WBECKED BY DESIGN.
FAST TRAIN DISASTER WORK OF
A MISCREANT.
OfllcialH Declare a Ulaiiiac or Plot 1 ;
to Blame for Catastrophe at Mentor-
Twenty - Hour Schedule Will Be
licsumed.'i
As a result of the wrecking of the
twentieth century limited train at
Mentor , Ohio , in which nineteen per
sons lost their lives , the railroad com
pany will abandon its eightcen-hom
schedule between New York and C1hi-
cago. The old schedule of twenty
Iiours for the run will be resumed.
Another development is the charge
that the wreck was caused through a
plot or by some man who had a grudge
.iigainst the railway or some one aboard
tho llyer and deliberately threw the
switch at Mentor.
Declarations that tho wreck of the
twentieth century limited train at
Mentor , Ohio , was tho result of a de
liberate plot were made by ollicials of
the railway. The switch was found
open by Conductor Alexander Camp
bell of the llyer immediately after the
wreck , and investigation showed that
it had been locked open. What the
motives were that induced the persons
charged v/'th ' wrcckins the train to
throw open the switch are not hinted
I at by the railroad officials.
As the Lake Shore officials investi
gate the cause of the wreck and get
the situation in hand the conclusion is
-fixed more and more firmly that the
-sacrifice of lives was the work of a
man who deliberately and maliciously
-threw the fatal switch for the purpose
of wrecking the fast train. Tho rail
road company has set in motion all
the machinery of its powerful police
organization to ferret out the man who
is believed to have committed the nuir-
.deous act.
'While the abandonment , at least for
'the present , of the eighteen-hour sched
ule is announced , observing people
realize that what happened to the "lly-
er" might have happened to one of the
so-cailed slow trains , and the result
in the latter case , perhaps , would have
been more disastrous than in the for
mer because of the lighter equipment
-of the slow train. It is to be borne in
luiiul that the "llyer" was wrecked not
.because it was going at high speed
but because a switch had been left
open.
So far as speed is concerned , the
results of a wreck are not much affect
ed by a difference of a few miles per
liour. The dangers of railroad travel
are little affected by the scheduled
: speed of trains. There is a certain ele-
jment of peril that cannot be eliminated
entirely , but that peril applies to the
-slowest as well as to the fastest trains.
It was the open switch and not the
high spaced of the flyer that was re
sponsible for , the catastrophe at Meu-
.tor.
-WILL HAVE A SUMMER CAPITAL.
Philippines to Be Given a Counterpar
of India's Oflicial Resort.
The United States is to lay out a sum-
jiser capital in thu mountains , about l.50
miles from Manila similar to Simla , the
summer capital of India , to which the
Jfitter government is removed en masse
-on April 1 of every year , and remains
until Nov. 1. Thus the government of
India has a duplicate set of public oili-
ces. one in Calcutta and one in Simla.
'The books and records are moved back
and forth every your , and the oflicinls
and their clerks and messengers make an
annual migration. Most of them are
thus required to keep up establishments
.in both cities.
This has been found to be absolutely
-necessary to the health of the corps of
officials and their families. It is impos
sible for white men to survive the sum-
.mer climate of Calcutta , while in the
winter Simla is buried under snow. The
.climate of Manila during the rainy sea
son is similar to that of Calcutta , and
is exceedingly trying. Few people can
live there for two years in succession
without suffering for it the rest of t' " -
"Jives , and the strongest of constitu
will break down ultimately. At present
the only recourse is to run up to Japan
to escape the heat and the humidity of
-the summer , but that is too expensive a
trip for men of ordinary incomes , and
the government cannot afford to give
its employes the long leaves of absence
that are necessary to make the journey.
Within five hours by railroad of Manila ,
"however , is a climate as healthful and an
.atmosphere as pure as that of Colorado
Springs , or the Adirondacks. It is about
.5.000 feet above the sea , surrounded by
forests and bountifully supplied with
pure spring water.
It has been decided to build a summer
capital there , and remove the entire gov
ernment from Manila to Bcnguat dur
ing the summer months. In order to do
this it will be necessary to construct a
number of buildings for official purposes
and to build hotels , boarding houses , cot
tages and other quarters for the officials
and their families. Several of the offi
cials have already erected houses there ,
and the medical corps of thearmy has
established a sanitarium to which it
sends convalescents from the military
hospitals. Two or three of the mission
ary boards have erected homes and asy
lums for destitute and deserving invalids ,
but before any more of the land is taken
up and any more buildings are erected it
is considered desirable to lay out a city
upon artistic lines.
' Telegraphic Brevities.
Three men were killed and one mortal
ly wounded in a feud fight at Palmetto
Omaha has received reports that the
Bessian fly is doing great damage to Ne-
"braska wheat.
F. L. Quimby , formerly captain of the
'lYale baseball team , according to late '
-advices , suddenly becoming insane , wa
taken into custody by the rurales neat
. Colima , Cuba. He found an opportunity ,
however , to obtain a razor and killed
J&imself.
MRS. ROOSEVELT'S NEW
SUMMER HOME IN VIRGINIA.
Mrs. Roosevelt's summer home in Al-
bomarle county , Virginia , was a part of
the beautiful Springfield farm owned by
W. N. Wilmer of Ne\v York. The
Springfield farm consists of about 500
acres altogether , but Mrs. Roosevelt's
purchase comprises only fifteen acres and
a small house. This dwelling , by Mrs.
Roosevelt's order , has had a rock chim
ney added to it and a porch has been
built around the dwelling. All the par
titions on the lower floor have been re
moved , making one largo room. Mrs.
Roosevelt bought the property so that
when she wishes a week or so of rest she
can go to the little retreat among the
Virginia mountains.
LOCUSTS RAVAGE THE WHEAT.
Many Fields Swarm with 17-Year De
stroyers of Vegetation.
The 17-year locust has appeared hi
some parts of the country and is doing
a great deal of damage to the wheat
fields , orchards and forest trees. Ac
cording to their peculiar habit they come
in the night to the surface of the ground
from their subterranean caverns , where
they have been maturing and slumbering
for the last seventeen years. The ground
beneath the trees is perforated like an
immense colander with the holes from
whieji they emerged.
Soon after emerging from the ground
the locusts shed their underground over
coats , leaving the trunks of the trees
studded with the dry and brittle garment
of yellowish hue. Scientists say the eggs
from which this brood was hatched were
laid on the leaves of the trees seventeen
years ago. The eggs remained where
they were deposited for three years , when
the cicadas were hatched and the new
born insect burrowed downward into the
ground. Here , beside the roots of trees ,
the insects dwet until this year , when
they sallied forth iu numberless quanti
ties , 'driving the farmer almost to ruin
in their ravages.
The locusts after flying about for a
few days , feeding on the vegetation , at-
! tach themselves to the under side of the
leaves on the trees. Here the female
deposits her eggs.
The cicadas have three deadly .ene
mies in this country the despised Eng
lish sparrow , digger wasp and the ants.
At present the innumerable locusts are
filling the air with their sonorous , monot
onous and doleful song. The farmers
are spraying their orchards with prepar-
, ed mixture of kerosene. Out on the prai
rie farms the insects threaten destruc
tion to the growing crop.
The sparrows have come in countless
thousands to the aid of the farmer. Rob
ins and wild birds find the locust palat
able eating. The sparrows' method of
attracting the locust is to wait on the
ground for the locust to appear above
the ground , when he greedily gobbles him
up before he gets time to sing his dying
song.
JAPAN REFUSES ARMISTICE.
Informs Roosevelt that Plenipoten
tiaries Must Meet First.
Japan has informed the United States
that hhe will not agree to an armistice
with Russia until the peace plenipoten-
i tiaries have met and found each ether's
credentials entirely satisfactory. She
would be willing to do so if a guarantee
I of some kind could be given her that
Russia will negotiate a peace in good
faith. The President's efforts to stop
(
, the fighting in Manchuria have thus met
with a temporary check.
So far as can be ascertained Russia
has not asked for an armistice , and will
I not do so. She is in the same receptive
mood she was when the President
broached the idea of peace. It is Japan
this time which is not welcoming the
-uggestion of an armistice. Marshal
yama has a force greatly superior to
that of Gen. Linevitch. A tremendous
victory will insure better terms for his
country. Moreover , if hostilities should
be stopped the Russians might continue
to strengthen Gen. Linevitch. At pres
ent he has only suflicient re-enforcementa
to make up for the wastage due to death
in battle or from disease.
Japan's position has the sympathy of
officers of the army and navy in Wash
ington. Its justice is also concede 1 by
the administration. There is no way by
which she can be brought to adopt a
different attitude. Germany and France
have made polite representations at To-
kio in behalf of peace. Neither has gone ,
or dares to go , as far as the United
States. Great Britain has asserted posi
tively that she will not bring pressure
to bear upon her ally.
Cheap Labor and Destitution.
It is estimated that in New York City
there are 100,000 respectable Euglish-
ttpeaking families who are on the verge
of destitution because of being crowded
out of employment by the great volume
of cheap European labor. The wrfare
of tjs class of citizens has recently been
interesting sociologists. They say that
relief must come from some sour * or
they will become a burden to the city.
These families are of the class with too
nuch pride to ask for charity.
Interesting News Items.
Captain T. Bentley Mott , the retiring
American military attache in Paris , has
received the cross of the Legion of Honor
from France.
Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton , of Phila
delphia , recovered the $00,000 pearl neck
lace she lost , the jewels having been
picked up in the street.
Horace R. Basler , editor and proprie
tor of the Sheridan ( Pa. ) Journal , fell
off a Panhandle passenger train at Pitts-
fcnrf and was so seriously injured that he
died iu an hour
NEW INSECT PEST.
A Pernicious But ; Which Destroy *
Wood and Wooden Structures.
Fifty years ago a traveling entomol < >
gist reported that lie was surprised to
find termites "colonized in San Francisco
and on the shores of Lake Erie , near
Cleveland , Ohio. " The termite looks
liks an ant , but is
not of the ant fam
ily. It is really allied
to the dragon flies
and May flies. It
is of tropical origin ,
but somehow man-
WIXGED TEKMITE. aged to colonize in
the land of the free and the home of the
brave.
A few days ago , Prof. Oldenbach in.-
formed Dr. L. O. Howard , government
entomologist , that on being called to ex
amine into an accident at the big Upson
Nut and Bolt works , at Cleveland , where
in one man had been killed and another
injured , he discovered that the accident
was due to the work of termites. These
pernicious insects had eaten out the in
terior of wooden pillar foundations , so
tfrat when two workmen happened to
press too hardly against them , the pillars
collapsed.
Prof. Oldenbach attributes mfiy simi
lar accidents and the destruction of
buildings in Cleveland and other cities
to the work of termites.
The invasion of the United States by
the termite has become very thorough. It
has been found on mountain tops of
Colorado at a height of 7,000 feet.
Not long ago an accumulation of books
and papers belonging to the State of
HEAD OF THE TERMITE.
Illinois was thoroughly ruined by their
attacks. In South Carolina a school
library closed for the summer was found
in autumn to be completely eaten out
and valueless. Even in the Department
of Agriculture , at Washington , an accu
mulation of records and documents , stor
ed in a vault , on examination proved to
be thoroughly mined and ruined by these
destroyers.
They work in the dark. Prof. C1. L.
Marlatt , of the en
tomology depart
ment , states they
cannot bear the full
sunshine , and when
exposed to it shrivel
up and die. They
first colonize under
ground and then be
gin their attack on a
building , seldom , if
ever , coming to a
floor surface.
1
Prof. Marlatt QUEEX TEKMITE.
states in reply to manufactory and house
owners threatened or undergoing attack
by the pest that complete dryuess in
buildings is essential.
If the winged termites are seen to
emerge from any particular place , by the
removal of flooring and the opening of
the walls , the colony may be reached
and destroyed by steam , hot water , or , I
preferably , kerosene or some other petro j
leum oil. To destroy the winged individ
uals is of no value at all ; the colony
itself must be reached.
But in places where the pest has be
come serious , the only remedy seems to
be ultimately the replacing of wooden
floors , etc. , by stone , brick or cement.
PROGRESS MADE BY CROPS.
Weather Is Favorable for Corn Culti
vation and Wheat Harvest.
The following is the general summary
of crop conditions as shown by tho
weekly bulletin of the weather bureau :
With the exception of the upper Mis
souri valley , where low temperatures pre
vailed , all districts east of the Rocky
mountains received ample heat during
the week ended June 19. The rainfall
was very unevenly distributed , being am
ple in most northern districts , but insuffi
cient in portions of the central valleys
and of the middle Atlantic and Southern
States , although good rains fell in some
parts of these districts. The week was
favorable for the cultivation of crops ,
and this work , which in previous weeks
was much hindered , is now in a very sat
isfactory state. Abnormally low temper
atures prevailed over most of the pla
teau districts , with frosts in some places.
Except in eastern Missouri and central
and southern Illinois , corn has made good
progress throughout the corn belt. Cul
tivation has been brought up to date , ex
cept in portions of Michigan , Wisconsin
and South Dakota.
Winter wheat has progressed under
favorable conditions and harvesting is
now well advanced in Kansas , Missouri
and southern Illinois , and has begun In
Indiana and Maryland. The reports from
the southern portion of the wheat area
generally indicate yields lighter than
were antictp t rL Fair yields of good
quality are reported from California and
in Oregon and Washington the crop has
made good progress.
In portions of Wisconsin and Minne
sota dry weather is needed for spring
wheat , but this crop has generally made
very satisfactory progress throughout
the spring wheat region and is beginning
to head in the southern portion. Very
favorable reports continue from the north
Pacific coast.
The oat crop has suffered to some ex
tent from excessive moisture in Wiscon
sin and Minnesota , rust in southern
Iowa , rank growth in northern Illinois
and drought in southern Illinois , but in
these States and generally elsewhere the
condition of the crop is promising. Oat
harvest is in progress as far north as
Missouri.
In Illinois drought continues in the
southern and central parts , where vege
tation is suffering. Corn has made rapid
growth , is clean , has been cultivated a
second or third time , and some laid by.
The replanted is up to a good stand.
Oats , rye. barley and berries are prom
ising ; there is a rank growth of oats in
tho north ; moisture is needed in the
south. Wheat harvest is well advanced
iu the south and begun In the central
part ; the ontlook is favorable. Rye !
being cut in the south and is ripening in
the north. Barley is heading in the
aorth. A large crop of clover Is assured *
William Woodville RockMll , tlie suc
cessor to Minister Conger at Pekin ,
has had long and extensive training
in diplomatic rela
tions with oriental
peoples. At the
age of 3u he was
appointed second
secretary of the
American legation
in Pekin and the
following' year ,
18S5 , to the full
secretaryship. In
188G-1887 he was
w. w. BOCKHIIX. charge d'affaire in
Korea and during the next two years
explored China , Mongolia and Thibet ,
visiting many remote regions of those
countries. Returning to the United
States , Mr. Rockhill became chief clerk
of the State Department in Washing
ton ; then third , and , in 189G-1S97 , First
Assistant Secretary of State. In 1S9T
he was appointed United States minis
ter to Greece , Roumania and Servia.
From this post he resigned in May ,
1899. In July , 1900 , he went to Pekin
as special envoy and remained in China
during the long-continued negotiations
between the Chinese government and
the powers , and was largely instru
mental in securing the signing of the
final protocol.
To have been an Important part in
the developing of a national reputation
for a husband is an enviable accom
plishment for any
woman. To an un
usual degree Mrs. .
William E. Cramer
was of assistance
in the bu/lding of
the Honorable rep
utation of the late
editor of the Mil-
w a u kee Evening
Wisconsin. For
over forty years ,
during practically MKS. w. E. CKAMKII.
all of the time her husband was en
gaged in the formation o his career ,
Mrs. Cramer was his eyes and ears
, and his trusted and necessary assist
ant. She accompanied him on tours
of Europe and of this country and ren
dered him invaluable assistance in the
securing and preparation of the manu
script that made the blind and deaf
editor a national character. Her de
votion to her husband was beautiful ,
and at the last tinged freely with the
pathetic. She remained at his bedside
and ministered to his needs until his
death. Among the remarkable experi
ences she had while traveling with
Mr. Cramer was during the Franco-
, Prussian war , when the Cramers were
locked up in Paris for several months
during the siege.
Rev. Lee Anna Starr , a Methodist
minister at Paris , 111. , recently came
i.ito public notice through her refusal
to marry a couple
until she was fur
nished evidence
that neither of the
contracting parties
was a divorcee.
Miss Starr has
been in the gospel
ministry ten years ,
and in that time
she says she has
officiated at many
JEV. L. A. STAKH. weddings. In but
one instance has she deviated from
(
i her rule not to marry a person who
has been absolved from a marriage
, contract by legal action. In that in
stance the ceremony had practically
i commenced before Miss Starr learned
. that the woman was divorced. She
Immediately caused the proceedings to
be postponed until she learned that
the divorce had .been obtained on the
ground of desertion , and that the wife
had been unable to secure tmce of the
husband who had wronged her. Con
sidering that this constituted scriptural
grounds Miss Starr proceeded with
the ceremony. She believes divorce
j to be a growing evil which can be
combated by clergymen refusing tc
marry divorced persons.
Theodore P. Delyannis , prime min
ister of Greece , who was assassinated
by a gambler , had a record of forty-
six years spent in tne
public service , with
few temporary inter
ruptions. He was
born in Kalavryta in
1S2G , and studied in
Athens. In 1843 he
entered the govern
ment service and
was rapidly promot
ed to high positions. T. p. DELYAITITIS
He was the representative of Greece
at the Berlin congress in 1878 , and in
1S85 became premier. Twice he suf
fered political eclipse on account of
his foreign policy , but after a short
retirement each time was re-elected.
*
Edward Doyle , the blind poet of New
York , has just issued his third book. He
is 50 years old , and has been sightless
for thirty-seven years.
"
C. H. Dallas of Leavenworth , Kan. ,
has a Sharp's rifle sent to that State in
1855 by the abolition society of Boston ,
marked as Bibles.
*
Boston Corbett , the man who la cred
ited with bavin * shot J. Wilkes Booth ,
the aseasaia of Lincoln , is residing ia
Texas.
NORWAY STANDS FIRM.
Storthing Tells Oscar Union Could Not
Longer Be Maintained.
Christiania , Norway , advices say that
the address to King Oscar , the riksdag
and the Swedish people generally , adopt
ed by the storthing in reply to the long
letter which the King sent June 13 to
the president of the storthing , M. Ber-
ner , is of a conciliatory character. At
the same time , however , it indicates the
unalterable determination of the stor
thing to adhere to the action taken in
dissolving the union with Sweden.
Address in part follows :
' 'Your Majesty Norway's storthing
respectfully begs to address Your Ma
jesty and through Your Majesty Swe
den's Riksdag and Sweden's people as
follows :
"What has been happening recently in
Norway is the inevitable result of a
combination of late political events and
cannot be altered.
"The Storthing recognizes fully Your
Majesty's difficult position and never for
a moment has doubted that Your Majes
ty's decisions are in accordance with
what Your Majesty has regarded as the
rights and duties of the crown. At the
same time the Storthing is desirous of
addressing an appeal to Your Majesty ,
the Riksdag and the people of Sweden ,
with the object of contributing to the
peaceful carrying through of the disso
lution of the union and the safeguarding
of the friendship and concord of the two
peoples of the peninsula.
"The Norwegian people never intended
to assail Sweden's honor. As Your Ma
jesty in council May 26 declared you
were unable to sanction the Storthing's
unanimous resolution for the establish
ment of a separate Norwegian consular
service , and as no Norwegian govern
ment could be obtained by Your Majes
ty , the constitutional state of Norway
was so far disjointed that the union
could no longer be maintained.
"In the belief that the Swedish people
share these views , the Storthing sug
gests to Sweden's constitutional authori
ties that they enter upon the negotia
tions requisite for a final settlement on
the dissolution of the union with tho
recognition of Norway's new status and
her rights as a sovereign state. The
Storthing is itself prepared to meet every
fair and reasonable wish that may be put
forward to safeguard the Kingdom's in
dependence and integrity. " i
Conservative Swedish papers openly j
advocate war against Norway and the
situation is growing more intense. They j
urge mobilization of the troops and de
mand the cession of Northern Norway as '
compensation to tho Swedish people for
the dissolution of the union.
WOOO/IEN IN BIENNIAL SESStON
I
Head Consul Recommends Prohibition
of Sunday Picnics.
The head camp of Modern Woodmen
of America opened its fourteenth bien
nial convention in Milwaukee Tuesday ,
with between GOO and 700 delegates , rep
resenting over 11,000 camps and nearly
700,000 members , present. |
Mayor .Rose welcomed the delegates
to the city and presented the keys of the j
city to the head consul. Responses were j
made by Head Consul A. R. Talbot for.
the Modern Woodmen and Head Clerk
Charles W. Hawes of Rock Island , 111. ,
for the head office.
Head Consul A. R. Talbot recommend
ed an amendment of the by-laws prohib
iting local camps or Foresters' teams
from holding Sunday picnics or excur
sions under the auspices of the society ,
with a penalty for disobedience of ex
pulsion or revocation of charter.
Head Clerk C. W. Hawes reported the
insurance in force at the close of the
biennial term to be $1,136,078,500. The
society paid 7,051 death claims , amount
ing to $12GG3G03 , as against 5,800
claims , amounting to $10,730,435 during
the term preceding. The average per cap
ita payment to the benefit fund was
$1.2G > , as against SO cents during the
term preceding. The increase was due to
the new rates becoming effective Jan. 1 ,
1904 , when tho rates of the members
were increased from 25 per cent to 75
per cent at the various ages. There were
2,991 deaths from accident and 804
deaths from suicide. Of the latter 248
were farmers 30.85 per cent of the total j
number. The farmers also led in acci
dental deaths 885.
| FACTS ABOUT : : : f
: : : THE CENSUS.
Tho Federal Census Bureau will soon
send a large force of employes Into ev- ]
ery State in the Union to gather facts
and statistics concerning marriage and
divorce. The plans for the investigation ,
which Congress ordered last winter upon
the suggestion of President Rooseveif ,
are finished , and the field force of the
bureau , now just completing the collec
tion of material for the census of man
ufactures , will shortly be available for
the work.
Not since 18S9 has any systematic
compilation of such facts been made ,
and the great changes which bave come
about since then have made it clear that
a new gathering of statistics is desirable
for purposes of general information.
while it is absolutely essential if any
action is to be taken toward securing
better legislation on these subjects.
The census bureau will collect and
analyze the provisions of the marriage
and divorce laws in each State and Ter
ritory. It will get as complete statistics
of marriages and divorces as possible
since 18S9 , and it will aim to discover in
each State the prevailing grounds on
which divorces are applied for and grant
ed. State officials will be asked to fur
nish such figures as they have gathered ,
but as their work , even where they have
any results to show , is usually very in
complete , this must be supplemented by
resort to original records.
The chaos of our marriage and divorce
laws which has resulted from the free
activity of the different State Legisla
tures , will undoubtedly be shown in vivid
fashion by the report. A strong impetus
to the movement for simplification and
reform , either by securing joint action
among the States or by a constitutional
amendment granting Congress the power
to legislate in this field , may be expected
to follow.
Spark * from the Wire * .
Sherborne , England , celebrated the
twelve hundredth anniversary of Its
founding
Man in the Kitchen.
The helplessness of mere man in tho
presence of ordinary domestic tasks
was illustrated in the case of the old
miner , who explained that he had once
tried to improve his cooking by study
ing a book of recipes. "It was no use , "
he sadly confessed , "because every one
of them receipts starts off with 'take
a clean dish. ' "
He was kin to one of the sons of
Mrs. Dunsmuir , a Scotchwoman living
in Pennsylvania. She was called away ;
from home one day Just after dinner.
As she was leaving she said to th&
boys :
"One of you must wash the dishes
and the other wipe them and put them
avray , so that everything will be tidy
by the time I get back. "
"All right , mother , " said Jack , "but
Will's got to wipe them. I'm willing
to wash , but wiping Is such greasy
work ! "
Of Wide Interest.
Breed , Wis. , June 26. ( Special. )
Chas. Y. Peterson , Justice of the Peaca
for Oconto Co. , has delivered a judg
ment that is of interest to the whole
United States. Put briefly , that Judg
ment is , "Dodd's Kidney Pills are tha
best Kidney medicine on the market
to-day. "
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment. He says : "Last
winter I had an aching pain in my
back which troubled me very much. In
the morning I could hardly straighten
my back. I did not know what it was.
but an advertisement led me to try
Dodd's Kidney Pills. After taking ona
box I can only say they have dona
more for me than expected , as I feel as
well now as ever I did before. "
Pain in the back is one of the first
symptoms of Kidney Disease. If not
cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may
levelop into Bright's Disease , Diabetes ,
Rheumatism or some of the other dead
ly forms of Kidney Disease.
Fog-Signaling Station.
The lighthouse board of the United
States has been making some interest
ing tests with a new fog-signaling ap
paratus , says London Sphere. The ob
ject of this device is not only to warn
the mariner of close approach to an
island or dangerous rock but to inform
him of his exact compass bearing. The
apparatus is in the form of a single au
tomatically revolving megaphone with ,
eight trumpets , which are sounded In
turn. It is blown by a prearranged
code BO that any one hearing it may
know exactly in what direction he ia
steering. The instrument at Falkner'a
Island is operated a-s follows : One long
blast means that the signal you hear
is north of you , one short blast that
it is south of you.
One of the fog-signaling apparatuses
has been placed by the Canadian gov
ernment at Fame Point In the Gulf of
St. Lawrence. Some elaborate fog sig
nals have recently been carried out
at St. Catherine's Point in the Isle of
"TTight. For the improvement of the
fog-signaling apparatus used In the
British lighthouse a great variety of
curiously shaped horns were used. It
was found that a great amount of
waste occurred by some of the sound
going in an upward direction , and to
get rid of this wastage a special ellip
tical mouth trumpet was devised for
use at lighthouses.
Cause lor Complaint.
Tho night was dark as they sat in the
park ,
And the maiden said , "Now , Tom , be
have ,
/Your / face-is too rough to make a good
bluff-
Take this dime and go purchase a
shave. "
TWO NOTABLE EECOVEEIES PEOM
EXTBEME DEBILITY.
Husband's Strength Had Been Waning : for
Three Tears , Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakness.
"My strength had dwindled so that I
couldn't apply myself to my business
with any snap hut was tired and listless
all the time , " said Mr. Goldstein.
" I went to bed completely used up by
nr * day's work , and wheu I got tip in
the morning I didn't feel rested a bit. I
had awful headaches too , and my kid
neys gob out of order and caused me to
have severe pains in the back. At one
time I became so feeble that I could uot
stir from bed for three weeks. "
Mr. Goldstein is a young man and had
then but recently established a home of
bis own. His anxieties were increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says :
" For two years I had been ill most of
the time. Sometimes I was confined to
bed for weeks in succession under a phy
sician's care. I had headaches , kidney
trouble , pain about the heart and many
more uncomfortable symptoms con
nected with that weakness to which my
eex is peculiarly subject. "
Trouble had invaded this household
and settled in it in just the years that
ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid of it.
" I was utterly discouraged , "said Mr.
Goldstein. "Then the urgency of some
friends led me to try a blood and nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
fully successful. "Within a mouth there
were unmistakable signs of improvement
in my condition , and within a year I
was completely well. Through the use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I have now
as good health as I ever had in my life. "
Mrs. Goldstein adds : "The-wonderful
effect that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had
in the case of my husband led me to try
them and they helped me even more
quickly than they did him. One box
made me decidedly better and a few
months'treatment cured me. "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are the best
tonic and regulator , they make pure , ,
rich blood and when there is general
weakness and disorder that ia what tho
system needs. Mr. and Mrs , H. Goldstein
fiveat 38 Govo street , East Boston. Mass.
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