Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1895 — Page 4

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“IN A HOLLOW OF THE HILLS" A SPLENDID SERIAL OF CALIFORNIA LIFE

BY BRET HARTE

Dealing in his old-time way with road agents, , Adventures in the forests by night, Forest fires. Discoveries of mines and earth-

quakes.

It develops a splendid love story. The principal character is one of Bret Harte’s greatest creations, and is heralded as one of the noblest and most lovable characters in fiction. All readers of Bret Harte’s earlier Californian romances will find this one of his greatest novels. To be published in seven weekly installments, beginning in The JSews, of August 10. t&S&assz —r—^ Ppraou absent front the city Barla# the rammer months enn hnre The Ibdlnnnpollu News sent to them for 10c a week, postpaid, the addrea* beta* ohanped as of tea a* deelredv * <jSBkW0kk§|WkikWik6^ MIL VEX AND fRE OHIO DEMO-

(TEATS.

Senator Brice talks In & very patriotic and Mif-abneffatin# way about the campaign In Ohio. He is reported as say In* JjUkSk his only ambition Is to obtain from the State convention of his party an expreaslSp In favor of sound money. He ionpt to see the "Integrity of the Democratic^ party" preserved, and all question* about jandldates, including even those fori tjie United States Senate, be regards aa portance "In comparison with the ieot to be attained." If reports anf main object is quite likely to be for it i» said that 400 out of the elected to the State oonvenfor sound money, much credit is due to Senator this result it would be difficult His efforts have no doabt been

worth something.

the tide has, of

late, been running eo strongly against free sliver, that it is almost impossible to imagine that the Ohio Democrats would, at this stage of the game, have taken up with «. cause which was so plainly a loeing one. With Kentucky and Iowa in line for sound money. the ta«k of saving Ohio can not have been a very arduous one. Indeed the prominence of Brice on the right side in Ohio is of Itself pretty good evidence that he felt it to be> the winning side. However, we would not deprive him of a single one #f his laurels. He has bo tow at them that h* can Ul-afford to spare even one. We eltnply desire to oaU attention to the with which politicians get Into ter the battle has been pracAgo, when this silver quests really acute. Mr. Brice was not in evidence. In the middle of Harrison’s administration there that the free silver cause

So strong was the

i Congress that U was thought r to compromise with-it on of the Sherman law. and the

by men Who knew

Sherman law or a free

of both political

_ country were adopti free silver platforms. In Indiana both -jarHek declared for free sliver, and the Republican convention Indorsed the Sherman law as a "long, yet prudent step" in that direction. It has been only a year since the Ohio Democrats expressed them-

selves thus: ^ •

be restored to the position it

as money prior to its by the Republican party.

a to ifM

n succeed fh VYa VM ~ t t-jpemocrata-

favor the unlimited at the legal ratio sf legal tender power, after the defeat of «

tion by more than a hunSenator Brice did not saving the "integrity" of Pkrty. , 'fc/t were theJitate oonventlons of

to the free

the

favor of free silver, sound money certainly not It wlB Cleveland’e let-

ter on the subject was almost universally thought to have sounded his political doom. But U was at that time that the battle was really won. Any weakening on the part of those then in the field would have made the victory which is so plainly In sight to-day. Impossible. But there was no weakening. The fight was waged vigorously, and the enemy defeated before Mr. Brice took the field. Now It is rather popular to be on the sound money side. It requires no courage to antagonize a movement when the friends of that movement admit that it is on the wane. The Ohio Senator will no doubt preserve the "integrity’’ of the Democratic party In Ohio, and obtain from the convention a declaration In favor of aound money. If he does, he will be entitled to some credit But we can not help but remember the courage and patriotism of those who bore the stram of this fight, and who made the triumph of Brice and the other politicians possible. It Is to them that the country Is chiefly Indebted. The obligation should never be forgotten. We do not believe it will be forgotten. DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL BANKS. It Is reported that Comptroller Eckels is about to issue an order requiring national banks to charge off all paper for which the directors are not willing to assume personal responsibility. This action is in anticipation of a SecUion of the Supreme Court, which It is thought will sustain the ruling of Judge Baker, who held that the directors of national banks were liable for the tosses sustained by those banks on account of bad loans. If this rule shall be established, it will have a most salutary effect. No man has a right to accept a position of trust and responsibility unless he means to perform all the duties of his office. Not only the stockholders, but the ger eral public, rely upon, the character and business standing of the directors of national banks, and they assume, and are justified in. assuming, that those directors will be something more than mere figureheads, set up for the purpose of drawing custom. A man who appears to be the trusted official of a banking organization sho J be held to a very strict accountability. He ought not to be allowed to delegate his function*. If. through, his carelessness or neglect of duty, bad loans are made. It Is no more than right that he should, to the full extent of his financial ability, save the bank from loss. If this had been the rule hitherto, many failures would have been prevented. When a director knows that his own solvency may depend upon the faithfulness and Intelligence with which he supervises the bank's affairs, he will be careful about the character of the loans which he Is asked to pass upon. The directors will thus become indorsers of every piece of paper held by the bank. Nor is there any hardship In this rule. No one is compelled to accept any position which is distasteful to him. There is no way of forcing a man to become a director. It !s optional with him whether he shall serve or not. But when he consents to serve it should be with the distinct understanding that he is to do his full duty. If he does not do*his full duty, those who are relying upon him should not be made to suffer for his negligence. There has been too much of the honorary quality attached to the office. Our banks have been too much loft to the unsupervised management of presidents and cashiers, or, in some oases; a small committee of the directors. That the results have not been more disastrous than they have is due to the fact that there are many more honest men than thieves. But honest men should not be subjected to needless temptation. We do not suppose'that there is a bank president in the United States who Is at all fit for’ his position who would not welcome the closest supervision on the part of his board of directors. As for the order Which It Is said that Comptroller Eckels is about to make, that too is in the direction of sound banking. The practice of carrying bad debts as assets, is reprehensible. Bad debts are not assets. It la to be hoped that Judge Baker will be sustained. His decision is morally sound, and It has already had a good effect _____

A Love Letter.

love—my

A CIT'i PARTY. In the past two years there has been an Increase of Interest In municipal reform questions, and friends of the movements looking to an Improvement in local conditions have been encouraged by important successes at the polls in several cities. The Century Magazine suggests editorially the vital importance of consolidating and concentrating this awakened interest on city problems alone. The difficulties in the way of separating purely local interests from general political questions or# many. Here at Indianapolis they have been well enough understood in the past The absurdity of dragging national political questions into campaigns tot the election of city officers is apparent to any reasonable observer of affairs, but it is equally apparent that it is no easy matter to divorce the two. The Century believes that In New York city, where so notable a campaign was made against Tammany at the last city election, the various organisations which contributed so much te the success of the reform movement, are A sufficient nucleus for a city party. Its suggestion is that such a party should not wait to combine with political organisations In support of a city ticket, but should pick out its own candidates and put them before the voters on the city issue alone. It should persist in spite of defeat' until, toy gradual growth. U becomes strong extough to win. It would be unnecessary for It to seek, as must be the procedure of political organizations when they combine, a candidate acceptable to all shades of politics; but, on the other hand, U wouid have only to get candidates of conspicuous fitness for the offices to be filled. The existence of a city party would stimulate the development of such men. The Century says: It ia now. In default of any such we are forced to take up any one who Is found willing to accept the place, and Whose career in business or professional life gives reasonable assurance that he would be a capable public official. Wo are seldom or never able to find a man who has bad experience in municipal affairs, or who is in any sense a trained public servant. In New York city, where the Legislature has Important relations to Ui* administration of the municipality, It would be impossible to ignore State and national politics in the choice of men who wouid, after election, be on to rhooie

United States Senators. It Is suggested ; It ought to be understood by this time that that the city party might pick out candi- ! Mr. Roosevelt Is a bad man to wake up. | M dates and invite the oo-operation of the i Th« Tammany legislator merely gave the My whale

commissioner a chance to distinguish him- a . ."TJ ..

i So let the Wotted lines, my soul * sole friend,

self- ! Lie upon thine, and (here be blest at night.

FLASH-LIGHTS OX IfAHKISOX.

choeen—but not mine! I* send heart to thee in these wordi

! regular party organizations. Or, falling In this, it would be necessary for it to put its own candidates in the field, and appeal to the public for support on etty Issues alone. The Century Is hopeful that the following of a city party would soon be strong enough to compel the recognition of the regular party managers. It believes that with separate city elections, which are now the rule in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Indianapolis, and ar« provided fur In the newly-adopted constitution of the State of New York, the building ug cf such a party would be possible if undertaken with persistence and

zeal.

An advanced state of progress in municipal reforms, and an alert public conscience ara presupposed conditions of the plan thus suggested. It is too much to expect that such an Independent municipal party can be organised In a day, or in a few year*, but with a continuation of the good work already going forward in many quarters such an ideal condition may ultimately be attained.

While General Weaver was down In Texas, Iowa slipped away from him and joined the gold-bugs. What the worid wants to know Is, Will the new sheriff of Greene couuty, Missouri. wear bloomers?

Indianapolis had an up-hill game yesterday—In fact, an up-Whitehill game.

PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. Of course It is the business of herself and of her family that Mrs. Gardner, the delegate to the Christian Endeavor convention from Nebraska, should decide to lose htrself in Boston, and begin her. life over again In some other locality. She has now been found and returned to her home. This incident suggests, however, questions as to the right and the possibility of thus changing one’s Identity. There are a good many mysterious disappearances, first and list, which are never accounted for. No doubt In many cases these persons are made way witn, or else they destroy themselves; but there have been, as It has appeared later, cases of persons who merely wished to lose their old personality and take op a new one. It appears In an article In McClure’s Magazine for this month that several of the participants In the famous Northampton Bank robbery are leading correct lives in different parts of the country under assumed navies. One of the great street railway magnates of the country was once a convict, and after going West on his release from an Eastern penitentiary, built himself a fortune under a new name. But the case of persons who have met with misfortune In one locality, or who have committed crimes, is not identical with that of those who may only wish to free themselves of burdens, or who have found their environment unbearable. The latter carries with It many questions of responsibility and duty. Not many persons are so situated that they can suddenly abandon the life which they have been leading and begin a new existence somewhere else. There is somsthing unnatural In such a proceeding, and those who follow such a course without direct cause are likely to be persons of disordered minds. In the case of Mrs. Gardner it is not plain that there was direet impelling cause, ayid she stoutly maintains that her reason is unclouded. Another thing is apparent here, that It Is not so easy to disappear as ono might think. It la true that the world is wide, and good hiding places many, but one who wishes to disappear utterly has no easy task in hiding his tnall. •

Shipbuilding, on the great lakes has been going forward notably In recent years. New Interest In* this matter Is now awakened by the announcement^ that a Detroit firm has received an order from Russia for the manufacture of three car transfer boats, for use on Lake Baikal, In the middle of Siberia, in connection | with the Great Transsiberian railway. ; Transferring trains by steamer is common ; enough on the great lakes, and it is evi- ; dent that American genius has devised ; the best means of doing this from the fact that all the great European and British shipyards are passed by, and an order for the necessary boats placed In a city in the middle of the American continent.

FREE SEED AND FREE BOOK#. There will be no more seed distributed by the Department of Agriculture. The branch of the business of the Department of Agriculture has been permanently suspended. This brings, what it Is to be hoped, Is the end of this old method of wasting public substance. As everybody knows, the distribution of seed was carried on by Congressmen, who used this means of flattering their constituents. Prom the politician’s point of view this was cheap, but there has never been any Justification for such use of Government property and of the malls to provide campaign^ material for Congressmen. The annual reports of the Department of Agriculture are said, by experts, to provide little untrustworthy information. There are other books with prettily colored plates, representing the kindly fruits of the earth as they grow nowhere, which are sent broadcast over the land under the franks of Congressmen, and these are said to serve ifo good purpose, save as campaign ammunition. Now, that the parceling out Of seed has been stopped, it might be well for the whole literary business of the Government departments to be curtailed. A vast amount of stuff is printed every year which nobody reads. It is true that a great many of the reports are of value; but It is certainly unnecessary to scatter these broadcast over the land in places where they can not be appreciated or ever put to practical use. If a man is seeking information In which It is necessary for him to go through these books, he is npt likely to look for them in a heap in his own corner, but he will go to a library where they ara properly filed and easily accessible. The transition from the Government presses to the waste baskets Is Immediate In the case of most Individuals. This good work begun In the seed business might well be carried further, and made to cover this costly dissemination of printed matter.

, The Iowa Democrats seem to have taken little note of ex-Governor Boies's scheme of finance.

With no one In the State who can work for him, the chance for the Gc vernor of Louisiana to have a vacation th*s summer are mighty slim. Indianapolis lost yesterday, but so did St. Paul, so we merely wobbled a little without losing our balance.

An incident not down on the bills occurred at the meeting of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America at Carnegie Hall, Wednesday night. There was a great gathering, and many distinguished persons were present. Theodore Robhevelt was to make a speech, ahd so was State Assemblyman T. C. O'Sullivan. Mr. Roosevelt had prepared to make a little speech setting out his conception of the duties of a police commissioner in enforcing the excise laws. But he did not make this speech, the reason being that Mr. O’Sullivan spoke first. The assemblyman, with not the finest sense of propriety, in view of the fact that he was addressing a total abstinences

China should hasten to abolish the Vegetarians root and branch.

As the authorities seem to be cither unable or unwilling to enforce the law, an organization of citizens to suppress the law-breaking bicyclists would be advisable.

fcpaln announces that she is prepared to feed 100,000 more Loops to Ue clim.Ue of Cuba. The Great Wheel at the Indian exhibition stuck on Wednesday night a little after 9 o’clock. The unfortunate persons who intrusted themselves to It had to remain suspended between heaven and earth for hours. We do not pity them overmuch. Those who can find pleasure in slowly revolving In air would look upon a kaleidoscope as a form of art. The soullessness of these American amusements is appalling. The .switchback railway and the great wheel testify to a depth of vulgar stupidity that would have astonished the builders of the Tower of Babel.—London Saturday Review. Evidently, the editor was hung up on that wheel..

Omaha apparently has Association In her midst.

an Anti-Peace

Senator Hill and Mr. Crisp ar* agreed that it must be some good Western man. Well, together, and name him, gentlemen! There are several statesmen out here who are in such a state of receptivity that they will jump at the chance.

'' The San Francisco Call has a scheme for dealing with the unemployed. It outlines

the plan as follows:

Cne acre of land can be made to feed bountifully more than five adult persons. Five persons working three hours a day on an acre can bring It to this production. Suppose, then, every county in the State had a farm upon which any one might go to earn a temporary living. On 100 acre* 500 persons could make all they could eat. San Francisco ought to have 1,000 acres; the other counties should have from 100 up to say, 500; according to population. This Tarm should not in any sense bO a “poor farm.”* There should be no tincture of charity connected with it. Any man with or without money should feel at liberty to there while temporarily out of work, the young man who has saved a few hundred dollars feel that he can go thore, deposit his money in the safe, and go to work, earning his living Instead of spending his savings. Let it be emphatically A home for those temporarily out of work — nothing more. Within a few years these farms would be highly improved ana each yoar would see added fertility to the'soli. Here would be an opportunity offered te malsfe an Independent living—a living with ’ nb shadow of charity in it After the opportunity shall thus be given. If any man shall still insist on making a nuisance of himself by being! Idle, put him in the chain gang and make him break rock on the roads, and feed him on meal and water—

but first give the opportunity.

There have been many schemes as plausible as this which have dismally failed, but If the Call can have the experiment undertaken, let It go ahead. Ths 1

result will be watched with Interest.

Joe Blackburn expects to get back into the Senate on the strength of old. ac-

quaintance,

one in. Kentucky.

and the ispus isn't a bad

And now Zella Nicolaus'la to go on ths stage. Considering what the stage has had to stand, it maintain^ a fairly good elevation. An important item of news Is that which announces the combination of one of the great manufacturers of electrle motors with an equally famous establishment manufacturing steam locomotives, for the purpose of promoting the use of electricity on steam railroads. This is a forcible expression of a belief in the future of electricity as a power of more general application than has yet been made possible. The steam locomotive works which has effected this union is the largest of its kind in the world. As it does not intrude at all upon the field of companies which manufacture light engines for short lines or motors for street railways, this move Is to be taken as an indication of faith on the part of ltd managers in the gradual substitution of electricity for steam as a motive power. Many obstacles, have yet to be overcome before the steam locomotive, whose achievements are now so remarkable, can be replaced with electric motors. Whitney and Tom Taggart are both asked to accept by thd Democratic party. People who walk should remember that bicycle riders have no right whatever on the sidewalk. The law can be, and some day will be, enforced.

According to an interesting story now current, Baron Hickey is not the real owner of the island of Trinidad. On the other hand, the United States seems to have color of. title. Some ex-Confeder-ates are asserting that In 1863 the rebel cruiser Georgia went to Trinidad to meet a vessel which was to supply her with coal. The Confederate government had not theretofore engaged In exploration and pre-emption, but a party landed on the island and formally took possession of it in the name of the Confederacy. The island was used as a coaling station by Confederate cruisers so long as they ranged in that part of the ocean. The Georgia captured two Yankee merchantmen off Trinidad, and burned one of them in Trinidad harbor. The question arises whether the United States really derives title to the island as the assignee of the late Confederacy. vs . / The political party is about the only creature in the universe that is not better off with two wings.

lately they say the creatures have

oil' . _ -

field, and d

The government of Kansas Is taking a hand in the destruction of noxious weeds on farming lands. It has a plan, by |wldch it fines farmers In proportion to

Convention, advocated liberal excise laws j the amount of such weeds which they actually bold. A Caribou farmer si and what is known as a continental Sun- { permit to toff# oq^Jhelr. farms or 4b the sa * fQu g ft * e tn day. The audience hissed him cordially. | roadways touching their Igjhds. Tpi* is an rove em ;0ul ** 800

Then Mr. Roosevelt stood up and "roast- j a kind of governmental interference in ed” Mr. O’Sullivan for half an hour, to the agriculture that seems to work. delight of the crowd. When he had finIshed he was given an ovation by the audi- i The Emperor of Gormahy gave a tea enee. and those who were within reach ! Party on the Imperial yaftbt yesterday on the platform shook hands with and ILis is a variation of his usual practhe congratulated the sturdy commissioner. I <•* raising a tempest in a teapot.

Irene. I have loved you, as men love Light, music, odor, beauty, love itself— Whatever is apart from and above

Those dally needs which deal with dust and

pelf.

And I had been content, without one thought. . Our guardian angels could have blushed to

know,

So to have lived, and died, demanding naught have tiring, dying, to have loved you so. My wildest wish wae vamtal to thy will; J»y haughtiest hope a pensioner on thy smile. Which did with light my barren th*ing fill. Aa moonlight glorifies aonie desert Isle. And so I write to you; and write and write, For the mere sake of writing to you. dear. What can I tell you. that you know not?

Night

la deepening through the rosy atmosphere. About the lonely casement of this room. Which you have left familiar with the grace That grows where you have been. And on the

gloom

I almost fancy I can see your face. Perchance I shall not ever see again That face. I know that I shall never see Its radiant beauty as I saw It then— Save by this lonely lamp of memory. With childhood’s starry graces lingering yet In the rosy orient of young womanhood; And eyes like woodland violets newly wet; And Ups that left their meaning in my blood! Man can not make, but may ennoble, fats, By nobly bearing It. So let us trust Not to ourselves, but God, and calmly wait Love’a orient out of darkness and of dust. Farewell, and yet again farewell, and yet Never farewell—If farewell means go fare Alone and disunited. Love hath set Our days in music, to the self-same air; And I shall feel, wherever we may be, Even though to absence, and an alien dime. The shadow of th* sunnlness of thee, Hovering, In patlenc*, through a clouded

time.

Farewell! the dawn la rising, and the light Is making. In the east, a faint endeavor . To lUumlnate the mountain peaks. Good-night! Thine own, and only thine, my love, foreyef. :

—Robert Bulwe lLj

Your uncle Benjamin Harrison, to the

words I next nomination: "You can't lose me,

_ Charlie!’’—Chicago Chronicle <Dem ). Who said Benjamin Harrison was. out of the race? Who ha* been talking through his hat in this flagrant manner.—

Washington Post (Ind.).

"Thank you. but I don’t believe I am the mail.’' modestly remarked General Harrison when a reporter suggested that he might, be a candidate in *96, And yet It is suspected that the General is strongly In favor of dome good man from Indiana for President next year.-Kansag

city Star (Ind.).

Kx-Presldent Harrison has made it positively known that he is in a position of receptivity, if not of expectancy. He is ready to listen to the voice of the people summoning him to his old position, and there Is foundation for the belief that he has his ear close to the wires for feAr that Vole* should hot make Itself heard by the pa d tch ar and 0 -Rep C ) rnethods - pltU!bur * UlsIf General Mlchener or any other one who is supposed to be In General Harrison's confidence thinks that It will be a great piece of diplomacy to suppress the absolute announcement that General Harrison Is a candidate until such time as thev elect they are very, much mistaken. The country has already discounted the news, and If at the end of six months it should be announced that General Harrison is not a candidate, it will be said Immediately that his declination is the result of prudence and not desire. There seems

fact that the ex-

and pining for some

the least question about the -President Is now aching

public sentlmen

which will be a proper tonic for bis own i.—Columbus (O.) Dispatch (Rep.).

wish.

Voluminous and Intricate.

Chicago Record.

‘.‘Ah, ha!”, said the old college man, aa ht picked up a sheet of paper and examined It closely, “It’s been a long year ■ince i aaw a table of logarithms.'^ * !That isn’t a table of logarithms,” said Wa friend, snatching the paper away. "That’a the score of this morning's crick-

et match."

NEW YORK

To-Morrow Never comes, to they My; but Aug. to, will come in not many hoars, end will bring these splendid bargains:

'Z.HSX

goc

beauties

Lyfttm.

SCRAPS.»

tWhat Golf I*. ^ Chicago Tribune.

Nobody appears to have discovered that dew-inks** of golf is merely outdoor tiddle-

The head of every Chinese male infalti is shaved when he is about a month old. Sixty thousand acres of land are devoted to celery growing in the United

States.

The climatic limit to the cultivation of wheat Is not so much the cold of winter aa the heat of summer. Germany of late years shows an increase of murder cases and assaults, born of socialistic tendencies. The first book entered for copyright under the laws of the Untied 8‘ates waa "The Philadelphia Spelling Book.” Mrs. George Lewis, of Boston, thinks she is the youngest grandmother in America. Her age is thirty-two years. Hops do not come high. Recently lots of the 1893 pick Jiave been sold In the Susquehanna Valley as low as 2 cents a

pound.

A Chicago man and his bride arrived In San Francisco a Week ago on bicycles, having ridden the whole distance between the two cities. The people who die annually in London number 81,000, and it takeis twenty-three and a half acres of ground to give them decent burial room. Francis George, the Liverpool bellman, or crier, who Is to retire from business, after sixty years' work, has cried 130,000 lost children In his time. Bertie D’Gote—When old Gold-bag married Flo, why did she say that she was only twenty-four? Sylvia—Well, you sec, she made a discount for cash.—Sydney Bulletin. A betrothment is not now recognised by the law of England. It formerly was so, and whoever, after betrothment, refused to proceed to marriage was liable to excommunication. The new heliograph, recently completed for Portland Hlghts, Ore., will make a flash that at one hundred miles will appear like a great blazlnj star. With a' three-inch glass It may be seen 760 miles. Justice Harbeson, of Kentucky, has made a ruling that people wanting divorces must pay the costs before the decree Issues. Nine-tenths of the applicant* used to get divorces at the public expense. . . Miss Emma Klnkle, of Woodvllle, Ore., met and killed a fair-sized bear wh.le out alone with a gun recently. She Is a good shot, and has stalked and killed several deer, but never went tainting for bear. She wasn’t hunting this one. Little Dick—I don’t believe I’ll be a sailor when I’m growed up, after all. L-ttle Dot—Why not? Little Dick—I talked to an old man to-day who had been a sailor for fifty years and never been shipwrecked on a desert Island once.—London TIJL-Blts. The King of Siam now possesses five white elephants, one of which Is no largeti than a pony. They are led dally to the river to bathe, the only exercisse they have save when they take part in some Imperial procession. They are also lined about His Majesty wh$n he receives foreign ambassadors. A Maine paper says the days of "laddybuckism” on the high seas are by no means j>ast, at least, not on Maine ships. It cites the case of a tough old salt of Portland, who waa recently engaged M first mate on a sh.p solely on his record of being able to knock the tar out of any obstrepei ous mariner he ever sailed with. Trade between the Puget Sound region and Central and South America has developed very largely in the last year or so, and several new lines of steamships have been put on between the two. Another new line, to run between Tacoma, Wash., Panama, and South American ports, has just been established, and wih commence sailing this month. Steam railroads have not yet crowded the prairie schooner entirely out, even though the steam engine seems tCT'be threatened by the electric motor. Last week a train of five schooners from northera Kansas arrived at Walla Walla, Wash., bound for the Great Palouse. Two families of immigrants occupied the wagons, and the •outfit had been on the road ever since last April. Oregon people are raising a strong protest against the continuance of thenorseoannlng Industry Tn that State. They claim that it will Injure the reputation i of the State and of other canning industries. They don’t want people to say or think "dead horse!” when they see the brand "Oregon” on canned meats. The horse cannery has started business, but little is known of its business yet. A steamer running on rails is a curious sight to be seen near Copenhagen. Two lakes are separated by a narrow strip of land on which rails are laid running into the water on either side. The steamer, which la forty-four feet long, and carries

driven full speed up one aide of the Incline and down the other into the water on ths

other side.

Underwriters are of the opinion that the flour coming ashore in Jaekflsh Bay, Lake Superior, Is from the steamer Nicholas, which stranded on Caribou Island May 2, and threw overboard 5,000 barrels. Jackflsh Bay is the extreme northern point of Lake Superior, and Is 160 miles from Car!- ’ bcu Island. After floating around Lake Superior for several months the Nichols's flour has been driven on the north shore by southerly winds. It Is said that water will not penetrate over one-quarter of an Inch Into flour, forming a covering which will protect 18 for years. From Marseilles comes an account of an extraordinary performance attributed to a man named Durand, who Is said to have spent twenty-eight days in the immovable attitude of a sentry. At 9 o’clock last evening, according to the story, Durand descended from the pedestal on which he hod stood for four entire weeks, highly delighted at having got successfully through an ordeal, whit*, however, has put about 10.000 francs, derived from bets, Into his pocket. As might well be expected. he is described as being quite exhausted. His features are drawn, hi* head is in a congested state and his legs refuse to bear him any longer.—Philadel-

phia Press.

This will be a great year for hunters in Maine if the deer are as plentiful in the woods next fall as they are now reported to be !n the grain fields, orchards, and vegetable patches all over the fftstU. Farmers have been telling all sumiher of tbit BotAMe ~~ "

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Trimmed H.u-Sa.jp end fa.«o Hats ara 98c each. Just stop sad thiakottL $4 so sod fS.98 Triomed Hats, ora **.39. Whits Straw Sellers, a bargain at now isceasb. Children’* School Mate SC each. • SUITS and SEPARATE SKIRTS Second Floor. 1 Buyer Is la New York. That account* lor these price*. These are "good thing*’’ he’s been picking op. Blue and Black Serge Salts In reefer style, pearl buttons and ticket half Used, wide skirt, lined throughout, u bargain at Jto. oar price t,.,.. fem, MU LiT sni $13.50 that ar* worth a deal more. New tin# of separate skirts tn Serges sad Brlllleatlnes worth S6 sod $8.50, for $4 and 84 50. Onr entire line sf Duck Suits ara divided la just two lots at these two pctcss-pSc sad $1.98. Suits worth oil the way from $4.50 to About ao fins Wash Dresses la Uwna, Dimities and Dotted Swisses, price* $4 to $15. Take any of them for half. PARASOLS-—of Entrance. About *5 tine sUk Parasols la plats color*, stylish, desietahts sad worth from $3 to $3.3*. Your choice for $1.50. - WASH GOODS— Center Bargain Table. A splendid He* of Cballie* and Indigo B.ues on Sale To-Morrow st 3c syard. WEST AISLE. Pretty Delaines, In dark grounds and fancy colored figures, worth 12)§c, at 6%c a yard.. Dress Duck a good qualjty, In both light and dark grounds, at 6c a yard. French Cambric, the 25c kind, at 16c a yard. New novelties in cotton orepons at li^c a yard. Brocaded Sateens, black grounds, wool finish, at 15c a yard. hosiery-** aw# . Ladles’- full regular made fancy Hose, regular price l2%c, at 8 l-3c a pair. Full regular made Hosiery, fast black boots and fancy colored tops, regular price 16c, at 7c a pair. • . ' ^ Ladle*’ fine opera length Hose, formerly 60c, now 2$c a pair. Children’s extra fine Hose, never before les* than 25c, at 17c a pair. A lot of children's fine tan Hose, usually sold at 20c, for 12^c a pair. CONTINUATION OF THE OREAT SHOE SALE If you had to wait yesterday or day before, we ask Tor pardon. Sven ouy extra facilities were outdone. From now on we win try our best to have yon all watted upon quickly, s. ^ $2 Ladies' ton Oxfords, Me. • 13 Ladles'. tau Oxfords, $L». 33.50 Ladies' tan Oxford!, . 33.60 Ladles’ brown Oxfords, 13.48. 33.26 Ladies’ brown Juliettes, $1.98. 32 Ladles’ brown Prince Alberts, $1.48. 32 Ladles' Dongola Oxfords, |1.48. 31.50 Ladles’ Dongoia Oxfords, 98c. 32 Ladies’ Canvas Oxfords, 48c. 26c tan dressing. 10c. » SOYS* CLOTHING— Set#lli Plow .. All our 60c and 76c Straw Hats go on sale to-morrow for 26c each. Ladies’ and girls’ Tam O’Bhantars, quite the thing for bicycle riding, 76c ones for 49c each.

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(BroWnle Overalls, 29c. Where can yon get them for as Mile? Boys' Butte going at a big reduction. NOTIOTtS-w***,. No. 8 Stockonett* Dress Shield a ifc; the 2Sc kind. ClrcleU* Draw Wire 1c a yard; regular price Id. « Safety Pins 1c a do sen. 10c CurHtlg Irons, 3o. ‘ worn Done, 4c a aosen. ; 8c and Mte ‘Crochet Cotton, largo ball, 4$. * Twin Dress Stays, all colors, ia Kid Curlers, 3c a Jtunch. Black Pina lc a box. Pin Cushion, 3c. Basting Cotton. 6c a dozen spool* Thimbles. 6c a dozen. * JEWELRY—c..^ jARb. Peart Waist Seta 26c. v ♦ Lot of Kc Waist Seta, to close, Ihs. Fancy Celluloid Dagger Hair Onto, mwrts, 10c; the 2<te kind. Black Silk Belts, fancy metal buckteh now 29c; worth 99c. Celluloid Bang Combs. 18c a pair. Combination Pocket-Books In real seal and grain leather. 50c. Yourist Drinking Glasses. In leather case, 18c. . . Sterling Silver Belt Pins, 120. ART GOOD£— Lace Doilies, 6c; th* 10c kind. Metal Picture Frames, 18c; worth 26a Itot of Momle TldlW, 36c. ^ Double Head Rests, 17c> were 36c. Toilet articles— n1n Atoto Witch Hasel. beet quality. 18c. g Complexion Brushes, 39c. 8-oz. Violet Toilet Water. 49c. Roger A Gal let T«4Jet Water, 41a Small Bottle Bay Rum. 6c. Toilet Paper. Sc a roil. basehent Good Wash-Boards, 6c each; only on* to a customer. Slop Palls, lie. 16c Sponges, 8c each. Porcelain lined kettles, 3-quart Mss, for 26c; 4-quart, 26c: 6-quart, 30c. A-few Quick-Meal Ovens left, $1.71 and 333. to close. Xt 11.39. $L6$, $6.91 and $6.69, the best bargains you ever saw In Toilet Sets. English Porcelain Dinner Sets, new decorations, 10 per oent. off. Mason's Fruit Jars, pint sice. 6$<f a dozen; quart sine, 61c a dozen; H-gallon size, 79c a dozen. Jelly»Glasses, % pints, *Tc a dozen; 1-f Pints. 28c a dozen. ; - Thin-blodm Table Tumblers, barrel shape. 49c a dozen; any Initial free; only one dosfy to a customer. FOR BICYCLISTS Some gotta tijjsgs Tor you. Finest sinfle-tube tire Roadster rad Sfcmi-Roadstor, made by Hartford Rubber Co., for $7 a set. 28c Tube of Cement, for 16a I 16c Tub* of Cement, for 8a Toe Clip*. 16c. . 4* Standard Cyclometer*, $1.4$. Good Beils, for 30a *5 : Bicycle Oil, for 6c. Repair Outfit, foe single-tube tire, 41c. THE SWAN SPECIAL as g&d as any $86 Wheel ever - made; price....; PETTIS DRY OOODS

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