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make q new setIof observations from
which to verify the length of a de-
gree on the equator-the unit upon
which the French standard Of meas
urement and the metric system are
based.
The site chosen for the work was
the neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador.
1t was so high up in the mountains
that, although in the very center of
the torrid zone, the men lived under
Arctic conditions. The party consist
ed of ten commissioned officers and
twenty-seven noncommissioned Of
ficers. With three exceptions tie en-
tire party spent the entire six years
in the work One of those who gave
up was Commandant Massenet, who
preceded Colonel Bourgeois at the
head of the expedition
Loneliness was one of the things
the men had to fight hardest against
They lived to large extent amid
fields of snow and ice The country
below them was often invisible from
clouds hanging about the mountains.
Yet their situation differed from that
of Arctic explorers in this respect,
that they knew thousands of people
were within comparatively easy reach.
The temptation at times to descend
to the seacoast cities was therefore,
almost irresistible.
OF course the men did not spend
the whole time in the mountains. This
would have been almost impossible
because they had not merely the rigor
of the cold to contend against, but
also the enervating effects of the rare
fed atmosphere of the mountains. The
average height at which they lived
and worked was 10000 feet above SEES
level. Cooking was difficult at that
elevation, and the proper feeding of
problems. Another practical difficulty
was securing servants and laborers.
The natives consented to go into the
hills only at high pay and on urgent
persuasion, and they deserted at the
least provocation The winters were
especially trying. Bands of wolves
wandered about the camp and devour-
ed the refuse thrown out, even to old
leather straps and the WORKOUT sad
dies of mules and horses.
Notwithstanding the obstacles sew
enty-four geodetic stat'~-~ we're erect
ed. A chain of geodetic and astrono-
mical observations covering the entire
six years was secured including the
establishment of the meridian OF
Quito with nearest approach to scien
tific accuracy that is possible. The
remaining error, it is said, is infinite
sinai. The result of the observations
was not worked out. This is to be
done in Paris now by corps of scien-
tists.-New York Sun.
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passed through the big door, she hest
tated a moment, having no umbrella.
Then a voice greeted her. 1t was
that Of the manager.
"Let my umbrella and myself accom-
pany you to your car he said, and fell
into step beside her.
II think l owe you a little explana-
tion," he presently added. Perhaps
Mrs. Harrington's thoughtless remark
annoyed you, but you should remem-
Der she was very angry and very I'M
reasonable when she made it. She went
her custom, and promising to write a
full explanation of the matter to Miss
Carmichael"
Miss Carmichael"
'The owner of our store, and my re-
spected employer. She is now In
Switzerland, l believe. 1 have never
seen her. Perhaps she may conclude
to dispense with my services when she
views Mrs. Harrington's letter."
ooh. that would be too bad"
THANK you. But I'm not very much
alarmed. In fact have tempting
offer from a man of means to enter
into a partnership with him. l believe
need a change. I've no doubt I'm
rapidly becoming a mere machine. 1
am 80 years old and all know is busi-
ness, business, nothing but business"
He spoke little bitterly, but his face
quickly cleared as he caught the girls
gaze.
They say you have been very sue
cessful." she said "Will you let me
know If you hear from Miss Car
michael on this subject?"
''Why, yes, / WILL" he answered.
"This is my car" said the girl
Thank you. and goodnight"
Two days later Alice Landon went
to the stockroom on the eleventh floor
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CAMPO sANTo.
The Most Beautiful Burying Place in
the World.

the World.
Few travellers, whether for business
or pleasure, who come within easy
distance of Genoa fail to spend at
least a day in the city of hills, in or
der to visit this famous Campo San.
to, which, as burial place, has no
equal in the world. The peculiar ar
ments, and the well-disposed shrub
berry give one the impression of an
artistic garden rather than ceme-
terry, for there is little to suggest the
latter as it is suggested in the modern
cemeteries in our country. Truly it
is a wonderful sight, with its great
colonnades and it's groups of statu
airy, and even IL one has not the NOR.
bid curiosity of many who find it
'pleasurable to inspect the burial
places of large cities, he may profit
ably spend an hour or two in this
solemn precinct, where sculptors.
principally natives of Genoa, have
works which would make any one fam
Gus. Laid out in the form of huge
square, the center is planted with
shrubs and flowers, and here the poor
er classes are buried, each grave be-
ing marked with small stone and a
lantern of fanciful design hanging at
either end In the lofty corridors of
marble which extend around the en-
tire square are the tombs and monu-
ments of the wealthy and noble of
Genoa.
The corridors are about Is feet in
width and are lined on either side
with groups of statuary, all of which
are of life size, and the majority of
which are faithful portraits of those
whom they commemorate. Very curl
Gus to foreign eyes do the figures
look in their neutrality-suspicious.
dresses of long ago. Here one may
see the chignons of the eos, boys in
sailor suits, and men in frock coats.
Many of the figures and groups are
very beautiful, and the work is exc
cuted with much delicacy of express
sion So natural and lifelike are some
of the figures that, were 1t not for
the fact that they are all startling
white, one might easily misake them
at a short distance for living persons.
II ,eslie,s Weekly
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Gigantic Trust.

Why does the Bureau Of Labor per
sist In taking retail prices as the basis
for establishing the relative value OF
wages and the cost of living? Anything
can be proved by retail prices, because
they vary SO much according to the
city and the position Of the retailer
In the high class neighborhoods Of
nearly every city or town the retailer
in such localities demands and obtains
much higher prices than where labor
ing men live. Standard wholesale
prices, such as Bradstreet and Dun use
for their index figures, are the only
true basis for such statistics. The
trouble with the Labor Bureau Is par
tisan politics, and trying to prove that
under a Republican administration
everything is working to the adVan-
tage Of labor.
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SKUNK Empties Theatre.

A skunk wandered into the auditor
ium of the Hanover Park summer
theatre last night, woman screamed
and the eight hundred persons in the
audience leaped from their seats. Wo-
men Joined men in clamboring over a
high railing.
Policeman II. ]. Kelly, unfamiliar
with skunks, attempted to catch the
animal. but retreated and standing at
a safe distance, opened fire with his
revolver. He emptied it, but none OF
the shots took effect.
Frank McNabb. one of the specta-
tors. cornered the skunk and killed
it with club Then he went home
by circuitous route. The manage
ment announced to vacant chairs that
the performance was called oE---Mer.
iden Conn Dispatch to the New
York Herald
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STRAIN ON RAILS.
They Undergo Much Severer Tension
Than Bridge Steel.

They Undergo Much severer Tension
Than bridge steel.
Saving armor plates and projectiles,
"there Is no material In the whole field
of steel manufacture which is subject
to such severe, such absolutely brutal
treatment as the steel rail-" says Dex-
ter Marshall in McClure's. 1t must en-.
dure every imaginable kind Of stress.
1t IS alternately bent, twisted and ham,
mered; it must be hard enough to re-
sist crushing and abrasion; it must be
tough enough to resist fracture. 1t
must undergo much severer tension
than bridge STEEL In fact, the rails
of a line form practically one continu-
Gus bridge from terminal to terminal
and each rail must bear the terrific
stress Of direct contact with the wheels
Of locomotives and cars; yet, said a
prominent railroad manager recently,
the rails are made with much less at
tention to quality than the different
parts of a bridge. Bridge steel is made
with all possible care; the specifica-
tons Of the railroads offering bridge
contracts being carried out to the let
ter by the bridge steel manufacturers,
who use only the open hearth product.
Z In making steel rails by the BesSemer
process. the iron is first recovered from
the ore by smelling; second, all the
carbon and as much Of the other lmpur'
l.. r.
streams of air in eonverter' third, the
percentage Of carbon desired Is intro
duced into the 'sblown" metal; fourth,
the heated metal, now Bessemer steel,
is cast into an ingot.
Last Of all, the ingot Is rolled down
In o the finished steel rail. 1t is posi-
bts by the Bessemer process to control
perfectly the carbon in the ore-the
principal hardening element In the rail
but as the phosphorus, which makes
rails brittle, cannot be removed by this
process, whatever percentage of phos-
phorus exists In the ore will persist in
the rail. An Ideal rail should contain
sixty-fve hundredths of per cent Of
carbon, not more than six one-hun-
dredths per cent Of phosphorus, and IL
to 1.3 per cent of manganese.
Rails Of such composition wear mag
nlfcently and have been known to last
a dozen years under the most exacting
traffic to be found In this or any other
country. According 10 the Scientific
American the standard Of rail compo-
sition adopted by the manufacturers
themselves and now in use by them Is
as follows: Carbon, half Of l per cent !;
phosphorus, not more than one-tenth
of per cent; manganese, eight~tenths
to one and one tenth per cent 1t will
be seen that there is a GO per cent in
crease Of phosphorus in the rails Of to-
day as compared with the phosphorus
In the ideal rail mentioned above. 1t
is rails containing this excess % phos-
phorus that have been breaking so fire.
quently during the past winter.
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That Beef Combine.

The investigation of the Standard
Oil Trust shows that $490,000,000 has
been clear gain during the past eight
years, or an annual profit of $61,OO0,-
600. OF this $30S, 1859, 4O3 has been
paid to the shareholders, the capital
stock being $9S,33s,3s2, so the average
dividends have been about 40 per cent.
The assets of the trust have increased
in eight years $170,S73,00S, and the
total assets in 1896 were 1871, 664, 53f.
All these vast amounts Of money have
been mostly wrung from the poorest
of our people, who from necessity are
compelled to use kerosene, while our
more wealthy people use gas and cleo
tricity. The Republican party, although
in complete control of the government
for those past eight years, has never
taken steps to force the trust to fairer
business methods, and at the same
time has been soliciting and receiving
large sums for the campaign funds
from the trust or the trust magnates.
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Thnt Becf Combine.


The Beef Trust, that some people
imagined had been dissolved by the
Federal courts when the celebrated In
junction was issued at Chicago, is still
doing business at the old stand, and
in the old way, as far as the unfortu-
nate consumers are concerned. The
price of beef ard other meats has
again been advanced, and the agents
of the Beef Trust blame it on the new
inspection law. They claim the meat
packers have to bear all the loss from
food animals rejected by United
States inspectors as unfit for the mar
ket. AS the Republican Congress kind
ly appropriated the necessary millions
to pay for the inspection, which should
be paid by the trust, the only way for
the people to get even is by bringing
pressure on the coming Congress to
change the law so that the packers
viii have to pay the inspection charges
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| 1t is strange letter. can't quite IN
derstand It,"
"And what does she say about the
Harrington matter?"
"She touches on 1t very lightly. She
says she has entire confidence In my
discretion. But here is what puzzles
me. She offers me an interest in the
concern with an increased salary on
two conditions. One Is that l musk
give up all idea of seyering my con-
nection with the house. no matter how
alluring the chance to begin business
for myself may seem. And the other
condition is that l drop the business
and go abroad for three months-the
house paying all my expenses.
There was brief pause.
"And what is to be your decision p
He drew a quick breath.
What do you advise me to dor he
asked. IL have great confidence In
your judgment"
THANK you," said the girl. 'Then
my advice to you is to please Miss Car
michael. By pleasing her you will
please me-"
"Then that's settled" he said. But
wait. About this trip abroad" His
voice shook a little. miss Landon, y
he said, 81 am painfully conscious of
all my defects. / know am presumpt-
uous in daring to hope that you may
see In me qualities that raise me In
your estimation. l don't believe have
either the desire or courage to take
that trip alone. Will you go with me
as my wifeY
She did not answer him for a mo-
ment.
Your price seems pretty high" she
presently said. "An interest In the
business, an increased salary, and now
me-"
INJURED
IF it Is the only way Of keeping you
here. my dear manager" she said, 81
must say yes"
He caught her hands In his.
Il didn't dream l could be so happy
he cried.
II am afraid you are a very obtust
person." she presently said
NO doubt of that" he answered.
otherwise you would have dlscOv
cred that a certain young woman IN
whom you have a keen interest was
maSQueradlng In one Of your depart
ments, finding out something about he1
big store and great deal about hel
manager"
"What!' he cried. "You!'
81 am Alice Langdon Carmichael"
u never dreamt 1t! !" he said with &
little gasp "And you are going t
marry me?"
81 am going to make sure Of an ex
cellent manager"
He looked at her In silent admira
ton.
do you know what drew me to yol
at first?" he said. at was having 70,
say kind word in my behalf. over
heard you-I happened to be benin,
the partition"
Her eyes danced
EYES," she demurely said. 81 hap
pened to know you were there."-W. R
Rose In Cleveland Plain Dealer.
!
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The Manager

ibid you see the old tyrant look at
me this morning." snapped the little
blonde girl at the ribbon counter. Il
thought he'd taken my head off,
.sWeIl, you shouldn't talk about your
steadies during business hours"
laughed a lace counter girl. you're
expected to have your mind strictly on
business and do your little best to pro-
mote the interests of the firm, don't
you knowf"
"Oh. bother the firm. The firm Is
nothing to me. I'm working for the
hest interests OF Susie Gibbons, and
don't let anybody forget 1t. Besides,
that hateful Venner had no business
to come shopping around just when |
was talking confidential matters. Don't
YOU think so, EthelF
II think he's horrid," her counter
mate responded. "He always looks like
a meat axe"
"0h, | don't know, lie might be
tanned"
why don't you take the job, Kitty p
Whereat they slgclad and trooped
down the aisle to the big front door.
A moment later a man emerged from
be1lnd the new partition II was John
Ver aer, the manager of the great store
A faint. smile lowered about his lips.
what the old proverb about listen
ersY" he muttered. at is quite evil
dent that 1 do not hold a desirable
place in the good graces Of these young
women. I'm sorry overheard their
talk. would have showed myself. but
I couldn't very well after they had fired
their bSoadslde. I'm hard man all
right. but I've never TO my knowledge
done any man or woman an injustice
Who was the girl that stood up for me-
She called me a gentleman. Her name
IS Alice and she Is newcomer.
wonder IL they were right when they
said she would learn to hate me as the
Others dog None OF them seem Il
realize that am but a steward here. .
Alice Landon's duties were not exact
Ing and she soon learned to make her.
self useful There were little annoy.
anees now and then. but they did not
discourage her. One day, however. s
more serious dispute arose over a sale
that Alice had made, and the purchaser
a matron OF commanding aud some
what offensive manners emphatlcally
declared that a certain piece of lacs
she had purchased was damaged wheI
II left she counter. Alice remembered
the sale very well and knew that tn
woman was mistaken. Consequently
abe held her ground. and the woman
departed vowlng to obtain satisfaction
from the management
A little later Alice was summoned B,
a boy to come 10 the managers Office
She found the manager there and tn
irasclble matron-
Miss Landen." said the manager Il
III measured tones you uRderstanl
the claim made by Mrs Harrington
Let me hear your story"
She told 1t In as few words as pos
sibla
-You may 90. Miss fandon--
Late that afternoon a shower cam
mn and when Alice Landon, trzilin
bsAtnd The girls a. was her custom
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eminent of the United States, Prob
ably the words nation and national
are not in the Constitution.
Those two triumphant motions fol-
lowed by others on the same line pro-
posed by Ellsworth and supplemented
by the Tenth Amendment, tacItly
agreed upon for future adoption. after
acceptance by the States of the Con.
stitution, saved the day, as historians
tell, the voters of Connecticut made
the new Government partly federal
and partly national. secured the Union
and the birth of a new nation In Amer
lea.
THAT rejected 'nationalism' Presi-
dent Roosevelt is, in the rapidly in
creasing opinion OF Connecticut Repub-
licans, endeavoring to jam into the
platform of the next Republican Ma
tional Convention"
This is timely and important his
torical statement Neither the word
national" nor the word nation in
the singular number, appears In the
Constitution. The word nations" is
used only twice-frst in clause 3 OF
section s of the first article. which pro-
vides that Congress shall have power
to regulate commerce with foreign ma
Tins; and again in clause 10 of the
same section, which gives to Congress
the power to punish offenses against
the law Of nations. This, then, is n
Federal, not National, government
Yet, as Mr.. Sherman explains that:
Roosevelt fancies that whenever Con-
gress can take hand in the regulation
Of commerce "among the States the
States cease to exist. 1t is Incredible
that the Connecticut delegates at Phil
adelphia in 1887 could have tolerated
the existing commerce clause in the
Constitution If any one had suggested
possibility of the Roosevelt interpre-
tat.on."
His endeavor is by hook or by crook
to squeeze into the next Republican
platform a vindication of the twin
evils of nationalism and socialism, and
get a fitting candidate for such plat
form"
Let Democrats watch developments
along this line, and prepare to counter
act the efforts of the conspirators by
putting forward next year platform
and candidate in harmony with the
spirit of the Constitution on this point
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NOT THIS WAY AGAIN

We shall not pass this way again,
If there be aught of secret pain
Tween you and me,
In the great sea
Oh all mems pain let It be cast
This night, that only love may last.
We shall not pass this way again,
My heart, In pain shall we refrain
From tenderness,
And cease to bless
Each added hour that love may give
Us in this piteous space we liveT
We shall not pass this way again,
HAPPY tomorrow comes in vain,
II we shall part
With heavy heart
This night. All, then could love fosge
The little griefs we cherish yeti
Let us be done with pain
We shall not pass this way again.
The Delineator.
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KnrBAnL-LoUNDsBURY BATTLE.
Aunt's Dreaded Visits Are Robbed

Aunt's Dreaded Visits Are Robbed
of Their Terrors.
That is the way it was always spoken
Of In the famsly-the famous week
when Aunt Isabel Kimban and Bar
bara Loundsbury met and crossed
swords. The first intimation Of excite
ment came one morning at the break
fast table, when Mrs. Percy, glancing
over the mall at Der plate, looked up
with dismayed face.
Isabel is coming down Thursday to
stay fer week. !" she exclaimed.
The silence that followed the an
nouncement was so penetrating that
Barbara Loundsbury. their pretty
guest, began to laugh.
do forgive me If I an intrusive"
she begged. sbut you ell seem so-over-
whelmed. May l ask who Isabel isY'
Her other name is Kimball."
Cynthia said
"she is fathers stepsister." Agnes
added.
"She is lady" Ralph explained IN
a hollow voice. who feels II her duty
always to tell the truth"
"Oh. no, Miss Klmball. Cynthia has
laughter broke out again. you poor,
poor things, Is it so dreadful?" she
asked.
You just wait and see." Agnes re-
to,ted, feelingly.
Hh1rv dow 1Oiu
Aunt Isabel appeared. The first i'm
preston was decidedly agreeable, for
she was woman of imposing appear
ance and distinguished manners. She
had hardly greeted her relatives, how
ever, before she began her observa-
tons:
Caroline, you are looking dreadful
"! You really should see a doctor.
How Agnes has grown! She is getting
round-shouldered, too. Cynthia, your
eyelids are very red hope it is moth
Ing permanent"
She was interrupted by clear voice:
"Oh, no, Mis- Kimball, Cynthit has
splendid eyes, She got cinder in one
this morning, that's ALL And don't you
think Agnes has splendid color?"
81 hadn't noticed her COLOR" Miss
Kimball returned, stiffiy, 'but see
Ralph wriggles round IN his chair the
same old way"
"You should see Ralph 'wriggle round
In football" and Barbara's eyes met
Ralph's encouragingly.
That was the beginning. Whether
Aunt Isabel realized the state of af-
fairs no mortal could ever tell-cer-
tainly her passion for truth-telling
showed no diminution. 1t was the
Percys who, under Barbara's inspiring
leadership, rose to the demand of the
hour. Instead of whiting under the
blighting effect Of unmitigated truth,
they revealed sudden and marvellous
appreciation OF each Others good
points AS Ralph remarked, he began
to feel as If, In time, his family might
learn to appreciate him.
When Aunt Isabel, dignified-
truthful--to the last, babe them fare
well, the Percys with one impulse turn
ed to Barbara.
''We shall never mind Aunt Isabel
again." Mrs. Percy and Cynthia said
In concert, while Agnes added grayely !:
81 never knew how nice we were
before"
Resolved; that hereafter we adopt
Barbara's way in all times of depres-
sion." Ralph proposed, and 1t passed
unanimously.-You Companion.