JUDGE HAS A BIG TERRITORY. HERE'S A CHAINLESS BICYCLE
C'. S. Johnson of Alaska, Whoee Juris
diction lnOne-SUtli of United Stutes.
'Charles Sumner Johnson, recently up
pointed by President McKinle.v Judge
of tlie T'nited Stales ( ourt for the dis
Irict of Aliiska, exercises jurisiliction
over a domain vastly greater than that
of any Federal judge In the I'nion. It
4-iiihrnccH mi area of nearly (iiMI.OlK:
square miles, with a const line longer
than tliat of nil the Atlantic. I'ucilU
Jind tiulf States combined, and his jur
isdiction Is nearly one-sixth of tin
whole territory of the I uited States
It extends from south to north from
latitude "i4 degrees 4(1 minutes (sixteen
mid two-thirds degrees) to latitude 71
degrees 2(1 minutes, and from east tc
west from degrees west longitude
57 degrees 20 minutes) in .J 72 tyftrvv
40 minutes east longitude. The position
of judgefor this country of Immensities
(s no sinecure. The greatest hindrance!
lo the prompt administration of justlc
lire the lack of transportation facilities
the great distances, want of means lot
communication, and the dirliculty of se
curing competent and reliable juries.
Judge Johnson was horn in a cabin
In Jones County, lown, In 18r4; edu
cated in the high schools of Cluiinda,
ItH Inventor Claims Development o
Speed of u .Mile a Minute.
American wheel manufacturers nc
longer seek novelties in chninles-
wheels in Kuropean countriei:. Hoi.it;
talent is giving the subject Its best:
thought and a Detroit man believe
that he has found a satisfactory so j
lution of the problem. The new wheel j
promises to be very speedy and its In-;
ventor claims that by its aid tlio mile in I
one minute will he an accomplished!
fuct.
The inventor Is a skilled mac'diiUt.
While working at his trade, making a
set of patterns for a shaping machine,
the idea for ids chainless bicycle oc
curred to him; namely, -the application
ASPIRES TO HAWAII'S THRONE.
Princess Kainlnni, .Niece of Liliuo
kalani, the Deposed Queen.
Princess Kaiulnnl, the accomplished
young woman who aspires to the
throne of Hawaii,, is n typical Hawai
ian beauty. She is tall, finely propor
tioned, with grace ami elegance in even-
movement. Her education is of the
TllE XEW CHAI.VT.ESg WIlElCt..
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rilARLKS 8. JOll.NSOX.
Agricultural College, and State Uni
versity of lown, graduating from the
law department of the latter Institution
In 1877. He removed lo Nebraska and
engaged In the practice of law, was
elected to various ollices. among them
member of the Legislature of mat
State in JNK2, prosecuting attorney for
his district In ISNfi. and re-elected In
1SS7. He resigned In 1SS1 to accept an
appointment as I'uited States attorney
for the district of Alaska and served
in that capacity four and one-half
years, being the only attorney who ever
served n full term in Alaska. After tin
expiration of Ids term he settled in .In
iieau, Aliiska, and continued the prat
lice of law. lie was elected a delegate
to the Republican convention at St.
Louis In Is; HI, and was chosen national
committeeman for Alaska.
LINES ON THE FACE.
They Tell (lie Life Story of the Indi
vidual with Kemiirkitble Accurucy.
Kverybody who possesses character of
jiny sort Is laying a system of railway
lines on his face which, as old age ap
proaches, will tell his life story and the
kind of man lie is more clearly than
he could tell It himself.
Look nt the "cash lines" In sketch No.
. A constant hypocritical raising of
the forehead has made those forehead
lines, V-shaped under the eyes, on the
baggy chin, mouth and cheek seud-cir-vles,
and those little upward curves in
I he eye-corners.
Face No. 2 has not made the best of
things. Everything Is wrong, say the
drooping lines at either side of the
mouth. And the chin itself is a study
In woebegone Irritability.
No. 3 Is a inn ii who persistently makes
the best of things. Life with him Is u
perpetual circus, and the lines in his
fnce have gradually formed themselves
iT"v' . r Sx
of the principle of the motion of the
simper. To all mechanics who uikp r-
stand the motion the idea will Ik per
fectly clear. The general plan of the
driving niechnnism is that of an iut r
ual gear combined with compound
cranks. The internal gear has a pro
jecting arm which contains u slot in
combination with the pedal cranks. The
tremendous gain in crank power Is
more than sufficient to compensate for
the slight Increase of friction In the
toothed gear over that in chain gearing.
Tlie greatest advantage Is that while
transmitting the power to the pedal
crank there is a gain of three inches
actual leverage over the present mod
els. With very little trouble tlie pinions
can be changed (known as changing
the gear) so as to convert the wheel
from a racer to a road wheel. Another
special feature Is that the wheel base.
or distance betweu the points of con-1
tact, with the ground, Is 8 to 10 inches ,
shorter than in the chain geared bi
cycle, which Is an advantage in making j
short turns. i
The rider sits directly over tlie rear
wheel, the saddle being changed at will,
as In all bicycles although the position
will be "identical witli that assumed on
the ordinary "safety," and one would
not feel the difference between riding
on this and a chain-driven wheel. The
weight will not exceed 24 pounds. All
llii.i.i..- hAlLJ.AN'I.
bearings are either roller or ball
bearings so as to niiniijilsse friction. Tlie
gearing and bearings are enclosed in
dust-proof shields. Tlie wheel can be
placed on the market in tlrst-chiss style
nd workmanship for ,$12".
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Into a network of Jollity and good tin
nior.
No. 4 is the Hill Sjkes type of face.
Bill's hand Is against everybody when
It Isn't In anybody's pocket.. If von are
vetting nny of these lines look out or
you will find yourself enjoying the hos
pitality of the Government.
Itoe'a WIiik Work llnptdly.
A captive bee striving to escape has
been made to record as many as 15,510
wing strokes per minute lu a 'recent
'-est.
RESULT OF A FAD.
Oolf Is Everywhere Now the Game of
the Moment.
As golf is just now tlie game of the
moment, having shouldered tennis to a
back seat, the artists have turned their
attention toward picturing and carica
turing the types to be met with on tlie
green golf Held:
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ATTITUDK IX OOLP.
There is no denying that a ninn's
character Is cruelly displayed by his
net tons on t he golf liuks and the nu
merous remarkable attitudes people
strike are a cause for amusement to
lookers-on. Here are some of the posi
tions witnessed at a recent golf game.
Why They Don't Mourn.
"Why don't the HifTtons apiear In
mourning? Wnsu't Charley Hlfftou,
who was drowned last week a member
of their fnil'.y ?"
"Yes; but he rocked the boat."
Glevelaud Lender.
TUB 1)111 V1.N1 MKCIIANtSM.
very highest order. She Is very music
al, slugs, composes and uses almost
any instrument of harmony, even to
the violin.
A peculiarity of Hawaiian law Is that
descent Is through tlie maternal side,
instead of by the father. If a member
of any of tlie families of the high chief
marries a woman of the people the
children, while perfectly legitimate, do
not Inherit the lands or honors of the
father, while If n inun not of noble
blood marries n woman connected
with the noblest families her children
by him are nobly born. Succession
to tlie throne Is first by descent. The
reigning sovereign possessing no helr
has the right to adopt and name an
heir to the throne. In the absence of :
descent or nomination, election by the
Legislative Assembly, with the proviso
that the choice must lie from the fam
ilies of the highest chiefs, provides for
tlie succession.
Princess Knlulanl is the niece of
Queen Lllluokalnna, and was named
helr-npparent on March 8. 1891, the
fact being officially communicated to
this Government and acknowledged by
the United States. But the young Trln
cess was not at this date in Honolulu,
for on May 10, 188!), or in her 14th
year, under tlie charge of Mrs. T. R.
Wnlker, wife of the British Consul, she
had left that port for England. There
she has been ever since with the fam
ily of Mr. Da vies, and with him Trln
cess Kallulanl visited this country to
protest against the Harrison treaty of
uuuexutiou.
ATCHINSON GlOBE SIGHTS.
. -i
A man who sells candy should nevci
chew plug tobacco whih-at his work.
The ostrich that sticks its head in
the sand, and thinks no one sees it,
isn't to he mentioned in the same day
with the lover.
When a piece of fertile ground be
comes too worn out to raise ii crop .!
weeds, you can believe the theory that
men never get too old to fall lu love.
If women must gossip at church sew
ing societies, what is the mutter with
taking up some of the people In the
Bible? The characters are not such
that they can't be gossiped about.
When a girl leaves home as a bridi
she travels in a sUite-room, and the
gods have been good to her beyond
complaint if she makes her iirst trip
home in a chair car, and feeds her ba
bies from a lunch basket.
Some day a writer will appear who
will be bold enough to denounce tlie
custom girls have of cutting their party
dresses very low In the neck. It will
probably be an old woman whose
charms have shriveled up.
Every girl imagines that she can be
come an experienced cook after she
gets married, without previous prac
tice. StllJ, it Is demanded that the man
have practice In his trade or profession
before trying to earn a living.
In a late magazine there is a long
story by a woman over her unfavor
able "environments." The story nlay
be reduced to a few words: tlie writer
says In effect: "I vis.h I could put my
environments in a bucket, and kick It
over."
A boy of 12, hungry and- hearty, re
cently came to Atchison to visit two
old maid aunts who lived all alone. He
arrived on a Saturday night, and as
was their regular custom they had
stocked the house with provisions
enough that morning to last a week.
They cut two extra slices of thin bread,
and an extra piece of cold meat in hon
or of the boy's arrival, and sat down
to tea. This hungry, hearty boy of 12
ate everything tlie maiden aunts had
on the table, arid by Sunday noon had
cleared out everything In the house,
and the maiden aunts had to borrow
from the neighbors for food for Sun
day supper. His appetite so alarmed
these two frugal old girLs thai they
have called In a doctor to do something
for it.
STATUE OF TUBAL CAIN.
City of Pittsbnrs to Erect a Great
Monument to the First Smith.
The city of Pittsburg is contemplat
ing the erection of a great statue, a
work with a meaning, a rival to the
mammoth Liberty of New York har
bor. It Is the purpose to erect the sta
tue in the Allegheny River. The illus-
TUBAL CAIN, THE FlIIST SMITH.
tratlon here given Is made from one of
the suggested designs. It la tlm fi
of Tubal Cain, the first smith, and Is
intended to typify the iron Industry,
which lias made Plttshnrir what- If la
Many other designs have been submit
ted auu uie ravoreu artist will be con
sidered a lucky man.
Helpless Lord Chancellor.
The responsible office of chairman or
president of a legislative body is one
that generally curries with it both
powers and privileges, says the Lon
don Sunday Magazine. There are,
however, exceptions to tlie rule. In the
British House of Lords it is not tlie
lord chancellor but the whole house
that Is addressed us "My lords."
The speaker is the sole Judge of nil
questions of order in the House of
Commons. In the House of Lords such
matters, when there is a conflict of
opinion, are decided by the whole
house and not by the lord chancellor.
If several members of the House of
Commons rise simultnneousiv to take
part In a debate the speaker decides
who shall speak first, but if two or
more peers rise together in the House
of Lords the lord clinncellor cannot de
cide who shall first be heard. It Is the
voice of the house that determines. ,
Happily etiquette is so strong in tae
gilded chamber that it rarely happens
when tlie house by cries expresses its
desire to hear one of the contending
peers that the others do not give way.
But some years ago there was a nota
ble scene over the question whether a
peer who had risen from the front
tory bench should be heard In prefer
ence to a peer who had risen from the
front liberal bench.
Neither lord would give way, and to
bring the curious situation to an end
Earl Granville moved that the liberal
peer be heard. Tlie house divided on
the question and decided by n big ma
jority that the tory peer shomd be
heard first.
It Is difficult for the average man to
understand why the lord chancellor
should not be able to exercise author
ity which is vested in the ehtiirmnn of
every public meeting, but there is a
subtle constitutional point involved In
this apparently ridiculous procedure.
All peers are equal as legislators In
the House of Lords. No one of them
enn be vested with nuthorlty over the
others. Therefore, when a point of or
der Is Involved It is the whole house
and not the lord chancellor that must
decide the Issue.
SEEKS TO EE QUeEh
Miss White of lianTerr.
the Swedish Thru,,,,
An American woman i .
no p !, ..i.i.... , tt,M1mantt,
Tenitorv. and uim . '..
one of the oldest t!
She is Miss Louise White ,,f , T
tlm l-lirl.lfnl .,
' i--u ol aweden At,,,
B..t Miss White Is right on thc ZI
From the window of ,,le CT1
wun: sue occupies In Ktn.-L-i.nK "
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MISS I.Ol'ISK WII1TK.
Alaska Itoss.
Some sort of plant has been exhibited
In Portland, Ore., under the name of an
Alaskan rose, which Is described as
looking Hke a big sunflower, except
that in place of the petals of a sun
flower the Alaska "rose" has a moss of
yellow blossoms, which He very close
one to the other.
Dry 1 ne Lace ( urinin.
. Lace curtains may be pinned to the
rarpet upon clean white sheets If one is
without drying frames. Tin tlie sheets
down perfectly smooth; then pin the
curtains on them, using a rii(UpI,..,.
number of pins to make the edges of
uie curtains lie perfectly straight.
lvuuies noine journal.
Old Fashioned Women.
Amateur theatricals, short-sleeved
dresses and swimming baths are for
bidden to the women of Uulmen, In
Westphalia, by authority of their par
ish priest, because they are daogeroui
morals.
Cause for Coinrritnin.
lie had come home very unsteady,
and she was good and mad.
"Yes. you are tnv lmuKnn.i r
Stubba; but, thank goodness, yo'u are
no uiooa reiauon to me." Brookly
Lirt.
Never do anvthin? von n mhin,
0 v- " li 111 V V.
or; you can t tell at what moment the
kodak flend may be taking a snap-shot
l at you.
can look across the square to the pat
white royal palace from which sbc
hopes some day to oust Oscar II. gb,
has gone to Sweden's capital annul
with bundles of documentary evident,
and backed by a foi-midnble array o(
legal talent, nnd she is prepared to ta,t
there until she can persuade the Sui
dish people to help her swap her ton.
net for a crown, her hotel room for i
pnlace. ,
And, mind you, Miss White's ambi
tion does not spring from an unsound
mind. She Is a bright, lutelllgeat
American woman, and' actually lm
good grounds for her claim. Slieil
leges -and is prepared to prove, sit
says, that she Is a lineal descendant ol
Sweden's most popular king, Giutare
Adolphus, whose direct descendant,
Gustavus IV., was deposed In 1809 h
cause he embroiled the nation Id too
many foreign wars. Miss White thlnli
that she could give a better sample ol
ruling than her unfortunate ancestor.
Every Swede knows that King Oscar
Is descended from the Kurniulotte fam
ily, which three or four generation!
back was not even a noble one, hul II
O.jcar is handicapped In the line of in
cestry he has tlie advantage of Mta
White in other respects. In the !rst
place, he has possession, 8nd would
probably hold on to his throne as Ion?
as possible. Then, he Is a very popn
lar monarch, nnd Miss White, wliile her
claim has been discussed to some ei
tent In tlie Swedish papers, Is pereoml
ly unknown.
MESSAGE FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Pound of Gold Sent by an Alatku
Prospector to His Mother,
The little bag shown in the plctnn
safely held n pound of gold on the lorn-
ney from Pnwson City to Pittsourj.
It was sent by William G. Stonejto
the woman he loved best nnd ofteaest
remembered In the far-away gold Mi
try his mother. It was first intrusted
to Stonev's friend. S. D. Goff, ana of
lilm forwarded to Mrs. Stoney. Toe
time was a little more than sixty dap
The bag Is being preserved by l
fond mother, who prizes It more
A BAO OF GOLD FOR HIS MOTHE
Ihe assurance It brought her t iatt
son was thinking of her nla
hardships and trials of that
country than for the goldUwn"'1'181
A Drummer's MUtuM '
The Kennebec Journal tells oi
gor "drummer" who tried jo
lady from leaping from a mpm
ing train. Aner m " i hpr bf
arms around her and inggf a v
Into the car she recovered irom
surprise enough to call '
names in the feminine vocabulary
explain that she went ovtoaw '
. ' w hnndkerclilef ,
friends. The passengers
It all, but the "drummer dldm
to enjoy the situation.
To Ward Off Llo.
In a recent lecture the 0$
eler Prof. Peehuel-Loeschkc !d
that the danger from "5jV
animals in the African
elsewhere was greatly exaw t
and that the best weapon agai
tack was an umbrella, wuicu
ward off any lion or tiger.