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Eugene City Guard. I. I. A M IMF I I C..., .1.1... EUOKNK CITY ORKUON It It not the heal man at a wedding Who gels a Mtttl lintf. Among other reviving amnaetncnt It'a aald roller skating agalu prouilae to gel oo Hi feet. A man In Colorado hiingel himself with a towel. He limit hove aspired to make clean Job of It. While lhl country get moat of tin glory Spain ran console iMelf that It'a got 1!0,OUO,000 to Ita credit. There li a real dlnVeetieo between a MM fight" and an "athletic content." A prlae light la to hard to gel up. A rained en-hang say Helen Oould la the llowcr of the Could family. Kr ry aoldlcr In ready to tcitlfy, at uny rate, that ate la a dalty. An Kaatern couteuiornry nya that the Indian trllics "are becoming more tractable." 'J'hla will be good newa to the American Tract Society. The man who waa fined I.VI for beat Ing mule and ft! for healing hla wife will henceforth know In-ller Hum to be cruel to a dumb brute. not tie nec ary to protect ihe family from wini I, bill II la nirrled fur the pur Mi.e of preventing shrinkage In the value of property or business likely to occur If Hie managing head la taken away, (iood Insurance U a pnrtleularly sagacious Invent iiieul for the head of a family w ho hna a mortgage on hU homcstcail. ir he ) insiiroii tor enougn to rover the obligation, he la relieved from much amlety alniut the future; In the powiilhle event of bin death before ! the mortgage la paid, the Insurance will are the homestead. Ily no other uiefliia can the welfare of hla family be so well aecured. Thla la only a bare sug gestion of the reaaona for JudlcloM life Insurance. It la n subji-ct that aliould receive the moat thoughtful considera tion, touching aa it does the comfort mid happiness of those denri-at to one; and lh more It It studied the greater will .i ;;' .it the uod III H. A Utile study l sutlli'leut to convince one of tin- Ixiicflis' of life Insurauee. There U a problem III the practical aipllcntlon which calls for the exercise of the bent Judgment. SUN Nf:Vf!R SETS ON OLD GLORY. What la known aa the dark horse In pol.lli-H could Im! o called bccullnc wheu brought Into the Held It often looki black for the other fellowa. The Karl of Stafford was married to the wealthy Mrs. Colgate the oilier day. In Kipul.ir language, It may bo aald Ihut Mrs. Colgate "had the soap." The aoclety women of riilliiiMphlii have resolved on " .: p. in. as the prop er time for dinner. Wheu dinner Is con rcriicd, of cuurae, It's better late than uever. To apeak tho truth and liuike Un truth agreeable" la a new definition of diplomacy, which, whether accurate or Dot, doea not eiaggerate the dlthVul ties of that arduous calling. Thirteen months of four weeks each In a year would he a good deal m m sensible and convenient than the twelve uienths of uueUal length that we have uutt Here is work fW tin reformera. Dewey leads. I'lrsl In war. he was laat In oucc, and Is several hip" gbfwd on Hie p-i-ioilli en of hl countrymen, having had elghleen of them naiuid for him, while Schley and Sampson have only lite ami three, reaiectlvely. A dletcllc liillntb-lan Is Inclined to attribute the pliynleal degeneracy of the Porto Hicans to the fact that their diet Is largely vegetarian. Theories to the contrary, not withstanding, It I the meat eating races that show vigor and longevity. Admirals have acted no Inely ami ef fcellwly In Crete that lard Salisbury remarks, as a bit of premier pleasantry, thai he has sometimes thought Kurnpe woi.ld get on Itettcr If the cuMlieln were dlniulnsi-d and admirals Installed III their places. It has I n a great year for admirals In seltllug crlth-al matters, nnd our own Admiral Dewey's name lends nil the rest. Itccciilly Mr. Carnegie presented to Homestead the line public library lie bus hovn creeling there, ami on Hie same evening In- I i like gift lo Dihpienne, a village Ml tar from Home atend. Ill haiullng over Hie new library In Mr. Hell, a blacksmith of the Home stead works, Mr. Cannae said: "Take this building as the gift of one working mail lo other worklngmcii;" for, since lie first earned his living by the lalsir of his ha nils, "My title to the name of wnrkliiguiau must pass unc hullciigisl In any part of the world." 1 The movement to discontinue the practice of preying on the private com nierce of an eliemy In lime of war has brought lo Hie attention of the I're-I dent In n memorial presented by a com lull lee of the New York Chuiulier of Coiiiuierce. It waa hardly an ixt-imlon for ii Mr vv lieu the Urn I gun of I ho w ar tiled by this country was across the Ixivvs of a peaceful lumberman vv li captain and crew were not aware Unit hostilities had been declared. We were so aenlous In the capture of defenst-lenn prises Hint Inn) II not bMfl for Hie i plolts of Dewey at Manila we should have won the early ridicule rather than Hie applause of the eagerly watching powers of the old world. The revival of the Olympic gnmes at Athens a few years ago was an event of Interest lo the world of scholarship. At that time It was pMMMd lo hold Intel untloiisl games nl I'arls In ItSKi ml at New York In Hl llrcally in the aurprlse of the representatives of athletic the Trench government has refused to entertalu the scheme of holding such games in connection with the I'arla ipoaltlon. Ilarou Cuuhcrtlu lid his committee, however, arc not discouraged and falling to secure lln s net Ion of the government a III i in (hoy will hold the guinea If necessary Hide IH-inlenlly of Hie ttpttitMl atilhorltlea. To great many aople the chief In ten-st In the Olympic games eon-l-ts lu Ihelr revival on the classic soil of tJrveoo. That Ihey ran le suoco-nfully transplanted Is yet to In- d. moaatrtttd. In limes of prosperlly the prudent man provides, to Hie bMl of his alitllty, for hla family, lie looks forward that Ita dally supply of nee.lt ami OMtfortl may continue In the emergency of his death. Uttta dally savings and aafa In veatmenta lu lime accumulate to an lit. umlaut provision for the ftitui. Hut In this H-rlod, maybe even long before thla wise provision haa grown to be ado iunte to the nereaaltlea of the family, death may remove i head, lor this emergeucy there la one thing Mtdftl good life-Insurance policy. It has In come .julte ciiiumou for careful business men lo protect their estates by life In aurunce. II gives a cash fund llliine.il ately available to lake the (dace of In dividual credit, to meet obllfatlotis falling due, lo carry ou the buntiH-aa. or to prevent property from going to fore- ad tfjs. Ill ll.ln Cilne life 1 111 II I u lie ill a V The Increase of fiermnn and Ameri can exports and a correaixuuliiig dt ere.ise iii Itrlllnli foreign tiade Is giving Hie merchants and iiiaimfaclurera (Jn-at Ilrlialu no little anxiety. This Increase was accounted for In vnrloua ways by lue seleiitillc and teehiileiil training of the Herman school and the enormous advantage tin- l.'nlled Stales enjoys in iinimfm tuilng fn llltles. due to liuproved inaehluery, f -V A ' A ffAmti 4 - r. '' ' " - J C I . -r-r--- r- ' t . . v -: - j ' " 'tr - : .. . .. "-v-Vy . i r : f 7-i . ' 1 -V f :XT 'awt 1 ' ' ' i j$ "W- )JAZh -.- - I " Of 1 liu-lho.ls, etc. These fueturs umlotibl- edly contributed to H.e result, but still another reason wua adduced by tho lirlllsh merchant and iinnufueturer I In- greater sitlvlly, liitelllgeiu-e and w hie uvv likeness of Herman and Amer ican ennuis ami commercial travelers. N THK rare against time the Uni ted Slates bMl out the sun by two minutes In oilier words the sun never sets on Hie territory of this land. It. fon- H e.iu si-t In om extreme Ita face peeps above the oeenn at Ihe tilher, nml on the loiigi-st day of tin year the Hag Im-iiIs the nun II ml haa two mllitlles to spare. Sixteen ininiHes ate progressive n.i.i i ns tin- extreme limit lo any day III Hie . r ..'i of time; the Hug has elghli-eli over the half of the twenty four hours. It Is a narrow margin, but It will do, as the following demonstra tion will show. It wna not necessary for the I'nlted Stalea navy to (aku the Cnnarles lu Thla also may have something to do 1 r,,.r extend the territory eastward. with the deeroasc In exports of Hri-ut llrltaln from MsVOOO000 In UM to MtfiOOfin In 1K7, while lu the same perhMl those of (ierinnny liicreased from I I7H,issi,(ssi m lUT.issi.issi and Ihe taking of I'orto Hlco put the ex It MM ensiern bOlvMfl Just ninety nilu utes of loiigltudo farther east and six minute of time lu the MM direction. Dnsiiiort. Me., which for all the life of tboee of Ihe Dal lad ItatM rose from H(, miiiou before the Spanish war, held i i vI.issi.issi to i. !-... ho p. ,, i ,. Kngllsb consuls thus ntt.icked have re piled ami In 14911 have given their ac cusers something lo think of. These avant rourlera of MMMMM any thn trouble arises largely from the met h ds employed by Hie HrltMi merchant. Accustomed to u monopoly of trade he makes no effort lo secure It except upon bin own terms. Hi- scatters beautiful ly Illustrated catalogues, but tin y are lu tils own lutigiiage, the prices are In his own currency, and rarely Include the cost of freight, duty ami delivery to the purchaser's own Mirt or station. Ills coiumcrclil travelers often speak no language but Hielrow ti and the nier chant or manufacturer does not si-ek to cater to Hie tunics or whims of his customers by the fashion of his prod tlcta or the manlier of the packing, lu short, Ihe consuls alllriu that It la tin Itrlllnli merchant ami mil himself Hint Is lo blame and thai Hie imiuufactUNf has gone nlneep, "lulled by the ntlll poli-ut opiate of a vnulnhed monopoly.'' As resM-cts Canadian trade, even with the gr.-iil ndianiage of preferential dil tics the Itrlllnli exporter Is scarcely holillng his own. American Imports of Iron and steel are Increasing In Canada, even with n handicap of om- fourth duty In favor of his lliliish compctlior. DUbfMM of woikiiuinnlilp and luelh o.s and b.-t er a.laptat Ion lu nevnls in count for this result. Ilnromelrli 1 litik.-nn. "When lb- chickens nheils dull fed ilalis friiui de neck down y..' kin ikon tell dat de wllilah's gwlne lo In- col' nl fin an' wii Inn an' mild nrtavvu'ds. When .ley hlu-vln dull fiildalis fill 111 de hilgn up yo' kin I.- t a 'p.issnin nuppa' dat de wllltah's gwlne ter Ih- lit 1 It I tut nil' col' eg blaxes tort a d de en." Ho Jul "Country" Hordoti, high chief weather observer mid superintendent of the Sugar Town School of Astrol ogy ami I'onllty tcclinlcn, to a lleiahl man yesterday. ay al sah." he continued, "chickens It de Is ntes' weddah pi .-nor V 11 lis dill dah Is. I hain't bin 'vcsilgiitlu' din v ere h. I. lice nb proguontlcks fer uautlilu', 1111 I knows what's what. Laws n inc. hit do seem strange when I sees how ileiii pcrfonscrs goes on n blow In' mi' n blow lu' I. .ml dah weddah p'dlctloiis. Hie honor, must now yield the palm to I'orto Itlco. Hut the differ e Is com paruHvely Milling. I'orto Itlco 1 0111 indices just out of tin- Saragossn sen -In longitude Ik', degrees ,10 minutes weat. Kuslport It within half a mile of Hi degiccn wi-st. Thla makes the dif ference ninety minutes of longitude lu favor of I'orto Hlco. rifteen minutes of loiic.it ml jmil i,nc minute of Hun-, so tho Island wins by six minutes in time. With I'orto Hlco for the extreme eastern starting point, Ihe flag runs with tin- mo to tin- Philippines Tak ing .Manila as Ihe western point nl though It Is not the extreme point -and these I'nlted Stnli-a extend over I s degrees inlliules and I seconds of longitude. Thut Is nearly live de grees more Hum half the clrciimfer-eui-e of the earth. The difference lu I lino between I'orto H loo's eastern point nnd the cathedral In Manila Is Ivteltc bnMn and eighteen minutes, lu other words, when It was 5 n. m. In I'orto Hlco Siiiunlay morning It was 4 II p. in. Friday In Manila. Tills Is, of course, reckoning nil from east to West. Of course out somewhere In the mighty I'nclllc liny play fantastic tricks and Mike their time from T0M0, SliigiiHire or some other oriental city mid lone n day, but that Is nnolher story. Hut the sun pays no attention to the rnt11tg eg of man; he Just goes on nnd shows his face ns the earth rcvolvee 011 lis axis. So It will Ih- seen with this wide variation of lime covering IbOd sands of miles, the nun will not set III Manila on I'rl.lay before It lias made M Atlantic ruby red In the vicinity of the easlcrti coast of the western contl tu-lil. Ill I'orto Itlco II will have lilt. si 'its disc above Ihe tumbling waves for : several minutes In the summer and not be far away In the dead of winter. So the Hag Is never wholly lu the dark j these days. 11s the sun Hashes ou Ita ensign nnd strlH-s somewhere lu the Mftk every minutes of the day. I These I'nlted Stales did not need to 'go iH-youd Ihelr original limits that la. their transcontinental limits In be larger than any oilier land on earth. The Culled States ou this continent, excluding Alaska and measuring In de nn' I sex to me. Mtsiah Qtwdoa, yo' Rives or lougntmo outy continuous ter shore knows n heap sight mo' 'Unit dls 1 ""'' n,v,'r" w uVgreca. This limit Is ling den all de s-rfessers. Hen I goes ! lnVttg San Francisco as the western lo work an' I takes one o' dcin lefneru ! objivtlve. alllioiigh the Cnllf.irnlii city Offafl In Ha rnce with the sun. Starting with the eastern limits of I'orto Hlco In longitude degrees :: minutes west, with the time II Mil at .'. n. 111.. the territorial limlta, longltudu and time of day follow this schedule: New York, longitude 7U degrees west, time lilS n. m. Chicago, longitude SS degrees West, time 3:1.-. a. m. San rranrlv. longitude 122 degrees went, time 1:1." a. m. HoaoJalB, longitude 155 degrees welt, time 1041 p. III. Hnvvnon City, longitude 105 degrees west, time lOtSI p. in. Carolines, longitude 155 degrees east, time 7:42 p. In. I.nilrom n, l..ngitude 145 degrees east, time 7:02 p. III. Manila, longitude 122 degrees 58 min utes east, time I ij p. nl. Ill Ihe majority of these rase the longitude Is taken from government charts. Tin- others are approximated, but so nearly that exnet meiisureineuts will not show sulsitnntlal variation. It Will In- aM-n, therefore, with the exact FAVORITE OF A HAREM, iteuniifui Brooklya i"'1 ,ho w,fe of I'antiu In Morocco. Tor two ye.ira pntt lovely Hrooklyn girl has Is-eti Hie favorite wife of n rich Moor living at Tangier. She claims to be pefffCtlj happy, and declnn-a t lint not on any account would ihe leave her present home. Some facta regarding thla remarkable young woman have Just been brought to thla couutry by Mrs, iiuider. n member of Um law- cUm of New York L'ulverslly. She nnd her husband have returned from an extend ed wadding tour. In the course of w hich they visited Tangier. While there Mr. Haider secured for his wife permission to visit the haretu of an euormously wealthy pasha living III that quaint old pluce. In one splendid apartment of the palace Mrs. Haider found the most lovely woman she had ever seen, A guide In a w hisper Informed the visitor Hint this was Ihe reigning favorite. The U-nutlful creature did not louk like an Oriental, nnd Mrs. Haider naked her a question In French. The favorite smil ingly replied In F.ngllsh, anylug that was her native tougue. The accent sug-g.-sti-d American education, nnd Mrs. BMMf hinted as much. Thereupon the Is-auty said she was n nnUve of Hrook- BBOOKt.YN mm. IN A TinKISIl It A It KM. HUMOR AND KINDNESS Ihr s-li.ili of I'ernlu I nwHItoB o Yc Our I Hou nK Wit. The people of America pride them iclves on being aide to see the humor BM side of life, and smile a little MM clllously at those more MMf li'! who take Hiemsi Ivi s and their aJaetUB stances too seriously; but llko every other good thing a lively seiiee of hu mor may In- abused, and ayfeM It leads a nation to make Its guests w ish them selves anywhere else rather than In America. It has certainly gone a step too far. It Is said of the late Shnh of Persia thai lu his desire to know more of the world he would have come to America, bin be fen red that the Americans would make fun of Mm. Possibly his staying away showed that he had al ready galm d n Utile knowledge of the I people of whom he Wafted to know more, for Just the fale he dreaded In 1 fell the llrst and lust envoy from Persia t -.Washington-Ills Kxcelleucy Hassan ' ObOtUf Khatii. Tills rcprcscutntlve of n less civilized land did not Hud his sojourn In Ameri ca altogether to his llkllig. The Ameri cans wen- amused ut him. and they let j lil in see It. In appearance he cl..s. y ' resembled n mulatto, tin. I his attire was I not of a uiodcst'style. Ills ears were I decorated with large i a r rings, nnd Ills J.-welry was of the loudest rhnrnctcr. Ills ways, loo, were QOMfi nnd the I newspapers found him n good subject for humorous remarks. They mnde fun I of his name and of bis oddities, nnd al though he could speak but Imperfect F.ngllsh ho kMW that he was being made the butt of Jokea. At Inst things came to a climax. At the house of a distinguished resident he waa refused admittance by n colored servant, who took bin for a Virginia uegro, nnd this alight, coming after many other things that had tried his temper, proved too much for hla equa nimity. In a rage he proceeded to the state Department la toy his grievance before Secretary BltlM "Daring niy stay In your country I have bMl annoyed, and treated lu a Way that a representative of Persia should not 1m-," he said, "and the news pnpers cartoon me. make verses about my name, and hold nie up to general ridicule." "Hut you should not mind that," said Mr. Illnlne. "Our President hna to put up with cartoons, and the ridicule of the comic papers." "Yes." replied the minister, "your President has to stand It. but I don't, ami 1 shall return to my government." To some souls such humor assumes n not her aspect. Br Mat Kenan, lu writ ing of his sinter Henrietta, tells n story of her that shows her to have been sin gularly winning In that kind of humor which could 111 nny way hurt the feel ings of Its subject. He says: "I rtmemtet that as Wl were going In boats ton fete In Lower llrlttany our THE EFFECT OF THE COLORS. Mcnlul Klcvutlon or lr.reaiou I a-tat.l bjr - hwtr Tone. TMfl Mi eolors that are refreshing and broadening, others that absorb light and give a Imxed up appearance to a room, others that make a room with n bleiik northern MPMWf or with no exposure at all appear bright ami cheerful; some Hint make a room up pear warm, some that make It cold. If a celling is to be made higher leave It light, that It may nppear to recede. Iifcpciilug the color used on the cell ing would make It lower M effect do suable U the room Is small nnd the celling very high. Various tones of yel low are substitutes for sunlight. The thermometer seems to fall tlx de. grees w hen you walk Into a blue room. Yellow Is an advancing color; there fore a room Utted up In yellow- will np pear smaller than It la. Ou the other hand, blue of a certain shade Introduc ed generously Into a room will give au idea of space. Bad makes M difference lu regurd to silo. QNM makes very lit tle. If a bright, tunny room gets Its light from a tpace obtruded upon by russet colored or yellow- painted huuace, or else looks out upon a stretch of grceu grass, It should be decorate. I In a color very different from the shade chosen If the light shade comes from only an unbroken expanse of sky. If olive or red browti be used In con junction with mahogany furniture, the result Is very dlffarvBl from what It would be If blue were used. I'due would develop the tawny orange lurk lug lu the mahogany. Itcd brings out In a room wlintcver hint of green lurks lu Hie composition of the other colors employed. H recti needs sunlight to develop the yellow lu It, mid makes It teem cheer fill. boat wat preceded by nnother In which I ehartreiise. the AmwteaB Ate Huilng Hie Niivnl I i lit. It s.i'iiis l hat Admiral Schley and Captain Cook sat down to dinner while the Hrooklyn was chasing ihe unfor tunate but gallant Colon. There's American assurance for you. At the close of a tremendously Important bat tle, which settled a war and changed Hie map of Hie world, the com luniidera ou the United States Hagshlp, pursuing ut top speed the last of the enemy, whose guns (till belched dellillice, sat down lo dinner, whlih, no doubt, wua served lu style and with u strict re gard for ga.stronoinlc.il ellquetle. "I will have a Ml of the tomato soup," remark. d the admiral. "Ah, that must have been a live mid one half-Inch shell, eh. capttlOl" "Sounds like II-pass me the celery," replies Captain Cook. With Hie cheese and black coffee and cigars the enemy Is overhauled and driven ashore, Hie Spanish sailors .lot ting the sen like drowning rats and Die aged Ccrvcra tearing his heard In tho agony of dlaiater. Then, after qntt ml- chicks nu' I Taatlgnti-a. A'ter 1 'vet- tlgutcs I set dat de vvc.l.lali done gwlne ter Ih- col", or wiiliiu 'cold In' to de 'wes- ligation. If dclii fowls puis dah beds Mdftb dah wings lilt am bou' ter lie mighty wa in. If My scratches de dirt back when dcy hunts wo'uis, den hit do Is- glllln' ready ter rain. Hah am odder lings which I could tell yci. but I hain't got no time. Jus' yo' 'member dat ills yen- weddah p. II. tin' gwlne ter lie lUllinn' When I gltn de new te'.e scope what I'se llggerlu' on." Si. Jo seph Herald. Where I lab Spend Hie Willi r. James II. Chinch, of Tiverton, It. I., a recognised authority on tlx li and their habits, thus writes: Fish are, except the birds, Ihe heel pilots In the world. Fuller, the birds or fish, know more when asleep uIhuiI pUolll than a man pilot dors w hell n w ake. Now as to the habit of flsh. They come ou ihe const in Hie spring, when the migratory Instinct starts tlieiu out of their winter'! sleep, lu winter they are lu a dormant state, like Hie I war. skunk and woo.lchu.k. The old t lie ory that ttih migrated south It all wrong. Kith simply leave Hie coast and go off shore on the northern cdg. of the s. til f Stream, get Into water el Hie right temperature, and go lute win ter quarter Itefore the time comet for them to tiart ou their mutual pilgrimage for Ihelr winter quarters they haw- taken on a g.. l cvuil o( fat. It Is under their sklu, and their rtMMW. I'in-d with It, ami It It alto all through their bod hi w hen they arrive at Hie spot that they have s. locied for their winter home. Then there grows over Ihelr eyoe a white Mm and ih. lr vent MMMi and to ihey remain until the time comes tot Ihem to start for their tutiiiuei home. Saturday Kvculug Pett. MMa or tin Lsmtcss, The library of Hotdugeu has a lllbl written on palm leaves. There ar 5.373 pages, each made of a single leaf. Is not ns fur west as some others far titer north. The difference In time be txveen the extreme eastern const nt Kuslport nnd San Francisco la three hours and forty minutes, quite nn ex tent of territory. From the sent of government the time difference Is Just tlnee hours. Westward the star of empire, etc.. tins been excmplltlcd In nearly all that the Fulled States have done. Most people would believe that when II iwali nnd the rest of the Sandwich group WW! taken In by treaty Unit the west ward limits were extended, yel this Is far from being true. Honolulu Is 0 degree In longitude, or forty minutes lu time, cist of Haw sou City, Alaska, and over nn hour east of Hie extiemc vv .-stern lluiltt of the northern tcirl i lory. Hut n big Jump was made to the . west until longitude began lo read east I when Oewey licked Moutejo lu Manila ' Incidentally these I'nlted Stales cover a large amount of distance lu l it Itude. They run fiom the arctic circle to within hailing distance of the cqu.r lor. If au enormous Hag were spread out to that It would take in every thing over which It now floats the accurate measurements would Just slmui bring all within Us border. The Philippines run down to within the degree uorth of Hie equator; the northern MM of Alaska go well up to 72 or 73 do grees north latitude. So It w ill Ih- seen that a man must do a power of sailing north, south, east nml west to get away from parallels of latitude and lougl Hide from which Ihe flag of America la Ibsent. 1 Climatically the country now runs Ihe entire gamut of the earth. It has hmcb1ou lu the torrid clime very near me central ix-lt; II runs ror tie grcc-s Into Ihe frigid at the top of the cale. It take In every phase of at mospherlc manlfeatatlon and disturb an e fiom a typhoon to a blltxarvl. It ranges from cllmea where Ice Is never absent to .MM where 1 It never west longitude of Folio Itlco set down against nu isuully exact cast longi tude, cntilllllig Isith from Hteciivvich, for Manila, the total dl-tauce In de grees, etc., nnd hours Is iWnl. The In let 'mediate jMilnts outside of the conti nental llmlls nre estlnuitisl from their location ou the charts and may vary ns much ns n couple of degrees. This, however, would not make more than eight minutes In lime variation. known. Ill sonic of live new imasea Nearly every man think It a greal 1 aUiua lev could aearvely Ih- maintained Joke to claim to Ik- pooier Ihau he real tu ammonia process. hlle lu some "' luxrl of Alaska It would ncai.s lt vt.-l.l A SONG CONTEST. How Hie Port of I'r vnu-r Ainnard lltrinarlvra lu I'l.lrn Tiniea. Kv.ileen Stein writes a story of the days of good King BtM for the St. Nicholas. It It Mlled I "The Page of OotWl ltcytiuurd." and the following It i so tie from It: By and by King BtM came Into the hall and took his seat on the throne. He wore a rich robe of purple velvet, embroidered nil over In the brightest silks nnd gold; nnd after him came a great troupe of troubadours and mil n. 'singers, some carrying their own harps or viols, and some followed by Utile pages who bore their masters' .be longings. As the good King Itetie looked at h's g i.v company and the brilliantly hung lull and Hie long tables, his eyes spar kled with delight, and h's heart swelled with pleasure when he thought of the Coming contest; for he was never so happy as when thus surrounded by his dear troubadours, whom he loved to niiike lu every way as happy as pot slide. Then, when all was ready, a gayiy 1 i nad afraid came Into tin- hall, and kneeling before the King, and MWlMJ to the assembled company, announced the coining of the two counts, William and Key n.iiird. All the other trouba dours and mltiiieslugers stood up. and King BtM smiled graciously ns the two MblemeO entered, followed by their pag. s. F erret and Henri, each of w hom carried a viol bedecked with lotig silken ribbons. When Hie counts bad saluted the King and taken their places before him, he commanded a seneschal to bMl In the pr.xc; and no ihe beautiful collar of Jewel wa brought In upon a silver tray ami placed on a carved tvuch In side out. po.nt of a flower w reashed lance, dls played It lo all Ite company and an I iioiiurcd the terms of the contest of ; song alvut to take place. All of which was certa'nly a great dial better and prettier than the cu . tomt of most of the other royal court j of thai time. In all Ihe lands except ' where King It.-ne lived, when the peo ple wanted euterialnuieut they used to gather together to ee context called tour n.s. incut, where noble lords tried to ' overthrew each other with real lances ou which were no garlands. Hut King ' It. nc could liot endure such barbarous ' lyn. The visitor expressed a desire to rescue her from degrading slavery and was astonished to hear the girl say ns alio nestled more luxuriously among her cushions: "Why, my dear ,1 wouldn't change my poslilnn for Hint of nny oilier wom nu lu Hie world. 1 nm perfectly happy - as happy as n queen." "Hut." said Mrs. Haider, "how did you ever gel here? Were you stolen by the pasha's people?" "Oil. dear, no," was the reply. "I nm the daughter of a Hrooklyn merchant, My father was a widower and was lu the habit of making a yuirly Kuropean trip. I accompanied bltn twice. The second trip we camt to the far cast. While we W ere In Morocco - and quite accidentally-the pasha s.-nv me and (hero she hesitated and snilledl-well, fell III love with me. I laitnot tell you how 1 iHi-ame nware of the honor he tho wad me, but I deliberately chose my life here ns his wife. I have been the favorite of the haretu ever since I an te red It, more than two years ago. ami I would not ho ntiyililiig else for the world. Don't pity the American wife of the grand pasha. It's a mere waste of sentiment" were some poor ladles, who, wishing to deck themselves for the occasion, had hit on rather unfortunate and tasteless arrangements, which excited the mirth of the people who were with us. The poor Indies perceived this, and I saw my sister burst Into tears. It seemed to her bnrbaroiis to make fun of good pi-ople who were trying to forget UwlC misfortunes In an hour's gaiety. In her eyes abused persons Were to N- pitied, nnd she stood up for them against those who ridiculed Ihem." Captain BlgabM an Artist. One day In the spring of 1S75, when the DaJly Qrtpbte, of New York, was lu full swing of Its meteoric career, a modest-looking young man called at the art department of the paper, nt Its Fark place ottices, with a package of sketch es. The drawings wen- left for Inspec tion, says the Philadelphia Times, and tho artist, handing his address In Brooklyn to the assistant of the art editor, took his departure. The avail ability of the work was manifested as MM as the package was opened, aud a comic series from the lot was repro duced at once for the frout page. Their appearance made quite a flut ter among the art staff, for talent capa ble of furnishing good comics lu pen and Ink lu those day s w as a scarce nu.' costly article. The page was signed "S..', and that was all the staff knew about It until there wai I general shov Ing about of work desks to make room "fort Mr. Slgsl.ee." Hut Mr. Slgslw-e did not materialise, nor did the supply ' . I .. . i . i . t the King. Then a herald stepped er.u.., iimuj uraw.ngs con- ... . ... . tlnue. ami. iiiinig iiiv collar uh.ii uie j til i.rtinmt - Heroine. One of the eccentricities of the Eng lish language was lately brought to the notice of a New England woman by bet BWOdlab maid. The girl had attended n night school for some weeks, and was much delighted with h.-r attainments in Kngllsh. She expressed her or lab to try her knowledge of the language by reading a story, ami not mistress rec ommended for her perusal one called "A Modern Cinderella," In n magazine. It was short, simply worded, and ap peared not to present any linguistic pitfall, "Hid you like It, Berth f asked the mistress when the magazine wus re turned to her. "Yas, ma'am," replied the girl, slow ly, "but 1 tm sorry she had so much trouble and dose glass eyes, too. My brudder, he had one glass eye, nnd It was vera hard for him." "Why, 1 dldu't remember about her having glass eyes," said the mistress. Btrtha unfolded the magazine, and pointed with a respectful linger to tho following undeniable proofs: "Aa Folly moved about the kitchen, doing her work, her eyes suddenly fell on the letter w hich lay unopened In her aunt's lap, " 'Keep your eyes where they belong,' said that lady sharply; nnd poor Polly COtOMd with shame." Youth's Companion. mini', appears ou deck and orders nil bonis lowered ami all efforts made to save the Uvea of the saturated Span la rds. Tin-re ought to be fulrly good ma ferial in this Incident for a light Opart. There wns nothing half so naive or amusing lu "Pinafore." Kansas City Star. Tho Stage In Sliiikapeure'M Dine. John Churl. in Collins, the dtftlB-giii-iicd essay 1st aud Quarterly Bar lew er. has been led tiling on the theater of Sh.ikspeare's lime. Tiie typical theater then Wiis of wood, circular or hexagon al In form, being modeled externally on Hie general structure of the old amphi theaters for bull and bear balling. Tim Interior was fashioned after the man ner of an Inn yard. The pit was scorch ed by the sun, while Hie actors were protected by a thatched penthouse. The scenery was supplied by the Imagina tion of the audience, but what wna lacking In scenery was made up In noise and bustle, things being kept very lively In that direction. The most numerous class among tho audience were roistering apprentices. On the stage and In olher parts wcro fashionable dandles, swashbucklers, writers and nctors. These, It Is Inter esting to know, always bad a fn-c pass. The play lusted two hours on an nver nge, nnd. considering the noise nml the smells which accompanied the perform ance, one was, Mr. Collins presumed, not sorry when "the nctors dropped on their knees lo pray for the queeu." An actor wake a hit w lieu he strike. elevti.dly. the manager for aa Increase In salary I 1 Uu) tfi chart wblcb the uatlou It became known that the art editor had duly not. fled Mr. Slgslvee that h's sketches were accepted, and that he would te g.ven a place upon the art staff at once. Would Mr. Slgslvee please be on hand uimn Monday inoruing? Hut the Watt rolled by, and then- w as no Mr. Slgsbee. The art editor was unspeakably astonished. He then wrote (Mil more urgently to the coy but de tlrahle artist, and this time he got an atuvver: 'Lleuteuant Commander Charlo 8Igslee. V. R. N.. ends hi compliment, and beg to ay that a be I at present In command of a Hov- .-riniienl sti'-i he i-nnn.it ...... ... ... -' display, and o in bit palace no one I yon offered." fought another except with pretty i vers. , aud the best poet waa the chain A little music makes a man aa disa . - a- I greeahlt aa a little learning. " .Montr Crista " Outdone. The Increase of wealth has been pro digious since the time of our civil war. especially lu America. When I vv-is a Isiy, any one who hnd one hundred thousand dollars to his name was con sidered fairly rich; but at present peo ple think little of a trifle like that. Kveu In Kurope, where fortunes are gained much less rapidly than with us, a property must now- be many times larger than In the first half of tho c.-n-tury, before It begins to dazzle society. I suppose some of you have read "Moti. te Crlsto;" and you know that a Youthful Ftnaaolen "Mamma," sild a little fellow after he returned from church Inst night, "does the Lord kttp books against ev erybody en ttrtbf "Yes, my son," tho mother nnsworcd, "in the great record of time tho nets of erery one nre registered. If w-e do good, It Is to our credit, and If we do evil It Is on the debit side." "Then, mother." the little Imp asked, "how much discount will the Lord llg ure ou the n'ckel with n bolt In it I put In the contribution box to-night, nnd will 1 get credit for the face value nnd be charged With the discount 1" The future BtMOCltr was hustled off to bed as soou as evening prayer was over. Barthquakea. When nn earthquake occurs the en tire crust or surface of the earth expe riences some effects of the disturbance. An earthquake In Calcutta which was accurately recorded gave n basis for tilings were too extravagant for the I determining the speed of transmission oi me wave of disturbance due to the imagination ot Alexandre Dumas. He meant that his romantic hero should lead the whole world In magnificence, aud probably thought of giving hlni the biggest bank account ever heard of. Hut Monte Crlsto was worth only a fraction of what several real men now living can show. This was not the sort of mistake you would have expected from Dumas. It would have cos; bin only a stroke of the pen to multiply the hoard In the Mediterranean Island a hundred times; but although his novel w as WrittM w hen he wns 40 years old he could not foresee that his Action would be utterly distanced by sol'd fact Nfore he died. St. Nicholas. shook. The disturbance was reglston-d at the Edinburgh Observatory, thou sands of miles distant, nnd gave n speed of transmission of six nnd tWO-tenthl miles per second for the heavier shocks and less than two miles per second for Ha- lighter ones. Char.varl Tor the lUbhlts. Kngllsh fanners, who know It l against the law to use ferret to drive out rabbits, plnee In the burrow a rul ber hose with a tin horn on the end in serted They they blow the horn nud bunny comet out In quick order. H lichen, led Spitnl ard. There nre nans of Kntln vhaaa ihe T... ii i7 . -r . I Utignown except In picture. T ie II, . res The man I marry mu The men. when they need a covering. nlV-ir,e :U1M 7v- ''"'.I0' 0"h"18 i" 0P taClf ht,aJ "en andclexcr. MMtrt M ttjttl aM flower. Mr. ltrokc- IVvesu't It that we should have met? -Ha r,,-. Ha anr. A married woman can t be hapnr without creating the Imptv.slon that the haa risen above ner trouble. lb-fore ('..'anit.ua. Prof. Proctor assert that ITO.Ofst.nOO people lived and died In America befora Columbus' discovery. Pleaaure tbtt lan't (bared with an other loaea half lu power to pleaaa.
