EXCAVATIONS IN
THE ROMAN FORUM
T
HE remains or the north
eastern part of the Forum
present considerable Inter
est. especiallj after the re
cent excavations which
Commendatory bonl la ma kins, and
much light ii being x thrown upon the
plan of the Foram. thus settling some
of the discussions which have arisen
upon the subject Our present en
graving ahowa some of the main points
of Interest In that part of the Forum
Which lies .to the west of the Arch of
8eptimlus oererus. In the foreground
are the remains of the Basilica Ful
?la. one of the constructions pt the
early period, which was modified con
siderably in after times. In the rear
of the Temple of Antoninus and Faus
tina. one of the landmarks of the For
ufcn. whose exact position has been so
tlM fttjBMta 9t a Crete* >rnamented
with bieruM and large patera*. The
place which wae occoplea by thla lone
portico or colonnade can be easily dls
tlngu.sbed on the present site, and also
?one of the marble slabs wblch formed
the pavement still remain. Some sec-,
tlons of the large marble columns are
atlll left.
?t the farther corner <^>f the struc
ture. next the Temple of Antoolus and
Faustina, were discovered not long
ago the remains of a monumental In
scription In honor of Lucius Caesar,
the adopted eon of Augustus. The
colossal fragments on which the In
scription Is cJt have t>e?n left In the
place where thej were found. They
no doubt keep the exact position which
they took when the old ^edifice fell In
ruins or wss overthrown during the
Middle Ages. It Is Impossible to saj
to wbaf monument this colossal In
scription belonged. Perhaps Augus
tus. when reconstructing the Basilica
Aemllla. added a portico to which he
gave the name of his two nephews.
Lucius and Calus Caesor.
Until the recent excavations were
made, archaeologists were not sure as
to the exact direction of the Sacra
Via. the main avenue passing through
* iIovel rewce minter.
? Pittsburg company is offering the
bristle brashes for painting wftro fane*
ia| shown herewith. Thejr have a Ml*
leable Iron frame, fitted with a high*
grade steel spring six inches long, there
being sn opening between extreme lim
its of fire and three-quarter inchee
and between brashes of one Inch. Tht
brushes are held in position bj a set
screw. At the forward end of each
arm is a socket to bold the brnshea. tha
socket being extended Into a cup to
catch the drippings of paint should too
much be taken. Faint Is poured Into
the cup at the top of the arm and
works down through the brushea. any
Ifie Northeastern Corner of the Roman Forum.
much disputed, bus been found, ac
cording to the recent excavations, to
He along the northern side. It passes
in front of the two la At named struc
tures and lies underueutli the level
ground seen ou the right of the en
graving.
As r";;ards the Basilica Ful via. of
which only the central nurt built of
tufa blocks and part of the portico is
now standing, the censor. \*. Fulvius
Nobilior. founded this edifTce In the
year 17!* B. C.. and gave it his own
oauie. Later on. M. Aeuiilius Lepi
dus. during his consulate in 78 B. C..
restored the building considerably. and
ornamented It with bucklers upon
which were engraved the portraits of
his ancestors. A reproduction of the
basilica restored tnd ornamented in
this way now exists upon a medal of
the time of Lepidus. It is probable,
however, tbit he did not tluisb the
work upon the building, for only
twenty-tjve years later we see that
Lucius Aeinillus Paullus took up the
work and received 1000 talents from
Caesar for this purpose. From this
time ot. the editlce took the name of
Basilica Paulll. It was badly dam
aged in the fire of the year 740 of
Rome, and the work of restoring it
was carried out by Augustus and some
of the members of the Aetuilla family.
The splendid Phrygian columns (pav
onazzettoi which Valentlnlan and
Tlieodosius gave to the Basilica of St.
Paul in ."Si; a. D.. came from the build
ing which Augustine restored.
In the fifth century the Aemllia no
longer existed. On Its site bad been
constructed a portico, which was prob
ably commenced under TVtronius Max
Iruus. prefect of Home, and completed
by Theodorlc. To the edifice which
tliey erected belongs the pavement
formed of small blocks of marble of
different colors, representing geome
tric forms. The columns of red gran
ite with their pedestals and capitals
of white marble (three ' f which can
lier.' be seem were taken from differ
ent editic' s and were adapted to the
main structure as best might be. The
ancient basilica contributed to this
building with the old walls construct
ed of large tufa blocks (som? of which
still remain, as will be observed), also
with a dozen com inns adapted to the
portico. This colonnade wus of con
siderable length, nearly 200 feet long,
?nd rAn along tne Sacra Via.
To the ancient structure also belongs
the pavement of African marble and
two fragments of an architrave on
which traces can still be seen of an
Inscription showing the construction
?f the building by Aemllht: Pauilus.
the Forum, which was the scene of so
uuiny events in tin* history of the cap
ital. It whs formerly supi>osed that
it passed through the middle of the
Forum, hut the excavations which
Commendatore lioni recently made
have proved that it ran along the
northern side, tracing a line which
started from the Arch ot Septimus
Keverus and passed in front of the
Basilica Aemilia and the adjoining
Temple of Antoniur and Faustina,
therefore skirting the colonnade whose
remains are visible In the engraving.
The actual pavement of the ajiclent
avenue iles, however, far below the
level of the present ground. At the
corner of the Basilica cf Constantine
(lying further back of the Templei a
considerable prrtion of the o!d pave
ment has been discovered. It is formed
of large polygonal slabs of basaltic
lava. Thy pavement whi^h has been
uncovered so far lies about eight feet
below the ground level and is In a
good state of preservation, with the
blocks well joined together.? Scienti
fic American.
Til* Or*at of Alaska.
The latitude of Alaska corresponds
approximately to that of the Scandi
navian peninsula, I'olnt Burrow, the
northernmost cape of Alaska is In
about the same latitude as North Cape.
IHxon Entrance, which marks the
southernmost point. Is nearly on the
same parallel as Copenhagen. Sitka,
the capital of Alaska, is in the latitude
of Kdinburgh. in Scotland.
Alaska stretches through twenty
seven degrees of latitude and tlfty
four of longitude. Its east and west
dimensions, measured to the exereme
limit of the Aleutian Islands, is almost
exactly equal to the distance from Sa
vannah, on the Atlantic coast, tol.os
Angeles, on the Pucitlc. Its most nor
therly and southerly points are as far
apart as the northern and southern
boundaries of the I'nlted States. ? Na
tional (Jeographfc Magazine.
Till rt Yfurt In
The Kezar Falls. Me., burying
ground society have for thirty -seven
years In succession choseu Thomas
Uandell clerk of the society. They
would not hear his excuses this year,
although he is almost eighty-seven
years of uge.
About 5000 of the '240.000 inhabitants
of Sao Palo. Brazil, i.re Ceruiaus. Un
like the Italians, who go back to their
native country after earning a compe
tence, the Ceruiaus make Brazil their
permanent jouie and 'help to pay tin
taxes.
surplus beiug caught in the brush cups
and uiay be returned to tbe can. As
tbe paint gravitates to tbe bottom
brush, the user can readily equalise
the distribution by reversing the de
vice. using the bottom oue ou top. The
manufacturers state that with this
brush it is easy to paint seventy to
eighty rods of fence a day. and do a
good job. without spilling palut. The
I brushes are referred to as also being
suitable for painting light structural
work, and can be made for painting
| heavy structural material.
A LAST RESORT
"(iraciotis. little boy! Why don't you
try kindness?"
"Yes'm. lady ! ' I will Jest as soon as
dis club wears out!"? New York Amer
ica n.
Aiusilng Xnnifii (liven Infanta.
Koiue amazing names have been gir*
en to foundlings and perpetuated by
their posterity One Infant found near
Sbepberd's Bush was named Thouins
Shepherd's Hindi; another, who was
discovered tied np in a napkin by the
side of a brook, became Martin Nap
kin-Brooke; and nn infant picked up
at Newark, who later on won fame as
I?r. Thomas Magnus, was christened
Tom Amang lis.
N?Tfr Mind Who S?t? ?'Kubher."
A medical journal says that in the
continued use of the eyes In such work
as sewing, typewriting, bookkeeping,
reading and studying, the saving point
is looking np from the work at short
intervals and looking around the rooui.
Tills practiced every te.i or fifteen min
utes relieves the muscular tension and
rests the eyes.? Uartford Post.
TS? United States Mint, Philadelphia.
r?hicK and
Advenrure.
iiQLE CARBB8 OFF CHILD.
While a little girl aboit ilgbtNk
monthi old, tb? mml y daughter ?( a
foaog Sutherlandshlre crofter, living
about a mile from Invershin Station,
on the Highland Bafiway. was playing
at her father's cottage door on Satur
day evening, an. eagle swooped down,
gripped her In Its daws, and carried
her off to the moan tains, where some
hours later her dead and mutilated
body waa found by a gamekeeper.
?t first there was no clue to the
mystery Qf her sudden disappearance.
The little one had been playing In
the sunshine while ber mother was
baking bread and her father was still
at work in the fields.
Her baking finished, the mother pre
pared tea, and called the child. As
there was no response, she went out
to look for her. and, not seeing her
anywhere, became alarmed, and went
In search of her husband.
Together they searched the country
road, the fields and the hillside, calling
the little one's nsme, and waiting in
vain for an answer.
Crofters and gamekeepers and all
their neighbors soon joined In the
search In the gathering dusk, and
under the supposition that the baby
had been kidnaped by gypsies or
traveling tinkers, of whom several had
been seen In the neighborhood earlier
in the week, search parties were
formed to scour the countryside.
No trace of any wrangers was found,
however, and not tbe faintest clue to
:he little one's fate. In despuir tbe
?ather headed a party to search the
river. though It was felt to be Im
possible that the child could have
itrayed so fur.
Meanwhile, a gamekeeper's party
was bunting through the dense ltrooui
which covered a neighboring hill, and
while this Investigation was In pro
gress. one cf the gamekeepers, recall
ing stories of lambs being carried
away by eagles, made his way toward
the rocky crags near the crest of the
hill.
Iu a crevie in the rocks he saw a
tiny shoe, and in a deeper cleft a
little higher up. lie found the body of
the missing girl.
The sight was a pitiful one. Roth
eyes were missing, and the child's
face was covered with blood. Froin
her right cheek a piece of tlcsli had
been torn away, and on her arms,
hands and neck were other wounds
which told their own terrible story.
On the clothing were found, out
lined In the little one's blood, the cruel
marks of an eagle's claw, and clutched
in the baby's tiny hand was a buuch
of eagle's feathers.
The ganiekeepere shouted for bis
fellow-searchers when lie discovered
the child's body. Swiftly tlie.v gathered
around the ck f) in the rocks. There
they stood silent with horror and sor
row when they saw the child. Some
of theui. rough, strong, sturdy nien,
wept. ?
The little one's mother was brought
to tbe spot by the commotion, and
before the news could be broken to
her had caught sight of her baby's
taangled body.
With a heart-broken cry. she clasped i
the little one in her arms. She fainted. I
and had to be carried unconscious'
down the hillside to her cottage. .
The news soon spread through all
the countryside, and the gamekeepers
took their guns and spread themselves
out to search for the eagle. This has
been unsuccessful so far.
Two years ago an eagle attacked
and killed a tleer in Sutherlandshire.
nnd fed on its ImhI.v until the keepers
drove It off. Lambs are sometimes
missed nnd their skeletons afterward
found on the hilltops.
It is fifty years, however, since such
b tragedy as that of Saturday oc
curred.*- London Express. i
A NOTABLE CLIMBING FEAT.
White, vaporous clouds had been
slowly drifting up for the lust hour,
nnil, fearing a repetition of the pre
vlons day's experience und tile loss of
our view, we hurried on to the top.
pausing only a few moments to enjoy
the panorama, to renew acquaintance
with our "Lost Peak." now 54 >0 feet
below us. and to take a picture through
the mist of the white summit, with its
? splendid eastern precipice.
A quarter of an hour suttlced to com
plete our victory, anil at 1-.30 we stood
us conquerors 11,K(W> feet above the s.>a
(Government survey altitude from dis
tant basest on prohahly the loftiest
spot in Canada on which human foot
has been planted.
The summit is a double one. crowned
with Ice and snow, the two points ris
ing from the extremities of un almost
level and very narrow ridge 1B0 feet In
length, at the apex of the sharp aretes
from north to south. On the western
Hide snow-slopes tilted downward at a
very acute angle, while on the east a
stupendous precipice was overhung by
a tnagniflce it succession of enormous
cornices, from which a fringe of nflis
sive Icicles depended.
One at a time? the other two secure
ly anchored? we crawled with the ut
most caution to the actual highest
point, and peeped over the edge of the
huge, overhanging crest, down the
sheer wall to a g?uit, shining glacier
COW feet or more below.
The view on all sides was remark
able. although the atmosphere was
synewhat hazy, and unsuitable for
panoramic photography. Perched high
upon our isolated pinnacle, full l.'OO
feet above the loftiest peak for many
miles around, below us lay unfolded
range after range of brown-gray
Mountains, patched with snow aand
sometimes glacier-hung, intersected by
d;?ep chasms or Iwoader wooded val
leys. A dozen lakes were visible, nest
ling between the outlying ridges of our
peak, which proudly fftands upon the
backbone of the continent and supplies
tht? headwaters of three rivers, the
Cross, the Minpson and the sjiray.?
l'ro n "The First Ascent of Mt. Asslnl
boine," by James Outraui, in the Cen
tury.
GIRL HEROINE SAVED CREW.
On the Hvlld, rough shores of the
went coast of Brittany, near L'ahant.
there lives a dark-eyed, modest, gentle*
c annered fisher girl, who to all raeu
and all women of these parts had be?n
kMvi from hsr ditMfcooJ u tin
"Flower of the 8m.** Bat Bom Her*
will mw for all time bo kaowa u
the heroine wkoae deed la avlBf th?
lire? of a shipwrecked crew place*
her aide b y side with Grace Darling.
Two thoaaand Frenchmen and
French women, eminent In all walkt
of life, assembled the other day tr
the glgsntlc snfrhltheatre of the Noa
?elle Sarbonne, Parla, for the annua!
meeting of the Lifeboat Society, aroat
In reverence to the trim Uttle womai
stepping timidly from the rear to th?
platform to receive the recognition of
her act.
It waa on the night of November 1.
1908, that the lahlng schooner Vespei
went tabo^e on the Island of Ushant
The lifeboat ? had already save*
twenty-one of the crew of the Anals
Fourteen of the remainder had put off
In the vessel's boats and lost theli
way. to drift hopelessly toward thf
rocks.
Rose Here, watching from the tO|
of a cliff, saw tliem hending Idindlj
for the sharp, jagged rocks and re
solved to save them. Stepping fron
ledge to ledge with the lightness nut
ease of one to whom every stone wa?
an old acquaintance, she made hei
j way down fifty feet of cliff. Then
she waded Into the terrible sea, waf
| caught by the boiling surf, swept of.
her feet, struggled upward. wa?
again swept away to be pulled oi
board the boat more dead than alive
She knew every lueh of the coast
every Inlet, every creek, and whei
consciousness returned she guided ttu
boat to a point froiu which the crew
landed in safety.
Thus she stood on the frout of th?
platform, while In the presence oi
Cabinet Ministers. (><>uernls. Admiral?
and the nobility of France, the Presi
dent of the Lifeboat Society pinned
the medal on her breast. The tltlei
dames crowded around Hose to kisj
her. For her wedding dowry she liai
received the Prix ('Imucli and I>e
foar of $200. a second prize of H
from the Academy of Marseilles, t
| medal from the Countess Pouch let
du St. Frnon. and innumerable g'ftJ
of Jewelry and money from admirina
Americans.
L
PRECIPICE SAVED HIM.
J. L. Anderson, a tourist, from San
dusky, Ohio, liad nil exciting exper
ienec recently while hunting in tli?
Sierra Madre Mountains. In tcllitif
the Mexican Herald about the matter
before leaving for his home. Mr. An
derson said that he was In North
western Chihuahua hunting for bin
game and suddenly encountered i
large grizzly bear. The animal startec
to run. when he tired, olny slight l>
wounding it In the side. The sting ot
tin* bullet infuriated the l>east. ant
<iuick as a flash of lightning it turnee
and attacked its assailant.
"I llred one more shot." said Mr
Anderson, "but the bullet went wild
and Itefore 1 could defend myself tlu
bear was upon me with a mad. wile
rush. \t threw me down, and tliec
heiran u tierce tight for life.
"The claws of the beast severely
lacerat-.nl my body. It caught my lefl
arm above the elbow and broke tlu
l>one. With my other hand I got out I
my hunting knife, but could not stat
the animal in Any vifal place. I waj
all alone and could not hope for help. |
"I>eatli seemed Inevitable, but for
Innately the contest occurred on the
edge of a sharp precipice. The beai
lost its balance and rolled over the clitY
to a ledge forty feet below. It a I I
most carried me with it. but I chin?
to the underbrush and finally crawled
away. I did not look to see where t lie
bear went. b?t got out of that place
as soon as possible."
Mr. Anderson is still suffering from
the effects of of his terrible ex per
lence. and it will be several we?
before he recovers.
RESCUED FROM CANNIBAL?!
The ll?v. Mr. Neville, rector of thl
Episcopal Church at Nevada, Mo.
once had a narrow escape from being j
killed by cannibals. About twenty j
years ago Mr. Neville, then rp>'te n
young man. went from his then lioinf 1
in Australia to New <iuiii"a. an Islam)
in the Australasian group, as a mis
sionary, being one of a party of six
teen men. The party had been on tlu
island some time, and one inorninp
were all in front of their tent except j
Mr. Neville who was Inside, wher
they were suddenly at?;l without warn I
ing attacked by a large force of the j
savage natives. Young Neville rar I
to the door of the tent to see what j
was going oil ami found to his liorroi !
that all his companions were being
? ?lit to pieces. He saw he was too j
late to save any of them and con I
cealed himself In the tent until, a few j
minutes later, some less hloodthirstj
members of the tribe came up and :
drove off their unregenerate man-eat j
ing brethren. The newcomers did !
not. however, let Mr. Neville go. but j
took him prisoner and held him nearly
a year. Meantime, his friends In
voked the aid of the British govern
ment, which appealed to the Dutch
the owners of the island, in the unfor
tunate Englishman's behalf, and
Dutch soldiers finally found and ?*
cued him.? Kansas City Journal,
KIM-S SKA MON IN A CAR.
W. H. May. n Wells-Fargo KxpreM
messenger. had nil encounter With a
.'lO.Vpouml sea lion in the express ear
of the California train on the Santa
Fe. The sea Hon was on the way
from San Francisco to New York.
.Tu*t before midnight near Pea body.
Kan., May was at work when he heard I
a crash, followed by the hark of a 1
big sea Hon. The animal had broken J
out of Its cage nnd was advancing to- ,
ward May down the dimly lighted
passageway, befween the piles of hag- !
gage. May untied two bulldogs he :
had in the car with him. The big sea j
lion kept coming and May retreated |
The dogs started to give fight, but
turned and fled when the sea lion j
struck at them.
On Ills retreat May had procured his
shotgun. When the animal reared
again May flred. the charge taking !
effect In the neck and head of the
Hon, killing It Instantly.
Try In t'hork r migration.
Ta check the Immigration of English
boya to the colonies, the Lainheth
(England) guardians are trying to ap
prentice th<?m to home farmers, many
?if whom are ready to './ay good wage?
??nd look carefully af ?r the boy#. __
Hmtf Interest
afro-ahhhcans
Bishop Turner Makee Addtm
BUkop Henry M. Turner, of Ooor
Kin. addreeeed the indents of tbo ir
rleulturai and Mechnlcal College at
HunUvllle. Ala., and outlined to them
their dutlee In future life.
? ? ? ?
Outside federal Jurisdiction.
One of the many difficulties met by
thoee who would attack the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments In the fed*
eral courts Is the constitutional limi
tations upon the jurisdiction of those
courts. Generally speaking, they only
vhen the parties thereto sre of differ
ent states or where a question Is in
| rolved which calls for interpretation
or construction of some provision of
federal constitution or law. It is this
1 strict construction by the United
Ststes supreme court of its jurisdic
tions! limitstions that has brought dls
aster to many well mesnt but over
sanguine efforts to secure a decision
by that tribunal upon some constitu
tional provision believed to be obnox
ious to the federal compact. An inter
esting instance of this Is the recent
effort made In the name of one Giles,
a Negro, to secure a determination by
the supreme court upon the validity
of the Alabama suffrage provisions.
It was dismissed for want of jurisdic
tion. ? Exchange.
? ? * *
Cooked In Hot Springs.
News has been received of the
dreadful death of FVlix Grundy, a col
ored man. employed as cook by the
T^as Anlma I-and and Cattle Company,
of Sierra county. New Mexico. Grun
dy had been ill for some time and
went to Palomas Hot Springs. Some
time during the night, no one knows
Just when, he went ln*o the springs.
He was not missed till the next morn-N
Ing about 7 o'clock when the door of
the bath room was found locked. The
door was forced open and the dead
body of Grundy was found lying In the
boiling water at the bottom of the
springs. The body was recovered as
soon as possible. In order to remove
the body U had to be raised in a blan
ket to prevent the flesh, which had
been cooked, from separating from the
bones. The body had been in the
boiling water several hours. It is pre
sumed that upon going into the bath
room he fainted and fell Into the hot
water and was not able to recover
and was drowned.
The Deportation of the Negro.
The Jacksonville. Fla.. Times-Union
says: Bishop Turner still Insists that
the Negro must go. but the Rev. Jo
seph Mllburn says to the African
Methodist conference at Indianapolis
that he will not go and the United
States cannot send him away. And
Just now the wires are telling us >ie Is
leaving Mississippi in such numbers
that prosperous enterprises are clos
ing for lack of his labor ? he will not
| stay In that state because of the re
cent enactment against vagrints.
| which la being rigidly enforced. Here
! Is a conflict of authorities emphasized
! by the concurrence of a plain fact ?
j If a vagrant law can free one southern
| state of the Negro. It Is very plain
I that others can get rid of him ? when
they choose The Charleston News
and Courier takes up the argument
by showing that the Negro can go be
cause we receive a million immlgrints
a year ? why could not the Negro go
If he liked aB easily us others And their
way here? What need for "deporta
tion" If the Negro really desires to
leave the 'south? What need for the
! south to keep him If she can drive him
| off at pleasure by making a vagrant
[ law general?
The wkole long argument resolves
itself Into simple elements on examina
tion. The Negro is told he l* Ul-ireat
ed at the south. Why need he ktay
with us when be can go elsewhere at
the average coat of two weeks' travel?
Tho south complains of the Negro.
Why need she tolerate him If she can
got rid of hltn ut the price of a statue?
The truth Is. the Negro has no deslro
to go. Tho truth Is the south does j
not wish him to go. Therefore bo re .
mains with as.
Provides for Black Bishop.
There wae reserved for the final
session of the conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Ix>s An
getes, Cal., the question of whether
the preachers of any other than "vblte
races shall be eligible for the eplaco
pacy.
The conference vo'ed by a practl
cally unanimous vote to amend the
church Institution so as to provide for
the election of bishops of other than
the white rare.
The matter came from the commit
tee on episcopacy, as the result of
memorials from se-eral annual con
ferences favoring the election of col
ored bishops to preside as general sii
perlntendents. Chairman J. H. Buck
ley, in presenting the report of the
committee on episcopacy on this sub
Ject, characterised the recommenda
tlon as one of the moat far-reaching
Importance. Following wai the report
of the committee:
"Concerning memorials from the
Tennaasee, east Tennessee. North
Carolina. South Carolina. Florida. Mis
slsslppi. Texas and l^exlngton confer
ence* requesting the general confer
ences to provide for the election of
bishops of African descent who *hall
be assigned to the presidency of con
ferences consisting wholly or chiefly
of ministers of African descent, re
spertfully report:
"That. In the present state of our j
fundamental law a constitutions! ob !
Jectlon Is raised to granting of the '
request of said memorialists; but
there having been referred to this
committee by the general conference
a memorial from the Rock River con
ference to change the fundamental
law so m to make possible the rillM
tlon of tk? dMlra of the BMiodaHlls
and to accomplish othsr Important ob
jects. therefore.
"Resolved, first. That this iwtral
coafsrsncs propose the following
amendment to the constitution: to
?trlke out from the third restrictive
ruls. paragraph ?7, ssctlon S. of the
discipline of 1900. so thst the whole
paragraph shall read:
M The geneml' conference shall not
cbiDf* or alter any part of rule of our
government so as to do away with
episoopacy. nor destroy the plan ot
our Itinerant aeneral superln tendency,
but may elect a bishop or bishops for
work among particular races and lan
guages or for any of our foreign mis
slons. limiting their episcopal Jurlsdlo
tlon to the ssme respectively.'
"Resolved, second. That If this re
port Is adopted thereafter the above
proposed amendment to the constitu
tion be submitted to the general con
ference In order to ascertain whether
the legal constitutional vote of two
thirds of the members present and
voting shall be given; and.
"Resolved, third. If such should be
the result the bishops shall be request
ed to submit the proposition to the
members of the annual conferences
and of the lay electoral conferences
which shsll meet in the years 190T
and 1908 for thsir sdoptlon of the
same amendment to the constitution."
The conference later voted unani
mously to amend the church constltu*
tton so as to provide for the election
of bishops of other than the white
race.
CAUGHT FISH WORTH $300.
Fifth Known Specimen of Sailflsh
Taken Off Florida Coast.
The luckiest Cincinnati fisherman
this year Is Mr. Edward Hart, who
last week caught a large ??sailflsh,"
a few miles at set. off Miami, Fla.
This fish Is one of the rarest known
to science. Previous to the on?> caught
by Mr. Hart there have been but four
others captured; three of thetu are in
European museums and one at the
Smithsonlun institution.
The one caught by the Cincinnatlan
weighs seventy-five pounds and is s
perfect specimen of h'.s kind.
These sailflsh are peculiarly con
structed. On their backs is a sort ot
a pocket from which they can put up
a fibrous oval fln, which forms a sail
for the flsh when moving at the sur
face of the ocean. When the wind U
blowing strong these flsh can travel
at a rapid rate when their sail Is set
On the under part of the fish is a
strong fln, which they can draw entire
ly Into the body as they sail.
The long sword protruding from the
fish's head makes of this tribe a for
midable enemy to the other fishes
They are found only along the Flor
ida coast.
A few days after Mr. Hart raught
his specimen, he saw two or three
others sailing on top of the wa'i" and
going at a rapid rate. ? Cincinnati E?
quirer.
TRIBE OF MASKED AFRICANS.
Traveler Describes Curious People of
North Africa.
The masked Tawareks. a North Afri
can tribe, bave long been an object ol
curiosity and Interest to scholars am.'
travelers, but In spite of the re
searches Into their oriKin and lan
guage, many problems remain to be
solved. Mr. Harding King recenlly
spent a good deal of time among
?hem. Journeying about tfOO miles into
'.heir country. One thing Is certain
about the race, which is that they
have made their name a terror anions
*.he peoples who live on the borders of
>helr country. They never come near
civilized people If they can help it.
ind only approach caravans belong
Ing to other tribes In order to plunder
them and kill their owners. They
have one feature which distinguishes
'hem from their neighbors, the men
keep their faces covered with a mask
*nd hide their features by these
means even from the members of
their own family. Mr. Kini?
found that these people were filthy
dirty, for no true Tawarek ever
washes. Such ablutions as are neces*
sary for religious purposes are per
formed with sand or stone; occasion*
slly, with the view of improving his
appearance, he rubs himself with
Indigo. His hosts all had thick, pur
ring voices, a shifty manner, and
large, lustrous, furtive eyes.
WIDOW GETS LUCK/ FARTHING
Enterprising Woman Turns Small
Award to Good Account.
The farthing, which the Kncli-d
i'ldges have been making use of Ire
tpiently of late In awarding damage;
to litigants, has proved in one case
a useful coin. A West Hromwich
widow recently obtained a farthing ir
a brech of promise action she had
brought against a faithless lover. She
put it In the windows of her tobacco
shop with a printed warning to trust
ing women to beware of ml/pah riu^y
mid inviting men to come and buy
breach of promise cigars and widow"?
mite cigars. The result was such a
big business that the police had tc
stand by to keep the pavement clear
while nineteen men. mostly widowers
c.'.tne and offered themselves lu mar
rlage.
WAYS THAT ARE STRANGE.
Queer Matrimonial Customs Among
Eastern Peoples.
It is a queer custom ? described In
"The Hiving Race of Mankind" ? that
the Australian Hobos have of keeping
the unmarried women in cages at th*
top of trees ? a custom that makes the
ladies eager for matrimony, no mat
ter how unpleasant the husband.
The Samatran Dyas have pleasant
social customs. When a young man
calls on his girl he climbs In through
the roof and the rest of the famll*
pretend not to see him. although the*
are only sitting behind a little hamboc
screen. If she does not care for hire
she raises a sort of a circular bam
boo corset, which hides her head, anrf
then there Is nothing for him to do
but Aecamp.