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Nb ROOM FOB THEM.
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UNCLE SAM WANTS NO AN
ARCHISTS.
America la Not to Bo Made an Asylum
for Thom—Tho Law Shutting Oat
hinffrou* Poraona From For
a ol(o Coantrioa to He Strictly
Kn forced.
Watchiog for Anarchists
Washington, Aug. 14.—The treasury
authorities are keeping a sharp look
out for the Anarchists now being
/(riven from France, Spain and Italy
by concerted action, and no pains will
be .spared to prevent the United States
from, being made an asylum for these
men.
* Terrence V. Powderly, the new com
missioner of immigration, said last
night that be would adopt every rem
edy tinder the law to exclude Planas,
leader of the Spanish Anarchists, who
has been conducted to Ilavre by
French officials and shipped to New
York. The immigration authorities
will notify their officers at New York
and all large seaboard porta to be on
the lookout for Anarchists headed this
way. It is expected that the United
States consul at Havre will give speci
fic information as to the ship on
which , Planas and his co-Anarehiata
shall sail
The law permits the exclusion of
“persons who have been convicted of
a felony or other infamous orimes or
misdemeanors involving moral turpti*
tude" and of “persons likely to become
a public charge.’' These are the only
provisions which even indirectly can
be applied to anarchists and the bu
reau will be compelled to resort to
them.
•Alter me Barcelona anarchistic agi
tation the French sent to the state
department here a list of anarchists !
expelled from that country and ex
pected to come to tlie United States
The list was sent to the immigration
officers in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and other ports with instruc
tions,^ apply the law against anarch
ists named on the li-.t. None of them
were apprehended, however, as thev
either did not come or were smuggled
in by way of the steerage.
Mr. Powderly was asked if he fa
vored strengthening the law so as to
specifically exclude Anarchists, and j
replied: “I most assuredly would favor
a lawHxbluding from the United
States o>Xpr)r criminal, incendiary and
AnnrchWt. There is no trouble in fix
ing tlie status of a man who has been
conv cted of a crime, but the term
'Anarchist* has n«>t been clearly de
fined, sb that it is extremely difficult
to ascertain who the Anarchists are, ”
Mr. Pmvderly went on to show the
difficulties in tho way of defining “an
archistic. ” The latter claims to bu a
philosopher seeking an ideal state of
society. To this end ho advocates the
abolition of all law and the substitu
tion of individual effort. It is only
when tho Anarchist carries his philo
sophy fq the point of becoming an as*
sassiti or advocate of assassination or
incendiarism that the law can deal
with him. It cannot deal with him as
an abstract philosopher.”
In tile case of Plan as, the Spanish
Anarchist, there seems to he no doubt
as to hi* character. Mr. Powderly has
long known Pianos. The fact that he
is expelled fron France would proba
bly bring him within the section of the
law excluding tiiose who had been ;
convicted -of any . offense involving
moral • turpitude.
BIG POLITICAL POW-WOW
^ President MuKInUj, Senator Platt and
Governor niaek to Moot.
Washington, Ang. 14.—An interest
ing and probably important political
pow wow is scheduled to occur this
week at Port Henry. Representative
Wallace T. Foote, jr.. of the Twenty
third Now York district, is having a
house'party there. Uls Congressional
colleagues are his guests. Governor
Black, Senator Platt Speaker Reed
and Senator Chandler will be present
during the week, and President Mc
Ki"loy.accepted an Invitation to-day
to dine there Saturday, when ho will
meet the party. One of the most con
spicuous features of the meet will be
the coming together for the first time
in several months of Senator Platt
and Governor Black.
It la thought here that the two New
Yorkers will reach a more cordial
understanding and that some import
ant prepositions toward carrying on
Greater New York’s political campaign
will bo discussed and something defi
nite decided upon.
Eastern Klondlkers.
Ssattt.k, Wash.. Aug. H.—One of
the largest and best equipped of all
the parties that have started for the
Klpndlke from Seattle this season has
just arrived in the city from New Eng
, laud. They are organized on a mili
tary basis, the captain being Arthur
: E. Seymour, sou of the well-known
mind reader. Charles H. Moseley, for
merly of the Boston Herald, Is secre
tary, and A. El Rogers, of Norwich,
Coon., Is treasurer. Each member of
the party originally contributed >1,000,
and each agrees to share and share
alike in all the expenditures and profits
of tho expedition. Apart from these
. Individuals the company has plenty of
backing.
School Repairers strike
: Ctifcaoo, Aug. 14.—Two thousand
five hundred men employed on Chica
go's public school buildings struck to
day by order of the Building Trades
• councIL ^nd repairs on thirty-five
school'tmeses were stopped. If the
strike is not settled soon it is said the
• buildings will be in such a condition
that they cannot be used at the open
ing of ike schools in September. The
labor onions demanded that the board
•f education insert a clause in future
■ contracts that none but anion men be
amVloyed on the school buildings.
JOHN SHERMAN.
Rot Probable that He Will Retire Prom
the Cabinet.
Wastukotox, Aug. 13.—All reports
about the early retirement from the
cabinet of John Sherman, secretary of
state, which hare b?en scattered
broadcast of late are denied by Mr.
Sherman and the report that Judge
Day, first assistant secretary, was
summoned suddenly from Canton
where he was spending his vacation,
to assume charge of the department,
is also denied.
The fact that Judge Day was pre*
paring to leave Canton for Cambridge
boro, Pa., evidently gave rise to the
reoort. He is not expected in Wash
ii-„.xin before September.
Though the immediate retirement of
Mr. Sherman is not expected.it has
been the impression among well in
formed men in Washington for sev
eral months that his service as secre
tary of state would certainly not
continue through the administration,
and possibly not thro lgh its first year.
The fact cannot be concealed that he
is in feeble health, due to advanced
age and long years of political activ
ity, but the statements that he is men
tally irresponsible are preposterous,
for his conversation is as clear and ra
tional to-day as any man's
When Mr. Sherman went into the
Cabinet it was with the express un
derstanding that he should be relieved
Df all hard diplomatic labor. He has
visited his office daily when in Wash
ington, has met the diplomatic corps
st the appointed times and has per
formed other light duties, but has not
it tempted to perform any of the heavy
labor of the department.
NO KLONDIKE COLD TAX
Canada Abandons Its Bahama to Exact
I’lacar Royalty.
Ottawa, Out , Aag. 13.—Influenced
by a strong protest from both the
politicians and business men of the
northwest portion of the dominion,
the government has decided to aban
don its scheme to force miners of the
placer regions of the Klondike to pay
» royalty of 10 or 15 per cent on all
fold taken out there. Many business
men declared in their representations
to the government that such a rule, if
put in force, would undoubtedly lead
to infinite trouble and might lead to
bloodshed. The storekeepers and out
lit ters of British Columbia are busy
now arranging their plans to compel
til prospectors to buy their supplies
af them by enforcing the payment of
duty on all outfits from the United
States which are carried into the
Upper Yukon valley.
FREE SILVER SCHEME,
Tb« Proposed Purchase of Forty Tons
for Enforced Unlimited Coinage
Washington, Aug. 13.—The Silver
Dollar league of this city has issued a
circular asking investors to co-oper
ate in the purchase of forty tons of
silver to be offered at the mints for
free coinage, and in the event of the
superintendent's refusal the courts
will be invoked under a clause, which,
it is claimed, has not been revoked, of
the act of February 28, 1S78, which
provides that "silver dollars of the
weight of 413J* grains Troy standard
silver shall be coined at the mints of
the United States as provided in the
net of January 18, 1837.” According
to the circular, "the profit to those
who will help, us to start and finish
the fight on the above lines” will be
8700,000. For any sum above a dollar
investors may become part purchasers
of the forty tons.
Eloped With » Trumps
Sedalia, Mo. , Ang, 13.—A tramp
shout 35 years old, whose right name
s unknown here, but who was known
t>y the simple sobriquet of “Joe,” was
riven employment splitting rails, by
lohn Jordan, who lives on Thomas
”hamb>..-Iain's farm, fifteen miles
north of Sedalla. Some time during
Monday night, the stranger, who had
become enamored with Jordan's wife,
hitched two of his employer’s horses
i-o a wagon and drove off with Mrs.
Iordan and three of her children. The
fugitives were traced to this city, and
it is believed they are now traveling
through lienton county, on their way
to the Oaarks, or Indian territory.
The Tide of Immigration.
Washington, Aug. 18.—The tide ol
immigration is at the lowest point
since the general government assumed
jurisdiction of the subject in 1833.
I’he number of arrivals from all coun
tries. according to treasury statistics
during the last fiscal year, was 330,832,
a decrease a compared with the pre
vious year of 113,435. The lightest
immigration of any previous year was
in 1895, when the number from all
countries was 279,94a
Korop*'* ffhMl Needs,
tiONDoir, Aug. 11.—The Timed. In
the course of its financial article to
day. says: “It is estimated by per
sons in a position to form an opinion
that at least 13 per cent more wheat
than is usually needed by Europe will
be Wanted this year. Owing to the
short Russian, French and Austro
Hungary crops, the United States will
.he the only country able to meet this
extra demand.”_
Virginia Democrat*.
Roahokk, Va., Aug. n.—The Demo
cratic state convention was held here
yesterday with nearly all of the 1,548
members of the body present. Mr. E
\V. Sanders was made permanent
chairman without opposition. His de
nunciation of the gold standard elicit
ed applause from the convention. The
first considerable outburst of cheer
ing was evoked by the declaration
that William J. Bryan will be the
president in 1900. J. Hoge Tyler of
1 utaski. was unanimously nominated
for governor. The Chicago platform
was unanimously reaffirmed
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
■low Saeceufnl Farmer. Operate Thlti
Department of the Farm—A Fete
Hint. a. to tha Caro of Live StooJt
and Poultry.
Doctoring Fowls.
N THE A B C o7
poultry culture, J.
H. Davis, the au
thor, says: Doctor
ing fowls is time
and money wasted.
If I ever cured a
fowl of any affiic
tlon I do not know
it. Of course a few
got well, but they
•-- might have got well
had I left them alone. And I believe that
I have killed scores of good birds by
doctoring them; by attempting to
do something I was entirely ignorant
of as far as the cause or the proper
remedy to be employed is con
cerned, if there are any genuine reme
dies, which I doubt. Beware of drugs
and condition powders In the poultry
yard. Nature does not demand such
things. When you use them you vio
late nature and practically weaken, de
bilitate and Anally destroy entirely the
vitality of your birds. It took me years
to learn this. And If others will profit
by my experience they will save
money, time and much worry. A fowl
that has to be pampered with drugs to
keep it on its feet is worthless. If a
fowl be very sick, drugs will not save it
but hasten its demise. If only slight
ly ailing, the bird will get well without
medicine. Decapitate roupy fowls and
cremate their bodies. If the fowls
have cholera, remove the well ones to
a clean location, and thoroughly de
odorize and clean up the old house and
yards. Remove the sick and ailing
bird to distant quarters, feed them on
boiled rice and give them scalded milk
to drink for a few days, and they may
flavored. As layers they rank among
the best, averaging from twelve to
thirteen dozen a year, and as winter
layers they are to be recommended.
The chicks are hardy and mature early.
Langshons are good sitters and moth
ers, being of gentle disposition; they
are easily kept in confinement or on
free range. Being excellent foragers,
they are ideal fowls for the farm, and
will gather during the year a consid
erable proportion of their food. The
Langshan is a stylish, medium-sized
bird, not overgrown or gawky in ap
pearance, of active nature and lively
disposition. Many confound the Black
Langshan with the Black Cochin. This
need not be, as the following compari
son between the two varieties shows:
The Black Cochin is squaro in shape,
with heavy-looking neck and legs, plen
ty of fluff and leg feathering, cushion
rising from middle of back to tail, tall
short, small and almost concealed by
cushion; neck, breast, cushion and tail
all represented by convex lines. lang
shan head, small for size of body, comb
medium sized, well up in front, and
arch shaped; Cochin head larger than
that of the Langshan and not so arch
ed over the eye; comb smaller, low in
front and almost straight on top of ser
rations. langshan back, short and
conclave; that of-the Cochin, medium
length, slightly convex, and large con
vex cushion. Langshan fluff, moderate
and close; that of the Cochin extremely
full and loose. Langshan wings some
what large and Inclined downward, 1
quite prominent at shoulders; the Co
chin wings smaller and almost hidden
by the fluffy plumage of cushion and
fluff. Langshan breast full, deep, and
carried well forward; Cochin breast not
so full and deep, but broader. Langshan
legs medium in length, small bone, long
tapering toes, color of shank, bluish
black, Bhowlng pink between scales,
which are nearly black; Cochin legs
shorter, stouter, larger bone, toes
shorten and stouter, color of shanks
black or yellowish black. There are
two varieties of Langshans—the Black
and the White. The Black in plumage
of neck, back, saddle, sickles, a glossy
PAIR OF BLACK LANQSHANS.
recover. If they get worse under this
treatment, kill them and cremate their
bodies. And so treat all the afflictions
to which fowls are subject. This is the
common sense way of managing them.
Finally I have no faith whatever in
medicines for sick fowls, and further
more I believe thousands of fowls are
killed every year by drugs. One trou
ble is that the doctoring of fowls is
merely guess work. Such a thing .vs a
correct diagnosis Is impossible. But
when a fowl Is sick we are Inclined to
doctor it, more especially if the bird be
valuable. We think the fowl will die
if something is not done for it. And
so we take the risk and give it some
medicine, hit or miss. If the fowl sur
vives the dose of medicine and the af
fliction, we give ourselves the credit
for the cure, and are thus encouraged
to repeat the dosing process whenever
opportunity offers. Our experience is
that nine sick fowls out of every ten
die it they are badly sick. There is only
one affliction that I ever have cured, or
can cure, or even now try to cure, and
that is gapes in chicks. I happen to be
very intimate with a man that happens
to pose as a fancier, although he has
had but a year or two of experience
with a few fowls. In a closet at home
he had a hundred pounds of Quack’s
condition powders or egg food (?),
“warranted to make hens lay and keep
them healthy.” On the shelves were
bottleB of castor oil, Douglas mixture,
tincture of iron, sulphur, quinine, calo
mel, salts, pain killer, several prepara
tions for roup, cholera, gapes, etc. It
was a miniature drug store, and all for
the fowls. I saw him kill several of
his best birds by dosing them with cas
tor oil at night, for they were dead in
the morning. Since then he has sold
off all his fowls and quit breeding, and
declares there is no profit to him in the
business.
Standard Varieties of Chicken*.
Langshans. — Langshans are the
smallest and most active of the Asiatic
class. They are a practical fowl In
more senses than one, and their pro*
Uflc laying and excellent qualities make
them a profitable fowl for the farmer
and market poultryman. They are one
af the oldest varieties of poultry and
have always been held in popular es
teem. The shape of Langshans is dis
tinct from that of the Brahma or Co
chin, and should not be confused with
either of the last-named varieties.
Langshans have white flesh and dark
legs, while the others are yellow skinn
ed and yellow-legged. The quality ~f
the flesh of the Langshan is excellent,
being fine grained, tender and nloely
metallic black, with greenish sheen:
breast, primaries, secondaries, tall,
fluff, shank and toe feathers, black. The
undercolor Is black or dark slate. The
White Langshan is pure white through
out. The standard weight of cocks for
both varieties is 10 pounds; hens, 7
pounds; cockerels, 8 pounds; and pul
lets, 6 pounds.
town Milk for Foals.
The Live Stock Journal has the fol
lowing remarks on the feeding of foals
with cow's milk: “When the milk of
the dam proves insufficient for the
young foal it should be supplemented
by cow’s milk. Indeed, in any case, if
it is desirable to force the growth and
condition of foals, cow’s milk may be
freely given to it, in addition to two or
three feeds of oats daily. Many thor
oughbred foals are giver cow’s milk
‘in almost any quantity’ bath before
and after weaning, ind Mr. William
Day, the celebrated breeder and train
er, believes ‘without any evil results.'
While recommending oafs for iho
young animals In the early stage of
existence when following the dam, the
same authority rtrongly discountenan
ces the practice of giving them beans,
peas, oilcake, or any kind of condi
ments or condimental foods. Cow’s
milk, being considerably p octet* In sac
charine matter than that of the mare,
should be sweetened by the addition of
sugar to make it more palatable to the
foal as well as more nutritious, by imi
tating as closely as possible the nat
ural product of the mare. Jt Is well not
to supply foals with milk from herds
known to contain tuberculous subjects,
although the horse :s not, .'ike cattle
and human beings, very susceptible to
tuberculosis. Still, in valuable studs,
even the chance cf infection should be
avoided.’’
Prices of Butter and Cheese.—The
relation existing between the cheese
and butter solids of milk is such that
I the producer receives equivalent vtfi
| ues for his milk when the wholesale
price of butter is approximately two
and one-half times as much as it is
for cheese. When the ratio of prices
is less than this, milk can be made
into cheese with more profit. At the
present writing tlm market quotations
of butter are about twice those of
cheese, and it should be noted that
greater activity is being shown in
cheese circles this spring than has
heretofore been the cade for some
years.
Read a good agricultural paper if you
want to know how agriculture la pro
gress! o&.
I TALKS OF THE TIMES.
I • ——
[ SENATOR STEWART GETS INTO
I THE SWIM.
, Enthusiastic Over Everything bat SHr
—That He Think* Hay Go to its
Cent* and Believe* that Wheat
Will lleaeh S1.00—Jone* of
Nevada on Silver.
Senator Stewart an Optomlat Now.
New York, Aug. 13.—The Times to
day publishes the following: “Sen
ator Stewart is one of the latest con
verts to commercial optimism. He is
a “bull'’ on everything except silver.
He is engaged in a vigorous campaign
in Wall street and said yesterday that
he had heard so much about better
times that he had determined to
‘gather in a part of the prosperity
which is not only rampant in the
street, inf throughout the land.’
“Whem'naked what brought about
the change in his views, he said:
“There is no room for pessimism in
this country No one can be a bear
in the face of the wheat famine in
Argentine, Russia, Hugary and India.
In view of these conditions, abroad, I
should not be surprised to see silver
sell as low as twenty-five cents and
wheat as high as a dollar. There is
nothing in- talking silver . at the
present time, and my - advice to my
friends in the West is to fall in
,llne with the forces of prosperity and
progress and receive their due share
of the reward. The time has passed
for the old issues. We must turn to
face new issues and new conditions. I
frequently hear it said that this secur
ity market is a duplicate of the mar
ket of 1873, It is not. It is more of a
bull market. All a man has to do is
to get into it, go to sleep and get rich.
“The wheat situation in the West
will make every railway not a divi
dend earner but a dividend nayer.
Railroads that have been moribund
for years are now taxed to their full
est capacity and are still unable to
accommodate their t-affic. I am told
that there is imminent danger of a car
famine on many of the most impor
tant lines traversing the country.’
“ ‘Are the people in the West alive
to this new situation?’
“ ‘The people in the West,’ he re
plied, ‘are wide awake. They know a
good thing when they see it. Most of
them are hanging on to their cereals
with confidence born of hope and ac
tual knowledge of what is going on
around, them. With their immense
crops they will be able not only to
liquidate their indebtedness to the
money sharks of the East, but will in
augurate a buying movement that will
surprise the people in this part of the
country. I think that by the late fall
the truth of what I said and reiterated
during the campaign will be generally
recognized and this is that there can
be no general prosperity in this coun
try that is not born and sustained in
the West.’
“Senator John P. Jones of Nevada,
who is spending a vacation in this
city, said yesterday that the continued
fall in the price of silver ought Rot to
surprise anyone. ‘Silver is falling in
price,’ he said, ‘because of the falling
of the demand for it as money. Japan
has gone into a gold basis and so less
ened the demand for silver. Besides
this, there has been, because of uni
versal hard times, a great falling off
in purchases in the East. *The Ori
ental countries use silver money and
our purchases are paid for in that
metal. The demand has been cut off
by reason of the hard times.’
“Of the increase in gold production
in Alaska, Mr. Jones said: ‘I am not
opposed to prosperity through an in
crease in gold. The Republicans are
very lucky and I congratulate them
on the fact that this great discovery
falls within their administration. I
believe a great deal of gold will be
found in Alaska and it is certain to
restore prosperity, for which the Re
publicans will claim and receive credit.
I shall welcome its return, whether
through gold or silver. Much glorifi
cation and congratulation is heard
over the fact that our West
ern wheat is going up to
a dollar because of a famine in
Argentine, Russia, India and other
countries. I do not think that our
prosperity is founded upon destitution
and starvation in foreign nations. I
want to see a flood of money turn the
idle mill wheels and irrigate the waste
plains of our land. Another result
that will follow from an abundance of
money, be it silver or gold, will be
abeyance of this hatred of the trusts.
The people hate trusts, and only pros
perity will drive monopoly out of their
minds. Plenty of money will crush
out the trusts. They flourish only in
hard times.’” _
la without a rower Plant f .-,
Kansas Citv, Mo., Aug. '13.—The
discovery lias been made that thcro is
no provision for a heating and power
plant in Kansas City’s Sue new gov
ernment building. In the original
plans for the building the power plant
was placed in the east wing. Later it
was found that the appropriation
from Congress was insufficient to
erect the building complete, and the
east wing was cut off. but no provi
sion was made for putting a power
plant in the main part of the building.
SENATOR HANNA WRECKED
Tha Ohioan’s Steam Tneht on the Boeka
of Northern LVie Superior.
Port Abtuur, Ontario, Aug. 13.—
The steam yacht Comanche, with Sen
ator Id. A. Hanna's party on board, is
ashore somewhere in the Nipigon
straits on the north shore of Lake Su
perior. The boat seems to be in seri
ous danger, as the telegram asked
that two wrecking tugs and a lighter
be sent at once.. The telegram was
sent from Nipigon station, on the Car *
aadian Pacific. I
DE LESSEPS AT SUEZ.
A Konnment to lilm to Guard tht En*
trance to the Waterway. f
Ferdinand De Lesseps la to have^INi,
memorial. It will take the form of a J
statue and will guard the entrance of :
the Suez canal, the one great project
which he originated and pushed to a
successful conclusion. So inseparably
has De Lesseps’ name been connected
with the Panama canal scheme that'
most people have forgotten that he
first achieved fame by reason of his
connection with the Suez canal. The
idea of the De Lesseps statue origin
ated with Prince d’Arenberg, an old
friend of the late promotor. He has in
dresd the Suez Canal Company to set
aBide a liberal sum to defray the ex
pense of the proposed statue and the
erection thereof. A very satisfactory
model ha3 been produced by M. Frem
iet, the sculptor, who has already be
gun the enlargement of his work. He
hopes to complete his task within the
course of the coming two years. M.
Fremiet makes public the statement
that as the banks of the Suez canal
at its beginning are the property of
Englishmen, who would no doubt be.
opposed to this glorification of a
Frenchman, it has been decided that
this monument shall rise from the sea,
which is about thirty feet in depth at
this spot. There will, therefore, be a
firm and solid base of granite, which,
as the bed is sandy, must he very4,
broad. This platform of granite, which
will be entirely surrounded by water,
will be reared to the height of twenty
two feet above its level, and will also
be of six square metres at the top. On
this will rest the pedestal of the statue.
In Its turn the pedestal will be twenty
two feet in altitude, and the statue it
self within a few inches of the same
height, while the pedestal, which will
be composed of granite quarried and.
prepared in Brittany, France, will be
conveyed in a sailing vessel to Port
Said. The statue will consist of several
pieces in bronze, which have been made
in France. These on arrival will be all
ready to place in position. At the base
of the statue will be an immense med
allion containing the portraits of the
Khedives who encouraged the piercing
of the isthmui. Each will be nearly six
feet in size, and the medallions will be
environed by large wreaths of laurel,
each leaf of which will be about one
and one-half feet in height. M. De
Lesseps will be represented in the gar
ments of modern civilization, but the
prosaic appearance of these will be re
lieved by a sort of burnoose with big
sleeves thrown over his shoulders, the
folds thereof being so .disposed as to
present an exceedingly picturesque ef
fect. Looking in the direction of the
sea, M. De Lesseps will be represented
as pointing with one hand to the ent
rance of the canal and holding a plan
thereof with the other.
1
BURNED IN MIDAIR. '
Awful Death of Wolfert, the Dlatln
ffnlahed German Aeronaut.
The Herald recently contained a dis
patch from Berlin giving in brief the
news of the untimely death of Dr.
Wolfert, the distinguished aeronaut.
At the moment when the doctor seemed
about to realize the dream of his life,
death overtook him, and in a few sec
onds he and his prized balloon were
burned to cinders. Dr. Wolfert got Into
the balloon a few minutes after seven $
o'clock in the evening, being accom
panied by Robert Knabe, a young me
chanician. The crowd, among which
were several army officers, wished
them good luck and then' silently
watched the cigar-shaped ship as it
slowly mounted skyward. Excellently
it seemed to move, and even those who
were not experts saw that the screw
was working splendidly and that the
craft was heading for the northwest.
For five minutes the watchers looked
up admiringly, and then their admira
tion was suddenly changed to horror.
Forth from the car of the balloon
flashed a tongae of yellow flame; then
a second later was heard a crash like a
cannon shot, and at the same moment
the entire balloon was enveloped in a
mass of lire. Down the blazing ma
chine fell with amazing swiftness,
reaching at last the Ringbahnstrasse.
A horrible sight it was, and, as the
hundreds of onlookers rushed toward
it, they found it still smoking and prac.
tically destroyed. In the ruins lay the
bodies of Wolfert and Knabe. ‘they
were burned so badly it was impossible
to recognize them.
The Firs Film of the Tropic*.
One of the fireflies of the West Indies
has two tubercles situated on its thor
ax or chest, which give forth a light
so powerful as to enable the smallest
print to be easily read. A few of these
flie3 put under a glass make a good
reading lamp, and the inhabitants use
the lamps so made for household pur
poses. The women use them for dec
oration <5n festival days. The brillian
cy of the spectacle presented by myri
ads of fireflies, glancing or scintillating
through the darkness of a tropical
night has but to be once witnessed to
create enthusiasm on the subject Of
“living lights.” Once seen it can never
be forgotten. Flying about in countless
myriads, glistening like stars on a
clear winter night, flashing and dis
appearing, glancing and dancing, whirl
ing and gyrating in mazy evolutions,
no words are sufficient to describe the
scene and its effect on the mind of
the fortunate traveler who witnesses
it. It is one of the sights of a life
time. The inhabitants of the tropic
al world regard *heso insects from the
practical, and not from the poetical or
artistic standpoint. By means of a
lighted torch they entice them into
their houses, where they devour those
intolerable pests, the mosquitoes, of
whfeh they seem passionately fond.
