TO IICIESS THE RIVER
PLATTE TO FURNISH
HORSE-POWER.
2S.OOO
Plans? Under Way to Create an lm.
menee Water Power at
Fremont
Omaha, Neb. (Special.) Engllsh.New
Tork and Omaha capitalists are plan
elng a big thing la the war o( harness
Inf water. The men Interested In the
if project which will add 22.000 elec
trlcal boraepower to Omaha's Industrial
resources are not giving out figures for
publication.
But this can be said: It Is proposed
to dig a canal twenty-seven miles long,
construct a reservoir which will hold a
reserve supply of ,000,000, 000 gallons
f power-productive water, install the
necessary hydraulic and electrical ma
chinery which will generate and trans
mit on a pole line thirty-five miles long
something over 25.000 horsepower, which
will be sold at a profit la Omaha and
South Omaha at the maximum rate ot
125 per horsepower per year. This is
- not a state, county or municipal affair.
The project Is to be forwarded at an
estimated cost of 13,500,000 by capital
1st who sea a good business In selling
electrical horsepower for 2S per year,
generated thirty-five miles away.
It so happens that near Fremont,
which Is about thirty-five miles west of
Omaha on the Platet river, the condi
tions are favorable for a water-power
development with a head of 135 feet
The valley of the Platte river slopes
away at the rate of six feet to the mile
for twenty-seven miles above Fremont.
High bluffs which lead to a plateau
which Is 13S feet above the river at
Fremont border the river, and the level
Is maintained for twenty-seven miles
to the west, with the exception of a rise
from which flows a stream called Elm
creek.
. It Is proposed to build a diversion
dam across the Platte river twenty-seven
mile above Fremont, and from
that point build a canal which will
have a capacity of 4,000 cubic feet of
water a second. The bed of this ca
nal will have a slope of one foot to the
milt, nearly paralleling the Platte va
ey, which has a sope of six feet to
the mile. Apparently the canal wHI
run uphill, for, generally speaking the
non-technical observer would use the
river as the standard for comparing
levels. As a matter of fact the canal
which will be cut through the little rise
mentioned, so as to connect with Kim
Creek, will have a total fall of but
twenty-seven feet, while the river falls
1(2 feet. Elm creek Is to be widened
and improved, and a dam will be put
across It on the plateau before it begins
dropping to the river.
The bluffs along the river bank and
other natural embankments will form
a natural reservoir, which will contain
(.000,000.000 gallons of water, or some
thing over 464.000,000 cubic feet. This
enormous reserve supply will permit
the company to use the water for only
ten hours a day, if required, at a
greater flow than could be supplied by
the canal during the time of use, for the
reservoir would be replenished during
the fourteen "off" hours each day and
during Sunday. If at any time the
company should be called upon to fur
nish Its maximum horsepower for twenty-four
hours It would have the water
n hand to operate the turbines.
Nothing definite regarding the capac
ity of the plant which Is to be Installed
wlU be given out, but a rough estimate,
based on the supply of water which
will be taken from the river, figured on
a head of 150 feel, with an electrical
pressure of 23,000 volts, carried over
thirty-five miles of wire, shows that on
the twenty-four-hour basis 7,200 horse
power can be delivered at the sub-station
In Omaha, or about 25,000 on the
ten-hour bast a
MARKET FOR THE CURRENT.
This energy Is to be sold to the pack
ing houses in South Omaha, the street
railway companies and other consum
ers. The market Is here, ready to buy
the electrical energy. Figures secured
from some of the largest users of steam
power in the city show that with coal
at II. sO a ton delivered the very lowest
that steam power costs Is '!X per horse
power per year on a ten-hour working
basis If the steam boilers and engines
worked day and night the cost would
more than double 125.
Chief Engineer Rosewater of Omaha,
In commenting on the difference in cost
of production between steam and elec
trical power, said:
"It Is curious what a mistaken notion
many mechanical engineers have about
team power. They ascertain the total
amount of coal consumed, the amount
of watv evaporated to the pound of
coal, take their Indicator diagrams and
say That steam plant Is 1,000 horse
power and Its cost 125 a horsepower a
year to operate If ... ....
'Then they compare that cost with
the cost of electrical horsepower, and
do not see any difference. As a matter
of fact there Is a loss of transmitted
energy, due to shafting, pulleys and
belting, the power transmitting agen
cies, of from 0 to SO per cent. The
engine Is run to Its maximum to keep
the shafting revolving, although at
times a large part of the shafting may
be doing no work, for the machinery ta
which It Is connected may be standing
still. Electrical engineers understand
that, for there are few electrical PlenU
In this country which sell 'power' which
do not sell from 20 to M per cent mors
power than they can produce.
The reason Is that In using electric
ity there la a motor for each machine
or group of machines. When the ma
chine Is not working the motor Is cut
o ffand the current Is used by some
other motor. In other words, If an elec
trical plant has 6,000 horsepower capac
ity, It can safely make contract to
supply .W0 horsepower. So It is that
at current rates electricity Is cheepei
than steam power. A manufacturer
who thinks he Is getting his Uam pow
er for IX a year per horse power 1
mistaken. It la costng hm frotntTl to
1100 per year. The people of Chcagt),
U Neni to me, bare a large opportun
ity at hand In the water-power poesl
bllltte. of your drains canaU la
eratand you will be able to bring
from 11.000 to 10.000 horsepower Into
Chicago' That ought to be snoagh t
light the entire city and night and op.
ereto aome of your pump rthewatet
works In the day time. The Bret
L? will be great, bat hi the loe rss
ma will aere am laweaM esaeaat of
PEAR THE VOLUNTEERS.
Politicians Tremaie Lest Volunteer
Tell Talee.
Omaha, Neb. (Special.) President
McKlnley Is wanted by the manager!
of the republican party In this state to
welcome the First Nebraska home from
the Philippines. The regiment Is ex
pected to reach this country about the
middle of August, and if current reporu
are good Indications politics will creer
Into the public receptions for the youth,
ful veterans.
One of the insiders of the republican
state machine, while talking politics in
the Paxton hotel this afternoon, in a
burst of candor said:
"The cold, unvarnished fact is, we
don't know what kind of stories the
boys will tell when they get home. 1
am very much afraid that Correspond
ent HcCutcheon of the Chicago Record
let a whole lot of cats out of the bag
in his last cablegram. His report agrees
with several letters from members ot
the First Nebraska which I have read.
Now If the soldier boys tell hard luck
stories It will do no ood to the admin
istration. This business of fighting the
Insurgents Is all light so long as It If
necessary to restore peace In the Island
and permit the president to go ahead
with his plan of establishing a stable
government there. But our boys didn't
enlist to fight the Filipinos. They went
to the front to fight Spain, and I an.
afraid they will come back and say
things about the conduct of the war
around Manila which will have a bad
effect on us here.
"The president is coming west about
the time the First Nebraska is coming
home, and It will do no harm to him or
to us If he should happen along In time
to shake hands with the boys. They
would appreciate a little attention like
that.
"We want him here when our boys
come and we want Teddy Roosevelt,
too. We intend to burn up this town
when 'Johnny comes marching home.'
But I hope they will not tell many hard
luck stories."
The ooenlna of the Greater America
exposition brought a number of repub
lican and democratic leaders Into Oma
ha. From words dropped here and
there during corridor chats and from
direct Inquiries It was learned that the
oresent war In the Philippines is not
popular with the people of Nebraska.
The common expression was, "Our boys
enlisted to fight the Spanish, not the
Insurgents." Some of President mc-Klnler-s
friends. It Is said, are worried
for fear this Ne-braska-Kansas-Colora-do-Utah-Wyomlng-Montana
Bentlment
might work east to Ohio and cut a fig
ure in the camnalKn In that state. They
are afraid the returning volunteers will
tell tales out of school.
This kind ot talk sprang up ana
spread rapidly when the local papers
reported that the First Nebraska had
left for home.
At the opening of the Omaha expo
sition the fireworks portrait of Dr.
George L. Miller of Omaha received
reater aDDlause than that or MCfun-
ley. Republicans declare that the por
trait of the president was too bad to
reconlzed, but the incident has caused
much talk. At the mention of Otis'
name some hisses were heard and
hand-clapping followed when some one
n the audience called out:' Send Miie.
When Governor Poynter received offi
cial Information that the First Nebras
ka had left Manila he issued a procla
mation urging all citizens to Join In
preparing a welcome home for the sol
iler boys. He afterward said the state
administration would not take sides In
the rivalry between Lincoln and Omaha
for the honor of giving the regiment the
nmclal" reception. But tne repuon-
rans Insist that the democrats have
been working quietly for Lincoln.
It Is evident that, unless the people
of the state, Irrespective of politics,
ake this matter In hand the politicians
3f both parties will smirch the glory
which awaits the fighting lads by using
h welcome home for partisan enos. in
the rivalry between Omaha and Lincoln
iver this affair other cities In the state
are taking the part of Uncoln, because
f an unfriendly feeling toward the
Omaha exposition developed by local
merchants, because the big show takes
trade to Omaha merchants.
it is nossible the solution or tne proo-
lem will be found In two receptions;
one at Omaha and one at Lincoln, so
that President McKlnley may have two
opportunities to shake hands with the
Nebraska boys.
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
Chairman GafTln of the populist state
:entral committee has Issued the fol-
wlng call:
"Call for State Convention, Lincoln,
Neb.. July 8. 1899. The people's Inde
pendent party electors of the state of
Nebraska are hereby requested to send
lelegates from tneir respective counties
i, wnmt in rnnvcntlnn on Tuesday. Au
gust 22, 1H99, at 2 p. m., for the purpose
jf placing in nomination candidates iur
the following officers:
"One Judge of the supreme court.
'Tun roironta of the state university.
and to transact such other business as
may properly come before the conven
tion. "The representation Is baaed upon
delegate-at-large for ench county and
one delegate for each 100 votes or ma
lor fraction thereof cast for Hon. W. A.
Poynter at the election of I89.
"Each county Is entitled to represen
tation as follows:
"Adams 19, Antelope 12, Banner 2.
Blaine 1, Boone It, Box Butte 6, Boyd
Brown 4, Hurraio zi, nun ia, uuuer
i, Cass 23, Cedar 11, Chase 3, Cherry
Cheyenne 4, Clay 17, Colfax 12, Cum-
1 rsr 10 Dakota, ft IllWM 7.
i ...... 11 lkul IMron 10. Dodre 19.
Oouglas in'. Dundy 4. Fillmore lg.Frank-
n 11, Frontier . Furnas j3, uage n,
M 5 rVixner 8. Grant 2. Greelev 7.
Hall 16, Hamilton 16, Harlan 11, Hayes
i unh,'wk a Unit la. Honker 1. How.
ard 12, Jefferson 17, Johnson 11, Kear
ney 11, Keith J, Keys. Paha 4, Kimball
I, Knox 17, Lancaster 46, Lincoln 10, Lo
gan 2, Loup 2, Mcpherson 1, Madison 16,
Merrick 10, Nance m Neman it, ixuck-
s 16, Otoe 21, pawnee u, rem ins ,
ii Pirr a Matt 17. Polk 14.
t , urmAu, a Rlrhantflnsi 24. Hock 2.
Saline 18, Sarpy 11, Saunders 24, Scotts
Bluff 3, Seward 17. Sheridan , Sherman
7,
Sioux 3, Stanton s, Thayer is, Tnora-
as
2, Thurston 5, valley , wasnington
Wayne 8, Webster IS, Wheeler 2,
13,
Y
be
rk IS.
'It Is recommended that no proxies
allowed and tnai tne aeiesjmice yr.
rjut the full vote of their respec
ent
tive delegations.
"It Is further recommended that the
nominations for county officers be made
the convention selecting delegates 10
. ani imliflal conventions.
Where two conventions are held w
would recommend that you reorganise
the county central committee at youi
a.. ...n,runtin a nrl aaad US the' BUBI
and postofflce address of the chairman
and secretary ana comnuii-nDn '
once. J. M. THOMPSON. Secretary.
J. N. OAFFIN. Chairman.
'Satisfactory arrangements have not
yet
been made as to piece tor noiaing
convention and Dlace for SUM
the i
huinirtM durtiur thl
state convention. This will be announc
ed later wnen errangenienis nave boot
completed.
YELLOW PEVER VICTIMS.
Ten New Cases Reported Among
Soldier In Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba. (Special.) Ten
new cases of yellow fever and seven
deaths were officially reported today,
All the victims were soldiers except
one, an American blacksmith. A new
fever hospital has been established at
Bonlato camp, north of El Caney.
Washington, D. C. (Special.) In or
der to make more effective the quaran
tine against the Introduction of yellow
fever from Vera Crux and other infected
Mexican cities the surgeon-general ot
the Marine hospital service has located
Assistant Surgeon L. E. Cofer at the
City of Mexico. He Is Instructed to
keep watch on the railway travel to
the United States.
"There Is not a case of yellow fever
In the United States.' This statement
was made by Surgeon-General Wyman
of the Marine hospital service. "No
case has yet been reported, although,
added the doctor, "It quite frequently
happens that reports are not made as
soon aa the disease appears."
SAVES A TRAIN PROM WRECK.
Charlee Clark, a Farmer, Emulate
the Example of Kate Shelley.
Springfield, III. (Special.) Charlee
Clark, a farmer living near Petersburg,
saved a Chicago, Peoria St Northern
passenger train from a disastrous
wreck.
The rains had caused a washout at
Wilson crossing, two and one-half miles
south of Petersburg. Clark, who had
been working on his farm, was on his
way to Petersburg, about 6:15 o'clock,
when he discovered the washout. He
looked at his watch and saw that the
passenger train from Peoria to Spring.
field was due In three minutes. He took
his coat and hat in his hands and ran
down the track toward the fast ap
proaching train, wildly waving them
The engineer saw the signal and stop
ped the train within about twenty feet
of the washout, thus averting a wreck
which would have undoubtedly resulted
In great loss of life.
Mason Talks In Boston.
Boston, Mass. (Special.) Senator
William E. Mason spoke at the Clan-na-Gael
association's celebration, which re
solved itself into a big antl-lmperlallst
meeting. The senator won much ap
plause by his vehement assertions. He
said:
"Who wants the trade policies of
England? We've had our policy and
England has had hers, and ours Is the
best. Today we are killing men, womfen
and children In the far east because
they want what our fathers fought for.
Some men want to make this a political
question. Twelve months from today all
platforms will contain a declaration for
liberty. Those who do not take It will
ret badly left. If there Is a war at pres
ent It Is the administration's war. Tax.
atlon without representation in Luzon
is the same as it was in Boston when
you dumped the tea into Boston har
bor." GENERAL NEWS.
Oloucester, Mass. Fire destroyed pro
perty in the business section valued at
159,000.
Paris, Tenn. Fire starting In Whit
worth's stables spread to nearly twenty
other buildings. Loss, 1176,000.
Evansvllle. Ind. The steamers John
K. Speed and State of Kansas and the
towboats Alice Brown and Smoky City
are aground at Ford's Ferry.
Wallace, Idaho. The Mammoth mine
started up with twenty-five men. This
Is the first effort to work it since mar
tial law closed It down.
Johnstown, N. T. At Canada lake
Lafayette Vanderpool, formerly super
vlisor of Caroga, and his adopted daugh
ter. Miss Morey, were drowned while
bathing.
Pratt City, Ala. Fire destroyed forty
buildings. Loss, 153,000. The fire began
In G R Atkinson's grocery. Twenty-
one of the places burned were business
houses and the rest cottages.
Bluefleld, W. Va On the Clinch val
ley division of the Norfolk & Western
at Tip Top an engine exploded, killing
Engineer J. D. McColgan, Fireman E.
W. Albert and Brakeman Oscar J. Ow
ens.
Reno, Nev. Fire In the frame block
bounded by Virginia, Second, First and
Center streets destroyed the Roma ho
tel, Kolstex's tailor shop, furniture,
paint, shoe and bicycle stores and Bev
eral dwellings.
Chicago, III. Representatives of the
ten establishments In the United
States manufacturing wire bale ties
held a meeting here. The Increase In
the price of the raw material, the man
ufacturers claim, Is necessary. It will
amount to about 6 or 10 per cent above
present price. An equalization of the
prices was also decided on by manufac
turers agreeing to abide by the decis
ion of the meeting.
Coultervllle, Cal. A fire broke out In
the residence of Mrs. Bogollos. The
facilities for fighting the fire were poor
and within an hour the entire business
portion of Coultervllle, Including three
hotels and four general merchandise
stores, was In ashes. Altogether sixty
seven buildings were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at 1200,000.
An elliptical spring haa been patented
for bicycle saddles, In which two flat
leaves are attached to each other at
the ends by steel rings, the central
parts being bent oppositely with the
seat clamp on the upper aide and the
post clamp on the lower.
To Indicate the number of calls tent
to the central office on a telephone a
new registering device has a push rod
which makes the connection with the
main office and moves the hand oa aa
Indloatlt dial at the
KEY TO PYRAMIDS.
Stone In British Museum Which
Made Plain Egyptian Records.
There are many historic and famous
tones In the world, but few of them
possess the value and Interest of the
piece of black basalt called the "Ro
setta stone," mounted in the west gal
lery of the British Museum. How
many pass idly by this strangely shap
ed object each day and scarce give it
the most casual attention. As a mat
ter of fact, had it not been for the
Rosetta stone, our linguists would have
been absolutely at a loss to decipher
the Egyptian records, the hierogrbrfclc
characters would have been meaning
less tracings.
This stone, however, proved the key
to the language of Egypt, and the Im
portance of the work which has been
accomplished through this knowledge is
very great Indeed. For Instance, many
points of dispute in relation to ancient
history have been cleared up, and In
some Instances Important passages of
the Bible especial 1 relating to the
period of time when the Hebrews dwelt
"In the land of Egypt" have been
elucidated.
The manners, customs and relig
ious rites of the Egyptians have been
brought to light, and, through this
stone, we are enabled to obtain an In
sight Into the early history of this won
derful people. With far-seeing sagacity
the mind which directed the cutting ot
the Inscriptions upon the Rosetta Stone
had it done In three different languages
no doubt with a view to making the
hieroglyphic characters understood by
the clever Greeks, the most Intellectual
people in the world at that time.
The Rosetta Stone Is written In three
languages the Hieroglyphic, the lan
guage known only to the priest caste;
the Demotic, or Enchurlal, the common
speech of the people, and the Greek.
Had It not been for the use of the
Greek, It Is doubtful If the Rosetta
stone would ever have been deciphered.
jf course, every classical scholar has a
knowledge of Greek; by this knowledge
the inscriptions In Egyptian language
on the other parts of the stone were
easily made out, and, by the use of the
key thus afforded, the whole of the
characters of Egypt which are picture
words became very easy to read, Just
as one may decipher the most difficult
of cryptograms If he be possessed of a
key.
The stone In question Is of black ba
salt, as has been said. It Is 3 feet 7
Inches long, 2 feet 6 Inches wide, con
taining one-third of the Hieroglyphic
and nearly all of the Greek portions,
the upper part and some of the sides
having been broken away. The In
scriptions on the stone pertain to a de
cree In honor of Ptolemy Eplphanea by
the priests of Egypt, assembled at a
synod at Memphis. The synod was
convened on account of his remission
of the arrears of taxes and dues owed
by the sacerdotal body. So It seems,
even In those early days, the "sacer
dotal body" were ready to convoke syn
ods on the slightest provocation, espe
cially In regard to their "dues and
taxes.
This in Itself is an Instructive lesson.
which shows us that the world is about
the same today as It was in B. C. 196,
a.hen the tone was set up. The Roset
ta stone In the British museum Is the
only discovered specimen of the nu
merous Inscriptions of a similar nature
wt up at the same time.
The stone was found In 1799 by M.
UouBsard, a French officer of engineers,
luring the French occupation of Egypt.
It was unearthed in an excavation
made at Fort St. Julian, near Rosetta,
L city of Egypt, on the west bank of
the old Bolbltlc Nile. The name "Ro
setta" Is derived from an old Egyptian
rord. "Rousat," meaning "the mouth of
the Nile." Recent excavations show
that this stone was found on the site
of a temple dedicated to Necho II of
the twenty-sixth dynasty. The wor
shippers In htls temple paid nomage to
the solar god, Atum or Turn.
Ware Domestic Uses.
The man was standing on the wharf
it a point where he could see Into the
n on pellucid depths of the Potomac
about tow Inches. He was gaxng down
Just as Intently, however, when the po.
Ilceman spoke to him.
We 17" said the orncer in tnat ais-
urreeable questioning manner a police
man seems to think he has the right to
assume.
'Thanks, yes," sal dthe man with a
wan smile, "about as well as could be
expected under the circumstances."
The officer wasn I expecting mat
kind of an answer and it threw him
off his clew.
I mean." he stammered, "what are
you looking Into that water for?"
"I'm not." smiled tne man again, u
too muddy too Potomacky, I might
say, having used it In my family for
washing, drinking and plastering pur
poses for many years."
'I guess you re an rigm, said tne
policeman, changing the subject.
I don t think I am, coniesseu me
man, frankly. "In fact, I know I m
not. My wife and I were Just discuss
ing that point before I came down
here."
Well, what are you doing here?" In-
luired the policeman, quite as anxiously
as he had made his first Inquiry.
I was thinking what a pity It was
that the war with Spain was over."
"Wliy pity? Everybody s glad or it
thought."
"I'm not."
"Why not?"
"Wei, when there was a war, being
right decent Bort of a man that
makes a rattling good living for my
wife, all I had to do to bring her out
of her tantrums was to threaten to quit
work and go to the front, where the
chances of staying while a wldder wo
man was left at home to scrape along
herself and four small children
couldn't be beat. I say the war was the
urea test domestic regulator on earth,
but It couldn't last, of course. It would
have been too much luck for a man
like me. No. slrree, It had to quit, and
now the best I can do Is to tell my wife
where I'm going and make a break for
his neighborhood, at least three miles
from home, besides the publicity of it.
Good-bye, I guess I'll be going back. If
you see anything of a scart woman
harclng around nere in me course oi
the next half hour, tell her I've gone
home, will you, please?" and he moved
slowly oft toward a street car.
Chicago Times-Herald: Pennsylvania
Mennonltea are proceeding to solve the
tobacco problem In a way that maj
settle the question once and for all. II
was recently decided by their general
conference that the growing of tobaccc
must be stopped. Some of the farmer)
belonging to the church objected to the
decree and announced that they wen
going to carry the matter straight tc
the Lord. They would plant their to
bacco a usual, and If It were lnful t
raise the weed they were confident thai
Ood would bring the fact to their notice
by destroying the crop. At last ac
counts the tobaoco wa growing beautl.
fully and the Pennsylvania siennonuei
were disnoeed to look upon the leaden
of their church a men who had sough!
to take unwarranted liberties with the
affairs of those who were fully capabli
of attending- to their owa baalMM,
ELEPHANT8IN THE ARMY.
Some Point a to Their Employ
ment by the British In India.
One of the most interesting feature
of the English army life presented to
the layman In India Is furnished by
tne remarkable efficiency of the ele
phant brigade, mostly highly developed
through the skill of the Burmese in
handling the giant animals. Their
usefulness In India can scarcely be
Imagined by one not familiar with the
amount and variety of work which
they accomplish, but It would be a
serious mistake to imagine that this
degree of usefulness is attained through
any aptitude of the unwieldy animal
or natural tendency toward it. It is due
solely and entirely to the wonderful
ability of the natives in training the
huge animals and overcoming their
natural inclinations. This cannot be
too highly praised. Neither must it be
Imagined that the use of elephants in
army life Is not attended by great dis
advantages, not the least of which is
the difficulty with which they are trans
ported. The transportation facilities which
are provided for the sole use of the
elephants are quite as remarkable. I
witnessed recently the loading and de
training of a lot of elephants on the
Madras railway. In loading a rope is
fastened to his foreleg and a lot of
natives haul and pull at It to Induce
the animal to take the first steps Into
the car. This is only accomplished.
however, by admonishing him In the
haunch by means of a tusk. The first
step taken is rapidly followed by the
others until he stands safely on the
car.
This portion of the task Is accom
plished comparatively easily, however,
when compared with the next. At first
he is timid and slightly frightened,
but when the car Btarts his fear Is won
derful to behlld. Though he may ride
a hundred times he never overcomes
this fear, though It is much more pro
nounced when he takeB his initial ride
after, say, two months' acquaintance
with civilization. He rends tne air
with wild trumpetlngs, endeavors fruit
lessly to escape, and only ceases his
efforts when the car has again come
to a standstill.
Of course, wonderfully strong cars
are necessary to hold him. They are
made completely of Iron, with huge
iron bars rising to a height of ten or
twelve feet above the platform. Often
these cars are rendered useless by the
twisting of the bars, due to the appli
cation of the occupant s remarkable
strength.
In transporting the elephant by sea
the difficulties are almost as great.
They are raised by means of a canvas
sling from the wharf to the ship,
struggling to escape and rending the
air with their cries. Once aboard rhip
they are easily managed, the motion
not affecting them, because they do not
see the moving panorama before them.
Unloading them Is eay. They are
lowered to a raft beside the ship and
allowed to swim ashore. They take
to the water easily and are excellent
swimmers, being able to swim eight or
ten miles at a stretch without tiring.
The size ot the Indian elephant is
usually about eight feet In height and
ten feet in length. The male is a little
larger, perhaps, about eleven feet, and
weighing about 5,000 poundr.
How to Keep Young.
If we take a little leaf out of the
mind cure books we can have physical
rejuvenation through a youthful spirit,
which must find expression. Cast away
sadness for that is hateful to youth
and cultivate Instead a real Interest in
all that Is going on, whether In the
world about you or In the great world.
Observe a girl of normal Intelligence
who has not been "spoiled." Could any
thing be more striking than her keen
voracious Interest In contrast to the
tired apathy of her elders? Keep your
Interest alive, feeding It on a catholic
ity of subjects, as you value your faith;
for if certain mental muscles are not
used they will atrophy and you will be
old, no matter what Is the date of your
birth. Every human being you encoun
ter Is the central point of the universe
from his or her point of view; how,
then, can such a one escape the in
terest of others? Every life has its life
aims Just as vital as yours. Interest
yourself in others, and, with no such
intent at heart, you will fin dthe spirit
Away back in nursery days we learn
of the little girl who wept In contem
plating the bridge she did not have to
nross after all: but the lesson did not
go very deep, for we keep on worrying,
until we have lines up ano oown me
forehead and lines acrots. "The thlrty
var marks" thev call them, but that 1b
a mistake. Thirty years of worry would
wrinkle a marble forehead, but thirty
years of optimism would keep smooth
the most delicate skin. Worry spoils
the digestion and brings ill-health,
which in turn ruins beauty. Worry en
wraps the mental faculties and prevent
them from free exercise, hampering
Judgment and shutting out light. Even
those who do it most Know now mrac
affect them, yet still keep on; for not to
worry means a condition of spiritual
strength and elevation which is only
attained by gradual process, and every
one has not learned the way. The lines
on the face are the expression oi me
body's guest." They will come; but
who could object to a crinkling around
thf eves that make a smile the merrier,
or lines about the corner cf the mouth
that have a kindly meaning? l ucn
lines stamp the face with unoying
youth.
To Awake at a Fixed Time.
One of the most Interesting phases
connected with sleep Is that !n which
a determination, formed over night that
one should wake at a certain hour, acts
true to the appointed time. In certain
instances with which I am acquainted
the idea acts perfectly; in others, it
acts occasionally, and In other cases It
falls completely. The explanation oi
this habit depends on what one may
term a "dominant idea." or an "idee
fixe." as the French term It. "
There Is something akin in this wak
ing notion to the "dominant Idea" with
which a hypnotist may Impress his
facile subject. If we substitute for
the hypnotist the Individual himself,
or, mayhap, the idea of the friend who
has been impressing upon him the ne
cessity of sounding the reveille at a
given hour In the mornig, we can dis
cern the rationale of the action with a
fair degree of clearness.
The dominant Idea In the shape of
the necessity for awakening at a cer
tain time Is Impressed on the brain,
and Is probably transmitted to those
automatlo or lower centers which rule
our mechanical acts, which are re
sponsible for the visions of the night,
and which are capable of carrying out
either In the entire absence of con
sciousness or In the exercise ot a sub
conscious condition, many complex
actions. Through the hour of leep
the dominant Idea remain Impressed
on these lower center. The head of
the business sleep on while the night
watchman I awake: and o, prompt
to the time, or shortly before or after
It, the slumbering brain Is awakened
to the full measure of Its activity.
Harper's Magasln.
FLYING SQUADRONS."
Some people are so far out of touch
with modern life that they surprise
and disappoint some who, without In
timate acquaintance, try to give them
assistance, say Wm. Ooodell Frost. I
recall a breesy mountain top, and a
young hunter, whose woodcraft had
won my admiration. Delicately I touch
ed upon the question of education.
"Can you write numbers."
"Reckon I kin write some numbers."
Then on a piece of bark I drew the
nine digits. He read them all. Next
came the combination of figures, and
I included the date, 1897.
"I don't guess I can tell that thar."
"Do you know what 1897 mean?"
"Hit' the year, hain't It?"
"But why I this year called 1897 T
It Is 1897 years since what?"
"I never heard telL"
Another instance came to liarht
through the distribution of reading
matter. When I was young in the
mountains I distributed a barrel of
copies of the New Tork Independent.
and had great satisfaction in observ
ing the eagerness with which they
were taken. A little later I discovered
that these simple folk could not com
prehend the high theme discussed in
that excellent periodical, and that their
eagerness was only to secure paper for
the walls of their cabins! Tet In many
places a mere scrap of printed paper
will be cherished. More than once one
of our extension lecturers ha been in
tercepted in attempting to throw Into
the fire the paper that ha been
wrapped around some toilet article.
Don t burn thet thar. stranger, hit
mought have some news in hit."
So, too, It Is pitiful to see how help
less these people are In estimating the
things of the outside world. The story
Is quite credible of the mountaineer
In Georgia who Inquired why the folks
of the country were not more "tore
up" over the Spanish war. "It hev bin
giv out in our settlement," said he,
'thet them Spanish has flyln' squad-
roons, and we 'low that If one ot them
things should light in our parts they
would be as hard on us as the rebs."
ATTENTIVE HUSBANDS.
The fact that your husband 1 your
husband does not mean that his love
will always be yours. Men, even the
very best of them, are fickle, and once
you allow him to tire of you, he will
soon find some one else to fill his
thoughts.
You did your best to please and fas
cinate him before you were married;
you need to be even more fascinating
and pleasing now. And why? Tou did
not belong to him before, now you do.
It is man's nature to be always in
the pursuit of something, therefore if
you wish to keep his live, you must
keep up his Interest in the chase. Nev
er let him feel that he has actually
captured you. Flirt with him, tease
him (when be is in the pioper mood for
it).
Keep up the romance as long as pos
sible and don't get commonplace. Flat
ter him, trust him, and be careful not
to make him Jealous. Jealousy, though
an excellent thing for a lover, is a
very bad thing for a husband. One
thing you must understand, it is a very
occasional man who cares to be both
ered with his wife's troubles; he may
expect you to hear and share all his,
but he looks for nothing but brightness
and Joy from you.
It rests with yourself whether you
think it worth while to humor him or
not. Only, if you do not give him the
consolation he wants be will go else
where for It. Once lose him In this
way, and you may consider him lost
forever. Tou must be to your husband
what he wishes you to be; never mind
whether It is what you want to be or
not; he may not want to be happy in
your way, so do your best to make him
happy in his way.
No man likes to see his wife looking
untidy, or cross, or miserable; there
may have been many things to make
you so, but all too trivial to explain to
him. The wife who wants to keep her
husband's love must make up her mind
to work hard for It.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
Chicago Post: An eastern clergyman
says stiff collars and religion do not go
together. He has gone so far, however,
as to Insist that virtue doe not exist
in a shirt waist.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: It appears
that the Connecticut pastor who offici
ated at the Belmone-Sloane wedding re
ceived a 1500 fee for his services. It
must be remembered, however, for the
honor of the cloth, that he sent It back
again.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: The minister
who married Perry Belmont and Mrs.
Sloane has expressed his regret at be
ing an instrument in so irregular a
proceeding, but his penitence is tem
pered with the consoling thought that
the affair drove the wolf 1500 further
from his door.
PittBburg Dispatch: Without desiring
to point the finger of scorn, it must be
admitted that the pastor who has to
give up a 1500 wedding fee for marry
ing divorced people and be censured by
his clerical brethren at the same time
Is Justified in regarding the present
as an era of hard luck.
Minneapolis Tribune: The sort of crtt.
icism which Archbishop Ireland ha
stirred up in Europe is highly credit
able to his character as a thoroughly
representative American. A prelate of
whom the reactionary element of
France approves would be open to sus
picion among all progressive people.
Startling happenings are rapidly
crowding the life of William Wilson
Sloan, Jr., the 20-year-old Harvard stu
dent who was to have served as chief
usher at a fashionable Cambridge wed
ding, but who himself married the
bride. Rose Lincoln Edwardes, a few
hours before the time set for the orig
inal ceremonies. Young Mr. and Mrs.
Sloan are now In New York City. With
in twenty-four hours thl I what hap
pened to the college boy: Tuesday aft
ernoon, May 21, he was to have been
head usher at his friend's fashionable
weddlng.but Instead he eloped with the
bride-to-be and married her. Wednes
day morning his father, a millionaire
of Buffalo, disinherited him. Wednes
day noon it was discovered that the
college law which forbids the marriage
of fershmen expelled him from Har
vard. The elder Sloan, who, with his
wife and daughter, was In Boston on
Wednesday, called at the home of the
bride's parents In Cambridge, and ex
pressed his displeasure at the marriage.
He said that the boy would have to
take care of himself, and he Intimated
that he might take measure to annul
the marriage on the ground that the
boy wa under the age of consent. Mrs.
Edwardes, the mother of the bride, had
expressed, It Is said, her displeasure at
the marriage between her daughter and
young Sloan.
In pleading (or the release of her son,
who bad been taken In the tolls of the
law, a Georgia mother said: "That's
never been nuthln' asfln' him, yr hoe
nsr; he alius shrunk from the pubUo
rase. He never has ma fer aaturssm,
he never wus In the leflslatuf, aa' fcM
alius worked fer his UrtaT'