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PARISIANS DINE WITH THE COWS ERECTING A PUMPING STATION Gzcs of j fiftTHAM ft IT i MSSSk fmmmmmmmm. rtgHBHgSLJL SP uJj I IN Paris It Ib the fad Just now to dlno with tho cows, tho practice being supposedly an aid to health. Our photograph shows Madge Lesslng and Marguerite Sylva, American singers, in tho stable of tho Restaurant Prix Catelan in the Dols do Boulogu. 30,000 WERE SLAIN Old Methods of Rubber Gather ing Cost Many Lives. Peru Failed to Keep Promises Made Second Paper by Sir Roger Case ment Shows Appeals for Re form Have Been Ignored. London. A sensational second chapter In tho expose by Sir Boger Casement, tho British consul-general at Rio Janeiro, who was sent by tho British govern ment to the Amazon to Investigate stories of outrages on natives In tho rubber dlsrlct, came out recently In tho shapo of a supplementary report to tho foreign ofnco, which shows that there has been prnctlcnlly a total fail ure on the part of tho Peruvian gov ernment to respond to the demand for a reform of the rubber atrocities In the Putumayo district, says a Loudon ablo. A mass of official correspondence, which also was filed, completes the story and Indicates generally the cor dial co-operation of tho state depart ment at Washington with tho British foreign office to secure a remedy for the abuses. The second Casement report indi cates that Peru not only did nothing, but seemed to have no intention of taking any action. All tho measures taken by that government were dila tory and feeble and wholly Ineffective. None of the reforms promised by Peru, according to Sir Roger's report, lias been carried out. Tho civilized methods of tho plantation have been abandoned and tho old rubber col lecting methods resumed. The re turns show that tho 12,000 tons of rubber collected In 12 years pro duced from $5,000,000 to $7,500,000 and entailed the death of 30,000 In dians, whoso bones are scattored through tho forest and have made cer tain places resemblo battlefields. The responsibility for this, accord ing to Sir Roger, is strictly British, as tho wholo output of tho region is placed on the English market and con veyed from Iqultos In British bottoms. Some employers aro British subjects and tho commercial future of the dis trict Is dependent on British capital. In July Sir Edward Grey, after so liciting the co-operation of tho United ' States, pressed Peru harder not only to punish tho criminals, but to enact legislation making slavery a criminal offense. Tho president of Peru was reminded of his treaty obligations to Great Britain and was also urged to establish a religious mission In tho Putumayo district, with headquarters in Iqultos, with government backing and a substantial subsidy. Just about this time the United States stopped In and brought pres sure to hear on Peru. On June 25, 1911, Dr. Pnredes, tho head of the Peruvian Investigation commission, CALLS SON BY TELEPATHY Mother's" Illness Draws Him From Mountain Camp to Pasadena Hospital. Los Angelas. Telepathic messages called Orll Sutllft from a mountain camp to his sick mother's bedsldo In a Pasadena hospital, according to a statement he mado He said myste rious manifestations turned his thoughts to homo and caused him to worry about his father and mother and experience the Bensatlon of grop ing in thp dark for an object which Tie Instinctively knew was thore. Ho told a companion and when tho feollng returned, shouted: "I have it! Motlwr is sick. I am going home." When he reached his homo In Pasadena his father told him his mother was In the hospital. Compari son of dates showed the first) feeling of uneasiness camo over him tho day his mother became 111. Arrested for Shooting Spirits, St. Louis. Sergeant Barlow arrest ed a man giving the namo of C. E. Drayton when tho latter was caught in the act of shooting at evil spirits. As praying In the streets, Drayton started firing and explained that a spirit was after him. conllrmcd all the atrocity stories. Two hundred and fifteen arrest warrants were Issued, but there were only four arrests. All tho others had naturally used tho six months' delay to vanish. Tho United States at this period was nctlvoly urging Peru to realize tho reforms. Strong representations made In February, 1912, met with general professions of good Intentions by the president of Peru, but tho gov ernment of that country sought new delny by appointing a new commis sion to reorganize tho administration of the Putumayo district, with orders to report on Juno 28, 1912. The com mission, however, was stillborn, tho members refusing to servo. For this reason tho patlonco of tho American and British governments finally was 'exhausted and they decided to appeal to tho public sentiment of tho world through tho publication of Sir Roger Casement's reports. SUES FOR PARENT'S RICHES Daughter's Novel Action Revives In ternational Romance at Baltimore. Baltimore, Md. AHco Wllklns von Buckwaldt, a Baltimore girl, wife of Captain von Buckwaldt of tho Ger man army, has begun suit hero to got possession of tho estato left her by her father, who died many years ago, amounting to $250,000. AHco was the youngest child and her mother took her to Germany soon after her father's death. When twenty-one AHco attempted to get her property, SURVIVOR New Yorker Remembers Service on Constitution. Emmanuel J. Rauch, Eighty-Six Years Old, Who Was on Vesel 70 Vsrs Ago, Said to Be the Only On of the Crew Left. New York. Emmanuel J. Rauch be lieves that he Is tho oldest survivor of thoso who served on tho United States ship Constitution. He was born In Chester County, Pennsylvania, on No vember 6, 1S25, and is far from show ing his SG years. His dlschargo from tho Constitution Is dated February 1S43. Ho looks like a man of about G5 and well preserved at that. It was on July IS, tho hundredth an niversary of the escape of Old Iron sides lrom a British Heet, thai a re porter called on Mr. Rauch. The dato suggested to Mr. Rauch that In 183C, on tho anniversary of that event, he witnessed at tho Philadelphia navy yard the launching of tho United States lino of battle-ship Pennsylvania, then the largest sea-going vessel In tho world "The Pennlsylvanln was what was called a four-decker," said Mr. Rauch, "although sho really had five decks. She wai pierced for 140 guns, but real ly carried 1G0 they wero cast Iron guns lu thoso dayH of which the heaviest ware elghteen-pounders "The Pennsylvania had been start ed about 1811, but for years had lain hflf-way out of the ways and had nearly rotted to plecos when the gov ernment decided to ilnlsh her. Sho was never really equipped, but took tho spars of tho Ohio and sailed to Norfolk, where she became a fcchool and nursing ship. Sho was not any good sea-going vessel " "How did you como to tako to tho sea?" Mr. Rauch was asked. "In 1839 congress, anxious to get a better element Into tho navy Undo Sam's sailors were a pretty hard lot In those day3 passed a bill allowing lads between tho ages of thirteen and fifteen to bo apprentices for three years and then, r.fter having passed an examination, which Included French ai Spanish, to become full-blown mid shipmen. "That Induced me to ship, which I did In Philadelphia In 1841. I lay around on a receiving ship until the steamer Mississippi, the first real but was rofused, tho executor claim ing tho will made him trustco for a longor period. Tho court of appeals ordered tho property turned over to tho heiress, hut before this was done a now complication arose. Miss Wllklns fell In love with o handsome captain In tho German army, but her mother rofused to glvo tier consent to the match, fearing that the wooor was after her fortune. In vain did the girl plead that she know better, but tho mother was ob durate. Finally sho said that bIio would give her consent If tho daugh ter would mako n deed of trust of tho property In Baltimore so that the captain would not bo able to get hold of It. Tho daughter mado tho deed of trust and her marrlago followed. Tho captain proved a good husband and ho won his mother-in-law, who subsequently married a general, and both mother and daughter moved In tho army set nt tho Gorman capital. The trustee, when Mrs. von Buck waldt sought to have tho deed re voked, rofused and her mother ii now aiding her daughter's suit to havd It set aside. BAR HATPINS FROM CARS Authorities of Hamburg Issue Orde for the Ejection of Offend ing Women. Hamburg. Tho police authorities have Issued an order whereby any woman who enters a street car with unprotected hatpins Is liable, to ejec tion by tho conductor. For tho bene fit of strangers tho company has pro vided Its conductors with hatpin pro tectors, which they are now selling for a cent apiece. OF SHIP - man-of-war tho Unltea States pos sessed, was launched In December 1842, when I was assigned to hpr. "I loft ber to Join the Constitution which bad been overhauled at Norfolk, but sho was quite unfit to go to sea Meanwhile one of my friends had ap piled to the secretary of the navy tc have me mado n midshipman and dls covered that when congress passed the hill of 1839 It had failed to revoke u previous bill on tho same subject, so all my dreams of becoming an officer wero shattered; In fact congress had played a rather mean trick on nmbl tlous lads who had apprenticed them selves In Uncle Sam's navy." CUPID GIVES WEDDING TRIF How Je"'erson, O., Pastor and Hli Wife Got Money for a Journey to California. Jefferson, O Whon Rev. Joseph A Goodrich, pastor of the First Congro gational church, and Mrs Goodrlcli wero married they took a wedding trip. Soon thoy start on anothor The prospective "wedding" trip will bo to California and of considerable duration. Tho expense will bo de frayed by Cupid, Mr Goodrich, accord ing to orthodox ministerial custom, having passed on to Mrs. Goodrich all tho fees handed him by happy bride grooms, and Mrs. Goodrich having carefully hoarded them In anticipation of tho time when their growth mlgut admit of a trip for two to tho Pacific coast. PIN .IN LIVER 20 YEARS; DIES Operation Apparently Successful, But Brooklyn Girl's Strength Falls First Case of Kind. New York Miss Knthryn Roche. Brooklyn, died In tho Prospect Heights hospital, and a surgical examination Into tho cause of her mysterious III noss revealed the fact thnt for 20 years a small pin had been In her liver. No plmllar enso has ever come to tho knowledge of Now York surgeons. Twenty years ago Miss Roche was takon to Seney hospital. It was then thought that she was suffering from an ordinary stomach malady and the doctors sent her home. A recent op eration was apparently successful, but tho vitality of the patient was not sufficient to carry her through the reactionary period. More Certain to Obtain Good Water . Supply In Valley Than on tha Mesas or Plateaus. Before any extenslvo plans are enr rlod out regarding the Installation of a pumping plant, tho source of supply, the ground-water, must bo thoroughly Investigated ar to quantity and qual ity It Is impossible to lay down hard and rust rule regarding tho occur-1, renci- of underground wutors whlchj will apply to all sections alike. Naturally, wo should be more certain of obtaining water In a valley, having n largo drainage area and through1 which Hows n perennial stream, thnn on tho niesna or plnteiuis near the base of a mountain range, writes 11. L. Hixey In tho Denver Flold and Farm Tho supply Is not found nt a uniform depth In any section, tho depth often varying Within a radius of two or three hundred feet. After drilling a well It mny bo found thnt tho How Is Inadequate to supply tho required needs Another woll may be put down a dlstnnco of 1,000 feet or oven less and be found to yield tin, abundant supply. The topography of tho country and geological formations: of tho sub-strata hnvo a groat deal' lo do with tho occurrence of ground-, wnter and tho obtaining of tho samo at economical depths. In a section, where It Is proposed to Institute pumin Ing for Irrigation It la wlso to hlro n, professional well driver and hnvo him' put down n test well of the size thought to bo suited to tho needs of irrigation from six Inches to twelve Inches Sovernl Interested persons should benr the expenso of mich & woll, each paying his pro rata As, tho well Is put down, a log of tho vnrlous depths should be cnrofnlly kept, taking samples at every foot to determlno tho chnracter of tho vari ous mntorlals encountered. Thus when the well Is completed or drilled to a satisfactory depth It will bo known at what depth or depths tho water was found and tho character of the strata. If the water-bearing strat um Is found In a good gravel form fif teen to twetoty feet In dopth. very favorable conditions obtain and a good flow of water Is almost Invariably as sured Under such conditions, a good flow being certain, tlw woll mny bo operated as a community proposition or tho various Interests may bo pur chased by one person, tho well thus becoming his solo property. If tho well Is a failure, thoso Interested may consider that tho money was woll spent and that considerable money haB been saved. Some ono may say at this point: "Suppose that water wore encountered only nt groat depth, then tho well would bo useless, as there Is a limiting depth boyond which It Is unprofitable and Impracticable to pump." This Is all very true and tho Importance of Blnklng tho well heforo Investing In expenslvo machin ery Is tho more -strongly emphasized by this query. In many sections It Is unnecessary to sink test wolls, ns successful pumping plants nre already In operation. In many of our moun tain vnlloys thore seems to bo nn un derground water supply sufficient for almost any number of pumping plants. Some wells yield moro than others, ns tho gravel strata aro found at varying depths and character Tho greatest difficulty encountered is In tho han dling tho qulckteand. Where tho quicksand occurs with a coarse gravel a good woll Is almost always certain, as the quicksand can be pumped from tho gravel, .leaving open spaces In tho gravel through which tho water will (low moro rapidly, giving tho well a larger supply than when thoro Is only qulcksnnd Ono should not de sire too coarse a gravel, ns difficulty Is found In sinking tho cnslng or re moving lnrgo boulders from tho woll. In caso tho llrst stratum of water- bearing grnvol encountered does not give lnrgo enough flow, tho woll will either hnvo to be enlarged or sunk doopor with the vlow to striking tho second or third stratum. Water found at lower depths will often rise, thus adding to tho total supply of tho woll and giving the desired nmount Where two or three strata are encountered, perforated sections of plpo, preferably standard well strainer, of tho anme diameter as tho standard well casing, aro Inserted between couplings and lowered to their respective depths. The llrst cnslng put down when the woll Is drilled Is then pulled up, leav ing tho strainers exposed nnd free from dirt nnd sand It Is not good practlco to have tho strainer of tho same length ns the depth of tho water-bearing stratum, ns tho wutor level Is generally down by tho pump, kn that the strainer may not bo uti lizing Its full length or It may destroy tho suction of tho pump to a certain extent, In which cafe the efficiency of the pumping plant will bo lowered. h nn example it may ho snld that for a gravel bod twenty feot In depth a twelve-foot strainer should be used, or even less, and tho strainer extend ed to tho bottom of tho bed to thnt there will he a depth of gravel nbovo the top of tho strainer One of the host strainers In use In this section is tho Porcher stralnor, which wor.ks admirably nnd should be used where tho dopth Is not too grnat. In the deeper wolls whom the strainer may he pulled npnrt other types are used The Porcher stralnor Is a hoavy gal vanized tube of varying length accord ing to tho depth of tho water-bearing stratum. Vegetables In August. You can plant almost us many veg etables as floworB In Auguat. Some of them will bo nipped by tho frost, Bomo will have to bo gathered very young and a few may never como to anything. But It is a poor gardenor who refuses to run a few risks. iinM.lr.7.rn-iir -,ti Iriii.l'irnrJi! Policeman on Beat First jM Silted .ykl ICAR.E fr:C- i L-MvirTr jTtfiuSD A' .,,.- NKW YORK. 'Twas a proud day. tho other night, for Dennis Red ding, beginning his enreor us u full fledged policeman. No longer was ho to bo hold In contompt by tho coppors of tho Trcmont avouuo pollco Btntlon In tho Bronx, whero Dennis had been lining tho humhlo offico of doorman, which Is Httlo moro thnn being a Jani tor. Dennis moved up, In and out follow ing Pollco Commissioner Waldo's new ordor to Increase the efficiency of tho forco without nugmontlng Its numbers, Tho ordor promoted all doormen to bo patrolmen. Donnls' ambition aspired to deeds fnr nbovo wearing out shoo lonthor, howaver, nnd upon his very llrst night enmn tho grand opportunity to provo his lnnato ability. Captain Brennnn of tho precinct assigned him to keep Third avenue between Ono Hundred and Sixty-ninth street nnd Ono Hun died and Slxty-sovcnth street clear of underworld folk. Dennis assumed tho taBk at 11 o'clock at night. Ero tho unproductive wco sma ffwr tY StrCimfvJ Is Kansas City Woodpecker a Slave to Science? KANSAS CITY, MO. Out on Camp boll street, the neighborhood is treated each morning to what sounds like tho roll of a distant drum or tho far nwny clatter of tho trip-hammer on a now skyscraper. It is an elusive sound, now appearing to como from some remote distance, thon permeat ing tho wholo atmosphere ns If close at hand. Tho nolso wns something of a mys tery at first, but at last tho source of It was discovered. Tho drummer Is n woodpecker, ono of tho red headed va riety. Ills drum Is ono of thoso gnl vnnlzed Iron boxes linemen put, for reasons best known to thomsolvos, Just beneath the cross pieces of tolo phono poles. It Is now several weeks slnco Mr. Red-head began his musical develop ment. Alighting by chnnco one morn ing on tho tin box, he, probably as a mnttcr of habit, tried his hard beak on tho mntorlal which formed his resting plnco. Apparently the result surpris ed him. As the resonant respouso to his tapping rang out ho stood erect and looked about him In surprise. Mr. Redhead flow awny. But the rosult of his experiment lingered In his memory. Hero was tho Sir Isaac Nowtou of tho feathered world. Why vwwwvwywywwysmwyvyvy Chicago Sleuths to Study Ibsen and Etiquette CHICAGO. When n beautiful do butanto Is suddonly awakened from tho spoil of a dreamy wallz by tho R r rip of hor gown, and sho turns in horror to find tho neat number 12 pat ent leather pump of tho corner pollco man planted on hor train, sho ncod not wonder wife let him In. For Chicago policemen aro planning to got their names on the Invitation lists of Boclety. Tho activities of a "Rallies" who attends cxcluslvo cntor IninmcntB nnd robs his hostesses, has made thorn despair of trapping him In any way except lnvnding socioty nnd meeting tho gentlemanly burglar on his own ground. Disguised In full dress suits nnd their wrists shaved to provont tho brlhtles from showing In tho gap bo tween glovo tops and tho lateBt model patent roverslble cuffs thnt will boar ovldonco to tho tender ministrations Farmer Offers Pigs as ST. LOUIS, MO. A domestic depart ment In tho zoological garden Is urged by Goorgo L Laage, who. In n letter to the Zoological society, offers to present a nucleus In tho shape of a pair of .bluo-b'.ooded hogs. Although ofllcers of the socioty bollovo thnt what the St. Louis' collection needs most Is wild animals, some favor such a supplement ns Mr. Laago proposes, and his communication will have se rious consideration. Tho Laago letter Ib as follows: "1 have noticed with a great deal of Interest the progress being mado to ward establishing a .oo lir Forest Park. "Not wishing to Intrude at tho samo tlmo 1 nm anxious to mako a sugges tion nnd n donation. "So many of tho city children, grown folks ns well, havo seen all kinds of wild animals In traveling monagerlos, but how may of these city folks have seen our ordinary domestic animals In their habits? "My reason for this suggestion: About a year ago I had on exhibition Time, Makes Big Haul. hours had entirely sifted through the hour glass a north-bound Third avo nuo trolley enr was brought to a Jerky stop near Dennis' stand. Tho motor- man, frightfully frightened, nearly broke his neck In Jumping from tho car to Inform tho nmuzod Dennis that a most mysterious bundlo was lying closo to tho tracks nt Ono Hundred, and Sixty-ninth street. Thnt was n long way from where Donnls wan thon upholding tho dignity of tho lnw, but no tost no umo. Tho bundlo turned out to bo a box throe feot square. Sainted Infcrnnl machines! Dennis lifted tho heavy objoct to his ahouldor with extra cau tion. When Dennis arrived ho wns foot soro and shoulder soro. His now clean linen collar, purchased that very day. was starch. Lleutonnnt McMann wns on tho desk. Ho wasn't excited, but ho asked what tho capturo was. Dennis obtained a Jimmy and a hammer, ns being tho moBt appropri ate Instruments with which to open a box lnboled "Handle with great Wo." Finally tho Ud was prlod oft and Dennis lifted out somo four pounds ol excelsior, undornoath which thoro re posed a boulder bearing this inscrip tion In rod paint: "Stungt" Tho "flno" Is not recorded on tha pollco blottor and Dennis Is looking for tho Third avenuo motorman. should tho apple fall to tho ground, or rather why should his pocking In thnt particular spot causo all that nolso and no holo? Ho would return and lnvcstlgnto again. Ho did. Not only once, but hnlf a dozen times that day was tho air vibrant with tho sound of his hnmiuorlng. ' A night's sleep did not craBo the strango phenomenon from his thoughts. Enrly tho noxt morning his rub-a-dub-dub, delivered almost too rapidly for tho soparate blows to bo distinguished, showed that ho was of tho stuff that mado James Watt mar vel at tho power of tho steam In tho teakettlo. Every dny slnco that tlmo Mr. Red hoad has dolvod Into the mystorlea of sclenco, but hasn't dolvod percept ibly Into tho stubborn surfaco of tho echoing box. It Is obsorvod that ho al ways hammers in exactly tho somo place. of Hop Wah, president of tho Chlnoso. Laundry trust, thoy propose to attend fashionable functions and watch for tho society thlof. Thoy aro confident thnt oven tho most ncuto observers will fnll to dotoct them as detectives whllo thoy mingle with tho throng ot Beau Bruinmels. Tho latest exploit of tho Chostor floldlan burglar was to mako oft with much valuablo loot, Including $260 from tho handbags of womon guests, whllo Mra. G. II. Grubbs, 1040 Dakla street, Edgownter, was entertaining. When this was reported, word wont out from tho Town Hnll and Summer dalo Htatlous that tho limit had been rcachod, and that pollcomen assigned to duty ns sleuths, must provldo them solves with dress suits and study books on "Etiquette, nnd How It Should Bo Served," preparatory to their social campnign. "Don't you JiiBt lovo Ibson?" a hostess will ask. "Well, I don't want to 'knock' our friends, lady." Patrolman Cornelius Bourbon McGlllIcuddy may reply as ho toys with his tea cup, "but If tho Gib son you moan Is tho now 'cop' over at Thirty-third, I can't second tho motion. No mum." Starter for a City Zoo ?) In n show window, n prize pig. A mother with her two children stopped to tako a look nt It. Tho children ex claimed: 'Oh, mamma, what a fun ny looking dog that Is!' Tho mother knew no bettor and could not explain to her children. "Why not exhibit our own food-pro-cuclng animals, such n;i cofcs, sheep and hogs, to tho children who never got to tho country, nnd lot them know where their food stuff vomes from? "Domestic nnlmnls can bo secured without cost. Anyone onvlng pride lu thorn will be glnd to donato or loan them to your proposed zoo. "To start tho ball-a-rolllng, I will donate a flno uialo and femalo Duroo Jersey hog." P