Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 September 1904 — Page 6

Che Ligonicr Lanney LIGONIER, . . INDIANA. The summer lemon crop of Sicily is about the average in yield; the quality is exceptionally good. The quantity for export will b& about 140,000 boxes. Prices, $1.93 t 0.52.32 per box. Freight per box to New York, 30.4 cents. The man who was largely responsible for the introduction of golf in this country, Robert Lockhart, died a few days ago in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was for years a linen importer in New York, and organized the first golf club in the United States, in Yonkers, N. Y., in 1888. It was known as the “Apple Tree Gang.” : :

The manufacture of the oil Prunus armeniaca is an incident necessary to the subsequent extraction of the essence. While the oil is used not only for medicinal purposes, but as an illuminant, and eéven as a salad oil, the essence has a high commercial 'Yalue, and is produced upon a .large scale at Grasse, which is the world’s center of perfume production.

The foreign trade of Jamaica for the fiscal year 1902-'O3, is valued at $9.688,637 for goods imported, while her exports are $11,155,648. The United States supplied 40.3 per cent. and the Great Britain 50.1 per cent. of Jamaica's imports, and the United States recelved 49.1. per cent. and Great Britain 19.1 per cent. of the goods exported by that island.

The Japanese advanqe in advertising as in all else. Here is an {llustration: “Our wrapping paper is as strong as the hide of an elephant. Goods forwarded with the speed of a cannon ball. Our silks and satins are as-soft as the cheeks of a pretty woman, as beautiful as the raimbow. Our parcels are packed with as much care as a voung married woman takes of her husband.” s

The ‘total mining production of Austria in 1880 was valued at $17,181,200, against £57,013,000 in 1901. The total production of the smelting works increased from $9,289,000 in 1880 to $19,260,600 in 1901.- The mfiung production more than trebled, while thé& smelting production more than doubled during this period. The increase was principally in the production of coal, crude oil.and iron.

Certain it is that primitive races have a much keener sense of smell than the members of & highly civilized race. With eivilization and the art of living in an artificlal manner, from disuse the senses of sight and smell become less acute. The Japanese have not embraced civilization for so long a period as to lose the qfialities of-a people living in a state of nature. Their sense of smell is very acute. .

Since a French engineer named Gamond planned a submarine tunnel, in 1857, various projects -have been advanced for connecting England with the continent. The latest is the suggestion of Bunau-Varilla, who wants to build a tunnel to within three kilometers of England, and thence a ‘bridge, which England (which has not favored a tunnel), could destroy at any time in case. of danger of a foreign invasion, thus rendering the tunnel useless. :

Japanese merchants are -extending their efforts in.the manufacture and export of teas, and it is possible that this may be done somewhat in the spirit of rivalry, but it must be conceded that without the aid of resident foreigners engaged in the tea trade Japanese teas would never have been introduced abroad to any considerable extent: neither would its present foreign export be maintdined. The same may be said in the case of mattings and other Japanese exports. -

A new equipment -for the carrying of rations is now being experimented with at Port Leavenworth, Kans., by the I'nited States troops. It is made of canvas and contains three pocket compartments. ‘lt is held by hooks to the belt and fitted to the soldier by shoulder straps designated to destribute the weight equally on the hips. There is a large pocket for cavalry and mounted officers which fits on one gide of the saddle, and the two small ones on the other.. The tins carry three days’ ordinary rations and two extra emergency rations. +

As a Bavarian electrician was experimenting on the drying of an ingot mold in the ground by means of the electric current, he noticed that worms igsued from the ground near by, writhing as if in pain and seeming in a great hurry to get away. Following this up, he has devised an apparatus to rid soil of worms and noxious insects, by means of which, by planting numerous hrass electrodes in the earth at proper intervals, he has succeeded in driving all crawling things from a considerable space in _a very brief time. These experiments are expected to result in much practical benefit. |

The prefect of the Seine in Paris has fixed the rates for the hire of automobiles, which are furnished with cyclometers and also with Lora kilometric machines. The price during the daytime, whether inside or outside the fortifications, is, for carriages with two places, one kilometer (about threefifths of a mile), 25 cents; each. following kilometer, 10 cents. So two persons can travel six miles for $1.25. Carrigaes with four places are permitted to charge 30 cents for the first kilometer and 12 cents for each following one. A S YA N ST o The courtyard of the Savoy hotel, in London, which is part of a recent addition to the establishment, has been paved with rubber, at a cost of $9,733. The courtyard measures 7o by 50 feet. The contractors gave the following information about the pavement to United States Consul General Evans:. “The amount of rubber used in the Savoy courtyard is 2,915 square feet two inches thick, and the weight of the rubber is 157, pounds a square foot. It is laid on a concrele foundation, finished with cément flosting to make it sniooth.” ~ i

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LIAOYANG IS EVAGUATED KU;R.OPATKIN WITHDRAWS HIS ABRMY ACR:OSS TAITSE RIVER. Japanese Said to Have Occupied City —Furious Fighting Results in ' / Great Slaughter, ; , London, Sept. 2.—The Japanese have captured Liaoyang, after eight days of battle. Kuropatkin, defeated but not yet crushed, has withdrawn his entire army of 180,000 men across the Taitse river, to the north. The losses to both sides are known to be heavy. It is believed they will reach 25,000 killed and wounded. : How Liaoyang Was Captured. The news of the capture of Liaoyang came - with |unexpected suddenness. This is how it happened: Tuesday and Wednesday Kuropatkin held his ground against the terrific assaults ‘of Nodzu's army, south of Liaoyang. ' Wednesday afternoon Kuroki, on the® extreme right, after a 14-hour bombardment, crushed Rennekgmp's ‘and Mandaritaff’'s = divisions, swept their remnants out of his path, and threw two divisions® across the Taitse river, 20 miles east of Liaoyang, thus turning Kuropatkin’'s right flank. Kuropatkin learned of this disaster earty Wednesday evening. He immediately ordered his army to withdraw°te Liaoyang. : The Russian retreat from south of Lioayang began at eight o’clock Wednesday evening. Instantly Nodzu hurled his three djvisions at the Russian center. Stackelberg, .although wounded, was compelled to face about again to resist Nodzu’s impetuous advance. For. four hours, or until midnight, Stackelberg's and Zaroubaieff's divisions fought stubbornly to " hold Nodzu in check until the Russian right and' left wings could cross the Taitse. ‘Then Nodzu’s artillery fire ceased suddenly, and between midnight and dawn_ Stackelberg’s army escaped to the north. ' . One of the Greatest Battles.

The battle of Liaoyang will probably rank as one of the great sanguinary battles of history. It isfestimated by the general staff that the Japanese armies engaged number 17 divisions of 15,000 men each, or, allowing for inefficients, about 240,000 men. Each division has 36 guns, and there are two independent artillery brigades of 100 guns each, making a total of about 804 guns. The estimates of Russian correspondents range at from 600 to 1,000 guns per side. In the preliminary fighting of Monday the Russians captured 200 prisoners, who have already arrived at Harbin, and report persists that they captured over 40 Japanese guns Tuesday. Gen. Kuropatkin’s effective forces are variously estimated at from 170.000 to 200,000 men. Jap Losses Enormous. Tokio, Sept. 2.—The Japanese left began pressing the Russians toward Tatzho at dawn this (Friday) morningQ The Japanese right is engaged in the. neighborhood of Heiyingtai. The Japanese casualties since. August 29 are officially estimated ' at 10,000. . In a Perilous Position.

London, Sept. 2—Commenting upon the situation in the far east, all the morning newspapers discuss the problem as to whether Gen. Kuropatkin ‘will be able to extricate his forces, or whether Marshal Oyama will succeed in completing the victory by enveloping and destroying the Russian army. "The consensus of opinion is that Gen. Kuropatkin’s position is most perilous. ‘The absence of telegrams from Liao-

Murderer Hanged. Duluth, Minn.,, Aug. 30.—Wililam Chounard, who murdered his wife at Cass Lake, Minn., January 26, was hanged at Walker, Minn., at 1:07 Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead seven minutes later. : King of Spain Wants Regatta. Bilbao, Spain, Aug. 30.—King Alfonso has undertaken to organize an international regatta at Bilbao similar to the Kiel regatta. The king will present a cup and has promised to personally endeavor to obtain foreign entries. - Missouri Clubwoman Dead. St. Louis, Aug. 31.—Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Allen, one of the first and best known of Missouri elubwomen, is dead at the home of her son, Charles Claflin Allen. She was 80 yearsold. Mrs. Allen was the first president of the Missouri branch of the Federation of Women’s Clubs. ) Report Not Confirmed. = . Manila. Aug. 31.—Official reports of the fire that destroyed the town éf Binang, in Laguna province, Luzon, do pot confirm previous accounts: of the beavy loss of life there,

vang, together with the news that the railway is interrupted, the newspapers regard as showing that Gen. Kuropatkin has begun his retreat too late. '~ Feeling in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 2.——Th§ news of the evacuation of Liaoyang and the withdrawal of the Russian army to the right bank of the Taitse river reached only a small section of the people of St. Petersburg at a late hour and caused intense excitement and disappointment. The majority of the inhabitants retired to rest believing that Russian arms had again been successful and that the Japanese attacks had been repelled. Ugly suspicions, however, had been rife during the day owing to the absence of press telegrams from Liaoyang, leading to the belief that the communications had been cut by Gen. Kuroki.

An Explanation. The _ following statement was obtained from the war office at ten o'clock Thursday night: i “Gen. Kuroki’s army crossed in force to the. right bank of the Taitse river and it therefore became necessary for the Russians to be in a position to repel a blow in this direction. In view of this development in the operations Gen. Kuropatkin decided to abandon his positions on the left bank and to concentrate his whole army on the other side of the river. This position is the strongest both in character and in site. The great issue will be finally decided there. By withdrawing to this position the Russian army avoids the danger of being divided by the river and enjoys the advantage of compactness. Gen. Kuropatkin’s move therefore, is not to be considered as a retreat, but rather as the carrying out of a well-defined idea.” Firing Line of Seven Miles. London, Sept. I.—The terrific battle which began Tuesday raged all day Wednesday around Liaoyang, and reports from Russian sources cldim vietory for the Russians because it is asserted they have not been moved from their main position. ¢ = The fighting extended a line se¥en miles long and the cannonading was terrific. Along the road sotith of Liaoyang repeated bayonet advances were made by the Russians, while the Japanese shelled the Russian positions in the same vicinity. Repulse for Japs. St. Petersburg, Aug. 31.—A dispatch from Mukden of Tuesday’s date says that in the stubbornly -fought battle which has been in progress near Liaoyvang since this morning all attempts of the Japanese to turn the Russian flank have been repulsed. Itissaid at Mukden that the Japanese lost over ten guns, but details had not been received there. The latest telegrams from the front state that the Japanese have 1,200 guns near Liaoyang. Several telegrams from Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff were received during the day and forwarded to the emperor. They have not yet been published. More Forts Captured. London, Sept. I.—A Chefoo dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says the Japa--nese, after four days’ bombardment from sea, landed men and captured two coast: forts east of the Tiger’s Tail entrance, three-quarters of a mile from Port Arthur. Bombardment of Tiger’s Tail continues. S o | Fall of City Near. : ’ - St. Petefsburg, “Aug. 30.—“ Port Arthur cannot be held. It must soon surrender,” is the substance of a message to the czar sent by Gen. Stoessel, the commander of the Russian military forces at Port Arthur. The garrison can endure no more, and the end is certain to come within a short time.

Laughter Results in Death. Salida, C 01.,, Aug. 29.—Mrs. Mary Ellis, aged 27, widow, from Leadville, Col., is dead at her home on the Upper Mesa, in this city, as the .result of laughing at a joke. A friend who was dining with Mrs. Ellis was telling a joke, when her hosf, who was in the act of swallowing a spoonful of musn and milk, began laughing. The mush became lodged in the throat, and in her efforts to cough it up Mrs. Ellis burst a blood vessel in her left lung, causing her to strangle to death a few hours later. : Hacks Son to Pieces. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 31.—Tuesday morning Frank Dippold, aged. 38, after a night’s debauch, returned to his home in Heidelberg. Dippold went- to the room in which his eight-year-old son, Frank, was sleeping and chopped the lad to pieces with an ax. v Double Murder. il Rock Island, 1111., Aug. 31.—Henry Stewart Tuesday afternoon shot and killed his wife and thes killed himself. The tragedy followed Stewart’s fruitless plea to his wife to return.to him, she having begun suit for divorce!

WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS. State Convention Nominates George W. Peck for Governor—A Synopsis of the Platform. Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 2.—Former Gov. George W. Peck, of° Milwaukee, was chosen as the standard bearer of the democrats of Wisconsin, having received the nomination for governor by acclamation in the state convention amid great enthusiasm. Other candidates for state offices namedare as follows: Lieutenant governor, Dr. H. A. Lathrop, Marshfield; secretary of state, James P. Nolan, Manitowoc; treasurer, Andrew J(ense‘n, Edgerton; attorney general. William F. Wolf, La Grosse; railroad comnrissioner, Edward L. Hanton, Superior; insurance commissione:, Henr& Fetzer, Sturgeon Bay. . The platform upon which the nominees will stand cordially approved the pringiples declared by the last democratic convention at St. Louis and the nomination of Hon. Alton Parker for president and Hon. Henry G. Dayvis for vice president. The platform favors the creation of a commission toregulate all public service corporations, favors a law compelling railway companies operating railroads in Wisconsin to sell mileage books at a flat rate of two cents per mile. The primary election law passed by the last legislature is strongly o;_)posed and the present state administr&tion is roundly scored. ;

In.a hot contest for state chairman, A. F. Warden, of Waukesha, won out over J. E. Jones, of Portage, by a vote of 377 to 20014. The convention at 11:30 p. m. adjourned.

LOOMIS TRAGEDY RECALLED C. B. Spahr,a New York Magazine - Editor, Also Mysteriously Disappears from Steamer. London, Sept. 2.—C. B. Spahr, of Kingsbridge, New York. city, editor of two magazines, of New York, either fell or jumped overboard from the steamer Prince Albert, midway between Ostend and Dover at about five o’clock in the evening of August 30." His mysterious disappearance, recalling that of Frederick Kent Loomis, was reported on the arrival of the steamer at Dover to the American consul, Mr. Prescott, by E. W. Ordway, of 1093 Dean street, Brooklyn, in whose company Mr. Spahr was making a tour of Europe for the benefit of his health. Mr. Spahr seemed to-have been much improved by his trip, and his companion said he never for a moment suspected that he would attempt to commit suicide. Mr. Spahr left behind him a small bag, but Mr. Ordway reported to Mr. Prescott that there was nothing of any value in iz, nor any letters or papers throwing light an his sudden disappearance. New York, Sept. 2.—C. B. Spahr occupied a prominent place in literary circles in this city. For many years he was associate editor of the Outlook, and at the time of his disappearance he was the editor of Current Literature. Hs had written many books on economic subjects, and had been prominently identified with university settlement work in this city.

TRAINS COLLIDE. Meet on Curve Near Richmond, Que.— Nine Persons Killed and Twen-ty-Three Injured. - Montreal, Que., Sept. I.—Nine persons were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk. railway near Richmond, Que., Wednesday. Trains involved were a special excursion from Montreal bound for Sherbrooke and passenger train No. 5, running between Island Pond, Vermont gnd Montreal. The collision, it is claimed, wag due to neglect to obe¥y orders on the part of the train crew of the excursion train, which left Richmound without awaiting the arrival of the passenger train. : .The excursion train, made up of ten coaches and a baggage ¢car, carried about QI.OOO persons bound for the exhibition at Sherbrooke. The Island Pond train was composed of five coaches and a baggage car and had only a small number of passengers. The excursion train had barely cleared the Richmond yard when, rounding a curve, it met the Island Pond train running at a high rate of.speed. The engineers reversed and, with their firemen, jumped and escaped with minor injuries. The shock of the collision was .plainly heard in Richmond, more than a mile away.

DAMAGE BY STORM. Wind and Lightning Create Havoc in Jowa—One Man Is . Killed. Des Moines, la., Sept. 2.—A severve electrical and wind storm caused considerable damage over lowa Thursday. At Jowa City Barnum & Bailey’s show tents were blown down just before the time .set for the evening performance. No one was injured, as the tent was cleared of people just before the storm struck. .F. G. Minnich, a prominent farmer of Coon Rapids, was struck and killed by lightning. The farm buildings of Lou Huffman, living near Mason City, weré entirely destroyed by a cyclone. The family was away from home at the time. Marshalltown and Boone also report severe storms. Another Payment Made. : - St. Louis, Sept. I.—The fourth of the stipulated $500,000 semimonthly payments to liquidate the government loan of $4,600,000 wasmade Wednesday by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company. The total amount refunded to date is $2,408,149.19. :

To Become Teachers. Bloomington, 111., Sept. I.—Six Filipinos will enter the staté normal university next week to take a course in pedagogy, preparatory to returning to the Philippine islands as teachers. The government pays their expenses. ‘ Boat Capsized. . Appleton, Wis., Aug. 30.—While rowing on the Fox river at Potato Point, three miles northeast of Appleton, Monday, a rowboat occupied by Dennis Meidam and Anna Buss capsized, and both were drowned. The bodies were recovered. 4 ' ~ Shoots Wife and Self. Madison, Wis., Aug. 30.—George Benneway, a saloonkeeper, fatally shot his wife Monday afternoon and then killed himself. He was separated from his wife and had just returned from Colorado, : L

ML 10 RE;TIRE. Lo e Former New York Senator Declares He Will Quit Politics on ' January 1. i Albany, N. Y., Aug. 29.—David B. Hill, in conversation with friends here Sunday, announced that he intends to retire from politics January 1, next, and that no matter what the result of the coming campaign may be in state or national, he will relinquish the leadership of the democratic party in New York. He added that in the event of democratic success this fall he would not accept any position under the national or state democratic administration »r again become a ¢andidate for election to any office whatever. Former Senator Hill made these statements on the eve of his birthday anniversary, which is-to-day. He was born August 29, 1843. In partial explanation, he said that he had intended to take such action a yvear ago, but: was persuaded by some close personal friends to defer doing so until after the presidential election this vear. Having been engaged in active politics since his youth and having served as city. attorney, alderman and mayor of Elmira, member of the legislature, lieutenant governor, governor for seven years and United States senator for six years. he feels that he has been sufficiently honored by his party, and that he has rendered political service during a period of years sufficient to entitle him to be relieved of further active political effort. He desires to devote more time to his personal affairs and professional duties than he has in the past. : : : Mr. Hill will continue his work in the present campaign, and to his friends said that he would always maintain his interest in democratic success, but only as a private citizen. ' WON BY AN AMERICAN. Massachusetts Man Captures Celebrated Marathon Race from Big Field at St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 31.—The Olymplc Marathon race, the third foot race contest of the kind ever held and the first ever held on American soil, participated in by 31 men clagsed among the fleetest runners of the world, was won Tuesday by Thomas J. Hicks, of Cambridge, Mass., who is the first American to win this event celebrated in the revival of Olympic games. Albert J. Corey, of Chicago, a native-born Frenchman, crossed the goal line second, and A. L. Newton, of New York city, crossed third. The distance of the race was 40 kilometers, equal to 24 miles and 1,500 yards. This distance wagerun by Hicks in the officially announced time ?f 3 hours, 28 minutes and 53 seconds; Corey, 3 hours, 34 minutes and 16 seconds; Newton, 3 hours, 47 minutes and 33 seconds.

The first Olympic Marathon race was held at Athens, Greece, in 1896, and won by Loues, a Greek, in 2 hours and 55 minutes; the second Olympic Marathon race was held in Paris in 1900, and won by Teato, of France, in 2 hours and 59 minutes. The winner of Tuesday’s race received a cup presented by President Francis, of the ¢xposition, and an Olympic championship gold miedal, the second a silver medal and the third a medal of bronze. . CONFERENCE REFUSED. Packers Decline to Meet Union Leaders—Declare They Have All the Men They Need. i Chicago, Aug. 30.—Application was made Monday by the stockyards strikers for a conference for the purpose of bringing about peace in the industrial conflict waging at Packingtown. It was refused by the packers. Following the refusal of the packers to grant a conference with the unions, the former issued this statement:

“The packers have a larger number of men working for them in Chicago this (Monday) morning than at any time during the strike. All western plants are running to their normal capacity. It will- be their policy to retain all men now in their employ and to hire former employes to the extent that they may need them and as fast as possible. “Further, it will be the policy of the packers in the future to have their employes mgke ‘as nearly full time as possible.” fe : - NEW TREASURER NAMED. Gov. La Follette Appoints Thomas Purtell to Handle Wisconsin State Funds. Madison, Wis., Sept. I.—Gov. Lafollette Wednesday appointed Thomas Purtell temporary state treasurer to act until a permanent appointment can be made. For several years Purtell has been deputy state treasurer. The appointment is for the purpose of reopening the treasury as soon as checking accounts' is finished, which will be a ceuple of dayfi. Purtell will give bond in the sum of $lOO,OOO, but the permanent appointee will be required to give $600,000, which was the amount of bond demanded of deposed State Treasurer John J. Kempf. The latter declines to say whether he will oppose the reopening of the treasury.

Awful Fate of Little Boy. St.| Louis, Sept. I.—ln the presénce ot his parents and little sister, Earl Miller, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Miller, of Anthony, Kan., was ground to death beneath the wheels of a street car Wednesday night. The family was visiting the world’s fair. Packing Plant Burns. g Baltimore, Md., Sept. I.—The large packing plant of Street & Corkran, on Pennsylvania aveniie near Fulton avenue, was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. The los§ is estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. , Driven Out a Second Time, Cripple Creek, Col., Aug. 30.—A. F. Le Due, a returned deportee who was taken from the custody of two deputy sheriffs by a body of armed men, was escorted by them to the Canon City road, where he was released with a warning to remain away from this district. - Wreck in Wisconsin, Janesville, Wis., Aug. 30.—Two mén are fatally injured, one badly hurt and 18 cars piled up in a shapeless mass as the result of a wreck on the Milwaukee road at Bardwell station, seven miles north of this city, near midnight.

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JUNEAU GOLD BELT, ALASKA Resembles the Gold Belt of California in Character. and Age - of Rocks. Examinations of the known gold prospects in the belt tributary to Juneau, Alaska, indicate that they are of sufficient promise to warrant all the work now in progress and the expenditure of still more capital in development work. Such is the conclusion of Mr. Arthur C. Spencer, of the United States geologicad survey, who with Mr. Charles W. Wright, spent the summer of 1903 making a detailed study of the geology and mineral resources of a limited area including the Alaska-Treadwell and associated mines near Juneau. Mr. Speneer has written a short paper on the geology of the Juneau gold belt, Alaskag which' is published by the survey in bulletin 225, entitled “Contributions to Economic Gealogy, 1903.” The Juneau gold belt resembles the gold belt of California in several ways. The various rocks that occur in this part of solitheastern Alaska are similar in character and partly equivalent in age to ,those forming the country rock of the Mother Lode district, and there is also a definite linear distribution of some of the gold-bearing veins parallel ‘with the general strike of the bed-rock formations. As in the California gold belt, how‘;ever, there are many independent deposits lying outside the main complex of lodes. Prospecting has been in progress in different parts of this belt since 1876, but the main incentive to vigorous explorationé came with the discovery of the Gold Créek placer and the founding: of Juneau in 1880. The first mine to be put upon a productive basis was the Al_aska.-Treadwell, on Douglas island, about two miles southwest of Juneau. luis property was opened in 1881, and it continued to grow in importance for several years, so that by 1889 it had reached practically its present rating as one of the great mines of the world. The’ discovery of the Klondike, however, in 1896, gave a great impetus to prospecting in the interior of British Columbia and Alaska and caused the mineral region tributary to Juneau to be temporarily abandoned as a field for investment. It may be said that only now, after seven years, has the district regained the position which it appears to have held in 1896. Several circumstances wouid now seem to indicate a growing interest in the Juneau gold belt. A large number of properties have recently changed hands, a number of wellknown ‘engineers have been making examinations in the field with a view to acquiring property for their clients, and there appears to be a steady demand for experienced miners. It is estimated that 1,140 miners and laborers are now engaged in this region. About 30 per cent. of them were doing development work during 1903 and indications are that the exploration of properties recently purchased by outside parties will soon materially increase the proportion of men engaged in work not immediately productive. In 1903 there were seven productive mines in the district in addition to the placers of Porcupine andsadjacent creeks. These were the AlastTr_eadwell, Alaska-Mexican and Ready Bullion, on Douglas island; the Silver Queen, on the mainland opposite; the Sumdum Chief, 60 miles to the south, now worked out and abandoned; and the Alaska-Juneau and Ebner mines, in Gold creek, both of which will soon be opened up on a large scale. The product of these mines for the year is estimated at $2,400,000, while the total output of the belt to the end of 1903 has been more than $20.000,000.

Bright Lad. “My son, said the fond parent. “I trust that you are not fond of Shakespeare?”’ “Indeed, I am, papa,” replied the bright child. “Give me a dime and I will be able to study the ‘Merchant of Venice.)’ "’ “You cannot buy the volume for ten cents?”’

“Oh, I'm pot going to buy the book. I'll go down and see Tony, the peanut man. He came from Venice, you know.” —Chicago Daily News. : - Pen-Stammering. ! Dr. Berillon, of Paris, gives the name of “pen-stammering” to a difficulty in writing that is analogous to hesitancy in speech. The pen-stammerer is unable to write even a single letter of a word, if anyone is looking at him. Distant kinsmen, possibly, of the persons thus troubled may be those who cannot form letters without extending the tongue. A Family Day. In the church at Sucsany, Austrig, Herr and Frau Debos, Sr., celebrated their golden wedding; their son Mathias and his wife their silver wedding;. and the latter’s daughter was married, all on the ‘same day. Another grandchild of the old people, the bride’s brother, read the service as priest for the first time.—London Tit-Bits.

CONTEMPTUARY NOVELISTS Lover of Literature Whose = Taste ‘ Ran to Writers of Times ] Gone By. | “Quitealib’ry,deary,ain’tit ?"’said Mrs. i Binns, comfortably, following her visitor's glance toward the table littered with books, relates Youth’s Companion. *“I ain’t had time to .put 'em to rights yet; they litter over everything ! and 1 don’t know where to Moses I'm | goin’' to fird room for ‘em. all, bu’t‘ I s’pose I shall, somewheres. Carrie{ sent ‘em; a hull boxful; and they're all contemptuary novels. g l “You see, ‘1 got a little wore down nursin’ Jonathan, and now he's well | again, doctor says I'm to let up and take things easy; says I must stop doin’ so much, an’ not bother about - the things that ain’t getting done because I'm not doin’ ’em. ‘I ‘can’t, says [ to that, plump out. ‘Yes, yon can,” says he., -‘You can do it by steppin’ right out o’ your world into other folkses—folks that’s new and interestin’, and that haven’'t got to be nursed or managed or looked after in any sort of way. 1 preseribe novels, . says he, ‘a course of fascinatin’ novels, as thrillin’ as they make ’em.’ L “So last time she was down, Carrie found me readin’ ‘Uncle Tom’s €abin,’ an’ ‘The Heart of Midlothian’ and ‘Oliver Twist,” 'side o’ me in the mendin’ basket, and she gave one look, and then she laughed and asked if I. couldn’t get anything newer than that. ‘What for? says 1. ‘They’re thrillin’,. an I liked ’em when I was a girl; why shouldn’t I read ’em over again? ° ‘You should if you-want to,’ says she, sort o’ "pologetic and soothin’, ‘but wouldn’t you like -to make -acquaintance with some of thé contemptuary novelists?” Well, I s'pose I must have said I should, but if -I did ’twas more polite than particular as to truthfulness; it's dretful easy to slip into sayin’ things that kind of way. g

“But next thing I knew, down come the contemptuary novelists,” and here be I feelin’ bound to make acquaintance with ’em. Well, maybe I shall git inside the covers, but don’t yon tell - Carrie if I ‘don’t! I've ' kinder glanced into some of ’em a'ready, an’ they don’t tempt me a mite. M,eb‘be 1 could read through ’em if 1 .give my mind to it hard, but I jest know I couldn’t even feel friendly with ’‘em, same’s I do with Dickens and his story-folks, and Scott and his, an’ Mrs. Stowe and hers. They don’t seem so kind o’ human, some ways; they're more jest children’s stories for grownups. -

“They’ve got better covers, though —awful pretty some 0" those bindin’s, inow, aren’t they? And the illustrations are fine—fine! Though I must say some, bein’ colored, makes ’em more an’ more like nursery picturebooks, to my mifid. But, at any rate, I'm rejoiced there’s somethin’ I can praise up honest and lengthy when I write to thank Carrfe. I'd be ashamed to tell her what wasn’t true, and she’s been real kind. ‘ “Yes, I expect to finish ‘Qliver Twist’ to-night, and to-morrow I'm goin’ to begin on ‘David Copperfield;’ I'm anticipatin’ a real good time with it. But if you see Carrie before I do, down to Boston, don’t you darst ‘o tell her I wasn’t readin’ the contemptuaries!” ) .

CONTEMPT FOR UMPIRE. Kept Count with Pennies and Was " Something Short in His Count. - The cricket match was proceeding with unwonted solemnity; which wd due probably to the fact that the umpires, for the first time, were arrayed in white coats. As each ball/was bowled. they passed a copper from one hand to the other, and called “over” with dignity worthy of a test match, relates London Tit-Bits. When a shower came players and umpires retired to the refreshment tent. The stoppage was not "a long one, and play had been resumed some time when the captain of the fielding side noticed that oné€ .of the umpires was allowing the bowler at his end only five balls. . ; . “’Ere, Bill's cnly bowled fiye balls!” he protested. “You’ve been dWim a ball ever since the rain!”" The umpire looked first at his empty hand and then at the other containing five pennies. s i 4 o “Blowed if I ain’t, too!” he agreed. “I must ’a’ paid for a ginger-beer out of this money!” o “Ginger-beer!” came the rejoinder, in withering tones. “And you in-a white coat. Look here, George, next match you umpire you'd better keep count with marbles, 'cos if you uses coppers you’ll git swallowing the ’ole blessed over!” Too Much Heaven. Dar’s sich a thing ez havin' too much heaven in dis worl’, so dat w’'en we strikes de real article we’ll feel lak tellin’ de angels, “Go lon# chillin—we been dar before!”"—Atlanta Constitu-

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