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L ) ,. J Glacier. itf vol,. 2. HOOD IMVKU. OIMWON, SAT UK DA V. MARCH 14. 1831. NO. 41. Phe Hood River 3food Iiver Slacicr. rtlllLOIIKO KVIKT ATIHIAT MOHMIND IT The Glacier Publishing Company. Ml IIM It 1 1' I ION I'llltr- On. jrMr ..ft 00 Kin immtlia I (IT Thi. til'. i.U.l, ,,, , iilaiHiy.,,, , tC.nl. GEO. IN MORGAN, UU Clil.f I'ltilt II, 8. UnJ mr. Lniil :: Iuv :: HpocialiHt. Hi. m Nil. B, Und Om.'. lliiil.lli.(, TUN PAUKs, OH. O, D. TAYLOR, Real Hstatc Broker, Fire, Lire and Accident Insurance. Money Load on Real Estate Sccnrity Ollli., r'rfiioh Cn.'i Rank lnllillii, TIIK HAI.I.M. OIIKCoN. nooD'o Liveri, Feed and j&Ie HTA1IMCU. Second Street, Tim Dalles, Or. I in.li. 4 .ptvLlty of hiring hint uit twrrttfM 4nd h.r kiiii. ul Ih. beat tthlclet til drltlnf hreM in Ih. r ly. isnll. n.l nli.kl., iuiUIiI. gr UillM.nily.iiU.iii.il. tuMU IL B. UOOO THE GLACIER Barber Shop Grant Evans, Propr. .tticmiil Sl. , mar tl.ik. lined River, Or. Shaving ami Hair cutting neatly done. Nilinfiu t ) i 1 1 4 li ui a ii 1 1 imI. FHOM Hal or Interior Points I'll K NORTHERN v PACIFIC RAILROAD IH TIIK LINK TO TAKK TO- LIIIUl till It Ik tin. lUNINd ('AH KOHTK. If iiiim tlirinnOi Vkhtihti.kii Thainn ICvkuv Day in nut Ykah Id ST. PAUL AND CHICAGO (km i nifva: or vahm), C(llllHIM'll III llllllllK Cam IIIIMlrlH!.ri1, 1)111 iliHtvliii; room slecpi'mof liiti'striiilinii'iit, tourist sleeping cam bent I Inil can he cntt Nlrurlril mill in w li It'll iici'iiiiiiiinilittliiiisHiv I". til ill' HIM lllllMll'll (ul lllllill'IK l I'll Sl H IK I Hl'C- imil cliiss ticket. Mini I'ltfiinl ilay cimi'lii'i. A I'liiiihiniiiiN line i iiiiiii'i'lliii; Willi all linen, BlInr'Hiin direct ami u.il Icitiii(i'iI service. I'iiIIiiimii kIi'i'Ii t ri'H.r at Inns i nn In- securest In ailviini'i' 1 1 1 1 u u I any mienl nl tin1 mail. Tlimnuli tickets l anil f nun all points 'n America, KiikIhiiiI n ml Knron' rati lie purchasci at anv llcki'i nllli'O nf lids company. H'nll lidoriiiatlim ciiiicciiiIiik lutes, time of Iralint, ionics ami iillirr del nil furnished on ap plication In any Hent, or A. I). CltAKl.TOV. Assistant lieiiernl Passi'imcr Audit, No. 121 KliKt street, corner of Wnxlilniiton, I'orllaml OtvKiin. 1 Told Von So. Browu Vou dou't look very bappy, Rob Inxntt. KwMnunn Nc. I left off my Cannula litis moruuiK m1 i-anal'l fold. Kit wit 1 1. hi nail Rufiintifin - Oh. I don't core anything ahoyt tb out mr it ujIJ mt 1 wo leuvwj fokhicn news. (leriiiun Government Reduces the Tariff for Inland Telegrams. Fxpcriments Made at Lake Ouno With Submarine Cannon King Otto Approaching licath. Tl( tithe bill lift" pllNSKtl to itH second I rending in tli! British House o( lmlx. Vicniiii Ih to luivo n lMl-iniln idrctric mud Unit will iniikc eighty liiilfH till hour. TIM1 MCWI'l'HH HVHtflll in IlltriU'tilUfCOIl- niiliTtilili) Httcntitiii ill biinluii ami I'.it li n. Tin' plot to inil (Vliiuiii in )wcr in tin-Art'iitinu him been iii'ed in the bud. Tbo I'arirt jMilic bavii removed tbe Hlaliic of Mil rat (rum the jiiirk in which it Htood. An outbrciik of nmlitfiiiint fever bun ciuiK'il a teirililo mortiility iiinoiix the l'.liriill'illl KIllllltioll (HI t Fit WI'Ht COHHt of A fr ii ii. The Frenrb tiicticiim, ti'iieriil 15niH ib'll'rce, hiivk KuiH'rur William avowed to him t tint tin- I'rt'iM'h luul the linfht unity in I'jir(iic. The niioHctl vinil of the younx Kinii AIcxiiimIit of Si-rvia to tbi! C'iS'ir will priibulily tukf .lm-t in (ho roiiru of the pri'M-lit yeur. Mrn. JiinicHiin cluiniH to bine found cv idi'iii'i- in Xtoi.ihi.r, thniwiinj ciitiri-ly new li'htoii ' he iiuarrt'l lwtwt-fii JaiiiK foil mid Sliuili y. bird Uiinilolili Cluirel ill Ih point; on h nine iiiohIIih' nhoitiinf und Tohi) -ct in lour of MMiih Afr'u'H. Thin in 'nkrn to Hhii.t that il p'tivml election iJ Hot immi nent. The (icriimn covrrnini'lil bun reduced the tiiiill'liir 1 1 1 lit 1 1 1 tilcnimH from 1 cent nod -t it i I Ih per word In I eel t it lid lid. If, ith a miitimum charge of Hi cclita (Icncral Pa l'oiiHccn, who n rlmfcn I'rovi-ioiinl I'ri f'itli nt of !ra.il nt the time of tlic ovcrlbiow of the empire, Iiiih In-cii formally elected 1'icHidcnt of the Ucpiihlic. .liiiiH M ril.-.laineH Steiiben, t' e K njr- lii-h Jii'lj-'c before whom MrH. Muvbrick j hhk tiieo, haf hro'-en down. It himWeen evident for mme time ibat hi mind was ( ivino away. I'.mperor Williiun it ureatlv dinpleafed , with the recent hpeech made by the Sec retary of the (.'ommitlee on Naval Kli iiiitliH. It h hti'ui bin resignation bun U'cn linked for. The CoiiMervativeK und National Lile cinls of liresdtn lire nrinn llerr llul i.cli to recin bis wat in the Keichhtatf ho iih to pel init of Prince. UiHiiiarck beinj? elected to him place. The inniiicipiil nutboriticH of Berlin have decitlt'il that no more com cs'Hions hIiuII be grunted for elevated electric Hlrcet milwavH or for electric, railways reiiiiriiiK overhead cnnthictorH. Thel'ope contemiiliitcH making n lnrj;e ucci'HHion to the ('nrdinulate early in the coiniinr mimmer. The death of t'ardinal Crictofori leaveB thirty-two Italian Cur dinulH and twenty-eiy;bt foreign Car dinalH. The tbreateiiint.' state of aluiim in the Clmrlcroi tliHtricl, Ueltiium. caused by the workmen'H demand for the passage of a universal HuHriuio law, has neceHsi tated the holding of troopH in readinesa by the government. M. do Freycinet. French Minister of War, in conteiuplatiiifz a scliemo for the most exteiiMve army maneuverH ever untlertaken in time of peace, lie will mass four army corps in the Popartment of Haute Murne. If I'arnell decides to send delegates to America, they will represent his personal policy, and the funds they collect will lie subject to bis control in furtherance thereof. He is being strongly urged by friends to send tuch delegations. A dispatch from Massowah says a body of Italian friendlies under Captain l'i nelli in revenge for a raid on the Italian frontier surprised and attacked tiOU Sou danese near l'.uri, and routed them in two battles, killing 200, including the leading chiefs. There is reason to believe that, with the completion of the railroad line from J a (la to Jerusalem, and with the con tiuetiin of other new lines, Palestine will atir et far irreater niullitude f pil grims than have been seen there since the time of the Crusades. An official dispatch to the Chilian le gntiun at London states that the revolu tion in Chili is confined to the ret el unnntlmn mid the troops at Tarapaea. The greater purt of the country i" quiet, nnd the rcL'iilar troops ami the national guard are supporting the government, Kxperimen s were made two weeks ago in Lake Como with a submarine cannon. The gun can be lowered to any depth desired and remain quite invisible when in he water. Its projectiles may lie discharged at will w ith most destiuct ive results without the use of electricity. The gun is destined for the defense of ports, bays and gulfs. Liebreieh's new method of treating tuberculosis was descnlied by the diS' coverer the other day. The substance used is eantbaridate of potaslt, which is administered in solution by systematic inje tions under the skin. Clinical ex - periments seem to prove it is remedial fn tn herculosis and other diseases. Lie- breich says he is still carrying on inves - tijiations,' and the ftn npunceinent is made I prematurely, KASTIiRN ITBiS. Sureties of Aikansas' Treasurer Make Good Mis Shortage. Wanes (if the Illinois Steel Company's Woikmen to be Governed by Price of Steel Halls. Alitbnmu is building 500 miles of new ruilwiiy. !oHtoii unioiiH opioHO biennial State elections. The population of St. Ijuis is officially place at 451 ,770. A Fourth Judicial district for Utah is prop .seil in 'ongress. Illinois (iropoHes to compel (ire insur ance pi. lirlen to be paid ill full. Crund Master Workman Powderly de nied tin; rumor that he bus lesigned. In the lndiaii:i Senate the World's Fair bill passed with the appropriation cut down to JL'.KI.OoO. The revised ollicial count of the census returns from Kentucky in. ikes the popu lation of the State l,MW,(i:M. New York will elect a (inventor this year; so will Iowa, Ohio, New Jer.-cy, Slai-sachiisettH and a few other States. Kearney and the adjoining counties of Nebraska'iire now abU to care for their destitute residents without outside as sistance. Secretary Mulder of the Kansns Hoard of Ari.'iilt'ure, reports tkut win'er wheat looks much U tter now than it bus at any season for several years. The PoMoH'iee Pcpart ment is anxious for bids from responsible parlies for traiiHs.rting mails from San Fran in'o to Sitka, Alaska, and way ports. Koch's Iviu h did not kill .1 1'.. Kllis, 'a Kansas Ciiy coiisuinplive, who bail Ih'cii ill'ielllitteil An autopsy show tl no bad rcsolts from the use of lymph. Sir John Macdonald thinks be has un covered a conspiracy to force Canada into niinexutioii ith the United Slates. He is making a strong litjlit in this cam paign. The irkunsas State Treasurer has re- ported to the legislature that ex-l'rea-I surer WoiHlrull 's sure ies have paid Iimu I Ifiiit.TIO, the full amount of WooilruH 's . shortage. I James Pougbertv, the insiine lover of Mary Anderson, who shot and killed )r. Lloyd of the Flatbush Insane Asylum, has' been seiiteneed to Sing Sing Slate l'l isoit for life. Agents have already been sent to Jap an, China, Algiers, Smith America, Mex ico, and to iliU'eient countries in the Orient to arrangu for exhibits at the Wor d's Fair. The Northern Pacific Directors have declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 per cent, and have decided to resume wink on all projected extensions and push them to completion. The statement issued by the Census Department for Alabama's population gives the total as l,(iK!,017; of this nuin berf:ii,"!)i)ai'e white, (iSI,-121 are colored, 750 are Indians and 4( are Chinese. The following confimations have been made: Lieutenant-Colonel A. K. Arnold to be Colonel of cavalry ; George Stone man, Lieutenant-Colonel (retired), to be Colonel of infantry; Kdmund Wells, Associate Justice of'the Supreme Court of Arizona. The wages of the workmen of the Illi nois Steel Company at Chicago will le governed by the "price of steel rails. When the price goes up the wages of the men will be increased, and when the price goes down the wages will be de creased correspondingly. The census bureau has announced that there are 1057 irrigated farms in Arizona, having a total area of (,: 21 acres. The average eot of the land, including pur chase price, fencing, plowing and water right, is $10 12 an acre, of which if 7. 05 represents the cost of water right, and the average valuation placed upon the land bv owners is $48.irt per acre. Tins includes the buildings. The average an nual cost of water is $1.55 per acre, and ihe average annual value of the products is $13 02 per acre, ranging front $it.L6 in Maricopa to $;H in Yavapd county; The acreage now under irrigation ap proaches the maximum possible with the present water supply, ami the meth ods of utilization, but conversion of flood waters that now annually run to waste would largely increase the area suscept ible of successful cultivation. The opponents of the Pacific cable sub sidy scheme have a new weapon to use in their light against the subsidy act. Another eomi'iinv has appeared which proposes to build a longer cable without a subsidy. The IVcitic Caole Company asks tlie'governiiieiit to give them $:s,. otiO.OO loaid in laving the cable to ilnno j jU) a distance of i'.imh) mile ; the other company proposes to build tit Sh nghai, ti.5 it) miles, ami asks for nothing hut a revival of the charter granted to it bv Congress, Aneust 15,- I87K, and which expired in 1H70, no cable having been laid. This old company was formed by Celso Casar Marino, and in it were Sen ator Leland Stanford, J. C. Flood and several other California millionaires They were promised a subsidy of $1,000, 0d0 'bv the Hawaiian government as soon as the cable was laid. Ihe capital j8t8 did not see a sufficient and speedy j return for their money, the scheme fell j through and the charter I ipsed. Marino now represents to Congress that, ihe i company is ready to go ahead without a. subsidy if the charter is revived. , Opposition to the subsidy idea is very strong, and to defe;rt it ah extension of 'the old company's charter will be urged, TIIK PACIFIC COAST.. ... r fr It'll f i 1 1 ' Human .uiirae mil iiiiiomiieu in the Nevada Ixislature. A Pot l'ourrI of Occidental Happenings, Reachim? l'rom Alaska to the Mexican Frontier. A bill id to be introduced in Nevada's Legislature licensing bare-knucke lights l.i thaCVtate. " The Montana Senate has passed the House hill repealing the conspiracy law against organized labor. Assemblyman Groves has introduced a measure' in the Nevada L"gisature providing for woman suffrage in that Mate. It is said that the Oregon Pacific Com pany is asking for bids for a contract to furnish 50,00 t more ties, to le used on the roae this summer. Works for the refining of cru'e js'tro leiiut are altoii' to be constr icted at Ven- jtura, Cul. They have a capacity of I front thirty to forty tons a day. I The first of the long-threatened rail road condemnation suits against olslu rate land owners in San Luis Obispo c nutty, Cal., was filed one day last week, and other suits will immediately follow. The I) ki- of Westminster, the wealth iest of the F.nglish noblemen, is engaged lit a squabble in the courts with a sur geon named Sureli over the cost of em : lialniing the Duke's son. LoM Robert ' Grosveiior, who died at Constant nople. I In the suit of Mrs. Jane Clark against the Southern Pacific Company for $2), . (Hi. i damages for injuries ailcged to have ; been received in the railroad accident at Laki-Labi-It last November a Salem jury awarded the plaintiff $2,ooo. Tlte commission of fifteen members 'ceatetl by the act of the late Oregon I Legislature to make and maintain a per j iiianent channel of twenty-five feet depth i front Portland to the sea held its lirst meeting in Portland one day last week. i Plans are being drawn for seminary to ; be erected by the fM-ters of the Gisxl Shepherd alP.allard, Wa-di. The build ing will cost ulxiut $100,000 and will ae ! couiod .te .ill.) imiiils besides onarters for the Sisters. Work will be commenced early in the spring. The police of Port Townsend are look ing for a man who sold Max Naihanson a check for $100. He signed his name '' K. A. Johnson," and the check, which was drawn on theGriilith banking house of Seattle, proves to be a fraudulent one. Johnson has no funds there. The erection of an olive mill at Pa lermo, Cul., in the near future is an as sured fact. There will be enough trees in that vicinity come into bearing next season to keep'a factory at work during the season, and in a few years the olive industry will be one of the greatest of ttte place. A regular exodus of Mormons from Utah to Mexico is taking place. The Mormons have a tract of land in Chi huahua, which they are settling up. All over the territory they are preparing to go south to " live their religion." The head of the church is said to be encour aging emigration and putting up funds. It is estimated that at least 2,000 will leave this summer. The palace being constructed on the Island of Corfu for Empress Elizabeth of Austria will contain 128 rooms, and there will be a sepanre building for the serv ants. There will be a park laid out in Viennese fashion. The palace and the park will be lighted by electricity, and a lighthouse with electric lamps will fling its light over the sea. The establish ment will cost $1,000,000. The contents of the stomach of Mrs. Greenwood, the lady who was drugged and shot by robbers near Napa, Cal., have been analyzed ami prove to contain both chloroform awl arsenic. The quan tity found was sufficient to have killed her. It was noticed when she was dis covered that no blood came from the bullet-hole in her head, and it is now evident that she was dead at the time the men shot her. Senator Polph of Oregon has intro duced a resolution calling upon the Sec retary of War to give all the information now in his possession relative to the work at the Cascades, and whether there is any information to the effect that the work will cost more than the former es timates. The resolution -as introduced on account of the reported statement by Major llanbury that the estimates would have to be increased for this purpose. At Taeoma Indian Agent Eels has swore oul a warrant for the arrest of Klnrt Alland, proprieter of a rail roadfjModging house, charged with s 'Uing liquor to Indians. This is a test case. Since Judge tlanford's decision in the United States Court, that Indian" might drink in their own houses, similar cases have been dismissed. Agent Eels will -endeavor to prosecute under the State law and will carry the case to the Washington Supreme Court if necessary. Tacoma lumber men are again devis ing measures to maintain uniform rates and prevent the disastrous cutting in pr ces which has been going on for some j time past. At a meeting held at the Ta , coma Hotel most of the mills in the city I vcerp rpnresptited. A olan which seemed to find favor was to pool the output and engage a manager to make a fair distri bution of orders and sales on the basis of production. This question, however, stood in the wav of immediate action. and it was referred to a ejtecial eomthU' ' toe to prepare a plan and report. PORTLAND MARKET Wiikat Firm, with good demand. rut'..: i - ...,. V..H..., "i" rniKi inooi-intv vuoic; .uiittj., ?i.:ij waiia waiia. n.2iKtL2. Floi r Oimte: Standard. $4.00; Walla Walla, $3.85 per barrel. Oats (note: ,8 "00c per bushel. Mn.MirurKS Quote : P.ran. $1 V 19 ; Shorts. lil(20; Ground Parley. $2! .'10; Chop Feed, $25 per ton ;" Parley, tl.25rtl.:M percental. HAYtJuote: $100? 17 per ton. VOKTABi,BH Quote: Cabbage, $1.5) ffitl.75 per cental; Cauliflower, $U"1 25 per dox.cn; Celery, idle per dozen; On- lorid. fiiV-ie per pound; Carrots, $1.00 ( per sack ; Meets, $1.50 per sack ; 1 urmps, $1 per sack ; Potatoes, 70fi"6e per cental ; Tomatoes, $2.25 per lox. ,- lr nuns. Quote: 1jh Angelen Oranges, $202.25; Riverside, $2.50f 2.75 ; Navels, $-1.50 per ltox; Sicily lemons, $.".50f(U!.XJ ; f ... t : t . ! & . j-. r - . I . . . .1 Viuiioriini, ijioi .) jer isix ; 1 ears, i;fcC per pound; Apples, f Itf 1.50; per lox ; r.ananas, $.rri4 jier bunch; Pineapples, $50' 8 per dozen. Ncis (note: California Walnuts, 1 1 1 a c ; Hickory, 8'.j; brazils, 22c ; ! Almonds, low 1 7c; Vtils-its, ;.Ccl4c;' Pine Nuts, 17ft 18c; Pecans, 17ftl8c; I'oconnuts, 8c per pound. I'cttkk Quote : Oregon fancy cream ery, 40wJ2!gc; tancy dairy, !7jjc; fair to good. 27!.if.'l ic; common, 20ia25c; California, '.Ma?,c per pound. Ciikksk Quote: Oregon, 14'il5c; Cal ifornia, 10(18c per pound. F.'.os Quote: Oregon, 'J(a224e per dozen. Pon.HY Quote : Chickens. $5.00(3 6.00; Ducks, 8 .1 10: Geese, 9(11 per dozen; Turkevs, 14T(15c iter round. llors Quote: Nominally, 28c per pound. Wool, Quote: Willamette Valley. 16 (a20c; Walla Walla. 4 10 7c per poun.l. HlliKH Qnote: Dry Hides, select.' prime. i "6ln; t-ijc less for culls; green, peleeted. over 55 pounds. 4c; under 55 pounds, Sheep" Pelts, short woo . ft5Hr; medium.OOftSOc; .nng,lHieta$1.25; 'bearlitigs, 10((i20': Tuliow, ooi t choice, 3?3.'gc per pound. Ihe Merchanillix Market. Coal Oil. Quote : 2 20 ner cas. Kick Quote: 5.75ft0.03 per cental. Pickles Quote: 1.5U; f 1.3 f 3-. Ckanhekrikb Quote: Cape Cod, $11 lK-r barrel. Salt Quote : Li verpool, $17. $18. 19 . st x k, $11 ft 12 per ion n carload lot 8 Cokskk liuote : Costa Rica. :2Jc, Rio, 25'c; Arbuckle's, masted, 'M per rsiunil. Eeans The market is tirm. Quote: Small Whites, 3'4c; Pink, 3c; Bayos, 4'c; Butter, 4'ic; Li mas, 5'se iar pou ml. Si'oars Quote : Golden C, 4?4'c ; extra C, 5i-; drv granulated, O'gc; cuIk crnshed and powdered, 0?gC per pound. Dkied Fkitts The marKei is nrm. Quote: Italian Prunes. 12''ac; Pe tit and (ierman Prunes, 10c per pound; Raisins, $2.25 per box: Piumnier-dried Pears, JOaille; sun-dried and factory Plums, II a 12c: evaporateti Peaches. 18(3 20c; Smyrna Fi.'S, 20c: California Figs, 9c per pound. Canned Goons Marketsteady. Quote : fable fruits. $2.00, 2'2S; Peaches, $2.50. Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.05 Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, 2ft2.50; blackberries, $2; Rappterries, i2.55, Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2 00. Pie 'ruit: Assorted, $1.50 per dozen; Peaches, $1.50; Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.25 ft 1.50. according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.15(93.50; Sugar Peas, $1.401.0; String Beans, fl.iOperdozen. Fish: Sal mon. $1.25ftl.50; sardinps, 80car$l.00; lobsters, $2c3; oysters, $1.50ft3.25 per dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle brand, $8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $6.75; Champion, $0 per case. Honey Quote: One-pound frames, 17c. Natls Base quotations: Iron, fM.00; Steel, $3.10; Wire, $3.90 per keg. Shot Quote: $1.75 per sack. Tbe Meat Market. The market is steady. Beef Live, 3t4e; dressed, 7c. Mutton Li ve,"414'ft)41.2o; dressed, 8c Hogs Live, 41a(a4?4C; dressed, Ua Veal 5ft8e per pound. SMOKED MEATS AND LAKD. Quote: Hams, 10c; Breakiast Hacon, 9llc; Sides, U(jtl0c; Lard, 9?iC per pouud. Itlpo for a Diploma. That there may be no doubt as to tbe truth miiiess of loin Priiuievi lie's stories it Is well to siat tlitit ms brother, the justice, pastes theiu. as tliev appear tu print, in a scrap bixiu whicn lie uses to swear witnesses. At least, so lout says Here is tbe latest posey iu tlie garlaiul of truth "I waxdnwt nt Freedom ville last week," aitl the veracious etaiuselor. "visiting 'Squire ISqiiatlg, tUe mayor of the burg. His son, James Alexander Stjuagg. bad just returned from Chicago, where be bad spent two years in -itudyuiK medicine. One evening while 1 at then the squire wanted, to show off bis son s medical learning, and. calling him U his side the old gentleman asked: 'Now, Jamt Alexander " but would you do in case you wen 111 the room witb a niau and tbe man should suddenly take a great dose of strychnine, cut his throat with a razor and then shoot himself through tbe headf 'What should I do' Why. go through bis pockets, ot course.'" Chicago Herald. Propel Regard for Appearances. Omaha Child .out yesterday for a walk) Oh mamma there's tbe suu, it hasn't shone for mos' a week. Dtgnitletl'Mamma Stop looking up at the mm tins instant You act as if you'd never seen it before-- people will think you're from Chicago. Omaha World. SicknAn In Europe. Old Mr Betttly (reading tbe paper) I see thai the king of Spain is sick. Old Mr Bently Goodness. Joshua, I hope be basnt got a cancer, toot Old Mr Beutiy-Noi tie's (eoUiias.JTf Sort Buu ... ..... A MATHEMATICAL PRODIGY. The ftemarknhla Talent nf flalf TFltted Nrgro Countryman. Iieul.pn Field, the mathematical pro digy ot Lexington, who has attracted so much attention, was born ot Warrens burtj, John'on county, aliout thirty years ogo. and ioshcbscs only slightly better intellectual faculties than "Blind Tom." "RuebV gift is made tho more proml ner.t by the barrenness of his mind in otl i r features. He has no intelligence asi !o from his remarkable manipulation of figures. (7ivc lU-uU'ii Field a problem, no matter w hether it be In decimal, com pound or vulvar fraction, it makes no difference whether it w Letter suited to the rules of short than long division; it is immaterial whether there are ten fig ures or 700 in it; whether multiplication or subtraction; and be will, without the aid of paper or pencil, give you the answer Wore the echo of your voice in propounding the question have fully died away. He cannot read; he cannot write. lie does not know one ligure from another, and yet mentally, by the gift which he possesses, he can solve any problem submitted to him. As "Blind Tom's" talent of repeating pieces of music played in his presence for the lirst time by many of the most brilliant lierforniers in the country has been tested, and always with the result of making more wonder ful his great gift, so have learned math ematicians tried to trap Field, but with out success. To give him it problem which one himself could not solve would not determine whether he was right or wrong, and lest errors might be made the most difficult "examples" in the higher arithmetics, as well as others, originating witb their questioner and simple enough except for their long array of figures, have been hurled at him. and quick as a Hash would come his answer, always correct. Give him the diameter of the wheel of a locomotive, and the distance between any two points it makes no dhTerence how great the time spent in traversing this distance, and you have hardly ceased ejicuking before he gives you the number of revolutions the wheel makes in covering the distance. Give hira the distance and the time and he will tell you the diameter of the wheeL Tell him the dimensions of a brick, and say to him a wall is so many feet long, so many high and so many thick, and he promptly tells you how many bricks are in the wall. Not in a reasonable length of time, as though calculating it, but in stantly, and while skilled accountants who liave witnessed his feats have ques tioned the correctness of his answers, they have found they were in error and Reub was right whenever they did 60. Tell him to multiply 9.898.74(5,322.150 by 13, add 89,572 and divide by 60, and in less time than the reader can calculate it Reub will have the answer ready. These ligures are only used as an illustration, but they are simplicity in its purest form compared to some submitted to him. He has gray eyes, and, when not engaged in exhibiting his strange gift, they are entirely tree of expression, as though they were of dead glass; but have l.im in the excitement of figures and a strange glitter something little short of an expression of madness lights them up. The strangest of this half witted fellow's accomplishments is that, awak ened at any hour, he will tell you the time to a second. He does not make a business of exhibiting his power, and it is not always that those who are most kind to him, and whom he knows best, can persuade him to "show oil." Lie 6ays his power came from God, and, if he accepted otfers which had been made to him to travel with showmen, or to take employment in large business houses. God would take his gift away. Lexington (Mo.) Cor. Globe-Democrat. "A Hero of Antietam." At the terribly hard-fought battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) Paul Conrad was desperately wounded, receiving a canis ter shot in the left shoulder, which scraped every rib in his body. The ball entered just above the point of the shoulder blade, and passed perpendicu larly down the back to the waist, woere it was found and cutout by the surgeons, but not until uahteen hours had passed after th wound was received. Though the ball weighed not more than ten ounces, Mr. Conrad said that after sev eral hours had passed he felt as if he had a ten-pound ball, a cannon and carriage in his back, so geat was the shock to his eystein. Upon his recovery from his wound he rejoined his hattalion, and served gallantly to the end of the war, participating in all the great battles with the Army of Northern Virginia. Born in New Orleans in the year 1840, he entered the Confederate army soon after attaining to manhood, and his rec ord as a soldier was as enviable and gal lant as that of any of Louisiana's Bons who wore the gray. He served with dis tinction to the end of the war. He was a member of Captain Henry St. Paul Chasseurs a Pied, a part of the Army of Northern Virginia, and is one of but a few of the survivors of that famous com mand. The company left New Orleans April 22, 1801, for fensac- hi. Thence they went to Virginia, and other com panies being attached, St. Paul's Ba tal l. n was formed. Their first big t ght waa t Seven Pines, where more than half the command were killed or wound ed among the former being young Bourges, Conrad's first cou-in. He is, and always has been, strictly speaking, a man of the people. Of a genial and pleasant disposition and pos sessing rare business qualifications, he is eminently fitted to fill the responsible position to which be has been elected He is an honest, upright and faithful business man, whose word is as good as his bond. 1 . The Board of Directors of the Louisi ana State Lottery Company have elected Mr. Paul Conrad President, vice Dr. M. A. Dauphin, deceased. Mr. Conrad has practically managed the affairs of this great corporation for the past five or six years. He has been an attache of the company in various capacities since 1870, and has earned the good will, confidence and respect of all with whom he has come in contact..- JfcWfc JtegUfor, '. tie! 1 : ET CIi 1 iff I i it V I Si A J