CABLE ROUTE FROM HONGKONG TO CHICAGO. The map shows bow a cablegram travels from Hong Kong to Chicago. Dis­ patches giving news of Rear Admiral Dewey's movements und victory had to run through over 15,090 miles of cubic und telegraph lines before reaching Chicago, as shown by the heavy line on the map. ' sisters have lieen partly educated by English governesses, and they oil speak The Queen Regent's Life Hue Been a . English very well, with an excellent ac- Most t erious One. j eent. German also Is almost os familial The Archduchess Christiira, Queen to them os 8i>anlsh, as it is their Regent of Spain, Is an Austrian and mother's tongue. was married to the late King Alphonso Queen Christina leads a very busy, XII. In 1879. She has three brothers anxious life, and is one of the hardest and two half sisters, the daughters of workers in Europe. The Queen does not her mother by her first marriage. These often relax from her usual regal de­ sisters are the nearest descendants of meanor, but when she does she is per the Stuart kings of England, and the fectly charming, with a keen sense ol elder, who Is married to Prince Lud­ humor and an almost girlish delight tn wig, of Bavaria, the heir to that king­ the pleasures of her children. All het dom, is styled by her Jacobite adher­ life, since her marriage, lias tieen spent ents Queen Mary III. of England. The under the most serious circumstances, younger sister married the late Prince tint she lias still left to her the capabil­ John de Bourbon of Spain, and is the ity of enjoying life and its pleasures. mother of lion Carlos, Duke of Madrid, It is at San Sebastian. which is on the Carlist pretender to the throne the sea coast, and where the Queen pos­ of Spain. It was with the hope of ef­ sesses a palace of fairy-like beauty, fecting a reconciliation between the that her Majesty is seen at her b.appi- royal house of Spain and the Carlist esL It Is here that she takes her am faction that the Archduchess married nual holiday, and, with her children, to King Alphonso XII. The hope was revels In the beautiful country and sea­ never realized. side life, away from the streets of Ma­ The young Archduchess had by no drid, and free from the most trying of means an easy life l>efore her when she her state duties. The King and his sis­ accepted the hand of King Alphonso. ters are all good swimmers, and the a man whose heart was in the grave of princesses encourage their brother and his first wife, and wliose health was al­ help him. when the waves are too ready showing signs of the Illness rough—for King Alphonso Is a some­ which ended ids life at so early a date. what delicate child. Cycling Is also The Queen, however, young as she was. among the favorite amusements of the quite understood her difficult position, princesses and their brother. iuh I there and from the first week of her married are very tnerry rides taken in the life showed herself capable of fulfilling neighborhood. and in the beautiful lier duties, and also showed that she grounds that surround the palace. Of­ possessed the rarest of all gifts—ex­ ten the Queen's mother, the widowed quisite tact. Ten months after her mar­ Archduchess Ellzalteth of Austria, pays riage her eldest daughter, the Infanta her a visit. The Archduchess Elizabeth Maria-da-las Mercedes, Princess of Aus- Is now GO years of age, but she is in ex- SPAIN'S ROYAL FAMILY. THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN AND ALFONSO XIII. trln, was lx>rn at Madrid, on Sept 11. IKSl, and a little more than two years later the Infanta Maria Theresia was born, on Nov. 12, 18S2. King Alphonso NIL. who had always been far from strong, died on Nov. 25. 1885, just three days after he had com­ pleted his twenty-eighth year. He hail ! reigned eleven years. a period of pence and comparative prosperity for the Spanish nation; but the suecees of his government was mainly due to the wise administration of Canova» del Castillo, his minister, who was assassinated last year. Mity 17. 1881», the pres»'nt King was born, and on the same day he was pn>- clahned King under tin* regency of his motlier. Though devotAxl to all her chil­ dren, the Queen Regent is especially fond of the little King, Alphonso. The Queen Is most judicious In tlx» way In which she brings up her children, and even the King Is subjected to strict dis­ ci) «Hue during Ida times of study. Sia­ ls an excellent linguist, and makes n pla* of talking to her children lu vari­ ous languages, so that they may tie- com«» accustomed to all. Like so many other royal children, the King and Ids cellent health aad looks quite ten years younger. Murders the Oyster. This Is tin- wicked ''borer" that has nlrendy murdered thousands of oysters in Long Island waters and threatened as many more. The oyster men cull TItK 1OUJ« AT WORK. the liorers “drills" and say that they are a lucky pest for them since, with­ out the destruction they work, the oys­ ter markets would be flooded and the business Is-cotne unprofitable. Tinn» is usually lively when men make an attempt to kill IL ship, and in this way to establish com­ munication. When this experiment bad i i.ee-Metfore tired twenty times a minute. It wealthy man. It was related of him has a range of about four miles, and here that he did more to build up Can­ the projectile travels twice as fast as ton that any one man who ever lived in sound travels. At the gun’s muzzle the it. lie was a Democrat of the Demo­ projectile energy Is 915 foot-tons; tnat crats. is, It has enough force back of it to lift 915 tons one foot In one second. The First Water Plant. The one. three and slx-i»oundors gen­ The Quakertown (Po.) Times awards erally are mounted in elevated ['arts of to Bethlehem the distinction of having the ship and In the military masts so erected the first water works in the that they can tn- used to clear the en­ Uniteli States. Near the banks of the emy’s decks. Just as the nrchers of Monocacy Creek (the Indian name for years ago were wont to try for every creek of many bends), it says, there is opening and crack In the armor of a a never-falling spring of pure cold wa­ knight, so the gunners of the small ter, which has formed the supply of rapid-firing guns are exi»eeted to send Bethlehem from its founding up to the their deadly shells Inside the turrets present time. In the spring of 1754 and gun ports of the enemy’s ship. Hans Christopher Christiansen began the erection of the first water works in TELEPHONING AT SEA. the old mill. The water was forced Ilow Commanders Commnnicnte by through wooden pipes up the hill Into a woouen reservoir, situated where the Wire from Ship to Ship. Telephones tuay supersede the old Moravian church now stands. system of flag signals as a means of His Awflll Mistake. communicatton tietween ships nt sea. "See here, young man.” said the ed­ Successful experiments have been itor of a society paper to the new re- made by Commander 11. G. O. Tupper porter, "don't let this occur again." of the British navy which seem to “Why," exclaimed the new recruit, prove that the system Is adapted for “what’s wrong?" the purpose. Commander Tupper used “You say the lady was 'handsomely a kite lu his experiments, and this dressed,’ ” replied the editor, "instead seems to is- the only feasible means. The kite used was an ordinary one that of ‘smartly gowned.’ ’’ PUINTS ON CJH GUNS. differed but slightly from those used by American boys In the spring and fall, except that It had no tall. The kite was six feet long and three wide at its broadest part. Two lines were at­ tached to the kite where the tall would ordinarily have been. One of these linen wns retained on board of the I»ar- Ing. the torpedo t»»at destroyer under Commander Tupt»»!*» command, from whlc « th«- experiments were conducted. It was found that with the win«! be­ tween the two lines It was easy to drop letters or even a hawser on another Hew* On His Own Huttons. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple. Is said to be unexcelled In the Chureh of England as a button setter and stocking darner. His successor in the See of London, Bishop Creighton, makes it his boast that he sews on his own ecclesiastical buttons and once dexterously mended a lady's glove. Onr Men of a gvxxl tint* Is to see an elixtTttonist who thinks she can work tlie gixose flesh on an audience, forget her lines and break down. A FUNNY OLD TOWN. Some of the Many Amuiinit Features of Key West. Key West is one of the oldest and funniest towns in the United States. It Is made up of innumerable little wooden houses without chimneys, but crowded In Irregular groups. Many of the houses have wooden shutters In place of glass windows. On most of the streets there are no sidewalks, but people stumble over the jagged edges of coral rock. The natives who wear shoes ride In carriages. There are a great number of public vehicles, and one can be hailed at any corner and en­ gaged for 10 cents. Some of these car­ riages are quite respectable In appear­ ance. They are generally double-seat­ ed affairs which have beeu discarded in thi* North. The horses are wrecks and they show by their appearance that todiler Is dear and that they are not half fed. One of the sounds of Key West is the whacking of the horses which draw the carriages and the* mules which move the street cars from place to place. The street cars look as If they had been dug up from the neigh­ borhood of the pyramids. Ropes are used for reins and the only substantial thing about the whole outfit Is the great rawhide whip, with which the street car driver labors incessantly. The peo­ ple, as a rule, are opposed to excessive exertion, but they make an exception in the case of labor with a whip. The town has one struggling newspa­ per, which is worthy of a better sup­ port. The climate, of which much has been written, is too good to be wasted, and there are traditions against exces­ sive mental effort by either the makers or the readers of newspapers. Hun­ dreds of dogs, cats, roosters, goats and “razorbacks” run at largo through the streets, and the three former combine to make the night hideous. In the ear­ ly evening the sound of negro meetings and jubilations predominates. Then the cats begin where the shouters leave It was not many years ago that Mon­ sieur Daunassans was prefect of a de­ partment and stationed at an Impor­ tant provincial town. Just at that time a very radical ministry came luto |iow- I er—an ultra-republican government, . which announced Its Intention to turn all conservative and “reactionist” func­ tionaries out of office. The Minister of the Interior was a particularly violent radical, with no bowels of comjiassion for any who were suspected of mon­ archical opinions. One of the first functionaries selected for sacrifice was Monsieur Daunas­ sans. It happened, however, that his conservative opinions were not so strenuously held as to incline him against holding office under a radical administration. When he was sum­ moned to Paris for dismissal, he went to the cabinet of the minister with tils hat in his hand anil his most complais­ ant expression on his face. “You are represented to me, sir,” said the minister, “os hostile to our repub­ lican institutions.” Monsieur Daunassans bowed very low. In the most graceful style of the ancient gentility. “I think, monsieur le ministre,” he l«egan. "that I may possibly prove my­ self worthy of your excellency’s con­ fidence. If I may be permitted to en­ ter into certain details, it will be, I fancy, within my power to demon­ strate to your excellency---- ” It was the first time that the new minister had ever been called “your excellency.” He was a man who had sprung from the common [icople, and the phrase, coming from a man who seemed to know how to use tt, was very pleasant to his ears. Ills manner softened perceptibly. Daunassans went on with a long and flattering speech, in which he had very little to say about his own politics, but in which the words “your excellency” occurred a great many times. After al>out three-quarters of an hour he came out of the minister's cabinet. KEY WEST. , FLORIDA. off. Later, the dogs, sneaking and sore-eyed, and more numerous than any other species, take up the refrain. There is a strange mixture of races at Key West, but the negroes are the most patriotic class. They alone celebrate Fourth of July and other national holi­ days. While the town has its enlight­ ened and respectable people. It also has Its shoddy class, whose Ignorance of the rest of the world carries them to grotesque extremes in their efforts to proclaim their greatness. Even in its schools. Key West is peculiar. The schoolhouses are built like cigar fac­ tories. and each has mounted upon the roof the bell of an old locomotive. When the school bells are ringing it is easy to close your eyes anil Imagine yourself in one of the great railroad do- pots of the North. The classes are large, the teachers have a constant struggle with the climate, so the schol­ ars have time to make pea-shooters and other Instillments of torture for tin1 unsuspecting visitor who falls into their ambush. If the teachers have a hard time, the clergy have a worse one. The churches are much-abused institutions, with a large patronage and a meagre support. The theaters are seldom open, and are even morb grudgingly supported than the churches. The decorations have been likened to a cockney on a holiday, and the galleries amuse themselves be­ tween the acta by shouting “lire," to startle strangers who do not know the joke. Men that smoko presume that cigars are manufactured in Key West, but there is another source of Income of scarcely less Importance. Any unfor­ tunate ship that ventures into port is considered legitimate prey, and tt is a l>old man that dares to protest against tlie confiscation of his property. When a ship is seen approaching the reefs the greatest excitement prevails, and Siime people even fall on their knees to petition for her speedy destruction. If a vessel strikes she is immediately surrounded by a crowd of wreckers, who cling to her like files to a molasses barrel. After there has been a wreck, storekeepers have money In their pock­ ets and do not care whether you buy of them or not. The proprietor of a shop will stretch himself, yawn and- finally saunter over toward his customer to find what Is wanted. FRENCH POLITENESS Use of Ol<1-Ttme Conrfeny Brought Pro­ motion for a Frenchman, In France, at the present day. the great majority of the people are anient republicans In opinion, but they are also great admirers of the sort of cour­ tesy which Is associated with the an­ don regime—the old-time gentility. There lately died In that country a certain Monsieur Daunassans, who was a fine representative. In his man­ ners and opinions, of the old school. His elaborate courtesy was of the ele­ gant, “palavering” antique sort, and tt kept his head above water in times when other old-school fellows went to the bottom. x He liad been Indeed removed from his prefecture, but he had been promoted to a better one! The minister’s radical friends were furious. They went to him and said: “What! You have promoted this man? Why, he Is the most abominable of reactionists!” “W-well,” answered the minister, as if recalled to himself, “perhaps he's a reactionist, but I tell you he's a mighty well-bred man!” All of which goes to show—what the French have already found out to their sorrow—that it is hard to make a re­ public without republicans.—Youth’s Comiianlou. Turkish Girls. Turkish girls of the better class In the cities, after they are too old to attend the primary schools, are largely edu­ cated at home by governesses, many of whom come from England and France, but, unfortunately, do not always rep­ resent tlie highest culture of these na­ tions, so that the real love of study Is not. as a rule, developed under their Influence. Turkish women have a great aptitude for foreign l:mguages, and those met on the steamers of the Bos­ phorus often speak French, and It is not unusual for them to speak German and English also. It is a well-known fact that many Turkish women are engaged in trade, some even carrying on an extensive business, involving frequent journeys to Egypt and other places, which pre­ supposes the ability to read and write, as well as some knowledge of arith­ metic. Moreover, conversation with the Mussulman woman In the capital reveals some progress at the present time in Independence of thought, and. while social conditions have unavoida­ bly arrested the development of Turk­ ish women as a class, forces are slowly but surely working among them that will result in their Anal emancipation. Artificial Silk. Artificial silk is now an article of trade and as It is advisable for buyers to be acquainted with the means of de­ tecting it the following from the Dec­ orator and Furnisher is worthy of note: The most effective test Is combus­ tion. While natural silk burns slowly and turns up like horn, at the same time omitting a characteristic odor, artificial silk burns rapidly when once ignited and swells like burned cotton. Some­ times the two kinds of silk ore mixed in the same article. Mention is made in an Austrian paper of a fabric, al­ leged to be of English make, the warp of which consisted of natural silk, weft of artificial. The origin of the latter could not be detected by the eye even by the most exjH-rt connoisseur. Upon the combustion tost being applied, how­ ever, the material burned with extreme alacrity. When iwopie listen attentively to a story of a man's wrongs. It Indicates that they are wondering what the oth­ er side of the story sounds like. The king can do no wrong—If the atb> er fellow bolds all the aces.