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REVIVAL OE STEAMBOAT TRAFFIC The Mississippi to Teem with Fleet of Palatial Vessels Next Season. Tt may sound like a dream, but an other year may witness a revival of the good old days, when the great Missis sippi teemed with life and when fleet and palatial steamers piled Its broad waters In regular and profitable trips between all the Important points from Ht, Paul to New Orleans. To do this and to regain for traffic on the father of waters Its long-lost splendor a mag nificent fleet of passenger and freight steamers is to be built for service be tween the two points named. In ele gance of equipment the passenger steamers will rival tho famous old Robert E. I>ee or the Natchez, and will completely outdo them In speed, writes a Quincy, 111., correspondent. It may be that with the recovery of this traffic In Its commercial aspect, there may come an occasional revival of ‘‘racing," and the present generation may have an opportunity to see the "nigger squat on the safety valve." H. H. Llemke of St. Louis, an old river man, who, In years of experience on the Mississippi, has learned steam boating from cabin-boy up, Is at the head of the enterprise, and also the In ventor of the new style of steelboats which are to travel the river from Its source to Its mouth. He has labored on this project for several years, until today he has people all along the river Interested In his plans. Mr, Llemke's plans are more feasible than any that have ever been advanced and he has received sufficient encouragement from shippers all along the river to Insure the construction of a fleet of steamers, such as are shown In the Illustrations. Mr. Llemke makes tho statement that the steamers will be so equipped that they will be formidable competitors of the railroads, which now parallel the river on both banks. In discussing his project recently Mr. Llemke said: "I have already placed with Harland A Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Del., the order for the first of a fleet of seven boats and will shortly go east to make arrangements for the building of the other six. I believe that river men have themselves been mainly respon sible for the decline of the river trade. tores and machinery at Jeffersonville, Ind. The strong feature of the line will be that a steamer will leave St. I»uis every day and there will be no disap pointments. Where It now takes seven days to make the run from St. Ixnils to New Orleans, the new steamers will cover the distance In two and one-half days, and make the round trip In less than a week. The trip to St. Paul, which now consumes four days, will be made In thirty-eight hours." The financiering of the new line Is a novel feature of the enterprise. There will he no stock company. The boats will be built entirely by subscription, the money being pledged by merchants and shippers along the river. Mr. Llemke says: "They have been asked for no cash, but I have given each subscriber a ticket stating the amount of his pledge. When the money Is needed I will col lect It and when the line Is started I will give the subscribers discounts on their freight bills for the amount of their subscriptions. Though the new boats will not be completed for some months I will have boats for tempor ary use and will open the line In the spring." Mr. Llemke firmly believes that with faster and better boats and punctual service, with the freight and passenger business separated, the levees of the great river will once more resound to the rumbling of dray wheels, the crack of the teamster’s whips, the blasts of the steamboat whistles, the crips of the overseer and the song of the darky roustabouts. OEAR OLD LADY. liar Sweat Way of Making ISr Orantl daugliter Comfortable. A girl who visits New York frequent ly stops while In the city with her grandmother, says the New York Times. The grandmother Is an old fashioned housekeeper and one thing upon which she lays emphasis In her household affairs Is regularity. The meals are always on time and she likes the members of her family to be ready and very realistic scenes are depicted Indicating the Immense store set by the ancient Greeks upon this remark able plant, whose habitat was located in Cyrcno. Its applications seem to have been as diverse as they were valuable, and among its numerous uses we find it treasured as furnlshiug the parltest and most delicate of twgw tables, nlso spice, whilst its therapeutic reputation was almost as universal as that claimed for some of the modern nostrums by their Inventors. 811 phlum has long since disappeared from Cyrene, but Falconer has found in tho northern parts of Cashmere a plant which Is regarded as being very close ly allied to its historic predecessor.— Nature. * Aluminum Itronse, Aluminum bronze, which is likely U. come more and more Into use, is an alloy composed In Germany of 90 to 98 per cent of aluminum and 5 to 10 per cent of copper, of golden color, which keeps well In the air without sotm be coming dull and changing the color. It can be cast excellently, can be filed well and turned, possesses an extraor dinary hardness and firmness, attains a high degree of polish and is mal leable and forgeable. The technical working of the material is not essen tially different from that of iron—In fact, the metal Is, especially in a warm condition, worked like Iron on an anvil, with hammer and chisel, only that the temperature to he maintained in forg ing lies between dark and light cherry red. In case the articles are not forged in one piece, and the putting together of separate parts is a necessity, rivet ing, and, In particular soldering have to be resorted to, with hard or soft solder. Besides forging, the bronze is well suited for embossing. After fin ishing the pieces, the metal can be toned In different ways, as may be de sired, by treatment with acid. WIipii Men I)le Fantest. There are a great number of curious superstitions as to the time of day when a dying person is most likely to draw his last breath, and the tide, the moon and the wind have all been sup posed to have some share In the mat ter. According to the British Medical Journal, Rased, who has analyzed 26, 474 cases of death and 30,515 of birth, where the exact time of day was not ed, finds that the maximum number of deaths occur in the early afternoon (to PROSPECTIVE OF PASSENGER AND EXPRESS STEAMER. Thoy have supinely permitted the rail roads to take their business away from them. There are thousands today who would travel and ship their freight by river if they were assured of accommo dations even nearly approaching those furnished by the railroads. The steam ers I mean to operate will he unlike any that have ever run on the Missis- ' slppi. In point of speed they will be far In advance of the river steamer of Unlay. At present a boat which makes twelve miles an hour upstream is con sidered a very fast craft anti there are few such on the river. The new boats will travel at the rate of from fifteen to eighteen miles an hour upstream and from twenty-two to twenty-four miles au hour downstream. ISach boat will be steel hulled, with a length of 3uQ feet and bo feet beam. Their draught will be it Inches light and ** inches loaded This will enable them to run even when the water is at its lowest stage Their holds will be furnished with airtight compartments, like those of ocean steamers, rendering them practically unsinkable. It Is estimated that the cost of each passenger steam er will be 1200,000, and I have ten times that amount pledged by mer chants In every river town from St I*aul to New Orleans, Including mauy promt neat fit. Isrulsans. "The saving of time will not lie en tirely due to the speed of the boats (forty naphtha tenders will tie operated la connection with the line to obviate the neesneity of mahlag Undine* to take oa passenger* end freight These tenders will patrol the river, roliectlng freight, eipress matter and passenger* !«nd will meet the »t*ew*i In mi l stream There will be a short stop when pnaenagers are lahea on th sight nag s<press* matter can be taken »n while the boats are mania* at full •peed, the result being s greet saving of tints .The lenders are bring built pt Madison Ini., sni the uppm at no promptly. It 1h something of a trial to her that her grandaughter should sometimes after a theater party or oth er festivity sleep over breakfast time. The granddaughter knows this and she makes a great effort to be up In time and make up her sleep if she needs !t In the afternoon. The other evening she had been out very late and grand mamma syinimthized. "The child mustn’t try to get up this morning." she said to herself and dressing more hurriedly than usual she hurried to her granddaughter’s room. ‘‘Alice," she called softly, as she knocked on door. There was no answer and she went in. "Alice," she said again, speaking a little louder, hilt there was no answer, "Alice." she said a third time, and at last there was a sleepy response ‘ Alice, dear,” she said, “don't think of getting up this morning You were out so very late last ulght you neeu the sleep." All this time she was strok ing the ruffled head on the pillow and by the tune she had finished speaking Its owner was wide awake, but uot quite conscious of what had twen said. "Oh, yea, grandma," she answered, "t will gut right up." and she did, for she had I teen so thoroughly wakened that she could not go to sleep again. Tkt Blt|»el«ai. The latest number of Janus, a Jour nal which la open to contributor* from ell parte of the world In divers tongues on subjects relating to the history of medicine and medical geography, con tains an Intereatlng and tall-written article on medtcnl archaeology, dual lag with the algaltowacw of the plaat sllphium and Its therapeutic value among the anclewta. IN’ Kruaftetd of Vienna to Ike writer, and he has Illus trated his article by a reprodu. tlon of the welt knows dish of Arkesllsos. how In th» "Cabinet dee 14•-dailies" of the National library tn 1‘arls. tiraphie 7 p. m.) and the minimum In the last hours before midnight, while the max imum number of births occur in the early hours of the morning and the minimum in the early hours of the af ternoon. As regards the cause of this, he points out that the hours of the maximum number of deaths are pre cisely those when the pulse rate and temperature are at their highest lu health and when there is a febrile ex acerbation in Illness. WHAT THE LAW DECIDES. The right of a city to maintain eject ment for a street of which It nocs not own the fee Is sustained In San Fran cisco vs. Orote iCal ). 41 L. R. A. 3S6. Poles of an electric railway, If prop erly placed, are held, in Snyder vs. Fort Madison Street Hallway Company (Iowa), 41 L. H. A. S46, to give no right of action to the shutting owner, whether he uwns the fee of the street or not. A lineman Injured by contact with a span wire charged by a trolley wire which had a broken Insulator Is de nied a right of action, iu Anderson vs. Inland Telegraph and Transportation Company (Waab.) 41 L. It A till, where he (ailed to teet the IntulaUrR, although that waa his duty. Ftuee for overturn ge hy an express company are held, lu Southern Express Company va. Cum., Walker tVa.), 41 L 44 A, not to he within the con stitutional provision setting apart as a literary fund ' all lines collected for offense* committed against the tint*,'* Interetats property wanted for distri bution la held. In Chamberita a appeal lConn t, 41 I. H A !*M to he aseetg far the ndmlnlairntar de bonis non, under the Connecticut statutes, even [ If the pro per Iv ha* »*e-n administer «d'‘ within the renm law meaning | >»f that (arm THE VAST ANTARCTIC. HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO MAIN TAIN ITS SECLUSION. Ksplnratloit Annin Tuktin Up—froinn Km I n <•»««■• May Hava Much of Interact to Itavaal—Ailvaiilagoe to Latter Day Rxplorere. Persistently, as becomes men con vinced of the ultimate success of tholr efforts, a sanguine band of savants and explorers havo Intset succesalve governments with appeals to take tip antarctic exploration again, says tl»s London Spectator. Their perseverance has so far been unavailing, although It Is not cany to understand why, or to assign any definite reason for such wtrange unwillingness. Remembering how rich were the results garnered from the labors of Sir James Clarke Ross and his gallant coadjutors In the stanch, but undoubtedly clumsy, old Erebus and Terror, and how vast was the field opened up for the subsequent workers, the fact that from then until now no attempt has been made to fol low up this groat work becomes utterly Inexplicable. Yet, believing, doubtless, “that all things come to those who will but wait," for half a century all those Interested In this great question have waited, scarcely ever relaxing their efforts to awaken the powers that be to some recognition of the pressing claims of science to be heard In this matter. Beyond all question, the present time Is peculiarly opportune for the prose cution of antarctic research, For It must be borne In mind that In that vast and almost unknown area, more than twice the size of Europe, one expedition, however well equipped, cannot, In the nature of things, hope to do more than settle a portion of the problems that silently await solu tion. What Is undoubtedly Indicated as the Ideal treatment of the antarctic question Is the establishment of an In ternational polar commission, such as attacked arctic problems In 1882. A cordon of expeditions surrounding the southern polar regions, representative of all the great civilized powers, and working In harmony upon preconceiv ed lines toward definite ends, would add more In one season to the needed data for the solution of the world prob lems Involved than Isolated efforts could do In a great many. But since there are now two separate parties at work In the antarctic and a third will, It Is hoped, shortly be on Its way thither, there must be much valuable collaboration, as well as many thous ands of simultaneous observations tak en at far-distant, points. This might have been the case at the time of Capt. Boss’ voyages, when the French and American expeditions were both In high southern latitudes. Since then science has made such gigantic strides In the direction of Instrumental equip ment for such work, to say nothing of the Invaluable adjunct of steam, that even with only four parties at tacking the problem on differing mer idians, the most momentous results may be expected. After all, this planet of ours under the distance-destroying touch of these latter days has dwindled Into a very small place. And It seems preposter ous that a region like the antarctic should have been allowed to retain so long the secrets It undoubtedly holds. The Illimitable sea of stormy waters that rolls its unhindered way right around the globe, where no busy keel rutiles the wave or smoke of pant ing steamship mingles with the pure, keen air—how strange that It should for so long have been allowed to main tain Its primitive Reclusion! Those appalling barriers of apparently eter nal Ice, along which Ross sailed for hundreds of miles, watching with an Indescribable fascination the baffled billows hurl themselves against the glittering cliffs that rose sheer from the son for hundreds of feet—what lie* behind them? Those burning moun tain flaming high amid their frozen fastnesses and lighting up the gloomy sky for many leagues throughout the long, long winter night, have they no story to tell? And, In spite of all be lief to the contrary, It may be that a land fauna will be found, that some anlmnls may have lieen fitted to live in that wonderful country, which, as far ns Is yet known. Is absolutely sterile. Many firmly believe thnt a warm polar region exists at the southern end of our earth’s axis, but with recent light upon the theory of a warm arctic sea within the encircling t>arrler of ice there can be little expectation that any such marvel will be found In the antarctic. The explorers will be fired with the thought that whatever Ihtdr hardships, a virgin field lies before them If by any means they can get behind the Icy barrier that seems to ■hut oft Antarctica from a prying world, aud that alone, apart from any discovert** they may make, U sufficient Inducement to adventurous men to make them face any hardship. To stand where human foot ha* never before trodden to come with the torch ] of selence Into the very penetralia of nature, for this men In all Mine* have risked all that life held dear, and In so doing have rendered Incalculable ■••rvh'** to thwtr kind On* by on* > th* closed doors h*V* lieen Hung wide opeai, the *eoret» hsve been made man I fast and now at the Hoe* of the nine teenth century only thl* one remain*. list* t*»t *»••** f>w«K H«mw tVheii the Kirby bank fnlled In Abt asi n riant a ►’* conductor had In It |J,< MM, which represented th* saving* of many yearn la the muree of time he received fl 000 In dividend* from the hank receiver, and this sunt he depos ited In th* t'roa# imok of Kmpurta. which la turn failed WHITE SLAVES IN HUNGARY. Hungary lV:i«nnt« HarnMutd to Plow Lika IlnatttN of Jlurrirn, From the London Mall: Stephen Var konyl, the loader of the peasants’ revo lution which convulsed Hungary dur ing the curly months of thta year, has Just boon sentenced to one year’s Im prlnonment for high treason. The movement which was Inaugurated by Varkonyl was a revolt against the remnants of serfdom which still exlst| In some parts of Hungary. In these districts each peasant Is compelled to work fifty days In the year for the landowner without pay. These fifty days of compulsory labor are not suc cessive or at fixed Intervals, but when the landowner has work to be done ho sends n drummer through the village and every male Inhabitant Is obliged to respond to the summons. There upon so many men are selected as re quired. The landowner almost In variably exacts this labor In the sum mer, when the peasants’ time Is most valuable to him. In summer the peas ant ran earn as much as one shilling a day; In winter not more than four pence or sixpence. In winter the peas ants are compelled to act as beaters In the magnates' hunts for a wage of twopence a day. The occupation Is a dangerous one and the time Is not counted in the anual fifty days’ com pulsory labor. The wives of the peas ants are required to sweep and scrub the local manor house once a week without pay. Finally, many landown ers use the peasants as beasts of bur den, harnessing four men to plow In stead of two oxen. Stephen Varkonyl, who Instigated the revolt against these degrading con ditions of labor, Is a sort of Hungarian Wat Tyler. He Is the son of poor peas ants, was educated In the farmyard and graduated In the fields. He Is quite a typical horny handed son of toll, Is physically tall, stoutly built, and small eyes, with their suggestion of the Mon golian silt, and hns that rough kind of natural humor which appeals to the simple peasant mind. Varkonyl,whose power over the agricultural population of his country Is unbounded, Is one of the most interesting figures In modern Hungarian life, A I n*'ful l)i>(. Intelligent dogs are many, but not every dog, even though Intelligent, ran he taught to gather flowers for Its mas ter as a certain (Jordon setter named Norah Is said to <lo. Her master, Mon sieur Ilarhat, writes of her In the Chasseur Pratique: In June, 1895, In a walk beside tho ponds of Llton, Savoy, a friend and I tried to reach some wat er lilies with our canes, but without success. Seeing still finer blossoms out In the water, I called Norah, and threw stones toward them In order to Induce her to go for them. She seem ed to understand at once, plunged In, and coming and going brought flowers enough to All the basket. The guards present could hardly believe their eyes. The dog lowered her head beneath the water so as to cut the stems at a cer tain distance from the flowers. This same dog was useful to her master In another way. One winter morning Hhe entered hlg study with a stick of wood held between her jaws. Hhe deposit ed the wood In the fireplace, went down the steps and brought another, and continued her occupation until tho supply of wood seemed to her sufficient, when she returned to her placo by the Are to enjoy the results of her labor. She certainly seems to be a dog of a practical turn of mind. Loramollrmi That lliirn Oil. The locomotives working through the Arlberg tunnel, on the Austrian State railroad, now burn oil entirely. They are specially designed heavy en gines, two-cylinder compounds, hav ing cylinders !»50 mm. and 800 mm. diameter and C25 m. stroke. They have eight wheels, all coupled, the wheels being 1,300 m. diameter. The engines formerly burned Bohemian coal, but It was found almost Impossible to ven tilate the tunnel. With the oil fuel very little difficulty is experienced. The oil burners used are of the type de vised by Mr. Holden of the Northwest ern railway, In England. PERSONALITIES. Frau Charlotte Emhrten, the only Burvlvlng slater of the poet Heine, has Just celebrated her 98th birthday. Carolu* Duran, the well known French portralt-palntor, has been elected president of the National So ciety of Fine Arts, In place of the late Purls dn Chavnnnea. ljuly Alice Montagu, who. It Is said, will spend this winter In New York, la on* of the twin daughters of Con* suelo, duchess of Manchester. She was the most admired of all the belles of the past London season and Is noted for her beauty. Nikola Tesla Is the foremost living original Investigator In the field of electricity, tie was born In Herein about thirty-five years ago and la a HUr. Ills father was an eloquent clergyman In the Greek church, but It was from his mother he Inherited his genius for Invention Mm# Tesla In vented looms and churns and other de vices while her husband preached Toting Tesla was educated In the poly technic echoot at Grata and It waa there that his attention waa centered on electricity After he left school he became assistant In the government telegraph engineering department at ttudapeat and then drifted to Harts Doming to the t'nlted mates he entered Edison's shop and later set up his own laboratory In New Yorh Since then HU career has l»»*s part of ihe history i of the advene# of electrical science. Why doesn't a blacksmith create an I animate being when he mahte Ihe Are ISy! Through the generosity of Mr*. Col lin* P. Huntington, of Now York, the Tuskogee Normal and Industrial In stitute is to have a new dormitory for girl*. The new building will coat about $i0,000. Doth Mr. and Mrs. Hunting ton have long boon Interested In the remarkable work of Hooker T, Wash ington, and In the last ten year* Mr. Huntington baa given the institute about $200,000. When a woman's cold feet make her husband shiver she thinks ho Is thrill ing at tho thought of how warm her heart to. Senator Simon of Oregon has been taking banjo lesson*. “Are you Im proving?” some one asked him re cently. "Either that or the neighbor* are gottlng more used to It.” he re plied. A catalogue of 300 prizes, suitable to every taste and condition, mailed on Inquiry. Prizes given for saving Dia mond "C” Soap wrappers. Addresg Cudaby Soap Works, South Omaha, Neb. Every continent on the globe, with the exception of Australia, produces wild rose*. I believe Piso't Cure Is tbsonly medicine that will earn consumption.— Anna M. Hose, Williamsport, Fa., Nov. 13, ’M. Hew Terminal Agent. J. F. f.emu has been appointed ter minal agent of the Iialtlmore and Ohio railroad at WaHhlngton, I>. 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