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the numrer or Incnes he waIhs- in an
hour.
An easy method of correctly regulat.
ing tinepiece by the stars is sug-
gested as follows:
AS the motion of the earth with re-
gard 10 the fixed stars (those tina:
twinkle) is uniform, timepieces can IL
a most simple manner be correctly
regulated by the stars with greater
facility than by the sun. Choose a
south window from which any fixed
point, such as a chimney. side of q
building, etc, may be seen. To the side
of the window attach a piece of card
board having small hole in it, in such
4 manner that by looking through the
hole toward the edge of the elevated
object, some fixed star may be seen.
The progress of the star must be
watched and the instant it vanishes be
hind the fixed point, the observer must
note the exact time it disappears. The
following night the same star win van
ish behind the same object three min
utes and So seconds sooner. If time
piece mark nine o'clock when the star
vanishes one night, the following night
it will indicate three minutes and sc
seconds less than nine. II the time
piece be faster or slower than the in
Gication of the star, then it has gained
or lost the indicated difference. II
several cloudy nights follow the first
observation of the star, ii is only nee
essary to multiply three minutes and
Sc seconds by the number of days that
have elapsed since the observation, and
the product deducted from the hour
the clock indicates the first night clear
enough for the second observation gives
the time the clock or watch ought to
show The same star can only be Oh
served during few weeks, for as il
gains nearly an hour in fortnight, ii
Will in a short time come TO the me-
ridian in broad daylight and become in
visible.
In making the observation care must
be taken that planet is not chosen
instead of a star. Additional TO the
fact that the light of fixed stars
wrinkles, while that of planets is steady
because reflected, a sure means of dis
tinguishing between them is to first
watch a certain star attentvely for
few nights. If it changes its place with
regard to the other stars it is a planet,
since the fixed stars appear 10 main
tain the same relative positions with
regard to each other-Detroit Free
PreRS-
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CHINESE CONJuRERS.
People Cut 70 Pieces ana Then Put To-
gether Again

The court jugglers in the time oi
kublai Khan made II appear "a thoss
who looked on as il dishes from the
table actually few through the air.
One of the travellers vino visited the re-
yions of which Marco gives US some &C.
count says: And jugglers cause cups
If gold 10 Fly through the air and offer
themselves TO all who list to drink
And I'm Batuts. q Moor who visitxd
Cathay century after. gives this ac-
count of similar incident.
That same night jugyler who was
,neof the kban's slaves made his erpecr-
ance, and the amir said 20 him: CONS
and show Nv some of your msrveiNS
Upon this he took n wooden ball. with
several holes in IL throagh which long
thongs were passed, and Oayinx hold
of one OF these) elung il into the air.
II went 50 high that we lost sight Of 10
sliogether. CIT was the hottest season
of the year. and we were outside in the
middle of the palace COURT There now
remained only little of the end of a
thong in the eonjurer's hand. and hs
hESiAti One Oi LILO DVNb WHO o1si<tf%I
him 70 lay hold OF n and mount. Ha
did so, climbing BY the thong, and We
lost sight OF him alsol The conjurer
then called 10 him three times. but get
ting no answer he snatch~d up knife
Rs II In a great rage, laid hold of the
thong, and disappeared sl~oi BY and
by he threw down one of the boys
hands, then a foot then the other hand,
and then the other foot, then the trunk,
pnd last Of all the headi Then he came
down himself. all putting and painting,
and with his clothes all bloody kissed
the ground before the amir. and sid
something TO him in Chinese. The am.s
gave some order IN reply. and our friend
then took the lads limbs, Laid them 20.
getber in their places, and gave . kicle
when. pressoi there was the boy. who
got up and stood before ni All this
sstonisbed me beyond measure, Rpd
rad an attack OF palpitation like thaA
which overcnne me once before IN the
presence OF the sultan Of IndiA, WHEN
he showed me some thing Of the same
kind. The Kazi AfSharuddin was next
20 me, and quoth he: "Wsjlahi--'tis
my opinion there has been neither going
up nor coming down. neither msrring
nor mending; 'tis ell bocr-pocusi"--
Nosh Brooks. IN 81. SicholAa.
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AUNTIE AND HER AMANUENSIS.
The Letter That Was Finally Finished
Under Considerable Difficulties.

1ho Letter That was ffnauy ffhlsnes
Under Considerable Difficulties.
Aunty crossed the floor with bel
heavy planta ton tread and set the cloci
on the mantel.
1t had in its day kept company witt
old creole mahogany and carried Itself
in lordly fashion among its peers, bal
now for many years, on account of so1lt
obscure visceral arrangement it hae
been retired to humble society.
THE clock doctor, he say she al
right now, an Jest as magnificus as
She ever were; only you'll jest hey'
ter wind her up, please, ma'am," said
aunty.
The mistress cheerfully arose and
essayed the novel task.
The key turned in its place with in
finite difficulty. as If it dragged after II
the whole weight of the unwilling
years. and there was a strange grooming
and creaking within and a convulsiye
shudder of the whole machinery and
framework. But it began 20 tick and
the hands began 70 move.
Aunty surveyed it wit awe and de
light.
she goes tribulatin' along as pearl
as ever she did. How nachal IL does
sound."
Where did you get such fine old
relic. aunty?" asked the mistress. not
ing its points
MY ole mistr's give her 20 ne artei
the surrender. They was al broke ~
and the ole plantation was sold and
they went 70 - Orleans Ter live An
now, honey. Use ready fer de letter i;
you is"
Yes, au1ty. Who Is the letter for
"My granddaughter. Her mother give
her ter me an let her go 20 " Orleans
ter stay with her father. You see, they
didn't get erlorg-"
Who, sunty? Your granddaughter
and her mother?-
Bless yer heart. 10, mean her "a.
ther an mother. an they separated. an
he's got another vAfe an shes got an
other kusban'"
'-Oh. well. / have wri1-es. NV dear
gra-ddsughte-.' Now, what next2-'
was mighty CAD Ter hear tTots
YOU al an that you was vel an dois
we'll
she give cne when she orter gre
u. an she give = when sh. orter givs
one. said srnsy, interruptiEg her sr0n-
ing recItatiye.
The scribe looked Up n bewTder.
nent- Agnty's eyes we're nxe9 On ;hs
elock-
@Di6a't yo0 hear her striker
~No. S=se- mind fAs e,ock nos
aua;y~
He sad she zeFe Al Tigst.- na@
uureI zuuty. sadly.
Ee wslI consult I'm sgzls q shr 70
Tot. bEt noz we a1afst -~s.re ies ie..si
e ve want i 70 Sc IA The mex rsail.-
= does vaEt = ter 50 pcwerfGt SAT.
We. shez. what 1e1sT
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lectual power, high spiritual gifts. vi
are ell loud 10 claim are conferred fol
the good of humanity. We stand ready
to condemn relentlessly the men who
endowedwith such gifts use them main
~ for their own advantage. But great
wealth, especially if man has himsell
won it, is less apt to be considered &
trust. The greed for it is great. 1t i.
often sought not for itself, but for the
supposed distinc ton it confers. Wher
the young man of energy and ambition
looks forward to the attainment of il
as the end of his endeavors, he is not led
by any misery desire for money in it
self. He has rather the nobler desire
of winning distinction and Importance
by its possession. It Is q means, and
not an end. Pity he should in the years
of his pursuit so often change his no
ton. For his first opinion is right
Wealth can confer distinction. 1t can
bring honor and high consideration. II
can make a mans memory fragrant
with blessings for centuries. But to
do all this it must be used.
There are millionaires in our own
country who will neither be remem.
bered nor cared for 80 days after theil
costly funerals. Their passage from
among living men will leave no void,
for the stocks and bonds and shares
which alone gave them their conse-
quence remain. Mankind has lost moth
ing, misses nothing. There are others
who will be missed in thousand places
and by thousands of hearts, for though
the millions remain, the heart that
made the millions q blessing is gone.
The man in this case is lost to us, and
he was more than his money. There
are again some few who so dispose OF
their thousands that their names aid
memories are linked for years. for cen
turtles, to the monuments of benei.
cence they leave behind them, famous
the land over, not for their wealth, but
for the good deeds their wealth was
used for. The millionaire is nothing,
his Importance nothing, his conse'
quence nothing. We want to know what
he does with his millions before we care
to remember his name. AS a million.
aire mereE, he is like the great poet
who never writes, the great orator who
has never made speech, the great in.
ventor who has never invented any.
thing. He had grand opportunities,
He could have done 90 much with his
money. He did nothing. He "died
worth so many millions" Thnt is all.
We stand by his grave, and think what
a fool he was!" Another Obscure mil.
Observation-Disclosures Church Stand
ard.
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Ferm-rly musk vas used - o nnsdi-
zine in various parts % the world; bus
doctors in civilized lands do not hold
still thought Tn be very good medi-
cine; but the Chinese have queer no.
tons abou. cures and chnrma abb
Hue, a distinguished traveller. say. that
when a Tartar doctor finds himself
without shis drugs and medicines he IL
rot in the least embarrassed. III. WRITES
the names OF the needed drugs on slips
o. pasper- ard thsze being rolled up
in little balls. srs swallowed By th~
sex MAJ TO swallow the name % a
rlfaedy. or the remedy bsrelf," any th-
Ts--aFS. "Syne 30 preciseiy The ssaD~
thing. "-Noeh BROOKS. in ST, Nicholas.
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OBSCURE MILLtONAlRES.
Owners Of Wealth Who Know Nothing
ct Its Intelligent Use

Owners Of Wealth Who Know Nothing
Of Its Intelligent Use.
The London Spectator once published
q list of those it called obscure mil
lionaires" who had died within the
previous ten years. The list was a
rather long one. This list sets one con,
sidering. The age is shopkeep-
ing age, it Is true. Il is apt, we say,
10 value men according to their proper
". Great wealth gives great consid-
GRAFTON, and yet, Notwithstanding the
exaggerated Importance of money and
money getting, it appears that wealth
in the largest measure redeems no man
from obscurity; that money in itself,
by its mere possession, confers no dis
tinction which even this age values.
Its use, and not its possession, is all
that can make it a matter of distinction.
In our own country, even more than In
Europe, wealth exaggerates its own
consequence. 1t Is natural that 1t
should, for here, more than there, 1t 10
a personal matter. The American mill
lionaire has made" as he says, his
own shrewedness, industry (taot, perse-
verance or good luck" He is fond, ID
may be, of reminding US all that it is 50.
He is ''self-made man." and recurs to
the time when he was a barefoot boy,
or a Pennies youth, with some pride.
as a proof of how bright a man he is in
having changed by his own unaided
powers the early poverty for the pres
ept wealth
He feels in his heart he has done q
noble work, and that he deserves the
commentator of mankind for doing it.
He is liable to disappointment, as we all
know, and it is somewhat strange that,
shrewd as he is in money matters, he is
so blind in others. For the rest of the
world Is very busy, and has little time
10 trouble itself about his success or his
failure. Neither can other people see
on exactly what grounds a man can
claim its applause only for having
taken good care of MS own interests
The consideration given TO him for
his money Is given ouly to his face by
those who expect to get something by
II. The community would look com
placently upon the matter If sudden
reyulsion should set him to sweeping
the streets tomorrow, would consider
him. indeed, quito as important in the
last occupation as in that of raking hi.
heaps higher. In other words. it Is the
wealth itself that Is important, if there
is any Importance in the case. The
man who owns it may De very unim-
I-ortant. In fact. If be Is content 70 Dc
merely ITS owner, is sure TO be 30.
The only way To create distinction
with wealth is by the use What man
does with what he has determines the
question of his ohsoGTity. The world
Is very Just. and forgets all but its bene
factors. The millionaire who uses he
millions for his own benefit is like the
ofiice-holder who uses his Office FOR his
own benefit. or the man of genius who
exhausts his genius for his own selfish
ends. or. indeed. Ike any unaa who. en-
dowed with a trust. uses the trust fer
his OWL exclusive Use and b-noof.
Men possessed OF other trusts are not
as apt 10 make rkis mistake IS the nen
poss@sed .es ISzs.. Geuirs-4 intS
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.aI am wen and doing wan at pres.

az am wen and doing wen at pres
ent, but have had mighty pore health
this winter. Be good girl an don't
forgetNyour pore ole gran'mother. II
her father don't let her come up here
fore long I'm gwiae down there"
The scribe caught her breath and
drew her pen through a line and q
half
What you do that fer?" complained
aunty.
Never mind. Go on"
"You worries me 50. scratchin' out
the writin', done forgot. OH Won't
you please let my gran daughter come
up an see NE. if it's only fer day
That's fer her father" said aunty.
The writer paused.
IF I'd listen to her Aunt Lulu =
shouldn't never let her 60 with him
Tell her I'm a-comin' down ter see her.
He beats her with his crutch and don't
give her nothin'. Don't think hard o
me cause L didn't send you anything
Christmas. / was away from home two
months. water bound"
The mistress laid down her pen.
''Oh, aunty, what u story"
'It's Jest to satisfy her, honey, SO
she don't think hard o. me. Tell her
I'm comm ter see her in a week or
two an be sure an look fer me-"
wow, aunty, you know can't spare
you in a week or two"
Co'se 1 does, an I amt a-gwine
But she kin be iookin' cut. l wish"
added the kind soul, regretfully. that
/ could send her some fruit. But how
can /? l don't know anybody gwine
there"
why, aunty. there's always lots OF
fruit in the city market, and you can
send her dime or two bits any time
in a letter and she can buy some"
Law sakes! So / kin Huccomes il
you alloys thinks of everything? That
head o alyous is plum full ali the time"
said aunty, admiringly.
is that all, aunty?"
"Oh, tell her ter be sure ter ak her IA
Their ter pray fer me"
"Aunty, l wouldn't He seems to be
a bad fellow
But You see, honey, I don't want him
ter be mad at me, cause ncbby then he
won't let her come an see me. don't
reckon he aims ter let her come, nohow.
He took her away ter keep her, but he
needn't have gone at it that rcverent
way"
What name shall I write on the OUT
side?"
Rev. Jim Brown"
"But, aunty, it's for your grand
daughter"
'IIe gets the letters an he'll know
who it's fer. And now there's another
ore. an it's TO Rev. Jim Brown. An
then If you ain't anything partiekler
ter do I'd like ter have you write Ter
my daughter out on Tickfaw, piease,
ma'am."
Two hours later The amanuensis laid
down her pen with a long sigh of relief
Chicago News.
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SAW A MAST STICKING UP
Lake Erie Fishermen Discover the Wreck
of an Unknown Vessel.

Cleveland, Got. pa special from
Sandusky, o.. says: Intelligence has
just reached this city from Locust Point
that vessel foundered in the lake off
that point some time last week. Last
Thursday as Captain Cleaves and a crew
of fishermen were nearing their grounds
they noticed a lot of wreckage. With
the aid of a glass the captain and his
crew say they were able TO see a spar
projecting from the vessel some distance
AWAY. On going 10 it they found that a
vessel had been sunk and the captain is
of the opinion that ii was a steamer.
There was nothing in sight by which the
name Of the boat could be ascertained
and no information has been received
from any source that boat has been
lost, but it is certain that a vessel has
gone down at that point and undoubted-
ly with all on board.
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CALLAHAN DONE FOR
John LACEY GIVES THE PEOPLE OF
OKLAHOMA WARNING.

Chairman OF the Committee on Public
Lands Gives Callahan the Lie and Ex-
presses His Surprise That ANY Living
Man in Oklahoma Should Attempt to
Deprive Dennis of His Weil-Earned
Honors-Says Flynn is the Most ctive.
Earnest and Efficient Territorial Dele
gate He Ever Net.
Saltwater, o. T, Oct. Cot has re-
manned for a citizen OF this place TO put
the keystone in Dennis Flyrn's CAM
paign. Everyone here is rejoicing over
the matter, for nowhere in ali Oklaho-
ma is the little Irishman loved more by
his constituents than right in this coun-
ty.
Callahan has been lately assevera ting
with great deal of pomposity that
Hymns free homes bin never passed the
house; that it was Lacey's free homes
bill that passed the house. He has made
this false malicious statement all over
the territory.
And now Lacey himself writes to pri-
himself and giving Dennis Flynn such
an elcomium as few men in public life
ever received.
Ex-County Treasurer Query wrote to
Dir. Lacey about Flynn and received
this reply:
Committee On Public Lands,
House Of Representatives, u. S.
OskalooSa, Ia, Oct. 10, 1896.
VIM OIIPrrV Sfillwafe for a IT
My Dear Sir:-Your letter is at hand.
Mr.. Flynn introduced his Free Homes
bill for Oklahoma, and as chairman of
the land committee I earnestly favored
it. L also introduced a general bin in
Guiding all the territories. Both balls
were favorably reported and placed ON
the calendar. Mr.. Flynn's bill passed
the house and is now in the senate. In
the senate, they have reported back gen
erai bill, substantially like my bill, as a
substitute, and / trust it will pass, as all
the territories have the same just claims.
If Oklahomans do not want this leg
islation, they can express themselves
against IL in the clearest way by de-
feating Mr.. Flynn. II they appreciate
the most earnest and faithful service
they ought TO elect him by a unanimous
vote.
l am surprised that any man living in
Oklahoma should attempt to deprive Mr..
Flynn of his well earned honors.
He is the most active, earnest and eff
ficient territorial delegate that / have
ever met in congress. The man who
tries to defeat him is not working for
the interests Of your territory. The sue
cass of the Free Homes bill is due TO
him. / have aided him in every way,
as also has Mr.. Reed
His defeat would be regarded as a
condemnation of the Free Homes bill
by the people of OkloNoma themselves,
and would be a fatal stake on the part
OF your people. Yours truly,
JOHN r. LACEY.
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n grosn % horror escaped from palss-
ing pedestrians "A the scafolding gass
way, and the form Of tsae house pairs-s
wa seen % drop through tho air. he
carosDol on ;be third-story corniea.
struck the telegraph ~ir. IL front %
the second-Taory windows. plunged ia,,
pie q bricks on ths sidewalk. ssd
rolled % the pavement with fhud.
Strpng Tnsn turned away snsir faces
4 woman tainted. Tia engines. WHO
vas gvtting a breath % air ia the area
way. bounded Up the stairs and ssoox-.a
over the pr01tra:s fora Az he Id a
'he prostrass form rose with = sprsry
AID nearly Knocked him OF hss fee.
Areas yoE hurtT- A<sed ev~ybody,
In q hr~afh.
Hurt vas thc oont~r.p<,orss -
'poase. Way. I've ridden = whe~l
sTsfy day FOR fv. years. casesrs
Journal
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SINCERITY ENDORSED.
He Was After Facts and He Got Them

The politician was practicing the
gentle art of mingling. he was being
as agreeable as possible to everybody he
came across and trying TO make friends
His tour brought him to the region
where he wss personally unknown. Like
Haroun Al Rsschid, he resolved 20 bene-
at by the opportunity to hear few can.
did expressions with reference to him,
self and his career. Stopping at a black.
smith shop where some farmers were
standing, he engaged one OF them in
conversation. After few observations
Of general character he said:
rs Hon Judson Blank pretty well
known around here?''
Without suspecting that the tourist
had mentioned his own name, the ma
tive answered:
"Yes. Only we dcn't go ter all that
trouble when we speak of i'm We les
call him old Jud Blank"
He's q pretty shrewd statesman, Is
he note"
wal, he thinks he is was the an
ewer. with e discouraging accent on the
"he."
It was an embarrassing moment
But the seeker for announcement
pulled himself together and said:
There's one good quality, however
that don's believe anybody will deny
him"
"Mebbe there s."
"He must be given credit for SINGER
ity."
Now you've struck it. It was only
this uaornin' that heard te.ler givini
him credit fer sincerity"
"Ah? What did he sav?''
''He said that mebbe Ju6 BLANK wasn'f
so Inuch Ter blame after all; thet eff he
had more sense he'd PROBABLY be Gil.
feTent. st. Louis Republic.
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CENTRAL AMERICAN EXPOSITION
Good Chance for American Commerce to
Enter New Markets

Washington, Oct. 20-Minister Lazeo
Arraiga Of Guatemala has returned
from visit to that country and says
the Central American exposition 70 be
held at Guatemala City, beginning in
March, promises to be an important
event for the countries of that locality.
The buildings will be completed by De-
cember. They are handsome and extern
sive structures, modelled after those at
the Marseilles exposition. The United
States has been invited to participate
and it is hoped that at the coming ses-
sion congress will take steps to have
an adequate representation, as the COM
mercial interests between the United
States and the Central American group
are extensive. Outside of the exhibition
which it is hoped this government viii
make, American merchants are expected
to embrace the opportunity to place
their goods before Central Americans
and thus enlarge the market for Amer
lean goods in that section.
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TESTED BY A STAR.
A Curious MstAo1 of Regulating . Time
pieee-

Some very old Printing that was
brought TO light the other day coz
taius curious suggestions for max.
ing certain calculations that VIII in
tersst many people Oae Of the sug-
gestioas runs % The effect that . per
SON may ascertain his rate Of walking
by the aid Of q string with piece o.
lad az one end Of il. The string should
be knoIted a. distances OF ~ feet.
which distance is the 10th pat CT IN
English mile and bears the sane pro
portion 10 q mile that half . minute
bears 20 Al Eour r tae frzys}er,
when gong al his usual gait drops fhe
lead letting tie string slip through
his hand. The number Of krots whish
I've passed y Ez.f 4 minute iIdleztcS
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WINE INSTEAD OF WATER
Unusual Method of Ouehch ng FL
Adopted on short Notice.

Santa Rosa, Cali, Oct 20.-Korbel's
big winery at Korbers Station. a few
miles from Guerleville, was badly dam
aged by fire Wednesday night. Fire
broke out in the second story of the WIN
cry and soon worked into the third story
causing the roof TO fall in.
One Of the largest presses was de-
stroyed and about one hundred and fifty
thousand gallons of new wine was turn
ed loose Water being scarce, pumps
were applied to the wine casks.tht wine
being thrown on the flames with good
effect. The cellars in which We're a
hundrtd thousand gallons of wine stored,
We're saved. The fire ragged for three
hours.
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somewhat the Reverse.

He-Did Westssie make favorable
impression when he called ne other
sight?
She-No, particularly so-for himself,
Re accidentally sat down on his high
iat>-BGfTalo Times.