fill CEE CEGOIITS
AMY MOW NUMBERS NEARLY
IOO.OOO MEN,
Esei utting to Be Don In Eastern
Ette-Offioer to BeChoeen
From Pormor Volunteere.
Washington, D. CL (Special.) An or.
Ear has been Issued directing that ten
additional regiments of infantry vol
UBteers be organised for service in the
Philippines The regiments will b
rnnbtnd from U to 47 and will be or
ganised at the following places In the
rder named: Fort Knelling, fort Crook,
Pa.; Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.; Fort leav
en worth, Ks. ; Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
and South Framtngham, Mass.
The colonels and lieutenant colonels
f the new regiments are announced as
follows:
Colonels Thirty-eighth. George 8.
Anderson, major Sixth cavalry; Thirty
ninth, R. L. Bullard, captain sub-department:
Fortieth, E. A. Godwin, cap
tain. Eighth cavalry; Forty-first, T. C.
Richmond, captain Second artillery;
Forty-second, J. M. Thompson, major
Twenty-fourth infantry; Forty-third,
AJtbur Murray, captain First artillery;
Forty-fourth, B. J. McClernand, cap
tain Second cavalry; Forty-fifth, J. 11.
Dorat, captain Fourth cavalry; Forty
nlsth. W. 8. Schuyler, captain Fifth
cavalry; Forty-seventh, Walter Howe,
captain Fourth artillery.
Lieutenant Colonels K. B. Pratt, cap
tain. Twenty-third Infantry; C. J.
Crane, captain Twenty-fourth Infantry;
By rue, captain Sixth infantry; J.
B. Mallory, captain Second Inftnary; E.
H.Browder, major, Judge advocate; Jas.
Barker, captain, rourm cavairy; r
.i. Minhlor cantain Fifth cavalry: W. an Incoming steamer reports that
E. "Wilder, captain Fourth cavalry; J. I teen miles off and drifting sborewards
H. Beacom, captain miu intantry, , there are nnumerable bodies of human
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Ue Herald from Baa Joan saps:
Communication kaa now been raster
A la the direction of Poaoe aa far a
Gtugas. The whole country kaa bae
devastated.
Ia every section the hurricane de
stroyed all the towns and Tillages. The
people whose homes were wrecked are
wandering about, seeking food and
shelter.
In the towns the stench of the decay
ing bodies under the ruins of homes Is
becoming unbearable. In Yabucca both
of the government physicians were
caught in the wreckage and wounded.
The town will be set on fire In order
that an epidemic may be avoided.
Ir. Allman of Arecibo writes that up
to August 13 no assistance of any kind
had reached there. There is almost an
unbearable stench, and unless aid
comes within a few days he declares
there must follow a fearful epidemic
It Is certain that there are many bodies
lying in a state of putrefaction under
the ruins, but it Is impossible to nna
laborers to clean up the towns. At
I'once there has been a public protest
against negligence of the mayor and
he has been forced to resign.
Reports from Naguabo. Corozal, Agu
adala Comerce and Guayanilla are that
these towns have been destroyed and
that the municipalities are without the
means to relieve distress.
San Juan. too. Is likely to be threat
ened with an epidemic. The captain of
nf
'HOW
tat voaw
have a nrat-ebva circuit rsaohinf at
houses. It la a metallic eirculHW taN)
Tha nv rcurimentR will be organized
under the general Instructions Issued at
the time the first ten regiments were
called out In the list of lieutenant
Kinnli announced it is not known
haihor Uornard A. or Chari
tm inAMH Unih am ca.uta.infi
-Sixth infantry. General Utls has not
cabled the full name, as the officer was
designated by him.
With the thirteen regiments already
called Into service, the ten ordered to
day will make a total of 30,000 in round
umbers of the 36,000 volunteers au
thorized. TO REINFORCE OTIS.
"The polloy of the war department,"
uid Kiretsxv Root. "Is to furnish
beings and cattle, mingled Indlscrim
tnalalif u l h tha wrarlfflPd nf houses.
At Pnnial 11A kniiaoa UDrt WrPClfad
like shells, and only a dozen houses and
the side walls of churches built of ma-
t.n AAt thiol; rnmiiln RtAnrilnrF.
announced it is not known Thft aro crylnK ror bread but non.
Bernard A. or Charles Byrne ,g f0rtncOmlng. a8 all the others are In
ed. Both are captains In the ' lmolt th(l Rame crclIm!,tances. Lead
ing merchants estimate the losses In
stores and In the crops of coffee, sugar
and fruit for the next three years at
fully $76,000,000.
Big Four May Have Strike.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) Railway men
say there Is a possibility of an engi
neers' strike on the Cleveland, Concln-
on. ,ith an th trofitis andlnati. Chicago & St. Louis, ethewlse
supplies that he can use and which are j known as the Big Four, over wages. A
necessary to wind up the Insurrection 1 conference between a committee repre
t.?hIt.hl"1PPlnC8 theBh0rte8t P08-!.entlng the locomotive driver, and
The secretary was speaking of the General Manager scnart, nnisneo. touay
without having reached an agreement
As the committee had failed to reach
an agreement with the general man
ager, President Ingalls will be asked to
take up the case. Grand Chief Arthur
of the engineers was notified of the conJ
dltlon by wire this afternoon.
There was a general cut in ins
is:)3
ten regiments which were called out
today by vrder of the president." He
aid that no delay would be allowed in
enlisting, equipping and supplying the
new regiments nor in transporting them
to the Philippines as soon as they were
needed for active operations. If the
present number of transports Is lnsulll
dent more will be procured.
.... ,.iHnu Knlaic1 fnr- tha
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Philippine service will be sent at once wages of I!lf Four engineers in
and the new regiments will be for
warded as fast as they are organized
and needed. While there has been some
suggestion that the new regiments will
be used as a reserve force, It may be
Stated positively that these regiments
as will more. If they can be used, will
be sent to reinforce General Otis.
Secretary Root sent a copy of the
order of today to the various depart
ments of the army and they at once be
gan preparations for supplying the new
organizations.
Within half an hour the ordnance
bureau had sent orders to the different
arsenals directing that complete out
lines and to ten miles Ions;. Tne nam
has been up for tares years and ia par-
fectljr satisfactory. It reaches two
poetofflcea, one railroad station and
one large nursery office. The nursery
has a lonr distance telephone rear'
Ing to the city, and by the courtesy of
the nurseryman, all telegrams, mes
sages or Inquiries are reported to the
proper points In the city. This gives
telegraph facilities to all, and the doc
tor, the merchant and even the grocet
and lawyer can be reached In a few
moments.
The Instruments cost 12 each. Tha
lines are No. 12 or 14 galvanized wire,
costing about 2V4 cents a pound, ana it
takes about 150 pounds to the mile for
the double line. The insulators Of
knobs are of porcelain and cost 1 cenl
aniece. The poles were cut from the
woods, of oak, swamp ash, slippery
elm, or similar wood, are twenty feet
tag, sunk three feet in the ground, and
have a cross bar of 2x4 stuff, Z'i
feet long, spiked near the top of the
nole. the knobs being fastened on the
top of each end of the cross bar by a
u-lr strike nail. Each Instrument has
a different signal; for instance the call
signal for the first instrument on the
Ine is one ring of moderate length; the
second instrument, two rings; the third,
three rings; the fourth, four rings; the
fifth one long and two short rings; the
seventh one short and two long ringnt
the eighth, two short rings. In a feW
dayB the signals are learned as readily
as if it were the man's name. Of course
every signal rings every bell on the line
and all persons on the line can hear all
conversations If they see fit; but it Is
our unwritten law mat me mibi pri
son caught eavesdropping will be taken
out of the circuit. No trouble has ever
occurred for that cause. Secrets are
not generally talked over a telephone
anyway, and young folks have bunoay
evenings for that. At the close of a
conversation the user rings oft with a
short ring or click, to let any other
prospective user know that the line Is
free again. Any bright boy or man,
with the instructions from the makers,
can put up the instruments and attach
them, and the boya and men on the
farms can put up the poes and string
the wires. If only one wire is useu.
there will be a good deal of "ground
noise," as the earth serves for the other
line to make the circuit. If two lines or
a metallic circuit Is used, the noise is
avoided, and the conversation Is much
more easy to understand. The lines,
when up, are absolutely the property
of the persons erecting them and are
not subject to rental from any firm or
corporation. We began with only two
Instruments and as others saw the val
ue they added on. We also have a ten
STORY OF MOCHA COFFEE.
Mocha la not alone the name of a
kind of coffee, Dut also a port ire
men) on the Red Sea. The patron
saint of both was Schelle Schoedeli,
whose memory is venerated by the
Mahometans almost as much aa that
of Mahomet himself.
One day, 600 years ago, a vessel
from the Indies cast anchor in the
port. Those on board had noticed a
hut, and they disembarked to see wnai
it was.
T-ha ahpllr tfiw It VL'n H his dwelling)
received the Btrangers kindly and gave
them some conee vo anna, lor ne waa
very fond of it and attributed great
virtue to it.
The travelers, who had never seen
coffee before, thought that this hot
drink would be a cure for the plague.
Schoedeli assured them that through
his prayers and the use of this drink
that not only would the plague be
stopped, but also that if they would
unload their merchandise they could
make a good profit by It
The owner of the ship was impressed
by this strange man, especially as he
found the coffee so palatable. On the
same day a large number of Arabs
came to listen to the hermit's preach
ing, and among them were some mer
chants who purchased all the goods on
the ship.
-piiu Tnilun vlultnr returned home.
and telling his strange adventure and
r,i.i,HinhiB trailincr. manv of his com
patriots came to visit the saintly
Schoedeli.
A beautiful mosque waa bunt over
the tomb of Schoedeli after his death,
and his name will never be forgotten
so long as Micha coffee is drunk. All
of the Moslem coffeehouse keepers ven
erate him, mentioning his name In
their morning devotions. Travelers say
that in the town of Mocha or Ocha as
the Arabs call it, men Uke their oath,
not by God, but by the memory of
Schoedeli.
l-truments on .t.
In our CTfat peach orchards in Georgia,
Ins- the telegraph In the
town, offices, packing sheds and farm
houses all together. Have been using
that line for four years past. There
should be no trouble In getting permls-
. Hlf)n t0 erect the nne alimg the publio
Seek a Profit In Sugar. 'highway, or across farms or into the
New York. (Special.) A committee ; village or smaller towns. Now, as to
representing the National Wholesale ; the cost: , ;
Grocers' association Is In the city for
' imr.nva,l nnA thi rnfld heean to make
j money, the old wages would be restor
ed in whole or at least In part. The
I engineers say the company is more
. prosperous now than at any time In Its
! history and the promise to make the
restoration in wages ought to be kept.
WATER FOR CX'CUMBER VINES.
The best plan to keep your cucum
ber vines from turning yellow and dy
ing from the effects of a drouth or very
hot weather, is to water them gradual
ly tut a lot of tin canB such as
f..,iit tu rmt nn in tomato cans are
best, because they hold more; punch
.. u, ir, tv,o Vinttom of each ran
u-ith an oio-ht-nennv wire nail. ion
..o,i r,,,t i.nthpr about the uneven
edges of the cut top of the can; we are
not going in lor Deauty, out iur eneuw.
Ktick these cans down In the cucum-
v,..- v,m.. nno to a h . to w thin an
Inch of the top, and close beside the
body of the plant, it mignt oe umi
i, r,w,nnr. timo tn nlant these cans
in the hills was when the seed were
planted, but we did not put in our cans
i.rttn the vines were up and nearly half
thcoa cn with water
once a day and your work is done. hTe
few holes keep the water from running
out too fast, and yet It all gets out. It
is far better than sprinkling, because it
takes the moisture to the roots where
It is most needed, while a sprinkling
,vets the leaves and the surface of the
ground but is no benefit to the roots.
The best time to fill the cans is just
after supper, for when they are filled
at that time, the water gradually
moistens the hill during the night, and
the vine is ready for the sun and heat
of the next day. Georgia Doty, Henry
county, Tennessee.
WELLS THAT BREATHE.
60
or 14 galvanized
wire at 2o 3-75
rr,.l..h nn.nl!. fa 112.00
arsenals directing mat - .- : ----- . t V V 7u""Z .Y M
St. of mnis and ordnance supplies iur nne purpose ui (ciui m poim - ,i
each regiment be sent to the rendezvous : Vg0 Mm! pian of enforcing the factor f,0 knobs at lc.
t . u... ha nrcmnlzed. The I . , ii-j t v. 1 1W) lbs. No. 12
wucw v.... - -' agreement, ine mtrinino wwnu -
ETSTZtM1: thC refiners and
other equipments furnished by that de- ; conferred with the managers of those
partment, while the commissary de- j concerng eregardlng the visit. The
mend'y"?hi'm!mit important visit was to At buckle
as fast as they arrive. The medical de- ( Bros. The committee had a conference
with representatives 01 tne Minitnu
It was intl-
partment was also directed to see that .
auoulles were sent
WILL RECRUIT IN EAST.
mi . ...Ml K ra,iiiltfl with
ine rcHiiv " - , pan
the same care exercised In recruiting ke,.
The districts which were not thor
oughly covered In the recruiting of tha
first ten regiments will be visited. It is
the Intention to have the regiments
give uire attention to firing than to
ar.er feature of the drill. The men
f farmed, as are the regular in
t yieglments, with the magazine
ar in j rill e.
The selection of the majors asd com
pany officers for the regiments Is now
occupying the attention of the secre
tary and the men are being chosen from
among the volunteers who were called
tut In the Soanlnh war. J ne omccrs
Rucar Refining company
i mated to the members that the com
pany was in accord with the errort to
keep up and enforce the factor plan,
hut the grocers themselves must De
looked to to enforce the agreement Un
der this agreement the grocers who sell
at the regular prices are insured of a
profit, say of 1-18 cent per pound.
I lb. spikes
Expressage on
factory
Instrument from
B
1.00
Alger Out of Politics.
Chicago, 111. (Special.) A special to
I he Tribune from Montreal says "I am
absolutely out of politics," said Gen
eral Alger, former secretary of war In
President McKlnley's cabinet, today.
General Alger called at the Bank of
Manager
f Houston. He said he was graterui to
he Canadian press for its courteous
tone during the recent controversy.
"The American newspapers," he add
't, "were servere," but he thought it
better not to discuss this question fur
ther at the preiient time.
"And you have really abandoned act
ive politics?" he was asked.
"Absolutely OUt or It, ne naiu, mm
thin was uttered In a tone that left no
room for doubt.
"".S i" V".r'""(i;tv ;-.hI Montreal to see General
will urn uihiiuuuki "H"1"" - i -
Bible among tne ainercin nam,
efficiency records of the men will gov
ern to a great extent In their selection.
It appears from the orders that the
ten new regiments are to be mainly re-,
erulled In New England and the central
and western states. Kansas and Penn
sylvania have apreiiy heon selected
aa the best Held for recruits. It is said
that no special effort Is to bs made to
secure recruits in tne miitn
This is due. It Is said, le the experience
of the olTlcers who sneratMl In that
quarter for recruit Se ten vol
unteer regtments JufC ostsvuzed. The
only places where dltlnaky was egpefU
ed In securing men was la rJeorsa, A -abana
and the Carolines and the gulf
states and the two northwowtera la
eiflc states.
Today's action will add 13,090 men to
tha enlisted strength of the army and
increases the total strength of the army
to t.W men. The total number of
volunteers railed Into service Is 80,170
men, being only 4.sf men short of the
total authorised TWtunteer establish
ment of 36,000. It I stated at t he de
partment that the number of volun
leers called Into service Is regarded as
amply sufflrtent to meet the deficiency,
and there Is no possibility
malnlng 4,i volunteers will be called
lor.
Testerday's recruiting for the volun
teer array amounted to 2S8 men, as
Ing the total recruitment to date 14.J",
or 1.0St In excess of the number re
quired to complete the ten rglmnta
organised under the orders of July
AU of thM regiments have aecured
taetr full quota except the Twnty
alnth regiment, at Port JPberson.
OV; the Thirty-third, at Port Earn
Howten. Tern., wid tte Thlrty-Mth
regiment at Vaacourw Barracks. Tbe
To Escape the Trust.
rwrntt. Mich. (Special.) A sponta-
n.n. movement looking to the estab
lishment of a window glass manufac
turing plant sprang up today In the
1 . . s . i iL.nlatv nf American
(convention 04 wi3 '
Florists and Horticulturists here. Dif
ferent men declared that the window
. kM,lnw MArhllant
glass irusi w
prices, and when E. O. Hiu oi inaiana
made a proposal that the society or
ganize a window glnss manufacturing
corporation It was heartily taken up. A
committee was appointed to formulate
a plan and report to the convention.
Print plans contemplate a company
with from 112.0(H) to $20,000 capital.
Chicago, III. The national sociologi
cal convention opened today at Lake
muff. The attendance was targe, stu
dents of sociology from all parts of tha
country being present. Rer. J. O. E
.n. ucM-rlntendent of the association.
read a paper on "The Development of
True Manhood." Miss Ellen Hood, as
sistant secretary of she oonvsntloa,
presided at the World' a Women'e Carle,
tlan Temperance union school of tneth
ads. Bhe made a brief address on tha
school, showing the Importance and dif
ficulty of the work to be dona eloag
temperance lines.
Total 22-30
Or In other words, one Instrument
and a mile of wire erected would cost
In round numbers, say $26. From this
estimate all others can be made. The
Instruments are not cheap toys or play
things, but good, substantial electrlo
telephones, as good as the best. Not
one of our members would think of tak
ing out their Instruments. Any bright
boy with a little Instruction can renew
the batteries, keep tho line in order,
and give It personal oversight, at a few
hours time per month or quarter, at a
nominal cost or no cost at all, scarcely.
It Is astonishing how often a farmer
and his family would use such a line.
In this system no exchange or switch
board Is needed (which would cost $50
at least) and no operator la needed to
connect parties, which would cost still
more, for a year's service to all the
members. N. T. Albaugh In the Ohio
Farmer.
Blowing or breathing wells are
strange phenomena which exist at
Sauk City, Prairie du Sac and Merri
mack, Wisconsin.
At those places wells have been put
down to depths varying from 60 to
130 feet. and. strange to relate, they
exhale the air for a iierlod of 24 hours
and then inhale for a like period. In
cold weather water Is frozen at a
depth of over 100 feet, causing the
.. ,.inou tn burst in many cases.
Recently Charles Stoddard put some
light boards over his well and during
the night the exhalation blew part of
the boards off.
One man covered his well, except a
,i t .l f thrnnirh one of the boards,
and when' a hat, folded newspaper or
other similar object was piaceu
. hinwn off. The
tne noie ii -
air seems to come from a stratum of
very coarse gravel, In which there is no
sand or other substance, except a little
soapUke matter.
AN ARTISTS IDEAL.
Nathan farter waa rain U fast aa
a sai wnnlri t a If A him tn offer himself
and hie fortune to Miss Nellie Clenden
nln, but the face that haunted him as
he rolled along waa not Miss Clenden
nin's. It was a face of great beauty,
serious face, with wide, dark blue eyes
and a tenderly curved red mouth.
Only a dream face, but at two and
thirty Nathan Carter was a bachelor
KorniinA nf It.
"Pshaw! what a fool I am!" He
gathered himself together with a Jerk.
The Jerk terminated in a jump, mi
there at the window of the Markvlew
hotel was the face, framed in furs and
feathers and looking down wistfully
Into the street.
He left the car as eon as it turned
the corner and hastened back to the
Markvlew. The face was gone, but
even aa he looked a lady and gentle
man descended the steps to a carriage
that awaited them. The lady was
very young, slender and graceful, and
for one moment those wonderful eyes
met and held his. Then she was hur
ried into the carriage by her com
panion, a tall, fine-looking, gray-haired
man, evidently her father.
Carter heard the order, "To the
Tenth street depot!" and in a few
minutes was clattering after them.
rn,c o,.i urc.iin.il toward the window
and, one of her parcels slipping from
her arms, In her endeavor to recuvci
it the remainder were scattered on the
Ann fnrter cathered them up in a
twinkling and offered to tieup one
whi.h had (waned Its fastenings, ne
seated himself beside his dream and
id "Thank you." he
could not summon fortitude to leae
her.
r. ionoi nvor and snoke rapidly.
earnestly and with convincing elo
quence;
'T oaw vnn at the hotel. Do you
know I hae been seeking you ten
years? Your face come to me in a
Hrefim unrl I have never despaired of
nnrilne- vou until today. I was going
no matter where, but I saw you. 1
could find no way to speak to you, so
I followed you here, hoping against
hope. Jf you knew how your face has
un..ntri mo vnn would forgie me.
"See, here is my card. I have travel
og q Tit deal. Derhaps some of your
rrinnda mav know me. You are not
angry? You think this is Burely some
rno than mere chance? I have
i , ,,n,. tare, an lnnT. I knOW itS
liyvcu M- u, -
every feature.
TV... n-ll'c r.ft eves fell.
"I saw you when we came out of the
hotel, and I I like you," she said very
softly.
The blood leaped to Carter's cheeks
.. v, Hftori hla hand impetuously,
but let It fail again. Her very inno
cence was her protection, and he only
touched the hem or ner ca.pe
..;.V. v.o D,,nh Khort time! Tell
VVC l"c ! -
me where you are going, where I can
see you again. I will find- a way, if
v, ona nf the earth. I can-
1L O IU LUC tin-tn v... -
not lose you again."
The girl glanced at the clock.
"Yes." she said shyly, the color com
ing and going In her cheeks. "We are
going to New York and shall stop at
,iA,rf rvimp there and I will
Uie vvaiuuu. w
see you ' '
"Whom shall I ask for " he was
beginning, but she held up a warning
'We must not let him know," she
whispered as the tall gentleman, red
and breathless rushed up to them.
"Here we are, dear," she said, smil
ing, In her silvery-sweet voice. I
haevn't been alone. I have met an old
friend Mr. Carter, allow me to in
troduce you. Mr. Carter, this is my
h"Veryd' happy, very hapy, Indeed,
Mr Carter," flustered the gentleman,
as he shook the rigid hand extended to
him. The bell clanged loudly and he
seized the girl's arm and hurried her
breatniessiy tiwu.,. ,v,ni,irter
She looked back over her shoulder
and smiled, bewitchingiy, his
T)o not forget your-lesson, she said,
Carter had walked many miles be
fore the crash of the elements subsld
1 R i i of-nnd into something
ed anu urn ui am .-,.v...- n.
... ... i ooim He and Nellie
me us ubuq. - weeks
Clendennin were married six weeks
later. Chicago Times-neiam.
Alfalfa Dying.
A west central Kansas correspondent
writes that In his locality there Is a
good deal of trouble with alfalfa that la
dying. The ground Is In good shape; It
Is from eight to sixteen feet to water
and the fields that are dying are from
one to five years old. The difficulty oc
curs In sandy loam. There will be
knolls In the field where one would
think the planls would die soonest, and
there the plant will be In Its best con
dition, while on the lower places it will
be perfectly dead. This is the first
season In which we have heard com
plaint of this character, and we are
somewhat at a loss to know with any
certainty what the causo of the trouble
Is. The first thought that naturally
occurs to one Is that the killing out la
due to the severe conditions that pre
vailed last winter, and although some
of the points In the description of the
conditions given do not favor this Idea,
It may possibly be the reason for this
trouble. If sny of our readers who are
growing alfalfa under. similar condi
tions to those above Indicated have met
with the difficulty and are able to sug
gest a probable reason other than tha
severity of the winter, we should be
glsd to hear from them briefly.
Bhe I'll bet when Adam first met
Eve ha put on an air of superiority. Ha
Well, there was nothing else to put
on. Just at that time.
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
At a woman's luncheon the other
day the talk got around to human
ethics, and the singular Identity of
feeling in all classes and conditions
that moved to mutual expression in
moments of appeal. One guest told
how, even the day before, she had
smiled, even laughed outright, with an
utter atranger over a little street
comedy. Another spoke of an accident
she Just missed seeing and of the
wholesale way in which the passers
by, rich, well-to-do and humble, stop
ped and Interchanged Inquiries and ex
clamations with each other concerning
it. Another told how tne most prim
and most strait-laced of spinster aunts
had once relaxed conventionality and
made common cause with her fellow
travelers on account of some quizzical
railway experience, Bays the New
V,. wis Rim
nuoii oolrt th hoHtess. who Is also
an artist, "coming up Madison avenue
t dusk one chill, rainy evening una
...in,..n 1 unitf an lnatunce Of fdloW
t..UnJ that imnressed me. A belated
street organ, run by a seedy Italian
and a bareheaded woman, was playing
a waltz, and against the area railing
of the nearest house a young man
i.. nned somewhat Inertly.
'Down the street came a messengui
boy, In uniform, with tne top oi a
formidable looking letter sticsing irom
his breast pocket. As he got near the
,. n hia rco kindled, he held
out his hands, took a iew uancniB
steps and circled up to him in time
tha mimic The other took the
extended hands and the two did a bar
or so In company, when the messenger
let go and pursued his way and the
young man returneu u mi mnv.r.
Neither had said a word. They had
never seen each other . before and
doubtless would not meet again, but
the music had acquainted them for the
moment, and the Italian woman play.
Ing there In the drlxsle also unuersioou
and laughed merrily as the boy scud
ded on his way."
Candidate (who Is not making a fa
vorable Impression on the meeting)
And now, gentlemen, I ask myself one
miMtlnn Voice (from tbe hall) And
a d d silly answer you'll get!
do not want, paying therefor a trifle
When yon buy sometning wmcu you
less than yon would have been will
ing to nay In case you had wanted It
that la a bargain.
An Arkansas newspaper contains the
following advertisement: "This hotel
will be kept by the widow of the land
lord, Mr. Brown, who died last summer
on a new and Improved plan."
"Tou never saw the sun rise In your
life, Helen; how did you paint that
picture you cell Dawn'T" "I painted a
sunset It looks Just the same.
v .X
QUAIL.
Pliny was much more accurate as to
the habits of migrating quails than
most observers of his day. He men
tions that when crossing the sea they
were sometimes blown out of their
course and drowned. He was also
aware that they migrate by night, and
makes the curious statement that
when the multitudes were nearing land
they were dangerous to small boats, on
whose sails and rigging they settled,
"often by night," and overset them.
Tens of thousands art taken on the
coast of the. Pontine marshes, and in
Sicily one hundred thousand are said
to have been captured in one day. In
the Islands of the Greek archipelago
they are caught and cured Just like
sprats or pilchards, with the dierence
that they are netted on the land in
stead of in the sea. The heads are
cut off, the bodies cleaned, and then
salted and packed in tubs. Further
east one of the greatest annual quail
catches takes place on the Bosporus.
The main body of these quail are looked
for on the return migration in autumn,
not in the spring. It is then that the
birds are hatched during the summer
on the plains of Poland, Turkey or
Roumania and south Russia are on the
way south, and pass In myriads over
the straits and along the Asiatic shore.
Rut In old days there were often years
of respite for the birds.
War on the Bosporus, or In Greece
-j .u Ar,.iiim.inim or In Egypt or
Spain or Italy, might at any moment
give the birds an open uwi -series
of years; and population not
only failed to Increase, but often re
ceded; and there were no railways or
steamships. The demand was a local
a. in tho davs of Moses peo-
nio tired even of quail. Now the pop-
I - . . 1 A T1..H n
ulatlons or 1'ans, umuun
are added to the eaters of spring
quails. The birds are caugnt lean anu
are forwarded anve io ''"-"'
rn jnn,onil Increases. DODUlatlon IS
.v,,a trrnwlno- enelnes for their
CV,''J""C" P ?'7'. .v, Ac.
captura are better aevineu, anu
mand la clearly overtaking me "u.,
MYSTERIOUS SPRINGE.
A. nAnllap atata. fit alfajra mwiutm In
rearant tn the water aunnlv of Texas. It
comes from a vaat underground layer
of water in the territory to the north,
east, and not from the Rocky moun
tains, as generally supposed. Only a
few years ago there were many large
springs at the head of the San Antonio
river, but for seven years there has
been a deficiency in the water supply.
StranffB tn aav tht tipavv raino. which
ianuH tha nuvnt flnnltt In TevaH apt to
flowing a large spring, which has been
dry ror two years, at tne neaa oi ine
San Antonio river. This led to the be
lief that other springs in that locality
would resume their former flow as
soon as the water from the copious
rainran on tne mountains nau percuiai.
aA thT.mio-h tn tha watur haarlni? strata
and reservoirs underlying this region.
I1 or nearly two momns a volume ui
wufap onnlvfllent to ran amount deriv
ed from several large artesian wells has
been flowing, but from day to day mere
has been a slight decrease in volume.
Vnna nf tho niiipr BnriniTsi In the neleh-
bohood have resumed their flow.
Some people have contended mat tne
large number of artesian wells devel
oped in and abount San Antonio have
stopped the flow of surrace springs at
the head of the river. This is hardly
nmhahia na the artesian supply and
gravity springs are derived from en
tirely different water-bearing strata.
Imnnr tha rppat natural WOnderS in
the United States are the Niagara Falls,
the grand canyon of the Colorado, the
mammoth cave oi Kentucky ana me
,.t natnrul water works of Texas.
The natural plant underlies an area
40 miles wide, averages w miies ions
and covers an area of 135,000 square
miles.
Robert T. Hill and T. Wayiana
Vaughan of the United States geolog
ical survey, have made a theoretic
study of this region known as the Ed
wards Plateau and Rio Grande plain.
In a comprehensive and instructive
work recently published by the United
States on the geology of this region, the
process of percolation of water through
the sub-strata, surface springs, arte
sian wells and nature of the surface
and sub-strata of the region are de
scribed in detail.
The Edwards Plateau extends from
Crane county on the Pecos river east
through Upton, Tom Green, Iron, Con
cho, Menard, Mason and Llano coun
ties. Thence south through Hays, Co
mal and Bexar counties. The southern
boundary follows the line of the South
ern Pacific railway to Del Rio, thence
northwest on the Rio Pecos to Crane
county.
The Rio Grande plain is bordered on
the northwest by the Edwards plateau,
on the northeast by the Colorado river,
on the southeast by the Gulf of Mex
ico and on the southwest by the moun
tain ranges in northeastern Mexico. The
plain's drainage includes the Neuces,
San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers and
i.i k.ii.Aiii The eastern part of
this plain is humid and fertile. The
humidity gradually decreases west
ward West of Bexar county the arid
ity of the country increases rapiaiy.
rnv, c-HmorHo nin.t.pau differs entirely
from the Rio Grande plain both in cli
mate and topographical cnaracieriLn.B.
The former has a rough surface witn
numerous canyons, while the Rio
Grande plain is characterized by the
sweeping prairies and a comparatively
level surface. The plateau reaches an
elevation of 2,400 feet In Edwards coun
ty and gradually slopes southeast to
the coast. The limestone formation un
derlying this area is arranged in etrata
parallel with the surface, having an
average fall of four and one-half feet
'The'strata formation of the plateau
may be better understood by comparing
It with a book lying on Its back and
slightly tilted.
It was discovered that the ban An
tonio artesian water supply comes from
Dallas The wells about Waco have
the same series of beds that supply the
artesian wells of Waco, Fort Worth and
their immediate source in beds of po
rous sand, while the San Antonio wells
derive their supply from the Edwards
limestone, a hard cretaceous formation.
As artesian water will not rise higher
than its head, or source, there must be
immense reservoirs in tne wa.a . .
teau TVhich supply the artesian wells in
and near San Antonio. It is not possi
ble to obtain water by hydrostatic pres-
sure in the summit districts "i
t n Inhabitants of IhlS dlS-
trlct' depend on deep pumping wells.
which average irom om w
depth.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
Waterproof leather hi announced.
Austria Is making artificial cotton.
Japan has one leather shoe factory,
rw... nnttnn millB emnlov 93.000 women
Oklahoma's wheat crop, 40,000,000
The total number of women over IS
years old employed In tne factories anu
' i..h. nf tha British Islands la
t'l lMiira " . - - -
, . . . rAA AAA
It Is said that the productive capacity
... ..i manhinArv at the Dree-
OI muur-Miiiis ----
ent time Is equal to a hand-working
population or 4w.wo.utm.
nMnt trnar ant vou all getting on
at your house? Tlmson Pretty well, on
the whole, we are neany oui m i
PLANTS TINTED BY BACTERIA.
sitHno-a of the Paris Academy of
Sciences are not often Interesting. A
recent one was an exception, auiiouu
the topi cwas a discovery made by M.
Matrouchot about such insignificant
creatures as bacteria. But it appears
that these little beings do many things
houi.ioa thp disspmlnation of maladies.
They produce coloring stuffs, for in
stance, and this is now mat taieni naa
been discovered. A few years ago
flowers of paradoxical colors appeared
in mimimrn and at button holes green
carnations, blue roses and other hor
ticultural monsters. This was the re
sult of either plunging the leaves into
a chemical dye or else placing tne siais.
in a solution of aniline salts of the
hue desired, whereupon the liquid as
cended in virtue of capillary attrac
tion. In all this there was noinmg
..,.v,u,. hut nspfiil results mav be ob
tained for the anatomy and physiology
of plants. For In the world or pacteria,
and bacilli there are organisms which
..om,a thp nronertv nf secreting color-
ing stuffs. They are called chromogen-
ous bacteria. Now M, Matrucnoi culti
vated one of these together with a
fibrous fungus, and found that the
pigment or coloring stuff secreted by
the bacteria Impregnated and tinted
u onhatnnnp nf the funSTUB Without
affecting its vital qualities. This nat
ural coloring process is omy psruw.
It Is Invariably restricted to certain re
gions of the protoplasm. Thanks to
this discovery It will now be possible
to bring out clearly and expose to view
certain of the structures of the cell
which were heretofore unknown. It Is
also confidently hoped that what has
been done for the simple cell may be
speedily rendered possible for complex
organisms. This Is the conclusion
drawn by M. Matruchot from his dis
covery, and he Intends to turn his ef
forts In that direction.
MELON GROWING.
Ftr melon growing well drained
soils containing considerable humua or
vegetable matter are best Lighter
sols' are preferable. The best fertiliser
Is one rich in all the elements of plant
food except stimulating nitrogen. Fre
quent cultivation and hand hoeing are
of great Importance. The growth from
the first should be continuous. Onoe
checked the vlnea aeldom regain their
original vigor and productiveness.
Plant sufficient seed so that from three
to fire good plant oan be depended
upon. For the cucumber and anuMfc
beetles, dust with tobacco; xor uie com-
,1.1.. h..t 4ht mnA In time. If things ro I hlanlr an ii a ah bus? collect and de-
on aa they have been going, we ought strop the eggs and the Insects In tna
to be out of that. Boston Transcript. J cooler portion of the day.
