Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-29

for the blind. In reality, it is a mul,
ticycle, carrying twelve riders, led by
a seeing person, who does the steer
ing
According to the. delegates to the na
tional opticians convention in Philadel-
mems, and more of the fair sex wear
glasses.
The French Ministry is drafting Il
bill to make Il standard karat fol
weighing precious stones, fixed at 2W
milligrams, and prohibiting the word
for any other weight.
Miss Ruby Abrams. who was recently
graduated at the head of the art class
in Cooper Institute, is deaf, and until
a few years ago was also dumb. She
has been an art student ever since she
was graduated at the head of her class
six years ago at the Institute for the
Improved Instruction Of Deaf Mutes.
She has the record of having won four
prizes during her art course.
1t is not a hundred years ago since
stays for women were composed not of
whalebOne or hardened leather, but of
bars of iron and steel from three inches
to four inches broad and eighteen inches
long. Again, during the reign of George
III. the top of the steel stay had long
stocking needle attached to it to pre-
vent girls from spelling their shape by
STOPPING too much over their work.
Consul General Nobert j. Wynnc
makes the report that the returns of
shipping and tonnage of the Suez canal
for 1907 show that the net tonnage
ures for the last year showing an in
crease of 1,2S2,430 tons, as compared
with that of 1906, and an increase of
1884, 800 over 1905. Receipts during
1907 showed an increase of $1,o57 900,
as compared with 1906.
The boring of an arteSian well is not
an easy task. The well of Grenelle
(France) required from Dec. a, 1888,
to Feb. 2G, 1S41, for completion. The
one at Passay of the same depth took
only two years 70 make. Our engineers
now count upon one year in wnich to
complete the well of Maisons-Latfitte
This well is already at depth of AGO
meters. 1t will go to depth of 500
meters-De Dion-R Routon Journal.
Mrs. Phoebe Rideout, of California,
Is the latest recruit to the ranks of the
women bank presidents. Mrs. Rideout
has just been elected to succeed her
late husband as the president of the
bank at Oroville, Cal. and also as pres
ident of the banks at Marysville and
Gridley. The aggregate capital of the
three institutions is said to be more
than 100000. Mrs. William Lang
don, wife of the city attorney of San
Francisco. has been elected president OF
tie Union Savings Bank at Modesto.
Miss Esther Y. lIassen. of Washing
ton, is to be the chief hospital nurse
New Haven Training School for Nurses
and has served in her profession in
on the hospital ship Re
lief and on the IsthmuS of Panama
Her appointment will make her head Of
the corps of women nurses in the naval
hospitals here and abroad. but not on
ships of war. The corps of naval
nurses will number eventually more
than fifty and will have an organiza-
ton similar to that of the army women
nurses.
The production of American gems
more than doubled last year. according
to the government reports, the total
value for 1907 being S411,300. while in
the preceding year the total was $2oS,-
800. The total production Of sapphireS
N the United States last year was val
led at 500. 500. Tourmaline is second
II Importance and is placed at SS4,12o.
Among other important gems produced
we're chrySoprase, to the value of SD,
100; californite, $4,000; turquoise,
S23. $40; spodumene gems (kunzite and
S14,500: varicite, utahlite
md amttrice, $500; rose quartz, beryl,
lquamarine and garnet, each over $6,-
100.
Women postal clerks in Norway have
,een promised equal pay with the men
Jerks as one of the first results Of
heir obtaining equal political riCdtS.
N the seventeenth century. when Eng
ishwomcn were still recognized as pos
csSinc an economic and political stat
Is side by side with EngliShmcn. there
VAS written an interesting entry in
he church wardeu's accounts of St
'Iartin' s-in-theF Feds. proving that one
elizabeth Bartlett was intruSted with
he casting of the second bell, and that
III the women employed thus were paid /
It the same rate as men for the same I
york. Another instance is To he found 7.
II the records of the Fleet prison. Of 4
which the first female warden, appoint /
d in 12l7 on the death of her huS- F.
and. Robert. received the same salary /.
as the said Robert had been accus- F.
omed to during life" There WAS no /
ak then of confining the woman's /