SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. IX.
It is said that over thirty-eight thou
sand copyrights have been granted to
American authors during the past year.
The amount of real literature put forth
is not stated.
The Sultan of Turkey is not in all
respects the easo-loving monarch he is
reported to be, observes the New York
World. He passes a good part of the
day with his secretary, discussing mat
ters pertaining to the empire, and it
is his boast that he has never signed a
State paper without rending it.
California comes to the front with an
invention that will be a great boon to
predicts the Chicago Post.
It is an electric frost alarm and consists
of an accurate dial thermometer, elec
trically connected with a bell and switch
in such a manner that the bell will ring
when any desired temperaturo is
reached.
A census bulletin tells us that there
are 140 religious bodies in the United
States, not counting the large number of
independent churches which do not ac
knowledge the authority of any denomi
national organizition. The increase in
sect, declares the Cincinnati Enquirer,
has been something remarkable since the
dawn of our national history.
It seeins necessary, exclaims the Chica
go New x, to again call attention to the
fact that the much-used word "cloture,"
which Congressmen so delight in utter
ing with an infinite variety of accents,
means nothing more nor less than the
"previous question." The word is au
unnecessary importation from the French
and is almost synonymous with the Eng
lish "closure." The demand for the
previous question and the stifling ot
"closure" of further debate is all that i»
meant by the mysterious Gallic term.
The entire country—the entire world,
in fact—is interested in the preservation
of the giant trees which form a unique
attraction in certain portions of Cali
fornia. An agent of the Land Office
who has been making an investigation
reports that some of them are in danger.
The importance of Government action
to prevent further destruction of the
sequoias is therefore apparent. Thcr>!
are 2675 of the giants now standing, th<
largest being over thirty-three feet in
diameter. Not one of them can be
spared.
The origin of the National Marine
Band nt Washington is most curious.
Nearly a hundred years ago, alleges the
New York Morld, a Yankee Captain kid
napped a strolling troop of musicians on
the shores of the Bay of Naples and
brought them to this country. From
this handful of Italians the band was de
veloped. The descendants of theso
stolen Italians are now among the
wealthiest people of Washington. Some
of them are prominent lawyers, and
others have their names connected with
the best-known hotels and the largest
real-estate offices in the capital city.
The Church of England, as shown bj
incomplete returns of the revenue report
by order of Parliament, is the wealthiest
church in Christendom. The income of
the ecclesiastical commissioners is about
«5 ,750,000, nearly one-fourth of which
is derived from tithes. The Welsh tithes
yield about $20,000. The gross annual
value of benefices for twenty-one coun
ties is $10,000,000 which is distributed
among 6600 clergymen, giving them an
average of a little over SISOO a year.
There are parsonages, however, and
other items to be added, which bring up
the annual average to about S2OOO a
year from endowments alone. Of the
$10,000,000 three-fourths are derived
from tithes.
The Boston Cultivator estimates that
more than half the railway track in the
world is on this continent, and nearly half
ol the whole is in the United States. This
proportion may or not be kept up, as
Asia and Africa are beginning to shorten
their long distances by using steam horses
on the iron track. In the past four years
I 'J. 000 miles of track have been laid in
America, and in the United States 30,-
O'J miles of this, while all the rest of the
world built only 24,000 miles. Kailroads
in Europe cost an average of $115,000
per mile. Here the average cost is $60,-
t)00, and this is about the rate elsewhere.
Kates of fare are, however, lower in
Euiope than here, the denser population
and lighter expense for running the roads
more than offsetting the difference in
their original cost.
GL-OA.MINO.
The setting sun baa dropt below the sandy
reach;
The laggard rooks come home, belated, from
the beacb;
Here in the garden-beds the flowers close
their eyes.
And twilight's soft wan mist across the wood
land lies.
Oh, ig not this most sweet of any time or
hour,
After the garish day, and ere the night
clouds lower?
'Tis as though Nature's self should pause
upon her way,
Gray-clad and pilgrim-like, to meditate and
pray.
JACK TEMPLE.
My first piquant encounter with Jack
Temple wa9 when I was about seven
years old.
Uc said the Bostona was the fastest
boat on the Ohio.
And I stood out for the Daniel Boone.
The Boone hnd given a dinner at which
my father and mother were invited,
while his were not. On theso facts wo
each based our conclusions on the com
parative speed of the different boats, and
tooth and nail rolled over in the dust to
maintain them.
We wero picked up variously by old
Cerbems, who was picking his banjo nt
one end of the hotel gallery, and by a
journeyman shoemaker and a telegraph
operator playing chess at the other end.
This they did with divers words of
Ecorn at the kicking boy. To this day I
believe that if we had been left alone I
would have whipped; for nlthough small,
1 was active.
Shortly after we moved away to Wash
ington where my father spent one year
in getting a consular appointment which
he held for six years. Then we came
back to our village' life. John Temple
was now u beautiful youth, strong
limbed, broad-shouldered, with a head
like a Greek god. To these physical
perfections he added a charm of manner
as captivating to his fellows as to the op
posite sex. Underneath this lay a tenacity
of purpose which made him invincible.
lie was adored frankly by all girls of
the school of which I speedily found my
self a member. Among these he scat
tered his attentions according tD bis royal
pleasure. Those who received them were
elated and grateful. Those who did not
patiently waited their turn.
Although younger than the others I
held their barn-yard acceptance of John
Temple's attentions with silent scorn.
"I'd hate to run after a boy," was my
inward comment.
But I was soon singled out as the one
he most delighted to honor. I was
younger than the others. Thus might an
older boy play with a child, for the years
bad not greatly increased my stature.
Lut while the other girls sued for his
attentions I only accepted them. That I
made no response encouraged him the
more.
When a class was called John Temple
always went out first. As he walked by
me he would say, and he had a teacher
defying way of talking under his lips,
"Kitty, come and sit by me."
There are plenty of ways in which
school boys can show their chivalous
consideration for girls, and these John
Temple always showed to me. It was
thoroughly understood that I had a
champion; that there was always Bomo
one looking out for Kitty Black. As I
was not permitted to <,O to parties where
there were boys, an arena remained
where John Temple could be contented
for by others. At school I was supreme.
As I moved, bis fate followed me.
When I achieved any honor, no one was
so proud as he. There was a stolen
word here, a pressure of the hand there.
When we played, and no one was so
heedless and reckless as I, a protecting
arm always stood ready to keep me from
harm.
Never did I show any signs of my con
quest, although I was fully aware of its
value in the eyes of others. Never was
I jealous; I was too confident, too as
sured for jealousy. I often wonder now
if I cared for him then. I do not know;
but I do know that I lived and fed on
his preference. It may have been only
vanity.
For three years this lasted, deepening
constantly, and was a matter of general
comment at school. John Temple was
always a matter of comment. Dashing
giTls from other towns came and bid for
John Temple's smiles. He gave them
now to one, and now to another. Mean
while I played tag and ran races, but no
one ever succeeded in winning away any
thing that was mine.
"Are you going to marry Kitty Black
when she grows up J" one of the older
girls asked.
"Yes."
"I'll bctjyou don't."
"I'll bet I do. I'll bet you a gold
ring that when Kitty Black is eighteen
years old she will be my wife."
The school buzzed with his bet. 1
was not supposed to know it. But I
did, and gave no sign. Soon after I was
sent to boarding school. My father had
heard with great displeasure of the affair,
and did not choose that such thoughts
should be putin my head. Then he
moved away from our old home. I was
not back again until after I had gradu
ated.
It was in summer—a summer of calm
starlit nights. The town was full of
young people who had put school behind
them, and now pressed forward eagerly
to taste the cup of joy which life presents
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1891.
but once. Among them was John
Temple, even more triuuiphtant than of
old, for he wore the all-conquering uni
form of a West Point cadet. He had; no
rivals. When he appeared,,others,re
tired. lie took by right, and.caused no
jealousy. Such wasihistcomplete»damin
ation.
It was while the \gayety was at its
height that I came. I saw hitnl first, at
an evening party. Kui.por had engaged
him to a young girl of tl»e towntwhojliad
won him by years of devotion. 'He 'had
brought her that evening.
There were strangers 'Vpresant, one a
gay and handsome South era, girl, lie
was bending over her when! first saw
him. He pretended,, he (fid-not see mo
at first. I am not a persion that chal
lenges the attention ofithol roam. But I
knew that he did see me„iondi with that
subtle quiet understanding 'that never
had needed signs betwaenp»is,il knew he
would be at my side presently.
His devotion to girl grew even
more marked, but I wiis (not surprised
when, although I was deep'injeonversa
tion with some one else, ll?felt'him ' take
my hand. He drew i|t in his arm.
"Come," he said, and
gallery where up and dowjn w&Jpaacd in
the moonlight all the evening.
As we passed the long open windows
I could see within. The pirl to whom
John Temple was said to'bjoicngaaed had
left the dancereand two kind girl/friends
were trying to screen her* unha)ppincss
and tearful eyes.
The gay visitor to wliomgho :had. been
nil devotion was laughring'still in hard
strained tones, and looking about with
wonderiDg eyes; youth\isJhard and re
morseless, I feltino pang. ' I»cnjoyed my
triumph.
This was the beginning. When'.l was
not present John Templet repaired/ his
omissions and paidlcourt (right and deft.
But when I was presentj'wiis all|in all.
We sat out dances andipaccd the side
walks, wandering up and down the
block with that; freedom': wihichWillagc
life allows.
"He can't propose toher.tbecausoiho's
engaged to Edith,V" I heard#a» voice say
one evening.
"That wouldn't\be atstrawiin his
way," was the reply.
I heard both indiflsrently.
I saw Edith grow*paler ami; thinner,
and tinhoppiness settleton face like)
disease. I pitied her,«only. Tier'preten
sions to John Temple . see toed absurd.
He was mine—if I cared'J to'have him.
One evening I was late iat a dance.
When I came in John TeirQ)le was/the
center of a group of girls. There was.
a laughing dispute among (tliem.
'•But I have documents,''The said, and
pulled from his poc&ctia time stained'
card. "Years ago I'knew fthere v/faa a
time coming when you wouW denyyyour
ages so I took precautions«t«»igot them
then. I guess |' nl equal to*thoarithmetic."
There was a cry and lianOs fiungtup
to seize the card which ho ./quickly re
stored to his pocket.
"Who would haveithought you could,
have been 60 sly," one cried.
"What a base ndvantagofof innocent
confidence," exclaimed anotber.
Well as I knew him, coujd so
long and secretly cherish euch a
scheme was a revelation.
He disentangled himself/ from them
and came to me. Aftertu ' few languid
whirls he said, "Let us leave thisL"'And
as usual we went out ; on they gallery
where we sat dowmou
the vines.
John Temple had i never madellove to
me. He treated me with an
prietorship as one might care for'a • rare
vase, or something too delicate and
precious for common use. It was so
different from the freehand easy relations
of young people even when thoy are in
love, that it had an unique and most
agreeable value.
"You will always'be young to, me,
Kitty," he said, as we sat down. "In
my thoughts you arc still a fiery little
child."
"Are you going wway/to-morrow?"*hc
asked after a silence.
••Yes."
••You must not go. I cannot let'you
go. You always stay so long. Ah
Kitty, you won't go?"
••There are others."
"There is only you, Kitty. Did yov:
ever know that years ago I made a bcl
about you?"
"Yes, Iheard of it."
•'The time is up, Kitty, the gage wai
a ring. I have it here. But I want yot
to wear it. Where is your dear littU
hand. Yours? Mine. I can't remem
ber the day when I did not claim it."
I began nervously to pull off m;
glove, warm and clinging from his strong
grasp.
"Where is the ring? I put it here.
He began to probe the traditional waist
coat pockets. I turned over the loni
glove stripping it from my hand no*
half revealed. "Ye gods," he laughec'
loudly. "I had forgotten. Lauii
Golden wears that ring. It is Laural
hand that is mine."
She was the Southern girl.
How, I know not, but a diamond bau
ble that I had borrowed from my au4
changed its place and then I tore off m)
glove.
The ring danced in the
but my heart stood still, stunned by tlf
brutal blow.
"You never wore that ring before,!
he challenged.
"lonly got it to-day."
•'What does it mean?"
"That there is some ouc at home want
ing me back."
•'You said yau- were going to Mays
ville."
"I am for a few lays only."
♦'You have outwitted me."
My heart had grown steadier. I coula
now ask as well as answer.
"Now tell me why you have taken the
trouble during all these years to play this
little game?"
"When yon were a little girl you
humiliated me. I said then I would be
revenged and I never relinquished my
purpose."
Mv inability to understand such vin
dictiveness brought my head to the aid
of my heprt. "Do you feel satisfied?" I
asked, not without malice.
"You have outwitted me, I said be
fore," he answered sullenly, and I could
have told him but for an instant's mis
calculation, he had the reward of his
years of effort.
"Enough of this," I said. "You have
had your little game and I mine.' Let
us go in."
"Kitty, you nre not going, you can
not." He bent upon me all tile fervor of
his eloquent eyes.
"Oh, can't I?" I got up.
"There is that between us which has
never been said."
"The rest is silence," I answered,
and my airy gown slipped through his
hands.
I saw him after I went in with his
head bowed in his hands.
"Take me home, Aunt Betty, I'm
tired," I pleaded with my gay maiden
aunt. As we went out I saw John Tem
ple come in by the window, and as we
closed the gate his blond head was droop
ing over Laura Golden's shoulder.
"Here is your ring Aunt Betty, it hurts
my finger. But you can't tell huw I en
joyed wearing it just once."
"I didn't know you were so fond of
diamonds, Kitty."
"I am on occasion. This was an oc
casion."
"Well, I'll leave it to you in my will
to remember it by."
"Never!" I shrieked. "Never! I
never want to see it again." And I
sobbed myself to sleep.
The next day I went to Ma rsville, ten
miles away. The third day John Temple
came np and drove by the house, waving
his hat out of the carnage window. It
was a "protected spree," Aunt Betty
i wrote me.
I never saw John Templo again.-When
ever I heard of him, he was still treading
on women's hearts and being fed by de
votions. We never eithei s oi us mar
ried.
Last week I learned he was dead. He
had been thrown from his horse on the
plains and was killed. He had been
. drinking.
Long since I lost the power to care. I
•can only wonder at the prodigality of na
ture, who can create bodies like that of
John Temple, so beautiful, so gracious,
so full of charm, and then leave them to
perish as should misshapen creatures, by
neglecting to provide them with a soul.
t —Epoch.
What an Indian Cab. 4 <*nd.
To show what an Indian <V stand
when he has to, I may tell of an incident
which happened during the winter I was
with them. Toward evening on a very
cold winter day, when it was snowing
just a little and drifting a great deal, an
Indian came to the log house with a jug
half full of whisky and with his rifle. I
imagine that the jug had beeu entirely
full of whisky when he started, and by
i the time he got to the house he was in
rather a jolly condition. The jug and
i the riflo were taken away from him, and
he was ordered to get to his wigwam as
i as quick as be could before darkness
i came on. He left, and was supposed to
i have gone to the camp, but early next
; morning his squaw appeared at the house
and said he had not come home that
~ night, and as the night was cold she had
i been anxious about him. Then the search
> for the lost Indian began.
He was found in one of the sheds near
the barn under a heap of drifted snow,
and the chances are that the snow that
was above him had helped to save his
t life. The searchers for the Indian had
, gone in different directions and it was
his own squaw who, with true Indian in
stinct, had tracked him out, and she
was alone when she found him. Appar
ently the Indian was a frozen corpse. She
tumbled him out of the snow bank and
dragged him down to the creek, where a
deep hole was cut in the ice for the pur
pose of watering the cattle. Laying the
Indian out on the snow, she took the
pan that was beside the hole, and, fill
ing it repeatedly, dashed pailful after
paiful of ice watar over the body of the
Indian. By the time the other unsuc
cessful searchers had returned she had
her old man thawed out and seated by
the fire wrapped up in blankets. There
is no question that if he had been found
' by the others, and had been taken in the
house frozen as he was, he would have
died.— Detroit Free fV««.
Prayer Among the Mongols.
On the tops of all the bouses were lfttle
prayer wheels turned by the force of the
wind, a simple arrangement like an ane
mometer placed on them catching the
air and so keeping them in motion. In
the hands of most of the old men and
women were bronze or brass prayer
wheels, which they kept continually
turning, while not satisfied with this me
chanical way of acquiring merit, they
mumbled the popular formula "Om mani j
peme hum," tho well-kuown invocation
to Avalokiteshwariai, the would-be sav
i ior of the world.— Century.
Terms—Sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months.
Effect of Wind on Trees.
Trees which grow in exposed situations
have their tops always leaning away in
the opposite direction from the prevail
ing winds and the casual observer con
cludes that the branches have been bent
by the constant pressure of the wind and
retained their position. Now, although
such trees have the appearance exactly of
trees bending under a gale, still it is not
pressure in that way which has given
them their shape. The fact is, they have
blown away from the blast and not been
bent by it after they grew. Examination
of the branches and twigs will show this.
We hardly realize the repressive effects
of cold wind upon tree growth, which
it partially or altogether arrests, accord
ing to its prevalence. Conifers show the
effect of this more distinctly than other
trees. Owing to the horizontal habit of
growth of the branches, they point di
rectly to the teeth of the gale from what
ever direction it comes, and cannot, like
the oak, lean over and grow in the op
posite direction, hence coniferous trees
growing in exposed situations produce
good, long branches on their lee sides,
while on the windy side the branches re
tain their rigid horizontal position, but
make comparatively little growth,which
is simply suppressed.
Example: I measured the branches of
a Nordraann's spruce, growing in a posi
tion fully exposed to the north and south.
One branch on the north side of the tree
bad fifteen annual nodes or growths, and
was seven feet long, and its opposite had
the same number of nodes, but was
nearly two and one-half feet longer, all
the lateral branches being proportionately
jong and well furnished.— The Garden.
The Music of Chinese Speech.
There is in China not only an intimate
association between music and poetical
speech, but alto between music and
speech generally. The Chinese being a
monosyllabic language, depends to a
great extent upon musical intonation to
convey meaning. If you listen to tho
conversation of your Chinese laundrymen
you will discover that their ordinary
speech is almost as musical as the recita
tivo secco of the Italian opera.
Many words in thi Chinese language
take from three to six different meanings
according to intonation. Those intona
tions, as Dr. 8. Wells Williams forcibly
urges, have "nothing to do either with
accents or emphasis." They are distinctly
musical, and it is much to be regretted
that Dr. Williams was unablo, for obvious
want of the musical to study them
from a musical point of view, as it is all
but impossible to convey a clear under
standing of their nature by description.
There seems to bo many variations, but
generally there are four of these intona
tions, or shing, named and defined as
follows: One, ping shing, or "even
tone"; two, shang shing, or "rising
tone"; three, k'eu shing, or "declin
ing tone"; and four, jun shing, or "en
tering tone."— Century.
An Indian Romance.
Rain-in-the-Face is a smart and ex
ceedingly dangerous Sioux warrior. His
daughter had a romance that makes u
rather interesting story. She fell in
love with a Lieutenant in the army once,
when the Lieutenant visited the Sioux
Reservation. Later he was transferred
to Fort Laramie. Not-long after that
a band of Sioux obtaiue<tya hunting pass
and roamed over into Wyoming. The
Indian maiden persisted in accompanying
them. She saw the .-Lieutenant, and
upon learning that he was married she
fell upon the ground moaning and tear
ing her black tresses. The. young squaw
refused to return with the Indians, and
they continued to camp in the vicinity
for several weeks. One day the Indian
girl ended her unhappy life by cutting
her throat with a hunting knife. She
was buried with the usual ceremonies of
Indian obsequies.— Denver Republican.
A Thirteen-Pound Knifo.
"Yes," said a Main street hardware
dealer to a Cincinnati Timet-Star re
porter, "that is the largest knife in
America. It was made to order by a
firm in Oermany. One man did the
whole job, and it took him just a year."
The knife in question is known to
almost every person in Cincinnati and
perhaps for one hundred miles around.
It has fifty-six blades and is a chest of
tools in itself, containing anything
from a slender toothpick or a cigar
punch to a pair of scissors or a hand
saw. The handle is of tortoise shell
and the immovable parts are gold-plated.
It weighs thirteen pounds and a modest
card says:"For sale, $500."
An Owl Kills a Dog.
In a Main street window in Pawtucket
there is a fine specimen of tue cat owl,
olive and apparently ugly. It was caught
above the Diamond Hill Reservoir in
rather a curious manner. One of the resi
dents in that vicinity was in the woods
with his dog, a Gordon sitter, when the
owl attacked the dog, catching it by the
throat. The owl succeeded in killing
the dog, but its beak or talons were
caught in the dog's hair and its capture
was easy.— Providence (R. I.) Journal.
A Town With But One Man.
A town in England, Bkiddaw, Cum
berland, stands unique as a township of
one house and one solitary male adult in
habitant. This man is deprived of his
vote because of the fact that there are no
overseers to make out a voter's list, and
no church or public building on which
to publish one if made. —New York Jour
nal.
NO. 18.
SONG OF THE BULLET.
It whizzed and whistled along the blurred
And rad-blent ranks; and it nicked the
star
Of an epaulette, as it snarled the word—
War!
On it sped—and the lifted wrist
Of the ensign-bearer stung, and straight
Dropped at his side as the word was hissed—
Hate!
On went the missile—smoothed the blue
Of a jaunty cap and the curls thereof,
Cooing, sweet as a dove might coo—
-Ixs ve!
Sang—sang on! sang Hato—sang War—
Sang Love, in sooth, till its needs must
cease.
Hushed in the heart it was questioning for—
Peace!
—James Whitcomb Itiley.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The supreme court —A youth's first
wooing.
A good thing to have around the
house—A fence.— Statesman.
"Is Mr. Robinson a single man?"
No; he has a twin brother."— Life.
A comb may show its teeth, but it
never gets its back up.— Binghamton
Republican.
The favorite plant of the political
worker is the famous itching palm.—
Chicago Pout.
"I draw the line right here," as the
fisherman said when he got a bite.—
Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph.
Customer —"Is the manager in? I
want to buy some doors." Boy—"Yes,
he's in—but he's out of doors."— New
York Herald.
A lawyer defending a burglar vised as
an argument in favor of insanity the fact
that the burgular left $lO in the safe.—
DantviUe Breeze.
Age comes to every man, but fate
Is kind to woman fair.
For when she reaches twenty-eight
She stops right then and there.
—Cape Cod Hem.
Father—"Another bad report from
your teacher! I hope next time you will
do better." Son—"That's right, papa—
j don't lose your courage."— Flieqende
Blaetter.
Patient—"That medicine you gave me
for my cold, doctor, cured me entirely."
Doctor (in surprise)—" Did it? Well 1
believe I'll try it myself. I can't get
rid of mine."
Visitor—"l suppose your daughter is
busily preparing for her wedding?"
Mother—"Yes; »he is up to her room
now, destroying all her old letters."—
Household Monthly.
The Duke of Norfolk, who was much
addicted to the bottle, asked Foote, the
actor, in what new character he should
jjo to a masquerade. "Go sober," was
the instant reply.— Chicago News.
"I'rti saddest when I sing," I said;
'iSaras lit tip Maud 1 said it to.
She sighed and raised her pretty head
And spoke—"There's others jnst like you!"
—New York Herald.
"How does it happen that Dr. World
ly performs the marriage ceremony for so
many old maids?" "Oh, he always asks
them in an audible tone if they are of
nge, and they all like him."— New York
Herald.
Fashionable Young Lady—"Papa,
what would you do if you found out I
was going to elope?" Father—"Why.
I'd stand outside the house and hold the
ladder for your ltomeo."— New York
Journal.
"If you wish in the world to advance,
Your merits you're bound to enhance,
You must stir it and stump it,
And blow your own tmmpet
Or, trust me, you haven't a chance."
The newspapers are forever speak
ing of"the blushing bride." Well,
when you reflect upon the kind of hus
band not a few of the brides marry, you
;annot wonder that they should blush.—
Boston Transcript.
"What kind of a physician is Dr.
Scalpel?" "Splendid! I never saw his
equal. His diagnoses are wonderful.
He makes a dead sure thing of it every
time." "Does he? Well, I guess I won't
have him."— Boston Transcript.
Salesman (showing samples of wall
paper to young couple)—" Here, now, is
a pattern with a beautiful chocolate back
ground that—'' Youthfnl Bride—"Oh,
Herbert; that will just suit me! You
know I almost live on chocolate."— Chi
cago Tribune.
"Five years'ago," began the stranger
toWentman, "I sought that woman to be
my wife. I believed her to be congenial,
light-hearted an<l beautiful. Has our
married life been pleasant 1 Not"
"Why not?" asked Wentman. "Why
not? Because she declined to marry me,
of course!"— American Grocer.
A 7000-Mile Circuit.
The most remarkable wire ever known,
it is said, is the Cambridge, Mass., San
Francisco time circuit, which was in
operation in 1871-2. The wire extended
from the Cambridge Observatory to San
Francisco, by way of Boston, Spring
field, Hartford, New York, Buffalo, Chi
cago and Omaha, returning over the
same route to Chicago, then to Pitts
burg, Harrisburg, New York, New Ha
ven, Providence, Boston and into Cam
bridge.
The observatories were "looped in" at
each terminal, forming a complete cir
cuit 6852 miles in length.— New York
Journal.
Yokohama, in Japan, is 5300 miles
from San Frncisco.