The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-09
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sets. Going westward the difference in
longitude between Eastport, Me-, and
Manila is about 175 degrees. To the dwell
ers on the Atlantic coast of the United
States Manila Is very near the antipode5.
Travelling westward from the eastern
verge Of the country to it's western boun-
dary in the far Pacific a circuit of al
most half of the globe is made. Except
in midwinter the sun rises in EastpOrt
before its sets in Manila. In summer,
autumn and spring 1t Is daylight along
the eastern coast of the United States be-
fore it Is night on its western boundary.
England, Frarce ard Germany also have
territory so widely diffused throughout
the globe that the sun shines on some
part of 1t every hour of the twenty-four
Dut. of course, in contiguous territory the
United States is far ahead of all of these
III area, exclusive of colonies, the United
States Is the largest nation in the world
except China. 1t far exceeds in superb
cial extent lhe empire of Alexander the
Great or the Rene of Caesar and TraJan.
1t surpasses the domain of Charlemagne
or the territory of Charles V. exclusive
of his colonial possessions in America,
which were of indefinite extent ami
which only technically belonged to Spain,
for no Spanard in Charles time had ever
seen any more than a small fragment
of the region that Spain claimed In the
days of Charles and of his son Philip. 1t
exceeds the empire of Russia in Europe.
In population the United States exceeds
every Christian lation of the globe f
colonial posse ssions are omitted.
| The aspiration after physical culture"
Is finding outlets in many practical and
useful ways not enumerated among
sports" In single agricultural college
! in the west this year fifty girls have
! taken up a fun course of scientific study
| in farming, theoretical and practical
| Agricultural colleges are increasing rapiu-
/ ly in the west and south. Girls are now
admitted in some of them on the same
! conditions as boys. They have dormi-
| tory of their own, and study three years,
| Il part of the time being spent in actual
farm work on the field. When graduated
they are found skilled in every depart
ment of housework and needlework, and
| in every line of dairy work, stock raising.
and agriculture 1t Is not surprising that
some wealthy families send their daugh-
ters to these colleges. Where could par
| cnts give their daughters a better "physi-
| cal basis" than in such an institution? IT
| may seem to some like robust treatment,
| but ii is safe to say that money spent
| for physical culture of this order Will
| yield better returns in the end than eX-
pensive athletic training belonging to the
category of spolt is. 1t would not be sur
prising If one of these days the ruddy fe-
tural college should be at premium In
| the matrimonial market.-Boston Globe.
| 1t is a question whether the reading of
| his own works by an author adds any
| thing in reality to the intellectual enjoy
| ment Of his hearers who have made them
| selves familiar with his writings in print
| ed form 1t il unquestionably the case
| that the large attendance at the readings
| Of authors Of ncte, domestic as well as
! foreign, is attracted in no inconsiderable
| degree by curiosity as to the personality
| of the authors themselves. 1t is not
! supposable that so many people, who
| have read what this or that writer has to
| say, anticipate any new revelation in lis
| tening to his reading of the same work.
| The spoken word. except there is some
| thing unusual in the manner of its deliv-
| cry, adds nothing of remarkable effect to
| it sense as 1t appears on the printed page.
| But there Is an inevitable and altogether
| natural interest in the author himself, CT
| herself, which every one feels whose
| fancy has been taken captive by a poem
| essay or tale. The author may not be
| able to inspire his thoughts with new life
| by utterinS with his own voice what he
has set down with his pen, but there is
yet an intrinsic charm in the association
of the man with his thoughts which mp
peals strongly to the sensibility Of the
| average reader.
Admiral Dewey's cabin aboard TIE
| Olympia Is filed with presents from his
| admirers including souvenirs of all kinds
| "Some Of the most beautiful Of these"
writes John #. McCutcheon, "are presents
from Aguinaldo. The dictator has the
greatest admiration and respect for
| Dewey, and has the singular habit Of
making an elaborate gift to the admiral
whenever the latter calls him down
That accounts largely for the number
| of Aguinaldo'S presents that adorn the
cabin. In all the dealings Admiral Dewey
has had with Aguinaldo he has treated
him with the greatest courtesy when
courtesy was called for, and the greatest
severity when firmnesS was the thing; but
/ in spite of the rebuffs Aguinaldos notes
accompanying the presents invariably e.
fer to the admiral as my honorable and
ilustrious friend
Somehow the capital of Germany does
not seem to agree with Americans. Be-
sides Bayard Taylor. Pendleton, Ruryon
ana Phelps, who died there during their
terms as diplomatic representatives OF
the United States. two consul-generals
have been removed by death within four
years, and another, De Kay, came very
near dyinC during his term.
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