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WEEKLY OIICGQN STATESMAN,.- ritiDAY. September t, v w ;ijEB(tV: ': OREGON :TATEsr,?Arj Issued every Tuesday and Friday by the STATESMAN PUBLISHING- COMPANY It. J. UEXUK1CM, Mutr. ' ' ' I ' , '!' SUBSCRIPTION HATES' One year, in advance, $1; Six months, in advance, 50 cents; Three months, in advance, 25 cents; One year, on time, $1.25. ! The Statesman has been estab - some inbsenbers who have received it nearly that long, and many who have read it for a generation. Some ot these object to' having the paper dis- continued at the time of expiration of their subscriptions. For the benefit of these, and for other reasons, we have condudt-d to tJhcontinue subscriptions only when notified to do so. All per- sons paying when subscribing, or pay- The flax Industry fchould lie en couraged. Ik-cmum it h destined to build Up the greatest manufacturing industry in Oregon. ; There is ex'tansiou at the State Fair grounds. Every department is crowding ifs room, and additions an lieing made a-t oidtiigIy. The Democratic landslide I berhi- iifni'.- Kansas City Times. Ye. lhH gloilltd is sliding under the feet of the Ileti'o.rjfie party, which rests princi pally i:ion two humbugs, nnti-hiqieri-nlism and tlie pretence of a war against ' trusts,and upon -one fraud, free nil ver. It will soon Ite sprawling la the, old, familiar mud. Ne v Yml; Sen. A little rain would do 110 great dam nfce to the hop crop now. Hut a liFle lain and a litthv sunshine, the one it ter the other, and mixed toget tier, aiul 10:1 tinned for nveral -days, would do a. gotd deal of damage. It would, mold the overripe hops. And it would in jure the prune crop, loo. I.ot usyhone lor fayoialde weather until the iop 11 nd fruit crops are g'athered. N. Y. Sun: "Ait. Jerry. Jerry, where fote art tuoii' Jerry ? -" The : S.M-kless Soerate of "Meilii ir.e Ijm1 says without a tremor of an eyelash that lie will not be t he rnsloti eainiidale lor IVmsn-ss from" the Seventh Kan-, ms distrirt. This is only Mr. Simp k.ui's 'way.- When lie was lefe;i:,l for t'on.rn ss he retired jtileiiinly frjin public life. Then he rapieared as a candidate Tor the S-nate. lie can toll by .the uiotlan of IUityV lfjis that rhe is "oins to -Il htm. lie-must so-to Washington, if be can pet th-re. to save alt the nation 'and most of ; bis salary," " 'roker. the Tammany. IhksJ is riht In iK-lieviny: the yoiin im n of the l'uiteil State,-are an important factor In is polities', and that th'-y 11133 by their act ion thru the scale of victory. l"ut lie Is wron when he thinks they have 'ho coiitideree in the nhility an.l jrood faith their country to 'deal with the tuiij-stioiis that ha ve lieen mat nave iieen l s i v th,l events of r- -al, sn1 a"ain ' lie i is vnn21,i::,i,,j; ,,v, r 1,Ss ai thrust to l he ! fronts by tin past few! years. when lie lH-lieves the yoiin-r men of the I'nitisl States will vole to craw fish or haul down the I Tlie tlax Industry is - to I be" pushed- jinin hy the lre;oii Flaxi Iiler A i-ia lion, wh'u li'is taking On new lif ,Tlis .Is Rirnd news, (trefoil Is d tlmsl event sially to Is-ctmie a 11a x jrrowinjr and iunnufacurinir t:tc JH11I it would imiv the tSlle of ttus slate well to put these Inditstri.'s U rhape for growth and UMffubies. xt . iielividuais of the slaK'f caisimt Qe . found to uudertake the j preliminary work necessary to lay ttie foundation Tor thtsjrreat manufacturiiifr Indasty. the state ilstc-If ' ou-flit to J so. When we s ak asr:iittst inuM rialis:ii or protect a-xaint wats of conquest tbev k-iv tliah Ave are jil.-.idins ti in use- or me 1 u.psno. J. llryau. ' 1 deny It W. lo-n. I-iwtiui writing on this siib his death Ject A nhort t!me ln-Ptirr raid: fcI wish to ib-d that tbik wbote Phil Ippine situation could b. known by everyone in Ameitca as 1 know sit. If Hie real History, Inspiration and (mdi lions of this iiisum iUm(. and the in-llilciirt-s, local and external, that timv i'i.iiitrag tln enemy, as well as the M.tual Mssibiliti s of these islands and people and their r'l,itiouH to this rea- lvi.t. -oubl be umlerstood nt liome, w e would j bear no more talk if unjnsi 'shooting of government" in to the Filipino or of hauling dotu ur llajr In the rii:Iftp5ne. ' ; j If the Ko-caHod autl-imivrlalif. vmibl honestly aertain the truth bn the ground, and not In distant Amer ica, tliey. whom I believe to lie lxui-t men inisinfiu-inetl. would le.oorrimi'l . f the error f their statements and imel:s!ons ad of the Unfortunate effect of their publications here. J If I ifm fhoi by a Filipino dmllet. It miht ns well come from one of my own Fie. lH-atie I know from observa tion ctitifirmc4 by capture I prloit4rs. that th. eontjnuance of jibe tight ing Is i hlefly due to reports that are sent ut ftoui Atnerlca. , j -1 . 3TIK IXKXPUKSSini.K I'ETTI- tJUEW. t New York Sun.) i f)f all the poor creature st wlio tpke s-des against their country, the. Hon, -Itiehard Franklin- Petligrew Is the juMrcst. It is not enough for him I to todd'.e the Tagalog.. He 1ms tu aji.il- , in? in advance, will have the benefit of ycr. . Htreaftcr we -will send the pa- l)tr to all responsible persons who or- der it, though they may not send the money, with the understanding that they arc to pay f t.25 a year, in case they let the subscription account run ovtjr six months. In order that there nUy be nn misunderstanding, we will kep this notice standing at this place in the paper. - . - .igize for the rioxers and to blame the .nterieahs in China, for having been ill danger of death anl the Adminis tration for having protected them: ('When th missionaries found they jere in danger, they should have sMir-ihr places of safety: and Conger should have done likewise. The Chi nese have given us 110 justification fqr sending an army there." s'LPettigrew has egged on the Tail Is tol shoot Americans, lie disapproves protecting Amerieans in China? What ;lii .ornament to the Senate of the riiite.1 States! Yet he is only carry- g to an extreme the doctrine of nti-im"erialisin. TOM WAITS HIDE. 'A eorresjiolident of Leslie's Weekly ('tlls the story of the ride of Tom (Watts rrom Tien-Tsln to Takn to in iform the liritisb admiral of the pern f the foreigners in Tleu-Tsin. The 'ride, of Tom Watts, he says, is fit Id ro down In h'story lsMe that of Taul Itevere, for he saved the lives of the foreigners in Ticn-Tsin. Instead' of p-ncefnl: -olonies to whom be had to. 'deliver his messajre of warning, it tijid Watt' duty to ride sixty mil s tliroush a-hostile country, tei in'-i: with s:iva-i's ready to submit him to slow torture. An attempt bad already 1k-'II made to communicate with Taku. but It bad faihMl. Nine men started In a lioat. but the Imat ran aground Slid the nine were scattered throuii the country. So 110 word of warning ! reached Taku. I Jim Watts then volunteered to 0 nlone to Taku.' Me is a son of a Taku pilot, lsiru in China twenty-two y-.nrs lie was a privat" 5 11 a I-ical vol I'iiteer military c;nipany. The for-cijriMM-s Insisted that he take three t.'ossacks as eort, and -tl though'- be prefi-ired to ride al'-uie. he allowed hims'tf to Ih' prevailed upn. It was jest at nightfall tliat he left Ticu-Tsin. The city .v-is bla.iog ie hltnl hi in. some of the shells falling lerihtii.-ly near. lie loft the place as quiet la as possible, but, as soon as he was out in the epen. he put .purs to hisoiise and 'hastened his jwi -.. The itrtmtry was alive with Iiostue t'lu- bullets cniiw and lie fore he eaciosl Taku one arm hung usele.-Kj lit Iit4 iiIi :i Iti. U.t Ii.-ivm-jr ii:imsim1 through ib t'hinese ran out as he parsed and tried to seize his bridle. but- ho swung bis whip vigorously, and el-arcing would kimek the assail ants over with , the 611-rush of his horse. There was-110 cbaui-e fur. rest cr sleep; be must go forward tad go lapidl.v. and this be did. oveivourng m'li'erous obstacles until at last be leached Taku. Obtaining at nmv a sii'-alT lMaf. be pul out to Admiral Keuqff's il.tKship. and -his message was )io 'first news the admiral bud that the loreigtiers in Tien Tsin '.vcre in serbius danger. Tin .world knows the rest of the lory,.ro?- Tieii-Tsin was savtl. Watt lettiriiing t the city. with, the allied Hoops on June marching iu.wilii tlw Welsli 'Fnileers. His reception Klitiwi-d the gratitude f those whom s- be bad riskinl bis life to save. He was dwereil on all sides. He was reward ed by laelug pnunoled to a lieutenancy and will doubtless he voted a 111ed.il by the allied powers. TIIK 'PlUlSPKItlTY AbPHAr.KTi Abundance of work. 1-t ter t lines, t'abiiniiy detbtoned. Iuty iMTfornusL Kxiansion realized. Free silver esposed, tJold Standard eotrtlnueiL Hawaii nnexeL Inleiendeiie fo Cuba. J'Tsik-e to all. Knowbtlge promoted. Liberty extendeil. MeKinlev'a re-dectlon. National honor upheld. Opport unities improved. Iroteetion assured. -Quantities of eiuploi'tnent. Iltsevelt a winner. Stability or credit. Trr. le extc-ndisi. I'niou forever. Values uphclil. M"ags increased. uXs" more plentifnt. Yankee lxxlle Daudr. Zenith of rosiK-rlty. , Never was sunshine more beautiful, or timely. - . WHAT MORE? Keferring to hi position nt-orr Nlho Paris treaty. Senator Wellington said bo bad voted for it because- hewantel to In ing the war to a teeb!"il s w ell as a resil close. He had. However, on ly eonseuted to give his vote After scnriii2 the President's assurance that It was not bis purjiose pennajient Iv to acquiesce. or to hold against the eonsent of the inhabitants the Philip pine Islands: fliat it was his purpose ouly to restore Liw and order by Ajeeriean rms in tlw contest then le Ing waged and to prevent foreign In terference In tlo arehiebigo. From telegraphed reiort of Solicit or Welling ton's iq M'ecb. f f 'I , . ; What more has President MeKinley done? Law and order has not yet le-n thoroughly restored, though pro gnosis being urn de, and It will 1k--oii;pb-te after tlu defeat "of I'ryan, whom Wellington has announced bis Intention of supporting. After that, there will J a chance to arrive at the "conduit of the inhabitants." And foreign s Interference has been pre vented, in the only way It could ! prevented; and that Is by an attempt to protect the lives and projierty of foreign ;cid nts ag.iiti.U the murder ous attacks ! of tin- revengeful and blootl-l hirst j- and eovetons Tagabis. A C I : 1 3 1 I T A 1 1 L1M ( ECO 11 D. To show how utterly a foreign vis itor may fail to omprehend the ieople air-oiig whom be travels. Henri lieg nier, the French iet who le.-tured at our Stale I'niversity last winter, - tle clares that Huntington was the ideal of this country. This is about as ab surd as though he had i given the Rothschilds or any of the greatt bank ers of Paris as the Freiu li nation's ideal. The piling up of great wealtli Js possible in any country, .but the man who a-cuiuulates it jis never a hery. or an ideal in the jeyes of his -ountrymen. ;S. F. ChroniHe. . Yet Huntington was an exceptional ly tituiii man of his kind.j He was a builder; not a wrecker orj mere mani pulator or absoi'bT.'lIf was not afraid to undertake great things in bis line; not afraid to put confidence in other men: -not fearful of the future of bis country. The country needs more Iluntingleuis hi all lines, of industry as much as it neinls more of the sort of men the Chronicle by inference refers to. There was no argument in the hisses with which Senator Wellington of Maryland was gweted by some of his constituents, when be atiuounciHl his intention of deserting the party at whose bauds he was preferred, and listing nis lot wiin rryan, ciai-miug it was for conscience localise of the logy imperialism." There was no argument' in the hisses, but the lasses show tlu estimation in which the man and his, motives are hs'ld where be is best known. Senator Welling ton is one of. thoso men who take f beinselvc.-j too seriously and et tM high an estimate, on their own worth .mil the value of their own opinions and influence. This campaign will soon be over, and then Senator Wel lington will be heard of no more. He w ill realize, with the"' rhymer, that fame is a bee; it has a song; it lias a sting; and it has a wing. We would like to remind our friends who know a gixxl tiling when they see it that the circulation of the Twice-a-WiH-k Statesman is now just three tinus the circulation of the Weekly -Statesman a year ago. And the advertising rates have not ad vanced. They. 'are going to soon, though, if the growth continues- and it. is not only going to continue; it is going to grow faster yet. Prerent Indications do not sug gest .'hat much will lie heard about "Itritish gold" in the campaign funds of any party this jN-nr. The British are rather shy, of gold for their own use and may have to come to the Fnitod Stat for more loans before the year is out. Out of consideration to the hop pickers, the fruit groAvcrs, and the Portland carnival, the weather clerk has kindly osioncd the stunt of old Jupiter, Pluvius. May the peiforin-aie-e of the lachrymose old fellow Ik put oh' until after the State Fair. I low Ihe.-e fellows compare them selves with I.incolnL Even WcHlngton. of Maryland, with a chin and forehead land mind and heart that compares with Lincoln's like a pig's with George Washington's. Abraham Lincoln memory ougui to be a!wve this. - Wellington looks in bis pictures much more likc Xaoleoii, :6i KNOWS IJKST. "1 nml oik" 'said an ancient monk. So he planted him an olive sapling, "lArd." lie prayed, "it needs rain, that it roots may" drink ami fweil. Send gentle p bowers." And the 1ati sent n gentle shower. ' 'I-ord. prayed the monk, "ray tree hoHls uu. Send sun. I pray thee." And the sun shone, gilding' the drip ping clouds. "Now frost, my Lord, to brace its tissues," said the monk, and behold, the little tree stood sparkling with trout. Put. at evensong it died. Tbeu the monk onght Hie cell of.a brother 111011U, aud told hi ulrange exierieue "I, too, have planted a little tree,' be aid, "and iee. it thrives well, Burf I entrusted my littb? tn-e to its CioA. lie who made it knows lx-tter what it immhIs than man like uie. I laid no conditions. I fixed not. ways or me.in-. Lord, nend It w hat it needs. L prayed 'storm or sunsUIhe, wiml. rain or frosL(Thou hast made It, aud thou ilost knov."-SeIet ted. VAKANTULA ANI TOAD DUEL. Desperate Encounter IWtween ,Ty Iteptlk in Texas. The tarsntubi aud the horned toad live ia tlw same . climate. --, : They are usually on gOtsl term. but once in a while troublo coimn lit-tw(u theui aud there Is a duel to the death. A w Itness to areceut tight betwe-n these rare animals lescribes the uuusnal sight vividly, thus: H "In the early Knmnier, whik herding a bunch of cattle In the northeru p:iii ha mile of Texas. I was sitting on my jhiney; about a.s liitlolent as could be when a. titrotig went of formic scld was whiffed "on the Iwjud to me. A few feet avay was a birge bed of ants. In which a horned toad sat bus ily engaged at a meal of the ant ik-o-pio the toad paid hat littk attention to attacks made upon bim. Imt ate away as though be bail been will! Dr. Trfiiner u a--H-day fast and hd just a 1 rived at Delmonicw's. l'res-iitly a Lirge brown tarantula came heaping toward the ant 1m1, as though fi-ightenel. lie luiltel a 11 10 incnt by Uie toaL Each looked at the other as ilitoigh sotiH' aiology shot:l..l In- made. The toad Svas the llrtit to take otTcnsc an.l demand a rs-koniiig. He ran at' tin tarantula with ojkii mouth. The great sjiider leaiM'il into the air about jn, foot and deseeihh-l upon the toad's heat, biting hi ill ovet' tlie tye. A straugei little cry jt'jf pain cano from the horny lu'lisf. The tattle was on in earbest. J "The bite made the toad dck and for an Insiaut he -balitsl as if lie were dazed. A little distance from the ant bed a small tongue cactus was- grow ing. The toad -run to if! and began sucking the juice from awound made, in tle thick leaf.. Then "be returned to the coiiliict with ireii'ewed energy. The tarantula lost a limb in the onset.- "A third lime was the duel renewed. The tarantula lost another limb. Pcady tkojis if a viscid liquid Ptiswl on the tips of the toad's horns. The leaps Into the air wore not repeated bv the taiautula, but whether itwas on account of the"Io.s 01 limits or the itoisou-tiitpcd 'horns of the toad can the other soii .-)inls :is thouirii i seeking an ailv:intug. ; liunng tiu arinsthe the ants wt almut iuliictiiig a lew-wounds on tlie Hat stomach 01' tlie tarantula and the toad. Neither seemed to can now for the bii-s at the ants, but eyed each other with" a fierceness more than human. In an uiiguad-ded moment- jibe tarantula leap ed forward and intlicied a wound up on the lit of the toad. "T1m struggle continued. Half of the legs were cut front the hotly of 'the tarantula. The ioir cripple . set nied lost, but somehow lie closed in on tiie load and seized his untlerjip aud kilhnl him." , FOPEKJN SFH.sTANCE IN THE EYK. A natural Instinct iaipfls 9 ierson who feels pain or irritation t) rub. the affected siot. Wheii softie trilling ob ject gets under the eyehi!, one is tempted to rub the-exterior of the lid. and thus unconsciojitsiy iailn l the ob ject in the inn?v suifaeei, thus render ing its ultimate removal more dillicult. Anrther almost irresistible impulse prompts one to wink. This-operation-is apt to have the same effect. If the lid be . promptly turned inside out. though (Linger from boih of these tatises will be avoided, and the dis covery of the mischief-making particle ti'ay be promoted. It is bctter io have some one else do the hunting, but if a booking glass is at hand, perhaps tlie victim cau see well enOiigh witli tlae other eye to bud the o'hjcet in ques tion. A corresiMindent o(? the Scientific American makes these suggest ions: tteiitly hold the eye ien with the lingers and thumb of oae hand, while wrth the other hand dash light hand ftls of water in ami across it, so as to produce a current of water flowin'g over ail ine suriace ot uie eye, ami tiie under side of the lids. The effe-t of this almost invariably is to push the intruding-objeet from, the eye. The eye should not ; le rubltod , or one lid tlrawn over the titlier, tir a silk handkerchief drawn across the affected part, but the; eye should Ik kept frtou winking as'nmeh ;is possi ble, while pronqit action is being taken to cause a current of wattf to pass over the surface of the bail. This iiie'.hoI is a coy from nature for when very tine diist enters the eye nature seeks to rclit-v it by means of the fluids which moisten and lubricate the eye. ami when larger objects en ter, and cling iuor tenaciously, the irritation causes a copious 'dischargc of tears, so that the) eye overtlows. as nature tries by 'lushing it to propel alon-; a lioat away with the current 'the canst" of the irritation. TIIE MINISTER'S WIFE'S WOIJK. Site Should Decide Her Share, and Not IVe Tyianuized Over. Every minister's wife is deeply in teres ted 1 11 the work of the church, but 110 one' should attempt, to , decide for her bow much of that worl; is her share, says the L:idie$ Honie Journal for Septemlier. The-nrwlue bftiding of burdens nn shouhU-rs weanetl w ith much willing service Nhas caused some'of us to raise our woices in lrt H'st, if not for ourselves, for the over-' taxed bodies ami brains of our less fortunately situated sisters. Let a clergyman's, wife decide noi to be tyr annized over by i circumstances. She more than many, needs to think out her life willi care, and come to defin ite conclusions by which she is willing to abide. No regulatiiis can be laid down for all alike. fv a woman must lie herself the Judge,' of her abilities. Let her ee to it.: however, that she re mains uniutlueneed by ihose who woubl feek" tovliri-ct her. It may Ik laid tlown as art of the remedy, that no minister" wife sltoubl lie at the ha iti of more than one organization. ai:d ff her'I'.oine.eare are many she shoubl not attempt even that... '-if she desires to take a class in Sunday school she need hot le ghen tlie worst class of loys, nor -the most diflicult class of little thltdren. Many stream Jnj Franct- h.ive Imkii stoc-ketl with American black has, and the tish have rlourlsbet! to such an extent that ther -aie common ar-tb-les of diet in the! hotel and res 1 aura nts. :.-;' -. , ... As a rule, the iK-st; t line to nell bops Is early hi the season. wh-n there are tho ino.t buyers. I 1 Want of Watchfatness . ; , Makes the Thief Many cases of poor health come from cvant of watchful ness. But if you keep your blood pure no thief can steal your health. The one effec tive, natural Blood purifier is Hood's Sarsaparilla. Z t Disordered Blood "Myf&therfus long been troubled nxth disordered blood And ueh bxdu Hood's Srspar8Lx made him strong And healthy: he works every tUy." A. S Wykes. S. EsMon, Ta. Humor "When J need a Uood puri fier 1 tAke Hood's SATSApAriHx, Jt cured my humor And is excellent as a nerve tonic." Josie Exton, Six f ford Springs, CL. llopd mil enr IWer 1U ; th pon-lrrtftlng u4 alj cUittx urn to tlf with liood' BarprtU. JUpItKU'S RED 8P0T A GREAT MYSTEUV. PeeulUr Mrkin?t( ou the Surface of the Big Planet No One Under stands Them. I?y far the largest and movt iierplex ing marking 011 Jupiter in Hie "great retl spot." It is roughly estimatetl to be thirty thousand miles long and sev eral thousand miles .wide. Is pointed at lioth: ends, and lies parallel with and Just sruth of the southern equa tes Seal dark belt. As if by some mys terious Kwer f repulsion. It has cre ated a deep indentation in tin margin of the belt, st that a wide boundary of brightness is interposed Ivctweeii the edge of the cavity and the spot.. "When thi?, great n'd spot was discovered.- in 1S78. it had a fairly will detinetl outline and a salmon pink hut . 1 hiring the next two years it gained hi distiucttk-ss, and its color deepened to a brick red. Then it began to fade. From that time to the present its visibility and tint have undergone tuaiiy. fluctuations. At times the spot has almost entirely disap'tearcd. and then it grows in distinctness. When near 'the minimum of visibility it, ap pears -only as a very faint ring, of pink, the central portion being whbe or gray. .There are perceivtible differ ences, too, in the ease with which tlie two ends can be distinguished. In rS!;-'!)7 the spot almost completely disappeared. Stanley Williams. a well-known English amateur, reports u 'The1 Observatory" for July that within the lat few months there has been a, distinct revival. Its color is now a salmon pink, and is a i most niii loruily distributed, although the front end seems to lie a little paler than the rear. .Mr. Williams adds. that, .where as in 1S!M tlie spot appeared to have gained on the adjacent cavity in the southern belt, and to have fallen be hind in lS!Si. it is now in about . the normal position. . Two or tjiree vears ago observers called attention' to "the fact that the equatorial bright zone s;ossessed a rich orange yellow -color. Mr. Williams says the zoise 1-s now white. In "1 !. the-- southern dark licit bad a deeper reddish hue than !be northern, but now the conditions are said to lie reversed. The color of both is that of iron rust. Similar differences between the two dark belts in the plenitude of small dark or white spots, prolubances from the "dges, diagonal, rifts ami -other min utiae are olwerved from year to year, and it has been suspected that there ire variations- in the rotational veloc ity of certain regions, but on this point there is no agreement among the authorities. It bai also been as serted that in these manifestations of rctivity there is a periodicity like that in the abundance and size of suni -ijiots. Tlie nature of tlie great red spot,! which is just now increasing in vlsi-j biliiy, is yet a mystery. Jupiter is: believed to 1m in a state half way' between that of the earth and the -;iin. Since it was detached from the latter in tlie formative period of its history it has cooled down a great deal, of course, yet it is probably a molten mass. Partly ln-cause it is at nly a retl' beat and partly becituse It appears to lo pretty well chit bed in clouds, it !s thought 4 hat it has ceosed to shine by Its own light. Mr, Maun der expressed tlie opinion a few years ngo that if the vaiiors that envelop the pla net could lie swept away Jupi ter would exhibit a surface of uniform redness like that of the big spot. And Mr. Paniard remarked in ISh'J. just after a temporary revival in distinct ness, that the phenomenon seemed to hint to lie a shifting of an overlying, but very thin veil. There was a dis position fifteen or twenty years ago to suppose tlmt the VfKit was a-iiew-Iwiril continent, lifted aliovo the level of the adjacent territory by omo in ternaj force. Ihit if, as Mr. AVilliams thinks, the qiot shifts Us position, that thtMiry would be nntenabfe. On the other hand, if one imagines that he; Is merely lotklng down "though a bole in the clouds, it will be necessary, as; Mr. Maunder has 'Kiinicd out. to explain why that framework remains so nearly, stationary and st unchange able in form. For the present the problem is insoluble.. . The markings on the surface of Jupi ter, which untlergo more or less change from time to time, are unique in jnany respect. " When w;e lotk at Mars we -probably' set the solid mate rial conqiosing Jhat ruddy little orb, whereat Yenun and Jupiter are sup loMd to lie clothed in cloud shells which cannot easily lie enel rated by tlie human gaze. I'M the markings on Yen us are Irregular in their distri bution -and exceedingly faint. Those on Jupiter are more systematic and striking, although their signillcance i far from lieing fully .revealed. In the first place, there lu it general arrange ment of bands at right angles to the axis; a,lrad etiustorial bright zone, a darker 1 self on each side of it. and then in still higher latitudes a north ern and f-Mitbem,ub-4ropical bright belt, lieum! ed ibore or 1cm distinctly 4 by iaa extension of the .darker jiol.ir regions. ,? - " ': ; , The . tendency of Jupiter's envclow to arrange itself In ftreaks is readily explainable by the InequalitieH in the planet's rotation. : A - patch near tlie equator goes around ouet in about nine hours and fifty minutes, whereas hi higher latitudes more tbau five min ute additional are required. A differ ence In speed of one in PJil Is fuouh to draw out any plastic, material like the planet's cloud-filled atinosph.-r. into lielts in a .very short time. Even the much smaller intHiualities whltii are observed -further away, from the equator oiH'rate in the game manner, though more slowly. ; ' The broad general features just re- fi-rrwl tA V'flti 1 u ,1 will. ... ..ti glasses, but with larger instrument much detail is vlsibletiiry black ai white pots. diagonal rifts arri-ts tic. dark belts. Irregularities along tii: ,.ij. ter's etlges ami tlelicate wisps of va Mr overlaying the bright t n.r.il ;-t ue. which, li.v the way. Is sonieti iiejt si til to 1m" divhbtl loisgitudinally by -i faint' line about on the planet's tpjiior. PICE AND -POPULATION..' In leeld"ng whether China's popula tion is. deiixe or sparse It ouht to Ik" reilieiitliered that the country pro duce rice. Countries which prhice rice yield at least two crops a year. Countries which produce corn, on u other hand, only yield one crop a year. Therefore, apportionatelv to its extent, .a country which produce.; rice ought (o support at least tvv!e. ak large a iK'Pulatlou as .1 .country which produces corn. WIFE TOOK THE FEATIIEIt PKIiJ Elderly Farmer Sinks Felicity in Newspaper Personals. time Jacob Krebs tif It; -i. ver I -rook tlecitbs to enter the state of matrimtmy he will avoid the pitfalls oj -ne.wispa.iier perstmals. says a di pateh from Dan bury. Conn. Krelws is a well-to-di fanner, or years of age. His wife tlitnl lo years a g, leaving him two children. The widower recently tlecidil to. re marry. Si he advertised in the jier sonal coin oin of of a New York news paper. Several answers came, ami Krebs selected one signed Mr".ri:i Iange. Ctiicsioitdence followed and pictures were exeh.'iii'retl. On the 1th of July Krebs wont to New; York,, hut his intended. who was ye-jiis obi, and 'they- were married. The honeymoon was spent at ihe.. bOiiK'stead at Iieaver Iinxtk. The' farmer at first found his youri w;r,. everything he exjiecfed. She was af. feetionate. ' ajioarently ' beeame at tacbetl to tbc children, and she w;h ;m itleal housekeeper. P.ut the awaken ing came last Saturday, ami the i'iiiii er is now suing for a divorce. Krebs had lieon absent all day 011 business, and when, he returned v o :f tleretl at not finding his wife wailing for hini on the porch as usual. iis givingN arose When toid by his chib dren that their stepmother had gone; away that morning. Krebs soon fotmd a note from his wife. It said that she loved her husband, but fated nire for another, and was going to Ctrmuiy, with. him. She took with her a large sum of -money Kivbs had kept in. the house, a gold watch.-, and a feaiJier l ed. All Ins wife had told Kreb.t was that her home was at 111 Wes;t One Hundred and Sixty-eight si ret i. New York. The lawyer wrote to that address and. received nu answer today in which the owner of the property. Mrs. Anna-ltogler.' said that Maria Iange.Avas jani tress 'f tiie building a short lime ago. No truce of. tlie miss ing wife noi the feather bed have yet -been found. ' It A IN IN THE PHILIPPINES. Fields Converted Into Ijikes and Itivers Into Flootls. Yesterday nature bore 'herself -proudly; now she a pi sears overwlielmetl and tearful, says 11. Plielpa Whitmarsh in the September Atlantic. -Tlie phimcj bambtMts w hich held : themselves so haughtily are now spread and bent ii.i tt:"r the incessant lieat of the rain, and cataracts run through their battered leaves. The field have turned to, lakes, tlie streams are rivers, the riv ers are floods; ami these roofs of tf.'imboo antl nipa are irrigating pipes, guiding numberless jets Inside the hterses. ' '" In the -meantime the rain has grow n heavier. At 'intervals cold gusts of wind are flung from 'the north and ttw iii-f'in ..t-.... ...1,1. ,1 ... . . .... . ... ... . . ti.i 1 nrun I I II I'ltllfiet llli'li- black than ever. The baftmietvr. inoicover, has fallen a degree. In these suspicious tlays of the colla. ev ery white man looks at this sentinel of tlie atmosphere more often than :t vain girl look Into the mirror. 'iiit; barometer to me in iny meli-. ness Is a welcome eompaiii.ui. When it falls, I prepare i myself for the worst, and when it rises I. anticipate' the end of the storm. The rain falls heavier and heavier; the world. Keen fiom mj- whi.he.v, is a muddy Hood and juy house au ark. The battmieter is t ill railing. Tlie thai band already liolnts to the re mark "With winds rrom the north east and northwest the bagnio M- ;ninn ii . fimiii i c.i 11 near 1 lie ....... r ... - i':n. A 1 . . . . t t I t-ii'ui-;. ti:ii a mhiiii II kiio " whbh tlie bouse reels like a idiip. it ' nnm us. A great gttava free-falls-, with a crash outshle, and lite-nil, shtitttrs go Hying to leewrad. . f"i wiml converts fhe raindrtips into pro-JiH-tiics wlilch pierce the, lioiise at all .oli'!s with the violence oKjiail toii'. Night falls early; dark, dreneiiiiig. ami furious. "The waters sue oiit and the storm carries with it a t:ri'i ble note. And the glass Instill fidliiig Will it never end? I tuition of d'-struc-tion ctine in from the forest sit inter--vals of a minute, together wih lh'' cj-asbing of torn branches and' the blowings. It stains, of a hurttlred horns. Ousts t)f wiml and water com- Idr.ed come howling over the f.ood .and ht'il tiiemselves against tlie houe. At cat It oupet the' building cnic-iK ' nd staggers more than ever iike a Ftoriu loss"d craft. , 1 Irt nt htKt the monster seems fo l seeklng Its prey in another direction, and turns slowly eastward, hungry for more ruins. Soutbwanl. then, un less the law of fttorms Is v.r.-)iK.v t will cause the greatest ravages. Tbe vortex. to Which all flie radii ot.tM fri-rniitie wheel of the baguio couvcrg'". will pns throush the south arcliliHdago. ; -.. of the