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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

There were only SO days durins
the Ss5 days OF 1914 upon which old
sol did not show his face to Pendle-
ton people. The records kept day by
day by Il. +. Averill, official weather
observer. show that and many other
interesting things, These records
show that 14s days were perfectly
clear and that 1874 OF the remaining
days were partly clear Only on SO
days was there enough rain to meas
ure. that is over .Ol OF an inch.
There was q deficiency OF 339
inches In the years precipitation,
most OF the shortage coming within
the past two months and in August
when not drop fell. The normal
rainfall for the year Is AL inches
and the total for 1914 was but 1911
inches
The statistics kept by the weather
observer show that the temperature
during the year ranged 1O6 degrees,
from zero TO i06. The coolest night
OF the year was on Dec, 81 when the
mercury sank to zero and the hottest
day OF August 1S when It climbed six
degrees above the 100 mark.
The stormiest day OF the year was
February 10 when snow, sleet and
rain fell. On that day there fell one
inch OF snow and the total precipita-
ton, melted snow. sleet and rain.
was .le OF an inch. June Is was the
wettest day Of the year. the rainfall
being .5s Of Ar inch, May Is was
but .0s of an inch behind this mark,
April was the wettest month with
1.bs inches and June was second
with 1852. July and August were un-
usually dry. August not only did not
have drop Of rain during the month
but did not have n cloudy day even.
The best II could do was to make a
small showing OF clouds on six days.
February had less. clear days than
any other month. only two being
marked thus in the records. Jan /
uary had but three. April showers
were n reality for not only did this
month furnish the greatest preclpta-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
BELGIAN QUEEN SENDS A
MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION
WOMEN or AMERICA THANKED
FOR THEIR WORK IN AID
ING SUFFERERS.

NEW YORK, Jan. Mrs. Lindon
w. Pates. OF New York. chairman Of
the womans section OF the commits
sion for relief in Belgium. has receiv-
ed the following letter from Queen
Elizabeth OF Belgium:
headquarters Belgian Army.
1T gives me great pleasure TO ac-
cept the invitation which has been
transmitted to me to become pat
roness OF the woman's section OF the
American commission for relief In
Belgium. wish TO extend to the
women OF America the deep gratitude
OF the women OF Belgium for the work
which they are doing for my people.
THE food which your country is
daily providing to our women and
children comes like a ray OF sunlight
In the darkest hour OF Belgium's his
tory. The Belgian women have fought
brave fight and are still fighting for
the common cause OF human liberty
so dear TO every American woman's
heart ELIZABETH"
In the letter from Belgiums Queen
also came this one from King Albert's
sister:
Chairman woman's Section for Re.
lief in Belgium. New York:
II gladly accept your invitation to
become patfoness OF the woman's
section OF the American commission
for relief in Belium. l know that
speak for every Belgian woman and
every Belgian child when I say that
We thank God for what you are do
ing Now that the extremity OF our
distress Is becoming known. we feel
sure the tender hearts OF the women
OF America will respond TO our cry.
Food is terribly needed by mill
lions OF my brave brothers unhappy
subjects, who still remain in their ma
tive land Before winter is over the
need will become still more desperate.
In the name OF the suffering women
and little children OF Belgium. I ask
the women OF America TO help us.
"HENRIETTE."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
NO TRUTH IN STORY THAT
HOT LAKE IS FROZEN OVER
TALE is PURE FABRICATION DE-
CLARES MANAGER OF
THE RESORT.
Hot Lake, ore. Jan. /. 1sI5.


Editor East Oregonian:A cold wea-
ther story, absolutely untrue, has been
published in nearly all the leading
papers OF the northwest including the
East oregonlan' 10 the effect that
Hot Lake has frozen over and the
guests are skating on IT,
/ wonder the romancer did not add
that a skater broke through the ice
and scalded his feet There is not a
word OF truth in the article.
There is a small pond near Hot
Lake which freezes over every win
ter. but Hot Lake itself has never
Yet been affected by the weather, and
on the coldest day this season the
steam from the surface OF the lake
could be seen for miles.
VIII you kindly aid me in nulli-
fying the effect of such libel on this
old natural wonder OF the northwest?
Yours truly.
G. w. TAPE. Manager.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
NEWS SUM MARY

General.
British battleship Formidable Is
sunk in English channel presumably
by submarine.
Russians drive Turks from trenches
after desperate fight.
Secretary Redfield sounds note OF
optimism for the new year.
Turkish military head ut Jerusalem
Is murdered.
Local.
Mrs. Il. p. Marshall critically III;
Library Ball postponed.
New Implement house TO locate in
PendlctOn.
New year ushered In with festivi-
ties.
Weather records show but few rainy
days In Pendleton.
Postal business for 1914 largest In
history.
Divorce on increase in Umatilla
county.
Police made 1870 arrest during
year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
IDAHO LIKELY To BE
IN THE DRY COLUMN

LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. s1.-"1
understand that an attempt will be
made at the coming session of the
legislature TO give Idaho statewide
prohibition by statutory provision,
putting the measure in effect Janu-
AIRY /, 1916" said Senator f. E. Ell.
lott, of Bonner county. "If the meas
ure is not passed a constitutional am
endment will be submitted at the next
general election. Under local option
2S of the 3S counties in the state
are dry"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

CENTRALlA. Wash, Jan. 1.-The
Kelso Commercial club has taken steps
which will result in combining the
efforts of interested communities for
action by the next legislature toward
the opening up as a state highway
Of the route west of Kelso to the
coast
A committee Of Kelso business men
went to Cathlamet today and another
meeting probably will be held at IL
waco tomorrow 1t is further pro-
posed that meeting Of representa-
tlves of all the districts between Kelso
and the coast be called at Cathlamet
some time next week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
TURKISH MILITARY HEAD
At JERUSALEM MURDERED
KILLING TAKES PLACE CHRIST
MAS DAY ACCORDING To
REFUGEES.

CAIRO. Egypt. Jan. 1.-The mur-
der on Christmas day of Djemal Pa
sha, Turkish military commander at
Jerusalem, was reported by refugees
from the Ottoman port OF Jaffa. They
said Djemal arrived at Jerusalem on
December "a with 5000 miserably
equipped troops and assumed charge
of its defense. The next morning he
was found dead in a hotel.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

Cupid's best month last year was
September. the Roundup month,
when % couples were granted ncen-
ses- June. which led in 1918 with 3s.
sank TO second place in 1914 with
ten less; November was third with
22. December. which led in 1910
and 1911 with 80 and 2s respectively.
was second in 1912 with e5 and third
in 1918 with 2s. dropped to fourth
last year with an even 20. March
recorded the greatest number OF d.
vorce suits. having II to her credit.
The following table shows the num-
Der Of marriage licenses granted and
divorce suits instituted month by
month
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
OPPOSES
PROPOSED MEASURE
BIG RAILROAD OFFICIAL SAYS
PUBLIC SUFFERS WHEN
RAILROAD COSTS IN
CREASE.

]. p. o'Brien, vice-president and
general manager OF the O-W. r. & n.
company. when interviewed concern
ing the construction of terminal at
Pilot Rock Junction, said
1T has not been determined when
actual work will begin. With the rail-
roads barely able to make revenue and
expenditures meet. owing 20 growing
overhead charges. it is becoming in
creasingly difficult TO finance such
projects This is not due TO the Euro
pean war; II is a condition which has
existed for several years. Excessive
taxation and anti-railroad legislation
are primarily responsible. The an
nual taxes OF the O-w r, & n. COM
pany for the year ending 1918 amount
ed to $1,454,O00, or practically $4,000
per day for every day OF the year
(Continued on mage eighty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
rs PER CENT GAIN IS
SHOWN AT HIGH SCHOOL
TOTAL ENROLMENT FOR YEAR
WILL RUN ABOVE THE
500 MARK.

That the Pendleton high school is
enjoying flourishing year is shown
by the fact the enrolment at the pres
ent time is more than 25 per cent
greater than at this time a year ago.
There are now 266 students enrolled
whereas Jan. l, 1914 the enrolment
was 2lO. The enrolment will be fur
ther increased at the opening of the
new semester and there are indica-
cations the total enrolment for the
year will go above the 500 mark. Last
year the total enrolment was 265.
But love renders man color blind
to complexion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
1867 ARRESTS ARE MADE
IN CITY DURING THE YEAR

o A total of 1867 arrests were
. made by the Pendleton police
. during the year just closed.
= The month of September, with
. its Roundup festivities, had by
. far the greatest number of pris-
. oners, the total being 2l6. No
. vember was the short month
. with only 70 BY singular CO.
. incidence there were exactly 100 4
. arrests made in each of the first I
. two months of the year The 4
. records show the other months 4
. as follows: March ia, April 4
. 1874. May l19, June 121. July 4
. l1s, August "a, September 216, 4
= October los, November 20, De- 4
. cember 90.
. Last year the Pendleton police
. made 1919 arrests with Sep 4
. tember the banner month with
. 26s arrests. Giving an indica- 4
. ton of how the activities OF the
. local police compare with the
. activities of the police OF other z
= cities are figures from the Wal =
. la Walla department, With Z
= three times Pendleton's popu- =
. lation and with "a police to =
= Pendleton's four, that city had
= but l4SS prisoners during 1914 Z
, and but 1853 during 1913. =
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

Library Ball !, Postponed

owing Marshall secretary
the library Library
evening has been This by
members Of the board meeting held
had condition Of Mrs Marshall
Inasmuch all had
Club taken the had
employed the punch which had been
which had been put up and will big
hall
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
FORMIDABLE SENT
TO BOTTOM Of THE
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Admiralty States Uncertainty Whether
Vessel Struck a Mine or Was Tor
pedOed by a Submarine.
II SURVIVORS ARE RESCUED

Death OF Trained Officers and Crew
Is Admitted TO BE severe Blow 70
Engiand-VesseI Itself Was Of Old
Type Having Been Built in 1901
Cost 5 Millions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

LONDON. Jan. 1.-The British bat
tleship Formidable was sunk today
in the English channel.
A statement TO this effect was off,
cially announced By the admiralty.
The statement said that IL was un-
certain whether the battIeship struck
a mine or was torpedoed by a sub
marine.
Seventy-one survivors were picked
up. II is possible that others Of the
crew were saved but. the statement
added. no reports from them had
been received.
The Formidable was one Of the
best Of the IS known battle craft
which have been doing coast guard
duty and aiding the fighting along
Continued on page eighty
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

year despite the fact that three days
before Christmas they were over $3.50
behind. The postal business during
the last three days before Christmas
was enormous.
The following are the receipts ot
the year 1918 and 1914 month BY
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

That new projectile designed to
scatter molten metal and poisonous
gases was not the one thing needed
TO make this a merry Christmas.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
. LINE OF TRENCHES
IN BAYONET FIGHT
Turks are Driven Out Of First Defen.
ses After Battle in Which Losses
are Reported Enormous.
LULL IN POLAND FIGHTING
Both Sides Take Time to RedlspOse
Their Troops Which Recently Were
Heavily ReInforced-BIoOdy Fight
Ing Reported In Alsaee Between the
French and Germans.

PETROGRAD. Jan. Fighting
between the Russians and the Turks
In trans-Caucasia was growing
worse today. II was armitted the
Turks held Sarykawayah but the
trenches in front OF the town had
been taken by the Russians in des-
perate bayonet charges.
The Turk losses were said to have
been enormous.
office, there was a comparative lull
while both sides redisposed their
troops which had been reinforced.
PARIS, Jan. Bloody fighting
was in progress in Alsace today on
the heights OF the Meuse and in the
Champagne region.
u. Elsewhere there was not much stir
ring.
Artillery duels are going on at some
places but the infantry Is inactive on
account OF bad weather.
II seemed evident the French in
tended to follow up their latest sue
SeSScS IN HASaSc os movements Va
capital Importance.
LONDON. Jan From the
French and Russian war offices mes
sages were received disputlng the
German figures concerning the num-
Der OF Calls and Slav war prisoners
said to have been taken by the Ger
mans thus far.
The German statement placed the
total at SlSS and 577,s75. OF this,
according TO Paris and Petrograd ac-
counts, not more than fifteen percent
are soldiers. the balance being civ
illans seized and imprisoned in con-
centration camps since the war broke
ont
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
REDH|ELD SOUNDS
NOTE Of OPTIMISM
FOR THE NEW YEAR
Business Outlook is Cheerful and
in Promises for 1915 There is
No Room for Gloom.
NO WARRANT FOR DEPRESSION
Prices Promise 70 Rise - Everyone
Must DO His share 90 Help Along
Prosperity, Declares Secretary OF
Commerce - Effect Of European
War Is Passing.

WASHINGTON. Jan. l.-Hearten-
ed by months OF close study OF the
business outlook OF the nation. Sec
retary Redneld. OF the department OF
commerce. wrote New Years greet
Ing 10 the merchants and manufac-
turers OF the country. bidding them in
characteristic language TO reach out
for the prosperity he sees within
their grasp, There is no warrant,
Mr.. Redfleld declares, for gloom or
despair. The ill-effect OF the Euro
pean war on American enterprise v
passing and new vistas for CONNER
eial venture are opening with each
new day.
Prices Likely 20 Rise.
III you want prosperity, do your
share 10 bring II and do It now" he
says. Get that addition on your
shop going: II viii cost you less to
day than six months hence. Is trade
a bit duh In the works? Get those
improvements begun. Prices are low
and likely TO rise. You've been think
ing OF that contract work. Better
start yourself before things get the
start OF you.
This country slows down bit now
and then. but II never stops growing
and II always moves up and not
down. We don't know what II means
In most OF the United states to have
real general distress. Think OF Bel
sium and Poland. o man with n
crouch. and slink into your hole and
CContinued on page eight
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01
DAILY EVENING EDITION
TO ADVERTISERS.

The East 0regonlan has the largest paid
circulation OF any paper In oregon, east Of
Portland and over twice the circulation In
Pendleton OF any other newspaper.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

Continued on page eight)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-01

Fair today and saturday
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-12-10


lleber Die Situng oes oelitld1en
gfeihstugs liro bic Meoen oes bent.
ifen Neihsfnlt3Iers lir0 folqeroe
ndbere ginaeIbeitert 5u beridten:: Die
Sisaing mar. tpie es BEL iogenaunten
groBen Tagen ftets Der s5oa lit, rohc.
81 poll5dblig beiudt; oie @nGerien
iraren iibcrfiilIt. @ns an g5ertre.
tern frel11oer 2dfloer in Berlin lit,
tpar allipeleno, inter ibrlen aud, I'M
let 4otidofter Gerar6. Der 9feid1s.
fdn5ler iprnd aaierit iiber Die olge-
incline ariegslnge. Wit rubigen, ie-
Der prablerei entbebrenoen gSortan
fette er duseinanoer, mas fir GrfoI-
tge Die Gentrnlnl11te uno lire Scr.
biinoeten errlingen bdtten uito mie
tire lonitigei1 Ierb1Itrilie feien. yie
0enfidjen nnb lire EerblnbHen,
fiibrfe er ans, bielten i'm Eitem cine
iueit burgeidJDbene mn6 funIolibierte
Jrontlinie inne, BON Der ans ie6erseit
Gin tueiterer Nuritpf gemadk ,uer0en
fGnne. Sm Ueiten batten Sic Sran.
soIen 1n6 GngIGn6er peridie6ene
Wale berindt, bic beitidfn SfeIInn.
gen 81 ourdbrtden, es III i5men aber
midlt selunsen. Die Stellnma Der
Geiterreidjtr sesen Stalien iei nod,
n0aig intaft, trot ber mnge6enren
Opfer, iueldje bic Staliener aebradjt.
Dit aonitautinOpef lei iibtr gnlaa.
rien cine 6irefte Werbinbnne 6erac.
ftellt, Die BON arpfem Nert fiir Sic
0entid)en lei nno Bic nadj benz aricae
cine Gnftpidlnng Der 6anoelsbeaic.
bnngen In 8rOkartiger @eifc f5rbern
iueroe. Gr bergIid 9nIaarieu mit
einer Bride, bic jest bpm gdJritt Der
Griegsbataillone ipiberhalle, a6er
ipdttr einen Yfnb fir aultnr nuo
ssrie6en bil6en iuer6e. lie BnIga.
rem bGtten iidt i'm &rieae pradltia ae-
seigt nnb bic Tar6aneIlen, oeren Taa
Msanitfj if)on fir ben CONNER pur-
nnsgeiagt babe, ieien bentc feiter mnS
itarfer nls je snbor. 9lmf bic Ser
balfniiie IN ben galfanitaaten einge-
henb, ipies er mad, baf 9,nfgarien
madp bem galfanfriese bittcres I'm
red)t acidle6en lei nnS baR es iett oie
Waffen ergriffen babe, mm bic Inn
snfommenoe Stellans 81 errineen.
NriedJenIanS, erflGrfe CT, iueroe BON
Gnglanb in gelualttatiger Neiie &c.
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er ober idon iiinf Nfonote in Inter-
liidnlngSbaft 5u9ebraft 1atte, 10
lulroe Die Strafe oamit ais obgeblBt
allgeieben urlo er iuieoer nad Dem
Gefangeneillager in Siubleben se-
eradjt gsore Der oumme ssunge ein
GeiitI6er getpeien llno bate in einem
@efangeneillaaer auf ben
aonig bon gnglano eelhimpft, Mir
De er mol nidt 10 leidt oapon &C,
fomnelt fein.
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anrSe lltberiidt.

Der bentidje 9ieidjsfansler
id)iIbert Die Gage Der Oeutid)en
mnb ibrer gerbiinbeten in giin-
fighter @eiie nno erflGrt, es lei
fir 0entid)lano feline 9tpt,ucm-
bigfeit pDrbanben, Srie6en st
Idliefen nm jeben Hreis. Sn
2onoom lit inan Der glniidt, baf
61trd) 6ieIe Gebe itno Msqnitfs
Grflaritng bic Ansiid)t ani
TrieOen ipeit finansseidpbem
lei.
Die oentiden |erbiinoetem
oringen ipeiter in Wtontenegru
bDr. Die alliierten ,0iilfstrnp-
pen i'm iiibliden Serbien met
d)en iiberail 5triif.
sSn Jlanoern nn6 bei 5omein
finoem idlarfe MrtilleriefGmpfe
itatt.
Geito ldnger Der &ries bnu-
ert, beitp idjmerer lutr6tn bic
8eOiusnmgen fir bic sllliierten,
erflart Sissa.
Die 3iirfen maridJieren am
geblid) segen Aoen.
aar6iual BON 0artmann lit
nieoer BON 9lput a68ereift.
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arieasniniIter 0a,rriIon errf;;,t

IN ieinent Sabresberid,t, ipenn Sec.
Elan oes 9rdiioenten, cine geIerpe.
Nrnee an biloen, iliht 8ur Dnrd)-
filbriin9 fonlrne. iueroe man mol ae.
5ipuraen iperoeit, cine s[rt BON rnifi-s
toriIdem 3ienit5pong eiit5ufiibren.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-12-10

Or. s. $. Sabne, 3abllorst, lit mad,
603 9raop-@ @ebditoe llmee3oeen. Sci.
Grofett 52f7.
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Sin iilnger gnglinoer 9sanlenS
I3eo. 9larfriien, Der inn @efanqenen-
lager 81 Gnbleben interniert iuar
mo Der Die gren8en[oie 0laaulheit
beeongen bot, oort alif Den oeutfd]en
&oiIer 81 ld)impfen. ipuroe all orei
Monaten @efdngnis nerllrteilt. ia
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1915-12-10

Wagimilian Sarben proteitierf
anf's GmtidJieoenite in ieiner y3n-
fnnft" gegen Elm iuiiitesSdDimpfen ami
Imerifa nuS bic glmerifaner.
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Sifle 5u 5Ol

Sraipatten in ieber Nuance uro in els
ner hr5a1l bon Wuftern, ale nit bem
SIP gafb" berleben, Ser erlaubt, o.e
araipntte leiebt iiber BEN @raaen su
f1fipfen SOC. Sebe &ratpatte in etnen
sseiertasss sYadetd)en.
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Mette. rein Ieibeae &raiuatten in oem
beliebten Sour in banb~ sStpl. MGe
Sarben, 9nbeilbe bon Meuitern II. fdnnlts
li6 nit fpeiten gnben ber1eben. @irf(itb
quite 8erte fir a9c, oa lie lpie SOC ara<
tuatten ansiebets.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-14

Revenss Is tho abject pleasure of an abfect mind.-Juvehal.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-14
Snuff Spoons.

All the world is familiar with snuff boxes. but snuff spoons are pretty little refinements of which this generation has hardly heard. Very probably they came into use about two years after Sir George Rooke's expedition to Vigo bay in 1702. when he captured half a ton of tobacco and snuff from the Spanish galleons. and snuff thus be- came common article in England. One of the characters in comedy published at Oxford in 17O4. entitled An Act at Oxford" by Thomas Ba- xer. says. But I carry sweet snuff for the ladies'" to which Arabella replies: "A spoon too. That's very gallant, for to see some people run their fat fingers into a box is as nauseOus as eating without a fork" In the forties and t.ties of the last century snuff spoons were still in use on the Scottish bor- der. They were of bone and of size to go into the snuffbox. People fed their noses, 1t was said, as naturally as they carried soup to their mouths.- London Mail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-14
Where Women Swim Best.

"The Korean women are the best swimmers in the world," said life guard "The Korean pearl diving is in their hands. They swim-they don't boat-they swim out to the pearl fish cries of Quelpart, Juggling baskets with them. After this swim of half an hour they dive down fifty feet and fetch up queer one shelled pearl oysters as big as babies. They dive till their baskets are full-the baskets are corked to keep them af1oat-and after three or four hours work they swim back home with their catch. The big one shelled oysters are valuable as pearl mines and as food too. A half dozen Koreans will sit down to an oyster as gayly as you or sit down to broiled lobster"
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-05-14
RUSSlA'S MIGHTY RIVER.
Tho Sluggish voIga Is Three Times az
 lona as the Rhine.


 In Russia the rivers are large and sluggish, owing to their great length and slight fall. The Volga is the long est river in Europe. It is 2,3OO miles in length-that is, three times as long as the Rhine-yet its total fall is only a little over 800 feet.
 The peat bogs in the Valdai hills, where it takes its rise, are only 75O feet above sea level, while Astrakhan, at the mouth, is sixty-tive feet below the level of the sea.
 The Russian fondly speaks and sings of it as "Matushka Volga," or Little Mother Volga," in gratitude, no doubt, for the bounteous supply of fish, caviar and game, as well as comforts and pleasures afforded by this historic stream, which plays so important a part in the economic life of the nation. The products of Asia and Europe are carried on its waters; the two thou sand odd river steamers are always busy, and the huge rafts, consisting of ten of thousands of logs, being floated or pulled down the stream. represent small portion of the riches of Rus sia's inexhaustible forest lands.-New York Telegram.