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The Tnn4lberian railway Is not the complete piece or equipment which It Is popularly suppose* to be.' It Is
not even actually continuous, for at Lake Baikal passengers and goods must be trans-shipped across the lake. In
winter this, of course, has to be done on the Ice. The Illustration shows troops being hurried serosa Lake Baikal on
the way to tfce cast. As soon as it became evident that war was inevitable the Russlsns put an enormous force of
men at walk laying tracks across the lake.
THE
RUSSIAN
ARMY.
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DLONKL SIR HOWARD
VINCENT, the Xnfliuli
writer on military nul?
Jects, secins to ImTe a kigli
oplnlou of the Ruswlau
Army as a tightlug ma
mine. in an article In the United 8er- 1
rice Magazine be Intimates that the
RawtlHiiD liad little to learn about the
7a1ur> of mounted Infantry from tbe
floor War, because it was a branch of
the fcervlce to which they paid particu
lar attention before the war with Tur
key At that time Colonel Vincent
uarie this prediction: "The dragoon*
rill render ?i>e<*ial service. They are
m reality mounted rifles, and for their
?mployment the Turk lab campaign Ik
peculiarly adapted. Alone of all tbe
powers lb Kurope the KtittKinns have
recognised, the great utlllt v of mounted ?
Infantry. They moves in threes; tbe ,
centre file holds the liors* of bis com
rades on either side when the order to
.act on foot is given. The horse detach
ment remaiua uuder the command of
the Kenlor subaltern. He Ik directed to
1ieep under trover, yet near at baud.
1E? CROSS FREE 1.0DGMG HOUSE AT
POUT AKTHUft.
that the word *To horse!' may be Im
mediately put into execution to charge
disheartened Infantry, to meet cavalry
face to face, to seize a position or to
retire swiftly before superior num
bera."
Of these dragoons, says Colonel Vin
cent, there are now fifty-six regiments
In ^lie service, "wholly apart from the
sixteen regiments of Cossacks. the
finest mounted infantry in the world,
equally good on horse or on foot, dare
devils, to whom riding and horseman
?hip is as much second nature as to the
old Boers of the Transvaal." What
of the infantry soldier? If Colonel
Vincent is not a Russian partisan, Ivan
I* the stuff of which a hardy fighting
man ,1* made. "In march lug the Rus
sian Infantry." says the English spe
cialist, "baa absolutely no equal." But
we remember that the Japanese were
the most nimble of all the footsoldiers
who took part in the China campaign,
ind it is well known that the Jap
anese peasant wnlkx like a horse. We
cannot believe that t lie Russian la
ya quick on his feet, although lie may
?ndure longer than the rice-eating Jap
anese. Th6 Russian foot soldier. Col
onel Vincent tells us, is the soul of
. good nature and Is full of fun. "The
Russlau," he says, "does not yield to
the Italian In his love for song or to
tbe Spaniard In his love for dancing
A RUSSIAN HORSE GUARD.
and fan. They sing every Inch of the
way, add often a dancer nil! step In
front of hie company and by merry
carnival antics ?en.l tlie laughter
round." Lord Wolseley once wrote
a preface to a book of marching songs
In which he Mid; "The soldier who
?Inge ae he marches, marches to vic
tory." One la surprised to learn from
Colonel Vincent that the Russian in
fantryman la a * handy" man, who
can do, or will try to do, anything that
It asked of him, "If he la taken the
right way." He rarely goes campaign
1ng until twenty-three or twenty-four
years of ago, ao that, says Colonel Vio
'cent, he McapM "many 'constitutional
dangers of extreme youth.**
But oue cannot help doubting
whether the Russians will be able to
A RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
A member of the -Klghty -eighth Regi
ment of Infantry, the "I'etrofsky Regi
ment," in marching costume. **
transport over thek single track Si
berian railway ? uougb hornet* to keep
their mounted Infantry properly sup
plied. "The horse provision for such
an enormous mounted force/* says Col
onel Vincent, speakiug of the whole or
early months of the campaign.? New
ganixatlon, "each regiment ? of six
Hquudrons requiring JOOO horses, neces
na rlly entails the most elaborate ar
rangements." But there are the field
and horse batteries to be supplied, as
well as the Cossack and dragoou regi
ments. For each field battery attached
to an Infantry division 207 horses are
required, and the horse battery, which
accompanies cavalry, must have 250.
This, problem of furnlslilug mounts
and draught animals at a front several
thousand milex- from the home base
would severely tax the energy of a
transportation department that bad a
THE RUSSIAN ?? HUNTER SCOUTS."
They are known as "Ochotnlkikou
maiidti." Tin* corps never unfixes bay
onotH, mid Ih composed of picked shots,
sixteen men being taken from each
battalion to reconnoitre by night.
well ballasted four-track railway at ItH
service, it in more than probable that
whole regiments of cavalry will have
to tight an dismounted uien during the
York Evening Sun.
Renovallnx Old Paper.
With the growing scarcity of good
material for the milking of paper on
which to print the enormous editions
of the dally newspapers of the world
and for all the various other uses to
wbh'li paper is applied, it Is encourag
ing to learn that a process has been
discovered by which old newspapers,
maga/.iues, etc., can be rejuvenated
and converted into paper suitable for
publishing purposes once more. The
old paper is put through a heating pro
cess and then treated with a prepara
tion costing from $1.25 to a ton.
which lifts the Ink from the paper,
leaving It Is white as when It was
delivered from the mills the first time.
Enough paper has already been run
off to be used In several newspaper
offices, so the enterprise seems des
tined to succeed.? Salem (Muss.) Ob
server.
Putillratlbn Hnpt?r*?a*il.
A young lady explained to a printer
the difference In printing and publish
ing and In conclusion said: "Now you
may print a kiss on my cheek, but you
must not publish It." With that he
locked the fair form in his arms and
went to press.? New England Grocer.
While London Is steadily growing,
the population of the "city" Is con
stantly decreasing. In 1871 It was 47,
000; to-day It Is 80,000. Nearly ftOOO
of It* buildings are not luhablted at
nlgkt
How Thay Worked It.
"Is there much shooting In your dis
trict now?" asked the stag from the
Esst of the stag from the West, whom
be happened to meet at the lake, where
both hud gone to qnencb their thirst.
"Not ns much as there used to be,"
replied the stag from out of the West.
"Now and then one of our number is
shot, but not often. You see. we hsve
tlxed the gunners so that they are satis
fled, and we get a chance to enjoy our
old age with our children."
"How do you work It?" asked the
deer from the kast. becomlug at onee
Interested In so vital n question.
"Well, we are quite proud of our
Hellenic, " said the Westerner. "We
hired a woodsmau to help us out In our
scheme. When one of our number dies
we have Ills bead mounted on a. bourd.
Now. you must know that' these hunt
ers eare not for our carcass, but ouly
long to carry home a trophy of their
adventure to hang upon the wall at.
home and brag aiiont. 80 we get our
friend the woodsman to tie one of
these mounted stag's heads to a tree
In the forest, and when the bold hunter
comes along that way he sees It. In
stantly he levels his gun and tires. Of
course he hits it every time, carries
it home in triumph, hangs It upon his
OF COURSE HI HITS IT.
wall, and points with pride to the hole
hi* bullet made. Yon see. It saves our
liven. Cood scheme, hey?"
"Capital," said ihe other. "I shall
try It myself."? Hunter Knott, lu the
Mirror and Farmer.
Utwi la Chll*.
"There has not been u particle of ruin
or muow in certain parts of Chile Mince
1823." Haid ltelnhold Uudlof, u young
inuu from that country, who bus come
to America to study the trude condi
tions. lie i? stopping at the 1'tlster.
"If it should rain now, there would be
million* of dollars' worth of saltpeter
deHtroycd lu u single night. The Amer
ican Ambassador to Chile, I see by the
press dispatches, Is urging AmerlcanM
to Invest In the saltpeter mine* there.
I meet thousands of persons who do
not know what the chinchilla is. It In
'"the fur from the animal of the sumc
'tin me which Is found only in the salt
peter mines. The fur Is wonderfully
soft and line. The animal greatly re
sembles a rat In appearance, and Is
found nowhere else except In the^|lt
peter mines."? Milwaukee Kvenkig
Wisconsin.
oilmen* la Manrhurtn.
The finest ginseng In Asia grows In
Manchuria. That fact inay in a
measure account for the preparations
making by Chlua for checkiug ltussia.
The gentlemen of the Flowery King
dom not only worship the plants that
looks like "legs aud , thighs," but eat
it as well, and if the Manchuriati crop
is lost to them China will decay.
AtMlltAL ALEXir.PP.
Thin officer, Alde-de-CJamp-Ueneral to
the Cznr, whh lart autumn appointed
"Viceroy of tlie Far Kast." Intrusted
with the elvll admin tat ration of the
Amur IHatrlct and adjacent dependen
clea, he was alao given command of
llusala's military and naval forces ia
Eastern Asia, ?
Kre Vtghtfcs
Dtvic*V
T
Sill te bo farce ftr?
which doN not supply In
t*wm kMt and blinding
mote In larse quantities,
and tk?M are the greatest
obstacle* which the Ira lighters hart
to combat In their efforts to rescue llf?
and property. Numerous expedient*
have been resorted to for enabling
them to do this with comfort end
safety; sad we take pleasure In pisc
ine before our readers the mechanics!
contrivance recently exhibited by the
Are department of Chsrlottenburg, neer
Berlin.
To protect the fireman from the wsll
of Same snd dense cloud of smoke,
while st the ssme time ensbling him
to plsy water upon the burning bond
ing, Is the mstn object of the inven
tion. *? '--? "?i--' ?
The Swift nomsW has a simple snnn
A WATIK UADK.
tar mouthpiece, which Is about two
centimeters back of the stream exit,
and situsted behind a collar cast upon
the noxsle itself. The walls of the
latter are perforated to the Interior,
and over these perforations, for the
purpose of deflecting the Issuing water,
a beveled sleeve Is threaded. The
screwing in and out of this sleeve pro
duces the variety of protective screen*
ahown oiu the cuts. The contrivance Is
very simple, easily manipulated, and
'ita degree of efficiency Is amply demon
strated. 4
In the picture, a combination of the
Swift noxsle with the smoke hood and
?peaking apparatus is shown. Provided
with oxygen to breathe and a veil of
water to keep back the heat, the man
can enter most dangerous places, and
by reason of bis ability to communi
cate with his comrades without, can
keep them informed as to the work of
progress within. By means of the
Swit noszle he can. as occasion de
mauds, extinguish the flames with a
widespread spray or a powerful and
well-directed solid stream.
The auioke hood In use here la the
Invention of Herr Konig. It consist*
of n sort of diver's hood provided with
glass eyes and valves for the exit of
air, . which la pumped into the hood
through a wire bound tube or hose at
tached to flremaira waist and carried
up his back to the entrace into the
hood. Konig's mode of speaking to the
men outside was effected through tli"
column of air In the tube, but this
has been Improved by running a tine
telephone wire throughout the length
of the hose, connecting a microphone
speaker opposite the mouth of the
operating fireman with a receiver at
the engine or pumping station. Three
men are necessary for the effective
employment of this combination? one
to do the work in the face of the dan
ger, one to look after the air tube and
life line attached to the first, and ons
to attend to the phone and the water
hose leading likewise to the first.? Sci
entific American.
SENATOR HANNA'S
SUCCESSOR.
Senator Dick.
(ieneral Charles I>lck, the successoi
of Senator llanna, Ih known as "one of
the llanna boys" in Buckeye State
polities. He has served several terms
In Congress, ami represents a district
overwhelmingly llepuhllcan. He wan
Iwru In Akron In 18f?8. and Ik a lawyer
by profession. He If* a bright and pop
ular member in Washington, and Ip
said to have been the choice of Mesa tor
llanna for the place, in the event of th#
Senator's death.
What ConitltatM a OhIIcmmT
A gentleman Is always careful to
avoid *?ven the appearance of famil
iarity In addressing a woman.
He never forgets the respect due to
age.
Never makes a woman conspicuous
when In his company.
Is careful of the way he speaks to
young girls.
Always considers a woman before
himself and nerer abuses aay confi
dence received from on*.
i
ptocR r
\fldVentorc.
'IN SON CRUSOE.
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BARLB3 GARL8BX. the
Rofclnaon Cnuoe of Clip
perton Iilaad, came back
a few weeks ago to San
Fraaciaco and clvlllaatioa
on the steamer Peru. For
rourteen be Uv?d all alone on
the barren rock, bis only companion
during tbat time being a dq|, bealdet a
docen chickens, the myriads of sea
fowl and the bis crabs that make their
habitation on the flat Island. Except
for a rather fierce mustache and a cow
boy hat Carlaen looked like anything
but an exile as be stood on tbe Peru's
deck.
Garlsen took tbe position of lone
watchman on Cllppertou Island from
the Pacific Islsnds Company, which
has a concession for the lock and its
guano deposits. On Februsry 4 tbe
schooner Uns called at Cllppertou, and
Carlsen, sccompsnled by bis dog, em
bsrked for Champerlco, where he
caught tbe Peru and came directly to
8s n Francisco.
I "I kuew what to expect when 1 went
to Cllpperton," snltl Car I Hen. "The
men who bad been there as keepers be
fore me bad always had companions.
I was the first to volunteer to stay
there alone. Time psssed slowly, but
( busied myself In working here and
there, snd I read and wrote a great
leal. My dog was companionable, and
( grew so attached to uiy chickens that
lot one of them served me for a meal.
?:i saw only one vessel In the four
I teen months, and that was the British
war-ship Shearwater. She passed close
to tbe Islaud and a boat was lowered.
( hulled from the reef, bnt the boat did
not come in. When, the lina picked me
ap I was getting tired of (he job. Three
aien are now on the island to keep each
ather company. My health was im
proved by the expe.'iciice.
"At first 1 busied myself making re
pairs to the buildings and implements
that were ^uuler my charge, aud in my
brief hours of leisure made friends
with my dog and chickens. The crow
Df tbe roosters and the bark of the dog
were the only sounds that broke the
stlllues* of the loug mouths, except for
the strange sound of a shouting of men
one duy last December, when a boat's
crew from the British cruiser ap
proached close to the shore while their
vessel was at anchor near by.
"The island Is about 700 miles off the
Central American shore, and the coast
lug steamers uever pass wlthiu sight
of It. All over the island, which is only
about ten feet above tbe surface of the
?ea. thousands of crabs are always
crawling, but they are harmless. The
'sea birds were so tame that 1 could
pick them up from their nests, and I
was careful to maintain a close friend
ship with them. The birds' eggs, with
the canned provisions that had been
left for me, together with the sea air,
made me a healthier inau than ever be
fore, though I was a robust sailor be
fore I went there.
"Would I return to solitude of the
Island again? Yes, 1 would not mind
going bsck. One gets used to the soli
tude and comes td look upon his ani
mal friends as though they were al
most human. Occasionally I would
yearn for the presence of a human
companion, but that feeling would soon
pass away. Since I have returned I
feel out of place in the noise and bus
tle of civilization.
"Why some men select the existence
of a hermit I can r.ow tinders* a ml.
There is certainly a fascination about
a berinlt life. There is a calm and an
absence of worry tbat makes one dis
like taking up tl>c cares of life among
his fellow-men again. As to the .??i
Dials with which I was surrounded. I
came to understand them, and they ap
peared to understand me so well that
we were like companions. They al
most seemed to know what I was say
ing when I would talk to them, aud I
learned that each had a language of its
own by which he made himself known
to his fellows.
"I believe that one spending his life
as I have speut the past fourteen
months would live to an enormous age.
Tbe absence of care, the healthy sur
roundings and the prohibition of nil
forms of dissipation ought to keep a
man perennially young." ? New York
World.
HUNTING OPHIft'S LIONS.
When I?r. Karl Peters made his fa
monii Journey, during which lie ill Hoov
ered what lie says positively Is the
I .a ml of Oplilr of the Bible, he hnjl
Home thrilling adventures with lious
and leopards.
He tells this story about one of these
encounters:
"A negro came Into cnmp and re
ported that three lions had been seen
entering a thicket near the river. My.
companion, Bloecker, and I took our
stations near it, he being posted down
the river and I taking my position
near a great tree.
"The blacks circled the thicket with
howls and yells and flred shots Into it.
Almost Immediately the bushes parted
*nd with a tremendous, thundering
roar a magnificent lion bounded out.
He catue gnlloplng straight toward
the tree and I tired without having the
opportunity to take careful aim.
"My shot was a cleon miss. I pre
pared to give him the second shot out
>f my double-barreled rifle and waited
in order to get a good chance. But he
changed his tactics at the same mo
ment that I gave him uiy Qrsl shot, and
sprang at me.
."Four blacks stood between me and
itie beast at this moment, they having
msiied Into the way at the critical mo
ment. Hardly had they appeared in
his line of approach, before they were
lown, struck low by the terrible fore
oawa, with which he swept through
them like a reaper using a scythe.
"Barely had they gone down before
he leaped straight to ray side and fell
m a fifth negro, who had stepped
from behind the tree. He pulled the
man to the ground, ripped hla talons
'nto the body, aelxed hla victim by the
ihonlder with hla mighty teeth and
Ihook him a* If ha were a mouse.
"I sprang aside far enough to get into
line to shoot; the lion was poly three
tot from m* now. At this abort range
I nit mt ??iil bttiw into iul 1
M to a bit too high, m I fwrcd
to hit the mo under him. At the same
time I dared not aim high eawgh to
laub his backbone, as I feared that I
might mis*, owing to the frantic mo
?Jons of the furious beast.
"As sooa aa I ? track bias, the l!o<
dropped his prey and turned at me
For a moment wo stood face to face;
He looked at me with bis eyes green
wltb rage. At this moment I saw,
from the corner of my eye, that my
gun bearer was running away and wltb
him went my cartridges. 1 clubbed
my empty gun on the lustant to light
for my life, but little expectlug to
save It.
"The lion crouched, roared and fell
In hla tracks. Before I realised It. he
crawled toward the high grass and
disappeared In It. *
"He waa dying, and a little later we
found his body, only a few feet away;
but dying as be wan. he still managed
to cripple another negro for life; for
as he crept Into the grass, one of the
beaters ran directly Into him. and with
one blow of his paw be tore the ins n't
left hip cleau off.*'? New York Pro *s
A TEST OF DISCIPLINE.
English annals show many fine ex
amples of discipline in disaster at sea,
and both the army and the navy share
in the credit of them. Most persons re.
member the magnificent courage
aud coolness displayed by the men of
tlie Ill-fated Victoria, which >vas
rammed by the Camperdowu. in 189I5.
Many remember, too. how the model of
tlie vessel at the World's Fair in Chi
cago was draped with black when the
news came, aud how for long after
ward* the great crowds of Americans
that tiled by talked little and gaxed
gravely, tlie women often with dim
eyes, in tribute to the tragic and noble
page uewly written in the history of
the mother raw. I<onl Wolseley, in his
recent autobiography, tells how be once
camc near tdiaring such a fate with his
men on board the Transit, IhhiihI foi
India, when she struck a rock in a
dead calm, lie was a young lieutenant
then, but his vivid recollection of the
event has not waned in nearly lial: a
century.
"The bnglcs sounded our regimental
call, and we all ran down to our men.
who were still below, cleaning up aftet
their breakfast. All the troops were
carried on the main deck, except one
company, which was on the deck lie
low. aud ^tuatcd well forward. li
was a horrible quarter, below the
water level, and lit only by one solitary
caudle lantern. Each company took it
for a week in turn, and it was my coin
pauy's luck to be the unfortunate oc
cupants when the ship struck. 1'pon
reaching that dreadful lower region. I
formed the men, half on one side, half
on I he opposite side of the deck.
"There we stood in deadly silence
aud I know not for how long. The
abominable candle in the lautern sput
tered ami went out. We were in al
most absolute darkness, our only glim
mer of light coming down through a
small hatchway which was reached by
a narrow ladder. The ship began to
sink by the stern, so it was evident to
all that we hung on a rock forward
The augie of our deck with tlie sea
level became gradually greater, until
at last we had to hold on to the side*
of our dark submarine prison. M.v pre
dominant feeling was. of horrid rcpug
nance to the possibility, which became
the probability, of being drowned in
the dark, like a rat in a trap. I should
have liked to have a swim for my
at tlie last, the supreme moment: but
that would lie Impossible, if the abom
inable ship should slip off the rock.
" "If tJrcece must periah. I Thy will obey.
Hut lei me perish in the face of day.'
"The only aperture to the main deck
was very small, and most eyes were
kept riveted upon it. I am sure every
man now alive who was there must
shudder as he thinks of what seemed
j to us the interminable time were in
that pit. Every minute seemed an
(hour: but at last a face appeared at : lie
I aperture, and we were 'ordered on
deck."
All found refuge on a coral island
whence iu due time another vessel car.
ried them to their destination; and the
future tleld-iuarcbal proceeded with a
lighter kit. but the richer for a
precious exjierieiice In the value of ??*
cipllne. ?Youth's Companion.
CHA8i;i? BY WOLVK8.
W. K. Johnson, inspector of (lie I ??*!!
Telephone Company, ami .1. 11. Ainev,
a traveler, hud a terrible experience
i while drUIng in Stony Mountain,
write* I he Winnipeg eorresi>oiulent of
the Minnei>4M)liM Journal.
When about nix miles from Wiune
peg they noticed a park of eighteen
wolves following behind on the irall
They stopped and the pack took to the
bushes, and for some little distance
tliey were not seen again. .Toll n son
happened to glance behind him, and
saw a gray form running along in the
bush at the side of the road. Auothct
and another crossed an open space, so
the men put the whip to the horses.
This was the turning point. With
yelps and yells the wolves came out
into the open and galloped after the
sleigh. It was n race for life, the men
beiug unarmed and practically help
less. All they could do was t * lash
their horses.
i Gradually the wolves gained on Hie
team, and as they came within reach
Johnson beat at the wolves, while
Atuey flushed the horses. For three
miles the race continued. Kacli mo
meiit the men thought their end hud
come, but when the horses hud almost
fallen with exhaustion they reached
a settlement In Stony Mountain and
the wolves slunk off Into the bush.
Many residents sow the retreating
pack, and the torn robes hanging from
the back of Ihe sleigh were evidence
of the battle which the men lia.t gone
through.
The winter has been a very severe
one. the snow being too deep fot
wolves to obtain food. They have
been forced to settleirents vliere cat
tie and deer Innumerable have been
killed by them.
At a recent fashionable wedding In
I<ondou the lints of the bridesmaids
were trimmed with natural flowers;
and It l? predicted that the style will
be popular next summer.
It's an eu^y matter to gange a man's
wisdom. Draw blm Into a discussion
and if b? agreos with you lie'* sensible.
DYMC POLYNESIAN*
France baa Nc? t ao planned at tha
Ugh death rate among the native col
nniata la the Booth Seas t'i?t ahe haa
taken etepa to prevent their total as*
Unction. Reporta from theae farawajg
people tell of the ever Incrtaainf prer*
alence among them or leproey, ete*
phantlaala and other dlaeaaea born ei
Ignorance and evil customs. Field*
that once produced cotton and coffee
are returning to the Jungle from the
lack of hands to till them. The rare*
nnea of these island poeeceaton. wblchf
hare long only been a fraction of tho
an ma expended upon them, bare non(
decreased atlll further. ?
Three medical experts hare been aeal
by the French Government to French
Polynesia to atudy the chief canaea of
dlaeaae among the natlvea and to check
Ita ravages. The men aelectcd for thla
mission are Dr. H. Lou van. Dr. F.
Cassiau and Dr. Oraafelles. They are
now ou their way from Ban Frandaco
to Tahiti, the chief laland of the Soci
ety group, and the governmental head
quaners of all the French establish
ments In the South Pacitlc. From Ta?
hltl. the three doctors have planned to
go to other groups. Including the Mar
quesas, the Tuamatii and the Tlbnal
Islauds. Certain judicial powers will
be given the physicians to enable them
to enforce whatever sanitary lawa they,
may adopt.
When one considers the character la
tics of the 8outh 8ea Islands one soon
realises how tremendous are the diffi
culties of such a task. In spite of the
Christian missionary who baa labored
with him for nearly a century, he still
aeems unable to tell right from wrong.
He has abandoned cannibalism only;
to revive the secret and still more de
structive crime of Infanticide. Hla na
ture revolts at labor, and bis toll la
prompted only by hunger nud other
physical wants. It is impossible for
him to regard the marriage bend seri
ously. Impetuous and of weak will,
be is prone to excesses which render
him a ready prey to pestilence.
The degeneracy of the modern South
Sea Islander appears to have begun
when his knowledge of deep sea navi
gation ended. There was a time when
the natives of these widely scattered
bits of land sailed boldly from one to
nnother, and carried on war or com
merce with distant peoples. They had
learned that they could trust the stars
to guide them, and they built strong
ships almost as large as Mississippi
?t earners.
In the heyday of his civilization the
Polynesian erected great teuplcs.many,
yt which contained tttones almost 89
low as the stones of t!ie temples of
Baalbec. In the Marquesas islands to
day the traveler will tlnd great stoue
platforms and terraces, which show a
knowledge of mechanical lawn of
which the present natives are wholly
ignorant. Some of these atones are
from ten to fifteen feet long and five
*nd six feet thick. Their sides are
smooth, although they show no prints
of the chisel. On these Cyclopean plat
forms, or "paepae," as they are cslled.
the natives now erect their bamboo
huts and those who still refuse Chris
tianity say the gods put those great
stoues In place.
That the Polynesian of to-day baa
degenerated from lack of communica
tion with the outside world Is shown
by Ibe similar fate of domesticated ani
mals. The horses and cattle that have
been Introduced sicken and die after a
few generations. Dogs are plentiful,
but they are of a low, mongrel type.
The legions of pigs are Raid to be In
digenous, but accordlug to some writers
they were taken thither by early navi
gators. The Polynesian pig, however,
I? ft pitiful specimen when compared
with the mighty porkers of the Amer
ican prairie. Although lie |H treated
by bis native master as a pet, accord
panies his mistress on her walks
through the village, and sleeps with
the rest of the family oil a bed of
cocoa leaves, yet he shows no outward
signs of bis proud position.? New York
Trlbr.ne.
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Incentive to Activity.
t?r. J. I*. Srodes, of the county bine
at Woodvllle, tells a good st.iry ou
himself that is worth repeating and
shows how it is best n I ways to re?
member where things are laid away,
lie was out on a case one night, and
lihving bis tools in a case, he had nc
room for a bottle of chemically purl
carbolic acid which he was taking
along. So he put It in his hip pockef
and promptly forgot It. The opera tloe
over, lie returned home, and having
been away almost all night, he wa?
rather fatigued when lie reached hir
rooms. Rather than wait until h<
could undress and go to bed, he threw
himself down on a lounge. In a see
ond or two he felt that the coucF
was unusually warm. As he dozed foj
another second the reason for the hea!
dawned on him. He remembered th#
bottle of chemically pure in his pocket
The Ik>.v in the f.?lry tale who wort
seven league boots made no better tlm<
than did the doctor on his way to tin
bath room, disrobing as he went. H#
made a foot race record that time, al
though nobody held n stop watch oi
his feat. It was some time before In
was able to take bis tneals except frorr
th-j mantelpiece.? Pittsburg Dispatc*
It ti Minn Warn.
The war now begun is the foiirtl
upo.i which Russia has entered withir
the last three-quarters of a century
Her first was witli Turkey. It. i'i
volved an expenditure of ?tf>,000,0 M
ami a loss of 120.000. That waf
was in Twenty-six years late
came the Crimean, in which Franct
unl Kuglaud took a hand, it waf
spread over 1854-0, and cost ?.'10.', 000/
OOOand 485,000 men. Then in 1x77 fol
lowed a further fight wlt'i Turkey, ir
whloh ?190,000,000 was expended art'
180,030 men disposed ? f. Rt?s?la if
said to Ir.tvc an avullable war ftintf
Of^jUt'O.OD.OOO
8:nailc*t Tainting In th? World.
The smallest painting in the world Is
?nid to have been painted by a Flemish
artist. It Is painted on an ordinary
sized grain of corn and is of a miller
mounting a pair of stairs with a sack
of grain on his back. Outside the mill
Is a horse and cart and a group of
peasants. The whole picture does not
cover a half-Inch square, and can really
only be seen through a magnifying
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