PROFIT IN BIG GIRDS,
OSTRICH FARMING FLOURISHES
IN ARIZONA,
Herd Is Crowlns Rapidly and the
Experiment Has Shown That
It Will Succeed,
Tucson, A r'z. --Sj n 'all-- Tie
rtv-r valley, Arizoii'-i. Is f. r il
out of the most imtuhl" in tin."
try It is as ! in'l'ul fcs l
For a c nnslilcrali!.- distant" it i'
.'.lit
l- size,
i nu ii
is n.-h.
i li'ti-
ve.te.1 ami Rn.wa a vmicty of fruits
iri'i other crops, oranges, lemons, apri
cots, grapes ami tips nil do will then;
At. th" point where the Salt river loses
Itm-lf in the Cilia liver lit such times
as it has not. sooner lost lts-!f und t
the ground is the line miniature eily
of Phoenix. The climate Is everything
that could lie d'slreri, never cold anil
never loo lint, unci dry enough ID cure
itiliin!". and, with the help of iriiga
f in, moist enough to grow coin and
alfalfa. At spots the volcanic soil Is
bare and of a warmth tn tempt the i-
rich to tniike In It im nest it fid to keep
its eggs warm enough for hatching.
For ostrich fanning is une of the In
dustries of this wonderful valley.
There are now- live ostrich farms in
the United States. The first and sec
ond that were established lire those In
southern California ant both situated
Iwlween Ixs Angeles anil Pasadena.
The other three are located, one In
tTexjiH, another in Florida and the
cther in Arizona, which was estab
lished in ls:i In the Halt river Valley,
zout three miles from Pl.ornix. It
was begun by Jsiah H.ubeii, with
only one pair of birds. They pioved to
I good ' breeders, and the enterprise
wan ft success from the start. Indeed,
k'i promising did it appear to be that
two years ago the Arizona (istrii-h com
frutiy was formed to cany on the busi
ness on a large seal".
Ttte company purchased the original
1-ctir of birds, with troir progeny, num
bering lul birds, ;;i being of the breed
ing age and 2 of them paired. The os
trich company is said to be prosperous.
it has. forty acres of 'alfalfa, land,
which are said to be perfectly adapted
to the handling of the new industry,
dnd a South African ostrich farmer Im
orfel to have the chain". The Hock
has Increasid rapidly, and is no lie
largest in the fnltpd Slates, Th- gov
ernor of Arizona notices tills cmnpn
ny'K success In his report, and gives
or,ie figures from the- company's bonks.
They show that a net pmllt. of $-."iii
iruk made last y-ar on r-ath. r al.ni".
liesio'-s, 47 birds weic hatched during
th year, which, estimated at $ln each,
bricK the total prnti'H of the company
U r last )nar tip to $7.2i. Tin- valua
tion of the otitis birds is .-l on tic- j
vitiiif of lii' lr product, and ii they wiil !
yisld one pound of fithe!" each doi
iv.sz their tlrst year, woiib at 'rrni
.rice-s about $1.1, or M ier i -lit (
(innuiTi on Jl'ia, that would n-em a low
tr.iualion. And when It is ..nsl.lered
that ostriches continue to jb ld f.atli
rrs of a uniform quality f"f a Inu. r
lime than the av-raKe of human life
and that they are not subj-ct lo any
.-finlnitious or other known iliseiises. it
would appeal- that ostrich farmlnir.
h m'.d prove reatiy and steadily piol
table. The man In chaise of the At lamia
fnnn Is It J. Irk.-
who was for fit'leeu I
yearn In ostrich farminx in South Af
rica. He is reported as paying that lie
blitls do as well In tiie Salt river valley
0 In Africa, and that they will continue
to du an well Is Inferred from th- fait
that climatic and other conditions there
are adapted to their renuiiemenis the
ajne an In their tiallve home, only
one bird haH died duiiliK the year, and
that a young chick, while all the
!hn of the flock are in perfect health.
After the bird attains the nice of foui
weeka there la little daiiuer of theit
dying from natural causes for many
yean. It la not definitely known lmw
long an ostrich will live under normal
sondltlorw, but there are birds on the
Houth Afriian farms whirl) are be
lieved lo have reached or passed the
pentury mark, many of them huvliiK
been In captivity there over fifty Jeais
The birds always pair off ilurins th
breedlUK season, the male bird making
the n?t by resting his bt.-asiboii.- on
th Ki'.nd und lutiilng slowly round and
round, snalchimf the sand away with
h),i feet until a shallow bole Is made
mime three f.-et In diamelcl and almm
a foot deep. Th- female then lays
usually fifteen i-wi. and the bird t.il.
turns sitting on lliein, the female sit
tlm? duiiiiW th" daytlm- mid the male
at liishi. e(" I thai tin- male allows
the female iibout nil hour ill the middle
of the day to feed, when he takes h-i
pl.icc on lh b' hl. As a female bird v.lll
Ine llnee sittings of c'.'us (ol about
flirty-(ii before idle lop. about thit-
1y ale taken from Iter and halibed In
the Ininbator, th" Mids being p. -indited
to hatch the last liM'-cit laid.
The ecus had li is about foily-lwo
dys. tl Id birds beipiiar 'be idil-ks
to gel out of the shell.
A chl. k one week old w.ittbs nlmiit
five pound, al six w ! HflV pounds
and al maturity ubnul ' ml:iiits.
The nine blslio)i of th- Anxacnu
church In India huve issued a lll.i-ial-ndnrted
hiiihI lett'i In whl. h they
nrknowledge with giiitiliide the many
Irmlam e of nympathy and support tin y
have rec lved from iioii'Jiiltian. and
tbry uig" chun hnien. wbll- Mi-ailfast
In theH own faith and sltHir un
ity, lo d'srlalm for Ihems. Iv and d
pre'iat" In oth-rs the Itil -t.t -.n or the
right to my luiy vord that tnav i. a tin.
Jual orfelis" to Hind u. Mohamo'.-daMS
Hudilhists.
BOUND TO WIN IN THIi H1W.
Prudor.t Ouahtieq That Won a Lov
w.ln He. Brlrtcs.
,1;. eaily i n i.. i I ii 1 lui;"'
t the odoi sin d I. air f-:.U
,';. ii'inaieiy a: -.und h r di I.
entit
ling -i
( atr'y
V-y i - i
!:'. low
i ,.'
i h.s
;
", il"
'"d brow linphrosqtie Km
i.l d the voit e of I lie happy
lad b.-en h-r "steady coin-
pany" m
low. She
and sl.i
while l.ii
Wdiet lit
uuolli.r l
e Christinas In tin- hail be
'..t;iii,.d );'.- ton-- at i.te "
in .!i:eutai-:!y t'ued l.-i.-.-if
iitinu for le r i"iw h r
V.- I.'i.l illde. d in', e til l II'
.iciient she u.is i iasi'i d in his
strong .inns, with her forehead 1
u t d
mi bis bicad. manly should"! .
'Kr. ci ai-sl," lie i-iiid, au li b- t"
fecllr.tr in bis ritib'-hand waist, oat
pocket and pivseiitly lished out a small
iuare rackaef about the sine of a
cube i.f billiard c naik. ' I v. nut to tell
you, as well us my poor l.-tiiauaxe will
let me. that since I've known you I've
been fairly off my inker.' I didn't
know what love was, fn, till I met
you. I've tii-d to cure myself of It by
voinsr to smoking concerts and JolninR
a boxim; club, but the more I try to
control myself the more hopelessly 1
become Involved. I suppose you won
der why I should do this hwy I should
rebel aKaimt a reasonable and a per
fectly nutural passion, ar.d I'll tell you.
It's bemuse I have doubted all alons
whether a man in my clrcumstaneen
had It in bis power to make a girl who
has been reared in luxury entirely hap
py In the chnnKcd conditions that mat
rimony leads to. I don't feel certain
whether I ought to cloud your prospects
by asking you to share the lot of one
Ahich r that is who, while his pres
ent salary Is a fairly comfortable one,
l not at the same time prepared to
say positively that he will ever be able
to live up to er well. say. Clifton
standards. You s-e. Km, I miRlitn't !
a winner. I believe I shall, buPnoth
Ing's certain nowadays. Anyway, I've
made a clean breast, of it. Then there's
another little thlnu. as the inquisitor
said to the early Christian when he
showed htm the thumbscrews, and that
is, it's your birthday. Now, instead of
offerinK you any stupid thliiK made of
ribbons Biid lace-paper, 1 biins my
hand and heart, anil this little tlrst
link In the chain that's to bind us'.'"
With that he handed b-r the pack
anne, and. hastily bicakitor the seal
the youmr Klrl gazed for a brief itu-rva
at tie- luaiitiful object that lay in h-i
hand. It was a tiny rini; (about c i tr h t
doll, us' worihi with ititernaie pink and
blue stone?. Sh- threw h-f Inv-ly
arms around Ids neck and kissed hliu
1. 1 pt ui-ously,
"Ileal', se.ei-t t.y," sic into niiir-d
ouiillv vel passionately, "I t least
jhave every coiilid-ne,. m your ability
! to make a position In th- world. The
liny who has etlolltrll sblcwdm-SS to pro
pose on his (rill's birlhday and make
one pr-seiit cover llv two evenls isn't
ii,,.y
tiro y
lie
mm
ll loii-.t-ri
THE COOLING EARTH.
j
.Left Creat Wrinkles and Hollows
! on Its Smooth Surface.
time upon il time, th learned men
1,11 us. this Woil dim which we live
was a part of th- sun and was thrown
off from it- taking tin- round, form It
has. as It w hilled about Ihrouxh spin c
At Unit time it was tt-rritVallv hot.
like tiie sun fioin which it was thrown
out. and probably in the form of a
-.as, but lieliiK mui li smaller than tin
mjii It cooled mil' h more quickly and
became white-hot liquid. And this, too,
vdudually cooled more and more, until
at last a thin rust began to form on
all around it. as a dim forms on cool
ing molasses candy when It begins to
balden. The water in the air about il
frequently formed Into rain and fell
on the hoi surface and h"lped to cool
il, though, of course, it evaporated very
quickly from tso hot a place. Hut after
a lime It did not evaporate so quickly,
but remained on the crust und gradu
ally fm meet an ocean all around the
.-arlli. And the inside of the earth wer.l
mi moling under this Hist haribn.-d
crust and shrunk as It cooled, for all
things grow smaller as they cool off.
You can easily prove this yourself by
heating the end of a key that I'll n
lo. k snugly: and you will find Hint
when It la quite hot. you cannot get It
Into the lock at all, but as soon as It
coots it will go in again, as liefore. So
the Inner part of the earth went on
blinking, and finally II shrunk so
much that the outside crust, which was
not so v ry thick, enmpa i all vely speak
lug. doubled up and crai ked at differ
ent spot all round the eaith. so that
the surface, which must before have
been pretty smooth, became rough with
high vlevailons and deep depression,
and naturally ail the water flowed inl"
these deep depressions and forme. the
ocrnns n the spots w her" there had
le-cn before a single mean rein liins uii
around Ihe globe.
VAU'Ar.i.i: i'i:iii:i,i:s.
Ib twcell the noithein point of fn ft
Island Mini W ad h hill lies a row of lit
tle islands, two of which Plum Island
and (loose Maud - possess a peciillai
form of mineral wealth. Il consists In
111 Hps of ill Illy col. lied quail pebbles,
showing red, yellow, purple and other
hues, which are locally called agates
Tiny are usi-d In making stained glnsf
windows, and there is snlllclent demand
for Hem In New York to keep th.
owneis of on" or two sloops employed
in gathciing them from the In hi lies
while the waves conl inuallv mil ami
polish them, bringing oiil Hie beauty D
their colors.
KATItKMKN MKKT,
Johnny-1 was at Ihe head of m
lass today.
Fiilhet-llinv did It happen?
Johnny were standing tit a clrclj)
STRAYING OUT WEST.
MANY
MOVERS STILL TRAVEL
BY WACON.
Class of People Who Seem To
Be Always on the Go From
Place to Placa.
Collin. Colo., April 9. Juit a huge
purl of the population of the farther
west is in a constant state of migra
tion (if course, many travel by rail,
but there is a (lass who go by tin il
own conveyances, and who move to
often that II heroines almost a second
natuie. Some almost become profes
sional Itinerants, and appear to move
from place to place for the love of It.
Some are like birds of passage,
changing location, as the seasonsr thus
i-scaping it- li il t of a northern win
ter and L d.ji gifort.4 of a southern
summer. These I lay be said to live oil
the country through which they pass;
not to say that they steal a living, but
they secure a certain amount of forage
as they pass from point to point. Al
one point they may find good grazing
for their teams and audi other live
stock an they may take along with
them; at another the males find em
ployment in the harvest fields or some
other line of Industry, or the females
may find employment in the berry
patches.
Then- conveyances, consist almost ex
clusively of the "prairie schooner,"
which in these later days ha changed
from the ark-like concern of old to a
plain farm wagon with high, arching
hows and a canvas cover. Some are
new and freshly painted, as If Just
from the factory, while others are not
only of rough make, but are in a sad
state of dilapidation, rickety in '.In
joints, utipalnted and iovvdered with
successive coats of dust, and the cov
ers tattered and repaired with huge
and Irregular patches -t oilcloth.
Sonus convert their vehicles Into Ver
itable houses on wheels. Th"y widen
the tops by extending a sol t of plat
for mfrom the top of the wagon bodies
a fool or a fool and a half on either
side, out over the wheels. This en
larges th" canopy of th" wagon cover
so that tiie beds may be made up
within t hem at night, and even smalt
stoves may be set up at one cud, with
pipes extending through the tools.
These provisions air- made principally
by thov.e who intend to travel dining
the fall and winter months, lint the
gi'-at majority carry tents, and when
night i nines, pit. h them upon Hume
Miiooth and gra-ssy plot, of ground, and
picket lb- horses or mules, as the ease
may b-, Ht. one side to giaze, sliiil
hies in the camp stoves and prepare
I he e epillg repast.
The women and children, who are
tired and damped by riding under the
,c agon (OWI'S perched upon household
good" all day, are glad of Ihe chang".
and make Ihe camp Very i heerful by
their play and laughter and the busy
preparation for cupper and the coining
night's, repose. Almost Invariably each
family gioup is accompanied by a dog,
and frequently there are other pets,
siti-li as cats, caged birds and some
linns' a pel goat patiently trudges
along al the tail of a passing prairie
n-hoi.ner.
The emigrant wagons seldom go sing
ly. Sometimes they travel In pairs, but
mine frequently in trains of half a
dozen or a dozen. They never seem In
a hurry, but move across the country
deliberately and by easy stages.
There is larger number of these mi
grants than the world at large would
su pose In these days of railroads and
cheap fares. I luring Ihe summer
months the main overland trails might
be said to be virtually lined with prai
rie schooners; not all lending westward,
for there are many who, through dls
.ilpointment or homesickness or exi
gent circumstances, are seen wending
Ihcir slow and labored way eastward.
Vhe lines of the old overland trails are
followed as nearly as existing condi
tions will permit, but the settlement
of the country, the building of towns
md railroads have In a measure chang
ed the ancient trend In many places
quite materially, making the way more
devious, and the distance greater. Hut
the general trend and direction are
about the same as of old, however. A
still popular emigrant route is the nld
overland trail once- followed by the
pony express and afterwaid by Hen
llolladay's overland stages. I'rlmarlly
this route started from St. Joe, Mo.,
und ended at Sacramento, fa I. A fin
: Tossing the Missouri river It follows
the valley of the Platte river to the
.influence of the North and South
I'latte, then leads along the South
I'latte valley, neatly as far as Henver;
;hcnoe turns to the northwest and en
ters the Hooky mountains- at Lapoite
,n northern Colorado. The trail doeu
not cross the Kocvkles due west, be
lause of the high altitude and dilllcult
passes, but tends still to the north-M-st
and passes through Laramie City,
Wyo.
Then It traverses southern Wyoming
and thence to Salt Lake City, with a
branch that leads up Into the great
northwest, whence o late yearn there
las set u strong tl, e of emigration.
J'robshly a larger number of these
iverland emigrants come front Missouri
mil Arkansas than from any other two
Hairs) In the union. Many of them are
,'armers. who have sold out or been
10 Id out: and emlgtate with the hope
f bettering their fortunes, and new
Irenes, with renewed energies-.
T, fe Journeys of . thousand mile
ten eouhliy by wagon, may be either
i hnffriay Jaunt or a pilgrimage of woe,
mh the traveler ate disposed or conditioned;
TRICK OF A FAKER.
How a Corn Salvo Seller Attracted
Attention of a Crowd,
I'r-iin the Washington post: Th
port'y man with the bulging coat pock
et began to In- his center of gravity
gradually at the corner of Fifteenth
street and New York avenue, (me foot
slipped from beneath him on the Icy
pavement, and by the time he had re
establihhid connections with the bricks
with that on- Hie oih-r shot out from
under him. Th-n lh-y both began to
execute a quick and devilish shuttle
dance. The man's arms flew out, and
he seemed U be nuking a wild but fu
tile effort, to pull slicee nut of the nippy
atmosphere. Tli-u he simply sat right
dow n, without any superfluous cere
mony or hubbub whatsoever. Of course
al! the men within a radius of eighty
feet adju.-ted their bands to their sides
sind ha-ha-, d joyously. There is only
one thing on earth that tickles a man
more than to see his fellow man drop
ker-flop on the b y pavement it tickle
'em rriie if he happen to have a bot
tle of bug Juice in Ills rear pocket.
This poitly man with the bulgins
overcoat pockets looked around him In
a dazed way, as if he were endeavoring"
to study the thing out. Meanwhile a
dozen of the men who were waiting for
cars just lay back and hollered. The
portly man made no effort to rise, and
the longer he sat there looking mysti
fied, the funnier it seemed lo the merry
gang around. Finally they began to
close In on him.
"Made you see constellations, hey?"
asked one of them, laughing uproari
ously at his own humor.
"Just taking a little rest, J s'pnse?"
Inquired another.
"(!t ntlemen," said Ihe portly party,
"you are all wrong. I simply took this
method of attracting your attention,
and wish to Introduce to your notice
my patent cm n-killer the best in the
universe, warranted to eradicate any
thing from iiigiowlng toenails to whisky-blossoms
on the nose. And it, sells,
gentlemen, at the unheard-of, scari
dulously low pi ice of 21 tents. What
gentleman w is lies a box, now'.' Come
quirk, tor I haw- only a few left!"
Several of the gentleman invested,
and considered they got the worth of
their money in the joke, while tha
others lunk away ciestfallen.
A DEPARTED SPIRIT
Returned To His Own Funeral and
Thanks His Friends. ,
Hammaritou (N. J.) Sie-chi) to New
York Herald: Of peculiar interest, were
the funeral services of ferry Valen
tine. Mr. Valentine was one of the
early settlers of this place, and was
more Hum yeats old. He was an
ardent spiritualist, and when he died
he left directions for his funeral, which
were intended lo be a practical dem
onv'cration of his belief.
T: scr vh es were he'd in the I'nl
versallst church. The preacher was
Siimpel Wheeler, a noted spiritualist of
Philadelphia, and he chose "The Rain
bow' Ihidge" as his subject. hTcn the
of Mrs. Minnie Hrown, a clairvoyant
from Philadelphia.
Immediately after Mrs. P.rown had
taken In-r position several raps were
! heard.
"our brother has a message for Cy
rus F. Osgood," said the medium. "He
wishes lo thank Mr. Osgood and the
others for their ra'e in carrying out
his wishes in regard to his funeial
ceremonies."
Mm. P.rown then gave the Informa
tion that Mr. Valentine was not alone,
but that J. . Patnsome, Mr. aPrkhurst
and Mr. Wyatt. former friends of the
dead man, were with him on his "little
Journey In the world." Several other
s.hadi'H of departed aplrltuallsts had
come with them. They reported that
they had matje things homelike for Mr.
Valentine, and gave messages to the
friends of the latter which were 1 n
londed to cheer and comfort them.
The announcements were hailed by
the many . spiritualists in the audience
with plea-sure, and after n few more
congratulatory raps Mr. Valentine's
spirit and Its- companions rapped
"Adieu." i . - '
SUBMARINE BOATS.
They Can Easily Be Seen From a
Balloon Directly Above.
ShoulePMlie submarine boat, take the
place in naval warfare that some na
tions xpert. one of the chief precau
tions taken by the world s navies will
be an Immense Increase in the num
ber of balloons, with duly trained BlafTs
to work them, carried by war vessels.
The balloons carried by these battle
ships ute of exactly the same material
and pallei-n as those in use In the
army, only smaller. They have a use
far in advance of any mere long-distance
observational ton pose, for. tho'
the wake of a submarine boat sunk
deeply In th" wafer can only be traced
with dllllculty from such an elevation
as that afforded by Hie ship, both such
wake and the boat Itself can be een
with absolute and undevlallng clear
ness from a captive balloon. This Is
the result of a scientific and optical law
and when sh)p balloons were first puf
to the practical lest in regard to this
matter, the results at tallied were of
the most surprising kind.
F.veu where the water Is distlnetly
cloudy, obje-l of a much smaller kind
than a submarine boat, and painted of
neutral color, could be seen from a
balloon to the Utmost clearness' at a
depth of live fathoms, or thirty feet.
ihouiih the surface was rough. No
submarine boat could III thl daytime
get within striking distance of a ship"
that had a balloon without beintr ob
served.
THE QUEEN'S HEALTH.
VICTORIA'S HEALTH REQUIRES A
TRAINED NURSE.
England's Big Drink Bill Furnishes
Thirty-Six Per Cent of the
National Revenue.
London. (Special.) A trained nuise
has lately been kept in constant at
tendance upon Qutten Victoria, princi
pally for night duty. She is assisted by
an equally able colleague. The nurse
sits all night beside the queen's bed
side, keeping careful watch, with the
aid o a light, always kept burning.
The queen Is now more than 80 years
old and weighs 188 pounds, although
she is only four feet ten inches tall.
It can readily be seen thai her respira
tion and circulation need looking after.
No heart trouble has affected her, but
the possibility of it Is the ralson d'etre
for the nurse, who does not wear the
professional costume, and Is bound to
the greatest discretion and reserve.
The queen's approaching visit to
Imblln is eagerly discussed in both
countries. The Parnell family is divid
ed against Itself as to how the queen
should be received. Following upon
Anna Parnell's suggestion that the
shamrock should be steeped In Ink,
cornea a letter from J. p. Parnell, M.
P., welcoming the queen and auguring
all manner of good things from her
visit.
,T. II. Parnell Is City Marshal of Dub
lin, in which capacity he has the custo
dy of the keys of the city, which Lord
Mayor Pilo Is to present to the queen
In token of homage on her arrival at
the city gate. Parnell first said he
would not perform this ceremony, but
since then, changing his mind, never
very decided, he has signified his readi
ness to pay homage to the queen.
Anna Parnell, who holds her brother
in supreme contempt, again writes say
ing that absolute indifference is not
a sufficiently marked attitude for the
Irish Nationalists to adopt toward the
queen. She deprecates "unmannerly
hooting," but suggests that the crowd
should ping Irish national and Hoer
songs. She proceeds:
"As to the decorations, the only pro
per color will he black. The queen is
said to like the insignia of mourning,
and there is no reason why she should
not see plenty of it. Kvery day of her
n-ign the Irish people have had to wear
mourning In their hearts, though It has
made them far too poor to wear it on
Ihelr backs."
Archbishop Walsh, at present in
Home, found that I-iord Mayor Pilo had
put his name on the committee of dec
orations for the queen's visit without
his consent. The Archbishop telegraph
ed him that this was an Impertinence
and ordered lis removal, other public
men whose assent Pilo had anticipated
did likewise.
Meanwhile Tim. Harrington, M. P
says that Pilo will be defeated when
his term as member of the corporation
expires next January, and every na
tionalist councillor who voted for an
address to the queen will also be re
jected. The feeling of the nationalists is not
all against the queen, but against Lord
Mayor Pilo for what they regard as a
gratuitous hit of toadyism. The queen
will be well received in fact, in the
excitement of the moment, the nation
alists quietly admit, Irishmen may
demonstrate with a fervor of hospital
ity which may be taken for content
ment under British rule.
The queen and the royal family, as
Ihe government here, are anxious to
i aim the excitement raised by the Lord
Mayor's Indiscreet act. The Duke of
Connaught expressly stated In Belfasl
on Thursday in complete corroboration
of the I'ost-Dispateh's special informa
tion, that the idea of the visit to Ire
land "was the queen's very own," and
had no political Intenl or significance
w hatever.
It will be a godsend to Dublin, where
trade has been very stagnant ot late.
Immense crowds will flock there. Al
ready1 the hotels are booked full. In
addition the royal visit is expected to
make Ireland a fashionable holiday re
sort for the English this year, espe
cially as the violent hatred for France
will keep the Knglish away from the
Paris exposition. So lielund may reap
some solid gain from the queen's visit.
That any big political concession will
accrue to Ireland from It there is no
ivldence whatever at present.
It is a remarkable coincidence that
the day chosen by the queen for bet
ileparture from Windsor for Ireland
will be the centenary of the ratifica
tion of the treaty of union between
'lieat l'.ritaln and Ireland.
IN TUB YKAIt L'Ufrt A. I.
From our Special Con esMindent a I
ihe Front; From early dawn our ar
tillery had shelled the enemy's cu
lt enchnienls at a range of twenty
lilies. We didn't really know whether
t hit anything, but we estimated Ihal
.he enemy's loss- was serious, Just to
lolly the artillery along. Then the in
fantry was ordered to advance. This
was clone so gallantly as to excite the
admiration of the foe, the men avail
ing themselves of cover whenever the
nature ot Ihe ground permitted. Hill
when they had approached within 12
miles of the enemy's position they were
received with a, wlthetlng . tire and
forced to retire. Fortunately, nobody
was hurt, but It was quite apparent
that any further advance would have
been attended with casualties. They
were disappointed, of course!, ut the
failure of their attack, hut they had
done all that brave men could. No
body but a madman would have ven
tured further into that deadly tiie r.otie.
THE HAWAIIAN FLAU.
Has a White Stripe Above the Red,
To the Natives Sorrow.
One morning in lT.'! King Kameh
melia of the Sandwich Is'.ands awoke
t fin da French waiship nnchoreit
safely in the harbor of Honolulu. He
became alarmed and ent at once for
his prime minister. He was advised by
him to run up a Tag and show the
visitors that the country belonged to
some one. and was not a "no niari'm
iand." to be pillaged at will by the first
foreigners who came along. The king,
heeding the advice. caFt about for a.
piece of bunting to represent his na
tion, and fell upon an old f:rUic-:h flag.
This he had run up to the top of bin
highest flagpole.
The bunting had hardly had time, to
unfurl Itself to the breeze when one of
the chief advisers of the king cama
running to him and told him that ha
would have to take thai flag down, an
the first thing he knew, if he did not.
an English man-of-war that was ex
pected, at the island would arrive, ank
the commander, finding his nation's
colors flying over Honolulu, would take
possession in the name of the queen.
This frightened Kamehameha, and ha
started another hunt for a flag. Thi
time the searchers- unearthed an Amer
ican ensign.
Taking the two flags, the ruler had
them made into one. The jack in the
corner of the English emblem was left,
while the stripes of the American flaw
were added to it. Thus the Hawaiian
flag at first had thirteen stripes and a
Jack the same as the English. Tha
king, when he had disposed of his
French visitors, had time to think over
the matter. It was decided that it
would be belter to have only eight
stripes, representing the eight islanda
of the nation. The extra pieces were
cut off, leaving the eight stripes, with,
a white one on top.
Soon after the adoption of this flag
the whites, who had begun, to settle
on the island, came more ar.d more
into power each year, until,' as a result,
the monarchy was finally overthrown
and the republic placed on a firm basis,
with white men at the head of the gov
ernment. The natives, who are super
stitious, -believe that the change h
power from the copper-colored peopla
to the white i directly due to the
fact that the white stripe is directly
over the red in the flag. They say
that had the red been first the whites
would never have gained foothold on
the island sufficient to warrant their .
taking the reins of government int
their hands.
As a result of this superstition the
legislature of Hawaii scarcely ever
meets but what some new bill t
change the position of ihe stripes on.
the flag is brought up. The wisest of
the men among the natives are kept
constantly at work on the drawing up
of such measures, and their members
in the congress are ever busy trying
to put the bills through. The belief Is
that as soon as me order of the stripes
is changed, the red having the prefer
ence, the copper-colored natives will
again ascend to the power and havt
full sway in the government, ,
AN ODD EXPERIMENT.
How Milk and Water Can Be Made
To Change Glasses.
A pretty bit of scientific recreation
which comes In handily after dinner Is
sometimes called by the high-sounding
title of "The Revenge of the Daniadea"
in allusion to the daughters of Dan
aus, who, as a punishment for their
crimes, were condemned to- forever
draw water with leaky vessels,
Fill completely two glasses of ex
actly the same size and shape, one
with water, the other with milk. Then
stretch over the mouth of the glass
containing the water a circular-cover-ing'of
tulle or other thin goods, some
what larger than the glass, and pre
viously moistened.
Now smooth the lapping over tulle aa
closely to the glass as possible, and
holding the palm of the right hand
squarely to the mouth of this glass,
seize trje stem with the left and turn
it quickly upside down, avoiding the
entrance of air. "'J
Next, slide the right hand softly
away from underneath, and, much to
your astonishment, the tulle will remain
sticking to the glass, while not a drop
of water will fall out through that ex
ceedingly leaky tissue. You will very
soon succeed In this experiment.
Hereon follows the second part:
Place your full, but not dripping, glass
of water, thus turned upside down, but
not inside out, over the full glass of
milk, and you will soon see little Jet
of white liquid penetrating the tulle
In every direction. It Is the milk, pro
gressively mounting the superior glass,
which In the same proportion yields
water In the lower glass in the oppo
site direction. At the end of about a
quiiiier of an hour the exchange will
be complete, and you will see the
lower glass tilled with pure transparent
water, while the upper one will he full
of white milk.
PKitSONAl. AND OTU KIIWISK.
The noise of base ball clubs Indicate
that spring Is about to shoot.
The new of (leneral Joubert's death
was not held up very long by the Brit
ish censor.
Messrs. Carnegie and Frh k paid $1.
WMl.OflO for harmony, but saved a Ilk
sum In lawyer's fees. ;
The tnlddle-ot-the-roaders Cannot fc
blamed for frowning., oh the side path
movement of bikers, ' '
New York's prestige Is restored. Pot
the tlrst time since Miller's f.JO per
cent syndicate plucked the town II
worked off a gold brick on a rusti
and scooped in r04. Once more pro
perlly camps In the lauderloln. - ,