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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , MAY 25 , 1906.
HUMBOLDT
James Ruse of Puwnco City was pur
chasing horses in this part of the
last of the week. No place can beat
Hnmboldt and vicinity for tine stock.
Geo. MeConnell came In from the
west Monday after spending a month
t Kltieolu , Omaha and other points.
A happy smile Is now on the face of
E. L. Crane as his better half returned
the first of the week from a visit with
lowii relative * .
Frank Carpenter of Table Rock was
ii Hnmbolot visitor Tuesday.
The graduation exercises of Hum-
bold t high school will be held on Tues-
tiny evening , May 2th. ! ) The class is
composed of but three members this
year : Garnett Murray , Herbert Ford
and Jessie Draper. Rev. L. R. Smith
will preach the baccalaureate sermon
In the Presbyterian church on Sunday
evening May 20lh.
Mrs. U. L. IIolI was on the sick list
the forepart of the week.
Elmer Woods and family of Elk
Creek spent Sunday with L. C. Mann
and wife.
Etta Reichers returned to her home
Saturday in Falls City.
Mrs. Harry Sohollcnbargei' has left
for her home at Stanford. Nebr. , aftsr
spending several weeks with her par
ents J. D. Shraugcrnnd wife northeast
of town.
IdaStalder visited with Falls City
friends the past week ,
P. O. Avery , J. R. Williamson and
W. F. Carver attended the Nebraska
encampment of the G. A. R. in Lin
coln this week.
Mrs. Betty Murray and daughter
Mrs. Nina McGary arrived in the city
Monday from El Paso. Texas , on a
visit to friends and relatives.
Lela Patterson left Tuesday for an
extended visit with relatives in Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Wm. Brandow was the guest of
friends in Lincoln this week.
Rev. G. C. Porter of Omaha lectured
on socialism at the city hall on Monday
evening.
Guy Cooper and wife visited sev.eral
days last week with Kansas City
friends. The latter will visit her old
home at Muscatine , Iowa , before re
turning home.
E. H. Veils formerly of this city but
now located nt Holdrege , has sold his
hotel and will seek a new location.
At the state medical society which
was held in Lincoln last week ex mayor
Wilson was elected president of the
society.
OHIO
Ivan Keller was a , guest of his sister
Mrs. Clay Peck Sunday.
Giiy Burk is on the sick list at this
writing.
John Hutchison assisted Geo. Peck
of Falls City with some work a few
days this week.
Albert Faller and wife are the proud
parents of a girl baby which arrived
at their home May 12-1900.
Rev. E. E. Hasklns preached his
farewell sermon at the Silver Creek
Church Sunday at II p. in. There
was quite a number present.
George Peck and wife spent Sunday
with their son Clcon and wile.
Mrs. George Shouse and children
visited with M. B. Burnsworth and
funnily Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Camblln and daughter
Zetta were visiting at Norman Burns-
worth and family last Friday.
Win. Horstman called on John Pap-
penhaggen a short time Sunday.
Wm. Huettner and wife entertained I
his brother Otto and family and sister
Mrs. Shrieber and family last Sunday.
Chas. Shouse was a guest of Wm.
Hutchison , Monday.
.Jennie and Seymour Bulk visited
Ethel Pock last Friday.
Earl Shatter and wife who were
visiting with relatives here returned 1
to tneir home in Council Bluffs , Iowa
last Fridaj.
Win Halderman of Merrill , Kansas
was a visitor at the home of Perry
shatter and family , Sunday.
Mrs. O. A. Burk and two children
. Bartlett's Sun
were guests at Win.
day.
day.Ada
Ada Shouse went to Morril Kansas
Sunday to spend a few days with her
cousin Mrs. Spargler.
Mrs. Clay Peck visited with her sis
ter Mrs. E , T. Peck last Monday.
Eph. Peek and wife spent Sunday
with their nephew A. E. Knisely and
wife , last Sunday.
Martin Nolle and family were guest :
of Win. Huettner's Sunday.
T. Cook nnd wife were guests of N ,
B. Burnsworth Sunday.
Mrs. Noah Peck spent Friduy after
noon with Mrs. George Shouse.
Jesse Spangler nnd wife of Morril !
were guests nt the latters parent !
Frances Stump and wife , Sunday.
Mrs. O A. Burk went to St. Josept
Mo. , Monday to visit her daughter
Mrs. Fred Chesley.
N. B. Burnworth nnd wife entertnin
ed their friends Wm. Cook and famil ;
Sunday.
E. T. Peck and family were guests a
the home of the formers brother Cleoi
and wife , Sunday *
Daisy Peck spent Thursday In Falls
City with her cousin Kdlth Peck.
John Hutchison spent Sunday with
Wm. Peek
Mrs. Noah Peek visited with Mrs.
Anton Knisely last Wednesday after
noon.
Clarence Peck spent Saturday with
Falls City relatives.
Mrs. Eph Pock .vas a guest of hot-
son Clay Friday.
Mrs. Louis Fcidler was a guest at
Henry Walton's Sunday.
VERDON.
Mrs. M. Mollza was a Falls city visi
tor last Friday.
G. Simpson and wlfo and Mrs. Ola
McMannls of Auburn , attended the
funeral of John T. roruell Tuesday.
Dr. Grllllth wns in Falls city Mon
day.
day.T.
T. J. Oliver of Falls city called on
several Vcrdon friends Tuesday.
Mrs. challln and Mrs. L. Boss of
Ilumboldt spent part of last- week
with Mrs. Lorn Veal. J
George Lum went to St. Josepji Mon- '
day.
Sherman Byerly , clydo Lum and All
Doerncr left Monday for a few days
fishing in Mo.
Ethernfl'ingley , Mrs. Hctley , Mrs
Fanning , Mrs and Miss Worley of Lin
coln allonded J. F. Cornell's funeral
Tuesday.
Prof. G. Simpson oi Auburn came
down lo attend the funeral of his uncle
J. F. cornel ! .
S. Otto and wife left Tuesday for
Pennsylvania to spend the summer.
Glenn Pcnnlugton has accepted a
position as night operator at Nebraska
city.
commencement Kxercises will beheld
held May 18th nt Hall's Opera House.
Rov. Ray E. Hunt preached the
Jiaccalnureate sermon at Ihe Evange
lical church May lUlh to a crowded
house.
A sister of D. Griffith and her hus
band W. Jones nnd wife of Long Is
land , Kansas have bought the Buckley
property , and have moved into it with
the intentions of making Verdon their
home.
David Clark is home for his summer
vacation from University Place.
DIKD : At his home southwest of
Verdon John F. Cornell , Ex-State
Auditor , May III , 190(5. ( lie has been
sulTering for more than a year , first
with a stroke of parnljsis nnd then
with heart trouble. Ho wns born in
Indiana , February T , IS 17 , being fifty
nine years old. Ho leaves a wife , four
children , ono brother , and three sis
ters to mourn his death. He has been
a resident of this county for ninny
years. The funeral was preached at
his homo Tuesday , by T , J. Oliver , of
Falls city , and the body was Interred
in the Cornell cemetery.
RULO.
J. K. Clirisman of Kansas City was n
business visitor in Rule one day Inst
week.
Mrs. C. L. Belpere was n visitor at
the county seat Thursday of last week.
C. Miller of Omaha was n business
visitor in this city one day last week.
Ves Bunker made a business trip to
Margraves Ranch last Friday.
W. R. Ncal of Falls City was a Rule
visitor between trains Tuesday.
Emil Sual of Falls City wns a Rule
visitor ono day last week.
W. W. Uhinnock of Wymore was
Rule visitor one day last week.
C. E. Coley visited the home folks al
Highland station between trains Sat
urday night.
W. A. True made a business trip to
Wymoro Saturday night returning
Sunday.
Neal Thornton of Omaha visited It
this city Sunday the uest of Join
Kanaly nnd family.
Mace Perry of Rushbottoui visited ii
Rule Sunday.
Henry Still visited In Wymoro Sun.
lay.
Little Clydo Hnrt was taken violent-
y sick Salurday nlghl. Ho uppe.ired
lo be in good health up to eight o'clock
in the evening. He ate a healthy sup-
per after which he went 'Jown town
with his parents for the band concert.
But on arriving al Mr. Illnkles store
ho complained of feeling sick nnd in
five minutes the little child fninlcd
which wns followed by spnsms. Dr.
Henderson was called and after work
ing with him a half hour he pronounc
ed him out of danger. He improved
so as to bo taken homo in an hour and
at this writing he has improved as to
be oul again.
Charlie Booha from near Falls Clly
wns n plensanl visllor in Rule Tues-
dny morning.
Worth Anderson nnd fnmlly of Hin-
wnthin wns a Rule visitors Sunday the
guests of Doao Anderson and wife.
Mrs. Susan Boles of this plnce is
visiting in Kansas City this week.
Clint Bracknoy of Kansns city visit
ed in Rule the first of the week.
Some of our local sports went ncross
the River Sunday afternoon and en
joyed themselves at trap shooting for a
few hours.
Hop Goolsby has quit the coal sheds
and Is now working for W. J. cunning-
ham.
Mrs1 C. L. Belpero has placed a
handsome iron fence around her resi
dence.
Mrs. Mattlo Rntakln wa < a Rule
visitor Tuesday morning.
The Burlington bridge inspection
car passed through Rule Monday night
for Atchtson.
M. C. Ball who has charge of ,1. II.
Lynds grading gang across the river
near John Mann's says ho will com
plete the work In 10 days if not too
much rain.
PRESTON.
Dan'Mlatlclan and Wess Coupe were
Preston visitors Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Hcokero of Rule was vlsltlnu
with Mr.H. . P. Rleger the latter part
of the week.
Mrs. John Morris and daughter were
shopping In Falls City Thursday.
Mrs. Dikes came up from Itulo Fri
day.
0 , L. Marsh the night operator was
transferred to Firth , Nebr.
L. B. McPherson Is moving Into the
Central hotel Monday.
Born to C. F. Glaze and wife , May
12th a boy baby.
Richard Kaiser's two children have
been on the sick list the last week.
Mr. Barns went to Ottway , Kansas
Saturday on a visit.
Mrs. Joe Neltzel of Plattsmoiith ,
Nebraska visited with her parents un
til Friday.
Carrie Neitzcl ruturned Saturday
om her visit in Falls City. Mrs. B.
larpster accompanied her iorne ,
C. B. Pickard moved in the new ro-
idence owned by H. C. Xoellcr.
Win. Moslmnn and W. A. Hargravo
dipped eleven car loads ot cattle to
t , Joe Monday.
Frank Simons made a business trip
) Preston Tuesday.
SALEM
Mrs. C. A. Airs returned Tuesday
rom her visit near Morrlll.
Mrs. E. E. scott was up from Fulls
3ity Tuesday.
Lori n Corn drove over from Verdon
hursday.
Mrs Sailors and friend of near Mor-
111 were visiting at Mrs. Thornburgs.
Mrs. Graves and children were pass-
ngers to Pawnee City Thursday.
J. C. Stafford of Hebron was calling
n friends here Wednesday' .
Mrs. Will Foreaeber received the
ad now. that her daughter Mrs. Wag
oner of Oklahoma isiyery ill.
L , Dowell , wife and little nelce re-
urned Thursday after a short visit in
Mound City , Mo.
MrscWill Bovil and son Smiley left
Thursday for a visit with relatives in
Ohio.
Mrs. Heskott and daughter , Mrs ,
1. 15. Huston drove to Falls City Fri-
ay morning.
Mrs. J. G. Ranger and Mrs. Voters
: lrovo to Falls City Friday.
Mrs. wylie and daugh'.er Mrs. Will
Uhlig and little son visited at the
nomu of Allan May and family.
Pearl Jones of Falls City vlskud with
Stella Carlisle the latter part of this
, vcck.
Sophia Brocklin of Falls city was a
mssengcr hero Friday.
Myrtle Ramel and Bert Windoll of
Ail Is City visited in Salem Sunday.
George Slocum and wife of Stella
were the guest ot 0. A. Jennings Sun-
lay.
Louise Rule and Myrtle flufi'noll of
Ail Is City attended the play Friday
evening.
Vera Lord Florence Wylie and Anita
Wilson drove up from Fails City Fri-
: lny afternoon and visited over Sunday
witli relatives.
Walter Staver of Falls City visited
with his mother and sister Sunday.
Mrs. D. C. Simmons and little son
were passengers to Humboldt Sunday.
Guy Daggett , wlfo and little daugh
ter of Dawson visited with relatives-
lie ro Sunday.
S. H. Baine of Falls City was n Sunday -
day visitor hero
Mrs. Wheeler of Stella is the guest
of Mrs. J. T. Shrlmpton.
Mrs. Jim Metty and children of
Falls City visited with Joe Windcll
and family Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Adams and children
came down from Lincoln Saturday for
a vlst ] with relatives and friends.
Lottie Stewart , Maynard Stitzer ,
Lorwa Kelly and Eugene Meredith
drove to Vcrdon Sunday evening tout-
tend the Baccalaureate sermon.
Born toMr. and Mrs. Rhoads May
10 n baby girl.
Rev. Hunt of Lincoln preached the
Baccalaureate sermon here.
Dr. and Mrs. C. D. Trash were hero
Monday.
W. C. McCool was a passenger to
Omaha Sunday.
John Grinsteud and wlfo were pass
engers to Lincoln Tuesday.
Mrs. Ranger and Stella Martin drove
to Falls City Monday.
McCool wont to Falls City Sun
day.
Bert MoCool and daughter Nola
were in FalIs City Wednesday.
Mrs. Williams of Dawtuni and her
daughter Mrs , A. J. Spolce of Salem
loft for an extended visit in I'cry ,
Oklahoma.
Walter Molntyro of Unadllla Is vis
iting nt Charlie Molntyro.
Ruth Moore and Lena Staver drove
to Falls City Thursday.
S. P. Gist and wife spout Thursday
and Friday In Kails City.
Ollvo Tlldon was a passenger to
Falls City Saturday morning.
Dr. W. M. Jones rcturnud to his
home In Omaha after a few days visit
with Dr. W. R. Waggoner.
Fred Shock of Nebraska City was a
visitor bore Sunday.
Mr. L'ttlo ' came down from Ilum
boldt Monday.
Clare Crook of Morrlll ( Causa * , was
a Sunday visitor here.
Mr. Mil in ; , Charlie Kmlckoy and
Charlie Molntyro went to Peru , Fri
day night.
Joe Wells and wlfo arrived hero
from Deep Water , Mo. . Friday.
Mike Miller and wlfo of Dawson ,
visited at F. W. Boyd's Sunday.
Ira McCool attended the Baccalau
reate-sermon In Verdon Sunday.
R. E. Grlnstcad wont to Missouri
Tuesday.
The homo talent play given for the
benefit of the band boys was well at
tended and a success tlniolally. Muslo
was furnished by the Salem orchestra.
STELLA.
Mrs Anne Shollonbargcrand daugh
ter , Gertrude left Tuesday for a visit
with the former's son at Lockrldgo ,
Oklahoma.
A son was born to Harold Saylors
and wife on Monday morning.
Cap Evans and wlfo are vlsltlm :
their daughter at Payson , Okla.
Mrs Mattlo Scott and baby of Au
burn has been spending the past week
with Stella relatives.
Mrs .Too Marts is spending the week
with relatives at Liberal , MO.
William Sutler , a former resident of
this vicinity , died at his homo near
Geneva last Thursday. The remains
were brought here last Salurday and
interred In the ccmntery near the
Stone church northwest of town. De
ceased was about f > 0 years of ago and
Is survived by his wlfo and four chil
dren.
Mi-ses Peterson and Montgomery
1 rove to Pern Saturday and spent the
lay with friends there.
Nellie Swihart has been the guest of
riends at Table Rock this week.
Mrs Selmit Miller of Lincoln is
-ponding - the week at the home of her
iiircnts , Henry sayors and wife , west
f town.
Jessie Klnton , who lives east of town
) n the shubert road , was married last
Thursday toCloydo .steele at Nebraska
: ity , where she has been employed as
i stenographer the .past year. They
vill make their homo at Ncbruska
City where the groom is engaged In
Hisinese.
Grace Hedge has a new Huntington
mint ) .
Ona Tlinernmn'd remains were
it-ought hero from Los Angeles , Cul. ,
Saturday night and interred in the
tella cemetery Sunday. A number of
'ratcrnity men from Lincoln were in
ittendance , six of thorn being pall
bearers.
J. W. Jameson Ar Son bavosold theli
mill at this place to Siiyer & Wlxon ,
who have already taken possession.
Tlio Jamesons retained the II mi ring
machinery and will move it to Montiun
where they will again engage In thi.
millinc business.
Etta Mouoil of St Joe is spending '
month's vacation with her parents at
this place.
1C. AllemaiH1. purchased the Clancy
property on Elm street last week pay
ing 81750 for the same.
Mrs Elmer I'ugh and two little girls
have been spenping the past two weeks
at Lima , Ohio , being called there by
the death of the former' * mother.
J. R. Cain , jr. . deliver the class ad
dress to the graduating class of the
Kalem high school thN evening-
Lucilo Harris of near Stella will boone
ono of the graduate- from the Dawson
school this year.
Mrs Mary Hasof Pennsylvania wus
the KUCSI of the Wheeler families last
week.
The bonioi > and juniors of the Stella
school hold a class reception at the
homo of lena Snick Wednesday last.
Mrs Albert Tlmerman and little son
of North Platte arrived hero Friday
evening f ru visit with her parents.
Mrs Norman Smlliohas been serious
ly sick the past Iwo weeks.
What is Foley's Kidney Cure.
Answer : II is made from a prescrip
tion of a lending Chicago physician i
and ono of Iho most eminent in the
country. The ingredients are the
purest thai money can buy and nro
scientifically combined to get their
utmost value. For sale at Moore's
Pharmacy.
WILL MX BOUNDARY
UNITED STATES AND CHEAT
BRITAIN INVOKE SCIENCE.
Line Between Alaska and Canada to
Bo Determined by Antron-
omy anil Teleg
raphy.
Washington. This click of : i telegraph -
graph key which will record the In
stant at which llxed slurs cross the
meridian , by the terms of a treaty rnt-
lllcd between the United States anil
treat Britain , will afford the means
if fixing the boundary between Alanlm
mil Canada. Dispute over the boiind-
iry , us valuable gold deposits on the
Yukon ave ut htaki1 , has been a so-
lous contention between thin country
mil Canada. The two nations , by the
roaty now negotiated , htivo Invoked
science as arbitrator.
The treaty provides that the bound-
iry shall ho defined "by telegraph. "
rlila mcanr the method adopted by
lulled Status astronomers and which
now recognized the world over
in the most exact. The American
government will designate a commis
sioner , who will bo O. 11. Tlttmim , HU-
lorliitonilcut of the count nnd geodetic
survey. Great Urltaln , on her side ,
will choose an eminent .scientist.
The two , with necessary assistants ,
will dellnltcly establish the location
> f the one hundred and forty-Urn ! mo-
Idlan of west longitude. This done ,
ho rest Is a mere matter of'surveying
tnd placing objects to mark the divid
ing llhe.
Difference In longitude Is a differ
ence In time. The longitude of Chicago
cage Is figured on the difference In
tlmo of Chicago and Greenwich , Kng-
nnd , the latter being tins basing point.
Preliminary to the final observations
Mr. Tlttmaii already has computed the
longitude of Sltka as compared with
Seattle ; that of Valde/ with respect , to
Sltka , and that of Fort Egbert with
respect to Valdcz. Canadian observ
ers have fixed the longitude of points
corresponding to the above and grad-
uilly are approaching the approximate
location of the boundary. The divid
ing line Is located on the one hundred
nnd forty-llrst. mprldlan by the treuiy
of llussla with Great Britain in 1825.
Two stations will bo selected next
mimmcr. The two nations will bn con
nected by telegraph. Each party will
have what is known as a "transit , "
a small telescope equipped for re
cording the exact Instant at which
stars cross its face. Twenty stars will
have been agreed upon beforehand as
those to bo observed. At both sta
tions the scientists , aided by the
"transit , " will record with chronome
ters the time down to a fraction of a
second that each star passes the me
ridian. The telegraph Is used to com
municate at each observation the time
registered by the chronometer , BO that
no error can creep In due to difference
In the Instruments.
The observations are to bo repeated
in exactly the sfmo ; way for six nights.
Then the observer/ / ) will bo ublo to
compute the exact time. The dlftorenco
they reduce to distance and by meas
urement fix a point on the meridian
which becomes then a point c/n the
boundary.
WILL HAVE PIKE ROUNDUP.
Minnesota Fish and Game Commis
sion Will Gather Eggs of
the Fish.
Tower , Minn. Executive Agent S. F.
Fullerton , of th Klnti > fish ami gaimt
commission , and his crow of 12 men
now are In camp at I'lko HIver falls and
all preparations have been made for
gathering pike eggs. They are camped
below the falls of I'lko rlvor , which
Hews Into Lake Vermilion , and tire
about six miles from Tower.
The pike are beginning to run well
anil the middle of the week will see
thorn running upstream by millions.
They are caught In a seine just below
the falls and as soon as they are stripped
of their eggs they are returned to the
water unharmed.
The falls of I'lko river form an ideal
place for catching pike , as the fish can
get no farther up the river and congre
gate In Hcliooln of thousands just below
the falls.
In former years the pike-gathering
expedition bus been greatly hindered
from getting spawn on account of the
largo number of logs being driven dowi
the river by the Tower Lumber com
pany , making It Impossible to drag the
seine through the river , but this year
an Injunction has been nerved on tin ;
company forbidding It to Interfere with
the gathering of the eggs.
COXSWAINS ARE COURTEOUS
French and American Mnn-of-War's
Men Bow Politely After
Collision.
New York. There wn..1 slight col-
llslon In the fog In tin- North river the
other day between the running boat of
the American cruder Colorado and the
steam launch of the French llagshlp
Marseillaise.
Filled with th" s-jiirlt of courtesy the
coxswain of either boat was profuse in
ills apology for having rubbed the pain
( fit the side of the other.
Usually when men-of-war launches
hammer Into each other the air rings
with the thickest of billingsgate , bu
the other day , following the collision
the coxswain of the French launch took
off his sailor cap and bowed to the pilot
of the American launch ,
Fertilizer from Air.
A new fertilizer made in Norwa >
from the nitrogen in the atmosphere
is said to bo very nearly of the j > amp
value to plants us chile saltpeter
while its cost is lower.
BLACK SPECTER IN MINE.
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Two Men After Warning- Subter
ranean Apparition Arc Speed
ily Klllod.
Evoleth , Minn. Superstition linn
been aroused among the mlnum at
Evcloth and Its surrounding locations
by statements uald to have been mailo
by Walter Kohl and HJalmar Unna ,
mining partners , who were killed In the
Adams mine recently.
Aeordlng to report Llium said that
when ho and hlspartnnrwuroat work In
No.I shaft on Friday , April ( i , they were
mot by what scorned to bo a black man.
The apparition i said to have put its
hands on the men and to have com
manded them to go away. Uium told
his friends tlutt he was so Impressed by
tliu vision that ho had determined to
work In the shaft no longer. .
Kohl , however , laughed at bin part
ner's iiwe , and , refusing to Icavw the
drift , joined the timber gang. Tlio
sumo day Kokl wandered Inlo.it desert
ed shaft that was lilied .with' deadly
gases and mot bin death. Hov'ns ijot
missed until the following S iulaj- ,
when Kenrchors found the body. So
> vorpoworlng were the fumes that It
was necessary to ralso the body to tlio
surface with a hook and tackle.
Unna was deeply Impressed by the
fate of his partner and talked with several -
eral countrymen about his oxperlenco
with the "black man. " He was told
hat ho was the victim of a practical
iokcr , but nevertheless ) ho adhered to
ils resolution not to work In the shall
igaln. Llnnn secured n position us ore
sampler and n week later ho was thrown
'rom an ore car nnd so badly injured
that he died.
Ills death caused hln fellow country-
nen to recall the "hlaclc wraith" which
a alleged to have warned the men , nnd
although there are many Bkepllcfl noino
if the miners firmly believe that thn
spirit will again make Itn appearance
mil If It docs the persons approached
will meet a certain doom.
BUZZARDS MENACE HEALTH
Const Towns of Mexico Find That
Carrion Blrdo Pollutu Their
Water.
San Antonio , Tex. There la nn ngl-
ation now on In the coast towns of
ilcxlco to eliminate the vultures. Mox-
co , llko most of the states of America ,
IBB cherished the carrion crow or tur-
coy buzzard and n flno Is Imposed for
tilling these birds. They worn nssumon'
o ho great sanitary agents. lint ex
perience lias shown the people of the
lot lands where these repulsive fowls
ire numbered b'y the thniiHand in every
vicinity , that the water supply Is often
contaminated by the fowls.
In Port of Spain the birds have been
slaughtered by the thousand this
spring and tl.'olr ' bodies formed into an
mmcmso funeral pyre.
Tamplco , Mexico , Is the pioneer of
ho Mexican In the movement to kill
.ho vultures. That city Is Infested by
ho fowls to an extent that Is not
qiinlcd by any other Mexican coast
city. Sanitary exports there have re
torted that Instead of holng a public
lencfactor IIH a scavenger the vulture
KIH become a public nuisance and a
ncnaco to the health of the community
hroiigh the water supply.
It Is held by the exports who liavo
framed an appeal to the national legls.
aturc that the birds ho removed from
the protection of the laws , that only
indor primitive conditions are they of
any benefit as scavengers.
Where drainage Is unknown and filth
3 scattered broadcast the sanitary ex
torts soy the buzzard helps. Hut when
modern conditions prevail the buzzard
iccomon a menace.
FIGHT FLAMES WITH WINE.
Hundreds of Gallons of Red Bever
age Used in San Fran
cisco Fire.
San Francisco. Hod wine , hundreds
of gallons of it , was used in lighting
the flames In the Latin quarter on the
slope of Telegraph hill , and the wine
won.
won.The
The only available water supply was
a well dug half a century ago. When
the Humes termed almost conquered
the pumpa sucked air and the lire be
gan to gain.
The Italian residents broke In their
cellar doors , nnd barrel after barrel
of red Italian wine was rolled out and
their heads smashed In. The bucket
brigade then tumid from water to
wine. . ' ' . , ' .
Hacks were dipped In wine and used
for beating out the lire. Ucds were
stripped of their blankets , and these
were soaked in the wino and hung
over exposed portions of the cottages ,
and men cm the roofs drenched the
shingles and the sides of the hnuso
with wine. Until 1 o'clock In the
morning the light was carried on , much
of the1 time wine instead of watqr he-
ing used. Then the flre was practlc-
illy extinguished.
Pope Uses Gramophone.
The gramophone has been chosun by
his holiiu'hs Pius X. 10 illustrate the
micred musk- described by hid cele
brated "Montu 1'roprlo. " Ills grace ,
the ardiblshop of Westminster , also
allowed the gramophone to be used as
a means of personally addressing the
whole of the Catholic laity on the
momentous question of religious edu
cation in the schools.
Pulpit for Sale.
A bishop's robe , a portable pulpit ,
a bookmaker's platform , bottles of
champagne , horse medicines , sewing
machines , bicycles , llatlrons , Alpine
stocks , snowfihocs , cricket bats and
billiard balls were among the things
left In London railway carriages by
absent-minded passengers , and iU'
eluded In the annual'sale. .