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QUESTION OF IDEMNITY.
Frederick R. Coudert Interviewed on
the Maine Matter.
New York, Feb. 22.—The Herald ;
tomorrow will say: Frederick R. j
Coudert, formerly counsel for the j
United States before the Behring Be* !
commission, and a well-known author- \
ity on international law, was inter- J
viewed regarding the matter of an in- j
demnity, if it can be shown that the j
Spanish at Havana failed to take
proper precautions to insure the safety
of the Maine.
/'Spain should pay indemnity for;
the loss of the Maine," Mr. Coudert i
said, "provided the accident is found
to be due to the negligence of Spanish
officials. The vessel went to Havana
on a friendly visit and was entitled to |
full protection. It was proper that j
extraordinary precautions should be ,
taken to insure her safety. It was well
known that there were individuals be- ■
longing to the Spanish nation who had i
ill feelings towards the United States. j
If any danger was known to exist in [
Havana harbor, it was to be expected >.
that Spain should inform the captain |
of the Maine of the fact and nee every
means to prevent any accident to the i
vessel. If, on the other hand, a man |
. with a basket of dynamite should have
come aboard the Maine and blown up
the vessel, the fault plainly would ;
have been with the officers of the j
vessel. It was their duty to keep the I
strictest watch over everybody who
came on board. The destruction of the
Maine by accident or by the act of ir
responsible individuals would not justi- |
fy a declaration of war. Carnot, for j
instance, was assassinated by an
Italian, yet France did not blame
Italy. Italian subjects were killed by
a mob several years ago at New Or
leans. Italy was justifyed in demand
ing an indemnity, which she received,
because the men when slain were in
charge of officers of the law, who ,
should have made every effort to pre
vent their prisoners from being killed.
It did not result in war."
SAILORS WANT REVENGE.
No Doubt In Their Mind* That Spain
Did It.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.—A spe
cial to the Citizen from Key West,
says: Sailors of the battleship Maine
suffering from wounds, in the Key
West hospital, are smarting over the j
delay of the government in punishing
what they term a Spanish outrage. In
their minds there is no doubt as to the
cause of the explosion, and they think
the delay in taking summary action by
the president saying he is morally cer
tain that there was an accident, is to
soothe Spaniards into a feeling of se
curity to secure time for his ultimatum.
If no action is taken, not a man among
them will again pace the deck of an
American man-of-war, but if business
is meant, it will take a strong force to
keept them from hurrying to the front,
wounded though they are, to take a
hand in what they look upon as per
sonal vengeance.
"We were warned not to go to Ha
vana," one said today, "being told
that danger awaited us there. When
we got there it was current rumor that
the harbor bottom was honeycombed
with mines. We first chose our an
chorage and rested there for several
hours, but the harbor master compel
led us to weigh and proceed to a spot
marked by a buoy. We were reviled
on the streets of Havana, sneered at
until our blood boiled, and found out
for our own safety that it was safer
for us to make our visits to the city in
force. No man dared to go alone.
There was no knowing what would
happen to him. The explosion itself
is the best evidence that it was a mine
or torpedo. There were two sharp
and distinct reports. The first was
like a peal of thunder close at hand,
and then darkness and chaos, made
more horrible to the screams of dying
men, the fierce shouts of those fighing
for egress and the moans of those
hemmed in to die by fire or by drown
ing. . - . ■
COMMANDER BARNET'S VIEWS.
Investigation May Show tho Magazine
Intact.
Havana, Feb. 22. —Lieutenant-Com-
mander Barnet, of the coast survey
boat Bache, said to a press correspond
ent today: *.
"You want the facts. I cannot tell
you. There are 95 chances out of 100
that the investigation will show that
the forward magazine of the Maine did
not blow up first, if it exploded at
all, and that it was not the cause of
the terrific consequences that followed.
The condition of the wreck when first
studied and a later careful scrutiny
make this an almost absolute cer
tainty."
Chaplain Chidwick has recovered
considerable sums of money with let
ters and other personal property from
the bodies taken from the wreck. In
the effects, the initials can be seen on
the coat lining and may serve to iden
tify the wearer, but the harbor water
is so filthy that the marks are nearly
all illegible. Chaplain Chidwick is
one of the hardest-working officers, and
upon him devolves some of the met
revolving duties of the situation.
It is apparent that efficient work is
not possible with the divers and ap
paratus at hand and the arrival of
others is anxiously awaited.
Father Power, of the Jesuits, arrived
yesterday from Tampa, and immedi
ately visited the Maine's wounded in
the hospital.
The lighthouse tender Mangrove
with the court of inquiry and addition
al divers and apparatus, is expected
here tomorrow. Neither Spanish or
Cuban divers will be • employed. To
day divers recovered the cipher book,
the logbook of the Maine and many
offiical and private papers.'.".... l
Tobacco is said to have been first
brought into England from Virginia in
1583. v ;
No Word of Misaing Fishermen.
Marietee," Wis., Feb. 22.—Nothing
has been heard from the 12 fishermen
' who started from the Green island fort
this city Saturday. The storm has been
soj severe that no one has ventured on
the ice today. ; Friends of ♦• the mis
; sing men believe they must have found
shelter in some of the shanties on th«
bay. The Green Bay stage, which left
i here yesterday, has not > been iJ heard
from. It should have reached its des
tination last night. V There were five
spassengers and ;a '<■. driver. All trains■
today were six and seven hours late. -
ARID AND SEMI-ARID LAND.
A Study of Conditions in the Pacific
Northwest.
There is a work going on in connec
tion with the geological surveys of the
government that is of interest to the
nation at large, also to the world in
general. This is known as the hydro
graphic department, and relates to rec
lamation of arid lands by means of
irrigation. What has been known as
the great American Desert, and so des
ignated on the maps up to a generation
of time ago, was not desert in the nor
mal sense of possessing no soil, but be
cause of the lack of water to make its
soil available. The object of the gov
ernment is to make practical tests,
based on scientific fact, to discover how
arid lands can be made to produce har
vests and so become homes for millions
of people.
In the states of Oregon, Washington
and Idaho are wide areas that are cap
able of development, if water can be
had to stimulate the soil. We may
suppose that sagebrush land is worth
less, but wherever sagebrush prows the
soil is good and generally deep. There
is so much of what we call desert in
the North Pacific region that the citi
zens of these states are specially inter
ested in the subject of irrigation. S In
regard to Oregon half the area of the
state is arid, and two-thirds of all east
of the Cascades. Whatever will re
deem our arid lands will add greatly to
the future wealth and prosperity of the
state.
From Mr. Bobb, who has lately re
turned from a season in the North Pa
cific states, it is learned that at the re
quest of a local engineer he investigat
ed the water supply of the Dungeness
district, on the Sound, where there is
shortage of water for crops in June,
July and August. He placed stations
on the Dungenness, Elwha and Soldeck,
to ascertain what supply can at that
season be depended on for irrigating
ditches, in case private capital desires
to make such investment.
In Eastern Washington gauge sta
tions are located as follows: One each
on the Spokane, Natchess, Wenatchee
and Palouse, and three on the Yakima.
He also made mountain surveys for
reservoir sites to save water through
the rainy season for use in summer, as
is done in the San Bernardino moun
tains in Southern California.
In Oregon the work has but com
menced, though there is far more arid
land in that state than in Washington.
A station is established at Gibbon, on
the Umatilla, not far from the hot
springs; another on the Malheur; one
on the Ow.vhee, in the extreme north
east. Mr. Bobb expressed much inter
est in Hood river valley, where is a
station, for he saw its wonderful fruits;
there is also a station on the Deschutes.
Idaho offers greater opportunity for
irrigation than Oregon, as she has
mountain ranges and various rivers.
Stations are on the Weiser, Boise, Pay
ette, Port Neuf, Bear river, and at
Montgomery'i ferry, on Snake. As
this work is comparatively recent, re
sults have not as yet been so clear and
certain as at other districts.
When we estimate the immense area
of arid lands and know that, not in
cluding Alaska, one-third of the
United States remains still public do
main, and that the greater portion of
this is arid land rich in soil, but with
out water supply, the immense import
ance of this work is apparent. The in
terest these gentlemen take in their
work is apparent from the kindness
with which they furnish information.
Take the North Pacific states and
estimate the area of arid lands, and
the result is surprising. In Eastern
Washington there is an area of 6,000,
--000 of acres requiring water supply to
become productive. Eastern Oregon
is yet larger, and has a much greater
proportion of what is called desert,
save that flocks and herds graze over it
when water can be had at all.
Idaho has vast areas to the south and
some on the north, but facilities for
water supply are present in its various
streams. The two states —Idaho and
Oregon—must have 15,000,000 of acres
arid, making a total of over 20,000,000
in the three states, that can be trans
formed to homes, if water can work its
magic there.
There are also extensive natural
basins where water can be had by bor •
ing artesian wells, by which means
much land can be made productive.
While the government does not practic
ally experiment by bonng such wells,
its agents study the results attained by
private enterprise, and have maps, as
for instance, of the Pueblo district of
Colorado—to show how great an area
surface has an underflow that can
come to the surface; also where water
supply can be had for pumping.
When we know that a quarter-section
of land will make a home for a family,
and take the arid acreage of the three
North Pacific states for a basis of esti
mate; if one quarter of this area can be
redeemed, it will furnish homes for
37,500 families and support a popula
tion of 250,000 people. Take the arid
portions of Oregon and Idaho, and it
means that from 500,000 to 750,000
people can find productive farms if the
arid lands of these states can be re
claimed. The towns, cities and in
dustries naturally pertaining will sup
port 1,000,000 total.
This work is furnishing valuable
facts on which to base reclamation of
the arid lands of this continent, which
is one of the most important questions
for our statesmen to consider.
rriceles* Boom to Our Followers.
Of course all this vast extent of arid
territory cannot be made available for
farms and homes, but very much of it
i can be, and the work of experiment
| and discovery that goes on so constant
ly may discover more means for such
reclamation. The rapid growth of
population will soon exhaust all lands
fit for homesteads. To add this arid
area to our productive domain will be a
priceless boon to those who are to fol
lows us.
The invention is announced of the
phonodoscope, an instrument of won
derful value in studying the condition
of the internal organs of the body. It
is declared by physicians to be a tre
mendous advance on the old stethoscope.
The phonodoscope conveys to the phy
sician sounds made by the internal or
gans, thus telling whether they are
healthy or not.
In order to raise church funds, a
Georgia minister charged admission to
an entertainment where the contest
ants engaged in a ginger cake eating
competition.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities
of the World.
In a newspaper interveiw Mr. Armour
j is quoted as saving that wheat will go
to |1.50 if the Leither party do nothing
but ait still. Assuming that the short
interest in May is as large as conjee-
Jtured, it is impossilbe to eliminate that
interest otl «r than by delivering the
wheat or buying it back from the
| clique. If the latter ait still on their
long line it will leave the shorts like
rats in a trap. They plunge about,
and one set of shorts may cover off
another set, but the shortage will still
remain. Mr. Leiter and his lieutenants
; are firm in their belief that wheat
i ought to go much higher on its merits,
and as time goes on they are confirmed
in their prediction. Of course the great
I mass of traders believe that wheat is
! already too high, and that it never
would have been selling at present
prices but for the Leiter manipulation.
It must be conceded, however, that
; Leiter is now more strongly intrenched
i than at any other time since he began
the deal. At one time he was deserted
| by his allies, they having sold out on
him almost to a man. The market
reacted about 4c on this selling, hut it
soon became stronger than ever, and the
young speculator now has a firmer grip
on the situation than at any time since
his famous campaign was begun. A
good many able and experienced com
mission men think he will ultimately
I come to grief, but as he has success-
I fully overcome many seemingly insur
i mountable obstacles encountered in the
past six months, perhaps it is as well
to concede that he is apparently not in
need of a guardian and may worry,
through to the end as well as he has in
the past. Even if he should drop a
million or two the family would not be
come objects of charity, and as it is
the Leiter money that would be lost
others need not sit up nights and bor
row trouble over the impending cal
amity. As soon as it was known that
Leiter had arranged to ship his wheat
out of Chicago it was stated in our mar
ket letter that this clearly outlined his
policy, and it would be best for all
concerned to govern themselves accord
ingly. Ever since the market has been
rushing upward, and there is no indi
cation that it is anywhere near the top.
In fact Leiter says it has just begun
to advance. Though more than two
months away the May deal is now as
erratic as the December was near its
culmination.
Northwest receipts are still falling
off, being 165 cars less than laet week.
Fortland Market.
Wheat—Walla Walla, 77@79c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 80 @ 81c per bushel.
Flour—Best grades, f 3.75; graham,
|3.30; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oata—Choice white, 36@37c; choice
gray, 33 @34c per bushel.
Barley—Feed barley, $19® 20; brew- j
ing, $20 per ton.
Millstiffs—Bran, $19 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $20.
Hay—Timothy, $12.50; clover,
$10® 11; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9® 10 per
ton.
Eggs—l4® 15c per dozen.
Butter —Fancy creamery, 50@ 55c;
fair to good, 45@50e; dairy, 35®45c
per roll.
Cheese — Oregon, 12>^c; Young
America, 12 %z\ California, 9® 10c
per pound.
Poultry—Chickens, mixed, $2.75®
3.25 per dozen; hens, $3.00@3.50;
geese, $5.00@6.00; ducks, $4.50@5.00
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10® 12c per
pound.
Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, 40® 50c
per sack; sweets, $1.75® 2 per cental.
Onions—Oregon, $2.25® 2.60 per
sack.
Hops—4® 16c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4® 6c.
Wool—Valley, 14® 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7® 12c; mohair, 20
@22c per pound.
Mutton —Gross, best bheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton,
7c; spring lambs, 53^c per pound.
Hogs—Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;
light and feeders, $3.00® 4.00; dressed,
$4.50® 5.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef—Gross, top steers, $3.00®3.25;
cows. $2.50; dressed beef, 4)^@6c per
pound.
Veal—Large, 5@5%0; small, 6®
7c per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter — Fancy native creamery,
brick. 27c; ranch, 22@23c.
Cheese—Native Washington, 13c;
California. 9)^c.
Eggs—Fresh ranch, 23c
Poultry—Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 12c; spring chickens, $2.50®
3 00; ducks, $3.50® 3.75.
Wheat—Feed wheat, $23 per ton.
Oats—Choice, per ton, $23.
Corn—W Thole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$23; feed meal, $23 per ton.
Barley—Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22@23; whole, $22.
Hay—Puget sound, new, per ton,
$12® 13; Eastern Washington timothy,
$18; alfalfa, $12.
Fresh Meats —Choice dressed beef,
steers, 7c; cows, 6)£c; mutton sheep,
8 l-2l>; pork, 6)£c; veal, small, 8.
Fresh Fish—Halibut, 6@7c: salmon,
3c; salmon trout, 10c; flounders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 4@5; rock cod,
sc; smelt, 2^@4c.
Fresh Fruit—Apples, 60c@51.75 per
box; pears, 25® 75c per box; oranges
navels, $2®2.75 per box.
San Francisco Market.
Wool—Nevada 11 @ 18c; Oregon, 12
@14c; Northern 7® 8c per pound.
Hops—l2)£@l6c per pound.
Millstuffs—Middlings, $22@25; Cal
ifornia bran, $20.50@21.50 per ton.
Onions—silverskin, $2.50(8)2.75 per
cental.
Eggs—Store, ll@ll>£c; ranch, 12
@13c; Eastern, 18® 19; duck, 14c per
pozen.
Cheese —Fancy mild, new, 10>§c; fair
to good, 7® 8c per pound..
Citrus Fruit — Oranges, navels,
$1.00 @ 2.50; Mexican limes, $6 @ 6.50;
California lemons, choice, $1.50
@1.75; do common, 75c @$ 1.25 per box.
Hay— Wheat, |16@19; wheat and
oat, $16@18; oat, f14.50@16.50; best
barley, $13.50® 16; alfalfa, $10.50®
11; clover, $11 (§12.50.
Fresh Fruit — Apples, 25c@5J.25 per
large box; grapes, 25 @ 40c; Isabella,
60 @ 75c; peaches, 50c@$l; pears 75c;
$1 per box; plums, 20 @ 35c.
Butter—Fancy creamery, 26c; do
seconds, 22 4'<g 23c; fancy dairy. 92c;
good to choice, 20 @ 21c per pound.
Potatoes—New, in boxes, 50c«$l.»0
POWER OF MORMONISM.
Statistics Seem to Indicate that It la
Unbroken in Utah.
Opponents of the Mormon church
! have been stirred to renewed activity
by several recent events. Statistics
also seem to show that the general
growth of the church has been acceler
ated rather than otherwise of late. At
the October conference President Wil
ford Woodruff demanded that Mor
! rnons should unite in politics. At that
j time the demand was set down as mere
ly the talk of an old man, but the No
vember election seems to show that a
large element among the Mormons still
entertain deep respect for the revela
tions of church elders. In Salt Lake
! City John Clark, the candidate for
Mayor of the citizens, but a very de
vout Mormon, and an undisputed
church candidate, was elected by a
small majority. The gentile vote and
the Independent vote were divided
among three candidates—all gentiles.
Mr. Clark was supported by the poli
ticians whose names are always asso
j dated with church politics, and the
conclusion that the church elected him
is well supported. Every gentile who
was on the ticket with him was de
feated. Every gentile who was on the
other tickets was seriously scratched,
and every Mormon running received a
j comparatively large vote. The same
result was seen all over Utah. Ogden's
administration, as well as Salt Lake
City's Is in the hands of Mormons,
though In each case the gentiles form
the bulk of the population. The city
council in each case, by a majority of
Mormons, show a result of religious
voting. The tendency of Mormons to
vote for men of their own faith has an
important bearing on national affairs.
It Is not improbable that next year a
Legislature may be elected In Utah
which will be so overwhelmingly Mor
mon that a United States Senator will
be chosen who will give his allegiance
to the church leaders.
PAUL REVERES MEMORY.
It Is Honored in Boston by Naming a
New Tchool House for Him,
Paul Reveres memory is honored in
Boston with a new schoolhouse in
Prince street—one of the handsomest
structures in the East for educational
purposes. The foundation and the steps
of the building are of light pink gran
ite. The basement and the first story
walls are red brick, laid in white joints
with trimmings of gray terra cotta re
sembling Indiana limestone In color.
The quoins at the corners are also of
mottled gray brick. The shape of the
building is like ■ the letter "H." The
front view has a four-story, flat-roofed
effect, topped by an ornate cornice of
galvanized iron, below which is a deep
frieze of gray brick. The central por
tion recedes about thirty feet from the
street and contains two main en
trances at the first story, reached by
fifteen steps. This area has a semi
circular arrangement of seats. Above,
at the center of the building, is a pretty
bust of Paul Revere, mounted upon an
elaborately designed bracket, with an
eagle holding a scroll upon which is en
graved the figures "1896." The build-
SCHOOL NAMED FOR PAUL REVERE.I
Ing is a radical departure in school
house architecture. It is a primary
and grammar school, and is the finest
public school building in Boston, con
taining bathing facilities for the pu
pils.
Its Manufacture a Secret.
The most costly leather now in the
market is known to the trades as
"piano leather." American tanners
years ago discovered the secret of mak
ing Russia leather, with its peculiarly
pungent and lasting odor, but the secret
of making piano leather is known only
to a family of tanners in Thuringia,
Germany. This leather has but one
use—the covering of piano keys. A pe
culiar thing about it is that the skins
from which It is tanned are prepared
almost entirely In America. It is a par
ticular kind of buckskin. The skin of
the common red, or Virginia, deer will
not make the leather, a species of the
aiumal known as the gray deer, and
found only in trie vicinity of the great
northern lakes, alone furnishing the
material. The German tanners have
an agency in the West which collects
the skins of this deer from the Indians
and the half-breed hunters, who sup
ply the market. When the skins are
returned to this country as piano leath
er they cost the piano manufacturers
from $15 to $18 a pound. The world's
srpply of this invaluable and pecessary
material is supplied by the Kutzchman
family of tanners, who have six estab
lishments in Germany, the largest in
Thuringia.—Washington Star.
Merely a Feeler.
The Baron—Did her father acquire
his money honestly?
Penelope—Oh, yes. (Sarcastically.)
If he did not I suppose you would not
marry her?
The Baron—Not at all. If he ac
quired it dishonestly he would prob
ably be too clever to give any of it up.
—Judge.
Sunshine will eventually puncture
tb» thickest cloud.
CHINKS IN A MUSi.
Whatever may be the matter with China
and other countries, it is said that for the
waton that most of them "have so little to
feed upon and so very much hard work to
do they suffer greatly with neuralgia. It
if doubtful if they could suffer more than
©ur people do, owing at times to the ex
| tremely damp, chilly atmosphere in winter,
! which seems to have a peculiar influence
upon the nervous system so as to produce
this affection, but happily for our comfort
and the cure of the pain, St. Jacobs Oil is
recognized as its sovereign remedy. \\ ith
pain produced from cold there is an at>so
| lute need of the warmth and strength which
I St. Jacobs Oil gives, and through this
j means it performs its office promptly aud
! surely.
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral must take place the same day.
If death occurs after noon, the funeral
may not be delayed after the next day.
CUSTOMS CASKS DECIDED.
The general appraisers of goods passing
through the Custom House have made several
decisions lately which, until passed upon by
the Secretary of the Treasury, will hold good.
But while there is stability in that quarter, no
I system failing in strength can be properly sus
tained without the aid of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, a genial tonic and remedy for malaria,
rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipation ana
biliousness.
The largest telegraph office in the
world is in the general postoffice build
ing, London, over 8,000 operators be
ing employed.
The Power
of Schillings Btst baking
pt»wdcr is wonderful.
M
A Snmmer Novelty.
A summer novelty in jewelry will be
studs and buttons and pina of carved
pink and mother-of pearl set in silver,
or with skeleton silver patterns cut out
over the pearl.
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions'. It's the greatest comfort discov
ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tight-iitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp,
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have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps Trial
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sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
According to Nilsson, the zoologist,
the weight of the Greenland whale is
100 tons, or 224,000 pounds, or equal
to that of 88 elephants or 440 bears.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
" PITCHER'S CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of " PITCHER'S CASTORIA,''
the same that has borne and does now bear the
Ike-simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used in the homes
Of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX
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Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Pneumatic Crutch.
A new crutch for cripples has an
I oscillating arm rest pivoted to the top
of the crutch and fitted with a pneu
matic cushion set in the upper part of
the rest.
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.—Anna M.
Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, '95.
It costs $5.74 per million gallons to
I pump water to Chestnut Hill reservoir,
Boston. The engines pump 8,938 on
one pound of coal.
After being swindled by all others, send us stamp
for particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
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To Prevent Trolley Accidents.
To prevent accidents on trolley cars
the trucks are provided with forked
frames, which extend on each side of
the wheels and end in small wheels,
resting on the track to push a person
out of the way if he falls under the car,
the wheels being so small that they will
not pass over anything lying on the
track.
Safety Lamp.
To prevent the escape of oil when a
lamp is upset a plug of cork is fitted
around the wick tube to form a tight
joint with the reservoir tube when the
burner is in position.
A fibrous preparation of steel, made
in the same manner as the so-called
"mineral wool," bypassing an air blast
through molten steel, is coming into
u«e for cleaning, polishing, eta, instead
of sandpaper.
Two New York men have invented
an electric dental mallet for use in
hardening tooth filling, the tool having
a central bar, which slides back and
forth as the current is made and broken.
In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, bat it was prob
ably not far from 80,000.
Adding pencils are being made which
have a sliding register plate set in the
side of the pencil case to be raised by
pressing the point of the pencil against
the paper or desk and register any num
ber of points.
In the hospital at Brisbane, Austra
lia, the use of the brand method of
treating 1,902 typhoid patients has re
duced the mortality from 14.8 to 7.5
per cent.
In Guy's hospital, London, the pho
tograph is used to record the speech of
epileptic patients from day to day that
their progress may be noted by com
parison.
Boston's highest tide was April 16,
1851. It rose to 15.66 feet, and was 38
inches over the coping of the navy yard
dry dock.
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A Wew Caaraa.
Evidently women have tired of the
rabbit's foot as a charm, (or they are
now wearing a turkey's foot mounted
in gold or silver, either as a chatelaine
ornament or as a pin. Jost what lack
the turkoy's foot is supposed to carry
with it is not known even to the en
terprising jewelers who are selling
these trinkets like hot cakes. It gives
the average man a shiver to meet a
pretty, dainty-looking girl with her
Ascot tie held in place by a big tur
key's foot, with outspread toes and
long, skinny shank. He is apt to re
mark, not what will women be wear
ing next, but what won't they be
wearing. Everybody who knows any
thing about it at all knows that the
only rabbit's foot which has occult
power is the foot of a molly cottontail
that has been "killed in the full o' the
moon at 12 o'clock at night in a grave
yard by a red-headed nigger." A cer
tain young woman who wears one of
the charmed, but by no means charm
ing, turkey's feet, says the foot is no
good unless it belonged to a big fat
gobbler which has been saved by the
owner for some special occasion and
stolen by a straight-haired darkey par
son at midnight when the moon is new.
Kitchen Table.
A handy device for kitchen use is a
table having the top made of a series of
shelves attached to a tilting frame by
which the row of shelves oan be raised
to a vertical position and used as a
cupboard.
The Oldest Bank Note.
The oldest bank note in the world
was printed in China in 1368—32
years before Guttenburg, the reputed
inventor of printing, was born. It was
issued 300 yeais before bank notes were
circulated in Europe.
,
Notwithstanding all the efforts of
inventors, no one has been able to dis
cover a substitute for leather. For
shoes, belting, harness and a thousand
other uses, "there,'s nothing like
leather."
A resolution appropriating $5 to pur
chase a copy of the Bible was recently
introduced in the Georgia legislature,
it having been discovered that there
was no copy of the book in the state
library.
UOAIK PRODUCTS AND PVRK FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Vript" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Drins" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Double End Toe Clips.
Double-ended toe-clips are being made
in England for use on bicycles, the toe
pieces extending on opposite sides of
the pedal and balancing in any position.
CATARRH CANNOT BK CUBED
With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease, catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you must tak3 internal remedies. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and actsdirectiy
on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was
prescribed by one of tne best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regular prescription.
It is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two injrredients is what pro
duces tuch wonderful results in curing catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Proprs., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Lake Erie is the lake of the "wild
cat," the name given by a fierce tribe
of Indians exterminated by the Iroquois.
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Women are being taught by bitter
experience that many physician* can
not successfully handle their peculiar
ailments known as female diseases.
When the woman of to-day experi-
noes suoh symptom.
m backache, ncr-
TOusneas, lassitude,
menstruation, pains In groins, bearing
down sensation, palpitation, "all gone"
feeling and blues, she *at once takes
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pound, feeling sure of obtaining im
mediate relief.
B Should her symptoms be new to her,
she writes to a woman, Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass., who promptly explains
her case, and tells her free how to get
well. - - ;. - , L ;" " /'.' V\ : \~.
'Indeed, so many women are now
appealing to Mrs. Pinkham for advice,
that a score \of lady secretaries are
kept constantly at work '-, answering
the \ great volume \of \ correspondence
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a healthy nerve power wnich revives them. It
makes them strong. It is curing hundred*
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grow paying crops because they're
fresh and always the beet. For
•ale everywhere. Refuse substitutes.
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MM >H upon receipt of this notice and 14<\
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lUUII biff aUII Keep it Right
Moore's Revealed Remedy will do it. Three
loses will make you feel better. ; Get it from
rour druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
Tom Stewart & Holmes Drag Co., Seattle.
QATVfI **r tracing and locating Gold or Silver
111IIIN Ore. lost or buried treasures. M. 1».
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