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ALASKAGAMESUPPLY FUR-BEARING ANIMALS RECK LESSLY KILLED. Are Now SIST1I •'•I T, »•* Almost Extinct, Sea Utter» Ar« Extremely Meare«, ■ nd yioose Vuuiahlng with Are Great Rapidity. Ten years ago Alaska was a fur coun tr> beyond ail else, with a trade auuu «.¡y iu excess of $2,000,000. This yeai tbe fur crop, exclusive of the seats, will nut exceeu $500.000. In the judgmeut xx a prominent Chicago furrier, recent ly returued from a fourth trip of four mouths in that country, the slaughter of the fur-bearing animals, with the exception of the seals, is such as to make the life of the fur trade short Indeed. The aea otter, one of the most valuable of all animals, is practically extinct. Wolves have killed all the deer spared by the hunter or have drl'en them to the islands off the coast. The moose are fast going, aud only the teals are more numerous than they Lave been for years. But these are at the mercy of a United States monopoly •nd of tbe British hunters, who come openly within three miles of the Ameri can coast and kill seals iu open water. Yet 2<>o American seal hunters sit idly on the coast, not daring to wo what the British and the North American Trading ami Transportation Company • re doing unhindered. Not only are the fur-bearing animals threatened, but it is said that the can neries are raiding the salmon supply of the country in such a way that Indians receiving only 5 cents apiece for salmon weighing above eight pounds are mak ing $15 to $20 a day at fishing, iu the Columbia River country years ago the canneries worked liavoc with tills mag nificent game tlsli. throwing them out of the coast rivers by machinery, tak ing the big fish ami leaving the smaller ones to rot in the sun. With the eight pound limit there are evidences that range the Indians begin to take careful Ietlc figure that once might have troth ■Im Finally a lucky shot kills the d* u the beard» To halt in her quick creature, and tbe whole party lands. pace down town was something un "The otter is skinned at ouee and tbe usual for the woman, but toe dissipated shots that may bar« struck it ar« fol tac«, with the gray, shaggy head, ap lowed until the bullet is found. The pealed to her, aud she asked w onder* rules of tbe bunt are that $10 from tbe lugly; skin shall go to the man who sighted It; "What has caused you bad luck“ $5 each shall got to tbe other nine tueu "It happened, madam.” the man re in the party, while the one whose sponded. "that the world went bard marked bullet evidently killed tbe ani w ith me. among other things. 1 know mal gets all the rest. There 1» seldom ail the stages iu the descent of man. any disagreement in these parties, uud. in fact. 1 know the stage itself. either. Things were differeut when I played "Sometimes an otter killed on land with McCullough iu the 70's.” 11» uay have several bullet boles in bis sighed as be leaued gracefully against skin, but these boles are no damage to one of tbe foundation pillars of th* tbe fur, as the furrier closes them easi Calumet Club buildlug, aud let hl* ly from tbe back. Ordinarily, now, eyas winder over the rulus of the when one bide has beeu secured, tbe burned church opposite, whole party goes back to the trading I be woman was <‘ouipell*s! to admire post. The Indians are much shrewder the beggar, whose figure was as ma traders now thau they* were once. They jestic as McCullough's owu. aud who have need to be. They may take tbe belonged, it was evident, to the »am« hide to every dealer iu the post and st ill artistic professiou. be dissatisfied. In such a ease they "But what brought you to this condi pick • pon some squaw' to take the pelt to another post—maybe even to Daw tion? she asked, breaking in upon bls son. They would not trust a man to abstraction as sbe saw a far-off look In do it. for he would be almost certain to his eyes that might have belouged to get drunk. Tbe squaws are almost McCullough Iu Bloomingdale. "Oh. 1 found the current too swift for universally hottest and dependable, aud the hunters count on every penny me. Wheu I got Into it I couldn’t get of returns save the necessary expense out. When a mau gets to going down Incurred. Sometimes the Indians make ward." lie went on. addressing the money by this; sometimes they don t. charred walls, uot the woman "when I offered a party of hunters $300 for a a man gets to going downward, noth- skin, but they refused to take it. They lnK can stop him -unless It Is a woman seut a woman with It ro Dawson and I “ -and «nd the woman died! I should there she got only $300 after spending have beeu a different mau If It had uot $40 on steamer fares and Incidental ex been for that. I left her in a grave penses. She was the wife of the man back there In Donegal, and I went who had killed it. and she was quite down with the current left her In a pleased with her trip and experience. grave in Donegal," he continued, for- "Near Cook's Inlet one finds the best getting his listener, forgetting bis hun hunting. There are moose, carillon, ger. as he drew Ids old cloak around mountain »beep, and bears for big ills ouce proud form and walked away, game, in addition there are millions aud the soft morning breeze brought of geese, ducks, brants and water fowl back the words, "a grave iu Donegal.” of all description, Our party killed The woman called to him. but he did three moose, seven mountain sheep, not heed her, aud then sbe rau after and one caribou in the four months him. aud put a coin in his baud for tbe that we were there, We have brought sake of a heart goue to dust iu u grave back twelve moose skins and beads. iu Donegal. seventeen mountain sheep, thirteen wolf When she had parted with her money skins, and the bides of sixty bears. The Rhe walked on. reflecting that it might SUPPOSE WE SMI Li HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. Pl •«•«nt Incidents World O’er Occnrriog tbe say ings that Ar« X beer ful to Old or Youug Funny Selec tion« that Everybody Will Enjoy. »-ack <»( Hrciproeitv i* your new neigh “How do you »re, Mr». Way "Noe at all. She’s awfully stmgy. Why. she bv'rrowed our tack hammer and a uulu; aeg early last week, but when 1 went over yesterday to ask her to leud me to pay ox the rent she said she dldu t have it to »pare. Wasn't taat small?' Pbllad« Ipbta Bul letin. Didn't Worry Him • Hit. The Doctor Above all things, mad- Mrs. Jlaisou My dear, we must go to ani ,'"i: husband mustn't woarj Per- the seaside, aud the muuutaius, and imp» you’d better not »bow him my tbe spriugs. bill Ju»t now. Mr. Jlmsou We are comfortable "But 1 did. doctor, aud it didn’t make euough here at home. any difference. He said he knew he Mrs. Jlmsou Yes, we are now, but coaldu't pay it auv wayLife. you men are so short sighted! Just All He t.eariirxl« think how uncomfortable we will l*e Census Man llow old are you. luad- w heu people come track and begin to tell where they’ve beeu New Y vrk am? Sb» -Why s*r lot uic see. Weekly. Census Mui -If you can tell me Ruin in It« Wake. when you were boru 1 11 figuiv (I out Righead War is a terrible curse, myself. uit it? She Yes, certainly! Why. I »as Critic—I should say so. I have notlc- boru ou a Sunday. Philadelphia Press. d that every war adds a new dtaltxl • our magazine literature Mealiettt. Seem*: Children's i’arty il’uucb and Judy Show Going (Illi 1'om dlvcOVM ed by his hostess pupa in tears. Hostess' Papa- Afraid, Tom? (■fleer up, old man, they're only dolls. Poor Frightened Tommy They won't be dolls when 1 dream about them to night. Life. Hi« Nerve« All Right. “llow are your nerves?" they a.’ked the man who had applied tor aai auto mobile operator's license, "Oh. the best ever,” was the prompt reply. "There's been nothing to dis turb my nervr*, you know. I’ve been riding in automobiles, not dodging them."—Chicago Evening Post, Hot * Weal lier Kuoiinh tie««. “The ludían» out West are bolding a Weary Willie Let's bunk in dat coal green corn dauer." yard. "Ye*; If it was a green-cucumber Tired Timothy What fer? Dal ain't dunce 1 could uuderstuud It.”—Cbicugo a soft coal firm. Record. Mutual Recognition. ••Bless my soul!” exclaimed the man with the Iron gray beard. cordially ex tending his hand. "Ain't you the tow headed ls>y that used to worry the life out of me twenty-five years ago, back In old Chemung County, by climbing my orchard fem e and stealing my N|i pies?” “If you’re the Infernally mean and stingy old hunks who owned that or chard and usisl to set your dog on any boy who came within half a mile of it. ! am.” replied the younger man, grasp ing the proffered hand and shaking it heartily. Chicago Tribune. Prompt HetaliatIon. "You had a lot of visitors last week, didn't you?" "Yes. but when they went home we scut our three daughters back with them."- Chicago Itm ord. Hunte Never Raw It, Jinks I don't believe Dante's de * scription of the Inferno is correct. Winks Why not? Jinks Not one of tbe shades said to any other shadr* "Is It hot euough for New Yolk Weekly. A M i^iiii<lerMtun<|iUK A Sure Thing. He- Wasu't that you on tlie piazza last night? Rhe—No. “Then I wonder who In the world it wa» I kissed?" "You can probably tell by going there to night at the same time.”- Life. r V y ¥ v He Knew Hirn, "I am a man with a history,” begun the visitor; "and —” "Yes; 1 know. Y'ou're selling It on sulrseriptiun to only the best people. Don’t want it. Good day."—Philadel plna Record. Would Cliange It Himself. “It’s a woman's privilege to change her mind, you know." she said. "That's right,” hr* replied brutally, “ami I don't blame her a bit. If 1 hud tlie average feminine mind I’d change It myself.”- Chicago Evening I’ost. Tin* Conductor Keep your head In side or you'll get I It knocked off. Mr. Gllhooly Me I head'll never 1« knocked oil by tin* lolkes av yea, J«' monkey face! New York World. The Way-H.ick Orada«, ve always hated tlx* Chinese.” I was kept 1 couldn't .' ”- Indian Volume« implied. "It take» a woman to find the words to say mean things about other wo be only a clever bit of acting, after all. men.” "Yes. but she can make meaner slaps "And,” she finished aloud, "women are the most gullible creatures on earth.”— by not finding tbe words. For in stance, when she says: ‘Of course, 1 Chicago Inter Ocean. don't exactly know anything about her, ’ Philadelphia Press. The Butterfly King. The London Express, In announcing teen l*urli»lled Eiloxuli the death of William Watkins, one of the foremost entomologists of the day. gives this luteresting story of his life; Of Welsh extraction, he began col lecting butterflies when he was a selxxill-oy of nine. At that time there were field« In the vicinity of Peckham, and tl>e first butterfly Mr. Watkins ever caught was the "peacock.” From thenceforth lie Ixcnme an nrdeut en tomologist; he gradually went on col lecting moths, and eveutnally he made tills the business of his life. Ills parents articled him to some ship and Insurance brokers, but while out with them lie devoted all Ills leisure time to collecting. Indeed, It was no unusual occurrence for him to stay out until midnight In pursuit of the treas ures be coveted. Taking a dislike to the shipbroking business, and mani festing th" Inevitable desire to “see Judge You arc charged with break life." he went to India, where he had Ing a lamp on your wife's head. plenty of scope for bis love of ento Prisoner That lamp Cost me $•>, your mology. After n sojourn of six years In In honor. Judge Discharged. dia. he returned to England, and was HUNTING SCENES IN ALASKA, WIIEUE GAME SUUI’LY IS BEING RUINED. tbe slaughter already has begun when It is said that one company for HMMJ will pack 980,000 cases of salmon at Kodiak Island. "The seal fisheries are tlie greatest of the fur-bearing possibilities of this great country,” says the Chicagoan. "The Impression has been given out that these aulmals are rapidly becom ing extinct But it Is not so. I have my own eyes as evidence in this state ment. aud anyw here along the Alaskan coast uatlves and those long resident there will tell you that more seals have ben seen this season than ever before, "According to law the Alaskan In- dlun may kill seals for food, but In sell ing the skins he must make ntlidavit that the auimnls were killed for food purposes aud he must not kill too many for that purpose, either. "The most valuable and most nearly extinct animal now in Alaska is the s**a o.ier. Ten or fifteen years ago a hunt ing party could go out and kill perhaps twenty of these splendid animals in uue bunt. Now the same party may go out and get one. or it may come back without any. Owing to tbe scarcity of th» animals, too, the hunting of the few left la becoming more and more <lftH- cult A skin now brings from $2<«» to $.’>•» to the Indian hunters, and in Lon don they sell for $350 to $1.200. Most of these skins are bought In London by tbe Russians. Hnntlng the Sea Otter. “At least eleven canoes, each holding s hunter, are necessary in tbe killing of sea otters. They can be hunted only when the water Is glassy smooth, as their habits are such that they are in visible ou a rippling surface. They are a «trangely human sort of creature. The mother otter nurses her bai>e In her arms, and they sleep on their backs In the water» When frightened or sus- plcious they keep only their noses and eyea out of the water. "When the hunters start out each 1« armed with a rtfle. and each man u«o* marked bullets, that may be identified after they are fired. When the nose of sn otter Is sighted the tnsn finding It gives a signal to the nearest l»>atm«n. and In a few moments the little fleet is surrounding the creature. When the great circle is complete aa may be the no«e of the animal may l>e a thousand yards from the nearest mark«man A shot Is fired at the black spot on the water and it ■ 1’ capable of diving 3,000 feet under water, and It may not come up for many minutes, but If the formed It Is not likely to "The instant the nose another shot or two 1« and the boats close in Time and afa.D it coi frightened down agai shorter peri* >4. As grows «bort of breath tbe ott tnore and tr.ore of Its bead out «•ter. until anally it is a good tat C«»r u*« hunters. As »---6 *• *• largest of these bear hides Is more than nine feet long and Is eight feet In width. It came from a grizzly. Some of these grizzlies reach a length of thir teen feet. Deer Have Become Extinct. “Deer In Aluska proper are now ex tinct, but the Islands off the maiulnnd are full of them. This Is due to tlie fact that wolves will uot take to waler, while It Is the deer's favorite method for escaping pursuit. A pack of wolves chases a deer to the sea atid it swims out to an island. In this way tbe whole archipelago of the Alaskau peninsula is full of deer. “(Ince tlie moose and caritmu were In great herds, but they have thinned greatly. After Sept. 1 the mountain sheep gather in bands and even yet ns many as 3H0 may be found in a flock. The moose and caribou, however, are seldom more than twenty-five in a herd, and they are exceedingly shy and difficult to kill. "The territory needs a gixid. practi cal game law that could b« enforced. That enforcement would be difficult, however. Among the thousands of ad venturers in tlie territory there are rnnny who kill game wantonly. The Indians, too. have no regard for the preservation of »pecles. “The fish supply of the country 1« open to the onslaught of canners and packers. Something should l»e done to I regulate this. A fisherman may go out, and In an hour, with only b<»>k and line, catch fifteen halibut, «ome of them weighing 200 pound«. These big fish, of course, have to be let go, as they cannot be taken Into a boat There are millions of codfish, herrings In myriads, and salmon In swarm«, but at the present rate of canning tlie sup ply will be cut Into heavily in a few years. All other kinds of shell fi»h save oysters abound In these Alaskan waters. It 1« only a matter of time when Alaska will be supplying tbe United States with fl’h. Just bow long It supplies will depend upon bow the sources of supply are treated by the fishermen. There are no reptiles of any kind in Alaska, not even turtles, lizards, or frogs. There are a few toads, however.” able to sell a large collection to Mr. Honifmau. the well known tea mer chant. He then t*cgnn business a» a profes sional entomologist, and opened estab Ills Wife Land! they don't know lishments in Piccadilly and In the what they're talkin' about A short Strand. In ISM lie formed the Insect one c'n eat Ju«t es tuucu. Philadelphia House in the Zoological Garden«. Bulletin. During tlx* pa»t ti n years he resided Getting Full Value. at Eastbourne, where lie carried on tbe "I paid an eminent artist $15 for a breeding of butterflies of the most dl verse specimen«. Hi« «uccess earned criticism <>f my painting ” "What did he tell you?"’ for him the name of “The Butterfly “Raid It was the worst be ever saw.” King.” —Chicago Record. I.argcst IU hwii in (tie World. A Careful Guardian. The largest r<i m In tlx* world, under Mlstrei » 1 should like to know what one roof and nr ,token by pillars. Is at business that policeman has In my St. Petersburg It Is 'i'J" feet long by klt< lieu i very night In tbe week? By daylight It Is used 130 In breadth, Pretty Servant Please, mum. I think for military dl» lays and ■ whole bat- be suspicion» me of negler-tin' me work talion can com| letr-ly maneuver In It. wax tapers give It a er southin' New York Weekly, nnce. The roof Is a igle BEGGAR ACTOR WON A COIN. tuc-tion. a most aoleuin Man Who Had Been with McCullough call out their Flared Tonchin* Role. me«, together “Madam, can you contribute towar d a- the purchase of a breakfast for on 1 put tb»m In bo baa been lens fortunate than youi through, an Love Veran» Houaekeepln«. irr the ;>*-r»on w I Enraptured Lovnr—And now There was a ring of broken pride I why may «* not be married a e voice that told of better day», an Charming but I’ra* ti*-al Ma. r.skenrd interest enough to stop Travel fore the pea • y little »«»man hurrying down Mi* I have you putl an avenue to bar dawn t<wn bu«in my fine new srly morn:.- ®he mo your 'u m very warm, yet tbe »peaker We ll wait tin ; ;-ii .□ ■ failed •«> '■ cagu rrlb.ua ,d La.f ulatar. wbxb gracau au Correct. “What vu the trouble Ix-tween you and Willle Jones, Tomrtiy?" "Aw, 1 ealled 'lui a Boxer.” "You shouldu't bave doue that. You know lie la notldng of the klud.” "Aw, but be wuz. Look al me faccl” Hr Felt Relieved. "1 only play tbe piano a little for pas time," suhl the new boarder. “Thank heaven for thut!” said the bonrder with the most dyspepsia, "I was ufraid you might play It for rag lime." lmlIatia|Hdls Press. A Little shelf Worn. "Just look nt these eggs, dear,” ex claimed Mrs. Newlywed at the break fast table; "s.*<*li a bargain! They were marked down rrom 21 cents to 14 cents.” Ami then she wondered why Newlywed didn't want any break Philadelphia Record. Fixed for tr < itrrr piti|rn. "Do you take an interest In polities, Mrs. Gollgbtly?" "(th. yes. I do wish my husband wa« running for something; our porch Is Just lovely this summer with all our new prairie grass chairs, hammocks, matting, rugs and tilings.” Indianap olis Journal. This We.ttews Ax* of Progrr»«. "Look beret! Yesterday, when 1 lanigtit this cam* from you. you guar- anteisl that the lurid was genuine Ivory! Now I And that it 1» Imltatlou.” "Is that Iio»«il>le? Well, I get ail my good» direct ft om (Mylon, but. of course. It is quite |H>sslb|e thsl the ele pliant» there have taken to using false teeth." I’loh. the ■ re on be Hing Humbert'« W idow. Queen Margherita 1« not only luted with all tin- language» of tinent. but is familiar w th them y» their literature». Rhe 1« clever, but tb>* mo»t beautlfu ■II the royalties, and rivals the I' cesa of Wale» In youthful appear« Iler Inter.*»!» In life are many, and on<l«Tful Mai A l'or* h Party. 'Did you have a good talk with lb« - a ' <1 I’ ►' tel "rio. ma. »' didn't talk, th« men quarreled about politics, and Clara and I ah ra«d the »rather. ' Detroit » re« ‘V* HYPNOTISM BY TELEPHONE guev-eaafui Lon«-Hictanc« Iipenaeal bv a Honolulu Amateur. One of the que»re»t freaks of hypnot ic ;udueu. Soever recorded u> repotted from Houolulu. where, according to th« Pacitlc (.ommervial Advertiser, a sub ject was put to sleep by a hypnotist who was several blocks away. J. E. Davis plays a typewriter in tbe office of tbe attorney geueral at Houolulu. He Is au amateur musiclau aud a prurn- lnvut memtier of the Triangle club, which la allied with tbe Young Men’« L’hristiau Association. He is au ardeut •tuds'Ut of hypuotism. uue eveuiug recently a uutuber of per- sou* gathered in the New Euglaud bakery to see the teiephoue experiment. A youth of 21 year» who bad beeu op erated uu by Davis several times took tlie telephone receiver iu his baud while Davl* »;»ike to him from au iustruiueut iu the Judd building, several blocks dis tant. A card over tlie telephone iu the bakery had written on it the name of Thomas Williams. As seen and board from tlie Judd building the following waa the procedure. Dail» called to the subject who being well known here Joes not want bis name meutioued to take tl e card In hla hand. "What 1» the uame on the card?" be asked. Then he said; “It's grow lug dim. Tlie letters are blurred. You can't see them well. Your eyes are closing. You are gettlug sleepy. You want to sit down You ate going fast. See, there you are.” Those In the bakery saw the subject take the card in hla liatnl, heard him answer the questions, and finally reel aud fall iuto the chair, assisted by Me* Laughlin, Davis’ guide Iu the creepy ■deuce. Melaiugbliu telephoned to Davis that the youth was "goue” aud the Davis hastened In a hack to tbe bakery. There lie ordered the subject Into tbe laiial. where tliere was more roo n for experiment. The young man tottered along with one hand ou Davis’ arm aud seemed glad to sit down w hen he reached tlie spot ixilntixl out to bltn. Ills eyes were closed, but when com mended to o|x*n them lie did so slowly and stared vacantly ahead. A candle held to his eyes did uot cauae him to vlnk nor did a needle passed over the eyeballs bring any signs of feeling. He w is like a man drugged. When told to bold out Ills arms perfectly stiff he oiieyed and kept them there for tour minute» without evident fatigue, So whin nnide to believe by Davis’ pep «'inslve language that he was at a illita he laughed and clapped ids hands and seemed pleased, lie ambled through a rakewalk not being a graceful dancer In his waking hours and shuttled Ills feet w lx ii told that he was listening to rngtime music. The most curious phenomenon of the experiment was in the startling differ- eliee between tlx* pulses of the subject Before he submitted to the test the sub ject's pulse registered 74. After Ilf teen minutes It wits ‘.HI Under the di rection of Davis and McLaughlin the left pulse went to IHl and at the same moment the right was 114. Bringing lh<*m lower the right was 112 when the eft was HI. RECENT INVENTIONS. A Pennsylvanian has patented an Improved coal bag and unloading ar- rangement, comprising a central sus taining member, surrounded by a bag, which has a gathering cord at the top. tlx* bags In-lng suspended by tlx* steins on a wooden support for tilling from the chute. Dustless roads can l>e rapidly made by a Californian's machine, which has a plurality of dust-stirring fingers, w hich are adjusted to stir up the earth In the road, a series of pipes extend Ing nt the rear of the fingers to sprin kle oil from a reservoir mounted on the machine. Shoes can lie quickly laced by fit» use of a new attachment, comprising a pair of slotted rigs carried by the edges of the upper, with beaded studs set In the slots to slide freely, with u lacing attached to the studs to draw the edges of the upper together as the studs are raised. An Improved automatic safety lock for elevators la formed of two trlaiigu lar blocks pivoted on top of the car. and held in a folded position by the cable, the breaking of the latter throw ing the blocks out and o|a*ratlng two links, which catch In the sides of th« well aud support the car. In New York a man has patented ■ collar button which will save trouble In fastening a stiff collar, the slisnk of the button living telescopic, with an Internal spring which prevents th« shank extending too far out and also locks It in a contracted |s»»ltlon after the eollar Is fastened. A handy tablet for telephones has Is on patented by ail Ohio man. < oui prising a rwl suspended In two brack* <*ts at the edge of thu battery box, a roll of paper living placed on the reel and held smooth aero»» the top for writing, with a sharp metal strip to sever the sheet after use. Mowing ami reaping macblit«» can lie provided with a m*w whip holder, which Is formed of a siqqswt attached to the tongue of the machine, carrying a whip socket with a gear wheel at the fear, which meshes with a g«*ar shaft extending In |>oa'lloe for rhe driver to turn It an<l operate the whip. A handy adjustable bracket for u*e on painters’ easel« has a sleeve to fit around the upright leg« of the easel, with an Dsbaped arm pivoted In each sleeve to engage notch*-» In tbe legs when In a lowered |>o»ltlon. allowing the sleeve to tie raised or lowered when not engaging the notches. Itunaway horses can I* brought nn der control by a n«w d*»hl*osrd attach ment, which has a ba»e Invited to ths da’hlxMrd. with a lip pivoted to clamp to rein against the base when pulled from the front, a backward pull rcleae- Ing It for tightening the reins when a oew hold la taken by tlw driver. Kx plained. Mrs. Wst»<*u I broke one of those l.U eggs yon sold me Into s cup. aud th< white of It was all green. Certainly, mnm It's all right. .• ■num. Those eggs I» laid by grana f**<1 ben’ Borner’ill« Journal. Marie Ha»t*kirta*-ff. 'VI, Basi.kirtseff • prltato UwMbts are u> uPpubllsbed. WHEN TO MARRY. Depend« I pox I’euple.Tlm«, Kind, Ta’t« ■ nd Circumstance«. At wbat agr should a man marry? That deoeuds upuu tbe man. Some men ■re more fitted for tbe responsibilities of matrimony at 25 than others are at 35, >aid « man in discussing this lm- l*ortaut subject recently, if marriage, however, be postponed after that last figure a man Is likely to get into what may be called the habit of celibacy, from which as from other bad habits. It is hard to break away, in this habit of celibacy tie will evuttnue till be is ■ bout sixty years of age. when a great Jeslre will come over him to try what matrimony Is like Just before be dies, aud lie will propose, right aud left to everything In petticoats, until at last be is picked up. not for himself, but for hla money or for bls position, or b«- cause some one 1.« tired of living called “Mias" and wants the novel sensation of writing "Mrs.” before her name. An old man told a friend that h« wanted to marry before he died If only to have some one to close his eyes. “Perhaps," suggested the friend, "you will get some one a ho will open them.” It 1» not natural for a young girl to wish to marry an old man. A father said to his daughter. "Now, when It Is time for you to marry I won't allow you to tnrow yourself away on one of the frivolous young fellows I see around I shall select for you a staid, sensible, middle aged man. What do you say to one of about 50 years of age?” "Well, father," replied the girl. "If It Is Just the same to you, 1 should prefer two of twenty five.” Perhaps the beat advice one could give a young man In this matter Is to «aj "Walt until you cannot wait any longer.” Walt, that la to say. until sli« — that not Inqsisslble she—comes with smiles so sweet and manners so gra cious that you cannot »alt any longer, then marry, and may you be happy ever after! As to the age at which women should marry, I nm afraid of burning my fingers with that question. All I shall say Is that If some women are not worth looking at after thirty years of age. there are quite as many not worth speaking to before It. I.et a man please himself, but let him not marry either a child or an old woman.”—I'hll- adelphia Inquirer. There are 20,000 different kinds of butterflies. A statistician of small things figures It out that the posterity of one English sparrow amounts In ten years to tout- thing like 276,000,000,000 birds. There are 1,200,000 miles of copper wire used in the telephone service In the I'nlted States, and 4,000,000 calls are received dally In the telephone ex changee of the country. The win* would girdle tin* earth nt the equator forty eight times, or reach from the earth to the moon five times. Although Queen Victoria does not per mit smoking In her Immediate neighbor hood. yet she keeps- on hand a stock of tin* most superb cigars for her guests, ami lite consumption thereof is about three thousand a year. They are spe cially made for her majesty, of th« most carefully collected tobacco leaves, and when finished are hermetically sealed In glass tubes In order to guard against deterioration, connoisseurs In sisting Hint the leaf la affected by a change of climate. A new lightship of novel design Is Boon to be moored In the stormy wliters of th,* dreaded Diamond Shoals off Cape Ilattoras. It has been found Impossible to place a lighthouse there, and the lightships moored on the spot have, one after another, been torn from their fastenings. The new ship la to be propelled by steam, and furnished with electric flashlights to lie displayed from her masts, fifty feet above water, will lx* anchored on the shoals strong tackles, and In case she Is torn loose by a gale, can take care of her self with tbe aid of her powerful ei»- glne. The Ingenuity of architects and build- •rs Is sometimes severely taxed to pro vide for the comfort of the dwellers in lofty apartment house«. In New York City plana have l»een tiled for a gigan tic building of this kind to stand on Fifth avenue, and to !>• connected with a well known restaurant across tbe street by a tunnel, finely fitted up and lighted, whereby the occupants of the apartment house can go out to their meals In all kinds of weather without the necessity of putting on hats. Tbe only drawback appears to be that they are limited In tbclr choice of a restau rant. Wllltatn W. Evans of Deal’s Island. Delaware, has a hotse which has proved a remarkable Investment and has over ridden the Ideas aud re<*ordsof the aver age useful life of horses. Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Evans purchased the florae from Hcott Covington, who guar- anti-ed at that time that the animal was six years old. Mr. Evans proved to tin a good master, and the horse returned the kind treatment by retaining Its full activity ami energy, and now, at thirty- three years, tbe horse works nearly ev ery day. see and hears well, aud has an excellent appetite. Bolii and Aleepy. The boldness of wolves and coyote* n Hie presence of man I’ well known. "It Is not uncommon.” says the author >f "Adventures In Mexh’O," "for these tuliiinls to gnaw the straps of a «addle >n which your bead Is reposing for i pillow.” One night, «ay« Mr. Ruxton, when en- -ampcsl on an affluent of tbe Platte, a leavy «now storm falling at tbe time, I lay down In my blanket, after tint heaping on tbe Are a vast pile of wood to burn till morning. In the middle of the night I was •wakened by the excessive cold, and turning toward the Are, which <ss burning bright, what was my astonlsh- • , see a large gray wolf sitting quietly before It, his eyes closed and his head ooddlng In sheer drowslnees. I looked at him for some moments without disturbing him, and then rloaed my eyea and went to sleep, leav ing him to tbe quiet enjoyment of tbe blase Monse Areas England censista of 37.000,0000 acres, (Scotland 10.500,000, and Ireland 3UÇ* 500,000.