IN
MINES AND MINING
Auierlcnni Art Not gatLn.d With the
Alatka-Canadian Survay-Loi.
Good Territory.
Skagway, Alaska, July 30. The
work of delimiting the provisional
boundary in the disputed Alaska-Cam
man territory having ben completed
lu that part crossing the Dalton trail
and touching the Porcupine district,
the Americans in the district find that
they have lost a larye part of what
they believed was rightfully American
territory. The survey has been run
and the monuments set within the
last few weeks by O. II. Tittman, of
Washington, D. C, and W. F. King,
of Ottawa, and asHistanti, Who have
simply followed instructions as set
forth in the modus vivendi agreed to
provisionally some months ago by Seo
retury Hay, on the part of the United
Status, and the British representatives,
after the adjournment of the joint high
commission.
The survey and demarkation of the
line loaves nearly one-half of the Por
cupine gold mines in the British terri
tory, and it has been the general opin
ion for a long time that the mines iu
fact, the entire Porcupine district
was on the American side. Much of
the Daltop toll road leading to Porcu
pine city now lies within Canadian ter
ritory also; that is, is on the Canadian
side of the iron monuments set on the
provisional line.
The American miners in the Porcu
pine having watched the development
of the work of delimiting and marking
the boundary, were no aroused over the
result of so much mining district being
left on the Brits!) side that they were
not long in addressing a protest to
President McKluley. Copas of the
protest nave oceii sent to the chambers
of commerce of Seattle, Skagway, San
Francisco and Portland, with a request
for co-operation.
The commission will be in the viciu
ity of Skagway a month, delimiting
the provisional line on White Pass and
Chilkoot Pass. The Porcupine placer
mines, it is estimated, will yield f 250
000 this year. Work of sluicing, hy
draulicking and other kinds of mining
Is carried on in the district.
CHANGES
TRADE.
rirr Minn Kxeltement.
Junean has a full fledged placer mine
excitement, according to a J vice
brought from the north by the steamer
Rosalie. When the vessel sailed froi
the north July 18, a stampede was
to a new placer diggings on Glacier bay
about 150 miles distant. Some doubt
existed as to the placers really being
now discoveries. Not a few believ
them to be the diggings found and oper
atod many years ago by the llussians
In any event the finds are most promis
ing. it is cimmeii lor them that an
experienced miner can make consider
ably more than wages. Folly 200 peo
pie, it is estimated, hud gone from Jn
neau alone to the scene of the new dis
coveries. The bars in the mouth of
Glacier bay all are said to contain gold
Arivlrni From Ttoin.
Advices from Nome received by the
Alaska Commercial Company at San
Fiauciscojstate that up to July 10 there
had been 10 cases of smallpox iu the
camp, only one being reported sim
July 6. St. Michael has established
strict quarantine against Nome.
According to the records of the cua
torn-house, 114 vessels have entered
Nome and 13,437 passengers have land
ed, not including those who came down
the Yukon river, nor those who lauded
troiu vessels which did not report to
the customs oflioers.
Jt is estimated that from 6,000 to
10,000 persons will winter at Nome.
, Idle SI loot Flaking Vp.
The Phoenix mine in Greenwood
Gulch, one-half mile above the Golden
Eagle, and opposite the Don Juan, near
Sumpter, Or., is being ojierated by C.
N. Chatham and William Sanders, who
have a two years' lease from the own
ers, C. M. Berry, D. L. Choate, L. M
Burnett and C. M. Collier. The -nine
has been idle for nearly four years, and
the 6-stamp mill and concentrator pot
in by O. B. Hardy are a wreck. The
mill was run only a short time, owing
to bud management, and, though the
property could have been sold for $76,
O00, it was allowed to stand idle, the
owners failing to agree on the method
of operating.. There is several hundred
feet of tunnels, but these will not be
used, the new operators preferring to
sink and follow the ore. The ore is of
two grades, one carrying black oxide
of copper and the other running well
in free gold.
"Rattlesnake" Jones is the name of
a Boise man who engages in capturing
the reptiles and selling them , to the
Chinese. The Celestials take each rat
tier and put it into a bottle of whisky
and let it stand for two years. What
remains of the snake is then removed
and the balance is let stand until it
oiannes, wnicn process requires five
years. The liquid is then a sovereign
cure for rheumatism, says the Boise
Statesman. The Chinese claim that it
will cure the most violent ease. It
takes Beven years in all to wake the
preparation ready for use.
Korthwcit Not.i.
Charles Hatfield, of Dayton, Wash
was thrown down on a load of bay by
a team's sudden start, in such a way
that the tine of a fork passed through
bis chin into bis mouth.
An X-ray machine has been added to
the apparatus of the Moscow, Idaho,
hospital.
A buyer of cavalry horses has just
teenrea 43 at Enterprise and 30 at
Wallowa, Or.
The teachers enrolled at the summer
science school at Pullman, Wash.,
uumber 190.
Colfax citizens have subscribed $!,
000 for the Whitman county fair, to be
held iu September.
A new flouring mill is going up at
iveudriclc. Idaho. It will require 800,
000 feet of lumber.
Heavy freight trains are being run
on the O. K. & N., numbering as high
as 63 cars to the train.
The Huntington, Or., jail is empty
for the first time in months, it is re
ceiving a thorough cleaning.
A couple of years ago two Olympta
marsh farmers drove a few piles to pro
tact "a fish trap location. They were
recently paid $100,000, this being ths
balauce of $142,000, the price they
a&ked lor their fishing cUUui. ,
tunieroai Favorable Feature. In Bull
at. Situation.
Bradstreet'ssays: Important chang
is in trade and speculation are notably
lacking this week, but counter currents
f demand in various sections and in
dustries lend a rather more than usual
ly irregular appearance to the general
lituation. Among the notable features
jailing for notice are the practical as
lurance of an immense corn crop by the
recent copious rains in the further
(Vest, the continued cheerful reports
troni the sections which have gathered
ind are now marketing a large winter
wheat crop, advices, of continued im
provement in tone to the Northwest,
with reports of renewals of earlier can
celled orders for .fall goods, fairly sat
isfactory gains in gross railway earn
ings, less weakness in prices of the
country's leading cereal products, based
apparently on renewed buying for ex
port, ana rattier more inquiry lor raw
wool by manufacturers.
Unfavorable elements in trade prob
ably find their chief and greatest ex
position in the iron and steel business.
mat industry, II possible, seems more
depressed than at any time for three
years past, and expectations that price
declines will be checked by the arrival
of finished matter at a cost basis have
been disappointed, because this week
steel bars have been sold in some in
itarices at 1 cent per pound, which is
unquestionably below the basis of the
cost of raw materials and manufacture.
Export business would undoubtedly
(xpand if ship room were available.
Among other metals tin is locally low
er, on freer arrivals, after touching the
highest price in 20 years.
Wheat, including flonr shipments, for
the week, aggregute 2,363,743 buiihels,
gainst 3,020,381 bushels lant week.
Business failures are smaller, num
bering 183 in the United States, as
compared with 202 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, l'ic
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Totatoes, new. 80c.
Beets, per sack, 85c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Carrots, per sack, $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c.
Cauliflower, native, 75o.
Cucuui bers 40 50c.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.60 1.75 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $1.60.
Butter Creamery, 23c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 16 18c; ranch, 15 Ho poutul.
Eggs 24o.
Cheese 12o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $16.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $25.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Hour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheut
dour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $10.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 7Jo;cows, 7c; mutton
7J; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 0
11c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, Wl;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
i, 'sc.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 55 56c;
Valley, 66c; Bluesteui, 60o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.60; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35c; choice
gray, 330 per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid
dlings, $10; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover,$7
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 40 45c;
store, 27 Jc.
Eggs 17,'eO per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
2.504.00; geese, $4.005.00 forold;
$4.50(36.60; ducks, $3.004.OO per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1017o per
pound.
Potatoes 40 50o per sack; sweets,
! 2 40 per pouua.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 76c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, l.'gC per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, iBc per pound; carrots, $1.
Hope 28o per pound.
Wool Valley, 15 16o per pound;
'astern Oregon, 15 16c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 854c; dressod mutton, 7
o per pound; lambs, 6,j0.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.006.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00 4.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6i
a per pound.
eal Large, 67:c; small, 8
s'o per pound.
Baa Fraaausa Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 18 15c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; Val
ley, 18 20c; Northern, 10 12c.
Hops io crop, 11 loo pa
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 2322?'c:
do seconds, 2121c; fancy dairy.
10c; dosecouds, 16lSo per pound.
Eggs Store, no; fancy .ranch,
22c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $6.50 10; wheat and
oat $6.009.50; best barlev $5.00
.00; alfalfa, $5.00 6.00 per ton;
straw, 2540o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 75c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 80c 00; river Bur-
banks, 8565c; new, 70c$1.35.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
.768.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
00; California lemons 75c$1.60;
do choice $1.76 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 6k 6o pet
pound.
A most remarkable case of migration
among birds is that of the plovers,
which start from Nova Scotia and go to
the northern shore of South America
in practically one continuous flight
Comparatively few of these birds rest at
Bermuda and the Barbadoes.
In some interesting experiments by
tngiisn botanists, "sleeping" plants, or
those which Lad taken their nocturnal
position, were placed In a dark room.
un awaking" next morning they took
In the darkuess their usual positions
by day, even when that position had
been made obliquely by one-sided illu
mination,
Studies of the zodiacal light made at
sea lead J. P. Bayldon, formerly of the
British navy, to remark that the air
over the Pacific Ocean appeafs clearer
and better adapted for celestial obser
vation than that lying over the Atlan
tic Ocean. Honolulu is admirably situ
ated for clearness of air, and It may
become an Important outpost in astron
omy. It has already been selected as
one of the chief points for the study of
the vibrations of the earth,
Water rises in an artesian well be
cause the source of supply Is a porous
rock stratum which lies at a higher
level than the welL Although the
difference in height may not be notice
able, It Is always the case that there
is a rise of ground off to one side, and
the wtiter accumulates In some porous
luyer somewhere up the slope. Its
weight exerts a pressure at the point
where this stratum Is tapped, and the
fluid seeks to rise there to the same
height as its source.
Capt. G. 3. Shelley, an English oral
thologlst who has devoted special at
tentlon to African birds, says that
Africa may fairly claim to be "the
metropolis of song-birds." It is the
winter home of a large proportion of
the most attractive small birds of
northern Europe, including the night
lngnle, the swallow and many of the
warblers, and the bush resounds with
their melody. Africa also possesses a
grent number of remarkable and beau
tlful birds of Its own.
Among the curiosities of migration
among birds Is that of the bobolink.
which originally nested in the Eastern
United Statrsand wintered In valleys of
the Amazon. Now these birds have ex.
tended their summer distribution west
of the Rocky Mountains. The birds
which nest in the far West do not go
south by the shortest route along the
uocky Mountains, but fly eastward to
the original summer area of the spe
eics, then south by way of Florida,
cuua and eastern Yucatan.
iierore the iiioioglcul Society in
Washington recently II. W. Olds pre
scuted the results of his studies of bird
music. onderful as it seems, he said.
It Is a fact that some of the birds use
the human musical scule. He showed
by examples how the songs of certain
birds are unmistakably governed by
i ne intervals that compose our scale,
sometimes bird musicians, like their
human compeers, wander from the key,
lie thought that there was no escape
rrom the conclusion that birds are sub
Jeet to a musical evolution which par
allels our own.
The application of scientific lrrlea
Hon methods has recently given a new
f beauty and grace had spread afar, and
their bands were sought in marriage
by two of the bravest of the young
bucks. One day there came two rivals
of the Cayuse braves from another
tilbe two daring young Bannocks
from Snake Elver. Now, the young
rtdskin who steals his bride from an
other tribe is held in great honor by his
clansmen, and If he can capture the
daughter of a far-away chief be Is
more apt to become some day a chief
tain himself. So the two Bannocks
were very adroit For many days as
guests they smoked the great pipe with
Chief Cougar Shirt. Not wishing to
arousy the Jealousy of their young
hosts, they looked not on the chief's
daughters. But when one day, when
most of the Cay uses were out hunting
and Cougar Shirt lay asleep, the two
Bannock braves each seized one of the
twins, who had strayed from their
tepee, and mounting ponies galloped
away with them. Shrieks of the pris
oner maidens awakened their father.
He knew what their cries meant, and
taking down a horn he summoned his
warriors to the pursuit This was use
less, for their ponies, tired from the
day's chase, could not catch tho fresh
er ones of the Bannocks. When these
two braves reached home with their
enptlvea they were married to them
with great ceremony.
Chief Cougar Shirt, Indian-like, vow
ed revenge. He sent runners to the
neighboring Umatilla and Walla Walla
tribes, whose chiefs soon met the Cay
uses in a council, at which the three
nations formed an alliance and de
clared war against the Bannocks. But
before the Umatilla s and the Walla
Wallas could Join their allies the Ban
nocks, 1,000 strong, had almost exter
minated the Cayuses and returned
home. The medicine man of the Cay
uses attributed their defeat to the
twins of Cougar Shirt, and since that
time till Tox-e-Iox and A-lom-pura
come, two and a half years ago, no
twins born to the tribe have been allow
ed to live.
HER ONLY INDISCRETION.
XI r. Uladatone Never but Once Be
trayed Knowledge of State Secrets.
iTobably no more Ideal relations
ever existed between a married Dalr
than those of the late Mrs. Gladstone
and her distinguished husband,
ihroughout his long career in public
life she was his confidant and adviser,
and was Intrusted with the weightiest
secrets of government
It is said that when Mr. Gladstone
became a cabinet minister he said to
his wife: "Now, my dear, shall we agree
that I shall tell you nothing so that you
can say nothing, or shall I tell you
everything and you agree to say noth
lng?" Mrs. Gladstone chose the latter
alternative. Thereafter her husband
related to her everything that went on
In the cabinet and she never told any
tning except once.
At one time two ministers were din
lng at Hawarden, and some reference
was made to a cabinet matter. Mrs.
Gladstone started to say something
which revealed the fact that she knew
the secret In an instant there was
flashed upon her from the brilliant
eyes of her husband one of those im
perious glances which cave to his usu
ally benignant face a truly command
lng mien.
airs, uiaastone was so- airttated bv
ner momentary sup that her usual com
posure deserted her. When the dinner
was over she went up to the drawlnz-
roora ana naa a good old-fashioned cry.
Then she wrote a little note of apology
development to rice culture in south- an(1 8eQt down to her husband, and
western Louisiana, as explained in a "the incident was closed," to quote the
language or diplomacy,
bulletin of the Department of Agricul
ture. Rice requires wet lands, but on
such lands harvesting machinery can
not be used. The difficulty has been
met by flooding the dry prairie lands
during the growth of the rice, and then
draining them, by a system of pumps,
canals and levees, when the crop is
nearly ripe. On the drained lands St Is
possible to use reapers to harvest the
lice; thus the" cheap labor employed in
foreign rice-growing countries can be
met by American machinery.
HAPPY MOTHER OF TWINS.
Caruso Indian Woman Is Proud of Her
Duplicate Babies.
HIm-ye-an-hl-hi is a Cayuse squaw
who has the distinction of being the
mother of the only pair of twins in the
tribe. It is the custom in her tribe to
slay all babies that come in duplicate,
and the woman, known as White
Fawn, Is proud that an exception has
been made in favor of her offspring
two little daughters, as cute as Indian
babies can be. When she rides Into
rendleton, Ore., near which the reser
vation of her tribe Is located, she lays
them across her horse's back, one on
each side, like a pair of saddlebags,
and no whimper Is heard from them as
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TWINS OF THE CATIBC TRIBB.
the pony Jogs aloug over the rough and
rugged road.
It is said among the Cayuse Indians
that the two daughters of Chief Qul-a-ml
som-Ueeii (Cougar Shirt) are the
only other twins ever reared by the
Cayuses. They were born long before
the paleface had trodden over the hap
py valleys of the red man, when upon
the mouutalus there roamed the
grizzly aud the wild goat; when the
streams were full of flshes, and when
the native bunch grass grew knee high
aud made good pasture for great herds
of ponies.
These twin daughters of Cougar
Shirt, relates a correspondent of the
St Louis Globe-Democrat, were won
drously beautiful and when they bad
grown to womanhood report of thalr
Death, Ago of Presidents.
George Washington died at 67. of in
flammation of throat and lungs.
John Adams died at 91, from senile
debility.
Thomas Jefferson died at 83. of chron
ic diarrhoea.
James Madison died at 85, of old age.
James Monroe died at 73. of eenerai
aeointy. -
John Qulncy Adams died at 81. of
i
I'mai nib.
Andrew Jackson died at 78, of con
sumption and dropsy.
Martin Van Buren died at 80. of ca-
tarrh of the throat
William Henry Harrison died at as.
or pieunsy..
John Tyler died at 72, of bilious at-
tacK.
James K. Polk died at 66. of cholera
ana weakness.
Zachary Taylor died at 66. of choler
morbus.
Millard Fillmore died at 74. of Darn 1 v.
SIS. .
transim rierce died at 65. of in.
nammation or the stomach.
James Buchanan died at 77. of rheu-
matlsm and gout
Abraham Lincoln died it'!i&iiii.
slnated by J. Wilkes Booth.
Andrew Johnson died aM7. of oaraiv.
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BUI. )
Ulysses S. Grant died at 63, of cancer
of the throat
Rutherford B. Hayes died at 70, from
paralysis of the heart
James A. Garfield died at 49, assas
sinated by Charles J. Gulteau.
Chester A. Arthur died at 56, of
Brlght's disease.
Moat Costly of Known Feathers.
The tall feathers of the feriwab, a
rare member of the family of para
dlseldae, or birds of paradise, are the
most expensive known. Indeed, iu
price may be called prohibitive, for the
only tuft existing in England-proba-bly
In any civilized land-was procured
with such difficulty that It is considered
to be worth $50,000. It now adorns the
spex of the coronet worn on state occa
sions by the Trince of Wales.
Trying to Restrict the Franchise.
A proposed franchise act In Manitoba
prohibits voting by persons woo are
unable to read and write the English
language. This provision is aimed at
the newly arrived Galaclans and Douk
hobars, who are disposed to retain
their former language and customs,
and who are said to be undesirable citi
zens In other particulars.
Not Strong; Enough.
"No,w she said, regretfully, "i not
strong enough to run a se:; iuachlne.
Why, it just about uses me up to make
a century run." Chicago Post
Do not stone the baby when van rock
the cr&dl
u!QHT AS CURE FOR MEASLES,
Experiment f how that eunabine Will
Alleviate the ( ererlty of Dleease.
Kecent experiments Indicate that the
tun may be a potent remedial agent m
tha nana nt narmna attacked with
imallDox. scarlatina and measles
These experiments were made by Dr,
Finseh, of Copenhagen, and Dr. Lnai
Iniere, of St. Mande, and so novel were
they that they have aroused a good
deal of discussion among the members
of the Academy of Medicine In Paris,
Dr. Chatinlere a short time ago treat
ed twelve children who had measles
according to this new method, which
Is scientifically known as photothera
pie. Bed light was the only cure which
he used, and this be made serviceable
In the following manner : On the win
dows of the sick rooms he hung red
curtains and on the table near each
bed he placed a lamp which gave forth
a red light He acted thus because he
felt satisfied that the Irritation of the
skin in cases of measles Is due to the
chemical rays of the solar spectrum,
or, iu other words, to the ultra violet
rays, and not to the so-called caloric or
heat rays. If this were not so, how ac
count for the fact that the pustules and
scars are esneclally dep and marked
on the face and bands, which are the
very parts of the body that are most
exposed to the solar rays? The result
showed that be had nat erred in ar
riving at this conclusion. His little pa
tlents rapidly regained their health,
and the virtue that lies In red curtains
and red lamps Is being extolled by
many physicians.
Impressed, like Dr. Chatinlere, by
the fact that the Influence of the solar
rays is especially manirestea on me
faces and hands of patients, Dr. Fin-
sen conceived the Idea ol subjecting
persons suffering from smallpox to the
Influence of ultra-violet rays, which
reached them after the light had been
filtered through thick red curtains,
The result was that the little vesicles
or bladders gradually disappeared and
the patients did not suffer from the
customary fever and, furthermore,
were not pockmarked. The ultra-violet
rays, Indeed, In the case of these pa
tlents produced practically the same
effect as the red light In that of Dr.
Chatinlere's, the most notable tokens'
of their efficacy being the absence of
fever and restlessness and the gradual
disappearance of the eruptions before
coming to maturity. It was also no
ticed that the rays had a marked effect
on the maladies in so far as they at
fected the bronchial tubes.
Dr. Flnsen's method of cure has been
Introduced Into France by Dr. Larat
and Is being used not only In cases of
smallpox, but also in cases of certain
forms of skin diseases.
ORIGIN OF CONFECTIONERY.
Teade of Confectioner an Offshoot from
That of Apothecary.
The modem confectionery business is
a very large one, and It is of old stand
lng. If we wished to trace it to its
origin we might have to go back not far
short of 500 years. It Is about five con
turles since sugar was first Imported
Into this country, and it Is probably not
much less than that since "confections"
began to be concocted. They first ap
peared In a medical form. Apothecar
ies, whose potions were at one time
very generally supposed to be efilca-
clous just In proportion as they were
horribly nasty, took to the newly im
ported sugar as a means of mitigating
the nauseougness of their doses. They
mixed their drugs with it and coated
their boluses. That seems to have been
the origin of the sirups and medicated
candies, the cough drops and lozenges
of one sort and another that are now
so largely in demand. They were orig
inally concocted by the doctors, and for
many long years all sorts of "lollipops"
were medicinal only. Sugar was too
dear, and the generality of the people
were too poor to permit of Its being
eaten for Its own sake alone and as a
mere luxury.
Somewhere about a couple of cen
turies ago, however, there began to ap
pear a new development of the apothe
cary's art. "Confections" began to be
made more or less apart from any
medicinal purpose, and merely because
people liked them. The confectioner's
business began to evolve as an offshoot
from the profession of the apothecary
and eventually became altogether a
separate thing, though the common
origin of the two Is still Indicated by
the sirups and pastiles and troches pre
scribed by the doctors and the "drops"
and lozenges and other things sold
among the sweet stuff of the confec
tioner. Chambers' Journal.
Electric Light tFurnishes His Meal.
In a hole in the stone retaining wall
of a lawn at the northwest corner of
Prospect avenue and Independence
boulevard lives an unusually large and
well-fed toad. An electric arc light
hangs over the corner, and at night it
attracts myriads of bugs and flies. It
is then that the toad leaves his hole
and hops out across the granitoid walk
to where the insects, blinded by the
light, fall upon the pavement and crawl
around. The toad sits, his eves snar-
kllng in the electric light like beads of
Jet, till a beetle or a moth falls near
him and then he hops cautiously near
to it His long, red tongue shoots out
with the quickness of a flash and the
Insect disappears down his throat. It
takes a good many bugs to make a full
meal for this toad, and often he Is on
the pavement for more than an hour.
The toad is there every night and passers-by
stop to watch him. He keeps
out of the way of pedestrians, and
when he goes back to his crevice In the
stone wall he moves lazily and with
short, self-saltsfled hops. Kansas City
star.
0U BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND
INGS HERE AND THERE.
DO.
Jokes and Jokelet. that Ar. Supposed
to Hav. Been Recently Born-Sayings
ad Doing-, that Ar. Old, Cnrlou. and
Laughabl.-Th. Week'. Humor.
Little George, who lives In a hand
some bouse on a fine avenue, had been
reading the biographies of Horace
Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, George
Peabody and Gen. Grant Laying down
the book with great impatience he ex
claimed, "If we were only Just poor
there might be some chance for me.
Make, a Dlfferenco.
Teacher Take your seat at once, you
naughty child. What do you want t
Ethel But please, Miss Smith, mam
ma told me to ask you to come to tea
this evening.
Teacher Whv. certainly, my dear,
You are a very obedient little girl.
The Natural Inference.
Mrs. Whyte We have had that china
teaset now for nearly fifteen years,
und only one piece has been broken so
fur.
Mrs. Greene Yes, but don't you find
It Inconvenient sometimes doing your
osrn work 7 Somerville Journal.
Applying the Rule.
Robbie was a very vindictive little
fellow, always watching his opportunl
ty to "pay back" for all wrongs, real or
Imaginary. His mother had many an
earnest talk wuh him about the golden
rule, but he would always reply;
"Yes, mamma, that Is just what I am
doing. You see when Ted strikes me,
then that is Just what he would have
that I should do unto him, so I ought to
pay him back."
Wasn't Sore About It.
Guest Say, waiter, this steak must
be at least three weeks old, Isn't It?
W alter 'Deed, I dunno, sail! I'se
only been beah a week, sah.
All Phe Noticed.
Detective Did you see a man and
woman driving past here in a buggy
about an hour ago?
Mrs. Blank Yes.
Tt il at. . ...
xeiecuve au, were getting on
track of them! What kind of a horse
was it?
w r mi. ...
oirn. uiann iney were driving so
fast I didn't notice that. But the
woman had on a Scotch mohair and
wool jacket of turquoise blue, last
year's style, with stitched lines.
white pique skirt with deep circular
Bounce, a satin straw hat, tilted and
rather flat, trimmed with hydrangeas
and loops of pale blue surah, and her
nair was done up pompadour. That's
an I had time to see. Chicago Tribune,
A Necea.ary Precaution.
Wife Are you going to shave, dear?
iiusoand yes.
Wife-Just wait until I take the Dar-
rot out of the room. I don't want her
to learn any bad language. New York
Journal.
He Got the Job.
Thing. He Could Remi.-
Tourist-How many children A
you, Mr. Green? Farmer Green u
fuIly)-Well, now, I dunno 1
There's Bob, an' Jack, an' AllCfs!'
how many children are there?
Gren-Seven; five boys and two
Tourist-A fine family and a finM.t
vu,c a large stotl
nresume. Farmer A vol t. 1
- in H
ViaaH nf nsttlo Q . 1,
utuu "iti.c, u uuiks, isi sheen,
27 pigs. Then, there's 315 geese, is'.'
kevs an' lust 2.rif rWlo 'rv,.
1 1 VI all,
Fhy of Material.
Maud How do you like
bathing suit?
ity
Maud's Papa-Judging from its J
y I should say you must h,.
'PC
chased the materlnl fit fl Pan....-.
. --iuuttini,
Philadelphia Record.
Financial Position of Royal Ladies.
ine irincess of Wales has f 10,000 a
year as pla money, and if the Prince
were to die before his august mother,
the process would have 40.000 a yeat
as Princess Dowager of Wales. Oupmi
A-!i!ilde. wife of William IV, had 40.-
0J0 a year while her husband w.
King, and as Queen Dowager she wai
allowed 100,000 a year, the greater
part of which she spent in charities. If
the Duchess of York had the misfor
tune to become a widow while holding
her present tide her financial position
would be a Tery trying one, as no offi
clal provision has been made for such
an emergency, and she could claim na
Axed Income.
"So ye want a
any thrashing"
I should say so.
eleven children."
Job, eh? Ever done
I'm the father of
Her Idea of th Oni. . -
"Do you have the Iceman weigh the
vc iu juur presence, Sara?"
"No, Richard, I don't: I save tfm n,i
ettle the whole business by weighing
A ShocHnnr Tra.
"Flossy and I can't be together at all
wjia cummer.
"Had a falling out?
"No; but we accidentally got
shirtwaists exactly alike."
a lot of
Do
A Meddleaome Interloper.
Ta-Daughter, I think it u time 1
were asking that young man of yours
his Intentions.
Daughter-x0 don't you do It
you want to cheat m , '
, - ui oi ice cream
oda water for the whole summer?
Enough for Her.
Do you think you can manage with
my salary of $12 a week, darline?" h
asked after she had said yeT
"111 try. Jack," EDe ..
what will you do'-PhiL , ?ut
North American. Phildelphla
TO n Appropriate Plant.
D0-- ?pm, "The
The Editor-In one of those n'lreon
Appearance. Deceptive.
MCJigger loung pouter hank..
out his shingle as a lawyer, aud h.1
nuimug iin-ny uuiu, 1 guess.
Thingumbob-Why do you think
flicjiBgei i saw mm huyinj
alarm clock yesterday. lie mm
to get up very early lu the morning,
Thingumbob Wrong. ne WaWi,
for his office, to wake him up whoni,
time to go homo. Philadelphia PreJ
Two Opinion.
"I have my opinion," mi the tj.
In the street car, holding to a strap, v
a man who will not offer his place t
woman."
"So have I," responded the man
ting in front of her, "but I am toons,
as k w vivoo at
A Different Effect.
Mr. Johnson Dat must 'a Jau'ed u
pow'ful, Miss 'Mindy, steppln' offndu
cah.
Miss Porter Ah hope It 'nln' stopped
yor watch, Mistali Johnslng?
Mr. Johnson No, lndeedy nit'
made huh run fo' nenhly a niin'lt!
An Exhibitory Spurt.
Mr. Jones What do you suppose p
sessed our old horse to kick up and mi
away?
Mrs. Jones He must have overhead
you read that article about his day d
usefulness being past.
Probably.
Haughty Lady (who has purchased
stamp) Must I put It on myself?
Postofllce Assistant (very polltelj)
Not necessarily, ma'am; it will prob
ably accomplish more If you put It on
the letter.-Tit-Bits.
Expert Evidence.
"What Is a phenomenon, Clara?'
A phenomenon is a man who cii
carry an umbrella over a woman irtth-
out poking her eyes out or pulling het
hat off." Chicago Record.
Those Depot Clocks Are Misleading
jp
TJncle Hiram Gosh, all fishhook!,
Marthy, ef my watch ain't lost nigh
onto three hours by this here city time.
A Frank Father.
Green I always tell my boy he ccn't
go to the circus If he Isn't good.
Whlte-I never do.
Green Why not?
White Because hewould never gci
to a circus unless I lied.
Waste of Money.
'I think It was awfully foolish of
you to pay so much money for a seat
on the Stock Exchange," said Mr
Bronxborough to her husband. "Ever;
time I come down to see you I alwuy
findyou standing up or walking about
New York Journal.
Where Eeciprocity Fulls.
"We ought to have a new hose."
"Yes; but those careless folks whs
lend us their law n mower would be
sure to borrow It and wear it out."
Proof Positive.
Hix I guess your friend Meeks U
coming out on top, after all.
Dlx How so? .
Hix I saw him purchase a bottle of
hair restorer in a drugstore the other
day. Chicago News.
Floral Monstrosities.
A rival to the green carnation is the
black rose, to the cultivation of which
Russian botanist has been devoting
himself for some years. Now that b
has achieved success he threatens to
go to Loudon aud exhibit the results
of bis misdirected experiments. When
he arrives he will no doubt be Invited
to explain the purposes for which he
considers that his sable blossoms
should be utilized. Since he can hardly
anticipate that they will be employed
for table decoration or for personal
adornment, it can only be supposed
that he intends to recommend them for
use at funerals. It Is happily Improb
able, however, that English horticu.
turlsts will be anxious to disfigure the"
gardens by cultivating them, even for
that purpose. . !
The City of Hongkong.
Hongkong is both a city and an 1st
and. It la about twenty-nine squart
miles In area. sna rated from the main
land of China by a narrow stream, anJ
was ceded to Great Britain in lsti
Indemnity for what is known as "wf
Slum ww,"