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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

along the track from Honolulu to
Luzon, but that remains to be ascer-
tanned. After leaving Hawaii the cable
will quickly sink again to the normal
floor of the sea. over which 1t Will pass
except when the neighborhood Of the
Carolines or the Ladrones is approach
ed. when the water becomes more shall
low. This group is merely an outcrop
of high elevations in marine regions
where. through geological causes not
worth discussing here. areas of the
bottom have been uplifted-
From such occasional soundings as
have been made II would appear that
the ocean bottom from Honolulu TO
Wake island, from there to Guam. and
from the Ladrones to Luzon is pretty
much the same as it is everywhere else,
having a normal depth of two and
half to three miles. There is no rea-
son to suppose that any very deep holes
exist. such as are found in the Car1b-
bean sea and to the eastward of Japan
The bottom all along the route Is
doubtless of the familiar ooze which
covers nearly all of the ocean noor,
grayish usually. sometimes greenlsh.
and varied occasionally with patches
of red or chocolate-colored clays. The
ooze referred to is a mixture of finely
divided mud and the shells of tiny ami
mails, mostly foraminifera. which live
during their life time near the surface
Of the sea. This ooze serves to pro-
| tect the cable, which Is soon embedded
| In It, Unfortunately. it is not found In
| the shadows. where the chemical &C
| ton of decaying animal and vegetable
| matter has a bad effect upon the wire
| rope. The iodine In seaweeds Is de-
| structive to iron. and in the shallow
| waters the cable is attacked by the
| terede and by g. small shrtmp-llke
| crustaeean that bores holes in the
| gutta percha envelope.
| The cable stations at Wake island
| and Guam will require no elaborate
| plans. For such purposes it is neces-
/ sary merely to build a little house and
| haul blight Of the wire rope up on
| shore. When it is considered that the
| cost of the proposed trans+Pacffic tele-
| graph line will be very little over ST.
| 0OO, 900, it seems astonishing that one
| such should not have been laid long
| ago. Twenty-Five years ago, when the
| question was agitated. the Tuscarora
| surveyed three routes. One of these
| followed a great circle of the earth
from the Straits Of Fuca to Yokohama
| the second was from San Diego. Cal,
| to Honolulu. thence to the BONN ISL
| ands, south of Japan. and to YokO-
| hama; the third was via Honolulu to
| Fiji. New Zealand and Australia. I'm
| fortunately none Of the lines thus ex-
| plored followed the track now proposed.
| even approximately.
| Once established, 1t will be no great
| expense to maintain the cable across
the Pacific. Breaks are rare. and u.s.
| ually are very small; the wire rope
| embedded in the ooze Of the depths
| will last for centuries. Marine AMI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

upon the present British line between
these two points. Such dependence
would be very awkward in case of trou-
BILE with England. The distance is only
$50 miles. Also, there ought to be a
branch line to Yokohama, Japan.
The survey of the route of the con-
templated cable from Honolulu to Ma
Mia will not require many months.
The track to be followed will be as
straight as possible from Hawaii to
Wake island, again from Wake island
to Guam and finally from Guam 20
the Gulf of Dingala. This will be mod
flied only where the bottom was found
unsuitable. Drowned mountains may
be discovered in the path. and it would
be necessary to go around them; or
there might be submarine volcanic re-
gions which are to be avoided not only
because of fear of future commissions,
but also for the reason that the water
in such subaqueous territory is apt to
contain chemical ingredients that have
a destructive effect upon the cable.
Apart from these matters, there is
nothing complicated about the survey
ing, which consists merely in taking
soundings at regular intervals and OBJ
tanning samples of the bottom mate
rials. The sounding line is piano wire,
and has a sixty-pound sinker on the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

Mrs Dtnsmore Saturday evening for their
twentieth wedding anniversary.
Miss Frances Hainlin entertained the Young
were elected for the year.
Mr.; and Mrs. B. F. schubach entertained
Mrs. LIE May and family.
Mrs. Arnold, of the Zimmerman fats. en-
tertatned Monday for Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
and Mr.. and Mrs Hale.
The Dayton's Bluff History class held a
social meeting at the home of Mrs. Burke
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Hickey win entertain at
euchre Monday for their twentieth wedding
anniversary.
Mrs. Kelsey will entertain the Ladies' Co
operative Society Of the Atlantic Church
Thursday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bates Ave-
nue. N. E. Church met Wednesday with
Mrs. Sage.
The Women's Auxiliary Of st. Peter,
Church met Friday afternoon with Mrs Nc
Elveny.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Halter, of La Crosse.
HalIer
Miss Alice Atkinson entertained at dinner
Monday for George Damkroger, Of Faribault.
Mrs Hegert has been entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. konker and family, Of La Crosse.
Miss Myrna Mayhem and Miss Winnie
Wern-ey left Saturday for LIE Mars.
Miss Rogers, of st. Louis spent New Years
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Rogers.
Mrs Lenahan will entertain the Lincoln
Euchre club Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. LIE May entertained
| informally Tuesday evening.
Mrs: E. A. KimbaE has been entertaining
| Mrs. Dyer, Of North Dakota.
| Mrs. Rotert entertained the Home Mission
| society Thursday afternoon.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Germann gave
i family dinner Monday.
Mrs. Whitaker. of the Zimmerman, has
i returned from Duluth.
L
club Friday afternoon.
Miss Davis will entertain the E. o. F. club
| Friday evening.
Miss Nellie Davis entertained informally
| Monday evening.
Miss Margaret Noble gave dancing party
| Friday evening.
Miss Berg entertained at an opera party
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. R. Hevener entertained
| Monday evening
| Miss Genevieye Supple entertained friends
Monday evening.
Mira Kaulcher is entertaining relatives from
| South Dakota.
Mrs. James Mattimore entertained at din
ner Monday.
Mrs. Stapleton entertained informally Mon
day evening.
Henry Dayton entertained friends wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Helnes have returned from
| New Ulm.
Mrs. Edward Lincoln gave family dinner
| Monday.
Mrs. Fred Hal,er gave New Years dinner
Monday.
Mrs. H. Hartman entertained at dinner Mon
day.
Mrs. Knowles has returned from Fargo.
Invention of Rifles.
Rifles are said 10 have been first inverted
| by Gaspard Zollner native of Vienna, about
| the end OF the fifteenth century.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 5.-The
hydrographic office of the navy IS
waiting for the word to begin survey
of the route over which the contem-
plated cable from San Francisco 10
Manila is to pass. That portion CT the
bath to be traversed which lies be-
tween the coast of California and the
Hawaiian islands was carefully mapped
some years ago, but the remainder OIL
the track, from Honolulu to Luzon, ex-
tends over a region of seadoor that Is
as vet UNEMPLOYED. The character Oh
the bottom, which has to bS CONSIDERED
in The LAYING of submarine wires, is
unknown. and there are rot even any
figures as to the depths. save Tor
few scattered soundings at intervals or
hundreds CT miles.
The cable will go by way of Hawaii,
of course, and thence to one of the ISL
ands of the Caroline group. tele-
graph station, if nothing better, viii be
obtained by Uncle Sam i'll the latter
archipelago The distance from Homo
lulu to Wake island is 2G0o nautical
niles From Wake island the wire
rope will extend 1900 miles to Guam,
which becomes the property of the
United States by the new treaty with
Spain 1t will cover its last stretch,
1872 miles. as a crow would fly from
Guam TO the Gulf OF Dingala, which is
on the coast of LuZon. To reach Ma
Mia, it would have to go around the
island Of LuzOn, and it will be a great
saving of cable and of trouble also to
make the landing on the east side con-
Meeting with telegraph crossing Luz
Zon to Manila-Only thirty EIGHT miles.
II The distance from Honolulu TO San
Francisco, 2,OS9 miles, be added, it viii
be seen that the total length of the
cable will be 6,761 miles. This, indeed,
is practically an exact estimate. Be
it observed. incidentally, that the miles
referred To are always nautical miles,
which are a little over one-seventh
longer than ordinary land miles. It
is estimated that the making and lay
ing of the wire rope will ccme to about
81 ,000 a mile. so that the entire expense
involved will be only Sc 900. This
includes everything except the preli-
minary survey, which, being perform
ed by a naval vessel, will not appear
as an item in the account.
Owing u the great distance to be
covered. the cable will be extra thick,
the copper conductor being made un-
usually large, so as to secure rapidity
of transmission. AS is we'll known, the
practicable speed of sending messages
varies directly with the size of the wire
This rope which is to wriggle its way
beneath 1000 miles of ocean, bringing
two continents into close touch and
communication. will be IL inches in d.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
PHILIPPINES

the ocean sinks to a depth of three and
a half miles. The depth is maintained
almost up to the Hawaiian islands,
though 200 miles east of Honolulu is
another drowned mountain mile and
half in height.
The Hawaiian islands are merely a
group of gigantic volcanic mountains
rising abruptly out Of the ocean floor
and so lofty that the tops Of them are
exposed above the surface. Other
mountains. submerged. may be found
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

ameter and will weigh a ton and a
quarter to the mile. It's central core
will be bundle of twisted copper
wires, surrounded with an envelope of
gutta percha. This will be wound with
hemp and finally with an outer coat of
steel wire. The bill introduced in the
house by Mr.. Corlfs, of Michigan, re-
quiIes that the cable shall transmit az
least fifteen words a minute, at not
more than 81 a word, press matter to
be at half rates.
At present a telegram sent from Ma
Mia TO New York must go by way of
Hong Kong, around Asia, across Eu-
rope and under the Atlantic, 1860 miles
under water and 700 miles overland.
The cables being controlled by a mo-
nopoly the price is about IS a word.
This monopoly will be smashed by the
new trans-Pacific line, which will be of
great service to Chinese merchants at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

seventeen ports. All of these ports, Of
course, will be connected with the
American wire. and British merchants
in England will doubtless use it large
ly. messages being flashed from London
to Hong Kong by way of the United
States and beneath two great oceans.
A very picturesque notion this. by the
way. 1t is altogether likely that an
American cable will be laid before long
from Manila to Hong Kong, in order
that 1t may not be necessary to depend
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

end of it. The wire is wound on a reel.
each turn of which registers one faith
ON. while dial keeps record of the
number of turns, a scale showing the
tension and indicating the moment
when the sinker reaches the bottom.
When this happens a valve in the bot
tom Of the sinker is forced up, and
it's interior is filed with soil. At the
same time an automatic thermometer
takes the temperature Of the water,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
His Poor Argument

''Your money is nothing at all to
men'
The lover impatiently cried.
''Then get out; you haven't q bust
ness headi"
Her rich old father replied.
Chicago News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
The Pessimist.

The Optimist = These franchise
grabs could not occur if the guard
ians of the peoples interests would
keep their eyes open.
The Pessimist-Instead of their
hands-Cincfnnati Enquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
A Mere Tyro.

She-Have you ever had any ex-
perience on the links?
He-Well, no, not exactly. 1 used
to work in a sausage factory, but
merely as bookkeepar--New York
World
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Passing.

NUDGE was just reading about
how the horse was passing.
Yabsley-Wel?
Nudge wish some of the horses
1 bet on would pass something
Indianapolis Journal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
An Object of Pursuit.

1T is money that makes a man
important
L don't know; it seems to me I'm
of more Importance when I haven't
any y-''-Chicago Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Delicate Hearing.

Paine horse has got the most
dilicate sfnse of hearin in the world
Why, he can hear the command to
stop even before I git the word out
Of me mouthi-London Judy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Narrow Escape.

If all the world should love us.
How full were sorrows cupI
The cash we'd spend at Christmas
Would simply break US up.
Chicago Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Good TaIker.

Bills your wife much Of con-
versationalist?
Jill-Is she? Why, that woman
can't yawn without opening her
mouth about it!-Yonkers States
man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Aristocracy of DolIdom

MY doll can shut her eyes and go
to sleep just lovely"
Huh. My doll never goes to sleep
at all. She's got insomnier. Chi
cago Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
More Information.

Bobby-Popper, what does pot
valiant mean?
Mr.. Ferry-The fellow who stays
all through on bob flush is one of
'em.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Scraps.
A sorrr Combination,

A Sorry Combination.
With something like abject despair
A woman's heart is filed
Whenever on her tea gown rare
= A drop of coffee's spilled.
L. A. W. Bulletin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
with His Uncle.

Bill-Have you got Hswatch?
Jili-Certainly. Cd s
rs it going?" cit
Not with me."-ExchanEe.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
working Class Cats.

Those new neighbors must be
very ordinary people"
Why"
Their cats catch mice. "-Chicags
Record
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Internal Uprisings.

My trip across the sea would bring
Sweet thoughts that / might
treasure
Had 1t not been that many a thing
Came up to mar my pleasure.
Il. A. W. Bulletin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Not Yet out of the woods.

They missed me at Thanksgiving. T"
Says the turkey, old and sly,
But I'll just lay low nor crow a
crow
Till Christmas has gone by
L A w. Bulletin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
A Wonderful Wnman,

"Hobson dotes on his mother-in-
law
Just to be PECULIAR"
mo. At Christmas she always
sends him something that his wife
can't use Chicago Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
When Faith Doesn't Work.
we broke that divine healer all

we DTOKe that dIVlne heaIer al
up"
How so?"
Ran across him using his repair
kit on his bicycle. Chicago Rec
ord.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Miss Molly,

Miss Molly.
Miss Molly went ter meetin-
De sweetes' gal in town.
De preacher stop his preachfn.
De mo ners all look roun.
Oh, Miss Molly,
Heah's de fines pew:
De angels all a-peepin
En- smilin down at you.
Miss Molly went ter meetin-
De organ start ter play
Des like it wuz a-sayin.
Il glad you come dis way"
Oh, Miss Molly,
Heah's de fines pew;
De angels all a-peepin
En- smilin down at you,
Atlanta Constitution.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
mi MEMnmHmHMaMEH HmXr . E EF al E III n#E# u EHHH
LAYING A CABLE TO MANILA.

Require Wire Rope Costing Nearly COO
- u 4 "a = n n nv Z
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
PUNISHMENT ENOUGH.

Julia Shea-Phwat pinance did
Father Mccarthy give yez phwin
yez towld him yez kissed me7
Mike Ryan-Divil tn bit He sed
OF bod done me pinance at tn
toime!-Up to Date.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
At the Eat stock show.

At the Fat stock Show.
Which was the handsomest on the
grounds
Was really hard to say,
But the hog that scored one thou
sand pounds
Had the most winning weigh.
Chicago Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

Invention of Rifles.
Rifles are said TO have been first invented
by Gaspard Zollner. native of Vienna, about
the end Of the fifteenth century.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

Violet scent suits many people,
New mown hay some folk admire.
Give me, as a winter perfume,
Apples roasting by the fire.
Chicago Record.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
Which {?

In trying to decide if wound"
Is most correctly rhymed with
''sWooned"
Or else with words like found and
Sound"
The poets head goes round and
round
New York Evening Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

It's a Mfsht.
The reason table etiquette
A starving boy provokes
Is cause it wasn't made, you bet,
By very hungry folks.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

Once established. 1t will be no great
expense to maintain the cable across
the Pacific. Breaks are rare, and US
uauy are very small; the wire rope.
embedded in the ooze Of the depths.
will last for centuries. Marine ami
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-11

The amendments to the law, pertain
ing to marriage, enacted by the Ohio
legislature last winter, are in full force.
Hon. W. Fl. Leeper, Of Marietta, an ex-
probate Judge Of Washington county,
who had frequently observed the defects
Of the old law, introduced the bill, which
made the sweeping changes in this great
institution of society.
1t is possible that Judge Leeper, who
dwells near the Ohio river, and has fire.
Quently observed the ease with which
parties elOping from the border states
could secure marriage licenses in Ohio,
had some designs in checking runaway
matches when he introduced his bill, for
certain it is that one effect of the new
law will be to make the matter of secur-
ing license much more difficult than
under the old law, unless the applicant
has especially posted himself.
The new law amends section 6390-91
by completely changing the phraseOlogy
and inserting considerable new matter.
The radical innovation, however, arises
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-11
vIENNA's cENsoRs.
Music Calculated to Excite the Pas
aiOns, SO 1t IL Now Under
the Ban.

In Austria there is press as well as
a literary censorship, but it is more
particularly to the glaring anomalies
of the literary censorship that / refer,
says a writer in the London Post.
German writers consider the prohibi-
ton of the Vienna censor as kind Of
letter of recommendation, if not as a
certain sign of Immortality. The cen
sor, in fact, has never prohibited a book
which has not some striking literary
merit.
The recent structures of the censor,
his prohibitory aggressiveness in al
most every different department Of lit
erary and artistic life, have irritated
the public mind beyond endurance.
The censor seems to have started
from the standpoint that far too
little is confscated. All kinds of new
interpretations of the poets have been
found, and to-day poetry is the most
confscable commodity in Austria.
Next to it comes the printers art.
Sculpture has fallen an easy prey, and
now it is the turn of music. The censor
reasons as follows:
melodies in themselves are in no way
illegal. 1t is, however, otherwise with
the time or rhythm, 1t is possible to
excite body of people by joining in or
even merely hearing a song having q
rhythm corresponding to the prevail
ing feeling. Much, too, depends on
the amount of emphasis impaired to
the song. When thousands sing pop
ular air the effect is quite otherwise
than when It is sung by one person.
Music is further calculated to excite
the passions, and therefore is capable
of taking an immoral character"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-11
EXPENSIVE SPARKS.
Fireworks That Cost Over q Million
Dollars Sometimes Burned in
European PageaAts.

Our own fireworks manufacturers
are, of course, prepared to produce an
brilliant displays as any in the world,
but unfortunately they do not have the
opportunities afforded by royal pa
geants in monarchical countries.
According to one British firm, who
are famed all over the world for their
manufacture of fireworks, the amount
spent on the display of fireworks in
connection with her majesty's jubilee
was $1,25O,000. The display at the close
of the Crimean war cost $500,O00. The
largest individual exhibitions by the
firm were given on the Tagus for the
Portuguese government; the second in
1858 costing $4,000, while the first,
which was made on the occasion of the
marriage in 1886 of the king (then
crown prince) Of Portugal, cost half
that amount. The display at Delhi
when the queen was proclaimed en-
press of India cost $17,5OO. Some Of
the most costly fireworks are those
produced at the Crystal palace. Thus,
at benefit recently, the exhibition
lasted from 80 to 35 minutes, but 1t cast
$500, or abut $3.50 per minute.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-01-11
SCHOOL NOTES.
Conducted by Il. II. KinnisOn.
The Township Schools,

Slowly but surely is township super
vision winning its way in different parts
Of the state. Ten years ago there was
scarcely township in Ohio that thought
it necessary to have its country schools
under supervision, But already there
are enough township superintendents
to warrant their organizing state
association that meets once year at the
capital OF the state. Such a meeting
was held the last week of December,
at Columbus, and was largely attended
from all parts Of the state. Many topics
Of interest to the country schools were
ably discussed, but the Capitalization of
the schools elected the most interest.
The time will soon come in Ohio when
an independent school will not be main
tanned for half dozen pupils at the
same expense of another school of twenty
pupils not two miles away.
1t is slowly but surely dawning on the
good people Of Ohio that such schools are
too expensive for the number Of pupils
taught, that it is not economy from
the standpoint Of the taxpayer or the
teacher. Fewer and better teachers,
fewer and better schools, all under guild
ance or supervision, is an educational
condition not far in the future. The
consensus of opinion of the leading
school men Of the state is "that where
circumstances are favorable, townships
not too large nor Of odd shape, good roads,
small schools, the plan of consolidation
is an excellent one and should be en-
couraged."
Is it not time that some of the town
ships in this part Of LOrain county
should think more Of this matter of con.
sOlidating the small schools. The cen
tralizatiOn Of the country schools will
result in the building up of many good
high schools in many of the townships
and good high schools will mean that Q
great many more boys and girls will
take advantage Of them and remain In
school two or three years longer thar
they now do.
1t is to be hoped that this whole ques
tion Of how to better the country schools
will continue to be agitated till on
Township Boards Of Education will NOV,
In the matter and place the schools O