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Marriageable Age.

Tn Austria a s'man" and "woman"
ara supposed to be able to be capable
of conducting home OF their own
from the age OF fourteen.
In Germany the man must be at
least eighteen years of age.
In France the man must be eighteen
and the woman fifteen; IN Belgium
the same. -.
Tn Spain the intended husband must
have passed his fourteenth year ana
the woman her twelfth.
In Hungary. for Catholics. the man
must be fourteen years old ana Inc
woman twelve; for Protestants, the
man must be eighteen and the woman
fifteen
In Greece the man must have seen
at least fourteen summers and the wo-
man twelve. ;.
In Portugal boy of fourteen is
considered manageable, and a women
Of twelve.
In Russia and Saxony a youth must
refrain from entering into matrimony
| till heNcan count eighteen years, and
the woman till she can count sixteen.
In Switzerland the men from the
ACE of fourteen and the women from
the age of twelve are allowed 70
marry.
i In Turkey any youth and maiden
who can walk properly, and can nm
derstand the necessary religious ser
vice. are allowed to be united Tor nie'
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Queer Turkish Chiva.ry.

In Professor Max Muller's new book,
"Letters from Constantinopie, Mrs.
Max Muller stated that the highest
mark of respect to woman IN Iurkey
is to turn your back on her, and she
relates the following occurrence:
"We were drinking coffee one day OF
the Sweet Waters, at the part
which flows by the gardens OF a country
place of the Sultan. All at once Sadlk
Bey jumped mp and ran behind tree
with his back to the Sweet Waters.
Two or three closed carriages OF the
imperial harem we're passing along tn
road in the gardens on the other side
of the river, the blinds 80 far: down
that it was impossible to see II any
one was inside, and yet oil along oui
side we saw the Turks, whether OH
GERS or civilians, going through the
same absurd ceremony. and only whe
the carriages were out OF sight d
they return to their coffee,
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A MueI, Kissed Tes am ant.

Mr.. Richardson, consulting chemiss
to the Bradford Corporation, hes Just
completed an analysis OF Testament
nsed in Ripon Court House for sixty
Years. and said to have been kissed oy
10 900 people. The analysis was with
a view of establishing the danger OF
otherwise of kissing the book. inere
were no germs of typhoid, tuoercu-
losis or diphtheria.. The only germ
Of dubious character was the pus
cocci." usually found on wounded OK
sore skin. Although these germs az
not. necessarily harmful, there were
conditions in which they might pro-
duce complications. He would not kiss
onv surface ON which they were
spread. ~ estminstsr Gazette s
4 n
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nrmored Express Cars.

General Passenger Agent Heaford'
of the Chicago. Milwaukee and ot.
Paul. received letter the other day
from Charles Shanafelt, OF Lawrence,
Kan, describing a contrlvance ne
has invented for the purpose OF pro-
tecting express cars against tram
robbers. The apparatus consists OF
a revolving turret set in the middle
of the express Car and provided with
loopholes through which the guards
can operate Winchesters, eating
guns, or any other form of artillery.
The turret is supposed to be con-
structed of armor-plate steel, ana is
50 arranged that band OF train ROD
beers could be annihilated with one
broadsidc.
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Reindeer for the Yukon Region.

Twenty reindeer will be brought
down this year from Point Clarence
by the United States revenue cutter
Bear for transportation by way OF the
Yukon River steamers to the gold
fields. Dogs have been the chief rel:-
ance of the miners for the transporta-
ton of their packs across the snow.
Horses, too, have found their way into
the great valley, and have proven al
most beyond value. 1t is felt, how
ever. that the reindeer will be more
seryiceable than horses in the Yukon
region. The introduction OF reindeer
into the Yukon has for some time been
a subject of study OF such men as
Sheldon Jackson and Miner w. Bruce
the explorers.-The Manufactures.
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Temporary Telephones.

Tn many towns quite a feature OF
tbe telephohe service is the number OF
instruments put in temporarily by the
advice of the doctor, for service dur
inc the time when it is specially I'M
perat,ye that the patient should Do
free from excitement. This gives the
friends of the family the chance OF
making inquiries without putting
either party to the trouble OF a formal
call. aud is usually very much TO the
advantage of the patient. But the
latest idea in telephone applications
comes from Mobile, where the local
telephone company is said TO nave
arranged with patrons who are ordered
to take medicine at frequent Intervals
during the night, to call them up on
the telephone when it Is time TO TAKE
the dose. The receiver is carried TO
the bed and placed close to the ear Oh
the sleeper, with call bell OF low
tones. Apother curious point has Just
been brought out. So many burglar
les have been frustrated by the ponce
anpearing on the scene at m 'st IN
convenient time for the burglars-ln
response to telephone call from the
inmates of the house-that the hrst
thing a craftsman now does on get
tino into q house is to cut the teie
phone wires. This was done IN re-
cent case of housebreaking, but the
lady of the house quickly evened NJ
letters NV nressing a button at tn
head of the stairs and 1nstantl.
lighting every electric lamp IN tn
house. The disgusting puoilc,,t
which. this involved was too much 10
the feelings of the thieves, who fortn
with decamped.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

snain has more sunshine than any
other country In Europe. The
yearly average in Spain is 5000 hours;
that of Italy. $500; Germany, l7oo;
England, 400.
Sediments, or stratifed rocks, are
invariably those which have been lalo
down under water. They are always
recognizable as such. because divided
into these layers, which the action OF
the water always produces.
One of the small varieties OF huckie-
berry is fertilized by bee, which,
coming underneath the flower and I'LL
ing his proboscis up in order to get
the honey, the flower throws a shower
of pollen in his face, to be carried to
the next host.
The long undulating folds in which
the Appalachiaus were produced when
first thrown up are characteristic OF
mountain ranges the world over. Inc
Alps, the Pyrenees, the Caucasus
Himalayas, Andes and Rockies are
built in just that way. They are enor'
mously thick beds or masses, and they
are all ridged mp into these folds.
Professor Nobbe,' the weil-known
plant psychologist of Saxony, says tna5
| he has produced, son commercial
scale. pure cultures of the different
bacteria, which are efficient IN ainxlnS
the nitrogen of the air in form avali'
able for plant food, and he has them
for sale in small glass bottles" 1t Is
said that soil can be inoculated VIII
these organisms for the modest sum o.
$1.25 an acre.
The flowers of all the pumpkins are
mopmcious having the stamens an!
pistils in distinct flowers, but boti
growing upon the same 1ndlvidua
plant; they also bear perfect hover
containing both organs. Nevertheless
the pistils and stamens not developlni
, at the same time, it is Impossible 10
: the flowers to fertilize themselves
} This same necessity for insect AID i
the fertilization of flowers is we
., known in Australia, with both the re
/ clover and the apple.
Tie bats pass the winter IN caves
r the attics of houses and BARNS or
9 hollow trees, hanging downward b
t their hind claws. eating nothing an
moving not. All the carnivorla, {
! flesh eaters, as the mink, skunl
n opossum, fox and wolf. are IN wint'
v active and voracious, needing mu'
g food to supply the necessary amin
= heat of the body. Hence they a
much more bold than in summer, oil
the henyard or sheep pen OF the farf
: err is too frequently called upon
supply this extra demand.
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CURIOUS FACTS.
There are gold lemon-squeezers.
Liberia, West Africa, hasn't CLOCK.

There are gold lemon-squeezer''
Liberia, West Africa, hasn't CLOCK.
ONYX in large quantity, and. 1t IS
said, of good quantity, has been 1ouna
in Hart County, Kentucky.
Two white-winged crows make daily
visits to Robert Mullins farm al
leicester. Md, but so far they have
eluded efforts to capture them.
The iurymen in murder trial az
Muskeeon. Mich. went to a BARRIERS
to get shaved and haircut ana inc
tonsorial artist was not permitted TO
sneak word during the entire opera
ton. e.ooo
London millionaire offered Soooo
for the use on jubilee day OF tn rec
small windows in the Office OF small
weekly newspaper, whlcn was nv
considered first class position. Inc
offer was refused.
Owing to many unreasonable CON.
plants postoffice official has iouna IL
necessary to gravely announce tina. the
Unite i States mail is indifferent 10
lovers and that delayed letters are not
withheld out OF malice.
Thousands of head of antelope are
to be seen along the Short Line TRACK
back of Be ,kwith, Idaho. They nave
been in that section all winter and are
little limited. One band Is believed to
contain fully 5000 head.
Mount Vernon IN. Y. woman was
sentenced to three months imprison
ment in the Kings County penltenti
ary at Brooklyn because she did no
keep her children clean. She was tn
first woman to be convicted on such
charge.
A man who runs skunk farm neal
Otisyille. N. Y, says that there IS on
element of loss he is not compelled I
take into account in estimating III
profits, and that is any fear from io'
nv thieves who come in the night
day times i.
By different nations every day
the week is set apart for public wo
ship: Sunday by the Christian
Monday by the Greeks, Tuesday
the PeYsians, Wednesday py tne ASS
rians, Thursday by the Egyptian,
Friday by the Turks. and Saturday
the Hebrews.
The either, popular among, I
Germans and Russians, seems to ma
been used by the Romans and Greer
! by the Assyrians, the Hlndoos, ana
,, used to-day by the Chinese a
: Japanese. The bagpipe is equa
time-honored and appears to ha
/, been employed in the gray dawn
the savage past.
Meerschaum is found in tine wn
clay like masses in various regio
but chiefly in Asia Minor. Llyad
I and the Island of Euboea. when n
I taken out it is soft, and makes lat
9 like soap. 1t is manufactured i
: tocacco pipes. which, after De
l. carved or turned, are baked TO
"A them, then boiled in milk, polish
q ana finally boiled in oil or wax.
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A Modern Exodus.

A great emigration movement OF
Russian Hebrews from the Vlstula
nrovinces to Africa is taking place at
The present moment. The movements
has reached such proportions N sew.
eral districts OF these provinces that
the Hebrew male population is greatly
diminished, and business in the shops
Is principally carried on BY women
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-10
CHAPTER XVI.
A NEW FRIEND.

Margaret, L think shall bring Will
son to dinner tonight. / met him yes
terday and he asked about you: he mas
heard BERTHE lauding you to the SKIES,
and naturally he is anxious to see tne
paragon" =. pou,;a r
Really, that is too bad OF Berte; -
don't pose as paragon, Brian ana IA.
deed don't care to be one. 90 want
10 meet DIR. Wilson, though, and II you
will only correct his false impression,
7 wish YOU would bring him this even
ing" m , 70
correct or prove his Impressions. L
know you'll be equal to the emergency
On either case. You should really ap-
nreciate the compliment he pays you.
I don't believe / ever heard him ex-
nress n desire to meet any one before. :
aReaIly? Why, feel quite vain. 1
hope he isn't cynic., u.s..
aOh. no. 1t is rather indifference,
think He isn't particularly sociable;
that is he doesn't care for visiting
Peonle follow him up, though, like the
denca and he's considered quite a catch
On the m matrimonial pond. Any number
Of anglers would be glad to land him
Tbe mower of money, you see. wen,
must be off. sha'n't be home to lunch
Cood-Sy. You won't be lonelys"
NO" r;.,
Every day Brian left Margaret witt
this question, and every day she an
swered "No," but always after ne ma
cone she felt she had answered untrutn
fnlly. She was lonely-very lonei.
She found SO little to interest hers
little I TO FIJI the long dull mornings
Rrian sometimes came to lunch. put q
often he did not. Her after noons wei
spent in seeing the sights OF New lodi
shopuing, or calling on her few irienu'
end her evenings at the theater, wne
Rrian would take her; but more olte
at home alone when he had some o.
garement which he could not possipi
defer. 10 won
ret,rn la.e In the night, with q
heavy. stumbling steps which 10
their own story, and which Mwa.
struck SO heavily "A Margarets hear
es She waited sleepless and anxious;
Th.s was the re-. ord of the ten IA
abe had spent In New iciE, anu =
seeued as far away from lae ssms
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AN EFFECTIVE CALL.

A traveller. who put up for the night
at the leading hotel in small town.
had before retiring left explicit IN
structions to be called for an early
train.l He was very much in earnest
about the matter, and threatened the
clerk with all manner of punishment
if that duty was neglected. Early IN
the morning the guest was disturbed
by a lively tattoo upon the door.
"Well ?" he demanded, sleepily.
"I've got an important message for
you." replied the boy. -.
Tho guest was up in an instant,
opened the door and received from
the boy q large envelope. He tore
open the envelope hastily, and inside
found slip of paper on which was
written in large letters: :,
aWhy don't you get up9' He go'
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oro dav found n diamond in the gutter
And once bill-lined wallet picked up,
NV hosom beat with Joy scarce could utter
The ioy-drops DER the edges OF my cup
Did trickle.
low did say? All. less than nothing wa, II
Compared to that great thrill when' yes
terday. ,.or, tho
I took my last years top coat 'ron- 'n0
closet,
A nickel.
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THE IMPRESSION.

"Now," said one of the members OF
n woman's organization. tine secre,
tary is going to read the minutes. OF
the last meeting.
eyes" responded Miss Cayenne !;
"sbe calls them minutes. But they
always seem like hours. Washing
ton Star.
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u,n cuANeEp COMPILATIONS.

It was the seventh time she had tried
on the gown.
"It doesn't seem to me-" she said,
..that it becomes my complexion.
"Madam forgets," said the mooiste'
"that she has not the same complexion
she wore last time she was here. =
Chicago Journal.
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rur DIFFERENCE.

Little Coke Blackstone-"I think
a doctors patients get off easier than
a LAWYERS clients; don't they. PAP"
Lawyer Blackstone-"Think again.
nv soni Did you ever hear OF law,
yer killing his client after ne had
cleaned him out?'-Puck.
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Couldn't STAND THE THOUGHTS OF II.
Weary Walker-s'Say, I'm a-goin'
tor strangle mself ter deathp"
Dusty Rhodes lin amazement)-
"What fer?"
Weary Walker-"Just listen what
it saws in dis paper: "Every time we
breathe one hundred muscles OF our
body are set to work. PUCK.
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CONCLUSIVE PROOF.

"But papa says you owe every.
vhere-that you are not a man OIL
honor.
81 assure you, one of the strongest
feelings that animate me IN entering
into this match is the desire to pay
nv debts. Life.
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FORBIDDEN FRUIT ELEMENT ELIMINATED

FORBIDDEN FRUIT ELEMENT ELIMINATED
"Jones is greatly surprising me.
He hasn't touched a drop OF strong
drink since the first day of the year. .
"Indeed? He must have sworn OH
good and hard this lime.
.sNo, he tells. me that he didn
swear off at all. In fact, he says that
the reason why he has succeeded
we'll in keeping straight. You SO
there was nothing to tempt him.
Cleveland Leader.
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CASE OF NECESSITY.

First Chappie-"My dear boy, you
should never laugh at your own
Second Chappie-"Oh. confound 1t
all. I've got tol I could never STANG
the everlasting silence that comes al
ter them. Truth.
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IN coNsrANrINoPLr.

OAicial-"We have caught the
scoundred who plotted against your
Maiesty's life. ,;,
The Sultan-"Keep him safe, until
T decide what punishment befits q
man who would have made SO many
widows. Puck.
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Meekton, "that the bicycle has done
much to promote the happiness OF
mankind"
SIN what way?"
at makes people more sympathetic.
II was not until she had bicycle that
nv wife ever expressed any sympathy
with me when / lost collar button. /"
Washington Star.
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To MATT too long for any guest is
yudenes3 toward those who have arrived
pun taalIy.
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REWARD OF BRAVERY.

she-s.It must have taken great
daaI of persistence on your part 10
learn to play the violin SO Wen.
He-ssIt did. l had to go con
stantly armed for five years. Idle.
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COULDN'T HELP IT.

Beatrice-"Did you notice the loud
color of that blonde young iady gown
ut the reception last nightT
Observation-Disclosures it! 10 you
think Pm deaf. Truth.
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HE SAW HIM.

81 wants ter see." said Chimmie
Fadden, coming aboard the big ocean
steamer, ode main screw OF dis hoat.
See?" :,
Gan right" said one OF the sailors,
nicking him up and dropping him over
the stern, stake look at the propel-
ler"-Cincinnati Commercial-Trib-
une."
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FRoM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

Ineffable Joy-Reward Of Bravery
In Constantinople-C Heip
1.-THE Difference-Conclu
Proof-The Impression, Etc.
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LOTS OF ROOM.

spats-"Well, how do you like your
new fat?"
Socratoots-"It's oil right. We
have three rooms.
Spats-"Is that room enough
Socratoots-"Yes, we go out IN the
front room when we want to turn
round in the back parlor. "-Pittsbure
News.
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ouIp PRO QUO.

The Junior Partner-"Did you see
Grinder about extending that note?"
The Senior Partner-"Yes. He SAID
be was willing to extend the time II
we would extend the size. "-oincin'
natl Tribune.
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ONE ON DUDLEY.

Nellie ChaHie-"Why, Mr.. Cane
sucker, what has caused the change in
your appearanceW
Dudley Canesucker-"I pwesume
it's my glawses. doncher know. I've
begun to weah them.
NelIie-"Well, you should always
wear them. You've no idea bow intel
lieent they make you look. scarcely
knew You.
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THE CRUCIAL TEST.

He-.sWhy shouldn't we be happy
together? Our tastes are SIMILAR our
fr;ends the same, and-and-we ride
the same make of wheel, too.
She-ssYes, but whatmake OF sadie
do YOU use?"-Judge.
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4 rrr.Iow. FEELINd,

"TheEs's no doubt" said Nj,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-12-04
OUR GLORIOUS CLIMATE.
Santa Fe Enjoys a Most Equable and
Cool Summer Temperature and
Moderate Winters.
COMPARISONS FAVOR SANTA FL GREATLY
Only Ten Per Cent of Cloudy Days
Per Annum in This Favored
Locality--Sunshine Nearly
All the Time.

New Mexico lies at the point where the
Rocky mountains lose that characteristic
individuality which they have preserved
as q distinctive feature from within the
Arctic circle to Colorado and almost
throughout that state. Heretofore they
have been range or broad series OF
parallel ranges exhibiting lofty peaks
and passes at attitudes 80 great as to lie
further skyward than many vaunted al
pine summits. But when the chain has
reached its final great effort of elvatlon
in Pixies Peak it rapidly loses its massive
character and with astonishing rapldlty
sinks to rolling Eills and spreads out on
mesas of altitude still great but of even
and gentle slope.
Viewed by the aid of its contours OF
altitude New Mexico appears as a plain
raised to the height of 5000 feet, broken
but by two systems of greater elevations
and interrupted by Lesser ones only on
the eastern and southern faces. Nearly
three. .fourths of the territory is in
cluded within the contour of 5000
feet. All that part of the territory
which lies above the 1000 feet con
tour is rugged mountains of precipItous
slope and deeply scored face. Their eli
matic purpose is to extract the rain from
the atmosphere for the benefit OF the
lower levels; they do more than this, for
the rain carries away the desintegrating
rock to enrich the plateau and the valley
beneath. Arizoua faces the prevailing
humid wind and opposes to it flight of
steps; New Mexico is almost entirely on
the leeward side of the mountain ranges
and exposes a minimum of bluff surface
To the wind. Hence arise different cli-
matic conditions.
The elevation of the barometer cistern
of the weather bureau station at Santa
Fe is 6,998 above mean tide of the Gulf of
Mexico, and the barometer is 81 feet above
the base Of the monument in the main
plaza, so that the altitude of Santa Fe is
approximately 6,967 feet above sea level.
A resume of the records for % years
shows that great extremes in temperature
are seldom reached, the lowest recorded
tenn peratnre being 13 degrees below zero
in January, 1888, and the highest 96 in
July, 1875, IN Santa Fe.
During the present decade the highest
absolute temperature has not exceeded
80 degrees, and in comparison OF these
TEN peratures with extremes of the more
humid sections of the eastern states and
the Mississippi valley the extreme dry
ness of the cir must be considered; that
the heat ex perlenced by the human body
is some 10 to Is degrees less than thai
shown by the metallic Thermometer,
temperature of 80 degrees in the shade a.
Santa Fe being about equal to rs degrees
in St. Louis.
The following table taken from the
reports of the climate and crop service
of the bureau will give a general idea O
the relative intensity of heat as indicated
by the metallic thermometer.