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
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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
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HOW SMALL THE NEW FLAQ BE MADE ?
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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.
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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
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