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T'&frf ry-WTrv5i,rt9--T,-e F7VP -9f" "& ?" I" THE OHIOA.OO B-A.O-3LiHS. ffrwh&tVft NOTES AND COMMENTS. A scientist 1ms discovered that a per on who wears silk tindcrwcnr will '.never ho struck by lightning. This Is a moit Important nnd vnlunulc ml dltlou 1o human knowledge, If true. Kut. unfortunately It seems to lmvc the mime tlrllcloncy tlint mnrs the very rntttnMc proverb: "You cnu iihvnya catch n bird If you put salt on Its tall." A Paris corresiwnileiit of the London Times write: "Quito rece'htl.v a bull fight wns organized nt Dijon, but matadors, toreador, bulls nnd trap pings hnd to go as they came. No body would palronlxp the liorrihle sih'c facie. The thing fell utterly through want of imtroiiagr. It may bo remem bered. Unit a similar llnaco occurred InJ l'ans not. long nuer me cxmuiuoii in 1880. Hull fights did. Indeed, disgrace that lingo cosinopolliiin niTaJr, but ultimately th'e arena was pulled down And the llttlnp sold for n mere song. rarlstniiH wiere disgusted with the whole concern. It Is to lie hocd for the honor of France that the prefects of the South will remorselessly carry out their Instructions nnd banish this relic of barbarism from French soil." Nearly 80,000 barrels of California llmir wero sent to Kngland this year, nnd for the two years preceding there bad been no shipment of this flour. The shipment of Hour from I'aclllc. ports In tlio I'tilled .States to Japan, China, Siberia and Australia Is also Increas ing In n much larger ratio. Formerly what Snn Francisco lost In these ship ments was tnken by the Ihigllsh ports, but the establishment of new steam ship lines for freight from Oregon and Seattle and Tnconm to Astatic polls has kept the Increasingly Important flour export within the control of the United States shippers. It Is n popular Idea that the Indians of North America are fast disappearing nnd that In a few years they will have vauNhed as a race. The truth Is that there nro nearly 250,000 of them, ex clusive of the Alaskans. A sclrutlllc study of the flg Industry in Turkey has resulted In the discov ery of tlm fact that the failure of the Smyrna lig-trecs In California to bear fruit Is on account of tho lack of cap rlllcatloii. It was found that in the fig-growlug districts of the Orient there nn- two distinct varieties of llg trees otio the edible tig and the other the eaprl or wild llg. In Turkey, and in other lands along tho eastern shoro of tin- Mediterranean Hen, both vari eties are Indigenous, and It has been tho custom of the Arab fruit-growers from time Immemorial to gather annu ally bunches of twigs or branches from the capri, or wild llg, aud hang them among, or close to, the cultivated fig-trees. Further Investigation showed that tho reason for this .was Mo facil itate the progress of an Insect known to entomologists as the blastophaga psencs. or llg wasp, from the wild or eaprl llg to tho cultivated fruit. The wasp Iw lKirn In the wild llg. and emerging llicuco goes to tho cultivated llg hearing pollen on Its wings and legs, nnd thus fertilizes tho cultivated fruit when young. Specimens of the capri llg were brought to this State Imme diately. In 181W, when the wild llg tree boro their llrst fruit on Ameri can soil, experiments were made In several localities with tlm policy from them on the green fruit of the now large trees that liavo been Imported from Smyrna. As weeks advanced the fruit that had not Ihcii fertilized shriveled and dropped from tho trees, as It had done each summer season for six years, whllo tho fertilized fruit ripened nnd proved tho peer of any Mint was ever packed and shipped from Turkey. The provMon of tho now CJermnn Civil Code with regard to married women are arousing renewed Indig nation now that tho bill is passed, and Immediately beforo tho decisive day n petition of protest to tho Itelchstag was numerously signed In tho chief cities of the F. in pi re. Tho hardship of the now law Is that It rcalllnns tho principle) of perpetual tutelago for tho Senium wlfo and mother. Hy marri age she Is deprived of control over her property nnd her nctlous and of all tights over her children. Sho Is In a position of subjection to her husband from which English, American, itus xinii, Scandinavian, Austrian, Hungari an mid Italian women have boon freed by the legislatures of thoso countries. To put it brlelly, whllo ninoug 170, 000,000 of peoplo married women possess control over their property, and arc not deprived of tho rights they enjoyed when single, 00,000,000 uru now declnrlng for a perpotuntlou of the barbarous old principles of pre civilized epochs. Tho married stato in Germany Is, as German opinion has forcibly expressed it, to bo made a by word among tho nations. Tho proposed law sets upon mntrlmony tho seal of servitude and minority or wardship; It degrades tho life of tlm nation among people who liuvo raised mnrrlago to a placo of honor nnd equality, Tho Mlhvnukco Journal describes a now stylo of cotilu, which It says has been Invented for wealthy people. To all appearances It is simply- n luxur ious couch. In mechanical construction It is as nearly perfect as can bo made, 'i'lio sides, the ends aud tho comers nro tltted with silver hinges to drop to a perpendicular, and virtually show the cotlln turned Inside out. This inside shows a couch of cxqulslto design and I ho mokt perfect workmanship, mas sive, KuhMuutlnl and elegant. It has n soft hprlug bed and adjustable pll lows, and Is llulshed usually In rich cream-colored silk, with heavy silk ball fringe to mntch. With tho dropping of tho sides tho f lingo falls to tho tloor, forming tho bottom of tho catafalque, and when tho casket is closed forma a rich drapery where tho lining usually Is. Tho perfect arrangement of tho millionaire's cotlln permits its uso also with only the ends and ouo side drop ped, showing then a couch with an upright back. When tho proper time comes all that is necessary Is to raise the eollln sjdes, clamp them together by n slmplo mcchanlcnl contrivance and place tho lid oil. Itecent dUcussiou of the best menus of protecting our harbors In caso of war has called renowed attention to experiments on the power of great guns. Tho result of one. of these ex periments has been used ns nu argu ment In favor of placing guns nt 10 luchcb calibre at certain points on tho coast, lu tho caso refened to a pro jectile weighing 1800 pouida was flred from such a guu, Tho target consist ed of a compound plate of steel ant Iron 20 Inches thick, nnd n second plate of Iron 8 inches thick, backed bv h mass of square oak timber 20 feet thick, backed In turn by a granite wall 5 feet thick, behind which wns 11 feet of solid concrete, while tho rear of the target consisted of a ti-foot wnll of brick. The projectile, fired nt close ronge.pussed through, the 28 Inches of Iron mid steel, through the 20 feet of oak, through the "i feet of granite, through the 11 fiatt of concrete, nnd more thnn half-way through tho 0 feet of brick behind them nil! What, say tho advocates of heavy guns for coast defence, would, bo the chance of nny battle-ship in existence against such n projectile ns that? Tho French people, who have for so long Imposed upon it credulous Ameri can public by shipping back to them ns the finest of French products Mnlno honing and southern cotton seed oil In tho shape of sardines and olive oil, are How suffering from a counter Im position which Is brought to light by United States (.'onsul Germain nt Zu rich. In the course of a report to the State Department on the subject of American dried fruits lu Switzerland, ho speaks of tho success that has at tended tho Introduction In Franco last season of California prunes and then following out the prospects thus opened up, he says that the French receivers are arranging to have all such fruit packed lu cases similar to thoso used lu France mid bearing French marks, so that the goods may be sold to the retailer as French fruit. The posts of mosquitoes In the Frns or river valley is tho same visitation which makes mining lu Alaska In tho short summer one continual torture, lu these northern latitudes the njs qultoos reach a size and ferocity that would nppall even a New Jersey coast farmer, and If Ainskn becomes the great bonanza which Its admirers claim Is Its destiny, the man who In vents something to discourage the mos quito will have within his reach a greater fortune than tho locator of tho richest ledge. Japan Is having a boom. Over $100, 000,000 of local capital has been Invent ed lu new enterprises within n year and there nro already twenty clock, two watch and several bicycle factories, while silk and cotton mills may bo counted by the score. Her foreign trade Is rapidly Increasing ami Is now !?20.".ooo.oi0 n year, or six times as much ns 20 years ago. People who are dlspo"cd to look on o'u tho bright side of things uiv com forting themselves with the relleetloii that the imputation of the country Is Increasing, and that the army worms have disappeared. FIRZS IN GREAT FORESTS. Preventive Work Accomplished by the Fire Warden of Minnesota. The ixqiort of the chief Uru warden of Minnesota has been published, and contains many statements of Interest. As part of the precautionary measures adopted, about 18,000 placards, warn ing against kindling Hies In forests or pralrlo were distributed. Twenty- seven llres lu forest regions, Including those in brush Jands and marshes, are reported. They buiiied over iiu aggre gate area of 8,20.1 acres, and did dam ago to the amount of !j:i,t'J."i. Tho wet weather of last year greatly reduced the losses, lu tlm prairie region of tho western side of tho stato dry, windy conditions were conducive to the spreading of lire, during the pe riod of August to November, mid 10. Held pralrlo llres occurred, burning over about 7:1,000 acres and causing a damage of $.'11,277. In the same terri tory lu 188 about 400,000 acres were burned over. Tho local wardens con trolled and extinguished many tires. The sjate warden had consulted man ufacturers of locomotives lu the United States and Kngland with refer ence to tho best spark arrester. It Is learned that no such device la wholly clUclout, ns tine sparks nro ulwaya like ly to escape. The warden says that tho 7,000 Chippewa Indians who are scattered throughout Minnesota forests are more careful about extinguishing their for est tires than whlto people, Tho greater number of tires nro caused by loeomo tlvo sparks, but tlm careless farmer, burning over Holds beforo ploughing, aud tho threshing machines uro also a great sourco of danger. It Is the business of tho warden to prevent as well ns to extinguish tires. Iu tho for est region of Minnesota tho govern ment still holds 0,000,000 acres of pub lic land. Thoso nro visited by home seekers, timber "cruisers" and hunters. Tho warden rdninrks that "when peo ple become educated as to the true economic values of forests, and to a comprehension of tho danger nnd dam age from forest tires, every man and boy who frequents the woods will bo n voluntary watchman to guard against such llres." About 12,000 workmen are cm ployed In tho logging Industry of Min nesota. It Is estimated that tho total amount of whlto pluo standing Is 14, 421,000,000 feet, anil of red or Norway pine, a,-H2,7.'1OO0 feet. In twenty three counties tliero are . lO.HSD.ono acres of natural forest nnd lu the stnto tliero are 11,800,000 acres of na tural forest, not Including mere brush or swamp laud. The annual cut of pine for each of the past threo years Is estimated at l.noo.ooo feet. The con sumption of mercantile, hard wod lumber In Minnesota Is estimated tit 100,000,000 feet annunlly.-liidlanup-olls News. Wood-Pulp Dressei Worn. Only n few mouths ago wu first heard of allk being made from wood pulp. Hut already wood-pulp silk Is a fash ionable fabric, and dresses iiiado of It are among this season's novelties In Paris. Tliero Is a largo factory esmb llshed for Its production at Itcssaiiieu, France. ' Another will soon bo started at Lancashire, Kngland, In which coun try this artlilclal silk made from wood pulp lias conio quite lu vogue. Its price Is much cheaper than the real silk, It can bo used for evory purpose that real silk Is and others besides, and so near like tho original It Is that It takes a skilled baud to dlstlugtosh It,- A cow w'rindered Into tho town hall of Klugmnn, Ariz., where tho county records aro kept, and sho ate some ot them and tattered tho rest, FOUND-HFTEEU DOLLARS. And How the Clrl In Pink Shirt Waist Would have Spent It. "Look what I have found!" cried tho girl In the pink shirt waist, "a glove with n 15-blll tucked lu one linger and a ten In another!" "My goodness," said the girl In the linen suit, "1 always thought that such a snfo way to carry money." "Why, so did I," snld the girl In tho Inco cape, "I often " "And I," said tho girl In the linen suit, "It always seemed safer than a pockctbook, because everyone knows that is to carry money lu, while no body " "What nro yon going to do with It," "What are you going to do with tho money?" asked tlio glrlin the Insc cap. "f don't know," mild the fill an tho pink shirt waist; "1 supposo somebody will claim it, or I shall sec an adver tisement In .the morning paper to" "I shouldn't look at tho advertise ments nt all," uld the girl In the linen Biilt, "though, of course, if you Just happen to hear of anyone who lost " "Oh, I shall," said the girl lu tho pink shirt waist, "I never did have any such luck." "You could buy some nwfully nlco things with $10," said the girl In tho lace cape. "Goodness me, how hungry I nm, nnd I've only my car faro left." "So am I," said tho girl In the linen suit, "and I've nothing but n punctured quarter. Oh, Klllc do look t, those lovely organdies! If I had $15, I " "Hut you know It really doesn't be long to mo yet; somebody might ' "I Just don't bellevo they will," said tho girl lu the Incc cape. "Anyhow, peoplo who nro so careless deserve to loso their money. Oh, Kflle, I know a place where they have the loveliest ices If I had nny money left I'd treat yoc both, but " "Well, after all, I doubt If 1 ever find out who lost It." "Of course you won't," said tho girl In the linen suit. "If you advertise somebody might get It; then you'd Just bo encouraging vice." "Why, so I would," snld the girl Id tho pink shirt waist. "I suppose the money really belongs to me. How far 1b It to the place where they keep those iced?" "Oh Just a little way. Dear me, Kfllo, how well you look In that new tat!" "Doesn't she? Oh, Kfllo, I heard Homebody pay you a lovely compliment the other day, but I'm too faint to tell It now." "Let us go nnd get some Ices," snld the girl In the pink shirt waist; "wo win have a nice long talk over there. I'll get the organdies when I conio back." "How nice," snld tho girl lu tho laco cape. "Look, girls, hero comes Knld; how polo sho Is, too. Do you suppose Dick has " "Oh, Knld," snld the girl in tho pink shirt waist, "do Join us. Wo aro going for somo Ices, nnd " "Oh, girls, I can't, I'm nearly wild; 1'vo Just lost $ir. It was In a tan colored glove; $5 in ono nnd ?10 why Klllc, you dear thing, you have It In your hand! Where did you Hnd It?" "Over yonder by tho laco counter," snld tho girl In tho pink shirt waist, faintly. "I wns Just wondering how to Ilnd tho owner." "Yes," said tho girl In tho laco capo, "wo were Just consulting ns to tho best plan " "You really should bo more careful," said tho girl in the linen suit. "Sup poso somo dishonest persons had " "I know It. I shall bo inoro careful In future. Now, Kfllo, I should be glad to accept your Invitation. An Ico would " "I I think I must go homo now," snld the girl lu tho lnk shirt waist "I that Is, 1 nm not feeling very well. Can anybody lend mo n nickel for car faro?" Chicago Times-Herald. Chicago's Bridges. Few peoplo realize that Chicago to day possesses moro bridges In number than nny other city In America, Col lectively they constitute a greater total length in miles than any other system. Tho extent of a siuglo span of one of tho swing bridges Is greater than that of nny other bridge. Modern brldgo coustiuctlon Is embodied iu nnd Illus trated with a greater variety of per fected mechanical devices lu Chicago than Is tho caso In any other city In tho world. Standing out like monuments erected to engineering skill, to a people's enter prise, aud to mechanical perfection, these bridges present a greater variety of admlrablo features, and nro evi dences of belter workmanship, thnn can be found In tho best of all the cities In either the old or tho, new world. Chicago has sixty-eight bridges spanning the liver and Its branches tit eiery point where commerce nud traf fic demand a passageway. Tliero sro thirty-eight systems of viaducts, which bespeak as many safeguards for the people against the dangers of railroad transportation. Itepreseiited among theso sixty-eight bridges is to bo found every description of swing or draw brldgo which tho world possesses to day that is of practical value, They coiiHtltuto within n radius of a fow miles a congeries of mechanical de vices which captivate the spectator with their perfection nud diversity of arrangements. Chicago Inter Ocean. Fish In Deep Water. A highly original nb-ervatlou upon the behavior at llsh iu deep water, 'so romarkiible ns to deserve special no tice, is attributed to a long-experienced captain of n tlshlug smack. Tho fishing-boats belonging to tlio Southern portions of tho North Sea found In their catch lately a disproportionately small quantity of codllsli. The captain maintained !that he had foreseen this for eight days, because limit of tho fish caught had sand In their stomachs, Ho claims to have observed that Just be foro tho fish loft the shallow water of tho Southorn banks they took sand In to their stomachs and soon after fish caught In deeper Northern waters showed tho same peculiarity. Then, when tho time for mlgrntlug front tho deep waters comes iigalu, the Hsu dis posed of the sand. Tho theory has been advanced that tho sand Is taken tu ns ballast, nnd Is rejected when eh al low water Is to bo returned to. Tho sand often differs In color nud grain from that of tho bottom whero the fish aro fouud. It Is claimed that this sand may supply a guide for the fishermen. FRANK GAZZOLO, Prescription Druggist. 490 West Madison Xfoloxslxoxio C. M. NETTERSTROM. IMnn mi mmmmmmmmm s88aTOifaSSiafe IR0N & SHE tT STEEL A&CaBBBBBBMBBBBBmBBBTH a. 'Sv r I YWOariNO.V OMftaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeTtf,,! jBrgySSLmWKmWL "' C4VsBaaiBValEPHONC 09 immiihii mm -CONTRACTORS FOR . mm nm 1HUU1 11 815 Chamber aBaaaBaaaaaaaaaaaaWaaaaaaanWaanaflsaa I 'I 1 WnmWmWmWBmWmWmW0y mmmYmWmmmmWmfKm9mWmWm1mWJiymmtl'2 WmWmmWmLLWIBfmWn!iMLLWmi!J l.BBHBSSSSSS'!BSSxlraflPUBSSSSSSSSSSl lssSawlBsS,"k' itBSBSSBlSSmJBSMBlR'B9XlvrBBSSBBSSSSSfl mWJBtttmTT' ' CSlSSywAliSM-'SMWIlgMIM iUSSMSSSSM P""fHRMk,Mjr"' BaVil'ysVriBHlllRSBlBBBBBSBH IfieailsBBBBar" I mWmtiilmMlmmBMmnWmmmmr'mmmWEttR g3MMfR RMlOlRj U BM KrmWVfTK ',v f v 3&E&&WkF . ' li.u-. ' r W. H. CAMERON, Mason Contractor PLANS FURNISHED. ESTIMATES GIVEN. Efcooiii S XTT La Salle Si. IOUAM OABAM. GAHAN & BYRNE, tti 42(1 and CIO. P. BUNKER. CORTLAND Wholesale and Retail Dealers In FINE CARRIAGES, TRAPS, BUGGIES, HARNESS, BICYCLES, ETC. 350-352 WABASH AVENUE, OI-IIOA.OQ. Tel. Harrison 546. St., Cor. Loomis. West QQ. JflSSUSAilt CHICAGO: JAMES BAIRSTOW. &Jtti, of Commerce. THOMAS BTaUra n Ualsted Streets. D. W. ANDREWS. Geo. P. Bunker & Co., CITY HEADQUARTERS G. C. St. Clair, Manager. watsow & mm ' ARCHITECTS 84 EAST ADAMS ST. Suit 49 Daxter Bldg. Telephone Harritoa Wk, E. J. MOLLOY, Bason Contractor and Bnilder Box 218, Builders and Traders' Exchange. WARREN H. MILNER, County Architect, ROOMS 937, 938 and 939 Chicago Stock Exchange Building. M. B. MADDEN, President. C. B. KIMBELL, Vice President. Western Stone Company, DEALER8 IN Rough, Sawed and Machine Dressed Stone. CAPITAL, $2,250,000. Successors to tho Singer & Talcott Stono Co; Excolalor Stono Co.; Chicago and Lmont Stono Co; Joliut Stono Co; Cornoau Stono Co.' Boctanschutz & EarnsbHw Stono Co: Lorkoori Stone Co: Cr;sront Stono Co. QuarnoE LEMONT, ILL, LOCKFORT, ILL.,JOLlEl' JLL Main Office Room 320 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. Telophono Main 347. Cor. Washington and Lo Salle Sta. R. E. BROWNELL, Fmldtat. . H. OHOS3, to Prts. Bfonll limDt Co., CONTRACTORS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS and Munufactursrs and Daalsra In Crushed Stone. Tel Main 44. Office, 207 Tacoma Bldg., Chicago Lonsdale Green.... Architect, 1139 Stock Exchange Building, La Salle and Washington Sts. V iTOAlSgSlaaaaaaaaaaaR U Jt-n 5( R?w'Jll'." r ll tf H f Taw If A AP Ar AwA ILlTjIa F. T. HASKELL. Treasurer. J. E. LINDQUIST, Secretary. OEOKOE C. LAZEAft, a. sad Tmm. W.8. CANTH2LL. .vf K vi aa. lyvvw f..