I FASTEST IN THE WORLD
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Here is a picture of one of the two
turbine express steamships now under
construction for the Cunard line.
Both these vessels are to make a
speed of 25 knots per hour, and will
be the largest and fastest steamship
in the whole world. The turbine
selected, the Parsons type, is both
simple and efficient. The steam rais
ed in the boilers is conveyed to the
cylinder inside, which is a drum or
hollow shaft, studded with rows of
blades set at an angle to the direction
of the flow of steam. The first row
of blades encountered by the rush of
steam deflects it from its course, so
that it would not effectually operate
on the next row were there not be
tween each row of working blades a
row of guide blades affixed to the in
side of the cylinder casing and set at
the reverse angle. These guide blades
are stationary and their use is to
again alter the direction of the flow
of steam and bring it back to the
straight course from one end of the
cylinder to the other before it en
counters the next succeeding row of
working blades. The tips of the re
' volving blades almost scrape against
; the casing of the cylinder, and the
| stationary blades almost touch the re
j volving shaft or drum. Thus there
I are practically a series of turbine
wheels on one shaft, and the steam
after performing its work in one tur
bine. say the high pressure, passes to
the intermediate, thence to another
or to the low pressure turbine, all the
while gradually diminishing in pres
sure and gradually expanding. It will
be seen that there is no friction in
the turbine and no wearing parts save
the bearings on which the main shaft
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r revolves. From the low pressure tur
: bine the steam passes to the con
denser and thence back to the boiler,
where it re-enters as pure water, in
asmuch as no internal lubrication is
required in the turbines. After many
experiments, it is now demonstrated
that the new vessels will be able to
come to a dead stop from full speed
in a shorter time than if driven by re
! ciprocating engines; while their ma
neuvering power will be unsurpassed
by any steamers afloat. To the engin
: eering profession the adoption of ro
tary engines means increased speed
for the same boiler power, due to
reduced weight of machinery and in
creased economy in steam; the cost
of up-keep is also less; while there
i will be a smaller engine room staff
j and a diminished bill for lubricants.
BREAKING THE NEWS GENTLY
Irishman’s Neat Way of Informing
Mother of Boy’s Death.
A political lieutenant once an
nounced to Senator Quay a disastrous
defeat, making the announcement in
blunt, brusque terms.
Senator Quay gave the man one of
his peculiar direct glances, and smiled !
slightly. Then he said:
“You have broken this news gent- j
ly. You remind me of an Irishman, j
This Irishman had great faith in his ;
diplomacy and delicacy, and one day
when a boy was killed at the quarry j
he told the men to leave everything ;
in his hands, and he would break the
news to the boy's mother as it should
be done.
“So he went home, put on a black
suit and a black tie, and he knocked
at the door of the boy’s mother's
house.
“ ‘Good morrnin’, ma’am,’ he said.
‘ "Tis a sad accident yer bye Tom's
gold watch has had.'
“ ‘Why,” said the mother, ‘Tom
never had a gold watch.’
“ ‘Sure, an’ that's lucky,’ said the
news breaker, ‘for there's twenty ton
of rock fallen on him.’ ”
dangerous Mexican Weed to Smoke.
Manuel Guerrero and Florencio Pino
lad got the “marihuana” habit, and
lor the last few weeks had been
smoking big cigarettes in which to
bacco was mixed with the dangerous
weed. Tuesday afternoon the two
men smoked cigarettes composed of
tobacco in smaller proportion than
marihuana, and after a few minutes
ran amuck.
Then went out into th? street shout
ing. vociferating and attacking every
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Funny Anyway.
William Winter, the dramatic critic. !
is thought by some to write the worst
hand of any man living. There may
have been giants in the past, men
like Horace Greeley, who surpassed
him. bnt no one his equal remains.
Some years ago Mr. Winter was
traveling in Scotland, and having had
many amusing experiences, wrote an
account of them to R. H. Stoddard, in
New York. Mr. Stoddard received
the letter at breakfast, and. combin- i
ing familiarity with the intuitions of
the poet, managed to make it out, and
enjoyed several good laughs. He \
glanced up at Mrs. Stoddard and said:
“It's from William Winter. Very I
funny. Want to read it?”
“You know I can never read a word
of his writing.” answered Mrs. Stod- I
dard.
“Oh, that doesn't matter,” replied
Mr. Stoddard, tossing the letter over:
“it’s just as funny to look at!”—Bos
ton Post.
NOT ON HIS OWN TIME.
Sick Man Would Not Go to Hospital
in Dinner Hour.
Charles M. Schwab, on the day he
sailed for Europe, said that he be
lieved America offered to workingmen
more opportunities than any other
country.
“The workingman, though.” he add
ed, “must be of the right kind. He
must not be like the Greek I heard of
recently.
“This chap, having come to Ameri
ca, secured a good laboring job at $11
a week. But he did not get on well.
He was continually afraid of doing
more than he was paid for.
“They say that a gentleman passing
one day the new building the Greek
was working on saw him lying on his
stomach on the sidewalk. His face
was pale; a succession of loud groans
arose from him.
“ 'What is the matter with that fel
low?’ the gentleman said. •
“An Irishman replied that he was
sick.
“‘Well,’ said the gentleman, ‘if he
is sick, why doesn't he go to the hos
pital and get some relief?’
“The Irishman laughed scornfully.
“’Do you think he'd go to the hos
pital in his dinner hour?’ he said.”
Points for Social Workers.
There are in the twenty-eight met
ropolitan boroughs of London 291,725
working boys who have no place but
the streets to play in, with the excep
tion of 29.912 of that number, who are
members of one of tj»e 4t>5 boys’ clubs,
of the right kind and under efficient
CROSS SECTION OF NEW DEADLY SUBMARINE AND PICTURE OF INVENTOR.
George F. Ryau of Chicago, whose
picture appears at the top, is daily
looking for patents on a new subma
rine he has invented and which he
claims will compel the world to bow
to the United States. The secret of
his war machine he declines to reveal.
The lower picture shows to the right
below a torpedo In position; to the
left below a torpedo leaving the tube.
Above at each end is a torpedo in ita
flight.
body. First they marched hand in
band, declaring that they were the
bravest men on earth and would kill
anybody who dared to say a word to
the contrary, but at last Pino de
clared that he was still braver than
his friend, and a fight followed, the
two receiving dangerous wounds.
They were captured and sent to the
hospital, where they had to be put
into straitjackets. It is feared
that the two men, if they recover
from their wounds, will lose their
minds permanently, as is the case
often with marihuana smokers.—Mex
ican Herald.
Mystery Solved at Laat.
“I lost my notebook one day,” said
the novelist, Will Levington Comfort.
"I searched the house over for it
From room to room I went, examining
every corner, and at the end of a two
hours’ hunt I found the book.
“‘By Jove!’ I exclaimed, ‘I wonder
why it is that one always finds a
thing in the very last place one looks
for it?’
“‘Maybe,’ said a cousin of mine, ‘it
is because after we find what we are
hunting for, we end our search.’”
Japs Were in Earnest.
When the war broke out, the librar
ies on the Japanese ships were clear
ed of all fiction and illustrated papers,
only technical treatises being allowed
to remain. This is in significant con
trast to ttie Russian ships at Port Ar
thur, which were provided with ping
pong tables.
*Odd Subscriptions.
Port Arthur has a soldiers’ paper
—the Schlik, or “Bayonet.” Subscrip
tions are received in money, tobacco,
matches or European newspapers.
Hi# Own Pen Picture.
Prof. Henry Beers of Yale is noted
for bis dry wit and his lax discipline.
His classes come at 5 p. m., when
these hot days make students rather
drowsy. I^ast week a sophomore went
to sleep on a rear bench. Prof. Beers
called on him. and stumbling to his
feet in response to his neighbor’s vig
orous nudge the youth drawled, “Yes,
sir.’’
“Read the poem on page 66.”
“Oh. how green and fresh I am,” the
verses began, but the class caught on
by that time and a gale of laughter
ended that particular reading.
Imports of Macaroni.
Macaroni, vermicelli and all similar
preparations constitute, as a whole,
the most important item of bread
stuff imported for consumption into
the United States. In the fiscal year
1902-’03, the combined imports of
these products amounted to 29,670,191
pounds, valued at 31.200,419; in the
previous fiscal year the imports were
23,780,756 pounds, alued at 3974,929.
Electric Line in Denmark.
An electric line, 100 kilometers in
length, is to be constructed between
Frederikssund and Nestved, in Den
mark. It will cross a part of the
island of Zeeland, and is to be com
pleted, after the model of the Lake
Como railway, by 1905. It is said that
this is the first electric line in Den
mark.
All Steel Passenger Car.
The Metropolitan West Side Elevat
ed railroad of Chicago has ordered an
all-steel car for the purpose of experi
menting and securing information
w’ith the view of fixing upon a design
for general use in the near future.
fV VW/iV.-YV.
management already In existence
Put in another way. out of every 628
boys the existing clubs only receive
fifty-five as members, leaving 673 boys
or 91 per cent of the total, without
the means of healthy recreation and
amusement of any kind except the
streets. So, too, out of 324,905 work
ing girls only 22,079 are members of
the 267 girls’ clubs. That Is to say,
that out of every 1,217 girls, the girls
clubs only receive eighty-three as
members, leaving 1,134 girl's, or 93
per cent of the total, without the
means of healthy recreation or amuse*
ment except the streets.
8orry She Spoke So Soon.
Wife—I need a little more money.
Husband—It is only two days
since—
“Now, see here! I want you to un
derstand that I wouldn’t ask for
money if I didn’t need It,' and don’t
intend to be reminded that it’s only
two days since you gave me some. I
am rfbt a child, nor a menial, nor a
slave, to be treated like an irresponsi
ble being, and I just want you to
know that I won’t stand It either, so
there now! I’ve got just as much
right to your money as you have, so
there now, you-”
“My dear. I was merely going to re
mark that it is only two days since I
drew my salary, and you could havo
all you wanted.” *
Regarding the Telephone.
The telephone Industry of the
United States represents a capital of
more than $450,000,000, covering
slightly more than 4,000 systems, with
2,315,297 telephones of all kinds, over
which were exchanged during 1902
more than 5,000,000 telephone conver
sations.
| NEBRASKA STATE NEWS |
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Holdrege reports a good attendance
at the junior state normal.
Many people from Columbus have
been at Bonesteel for registration.
The tax suits against the Combina
tion Bridge company at Dakota City
have been compromised.
Miss Alma Hanson wants $1,000
damages from Grand island for falling
on a defective sidewalk.
Mrs. W. K. Lay, a former resident of
Omaha, who attempted to commit sul
cide at Columbus, is recovering.
Nebraska has agreed to take $23,000
of Perkins county refunding bonds I
bearing 4 per cent interest at par.
A 13-year-old girl of York was bitten
by a spider and for a time it was fear
ed she would die, but she is recover
ing.
Dan Mylrea of Leavenworth, Kan.,
was thrown from a train near Dakota
City after being robbed. Two ribs
were broken.
The gross receipts of the Omaha
postofflee for .Tune were $42,526,
against $38,233 for the same month
last year; increase of $4,298.
Young prairie chicken and quail are
flying thick in the fields near Ravenna
and every one is getting his dog and
gun in shape for a fine hunting sea
son.
A new creamery company has been
organized at Beatrice which will churn
in that town, co-operating with the j
Beatrice Creamery company of Lin
coln.
A team belonging to J. F. Wall, a
farmer residing near Eagle. Cass
county, was stolen last week. The offi
cers have thus far been unable to se
cure a clue to the guilty party.
National guardsmen n»ay go into
camp at David City. It was stated at
the office of the adjutant general that
David City’s proposition had been
looked on with much favor. The mat
ter will be decided shortly.
The volunteer fire department of
Seward will hold a street fair and car
nival the week beginning wun juiy ao.
Every effort is being made to make
the fair a success and to accommodate
the crowds which attene.
- The Farmers’ hank of Shelton has
amended its articles of incorporation
by providing for a hoard of from
threee to five directors, with power to
select the bank officials. An annual
meeting also is provided for.
- Governor Mickey honored the requi
sition of Governor Odell of New York
for the return of John A. tliter, chcarg
ed with stealing $25.00u from A. P.
Ordway & Co. of New York City, a
firm of manufacturing chemists.
An agent of the Swift Packing com
pany was at Havelock trying to find
some of the unemployed shopmen with
a view to hiring them to take the
places of the strikers at South Omaha.
The agent was told that none of the
men there cared to go.
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The funeral of Ed Williamson, who
was drowned in J.*ke Manawa, was
held from his father’s residence in |
Nebraska City under the auspices of
the Modern Woodmen of America and
Company C, Nebraska National Guard,
of which the deceased was a member.
A tornado destroved the residence
and outbuilding of Albert Britton, near
Taylor. Mrs. Britton was imprisoned
by the failing walls of the sod house,
but was rescued before she sustained
serious injury. A number of buildings
east of Taylor are down as a result of
i the twister.
Orza Walker of Cedar Bluffs re
ceived injuries in a runaway accident
which caused his death. He was at
the home of his brother, two miles
past of the town named, when a team
he had been driving started to run
away. He tried to head off the ani
mals and whs struck by the center
pole.
A 13-year-o * son of -. and Mrs.
Peter Weeberg of Columbus was bit
ten by a huge black spider. The lad
was bitten while he lay In bed. His
face soon swelled to an enormous size
and it was thought for a time the bite
might result seriously, but in twenty
four hours the swelling commenced to
subside.
Mrs. Rose Wfiitting, an Insane pa
tient who was sent to the asylum
about a month ago, was picked up by
the police while wandering about the
city In an apparently demented condi
tion. The unfortunate woman was
ordered taken back to the hospital, as
the insanity board found no record of
her parole or discharge from that in
stitution.
'dress Hansen of Grand Island,
wno attempted suicide on the after
noon of the Fourth of July, died at
the St. Francis hospital as the result
01 the injuries self-inflicted. He had
cut three gashes in his throat, not
deep, enough, however, to sever the
wlndpliie or the important arteries,
and one In the wrist, cutlng the ten
dons, hut again not reaching the main
blood veins.
A. B. Test, a farmer living about six
miles southwest of York, has sold 160
acres off his farm to Mr. John Wise
man of Charleston, Neb., for 975 an
acre.
It has been derided to combine the
county teachers’ institute and the city
teachers' Institute at Lincoln this year.
The sessions will begin August 29 in
the Lincoln high school auditorium
and continue for one week. It is hop
ed by thus combining forces and funds
the one institute may be made much
more profitable thap the two have been
heretofore.
Daniel J. Coll surrendered himself to
Sheri fTHill oi Adams county and re
quested that he he taken to Annapo
lis, Md., from which place he deserted
from the United States navy on June
18. Coll Is twenty-two years old and
comes from Cleveland, Ohio.
County Assessor Miller has filed
with the state hoard of equalization an
abstract of the Lancaster county as
sessment. The average increase is
72.4 per cent ocer last year. The total
valuation In 1903 was 93,593,077.94,
which has been increased to 911,729,
816 this year.
. THE RAMSEY LAW. fw
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Farmers Will Make Another Test of
the Same.
LINCOLN—Within a short time a
suit Will be filed against the Union
Pacific railroad company in the su*
preme court, asking for a peremptory
writ of mandamus to compel the cor
poration to comply with the Ramsey
law. The Farmers’ Business associa
tion of Shelby is the complainant and
the agriculturists will be represented
by J. O. Detweiler of Omaha.
The farmers will allege that there
are several old line elevator companies
located at Shelby and that the rail
road discriminates in favor of them
and against the association. The as
sociation recently applied to the com- i
pany for railroad facilities, but was re
fused. It also applied for permission
to purchase an elevator located at
Shelby and which was the property of
the Omaha Elevator company, but this
also was refused. The petition alleges
that the Farmers’ Business association
is composed of 150 of the substantial 1
farmers of the vicinity of Shelby and j
that it would market more than 400,000
bushels of grain each year.
This will be the third test of the
Ramsey law to be filed with the court,
the most iranortant of which is the
action brought by the Fanners’ Grain
and Elevator company of Virginia,
Neb., against the Kansas City & North
western railroad. William Ramsey,
the author and introducer of the Ram
sey bill, is at the head of the Virginia
corporation.
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RUST IN THE WHEAT CROP.
Alarming Reports Reaching the Ne
braska Experiment Station.
LINCOLN—Alarming reports are
reaching the government experiment
station at the state farm concerning
the development of wheat rust and
the injury promised from that source.
The stories of damage came from sev
eral sections of the state, and In some
cases almost total loss is reported.
W. S. Holden and E. A. Holden of
Burr, two of the largest wheat farm
ers in the state, having over 1,000
arres at Burr, have lost practically
their entire crop. The field looks
good at a distance, but a closer ex
amination shows that there is no grain
in the heads. Many farmers around
Burr are plowing up their wheat nad
seeding the fields to milllt. Reports
from Normal and Pleasantdale are to
the same effect.
Prof. Lyons of the state farm states
that the trouble is due to a scab or
fungus growth, which appears both on
the stalk and on the head. It Is a
little white or reddish growth. There
was some complaint last year, but
nothing comparable to the damage
done this season.
Although the smoother varieties are
most affected the Turkey red wheat
grown in this section is not immune
from the fungus and fears are enter
tained that ver» serious damage has
resulted to the wheat cron in the
southeastern section of the state.
Church Howe Coming Home.
AUBURN—Church Howe. United
States consul at Antwerp, Belgium, is
expected to arrrive In New York soon
on a three months’ vacation. After
visiting Washington on official busi
ness he will return to his old home
in Nemaha county for a much needed
rest.
Fain A* :idant at Lewiston.
LEWISTON—Fred Hiller, 9 years of
age, was accidentally shot and killed.
He had climbed upon a binding ma
chine with a shotgun in his hands and
foil off. The gun was discharged.
An Insane Prisoner.
GREELEY—John Klein, who has
been confined in jail for two or three
days charged with being insane, arous
ed the town with a cry of “Fire” abo i:
half past four in the morning. He
was laboring under the idea that rob
bers were after him and threw him
self against the door, making several
severe cuts on his head, requiring *'ie
services of a surgeon to sew up f,'.e
wounds. He will probably be ta!. -n
to too asylum.
Want* Bonds Registered.
LINCOIJM—Gustavus Remak, 1r.,
has tiled an application ip the supre: le
oourt for a peremptory writ of man
damus to compel State Auditor Wes
ton to register the Butler county rail
road bonds. This is the third applica
tion o! the kind to be tiled.
Suicide at Elm Creek.
KLM CREEK—John Kemmnrle
committed suicide by shooting him
self in the temple with a rifle. Poor
health and melancholy was supposed
to be the cause. ..
Mr. Marsh at Bonesteel.
LINCOLN — Secretary of State
Marsh, who has returned from an ex
tended tour of Inspection of the Bone
steel district and the Bonesteel Indian
agency. Is very favorably Impressed
with the land about Bonesteel. The
first 500 or 000 claims listed, he says,
will make fine farms, though those
lower down the list are not so desir
able. He reports that the Indians
seem to be choosing the rough wooded
section rather than those better suited
for farming.
Struck by a Train and Killed.
KEARNEY—Word , was received
from Elm Creek of the finding of a
dead man beside the track a few
miles west of Odessa. The body was
taken to Elm Creek and was recog
nized as George Wunderwold. bettor
known as “Shorty.” He was a young
single man and had been last heard
of by his father, who lives with Ed
Harris, at Amerst in Wyoming. He
was seen Sunday morning walking
east along the railroad track and the
supposition is that he was struck by
a train.
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r SENATOR'S MARRIAGE CAUSES I
ASTONISHMENT AMONG FRIENDS j
MBS. KZUZ/f CZdPA’
Society and the world of finance
were astonished to learn that Miss
Anna E. Ijl Chappelle has been the
wife of Senator William A. Clark of
Montana for more than three years.
The announcement was made in New
York that the beautiful young French
Canadian girl who has been Senator
Clark’s ward for many years and who
gossip has many times said would
become his wife stepped into that po
sition on May 25, 1901, at Marseilles.
France. Society was also surprised
to learn that Mr. and Mrs. Clark have
a baby two years old. Mrs. Clark
will soon sail for America.
IDEAL STUDY FOR AUTHOR.
Where Irving Bacheller Turns Out
His Widely Read Books.
Irving Bacheller, the novelist, has
what is probably a unique study in
which to do his work. Mr. Bacheller
has Duilt a home at Sound Beach.
Conn., a stone’s throw from the wa
ter. The house stands at the head
of a sloping lawn, facing the broad
leaches of the beautiful sound, where
the novelist refreshes himself with
his favorite sport, fishing. His den
is not in the house, but is a separate
square-built structure on the rocky
edge of the water, and when the tide
is high it is half boat, half house, for
the waves come up under it in a sort
of a tunnel built directly beneath
for the safe housing of a boat. When
Dr. Bacheller has been working hard
tai into the night he goes to sleep
in the study, wTth the lapping of the
water all around and under him. It
is an ideal den for a literary man
who is also a fisherman and loves the
water.
KAISER TO REWARD HEROISM
Cable for Names of Women Who
Showed Bravery in Disaster.
The German emperor has deter
mined to confer decorations on those
who risked their lives in saving pass
engers on the ill-fated steamboat Gen
eral Slocum, recently burned in the
river at New York. As the former
ruler of many who lost their lives on
the vessel, he has instructed Consul
General Buenez to procure for him a
list of names of those whose rescues
were distinguished by heroism. It
was he who first cabled for a list of
the dead, which was promptly sent.
While this list was being prepared,
however, another request was re
ceived for the names of the bravesf
three women nurses. This Consul
General Buenez submitted to Health
•Commissioner Darlington, who is now
engaged in the delicate task of pick
ing these from among the many wom
en who did noble service on that oc
casion.
Count Castellano Growing Fat.
Anna Gould's husband. Count Bonl
De Castellane, has come into the
limelight again, and this time for
most embarrassing cause. For a
good while foreign correspondents
resident in Paris have let him alone,
having been too busy with other and
perhaps more important lights to no
tice the little man. but now he sud
denly bobs Into view again. The
count has grown quite stout. In
deed. he is fat. and his tailor is in
despair. The deplorable fact is com
ing in for gleeful comment among
Parisian writers.
Italian Ambassador Promoted.
Mayor Des Planches, Italian ambas
sador to the United States, who has
just arrived from Europe, found
awaiting him on his return to Wash
ington notification that he had been
ennobled by his sovereign. Word
was received at the embassy the day
before that the king had made the
ambassador a baron and that here
after he will be known as Baron
Mayor. The baron has been in Eu
rope for about a year.
British Baronet Won Prize.
Lady Grey-Edgerton is generally re
garded as the smartest of the pretty
American girls who have married
British baronets. She was Miss May
L'uyler, daughter of a -distinguished
jffieer. and before her marriage to Sir
Philip had lived a good deal in Eur
ope. Her ladyship is devoted to her
win sons, now 9 years old, and to
:er 2-year-old girl baby.
Platt Buys Home to Please Wife.
Senator T. C. Platt has purchased
/Ilia Eden, at Highland Mills, N. Y..
o please his wife, who says she is
ired of living around in hotels.”
AUTHOR FOND OF SOLITUDE.
Donald Mitchell Would View Civil,
zation From Afar.
Donald K. Mitchell was visited last
week by a real estate agent who
wished to buy the hillside property
falling away before the house of the
venerable author, with the citj of
Yale university at its foot and beyond
the blue stretches of Long Island
sound. “Ik Marvel" was not disposed
to look with favor on the speculator'^
ofTer. “I know,” he said, ‘what that
would mean—new buildings and
fresh dirt and noise and bustle. I
have watched every single house that
you see down there go up. be filled
with people and take its place and
part in life. I know them all; and
many of them I have come almost to
love. But I don't want civilization
any nearer to me than it is. If it
should climb up here I think 1 should
leave this old home and go back int
the woods and wait there for the cad
that is not very far away now.”
TWINS 87 YEARS OLD.
Connecticut Believed to Have Oldest
Pair in America.
Julius H. and Junius N. Benham
probably the oldest twins in the Unit
ed States, celebrated the eighty >o\
enth anniversary of their birth at a
summer resort near Bridgeport. Conn,
last week. They are natives of Mi 1
dlebury, that state, in ami near which
place they own a good deal of prop
erty. Both are more than ti feet tall
stand very straight, and. except fot
thadr snow white hair and beards
there is nothing about them to indi
cate how many years they have lived
The Benhams come of long-lived po»
pie, their grandfather having lived t
be 94 years old. their father. Trtiemar
Benham. was 88 and their mother 9'
when death called them, and their
only brother died at the age of Sti.
Big Men of Indian Territory.
One of the delegates sent by In
dian territory to the Democratic na
tlonal convention was C. A. Skeen
who stands 6 feet 3 Inches in his stock
ings and is a big man even for bis
stature. Mr. Skeen is a most vera
cious gentleman, it would appear, said
in an interview: “I am sorry that
none of the big men of the territory
was able to attend this convention
They ware all busy and so they said
that the little fellows, who are not
so much use at work, must come
along. Some of the men in the terri
tory are so big that they are not able g
to travel. The car seats and the hotel 4
beds are all too small for them. So J
they stay at home. But that is nc
hardship for a man who lives in In
dian Territory.”—Chicago Chronicle.
Maurice Barrymore Dying.
Maurice Barrymore, the once pop
ular actor, has only a few days more
to live, it is reported. He is in the
retreat to which he was sent some
time ago. At times he has intervals
when the old spirit of merriment
shows itself. Physically he is a
w*eck, having no control over his
tody, which is without power ot
movement or sensation.
Will Experiment with Silk Worms.
Prof. E. W. Woodworth of the de
partment of entomology of the Uni
versity of California for some time
has Interested himself in the culture
of the silk worm in southern Cali
fornia. He is now endeavoring to ci£
termlne whether or not silk worms
•an be raised in California on such
a scale as to make the venture a (
commercial success.
Left Fortune to Native Town.
Mrs. Mary A. Cunningham, who re
cently died in Molton, Mass., left
1*100,000 to the town to provide parks
hospitals or whatever other institu
tions may be needed for the benefit
>f the citizens. \