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THIH AMERICAN.
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HOW WARSHIPS AKB TESTBD.
Miniature Win in
Arc IVueliccd.
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fllf AMf flfleea
Mitil
(ti hMtft. tlief f Ik f I Ho
4 Ik V. haa be 4V
(( In Mitr h build! of a ft'
fwitmeat) Mial had II Mtil
htwM r. rif t handler a
Nit a lul abut imtmi'
Wiefct ti4 been rietiaed In h'i build
if by nlhar Milil H iaw h l
Ilk Ik dr . Ihla in l(U btn
llul li We n until liard Hi i In
f Ik fifty futiiih nt.t tbt b
wa abl id aecnt an tiroM Uilim of
Ik netry linotx in (mI kli plti
Into operation, Th need iif 'uh
(ink ha bee if i Hun Unit (ir a anil
lunger tlrr-e. hut Ik gnvrrnmenl
hav hiUlr4 In go Into II audit leaily
in attain Ik ll reaiiiu. Mi. William
icnn, h itiii( tuogreaFii of Hi
Rfiiirh builder, and lh owner nf ih
only -nival .ltt In lh witild, I.I
recently In riiiutiralng lh ajticr.i Inn :
"Of all iti -iiilili ina about a Hegiiiit-hlp
Ik only one Incapable of being aolv
J at Hi prercnt miiinmi by priori
method ar I In m t IhIIiij lo pee, mill
ttowcr. No ability Mnl tin Irulnlnu will
enabl cvtn lh nuwl aklllful art hllcrt
In overcome Ik want or an xprl
nicnlal Innk In roping with th I wit
question," It I to nnil mil I III Ideal
liull Hi on Ikat will aliuln lb min
imum rrtill f apeed, of carrying pow
er, or of whatever other quality Hint
max dealrrd- that Iti I'nll.il
Hlalca haa arreted, aflr many rr
of kolli ltallon on lh putt of Hi fan
reaa of i final rin lion ami repair, thla
nnrmoita baln. I'll haaln waa an
tkorlreil by rongrena- two ycara nan,
and already partial expcrlmenia have
lin begun In determine thn beat
fthapca fur tha liull nf Hi new war
Nhlp aut horded laat March, 'Hi tiink
lia a length of KM) feet and along
each of ita long alii la laid a railway
m which run "towing carriage,"
which extend lk
4 bridge over th
lank from aid ti
aid,' When th
real wlht l th
hlil, twenty-five
ton, la taken Into
coiinI deration, aa
well a th rapid"
if y with which It
ftmva and th
prfct ciintfitl un
dr which It opr
ai at nil llmca, It
will b aallf un
IcraUMxl that tba
wind pro'' of
flppraflnn It IlltU
jihurt of mrfliMi,
In fact lh motor
rarrlag nf th
model liaul la
niMcbanftal wonder
and thine alnuwl
nllrcy unlii. On
It I rompllcal4
plc tit machlu'ry,
work4 by th
Ward - J,nnard
ayalam of lclrlcl
con I rut, capiilil of
drivinf th car
rlg along at
Iwealy fir mil
an hour, within 2'W
ft of th alanine
lilac, I f M n at to
Ibla brld: carrla
by matM of a dy
amtimtr, will
model which It
ba
la
lb varlou
dealgnrd to
teat, each loaded ao aa to float tba
raaet proportional depth dalgnd
lif th ahlo, Aa Ih rarrlag awp
along towtng th model, Hi dyna
momtr will rgif h rWrie of
lh wtr that particular form of
Ikiw at ach pced from on knot an
hour up Ut thirty. If It la found that
h rltnc la greater tba a H ahould
,, lUm modnl wilt b taken baik t'
Iba earpetrlg tab)li.binnl and
trlmmd down or Nllt out, a may l
ihoogbt licat, and then tried again and
again until Ih vry bet hp for tb
purMr Intended la rolvd upon.
When on la finally adopted, lb r
llnc of tb wir to It progier at
rartouK apda will l (arcfully noicd,
and from tbt It will ry almpl to
lcult Ih act power of lb en
girt ru)r4 to h'P. h"'
fttillt, tb gtatl Pcd, Hereafter
hr will t no danger that lb en
gine will b found tMi weak, tbua
loalng apeed, or too heavy and rong,
tbua loalng wlgbt, that might b bet
tar dyoted to m ihr part of lb
cl,
Ther la on apcl advantage In
th high p4 which can h attained
fa th tank which a layman will re.
aarity ortook, It reiulla from tb
tendency of a nhlp to bor downwarda
In Ih w)r, 'lb faater ah go tb
4 pr ah will Iwite, lh more of her
wlfl b aubmerged and lata will
b th dlplcement, Yur Imtam th
oat dfn ) Monterey, when
running at full apd, plung br n
tlr IVidy nndr water, thn offering a
much gratr aurfac to th water and
lncralng th rltnr to hr p
g. It fa evident that porilon of
tb bow-whieh ara well out of tb wa
ter at fa knota-th maalmum ap4
atlalnabla In any of lb Kuropean
lank will ba aubmrgd entirely at
twenty knot, and that aa much car
ahould b taken to dlgn ao aa to of
far tba lt rifn of lh upper
portloa to tb water a I taken with
th lower portion, rfcUb are alway
btrg4. Yet avr In tk history
f th4 world baa It ba pll to
Which t lie Models
Pinin Ik l. akat f f lhm I
di if aitnat Imi afir Ik akip
ba ! inmpiffird "f rtiHt,
II la imi li fnr aliaiiiinn
HhJit'itn mir Imi 4 Ikal Ik lank
nflrra, afir ll. only aiviHith tr f
4 MM ). and will mil ih lilm a
In nik in a war At m end nf
lh tank la la b p''"l a powtful
pinifr, ahlih III vend watc li
ii lh riihI qiiii airinty pro
IhiiiIi ntljr In lb alt aa ar likely
lit be rionnlrd by tk )iii In lh
up ac. I'mihrr, in mi ciirnr iif
lb bullillna wblih lnili lh cnllr
lank will b plaid powerful clcrirlc
Inn, bl It itt I up a viy good linl
(Hon of a rjI of wind
411 the polnla wr r'tbil out
very i Hii'fiill)' by Naval I'linairiii'tur
I Mi 'lil W, TaHnr befor lh bullillna
m ih pUnl waa Ii mii, and Hiti' a
Ihmiiclli ally no dniiM thai all wdiiII
ork corriHtly. HUH, careful teta
wr uetcrnilned upon to bow that
the i jlriiUtlnii wer acciirat. In
other word, in mk veryihln; per
fectly aaf, th "nm" bad to b
"Iirovcd."
for thli pnrpoe, mii'lcla bav been
or ar being contrncted of the Iowa,
th llronklyn, Hi lUlelith, and other
veaael at preaent In eklnlenc, Abund
ant record, of coiir, elt aa to Hi
ped of Hi actual vicl In all
aorta if weal tier and under all condi
tion". If, when their Model ar tet.ted
In Hi lank, they ahmild give reauli
hlih, when woiked imt, ahotild stii-e
tvllh lh rrxull In aWiml iraitl-e, It
Mould b proof that oilier hlpa built
un model obtained In Hi tank would
alan glv th perled remill-i, If, on
th oilier band, It wer found that the
renulla wer aoinwht different, they
would glv a baala for calculating th
amount by which th final ablp ahould
b mad to differ from th tank model.
Naturally, Mr, Tator felt mora or
lea anilety In regard to Ih flrat (
perlment, Thla waa mad with a
iwniy-foot wooden model of th Iowa,
doubt th length of any model ud
abroad, f. far, thU ha been lealed at
yarloua pcd up to twelv knot, and
lh rult hav been practical ly Iden
tical with thou bown by tb Iowa a
tog bmiki. In a few day prlmnt
will b mad at greater pda, At
preaent th machinery I tut new that
It la not thought prudent to too
great velocity, Aa lh varlou parta
yet adjuitod to each othr, and th
mm (littery, o t apeak, "flnda" lfcf(
th apeed will b Increaaed till they
rea h Ih miilmiun, At preaent avery
thing I rotith and dbrordant, and
make a great d of nolae, Thla, lh
men in charge y, will aoon wr off,
MAtf A riNTVRY AGO.
tthr rl tMilWt Weeit
Vetl
I
Tkoa llaya,
tieorg H, Hoiiiwill, ei governor and
aenaur, writ to th lloaton flloli:
"Ther la ry good reaaon why pei
pl need trior vacation now than in
th paat. Today th hour of labor
for tb average m(hanl may b vry
tmuh lera than formerly, but Ih kind
of labor that h perform I grtly
mor xae(lng and wearing than th
work of a mchnle waa M year ago,
A man laboring In a ahop or a factory
or on tb farm today mot do every
thing with great car and akfll. If
h work only lght hour a day th
work 1 aieady and uninterrupted and
It demand an expndltnr of conald
erable ltelle tual effort. When I wa
a boy, a farm hand, for example, wnt
about hla taaka l!ur1y, attpped to
talk and to reat frequently during th
day, and lnUfd on ao orcaalonal
draft of rum. Ilia hour of lalxir may
hav Men from aim up to aun down,
but hi actual tlm of labor waa mm k
Uaa than that of a farm hand today.
Fifty yr ago it waa tba aarn In
every other kind of occupation, K
meihaalc wt about hla work with
out any of hurry, Nobody im
cd to hurry la tho dya, Tb bnl
Beaa maa bad fwr care and lighter
1 T'iLT" S"i v
tr M'!""- 1ti kM.iiw a
mk i.iit aHiibiei lie. a. Ik t
iIIMIhi fur iitkia ' iil ' Mmr
UK a lh ai l.'itat, 1 hn waa
iaitrii ka I a ''n, !)
ipk. llk), 't day na
lml. I.MIHklHa eatl W
a lnt M' a ! !
am r.ihiniit aiiainiaa d Ik
aatltla of ek wet .il an it
a Ik iitiea i.t a d ". I ki
a It ii alait t.f Ik prnfrltiaa Ik
ileilimaa had In ptMt k wl on H in
day, but lb kind uf wimu Ikat
eiei t, of him did M il ltinl rim
aiudy of mlewwifry altii iur
tug Ik week b ilid pi'iilt a b
liked, th eiftmn tint) baa I
kticterabl iittini!i on hl Mm nd
crrgy, Hk all a In da of rkatliadl
and phlUnibroplc and mhI fieri t
projiit and rati!fHon. It mut
li a man of aeilv af?lr. Hltly )eta
'i lh lwera had an Inflnliely aar
roWer fli Id. people went In law abimt
a rlrlp of 'and or a till In a pleca of
property, Todar th lawyt handle
caea Involving lb mie-l lntrlt imn
meriial compllcatlona and cngg In
Ih afltlenient of (Hupulei over Hill
llnna of dollar, Titer wer no pmenl
caxe half a century ago, and today
titer ar Ihoiomndu, and the lw)r
who ha;iil!s then mttat l good toe.
ihanlc aa well a Ira i lied In th law.
Hn It I true of every ptofeoHlon and
almoat every mcuimtlon toddy, A fnim
wotk harder and lunger, and ba
greatpr anilety iu heavier reaponal
blllty, I Ix'llevn (hat vacation rave
many Uvea, They ar very fieicrmiry,
bicauaf lh llfn that w lend drain
Ih ayalrtn of Ha aireigth, and lh
me hvnlf in ii t atop for nvt and repair
or break down,"
NIPPONI9M IN JAPAN.
It f llrawlna; lliteh Into I lie Ulallonal
aiiell,
A Japni boy, a mlddle-iwhool atti-
dent, cam Into my atudy th other day
and afd It did not lul lev In nlnz
any forlgn languag In pklng to
foreigner, ay th Kol Herald. If
belter all Jpancft ought t n
their own language, and mak forefyn-
era learn to pek In Japan, Tbi
wa mi unl'iu and rfrblng, Krnlng
from a fodnf, that f waa In quan
dary for a moment, not knowing how
In taka Ir, flut h Informed m that
h wa a Nippon Nhngl man, and that
wa th way to prrv national In
atttiiflon. Ther I a growing drtd
among a larg clua of J pa tie tb'
th national inafltutton ar In danger
of being awal!oed up In th hurrtd
Kuropeanlrlng of thing; bene th
epread of Nlpponlsm, h drawing bak
Into a national hil, Tb naiiottal
pfrlt will le Joat If loo much leaning
i)rd foreign thing I allowed, bene
lb tem of any Kng!lh on th r-
eent Imiu of pig at amp, Th May
number of th Tlyo baa not o wtra
of KnglUh In ft not even Tb Hun on
tba till page, No mor Knglldh con
tent, no Kngllah name under the pic
lure, MpponUm ha gon mad.
aileela A1lee,
A flever bit of campaign rparf
I ccrdlld to 1- rlrcblld, tba Cal
ifornia orator who leaped Into nation
al repiii In lal, II waa acnt Into a
Hon! hern ta to advwat fb gold
atJindard, At a certain plae h waa
Informed by th eommltte that, th
"rally" would begin and end about
th m flm, and that not lnc II3
bad any republican iekr ben pr
mined to flnlah a apei h ther, t-'pon
1 timing tbt fh apeaker aa a rul
had been abl to get out of tb town
and fill their neat appointment, Fair
child determined to mr th altAmpt
a billed, II advlaed tba chairman to
hav no mnalc and to Inlrodue him
by aaylng to th audlenca, "Ton ar
ih poopl and her in th pkf,"
Th chairman followed Inatruetlonn a
llttl too lltorally, II lmply pointed
at tb andtene and then at th pak
ar and dlppari behind tha cna,
Kairehlld began hla pch at ofl'
with on of hi famoua atorlea, Tha
audleni wan partd, Ih colored
folk all bwfng In th gallery, and only
whit popl hlow. In about flva
minute th apeaker mad a pointed
thniwt It th opponent party, when
as organlaad body of young ma In
te . eii'e. t.f . lkt'r i,.ie la
inh.eii !( rain mil 'ii
f a tftH, n4 Ika tle t't
.a4 t ik it'if Mid 'Wn',
rum di 4 U lk t'Mawat
rodeia' Ik ti i.'.
1r ekr la iliie. ik i.Ml
In Ik rHr t4 ' akmitd btt
a thai blk klltald f I ea ainp
11 ii4 kk IM'i t4a iif
l"i'a"
... .
DtWtt l wllinr Vt fVM,
.fc m lit tar titMt Ik
A I mi W f ,
1 her tll In MiM'ia Ik
piraeal lite a ma wkn ba ka
Admiral ! for ik tkiitf
dufiita hiik i iheir -a'tatntam
k ha walked by lb
In il friendly and oiil laincmK'.
In aakln( t.f lb Itn ikiitr I'f
lit fa mini ttv hern Ihla friend aald
"Tbei I llllle illfferem Irfltteen Ik
lleway if tiMtay and Ik Hewey f SS
)at ago I'ewey ,aa aa pipilr an
offlrer aa could b found In lb naty,
and durina our rrulae k wa alwaia
llealieU iral t lini('iela, II Wl
aplendld meramaie, full if manly
nenUtnt nl, and ever rti y to 14 Ik
mlody of hla eei lenor voir In a
i ho til a. On trait Dial al at'
trailed Hi at lent Ion of Hi an n'latui -am
of Admiral te-y wa hi ri
Ircuinly beat appcrani. lie lreaed
In th morning with a atrlei regard for
Ih rii-fiiNtirl of a profeanlnnal imin,
and when b left hi anartiui ma for
lit club 'n Hi evening hi oiiifll tould
li need a a model for a l'-iy m.iti.
Ill flgur I rather le-low medluin
helgbt, but litm and welt knit, Krom
lh conrvtlvly rhaind bl to th
round tried nboe wore, everything
bor th earmark of gi-nil!liy and
refinement, II waa f.itidlou aliout.
cvtry fcainr of hi drera, and alway
had hi ntioc mad on th aame-
hpei laaf, 'I It car It ubnerveil In
hla dre waa followed In the arrange-
ment of bl wardrobe, Kverylhlng had
It4 p1ce, and li knew exactly whert
to find a haudkercbl"f, Klilrt or col
lar. In f' I, h might b railed a crank
on tb nubject, having Invented odd
cttalorn for ki'lng bl ahlita o that
on could not b worn oftener than an
other. They ar all numbered, rang
ing from I to 21, Iti had a chiffonier
containing an eijual number of dtaw
era, Joat wld enough to rcv a ablrt,
II liegln at Ih ftp and wear tha
fthlrt In drawer No, I, then th gr
ment In drawer No, 3, and t on down
Hi lift. II la jot a particular about
other pacta of hla wardr'ite, alao'
Ifrooklya Kgl,
)VaM,lr' freata Mrnth,
On March 4, mi, th dy afer tba
great Napoleon died, A tf torn rr fa J, hf
phyalcian, took a pl'er cat of hla
fa-, and for thla death mk ba waa
mum afterward r-ffered iin.txti by a
wealthy fs,n4un i'ilUlor of cnrloal
tla, refuired th offer and retained
th maxk In bl poreraion until h
had acurd a p"rtH copy of It la
bronre, 'fb wlglnal ct wa then
offered for ) In lndon, Ih prb
aeked Ming flrt kt.M), and after
ward No purchawr, how
ever, appeared, and tb aarn waa tba
raw In Hrula, wber tb prb akd
waa lw,ooo franc, Th bronx mk
had meanwhll fwom Ih property of
th octy entitled tb Hon of Oiory,
all tit whom wr at on tlrn ofllcr
tit th grand army, Whenever a mem
ber of tha aoclety died tb mk waa
placed on hla coffin during lh tnnrl
arv(c, After Ih death of Ih (ant
member lb mk paaaed Into lb po
elon of Mlra Korty, n Kngllah tdy,
Kli baa jut died, and at tha aal of
hr effect th on' famoua mak fetch
ed a comparatively ml aum - rldlcri
loualy amall, Indeed, when compared
with th aum wblrb wa one offered
to Automafcbf.
AwHee Him tirrtlH.
Th famoua Wu grotto of f'aprl haa
now a rival In th tt of Mlnneaota,
It crura In a lak on Ih ahore of
which ther la a cavern of wbiu lm
aton flooded with water, A awlmmer
anter tha cav, and, turning to look
upward, a tb mint beautiful had
of green and bin In th wtr and a
all very abs vr bfa ubmrgd
limb.
CM MwMer,
Top of worn-out fcoota or
maka excellent Iron holder.
bo
, rsi:iri, ixswr.
if m iNiiiai'i n am k to Hit
ajMt HN A fit,
HfiHN (Ml'al
Willi.! aifiill toil Waa I
l ik ) i a ! !
! tieta. M
Whii aitte.iltatu'e, iin" and
piHil, a rtiie nM all er
ih aft4 in KaM !
t ailed Mite 4eiiml it aifi'ul
I tit hM jnal ami edd In Wttkiftg al
leaai eti ! I aid It ta H uk l
talalei fiult lkl imrkali devel
I'ntval nf ii'tnl'iratiim nf rntoniot
ar and ab mUhi lll natl lb
fruit rut of Ih We.l to ti
trull to Ah.erii and in of ta
commerit! tain H fa mini and
. elient Mint i n fit.
I'nr mr yer t'ufi.rai a frnit
gmwei kale tiled In m lo ral
tkt rlbiilrly 4eirlle fruit. Mmh
tnoney w waattil for plann t,d nil
tlnaa, expert fmtn Kin) in and tb
Medlfetiatiean ehutea wer brumM
liet by privaie i r"ti. ami iltn aad
labor were itendri ptlently to ao
as Mil. When lb etll of tb
federul government kga their In
ligation th t'allfotniMa wer about
ready to abandon tb attempt, lul
HOW Ibeie aeim Ut be hard)) a f bam
of fallur, all owing :o lb tub row op
and the tuicntlMt ith bl lb,ile,
Tby bav dot, what Ih "pimilial"
orchard cner could not do with aJI
bl rxperlenie,
Th federl governni' tit'a expert
found that th Mtttyrun fig would not
grow bei heiauMt w lnkd llttlt
Inarct Ibat lived on tb leave of tb
tree n Hmyrn and. by flying from
on to th other, fertilized them, Ko
it one from Wiiahlnt;tm ordfa went
to Miriyrrui for aotne of tbe Dull
hug, which wer ct'tlniencd with lb
hard and timlccrvcd i.jui of IllUHfo-
phaga.
Th utieatlon tmA b-n atudled for
om tlmn by Dr. Klen of tb t'ull
fornU Academy of rblem, Oeorg
V. Roeillng tt rno, Cal,, and John
Ifmh of Nile, (al. At t'reano and
Nile many Hmyrna. Iga, aa well a
wild fig from aouibern Kurop, in
which th ferttll'd Irtnect develop,
wr tartd. Dr. Howard, tb cnto
mologlat of tba depart merit of agri
culture, went lo California to look
over th ground to learn tba condi
tion and to aeffl on tb beet point
at which to attempt fh Introduction
of tba Kuropean In ace t, Anoihey agent
of tho departmefit, Waiter T, Hwlngle,
wa (writ to aortfhrro Kurutm, pnrilf
to twnd to fbl country cutting of all
varb'tiea of wild flg wbbb could ba
fwind, and to tid oer living pcl
men of tha Itiaarophnga,
It wa tboiic.bt worth wbil to rid
fo thla country lb fruit of fb wild
ft, or tba Capri fig, a It la called,
containing th living Irtnecia, and thla
waa don on mny mtunUitm by Mr.
ifwlngfo, A Capr! fig tr wa In
clined at Mr, Itoedlnaa plaa at Vr
m, and, on tha arrival of tba Kuro
pean fig, tba Inaecta, which wra
found to b In pxA rmlUUm, wr
Wrtri within tb Inebwura, Tha
living Inaeet prevlualy bad tn off
fln4 by corrpondenca by Jam
Kblnn of Nile and by Mr, itoedlng,
but tha Inaecf had died lfora repro
ducing, Mr, Kwlngla adopted a nw
method tit pa king for t ran port M'n,
cb fig lining carefully wrapped fa
tin Ml and aealcd with wax, Tha flrat
apclmn wera rlvd at Kreano In
tba mrty prt ot May, lattf, but, ao
far aa roul4 M olervd, nana of thm
laid egg either from thla or mtlnm
ijnent neadtnga. All Ihrwigh fh In
tervening yer wild fig i,uuing bava
Men rclv4 and atrtd undr vary
ing eondlilii, It wa rUrM that
tba attempt tbua far derl"d wera
problematical In tfcHr reaulta, and tha
chance tit ancca wer amall. It waa
planned, Iherefora, to transplant (.'aprl
fig tra Into largo 11 and rurry
them acrotta Iba Atlantic In growing
condition with their fruit nnd tha
ccfttlnd lnca; and ona rbr
larga tre waa t vcr lat aprlng
by Mr, Hwlngl.
ft wow turna mi, however, lht fy
great good fortune mtnm tit tba In
'1 brought over In 1'A did uwri
In penetrating lb cloned flower of
tha Capri fig growing at I'rno, and
that tbey laid Ibcir egg and bv
firtulUttllf ealabllnbed ffarrieye In
f.'allfornia. The firat tj of Iba ax
pcrlmertfaf work la, fberefore, a auo
ceaa, Hlnce tb Inaeet ba maintained
ltlf fur an entlr year, ther la raw
turn to aopno that It will continu fo
breed, and that California In the near
fiiur will be able fo place a fig upon
th market which will poa th
m auperlor flavor a that wbbh
haa glvn tb Imported Hmynn fig
their pre-eminent commercial rank,
Thla flavor m without doult l m
dependent upon the number of ripened
need within tba fruit, Thla fat ha
Men learnad through experlmenta fa
tha artificial fertilization t4 Hmyrna
fig grown fit California, experiment
wera wade by Ir, Klen and Mr, Itoed
Ing, with the tranafer of pollen from
Capri fig by mean of a toothpbk
and by men of a blowpipe. In tbi
way a lrg number of jda wera
fertilized, probably half aa many aa
ara fertlllzad by tb work of tba lilaa
tophagaln Aal Minor, but already tba
rhrarlefle; tnvttr tit tba Knropean
fig waa noticed,
Tk (It ker M nf ft.
From th Chicago Nwi; mi fat tha
depot ''It mut b awfully hard for
tb pofif foreigner who coma to thla
country to find thrmiHv frngr In
a atranga land," Ha "(ih, they don't
mind It, Yon aea, they are ttned to It,
having bea born and rald In foreign
land," ha "True; I nvr thought
of that"
r Aii ti naaut ut
a ae a fet la k t e My t
aaa at
Mr H IMlaw aaik iMt itke la Ihi
d U'eH. a ltl, Wkl e la 4a
i i tw a icmi f iat w m it
' tt I fiMiMea I fxnifie af
lr 4ik. hul k 4e4 la, ttwrilf
Ifcrmiik I let, ftrtM ihmi n.
) r. It writ "tiiiwt wva
la bir4 fwitwa and I ca, -far
4 fr !, Ik wnwi la Iba Irwt
it I re4 aa ttkr r"H mm
ik.mak ker ka'f wa daik. h k4 pwl
bin Her lfa tre wr
iwker rlM4 l'k III'! '
bce-e 4 I ll.4 (hat her Hp,
tie tn4 .if her eai 4 her finger Hp
i a a'aed a dull t4, Hk awtd
m la Moorih ri-nrh, and aked
If I wmild ni Ilk to lak ker away
from ih Ji kit of Mor and Arab.
I i4 t a atranier. a waifarer, and
If her today miaht b ff tomorrow,
Kh told m ah ( Wot a Arwh ('At-
lak he praled!'i' and not a Moor, allh-
r. but a Kouloiirtl-thal I, th hlbJ
of a Mimrlah woman by Turklnh fa
ther, fin girl' fi and manner Ira-
prraeed m greatly, Hh wa not beaxn
llfut, hatdly pretty, but ah had ng
tilarly wlnaom face, with lrg, fine.
lrr lie like eyea, Hh waa a Kurnpean,
a Hinlrd, f.m on of th na!rt
fate, Htrangely, ah wa very fair,
with blonde hair full of a duky gold
aheen, Hh ha been tken lo (Van, at
th eifrem weatern end of Algfl, by
Hpanlh naval officer, and ther In
w week had ben dert!. For
mimn mon'ha aim waa a derelict In that
old lllepano Maureen town. After
her child waa horn ah had rn Inland
to h!!t-t Tlemeen, the old Mxirlli
tewn that atanda within alght of Ui
frontier of Morocco, Tlicr a rich Moor
bad taken tier to hla harem. On hi
doth a few month later aha had been
ptirchaaed by Jew from Alglera, and
atrslghlway aold to a young Turk at
Itona, Tba Turk, when tired of tir.
dlpoed of hi property to an Arab
hlk, who had grown lire! of her in
turn and placed her In the atreet cage,
an article for !. For aome minute f
atood talking to a poor Imprisoned
creature, when a p.iaalng guard took
nolle of the Incident and wblapered to
me In French to mov away at one
and relnrn Ut th foreign quarter, II
had paed on bfor I could ae hi
faee, Th next moment I decried th
evil countetiaiic of a Jewlali-looklng
Moor, behind th cage of th Oran
woman. He wa her owner and h bad
ten llatenlng to our con venation.
When b discovered that b bad not a
purchaaer to deal with h came forward
brufouely, 'Ito you want hr or notT
be demanded, aaecrlngiy. In guttural
Algerian French, 'No? Then b off
with yon, Infldej dog, and by th way
you ram If yon value your akin,'"
A NATURE-LOVER'S WEALTH
Tit following extract from an Inter
view with, Mr. Jobu Uurrousthn, recent
ly publlhfd In Huceeax, contain
thing that ar well worth thinking
about;
"I connlder tha dealr which moat
peraoca have for th luxurl that
money can buy an error of mind, H
man nothing except a lack of blglier
tat. tw h want ar not neceaaary
wanta. not. honor 11 want. If rou
cannot gt wealth with a noble pur-
poi!. It la blur ut abandon ii aui
gat aoiiething ala.
"feat ot mind f on of th let
thing to eek-and finer taate and
feeling, Tba man who get the,
and maintain blmxelf comfortably, la
much mora admlrabia and aucceMtful
than th maa who get money and
neglect the. The realm of power
ha no facfflMon for w, f would
rather bava my clulon and pca
of mind.
"Thl br hut, with Ita bar floor, I
aufficlent, I am t down among tba
beaut I of natur, and In no danger
ot loafng tb rich that ara mattered
all about. No one wilt take my walk
or my brook away from m. Flow
er, bird and animal ara plentifully
provided, I bav enough Ut eat and
l wear, and tlm to how beautiful
Ih world fa, and to enjoy It,
"Tba whole world I after your
money, or tb thing yoti hav bought
with your money, n the trying to
keep t))i-in that make them eem ao
preelou.
"I live to broaden and enjoy my own
llf, bllvlng that fo tut doing I do
what 1 bent for every one, If I had
run after bird only fo writ about
them, f ahould never bava written
anything that any one ee would
have cared to rd, I mut write from
aympatby and love-that la, from an-
oyment-r not at all.
Where fh Oreat fwrl Ar,
A table In H'-di abow that Can
ada lead all other countrlc In tb
extent of br forU, Hb poaaeae
IVt.tM.VM a'-re of foreat-covered land,
agalna 4W,tm,om m r In tba Unit
d Htate. Itnaala la credited wlih
4'4,ZaO,OUO acre, about WtM.WX) mor
lltanjibe t'nlM Hiate, Jndia come
next with J40,foW,uOO, Germany ba
tUMVXi't acre. Franc 23,tiJd,t50, and
tba fttltUb Uland only 2,!5,0O0, Th
tbla doe not Include Africa or Houth
America, both of which contain Im
mna foreta, u may aurprla aom
reader to iern tht th wrccntag of
fort-covred land fa larger fn avral
European countrle, firmany fitr fn
atanc, than fn th l.'itd Mtalea,
lRere flee,
Flrat Tragedin-Jut liaten to thla;
fn California thr ar otrlcb ggi
weighing thre pound," flecond Tra
gedian- Orat Hcott! len t ft lucky
aur troupe didn't get a chance to play
fa California thla year?
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