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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1906)
No ether corporation pursues a dishonest - ' ' -honest dealer or contractor so persist ently and so relentlessly as does the .government of the United States , the petty grafter nor the man of big frauds escapes trial when once the hand of the law is laid on .him. The conviction of the gang of men engaged in petty frauds in the Postofiice Department two or three years ago is an instance of one kind , and the success of the prosecution of Greene and Gaynor , guilty of defraud ing the government of more than a million dollars on engineering work in Georgia , is an instance of the other ( kind. Captain Carter , the army officer , who had charge of the inspection of their work , was convicted of partici pating in the frauds , and sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the army and to five years' imprisonment. He Jjas served his sentence and is now Croc , trying to prove his innocence. Greene and Gaynor , after they were indicted in 1902 , forfeited their bail -and escaped to Canada. For three years they fought extradition , hut the British government finally surrendered ithem , and they were put on trial. After i trial lasting thirteen and a half weeks they were convicted , sentenced to imprisonment for three years , and to pay a fine of five hundred and seventy- five thousand dollars each the amounf xvhich they are charged with stealing. In response to public sentiment the Souse committee has stricken from the .agricultural appropriation bill the item providing for the free distribution of garden seeds. Seventy-five years ago Congress appropriated $1,000 for the .purchase and distribution among farm ers of "rare and valuable" seeds. The purpose was to encourage the tillers of the soil to raise the standard of the crops and was a laudable one. Since that time the appropriation has stead- .ily increased until now it amuunts to § 300,000. Instead of having the origi nal purpose in view , the custom has degenerated into a political one where- l > y congressmen can increase their pull in their respective districts. Tons of common seeds are distributed and the only effect is to let the farmers know that their representatives in Congress .sire expecting their votes. From a real benefit to the agricultural interests , the custom has fallen into a species of , -graft That the farmers no longer ap preciate the government's liberality is -evidenced by the scores of letters re ceived by congressmen condemning the practice and urging that it he stopped. " The report that Ptcv. Thomas Slier- i , son of the late W. T. Sherman , liad started on a journey over the .route of the famous "march to the sea , " conducted by his father , and that lie was accompanied by a troop of the 'Twelfth Cavalry , caused a great deal of unfavorable comment throughout tthe South. It was explained later , however - ever , that the cavalrymen were sent to -study the battlefields between Chattan ooga and Atlanta , and that the officers inerely permitted Father Sherman to .accompany them. In view of the mis apprehension , existing , the President Bordered the troop to return to post at iFort Oglethorpe after it had gone as ifar as Resaca. Father Sherman aban doned his trip at Cartersville , Ga. , ap- jparently angered by the action of the "President , and returned to Chatta nooga. He is reported as saying that Hie was an invited guest of the Federal government. V * _ _ - * When the last link of the cable con- decting the United States with China was completed , the President sent a message of congratulation , addressed tfo "Their Imperial Majesties , the Em- ipress Dowager and the Emperor of 'China. " The Emperor answered the message with another one of felicita- ttion , which he concluded wth , "By order - der of the Dowager Empress we now offer to xour excellency our sincerest congratulations , " and signed himself ; as Emperor. It seems that even an in- ztercuange of international courtesies ; iias to be effected in CLfhia by order of . the Do\vager , who rnles because ske can , not because she has the right. Former Consul General McWade at anon , China , wko vras remeved on the arecornrnendation of Assistant Secretary of State Peiuce , appeared before the "House Committee on Foreign Affairs and made serioas counter charges against Peirce , while defending his own cou se and chara-cter with HUHIGT- < oijs affidavits from peplc of promi- aience-in Canten. McWade charged that Pcjrce was in Canton only a fe hours , .and that while there fee virtually com- him to give up a valuable tiger Since tke heaniwg this * ng has Fbeen returned to'Hs farmer owner by 'Peiree. K was _ announced by Secretary of "the Treasury Sliaw tkat l > e had re- morod the ? 33.000,000 lim'rt to tlic f'q'nds ' he would adAance to natiosul ' < > Anks Collar for dollar on geld im- ports. Hereafter national hanks by ah- aonneing an intention to hnport sccld and depositing coHateail in tbe iob- ti asiiry may witiitk'aw a like amount 3m 16e national - teeasuiyTfc'fe aeiism ? ' tex ostaM h KEf acw imle aa o pafte'y. . * * " u " " ' " L d-ir * w1" ' TYPE OF CANAL FIXED. Sea-Level Waterway at Panama IK II etiom mended. That the earthquake which destroyed San Francisco was an important factor in determining the vote of the Senate Committee on Inter-oceanic Canals in favor of a sea-level type , is apparent from the fact that a feature of the ma jority report is a discussion of the ef fect such an earth wave might have on locks and dams. The majority report in ftror of a sea-level canal was submitted to Con gress Wednesday by Senator Kit- tredge. On the subject of danger from earthquakes on the isthmus and the possible effect on the two types of canal proposed the report says : That the isthmus of Panama is not exempt from earthquakes conclusively appears , and we can have no guaranty that the canal zone will in the future be exempt from such disaster. The canal structures that would be most exposed to injury by the passing of an earth wave or violent movement of the earth's surface , are the locks proposed by the minority , whose walls , many hundreds of feet , or even 2,000 or 3,000 feet long at Gatun , would , at least some of them , be more than seventy-five feet high an3 entirely unsupported on one side save for a part of the height by water. If these walls should be moved at all the natural and probable result would be in their leaning and so preventing the closing of the gates. But the most likely effect of such shock would be the fracture of these locks , in repairing of which much time months or years might be requir ed. An earth dam on an alluvial base , as proposed by the minority , might be fis sured if the earthquake passed the local ity , and if a crack in the dam or its base should open , the dam would go out , the lock drain , and the canal be ruined. What would happen to the aqueduct , conduits , pipes and valves buried in the concrete walls , iised for filling and emptying the locks , cannot be well conjectured. The report says that the conclusion has been reached that the following prop ositions are irrefutable : That the ideal canal is one at sea level ; that its construction would be attended with no more , and probably with less hazard than one with locks and dams on doubtful foundations ; that the sea level canal is safer and more convenient than one with locks ; that it would take but lit tle longer time to build ; that it is the sim pler and the more economical in operation and maintenance. The majority report concludes that the sea level canal would not require more than two or three years more than the lock type. Under the recent federal act of incor poration , the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teachers was reorganized by its trustees at New York. Since last fall the claims of various colleges have been investigated. To be ranked as a college , an institution must have at least six teachers and a full four years' course in arts and sciences. The exclusion of sectarian institutions will bar many large colleges. Any professor Go years old who has had not less than fifteen years' service will receive an allowance of $1,000 if his salary is $1GOO and $30 more for each $100 additional active pay. The award ing of allowances will begin in June. Two hundred applications have already been made. The annual income is $ oOO,000. A committee ofhe alumni of Columbia University , 'headed ' by William Barclay Parsons , 'has ' perfected plans for-a $1- 000,000 stadium or athletic arena for the use of Columbia University and the New York public schools athletic leagues on ground which is to be reclaimed from the Hudson River. When completed it will extend from 116th street to 120tii street out to the pier line. On this ground thre'e distinct fields will be erected , one for the university in 'the ' center and two on either side for the schoolboys. Stands will be erected on three sides to seat 35,000 people ple , but on the water side an artistic gate has been designed , with locker rooms for athletic teams and crews. On top of the roof covering the stands a large recre ation pier is contemplated. Supt. W. J. Shearer of the Elizabeth ( N. J. ) public schools is advocating a more pliant system of : school grading. He believes that American children hare a right to exercise individual taste and ne- spend to individual need in the work of the higher grades and tnat in all the grades they should be left free to go as fast as individual ability and opportu nity will permit' To do this the princi pal and teacher must have a plan for reclassificatioH of pupils at any time , in stead of being obliged to everlastingly force the pupil "to fit an asbitrarv and senseless system. " Dr. Shearer saysthat there are tli-ree requisites for the atta'm- ment ofr the desired result : Pirak accu rate classification of pupils at tff outset * ; second , such provision for reclassification that pnpils of equai advancement can be kept together ; thktl , a provision that will enabfe each sH of pujpfls to go just as fast as they are able , bu no faster , there be ing no arbitrary standard to worry afiautt lcWlio , " be asks , "will give any goo'd ca- son fov nailing the cotfrse of sturfyto Hie calendar ? " Ifr reason of the prewailtog system of set courses fay the year , \ ) says , there is an enormous and crimmal loss of time. The Panama canal commission has de cided to establish a chain of ptiB 'o schools throughout the canal zone" . A njmiber of teachers have already been sent to the isthmus , arid others wfil iol- lo\r. Dr. Strattoa D. Brooks , .who a shest time ago left a h4gh eauesrtienal post iE Boston to becoavj the si > fleri stem don t f. the Clerela d. Ohio. , schoes fe iiow io ro- tuini to bio foKrfejr field of usefulness , bavins beoa elected superintendent ol IJoston inciwals ; . YUlfjalnner Stofransson , BOW a - At Harvard , has been apjfiokitefe a mem ber of the newest expedition hi searcji 'of tie Hortk pol , which will leave early fa. Mar I'lvim Taatvsnvw , rtndeB coHUiiaaji $ . Gapt. Ejjnfc MSkbffcon. * Fhe Harval studoiywl ; be Hie joangest x& & be5. o " the ex MEMORIAL DAY. laurels to lay o'er the Blue and the Gray ; spread wreaths where our heroes rest : Let the song of the North echo back from the South for the love that is truest and best ! Twin wreaths for the graves of our Grant and our Lcc , one anthem for Jackson and Meade. And the flap above you Is the banner for mo one people in name and in deed ! Clasp hands o'er the graves where our laureled ones lie clasp hands o'er the Gray and the Blue ; To-day we arc brothers and bound by .1 tie that the years shall but serve to renew. By the side of the Northman who peace fully sleeps where tropical odors are shed A son of the South his companionship keeps one flag o'er the two heroes spread. Weave tokens of love for the heroes In Blue ; weave wreaths for the heroes in Gray ; Clasp brotherly hands o'er the graves that are new for the love that is ours to-day : A trinity given to bless , to unite three glorious records to keep , And a kinship which never a grievance shall sever renewed where the brave are asleep ! Spread flowers to-day o'er the Blue and the Gray spread wreaths where our heroes rest ; Let the song of the North echo back from the South for the love that is truest and best ! Twin wreaths for the tombs of our Grant and our Lee. one hymn for your father and mine ! 0 , fcio flag you adore is the banner for me and Its folds our dead brothers en twine. S. E. Klser , in Chicago Times-Herald. His Faitlerfs ) SOD. From the Ledger Monthly. - - fr0 " 'Lige Peters enlisted ? You don't say ? Well , I hope he'll make a better record than his father did. " Such expressions as this were the com ments which the neighbors made when they heard that Widow Eliza Peters' youngest child and only son had volun teered for service in the Philippines. Gridcomb's Bridge people did not mean to be unkind when they made such re- marks. They did not expect to be under stood as condemning 'Like Peters , senior , particularly. His lack of reputation had come rather from shiftlessness and weakness - ness of will than from intentional wrong doing. Back in the years when the Civil War was being fought , he had not enlisted un til the last months of the struggle , and then he had been wounded and sent home before he had seen much hard fighting. Years afterward he had been granted a pension for his wound. His neighbors said , when the money came , "I don't begrudge 'Lige Peters his pension one mite , sence lie's had the gumption to put if into a farm and settle the place on his wife , for Eliza Peters , for all she's his wife , is the salt of the earth. " Then came the "jail scrape , " as it was called. 'Lige ran the village tan nery , in a slip-shod way , as a means of adding to the income from the farm. In his vats the sheriff one day found a load of stolen hides for which he had been scouring the country. The strong hem lock liquor in the vats had not been pow erful enough to obliterate the marks on * the hides , nad the tanner was taken away to jail , although , at worst , it seem ed likely that he had only been a par ticipator , and not the thief. And there , in jail , he died. Although some of the townspeople may have been unkind enough to say "They're better off without him , " the dead man's family had mourned for him , because , un reasonable as perhaps it may have seem ed , they , his wife and children , had loved him. And when , on Decoration Day , by tacit understanding of those who trim med the graves of the soldiers , his was quietly overlooked , his children and tlieir mother came , after the others had gone home , and laid an extra heavy wreath of flowers on. the mound behind his head stone. The boys of Gridcomb's Bridge who had enlisted for the Philippine service were to be mustered in at Fort Ethan Allen for a month's drill , before they started on the long car rid a'cross the "continent and the longer transport ride across the Pacific ocean. ' The bag which 'Lige was to carry had been nacked by his mother with every thing whiclj ejther of them had thought lie might need. They di'd not know how many of the things would soon be left behind for want"of room , or as nor coufd they foresee , fortunately , of them were to be left blood-stained1 on the burning s'auds of Luzon. * They were not thinking of these tilings that last e'vening or rather 'Lige was 'not , and his mother was trying not to thinkorthem. . Slie was sitting just within - in the 9por of their -farmhouse home , andv h'e on .the doorstep. They had been look ing o'ff to the glowing , suuset-liglfted ' .west , and had been talking of how he was to gpjfartfier and farther into thafe wonderful distance , unfil he was' half .way arotnid the world , arid b.y west at-la'st hati reached "the East. " , " is moier would ini ss Him on' the farm , 'even thow-gh it was , small and'near ' iKe - village , but they did ; -not that , any more than they dM of ofae o'thpr " " " c deep down in tlie heart\ > f eacR , > each knew , although they did not .1 feay it in wordswas the real reason for'- mV going. Ihit.when'the . last gf the sunset light as failing , Jtlie bey's mot.ner gonig intcu % Tier pedroom , 'brought ot t a Kttle dJUVsilk flag , , not bigger tan a handkerchief . dud readfrng it dx > wn. to K r § on , said : "Your : faHier carrie'd tfiis all the time he Vas s the armjt is vour tur nowl" j the b'oy. taklrig theTkis , ftfffletl it softly taiid * pu t ihs3.defrfe bj&u'fe- Tlen'cainiG Fort Ethnn Allen , the ctfrs , SHn I&amSsco , tks lrawport , JfeimJa. , jnd WKCeJab o MHLTjrc&anc : . under ttfi teciHg 'sun anrd fwlW > jxngh .tr pic swonu.p's , which nwraxj < i soliH < vt)5 ! the bop. ) Somjetimcs a flash.afi Hsblni.ng streaks wnra nd ftvm ta choud which seoiied jfo/trn-caton noiVig. lifee tha tvvi > 3 fJ > e jatta'c'k oXt4ie Pannes upcsi tlve fxjwjd of > va n sent tv c c-6y a paynjftsicT 011 his A aj' to V < xwi > pnarcs .at the froirt. j No one hS i' 1 > } 1' it Mid f sand Jcw ? T- co"itff ( * iiot com e'nTiija ' i't all. fie'ofl - ) ; ; A DECORATION DAY QTTEIIY. "Grandma , do I look like grand pa did -when he went to war ? " knew that he alone was left alive , there , in the road , holding by its strap the he.-rvy leather pay-bag , which he and an other man had been ordered to carry. The Filipinos were coming close. He could hear them shouting louder every second. Calling up all the muscle which the old farm life at home and the new soldier life in the field had given him , Private Pothers flung the bag into the dense tropic forest growth beside the road , and turned to run. Turned , but did not nin. The earth flew up in his face and hit him. At least that is what he thought at first -had happened. Something was the matter with his knee. Then he knew that he had been shot. And then the Filipinos were on him , with cries in mingled Tagalog and Span ish. lie was the only live man they could find , and him they took. "Bring him here , " the 'leader said , lead ing the way outside the path to a place where the sun's rays were shaded by the underbrush. Two of the men to whom he spoke seized the prisoner by the arms and dragged him over the ground behind them. "Now , " said .the leader to a Filipino who spoke English , "ask him where the money is. " "Where is the - money which you brought with you from camp ? " No answer. "Where is the money ? " Still no answer ; for Private Peters was not thinking of the questions being asked him then , but of something and somebody very far away. The leader shrugged his shoulders. "I'll make him tell ; hold him down , " he said. Two Tagalogs knelt upon the wounded soldier. Their captain , pulling his cam- pilan from its belt , thrust its razor-sharp point into the flesh of the helpless man's bare arm. "Now ask him where the money is , " the interpreter was told. No answer. The compilan was twisted back and forth in the wound which it had made , an'd then , when the soldier was still si lent , the long , slim sword gashed a ceep red cross upon his cheek. That was the end. The soldier's eyes shut and his head dropped limply to one side. side."He's "He's dead , " the native said. And then , because dead men can tell no tales , the leader called his men to gether and led them , back to the hiding place from whence they had come. It w-as an hour before Private Peters' eyes opened , and consciousness returned , a consciousness in which pain was at first the only factor. It took him a long time to remember everything which had happened. From where he lay he could ; i see some of the dead men , out the/e in J i the road. TJie money was safe m tWe u'nderbrjish , over beyond them. He thought the men of his company , .when they came t'o look for the squad , a"s he was snre they would come , would findi the bodies of the men out tfiere. but per haps they Avould miss his , back there where ho was , in the brush. Worse still , they might never find the paymaster's leather bag ; and then * it all wpuhl have been for 'nothing , what he ha'S tried to do. do.That That would be too bad. Could he not do something ? Perto-p.s he might. He tried to staml. It was * n'cvuse. His knee was bad. Thun he tried ( fragging himself by IMS han-ds. It wasn't easy , o > that . "Tagndog sworci , had burrow.ed deep , fcut { forfcuna-tely 1 h'is arms were not broken , j He ctmld Q. \ His joiuaJey across a continent and an ocean had Aeen nothing in comparison with this 'joar iey across a road , n'rqatl blocked by the bodies of dead men , and ' under a cruel sun. A fe.w Imurs later a body-of American cnriie cautiously up the ( voad. wits no one there to mo > est them. therush , t-Ire Tngalogs being miles away by that tfnttj. Slowly nnd tenderly they gathered the bodies , of tl ei r conir-ndes i3n / litter " to ifWTV , tlvem to burial. Th5.tla t , far _ < T had bo.en covered , the last Iraivl laid st-raight. and tKe oi'ifcr in famm/vxd liad tflinftxl to Say "i'onvimh march ? " wkciithis- .ei > saw him suiTiTeri- l.lift . Ins torpa'd hat r > nd stride with ' > fired ho-.d iaio the under-brash bcyoiltl fie rani. He fc'---Hhc.s5tlc , a busli to wl icli : i Htf/e ' < - * > . ' . -"rk h-tfisIkerchicT , fiishione ; ! af- vlr'on .i. . tied. y5cri Hag. was Sfoop- : > g , Ve i ' . t > S hhii : reverently i\pni hc bn.lv t : KXIII lying concealed be- Affjv-v.-iiil tUe army surgeons saiii ( ! iit not oifp 1 \ in t < yi tiK > iviiul : wonM litvo livcfl hri > s-Mirfi an experience. * Wli'eth- er it . , _ _ be saxgsxnfs wliq pulieil'lnm tlmcv. . * ' . wW er it V.T.S Tris grfcjd coii- stitiKit'VuHsfb Peters ne cr ca'red. lie didn't even care that is , not so very much that he must always have a deep-rod criss-cross scar upon his cheek. The only thing he thought that he should ever care for was the fact that he was going home , and that it was not as 'Lige Peters he was going back , or even private , but as Lieutenant Peters. Best of all , he thought , the colonel of the regiment had written a letter and sent it to him , in which he said it gave him "great pleasure , " and so forth , and so on. The lieutenant meant to show the let ter to his mother and his sisters ; that was all. You see he had forgotten about the papers , or else he didn't realize that news could come all the way from Asia to America. That was why he was so surprised , when he reached home , to find that he was famous. lie had thought that when he gave the colonel's letter to his mother to read that would be the best of all , but there was going to be something even better than the letter. That was when Memorial Day came again , and he was asked to ride in the carriage with the G. A. R. commander , because his knee was not yet strong enough to march , they said. On the plat form in the grove they gave him a front seat , from which , after the band had played , and the minister had made a prayer , he felt some one push him to his feet. Why , he could not guess , at first , until he saw the Post Commander , a gray old man who once had marched at the head of a regiment himself , coming toward him. "My boy , " the old man said , reaching out to him his left hand , because the other sleeve of his coat was empty , "we are glad to see you here. " After all , what really counted most , though , was when , after the speaking was done and the details marched out through the cemetery , the wreaths of ev erlastings fell this time on every sol dier's grave , and over the grave of Pri vate Peters his father's grave the drums beat for the first time their sol emn roll. No one said anything in words. It was easier not to do so. Even when the new lieutenant and his mother sat at the door that evening , once more , and watch ed the fading sunset light , they did not speak of it , bat each knew , and knew that the other was thinking , that the task his father's son had set himself to do had been performed. M. B. Thrasher. _ _ _ , On Cemetery Hill. Hall , haunted acres of encamping dead , Whose hills , reset with guns In battla line , To-dny repeat and echo the dlyiqe Appeal of war ! Here gallant Sickles sped Ills living thunderbolts , and Ilancock bled , I Caim Meade arrayed , and fortune rose ' and fell ; Ilore Devyil's Den was war's distincter hell , And angry guns debated o'er the deafi "With mouths aflame with shot and whistling shell ! s Glory has decked , with bronze and marble pose , . Her battle-chiefs , in honor Used alone-r But o'er tttis waste of'graves , pale Sorrow row throws lie ? scarf of tears , to mark each little stone : - < , "All hull. O , sacred circles of 'Unknown' I" Sunday Magazine. A Good Forjcetter. _ "Johnny. " asked the .teacher , "how much is s-even times nine ? " 1 don't remember. " "Who dls t > vered America " "I did know , but I forgot" "What is an isthmus. ? " "I don't remember. ' ' "You < lon't remember ! Take yeur seat , .sir. You'll never amount to any thing in tliis.worWJ" But he did. ile is now dravv iag . T5.GG ( ' JK'r year as chief forgefter. for a largo corporation. Helpful. "I've bopn JookJng for a small man in this depurtmcut vkh glasses , " said the old huy. " 'Well ? " replied tl > e new floorw'aifcer. ) "Well. : t-n'c find bim. " 'Tilcjlo the trkippes you've been ( in' : ; for him v.-itli ain't st-rong enoir ii , > uir * : > 'r. . Try n microscope. " " . < > t" Nonva-y , in aji ; tlie i-j - 5i'.eoratrons ! of welc ra.e j t : > YThi. h he * hod loeii subjected since Ins nrriral in Norway , has "bceH Ji8- \ clce.ca ns * * ifr. King" histea o or "jcur ? J2jr-fty. " . or t5e iiso of conis of aaaia of i.y.S ; , xwi tiic Jiiitldlc i > f riie twelfth Opportanltlcw. Mr. Sidener liad mnde his first pnb- llc speecli. His subject was good tbo Iniquities of industrial economy and he hoped his treatment liad been ade quate , lie was not sure. lie waited for his wife's verdict , but she was strangely silent. She had listened to him from the gal lery of the town ball , and lie had half- expected her to meet him at the door afterward , and to say , as soon as they were out of hearing , "Oh. it was simply great , Eddy ! " But they were half-way home , and she had said nothing of the kind. "Well , " he bpgan , awkwardly , when .he could bear it no longer , "what did you think of my speech ? " "What you said was all right , " she answered , with guarded enthusiasm. "But it seemed to me you didn't make the most of your opportunities. " "Opportunities ? " repeated Mr. Side ner. "What do you raenn , Eflie ? " "Why , " Mrs. Sidcner replied , "you had ever so many chances to sit down before you did. " TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY. JL "Woman Who linn Suffered Telia How to Find Relief. The thousands ofwomen who suffei- backache , languor , urinary disorders and other kidney ills , will find com fort in the words ot Airs. Jane Farrell , of GOG Ocean Ave. , Jersey City , N. J.r who says : "I reiter ate all I have said before In praise ot Doan's Kidney Pills. I had been having henvv backache and my general health was affected when I began using them. My feet wera swollen , my eyes puffed , and dizzy spells were frequent Kidney action was irregular'and the secretions high ly colored. To-day , however , I am a well woman , and I am confident that Doan's Kidney Pills have made me so , and are keeping me well. " Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. To Prevent Ship's Rolling. A German engineer , Otto von Schlick , who has been studying for many years the prevention of ships' rolling , believes the solution lies in a' gyroscope. Herr Schlick proposes to steady ships by mounting the gyroscope - ' scope in the hold , and his first expe riments on a large scr e have been undertaken with an old torpedo boat Jn this craft a gryoscope with a disc weiging 1,030 pounds was mounted ' \vith a steam turbine which would rotate - tate it at a speed of more than 2,000 revolutions a minute. The oscillations and pitching of the vessel were care fully measured before the steam was admitted to the turbine , and then when the turbine was put in revolution tha motion practically ceased. So success ful were these experiments with' the ' 'sixty-ton torpedo boat that It has been decided to proceed with a larger craft "Oust Devils" o Nile Vnller- Travelers in the celebrated Deatl Valley of California have described the wonderful contortions of the sand pil lars that small whirlwinds sometime * send spinning across the hot plain , Even more remarkable are "dust dev ils" seen by an explorer , in the vallej of the White Nile. Sometimes two oi these-twhirling columns , gyrating in op posite directions , meet , "and if they b - well-matched the collision stops then and a struggle ensues as to which waj they shall twist Gradualy one gaint the mastery , and the two combined rusl on together. " Some of these whirlwind ) will strip the clothes from an AraM back , or send a goat spinning rouni and round like a top. BREAD DYSPEPSIA. < The Dlereatlng : Element Left Ont. Bread dyspepsia Is common. It af fects the bowels because white bread is nearly all starch , and starch is digest ed in the intestines , not in the stomach proper. Up under the shell of the wheat ber ry Nature has provided a curious de posit which is turned into diastase when it is subjected to the saliva and to the pancreatic juices in the human rntestines. This diastase is absolutely necessary io digest starch and turn iUinto grape sugar , which is the next form ; * but that ' ' part of the wheat berry 'makes dark flour and the modern miller cannot Readily sell dark Jlour , so Nature's val uable 'digester is thrown out and the human system must handle tbe tarch. as best it can , without the h6lp that Nature intended. * Small wonder that appendicitis , peri tonitis , "constipation , and .allifcsorts oC trouble exist when' we1 go 'so contrary to Nature'alaw. The foojl exports that perfecfed' Grape-Nlits Food , ' knowing- these facts , made. . 'use in their experi- 'mentit of the entite wheat andf barley , including all the parts , . and subjected Jfa.enr-to moisture and long continued "warmth , which" allows time and "the proper conditions for developing the 'diastase , outside of the human body. * lifthis/w'ay / tie starchy part is trans- ftirmed "info * grape-sugar in a perfectly 'natural . manner. , without the use _ ot chemicals onany outside ingredients. The little sparkling crystals of grape- gvigar can be seen jpn | the pieces ot Grape-Nuts. . " Tb . & ddj , therefore is nat- uralls pra-cligested and its use'in place of 'bread wlirqmckl-y correct the trou- bfes'that have' bcen brought about by the too free KSC o'f starch in the'obd. and that is very common in the human race to-dh r. The effect of eattng Grap e-Nuts ten days or two weoira and the discontin uance. of ordinary white bread , is 'very marked. The user'wiil gain rapidly 'Jn strength and physical and mental fiealth. * "There's a reason. "