IS THE FIELD OF ELECTRICITY
Ancient Ntioai About Lightning Emiihsd
b; Ueiltia Inreitigation.
TELEGRAPH WIRES AS WEATHER PflOPHETS
I'rDiimi tn Hip llrt pIoiiiiiciiI of Pic
ture Tclenniili Mi c-t SxvppiiIiik
liy Klprtrlcnl .Miielilnrn Out
put nf l.'iiiHT Deuri'imliiK,
The Electrical Hcvlew, In discussing tho
question of daiiKer from lightning, says In
part: "Protection of property and life from
lightning flashes lifts been a subject that
hat) engaged thu attention ot natural phil
osophers since Franklin sent up his historic
kite. The net result of more than a century
ot attempt to securo protection has heon
tho lightning rod, In Its more or less In
tdlclcnt forms, mid tho discovery thai build
ings of modern construction having metallic
roofs, and often metallic frames as well,
arc practically Immune from attack by
lightning, The total number of deaths duo
to lightning In any given Hummer Is com
paratively very small In the ratio of about
one to each 200,000 population In the United
States. In cities the destructive Influence
of lightning Is exceedingly small, nlthougb
occasional llres are caused by It, especially
where gas pipes abound. Protection of
electric circuits from lightning has been an
Interesting subject for research for a num.
tier, of years and several highly elllclent
devices have been constructed for this pur
pose. Today lightning Is little feared by
tbc station superintendent and should bu
very llttlo feared by any one. The time
honored rule that It Is wisest to keep In
tho open and not seek the shelter of trees
Is one which common prudenco dictates.
Recourse to tho feather bed of our nncestors,
however, Is no longer necessary, except to
quiet the nerves of timorous parsons, whllo
the ancient superstitions regarding handling
steel Instruments and sitting In draughts
may be utterly disregarded. A modern
building In a city Is as nearly absolutely
lightning proof and those In It am ns nearly
absolutely protected from lightning as Is
possible."
Wlrp Tell Hip Wcnther.
Thero aro no moro rcllablo weather
prophets anywhere than tho telegraph wires
that are now so common as to bo1 "within
tho reach of everyone," ns bargain counter
hustlers express It. This novel discovery
was made by a German physician In the fol
lowing manner: As ho was waiting for a
train at a country station he heard a shrill
sound, which was made by tho fvlnd as It
passed through a network of nearby wires.
At once tho doctor rtmembcred that he had
frequently heard a similar sound either Im
mediately beforo or after a Btorm or n heavy
fall of rain or snow, and It naturally oc
curred to him to try and nscertaln whether
there was any connection between the sound
and such changes In the weather.
As a heavy shower of rain fell within
forty-eight hours after ho had heard the
lound at the railroad station he concluded
that there was such a connection, nnd ho
then determined to Investigate tho matter
thoroughly. As a result ho now maintains,
first, that any Unusual disturbance In the
telegraph wires Is an Infallible Indicator ot
bad weather, and, second, that the nature
of the changes In the atmosphere may be
learned from tho sound which tho wind
makes when passing through tho wires.
Thus a deep sound, ho says, which is of
sonsldcrablo or medium strength, Indicates
that there will be slight showers of rain
with rroderato winds within from thirty to
forty-eight hours, ond, on tho othor hntvV
a sharp, shrill sound Is tho sure token of a
heavy storm, which will bo accompanied by
uuch rain or snow.
Picture i'rlcurnpliy.
Many attempts, more or less successful,
havo been made to transmit picture
through a telegraph line, saya tho Lomlcn
Electrical lloview. Ellsha Oray and others
havo used tho writing telegraph to make
facsimile drawings at a distance, nnd
3ciepanlk has devised an aparatus lntende.1
to enablo us to actually seo by telegraph;
but this apparatus la complicated nnd has
ot as yet been practically successful.
Quito recently Horr Otto von llronk has
icvlsed ft simple and ingenious apparatus
for printing at tho receiver a photograph
of any Illuminated object placed In front ot
i lens at the transmitter. Horr von Hronk
makes uso of the wonderful susceptibility
of steel wires to magnetic strain, utilized
by I'oulBcn In his telegraphonu. Tho Image
or the object Is thrown by n photographic
lens cm a surface made up of n mosaic of
iclonlum cells. Each cell Is In circuit with
one of a series of electromagnets nrrauved
so .as to produce transverse , magnetic
Btralns In a ring of steel wire, each strain
being, of course, proportional lo the In'
tensity of light acting on Its corresponding
selenium coll. These strains arc repro
duced on a similar ring at n receiving sta
tion by a synchronous rotating' arm, Just ns
a telegraphone record would bo copied on
to another wire moving at the same speed.
Ily reversing the orlgluul operation tho
magnetic copy of the plcturn Is retranslated
Into an optical one, a photographic nega
tive being produced. Tho apparatus Is de-
icrlbed In detail In tho Elektrotechnlsche
Mltthclliingon,
MiiriiKP Ilnttpry C'Iiiiiikch.
An Improvement In the Heuterdahl stor
age battery, manufactured here, has been
mada "by Arvld Heuterdahl of Providence
At tho bottom of the glass or rubber ro
talulng Jar are wedge-shaped supports of
acid-proof matorlal which Is not a conduc
tor of electricity. Theso support the com
posite plates and provide spaco underneath
for tho acid. Each plate has two parallel
flexible aide pieces or holding plates of thliv
sheets of hard rubber or celluloid, which
huve many small perforations. Tho elec'
trodn Is a lead top bar with depending rib
bons, which constitute tho active material
and extend out In closo parallel strips.
Strips of wood nre placed batween the
holding plates for spacing purpose and the
top bar of tho electrode Is Inserted between
tho plates at tho top for the Bamo object.
Ilods of non-conducting material pass
through the holding plates, which aro kept
spaced by washtrs on tho rods. Notches on
tho bottom of the. plates prevent displace
ment. t.acn cictrodo has an upward pro
Jectlon and theso projections aro connected
by two bars having the combination Drovl
ously used In storage batteries, The cou
itructlon described Is said to reduce weight
and slie, to afford clastic support for tho
active material and to lessen tho liability
ui umirt circuits,
Ntrort CIpnuliiK li- .KIcctrliMt .
Electricity now cleans Cleveland streets
with a new sweeper, tho first ot Its kind
that was given Its first worklnc test last
week. It will sweep all the streets on
which there aro car tracks, with tho exeen.
tlon of Superior, which Is 200 feo wldo nnd
i cieaneu oy inn "white wlugs" men. The
eiectrio sweoper U tho Invention of Gen
eral Manager Ira McCormlck of tho nig
i onsouuaien Mectrlc railway, nnd grew out
of a suggestion by Mayor Tom L. Johnson.
One of tho first things the mayor did after
getting into onico was to start n clean
stroots campaign. He found that the con'
tractors, working with the ordinary horse
drawn sweepers, charged Jt a square. Ho
sent for McCormlck, and called his attention
to a forgotten clause In the street car com
pany's franchise that required It to keep Its
tracks clean. Tho result is the electric
trolley street sweeper that will revolution
ize the cleaning of streets on which there
are electric car lines all over tho world.
The necessity of sweeping tho company's
tracks for nothing started the railway man
ager thinking, nnd he went back to the
mayor with an offer to sweep the streets
through which the lines of his company run
for 20 cents a square, a fifth of the present
price the city pays, The mayor told him ho
could havo the business, and McCormlck
went to work on his trolley sweeper. Ho
built In the company's shops a ponderous
car. having, In addition to the motors for
driving It, another thirty-five horse-power
motor for driving revolving brushes under
the cnr. In front of tho car Is ono brush
eight feet long that sweeps the center of
the street. Dchlnd Is another brush sixteen
feet long that sticks out on one side ot the
rear of the car. It Is swung clear out over
the pavement at the side of tho track until
It reaches the curb. The brushes nre
whirled nnd tho cnr propelled by current
taken from the wire over tho tracks by tho
trolley pole, and the dirt Is swept Into n
long, neat pile In the gutter. In the first
te3t It swept tho dirtiest street In tho city,
Ilroadway, at the rate of seven miles nn
hour.
This first sweeper cost J2.800, but succeed
ing sweepers that nre under way will cost
Uss. Tho machine makes a nolso like a
cyclone, but two dashes through n double
tracked street clean It bettor than any other
street Bweepers over mnde.
To sprinkle the miles of streets tho
sweeper cleans without stopping, a great
sprinkling car with a 5,000-gallon tank I
used, the streets being sprinkled to provont
dust nnd make It possible for the sweeper
to leave them cleaner. Tho trolley sweeper
Is so fast that McCormlck thinks tho com
pany will make an Immense profit at 20
cents a squaro for sweeping tho streets.
Mr. McCormlck's company has over 100
miles of tracks In the Cleveland streets,
nnd ns tho sweepers nro completed they
will run over tho tracks of Senator Hauna's
street railway, the Little Consolidated, nnd
a largo proportion of the Infamously dirty
street" will bo kept clean by electricity.
Copper Output and Klcot rlelt)-.
Spcclnl correspondence from Houghton,
Mich., printed In the Chicago Chronicle
Rhows that tho output ot the Lake Superior
copper mines was less for the calendar
year 1000 than It was for the year 1SDD.
Tho difference Is stated at 5,316,525 pounds,
or nbout 2,673 short tons, of refined copper.
Though tho decrease from tho Lake Su
perior mines has been considerable, thero
Is no renson to doubt that tho product of
nil tho mines in the world was greater last
year than evqr before.
A quarter ot a ccutury ago most of the
copper produced In North America came
from tho Lake' Superior mlnbs. At present
those mines, though they yield far moro
than they did then, supply less than one-thlrty-llfth
part of tho North American
product.
The great Increase In tho world's output
of copper began simultaneously with the
usu of electricity as a motlvo power. Wo
arc Indebted to tho enormous Increase In
the supply of copper for tho extensive use
of electricity for tho propulsion and trac
tion ot vehicles.
Tho supply of copper, though Increasing,
Is not keeping pace with tho demand, which
bids fair to Increase at a still greater rate
In the future nnd for nn Indefinite period.
A fortune, therefore, awaits, the man who
will And somo way of economizing copper
used, for conveying electric currents or ot
Increasing , the conductivity ot Iron or steel
nt small cost, so that It may take the place
of copper.
Itoud Hun l jrjelpplionp.
Gonernl Superintendent Clarke ot the
Lackawanna railroad mnkcsho announce
ment that hl road. In the course ,of a tow;
months," will bo operated by telephone, In
stead ot by telegraph, as at present, at a
saving of nbout 60 perycent In tho hire of
telegraph operators, ftfc says that the tel
ephonic system-has been placed on tho Mor
ris nnd Essex branch, whero Its uso has
boon successful, nnd that It Is being put In
as quickly ob possible on tho Scranton
branch, First, tho telephonic system will
bo given n thorough trial on tho branch
lines, and If It proves successful they will
come Into general use on the main llnu
from Now York to Dulfalo, totally super
seding the telegraph,
rireprnolliiK Wood liy Klcetrlclt)-;
Dy the Nodcn nnd Drctonncnu process, as
used nt Paris, wood Is mndo proof against
lire by placing It In a bath of magnesium
sulphate. Load electrodes' are used, tho
one being separated , from the other by a
sailcloth diaphragm... A direct current of
110 volts Is then sent through tho wood,
with tho result that tho sap Is extracted
nnd Is replaced by a non-lnflnmmnblo salt.
According to tho Electro-Chomlst and Mot
allurglBt the phenomenon Is thus explained:
1. Part of .tho. sulphate fills, up tho cells by
elcctro-caplllarlty. 2. The"re Is an osmotic
exchange between tho sulphate nnd tho
salts of tho sap. 3, Aseptic action. The
process has been npplled with success to
paving blocks. The treatment lastB for
forty-eight hours, the timber being turned
over after twonty-four hours. The rnto of
energy Is nbout half an electric horse
power ot twenty to thirty volts per cubic
meter. '
OFFERS TO REMOVE THE BOERS
Trmmvunl Lrngne of ClilrnK" Telia
(ii'pnt llrllnlu II AVI II HpIIpvp
HpfitKPC Cnmpn.
CHICAGO. July 26. Stirred by tho re
port recently submitted to the House of
Lords by Lord Knglnn, under secretary of
tho English war ofllco, of tho number of
men, women nnd children who died during
Juno In the. refugee enraps In South Africn
tho Transvaal league of this city has,
through the Department of State nt Wash
ington, offered to reraovo a number of peo
ple from these camps and brlng'hcm to this
country or transport them to Europe.
The offer was mnde July 13, through
Secretary Hay. The Transvaal league of
fers to takn as many people from these
camps ns Its mejns will allow, and guaran
tee to the Hrltlsh government that all peo
ple thus removed shall be removed from
South Africa. Today word was received
from tho secretary that tbo matter was re
ferred to Mr. Choate In Iondon, with tho
request that he use his good oftlecs In lay
lug the matter before tho nritlsh govern
ment. CAUSE OP F.VI.MNC. IIAIIt,
Dandruff, 'Which la a Germ UUeaae
Kill the Oerm.
Falling hair Is caused by dandruff, which
Is a germ disease. The germ In burrowing
In to the root of tho hair, where It destroys
the vitality of the hair, causing tho hair to
fall out, digs up tho cutlclo In little scales,
called dandruff or scruf. You can't stop tha
falling hair without curing the dandruff
and you can't euro the dandruff without
killing the dnndruff germ. "Destroy the
cause, you remove the effect." Newbro's
Herplclds Is the only hair preparation that
kills the dandruff germ. Hcrplcldo Is also
a delightful hair dressing.
llrouUI)!) Ilrl.lwr Ilcoprnrcl.
NEW YOIUC. July 2i.-nrooklyn bridge
was opened to general trnfllc this morning!
A largo iorce of workmen was" kept iTol ni
all through the night, and at ;30 o'clVck
the repairs to the last break were llnhhcd
A police ordor at once opened the h 'ot
to cnr. teams and foot paysengcrr. T-aflle
wa very light, even through the rush Imn
of tho morning, for public confidence had
not been restored.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY.
AR-SAR-BEN PUMP OUTDONE
A Eunca of Etdskina Cirtmtniouily Ii
Tilted with Oitiziniilp.
BIG POW-WOW AT DARLINGTON, OKLAHOMA
Klortn, t'oiiinnolic, Apnchc and
Yi'luhltn Inillnn Tribe Solemnly
I'rnclnlin Thenmclvcii Pull-nctlRi-il
White Cltlicim.
With nil the pomp and ceremony peculiar
to their race, the members of the Kiowa,
Comanche, Apache and Wichita Indian
tribes havo Just held a big council nt Dar
lington, Okl and declared themselves to be
full-fledged white citizens, with a right to
vote nt all territorial nnd national elec
tions. Tho power of voting was conferred
upon them at this meeting by Gcronlmo, tho
noted Apache warrior. As a matter of fact,
they havo really had the power to vote
over slnco they settled upon their allot
ments. Ilut this meeting was on a peculiar
program and shows how civilization runs In
them.
Several weeks beforo tho meeting, relates
a correspondent of the New York Tribune,
tho Indians began to erect hugo arbors from
tho limbs of trees, Tho squaws were put
to work carrying the well leaved limbs from
tho forcot, nnd they were kept at It until
tho red men had erected fully 200 nrbors
for shado and sleeping purposes. Then a
great space In tho center was cleared of
grass nnd sprinkled with a white chalk
which had been blessed by tho medicine
men for tho occasion.
An the day for tho big meeting drew
nenrer, Indians came In from nil directions.
Somo wero on horseback, others In wngons
and not a tow on bicycles. Gcronlmo rodo
all tho way from Fort Sill, accompanied, of
course, by a government guard. Although
SO years old, ho stood tho trip well, and
was ready to take part In an exciting green
corn dance when he arrived.
Wolf Kara In Favor.
Tho meeting was hold under the direction
of Wolf Ears, a tall young Indian who had
often visited Waahlngton nnd who derived
his popularity from a generally circulated
story that he had been upon sovcral oc
casions a guest at tho White House. For
this alleged Intimacy with tho Whlto
Father ho stood higher In tho estimation of
his people than any other one man, unlcse
It was Gcronlmo. This old fighter could not
tako charge of tho meeting for tho reason
that ho only speakB the Apache language,
and thero wero a number of lesser warriors
at tho meeting Jealous because of tho prom
inence given him.
As every Indian drove up ho was taken In
chargo by n medicine man and led to a
crook, where he was ordered to bathe. This
was dono to wash off all the evil Influences
of camp life. Then ho was taken Into a
mud lodge and various secret ceremonies
wero gone through with. Ono of theso was
described by Running Elk ns follows:
"I was asked If I had every killed any
one and I told them I had slain four pale
faces In ono battle. I was then asked If I
was not sorry nnd I said I was not sorry.
Then the medicine man told mo I could not
become a paleface. I said to him: 'Do
you suppose 'the paleface would let an
enemy shoot him and make no effort to
protect himself? If so, then I do not want
to bocomo one of them. The medicine man
snld tho palefaces wero no cowards nnd he
let mo pass. Then I was rubbed all over
with .the Julco of a berry and Bprlnkled
with the sacred white chalk. After that I
wns placed In a sweat lodge for a long
time. Then I came forth and did as the
others."
A Dny of l'uriOlntr.
The first day was spent In going through
this purifying process. The night was used
rather oddly for Indians they all retired
to their tepees and slept. This was done
to Imitate tho good white farmers who
rent land ot tho Indians nnd who are now
tho models of the redskins Instead of the
objects of their scorn and laughter. It
used to be their Idea at night to dance
until midnight, then feast until daybreak,
and sleep by day. This nbrupt change weut
rather hard with somo of them and tho
young men who could stand It no longer
slipped from their topees to the creek
bank3, a half mile away, where they danced
to their hcurts' content. They wero
severely reprimanded for it the next day,
but they had enjoyed the fun. For tholr
frolic they enmo near not receiving the
Insignia of tho paleface the beaded vest
aud striped shirt.
Early on tho second day Lono Wolf, a
medicine man, clad In a whlto blanket and
with a long feather In his hnlr, started the
Indians li the green corn dance. This Is a
new dance, which has been Invented by Lone
Wolf to celebrato tho occasion. Some of
them hop around as If they wero following
a cultivator, whllo others sit on the ground
as it they wore shelling corn. The dance
Is so much moro difficult thnn all the others
that the Indians did not care much about It.
Ilut whon Lone Wolf told them they must
learn It, or they could not enter Into tho
paleface domain, their deslro to overcome
all obstacles In becoming a true paleface
caused them to go Into the irreen corn
dance with zeal. It was rnthcr amusing to
seo tno expressions on tho faces of the
bucks while they wero doing this dance,
It was too much like work to bring out the
cheerful smile so common In tho wild
danccb and most of them looked shame
faced. The squaws sat opart and giggled,
thinking, no doubt, that It was great fun to
see tho men work while they sat by aud did
nothing. Desplto tho fact that the Indians
objected to going through this dance, they
kept it up for a whole day, as Lono Wolf
told them they must do. That night they
slept agnln as tho farmers did around them.
A Vlalt to tlip Agent.
The third and fourth days wero devoted
to visits to the agont's house. The prin
cipal medicine men and warriors put on
their sun danco regalia and danced In a
circle around the front of tho agont's house.
With their long war bonnets falling from
the forehead, around over tho back of tho
head and almost to the ground, their heads
throwu back and a happy expression on
their faces, tho Indians did not look ratwh
like ever becoming tnmable, but their visit
to tho house of the agent was for the pur
pose of showing him how they used to do
and how they would never do again. They
sang the songs of the ghost dance while
they hopped around In front of the agency.
The agent came out and handed them a
new silk ting. No thanks were ottered.
Instead, several young bucks came forward,
nnd, grabbing It from his hand, raced
around the open space dragging It under
their feet. It was their manner of honor
ing tho Stars and Stripes, whllo In auy
other nation It would havo meant an Insult.
Four or five days of spcechmaklng fol
lowed and then the Indians gathered nt the
arbor and signed the following paper, which
was wrltUn out In English and Interpreted
to the council In general session. The
treaty, as It was called, was read aloud by
btandlng now, while all the assembly sat on
the ground and listened. It reads:
"We want to be big psleface voters. Like
white man. who holds office and draws heap
rations. We want have bl farms and herd
cos. We want ride in Bmoke wagons and
see white man ride five horses (meaning
the trains and circuses) and wo want to
havo fine tepee houses and soft wagons to
ride In. We vote best way and be heap
white. No moro we go on horse steal trips
and dance no more so."
C0BURN ON CROP CONDITION
Cn In m It j- Mtorlp About Crop t'nllurcs
(Jrcntcr Injury Than
Drouth.
In reply to Inquiries as to the present
crop situation In Kansas Secretary Coburn
of the State Board of Agriculture, the most
competent and reliable authority on crops
In tho west, has the following to say;
"What do you think about tho sensational
reports which arc now In circulation as to
corn and torage crops?"
"As tho situation presents Itself to me
thero are entirely too many calamity
etorles of a sensational character being
printed at home and wired abroad about
Kansas, nnd the effect cannot fall to be Im
mense and unjustifiably harmful. This sort
of thing has gone to such lengths that
strangers bellcvo the state Is nkout to bq
abandoned or largely depopulated, nnd even
somo of our own people nre losing their
poleo and business sagacity to tho extent
of unnecessarily parting, at ruinous prices,
with valuable brooding stock and similar
accumulations upon which their prosperity
would depend for tho next decade, and that
cannot be replaced short of years of eftcrt
and economy. Compared with this a short
age In the hoped-for corn crop nnd the dry
ing up of the pastures, nlthough unfor
tunntc, is of minor consequence."
"Is serious damage resulting from
drouth?"
"Ilolng surrounded by a vast agricultural
area whero dry and hot weather has for
weeks been working disaster to such crops
as grass, corn, oats and potatoes, Kansans
could scarcely expect theirs to be immune,
nnd very naturally they nre sharing to somo
extent In tho unusual nnd unscnsonnblo
conditions so sorely afflicting their neigh
bors and causing them to unite In organiza
tions to pray for the procrastinated rain
fall. No ono with any but a superficial
knowledge of the situation pretends that tho
corn crop will not be grcviously shortened,
whatever the future weather may bo. Thero
wIH loubtless be some corn nobody knows
how much or how little, but only a fraction
of tho monster crop we planted for ninety
days ago, and such as Kansas raises ordi
narily. Wc have 'lost' no corn crop this
year, ns we cannot loso what we have not
yet possessed. Ilut Kansas, premier corn
stnto though it Is, nnd valuablo as Its great
corn crops usually are, does not llvo by
corn nlone, nnd Its prosperity Is by no
means wrapped up In the husks of oven this
wondrous plant. Tho making or losing of
any crop has long since censed to bo more
than nn Incident In Its business career."
"How Is the state situated a's to old
corn?"
"According to complete returns from
ninety counties In tho state over 27,000,000
bushels of old corn was on hand In Mnrch,
or more than one-fifth of last year's total
crop, and this showing doubtless will be
considerably Increased when tho other fif
teen counties nro beard from, Including
such heavy and rellablo corn-ylclders as
Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Elk, Geary,
Jackson, Montgomery, Ilcno, Shawnee and
Woodson, nil usually holding over a large
surplus, and this year will probably find
them no exception."
"Is Kansas likely to bo 'hard up?' "
"With a plethora of money In banks
eager tor borrowers, old corn on hand, two
excellent cuttings of alfalfa alrrady har
vested and a third will advanced; large
areas planted to the groat dry-weather-re-slstlng
Kaftlr corn, well-bred herds and
flocks and dairies, and having harvested In
perfect condition the' greatest crop ot
choice wheat cvdr' grown anywhere, Kan
sas farmers nre, ofooght to be', com
fortable, and many ar& certainly reposing
on flowery beds of ease. It Ir difficult to
Imagine that they should register com
plaints when' a kindly Provldenco has dealt
so generously with thorn year In and year
out."
"About what does the stato normally pro
duce?" "Lost wo forgot how naturo has lavished
her bounties upon tho Industrious Kansas
husbandmen. It Is appropriate to suggest
that In tho last five years tho value of
their 660,000,000 bushels of corn has been
$187,000,000; of their 260,000,000 bushels of
wheat, $115,000,000; of Jive stock products
marketed, $280,000,000, and so on to tho
end of a long list of wealth-making prod
ucts for which tho stato is famous to tho
ends of tho earth."
"Aro Kansas farmers moro than othor
people subject to disaster?"
"No matter In what lino of endeavor
engaged all Is not profit nor sunshine. Tho
butcher, tho baker, and candlestick-maker,
tho merchant, banker, miller nnd tuo
chanlc, ns well ns others, all have their
occasional seasons of adversity. If ono
year's or several years' business prove es
pecially lucrative It would be ungrateful
or childish nt least, to whimper because
tho succeeding ono wns less so. Profits In
every business undertaking aro likely to
vary with the seasons. Tho farmer Is es
sentially a business man, nnd upon him
largely humanity everywhere relies for
their most substantial support. He Is not
Immune from reverses, but he has en
deavored to reduce the possible hardships
of such times to a minimum by not en
trusting his entire chance for success In
any one crop."
"Are farmers In this stato as dependent
upon a single crop ns formerly?"
"It is as necessary for the successful
farmer to mix liberal allowances of brains
with his methods ns it Is for thoso profit
ably engaged In any othor vocation. In
telligent farmers are coming to moro and
moro realize tho truth of this, and ns a
result a prolonged period of unfavorable
weather, which may diminish tho possible
product of any particular crop docs not
now so vitally affect their condition. In
short, many within the last decado have
wisely adopted different crops and methods,
that along with others practically Insure all
such subsistence, whatever the season."
"How Is the stock to be fed this season?"
"Hay and forage of most sorts now grow
tng will be scarco nnd high, but there will
be much corn fodder and thero Is time yet
for planting and harvesting unlimited areas
of millet, sorghum, Kaffir and fodder corn
and rye, nnd tho wiso farmer will be giving
theso much attention In tho Immediate
future, besides husbanding the millions of
tons of bright straw, now such a conspicuous
feature of every landscape, Wheat Is
abundant and likely to be an cheap for
grain-feed as corn, at current prices, and
thoso who have used It most pronounce It
superior to corn pound for pound for
growth and tor milk production,
"Tho panicky feeling as to feeds and
stock water will subside as soon as the In
evitable and overdue rains como and then
thoutands of men, who usually aro self
contained and level-headed, will be ama.od
at, It not ashamed of the state ot mind they
havo allowed themselves to be wrought up
to by the weather of the past month.
"Those who will win out on the prcsont
condition of affairs are not the men who pre
stampeded Into too hastily parting with the
best of their young stock and breeding ani
mals, but those who tcnacloiuly hold on to
them and, If posilble, acquire and caro for
somo of the good things that others are
making hastn to sacrifice,
"The last thirty days havo Indeed been a
trying period In Kansas as well as else
where and tome of our people havo had an
noyance, loss and cause tor temporary dis
couragement, but still Kansas Is In many
ways the most favored of states and none
should lose heart. It la those who have
JULY 27, 1901.
known tho stnto longest and best who love.
It most and have In It tho largest meas
ure of fnlth, It Is upon these, too, that Its
best gifts nre always bestowed."
suMMP.li imsonT inhustuy.
The Man with thp Ciinirrn WorkiiiK a
nnoit Til! n K.
The threo new visitors to tho summer re
sort walked over to the clubhouse and took
seats on tho shady veranda, relates tho Chi
cago Tribune. They lolled luxuriously In
the easy chairs and looked out across tho
wldo green lawn to tho bluo waters of the
lako beyond. Suddenly a man lugging a
big black box, which on closer Inspection
turned out to be a camera, and a sprawling
big tripod, appeared In front of tho
veranda. Without so much as n "By your
leave," or "Would you mind, etc.," the man
set up his tripod and adjusted his camera
on top of It. The thrco visitors on the
club piazza looked In amazement whllo tho
camera was deliberately focused on them.
"Now, look pleasant, please!" exclaimed
tho photographer.
Ho rushed up tho steps of tho veranda
and, grasping tho first vlBltor, pulled him
forward In his chair.
"Sit that way, please. Now, look pleas
ant." Tho photographer rushed to nnothcr mem
ber of the group nnd whirled her head
around to tho right.
"Smile, plcaso, hmllol" ho sternly or
dered. While nil of ths party were still gasping
for breath the photographer rushed back
to his camera and adjusted It again and
then bid tho group keep their eyes on tho
small brass tack In ono corner of tho
camera and not movo for threo seconds,
squeezed tho bulb which ho held In his hand
nnd the picture was taken.
"All right, pleo.se," said tho photographor
pleasantly. "You may movo now."
Tho party arose nnd started around the
veranda In the hopes of escaping any moro
photogrnphers. But tho man who had Just
taken their pictures pursued them. Ho
hailed ono of the group, and. whipping
out a notebook, said In n most buslncss
llko tone:
"Your namo and address, please; also
address ot tho other two members of your
party."
"I do not seo why I should give you my
namo and address," nnswered the visitor.
"O," roplied the photographer, "to be
sure Then I will mall you proofs of tho
pictures, showing you and your party on
tho spacious veranda of tho clubhouse.
Tho membership of this club Is select and
to bo seen In n picture sitting cn tho
veranda of the clubhouse In the easy
fashion In which I arranged you peopla
would be proof to everybody who knows
anything nbout tbls celebrated resort and
everybody, of course, doo3 that you woro
received by the most prominent social
people hero nnd wero yourselves bocI.iI
leaders."
"Thank you. no," snld tho visitor. He
heard afterwards that he would receive tho
proofs of tho picture Just the same, his
namo nnd address being copied from tho
hotel register. Tho photographer, who
matin a hnsinonQ nf hnhntin ,i, i..vt
j ' "". KtiV tjiuuuuiiso
.nnd photographing everybody caught rl't'ng
" me eranua8, manes a good Income
from the sale of pictures to people whos
sense of vanity Is tickled by the Idea of
bolng pictured lolling comfortably on tho
porch of the exclusive club. Beside this
pcoplo who give their names nnd nrtdrctscs
to tho photographer find out after they
get homo that they have subscribed for
tho pictures nnd ore expected to send $
or $10 without delay to tho photographer
back at tho resort.
Keep your system lu perfect order and
you will have health, even In the most
sickly seasons. The occasional use of
Prickly Ash Bitters will Insure vigor and
regularity In all tho vital organs.
ItcjfUtrntloii KiuU Toilny.
KANSAS CITY, July 28.-A special to the
Star from El nenn. OKI., says: Wh n El
Reno awoke this morning It gave thanks
that this wu the last day of the regl?tra
tlon for homestenderi For sixteen d m
the town lias been running at hiph 'lre'su'e.
nnd It Is estimated that fully 160 0)0 Mrnn -ern
have been accommodated hen- In t' at
time. The crowd u Gradually dwl d -g
nway. Iteglstratlon will close prompt'y t
fi o'clock this evening, In accordance with
President McKlnley'.i proclnnvitton. Thi
i'mui ii-iiiBu tiuuii mr iiuer'i uavn ror not!
the Kl Jteno nnd Lnwrnn dlMr cts Is J6l,fifl
It Is now estimated tint the g-n ,d o' ii
ui uie viiiKe iiiiiikiii win ne nnniu liO.O 0.
The Indications nt Fort Sill this forenoon
are that today will seo lex thnn i.mvi p.
plications tiled nt tho "and olIlc- brnths
there. The entire clprlcul fo'ce wll' hae
tonight for El Reno for I15 drawing.
1'lrniU Innocent I'lircliiim-r.
ST PAUL, July 26.-A Helena, Mont,,
special says. Senator W. A, Clark has
filed In the United Stntes court nt Hutte
his answer to tho suit brought by the j.-ov-ernmcnt
to vitiate his title to nbout IJ.oiW
ncres of timber land In western Montana
on tho ground that tho lands were secured
from tho government throjgh 11 glgnntlc
swindle nnd In connection with which the
federal grand Jury returned M2 Indict
ments. Clark, In brief, avers that he Im un
Innocent purchaser and us such must be
protected. The lands aro valued at JWO.UOO.
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