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tral railroad, has noUled the Faaa
sa caaal comaitssion at Washiastoa
of his acceptaace of the post of chief
eaglaeer in charge of the coastrac
tioa of the lsthmtaa waterway.
Mr. Wallace will take ap his work
oa Jaae 1, at aa aaaaal salary of $25,
090. His headquarters for some time
will be at the natkmal capital It
probably will take two years for pre
Umlaary work, and thea the eaglaeer
will go to the isthmus, to resaaia until
the caaal is completed. Nearly $200.
000.000 wUl be expended, aad 50,000
mea will be employed, besides skilled
labor.
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CARDINAL FOND OF WALKINa
Head ef Reman Catholie See af BaHi
mere a Pedestrian.
Though far from being a robust
man Cardinal Gibbons Is a great walk
er. Not only Is he known as sack la
his home city of Baltimore, but he has
acquired that reputation among his fel
low prelates at Rome. The cardinals
aad archblships there with whom he
has made friends say laughingly that
to start out oa a morning's walk with
their American brother Is like doing a
severe stunt of penance. The cardi
nal is too delicate In frame and health
to make anything of a show as a pul
pit orator. Knowing his physical limi
tations, he is very retiring in manner,
aad when he does appear before a
congregation he is quiet and unassum
ing la his delivery, not trying to be
impressive. He wisely husbands all
his strength for his administrative
labors.
HIS LABORS AT AN END.
jgssopjir.mGMr
Bishop J. H. Vincent, founder of the
Chautauqua society, who will be re
tired for age by the Methodist coafer
eace at Los Angeles.
Lang East Indian Names.
Mercantile clerks with many letters
to write to India tradesfolk are to be
pitied. The following, picked at raa
doat from the hooks of a London arm
doing business hi India, are not at all
a bad specimen of the general ran of
names throughout the empire: Joga
vajala Seethasamachendrudu; Maathri
Pragada Suryanarayana, Vangar Pa
thangy VUayaraghavacharriar, Con
jeeveram Muttukumaraswamy Mad
liar. Poonamalie Shunmugasuadaram
Madliar. Keduramangalam Subraman
ist Chidembera Iyer. Peravayel Coo
maleeswarenpettah Rajaruthna Mood
liar. ;
.Naval Veteran to Retire.
Chief Master at Arms Timothy Mar
ray, aad the ealy oae of the 15.000
purtidaaats la the battle of Mobile
bay still ia active service ia the aavy
has applied for his retirement. For
some years Murray has been station
ed oa the cob dock at the Brooklyn
navy yard aad is a familiar lgmre at
the local station. He has shipped la
every vessel but oae ia the old aavy.
has touched at every port of aay Im
portance ia the world aad ia persoa
ally acquainted with more oScers aad
mea la the aavy thaa aay oae else.
Cassia! is highly delight
ed with the result of her Red Cross
in Washington. Ia spite of the
disastrous session oa April 2S.
the lawn fete so admirably plaa-
md to be stopped oa account of
the Imlnmoat weather, the uadertak
has has beea most saccessfuL The
urn of $17,000 is already in the treas-
are not yet la.
Hospital Service.
Klamke, a practicing
surgeon of flwaco,
aaaoiated ay the
it to a positioa ta
the hospital service at the front. He
la ef Duals birth aad received his
sdlral education ia Copenhagen,
Ha has a strata of BaasJai blood ia
mm
Dr. Kdmoad
phyafdaa aad
Wsaaw has beea
sasnaa aoveramw
Filnsm Were Bartjaene Cistssn.
Tim dress af Princess AngeTbert
Va Areaaergat the recent haH ia
heaar ef tta prhass ami iwiaimi of
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The appointee was bora at Fall R1t-
er, Mass., aad graduated as a cmi
glaeer at If oamouth uahrerslty. M
mouth. 111., of which his father
the foaader. He eatered railway
Ice la 18CT as rodmaa aad tea y
later became chief eaglaer of the
Peoria aad Fanalagtoa railway.
constructloa of which he
In 1887 he became bridge engineer for
the Saata Fe, aad la 1892 was ap
pointed chief engineer of the Illinois
Central. Daring seven years he held
this position, la 18M became asslstaat
secoad vice president. la 1901 asslst
aat geaeral manager, aad la Septem
ber. 1902. geaeral manager of the
system.
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1 TRAGEDY OF WENTTS DEATH.
His Murder a Blet en Oar Present Day
Civilizatian.
With all the sssorlstloas that sMag
around the name of Vlrgiala, that
state seems to furalsh a strange set
ting for such a tragedy aa that of Ed
ward L. Wentz. whose body has jast
beea found near Big Stoae Gap ia
Wise county. .Aad yet the ssouatala
country in the westera part of Vb
giaia is as fall of the mystery of
moonshiners lad feuds aad other law
lessness as the adjacent districts of
Kentucky aad Tennessee.
Wentz had Inherited aa lataraat la a
great estate of mouatala lands that
had aever beea subdivided for sale.
There were many squatter iahabHaats.
aad all of them raged' agalast the
young man who came la to
the country, as if he were
er or tyrant Oct. 14 last year he
appeared, and though his
long beea assumed act till
his fate really beea known.
For sevea months his body
been lying oa opea grot
ered. Searchers by the thousands had
sought for weeks to fad alas, aad
some of them mast have passed with
in a very short space of his bady. Now
the place of hla death is toand by ac
cident withia a mile of where he was
last seen alive. He had evidently
beea killed by his squatter
This is a tale of wild
desolation, fitter for the early days of
colonization than for the prime of the
greatest of nations, fitter for the far
West thaa for the hoary Bast It
gives us at least a sease of the loac
long 'time it will yet take before the
growing people win have
the whole land for its
the whole -laad win ha really
-settled."
PLAY TO SPITE HUSBANDS.
Bayenne Wemen In Euchre Cbjba Be!
cause Hubbies Dislike Them.
Some time ago a aumber of man hi
Bayonne. N. J., formed aa aal
society, declaring that their wi
were devoting altogether too
much attention to the game
Appropriately enough, Jostah
was elected presldeat. The
tlon has struck a nasty saag la the
shape of an anti-lodge dab started by
the wives, who declare that If they
may Judge from the midnight stories
told by their husbands Bayonne avast
have a remarkably large aumber of
sick lodge members. They
timate that draw poker ia the
prevalent disease. More eachre
ties thaa ever are being glvea
clubs which heretofore stopped play
ing in the spring will hold weakly
meetings all during the summer "past
to show those fresh married man that
they cannot boss as."
Unique Memorial ef Kateer.
What seems aa instance of
excessive hero worship.
evea in the
subjects of the kaiser, is
from Berlin. A memorial
stoae is
now being erected in 8chorfieide.
Zehdenlck. on the spot oa which the
emperor stood when he killed his
thousandth stag. The
weighs some fifty tone.
scrlption: -Our most niustrioas sear
grave aad lord. Emperor Wflhebm IL
stood here on the 20th of fleptsmhsr.
Anno Domini 1898. when slaylag km
oae thousandth stag of twenty tines."
First Enalish
The Baroness Burdett-Coatta,
efbrts for the uplifting of
of worldwide fame, has
in her own right for
of her ninety years. When that
was conferred upon her by
toria she was the only
land so distinguished. Since thaa the
precedent has been followed
ly. aad to-day over a dosea
peeresses in their own right.
Left Souvenirs at
According to the precedes!
Priace Henry, the
other notable guests to this
Priace L Lun, the
Chinese visitor, left
renin of himself with Mrs.
Mrs, Hay aad Mrs, Foster, all of
entertained him while in
recently.
Prof. F. York-Powen.
ablest historians of the
af the
has Jast
ve than thirty
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ImttewntM. Thmiifiltt-
tew atklaUc clrciM 9t MHitliiH
tkw Ctoorg Brook.
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wRtaHiiiBifc 4om aot OMfr
H ! tm f f htwra of Bob
rt IKntaMMM u Frol Ifce
Boh kighlj affprorei of Ub.
So mwdk so that m
are yea? Bight?
Ok.
welL Mr. Brooke, 'ore's a little
rat a-goiag to gtvo you.
1 sot two howls over to
hurst, sad rm aoia to ghre yoa
"One whattr '
-Oae kowL hleoaUa' fat
that sleeps all day."
"Oh!" said Mr. Brooke, -an owL
yea!"
- -Toa ahaU ave it to-morrow."
"Bat look here, Mr. Fltzslmmoas,
why the deuce are yoa solas; to give
ma aa owlf
Bob's little eyes glutei and his thin
lips compressed.
-8o you can smack Tm oa the eye
with yoa bloomla squash bat aa' 'ear
the beggar 'oot!" Boston Post.
TORPEDOES ARE NOT NEW.
Chinees Used the EaaJesive
Six Hundred Years Asa.
The torpedo is not a modem iavea
Uoa, as the majority of people sap
pose. It, Ilka many other devices of
which civilised nations boast Is hoary
with age. The iaveatloa of gunpow
der by the Ohiasee seven centuries
ago. commonly attributed to the Con
fucians, has beea disputed, aad the
credit for the discovery has beea giv
es by various authorities to the
Greeks or Romans,
Combustibles like naphtha, to which
class Greek fire belongs, were ia ana
ia the armies of the Califs, and were
confounded with explosives. Marcus
Graecus seems to have had a recipe
for making gaapowder from saltpeter,
coal aad sulphur, aad his career has
beea placed as early as the alath cea
tury; bat it would be more correct
to place his Ufa hi the middle of the
thirteenth. A critical sifting of the
whole evidence leads to the conclu
sion that saltpeter was first knows ia
China, bat aot before the middle of
the twelfth ceatury.
Ia the successful defease of the Chi
nese city Planking against the Mon
gols, explosives, blasting bodies snd
rockets ware employed agalast the
which show the form
la which these
explosives were
Several wen known gentlemen, in
cluding 8eaator Mason, were sittisg
about ia a Washington slab room dis-
cusslag the aaasaal cold of the
eat winter. -I saw it so cold.'1
one of the party, "about twelve years
ago that there was ao ice. It got so
cold that the lea aB cracked ap iato
bar back ia 1S40.'
-that R waa ao cold the elec
tricity liquefied and dropped ot the
wires. Several people bottled it ap to
care their spring rheumatism "
It wasat
f years ago,"
-slace I saw It so cold that the
boys actually ran to keep
That broke ap the eoaversatioa.
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Women in Korea dUfer remarkably
from their sex la other countries in
oae paxticalar they are absolutely
silent! The length of a woman's
tongue Is a frequent reproach else
where, bat It cannot he brought
against the Korean wife, who never
xa thaa Is strictly aeces-
A bride dare not attar a word
rvea a alga, however much
her hushaad may tease or taunt her.
for to break alienee would mesa total
of casta. Among; the higher
It may be weeks or swaths
a hushaad hears his wife's
voice for the first time, while the wife
does not speak or evea look at .her
father-la-law for years after ha
Net la the
.Vetestchagin. the famous paiater of
war scenes, who lost his life
battleship Petropnvlovak. had
curious sxpsrisacss ia this country.
One day at aa exhibition of his paint
ings a rick broker said to him:'
"What ia the lowest price yoa will
take for that pkrer
"Not a penny less thaa S5.000," re
plied theRasslaa artist
"Oh, I lay. Mr. V" protested the
broker.--you cant expect to -get aa
much for your pictares as if yoa had
beea dead for several ceaturies, like
Michael Angekvund that class of can
vas decerstorsl" New York Times.
A
always he a yard
Or hMB ef weeds atTuna on a sam?
Do rayaw aad atttar mahe a bars.
WMh Juat a pinch of wisdom sage?
A fig for-vera tthetaat. say I.
Whan SwJea sariy seams by!
What swtadac rhythm hi her walk!
What arawhoar of ere and nalr!
one aiims aae Feaasus '
BsroM to budg. to soar m air!
No pleavsiw now (or htm to fly.
Aad Holea-anuMs walk) samta ay.
Lot huuksiuws seen the. prist
And orwant editions" sis:
1M. poets fall Iato a race
Baaaum taafer warm T wul not
Tae very soul or poetry
rsm.'me waeu ttema names -nr;
v. f. ween a
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The kiag of
is likely
to
Bve until a
of
a- aaeea or
kiag la
of
His fees Is
ia old age as
the aentleet, bat somehow or
deeatte kin many years, he has
the good keek of being sedated Into
Immortality, aa all the portraits of
him extant are
OM Ferty-Nlnerv
L. D. flandeilaad
part of Iowa aa "Uade Dow." Is
dead at Harlan, aged If. 'Mr. Sunder
land went to Shelby county from Ohio
In IKS. Prevkms to that time h
the pmhas to the Pacific
hlaretarn via Paaaaaa la said
to have beea the arat man to
Calilsrala sold to Now York.
hard snow."
i rcmsm
another.
Indian Chief Friend af WMtos.
' ChBhoot Jack, a stoach friend of
the whites, has been elected chief ef
the ChOkat tribe of faBsas la Alaska,
to succeed Psaaauhs. the aged wnr-
chmf hss a wide reawtotioa aa an In-
Assjj-upjfcsl- gwsaaBfvah'L aasa 'ssstwsM VassmrVCBfaTV Basshnl
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STANLEY HAD HIGH PLACC
I
, Sr 1
E. Stanley, the
axptorer. died at Loadoa May It.
1 History.
la Africa four
riv-
In coaaectioa with the
thms of the Utta the world
member Brace, aad Barton,
awd Pmkar. aad Grant. Ia
with the explorations of the Niger It
win remember Mango Park, la eoa
mectloa with the exploratioas of the
Zambesi it will remember Mriagetoae.
In connection with the espkaatkma of
the Congo It will remember Hoary M.
Staaley. Aa loag as the discovery ef
the "earth by its iahabltaata K studied
The Lato Henry Morton Stanley.
Staaley aad the Congo win go to
gether ia the human mind.
Bat Stanley's work waa evea great
er thaa this. He labored at a time
when exptoratloa had come to aave a
political as well aa a geographical
value. Bruce and Park aad the rant
have their place la the history of ad
venture and of science. For Stanley
was reserved the distinction of being
the first of the African
whose travels led directly to
exatoltatloB aad whose
career ia itself entwined with the par
tition of African territory amoag Eu
ropean powers.
t J. Scott Kettle, the great English
authority 6a the colonlzatloa of Afri
ca, ia sustained by the facta when he
saya that ia the descent of Barope
apoa the newest, as well aa the oldest,
of coatlaeats, "Stanley's memorable
Journey across Africa aad especially
his discovery of the great waterway
of the Congo may be regarded as the
Initiatory episode."
While Staaley was utlU la Africa oa
the Journey which took him through
undergrowth aad dwarfs from the
headwaters to the estuary of the Con
go. Kiag Leopold of Belgium, his lm
aajaarloB fired by the prospect of a
aew continent split down the middle
aad exposed to the view of civilised
awakiad, had convoked the Brussels
conference of 1876. ' Here the btaraa-'
tloaal Africaa AssodsHoa was
Jsed for the aggrandisement of
graphical sdeace. So Iridescent had
this sdeace becosM that
Africaa associations ware
evea amoag the moaataiaa ot Switzer
land aad along the plains of Hungary,
far from theiBuropeaa' coast Hue aad
equally far from msritimer am Wtion.
Aa aooa aa Staaley landed at Mar
seilles oa his return from Africa he
wan saluted by King Leopold's esais
saries. Thea came the estshUshmeat
under Belgian auspices of the com
mittee for the expkiraUoa of the apper
Congo. Shortly afterwards came the
relBcaraatioa of this committee as
the Iaternational Coago assodatioa.
still controlled by the head of tae Bel
gian government, aad hugely sap.
ported by his private parse. Staaley
was ahojk to assist la the unique en
terprise of creating aa empire oa be
half of aa ambitious royal aUlltoaeire
aad thereby drawiag the wolf pack of
Barope into combined bat mutually
hostile attack apoa the regioas by
which that empire was surrounded.
Ia 117 Staaley was back la the
bssla of the Congo, this time aot as
aa advaataroas
spoadeat reaping thrills aad stories.
TjuxruTJinfWM-M-i-1 rmm -
Parkera Red Hair.
Judge Altoa B. Parker la younger
years, had red hair. "My hair wasat
quite n pronounced red. bat it was un
deniably red." he Is credited as aeyiag
toa reporter. "That hair brought aw
its of abasemeat whea a
got me lato a fight"
Tee? The boys called yoa brick top
sad an those rude epithets?" "Tea,
I got them an. It grew darker later
la life, bat it was stffl decidedly aa
bum before it turned gray."
Gen. Mllee at Kai
Gee. Nelson A. Miles has
vtted to attend the Kansas
tenary celebration in Topeka aad take
part in the exercises and parade oa
Tuesday. May SL He saw a mod deal
of military service there whan Kansas
wss n territory. Thespians fiar the
celebration are lacreastag ia magni
tude, aad it Is aow promised that
something will he "going
day for the entire week.
ef Married Mea.
The late Miss Frances Power Cobbs.
the author, was tremeaooualy ha earn
est In her humanitarian views. Whoa
rhrtg la her presence on
casloa Kegnn Paul
shout "the lower
Cobbe exclaimed ladlgnaatly:
animals! I acknowledge no
tinctJon. Mr. Paul, unless yoa
DdMitlaa Friends am
Whea King Victor Emmanuel
ed M. Loabet to visit him la
wughiagly said:' "If yoa
iavitatioe I promise yoa
Ail
win rejoice to see.
th
eeessMs wffl
glad." By his
the
and
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George F. Kdmunds. fmamriy
Uatted States senator from Vermont,
after pasalag moat of the winter la
the south, bus teturned to FiBafiil
phin, whire he aow Kvea. Thaysasr
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aard to esaviars ths pssgls that It Is
L A Z a : - - r
pontic dlplemstle
tattva.
reatte aa4 laylag the
of sovereignty. Up the
ha want, fortified bv his un
rivaled sUfl hi rough travel and by
Ms eaanay unrivaled
with
hleh he seat back ef
the resources of the country aad of
the stealings aad butcherings com
mitted by the Arab slave traders con-
tag genulae that Africa could ao
loager be allowed to go IU own way
to the everlasting boafire.
The result waa the Beriia confer
ence of ltti, At this conference the
aatiaaaaf Barope' drew ap raws" for
the game of scramble which was about
to begin. Staaley had traversed the
unexplored center of Africa which
separated the better known regioas of
the south from the still better known
regions of the aorta. He had brought
the. period of curious, iaveatigatory
to aa, aad. He had taken
Leopold. He had trans
late Iaternational Congo assp
cmtfcm Iato a sovereign landed estate.
Sir Francis de Wtatoa had been seat
out as territorial governor. The Uait
ad States had recognised the bias
fielded aad gold starred flag of the
International Coago assodatioa aa
"that of a frieadly governmeaL" If
the other aatioarof Europe were aot
to be left on the cold edge Of eon
aaeet it waa time for intervention.
The Beriia conference, rendered in
evitable by Stanley, meaat laterven
tioa. The Iaternational Coago asso
datioa became the Coago Free State,
with its territory roughly defined aad
with Its soverelgBty lodged la the per
son of the Ung of the Belgians. The
rest of Africa waa maalf estly destined
to be gradaally rounded up into
spheres of ialaence, the ceatars of
gravity of which would be at London,
Paria, Beriia. Usboa aad Some. The
laws sjoverinng this process were con
structed In skeleton and were left to
be provided with fiesh and blood by
subsequcat ooavenUons between the
governments particularly concerned.
The year ISM mast, therefore, be
taken aa the epoch of the ssodera par
titioa of Africa aad Staaley must be
takea as a compelling figure la that
epoch.
This is the reason why only an In
adequate conception of Stanley's work
Is secured when he Is studied only as
a member of the glorious fellowship
of Africaa explorers. He ranks with
Diss and Vasco da Game and Living
stone, aad his afitalty ia mainly with
them. Bat circumstances gave him
a right to be counted with
Widow ef the Late H. M. Stanley,
other group of mea. He Is included
ia the history of politics as wen as
ia the history of exploration. He oc-
a minor bat ladubltable place
the organisers of Africa along
with. Kitchener and Cromer aad
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Articles Served Good Purpose.
Benstnr CaUom dropped In to see an
editor friend of his- and while they
were ehattlag the man who knows
how a paper ought to be run made his
He complained that
articles from his pea had not
published, though they had been
seat la weeks, before. The editor
satiled sadly." Tm holding them." he
replied. "Aad they serve a very good
purpose, too. Now and then I get to
tBfBirfmg that perhaps we are not of
fering the public as good a paper as
we ought to. At such times I look up
your artides aad see how much worse
the sheet might be. So I become real
cheerful again. Please dont take them
!".
Wants aaWiere Taught to Swim.
Gea. Leonard Wood is pushing a re
in the army. He wants all soJ-
dlsrs taught to swim. There sre some
thing like fifty deaths n year in theen-
strength of the army from
This Is in time of peace.
Gea. Wood regards it as ridiculous for
.soldiers, who are liable to be ordered
to ford rivers or disembark' from
transports through surf during war
time, aot to be able to take care of
themselves under these ctrcum
staaces. The responses from the
nrmy to his suggestion that swimming
be made a part of the private sol
dier's edseatioa have beea an aloag
the ana Mae of hearty approval.
faVeTvo wCwKS nfJCrwwaawaf BefMMCna
Gov. W. D. JeUm of Alahanu
written within a few days past tobis
private secretary la Montgomery that
toward the complete re
ef Ms health b very satisfac
i ha la Improving at a rate he
it baaed for. He m at Las
Veaaa. N. M, and will probably be
to stay there several
Hie phystdans have advised
to write letters for the pres
ent; aad ha nccordlagly asked Secre
tory Jackson to give the substance of
his letter publicity to satisfy the la-
of hm friends st home.
the first syBsMe slightly
was the sea of a
er ef
afxty-three ia Bea
ut' to auke a
bat his beat
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The extotence of the rays
ered by Bleadlot, of Paris, aad
by ate "a-rays," about which
written lately, is
by an emiaeat
physicist, who thlaka M. Btoadlot
safered from optical IBaaloas.
to the fact that ia. msalpulatlag tha
the experimeater
la the light oa the teat object.
Butler Burke, who 1 oae of the wide
ly known Kagllsh observers who boa
beea uasble to produce those rays,
saya: "I aa at a loss to fiad aay
other cxplaaatioa of M. Bloadlot's re
salts than that he. has coma across a
radlatioa to which aome mea are
bliad. Self-hypnotism, due to fatigue
of tha optic serve, may account for
the results of oae observer alone."
Tha fact that M. Bloaalot baa. in in
struments of precision, measure
wava.leagth of these rays woald
to bo coadustve evidence of their ex
Isteaee. And. too, Carpeatier has.
by passlag these rays through tha
brain, produced a perception of light
which changed the slxe of the papUs.
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i hear of a poor
sewing on buttons, mending rips snd
tears, pricking bis fingers aad break
ing his needles, we are Inclined to
say, "Serves him right! He ought to
get married and let his wife do tha
Mading." But how about tha woman
us to do this work? Of
she is more experieaced by
loag years of practice aad caa handle
her needle more deftly and perform
neater work thaa the man; but evea
ahe win sometimes break needles la
striving to work them through nn ex
tremely hard piece of cloth. Soma
cava amy say that here is where tha
thimble comes Into play, aad that tha
man does not know how to use that
device, any way. But, even with tha
aid of the thimble to force the needle
through as far aa possible, It Is
thaa likely that -trouble will be
coaatered la pulling It through, aa the
pointed end afibrda ao little chance to
secure a hold which will not slip oa
the smooth surface.
Here ia where the adyaatage of the
device shown In the picture makes it
self appreciated. In one side of tha
thimble, near the base, wUl be seen a
projecting; knob, la positioa for tha
Clamp ta Grip the Thimble,
thumb to exert a pressure on the end
of it. At right angles with this knob
a small hole Is drilled through the
base of the thimble, la which the
thimble csn be inserted. The Inner
end of the knob Is slightly serrated,
to enable It to grip firmly a aeedle in
serted hi the nperture beneath. The
seamstress has thea only to use the
thimble aa usual, uattl the aeedle
sticks la the cloth, whea she laserts
the sharp point ia the aperture, de
presses the clamping button with her
thumb and pulls the aeedle through.
Cleveland Hemenway of North
Adams, Mass., Is the inventor.
Value of Radium in Cancer.
In the London Electrician there Is
printed an article in which the author
states that while It Is not yet possible
to 'speak with certainty as to the
exact therapeutic value of radium, yet
he Is confident that by Its means It Is
possible to modify profoundly and la
some cases appareatly to cure surface
rodent ulcers and eplthellomata. The
method of application is to enclose
the radium in a small India rubber
capsule with a mica window or la a
sman glass tube. The radium la used
most conveniently in the form of the
bromide, and should be of good qual
ity. The small tube coataialag the
sale must be placed directly in con
tact with the ulceratlag aarface. It
apparently Is of no use If appUed to
the unbroken skin surface. The ac
tioa of the radium Is strongest at the
Immediate point of contact, aad les
sens ia power sccordlng to the dis
tance from that point of contact
Test of Mosquito Theory.
Two retired medical oMcers of the
French army who do not believe ta
the mosquito theory of malaria have
ofiered themselves as subjects of ex
periment to prove the Justice of their
disbelief. They will submit to be bit
ten by mosquitoes previously pastured
on malarial sufferers aad agree to
take ao drugs whatever, either for
prevention or treatment. They make
the offer, foUowiag the formatloa of
aa Algerian league for the preveatioa
of malaria, which proposes to begia
aa active fight against mosquitoes and
ask grants of public moneys for the
purpose. Ia face of the large aumber
of facts collected daring the
past two or three years, confirming
the mosquito theory, the skepticism
of the two French doctors is some
what difficult to account for. except
through lack of access to receat medi
cal literature.
Wall Papers.
Fabric effects sre seen in some of
the aew wan papers, silk, satia aad
water or moire surfaces being faith
fully represented. Pspers of this kind,
when ased In a single gentle color,
give aa air of richness sad luxury to
an apartmeat They are suitable for
pretty parlors, drawing-rooms, reception-rooms
sad boudoirs.. Soft old
rose, canary yellow, mandarin yellow,
silver aad green and robta's egg blue
are delightful In silken surfaced pa
pers. For libraries aad dlaiag-rooms there
come other fabric effects, as- burlaps,
eaavaa weavea and gobelin tapestries.
The burlaps sad eaavas
lively backgrounds for on
sepia sketches sad etcalags ia their
toaes of reddish brown.
Water
It to said that
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operate practically every
Durath. Mhaa, is to be
through the haraesslag of the
waters of the SL Louis river.
polish for stoves Is
toasBooaful of
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front axle. 1 ft 10 in. long; Or lock
standard! ft I ta. loag from base;
1 la. W lack with a state ef iron
114 by tach with six notches te
hold lever where desired; H.
tag rods. It ta. loag; wRh holes tar
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screwed oa .to G; K. plate oa head
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It makes little difference whether
the water or chop ia glvea first, pro
vided water la glvea as frequently
us it should be. so that a very large
quantity is aot takea at once. Chop
should aot be glvea la its pure state.
but be ndxed with n xeore bulky food,
so that it wUl be returned to the
uwath for masUcatioa. Ia the water-
lag of stock the aatauls themselves
'are the best Judges, aad they should
be allowed to drink when
Where ao succulent food, such
roots or eaaUace. la glvea. a drink
should he allowed before feed, thea
coarse fodder, sack as aay. followed
by the chop, mixed with cat hay or
chaff. If succulent food Is given, the
animate win not require water aatil
two or three hours alter they are
through feeding. It la well to allow
them all the water they wish at least
three times dally. If all the food la
dry, aad If roots are fed they should
drink once or twice dally, accordtag
to the quaatlty of roots glvea.
Mating Poultry.
L. M. I am much Interested In
poultry' raising, aad would be much
obliged for the following Information:
1. How maay heas can be muted with
one rooster? 2. At what age wUl a
rooster he too old for saattag? 3.
Kladly aaswer the above two
Uoas slso for geese, turkeys
ducks.
L From S to t of Asiatic varieties;
from 7. to S of American, and from t
to IS of Mediterranean. This is for
fowls ta limited runs. If nt targe
greater number of hens may he kept
with oae male. 2. Male birds should
aot be ased as breeders after they
are three yearn old. 3. Turkeya. oae
stale to 10 femsles, the male not to
be over two years old. Ducks, oaa
drake not over two years of sge. with
B or 7 ducks. If birds are ia coafiae
meat; if running nt large, 10 or 12.
Geese, one gander, from 2 to 7 yeara
of age, with 1 to 4 geese.
Making Cement Drain THe.
Six-iach drala tiles of buraed day
cost $36 per thousaad. Could concrete
tile be made more cheaply? How are
the molds made aad how should the
concrete be mixed?
Slx-tach tiles at 136 per thousaad
are cheaper thaa they eoald he awde
of coacrete. aad thea concrete tiles do
not take in water except at the Joints,
whereas clay tiles are porous from
end to end. For sewer or culvert
tiles of targe size concrete is the best
material to use, us they sre compnm
tlvely Inexperienced aad very darable.
The process of making coacrete tile
and aa illustrated descriptioa of the
molds for maktag them were pub
lished la the Family Herald of Aug. 27
last year.
Stall far Breaking Milch Heifers.
L. C Kladly advise how to make
a mall for breaktag heifers in to be
milked.
We know of ao spedsl stall, for
breakiag a heifer. A very good meth
od of fastealag a cow so that she
cannot kick while being milked is to
place her head la a staachioa so that
she caaaot Jump forward aad back
ward; then attach a strap with n ring
sround the left hind leg Just nbove
the hock; to. the ring in the strap
fasten n rope and tie this to the top
of the stanchion, Just short enough to.
raise the foot slightly off the fioor.
aot kick aad wiU aooa give ap trylag
if khidly snd quietly treated.
I
Ia the shssacB of aa egg tester,
which Is usually supplied with aa te
cubator, a simple tester stay be made
by aslsg sa ordlaary tamp. The light
ed tamp sheald be set la a box ta a
dark room; the side of the box should
hava aa oeeplng about the size of
sn egg and before this each egg to
be tested should be held ta froat of
the eye. Bggs which are fertile sad
coatala live germs shew, in sevea or
eight days of tacubation. a black spot
with spider-like legs radiating from
it The stronger this appears the
stronger win be the chicken. Eggs
which sre dear or contain no spot
sre infertile or dead, aad should be
throwa oat
Quaatlty ef Cement far Cellar Wall.
Haw much cemeat woald be re
quired to bulM the walls of a cellar,
12 feet square sad C feet high, the
to be tea laches thick at the
and sevea at the top
It would take eight barrels af aa
taral cemeat or six of Portland for
your work.
Turnips Vs.
O. F. K.piese tell me which ia
the mora profitable food for stock tur
nips or potatoes?
to pe
ter cattle aad sheep feedtag.
bat potatoes, if boiled, are tha mere
to
be safely fed to
sow as a part of her ratios).
She should also receive aa
tlty of shorts, or bran aad a
not have to ha
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Bravo Aetef Caar Hlihilns that
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over this branch of the
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On aae ef them tha whole
drenched to the skta. and
after tha operations there waa a drive
of three or tour hoars, which his lord
ship raUaaed aa little an anybody.
Oa that drive back to St Petersburg
had tour horses to his
proceeding nt the
helter-skelter Basstan gallop.
whea tha leadiag postilion's horse fell,
bringing dowa his companion and one
ef tha wheelers, aad the poor hay lay
under two of tee pranging brutes. It
was dlflkult to extricate the peetiUon.
for. the horses were cruelly hurt aad
furious with pals.
A crowd collected, aad Lord Castie
reagh hapaeaed to drive up. At length
tha hoy waa lifted dear aot killed,
but terribly hurt He was pat iato
Lord Castlereagk'a caleche aad sent
oa to the city, to the opea astoaish
meat of a Ruastan officer who had
come aa.
"Why make that fuss?" ka said.
"He's a Raastaa. He caa ride yet
Wake him up with a little whipcord,
sad let him do his work."
But the Englishmen were more tender-hearted.
Fresh horses sad postil
ions were obtained and St Petersburg
waa reached at test The story came
to the empress' ears. She was Marie
of Prussia, a stately woman, who had
once been very beautiful.
Her appearaace waa aow marred
by a nervous twitch of the features,
which came over her during the terri
ble days that followed her husbands
secession. There had been nn emeate
snd the roaring mob surrounded the
winter palace, threateatag death to
the imperial pair, who were watcaiag
from i within.
Suddenly Nicholas took his 6-months-old
child in his uraes snd
stepped out on the balcony, facing the
crowds which surged like a sea ta the
vnst palace square. He waa very
young, and n splendiu specimen of n
man. this Emperor Nicholas, la the
heyday of hla magnificent strength.
He did aot speak, but stood there r
the baby ta his arms. A slleace felr
oa the mob, n silence nlmost asore
awful thaa Its rage. Then came a tem
pest of cheers snd sobs. The dynasty
waa aaved.
The people were ready to die for
their emperor and hte heir. But one
shivering woman had been tried past
her strength the Empress Marie car
ried with her the mark of that momeat
of aaguish until her dying day.
She laughed at Lord Btoomfield
when she wss told of hte care for n
postilion boy, bat there were tears in
her beautiful eyes. "His mother
loves him." she said. "His mother
will thank you. But we Russians have
to learn to be hard." Chicago Jour
sal. Little Scent Waa a -Gift-It
is aot generally haowa that Lit
tle Scout, the gallant son of Lamplighter-Little
Indian, a frequeaf win
ner on the tracks test summer, aad
the king of 'em ail at New Orleans
duriag November aad December, te a
-gift" horse.
When Turfman George C. Bennett
bought a lot of yearlings from Milton
young, which Included Abe Frank aad
Ed Austin aad five others, for which
a total of S8.000 was paid, he wanted
to get n Lamplighter, but did not
faacy aay that he saw.
After the deal for the sevea head
had been closed. Young, pointing to
aa under-sized colt, remarked to Mc
Dnnlel: "There ia a Lamplighter la which
yoa may feel aa laterest. aad his dam
is a half-sister to Myrtle Hsjrkaess.
"If yoa waat him I will throw him
ta for good measure."
Gigantic Bird Cage.
Womea will be- interested In the
gigantic bird cage at the world's fair,
which is 325 feet long. The covering
is of wire, strengthened by a steel
framework. A wooden platform sur
rouada the cage, aad through the cen
ter runs a founteen-foot walk. In
this aviary the feathered tribes will
disport themselves under natural con
ditions. Noted Orangery for Fair.
The British are planning to repro
duce nt St Louis not only the noted
Kensington Orangery, bat the beau
tiful, old-fashioned garden 1a froat of
it with its flower beds, lawns, shady
alleys sad lily-covered ponds, not for
getting its bowllag green at oae end.
Michigan Capper Miners.
Copper miners is Michigan have In
creased la number from less than
7.000 1a 1893 to more than 14,000 in
1903
The Way ef the World.
rk whole world love a nodest
Whether he's great or small.
But fives Its plunks In irreat big chsitl
To the fellow wltn plies of galL
The whole world loves the silent
Who' quiet all uay as the owle
It's absorbing attention, penult see ta
mention.
'Twill give to the fellow who howls.
The whole world loves a peaceful ssaa.
Who never will quarrel or bicker.
But the full right of way. permit me te
say.
Twill give to the strenuous kicker.
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Oae of the common complaints of
parent against child Is, "He has such
n temper!" This is not meant to
be n compliment aad is not common
ly received as such. But Isn't it?
A child without a temper may be
very sweet snd satisfactory to Ma
pareats, but it can hardly be n chfld
of any great force of character. Who
ever saw or heard v of a person with
positive qualities, capable of betag a
stroag lafiaenca that dtd aot have a
blab temper? A high temper-aene
beyoad coatrol te aa unruly aervaat
aad a hard master, but there are few
more favorable abilities thaa the abil
ity to get Intelligently angry for good
But to be HI natnred that's a vast
ly difereat starter. It proves that
oaa has either a very assail mtad or
a very poor digestion; or - both
usually both. Saturday Eveateg Pest
ia Savtonw Navy.
Caat Buchanan, commander ef tho
wmarlran built Tarktah eruteer Me
Jldtea, has accepted a tnmmtasMa la
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