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FIoored Him

stomach, with his legs spread out, IN the
vain epdeavor to keep a curtain fiat upon
which he was trying, with the aid OF
broomstick to draw a straight line, looked
up disgustedly.
Il don't care if it's twenty-nine!" he
snorted; land l don't care if it's time for
the sixth bell! And as for my clothes
being laid out, don't believe you'd shed
tear ii was laid out myself! II you had
q glimmer OF feeling for the man you
swore to love and honor you'd come and
help him with this cantankerous thing
instead of rigging yourself out like con-
founded peacock and coming here to show
yourself off and gloat over his misery!'
Mrs. Virgins tender heart was smit-
ten, and she pulled off her gloves so
hastily that she pulled the thumb COM
pletely out OF one of them. Then, turning
up the front OF her dress she knelt beside
him.
You told me to go and dress, dear, 1"
she said deprecatingly, .'and l thought
you were almost through. Why don't
you use the yardstick instead of the
broom handle? It's right behind the
china-closet door. and it is a deal better
to draw line by"
81 don't need any Information on that
! point" returned Mr.. Virgins with dig
nifty which on account of his position was
not as crushing as it was intended to be,
''but when plain, simple man like me,
who isn't able to keep his own private
clairvoy ant and hasn't the time to go and
consult a public one every other minute,
is married to human magpie who takes
a fendish delight in hiding everything in
all sorts OF mysterious places, he has to use
any blame thing he can stumble over, and
be hum bly, thankful. As for me being
nearly through, Mrs. Virgins, you amt
paying by the hour for this job, and it
amt any of your matters if I'm at it three
weeks. amt a lightning express OF a
gasoline explosion, but if I'm slow Pm
sure, and l don't want to be bossed too
much, either, nor found fault with. If
you think you know where that yardstick
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is l wish you'd bring it back to its home
and friends before it sprouts and takes
root in some foreign cline"
While Mrs. Wiggins was gone out in the
dining-room Mr.. Virgins took the skin
off his hands in three places with the
screwdriver and burst the button off his
shirtband and he was in a correspond
ingly amiable frame of mind when she
returned.
u suppose you've gone into the busi-
ness of manufacturing those things since
you left" he said, with a stimulation of
affectionate interest. "How many have
you got in stock now and what commits
sion would you allow a lively man who
could make quick sales for you? Yes, 1
burst the button off my Shirt" noticing
her glancing at it. II did it on purpose;
rugged up block and tackle and hoisted
till it let loose. l like it that way; it's
cool and comfortable and different from
other folks. Now you've got your infor-
nation l wish you'd take hold and help
a little. You can draw that line as well as
L can if you'll try to overcome your nat
ural modesty enough to think So"
"PlI so and take my dress off first"
suggested Mrs. Virgins. ''The sun makes
1t pretty warm in here, and besides I'm
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The Rule of PoIucIetus.

Polycletus the Grecian believed that
human proportions were governed by GER
tain fixed rules, thus: Twice round the
thumb is once round the wrist; twice
round the wrist is once round the neck !;
twice round the neck is once round The
waist; once round the fist is the length OF
the foot; the two arms extended is the
height of the body; six times the length
of the foot or eighteen thumbs is also the
height OF the body; again, the thumb, the
longest toe and the nose should also be OF
the game length. The index finger should
measure the breadth of the hand and
foot, and twice the breadth should give
the length. The hand, the foot and the
face should be the same length. The nose
should be one-third of the face; t thumb
one-third the length of the hand.
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perspiring face the color of an over.ripe
tomato, his crushed and dirty shirt hang
ing loose around his neck, his suspenders
dangling about his knees and the lock of
hair that had been trained for years to
decorously conceal the bald top of his
head from the public eye. lying limp and
isheveled-basely false to it's trust-upon
one shoulder.
"If were you, Achilles, ventured Mrs.
Virgins, gently, II would rest a while, just
till the folks get by. The minister will be
along presently"
Mr.. Virgins, hitherto unconscious OF
all save his occupation, suddenly de-
scended from his lofty perch with surpris-
ing alacrity.
II resin this fool job right here and
now, Mrs. Wiggins," he declared, glaring
at her vindictively, and giving one of the
shades a jerk that brought it down.
brackets and all, at his feet. II am will
ing 10 slave at legitimate toll for my
family and sacrifice myself in many ways,
but when the wife of my bosom sets me
up on pedestal in the parlor window, to
be sneered at and reviled by the passing
throng, it is time to assert myself. Those
shades are going into the ash barrel, and
we will go curtainless until such time as
forget the indignities to which have
been subjected. Isuppose you have some
thing in the house which is suitable foi
lunch, and I am hungry. If you are not
too much fatigued by standing round
doing nothing all the morning L wish you
would trot it out; if you are I'll go and
beg crust from some charitable person
and say no more about it,
Mr. Virgins had his lunch, of course,
and nap after it, and in the evening he
went TO church with his wife ana put
dollar into the contribution box. The
next day q man came with full set O.
really handsome shades ana hung then
so neatly and quickly that it seemed like
magic, and the white dove of peace
perched again on the Virgins ridge-pole
FUNEGAL MCVAHoN.
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anything else you want I'll bring it
along"
Mr.. Virgins grunted.
II can't think of anything much Just
now, but some opera tickets, some patty
de foy graw. new suit of clothes and a
certified check for SIC, ,OOO," he replied with
yithering sarcasm; bring them along,
please. And il amt my heirs and assigns
that want that screwdriver, it's me Tenn
pus is fighting right along, and it's most
church time" And Mrs. Virgins obedi
emily hurried away.
That first shade went up all right, and
Mr.. Wiggins, with much self-g glorifcation,
started in on the bay-windows.
go and get your dress on, Susan" he
said, lit won't take me fifteen minutes to
finish this job. SO you'd better not let the
grass grow under your fee"
'All right" returned his wife, smilingly,
and she retired TO her chamber put on her
best gown, tied her bonnet strings and
appeared at the parlor door putting on
her gloves. "It's twenty two" she said,
"'most time for the second bell, and your
clothes are all laid out"
Mr.. Virgins, lying prone upon his
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VTAAST Sunday morning Mr.. Virgins
E of of-teenth street rose benign and
~ smiling. He had bought some cur
tains on Saturday, and having decided to
hang them himself felt like certain
smart Alick' of old with a new world to
conquer.
Hurry up the work, Susan, he said
after breakfast, $50 we won't be late to
church. A trihing job like this won't take
me half an hour, and I'll have 'em up
while you're washing the Dishes" And
then he went down into the basement.
II say" he called presently, where s
the step-ladder?"
''Over at the minister's" answered his
wife. ..'You lent it to them on Thursday
and they haven't got through with it.
They're papering, you know"
''I don't either" retorted Mr.. Virgins
wrathfulIy 81 amt nc Dorcas Society to
keep track of all the neighbors are d ding.
Whatever fool thing they are up to, though,
they ought to send a PERSONS property
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and pretty soon Mr.. Wiggins came up
stairs laden with an assortment of tools,
large and varied enough to start small
shop.
There's only four to fit, anyway" he
said, cheerilY; 1.-THE ballroom window is
regular size, but the others will have to
be pared off little. I'll put the easiest
one up first" And then he went up to
the hall bedroom, whence presently there
came the sound of a most alarming crash.
"It's only the washbowl," explained
Mr.. Virgins airily, as his frightened wife
appeared. ~ got UP on one end of it
the stand, mean-and the rickety thing
tipped and spilled me and the bowl off
1t must have been cracked before or it
wouldn't have broke so blame easy Why
didn't you bring up the screwdriver, and
not come up empty-handed?"
"Ill get it," answered Mrs. Virgins
dutifully, picking up the pieces of the
bowl in her apron, "Gnd''-having learned
wisdom from long experlence-''if there's
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Ocean Vessels

of a steamer is to increase the horsepower
of the engine and the number of propeller
wheels. To develop an increase of power
engines of several cylinders are construct
ed so that the steam expands three or four
times before passing into the condensers.
AS it is a propeller-wheel will develop
only small percentage of the power of
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the engine, the rest being wasted in lost
motion through the inevitable slipping"
of the wheel in the water.
In view Of such facts it would seem as
if a return to first principles-the paddle
wheel-would be the only solution of the
problem, for ships are now constructed
that carry all the engine-power it is DOS
sible to crowd into them. The paddle
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Severe Test.

Ethel-And would you really be willing
to die for me, Geo-ge2
George-Darling, swear it.
Ethel-But would you be willing to die
of hydrophobia or appendicitis or some
thing like that, George ?-Truth.
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Improvements are made in propeller
wheels from time to time, but there is no
great gain in that direction. A wheel that
will develop half knot more speed per
hour over the best wheels now used and
with the same horsepower will yield its
inventor fortune.
Al present the best way and, one might
say the only way. to increase the speed
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Il CalifoPnian's Novel Invention
Roddng Mans Paddle-Whee for Rough WaterThe Pdnci
pie Can Be Applied in Increasing Speed Of
Ocean Vessels

wheel will give out nearly all the power
put into it, but has always had several
drawbacks when it came to using it in
rough water or at a high speed. In rough
water, when the ship rolled the wheels
frequently came out of water and the en-
gines iran away" often causing break
downs. In running ct high speed the
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of the great problems of the
IF&Ak age is to increase the speed of
-gN ocean steamships, and any idea or
invention that points toward this end is
always worthy Of consideration.
The maximum of efficiency between the
steam engine and the propeller-wheel was
practically reached several years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
THURSTON OF HAWAII.
Japanese Do Not Understand Why
He Should Be So Dense-No Fear
From the Men of the Mikado.

Washington, March 20.-Statements
recently made by ex-Minister Thurston
of Hawaii regarding the dangers which
he alleged Hawaii has cause to dread
on account of influx of Japanese, have
aroused some Indignation among mem
hers of the japanese legation in this
CITY. They say Mr. Thurston is mis-
taken, both in his facts and his con-
clusionS The japanese government
has no designs upon Hawaii, and there
is nothing in the present or past con-
dition of affairs in the islands which,.
in the remotest degree, justifies such
an allegation. When the Japanese first
went to Hawaii in considerable num-
bers, it was in compliance with the de-
mand for labor upon the sugar plan
tations. They went under the terms
of a convention, made only after re-
peated requests from the Hawaiian
government and entered into some
what reluctantly by Japan. That con-
Vention is still in force, but can be
abrogated upon due notice by either
party. A little more than a year ago
the Japanese government enacted a
law by the terms of which Japanese
subjects are permitted to. emigrate TO
those countries and to those countries
only, whittier their emigration will not
be in violation of the law of the coun-
try of destination. Several compan-
les have been formed in Japan for the
purpose of promoting emigration under
this law, not only to Hawaii, but also
to other countries, where emigrants
are in demand. But neither the Japan
csc minister nor any other Japanese
official has any connection with these
companies, which are purely private
business concerns. Nor do the COM
panies promote immigration to Hawaii
except in compliance with the demand
for labor in the islands. They are
responsible for the welfare of the peo-
pie whom they assist in sending abroad
and could not afford to incur the heavy
penalties which the law would impose
upon them if they sent people indis-
criminately TO countries where there is
no demand for labor. Consequently
80 out of every 100 Japanese who go
to Hawaii go there in fulfillment of
agreements for their employment upon
the plantations or elsewhere in the is
lands Japanese emigration to Hawaii
owed its initiative to the Hawaiian
government, and owes its continued ex-
istence to the Hawaiian planters. The
moment their demand for labor ceases,
japanese immigration will also end.
Mr.. ,ThurSton,' said Counsellor
Stevens of the Japanese legation. to-
day, knows this, and he must know
also that without this class of docile
intelligent labor, or some adequate for
it. the sugar industry would be fatally
crippled. The officials of the Japanese
legation cannot understand why Mr.
Thurston should ignore this, unless he
believes that it is Indispensable to the
cause of annexation to impose upon
the credulity of the American public
by Inisrepresenting Japan and her peo-
ple." %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

diplomacy has been during the current
week as vigorously in favor of the Sc
verest repression of Greece as at any
period of this long prolonged crisis. But
for the opposition of Great Britain, sup
ported by France and Italy, a war
blockade .(not a pacific blockade) of all
the Greek coast would have been
formed and the Greek fleet in Cretan
and Aegean waters might have been
treated as the allied fleets dealt with
the Turks at Navarino. The European
concert" always shaky, would have
collapsed and Great Britain have had
to face humiliation, or be forced TO
enter upon an European war single
handed, or with one doubtful ally. The
danger of a European war is by no
means yet averted The car appears
to have thrown over Greece and the
just demands of Greece altogether, and
to be willing to allow the Turks to use
their full military strength in crushing
the comparatively feeble army of King
George. The German emperor, one or
whose aims is to weaken the Russo
French entente by playing Russia's
game on the Balkan peninsula, has
both melted and supported the czar's
policy The Austrian government,
which opposes any extension of Greece
in any direction, and especially towards
Macedonia has, though taking no in
itiative, sided with the kaiser. - This
simmering mess of diplomacy still gets
the name of the European concert.
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GLADsToNE'S LETTER.
Reply to the Duke of Westminster
Failed to Cause a Sensation.

fd1ISQ TO cause a sensation.
Lordon, March 20.-The publication
of Mr.. Gladstone's letter to the Duke of
Westminster. who, by the way, is at
the head of relief movement for the
beneflt of the suffering Armenians pro-
testing against the attitude of Great
Britain, Russia, Germany. France.
Austria and Italy toward Greece, and
arraigning the government of Lord Sal
isbury for the position they have as
sumed, that of being practically tails
to the kites of Russia and Germany,
has not excited the sensation which it
was expected the appearance of the
pamphlet would create. The ConServ-
ative newspapers, which are bound by
party affiliations to support Lord Sal
isbury. comment at length upon the
pamphlet. They point out, losing sight
of the fact that the conditions now and
at the time to which they refer are
very different, that Mr.. Gladstone's
government took the initiative in the
blockade of Greece in 1886, when that
kingdom claimed a section of Mace
donia to balance the acquisition of
eastern Roumelia by Bulgaria, this CO.
ercion on the part of the powers ceas-
ing only upon the submission of Greece
after some desperate fighting upon the
frontier Of Turkey, in which several
hundreds of Greeks were killed, and
hundreds taken prisoners by the Turks.
The Liberal papers take heart in the
ringing words of their old leader to at
tack the policy of the government more
vigorously than before. They recall
that last year when Lord RoSebery was
leader of the Liberals he declared that
everything that could be done ought to
be done to put an end to the deteSt-
able system of government prevailing
in Turkey. The plain statement made
yesterday by the Earl of Kimberly, the
present Liberal leader in the house of
lords, explaining the speech he made
at the meeting Of the general fedora
ton at Norwich, should set at rest all
doubts concerning the present policy
of the Liberal party and the proof that
Mr.. Gladstone is in full accord with
the present Liberal leaders. me earl
said. in effect. that what he intended
to convey in his speech was that the
Liberal party would depart entirely
from the policy it had pursued in the
past. in connection with Turkey, and
would maintain that the existence of
the Ottoman empire was a standing
menace to the peace of Europe.
Regarding the present situation, a
representative of the United Associated
Presses has obtained information from
an official source that Lord Salisbury
has not vet given his consent TO a
blockading of Greece. He has declined
to give a definite decision in the matter
until IT is seen what the effect will be
of the measures that have been adopted.
in regard to Crete. The foreign office.
is confident that developments in the
near future will ameliorate the crisis
The trend Of so-Gerrndn-Austria
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KAISER'S CENTENARY.
Celebrations in His Honor Will Be
gin Tomorrow.

Berlin, March 20.-The celebrations
upon the occasion of the centenary of
Kaiser William I. which viii begin on
Monday, March % distracts the atten-
ton of the public from the political
situation The Berlin fetes, in connec-
ton with the centennial celebration be-
gan on Thursday last, with a concert
organized by the merchants of the city,
at which the emperor was present.
Last evening a banquet was given by
the leading representatives of trade
and industry and a kommers was given
by the members of the academy of arts,
the roval school Of arts and the high
school OF music. Today the exhibition
of the Kaiser William I souvenirs was
opened, from which a procession of
carriages containing representatives of
the university and the technical schools
to the mausoleum of the old kaiser in
the park of the Charlottenburg Schloss
where the tomb was covered with
wleaths. The imperial family will go
to the mausoleum on Monday, and
after that the Kaiser William 1 monu
ment VIII be unveiled.
Hosts Of visitors from the country
are beginning 10 arrive, and everything
presages a grand celebration of the old
sguperor's Tooth birthday. sss.f.5ss ~.
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Nicholas avenue, and the seating ca
pacity OF the arena is placed at $500.
The star attraction tonight was a 20
round bout at 121 pounds between
JOHNNY Lavack, the crack Cleveland
feather weight, and Dolly Lyons of
New York. 1t was a scientific contest
throughout. Eavack had a shade the
best of the fight up to the 18th round,
but from that round to the Doth henors
were even. In the final round Lyons
lended several hard blows on Lavack's
head and chest, knocking him to the
floor twice. The referee awarded Ly-
Ons the decision.
The preliminary bouts were between
Billy Rotchford of Chicago and Frank
Zimphner OF Buffalo, ten rounds at 11S
pounds, and Sammy Callahan of Buff
falo and Mike Farraher of Youngstown,
O., ten rounds at 1856 pounds. The for
mer contest was won by Rotchford and
the latter was declared draw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
Greeks Leave New York.

New York. March 2O.-Twenty-five
Greeks, members of the army reserves
of their native land, sailed today on
the French liner La Normandie. Ten
members of the party are being sent
home through the Green consuls office
and the other Is are paying their own
passage. The men are from Provi-
dence, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Pitts
burg. and this city.
Consul .Botassi said today: Every
day my cOuntrymen come to me for
advice. They ask if war is to be de-
clared. l cannot answer that. l say
the reserves are called out and that if
they belong to them Their duty is plain
I expect that within the next four
weeks about 1900 men will leave New
York for Greece"
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New York, March PA special ca
BILE dispatch to the Press from Larissa,
Thessaly, says:
A careful examination of the turkish
army, made with special facilities for
accuracy, justifies the statement that
the men are dirty, ragged and ill-fed
and that they are demoraliZed by the
spirit of discomfort which such condl-
tions invariably create.
Contrary to the general public be-
lief, they are inferior to the Greeks In
numbers. The one thing which has
sustained the Moslems throughout and
made it possible for them to make a
showing in the field and continue their
molestation of Christians is that OF
Emperor William of Germany, who
has contributed to them plenty of am
munition. This assistance buoys them
up somewhat, as it presupposes aid in
other directions should the actual Crisis
demanding it present itself
The masses in Macedonia are deSir-
Gus of Grecian rule and ready to rise
whenever the signal is given. The
Greeks have quietly armed 10000 Mace
domains, who have returned to Turk
ish territory. They are not uniformed,
but they are armed and in the noun
tain passes are waiting for history TO
have the opportunity of repeating Itself
in another Thermopylae.
While these Macedonians are eager
to strike the blow, the Turkish troops
on their way to the front were much
dissatisfied. The religious mania of
other years did not possess them
They were ripe for midnight butchery
and the looting of the defenseless, but
they were not DESTROYS of battle.
1t was with difficulty that open in
surrection was suppressed and troops
that would have been effective as
marauding bands had no relish for
fighting.
Under the present conditions battle
would be a sure walk-over for the
Greeks They are superior in numbers
to the Turks, better drilled and better
fed. and besides have the inspiration
of patriotism out of which heroes are
made Emperor William may send his
ammunition to the Turks, but it takes
more than ammunition to win bat
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At Oakland.

oakland, Cal. March 2O.-Weather
cool. track fast. Three favorites won.
Mile, selling -Roselle won, Thelma
second, Adam Andrew third. Time
1:43
Six and a half furlongs, selling-Ne-
brla won, Altanero second, Quantrell
third. Time-1:23.
Six furlongs, purse-Imp Miss Brum-
mel won, Sallie Clicquot second, Sal
walton third. Time-1:15-
The Fly stakes for fillies, four fur
longs. 500 TO winner-Miss Rowena
won. Martha second, Napamox third.
Time-:4Slz.
Handicap for 3-year-olds. one mile,
$500 10 winner-Scarf Pin won, Calde-
Iaire second, The Roman third. Time
LIZ.
Mile. seIling-Judge Denny won, Ca
brillo second, San Marco third. Time
-1:42A.
The Flood handicap, two miles over
eight hurdles, 500 TO the WINERIES
pe.anza won. J. o. c. second, Baby
Bill third. Time-3:50.