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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JULY 7 , 1905. 1 1tffart4rtrtrtprt9i $ * rSxrttfptfr$9ttyt8 * * tyrttrtT $ f&f % * i * Bass HI of the Congressional campaign in Richardson County will be fifed at / / at 2 30 o'clock P. M. "I * and hear discussed"I land hear the next the Congressman - * Issues of man from s District day ably * ' * discussed * > * > UON KIJVK-VI' \ * < * 0 M JfA. JLA SfehPU ; A Jill G * > Republican Candidate for Congress , and 11 W. M * * i * ijf will be the speakers. Don't fail to hear them discuss the issues of this xj , % campaign. These orators will speak at Humboldt in the evening . . . . . . . . , * , Ji * ± * ± ± ; * * * * * * : * * : * * * * ,3L ) { iy * ) f * M * 4 * N ! J > i Vfri t/t * 4 * J < XM * * * * < * k SI * \ V * 4t M jy tf 4 tf t * gl * p SMALL HANDS WELL GLOVED Points in Which , It Is Boasted , San Francisco Women Excel All Others. San Francisco is the greatest glove town on earth , say the glove 3ealers of the city iu the Olnvon- icle. There are more gloves sold here in proportion to the number of inhabitants than in any other city on record. There are more expensive gloves sold here to the class of women who do their shop ping in the retail houses in the city than there are elsewhere. There are more perishable light-colored and light-weight gloves worn on the streets in the daytime in San Francisco than there are in any other American cities. Finally , according to the glove dealers , the hands which these gloves cover are on the average noticeably smaller and more shapely than the hands of the average eastern woman. The average si7.es worn in San Francisco , and so ordered in largo quantities from eastern sources , are the 5H , 5 } and G. The sixe of the average San Francisco worn- are the 5J , 5J and G. The size of twcen the two numbers last KL quoted. * &X The biggest sales of gloves in the east are in the sizes from G to ( > L The large lines of small sizes ordered by their San Francis co branches are a constant source of surprise to the eastern houses , who must be told again and again that big consignments of tin * larger sizes will not be sold. Women of all degrees of wealth are equally particular about their hands. Shop girls of San Fran cisco earning § ( > or ? S a week , spend § 1.50 or ? 2 every mouth erse so for a pair of gloves , concern ing the quality and fit of which they are quite as particular as is the wife of the prosperous busi ness or professional man. It is a tradition and a habit among San Francisco women of all classes to appear on the streets well gloved and well shod. They may have to rob Peter to pay Paul , but the fact remains that these two ad juncts of the toilet are consistent ly as correct as possible. In addition to the evident can1 bestowed upon the hands there is a most significant natural reason for their l > oauty. The climate of San Francisco is perfect for the development of this great charm , the pretty hand. It is soft and moist rather than dry and free from th'e harsh and cold winds which crack and chap the hands in spite of care. The weather condi tions are most favorable to the preservation of a firm , soft , white skin. The persistent wearing of gloves in the open air has a marked effect in seconding the climate for the beauty of the hands. It protects them from the tan which thickens the skin ; from i the freckles which disfigure it. and from Hie dust and grit which i force themselves into the pores and roughen the finger tips to the detriment of the nails. Even among the children are gloves universally worn , for the- pretty and well kept hand has be come a tradition with our women , and its development in the young er generation is a matter of course. TIME OF A DREAM SHORT. Persons Often Speak of All-Night Visions , But Hallucinations Are Not Lengthy. It is not unusual to hear one say that he has been dreaming about something all night , when possi bly his dream occupied only a very short time. Many attempts have been made to measure the time occupied in a dream , and records appear from time to time in the papers , showing that often elab orate ones occupy but a few sec onds. The following incident is told by a gentleman who vouches for its accuracy : He was engaged one afternoon with a clerk in verifying some long columns of figures that had been copied from one book to an other. The numbers , represent ing amounts in dollars and cents , were composed of six or seven fig ures. The clerk would read , for instance : "Fourteen , one forty- two , twelve , " making the amount of " ? 14,142.12 , and the gentleman would answer : "Check , " to indi cate that the copy was correct. Page after page had been read as rapidly as the words could b uttered , each number jo&civing the "check. " The ' drowsv. and it was with difficulty ho could keep his eyes open. Finally sleep overcame him , and he dreamed dreamed of an old horse * he had been accustomed to j drive 25 or 150 years ago. He could j not recall any special incident con nected with the dcam except the locality and the distinct sight of the horse , and of the buggy to which he had driven him. IK * awoke suddenly and as a number was ended called : "Check. " Ho was conscious of having slept and of having dreamed , and said to the clerk : "Charlie , I have been asleep. How many of those mini bc-rs have I missed ? " "None , " ho replied. "You have checked every one. " Close questioning devel oped the fact that of the figures ] ] , 1-12.12 he had heard the fourteen - teen and the twelve , but had slept and dreamed during the time oc cupied in rapidly uttering the words "one forty-two. " lie tried , by wading other numbers , to measure the time , and thinks it could not have been more than half a second. Another story is told of a man who sat before his fire in a drowsy condition. A draught , blowing across the room , set a large photo graph on the mantel to swaying. A slender vase was in front of it , and the man remembers wonder ing , in a mood of whimsical indif ference , whether the picture would blow forward and send the vase to the floor. Finally a gust of wind did top ple the picture , and it struck the yaw. The man remembers hav ing been curiously relieved in his state of drowsiness that at last tin"old thing was going to fall and be done with it. " Presently he was in the midst of a complicated business transac tion in a western city , miles away. All the details of a new and un heard-of scheme were coining forth from his lips , and a board of directors was listening. The scheme prospered. He moved his family west. Fragments of the journey thither and glimpses of the fine house he bought came be fore his vision. A crash woke him. The vase had struck the floor. lie had dreamed an unlived life covering years , and all in the time it took for the vase , which he had seen RARE STAMPS ON LETTERS Find * of Value Somotitucs Made Stamps to Look Out For Ad- vlco of n Dealer. "Never burn up or throw away old letters or papers without first giving them a careful examina tion , " said : . Twenty-third street stamp dealer to a Now York Kmi reporter , "for ( lie e's many an apparently worthless piece of pa per that bears a stamp which would bring in open market hun dreds and maybe thousands of dollars. "Thore are plenty of the old postmaster stamps still in exist ence , loviiHtjtn " , . ' .s there were a great man ; , of t M > : rinally i sued , nnd it tin ? .M : l.i on so Inn i aye , s.i.\ ! > " > v ; . \rn : they wer. hi , i'-tiv/ > uv , Ivnv. any ono of ! l.o c criy : : tsstr.M i worth fTom < , ' KM up. Anyone who lias across to old ( ( - ii\ \ , : it'ro fioiu IP 10 n > IS. " , " oii hl to hunt for such Hani ] ! . "Tiio eh' ' f reason why more of the.s" ok. Htaiitps.have not CPIJI.I inlirhi is probably ( hat Ihoylunr so ordinary and uiiaili.ictivo an appearance that a person not ac < iuainto < l with their value would not waste a second glance upon I horn. They were very similar in most cases to the postmaster cancellation collation marks now in use in the post ollices , with the exception that the postmaster w.ss requited to sign his name to them. "The NIMH ! of the v , hole lot of poslnuslo- : issues is the ton-cent Baltimore stamp , with the name if .James \ . Buchanan. One spe cinienofthisslanipsold for-lr : > ( ) ( ) , which is the record price for a stamp of the Tnilcd Stales issue. There's no reason in ( he world why ( here shouldn't be more of those stamps packed away some- whore. In the case of this stamp none of them was used on envel opes , but all on letters. "Tho design of ( he Baltimore stamp is a box made of hairline rule , one and a half inches long and half an inch wide. In the cen ter is the signature , 'James iM. Bu chanan , ' while under the name is the denomination , either live or ton cents. There are two kinds of these stamps , in black or blue. The ton-cent black is the scarcer. "Next to this series probably conies the New Haven stamp , at the bottom of which is the signa ture of ' 10. A. Mitchell , I' . M. ' In the center is the figure H with the word 'I'aid' directly under neath. At the top are the words 'Post Ollice , Now Haven , Of. ' The words are all inclosed in a black border wilh a small curve at the corners. " PARSON BIRD IN ZEALAND. The Tui of That Country Can Talk , Crow and Whistle Some of Its Customs. Among the feathered inhabit ants of New Zealand there is a bird 'called the parson bird , or "tui. " It is about the size and shape of a blackbird , but has a pair of delicate white tufts at it * throat , and is a glossy dark green otherwise , which looks black in the sunshine. It can be taught to crow , to speak , to whistle tunes , and besides these tricks it has a repertoire which in not often equaled by any other feathered songster. At vespers it has a note like the tone of a bell or the cleat- high note of an , organ. It can mimic every bird in the bush to perfection ; it will break oil' in the- middle of an exquisite melody and indulge in a strange medley of sounds which are impossible to describe scribe , but if you can imagine "the combination of a cough , a laugh , .1 sneex.e , with the smashing of a pane of glass , " it will be some approach preach to the idea. The tui nests twice or thrice * i year , and has large families. Like the .other birds of New Zealand it seems to be unconscious of dan ger from man. It is a pity that the birds of this island are becoming so scarce , for they speak to us of a time when nature was harmless , when the snake , tigers and fal cons did not exist. Counsel's Record Fee. What is probably a record fee has just been earned by a distin guished counsel in an important colonial arbitration case. The fee paid to the learned counsel was 25,000 guineas. This puts info the shade the 10,000 guineas Mr. Fletcher Moulton received for con duct ing the case of one of the com panics in the Metropolitan Water company's arbitration. GREAT IN BOYHOOD ALSO. ' A Mirthful View of a Distinguished Statesman's Youth Olmuncoy Dopow , Uts Namo. One line day iu the summer of ISM two ten-year-old boys who had been fishing in a stream near a little town in southern Nuw York became hungry and went to it farmer's house to get something to eat , says the Chicago Tribune. The farmer's wife ga\e them a bountiful supply of bread and milk , and refused to accept tiny pay for it. One of ( he boys merely said : "Thank you , ma'am. " > Ittit the other wiped his mouth on his coat sleeve , bowed and ex pressed his gratitude at greater length. "To say that you have conferred a great favor 11(1011 ( us , madum , " < he said , "and that we are rorrto spouditigly grateful , conveys t'he ' idea feebly. Here we are , miles' from home , and suffering from hunger , having caught nothing iu the lit tie stream iu which weiete fishing. You have supplied our wants most generously. Out of the abundance of your larder you have ministered to the wants of two hungry Hrangersand ( with a hospitality rare1 indeed in these days of sordid greed you have re fused to accept any remuneration for the same. II is scarcely nec essary to assure you , madam , that we shall always hold you in grate ful remembrance and should if ever be in our power to requite the favor yon may depend upon our doing so with the liveliest satis faction. Madam , we thank you. " "Good land , little boy ! " exclaimed - claimed the farmer's wife , "whal I done for you wasn't worth all that , but I like to hear you talk. You'll be a big man some day. " Her foresight was unerring. The boy grew up to be Chauncey Mitchell Depew , .the greatest after-dinner orator of his day. LINCOLN SECURED PARDON "Tad , " Son of the Illustrious , Brings About Desired Ilesults for a Poor Woman. A poor woman came to tin- white house one day to see Presi dent Lincoln about her husband , who was in trouble ; says Huccess. The president was absent , but "Tad" was at home. The woman called the boy to her and said- "My husband is in prison. We have boys and girls at home who are cold and hungry. Your papu can unlock the door of the prison and let our children's papa come home and care for us. Won't you isk your father to let him conn home ? " "Tad" could not talk or think of anything else but that poor , distressedfaiuilyaiilof ( his pledge- to try and bring relief. When tin1 president ret timed "Tad" was at him at once about the cast * of dis tress. Mr. Lincoln had other f hings on his mind , and did not pay much attention to the child till he clung fro his father's legs and begged of him to sit down and let him loll the sad story. The father told him that the woman would be back the next day , and he would then know what he would do. That did not satisfy his son , who climbed on his father's lap , throw his arms about his ii'-ck and said : "Pap.i-dny ( meaning 'papa , dear , ) won't you promise me now to let the man out ? " It was too much for the great man , who said : "Taddie , my pet , I will let him out because you ask me to. " Strange Animal Rediscovered. In 18715 a great rat-like rodent , named Dinomys , was discovered in the Peruvian Andes. Hut a single specimen was found , and this is now preserved in ( heUorlin museum. Last spring Dr. fiooldi , of Para , rediscovered the Dino- mys in the lowlands of Itra/.il. Its natural habitat is now supposed to be the almost unexplored re gions lying among the foothills of the Andes , between Itra7.il , Ito livia and Peru. The animal is de scribed as reminding one of an im iiiense rat , well advanced in devel opinent toward a bear. It is about two feet long , with a bushy tail nine inches long , thickset and'ha1- a waddling gait. Its character i. < "a combination of leisurely movements monts and supreme good nature. " It seems well provided for digging , but "knows absolutely nothing of haste. " Dr. Goeldi keeps , i mother and her young one in a cage. Youth'a Companion. DOWN ON THE RIO GRANDE Contractor Tells o an Exciting Experience - porionco in Crossing Stream in the West. "To give you an idea of what sort'of a river the Kio Grande is I'll toll you an experience that I had iu getting across il with a derrick , " said Raymond MeDott gall , a mining man from New Mexico ice , to a Milwaukee lV < ' < ' Press man. "I was a contractor lit rock work in ( hose days and was tak ittg my derrick from ( he east side of the river to the Maj'dalenau. The derrick was on four \ > .ifoii wheels and four mules were haul iagil. I had my two helpers .tiong liiul one of them drove the tunics. Me was an old timer , which u f < lucky , and if I had trusted to " . \ own judgment I might have v ' a mistake that would have ros me my mules and derrick , if not my life. "We reached the Hio (1 ramie an hour before sundown and 1 saw a wide liver bed , but no water only dry sand from ouo bank to Hie other. It was a iu-\v l.'t'l ' of river to mo , but my driver ' -i , < 1 that it was all right that it wan t way the Hio Grande iiad. The water was then1 , only it was Hewing ing through the sands under the diannel instead of in il. 1 being ing a tenderfoot was for camping on the nearer bank where the grass was good , but McCartney , the driver , said that would never do unless J was willing to take my chances of slaying there a week or two ; that water sometimes canui down the channel , a good deal of il , and ( hat it would be well to got across while wo were sure that we could. [ "Wo were starting across over the dry sands and I was thinking what an easy way it was of ford itig a river when of a sudden the two lead mules were lloutidering in a quicksand and the whole out * fit came near being drftwn in. We got the two leaders clear of the harness and the other two mules drew them out , one at a lime. We hitched them upagain and by mak ing a long circuit got past the quicksand and to the other bank. "Lty that time it was ten o'clock and the moon had risen. The mules had just begun to climb the bank when we heard a roaring noise up I ho channel. It came from a wall of water that stretched from bank to bank and was traveling toward us fast. It looked in the moonlight lo bo four loot high , and ( hero was high wa ter behind it sending it on. We didn't need to holler to the mules. They hoard what was coming and clawed up the bank like cats. "Wo got out all right , derrick and all and there were not three minutes to spare. Before we had finished our supper the river bed was full bank high , with a torrent that eddied and roared as it rushed past our camping place as i ) ' it had been sorry to miss us and would like to got 11)1 ) whore we were. There was not a cloud in the sky or ii sign of rain anywhere and the Hood may have come from a cloudburst in Colorado200 miles away But it came near get ting us. "I had learned one lesson , and that was in traveling by wagon always camp on the farther side of the si roam. And 1 had learned to put no trust iu the Hio Grande. " Sixty-Ton Steel Hope. The biggest rope ever used for haulage purposes has just boon made for a district subway in Glasgow. It is seven miles long , Ig inches in circumference , and weighs nearly ( It ) tons. It has been made in one unjoiiitcd and tin- spliced length of patent crucible steel. When in place it will form a complete circle around Glasgow , crossing the Clyde in its course , and will run at a speed of 15 miles an hour. Size of Circus Kings. Circus rings are always uniform insi7.eas circus horses are trained to perform in a standard ring 42 foot in diameter. In a larger or a smaller ring their pace becomes uneven , irregular and unreliable , and the riders in turning somer saults are liable to miscalculate the curve and miss their footing. Argentina's New Industry. During the last two years about 3,000,000 mulberry trees have been planted in Argentina , which has now about 10,000,000 of such trees. The production of raw silk will eventually become an impor tant product of that country.
