Oregon statesman., July 07, 1899, Page 9, Image 9

jiHinifiw
One Town Near Spokane
Quarantined.
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AN EPIDEMIC FEARED
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Officers at Republic in Pursuit of
H Horsethieves, Captore One and
. Kill Another.
: SPOKANE, Wash., June, 29 A
smallpox scare exists in a dozen towns
In Eastern Wasbingtc n. Almira, Lin
coln county, is quarantined. Colfax
ta ome well-deyelcped cas?s. A
new "patient has been rttoited m Spo
SX&rie, und Walla Walla has a sick man
' i fcer pest house. At Almira there a'r
seven, wel: develop.! eaten, th-i whole
tiwn having been exposed becauw a
schcol teaeher, who wan first stileken.
did r.ot 1 row the nature vt Ms malady
and continued to teach for several
days.
Another cafe was discovered at Mar
shall, this county. Five men, who -occupied
a box car with him, have gone
(o Wavcffly, where hundreds of labor
e"is are woikitig in the sugar beet fac
tory, and it is t'eaied the epidemic will
spread there. Public meetings in farm
ing communities hn-ve been prohibited,
tliile vaccination is prevailing fast.
A HORSKTH1KF KILLED.
Republic, Wash, June I. Several
hjr?8 having been sto'.en from this
vicinity recently, and suspicions hav
ing rested upon Churl, a McDonald
nil Frank Draper, warrants were is
sued for their arrest. They were re
ported to be near Curlew lake, with
horses. Deputy Sheriff .Jriswdd and
Special Deputies Gothfiietfer and Jack
son, started after them. They were
found and Draper was oftpture-i and
brought to town, and is new in jail.
McDonald escaped and was finally
eveitiken at mouth of Teredo creek
. . . h.Ta. .tlc.amt If
awui iw nil iiiiici .
dismounted and concealed in the brash
and uiMn being discovered, tiriswold
nrdered him to throw up his hands, but
Instead of doing so he drew h'.s revolv
er tnd began shooting at the posse, at
the same lime mounting his horse
and etattlr.g off. Griswold then fired
at him, ki lintr him instantly,
k .
StPPORTS M' KIN LEY.
Roosevelt Declares "His Llty to the
President.
? Albany, N. T.. June 29.- In an inter
view, given to the Asrex!ated Press,
today. Governor itocsevelt said:
, "Evetybody in the West is . for Mc
JCinley s lenomi ifctlon, rr.d I am most
: It.. 1.1a Mnrmln.lliait ftf
Tmuiidlic an; w uta , ,.v ... .
"course. I feel that bMh the extreme ,
rpUty with' which ths country nas
g-me upon the path of prosperity
unilfr McKinley's administration, and
j the conduct of the war In the Philip
j pines, makes it the duty of evety man
; tu stand with It and render President
'MtrCinhy's election certain."
IirsSIAN RBLIOIOUS
VAXCKS.
OBSER-
The large majority of Russians of
the orthodox faith will not pass a
church or shrine In the street with
out uncovering their heads and cross
ing themselves. Travelers have seen
Intoxicated men who were staggering
alonjf observe this i ceremony, and. in
the case of those who were too help
ss!y fuddled to walk home, the friend
or relative who has accompanied a
tipsy companion in a sledge or drosky
has. while holding him in the vehicle
with one hand, performed for him te
lgn of the cross with the other, when
fass'-ng a sacred place.
L BIO GAMBLING LOSSES IN ENGH
, LAND.
In the litest history of gambling In
( England, Just published, I he-re are
some astcnlshlng reflations a to thi
; amount of money won and lost by men
and womn whose names were as fa
miliar as household words tarty in the
f present century. There are records of
kl,COO,000 having bo'rt lost at a sittlmr
and the loss of 3-250,000 appears to have
hn a very common occurrence.
A MOf SlTS UNCOMFORTABLE SIT
, UATION.
I Jule Llll witnessed a scrimmage the
Itther day between a couple of chlrken-
bawks at a gnat elevaticn. "Ihe rac- t
f 4t preved to le over a mouse which
n-i of the birds was carrying, finally
iiig compelled to drop it. w n n the j
nrd that had been dokng tM eerspping
"oopod down on the mouse an! su
'eded tn catching It before It had fal
sa thirty feet Frton Plain Dealer.
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i NEW FIRECRACKER.
Children will cjry a new firecrack
er, which is manufactured In 'strings
f -ontaining ttnv deeired mimher, w4th a
I ontlnuoua fuse which may be lighiJ
; t one end to fire J a whole bunch In
Jcceision, or separated for elngle ex
'osiona, . - . - i
WHAT LOEWI HAS TO SAT.
Valentine Loewi. the hon merchant
has the following in the Producers
Jfrice-Current, of June 24th:
Bales
Receipts for week . 1,705.
Receipts from Sept.. 1... -149,253
exports to Europe for week.... 771
Exports from Sept. 1... .. 105,213
imports for week................ 5
Imports from Sept. 1. 2,811
The market shows no quotable change
since our last report. Business has
moved along quietly, but there has
been something doing every-day and
stocks are f being reduced steadily.
This naturally give holders some con
fidence in the stability of present values
and there is an unwillingness to part
with stock that has any merit except
at full late prices. In some quarters
there is a disposition to hold certain
favorite lots a little higher, but no sales
have resulted which seem to warrant
any revision of former quotations.
Further small shipments have, gone to
England again this week, bringing the
total exports for the season up to 105,-
213 bales, some 10,000 bales ahead of
the highest previous record- Brewers
are still buying1 only as their needs re
quire but they are using a good many
hops. The government report of the
sales of stamps for the month of May
Indicates that the consumption of beer
in the United States was 600,000 bbls.
more than for the same month last
year. Country markets are firmer
with buyers showing more interest.
Reports as to the condition - of the
yards in this state are less favorable.
The drouth is Interfering with ' the
growing vines and they are not look
ing nearly as well as they did two
weeks ago. Old yards are feeling the
effects of the dry weather more than
the young yards. We hear some com
plaints of lice in Oregon.
BLUE ROSES AT LAST.
Not Likely to Equal In Popularity the
Old-Fashioned Colors.
If we may trust the story forwarded
by our Vienna correspondent today,
a grower In the charming valley of
Kesanllk has attained the summit of
noricultural ambition. He has pro
duced a blue rose. If, in the middle
agee, some one bad announced his
Veritable discovery of the philoso
pher's stone, history would furnish us
with a parallel to the flutter which the
news of this marvel is likely to send
through the botanical world. At last
the feat which generations of nursery
men have been patiently laboring at
has been .performed. If the rose has
been forced to 1 adopt an axure tint,
hardly anything in the-way of trans
formation need be considered unat
tainable. It Is predicted that the nov
el bloom will soon toe abundant in the
market. And then? Well, then, we
suppose, we shall have ceased to won
der shall take cerulean petals . as a
commonplace thing, and, .perhaps, if
we are wise and frank, confess that
we very much prefer the old-fashioned
red, or white, or yellow.
Cultivation, beyond all controversy,
has added immensely to the wealth of
our gardens and greenhouses. Species
that are poor and limited in range
have been developed into an Infinite
variety of exquisite or imposing forms.
No one, however obstinately : he may
be devoted to simplicity and primitive
ness, will venture to deny the debt he
owes, not only to the collector, but to
the grower of orchids. So we may go
through the ever-lengthening list of
beautiful plants, and at each stage
reflect how much sincere delight we
should miss If ; the experts had been
less keen about cross-fertilization,
change of soil and water, and all the
other devices by which the parent
stock has been converted Into a mul
titude of. well-nigh unrecognisable de
scendants. But. while it Would be
affectation to regret the .spirit of com
petition and the straining for mere
variation, which have resulted in such
additions to our floral wealth. It must
be acknowledged also that some of
the products of the experimental flor
ist have nothing to recommend them
except the extreme difficulty of bring
ing about the change.
Neither men nor nightingale will
ever worship a blue rose, and. "once it
ecomes easy to multiply them, they
will be treated with as small respect
as a pink hyacinth. Still, a period of
fashionable triumph may be predicted
for the strange blossom, during which
specimens will cause blocks In the
moving crowd In the flower shows.and
be voted "curious.", and even "pretty"
by amateurs. Lov of change is one
of the fundamental impulses of the
average human being, and It has play
ed more than the customary part la
determining the mutations of ; flower
worship. Just now; there is an extra
ordinary erase for reducing arum lilies
to the dimensions of a crocus, ; but,
when the limits of dwarfing are reach
ed, there may be a reaction in favor
of growing the plant o the alse of a
palm tree. At each stage of metamor
phosis there will be admirers, and,
what is more to the purpose of the
professionals, a fair number of pur
chasers. Things run through t the
whole gamut of change, but nature 1
avenged at last, and the last wave of
the hybrldlser's wand will restore the
object of his thaumaturgy to the sim
ple original form. A future genera
Uon may yet hail In some far-away
offspring of the blue rose the dear
familiar features of - the indigenous
brier. London Standard. j i
Keep sand In & hall In every house
where kerosene is burned, m In c-is
of fire it will extinguish it immediate
ly. Milk also has this effect.
Never stand near a tree, Ircn railing
or lead spouting when It is lighting.
'1 1IISI11 11Y
Troops To Be Enlisted
and Drilled!
IN THE HOME GAMPS
ReinrnlDff Volunteer Expeeted to
Offer Their Services After Visit
ing: iheir JJomeg.
WASHINGTON. June 29. The first
volunteers to be raised for service In
the Philippines will be those for the
skeleton regiments now toeing formed
by General Otis. It is not believed
there will be the least difficulty In ob
taining these men. It is probable that
some time will elapse before the troop
of the provisional army are sent-to
Manila." but meanwhile they will be
drilled and taught marksmanship In
camp. It Is estimated that three
months are required to make soldiers
of the recruits. The officers of the
war department think that a number
volunteers, now coming home, will de
sire to return to the Philippines for a
short service, after they have had op
portunity to see home, and friends.
They are regarded as the most desir
able for the regiments being organized
by General Otis. It is learned at the
war department that there Is no rush
to get volunteers to Genera Otis at
the present time. The rainy season
having set in, it Is not believed these
troops will be needed for service ex
cept to relieve those who have been on
active duty. The transport service is
said to be sufficient though ships may
be chartered temporarily it needed.
The announcement that a portion of
the provisional army was to be raised,
has caused a swarm of -politicians to be
sent to the war department, ; toy those
who are seeking commissions in the
new regiments. - " !
THE OREGON TROOPS.
Washington, June 29. The transports
Ohio and Newport, Carrying; the. Ore
gon volunteers from Manila, are ex
pected to reach San Francisco between
July 12th and 18th.
RIOTING SOLDIERS. i
Winnemucca, Nev, June ;29. Com-
panies M. and L., of the Twenty-fifth,
and company K. of the Twenty-fourth)
Infantry, passed, through Winnemucca
this evening on the way to San Fran-j
Cisco, from where they will go to Ma
nila. The train stopped here, and the
colored soldiers raided a saloon near
the station. They wrecked the bar
and shot the bartender, Chris DeLss.
It Is feared that Deiss will idle. The
greatest excitements prevails. The
station Is filled with citixens, and the-
local authorities are holding the train1
to find the murderers.
A FAST MILE.
MURPHY, OF BROOKLYN. DEMOL
ISHES TIME ON A WHEEL.
Paced by a Hailroad Train He Makes
a Wonderful Spurt The Engine
Was Ti o Slow.
NEW YORK. June 30-Chailes M.
Murphy, of Brooklyn, paced by a rail
road train, covered a rile in 57 4-5
M-conds at l-abylon to-lny. His course
wps a two-nlie board track, on the
siding of the Lcnp Island railway.
Murphy fc.liowed the engine and the
day coach, the latter being! provided
with a hrod, which acted as a wind
shield for the rider. The board track
is as nearly perfect as tkill could maks
It- Before 400 yards had ben tra
versed the engine was running at a
rate of more than fifty mi let an hour.
Murphy was keeping well within th
hood. As they neared the beginning
of the mile stretch the pate was a mile
a minute, and a cloud of dust otseure.1
everything frcm the tlew of the spec
tators. The quarter was reached In
13 seconds, and the half in 9 2-5. One
of the tin-era fr the three-quarter
reg'stered 44 and the other 43 4-5. At
the finish the two watches showed
57 4-5. Those on the back platform,
who watched Murphy all through his
wonderful ride, stated that the rider's
handle bars fiad knocked agalt-jtt the
rubber buffer at least six times, and
each time the concussion sent, him back
fully six feet, but Murphy always had
strength enough to regain this dis
tance. Just after the finish two strong
men on board the train reached down
and seixed the rider by either arm and
lifted Mm aboard the car In safety.
Their action undoubtedly saved Mur
phy's life, because he was then In
such a weak condlticn that, had be
been allowed to remain on the wheel,
he would have b-en unable to control
it, and a serious. If not fatal accident
might have htppwied. j
Mnrphy rode a 28-lnch wheel, geared
to 120. and the weight of the machine
was 20H pounds. !
Crater,
He prayeh best who loveth best .
All things lth irreac and small; j
For the dear God who ljvetn us, f 1
1 lie made and loveth nil. :
Samuel T. Oil-irtdge.
NOTED AUTHORESS DEAD.
Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth Pass
ed Away In Washington.
Washington, June 30. Mrs. Emma
D. E. N, Southworth. the authoress,
died at her residence In this city to
night, after an illness of several weeks.
About a month ago Mrs. Southworth
was prostrated by the heat. and. the
Infirmity of advanced age, she being
In her 79th year. She grew rapidly
worse, until a few days since It was
seen that death was inevitable.
NO GOLD FOUND.
Seattle. June 29. Latest, advices from
Kotzebue sound, Alaska, are given in
a letter from Albert C. Thees, former
ly of this" city, who writes under date
of January- 9th. that not a bit of gold
has been found where he wintered on
the Kubuck river, and the question
with the miners there is, how to get
away. '
THE KULE IS VOID
OLD VETERANS PESSIOSS CAN
K0T BE APPfiOPEIATED
And Used by the Authorities of, the
Soldiers' Home The Attorney
jBener al's Opinion.
Cn June 2d, upoa tequcst of Oov. T.
T. Ceer. Attorney General D. R. N.
Blackburn rendered an opinion regard
ing the rules of the Soldiers Home, at
Roseburg, as to the disposition of the
pensions drawn by Inmates of that
institution from the general rovei 11
ment. It appears that the rules, ns
they vreie presented to Hie attorney
genera were those formerly in fone
and were of such tenor as to wan ant
the cpinlon of Mr. Blackburn, that
the commandant cf the Home had ths
rfglit to take the pe nsion money of the
Inmates, or a portion of it, for the ben
efit of the pensioner's family, and if be
had no family, the money was to be
held for hia benefit. It now transpires
that theve rules had been amended,
and upon this discovery, copies of the
new rules were "presented to the attor
ney general, and his opinion was re
quested, by the governor, regarding
their validity, and the opinion of Mr.
Blackburn, rendered on the new rul.-s
was yesterday given to tho press. The
amended .rules cf ihe Home provide I
that the pensioner becoming an Inmate
of the Home mvst isdgr Ms pension:
to the Heme, to be uted for the ben?-
fit of the Home If the I ensioner has
no family dependeiit upon him, the'
pension thus becoming. In eertala
cases, the picperty of the Institution, I
to be disposed of at the will of the
commandant. The op! r-ion, after qu.t-'
Jng the tules. says:
"By a comparison of these rules with
the rules as copied in my former oln-'
Ion. It will appear that ra Ileal r hang's
were made by these amendment. And
there Is also, in ever application for
admlsslcn - to the 'Oregon Soldier
Home. a provls'on, which must be ver t
ilied by the oath of the applicant, and
Mhlch read J as follows:
" 'And said npplicant further agrees
to transfer to said Soldiers' Home all
amounts received by him as such pen- '
slotv;r immed'ttely on receipt of the,
same while a member cf said Home,"
to held arid dispose of the snme as
provided for by the rules and regula- -tlcr.f
made by the board of trustees of
ssid Heme . 1
The amended rules of the Soldiers"
Ho'iie, as heitinlefere s-;t eut, when
construed in connection with the pro
visions in the upplk-aticn for admission
to utb Home, which ere also hereto
fore quoted, constitute an ssi.Ignment
or . tr.aitf-fer by the applicant 'for d-
miif ion to said Heme to the Home of
sme right to or Interest in tic; pe'- ?
sle.n which has been granted to him by
the federal government to lighten, so
far as the small pittance allowed cat
d. so, the burden c-f life, which jieces
sai :y . t-ccomes herder tc bear, when
old age, aided by disease contracted or
wounds received lit the r nice of his
country, is hastening his approach to
the 'bivouac of the dead.
Section 4743 of the revised statutes
of the L'nitcd States, (revision of is;t
provides, among other things, as fl
lowst 'Any pledge, mortgage, aale,
areignment, or transfer of any "right,
c?atm or interest In any pension which
has been, or may hereafter be granted,
shall be old and of no effect.' j
"UnJer the rules, as abover set forth, '
the assignment or transfer Is not a
voluntary one; but, even If voluntary.
It would he void. The assignment or
transfer Is a compulsory one. based on
the necessities of the pensioner, on
which he is forced to make before he
can be permitted to enjoy any of the
pilvilcgea er tcrefits of admlssk n to.
and residerc in. said Home.'
"It Is my opinion that any transfer
or assignment cf any interest In a
per.Mon. made k as v retired by the
amended Tules, Is in direct conflict
with the law of the United States on
Ills subject, sod 1 therefore void and
of no effect: and that the amended
tules are such as cannot be enforced.
1 OOD IS hVERYW 1 1 ERE.
Not a rain, nor Joy. ne-t duy. mr
pk:asure. but has God In it. He la
evetyn here it we have eyes to see him.
and Ms voice max he heard through
the channel of natore and human life
if r nry our ears are attuned to heaven
ly music. Rev. William A. Wasson,
Ei lscopalisn, Brocklyn, N. Y.
IS BOW
Insurgents Are Active at
San Fernando.
PLANS FOR NE W AEMY
The Cabinet Considers Enlistments of
Beiuforeements Officers to
B Appointed.
MANILA , July 1 (Saturday, 10.40
a. m.). A collision : tet ween the two
ermlfs at San Fernando seems inevit
able soon. The insurgents are active
all aro'.nd the town, una rait be seen
working lit the t tenth? to strengthen
their position. Day and might forces
are at work. It is estimated that 3.0ft
men were seen marching in a road
north of the town yestei day morning
The Americans turned out and manneJ
the defer res- expecting an attack. Ths
f-c-ldiers , slept in their clothes ai Jd
breakfasted at 4 o'clock this morning
ro as to be ready ; for the assault.
The commist ion of three-Spanish of
ficers, who entered the insurgent lines
a fortnight sgo to make a final attempt
to arrange for the reh-ase of the Span
1th prisorers, have not returned. Their
lung abrtnee has occasioned alarm.
A CABINET MEICTINO.
Washington, June 30 The situation
in the Philippines was discussed at the
cabinet meeting today, and general
satlsfacttcn was expressed in tne ad
mlnistrMtion's plans for the reinforce
ment of General 'Mi, which contem
plates the ie-opnlng of active opcia
tic .is on a large scale when the rainy
season clcses. abjut September 15th.
Sectetary Alger reiorted that enlist
ments were comlngr up to expectations.
With a view of offlceiing the reel
ments r aired under the volunteer pro
visions of the army bill, the records
of the flteers of volunteer organisa
tions, which caw service in Cuba and
Porto Rico, and which are now serv
ing In the Philippines, are being care
fully examined in order that recogni
tion may be given to such cf them as
mty desire to re-enter cr continue in
service according to their ability and
merit Some of tfc merltorlom non
commit sioned officers may als? be re
cognised. Some regular ofIcets nry
alse- to be commleVoned s volnntee-r
officers.
A statement, prepared In lhebfnce
if the adjutant general of the army,
shows that, with the deportcre cf th-
Pennsylvania f rom . San Francisco,
about 3,500 reinforcements will le dis
latched to the Thilir-plnes this weel..
Thexe troops weie carried on th
transports Zelandla. Valencia and the
Pennsylvania, and include- fifty-nine
officers and 3.444 enlisted men. About
half of the troops are recruits intend
ed to fill the gaps in the regiments In
the Philippines caused by deaths, nls
tblllty and discharge s. j There aie
about 3.coo recruits at San Francisco,
which are alse- intended to recruit the
regular rxglments in the Pftlilpplr.es tip
to their maximum strength of J28 men
to a corr -panv. Including the Nine
teenth infantry under orders fcr Ma
nila, and the troops at San Fian;lseo,
thre are 4,000 inei' tefidy to sUrt f-r
Manila as soon as tratispeTlatU'ii can
bo provided.
THE UAIf.'inilVK GIRL.
Tho glil whose talk is all 'of I. I. T,
who takes no (interest In anybcCy rise,
and cares for rtobe but the sound of
her own ioire W
The girl wh'f"savstinkind things of
her friends ani Vfpatlves in th-lr sb
snce, who is tJxfstym telling tales and
making rns. hl-f.
The glil who loks down upen her
mother, and snubs her tt others anJ
sisters, and grumbles genet ally about
hef home-.
The girl who la rude and dls.tR-reeav-ble
to these whom she considers her
Inferiors, and ho never shows any
ccntlderallon for one poerer than her
self. The girl who Is so vain cf her per
scnal appearance that she thinks ev
erybody Is looking at her, and can
not talk to a man for five minutes
without fishing for a comiliinent.
GERMS IN STALE BREAD.
It has long been held that the use
of fresh bread la Injurious, and cau
tious people and ey peptics carefully
avoid the temptingly cisp new loaves
with all their aromatic charms, pa
tiently confiding themselves to bread
more or k-ss stale. Now, there cornea
an astounding statement that sta!
hrrad Is Infected with germs, more or
less destructive to health, and present
in large nun.bers as the bread grows
older.' A health fcod company recent
ly made a deme-cstratiem of this fact,
showing that white fresh weH-bakf.1
bread gave 4 germs to the grant
LS4 grains), in bread that waa kept
in a warm clipboard three days, or
Tintfl It bad bect-me slightly stale, the
number of gems was neat ly 6,500,000.
Senator dark has Just bought In
Paris for his Washington house an old'
stained glasa window, once the prop
prop- .
erty of the Counters d Jaote, for
000.
HE WAS INSANE.
A Stranger Leaps .into the River at
Spokane.
Spokane. June 30. "My wife and
children are down there in the water,
and I am going after them,", so said a
man on the Post street bridge this
morning. True to his word, lees than
ten minutes afterward, he made the
fatal plunge Into the waters below in
view of the officers who were coming
' i'ititoi uio uwa. 1 ne man jtno
made the? desperate plunge in the river
Is probably Paul Reuther, a stone
mason, ho arrived from California
recently. ' lie was probably Insane. '
THE DEFICIT SMALLER.
Washington, June 29. Treasury of
ficials are now confident that the defi
cit for the present fiscal year will not
exceed f90.000.00b." One week ago the
estimate was a little short of $100,000,
000. but during the last few days the.
receipts have been rather above the
estimates, while expenditures have
greatly fallen off. I
DREYFUS IN -FEANCE
THE NOTED PRISONER AGAIN IN
HIS NATIVE LAND.
Excitement at a Fever Heat rhen the
ewi 01 his lanuing uecame
Known at Renns. ' .
RENNES. France. July 1. (Saturday.
5 a. m.) Captain Dreyfus has arrived
here. It ia not known where the land.
Ing was effected. The weather Is very
heavy, and It Is impossible to see 200
yards from shore along the coast in
the vicinity of Brest, in consequence of
the rain and mist.
Excitement was at fever, heat when
it was reported that the. cruiser Sfax
had already entered the harbor and
was lying oft the arsenal. Scores of
journalists immediately put off In boats
to Investigate, but they failed to find
the warship.
Captain Dreyfus landed at Qulboron.
and was conveyed by train to Ilrus,
twelve kilometres from Rennes. There
he entered a landau accompanied by
the chief f detectives of the prefect
department, and was driven to Rennes.
where twenty-five gendarmes awaited
his entrance into the town. Ten of the
gendarmes entered a wagon and fol-
lowed the carriage, the rest ; following
on foot. The party arived at the pri
son without Incident. ,
EFFECT'S OF GUNl-OWDi:R.
Doc-tor M. II. Simons. Unit.-! States
Navy (Journal of the Am.-rlcnn Med
ical Aeaoclatle.n. April 15, 189), first
considered the two kmas of iowder
iis.1 en lewrd the btowh prismitlc
and the so-called smokeless powders.
In the brown, come oi the grains aie
unburneU and by the csplosl-.n ate
finely powieiei. This dut-t l often
trown back on the decks -f the ship,
and hi somewhat If ritatlr.g to the mu
couh membrane. It -causes flight con
gestb.n, which passe rapidly avay.
The rmok.'lesti powder d -era produce
some slisht amount of tmoke, ir rath,
er haxlpess in the air, after a dis
charge of a " large, ame.unt. Carbeml3
oxid gas forms In the bn-ecli. and
when the latter Is oper-ed Is t bar god
to tarben dloxjde; no 111 effeets wm
noted fiom the gas. After a .number
of eiischarges tha decks become htry
with the fun-es from this p.Wder, and
there is ntled a slight though al l
smell, y It Is extremeiy irritating t-
all mucous meml.rane-s. thr.ugh no s
rious troub'e results. AVbi n th? elec k-t
are washed down after the firing has
cesised, this all r. if bps away. . .
After the battle f Santl.igo there
weie several cases ' cf na,.iil, tonsillar
and eye lni!amations: these w-ro n.it
ce-mpllcnted, and yielded at onoe to
simple treatn-ent. A few wore deaf,
rme for from two to four elays. but
tliey all recovered by the ue cf Inhal
ations . and politxerlxing. Only ttfo
-ass were t'lrerved In which thers
was rupture e.f the r-temhi ana tyrn
pani. Heie there w-ns no pain, b.it:
Ihe patte-nts c.'ior'lltiI of llnn.'tus.
The drjetor stated that he was him
self slightly deaf as a tesult t,f thit
ngsigAment. When a gun is firl
there Is a feeling of :a sudlen blow,
son-ethingi like the .blow from a bar
of iron. 'With the small guns this I
quite sharp.: but with the large guns
it is mote heavy. Some complained of
g-Mieral. muecular streneKit after th-
battle, f The two casr of perforation
occurred in the vicinity of the eight
Ineh gun. In Ms opinion the devtf
ncss was the result of the Irritation ff
the throat, primarily, this rroeueing a
closure of the EuKachian tube: a sub
sequent heavy dschaige weuld forc
In the membrana tyrrpanl. thus forc
ing out a small ame-unt of sir, which
could not return, and hence tho drum
would . be somewhat retrnctei and
slight deafness result--Metical Age.
A FEltST POSTPONED.
A school master In a village school
had been in the habit of pure hoping
pork from parerts of his pupils on the
cccaaion of the killing of the Hg. says
What-to-nat- t-ne day a smalt . boy
marched up to the master's desk, ard
Ineulred "if he would like a bit of
pork, sa thy were gc'ng to kill their
Pig."
Th school master replied In the affir
mative. Several days having elapsed, and
hearing nothing of the pork the master
tailed the boy up tt. him ard inquire 1
the reaacn h bad cot brought It.
What was the surprise of the master
when the ioy replied:
'O, please, sir. the pig got tetter.,