Tim Intent nnvnl ordnmico fires frozen dynnmito, lint it is (pretty hut BtulY fur tlin other fellow. Sixly-flvo persons hnvo committed auieidn nt Moutn Curio, tlin world's Mont noloi ions giniblin.r report, 1 1 1 is season. Tlin fool-kill -r iMiiildu't lmvo established better headquarters. Hobcrt 1'. I'orter estimates the loss in income of railroads in tin; tinted Slnled from r 1 1 II c-( li Ml of rate between 1H00 mid IS'.lj nt. JdiM.ODtt.nOO, mid the loss direct mid indirect to wages nt $ir!l,0im,0l)i) nnniinllv. Itnssiu in employing I lie school master to secure her conquests. Schools lmvo been established in Merv iiihI eight oilier towns in the region beyond the Cuiicimis where Iho ltitH CiiiU language js used ill touching by till) dido of (ho li lt ivit tongues. In n recent speech in New York, Lioti'.otinnt lf!i y, tlm Arctic explorer, said t lint. ilh .15l,(M)ll mid n few picked newsp iper men nnd I -k i in in lio could li n 1 the North Pole. Cor t inly lio could. It wns newspaper men who helped Nanscii to llnd it. The Stnte of Arkniisus diiium to lio 111 -it in Iho South in the production of einiill fruits nnd apples, first in tlio Union in qtiniitity of uncut timber, second in the I'uioii in coul, mid second in tlm number of ncrcs required to product a Ktnndnrd bnlo of cotton, Louisiana being Hint, tint only slightly in tho lend. According to to recent calculation tlicro nro now not less tluiu 4S.000 ur lists in tho city of Paris, of whom luoro thnti onc-hnlf nro engaged in cnscl work. Tlio total number of pictures submitted to the hunting Committee of tint various exhibitions during the yenr just ctideil nils some where in tho neighborhood of 00,000. Tlio New Orleans I'icnynno cx cliiiniH : My gum ! J '1" sprueo treo is not in it with tho supotu. Chicle, nn exudation of tlm supotu trot) of Mex ico, is tlio basis of ull tin) chewing gum lumiiifnetiiroil in the United States. Over 1,000,000 pounds of this gum nro imported into thin coun try nnniiiilly, tho produce being vnlucd at $1,51)0,0111). Olio factory linido over 100,000,000 pieces of gum lust year. A university professor ling testified iu a damage niiit that the popular im pression that n rushing express train Creates a suction calculated to draw under tho wheels a cureless bystander is errouoous, aud that tho nir currents lmvo a repelling mthor than an nttrao tivo effect. In spite of this scientific evidence, very few persons will bo in clined to test tho mutter, ns a light Ding express train in motion is nn ob ject to bo viewed nt a respeotful dis tance, rather than close at hand. IiOiidou's population continues to increase rapidly, but recent census figures reveal a change iu tho cliurao ter of this growth which has both sur prised and puzzled tho English statis ticians. Up to times comparatively reoent the city's increase was chiefly at tho cxpeuso of tho country districts and of other lands, tho number of births within tho metropolitan limits, when nit less than tho number of deaths, being not nenrly enough iu excess of it to account for tho annual increment. Thus, ia tho period of 1871-80, the iucrcaso in population was mora than 100,000 iu excess of the births over the deaths, Iu tho years 1881-90, however, tho balance was the other way, tho addition to the population ooiug nearly 118,000 less than tho natural increase. Iu tho period of 1891-5 the excess of births over deaths was 230,000, but tho ac tual inorease in tho population was slightly less than 200,000. From these figures, it appears that cither London-born children are the victims of an excossivo death rate, or else that the opportunities to be found in tho groat cupital are no longer attrac tive enough to satisfy its native in habitants, largo numburs of whom, therefore, have been led to seek their fortunes elsewhere. The problem is a rather obscure ouo.nnd tho now social current has not yet been flowing long enough to make easy a determination of its direelion, extent, and cause. Where Cousins May Not Marry. The marriage laws of the different states in this country are in general so liberal that to most persons it will bo a surprise to learn that in quite a number of states the murriugo of first cousins is forbidden. This is the case ia Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indi ana, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Ne vada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Du kotu, Washington, and Wyoming. Huston Cultivator. Pi Wmmw A Thrilling Adventure. The flro that burned the Well, Fargo express car in the Southern Pacific holdup nenr liosidmrg, Ore iron, recently, destroyed, mining other tilings, several boxes of samples con signed to Junius Crosby, a Huston drummer on his way to Alaskn. Ho cntni) to Portland on tho .Northern 1'ncillc expecting to find tlio sample trunks ordered shipped therefrom the Sin Francisco brnncli of his house. On learning of his loss ho wired S in Francisco for a fresh supply innl pending their arrival decided lo visit an old frieud of his boyhood day who has a ranch on tho Colombia opposite Vyctlt,iiuil who hint often written him to como nnd enjoy the hunting mid fishing, of which ho had given rather glowing accounts. The two days which ho spent on the Columbia and tho thrilling cxperieiuvi ho underwent iu that time, were told by him in Portland on his return to life nnd civilization and will form a period iu his existence ho can never forget. When sufficiently recovered ho told his story, while wrapped up in warm blankets with his feet iu u mustard bath. "I caught tho I'. 1'. train out Sat urday night, intending to put iu Sun day with my old chum. All 1 knew about his locution was that his mail was addres-ed to Wyeth, Wasco coun ty, Oregon, so 1 bought a ticket to Wyeth. It was pitch dark when 1 got olVtho train, and ull 1 could see was a little sh:ick of a station nnd n lot of big trees nil around me, I had hardly got oil' whon tho train pulled out nnd left me, I soon found my self gazing nt a big, hard-looking backwoodsman who had cotuo out of tho darkness from soinewhoro lifter throw iug a mail sack aboard tho train. " 'Cuu you tell mo whero Charley Green lives?' I inquired. 'There's a Charley Green lives across tho river, but you cau't find him this time o'uight,' lie said, eyeing mo suspi ciously. 'Whero did you coma from?' I told him, nnd expressed my anx iety to get across tho river if ho would show mo tho ferry. "Thcro htiiu't no ferry nearer than Whito Salmon nud that hain't runuiu', nohow,' ho uuswerod. 'The best thing you can do, young man, is to wait till morn in' aud get an Itijin to paddlo yo across iu a canoe.' "I didn't liko that schema for n cout, for it was old, raw aud threat ening rain, and I didn't feel that I would havo trusted that old chap even if ho had volunteered to llnd for mo a pluco to sleep, which, however, ho didn't. After talking tho question over, and with considerable conxiug, ho finally agreod, for a moneyed con sideration, to roust out an Indian to tuko mo across. If tho Indian was sober and would condescoud to tnko me across, well and good. If ho was drnuk, which tho old fellow seemed to think most likely, and refused, miuo was the loss. I followed him along a narrow path toward tho river, stumbling along over stumps nud roots, doing my best to keep up with him, till we reachod a tumble-down ahauty on a flat near tho river. A scries of heavy blows ou tho door suc ceeded in culling forth a responsive grunt from within, aud after a little more delay the door was openod nnd a weazonod-fuced old Indian peered out at us. In a diulect I could not undorstaud my companion explained to him whut I wanted. A few depre catory monosyllables and shakos of the head informed mo that 'Lo'lookod with decided disfavor on tho propo sition. Further conference and the promise of a good stiff reward caused him to change bis mind, and without another word, Iudiun like, be sturtod off down a path toward tho edge of tho water. . " 'He's sober enough, I gucss.young foller,' said my couipuuiou, ""do cut aloug after him, but bo keorful he douu't cut yor throut and rob yor.' With this eheoring admonition he left me aud soon disuppeurod in the dark ness, leaving me in a deoidedly uuoasy frumo of mind, heartily wisbiug I Lad stayed in Portland, I however nerved myself to see it out, nnd followed tho path niter the Indian. I found him nt the river's edge, bailing out nil old llat-liottoiued bout with all oyster can. I must niluiit I w ns nervous, mid I re volved in my mind the ndvisaliilily of going oil' with this Indian, but 1 could lint see how I could improve my situ ntiou by remaining. 1 was iu for il, nnd by tlin time the old Indian Innl reduced the water to nbout two inches from the bottom, I decided lo go nt nil lis. inK Tho Indian, lifter push ing the boat a little way out. into the water went back, and from under a stump brought out n dirty old sail. The wind was blowing a stiff bree.n down the river, mid the sight of that sail gave inn the cold shivers. There was no iiso remonstrating with him, for he evidently couldn't understand tne, no 1 watched hi in distantly while he shipped it, nnd thought of tho wife anil baby I had left iu Huston. Tin) Indian hint evidently noticed my tre pidation, for he Mopped abruptly nnd held out his hand suggestively, 1 put the si iptilnted iu his pnlni nud he then motioned me to get iu the bout. 1 must confess that 1. never hated to do a thing in my life as I did to step into that rickety box of n bout. I did it, however, n sort of fascination drawing me mi that 1 could hardly re sist, nnd I put down on one of the thwarts, with the water iu tho bottom of the bout running into every ciuutiy of my shoes. "Tho next instant the Indian pushed the bout out into the stream nnd jumped into the bow. The wind caught tlm sail, which was tied fust aft, nnd tho little crul't careened, till the water poured in over the gunwale, but the Indian was ipiick, mid a second Inter he had neizod tlin tiller nnd brought her around, catching tho wind mid sending us out into tho stream nud nlmost utter darkness. I noticed that the current was very swift, mid that in spilo of the sail we wore drifting down stream rapidly. "I didn't know what was below us, or this would linve added to my men tal condition. Soon the dim black lino that marked tho mountains back of us faded, nu 1 I could make nothing out but tho bout and the form of tho old Indian crouched down in the stern. Wo soon found ourselves in tho midst of driftwood, into which the bout kept bumping mid sliding over ut nn nlurining rate. Wo struggled nu in this fitful way for what seemed to mo an hour, I was chilled to the bono, li nil there was something in that terrible darkness amid the wailing of tho wind so suggestive of death nnd its horrors that I wonder my hair didn't turn gray with fright. "All of a sudden somo great big black object seemed to jump up right iu front of us, nnd lieforo I knew what had happened, over wont tho bout nnd throw us out iuto tho icy wutcr of tho Columbia. "I am a pretty good swimmer nnd got to tho Biirfaco in protty quick timo nnd grabbod tho nearest piece of driftwood I could find, which proved to bo a big railroad tie. Frightened and chilled as I was, I could not help looking uroiiud for tho Indian, but failed to seo anything of him or tho bout, tho swirling eddies iu that swift running current having separated us so thut wo wore lost to one another. "I kept on floating dowu tho river in a totally helpless condition, for tho cold had mi in bod my limbs so that I could scaroely maintain iny hold on tho log. I, however, could seo tho faint outliuo of what I supposed was tho shore nud I used my hands, with my body across tho tie, to paddlo toward tho shore. I felt thut my only salvation now lay in reaching tho shore as soon ns possible, for tho water was so icy oold that I felt that I could not hold on much longer. "As I driftod ulong a dull roar, whioh I hud noticed several times above the sound of tho wiud, made it self audible. Louder uud louder tho souud grow, an 1 it was uot until it drowned almost every other souud around that it duwuod upon my be numbed senses that Wyeth was only a few miles ubove tho Cascades, uud I thou realized thut I was swiftly uud surely drifting to my certain death iuto tho terrible aud resistless gorge of the Columbia, "Then my hoart stood still and the horror of my hopeless situation stood out clear in my mind, Tho current was growing swiftor nnd swifter uud I now gave up all hope aud iu my des peration I considered the advisability of letting go tlm log and dying thcro before 1 should bo swept into tho fenrful rapids, 1 wns renlly nbout de ciding to do so, nnd had given my wife and child u Inst thought, when I was recalled to my senses by tho log striking something solid, mid being checked in its course, while tho cur rent piled up a great body of water nil nroiind us. I reached out for tho ob ject nud felt it to bo n smooth log, ex tending shoreward nnd nppnrcntly fast nnd llrtii. "Thii revived tho liltlo hopo left, in me, nud I abandoned the railroad tio which went milling away, while 1 pulled myself up ou tho log, renlly more dend than alive, for I Iny thoro across t lint log, clutching its smooth nnd slippery sides with the desperation of a dying man, "I don't know how long I lay there, but presently my strength seemed to return to me, mid I Worked myself along the log into the darkness tow ard the shore, having frequently to stop mid rest. Tho last time 1 started iny weak hands refused longer to work, my muscles wero benumbed nnd I slipped oil' into the water, evidently to my deutli, but you can imagine how I felt when ( found my feet touch bottom. Well, I was not long in wud- ing to shore. Tho log 1 hud struck j wns one of n boom rigged out to catch drift, mid was just half n milu nbovo ' the l apiils. Jl i the tio I wns on b-jon I a foot further nut in tho si ream I should not now bo hero to tell tho I story of the closest call 1 lmvo ever j hud from the grim messenger. "Fortunately for me, I found n fisherman's cabin Hour tho boom, nnd he took mo in and cared for me, put- ting mo in his own bed and drying i my clothes, "I was a godsend to the poor fisher I man, for the money 1 gave him saved I him from starvation, nnd at lust I ! managed to recover siiDiuient strength to get buck to Portland. "1 must say that I havo lost my de sire to see Charley (Irecn, nud if ho wants to hi hi me ho will havo to como lo iioston to sen inc. I nm thankful for my w ife and my baby's sake that I was spared, but it was tho closest cull I ever had." Sail Francisco Chroni cle. tjrWM' AMI ( TKIOIS. Thnro nro rubber teeth. No Mexican chews tobacco, A machine "makes dimples." A Michigan mine is fi,000foot deep, Hamburg, Germany, bus n paper house. Some of tlin cold H-iod for gas iu San Francisco, Cil., comes from a jiii u. Shakesponro's longest piny is "Ham let" ; it contain) 1,053 lines; the short est is tho "Comedy of Krrors," with 1,807 lines. An "uutouiitic singer" has boon ex hibited in Paris. Tho voico can bo heard i!20 yards off. Thu apparatus, is said to bo simple. Tho new organ of tho Church of St. Ignatius, Sin Francisco, weighs luoro than 100,000 pounds, nud hus moro t ii ti ii 5,000 pipes. Iu tho fords on tho Norwegian coast tho clearness of the water is wonderful. Objects tho sizo of a half dollar may bo seen ut tho depth of twenty-fivo or thirty fathoms. Tho dato of tho earliest certain no count of tho modern writing pen is i;Sr. Steel pous were first mndo by Wise.in England, in 18)3. Quills, how ever, wero usud for writing iu tho fifth century. In Canton, China, thoy name streets after tho virtues, as hero they uro named after persons. Thus there is a street called Unblemished Koctitudo, a I'uro l'eiul stroet, a street of Mcuov oleuce and un other of Love. In Europe tho number of inhabi tants to tho square mile is niuoty-tlve; in Asia it is forty-eight; in Africa it is fifteen; in America it iu eight; in Occuuica and tho polar regions it is three; iu Australia only oue. John 0. S.ittou of Douvor, Col., spont ull his money, $:)0,000, a few years ago in building a churoh in Den ver, on condition that ho should bo ul lowed to live in thu tower and bo em ployed as the sexton of the church. Dr. Goist-Jucobi of Frankfort, Ger many, hus writteu a history of den tistry from 3,700 M. C. to thu present time. It is known that there were men practicing tho profession of den tistry iu Egypt at least 5,000 years ngo. A train running from Belgium to Fun's was thu other day dulayod uu hour, owiugto tho urrest of th engi neer and tiruuiiin, who wero found to be smuggling cotfje, mutches aud to bacco across tho bouudary ou tho locomotive. 3 WITHOUT IIONIlll Ar lll'.ll IIOVfR. Minnie Hank lived ns n girl in the now deserted tow n of Sumner, Kan., Hi no miles below Atchison, nud waited nil the table nt her mother's boarding-house. The Atchison Globe says thut. sliecuinii to Atchison to give n concert after sho had become fu inoii', but she did not ntlrnet much attention except among a few of her mother's old boarders. UK HIT IMISKIN. lo raisii your skirl from tho ground during the muddy walking in iiiitiiinu, sew four sirups of the same material us the drc-s lo tho waistband of tho skirt. Make a buttonhole in tho point of raeh. Place buttons on tho back and side scums of tho skirt ut nu ll a distunon that when the straps nro buttoned on thorn tlm skirt is suf ficiently shortened without the trouble of holding it up. coiitt ici: OITIIKH. The Mario Antoinette coili'iirc, ar ranged with it large bowknotnt Iho buck, is charming for somo women, nnd little bowknots of gold or silver set with fancy stones nro suitable or naments. No one need fear nu excess of decoration, for throe or four side combs nud as many fancy pins nro only a beginning towards the com plete fashionable coiffure. Mercury wings in spaneled gauze or set with precious stones arc very idled ivo w hen they crown a Mad inuu-sliiiped face, uud silver set with ordinary brilliants is very showy. WOMCN KSOIM'.DIH. The Engineering l! cord notes tlio fact that female draughtsmen have for several years been employed iu archi tectural nnd other olliccs in clerical mid copying work chiefly, nud that ouo woman in tho Chicago druiungo canal engineer's ollico is doing credita ble iiiiiji ami color work. A firm of architectural engineers in New York has gone beyond this nud employed ouo young woman who has graduated from an engine' ring school nud shares tho ordinary duties of her associates, though, of course, at n disadvantage concerning shop, mill and field work. (IIRr.S ARB I.AIKIF.II. At very roccut debutante tons given to introdiico tho buds of the season, wido comment has been mndo upon tho phenomenal sio of this new gen eration of women. In eight out of ten cases thoso very young girls nro a full head nnd shoulders taller than their mammas. I'ivo fuet eight or nine inches is no longer regarded as an unusual height for a debntnuto,nnd this Junocsqiiu statue is supplemented as a rule by broad, shapely shoulders, a firm, round waist, w ith harmonious proportions of arms, hips aud bust. Tho new woman from a merely physi cal standpoint is not only fair to look upon, but promises well with her clear eyes, rosy skin and steady nerves as a wholesome mother of the coining race. Philadelphia Lodger. WOMAS OUTMVHS MAY. Of thu fourteen reputed centena rians who died during tho past year, no fewer than cloven were women, says thu Illustrated London News. Out of thu 188 persons who were de clared as over ninety years of ago at death, 108 were women. Tho superior longevity of the female sex is u well established fact. To some extent it depends, of coutoe, on their more shel tered method of living, but by no menus exclusively, as tho women of tho laboring classes show a great vital tenacity as well as those who have aa easy time of it iu tho world. The vitul power of girls is displayed in babyhood, for though about 101 boys are born to every 100 girls, the females huve more than overtakou the defi ciency before the end of the first year. In other words, the belief of old nurses that "hoys are harder to rear than girls" is a true one. For tho first time, another point in vitul statistic as between thu sexes has rooontly beeu investigated. This is the relutive periods of sickness in life. It is only lately that there havo been any female friendly societies, aud bence the statistics as to the days of 9. illness mining women have been large ly conjectural. Cut. if thane liijureft lire to be received ns reliable, women ham more days of non-fatal niei,iiiss ill the year ou an avernn than men nt all porioiM of life, except betwoea fifty mid sixty. iiiiivoinii xt i m to Ti:mn. The cur was crowded when the two women entered, and several m oi -.voro nlreiidy staiiiling up. However, tlmfc did not. seem lo worry the women. They wero well dressed mid pretty, nud H combination of that sort will secure n sent almost, any time. Milton t his particular occasion every tnmi in the cur appeared to bo f-ithnr tired or preoccupied. At any rnto nono of them moved or betrayed tho slightest inclination "to do the polito thing." Tho two women stood by tho door first, smiling in that culm, c .nlident way that women do whon lliy foci thut things urn bound to conn their wny. They smiled upon every uinii in their iinmodiuto vicinity in turn, but there wns no appreciable cflect. Not a man moved, iu fact, not a mini even looked up to get either of tho smiles. Ouo of Iho women moved d,un to the centre of Iho car. 'i ho snide wns gone now, nnd a cold, hard, Im ighty look hud settled down on her f u.'e. "Como down hoie," she mid to tho other. "i ho lloor is n little softer." 'i ho little bald-headed man in the far corner was seen to smile behind his pnp' l, but Hint was the o:,Iy sign that tho shot had hit nriywher?. "After nil," said the woman who hud first sp d:en, determined not lo bo bullied, "it is proper that rie-:i should have the scuts iu n car." Her companion looked surprise d, "Do you really think s.'" slio nsked. "Oh, yes. Not nil men, of course, but thoso who nsiiully got them nnd hold them. It is really quite lit'iu nnd proper. Why, you mu-.t have noticed that tho men who oiij 'et to having to stand around for women in a streetcar" Sho paused to seo thnt sho had tho attention of most, of the pooplo in tho car, and to make her remark n littlu more emphatic. "nro tho ones who have to stand around for women whon they are ut home." "Madam," said eight men nt nncf, "won't you take this so it '.'" - Chi cago Post, FASHION NOTRS. Tho handsomest of the br owlod moiro silks for trains is mndo moro elaborate, with an embossed velvet flower or two among its sutin ores. . Tho Princess dress is vory popular in Paris, aud many hukdsomo iowus of velvet and silk for woddings and other dressy occasions uro cut iu this; stylo. Tho latest fancy for trimming silk petticoats is two or threo aocor lion plaited rallies fully aqnarter ni a yard wide. These aro piukod on th i edge, aud sometimes caught up in festoons fastened by bows of ribbon. Narrow quillings of chiffon ara i feature of dress this season, lillia a lurgo spaco in tlio shops, nnd nro em ployed in a hundred diil'erent ways, ono of which is as a border for -ashes of velvet or silk worn with evening dress, Tho autograph tcuclotuisouu tha fuds among English wotnon. It is of plain whito linen with a broad hem stitched hem. Numerous friends) write thoir names diagonally above, the hem, and each one is embroidered iu white or colored cotton. The new ribbons ara very delicate in texture liko silken ganzo, and tho variety in grass lineu effects has mul tiplied many times since la-t siason. There ore Scotch plaids, light tinted grouuds plaidud off with somo strong color and scattered over with polka dots or spruys of ' flowers and p'.aiu colors, with fancy edges of hair line stripos, iu various colors, und checked borders which are very effective. Taf feta seems to have tho lead anion tha plain ribbons, and somo of thorn ara satin faced, Moiro ribbons witU corded edges are also seun.
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