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AN INBuVriW VvHioNOlv?KKVtt.?UMn
CREDIT FOR OUR PROSPERITY.
In tho latf Packing Year 80.000.000 Hoc?
Paused Tferouch, tlie Western 1>I abllsli
Ulents, foiuinc Oat lu 3,333.333,333 los.
or Lard, Pork, Kiln ann Ham*.
It is deeidedly unfair to an industry
with which the name of Chicago is in-,
separably linked and to an animal
?whose rotund and bristly back bears
no small share of the burden of west?
ern economy to attribute all credit for
the country's financial salvation to the
wheat field and the: corn field, says the
Chicago Daiiy News.
No possible grouping of figures in
respect to the yield, price and exports
of grain Is more striking and impor?
tant in accounting for the great eco?
nomic advance of the agricultural
classes than the statistics of the hog
industry are.
It is true that the country enjoyed
an unusually large yield of. wheat and
corn for which greatly advanced prices
were received. But consider the hog!
In the packing year, which ended
this spring. 20,000,000 hogs passed
through western establishments and
came out in" 3,333,333,333 1-3 pounds of
lard, pork, ribs and hams. No such
(figures were ever before presented as a
result of a single year's hog manufac?
ture in this country. The largest pre?
vious total was in the year ISOG-'.I",
when 17,000,000 hogs were [lacked in
the west, yielding 2,812,000.000 pounds
of product. for the hogs packed in
the last year $175,000.000 was paid, an
Increase of $40.000.001) over the cost of
the hogs packed In the preceding year.
In the last calendar year 1,453,000,000
pounds of hog product were exported,
against 1,183.000,000 pounds In the [ire
ceding year?last year's total being the
largest over recorded. And the ex?
ports so far in this calendar year have
been ahead even of last year.Tim treas?
ury department report for April shows
$53;SOO.OOO worth of hog products ex?
ported in the four months of 18118,
which compares with $98.000.000 worth
of breadstuff's and $87,300,000 worth ot
cotton. That is. the exports of hog
products equaled 54 per cent, of the
grain and flour exports and GO-pcr cent,
of the cotton exports.
And this increased production and
sale of hog products has gone on In
conjunction with a rise in price rela?
tively as important as that which lias
taken [date In the wheat and corn mar?
kets. King corn and king cottun and
king wheat are entitled to due praise,
but do not overlook the Imperial hug.
liiiiini, Iii? Forbidden.
The developments of war have
brought. Into the possession of the
United Slates the Spanish islands of
the Ladronns, just to the eastward of
the Philippines, and the end has ar?
rived for a maritime fiction long held
In honor in all ports of Asia and Aus?
tralia. Every year thousands of ves?
sels clear at custom houses for Guam,
yet none ever goes there?none, in fact,
ever meant to go there. Guam lias al?
ways seemed such a legal fiction thai
few have ever taken thought that there
is such a place, and fewer yet have
investigated the reason why it is a
maritime Tom Tiddler's ground.
-?>J$!m.&-?&?. ?leaj;?.. J%a$, ?y'U'A?
shortest route of sailing, gale and
wreck excepted, and tiny failure calls
for an explanation. Vet there often
arise casus where it Is of advantage not
to declare the port of destination; it
may be that thus a skipper may avoid
being bothered with a mail, or it may
be that business rivalry seeks io con?
ceal some point of good trade, in such
cases the vessel clears for Guam, and
sails away to its secret destination.
Although there is a Guam upon the
charts the vessels which have cleared
for it never lay a course in its direc?
tion, and the law is none the less sat?
isfied. How It is possible that Guam
can be such a port is based on the old
traditions of Spanish exciuslvoness
in the Indies, bolJa ISasI and West. It
lias only been as a result of superior
force that the Spaniards have opened
the indies to trade, and this century
was well advanced before the last of
the old restrictions was removed. By
some chance the Ladrones were not
included, and in accordance with the
laws of the Indies every vessel calling
there without Spanish leave is forfeit?
ed. The penalty of the law has not
been exacted for many-years, but the
existence of the law lias made possible
the legal fiction of clearing for Guam.
As soon as tho American forces took
possession of this archipelago the laws
of the Indies ceased to have effect, and
Guam lost its peculiar distinction.
Stailrollll in Arctic /one.
A railway is projected to extend en?
tirely across Northern Sweden and
Norway from the northern end of the
Gulf of Finland to Ofoten on the At?
lantic, about 120 miles north of the
Arctic circle. A part of the route is
formed by an old line built for carry?
ing iron ore, and Sweden proposes to
extend It 148 miles to the Norwegian
border at a point only twenty-live miles
from Ofoten. At the other end of tin'
new line is to connect with a line it
Finland, down the east coast of Uir
gulf of Finland, from the Finish bonlei
to Ofoten; the length of the line will lie
just 300 miles. The Swedish line is es?
timated to cost about ?1,200,000, and
It is to he built largely for strategic
reasons.
Sniff?Well, how do you like living in
Chicago?
Snarle?Oh! just middlin'. The
fly got In our wheat, and the dry
weather is fairly raisin' Cain. There's
to be a meetin' at the City Hall next
week to discuss some plan to irrigate
the South side.
OjuirkallVHr In New Zealand.
The New Zealand government offers
a bounty of four pence (eight cents)
per pound for the first 100,000 pounds
of quicksilver produced in the colony,
but one third of that quantity at least
must be produced before March 31,
1900, and the remaining two thirds by
March 31, 1S01. The bounty will
amount to $S.0O0. The existence of
cinnabar In New Zealand is known.
It has been found in several places,
and in some of ti am, apparently, in
sufficient quantities to warrant further
exploration, but no vorkings have ever
been undertakes.
Kv?ry s
Tho ordinary gvamaii of the present
navy, who operates the small guns
which compose the sseo-dary battery
oi" a battleship anil arc used only at
close range, has taken the place of the
old-time Banner, ami he in turn has j
risen and is now a warrant olllcer, oc?
cupying a place between the seaman
anil the nun-commissioned olli'.cr. hav?
ing a mess apart from the ordinary
seaman. Me is nut. however, eligible
to adv "m oment further than that of
a gunner of the litst-eluss. Ihlow him
arc ihe gunners of the seumi: class,
formerly the gunners' mates, and ihe
gunners of the third class, v. no in the
davs of the old navy, were known as
the gunners' apprentices. In the old
order of naval affairs gunners rose
from the rank of ordinary seaman,
and hud as their only claim to their
titles the'skill in the point-blank
shooting ol the lime, acquired by long
Besides the cool head, steady hand
and keen eye of the old-time gunner,
the guiltier of the new navy must
possess a gunner's education, including
not only a thorough Know ledge of both
common and decimal fractious, but
also the use and application of the
principles of algebra, geometry, trig?
onometry and trajectory.
He is taught Illil thai to locate to a
nicety the object upon which he is to
train his gun he must observe ? from
two dilii rent points, and then having
established a base line and ihe*livu
adjacent angles, by the science of tri
tamo.' Many experiments bine result?
ed in the formation of tables and the
invention of mechanical instruments
which make Ihe calci: la I ion a mallei of
but a few seconds. T hese arc based
upon the science of trajectory, and en?
able the gunner to know in an instant
at what angle to elevate bis gun.
Cnmpnrativel.v simple as this may
seeir. with the use of the i ust fit tuen! ?'.
and tallies, it embraces in naval gun?
nery accurate calculations of the speed
ami direction of motion of the vessel
carrying the gun, the speed and direc?
tion of motion of the target, if it be
another ship, and the direction and
velocity of the wind, not one of which
can be disregarded if the range are
overcome to a great extent by the.
shorter distance and by the high rate
of speed attained by the projectile.
In the ease of n moving v, sscl We?
llig Hu- t.nget. tho range is determined
by means of the range-finder and no?
ted. Alter an interval of two min?
utes or a eruvenieiii. fraction thereof,
a second cni'tihitloi) is made. By the
tables the distance In van!; between
the two points, it: determined, ami ibis
divided by the interval of I line gi v es
the speed. By another table, based
upon the rate of speed attained by Ihe
projectile and [lit! range, the distance
which the target will have traversed
during Hie llighl of the projectile may
be obtained, and tin con aimed at such
an angle as to cause the shot to lake
effect as ilesit ed.
By another process, if the ship upon
which Hie gunner is stationed be mov?
ing, ihr aim can be made quite as he
rural e, a ml to this exact reduction of
otts imiiUsmaiishl|i of the Yankee gun?
ners in the recent engagements in (Ju
While our modern gunner must
know thoroughly nil this, lie does not
have the opportunity in an engage?
ment to apply it. To the officers In the
i-onuing tower ami In the turret falls
t-he task of determining the ranges.
'Phis is usually done by the officers on
f'tiulie officers on hoard*!.lie other ships
by.means of signals. Knnn them lite
gunner In the l.urrol gels his angle,
.?mil by me.ins of it lever and :i scale
eloviue's or depi esses his gnu as his
orders may require.
T hen comes the task which he alone
may perform. Attached to his gun,
near the breech, is u powerful tele?
scope, titled at the outer lens with a
at rieht angles In the centre. Through
l Ills he Im ale.s hi . mark, and im v lue
done so knows that his aim is Hue.
in iq.lte of the exactness of the
science ii is necessary, under unfavor?
able atmospheric conditions, such as
fog or rain, to tesori to the old method
of trial shots. A smaller gun is used,
and by mean-s of a range-finder at?
tached to its breech the range can soon
he determined;
I Then the gunner tipplies the knowl?
edge which has given him his rank,
and science does what the greatest
skill of the old days could not.
On the old wooden ship with the.
bristling sides the pro, ess was entire?
ly different. The gunner, though far
inferior to ours of to-day, had under his
charge guns numbering from lour to
eight, varying with the size and
strength of his vessel, and by force of
circumstances left the task of aiming
lliein to the ordinary sailor, who.
though without rani:, was often in
point of skill the equal of his chief.
The long range shot of the new
guns, the one which enables the gun?
ner nowadays to vatch the course of
the projectile nr.rl note the havoc it
creates even at tin III t nice of several
miles, was impracticable because of
the small power ol the old smooth
bore. The close Iilnnk shot and the
broadside were the one . upon which
the old gunner conuted for victory,
j Without the aid ol science he sighted
his cumbersome pwee, while his crew
stooil ready with lamrod, swab, pow?
der and shot. Minutes were consumed
in the execution of the orders, "Load!
To battery! Fire!" while now each
order is expected to be-executed iu a
lew seconds.
Where ten shots whistled harmless?
ly al out the cars of the enemy then,
the modem gunner feels Iiis disgrace
keenly if by chance, in an entire en
Is igcmenl, one or two of hi.s sinus miss
Ihe mark.
The old gunner, who. as an ordinary
seaman, still remains in the sei vice of
the modern navy, has learned long
since that hi.s time has passed, and as
? a naval writer lias said of him,'"he re?
sents the supremacy of the sailor w!iu
knows the what of the art of war as
thoroughly us his officers know its
why."
How ihin ;s i list ge! Once a stamp
tax caused ., war. how a war causes
a stamp tax.
liledrlcity In lb? I'liillpi.-nes.
! Mr. I,. D. Hilles of Yokohama, while
j in New York, and in a conversation
I with a representative of the Electrical
! Review gave a number of interesting
j facts about the Philippines.
" Those islands .should by all means
I remain In the possession of the Baited
I States," said Mr. Hilles. "Their com
: mercial possibilities hnd native re
j sources are almost unbounded. 'The
sharpest competitors of the Americans
. and the Englishmen there are the Ger
I mans.
j "Our firm has installed a central
eJectrlfi lighting station in Manila.
which supplies current fur 12.000 "in?
candescent and 260 arc Ugllts. The
machinery is of American manufac?
ture. 1 am now making large pur?
chases of American steam and electri?
cal apparatus to be installed in the far
East, a part of which goes to Manila.
"There arc about 72ii miles of tele?
graph in the islands and only seventy
miles of steam railway. Manila has a
telephone system equipped with Eng?
lish instruments. All electrical con?
ductor's are carried on overhead pole
lines with porcelain insulators. There
is also a horse railway in .Manila which
would have been changed over to a
trolley road had not the war occurred.
The concession for this road has al?
ready been acquired. There is a won?
derful chance for Americans in many
industrial undertakings in the Phil?
ippines, and I hope our government
will hang on to them."
At til" WKildlllg.
"She trembles like a lawn!" whis?
pered the man in the second pew be?
yond the white ribbon, as the bride
swept down the aisle.
The woman who wept beside him
laughed scornfully; at weddings wo?
men often laugh and cry at the same
i ime.
"Go on!" she protested. '"Nobody
ever saw a fawn tremble like that!
She acts as if site hadn't rehearsed one
bit!"
And then, being Invited to the break?
fast, after the ceremony she burst into
more tears.
"Don't this old injury hin t you when
you attempt to run?" asked the exam?
ining surgeon of a candidate for en?
listment.
"Course it does. If yer lookin' for
soldiers what's guln' to run jeat count
me out."
Dlltlt-s That Ill-Ill" llioi III Contact With
Hie Crow.
When .lack Tar comes back to his
shin alter a cruise ashore, and finds
on the uext morning thin he lias lost
his cap in so torn his trousers or any
of his oilier garments that in order to
jiass the next inspection he niiisi have
new ones, he goes below in a lutle of
liee way down in the hold of the ship,
and through a greted window tells the
nature ol hi.-, troubles lo I ho yeoman,
who sits at tlie desk inside busy with
Iiis ai count hooks', il ii is a suii or a
cap or sin.es I h.il lie v, mils, .In? k lil t
deposits ills money, and when his
measure lor whatever article lie wants,
is round la Hie leeiiid book of Llib
new, it is mined over to him then and
there.
With all of his virtues, Jack is an
improvident fellow, and t ii? ? govern?
ment, which pays and feeds him,
I'.iiows his weaknesses and es ittys to
la In' . are of hi hi. Pirsi. i I iias hi in
l.eep himself mal at all times, or else
f.ives him a eliam e to sample i he ship's
I.ic.nl and water In a little cubby lade
?.ilied a ceil, ami this being an estab?
lished regulation, the goven.jiiciii fur
liishes to him the means of keeping
himself nc.il.
.lack niust sew and wash and d un
bis cloi lies- when they need it. besides
applying soap in himself as oi'Len as
ho can and keeping Iiis si.s always
clean and shiny. That I he means
might always he at Uiu sailor's com?
mand, years ago necessity created a
1,,'ivai storekeeper on board every ship,
und tradition gave him the name of
} coman.
By and by, when the warships of all
nations bei nine the Ii.as of several
hull tired men em a instead of a hand?
ful, and si.-.1111 hoeame an auxiliary
l.naive power and dually superseded
sails entirely, lire work became Loo
\ .ri?a! lor one i.i lo pertoi m. With
lais pi ogress in naval afiaiis has come
lato existence a corps of yeomen, coiu
| rising tbier. grades, entirely inde
I en,lent of ea. li oilier and e ii with
i> s uw ii dei).ii; incut.
Ii is lo i ue pay yeoman, v. ho gets his
CUe merely because his desk is beside
t-'.'t of the paymaster'.; clerk, that Jack
f "C.-i for clotlii s, nee.Ui s, thread, soap
and other small anil I es. When his
needs are of a nature not so purely
personal, if. for instance, he is to pain;
the ship, :;:en,i a piece of rigging or
peif,,any one of the hundred or
inure odd jobs necessary to keep the
ship in trim, he noes to the equipment
yeoman, the keeper of the stores need?
ed for the ship only, and eels what lie
wants. Bui first he rnusi have an or?
der fur the articles, and then must sign
a receipt for tTifcin, for the government,
though not s'i?t? wams lo know
where every oenny goes and for what
II is spent.
Tin- engineers' department has a
yeoman also, and lb him the engineers.,
though they are commissioned olllcers
il. ' . f. - V j ?-, |.i i ,
Oil used on hearings and clanks. This
yeoman has his oiilee next to the en-,
fiino looms, J.-J.-.1 there the same form
has t,, he jaets ihronsh with, no mat?
ter what is wanted. Oils, metal for re?
pairs, tools, pans of tin- machinery are
kept in these storerooms, and the en?
gineers' yeoman is keeper of them all.
The pay yeoman has the duty also of
dispensing the daily rations to the
ciew, in order thai the sailors may get
neither too i,;?;?;; car too tittle. The
sanor (mi s no! nave to give a receipt
for hi:; food, tail all that Jack cats Is
charged against him, not to be paid
for by him, but as a part of his earn- |
lags.
In addition to the duty of dispensing
the many artic les used on shipboard,
the yeoman has to make out all re?
quisitions for them when needed, and
woe be unto him if he makes it mis?
take and the ship leaves port short of
a supply in any particular. He stands
as a sort of a mentor over the sailor,
and while there is no rale giving him
authority over the sailors' morals, yet
Jack stands in a'we of him. Many a
time he refrains fiom some prank or
other that would end in Iiis having
to ,n to the yeoman and explain why
certain things bad happened to him ot?
to his clothes or lo a pat t of the ship's
out tit. Ho would have to tell the
truth, and he knows that he would be
soundly and roundly lectured. If the
matter was anything serious, the yeo?
man would have to report him to the
captain, and then the sailor would be
in trouble. This moral right of the
yeoman comes with the fact that he is
a petty officer, and one of Jack'? first
lessons, and it is often a hard oue but
always well learned, Is lo use respect
in his actions toward a man with a
rank.
While supplying the sallorman with
the necessaries ot life. Uncle Sam does
not forget the luxuries, and. though
Jack afloat nowadays docs not get his
grog, lnt has Iiis tobacco if lie is of
the mind to buy it. and gets it from
the window where he obtains his
clothes. He pays a few cents a pound
for it; just enough to pay the cost of
manufacture. It is the juicy, highly
flavored plug, hated by the average
landsman, but loved by the sailor.
From the same man the sailor buys his
pipes, too, und all the odds and ends
that lie may need.
IltitilM <;<> Kur Knnucti.
Mrs. Proudilc, the wife of the Bishop
of Copeminster, in England, does ad?
mirable work by going among poor
own experiences and giving them
wholesome advice. She did so the
other day at Mudhttry. near Copemin?
ster. Next day the rector's daughter
at Mudbury said to oue of the audi?
ence of the previous evening: "Well
Mrs. Toddle, what do you think of Mrs.
Proiidie's address?" "Oh, it was very
good veiy good; but, you see, she
only went half way." '-Whatever do
you mean. Mrs. Toddle?" said the
young lady. "Well, miss, she didn't
tell us what she does when Mr.
ITondie comes home drunk. We
should like a little advice on that 'ere
point:"
A torpedo boat was successfully
transferred by rail from Sit. Petersburg
to Sebastopol a little while ago, and
a number of others will now be sent
in the same way to the Ulack Sea
fleet,
tlcifut'y In Comets.
French women, who have reduced
dress to a science, hold that the most
important item of the toilet of a well
groomed woman is the corset. The
French woman wears a short corset of
cream or black satin, embroidered in
her favorite color. There is a wide
heading at the top through which is
drawn a ribbon the color of the em?
broidery. The bottom of the corset is
bound in wider satin ribbon. This it
to prevent the steels or whalebones
from bending inward anil hurling the
flesh, and to prevent the suspender
garters, which are often pinned to the
sides of the corset, from tearing It.
Violet CIaM]jM In Voicue.
A new pin is a violet clasp, with
dainty arms of filagree silver, which
ojien by operating a spring at the back.
The silver or gilt arms are wide, and
open for the stems of these delicate
flowers, clasping them closely, but not
so much so as to crush the stems. Lov?
ers of these sweet flowers are able to
wear them at least twice as long as
when fastened by the harsh, cutting
pin, which hastened their drooping.
The elasp itself ia highly ornamental,
as well us novel and useful.
Women und Athletic*.
Many society women have taken up
I athletics as a hobby, and the bicycle
has been an inestimable boon to a
large percentage of them. The duchess
of Fife used to take a keen interest In
fencing, and to he very proud of her
skill, while Mine Nord lea had a fancy
?for boxing, and took lessons in the art
from a famous teacher. The duchess
of Westminster is a clever cricketer,
> and there are a few society dames who
thoroughly enjoy rMe-shooting and are
excellent markswoman.
Popularity of Hluuaea.
White blouses are popular this sum?
mer, as they have been this winter; not
alone the spotless batiste and linen
shirtwaists, but the white satin, silk,
lace and chiffon garments. Fancy
blouses of all kinds are as popular as
ever, and there seems to be no end to
their variety. A dainty blouse Is made
of yellow glace silk with vest and col?
lar of white satin, a cream lace Jabot
bow, and lines of yellow chiffon puffing,
with a narrow frill of black laco trim
mine the front.
?flvf.<?ch f)w*-r?t? it?ftne Jilfcrl?? i.?
"tiddluui qlialn.V
Miss Natalie Schenck of Babylon, L,.
J., started an "endless chain" of let?
ters to* raise money for the Ice Plant
Auxiliary of the National Red Cross
society. Four weeks later Postmaster
Dowden and Chief of Police Weeks
of that village were in despair, and Miss
Schenck and her mother have asked
papers to announce that they wish-the
chain broken and the inllux of letters
and money to cease.
Miss Schenck is 17 years old. She
took a great interest in the war and
decided to help the Red Cross move?
ment. Her mother is a cousin if Mrs.
August Belmont, and during the sum
mer they live with Mrs. Schenck's
brother, Mr. Matthew Morgan, it was I
from Mr. Morgan's house that Miss
Schenck wrote to a number of her
friends asking each of them to send .
her 10 cents and to write to four o?
their friends with the. same request.
The letter sent out was as follows:
"The ice plant auxiliary in connec?
tion with the National Red Cross, be?
ing in need of money to supply the am?
bulance ships, a chain has been formed
to collect some, and if you. on receiv?
ing this, will make four copies and
send them to four of your .friends you
will greatly help the wounded soldiers.
When you have made four copies,
please rgturn this letter to Miss Na?
talie Schenck. Babylon, Long Island,
with 10 cents inclosed. The number
starts at one and ends at one hundred,
so that the person receiving the lat?
ter number will send 1U cents to Miss
Schenck, same address, without mak
copies. Please number the tiead of
each copy and make them exactly like
this one, only number the next high?
est number and sign your name ami
address to each copy. Please make no
delay in sending out copies, and. above
all, do not break the chain that means
so much to our brave soldiers on land
and sea."
Within three days Miss Sclienck had
received three or four answers. The
next day the number was slightly in?
creased. Within a week Postmaster
Dowden noticed that she was getting
a hundred letters a day.
"That's a good many." said Postmas?
ter Dowden, "but all of a sudden
things took a big jump. The post of?
fice was swamped by Miss Schenck's
letters. 1 had to hire an extra clerk,
and one morning over 3,500 letters
came to her in the one mail."
Then Postr?'ster Dowden began re?
ceiving leite." of inquiry asking if
Miss Schenck was really collecting
money for the Red Cross, or if it was a
swindle.
"They inclosed stamps," said Ihe
postmaster mournfully, "so I had to
answer them. I am not obliged to an?
swer letters of inquiry, but if 1 don't
then some kicker writes to Washing?
ton that I am keeping their stamps.
Why, I've sent hundreds of answers tu
inquiries, simply taking their letters
and indorsing them 'This is O. K." "
Of the letters received, more than
2,000 contained no money. The ex?
cuses were many and varied. Many ol
the writers declared their hostility tc
the scheme. One woman wrote sis
closely written pages explaining thai
_J ? o thai oho on ila
not afford to write the four letters re?
quired, but she approved of the scheme
She failed to inclose 10 cents, how?
ever. ?
Art letters were not like these. 1'he
majority contained dimes, but several
had dollar bills, and a number sent
checks. The postmarks showed that
the chain had reached to every stat<
In nut lintM. zt Ce.'.<ada. to Mexico
and" even to uuoa. A letter coiiiamm!;
a dime came from Mrs. McKinley; an?
other came :'rom Mrs. James A. Oar
field, while a letter from President .Mc?
Kinley is saved and is highly prized
The Hon. Levi P. Morton also sent a
dime, as did each member of his fam?
ily.
"This is undoubtedly the most suc?
cessful endless chain ever started.'
said Mrs. Schenck, "and had I realixet
what my daughter was starting, 1
would have stopped it. We did not
consider what the patriotic American:
were capable of. We want it stopped.'
Mr. Morgan thinks that Postmastei
Dowden deserves great credit. "The
daily mail in this village." said Mr
Morgan, "does not average over .'100 let?
ters a day. Here it jumps to nearly
twenty times as much. I think tin
government ought to stand the extra
expense Postmaster Dowden is put to
and if it don't I will."
The following table will show just
how far an "endless chain" will g<
when the "multiplier is four and tlu
series is continued only to twenty:
2. 1(
3 . CJ
4. 25t
5 . 1,024
6. 4.09C
7 . 10,38-1
8.:.,. 05,53?
9 -".. 202,14-1
10 . 1,048,571
11 . 4.194.30-1
12 . 1C.777.2K
13 . ?7,108.80-!
14 . 205,435,451
15......... 1,073,741,821
1G . 4,291,007,291
17 . 17,179,809,18-1
18 . 68.719,470.730
19 . 274,877,900,94-1
20 .1,099,511,027,776
To Banish A Iii?.
Ants can often be driven away by
sprinkling about their haunts ashef
saturated with coal oil. They can be
trapped and killed by placing sweet
oil where they can ha"ve access to it,
as they are very fond of it, hut it has
the effect to close their spiracles and
thus kids oy asphyxia.
He to re I lie H,.<r Until...
"I wondllh." said Jolotiel Stillwell,
"if there ahe any Ke-.jlucky gentlemen
on that bo'd of strategy."
"What has that question tp do with
the case?"
"Well, suh, I unde.-stand they have
Admiral Cervera bottled up. Hut thare
vee.uis to be some difficulty about tiud
iu' a cawkscrew."
Kim e of Jtahir.
"Private Quickstep didn't tell the
truth when lie said he wasn't married,"
said one ofiii er.
"fate you inform?tion to tbe con
irtett'- 'tb'iiurht UM 'tfitf?1,
"No, finv h?j wb'< w^iWiim i? his
sltiop lu?t lliifiit, Hf.fJ wit?li wo Ht,?9li ?
where im was goliijC t e etdd Ho pat the
?at' out ana sue If the basement door
was locked.' " (
"Kaiser Wilhelm." remarked Rivers, J
'seems to be fishing for trouble." "You
refer, of course." said Brooks, "to his; 1
larping about our war."
Auntie?V.'hen 1 was your age I nev
?r told a lie. Tommy.
Tommy?When did you begin, aim- ;
:ie?
A FRIENDLY CHAT.
Mrs. Almon Heiisley's Ituiiiitng Common- I
tury on Tliuely Tuyirn.
The ease anil grace with which one |
Introduces two or more people to oue j
another or to euch other is, perhaps, |
the sign-manual of that person's j
knowledge of the correct rules of so?
cial intercourse; for the basis of all i
polite acquaintance, the introduction, '
is frequently the first rock of dis- |
pleasure or Inconvenience upon which |
etiquette is wrecked. Many men and i
women who know intimately far more j
complicated points of social cove* j
uaucc.aro cheeked, often embarrassed
by the simple function of making two
people known to each other, and, fre- i
tiueutly, perform the ceremony in a
manner thai leaves an irritating im?
pression upon tlie minds of those who
have been introduced. An awkward
uncongenial introduction is a social
crime. It may unfortunately create
nil unpleasant impression, and render
two persons inimical to each other
who otherwise would have been de?
lighted with .the newly formed ac
iptaintaiice.
The tirst point for consideration is I
the certainty of knowing beforehand j
it' the two parties are willing to be?
come acouainted. This point is j
waived in business circles, to a great ;
extent, and under certain conditions !
in middle class circles; bin it is al?
ways a proper and agreeable motive
and among i In- best people is au im
perative rub'. Naturally, it is correct
lo introduce the junior lo the senior,
the lady ;,? the gentleman, or Hie per?
son oi less rank socially, politically or
otherwise to the superior. The Pres?
ident of the L'nited Stales, for the
linn- being, is the social superior of
any millionaire of the Four Hundred.
A convenient form is, "Mrs. Mon?
tague, allow ine lo make you ac?
quainted with Mr. I'.enticy"; or "Miss
Turner, may 1 have the pleasure of
introducing -you to Mr. Wilsen." A
very agreeable way when both pat?
ties are ui' the same sex. is, "Mrs.
Ur.hisden. 1 should like very much to
have you l.tiaw Miss Brown." Tino.,
a i'. w words may be a,bled of the
pleasure lie- introducer has in bring?
ing two cngenial persons together, if
the desire is heartfelt. Strict social
eiLsiinns arc in reality, based upon the
kindliest motives. Ii is of course, iui
' perative thai the attention of bolh
1 parlies be secured before wie Intro?
duction is iiiade. as nothing is more
awkward than the mnlteuiioii of one
or other.
i When making two strangers ac
: quuinted, a tactful hostess would
t casually mention some subject in
1 which ihoy are likely lo lind a topic
for conversation, for it is very dilli
cult for some people to begin a con?
versation with complete strangers
Criticism of the oilier guesis present.
, to which resource some harrassed
! people tly. is not altogether safe, put
, ling aside iis inter lack of politeness
" and the generosity of bean that is not
prone to indulge in invidious remarks.
There is the vexed i|iiestioii of what
lo do with the Lands when an itilro
duel ion is in progress; one sees it
dawning in the eyes of one not sure
.if tin- correcl etiquette of the mo?
ment.
A handshake of two ladies of like
1 position, newly introduced, is quite in
order, but ii is nol usual for a lady
to shake band-- when a gentleman is
Introduced to her. It is the lady's
place to oiler her band, if she ih
I sin?. She is perfect master of this
I right, and I lie omission of her out
l stretched hand does not indicate any
; intention of displaying coldness or a
slight. Bui the man who offers bis
hand in an in I roil net ion evinces an
> ignorance of etiquette, and no law re?
quires the lady to accept the proffered
palm, if she does not care lo do so.
Ordinarily, site would not. for bis in?
itial performance has been offensive
t to her sense of polite decorum.
At a dinner parly, the hostess must
introduce her guests to one another
j but she cannot be expected to do Ibis
at a crowded "at home" or evening
gat bering: it. therefore, becomes per
I tnissible for the visitors lo introduce
their friends who may be tnmcqtiMint
1 ed to each oilier. . It is also considered
natural for strangers to address each
' oilier casually, if they happen to be
[ silling near each oilier, lor the fact
' that they are minimi friends of the
' hostess is suHicieiit social recom
> liiemlaiion.
I However high the Social standing of
? Hie gentleman,, a lady takes prccetl
! mice of him. ami he is introduced to
i her, and the President of the United
! States is no exception to Ibis rule.
I At a ball a gentleman may be in
; troduceil b>" u steward, or another
1 gentleman recently introduced, but
; the holy is nol bound afterward to
[ acknowledge the person thus made
j known to her.
When making an inlreduction, the
mimes should lie id len d clearly and
, distinctly, so that there may be no
, doubt about them; and when intro?
ducing a relative, it is convenient to
say. "My cousin (or brother); Mr.
-," so thai the connection may he
recognized. Ii is not n.ssar.v to in?
troduce the newcomer who stops you
in i In- si red when you are walking
wilb a friend Ullis refers alone to
gentlemen), and if It is a lady who
slop-; your lady companion?though
it is doubtful whether she has tho
right to do so, unless she is a near
relative or an extremely intimata
friend?your companion may intro?
duce .vidi or not, as she pleases. Gen?
erally, there are too many introduc?
tions, and some people make violent
elrorts to escape what they regard as
a " bore." j
MRS. ALMON-riENSLEY. X
. ?. =- -Im. .V?,
i'lOjlHIlUi???. *
A Norwegian proverb says, ''The ship
hat has once seen the sun set on a
ield of ice, will always return to it."
.Vith the Pram this certainly will
irove to be the case, for in these days
die again sets sail for Polar seas.
Already in the autumn of 1890, short
y alter the world had been electrified
jy the news of the return of Nausen
ind the Pram, her captain. Otto Syer
Irup, began planning a second arctic
expedition. Before, however, publicly
inno'un'cing Iiis intentions, he laid his
scheme before English and Sesndina
i'ian scientists, and went carefully over
Iiis plans with Nansen; the former
igreed with him, that were he success?
ful iu accomplishing what he intended,
the" trip would ba of great scientific
value: the latter naturally fired Sver
drup with his usual enthusiasm and
encouragement. Captain Sverdrup had
but to suggest his plan to wealthy Nor-; '
wcgians of scientific interests in order
instantly to receive promise of such
support ::s to remove all financial ob?
stacles, oven should the government
veto an appropriation.
The Pram's first expedition had, of
course, shown its captain in which
ways she fell short of, as well as sur?
passed, expectations, and how she bore (
the very varying stress and strain of
polar seas. Although the ship bad
most admirably withstood the packing
and grinding of the ice. as well'as in?
ternally fulfilled the wants of stub an
expedition, stiii Captain Sverdrup had
observed several ways in which she
could mure fuUy meet requirements.
Remodelling the shin, he thought,
might cost about $5.000, but later he
found thai it would amount to about
$0;?i)i). In the spring of 1 S'.'T a peti?
ta:.:, accompanied by a hearty recom?
mendation from Nansen, was laid be?
fore the Shoi tiling requesting an ap?
propriation of inone;. sufficient to cov?
er the expenses. It was instantly and
enthusiastically voted by both Radicals
and Con.o-': vat ires. .
The entire cos; of the necessary pro?
vision; was defrayed by the, toothers
Ringnncs and Cons;.: i'eiherg, and the
Frau? was ready aud transformed early
this spring.
W ith Nausen meeting success, after
having sailed out in the face of so
much criticism and scepticism, Sver?
drup found it unnecessary to explain
his intentions or support his views in
order to gain confidence or belief. The
course of his trip is in the main us fol?
lows: First, to creep along the west?
ern coast of Greenland, through
Smith's Sound and the Kennedy and
Robinson Straits, tu the northwestern
coast, and from there out into Lin?
coln's ? Sea. well known from Mark
h: in's voyage in 1870. Sverdrup hopes
to re,u ii Robinson Strait by August,
the time of year when it is freest from
Ice. In Lincoln's Sea. somewhere near
G:Copland's coast, he hopes to seek
winter quarters. Then, the following
spring or summer, the journey will
continue around the northern shore of
Greenland (Greenland, according to the
latest investigations, is supposed to be
ah island), and drift with the polar
current down the eastern shore. The
course of the trip is. therefore, mainly
a circumnavigation of Greenland.
Sverdrup's greatest difficulty, should
he succeed in getting round the north
of Grei aland, will undoubtedly be
when endeavoring to force the Pram
out of ike "pack-ice." by which she
would gradually bo carried southward
with the polar curi'eat. His succeed?
ing In doing tttis with the Pani in the
summer of i;>9? was what earned for
him Nansc-u's remark, at a dinner of
the Norwegian Geographical .-.octety.
"I ouhsaif-r," NfiiiE?ii said, "Sverdrup's
freeing o <r ; hi.i from the horrible
crush oi :!.c <? : i ?Ice .vhi. Ii surrounded
her the greaic .1 a. iiiev, i.e-nt ever per?
formed in arctic icgioi.r.."
The aim of ' !.;. itp's journey la
merely one of scientific research, and
hol, as Nansen':; party was, to teach
the axis of the pole. Besides a study
of the meteorological, magnetic, and
other physical conditions of these part?
ly unknown regions, much of the work
will be ah accurate examination of
the palaeocrystic ice, as well as the
oceanic, and the stretches of land that
arc passed. The geology of the coun?
try also will be investigated, the depth,
percentage of salt, and temperature of
the sea, the flora and fauna of the re?
gions, etc.
With the Pram as their station,
many sledding expeditions will be
made in order to locate definitely the
geographical position of islands and
coast, and as Sverdrup recently put it
in a speech at the recent fete of Nor?
wegian geologists, "to color the white
ignorance of our maps."
In one respect a radical departure
has been made in the Pram's equip?
ment, namely, in the use of petroleum
for lighting as well as heating, instead
of electricity. The large quantity of
coal needed for heating as well as for
motor force has now been replaced by
t wenty tons of petroleum.
The Danish government has, aa
usual, done much towards the success
of the trip. When the Pram teaches
Godhavn, Greenland, she will there
find sixty tons of coal awaiting her,
as well as the so necessary dogs. In
Scoresby Sound a station has been
placed at the disposition of Sverdrup.
The Greenland authorities in Godhavn,
Egedcs Minde. and Ppotnivik have also
received instruction from the home
government to aid in every possible
manner Sverdrup and his ship.
Samuel Stout of Nevvcomb, III., who
has just been grafted a patent for a
1 farm gate, is said to be the oldest per
j son to whom a patent right has ever
I been attended. Mr. Stout is over 80
I years of age.
: Harbor T>*.f?nse*.
j The American naval victories early in
; the war removed all fear of Spanish
j invasion which had been felt in the
Atlantic Coast cities; but then there was
? never very great danger. This illusira
l lioii is of the Zalinski fifteen inch pneu
T1IK 'f.Kl. tisiti ous.
malic dynamite pin at Sandy Hook, at
the entrance of New York Harbor, and
is a sample of our, coast defences.