrier. He lives in one of the
little "cross roads" towns, where the
only store, which is also the postofflee,
is thirty rods from the railroad track.
The train always goes whizzing by at
a good rate of speed, whistling as it
approaches. Nep hears the whistle and
hurries to the crossing and waits for
the coming of the mail The mail
tierk kicks the leather bag out of the
door and it falls somewhere in the vi
cinity of the road. Nep at once coes
to the sack, and carefully taking it by
the middle, so that neither end will
drag on the ground, walks sedately to
the store, where he deposits his bur
den in a safe place.
He does this every day. In snite of
At. a. . . .
me neaiuer, auu tne whole country
' nows and Is proud of the dog mall
rier. .
ep is 4 years old. Is 2 feet 7 Inches
, neight and weighs 250 pounds. He
has no difficulty In carrying the sack
though the mail Is often very heavi
with the weekly papers from the couu
ty seat, for his teeth are strong and he
una i-arrifu over iw pounds as a test
of his strength.
Sir In return to your note, I send you
my autograph. Thomas CampbelL" -
'Sir William MacCormac, the presi
dent of the Royal College of Surgeons
of London, is at times quite absent-
minded. He Is an indefatigable work
er, and often to save time when study
ing in his laboratory has a light lunch
eon served there. Once his assist
ants heard him sigh heavily, and, look
ing up, saw the doctor glaring at two
glass receptacles on his table. "What
Is the matter, doctor?" asked one of the
youngsters. "Nothing In particular,"
was the reply, "only I am uncertain
whether I drank the beef tea or that
compound I am working on."
A short time ago some American la
dies who were visiting Rome, wishing
to attend a Papal reception, mad their
appearance In ordinary court dress,
having availed themselves to the full
est extent of the decollettage. Pope
Leo was horrified when he first noticed
them, and determined to take steps fo
its prevention in future. A certain well
known cardinal was instructed by him
to inform the ladies of their breach of
etiquette. The cardinal was a man of
the world, and realized that the matter
must be approached with the utmost
tact and delicacy; after due considera
tion he approached the ladies, and, ad
dressing them, said: "The Pope is old-
rashfoned and does not like decollete
dresses; but" he continued, waving his
nana lightly m the air, "for me I am
quite accustomed to them, you know, I
have been so much among savages that
do not mind them." It was some lit
tle time before the ladies grasped the
run significance of the cardinal's words,
Lamuie Saint Saens, the brilliant
J? rench composer, is extremely near
sighted. One evening at Paris he was
at a party, when the host asked him to
play something. He for a long time re
fused to do so, but, being earnestly
pressed, he took his seat at the piano.
His hair was tossed back, hia pvp
gleamed with excitement. Now ho
would bend over the piano, then he
would throw himself back; and all the
while his fingers would run over the
keys as he extemporized in the mrwt
brilliant fashion. The company wo
delighted. After an hour, pleasure gave
place to weariness. Two hours after.
ward some of the guests began to leave-
a-1 1 i ,
lUKtr example quicKiy Decame contain.
ous, and by degrees nobody remained
in tne room except the master of the
house (the hostess had lone since e-r.no
to bed). Saint-Saens, more inspired and
more tumultuous than ever, utterlv nn.
conscious of the Incidents around him
..1 j . . . . .
ymjcu uu us tasi ana as frenzied as
ever. At last, about 2 a. m
Saint-Saens playing with more arrir..
man ever, tne master of the hoi.
completely overcome with fatlcnp
came desperate, and, laying his hand
nn tin 11. ........ . l. . 1
-"c .umjuoci a suouiuer, said- 'l
beg your pardon, my dear sir, but pray
juu mi a. mue iiiuguea? ' Saint
Saens replied, without leaving the nin!
no, "Not in the least!" and to show how
fresh he was, struck into a new iumroJ
-.1 4,1 i ji t'avr-
iisaiiou wuu wimer enthusiasm than
ever. The host gave up. stole out of
the room, and went to bed. At dayi
break Saint-Saens rose, gravely bowed'
to the tables and chairs, and went home
completely ignorant that the chairs and
tables had been for hours his only audi-
How He Felt.
The Captain Keep the tiller down,
I tell you!
The Landlubber (at the wheel) I
can't keep anything down, Captain;
not even my dinner! New York World.
Forced to Economic Action.
"I've discovered how these health re
sorts work."
"How Is it?"
"Well, when a man gets there and
finds out what his bills are, in a few
weeks he either dies or gets well
enough to go home." Chicago Record,
Turn Tables.
L,arry in- sspar Atnietlc Club are
goin' to hould th' nixt foight in wan iv
thlm houses phere they kape locomo
tives.
Denny Phwat for?
Larry Because it's a round house,
Chicago News.
His View.
"Do you believe in the brotherhood of
mankind?" asked the serious man.
"I do," replied the man who oper
ates on the stock exchange. "But I
must say there has been a pretty brisk
family quarrel In progress all these
centuries." Washington Star.
Happy Under Compulsion.
Better Late than v. ,t
I hope this proposal of nilit'e l
taken you completely by surprU. ;!l
"Well, yes, it has. I l0Dg aw .
doned all idea of it."-Life.
AH Entitled to Their Onla0ll
Friend Of course, some folks o
to dogs and parrots.
Aunt Sally Yes; and some obit
folks who object to dogs and m.
-Puck.
Recognized a Friend.
Macic u Ken what caused all J
commotion in tne jungle section,
circus parade?
Luke Warme Why, gome ,,
along the route hung her tlc
rug out of the window. Chicago x,1
Have Yon Heard of This Btf0r
1:
Mr. Tom Cat Really, Maria It
not a bootjack! I I got up In the
and struct against a a door-km
A Barber's View.
Barber Did that young man &
you to the theater in a carriage?
Daughter No, he took the elevatt
"I thought he would. I knew hei!
too mean to live the moment I setd
on hlra." '
"How did you?"
"He wears a full beard." New I;
Weekly.
A Conscious Humorist.
"Mark Twain wants to be Preside:
"Well, he's way ahead of nearlr
the other aspirants."
"How so?"
"Why, the others are absurd 1
don't know it; he is absurd andkiJ
it." Indianapolis Journal.
An Onnce of Prevention,
"Billy, I want you to go wltn m,
call on the young lady I'm engaged s'
"No; I'd better not; I'm so dreadli
imitative I might catch your eotbJ
asm about her." Indianapolis Jourf
A 8prinK Idyl.
Mrs. Smallot Why don't you burn
that pile of trash in the yard?
air. sraauoi wma s th' wrong nl
The smoke would all blow In our if
windows. New Y'ork W'eeklv.
In the Critical Moment,
11
He Let me kneel in the dust.
your feet, Miss Maggie, and tell m
how much I adore you!
She I beg your pardon, sir, but tk
no dust in our carpets! Fllege
Blaetter.
Is
Almost Human.
O, George," tearfully exclaimed
wife, meeting him at the door. "M
parrot you brought home the oil
day!"
"What's the matter with him?" a
Mr. Ferguson.
"I don't l know. He won't tell
When I ask him what the troublt
he Just swears dreadfully !" Chio:
Tribune.
"Do you live haonllv With Tftn. i,.
band?"
"Of course! I'd like to BOO Mm
live unhappily with me!"-Das Klein
nrii.Li-,.
nee.
Dr.
Knew Hia Father.
Macaamara, an ex-teacher, an-
peared recently at the Coburg Road
Board school. Old Kent road, and ,1
Uatt4 an auvilence with Anecdotes
How It Came About.
Browne-How did that Congressman
get his reputation as a brainy man?
Towne-He was once interviewed by
a bright reporter.-Brooklyn Life.
A fool spends hla money In dissipa
tlon and a wise man spends hla for ran.
reattoo,
The Most Kantlaf
Stubb-"Here is a list of th fnn,
.1 At . . .....
sjucb me Deginning of the year."
xcuu ia uie peach cron om
thon,V ' ""6
A Crying Evil.
airs, hparenotrod "Marlorlo t
- 't naa
,ur uwu gooa tnat I punished you
There are some things that a mother
TJ,"e oe-een sobs)-"l don't see
-x uvu t al.e wny mothers couldn't all
" fciauuiuomers: l'uck.
Old
They Get Used to It
uentleman "Don't
"'""lecage
Little Girl-Oh, I don't know I
a flat." New Voi-ir tx-,.,
" crmjr.
They Are Nnmerons.
lda--I don't believe these keys
of genuine elephant's teeth."
May-"How funny that sounds "
ive in
are
Ida "What dear?"
May-"Why, a piano
teeth."
with false
Took Him to Be an Cmbrella 1W. a
Ida-ElmoM. "7U"..S?na'-.
,i .7 ternole insult
this morning.
May-What was it?
Ida Why. an old "
dies of his golf projng TroV he bag
and asked him im 1 . lue D"S
wouia
Uim Davr tnnnk
charge to mend an umbrella.-Chic
A Lady's Maid.
Mistress Why did you leave f
last situation?
New Maid-To tell the truth It tf
0 uninteresting not a dispute,
scandal. I am accustomed to live
te very best families, and I could i
ldure the bourgeois atmosphere
ew York World.
Giving; Him a Hint.
Mr. B. It is hard to tell a womn
age by her looks.
Mrs. B. I should hope so. Why, tt
old hat of mine makes me look
sixty. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Hardly Pleasant.
"It vexed me horribly, I tell yoa"
"What was that?"
"Why, when Mabel's husband pi
a tooth for me (he's our dentist, h
know), he gave her the dollar right
fore my face and eyes to go off and W
ice cream." Indianapolis Journal.
Making His Toilet.
1 1 .1. .1 1 .. -.1 . .. 1 ...!.. ,Mr -
Menu uguiuai iimi uuiwu hue
for? "
Tramp I am combing my hair.
- ' Hia Ailment.
Mr. renn xoung uaswei isui t
to-day. I
Mr. Pitt-What ails him? Is UP?
Mr. Penn-No, it isn't grip this i"
It- is open-car-i-tis. Pittsburg
Icie-Telegraph.
He Pat Oat tha Ftre on Her Bit
A curious accident took place In
Casino at Monte Carlo. A trend
mine was standing In the Atrium '''
nights since, when she heard a sen
and turning round was surprised to
a gentleman quietly but forcibly pj
Ing his square, topped felt bat do-j
over the head of a lady standing j
side him. Struck by the extraorJim'j
action my friend approached nw'
and then she saw smoke Issuing
under the hat. It appears that the Ik
In question had been standing near k
naked eas licrhts. which hang BFi
tected for the convenience of tn'i
and her tulle toque caught fire,
had not been, for the prompt, fj
unconventional action of the P
man who extemporized an extingn
er. ahn m!i?ht hnv suffered C0Bsii
ably more than she did. Paris Mesj
ger. I
Althniie-h tho sHnrfne aDDaral0 1
bee is less than a quarter of j
in length, it leaves a red-hot Impr
about a quarter of a mile long. 1
The 1nva nt roatordav are deei1'!
eago
those f to-morrow are not yet