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Eugene city Gcard. 1. 1 CAMFBBLL. FrHtr. Santiago suffered mvprrly from eougb contracted by the Vesuvius. The Don bad such a barJ time of It la Cuba that Uncle Sam decided to help blm out Para nernhardt may play Hamlet, but It ! f on red she will do so with lender understanding. While laureli are Impossible, If tbe dom are In need of a national flower bow would mourning glories dot General Fltxbugh Lee named his horse "Blanco." Thle look like an un necessary ludlgnlty to a noldo nulmal. Agulnnldo would unquestionably rath er so anybody tle not get the offered for hhl bead tliau to be himself that much short. Ultimately In tenia tlonnl law may soy something In the premise. Kilt until tlil nation get ready otherwise can Don law must prevail. This talk of a new and mysterious explosive may Ihi connected with Spain's revenue policy. A everything elm) lit taxed, so It'i trying to tut lxJu lur credulity. A cablegram from Madrid soys that "It ban practically been decided by Cap tain Aunon Uiat henceforth the prlnel pul additions to the Spanish nary will Ui of the submarine type." Like tlwi ships of Montejo and Or vera) The King of Hlam ba sentenced one of hi nilnUiters of state to cut grass for the royal elephants for the rent of bin natural life. Iu other words, he ha been sent to grass by royal decree and will have a steady Job until bu Is no mower. According to a musical authority, the mooing of a cow Is set to a perfect fifth, octave or tenth; the bark of a dog to a fourth or flfth; the neighing of a borne Is a descent on the chromatic scale; while the donkey brays In a er foct octave. Yet It Is thought that the quality of the donkey's voice might bo Improved! Possibly the timbre, of the violin might bo represented by tho squeal of the pig; but a lino ear detects a difference. Ilooley, the London "promoter," who made a fortune of many millions In A few years, but who has now been ad Judged a bankrupt, Is suld to declare that be has "blackmailed" to tho Hut of embarrassment by unscrupulous newspapers. Tho assertion may be substantially true, yet It offers Utile ground for sympathy. Honest men, en gaged In legitimate enterprises, are not lu danger of "blackmail." which Is sim ply the tribute one rascal pays to an other. 1 The use of the word Yankee to drliote primarily an Inhabitant of New En- gland, and by extension, one living In ! thu Northern States as distinguished from a Southerner, Is no longer accu rate. Ex Senator Hutler of South Car olina lost a pair of Held glasses during a battle lu the civil war, w hen be was severely wounded. Taking the Held as a major general lu the service of tho United States, he Is to use again tho glasses recently restored to liliu. "Thu last time 1 used these," lu said lately, "I was a Confederate olllcer. Now I am a Yankee." No patriotic cltlxcn will take any exception to this latest dclliil tlou of what constitutes a Yankee. ' The annual report of the Sues ('una I Company for 1NU7 shows thu use that Is made of that waterway and gives Some Indication of what might lie ex pected of the Nicaragua canal when It Is constructed, Inning tho year H.I'Hil Vessels, with ll'l.'Jin passengers, pass ed through the canal. Of these 1,1 kl were English, ICS (ierman, Dutch, LtC French, 78 Austrian, 71 Italian, -IS Spanish, 4H Norwegian, II Husslan, 'M Japanese, the remainder liolng Turk ish, Chinese, Egyptian, American (II), Punish, Siamese, Mexican, Portuguese aud Swedish. Thu gross tonnage was T,Mni,a7;i,Ml. There was a decline Isith In the nmultcr of vessels and tonnage In 1W7, os compared with the preced ing year, which Is attributed to thu commercial crisis which licgau lu lsiw, but was offset by thu receipt of the canal from military excdltlou. Thu India trade furnishes about one-half of tho tralllc passing through the canal, but that was badly affected last year by the famine and failure of thu crops. The navigation receipts were - about lU.lsa.aso aud tho uet dividends wero about IIS. When a war breaks out those on both Ides aro apt to underrate their enemy. No doubt lu the present war our coun trymen were too ready to say that thu rquinlsh could not or would not tight, aud that victory would be easy and speedy. Nevertheless, while that was a mistake. It Is a fact which other peo ple liesldo Americans sto and dedans that the Spaniard of to-day aro In a broad sense Inelllclent. As a writer In thu tendon Spectator puis It, "(hey never quite succeed" lu anything. They know their government U corrupt, but they do uot purify It; they know that their army hicks organisation, but they tlo not organise It. Inefficiency extends through all their public, social, Indus trial and commercial life. Yet while they perceive the defeels, they have not the energy to apply the remedy. England, Pramv, Germany and Italy have largely extended their colonial possessions, aud have known bow to govern their subject race so as to maintain not only caco aud order, but, to a degree, the contentment sud good WlU of the natives over whom they rule. Spain alone lias acquired uo new territory, nnd has so misgoverned what she bad that even her colonists of Span ish blood have Imi-ii In revolt against ber In every quarter of the glolie. It Is much easier to state these facta thau to ex phi I u them. Time was when Spain was a conqueror. She produced thu boldest adventurer, the most witer prising merchants, the most audacious lenders of exedltlous across Die sea, to extend her power aud Inereose hi-r .wealth. To-dayappatvutly all the Oerce- EUCENE CITY OKEOOS. nea of tbe Spaniard remains, and all bis pride; but of energy of the quality that persists until sn cud Is reached be baa none. I'erhaps all this Is not true of the people ef northern Spain; but they do not govern tho country, nor glvo the characteristic tone to the race. All their faults their prldo which makes It undignified to exert them selves, their love of ease, their "bidden root of Inellleleney," to quote agnlu from the Hpeetator-all these faults aro exaggerated In tho aristocracy and tho ruling class. If we cannot explain why tho Spaniard of to-day possess these traits, tho trails themselves explain why the government Is so bad, why the colonies ore In rebellion, why the treas ury It bankrupt. Tho Ladrone or Mariana Islands, which recently enjoyed their first Fourth of July under the American Hug, are a chain of flfteen Islands something over a thousand miles east of tho Philippines. They comprise an area of nlsiut :!." square miles. They are of vulcanic formation. -The name Ladroues or Islas du las Ladrom, sig nifies the "Islands of the Thieves" and was given them by Portuguese sailors of the ship's crew of Magellan on ac count of the thieving propensities of the native. Magellan, who discover ed them lu 1.121, styled them "Islas du las Velas Latlnas," or "Islands of the Lateen Halls." They were named "lin Marianas" In HK18 In honor of Mnrlu Anna of Austria, widow of King Phil ip IV. of Spain. The present popula tion of the Islands, roughly estimated at 8,Ko, Is a mixture such as Inhabit the Philippines, with the Malay pre dominating In numliers. The Island upon which Old Glory has lieen hoisted Is called Ouabain, or Guam. It Is the largest and southernmost of the group, and contains the only town lu tho col ony, San Ignaclo do Agana, nnd the fortified harbor of I'mata. The Island are very fertile. The climate, though humid. Is salubrious, and tho heat Is not so great as at the Philippines, be ing teiiiHred by the trade wind. So Isiuntlful Is nature that w hen the Sxm lard took the territory In NWiM It was supiKirtlng a xpulatlon estimated at from 40,( M) to iUi.ihki. The native co ple were called by the Spaniards "Clin morros." They were a branch f the fair Polynesian race. Owing to the superior resources of tho Island, and to more frequent contact with western Influence they are described as the most advanced people of Micronesia. They made a stubborn resistance to Spanish conquest, and as usual In such cases the Spaniard practically wiped them off the earth, although It took longer to exterminate them than It did the less robust and efficient peoples of tho West India Islands, for there were In 1711, after over seventy years of Spanish slaughter, yet 1,810 of the un lives alive. The Island have been of considerable Interest to scientists. Among tho remains of a prehistoric race found there aro stone columns, fourteen feet high, surmounted by send globular stones nearly six feet In diameter, structures connected with nnclent worships, probably. Immense herds of wild cattle formerly roamed the Islands, milk white In color with black ears, and they were cited by Dar win as tending to support tho prcsump- tloii that whltu was thu primal color or the genu Hist. Among the distinguish ed traveler who have visited the group was Lord II) run. Iltrycle Corps In Foreign Armies lllcycle companies which were form edu few years ago by the German aud French governments merely a experi ment have Is'cu recently augmented so that, particularly In Germany, there ate no less than seventeen companies ef wheelmen, which form, with their machine tire guns, n formidable corps. Some of the hiciiiIm-ih of this corps are distributed among certain regiments where they are to do scout and courier service. The remaining companies, however, have been formed Into a regi ment by themselves, commanded by ine of the otlhvrs of the Fourth regi ment of the guard. It I expected that this body will play n new and Impor tnut part lu the maneuver next au tumn. The "bicycle Infantry," a It Is culled, has been furnished with new uniforms, w hich are simpler than those worn by the other troops. The wheel men wear cloth cap, bsise blouse, rid ing trousers, and leather legglus, ami a sword bayonet at the belt; the rllle strapis'd at the right. The men arc able to carry a small tent, food for ten days, with cooking utensils, and a good supply of ammunition. The corps Is composed entirely of volunteers, and as there are more volunteers than are required vacant place are tilled by ballot by those already lu. Kach mem tier must own hi own wheel. A spe cial physician ha recently lieen ap pointed to thu "bicycle Infantry." Old-Tliue TorluiY. Ill former times the punishment ol the bagnio (bath), one of the most cleverly cruel Inflictions ever devised by au olllchil of the torture cliumluT, was administered In Italy, probably In Venice, where the water of the Ingooiia played so Important a part In Its penal system. Thu punishment was as fol lows: The prisoner was phiivd lu a vat, tbe sides of which were slightly lu excess of the uverage height of a man. In order to hold III check the rising tide of a supply of water which ran Into the vat lu a constant stream the criminal was furnished with a scoop with which to bale out the water a fast as It came lu. The respite from death by Immersion thus obtained wan more or less prolonged, according to the powers of endurance possessed by the victim. Hut Imagine the moral torture, the exhausting and even hideously gro tesque efforts, the Incessant and piti less toll by night and day to stave oft tho dread moment, fast approaching, when, overcome by sleep and fatigue, he was unable to struggle any longei sgalust bis fate! Experts In Mental Arithmetic. In East Indian school mental arith metic Is a vastly mow serious matter thau It 1 In the school of this country. Catch questions are numerous In n, Orleut, and tho mult I pi lea I Ion table Is swollen Into a mountain of difficulty by native teachers. Pupils of 10 years are taught to carry the multiplication tuble up to 40 time 40, A Clock Hun by tho Ind. I Then la a clock In Itrtntsel which lias uever Ixvn wound up by human bauds. It Is kept plug by the wind. LEAVIN' HOME. (Vlien a feller sorter packs bis traps an got wny from home, Wl sr the birds sir alius slnglu', an' tbe bi.iiey's In the comb Wlni r ll.e uiiliitie Is tho brightest an' tbe biurt bints all in tune All' life's sweet ill winter SS la rosiest days o' J iiiio No matter how tho skies look ef they'ro Just ss bright on' blue As the eyes with which your sweetheart You'll Cud 'cm growlu' mlsty-wlth a bsic on field an plain, Au' your eyis'll sorter twinkle, an th lids'U hide the rain! Fer the dislanro It looks lonesome, an though roses red on' white, Air Jest ss sweet off yonder, with the ib-Hs an' with the light, As the ones In old-thno gardens, ylt It's ml.'lity fur to roam An you know more of tho roses In the little spot called "Home!" S'o. pneklii' H fer lesvln' sorter makes you fumble roun' Fer luiii'kereher. to dry the tears thst wilt (nine trlckllu' down! An' though you say It's foolishness, y It world's so wide to room! An' the best world f-r a feller is the little world at home! Atlanta Constitution. AVKXOKn UY A SEHTENT. HEX I got George's letter, telling inethat all was now ready for our reception and we were to come at onco, I was de lighted. Within a week wo mother oud I were on our way out, and In alHiut three weeks' time found ourselves between tbe swampy shores of the Esse qulbo, near lug Georgetown, where on tho quay tho dear fellow was waiting to take us up to tho home he bad uindo for us on bis plantation. Georgu linden nnd I had met a year la-fore during his visit to the United Slates, and tho big, quiet, sunburned man and I, who tell this story, had fall en in lovu with ouu another almost at the first sight. We were to have been married lieforo ho returned to Gulann, but he was re called suddenly by the death of bis only brother at lilo, and It was arranged I should follow later wHh mother. You can or, rather, you can't Imag ine how delighted I was to see in sweetheart again. Hut I was startled and a good deal troubled by his appear once; he looked thin aud worried. At first 1 put It down to his grief at Har ry's death; but later, after our quiet wedding, on the way to my future home I gathered by degrees there was more than that. Ills brother Harry had mnrrled a Spaniard a beautiful woman who had died nearly eighteen years before, leaving blm with one daughter, Teresa. It was chiefly on this girl's account that George had hurried back, aud be bad mentioned lu writing to mu that be bad brought her up from Itlo to stuy with him In Guiana until other arrange ments could he made. Since then I had heard little of her, and almost, ludevd, In my own happiness and excitement forgotten her very existence. Now my questions elicited from Georgu that she was not n pleasant tcui(crcd young woman, op easy to get on with, but my worst anticipations did not touch the reality. We came up the river in a small steamer, which dropped us at my hus band's very wharf, and we three walk ed up a slope through a wonderful trop ical garden to where a long, white washed, grccn-shuttcrcd house shone clean and bright In the evening sun. On the veranda stood a (all llgutv In a pale yellow gown, her black hair crowned with crimson hibiscus. A splendidly handsome woman! She looked at me lu a half disdainful way. "So you're my new nunc" she said casually. "And how do you do. Uncle GeorgeY" x Her calm assumption of stiHrlorlty was unbearable. George-big, steady, good tempered man that he wn--flushed with anger. He whispered to me: "Never mind, my dear. She knows no Is'ttcr; nnd It won't be for long." Hut It was for longer than we reck oned. She was lo have been sent to her godmother, who lived lu Madrid. It it t the old lady was 111, and begged us to keep the girl a while longer. It wn trying to a degree, and each day got wairso and worse. Teresa's lemiM'r was something unbearable, ami her general hick of manners only equal ed by hr sweetness when there wn anything to lie gained by It. Still, for my huslxiiid's sake, I Nire with her. Toward the end of the cool weather our old English overseer died, and, as a stop gap, George took ou a young Spanish-American, It anion Martlnex. Ha mon was a smart looking fellow, but there was something In hi black eye which nqn-lled me. I always felt a shrinking repulsion for the man, nnd Gisrgo didn't much earv for him. Still, It was necessary to have some one who understood thu sugar, and men who knew anything were so scarce you couldn't pick aud choose. Teresa, who loved the cheap gayetles of Hlo, had beeu simply bored to death all the wlutcr. Itamou was a godsend to her, and the two used to chat In Spanish every evening over their coffee on the veranda. Sometimes I blame myself for letting them Ik? so much together, but, to tell the truth, the relief of getting rid of her even for an hour or two was very great. And bow could I know what a scoundrel the mau was. or what un shakable' wickedness those t were brewing together? Aud now I must pass over the events of the next ten months, and tell you what hapMttcd on that dreadful day which so nearly proved fatal to all my happiness. Old Juan, a half-caste Indian em ploye on the plaiv, came up that morn ing wanting to see my husband. They talked for a time, and then I saw George go out with a gun on his shoul der. He saw me at the window and called out something, but I could not hear what ho said. Wa waa a keen collector, and I sup posed It waa some rare bird or beast be wss after. t The day passed, and the short, tropi cal twilight waa closing over iub when I saw George returning. He wos followed by two negroes, who slowly dragged some long, heavy object up tho path to the house. This they pulled along, trailing In the dust, round to the outh end of tbe bouse, where George a big ao-called atudy, really a sort of museum, opened by two French win dows on the lawn. I waa dressing for 8 o'clock dinner, so did not go out Soon I beard George'a long stride po upstairs by my door to bis dressing -room, which lay beyond my room at the extreme north end of the house. To mnke you understand what fol lowed I must portly explain bow- ths bouse was built. It was from north to south, long and narrow, with a veranda all Uie way round. A wide ball ran through from fast to west, and a long narrow one from north to south. The dining-room was thu front room at tho north end, under my room; George's study at the south, under the room Teresa occupied. There wero two stair cases, one at each end of the house. A couple of hundred yards away, higher up the slope at the back of the house, was the cottogo where Martlnex lived. He. Martlnex, generally d I tied with us, and was to hove done so that night. Now, so far as I know, nnd Judging from wbnt we made out afterward from letters we discovered In tho cot tage and In Teresa's room, this Is what brought about the tragedy that fol lowed: Ilamon must have long before thl have made up bhls mind to marry Teresa. Her small fortune was nn Irre sistible bait to the Indolent Southerner. The only thing that troubled him was thnt she was not of age for another three years, and George was her guard ian and sole trustee. Ho know well enough what George would say or do If he once heard of his pretensions. With a man of Itiunon's type Almost conscienceless the next Idea wos sim ply to get George out of the way. Once get rid of the undo, and what was there to binder his making off with Teresa and her money? UuduubUtlly ho Instilled these Ideas Into Teresa's mind, and she, her sullen temper already aflame at the hint of opposition, was soon ripe for any mis chief. Whether this precious pair had already concocted any definite plan 1 don't know, but that they were only waiting a chance what follows proves. On this portlculnr evening Teresa had dressed earlier and gone down. For some reason I don't know what she went to tho study nnd opened the door. A French window was open, and In the moonlight which bnd already succeed ed the dusk she caught sight of some thing moving through It, undulating In rustling colls up from the grass be yond. Terrified, she dosed tbe door and stood an Instant panting with fright. What was It? Suddenly It flashed across her. She had Just Ix'fore seen from ber window the men bringing In ber uncle's apoll, a great nnacondn, or water-boa, the largest and most powerful constrictor lu the world. This was Its mate. Her chauce had come. Always before din ner her uncle would go to his room to fetch the cigar he lit Immediately din ner was over. He would go once more for the last time! How I can Imagine her stealing quietly away from the door back with stealthy footsteps up the stairs to her room and sitting there watching the clock, counting every moment till the gong should summon her uncle to his fate tielilnd that cluscd door. Closer and closer crept the hands to 8 o'clock, and still she sat ami watched. Suddenly 111 the hall below sounded footsie) across the polished lsdirds. Unnaturally loud they sivnnsl as they passed slowly down the passage lo neath. There was the sound of a turn ing latch, nn Instant's pause, and then one long, horrible sound, half shriek, half yell, which grew shriller, then mulllcd, and then abruptly censed. The shriek I heard with almost equal distinctness it way at the other end of the house. To this day I can sometime hear It, and It comes back to me In dreadful dreams. I heard my husband rush from hi room and h! Hying f.vt down the stairway. tMher sounds I heard -cries of terror and alarm, hurrying footsteps and slamming of doors. Then I sum moned strength to follow. A.i I ran through the ball two shots rang out In rapid succession. A frightful pound ing, like a doKcn shilgu hammers going at once, ensued; and next I heard a scream of maniacal laughter, and Tere sa rushed by me and out Into the night. Thu next thing I remember Is George's vohv, lu tones of strong com mand: "Keep back. Marian!" he called; "It Is no fit sight for you." I stood there In the middle of the pas sage, while around the open study door stood a little knot of our black ser vants. Their faces were ashen with terror, and the whites of their eyes goggled horribly. A thin smoke floated out of the room and the keen smell of gnniKiwder filled tho air. The throb blng bent had almost censed, and George passed luto the room, while I staggered back, and, alnklng Into a chair In the hall, fainted dead away. I need hardly explain what had hap pened. The wretched Banion had come lu earlier than usual to dinner; had, contrary to his usual custom, gouo to thu study, evidently to leave the pass book for the day, and had walked straight Into the trap sot for another. Those horrible colls had crushed him to dith long before even George could reach the spot, w hile the great snake, In Its terrible death agouhs, had rent the w retch's body lu a shocking way. leaving it an unrecognisable mass. That was what Teresa had toon. Tho hock uo doubt had erased her. When she ran out she went straight to the river at least, we snpposo so, for we never saw anything of her again. There ere alligators In those waters. Since then my huslwnd and I have al most forgotten the tragtnly. We are very happy alone together In our sunny tropic home. Chicago Times Herald. Ioc auy one ever drink out of cut glass? IKhs any one ever become so familiar with greatness and wealth that be can rat out of cut glass and enjoy his food? FROGS EATEN IN NEW YORK. Ths Co.umption Is Gr.ster tb.n in fart. Are there many frogs' legs eaten In New York?" the reporter asked of Com missioner Blackford. -There Is not a dty In the world, said Commissioner Ulackford, "that consumes o tuiuiy frogs' legs a New York." "More than In Tarls?" "Yes, Indeed," replied the commis sioner. "While years ago the French were commonly known as 'frog eaters, the New-Yorkers to-day should more properly be called 'frog-eating peoPIe rather than the Parisians. I seldom found the dish on the nienut In the res taurants of rnrls, while In New York you can get them at nearly every first class hotel and restaurant. This dlsb Is not common In London, and only a few of the high grado restaurants thero prepare It" According to Commissioner Hlack ford's figures, fully 73 per cent, of the frogs for the New York market are shipped from tho Ontario district In Canada. The remaining 25 per cent como from tbe Adlrondacks and ho State of Maine. Frogs are very plenti ful In all of these districts, and they multiply so rapidly that thero Is no danger of a decrease In tho supply for years to come. About six of the saddles of these frogs weigh a pound, and retaJl at 75 cents. The lorgest frogs In the world como from the Slate of Missouri, but they are scarce and do not figure largely In New York's market. Three of these saddles will make a pound. Great quantities of frogs are to bo found In the New Jersey meadows, but they are so small that a pound of dressed legs cannot be obtained from less than two or three doxen frogs. Occasionally a farmer's boy will bring forty or fifty of these frogs to market, but the pay Is so small eomporod with the amount of work required lu tho hunt that no one makes a regular business of searching the adjacent meadows. The frog-taking season begins about Juno 1 and continues steadily until Bept. 1. Throughout Canada there aro mnny men who make a regular busi ness of frog-catching, while In the Ad lrondacks the work Is done by the guides during their sparo hours. The anlmnls are caught with a hook baited with red flannel and suspended from a rod about ten feet In length. There Is I strange fascination about red flannel that the ordinary croaker canuot resist The moment It Is dangled within a few Inches of bis nose he makes a wild leap at It, with jaws wide open, and Is promptly hooked. He Is released and placed In a big basket carried on the back of the frog hunter. Sometimes the frog Is found to be sleejilng. Then the book Is placed un der him, and a quick Jerk lands him. When the basket Is filled the frogs are carried to a pen In one corner of the pond near the huts of the hunters, and are kept there until there Is a demand for them from New York. They are then scooped out of the pen with a net and killed and dressed. This operation Is very simple. Tho frog Is stunned with a blow on the head and Immediately the hood Is sever ed. Then the skin Is loosened at the top and In a Jiffy It comes off like a glove. The saddle Is separated from the body with one blow, and the legs are folded together as one would fold his arms. They ore packed In boxes of chopped Ice and are ready for, ship ment. During the summer months the Now York market receive from 8,0(0 to 10,000 pounds of dressed saddles dally. Tin; retail price then reaches the lowest notch of 25 cents a pound. As It Is un posslble to take the frog durlug the winter, bninense quantities of the sad dles ore f- zcn during the early nutumn and stored In Ice boxes. The meat re tains Its full flavor, and Is a good nn If It had ls-on killed the day previous. A great many attempt have Ixvn made toward the artificial propagation of frogs from the eggs, but none has ever succiNsled. Soth Green, olio of the most successful fish culturlsts In tho country, made many tests several years ago, but met with failure. During the past sumnier Commissioner Mack ford received several orders from France for live bullfrogs, which were to .be used In stocking the ponds In that country, ns the supply was found to lie falling liolow the demand. New York Herald. TOOK BOOTH'S AOVICE. One Nlu-tit of Tragedy Wos Enough for This Young Actor. As a delineator of tho traditional Yankee character Mathlns Currier Kimball, more widely known as Yan kee Glunn, long stood without a rival. Kimball has now practically retired from the stage, and at a ripe age has settled down to a prosaic life In the little village of Klngmnn, Me. Away back In the early forties, when he was a mere lad, a little Incident with Junius Hrutus Ttooth, tho elder, started him In his career. Kimball was only 17 years old at the time, aud was at work as an usher in the Lowell mu seum. Booth, who was then In tho leulth of his power and fame, was bill ed there for three nights. The play was Hlchard HI. Kimball had thor oughly studied the play and was con- oHicreu a young man or promising dramatic ability. On the opening night the actor who took the part of Lord Norfolk failed to show up. Booth was In despair. At last some one suggested that young Kimball kuew the lines of thnt part, aud he was cost for it by Booth. Of the event the old showman savs "When I weut ou the stage I was badly rattled. Booth wos Imperious and stern, which ouly complicated matters However. I got aloug all right until we came to the battle of Bosworth Field In my hurry I had taken the wrong place on the stage, when lWh hissed out In a whisper, V.et Into your place-' then wheeling around he pronounced these lin. D thrilling tone, -what thiukest thou now, noble Norfolk T That we shall conquer, my lord,' was my reply, 'but on my tent this morning early was this paper found. Booth was marking out the plan of battle on the sand. When I had finished the lines he drew his sword and with terrific force struck the paper from my hands aaylng: A weak Invention of the eue myr "I was thoroughly frightened at bis tearful expreasion. ,nd dodged Uck. nearly falling to the floor. Moto then .niml the llnea: - 'What thlnkest thou, Norfolk, If the pardon wos offered? Itv tu s lime w"i i f..r..nt m lines. Itoolh stood glaring at mu Hke a tiger. The am ill- he ence wero bowing men- . citrnlr. suddenly I re cnl- DCll mm " " led that something must ie unr. ...A S-rt II fill! I. nnd I think It must bavo been tbe devil that prompted me . ...B-nir nn one leg and drawl in iiji in in lis j i" --- - out with Yankee twang: "Well, I dou t know, air. iooiu. It may workf "Instantly the whole house was In nn n- a. admit after shuut of laugh- Uinvui. - - , tor went up the black cloud on Booth a brow relaxed, and wheeling on bis heel be left the stage, slinking bis sides with merriment. After tne piay was he came to me, and placing his hand on my shoulder, said In fatherly tones: vn mnn vou never played trogi-dy before, did your Without waiting for a reply, he continued: -ijme my no vice and never attempt It agnln. You are a natural comedian. Take a Yan kee character and beeomo Identified with It and fame and fortune will lie vours.' and I followed his advice."- Lcwlnton Journal. The beautiful and delicate colors ob served ou the eggs of birds are not very fast to light, more especially w hen they belong to the lighter class of color. Four of tho Montana willows, with one from tho Island of Unalnskn, are the smallest shrubs of Sallcacene In tho world. One of these growing often only half nn Inch high, Is believed to be the smallest species of willow ever known. If the land surface of the globe wero divided and allotted In equal shares to ench of Its human Inhabitants, It would bo found that each would get a plot of twenty-threo and one-half acres, but much of It would not be worth having. A new method of preserving wood from decay, known ns the Haskln proc ess, Is being tried on a large scale lu Englnnd. Instead of withdrawing tho sop and Injecting creosote or some oth er antiseptic substance, as Is usually done, Mr. Haskln submits tbe wood to superheated air, under a pressure of fourteen atmospheres. Under this proc ess, It Is averred, the sap Is chemically changed Into a powerful antiseptic mix ture, which, by consolidating with tbe fiber, strengthens as well as preserves the wood. Tho "live" electric wire Is said to be used with great success by lion-tamers In Impressing upon their savage pupils the utter hopelessness of an attack on tbe master. When a lion Is In the early stages of education It sometimes starts for Its tamer when the latter'a back Is turned. Formerly the only security for the man was in keeping a sharp outlook over his shoulder. Now he can have a charged wire stretched across the cage In front of tho beast, nnd If tho latter touches tbe wire he gets a lesson which makes a deeper Impression thuu the cut of a whip. The Los Angeles Ocean Tower Com pany has, at Potencla Beach, Califor nia, a metallic pier 3T0 feet long, at the outer eud of which are three floats ten by ton feet In dimension, which rise and fall with tho Incoming waves. By means of pistons the floats force wnter Into a reservoir on the bank. The up per part of the reservoir contains air. which, being compressed, forces thu water through a nozzle upon a Pelton water wheel, which Is thus driven at a high rate. Tho water wheel supplies power to a dynamo. Each float devel ops between two and three horse-power. The manngers of the enterprise are represented ns being well satisfied with the results. On the Grand Klver nenr Moab In Utnh exists a remarkable "natural bridge," of which n photograph was re cently made by a Monb photographer. Mr. Arthur Wlnslow, of Kansas City, lu forwarding the photograph to Sci ence, snys thnt the span of tho bridge Is estimated to bo 500 feet, and Its height 150 feet. Mr, Wlnslow thinks It Is a product of erosion by wind. He has himself made photographs of sim ilar formations, on a smaller scnle, In tho same region of country. The ex cnvatlng agents are the grains of sand whirled by the wind. Starting with a depression In the friable snudstone rock, the blasts of flying snud rapidly excavate pot holes In comparatively flat surfaces, and "windows" lu stand ing walls nnd Isolated buttcs. Danger Awheel. No matter how stuut a man's courage msv be. There arc times when he's certain to quail, Though the biasing of bottle he calmly may see. In peace all bis firmness may fail, Though bullets which sought in his being to lodge, Serenely he often defied, He'll tremble aud pout aa be struggle to dodge, The girl who is learning to ride. A marksman afar will perchance miss hie aim, When the dynamite deadly la fired, For e'en mathematical skill cannot claim To guarantee all that's desired. But when her front wheel seems to waver a bit And she thinks It's time to collide You know you're a target that's bound t be bit Ry the girl who Is learning to ride. ashington Star. Spelling by Er. An American gentleman, residing In Rerlln, taught a little German boy the simple stnnxas, "IHng dong bell" and "Twinkle, twlukle, little star." On be ing asked to write the words of these poems, as he thought they were spelled the boy produced the following, accord.' lng to the Home Guard: Plun, dann, bell, Pussla In wl wclL Hupurteriun, littll ganol gnien Hutuckeraut littell Tammi Tru'at Wardoronrtiben waa tat Tudraun Purpusslkat Twiuket, Twlnkel, littell ,Ur. Hauelwander wad Juar, Ababaf wl wool so bet Lsikeldelcrmaaa in wlskJ. THt INFANTA EULaTiT L Bp-man rnnce. Who Vi... . I nn.tn Tln.l ... otfll , ... woriu., Tbo rrlnr Kulallo. wl) u tuiit-M r.uinun, who iw. ed Fpnlu at tho World s i.-,.Vr, lng much that I dlsagnsN ow n laud, as shu I .,i.,. W land. Princes Eulalln ... : e . ii i i years only third In the sue.1611! ho la very popular In Spain, ould bavo made a mticl, b.'t4,!tL HIE 1XPAXTA rVLAUA. than her alstcr-ln-luw. 'Hint I7T over, In tho very early days of Qa Clirlstlnu'a widowhood nnd heforL country had become accustomed tow gracious hand. Tho Infanta Etta was married at tho ago of 22 to pp. Antolno of Botirlion Orleans, i brotw of tho Count do Tarls. The Infus has two sons, the younger of whom m aoon eelebrnto his tenth Wrtbday. xLITTLE VICTIMS OF THE 8Ei Two Pretty Children Who Went Don in La Itourgoa. , Cnroln and Mlltlrcd.Sohtilic, twopiH ty children, went down In L Bu. gogno with their parents, Mr. and Jin Albert Schultz, of New York. yt Schultx was cngnged as Euron hfr CAnOLA AND MlI.nnKD SCIin.Tt or for a large New York house ami m formerly for many years In th nn capacity with a Chicago firm, iu bnd anfdy crossed the ocean sixty-fat times. The children were exceptlos ally bright. Carol a was aged 0 ia4 Mildred 6. OPIUM SMUGGLED IN NUTS The Drag Is Frequently Troimht lata ths Country In That War. One of tho duties of the custom hnw officials In San Francisco Is uut-crick-lng. They do in open all the Duti whlen enter tne port, urn wuenem CUSTOM IIOl;8K OFFICIAL INVMTIflAHM there l reason to believe that thefl less-looking nut Is aiding simifiM out conic the customs nut-criukffc Opium Is frequently brought into t country In thnt way. The drug l I ed In tho shells of a Chinese nut, tT much like our walnut, nud Is m America In that shape. Di titration of the Word Ailmrtl The' word admiral Is derived by t dictionaries In a rather roundal fashion from the Arabic emir, i which has becu variously trannLw lord, coiiimnnder, general. An m wns an officer In the Saracenic and i irward In tho Turkish army, and-" these were composed mostly of ry, the omlr was originally a officer. As the conquests of the Turn broadened the Turkish Sultans btP" to mukc war upon the sea as w " upon the land, and the offleeri commanded fleets and vessels rotalnr the tltlo that they bnd when dlreciw aquadrons of honse. The title l among the Algerlnc and Burbarj p rates nnd hT firm noticed In Eugl"1" during the reign of Edward 111-. officers were commissioned as "AWm Of the Bo" or "Admiral of the W- Kun Him In. It Is little wonder thnt foreigner pair of learning to speak our lnnKf One of tho grentist difficulties l way in which the same syllabi sous have often very different meaning "You'll got run In," sum iv i -trlao to the cyclist without n 1 f "You'll get run Into," responded rider, as be knocked the other and ran up his spluo. "You'll get run in. too," said llcoman, as he stern''! 'ronl lK tree and troblM?d the bicycle. Just then another scorcher along without a light, so the P" man bad to run In two. Greedy Llttlo Fish. . The llttlo fish known ns " tltuuib-tbe fresh water ,ul"!n""' of the natural checks on the ovim ductlon of trout and salmon. tho eggs aud the youug fish- In all trout waters as fast as cxa It Is very destructive. At an i ment once made in the aqnnrluia" United States Fish Comui!' Washington a miller's thumb a four and one-half Inches long single meal, and all within a nii two, twenty-one little trout, eac three-quarters to an Inch 'j An old maid aaya she never because the couldn't find a aultor. Mmil