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