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SOUND THE OCEAN Scientific Investigation Is Now Going On. Strong Probability That the Wondora of the Deep Will Be Revealed Vary Shortly. Idfla allies eucouutmd in, deep aea <t>pndint: aiv disclosed by a marine fnjrliH'iM- writing in the l.ondon (Kng I r i id) lljilly Mall. peep-sea of tine yours. he <n\s. luis become a very evnei science. When a ship is thousand* ot miles fiviu land the real work begins. To s|nK a lead to- a <j lit shallow dentil )s tli<* eilsh'Hl till))# III the world. Hut *-l,en li comes t(\ working in miles, snilor- are brought up against, a^very different problem. , K\.ii today nobody knows exactly where ila> greatest depth exists, for i |SI' simple reason that no instrument A l present invented can reach the bot tom ??? the deepest, parts.' A theory ? h<i >>U'd by scientists in that below H ?. iin depth solid matter refuses to 4j iik because the pressure of the water It; . rent that spec I Ik* gravity is over come. p i- Widely held that when' ships ?sink in the deepest parts of the. oeenn ehcA ne\er reach bottom, hut llont hIhmii suspended In the venter at a depth below which thiOV weight Is not M.tla lent to take theni. Tho greatest depth which has been sounded up to -the present is just over five miles. I '.ut it is thought thai |>arts of tin ..eea'u are perhaps four times as deep. in ?hi> branch, of nautical service wonderful instruments are used. At tached to the leads of the sounders, which weiKh seventy pounds and are suspended on piano wife, are specially constructed cups, which close auto matically and bring tip samples of the ocean's bed. They are provided willi ? ? dial, upon which the depth torn lied by the leads is at once rec orded, and are in u?e In all ocean joiug cable ships, which must of necessity determine of what the ocean bed consists. Time after time ships working in far ki?as have seen no record of solid matter reached by reading the sounder dial, because tho leads are not suf ficiently heavy to reach bottom. All records may very soon be broken ity the Shackleton expedition to the Anturetie. The grab-sinker which they will use can be employed at a depth seven miles. ? What will be found nobody can say. All existing theories mav Ire exploded, but it is certain that ?onic interesting data will be forth '?oming. Naturally, deep-sea sounding is es ?entlal from many points. Fog is the. seaman's enemy. Soundings must be taken to avoid disaster. Formerly the leads used were smeared with tallow. Man\ interesting specimens wet* brought iu th?' surface, but nothing is known of the Mora and the fauna that exists. a( great depths. Hence the constant Jittempts to discover better sounding iipparatus. N^w Popularity for Dickens. Sniff tin* \v?{ r there has been u wltlo fc|?i ? .1 < I ? revival in Kngluml ami else whor.' 01 the need for Dickens. Thrill ing n(h ent lire, wild dangers, hulr fcreaiith eseajH's, the roar of puns und all i hi* pharupheriiulia of battle ure no longer welcome ? people wunl to rC!t < I of happiness in I heir homes of liltwrv memory. The British papers ?for ;i year past have seldom been with out i quotation from the master's '.wiik* there is always in them a seti i>r twn thai illnudnutingly !t>u?'liri. the occurrence of the hour. Apt quotations from I dckeiis are ex :rnn,. t> common in the mouths of the high - ..iiri Judges of England, no less 'inn 'u those of the magistrates of ruhii'!- courts. Then; was a smile of 1?li_!t when a ease was called In the ??"i.n ';t kings bench not long ago, l-?i i i ^ Sons vs. Smith, and Mr. II. >'? J'i-Ki'tis, k. c. announced himself *f. i . presenting I>oinbey A: Sons (Lon? ?lot, tailor*.). The Judge naturally . hied : "i congratulate you, Mr. I)l< s ? fin t i lie old firm >tiH flour ish. - Use for Forest Watte. M ; persons at one time or an t; tm \ i* heen struck with the waste '??vial that is [lermltted in Amer as compared ?v;it)i the ?> ' ? ! I inrnpeans, ns a rule. 10 make ? i i> last Iwi;' that falls. Worth therefore, is the news item tin Pacific coast which shows '? 'ii leti timber in some of the for ?'v,~ nit that way Is to be used ex p' -.\flv .:i the manufacture of grape "t .im ?.? : i ?; California vineyards. One t f 1 1 ! these stakes will require, we ? r?* : "In. itKi freight ears fot itn traas i" iMdii hut the best thing about it * thus it will reclaim cedar trunks I., lot ve been on the ground for The difficulty about such ' ??? In :n:i t ion in general is not so much u !?n<limr "down stuff'' that is sound ?tiouKh in p|. useful as it is In dls ?av?.fi, ,|f ,|Hr. xv-H 1 inafce recov i-r^fttable "Pardon Me." -iii <?,,,? is a busy lime in the ?n ? wnr'k department. A young girl, "?'f.viug U#m package. fried to slip "*i' gratefully but failed. (laving f>u r>? f^ecl m; o Nome one the murmured. P*rck?ti me.'' No one moved or 1 <??Mert Ht he, and. worolerltigly. ab? t?? rtnf!. mtjcb to hrr iota pan 't?n'? ? muf >-nient, that *hc wae belnf ?? a dignified figure la lb at trteiWa (link apron. marked IllA? Newt. TELEPHONES *H SJILM V. H American Equipment U H?V? ' Been Complete Down to ti.i ??t Imaginable Detail. According to thv chief slgnul officer ! pf the A. K. F? two armleH, 12 corps, j Hit divisions and 45 tleid signal bat* I tullciis wcie completely equipped with telephone supplies. The signal corps constructed 1,090 mil eg of permanent pole lines with 28,000 mile* of wire; put up 8,2210 mil cm of wire on French poles and installed approximately 40, 000 miles of coiuhat linen. Telephone exchanges on permanent lines hi Ki'iuh'i! numbered 273, and i thoec hi the advance section 128, he- I sides small temporary tield Installa-: tlons. About 1,000, 000 long-distance tele- I phone calls were handled hy the slg* ! uul corps, together with local telephone J calls estimated at 47,000,000. The or-. ] ganlzation of this system required the services of a veritable army of tele- j phone experts, the Hell system alone | having contributed 11,200 employees who served overseas. Girl telephone ; operators of the system to the num- ! her of 238 went to France In the uul- j form of the signal corps. So comjActcly organised was the ; system of telephone communications j that it has heen said that if lie hud j desired t<> do so, General Pershing | could have taken up l|i* telephone at j his headquarters In C1 mutuant and. called up any second lieutenant, sit ting at the end of a wire In an ad vance post, anywhere along the entire sector occupied by ?ii*? American forces. RATS CAN BE EXTERMINATED Writer Point* to the Wiping put of j the Passenger Pigeon as Proof of Assertion. In the liook of Hooks we read, won derlngiy. of the plagues visited on the j Egyptians, says, the Philadelphia North j American, editorially. In the record I of the centuries we tlnd numerous ref- j erences to plagues of other sort ? ami j ail the while we are entertaining ? yes, j supporting and encouraging ? the most destructive of plagues. In this 'and and throughout the , world H^are permitting rats to de- i stroy property and endanger human | life, The word "permit" is the only j one to use. for rats and mice could be got rid of if a concerted, persistent ef- , fort were made. Let him who doubfa this possibility j inquire about the passenger pigeon ] which, within 00 years, inhabited this country in such numbers as to actually darken the face of day In its flights ? and of which not one specimen now i remains. It was easier to destroy these birds thau it would be to destroy rats and mice, hut the possibility of the one achievement justifies belief in that, of j the other. And there can be no doubt- j In vr the need for this destruction. It has been figured by experts that ? we have at least one nit for euvh of ! our inhabitants' ? that is the ratio gen- | eraily accepted In such civilized co\m- | tries as France, Kngland and America. In certain parts of less civilized coun tries the ratio Is higher. j Really Nothing to It. The Imperial War museum. London, Kngland, is compiling u record of slang, aiyl will he glad to receive any notes on the subject, giving the slang terms used in tlie army, together with the meaning of the term, and,. if possible, tlie derivation, It is quite understood that many of these terms are not lit for polite conversation, but at 'he same time It is considered that they will he valuable for record purposes. In this connection may he told the story of the new recruit who ques tioned an oldtlmer on the subject of the French languuge. Did he have any difficulty in making himself under stood? None whatever, said ihe veteran, who was a Scotsman. For example, suppose you wanted a couple of eggs you said "twa oeufs," and the old woman would bring" three (trots) whereupon you sent one hack :i_:mii. Qurte simple! Their Frank Opinion. A few weeks Rgo my parents und I were walking In a section of a suburb in which quite a lot of building was going on. Our curiosity overcoming us. we went in one house, which was about half completed. We immedi ately commenced to criticize it, ??? un menting upon its Instability, the small ness of the rooms and how we would hate to live in such a house. Finally, our exploration of the first floor completed, we looked up to see if there were rooms upstairs. Imag ine our chagrin when we saw a man. who we afterward learned owned the house, sifting on the rafters, painting a window sill and interestedly listen ing to our conversation We deft quh kly. I'hlcago Tribune: Touched Firemen'* Heart. An old mother <ai g"t CHiight in *u upartment house with her four kit ten- ifi Brooklyn. A fireman named Smith Has at work in the thick of the *nioke when he felt a soft slid persist ent rubbing against hi* foot. The ?fwoke wax ?o thick that he coul/J ool <ei.- Hie floor dl?tll?< ttv. but he l*etit over and found the object wms a eat. She wasn't worried so much tbout her self, bur *l?e had her whole family ? four kittens ? with her In * |>asteboard box which she had dragged from the flame* The trouble was that -die could not urt the bo* down?talr? ? Ith oot ap'U'n* it* content*. So Smith rescue*) her and the kittens, snd gs< rot hy broke* In dobrg ?*?. LIKE OLD SANTA! ' * I ? ( People of Northern Siberia Emu- j late Knss Krin%!e. Appropriate Entry Into Hoine? l? Through the Roof, Which It Door, Window ?nd Chirr.ney. Suh in Cluu.s is uui ' Uu !oub per son in the worltl who eiuvi's homes by way ill the chimney, for 111 die Hdle lawn iti Kiuncnsko)*, vvwy up In north* eastern Siberia, on ( !>?? . gull, nearly e\ <i?\v one does it. bouse i it; sUuptHi likt? n pi* n Hiii.il iv tUiiv Sl.uiing Willi ii gloiind tl? ?? ?I lh;il is about fool in iliuitliHtoV, (ho frame W tills, OMMniclnl t'&M|ghl.Y ??) drift* wood, lean ihwaVd f?fr about 12 feet, | then turn on I ward for another HI. or li! feet. The> do liol lo.ucli each oilier In the center, hut leave an opening of from th rev to live feel wide. Thai opening is the door, t h?v win dow. (he chimney, all in one. A pole rests against the outer side of (he house high- enough to reueJi the l ?>p of the strucluVe. On the upper side ol th? pole steps are carved in wldt'h to In sort the toe-, when .climbing. A similar pole. ,sei upright in the cen ter of the huiise und up through I ho ehlmuex. Is also furbished wilii slepx for nsoenl and descent. The lirst effect ol' (hi* strange ar rangement Is that visitors arc recog-. nized, not by their faces, hut by their ftffifc * The house is so const ruded Mint Ihe fireplace is dirert ly underneath l ho chimney. Naturally. the smoke goes up to greet the newcomer, and swot eovers every side of the f liimuey, ready to attach Itself (?? him: The pot is always hanging over the lire, full of molting snow or boiling water and fish or reindeer meat. 'rtie man up (he chimney Is dressed in heavy furs, the hulr.v side turned outward. As lie comes in touch with pole and chim ney h? ifentle spray of hairs comes easily drifting down, accompanied by showers of soot. The pot below is usually open. Htmee the f??od is min gled with hairs and soul. lieason exists for the peculiar shape of the Knmenskoje house or yurt. Dur ing the worst of winter no doors or windows ?t the side of the yurt would avail. The snow plies up on every side us high as the house Itself. Then the people can walk straight up to the i chimney, and the dogs crowd around the opening in the top for warmth and to enjoy the rising odor of cooking fish and reindeer. Sometimes one dog pushes another ^lown the rhinnierr If (he cover <>f the pot is off the recep tion prove*, rather too warm for tht? ; unfortunate victim. 'But Ivan is there j to catch him by Ihe neck and lake ' him to the top of the house, where t h?? j snow will soon reduce the heat of his j Misters', The episode has not spoiled I the dinner III spite of (he pre wit hill, the house j is not comfortably heated because of ! Ihe open i iiu on top. Snow, too, comes j easily drifting in. If is necessary, therefore, to. have (cms inside the house. They are made of heavy furs, and are placed ou (he wooden plat form that surrounds (lie (ire. In these pologs the dwellers find refuge when the smoke becomes too trying ur the atmosphere too frigid. Intdile the polog stands a wooden bowl of seal's J oil with dried moss floating on its sur face. to be lighted at the pleasure of the oe< npant. Of Course Not. ? Illustrative of ihe time. Amos \V. HuMPr. secretary of the board of state charities, tells 1 i i?> following story of an occurrenr e in a certain Indiana county not so ver.\ long ivjfor?"- rji'& There whs :t poor family In ? low'n- I sli i p. 'Dip father was a wanderer nnd of not much account. There were six [ children nnd the mother wns left most I of the tiniP to provide for them. 'Dip township trustee had been helping the family oui of the township poor fund. ; <?TiP <ivi y h Mm in f ? family got into trouble. The sheriff and ajr^nt for the count > board of guardians drove to the home. 'Hip boy was away. The | mot her seenn-d anxious to see that the law should have its course with the Ron, and to avoid an extra trip and j expense the sheriff suggested : "Well. I lien. I'll not come oui after j him when he ?-o?iip? hark, hnf von 1 ' bring him in." | "Wh\. I can't bring iiim in now," ( explained t!ie woman, "our machine's I broke" fn<li;inapolU Xev^s Statue of Christ ??s P*ace Symbol. Archbishop ( jleunoii. of St. Louis. In ! a sermon the other day. sai<| that the I Christian people uf the world should ] j eonstru*' h huge -- 1 j? t ii# ? ttf Ohriji. in I iiiK inater.al from scrapped Imt'.ie ships and cannons, and place it upon a t mountain '<? Kl4;n?l :i.4? a s> mbui i>f ' lasting pe::i'#? "The nation* of Christ ; endom " lie *nt?l "slionM at this limp ; whei: 1 1 if armatinn . conference .it j ! Washington is attempting ? ? ? prevent t future wars. e\i?re?.v their tmaninioiis j longing I ????''?? t>> planting theerei ? loo <?.' :io ?:a ;:iv to f ! . ? f'rtn< M of I 'em e Brilliant Mat Few LiqM* *n p|ei I ri. rPiei.;K ; rieit out with ?iccc>> ? ?*(i!*ip? !h?- m?Mvii!nat IflBpi ill thf Mill "f (tie letfer ? i f ti MM II *nirr?r refV-? tor*. according to Pfpolar Mcchmib ^ Magazine Tue-e rwlact the Itgld n.f.phrd t>> tun 'J lanp>. pla- ed ? fur :li#? < ??n'er?,cif rtm letter and fined w.'fh ojiaq.ir rap*. : ?*faa to 'e InrKJhte from the front 1*1 ?*r; -.-ement of fhi? kind ??IH effer< \ % ?n?ld?T*h>e ?av'ng in tamp renewal* ar 1 enrtert (m'?nmp!l?n. ? - ' ' 1 y " '?^WjjWP^PIliPl i .ill 1 1 ill 0L02H THAN NEW ORLEA S Ancient Records Show -That To*n of Natchitoches Has a RiQht to Claim Earliest Settlement. Ktirl.v in the history of Louisiana t hfi* >va> a >-piritcd rl\alr.\ lict\soon tli<* French umt Spaniard* us to which nation should occupy the region be tween till' |(ed H I II I S;. I?i ||C I'ImM'S. Ahou i tin* elose of t lit* Seventeenth WUtiir.v tin- Spaniards ?'ki oh) (shed a goat nt Ailuyrs (or Ada ;????), on III# east side uf die NuWine ;tml in 171-1 Governor 1'adlUus sent .liuheieau it?> St. I'ehls to establish ii ut $oti)f poin I on the Jled river. .Mnrtiu, tin' historian, sjij-h that tlu? expedition of St. Denis vv it < "for tlu> double purpose of finding a vent for t'ro/at's goods and checking tin* adfancc.^ of the S|>aiilards. who w i'ri> preparing to form sell lements in tin- neighbni wood 'of Natchitoches." St.'l'enis left a tow settlors a: Natchitoches, Intt' it wiik not until 1717 that ?ti permanent lort wus erected there. which makes Nat* chitoehes a little olden than Now Or leans. I Minion t describes iliis fort as "u sqiiair palisi.nU>, where a little gar rison wys kepi as a Warrior against the Spaniards," A'l'ttthuNc mission wiih established nhotil t ho .sjiino iliuo. The people, few in numbers, wore 'not aide to o ut.pl i*. v ii resident. priest, and for sortie years they were attended by Father ^lurgjl ami other missionaries. Father Stanislaus tame In 17tj.\ and the humble in i> sion developed Into the tallied) id church nt" St. Frjineis. which today is one of the historical I'atho lie landmarks of the nation. !>urlng the French and Spanish domination Natchitoches was an Important trad ing post. The Spaniards froin'the west of the Sabine would conic hack with pack mules heavily laden with pel tries, dried buffalo tongues, silver from the Mexican mines, etc.-. i" ex rhim.ee for dry goods and other neces saries. In 1 (SIM Isaac Wright began running a steamboat between Natchi toches and the settlements further down the river, and this added to the Importance of the town as a commer elal center. With the establishment of . Shreveport and the advent of the railroads some of the trade was divert ed from Natchitoches, but being lo cated in one of the richest sections of the stute the town has coijtiuued to prosper. }Vlien 1884, the general assembly provided for the establishment of a State Normal school, the location of the school was thrown open to general competition, Tpui the moat liberal lu ducements were offered by Natchi toches. The purish and city of Natchi toches purchased and donated to tTie state UK) acres of land, including a good building which had formerly be longed to the nuns of the Sacred ilea rt. . Splendid Memorial. A living memorial, distinctive and majestic, nnd different from any of her tlini bus been dedicated slitce t lie World war, was Unveiled recently in Yoseinlte National park, says Popu lar Mechanics Magazine. It Is a tub let of bronze set at the base of one of (California's famous big trees. This giant of the forest, towering above the ordinary timber that .surrounds it, stands henceforth as "a memorial to the unknown dead" who gave their lives in the great war. A peculiarly fitting ceremony marked the unveil ing of this tablet. Water from the crystal-clear stream of,the Merced that llows through the park was sprinkled upon the tree and the tablet, to sym bolize v the purity of the devotion of the men who died in the war and the rook at the foot of the tree on which the tablet was placed was taken as a symbol of- the permanence and strength of the principles for which the men fought, ami the tree, which It is hoped will live through gener ation*, was cited as V?JfijkffemaXlc of the living an,d- growing gratitude ~"<jT the nation f&r the supreme Mneriflce made by its sons Tn/the war. Admiral of the Navy. The position of the admiral <>f the navy has never been held by any <?l?e except Admiral Dewey, according to the navy department. At Oie present time no one holds the permanent rnnk (?f admiral. The pink of admiral is held during tenure of their respective posit fbns by Cohort K. Koontz, chief erf naval operations ; Hugh Rodman, in command of the Pacific fleet ; Henry H. Wilson, in command of the Atlantic fleet ; and James Strauss, in command of the Asiatic fleet, it is a rule of the navy that an officer holding any of these positions must have the rank of admiral during his tenure of ofllce Asked For. imntig ? dinner party the conver sation turned to good looking people, One lady said: "I think all the good looking men Imve staved .Voin this dinner party." The gentleman to whom !!?;?? re mark had iw?en made >aid : "Well. I think all the good looking Indie* ire with l?> (ooiglil Then the lady tloiiK.i,*. .. compli ment had been paid l?? - r add< d ; "Of course. 1 should have ?aid 'p'e^ent company e\?fpted. Whereup<rt? the jrent (??limit *aid : "Oh! of c<?jrse thai'* what I meant 10 ?ay ?" ? I.ondon Ttdegrapl Pecan Crop in Mexico The pe> an crop of ilir N'uevn |,atedo diet riot of Mexico f?.r rhe Itcjl ?ea<>on is estimated roughly at between *i>0 and .V>? *hon ton* a? against (#0 dhort t?Htn Itt \ marked falling off in value. a? we!i a > production. Is also ??x 1**4- ted. due to I h # large crupa Id The Texas crop will l*? drawn on first. u? doubt before (he Metl-ao pr<>d0'?lmi I* t<>?fc?fU. IMi'd in Charleston. ? KlrUiiiul Harris panaiHl u> t lie* (Jroat H(\VOii(| on Friday, IKhvuiIkm* JkXli, lt?l! 1 , at Charleston, 8. t\, hx a hos pital after an illness of nino montius yvVth n aralysta. T1m? doocflned was brought to I'mmlen for burial, Funor ii 1 srrvkv was hvhl at Mt. Morlab linpiist i'hutvh at t hr**** oVhvk \V?hI mv*duy afternoon. Th<' remains wciv In 1(1 away in tbd ()aimle?? <^m?(ery flel oaves to mourn hi* (loath an ni?ed mother, a wVlow. four ehlUlivn, ntx grand <diildivn. t hive tOtttor* jj, thrve UroUior* ?n<l a liowt of H'laUw* and frlond* < VvntrUmled t^anuh-n. S. Jan. 1G, lpiiti Thanks Tlielr Frinulx. We thank our many frlcnda for tW<r kliKhioMH nIiouii u? in our l>oreaveni??C of our deoea&ed toudtaiK) nuYl father. Kirk land Harris The Family Ouuden, 8. 0? Jan. 10, Ml us ICdith Htrudders, a California Kirl, manage* a 4,day old chick" fan* where ?ho tajya and jmek.H the chick* tor a>urket. ^ More than 000 out of every 1,000 workers engaged in the Hmnufactorc of silk aiut textiles in the- United Ntntea are women. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY I 1 By Making Your Old Clothing Serviceable \YY ;n doing it for thousands of others ? why not for you? Wo believe a trial will convince you. ? FOOTER'S DYE WORKS i 'umhoirlatMl, Mil, Have You Got Money in the Bank? People (io get flick. There is plenty of work for the doc tor always. Suppose you pot ?ick and couldn't earn any money, but had to spend more. What would you do? You'd worry yourself more sick. You would fret for thowe you love But if you had a nice sum of money in the bank you could rest easy knowing that those dependent upon you were well cared for. IIKRK ONK W 1 1 - I- KIN!) A VARIKD STOCK Oh1 SlI.VKRWARK -LASTING RKM1CMT5R A NCKS AND SUIT AW JC fcXJK AIJ, OCCASIONS. 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