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amlable but impetuous gentleman ex-
tremely democratic IN his manners and
enusye In his friendships
The emperor Of Brazil was not the
first representative Of royalty, however
to make the United states a voluntary
visit IN the nineteenth century, but he
was the second occupant Of throne 20
do 40. II was In 1860 that Queen
Viotoras eldest son the Prince OF
wales, now King Edward VII paid
this country a heetlng visit on the
occasion OF his FIRST extended trip
abroad Under the tutelage Of tho
Duke Of Newcastle and bearing
the ncognllo Of "Baron Renfrew' he
caught his first glimpse Of Americas
shores on the coast Of Newfoundland,
landing at S. Johns July a. 1860 He
was then only nineteen years OF age
aud was as lively and risky, his cone
temporaries Of that time say, aa any
young man Of bis years. lie mas since
made record In various parts OF the
world and has never been accused Of
being slow, But King Edward Of Eng
land, emperor Of India, etc. IL natu-
rally different person from the fun
loving fost living Prince Of Wales All
agree that he was possessed OF win
ming personality, and they also agree
that the United states "did Itself
proud IN entertaining him. He took
IN u goodly portion Of the country~all
that could be conveniently trayersed
by rail- IN the comparatively luxurious
cars Of that perlod-ond he did not neg.
lect to pay bis respects to our chief eS.
dcutlVe at Washington, James Buch-
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Previous Visits of Royalty to the United States

/ was when he revisited the states In 1891
on n tour Of the world which, while
greatly charging his Ideas, sadly de-
pleted the royal oychequer. In fact II
was reported that Kalakaua was on a
mission to negotiate loan for reiIlllng
his treasury when taken with his fatal
lllneas at San Francisco IN 1891 On the
death Of Kalakaua LiliuoBalani was
proclaimed queen The incidents at
tending her loss OF the throne and her
several visits to the United States 10
influence legislation In her favor are
too recent not 20 be generally known,
Her latest trip to this country was
made In November last and as sister
to the last king OF Hawaii and once a
queen regnant she received great
deal Of attention and consideration.
Lilluokalanl was the last queen and
her brother was the last king we have
entertained, but Of visiting prlncesses
there have been not few, including
SaiulanI, the lovely niece of Lilluoka-
lani who came here in 1897 to urge her
/ claims TO the Hawaiian throne, ana the
Spanish intanta, Princess Eulalia, who
was our guest at the time OF the Colum-
blan exposition in 1898, Both We're re-
celyed with the consideration due their
station as well as their gracious per-
sonallties, and the same may be said OF
the very latest OF royal oftshoots TO
honor US, the Princess Arlbert OF An
halt, who came over year before last
and was entertained, though travelling
ostensIbly ineoe al the Countess of
Munsterberg. The 1nfanta Eulalla Ia
daughter Of Queen Isabella Of Spain,
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ELECTRICITY AND OPTICS

Dr. Emile Bese OF Breslau soy,
French scientific Journal, has discover.
cd an electro optical phenomena
which, besides rs theoretical Inters.,
from the point of view OF the relations
which are gradually becoming mon
narrowed between optics and electric.
ty, may be able to receive a number q
applications.
In describing his work The journ,l
says; "If In a lightly calculated soh
tion current is passed for long tIn,
between gold electrodes the appearance
OF anode Is considerably changed anil
It Is found TO be covered with hgsr
OF hydroxlde, II the charging current
IL stopped and the electrodes are CEN
nected TO galvanometer Of hlsh re-.
sistance, the light win be found 10 be
trayersed by current OF which The In
tensity IL function Of the illumination
OF the electrode covered by hydroxlit
Differences Of potential obahel
from different luminous sources am5gn
to as much as one-tenth q
volt and they depend both upon
the color and the intensity Of the lgh,
Intense lights lower the potential
this element The violet obtained \
decomposlng the Hight Of an electric a.
by a prism acts similarly to white lgs,
Sodium light and the yellow and grs,
parts Of spectrum DO not exercise
sensible effect, Red light, such as b
obtained from lithium flame, aug
ments the electromotive force Of he
elements to a value higher than It de-
yelops in the dark. X rays have POW
erful action, similar to that OF white
hight,
These widely different actions Of ri
and violet radiatlons constitute one q
the rare cases in which the dlfern
parts Of the spectrum act Qualltatl9e5
In different fashions. In almost all oh
er optical phenomena the effects Of I'd
and violet rays are qualitative in h
same sense and differ only In quantity
II by later studies, as appears possible
effects proportional tt the cause may
be obtained, the new phenomenon may
be Immediately utilized in the construc
ton Of direct reading photometer
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and bnnQuets until even his capacity
seemed on the point OF having "its SUN.
cheney full" When the prince crossed
from Canada into the United states, on
Sept. 20, he was received with acclaim,
and at Chicago more than 10000 people
were out In the open air to meet him,
lie went shooting for prairie chickens,
and It is said he got lost on the prairie,
being rescued by an Americanzed son
OF the Emerald Isle, lie used all sorts
OF arguments 70 get Pat 10 take him
back to headquarters In his wagon hut
the only one that prevailed was i've
dollar bill when they came to part
the prince said loftilN Wen, my good
man when you return home Just tell
your good wife that you had the honor
OF riding with The Prince OF Wales
Faith" calculated the lrishman,
shifting the reins to his left hand and
extending the right, 'an that's q good
one bedadl But shake. Prince or no
prince, you're the right sort and n you
ever come into these parts ag'in Jest
drop IN. The old woman would be pow
eriul glad to see YOU"
After his return from Chicago and 81.
Louis tho prince made a trip to Mount
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hands Of a receiver and legal exami-
nation instituted at the instigatlon Of
stockholders the Panama canal COM
pany was the subject Of scandal the
like Of which has perhaps never been
equaled. Nearly all the poorer people
Of France had contributed 60 swell the
resources Of De Lesseps great compa-
ny, and the country was shaken to its
center. Defaulters and blackmailers
were pointed out on every side, suicides
of accused or suspected persons be.
came frequent and a ministerial crisis
occurred. one prominent man was &C.
cused Of having received 5000, 900 francs
to boom the canal and pay for adyertis.
ing, and all the evidence adduced went
TO show that in the effort to influence
legislation money was poured out like
water In 1892 the French government
prosecuted De Lesseps and other OH
Cials OF the company for bribery and
fraudulent dealing and sentences OF i'm.
prlsonment were passed. though in De
Lessrps case this was not carried out,
A new company, with capital Of
El2OOO0O0 all paid in, was formed 10
complete the canal In 1894. 1t began op-
eratlons as DE Lesseps should have
commenced his, by a careful preliml-
nary study Of the engineering features,
with surveys and borlngs to determine
exactly the nature OF the soil and rock
TO be encountered, At the outset De
Lesseps idea Of sea level canal was
abandoned and the present plan con-
templating a lock system adopted. The
investigation, conducted by 80 engi-
neers and their assistants. occupied
four years and cost more than 81, 900 700.
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year II wos found necessary to issue
$50 900 Of "3 per cents" at more than
20 per cent discount In 1884 SIN anoth-
er Issue Of stock, amounting to A77SS,-
700 OF 4 per cents at 80 per cent dis
count was loated, and In 1855 DE Les
Faps obtained permission from the
French government to issue N20,0O0OOO
Of lottery bonds 10 further his great
scheme. This permission was With
drawn upon the adverse report Of engi-
ueers sent out to investigate, but the
next year the indefatigable promoter
got his scheme through and raised slS5 y
95l9iS on nominal obligations Of APP
rroxmately 233,OoOOOo Up to the year
1858 the company secured in It's various
loans a total OF S2SS, $40 on nominal
obligations, as stated at the time, Of
N26, 123, zoo. II had not completed quite
one third the actual distance across the
isthmus, and that was the least difficult
portion. AT that time It was estimated
that the company had paid at least Sl.75
Tor every dollar It had received and was
subject 10 an interest drain Of nearly
81 1000 600 per annum
Work was suspended I'm 1889 owing 10
charges Of extravaganza, II not Of mis-.
appropriation, and government inves.
tigatlon was ordered, Thrown into the
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,"'i famous tOlk Ne then cou,,,.,.,
u, onalR upon a clever child 10 d,,w H X,
blackboard He portrait. '''" DIS
sent for the boy,
asked his age and was Informed u,.. b..
was SIX years, He then conma ,", y,
Tue clever child to draw Ma nor ru5l
wnlcn ne aid IN mastery manner y
less thah minute, and was rewor,a y
WIN sovereign from The sro tissl
prince This precocious bow ia ,D
earning many pounds a week a, ~" ny,
profession. WY" AZ MS
Ma,es mas recently produced n woD
dertul boy preacher whose pplpit non v"
az the early age of fourteen ba "V" y.
founded all his auditors. lie has n ma,
Vicious memory, an excellent dellyoa,.
ana MS exhortatlons are lnyarobi,
sound sensible and impressive
me cleverest child OF recent v0or.
the famous Miss l.. Hughes Who ~
peared about four years ago M Io ap
don theater ana impersonat hon n..,
with great ability This talented vo S
Iauy had then Just celebrated he,
twelfth birthday, ''
a Few years ago a clever child planl,,
went from Hungary to perform in In,
don' AZ the early age OF seven sbe Ma
won gold medal at the Berlin Conserv,
tolre OF Music and her marvellous no,
formances In England were greatly an,
preclated by all who heard them m.
boy pianist Josef Hoffman, who croa,ol
80 great a sensation In musical oIrc,,
about ten years ago, was another emil
nent example,
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THE MANY VICISSITUDES
OF THE PANAMA CANAL.

NIT level adopted II was IN 1879 that
the project assumed tangible shape,
whom Count Ferdinand de Lesseps
who had successfully projected and
completed the Suez canal proposed an
international congress" 10 determine
upon an interoceanic canal between the
Atlantic and the Pacific This congress
met In Paris IN May OF ihat year and al
IT'S adjournment the Universal Inter-
oceanic Canal company under conccs-
sion from the government %. Colombia,
was Immediately organized In France
for constructing the Panama canal
At this point 1t may be said the real
difficulties began 90 be- encountered
for, though De Lesseps found mo- trou-
bic in raising the FIRST sum called for
500. 600, 900 made the mistake Of ar.
bltrarily reducing the estimated cost
OF construction from $500 0oO. 900 TO Si2D
900. 900 ana beginning operations with
insufficient capital Starting on with
500 900, 900 the stockholders to receive 3
per cent interest from the date of sub
scrlpuon the canal company handicap
ped itself with an immense Obligation
which, as events soon proved. II could
never fulAll ln 1850 another loan Of
5000 600 was called for this time az a
discount Of 1875 pcr cent, and the next
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HTN HE project Of connecting the
waters Of the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans had It's lncep-
ton in the early years Of
American history Columbus
sought on the lsthmus a pas
sage Of which be had heard vague 10.
ports Balboa frs. Of an Europeans,
saw the Pacific from a peak In paritn,
aud Cories had a canal in mind when
he made his explorations southward
from Mexico. The mouth Of the Cha
gres attracted most Of them as Offering
entrance to the narrowest cut across
The isthmus, and the river route was
examined more than 300 years ago,
Centuries passed, however before the
FIRST survey was made by General Boil
var Of New Granada, who declared the
route feasible for a canal During the
next fifty years various routes were
surveyed by engineers Of our govern.
ment. and the Fronch made a report as
early az isi2, suggesting among other
novel features a tunnel 40 feet high
and 700 feet long
In 1874 American engineers made an
exhaustive survey and recommended a
canal with locks from Colon 90 Paua.
ma at an estimated cost Of from $50. OO0,
600 TO 5000 900, according to the sum-
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who tried to kin Nicholas caused them
TO change their programme.
The last real monarch to visit us was
probably King Kalakaua, who died in
san Francisco Jan Co. 1891, He was
the last foreign king to die here any.
way and one OF the first to hasten to the
United States after he has assembled the
throne. King David. or Kalakaua I. OF
Hawaii, sprang from collateral
branch Of the ancient royal family He
was the son OF a niece Of the great
Kamehameha !. and on Feb 12, 1874,
was elected to reign in Hawaii. In
November Of that year he sailed for
san Francisco and, after visiting the
chief cities Of the United States, arrived
In Boston on New Years day. 1875, lie
was everywhere feted as he also
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Vernon, whore he planted chestnut
tree at Washingtons tomb. Much was
said about such acts as This "cementlng
the friendship now existing between
the two Anglo-saxon nations The
same comment was repeated when IN
Philadelphia he tapped the old liberty
bell with his cane and in Boston shook
hands with the last survivor OF the
battle of Bunker Hill II there was any
"cementng' Of that sort to do, Albert
Edward was just the one 10 do It. with
his tactful speeches and joyial presence.
Philadelphia, New York and Boston
We'd with each other in giving him The
biggest receptions of the century and
so he was sent spinning through the
cities Of the Atlantic coast, finally de-
parting for home at Portland, Me.
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pRE CtDEHT BUCeFAS4FH
0ECEtVtssG ste. pRgNCF. o.
WSALE.U

brothers he later made tour Of the
United States calling upon General
Washington at Mount Vernon In 1884,
lie then went to Havana. whence he
tried to get TO Spain, whore his mother
was In exile, but was prevented by tie
Spanish government ana compelled 70
return to the United States, lie finally
went to England In 1900, carrying With
him deep regard for this country aud
It's people II not for It's Institutions
In the year 1915 America received an
other royal guest IN the person of 10.
aeph Bonaparte, elder brother OF the
great Napoleon. who came hlther for
safety and resided at Bordentown N,
Jo and elsewhere for years as the Count
de Suryllllers," But everybody over
here knew that the quiet, elegant gen
tleman was none other than Brother
Joseph, oX-kIng Of Spain etc, who
much against his win had been com
PEELED by the lmperlous Napoleon to
mount throne. Then there was Napo-
Icons younger brother Jerome, who in
1913 became enamored Of and married
the beautiful Miss Patterson OF Balt-
more The marriage was annulled In
1905 by imperial DEGREES, but was le.
gal union Just the same and was 80 con.
sIdered by all the world
our only imperial visitor was Dom
Pedro, emperor Of Brazil. who came to
this country OF hls own yolltlon and
was highly honorod wherever he went.
The ostensibe object Of his visit was to
see the Centennial exhibition Of 1876 az
Philadelphia, but he managed to attend
few social functions ana have good
time generally Dom Pedro was at that
time tlfty.one years old and had been
crowned twenty-five years before He
was apparently beloved by his subjects
and had them well under control but
thirteen years later he was dethroned
and expelled to Portugal, the land Of his
fathers Many are now living who saw
Dom Pedro when he was here and babe
him goodby as he lett this country for
Europe They describe him as very
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WINNING THE v. c.

Sir William olpherts won the coveted
" c. at Lucknow by a Characteristic
act OF gallantry. The old Perthshlre reg.
iment to which he was attached at the
time captured some guns from the en-.
envy but was about to leave them be-
hind for want Of horses to drag them
away olpherts was too keen a gunner
70 consent to the abandonment of prizes
OF that sort so he galloped back under
hail OF lead and brought up the nee.
essary horses. No one thought he
would get through alive, but he accom-
piiShed his object, although he brought
back several bullets as well as the
horses, and 1t was some time before he
was fl to take the field again.
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AN ARTISTS START.

Llnley Sambourne, the clever London
artist, had no experience of the strug-
giles that usually beset an artist at the
beginning Of his career when I was
youth In an engineers office he
says, 81 was always dashing off sketch
es in odd moments, and one Of them
found It's way to the hands Of Marx
Lemon, then the edltot of Punch. Lem.
on sent for me-this was about thirty
four years ago-and from that day to
this / have never missed single weeks
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anan was then president and he SEEM
ed 10 take great delight Ia his royal
guest, writing to Queen Victoria that
Albert Edward had won all hearts by
his majesty and graclousness" And
the heir apparent 20 the British throne
was equally tacuul in His farewell to
Canada, having said In his little speech
at the border just as he was about step
ping over the line, In q private ca
pacity I am about to visit before | re.
turn home that remarkable land which
claims with us a common ancestry and
In whose extraordinary progress every
Englishman feels common interest
What could we do after that but en-
tertaln him to the top Of our bent?
Nothing, Of course, and so he was feast.
ed and feted and bombarded with balls
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EDWARD m GLASS.

King Edward VII. is among the few
living men Of note who are immortal.
lied In stained glass, He figures in all
the conventional, II lnartistic, glory OF
frook coat and silk hat on a window in
the town hall at Plymouth, and his mai
esty is also to be seen looking down
from another stained glass eminence in
company with Queen Victoria and the
Duke Of Connaught In the Royal Mill
tary academy at woolwich.
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the Princess ArIbert a granddaughter
Of the late Queen Victoria
Prince Luis Duke d'Abru2zD, a son
OF one who was once a king, came to
this country in 1897 aud gained dlstinc-
tion by successfully ascending Mount
81. elias His arctic exploration OF
1900, by which he claimed to have made
farther north latitude than any one
who had preceded him, is well known
and stamps him as man Of heroic
mold, Notwithstanding his having been
reared in palaces and accustomed TO
high living with kings and princes.
From the preceding II will be seen
that America has by no means been
sighted by royalty. our list of guests
and immigrants including, as already
stated, three kings, queen, an emper-
or, seven or eight princes and at least
four prlncesses.
WALLACE W1LCOXSON
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the period Of probation he underwent
in his mothers long reign.
Tho nearest we ever came to enter
tanning the little father of all the
Russlas was when the Grand Duke
Alexis came over IN 1871, lie was ex-
ceedingly popular and was feted from
one end Of the continent to the other
Many tales are still told Of his prowess
as hunter and wrestler for he was,
like almost all the Romanoffs except
the present ear. mighty son OF Anak
Of herculean proportions and strength,
While the Marquis of Lorne, now
Duke Of Argyll, was governor general
Of Canada from 1915 TO 1883, his royal
spouse, Princess Louise, daughter Of
Queen Victoria, occasionally visited the
United States, The most notable occa-
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HEARING UNDER THE SEA-.

The Rev, John Nj, Bacon, the balloon
expert, insists that lighthouses should
have warning bells under as we'll as
above water, because in storm sound
travels farther under water than
through the air, and experiments both
In England and America have proved
that a bell struck under water can be
heard in the hold OF a ship at a great
dlstanor
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MOVE, AND INGENIOUS

A novel suggestion for starting ~ -" ,
cate plants has been made known ... a N
French gardener. He sets 'ne s S. n.
some earth laid in half an esssHs KIM
stead Of little pot. The shell .,, Tp's y
has a small hole in It 70 va !, damp
draining, is paced in a box ., o. trans, T
mold. When the time arrives , lol IL 4 10
plant planting, ali that need be done = "
hrsak the she'll,
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Attila, the Hun, had nose so short
that from the front it presented the ap-
pearance Of two holes in the middle Of
his eountenance surmounted by small
wart
Work has begun in the Salt river val.
ley on n great plan for the growing Of
citrus fruit indoors The project in
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wolves the roofing Of more than 1000
acres Of orange, lemon and pomelo trees
ana Is undertaken by the Territorial
Association OF Citrus Fruit Growers.
Inere are In the leper home In Lou
isiana thlrty-slx inmates-nineteen
males and seventeen females. Five
sisters Of charity nurse these unfortu-
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with moist clay. On dark night the
baya's nest looks like an electric street
lamp
New Zealand exports frozen Stew.
art island oysters TO London. II needs
robust taste to stand these huge.
tough mollusks, but there once was an
English king who liked his a month old,
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the American contractors under the old
regime. These facts may be OF interest
now that the isthnian canal commits
sloners have reported favorably upon
the Panama route and it has been sub.
United TO congress for further action.
JAMES II. TRIsTALL.
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SOME CLEVER CHILDREN
WHO ARE CELEBRATE

In the west Of England there
oleye, boy orsanist who Is at,, a ,S,y
considerable notice in musical cI Sa.'lns
the present time lie is only tsn ~, vs.. AZ
old yet he is sufficiently odyonos s'ol'
musical matters to perform tbe ', Nv ID
OF the great masters with pecr,,a moI@
sight and poV. FNNullAf H.
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AT HOME AND ABROAD.

An Alton 1ll) woman has started a
crusade against men who will not work
and support their families She wants
an ordnance passed requiring such men
TO be arrested and put to work on the
rock pile with wages. The money she
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pared with soldiers life, the placid
days even OF q clergyman are fun OF
danger, for his death rate Is eleven in
lOO0 or more than twice as great az
that OF his militant brother.
The baga bird OF india spends Cts
spare time catching mammoth hrealss.
which it fastens TO the side OF It's nest