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U. .WEEKLY. OREGON STATESMAN, Friday, octobeii 19 1900. 1 FFFn smpr; It ' P : : : : CrassSeeds A complete stock of grass and clover eeds. at the lowest possible prices for . first class seeds. t'iveVns a call be i fore huylng. :' , : ?;f n:- r' ,. , EStWSUR k WtllTf, The" Teed Mea f Xol 91 Court Kt, Salm. 'Phone 17S1 DHALLRS IN GRAIN. WHEAT .BOUGHT or lianged for flour and feed at branch office of Aurora Roller Mills, warehouse on Trade street, near High, Salem, Oregon. ": j -f ' --;-" :'- ': m S. BURST & CO. ' . ..- . -. '....... .Aurora. Oregon., Wholesale tlealeys in 'Wheat. Oats.5 Hop.'.'; Potatoes, Onions a ml Ouirni 'ls, i4. Kaletn Agency at office Aurora Roller Mill,, on Trade street, near High... : "-' ... BICYCLE REPAIRING. G. A. ROBERTS Bicycle .Repairing New and Second-Hand Wheels 105 STATE STREET , SALEf!, OR ""tinning AND PLUMBING." T. S. BURROUGHS TINNING AND PLUMBING ... 1 .Gas and Steam fitting. !-Manufacturer .of Hop ant . Fruk , Pipe. 103 State S TeL t$t. Sale m, Or. . PIltSlCfANS; J. f. cooKrM- i-- BOTANICAL DOCTOR "..,', Cure! Consumption, Cancer, .Tumors, Grave' and Kklneyj Trcubk-s, Asthma. Skin ni Dorre Diseases wklwiirt knife, plasters, posisons or pain. ; Also Blind twr. ' i I i Salm. Oregon,' LIVERY STABLES. FAVORITE 5TABLES 41 X t St.. Sale:iiJ Telephone 701 Livry, Feed and Boarding Horses hoarded iby. day, week or mouth at reasonable prices. The ac commodations are j good ami the rigs are. first- class In (every resect. A sH-ci:iltv inal. of rls for commercial nc-n. 'UAIiAl.AViII & FRANCIS. Proprietors. ; . A. R. PAGE W. A. STEPHENS 1 - PAGE STEPHENS Horses wH 'fed, pood accommoda tion. 'Fine ; Rigs. -Good Itig for commercial -men a Specialty. I A Iorses boarded 4)t'kav week' or rnotli4t. - Red From im, fan wimm'Mii 6 Commercial St- Tel. 851 Salem . RJlAURANTS. The VVonSer Restaurant meals 'jo cents;7 pn l.ir nnl ibt. . Vln-n in tli vlty w "liit- ytiur patrrti;iir.'. jr(i'Ai:i 5j Hyii:. ivop. ... 'JiC I'omitH'nliil StiiM't. Hih'iu. TRY HELlENBRfiHDS - RESIBURE1T 21 rouinitTfUil Strt-t, Kah'im tlod fur Meal for joc Thirty-two joari lu lii.rniss in this city .'iiul liavt f.I more iMHiph than thT! an- in ih-i'W'ju: nB vvi-n AvHI plea'd. Mrali at all lnmr. v a v.iii:ij.enbi;ani. Kilt KKXCK IC'dT. mated with ..Carbolincum Avcnarius.. Will out wear CM.ir It In a It.i1ical Hemeily Auamst t'hlckeu lis plKtnu ! tho tniMe walls tt IhjUi- tvrmin,it- all" l.OB. ' l' KttUti! ll-iilthy CliU k npL'Untr rfn. WtTu? .Cr clreuUX and iiricea ttaJ kuen . ikn tl.i ppvri ... ' ' It. U. W'AIK CO.. Agent. f SALtm. OttKUON. SAlEMiRONWORKS : i " 1 , - Your Work Solicited- , GEORGE L SLY, SupH WOVEN WIRE FENCING At err ally rluwd prico.. INtultr. Xfttiu?, l-ickcts tan.l Shlnghf ' SALEM FENCE WOHKS WALTKlt isiOHLE Y. Prop. . W 'State Stn-ot, fih'in. :o (hlKltS rAMI'AUSX. or--nor T.T . t;,rivra in lVllou half uf Sutulav. TIehnl lwt-n In HtMitlvern Idaho, caiiiimijrnUijr? for th Ii pul.li taiis. Ho xpokD at llol-M. Caldwell. amHrll2 t;ions Firry ml one oth er town, wher 1. Zocnl aiidk'nw and rr;tt cnthvs:a-ru. Thi Idalm i:.'pnl.?I-:ii state comtnittop liad seven .lty vf Jovernii i: tlnte aud as pijiiNil part t tlx' jmtheru hair of th tau inrd partita tho uortlK-rn half TIu tluveruor left . lVndleton for -the northern ttuft-ttR on. the!tlflayel imlu. JU wfnt to ilos(Mw -direct. ;overnor ii.r had not nurch to ay ttbont te l:oiml)liean eaiujicilsn.1 rreft-rrlns to n;wt the people liere resrardles of po litical attiliatimi. Many former fiituiU Ainl old-time aeinelntanees of tlta Yiilau;?tiei ralley ealletl "on him. 1-erlns th tuornlnj; lie wa a'cuest of State .Ilrjjreseiitative I. It. Ueeder. I ve.dh'toii K.-ti. STANlAltI tlnKACTY. ,' Hoax I don't rtnl.rta ud what niukn h in ! It;t.c.sr , tliat lie kIi juM Iwav sinak of hlmio handunje. Joax tiuite ti irnUlHr of im-od! h!Te told Iiltikf that lte loofcp Jike Eajrss.-rhlladt'Udilii . Jteeord. .... : ' ., Sappiugtoo Yoursler Jbos wevl u.uiih to t-at. . . 1 ... . .." Little Koduey She does eat.-Juds. i. nva..:vw.v.. v for infants and Children. Castoria i a harmlefis substitute for Cantor OH; Panu ' Coric, DroiM and Soothing- Syrups.' It is Pleasant. ; It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic fitibfttancc. It letroj-s "Worm ami allays Feverishness. ' It curen Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic . it relieves Teeth-" insr Troubles aud cures Constipation. It regulate the Stomach and lioweU, girinar healthy and natural sleep. . The Children Panacea The .Mother Friend. . . -i The Kind You Have - Always Bought; 1 Bears the Use For Over 30 Years. GRASS Our stock ot Grass Seed for fall sowing is complete, and we invite all seed users to call and examine same before purchas ing, as we feel Sure that the ijualitr, as well a3 the prices, can't be beat. t .3 SA VAGE & REM, Seedmen 322 and 324 Commercial Street, North o P O. CLUBBING LIST or Twice-a-Week WEEKLY OREGONIAN, per year....... TWICE-A-WEEK STATESMAN, OUR-PRICE, BOTH PAPERS- -$1-50 ; PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, per vcar. TViCI-A-WEEKSTATHSMAN, per ... DOTH PAPERS - CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN. ? per TWICE-A-WEEK f STATESMAN, BOTH PAFERS IKJAKUS UAIKYMAN, wr T TW1CS-A-WEEK STATES! ear IAN, BOTH PAPERS ORF.r.ON POULTRY "JOURNAL, TWICE-A-WliEK STATESMAN, BOTH PAPERS NEW YORK TRIBUNE, per year TV1 CE-A-WEEK STATESMAN, BOTH PAPERS . TIIRICE-A-WEEK NEW YORK TV1CE-A-WI:i:K STATESMAN. BOTH PAPERS . McCATX'S MAGAZINE finclndinp: a TWICE-A-WEEK STATESMAN, BOTH PAPERS ........ $1.80 ftie Pacific Homestead, SALEM, OREGON V,:;,::r ; Tlrr5 Lcadiii farm lV&cr otthfi 'Pacific :North- f . f -.west' f 20 -p'flg'o illn9trate3 weekly, fl per year. p '-' ' We want good agents and soliciUrs and to such --j will pay a liberal commisiion. Write for terms. ' c Advertisers should patronize the Homestead.. CIRCULATION, 5,000 WEEKLY v Special rales on long; time contracts. Clubbing rate with the Twice-a-Weck Statesman, if paid in advance, or within six months after giving the order.- Address , ; i PACIFIC HOMESTEAD, . . bflic in Stafcsman Building: - SALEM, OR. The srrvps of smiditless lewder in n!tid4'm wflriare hai N t n siuh as to tifipt a man of an Iuvnti v turn of mind to nianufaetur-. jiwJ'r whU-li is aid to U7aUo toisiK-5s. It in ttie hiventlon of a HIrtiuui workto;iu who Mtndiktl the t hmltry of xpW!res In thl eon u try. He lias alnaly triv.-n a inlva-te-i xhihition of the practlralwlity of hi Oiwovery with ; eonsnk-ralde M"-T!j. A fhell loadrtl with LH iw der wa . fiml at a ' tarset ." f.Tanl a.way, anl tho nly soiiuol ind'watlns; the explosion wa a the falling of the plnnT .of tLe .: ;..heIL- Uohuenjral. whieh i the name of tlw inventor has not. It H said, yet sold the secret of. the process, hnt ; i still in treats wlih dinviient orernnH'titi for it purehaf . ? ; ':':;'!.; '"'' '' j 1 . . ' 'i- ? mEXTIFICATlOX OF R-RKS. Iu'onlr to prretit a mixing up of the .'newly lwin in the obstetrical ward's, the physician of John IIop kln hospItaL r.alttmore. apply Ie twen the laby's honklcrthid4s a square of wateroroof adhesive plas ter, on which la written the litth ou uaiue, Tbi. loinaiuw s.H-ure until tLe babv and its m)tUer leave tlie hos pitaL when ri' 14 puIW, off without Klyluff the Infant pain. v Signature of , THK- Statesman ,............4i.5- .....$i.oo I per year... year.. . ..$1.00 . ...Si.oo 1 ' . $1.50 yczr.. ...... a.. .. per year...j..i.. ,....$1.00 --$1 .35 ... ,.....tl.OO .....$i.on ier year.... ... . $1.75 per year per year , w -..-$1.25 ... per year. ... ........ :::::::!! .00 oo1 1-25 WORLD, per yer... rr year . ..... .$1.00 . $1.00 .... $1.G5 free pattern to each jet year subscriber) . .fl.oc tf t.uv SLlPrKUIN!- OF F18IL Why fish are s!ipjery,t is accounted for In this way: .The slhuy coating proicets them from Hie attack ,f fjiugns. n form of plant 15 f. found In all water. If a fish 1 nnoiiverwl ty sliitie the fungus lod-scs on the skin and 'prows until in tlnie It kills tlie lisk. j Tlw slime helps al5o to Increase Hh sihI of I1k Ush through 'tire .wa ter. ..'.. PEACII AND PEAR - SALAD. For"a wach and near salad fresh ,tlpe fniit shtmld be ohI. Feel t lu lars and cut Jbetn Into slices. 'Pare snVqcarti4r the peaciM's. int toeni Jn Inyers Into a jrlas illslu with sweet ened whipped cream lK-twn each. tf:xt.clf.s of tiie ocroprs. "These trusts are ruining oar sport," rou'idalned the hentcr. "Which? The twwder trust? in cnlred the frk-nd. who was looking lor a yoliticai argnnient Xo. The 4eef trust. The farmers charge us double what they ' used to for eons we kill accidentally. Balti more American. SEED MINERSTWIN .: THE STRIKE Big Cobpaales Accede to All the Convention's Demands. MEN TO RETURN TO WORK SOON The Be'adioitr Company and the Leblfb Talley Have Iasoed Notices to Their Employes. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Oct. 17. Thie jrreat strike of the anfbracite iuiiu-worktTs of Pennsylvania, which ljr.ui Sfpteuilx-r 17Ui. prJi.t:-aHy eud tvHhiy wlK'u tlw Philadelphia. & Itcadiu r-il Si Iron rouiiKtny, and the Lehljrh Valley Coal Company a-rcctl to abolish the 'sliding scale lu their respective re-rlons. ' and 4o raut an adveucv in wajjcsi. of ten er cent net. the advance to remain in opera tion to A 111' 1. 111, or tlieteafti'r. ' Tills act km meets the demands of the Scraulon miners -oavcnlJon. The dvcisiou was orriveJ at after a eon ference lietwei-n the repr'seutat.!vts of tlie individual coal opera trst, and the kuge coal-can-ying ciwupauics. It 1st conceded that the result of. today cuufereuce is a smp!eie victory ..for the men. All the demands of rheir convention ar ccedeI to and. a one of tlie individual oiH-nitrs put it af ter the eonference, the oier:ttors j:o a littlo further lu areein to uialutaJn the wage advance after April 1st. Tlie same ojientttrtr aKt in speak'uif of the (xmfereiu-e: - "lit ds up to the miners now. . We have agreed to evything. and noth ing leuraius but for t'heni to.retnrn to work. Just liow soon the oflichil or? der. notifying tho men that the strike has ended, and to retuni to wrk. will Le issued by Predcut Mitchell, can only bo conjectured. Tliere wta-e present it the confer ence E. Itaer and John L. Welsh, di rectors of the Itcaddug t'ouipany. and lepnted rtreseiitatives of tlie organ intc-nikU it that company; Presi.knt Il.irris aud t.eneral Manager I lender- son kf tlie l'bikidelphia A: Heading, txal A: Iron t'omiMiny: John It. .t.ar retfc, vice-lkreaideut of the Lehigh Val ley Ttailroad t'onjitiy. t'ongressman William ("onntll. of Scruntau, an lu div'diral oiv'iaior: IIerlK.t M. Howe, reir!--euUug A. Panic & Co.. and A. . Kimvror, of Mauch Chunk, repre w nting Khuerer & AVhitney. The ftmfcrcnce Ti'sulted in an agree ment to acctsle to the douKinds made? bv tlu niiionvorkers' convention. The Philadelphia & Iteadrng Coal te Iroa Coinpany at once .issued tlie following statement: j ' "It lHrrlv wiihdrafW ' 'ht no-tk- rwwix.l un irctoHr ti. s im. i and 4 biiujs' about . practical nirormity In ttre advance or W.ig 5ti lie several t-r,al regions. givi'S iwrtice that it will KtispctKl Hk oiiera-Mon -M the soling scalv. will pay ten jier.' -cent" advance on 4-ptenilH'r wige utU v, April t. IOoJ, and thereafter unttl-furtiicr no tice will take up -with .-the' mine era phyes any grK'vaucs which they may lt.iv..." The iAhigh Valley Company, in vhfse Tcgijn the i-liiling scale i a1s, in ieratiHiu. will isoK a similar no lle, as will alst 1m imlividual iTat ors who were represented at the meet ing. IX IJIiR.iT KTREXGTII. Irish Nationalists Have Made tlaius .iaah EU?tkns. New York, Oct. 17. The Irish Na tionalists lKive:. ret timed to Parlia ment with nniliminished mwngth, says the Tribune's Iondon corresjond eht. TIm llealyites were dfcateil in the final faction tight In mid-Tippvr- firr. 94 tbev 1mV been throU2hoit the muv;lt.VMT. Healy after challenging Mr. OTlrlea to a trial or strengtn. nas lrty now eon si ?s of the Fnitcd Irh league has triumphed all along tjie lii.u' wiiii. Mr, ITttrKni as chief rgani- tzer oml paymaster.- '.The National p-ji-ty now.cosist of tke Uttrusl Irish tl tlehnoiid as Its leader. ami O'Brien as the.lnaster machinist. JUST COME AND SEE 1 " LORD LVRGAN 2d 99 Score 94 34, ay Gore tf :'.. Service Fee $3, - ;.i Mrs. Rush, the noted Judge, says be will soon score more than 93 points. ; Does and litters cheap. Hoes bred and unbred. . Plenty of youngsters ready to sell In pair, or singly. I (live the boys and girls a chance ta make easy money by raising them. Will exhibit Hares t the State Tair. : See Them. , . Marion Square nabbitry r. A. WELCH. Prop. : . 391 Commercial St., Salem, Or I n I THAT Do " I SELL... You Pedigreed' (ROW? Belgian Hares . ; w j ,' I . ' ' at .. - j to i I $50 ,.-'"' Each...... Mft Ilealy tr nlylirtrwra&.' a the Irish siile- r ,0 lT- y-v t ; 7- The Irish party H now tuorA eoju pletely organized tlian It-Jia leen since Parnell had It in ; the hollow of his hand. Neltheri the Qikvu's visit to Dublin nor the glamour of the "khaki" campaign ha? serve to di vert, the, sympathies of tbe ltfrtili leo pks from their own places. Action teuJ-s have Only ftreiil them together ?u a closer and firuHr organiaation. . The Unionists majority tin the new House of Commons will be 1X2. lie fore tlie dixsolatiou It was ti!S. nnl aJJter rle general election of lHXi itf was l."2. Xever lefore In the history of .-England, has the governimut lnn returned to oower for a second term .with such a preponderance of votinit strength, and not olnee the passing or the nrt reform bill in 1SS2 until the present tn't-askai lias 1 he Conservative larty beea to succsful at the ttolls, after opiealjug for a verdict of tie country. - ' . .,' Election Bets. The election !ot Is abroad in the land, aud js making itself felt. It al ways, doj,': for then was nev(cran election held that there, were, not Itefs maih on the resnlt. - - The larg4st cash lM't u far made public is he one of f'J'MHsJ on the election of Bryan. male by Richard Croker, the Tammany leader. againt $riMo by louis W. Worniser,.n XeW York Kan'ker. Mr. Croker kt JmO.ikk) which he let In on the election of Van Wyck for 4overnor of Xew Yt:k. find he is letermin! to get his money li:ick In Xovemler. Mr. Worin ser has made many other liet on .Mc Kinley, tlM total so far reiorted 1k Ing in the iieighlorhOid of a quarter of a million, dollars. . lie gives odd of S o 'J. and tlHre are photy of iHmocrats with money ; to , take him fip.... . ; -' . ..-! t In. St. Iiil there have not so far leen ,iy imiortant Im1 recorded. One geutlemau. connected with a wholesale Iron linn. iiufesi.s tliat he luis. sixteen hats 41 nd four suits of clotlies at .take: and. as he. I netting on iM.cKink'y,- lu I lwginning to f'l He is so uncertain. in.- fact, that the last let le mnk was at evens a ?." lint against a if.1 hat Instead of at odds of 7 to .. a $7 hit against a hat. which bad leen hi offer lH'fore. This geutlemau Is not as bad off as was the Xew Yorker who. In 112. had ..irj hats at stake. He was iK'tting on dlarrlson, and It cost him. more thaji $l.rs, to pay off. One ImH that was made iu Sc. ixmis in 1K1M; has not. so far as known, Imh'11 repcatwl this year. It was be fwwn two Fninklin avenue residents, and the terms of 1t' were that the hwer was to eat a live cK-kroach. And he dld-r-without salt, jtepiier or any con diments. Reeenijy the SurMl.iy Republic told of an cle ii(Hi lst out of tlie ordinary that had lxen 'made in Xew Mexico. The stake Is a bride. If Bryan Is elect sl. .lames Howard is to maxry Mary Johnson: ; If McKInley Is elected, tin ternw of the wager which are with the father -of the girl call for the cessation1 of the yoitug man's court' ship. This case Is. of course, very different4 from! the flsr. rejcordeil h'C tion bet. but ''still tttorc are points that suirgcst - a - nscmblance. In tb.' time of Pliny, ever so many years Itffore time 1egan to ls counted A. i rich prtffriclan lKt one of bis faviifit: nivts Willi a graiulee-'ont'"llr result of an cks-tion. Wlielher the lKr was at evens one wife against annUicr wife, or at odds, one wife against two or 'three wives, or whel h r ral estate, 'cash or a cask of i-r-fume, was tlie other end of the wager, history dic not record. At any rate, the patrician lost. an the grand:' colhn-ted the wife. It so hapcnod tliat the grandee already had all the wives he wanted, and lie did not see his way .-clear to add tin oiher one to his household. But he had a frknd .who, having recently moved in a Lwger flat, was short a few wlv-s. and lsthought him that It worrid N a generous tiling to present him with his winning. And he did so. uiudi to his -political profit. . Coming on down to the early days of .the Amorlcnn Republic, it is rc eonk'd that In a Campaign Itetween Federalists ami Imierats. a ask of ale was wagered on the result by two prominent men of Philadelphia. The tiTins Were that the ale was to 1m drunk 'at', tlie Bine Anchor Tavern. In Dock street, then a widely patronized liKi. A fortnight ofter the election was held enough returns bad come lu to'sliow the "result, 'and the let was paid. Tliere was a good, old-f ash-joii'.-d ,' jainlor,e at, the ale driukiug. and lef ore the night was ended the whole party was in the hands of the nlght'watch. Tlie newspapers of the day got hold of thestory and primed it, but. after the fashion of those, days, no names were given. Ami. also after the fashion of theday. the Iittk affair referred to as "a brawl and affray," when in these days it would le called a ease of "ilrunk and disorderly." Following the course, of time anl tlie ekvtlon tiet. it is found tliat nltont twentj year ao Jay ouhl put up a steamioat as a stake on a,n elect lou. Whetlier the other 11 rty to the wascr pnt up another steamboat, or an equivalent In asli. real estate or railj rceid stocks and londs. 1 not record ed; but at auy rate Mr. (Joitld won. Later he sold the stejimlKiat he bad waecred to an actor. wIjo eonTeriMl it into an excursion lHit and jrot rich. .When fleoree FrancU Train, the .-ec centric lived In Omaha some 'years Sgo. at the time when he was prottU- IK-Ut in the building of the I ulon Pa cific railroad. It came to ikiss that an election w wlieduhnl. Ir. Train thought lie knew how the election was going, and to prove' his courage, made a wager that if his man wai defeated be would wear a duck, suit all the year round. Mr. Train's guess was bad. ami be kst. He lived np in tlie letter of the txt. : liowcrer, and for a whole winter one of thoso Omaha winters, too. in whkh the tliermimeter takes sudhm and nner- pecte.1 -ilipn to far below to, and blizzards eorne along overnight and freeze everything that 1 not actually on . lire he wore, white duck. There were tliose who aid he violated the snlrit of the bet by wearing half a dien nits of ntvlerclothes nailer his white dock. But Mr. Train could grand criticism better than- he could stand an attack of pneumonia, and re fnsed to aband.n bis warm under clothing. ' " s They tell enotlierstory 'of - an 'dee tion Ix't In the blizzard country. It is to the effect that hi IS, Ezeklcl TlnitiK-k oriIunnewcll.Kas.. made a et in these term i If Cleveland was defeated lie woukl join the church.. TlmrtKk was a gentleman with a rcj utathm as a tough Aid a bad, man generally. lie had long sxrnel re llgitui. and ciirsetl. r4igioiihts, S.) his let was a heavy oue. Well, he lost, lliere ? w ere fiiany who 1 bought- he would l k out. jsnd eomiromls, ljy giving the winuer a big farm, or eomething of the kind. But lie didn't. He made Application, for uieuilKTship In the chun h. It -so happened, how ever, that the. deacons knew the terms iof the lct. and Ids application was -i blackU-illol. Tlmrm k thought thfs releasol him, hot the man who . bekl the oilier end of , the wager In sisted that be had not iiJ up. -Tlui-riH-k etisldensl that he was Insulted, and promptly there was a shootlug match. I loth were equally quick on tlie -trigger, ami Uth were equally giMtil shots: and tin result was. tlie death "of both parties. The 'coroner sniuiiACiod i Jury, and when tlw In- . quest: was over a verdict holding the , chnrch resonsible,; beause it had , rejected Tlmrock'a j application, was roturm. v The coroner declared ids i Intention of setting aside the verdict.' i aud lu the ensuing quarrel with the foreman of the jury Imili men were killed. Then the citizens tok a haruV it the matter. They declared that as all the itrlnclials were, dead; ev trylHuly had loon punlshel: and as there was a chance that a. further dn-'.'.j vestlgathi iuto the case Avouid cause other deaths and iieihaiw the ester- nil nation of. the whole settlement, no . j more' lnqu.sts shoul.l le iK ld. There- ; fore the' matter whs. allowed to drop, i In the eamiKiigu of issl an cnthu- i slastic Rclubli;an! nierchant of Otna- j ha was s firmly of the opinion that ! Blaine would le ek-ted that he tet ' his building, stiick atiil business, vnl- ! ued at ltlMSM agaliist f4UMKt cali j put up by a Democrat. As soon as the question of w-ho liad been elected' j was settletl the wluuer went around to collvet.' He' found. .the , loser ready. . to pay vq. and ilhe transfer of the proiK'fty wa iuale witiiont fiirther . Ofh. Theu the wluuer. iu a spirit- of giurosit3-, invited tJie losr to go cut with him and have a driuk. Tlve loser did so. and 1hey' had a jolly time lor fully half nn hoifir. whett the winner had to hurry back! to take charge of ; tils stn-e. The loser. Who had not a dollar hft In the world. walkel chM- Hy to his homo, found a iwnfortabl.v plaet in the garret anl -haugeil him self to a Tafter. i In lsix! 11 Xew York man made a wager of ."mkki on the ehH tkm of McKInley. lie won. ' of " course.- As! he bad no particular ned ; for tlie; money, he invited n crowd of frien ls. including the losr. to 'help him khii I It. When the guests igalhi'n'd. he usherel them Into a stabk. where he invited IIkmii to sit down o,t a long tabl spread among the stalls. And then such a sumptuous dinner as was MTVed! The host liad sjent the whole' $i"V"0 on . tlie dinner. One of the 'i courses .was a huge 'pie, which, when 01 x tied, revealed four-and-twenty live canary binis. It W not. rcsNinhsl that the birds, liegaji j. to sing-but the. guests. did. .: A man who has made' a, study of siu'h tilings, and Is of stalNftcat lurii of niiml, 4stiiuates that ihe'cji.iuip.i.'n that was IhI on the clectlli' or IS'.H was HUtlirlcnt in quauiity '10' lijt lsdlt ' basins of Compton Hill reservoir; that the' beer M-oubl have f nriitslied a kf-z to 'every man.-woman and -h'ld iu St. Louis, East St. Tsuls iii Belle ville; that there wen- ei6ugh, silk hats to give one fop ploct' to every, actor in the .'world:' eneiigh . derby' hats to n dor n all tlie denizens of tle Bowi-ry; enough ghtves to equip th.1 entire iiopulatioti i orr Kansas City; citaugh uuibrclbM to coter tlie :ule watershed of the McjrTiTuac river, ami enough cais to' cover the-top floor of the Eals i bridge. Il also esti mates t hat i the 4-nergy wasted in, wlus'Hng wIiuhts in wheelbarrows 1 would run thirty-two 7"Mnrse myt r t iignies for cix lays. nine hours, for-v ty-fur tnintilcs and seven "seconds. St. IauiIs Republic. (Iieui.) THE PIUXCE REKJXS. . m Ktokholni. 0fj' 17. At' today R's-" sicn of I he Douiu-i) of sta te It was de- i' chhsl to etilrustj the government .f . tlw country to the Orown. 1'rince Cus tavns. during ithe illnesjrjviti o. ;ir. Tlw Crown Priiie. wjiTPx 'rown Princess and their eldest son. Cusias vus, -start Friday fw t'lHistiana. where the Crown. Priu-e Mil Ioi.-u tlie Hvvrr, bthiv and take IIhv oatli Iwfore the. hlou'. Iving Oscar passed a uuief-' night, but dK-s uot gain sirenglli. I - . 1 - ; , - i :..-.. r I-. . FOR ARMOR PLATE. ' Washington, fk't. 17.T1k' tua t ter of adjusting the differences' lieUvccti the armor plate oiiirtiies .-umI tlie Xavy Iliartuieot,!, wulcU .Secretary Iong Iiojm m can Is arranged eventilally.'wrll go over tint 11 -after the tsecn-iary re turn from his Western trip. Fjmmi bis rMiurn another onferc.ne will lie hHd with the aepreseata lives of tln armor IiLtto compiinie and a favoralde out--oiiie is .luticifBited. THE TWELFTH CEXHl'i. M'ashlngtoii. Oct. 17,-The enumera tion work of fle Twelfth Cpiiwi is eomihieL atnl tlie euurua'tors are pra-1ically nil paid. Tliere wctv. 71, ss eiiuiiMTators, and 2.7 suiM-rvisrs. T1k cot f enumeration will Im altout H:2it,i). Uio' report of tlM Census Bureau, wlicn eomph'lcd. W.H1 iscuiiy ciglit Volumes-of i lotwj jmges each.' :. TRAIN WRECKED. , . ' m ' Roseburg, OcUlT. Sonihlouhd tniin Xo. was wrwkel . ten miles south of Itoseburg this uiorulng. . Tlx track in'ad, letting an exirres enc on, of tlM track. Twon.iy-ix ; rad lengths of the rack wm torn up. President McKInley 1 so busy a man that he ha to do most, of his reading at nld hours. ; and In orkT .to; got to some lsok lit wlH-h be is par-tk-nlarly interrtMl Im. is often up at an hour when most of Washington i still sUd. ' LtowIou. Oct ' Id. Hir Henry WvUf worth lyke Asland RadclltT, librarian at Oxford I'niversity siuci ISTil, diel today, ageil KTi. f 4 1 , - - A tm U WUJ IM A 14. 1 s ? Ill INFLAMMATION 11? 5 3 I fc-ti (t miMtn. rUrramJftmn.'X''ti, I i-i C')1t. CUitJ Ai. if ALA 1M&1I Oti iJijtg