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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1899)
Eugene City Guard. I. L. OAS W NU, rr..ii..r kuckne cm enKooN To lie ure Ihr elevator combine In dcalgm-d tu llfi prim. Ami then It MM OBMl that loot loil everything hut honor, anil Spain llllil nulla- (if I It'll In loll1. I,b-ut. BobooO u uil gaining strength. Hi- hit MtcxSOSsMd lu lifting n MMI amriian from hu mutinr borne. All MM of itfirty calculation nre Im lii mailt- mi VMH, Inn a OHM Itttdj of tin- ItKiiriK shows BM half of IhM must end In untight. Borne of those Pacific possessions tin ve Imril W It In. tliwidiu- known what we may be calling tin-in u lllllii while from now. In a re-enl duel In Hndapcit one of tin- parlies wan wimiikIi-iI. 'I'll I will give i-vi-rylxnly a chumv lo any llmt they manage BMttm Is'ltcr In TttBM If twenty pofltofflre clerks In Manila ran On ili- work of Spaniard any good A nia-rli'ii II In I lor Would 00 I'M1"1' to holding down i lie director general lili. It'ii a miliji i I for a in Mtl MlM lion If mil lunger liMiklnic Into. Iluil an Ml ai right IIIlM dollar were BMBl liy tlila nallou laal y-nr for loik lug glauc. It seems only niiliiriil Unit the Pre I drill, after aieouilliig Hie Cinr'i dr iiiaml fur uulverml PMOO, alionld Is gin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 it I I lo i ill. uf Im riming tin- n rin j and nil vy. r 1 In Havana llii-y have changed the HM of I icucriil Wc)lcr itrOOt buck In Obispo. 'I'ln- Cubitus Im-IIcvc IIiiiI a street liy any oilier inline lliuil Wrylrr wutilil -.in. ii iwit-ier. Uciiernl Kitchener wnnta fMM.iiii fur Hi - erection nf a Uor.lou nieiiiorliil College It Khartum. Such of Hie mi live ii lime lurvlved Hie Kitchener irei.-iralury kIkhiI are Invited lo at tend. cr ,i i ll lia rome ill hist. A woman In New York lull I--ii driven lunatic liy Hit leli-phum- rnvt-H tOMlMtlj : "King utnl ilng. Inn nil l In J tin Ii In iiHk I In- nunilicr." Mie Ii tin- tint. Inn liy M liieauit Hie Inn!. r t tun- pita r tin- Indian iltunHuii wai luiiilly lili fT Hu- otlw day liy a Western raiii-liman. He wan n-iked If Hie linllani in-ur liln ranch wen- iron HMMNMi "Nam." wn hi frank nply. "lin y Int In' I uil inillilii' we H.r-t ' A I'arli pupcr Itai I couflscnlrd for irlnllng a caricature nf MMM? William's rlill lo Hie llnly I. and. Ami yet Future ii n republic a governtiienl tor mill liy tin- pciipie. linitglm- an American paper iM-lug coulln all d fur bI in I lit r uffeniF. A late appointment In Philadelphia li unit nt "( tiotiHiti r tin- ...ft. tn look after ionic old papers dial are mil muled more Hum I lint- Hun-i a year. In Hie ilrccl clciiiilug department of New York Hirer- Imsse to ovcrn-e live uirn iii- mil Ih-cii mi lufretiucul occur n- Tin- piddi-d pa) roll of pullllci in eil- no fiirt Iter llltmiratloti. lit - lller.tliirc of hcriildry Ii I'unnlng Kaalern mcldy wild Hair a ftoOM venders nf ready inaile crriii ami ahh-l.l and roats of mall are nil, I to In- flolBI I'lillailclplila. The rage for armi It ni fever pitch. F.veu .-hi.Hk are Inking mi line natiiea ami COOClea liavr llnlr Hon rniupnnt or llger iiiuclianl nil Hie tliMiri. Tlu-rr I a gen i-ral ruab tat Imlgula of rank. We lake It ai a llmely aokttow le.lg MM of Hu- humanity licit I ml tin- glint tltat tin- Npntil-.lt hlMWl nf lite It., I t'rnii Koch-ty hai Im-cii asking fur In forniatli.n ai to Hu- medical ami hu uianetieM. ei- mMI BJ tin- United state to allcvlnle the honors of war. What a pit) Hull tin- Spnnlsh society hail mil Uiatle nine effort to allcvlnle Hie bur ruri In OVbl Hint precipitated Hie war. The lending of I .MM toui nf sttvl rails frntit Spurmwa I'olnl. Md , to llonibny. India. If the Mar) land Steel Cumpuny la a further linllcatlnii of Hie Inioadt which A iii.rl.it ii MIlftnlHm art making in marleta heretofore moaopo Hied iiy Qraal itritniu. Tba a torn pan) hill Imoked all order for i!.oll ton of eighty three pound itccl ralli for a railroad lu Irelaml. ihui actually bearding the MUM Hon lu hl own den. I ul 1 1--1 Hale reunion Commissioner Kvana hai compiled from ottlilal aourceii the American catunlllei on ac couul of the war With Kpaln, ami plac. i Hit- total iitimU r of deatha at a.taai, of Which In; were ..III, en The I he. In-t lu the dm rin (Ion of the Maine are i .ni -.. I. i . ,1 lu the in me light at mortal iiy lu Mttta, Of Hu- ratal itaalli. ifttj oHlceri ami S.Mti pi U nt. - ilittl nf .Il ea e lu IM varloui campi. ami itaca the clnte of hoitlllllci lu t'ulia ility our men died nf wnuudi w lih h LbJ mvlvi-d In the irrvlca. A i-iinoui feature of the recent crlili lielwifii iMjIaM a ii. I I'rau.e Wat Hi,, buying of llrlilah BaMoll ign ci uiucut bondit and olh.-r BrlUal MCWttlM lu the IjiuiIi.ii market by Krencli larat lor. It wn MMl prrfts tly plain that uut a frw l-'rein luucn MMoVttl (li.it (be cujnlry tlt. lr nwu uallnn tkfMtM tl lo tlgbi mi in MMl more its-ure, at MMM and ahroad, and lattaf able to WJIllM a great trial BittWUl iMaWM lloual MtMMN and dangrr lo rwl ed rlghti. that Uiejr ini ilhcrcd their CMM pride and let BrMM dye, t Hi. Ir lurialtucuta Into Hrlllth pioi-itj I'here la really no MM arguiucut agalnit the reiloratlou of the cit im, I- I it I la lo III Hi. fill plac among Iho MMM of mMMi Tiic main ubjee Hon advancvd la that II brutallit-a the M-roui on w hom It la uacd that It el tlitgiil-liet Hie hill ratata apark uf Uiaubnod. The atiiwer to Ihli la that only erltma tha rominlialon of which provea the eulpiita to be already with out manhood or Lb aeuaa of ahaiua ahould MCMMr) II IM whipping potil. The rtiMM ineiilit are tliiaw- of wblcb women MMl hlblreu are Hu HMlMh There are innierlalt now nl liaml M tli American ami Hptiulili reconli of Ihr rii eiil war mil of wlil.-h a hl-lor c il novel cniild In' iiiiide that wolibl riink Willi "Ivnnlioc" or "llypallu" lu tlr.i I malic Intercut. Where l Hie lootl ot ' Klngiley to pul IMM mater nl Into M dying form? The opprrtilun of ll Hpauiah ollti lal In Cub i, Hu- r v n .11 y, ami llielr brutality il might form the dark background MJMMl MWM tleplct Hu- lli l nl loll of Milne high mind Hi OttMl patriot. We)ler ami I'lU hiiL-h I ii- In optm-lug roll i, the lecrel plotting nl I lit t ii mi ami New York. Mo lobbying at Wiuhlligloii, the di-cepl oi at Madrid, till otTer goo. I mnterlult. Illalico might In- i-att In the rob- of arch plotter, ami the daitardly dratrMtlM of Hu- Malm- might Im- ihowu with nil the hi nt worklngt of Die demoniac forcei that letl lo the crime. The flirte of I ha I crime iliould la- mndc lo follow IM Hiinnlth ratlMi throughout Hu- war, 10 lead Illalico Into ordering fervent to hli doom, lo blight hli own plotting for a ilcUllOrablPi nud to MM Um tlownfiill of Span I mi sovereignly lu l In new world forever ni II really did. tMrl a novel, with the nlampof MMlM upon Hi page, MOtdd I' the lunik ol the decnilr. Who will wrllf 11 Ai an iMtMM of tin- thMWMjfeMM w ith which the Kuglaii I uf lo day Ii en tering upon Hi glgatrlc colonial lnka lilt- proMilii college nt K Ii n ri II 1 1 1 I mi excellent lllutlratioii. AMtMf whli-h up. .il- leai lo the Imaglliiilloli, but I far more practical, Ii tin- arriiiigemcuti Hit- Colonial tllllce I making fur the iiidy and ireiitment of troph-al ill cute. Hereafter tniillial iippllcniil for appoliilnieiit lu Hu- tropica will In reipilrctl In have Nltm-i at leiiit two month of ipeclnl itutly up-m Hill aub Jei1 lu iMUtMlOM tpei'llleil ami to give evltleiice nf lln lr knowledge by palling a MtW eiainliiatl.ili. Il Ii eerialnly an ludlcalluu nf bMMl Ihlugi that n l Mile Imiiilty I now to It made aa lo the MMMt MM) " and in ItatM uf ill MMM peculiar lo Iroph-nl region. Mm li hai alreiid) hi n done In the hi inly of yellow fever, the bubonic plague, etc 11 in iiIho now known thai malaria Ii . a nurd by n paraaltlc organUm lulro ducrtl Into the forpiliclf of Hu- plaod by IheUloBipiltoliml porta pi by the rum moll fly. 'I he rffrrta of the hltca of Hit Itette y are probably title lo mint- I,: ltd of pariialteor bai-lerlllui. A knowledge of the MMM of dMMM I of prime ItaV portnnce, w helhcr In I In- trnplii or ele where, but too little aid iilloii ha In n toforr I.. . it given to the proper n-clini-n lu health ami dlMi-an- In truplcal re gion, a aubject lu which America Ii now acarcely In Interfiled than Kug land. The right to capture ptiVhtO pniperty nf i In- enemy mi Hu- ica In Hun- of war iiml divide II up aiming Hie caplnra Ii a uhjfft uf elcecillngly gn at IMOfMI to the ciimmc n-lal world. i.y Hu- Oltoaga Tltnea llrrahl. At tin- breaking out of our recent war ll attracted liuiurdlati) ttlOMlM taOM the PMMMM capturei nf SapiiUh liiidlug MMOll Idylng I' i hi-n the porii uf Porto Um ami Cuba and ulhi-r OnOltlrhM The prl.c nnuiiy that ihui fell tu OM lunal forcei wat jMtMM by pnl prOMdMlOj 'ml to the gciicriil obatrVM Ihli making a prey uf limnY iimIvc ami dofOMOMM MMVMMV men M-riuetl inure like piracy than rlvll MM war. Hy rcnmin of I hi lipaflMM there ha been a general ilc-lrc OSPMM id that tbl remnant uf barbaric war fare iliould now In- IDoHlhad. OoMoJh Malum conic lo t lit- ilcfciMe uf the cm I oin.it ml urgt aihlilnmgct argument that commerce Ii the life uf n nallun, mi which It thrive!, ami thai therefore anylhlng thai w III cripple hi MBWOfM will cripple It lighting power, lie further iayi thai Hie greiil euminrr . I ll llilereiln throw their Inllucnce tin the ihle uf pence, fur I In- icry MMM thai Hie) will In- Die greatest miffi-rcr by war. "Assure nation," he add, "Hull their dMMill lliteitsis will itif fer no mote than the additional tin for maintaining act lie hum ill He, (hat the ommUom !f MtrlttoM potnioptov tor- cluit nud MMtWlMj will umlerh'o tin hlmlriiuce, and )ou will havt- removisl one of Hie moat tCMtlt " preventive uf war." We think thl argument prove hM much If a tuition may In- CTipptad on the ten III thl way. why may ll not be crippled tin laud by like IBM Ml Why ahl Bid not towns and clUca la lacked n u. I phlBdorM by n vlctorlou army ami the Us.iy tlhhbtl among Hie .. Ulcers an. I men Why ni l not mm eonhOtadlta be put to the iwonl no Hint they may not In- for.tsl Into the cue nt)' unit) Wh) Khnuhl tint tin- grow lug crop Ik- deitroyetl u thai there wuiiltl Hot In- f.md for the enemy? No. The capture of private property on the high ica I no MMl MtaMlWo than Hit- capture of lite inline kind of prop t-rt) mi land, and It I to N hoped Hi:tt earl) itep w III I, taken among the nn ttOM lo nlill!t thl foim of war fa re. ll would tattwd M a good rabjact for ilUcuaalou nl the I'lar'i peace iMUfcr-en.-v. t Willi Ak- 1 Man KlroiiKcal? The muscle, lu lomuiou with all Iho organ of the tmdy, have their Huge nf MMMpMMl and ibvlluc, it) the Siiand Magnilne. Ottt phyilcal airciiglh lucreatei up In a certain age ml then dccrcaici. T'riti of tba itreliglh of MVMtl HMMMMM Ol ph- liavr Us-n made by m.-aiti of a dy MMMMMf titrciigth inca-mi ri, and the following are glien a the nierage rlguni fur thr white rav: The "lifting power" of a youth of levellteen year Is axi p.. nn.lt In lill m. nil. -ill year thl Increase to :tiM ptmiid, ami In the lliirtlcih and thirty flrtt year It MMN Iti height. XVI imumlt Ai the end of the thirty first yrar Hie iirt-ngih N-glua to d.vllue, very alowly at find. Iiy the fortieth year It hu d.vn-amsl night pound, ami Dili dlmluiillou enu Hnu.i at a illgbtly lm-nsasln rate until the fiftieth year n-a.hisl, when the figure ll XUI ptuiudl. Afuv ihli ptrlod Hie itrenglb fall mora ami more rapidly, until the weak to -- nf old . U rOOrtod. ll la not MMttlble to fire accural atalhnlea of tbe decline .if alrengtb tf . r Hie fiftieth year, n It varlea to a largv extent In tllBVn-ut I". Hi Idual. Rlla Wherr dot i It. Ha, gt-l b.T foo.1 looki f i nni her father or her mother? MM I'mm her father II keep a druf Mora. Uouacbold Wonta, CNCLK SAM'S (iROWTH JNITED STATES HAS EXPANDED SEVEN TIMES llualncii nf rprrudlno Oal Not Kit llrolf Haw It Hai tie. ii iMrirtM year, 'I loom h, Mine 'i lo.il Ale a... I.. I I .... mo Tcrrilorr. Tlila pounirj MMl It la-came a na Hon has made w-ven atrldea In terrl tnrlal i-ipamlou. At the IMM of Hu revolulloiiary war Conneclh-ut, Virgin In, Htsirgla ami Hie Carolina! bail 'proH-rty out W fit,'' which win MMl of a "Hie Wealern n-ierve." It win not a part of Hii-ic Hlntei, bul territory iwned by them, Juit aa I'orto lllco, the llnwallati lalamli anil the I'hlllpplne are owmtl by the I'nlted Klalea. After i while the several owners reded thl territory to the Federal government, ami out of It have been formed vurlous Slate. That pnrt nf Alnhnma north of In 1 1 Hub) .'II wns ei-dt-d by Heorgla ami Kouih Carolina. Indiana, llllnoli, Michigan ami Wisconsin were nil ceil ed by Virginia; Tennraier wn redi-d by North Carolina, Ohio hy Virginia ami Cntinecllcjl, MUbwilppl, north of latitude .'II, by lioorgla and South Car olina, and MlMMMtl, east of the Ml lslppl Itlver, by Virginia. In UHI the I tilted Statin neipilretl from l-'ram-e lite "I.oiilslana run hnie." Thl pur chnieil terrllory la now occupied by Arknnani. C'nlurado eait of the llocky Muiiiilnliii, lown, Indian Terrllory, Kan sat. except the noulhweit corm-r; l.oiililiina, except a part eait uf the Mmlsslppl; Minnesota west of the Ml--i-slppl, MlMHutirl, Molilalia, except n part west of the llocky Mountains, Nebraska, North Iiakota, Oklahoma east nf lull degree well, Smith Hakotn ami Wyoming, except Hie sou th wist tern part. Thti Culled States then rratetl from aZpODatan and Improved III ioa MMMMsa Krnin I .... Nnllnns. In IMIi the nation grew again In ter rllory. I I" I i was lamght from Spain, and by the same treaty which coded Florida Spain gave up the Oregon COQOtfy, Thl l iregun country wui do ll tO IM laud nt Hint time. Kligland had Nome III ib-llneil claim tu that part which Spain ceded to Hie I'nlletl Slnle. ami a MOW dolMd claim In the part which I now called llrltlsh Co r MhniS frl rVI. I J w p-'k tIFKlCIAI. MAP MIliWINt; Tl 1! Ii I 1 1 HI I A I. UKHW'lll tlK lumbhi. Though the coast had HHUJ been known In Fiiropenn. ll was Oral really liitindm-.sl to the civilised world by Ca.pt, lira)', of llostnn, who, lu IT'.C .ailed lata Hie Columbia Itlver, which ho mimed for hi ship. In IHO the I lilted Stales sent all exploring cpe dltlnn through Ihr region, ami In 1MI the original John Jacob .Valor founded the to an uf Astnria lhora. Tharafora. the Doltod Stales set up a claim to the cnutltry based upon "discovery, tl ploralluli nud settlement." Hut Spain had n prior claim bj dl-covcry and an novation which she held lo tenaciously ITierefore, when we negotiated for the pun hasc nf Florida, we got Spain to Include lu her cession the Oregon couu try, ll was not until 1bl that Knglattl gave up all her claims lo the part of l he Oregon country now ow ned by the Fulled Stales. In that year she retired above the tl'th -parallel, ami the bourn dnry wa established n It exists to day. After ac.tilrlng Florida ami the Oregon country from Snalu ll was Iwcnt) -l vear lief ore" tin- United Stnte again expanded territory. It I hell. In IMA annexed the republic of Texas, which had revolted from Mexl to and established an Independent gov ernment tor some tltne. 1 lie lexasof that lime embraced no! only the pre cut Sine of Texas, bul also the east Orl I'at't of New Mexico and a strip ex tending across the southwestern corner nf Kansas up through t nlnradn into Wyoming. Then came the war with MeUu. which flmed III ISIS, Mexico ceding to the I'nlted State a tract uf territory which Ii now ONtVJMMl by Arl mna north nf the Hadsdeu purchase. California. Colorado, west of the llockv Mountains; Nevada, New Mexico, west of the Kto (iraudc ami north of the tiadsdett purchase; Utah and the south west corner of Wyoming. A few yean later the United Statet bought from Mexico a strip or land which now fortni the southern part of Arl inn a and the southwest MMM of New Mexico. This waa the tladaden purchase. So far. although the territorial ex paualnu of the United Slate had MM MMMM) it had MMM effected by the acquisition uf territory contiguous to territory already possessed. In ISit a new departure was made by the pur chase of the vast terrllory of Alaska from HuKla. And uow, after a pcrhtl of thirty tine years, the United States Igaln expand! Iti territorial limit. For the first time a correct map has MM published showing the aoiulst Hon of terrllory on thl continent by the In I t.il State. It pcar In the report of the Secretary of the Interior Heretofore the not Hi w . item part of lb Louliiina purcba ha been OjjMV n aa tmdiQ to tha Pa.-id. ocaaa. It was o dellnentctl nn the Land tilflcr maps, which were Hipp-en-d to Im cor rect. It has la-en futind, umiii Investi gation, Unit the Iiullati purchasn stopped nt the cotillncni.il dlvld--, and that the terrllory occtip'ed by Oregon, Idaho, the Klnte of Wnahlnglon. Hie northweilern pnrt of Wyoming, ami that part of Molilalia west of Hie Kooky Mounlalni, wn icqalnd by the 1'nltisl States from Spain sixteen years nfter Iho purehnso of LoolataM from the French. In view of the talk about "expansion" Ibis map Is nf especial In terest, n allowing low this nation has beeii expanding ilnce It wns n narrow strip along the Atlantic -.-aboard. WONDERS OF YUCATAN PjTMalMoOad Intrrntlnii Knlm Until Iiy Kofljl liihuliltauli. 'Y'liciilnn I exceedingly Interesting to tho traveler, the blilurlun and the archneoiogUt and I wonder why ex plorer tut ve not visited the country of lener," u Id N. H. Dupolil of New Or leans nt the Plant era'. "The average man knows something nlaiut the topography of F.gypt iiml even the school look hnve given blin Information about the Kgyptlan pyra mid, the peculiar Nile ami the customs of the people, but the average man knows Unit- or nothing about Yucatan. Hut It Is n fuel Hint pyramids construct ed as Ingenloii-I) as those of F.gypt tire found In Yucatan. It must lie remem bered that Yucatan Is almost a aesert. One can travel for day and days ami 00 no running water. Hut bOBOOtl the sandy surface there Is plenty of water, and lite Indians obtain It by digging Immense wells, sttine lu-lng 'J.iil feet In dtaBOlMi and from seventy the to Its) feet lu depth. It was this sandy fundi Hon of lite COUntrj that led the nm-lenl people of Yucatan lo build Immense pyramids as foundations fur their build lugs. These pyramids lire curved In designs of sculpture nud odd llgures, allow ing that the ancient Inhabitants of Yucatan, like the Alices of Mexico, pos acssed Nome artistic ability. "Yucatan nml the numerous Islands off ll coast are Inhabit. -I by a people arhoaa blood Is n mixture nf old Indian tills'. They live lu small hut nud F C Jf ' I JV 1 if' QUARTET OF have MM hut little advnncetiieut t.v wanl clvillaatlou. One peculiar fact Ii that one sees no mads on these Islands. ; There Is no need for any rxiads, because there Is not a horse, burro or ox or any kind of draught animal ou these tl ami. j "Mexico ha Ju-t . onqOMld the Y"a.ti! Indian lu the Slate of S.mora. after a ten years' war. but the native lud'.au on Hie mainland of Yucatan have never Ihh-ii conquered by the Mexican. The Yucatan Indians will offer as much re sistance as the Yaipils. If not more. . w heu the Mexican Oovernuient decides to make war upon them. There are alauil 100,000 of the-e native Indians, and they are In possession of the Into rlor of the .vuntry and care little for I the authority of Mexico. Many of llicse Indians are half clx lined. They know lite about tlu ruins of ancient temple In Yucatan, but IMM ruin teH of an cient Inhabitant who have once lived there anil made MOM pmgrvaa In civil hxatlon. Si. Loot ; lobe Ivmocrat. Krery mau thluki he write a good tJT-rr i u4L arn - V -4 0 V A-wtEL Y tl rr-.i'S WEALTH AND NOBILITY. Hich American Woman Joined In Mur riane to a llrlilah Noljlemnn. In Jr:ice Church. New Yiirk. recently, the Karl of Strafford, u HOnbar Of the KnglUh noblllly ami MIMTTy 10 Quern Vhtnrla, was Joined lu marriage to Mr. Samuel J. Colgate, widow of the wealthy American HMOfMtMM who died four years ago. leiivlng n fortune eatlmated at I10.OUO.iihi. Tbe pomp and ceremony usually manifested nt a func tion of such social prominence wa en tirely absent, ow ing to the feet (hat the Koti I la mourlng for hi cousin. Prin cess Klwnn. of Saxe Weltnnr. Tilt rr- mony was performed by Hev. Or. lluut Ingtoti. The MMl of Strafford Is 07 year of age. He Is tall, lithe, nud dignified. II -Inheritance lu the earldom came to blm at his eltlesl brother's death, lu the DO- ginning of this year. II Ml of a family that gave to F.nglaml a hero nml I martyr. One was Viscount Torrlng toll, who fuught bravely In the navy In the time of liiHirge L The other was Admiral Jnhu II) ng. w hom popular clamor condemned unjustly. Admiral ltyng was shot by dOCfOt of court ninr Hal for having falhsl hi PftMBl the de icent of the French uhhi Mduorca. and for having failed to relieve St. Phillips. Qoorgl HI- maile OtnOUdl for that ex. cut Ion, as well as he could, In favors to tin- Hyng family. The Countess of Strafford Is already well know n In the society uf F.nglnnd's capital. After her husband's death she went to London and wa pNOMtod at court and Immediately became a great favorite. T1IR UN IT Kit STATUS OLD ILLINOIS QUARTET, Four llitr nml llrnrtjr Slate WhOM Auei Aicurt-gutr 111:1 faarftV Among the hills of Johnson County. llllaoM, there arti fnur sisters who claim tbe palm fur Inngcvlty. The ng grcgate ages of thl remarkable quar tet find up 343 years, or an average of over N. years, nml they bid fair to remain for some time yet. AutODjj their klnfolks, who number half of Johns, m County, they are known as Aunt Peggy McFalrltlge. aged '.':! years; Aunt Polly Qorii I gad M year; Aunt Sally Thick- XT J! AtlKD BI8TER8. er, aged St yeara, and Autit Fanny Ucynol.U, age.1 SO year. All of these ladle are widow. ml thnv of them have outlived their husband thirty or forty years. ltocootloo, "Y'nu wouldn't mind telling mi. ojtail topic of conversation you arc BMMl In toWltad In," MM Mr. M.s-kton to the frleiitl who had accepted au luvltatlou to dinner. "Why. 1 don't know that I can." "Well. I Willi .ou small -- ' ... -- iu,. effort aa a matter of friendship. It would M right IMhltlooMMJ to ham I you ask me what I think of the Phl!li- pine question or the army luvetlga : lion w ithout my having had an epsr : tunlty to ascertain In a IMM, dlplo math- way what Henrietta wlahe m.- Ml think about them."- Waahlngtou tar. I'akin.l Vrlt ,. "Stubniil. the critics ay your Nx.k show great immiir for your future" "Future? tirxat Junlter-can'i man rver do auyihing gtKsJ and tben j qaltf-Detrolt Krea Preu. PINCIO LOVt MATCHES How ' i Human lotilli ilrd Their Kr ilc. Among the myrlml charm of ll um are the MfMMOf fertllliy which aprlug I up here and iht-re uOii the ie:i of brick j ami mortar. Tk moat OOMajMriMM of IMM Is Hie PtMta aid in itirriiuml- lugs. Here uaiuru hai ably a I I hiimau skill, the altllude of the gar-ib-tis uml I be ningnlllceiit view Ibey nf ford make them unequalled by any other public park. True, llnlr area la Ii small, but what of thai It bring It visitors ml Um nmre In touch with OM another. Ami thl Is 0M secret Of 1 It charm for the Human, whatever ; may be Its attraction for irnugers. ; Fur lei the trill li la- told, the Pinclu Is tl .- great Mining ground f Home. Nor should thl horrify the rentier. It I In tended en lout bleu tout btinnelir. It Is probable thai Iho PtOriO MM Hie Inccptluu of half the marriage In Hume. It Is n rubious soclnloglcal fact, but the explanation uf It I simple. It has been commented upon by number less w i lier Hint lt.llli.ns tire exrltislve, though not lu the usually accepted sense of the word. Tln-y nre prover bially upon nml friendly, especially to strangers, t.ie commercial vnlne of whose visit lo tfeoJr land they appre ciate. Put llns cordiality, even to their own countrymen, has Its limit. In no country more than In Italy Is n man's home his castle, nml. except In the high est circles and where Iht-re Is no liv erty to hi concealed, he Is chary of hi hospitality. This Is eM-clully Irue of It and Naples. Therefore, If neither she nor her parent receive tunny visitors, how is the ROOMM girl Of the boUrgaoUM class who I not "in society" lo meet the lut-vltable lover for whose advent uml her EOnaoqMDl cniamlpatloii from parental tyranny she lungs more nrdcntly than young women usually do The answer la: The Plnclo." on Thursdays and Sun, lays, when the band plays luucommunly well, by the xvny), ami the park Is lu consequence i-row ded lo overflow lug. t lit- slgnorltm who I the fortunate DOOMOOM uf a 00 eotulng costume duns It 1ml demurely nccomptinles her mother to tbe munic ipal pleasure ground, where each ex pends lt centimes fur the MpMQ right to a comfortable ehnlr Ingenious ly MMtraetod as to lie springy, though fashioned entirely of Iron. If she lie a wise maiden, she will maneuver that the chairs will lie placed on the main pathway where everyone must pass. This being achieved, she may await development. Ami, If she have pretensions lo beauty, she will nut buu lie left In natlclpatlon. Tbe young nmn w ho pas will gaze nt her npprov Itigly: and finally one. to whom she may especially upc:il. will detach himself from Hi" crowd ami take up hi stand before her. Thus Is Initiated the Brat chapter of the romance. From that moment, without a word or sign, ami even with scant-ly a look from bar. he becomes her swain ami faithful knight. Week after w.s-k he sees her nt the Plnclo; he even follows her nNnit the streets. Having ascertained her abode ami lor name, he generally soon man ages to tlud a mutual friend who per forms the Introduction. The rest Is obvious. Or. If they do not hapen to hive icqualntancM in common, when I In- silent love -making has progressed far enough, a demand fur IM damsel's h.-iml Is made directly to her parent. ThOB, a a sedate married couple, they revisit together the scene of their woo ing. This prOCOdura, n I have said. Is cxlreinely cniniimn, and Is considered pro par among raapoctabta naoibort of the middle class. 1 have Ih'.-H told that marriages thus made liirn out. ns rule, n well as could be deslrtsl. New York Commercial Advertiser. Bverjr language coatalm luokaaamei as cuckoo, peewit, whlppnurwill and Other! In which lie sound emitted by the animal Is Imitated ns the name. The beautiful colors seen lu the soap bubble arise from the fact that the bub hie, Is-lng very thin, reflects light from boih the outer and Inner surfaces of the Mm, While lightning may be seen and Its Illumination of eloudl and mist may jbe roCOffBtoed when it Is even '-1I0 miles distant, thunder Is rarely audible more than ten tulles. The thunder fmm very distant sturms, therefore, seldom reach es the enr. Il has been shown that, acre fur acre, water Is cajiable of supplying a much greater quantity of ultrogeuous food for man than land can supply. The cul tivation of water areas Is called aqul Culture, and its products, lu contradis tinction lo those of agriculture, nre fish, crabs, oysters, clams and other edible marine animals. A very pretty line of experiments Is carried out by floating bicycle balls In mercury and bringing a strong mafoel uear toom. They nrrange themselves symmetrically tin ier the Influence of the stresses, and assume very curious positions, verying with their Rum her and the intensity of magnetisation. It Is vara; on of an ed extierl-ti, known as Mayer's net-dies. In which needles were floated In water by bits of cork and were subjected to the In fluenee of a magnet. Tho sacred oxen of Ceylon are de scribed by I recent writer.' The largest specimen uever exceeds thirty Inches In height. The Marquis of Canter bury has one presented to blm In lSJH which I uow about ten years of age! and only twenty-two IBCBQI. tall. Not withstanding their smallmss they' are very useful In Ceylon, where. I; ! ta!,, four of them are able to draw a two wheeled cart with a driver and i pound of tuercband se. sixty or seven ty miles In a day. That the great mountain chains which corrugate the earth's cnut are the predict of ihrinkage ha long MM M MM, and it Is almost as well under tood that the continents have re-en developed by the same proce. Rul Prof. Shaler OOOMrTM thai until thirty year ago It was coninmn to MBM0M thit the alternation! of level which continental area bav- undergone bad v uvivai UOW . I Ig utMlll I ed orobabl. that they were compos ' is-u extreme. VBOrCBI BOW ll la fig Jjjj t1' lively slight, ami ibat tbe general out- lilies of great laud urea have change. very Utile for uillllou of year. A writer In Knowledge deacrlhe a method fur mounting the eye of a drag nn fly In MM a way thai, wlih tbe aid of a MHMOOOOpOt photograph can he made through the lellie of Hie Insect's eye. The photographs thus produce, nre multiple, became the eye of the dragon fly coiKliI of n large number of minute MMM distributed over, ll surface, each bringing the ray of light to a focui Independent of the others. In fad. every dragon-fly carrle in ll eye about 'J.'t.iii) minute and perfect lento, each of which, when properly in inlpulutcd. I abb- lii produce upon a OMlUM plate a photograph, micro scopic In ilre. bul sharp ami dlitlncL PULUNQ TEETH AT SEA. DoattottV and Phytic fur Poor Juck Tar XV bile Afloat. When a sailor on a deep water ship ha a toothache he I likely lo go tu the captain. The Mfmlfl give blm lomotllng out of the medicine cheat lo put lu Ills tooth, uml If that dorsu't cure ll p-rhap be pulls It. H Is a com mon thing for sailors to pull their own teeth. Their met ho.1 is lo pul a string around a tooth and pull ll; but denial fun c.s arc carried on deep water shl, on MUM vessel a fair oulllt of them. A ship captain of lung If poflOIIUO said that lu the course of hi life at sea hu Iiml pulled Ltsj teeth. The ship's medicine chest on large vessels Is like a closet or cupboard, with a glass door, built In the ship. In this chejt the medicine iioltlea, gilt lab, Id, are arranged on shelves Hint rise one uhove another In recoiling tiers; It Is practically a well appointed little drug siore. There Is supplied with the medicine chest n book explain ing the uses of Hit! medicines. The cap tain I likely to have some other InmiIc on medical subjects which be has read and sin, Hod, anil he Is likely to have had n good deal of experience before attaining the rank of master of tbe ship. The sailors are generally healthy BM0, but, when occnsUin requires, the captain prescribes; be Is tbe physician. I. hubs broken at sea are of course set there, anil there might lie circum stances In w hich the captain would nut hesitate to ierform a surgh-ul opera tion. New Y'urk Sun. Tbe Cimt tifHnloiin.i. - Temple. Few people, even 111 these ilnys ot palmy extravagance nud mllllunnlre displays, have any ailniialc Impres sion of the cost of the grisat temple of Solomon. According to lllnpnmlus, the "talents" of gold, silver ami brass were equal to tho enormous, sum of fS4,890,- 110,000, The worth of the Jewels Is generally placed at a figure equally as high. The vessels of gold, according to Joaepbue, were valued at ltti.iHsj tal ents. tr $'.,.STii.tSl,(H5. The vessels of illver, according to the same authorities, were still more valu able. Udug set down as worth Jo.L'dl.- T20, Priests' vest incuts and robes uf singers. $lo.o:o.iM mi; trumpets, $1,(11111.11. To this add the expense of building materials, labor, etc., and wc get some wonderful llgures. Ten thou sand mOB hew lug cetlars. (Kl.tHII hearers of bunions, Ml.lHSI hewers of stone, ;!.:,ii omoera, nil of wbotn were t-ni-ploytsl for seven years, and upon whom, besides their wages, Solomon In-stowed ftMBtJUlK If their dally food was worth fifty cents imicIi, the sum total for all was fUMfsMdO dur ing the lime Of building. Tbe materials In the rough are csUmulcd ut flZT90- IsSVlHK). To POO IO i n I Pusi. Hereafter .the aristocratic dogs nml cuts of New York w ill Ik- Interred lu a cemetery reserved aapoetalta for their use The canine cemoterjr. as it la called, Is r. very well kepi park of three acres In Harts. bile. It has been pro vided by a woman conspicuously fond of animals. The graveyard Is not a IMiller's Held, and Hied system of fori is charged mr each Interment. Tho prices nre live doUlrl fur a single In terment for cats and small tlos and iS for a large dog, The burial plots, If one wished to buy them outright, coal tan dollars or Bftaon doiinrs, ac cording to their slxe ami location. When a plot Is purchased the owner Is allowed to bury several pet In the same grave. The graves are marked at present hy wooden shingles care fully numbered and stuck up at tho heads of the mounds. Several Uitnli stones, however, are building by local tonecutten, which win commemorate the names and deeds of the pels. The BartadaM canine cemetery Is the only one In this country. It Is modeled after the famous dog cemetery of Lon don, where thnusnnds of dollars hnvo bis-ti expoided lu tomhstoucs and dec orations. Feeling the Karl hi l'ule. The fanciful notion which men used sum. -times to eutertaiu that the earth Is, In some scute, a living thing would probably have derived support from the recent observations of Pmhnaf ltdin Milne ami others on the shivers ami quivers that freiiuentlr mih through Its rocky frame, but Meorje notice except when watched for with specially cunstructcd and exceedingly lellcata apparatus. Professor Milne reports that apparatus of this kind has U1..W b. on mounted In Canada. Hrltlsh Columbia, the I'nlted States South Africa, New Zealand. Java, India and Argentina, ns well as In Knglnnd and at varlousYlaces on the continent of Bnropo. QoM In the t'atloan. The gold contained In the medals vessel, chains ami other oblects nro- s.-rved in the Vatican wuiild make mure gold coin than the whole of tbe MMMt r.urupe.m circulation. City Council There, Fuder the laws of China the man who lose his temper lu a discussion Is sent to Jail for Ave days to cool dowu. We have noticed that when i.tr.i. on hats are not In faihlon. the women are more n.ree at their meellm-. tn .lo. nounclng the killing of songsters to dee orate hats. When a man wants to lie uartictiUri. entertaining In comny. the only Joke and stories he can recall are those best uiled to men only. A trav. ling man' - - - four limes as louc a that mt ,i. .. oi -v m iMMbaanaiiB ri'a0D he Is not at