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" -"-"xx: -aefflK' mO-mWuWwj. i&'Kb?! um. wiRSSUt -. , 'ar mv r jt JSHa K I - 4 i RIB CAUSE FEAR .Aviators From Continent Fly in Darkness Over England. British Government Is Providing "Sky (June" to Repel These Aerial ! Trespassers Who Appear During Night. . Loudon. A popular pnstlmo nowa- J InyB with continental aviators would com to bo flying trips by night over England. Daring air pilots In Gcr many or Franco leavo their moorings at dusk, speed over the channel, ami then circle over British cities and ' forts, tlaBhlng their lights to mystify . and alarm tho peoplo below thorn. With tho Ilrst Indications of dawn tho adventure comes to an end. The ! prowling blrtltnan hcada for homo, houses his machine before tho sun Is well up, and leaves tho officials of England to report his lucurslon to the ; war office In London. Reports of these night visits became so genoral, and were at tho same time so disconcerting, that the government Anally took official action and passed a bill prohibiting tho pussngo of air- j craft over certain specified areas. Air. ! craft violating UiIb regulation will be i fired on and othcrwlso warned away. Tho bill was Introduced Into the houso of commons by Colonel Seeloy, secretary of war, and It passed through all Its stages at one Bitting, j without discussion. It went to tho lords the day beforo recess und passed that house JUBt as hurriedly. i How tho mcasuro Is to bo enforced l taaB aroused considerable Interested . peculation. Tho bill authorizes tho ' proper officers, after giving a pre scribed warning, to fire at any air craft infringing this law, and to uso any and every means to prevent In fractions. Tho government Is providing "sky guns" 10 repel these aerial trespass ers, and it will also havo tho services of tho naval aeroplanes and hydro planes and tho flying fleet of the army, which consists of about a dozen aeroplanes and threo small airships. Experts have very grave doubts whether theso precautions will bo suf ficient to prevent the midnight visits. What gave rise to tho action of the government were reliable reports, in somo cases from army officers, 4hat aircraft had been Been over Dover, Shoerness, Portsmouth and Liverpool, OLD STEAMER OSAGE .Cargo of Salt Yields Good Profit to Boat Owner. Craft Goes Upstream In Flood, but the Craw Has to Dig Into the River Bank In Order to Turn Around. Clinton, Mo. How a steamboat once navigated the waters of the Osage river, delivered a cargo of Bait at Suns Point, Kan., and made a good profit on the deal 1b told hero by Richard Fuqua, a carpenter, who waB the boat's carpenter on tho trip and for several years after. Now tho onco navigablo Osage river 1b a prlzo sought by water power men and pro moters, and Kansas, instead of Import ing ealt, Ib exporting It. The steamboat was Itself named tho Osage. The hull was laid and launched at Linn Creek In tho winter of 1S56-7 by the o'wnera, who were residents of , Linn Creek. Tho hull was towed to 8t. Louis, where tho boat was llni&bed. It was 130 feet long, 22 feet wide, and when , loaded to Its capacity of 200 tons draw nearly three feet of water. It was pronounced the finest little boat afloat In Its day, with a cabin capacity of seventy-five passengers, double engines, double boilers and aide wheels. It was Bold to Captain Lambert, of New York, an experienced boat man, who later traded It to MaJ. It. H. Melton of Warsaw, Mo., for Hen ton county land, tho consideration be ing $22,000. Major Melton placed Elijah Melton, his brother, In chargo as clerk, and tho Osage made rogular trips for eight months In the year from St. Louis up tho Osage river, often as far as Pap Insvlllo, In Dates county, Missouri, but more frequently going to Osceola, St. Clair county. Tho Civil war had destroyed the boating service on tho Osage river, and salt was bo scarce that a pound would sell at times for $1. Major Mel ton found plenty of salt at St. Louis In v1867, wh,lch had come from Michigan 'down tho Mississippi. He knew If he could get It to the western countleB of Missouri the people would pay a handsome profit for It. With George Crawford, an Osage river pilot, the boat was loaded to Its capacity with alt in barrels and sacks, and the voy age began. At Osceola the news came that heavy rains for a week at tho head- waters of the Osage In Kansas would keep the river at high water mark; tnd Crawford, the daring Osage river pilot, said bo would try for 8uns Point, or falling, bo could stop at Bell. View, few miles below. Suns Point was reached at four o'clock on th'o afternoon of tho fol- lowing day, and tho river bank was full, but very narrow. It was so full that the presence of the boat forced the wator out of Its banks on to tho low land. In an hour the water begun to fall, and all hands rolled off the salt. Everybody who would work was a lifted to help. Tho unloading contin IN MEXICO CITY AFTER THE FIGHTING D lB. f W li jM 0L BHJQIb tvLLB w i S3C3crtissscstMSBC3S3anMSjSBSBSsnfis .5siit , , bssbsj' ' JMaMM MM . k" ' " A iff''1" I df" i DBBBBBSBsT BBBBBL J BBBBBhBBBMSb 2v vflC SiE9Hi BBBBBSbV IP T-F QSEQlaW 1" Photographs received from Mexico City show vividly the iosuIIh if tho recent fighting. The upper plcturo shows tho shot-riddled buildings on Columbia streot, and In tho lower one Is seen tho half-hut tied body of a soldier left lying In the street, as wero hundreds of bodies. andon at least two occasions as far west as Cardiff, alwayB at night. Tho first visits were paid in October and they have continued up to the present time. At first there was nn Inclination to make light of them, or to ascribe the moving lights and tho nolso of the propeller to somo airship privately owned In England. Hut investigation showed that this could not be, and now tho government places tho blame ued all night without interruption un til four o'clock In the morning. It was then observed that the nar row stream was not wide enough by ten feet to turn the boat around. Every available tool was put Into uso by deckhands and the bank of the river waa dug down low enough to al low the stern of the boat to back Into It, and by the aid of ropes and cap stan the turn waB made. Tho unloading waB completed, and at five o'clock the race for deep water began. The wood supply was running low when a woodyard waB Been in the distance on tho bank, some thirty miles below Suns Point No time was lost In tying up and appropriating all the wood in the yard, and the little steamer was on her way to escape the shallow water. The mouth of the Osage below - Jefferson City was reached before noon the following day. Major Melton left his brother In charge of the salt at Suhb Point, and In a week he had sold tho last of bis boatload of salt and was returning with $27,000, representing the profit - of the trip. DIFFER AS TO Alexandra and Mary Disagree Over Wife for Prince of Wales Ban . on German Princess. London. Tho engagement of the kaiser's only daughter, Princess Vic toria Louise, to the son of the duko of Cumberland came aB a great relief to Queen Mary, who has always dread ed that n marriage should bo ar ranged for political reasons between the princess and the prlnco of Wales. Typically English as thu queen 1b, she would prefer her oldest son to marry nn English girl If thoro wero one of equal rank to be found-wlthln this country, but ob this 1b not the case, she knowB, of course, that the prince of Wales will eventually have to marry some foreign princess. Sho has become quite resigned to this Idea, but she still draws the line on German princesses, and hopes that the future king of England will even tually marry one of the czar's young daughters. On this point, hoWever, she meets with strong opposition from Queen Alexandra, who maintains that it would be fatal to tho best In terests of coming royal generations to allow a union of two young people who are not only as closely related as are the prince of Wales and a daugh ter of tho czar, but whose fathers are exact doubles of ono another physi cally aB well as mentally, and both very far from being robust. Queen Alexandra also feas that her young Russian grandnleces may have Inher ited a strain of tho melancholy of their benutlful and lovely mother. As the young prlnco of WaleB Is of a very shy- and rather effeminate disposition, Queen Alexandra main tains that the proper wlfo for him must be n strong, vivacious and spir ited princess, and her favorlto candi date Is tho oldest daughter of thu on privately owned foreign airships. Some people, however, discard this assumption, and declare that at least ono of tho nerlal visitors came from Horkuin, tho German fortress nenrest the English coast. From Horkuin It would bo u ery sltnplo matter for o modern airship to pass over the North sea and oven right across England, a In tho enso of the ship that flew over Cardiff, and bo back at her base bo foro morning. URGES WORK FOR WOMAN Claims Her Place in Some Definite Vocation or Profession Will Not Make Her Less Attractive. Kansas City, Mo. "Girls and young women should huve occupations," said Rabbi Henry II. Mayer of B'Nal Je hudah temple, In a lecture ou "The Independence of Women." "The cessation of woman's being an equal sharer of tho burden with man has made her a drono and a parasite," he said. "Women's field of labor has shrunk so that her status Is only ono degree better than that of the wo man In the oriental harem. "Women's entry Into a definite vo cation or profession and her rivnlry In business will not make her less at tractive to man. Men like to talk to independent women who know some thing of whnt is going on in the world." Babe Born During a Fire. New York. -Mrs. August Kraves fcow gave birth to a child while her houso was on Are. The unconscious mother, wrapped in a blanket, was taken to tho stropt by llremcu, and both she and her child are doing well HEIR'S BRIDE king and queen of Italy, In whose veins flows tho vigorous and healthy blood of tho Montenegrin princes who, although now of royal rank, are Queen Mary. only a fow generations removed from strong peasant ancestors. Queen Mary's principal objection to tho Italian princess favored by Queen Alexandra Is that England's future queen ought to bo a Protcstunt by birth. 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Tho Confederate States ratuB Chlrora, Captain Kutlodgo, and Pal metto, Cuptalu Tucker, got under way and went down to offer battle, should tho enemy nttempt a capture. There was evidently great commotion among tho licet, who could bo seen rapidly signaling ono nnothcr. Tho battery was crowded by spectators watching events, and eagerly looking forward to some demonstration on tho part of the Federals, as our rams glided down to the scene of nctlon. The British steamer Petrel, which hnd been delayed In rendering nsslHtnnco to tho Wench steamer Hcpubllc, Rcnuudln, which had just gotten off, was seen going out nt this time, pass ing Sulllvan'H Island. Numerous sail boats and barges wero seen running down tho bay, adding to tho Interest of tho scene. For a tlmo the greatest interest and excitement prevailed. By tho assistance of the high tldo, and nfter throwing over somo ten BlabB of Iron and fifty boxes of tin, tho Hnvelock floated off and enmo Bafely tip to the city, much to tho chagrin of the Yankees." l'onchntouln, Ii was captured by tho expeditionary Union forco under Colonel Clarke, after a brief skirmish with tho enemy. March 25, 1863. Tho United States rama Lancaster and Switzerland undertook to kun tho batteries nt Vicksburg. As soon as they enmo within range, tho Con federates opened a tremendous flro. Tho Lancaster waB struck thirty times. Her entire bow was shot nway, causing her to sink Immediate ly, turning u completo somersault ns she went down. All but two of her crew escaped. The Switzerland' was disabled by a sixty-four pound shot entering her steam drum. Sho floated down, the batteries still firing and striking her repeatedly, until finally the Albatross ran alongside and towed her to tho lower mouth of tho canal. Both theso gunboats wero Im provised from light-weight river steamers, and wero not fit to with stand a heavy fire. Confederates under Wheeler, For rest, Stuart and Strong, captured Brentwood, Tcnn., garrisoned by five hundred Federals under Colonel Blood good. After tho capturo tho Confeder ate forco was overcomo by a body of Union troops under Gen. Green .Clay Smith, who follwed them for several miles, Inflicting somo desultory pun ishment in a running fight. Tho citizens of Savannah, Ga wero sufforing greatly from tho want of a sufficient supply of nourishing food. Even cornmenl could be had only in limited quantities. Tho railroads were forbidden to carry any food out of town. Governor Brown of Georgia sent a message to tho legislature of that atato recommending an act restricting the planting of cotton to a quarter of an acre to each hand, under a sovero penalty., He also recommondod that further restrictions bo put on tho dis tillation of spirits, so as to prevent tho use of potatoes, peas and dried peaches for ihaf. purpose. Ho was in favor of giving a cordial support to tho Con federate government. Tho Union fleot of Ironclads, mon itors and gunboats, Admiral DuPoilt commanding, left Hilton Head, S. C. Tho Confederate schoonor Clara was captured on tho blockado at Mobile. March 26, 1863. A large and enthusiastic Union meeting was held at Buffalo, N. Y., at which resolutions wero unanimously adopted declaring firmly and decidedly for tho support of the government and tho prosecution of tho war until tho Confederates wero forced to buo for peace. The legislature of Maine adjourned, having adopted concurrent resolutions fully Indorsing President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, approv ing the use of negroes in the military ervlce of the United States, and op posing all suggestions of compromise. An expedition sent to Rome, Tenn., by Gen. George Crook, commanding at Carthage, Tenn., returned with twenty-eight prisoners, among them a Confederate Captain Rico, together with seven wagons and thirty horses, General Burnsldo Issued an ordor assuming command of the department of the Ohio. March 27, 1863. The following bill was introduced In tho legislature of Virginia: "Bo It ejiacted by tho general assembly of Virginia, that If any person buy any article of food (Including salt) for man or beast, and withhold tho same from market, or ask and receive raoro than flvo per centum commission or profit I on cost and trauBporatlon, such person shall be deemed guilty of n mlndd meniior, and shall forfeit tho article so bought ono-hulf to tho informer and tho other to tho commonwealth provided, that this act shall not apply to markettnen collecting PUpplloB for dally city consumption, or to any per son bringing such food from beyond the Confederate army lines, or purchases for family consumption. "This act shall bo In forco from ItH passage, and continue during tho war." An Important debato took placo in tho British house of commons concern ing the depredations of tho Confcdcr nto privateer Alabama. Jacksonville, Ma., was burned by tho National troops under Colonel Ilust. Colonel Tawcott, of the Confeder ate, army, wns arrested at Now York city. The English steamer Ariel was cap tured by tho gunboat Stettin whllo attempting to run tho blockade off NHuii's Hay. a. c. Robot t Gay, of Company D, Seventy Ilrst Indiana, was shot as a deserter nt Indianapolis, National soldiers prevented ministers of Norfolk from holding fast day wor ship In their churches, in compliance with tho proclamation of President Davis, setting nsldo tho day for tho purpose. The U S. S. S. Hartford, Admiral Pnriugul'tt flagship, engaged tho bnt folios at Warreuton, throe mllen bo low Vicksburg, and paused below, ac complishing nothing. March 28, 18C3. Tho legislature of Massachusetts paused resolutions (hanking tho sol-i diem of tho state serving In tho war, and promising them such re-enforco-ment as tho National government might demand, Tho National gunboat Plana was captured by tho Confederates near Pat terson, La. Coles Island, nlno miles from Charleston, S. C, was occupied by New York troopB. Confederates burned tho temporary brldgo with which tho National engin eers had replaced tho stono brldgo nt Bull Run, Va. They nlso collected all tho grain and other BtippllcB they could obtain in London and Pnuqlcr counties, , Tho steamer Sam Gaty, carrying a number of nogrocB, waB stopped and boarded by Confederate partisans at Sibley, Mo. Twenty of tho negroes wero reported killed, and a largo quantity of government ntore de stroyed, before tho vessel wns per mitted to proceed. A foraging expedition of National troops under Coloucl Falrchlld, of tho Second Wisconsin returned to Hello Plain, Va., after an expedition to Northern Neck. A quantity of pork, bacon, corn, wheat, pens and beans waB secured. Tho cavalry connected with tho force seized a number of horses and mules, captured prisoners, and broko up the ferries at Union and Rappahannock. A schooner engagod In smuggling was burned. March 29, 1863. Tho schooner Nettlo was captured by tho United States steamer South Carolina twenty-flvo miles east of Port Royal, with a cargo of cotton, mostly damaged. A party of blockado runnors waB captured at Poplar Hill Creek, Md by a detachment of tho First Maryland rcglmont, under tho command of Llout. J. L. Williams, A detachment of tho Sixth Illinois cavalry, under command of, Lieut Col. Lewis Loomls, In camp near Somervllle, Tenn., was surprised by a largo force of Confederato Irregulars under Colonel Richardson, but extri cated ltBclf after a terrific struggle In which over forty of their number wero killed and wounded. National pickets in tho vicinity of Williamsburg, Va., wero attacked early in tho morning by a largo forco of Confederato cavalry. Two were killed, and six wounded, and three taken prisoners. Lieutenant Wlngel, of tho Fifth Pennsylvania, In com mand of tho pickets, was among tho wounded. General Gllmore defeated the Con federates under' Goncral Pegram near Somerset, Ky. General Grant despatched Goncral McClernnnd with tho Thirteenth corps to gain tho rear of Vicksburg via Now Carthago, Ark. Thoro was a sharp fight at Point Pleasant, Va., In which tho Confeder ates were repulsed. (Copyright, 1913, by W. O. Chapman.) New Trick. Said tho curious luncher to tho bead waiter: "What Is that man at tho corner table up to tho one who sends the waiter scurrying to and from the kitchen ad often?" "Ho Is a thermometer crank," said tho head waiter. "Never see one?, Thoro aro any number of them float ing about He carries a little ther morater packed away In a velvet case. Ho ubc-b it especially to test tho temperaturo of food and drink Every blto ho swallows undergoes tho' thermomoter test before it gets Into! his mouth. If It Isn't the right tem- porature at the first trial he keeps on, heating It over or cooling it off until it Is right. Somo scientist has figured, out at Just what temperature all food should bo eaten to best agreo with tho Bystem. That man has secured a, tablo of statistics and ho now regu lates his life according to It and a thermometer." Between Friends. Young Bride Jack and I nro two sours with but a single, thought. Frlond How charming! Who baa the thought in keeping tonight? Har. per's Bazar. 1 ROAD BUILDING MAKE BETTER PUBLIC ROADS Experience Has Taught That Much Work Can Be Done During the Winter and Early Spring. At this time of year much Interest Is nruiiM'd concerning road Improve ment As has been found out by ex perience, much work can bo dono to I'nith roads early In tho seneqn, In fact, during the winter and spring when they soften, If they are system atically dragged there Is no equal amount or vork that can be dune with aB good effect at any other tlmo of tho year Tho law permits the highway com missioners to tnuko contracts with per sons living nlongslde a road to do tho dragging. To facilitate this work, tho state highway commission hns Just Is sued blank contract forms which mny bo used by commissioners In making their contracts, says tho Farm Homo. These blank forma are bound with htubs attached like nil ordinary check Crushed Rock Road In Missouri. hook and are very convenient They will bo furnished free of chargo to any highway commissioner who will apply for them to tho stato highway commissioner, Springfield, 111. Tho commission has also just is sued a pamphlet on tho proccduro that should bo taken when a vote on hard roads is proposed. Much time and expenso will be eaved If all who are Interested In having petitions cir culated and vote taken will be sure that all steps havo been taken In ac cordance with the law. . Instances are constantly arising whero through a misstep at some point or other the. wholo proceeding is mado Invalid, causing delay and expense Any one wishing Information concerning the township hard road law of tho state of Illinois enn get the pamphlet here mentioned free of chargo on applica tion to tho Illinois highway commis sion, Springfield, 111. GOOD ROADS IN CALIFORNIA Pacific Coast State Ranks Next to New York In Making Appropria tions for Improvement. Next to Now York, California Is do ing tho big thing In road building. It has 2,300 miles of main routes and 400 miles of laterals, and It Is spend ing its lump appropriation of $18, 000,000, of which It Is said, "Approxi mately 70 per. cent, of the burden will fall upon tho Incorporated cities." Cal ifornia communities havo tho spirit ot tho times. For Instance, Los Angel e county alone spnnt $3,600,000 oa oil macadam highways. In Alabama a system of trunk roads from north to south and from east to west has been laid out Louisiana has spent almost $10,000,000 In four years. Mississippi counties have de clared bond Issues of $600,000, and the stato will spend millions In tho next threo years. Utah spent $2,000,000 in tho past two years. Minnesota la preparing to build 2,700 miles of road next year. Maryland has got Its road building under a rigorous system. Its newest program calls for about $5,000, 000 in two years In tho 23 counties. This Ib the latest expert knowledge. FILLING ROADS AND STREETS Modern Transportation Demands Best of Thoroughfares Aim Should Be to Even Filling. When graveling stroots, If the out Aides nro filled flrBt and tho stones rakod toward the center and covered. It will leavo tho surface in nice con dition. When the center Is filled first 'it Ib impossible ,to cover tho stones ,wlth tho thin covering at tho outside .of tho fill. I noticed a village street ithat waB being raised ten inches with coarso gravel. The center was filled ,flrst and the coarse stones raked to tho outBldcs. It required twice the tlmo to do tho grading as If the out sides had boon filled first and the coarso stones raked toward the deep-i est part of tho fill Mn the center,1 writes an expert in the Farm and. Homo. Moreover, tho streot is sprin kled with stones that could not b covered, which will make extra ex-' .pense to haul away, and it will be a 'rough road for years to come. tfbSVAW1 . r r ,.. HE'ivV'r?wv'(ro V 7P, Gw4fc . ''s miB ' - , i &JZ i. a r 1 '4 V.I m is 1 I: t m t i IWfi vIJr3 l. wt F f I m .su ui ( i . iS X,