CO
THE ROSE LIGHT LINGEREQ, I
The rose light lingered on tbe hill. j
And turned to wine the waters at ur j
'oat ' I
The leaves that prattled by onr bides
were still.
This da., how sweet!
The sun fell down behind the crest
Uplifre-I dark a-iinsr tbe western sky.
And it stood brazen-lined, in azure dret.
Within my heart a cry.
Before her time, the silver moon
Crept shyly, all ashamed, into the light.
A star beyond the hills arose too soon.
Then spread the Night.
Her veil of mist to hide tbe deeps
That once were warm. Upon our spir
its, too,
A silence fell, e'en as the cool air steeps
The grass with dew.
Yesterday! So the ages roll
Unmoved. And yet I learn that thou
shouldst know
Sow lingers still thy presence in my
soul
An afterglow!
Winston Churchill in Century..
HN a small room in a tenement house
in the poorer section of New York
sat a young girl, silently weeping
.tnd bemoaning her lonely condition.
The day before she had been called
upon to part with her mother, who
iad died after a long, lingering illness.
Ten years before her father had been
killed in a railroad accident, and the
mother and daughter had been obliged
to give up their comfortable home and
move where cheaper rent could be pro
cured and economy jnore effectually
practiced. Here, in one room, by the
Hid of her needle, Mrs. Atwood had
maintained herself and Helen.
The physician who had attended Mrs.
Atwood during her illness had noticed
he beautiful character and refined fea
tures of Helen, and had become deep
ly Interested in her. Her extreme youth
bad prevented him from showing her
too much attention.
Dr. Cutter had attained considerable
reputation during his four years of
practice, and. being but 26 years of age,
bis widowed mother predicted for him
to brilliant future. "If only he would
find a wealthy wife." thought the
mother, "his success would be as
sured." But the young doctor did not
seem socially inclined, and seldom met
young ladies outside his profession.
But one morning at breakfast Dr.
Cutter told his mother Helen's sad
tory, picturing her orphaned condition,
and asked her if she could not Invite
Helen to their home until some plans
for her future could be made. This
worldly wise mother had at once scent
ed danger, and. after asking Miss At
wood's address, had promised only that
she would call upon her that afternoon.
Thus it happened that as a sad-faced
young girl sat peering out of a window
into a muddy court she saw a hand
some, well-dressed lady picking her
way along, and soon heard her miock
at her own door. Upon being admitted
the stranger introduced herself as Dr.
Cutter's mother.
After having listened to Helen's piti
ful tfnrv Mrs. Cutter proceeded to
tiuestlon the girl as to her future. "My
Bon has told me that you know of no
relative or friend to whom you could
. "Vn" Answered Helen, "I have
no relatives, and mother and I have
been in no position to make many
friends."
"Aud is there nothing you can do to
earn your own living?" questioned the
iad v.
"I am afraid not, Mrs. Cutter; I am
but 16 years old. and, although mother
has always said she wished me to be
n tencher. 1 fear I should make but a
poor one."
Then it occurred to the lady to ask
If Helen's mother had left any papers,
and Helen had brought her an old desk,
and after looking the contents carefully
over they found a bank book in which
Mrs. Atwood had an account with a
New York bank for $200 in her daugh
ter's name. "I wonder, my dear, that
you had not thought to look In this
desk before." Mrs. Cutter said, and
when Heleu replied that site had felt
too bad to touch any of her dear moth
er's things, the lady could but appre
ciate the lonely girl's feelings.
After considerable talk it was decid
ed that Mrs. Cutter should write to the
prim-ipm or a young ladies' seminary
In western New York, requesting the
admittance of Miss Helen Atwood to
his school for a two years' course. As
this gentleman was a frieud of Mrs.
Cutter, she hoped to interest him la
the orphan girl's behalf, and said she
would suggest to him that he give her
some light duties in the school to per
form, thus enabling Helen to earn her
board. Promising to attend to the mat
ter at once, she bade Helen a cordial
farewell and hastened to her own
home, where her sou was awaiting her.
"Well, mother, are we to entertain
Miss Atwood?" inquired the doctor.
His mother shot a keen glance in his
direction, and proceeded to relate her
plans for Helen. Although deeply dis
appointed, he could not but admit the
advisability of Helen's education being
continued.
Things worked so successfully that
In a week's time Dr. Cutter found him
self taking a final look at Helen's sweet
face. "Uemember. you are to write me.
my child," he cried, as the "Ail aboard"
warned him he must leave tbe train.
Some way. as he walked toward home,
be wondered why the brightness had
all gone out of the day. and why every
body seemed to look so forloru.
During the long two years that fo!
lowed, his heart was gladdened by an
occasional letter from Helen, which
told of her interest in her studies and
friends. As the end of the second year
drew near, the doctor again requested
his mother to invite Miss Atwood to
their home to spend the summer vaca
tlon. And a second time was the son
refused, "for it would only turn out in
a love affair." thought this far-sighted
mother, "and 1 want a rich wife for
my boy."
A few weeks later Dr. Cutter was
seated in the reception room of the
Young Ladies' Seminary of Westport
anxiously awaiting Miss Atwood. As
he heard soft footsteps approaching
CHRONOLOGY OF
1S38.
Battleship Maine blown np in the
harbor of Havana, while there on a
friendly visit. Feb. 15.
A Message sent by President McKin-
J ley to Congress in regard to blowing
up of the Maine. April 11.
Congress passed resolutions recog
nizing independence of Cnba and de
manding that' Spain relinquish her
J authority. April 20.
President issued call for 123,000
volunteers. April 23.
T Congress passed resolutions declar-
ing that a state of war existed. April
I23'
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet
in the harbor of Manila. May 1.
$ Sampson bombarded the fortifica
X tions at San Juan. May 12.
Schley sailed with the flying squad
ron from Key West. May 13.
Schley arrived at Santiago de Cuba.
f May 22.
Army sailed from Key West for
Cuba. June 15.
X Landing and battle at Las Guasi-
mas. June 20.
Y Victorv of El Caney and San Juan
hill. July 1-2.
4 Gen. Shafter calls for re-enforce-?
merits. July 3.
Battle of Santiago.. July 3.
Shafter demands surrender of San
tiago. July 3.
Truce declared. July 12.
Articles of capitulation at Santi
ago approved. July 10.
Surrender of Santiago. July 17.
Peace protocol. Aug. 12.'
Peace commissioners, sent to Paris.
Oct. 1.
Evacuation of Puerto Principe and
other provinces. Dec. 5.
Provisional government proclaimed
by Gen. Wood. Oct. 21.
Treaty of Paris signed. Dec. 10,
8:43 p. ni.
Gen. Garcia died in Washington.
Dec. 11.
and raised his eyes in eager expecta
tion, there in the open doorway stood
Helen Atwood in all the beauty or ner
young womanhood. He saw a smile
of welcome upon her lovely face as she
advanced to meet her old friend. Ana
there in the deepening shadows of an
early twilight the old, old story was
once more gone over. "Helen, aaniug.
may I take you home with me as my
treasured wife?" And as he stooped
to hear her softly answered "Yes," he
could not but see the love-light in her
dear eyes.
In the morning a message nasneu
over the wires, addressed to Mrs. Cut
ter. It read:
My wife and I arrive on the 9 o'clock
express from Westport. Be prepared to
receive us. H. a. wiiiia.
And Mrs. Cutter in a graceful manner
submitted to the inevitable. Boston
Post.
EMPRESS1N MARBLE.
Memorial Sarcophagus to Be Placed
in the Church at Potsdam.
The memorable sarcophagus of the
late Empress Frederick of Germany,
which has been modeled in clay by the
celebrated artist, Ueinhold Begas, is
now being reproduced in pure white
Carrara marble by Sculptor Albert Ge
ritz, and will in a few weeks be placed
in position within the Friedens kirche
at Potsdam.
The figure of the empress rests at
full length upon the sarcophagus, her
head supported by two pillows. The
form is enveloped by Greek drapery,
the upper part of which only is drawn
aside from the head, the face and the
bust.
The expression of the features, with
their half-open lips, vividly recalls :he
countenance of the empress to those
who knew her. From the Jiead, upon
which a diadem shines, the hair is
drawn down over the bust. The right
arm is extended in repose; the left
hand rests over the region of the heart.
The front of the sarcophagus carries
In bas-relief several emblematical and
pictorial designs. In the center is a
medallion .containing a Christ head
crowned with thorns. The panels on
each side and at the ends represent the
chief events in the life of the late em
press. On one she is represented as a
child receiving her first lessons; In an-
HOW A VOLCANIC EXPLOSION IS CAUSED.
i I
WATTKUH, . fNrTO l'NE'
tT i. :Mc fluid Zj!i'Jm4
"VJ0 SEMI-FLUID- $ TTpTV: ,5pN
tfr ciT lava ' XJ
A study of the above picture, reproduced from the New York World, will
show bow the molten mass in the mountain's interior met the water, and how
the steam generated thereby, following the line of least resistance, blew off the
top of the volcano.
The cslaniity which has overtaken two islands of the Windward group in the
Antilles will unquestionably lead to a fnsh discussion of the causes of volcanic
disturbance. As to the extent to which water operates there is some lack of
harmony among volcanists. Shaler. Milne and others hold that substance largely,
if not entirely, responsible for the trouble. They point to the fact that many
volcanoes are situated near the coast of continents or on islands, where leakage
from the ocesn may possibly occur. Russell., on the other hand, regards water
not as the initial factor, but as an occasional, though important, re-euforcement.
He suspects that when the molten rock has risen to a considerable distance it
encounters that fluid, perhaps in a succession of pockets, and that steam is then
suddenly generated.
The explosive effects which ensue are of two kinds. By the expansion of
the moisture which some of the lava contains the latter is reduced to a state
of powder, and thus originate the euormous clouds of fine dust which are ejected.
Shocks of jrreater or less violence are also produced. The less severe ones no
doubt sound like the discharge of artillery and give rise to tremors in the imme
diate vicinity. In extreme oases enough force is developed to rend the walls
of the volcano itself. Kussell attributes the blowing up of Krakatoa to steam.
The culminating episode of the Pelee eruption, though not resulting so disas
trously to the mountain, would seem to be due to the same immediate cause. To
this particular explosion, tco. it seems safe to assign the upheaval which excited
a tidal ware.
CUBA LIBRE.
Spanish control of Cnba finally re-
Iinquished. Last troops left Havana:
Tenth infantry. U. S. A., took np
quarters in city. Dee. 3L '
1S99.
Provisional government by the
United States: work of cleaning, ren
ovating and restoring oraer.
1900.
Ditto, and taking census, prepara
tory to' holding elections.
1901.
Cuban constitutional convention as
sembled. January. Congress passed
Piatt resolutions providing for Amer
ican suzerainty. March 2. Cuban
constitutional convention accepted
Piatt resolutions. June 12. Cuban
law promulgated by Gov. Gen. Wood
and elections held. Dec 3L
1902.
Delegates elected at" popular elec
tions met and chose Gen. Estrada
Palma as first President of the re
public of Cuba. Feb. 24.
President began preparation for for
mally turning over government to Cu
bans. March 24.
American troops gradually with
drawn. March 24 May 19.
Fiestas and general celebration all
over island. May 1019.
Final transfer of government to
Cubans. May 20.
The Promise.
..ti T-..T..1 C.f Varohv rlift-
claims any disposition or intention to T,
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or
control over said island, except for
the pacification thereof, and asserts
its determination, when this is ac
complished, to leave the government
and control of the island to its peo
ple." Section IH., resolutions passed
by Congress April 20, 1898.
Four years and twenty-two days
later the promise was fulfilled.
other she is depicted as an art student
drawing one of the ancient temples,
with the genius of art as her teacher;
still others show her engaged in works
of charity and benevolence.
There are also designs which sym
bolize the meeting of wife and husband
beyond the grave, where they are join- i
ed by the son who preceded them into
the other world. A setting sun sug-
gests the passage from this life; a rain
bow tells of immoatality.
The other features of the sarcopha
gus, says the Boston Herald, resem
ble those of the memorial modeled by
the same artist for the late Emperor
Frederick. The only Inscription Is one
which contains the names and the
dates, "1S40-1901."
Cure for Faulty Speech.
The habit of stammering is one that
children easily acquire, but which Is
difficult to cure. So great has been the
recent increase in this fault or Infirm
ity, whichever it may be, in Germany
that in the schools throughout the em-
pire a special course of instruction has
been started for children so afflicted.
In Berlin six specialists engaged by the
Board of Education devote twelve
hours a week to this work. One and a
half per cent of all the school children
in Germany stutter. As in nearly all
cases the difficulty in speaking arises
from a peculiar nervous condition and
Is not due to any physical malforma
tion, the specialists are confident of
being able to cure nearly all the cases
which they find.
The system of cure consists largely
in making the child speak slowly, in
teaching him how to properly use his
lips and tongue In forming words, and
in correcting his nervousness. That
stammering can be cured has been, re
alized since the time that Demosthenes
walked by the seashore declaiming
with a pebble In his mouth. It is a
little singular that the Germans, who
have been supposed to be a race rather
lacking in nervousness, should sudden
ly develop into a nation of stutterers.
Perhaps the strenuous life into which
the Emperor has plunged the country
has been a little to much for its ner
vous system.
A man never knows how much atten
tion he can attract until he comes down
street limping.
.Hf-jlfS-.m-
OF -AVA AND ASME5
MHKH ACTS AS A STOPPER.
AND PREVENTS tKUi-i '"I"
UN0CR ORDINARY PRESSURE,
MT. PELEE, THE DEATH
ISLAND OF MARTINIQUE,
j Deaolaea by Slave War, Earthquakes
and Volcanic Ernptiona.
The island of Martinique, the scene
of one of the most awful catastrophes
known in human annals, was discov
ered by Columbus on his fourth voy
age, in 1502, and still bears the name.
Ulightly modified, which its Carib na
tives then called it. In IGSo the French
began to colonize it and the same year
the city of St. Pierre was founded. Its
early growth was rapid, for in 1G57 we
rind that It had a population of 5,000.
exclusive of the aborigines. Early in
the 18th century slave labor was intro
duced on the coffee and sugar planta
tions and by 1730 there were 72,000 ne
groes on the island. On four different
occasions during the wars between En
gland and France the island was seized
by the British, being finally restored to
France by the treaty of Paris in 1S14.
In 1822 and again in 1833 and 1839 the
island was distracted by uprisings
among the negro slaves; but the aboli
tion of slavery, in 1818, forever put an
end to these disturbances.
The negroes rapidly increased and at
the time of the last census they num
bered 150,000 out of a total population
of 175,000. Of the remainder 15,000
were Asiatics and 10.000 pure whites.
Martinique, which has an area of 380
square miles,. is a beautiful island. It
lias, however. Its drawbacks. Among
the latter are the deadly snake, the fer-de-lance,
the spider, the ant. the trop
ical plagues, the hurricane, the earth
quake and volcano. So active have
been the earthquake and volcano in an
cient times that the very island is com
posed almost entirely of volcanic ma
terial. In modern times seismic dis
turbances have been numerous. In 1727
the island was shaken by an earth
ouake and in 1767 another seismic con
vulsion Is said to have caused the
! deaths of 16.000 people. In 1772 the
1 island's fortifications were thrown
i down by an earthquake.
The most serious volcanic eruptions
recorded in Martinique's history oc
curred in 1813. 1817, 1823, 1839 and
1851. In the latter year Mont Pelee
belched forth huge volumes of smoke
and ashes and the city of St. Pierre
i and the surrounding country were cov
ered with a deep layer of ashes. . Vege
! tation. wherever these hot ashes fell,
was destroyed. New hot springs
! gushed out of the sides of the moun
! tain and the air was heavy with sul
MAP SHOWING
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phur fumes. The agitation ceased,
however, without precipitating a trag
edy. Of the chief cities of Martinque St.
Pierre was the largest and wealthiest,
its population exceeding 25,000, while
the population of Fort de France, the
capital, is iess than 20,000.
SCARRED BY VOLCANOES.
Island of St. Vincent Bears Evidence
of Past Convulsions.
The island of St. Vincent, which lies
to the south of Martinique, in the
"Windward group, bears all over Its
face the evidences of the volcanic erup
tions which marked its history In past
centuries. It has two volcanoes,
Morne Garou and La Soufriere, the lat
ter of which Is now in active and dis
astrous eruption and the former of
which manifested its energy with ter
rible destructiveness in 1812. From
thes? volcanoes, extend great "dry riv
ers," as they are called, being the beds
of lava streams which at different
times spread over the island.
In 1718 La Soufriere was in a state
of eruption and covered the whole
island with ashes. The whole upper
part of the cone was blown away.
Years afterward the crater filled up
and became a lake.
In 1812 the volcano of Morne Garou
exploded with terrific noise and energy.
At the same time an earthquake, prob
ably in sympathetic relation, occurred
at Caracas, Venezuela, and hurled 10,
000 people. The volcano belched forth
torrents of mud and cinders aud the
surrounding country was covered with
a deposit under which all vegetation
perished. For three days, so deep was
the darkness, the sun appeared to be in
a total eclipse. At the end of the third
day flames sprang pyramidicully from
the crater, accompanied by terrific
thunder and lightning. Eruptive mat
ter poured down the sides of the crater,
destroying plantations and houses.
while showers of cinders and stones at
times bombarded the earth, killing ne
groes and Carib natives.
St. Vincent is a small but very fertile
island, its area being 131 square miles
Its present population exceeds 50.000,
very few of whom are white. Original
ly the island belonged to France, but
in 1703 it was ceded to England. In
1778 there began a ten years' war with
the fierce Caribs, ending with the ban-
PROXIMITY OF WINDWARD
Miles.
1,829
. 1,428
. 1.227
lshment of nearly all too aborigines to '
the Island of Roatan on tbe Honduras
coast, .
The planter became very wealthy
growing sugax with slave labor, but
after the emancipation their wealth
was lost, and now moat of the owners
of the soil are the descendants of the
old slaves, who. with little patches of
land, live a happy, contented life.
Sugar, ram. cocoa and spices are pro
duce-, but the chief product is arrow
root, which has finer qualities and
more exquisite flavor here than any
where else. .
A LEISURE-LOVING PEOPLE.
Such Were the Inhabitants of the City
of St. Pierre.
The inhabitants of St, Pierre took
life easy. In tbe hurricane months,
June, July, August and - September,
they left the hot and low-lying city
and made their abode on Mont Pelee,
where cool breezes made life tolerable.
French manners and customs domi
nated. Tbe morning breakfast lasting
three hours and attended by men and
women wearing full dress, was one of
the features of the living of the rich
and well-to-do.
The Garden of Plants, a park of Im
mense size, afforded all classes a shady
and beautiful retreat from the
son's blazing rays, while it also con
tained an element of danger the iron
lance, a name given to a venomous
serpent, whose blte was fatal unless
prompt measures were resorted to. In
St. Pierre about 1,000 persons were at
tacked yearly, of whom 100 lost their
lives. These reptiles sought shady
spots in the park and on lawns, and
any one sitting in the grass was liable
to be bitten. All over the island of
Martinique the iron lance was in evi
dence and dreaded.
The color line exists in Martinique,
though it is not drawn with the tight
ness that it is in the United States.
The blacks prevail in the ratio of nine
to one, and many of its men and wom
en are cultured and good-looking. The
island has been noted for thirty years
for Its excellent school system. Per
haps one in ten of the whites, nearly
all French, marry negresses. It is ex
tremely rare, however, for a white
woman to take a colored husband.
Where one so acts, there are a hun
dred white men who marry colored
women.
MAY BURN FOR AGES.
Like Vesuvius, Mt. Pelee May Con
tinue to Belch Forth Fire.
Some people are of the opinion that
Mont Pelee will cool off rapidly and
again become quiescent, but the best
judges believe that it will go on throw
ing off fire and lava for a long time.
While the violence of the first eruption
will, it is thought, subside, the mount
ain from a spectacular point of view
is stated as likely to continue in active
eruption for months, possibly for cen
turies. Vesuvius was regarded. as ex
tinct, until it suddenly broke out and
destroyed Pompeii in A. D. 79, blow
ing Its top off as was done by Mont Pe
lee, and yet it has continued in more
or less active eruption ever since.
Sometimes it subsides until nothing
but a thin cloud of smoke surrounds
the summit, but with the exception of
a period of 131 years, between 1500
and 1631, it has never been quite dead
since the destruction of Pompeii,
which was the first eruption of the
mountain of which there is any au
thentic record. Its periods of notable
activity have been extended over
NATIVES OF MAKTINIQUE.
weeks and months. The great erup
tion of 1808 attracted visitors from all
over Europe, and excursions were
made up of large parties in England,
who traveled to Naples to witness the
sight, which was one of surpassing
grandeur and magnificence.
Similarly, It is believed by some sci
entists that now that a new volcano
has opened up with a great tragedy, it
may become one of the sights of the
world, attracting visitors and scientists
from New York and from Europe. Seis
mic experts and geologists. witU col
lege professors and naturalists, would
be naturally attracted to such a place
from the very beginning, to sudy-oh
the spot and place on record their ob
servations of an event that will go
down in the history of the world's
ISLANDS TO CUBA AND
From New Orleans to Havana. .
From Porto Rico to Martiniqne.
From New York to Panama . . .
GREAT DISASTERS IN HISTORY.
Lives Lost,
Feb. 24, 79 Pompeii de
stroyed by eruption - of
Mount Vesuvius 30,000
1137 Catania, ia Sicily, over
turned by earthquake 13,000
1268 Cillcia destroyed by
earthquake 00.000
Dec. 5, 1456 Earthquake at
Naples 40.000
Feb. 26, 1531 Earthquake at
Lisbon 30,000
September, 1693 Earthquake
in Sicily buried fifty-four
cities and towns and 300
villages; of Catania and its
18,000 inhabitants not a
trace remained 100,000
Feb. 2. 1703 Jeddo, Japan,
destroyed 200.000
Nov. 30, 1731 Earthquake at
Pekin 100.000
Oct 23, 1746 Lima and
Callao demolished 18.000
September. 1754 Grand Cairo
destroyed 40.000
June 7. 1755 Kascham, Per
sia, swallowed up 40,000
Nov. 1, 1755 Great earth
quake in Spain and Portu
gal; in eight minutes 50,000
inhabitants of Lisbon per
ished; cities of Coimbra.
Oporto, Brass and St. Cbes
wholly overturned. In Spain
Malaga reduced to ruins.
One-half of Fez. Morocco, de
stroyed, more than 12.000
Arabs killed: 2.000 bousts
in Island of Maderia de
stroyed 100.000
Feb. 4, 1797 Whole cotvn- .
try between Santa Ve and
Panama destroyed, including
City of Quito
40.000
Aug. 10. 1822 Aleppo de
stroyed
20.000
May 20. 1830 Canton. China,
shaken i
May 7. ' 1842 Cape Haytien
destroyed
C..OO0
5.000
March 2, 1856 Earthquake
in Molucca Islands S.000
Dec. 16. 1S57 Calabia.
Naples, destroyed 10,000
July 2. 1803 Earthquake
partly destroyed Manila.... 1.000
Aug. 31. 1868 Earthquake
In Pern and Ecuador 25.000
greatest catastrophies. The spectacu
lar aspects of the volcanic eruptions in
the Antilles will bring about a rush
of visitors to Martinique and St. Viti
cent. KRAKATOA.
The
Greatest Volcanic Explosion in
the History of the World.
The greatest volcanic explosion in
the history of the world, so far as
energy Is concerned, and one of the
most destructive of human life was
that of Krakatoa, on an island In the
strait of Sunda, between Java and Su
matra. During the month of May,
1883, the volcano of Krakatoa burst
into activity, but the great explosion
did not come until Aug. 20. Then
flames, which were visible at a dis
tance of forty miles, shot from the
crater. The crashing explosion which
followed these flames set Iu motion
air waves that traveled around the
earth four times one way and three
times the other. Every self-recording
barometer In the world was disturbed
seven times by that blow-up. These
waves traveled at the rate of 700 miles
an hour.
At Borneo, 1,116 miles distant, the
noise of th.is eruption was heard. The
shock was felt in Burmah. 1,478 miles
distant, and at Perth, West Australia.
1,902 miles distant. The Krakatoa ex
plosion was heard over a sound zone
covering one-thirteenth of the earth's
surface.
Sea waves were created by the ex
plsion which destroyed two lighthouses
in the strait of Sunda, all the towns
and villages on the shores of Java and
Sumatra bordering the strait, all ves
sels and shipping there, and 30.SS0
lives in that vicinity. The explosion
raised a tidal wave at Merak 135 feet
high; covered 500,000 square miles of
ocean with lava dust several inches
thick; submerged an Island six miles
square and 700 feet high In a depth of
water of 150 fathoms and created two
new islands.
Prodigious Force of a Cyclone.
Careful estimates of the force of a
cyclone and the energy required to keep
the full-fledged hurricane in active ope
ration reveal the presence of a power
that makes the mightiest efforts of man
apepar as nothing in comparison. A
force fully equal to over 400.000,000
horse power was estimated as devel
oped in a West Indian cyclone. This
Is about fifteen times the power that
can be developed by all the means with
in the range of man's capabilities dur
ing the same time.
A Doubtful Compliment.
Old lady, describing a cycling acci
dent: " 'E 'elped me hup an' brushed
the dust orf on me an' put five shllliu'
In my 'and, an' so I says, 'Well, sir, I'm
sure you're hactin' like a gentleman,'
1 says, 'though I don't suppose you are
one.' I says." Punch.
English Novels.
One thousand five hundred and thir
teen novels were published in England
last year.
Great opportunities come to those
who make good use of small ones.
UNITED STATES
Miles.
597
450
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