HIE SEMI-WEEKLY MM
IltA Lm 1JAUE, l'raprletor.
terms: u.a in advancb.
NORTH PLATTE,
Nebraska.
Tho moving sldowalk of tho Parla
exposition was n groat buccces; 0,694,
808 persona paid for tho prlvllcgo of
using the platformH, while only 2,030,
807 used tho rallwny Hint carried pas-
eengers In tho other direction,
Tho Argentina rcnuullc is rnnldlv be
comlne nn Elrinrnrin for nrnnln who urn
Interested In tho exploitation of elec
trical schemes. Enterprises of this
sort recently undertaken In tho ronub
lie reprosont an Invested capital of
140,000,000.
There Is snld to bo a wide-spread
feeling throughout Canada In favor of
rontlnulng tho celebration of tho
auccn's birthday. Tho Toronto Globo
thinks such a porpctuntlon of tho cus
tom "would resoniblo tho hoinago paid
by Americans to tho majestic figure of
Washington."
Tho renorted nffnr of nn nnal for the
English regalia by tho commonwealth
of Australia Is looked upon with dis
favor by tho superstitious, as tho stono
Is said to bo unlucky, except to tuonp
born In tho month of October. None
of tho children of tho lato quocn or of
tno present king wero born In that
month.
That stirrer-up of human emotions,
tho baseball umpire, is about to tako
his position on tho "diamond." Had
Shakespeare foreseen tho antagonism
tho arbiter of tho national gamo may
cxclto, ho could not bettor havo ex
pressed its oxtromo form than when ho
makes a character say: "I can hardly
forbear hurling things at him."
Tho geographical congress of Italy,
which will bo hold at Milan this spring,
has authorized tho Touring club of It
aly to organize a special exposition of
tho mothods of locomotion used for
long voyages during tho nineteenth
century. Tho Touring club has re
ceived tho Idea with enthusiasm, nnd
will endeavor to mako this exposition
as completo nnd as interesting as pos
sible. Ono of tho special bicycles built for
tho ubo of tho Urltisli troops In South
Africa which went through tho cam
paign witli Gen. Ian Hamilton's col
umn was rccontly exhibited in London,
where its excellent condition, consid
ering tho knocking about it has re
ceived, excited goncral comment. Eng
land scorns busy with tho organiza
tion of cyclist soldiers, nnd ninny com
panies of wheelmen llgurcd In tho
Enster maneuvers.
Tho constitution of tho United
Htatcu, In prescribing tho methods by
which It may bo amended, virtually
forbids nmendmont In ono particular.
No stato Is to bu doprlvcd without its
consent of Its equal auffrago in tho boii
(tto. Tho first stnto to ratify tho con
stitution waa Dolawaro, and yet tho
ncnato has no mcmborB from Delaware
It Is greatly to bo rcgrottod, oven if
Delaware's falluro to bo represented is
by Its own consent.
President Hadley of Yolo mndo a
Rtrlking classification ot socloty In n
recent address on tho dovolopmont of
a public conscience. Humanity, lio
said, Is mado up of two classes. Indi
viduals at tho one partlclpato In the
business of llfo for what thoy can get
out of it, ot tho othor for what thoy
can put Into it. It Is not, however, a
paradox that thoso who put most into
llfo aro also, in tho largost nnd boat
sense, thoso who get most out ot it.
Tho smallest man in this year's
batch of conscripts In Franco cornea
from Cunol, noar Montfaucon, in tho
Department ot Mouso. Ho Is named
Emilo Mayot, stands only throo foot
nino nnd turoo-quartors Inches In
height, nnd weighs forty-two pounds
in his clothes. Ho Is, however, declared
to bo constitutionally mil to sound and
has novor had a day's slcknoss in his
life. Tho blggcBt man comes from tho
Dopartmont ot tho Horrault. Ho stands
six foot six Inches, nnd is named Eu
gouo Casauao. As uaunl, a girl has
boon by sonio accident Inscrlbod on tho
lists.
Prof. Gustavo Dtschot of tho Glas
gow unlvorslty has inrontod a now
process for tho manufacture of white
lead. His plan Is tho, conversion of
metallic load, into llthargn, by moans
of wator gas at a tcmporaturo of 300
degrocs contlgrado, to suboxldo. Buffi
clont wator Is thon added to moUton
this suboxide, which Is convortod Into
hydrato. This substancq Is then Inserted
into a gas-tight npparatus, and by
moans of carbonic and diluted ncotlc
ncld manufactured Into whlto lead.
Under tho old proeoss whlto lead oc
cupied from two to throo months In
Its manufacture, but Prof, Blschof Is
enabled to make a purer article within
less than forty-eight hours at n much
cheaper prlco and with porfoct safety
to the employes.
Tho defense ot Gibraltar Is now mado
moro completo by n provision to kocp
mosquitoes from introducing fcerms of
dlscaso into tho huge reservoirs which
havo boon cut out ot tho sldo of tho
rock. Each tank is rendered moBqulto
proof by means of gauze wlros, Tho
millions ot gallons ot wator, which a
slcgo would rondor nn Important ra
nourco, may bo reckoned among tho us
sets ot defenBlvo works which aro u
iiymbol, tho world ovor, for impregna
bility. Not even tho mosquito will be
permitted to capture tho stronghold.
TARIOT RETALIATION
ALARMS CONJURED UP BY
FHEE TRADERS.
S'n Itmls In I'nct or I'rntialilltty far
Their I'reillctloui Kremlin? tho For
nmtlon of u European Trlulo Alllaiica
Against tho Unllod Htntei.
TI1030 who bo confidently nronhnsv
foreign tariff combinations against the'
united States may bo rightly suspect
ed of allowing their wishes to Influence
tholr Judgment. Apparently they would
llko to sco what they expect to sco. Tho
dlro possibilities of international trade
war aro conjured up by free-traders
nnd former protectionists ns tho
strongest porsIIiIo argument indeed.
tho only posalblo argument In favor
or tho abandonment by tho United
States of tho protective policy. So wo
nro told nearly every day that Euro
pean countries nro conducting secret
cgotlatlons looking toward a trade
combine against this country, and that
our only safety in tills emergency Is
to repeal tho Dlngloy law and not rlcht
down to nn unrestricted trade basin.
I'Jr8t of nil. thoro is no nvldnn
whatsoever of tho cxlstcnco of a plot
to form n continental tariff alllnnm
ngalnst tho United States. Still les3 evl-
denco Is there ot tho contemplation of
Huropcnn alliance. If n Euronean
comblno should bo nttcmptcd, Great
Britain would hnvo to bo left out of It,
nd Qrcnt Britain is very much tlm
best customer tho United Stntcs lias
among European countries. England
must hnvo our foodstuffs and rnw ma
terials, and slio is not nolnir to loin
nnybody In a schemo whoso object Is
to mako tneso commodities cost moro
n tho lirltlsh mnrkct.
Coming to tho nosslbllltv of n. rniitl-
nontnl comblno. wo find littlo moro
likelihood of it on tho continent thnn
in Great Britain. Germany has been
making somo experiments along tho
lino of discrimination nKalnst Anmrl-
can products, and her oxpcrlenco Is In
structive. Consul Dlcdrlch writes from
Dromon to our stato department nnnin
portincnt facta relative to (Tin nnnrn-
tlon of tho Inspection law whereby im
portations of Amorlcnn corned bnnf
and other beef products nro prohibited.
Not long ngo Dr. Knrl Krnnkol, pro
fossor of hygleno In tho University of
Hallo, declared that this law In mi til
ing moro than a cloak, faded and worn,
hung over tho agrarian Idol. H0 show
ed that whllo tho government had de
clared that the passago of tho law was
required In tho Interests of public
henlth, "nothing sufTered morn frnm
said law than did tho public henlth of
tno nation. Tho prevailing high prices
of meat necessarily lessened Its con
sumption, whllo tho honlth of tho na
tion demanded nn Increase." As n
mattor of fact, fully one-half of Ger
many's population is to-d (IV Rlllfnrlnr.
hnrdBhips by reason of such tariff dis
crimination ns Germany hns thus far
soon fit to Imposo nnalnst Amnrlrnn
foodstuffs In obedionco to tho domnnds
of tho Gorman agricultural intorcsts,
nnd it does not scorn probnblo that tho
situation will bo subjected to nny ad-
umonai sirnin or tno samo sort.
Excepting Itussln, nil tho continents
COUIltrlcS Of Elironn nrn mnrn n.
dependent upon tho United States for
tnclr food supplies nnd certnln raw ma
terials; whllo llussin. nllmlt Intlnnnn fl-
Cnt of us In tho mattor of subsistence
must ounor uuy n consldorablo lino of
manufactured products frnm nu n.-
pay a higher price for thorn elsewhere.
ino situntion nnd outlook ns to a Eu
ropean trado alllanco or
against tho United Stntca aro well
Bummed up by tho Baltimore Herald,
as taiiows:
"When it comes to hnll.ii MP Hill-
vorsnl tariff walls, this country might
suffor a depression in trado, n slacken
ing in industrial nroKress: hut Hum,..
would sustnln from such a courso not
singnntion alone, but utter prostra
tion. In nny enso. wo wnni.i imvn nn
abundnnco of nil things for tho homo
supply. Anothor result would soon en
sue tho undorfed millions of Europe
would begin to swnrm to our shores In
nn increasing ratio, looking for rollof
from unbearable homo conditions. If
nny nation can stnnd nlono aud depend
onurciy upon licr own resources, this
nation can. Most surely in tho squeczo
of a tariff war wo Hliould lint lin tin.
first to cry quits."
THERE IS PUT ONE WAY.
Onlr r Itoiluolue Wage Can lTco Trade
Knglan a Sleet American Competition.
Tho pressuro of tho industrial pom.
potlton which Great Britain fonln l in.
dlcatod by tho reduction of tho wageB
or :jc,ooo workmen a tow days ago.
Tho nverago reduction was only nbout
CO cents a week, but to men whn imvn
boon earning not moro than $3 to $7 a
week that is iv serious Item. It Is.
howovor, tho British method ot moot
ing tho competition of tho best nnld
labor In tho world, whoso pay la twice
tno figures hero quoted.
Tho question naturally nrluoH. hmv
can tho manufacturers In tho UnltoJ
States competo with thoso of Groat
Britain when paying doubla tho
wages? Several clomonts must onlr
Into tho nnswor. First, tho British
workman, hnvlng been for years tho
host In tho world, has assumed thnt
under ho conditions can thoro be n bet
tor. Ho has obstinately clung to meth
ods that nro worn out. Ho will not
ylold to now inventions and processes.
Tho result is that from bolng the best
workman n third of n century ago ho
Is now inferior to his Amorlcan and
Gorman compotltor. Again, good
wages, with tho prospect ot better
things, has appealed to tho ambition
of tho workman, comcquontly ho is
moro intelligent and moro onergotlc.
Instead of resisting innovations, ho
uses his skill and intelllgonco to turn
Inventions nnd new methods to his ad
vnntnge. Dy making tho best uso of
now appliances tho American workman
cnn turn out enough moro goods to en
nblo tho manufacturer to pay from CO
to 100 per cent more wages to Bklllcd
labor.
But another powerful factor In creot
Ing this dlffcrcnca Is tho much-dc
nounccd policy of Protection. Tho
United Stntes is by far tho best mar
kct in tho world. Tho 70,000,000 of
pcoplo In tho United States consumo
as much In vnluo of tho products ot
skilled labor as twlco as many peoplo
elsowhoro. It may bo said to bo the
Amorlcan policy, in contradistinction
to tho British or Frco Trado policy
to reserve as far as possible, this best
market In tho world for tho producers
In tho United States; so nt tho very
outset, for nil tho products of skilled
labor, wo hnvo a wider market than
nny other nation In tho world. Now It
Btnnds to reason that tho certainty of
a market that consumes thrco or four
times as many goods as tho market
of any compotlng nation affords on
nbles tho American manufacturer to
thrive on n profit on each pound, yard,
etc., much smaller than can his com
petltor In any other country.
It Is tho quantity sold that makes
tho price. To illustrate, tho shoo manu
facturer who can put upon tho mar
kct 100 cases n week uinot sell at so
small a profit a3 the manufacturer who
makes 1,000 cases a week. Still further
tho Protcctlvo Tariff has always on-
ablod tho manufacturer to pay much
higher wages than nro pnld elsowhoro
In tho world. Tho workman who earns
theso wages has twlco as much money
o spend for tho products of other la
bor. Cut tho wages paid In the United
States 30 to CO per cent, nnd consump
tion of merchandise In ninny lines will
bo reduced In llko ratio. Thus in a two
fold mensuro tho much-denounced Pro
tective policy Is tho cnuso of tho high
wages In tho United States.
Great Britain, drlvon into closo quar
ters by adhering to its Frco-Trado pol
icy by competitors created by tho Pro
tcctlvo policy, has but ono way of
meeting tho ruinous American compe
tition, and that method Is tho reduction
of wages, thus to somo extent curtail
ing the capacity of labor to consumo
Its own products. Indianapolis Jour
nal. WORLD A GOOD CUSTOMER.
Itcclprnclty vs. l'rutectlon.
Tho mcntnl attitude of American
freo-trndcra on tho subject ot tariffs
and reciprocity treaties Is clearly de
fined by tho Milwaukee Nows. With
a degreo ot candor more commendable
than common in tho discussion of this
question tho Nows says:
"Protection and reciprocity will not
and cannot mix. Reciprocity will be
posslblo when our tariff laws aro
framed with tho distinct understanding
that thoy nro Intended for trading pur
poses nnd not to glvo to Amerlcnn pro
ducers a monopoly of tho homo mark
et. To mako reciprocity n success, tho
opubllcnn party must abandon protec
tion."
This Is why our domestic free-trad
ers with ono nccord yearn for reciproc
ity. They perfectly well understand,
whnt Bomo protectionists seem to over
look, that If a protectlvo tariff law can
bo nullified, a littlo at a time, by means
of reciprocity treaties, It will not take
long to repeal, abrogato and entirely
destroy tho effectiveness of that law.
Tho kind of reciprocity that takes
nway from Amorlcan producors tho
control of tho home mnrket Is tho kind
free-traders favor. Well and truly do
they maintain that to mako that kind
of reciprocity n success tho republi
can party must abandon protection.
The Scepter of Tourer.
Over and above the excess of exports
which our own country sIiowb In com
parison with Great Britain nnd Ger
many, it has this Great advantage-
namely, n largo balance of trado In Its
favor, as against a smnll balance for
Germany and a balance tho other way
ror tno nritlan Islnnds. Tho crent
morlcan trado balanco stimulates
homo Industry, protects its money sup
plies and Is steadily making tho world
its dobtor. Tho scepter of commercial
and flnnnclal power, so long in tho
hands of England, Is being transferred
to tills nation, which, from nil present
Indications, will hold It for genera
tions to come. Topeka Cnpltal.
A Colotinl Failure
Tho talk, during tho campaign of
1900, about tho danger of imperialism
In tho event of McKInley's election,
was tho worst kind of political dema
gogy, Somo peoplo may havo believed
such silly twaddle, but men possessing
tho Intelllgonco nnd Information ot
William J. Bryan know It to bo merely
a fabrication, a schoino to decclvo tho
pcoplo, but, ns such, It was a colossal
failure. Hermitago (Mo.) Index Gazette.
I HAS HIS I MetrahoJ Who Has
Hec Bruner, a United States marshal
of Indian territory in tho early days
enjoys tho raro distinction of having
a cemetery named after him. And tho
strango part of it is that no ono is
burled thoro except his own victims,
There arc twenty-eight m&unds In tho
cemetery. Under each lies the bones
of somo bad man who brushed up
against Bruner and got tho worst of It
When Bruner was marshal tho In
uiuu territory was auout as wild as
.1, i . . . ...
a country ever gets. It was filled
with horso thieves, cattle thieves, train
rouuers and desperadoes of nil kinds
A law abldinir noaceahln clHzmi ilM
not stand much show. Murders woro
so common that thoy wero not con
sldorcd news. Thefts attracted no at
tcntlon whntevor except from tho one3
who suffered loss. Tho country was
run as noar along anarchistic lines us
tho most nrdent nnnrchlst of Now York
or Madrid could hope. Littlo nttcn
tlon waB given to the "consent of tho
governed." Tho desperado with tho
ltilckest movement of his shootlnc
hand nnd tho mo3t nervo ruled tho
roost. That wns the condition until
Hec Bruner wns appointed United
Stntcs marshal. When ho took chnrco
of the ofllco he decided to revolutionize
things nnd make Indian territory "a
good placo to livo in." His friends
laughed nt him, nlthough they knew
ho had nerve. To go up ngnlnst tho
notorious gangs of the country, thev
said, was foolishness. It might result
in cleaning out a gang or two, but in
tho end would result In tho marshal
being wiped off the map. What was
the uso to endanger one's cwn llfo In
order to mako trouble for tho desper
adoes, they would ask. To this Bruner
replied that ho would tlrlvo tho open
ing wedgo toward civilizing tho terri
tory If it cost him his llfo tho first day.
Ho stuck to his resolution, and ho did
not loso his life, cither. But ho had
several narrow escapes. Ho was punc
tured by bullcta until his framo could
bo "used for a sieve," and ho had his
blood spilled In many a fight, but
not enough of It at any ono tlmo to
mako him blto tho dust. Whllo tho
desperadoes wero making It Interest
ing ror Bruner he was koenlnc them
busy. He was a dead shot, and when
ever ho pulled tho trigger on his man
it meant a separation of soul and
body. There was no discount on that.
Bruner began to hunt down tho des
peradoes. Tho first ono ho killed waa
burled in a grove south of Tahlcquah.
Grow Careless
of Danger
"After a miner has handled dyna-
mlto for eight or ton yeare without a
serious mishap It Is u good idea to
put him to doing something else nbout
tho works," says ono who hns had a
groat deal of exporlcnco with high ex
plosives. "Tho chances aro 100 to 1
that his long immunity from accident
has given him such a contempt for
danger that ho Is an unconscious mon
aco to everybody on tho premises. Ho
will do things that not only imperil his
own life, but tho lives of his com
rades. To glvo you an illustration.
I onco had an old CornlEhman at
work nt a mlno In which I was In
terested and had Intrusted htm with
gcnornl supervision of all tho blast
ing. Ho had been handling dynamlto
for twenty years or moro and was Just
ly regarded as an expert. During tho
ontlro period he had nover had an ac
cident worth speaking of ,and by de
grees tho caro and vigilance that wero
responsible for his oxcollont record had
orn away until ho wns beginning to
entertain tho delusion, common to old
hands, that the danger of tho stuff
as much exaggerated.
Ono day I wag passing through a
cut whero somo blasting hnd been go
ing on nnd noticed tho old Cornlsh
man hammering n drill into what
scorned to bo a boring ln tho ground. I
naked him what ho was doing nnd ho
told mo cooly that thoro waa a cart-
idgo In tho hole that had failed to
xplodo nnd that ho was 'just knock-
In' out tho tnmplng to reprlmo It. I
was horrified, for at overy blow he
North and South
They Go
Tho geographical prlzo of tho cen
tury Is tho discovery of tho North Polo.
It will bo qulto a fetther ln tho cap
of tho nation whoso flag is first plant
ed on tho northern center of tho earth's
axis. Tho United States Is a sharp
competitor for this prize. Lieutenant
Peary Is now somowlioro ln tho frozen
regions nnd Intelligence from him is
anxiously awaited. Two European
countries aro now represented thoro by
Cnpt Svordrup and Baron Toll. Mem
bers ot ono ot theso expeditions might
havo already reached tho coveted spot
Their return or a report from them la
qulto certain during tho summer. In
a short tlmo another American ex
pedition will start under commnnd ot
Evelyn E. Baldwin, who has had a
great deal ot experlenco In Arctic ex
plorations. William Zlegler of Phila
delphia has placed $1,000,000 at tho dis
posal o( Capt. Baldwin nnd no cxponse
Tho second ono wus nl) laid there
And so It went tint" tho carcasses ol
twenty-eight bad min who had mcl
death at the hands of Bruner whlls Percenfxigo of defects prevailing:
ho was acting ln tho lino of duty wcr 4monS falr-hulred pcoplo. Short sight
burled In that grovo. A rail fonco wns ,a nioro common In town than among
run around tho graves and tho ceme- col'"'ry folk, nnd of nil pcoplo tho
tory was namsd "Bruncr's graveyard." Germans havo tho largest proportion.
Only ono gravo In tho yard Is marked f short-s!ghtcd persons. Tho crystal
with a marblo stono. That is tho grav 1,no Icns ' tho eyo Is tho ono portloa
of a noted horse thief. His pals chip-, of lho ""man body which continues to
ped In and bought tho lombstono be- "nerenso in slzo throughout llfo nnd
cnuso ho was a "good fellow." All I "ocs not CClS0 wltl1 tho nttalnmcnt of
the rest of the graves aro marked with matrity. Tho smallest Interval of
wooden slabs. Many of them aro In-1 Bound cntl better distinguished
closed with slab fences, while other? w,th ono car than with both. In,
aro Inclosed with rails laid In hos-1 ""y-fotir casca out of 100 tho left leg
pen fashion. After Bruner got his , ,s Wronger thnn tho right. Tho bonea
graveyard nrettv well filled un the dc3 -
peradoes began
to realize that he
meant business,
and whenover ono
wouia hear that Bruner wanted him ,mruly member, tho tonguo of a wo
hc would como into town nnd give man ,s also smaller than that of a
himself un rather than run tlm risk of mnn given a man and a woman of
being tho next ono to occupy spneo ln
Bruner's graveyard. From that tlmo
on Bruner had an c.xsy tlmo. He had
accomplished his object. Ho hnd drlv.
on tho entering wedge ln tho civili
zation of the toughest country tho sun
over shone on. Kansas City Journal
lio Could Alilirorlatr.
An amusing story Illustrating Brit
ish officialism comes from South Af
rica, and will boar repeating. Tho col
onel of n pioneer regiment, repairing
tho railroad after ono of Gen. DoWet'a
many breakages, discovered a lino
empty house, which he proceeded to
occupy as headquarters. When tho
nows of tho colonel's comfortable quar
ters reached Blocmfonteln ho received
a telegram which read: "G. T. M.
wnnts house." The colonel was unablo
to mako out what "G. T. M." meant.
nnd inquired of ofllccrs, who translated
'General Traffic Manager." "All
right," said the colonel. "If ho can
uso hieroglyphics so can I." So ho
wired back: "G. T. M. nnd G. T. H."
Two days later ho received a dispatch
from Blocmfonteln ordering him to at
tend n board ot inquiry. On appear
ing in duo courso ho was naked what
ho meant by sending such an insult
ing message to n superior ofllcer. "In
sulting," repeated tho colonel, lnno
contly: "it was nothing of tho kind."
'But what do you mean," demanded
his superior, "by tolling mo I can 'G.
H.'?" "It was simply nn abbrevia
tion," replied the colonel. "G. T. M.
(gcnornl traffic manager) can G. T. II.
(get the houso)."-Now York Herald',
1
Constant Handling
of Explosives Make
Men Reckless,
30
wns Hablo to explode tho dynamite,
nnd I ordered him sternly to stop nnd
never to repent such a performnnce.
Tho proper method would havo been
to havo drilled a new hole near by and
oxploded tho first cartridge with a sec
ond blast. Ho obeyed sullenly .grumb
ling to himself, nnd In less than a
month afterward was blown up whllo
doing exactly tho samo thing. Ho
lost Ills left nrm at tho shoulder, his
left oyo and part of his left car. Ho al
so lost his contompt for dynamite,
nnd when ho finally emerged from tho
hospital I gavo him back his former
Job. I never had a moro scrupulously
careful employo than ho was from
that tlmo on. It seems a brutal tiling
to say, but thoro is nothing that does
an old dynamlto hand as much good
as to get blown up onco or twice."
Wolrd Tnlo from the I'aclllo Const.
The Chlneso residents or North Ya
kima havo many sacks of rlco supposod
to have been poisoned by tho ofllclnls
and missionaries in China. One mer
chant has twenty sacks put away, nnd
refuses to oat any or soil to tho Chi
nese. Thoso who claim to know say
that at least $500 is Invested In pois
oned rlco In that city. The rlco Is sold
to Americans, but tho Chlneso purchase
their supplies from local merchants.
They say that six years after eating
tho rice tho victims die. Tho object
ot the poison, it is said, Is to kill off all
the Chinese ln the United States.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Hardy Explarcrs
of Aany Countries
Seeking Polar
Centers.
will bo spared to Insuro tho success ot
tho undertaking.
An expedition is fitting out ln Scot
land nnd another ln Germany for trips
to tho Antarctic regions. With tho
knowledgo and experlenco of tho last
century to aid them, It is probablo that
tho scientists and explorers who nro
starting in so early this contury will
como pretty near reaching, If they do
not reach, tho two flat areas of this old
earth's surface.
A (icriimn 1'aihlon Rxhlhlt.
Gormany will endeavor to bo Its own
"mold of form and glass of fashion."
Borltn will soon see a fashion exhibit
by which It Is hoped that special
fashions for Germnn women will bo
established. Tho managing commit
tee will Includo members of tho high
est society.
MOST PEOPLK LOP8IDED.
DlfTorcnco lie t mien Je Eyet, and Ear.
of Men and Women.
Tho two sides of a person's faco aro
never alike. Tho eyes aro out ot lino
In two cases out of flvo, and ono eyo
Is strongor In seven persons out of
ton. Tho right car is nlso, ns a rule,
higher thnn tho left. Only ono person.
ln flftccn has perfect eyes, tho largest
l OI nn erngo humnn mnlo skolotoa
weigh twenty pounds; thoso of a.
woman aro six pounds lighter. That
cqunl slzo and wel8ht. It may bo ap-
"u,le to reuect, nut It is nevcrtho-
,ess iruo tnat tho muscles of tho hu-
, man U0(,y a forco of over GOO-
pounds. Tho symmetry which is tho
solo intclllglblo ground for our idea
of beauty, tho proportion between tho
upper nnd lower half of tho human,
body, exists in nearly nil males, but
Is nover found in the female Ameri
can limbs aro moro symmetrical than
thoso of any othor peoplo. An av
erago head of fair hnir consists or
143,040 hairs, dark hair of 105,000
while a red head has only 29,200. Falr
halred pcoplo aro becoming less nu
merous than formerly. A person who
has lived seventy years has had pass
through his heart about 075,020 tons of"
blood, tho wholo of tho blood ln tho
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beats on an average of seventy times a.
minute, or 30,792.000 times in tho
course of a year, so that tho heart of an
ordinary man, eighty years- of ago,
hns beaten 3,000,000 times. The heart
beats ten Btrokes a minute less when
ono is lying down thnn when ono is
ln nn upright position. Chicago Jour
nal. SKUNK FARMS DO NOT PAY.
OHlclal Iteport on tho Snbjoot to tho
Secretary of Acrlotilturc.
A newspaper story of tho profits,
mado by raising skunks for their skins
Is giving officials of tho agricultural
i Pent no end of trouble. It first
uuuuuu up auout. a year ago. it set
forth that tho agricultural depart
ment had been studying skunk cul
ture, and had found that tho beasts
wero moro profltablo than a gold mine.
As a result of tho story tho department
has received many letters of inquiry.
T. S. Palmer, assistant chief of tho
biological survoy, wants to correct this
misapprohon8lon. In a report to Sec
retary Wilson ho says: "Misled by tho
statements about tho rapid Increase of
skunks and tho high prices paid for
their skins, many persons seriously
considered starting skunk farms. For
soveral years a list has been kept ot
such farms located ln various parts or
tho country, but so far aa can bo learn
ed, most of them have been abandoned.
Raising fur-bearing animals for profit
Is not n now Idea. Tho Industry, how
ever, has apparently nover advanced
beyond tho experimental stage, ex
cept ln tho caso of the farms for rais
ing tho Arctic or bluo fox, established
on certain islands of tho coast of Alas
ka. Minks and skunks breed rapidly
in captivity but tho low prlco of skin
mnko tho profits rathor small. Last
season tho highest market prlco for
prlmo black skunk skins from tho
northern states averaged about $1.45
each, but whlto skins sold ns low as
15 to 20 cents nplece. Skins that havo
much whlto or which nro obtained
from tho southern states usually bring
less than $1 each, a prlco that loaves
littlo margin for profit after paying tho
expense of raising tho animal In cap
tivity." Now York Sun.
"r.obtor Face" 1 Not Klumleroin.
Tho slander suit of Foster ngalnst
Foster was heard yesterday afternoon
before Justice William T. Connor, says
tho New London Telegraph. Tho suit
Is for $100 damages. In tho complaint
It Is alleged that the defendant called
tho plaintiff a "lobster and a lobster
face." Tho plaintiff was under tho
Impression that lobster face was in
tended as a slur on her character, "and
from tho said words sho suffered great
anguish of mind and humiliation." A
demurrer to the complaint was entered
by tho defendant that oven if tho al
legation was truo, thero was no grcund
or basis for tho claim that tho expres
sion "lobster- face" carried with It any
derogation of character. Tho demurrer
was sustained by Justlco Connor, and
tho caso will probably end here.
rnclDo Const Needs Manufactories.
Tho future of tho Pacific coast, If It
Is to havo any worthy of tho name, Is
dependent on tho manufacture of tho
rnw mntorlnl produced within its lim
its and drawn from outside to supply
tho wants of its own production and
thoso of tho avallablo foreign territory.
In othor words, tho Pacific coast must
hnvo such n futuro as Is connected with
tho history of tho Industrial, commer
cial and financial supremacy of Great
Britain during the nineteenth century,
such a futuro ns Is visibly dawning
for tho United States, with its center
on tho Atlantic seaboard, during tho
twentloth century or it must remain
forever In a condition of commercial
subserviency. Engineering Magazine.