The Anaconda standard., 1890-07-20
Here and There.
THE AFFAIRS OF MEN BRIEFLY DISCUSSED.

amcnts on a sweeping basis. He is said
To have found a new explosive or propul-
sive force which may do more than
smokeless powder to revolutionize the art
of war. II is in the form OF liquifled
gas which the inventor calls "La Nou-
velle Balistique." The plan for using il
is to put 200 drops in steel receptacle
underneath gun barrel. Each time the
trigger is pulled one drop passes into the
breach of the gun behind the bullet. The
gas upon coming in contact with air inn
mediately volatizes, developing an ex-
pansive force exceeding that of gunpow-
der, and the bullet is expelled with great
velocity with neither noise nor smoke.
The gas is said TO be applicable to artil-
lery as well as TO small arms.
Somebody has discovered that the
United States, like Great Britain, has a
dominion on which the sun never sets.
To understand this, one must realize that
| Portland is nearly in the geographical
center Of the country, east and west. that
the farthest Aleutian isle acquired i'm our
purchase of Russian America is as far to
the west of this city as Eastport, Me-. is to
the east of it. Between the northwest
limit OF Washington territory and the
southern limit Of Alaska there is break
OF a few degrees, but with this exception
our territory extends through 1916 degrees
of longitude, or l6 degrees more than half
way round the globe. Therefore, when il
is sunset on the remotest American island
of Behring sea, the sun is more than an
an hour high on the eastern coast of
Maine. This is one of the facts which
are described as interesting, but not inn
portant.
The admission of Wyoming Ia state
hood recalls the pioneer days Of woman
oiiice-holding in that unique civilization.
| Hester Morris was the first woman ap-
pointed a Justice of the peace in the
United States. I'm those rough pioneer
times the bowie knife and pistol oftener
settled disputes than did "a court Of JUS
tice. Mrs. Morris was "A tall, Elizabethian
type of woman, says the New York Trib-
uae, with as rugged features and as
brusque a method of expression as has
been ascribcd TO the English queen. Her
first case in Wyoming court concerned
a quarrel between two young men, who
were brought before her armed with
bowie knives and pistols. She had known
them since their boyhood, and i'm spite of
the fact that a scene had been expected
on her first appearance, "A few words of
motherly advice To those who had known
her kindness aud little native mother
wit carried the day; after that there was
no more thought of trouble. She was a
particular terror To certain class of evil.
doers. Men who had been arrested for
beating their wives or for general drunken
disturbances of the peace invariably
pleaded not To he brought up before "old
Jedec Norris" They wanted To he tried
by "men."
The motto OF DIR. Nansen. who next
year is to take a journey 10 the north pole,
is Forward! To victory or DEATH" II
is "a most appropriate motto for his enter.
prise, for N he gets into the unknown
area far north of the New Siberian
islands, he must work out his own saliva.
ton or perish. II is quite certain that nc
government or private enterprise would
impcril the lives of scores Of men in the
forlorn hope Of carrying succor to Nan
sens handful Of followers IL they ar,
! swallowed up in the unknown realms ol
, the ice king. All the money Nansen need,
has now been provided, and IL he lives
his little 170-ton vessel will enter Behrini
sea in June next year. He hopes To TAX,
5 his plunge into the ice north Of the New
: Siberian Islands in September, and ther
, the currents will relieve him OF al
/, further responsibility as a navigator
He must go where he Is taken. Th'
4 plausibiliiy with which he has urged hi
theory that the ice drift will carry hin
E across the pole, and the fact that som,
5 Arctic experts think his theory is reason
Z : able, explain the important fact that n,
: : has induced government to supply mos
of the money he needs. This is somewha
2 remarkable, as expeditions in search o
4 the north pole have not been at all popu
: lar of late years.
Astronomers promise some beautifu
astral sights in the near future. Jupite
!. will be the morning star for most OF th
I month. and IL the weather for the next tw
( weeks or more he fair. this splendi,
: planet will exhibit himself to superb AL
e vantage. Venus will he the evening star
: and in the last part of the month the tw,
, may he seen at the same time for brie
: period each night. Mercury was il
perihelion on the 18th. Most pcopl,
/. might think IL pretty hot weather To We
A into that situation. but probably the wipp
I footed star can stand IL. II is just now al
, exceptionally interesting time for observa
ton of the heavenly bodies.
; "BIshop" Howard. Flint, Michigan
u preacher of more than local fame, was r,
turning afoot from camp-meeting one da
last week when he was set upon by tw
toughs. who announced their intention c
u "doing" him then and there. Tn
"Bishop" has long been disliked anon
|. this class of people because of his fearles
denunciation Of their actions. and he ha
!, no doubt that they intended To keep thei
> word. They both rushed for the "Bishop,
hut had reckoned without their host. Th
divine squared himself for action, and |
losa ,itu. than Ia would have Tn 4 an him, 4