Eugene Cityjtoart.
I. ... otarnti I , Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY OREGON
r
Rimln oniht to be considered pretty
good authority on submarine boat.
It l scarcely probable that any na
tion will now tod like tolling Uncle
Samuel to go and fat a reputation.
Two French soleutlsl projKmo to aall
over U"- Sahara In a balloon. It takes
Mad to carry out such an enterprise
iia that.
The American forceH may not have
smokeless powder, but they seem to le
bit to cope with the eneu.y's deathless
gnu.
iDperttttiOB prevail In the highest
Spanish clreleB. In the nnvy It la con
sidered extremely unlucky to bo struck
by U Inch shell.
When a HiiHHlnn town cannot pay
what It owe to the Government It I
old by auction. That's one way to
makl ft sparsely Inhnblted place settle
U.
Tor Revcnil eonHpOBdUtt to lie put
out .if Oubl by the military authorities
would Indicate that the pen, being
mightier than the aword, baa Its limi
tation. A to thin reaemblaaoa botwoga Ad
tnlral Dladarleba and tho Poih f
Wales, some have thought a a lively
old bojt the latter hudu't bis like on two
continent)).
A New York bacteriologist claims
that be Iimh discovered nlmut a bOllOO
germ mi a IB bill. He In lucky; a great
man of H would llko to try that ex
periment. And now a Western inUMlelan nn
BOOnoai the forthcoming publication of
Tha OblggW WaltJi." If there I any
thing In a name we have no doubt that
tall composition will be right up to tho
scrutch.
A HoHton theater atinouncpB the
forthcoming prodoetloi of a new piny
entitled "Htrangled on Sunday." Homo
playwright evidently hn dlHcovered
that the IloHton saloon aull mighty
l stuff on Ktimbiy.
The London Rtnndurd sweetly re
innrks that "Great Hrltnln favors the
American nlde of thla war booiiUHO alio
understand the kind of atuff the An.er
leana an made of." Hhe does; she
learned that In 177H and 1812.
The Boat On Traveler snys that "Jo
soph I.eadbetter Ih astonished to find
Ibal his IH year old wife la renlly the
wife nf another man." Joseph must
be ii very sensitive fellow If be la as
tonished by n little thing like that.
To Include nil tin' heroes of the Merrl
llllic III the Semite's Vote of thanks to
I. lent. QobaM was a deed worthy of n
republic. It detrai'ts nothing from our
recognition of Intelligent leadership, to
reassert that tin- Htrcngth or this na
tlun Is In the manhood that never hesi
tates to follow.
A throne Is a good ileal like a bicycle.
As lung as the occupant sits firmly
and there Is no obstacle In the way
things go smoothly enough. Hut when
limine or bicycle once begin to totter
It dues nut last long until they fall, and,
us a rule, It Is a dllllcitlt matter to step
down In lime and In n graceful manner.
tUoeatnga sometlmee coma In dis
guise. It might be Immensely benell
Clal to Spain to get rid of all of her
lataQd colonies. As far as they nre
Concerned It would be n great gain for
civilization for them to escape from
Spanish rule, and It might be an eipial
gain for Spain In freeing her from a
proline source of national corruption
mil enabling the bivernmelit to de
vote Itself to the development of homo
Interests. The Spanish people ought
to llnd life worth living oven If they
lose all their colonies, and certainly
the colonies w 111 be Inlltiltely belter off.
A inert on na have roneon to feci proud
of the expressions of foreign experts
regarding the recent performance of
our army and navy. These cxcrt, It
should be understood, were sent here
us tbe official representative of their
reepectlTe llovernmonta, Relented on
account of professional and technical
iptallllcatlons. with Instruction to ob
serve mid report the actual facts re
garding military and naval operations.
(Joining as official representative, they
were given every posslblo facility fox
obaerrlng, and their opinions arc enti
tled to fnii weight. Indoctrinated a
Ihey w ere with Kiirnpenn Ideas of army
dtaclpllne and militarism, they could
not lie cxpectiil to have any prejudice
In favor of American methods, and yet
they were unanimous lu their prutso of
the performance of our army ami
navy, of the officer, soldiers, gunnery,
llgtlng ijualltles, bravery, dash, endur
ance lu fact, of-trH they saw. So far
us Hie conclusion of these foreign ob
server have lieon made public there
Is no difference of opinion among them
ir In the report they have made to
their respective Government. These
eonclntloM are gratifying to our na
tional pride and will have much great
er Influence abroad thau any claim we
might make or than report by our own
illlccra.
Admiral Dew did not hesitate, lu
his olkiaj report, to highly praise the
Chinese servant employed on hi ablp.
W bile they were noil combatants, they
supplied the gunner with ammunition
during the tight with the Spanish tleet.
rha war-In am steward, moat of whom
were Chinese and Japanese, were busy
between deck during the engagement
In hoisting and passing charge for the
great gun. After the battle at Manila
the Admiral found a Dumltcr of Chi
nese stewards aboard Ids flagship w ith
their raw bands Mottling from the la
bel of bote ting ammunition. The Ad
miral recommended that these brave
fellows be made American cltlien for
their heroic and valuable aerrlcva on
board his hips, and It la to tie hoped
that the recommendation will not go
unlnssled. If these men are not worthy
of being grantitl cltlsenahtp It la hard
to say what they would have to do to
merit It. We admit the lowest of the
low, If they hall from Italy or Bohemia,
but debar the gallant t'hlnainan who
did such heroic work ut Manila buy.
Nine times In ten It would be a
mercy If some able -bodied person
would grab an oar and knock senseless
tho man who rock the boat If that
vigorous course had been pursued nt
Columbia l'ark, mnr Chicago,, aome. If
int all, of tho boat rocker's five vic
tims might now be alive nod well, nnd
the rocker would bo nursing a broken
head at worst. It' no use trylug to
teach him. The cook that pours kero
sene In tho stove to make tin- lire burn
faster has proved an Intelligent and
teachable person compared with the
boat rocker. Even when she was lu
the height of her popularity the worst
of her offending was usually to kill
herself, set the houso afire, and give
the re of the occupants a chance to
escape, but the boa! rocker never
learns nnd never seem able to confine
hi attentions to his own amusing. lie
never rocks the boat If he Is the only
occupant. Ho must have other to
share hi pleasure. And he Is never a
sailor. You never set' a sailor rock a
boat. Since he can't be taught, he
should tie suppressed, lie Is commit
ting assault and buttery, and his vic
tims certainly hnvo the right of sdf
defense. Self defense conducted with
an oar or a IkhiI hook or a stretcher,
providing It did not rock the boat more
than the rocker dis s, might often save
life. At any rate, It seem worth
trying.
Deny It n wo may, It I n fact that
the sentiment of hero worship Is not a
more deeply fixed clinraclerlslle of any
people on the globe than the American,
While we make less of our army ami
navy than nlmostniiy other nation, and
while wo offer no provision fur n
W aMlBg successful Offlcen other than
giving them the promotions which they
Justly earn, It i a fact that the people
of the country nre always willing to
bow their appreciation of the heroic
and to rewnrd It In ho far as they are
able by political preferment. We have
had five wars In this country, and the
pisiple have In each Instance taken the
popular hero who won Ittcceae and
made Mm ('resident. In rnch case,
with two exception, they have shown,
their gratitude or admiration by giving
Htich hens' n double term In the execu
tive office. After the winning of our
Independent, no one except Gen.
Washington could have been elected to
the presidency with such unanimity of
public sentiment, and he would have
Imm-ii chosen for the third term bad ho
iM-cn willing to accept it. Then came
me war 01 its.., in wmcii .iiicksoii w as
the one who by his battle at New Or
leans won the popular favor. He wns
defeated by the House of Itepreseiita
tlves III lKU, but he succeeded In 1H"8
and 1M.TJ. The various lodl.ui wars
that covered the period from lM.'l to
1N37 caused Gen. Harrison to be w ide
ly known and popular at the West and
made him the presidential nominee In
1810. Ills death lu Hie Dial year of hi
administration, of course, prevented a
n nomination for a second term. Tho
Mexican war made Gen. Taylor the na
tional hero for the time, and caused hi
nomination for the presidency In 1KIH.
He died before nil term of office waa
completed. The civil war made many
"""'"" '"K i""i". "
tten. wrniii was ine hiohi sincerely no
loved and nothing could hnvo prevent,
ed hi nominal mo and election In 1801
and again In 1S71. Other military men,
like I'lereo, Ilayc and Garfield, have
boon chosen to the presidency, but It
wna so long after their MTVlCei had
Im'CU rendered that they were chosen
rather bccaoea of their political abili
ties than their military records, cred
itable as they may hnvo been. It I
worthy of note Hint none of the men
who by his sword Won the gratitude of
the people was I "political general" or
'H'1 1 " Vhwy? 111 1'"""!'"! as a reward
for party service. In fact, with some
of them It was a serious question to
which party they belongeil. If to any.
A n rule, political gouorul have not
wain much renow n as mlllQu'y men, nud
they have usually returned to civil life
before the lighting was dune. The mini
In w ar who does his duly faithfully and
succeeds will bo more than likely to
occupy the presidential mansion If he
Uvea.
CHINESE SPANIELS POPULAR.
una int Utile Crentnree tkat u niu
Prices from linn Kiiiiclrr.
The quaint Uttla Chinese spaniel Is
the latest fad of tho dog fancier. There
was once a statute making It a crime
punishable by death for a common xr
son to be found with one of these dog
In hi possession, and even now their
price mnke them n luxury for the rich.
They have Won bred lu their present
purity of blotsl for more than two thou
sand years, and there Is a legend that
n Huy black and w hite spaniel was the
trusted companion of the wise Confu
cius and sat at table with him.
Tho great round wall eyes, the short
upturned nose, tho bushy fall and the
silky hair are the distinguishing polms
of the Chinese spaniel. The more wall
eyed n dog Is tho higher price he can
command. Tho colors are w hite, black
and white, brown, and brown and
white. The dogs arc cstntnoly small,
and are hardy, affectionate and very
intelligent. The Blenheim anaalej of
to day Is o far different animal from
the dog of tho time of Marlborough,
fnr altnit a Suudred years ugo they
were crossi-d with the Chinese spaniel.
Tble cross a. hi. .1 to Ihelr U'liuty, but
marred their health, for It Is now a I
miMt Impossible to get a Hleiihelin that
Is not rickety, while the Chinese spaniel
loves the snow and eon endure great
privation. The few Chinese vnnlols
that have tieen lniorted to the fulled
State are lu New York and Chicago,
and they bring large prices on account
of their rarity and tho oddity of ihelt
facea.
!
a cerutnea -. nn t
MEMORIES Of FANNIE.
They never will read It, Id this sad face,
How I csnie at last to my lady's grace;
If tbey saw uiy heart they would hardly
know,
It Ih- so close and lurks so low.
Ho womanly went she, so gladsome and
good,
The charm of her never was understood;
Till I for whom wns the secret line
Eound her, snd wooed ber, aud won her
fur mine.
Hhe knowa-ahe only! how slow and sweet
Sfy levt grow up from the palms of her
f'
I'rom low at her foot to high on her brow.
I'roui I'ear-aud Dearer-to Dearest till
uow.
There Is none of her none that I moy
not love,
Ilcauty of earth, or bright spirit above-,
Rut only the angels and Fauule know
Why, living am dying, I lore her so.
- Edwin Arnold.
VISITING THE
OLD HOME.
c
HELLO, Jim! Whew I
boon luteiyV" Hhoutt
ker the other eveiil
ELLO, Jim! Where have you
ed a bro
iling to a
portly, finely dressed man In tho cor
rldor of the I'lfth Avenue Hotel. Tin
gentleman stopped, shook hand with
his friend, and replied: "I've hts-n
home to see my old father and mother
for the tlrst Mine In slxtis'n years, and
I tell you, old man, I wouldn't hnvo
missed one day of that vllt for all my
fortune- nor much inoro.
"Kind o' good to visit your boyhood
home, eh'
"Yes. Sit down. I wna Just thinking
about the old folk, and feel talkative.
If you have n few minutes to pnre, sit
down, light a cigar and listen to tho
story of a rich man who, In tho dinar
for wealth, bad almost forgotten bis
father and mother."
They sat down and tho man told bis
atory:
"How I came to visit my home hnp-
(s'liisl In a curious way. Six wis-ks ago
I went down to Fire Island fishing.
I had had a lunch put up for mo, and
you can Imnglno uiy astonishment,
when I os ucl the hamper, to find a
' package of cracker u tapped up lu n
piece of the little country weekly putt-
llshcd nOny Imme lu Wisconsin
read every word of It, advertisements
q t nI nil. There was George Kellogg who
was a schoolmate of mine, advertising
hams aud salt pork, and another boy
was iNistmaster. It made me liome-
,, , ,,,,,.,, ,,. nll(1 (bare
to go home, and go homo I did.
"In the Are place. I must tell you how
I came to New Y'ork. I had quarreled
with my father nud left homo. I II mi I
ly turned up In New Y'ork with n dollar
In my i i.-1 I got a Job running a
freight elevator In the very house In
which I am uow a partner. My hnste
to become rich drove the thought of
my par. nts from me, and when I
thought of them the hard words that
my father last spoke to me rankled lu
my bosom.
"Well, I went home. I tell you, John,
my train seemed to creep. I wa netu-
Mly wor80 ,,, a nhj going home
for vacation. At last we nonrcd the
(wu. i.'nmnr Hgh, ,,., Iny oye.
nud, upon my word, they filled
with
tears. There was Hill Lyman's red
bnrn, Just the same; but -Great Scott!
what were all tbe other houses? We
rode nearly a tulle before coming to
tbe station, passing many bouses, of
which only an occasional one waa
familiar.
"The towu had grown lo ten time Ita
slice when I know It. The train stopped
and I Jumped off. Not a face In sight
Hint I knew, and I started down the
libitfnl'lu to co hnmo In the ,.ill. .. .1.,.,.
MlK1(, lho Htllon n(j,.llt , w,kei, up
mil Mh: "Unwdv, Mr. OotMttt.1 He
ltaMjj , , r0pied: You've got
.., i.H, fm0. Ki, Who nn. voi.r
"I told him who I was and what I
had bang doing lu New York. Said be.
It' I about time you came home. You
In New York rich, and your fntber
scratching gravel to get a luire living!1
"I tell you, John, It made mo fool
bad. I thought my father had enough
to live upon comfortably. Thou n DO
Hon struck me. Hofore going home 1
telegraphed to Chicago to one of our
COITeepOndenti there to send me one
thousand dollars by llntt mall. Then I
went Into Mr. Collins' back office, gut
my trunk In there, and put on nn old
cheap suit that I use for fishing and
hunting. My plug bat I replaced by a
soft one, titik my valise In my hand
nud went homo.
"Somehow the piece didn't look right.
The currant bushes hud bean dug up
from the front yard, and the fence was
gttuc. All the old locust irif had boon
cut down and young maple trees were
planted. Tho bouse looked smaller,
somehow, tisi. Hut I went up to the
front door and rung the Ml. Mother
canie to the door and said, "We don't
wish to buy anything to day, sir!
"It didn't take me a minute to survey
her from head to foot. Neatly dressed,
John, but a patch and g darn here and
there, her hair streaked with gray, her
face thin, drawn and wrlnkhsl. Yet
over her eyeglasses shone those good,
honest, benevoleal f ' atood tar
ing at her, and then she began to arnro
at mo. I saw tho blood rush to her
face, nnd, with a great sob, she threw
herself upon mo and nervously clasped
DM about the neck, hysterically crying:
it' Jimmy, It's Jimmy! My denr boy,
Jimmy!'
Then I cried, too, John. I Just broke
down and cried like a baby, She got
mo Into the house, hugging nnd kissing
me, and then she went to the back
door and shouted, "George!'
"father called from the depths of the
kitchen, 'What do you want, CarilneT"
Then he came lu. He knew me In a
moment. He stuck out hi hand ami
grasped mine, and said, sternly, "Well,
young man, do you propose to bona vef
"He tried to put on a brave front, but
be broke down. There we three sat
like whipped school children, all whim
pering) At laat ntpper Ume came, and
mother wont out to prepare It. I went
into the kitchen.
"'Where do you live, Jimmy r she
asked.
" fa Now York,' I replied.
" "What are you working at now,
Jimmy T
" I'm working lu a dry good store.'
" Then 1 suppose you dou't live very
high, for I hear of city clerks who
dou't get enough money to kevp body
and soul together. Ho I'll Just tell you,
Jimmy, we've nothing but roast spare
rlue for supper. We haven't any money
, Jimmy. We're really poorer than
Job turkey.' .
"I told ber I would be delighted with
the sparerlbs; and to tell tbe truth,
John, I haven't eaten a meal in New
York tbat tasted as good as those crlsp
rnaat.sl spnrorlbs did. I spent the oven
Ing playing ebeckere with father, while
mother sat by to g me all about
their misfortunes, from old white
Moohy getting drowned In the pond
10 father's signing a note for a friend
and having to mortgage the placo to
pay It.
"Tbe mortgoge was due Inside of a
week, aud DOt a cent to matt It with
Jut eight hundred dollar. She sup
posed tbey would Ik. turned out Of
bouse aud homo; but lu my mind I sup
positl they wouldn't. At last nine
o'clock came and father said: 'Jim, go
out to the barn and see If Kit Is all
right; Bring In an armful of old shin
gle that are Just inside the door, and
011 up the waterpall. Then we'll go off
to bed and get up early and go a fish
ing.' "I didn't say a wort, but I went out
to the barn, bedded down the horse,
broke up au annMI of shingles, pumped
up a pall of water, filled the WOOdbOZ,
nud then we all went to bad. l'ather
callisl me at 4:! In tbe morning, nnd
while ho was gelling a cup of coffee I
skipped over to the 'b-pot ctos lot and
got my best bass rod. Father took
nothing but a trolling line and a poon
his.k. He rowed the l'.it with the
trolling line In his BOOth, while I stood
In the stern with a silver shiner rigged
on. Now, John, I m ver saw n man
catch tlsh as he did.
At noon we went ashore aud father
went home, while I went to the Hist -
omen. I goi a leuor inun V.IH. ng ooo
. a . 1 'I . ... mi' til
n d " w ono "" ii "' !
. . ... .il l. ,..i, i 1 1 1 . i ffttf.i
wiin some iron. v..-. - ,,,., nr), . t.,ar , mahogany,
ting paid In five and tell dollar Mils klur,., .,, ,, otll,rg
making quite a roll. 1 toted for their useful tVOOdn. Through
joint of beef and a M JWtaaci.a, boee tree.
,! had hem sent homo. After that I ,
went vlslilng among my soliiMilinnte i n
r w bomV the, went home. The the mnmey, gun tecum and copal, while
fotet was In the oven. Mother had put " nut lcli.,,1 plants Ini b des
o TL only silk dress, nnd father had most of those. ..valuable to our phar
dunned 'hi 8unday-go-to -meeting n.ncopoetes, which roplcnl Am.'rlca
cloth. s none to good, either. j 8 to the world I u se are he
"This Is where I played n Joke on tho Bllvestros, natures wild children; but
old folk Mother was tn the kitchen . of cultlvnttsl plants there Is uo specie
watching the roast I'lither wa out to peculiar '.- the tropics that does not
the barn, and 1 hod a denr coat. I , Bourish here. In the littoral level, bo
dnmped tlH" sugar out of the old blue , tween the mountnlns nnd the sea,
ImiwL put tho thousnnd dollar In It, grows tbe sugarcane, which may 1
and placed the cover on again. At last cultivated up to nn altitude of three
supper was ready. Father nsked a thousand feet. It waa Introduced ben
blessing over It, and he nctually trem- fn.m Santo Domingo, having been
Mod when he stuck his kulfe In the brought to America either from Spain
roast. or the Ciinarlc. The annual yield of
" 'We haven't had ft piece of n.ent j sugar I estimated at about seventy
like thl In live years, Jim, he raid, and thousand tons.
mother put In with, 'Aud we haven't i these fertile lowlands, also, tobne
Imd any COtfaa In a year, excepting tlie ro doc(, exceedingly well, nnd the an
tbaea when we went a-vlsltln'.' Then nuai productlun 1 tld to be quite
she isiured out the coffee and lifted the jcven million pounds. It may be cul
cover of the sugar-liowl, asking, 'Hoiv j tivated on tho hills, but the true moun
many spoonfuls, JlmmyT Iain-lover Is the coffee, which does not
"Then sho struck something that wpIi lHmw slx gtindred feet, and Is
wnsu't sugar. Rhc picked up tho bowl lt ,u a thousand feet nbove the
and peered Into It. 'Aha, Master Jim- sou i, VM flri)t brought here from
my. pterin' your old tricks on your
mammy, eh? Well, boys will be boys
"Then Bhe gasped for breath. She
saw It was money. She looked at mis
then at father, and then with trembling
lingers drew tbe great roll of bills out.
"Ha! ha! ha! I enn see father now
as he stood there, then, on tiptoe, with
hi knife In one hand, fork In the other
ami mvr "'; HM-e" mm
head. But It was too much for mother,
I.,- a, ..... ... t.l
She raised her eyes to heaven and said
slowly: Tut your trust In tho Lord,
for He win provide.'
"Then she fnlntisl away. Well, John. I
.., ,.., ,,., t i, ,ti Wo
threw water In bet face and brought 0,on,1,s, fro,n VMlng. The plants vlr
her to. nnd thou we demolished that t,1lll' "f1 b1x,J' Mn "ally
dinner, mother all tha time saying. 'My I lo"K ve(l with the cocon-pnlm, w hich
Uiy, Jimmy! My boy, Jimmy! produces nuts lu six or seven years,
"I stayed homo a uioiitb. I fixed up nm1 thereafter during the space of nn
the place, paid off all the debts, had a i llfo. I,s )''' U'lng reckoned
good time, and came back agalu to , 11 a hundml nuts a year. The atiiiual
Now York.
I am going to send lift v dollars
Dome every week. I toll you, John, It's ; thre nillllona. The entire range of trop.
mighty nice to have a homo," j lead fruits Is represented here, such ns
John waa looking Iteadllj at the head , 'no B,mvft, Ume, orange, aguacuto, sap.
of his cane. When he spoke he took sdi'ln, nud avocado inar; while all sub
Jlin by the hand and said, "Jim, old hmpiO vegetables may be raised, InclQd
friend, what you have told me has nf- j log those of the south-tempcnite zone.
fis-tod mo greatly. I haven't hoard
from my homo way up In Maine for ton
Veara, Vm going DOOM tO-morrOW,
Jim."- St. Paul 1'loiieer I'res.
Trade that Kill.
There art1 many legitimate occupa
tions or trades that steadily kill those
who are engaged In them. Lead Is
death dealing In nil w ho use It In their
work, ns house paint, rs. gU,,er. eal.co
printers, typo founders, potter and
mm
nroiinrntln.is eii Inns tnm r,i.- kiu
ft deadly w eakness subdues thom. Cop
perontors mm UM composition of many
articles of every dav life, and too K,w,n
those who work In bronzing nnd similar
decorative processes lose teeth and
sight, nnd, tluajly. life. Makers of wall
Dapef grow pole and sick from tha ar-
lenk In It coloring, and match maker
braider. Mercury Is ,, foe to life Those i . "'m'"""' P"" uiscovored,
w ho make mirrors, nnrometon or tber- i Mt,T WMh ol,t nuK'K''is, by the
n.o.netor. w ho etch or color wood or i rnM, I,O0,,,,,9 f that distant day
felt, win aoon feel the effect of the nl-1 1?0 Au,,'v,lu''ft en prospecting
trateof mercury In tooth, gums and the j W"h hla fnLse frllM"1 Vunce do I','on
HsHucs of the Mitly. Silver kills those 1 0 niV no nn,lvo Hiadrupods here
who handle It. nnd photngrapher. lnrR,'r tll!ln tno aM n,lJ bV
milker of hair dvos nnd Ink nn.i ti...I iiUo' ,,ut ,)lr,ls nre relatively numerous.
lose strength and vitality from tho ex- I lnero are no poisonous reptile to be
evss of phosphorus used In their bust- , ft'Ored, but Insi-cts of qneatlonable
Dent, But mankind Is by nature brave, rharncter are too numerous for com
nnd very few are deterred from notion tlrt- Tu,s lsllinJ- Indeed, wore n Para
bocaoae of supnooed danger. If the illi0 without them; even with thom, the
great builders and engineers of the hihabitnuts seem to experience llttie
world would stop and ask, "How many ,rwuWe. The worst of these are the
live will this undertaking eoetV" It Is corptous, centipedes, tarantulas,
probable that the world would bo wasps, mosqultos, some species of nuts
without some of the greatest trlumtih ticks, chigoes aud fleas. The hem 1
of modern thought. Every day life and trP'l climate like that of Horto Hlco
common occupations are full of silent , which, though rarely exceeding 00 de
courage, and all around nre workers Seee. ' coutlnuous, Is conducive to the
U-hit liro i- .11.. I.. V. - a lie.wt.llni . f
who bravely die In the harness.
Children anil Ohoel Stories.
The attempt to keep youug children
In Ignorance of stories about ghosts,
fairies, giants and gypsies would cor'
talnly prove futile. If tbey are of a
s. ! - - a -1 .i. ' a
nervous and Imaginative temperament
thev will Invent turM ..- .w
. " o-l IUIO ,v, lUOlU-
selves Instead of tlie old traditional
one. A little ulrl nt ft irks. i .......
Jealously guarded against any ae- ow"or of the estate, who Intended
qualutance wlih nursery bogles and su- mnkl" tno wlne prestnt to hi son '
pcratltlonv suffered from night terrors i n,,lning his majority. !
of a severe kind, In which he always , , ,l, fan,ll' prevented the de
screamed out that she was being D . cnr ou, d the exist- !
chaseil by mMh-m, But while It mav J? s,or "t of knowl-
te impracticable to protect children I
from a knowhslgo of the supernatural
and mysterious, It Is Inexcusable to
rrlghten them with hideout stories or
to leave them a prey to the terrore of
the solitude and darkneee.
ISLAND OF PORTO RICO
the Melting Loveliness of Its Tropical
Landscape.
Frederick A. Oner, late COmmlMlOD
er In I'orto Hlco of the Columblnn Ex
position, contributes to tho Century an
article on "The Island of I'orto ltlco."
Mr. obcr aay: in the extreme north-
oust rise tho highest Deal of the cen
tral cordlllera, lu the LnqnlBo Sierra,
known a "el Yun .uo," or "the Anvil,"
variously estimated at frmn thirty-six
hundred to forty-live hundred feet In
height. The bills are of lesser elevn
Hou toward the west and southwest,
but tbe whole uorth-centrul country Is
rugged and uneven. Between tbe
spur from the main rnngu lie buiiu
merablo secluded valley, where the
soil Is of great fertility. The Impres
sive features of tbe landscape nre the
roundttl summit of the multitudinous
hills, Which leave the const lu con
stantly rising billows that finally break
against the cordlllera vertebra; yet all
are cultivable, and cultivated to their
very cresta, though the higher moun
tain pocks are forest-clad.
Mory than thirteen hundred streams.
It I said, of which number perhaps
forty or fifty attain to the dignity of
rivers, rise In tho hills and seek the
wuiHts, most of them running northerly,
(hough the tiet harbors nre In tho
west and south. But notwithstanding
the gnat river SOW, portions of the
Island In the southwest are afflicted
with drouth at times, owing to the
precipitation of the northeast "trades"
against the northern hills.
Tim hlirhor hills are clothed In the
, t.xulK,rnilt ,) fflrerelned vegetation
, trsmlt-al forest, where tree-ferns
,. .,..
gum-ti I and
Ontario mObm tower aloft; at
lower
Mar,n))UPi n 17oo nIld uow y,.1(U
!o the extent of seventeen thousand
tons annually. Maize, the true Indian
corn. I Indigenous, ns Is the yucca, the
aboriginal "staff of life;" and both
grow everywhere, ns well ns the plne
ipple, which Is more reliable nnd more
universal than the peach of our uorth
tcmpernte aoue. Cotton and flee are
f j , , ol(vatmls ,ftt
i ,. . f. " ... .... ,,
tor, which Is the chief food of man v
laliorers, being what Is known ns the
aiouutnln variety.
Bananas and plantains are wonder-
ISBI proline, ifiiriug iruu iu ten
. O t I 4 . I .
prtiductlon of Ikuuiiius Is given as two
! hundretl millions, and of cocoannts
I such, for Instamv, ns nre grown In
! Florida.
I The mineral kingdom has not been so
exhaustively exploited as tint voirofii.
ttle, but more than traces have boeu
found of copper, coal, and Iron, ns
well a vast deposits of salt. The riv
?rs at one time ran to the sen over
bods of goi.h-n nnd, and from the
i !J" "V"0
sland of Santo Homlngn, where tho
.i , , ,j ..
with ft few of fine song, nnd some nf
j 'rlIllnnt I'luinnge. All domestic fowl
i ' uuu un Kreat pastures or
the northwest and southeast support
vnst mrtls ' ratt,(' nnd horses, which
,,lm00 not only for the needs of the
'"'n"'' ,mt nre exported to all parts of
tno West Indies, being held In high es-
teem.
breeding of lusect pests of all sorts.
Tele of BOO Cobwcbbecl Hottle.
A curious discovery ha h...,n
at Heathtleld l'ark. near Eastbourue !
the seat of Mr. Alexnn.ier t J I
a , . i m wvh UVU
'au''r' u demolishing an old wall
ln the collar the Workmen f..i,.,.i oo.i
V. . , , , . .M,,u OW
of wlne M,l,ul fc Pn'kod there
euty-one years aao bv a for,,,,,.
Ev.de Mlllur, Bervlee.
A Moscow nap.r declares that there 1
tr thirteen Umee as many Hebrews
i M "oung men of other races who n.n.
go to avoid DJlUtary acrvlce In Bussla,
To Fire Ulg Oun I'.ffectlvely Ke
qulr.s Liberal Kducatlon.
Expert inarfcamanablp on the purt of
laud forces, whether of Inf.intry or ar
tillery, demands long experleuco anil
fPOqocnt praetioe. At sen the coudltloiiH
make guunery far inoro dlfflcult, and
liut few penona who hnvo not been
aboard ft warship or studied tho theory
of the art huve any Just conception of
the problem which enter luto the ni
parently simple mutter of discharging
n great gnu. The thing Is done quickly
and easily, but If It I done well lt Is
because of mouths of practice and tho
atudv of questions Involving nearly
everv brnnch of higher mathematics.
When the man lu chnrge of a piece of
naval ordinance descries bis enemy he
has various Important detnlls to eon
Uer He must find the "ruuge"-tech-
Dlcaliy, the distance between a point
vertlcallv below the muzzle of the gnu
and the point of Impnct-nnd thl he
lnnr do either by trlnl shots gnuged hy
hlsjudg.nent or liy menus of tho "runge-
nnder," w hich Is nn appliance for nas
tily computing distances in accordance
with wetl-lmown metbodi of mathemat
ical calculation, tho "finder" using tho
ship Itself nsn inise line for the delinea
tion of a triangle of which the target Is
to tlie the apex. Once the range has
been ascertained the gunner must sight
the piece, the sight In use for some of
the huge gun being a telescope fitted
at eye-piece nnd object glass with hair
line wires crossing nt right nnglcs at
the center of the louses, a correct aim
being found by getting the target In
line with tbe Intersections of the two
sets of wires. Owing to tho Introduc
tion of electricity, which makes It pos
sible to fin- a gun Inatnntonoonaly nnd
by the touch of a button, the discharge
Is so quick tbat the gunner need not
stop to consider the effect of the pitch
nud toss of the ship, the projis tlle being
well on Its way before the vessel hus
had time to roll.
But in- lias other problems to face,
and here his study of the theory of gun
nery comes to his help. In tbe first
plnee, the gun Itself mny lie In motion,
Idvoa- to the progress of the ship ns It
UKneUvera, Imagine a gunner plncod
on this unstable platform and having
for his target nn almost Indistinguish
able object, so colored that Its outlines
blend vaguely with the waters, two or
throe miles dlstnnt The target Itself
may be moving In one direction ns the
gunner's ship moves In nnotber; a
strong wind muy deflect tbe projectile
from Its course; the dlstni.ee mny be
Unknown, and so may the rate of speed
of tho little strip of steel hull on tho
horizon. The gunner must know, too,
what elevation of his ennonn Is neces
sary for a glvcnfungc, as the snme ele
vation In one gun will not answer In an
other. The momentum of a shell Is cal
culated as equivalent to Its weight mul
tiplied by Its velocity, Inrge guns hav
ing thus n wider field of offectlvo opera
tion. Yet n good modern gunner will lie
able to find the dlstnnt vessel nud drop
tons of explosive shells on Its decks;
and, ns the war has demonstrated, tho
American gunner excels nt this busi
ness. This Is so largely because of the
splendid training ndmlnstorcd at the
nation's nnvnl nendemy nnd the wise
extravagance of the government In pro
viding opportunities for practice. Be
hind nil the skill due to experience Is
the gunner's knowledge of the theory of
his nrt, which makes It possible for him
to work understnndlngly, gives him su
perior resources In time of need and
enables him to know why nnd how one
method will produce bettor results than
another. The Intricacy of the problems
Involved may lie Imagined from the
fact that the computation of range ta
bles Includes not only the consideration
of sen-service conditions, but takes luto
account such matters as windage, ve
locity, muzzle energy, weight of metal
thrown, atmospheric resistance nnd
oven barometric nnd thermometrlc con
ditions. The nnvnl student must sum
mon algebra and trigonometry to his aid
In computing the equation of forces
which will land n shell on n distant
cruiser. He does not work out these
problems In battle, of course, but his
past study of thom gives him n high ef
ficiency. Mastery of these details, n natural
gift for handling mnchlnery nnd n flue
native bravery aud manhood hnvo won
the naval battles. The American "be
hind the gun" Is not only n good mathe
matician nnd n good mechanic, but a
cool and Intrepid fighter. Chicago Rec
ord. He Wee Rll,htly Mixed.
"In a little village near tho Cumber
land BITOT, In the l'ennyrlle, recently,
I snw a blushing bride, a nervous best
niau and a minister, the characters In
a laughable comedy," said Walter
Wade, the "Kentucky Traveler," to me
this morning. "It wns at a church wed
ding, In which two of the society people
of the town were the central figures,
and a nervous young farmer the best
man. The chief male attendnnt
so overcome with excitement during
his march up the aisle that he was tem
porarily dared-. At the altar, after the
clergyman had snld 'Do you take,' etc.,
and the time had nrrlved for tbe min
ister to place the ring on the bride's
finger, the best man liecame confused
aud handed the preacher a bone collar
button Instead of the gold circlet The
good man tried to nut the online k..
on the girl's finger, couldn't, hnlted and
finally said: 'Jim, glmmo the ring.'
There were momentary blushes, a tit
ter among the younger element In tho
pews, and a wild look of despair; then
the best man located the ring atjd tbe
ceremony waa conciuded."-Loulsvllle
Tost.
Chips that Are Coin Current.
There are few people in Boston who
would know how to correspond with
"chip letters," which nre no letters, but
simply emblems, yet up or down In
Maine "chips" are quite significant If
you should receive a piece of pine with
a knot-hole you would know that your
correspondent thought you to be false
hearted, but a piece of pine Intact
menus, "I am true to you." A pine root
io n lonen or urmness nnd stability and
signifies, "My love for you Is strong and
true." but a decayed leaf or a brown
one Indicates "My love has grown cold"
or la "dead." At a down East party a
love-sick swain roughly prints an "I"
od a pine chip and hands It to his ador
el one, meaning, "1 pine for you." She
hands him a knotty piece of pine In
tended to convey the reassurlug mee
age, "rinc not" Later If she thinka
a . .
. . . '"""'He ..
mips tied with ,. tk
but she will I... J ""T"0f.7
" - il'UShllr :-
' (1 ..1,1,1... - ,T, If V.
i""" i-inp. nn unit,., .., ;
...... t 1 m
tn una cnin ami r... " n.
! she didn't belieie hiln ' ,
, l.lm no, I If '"' "'"1 milT
coiniianles I. It . '"" (4k
"lilnlnir." If "L
suitor thinks ,. ,,,, ft -an
'wigs, t,ut i. "
cone lie lakes heart, for ma
o.o, one CO I .
. ,, ,1 ... ln,
her heart. Then k. 3-
. - V UOIfl ...
w.
fcvioei it nil 11 I'llllion ,,
- I " It III KI.
i.in ii, iiienuilli;, aL- , .
tcetor through life." f :'ur'l
any parties w ho can't n-,i J
won are in .ovo. I, tn. .
I n Inrnn p,i ,.f l,n ...
fillll tollL'lle In In.,., o- .t
Mi.roi,iiu In u. ........
' " s IIIH m.J
taing. Boston Traveler.
Ouien Victoria si r.no -W
. -B. am,.,, r,
documents every year.
When an Arab enteni
tnkes off his shoes, and not his
Nearly 40,000 men deiert bm
" "".i i weite aealai
fine bumtrisl and iwent
..... ... ... . .. . ' -""I
icilillieil lo ieeu l Do rurtin,-.i..
, i.M V
cum Aonntic steniiior.
A fertile source of haMu
ping hair clone to the scalp, m
exposing iue roots to thei-oH
A physlelnii asserts that tbe mi.
reiiriilgla, If suiierllcinl. ,.
oi inrowing a i-eam fn,n, ,
H..I.4 : .
ii(Siil Uuil ine llins-leil mrt
The ue of red narasnU v.-. i
. u- W
cmiiy mnnoaen In many tin,-,
the Tvrnl. The 7
uo, !-;it tjjt
Btl.rlllllir color lrrliates ti,
tie.
runs policemen are provided
pieces of chalk with which tow..,
mark, In ense of an emcrgtan mi
mispeeted porsnn's cloililiiir tv.
airem Is esneclallv for n., n, . .
- ... u
When a nrlnce of Hie Atulrl.-J
fllMI I' ,1 ,IU l.lu I...,- .. .1, .. . I
ui, covcreu w nil n mack olwh. w
I ..... . n An., t. .' IP 1 ,
. - . uvw.. ,ui muicuntgau
duced by driving a nail throur.li
norsesnoc.
1-1... ........ t .. t I .. .. . J r...t . .M.
auv yoouiaiinu 01 t una in 1IJ rg
given as 1,081,600, of which 03 pete1
was white and 80 negro. These ptaJ
t ,,..,, r.W r... . ....... . LI., n .
81 per cent, uegro, and 11 per eat
Chinese and Spaniards.
The light houso on Armlsh nxtli
the Uobrldes, Is about 500 feet hi
the shore. To avoid havlnir m ai
. . . .... ..
ant on the rock the Htrlit '- --'
on tuc snore nud projected acrou
wnier upon a mirror iu tue n:a-
the mirror reflecting the light It
desired direction.
Tbe very first living thing to tpa
mum rue sur ace or oar l' n m .mmm
words, the earliest distinctly orpa
fooml 111 the rocks u-liteh irn tit mW
. I , ..... I . . I . oj
ine geuiogisiSi u was tue nnicne
bdng that had a distinct animal mm
Izutlun.
Tho Deadly 17 DM Tres.
Most people have at least heanl nt
story of the deadly upas tree of lm
of which It wus at one time said tlat
to merely approach It was eettts
death. This tory was trentoloo
absolute fable, but DOW it set-mml
there wns uctually some basis of
fact for It
The upns trw Is n real tree, aud aretj
big one. Iu the old trees the mill
over an Inch thick, and full of atbkt
milky Juice, the merest toodl Kjgj
upon rue sain prouuev " ""-r-nnd
Irritating rash.
Whnt I more, n gas arises from
Juice which has a must pulsonmiseM
Upon nny one near It. It I someils
used by the natives fnr satlsryiWP
vote roTenae. for a can of It hlduVa
tho room of a sleeper produces sin
nud eventually death.
Curious Compliment
The compliments paid by gaM
nro often put In an amnsliut ray. W;
old lady who was very foud of tbe
tor said to Mr. Beroays: "Yonb
sir. us likes tho rector, 'Is ears aw
clean !"-suroly an odd reason fori
Mitmlror of
l 111.11 UUtVUUII. .muvw.-. - -
declared with regard to the wholes
of clergy: "You are an so
word of high commendatlca), .
for tho vicar, 'c'b beautiful!" ThefJ;
... n..,t fiioncii nt the H
OSl VOllU'lloici.t, .."-. r-
time the most curious Mr. Hernayse
ii.,nr,i wns nald bv a worktag ""3
a certain bishop, famous for
kindliness: "What l liaes r-j
bishop Is 'e's not a goutlcman. -
minster Gnzetta
Earah's Speed Not I ntfor
It Is an Interesting fact that the
toea nut travel nt li.O salllC ratW
parts of Its Journey through sp.
orbit being elliptical, u -
time ojiprondi nearer to tin?
at others, nnd will take less t 3
moving through one part of JH
than through another, m "
earth is nearer the sun than mm
and moves through space more r
Chicago Chronicle.
A, UN VWHOr,
"We heard a burglar nt oorwanj
last night, aud what do you aWl
wife sain r nf
"Ooodness knows-wna.
"She snld: 'Don't scare hlm i 3
ry-mnybc he can tell " solu
. v. i. dm. I'reSS.
news. in-iuiii . .. ---
- 1 ' Z it.
The Way We fcoO
"There Is some dlffcreiice w
Joke and a mean trick."
"That's so: a Joke Is . J
that you play on another '"' (rf
mean trick h. Joke f that
low plays on you."-N w ior
How anxious people are to 0
valise for a man who Is f"w
. .. .. 1. .1,.. saiW -
a long trip: n klnJto
that prompts thom to be kttoi
who is fatally OL and who
. . return.
going away uevei .
.r a
Reformera should o1;'
their time to reforming rcforw