WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. FRIDAY, MARCH 2. 1900.
CORBETf
m
AT REST
HE ANSWERS . SOME VERY
' POINTED QUESTIONS,
About the Coming Fight. Puts up a
Big Forfeit. Will give frjoao to
Charity if. His Fight With Jeffries
is Not on the LeveL An Interview
wkh Him? '
f
New York, Feb. 15. On account of
the rumors to the effect that the com
ing Jeffries-Corbett match is to be a
fake a series of straight-out-f rom-the-shoulder
questions have been answered
by Mr. Cprbett They are as follows:
"To put it to you bluntly, Corbett, Is
I your coming : fight with Jeffries a
'fake?- T ! : r; '. - , 1
"Positively not I feel as sure of de
feating Jeffries as I am that I am sitting
here." ! i- .'..
"Some people think it is. How do
you explain that thought?"
"Because Brady was my manager and
partner for several years and Jeffries
was my trainer at Carson City. My be
ing in his corner in the-Fitz fight also
influences some to think we are all too
friendly." , ; W ' I ';.'"
"Is not this j match ; with the cham
pion an advertising dodge to help the
receipts of your present business?'
"To answer 'this I can simply say
that while at Lakewood training my
receipts fell off some $50 per day. If I
win the fight I ; frankly acknowledge it
wiil help my business."
"Of course you know that a crowd
will gather at the place where a fighter
matched with the heavyweight cham
pion may be found. Did you make this
match to draw that crowd?"
"I am not here when .training. How
can I ;draw the crowds
"Is the state of your present finances
in such a shape that you are compelled
to get back in the fighting game?"
"I have neve?- been better fixed fi
nancially in i myl life. I am fighting Jef
fries because I think I can beat him."
"Even if f you do not actually need
the money, are you anxious to add to
your income by earning a comfortable
loser's end?"
"Say the loser's end of the fight is
worth $10,000, which is a high estimate.
My business loss at $50 per day for
four months while training will amount
to $5,500. My expenses to trainers, etc.,
foot up at least $4,000. Wili it pay me
to lose?" i I-
"Outside of the money consiaeration
are you looking for the pugilistic hon-
"I was champion once, and my am
bition is to 4)e it again. I jhonestly be
lieve that a shifty, fast rrian can beat
brute strength and sire." 1
"Is there any collusion between you
and Jeffries to spiit the purse or gate
receipts?" j ' L
"The fighters get 60 per cent, of the
receipts. The winner gets 75 per cent,
of this and the loser 25 per cent. There
is absolutely no other arrangement."
"Is there an deal bywhich Jeffries
is to allow 'yod to winr
"Such an understanding would mean
a Jake fight pure 1 and simple. My
chetk to your order for $2,500 is an
iHMv,r tri trtrh an insinuation."
"Is the whole thing a plan to get the
public's money! and have the fight end
without a decisive result?"
"This question can be better answer
ed by the cltro officiats and referee. I
will be there to win. Any incapacity on
the part of the above officials will lose
me the $2,500 In your hands. I am
practically betting you $2,500 that Jef
fries and myself are fighting on the
leveL" ;t ;; j " V! ' ' ,
"Arejyott gomg-into tftis tn the hope
that Jeffries may not be in condition?"
"Public opinion seems to think that
I am the one that has gone back. Very
weH. My opinion is that Jeffries has
gone back and that I am better than
ever. The i fight will tell who is right,
. . . . . . w . , ' ' -
me puuiic tn me
"Are you relying on the chance of a
haphazard low that may win you the
championship?" . ,
"No; I am figuring on defeating Jef
fries by ring generalship and science,
"Have you got the theatrical bee in
your bonnet again and hope by this
fight to make a re-entry on the stage?
"That is a question that ?I have not
uctnicu, : i
- ngnt. t " '
"What is your physical cbnditioi now
commml -with what it was when you
were. the champion?" f .
"I consider that I am at least 30 per
& 1 u . 1 T Kjn in ifi
cent, (xner iuu t wvw. ... -
live jwi .
"The game has constantly improved
in science and skill. . Have you kept
pace with the improvements?
"I have boxed with all the comers of
the present day and wouldrather hear
what they have got to say." ;
"What is your opinion 01 Jeffries as
a fighter??! - ' - - ." V
"1 think Jeffries is a Hercules. Any
man that mixes with him will get dam
ages. -A rool head and quickness will
defeat him." . '
"Do you honestly think you can de
feat him?". :
"I am sensible enough to know that
I hv a hard tob on mv bands to beat
down Jeffries: but to be honest with
you. I rather like my job." .
"Should you win the fight what will
be your future plans r
1 Whatever the outcome I am going
to the Paris Exposition. Win yor lose.
the one opponent I would rather meet
is Sharkey. The only fight in my life
thar was onestioned was with him. An
other meeting - can dispel all unsavory
teelino-" TP ' -
"Do you think Sam Austin will make
. it r t . '
a good ana air reiereer
"Sam Austin is an honest referee.. His
duties were thoroughly gone, over by
both sides. Tf he lives uo to inese agree
ments he" will -have 'done hs duty by
(both of ns.
"What precautions have you taken in
the 'matter of vow seconds, so that
11$
JJ'fu StH ndser of a repetition
ot tne harkev fia-n? .
tThis Verv thintr V,- tvl.. ' -rt.j I
oer with Mr. Ausun. Only one. sec-
yu vn cacn side has the power to ob
ject to any ruling. Further his actions
cannot in any way - interfere with the
contest. : '.- , ,
, there any betting combination,
to your knowledge, which would tend
tojmy the fight? .
1 "I have means of knowinc- cA
matters. There i nnn T
umaiion could buy this fight."
-LARGEST PUMPS
IN THE WORLD.
v-V t. ; . . . .
They Are Connected With the Drain
age System of New Orleans.
A young man with tieatlv creased
trousers and a pearl pin stuck in his
cravat walked over to the gray marble
switch board in oumoinz station No. 7
and pulled -p a small lever. A dozen
feet away was a steel turret, risinsr
waist high from the floor, and a faint
humming sound became audible from
its interior.? It was about as much
noise as is made by an ordinary sewing
machine and was the only -surface in
dication that the . largest centrifugal
fomp in the world had commenced bus
iness under the turret too. Without
I any fuss or vibration it was sucking
hwetjrr from the old Orleans canal at the
rateyof 250 cubic feet a second, hoisting
it rweive icei into tne air ana aiscnarg
ing it over the wire at the other end of
the building to (find its way to the lake,
a few miles beyond, i ,
To the average man the term "250
cubic feet a second" is as meaningless
as so much-Sanskrit, but an excellent
idea of the magnitude of the perform
ance is obtained when one knows that
250 cubic feet is equivalent to 2.000
gallons, and 2,000 gallons represent the
capacity of a good-sized house cistern.
In other words, the bur numo draws in.
lifts and throws out the. contents of a
large cistern at every beat of one's
watch. In a imnute it has disposed of
120,000, gallons quite ' a good deal of
water. . . - ;
There are three such pumps in sta
tion No. 7. and it is estimated that two
of them, working at that capacity, wiikI
be able to take care of any ramfall in
this T.rty. They are much the largest
single pumps in the world, the nearest
approach to them being those at the
irrigation works on the-bank of the
Nile, which are considerably smaller.
The installation of the vast machines
was completed a week ago last Sunday,
and this week they are doing their first
practical work.
The ptrmips proper are vast coils of
tube.-. If something very little might
be compared to something! very big, it
would -not be inapt to say that they
resemble the shell of a. snail. Each of
them came in two sections.; half of the
coil beinar all that a freight car couidrl
carry. - tne sneii, put togettier, weigns-rreiers
twenty-five tons, and measures twenty--
one feet from snde to side, ane internal
diameter is - nine feet, and inside the
tube is a series of great revolving run
ners, the effect of which is to draw the
water at one end and discharge it ,at tbe
other. The shaft on , which -the run
ners revolve weighs, more than sixteen
tons. :4 'v .S fi . l
These enormous coils are placed in
circular pits fifteen feet below the su--
face of the pump-bouse floor. ; me
power , wnicn operate cacn 01 inei
comes from am immense .motor fas
tened to the upper end of the running
shaft, and covered by the steel turrets
already referred to. f The motors re
ceive their electricky direct from the
general power-house tn the shape of
a 3,ooo-volt current coming m over a
trio of thick cables, and in this connec
tion i-n interesting and curious de
tail, easily within the - grasp of the
average lavman. The motors are of
what is known as the "revolving field
type that is to say, the. field, or great
wheel on which the magnets are se
cured turns around, while the arma
tures remain stationary. : W hen a pump
is started the full alternating current 01
3,000 volts ,is not at once turned on.
but a 125-volt direct current is nrst
used to 1 magnetize the field, or. in
homely terms, o "warm it up. lftis
uo a revolution, and when suf
ficient speed is attained the full current
is applied. s i . ,
The 125 volts direct, are proaucea oy
passing the 3.000 volts aiiernannn
through a small aevice Known , as a
-transformer." which effects a complete
chance in the character and power of
the mysterious fluid. The weaker and
modified current is also used to oper
ate a number of small auxiliary motors
and to feed the arc and incandescent
tamos bv which the station t Jigntea.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
SOLDIERS' FARE IN
SOUTH
, Ar Kit A.
Colonel-Sergeant Thompson of 40
Gwynne avenue, how with the &econa
Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment,
in 'South Africa, writes home:
"We kilted an ostrich the other day
and had him for dinneV. He went down
fine; also a swarm of locusts, 01 wnicn
we ate some. They are all right, too.
You see. we don t live oadiy. 1 1 nere is
not a, tree to be seen all sand and
rocks any amount of snakes, centi
pedes,' scorpions, liiards and big black
ants. These ants get ansiac xnc uuyv
clothes 'and make . them dance and
swear, iomorrow wm dc vntuuo,
9nH w are to have a big ostrich roasted
for dinner.; with Jots of goats milk to
drink. Toronto Globe. .,
Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons - ev
ery breath that Is drawn into the longs.
There is procurable from any drugsist
the remedy for the core of this rroible.
A small anantitr of Ely's Cream- Balm
placed into the nostnlt spreads over an
inflamed ' and : angTy surface, relieving
immediately toe pamrui inuammauon,
cleanses, heals and cuivs, A - coW in
f, Knil vanishes Immtitxttiy. oold
by druggists or will be mailed for 50
rmtt bv tlT ; isroincrs, 3w uca
Street, Vew York.' . .' ; :j:
COST OF LITIGATION. The re
ceipts in the office ot ueric J. J- iuiur
ir. r( the suoreme court lor the
Af Phruarv. aggregated $xi
mnA fjU amount . was yesterday
paid into the state treasury by Judge
Murphy. , . . . : .
Legal blanks. Stateamaa Job Office.
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WASHINGTON . :
CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.A some
what funny incident occurred recently
at the agricultural department. One
of the scientisU atUched to it recently
called on General Bingham, : assistant
secietary of agriculture and advised
against asking an appropriation for a
corn kitchen at the 'Pans exposition.
He declared that corn was not an ar
ticle of bumanMood, the grain not con
taining a sufficient proportion of nutri
ment to pay for digesting it. General
iiingaam, who is some six and a ball
feet tall and proportionately broad, rose
to bis feet, expanding his chest to some
fifty odd inches. "Ah!" he said, "that
explains my stunted growth, I " knew
something was the matter with me. but
never could locate it. I was raised on
corn bread until I was 16 years old. I
suppose if I had been kept- off of that
stuff I might have grown to man's size
instead of being the midget that I am.
and weighing only about 250 pounds. I
might have been nine feet high and
weighed a ton. I will see; to it that
corn is given ks proper classification,
and that the influence of , this depart
ment is thrown against its further use
by the human family as an article of
A report from Panay in the Vizaran
islands to the war department, tells of
an ingenious practice by which the reb
els obtain powder. For a long time
immense quantities of Japanese matches
have been going into the islands with
out anyone being able to' suggest a
plausible explanation for their doing so.
Finally somebody scraped . the com-
?ound from the head of the sticks and
ound that a practically smokeless ex
plosive of greater power than the or
dinary black' powder was obtained. The
rebels would dress themselves as "am-
:gos, wander in. out some matches.
and then wander out, load their guns
ana lay lor, any stray American who
might happed around. The cost of-a
load was small and identification was
no more possible than in the case of an
ordinary musquito.
Xbe bouse committee on election of
president and vice president ' has sub
mitted a report in favor of a joint res-,
olution for a constitutional amendment
disqualifying polygamists for election
as senators or representatives in. con
gress. and prohibiting oolvgamv and
polygamous , association between the
sexes. The report says thisamendment
:o the constitution is designed to re
move all doubtful construction of the
ar and to effectually provide a means
jsl extirpating the evil of polygamy
by making it unlawful in anv nlace.
It
10 tne KOberts controversy, and
say that while the decision of the
house establishes a precedent it is not
oae of absolutely binding force, so that
4. constitutional enactment is desirable.
The Loud bill for reforming the rates
on second-class postal matter was re
ported favorably to the house last week
with -certain changes. A uniform; rate
of one cent a pound is established, ap
plicable to all newspapers anJrperiodi
cal publications issued as frequently :as
iour times a year, excluding books and
reprints purporting to be issued period
ically. A new, provision as to sample
copies is made, allowing such copies
up to 50 per cent. 01 the bona fide sub
scription list, but not above 500 off any
issue. Id other respects ane original
form of the bill is preserved. There
seems to be a majority in, congress in
favor of the bill, but 'Representative
Loud, who will manage it on tKe floor
p the house, is very likely to kill it by
his attempts at dragooning. He has al
ready done this, in two . former con
gresses. . ,
Representative : Mondell. of Wyo
ming, chairman of the. Committee on
mines and mining, in his reoort on the
bill creating a department of mining
presided over by a cabinet officer.
says: The want of practical and
scientific information on the subjects
connected with mines and mining - by
the people of the United States i ap
parent The useful, ; necessary, and
scientific facts, if known at all. are be.
yond the reach of the people. No
country , in the world is richer in its
mineral resources than ours, and yet
we probably have less information lap
on the subject accessible to the people
than in any other leadinsr nation in
the world. In most of thee ther
either a counsel general, commissioner,'
secretary, or minister of mines and
mining, with .duties similar to those
proposed by this bilL In England
this great industry of mines and rain
ing 15 lootcea ? alter in a distinctive
branch of the "department of Sci enret
and Art" France has a counsel general
of mines. Germany has a minster of
piblicjworks who has charge of mine.
New South Wales. New Zealand.
Queensland. Victoria, and Persia each
has a minister or secretary nf m,'nc
The department proposed bylthis bill is
a necessity, and your committed' earn
estly urges the passage of the accom
panying bilL" v.
The danger of counterfeitinir ha UA
Secretary Gage to adopt a new plan for
ine aesigns 01 our government paper
money. 1 Hereafter, all issues will have
uniiorm designs whether they are
treasury notes, greenbacks, gold or sil
ver certificates. The $1 bill wilt bear
a spread eagle, the $2: bill will have
the head of Washington and the $S bills
wm nave an inaian neaa. lfie idea is
that the people will grow fimUiar with
these, as they never can with so many
ana socn aiverse resigns as ?we now
nave; and that counterfeits will be more
readily detected."
H. : 'Medinger, a large Australian
brewer, is in the United States study
ing the American brewing methods. He
savs: I have found xnanv matter . in
which American breweries are ahead of
those in -Germany and Austria. Labor
is expensive here, and there is little lost
time and, no costly methods employed.
In our. cOuntry labor is cheap. and, no
care is taken to prevent loss of time
and waste. . The American method of
placing and collecting the tax, on -beer
is far ahead of that employed in Europe.
The export business has fallen away to
nothing in recent - years and Germany
has lost the trade entirely, owing to the
fact that nearly every country has bre
cries at home, . .: v.
TRADE WITH ITALY
Purposes of the Reciprocity Arrange-
, i mcnt Recently bigned in. ,
AVashington.
- Commerce between Italy and the Unit
ed States, export and import, averages
I a year between $45,000,000 and $50,
000.000 j worth - of goods,, and the s in
crease in ks volume during the- past
ten years " has been , chiefly in American
exports, which have doubled, while the
imports; in wits country trom iiaiy nave
increased only about as per cent. The
opinion : is held that there is an exten
sive market for American goods in It
aly as yet undeveloped, in addition , to
the current demand for them and there
has recently een signed at the State
department in Washington by the rep-
resentaaves 01 tne iwo countries a rec
iprocity' arrangement under the third
section of the Dingley act which before
going into effect requires the ratifica
tion, of! tbe-Italian. Chamber of Depu
ties: 'L .
. ; Under this arrangement the conces
sions made by Italy include modified
duties on agricultural and electrical ma
chinery; fish, including sardines and
anchovies, scientific instruments ana
cotton-seed oil, ;In addition, three ar
ticles sent in considerable quantities to
Italy are to fee placed on the free list.
turpentine, fertilizers " and ' hides. . In
return the tariff : concessions granted
by the United (States are to be the same
as those allowed to France, embracing
spirits, j still wines, vermouth,: cream of
tartar, paintings tn oil and water colors,
pen and ink drawings , and . M&tuary,
At present, the largest quantity of the
art goods imported into the United
States from European countries comes
from France and the chief item of im
ports to this country from Italy are
rawsnk, lemons and sulphur. For a
number of years, before the perfection
of new processes did away with the de
mand for rags for paper making, Italy
was the chief market of supply of this
material for the United States, but since
the substitution of wood pulp and oth
er fibres the demand for rags, except
for certain qualities of paper,, has large
ly fallen off and the chief market of
supply of rags: to the United Mates is
now Germany, not Italy. Italian wines
and -cordials, tne supply ot wntcn is
very extensive, come to the united
States chiefly through France and it is
to make easier their direct importation
that the projected changes in tariff have
been largely favored by the representa
tives of the two countries:
There is. undoubtedly, as has been
pointed out, an available Italian market
for American coal, and the demand for
American machinery connections be
tween the two countries are better now
than they have been for "many years
before. . There are five steamship' lines
plying between New York and Italian
ports, two German lines,', two English
nes and one Italian - line running be
tween (New York and Genoa , in addi
tion to twd French steamship lines hav
ing Italian service with the Uniied
States, both from Naples.'The shipping
business of this country with Italy
shows some increase in recent years.
though the gain in tonnage has been
much less than in the case of French
and German ships. The purpose of
the projected reciprocity arrangement
Si of course, to promote trade by put
ting the two countries, Italy ' and the
United States, on a more favorable
footing in respect to the interchange of
products but in a larger way it is in
tended to attain better result by the
extension of a direct' market between
the two instead of the present method
which is to a great extent to ship goods
intended for Italy via France and to
receive goods of Italian V product pr
manufacture through that country. The
marked increase in the Italian popula
tion in the United btates as. the result
of; immigration has not thus far, at
east, exercised the beneficial influence
which was expected on the commerce
of the two countries for. the reason, it
is (explained, that most of the Italian
newcomers are of i the laboring class.
With more Italian merchants there will
be more Italian commerce, v
ITEMS FROM BROOKS.
The W. C. T. UJ Elects Officers A
3 ! Small Boy Kills a Fox.
Brooks (Or.) Feb. 27. The ladies of
the : W. C T., U. of this place elected
officers at their last meeting; which
was held at the home of Mrs. M. L.
(ones. Those chosen ' were: Mrs.
-Jthr, president; Mrs." Naylor, record
ing; secretary; 'Mrs. . M. Jones, su
perintendent of Christian citizenship.
The ladies wBl meet at the. F. J. Bolter
home this week. . -
M. L. Jones was a passenger on the
southbound, train Monday morning.
Miss Edna Perkins came down on
Wednesday evening and spent the rest
of the week with -Mrs. Shaw.
Miss Lottie Clark is visiting her sis
ter this, week.' ,x
Miss Arnie Dofcsdn was down home
last week. - , ' ,?
Rev. Pedersen eaiOyed a visit from
his father last Monday.
Prof, Powers exhibition was a grand
success, and be had a weli-hued house.
T. B. Jones and lamriy, of Mission
Bottom, were guests at the E. K. Shaw
home on Sunday .1 . ,
E. K. Shaw is looking after the road
work, having two ! graders sharpened.
preparatory to early grading, which' he
thinks ts the better, way.
j On Sunday, the 04th, Wm. F. Jones'
little son. Vergil, la years of age, shot
and killed a large gray (ox.
JJirge fields of clover are oetng town
on! the Mission 1 Bottom this year,
Those fellows never do things -by
halves.' - ' '? - -
E.: K. Shaw will dehorn a large band
of cattle on Mission Bottom Thursday.
He is an expert at the business, having
dehorned hundreds of cattle ta Nebras
ka. ,
HE CAUGHT, ON.
fie Do yoa believe in hypnotism?
She I .heard the other day of a man
who was nypnotized by being made to
took for tome time at a diamond ring.
. He I wonder if any bright piece of
glass would have done it as welt 1.
; She 'Perhaps : so, ' with a man, but
trot with a wonun..:,-;.
;. He (at a jewelers, the next day) I
want a diamond ring, lady's size, bright
est yoa have. N. Y. World. J-
!i ; for I nfanto
'Cartoria Is a harmless substitute for Owrfojr OIL rarr !
gorlc Drops and Soothin-Syrups. It Is Weast. It
contains neither. Opium, Jlorpnine nor other Jjareotlo .
substance. It destroys Worms and allays Fererfehness.
It cure Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething-
Troubles and cures Constipation.' It regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, pivlnfr healthy and natural sloe?.
j The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. - .h
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bean the
In Use For
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t BULLETS WHIZ.1
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The 'Newspapers! Published' by British
Kegiments at tne rront.
There are veryl few British regiments
that have not their papers just as they
have t.heir officeri and commissariat de
partment The editor himself is always
one of the regiment. The' other mem
bers of his staff, who assist in the get
ting out of the unique publication, such
as thej sub-editor.j'the war correspond-
dent, jthe artists, Jhe printers and even
the proverbial "printers devils," are all
to be found in the ranks.
For the most part these newspapers
are pointed on the regimental press,
which usually accompanies the regiment
on itsltravels. and as df.cn as not the
Tommie's. journal; comes out hot from
the press at the j front, almost within
sight of the enemy, wkh sometimes, a
"war extra." Othex papers, again, are
always published at home in" England,
no matter whre the regiment may be.
The different papers, of course, deal al
most exclusively with the affairs and
deeds of valor of the regiment in con
nection with which they are published.
They are not issued daily, it must be
understood, but more 01 ten come out
once a fortnight, once a month,
or even quarterly., I Som; of them are
printed! on excellent paper and issued
in expensive style,, selling for as high
as a shilling a copy. f Others are mere
little dddgers. badly printed, badly ed
ited, but stoutly upheld by its soldier
readers as the best paper ever pub
lished, j .
The worries that beset the editor of
the regimental sheet pub i shed at the
front can: well be imagined. Sometimes
his editions are punctuated with bullets,
and often the entire editorial sanctum
has to tie taksn up and moved forty or
fifty miles before the last part of an ed
ition can be struck off. There is not. as
a rule, any difficulty in getting copy, as
nearly every Tommy . Atkins - who nas
seen a bit of service is always ready to
unload some anecdote, incident, adven
ture or jest for the delectation of his
fellows. . . 1
There has been of late a lot of con
troversy as to which was really the
best regimental paper published in the
service, and the matter is not yet set
tled. St. George's Gazette, published
by the Fifth 'Northumberland Fusiliers,
has the greatest circulation, though it
is closely followed iby the Nines, pub
lished by the duke of Edinburgh's Wiltr
shire regiment. The latter paper is not
illustrated, but has a greater abundance
of reading matter than has St. George's
Gazette.
The -Men of Harlech is the Journal
of the Welsh regiment which has for
some time past been stationed in India.
It is always full of sound reading and
of late has been especially interesting, as
one may glean from its pages of vivid
impressions of the j late war on the In
dian frontier.
The paper of ' the famous "Black
Watch" is called the Red Hackle, while
that of the Princess of Wale's York
shire regiment is called the Green How
ard's Gazette, and is one of the best of
the different regimental papers. The
journal of the gallant Gordon High
landers of Dargal Ridge fame, is called
the Tiger and the 1 Sphinx ' and is to
named because there is a tiger on the
colors of the second battalion of this
regiment and a sphinx on those of the
first. ! , f . - - - ' -
The Sprig of Shillelagh is the signifi
cant title of the journal of the Twenty-
seventh Inntskilling fusiliers, and has
been published .regularly for over eight
years But to enumerate the different
publications in which Tommy - Atkins
expatiates on himself and hit deeds
would, take a great deal of- time and
space. His experience as a journalist
give him a deal pV innocent amuse
ment and form a! unique corner in
newspaperdom, but are never to be
taken too seriously. Boston Globe, j
HE IS VERY LATE.
" called to see au revoir. Miss
Homewood," said young Mr. Fiupercy.
"I'm goingto Florida, doncher know."
fWelV good-by, Mr, Fitzpercy. but
Fm afraid you are somewhat late.' :
"How.so, Miss Home wood?"
: The other geese flew . south ' long
ago." 'Pittsburg - Chronicle-Telegraph.
PAUPERISM IN LONDON.
rTbe very latest 'statistics on' London
pauperism are not encouraging. A re
view of the last twelve 'months shows
that, although for four successive years
! good trade, and open winters, there was
no great diminution n the number seek
ing relief under the poor law.
-' . a .. ';:l
' In Spain the intended husband must
have passed his , 14th year and the
woman her tath. 1
In Portugal hoy of 14 is considered
marriageable, and a woman of 12. .
" J
and Children. -
Signature of
Over 30! Year c
i HOW DOCTORS EARN BIG FEES
"V ; ;
One Who'Got! S4.000 for Saving a Pa-
tient's Life by Giving Him a
Oood Dinner.
The doctor and some of the reporters-were
talkihg-in the little room op
posite the telephone office down at
Uellevuc Hospital. .
"I see by the papers," said the doc
tor, mentioning the story of a large
bill reported to have been sent in by a
surgeon of the'eity, 'that r this doctor
didn't feel satisfied with' $4,000. He
thought he ought td have $4.fioa That's
a rather fine distinction, perhaps, but it
a'l depends on the sort of a cae whu h
the t;ircon 'treated.' v inan with hh
k.ill 't.nAJ hi .statitlin'g enn thattic , 'al
most anything he, pleates. . ' n '
i"The way in which some physicians
earn large fees is curious. I recall one
case of the sort or at least a story of
a case, for I won't vouch for the truth
of it all. A man had been suffering for
some time with gastritis and hud bern
treated for more than a year by several
physicians. The usual 'treatment- i- to
put the patient on a mi'k du t. That
usiialiy does '-the work, but tlui man
' kept rown worf-e.'; He. finally turn
j ri.oncd' Ir; li..cnc of thr let known
j physri.-ins in the city. Whin Dr. L.
; learned the history of .the fan1 he t-mk
oqe long took at the. man'. face and
reached for his hat. ; .
" 'I need time to think this over,' he
said, 'you meet me tomorrow at Dcl
monico's and I'll prescribe treatmem of
some sort "for you.' -
"The patient appeared at the Lm the
doctor had set 1
"Come in and sit down,' said the
physician, 'I can talk to you whi.e I am
eating my dinner.' (
"Then the physician said something
in a low tone and when the waiter came
j'back he brought two orders of oysters,
j The patient looked surprised.
fatt to and eat a good meal. That's all
you want.'
"It turned out that the doctor was
right. The man who had been nearly
dead was soon in good health. Then
the physician sent m his bill. It was
for $4,000: When the man received it
he hurried around to the doctor's of
fice. ,
'"By thunder,' said the man.. Do
you think I'm made of money. I can
pay it all right, but now, honestly, doc
tor, don't you think it's pretty large?'
" 'No,' replied the physician. 'Your,
life is worth more than $4,000. isn't it?
YV ell I saved" your life. I can't see that'
I'm asking too much.'
. t'The man sent around his check the
next day." 6un. '
NEW DISCOVERY IN METALS.
Substances "Derived From Lead and
Copper That Have Great Value.
J. 'Knight Hardy, a Chicagoan, who
has spent most of his life in the study
j Of metallurgy,, has discovered a process
by which he says that he produces from
t lead a metal that takes all of the chem-
ical and mechanical attributes of tin,
and that also it is non-frictional. He
is having his product experimented tip
; on tjy uge manufacturing concerns.
wun a view 10 testing it lor mecnani
cal uses, lie also makes a product of
copper, so hard that he declares it
may be used in car journals, and that
. it is without friction. The latter :pro-
duct, he says, will some day be used
. instead of steel in railway car journals,
' where friction is now one of the obsta
cles to be overcome. The tinlike pro-
duct that he exhibits in ingots is as
; heavy as lead, and is so hard that it can
' f . t i . a 1 a,
cartel 7 ue scraicnea wiui a xnue diaac.
Mr. Hardystatet that it can be pro
duced at one-third of the cost of tin,
and that for all purposes it is just as
good. Both metals, "Mr. Hardy de
clares, can be tempered to any degree
oi naraness. inter ucean.
I AN ETHNOLOGIST.
i
"Who was the sporty guy I saw you
talking to?" asked the shoe clerk
boarder.. -' V. '
'; "One of oup' roost noted ethnolo
gists." replied the Cheerful Idiot.
"Him?"
; ''Yes. lie writes books tiii the
races." Indianapolis Press. , f,
i In Germany a man must be at least
18 years of age before herein marry.
,,, i '- --
"What shall I do to be forever known?
--;,; Thy duty ever:
This did full many who yet s'eep un
f -' -known. . '
: Oh, never, never!
Think'st thou perchance that they re
main unknown
Whom I thou knowst notf ,
By angel trumps In heaven- their praise
is blown; I
' Divine their lot.
- Schiller. :