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for herself, nnd Is accompanied by somo prominent financiers.
Sho will seo nnd study for tho first tlmo tho groat Gould properties that
havo their center In San Francisco. With her tiro a number of eastern flnun
clcrs nnd railroad men, with whom sho will advise.
Until now Miss Gould has remained free of tho financial enterprlson In
which her fnmlly haa been Involved. Her chief concern hnB been her philan
thropic work.
HEAD OF VERY
Sadness and gloom havo boon tho
portion of n largo section of tho
Amerlcnn Society (bo careful of tho
Inrgo S!), slnco tho publication of
that romarkablo book "Tho 409 Ultra
Fashionables of America," complied
by Charles Wilbur do Lyon Nichols,
on whoso shoulders has fallen tho
mantle of Ward McAllister, Inventor
of New York's "400." Tho cream of
tho cfeain of American society havo
now been segregated, coralled, re
concentrated or othcrwlso abstracted
frorn tho common herd nnd seated on
high in the splendor nnd dazzling
radiance of Mr. do Lyon Nichols, au
gust approval. There appears to be,
however, n romarkablo lack of Inven
tion displayed In tho Now York list
of 300 notables. It Is confined prac
tically to tho guests who wero invited
to meet tho Connnughta nnd Princess
Patricia on their recent visit. Surely
New York Is going to the dogs when
It can only muster a beggarly 300.
Even Ward McAllister, in an earlier and less enlightened period, permitted
tho metropolis to havo a sacred clrclo of 400. Tho reason may bo that only
tho Buperflno ultra-fashionables aro included In Ueau Nichols' arbitrary selec
tion, and that thoso tinfortunntcs who are nt all tainted with tho stigma ot
ilowness, who do not fully subscrlbo to tho modern doctrlno of "eat, drank
nd bo merry, for tomorrow wo die," are dropped relentlessly. Possibly tho
jompllcr's wisdom did not wholly desert him and ho hesitated to embark on
:ho Btormy waters of tho next stratum below, being assured of countenance
ind support by tho precedent already established.
KING PETER IS
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At tho foreign offlco and in tho war ministry all knowledge of plots and
conspiracies aro denied, of course. "It Is a sensational newspaper lie," sold
ono official, who was most anxious to leave the Impression that tho best rela
tions existed between Peter and tho army nnd Peter and his peoplo. But
talk In tho enfes, converso with otucers to whom you have been vouched for
or ask any representative of tho common Servians, the working peoplo, and
ono finds little praise for Peter.
"Servla wants to become a republic," ono army ofllcor Bald. "Tho army and
tho peoplo aro tired of the dynasty."
RULER OF SMALLEST STATE
Bv tho death of William Alexander,
Grand Duko of Luxemburg, which oc
curred recently, a demuro young
woman not yet 18 becomos sovereign
of that littlo principality. Sho Is the
late ruler's eldest daughter, tho Grand
Duchess Mario. Luxemburg Is a state
of 998 8quaro miles in tho nnglo where
Germany, Franco and Belgium meet.
It has about 250,000 peoplo. From
time immemorial It has been an ap
panage of tho House of Nassau. It
was thereforo virtually part of Hol
land, though separated from It until
tho death of Queen Wllhelmlna's
father In 1890. Then it followed tho
male lino to tho father of tho grand
duko Just dead. In 1907 tho succes
sion In tho female line was instituted
by a family statute.
At a tlmo, some years ago, when it
seemed likely that Queen Wllhelmlna
of Holland, would be childless, sho
designated this young grand duchess
as holr to the throne of tho Nether
lands and was about to ask the Dutch states general to pass the necessary
legislation to this end. Shortly afterward, however, the hopes of tho Dutch
people for a direct heir to the throne were gratified by tho birth of the little
Princess Juliana.
The grand duchess Is described bb an unusually pretty girl, Impatient of
advice, quick tempered and Impulsive characteristics which greatly displease
the royal busy-bod!; who are already occupied In selecting for her a suit
,nble husband.
Miss Helen Gould, philanthropist,
ono of tho best lovcil among Amor
Icnn women mul possessor of millions,
has como forward to savo tho family
fortunes from possible wreckage nml
to rcstoro tho prestige of tho family
name.
At tho very moment when tho finan
cial downfall of tho family Is Impend
lng sho hns offered to cast her per
sonal fortune Into tho breach to stay
tho threatened calamity.
In so doing sho haH chosen to for
get nnd to forgive all that haa oc
cut red to nllcniitu otto Member of ilio
fnmlly fiom tho others. She Is In
spired by her own bounty of heart
and by tho deep reverence In which
sho holds her father's Memory.
Miss Oould left Now York tho other
day In her prlvnto car for San Fran
clsco, for It In there- that tho arrange
ments will bo made by which tho
family finances will bo straightened
out. Sho Is going to look over things
SMARTEST SET
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IN TROUBLE
Is the bloody drama of 1903 about
to bo repeated In Belgrade? That is
a question that all Europe, including
Servian peoplo themsolves, nro bbk
lng. For weekB reports havo emanat
ed from Ilelgrado that a conspiracy
has been formed among tho officers of
tho army having for Its purposo tho
dethronement of King Peter, if nec
essary, by as vlblont means as thoso
of tho terrible night nlno years ago,
when King Alexander nnd Queen
Draga wero murdered In tho palace.
King Peter is paying for whatever
guilty knowledge ho may have had of
tho regicide plot with uneasy days
and sleepless nights. Now in his
sixty-eighth yenr, ho is wondering If
It was worth whllo after all, to trade
his peaco of mind as a private citizen
in Switzerland, for tho bloody crown
of Servla. Through tho palaco still
stalks tho restless ghost of Alexander
and tho king's ears must still resound
tho' echo of tho shrieks of Dragn.
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COYOTES IN
A MONTANA
SINCE tho transformation of
pialrlo into grain Holds by u
host of oagor larmets. nearly all
the wild creatines havo disap
peared. To tho old-tlmo ranch
er, tiding home from tho distant post
oflleo nt sundown, the careless coyote,
as It slinks across tho crop-dividing
lane, seems a last link with n bygone
ern, nnd Its ovonlng serenade becomes
n howl of sympathetic protest against
the roar of gasoline engines. For the
coyote Is not panic-stricken by advanc
ing tides of hypcrclvllled life like
Its large congener tho wolf, but adapts
Itself to altered conditions, and prob
ably finds In the latest boom of the
poultry ynrd some compensation for
the disappearance of sheep, writes E.
S. Cameron in Country Life. I have
somowhere rend that the cat which
can strlko an octavo Is tho only musl
clou among mammals, but I think tho
coyote can excel the tabby In this ro
spoct. It can do anything it likes with
its voice- and, with tho ease of a light
operatic soprano, can shriek in altls
Blmo or rattle out staccato at top
speed, besides bnrklug and howling In
nil the variations peculiar to a dog of
Its bIzo. When several coyotes affect
orchestral combination tho effect Is
Indescribable.
Recent systcmatlsts assign eight
species of coyotes to tho United
States, and four more to Mexico, but
In tho present account I refer only to
Cants latrano. Coyotes, like foxes, dif
fer very much In size, but an average
male coyote In Montana weighs 25
pounds and stands about twenty-five
Inches nt tho shoulder, with n total
length from tip to tip of 44 inches, of
which the tnll occupies lf Inches. Tho
prevailing hue of our coyote Is nah
color, which darkens on tho back ow
ing to tho profusion of black hairs,
Bnd turns gradually to reddish yellow
at all tho extremities, excepting the
tip of tho tall, which is usually black,
but occasionally white.
Aid to Farmers.
If tho farmers nre wise, tho coyote
will date a new leaso of llfo from the
new ngrlcultuie; for where there are
no sheep, tho quondnm foo becomes a
valued friend and ally to keep down
tho hordes of Jack-rabbits, gophers,
prairie dogs, field-mice and other pestB
which destroy tho crops. Owing to an
epidemic among tho once abundnnt
cottontail-rabbits, coyotes, In default
of carrion, subsist during tho winter
chiefly upon mice. Among tho latter
are Included the voles (Mlcrotus),
which nro very destructive, and (as
nbly demonstrated by Mr. Stanley E.
Piper of the Biological society) bo pro
lific that, In tho absence of natural
checks, they might multiply to a
plague every four or flvo years. The
Nevada vole plague, within recent
memory forbids a doubt thnt unless
the threatened extermination of
hawks, owls nnd coyoteB can bo avert
ed, the result must bo disastrous to
the fnrmer, yet "he declines" (I quote
the eminent naturalist, Dr. A. K. Fish
er, Yearbook, United States depart
ment or agriculture) "to give a mere
pittance In return for vnluo received,
and visits Indiscriminate persecution
on the humble and faithful tworkerB
that havo helped to save his harvest
or orchard." That coyotes may devel
op into confirmed poultry thieves is
Indisputable, but In my experience
these crafty robbers of the henroost
are either females with hungry pups
dependent on them, or individuals of
feeblo type, whom ago or Injury pre
cludes from hunting In a wider field.
The raids are made at night or early
dawn, and It 1b thus a simple matter
to safeguard tho birds by shutting
them up when they retire to roost.
Turkeys, however, must bo excepted,
their vagrant habit rendering them nn
easy prey. CoyoteB with a taste for
chicken know by instinct when tho
homestead is untenanted or Insecurely
watched, and the persecuted beast
forthwith becomes extremely bold. At
the tlmo of writing, a neighbor (Mtb.
Hagen) happened to be alone on her
ranch In the early morning hourB with
out companions other than her little
girl and an old blind dog. Hearing a
terrible outcry among her -fowls, she
rushed to the barn where they were
gathered for tho night, and surprised
a coyote In tho middle of Its gory
work. One headless pullet already
stained the ground, and a second was
Just saved from a similar fato by her
sudden appearance, which alarmed
tho murderouB brute, causing It to re
treat without Us booty. Meanwhll
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COYOTE
the thotoiiKhly terrified fowls scat
t i.'il wildly In all directions, and one
bewlldeted hen alighted In the center
of a near-by pond. Mruu'ly tho owner
breasted the Hood to sae her favorite
from a watery grave, and cleverly on
the Instant the watchful marauder, re
turning at full speed, captured n sec
ond pullet, which It proceeded to de
vour within full view of tho house
Nothing short of destruction will pre
vent a chicken-stealing coyote from
pel severing In Its raids until nil the
nccesblhlo fowls nro gone. An adult
tiapped coyote, for example, which es
caped from us with n collar on, was
caught In another trap within n few
(I;i.h.
Build Own Homes.
Liu go wolves do not care to exca
vate for themsolves, and usually In
habit rocky caves; but coyotes tun
nel Into a bank, or on level ground,
wherever a badger hole or small wash
out may offer a beginning. Their
deus, In which from four to nine pups
aie born, resemble fox-earths, planned,
as a rule, with u long main channel,
from which several side branches di
verge. Few nnimalB are better
equipped by nnturo to keep their lar
der well supplied thun tho omnivorous
coote, which can mnko a meal of
grasshoppers or wild pluniB when un
successful In tho chase. It Is gifted
with tho cunning of the fox, almost
the speed of tho greyhound and tho
cooiwratlve Instinct of the Capo hunt
ing dog. It will pounce upon tho un
suspecting Jack-rabbit as he squats In
the grass, or ovortako him by counting
In deep snow. At first tho bare ob
tains a long stnrt by a succession of
spurts, followed by high bounds out of
the drifts, nil its legs quivering and
crossing each other In midair. TIiIb
eccentric gait, however, is too exhaust
ing for tho snow whlto fugitive to
maintain, nnd when perforco he settles
down In his normal stride, he Is
easily overtaken by tho long-legged
pursuer.
Swift as the coyoto undoubtedly 1b,
It has been not Infrequently lassoed
from horseback, and once from a
mulo. Coyotes are most destructive
peBts to tho sheep-farmer, and tho
various means of protecting sheep
from their ravages have been set out
In a very ablo bulletin ("Coyotes In
Their Economic ItelntlonB," by David
E. Lantz), Issued by tho United States
department of agriculture. It Is hero
alleged that "In nearly all tho states
west of tho Mississippi the sheep in
dustry hiiB declined . . . nnd ono
of the principal causes given Is losses
from coyoteB." Heavy as tho toll un
questionably is which tho coyote In
flicts on sheep, It Is, nevertheless, In
considerable when compared with that
levied by grey wolves, and may nl
most invnriably bo traced to tho care
lessness or Indolence of shepherds.
Sheep are run hew in bands of thou
sands, attended byva single "herder,"
and If small, roving detachments aro
overlooked nnd not brought Into the
"bedground" at night, coyoteB will
work havoo with these strays.
Problem In Mathematics.
There Is a certain Instructor in
mathematics In n Washington Institu
tion who Is beginning to wonder
whether his llvo-ycnr-old son Is go
ing to inherit his mathematical tem
perament. On one occasion tho father
aud mother of this younger, whllo
visiting n resort near tho capital, were
watching tho boys and girls swing
tho clrclo on a merry-go-round. Tho
father couimeutod upon the, sight pre
sented by ono small-sized 'youngster
astrldo a huge Hon, and, ns ho did so,
noticed a serious look on the face of
his own offspring, who was standing
besldo him. "Why such a solemn ex
pression, Tom?" asked tho father. "I
was Just wondering," said Tom, who
hod had ono rldo and, having a ticket
for another, wished to use It to the
best advantage, "whether I would get
a longer ride than I bad on tho horse
In the Insldo circle If I rode on ono
ot the lions on tho outside row."
Judge.
Appraising Its Value.
Tho great emotional actress was la
boring under Intense excitement.
"My diamond tiara has been
stolon!" she exclaimed.
"How much la It worth?" asked tho
press agent callously.
"That 1b up to you," replied the U.
E. A. "It ought to be worth at least
column." Puck.
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SCIENCE
AND
W1NH0N
BOX FOR STAMPING LETTERS
Apparatus Invented for Benefit of
Man Who Never Has Stamps
Works Automatically.
For tho benefit of thoso people who
never htno any stamps or, rather, for
jlho haucllt of tho peoplo thoy borrow
stamps from n New York man has
invented the apparatus seen In the Il
lustration. 'I'll hi Is nothing less than
Letter Stamping Box.
a letter stamping machine, which,
when n coin or coins are dropped In
tho slot, will automatically atllx a
stamp In an envelope. Tho upper sec
tion of the box has n coin slot at tho
top and In a lower corner, bnck of n
littlo window, a roll of stamps. A
blot at ono end admits the letter and
tho window allows the elisor to see
that tho comer of tho envelope Is ex
actly In front of the roll of stamps.
A coin Is Inserted and tho plunger nt
tho top of the box pushed down. This
presses the end stamp against a'niols
tencr, and fiom thcro on to the envo
lopo, which Is thon withdrawn nnd
dropped Into the lower compartmont
for collection.
FISHING WITH A STEAM PUMP
Each Stroke of Piston Brought Up
Torrents of Wster In Which
Were Fish and Crawfish.
Ono of tho most singular fishing de
vices Imnglnablo was discovered by
accident In France. Though extreme
ly slmplo, tho Hystom Is revolutionary,
sayB tho Scientific Amerlcnn.
A pond on tho farm of Ln Mario
quetto, bordered by rocky shores, was
drained ono year by tho aid of n
steam pump. Each stroke of tho pin
ton drew up 25 gallons of water, nnd
the pond was emptied In a few hours,
nnd not only wan the water drawn oft,
but nil tho fishes also were transferred
to n now element.
This was n revolution. Tho owners
of ponds In tho neighborhood followed
Biilt, and tho proprietor of tho pump
made n specialty of this sort of work.
Ho "lot" ono of his pumps, modified
for tho purpose Tho peasnnts of tho
region called it "tho fish pump." Each
stroko of tho piston brought up tor
rents of water, In which wore flsb and
crawfish, together with mud aud de
bris. One pond of several ncrcs was
cleared of fish at 'an expense of about
17.20, Tho process vas Ingenious, but
kb one cannot have his fish and ent
It, too, and as such rapid consumption
would havo led to equally rapid r
termination, tho authorities Htoppet
tho prnctlce.
NEW CLOCK FOR TIMEKEEPER
Found Quite Convenient When Time
of Workmen Wanted Expressed
In Dollars and Cents.
FnoM run: fiCKiwrinc American.
It Is qiiitn inconvenient, when figur
ing tho tlnih of workmen, to have the
tlmo expressed ln hours nnd minutes,
which Is a duodecimal system, while
the labor In paid for In dollars and
cents on tho decimal system. This
difficulty has been very Blmply over
come by an Inventor In Louisville, Ky.,
who has fitted i clock with a face
showing the ordlnnry 12-hour num-
A Timekeeper's Clock.
bers, and outsldo of this ten divisions
representing the decimal system. The
time of this clock Is read not In hours
and minutes, but In hours and tenths
of hours. For Instance, n workman
starting a Job at 9:30 would be record
ed as started nt 9.6. If bo completed
the Job at 12.3, tho difference In time,
namely, 2.8 hours, Is evidently far
more simple to calculate than It would
be were it expressed ln minutes.
FURS ARE MADE MOTH-PROOF
Skin Is Removed by Freezing Process
and Hairs Made Quite Unassail
able by Vermin.
A European scientist has evolved n
plan whereby fuiH can be made abso
lutely moth proof It Is only tho skin
to which the fur In ott.iched that at
tracts these etentiiroH The Idea,
tlu'iefiirn, suggests Itself to substitute
somo other material not adapted as
food for vermin, in place of the nat
ural skin, and has been successfully
accomplished In the following man
ner: Tin fur Is htretched upon n
wooden fniiuo and Is then dipped, hair
side down, In a Mat dish, the dish be
ing filled with water and placed, with
lh" fur, In n refilgeiatlng room and
allowed to freeze When tho fur 1b
frozen to a solid block tho skin Is
sawed off with u circular saw U can
ho further utllied for the mantifno-
ytuio of leather The suifaco of tho
ico nun-It hi allowed to mell down n
small distance no ns to In lng out tho
ends of the hairs, aud then a nuinhor
of layer h of rubber lolutlon rue ap
plied After this has net the Ice
block Is melted off, leaving the hnlr
firmly tooted In the i libber. Tho re
sult perfectly lesembles natural fur,
but dlfTeis fiom It In being quite un
assailable by vermin
PUNCTURELESS TIRE IS NEW
Kansas City Man Has Invented Wheel
With Cushion of Air Inside
Is Soft-nidlnn.
Ever slnco a man discovered how to
mnko n soft-riding tiro by wrapping
thu product of the lubber tree around
compiesHed air. other men havo been
trying to devlso a way to protect that
sofe-rldlng device fiom damaging con
tact with the unfeeling roadway, Its
tin cans and broken glass and sharp
stones, and so on
One of tho most loeont devices In In
vented by E. Stewart of Kansas City.
Mr. Stew ait has a pneumatic tire, nil
right, but he hides it away In tho
wheel, so that tho only Biirfaco It en
counters Is of smooth metal, adjusted
Tire Inside the Wheel.
so there Is no chafing. Tho outer rim
Is shod with nn ordinary solid rubber
tiro. Mr. Stewart says the hidden
pneumatic tubo docs all the work ot
ono exposed to tho road, absorbing
shocks and Jars, and that It will last
Indefinitely. Ho hns equipped his
pleasuro enr with tho dovlco and Is
rtomonstratlng It to factory repre
sentatives and other Interested per
sons. NOTES OF
SCIENCE
AND
NYENTION
Tests of human bones show them to
bo 50 per cent, stronger than hickory.
Tho United States spends every
year $11,COO,000 for education In art
alone.
An Italian uulverslty professor
claims to havo found radium In ordi
nary dew.
ir blindfolded, It Is said no man It
able to stand Ave minutes without
moving.
A method of planting eyelashes nnd
eyebrows has been developed by a
French surgeon.
In eastern Turkestan sheep are used
as common beasts of burden. They
are said to lie excellent carriers.
Cold nlr contains moro oxygen than
warm air, requires fewer respirations
nnd consumes less heart energy.
A patent has been granted for an
attachment to rocking chairs, which
operates a fan to cool the occupant
A piano will be less affected by
dampness If Bet against an luBld
wall of a room than If against an out
side wall.
It has been found that the eye of a
fly Is able to seo an object no larger
than one flvo-mllllonth of an Inch In
diameter.
Any attempt to turn the knob or
Insert a koy Into a lock that a New
Yorker recently patented rings a bur
glar alarm.
Nearly a thousand patents have
been Issued ln the United States for
devices to do away with the rubber
tires on automobile and other vehicles.
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