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