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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
AMERICAN MECHANICS IN SESSION

Pittsburg. June li.-It is a coincideace
that the flag day AID the first day y. ,hy
national council OF the JuEion Order Of
United Mechanics should he on the sans
day. and this fact makes the da yof De
cial Importance to members OF the Anrr-
ica1 Mechanics About i15 delegates hav'
arrived in the city and about % mor'
are coming. Those who came in las
night and during the day are from nearly
every state in the Union.
1t is expected that about l0.oOo visitor,
will also be present during the session
The only event OF importance today was
a meeting of the supreme commaniary
of the uniformed rank. There werf
about 20 delegates present, Reports o
the Supreme Junior Order had made ;
rapid increase in membership during :h'
past year.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
RAILWAY LAND PATENTS.

mittee on Pacific railroads today decided
to investigate the ISSUANCE OF patents -
Pacific railroads under the Pettigrew res
olutio1. and appointed senator's Foraker.
committee for that purpose. The resU-
luton provides that a committee of FIVE
senators be appointed by the vice-presi-
dent to investigate and issue patents fer
lands in the United States TO Pacific rail-
roads and the California and Oregon rail
way"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
INDIAN BUREAU CHANGES.

Washington. June 1.-THE specifications
FOR furishlns clothing supplies to the
entire indian service has been cancelled
ard new bids are to be called for by the
commissioner OF Indian AFFAIRS, TO be
opclssd In New York July Is. An investi-
cation OF the way In which the old spec4
hcatioas were framed by which ore ot
the bidders, 1t is alleged, would have Sc
cured the contract thought useless tech
nical requirements, has almost been con-
cluded.
Collusion OF certaia employees mas been
charged and it is possible that several
removals may result in the Indian bu-
reau.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
BARNEY BARNATo SUICIDES.

London, Ju~e IA special dispatch
from Buchal, island OF Madeira, off the
coast OF Morocco. says that on the arrival
there today Of the British steamship
Scot, which left Table BAY Cape Town
June for Southampton, 1t was an
nomced that Barney Barnato, the South
African diamond king, who was among
the passengers. had committed suicide by
leaping overheard. His body was re.
covered
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
PEACE IN SPAIN
Cannot Continue Long Unless Change l.
Made in Government.

New York, Ju-e IA Herald dispatch
from Madrid says;
The reports of an intended anpeNatiou
of Hawaii by the United States causes
anxiety as foreshadowing President Nc
Klnley's Cuban policy.
Senor Silvela. the leader of the dissidcnt
conservatives, in a speech last night con-
demned the Duke of Tetuan's assault on
Senator Comas.
He proceeded to say that Premier Cane
vas projected Cuban reforms to signify
that Spain resigns in face Of the United
States her title to govern the Antilles.
Senior Silvela advises a vigorous MILL
tary policy in Cuba and denounees me
weakness of the present ministry. l!r con-
cluded by declaring that the breach be-
tween the Spanish people and the present
government widens daily and that even
tual peace cannot continue long under
such circumstances.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
BICYCLE RACE

Rocheser, n. Y, June N.-Tom Cooper
got even with Eddie Bald and Other
cracks for their defeats of him in the
last few days by winning the mile open Al
Lakeview wheelmen's meet today. Th'
win was not by inches, but by length
and half. Bald was the man to follow
Cooper In, with Stevenson back Of him
Time 2l7 2-5.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
HORRIBLE DEATH.

Phoenix, Ariz., June l.-While return
ing from a firemen's picnic at Mesa CRY,
Miguel Barba met death in q horrible
manner. While standing on the platform
of moving train he leaned out and his
head struck a telegraph pole. manglins
him in such manner that he died vith:L
an hour.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
MONTGOMERY GETS TWO YEARS

Portland, June H.-(Special to the As
torian.)-Chas. Montgomery today pleaded
crilty to the charge of robbing W. S.
Iadd's grave. He was sentenced to two
years in the peaiteatiary. Wm. Rector
another Of the conspirators, was placed
on trial
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
VENEZUELA BOUNDARY.

Washington. June 1.-THE final ratir-
cation Of the boundary treaty between
Great Britain and Venezuela was eX-
changed in the state department this az
ternoon.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
THE OREGON To VICTU.,....

Washington, June 1.-THE secretary OF
the navy has ordered the battleship ore
gon to Victoria. 3. c., to be preseat at
the festivities attending the jubilee cele-
bration OF the queens jubilee.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15

money for the school studeau are re-.
qulred TO pay only On Incidental fee of
uD All the salaries. rent and other
czpenzes are paid by citlze1s
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
WEALTHY LAND OWNER DEAD.

La Porte Ind. June l4-Partrich HUn-
cheon, the wealthiest landowner n north
ern Indiana, is dead. aged 20. His for.
tune is estimated at about S1,OOO.0oO.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
SIGNS THE BILL.

Springfield, ILL.,. June I.-Governor Tan
ner today signed the bill preventing col
oring of butter or imitation Of butter.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-15
CONVEY CONFIRMED.

Washington, June l4.-The senate today
confirmed John F. Convey, of Washing
ton. as consul-general at Kangawa. ia
pan.
The herald., 1897-08-15
flG.4.

ped to the floor and started to run; but
before they could gain yard they were
seized and overwhelmed by myriad of
ants which devoured them alive. 1t
was the most thorough work I ever
saw. When finally the ants left the
house. passing out at the back in mill
tary order and directing their march to-
ward the next ranch, they had left not
one living thing behind in the way of
vermin or reptiles.
LAS these ants do no injury to the
people beyond devouring grass and any
provisions that are left exposed, it is
evident that they are the friends of
r,1e,rs-i.x- Control America, and tf1cfr IN
vasions are welcomed Through towns
and cleared lands and forests they keep
their way in broken lines, ascending the
highest trees in pursuit of their prey.
and leaving a path free from vermin
behind them. Where they come from
or whittier they go is a mystery which
no one in Nicaragua ever pretended to
explain"
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-08-15

and so on. By this means about four
grades of nuts are secured those of the
last grade-the very light ones-being
practically worthless, especially as they
are mixed with bits of roots, broken
shells, etc. 1t is generally necessary to
do some hand picking even after the
blower, and this work is performed by
women and children. All these opera
tions are Jumped together by peanut
growers and dealers under the compre-
hensive term refining" and sometimes
part of the refining is done at the
factories" or establishments for the
purchase and shipment of the nuts, that
have been established in all peanut
growing regions within the past few
years.
Most of my readers, probab bly,, think
peanuts are raised solely that they may
be eaten by boys, but this is a mistaken
notion. Few products of the soil are
put to a greater variety of uses. The
vines form decidedly valuable food for
cattle. From the kernels an especially
fine oil is made, which none but an eX-
pert can tell from the best olive oil.
This oil is used in great quantities in
the making of some of the finest grades
of toilet soap. The kernels themselves
are used in some parts of the world in
the adulteraton of coffee, and still more
extensively in the manufacture of CO.
Goa and chocolate. Ground into flour,
peanuts form an admirable material for
certain sorts of cakes and biscuits, and
the negroes of the southern states make
from it an exceedingly palatable por-
ridge, besides using it as a basis for a
The herald., 1897-08-15

nut growers now use a plow with a
peanut point" which is run alongside
each row so as to cut off the deep grow
ing tap root. After this plow, work.
men follow with strong. broad forks,
with which they lift the vines and root.
from the ground and lay them on the
ridge of soil that has been freshly turn
ed by the plow. For a day the pods are
allowed to dry in the sun; then the
vines are stacked for curing, each stack
being built about a pole that has been
driven into the ground for that purpose.
When thoroughly cured the nuts are re-
moved from the roots, some times by
hand and some times by machinery.
The latter is the quicker, more econom-
ical method, but the nuts suffer from it
to some extent, and some growers who
wish to get the highest prices adhere to
the old way of hand picking. The ma
both in appearance and principle are
somewhat similar to the machines used
in threshing wheat.
Besides the machine for picking the
nuts from the vines, still another has
been introduced. 1t Is called "the blow
err" and its function is to grade the
nuts and free them from whatever i'm
purities have been left by the pre-
vious process. In this machine the
nuts pass through a very strong artifi-
cial blast, from the force of which the
heaviest are first released, to fall into
the proper receptacle for the first grade,
The herald., 1897-08-15
NO GYMNASTICS IN NORWAY.
But for All That the Folks Who Live
There Are Exceptionally Strong
and HARDY.

Walking, climbing and ski-running
they have in Christiania, the capital
of Norway, with skating and coasting
but gymnasium athletics are practical
ly non-existent. There are probably not
more than half dozen pairs of boxing
gloves in Christiania. There are no run
ming ma tches no jumping, few crews,
no wrestling. no cricket, football, or
tennis, no teaching of the manly art Of
self lf-defence." The boys fight like little
demons, and one would think they
would aspire to do so scientifically. At
one of the large boys school it is part
of the unwritten law (of the pupils)
that the classes first out of the building
shall at times congregate in one corner
of the great brick-walled courtyard,
whence it shall be the duty and pleas
ure of the remainder of the school to
whack them forth with strenuous appli
cation of fists and heads.
The best possible resistance is made.
a great many eyes are blackened and
some few teeth dislodged, but all casu
alities are received amicably CATER
wardsJ ana all Prowess duIy accredited.
Private quarrels are promptly settled,
not in the school precincts, but in the
recesses of the Palace Park, where a
ring is formed seconds chosen and all
proceedings conducted in proper order.
The herald., 1897-08-15
Flying "Jinny" Made From a
Spool, a Stick and a
Piece of Tin.
WILL SOAR ONE HUNDRED FEET
Best to Make More Than One, as
They Frequently Get
Lost.

A flying 'jinny" is a very amusing
toy and an easy one to make as the
only materials needed for it's construc-
ton are an ordinary silk thread
spool, piece of stick, four steel wire
nails and a piece of thin sheet iron or
tin.
Flying jinnies can be made any size
from very small ones, that can be OPP
Grated with the hand, to those so large
that post planted in the ground will
be required on which to spin the spool
with the aid of a small rope.
To make a toy jimmy, obtain an ordi-
nary spool such as sewing silk is wound
on. 1t will be about one inch and a
quarter high and seven eighths of an
inch in diameter, and through it will be
hole about the size of an ordinary
lead pencil.
Around one end of the spool drive
four slim steel wire nails an equal dis
tance apart as shown in Fig. 2, and file
the heads off so they will appear like
ends of wire.
Next take piece of hard wood stick
about one half an inch round or square
and six inches long, and with sharp
knife cut one end of the stick round and
small enough for the spool to fit over 1t
and revolve easily.
The herald., 1897-08-15

them, slap them under their shirts, and
bring them out again, all the time ac-
companying the noisy chorus with mo-
tons of the body.
The more pandemonium, the more
hurrah there was, and the more diff
cult it was supposed to be for the guess
ers to locate the alder sticks correctly.
When an Indian made a guess, he
threw out one hand quickly to arms
length, while with the other he exc
cuted tanning motion in half circle,
placing the palm of that hand on the
other arm near the elbow. Practice
renders this very graceful movement.
The singing and noise ceases, and the
Indian with the sticks opens his hands.
If the guess is correct the two sticks
are passed across the fire, and that side
takes them, the side that has just lost
becoming the guessers. Two Indians
are selected to do the concealing, while
two on the opposing side are chosen to
guess. Whenever one side makes
point which consists in failure of the
opponents to guess correctly, 1t is mark
ed by thrusting one of the cedar sticks
into the ground in front of the winners.
When this side loses, a stick is pulled
out. When one side acquires ten small
cedar sticks, one twice as long is set
up in their place, and the lesser count
ers taken down. Three of the large
sticks represent thirty points, which in
most cases constitute the game.
The Shokomsh Indians often play
sing g-gamble without intermission from
nine at night till three in the morning.
Before it is ended they are nearly ex-
hausted from excessive singing and ex-
cited motions, but the interest in the
game never flags.
Copyright, 1897 by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-08-15
INDIAN GAME
OF SING=GAMBLE
Played by ShOkOmish Tribe,
Which DwellS in Vicinity
of Puget Sound.
SING AND DANCE WHILE PLAYING
SavageS Even Risk Their Wives to
Win and Often Play
All Night.

Many practices of the early Indians
are in vogue today among the half civ
ilized tribes who live in the vicinity of
Puget Sound. In their pastimes, gam
bling occupies prominent place. and
the "sing gamble" though divested of
much of it's old-tne ceremony, is still
the great game of chance.
In it's simple form it is but plain
game of guessing, with equal opportu-
mites to win or lose. The Indians. how
ever. will risk their all, jewelry horses.
dogs, canoes, weapons, and wives upon
it's results. The preparation and cere-
mony formerly attendant upon it gave
it great renown. At the present time,
when played with less than dozen
participants, it is still an affair of much
moment.
Night time, which lends weirdness to
the scene, is usually chosen for the
sing g-gamble. A huge fire is built, on
each side of which is placed long log,
resting on shorter pieces of wood, the
contrivances resembling huge, rude
drums. The players range themselves
back of the logs, in two opposing sides.
The gambling paraphernalia consists of
sticks of green alder one-half with the
bark peeled off, and the other with a
little ring of bark left around the mid
die. Counters in the shape of small
sharpened cedar sticks, are set in the
ground on each side of the fire, in
front of the players.
At game which I witnessed, thirty
points constituted the game, but the
limit often runs as high as sixty. AS
a preliminary, the bets were arranged
between the players Two canoes, a
silver watch, two ponies, dollar and a
half in silver, a coat a shirt, and some
other articles were wagered. This con-
sumed a great deal of time and much
talking in Chinook and real Siawash
'wawa," but was finally settled salts
factorily. Then the game began.
One of the Indians selected two alder
sticks. These We're about four inches
long and an inch in diameter. He took
one with the bark stripped, and the
other with the ring around the mid
die. The point to be determined by the
opponents was which hand held the
clean stick or which the stick with the
bark. The Indian having the sticks
fumbled with them under his shirt, then
brought them out in his hands. The mu-
sic now began, the Indians on the side
of the sticks singing, and those oppos-
ing keeping time by rapping on the log
in front of them with long sticks of
hard wood.
During this performance the Indian
and another who also had selected alder
sticks were swinging their hands at
half arm, bending the limb at the elbow
in front of them, while they leaned far
forward with their bodies at times
throwing their heads back and their
chests out, and every minute main
tanning that dreadful, unearthly chant.
Occasionally they would dexterously
toss the short sticks into the air, catch
The herald., 1897-08-15
ELLEN OSBORN'S FASHION LETTER.
Gay Beach Gowns and Dainty Frocks for Summer Fetes
Seen Rhode Islands Sands.

wall every beach girl in the East has
Joined the follow your leader game
started by the first beach girl who tied
her veil about the crown of her sailor
hat, instead of over her face, and let
the ends wave behind. There are long
ends and short ends, tulle ends, Brus
sells and Russian mesh ends, wide ends
and narrow ends, spotted ends and
plain white but always waving veils
In which fact is warrant for more NOR
alizing. The trimmed skirt conditions
the flowing veil. | do not suppose that
the beach girl has reasoned with herself
saying, Because my dress is all dane
ing ruffies, therefore my hat must COM
promise with it's too demure ways" but
without any whereas or therefore
straight brim and hard crown have
yielded to graceful decentralization
Fashions that last always harmonize
with their environments. The sailor hat
has the instinct of the fittest to sur
vive.
1t is a notion of mine that the bright
est butterflies are shortest lived, and on
the same principle casino dress, which
has rather longer season than beach
dress, is often daintier and more artis-
tic, but never so boldly and frankly
gay. The casino gown at Newport just
now or the gown for Bellevue avenue is
a very soft gray muslin over pale pink
or silky grass lawn in fawn color or
delicate green, embroidered in ecru or
cream color and with open applique de-
signs in Renaissance lace or in black
lace touched with gold tinsel. There is
nothing radically new about any of
these dresses. Fashion is enjoying it's
midsummer slumber. But there are
touches of individuality, even of origi-
nality to distinguish good dresses from
commonplace ones.
Here are the best sketches of the last
three or four days. A slight girl of for
eign look, with dark blue, almost violet
eyes, wore at the casino pale pink fou-
lard. the one material favored abroad
though not so exclusively dominant
here. The skirt, which was figured with
vague, cobwebby design in white, was
trimmed with three ruches of silver
The herald., 1897-08-15
ARMY ANTS OF NICARAGUA.
Welcomed Because They Make Clean
Work of Vermin and Reptiles.

I'VE were breakfasting at a little
fonda (hoteD in Rama, on the Rama
River" said Arthur A. Hoy, a mine
expert recently returned from Nicara-
qua. about us were the ordinary
household scenes in a tropical country.
Out in the kitchen, which was merely
roof upon poles, the negro and mulatto
servants were chattering and laughing
as they worked; lazy, barefooted boy
shuf11ed in and out of the room pretend
ing to wait on us, the host swung in his
hammock, and in a corner of the room
a group of American miners were play
ing cards. The floor was strewn with
clean, white sand, and overhead a
cloth, spread like an awning below the
thatched roof, intercepted the vermin
and reptiles that otherwise would have
been liable at any time to drop on our
heads.
"Chancing to look to the floor, I saw
that suddenly it had become covered
with ants-long, black savage-looking
fellows, twice as big as any that is
ever found in northern countries. They
had come in at the open doorway and
the window, and were marching in true
military order-long files and columns
extending from one side of the room to
the other. marshalled by certain ants
which appeared to act as commanders.
"Our host saw them. It's the army
ants! Go outside, he called to his
guests; and we all went out on the We
randa. He followed, but first tore down
the cloth that served as awning below
the roof, and called to the servants to
throw open every cupboard and closet
door.
Looking into the room through the
side windows, we could see the ants at
their work. Up over the dining table
they swarmed, and cleared the table
of everything eatable in a hurry at
tacking the sugar first. Then, file after
file, they went like storming party up
the wall and into the roof of thatched
grass. which Immediately began to rus
tie with the movements of it's insect
and reptile inhabitants routed out from
their retreat by the ants. Cockroaches,
spiders, scorpions, and centipedes drop
The herald., 1897-08-15

grey chiffon, set on after the popular
model of tilted hoopskirt, low in front
and high behind. These ruches were
round and full like boa, instead of
patterning after ruff1e or frill, and they
divided the skirt into four parts ap-
proximately square. On the left side
a fan panel of pleated chiffon had the
effect of being laid over the ruches. The
bodice was close e-fitting and decorated
with a plastron of cream lace edged
with a grey chiffon ruche. and cut like
broad collar and vest combined. On
the shoulders it lay over small. ruche
bordered epaulettes, as if to double
them. The sleeves were a very close fit
and the belt a swathing of brilliant red.
A red turban-sh shaped hat was worn.
wound with white chiffon and trimmed
with pink roses.
At lawn fete given day or two ago
in behalf of a Newport charity the most
striking dress exhibit was pale rose
tinted taffeta skirt trimmed with lace
in the new grass lawn tint; said lace
being looped across the front in three
festoons, coming high upon the sides
and falling straight thence to the
ground The bodice of this costume was
a slightly pouched front of lace belted
with pink silk and worn under very
novel jacket of deep dahlia- -colored silk
covered with Turkish embroidery in
gold. This jacket was cross between
a zouave and tailed coat, with point
ed fronts cut away in deep curves un
der the arms to the long basques be-
hind. There was a large white hat
trimmed with pink and yellow roses
and turned up on the left side with
roses under the brim.
A second foulard dress was in the
carriage procession this afternoon. 1t
was cream colored. with designs in
green and pale blue. and it had side
panels of ecru lawn, hanging a little
full and embroidered with green and
cream. The bodice was almost covered
with a fichu of mousseline de sole,
dainty thing of many scalloped frills.
knotted on the breast with a bunch of
roses and falling below the waist line.
The gathered yoke and the close, ruff