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u TTTE CttLATTA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 2S, lfK7. 4 1 . i f ' 1 t NO ENLISTMENTS IN ARMY Old 2en Decline to Go Back Into T' 4. T 1 x i ivac Til, JIAECHETO 0RDZE3 ARL SEVERE Attavrlc an IMnM at Port II lie y Will TwJke Plato la Aarul, Mratk BuUtt Tku K iRT RILKT. Kan., July . (Pjxwlal ) Colonel Ruhlrn, assistant quartermaster general of tha army, arrtvwd In tha garrl iu.n on Sunday nlgT.t and on Monday his entira time u frivan to Inspecting pro posed sites for buildings In the brigade post p!.in. General tiodlriy and Colonel Ma comb accompanied him. Colonel Ruhlln ws until the constructing Quarter- mHter at this poat and there la no on ai.y letter qualified to apeak of Ita great j. .sh111 11 1" as a brigade garrison than he. lie wss the guest of Uanerai Oodrrey while here. Ainut fifty enlisted men at tha troop of tl.e Second and Thirteenth cavalry squad rons have been transferred to organisa tion of the Seventh cavalry, which are n pe::d ti arrive soma unit this after noon. Troops of cavalry when atatloned at this training school have an authorised trength which la twenty more than when r'atluned at other garriaooa. and In cane of I heir being ordered to other poeta for stat'on thla surplus number la transferred to the Incoming troopa. As tha school duties makes the work more exacting on the sol dier stationed here, thla Increase In the personnel waa authorised. Tha second srjuadron of tha Second cav alry, com man Jed by Captain Wade. In the absence of the squadron commander, marched from the garrison early this morn ing enroute to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where It will entrain for Fort Des Moines, la. tt was originally lnteded that the squtidrnn should march the entire distance, hut the necessity for Ita preeenoe during the maneuvers of the Iowa National Ouard, which begin August t, entirely changed the plnn. The transportation of the troops will be paid for by tha state of Iowa. The state maneuvers will be participated In by four regiments of the state guard, two siuadrons of the Becond cavalry, Hattery C, Fifth artillery. Company A, signal corps und the machine gun detachment of the Eighteenth Infantry. The maneuvers proper v. Ill rover a period from August to Aurusi 10. On the 11th there will be a parade and review, and on the 12th all will leave for their reiipectlve homes and stations. Prisoners frnnt Fart Crook. The number of general prisoners waa In creased the first of the week by the ar rival of ten from Fort Crook, Neb., under the charge of a noncommissioned officer and six enlisted men from the Sixth field uriillery. The prisoners are short-term nieu and were sent here to furnish labor on the roads about Uie garrison. Contract Surgeon Ieonard P. Bell, United (States army, has been designated aa the representative of the medical department to accompany the squadron of the Thir teenth cavalry on Its overland hike to Fort Sheridan, 111. The Thirteenth Is galling everything In readiness for the march and unless plana are changed at tha last mo ment the squadron will leave tomorrow. Captain ben H. tMrcy, Thirteenth cav alry, an applicant for retirement for rea sons of disability, has been ordered to re port to the chief surgeon of tha general hospital, Washington Barracks, D. C-, for otiserN alion and treatment. Captain Doroy will avail himself of a six days' leave whilu enroute to visit with his home folks. The Intense heat that has continued with hardly any abatement for the last month inukes drill and practice march duty a de cidedly unpleasant task for both man and beat. The Intense dislike of the enlisted man for the practice march duty Is already making Itself felt for the men will not re enlist that Is, the desirable men. During the month of May there were but two re-en-llHliMtnts, in June there were only three and so far this month there have been but two. When one stops and thinks that thla Is about the largest garrison to be found In the army, and that since early spring men have been discharged almost dally f :h practically no re-enlistments, one can ' t but realise that something must be V ae to effect a change. No recruits have I en received here for several months and duty Is so hard on men, at this time, that hardly one man can be found who Intends "taking on again." Already, according to reports, the army Is short over 17A0. and at the present THte of discharge, both by expiration of enlistment and by tha pur chase route, It Is Impossible to predict what 11 will be by fall. In the Interest of the army It Is to be hoped that the practice march order will be greatly modified and that congress will take early action this winter and give the soldier a sufficient amount of pay to attract the right kind of men to the service. Major t'ltcaer at Port Riley. Major John Pitcher, Mrs. Pitcher and tht r daughter have arrived from Fort Yel lowstone, Wyo., the major having been transferred from the Sixth to the Seventh cavalry to ill a vacancy caused through tin- oelail of .Major McCormick for duty In the inspector general's department. lieutenant Allln, Sixth artillery, has gone to Chtcitrfo to lake pan In the polo tourna ment In which the Fort Riley team Is en gaiced in that city, lieutenant Allln is a k ibsiltute nn the team. First Lieutenant E. H. De Armond. Sixth field artillery, who. by the way. Is a Soli of Coi. pressman lie Armond pf Missouri, 3'ilned the garrison the first of the week iroin Butliu-, Mo, his home, where he had been on an extended leave since his transfer lroin the coast artillery. There Is some talk that the attack on the Infant rv redoubt, which has leen scheduled for the latter part of Beptemher, will occur a month earlier, and thin has given rise to all manner of wild rumors rel ative to going to war with Japan. What ever the season may be, It Is certain that the War department wants the dale for Its tuklnx place set forward at least a month, und correspondence to that end Is already In progress. It Is the Intention that the Kanvus National Guard shall participate. Dr. Roberts, medical department, accom panied the Second cavalry squadron on lis march to Fort Ies Moines, la., this morn ing After arriving there the doctor will be on leave for ten days to enable him to visit his home, which Is In the city of Des Moines. The contractor who has the task on his h:imls of cutting and bailing the reservation hay la at work with a large force of men. v hvli la scattered In several campa. Us ually, under fair conditions, the crop of the reservation amounts to about 6u or bum tons, hut this year such a yield Is hardly expected as the lack of rain early hi the sea.ton slum, d the growth const ler- ahly. liuwever, the cotitiacior expects to ttainer in the neighhuhood of 3,j0o or 4,oXi Ions. First LleuUnant Beverly F. Browne, Sixth h' id artillery, has Joined irom Fort Moulin.-. 8. C, ha having been recently trans t iled from that blanch of the service In t..e artillery shalteup. Lieutenant Browne 1 a skilled horseman and an enthurlaslic polo player, so tt seerns but proper that he siioiild have been assigned to the Held ar ti. ry. and. aljove all, to Fort ltiley, which l t.ie real si I ool of equitation of tne army. Lieutenant Neill, Thirteenth cavalry, the oillc.-r Mill here from southern Kansas, hlie on tile match with his squadron from Fort Sill. U T.. to Fort Leaven worth. Kan., suffering from the bite of a larunlula, ai sufficiently recovered the lust of the week to permit being sent to I. la new station, there to await the arrival .f the Thirteenth. Captain Christopher C. Collins, medical 1-lartiiient, has Joined the medical fra- t ii it y in the garrison, he having come h re Irom Fort Walla Walla. Wanu.. where Lt has been on duly for the past year. Jkl Hilary Toarnaaaent. The troops from this post have been r. ''..lied thai during tne last' week of oep t' ii. Ler, a military tournament will be held lit St. Joseph, JJo., under tne auspices of C'o .'ational Guard of fiat slate, and that hi ac.uruance with instructions irom the A tOjJlalll general 8 oliu-e, y i . tenuis will be trained to f i ;Mt. Just what the nature Washington, 1. enter the con- re Of theee will n .1 known here, out It Is presumed t .al tl.ey will be cu Ihe .order uf events l ei! ki.nually at Madison Square Harden, lor. One or two sections uf bat I' 1 1. a Held artillery are also to be t.a.nvd in niirtcaie movements for txie oc- a.-iou. Such an event will undoubtedly laKc wliU the men. who, as a rule, are i iiuraliy fond of anything tn the Una of fct:ieilia aiei pam, ularly so when there ie an element of rivalry In them. I .c post league series of bail games ca t.. a close on Seturday afternoon Troop a. Thirteenth cavalry. Lan ling pennant from Battery A. Slxtu fle.J ti.i r"..!Vry, i.i oue of Ihe preitteM games o: t..s searon. Each had beaten the op P"s1ug trai... in tneir lespeclive poses and hen i key faced ucli oiher on the cavalry 3Uuu.n l l.uuu.eds er..ja tne side lines la cheer for the red W7 the yellow. In the first inning the yellow legs took the lead when they scored two runs, but in ti.e third the wsgon soldiers evened up maw-is At this Juncture the fans on all cur sides of ihe d'.ainond were fairly be side litems ivre as each according to his branch of the service teseeched his par ticular favorite to "play ihe game." In Ihe fifth, the artillerymen tumbled lato a VJ oase uX Charley Uwaa, and whau tha dust had settled tha cavalrymen bad sent thre men over the plate. Tha anlll-T-men had done their ll'tle bit In the third and as fax aa they were concerned, the gama waa d'me, for after the fifth it was a caaa of g'jose eggs for ail cots ern-d. Pryor. for the cavahy, and Worvhr.igton far tha artillery, pitched a beautiful game and honors were equally divided. Had WorthlngtoD had good support the team tnlght hare been playing yet. Marksaaea to Kort herldaa. Tha following distinguished marksmen belonging to organisations of this garrison have been ordered to Fort Sheridan, 111., there to cemjete for honors In the North ern competition: First Sergeant F. C. Olaen, Troop H, Second cavalry; First Sergeant H. Lv Black. Ball'.ry B, Sixth field artillery, and Corporal it. H. Reese, Troop M. Tenth cavalry. Vincent Irwin of Chapman. Kan., known to many here who have seen him play bsse ball with the tem which represents Ma hustling town, passed the examination for Annapolis last week at the head of a class of 175 applicants. Toung Irwin was the only one to pass in every subject, Irwin has a brother who trrad totes n x' year from West Point and who haa played guard on the foot ball eleven since his llrst year. The lodge of Kagles of Jimctkm City gave a smoker on Wednesday evening at their ( lodga menu In honor of member of the order who belong to the Second and Thir teenth cavalry eiuadrnns and who leave this week for their new stations at Forts Dea Moines and Sheridan. An elaborate spread with a vsrletv nf entertainment held the attention of ail until toward the wee mall hours, Henry Collls, late nf Battery K. SWth field artillery, and who wsa dleoharged from the service last week by expiration of term nf aerelce. wss married at Shaw nee, Okla., laat week to a Miss Jennie ! Hill. Neither had ever seen each other, j their acquaintance having been bmusht i about thrvirh the medium of a matrimonial agencv. Collls Intends tn take up tne trano of carpentering In Junction City. WHAT MAKES PEOPLE LAUGH Thing that Kith Oae Person 'Will Haie Ko FtTeot Vpom Aaother. PARIS. July S7. Spec1al WiTletta. the caricaturist, on a pouring wet day took a party of girls and men belonging to a so ciety for the cultivation of arts and sciences to the salon of the humorists and lectured there on laughter while they lis tened solemnly. He said that they hsd come to laugh, but that he had found that people did not always !auh when they wanted to. One had to he either a very lmple or a very deep observer to laugh really well. It waa a very easy thing to make most women and cWldron langh and their laughter was infectious. The masses laughed on the' slightest provocation. But they often laughed at what was not laugh able, toothache for Instance, and mothers-in-law and hen-pecked husbanda. The nude appeared ridiculous to the masses at the medical examination of recruits for In stance. The man of the people laughed when he was being photographed or when he saw a Chinaman on the street, but he never laughed when he put on an ancient crush hat to go to a wedding. He laughed also at beautiful red hnlr. People often laughed at what they did not understand. Thus the masses laughed at love. Provin cial society generally laughed at low things. The 'tout Paris" was Irritated by Mont martre because of the careless gaiety of Its artlsta. It certHlnly was ve-xatlous to have to pay for a seat to be amused when others were amusing themselves for noth ing. There was. Indeed, nothing more gay ' than an artist's life. Painters and sculp- I tors had the souls of children: they laughed while they worked and brimmed over with! Joy when they had done aomethlnc. Practi cal people called them frivolous. Laughter waa generally Inexpensive. At school tt had cost Wlllette millions of lines. In his ar tistic career It had perhaps cost "Mm a fortune. Practical people wire anxious and "miserly about laughing;. WTien one laughed they were generally afraid It must be at their expense. Pious people called laughter diabolical. Perhapa laughter was a dis ease. Certainly It waa Infectious. Tn con clusion. Wlllette aald thnt If his hearers had paid any attention to what he had told them they might have found In some of the sayings the key which would have made them a greater than Mark Twain. Having thus Instructed his class with a rather sardonic humor, Wlllette took them round to the humorists' picture show. He told them to look hard and long at Lean der's Rabelaisian fun, for at the rate things were moving, such great laughter might I soon fall to find an echo. Before Abel j Falvre's ferocious characters and carlca- ; tures of doctors. Wlllette observed that he I Preferred laughter tn nilnerfr,rm - AM I anaesthetic. Bern's terrific portraits of celebrities of the "tout Paris" suggested to Wlllette that the modem man and woman were really not so grotesque naturally as they looked, but their clothea made them so. which was almost as bad aa a blot on the landscape. When the party came to Wll lettes own exhibits he cried, "These are Improper. Let the ladles retire." On leav ing the salon of the humorists the laughter class found that It was still raining, and Wlllette talked to them of tombs and epitaphs. REID IS ENVY OF AMERICANS w7 H Maansates His Establishment at Dorckester House Attracts Attention. LONDON', July 27. (Speclal.)-The re turn of Mre. Whltelaw Reld to the United States for the purpose of visiting her father. D. O. Mills, a California forty niner, who Is now well along In years and who la not in the best of health, has called attention te the eoclal position which the Reids have attained during the laat ijesr or two. The papers are commenting mon the fact that Whltelaw Reld 1 well fitted for the trying position of American representative at the court of 8u Jamea. Even before corning to London he had become famous by reason of the magnifi cent entertainments which he had given In Paris and elsewhere. He upheld the splendors of his position when he came to England to attend the coronation. He took Brook house, in Park lane, at tt.OW a week, and the special embassy of which he was the head figured largely to the social festivities. When Mr. Reld succeeded Mr. Choate as the regular ambassador here he began a social campaign whioh for brilliancy has probably never been equaled In the diplomatic history of the wcrld. Ameri cana who have been fortunate enough to vialt Dorchester house, the palatial home of the ambassador, hva had occasion to be proud of the fact that America la rep resented here In a manner of which no one need be ashamed. The houae Itself la one of the most magnificent private resi dences in London, and yet the rental paid by Mr. Rold-tS.OO a year-, a mere trifle when compared with his total expendlturea. It has been said that Mr. Reld's salary of 117.400 per year hardly pays for the floral decorations for his state dinner par ties. The retinue of well trained servauts at tha Dorchester house la the envy of more than one American multl-mllllonalre w ho has been the guest of Mr. Reld. The house is managed with the greatest sys tem, the ambassador having created the post of comptroller for Hon. William Walah. M. V. O.. Lord Orrathwaites son. It 1 the duty of Mr. Reid a comptroller to look after the details of the expenditure just as the king's comptroller controls the household expenditures at Buckingham palace. Mr. Reld has taken Wrest park, the late Lord Cowpcrs socat in Bedfordshire, for a long period, and hts week-end parties during the present summer will Include some of tha tuwst yrwniuout people of Bum pa, ROMANS FLY TO THE HILLS Eich and Titled People Do Not Stay in Summer. POPE PITTS IS STUDYING IHE5CH Has Takem tp ej-iows Effort to Leara Langaage Since Retvsl Troablra Bess of Aacoll, ROME, July 27. SpeclaL Rome begins to empty rapidly. The noble and the titled, who have been frequently seen at dinners and receptions during the w Inter at the first approach ef the genuine summer heat fly to the hills or to the seaside or to other reoorti in which novelty of occupation may attract their Jaded Interest- The ex Queem Margaret has left Rome for the season, the flag on her palace In the Via Venlto being hauled down. She is quite likely to be hauled from tha Bternal City until the next November. Her first stopping place was Perugia, which she reached the other day In her elegant and spacious motor car. An exhibition of Umbrlan art is opened at present In the municipal palace of that city and it furnishes materials for sufficient and thorough study of that moat Interesting school of Italian art. During her move ments Ix-tween Rome and Perugia the ex queen also visited Assist, famous for being the shrine of St. Francis. Her reason for specially honoring this place Is found In the fact that she Is the honorary presi dent of M. Paul Sabatler'i Institution of Franclsclan studies. In connection with the visit to the pope the other day of the Right Rev. Mon algnor O'Rlordan, rector of the Irish col lege, an Interesting story la told. Thla story was brought out by the fact that a reference to the state of the Catholics In France called forth several expressions of sadness and regret. And the Interesting part of the story Is that the pope has learned to apnak French and knows all that is satd to him In that language. He does not assume to be a fluent French scholar, but he knows enough about the language to answer all practical purpeses. Pope Studying; French. It was not until the trouble broke out between the Holy See and the French government that Pope Plus X really took up the study of French In earnest. He has proved and apt, though not an extraor dinary pupil and naturally will always cling to the Italian and the Latin. And though he does not encourage his visitors to talk In this language In his presence It would not be safe for any diplomat or any visitor for that matter to take refuge In French upon the theory that his hollnoas would not understand. In this connection one thinks of the In cidents, which occurred at one of the gen eral congregations held after the death of Leo XIII. when one of the French cardi nals found himself next to a foreign cardinal, whom he did not know and wtth whom he entered Into conversation. Tho French cardinal, speaking In French said: "Your eminence is doubtless an archbishop In Italy. In what diocese?" "I do not speak French," replied the other in Italian. And then the conversation went on In Latin. "In what diocese are you arch bishop?" said his French eminence. "I am Patriarch of Venice," replied Nhe Italian. "You are not then 'papablle' " (or fit for the papacy) aald his eminence of France." because a pope must know how to speak French." The meek and gentle Italian cardinal, the pious Patriarch of Venice,' replied to this: "No, Tm not papa bile," your eminence, and I thank Ood for It." Of course neither of the eoclesiaatlca thought for one moment that this cardi nal, who did not speak French would be come the supreme pontiff of the Catholic church and probably "the man who did not speak French" dreamed f It less than tha other. Cope to Return. The fact that the Italian government has consented to return the celebrated Cope of Ascoll-Piceno to that city makes a deecrip tlonvof this particular fabric of Interest to all Americans, for It will be remem bered that Mr. J. Plerpont Morgan, tha American millionaire and collector of works of art. purchased this remarkable speci men of the textile fabrics of Italy for a very large sum and put It on exhibition in London. There it waa recognised as the cope of Ascoli-Plceno. and Mr. Morgan soon learned that It had been stolen from the cathedral of that city. He had paid a very large sum for it, but when It be came evident to him that It waa stolen he handed it over to the Italian government. On its arrival In Italy it waa placed In the picture gallery of the Corslna palace In Transevere, and arrangements will be made which will prevent Its ever being stolen again. The announcement of ltg proximate re moval to AscoH-Ficeno not ot the cathe dral, but to the municipality. Induced your correspondent to vtait the Corslna palace to see this renowned work or art prior to Its transference to the city of Ascoll. The cope Is enclosed In a very wide glass case, which Is covered with silk cur tains, Nile green in color, to save It from the bright rgys of the sun. It, when spread out, resembles a semi-circle. The outer surface Is covered with three horizontal rows of medallions, the upper row having' seven of these medallions, the next five, and the third' and lowest three. On the edge there are half medallions. The central medallion Is filled with a head of Christ, very carefully and effectively wrought, representing the Savior severe and haggard, according to the mode of art prevailing at the period when the oope was made that Is to say, in the lat ter half of the Thirteenth century. Pletares of St. Emlalii. The upper row of the medallions exhibit a series of pictures taken from the life of some bishop perhaps St. Emldlus, the first Bishop of tha See. In the first picture to the right he Is represented aa kneeling cn the ground, and his head is bowed down by a millstone hung to his - neck. In another, he Is represented as shot with arrows: and in a third, as decapitated. Beneath the head of Christ, already re ferred to, there Is a representation of the Crucifixion. In the moment when Longlnus pierces the side of the Redeemer with the lance. The old tradition which prevailed so long In early German art. and which Is comparltlvely rare in Italian art that represents Longlnus as recovering hts sight from the drops of blood that were applied to his eyes after the piercing of the side of Christ is conllnuid here. The reason for this may be attributed to the date of the cope which was given to the cathedral by Pope Mlcholas IV, who governed the church from 128 to USri. He was named Uascl and was a native of Asooll. It is natural to suppose that the cope dates from a period within those four years. Though it colors are now faded acid the borders of the medallions aro denuded of the Jewels that were set Into them it la still very beautlfjl. For over six hu1red years it has constituted the joy and the choice treasure of this cathedral. Apparently It escaped even the hands of the French de, :l. i s at the time of the revolution, who cact.ed away many of the hncut of the Italian wcrks of art. There Is considerable criticism because the Italian government haa taken the cope over Into its own pos session and soma of the clerics do not hesitate to say that the Italian govern ment pofaesfces a frankness In thievery' which surpasses even the action of tha .revolutionary horde ot Jftaboa, TRAIN FERRIES SUCCESSFUL Plan to Obviate I'aaoengers leaving Cars for Short Sen Trios. I Ik' II 1.1 N, July 27. iSpeclal.) There is be ing organized a scheme for the institution of a train ferry system between Stranraer and Larne w hich, ought to prove of es pecial Interest to American railway men. The central idea of the train ferry service between the two points Is to obviate the neoessity at present experienced of pas sengers leaving the train for the short cross-channel passage. Sir William White, K C. B., and the late director of naval conntructlon and one of the forernort auth orities on all questions associated with ship building problems has reported upon Its practicability from the standpoint of stability, etc., so there Is a certainty of the project telrg included among the private bill schemes for the next session of Parlia ment. That there Is no obstacle from the point of view of design or construction Is easily demonstrated and experts declare that there Is little doubt but that the project would be speedily favored by the public. Harbor protectional works for the jiasslng of the train to and from the ferry, It is stated, could easily be provided. Indeed, the geographical conditions are believed to be more favorable at Stranraer and Larne than at other points, and tt Is believed that the success of the scheme In application would result lu Its adoption at other points of the coast for the channel and the Irish sea traffic. Experts say that It Is surprising that the train ferry system has not long since been adopted In view of applications on the con tinent and In America. The Idea was sug gested may years ago by Messrs. Inglla' firm to Mr., afterwards Sir John Fowler and the model of one of the boats Is still at the Kensington museum. In the United States, according to the statistics collected by the experts, there are over 600 train ferries with accommodation for more than 5.600 cars, each boat being capable on the average of carrying about ten of the heaviest of freight cars. The average speed at which they work la about ten miles per hour and they carry about 11,500 passengers dally In addition to the freight. One of the dffflcultles anticipated In British waters Is the rise and the fall of the tides, but the experts declare that this Is by no means Insurmountable. In the American states the usual practice is declared by the reports to be to have a counterweight bridge hinged on the shore end supported at the outer end .by a pontoon. The length of the bridge depends upon the rise and fall of the tide so as to minimize the gradient at the maximum high ana low waters. inereare inree common methods of fastening the cars In the fer ries, but usually two are adopted. Brakes are set upon each car to check the wheel and the cars are secured by chains fixed to eyeboILs on the deck and passed round the axle truck or coupler. In tidal waters the boats are of considerable size and power like that recently completed at Pointhouse. Thus one of the Southern Pacific boats is reported as being 420 feet long and 116 feet wide, eight Inches beam, with a gross ton nage of S.549 tons. The specialists who are looking Into the subject report that the ferry from Ludlng ton to Manitowlc on Lake Michigan is about the same distance at the Stranraer and Larne crossing Hfty-slx nilus and there the recently built twin-screw ferry is 360 feet long, IS feet beam with triple expansion engines of 3.5 horse-power to give fifteen knots. In the Irish service twelve to thirteen knots is considered adequate, and as Sir William White points out any higher speed would Involve a high fuel expenditure as the vessel lias to be of bluff form. Indeed the reports show that the greatest majority of the American fer ries do not exceed ten knots speed. The average cost of ferrying one tar per mile is about 2 shillings, the highest being 5 shillings 3 pennyweight, and the lowest CVi pennyweight. This variation is, of course, due to the volume of traffic. Thus the low est rate is returned by' a company which has sixty-seven vessels and carries 2,0i cars per day. Tha next av per car per mile Is by another busy ferry system. Quick handling at the terminal Is also an Important element In the cost. The prices given are for large capacity wagons so that the cost per ton per mile is very small much less than It would be were It neces sary to "break bulk" at both ports. SUMMER SALES OLD AS HILLS Dr. Em 11 Reich Finds Historic Prece dent for Bargain Counter Trading. LONDON, July 27. Interviewed concern ing the "Psychology pf Shopping." Dr. Emll Retch, who has been pronounced "the ladles' philosopher," said: "I am told by the ladlea that summer sales are a relatively new feature tn the world of trade. My friends, nothing Is new. Summer sales are as old as the oldest mountains. They are the outcome of deep and unalterable traits In the human soul. Only In former tlmea they used to call them by different names. They called them fairs. In the Champagne, at Troyes, Bar-sur-Aube, f ravins and othor places there used to be In the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth centuries the great fairs of civilised Europe. Hundreds of thousands of people came to the summer sales of the Champagne. On a smaller scale, Stour bridge, In England, phiyed te same role' for the mediaeval English. "In smaller towns in France say m Boulogne-sur-Mer there are stl'.l fairs proper, and, although any one of the goods bought at those fairs could be bought it the permanent shops of the town, yet even Boulonnals themselves will visit a fair and buy there a great variety of things. The great drapers of London, who Introduced the special sales, were only gratifying one of those strong features of gregarlousness In men and women which make the men and the women alike love to hunt bar gains in groups." PLANNING DOMINION CANAL Englishman Haa Investigated Plnns and Finds Them to Be Feasible. LONDON, July 2T.-tSpeclal.) Mr. R. W. Perks, M. P., who has Just returned from eight weeks spent In Canada says that the estimates for the great $hoi0,u( scheme for a ship canal deep enough to cany ocean liners into the interior of the Do minion of Canada are now ready fur the consideration of the dominion governim nt. j Mr. Perks assisted In the survey foi the ; company winch will undertake the construc tion In conjunction with M ssrs. C. 11. tValker ar Co.. the Litmilun 1 1.. In. ring Ann In whii li Mr. P.-rks was a l.arlnrr and which was interest d in the building of the Manchc-slc-r taiial. The new scheme Is to provide a ship canal which will c-nuhle ocean golnx st. ain vrs to transport the grain snd other pro duce from tl. dominion direct to Liver pool. The new waterway ts to extend from Georgia bay In Iake Huron down the Ot tawa rlvor to M"!.rHl and the St. Law rence ami will b.- aulttiiently deep to take any vessel drawing up to It feet. Mr. Terks says that he has carefully scrutinised and checked the estimates of revenue and all the various enxtnefring de tails, and had conferred with his triends In Canada anj the I'nlted States as to the best methods ot putlinf tba bualueas lnlo practical form. DISASTERS IN PEACE TIMES Long List of Naril Misfortunes Since the Civil War. CREATES THAN IN SPANISH WAR Melancholy Rersrd Recalled by Tragedy at Hampton Koade lorloaa Farts In Naval Jliatory. The recent tragedy In Hampton Roads resulting In the los of the Uvea of six midshipmen and five enlisted men of the navy Is one of the series of momentous disasters which have overtaken the navy In times of ptace. It is one of the curious facts In naval history that since the civil war almost all accidents resulting In the loss of life which have occurred have rep resented greater fatality than any engage ment which occurred In the war wtth Spain. Of course, the principal disaster in recent years has been the Mowing up of the Maine In Havana harbor on February 15, IS, an Incident that In the end Rear Admiral (then Captain) Charles D. Slgsbee, V. S. N., In command of the Hi-fated ship, says, "was the ultimate Incident which Impelled the people of the Vnited States to regard Spain as an Impossible neighbor." That explosion resulted tn the killing of two officers and 2f enlisted men, eight of the latter having died from wounds In the hospital at Ha vana. The court of inquiry, of which Rear Admiral V. T. Sampson was presldejit, re ported that the Maine was destroyed by the explosion of a submarine mine, and that view remains the official conclusion. Another naval disaster which attracted much attention at the time was the wreck ing of the Kearsarge in Februnry, 189! The ship went on the famous Roncador reef, but no lives were lost. It was found Impossible!, however, to save the historic vessel, the name of which has been be stowed upon a modern battleship. The Bennlngrton Tragedy. Another nRval explosion of recent years which suggested the Maine disaster in its effect was that to the United States ship Bennington In July, 1906. While the ship wtls at San Diego, Cal., one of the boilers of the vessel exploded, killing two officers and about sixty members of the crew. Thb accident to the Bennington revived service argument in favor of the establishment of the Naval Engineer corps. That corps had been abolished by the naval personnel act by the amalgamation of the engineers with the line, and It was Insisted that the dis aster on the Bennington was due to the Inexperience of the officers detailed to per form engineer duty. The agitation led to a better system of the training of line officers for engineer duty. Another accident In the navy which taught Its lesson and led to reforms was the explosion on board the Missouri. This occurred in the forenoon of April 13. 1!M. while the ship was engaged at record target practice near Guantanamo. The aocident occurred through the Ignition of a charge of smokeless powder while the gun waa being loaded. An appalling disaster re sulted. There was no explosion, but the burning of about 100 pounds of powder filled the room, turret and Intervening spaces with suffocating, burning gases. All persons In the turret, consisting of four officers and fourteen men, lost their lives. All those statloneC n the handling room and magazine, one officer and eleven men, died from burns or suffocation. The accident led to an Investigation and the adoption of effective means for blowing the bore of the gun clear of all residue before the breach plug Is withdrawn. There was pre liminary' installment on all turret guns of an apparatus for expelling gases. Another wreck of Importance was thst of the Charleston, In command of Captain Q. W. Plgman. The ship while In Philippine waters on November 1, 199, struck on some rocks and was wrecked. The obstruc tion was an uncharted submerged rock north of Luzon. The Baraonn Hurricane. Conspicuous In the list of naval disasters was that in the harbor of Apia, Samoa, In the hurricane of March lt, The Nlpslc, the Trenton and the Vandalla were lost. Four officers and forty-seven men lost their lives. Among those who died was the captain of the Vandalia, Captain C. M. Schoonmaker. Everything was done at the time of the storm to avoid the disaster. Its force, however, could not be foreseen, and the navy people were surprised at the violence of the gale. The Nlpslc was en abled to reach a plaoe of comparative safety on the beach. The Vandalla struck on a reef, where It remained exposed to the fury of the storm. Its officers and men taking refuge In the rigging while the seas swept over It. Many of the crew were lost In the attempt to swim ashore. The record of Individual gallantry was cliarac teristlo of the naval service. The Tren ton had the misfortune early tn the storm to lose its wheel and break its rudder. The water put out the fires, and the ves sel drifted almost at the mercy of the gale, finally coming abhors, the report showing that It escaped total destruction only through the excellent Judgment of Its navigating officer. Lieutenant R. M. O. Brown, now dead. On December 15. 194, the Massachusetts lost three of its crew when a gasket blew off a boiler and filled the flreroom with steam. This occurred at the League Island Navy yard. The same ship met with a worse accident the year preceding, off Culebra Island, on January IS, lHu3, when the accidental discharge of a percus sion primer, while the gun breech was open, resulted In the killing of six men. The Iowa, when off Penuacola on April 9, Li.S. suffered a serious accident by the bursting of the port twelve-inch gun tn the forward turret. This accident waa caused by the explosion of a shell midway In the gun. Twelve daysx later the Iowa aBaln met with misfortune by the bursting of one of the steam pipes in Its boiler room. The Ericsson met with a mishap oft New London in July, lkni, when a steam cyl inder burst. Five of the cr w were terribly sea Med and several died of their injuries. New York Tribune. SOME GOOD SIZED DEALS Four Heal Kstatv Transfers Are Made for Twritr-FIre Thou sand Dollars. A. B. Alplrn haa bought from the Na tional Land company, thruueh A. P. TuKey Ac Son, the three old houses and the lot, Wx feet, at the southwest corner of Fif teenth and Cuming streets for Kdward L'Sbsidy has bought from KJward Phelan a live-acre tract at Twentieth and J st reels 8.1 in h Omaha, paying 1,i0. Mary fc. Andrews has (.ought finin Etta L. 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