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Evening star., 1907-11-09

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. November 1. 1907.
N one Of the four great American
girls clubs of Paris they sat at tea
and laughed at their French sisters
We are in November. Old Maids
day will soon come round again. /
warn you. my dears. I shall spend 1t in
the studio with a cold lunch!" exclaimed
a ravishing little miniature painter. Il
VIII not be grinned at and patronized by
fool Frenchmen,"
And to think that nice French girls
will blush and bridle.' mused a musical
Diana. They can't come to Marchesrs $
without mammals chambermaid for chap
erone: yet they will giggle and wr.ggle in
response to street jests on marriage"
II shall 70 about as usual" said baby
tenderfoot.
'On every day except November 25. re-
turned Diana: whereupon We told the
t.nderfoot of the Feast Of st. Catherine.
The ''Midinettes."
TO see IT crude, pass by the Rue de la
Paix at noon of November %. began
Diana. The sewing girls of that smart
region are called 'Midinettes, or Noon
girls from their way of promenading IN
their lunch hour. saucy and bareheaoed.
On November % each girl Is sure to carry
a bouquet
And when men stop them to ask who
the flowers are for took up the violin
ist. who IL In the Conservatore. they an
swer they are for st. Catherine, unless
unless what?"
Just unless" laughed the girl professor
of romance languages. 1T means unless
some one will marry her.
1t is Just defiant funnin2,' 1 said. 1T
is hard for them to marry
And pathetic" said Diana. because
marriage is their only secret goal. High
or M. it's more So When l boarded in a
French family, for the conversation. there
were four girls, without dots. When St.
! GATHERINGS day came round. and on the
days before and after. they just wore
| themselves out making calls on every one
| naturally on marriage One came running
| home. all a-gog eXclaiming: 'Mamman
mamman, Nine. CASTOR says she has a
husband for mel
Family Conspiracy.
| Il know French family with two girls
| that gave u dinner party two nights be-
| fore st. GATHERINGS eve" spoke I'D the
young pianist. ,
Bah. to ask men,
No. married couples. relatives, possible
matchmakers. The talk naturally fell on
marrying Jeanette and Julie"
4 know three sisters who wept. tasted
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Honolulu. Sitka. Manila and in Port
Rico. Canada has three more and Latin
America two.
But how can the now unknown centers
of these last two mysterious earthquakes
be located at the worlds new central bu-
science would have shifted at the student
promising such feat now made posi-
bic by improved instruments.
Computing Distance of a Quake.
First the distance of the earthquake
center is computed. In press reports of
recent shocks recorded by our instruments
you perhaps have noted estimates that the
center was so many thousands Of miles
away. Now the hand which keeps the
earthquake score Of our most modern in
struments rests on a revolving cylinder
and works gradually from edge to edge
like the fine chisel of a planning lathe.
Under the hand Is paper. fastened about
the cylinder. and the line traced day and
night on this sheet Is straight. so long as
Mother Earth remains normal. But when
she quakes the hand trembles from side
to side. writing a zigzag. slight at first.
in the typical case. then dying down al
most to a straight line, then swelling more
than before. then subsiding again and
finally striking out boldly across the
sheet on the record of the main shock
Now the rule has lately been deduced
that the number of seconds between the
first and second preliminary tremors when
multiplied by eight and one-tenth SD
gives the distance of the center of dis
turbance in miles. Say that this distance
measured off by dots where minutes
have been measured on the paper equals
3 minutes seconds. 300 seconds. Null
tiply by 81 and you have 2.5O3 miles as
the approximate distance lying between
the quake's center and the instrument.
Locating the Center.
But this does not give the location Of
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Too Much Blow.

Capt. Watt of the record breaking Lusi-
tania was talking about machinery.
Machinery is delicate stuff he said
land the amateur is wise to let it alone.
You know about the man who blew down
the gas meter?"
mo"
well, at the club one night, a certain
man complained bitterly about his gas
bills
".Hang 1t ALL he said. my bills are
something enormous. I'm sure l don't
burn all that gas The company, con-
sarn it. is cheating me-
"A friend spoke up and said:
Look here. do you want to know how
to get the better of the gas company?
Then said the friend blow down the
meter Every night. before you turn in.
blow down tii,- meter. The meter. you
see is full of little wheels, all turning.
turning, pling up big bills against you.
every time you Light the gas. But just
blow down the pipe and
The friend gave a loud laugh at the
delightful thought.
"'Just blow down the pipe. and-ha,
ha. ha-all the little wheels will turn the
other way
..The man thanked his friend for this
good and valuable advice, went straight
home and blew a long and powerful blast
down the pipe of tn, gas meter before re-
tiring He did this every night. Not
once did he forget. the last thing before
going to bed, to blow down the meter
with terrific force.
We'll, in due course, at the month S
end the inspector came.
The man welcomed the inspector
trifie nervously. and hung about the cellar
door to hear what the fellow would have
20 say after his inspection
"The inspector emerged from the cellar
studying a column of figures with a puz-
zled frown. He looked up at the master
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mysterious current. Sampling the water
he found 1t fresh to the taste and of a
dark color.
But even more interesting to relate ara
advices just received from mariners who
have touched at Progreso, Yucatan, and
who state that two days later than the
above incident September 10, evil
dences of a submarine eruption were OBJ
served some eight miles off that point
Vessels entered a streak of yellowish
water, whose limits were clearly defined
by the contrast with the natural color
of the sea and which extended to the
east and west as far the eye couli
reach. Immense quantities of dead fish
were floating on its surface. emitting IAN
unbearable stencil of decomposed mat
ter and of sulphur. Progreso beach was
strewn with millions of dead fish. thrown
up by the sea, and the local authorities
had to impress into service many citf-
zans as we'll as the inmates OF the
prison, to bury this mass of putrefaction.
Moreover the sea bottom in the anchor
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founded and converted college of fifty
philosophers assembled against her by
the Caesar MaximinuS governing Egypt.
Maximinus had her cut and beaten and
thrown into a dark dungeon. His wife.
Faustina. went to see her and became
converted Then 200 soldiers round the
prison were converted And so on. She
died a maryland became the patron
saint of students, philosophers and all
young girls. But they don't ask her to
get them husbands"
'They know better?
"Surely. AS a fact: they rather try to
dodge her Thus In each church there
is statue or a painting of ST. Catherine
Once a year. on her day, the girls meet to
put a wreath around its head. or flowers
girl Is given the honor. She has 'coiffed
st. Catherine.
"It is an honor thrust upon her.
lat twenty-five, they say, a girl puts
the first flower. AT thirty a second: and
at thirty-five she Is supposed to have
placed the whole wreath or bouquet"
None of which excuses them from
showing the world they are panic-strick-
en." grumbled Diana.
Search for Husband.
Our girls don't understand. AT home
you girls don't understand. We have
built up a social system in which brides
The dot cuts no ice. In France, the land
of prudent matches. a girls parents must
cut off a good lump of their capital and
let the world know it gees with their
daughter.
Now, don't you see? the girl has money
on her She must be protected from de-
signing youth The search begins-the
search for a man suitable to Marie's
$4,000. or James sl1.00o. or Luella's $3.50
This limits choice. 1t makes the men who
correspond" parttcula ~ cocky and
standoffish In a word, it throws the
seeking on the girls side, against natur, :,
against beauty, against romance.
| Tho Lateful idea of girls seeking hus-
bands come out so strong on Old Maids
day that American rs in Par simply
can't go on the streets to be insulted" :"
said Diana.
"A man called to me last year: You'll
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find husband easily!'" complained the
miniature painter. "A lot of house paint
ers laughed at me. saying: She's en-
gagged" She isn't on the way to cof ST.
Catherine' She'll make nice little wife"
And a cab driver called to me: Two
you,'"
Its date" I murmured. "a kind Of
St. Valentines day"
''Oh, oh, the valentines"" laughed the
little plano sharp. Il have seen one
sweet and pretty French girl send out
to fifteen men on Old Maids ever
My teachers daughters sent tele-
grams:'' ggled the vioIinist. Il saw on
1t read: Are you going to wait until You
are too old to ma ry?' 1t made lust the
twenty words in French that go for ~
cents.'
Il wrote and sent out ten myself last
year' admitted a damure young thing
who's interested in bookbinding No
no. not for myself. no, thanks! 1t was
for Jeann ette and Julie. They begged N
to lend them my handwriting.
Diana Protests Again.
Ter, fifteen, exclaimed Diana Il
would not say a word against one. Cnca
mously. to ease her feel:ngs-but drag
nett"
New you're unjust" spoke up. How
do you know they were intended as drag
nets? When a n ball you dane with
af,Arr ncn. yet love hut one. is j; dra :
net? Do not girls at home Lad ol in
elgibles, even to spur up the one de
sired? French girls send out a lot OF
VA ntines on Old Maids day; but who
can know their secret notves?'
ITO spur on the des-red?' protested
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Copyright, 1907, by John Elfreth Watkins)

(Copyrght 1907 by John Elfreth Watkins)
~ UR many seismic mysteries OF re
cent weeks will b. referred 10
the new international clearing
~ house for earthGuake data that
IS now being opened for busl-
ness In Strasburg. capital of A!sace-Lor-
raine.
Our latest seismic mystery was an
earthcuake shock which on October IL
gave Washington a half-inch twitch that
knocked the writing hand OF the official
earthquake recorder clear off its score
sheet Although it was automatically re-
corded by hundred or more of other IN
struments scattered over the face OF the
earth, and although these records show
that at its center the disturbance was as
errific-perhaps far more so-than that
which DESTROYED San Francisco or Kings
ton. not a soul in the whole world, civil
lied or uncivilized. appears to have felt
the shock
But this new earthquake clearing
house, lately constituted by cooperation
of the powers-inciuding us-is expected
to determine where the center was. Rec
ordS made by the scores of earthquake
recorders scattered over the world are to
be sent into this central station, those OF
the American Instruments through Prof.
II. Fielding Reid of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Data from ten American instru-
mentS will be coming to Prof. Reid before
the year is out.
New instruments are being installed at
Ancon, on the Panama canal: at Har-
ward and at the University of Colorado.
while they have already been installed at
Washington, Albany, two points In
Observation-Disclosures and Cheltenham-
and at three in Caiifornia-Oakland
Berkeley and Mount Hamilton. Then we
have in our territory four more-at
Evening star., 1907-11-09
The Sole Desideratum.
From Puck.

From PUCK.
Huh pessimistically calculated the
Hon. Thomas Rott. Il don't take no
stock in these ere colleges! What good is
A college education to a statesman any
how? Just SOS member of the legis-
lature knows enough Latin to translate
the wo ds, per diem.' what more does
he need or have any shadder of use
for>'
Evening star., 1907-11-09
DONE QUEER TEINGS
OFFICIAL RECORDS CONTAIN

age ~ ProgrHso lifted seven u one hal
feet Indeed. the sea on rr0STcso hG 3
been changed several times by nature
recent months. In Arrn ~ last year, -.
the time OF the Mexican carJrqa aak".
there was disturbance o. the wat vf
shore. while last May tn wtt,r aioaE
the Yucatan shore dcepenad. particular 3
in the vicinity OF Pao-reso. while th'
western triangle OF Campeche bank dis
Evening star., 1907-11-09

he center. 1t Is $500 miles away. but in |
what direction? Now when the new in
ternattOnal clearing house receives from |
many different stations records Of one OF |
the mysterious quakeS Of the past few |
weeks 1t may proceed in this way: Sup |
pose that the main shock was first felt at |
Toxic at three seconds past noon, at
Hawaii five seconds past, at Sitka eleven
seconds past and at Washington twenty
seven seconds past. 1t will then be evil
dent that of the four stations Toxic was
nearest the origin or center Of the dis
turbance, The distance from each point
having an instrument is estimated as
above. Then a map is laid down on
table and compass describes around
each Of these points a circle having
radius proportionably equal to this dis
tance. The common area where the
greatest number of circles overlap is
marked on the map as the probable local
ity of the mysterious earthquakes origin.
The dscoverer of this interesting
method is Dr. Omori, secretary of the
earthquake commission of Japan, who
disaster was twice mobbed by anti-Japa-
nesa hoodumS of the Pacific coast. DR..
Omori has been In Washington within
the past few weeks Lately he visited
the weather bureau. whose new seismo-
graph. or earthquake recorder, was in
vented by this same distinguished Japa-
nesa. Prof. Marvin. in charge of the in
| strument. took DR.. Omori to see it, and
by strange coincidence 1t commenced
to record a great earthquake while the
eyes of its inventor We're fixed upon it.
SiXty-one earthquakes have been re-
corded on the Washington instrument in
The last year. This was an average OF
over five per month. one every six days
Only about five Of these are known to
have been destructive at their centers and
none would have been noticed In Wash
ington had not the governme nt's instru-
ment been working. although the ground.
beneath 1t moved as much as half an
inch. Since 1907 commenced there have
been recorded nine quakes OF sufficient
violence for the weather bureau to issue
press bulletins announcing them But
the great majority of the recorded quakes
are unaccompa MED by any news dis
patches of phenomena noticed anywhere
on the face of the globe. and hence are
believed to be sea "uakes'-to originate
under the oceans. Few of their centers
will be traced until the years data have
passed through the new clearing house at
Strasburg.
Sea Quake Freaks of This Fall.
But how does the sea quake" mani
fest itself? 1t recently dawned upon
Evening star., 1907-11-09

of the house and said in a strange voice:
"'Weu, Mr. Smith l don't know what
the dickens has been happening to your
meter. but the company owes You
S34 IL"
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Sea Quake Freaks of This Fall.

But how does the sea quake mani
fest itself? 1t recently dawned upon
your correspondent that the government
Evening star., 1907-11-09
Philadelphia Lobster Salad.

Anna Cofin's Wedding Pudding
THis delicious pudding IS still Il stand
bs in Nantucket. though dating back Ia
the pgerevoiutlouary days. After the we'd
dius dan festivities, which were conduct
e6 With cir, umstance according to the
means and station of the brides family 1t
was the sr"om's family's turn to show
what they could do IN the way of enter
tanning. This grand feast went by the
name OF the second day wedding and for
this function bhls pudding was held in
high repGt". Eleven ounces OF crackers
were first pounded fine. and over them
was poured three pints sca!ded milk A
hail pound each OF butter and sugar We're
then pounded 10 a cream and added to the
Cracker and milk paste together with "a
little salt and nutmeg. When the mixture
was cold, ten weil-beaten eggs We're added
with II pound OF boiled raisins and the
whole poured into a well-buttered pudding
,s2,. This was then baked about an hour
Had Il quarter and served hot with a sweet
Sspce, hard OF soft.
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How St. Catharine's Day
Appeals to the Yankee
Girls Studying In the
French Capital.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, November
Evening star., 1907-11-09

But this does not give the location of
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
PROMOTIONS AT THE
RIO GRANDE DEPOT

The promotion Of Freeman Sum.
ner from the agency Of the local Rio
GrAnde depot to the pay aymsstership of
the Rio Grands Western has caused
. number Of oh anRss to be made at
the depot here.
Charles Hitchcock. sr.. has been
promoted from the position Of cashier
to succeed Mr.. Sumner ~ agent. and
Hove Robbins. express agent. suooesds
Mr.. Hitchcock At the cashisr's desk.
Harry Bryant 10 promoted from night
ticket agent to express olerk 70 succeed
Mr.. Robbins and HALEY Van Wye
who has been driving the express
wagon takes the night ticket agency.
Harry Hitchcock takss the express
wagon.
The Rio Graude auditors are sx.
pected to arrive from Denver some
time today to audit this accounts Of
the various employees who are In line
for promotion and the men who will
get the boosts will be checked In
their new positions tomorrow.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

ANOTHER HOUSE sOLD-sinos
the approach Of the prosperity that Ia
promised to Florence, real estate IL
beginning to move . little faster.
II. Il. Lutes repor,s the sale Of the
Minnie Adams fve.room house near
the corner Of Seventh and Frazier to
Allen MoLoney. This 10 tho third
house that has been sold In the lest
week.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.

After considerable lodging In the
crowd, she caught up with him again.
and grasping his arm from behind
cried out:
you don't love me any more, or
you would wait for me in the mob
and-and-besides you didn't kiss me
this morning when you"
Il am sorry, madam" interrupted a
strange voice. but I'll do 1t now II
you say SOL"
Heavens She had hold of the
wrong man!
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
OUR FLOWER GARDEN.

Every human heart has flower
garden where memory, with the dew
OF affection, refreshes the blossoms
that bloom therein. Friends depart,
but flower there is for each Of them
The years 60 by, but the flowers ex-
hale their fragrance as long as the
human span arches above the
abyss of oblivion. Far and wide the
traveller goes, amid new scenes and
strange faces, but the flowers within
his heart bloom ever beautiful.
In this garden. too. are set the roots
Of grief. as well as those Of gladness
Side by side they grow. their bios
SONS purifying each other. Here, like
wise, we plant the flowers OF love- the
blossoms Of affection-while memories
OF us are in turn implanted in the
heart-gardens OF others. 1t is COM
forting thought. Campbell has prettily
expressed 1t thus:
ITO live In hearts we leave behind
And the garden grows. Sometimes
we are unmindful of it-and then. on
the rhythm Of some touching poem. or
with the strain of some old master
piece, there rushes into us that divine
inspiration We call memory. Pictures
come to us in the freight. or the twi-
light, and we sit enchanted: dreaming
in the fragrance of the flowers. OF
life's old loves and beneficent joys!
God so arranged this garden that
the aged, upon whose horizon the sun
has almost set, and who take greatest
peace in the achievements Of the past.
may keep therein the most blossoms.
In their garden Of qualification they
sit, amid the fragrance of beautiful
memories and dream their way into
the sunset and the end.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

PREAOHED-Rev. Worley Of Gan
on City preached the morning and
evening sermon In the N. +. churct
in this CITY yesterdAy. The pastor.
Rev. PinRree. IL assisting Rev. Ragatz
in . serieA Of revival meetings In Den.
yer and will not return here for about
ten days yet. Rev. Worlsy will o.
oupy the pulpit at both services again
next Sunday.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

LARGE FUNERAL-The body OF
Walter Sterling the young man who
WAS shot and killed In . saloon here,
Was inferred In Highland osmstsry
yesterday afternoon. Tho services
were held at the homs of his mother
in Williamsburg under the ritual Of
the Kuishta Of the Golden Eagle Of
which organization he WAS . member.
The ritual service Of this order wAl
also performed st the osmsssry. Rev.
Bell preached the funeral sermon al
the residence. The funeral wss one
Of ths very largest that has ever been
held IN Fremont county. II being -.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
IN CASE OF FIRE GREATER
CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN

More care should be used 10 ths
handling Of furniture In cases Of nre.
Last night young man Wa seen 70
enter the front door OF shs Chew
home. kick out the large front win.
dow and throw pieoss Of furniture
from tile house into the yard.
This 10 mistake and furniture
should be haudl.d more carefully.
Oftentime renters have their fsrni.
turs insured and II the furuisurs 10
thrown ous Of the window. and not
burned. the owner 10 the loossr. On
the other hand II II burns be will b
paid for the loss BY the insufA %
company thst carries the Eisk.
II the furniture 10 not Insured aad
II is tossed thressh the wiadew asA
broken. the owner lesss. bseasss ~
will have 70 boy new seods. Il
either event II 10 bsttsr 70 b more
oazsful With housshold soeds.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

STORE ROOM The Portland
cement company has the foundA
tions for Its large stors room at
Portland finished and In few dAys
the work on the superstru uoture will
begin. The building IL being erected
for the purpose of storing ment.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
I:||||'l|g|R|'A||!lE 81 !!
4 Poem That WIN Ole.

a Poem That VIII Die.
They're making pie at my house now.
Mince pie!
I sniff the air and know that
Shall die
II one small piece l gently eat
And yet
Well. place . headstone DER my head
rose bush DER my feet
I die!
I'd rather cat ...at pie than livel
Good-by!
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

MEET TONIGHT - The regula
monthly business meeting of the EI
worth League will be held at tn
M. Il. parsonage tonight.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

FIRE-A hre which started IL
the second story Of the house on East
Fourth street occupied by e. II. Che Y
and family. burned the roof and In.
jured the walls to some extent. Tn,
fire burned slowly and there wa
plenty OF time for the occupant Il
take the furnit iture from the house.
The fire started in = pantry where
there were some old papers. Mr..
Chsw Is employed by the Florence OF
company.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

ODD FELLOWS BANQUETED--
The Odd Fellows lodge last Saturday
night installed the new officers who
will preside for the present term
After the transaction Of the regular
business Of the lodge the memoe
enjoved = banquet
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
MODERN PRAYER.

Sixty seconds make a minute
Nov much coin can l make in 1t?
Sixty minutes make an hour
Long enough to show my power!
Twenty hours and four day
I'll knock some of wage I pay!
Days three hundred. sixty-five-
Make five million If l strivel
Every moment, hour and day
l will make somebody payl
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

SPECIAL SERyICES-Willb be held
In the byteriAn church each night
this week beginning at $780, All are
cordially invited, Dr.. Balls sab.
ject for tonight will be what Man
Has Right to Expect From God"
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07
HE KNEW.

willie-"Pa. what's dyspeptic7"
PA man who knows he has
dyspepsia. who knows that more care.
full eating will cure him and who con.
tnues to enjoy poor health"
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

NOT TOMORROW There will b
no Choral society meeting In th
Presby teriAn chuyoh tomorrow nigh
on account Of the special services a
the church.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

this call just because you don't want
to pay the price. or do ron want to
run sa5 moro interest Of the peoples
money just 70 be stubborn.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

FREMONT HOTEL Board s5 90
per week. Board Lnd room s25 90 per
month. Transient rates q. 90 per day
This 10 = 60.room hotel. perfectly
equipped and absolutely clean. We
have no rent to pay and will oontinus
teh business. Rates 10 families and
desirable guests even lower than quot.
cd above. II. l.. RICE,
95 l08 Prop. and Owner.
The daily tribune., 1907-01-07

timated that there were nearly 100 car.
riages In line from the house TO the
cemetery.