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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-16
MANKATO FREE PRESS

the part of both houses to concede
more or less, and with few exceptions
the differences are said not to be
great.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
CHANCE FOR YOUNG DOCTORS.
Can Go to South Africa and Make q Mint


Can Go to South Africa and Make Mint
of Money.
There is promising field open for
young physicians in South Africa. Ac-
cording to letter received by the Lon
don Telegraph from lady who pro-
fesses to know South Africa well, the
openings for good doctors are numer-
Gus and inviting. She says: ''The
scarcity of medical men in South Africa
is very great, and their numbers are
very inadequate for the population.
am speaking of Cape Town, Johannes
burg and Barberton. There seems to
be no reliable oculist, optician or
dentist in either of these places. A
hannesburg with her children writes
that people residing there and requlr-
ing an optician must go to Durham. All
who can afford it come home to have
their eyes and teeth attended to, and,
as this is expensive and inconvenienr,
many suffer much pain and injury.
Many ladies endure the fatigue of travel
and come to England when they require
special care rather than place them
SELVES III TIC uduoS VI InS ooSlo1S Nv
present available. l understand the
mortality in Johannesburg is appalling.
Many are there quite alone, and, having
no one to attend to them in sickness,
go to the hospital, where they usually
die. l should state that the patients
are not admitted free, but pay about
$40 weekly. 1t seems to me most
strange that this state of things should
exist, especially as there are SO many
doctors here who complain of scarcity
of DatientS"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
THE EFFECT WAS STARTLING.

CONSERVATION Caused by a Cry of Fire In
Philadelphia Tailor Shop.
Mex door to the Office of popular
magistrate in the central portion of
that city there is small tailor shop
which has this sign in the window:
Trousers pressed while you wait"
Quite number of politicians frequent
the magistrates Office, says the Phila-
delphia Record, and they often drop
into the tailor shop to have the bags"
taken out of their trouser knees. One
day latelySelect Councilman Tommy"
Ryan and anumber of up-country dele
gates were sitting in the tailor's back
room while their respective pantaloons
were being f-oned. Representative
John II. Fow, who is forever on the
lookout to play practical joke, passed
the door of the shop and took in the
situation at glance. MIR. Fow raised
his mighty fog-horn voice in one wild
cry of "Fire!' The effect was in
stantaneous and startling. Mr.. Ryan,
the first to dash through the shop door,
was clothed, as to his neither extremi-
ties, in haring scarlet. Two of the
country politicians wore gray and
white, but the third wore, besides the
startled look upon his face, not much
of anything. His "biled" shirt was
pretty long, but it did not prevent the
few pedestrians on the street from see
ing his bare knees knocking together
with fright. When the victims real
lied the trick that had been played
upon them they scurried back to
shelter.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
From Monday'suDa

Mrs. j. M. Filloon went to Portland
today for short visit in that city.
Hon. w. Fl. Biggs returned this
morning from visit to Sherman.
Charlie Frazier's many friends will
be pleased to learn that he is now in a
fair way to recover from his serious
illness.
The case of the state vs.. Dan Osborn,
indicted for larceny, was given to the
jury at 7:3O Saturday evening and after
being out about two hours the jury re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
Yesterday there was goodly re-
presentation Of Oregon lawmakers in
the city, Senators Harmon, Johnston,
Dufur and Michel, and Representa-
tive Huntington were here, but all
left on the afternoon rrain for the seat
of war at Salem.
At the session of the Davis house
yesterday, the Bensonites came near
capturing the meeting. Eight of them
were present when Davis called the
heuse to order, and took hand in the
proceedings, passing resolution ad-
journed to 11:45 tonight.
Mr.. Brooks, who has charge of the
repairs being made to the steamer
Dalles City, was up from Portland
yesterday, and stated that the boat
would be ready for service by the 1st
t March. The hull of the boat has
been thoroughly overhauled. In fact ]
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

themselves as favorable to Senator Mi
ciell's bill. and there is little question
bit they will report it favorably. This
isencouraging to the friends of the
m,asure, since the majority of the COM
mitee, Senators Harmon and John
soE, are residents of Western Ore
gon and favorable report from
then will have good effect in securing
is passage through the ssza'e. OF
coure, in view otthe unsettled state
of afI4irs ct Salem, it may be impos-
sible, eveF1f the bill is passed by the
senate to get favorable action in the
ho.e in case thai body organizes,
hough should it not 60 through this
session, it will have good chance in
the next, provided active work on the
boat-railway is not commenced in the
tir,,a
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
SCHOOL ELECTIONS.
The Old Question OF Who Can Vote
Brought Up.

Brought Up.
An extract from the opinion of the
attorney-geperalo on the qualification of
school electors was embodied in letter
from Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion Irwin to County School Superin-
tendent Armstrong, of Marion county.
The gist of the attorney-general's
opinion is that an elector at school
meeting must be 81 years old and
citizen OF the United States; must
have resided in the state six months
preceding the election and in the dis
trict 30 days Immediately preceding
the election; must have property on
which he or she pays tax and in case
they have no property then in districts
of less than 1000 inhabitants an cleo
tor must be the parent of children OF
school age.
This opinion it should be borne in
mind, is based solely upon statutory
law, irrespective of section of article
II of the state constitution, wherein it
is provided that every male citizen of
the United States of the age of q and |
upwards, who has resided in the state
during the six months Immediately |
preceding the election, and every
male of 81 and upwards of foreign birth
who was resided in the state six
months Immediately preceding the
having declared his intention
to become a citizen of the United
States one year prior to the election,
shall be entitled to vote at all elec-
ions authorized by law.
The attorney-general takes, the
position that it is not part of his
luty in this opinion to pass upon the
question, as any law
egularly enacted and placed upon the !
tatute books is operative, until some i,
tribunal having proper jurisdiction ..
eclares it otherwise. The supreme
ourt, it is suggested, is the proper
'rum in which to determine that
uestion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
EFFECT OF TIME.
4 Wom an So Old That Her Muscles Huns
Like Shreds on Sticks.

Woman So Old That Her Muscles Hung
Like Shreds on Sticks.
In the Cornhill Magazine writer
thus records visit to an Egyptian
domicile situated upon the Nile: ''We
went into the hut after some hesi-
tation (thc dragoman whispered there
were ladies there) and found vigor-
Gus old man telling his Mussulman
beads cross-legged upon mud bench,
and on the floor bent over the fire the
oldest looking human being / ever saw
alive Mummies l have seen, and won,
dered not that they were dead, but in
what part of her withered, desiccated
frame that old woman found space to
keep the stern, vital energies that lined
her grim, carved face l can sarcely
guess. She looked no more living than
seaweed does dried and stretched on
paper.
Her arms, her legs Thrust almost
into the fire) were so shrunken that
the long leathern flesh and fiaccid
muscles hung round them like dangling
shreds on sticks. Round her neck
were beads of wood and round her
wrists leathern bracelets Though, to
be sure, / cannot feel certain they
were not folds of skin) and Oh her face
lurlked not only lines, but grllies and
passages they seemed so ieep and
fallen. But for the occasional up
turned glance of her cold, ulquestion-
ing eye could not have supposed her
anything else than one of tie earliest
and best preserved of thu remotest
queens of Egypt.
"The old man gave us lusty well
come and sent for milk ans dates and
filled our pockets. He slowed us his
long spear that hung agafst the wall,
and told me with proud gesture that
he had often killed his man, but ilQre
often with the sword, and, taking me
by the shoulder, showed me iercely
how he used to do it. He was ninety
years old and had never been farther
from home than Assouan, and then
only once. All his sons sat and stood
around us, and in the background
against the mud granary white teeth
glimmered and the broad, black faces
of the women shone, l asked him
what present he would like and he
asked for n little rice and q little black
coffee. All the time he clutched and
fingered his Moslcm rosary, which.
when l admired it, he wanted me to
accept. The son came back with us to
the dahbeah and carried off the coffee
and rice in envelopes, to which added
a handful of cigarettes and a couple of
oranges, with particular injunctions
that one was to be given to the old
gentleman"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
WILL SHE TRUNDLE HOOPS2
It Is Hinted That This VIII Be woman's
Next Fad.

Next FAD.
Everything is new now and nothing
lasts! There is no repose in the mod
ern woman. She is utterly unable to
remain at home in dignitied obscurity,
but must needs scamper of to where
people most do congregate, says Lon
don Truth. Display, excitement,
movement and novelty are the things
which she Graves for. The rage for
skating ut the real ice rink continued
for about three months, and then fash
ion suddenly switched May Fair on to
the bicycle. This in it's turn is already
commencing to lose the charm of nov-
city, and those whose vanity forces
them to be the first to do whatever is
peculiar are beginning to turn their at
tention to trundling hoops. Being an
essentially solemn people, however,
whenever we lapse into frivolity we JUS
tify our folly by serious argument. 1t
appears that trundling hoop and spin
ming top are altogether better forms
of exercise than are either skating or BIZ
cycling. The first strengthens the
spinator longus, the triceps and tho
dorsi, while the latter gives
play to the deltoid and the extensor
carpi radialis longior. That being the
case, no reasonable objection can be
raised to our women running along the
streets trundling their hoops or spin
ming tops in the park.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
...They Are the People,"

The legislators OF Oregon and Wash
ington are now in session, and for the
time being ''they are the people.
The day is not far distant, though, be-
fore many Of them. like their predeces-
sors, will for obvious reasons wish they
had never seen the respective state
houses. OF course they will all re-
member some pleasant features con.
nected with the service of their con-
stituents, such as free entertain ment.
p lsses, etc.; but between the "pull'' of
the Office seeker, the fine and coarse
work of the lobby member and the
thousand and one vexations, many
will get enough of the "good thing"
But the citizens who spend this same
season their time and money travelling,
and who use the Wisconsin Central |
lines between St. Paul or Minneapolis
and Chicago or Milwaukee will be sub |
ject to no such annoyances. They will
get the best service on earth and a
square meal at reasonable cost. For
particulars address Geo.. S. Batty,
Gen'l Agent, 246 Stark ST., Portland.
Dr.; or call on your nearest ticket
agents J.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
THE oLEKKsnIr SCANDAL.
It Is a Growing Menace to the Taxpayers
of the state,

The Oregonian's Salem correspon-
dent gives the following explanation
of how 81 clerks happened to be en-
ployed by the state senate:
The labor that the 81 senate-commit-
tee clerks did not do for the state and
for which all are to be paid, will pass
into history as one of the real achieve
ments of the present session. With
the exception of the engrossing COM
mitt-e. the ways and means committee,
the judiciary committee and perhaps
the printing committee, there was al
most nothing to do in the way of reu-
lar senate business. Some~vd the
clerkt have scarcely beepseen since
the opening of the session.. Others
have been on hand dsiy, and, having
heen duly emplged and having report
ed regularly for duty, they of course
have asalid claim for compensation.
The nrolling committee never had a
sigle bill before it, none having been
.hally enacted and passed to enroll
;nent There we're 10 clerks on this
committee. The railroad committee,
of which Senator Brownell is chair
man, had three clerks. He tried
very hard to get one more. A
single clerk would have been more
than enough. No injustice is done to
Brownell when it is said that he has as
little regard for the interests of the
state as any member of the legislature.
In this particular matter his record is
very vulnerable. He was all but con-
victed last Friday of deliberate mis-
ia having stated to the
republican csucus that 125 clerks were
two years ago. The actual
number was about one-half. Senator
Selling charges that it was due entire
" to Brownell's statement that the
caucus agreed to the employment of Sc
clerks. The real blame, however,
rests upon the republicans in accepting
statement without iavesti-
cation. Most of them knew Brownell.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
KINcAID,s PRUNING KNIFE.

Ais Report Shows Some Unnecessary Exs
penses Have Been Cut OF.
There are several features OF Seere.
tary of State Kincaid's report to the
legislature which are both interesting
and enjoyable reading to the taxpay-
ers.
One sensible move on his part was
when he stopped paying out the states
| money for newspapers to state officers.
Formerly state officer would take as
many newspapers as he wanted and
the state would pay for it. Secretary
Kincaid stopped all this and the news
papers (some of them) have been abus-
ing him for it; but the saving to the
state in two years has reached nearly
$1,000.
Under the head of disallowed claims
appears another item of interest to
the taxpayer: Sc, ,696.s9 in the claim of
John H. Hall for services to the state
as deputy district attorney OF Multono-
nah county, struck out by the secreta-
ry's pen. Out of the $4,000 appropriat-
ed for the INDECENT poor of the coun
ties the secretary has covered S6,736
back into the treasury. He has cut
down the average cost of conveying
convicts to tt.e penitentiary, from
S57.56 under his predecessor to 1851,
thereby saving the state little over
$4,000 in the two years. He has also
by careful auditing covered $4,000 into |
the state treasury from the fund for
conveying insane, having reduced |
the average price of conveying each |
person considerably.
1t is interesting to note the item
about weighing paper for state print
ing. Before Mr.. Kincaid's time the
many tons of paper used annually was
not weighed to see if it came up to the
weight bid on. Mr.. Kincaid had suit
able scales purchased and in the first
invoice thereafter found short tage of
several hundred pounds, amounting
to $19 on just one order. How many
hundred dollars the state has in the
past lost in this way no one knows.
Probably here was one reason why the
state printers Office cost the taxpayers
30 much more.
That the secretary has used impair
,iality in applying the pruning knife
20 the expenditure of public money is &
shown by the fact that he has covered
Ibout $1,000 back into the treasury /
rom the amount appropriated to pay I
clerical aid in his own behalf, and 4
his Notwithstanding the fact that s
he work of his office has been in p
reased, as he estimates, 30 per cent t
uring the last two years by the aud v
ting of all bills by the secretary of t
tate instead of sending the money out "
" the executive committees or other
fficers of the different state institu- 81
ions to audit the claims and pay out a
he money at pleasure, as was the Ii
,rmer custom.-East Oregonian. a
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
HIS GRAcE's sUSPENoERS.

Clever Ruse by Which the Duke of Wei
lington's Autograph Was Secured.
1t is well known that, toward the lat
ter years of the duke of Wellington:
life, it was next to impossible to coax OF
wheedle his autograph out of him. Al
the stratagems used to get reply from
him to letters failed; he either did mo-
answer them at all, or directed his pr
vate secretary to do so; and thusshe
famous signature of ''Wellingto'' be-
came a rarity highly priced b. collec-
tors.
Apropos of this, Answerstelis OF a
London lady who had an nbum gar
nished with the autograh ms OF most OF
the great men of the da', but wanted
that of the Great Captln. She men
toned her distress to friend, certain
Mr.. H., and a few d9s after he, to her
great surprise an6 pleasure, brought
her a note from tb hand of the victor of
Waterloo. 1t ra. thus:
"Field Marshl Duke of Wellington
never orderedt pair of braces of Messrs.
Simkin. If NJ. duke of Wellington
had ordered the articles he could not
forget it. !. NJ duke of Wellington al
ways paysfor his braces"
This WIS very odd document for a
lady's alum, but it's authenticity was
undoubtd, and it therefore found the
best plae in the interesting collection,
The wy in which this singular note
was e,cited was this:
Mr.. Fl. filled up one of the bank
ruptcy court forms and signed it, in
forming the duke that in winding Up
the Affairs of Messrs. Simpllins, he (the
assig1re) found on their books the sum
OF IS Il due by his grace for a pair of
braces which he requested the duke
would Immediately pay or have paid.
Mr.. rs ruse was founded on pure
fictiol, but it succeeded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
Laid 10 Rest.

The funeral services OF the late5essle
Butles held at the NJ. E. chnrch last
Sunday afternoon, were very largely
attended. An hassi,sIore the time ap-
pointed people begza ing at.the .,s
church eager to show in this WSspeir
deep feeling of loss and bereavement.
The entire church was packed, the hall
way being filled with young men who
stood during the entire service.
That universal feeling of sorrow
filed all hearts was forcefully expressed
by the extreme quiet and stiffness that
prevailed the vast audiance. The ex-
ercises were opened by the pastor,
Rev. ]. H. Wood, with the customary
scripture reading of the M. E. church.
A quartette sang an opening hymn
"Lead, Kindly Right" then prayer
was offered by the pastor, being fol
lowed by solo by Miss Elliott, OF
Portland, feelingly rendered.
The pastor introduced his remarks
by relating somo bits of history of
Jessie's life, and began his address by
using favorite quotation of hers and
one she had repeated to her mother
the night previous to her deaah, Il
know that my -Fedeemer liveth." He
touchingly alluded to her conversion
in the church, and feelingly spoke of
her zeal for the work of saving souls.
Her sense of duty was clear and def
mite. and she faithfully performed her
work. Her influence for good was felt
by all her loving friends in the Ep-
worth League, the Sunday school, the
church and the public school, all knew
that Jessie was moved by a divine
power to accomplish good. Under this
new born and holy influence, her social |
and religious development was rapid
ind most marked.
On her sixteenth birthday she gave |
1er name to the church and Epworth |
League, and when the Queen Esther
circle was formed she en-
cred heartily into that. At her death
he was Sd vice-president of the
league. How we shall miss her, but
or her, "to die was gain;" she cannot
eturn to us, but we may 60 ro her.
In our chartered grief we are con-
oled by the Christian hope, "Though
bsent from the body, present with the
.ord," and there in bliss supreme she
ats our coming. The floral offerings
ere numerous and very beautiful.
he league, her class in the public
,hool and many friends sending
'kens of loving remembrance.
Farewell, young, loyal Christian
ldier, we meet no more this side of
,aven, but in joyous expectation We
ait the glad reunion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
ELEoTRlU LOCOMOTIVES.
Some New French Ones Expected to
Make 100 Miles an Hour


A new electric locomotive of large
dimensions, calculated to draw trains
of double the weight of those attached
to ordinary engines at a rate of 81
miles an hour, has been tried with
success on the Western Railroad of
France line, The first experiment of
this kind were made in 1893 between
Havre and Buezville with an electric
locomotive, which behaved well
throughout the trial trip.
Owing to the success OF this machine,
the compang's engineers constructed
two larger locomotives, and it is one
of these which has just been tested,
1t is 81 feet long and 1850 horse power.
In spite of their size, they wear out the
rails less than ordinary LOGON otives,
as the weight is distributed on eight
axles instead of four or five.
They are safer than the others,
owing to their elastic character, which
enables them to make curves with
security at full speed. Great things
are. in fact, expected from these on.
trivanees, which, when perfected, will
do 100 to lis miles IN hour.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
RUBBER-1IREO CABS.
The Londoner Now Glides Over the Streets

AAS A-SAoohcA ANo" oiLuss ofcE tno 6tE0oI8
Without Jar.
Dancing has Deen described as the
poetry Oh Inotiuh, AID perhaps it was at
the time Inc description Mas penned;
but that Was sUiiie tiii.e ago, says the
New \ orh Independent. Today the
poetry OF motion ls iOuIIu Ill driving in
u ruDDer-tirSu I.siiisJii. over Il W Ood-
paved London Street. Tor miles you
glide along, Sci;rcci, CONSCIOUS that You
are moving unlIl cur course is arrested
by bIOchIug vi lGaii.s near Hyde Park
corner. NO conversation is ever inter-
rupted by Il DRIVE ln London. Indeed,
II you Want Jew quiet words alone
with q friend, the besl Nay to get them
is to take Il CAP. / here, Gniess there
be something iii your manner TO excite
the driver > curiosity or susp piciop which
may induce hIm 10 Open tie trap door
in the top OF the cab and listen, you are
as secluded as you would be III your
own boudoIr. / don't kuow how MANY
hanson cabs there are in London, but [
know that there are at least l5,645, for
/ saw that number on the pack of one,
30 that you are never at a loss for them.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20

man of the Knights of Labor. has
written a sensational letter to the In
dustrial Advocate, with Private Dal-
zell's exhortation for war with foreign
nation as his text. He declares that
secret revolutionary societies, known
as the Iron Brotherhood and the IN
dustrial Army are being organized in
every part of the country, with their
members leagued together to resort to
war as means of obtaining remedies
for the populace' which they cannot
secure by the ballot. He deprecates
Private Dalzell's talk as being in line
which might tend dangerously to fan
this sentiment into flame. He aserts
that should a revolution come, he will
not be among the towards now On the
side of the plutocratic classes.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-02-20
For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REM
EDY.-Mrs. WInsiow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over 1ifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success
1t soothes the child. softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for diarrhea. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gists in every part OF the world.
Twenty-Five cents bottle. Its value
is uncalculable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.