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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , MAY 18 , 1906. PAYING OFF AT PANAMA. Handling of the Money .for the Workers - , ers on the Great Isthmian Canal. No more Interesting scenes could be Imagined than tnose hi the various camps on the Panama canal , when the great army of laborers employed by tUo United States government are paid their wages from a special train filled with money chlelly bags of $1,000 each , weighing about CO pounds. The skilled white laborers and olllco em ployes , about 2,500 In all , receive their pay once a month , amounting to about $150,000 ! , In much the same way as ordinary government clerks are paid in Washington. Of the laborers , how ever largely Jamaican negroes there arc at present 15,000 at least , and they draw about fGO.OOO a month In fortnightly payments. Ono might think that the pay clerks iu their train load of specie would feel \ uueomfortable among this army of dusky giants , especially when the train halts In some small tropical camp and great sacks of silver are unloaded in the jungle. The other day , writes a correspondent at Panama I saw fCO- 000 put on the pay car for the so-called "silver men" working at Taberni'la ' , Han Pablo , Cristobal Gatun and Uoblo. Some Jamaican colored police were watching the negro boys bringing out the sacks of silver , and others stood by the wagons while the money was put on. "Sixty , " exclaimed Mr. Waldrop , the chief cashier. A policeman climbed onto each truck , the whips cracked , and off went the teams of mules with | the cashier and pay clerks bringing I up the rear in cabs. Mr. Waldrop did ( not seem to be afraid about leaving the Jl.OUO bags unguarded on the railIs I way station , where altogether there must have been nearly two tons of coined silver. The pay car in , of j i course , specially constructed , and three \ i lines of laborers face its side doors. j These arc In pairs , and die men I climb up on the car trucks to one of ! the double doors , receive their money , ' pass out at the other , and leap down. The pay counter runs the entire length of the car , close to the doo.s. and only one man can stand In front i of It at a time. Each applicant pre sents a pink pay certificate giving his number , the amount of wages duo to him , and the signature of an official , who certifies that the bearer Is the proper person to pay and has given a receipt by signing his name on the cer tificate. I For further security ihe laborer shows his diamond-shaped metal tag with his number stamped on It. This usually hangs from his belt , but at the pay counter he holds It up In his left hand , puts down his certificate , grabs off his hat , and holds it out for the showed of silver. The pay clerk compares the number , glances at the signature , and then reaches under the ( xinnter and throws rolls of coin and loose silver into the extended hat. The rolls usually contain $25 done up in packages by Chinese boys whom the disbursing office , after having tre-l ! white clerks and girls , have found to be the most rapid and ac curate money counters on the Isthmus. Two of them are champions Chong and Leon. These will count and roll up In ? 25 packages over $25,000 worth of silver dollars in a day , and never make a mistake. These two Chinese boys have counted and wrapped mil lions of dollars , and not one package has over been found wrong. Their pay is about $75 a month. The scene in the traveling pay train IB most interesting. The canal labor ers are paid at the rate of eight a minute at each door , or 24 minutes for the entire car. This rate can be kept up , provided no forged or Imper fect certificates are presented. For geries tfiere are , of course , but of a very : ; tupld kind. Thus three dollars will . be altered to $13 in the figures on the order to pay and not in the receipt ! Detection and arrests occur every pay day. day.These These Jamaican negroes would never dream of stealing money from the pay car In the ordinary way , but such of them as are not wholly Illit erate simply glory In trying to demon strate to their less "cultured" breth ren what a valuable thing "education" is , and how It can be turned into money. On goes the pay train Into the Jun gle at Tabernllla and Gatun , as well as the smaller camps , where the ne groes , after getting paid , run screamIng - Ing with delight Into the bush , and play like , children or monkeys with the glittering silver. The matter of currency in the Isthmus Is most In tricate. Heavy Mexican dollars are furnished by the Panama government to the canal paymaster for the "sil ver" men ; but the "gold men" are paid on the 4th of every month In dllferent currency altogether. The pay certificates are returned to the divisions for redistribution once more to the men ; and the time books , time rolls , and pay rolls are sent to the dis bursing officer to be checked and ex amined. This official Is under heavy bonds , and " must audit every figure on the' ro"lls. He Is therefore obliged to go carefully over 32,500 names on the 1,700 big sheets every month before he will pay out a dollar. In a few weeks' time thousands of oilier laborers will be Imported into the isthmus , when the actual work of "making the dirt fly" logins , and tjien the pay train will be longer and its staff larger than ever before. * Jamaican Finances. Jamaica is now apparently out of her financial difficulties. The gov ernor reports a surplus of $80,000 , and the six per cent surtax on imports : has been removed. FRANKING IS ABOLISHED. Postage Stamps Must Bo Used Upon All Mall Matter In the Philippines. The postal administration of the Philippines has taken the step advo cated so strongly by Edwin C. Madden , third assistant postmaster general for the United Slates government , to-wlt : the franking privilege has been entirely abolished on the Islands , and every pli'pc of mall nuitctr , whether privates or ofllclal , must bear n postage stamp. The motives actuating the Insular government In taking this step' were th" same that suggested to Gen. Madden the desirability of abolishing tli" franking privilege In the United States ; n deficit in the postal bureau. The Philippine ofllclals wen- satisfied that the postal department of the Islands would take care of Itself provided it could be placed on a business , basis. Under the old regime vast quantities oC ofllclal mall was being transported and handled from which no revenue was de rived ; the matter simply bore the usual "penalty card" and was carried free. free.The The insular bureau Is In a sense a law to Itself and has authority to handle Its postal affairs according ! the desire of the department without Invoking legislation by congress. The postal department , weary of Its regular annual deficit and the unfavorable com ment that naturally followed , took th * matter Into Its own hands and Ismcl an order that herrafter all mall of tin ; Insular ' government must carry the iv- jaulsite stamps. The order went Into effect and the various bureaus of the j' Insular ' : government are paying the:1 ! : good money to the post office depart ment of the Island and affixing postage stamps to every piece of mall deposited In ' ] the office , whether It be a domestic or foreign mall. The method employed Is this : The bureaus ' of the int-T.lar government huv quantities 1 of stamps of various de- nominations and with a rubber stamp overprint them with the initials "O. 13. , " which signifies "official business. " Money to purchase the stamjis is taken from the Insular treasury , paid to the postal department , which In turn do- noslts the money In the Insular treas ury. It Is literally a case of taking money out of one pocket and putting it into the other , yet it enables the postal department to obtain credit for the business It actually does and re quires the other departments to charge themselves with a legitimate expense The Insular government as a whole has not made nor lost a cent , beyond the actual cost of printing the postage stamps , which is about ten cents per 1,000 stamps. In his annual report to congress , Gen. Madden recommended that the franking privilege be abolished and that members of congress and official s ! in the departments be required to affix postage stamps to all mail sent out. Ho proposed that specific approprla- lions should be made which should cover the amount of the cost if' stamps used by members of congress i- gross and the departments in ofll- clal correspondence or for prepayment of postage on documentary mail. It was not expected that this scheme would result In any net saving to the government , but It would enable the post office department to wipe out Hu annual deficit of about $15,000,000 and this amount would be added to the ex penditures of the other departments ac cording to the amount of postage stamps required. It is not expected that action will betaken taken along the line by congress at this session , but the matter has had attention at the hands of the house post oflice committee , and It Is ac knowledged that there is great force In the recommendations of the post office department. The campaign In this di rection will be continued and It Is only a question of a few years when all de partments and officials will be using postage stamps. CUTTING INTO OUR MARKETS Italian Manufacturers Putting Forth Efforts to Build Up Trade in Philippines. Consul Dunning reports to the bu reau of manufactures from Milan on the methods of Italian manufacturers In building up their trade in the Phil ippine Islands. I/jinbardy shipped ? 380 In goods to Manila in 1U03 , $4,000 In 1004 , and for the six months ending December , 1905 , the shipments in Milan to the Philippines amounted to over ? 38,000. Every article sent by the Italians , the report says , is being made Ie.s In the United States , including hats , paper , cottons , umbrellas , boots , milk , macaroni , paint , hemp , lamps , medi cines , preserves , linen , soap , pottery , and wearing apparel. Many of the "Manila" hats coveted by travelers id collectors , the consul adds , are : le In Milan and shipped Into the east > ley the gross. "American shoes" are also made in Italy. Vice-Consul Schlemmer writes from Mannheim , Germany , that he vis ited a number of shoe stores In sal alS. city , which advertised American shoes. ! Some of the merchants admitted that their stocks were from Milan. One of the sh'oe store managers was an Ita lian , Who said he saw no reason why Atnerlcan shoes should not be made In Italy just as well as in Massachusetts. t i i Hawaiian Surf Birds. That birds of the family termed : surf birds in the Hawaiian Islands I should leave that paradise of the Pa- ' cjflc to go and rear their young In the tundras of Alaska would seem to many as an extraordinary proceeding. Yet the turnstone and the black-belllet plover and the Pacific golden plover make the long Journey of about 4,000 > , miles thither annually. FILIPINO RAILROAD MEN. Natives in Manila Take Readily to the Work of Operating Elec tric Lines. The experiment made in depending solely on native Filipinos to man the cars of the Manila Klectrlc railway has proved eminently successful. Although this kind of help was used exclusively in building the lines , which were opened to traffic last April , It was feared by some that a certain well-known ten dency toward unreliability In the na tive character would manifest Itself In the new work , moro exacting than any natives had heretofore been called upon to perform In numbers since the Amer ican occupation. "U Is generally known , " said P. 15. Fansler , assistant to the president of the New York company , by which the system was built and operated , "that the natives are wonderfully quick to learn up t < f a certain point , where a childish unreliability has blocked fur ther progress in the attainment of a thoroughly civilized status. That It Is rather a matter of proper and well di rected tuition seems to be the lesson In the present case. As was generally an ticipated , the operating manager In Manila , Mr. Helden , met with Instan taneous success in instructing the ua- .Ive mind In the technlc of street car operation , but contrary to general an- tlclpatlon the usual bete nolr Instabil Ity soeniH to have been quite thoroughly - ly overcome. "It Is felt now that the native has lived up to the requirements of the job fully as well as the white man could have done under any conditions and probably bettor , taking the climate Into consideration. " said ho. "It must be remembered that to operate a modern electric car In the crowded streets of an oriental city , whore the traffic and pedestrians are absolutely at variance and unaccustomed to so foreign an ele ment , calls for the full measure of steadi ness and resourcefulness to avoid acci dent. It Is a ( Vet that under those tryIng - Ing conditions the Manila IJIeetrlr rail way Is hnlntr operated with what may justifiably bo considered a minimum of accident and that through the demou nt rat Inn by the Filipino mntcrman of his full possession of those very quali ties that the moro cursory pxamlners have declared to bo wanting. Fully to appreciate ( ho peculiar demand for | steadiness OUP must have had experi ence In trying to progress through the ntreels of a far eastern metropolis , Pe destrians use the roadway very often lu j common with vehicles and may goncr- I i ally bo persuaded to makp way only i when their lives are actually In danger. A narrow escape from death Is uniform ly treated as a good joke , not only by the observers , but by the principal as well. Under the circumstances the almost complete freedom from serious accident 1 in the operation of the line Is decidedly ! noteworthy. The conductors , too , unl- I formly show the ability to live up to the j requirements of their work. They per- { form their duties cxpeditiously and with ' tact and arc. moreover , qulto honest. ' "These facts arc significant of the \ possibilities in the native Filipino char acter when given just opportunity to display itself and will prove especially interesting to Americans watching th > ' > Industrial development of the Islands. ' MORO BANDS' FANATICISM. No Course But _ to Hunt Down and Kill Them , Says Gov. Scott , of Suln. MaJ. II. I * Scott , governor of the Hulu archipelago , about to return to his post , made a parting call on the president. As he left the White House , says a Washington report , ho said that he thought Gen. Wood's at tack on thi' Mores at Mount Uajo would improve conditions In Sulu. "I hope , " he said , "that our col- dlers will not again be campclle.d to give battle to the Moro bands. The chief of the band that was extor rninated the other day Is perfectly friendly to this country. He tried hard t < ) keep the bund from continu ing their warfare against our govern ment in the islands , but was unable to do to. They weie determined on dis obeying all law , on killing and acting to suit themselves , and they did no propose to surrender. "Tney proposed deatli to surrender See this hand ? " and Mnj. Scott holt out his right hand , which showed two fingers missing. "Well , I tried 50 times to get the leader of the bam that gave me these wounds to surren der. While I lay In the hospital three months I sent him word often , asking him to surrender and assuring nin fair treatment. His name was Pang- lim llnssam. He disregarded every message we sent and returned defiant and insulting messages. Nothing re mained but to hunt him and his bant down and engage them In battle. He was finally killed. That Is the sort of character we must deal with amoiif , these fanatical people. Not a soldier of this country wants to shed blood and every soldier regrets the necessity for hostile action. " Negro Advancement in Hayti. Yet in Hayti the negro has worn the epaulets for one century and one year and there ho proves that the negro as a race , when left alone , la In capable of self-advancement. No one can expect him to develop resources Time Is an unmarketable article. ; day Is not worth a banana , in hi precious logwood forests , rather than cut only the timber that la ready he strips it nil , and burns over th hills afterward. To restore such use less waste of vast treasure natun must have 30 or 40 years. A provlden man grows heartsick at the sight Again , wherever a new Industry rear , its head , at once the negro's blud falls. World's Work. CONDITIONS IN PANAMA. Only Objection of Returned Visitor Wns in the Matter of Rations. Edward T. Shea , the former sheriff of Prince George county , Maryland , arrived hero yesterday from Panama on his way home to pass his vacation. He has been employed as a foreman tin the Panama railroad at Paralso , and will return there early In May , says ( ho Washington Star. Mr. Shea went to Panama about nine months ago , and during the time he wau there he was sick only two days , "During the nlno months 1 was tlioi-e , " ho said to a Star reporter , " 1 did not have to go to the hospital. The climate is different from what It Is hero , but It Is a matter of only a short time before one can heroine acclimated and get to enjoy it. The only fault 1 have to find with conditions there Is the matter of feeding the men. Unless something Is done to change the qual ity of the food there will be a scarcity ; ) f labor there lu a short Uline. " Ho explained that a man who has been there six months Is entitled to a leave of absence of six weeks. Many 3f them who come away on their leave af absence do not return. Unless a change Is made lu the matter of feed ing or an Increase Is given In the mat ter of pay , Mr. Shea repeated , the gov ernment will experience trouble In get ting the necessary help from the Unit ed States. Mr. Shea said that he was one of u number of passengers who came from Havana aboard the steamer Panama , formerly the City of Havana , and the steamer reached New York Sunday. Many , of the men , ho said , had on thin clothing , one of them wearing a duck uit and an overcoat. He was from Joston , however , and did not mind It inch. Those who had only thin sumner - ner clothing had expected to reach Cow York Saturday or Monday and In- ended to purchase new clothes an soon s they arrived , but they reached thuru unday and some of them felt the ef- ccts of the weather to an uncoiufort- ble extent before they were able to nako purchases. The Iloston man , venring his while duck suit and overeat - oat , attracted attention as ho walked bout the streets. Workmen coming away on leave of bseuco pay only $20 each way for lielr transportation. The trip on the 'nimma was a pleasant one and was really enjoyed by those who were homeward bound to visit friends. HOW MOROS ARE CIVILIZED. .earn . , Little at n Time , the Shrewd Business Methods of the West ern World. The Mores , like all other natives f the Philippines , are possessed of a onmirning desire to carry a "pass , " : ome sort of an olllclal certificate as 0 character , homo , business , etc. , of he bearer , and they are willing to iay any amount therefor , and never hlnk of It as taxation , writes H. L. lullard , In Atlantic. On this weal : lolnt the Mores showed the first signs of yielding. Then the plan of Indi rect taxation caught , pleased , and , overcame them , an It catches wlseT urn than they. Imported cotton cloth paying duty at the custom house had eng boon reaching the Mores through 1 few coast traders , and was now in argo use among the Moros. Touching lit- Jacket of the nearest datto : "You ire a lot of foolish and Ignorant chll- Ircn , " I said. "You arc haggling about paying taxes when you have al- eady been doing It for years , and mve been giving the Americans money o pay me to pay the Interpreter and all my soldiers. " This at once struck heir'attention. . The explanation fol- owed. They understood It remark ably quickly. They saw the humor and the truth of the thing , and , won- It-ring at the finesse that had been able to make them contribute to their nwn subjugation , yielded In a sort of nnpliH-sed way , feeling , no doubt , that Itvai > useless to hope to escape people who could devise such a imnrt system of getting money from other people without the hitter's even knowing It. To my help also at this juncture carne my old friend , the priest Noskallm , the metropolitan , as it were , of Lanao , with. If not a rev elation , something butter \\Itnlum- to his people : "It Is the will of Allah. 'ta-AlIah. The Merciful , who ha.s many aames. " In these ways government and civ ilization have gained upon thorn. Volcanos of Philippines. An interesting feature of the Philip pines , which has as yet buon neglect ed , is their score or more of volcanoes. This addition makes Hie list of vol canoes in the United .States a very Im portant one. The volcanoes of Amer ica , or the United States , are of especial inetrest. .md they are found In the western country , as a rule west of the Hocky mountains. One of the most beautiful t these is Mount Simu la , 14,440 feei high , which rears its massive twin < nos In northern Cal ifornia. .Mount Helena In Oregon , 12- COO feet in height , Is a majestic vol canic peak , and Mount Hood , 11,225 feet , has a world-wide fame for Its beauties , little thought being given to Its activities In the early geological history of the continent. Other fa mous peaks are Mount Jefferson , Mount Adams , Mount Halnler , Mount Haker and Mount Lassen. Porto Rico's "Lazy Bug. " Capt. Hailoy K. Ashford haa had so much success In fighting the "laay bug" in Porto HIco that Government Agent Harris has been sent to the U- land to be Instructed in his method * , with a view to Introducing them among the men digging the Panama tanal RAILROADS ON ISTHMUS. Now and Old Llncc Which Cross thn Panama Neck and Their Traffic. The Panama canal is so great an enter prise that It overshadows other Impor tant work that has been done to facili tate commerce between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans , across the wasp-llku waste connecting North and South America. We have heard something of the Panama railroad and also of the Vern Crux-Pacific railway , which affords ) communication between the two coast lines. Perhaps not so much Is known of the IKJW national railway built across the Isthmus of Tohuantepcc by a com bination of American capital and the Mexican government. A report from Special Agent Popper to the consular department says : "As It exists to-day the Telmantopec National railway Is an unusually good work of railroad construction and scctmi capable of sustaining all th" frolght traffic that dm bo obtained for it. The road Is standard gauge of four foot eight and one-half Inches. For the clayey soil there Is rock ballast and gravel. The ties are oroosoted pine , California red wood and native hardwood. Eighty- pound steel rails are employed. The best stool bridges with Koliil masonry and abutments are utlll/.od wherever a river Is to be crossed , and this Is espe cially important on account of the tor rential rains In the wet Hcason. The locomotives and rolling stock are of the best equipment. With this solid con struction there seems to be no question about the railroad standing whatever strain may bo put upon It. " Thus It appears , says the Indianapolis News , that the old line across ( ho Isth mus at Tuhuantcpec has been rebuilt and modernised. It Is not regarded nu a rival to the canal when It tscompleted , but It Is designed to carry a heavy traf fic during the period of ( ho canal con struction. K will carry the overflow traffic which the Panama railroad can not take care of , on account of ( he nocos- Ity of using Its facilities for the con- tructlon work of the canal. Coniioct- ng with the now railroad on either coast vlll bo steamship lines , and n great traf- Ic will doubtless bo developed , which 111 reach Its full flower when the canal ; put into operation. H Is evident that remendoiiH commercial possibilities ave developed In recent years , and that hero Is to bo si marked Ineriwo of com- nerce across the 1st hniiiH long before the anal Is finished. PACKING COCOA SEEDS. Method Tried In Samoa Thought to Be of Value for the Philip pines. Consul General Holmrod , of Apia , ubrnlts a method of packing cocoa cods for export which has been prac- Ically tried.In . Samoa with excellent esults , anil which ho believes may 10 of special value to planters In the 'hillpplno Islands. The seeds should be selected from rlpo pods and well washed In wntnr. hen placed on a rough towel and ; ontly rubbed In order ( o remove Most of the pulp , taking care not to lamtige the skin. The seeds are next ilaced In a current of cool air for 24 lours. The packing material is com- > osod of equal parts of vegetable mold md finely ground or pounded char- enl , moistened Just enough to rt-Koin- > lo earth taken out of a shaded place. If the packing material- too wet , lie seeds will rot , and if not moist enough the seeds will absorb all the water and perish. A tin box ( tight by Four by four will hold about 200 seeds If packed as follows : Place a layer of earth and charcoal about three fourths of an Inch deep on the hot' ' torn of the tin box and lay the feeds In rows. leaving a little space be tween each. Spread another layer of the charcoal and earth , then another layer of rows of seeds , and so on un til the box Is full. Packing n slip of material across when the lid fits will help to keep the moisture In. When wetting the charcoal and earth , It IK u wise precaution to do it 12 hours before ! being wanted , as this gives the water time to permeate- Hit whole mass evenly. Tree of the Canaries. The dragon tree of the Canary Is lands Is notable for ( he existence i ; Individuals believed to bo the oldcs 1 living vegetable ) organism In the world The age of one tree , In particular , tin once famous dragon tree of Tenerlff' has usually boon estimated to bo fron 4,000 to C.OOO years , having thus ar antiquity comparable with that of the pyramids. This wonder of the plant ' world was 70 feet or more In height , and survived Intact until the year 1810 , when during a terrific storm one of the largo branches was broken off. A similar storm In 1SG7 stripped the . trunk of Its remaining brandies and loft It standing alone. This tree de rives Its common name from a red dish exudation known as dragon' ; ; blood , found In the sepulchral caves , of the Guanches , and supposed to have been msed by them in embalming Uielr dead. It Is said to have been at one time an Important article of export from the canaries. Fifteen-Ton Piece of Coral. The dredger Governor , In the old Pacific mall dock , did herself proud by landing a 15-ton piece of coral on dry land. The big scoop had been deliver ing ordinary loads , when the boom dropped and the engine started to haul in a fresh load. Then the gear groaned , and things commenced to make a big fuss , and more steam was given and everybody stood by. Balanced as neat ly us an egg in n spoon came up a coral rock far too big to get in the scoop , and just able to cramp in under the gin block. Honolulu Commercial Advertiser. , SOME MODERN BUCCANEERS Schema for Revolution In Panama That Was a Purely Business Enterprise. I happen to know of two Americans of position who had Inside Information of the conditions In Panama , and who sat In a room lu the Now Wlllard In Washington , one night in the fall of 1I0.1 ! , consummating plans for putting through the revolution , obtaining a charter from the now republic , and forming a company of capitalists , writes Cant. Lloyd lluchanan , In Llpp- Incott's Magazine. Mr. Plorpont Mor gan was to bo asked ( o organize the company. The total cost of the revo lution was to bo under $150,000 , and all the equipment needed In addition to what the junta could supply was a pair of moderately fast small steam ers , chartered , four six-Inch guns , with ammunition , and GO Krag rlllns. The steamers and weapons were to ho handled by Americans and English men who had no special calling on earth. I have every reason to bo- llovu that , If Mr. Roosevelt had failed to act as he did , and any private con cern had taken up the construction of the canal , a revolution would Inxvo gone off with an accuracy and style that IniH never been surpassed. Lut ) , unfortunately for art , Mr. Roosevelt did act. South America , Mexico and thu West Indies are threaded everywhere by the trails of these adventurers of life. In Curacoa you can find hatchIng - Ing any sort of scht-nn' you cheese from a plan to smuggle n couple of bolts of silk and n en HO of champagnu Into Venezuela , to a plot to overthrow u republic and putting a now dictator in Its capital. I met there In the name lay n ruined American gambler , beg ging his passage hack to the states , i ml the sons of Guzman Hlntico , thu mulshed ox-president of Venezuela. The former stopped mo opposite a hitch cigar store and told mo with ho most pointed frankness what , ho vantcd , but the latter , over tholr ciga rettes and long Iced glasses , mourned , evasively of exile and confiscated OH- atcs In general. It Is , then , not for no to say why they wore frizzling on hat sun-baked Islet within 50 miles if the Vune/.iiolan coast , when they night as well have boon In the dear I'arln that they know and lovn so well. Uut probably they know and Castro. ! think I did , too. HONOLULU POULTRY EXPERT Claims to Bo Able to Predetermine the Sex and Fertility of an Egg. C. W. Weatherwax , a chicken fan cier of Honolulu , claims ho has discov ered a process whereby ho can toll the sex of an egg and whether It will bo fertile or not. Weatherwax has been experimenting with eggs slnco 1891 and Is now In a position to give the results of his Investigations to the world. Ho has used thousand. ! of eggs In his ex periments and kept two 50-ogg Incu bators going all thu 'time. Ho claims to be able to toll whether the produce of an egg will bo a rooster ter or a hen , and If the chick has a fair chance to reach maturity. "I am willing to make a public lest with 100 eggs , " said Woathorwax , "In order to prove my assertions. The eggs may be marked according to my prediction with an Indelible pencil be fore buing put In the Incubator. In nine cases out of ten It will bo found that I am right. " Mr. Weatherwax claims that ho Is the first white man to possess this re markable knowledge. Poultry papers are unanimous In declaring that there Is no way of telling a fertile egg be fore putting It In the Incubator. They maintain that oven If the egg bo broken , the germ cannot ho seen with the naked eye. Woatherwax undertakes to teach the whole thing in live minutes. He de clares that no mechanical devices or chemicals are u.sod. AWFUL DISEASE ON GUAM. Gun groan , Which DeouoyB Upper Part of Victim's Foca , Worse Than Leprocy. Gangrosa , a tropical disease moro re- pulslve than leprosy , has become so prevalent on the luland of Guam that Lieut. McNamco , U. S. N. , acting gov ernor of the island , has recommended the establishment ol'a hospital for the Isolation of the disease , which Is be lieved to be highly contagious. Ad- mlral Hlxey , Mirgeon general of the navy , has approved the rccommonda- lion and II Is probable that a $5,000 hospital will be erected immediately near the leper hospital on the Island. Lieut. MeNamee says the disease de stroys the upper part of the face by alow ulceratlon and Is moro horrible , both to the victim and to his coinpan- ions , than leprosy. As 400 cases have developed its isolation lu imperative. Naval surgeons have Investigated the disease in parts ol South America and the West Indies , and their reports in dicate that there can bo little doubt that U Is a distinct malady , and ono which does not yield to the treatment glven tuberculosis , leprosy and other diseases common to tropical countries. Cases of gangrosa have been treated in New York which are believed to have come from Brazil and Panama. When News Reached Honolulu. The cable as It comes here is ab breviated. For example the name of John J. Smith conies aa "Jjsmlth. " It tfao this cus'&in that led a local paper ono day to announce that "Mrs. jalogan had been elected president of the Red Ore B Society. " Mrs. J. A , Logan is still , the president Hawaiian ; Star.