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Mountains. This difference was OF high
i'm mportance, as clear. thin air increases
the brightness of a heavenly body two
fold or more. but as steadiness is neces-
sary for true vision brilliant distortion
is misleading. The observations of Pro-
fessor Holden in 1873 and afterward also
showed that the desirable ombination is
not frequently found at the high attitudes
of Colorado, and DR.. Henry Draper's ac-
count of the Utah mountains confirms the
testimony in favor OF the westerly range.
The observatories that were built within
the last twenty years. including the Lick,
have reaped The benefit of these early in
vestigations, and the most daring climbs
of scientific star-gazing, which have
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ranked Mounts Etna, Whitney, Blanc,
Pixies Peak and Ell Misti in the Andes
among the astronomical stations, may be
traced to their influence.
The first named is a well-equipped OBJ
servatory since 1881, at an altitude of 1862
feet, not far below the great crater. On
this awe-inspiring ground where earth
tremblings, sulphurous smoke and sub
terranean illuminations are among the
proba bilities, in addition to the usual
mountain phenomena of wind and electric
storms. the serene lights of heaven are
studied during the favorable months from
July 10 October. The result Is that they
are occasionally seen with clearness and
steadiness unknown at Catania. the lower
Sicilian station. The records of Tachini,
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that the huge glacial formation which
caps it had too much depth to admit of an
earthly foundation, but sunk deep in the
icy mass which EN- blanks it round, safe
and solid structure was completed inde-
pendentIy OF rock or soil.
This success leads the jealous scientist
to suggest similar ventures in the eternal
SHOWS OF the Andes and the HimaIayan
range as important to the progress OF
meteorology and astronomy. but it was
not attained without hardship and dan
GER in which sickness and death were
prominent. Moreover, summit glaciers
are not immovable, and on examination
two years after its ompletion the struc-
ture was found to have been slightly dis
placed toward Chamounix. A sliding
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OF the atmosphere during the two months
of observation aided in producing excel
lent definition.
The daylight canopy was not of deepest
blue, but there are many physical oDser-
Vations with which the paIer tint due to
dust particles interferes but little.
Before many years the scientific world
gave practical recognition to the value of
this experiment, and as early as 1872 Pro-
lessor Davidson took observations in the
Sierras and Professor Y Dung in the Rocky
Mountains for a comparison of high and
low attitudes in the Western States.
While the selected stations in both cases
showed increased transparency with an
increase OF altitude, it was more frequently
combined with steadiness in the Sierra
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his enthusiastic recommendation the
United States Government has reserved
from sale large tract, including the sum-
nit of Mount Whitney. which can thus be
devoted to scientific purposes when
needed.
As quiet air was but secondary consid-
Grafton in connection with his special re-
searches, tests on this matter were few
and inconcIusive, but the ever-present
dust particles were detected and the
smoke of an occasional forest fire also
scared beyond the summit.
The icy crest of Mont Blanc cleaning
in the rarefied air of the Alpine solitudes
was the next step in the ladder of ascend
ing science. Towering 1880 feet above
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eminent engineers of tunneling from the
accessible slopes of the Alpine peak inward
for few m lies and thence vertically 9f00
feet to the summit for the purposes o.
travel Should this colossal shaft be sue
cessfully constructed the inroads of art,
science and pleasure will soon render the
Mount Blanc of the past but majestic
memory.
Pixies Peak IA LAT feet above sea level,
was occupied for meteorological observa-
tions from 1874 to 1888, in 1878 was tempo
rarily used as an eclipse station, was
tested for telescopic work by Professor
Pickering in 1887, and in 1898 was occupied
by Professors Hale and Keeler for solar
observations. The extreme clearness OF
the air was attested by all the experi-
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servers assert that they are canals. But a
canal implies water, and water implies an
atmosphere. Here again arises dispute
as to the physical condition of the Mar
tian surface. A spectroscopic study of
Mars does not give support to the claim
that Mars has an atmosphere, at least not
an atmosphere similar to our own. On
the other hand very many astronomers of
worldwide celebrity as careful observers
emphatically assert that they have not
only witnessed the formation of ice over
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10 discuss the astronomical elements of
Mars. That particular knowledge is not
essential to the purpose of the present
article, and, besides, the information has
been repeatedly set forth before the read
ing public.
Within the past few years a great deal
of intelligent attention has been bestowed
upon the rudy planet, and especial no.
tice taken, under the most favorable op-
portunities of proximity and instrumental
aid. of the peculiar markings upon its sur
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EAF a competent hydraulic engineer
AZ should be called upon for plan of an
liz irrigating system for the Desert of
Sahara, where the surface was a dead
level, he would provide for running the
watercourses from the source of water
supply to the regions to be irrigated in
the most direct lines, in straight lines,
thus reducing the evaporation Ill transit
10 a minimum; and in order to make the
utmost possible application of the water
to the greatest amount of land, he would
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the animal respires and gathers
its food. 1t adheres to rocks by
means Of strong central foot
ana the power of suction which this ex-
erts is enormous; many strong she'll
gatherer has been caught in dangerous
predicament through thrusting his hand
between the she'll and the rock when the
foot is RELAXED and having the thing close
on him and held thus against rising
tide, only to be rescued by his CON-
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@1 me of the crevices of industry into
f&ES which the Chinese on this coast
M have crawled, and which by reason
OF its small remuneration to the indi-
vidual would not suggest itself to the
American, is the business of preparing
and polishing sea shells for ornamental
purposes and for tourist sale as souvenirs.
The chief she'll used for this purpose is
that of the Haliotis, called in Spanish the
abalone. There are three species OF it,
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nese polishers and venders of tho shells
to the Eastern tourists, the artisans them
selves living principally upon the meats
the shells contain.
But perhaps the most beautiful small
shell of. the coast is the purple olive,
OIivella bipiicata, of which the Chinese
make much use. 1t has a blush hite,
polished surface nd purple mouth. The
spire is short, with distinct spiral groove
separating the whorls. The inner wall of
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
cRAcKINs OF TIE WHIP.
Republican Opposition to tfse ningss
ley RilI CurtafIed.

ley Bill Curtafled.
1t is likely that, if the republicans in
the house were really free men, there
would have been many more protests
against the Dingley bill from the ma-.
| jority side than were recorded. For it
is to be observed that where the iron
rule does not operate to check express
sion of opinion, republicans arc sreely
conde1nning this latest manifestadsaa
of republican disregard for the wishes
and the rights of the people. In fact,
for the past four years leading repub-
| lican papers all over the country have
been ait pains to deprecate amy further
attempt to force the republican party
into commitment to a tariff policy that
| is not only antagonistie to the coIn-
mercial and industrial interests of the
country, but which was cordially dis
approved by the people in two general
| elections. The evil of Mckinley yisrn,
which stirred up this republican oppo-
sition to proscriptiye tariffs, was less OF
an evil than this proposed assault on
the people, for the reason THAT it did
| not go so far as does Dingleyism in the
direction of delivering the masses
| wholly over to the trusts and the capi-
| talists.
That the republican opposition in the
house to the Dingley bill is wholly dis
| proportionate to the republican opposi-
ton throughout the country is due sim
| ply to the fact that only very few
members of the majority have dared TO
say what they think about it or to vote
as they think. They are proteetionists,
of course, for the most part, at least.
but they doubtless understand that this
| bill proposes something worse than pro
tectionism; that it goes far beyond the
| protective Limit, even as it is estah-
lished in republican policy. It passes,
however. at the crack of the whip, un-
der which the majority iscoWed. -Bing-
| hanton (N. w Leader.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
REPUBLICANS REvoLTED.
Opposition to Dingieyism Even
Among the Protectionists.

Opposition to Dfngleyism Even
Among the Protectionists.
The criticism of the cotton and
WOODEN schedule of the Dingley bill
by republican congressman Mccall and
Lowering, of Massachusetts,, is but a
faint Indication of the dissatisfaction
with this extreme measure among mod
crate protectionists. Both these mern-
bers pronounced the duties to be too
high-n1ore than the manufacturers
needed or desired. Massachusetts, 2
said Mr.. Lowering, 'swants a tariff that
will stand"
Certainly o worse-than-MeK Kinley
tariff, as it has been demonstrated that
the Dingley bill would be, will not
stand. The Dingleyites appear to have
forgotten 1sc1 and 1892.
In replying to the criticisms of his
own party colleagues Mr.. DingEey re-
peated the old sophistry that .the pro-
lection afforded is only such as is neces-
sary to euualize the labor conditions
in the United States and those prevails
ing in other producing countries.
Does Mr.. Dingley pretend to say thai
there is a difference of so per cent. Of
the full value of the goods between the
labor cost here and abroad? Has he for
gotten that another Maine statesman
James G. Blaine certified as secretary
Of state that the labor cost I'M American
cottons was less than in goods made
in England? Is the total labor cost in
woolens anywhere equal to Mr.. Ding
ley's duties? Can he mention the coun-
try and prove the fact?
When d tariff bill in two of it's most
mportant schedules is so extreme as
to evoke dissent from Massachusetts
protectionists, it is not hard to fore
tell what the people will think Of it
N. Y. World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
PRESS COMMENTS.

Nlai. McKinley's place in history
as the author of the superlatiye in
iquity in tariff legislation is slipping
from his grasp. The house has voted
him out.-St. Louis Republic.
Putting a duty on hides viii not
afford protection to those of tho
Dingley billers. Two years hence The
people will rip them off and hang them
on the fence for the flies to have fun
with. Kansas City Times.
ALL the arguments IN the world
will not convince the man who finds the
price of the necessities of life advanced
as the result of the Dingley robber.
tariff bill that the foreigner pays the
tax.-Illinois State Register.
We suppose that when the tariff
bill comes up in the senate Mark Hanna
will get in some of his fine work. Up
to date he appears to have occupied his
time in chiefly looking out for the cars.
Binghanlton On. W Leader.
MIR. Dfnglcy emphntically and in
dignantly denies that his bill is worse
than the Mckinley bill. Mr.. Dingley
can find at the other end of the avenue
gentleman who utterly fails to see
why either emphasis or indignation is
called for In the circumstances Baltt-5
more News. n
There are people who fail to un-#
derstand why Mr.. Dingley should geek.
to provide for 800, 100000 Of revenue
when the deficit amounts to but $685.
oCo,ooo. Tt is quite likely that Mr.. Ding
leytis trying to make plain sailing for
the pork-hunting congressman. N. Z.
Journal.
Snaothering the people by pro
lection will bring about FREQ trade
quicker than anything else. The people
submitted to protection with fairly
good grace until they got an overdose in
1890, and they turned toward tariff re-
form for relief. The relief from Ding
leyism is likely to be free trade Utica
Observer.
us it not curious that power should
he given to the president to neTnit duties
On goods from countries that sign reci-
procity agreements, and that the same
power to remit duties ON articles con
trolled by trusts should be denied him ?
Perhaps an answer to the question may
be found in the fact that the managers
of the trusts, who have made large con-
tributions to the republican campaign
fund, are apprehensive that republic
on servant of theirs would not always
sit In the presidential chair. Rochester
IN ~ Herald.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15

|
airy treasure for 80 years. Under the
eyes of Ainsworth Il. Spofford the IL
bIary has grown from infancy to vigor.
Gus virility. Mr.. Spofford was appoint
ed by Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and haa
held his position without Interruption
or political Intervention from that date
until the present.
The; new congressional library build
ing, which is now being celebrated
both in song and story, is the result
Of the continuous and persistent ef-
forts ON the part. of Mr.. Spofford to in
duce congress to make proper provision
| for / he rapid y y-accumulating wealth OF
learning. xa
Coi.sJohn L. Snaithmeyer, of Austrian
birth, came to this country in is47, a
wellequippeds civil engineer, with con-
Siderable learning in architecture. 10
him was committed the task of prepar-
ing plans for the new library building
which was authorized by congress. He
did the work with exceptionalsii1f and
everybody who has seen the work de-
clares that the library is the most beau
taIai gDuitu1IIR OH a6dIlli, not excepting
Tai Mahal, the famous building Of
beauty onsthe upper Ganges, ii India.
Col. SniIthnleyer never received pay
from the government for his work,
and now has . claim. pending before
congress for compensation for his in.
tellectual labor. His claim will prob
ably be like all other claims of that char
aeter. The government is not honest.
It is not likely that Col. Smithmeyer
viii ever receive the compensation due
him for his magnificent work.
SMITH d. FRY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
OUR NATIONAL LIBRARY.
Its establishment Was Due Pri-
narily to Thomas Jefferson
Condensed History of the Great Coi-
:. Iecdon's Origin and Growth
The New Library Building
t* und Its Architect. E3E
Especial washington Lotter.l

Statistical letters are generally con-
ceded to be less interesting than nara
tions of current or past events; never
theless, statistical statements are some
times regarded as of exceptional value
by the average reader throughout the
country.
Statistical letters usually refer bot
to facts and figures, butsare generally
overhurdened with more figures than
facts. This letter, concerning the ori-
gin, growth and development of the
celebrated congressional library, will
contain facts which many readers will
want to keep in their scrap books, and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
rhe rarsen YVES rhan,sfr1.

The trouble and the fun we had
about Charlie Ellington and his cuss
word brung back to my mind a good
one they used to tell on old Paraon
Brittenham. It came to pass way back
there in them plain old days W hen peo-
pie had to ride on stage coaches instd
Of railroad trains as they do now.
And from the way the story come to
me, it would seem like old Parson Brit
tenhana and Maj. Wash Collins had
beth took the stage coach for Bells
Landi1, and from there they would
take the steamboat for New Orleans
1t would likewise seem that both Of
them had some powerful preasin brsi-
Tess down the river. The major had
shipped whole passle of cotton
some fifteen to a hundred balesand
he was loolin for the price to tumble
every day, The old I,arson was goin
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15

| had to repeat the
dost, took and got
married to another
man one day last
week. Old m a n
Lish Mulligan and
the Widder Barker
they brung on the
said weddin match.
Mind you now, it
don't make a blame
blessed bit of diff
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
a Dufy ITnnerfnrr,,efl.


The laying Of necessary taxes for the
support of the government Is a task
specially confided by the constitution
to the house OF representatives. In
the method adopted to procure the pas
sage of the Dingley bill the republican
majority has divested itself of its con-
stitutional function. lit has sent bill
to the senate without discussing it or
perfecting it, The duty unperformed
in the house will be devolved upon the
senate; and while the Dingley bill will,
no doubt, be a very different measure
after the discussion and amendment
which it is sure to receive, the senate
is, unfortunately, SO constituted as to
it's membership and as to its political
preferences that there can be no GER
tainty that the bill will be greatly inn
proved. And after the senate shall
have new shaped the schedules of the
Dingley bill the final result of the bar
gaining between the conference com
mittees, of the two houses viii keep the
business interests of the country in a
state of conjecture and apprehension
till the very last moment of manipula-
ton. Philadelphia Record.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
Fish Die OF Exnauation.

It may not be generally known that
there is cruelty in the keeping of gold
fsss. Half of such captives die from
sfleer want of rest As fish have eyes
so formed that they cannot endure the
light, in a glass vessel they are in an
entirely wrong place, as is evident from
the way in which they dash about and
so round end round, until fairly .1ora
nsIt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
oPELoUsAs, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1897.

off to marry his third wife, and nat
urally of course time was almighty
scarce and precious with him.
The weather was wet and rough, and
the road was most outiandish bad. Tn
make it still worse for the old parson
and the major. the driver had patched
up terrible sorry team ofhorses. They
didn't have any speed to speak Of, and
they wouldn't npll lick only when it
suited them. They would run away
goin down every hill, and then stall
and stop goin up hill. The more the
driver ripped and snorted and slashed
the worse they got.
Way along late in the shank of the
evenin they run into scandalous bad
swamp, where thesaroad was sloppy
and soft enough to bog saddle blanket.
The wheels went down in the mud,
and the horses come to dead stop.
The driver he whipped and he slashed,
but there they stuck and there they
stayed. In the main time Maj. Wash
he was thinkin about that big pile of
cotton, and half Crazy to pitch in and
cuss out creation which, of course,
he would ruther not do that right there
in the presence of the good old parson
whilst Parson Brittenham, he was
thinkin about the various and sundry
felonious good things he was missin,
and confnin his remarks to, Bible Ian
guage as best he could.
Finally at last about first dusk they
heard the steamboat whistle BLOWN
for the landin, seven miles away, and
the stage coach stuck there in the mud
and water. Well, Maj. Wash he jest
simply couldn't hold in no longer. He
jumped up and down two or three
times in the same place, got red in the
face, and said, with a loud and furious
voice:
Dam them horses!''
The old parson smiled the most
broadest and sympathetic smile, made
a low and heavy bow to Maj. Wash and
said:
THANK YOU. maior-tIianIs You. sir. ~
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
The retroactive clause ],

The retroactive clause in the
Dingley tariff bill as passed by the
house is simply another defiance of fate
by extremists who are intoxicated with
wholly fortuitous grasp OF power.
IT it were possible to believe that the
senate would adopt this nonstrous pro-
vision the effect upon trade and upon
customs receipts would be simply
paralyzing. The adoption of such an
unheard-of provision simply betrays the
.eagerness of the tariff trainers to give
the trusts and monopolies an immediate
control Of our markets. They cannot
wait even to PASS the new schedules Of
.ytortiop in the usual way. n. Y.
World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
STORIES AND SKETCHES.
Quaint and Fresh from the Coun-
try Folks.
Sage OF Rocky Creek Misses uis
"Mainest Chance" TO Marry "a
"Widder Wouan"-HumanP Peo-
pie Eyerywhere.

The onlyest widderwoman which Ihaye
es'er knew that would marry if in ease
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15

Ex-Ambassa<for Bayard has shipped
his fayorite English saddle harse to thia
country.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15

off to marry his third wife, and nat
urally of course time was almighty
scarce and precious with him.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-05-15
Human People Everywhere.

''Thank you, major-tllank you, sir.'
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-14
Lutheran Churches.

German Lutheran - Duwamish Mission.
Sanders hall below Sweeney's brewery.
Services az 2sgn every other Sunday.
Norwegian -Danish-Feurth avenue and
Pins. street s. r Toilefson. pastor Study
IN basement. Services az II a. IN. and
Y. m.
German Luthsran-Services fu hall, ror-
ner Main street and Minor avenue. Ser
vicss every second and fourth Sunday ~
the month at 7;t5 n. IN. by the Rev ".
II Behrens. pastor
German South Seattle NIssion--In halt
near nostoffiee. Sunday services every
n m. Sunday school every Sunday at ,
y m Pastors r. knappe. i1i6 Howell
street; ". II kurtx. i03e Howell street,
German Evangelical Lutheran lions
Sunday school aso a. IN. SUNDAY services
aE 1870 n m and 50 -. ~ B1nlextundo.
7.Sa and juge ndverein. 80 Thursday even
FAX. Choir practice. Tuesday, go r. m
German Evangelical Lutheran, s..
rohn's C,onxreratian Sunday services.
corner Market and Main. in Ralniar
Heights Baptist church. every first and
taird SUNDAY of the month at ; y. m
chliaren's singing practice every Friday
~ IA -. IN
Swedish Evangelical Third avenue
rear Pike Rev Martin l.. Larson. paS~
Tor: residence 1871 Fifth avenue. On sun
dan services a. 1A.S0 4. m and : a. n
Sunday school u m. and Bible class or
prayer meeting NJ : . m On THURSDAY
services IT 3 u. IA. The Gems Society
niee's AZ z n. n, the fi5sss and third Tues
daxs az the month
Holy Trinity. Encljsh-Carper Seventh
avenue ana Union street. Rev James +.
Tsaatez paslcr. residence 1Dt Pike street.
Services TO-DAY ri - = TT a06 80 81 IN.
SUNDAY schcoi ~ - ~ p n. on Tuesday
and "Wednesday evenings con- n nCjns AZ
"a o'clock there VIII he informal ser
Nioes and conference. Rev. Ania. 80 tn
ccna viii pafticinAte No Luther LfsEuc
fAis week. Ladies' Society meets A. pas
tors residence Thursday afternoon.