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New-York tribune., 1902-02-16

and many Of them were willing TO help, and
many Of them did help; but they were poor
there was 50 little money, and it was so hard to
live. And then We sometimes think-it was so
long ago-that Washington won many victories
ana that the war very glorious But it was
not. In most of the battles the British came
off the better. There We're defeats and retreats
and long cold winters when there were few
clothes for the soldiers and scarcely any food.
And the soldiers and the people lost heart often.
and many OF them thought that they could
never beat the British and We're sorry that they
had ever tried-yes. and some of them wanted
to give it all up. Then these poor men who
were fighting with Washington had left families
at home and how were their families TO live
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
A PRIZE or $40 IN GOLD.
TWO OTHER PRIZES OF BOOKS FOR
YOUNG READERS OF THE
TRIBUNE.
The Tribune will award:


As First Prize cold
IA
As a Third Prize hook
TO such of its little readers not over fifteen
years old as send in the first, second or ,hi rd
best letters about any topic which ...JameS
Henry" will talk upon with his uncle in the
month of February in the Department for
Little Men and Little Women in the IiIus-
tratcd Supplement- OF The sunday Tribune.
These are the conditions of the contest:
No letter can exceed two hundreu, words.
All letters must he addressed The Editor OF
Little Men and Little Women The Tribune New
York
All letters must reach this office before March /
1902.
The writer's must not be than fifteen years
old.
Each letter must be signed with the full name
and address of the writer
In awarding the prizes clear writing will count for
a great deal with the judges
In each contest the editors decision will be final
and he cannot enter into correspondence with un-
successful competitors
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
4 RANGE OF VISION.

From The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
From cliff one thousand feet high a person
with clear vision ship at a distance of
fOrtY-tWO miles.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
AND \ GREAT MAN.

With Washington's Birthday only a little way
off. 1t was certain that James Henry and his
grandfather would find themselves talking about
Washington IN. were bound To do ii any
way. but James Henry began it 10y asking his
%randfathor what waa the real honest truth"
about the cherry tree.
What d" You think Of that story yoursclf?'
ai- grandfather asked.
We'll" said james Henry If he was such a
good little boy. don't see what ne cut down the
cherry tree at all for
Il don't s~a either" said his grandfather. IF
he was such a good little boy ne could just as
New-York tribune., 1902-02-16
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY.
JAMES HENRY AND HIS GRANDFATHER
TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON.

SOME MISTAKES ABOUT HIM-HOW HE
PROVED HIMSELF \ GREAT GENERAL
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20
Boiled Down.

An amusing story is told of the editor
of a go-ahead London evening newspa.
per who, in the eternal rushing to press
to get ahead of the opposition, was con-
stantly impressiug upon his reporters
the necessity for condensing all news.
A terrific boiler explosion had taken
place on board big ship lying at Ports
mouth.
"Get down there as hard as you can, j"
he said to one of his men. eff you catch
the II 40 from London bridge, you'll be
there soon after 2 and can just wire us
SOL ething for the fifth edition, but boil
it down."
And the reporter went.
Soon after 8 O'Clock that afternoon
thew got wire from him:
"Terrific explosion. Man-o''War.
Boiler empty. Engineer full. Funeral
tomorrow. No flowers. ."-London Tit
Bits.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20

noted far and wide as breeding ground
of high-class animals, which in time
will pay them a high remuneration for
their enterprise. Oregon stands today
the leading state on the Pacific coast as
a producer of high-class and pure bred
livestock, and if our breeders continue
along the same lines they have for the
past few years, it will not be long un-
til this state will rank favorably with
any state in the Union in the produc-
ton of superior animals.-Rural Spirit
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20
WORK OF ANARCHIST.
st. Pierre Fire Charged to Theme
Town in Great Excitement.

St. Johns, N. F., Noy. 14.-The dis
astrous fire which broke out in st. Pierre,
MiGuelon, November l, and destroyed
the government building, the Roman
Catholic Cathedral, and number of
other buildings, is now believed to have
been the work of the local colony of an
archists. 1t was known that the cathe-
dral was set on fire by incendiaries, and
last Sunday night an attempt was made
to blow up the powder magazine there,
which contains the entire stock of ex-
plosives for the islets. Had the attempt
proved successful, the town would have
been destroyed. Two individuals, one
of them Pasque and the other Span
lard, have been arrested on the charge
of completely in the affair. A body of
gendarmes is patrolling the precincts of
the powder magazine day and night.
The inhabitants are in state of great
excitement.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20
A Remarkable Offer.

The GAZETTE has made special ar
rangements with the Young Peoples
Weekly, published in Chicago, to fur
nish this interesting and valuable paper
with the GAZETTE, both papers for 81 go.
The Young Peoples Weekly is one of
the leading story papers of America
with 16 pages, nicely illustrated every
week. 1t is always interesting to the
young people.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20
Volcano More Violent.

Rome, Nov. 1.-THE eruption of the
volcano Strombolii is increasing in vio-
lence, and is accompanied by shocks of
earthouake and alarming detonations.
Ashes thrown out by the volcano are
falling on boats out at sea.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20
Made No Mistake.

When the Oregon State Board OF Ag-
rlculture employed two eastern judges
to tie the ribbons in the livestock de-
partment at the fair this fall, it seemed
like big expense; but it is apparent
now that the board made no mistake.
The advertisement these men are giving
the livestock industry of Oregon,
through eastern journals are worth sew
eral times the cost of their coming out
here. OF course our breeders had some
thing good to show them, which was
the base of their subject. A great deal
of credit is due our local breeders for
their enterprise. They are laying a
foundation that will make this state
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-11-20

The British Columbian govern
ment has foated loan for So, 500
600.
The locomotive engineers of the
Southern Pacific, have demanded
a 20 per cent increase in wages.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
NEW ENGLAND DIALECT.
An Instance which illustrates the
Truth of stories of Horribly
Murdered English.

The professor of Latin in a New
England school has, until within six
months, claimed that stories of New
England dialect were absurdly exag-
gerated; but few months ago a liv-
ing refutation of his views arrived in
the person of New Hampshir,
maiden of stern aspect who had been
engaged for general housework, says
Youths Companion.
The professors study is a good-sized
room, and as he is fond of plenty of
air, he finds three windows and door
no more than sufficient to provide
current. When the new handmaiden
had been in the family week she
passed through the hall one cool morn
ing and stopped at the door of the
study.
"Do you wish anything?" asked the
professor, reused by dry cough from
the doorway.
"Well, l don't want to be forthput-
ting" said the New HAMPSHIRE
maiden in firm but pleasant tone,
"but it does seem as if you were set
ting in complete draught. Don't you
want the door cluz or the windows
shet or leastways the curtains drew?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
BOOK THAT WILL PLEASE.
WI Ting Fang, Retiring Chinese Min
lister, Says Americans VIII
Like His story.

WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister,
who went from Wasl ington to New
York to meet Prince Chen, a special
envoy of the coronation of King Ed
ward, said: 81 am too modest to do
so now, but when go back to China |
am going to write a book and say all
the things ! want to about the United
States. l shall write how you take
a nicely paved street and dig it up,
then recover it and then dig it up
|again.
"Oh, my book will deal with every
thing; my life in Washington; what |
think about public men; my various
trips about the country and every
thing. 1t will be a good-sized book.
I have not started: to write it yet, but
] shall, never fear, and the people of
the United States will like to read 1t.
I shall say many very, very nice things
about them.
"Of course I am glad to see New
York again." he said, "but when will
you ever stop digging mines in
your streets? l never saw such a big
holes as you have in your beautiful
city. When / drove to the hotel, |
heard roars which sounded like all the
artillery in the United States was fir
ing shots at the same time. Twas told
it was blasting"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
SPY OUT MILITARY POSTS.
Engineers of Foreign GOvernme nts
Disguised ms Workmen. Get Work
in FOrtificatiOns.

Army officers assert there is nothing
to prevent an engineer officer from
working with the Italian laborers at
Fort Wright in the disguise of labor
err and securing all the information de-
sired. The experience of officers In the
past has been that important informa-
ton of this character has been Sc
cured in this way in the past, and the
war department is now determined to
adopt such measures as will prevent
a recurrence of this practice in the fu-
ture. The question Of labor about
the emplacement is difficult one, ow-
ing to the fact that Americans have
often caused trouble by striking at
critical periods in the progress of the
work.
1t has been suggested that as enlist
ed men have been employed in the
west in the construction Of barracks
and quarters, they could be utilized
to some extent in the work on the
emplacement and be paid the extra
money thus earned.
Whatever remedy Is adopted, Act
ing Secretary Sanger is of the opinion
that the rule against the admission Of
foreigners to the new fortified tions
should be rigidly enforced, and or
ders to this effect may be issued at
any time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
SNAILS FOR THE TABLE.
Some Sent to Paris Are Fed on Aro-
matte Herbs to Improve
Their Flavor,

The popularity of the snail as an al
but extends throughout southern Eu-
rope and some parts of Africa. DR.. Ed
ward, a French writer, in pamphlet,
says that 10000 pounds of snails are
sent daily to Paris from the gardens at
Potion, Burgundy, Champagne and
Provence. Those reared in gardens
are fed on aromatic herbs to improve
their flavor. Their market price is
from 2 francs so confines to francs
80 centimes hundred, while those
from the hedges, woods and forests
bring only francs to 2 francs so
centimes. The proprietor Of one snail
cry in the vicinity of Dijou nets over
1000 francs annually. The snail is
reared and fattened with great care
in some cantons of Switzerland as an
article of luxury, and is exported in a
picked state. 1t is also eaten as d
relish and nutritious article of food
in Austria, Spain, Italy and in some
sections of the United States The
Ashantees and other African tribes
smoke them and eat them as daily food
all the year around. In Algeria, in the
markets, large heaps of snails are sold
by the bushel and the hundred as an
article of food. Vendors hawk them in
the streets of Cairo. In modern Rome
fresh-ga gathered snails are hawked by
women from door to door.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
DEPENDS ON MUSTACHES.
uccess or Failure of Mrs. stuyvesant
FIsh's Ball Dope DIS ON Lack of
Hirsute Appendagss.

The rather distressing news comes
rom Newport that the success or fail
ire of Mrs. Stuyvesant Fsh's colonial
ball hangs ON the mustaches of the
hen. Mrs. Fish Is much surprised that
ONE of the men whom she depended
Upon for fancy costume quadrille have
bot entered into the matter with
characteristic enthusiasm, and though
| he reason for their lack OF interest has
possibly not wholly dawned upon her
Iome of the men Eave confided to each
bther that sooner than part with the
Pdornment of their upper lips they
would forego the pleasure of night
BIT Crossways even on the occasion Of
bhe colonial ball. But all men do not
have mustaches, and those who do not
hre arrayed on the side of Mrs. Fish in
hn endeavor to persuade those who do
hat the mustache is out of date any
way and might just as we'll be sacri-
|fced first as last.
Just how the matter is coming out
DO one dares conjecture. 1t is fact,
however, that surprisingly few men
have as yet decided to wear costume
bit Mrs. Fish's ball. ats so much
trouble" they say, land then there's
my mustache." 1t is probable that
Mrs. Fish will soon call roll of her
men friends, who will then come face
TO face with the momentous question
of "the lady or-the mustache."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
TAKING SPORT SERIOUSLY.
RecreatIODs INDUCED In with Scien-
title Interest Lose Much of
Their Pleasure.

One of the evils of the day is thor
recreations. There is no game, how
ever difficult or however simple, but
it is hedged about by difficulties which
actually turn pleasure into pain.
Time was when a game at whist, for
example, was a genuine diversion;
now it has become SO scientific that it
is distinctly hard work to play good
game. So as to bicycling, golf, ping
pong-everything, in word. We have
got so into the habit of taking our
pleasures seriously that those pleas
ures are no longer recreations,
or at least not the recreations they
might be were perfection not SO per-
sistently insisted upon, says writer
in the Boston Transcript. In these
days no sooner is game invented or
imported from other lands than some
body has to go at work to make its
playing science, and to this end a
newspaper or magazine devoted to
that particular game is indispensable
and inevitable. SO that the drain upon
the mental faculties produced by the
playing of the game is rendered more
drastic by the reading one has to dc
to keep up with the times. Oh, for
game that cannot be made scientific.
that will forever escape literary or
gan, and which will always and for
ever be just good fun and nothing
moral
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
A NOVEL ENTERPRISE.
Canal Come elton being Dug for the
Purpose of Removing bar
nacIes from ships.

The city of Seattle lies between
Puget sound and Lake Washington.
canal is now being dug for the purpose
of connecting the two. Puget sound
is salt and connects with the Pacific
ocean. Lake Washington is body OF
fresh water. The object in the connec-
ton is novel. Familiar with the re-
gion, and having heard of the canal
and the reason for it, we have looked
the matter up a little, and find that
it is to be a barnacie cure on large
scale, reports the Christian Advocate.
1t il we'll known that barnacles,
variety of marine shellfSh, attach
themselves to the bottom OF vessels,
and after time, when the number
becomes great, the movement Of the
ships becomes so seriously retarded
that the vessel has to be dry docked
and cleaned. This is an expensive OPP
Grafton, and many are the devices
which have been resorted to to pre-
vent the adhesion of the barnacles,
but without success. Barnacles APP
pear to be more prolific on the Paclhc
coast than on the Atlantic, and, there
fore, getting rid of them becomes even
more important than in the case of
Atlantic shipping. 1t is well-known
fact that the barnacles drop off If
the ship lies for even short time IN
fresh water, and the proposition to
connect Puget sound with this beaut1-
full fresh-water lake has for its END
the taking advantage of this fact, so
that by means of the canal the vessels
may be run into Lake Washington and
allowed to lie there until the barna-
cles drop off. These animals, Like 9TH
ers whose native element is salt water,
die after time and lose their grip.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
CHICAGO MANS SIGNAL.
To BE Used in the Park Avenue Tun-
mel at New York to Prevent
Accid nts.

The New York Central railroad has
conducted an inspection of a new sig
nal system for use in the Park avenue
tunnel. A. c. Miller, of Chicago, is
the inventor. Mr. Miller was busy
with corps of men for several weeks
stringing the wires and equipping
three engines with the apparatus. The
company's observation car, the Hud-
son, vas used to show the practical
merits of the invention.
Briefly, the device provides an addi-
tional safeguard against accident, over
the familiar block system. 1t is in a
measure dependent for its operation
on the block system, and yet 1t also
acts independently 1t trusts the
block signals only when they display
the danger signal, but when they sig
nal safety the Miller system relies on
itself. The most ingenious feature of
the device is that it provides against
human fallibility. A man in one of the
signal stations may drop dead or may
make a mistake. Another advantage
that the Miller system provides Is that
the signal which is to guide the en-
gineer is directly before his eyes.
Electricity sent through the rails,
as well as through system of wires
strung beside the track, is used for the
new device.
The outside Park avenue tunnel was
used. The observation car was run as
far as Mott Haven and there turned
around. On both the outgoing as well
as the incoming trip re signals worked
perfectly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
PRESERVE WEDDING GOWN.
Kept by Many Women as a Moment O
of the Most Important of
All Events.

A woman's wedding gown is seldom
worn except on anniversary occasions
after the day upon which the nuptials
are celebrated. Most woman regard
this garment as especially sacred and
take extraordinary means to preserve
it in all its pristine purity. The we'd
ding gown box is "A recent fad for the
well-to-do bride to adopt, and it bids
fair to have quite vogue. That every
bride possessed Of any sentiment
wishes to keep her wedding gown in "A
state of preservation is IA foregone
conclusion, and this elegant receptacle
is admirably suited TO the purpose for
which it was designed. 1t is made of
light wood enamelcd white and having
the brides initials in silver letters on
the outside. A lining of tufted white
satin is revealed on opening the bon,
and locks of silver and white leather
straps fasten it. a photograph of the
wedding gown is often taken by the
modiste before sending it home and
making IA collection of the photo
graphs of wedding gowns or any other
distinctive costumes is one of the pres
ent fads, the idea being % preserve the
pictures as mementOes for future gen
erations and also as illustrations of
present-day fashions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
FOND OF DRAMATIC EFFECTS.
Lord Kitchener, Says London report,
Never NegIects Chance to Play
to the Galleries.

Among the characteristics that dis
tinguish Viscount Kitchener none is
more conspicuous than his apprecia-
ton of the dramatic, and he never
fails to make use of such effects to
advance his own interests. There is
no man who has shown on so many
occasions splendid insight into dra-
matte situation. There has never been
one of his great events which has not
been so stage-managed as to produce
the greatest possible dramatic effect.
When he was advancing on Omdur-
man, for instance, he cut the wire be-
tween Egypt and home for several
days--they were the last days that
still interviewed between him and the
browning victory. This mysterious
and sinister veil which all at once was
drawn between England and her forces
heightened the mystery, the suspense,
the passionate interest IL the last
hours of the great struggle, and when
Kitchener permitted the veil to be lift
ed again it was to display to people
almost maddened with suspense the
bloody field on which lay crushed for
ever the broken and scattered forces
Of the mahdi.
And again when this victory was
completed and when Kitchener stood
in the middle of the town where Cor
don had died, surely 1t was very high
and keen sense of the dramatic which
impelled Kitchener to hold funeral
service to Gordon's memory. Here,
indeed, in sober, solemn, unexception-
able fashion, was the final triumph Of
civilization over barbarism heralded
and commemorated to all the world.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
CHANGE IN STEEL TRADE.
Imports of the Product Are Larger,
While the Exports Have Fallen
on Comfortable.

An increase of 10,0O0,0 900 in imports
of iron and steel manufactures and a
decrease of $19, 100000 in the exports of
this class of articles is the rnost strik-
ing characteristic Of the commerce of
the year just ended. The total i'm
ports of iron and steel manufactures
in the fiscal year just ended were $27,-
1S0,255 in value, against $17,s74,7s9 in
the preceding year, while the exports
of iron and steel manufactures were
$685. ,562, against $117,319,320 in the
preceding year.
F.. This makes the imports of the year
larger than those of any preceding
year since 1898. This subject is dis
cussed as follows in the annual report
of the chief of the bureau of statis-
tics Just completed:
For many years prior to 1901 the
exports of iron and steel had steadily in
creased while imports had steadily de-
creased Expectations of iron and
steel manufactures increased from
$12OO0,OOO in value in 1880 to 1921 ,000,-
900 in 1900, while imports of iron and
steel decreased from $67, 600, 900 in 1882
to $4,000, 900 in 1899. In 1901, however,
the exports from iron and steel fell to
$117,OOO,OO0 and in 1902 to 500 900 0O0
while the imports of iron and steel
increased to $4,000 900 In 1901, and to
$27, 900, 900 in 1902.
"Thus the exports of iron and steel
in the fiscal year just ended are $685.
10000 below those of 1900, and the inn
ports of iron and steel are $14,000,00
above those of 1899, the total imports
Of iron and steel for the year 1902 be-
ing greater than in any year since 1893.
This increase in imports of iron and
steel has been general, practically
every class showing much larger fig
ures of imports in 1902 than In 1901.
Tinplate, for example, shows an in
crease of over S2,OOO,0O0; ingots,
blooms and bars over 100000 pig
iron over 81 100000, and other classes
in about the same proportion"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-08-28
Ancient Human Remains.

Human remains recently unearthed
at Girga, in Egypt, consist of con
tinuous series extending backward
over at least 5000 years. The bodies
are so well preserved, owing to the
dryness Of the atmosphere in the re-
gion and to the perfection of inter
ment, that not only can the hair, the
nails; the ligaments, be made out,
but also the muscles and the nerves.
In almost every case the brain also is
preserved, and the climax has been
reached in two eases where the eyes,
with TIE lens in good condition, are
present. There are now unearthed
series of later prehistoric graves
ranging throughout the first Is dy-
nasties, others of the eighteenth, and
yet others Of the Ptolemaic and early
and recent Coptic periods.