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4 RnA1way Steamship.

Very few more unpleasant predicA-
ments can be imagined than to he
aboard , runaway steamship. Tho
steamship Marchioness, while making
the passage from Rothesay to Glasgow,
Scotland, met with an accident to her
machinery, and the engineers were un-
able to stop her. The boat raced ahead
ut terrific speed, and things began to
look alarming, until the captain took
her out to mid-channel and steered her
around in a circle. When the steam
was nearly exhausted the runaway
was headed for Glasgow. where she
was secured BY ropes, and the rest of
the steam let OF. /
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0u@clently Rewarded.

The latest joke at the expense Of tho
French Society for the Protection of
Animals is to the following effect: A
countryman armed with an immense
club presents himself before the presi-
dent of the society and claims the first
prize. He is asked to describe the
act of humanity on which he founds
the claim.
II saved the life of a wolf," replies
the countryman. II might have easily
killed him with this bludgeon," and he
swings his weapon in the air, to the
immense discomfort Of the president.
''But where was this wolff" inquiries
the latter; ''what had he done to
you?"
"He had just devoured my wife, I" was
the reply.
The president reflects an instant and
then says: my friend, am OF opin-
ion that you have been sufficiently re-
warded."
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College yells are not 70 familiar to
the public ~ college songs, many Of
which have been published in boolt
form to meet = wide demand. OF tho
various college yells that have reaou-i;.
ed In the streets Of New York II a -
months the Cornell slogan II one Of = .
sharpest and most explosive: ssCora Az
] Yell yelli yelll Cornolli" Each o9
the four classes at Cornell has It, re-
culiay slogan The senioe3 who WIN
graduate n June, 1876, give tlSls -
their cheer: "x-C-W x-G-vi Cceneal
Universitylv The janiors: 'sBoon-Foh-
rix! We sfe CeenAal, NInefy-sixi' Tia
''zlplraal ziD.erlet 1eon.|
harhai coFnsll, Ninety qeyeni naA-fqh-
rah!s TIE 1reGhmen: s.94p, 05p6fls
oiehti Coenell, Ninet3 elRAa 8
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VENETIAN BANDITS.
Titled Kssves WHO Formerly IAfssted

Titled Kssves Who Formerly Iafsstsd
Italy.
According to Gozzadini. conscien-
tious historian, in one single province
of Italy, Homagna, the number of band
its previous to 6ixtus VS. elevation to
the papacy varied from Il, 900 to q 900.
These were bandits in the literal sense;
that II, men who were exfled from their
respective communities owing to fac
tiopal disputes. And yet lachlavelh,
speaking Of Venice, observes that no
city, no commune ct Italy. had expe-
sianoed 20 terribly The fury Of factional
stsife. In faet among these lagoons.
l5ou she seventh - the twelfth cen-
tuFy, ont Of 90 dogss hve prudently sb-
dicste1, Aiae ssess dspesed pe bauisasd,
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eY A ROUNDABOUT ROUTE.

Co01oo Of . Misslonary's Letter from
Pltcairn 70 Tahiti
In the possession of one of the mis-
sionary party recently arrived from the
south seas on the Adventist vessel Pit
cairn, il letter which has an inter-
esting and unique history. It travelled
about $1,000 miles, while the distance
between the mailing point and it's desti-
nation, is but 1900 miles, and it went
the most direct route possible and did
not miscarry at any stage of its jour-
ney. The travels of the letter sent
from Pitcairn island to Tahiti show,
as nothing else can, the complete iso-
lation of the little Pacific paradise
founded by John Adams. Tahiti is only
about six days sail from Pitcairn, and
il the source whence lovesick Pitcairn
ers take their wives. But letter-writing,
although it forms an important part
Of the courtship, is generally confined
to one letter, as when the answer il
received it is generally the arrival of
the bride. Except a small vessel or
man-of-war consents to carry letters
between the two points, which oppor-
tunity rarely occurs, the only remain
Ing hope is from a passing ship, bound
from San Francisco or Portland to Eu.
rope. A gentleman now residing in
Oakland was once deputed to carry the
Pitcairn mail from Tahiti, and he told
the story of how it was done:
'We left San Francisco in the ship
City of Hankow, and were of Pitcairn
island on Christmas day. Only about
one ship makes the island, and az we
should lose no ground by waiting a
few hours we hove to and signaled to
Adams point Then the two boats
Queen Victoria and Admiral Drew came
off with two loads of vegetables. Gov.
Mccoy also came off and asked us to
carry some letters to Tahiti. We rather
smiled at first, but when he produced
seven letters and told us that there
was no other way to send them we
consented. and after paying for our
fruit and vegetables we started on our
trip. Those letters were the cause of
good deal of inconvenience. When
the captain landed at England he took
the letters ashore and went to the post
master. Then he was informed that he
must make an affidavit and must apply
to the postmaster-general for II cents,
the tariff for carrying letters from
countries not in the postal union.
the letters were landed in |
the Falmouth post Office, after we had |
carried them about 5000 miles. From |
they went Southampton, and |
were sent in the usual course of events !
to New York. another :, 900 miles. Then
they crossed to San Francisco and |
were put on board one of the Australian |
steamers and put of at the nearest
point to Tahiti. their destination. The
of the journey was covered |
With q small boat. In all, the letters
travelled distance Of over 5000 miles
md occupied four months and q half
n route."-San Francisco Call
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sC,eNce AND usousTRx.A

Street railway rails in Memphis,
Tenn.. are being welded together with
molten steel.
-German coal from Westphalie h,
now being shipped at profit from
the Rhine towns to London.
The value of Maryland's farm lands
increased S. $500 900 between 1850 and
1890, making total OF s175, ,05s, $50. 7,
There are 1916, ,420 acres of TIM
Der lands in the southern states, and the
average yield of these forests is 5000
feet per acre. E9a 3
An examination of the eyes of white
and colored children in the Washington
schools show that the latter are much
less liable to shortsightedness and as
tigmatism.
What is looked upon as most Inn
portant discovery is a solder for glass.
This is composed OF 95 parts of tin and
five parts Of zinc. It has . beautiful
metallic lustre. is not subject to change.
adheres firmly to glass and melts at
200 degrees.
-Philadelphia merchants propose to
send steamer carrying samples of the
manufacturing products of the city TO
certain foreign ports in order to stimu1
late trade, after the manner of the rail-
road exhibition cars known as Cali
fornia on Wheels" ETC. -r.-r.l
The loss of stock in New South
Wales during the recent drought is es-
timated at 10000, 900 sheep, valued at
four shillings each; 100000 cattle, val
ued at 40 shillings, and. &c, 900 horses,
valued at GO shillings, amounting in the
aggregate to o total value of e e2,666,-
600.
Reports received in Savannah on the
watermelon acreage in Georgia this
year show decrease in most sections
of from 40 to 60 per cent The chief
reason for the decrease is the price of
cotton last fall, which was such that
fruit growers could make a handsome
profit by planting cotton on their acre
age, and cotton being staple product,
they could obtain spot cash for the
crop. .a
In Germany q new process of color
ing leather is being exploited. Here.
again, electricity is utilized. The
leather is placed upon zinc table.
which forms the positive pole. The dye
ing material is poured over this and
the negative pole connected with the
leather. Under the action of the cur
rent the coloring matter penetrates the
leather and patterns may be designed
upon the surface by covering it with
a pattern plate connected to the mega
tive pole. =,
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A Qusss Arctic Bird

The modern idea of feminine rights
must be modelled after the habits of the
red-necked phalarope, q bird with q
special fondness for the arctic regions.
.ccording to Mr.. Elliott, the hen bird
does all the courtipg. "The male, :" he
says, "is as coy and retiring as the most
bashful maiden, turning away from the
proffered attentions, first to this side,
then to that, even flying to the opposite
side of the pool or to another near by;
but all in vain, for he is chosen by the
fair one who has chosen him from his
fellows, and there is no escape. At
least, like any other poor bachelor so
beset, he yields, and the nest, slight
structure of dry stalks, 10 placed in the
center of tuft of grass. The eggs are
four in number. On these the poor
male, the victim of woman'a rights, Is
obliged to sit the greater part Of the
time. the female amusing herself on the
pool near by."-Troy Times.
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On Belne 1 Born In the Mooa. -

Theold European astrologers Of tho
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
predicted the future Of child by the
ago and position of the moon at the
time of its birth. To be born in the
light Of the moon. sign in the head.
with ascending node, insures . large
brain, exalted intelligence and segy
progressive spirit. II the sign was in
the heart, the child would become q
generous, jovial, kind-hearted man Or
woman; if in the stomach, . great eater.
with tendency to grow corpulent. II
the sign happened to be in the legs at
the time Of that important event, the
baby would one day become . great
traveller; il in the feet, good dancor.
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SNAKES TOILETS.
Hew the Reptiles Dispose Of Their Cast.
on 0ormenta.

a0W the 0eDtueo Dispose Of Their Cast.
on 0erments.
It seems rather funny to speak Of
snakes as dressing and undressing, yet
this they certainly do quite as fully
as human beings; although it is true
that their wardrobe requires fewer and
less variety of articles than ours. After
a long voyage, after q seasons retire.
nlent or hibernation, and on various
other occasions they find themselves in
need Of new dress to replace their
old and soiled garments, and they i'm.
mediately proceed to evolve one. They
ore very modest creatures, never she'd
ding their clothes until they are fully
clad in their new ones.
Prior to shining forth resplendent in
fresh attire serpent seeks retire
ment if possible. He becomes blind for
a few days, refuses food and appears
to be in a melancholy state generally;
perhaps, like some human beings, he
has worked too hard on his new suit.
When ell is completed and ready for
exhibition. he begins at the lips to ex-
tricate himself from the old dress, rub
bing against whatever may be in hia
way to expedite the matter. The fact
part of the process is apt to be rather
tedious, but as he progresses he works
more rapidly; when he reaches the
ribs they assist the operation, until
finally the old skin is shed entire.
turned inside out, and Mr.. Snake revels
in his new suit.
His eyes, covered by perfectly trans
parent layer of cuticle. are bright and
beautiful. 1t is only while this cuticle
is forming over the eye that the SER
pent is blind.
Snakes leave their cast-of garments
entirely whole, whether they are sew.
cral feet in length or number of yards.
They never wash them and keep them
for second best, but leave them jus,
where they happen to shed them, with
the mostextravagantp prodigality. What
a pity it is that they have not some poor
relations or poverty-stricken acquaint-
ances to whom they might donate their
old clothes.
Their toilet is made in the spring,
but not alone at that time; any unusua,
is apt to make them wish
for a new suit of clothes, beginning
when they are infants from one to two
weeks old. Some are SO fastidious as
to require change once month, and
even oftener, while others, more plebe-
ian, will wear the same garments for
Fix months.
Sometimes snakes are 20 very mod
est and shy that they select the night
for changing their clothes; others. who
ire tanner, are quite willing to do it in
broad daylight. When the process OF
the skin is completed. snakes
recover their activity, a.
hey have been languishing for few
lays. Their appetites are sharper now.
md the poisonous kinds seem to have
acquired an additional supply of venom.
Their eyes are bright. their colors are
'ivid and rich, and their snakeships
eem to feel very comfortable and con-
ented in every way.-Detroit Free
Press.
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His Pleasure sves lfeaiaeA

Hl0 Pleasure Wo0 0o440o4
II ahan't wear bloomers any longer,
said Mrs. Bickers, decidedly.
I'm glad Qf that, replied Mr.. Rick-
ers who detastsa tn sAfDe3t.
"No; the next pair / get VIII b
three inches shorter. IN. Z. Herald.
The esrs of the horse, COW, deer,
sheep and several other animals do not
necessarily move in unison. One can
oe directed backward. and the other
toFvsrd at the sasne timIs -,---
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0OGO0I0X 0B08006 8
She This novelist writeso& his hero
Inc - tall girl with becoming blonde
hair.
Hell suppose he means By that that
she was having it bleached. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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THE AGE OF PINS.
They Were Used IN Some Form
When the World Was Young.


1
used to some extent by the peasant
women OF upper Egypt In prehistoric
times pins were also made of the small
bones Of Ash and animals.
Among the remains of the lake dwell.
ers of Europe have been found bronze
pins and bronze brooches, in which the
pins form the prominent feature, many
of which are highly ornamented and
very beautiful. A few copper and one
iron pin have also been found. 1t Is
estimated that 10000 pins have been col.
lected at the lacustrinc station OF Switz-
crland alone. A few of these pins have
double stems and were probably used as
hairpins. Three have been found at
Peschicre, which are exactly the same
In form as the safety pin of the present
time. Among the single stem pins arc
many ingenious devices for preventing
the spike from passing entirely through
the cloth or other material it is used for
fastening together. Many OF them ara
so formed that they are thicker in some
places than in Others. A large number,
both of bone and bronze, have the head
formed OF a loose ring passed through
an eye in the pin. A few of them have
the appearance of the scarf-pin now in
use. In Egypt pins with gold heads
have been discovered, while in ancient
Rome bronze pins and bone hair-pins
with ornamental heads have been dis
covered among relics OF Pompeii.
In England the ordinary domestic pin
had become in the fifteenth century All
article OF sufficient importance to war
rant Legislative notice. An act of par
lament, passed in 1873, prohibited the
importation of pins. As a necessity of
the toilet pins were introduced into
England in the latter part of the
fifteenth century by Catherine Howard,
queen of Henry VIII, who received
them from France. Very good pins
were made at this period of brass, but
large portion Of them were made Of
iron, which were blanched and sold Tor
brass pins. In order to prevent this i'm
position upon the good people of Eng
land parliament in 1543 passed an act
providing that mo person shall put on
sale any pins but such as shall Ike
double-headed and have the heads
soldered fast to the shanks of the pins,
well smoothed, the shanls well shaped,
the point we'll rounded, filed, canted and
sharpened."
England depended upon France for
its supply of pins until 1926, when John
Tilsby introduced the manufacture into
His business grew to
such an extent that it is said he gave em-
ployment to about 500 persons; at any
rate, his pins-Stroud pins. as they
were were called-gained high reputa-
tion. In 1896 the manufacture was in
troduced into Bristol and Birmingham.
the latter place ultimately becoming
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PROFESSIONAL.

wNl. HYNDMAN,
rrnRNEY-AT-LAW, Ketchum. Idaho:
A ppractices in all the Courts and Land
nf,ces in the State.
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Odds and Ends.

scan yet tell me low far it is to And
cross I'll, guv'nor?" cts about three
miles. Who do you want to see there? p
1T want to see myself there" n
Father Why did you permit young
Mashman to kiss you in the parlor las,
night" Daughter Because I was
afraid he would catch cold in the hall"
+ miss Bobleigh says she dreamed OF
me- said Willie Washington. .'In-
deed p Eyes. And she also says that s
the last mince pie she's ever going to
touch" q
.'He's the most accommodating Jan
itor ever saw. Doesn't he give you
steam q 'Steam2 Why, when you make
Ia kick he doen't even reply warmly
Fl Proprieto Where is the bookkeep-
Eer?'' Office Boy. He isn't In. His wife
sent him word that the baby was asleep
and he's gone home to see what it looks
like s5s.:.z ...t Il 58f 81 "a
81 can't see why it is said .Robby
y st 1t when little boys are cross folks say
they are naughty; and when papas and
Inanmas are cross folks say they are
nervous. = :5ss5 Il 'f:ss
Your friend Van Doose Is great
practical joker, believer, p IS Yes; but
he ism e my friend any more. g s:'..W what's
the matter r. Fl played q joke on him
the other day =, IS $50: &
back 81 hope so z d tsGn what
grounds q. Ter ia her asked me how i
pectsd 10 live. iinlstea toff 3 was pre-
10 a1e Sssa WI
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IRISH IN OFFICE
"A Thought1ess 5crbibIer Taken Severe
nv. Axx IN Taek -.-...t.-s.a-s N.

A ThoughtIess Scrbibler Taken Severe
ly to Task.
Some thoughtless scribbler penned the
following in the Wave, q San Francisco
sheet:
He certainly did not, like the bawling.
whisky drinking Irish, who with mud Of
their .native boys on their .breeche s, ,un- !
dertake to runs politics in this country,
end by voting solidly under the lead Of
their priest, ffoist themsel YES into office
In cities where there is Doodle to. be cap.
Atured. Il 58.,,s.5$ SO IS
n It. is said that an Irishman wrote it.;
hut whether or not it is "a sentiment
often seen in print and heard on public
by bloated orators. Rev;
Father Scanlan, of that eli Vi, ansW cred
the scribb1er In this Fashion a short time
ago: VII " u VI
"a NO one iststupid enough to deny that
the Irish get into Office, because itsis q
val known fact that. they do hut that
ut into offIce votiia 81 sol;
81 under the Iaadership s. Of their.
n, every one knows any
b hing about ~ the conn its
SI,ol ies admit Be false and
snof hfng Hut u ss a1t 90 snch knoFIeag
q Y i5lt
4 81 6
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THE PERKINS CASE
.AtsLast the Matter Comes Before the
Court.

AtsLast the Matter Comes Before the
Court.
Judge Pond took up the trial OF the
suit Of LDra NJ. Perkins against the Sc
curity Mutual Life Insurance Company to
recover $1,000 under a policy issued by
defendant on the life of Lola Hawkins, in
which the plaintiff was made beneficiary.
The defendant claims that the two women
resembled each other very closely and that
the plaintiff, Perkins, went to the Office
of the company S agent and representing
herself as Lola Hawkins made the appii-
cation and secured a policy insuring the
other wonlan's life in her favor. Defend
ants also claim that the plaintiff had no
insurable interest in the life Of the insured
and that q number of the questions IN the
applications were answered falsely, IN
way to invaFdate the policies. Early last
summer the house in which the women
lived was burned and Lola Hawkins lost
her life in the fire. Lora Perkins was az
rested, charged with having set fire TO the
house in order to kill the other woman
and collect the insurance. She was brought
before the grand jury which failed to find
an indictment:
Another suit will be brought against
the Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Com
pany of New York to recover $4,000 under
an accident policy on the life OF the same
woman also payable 10 Lora Perkins
The women lived together in the same
house at the time Of the fire.
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estates 81 Iunra ven he won the ighsst
:honpfso ff the turf as a steeple chase rldeI
and achieved considerable Journalistic
distinction as special oorrespo dent Of
the London Daily Telegraph during Lord
Napfer's campaign ii Abyssinia in 1867.
During the Franco -German war he rene
dersd efficient literary aid to the journal
in question In a similar capacity. ln
Lord salisbury's former administrations
Eord Dunraven discharged with marked
ability the duties OF. Under Secretary OF
State for the Colonies, retiring from Of
fee in 1881. AS contributor to the
Nineteenth Century Great Britain's
foremost periodical has fayorabiy
impressed the reading public of the Pc
riod, and his articles on the Great Divide,
Notes on Irish Architecture the. History,
Geography, and characteristics OF the
.Soudan, and other themes OF historic and
geographical interest attest his wide
range Of information and versatility.
Lord Dunrayen's father, it may be add
ed, was e convert to the Catholic church,
and his splendid munif1cence in aid OF the
faith Of his fathers was practically testi-
fed during many years prior to his: la
mented death
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THEY'RE FOR GOLD
So Say the Massachusetts Democrat

So Say the Massachusetts Democrats
iii Convention.
Boston, April 21.-With enthusiasm al
most surprising that noted at the recent
state convention of the Republicans of Mas
sachusetts when Thomas B. Reed was in
dorsed as a presidential candidate, the Dem
ocrats of this state today set their approval
upon Grover Cleveland as president and
named ex-Gov. w. E. Russell as theil
choice for the nomination to be Cleveland's
successor. The resolution to that effect in
the platform was greeted with great ap-
piause.
Following Is the financial plank adopted;
Believing that the true interests OF the
people require that the earnings Of trade
and the wages Of labor be paid IN money
that is intr:nsically worth in all markets OF
the world what it purporss to be worth, we
demand the maintenance OF the existing
gold standard of value and that the govern
ment shall keep all its obligations at all
times redeemable and payable in gold; and
we oppose the free coinage Of silver and any
further purchases of silver bullion or the
coinage thereof, on government account
We affirm the demands OF our recent state
platform that the government shall take
the initial steps for the withdrawal from
circulation Of the legal tender notes issued IN
time Of war under the pledge of prompt re-
tirement. We denounce the action OF the
Republican majority in the present house
of representatives in attempting to readlrm
the law of 1873, requiring the perpetual re-
ISSUE of these notes and their failure to dea'
properly and honestly with this problem
we declare our belief that this inacrion has
added to the impairment Of our cred:t
caused by the silver legislation enacted dur
ing two Republican administrations. We
demand that the necessity for an adequate
medium Of exchange in all sections OF the
country shall be met by provision for an
elastic banking currency subject to such
control as shall insure uniformity and it:
redemption in standard coin on demand
We tender our earnest thanks to the secre-
tary of the treasury, Hon. J. G. Carlisle
for his able efforts in behalf Of sound
money, not only in his conduct Of the treas
ury department, but also in his lucid anc
convincing presentation of this cause to TIE
people of the country ~
The A. ?. A. is referred to in these words
1--WE denounce the coWardly policy of the
Republican party in coquetting with secret
political organization and by inuendoes and
platitudes n its platforms endeavor.ng to
conciliate men whose avowed object is to
prevent large number Of the citizens OF
this republic from exercising their const1tu-
tional rights. Ill., ,