THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST M, 1912. UrTTTTlTf rftTinTTTTn'r I ff I T) I rtlt,-slno -fcv irAhtrttr paw, of th IlilliMIlUlin llUU OAnnilii j Sahara is from seventy feet to more than , ijT a mils In eIvtIoij p.bove,-ocarv lvei, and u . tidered. by Prince.. ' . . TUEKINQ SABDT WASTE DUO SEA .5 Famous Desert of Wort Africa T teme Iniaa 'Sea aaa ' Steamers ZMsaUee ta's - -Casaei." '.-r '' : As far back as De Leases' tlma, a f-Wh enemeer.' Colona! 1' lUmdalre brbaohed the. project of. letttof i;th waters J of the Mediterranean tnto-Hns Dsert of SaaTa'andvforroln two takesj in'i Va;Ss(?htnrii Algeria. vThs pijector of the Sue eanal approved that deln. Just, at -engiBeer and-tateimel hdvej since indorsed ttts lew' araWUWi pilnuo form, a serte,t OMt.,lB.i ths Sahara by taWn artesian irwell? Now. hawser, oomes , Prof. Etchegoytn of FsW with a iriore-jtrUrtDC Mhsras, that of converting1 the v whole vat desert into sij inland tea! Tbs work ' would 'present nd great mechanJaal dlffiouUle; ha ay, tu thj coai land 1 composed of satid and soft rock'forraatlona ' The con sejjuencea of, tHU Jlc 'of' engineering would be gijianiio., ' ' " ' I he first result would ba to add a ati new colony to ths poMesstons of Francs. Million human being could support themselves therein f In tomfort, sfjtce', with the 'Jack of water iuppIel. the desert oll would beoom as fertile a4 that of Europe. Fleets' of steamship wbuld navigate the . Sea of Sahara, a sek varyint in, depth from tsn to sixty fsjthbms, ana bujd up a flourishing trade between AlgeriaVnd French Weet Africa. Ahd ths nicist remarkable", result' of all would bettl) alteration "of the climate ol all norjijern Africa from ' equatorial eitrehie of,; heat, to , the pleasing "tn prature of Natal. "' . ' ' " ' ' Pro'.tpbegoyen' scheme la provok ing J54.oomment and objecfloh tire ni wan'ftltCorUin meteorological pertsry ojiln horror that any tetnper trs Vhh f&ther condition! In Afriea wwjild rnib'rm the climaje of Europe; tf..(lf0'pical Africa should' become temperate, Europe would become arctic, and an aUrmlBgtplcU)re;-lBdrawn of, fSng lan4,JBel1um.-i and Denmark,,. -Wn under several feet of perpetual mow and their Inhabitants ther emigrating in tln'bef4rttMliveof KskiHSyxAsll wre itH&na-treasWW leavlnjjr great desert alone Is presented in 'the argu--ment; tbttc by-;. the. displacement of w. niyWJUiyM)f .Ifitpjf fJJUKm11 , brlum of the earth would actually be i affectedand, snglnoer whanM un-1 fteJWl ,H u'"!-nity h for. I r those tracts which lie below ocean level iare.ch1f ly rvHybetWe'rt:Jtfte AlHr ahd mountains, or the bsslns of. ancient lakes never Very extended in area, .a Sabara sea would, consist 9n)y .of an exceedingly Ir regular body of 'water containing many islands and extending Into the unflooded districts in a multitude of bays and coves. it would be considerably less than one- third the size of the' Mediterranean. ( i It should be rsmembered that if France reclaims the' desert, she will de'so for her own' benefit ' For several years Algeria has been to France what Florida is to New England during W winter months Us mainstay for all kinds of ,; early vegetaoies. xne green produce, leaving Aiglers at iwbnrJs'wi loaded at Martelllee In the afternoon of the next day,, starts on the evening train for Lyon and Farts', jand fwithlnf thlrty-flre to forty hour after leaving Africa 1 on eale in the Paris-markeufa; It was-' this proxi mity that iirst attracted its attention to Africa. .At tha aamoftlme the is not likely to permit the carrying out of any scheme which ..could .injure the climate o( southern France and destroy the revenue of her noble vineyards, OLD SWINDLE CLAIMS VICTIMS Hoary geaenei wtta , gpaalsk Whis kers Tayla; with Amerlraa Easy Marks.' - , .tCopoarafOilcally.jalmQ t. Jnorjhsrn half of" Africa is dew r which' kgpt4' an iertlte mount havWrftti&efrxlk dftheV ' whole desert, in mountainous strata along the Mediterranean may bo ! regarded as large oases. Geographically rei;atf aes. Geographically, thti,rf,ei.rj Je,ri!thSj tKbtan. J ef!! !A,-eao ? 8fj- t4i' re.a'bVeat; ! bth-ajy', betf ae'n-Wutsap 1 4 ..fiabUUt,6e;'at Dert41hlUn(4udi;..iV OBiriber Of srriala-'jrtc(s',tltat'''extend like long ) P' fne fertile region north ' and'kVof it principal body. The last f Pr fi$f .ufldlyided ,wj"l.imost I 2.000 mile in" rengfh frOm east '.to west, I and ner.ryI,006li average breadth from f nbrtK oooth! t Thl meatis srt approxl f mate area ' of "S.WivMO stiliare miles. iAn J equal t the whole of 'Europe;' 'without f h Seattdlnivian peninsula v PoMUcally,- j me oanara oeiongs'm the various Ooua I tries which border it o"Vhlch exereie t a protectorate over lands that n I 7 - iHence,riBMc(oje'Vw Mte.ly-ftfr'thrdtJgh' i Vupkl(? empire, Vferla-and Taitit. rfiWfU- nJgHBoring por- f """ISKM1 of the j territory" belongsto France, along with t the French Congi andfhe colony on tbe Sengal. , s. i , , , - ''Sahara Cb.aratvrisMes. '1 '' j, -fihlcf . among tbe remarkable features of . the gteof'Sahara Is, perbapa, Its dlstliibti I of outline." SUndltig 0ri ilho outnera ;i elope p(. thf , Atla. rang a,' one look out j upon wh baW-almost the pearanc of a ; boundljjfs sea,- wBtBb forma, i tc wert.k bold coastllpe, along. It. nor"tbern edge. whose, sheltered .bays snd commandlngi promotorle are occupied by, a series of towns and villages. Toward the south, r as- In Moroco ihd 'Algeria.," (hi deseirt ,ome to r cl(;:hj'isoroMdaJltle' ana. suoaeniy as jr u had( been uUof with a knife: in others it merge15 gradually inio .he wdl-wateretf n,drin.tawJs ktAhk JSoudan. This sea-Uke-hspbt of Weruttr portlonsof the &th given rise to'-fhweh popular misconception as to It jeneraTaptlearaBceHand ha even affected hs ideee and pHraseology f some scien-writeria-ltUftotat all the low' '"?!?,3J.'ftt i widely euppoaed to J ''ri;;W?t X!ttH,fo the most -fafied Surface and Irregular- formation. Aoown as tiarhmanlav plateaus, of-firm ' lay,lfrfcty- ffelds of' loose atones and ; wa.torbble, hallow basins filled , with very salt water, and ar.d steppes covered. wt). sage trjiiih are Interspersed with" the. famous sani-dunes which give chActfe JfJJ.'thls tetniarkabla 'iragioh.' Thoe terrible expanses ,of .shifting sand o fine that it actually 'penetrate 'th Mtt S? the traveller and, mak bresthlng distressfufrklie chleny toward" th eaat. W tb eastern Erg, a it 1 Called. In the , Libyan desert there are uch expanse of vast and unknown JlmiL In the western Erg fTOnt.;Se(Asatiec4irt to south t Cape Blanco a broad belt of dunes called leldi of Gldi-from the Berber word for dunes-extend tlifrteen.flrondred miles northeejwith bre!0tbfroa) nfty 'to 'tT, t ' This Is-Jtia-igion: Wnlch- from the high' lands of Algeria and Morocco look so muck like a'ttormHMied sea." The dune In allarts of the; Sahara, He generally In loaa wriuHaang lines, very like the billow of .tW ocawltb gradual slope to wind 'r'fBr 'wp 'descent 'leeward Tbeyitr-4(Kially atfct$ jto- aeventy. feet -in heli)tvare said to attain In some places fully SOO feeA,, The sand hat forms them 1 exceedingly fyie. being in fact, the dust of rock battered and powdered Jy. .the action of centuries of fierce windrand Tamiee teat by day ana brp chill '.by nlgbt. In this eondlUon every llgtet breeae 1 lufTldent to rale 1 It in choking clouds, though the amaslng reports o .frlghtfu.1 . sandstorms which overwhelm whole caravan bethg th com mon thing la tbe desert are mere fairy tales. Under the MOuericO'f ,tfc winds, all the dune are subject ' to a certain amount of continual dhange. of course. but their o.ufl!b(ru$i (rt such that in topoJ grapmo distribution they are corapara thely permanent Some of them even liave name of their own. In any discussion of the recognition of , fa great wast it must bs borne la mind At least two good, ubetantlalAmefican citizens, respected and Influential In their respective communities, have within the last two weeks called upon their congress men in. Washington asking, their advice a to the transmission of money to Spalh to assit.a wealthy, relative, who is held as a. political prisoner. , "' A incredible a it may, seem, that hoary fraud-known a" the "Spanish swindle" 1 UH-being successfully j .worked ." On American citizens. Though the fraud ha been expoied per haps in , every newspaper of th land for twenty y ears ,ynen off means and normal intelligence have 'cotidued', to our their gooddoiiars Jntotheat.lJJe;,,".i The cheiiieJ'wa'aVexpoS iedifnij. speofalwarnlng sent out from tne'fIpartment of Stat4 in .a circular, dated October. 190. This circular -sw'a geht broadcast 4- over - the country and was published In news papers from on end of the country to the other. It gave the scheme in detail, describing how confederates In the United (Stirteef gathered : inthnate Information 'of the family history of the intended victim, how this information 1 transmitted to confederates in Spain' and how It 1 fol lowfcd -up -by '"correspondence from ari al leged plest, who claim to-be the only tfwl Of AVolltlcaf 'prisoner In Spain. Thrf recipient lot the correspondence In America 1 "a distant relative of the .prUonejy who the latteriha neVef seen." ne is appealed to to assume tn guardian ship" of the prisoner' ' young' daughter and to, share a email -fortune that goes with her. "Thirty thousand dollar fcf thl money i now on deposit in an Amer ican bank, but the deposit certificate are In a valiee that ha been oonflecated by the Spanish authorities. A little advance is necessary to pajMhe court costs and recoverthe valise with the deposit cr- urwatea," i, ,- The -prisoner la reported a In a dying condition, Knd 1 anxiou to place hlj daughter In th safe hand of hi Ameri can relative before h dies. ThJfirt letter are followed tip by one 'announcing the death of the prisoner, bvt' the priest lias been entrusted' with' the transfer f tneguardianshlp and; the fortune. , .Thl letter I. also usually accompanied by? a newspaper clipping giving, details ot tbe aeam oi me ppimcaj prisoner,, and also hintjflg cunningly of ;, fhev confiscated valise and the darling daughter- . . . This usually catches the. unwary, and the little advance of good American dol lar I forthcoming. The Spanish "rela tW?ti&D9$? ?' .ftjeh o the true history arwife farnilyitrefhae he cannot but be genuine.-Waahlngton Star. MAN IS W ODD "COMPOUND Chejnlstrr' Reveals the Various Ele. - ' meats In Hli'WonderftU .: " V1 " '., . ' -". , I'ake-t'p,.',' ' ' ,. " ,' ' Do you know wnat you aref x Jfoti tar 10 djfttVki eggv. 'I, V ,VTou,rotr teenn;njii"u4 Tou are S,M cublo feet of gal. Votf are 'twenty' fcanaiis and a cake of toap. " . - ' ' ' - - Ybu1 are the" heads of enough matches to 'fill f i.Mt box.. . . i , i , -Tou jjar. the. ,cpntent. ofr hydrogen balloon big enough' to 'lift' you above th clouda i Furthermore, you are six teaspoonful of alt, ji' 6owJ' of sugar and ten gallon Of waterj.;,(.ii5; ;'V ,. And perhaps you are surprised and In credulous.' 4 But the chemist assure us thatch human, body contain th in gredient apecflei -In th list The fig ure r "predicated- on a bodv weirh. Ins1 '1M pounds: JjoM poinlJ6ff arithm. tfosen eggs and the rest of IL -' Thi aiiflyi .pf the fcbemltr explain a number. ,of. human pleopmei)a ,Tak th eggS.l'foflnila"hce. Whenn'th fact I..000 ttrmly grasped that every in ffivI'dtiBl is 100 dozen eggs, more or less, it is not .dlfflculf to understand why ome of; them We so easily broken up and disastrously affected 'when they are beaten, and why other devolop a yellow- streak and turn Out. bad. Every on has heard of persons who.-wer addled. Or hard-shelled. Perhaps som subtle explanation of baldness may be Implied .about eggs, M the fundamental truth! itl' not hard to detect the 1 ISM feet of gas. A word or two hrwdly pointed will usually Up hi tank nd Indue a flow which, can be shut off only. With' th irruin ;rfii.,i, r- - tain cWuhisanee 1ncldenal to a demo cracy me now la spontaneous and volun Ury.. The chemist do notpectfy In their muH&m what kind of gas It is. but the assumption is safe that it ie not of th illuminating sort Undoubtedly the uppljr.-r.unji much higher than the stated amoupt in given cases. - Everybody -knows ; the, man who t harp a tacks,; and the other one with an trin constitution or a steely eye 'i- or th person of penetration; or th on1 who can bold down a Job: or has to be driven before be wHI. accomplish anything. Every one" gets V'llttle rusty v no w 'and then. Perhaps when a man 1 said to be crooked the meaning Is that his tenpenny nails have hem .trying to . do the work of x penny nails." We know now what happen when a man get ""all lit" up.r : n'hufWenty flvs candle that furnUh the Rumination. And we know why ome person are more trlUtant than other. It i because ther candle are In better commission. And we can comprehend mor clearly than ever why others are touchy and flare up under friction. It Is caused by jUe many thousands of match head la r them.lt may .he either the een41a..thej;v.j..,r . match heads that make them splutter. . We all go up In the air once In a while. It is no longer cause for anxlety. It is (nothing '"but "the' hydrogen : "we ontaln. Whea tbe hydrogen gets beyond control we live In' the clouds a state of existence more unsatisfactory to those remaining on ths ground than to those aloft. When the match heads are too incenantly agi tated or the candles lighted up too fre quently, there Is danger that the hydro- gen will be set off. In which case one goes all to pieces. There are some who will believe that the estimate of sugar Is too low, but ha' Is a personal matter that may be' aJ Jueted to.' mutual satisfaction' by those conerned. . . ., . "''; Undoubtedly exolanation of mamv more human phenomena ' may be derived trqm th facts supplied by the chemist. -Tl) are submitted; merely as suggestions, to itlm'ujate thoughtful rumination. Chicago Tribune. ; IK He Had aa Explanation;-1 A committee has the state senator on th carpet. '. ' Didn't you promise, u we eiectea you. to get our county good roads?''-. ; v t "Why, -certainly, gentlemen.'!-' .- - -. "Did you do It?" ,, - "No. Tou see, airships are - getting very, common new. ' I thought we d better wait a few year. Maybe w won't need any roods at all then. Fine weather for corn, Isn't It?" Kansas City Journal. - Poletea Paraarrapks.l j , Better a slip of the foot than a slip of the tongue. f Many a tneatrtcai aavance ageni mane a show of nimw. ... i A woman Is thankful ror little tningv-- if she bs small . feet. a. Platonic love is someumig use per petual motion a beautiful theory that nobody has been able to work, out. Chicago News. . lata Treat Jft 'tettlf.V:' NEW ORLEANS, La.; Auf. la-pnder- accredlted to the American 8ugaf com pany from 1901 to 1907 amounted to $106,533; ua.iuatlon.of uaur entries at thl' port according to figure announced today by Collector of Custom Hebert. If settle ment is not made It is seja in matter will be referred to the federal attorney her for action. ,'-. ,. , . .Jl-'-t -. .1 - "' ' 6 ,..-:r.' . -.v'.-n -y.,-r- : -. i.-. . - . STARTS SATURDAY at 8 O'CLOCK rN announcing this greai' final clearance sale" of all our fine summer dresses, we want to say that' never before have we ina4e'5uch a:great sacruice. uur poucy of not WLrryina: over roods from one seasonio another compels us, in this instance, to take a tremendous loss. This wonderful offer will be the biggest dress bargain event of the entire year. u i All Our Fine Lingerie, Marquisette, Q If I I a -a 'All.- AJ " uone ano Linen urcsses. sold at lo, $17.50, $19.50, $22.50 and $25.00, v : , i . '- ''' ' n Sale Saturda v . .. VOMEirS and MISSES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS Hundreds of new smart.mbdels just. arrived." 5 525, 529.75, 535.00 and up. 1510 D6ugi t. 1 u V) ".i4 .v?i y IK1 i r n crz3 C. W. HULL COMPANY Anthracite (Hard) Coal 7 Scranton and Lohigh, All Standard Sizes, $11 Por ton " The black, shiny kind,' .wi$t the lowest perwntae-of-slate-an'.bone..''.;?' .,- . -. .. . ,4, h . ,., . , , ! Anthracite Nut Number 2 size; $10.00 per ton any wherein Omaha and suburbs..., ,; :- 't:y': ,; yur &v,.a nui is peivsmaner size w vwuuuwu uw uesiuuii auu esm ue. uuroegiin, ioe. mgqesi; aegree 01 saws- fa ; m.i -,i i faction ia any base burnecnq njtatter how large: Measure the openings between the grate barslin-your stove land you will ..- .Wv,t tvt ;;;;-;fmclthey;will in no case exceed .of an inch;1 generally they 'are nly'n ' tp?: ,V?UCX!Z ,'vi.m"- : Don't let anyone'tell you'No.2 Nut can't be biraedih your st'6ve.v Try it forurself.: ' "'V-;;! ; Bituminous (Soft) Coal ; x : ; :"::V. ' ; , ' ; ;;r'. r "Tbrr Id . Nut," . 6;50 Por Ton ' " . - "" Absolutely,' Jllin6is best," Thoroughly screened at the mine and rescreened at our yards. "Torrid" nut has held its' own and inadfe many new friends through' Jpng" years. of cbmpetitive' strife. ' , i( " To do thillt must beallMe clahn'fo.r. it. ; -' ' ; "i -: .' ' Block, $5.50 Por Ton -r-.' . . t .. --. . ,-.--t---. ' ' ; .: Cheapest and best from; Iowa: s Some. people prefer this to other coals that cost more money. We keep' it in stoci'be- cause our. customers like it. Good reason good coal. ' , , ::' ,:Mpkx (Colorado), $8.50 ar Ton .- - '.-.. . v., ', . . .,' . ', .- .. . . . ... ; This is the "cream" of Colorado, coals from the famous M Pinnacle mine in Boiitt county. It looks good enough to eat and everybody, likes it. The "peer" of all western coals and the best by far of any stove coal ever sold in Omaha: We call it "Apex" (our own trade name), and will make an affidavit, if necessary, that every pound . we sell comes from the "Pftmacle mine" and no other. All of this coal is as clean as the samples in our offices and absolutely free from .impurities' of any kind. ' --w ' -. y .' ; """ ; ' (Wyoming), $7.00 Per Ton Jliike Lignite Coalt , A. great many people -do. Carney vein is the best there is. We have it and our r)rice is right. Smokeless, Bootless, and a free, clean burner. This is an excellent coal, for the kitchen range. - We do not' recommend it for furnaces.. K ,;' ' " - ' '' . . .1 :. , ": ' ' " ammoth Voin SmokolocG (Colorado), 58.00 Por Ton This is a very high grade lignite. Comes into Omaha on the Rock Springs freight rate and is as good as 95 per cent of the Bock Springs coals for which you pay $8.50 and $9.00 per ton. Strictly high grade, smokeless ' and Bootless and guar anteed to W absolutely free from impurities of any kind. Good coal for all domestic purposes and r well Worth the money.' Sobastian Smokoloss (Arkanoao), 53-00 Por Ton The. "premier" furnace coal. Most heat for your money.' The highest degree of satisfaction with the least effort. Pennsylvania anthracite is too high. We know it, but can't help it. 'Sebastian Smokeless" is the only logical substi tute There are other so-called substitutes, but they won't do, and the least said about them, the better. 4 " ' " This is absolutely. the same coal as the "Celebrated Pocahontas," the standard fuel of the United States navy soft and . friable, but cokes perfectly. The slack '.'cokes" and burns exactly like the lumps. No waste, no smokej no soot, just intense heat and satisfaction. Ask our' many Satisfied customers.. Apply at our office for their nam'es.and addresses. The ooals mentioned above are only a few of our leaders. We handle 'everything in the fuel and building material line. DIroctpry of Outcido ards and Officos: - i -1 Vi i X;, i North Tardar 20th and Iiartf St., 22d and Ixkrd St., Tel. Doug! as 72. South Yard 24th and Spring Sta., Tel. Douglas 75. West Yard Dodge Street and M. P. Belt Line, TeL; Harney 2180. South Omaha Office 402 North 24th SU, South Omaha, Tel. South 00. OUR SLOGAN--2001 Pounds-A "Muir'Ton Every Time 0; W: HULL COiPPANY ; ' 'Main Office-1603 Farnain St., .pmaha; Neb; Tel. Doug. 429. - ,"l 11 1 4- A v 1 i ir-