fcr Cc!uir.t!3 River Jetty I
PASSED THE SENATE YESTERDAY
Relief of Settlors on Oregon Land CraaU
Met with 0tl Will Probably ;
I'm Uttr. !
WASHINGTON. D. C. -May zCi
(Special.) Senator Geo. W. McBride's
amendment to the sundry civil bill, car
rying an appropriation of -250,000 for
beginning the work of repairing and
improving the jetty at the mouth j of
the Columbia river, was agreed to in
the Senate today. This assures Ihe
passage- of the amendment through the
Senate. ' ' ' ' ; :
The Senate committee on appropri
ations declined to accept, as an amend
ment -to the general bill. Senator Mc
Cride's bill for the relief of settlers! on
all land grants in Oregon. who have
been dispossessed by direction of th
court The Senator will , offer the
amendment hi the open Senate, and has
great hopes of being able to explain
any objection m the committee.
ALLAN -B. SlJAUSON.
THE PARIS, EXPOSITION.
AMERICAN BUILDING IS NOT
VERY BEAUTIFUL.
Several Young Americans Are Found
to Be in Destitute Circumstances
at the iBig Fair.
PARIS. (May 26. Now that all the
National paviltpns in the Rue Dcs Na
tions have been opened to the public,
a comparison of the artistic effect of the
. United States building with that of il
neighbors is undoubtedly unfavorable
to the. former. While the general ex
ternal appearance is a matter of archi
tectural taste, the nudity of its interior
elicits the harshest criticism. Sel'6m
is.a word of praise oi it heard from
visiting Americans, and the building
has been, already christened varans
uncomplimentary nicknames. Many
ofikials recognize the disparity. J and
the present condition of the pavilion
will be. nrrh improved. ' I
A number of unfortunate cases of
suffering are coming undeT the notice
of the American officials in Fari. Many
bright, energetic young Americans,
having just means enough to transport
them here, and being arrxious to see
tire exposition, came with the idea. of
finding some-, small occupation which
would provide them with means of exf
laeoce -miring tneir stay; some al?o
hoped to strike occupations which
they might develop remuneratively.
There is no fale pride about them, aud
they are willing to accept even menial
employment, such as selling new spa
j pers. blacking boots ana mwking x-
, pnitiou tirtiii Tht liavr. ho in xe t
mcf with unexpected obstacles, against
which all their, pluck awd vim are ut-
.availirrg. Instead of the freedom of
..labor which obtains in America and
which insures success to a willing, in
telligent worker, they find every cmt let
lodged about wiri red tape regulation-
or preiudice against the employment
of foreigners. Newspaper stand are
accorded only to pensioners, aixl a -.licence
for boot blacking is prar(ly
unobtainable .owing to the intejfilnahle
period occupied by preliminaries to the
application. ;'-!':
Somr hoy attempted to gain ia pit
tance by selling exhibition tickets, at
a profit of 2 cents each, but their ef
forts wfe stifled by the interference f
their rrench competitors, who arc able
to draw all intending purchasers e
cept Americans .and 1 Englishmen" by
proclaiming lilne Americans as foreigu-
While this antipathy holds against
thoe who are trying to compete:ii the
French labor market, the pleasure
seeking American visitors have no rea
son to complain of their welcome. The
feeling, which now is so bitter against
Englishman with whom the Americans
are so often'confounded. "owing to their
language, does not exist toward th
latter when .their nationality i$j estab
lished. This fact is now becoming
recognjzed among the Americans, many
of whom have adopted the .habit o
wearing miniature enameled t Stars
and Stripes as a distinctive emblem.)
CHICAGO WAS INVADED.
BLOODSHED WAS THREATENi
ED BY A SQUATTER.
Tire Disturbers Arrested by the; Police
" and Quiet Again- Reigns in j
the Big City. :y
CHICAGO 111.. May 26. Chicago
was invested; at I o'clock Shis morning
by an army oi a hostile state, number
ing thirteen men from the "District of
Lake Michigan," The invasion ended
in a farce comedy, 'but came Heaf 1 to
, being finished in deadly earnest The
casualties include one boy shot in the
leg. am! one horse killed. Five of the
Invaders were arretted., and the balance
wcro allowed to escape. The! trouble
was precipitated by Captain George
W, Strector, squatter, who' has. from
' time to time, created much j trouble
and litigation by his effort to seize the
land along the shore of Lake. Michi
gan. ' - - -., ; - 1 " f ; -.:
-The land, which lie has for some
f.me claimed to be the "District of
Lake Michigan," consists of jnade land
on the shores of Uncoln Park; part of
il including one of the main park boul
evardi. TJie. courts have ' decided
against the squatter again and again,
but he has been persistent in iis; ef
forts to grab the- property. He claims
r f Pr WilliamV Indian Pl
W I II fcl V Wit V U Xj Ui
Bledine and Ttcttins
L-P1K . U
alMtorbr the tumors.
aiiays th ItctiuiK at once, acts
Ul I L3s a pouilire, f iv instant re
II lief. Ur. Williams' Indian Pi leOint
u niit is prepared fcr anl Iteh
liHt f th prtvats parts. Every box ia
clrt of prio. M tta ana t I.OO. 'ILLUSK I
eA,UFCTUfi:XS CO.. i'rop. Cicluvi, uuio.
For sale by all druggists, j '
Q)
l,:- !
:r t";e I".'no:s
to the state oi
r ?"'.'. aes not belong
Illinois, 'but is. instead, public domain.
free to Whoever settles upon it.
Strcetor organized a force which
made a idescent upon Lincoln Park to
day, bujt was not with them in person.
The force threatened the police but,
when a1 demonstration was made, the
impending conflict ended in a fiasco,
about f 13 minutes after 3 0 clock.
When '"Judge" Niles and his four men.
al! that was leit ot his army, f heard
that they were to be- ousted, they sent
word (to Captam Baer. requesting a
parleyi. Upon his appearance the five
meat surrendered and were escorted to
the East Chicago Avenue police sta
tion. J
f .. . . ; , -:' '
! THE RUSH. 1
Seattle. May 26. Since the opening
of the Nome rush, including to-day's
sailing. 47 crafts have left Seattle for
the : North, carryingcertificd lists of
passengers amounting to 7210. there
are yet to : go in the initial rush five
ctamrs: The San .Bias, with 400 pas
sengers; Tacoma. 500; Centennial, 500;
Victoria, 5oo; Charles D. Lane, 40a
The total crafts in the first rush to
Nome are 5.2, with total - passengers
0616. The freight tonnage has been
enormous. Trarhc is way in excess oi
all previous records and expectations.
lit every case the ships have departed
loaded and carrying passengers to the
top- capacity.
WILL MAKE NO CHANGE.
BOOK OF DISCIPLINE TO
MAIN UNDISTURBED.
RE-
Dancing and Card Playing are Still
Under the .Ban of the tMetho
dist Church. ? j
CHICAGO. III.. May 36. By a close
vote, and after a. debate which exceeded
in bitterness and feeling displayed any
thing yet heard in the session, the
Methodist General Conference practi
cally decided,: to-day, to make no
change in the attitude of .the church in
regard to card-playing, dancing, theatre-going
and other forms of ' amuse
ment, which, since 1872, have been ira
de-r the ban of the chuich. Preceding
the vote to accept the -minority report
which recommends that no actionbe
taken, the Conference, at. times -was in
a state of wild disorder, due mainly to
attempts to amend the section of the
book of discipline under discussion, and
some exceedingly sharp language was
indulged in by . angry delegate before
the vote was taken.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Hill and Murphy Have Fixed Things
'! - to Their Satisfaction, : .
New York. May 26.
-The Evening
Post says;
Ivx-Oenator Davia 13. Iltll and ex
Senator Edward Murphy had another
talk with Elliott Danforth. chairman
of the executive committee of ihe Dem
ocratic state central committee this af
ternoon, and started for Albany thi
evening. . Hill is satisfied with the re
siili nf his trip to New York., He ha
conferred with the leaders of the De
mocracy, ana was announced au
thoritatively, before noon, that, the p-o
gram for the state convention had
been agreed upon by all parties con
cerncd. The features of the program
arc:
Fil-si-Tne cbnVenTion will e"ndorse
the cailidacy of W. J. Bryan and re
cognize him as Our national Leader.
Second The Chicago platform wil
cot be. affirmed. ; ;
Third-The delegates to the National
-toftrtaf.oh will not be instructed.
DANK STATEMENT.
'New1 York. May 26. The weekly
bank statement s as follows:"
Surplus reserve increased. . . .$2,237,100
Loans increased . . . . , . . . . . . . 4.605.600
Specie increased ........... J,7b.?.3oo
Legal tender increased .... 2,471,300
Deposits increased ....... ...7,oyo,ooo
Circulation increased 342,500
: iBanks now hold $18,812,325 in ex
cess of legal requirements.
fieanUi
Sleiuitvr
of
1 Its Kind Ton Haw km Boo"
GOVERNOR GECR TO WED.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED BY
THE BRIDE'S PARENTS.
Miss Isabelle Trullinger,: of Astoria, to
Be the Happy Bride Wedding
Set for June 15th.
ASTORIA, Or., May 26. The en
gagement of Gov. T. T. Geer to Miss
Isabelle Trullinger, of thi city, was
announced this evening, by the young
lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C Trnl
Imger. Tire wedding will take place
about June 15th.
A MISSED HOLE, r
Fatal Results of an Explosion in an
, Idaho Mine.
Boise. Idaho, May 26. By an- ex
plosion, today, in the Florida Moun
tain tunnel of the Trade Doljar Com
pany, at Silver City, Dan Joyce was
kt4led. Ashcr Tessie nrohahlv fatallv 5n
jifred, and Andy Davis and Josephn
Nelson seriously hurt. The accident
was caused by the men drilling into a
mbscd 4le.
DIED SUDDENDLY.
Chicago, 111., May ;26.-Timo!hy D.
1 J I CIV RJIWUV., IVItllVilT IM3Ul,Ub nit
Chicago & Alton Railroad, died sud-
denty today. ,
Art thou a pen. whose task shall be
, ' To drown in ink
What writers think?
Oh, wisely write. -u :
That pages white ;
Be not the worse for ink and thee.
; .j Ethel Lynn Beers.
The new electric power plant at the
Armour packing houses in Chicago re-placcs-93
steam boilers, 16 engines and
17 refrigerating machines. It develops
4000 horse power, and feeds io.oin in
candescent lamps, 300 arc lamps and
ijo power motors, scattered over - an
area of more than 60 acres. -
The universe is transformation. Life
is opinion. Marcus Aurelius Antoni
;3t 1ne ? m a.
nttrn:! PcIIUcs cf England At
tract r.uch Attectlsn.
REJOICING OYER RECENT YICRORIES
Has Caused Taper to Wonder at Ivo or
Eng-llah ' Characteristic -Picture
t of African Ucroe.
LONDON, May 26. The events of
rlie last few days have brought tht in
ternal politics of Creat Britain once
more to the fore. This is especially
traceable to- the bye-elections which
took place this week i the Isje of
Wight, the division of Hampshire, and
in South Manchester, at which the
Conservatives I enormously ; increased
their majorities. The litter election is
described by Jos. Chamberlain, Secre
tary of, SUte for the Colonies, in a
congratulatory telegrarato Hon. Wil
liam Peel, the successful candidate, as
being a splendid victory for, the ira-
forces. It is learned that it was
imperial victory in more senses than
one. for the defeated candidate, Lief
Jones, was ' opposed not only by the
unionist machinery, but; by the strenu
ous efforts of that portion of his own
party which is led by JLord Rosebery,
and known as the liDerai imperialists.
The Mafckine rejoicings have caused
the weekly papers to print serial arti
cles on the increase of hysterical out-
burcsts in Eneland. and they ask the
question: "Is the racej really losing its
characteristics?
A curious feature of the demonstra
tions was the enormou j number of but
tons beariner 'Baden-'Powell and Rob
erts I ohdtoaraphs. The public here
has taken up the button fad. with t'.ie
energy equal to anythipg in its history
in America. The bulkf of these buttons
.-.!- imnorted from America, shrc-wt.
manufacturers having secured photo
graphs of the British iofficers likely to
becrmie popular. !
'Major General Baden Powell, by the
way," is now suffering: the fate of all
heroes, in being engaged, by rumor,. to
several young women; in various parts
of the country. ,
? THE WAR SITUATION.
London. May 27. rSpeneer Wilkin
son, .reviewing trje situation at tne scat
of war in South Afmca for- the Asso-
ciated Press, says:
"Lord Roberts is
it
keeping a tight
hand on all telegrams in order not to
dLsciose hi moves.
After occupying
Rhenbster he pushed!
his 1-eft wmg at
once toward Parv s,
where the Vaal
river was crossed onj Thursday. The
whole army secnus to.4iave changed its
direction to the Yen, as Oerrerariiartiil
ton's original right wSng was today; at
Boschbank. half way Ifrom Parys to the
i fail way bridge-at-Viljjewr-frrilh which
is bemg watched by Koberts scouts
General Hamilton iprobably crossed
the Vaal totlay. assisted, if necessary by
a march up the river of the force that
crossed at Parys. The whole force
pfobablv wyi be 'across Vlie Vaat bv
Smlay ?atternboh." Johannesburg then
will be two marches idUlant. I supptise
that Lord Roberts will push on Ocn
eral Hamilton . and perhaps Gen
eral French, to I turn the Bdtrs
while Generals Tucker and 'Pole-Carcw
will attack in front. The Boers; ; a
Usual, must either he enveloped, or go.
Very special efforti will be made to
cut off their retreat, as Lord Roberts
is now determined Ito capture them i
possible. He? reiies fully on General
Hamilton, whose combination of fire
and prudence justifies every confidence
If the Boers escape toward Pretoria,
Roberts will' likely) follow swiftly, and
be at Pretoria in less than a week.",
SAILED LOR CAPE NOME.
ELDER AND NOME CITY LEFT
PORTIxND UST NIGHT.
Loaded With Gold-Scckcrs Bound for
the 'Alaskan Shores Crowds
. Cheer the Ships. .y - .
PORTLAND, Or., May 26 Eight
hundred and -fifty fortune hunters sailed
for Cape iNoane this evening, at 7:30,
on the steamer Geo. iW. Elder and
Nome City. The Elder carried 400 and
the Nome City 450. ; The full number
allowed by law. antJ each vessel 'was
loaded ! to its capacity with freight.
Many "applicants j lor passage were
turned away. . j
Ten thousand peopie gathered at, the
dock and on the railroad bridge to bid
farewell to the departing argonauts.
When the steamers; pulled out together,
the crowd cheered- and every steam
whistle on the water front was let- loose.
The vessels will travel together, if pos
sible., . i ;1 ,;;.; ;
i The Dispatch wilU sail next week.' '
1 MORE TRELSURE HUNTERS. ,
f San Francisco. May a6.- The steamers
St. Paul and Valenira sailed for Cape
Nome today, both I loaded to the guards
and carrying full passenger lists. Tire
number ef passengers on the two steam
ers aggregate more than 900. So far
this year twenty-six vessels have sailed
from San Francisco for Cape Nome,
1 1 m - .
carrymgany where Ironi ten to 500 pas
sengers. t aiany 01 these vessels Jiave
stopped f at Seattle en-route, to ,fiek
up passengers at ? that port. A , great
many more vessels are almost ready
to start Irotn this icity, and it is expect
ed by shipping men that, 4efore the
season closes, fuMy 15.000 people, will
have left this city for the Nome "gold
fields. - !
Fine printing. Statesman Job Office.
WITH .ATHLETES.
Pennsylvania University Wins 'Another
Big i Victory.. ,
'New York, .May 26. Once encre the
Pennsylvania University athletes
proved their skill and stamina against
all the inter-coKegiate opponents inthe
track and field events, by winnmg'tlie
championihrp of r Inter-Collegiate ,th-
I . .Association on ; the Columbia
in. I tli'. afiernoon.
The Pennsylvanians cannot do too
much honor to their wonderful athlete.
A. C. Kraenzlein. In the history of
the associations games, no-athlete his
done what Kraenzlein did today Yes
terday he qualified in four events the
100 yard dash, high and low hurdles
and running broad jump. This after
noon he won three of the events,
namely, the 100-yard dash, - and the
high and low hurdles, Alec Grant, of
Pennsylvania, made a two ;niile ; ran in
better time than it has been done be
fore. His time was nine minutes!, fifty
one arid three-fifth seconds.
The final score by points-was: V Penn
sylvania, 39; Princeton, 26; Yale, 20;
rnrnt-n. i i-2 r Brown. 3 : -New ork
University. - Columbaa 'Bowdom ana
Georgetown, two each. . r ; " t
WILL INVESTIGATE.: jl
Washineton. May '26. The 1 Senate
to-day agreed to the resolution for an
investicataon. by the committee, on Lu
ban affairs.1 of the:Cubaa postal and
other irregularities, . authorizing - the
committee to visit Cuba if necessary to
pursue the inquiry. v .1 1
WAS CATTLE QUEEN.'
The death of Mrs. (Rosalie Farley,
wife of Edward Farley, 'which has just
occurred at her home at .Uancrott, IScb,
marked the passing of one of the most
remarkable women of the state.
Her father was Joseph La Flejche.
otherwise "Iron-Eye," the last chief o!
the Omaha Indians. . Lal lesthe was
the son of a Frenchman, whose love of
adventure broueht him in the early
part of ; this century to r the hunting
grounds of the Omahas. : where j he
wooed and won a dusky maiden of the
tribe. . ' 1 !.
Mrs. Farley s mother, who is still liv
ing on.. the Umana reservation near
Bancroft is one of the -lew pure blood
Omahas that remain. f
'Rosalie was a woman of rare business
Qualifications, and conducted large en
terprises successfully. For years she
had leased many thousand acres of
grazing lands of the Omaha tribe and
was long known as the; cattle yueen.
A French electrician, M. C. Tissot
has made' an interesting lnnovationr-m
the receiving apparatus used in wire
less telegraphy. As nearly every ;one
knows, the sensitive element of the re
ceiving end of a) wireless telegraph sys
tern is a small glass tube full of metal
lie filings and having terminal wire
so that it can be put into a circuit with
a battery and a telegraph relay. When
electric waves impinge upon this appa
ratus.. which is called a coherer, 1 the
grains of metallic powder in the tube
seem to join hands and form conduct
ing chains so that current passes from
the battery and affects the relay.; To
break" these chains I and prepare T the
coherer for another ? signal it has been
usual to employ some variety of me
chanical tapper to strike the tube gent
ly and loosen its , 'corvtamcd nowde
causing it to "de-cohere." M. Tissot
has found out that if the metallic ipow
der in the tube be of tron or jstec
placing the . pholeapparatuSv in the; fiel
of a comparatively weak magnet causc.3
the filings automatically to de-cohere,
thus removing the necessity for, th
tapper with its delicate and untrust
worthy adjustments.; y
' 1 1 ; 1 - ,
"A new development in electro-metal:
lurgy comes from Switzerland. While
that country has taken an advanced
position in engineering and man b fact
nre. especially in electrical work, it ha
been seriously hampered by the! fact
that no coal is found in its territory
and that on this account ' all the iron
employed in its workshops more than
ten ; million dollars worth annually
has had to be imported, mainly from
Germany. At the same time muc
iron ore of good quality exists In the
country. A new scheme for smeltin
these ores by means of the electric
furnace has recently been devised, an
a concession has been-obtained for the
working of a bed of hematite ores In
the Bernese Obcrland near 'Meiningcn.
mi aerial ropeway will transport th
ore to the village of Innert Kircheu
below the mountain ledges on which
it is found. Thei water iower of th
river Aar in the immediate vicinify wi
be used,' the concession allowing - th
development of 60.000 horse power.
is. to be hoped that the .electric wrocess
will be entirely successful as it nrom
lses to be. lor Switzerland is a country
of magnificent ;watcr powers andlhis
new outlet affords an admirable oppor
tunity to put them to the best Use.
I think I love and reverence all arts
equally, only prii:ng my own just
above the others; because inv it I cc
bgnize the union and culmination of
my own. To me it seems as if when
God conceived? the world., that was
IPoctryjjshe foftfried it, ; and that -was
sculpture; he colored it, and that; was
painting; he peopled it w-ifch j living
beings,' and thai was the grand, divine,
eternal xlrama.-Ciiarlotte Cushman.
BOOKKEEPING 5000 B. C
A Jeweler's Guarantee in the Time of
Artaxerxcs I. . -: .
The leading artjle in. Ainslce's Mag
azine descries-the University of- Penn
sylvania's excavatjotts' at Nippur.. The
article reads in part: .1 ! ;!
"The mounds which are being exca
vated at Nippur cover several distinct
cities, each ore apparently paving .-cn
founded on the ruins of the city whfch
preceded it. It would seem that when
a temple had crumbled - away a w ne w
dynasty would level the ruins by build
ing a platform over them. On this the
new temple would be built. Five t-r
more of such platforms have been dis
covered! in Nippur, and eaich one rep
resents !an interval of centuries. Each
city in a anner became the cellar of its
successor., and one can intagine in the
millenniums that passed somel inhab
itant discovering a strange; passigeway
beneath; his house winding down to
wonderful caverns. Yet th platforms
seem' to have kept the periods quirt:
separate. Of course, f those objects
which are comparatively re:eit hwere
found not far below the surface of the
mounds. Such for instance, cre the
business : records of the firm of 'Mura
shu Sons, of Nippur, a concern which
thrived j at tbe time of Artaxe'rxss I..
jfa years before Christ, Thic tablets
in a Kn.c, oioesi uo)k jieoinu
1 - . 1 . . . . .... . "
rcconis an tne worm, yi'rot. Hilorccht,
in telling how he found them, sajs:
" 'While cxplor'uisf the central part of
the northwestern ridge 01 the Vutns of
Aippur we d'scovered a room (5.5x2.75
mitres ; widcj about 'six metres : below
the surlacc. Its .cei.ing. had co!I.i.-C'I
ong ao; it side walls, for the j;reiier
part, were in nuns, and the clay lloor
was covered wit hp earth rand nibb'sh
from above.; :, A Rng of trained Affe
workmen was ordered to remove the
debris that filled the room, when siulf
dcnly they noticed numerous clay tab;
tts lyin noon the floor. A tew ficur$
atcr the whole room hart been car tulijr
searched and cleaned. Seven hundred
and' thirty tablets, were gathered and
safety stored in the castle ot '.ur iort
fied camp. "'':;:'- !''-'y
1 After a critical examination of the
building itself, and of .he conditicn,
position and contents found therein, ij
became evident thai the excavated
room had been once nsrd as a niisjneis
archive of the apparently wealthy a:1
nflueJitial firfn of Murashir Sons. Of
Nippur, who lived in the time of At-
taxerxes I. and Uanus JI.. in whose
reigns the documents are datid.'
'These tablets arc mortgages, notes.
legal contracts and agreements of fell
kinds, and to read them as they have
been , translated by 'Prof. Hilprecht f t.e
would almost i believe them to be th
work of a modern notary. I'erhaps tne
most remarkable record is; tne first one
translated.' It is a guarantee that an
emerald set in a gold ring vill not fail
out for twenty years. It reads as fol
lows: . ' . : -
'Bel-ad-iddina and Uiislium. sons
of Be! and Halt of 'Bazufcu, 5pokc .unto
Belnadm-shumu, son of M urn hu.'thhs
As concerns the gold ring set w:th an
emerald, we cuarautee that -for twenty
years the emerald will not fall out of
the gold ring. 'If the emerald stioUia
fall oujt of the gold ring before the end
of twenty years, Bclad-iddina. ISelshu
na and Hatin shall pay unto Bcl-na Jin
shumu an indemnity- of ten mana o
silver.' , -
"This is a sample of the remarkable
documents foundin the archive rojin
which in our day would have been a
vault or an iron safe. Murash". son
must have carried on an extensive bus
ines. which lasted over fifty years, dtir
ing which timethey acted as agents ;'or
the wealthy Persians who did not care
to attend in person to their large es
tates in the hot and malarious Babyl v
nian country, bit Sensed their fields an;
other property to the firm, 'and lived
from their revenues in the cities with
their manifold luxuries and attractions
All tiiis is quite evident, from the many
contracts, leases, bills 01 sale oi laud
orchards, slaves, oxen, etc., taken from
the debris of that ancient room, j
PROJECTILE AIR.
Physicians in South Africa, says a
press report, now have another theory
for .explaining away the charges made
by bofh Briton and Boer that the oth
er is using explosive bullets. The ex
tensive laceration often found in ! bul
let wounds is now said to be due tea the
air which the bullet drives before it
into the wound. "The existence oi this
phenomenon ' can be proved easily. If
a round bullet be dropped into a glass
of water from the height of a few icet
it will be seen that when tne bullet
touches the "bottom a large buUble of
air will become detached and rise to
the surface.' ; In this case the Imbble
will usually be from ten to twenty iimes
the size of the bullet Now, a Mauser
bullet, traveling at high speed, is said
to carry before it a bubble of compress
ed air of large dimensions. Experi
ments made by a surgeon who fired a
pistol ball -into a glass of water showed
the bubble In be 100 times the sjze of
the ball. .. From the appearance t the
wounds and ' from these experiments it
is concluded that the mass oi air driv
en by a Mauser bullet explodes sin the
body of the wounded man with tufli
cient force to cause extensive laccra1
tion. lnis (destructive air-bu!iiie is
well ; known , to surgens undcir the
name jof projectile air." Literary Di
gest.; , f; . i- ' - '. j
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A patent was issued last week for a
"motor-driven Car for use in warfare,"
which, if it is ever built, will be a fear
fully; destructive engine of devastation.
It is' nothing more than a battleship
oh wheels, , or an armored automobile
full of guns' and other terrifying weap
ons, and also, adapted to be so charg
ed with electricity that rash storming
parties attempting to board it will in
stantly be electrocuted, j I
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TO BOMBAY-BY RAILl
Alrc-.dy the enterprising Muscovite
has extended the scoje f hc Trahs
Caspian Railway to s.ucli a degree that,
the London Daily Mail says, Russian
cars are actually, running ,vvctf "trtside
Afghan territory,' Kirshk, an Afghan
frontier town, ii pract:cally i;t Russian
hands, and a ralway is already- rndtr
constr'iction to Jlcfat. that is . the
situation on Afghaiiiitan's norther;!
frontier. - -f
jn tne soutn jjritish ind-a .s appar
ently not less active. The Babl :hi-tah
railway system terminating at Guli?tan
Kre, on the Afghan .oorder, is to be
extended, and already wor,k :S being
pusheel lorward in order to connect
Kandahar, with the Indian railroad sys
tem.' . .; , . '
In Central Asia. Russia is actively
engaged in surveying and constructing.
When this is completed nil that will re
main in order to make it o.issible to
run a train from Calais to Bombay will
be to link up the chain Selwc!;:, Iletat
and Kandahar ati insignificant distance
of 585 English m;j.-. ; ; ;
, That link bcirtg made, and the Ccn
tral Asian Railway finished, London1 to
Bombay will mean that the only chance
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r sea-sickness' will be on 'he 't-..
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is a low estimate. This speed ii nn
the average considerably, exec tiled even
on ..Viatic railways, and, 01 tourvo"
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Two chancjes of cars would be nects-
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the Indian frontier. This would le
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WAGERED III31IOUSE .ND LOT
A groiip of politicians wtre teKirsj
stories of their experience, (says t)c
Detroit rrte. i'ress. and one who hl
travelled in several states aiid worked;
for a number' of oartie. saidi
'I was in Chicago on tlecftion night
in 1884. 1 The Republicans wfcre chi.
ing the ; election, and there ykere tii;i
wiicn it looked as if 'they ' 'ero right,
I wastorinccU'd -with thq Chica
headquarters of General Lgan. wli.)
was, Blaine's running mat. -Toward'
mornin'g he telegraphed the iiepiil!icqn
committee at Wash ington itr the ex
act facts, not for darn-. Vv'-if.l ua; 'ni
oacic tiiat uiaine nau ocqn. tielcated
t PV - U u it lliv Jlu SiJ.-". -tlr
York.V - j . r j . ' .
"I started j for horn- nndj having a
long distance to go looked! for. a eaV
but there was- none in sipt. Son a
the driver he said he iu l a jnun insMc.
I asked the I passengtr ii'hf had any
objection to my riding with him i' I
would pay my ;share of the hickliir'!,
and he agreed.
Jdv, liui iib-'M wa .hi ir.usi 'ie-
1 jccted-looking fellow in fie worKL He
leaned his hcadjagimt J.ie siuc.of the
carriage and occasionally . let out a
groan. I finally' asked: tWhat'j the
matter? Somelody . tlcul?
" Wrorse than that: I'm
there may be somebody
ruined, and
dea 1 I t fore
"How is that?" I askedj r
"'Well, you see. said'hc, 'I pot mar
ried not long ago to one 01 thc-niret
girls in the world, and hef father gave
us a nice 'house and-lot
to start life
with. I thongtt it would!;
he a . inch
that Cleveland would be elected, mort
gaged that I house and 1tf md oct all
the money on him. Aid n'bw he's jjoit:
and got himself defeated. House iml
lot gone, and f I don't kiiow what to
say to my wife.' And th(t poor fellow
turned his head into the corner and let
go
another i groan.
"'Rut voure not rusn
pd.' I saij.
'You've won our bet.'
"He looked at juc like
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mniion Tr li.-id and he
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t what lr.ior-
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Mv -. Ifritpd. he would
not let rrtc fcn home. I had some expla
nations to make to my wjifc next day."
A FI KAL ACCOUNT.-TTtc final
accnvnVnt I. I. Hurlev. c'xecutor tf the
last will and testament ofj F.liza O'Con
nor, deceased, came up fd
hearing yts-
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anurovttl aiwl
allowed, and : the executor discharged,
after complying with the! court's order
that 2fj per cent of the expenses of t?i
last sickness be paid, all l other matters
being settled up.
How sleep 'the brave. wh sink to rest,
lltr .ill hrr rmintfv' wiihes blesil
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