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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

Railroad bonds were strong and active III the
,wo hours of business. The principal dealings
were in the Atchison. Northern Pacific and Cen
tral of Georgia issues. Chicago Terminal re-
CENTS. Kansas Pacific first consol receipts, ore
gon Railroad and Navigation Is Oregon Snor,
Line issues Reading As. San. Antonio ana
Arkansas Pass IS, Union Pacific, Denver ana 1uil
hrsts Texas and Pacific seconds and Wapash
seconds The chief net gains were maze py
International and Great Northern thirds. 10
AZ Kanawha and Michigan As. l 10 40: Kansas
Pacific first consol receipts. IA to SIP; MIS-
souri, Pacific first consol 6s. l TO 81; Susquenanha
and Western general As, l TO 50: oregon Snort
Line first consol rs. l% to 90: the first incomes
A 5s Ia to "a: Long Island Ferry 412s' = 10
So Mobile and Ohio As y to II: chicago Ter
minal receipts " to 43h: Fort Worth and Den
yer City firsts. "a to 667s. and wabash seconos.
y to 15A Hooking Valley 6s lost : TO %; Long
Island A.. to S.. Kansas and Texas seconds'
y TO 637s. and Jersey Central os " 10 Il-1s'
THE MONEY MARKET
Money on call was ] per cent. Time money
was III per cent for sixty days, 2Aq212 per
cent for three months. pa per cent FOR four
months and 3 per cent for six months. com
mercial paper rates were 3Q3l2 per cent Tor the
hest names for three months. 3hG4 per cent for
six m )n.hs and above for names not so well
known. ,.
The foreign exchange market closed the week week
firm with posted sterling at 81 81 ana - oSd
81 SS1l for long and short bills respectively
Rates for actual business closed as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
Capital 100000. Shares 81 Each.
FULL PAID. NON-ASSESSABLE.

THIS COMPANY Is FORMED To EXPLORE AND
nEVErsOP THE GOLD FIELDS OF british COLI NJ
BfA. INCLUDING THE CARIfOO DISTRICT AND THE
KIONDiKE DISTRICT At THE HEADWATEEs OF
THE YUKON RIVER. SHARES OF IT'S CAPITAL
STOCK ARE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC At PAX
siCo PER SHARE. THE COMPANY i PLACING EN-
PLOsING PARTIES IN THE GOLD REGIONS EACH
IN CHARGE OF MINING ENGINEERS, FULLY
EQUIPPED FOR SUCCESSFUL. DISCOVERY AND De
VELOPMENT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01

GEORGE ELLIS, Secretary
JOHN E. 1ORRIS, Asst Secretary.
EDWARD V. PRESTON, Supt of Agencies.
J. b. LEWIS, I'D, Medical Director and Adjuster
SYLVESTER c. .DUNHAM, Counsel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-01
VHE CORN EXCHANGE BANK NEW.

YORK. July 2lst. 1s9I.-The Board Of Directors ha
,h,s day declared dividend OF SIX PER CENT ,6y)
payable the shareholders and after second da
Of August next The transfer books will closed from
jIly 22d August I'd LOFTIN LOVE. Cashier.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
smallpox In HANNA

New York, Jan. ao.--A dispatch. to the
sun from Havana says: There are nov
2,oo3 cases of smallpox In Havana. Al
Guanajay, in Pinar del Rio, which has
only 10000 inhabitants, there are 467
cases. Yellow fever and malaria are
also ravaging the country, and 1t may be
safely affirmed that the sanitary condi-
ton of Cuba is far greater danger to
the United States than the much feared
bubonic plague of India. Cuba Is close
to our coasts, and there is daily commu-
nication between the island and the
main land.
AT the end of March the depressing
warm weather begins here, and then
diseases of contagious nature spread
very rapidly. Cuba is now a focus of
diseases, and may become source of
danger to the whole world
The smallpox was introduced here by
The 100000 soldiers from Spain.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

San Francisco, Jan. as.-Since the
assassination of Fong Ching, C"Littls
Pete'') In Chinatown on Saturday even.
ting last. that section of the city has
been constantly pstrolled by a large
number of police officers in citizens
dress.
Gatherings of every description have
been quickly dispersed, and longs, or
secret societies, have not been per
mitted to meet. Although the Chinese
consul expresses no concern for his
personal safety, the consulate has
been guarded by a special detail of
police.
Placards have been posted Ia the
Chinese quarter, offering reward OF
5000 each for the heads of Vice-Con
sui King Owayang, who was supposed
20 be Ia league with little Pete" and
Big Jim" noted proprietor of lot
teries.
Il, Is expected volunteers 10 earn so
rich prize will not be lacking, and
there Is a fair chance of an outbreak
after the funeral ceremonies Of ''Little |
Pete" are concluded.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
An Ahesto- shoe.

a Massachusetts, firm is about to en-
gage in the manufacture of new shoe,
made of asbestos and intended for work
ingmen employed in foundries and
smelling works, instead of the mob
nailed shoes now worn. A great many
articles are made for smelters' use, such
as aprons, leggings, face guards, ETC.,
and sometimes whole suits of clothes;
and now the demand for a supply OF
asbestos shoes has grown to be so great
that their manufacture on large scale
Is to be begun. The leather shoes now
worn in smelling works cost probably
about 81. so pair en- an average, and
wear out in two or three weeks, whereas
asbestos shoes, 1t is claimed, will cost
less money and will wear indefinitely.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Dallas, Tex, Jan. 7o.--The news tina
the Nevada legislature had passed bill
licensing glove contests reached Dallas
tonight. Dan A. Stuart said 81 have
nothing to say concerning the work OF
the Nevada legislature. | have no OBJ
lection to that state or any other licens-
Ing glove contests. have never an
nounced that Corbett and Fitzsimmons
would meet for their match In Nevada.
am pursuing my part of the affair on
the same lines have followed hereto
fore. am not prepared to say where
the contest will take place. will an
nounce the place In due time and not
later than the 18th of February"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

One of the most important Of the re.
cent discoveries In the south is the large
deposits of phosphate rock in Middle
Tennessee, says the Tradesman. The
deposits are practically co-extensive
with the boundaries of the blue grass
county of Middle Tennessee. The de
Posits are exceedingly rich, comparing
very favorably with those of Florida,
containing as shipped from "a to s. per
cent of phosphate of lime and less than
) per cent of the oxides of alumins and
Iron, which are the Objectionable con-
stituents.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
The monkex,s ninn.r nelI

Nature has hundreds OF queer ways OF
scattering see DIS broadcast, but none OF
them are more peculiar than that of a
South American tree called Hura crepi-
tans. A celebrated naturalis t, in speak
ing Of this remarkable tree, uses the fol-
lowing language: IA curious instance
of seed.scattering shooting them from
the pod is offered by Hura crepitans,
handsome tree which is quite common
In the valley of the A macon. This tree
has peculiar fruit, somewhat fiattened.
with deeply furrowed or fiuted body,
made up OF circle of many cells, each
containing one seed When the seeds
are ripe the cells open and expel them
with loud report Hence the fruit is
sometimes called the monkeys dinner
bell'
"Stories have been told of Hura fruits |
being placed In desks. ard subsequently |
opening and discharging their seeds |
with such violence as to break fnk-wells |
and even to crack the wood of the
desk"
In this connection 1t may be very APP
proPriately said that there is another
tree of the Hura family which bears a
4ueerly shaped nut called the "monkey's
oootjacd
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Do you remember of ever having
heard of that remarkable physical dis.
order which accompanied religious
movement which swept over the Uni
ted States just prior to the war of I8r2i
1t was in fact contagious nervous
name, was called "the jerks" An early
New England writer who saw several
cases refers to this most remarkable
manifestation as follows:
"The Jerks took their name from the
fact that the whole body was affected,
and that In most singular fashion, too.
The arms and legs would be thrown
about, apparently by a force beyond
control of the affected individual.
Sometimes the head would be thrown
backward and forward with great vic.
lence. Occasionally the entire body
would be affected and in such cases the
victim would fall upon the ground and
founce about like fish out of water"
The disorder soon became epidemic,
frequently attacking a whole religious
assemblage at one time, making no dis
tinction between the impious and the
pious. The only relief was to grasp
and hold fast until the fit
passed off. The disease, If such it may
be called, usually left its victim badly
Frustrated, and in more than one in
stance death ensued during the attack,
Usually from broken necks or violent
conclusions and constusions during the
The disorder lasted from
bout 1870 to 1878 and then gradually
disappeared from the land.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Man anu the Mammoth.

A remarkable discovery was made a
few years ago in the sandstone rock at
the Nevada State Prison. The "fndn
was considered wonderful, not only
from a geological standpoint, but from
an Astrological point of view also.
While the convicts at the institution
were unearthing some huge blocks of
stone, they discovered some peculiar In
dentations in one of the slabs. Closer
investigator proved that these queer
marks were the tracks of some gigantic
beast of antediluvian time-perhaps a
mastodom or a mammoth. When the
startling intelligence was announced to
the prison officials they had the sand
stones slabs containing the marks care
fully cleaned, whereupon another Won
derful discovery was made. In the same
pieces of stone, sometimes at the side
and sometimes between the tracks made
by the great prehistoric beast, were
series of human footprints, which
proved conclusively that man and the
mammoth lived not only at the same
time and in the same age, but that the
huge beast and the man had passed that
way during the same year, and perhaps
On the same day. The wonderful relics
Of bygone age, were found In quarry
s feet from the surface and had previ-
,usly been covered with stratum COM
POSED of hundreds of tons of stone
he accumulation of ages that had inter
-ened between the date upon which the
racks were made and that npon which
hey were revealed to the scientists. Ex-
ert biologists who have since passed
n opinion on the matter say that at the
me the tracks were made that which
now hard sandstone was a "mucky"
eposit of soft sediment, probably the
order of lake, where the man had
cen fishing and where the mammoth
ad come to battle snd drink.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Brahms must be considered as the
most celebrated of all living composers.
as the most Intellectually prominent in
the direct line of descent from Beetho-
ven, with whom the similarity of artistic
conception = the resultant of an intense
absorption and concentration-is often
mos stri king. His position In every
tment of music-with the excep-
on OF the opera, which he never at
tempted-is indeed supreme; his talent
for combin alton, as his variations testi-
fly, is extraordinary. If his polyphonic
works are at times unsympathetic, they
yet remain an inexhaustible mine of
wealth. Viewed In his totaIity we. see
In him a musician who, combining the
highest order of intelligence with an
iron will, has created special style.
This style, sweeping us not infrequentIy
into wild and sterile regions with misty, |
icy peaks, never touching the prosaic or
commonplace, has yet its mission TO full
fill In lighting perchance the future part
of some disciple to whom will be reveal
ed the radiant heights of Parnassus.
And Brahms is still actively at work
among us.-Herr Alexander Moszkow.
Xxi In the January Forum.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
P0sfAl Changes

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The special
postal service from Garland, Utah, to
Thatcher, Box Elder county, will be
discontinued by the postofice depart
ment after February 10. The special to
Ora, Fremont county, will be discon-
tinued an the same date. The postoffice
at Frances, Nez Perces county, Idaho
has been discontinued. Mail for this
town should hereafter be addressed to
Belman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Coolest This winter.

Kansas City, Jan. as.-The coolest
weather this winter has prevailed
during the last "a hours In this section
of the southwest There is no SHOW,
but high, freezing wind has added
to the suffering Great damage to live
stock Is reported The cold wave ex-
tended to the territories. An average
of degrees below zero is reported In
Kansas, with no prospect of immediate
relief.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Tales from Scotland.

Here are some stories worthy of Bar
rie; An old Scotch woman once called
on her minister and communicated to
him the intention of herself and her
brother, John, 70 worship at home by
themselves thereafter, as they had de.
cided that all the members of the Scot
fish kirk believed in false doctrine.
al am very glad" said the minister,
cryly, "that there are two of you who
are right and will be saved"
"Aweel, I'm no sayingr" said lean.
shaking her head. "Times hae ma
doots o. John"
A doctor received a professional visit
from an old Scotchman, to whom he
gave instructions, regulating his diet.
etc, particularly advising him to drink
no spirits for some time. On tire pa
TENTS rising to leave without having
referred to the usual fee the doctor
spoke; 81 am In the way of charging
for my advice and will trouble you for
half a crown"
"Oh. maybe. said the canny Scot,
but I'm nae gaun to TAX your advicer"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
King AIfonso's BIRTHDAY.

Havana, Jan. 22.-The eleventh ami.
versary of the birth of King Alfonso
will be celebrated on the 23rd inst. Or
ders have been received by Captain
General Weyler from the government
at Madrid to review the cases of the
political prisoners now In custody in
the Havana and Pinar del Rio prov
inces, and to grant provisional release
to all those who are held upon charges
of minor Importance and are not con-
rected with the revolution In Cuba.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Boards in Heaven.

1t would take whole page of the Re.
public to catalogue all the queer super
stitions about the beard and the curious
laws that have been enacted for its nro-
lection. Russia had an old law bv
which one who pulled but single hair
from anothers beard might be fined
four times as much as If he sad cut of
one of his enemy's fingers. The Turks
have always believed that a beardless
man would never be admitted to para.
oiSe' and the Russians, although they
do profess to despite everything Turk
ish' declare that no beardless son OF
Adam can ever enter heaven"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Washington. Jan. % ~ Llliuokalan
es-queen Of Hawaii, received ia her
apartments at the Shorehsm this after.
nooa from 5 to O'Clock
Although twas not generally under.
stood that the reception was public.
several hundred ladies wels,known In
oaieiai and society circles, for the most
part impesled by curiosity. presented
themselves and were introduced by Mrs.
Julius N. Palmer. who Invariably sd.
dressed Mrs. Dominis as aYoar Mai
esty," and spoke of her to the visitors as
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Tablets marking the spot where
Abraham Lincoln was nominated for
the presidency In 1860, says Chicago
dispatch, the spot where the great fire in
1871 burned itself out, and where the old
Sauganash house stood In pioneer days,
will be erected by the Chicago Histor-
ical society. The announcement was
made officially at the quarterly meeting
of the society by E. G. Mason, its presi-
dent. A stirring appeal from the Mas
sachusetts Historical society praying
congress to restore the famous frigate
Constitution and make 1t naval muse
um at the Washington navy yard was
read and indorsed.
The president was authorized to issue
an appeal to Congress in conjunction
with the action of the Massachusetts,
society. The president amounted that
the society had In view Fort Dearborn
meeting early In the year. He said he
had received two letters regarding the
massacre One was from the grand |
laughter of the California survivor who |
now resides in Iowa, giving many addi-
ional particulars. The other was from
simon Pokagum, son of the Indian chief
Who led the Indians on that fatal day. +
If there had been no whisky there
would have been no massacre" said the
on of the old chief
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

The triton, a spotted, lizard-like rep
tile found In almost every state In the
union, has a most wonderful power of
reproducing amputated parts. Bonnet,
the great French naturalist, experiment
ed on the little creatures by smputating
their legs and tails, and by so doing
found that their powers of reproduction
were almost unlimited. In one instance
an amputated leg was reproduced IL
times In three years, and in another an
eye was gouged out and reproduced In
less than II months. The loss of tail
does not appear to discommode a triton,
except to give him sort of unbalanced
gait. Tails clipped from the specimens
Bonnet kept to experiment on were in
variably reproduced in from five to nine
weeks.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
"her royal highness."

IItI TOY al IIlBI Itoo.
Those who conversed with the ex
queen found her an intelligent, graceful
dignified hostess and, doubtless as the
result of the cordially with which she
greeted her callers numerous invitations
will be pressed upon he. with such force
that she will hereafter be seen at many
functions while the gay season lasts.
The ex queen clearly intimated to all
qncstioners that she was delighted with
Washington and its people and had no
idea of leaving hastily.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. a5-The cold
wave which came here Saturday was
still ere today In full force. This morn
Ing the thermometer recorded 10 below
zero. The relief organizations of the
city are overwhelmed with applications
for help from the suffering unemployed
and there is much distress that cannot
be alleviated. Lake traffic continued
under obstacles, an almost imprenetra-
Bile mass of steam arising from the
water.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Harris Succeeds PETER.

Topeka, Jan. 2o.-Ex-Congressman
w. A. 6. Harris was chosen United
States senator to succeed Senator w.
A. PETER by the PopuIist caucus to-
night en- the eleventh ballot. PETER
was practically out of the race long be-
fore the final ballot.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

A traveller just returned from Sontt
Africa tells of singular combat that he
once witnessed In deep forest in the
heart of the Dark Continent. HAPPEN.
ing to cast his eyes towards the ground
he noticed caterpillar crawling along
at rapid space, followed by a hundred
or more small ants. Being quicker In
their movements than the worm the ants
would catch up with the caterpillar and
one would mount his back and bite him
Pausing for an instant the caterpillar
would turn his head and catch the ant
in such way as to kill II almost instant
ly. This slaughter of their fellows did
not seem to have any effect upon the ar
lacking hordes, the place of the dead
warrior being presently filed by another
hero willing to sacrifice his life. After
a dozen or more of his tor
the worm began to show signs
of fatigue, whereupon the ants made
attack. At this the worm
sought safety by climbing a stalk of
grass, going up tail first and defending
himself with his head and strong laws
seeing themselves outdone on that score
he ants set to work and soon felled the
took with their mandibles. When this
'as done they all bounced upon the
elpless worm and made short work ot
i'm.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Postmaster Draper of CHEYENNE con
fesses embezzlement to the amount Of
$3,522.o5 of the funds of the IJniteA
States by abstracting the same from Il
registered letter.
DIR. William R. Alger of Boston. the
well-known lecturer and divine viii
probably accept the pastorate of tlbe
Unitarian church at Berkeley. Cal
The Russian minister for the inte%ior
mas declared the whole of India Il be
infected with the plague. ~
Among the bills Recommending for
passage In the Indiana house b 49,
one making it unlawful to pIavfoftbam
in the state. IF
John {. SPooner has been elected
oni'eo States senator by the WISCONSIN
legislature, succeeding Villas.
The Star furnace was destroIsd hv
rre at Jackson, Ohio, on the a6th inst
nc loss Is $4,000. Hugh Maktin and
leath. u "
The Denver paper mills were sold 70
atisfy a Judgment.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Approves the Treaty.

New York, Jan. as.-The New York
Bar association has approved the arbi-
trary treaty with Great Britain and
adopted resolutions to be sent to Wash.
ington urging prompt ratification.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Haze at Logansport.

LogansPort, Ind. Jan. 26-The Muir.
dock Hotel and Elliott's wholesale gro.
Gerry building burned. here tonight. en-
falling loss between $4,000 and $780,
600. Many surrounding buildings were
damaged by fire, smoke and water.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29

Senator Jones says the democrats of
Idaho must elect Dubois. 10 this they
demur. Senator Butler says they must
stand to their agreement and elect
PoPulist.
Ex-Governor Altgeld claims the last
election was carried by fraud.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-01-29
Senator George nl

Washington, Jan. 7s.-There is prac-
tically no improvement In the condition
of Senator George of Mississippi, who Is
very seriously Ill at the Garfield Memo
rial hospital.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-02-25

An Illinois florist calls attention in
Farm, Field and Fireside to four plants
of special yalue-Hyd rangea paniculata
grandifora, Spir@a van houttei, Cornus
sanguinea and Tamariske amurensis.
The hydrangea, with its magnificent
white flowers; the spir@a, with its long,
graceful, snow white plumes; Cornus
sanguinea, with it's bright red, glossy
wood, and Tamariske amurensis, drap-
ed with its odd, green, feathery foliage.
make a com bination which cannot be
described and must be seen to be appre-
ciated.
All of these shrubs are perfectly hardy,
easily cared Tor and can be pruned or
trimmed into almost any shape desired.
They are especially adapted to this
hardy border, and are valuable and
highly ornamental as single specimen
plants for the lawn and are very effect
i've for grouping or general background
planting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-02-25
Eancies and Fallacies.

''Plant beans with the eye down. "
On the envelopes inclosing lima beans
bought of most seedsmen in the United
States the purchaser is advised to plant
with the eye down to insure successful
vegetation. An American Agriculturist
correspondent in this connection writes
Having never followed this advice in
a successful experience of 40 years, the
following experiment was made last
spring in two adjacent hills. In enc,
ten beans were carefully placed with
the eye down. In the other, ten were
dropped in the usual way except that
care was taken to have none with the
eye down. Seven plants came IN the
hill in which the beans were planted
with the eye down, while every bean
produced plant i'll the other. "Plant
potatoes with cut side down." When a
boy, assisting in my fathers garden, ]
was required, at the cost of much wasted
energy. to carefully place each piece of
potato with the cut side down. When ]
planted my first crop, the potatoes were
dropped like corn, and to the expressed
surprise of the old planters a perfect
stand was secured.