THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , JULY 7 , 1905.
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Bass HI
of the Congressional campaign in
Richardson County will be fifed at
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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 * '
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0 M JfA. JLA SfehPU ; A Jill G
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Republican Candidate for Congress , and
11 W. M *
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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
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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.
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&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.
