Eugene City Guard. I. I., u A M I'll EM., Prrltsr. EUOENE CITY ORKOON There li a horrible suspicion lh.il the new milk h um might water lit slock. Spain has vainly tried the air-bag method Id an effort to raise a ship of state. A eltj paper prima a long editorial on "The fruits of Victory." Plums, probably. The dlfferenre between Pattl and LU Ilan It u sell la that rattl'a former bus banda are all dead. An editor solemnly aaiurea a eorre apondent that there are no witches. U that oewapaper man nnmarrleilT A pajier In the Ksst sdvertlses for aale a lot of "eaat off ladles' wrap. Why ahould there be u; such ladlea? Walking Rpanlsb would hare been a graceful movement eonjpsred with tboae 1'arlab cotnmlaalonera having to crawl. i. To be expelled from the French Le gion of Honor la rapidly becoming a distinction of which any French gentle man baa a right to be proud. It la aald that a well known Ixndon banking hoiiae will "confer!' 'the Vene auelan debt. A converted debt la not rery apt to baekallde subsequently. A New Vork ahopllfter atole an alarm clock and It went off In her pocket ls fore ahe left the atore. Naturally, th'a did not atrlke ber aa a atrlklng aucceaa. Alrahlpa aeldom come to that point where they have wlnga, much leaa use them. Thla la due to the money Invest ed la them generally taking wluga flrat. It la perfectly safe to wager that there la nothing In that 4,000 page man uacrlpt left by Keely which will enable hta aucceaaor to accoiupllab what be did. A Vienna acleutlat baa at laat an nnunced that "love Itaelf la a microbe." Ai It alwaya attacka the unfltteat, what chance la there left for poor bachelora now? Aa Dewey'a aalary la not much over 18.000, and he could cam thla aum In a day or two'a time by writing a maga (Ine article, It'a another case where the pen'a mightier than the aword. Itusala haa offered a big bonus to the Kruppa for eatabllahlng a ahlpyaril In Ituaala to build warahlpa for the Czar's navy. Evidently the Csar la counting on getting Into a Joint debnlu with the peace plan. I'iriillc men do not enjoy being carica tured In the uewspspcrs, but their wlvea usually eitract conalderable pleaaure and advantage from It. Mra. Itooecvcli la fortlltel with a acrap liook that will bold the (lovcrnor In check during hla entire adtulnlatratlou. Auarchlata are the sworn foea of so rlety, and It la the duly of noddy, whenever they are caught criminally i inspiring agahmt established author liy or compassing or committing mur der to Inflict upon them the eitreme limit of all Ian for such oases made and provided. The thumb la aald to reveal the trenglh or weakness of the whole char icter. Hchoollmys, whoae thumbing of booka la proverbial, w ill be Inlerealed In thla dlacovery. They are I he trougct rharactera known when It conic in thumlia. except Ihoae highly fnvoreil and doubtless eitremely ItfWf people v. hone "lingers are all thuuiba." Siberia haa boundless forests, but none of them are available to supply the timber for the construction of the Ruaalan railroad through Manchuria. It romea from Oregon, and la shipped croe the Pacific to Vladivostok. thence tranaMrted by rail to a tribu tary of the Amur, and by water route to the line of the road. The bicycle la leaa tricky and danger sua thau It la popul.ul upiocd to be. It apcar from the report of an aecl lent Inatirance company that It la third In the Hat of considerable causes of ac rldeut. There were paid for losses on account of accident via the machine IiUViniO. Horses did $1(17.000 worth of mlechlef. and the gun was most danger ua, Ita coat to the company being titit, WO. An Interesting feature of recent rail road financiering la the placing of niort gages aud low lulereat gold bond for tttraordlnarlly long periods. One cor .oration haa given a mortgage for i,Vi, 100.000 to secure four per cent bond running for 475 year, another baa ere ited a mortgage of 1171000,000 for the term of 100 years, and several others have negotiated similar IfflTnt Bifida tlona for aums ranging from 4ii,ini mm to $17n.tkUi. at ralea of from three and a half lo four per cent, all for im rear periods. It la estimated that the ggregate sum Involved In these long time bond U upward of f l,4O0.000.tMI0. In general, t hose iMinds are Issued for the purpose of retiring oibera bearing a higher rale of Intercut. The enterprising merchants of a TOT al towns In the Middle West have es tablished a fashion They sot up In the streets booths tilled with their most at tractive wares, displayed in a way to catch the attention and open the purse of the passer by. Then they Issue Itivl tatlons to a "strew fair." People come, and the fair proers It doe not de tract from Hie credit due the original promoters to point out that (hi new fashion la really a revival and locsll tatton of a very old fashion one older than Christian civilisation itself The street fair originated In the religious festival aa long ago, at leaat. aa the daya when atraugera resorted to llaby Ion aud Nineveh to take part Id the feasts of the gods Thence cam also the sharp eyed traders of the caravans, and by the side of their booths tba city nerrhanta aot up their alalia and busi ness became almost a picture poem, tut (Jar tba eastern sky. Essentially, to-day, European av.; CSS fairs from the great gathering at MJnl Novgorod In Itussln to the neighborhood HUB binges of the Latin countries. Hut they displace no other Insiliutlon; aud we do not nuttclpate that lite street fair In America will do nwny with the ngrl cullural fair, which serves a special pliriMiae and has proved lis usefulness. The effect of Hie street fair nil Inter estlng, easily accessible display In the very center of trndc, where the exhib itor (lays no extra rent, ami the visitor no admission fee should be to benefit buyer and seller alike. And It prncll cally adtla a new holiday to the over crowded Uvea of a busy people. John YV. Keely, the man who gained a certain sort of fame from the Inven tion of the Keely motor, has died, and left the problem of perpetual motion still unsolved. In fact, It can be said with truth that he made no conlrlbu Hon to the subject that la likely to prove of any acleutlflc value. He be lieved In hlmaelf, and was thoroughly convinced that lie bad made a discov ery which would revolutionize the mo tive powers In common use; but he has now passed away from earth, hla ex pected and promised revolution has not occurred, and It certainly la not going to occur during the closing yeara of the nineteenth century. It was the Hillcy of Keely to surround hla alleged Invention with an air of mystery ao thick that the public could not petie traie It. For a long time this plan worked well, and many were led to ho llevc that he had Indeed made a won derful discovery. Hut as years passed ami nothing came of It, men who had Invested In the stock grew auspicious and demanded to know when they might expect at least some promise of return for their outlay. Keely even went to prlaou rather than give away hla secret, but hla machine was finally examined by scientific experta, who concluded that, Ingenious though It waa, It gave no promise of the perform ance of those remarkable things which Ita Inventor claimed for It. The prlucl pie thnt Keely sought to apply was that of the vibration of the molecules of the air. For lack of a better name he called this "apergy," and claimed that aa theae vibrations were perpet ual, all he had to do would be to pro die i- a machine that would respond to them, ami then he would have pcrpct ual motion. The theory was a pretty one- true, perhaps, to a certain extent; but It haa not been yet applied In such a way aa to be of any use to the world. It must he first shown that aufllclcnt power can be derived from thla prlucl pie to do the work that electricity ami steam are now doing before any valiin bio results can follow ami the problem of pet pet n il motion from one of fin ture'a forcca lw completely solved Keely' death may revive for a while, at least, Interest In this subject, and It Is possible that some good may mine from the work that ho tried to do even though he fulled at It. lie can not be classed among the world's greatest Inventors; but. In view of thtf wonderful discoveries that are now be lug made In all fields of scientific re- search, who can say that the day will not yet come when this force, to which Keely pinned bis faith or some other akin to It, will be harnessed down by man and forced to obey his commands? Effect of Flour on Teeth. "It Is said that the Intention of (he new processes for making Hour has done more for the average dentist than all things else combined," explained a dentist, "and there la a great deul of foundation for the statement. The miller has found Hint be must make a Hour that will please the eye rather thin satisfy the stomach. To get his flour as white and Hue as possible he haa lo discard the covering of the grain of wheat, Ihus reuniting the phos pbalea. It Is the phosphate that give strength to the teeth, and with tba 09 out of the flour It Is not In any way wonderful that people's teeth wear out and decay. The miller knows Mil bet ter than the people who eat hi Hour, but he has found that they will not buy flour that Is not vt hit "Tag miller known that he Is throw lug away the bone producing and BOUT Ishlng quajltlaa of the wheat, but the miller, like nearly every one cle In this world. Is out for the dollar ami hi nhare of Ihetn. I'eople can't buy flour the one of which will strengthen their teeth, for the reason that that kind of flour Is not made any more. The fm lly dentist Is now as much of a factor In life as the purchae of hoes for the family, and frequently gel more of the earning of s head of a family than I raqUlrad IB provide shoes for them, for good teeth are a rarity." Washington Mtar. An Alleiillve Audience. Lecturers and other public entertain em appreciate greatly an attentive au dleuce, but Is there such a thing as be lug too attentive? The story Is told that not long ago a well known novel 1st delivered a lecture In a New Jersey town. After the lecture, when tba pan pie met. they talked alsmt the affair, a was their wont. "Were you al the lecture?" one would aak another, aud In every case the an w at waa: "Oh, yea, I was there, but I couldn't hear a word. DM you hear itr "Well. M 1 waa there, but 1 couldu't hear, either." No SgM could ! found n ho had heard a word. About this time an acquaint mice of the novelist heard from friends In the place this account of the matter, and meeting the lecturer, asked hltu what kind of an audience he bad had there, aud how he liked the place. "It's a flue place," aald the novelist, "and I had (he most attentive audience I have ever spoken to. t hy, no one made a sound, and I didn't have to raise my ralea above a whisper!" Saturday Kvenlng Post. carefully alooteaV One of ttie most remarkable features of life In New South Wales Is the trans formation of criminal luto hard work ing cltlsrna. Of the thirty thousand settlers there In isai, tweuty thousand were, or hsd teen, convicts. It Is said that, on hoard an American liner, a boastful Australian scrt,-d loudly, snd over swt over sgslu. that "the men wbo settled Australia wrv a remarkably sensible lot." "Yes." ssld sn American guletlr. have always understood that they were sent out by the very Is-.t Judges." Tut your faith lu the plodder rather than In toe plotter. THE AVERAGE MAN. When It comes to a question of trusting Yourself to the rinks of the road. When tag thing Is the sharing of burdens, The lifting the heft of a load. In the hour of jierll or trial. In the hour you meet as yon can, You may safely depend M the wisdom And skill of the average man. Hatha average man and no other Who doe hi plain duty each day, The small thing bis wage Is for doing. On the commonplace bit of the way. Tla be average man. may Cod bless him, Who pilot us, still in the van, Over laud, over sea, as we travel, Juat the plain, hardy, average man. Ho aa through the days of existence. All mingling In shadow and shine. We may count on the everyday hero, Whom haply the goda may divine; Hut who wears the swarth grime of bis calling, And (shorn and earns as he can, And Standi at the lust with the noblest. The comnioapluce average mun. -Harper's Weekly. A VENTURE FOK LOVE. it A II. me! I am certainly no A ": . ark beauty. It was the gliding w hleti made Vermounl nwal low such a nauseous pill." In n Venetian mirror were reflected an oval face, pnle and aad looking, with dork, liquid eyes, a nose of a non descript order, ami a mouth rather large than otherwise. Clnrlaae, Lady Vermounl. turned from the glibly of her features lo take from a table loaded vlrh photographs tho portrait of a handsome mini. "I am unhappy; for being which I mil au Idiot," she -aid. addressing the smiling face which looted at ber out of Ita frame of pierced silver, "and It Is all your doing. When you gated me tO marry you I did not cure a snap of my fingers for you, and I know you did not for me. It waa n convenient arrangement, you wanted my money, I your title. How you shuddered on our wi-ddlng day over the too evldeut rapture of my parents at having a titled son In law! I saw It aa we stood In the vestry of the church. You put your baud on mine when we were alone In the carriage, but did you for one moment Imagine that I thought love Inspired (hi- action? Not a bit of It, I remembered the shudder loo Well." "And then well, and then I told you, you bad got what you wnntcd, the wealth of my Chicago papa, and I had achieved my ambition, I was 'my lad v.' For the nut, In the eyes of the world, we were husband nml wife, and - that wna to be all. If you wished any llilng different, you didn't show It, and I Imagined myself content. We have ban good friends; we have not bad much opportunity of balng otherwise, It Is true. People don't ipinrrel over a well l ooked dinner, nml that Is about tl ily time In the twenty four hours we ate together. Oh I why don't I fed ns coldly Indlff "rent to you now ns I did when I married you three mouth ago?" She threw tbs photograph Impatient ly from her. It wna nearly time to dress for dinner, nud she went slowly up the stairs. On the binding Lord Vermouut's man stood aside to let her pas. "Ills lordship dines at home to night?" she asked. "Yes, my lady." The servant's foot steps padded decorously dowu the thickly carpeted staircase. She panned by the door of her bus band's bedroom, then uincd on ami entered ber own. A moment and ahe nan back again nml stood within his chain ber. Ills clot lies lay ready for li in. and on the dressing uble a black silk mask, while propcd against the looking glass were two cards of admis sion to masked ball. One for this very night, the other for one three days hence. She took them up. twisted them norvoit-ly round In her linger. Strange thoughts coursed through her brain. She put the card down and ran out, coming back a minute later with a needleful of thick blue silk In her hands. She ran the needle In and out along the tall of hla coat. There was a sound of quick foot steps on the stairs. With a whisk she was out of the room and In her own. She shut the door, then stole softly to the one which divided her chamber from her husband's. It was locked, sa It always was, aud the key was stiff In Ita socket. She pressed her Hps llira lll ine wooiiwoik. t i v.o, lure for lov. ." she whispered, and her I eyes shone like stars. What pretty bird Is It thnt wears a blue tall?" The word spoken In soft, cooing nceeata struck on Lord Vermonnt'l car a he sbod against a pillar of the ballroom. He turned sharnlr. A white i lad Hgure tiod by bint holding up his coat tall by s thread of blue silk, while, behind n white domino. lark eyes danced merrily. That would bo telling." he an I WO red, "but I think I'll shed my gay plumage, twisting to gel hold of the thread. "Ami I think I'll korp It, Sir Rlrd," drawing It out aud winding It In and out of the links of a gold chalu that boM her long cloak together. "We will reverse the old order, ths ladv shall wear ber knight's coler. I loth It please you. Sir Hlrd" She dropped him a courtesy as she iko, and a faint, delicate scent of srh'te violets same lO him, aloug with th silvery Mining al bells. "In truth, fair maiden. I: docs," he answered, "but It would please u,e still hotbr If you would , lance th me" The eyes behind the white domino had lost their merry look hut that which had replaced It made the blood boat quickly In bis veins, a, without a woid. she yielded aOfeaif lire Ills arm lie felt her slight form tremble lu Lis clasp aa they glided round l he room. "Are you tlrvd?" lie whUimTed. "No. no, my knight." He bent ugalu and wh per1 me tender words In her ear; the toeul o." her violets, the chlOsbsg of her bells. had Into lea tod him. They oc.tnv ihe entrance. "1 am tired now." she w l:!sercl, snd before be realised her Intention she had slipped from him and fled. Some thing white lay at his fret, lis stoop ed to nick It tin. It wss a silo of aassss nw s- cnted. Three tights hence I shall in- here agsln. waa written on It He put It away In fa's pocketbook and left the building. "It will d-pend on I ,d, V. whether I come here again or not, he said to himself. "I've tried to keep straight, but I'll Is- banged If I can go on with this arrangement at home much longer. 1 wua a fool to Ix-gln with It, but I felt I owed so much to her that I did not like to oppose her wishes. Who would have Imagined such a strength of cold purpose lay tadilnd those eyes of hers'" Hi Ml off the end of bis cigar viciously, haiM a hansom nud wss driven homeward. He triad to think of his wife, but the Jingle of the horse's Im-IIs recalled too vividly the girl In the white clonk. Hh.. bad coat a Sxdl over him which Lady Vermount's coldness more pointed than ever during the next day or two was not calculated to loosen. Iord Vermount found himself on the night of the second masked ball doss ing eagerly; he even run up to his room at the laat moment with a thread of blue silk, purloined from his wife's work bag, and with clumsy fingers In serted It In the tall of his coat. He would lose no chance of being recog nized by his sorceress. It was hours In-fore be saw her white cloaked figure drawing mar him through the crowd of dancers, which he had wntcliisl with all the weariness of hope deferred. She did not sicnk. but, slipping one white roooded arm from the shelter of her clonk, laid It on bis. "Are we to dance?" be OUaatlOOad. A slight movement of bar hooded head and his hand slid round her waist be neath the cloak. For a space neither spoke. He felt her violet-scented breath coming In little U)Ch gasp, and i be music of her silver nnkb-t bells seemed to hi heated fancy to bent out the word, "Love, love!" to the measure of her footstep. He bre itli ed some tender words In her ear, and felt her whole frame quiver. A mo ment and she had druwn herself from htm, and, lifting her face, let ber glowing even rest on his face. "My knight,'' she whispered, "dare 1 sny au revolr?" "Do not go." Implored Lord Vcr mount, stretching out his hand to catch, not her clonk, but a slip of pa per. He sPmhI looking at It sullenly, long nfler the chiming of liells which marked her Bight had ceased. "Little witch, M her go," he muttered, but untwisted tba pa DOT all the anme. "What Impart laaoeo! yii. rn be bangtail Ko this I some scheme of her lady-hip'; thinks to entangle me with this young woman thnt she may be fn to carry on some little game of her own. I w ler what she will say to this revealing of her plot. H'ni." rending the note. "All Americans are not aa cold aa yon dean your wife to ie; go home and ask her who I am: she knows." He smoked no cigar on the homeward drive on this night; his temper was too ruffled. He meant to have It out with tils wife, despite the lateness, or rather carllm-, of the hour; such affairs na this were bettor gone Into nt once. He went with no light footstep up the stairs ami paused at her door, which wna on the latch. "Vermoant, i that you? Push open the door a bit I want to tell you some, thing. I have h:id n letter from pnpn; be has Just made a big thing over some railways; tb.xt means more dollar for you some day. Qood night; shut tin diHvr now, and firmly, please " Lady Vermonnt'l voice was hard nml cold; he ahmldered nt It. For the mo no 'lit he was disposed to go ami let mailers drop; then lomi faint scent of violets which doubtless still hung nlsittt hi coat sleeve altered his pur Ioe. He took a step or two Into the room. A rose colored salln curtain bang lug down nt right angles from the tire place shut out bis wife front his sight, but beyond It edge protruded a little Moorish stand on which as set a coffee equipage, and cup for two. a quaint shaped liqueur carafe and glasses were also on the tray. "Two cups' Two glasses! What did this menu? Had III wife " A hand held the curtain slightly aalde n fresh wiiift of violets aaaalled bin, and n fatal silvery chiming of bella. Ha made a hasty dash forward ailing back among the cushions of bis wife's couch was the white cloaked girl, her face still bidden by the mask. "You barer be cried. "Where Is my whore is Lady Varmountf "She Is"- fumbling for ana moment with the m.ik which the next lav on the floor- "she Is here." She sprang to ' r '" 1 "1"K' s'"'"1 r:,,-ln- iiiiii, i ue rioak, nun It gold clasp threaded through with the strand of blue silk, hanging back from her white shoulders. "I larlsse. why. what docs It mean?" be asked, gaspingly "It means" ahe put out her hand Imploringly "It means Ohl don't you see? It was a venture on my part, a venture to gain your love." He let her stand there a full minute, the color coming and going in i,er cheeks, her dark eyes misty with un shed teats lie had never been a quick thinker, and he wss lighting now against the prim prejudices of genera Meow, "llsve I failed" There was a heart ache In each work. He felt the pain of them. "No." be cried; "come!" and with a little shiver of gladness she let herself be caught In his outstretched arms. -Chicago Times Herald. Tick from Portugal. Next to Portugal, Japan send th greatest supply of toothpicks to tie United States. These are made by baud from tine reed. They, too, are sold In close competition with tho A met bun product, owing to the cheap er labor In Japan. The cases In Which the Japanese picks are Inclosed are tine sped metis of skill with Ihe J.ickknlfe. They are of wood, cut Into strips as thin and delicate as tissue p.-iier. but very strong. The cases are ornament ed with baud painted Japanese , , m-s and are of a slxe convenient to N c ir rled In the vest pocket. The cotupetl Hon between the Japanese and Portu guese makers on the one side and American manufacturers on the other baa become very keen. An Importer of toothpicks said recently that the Japa nese picks can be uisde and sold In the American market, casee and all. for less than the cost of the paper hoire that contain Ihe i!ouiet.o plcka.- Phila delphia r.uivs If a woman can't tlud any other fault with a man, the kens hla gram mar. '0"A'5 RfcMAHKABLt EDITOR Richard Peter Clerk. on, One of the lotassjettsiai Ckaraatere of the ti. Meterl Peters Clarkson. editor and principal owner of the lown State lleg Ister, Is one of the most Interesting, original and forceful characters In the Klsle. He has grown up In the news pa ngf business. Ills father. )ker F. Clarkson. lived In Itrookvllle, Ind. here Itlchnrd was horn In 1M0, and there the elder (.Tnrkson conducted a weekly papal called the Itrookvllle American, and his sous, KTchan! P. ami James M learned their trade In that office. In 1HM the family moved to tirundy County, Iowa, ami settled on a farm, where they lived for some fifteen year. lu the spring of ImII Itlchnrd entered the office of the He Moines Register as a printer, but the i following October he enlisted os a pri vate lu Company A. Twelfth Iowa In fantry. He suffered severely during Fie war, was raptured at Ballot April I "s nml was confined seven months In a relad prison. Afterward he re turned to bis regiment and served to the end of the wnr. when he returned lo the Crundy Couuty farm awl re mained until 1870. The father and bis two sons then bought the Iowa State Register. Klghteen months later oc curred the famoii Senatorial contest between James Harlan, then United Slates Senator, and William II. Allison, member of Congress and cnndldate for the Senatorshlp. The elder Clarkson f nored llnrlnn, but the boys were for Allison. The matter was settled quite unexpectedly to the senior partner, for the lHiys secured from him an offer to sell his share, and they raised the money and paid him the cash with the assistance of the then wealthy snd SD1TOH rXAIIKSOM AT WOI1K. powerful It. F. Allen. The firm of Clarkion Druthers, then formed, has never bceu discontinued nt the head of the paper. John R. Clarkson, eldest son of Itlchnrd P. Is business innnnger ami Frank Clnrksou, the ether son, Is associate editor. The editor of the Register Is ex tremely methodical In all that he does. The Register office Is nhotit ten blocks from his house, nml so situated that he can start from the office and make a turn at every corner, going In n rig zag direction to Ills home, and this he always does, walking back and forth every day In the year, lie takes n dif ferent route In the winter, choosing the sunny side of the sired. Any member Of bis family wishing to Inter cept him on bis way to or from tl f flee knows exactly When to look for him, for he never varies his route, un less to transact business. Hi dally program Is as fixed ns the planetary system. .ot one or tils employe put In as many hours of solid work a the head of the establishment, for he works about sixteen hours a day. He spends the morning and until about 'J:.'10 or .'1 In the afternoon nt hi house, where he docs a large part of hi edi torial work. He then goes to hi office and stays until about 0, returning nt s :ili and leaving again a little before 11. Mr. Clarkson has no Interest outside his newspaper. He has always, refused to take stock lu local enterprises, though he has been n liberal eontrlb ulor toward securing tncm. tte nas preferred lo retain his Independence from all obligations outside hi own ottlce. A CRAZE OF PSEU0O-SCIENCE. The Present Rrninrkutilr Revival of Mediaeval Paperetition, In the Century, Daniel Q, Itrlnton has nn article on "Popular Stiperstl lions of F.uropo." Or. Ilrluton closes his article by saying: From some strange reason, there has been n wonderful revival within the last decade of nearly every medieval superstition, under various gules, In the most enlightened centers of the world The practitioners of this mod ern torcery, Instead of concealing, ad vertise their claims, and urge them on the community under pseudo -scientific names and Jargons. Palmistry, astrol ogy. sympathetic magic, the doctrine of signatures, nicro tnerapeuilcs, and all the farrago of fifteenth century than mat-logy, flourish to day tu ltoston nd New York. In Paris and Chicago, to PICTURE OF THE PRISON HIS HUT AMI THK BOTJtl 09 It J! 4 , J i JT i . ?' ,hrw llndsJosrph Island teval Island snd Hevil . 1. ,d. The hM of tteM, . mere fist-topped, rockv knot with a little spsrse tropical greenery up. n It. WOO chosen In 1M ,. the f Dreyfus confinement, snd there he hi heen ever since A little wooden h . .k dear et which ateee an la . fare lart.nal.e by . ,, u iv.tl'. island Higher ,m the i.l.nd. bu, t? ,h, hn ! I. the g, .rtl" room, where the .entries live, snd ,ho , e,, , wttfh ,,,w' ln K,,'r" mounted . Hotcbkls. g,,. The I.l.nd I. moated ro.m.tT" Z Z" . " .2 hut I. fenced In with s tnin g psli.ide. snd o . i n i- .. .. ii.M. uns, (i,n in in .11 Mliitnn,l n tome i i . , . i . , . nTifTg-P!? HOW SMALL THE NEW FLAQ BE MADE ? - : j Tt.a-.'-. . fSUfMSX .J sMsdMsjkJbJjT eir!rt Uncle Sam's new possessions will demand representstlon on Old Cilory. as is certainly their right, hut the fact Is that on the flag as at present designated there is scarcely room for them. The Isst sddition of Ststes bss so filled the field thst the stars ore too small aud so crowded together that they no longer stand out dis tinctly when the glorious banner I waving in the hreese. This difficulty could only he oven ie in the present design by enlarging the field, but this would de stroy the proper proportions of our standard. The accompanying design for a new flag has he n suggested, and there are many points In Its fsvor. The msny-polnted star with blue field on a background of red and white stripes is not unlike the con rentlona! unburst The Inner cluster represents the thirteen States which crested the Onion. The surrounding circle contsins twenty-three stsrs the number equal ing that Of the States admitted to the Union up to the close of the civil war. this noble . luster typifying the welding together and perfect preservation of the Union. Th er circle contains the new Ststes, and it will be readily seen that there Is room for many more. a degree surpassing anything known three centuries ago. There Is a reason for this. Sorcery Is science seen upside down. There Is a confused grouudwork of truth, a falla cious method of viewing facts, nt the basis of these pseudo-sciences. Yet the truth nnd the fads exist, nud these ex plain the success of the deceptions. They dazzle nnd daze minds not train ed lu sound reasoning; aud bow few tire! The sock-ties for "psychical re search" nnd theosopblc speculation be gin with an acknowledgment of the possible truth of ghost seeing nud of communion With the divine. This pos sible ground Is seized by the chnrlntnu as proved basis for his Illusory edifice. Superstitious are nt core the same ev erywhere and nt nil times, because they are based on those desires nnd that lg norance which nre and will ever be a part of man's nnture. He Is dimly aware of mighty, unmeasured forces In ceaseless activity around him. controll ing his own destiny; the ominous nud omnipresent portent of denth meets him nt every turn; dissatisfaction with his present condition. Intense longing for a Ufa and Joy which It can never offer, goad him to seek a knowledge which weights nnd measures are Im potent to accord him. Yet such re stricted knowledge Is all thnt science can supply. Therefore he turns In de spair to the mystics and the adept, the Cagllostros nud the Humes, who stand ready SO beckon bin luto their Illusory temples of folly. A Willy Retort. Though n witty retort Is not an argu ment, it often serves ns a spring board from which one may vault over bis as sailants' heads. Col. T. . Illgglnsou, In the Atlantic Monthly, tells how, while a member of the Massachusetts Leg stature, ha was made a victim of this method Of replying to an adver sary. lie was arguing against a bill for the prohibition of oleomargarine, and In sisting that good oleomargarine was better than bad butter, lie fortified his argument by a story of a gentle man who had Introduced the substi tute without explanation nt a luncheon, and who, on asking his guests to com pare it with the best butter, also on the table, found them all selecting the oleo margarine. Suddenly Mr. arose, and with the profoundeal seriousness asked: "Will the gentleman kindly Inform us at what precise stage of the luncheon parly this test was applied f The retort brought down the house Instantly, and the rout which followed wns overwhelming. It readily occur red that nt convivial luncheon party there might be a period when the Judg ment of the guests would lose some of tts value. When a woman's husband Is nrnvnt her Invitations to friends to come and visit her are fst ner cent, less corrttnl than If he were absent. OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS. Hit GUARD OM DEVIL'S ISLAM over hut snd vsrd .n.t i.Lj - ... -'" WW Km. II ..k. . o.- irrr - " -" "uo ui rcane, were esctt ,0 to pUak w I ' . Li : . CLOCK OF VENICE. Great Timepiece that Is Quite as Unique us the Mrasburg Wonder. The only reason the European trav eler goes to Strasburg Is to see the clock aud Incidentally the cathedral, but In Venice there Is n clock that Is quite' as unique as that In the Alsatian capital. It Is in a beautiful white tower at the east end of the old Pro c ii ratio, near st. Mark's. It was built In HIM! by the Veronese nrchltect. An- uniqua clock at ration. tonlo Illzzo. The tower Is some hun dred feet high, and surmounting It Is a big bell, on either side of whlcb stands two bronze giants, whose usual attitude Is one of readiness to strike the hours upon the rltn with the henry sledges which they hold. Beneath, on the facade of the tower, Is a glided statue of the blessed virgin and the In fant Jesus, and on either side of the group are square openings, where ap pear golden numerals which tell of the hours nud the minutes. There Is no dial. The numbers are shifted to the openings In some such manner as nre the figures In a "cash register." Still lower Is a beautiful azure aud gold circle of the zodiac. On Ascension day and for eight days thereafter the numerals do not appear at noontime, but Instead Issue forth from the right-hand opening a proces sion of the Magi. They march slowly and reverently before the madonna and child and as they come abreast of mother nnd babe they make profound obeisance and one of the wise men with deference Jerkily removes his headgenr. Ascension day and the week following are gala times In Ven ice nnd when the Mngl come the pl.izza Is thronged with the festal crowds, drawn thither by the unusual specta cle. A little below the arch of the tunnel which penetrates the base of the clock tower Is a white stone In the pave ment which, It Is said, marks the spot where the standard bearer of BenJ.i monte Tlepolo was killed In the earlv part of the fourteenth century by a heavy stone thrown from a window. The stone was meant for Tlepolo him self, who was heading a conspiracy to assassinate Don Pletro C.radenigo and dissolve the grand council. A banner, hung from the window whence Olus tlna Rossi threw the stone, long celebrated her act nnd In 1841 her bust was placed In a neighboring portico. Palace O r Do Wagons. Philadelphia his an ambulance for dogs nnd small animals, the only one of Its kind In the world. The exterior of the car Is decorated on each side wltb a vignette of a grand-looking St. Bernard and the Inside Is covered with removable nntlsepttc pads to guard against contagions diseases. In order to avoid belligerent encounters be tween the Injured four-footed patients of this traveling hospital. t has been provided with movable slides so that the Interior can le divided Into cari ous sized compartments. It contains also cages attached to the top and sides for pet birds and poultry. Happier In Glory. The I-owland Scottish peasant has an extremely mstter-of fact way of speak ing about her relatives' and friends' deaths. The Cornhlll Magazine tells of a good woman who lost her sunt re marking tos3 sympsthlalng visitor: ' V.li. yea. mem. aunty's deld. But she wss very auld snd frail. 8he's far bet ter awa. and far hoopler In glory, and I got a hunner pounds o' a legacy." Caller-Mrs. DeStytle Is not In. you ...1 TV-v, - t v .v J ' " ' 1 uei mrouan t ue w n- Uodlx-thur. . that waa only r- "" BsasssMBoa sai . ner snaoow yon yon taw. -Truth. i