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can supervise ten silk-making machines, making 470,000 yards of thread a day, equal to the production of 24,000 cocoons. The gelatin silk thread is made proof against water by being submitted to the fumes of formaldehyde. Color is given to the silk commonly by mixing the col bring matter with the gelatin before it is spun.
 The cost is $1,15 per pound, as against $2 50 for collodon silk and $625 for nat ural silk. Collodion silk was invented by Count Chardonnet in 1884. He treat ed cotton with nitro-sulphuric acid and dissolved the product in a mixture of alcohol and ether. The Counts process of converting the collodion into fine threads is not materially different from HummePs treatment of his gelatin. Lehner, of Augsburg, produced artificial silk in a similar way. More recently process has been devised of dissolving cotton in copper oxide of ammonia. The solution is run through fine tubes as in the other processes, and the resulting threads are run through dilute acid to remove the ammonia. This variety is said to be better than Chardonnet's or Lehner's, in that it is not easily in- famed, or dangerous It is also easier to make, and cheaper.
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Old Letters.

The house was silent. and tue light Was fading from the western glow; l read till tears had dimmed my sight, Some letters written long ago, The voices that have passed away, The faces that have turned to mold, Were round me in the room to-day And laughed and chatted as of old 70, The thoughts that youth was wont to think The hopes now dead forevermore, Came from the lines of faded ink As sweet and earnest as of yore. I laid the letters by and dreamed The dear dead past to life again; The present and its purpose seemed A fading vision full of pain. Then, with a sudden shout of glee, The children burst into the room, Their little faces were to me As sunrise in the cloud of gloom. The world was full of meaning still, For love will live though loved ones die; turned upon life's darkened hill And glored in the morning sky.
 --Boston Transcript.
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LOSSES OF STOCK IN WYOMING.

l LOSSES OF STOCK IN WYOMING In the Big Horn basin, comprising
 one-tenth of the area of the entire state l tWenty-three inches of snow fell dur l ing February, accompanied by intense
 ly cold weather, the thermometer rang 1 ing from degrees above zero to 51 de- | grees below. Losses of stock were heavy l especially among trail-herds of sheep. | These are herds sent in for the winter by outside owners. They were unpro- vided with feed or shelter and lost heavily. Local stockmen suffered less, as they were supplied with hay. Herd CTS in charge of sheep suffered severely. Many of them were out thirty-six hours in one of the severest storms of the month without food or shelter, but none deserted his sheep. The prospects
 are discouraging, even to stocFmen who
 have as yet suffered little loss. Hay is
 exhausted, and stockmen are paying BIO
 a ton for straw.
 In central Wyoming February was
 bad month, with constant storms. Loss-
 es of stock were light, as ranchmen had
 large quantities of hay. Encouraging
 reports come from Sweetwater County.
 The Bitter Creek and Red Desert dis
 trlcts, which are the great winter feed
 ing-grounds for sheep. have had but
 little snow, and the ranges have been
 uncovered and feed plentiful. The snow fall during February was but nine inches, and this was blown off as it fell The reports for the month indi- cate light snow fall and moderate tenn perature in the Lander and at Fort Washable was but three inches for the month In northern Wyoming there was considerable snow and low temperature. The snow fall at Sheridan was fifteen inches In the northeastern part of the state the snow fall averaged nine inch es. Stock losses were light, the ranch men being we'll prepared with feed for their stock.
 While a definite statement of the stock losses for the state cannot be made at this time it is believed that they will fall below 10 per cent. of the total number of cattle and sheep in the state, and may possibly not ex- ceed per cent. While losses in some districts have been heavy, in other large districts they have as yet been nominal Correspondence Omaha Bee.
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F-ISHION NOTES.
A Skirt That May be short.

Women ought not to complain so furiousy about the trailing skirt. They really sensible length, for it may be from the ankle to half way to the knee. Such skirts can be worn in all walking and costumes that Include them are now made with all the care bestowed on any kind of dress. When it comes to the dress affair, the long skirt is the right thing. When all is said a really long skirt of the present close kind, not heavy, is more easily held up than is a just touching skirt, especially if the latter is stiffened,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-28

Esraesohn's brothers had bean com vice which Esraelsohns son Harry had forgotten to provide for. As the boy was only fourteen years old when he de- parted, the oversight was applicable, but 1t was not deemed excusable by the Czar's recruiting officers. They couldn't get hold of Harry, but they could reach his home-staying uncles, and the latter are now threatened with Siberia if they
 do not promptly supply an acceptable
 substitute for the absent youth.
 London is crowded. Never were lodg- ines scarcer' or rents higher Says 8
 writer in the London Daily News:
 Houses and tenements and one-roomed
 homes have been divided and sub-di-
 vided till now it has come to pass that
 the very beds are let off at so much
 rent. It is becoming common for night
 workers. such as bakers and watchmen,
 to rent a bed to sleep in during the day from people already living in an over-
 crowded state who occupy the bed at
 night. Among some families in Spital- fields the beds are rented on the eight
 hour principle, having three different sets of sleepers every twenty-four hours. Little room though the law al- lows, there are 900,000 Londoners living in less. But more than two in a room does not mean simply three in room, or four or five. In some cases it means twelve, and even seventeen in a room. The last census return, eight years ago, when overcrowdng was less severe than it is to-day, showed number of fami- lies living more than twelve in a room. Since then it has been calculated that London has added a little over 300,0OO people to it's population. It is this great and continuous growth of London that has made the overcrowdng worse than it ever was in the history of the city.
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sor Sage, what day of the month is it? To save my life, can't think. Professor Sage-It is the 20th. And that reminds me! What month is it?-- Boston Transcript Willie asked the Sunday school teacher, what will happen to you if you are good boy?' I'll get big apple'
 And if you're bad boy?" ''Ill get two apples for promising mamma to be good" ."--Philadelp Call
 Alphonso XIII.> Ca few years hence)-- Ma! where's my crown?
 His mother-On the top shelf in the pantry, dear; I wouldn't get it down. It's covered with dust and isn't worth much anyWay--the Americans rubbed the polish off few years ago.
 Alphonso-Of course, it was just my luck to be No. 13.-Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.
 Miss Murray Hill-T suppose must congratulate you, Sarah.
 Miss Point Breeze-Why?
 MT. Homewood tells me that you and he are engaged-that you accepted him last night
 Did I? We'll really, I don't remem- Der; but I have no doubt he is right. I never have the heart to refuse a pro- posal of marriage. "-Pittsburg Chroni- cle-Telegraph.
 The shadow upon her husbands brow was become habltual now, and it deep ened day by day.
 Am I as dear to you as used to be?" she suddenly asked him once; for her misgivings left no peace of mind
 The man shivered; but he would fain be candid with her.
 Everything is dearer in the suburbs than anywhere else!" he exclaimed talk ing her hand in his and looking stead- lastly down into her great gray eyes, Puck.
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1RTTFTCTaL SILK,

The silkworm will perhaps never be able to sing that he is a worthless worm, but he may not continue to be as valua- ule as lie has been. Artificial silk has heretofore been prepared from cotton, but Professor Hummei, of Leeds, Eng land, has invented a process of prepar- ing it from gelatin. The prepared gela- tin is kept heated so as to remain li- quid and in this condition is forced through small holes in the top of the reservoir. The minute streams as they emerge are caught on a passing strip of cloth and on becoming dry are run on spoos. The threads thus formed are of uniform thickness and brilliant sur face, susceptible to dyes, but not quite 50 strong as natural silk One workman
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent a Word each in sertion. Five Cents a Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements, per inch, one in sertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one week, $320; one month, $lo; one year, $40
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar Local Notices, 15 cents per line Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (al matter to be ctlonable). and their contracts do not Include Wants, TO Let, For Sale, etc.
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HA RITUAL,

It's a peculiar fact that the hardest drinkers always drink easiest--Phila. delphia Record
 Miss Peachblow-Was your marriage to old Moneybagges the result of love at first sight?
 Mrs. Moneybagges-No, of second thought.-Kansas City Independent
 Professor Gray-By the way, Profes-
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It is well settled in this and other jur- dsdicttons says an appellate court out in Indiana, "that the only duty which a railroad company owes to trespassers upon it's right of way and tracks is to refrain from wilfully injuring them. It owes them no duty of active vigilance, and is not liable for mere negligence
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The State department at Washington has had an interesting case put before 1t, Nine years ago one Bernard Esrael- sohn. then a resident of Riga, decided that the Czar's rule was not altogether enjoyable and, having quietly turned such little property as he possessed into rash. Esraelsohn and his family started toward sunset Several formalities, like that of asking for official consent to emigrate, were ignored for reasons deemed sufficient, and the family finally settled down in Baltimore and were con- tent. The father took out naturaliza- tion papers, the children went to school, and Russia had been almost forgotten until one day this Spring there came letters from relatives left behind con- yeying the unpleasant information that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-28

The mammoth that was recently dis covered near Dominion creek is thus de- Ecribed: The huge monster could not be lifted from it's ancient grave, for it weighed from twenty five to thirty tons It measured A feet 6 inches Its right ttlsk was broken, but its left tusk was perfect, so that the right must have snapped off in the fall which caused it's death. The remaining tusk measured 14 feet 3 inches in length and AS inches in circumference. The flesh was covered with woolly hair, about 15 inches long, and of a grayish- black color. The hind quarters of the mammoth were weighed in a fashion, the improvised scales showing S,640 pounds. The neck was short, limbs long and stout, feet short Rnd broad, with five toes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-03-28

Besides insurance taken out by him. self for the benefit of his family, the life of the Prince of Wales has been in- Sured by his numerous creditors, who hold the policies as security for money loaned, according to a correspondent of the Washington Post, who estimates that the insurance of this character amounts to about $10,000,000. In addi- tion to this, the prince is insured by people who have never even spoken to otherwise, with him, but who hold the policies simply as a speculation.
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The Barbers' and wigmakers' union

The Barbers' and Wigmakers' union In Vienna Is very stringent in it's exam ination before it admits any new mem ber to it's society. Only fully competent persons are allowed to practice, and to prove their capabilities must first show that they thoroughly understand the disinfection- of razors, brushes etc., used fin their craft, and also how to keep the razors sharp and use them to the best advantage. Even so, the man who suc- cessfully passes the examination of the union is required to serve an appren- ticeship for two years before he can take shop of his own. Women bar bers are also admitted to this Austrian union, but they are required to appren- tice themselves for three years before they can go into business on their own account.
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UELIyERED RY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, { ID CENTS A WEEK, 50 GENTS A
 MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 |.
 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
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The National American Woman Suf- frage Association will hold it's thirty first annual convention at Grand Rap ids, Michigan, April 27-May 4, inclusive. ! The call, issued by Susan B. Anthony, president, and the other officers recog- mizes that tour national life has reached Ia crisis as vital as that of the Revolu- tion or the era of reconstruction" and declares that in the policy to be adopted and the legislative acts to be per- formed, women have vital interest and therefore the appeal is made to ''all patriotic citizens to help secure for wo- men the ballot, 'the only effective means of making their will felt in pub lie affairs which so vitally concern them.'
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A German engineer has used roller hearings on street railroad cars, and be- Meves that as much as 10 to 15 per cent. saving can be obtained with such an arrangement The rollers were rods of drawn bronze, and operated in pol ished cast-iron box. Rollers were em- ployed in preference to balls, on the ground that the pressure would be too great, and they were arranged parallel to each other. A similar scheme has been tried in Europe also with the bear ings of omnibus wheels, and quite an important saving has been effected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18

there has been much disputation over
the subject, but the authorities are now
agreed on the spot / am about to name.
Cur1ousy enough this territory is not a
desert, not Fort Yuma, not even the Ari-
iona plains, although poet well de-
scribed them by declaring that the lost
spirits, wandering from their Internal
abodes, stood o ,nthe borders of that REQ
gion, with eyes blinded by the suns re-
Elected glare, then in terror hurried back
to their sulphurous lakes-to avoid the
heat. No, the hottest plae in the world is,
with all respect to ocean summer resorts,
on the seashore.
The region of maximum temperature
is an extensive area on the Persian gulf
a part OF the southwestern coast Of Per-
STA, This territory includes the Bahrein
or Avail islands June, July and August
are terrific uncomfortable save to the ma
tives, and hideous to them. Day after
day the mercury will mark more than 100
degrees in the shade By day here mean
the dfurnal twenty-four hours. Think Of
1T, you who look with fearful eyes on the
thermometer that registers 100 degrees
at noontime. Imagine the horror of strik-
ing a match at midnight and reading 10
degrees. 1t hardly seems possible, yet it
is officially declared that this frightful
heat is not excessive-in that country.
Often 140 degrees in the shade is attained
In the afternoon.
The islands are a little group, named
after the largest Bahrein. They lie be-
tween latitude rs degrees 80 minutes and
26 degrees 80 minutes north and longitude
so degrees and so degrees and 80 minutes
east. Bahrein itself is about twenty-sev-
en- miles long and ten miles broad. She
population of the group is $4,000. The ma
tives are for the most part Arabs, gov
erned by a sheikh. who pays tribute to
the Sultan Of Oman.
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to combine to keep prices up. The
threatened trust did not, however, mate
rialize, and for most kinds the prices Will
probably be the same as last year. The
price of 'Rockaways," however, will be
somewhat higher. The planters do not
consider that they have been receiving
enough for this now favorite variety, and
have combined to bull the market on
them. They expect to force the New York
oyster scow owners to pay so cents more
for each 1000 cullens than last year,
which will affect retail prices very slight
ly.
James w. Boyle, the head of one of the
oldest oyster houses in the city, said yes
terday that the finest oysters in the mar
ket this season would be the kind known
as "Buzzard's Bay" Those which have
already come to market, he said, were 50
large that after the shells were opened
they could not be closed. They are expen-
sive opsters and are obtainable only in
high-priced restaurants. Mr. Boyle said
that the starfish, which bore holes
through the oyster shell and suck out the
insides had been on their good behavior
this year and had done very little dam
age.
1t is only oysters from this state which
are obtainable now. The season for Chess
apeake bay Virginia and Delaware oys-
tiers is not in full operation till the latter
part of October.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
CAR PORTERs AND WOMEN.
One of the Former Gives His Views
ON Fair Travellers.

Philadelphia Times.
Its this this way, if you never done
come to think of it BEFORE" said the car
porter to me as he struggled with re-
fractory window. There amt porter
who could afford to take any run if he
was to get nothing but company's wages.
He certainly would go bankrupt. You
expect to make your living out Of other
little things; not that any of us gets as
much as the funny papers say we do,
but there's little coming in from things
the porter does that amt paid for when
you put down the price of your sleeper
ticket But when the train pulls out and
the porter takes what you may say is
his first real look at what he's got in his
car, it's expecting good deal to expect
him to look right clipper and cheerful
when there's a dozen sections got ladies
in them, but he's got to do it, for the
company made that rule. What's the rea-
son for it? Well, it's just this. When
it's man, all you have to do is to fix
his shoes and to brush him off when he
gets to his station; maybe he'll call for
side screen when he wants the window
up, but that's about all, and he just nat
urally gives you a quarter. That amt
much to him, and it amt much to the
porter, but several of them counts up.
"But with a lady it's different. She's
always mighty uneasy; she's got to have
a table, and then she's got to have it
taken away, and the window never does
get to suit her, and she wants a pillow,
and then she wants more pillows and
you're lucky if she doesn't ring you out
of the only chance you have to get
nap in the whole run just because she
wants a glass of water. And after all
the things you've been doing for her right
along, she's just as like as not to walk
away as soon as you set her grips on the
platform.
ooh, I can tell you, ladies on car just
naturally keep the porter guessing, they
certainly do, and the company says you
must be cheerful. But when there's a
lady gets into one of your sections for the
whole run, and she's used to travelling
about and to being looked after, why then
she sorter knows that the porter Is look
ing at her, and she's set him guessing
whether she's one of them sort that's no
good except to the company, or one of
the other sort. So if she's used to travel
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
MR.. REEDS FAREWELL.
An Open Letter to the Voters OF the
First Maine District.

PORTLAND. Me. Sept. 1.-THE Press
tomorrow will print the following:
ITO the Republicans of the First Maine
district: While | am naturally reluctant
to intrude myself again upon public at
tentiOn, even here at home. | am sure no
one would expect me to leave the First
Maine district after so long a residence
my appreciation of your friendship and
my gratitude for your generous treat
ment. Words alone are Inadequate and
l must appeal to your memories. During
the three and twenty years of political
life not always peaceful. you have never
Other men have had to look after their
districts. My district has looked after
me. This, in the place where [ was born,
where you know my shortcomings as
well as l do myself. gives me a right to
be proud of my relations with you No
come from home. 1t would not be just
for me to withhold my thanks from those
Democrats who have so often given me
their votes. This friendship l can &C
knowledge within all propriety even in
letter to Republicans. for both they and
you know that [ have never trimmed a
sail to catch the passing breeze or ever
flown a doubtful flag.
"Office. as ribbon to stick in your
coat. is worth nobody's consideration.
Office with opportunity is worth all con-
sideration. That opportunity you have
given me untrammeled in the fullest and
amplest measure. and l return you sin
cerest thanks. If 1 have deserved any
praise. 1t belongs of right to you
the First Maine district will always be
true to the principles OF liberty. self
government and the rights of men.
Thomas B. Reed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-18
RARE EXPERIENCE
Of Man Who Was Against n
'.Brace" Faro Game.
,T4.I yr. ~ -xa ,


New Orleans Times Democrat. 20 .
at isn't many men who have beaten a
brace faro game said an old steamboat
captain. ''but L enjoyed that experience
in Memphis one night, at the time gam
bling was wide open everywhere along
the river l was Steered into the place
by a pieG ednt-spokeD chap. who had
svraped ac4uainta1c ace at the hotel, and L
Jaw immedialely that was against a lot
of robbers. 1ealized, a3wever, that
would proba)i get sand isSe.i If raised
Il. row, so [ co.,-4,1.,eu - sit ioWn ut the
faro table. lose . few dollars. AMI then
makesome excuse to get out.
81 bought a stack of chips, and had
Just started to play when two new men
came in, one of them evidently cap
per- for the house and the other drunk
en- planter. From the significant glances
of all hands it was plain that rich prize
had been landed, and, as they made room
for the poor dupe at the table, the dealer
asked me very courteosuly to cash in my
chips and quit. You see, they wanted to
get rid of me so as to devote their en-
tire attention to plucking the planter,
and the dealer gave as a reason that Col.
- was an old friend, and liked to have
the game to himself THAT gave me my
cue, and I told him pretty shortly that
l intended to remain where I was. oh,
let i'm stay grunted the planter, good
naturally, and the chap behind the table,
scowling like mad, resumed the deal.
1.-THE drunken man slapped down $50
at time, and I followed him with S.
shot, playing opposite. In other words,
when his bet was. open mine was cop
pered,' and vice versa. 1t was impossible
for them to win from him without losing
to me, and I could hear the whole crowd
gritting it's teeth every time 1 gathered
in the chips. They wanted my gore, sure,
but didn't dare modest me for fear of
alarming the planter. 1 kept it up until
1 had won about $1C0, and then 1 cashed
in and sauntered out, leaving the victim
at the game. I yearned to give him a tip
but that would have meant certain death;
his presence and lack of suspicion were
the only thing that saved me. 1 never
heard how much he lost