Heppner Weekly Gazette
PublUbed Every Thurdar.
HEPPNER. . . . . OREGON.
It Is not the best man at a wedding
wbo gets a better half.
Among other reviving amusements
It's said roller skating again promises
to get on Its feet.
A man In Colorado hanged himself
with a towel. He must have asjlred to
make a clean Job of It.
While this country gets most of the
glory Spain can console Itself that it's
got $20,000,000 to Its credit.
There Is a real difference between a
"prize fight" and an "athletic contest."
A prize fight Is so hard to get up.
not be necessary to protect the family
from want, hut It is carried for the pur
pose of preventing shrinkage In the
value of property or business likely to
occur If the managing head Is taken
way. Good Insurance Is a particularly
sagacious Investment for the bead of a
family who has a mortgage on his
homestead. If he Is Insured for enough
to cover the obligation, he Is relieved
from much anxiety about the future; in
the possible event of his death before
the mortgage Is paid, the Insurance will
save the homestead. By no other means
can the welfare of his family be so
well secured. This Is only a bare sug
gestion of the reasons for Judicious life
insurance. It Is a subject that should
receive the most thoughtful considera
tion, touching as It does the comfort and
happiness of those dearest to one; and
the more It Is studied the greater will
appear the good In It. A little study Is
sufficient to convince one of the benefits
of life Insurance. There Is a problem
In the practical application which calls
for the exercise of the best Judgment
A valued exchange says Helen Gould
Is the flower of the Gould family. Ev
ery soldier Is ready to testify, at any
rate, that she Is a daisy.
An Eastern contemporary says that
the Indian tribes "are becoming more
tractable." This will be good news to
the American Tract Society.
The man who was fined $50 for beat
ing his mule and $2 for beating his
wife will henceforth know better than
to be cruel to a dumb brute.
What Is known as the dark horse
In politics could be so called because
when brought Into the field It often
looks black for the other fellows.
The Earl of Stafford was married to
the wealthy Mrs. Colgate the other
day. In popular language, It may be
said that Mrs. Colgate "had the soap."
The society women of Philadelphia
have resolved on 7:30 p. m. as the prop
er time for dinner. When dinner Is con
cerned, of course, It's better late than
never.
"To sneak the truth and make the
truth agreeable" Is a new definition of
diplomacy, which, whether accurate or
not, does not exaggerate the dimcul
ties of that arduous calling.
Thirteen months of four weeks each
In a year would bo a good deal more
sensible and convenient than the
twelve months of unequal length that
we have now. Here Is work for the
reformers.
Dewey loads. First In war, he was
last In peace, and Is several laps ahead
on the postotllces of his countrymen
having had eighteen of them named
for blm, while Schley and Sampson
have only five nnd three, respectively
A dietetic statistician Is Inclined to
attribute the physical degeneracy of
the Porto Iticnus to the fact that their
diet is largely vegetarian. Theories to
the contrary, notwithstanding, It Is the
meat-eating races that show vigor and
longevity.
Admirals have acted so wisely and ef
fectively In Crete that Lord Salisbury
remarks, as a bit of premier pleasantry
that he has sometimes thought Europe
would get on better If the cabinets
were dismissed and admirals Installed
In their places. It has been a great yea
for admirals In settling critical matters
and our own Admiral Dewey's name
leads all the rest.
Recently Mr. Carnegie presented to
Homestead the fine public library h
has been erecting there, and on the
same evening he promised a like gift to
Duquesne, a village not far from Home
stead. In handing over the new library
to Mr. Hell, a blacksmith of the Home
stead works, Mr. Carnegie said: "Tak
this building as the gift of one working
inn it to other worklngmeti;" for, since
he first earned his living by the labor
of his hands, "My title to the name of
worklngman must pass unchallenged
lu any part of the world."
SUN NEVER SETS ON OLD GLORY.
The Increase of Germau and Ameri
can exports and a corresponding de
crease In British foreign trade Is giving
the merchants and manufacturers of
Great Britain no little anxiety. This
ncrease was accounted for In various
ways by tne scientific and tecnuicai
training of the German schools and the
enormous advantage the United States
enjoys in manufacturing facilities, due
to Improved machinery, progressive
methods, etc. These factors undoubt
edly contributed to the result, but still
another reason was adduced by the
British merchant and manufacturer
the greater activity, Intelligence and
wlde-awakeness of German and Amer
ican consuls and commercial travelers.
This also may have something to do
with the decrease In exports of Great
Britain from 309,000,000 in 1891 to
294,000,000 In 1897, while In the same
period those of Germany Increased
from 170,000,000 to 197,000,000 and
those of the United States rose from
134,000,000 to 218,000,000. But the
English consuls thus attacked have re
plied and In turn have given their ac
cusers something to think of. These
avant couriers of commerce say the
trouble arises largely from the meth
ods employed by the British merchant
Accustomed to a monopoly of trade he
makes no effort to secure It except upon
his own terms. He scatters beautiful
ly Illustrated catalogues, but they are
In his own language, the prices are In
his own currency, and rarely Include
the cost of freight, duty and delivery
to the purchaser's own port or station.
His commercial travelers often speak
no language but their own and the mer
chant or manufacturer does not seek
to cater to the tastes or whims of his
customers by the fashion of his prod-
uets or the manner of the packing. In
short, the consuls allirm that It Is the
British merchant and not himself that
Is to blame and that the manufacturer
has gone alseep, "lulled by the still
potent opiate of a vanished monopoly."
As respects Canadian trade, even with
the great advantage of preferential du-
tics the British exporter Is scarcely
holding his own. American Imports of
Iron and steel nre Increasing In Canada,
even with a handicap of one-fourth
duty In favor of his British competitor,
Difference of workmanship and meth
ods nnd beUer adaptation to needs ac
count for this result.
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IN THE race
ted States bet
minutes. In
N THE race against time the Uul-
beat out the sun by two
other words the sun
never sets on the territory of this land.
Before It can set In one extreme its
face peeps above the ocean at the
other, and on the longest day of the
Tho movement to discontinue the
practice of preying on the private com
merce of an enemy lu time of war has
brought to the attention of the Presi
dent lu a memorial presented by a com
mittee of tho New York Chamber of
Commerce. It was hardly an occasion
for pride when the first gun of the war
11 red by this country was across the
Ixiws of a peaceful lumberman whose
captain and crew were not aware that
hostilities had been declared. We wero
so zealous In the capture of defenseless
prl.es that had It not been for the ex
ploits of Dewey at Manila we should
have won the early ridicule rather than
the applause of tho eagerly watching
powers of the old world.
The revival of the Olympic games at
Athens a few years ago was an event
of Interest to the world of scholarship.
At that time It was proposed to hold
International games at Paris In 1900
and at New York In 1904. Greatly to
the surprise of tho representatives of
athletics tho French government has
refused to entertain the scheme of
holding such games In connection with
the Paris exposition. Baron Cuubertln
nnd his committee, however, are not
discouraged nnd falling to secure tho
sanction of the government allirm they
will hold the games If necessary Inde
prudently of the exposition authorities
To a great many people the chief 111
terest In the Olympic games consists
In their revival on the classic soil of
ireeee. That they can be successfully
triiusplautcd Is yet to be demonstrated
Barometric Chickens.
"When de chickens sheds dah fed
dabs frum de neck down yo' kin shore
tell dat de wlntah's gwine to be col' at
fust an' wah in an' mild aftawa'ds.
When dey sheds dah feddahs frum de
hilgs tip yo' kin bet a 'possum suppa'
dat de wlntah's gwine tor be mild fust
an' col' cz blazes towa'd de en." So
said "Country" Gordon, high chief
weather observer and superintendent
of the Sugar Town School of Astrol
ogy nnd Poultrytechulcs, to a Hernld
man yesterday.
"Yes, sah," he continued, "chickens la
e bestes' weddah preservahs dat dah
Is. I hain't bin 'vestlgatin' dls yore
science ob prognostlcks fer nnuthlu.
n I knows what's what. Laws a me,
hit do seem strange when I sees how
dem perfessers goes on a bio win' an' a
blow-In 'bout dull weddah p dictions
u' I sez to nie, Mlstnh Gawdon, yo'
shore knows a heap sight mo' 'bout dls
ting den all de in-rfessers. Den I got
to work an' 1 takes one o' dem leghern
chicks an' I 'vestlgates. A'ter I 'ves-
tlgates 1 sez dat do weddah done gwine
ter be col', or wahm 'coidlu' to do 'wes
tlgntlon. If dem fowls puts dah beds
ndah dah wings hit am bou ter be
mighty wa'm. If dey scratches de air
back when dey hunts wo'ms, den hit
do bo glttlu' ready ter rain. Dah am
odder tings which I could tell ycr, but
1 hain't got no time. Jus' yo' 'member
dat dls yore weddah p'dlctln' gwine ter
l.o unman' when I gits do new telo-
scopo what Pse flggerlu on. '-St. Jo
seph Herald.
Where Piatt Hnond the Wlnt r,
In times of prosperity the prudent
roan provides, to the best of his ability
for his family. lie looks forward that
Its dally supply of needs aud comforts
may continue In the emergency of his
death. Little dally savings and safe lu
vestments !n time accumulate to an
abundant provision for the future. Bu
In tills period, maylm even long before
this wise provision has grown to be ade
quate to the necessities of the family,
death may remove Its head. For this
emergency there Is one thing needful
a good life-insurance policy. It has be
come quite eouiinou for careful business
men to protect their estates by life In
ura nee. It gives a rash fund I mined I
ately available to take the place of lu
dividual credit, to meet obligation
falling due, to carry on the business, or
to prevent property from going to forc
ed w.Ut. lu this case life Insurance may
James B. Church, of Tiverton, It I
recognized authority on fish and their
habits, thus writes: Fish are. except
the birds, the best pilots In the world.
Either, the birds or fish, know more
wheu asleep about piloting thau a man
pilot does when awake.
Now as to the habits of nsn. i ney
come on the coast lu the spring, when
the migratory Instinct starts them out
of their wluter's sleep. In winter they
are lu a dormant state, like tho bear,
skunk and woodelunk. Tho old the
ory that fish migrated south Is all
wrong. Fish simply leave me coasi
aud go off shore on the northern edga
of tho Gulf Stream, get Into water ol
the right temperature, and go luto wlu-
ter quarters.
Before the time conies for them to
start on their annual pilgrimage for
their winter quarters they have taken
on a good coat of fat. It Is under their
sklu. aud their stomach Is lined with It
aud It Is also all through their bodies
when they arrive at the spot that they
have selected for their winter home,
Then there grows over their eyes a
white film, and their vent closes, and
so they remain until the time comes for
them to start for their summer home.
Saturday Eveulng Post.
Itlble of Palm Leaves.
The library of Gottlngeu has a Bible
written on palm leaves, lucre arc
0,373 pages, each made of a single leaf,
Nearly every man thluks It a great
joke to claim to be poorer thau he real
ly Is.
An actor make a bit wheu be strikes
the manager for an Increase In salary
year the nag beats tne sun anu uas two
minutes to spare. Sixteen minutes are
added as tne extreme limit to any uujr
In the equation of time; the flag has
ightcen over the half of the twenty-
four hours. It Is a narrow margin, but
t will do, as the following demonstra
tion will show.
It was not necessnry for the United
States navy to take the Canaries in
order to extend the territory eastward.
The taking of Porto Rico put the ex
treme eastern borders Just ninety min
utes of longitude farther east and six
minutes of time In the same direction.
Eastport, Me., which for all the life of
the nation before the Spanish war, held
the honor, must now yield the palm to
Porto Rico. But the difference Is com
paratively trifling. Porto Rico com
mencesJust out of the Saragossa sea
In longitude C5 degrees 30 minutes
west Eastport Is within half a mile of
07 degrees west. This makes the dif-,
ference ninety minutes of longitude In i
favor of Porto Rico. Fifteen minutes i
of longitude equal one minute of time,
so the Island wins by six minutes In
time. I
With Porto Rico for the extreme
eastern startlug point, the Dag runs
with the sun to tho Philippines. Tak
ing Manila as the western point al
though It is not the extreme point
and these United States extend over
184 degrees 32 minutes and 4 seconds
of longitude. That Is nearly five de
grees more than half the circumfer
ence of the earth. The difference In
time between Porto Rico's eastern
point and the cathedral In Manila Is
twelve hours and eighteen minutes. In
other words, when It was 5 a. m. In
Porto Rico Saturday morning It was
4:42 p. m. Friday In Manila. Tins is,
of course, reckoning all from east to
west. Of course out somewhere In the
mighty Pacific they play fantastic
tricks and take their time from Toklo,
Singapore or some other oriental city
aud lose a day, but that Is another
story.
But the sun pays no attention to the
fantasies of man; he Just goes on and
shows his face as the earth revolves on
Its axis. So it will be seen with this
wide variation of time covering thou
sands of miles, the sun will not set lu
Manila on Friday before It has made
the Atlantic ruby red In the vicinity of
the eastern coast of the western conti
nent. In Porto Rico It will have lifted
Us disc above the tumbling waves for
several minutes In the summer and not
be far away lu the dead of winter. So
tho flag Is never wholly In the dark
these days, as the sun flashes on its
ensign and stripes somewhere lu the
earth every minutes of the day.
These United States did not need to
go beyond their original limits that Is,
their transcontinental limits to do
larger than any other land on earth.
The United States on this continent,
excluding Alaska and measuring In de
grees of longitude only continuous ter
ritory, covers 05 degrees. IMS limit is
taking San Francisco as the western
objective, although tho California city
Is not as far west as some others far
ther north. The difference In time be
tween the extreme eastern const at
Eastport and San Francisco-Is three
hours and forty minutes, quite an ex
tent of territory. From the seat of
government the time difference Is Just
three hours.
Westward the star of empire, etc,
has been exemplified In nearly all that
the United States have done. Most
people would believe that when Hawaii
and the rest of the Sandwich group
wero taken In by treaty that the west
ward limits were extended, yet this Is
far from being true. Honolulu Is 10
degrees In longitude, or forty minutes
in time, east of Dawson City. Alaska,
and over an hour east of the extreme
western limits of the northern terri
tory. But a big Jump was made to the
west until longitude began to read east
when Dewey licked Moutejo In Manila
bay.
Incidentally these United states
cover a large amount of distance In hit
Itude. They run from the arctic circle
to within halllug distance of the eqna
tor. If an enormous flag were spread
out so that It would take In everything
over which It uow floats the accurate
measurements would Just about bring
all within Its borders. The Philippines
run down to within live degrees north
of the equator; the northern cape of
Alaska goes well up to 72 or 73 do
itrecs north latitude. So It will be s en
that a man must do a power of sailing
north, south, enst and west to get away
from parallels of latitude and lougl
tude from which the flag of America I
absent.
Climatically the country now runs
the entire gamut of the earth. It ha
possessions In the torrid climes very
near the central belt; It runs for de-
offers In its race with the sun. Starting
with the eastern limits of Porto Rico
In longitude 05 degrees 30 minutes
west, with the time fixed at 5 a. m.,
the territorial limits, longitude and
time of day follow this schedule:
New York, longitude 70 degrees west,
time 4:15 a. m.
Chicago, longitude 88 degrees west, time
3:15 a. m.
Snu Francisco, longitude 122 degrees
west, time 1:15 a. m.
Honolulu, longitude 155 degrees west,
time 10:41 p. m.
Dawson City, longitude 105 degrees
west, time 10:21 p. in.
Carolines, longitude 155 degrees east,
time 7:42 p. m.
Ladrones, longitude 145 degrees east,
time 7:02 p. m.
Manila, longitude 122 degrees 58 min
utes east, time 4:42 p. m.
In the mnjority of these cases the
longitude is taken from government
charts. The others are approximated,
but so nearly that exact measurements
will not show substantial variation. It
will be seen, therefore, with the exact
FAVORITE OF A HAREM.
Beautiful Brooklyn Girl the Wife of
a Pasha in Morocco.
For two years past a lovely Brooklyn
girl has been the favorite wife of a rich
Moor living at Tangier. She claims to
be perfectly happy, and declares that
not on any account would she leave her
present home. Some facts regarding
this remarkable young woman have
just been brought to this country by
Mrs. Haider, a member of the law class
of New York University. She and her
husband have returned from an extend
ed wedding tour, In the course of which
they visited Tangier. While there Mr.
Haider secured for his wife permission
to visit the harem of an enormously
wealthy pasha living In that quaint old
place. In one splendid apartment of the
palace Mrs. Haider found the most
lovely woman she had ever seen. A
guide in a whisper Informed the visitor
that this was the reigning favorite. The
beautiful creature did not look like an
Oriental, and Mrs. Haider asked her a
question In French. The favorite smil
ingly replied in English, saying that
was her native tongue. The accent sug
gested American education, and Mrs.
Haider hiuted as much. Thereupon the
beauty said she was a native of Brook-
ROMAN WEALTH AND WASTE.
Pearls Dissolved in Wine and a Relay
of Dinners for Mark Antony.
"The pearl which Cleopatra drank to
Antony's health was valued at nearly
four hundred thousand dollars, so at
one mouthful she disposed of as much
as the cost of Caligula's supper. 1 sup
pose that was the most valuable pearl
we have any knowledge of; though
Julius Caesar owned one worth two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
which he gave to the mother of Brutus
the same Brutus wbo afterwards
helped to kill Caesar. Pearls seemed
to have held out particular temptations
to people who took pleasure In waste
ful follies, perhaps because no other
Jewel could be so easily swallowed.
"Cleopatra's prank was not the first
of Its klud. The same absurdity nau
been committed by a silly fellow In
Rome named Aesop not your favorite
fable-teller, for he lived centuries ear
lier, and was a very wise man. The
Roman Aesop was the son of a rich ac
tor, and. Just to make himself talked
about, he took a pearl rrom tne ear
drop of Cecilia, the wife of the tyrant
Sylla, aud, acording to writers or mat
age, drank It In vinegar. 1 believe that
the possibility of dissolving tuts Kinu
of gem Is disputed by many modern
authorities, but the ancients appear to
have had no doubt on the subject for
the instances recorded by them were
numerous, and were attested by men
of scientific standing. A Japanese nat
uralist, who has studied pearls minute
ly, states that ho has found them of
such various quality and structure that
the existence of specimens which might
be melted does not seem to him Incon
ceivable. But whether Aesop liquefied
his pearl or not. the performance cer
tainly cost him a sum equivalent to
forty thousand dollars quite enougn.
though nothing In comparison with
what Cleopatra squandered. Hers was
the wildest piece of extr. vagance that
I can recall. ,
It was the fashion to be extrava
gant then. Mark Antony was not rar
behind the Egyptian queen In that re
spect though his fancy was not for
beverages flavored by trinkets. bur
stantial food was more In his line. A
visitor who once went into the kitchen
of his palace In Alexandria saw eight
wild boars roasting at the same time,
and thought there must be an Immense
number of guests expected; but the
cook told him only twelve persons
would dine that day, and the reason of
the extensive preparation was that no
one could say exactly when Antony
would go to the table. But whenever
he gave the signal the meat must be
Just In proper condition at that mo
ment. So It was the rule to get ready a
series of dinners, overlapping one an
other, you might say, at Intervals of
fifteen or twenty minutes. Only one
could be eaten, and the rest were wast
ed; but the waste did not matter. An
tony was never kept waiting, and that
In his opinion, was the thing to be con
sidered." St Nicholas.
BROOKLYN GIRL IN A TURKISH nAREM.
west longitude of Torto Rico set down
gainst an equally exact enst longi
tude, counting both from uieenwicu,
for Manila, the total distance In de
grees, etc., and hours Is fixed. The In
termediate points outside of the conti
nental limits are estimated from their
location on the charts and may vary
as much as a couple of degrees. This.
however, would not make more than
eight minutes lu time variation.
A SONG CONTEST.
How the Poets of Provence Amused
Ihemselves In blden Times.
Evaleen Stein writes a story of the
days of good King Rene for the St
Nicholas. It is called: "lue rage ot
Count Reyuaurd," aud the following Is
scene from It:
By aud by King Rene came Into the
hall and took his seat on the throne.
He wore a rich robe of purple velvet.
embroidered all over In the brightest
silks and gold; and after him came a
great troupe of troubadours and uilu-
ueslugers, some carrying tneir own
harps or viols, and some followed by
little pages wbo bore their masters' belongings.
As the good King Rene looked at h'.s
gay company and the brilliantly hung
hall aud the loug tables, his eyes spar
kled with delight, and his heart swelled
with pleasure when he thought or the
coming contest; for he was never so
happy as when thus surrounded by nis
dear troubadours, whom he loved to
make lu every way as happy as pos
sible. Then, when all was ready, a gayly
dressed herald came into the hall, and
kueellug before the King, and bowing
to the assembled company, annouueed
the coming of the two counts. William
and Reyuaurd. All the other trouba
dours aud minnesingers stood up. and
King Rene smiled graciously ns the
two noblemen entered, followed by
their pages, Pierrot and Henri, each of
whom carried a viol bedecked with long
silken rlbbous.
When the counts had saluted the
King and taken their places before him.
he commanded a seneschal to bear In
the prize; aud so the beautiful collar of
Jewels was brought In upon a silver
tray and placed on a carved bench be
side the King. Then a herald stepped
out, and. lifting the collar upon the
point of a flower-wreathed lauee. dis
played It to all the compauy and an
nounced the terms of the contest of
soug about to take place.
All of which was certainly a great
' deal better aud prettier thau the cus
hygiene Is taking the place of drags.
Nature Is nursed and cared for, and
drugs are used. If at all, only to
strengthen Nature and add to her recu
perative power. Formerly, for exam
pic, the consumptive was shut up In a
warm room, kept away from draughts,
guarded against the cold, and often, If
not ordinarily. Insufficiently nourished
either on gruels by the doctor's coun
sel, or on insufficient food for want of
sufficient appetite. Now the consump
tive goes to the Adlrondncks, wraps up
in furs, sits upon the porch In all
weathers with the thermometer at
zero, takes prescribed exercise, sleeps,
rests, and eats heartily. No attempt is
made by drugs directly to attack the
bacilli which are eating away the pa-,
tient's life. The doctor simply attempts
to nourish Nature and make her strong,
and Nature herself, as the microscope
demonstrates, surrounds the bacilli
with tissues of her own producing, Im
prisons them in solitary cells, and so
makes the man "Immune" from the en
emy which assails his life. The Out
look. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.
A line fence maliciously erected so
high as to cut off the light and air from
the windows of a neighbor's house is
held. In Letts vs. Kessler tO.), 40 L. R.
A. 177, to be within the exercise of a
legal right. A note to the case presents
the authorities on the liability for ma
licious erection of a fence.
A dollar bill, from the upper left-hand
corner of which a piece an Inch and a
half by an Inch and a quarter has been
torn. Is held. In North Hudson County
Railroad Company vs. Anderson (N. J.),
40 L .R. A. 410, to be too much muti
lated to constitute a legal tender for
car fare.
An employer who took an Injured em
ploye to a hospital and agreed to pay
for his treatment is held. In St Barna
bas Hospital vs. Minneapolis Interna
tional Electric Company (Minn.), 40 I
R. A. 388. to have had no right to cancel
his engagement for the care of the ser
vant until the latter could be removed
without serious danger to life or health.
Petroleum oil and natural gas are
held, In Detler vs. Holland (O.). 40 L.
R. A. 200, not to be conveyed by a con
veyance of all the coal of every variety
"and all the Iron ore, fire clay and other
valuable minerals," with the right to
use the surface of the land as may be
necessary for shafts, railroads, etc., to
facilitate the mining and removal of
the coal and other minerals.
lyn. The visitor expressed a desire to
rescue her from degrading slavery and
was astonished to hear the girl say as
she nestled more luxuriously among
her cushions:
"Why, my dear ,1 wouldn't change
my position for that of any other worn
an In the world. I am perfectly happy
as happy as a queen."
"But," said Mrs. Haider, "how did
you ever get here? Were you stolen by
the pasha's people?"
"Oh, dear, no, ' was the reply. I am
the daughter of a Brooklyn merchant,
My father was a widower and was In
the habit of making a yearly European
trip. I accompanied him twice. The
second trip we came to the far east
While we were In Morocco and quite
accidentally the pasha saw me and
(here Bhe hesitated and smiled) well,
fell In love with me. I ennnot tell you
how I became aware of the honor he
showed me, but I deliberately chose my
life here as his wife. I have been the
favorite of the harem ever since I en
tered It, more than two years ago, and
I would not be anything else for the
world. Don't pity the American wife
of the grand pasha. It's a mere waste
fit sentiment"
toms of most of the other royal courts
grees Into the frigid at the top of the of that time. In all the lauds except
scale. It takes lu every ptiase or at
mospheric manifestation and disturb
ance from a typhoon to a blizzard. It
ranges from climes where Ice Is never
absent to those where Is Is never
known. In some of the new posses
sions Ice could scarcely be maintained
with ammonia process, while In some
parts of Alaska It would scarcely yield
to electricity.
This la the chart which tbe nation
where King Uene lived, when the peo
ple wauted eutertalnmeut they used to
gather together to see contests called
tournaments, where noble lords tried lo
overthrow eaeh other with real lauees
ou which were no garlands. But King
Captain Slgsbee as an Artist.
One day In the spring of 1875, when
the Dally Graphic, of New York, was
in full swing of Its meteoric career, a
modest-looking young man called at the
art department of the paper, at Its Park
place offices, with a package of sketch
es. The drawings were left for Inspec
tion, says the Philadelphia Times, aud
the 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
soon as the package was opened, and a
comic series from the lot was repro
duced at once for the front page.
Their appearance made quite a flut
ter among the art staff, for talent enpa
ble of furnishing good comics In pen
and Ink In those days was a scarce an
costly article. The page was signed
"S.. and that was all the staff knew
about it until there was a geueral shov
lng about of work-desks to make room
"for Mr. Slgsbee." But Mr. Sigsbee
did not materialize, nor did the supply
of his wonderfully funny drawings con
tinue,
It became known that the art editor
had duly notified Mr. Slgsbee that his
sketches were accepted, and that he
would be given a place upon the art
staff at once. Would Mr. Slgsbee please
be on hand upon Monday. morning?
But the week rolled by. and there was
no Mr. Slgsbee. The art editor was
unspeakably astonished. He then wrote
still more urgently to the coy but de
sirable artist and this time he got an
answer: "Lieutenant Commander
Charles Slgsbee. U. 8. N sends bis
compllmeuts. aud begs lo say that as
he is at nreseut In command of a Gov-
... . .
The largest known moth Is the giant
atlas, a native of China, the wings of
which measure nine Inches across.
The falling of a leaf Is brought about
by the formation of a thin layer of veg
etable tissue at the point where tbe leaf
stem Joins the branch of the tree. After
the leaf ceases to make starch and su
gar for the tree the tissue begins to
grow, and actually cuts the leaf. The
falling of ripe fruit Is dependent upon
the same process.
Many insects can fly faster than
birds. The common house fly can ordi
narily fly twenty-five feet a second.
But when it Is alarmed It has been
found that It can Increase Its rate of
speed over 1G0 feet per second
Students of bird lore and the many
friends of the feathered tribe are con
cerned because enormous numbers of
sea gulls are being driven from their
homes along the coasts. It Is said that
the work of the Government In prepar
ing coast defenses has almost destroyed
the homes of the sea gulls.
The giraffe has such powers of mim
icry that although Its size might be
supposed to make It a conspicuous ob
ject to Its enemies, the most practiced
eye has been deceived by the animal s
resemblance to one of the dead and
blasted tree trunks which abound In Its
haunts. Lions have been known to
gaze long and earnestly at a motionless
giraffe, and, being unable to decide that
It was not a tree, turn and skulk away.
Earning Man's Wages.
The fact that others shirk is a poor
reason for neglect to earn one's wages.
The Young People's Weekly prints the
following anecdote about a boy who
was an honest worker:
One day, after a severe storm, a large
number of men and boys were out on
the roads of a country town to shovel
out the drifts. Each workman was
paid a quarter of a dollar an hour, and,
as may be supposed, there was no very
strict watch kept upon them; but one
little fellow seemed to be working with
all bis might and his comrades laughed
at him,
The Story of Home, Sweet Home.
A new story Is now told of the first
time "Home, Sweet Home," was sung
In public. When the government at
tempted to harmonize the contending
factions In tbe dispute on the Georgia
Tennessee boundary line, by establish
ing a trading post there, John Howard
Payne was accused of Inciting the dis
satisfied Indians and half-breeds, and
ivas arrested aud carried to the coun
cil house.
An Indian, who committed suicide on
;he grave of his wife and child, was
burled In the presence of a number of
men, among whom was Payne. As the
body of the Indian was lowered Into
the grave, Payne hummed to himself
the song that has become so famous.
General Bishop called the young man
to hi m and said sternly:
"Where did you lenrn that song?"
"I wrote It myself," answered Payne,
"Where did you get the tune?"
"I composed that also."
"Will you give me a copy of It?"
"Certainly."
"Well," said the old Indian fighter,
"appearances may be against you, but
a man who can write a song like that
is no Incendiary, and I am going to set
you free."
Payne had been living In the house
of a neighboring family, and on his
return he related the circumstances,
and showed the puss that General
Bishop had given him. That was the
first time that "Home, Sweet Home,"
was ever heard In public Saturday
Evening Post
An Ocm Trolley Line.
An ocean trolley line, which reaches
nearly a quarter of a mile over the sea,
conveying either passengers or mer
chandise, Is one of tbe curious sights to
be seen at Bear Harbor, on tbe Pacific
coast, not far from San Francisco.
While tbe ostensible object of this
strange trolley Is the carrying of lum
ber from the rocky highland aboard tbe
big schooners which form the ocean ter
minus of the line, dozens of lumbermen
ride In a basket attached to the sus
pended cable on a wheel.
Of course, there Is no electricity used
In connection with this novel trolley.
The power of gravity does most of the
hard work. Tbe lumber schooners come
from tbe Mendocino County ports. Un
til a year ago they were loaded by the
slow process of lighters plying to and
from the wharves. By the new trolley
system lumber In any quantity can be
carried from any Island polut over a
long and high railroad bridge to a sort
of cage, where the wooden cargoes are
stacked, and thence to tbe deck of each
ship. Tbe trolley line Is thrown from
the lumber cage to the vessels by means
of a rope shot from a mortar. New
York Evening Journal.
Drive Away Hail Clouds.
The Austrian Minister of Agriculture
has sanctioned an appropriation for es
tablishing, at a cost of 2,000 florins
Why, Jim, are you after the Job of i each, thirty-three stations at which the
highway surveyor, or do you expect to army Is to supply guns and atnmunl
Rene could not endure such barbarous i eminent ship he cannot accept the post
displays, and so In his palace no one toa offered."
fought another except with pretty
verses, and the best poet waa the champion.
A little music makes a man at disa
greeable as a little learning.
tlon for driving away hall clouds. It Is
considered proved that the concussion
and tbe clouds of smoke rising Into the
air affect the atmospheric state of hu
midity.
Who Burns the Most Coal?
The consumption of coal per head of
population is lowest In Austria, where
It Is only one-sixth ton per annum, and
highest In Great Britain, where each
person averages three and three-tenths
tons each year. In tbe United States
tbe average is two and one-fourth tons
a year.
Why Red Irritates a Bull.
Red Irritates oxen because It Is the
complementary color to green, and the
eyes of the cattle being fixed so much
on herbage, anything red Impresses
their sight with Increased Intensity.
Lady Blr : May Be a Peat.
Jjidy birds are being imported Into
Egypt from New Soutn Wales In order
life, as when they amputate a diseased lo protect fruit from parasitic Insects.
i.iiiu iuu luv vi'i'i'.v tit tv, muugu at- j i uc uiuj iiuiv uuu a vursv &a turn
way a cripple. But for the most part sparrows.
get more than the rest of us for putting
In so?"
"Let's put him out; he is shortening
our Job; 'twou't last till night, at this
rate," laughed another.
"I am getting man's pay for tbe first
time In my life, aud I mean to earn It,"
said Jim. "I don't suppose the town
cares, nor that I shall get any more
money at night; but 1 shall feel a big
sight better myself."
"You've begun right Jim," said the
surveyor, wbo was not very strict In be
half of the town, but had a business of
his own, where he appreciated work
men with a conscience.
Tbe New Curative Method.
The doctors, In dealing with the body,
are coming to the conclusion .that the
great remedy for disease Is the nour
ishment of life. Tbey still sometimes
attack disease directly, as when tbey
prescribe an antidote for a poison.
They sometimes save life by lesseulug