The Washburn leader., 1896-03-14

WASH BURN. q. OAK
Ine turks OtG..aioA4..-.
enough in their butclicries 10 hold IL.
Investigation and find themselves IN.
nocent.
Miss Barton is determined to relieve
Armenian suffering at all hazards, and
the Christian powers are apparently
determined that she shall have all the
work in that line she can attend to.
Mark Twain, who found himself
dead broke and went on a foreign lect
uring tour to earn money with which
to pay his debts, is coming home with
a big pile of it. and everybody is glad
Of the good fortune of our veteran
humorist.
A New York electrical engineer
claims that he is able to photograph
motion in the interior of Opaque bodies.
II he will try it on the United States
senate and detect anything In the ma
ture of motion the success Of the de-
vice will be assured.
II Prof. Lilienthal's flying machine
is really the practical thing that it
claims to be, the bicycle will become a
thing of sordid utility i'll the near fut-
ure. AS q means Of recreation flying
appeals to the Imagination more than
any device yet perfected.
Russian cotton millers, who have
been buying their raw material In
Egypt, now think Of procuring 1t in
the United States. An agent sent here
by them to examine the field is favor
ably impressed with the results of his
Investigations. Americas King Cotton,
1t seems, is not to lose his crown yet
awhile.
The New York hotel which has taken
q standard against the practice OF tip
ping. and has advanced its employees
wages 40 per cent in order to make the
tips unnecessary, has done all that one
hotel could possibly do to abolish the
custom. But the walters at that host
elry ought to reap harvest.
Tales of shocking ferocity and brut-
ality come from Armenia. and the
Turks adhere to their claims that the
Armcnians themselves are guilty OF
murder and wholesale slaughter; but
the actions of the Armen:ans were
probably defensive fights in which it
was necessary to kill somebody.
In country districts in Wales GUS
tom still exists of setting up desk in
the middle of the chancel at the time
Of q funeral, and before leaving the
church the mourners all file round and
put their offerings in. This is really
intended for the clergyman's fee. but
if the people are poor 10 widow, for
instance) he often returns part Of it.
Some Of the member sof the Canadi-
an parliament are very anxious to i'm
press this country with the loyalty OF
the dominion to England, and it's will
ingness to fight should the emergency
arise. IL this be any relief to the
wrought-up feelings Of our neighbors,
we are glad Of it, for their "resolutin' "
can do no harm.
It will lake six months time and
$15OOOO to repair the new battle-ship
Texas and make her seaworthy. Much
is made of the fact that the ship is of
English design. but the changes which
were made in the ship were probably
the cause of her effectiveness. When
the Texas Is repaired she will be more
nearly what her designer calculated
her to be.
The Spanish government is adver'
tising fer 15.COO or 10000 CT its soldiers
sent to Cuba who are absent and un-
accounted for. 1t won't admit that
they have either been killed or cap
tured and the insurgents refuse to
throw any light on the mystery. Here
is tine chance for an experiment
with the X ray on large scale.
A case Of unexamplpd courage In a
matrimonial venture comes from Elk
hart, Ind. where wealthy merchant
has taken to wife the accomplished
teacher Of a cooking school. 1t will
be an even thing between his grocery
bills and his doctors bills If his wife
puts her talents into practical opera
tion.
1t appears that in the last eight
months 49,147 tons Of tea have been
landed at Tacoma for shipment east
ward; and one Of the local papers says