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OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS U Stp Lad limits. F well-Informed people are mi I only way to save the remnant of the public do main la the United Stales from cattle baron Imd land sharks it to repeal the desert laud lot and the eommutatiou clause of the home- tead act, which permits Utla by cash payment Instead of actus! toi If tola be not done It Is predicted wUl witness the acquirement of all (lie available govern memt land by the corporation and y udlcatet mentioned, laarlag no territory owa to actual si-tilers. Within the last ix yean the government ha parted wttk MMWO.UUU acres of its domain, and of th! great trai-t man than one-half ha teeri allotted during the two years ding June 30. 1003. It la notorious that bona tide n-t tlm have secured very little of this laud. It is easy to aan thai at the rate- t 1G0 acres ta each honii-?e-i!er tOO.000 settlers would have found homes in the Went, and It Ja aafe to ttay that not one tenth of that number actually took op claim and lived upon them. The speculators. Use timber companies, the town-site boomers, the cattle klngi aud the other lund-grabbers simply secured people will lag to perjure themselves, and these jop!e, having sc qulred title to the land, passed I hem on to the inherits which suborned the perjury. It may be said aud with Home truth that it would not be necessary to repeal these hind laws If government ofll eers would enforce them. Unfortunately, recent event In Oklahoma, in Indian Territory, In Oregon and In other regions of the West have ahown that the very men -tK ....f.. . ) . a I Intra ..I... are most active In violating them. There la a pleasing possibility that some of these fu.th leas functionaries may go to the penitentiary, but It would be Idle to bopo that their successors will be any more faithful or that the public domain will be any belter pro tected under otic set of officers than under another. The moral filer of land attaches appears to degenerate from the moment they assume their ol(lci;il function. The only way to remedy the abuses which have grown up Is to repeal all hind laws save the homestead act aud to confine the operation of this latter statute to settlers who actually reside on the land they pre-empt for the full four years originally required. Kven under this restriction there will doubtless be some evade the law, but the rob bery will be thieving and some successful efforts to much less than it has been during the past six years and It will, moreover, be so dangerous that few people can be found who will take the risk Involved in a fraudulent entry Chicago Chronicle. The Pleasures of Winter. INTEIt is harsh, rou;:h-visaired. liL-oi-ous IkTl''' "ke u'ny "ien, he conceals a kind and fI I generous heart behind a forbidding exterior, Iniwl t.w.,-1.1... ......... ...I...1. i""ouv.i uLiiij i opjoymenls for those who learn his peculiar! ties, bear philosophically with his petty tyran nies and treat with forbearance his ecceniricl ties of behavior. In the country and In bis reign that most of the social pleasures of the year are enjoyed, hummer drives thousands away Winter brings them back, and takes a the agreeable acipialut.ipceshlps and separation has parry broken off. There is one class of people to whom winter brings special gratification. Ho suggests to book by a quiet lamp; and these alone are lufllclent to coin peusate for all the pleasures t'nnt the hard old tyrant drives off. What If the birds are gone, and the leaves have fall en, and snow is descending, and the wind howls through the ulght like a thing possessed. If one can stay Indoors, Jiull up a comfortable chair, cock his slippered feet on another chair, and enjoy the company thors? They are better men and wist lw probably would meet If he went out film; or, If they should, he could kick them out without J'U-'Jns their feelings. They give no advice which u not sought. When he wants Instruction they do not "Jolly him. n he wants amusement they do not put on a miitf countenance and talk theology, or a wiseacre one BIBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. Vre Translation U Mad Into 8Tral Dialect. During the past two years and a half a number of prominent mission rVs In the Philippines, mostly Presby Icriun hiiiI Methodist Iinve been en- gaged iu making translations of cer ...... I... v...u T.... .......... 1.. All! Ul HIV A CITMIIIIVII I ".rin Into the Tagalog, and then the Vusjyun, nnd the Pampungnii, and per haps aln-inly the Ilocano dialects. l heir object Is, of course, a most laud :ib:e one, from the standout of every ni.o who believes In the education of the Individual will aad Judgment in religious us In all other matters; It Is to ghe to the Filipinos, who are really v,;t;,-:j::t anything that could fnirlv be al!ed a ri-Hgious literature, a chance to leu 1 1 I ' Christ's life and mission In their ovvn every-day tongues, in vli'ch most of the masses can read at ii'rt a little. It Is tin enterprise mai; ti fi'i'iit in scope; all the more reason to.- expecting to make progress slow In It. It V.i to ba feared that the transla toin, hurried Into shape ut Manila iiinl hurried off the presses In this .omiiiy, ure hardly such ns could be 4 'hU-imI to Ik! made of "The Hook." However zealous the missionaries must lut :vcn credit for, being In acquiring n pr i'ticnl speaking knowledge of the J ii'erlH of the natives w'lfh whom they i.ie at work, not one of them Is In any n-iiiio n scholarly linguist and there H nil the mnro necessity for cereful, hoiarly work in tho half developed, f,i:cifcet forms of written speech, ...i -h us the various Malay dialects are. To bo sure, the American iiiIhkIoii rt have had the assistance of sev 1 ntivc of more or less scholerly I n-u'iision In their own dialects. They .t.'. however, ut least no better quail fed Tor pnln.itaklng work of this sort ii ,i ih-lr American colleagues, and, 1 1 ,.ihl tion, know almost nothing or Ii.Iiie.' ns Is to be snid of every , ; li eeti the best educated. ' ruder the circumstances, one ! com 1 ;, d to wonder Just what sort of an ! ! on of the Hlble will be ob t. ,t by those of tho Filipino masses ; lead these traoslaUoBB. Occaalon- MIGDMALS and talk political to be U-litved the to go to the theater for a drama. Shakspeare will afford him a better. lie need not bunt out a lecturer on evolution, or ethics, or history. Cicero, or Mncaulay, or John Flake can better instruct and entertain him with discourses on these subjects than anybody he would likely find. He has Hamilton and Bryce to teach him the principles and con stitution of his country. Milton to raise bis thoughts to the sublime. Winter restrains him from going out into the world, but it Impels him to stay where a large part ofall there Is in the world that is witty and wise will come 'a and entertain and Improve him without money snd with out price. Kansas City Journal. the settler to gain that Deit decade the work of her male predecessor at a salary flU.lKtO less than what he received. The grave rnproacb of 'cheap ening labor" evidently, according to Ir. Hiills' way of looking at the matter, lies against the women. Now, if lr. Hlllis really feels that he has leen or dained to deliver a message on the subject of laborers aud their hire, let him reason with himself about the sins of the employers. If a woman can do a man's work, why should she not be paid a man's wages? Thai is the whole question. Of course, there are plenty of inefficient women workers, just as there are hordes of inefficient men work ers. In certain occupations, even, women are preferred because they are quicker, defter of hand and more attentive to duty. There is no hard and fast rule of superiority. The test lies in the work done, and, according to the va!u of the work, whether It be done by men or women, men and women should be paid without distinction of sex. That two scales of wages, one for men nnd one for women, are so ofN-u enforced in the same field of Industry only shows how eager the employer is to put money In his own pocket at the expense of justice. Necessity on one hand and selfishness on the other are the warring forces which prevent a true adjustment of the relations of em ployer and employed. New York Haily News. time, In a position to get .... t . !! (.... uuu-nomc umj ucucious cost him more than lu the great spring by the explanation that the farmers huve enjoyed six sue cessive years of prosperity. The question of reaction ot the city It Is during depression does pot react or depress. term. It carries no from their homes. hand In renewing In industrial lines. friendships which It is not to the must turn in order book - lovers a onlet of his favorite au true of the wheat than any whom They do not bore the estimated depreciation In security values within a year or g sum sufficient of the United States at market prices of their snares. Is It anw wonder that the agriculturist refuses to be a pessim ist? St rul Pioneer Press. ally one bears of a defender of the friars praising their devotion In mas tering the native dialects nnd their scholarship as preachers and writers In these tongues. As a matter of fact the great majority of frlurs, even after long residence in this country, preached so atrociously In the dialect that the better educated natives used always to he smiling about their sermons be hind their sleeves. It Is scarcely prob able that our Protestant missionaries In tha few years In which they have been at work umong the Filipinos, nre capable of doing lietter, If as well. The Outlook. INDIAN RELICS. Plan to Col'crt Them for a Notional l'.iltlhit Kccmtly Ajjreett lipnn, Indian mounds, clifT dwellings and other relics left by the nlxirlglues of North nnd South America are to bo pro tected from vandals and preserved for historical research If plans of the in ternational commission of archaeology and ethnology nre carried out. The re cent meeting was attended by (he Mex lean ambassador, the Peruvian minis ter, ami scientists representing Mexico, Peru and the United States. A major ity of t lie South .American republics were not represented, however, nnd It was decided to postpone permanent organization until next December, by which time nil the countries in the western hemisphere will, It Is expected, declare themselves lu favor of the plans of the commission. ' The Pan-Aiiierlcan Congress, held in the Crty of Mexico, HKH-O'J, started the movement for forming tho commission, the purpose of which Is "to promote the unification of laws relative to an tiquities in tho western hemisphere, to increase nnd dlffuso knowledge con cerning these antiquities and of 11k; nborlginnl peoples by whom they were produced, und to encourage the collec tion in suitable museums of the remain ing vestiges of these early peoples."" The commission will coIleTtTnifflin arrow beads, pottery nijd everything of that character. They will establish oae or more archaeological and ethno logical museums of tbe International character, and these muaeama will be economy or ethics. He does not need Women Who Work. HE Irrepressible question of woman s ana-ion m I of man's Ueld of work is profoundiug agitating I I the Iter. Newell Hwlgbt Hiills. and he is out "a. I ti lth a u'nmliiir lit tti.k&A of ttia aiT in have a care that they are not superseded by their sis ters. He flu's one case where a woman (uall Ued by experience to nil a certain posotlon did Agriculture, Not Iron. T is the farmer, not the financier, who is king. He is riding while merchants ami manufactur ers walk. Taken collectively, it Is probable that the American agriculturist never before enjoyed so prosperous a season. Notably Is this true at the South, where, for the first perhaps, the cotton planter finds himself ten cents for a staple which It docsu't six cents to grow. At the Northwest, wheat regions, the story is Intensified appeal to them. There is nothing to Over-production to tliem is a relative such propotlonate I wren se of costs as 1 billion-dollar steel combine alone or to the other huge capitalizations of recent years that one to find munificently expanded totals following the dollar mark. The domestic yield of Indian corn alone, at present cash prices, would furnish a sum sufficient to buy and pow for all the stock aud bonds of the United States Steel Corporation twive over at present quotations, and leave a handsome sum for working capital. The hay crop, estimated as worth $5t!0,(X0,00", offsets the annual gross earnings of the Steel Trust, and the like Is and ot the cotton crops. Taking the sfaple crops at their current money value, approximately $.VKtO,onMK)0, and we find It to he twice the amount of to take over HO per cent of the railways so conducted that there will be an ex change of relics. In Mexico they have a superfluity of Aztec sculptures and pottery which they would be willing to exchange for some relic of tho almrigiui-s of our own country. South America Is, of course, rich In archaeo logical relics, and they nre deeply Inter ested In the plan to make a study of the early races nnd the antiquities of these two continents. Washington Times. t The Notable Exception. There recently appeared In the corri dors of the Capitol at Washington an Englishman who is visiting this coun try for the purpose 'of studying its po litical ei-oiioiiy. Tlw Hilton was introduced to Shak er Cannon, Viio, at the time- the forolgtHT nppenred, was conversing with a constituent, n great, burly man from Illinois, with extremely ilefinlte ideas upon tilings in general. A conversation between the three ensued, during which the Ilrlton jrutlut haughtily remarked that to him the laws of the United States seemed de fective, In that they did not protect the poor man from the evils of monopoly. "Now, In Crent Hrltaln you know," suld tbe Englishman, "there's but one law fur every one, lie he prince or be he pauper." The large man from Illinois broke In With: "Same way here, old man! In this country It makes no difference whether a man is a In-ggar or a million aire, he's got to olx-y the law uiiIcms he's got a pull!" Not Much a Itail Shot. Gay boy (time I n. in.) 1 say. old chap. Isn't this a little late for you to bo out? Aren't you afraid your' wife will miss you? Enpeck I hope sho will, but oho enn throw pretly straight for a wo man. Illustrated Bits. Its Dellerv. 4 "Yob delivered, yoiiMpeceh In a man. ti ... IK.I ,1 llin.l. n . . 1 Ft I ' ' I. iw.T,nn IMJT-Ijf aim uiav Ive " 1- -' T "Yes, answer! the political orab;r. "I had to lie particular about the de livery at that speech. It was a c. o, d. transaction." Washington Star. . j OLD I FAVORITES 4 frheridan'a Vide. I'p from the South at break of day, liriiiging to Winchester fresh dUmay, The affrighted air with a nhudder bora, Like a herald in baMe, to the chieftain s The trrrible grumble sud rumble snd roar. Telling the battle was on once more. Aid bberidao twenty miles away. Aud 'idrr still those billows of war Tiiuudcrr4 along the horizon's bar; had louder yet iuto Wiuchetiter rolled Tbe rokV of that red sea uncontrolled. Afakinjg the blood of the listeuer cold Ai b 1 thought of tbe stake in that fiery fray. With Sheridan twenty miles sway. but there is a road from Winchester town, A good, broad highway, leading down; And there, through the flaU of the morning light. A steed as black as the sU-eds of night. Was seen to pass as with eagle flight As if he knew the terrible need, , He stretched away with the . utmost 1 sp-ed ; Hills rose and fell but his heart wis i gy. With Sheridan fifteen miles away. Still sprung from those swift hoofs, thun dering South. The dust, like smoke from the cannon's month; Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster ' and faster, 'Fnrelxxliiig to traitors the doom of dis aster. The heart of the steed, aud the heart of the master, Were ls-ating, like prisoners assaulting j their walls, Impatient to be where the battlefield calls; Ever)- nerve of the charger was strained , ! full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurnine feet, the road Like nn arrowy Alpine river flowed. And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like a burk fed with furnace rre. Swept 011, with his wild eyes full of fire; Rut. lo! he is neiirinij his heart's desire. He is simlfing the smoke of the roaring friiy, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the General saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops; What wns done what to do a glance ' told him both. And, striking his spurs with a terrible , onth, He dashed down the line mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its . . course there, because , The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; By the flash of his eye, and his nostril's piny, He' seemed to the whole great army to say, "I have brought you Sheridan 11 the wny From Winchester town, to save the day!" Tlurrah, horrah for Sheridan! Hurrah, hurrah for horse and man! And when their statues are placed on bigb, Under the dome of the Union sky The : American soldier's . Temple ot Fame There with the glorions General's name Be it said In letters both bold and bright: "Here is the steed that saved the day By carrying Sheridnn into the tight From Winchester twenty miles away!" Thomns Buchanan Head. TIDE TURNING TO THE FARM. filoomtnartnn Lawjerand Stock Bread ir Sees Hope In the Kntnre. At the annual meeting of the Iowa Improved Live Stock Breeders' Asso ciation at Ames, the principal address was made by L. H. Kerriek. of Bloom Ington, III., who is perhaps one of the liest known live stock men in the United States. Mr. Kerriek Is a suc cessful lawyer as well, and his re marks are of unusual interest Mr. Kerriek said: "The young farm- er is the most promising and most interesting man In America to-day. He Is the man of the future, and when we compare agricultural conditions prevailing eight or ten years ago with tbe conditions existing now, as e.vem pliflod In this marvelous gathering of men, both young and old, at the great est agricultural college in Hie world, we feel that It is beyond human effort to' forecast the possibilities of the fu ture to imperial agriculture. The tide Is turning we are now nt the be- ginning of a new epoch. This new era Is one In which men and women are to have more of the real comforts and blessings of life by returning to farm ing, ttie noblest occupation known to man. "Any country is. growlng wealthier, more productive and better as its lands noihlng easier to bear tliim tlfe nils are subdivided Into smaller, farms. ; fortunes of our friends. There is The fanner Is the only real Independ- nothing Mr. Carnegie finds so easy to ent. free man. I believe the best re-, bear as the poverty of other people. suits in agriculture will eventually bo 1 worked out on the small farm. On large fiyms we must work at arm's length nnd caimnt do as well ns wo know how to do, for we must work to send this snow so you can have through other men, nnd t,he men who sport snowballing? work on large farms nre,, not 'tho men ! Boys Yes, parson; nnd whnt Is bet who me brainy, shrewd nnd improv- tor, lie lias sent you this way in a ing hey nre not' of this type. "The farmer Is the man who ought 'o be surest of all the necessities and omforti of life and safest from all .-Imnges. panics, hard times and other vicissitudes. - In tbe farm hoiaa chll- dren can be better bred.' better fed and better prepared for the struggle of life. ' It seems to me that we, as farmers, are not getting tbe most out of oux farm life. The farmer b.n bex-buil more or less imbued with the spirit of commercialism with the idea of farming solely for money. He raist-s big crops of corn, or feeds many cat tle, to sell. And he sells them at the other fellow's prices, hurries them on a g'utted market and thcu turns around and buys many things that he could easily have produced on bis own farm at the other fellow's prices. It seems to me that the first thing you should do is to surround yourselves In farm homes with everything that will be conducive to your comfort and welfare. Spend less energy in pro ducing something to sell and more, in producing something that will add to the comforts of farm life. Spend njore energy in your orchards and gardens; produce first the things you need, be it fruits, vegetables or meats; then after you have fortified yourself in your farm fort let the other felloi have any surplus, if be will pay your price for it." STREET CAR MAGNATE. Not Mm; Tear Ao Millionaire Mc (iowta Wu a Folicemnn. As oil and steel have made million aires, so bas the electric railway busi ness done ita share in recent years in the development of individual fortunes. A notable figure among the success ful street railway men of the day is Hugh J. McGowau, head of tbe electric lines of Indianapo lis arid Cincinnati. He is a busy man and some Idea of his time may be gained from the II. J. M QOWA.W fact that recently, while on a hurried business trip to the metropolis, he met some of his associates at a station in the northern end of tbe city, drove down through New York to a depot at the southern end of the island and there took a ferry to returu to the west. On the drive through New York the business was transacted. It is Raid that McCowan does 4S hours' work In every 24. A few years ago he was a police man; before that a furmcr. It takes seven figures to express the amount of his wealth now. He was bora on a farm in Missouri nnd stayed there un til he was 2U. Then he went to Kan sas City, took a commercial course, worked as an accountant and finally went on the police force, because the work was better for his health than Indoor employment Gradually lit; drifted Into politics, was County Mar shal and became agent for a great asphalt syndicate. His work was sue cessful and attracted the attention of the Kansas City gas companies, which were crippled. ' His services were en listed and he' reorganized them. His success in this case led to his being called to Indinnapolis, where the man agement of the street railroads was bad. Under McGowan's direction 125 miles of street railway in that city were merged into a system having' a capital of 113,000,000. McGowau be came President. He is also President of the Cincinnati system, owned by the Wldener-Elkins-Dolnn syndicate. He Is director of several banks and prominent in several inrge euieipiim-s. Mr. McGowan is 44 years of age. IS POVERTY A BLESSING? Comment on Mr. Carnegie's Opinion of Scotland. ... Accprding to Andrew Carnegie, pov erty . is the best national asset that Scotland possesses. It Is a curious thing that so few Scots agree wth him. It will be admitted that there' are no people ori the face of the earth who have less inclination to 'separate from their wealth. Speaking as a rich man. with country houses uud tqwn houses, with parks and deer forests,-the Laird of Skibo says': "I pity the son of u rich man." He forgets that all have not tho same ability which he dis played in climbing the ladder. As he sits on the topmost rung he looks down on those who are struggling be low. The kingly philosopher's remark that "tbe destruction of the poor is their poverty" is foolishness In him. He won't admit the truth of "slow ' rises worth by poverty oppressed.', He admires Burns, yet would regard that Scot's view of poverty as absurd O life! thou art a galling load, A long, n rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.. If Scottish-poverty was such a fine tiling before manufactures brought that country wealth, why is it lr. Johnson could say that (he finest thing a Scot ever saw was the road leading to England? As a matter of fact, Mr. Carnegie is In the position of the mini who has recovered from a severe Ill ness, lie looks back on his troubles with complacency. But that doesn't make sickness n good thing. There is New York Sun, Tnrxct 1'riic-loo. rarson Isn't the Lord good, boys. I silk hat. Puck. We suppose thnt when an old-time Shade looks through the window, it can't Bee much difference between a cluifing dish and an urn. to- The Robinson, Luce Company la a new book publishing corporation or ganized in Boston. Mildred Champagne, author of "Love Stories FnAn Real iJfe," is ed gaged Uon a novel of society life ia Newport. John H. Whit son, author of "Bar. oara, a Woman of the West," lias writ ten another western novel entitled "The Rainbow Chasers." Robert Shackelton has written a tory of trusts gigantic beyond pre- cedent which will bear the title ot "The Great Adventurer."' Hwight Tilton's new novel, "My Lady Laughter," has for its heroine a character as fascinating as Agatha Keiucr iu "Miss Petticoats." A "History of Modern England' froiik the pen of Herliert W. Paul will be issued in five volumes by the Mac milluii Company at an early date. Books about Japan are much in de mand. Two of the lM-st are "A Hand book of Modern Japan" and the "Tha Heart of Japan," published last full. Thomas Hardy's new book soon t oe published will come forth bearing in odd title, "The Hynasts: A Drama of the Napoleonic Wars," in threa parts, nineteen acts and 130 scenes. Thomus Wright, of Olney, is engaged m a "Life of Walter Pater." It is jtated in the Athenaeum that owing to the large amount of material In hii hands it will take him two years t finish his tusk. Some new manuscripts of Tassa nave just been discovered in Italy. They form part of a collection of docu ments bequeathed to the city of Modena by the late Marquis He Fro sini. Among them are letters hithert unpublished. Ir. Lyman Abbott, whose "Life of Henry Ward Beecher," recently pub lished by Houghton, Mifflin fc Co., has had marked success, is preparing a volume of quite different character ta treat of "Priests ami Prophets of Christianity." A rather interesting book is Llllis Hamilton French's Homes nud Their Ieeoration, In which nre given sug gestions to the householder. The book Is the result of tho nuthor's correspon dence with women in this country, Canada nnd abroad, by means of which she "discovered that for tlta most part these women were harrassed by a sense of theirown limitations and confused by a inetlley of suggestion and by various -proclamations relating to infallible standards in household, decoration." J. M. Barrle is very much to thr front in the world of English letters these days. His modesty, his fond ness for children, his confessed lack of practicality, his liking for fairy tales aud the sports of childhood, his shrinking from notoriety are much dwelt upon. Yet Mr, Barrie has shown himself one of the most practical of living authors, with a knack of find ing a market for the products of his well-trained imagination which soma of his always avowedly wide-awake and popularity-seeking contemporaries cannot acquire. v , Ought books for children to have a moral, and bught that moral to ba evident?.' The real moral In Mabel Osgood Wright's new story, Aunt Jim my's Will, a book for girls of ten to sixteen, relates to the happiness and pleasure ?and 'satisfaction you . gala from the sunshine which you spread around- you. Bird, Mrs. Wright's hero ine, ia brought from her happy country home to lUve in a cramped New York tenement wlpi some cousins who do not kuo,w how to live happy, reason nsble lives. After the first disappointment'- Is over she devotes herself to taking caae of the little cripple; but Incidentally and unconsciously she makes all the others happier by her presence. She is brave aud contented and docs what she can to make life nicer for the others; and in the end fclic lias her reward indeed. Fish Live in Scalding Lake. Marcellin Pellet, a traveler who lins recently- returned from Guatemala, de scribes "a curious species of fish, t'lio I'nciUa dorrl, which he found In tiie iKiiling lake of AmatiUun. It pawos its days literally "in continual hot wa ,er." So hot is the water of this lake, it Is said, that to thrust one's hand in to it means scalded fingers. Ebullition ia, however, somewhat teinptTwl, as the really boiling water rises to tho surface, leaving' a temperature of oT degrees cent, at the level Whine tho lish are found, which Is even then ex ceedingly warm for-cold-bloodcd crea tures like fish. ; '. - r Frank P.uckland stales In one of his works that the natural 1st, BrouMsotM"t, found by experiments that some fresh water fish would live for several diys in water so hot that n human being enuld not keep his hand in It for a min ute. De Saussure, the Swiss scientist, dis covered living eels In the hot springs of Alx, the temperature of which av erages 113 degnes Fahrenheit. Hum iMildt nlso saw living fish thrown up from a volcano In South America. London Answers. When a boy gets hold of a new calendar, he looks ahead to see what day the Fourth of July falls on.