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Evening journal., 1897-07-16
WOLVES INCREASING.
Montana Ranchmen COrnpInin OF the

Montana Ranchmen Complain OF the
DepredatIOns of the Animals.
The gray wolf, the baue of cattlemen
and flock masters, appears to multiply
and flourish in defiance of the efforts of
the hunter and the price set upon his
head. says the Benton River (Mont.)
Press. Advices from all sections of the
range country report that gray wolves
are as numerous and destructive as ever.
Range riders are witnesses TO the fact
that the fattest and strongest steers
are frequently overcome by these fero-
cious beasts, while the weak and infirm
surrender to their attacks almost with
out struggle. The live stock loss of
| Montana from this source cannot be
calculated, but from the nature of the
case it must be tremendous. Profess
sional hunters state that the gray wolf
is an exceptionally difficult animal 10
circumvent. His cunning is remark
able and his suspicious nature causes
him to avoid any locality which his
keen senses notify him has been invaded
by his human enemy. He is not gre
garious animal, preferring to roam in
small punches. which prevents such a
wholesale killing as could be accom-
plished If large hand should fall with
in the power of the hunter. He avoids
poisoned bats and dead carcasses; he is
essentially beast of prey. preferriae
fresh meat at all times. and when the
pangs of hunger are felt he starts out
to find something with warm blood in it
For these reasons wolf hunting is ar
exceptionally slow and precarious occu
patton; trapping. chasing and shooting
are practically the only methods thai
produce results, and attractive induce
ments are necessary to encourage hunt
ers to engage in that work as means o
| livelihood
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
WAKING ON TIME.
An Alarm Clocks Conscience which
Guarded n sick Child.

An Alarm Clocks Conscience which
Guarded sick Child.
A man who wished to make sure that
an ailing child in bed in an adjoining
room kept covered through the night
and who before he went TO sleep him
self made a memorandum to the effect
that he must not sleep more than an
hour or two without waking, really
fell into a very sound slumber. But in
the midst OF it he was awakened app
parently hearing the bell of the town
clock. not far away. strike six o'clock.
all the strokes falling clearly-one,
two. three. four. five, six. Now, this
man is accustomed TO rise every morn
ing at six o'clock and seldom sleeps past
that hour; it has long been for him the
end of the night and the beginning OF
the day AS he heard the strokes nat
urally he had the Impression that he
had slept all night and had neglected
the child. lie got up quickly and wat
surprised TO find that the darkness was
intense and on striking light and con-
sulting his watch he was astonished TO
find not only that he had not slept
more than two hours, but that no bell
had struck-that it was between the
hours, so that he could not have heard
the clock strike some other hour and
mistaken it for six. There was, it should
be mentioned, no striking clock in the
house, nor within hearing except the
town clock, which he supposed he had
heard, but had not.
Now, this seems TO be n clear case of
the operation Of some sort Of machinery
in the mans mind whereby he was
aroused by the premature occurrence of
the sensation of a summons that was
sure TO awake him under ordinary cir
rumstances. That the man was sound
asleep was proved 10y the fact that he
might easily have heard the bell strike
II and 10, for the window was open and
soon afterward, being awake, he heard
il strike one o'clock loudly; but he
heard nothing of the noisy striking OF
these hours. lie had gone 20 sleep very
tired and but for the summons so skill
fully directed by his subconsciousness,
occurring at the expiration of the time
he had set when he fell asleep, he might
easily have slept all night The ring
ing of no hour but six ever reused him
under ordinary circumstances. there
fore" said his unsleeping subconscious-
ness. IT will ring i'm six o'clock on him
and see ifthat viii make him get up and
cover the baby" The false summon:
worked like a charm. Such things make
many more than Alice in Wonderanc
play they are two people."-ToledC
Blade
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
DREDGING IN a DESERT.
American Enterprise Rctraciug Pre-
historic canals in an Arizona valley.


American Enterprise RctracipE Pre-
historic Canals In an Arizona valley.
"Duriug my last visit TO Arizona I
saw. In the Salt River valley. a sight
that would strike a stranger as queer
saia a New York man who makes an
occasional trip TO the far west. ~
steam dredging scow, such as is used in
deepening griyersand harbors for naviga-
tion, was yoyaging slowly and steadily
through n wide strip of arid desert.
1t had started landward from Salt River
and was excavating its own channel
ahead, the river waters following and
floating it as it advanced. But the work
done was not, in fact, the making OF
new channel, but the digging opt of an
old one, the irrigating canal male by
civilized people that lived and flour
ished and departed before recorded
American history began. That there
was a time when this wide valley, now
being again redeemed to man. was a
garden Of plenty, teeming with inhab-
itants, is shown by the extensive and
regular system of broad canals leading
from the river, through which water for
irrigation was conveyed out upon the
cultivated lands. These canals, though
choked for centuries with drifting sand
and earth, still are plainly indicated
on the face of the ground. and so skill'
fully were they planned and built that
modern engineering science applied
TO irrigation can do no better than re-
trace their course and restore them.
The region was well chosen by the
primitive canal builders as a land of
habitation. The climate is dry, sunny.
and even of temperature, and the arid
earth. at the touch of water, becomes
fertile and productive. Here the apri.
cots and oranges ripen long In advance
of those fruits in California and Flor.
ida. and are of rare quality. What
race laid out the canals and built the
towns whose ruins are strung along
the valley is question not yet settled
by archaeologists. Aztecs or Toltecs
or each nation in turn. probably tar
ried here in their centuries-long migra
tions southward TO the valley of Mex
leo, and the ruins may be of an Older
people than either of these.
Near Mesa in this valley, six miles
east of Tempe, is a particularly strang'
and impressive ruin--the ruin of an i'm
mense building, now fallen into
moundlike heap, covering an area o
two acres. Its walls were of the fash
ion the Mexicans call cajones, built al
compactly without layers or joints. ]
is believed that the material used wa
clay mixed with cactus juice, whio
hardened into a cement as durable al
most as rock. The settlers in the va
ley come long distances to the ruin I
get this material, which they use /
making mortar for housebuilding, pu
verizing it and then mixing it wit
water, as they would lime.-N. \. SUI
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
HIS IS A DIFFERENCE.
a story to Prove That intellectually
4. ~ IL. nnI. LlI.LLnnILnn

A story to Prove That intellectually
Is Not the Only Distinctt0n.
Most persons think that the chief diff
ference between mems and womens
clubs is that the one is intellectually in
clned and the other isn't. But there are
other distinctions. At what organiza-
ton of men could the following incident
have taken plaee9 asks the New York
Sun. 1t was at gathering of feminine
clans the other afternoon, and some
body. with that delightful irresponsi-
bility common to such occasions, wanted
10 know the time.
''You see, forgot and left my watch
at home" she added regretfully, II not
officially. "Why, so did leave mine"
piped up the president, not to be out
done in informality. so did l., 80
did l." chimed in the secretary and the
treasurer, while the chairman of the
executive committee announced grave
ly: Mine was all ready TO put on. but
/ came off in such a hurry that forgot
it after ALL"
All this while, however, the first vice
president had been tugging away at her
belt in a business like way. and she
now produced a small timcpiece. la
dies" she began, in virtuous tone.
willie all the rest gazed at her with the
utmost respect. "let me give You the
time. You can always depend upon"
But here she stopped, and, after staring
at the timepiece for full two seconds.
she began TO shake It and rap it in a
manner that might have alarmed any
one unfamiliar with women and their
ways with watches.
The gathering before her, however
being of her own sex, took it all most
seriously. Suddenly the first vice presi.
dent put the timepiece to her ear. oh
she cried, while a sweet smile Of salts.
faction irradiated her face, there's
nothing the matter, after all. wound
it this morning, but forgot to set it
that's ALL"
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
want 10 Apponl the Armour Case.

Little Falls, ~ Y. July 16.-James
Sheldon of Tracy Boardman & Plat Of
New York has appeared before Supreme
Court Justice Harden In this city and
secured an order in the case Of the peo-
pie against Philip Armour. He repre-
sented the defendant. who is anxious TO
carry the case to the court of appeals,
It having been decided against him in
the fourth department OF the appellate
court. The action is to recover penal
ties amounting TO 81. 900. 900. alleged to
have been incurred under the oleomar-
garine law. Mullen & Griffith Of Wa
tertown are the attorneys for the state.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
TEST.
Tho Cutter Manning Is Fully Up
to Expectations.
MADE A COMMENDABLE SHOWING.
she Answered Promptly All Demands
and WIN Prove Very Acceptable Ad-
dition TO the Revenue Service
For Which She Is intended.

Boston, July 16.-Under the most IA
vorable weather conditions yesterday
the new revenue cutter Daniel Manning
proved herself to be a valuable addition
to the revenue marine by making an
average Of nearly IL knots an hour in
a four hour speed test in Massachusetts,
bay The trial was the official one of
the boat. and it required full 12 hours,
four hours under forced draft. two
hours under natural draft, another hour
under two boiler power, with the sharp
turns and reversing. all going to show
that she is a boat that can be depended
upon at all times.
The boat started out from the wharf
Of her builders, the Atlantic works.
promptly at z o'clock and steaming
rapidly down the harbor arrived off
Boston light about 8 o'clock. A course
Of q nautical miles had been laid out
Off Cape Ann and over this course the
Manning started She had not run far,
however, before a thick fog was en-
countered, and rather than risk run
ming the boat at fun speed in thick
weather, she was promptly turned back.
Showed Good speed.
For more than four hours the new cut
| Ter was kept UNlnE ndCk ana ihIAu pNti
six knot course, and during it she
made her maximum speed of 1894 knots
Under natural draft the Manning
made an average Of Is knots plus an
hour, running up and down the coast
during the time Then came success
sion Of boiler tests. each one OF the foui
being tried separS ely and again In
pairs. While the boat was dashine
along at this speed, suddenly came the
signal 20 back her
In exactly 1 minute and II seconds
the boat had stopped and was goinf
astern. With the wheel hard over th'
Manning spun around I'm a circle o.
LOO feet in diameter and cut figure
eights like an expert skater.
About 4 o'clock the speed was agaii
slackened. and the boat anchored
short distance from the battleship Mas
sachusetts. where steam windlas
trial was successfully made.
A few other tests were made. an
then with a broom at her nose and II q
big figures on her smolSestack the cut
ter swept up the harbor. receiving sa
lutes on all sides and reaching her doc
shortly after Z o'clock.
During the forced draft the scre'
made an average Of 1905 revolution
under natural draft 14S.S revolution
and under two boiler power SO revolt
tOns
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Sale ora RaiIroad.

wilmington, n. c.. July is.-The Will
mington, Newberne and Norfolk rail-
road has been sold at public auction
here by order OF the United States cir
cult court In foreclosure of mortgage of
the properties to the State Trust COM
pany of New York The sale started al
the upset price of S25o.000, made by II
A. whiting. representing bondholders
and was run up 10 100000, at which the
sale was closed TO Mr.. Warren G. Ell
liott. president of the Atlantic Coast
line and representing n corporation tC
be known as the Wilmington and New
berne Railroad company.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Fire In hyde Park.

Hyde Park, Mass. July 16.-The hot
test fire seen in this town for ten years
and which caused a loss OF from SIS
900 to $4,000 started in the livery sta
Bile of J. O. Chaddock on Mott street,
and as the fire department was answer
ing q still alarm at the opposite end
of the town at the time the flames gain
ed great headway before the hremer
got to work upon them. Assistance was
then obtained from Milton and from
Boston In the Chaddock stable there
were So horses and 100 carriages, sleighs
etc. all the horses being saved, together
with most of the vehicles.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
RIFF COMMITTEE.
Difficulty Encountered In
the Wool Schedule.
DEMOCRATS MAY BE HAMPERED.
-acancy Caused by Senator Harris
cath May, If Not Filled, Embar-
rass Them When a Vote
Is Reached.

khington, July 1G.-The tariff con-
Zee committee has made the dis
IN that there will be still further
s ilty in arranging the wool sched-
Sn account of the objections Of the
ID manufacturers It appears that
the makers of the more expensive
rs Of carpets gave their assent to
#ompromise Of and cents, as al
arranged. the makers of the
Der carpets are not pleased and ask
Il the rate on the lower grades of
i be reduced to 3 cents. The wool
|gare not willing to concede this de-
ID worsted manufacturers are also
ING trouble over the senate amend
Il putting a double duty on wool OF
&econd class which may have been
n ed. Heretofore there has been no
EIional duty on the washed article,
Hit is claimed that the change will
a material hardship.
he Democratic side of the chamber
N mewhat disturbed over the vacan-
Aiused by the death OF Senator Har-
AtAlf CctAA 2EAAAAAlA 1NAANf' Va a.
las in discussing the question,
t the vacancy may. if not filled be-
that time. occasion no little en-
BASEMENT when we reach the vote on
conference report. IL viii be re-
lbered," he continued, that some
he articles on which we succeeded
reducing the rate of duty, as on
e pine lumber and on some which
succeeded in putting on the free
we had a majority of only one
Some Of these articles, as bur-
cotton, ties and paris green, are
immense Importance to the farmers,
d it would be regrettabie indeed from
standpoint if the absence Of a Dem
4 tic senator from Tennessee should
Be us to lose any Of them by giving
+deciding vote to the vice president
be senator said in reply to a ques-
that he had heard nothing indie
81 e of the intentions of the governor
tennessee in the matter of the ap'
|htment
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
sn,ne pnstal slniistlc..

Washington, July 16.-The compare
i figures of postal receipts at the 30
gest postohices in the country just
|mulgated show a net increase of
SAG for the three months ending June
hast over the corresponding quarter
last year. The gross proceeds for this
hrs quarter amount to SS,194,96S. Ten
|ces, however, show decreases aggre-
ting S9S,094 The largest decrease,
/ cent, was at Toledo, and the largest
Hrease, 81 per cent, at Washington
.e New York postofiice increased its
-eipts by s2G.O27. San Francisco S5,TSS
ID Boston $l6,07S, while Chicago de-
.ased 500, 1852. Philadelphia $SO,So0, and
Louis S27,52
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Landslide In Vermont.

MONTPELIER. VT. July 16.--News reach
ed here OF a big landslide that occurred
yesterday forenoon in the mountains
near Lincoln and Fayston slide half
a mile wide came down the side Of the
mountain distance of over half mile,
sweeping off every tree and movable
rock, which were piled into an immense
heap of debris in the valley below.
Several farms were partially covered,
but no houses. It was only short Gis-
lance from the big slide that occurred
Juno 2. 1927.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
A New Counterfeit silver Certificate.

Washington, July 16.-Chief Hazen Of
Ie secret service has given notice Of the
|scovery of a new counterfeit $40 silver
hrtihcate. 1t u Of the series Of 1891,
heck letter ID, with the small carmine
bal. the portrait of Hendricks. and the
ames of Messrs. Tillman and Morgan
s register and treasurer respectively.
he counterfeit is described as appar-
nuy woodcut production. very poor
7 executed. the seal being light pink
lstead of crime.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Mrs. stnnles Discharged.

chicago, July 16.-AIrs. Edith Staples,
i companion Of Bicyclist Charles Mel
|n of Cadillac, at the time he was shot
washington park. about three weeks
10. has been discharged from custody,
one appearing to prosecute her on the
large of completely in the mysterious
fair. It is probable that the end of
|e affair has been reached, as tho police
Ipear to be wholly at sea. Nelson, who
s so far recovered as to be able to be
court, will soon submit to the x rays
the hope Of locating the bullet, near
q heart.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
The sennte,s Session.

Eashington, July 16.-Pacific railway
|irs occupied the attention of the
bite, and the Harris resolution relat-
to the pending judicial proceedings
inst the Union Pacific road finally
BIT over.
knators Stewart and White INDUCED
harp personalities in connection with
contest over the San Pedro (Cal)
h water harbor.
he joint resolution was passed ac-
ting the invitation Of France to par
pate in the Paris exposition Of 1900.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Fatally Injured while Firing salute.

st. Johns, n f.. July 16.-A fatal ac-
|ident has occurred at St Pierre. En-
|ineer Lerocque, while firing a salute
|laced charge Of powder inclosed in
bag in a cannon that had just been
|red. While ramming the charge home
he cannon was discharged, and one OF
.erocque's arms vas blown off at the
|houlder. A part of his face and head
vas also blown away. His family will
Teceive a pension from the French gov
Irn.opnf
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Migration of nnts.

1t appears that several species OF bats
migrate southwark in winter and north
ward in summer after the manner Of
birds. Some bats which are found dnf-
ing the warm months as far north as
Maine and the Adirondack mountains.
start for the south in the autumn and
spend the winter in South Carolina and
Georgia. returning with the sun az the
beginning of the next summer season.
-Youth's Companion.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
rrnin nlo.,n rro,n Do Tracl..

Concord. y. H.. July ia dispatch
from Fabyns says that an engine, pas
senger car and baggage trailer on the
Mount Washington railroad have been
blown from the platform at the summit
IF the mountain. The train was car
red down the side of the mountain and
destroyed. At the time there was no
one on the train.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Tho Dnrrant Case.

San Francisco. July 16-The Rev
Hugh Lamont. uncle OF Blanche La
mont. for whose murder Theodore Dur
rant is under sentence Of death. had an
interview with the prisoner. Durranl
declared that he was innocent. and MIR
Lamont said. after the interview. that
while he believed that the prisoner was
guilty. his demeanor was certainly thai
Of an innocent man.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Extensive Fire at windsor. Ont.

Detroit July 16.-Fire destroyed the
Ouellette block on Sandwich street,
Windsor Ont, occupied by Neven, Clin-
ton e Basker. hardware; J. o. Peck.
rlothing. and p. L. Carley tailor Loss,
$4,000 insurance $4,000. Bartlett
Macdonald & Co, dry goods, adjoining,
were damaged $1,000 by smoke and wa
ter: fully Insured.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Chnreh BelIs Rinring.

According to an old custom in the
Dutch village of Katlyk the two church
bells have been rung for centuries past.
without intermission, day and night.
from the 21st to the 25th of December
every year. No reason is given for the
custom. but so far all effort TO stop the
maddsning noise have proved futile.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
I.anor nav At Newfoundland.

st. Johns, n F., July 16.-LaboT day
has been celebrated in Newfoundland
for the first time An immense process
sion comprising representatives Of all
the tradesmen. headed by the Mechan-
les society. paraded the principal streets
during the celebration of the fall Of
4 he Pastille
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
a scoreher.

He-They have saying now that all
the worlds a wheel.
She-To be sure it is. And it's a
scorcher too. whirling at the rate of
more than 1000 miles an hour.-Detroit
Free Press.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
schnnner Gnes Ashnre.

New Haven, July 1G.-The schooner
Alma L. A. Holmes, Captain Holmes,
bound for Philadelphia. has gone ashore
in what is called Shop Dock channel.
She carried no cargo. The vessel rests
easy in the mud and is not thought to
have sustained any damage.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner OF Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared to do printing Of every de
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
A,rest OF Di.tingnlsl,ed Foreigner.

New York. July is.-Among the pas
sengers who have arrived per German
steamer Barharossa. from Bremen and
southampton, was Colonel Macalaza OF
the Argentine Republic.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16

There were thirty young women in the
party, who occupied special car on
the p, W. & 3. railroad. They were
guests of ami chaperoned by Mrs. 5. j..
Seneca.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16

The Greater Wilmington Printing
and Publishing Company, southwest
corner OF Fourth and Shipley streets, is
prepared TO do printing of every de-
scription quickly and efficiently.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
REDUCING The sTAEE.
The New shah OF Persia Content with
hut sixty Wives.

The New shah OF Persia Content with
but sixty Wives.
The new shah OF Persia has been re.
ducing what the Figaro calls "the fem
mime staff of the palace" at Teheran.
He has kept only co wives, and finds the
total sufficient for dignity and within
the limits of n wise economy. says the
Pail Mall Gazette. The family tree ot60
wives has at present put forth branches
-twenty-three daughters and four
sons; and here we have the usual in
equality Of the sexes. always ut its
worst when polygamy exists. Whether
Muzaffer-ed-Din is happy though mar
ried. and much married. the record does
not state, but things seem TO show that
polygamy is on the decline in the Per-
sian court. The last shah. in spite of
his prediction for western habits. was
as lord of the harem an eastern in heart
and soul. He had in the seraglio at
Teheran the magnificent total of 1.720
wives, who now are widows. In The
new American Bible of the women a
passage is denounced with special Bit
terness by the feminists of the day.
1t is the one in Genesis where men are
called the sons of God and women are
the daughters of men. In the case Of
the late shah, one son Of the Divine was
maintaining 1920 daughters of the
earthly. Surely this was conscien-
tious effort to make up in quantity
what was wanting in quality.
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
PEOPLE FOR
OCEAN
YOUNG
GROVE

The Young Folks Circle. of Hayre de
Grace, passed through this city this al
ternoon. en- route for Ocean Grove,
where they will spend four or 1--WE days
Evening journal., 1897-07-16
Tedious Work of Old BookmaiScrs

During the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries monks frequently isolated
themselves from the world and repro
duced the Bible in illuminated manu-
script. The work was necessarily slow
and in no instance was it accomplished
IN hess than 35 years. Guido de 5@rs
was a producer of the Illuminated man
uscripts and a beautiful specimen Of
his work was sold along with the books
Of Sir W. Burrell in 1890. This copy OF
the Bible had occupied half a century
in its production. A note in the begin
ming of the manuscript in Jars hand
writing indicates that he began his task
in l244 and did not conclude it till 1924.