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The Ravalli Republican., 1898-04-13
The National League season COM
mences next Friday.

George Briggs of the Mentrum'
Briggs company Of Missoula, was
here Last night interviewing the
firms customers.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Foreign Notes or Real Interest.

Berlins street railroad system Is about to adopt
electricity for its motive power instead OF horses the
Kaiser having given his assent to the change.
woman's education has gained point in Germ any.
The first gymnasium school OF the grade prepara-
tory TO the university for girls will be opened Bres.
lau in April
At an entertainment given In a London hospital
where many OF the patients had lost the OF one
arm. the audience managed to applaud by arranging
itself In pairs that each pair had the OF two
sound hands.
Coquelin aine's snub nose. written up to BY M.
Rosand In a hve.act tragedy in verse. has brought
about of the greatest theatrical successes that
Paris has seen for years. The new Porte ST. Martin
play is called "Cyrano de Bergerac," Coquen takes
the title part OF the author whose
was cut up in his many due!s.
Prince Baldassarre Bonoompagni Ludovisi's library
OF 900 volumes Is to be sold At auction in Rome
Six years ago. when the city took the Princes Paazzo
Piombino by right OF eminent domain 10 widen the
Corso at the Piazza COlonna he offered to leave the
library the city at his death II would pal.
stand till then. The city refused the oIer. though
Don Badassarro was over 10 years OF age. He died
three years later.
Grenadier Thr5ner OF the PrusSian Guards will
serve his time In the army In jail He Is Alsatian
and. as 4 christian baptized believer" has con.
sclentious scruplcs against bearing arms. All his
other duties were performed scrupuIously, but he
would not touch a sword gun. The PrussIan mill.
tary authorities have decided that his case disoi.
pline must be maintained and have inflicted sen.
OF imprisonment; that will last long as his
military service lie xpect the same treatment,
too. whenever he is called out with the reserves.
The sun., 1898-01-23

us to London, and although he came to ths
house frequently, tho Marquis showed the cool;
% sot hing o Ss honso Ss ~
Mrs Lauw describes an attempt on The part part
Of the Marquis do Caux TO separate bis wife
MSsn FS 6c SSsvsS q Sss SsaeSf Soo was
again with har In Russia But Nicolini also
s 10 o MSe SooE
this account Of the days preceding the sepa-
ration OF the singer and her husband ana tne
I'm Moscow, at first, everything vent on pas
SADLY well. although there. were at times, when
Sa1 ths q the Ma
quis and Adelina. One day, however. there fell
into the hands of the Marquis letter Of Nioo-
dence. addressed TO Hdoilnas chambermaid.
The Marquis did not betray. by q single Iook,
what capture he had made IN nS isb ,EI
for him in the future. Ho did not open the let
ing; its contents should first become known be-
fore the bar OF the courts OF Paris. -,
As the Moscow season s I,,,n was nearing @ itS END
from Naples TO st. Petersburg, and, after sho
had there broken his contract, had offered to
sing in twelve representations without any
Arrived in the Russian metropolis, tho Mar:
quis at once demanded that Romeo and Juliet,
In which opera Nicolini was to sing the Romeo,
should be stricken from the repertoire. and that
this SINGER should not appsar, with his wife dnr h
Marquis that his demand should be complied
with, but, being probably driven into n corner
by tho two artists, he allowed, Notwithstanding
Nicolni to be announced in .Traviata.' En-
ragged Mt this double dealing OF the director. the
aSs
pear at all. In his despair Ferry gave his
promise that Signor Massini should appear In
the place of Nicoini, but on the evening of tho
performance the curtain rose. and Nicolini ap-
peared upon tho stage"
Mime. Lauw capitulated at this stage of the
proceedings and q few weeks later the Marquis
do Caux and his wife were separated. 1t was
not until the French divorce laws were passed.
that Nine. Patti and Nicolini wero married.
That was In 1885,
The sun., 1898-01-23
FRIENDS OF THE HORSE.
The Aniuars Superiority Over the Cow De-
bated and Decided by Boys.
From the Nsp London (Conn.) Telegraph.


From the Nep London (Conn.) Telegraph.
debate in tho association rooms yesterday after
noon on the subject, Resolved. that the horse
10 more useful than the cow" and 1t was decided
In favor of the affirmative by the boy judges.
Nathan Belchor. Lewis Wilcox, and Harry
Booth. The boys. to the number of thirty-fve.
gathered and discussed the question with duo
deliberatiyenesa and seriousness. Tho essay
put forth by jeffrey Winslow. young son OF DR.,
young man shows a knowledge which bespeaks
well for his future. Here is his argument:
Mr.. President and junior members OF the Y.
Resolved, That a horse is more useful than
COW, because In the frat place all the different
parts OF horse are all useful. like tho hide for
boots, shoes. harness and straps; tho bones for
coal, the hoofs, ends of hide and ears for making
glue, the meat for canning TO DO sent to the
French market.
lone OF the best clubs in Brooklyn gave sup.
Mems Club. In the second course OF the club
dinner they served horse beef. Everybody ate
II and said II was delicious.
position OF the horse. Washington Irving says:
Next TO the dog, the horse 10 man 3 best friend.
Look what use he Is to an army TO carry
notes, and admire his sleek, glossy coat, adOrn-
Ing his graceful form. Neither is this 30 OF a
"It is argued that q cow furnishes milk. So
does goat-just as good milk as cow. And a
horse is beast OF burden. intelligent to man 3
OF city. going around wheels Of all carriages
so as to prevent a collision. Where would our
country be to-day II We had TO ride on cowr'
:. ..Rssoivsd, That the Admiration Of Cuba Would
Gs znnsistIon Il hswstr ~ ~ N
The sun., 1898-01-23
DIMMING ELECTRIC LIGH HTS.
Device by which Five Dinerent Grades MA
Be Obtained from One Lamp.

Device by which Five DiHerent Grades May
ne Obtained from One Lamp.
Electric lights for household use have always
heretofore been open to tho objection that they
could not bo turned down without putting them
out. Where they were used in bedrooms per
sons who needed DINNER night light were
forced to resort to gas. candles or kerosene
Recently this objection has been overcome and
number OF manufacturers are now offering for
sale sockets for incandescent lamps which
enable person to regulate the amount of light
produced within wide limits.
These sockets can be put up In place Of the
ordinary ones with little trouble or expense
and the light given out by the lamps which they
carry can be regulated as readily as can O gas
jet. This result Is attained by tho introd duction
into the socket of coils of fine wire which act as
resistance coils. In one style Of these sockets
there are hve of these coils. and tho
jumps down to two-candle power The
work Of resistance coil is to absorb some
part OF the electrical current which seeks
TO pass through 1t, allowing only the remaining
force to act upon the carbon hlRment Of the
the new sockets the button. which turns the full
current into the carbon flament, is 30 arranged
ment. but instead W Of directing Il throaeh oxs tbo
carbon at once. II passes IT through the whole
fve OF the resistance coils. These coils absorb
is heated only to a red color and its glow is
dim. BY further turning of the button
one OF the resistance coils 10 left out
OF the circuit and the carbon gets more energy
and rises IN temperature and light giving quail
ities. Another movement cuts out a second
coils are cut out and the carbon gets the full
strength OF the current. These new sockets do
not make any saving In the cost OF the dimmer
lights. as is done when ono turns down a gas
jet or a lamp wick for the full current Is al
ways in uAe for each grade Of lighting, but thoy
are convenient.
In England there 10 lamp in use which has
the same purposes as those described, and It is
carbon flaments. each connected to its own
separate platinum wires. Besides the ordinary
button which turns the electric current on and
on. these lamps have second button. When
this button 10 In position. the electric current
10 all sent through ono carbon hlament and tho
lamp gives its mAximumsof light. In q second
position this button turns the cnErent into both
hisme2ts and II being thus divided. the heht
The sun., 1898-01-23
A Floating Sob PrIntIsE once
Prom the NashuiIIe Tanner.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Jan. l7.-There 10 . rather
unique craft the Alabama River tied up the foot
OF Commerce street in this city. II has name and
Its tonnage Ia not known. Il does not carry freight
or passengers for hire but contains a well equipped
job printing once. with full stock OF printers sup
plies The proprietor, his wife and nve children oc
cupy the front part Of the craft, and the presses
ohases. and tho rear When the gangpiank II
hanled 1t s understood that the business Is closed
for the day. and he Is not disturbed by compsny eK
cept by an occasional visit from fisherman at night
Il Is said he does good business. Having no taxes
or license 70 pay, and house rent 20 bother him.
hs can do work cheaper than his o0mpstiton n
business
The sun., 1898-01-23

indulgent 10 prisoners ana guards. The euarde
neglected their duties and osbapes were nu.
merous But Watts was determined TO do hig
best In the Office and usually had the escaped
prisoners recaptured by Offering big rewerds
which he paid out Of his own pocket. Still his
official record was no bad that he was defeated
for nomination last fall.
10 shown py the case OF turnkey and detective,
who killed q man they had gone TO arrest In
hard time and at the beginning apenitentlary
sentence was considered Inevitable But
Watts secured tho best lawyers In Indiana TO
The manner in which his friendship was often
requited was shown by tho fact that later one
ing 10 secure the nomination for jeiler.
Although Waits was gambler ho had great
respect for tho church. His wife and children
were EpisCopniians and ho was always q liberal
givor TO tho church oharities. In his old ago
he united with the congregation and he died In
the hope OF better life.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Overdone on the Pyramid.

From the Chicdpo Tribune.
The cycllst and his cycling bride who were making
the tour OF Egypt stood top OF the great Pyra
mid and for moments contemplated in silence
the historic landscape.
Then the young man spoke.
Stretching out his hand he uttered Napoleons mem.
orable words:
".solders, forty centuries are looking down upon
your"
"why, no. dear" simpered the lovely bride, "I've
only done thirteen"
The sun., 1898-01-23
THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF LIFE

Ero,n fhs Defroif Fyee Press.

From the Detroit FIce Press
Asif utterly unaware that new bicycle ordinance
was In force she jaunty wheeled along the sidewalk
OF brick paved street, when she might Just we'll
have been in the road. one Of tho special bicycle
police detail was within seeing distance. and he In.
creased his speed until little ahead OF her. Then
he dismounted and waited for her TO come along.
He was evidently embarrassed for having 10 inter.
rupt lady awheel, especially one of middle age and
OF matronly measure.
'Ah-ah-sxouse me, madam" he norvousiy ex.
planned. but I'll have to take you down to the Jus.
tees ONCE"
with a coolness that entirely disarmed him she
smiled as she replied:
"oh sir. that's Just what I've been waiting for for
over thirty years. Come on"
He escaped around the corner. and looked back to
see her continuing up tho sidewalk.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Clothing tho Heaihen.


FTO1h the ATuHfu COnsfNufIOn,
A colored evangelist. who soliciting subscrip-
tions for de po heather sinners what live crost
ocean," said in the course OF his remarks;
"Des think er dem dear brotherin-dem po be-
nghted people-goin' aroun stark naked in a climate
dats hot de place whnr lots you Is gwine ter!
Not a stitch er cloze ter day backsl"
But Just here old deacon and said:
May AZ de bruddcr one question ?"
"Yes, sub, en- two, ef you likes"
"wen," exclaimed the deacon, bringing his nst
down on tho pew railing. what wants ter Know s
dis: WhBt does dem naked heather ant wild cloZe
in a climate ez hot as dat? In my opinion. what dey
rally need moa is umbrellas!'
The sun., 1898-01-23
SOLID with the 15nckmen.

From the Utica Daily Press.
There various rays In which ministers may be-
come popular with various classes. The Rev. Myron
Reed OF Denver says: ~ am popular with the hack
of this city because rapid at funeral. do
not want to freeze them to DEATH"
The sun., 1898-01-23

From the Indianapolis Journal.
"How can you calling yourself q temperance man.
drink whiskcyp"
"Whiskey ia o temperance drink, my boy. You
don't have take immoderate and beastiy quantities
OF It to get action"
"Obi"
The sun., 1898-01-23
Not Compulsory.


From London TT Bus.
Three different walters at hotel asked q prim,
precise little professor at dinner IL he would have
soup. little annoyed he said to the last waiter
who asked the questlon, '1s 1t compulsory?"
"No. SIR" said the waiter; ~ think It's mock
turtle"
The sun., 1898-01-23

From the Chicago Daily Netus.
"This," said the Kansas editor. looking over the
top Of his spectacles, "is the most inviting manu-.
script have received for q long time"
"what is it?" asked the foreman.
"a poem, beginning Come, drink with met"
The sun., 1898-01-23

From the Chicago Daily Neps
Sometimes the girl helps her bashful lover out and
sometimes It II her father.
The sun., 1898-01-23
Family Pride.
From the atlanta Constftuff,

From the atlanta Constitution.
"Your boy" said the professor, 'has fine head"
He gets that from me-" interrupted the old man.
"For learning" finished the professor.
HE gifts that from me. John" spoke up the old
lady. ~ was In the third reader when you married
M
The sun., 1898-01-23

From the Chfoago Daily Tribune
"very wet and sloppy under foot this morning"
MOT particularly. Out where live it's worse than
this twelve months In the year"
"where do you live. II may ask?"
''In lighthouse"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
WORCESTERSHIRE
MILLIONS OF YOUNG FRS NOW BEING
CUT FOR MARKET.


How and From whence Springs m
Holiday Forest which santa Claus
VIII BE Asked to Load With Won
derfuI Fruit-ChrfstInns Greens.
The Christmas tree industry is big inc
In how many million homes of this coun-
try do you suppose Christmas morning
will find one of those wonderful trees laden
with wonderful fruit2 And where do you
suppose all the trees come FROM?
Northern New England undoubtedly
supplies more Christmas trees than any
other section of the Union. for it must
furnish the chief supply Of Boston and
other New England cities as well as that
of New York, Philadelphia and many of
the larger urban centers around them
The city dweller is far more apt to have q
Christmas tree than the farmer or yillager.
He appreciates more keenly the joys of
having his parlor carpet strswn with pins
needles. Tho clulnp Of green in the cor
ner of the room ~ts7Llales the true spirit OF
tho holiday for him.
From northern Maine alone something
like 1000, 900 Christmas trees are annual
~ sent to the market. The choppers are
now at work and have been for a week or
more. They will be busy until within q
week of Christmas. Many carloads OF
trees will soon be arriving in the large
cities as the result of their work.
This does not mean that the forests OF
Maine are being nipped in the bud. Last
year the Hon. ). Sterling Morton, ex-sec-
rotary of agriculture and forestry expert,
raised an indignant protest at what he
designated "a wanton waste of valuable
young timber" But the owners of Maine
woodland laughed. They do not look upon
the Maine fr as valuable timber. They
regard it as more of a forest weed than
anything else. They say it chokes out the
more valuable timber. Before the demand
for young trees was so great the land
owners were glad to have their land
cleared. Now they ask only about So an
acre stumpage.
Mr.. Morton did not know the utter use
~lessness Of the Maine fir tree, or he would
never have come to it's defense. 1t is a
coarse grained, scraggy tree at best. When
young, it grows rapidly and when set in
rows or masses makes q serviceable shelter
for buildings or tender fruit trees, but no
sooner docs the trunk begin to grow than
it becomes powder posted and is converted
by big ants into rotten sawdust. The ever
green spills turn brown and fall off, gray
and green caribou moss gathers on the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

a sufficient reason has not been presented
for stopping said Improvement.
Resolved, hat the Commissioners OF
Assessment, with the aid and assistance
Of the Bureau OF Survey, be and are here
by directed to make and file in the ofhee
Of the Clerk of this Board a preliminary
sketch based upon this award Of con-
tract and showing the amount of ma
terials estimated as necessary TO COM
plete said Improvement, the probable
total cost of said Improvement and the
erty specially benefited thereby, and that
when said map shall nave been 50 pre-
pared and hled the Clerk OF this board
is hereby directed to give such pubic
notice OF hearing to be thereafter given
thereon as is required by the provisions
Of the act heretofore cited.
Resolved, That the report Of the Com
mittee on Streets and Sewers, upon the
application in writing of Edith JeWett
Marvin and others, presented to THIS
for the improvement of Kensington ave-
nue., from Hudson Boulevard to West
Side avenue, in accordance with the pro
visions of Chapter I'll, of the Laws OF 1899,
this Board, which hereby declares It's de-
termination to make said Improvement,
unless at or before the time for hearing
in relation thereto, hereafter &c be ac-
corded to parties in interest, a remon-
STRANGE shall be presented to this Board,
signed by the owners of property liable
10 more LHdn 04e-ildil4 Liz dr1ESsAACAA~
therefor, and that the Chief Engineer,
with the aid and assistance OF the Bureau
of Survey, be and is hereby directed 70
make and report to this Board speetflca-
lions describing the location and char
acter of such Improvement, together with
an estimate of the quantity and kind OF
excavation and filling and amount OF
work to be done and of the materials to
be furnished for the making and com
pletion of the said improvement, and that
upon the fling and adoption thereof, the
Clerk of this Board shall advertise Tor
| proposals for doing such work and FUR
nishing such materials in manner and
| for the length of time required by law.
Resolved, That the contract for the re-
| paving with asphalt paving over Belgian
blocks, of Mercer street, from the
! macadam pavement on the east side OF
| Summit avenue to the asphalt pavement
| at Jordan avenue, including crossWalks at
the intersection of umm and Jordan
| N together with a strip II feet wide
at the intersection of Bergen avenue, in
| accordance with specifications heretofore
| adopted by this Board, and proposals
| therefor received on the 31st day of DC
tober. 1898, be and is hereby awarded to
the New Jersey-Mexican Asphalt Paving
| Company, at the prices named in its pro-
| posal, namely 1121s per cent. of the fol-
lowing standard of prices.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

ious ones to the contractor. In order to
insure absolute concert of action the fore
man of the job was provided with a whis-
tie, which he sounded at regular intervals,
and every time its shrill blast was heard
every screw was given a turn. This was
continued till the whole ponderous mass
was elevated four feet.
AS soon as the flats had been raised a
massive runway of heavy timbers was
laid down under the structure. These
beams were plentifully covered with soap
to make them slippery, n then the sup
porting platform, consisting of layers of
beams laid alternately lengthwise and
crosswise, was constructed. After that the
blowing of the foreman's whistle mi the
turning of the many screws were resumed
and continued till the structure had been
lowered sufficiently to let 1t rest on he
platform. Then everything was accounted
ready for the moving.
AS in raising the buildings, SO in NOV
ing them, jaokscrews were employed, but
only ten instead of hundreds. At each
turn of the screws the huge mass was
moved three-sixteenths of an inch, at
which rate a progress of niue feet a day
could have been maintained and the entire
job lone in 10 or 10 days had the 10 feet
over which the buildings were to be moved
been in a straight line. But because of
the change in direction from south to east
the building hail actually to travel 1856
feet, some thousands more turns were nee
essary and 23 days were required for the
moving proper
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19

an autopsy room provided with movable
dissecting tables, electrical apparatus and
the very latest devices and implements
used in post norton examinations.
1t looks mora like a clinical room In a
well endowed medical college, and there
is non Of the grewsomeness about 1T that
characterized the old morgue. There is
also a bright and CHEEKY reception room
where the photographs and records are
kept, and a photograph room with all the
apparatus necessary.
There is a large central chamber, around
which are receptaoles. and a large vault
in one corner VIII hold a great number of
infants bodies. There is also a room filled
with closets in which the clothing taken
from bodies will be kept for purposes of
Identification, and these, too, can be adapt
ed to receive many more bodies in case of
great emergency. This is the fourth
morgue built by che city. Since 1874 $780,
600 bodies have been placed in the New
York morgue. All the records since 1874
have been s~crupulousl7 kept and are In
good condition.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-19
NEW r MoRGuE.
New Building Where the Great City's
Dead Are Received.


Unknown Dead Are Received.
The New York morgue, in whose rec
ords nave been written the final bitter
chapter to MANI q life tragedy, was recent
" installed in a flne'new steel building on
the East river water front. 1t is a square
structure with a central dome, and out
wardly it is hardly suggestive Of the grew
some use to which it is put. There are
taken all the bodies of the unknown or
unclaimed dead. 1t is the a~ntechamber to
the potter's field. Its slabs are never
empty When the officials moved into the
new building tho other day, ~ lfeless
dodgers were moved along with the furni-
ture and records. The average number of
bodies to be found in the New York
morgue is about 100.
The new inorgue is as far in advance in
the way of scientific appointments and
appliances over the old morgue as the old
one was in advance of the first morgue
constructed in New York for the reception
of the dead bodies. In the old morgue ice
was used to refrigerate the bodies, but in
the new morgue an ammonia refrigerat-
ing plant located outside of the morgue
proper freezes the bodies and renders the
handling of ice unnecessary. The new
morgue does not putron the appearance OF
a deadhouse. 1t is as cheerful a place az
is compatible with a house of the dead.
The new morgue has a spacious COM
partnent capable of holding 1865 bodies,