V
The territory Included In the States
f Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Ne
braska, the center of maximum fre
quency being near the point of union
of these four States, or nlwut a hun
dred miles east of the geographical cen
ter of the United States Is the tornado
area. According to the reports of the
United States weather bureau, torna
does occur more frequently In May,
April, June and July, In the order
named, the most violent ones thus far
recorded having hapened n April and
the greatest number In May. Already
tornadoes have occurred this season
in this territory, accompanied by much
damage to property and loss of life.
A tornado Is the concentration of
storm energy. It Is the most destruc
tive and the most sudden In appear
ance of all forms of atmospheric dis
turbance, and Is least easily recog
nized In Its early stages, even by the
expVrt A tornado and an electric
storm arise from the same general
conditions, and In the beginning can
not be distinguished one from the
other. They often are Identical up to
a certain point and are deflected Into
the one or the other by local condi
tions with which the general cyclonic
irtorra comes In contact In Its passage
from one point to another.
Edward II. Bowie, chief of the St.
Louis weather bureau, has made a
special study of the subject of torna
does and Is In a position to apeak with
authority regarding them.
"I think," said he, "It would be well
to bring out one point In the begin
ning of this subject, and that . Is the
difference between tornadoes and ey
( clones. The sort of windstorm that is
popularly called a cyclone Is not a cy
clone at all, but Is a tornado. The
tornado is the storm that makes Its
appearance In the form of a funcel
shaped cloud, while the cyclone Is a
general storm, or an area of low
imruuieiric pressure. rrne word cy
clone means a revolving wind, It Is
true, and a cyclone Is a revolving wind,
only the revolution covers a much
greater area than that of the so-called
twisters,' or tornadoes. A cyclone may
be a thousand miles In diameter, while
a tornado may not be more than a
hundred feet.
THE CYCLONE.
The cyclone Is the parent of the tor
nado. It Is the general condition that
produces the tornado. There Is al
ways a cyclone somewhere In the Unit
ed States. Without It this country
would dry up, for the cycl6nes bring
us our rains. If you examine a weath
er nifffv. you will see certain sections
marked 'low. These are the areas of
low pressure, the storm centers or cy
clones, and If you will look further
you will And thatall the little arrows
which show the direction of the wind
in the different localities around this
'low' region point In a direction gener
ally slanting toward te center of the
area marked 'low,' circling from right
to left, or opposite to the hands of a
clock. That means that the equilib
rium of the atmosphere Is disturbed,
but not violently, and that the motion
Is In n generally rotary direction, but
horizontal rather than vertical. These
storm centers move across the country
. irom uiiy 10 uay, in a generally north
f easterly direction, and the atmospheric
y conditions which they encounter en
.r ront( nre the Immniltntn mn.An
- -v 1 1 . j v i vio
lent storms of one kind or another.
Sometimes It Is a severe thunderstorm
and sometimes it is a tornado. These
storm centers, or cyclones, extend over
f largo areas, varying from 300 or 400
miles to a thousand or more miles In
diameter.
WHERE TORNADOES ORIGINATE.
"Tornadoes always originate In the
southeast quadrant of these areas of
low pressure, usually due southeast of
j the center, at a distance of from 200
p to 225 miles, and they, like the parent
, cyclone, travel in a generally north
easterly direction.
"The tornado travels ten or a hun
dred miles, and Is dissipated In a few
hours, while n cyclone may travel for
days and cover thousands of miles of
territory in Its progress. The Galves
ton hurricane Is an Instance of this.
Thnt storm was first observed south
east of the Island of Porto Uico on
September 1. It moved westwardly
with the general drift of tla air, was
deflected from Its norm?! courso up
the Atlantic coast by a bank of cold
air over the eastern States, and on
September 10 was In northern Texas.
It then recurved toward the northeast,
passed over the great lakes and the St
Lawrence valley as a storm of marked
Intensity and was dissipated some
where off the coast of Canada. A hur
Tlcane Is an intensified cyclone.
"A tornado Is caused by a very un
i stable local condition of the atmoa
A phere. The warm, moist air rises and
f conies in contact with the descending
cold stream of air alsve. Breaking
through this cold stratum, it rushes
into the opening, and the heavy, cold
air rushes down to Oil the space for
merly occupied by the heated nir, pro
ducing a whirling motion similar to
that In a stationary wnshlowl of
iwater when the stopper Is removed
VVY
and the water allowed to run out, only
the air whirls upward to the center at
the top of the cloud Instead of down
ward, as In the case of the water.
The gyratory motion begins In the up
per strata and gradually descends,
forming the funnel-shaped cloud that
we know. Tlje velocity of the air as
It whirls upward to the center Is from
200 to 300 miles an hour; that Is, we
estimate that It Is as great as that by
the effects It produces. We know what
effects are produced by wind of any
measurable velocity, and, using that as
a basis, we estimate a tornado's veloc
ity by the character of damage result
ing from It"
HIGH JUMPS AT V AS SAB.
Girl Ateletp Makes New Record la
V-ltlna- and Pottlnc the Shot.
Udred Vilas, '07, of Cleveland, O.,
and Inez Mllholland, '00, two of the
most popular students, established new
athletic records at Vassar Saturday,
says the New York World. Miss Vilas
made a fence vault of 4 feet 10 Inch
es. The previous record was 4 feet 10
Inches, made by D. E. Merrill, '02, In
1901.
Miss Mllholland, a beautiful English
girl, who Is1 taking a course at Vassar
In preparation for woman's suffrage
work in England, and who Is regarded
as one of the strongest women ever at
the college, put the eight-pound shot 31
feet BM Inches, breaking the record of
20 feet IIVj Inches, made -by E. H.
White In 1902.
The surprise of the day was the poor
showing of the two present students
who bold championships, Alice H. Bel
ding, 07, bolder of two records, 7 feet
0 Inches In standing broad Jump and
195 feet 3 Inches In baseball throwing,
and Martha .Gardner, '07, bolder of
100-yard hurdle record, 16 1-3 seconds,
and running broad Jump, 14 feet 6
Inches. Neither champion was able to
equal her record, while in the hurdle
race and baseball throwing they were
surpassed by sophomores aud fresh
men. The sophoinores won the honors of
the day, exceeding their own best ex
pectations with 43 points. When It was
announced that 1907 had won 23 points
a mighty shout of "skldoo" went up
from the side lines where the sopho
mores were cheering their successful
athletes; 1910, won 20 points and 190S
got 13.
GOOD MEDICINES.
Vastly Important DriiKa Should lie
Trustworthy.
"No; because any man, however Ig
norant, with any motive, however
Ignoble, ,may manufacture and sell any
of the 50,000 compounds known to or
ganic chemistry, and may allege for
them what curative imwers he will,
and because, too, of this unlimited op
portunity, for fraud among the older
drugs, It becomes a matter of no sur
prise to learn that at the present time
among the great number of firms man
ufacturing remedial agencies there Is
the greatest conceivable diversity In
science, sincerity and wisdom.
"These drugs come from the utter
most parts of the earth from the dark
forests of Brazil, from the frozen Sibe
rian stei;ies. from the banks of the
'gray-green, greasy Limepo liver, all
cot about with fever trees,' or from
'silken Samarkand' but almost every
where they are gathered by bnrbarous
peoples, the lowest of earth's denizens,
it Is small wonder, then, that with any
one plant there should be a variation
among its Individual specimens In the
proKrtIon of the active medicinal
agent It contains. But when we add to
tills the fact that. In general terms,
tho per cent of the active Ingredient
depends on the amount of sunshine it
enjoys, on the time of the year It Is
gathered, even on the time of the day,
on the amount of moisture, the eleva
tion, the character of the soil, and a
dozen other factors. It becomes almost
a necessity of thought that the amount
of 'medicine' In thnt plant must vary
from a maximum to notbing at all.
"A man's wife goes bravely down to
the gates of death to pass through,
or. It inajiinp, ,to come slowly back.
Iearing radiantly with her the flam
ing torch of another life. Ergot Is re
quired. Now, ergot Is a fungus crow
ing uixin rye, where It destroys and dis
places the ovury of the plant. It comes
A POPULAR EVOLUTION.
mmmmmm mm,
'iff M '
from Russia, Austria, Sweden, Spain
and where not; its chemical analysis
does not seem to yield reliable Informa
tion, for Its active constituents are not
definitely understood. Finally, the
physiological activity of the drug mr.y
be good, or little, or zero. Just as It
may chance, while after the lapse of
a year It becomes unfit for use. Yet
It Is to this substance, so utterly varia
ble, that the physicians must trust the
life of the woman and the child."
Robert Kennedy Duncan In Harper's.
ROAD TO FORTUNE.
Here Pointed Out More Especially te
Boys, bat It Is Open to AH.
"It's hard work," said the boss to a
New York Sun writer, "to get anybody
to do even the simplest things really
well and to keep on doing them so; and
I do love to meet people who do the
work they have to do, no matter what
It may be, thoroughly and who have,
besides, the sense and nerve to keep at
It that way steadily.
"It Is a positive delight to me to find
a boy that makes a good Job of sweep
ing out the store, who Is not satisfied
with giving It a lick and a promise
sweeping out the thick of It from the
middle of the floor but who digs Into
the corners and sweeps clean along the'
edges and makes a good, thorough,
workmanlike Job of It all through.
"Now, that sort of Job of sweeping
Is a positive help to the business; it
make the store attractive, It actually
gets into the atmosphere of the place
and helps to draw people who would'
as surely be repelled. If not driven
away, by a store slackly kept And
now suppose this boy keeps right on so,
unflinchingly; suppose, be shows that
he's really got the stuff In him ; why,
he gets the first chance there is for a
step up, for the demand for men who
can do things is greater than the sup
ply, and then If ho will only keep on
doing things the way be began he's
got his future In his own hands.
"What is true of the boy sweeping
the store is equally true of every other
boy, In whatever work he may be do
ing, absolutely; for the whole secret
of success lies In doing whatever your
bands find to do well and faithfully.
"This Is an old, old, oft-told story, I
know, but there's a fresh crop of boys
coming Into the field dally, to whom,
ever, It must be new, and If but one of
each day's crop would take the old
story to heart the w-orld In general
would bo better off and the boy himself
would profit by It greatly."
OUR GLOBE S CAPACITY.
The Time When the Earth 'Will
De
Folly Peopled.
Professor Ravensteln of the Royal
Geographical Society estimates that
the fertile lands of the globe amouut
to 2S,000,000 square miles, the steppes
to 14,000,000 aud the deserts to 1,000,
000. Fixing 207 persons to the square mile
for fertile lands, ten for steppes and
one for deserts as the greatest popula
tion that the earth could properly
nourish, the professor arrives at the
conclusion that wheu the number of
Inhabitants reaches about 0,O00,XK.
0(H) the earth y. Ill be peopled to Its full
capacity. At present It contains some
what more than one-quarter of that
number. '
If t'ne rate of Increase shown by the
latest census statistics should be uni
formly maintained. Professor Raven
steln shows that the globe would be
fully peopled about the year 2072.
New York Tribune. ,
Imagination.
Bacon The author of that new novel
has a wonderful Imagination.
Egbert Why, have you read the
book?
"No, but he said that 10,000 copies of
the volume had been sold." Yonkcrs
Statesman.
She Muld Vol hi nc
"Now fix your mind on something."
"I cuu think of nothing?"
"Fix It on me."
"That's what I said." Cleveland
Plain I)ealer.
A neat and particular housekeeper
Is not always the great Joy to the
slourhy people who make most of her
work, that she Imagines she Is.
CYPRESS KNEES.
Mo" Tti ry Are Formed Trees
farinas Plant Roots,
The cypress knee Is a famlllnr object
In nil the lowland forests of the South,
but there are thousands of northern
people who haye never seen them, and
there are many southern people, too,
who have not seen them till they stum
bled over them some dark night. The
knee Is of solid wood, has no limits
or leaves. Is anywhere from (J Inches
to 0 feet In height, and Its rounded
top and flattened sides give It very
much the shape of a human leg bent at
the knee till thigh and calf are brought
together; hence the appropriate namo,
of "kme."
For a number of years I was curious
as to what part the knees played In
the life of the cypress tree, writes a
correspondent of Forest and Stream,
for they are part of the root system
and do not grow Independently. They
were not sprouts, trying to grow Into
trees, for they never develoied
branches; and the final conclusion was
that their only use was for ieope to
stumble over. How and why such use
less appendage to the tree were form
ed was a mystery uutll one day, when
drifting down a deep channel which
had been washed through a cysress
swamp, the secret was exiosed.
The earth had been washed away
from the roots of some of the trees,
and roots In all stages of growth were
In sight. None of these roots was less
than 24 Inches thick and of uniform
size clear to their tips, or rather clear
to their blunt ends, for there was no
tip.
Nature Intended these roots to grow
In soft mud, and they were all right
for that purpose, but when the blunt
end of a root encountered something
too hard to push through It bent or
buckled In the Hue ot least resistance,
and this was generally toward the top
of the ground, and the coiM-uulng
growth of the root pushing the bend
further upward made the bend closer,
until finally the two arms of the bend
were close together and they grew to
gether, with one shoot of bark enclos
ing both.
OFF HIS HIND. - ;
Something was always the matter
with Mr. Jordan. When be was not
suffering from excruciating pains In his
back or chest, or groaning with an at
tack of Indigestion, he was threatened
with inflammatory rheumatism, appen
dicitis, or something equally terrible.
He could talk by the hour alwut b's
miseries, and frequently did.
"I know what will cure you of all
these ailments you have been telling
me about," said bis friend. Dr. Sim
mons to him one day ; "but It wouldn't
do any good to recommend It to you."
"I'll promise to do anything you sug
gest" vowed Mr. Jordan, "If It's some
thing that Isn't beyond my powers."
"I will answer for that. You go to
the big brickyard Just outside of town.
Tell the suierlntendent I sent you
there, and that I want him to give
you a Job among the boys who lift the
soft clay bricks from the moving plat
form or belt, Just as they come from
the machine, and place them in the
racks. It's lively work, but there is
something In the atmosphere of fresh
clay, or In the handling of It, perhaps,
that's Just what you need. Take wha
ever he offers you, If It's only a dollar
a day."
"I'll do It!"
It was several weeks before Dr. Sim
mons saw him again.
"Hello, Jordan!" he said, when he
met him. "You haven't told mo any
thing about your ailments lately."
"My ailments!" exclaimed the other.
"Good land ! Do you know what kind
of Job that brick-Jerking Is? I haven't
had time to talk about my ailments,
or even tbiirk of them, for a whole
month, and every last one of eiu has
left me!"
"I thought so. You may quit now.
You're cured." Youth's Companion.
COACHED TOO STRONG.
The Colonel Wan JVot I nert to Such
) I. n nit unite from Subordinates.
P.iig. Gen. Andrew S. Burt of tho
I 'nl ted States army Is an enthusiastic
sportsman, whoso hobby Is baseball.
Prior to 1S08, when he became a briga
dier, be was the commanding officer of
a negro regiment of regular Infantry.
Each company had Its ball team, and
the colonel was au enthusiastic rooter
at the games.
One day a contest was on which was
marred by the jwor playing of a mem
ber of one of tho company teams. Burt,
disgusted, volunteered to take tho place
of the Incompetent. No one objected.
At the bat the colonel was given a base
on balls. Ho noted that the men on
the coaching lines kept silent while he
was on the bases, and after he had
made the circuit he remonstrated:
"See here," he exclaimed, slicing
out of his coat. "I've taken off my
shoulder straps now, and you fellows
want to treat mo Just as If I was a
private."
Again Burt was at hat Ho hit the
ball and started for first.
"Run, you gimpy-legged, sa wed-off
mud turtle ! Run, you miser
able !" howled one of tho
eitehers.
Burt reached flrst safely, turned and
regarded the poacher for an Instant,
then left the base, walked over to
where his discarded blouse lay, ami put
It on. He said nothing, but the lie
COM understood.
" , llflplsir On Ills Finish.
"You'll find I'm hard to discourage,"
said the persistent suitor, muloilramut
leally. "Some day I'll make you admit
you love me , and then and not until
then I will die happy."
"I'll say It now," replied the heart
less girl. "I don't mind telling a Ja foi
a good end." Philadelphia ledger.
A lielllvrrciit Friendship.
"Johnnie, have you a speaking ac
qualjitauco with the new boy next
d.sir?"
"No, ma'am Just u flghtln' acquaint
tnea." Cleveland liu.'u Dealer.
4 rteSZ?7
Opinions of
BUILDING roil T0-M0RR0W.
asaomamssBj O the European eye American towns and
T Villages have the npicaranc of temporary
structures. Even in New EngUnd, rich In
stone, most buildings, except in the crowd-
O'SfelTfiiS Parts of large cities, are of wood. Old
c'Kji and much traveled highway cross streams
over wooden bridges, which last but a few
years. During the flrst three months of this year the
fire losses In the t'nited Shite and Canada amounted to
sixty-four million dollars, ten millions more than for
the corrcsjxmdlng three tnontbs of last year. Ever year
cities on the Inland rivers sustain enormous losses from
floods, losses greater In the aggregate than the cost of
preventing by proper embankment and other means
the disastrous effects of the floods. Everywhere Is evi
dence of a dis))osltion on the part of Americans to build
for to-day rather than for to-morrow,
The reason for this Is that America has not wholly
outgrown the spirit of pioneer days, when shelter had
to be thrown together for tho night. People need.xl
houses faster than they could build them. .There was
cot time to use brick and stone. The habit of hasty.
Impermanent building Is fastened tiMn us; woodei
bouses of the flimsiest kind rise and decay like mush
rooms. Permanence and stability come with age. The Ameri
can is taking more time to think of the future, he Is
beginning to build more wildly. One sign of this 4s the
attempt to Introduce Into many American cities archi
tectural plans for streets and water fronts which shall
give order and direction to growth for a thousand yearn.
The American Imagination is gaining in scope and stead
iness. Youth's Companion.
THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY.
RITISII philosophers
Bl question of who should be the head of the
I family and appear to have agreed that the
sontng Is to the effect that every family
should have one supreme will, and that the
husband, being the stronger and abler, Is
best fitted to exercise It The wife should obey like a
soldier under orders, never questioning the wisdom of
the command, but executing It blindly, and If tbe house
hold goes to smash the responsibility Is not her's.
This Is a patriarchal method of disposing of the
natter, quite like the British mode of reasoning on all
subjects. It may work well In England, but It would
never do In tbe United States, at any rate as a rule of
conduct. In this country wives are not so constituted
as to be submissive slaves to their husbands. Here they
will obey their husbauds If their own Judgment approves
his decision, but If It does not they never hesitate to act
otherwise than he has directed.
Perhaps this habit of American wives may have some
A BABY IN SPAIN.
He Happens Alonar at an Especially
Favorable Period.
The very youthful heir to the Span
ish throne seems to be In a fair way to
escape some of the family traditions.
In the present condition of Spain there
are no indications that his mother will
have to hurry over the border with the
child In her arms becauso of differences
of opinion among troublesome states
men over matters of politics and per
sonal preferment. There Is no fusillade
around the palace that indicates any
unpleasant temper on the part of the
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KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN.
I populace. There Is no fear of a sluis-
i ... nil ... ...I.I c,.l..ia
uri jl i ail I'lt'iiun-ii in nun i-,
to life by leading a bold peusantry to
revolt There Is no prospect of a long
exile during which the country might
be kept lu a state of fierce dissension
and civil war.
In fact the little Infant Is as free
from threats and menaces as any of
those oilier babies, aud In this rcKpect
he Is exceptionally fortunate among
Spanish princes. lie may be consid
ered more fortunate, too, than a czare
wltz, who must grow up while uncer
tain dumas are meeting aud keep de-
J bating with himself whether be Is un
autocrat or not.
Probably, ulso. It Is fortunate for
Spain that the succession Is so curly
established, though no horoscope can
tell Just how much of a prize the baby
, will prove to lo. At any rate, steadi
ness lu tbe government Is, deslruble,
I and la this eru of good feeling the
country seems to have fuirer prospects
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
thing to do with tho great and Incronslng number of
divorces that take place In the United States. If women
were accustomed to being treated like slaves all the tltno
It Is possible that they would seldom get up courage
enough to seek relief from their marital bondage. Thus,
If divorce Is really tho disgraceful thing It Is accounted
in some quarters. It may be argued that the British cus
tom Is better than our own.
But If the happiness and peace of mind of women ore
worth anything, the American way Is more likefy to
serve the whole ieopp. Why should a woman married
to a man of bud Judgment consent to sink with his ship
wliT-n s'.ie sees the danger and. after having done every
thing l:i her ptiwer to avert It, she has tho power to
escape.
Tfie American wife Is willing to let her husband be
the head of the family so long as he shows himself com
petent to fill that K)sltlon. for thnt Is woman's nature.
But when he shows that he Is Incompetent she Insists
uixm the light to direct her own career. Chicago
Journal.
msaaasaw-as
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building are the days of the horse his days of glory
dosing In the night of death.
Before the ashes were cold tbe railways were ready
to run tracks on which to hanl away the rubbish. Con
trivances were invented for lifting and dropping It into
cars. But there still remained millions of loads of crum
bled walls which, If what had been sixty years bringing
In was to be taken out in three, must be drawn up and
out by horses. And so San Francisco's cry to-day It not
for money or sympathy, but for borsea and still more
horses. Chicago Inter Ocean.
are discussing the
8 man
mon sense view that
than she has enjoyed for years. It
would appear that she Is much better
off without the lost colonies than with
them, that long relief from civil and
foreign wars is her greatest need. Giv
en repose, she should make substantial
progress, Industrial and political. A
!eople who accordingly to an eminent
Mexican have furnished his country
with Its most thrifty, capable and suc
cessful of tradesmen aud merchants
should be able to forge ahead if given
half a chance.
Whatever the future may have In
store for Spain, or its royal family,
however, there Is no disguising the fact
that the whole nation Is happy over tbe
birth of au heir to the throne. The re
joicing of tbe people Is enthusiastic1 and
sincere and tin young Queen luolhor,
Victoria Eugenic, Is at present the most
popular woman In the kingdom. In
auspicious Indeed was her entry Into
tbe royal family of Spain, for her mar
riage was attended by the attempt of a
deluded wretch to kill her and her hus
band ; und now that she has given an
heir to the nation, the people rejoice
with her in her motherhood us they did
when as a bi ble she escaped the anar
chlst'n iHimb. The fair young Queen
granddaughter of Victoria of England
promises to be one of the most jiopulur
of Europe's royal rulers,
Indubitable I'root.
"Is thut tin try jsimpadour of
Miss
Falts nil her own hairV"
"Yes. It's entirely her own. Sho luadu
the but payment on It yesterday."
Baltimore Amcricuu.
THE HORSE VS. THE AUTO.
IIKN Han Francisco was burning the auto
mobile had Its day of fame. It hurried
hundreds of men and women and millions
of valuables out of the pnth of the fla:nes.
But an automobile cannot climb a 43 per
' cent grade out of a cellar with a load of
debris. The days of San Francisco's re
COMMON SENSE IN DIET.
was created for a varied and mixed
diet, he baa abundant opportunities for se
lecting his food and supplying hit individ
ual needs. Id most cases appetite 'is the
surest guide to healthy digestion and prop
er nourishment. This certainly Is tbe com
must appeal to all rational feeders:
"Eat with regularity and in accordance wtth the de
mands of hunger such dishes as have always been re
garded as Innocuous and remember that, as a rule. It
Is neither meats nor bouillon nor wine nor spices nor
coffee which poison us, but their abuse." New York
Herald.
INNOCENT VICTIMS OF LAW.
Hana-lna; aad Baleldes Resalt froaa
Untrae Clrennsstaatlal Erldeaee.
What will undoubtedly go into tha
books as a classic instance of the ma
lignant significance which even the sim
plest, most natural actions may as
sume when viewed in relation to a
crime and a search for tho perpetrator
In which the only reliance la circum
stantial evidence Is that reported from
Nordburg in Prussian Schleswlg.
August Depjsj was a clergyman's son
who was troubled with Insomnia and
It was his custom to take long walks
at night. One night a young girl was
strangled In the town and August's ab
sence from bis own home about the
time the murder must have, been com
mitted, together with localities la
which he hud been seen, directed suspi
cion lu his direction. ' Having been
plal under arrest, tho police of
course were successful In discovering
divers other circumstances pointing to
his guilt and be was convicted and
hanged.
It would seem that fate would have
rested content after having been In
strumental In occasioning so frightful
a blunder, but It was ouiy the begin
ning of her orgle of sardonic gayety.
The clergyman father spent the en
tire night before the execution In giv
ing tho comfort of bis presence and
spiritual consolation to the unfortunate
son and on going homo after the ordeal
killed hi mself. A brother of the young
man, having been dismissed from 4be
army on account of his relationship to
tho fatal Influence of the original blun
der continued to be exerted until the
death of no less than six blameless per
sons could bo traced directly to the
original sacrifice of nn Innocent man.
Now a dosixvate and notorious crim
inal hus confessed that he strangled
the girl. Detroit Free Press.
Desert and Swamp Lands. ,
According to official figures, since the
reclamation law was enacted by Con
gress In 1002 eight towns have been
built and 10,000 people have settled
on what were desert lands. To prepare
the' way for these settlers 100 miles of
branch railways have been built, 1.2CT
miles of canals have been dug, many of
which carry whole rivers, and forty
seven tunnels have leen excavated.
It is estimated that tho territory em
braced In what is known as tho arid
regions of the United Stutea covers
(Soo.ooo.ooo acres, of which about CO,
000,0110 acres are subject to Irrigation,
which, when properly supplied with
water, can bo converted Into farms.
fully as productive as lands lu the
most favored sections.
A bill was Introduced In Congress
at the last session for the purpose tt
reclaiming overflowed and swamp
lands In Wisconsin, Arkfinsas, Indiana,
Minnesota, New Jersey, North Caroliua,
Buutb Carolina und other Stutes, and
those buck of It say that it will be
"pushed" ut tho next sessiou.
The member who offered this meas
ure roughly estimates the amount of
overflowed and swamp lands to be re
claimed at no.ooo.txio acres, tho recla
notion of which would Increase tte
laud value more than .",0ih,000, the
annual crop value $l,.riK,000,000 and,
if subdivided Into forty-acre farms,
would supply 2,500.000 families wita
homes and put 12.000,000 people ou
lands now practically worthless.
A boy never cures much for the
books his teacher udvlsc hliu to read.