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almost tco bad, bnt young
XIII. probably will bare to
Ml geography lessons over again.
At tike same time nothing In fitness
Cf thing requires that the Infant
Massed after Uobson should be brought
t em a bottle.
A Brttlab-American alliance may be
Itflgbt but the example of the Co-
bla and the Fost-olia is no way to
together.
i should be a more rigid censor-
Ov en "pure Havana cigars,-" It Is lm
aeaeible to blockade the label factories
Mat tbe box works.
A Chicago man has been arrested on
charge af stealing twelre marble
teaabe tones. This looks like a very
(rare offense, on the dead.
army manual tells tbe sol
to make roads in Cuba, but
country will hare to get along with
f rastat highway facilities for the
practice in the United States
try baa coat a great deal of money,
tat It baa paid. The American gun-
will be among the thoroughly rec-
I baroeo of the war.
who Is trying to keep out
af politics so bard that he falls to take
art ta elections Is about as much to
Masai for corrupt politics as the man
whe saarai bis llring out of nothing
'A taw temporary has Information to
law affect that "If It had not been for
bto another Admiral Sampson wonld
at be where be la to-day." It la the
way with all of us who are sot
MIL
ones tell us that all prop-
tt rightly held and used. Is "an
i of our natural powers." Who
knows this better than the one-legged
ttolfe-grlnder of Philadelphia, who has
at Ma dog to turn his grindstone?
A beta ta Hackensack, N. J, was
Cfetd flOO last week for shooting Are
Beblna. It serred him right Aside
Croat the cruel and unlawful charac
ter of the act, It was wasteful. This
Woautfy has no powder and shot to
at tne birds.
The working power of steam-drlren
BnacnliHrr employed In Great Britain
i estimated to be equal to that of a
Won of men. In all the world, less
(ban half that number, counting both
exes, are employed In productive in
dustry. The gray Blare, steam, is do
ing more work In our motherland alone
Is being done by all mankind.
Three Italian school-teachers recent
ly applied for wprk as public chimney
sweeps in a Swiss village Just orer the
line The places they sought paid only
one hundred and sixty dollars a year,
bat that was more than they got In
Italy as teachers of the rising genera
tion. And people wonder tbnt there
re discontented miirmurlnga and talk
ef revolution in the land of the
Caesars!
One renon why the United States
hold such a strong International posi
tion tbnt almost any other pow er would
teluctantly go to war with ns-ts found
In tha fact that so many other nations
epend upon us for a part of tbefr sup
plies of food and clothing. Cut off
from our cotton, wheat and pork, the
Industries and the people of England
and Germany would suffer in no small
eVgree and those of France to a con
siderable extent The friendship of the
United States is more highly prized by
the great foreign powers to-day than
before.
ft la eot-eimy to explain why, in tbe
wanna conception, wheat should be
In Importance ahead of Indian
no point of view can wheat
fee retarded aa the peer of maize, ex
eat that It realises a higher price. Tbe
mm crop occupies 82,000,000 acrea;
wheat osuy S4.000.000 acres. The quan
Xy of tbe product of corn now aver
ages about 2,000,000.000 bnebeU; that
t Wheat about 400,000,000 buabels:
arhfto tbe value of tbe former averages
20,000,000, and of tbe latter, on an
ereerag for 1800 to 1806, only $300,000,
ZX True, the exports of wheat reach
at aaeeh higher value than those of
Htm, tbe average valuation of tbe for
mm, fee tbe etx years 1800 to 1806, bav
fcj beea $167,000,000 and of tbe Utter
eSty fauOOOOO. Bat. ta tble branch
Ca tbe
PMM
The wise
rty
f ato toaae, eera la fast gaining npon
I ins I, tbe experta for tbe- first nine
? I ef tbe current year baring
,f-;ratoi to value to $47,000,000, wMle
; X J l". la ef wheat and flour are
f ZJ at gSOOOS; to making tats
, It Is to be re
set year ear wheat ex-
frattswtoia extraordinary beta to
eata Manet varae. ia toe
ef asmsafle eoaanmpWon.
rr tM m tar asere torporwat rank
C-Z Clast a largely prepoa
Cm Pt f mv papatodoa It fur
:r'le'sar wbeUwa trttcl
f ft to C baeto ef ear fee prod
'; C r7fi ef wtlaft an valued
i' irtarjaar. It tattoo
'2tttstA tar
dCeJcttStaf
atarr-b and ef glucose. And yet the
utilities of tbtai plant bare ss yet beea
very Imperfertly exploited. It Is per
haps qutoe safe to say that there is not
any part of It which cannot be turned
tt remunerative uses' snd yet compara
tlTvlr little really ralunjile utility Is
found for R outskle the resources of
the grain. The learea, buks and cobs
are virtually wasted and the stalks are
rather a nuisance to the farmer than
of any value. very thing is thrown
aside to get the grain; and yet, prop
erly used, the discarded mutters could
be made to yield a ralue equal to ttutt
which is utilized. There are poaalbUl
tiea connected with this plant which
would yield the farmer $40 per acre for
his crop, where he now gets for the
corn barely $14. TJnleee we are great
ly mistaken, we shall soon see this
plant shown to be capable of yielding
sugar and other correlative products at
rery much below the coat at wblcn raw
sugar or glucose can be produced from
any other exLstlng sources of those
products. We are aware that theae
statements will be regarded with in
credulity; but tbey are based upon
more than possibili ties; and in our Judg
ment may be reasonably classed among
industrial probabilities likely to be soon
realized In the United States.
The educational Influence of the war
Is apparent In various directions. The
most obvious is the stimulus which it
has given to the study of geography.
Atlases, large and small, are among
the best-selling books, and war maps
in the newspapers are eagerly studied.
How many persons, not fresh from
geographical study, could hare Indi
cated the position of the island of Mar
tinique with relation to the other West
Indies, or who could hare told, when
Informed that the Spanish squadron
was at Curacao, Just where that Dutch
Island lies? Who knew where Jupiter
Inlet Is, before the battleship Oregon
sailed In there? Public interest In his
tory, International law and European
politics has been greatly quickened,
and average men and women And
tbemselres discussing grave questions
of national rights and responsibilities
In which, six months ago, they would
hare felt no concern. We are finding
ont some minor facts of Interest For
Instance, "Morro" castle at Havana
nsed to be spoken of as If "Motto" were
a proper name, and It was usually spelt
"More" castle, at that; bat as circum
stances hare led us to think more about
the Spanish forts In Cuba and Puerto
Rico, we hare discovered a "Morro"
fort at San Joan and at Santiago de
Cuba, and hare learned that the term
means simply a fort upon a promon
tory. , It Is perhaps In pronunciation
that we hare most to learn. We come
npon strange-looking proper namas In
the current news; we must pronounce
them somehow, and most of as wish
to pronounce them right After all, It
Is rery simple, after a half-bour's study
of the peculiarities of Spanish conso
nants. One of tbe most Interesting subjects
discussed by Professor George Dar
win during his recent viglt to this coun
try was that of the possible and prob
able Increase In the length of the day.
When ouce the earth Is In motion
about an axis, no matter bow the mo
tion came about It would continue for
ever, and at tbe same rate, thus making
the day always of the same length, un
less something is happening or will
happen to interfere with that motion.
Now there are several causes in op
eratlon which affect the periods of the
earth's rotation, some of which tend to
make the period less and others to
make St greater. Fortunately the.In
finenee of each of the causes is very
small. They are generally eay to un
derstand; and a wimple experiment will
illustrate one of them. Tie a stone to
one end of a st ring, and bald Ins the
other in Ihe hand, whirl It around an
nearly ns may be tn the circumference
of a circle; when its sjieed l nearly
uniform allow the xtring to wind up
on the finger. It will be noticed that
n the string shortens, the angular
velocity lncreaKes. In the Mine way.
if the matter forming the earth should
in any way be drawn nearer the axil
of rotation, it would turn faster and
the day wonld be shortened. By con
tinual losn of heat a shrinkage of the
earth Is probably in progress; and al
though the process Is exceedingly slow,
It certainly tends to diminish tbe period
of rotation. On the other hand, any
addition of matter from the outside
will tend to increase that period and
make the day longer. Undoubtedly
slight additions to the mass of the
earth are constantly made by the ar
rest of meteoric bodies passing through
the atmosphere. Their Influence is op
posed to and tends to neutralize that
of any earth-shrinkage tbat may be
going on. The most Important Inter
ference with the rotation of the earth
tbat we know of la that of the tidal
ware, which la due to the at fraction of
the sun and moon, but more largely to
tbe latter. It Is easy to see that this la
a resistance against which tbe earth
turns, and Its effect ia to Increase the
length of the day. Astronomical ob
servations extending orer about two
thousand years hare failed to show
any sensible change In the day, but tbe
Influence of the tides must become evi
dent after the lapse of a great many
years. Professor Darwin declares tbat
the day may lengthen until It to at last
fifty -Ave times as long aa It Is at pres
ent; and that wonld also be tbe period
ef the revolution of tbe moon about
tbe earth. A day of thirteen hundred
and twenty boura. such boon as we
now bare, would offer many Interest
Ing advantages, but there wotrid be
some things about It not altogether
agreeable. As It la not likely to cobh
for aoBM mlllione of yeara, It la net a
nutter far hnaaedlate anxiety.
aanage to talk gresv
aeal aav wftaeat emytes aaytXtas.
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A BELIEVER
88
AT the top of a steep bill two
young men sat on a stone wail
by the roadside, resting.
It was late on a Sunday afternoon In
October. Stretching away on every
aide, with here and there the roofs of
farm-bouses risible, were the bright
colors of ripening foliage. Four miles
away toward the west was the bazy
outline of the dty.
There had been silence for some time
between the two companions). At
length Howard Crane spoke. He was
an athletic fellow, with a healthy color
In his alert, smooth -liaven face.
"1 suppose this is our last walk to
gether for this year," be said. "I shall
be loneaome enough without you all
winter. I wish you had not got to go
south."
"And I wbrh yon could go south wltb
me," said John Brant smiling. He was
tall and spare, with a pale, sensitive
face. "But of course the law can't get
on without you."
Crane Uughtd. "I don't Just see how
I can leave now. I'd like to be wMh
you, only I'd hate to waste so much
time, and I was nerer particularly fond
of loafing around doing nothing."
"I know I'm lazy," said Brant, good
bumoredly. "but Where's the use In my
doing anything? It would only be tak
ing the bread out of some poor fellow's
mouth."
Aa the sun went down tbey left the
wall and set out at a brisk pace toward
the city.
"Of course," aald Crane, after a
pause, "I don't want you to stay here
T 1 riT t'v-'
1 'w r-.ti. r.
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"I SUPPOSE THIS IS OUIt LAST
If your health can't stand It Queer
freak of your lungs to go back on you
this way, when they're nerer given
you any trouble before. A winter in
tbe South will fix you all right but It's
going to be loxwome for me. You
know you are tbe only one I am at all
chummy with." He sighed deeply.
"You are not going to be so lonely as
you think." said Brant, with a quiet
smile.
"What do you mean?"
Brant hesitated, and then aald, a lit
tle apoioguUcally: "I know you'll think
I'm a ailly old woman to beltore It but
I bad a dream about you a little while
ago, and I can't get It out ef my bead.
It was so real"
"Well, what wae K?" prompted
Crane, as his friend paused.
"Tbat you would be married la leas
than a year."
-There's nothing I'm lees likely to
do," aald Crane, laughing.
"But I ffeeJ sure you will," aaM Brant
earnestly. "The dream was ae vivid,
more like a vision. I aaw you, and
where you bred, and you were very
happy."
"If s utterly absurd." amid Oraae.
a tblaa baaa't entered amy bead."
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They became silent, as they neared
the city, each occupied with bis own
thoughts. A Crane's door they parted.
"If I'm married when you come back,
you must come and see ua," be said,
lightly. "But I sba'n't be. I haren't
any faith In dreams."
"Yes, you will," said Brant, poalUre
ly, "and I'll be sure and rlnJt you.
Good -by."
Slowly and dejectedly Brant walked
along the brightly lighted streets to
his home. Leaving his coat and bat
In the ball, be went to bis room, and.
groping bis way across It, sat down In
the dark. With his bead resting on his
hands, the same perplexing, harassing
thoughts which bad troubled him for
the month past chased through his
tired brain.
Was he a fool, be asked himself, for
the hundredth time. He bad deceived
his friends, making them think he
must leave home on account of bis
health, when in reality It had never
been better. He was going away to
exile, leaving bla family, all hts ac
quaintances. Crane, and, worst of all
Mildred. And for what? Because ta that
wretched dream be had seen Mildred
happily married to Crane.
He was tempted even now, at the
eleventh hour, to go to Mildred and ask
ber to be his wife. But the spell of the
dream was upon blm still, and be felt
that he could not betray his friend."
Even If be conld. what reason had he
to think that Mildred returned his
love? And supposing she did, It would
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WALK TOGETHER FORTIUS TEAR."
be a wrong to her, for be told himself,
with self-daprecatlon, tbat Crane
would make ber tbe better husband.
No, be would carry out bis plan to
the bitter ertfl. Tbe dream was so real
to blm that he did not for a moment
doubt Its coming true. He smiled a
little grimly as be thought bow every
one believed him to have one foot in
the grave, and how his naturally pale
face bad helped to deceive them.
Mildred would not expect to bear
from him. thinking him not able to
write. Then Crane would begin to
show her little attentions, and
But here be broke off his reflections,
and found himself feeling glad tbat be
would be away and would not have to
see tbe affair going on. When be came
back be would be able to meet ber with
no outward show of emotion.
All winter Brant wandered from
place to place. Crane wrote twice, at
tbe first but be waa a poor correspond
ent and Braafa third letter remained
uaanewered.
At borne tbe winter's snows melted,
tbe days grew longer, spring came, and
la May Brest returned.
Aa be walked along tbe street from
tbe etattoa be beard bla aaaae
and a moment later Crane waa shaking
bis hand, and saying wortle of welcome.
"I'm In a hurry now," aald Crane,
"hot come around to tbe ottlce later,
and go home to tea with me. You see."
be went on. smilingly, "I've Un mar
ried a month. It's all Just as you said
It would be, and I believe lu dreams
now your dreams, at any rate. Well,
good-by for the present Be sure and
come out Margaret will be delighted
to see you."
Crane hurried off dovn the street
Brant stood looking after blm with od
expreMlon of overwhelming amaze
ment on his face.
"Mnrgaretl" be exclaimed, under bis
breath. "Good heavens he's gone and
married tbe wrong onef" Omaha Bee.
BUCKEYE AND NUTMEG GRATER
An Incident Indicstinc tSe Ferlon
nr of an Ol.lo Man.
A half dozen college men were In
New York one night not a great while
ago Indulging In a dinner at tbe ex
pense of one whose enthusiasm on grid
Iron heroliHis bad somewhat beclouded
his Judgment Part of the party con
sisted of a Connecticut man and an
Ohio chap, who, while he is smnrt
enough in most matters, is not blessed
with a rery quick nor comprehensive
wit And be Is particularly slow to see
a point when there is a mist of mellow
merriment before his eyes, as there was
on this occasion. Now It happens tbat
tbe Nutmeg man Is as proud of bis
State as the Buckeye man is of his, and
they have friendly tilts-at-arms every
now and again over the respective mer
its of Connecticut and Ohio. At tbe
dinner tbe two aat together, and when
the time arrived for any man to make
a few remarks who wished to do so,
the Connecticut man arose with bis
hand on tbe shoulder of his neighbor.
"Here," he sang out full and free,
with bis glass on high, "is to tbe Nut
meg State who can produce a grater?"
The crowd of diners smiled charita
bly at the well-worn sentiment and gag.
That Is, all of them did except tbe
Buckeye, and be jumped to bis feet
"Gentlemen," he shouted, with his
glass up, "I can. Look, sirs, at Ohio.
There abe stands, the greatest Com
monwealth tbat sits enthroned up
on "
But he never got his metaphors mixed
any further. The crowd yelled him
down, and for a week afterward he was
trying to cboke off unfeeling allusions.
Jesse James' Lasttibave in Kentucky
"I shaved Jesse James, the once
noted outlaw, down tn Kentucky a long
time ago," sc.ld an old, gray-bulred fel
low on the train tbe other day, "when
the man's life wasn't worth a penny.
Jesse rushed into my little country
place, down In tbe Bed Itiver country,
one day in tbe latter part of December,
and asked me If I wouldn't shave blm
while he looked after bis Coil's revol
vers and watched the door. I was not
a barber by trade, but thus iH-muaduj
I was induced to try my hand with a
new Wade & Butcher razor I took out
of my showcase. As 1 shaved the man
of Iron nerve sat with a cocked pistol
in each hand and told me In a few hur
ried words tbat a posse was purRulng
blm, bent on capturing him, dead or
alive, on tbe charge of robbing a bank
at Riissellrllle, a crime, he averred, of
which be was not guilty. He wanted
his beard shaved off that he might fuol
his pursuers If they should happen to
euleh up with him. I finished the Job
of scraping. The much-wanted Indi
vidual thanked me, tun!, mounting a
horxe. which hSd been bitched in the
rear of my More, Iw'e me (.'',d evening
and rode away. I didn't know fur cer
tain who my visitor tiiix. ut'.houxh I
suKpi'cted it, until the ticxlifay. when 1
heard that a man iu the neighborhood
was tcllirijj that he had -eu the eld r
Jnnies the afternoon before. I suppose
that was the lat Fliave Jctine James
got In Kentucky, mid I have never seen
him since." Syracuse Standard.
New York lh Ka Iroad ' enter, '
"Reasoning Out a Uetropolix" is the
title of an article In St. Nicholm, writ
ten by Krnest Ingersoll. Mr. Iii''-rxoll
my: Railroads began to be built about
1K10, uud the New-Yorkers wore noon
pushing them out In all directions, mtp
Jlylng the money for extending them
farther and further north and wext,
and connecting them Into long syHlems
controlled by one head. Other men In
other cities did the same; but by and
by it was Been that no railroad between
the central West and Kant "could suc
ceed iu competition with Its rivals un
less it reached New York. The great
trunk rondx, built or aided by the Bal
timore men to serve their city, and by
tbe Philadelphia people to bring trade
to them, and by the capltallxts of New
England for tbelr profit, never suc
ceeded, therefore, until they had been
pushed on to New York, where the
volume of commerce wss coming to be
as great as, or greater than, tbnt of all
the other American ports pot together.
Now New York has become tbe real
headquarters of every important rail
way system In the United States; that
Is, It la here that tbe financial opera
tionsthe money part of tbe manage
ment are conducted, though the su
perintendents of Its trains and dally
business may keep their offices some
where else.
Tbe Beaver la En rope.
It la possible tbat tbe bearer wMl sur
vive longer In Europe than In America.
It la aald tbat a few Individuals are etiU
to be found on the Kibe, the Rhine, and
tbe Danube, and Prof. Collett, of Chris
tlanla, estimates that there are now 10b
Individuate living In Norway, wberees
tbe number In 18M waa estimated at
sixty. Prof. Oollett recommends mat
government protection be afforded fc
prevent tbelr extermination.
WUea people see a hearse, tbey an
ae longer reminded of tbe Hereafter
Tbey wonder bow tbe eorpee leoka la
Nervous Peoplo
Art great saffrrere sad tbey deserve aya
patby rather tbsa censure. Their Wea
Is poor sod this sod their serves are eeav
eequenlly weak. P irh people Bnd reSei
and cure ia Hood's rarspsriJls beraoet M
purifies sod esriches tn blood sod givse
it power to fe.d, strengthen sod seetala)
the nerves. If yoo are nervous and eaa-i
not sleep, take Hood's Buruparilla isl
realize its nerve sireugtbeoiug power.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It imtm'i Ommt MlloiB. II; its (at BW,
Hold's PUIS ewr si' l.'w H't W la
A Qur Rhrnh.
The peoi J of Honolulu are very tnuefe
inierer-tel in tbe natural curiosity wbtea
there exists in the shape of an altraroba
buh,or bon"y tnesquite, which is grow
ing itpnide dowj. 1 his n-tmrkable plant
is ihe property of 0. B. Reynoldn, who
drove an alarobe brunch into-tbe
ground, small end first, ss a ttipport far
a rii e. To his surpr se the brsnch threw
oat other orsncHes snd leares, all to
clined torsrd the ground, snd it ia stll
growing luxuriartly.
A Propheoy of thn War.
Toor Cuba bad suffered at the very;
threshold of Ibis great and free country;
for more than a century before any ee
tire Intervention was uudertakea by
the Cnlled States. Outrage sfter out
rage bad been plied upon Aoierlcaa eBV
sens who resided there or undertook to
trade at ber ports. The present war
ought to have been fought fifty yeara
ago, and It Is a long, ssd commentary
on tbe too peaceful conservatism of tbe
past tbat tbe fitst man killed in front
of Bsntiogo In June, is:m, was tbe
grandson sud namesake of tbe Beeto
tary of State wbo bold back the band ef
Justice in 1870 when tbe Tirglniua af
fair stirred tbe Amerlran people to to
dlgnatlon. It seems to prove tbat
whether tbe war was deferred or ttoti
It must come in wplte of the conserva
tismla spits of the cost of life and
Biouey.
Tbe thought tbat It would come waa
present In tbe minds of many, and ka
one instance at least seems to bare
been developed into a basis for srttoav
Many residents of our city have noted
lu the street cars among tbe advertising
slgos which are so prominently dto
played a series of cards which refer to
naval and military lines, ami whtrb
bsve a double Interest at the preeeat
bonr. Although they were placed to tbe -cars
over a year ago, before the SpanJab
war was thought of, their text in net
a few points seems to foretell with ac
curacy some of the relations of tbe wag.
A
((an
nation has
vr bn a
Fortir with SAPOLIO
Is there not a certalu prophetic touch
In the suggestion, "A clean nation has
ever been s strong nitlon." with the
further humorous advice to "fortify
with 8spollo," backed by a picture of
t'mie Para marching up nnd down be
hind a rampart formed of cakes of that
well known article? Truly civilization
slid soap xet-m (o o together, and tbs
tb an, well tublied. nicely notmed Anglo
Faxon seems to have In that regard a
preat advantage over bin n iap-voldlng
enemy from the peninsula of Spain,
j We realize t he dread renin leg of war
when these, cards sngjicM to us that the
proper ammunition wltb which to reslsl
THE PROPER
AMMUNITION
with Mcn to raaM dirt, t
SAPOLIO
dirt is Sapollo. Tbe'campalgn In Cuba
has resulted in a Ions of life on tb
battle-field of about one hundred ana
fifty, while every evidence points to tal
probability thst double tbat number el
deaths will result from the yellow fevef
scourge, which largely originates from
tbe Spanish lack of cleanliness. No lest
a statesman than James G. Blalee
staled publicly tbat one hundred mill
ions would be a cheap price to pay far
Cuba If by proper aanitary measures
we could prevent tbe annual scars ef
yellow fever along our coast
Tha advance of crvtiteatlon &
If, aa these active advertlaeta i
tbe advance of civilisation la marked
by tbe net ef Ra polio, there abeatt be
a good market for tbelr uaeful artttto
la tbe Rpaalsb possessions whlcb aaw
lately f allea under ear control. WbfdMf
tbey were prophesying or not tbelr aa
nouneemeata are brisk and timer, aat
tbe advice tbey atvew Ubabbt,
n