Heppner Weekly Gazette
Published Every Thursday.
HEPrNER OREGON,
There Is a horrible suspicion that the
new milk trust might water Its stock.
Spain has vainly tried the air-bag
method In an effort to raise a ship of
state.
A city paper prints a long editorial
on "The Fruits of Victory." Plums,
probably.
The difference between Tattl and Lil
lian Russell Is that Pattl's former hus
bands are all dead.
An editor solemnly assures a corre
spondent that there are no witches. Is
that newspaper man unmarried?
A paper In the East advertises for
sale a lot of "cast-oft ladies' wraps."
Why should there be any such ladles?
Walking Spanish would have been a
graceful movement compared with
those Parish commissioners having to
crawl.
To be expelled from the French Le
gion of Honor Is rapidly becoming a
distinction of which any French gentle
man has a right to be proud.
It Is said that a well-known London
banking house will "convert' 'the Vene
zuelan debt. A converted debt Is not
very apt to backslide subsequently.
A New York shoplifter stole an alarm
clock and It went off In her pocket be
fore she left the store. Naturally, this
did not strike her as a striking success.
Airships seldom come to that point
where they have wings, much less use
them. This Is duo to the money Invest
ed In them generally taking wings first.
It is perfectly safe to wager that
there Is nothing In that 4,000-page man
uscript left by Kecly which will enable
his successor to accomplish what be
did.
A Vienna scientist has at last an
nounced that "love Itself Is a microbe."
As It always attacks the unflttest, what
chance is there left for poor bachelors
now?
As Dewey's salary Is not much over
55,000, and he could earn this sura In a
day or two's time by writing a maga
zine article, It's another case where the
pen's mightier than the sword.
Russia has offered a big bonus to the
Krupps for establishing a shipyard lu
Russia to build warships for the Czar's
navy. Evidently the Czar Is counting
on getting Into a Joint debate with the
peace plan.
Public men do not enjoy being carica
tured In tho newspapers, but their
wives usually extract considerable
pleasure and advantage from It Mrs.
Roosevelt is fortified with a scrap book
that will hold the Governor In check
during his entire administration.
Anarchists are the sworn foes of so
ciety, and It Is tho duty of society,
whenever they are caught criminally
conspiring against established author
ity or compassing or committing mur
der to Inflict upon them tho extreme
limit of all laws for such cases made
and provided.
The thumb Is said to reveal the
itrength or weakness of the whole char
acter. Schoolboys, whose thumbing of
books Is proverbial, will be Interested In
this discovery. They nre the strongest
characters known when It comes to
thumbs, except those highly favored
and doubtless extremely strong people
whose "fingers are all thumbs."
Siberia has boundless forests, but
none of them are nvnllnblo to supply
the timber for the construction of the
Russian railroad through Manchuria. It
pomes from Oregon, nud Is shipped
across tho Pacific to Vladlvostock,
thence transported by rail to a tribu
tary of the Amur, and by water routes
to the line of the road.
Tho bicycle Is less tricky and danger
bus than it Is popularly supposed to be.
It appears from the report of an acci
dent Insurance company that it Is third
In the list of considerable causes of ac
cident. There were paid for losses on
account of accident via the machine
f('.5,0(KI. Horses did $107,000 worth of
mischief, and the gun was most danger
ous, Its cost to the company being fiMO,.
SOO.
An Interesting feature of recent rail
road financiering is the placing of mort
gages and low-interest gold bonds for
extraordinarily long periods. One cor
oratlon has glveu a mortgage for f,"iO,
DK,000 to secure four per cent bonds
running for 475 years, another has cre
ated a mortgage of f 172,000,000 for tho
term of 1MI years, and several others
have negotiated similar accommoda
tions for Hunm ranging from $40,(Xio,(hh
to 17.ooo,ooo, at rates of from three
and a half to four per cent, all for 100
voar periods. It Is estimated that the
aggregate sum Involved In those long
time bonds Is upward of fUOO.ooo.ooo.
In general, those bonds are Issued for
the purpose of retiring others bearing a
higher rato of Interest.
Tho enterprising merchants of sever
al towns in the Middle West have es
tablished a fashion. They sot up In the
streets UmhIis filled with their most at
tractive wares, displayed In a way to
catch the attention and open the purse
of the passer-by. Then they Issue Invi
tation to n "streot fair." People eomo,
and the fair prospers. It does not de
tract from the credit due tho original
promoters to point out that this now
fashlou la really a revival nnd lot-all
Eatloti of a very old fashlou one older
than Christian civilization Itself. The
street fair originated In the religious
festival as long ago, at leant, as the
day when strangers resorted to Itaby
Ion ami Mueveh to take part In the
feast of the gods. Thence came also
the sharp eyed trader of the caravans,
nd by tho aide of their booth the city
merchant sot up their stalls, and bust-
tiesa liecame almost picture-poem, un
der the pattern aky. Essentially, to day,
European, im'i i-r Jrt fair -from
the great gathering at NIJuI Novgorod
In Russia to the neighborhood assem
blages of the Latlu countries. But
they displace no other Institution; and
we do not anticipate that the street fair
In America will do away with the agri
cultural fair, which serves a special
purpose and has proved Its usefulness.
The effect of the street fair an Inter
esting, easily accessible display In the
very center of trade, where the exhib
itor pays no extra rent, and the visitor
no admission fee should be to benefit
buyer and seller alike. And It practi
cally adds a new holiday to the over
crowded lives of a busy people.
John W. Keely, the man who gained
a certain sort of fame from the Inven
tion of the Keely motor, has died, and
left the problem of perpetual motion
still unsolved. In fact, It can be said
with, truth that he made no contribu
tion to the subject that Is likely to
prove of any scientific value. He be
lieved In himself, and was thoroughly
convinced that he had made a discov
ery which would revolutionize the mo
tive powers In common use; but he has
now passed away from earth, his ex
pected and promised revolution has not
occurred, and It certainly is not going
to occur during the'closing years of
the nineteenth century. It was the
policy of Keely to surround his alleged
Invention with an air of mystery so
thick that the public could not pene
trate it. For a long time this plan
worked well, and many were led to be
lieve that he had Indeed made a won
derful discovery. But as years passed
and nothing came of It, men who had
Invested In the stock grew suspicious,
and demanded to know when they
might expect at least some promise of
return for their outlay. Keely even
went to prison rather than give away
his secret, but his machine was finally
examined by scientific experts, who
concluded that, Ingenious though It
was, it gave no promise of the perform
ance of those remarkable things which
Its Inventor claimed for It. The princi
ple that Keely sought to apply was
that of the vibration of the molecules
of the air. For lack of a better name,
he called this "apergy," and claimed !
that as these vibrations were perpet- I
ual, all he had to do would be to pro-
duce a machine that would respond to ,
them, and then he would have perpet
ual motion. The theory was a pretty
one true, perhaps, to a certain extent;
but It has not been yet applied In such
a way as to be of any use to the world.
It must be first shown that sufficient
power can be derived from this princi
ple to do the work that electricity and
steam are now doing before any valua
ble results can follow and the problem
of perpetual motion from one of na
ture's forces be completely solved.
Keely's death may revive for a while,
at least, Interest In this subject, nnd It
Is possible that some good may come
from the work that ho tried to do,
even though ho failed at It. Ho can
not be classed among the world's
grentest Inventors; but, In view of tho
wonderful discoveries that are now be
ing made In all fields of scientific re
search, who can say that the day will
not yet come when this force, to which
Keely pinned his faHh or some other
akin to It. will be harnessed down by
man and forced to obey his commands?
Effect of Flour on Teeth.
"It is said that the Invention of the
now processes for making flour has
done more for the average dentist than
all things else combined," explained a
dentist, "and there Is a great deal of
foundation for tho statement. The
miller has found that he must make a
flour that will please the eyo rather
than satisfy the stomach. To get his
flour as white and fine as possible he
has to discard the coverings of the
grain of wheat, thus removing the phos
phates. It Is the phosphates that give
strength to tho teeth, and with them
out of the flour It Is not lu any way
wonderful that people's teeth wear out
and decay. The miller knows this bet
ter than the people who eat his flour,
but he has found that they will not buy
Hour that Is not white.
"The miller knows that he Is throw
ing away the bone-produelug and nour
ishing qualities of the wheat, but the
miller, like nearly every one else In
this world, Is out for the dollar and his
share of them. People can't buy Hour
the use of which will strengthen their
teeth, for the reason that that kind of
flour Is not made any more. The fam
ily dentist Is now ns much of a factor
In life as the purchase of shoes for the
family, and frequently gets more of the
earnings of t head of a family than Is
required to provide shoes for them, for
good teeth are a rarity." Washington
Star.
An Attentive Audience.
Lecturers and other public entertain
ers appreciate greatly an attentive au
dience, but Is there such a thing ns be
ing too attentive? The story Is told
that uot long ago a well-known novel
ist delivered a lecture lu a New Jersey
towu. After the lecture, when tho peo
ple met, they talked about tho affair,
as was their wont.
"Were you at the lecture?" one would
ask another, and iu every case the an
swer was:
'Oh, yes, 1 was there, but I couldn't
hoar a word. Did you hoar It?
"Well, no; I was there, but I couldn't
hear, either."
No oue could be found who had hoard
a word. About tins time an ncquitiui
ance of the novelist hoard from friends
In the place this account of the matter,
and mooting the lecturer, nsked lilm
what kind of nn audience ho had had
there, and how he liked the place.
"If a fine place," said the novelist,
"and 1 had tho most attentive audience
1 have ever spoken to. Why, no one
made a sound, and I didn't hnve to raise
my voice alove a whisper!" Saturday
Evening Post.
Carefully Selected.
One of the most remarkable feature
of life In New South Wale la the trans
formation of criminals Into hard-working
citizen. Of the thirty thousand
settlor there In 1821, twenty thousand
wore, or had boon, convict.
It Is said thnt, ou board an American
liner, a boastful Australian assorted
loudly, and over and over again, that
"the men who settled Australia were a
remarkably sensible lot."
Yes." snld an American, nulotlr. "1
have always understood that they were
sent out by the very beat Judges,"
Put your faith la the plodder rather
than Id the plotter.
THE AVERAGE MAN.
When It comes to a question of trusting
Yourself to the risks of the road.
When the thing Is the sharing of burdens,
The lifting the heft of a load,
In the hour of peril ortrial,
In the hour you meet as you can,
You may safely depend on the wisdom
And skill of the average man.
'Tls the average man and no other
Who does bis plain duty each day.
The small thing his wage is for doing,
On the commonplace bit of the way.
'Tls the average man, may God bless him,
Who pilots us, still In the van,
Over land, over sea, as we travel,-
Just the plain, hardy, average man.
So on through the days of existence,
All mingling in shadow and shine,
We may count on the everyday hero,
Whom haply the gods may divine,
But who wears the swarth grime of his
calling,
And labors and earns as he can,
And stands at the last with the noblest,
The commonplace average man.
Ilarper's Weekly.
A VENTURE FOR LOVE.
A
II, me! I am certainly no
beauty. It was the gilding
which made Vermount swal
low such a nauseous pill."
In a Venetian mirror were reflected
an oval face, pale and sad looking,
with dark, liquid eyes, a nose of a non
descript order, and a mouth rather
large than otherwise. Clarlsse, Lady
Vermount, turned from the study of
her features to take from a table loaded
with photographs the portrait of a
handsome man.
"I am unhappy; for being which I
am an Idiot," she said, addressing the
smiling face which looked at her out
of Its frame of pierced silver, "and it
is all your doing. When you asked me
to marry you I did not care a snap of
my fingers' for you, and I know you
did not for me. It waa a convenient'
arrangement; you wanted my money,
I voiir title. How vou shuddered on
i our wedding day over the too evident
LnntllrA nf mv narents at having a
ltle(j BOn-in-lawl I saw It as we stood
)n tne vestry of the church. You put
your nan(j ou mue wnen we were alone
iu uie carriage, but did you for one
moment Imagine that I thought love
inspired the action? Not a bit of It, I
remembered the shudder too well."
"And then well, and then I told you,
you had got what you wanted, the
wealth of my Chicago papa, and I had
achieved my ambition, I was 'my lady.'
For the rest, in the eyes of the world,
we were husband and wife, and that
was to be all. If you wished any
thing different, you didn't show it, and
I Imagined myself content. We have
been good friends; we have not had
much opportunity of belong otherwise,
It Is true. People don't quarrel over
a well-cooked dinner, and that Is about
the only time In the twenty-four hours
we are together. Oh! why don't I feel
as coldly Indifferent to you now as I
did when I married you three months
ago?"
She threw the photograph impatient
ly from her. It was nearly time to
dress for dinner, and she went slowly
up the stairs. On the landing Lord
Vermount'8 man stood aside to let her
pass.
"Ills lordship dines at home to
night?" she asked.
"Yes, my lady." The servant's foot
steps padded decorously down the
thickly carpeted staircase.
She paused by the door of her hus
band's bedroom, then passed on and
entered her own. A moment and she
was back again and stood within his
chamber. His clothes lay ready for
him, and on the dressing table a black
silk mask, while propped against the
looking-glass were two cards of admis
sion to masked balls. One for this very
night, tho other for one three days
hence. She took them up. twisted
them nervously round In her fingers.
Strange thoughts coursed through her
brain. She put the cards down and
rau out, coming back a minute later
with a needleful of thick blue silk In
her hands. She ran the needle In and
out along the tall of his coat
There was a sound of quick foot
steps on the stairs. With a whisk she
was out of the room and In her own.
She shut tlie door, then stole softly to
the one which divided her chamber
from her husband's. It was locked,
as It alway was, and tho key was stiff
In Its socket. She pressed her .lips
against the woodwork. "It Is a ven
ture for lova," she whispered, and her
eyes shono like stars.
"What pretty bird Is It that wears a
blue tall?"
The words spoken In soft, cooing
accents struck on Lord Vermount'
ear as he stooo against a piwnr or the
ballroom. He turned sharply. A
white-clad figure stood by him holding
up his coat tjill by a thread of blue
silk, while, behind a white domino,
dark eyes danced merrily.
"That would bo telling," he an
swered, "but I think I'll shed my gay
plumage," twisting to get hold of the
thread.
"And I think I'll keep It. Sir Bird,"
drawing It out nnd winding It In and
out of tho links of a gold chain that
hold her long cloak together. "We
will reverse tho old order, the lndy
shall wear her knight' colors. Doth
It please you. Sir Bird?" She dropped
him a courtesy ns she spoke, and a
faint, delicate scent of wh'te vloleti
came to him. along with the silvery
chiming of bell.
"In truth, fair maiden, It doe.' he
answered, "but It would please me still
better If you would dance w'th me."
Tho eyes behind the white domino
had lost their merry look, but that
which had replaced It made the blood
beat quickly in hi veins, aa, without a
word, she yielded herself In'.o his arms.
Ho felt her slight form tremble In his
clasp aa they glided round tho room.
"Are you tlted?" he wn tapered.
"No, no, my knight"
Ho bout again and whispered some
tender words In her ear; the soeut of
her violets, tho chiming of her bell,
had Intoxicated him. They oca rod the
entrance.
"I am tired now," she whlpored, and
Wore be realized her Intention (he
had slipped from him and fled. Some
thing white lay at his feet He stoop-
' d to pick It up; It waa a slip of paper,
violet stcutcd. "Three nights hence
I shall be here again," waa written on
It He put It away la bit pocketbook
oil left tho building.
"It will d;pend on Lady Vermount
whether I come here again or not," he
said to himself. "I've tried to keep
straight, but I'll be hanged If I can go
on with this arrangement at home
much longer. 1 was a fool to begin
with It, but I felt I owed so much to
her that I did not like to oppose her
wishes. Who would have Imagined
such a strength of cold purpose lay
behind those eyes of hers?" He bit
off the end of his cigar viciously, hailed
a hansom and was driven homeward.
He tried to think of his wife, but the
Jingle of the horse's bells recalled too
vividly the gujl In the white cloak. Sha
had cast a spell over him which Lady
Vermount's coldness more "pointed
than ever during the next day or two
was not calculated to loosen.
Lord Vermount found himself on the
night of the second masked ball dress
ing eagerly; he even ran up to his room
at the last moment with a thread of
blue silk, purloined from his wife's
work bag, and with clumsy fingers In
serted It In the tall of his coat. He
would loso no chance of being recog
nized by his sorceress.
It was hours before he saw her white
cloaked figure drawing near him
through the crowd of dancers, which
he had watched with all the weariness
of hope def erred. . She did not speak,
but, slipping one white rounded arm
from the shelter of her cloak, laid It on
his.
"Are we to dance?' he questioned. A
slight movement of her hooded head j
and his hand slid round her waist be
neath the cloak. For a space neither j
spoke, ne felt her violet-scented
breath coming In little quick gasps,
and the music of her silver anklet j
bells seemed to his heated fancy Jo ,
beat out the words, "Love, love!" to the
measure of her footsteps. He breath
ed some tender words In her ear, and
felt .her whole frame quiver. A mo
ment and she had drawn herself from
him, and, lifting her face, let her
glowing eyes rest on his face.
"My knight," she whispered, "dare I
say au revolr?"
"Do not go," Implored Lord Ver
mount, stretching out his hand to
catch, not her cloak, but a slip of pa
per, ne stood looking at It sullenly,
long after the chiming of bells which
marked her flight had censed. "Little
witch, let her go," he muttered, but
untwisted the paper all the same.
"What Impertinence! Well, I'll be
hanged! So this Is some scheme of her
ladyship's; thinks to entangle me with
this young woman that she may be
free to carry on some little game of ,
her own. I wonder what she will say
to this revealing of her plot H'm,"
reading the note. "All Americans are
notascoldasyou deem your wle to be;
go home and ask her who I am; she
knows." He smoked no cigar on the
homeward drive on this night; his
temper was too ruffled. He meant-to
have It out with his wife, despite the
lateness, or rather earllness, of the
hour; such affairs as this were better
gone Into at once. He went with no
light footstep np the stairs and paused
at her door, which was on the latch.
"Vermount Is that you? Push open
the door a bit. I want to tell you some
thing. I have had a letter from papa;
he has Just made a big thing over some
railways; that means more dollars for
you some day. Good night; shut the
door now, and firmly, please."
Lady Vermount's voice was hard and
cold; he shuddered at It. For the mo
ment he was disposed to go nnd let
matters drop; then some faint scent of
violets which doubtless still hung
about his coat sleeve altered his pur
pose. He took a step or two Into the
room.
A rose-colored satin curtain hang
ing down at right angles from the fire
place shut out his wife from his sight,
but beyond Its edge protruded a little
Moorish stand on which was set a
coffee equipage, and cups for two. A
quaint shaped liqueur carafe and
glasses were also on the tray.
"Two cups! Two glasses! What did
this mean? Had his wife "
A hand held the curtain slightly
aside, a fresh whiff of violets assailed
him, and a faint silvery chiming of
bells. He made a hasty dash forward.
Leaning back among the cushions of
his wife's couch was the white-cloaked
girl, her face still hidden by the
mask.
"You here!" he cried. "Where Is my
where Is Lady Vermount?"
"She Is" fumbling for one moment
with the mask which the next lay on
the floor "she Is here." She sprang to
her feet ns she spoke nnd stood facing
him, the cloak, with Its gold clasp
threaded through with the strand of
blue silk, banging back from her white
shoulders.
"Olarlssc. why, what does It mean?"
ho nsked, gaspingly.
"It menns"she put out her hnnds
Imploringly "It menus Oh! don't you
see? It was a venture ou my part, a
venture to gain your love."
He let her stand there a full minute,
the color coming and going In her
cheek, her dark eyes misty with un
shed teats. He had never been a quick
thinker, and uo was ngntlng now
against the prim prejudice of genera
tlons.
"Have I failed?" There was a heart
ache In each work. He felt the pain of
them.
"No," he cried; "come!" and with a
little shiver of gladness she lot herself
be caught In his outstretched arms.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Tick from Portugal.
Next to Portugal, Japan sends tht
greatest supply of toothpicks to the
United States. These are made by
hand from line reeds. They, too, are
sold In close competition with the
American product owing to the cheap
er labor In Japan. The cases In which
the Japanese picks are luclosed are fine '
upcelincus of skill with the Jackkulfe.
They are of wood, cut Into strips as
thin and delicate as tissue paper, but
very strong. The rases are ornament
ed with hand painted Japanese scenes
and are of a slse convenient to be car
ried In the vest pocket The competi
tion between the Japanese and Portu
guese maker on tbe one side and
American manufacturers on the other
has become very keen. An Importer of
toothpicks said recently that the Japa-j
nose picks caa be wade and sold In the
American market, case and all, for.
less than the cost of the paper boxes
that contain tbe domestic picks. rhlla- j
dolphla Time.
If a woman cau't find any other fault
with a man, the houa bis grammar. I
IOWA'S REMARKABLE EDITOR.
Richard Peters Clarkson, One of the
Interesting Characters of the State.
Richard Peters Clarkson, editor and
principal owner of the Iowa State Reg
ister, Is one of the most interesting,
original and forceful characters In the
State. He has grown up In the news
paper business. His father, Coker F.
Clarkson, lived In Brook vllle, Ind.,
where Richard was born In 1840, and
there the elder Clarkson conducted a
weekly paper called the Brookvllle
American, and his sons, Richard P.
and James S., learned their trade In
that office. In 1855 the family moved
to Grundy County, Iowa, and settled
on a farm, where they lived for some
fifteen years. In the spring of 1861
Richard entered the offlce of the Des
Moines Register as a printer, but the
following October he enlisted as a pri
vate In Company A. Twelfth Iowa In
fantry. He suffered severely during
Fie war, was captured at Shlloh April
B, 1802, and was confined seven months
In a rebel prison. Afterward he re
turned to his regiment and served to
the end of the war, when he returned
to the Grundy County farm and re
mained until 1S70. The father and his
two sons then bought the Iowa State
Register. Eighteen months later oc
curred the famous Senatorial contest
between James Harlan, then United
States Senator, and William B. Allison,
member of Congress and candidate for
the Senatorshlp. The elder Clarkson
favored Harlan, but the boys were for
Allison. The matter was settled quite
unexpectedly to the senior partner, for
the boys secured from him an offer to
sell his share, and they raised 'the
money and paid him the cash with the
assistance .of the then wealthy and
EDITOR CLARKSON AT WORK.
powerful B. F. Allen. The firm of
Clarkson Brothers, then formed, has
never been discontinued at the head
of the paper. John R. Clarkson, eldest
son of Richard P. Is business manager
and Frank Clarkson, the other son, is
associate editor.
The editor of the Register Is ex
tremely methodical In all that he does.
The Register office Is about ten blocks
from his house, and so situated that
be can start from the offlce and make
a turn at every corner, going In a zig
zag direction to his home, and this he
always does, walking back and forth
every day in the year. He takes a dif
ferent route In the winter, choosing
the sunny side of the street. Any
member of his family wishing to Inter
cept him on his way to or from the of
flce knows exactly where to look for
him, for he never varies his route, un
less to transact business. His daily
program Is as fixed as the planetary
system. Not one of his employes puts
In as many hours of solid work as the
head of the establishment, for he
works about sixteen hours a day. He
spends the morning and until about
2:30 or 3 In the afternoon at his house,
where he does a large part of his edi
torial work. He then goes to his office
and stays until about 6, returning at
8:30 and leaving again a little before
11.
Mr. Clarkson has no Interest outside
his newspaper. He has always refused
to take stock In local enterprises,
though he has been a liberal contrib
utor toward securing tnem. tie nas
preferred to retain his independence
from all obligations outside his own
office.
A CRAZE OF PSEUDO-SCIENCE.
The Present Remarkable Revival of
Mediceval Superstition.
In the Century, Daniel G. Brlnton
has an article on "Popular Supersti
tions of Europe." Dr. Brlnton closes
his article by saying:
From some strange reason, there has
been a wonderful revival within the
hist decade of nearly every medieval
superstition, under various guises, In
the most enlightened centers of the
world. The practitioners of this mod
ern sorcery, instead of concealing, ad
vertise their claims, and urge them on
the community under pseudo-scientific
names and Jargons. Palmistry, astrol
ogy, sympathetic magic, the doctrine of
signatures, hlero-therapeutlcs, and all
the farrago of fifteenth century thau
niatology, flourish to-day In Boston
and New York, In Paris and Chicago, to
PICTURE OF THE PRISON
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HIS HUT AND THE HOUSE OF
rail f J&r2
Off the coaat of French GuUna lica a group of three little inlands Joseph Island,
Royal Island and Devil's Island. The last of these, a mere flat-topped, rocky islet
with a little sparse tropical greenery upon It, waa chosen In 1MM as the place of
Dreyfus' confinement, and there he bis been ever since. A little wooden hut, the
door of wJMch gives on to a yard atirroanileu by a strong stockade, atauda on
leHI'i Island. UUjher on the Island,
room, where the sentries live, Slid above It rises a watch tower In which la
mounted a Hotchklss gun. The Island la moated round by the deep aoa, the prison
hut Is fenced In with a strong palUade,
llotchklsa gun in It all-commanding
dreamed of I And yet It Is said that the ttufortuna' man thus abut oat from the
world was actually put In Iron chained down to hi plank bed soon after the
commencement of Lla Imprisonment
HOW SHALL THE NEW
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Uncle Sam's new possessions will demand representation on Old Glory, as is
certainly their right, but the factfs that on the flag as at present designated there
Is scarcely room for them. The last addition of States has so filled the field that
the stars are too small and so crowded together that they no longer stand out dis
tinctly when the glorious banner is waving in the breeze. This difficulty could
only be overcome In the present design by enlarging the field, but this would de
stroy the proper proportions of our standard. The accompanying design for a new
flag has been siiRgested, and there are many points in its favor. The many-pointed
star with blue field on a background of red and white stripes Is not unlike the con
ventional sunburst. The inner cluster represents the thirteen States which created
the Union. The surrounding circle contains twenty-three stars the number equal
ing thnt of the States admitted to the Union np to the close of the civil war, this
noble cluster typifying, the welding together and perfect preservation of the Union.
The outer circle contains the new States, and It will be readily seen that there is
room for many more. -
a degree surpassing anything known
three centuries ago.
There Is a reason for this. Sorcery is
science seen upside down. There is a
confused groundwork of truth, a falla
cious method of viewing facts, at the
basis of these pseudo-sciences. Yet the
truth and the facts exist, and these ex-
main the success of the deceptions.
They dazzle and daze minds not train
ed In sound reasoning; and bow few
are! The societies for "psychical re
search" and theosophlc speculation be
gin with an acknowledgment of the
possible truth of ghost-seeing ana or
communion with the divine. This pos
sible ground is seized by the cbarlatap
as proved basis for his Illusory edifice.
Superstitions are at core the same ev-
erywhere and at all times, because they
are based on those desires ana tnat ig
norance which are and will ever be a
Dart of man's nature. He Is dimly
aware of mighty, unmeasured forces In
ceaseless activity around him. controll
ing his own destiny; the ominous and
omnipresent portent of death meets
him at every turn; dissatisfaction with
his present condition, Intense longing
for a life and Joy which it can never
offer, goad him to seek a knowledge
which weights and measures are im
potent to accord him. Yet such re
stricted knowledge is all that science
can supply. Therefore be turns in de
spair to the mystics and the adepts, the
Cagllostros and the Humes, who stand
ready :o beckon him Into their Illusory
temples of folly.
A Witty Retort.
Though a witty retort Is not an argu
ment, 'It often serves as a spring-board
from which one may vault over his as
sailants' heads. Col. T. W. Hlgginson,
in the Atlantic Monthly, tells how,
while a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature, he was made a victim of
this method of replying to an adver
sary. He was arguing against a bill for the
prohibition of oleomargarine, and In
sisting that good oleomargarine was
better than bad butter. He fortified
his argument by a story of a gentle
man who had Introduced the substi
tute without explanation at a luncheon,
and who, on asking his guests to com
pare It with the best butter, also on the
table, found them all selecting the oleo
mnrgnrlne. Suddenly Mr. nrose, and with the
profoundest seriousness asked:
"Will the gentleman kindly Inform us
at what precise stage of the luncheon
party this test was applied?"
The retort brought down the house
Instantly, and the rout which followed
was overwhelming. It readily occur
red that at a convivial luncheon party
there might be a period when the Judg
ment or the guests would lose some of
Its value.
When a woman's husband Is present,
her Invitations to friends to come and
visit her are 50 per cent less cordial
than if he were absent
OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS.
HIS GUARD ON DEVIL'S ISLAND.
but quite close to the hut, is the guard
and over hut and yard and Island la the
tower. Small chance of escape, were escape
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FLAQ BE MADE ?
PropojjfD New PcpGH
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CLOCK OF VENICE.
Great Timepiece that Is Quite as
Uirique aa the Strasburg Wonder.
The only reason the European trav
eler goes to Strasburg Is to see the
clock and Incidentally the cathedral,
but In Venice there is a clock that Is
quite as unique as that in the Alsatian -capital.
It is In a beautiful white
tower at the east end of the old Pro
curatlc, near St. Mark's. It was built
In 1406 by the Veronese architect, An-
UNIO.UB CLOCK AT VENICE.
tonlo Rlzzo. Tbe tower Is some hun
dred feet high, and surmounting it Is
a big bell, on either side of which
stands two bronze giants, whose usual
attitude Is one of readiness to strike
the hours upon the rim with the heavy
sledges which they hold. Beneath, on
the facade of the tower, Is a gilded
statue of the blessed virgin and the in
fant Jesus, and on either side of the
group are square openings, where ap
pear golden numerals which tell of the
hours and the minutes. There Is no
dial. The numbers are shifted to the
openings In some such manner as are
the figures In a "cash register." Still
lower Is a beautiful azure and gold
circle of the zodiac.
On Ascension day and for eight days
thereafter the numerals do not appear
at noontime, but Instead Issue forth
from the right-hand opening a proces
sion of the Magi. They march slowly
and reverently before the madonna and
child and as they come abreast of
mother and babe they make profound
obeisance and one of the wise men
with deference Jerkily removes his
headgear. Ascension- day and the
week following are gala times In Ven
ice and when the Magi come the piazza
Is thronged with the festal crowds,
drawn thither by the unusual specta
cle.
A little below the arch of the tunnel
which penetrates the base of the clock
tower Is a white stone In the pave
ment which, It Is said, marks the spot
where the standard bearer of Beuju-
monteJTIepolo was killed In the early
part of the fourteenth century by a
heavy stone thrown from a window.
The stone was meant for Tlepolo him
self, who was heading a conspiracy to
assassinate Don Pletro Gradenlgo and
dissolve the grand council. A banner,
hung from the window whence Ulus-
tina Rossi threw the stone, long
celebrated her act and In 1841 ber bust
was placed In a neighboring portico.
Palace C r Dog Wagons.
Philadelphia his an ambulance for
dogs and small animals, the only one
of Its kind In the world. Tbe exterior
of the car Is decorated on each side
with a vignette of a grand-looking St.
Bernard and the Inside Is covered with
removable antiseptic pads to guard
against contagious diseases. In order
to avoid belligerent encounters be
tween the Injured four-footed patients
of this traveling hospital. It has been
provided with movable slides so that
the Interior can be divided Into vari
ous sized compartments. It contains
also cages attached to the top and
sides for pet birds and poultry.
Happier In Glory.
The Lowland Scottish peasant has an
extremely matter-of-fact way of speak
ing about her relatives' and friends'
deaths. The Comblll Magazine tells of
a good woman who lost ber aunt re
marking to a sympathising visitor:
"Eh. yes. mem. aunty's deid. But she
was very auld and frail. She's far bet
ter awa, and far hoopler In glory, and
I got a hunner pounds o' a legacy."
Caller-Mrs. DeStytle Is not In, yon
say? Why, I saw ber through the win
dow as I came op the steps. Servant
(blandly) Shure, mum, that was only
her shadow 700 saw. Truth,