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I DUL HAMID'S FAL1
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| Remarkable Changes Have Cos
| His Detlironement?Mean Muc
I Facing a Future Frangbt With I
Observations by the Re
Who is Making a Tour
(Special Cort
Jerusalem. ? The Turkish empire
of to-day is, especially in its official
operations, a different empire from
what it was three months ago. In
some respects it is a different empire
so far as the lives of the people are
I concerned, me maiveiuua 10 .
of a month ago, which secured the
elevation of the fifth Mohammed to
the Ottoman throne, is already producing
noticeable results.
The year-old Constitution was responsible
for a marked broadening of
the official vision of Turkish authorities,
but the most remarkable changes
have come to pass since the deposition
of Abdul Hamid.
It is no such trying task to-day to
?nter the country as it has been considered
to be since the memory of
man runneth. The day of discourtesy
and discomfort and unnecessary scrutiny
at the ports of call has evidently
passed. The writer has embarked
and disembarked no fewer than five
times within the past three weeks at
the principal ports of Palestine, Jaffa,
Haifa and Beirut without experiencing
any more trouble with customs officers
than is usual in any European
port. A friend who has been conduct
Iing parties irom iue ol<h.co iu taioo- |
tine for fifteen years asserts that it
has never been so easy to go and
come as now. Steamship agents tell
the same story. It is the testimony
of the average man one questions as
one wanders through the land. Fifty
times at least different men have said,
"It is not like it used to be." To be
sure, if one does not care to have his
baggage opened he may, even now,
secure immunity 1 y the payment of
"backsheesh." But it does not matter
much whether or not one offers a
"gift." At Jaffa the writer kept his
"gift" to himself. The customs agent
very politely asked that the baggage
be opened, and after a very courteous
examination pissed it. The trouble
was "nil." It was not necessary even
to produce a passport.
The freedom of the press i3 something
heretofore unknown. The native
papers are saying very nearly, if
not quite, just what they think on the
political problems which perplex the
(empire ana wnicn mean su mutu iu
millions of the subjects of the Sultan.
Only the other day an editorial in a
Beirut papeg", published in French,
criticised the lassitude and incapacity
of the local municipal authorities as
stringently as New York dailies dictate
to the Mayor. They even dared
to suggest among other things that
the city fathers should keep horses
from feeding on the already inadequate
sidewalks of Beirut, and that
the multitude of wild-running, noisy
dogs should be exorcised. These suggestions
in answer .to the statement
of the city government that a city can
not be transformed without money.
Only those who are aware of the inalienable
rights of Palestinian dogs
-and horses and donkeys can appreciate
the audacity of these proposals.
Humorously illustrative this is of another
point of view that has heretofore
had short shrift. Seriously, reform
is in the air.
If it is easier to enter and leave the
country than it was, it is also easier
to move through Palestine, particularly,
than heretofore. To go across
Jordan or to such a place as Petra it
was formerly necessary to ask for a
permit, which as often as not was refused.
To go without leave meant a
fine. Those who wanted to go fre
Iquenny went nrst aiiu aauumeu iui
the violation of the law afterward.
Then they paid a fine and the incident
was closed. To-day such permits are
"unnecessary.
Heretofore a traveler at Haifa, Nazareth,
Tiberias, Damascus and Baalbek
has been under the strictest surveillance.
It has been necessary to
report to the local police authorities
with one's papers at once. Fees were
collected for registration, and gratuities
were always cheerfully received.
Failure to report meant that a more
or less indignant official would call
upon the careless traveler at his (the
officer's) earliest convenience. All
that is changed; no longer are "Messieurs
les voyageurs," as the French
call the tourists, followed up like
i crooks. At Baalbek, for example, a
courteous, cheery official put a smiling
face through the open window of
the compartment and asked the traveler
for a sight of his passport and a
! simple statement of whence he came
and whither traveling.
There are more unveiled women in
Palestine than heretofore. Even now
NEW RIVALS OJ
Southern States Growi
known V<
Efforts have been made to i-aftroduce
in the Southern States certain
useful vegetables hitherto unknown
to this country, which are known in
tropical regions as .the vautia, the
dasheen and the taro. The last
named is already familiar as an ornamental
plant, under the name of
caladium or "elephant's ear." All
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w liirtJt; art; ucai ij iciuitu huu ?.uvu
starchy, edible roots are highly
prized in warm latitudes.
These roots, indeed, resemble the
common potato in composition and in
flavor. That of the yautia, for example,
when properly cooked, is not easily
distinguished from the "Irish" tuber.
It is sometimes white, sometimes
red and sometimes yellow, according
to variety. So rich is it in
starch that it yields nearly one-third
of its weight in flour, and its leaves
are prepared for the ^able after the
manner of spinach.
One reason why it is deemed desirable
to introduce these plants is that
they flourish in land that is too wet
for ordinary crops. It has been ascertained
that they will grow weli in
this couatry as far north aa tho Caro?
> A BOON TO TURKEY j
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ae to fass in the Empire Since
& to Palestine?Young Turks
'ossibilities.
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v. IRA W. HENDERSON.
of the Holy Land
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women are not conspicuous by their
presence and number upon the Oriental
streets of upper Egypt and Palestine.
except in distinctively Christian
communities, but the number of un- |
veiled Mohammedan women seen upon :
the narrow thoroughfares, though
relatively small and confined largely
to the less wealthy classes, is large
enough to compel exclamations of surprise
from seasoned travelers to
whom Palestine is an oft read volume.
The native who expresses any sympathy
for Abdul Hamid the writer
has yet to meet. To be sure, there
are those who have lost office with
the downfall of the old regime who,
would be glad to see the return of
the olden days of treachej-yand blood
shed, but the mass of the people is !
satisfied, if common testimony is of j
any certain account. The general,
judgment seems to be that there is no ! J
reason to mourn the fact that Abdul 1
Hamid is a prisoner at Salonika. "He ' j
killed thousands" is the oft repeated
statement. Pictures of the new Sul- 1
tan, more gaudy than complimentary 1
to .the subject, are in frequent evi- j
dence. j 1
The foundations 'for a regenerated j '
empire are not all laid, and there may I J
be trouble here and there between ig- j
norant Mussulmans and ignorant
Christians in Asia Minor.
Liberty means license to not a few
and many have the lesson to learn
that true liberty is the fruitage of a
calm self-restraint. The pupils of
some Protestant institutions are a bit
unreasonable in their demands. Some
of the Greek Catholics at Jerusalem j
aro anxious to rectify the errors of |
r\9 nr\rr\ munlnn !
aumiuionaviuu ui cuu^ WMAU*j
over night. Others seem not yet to
have learned that the new government
is at present popular and in
earnest. Still others, perhaps, will
not be cultured by the executions of
the ringleaders of the massacre at
Adana. But the careful observer
must admit .that the day is* better.
The power of the liberal party, the
backbone of which consists of Young
Turks, is enlarging. The grip of
that cool, commendable organization
composed of the best minds, both
Moslem and Christian, in the empire,
upon the political life of Western
Asia is as potential as it is prodigious.
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The Turkish empire stands jast I
within the threshold of a glorious era
?an era that means much for Pa#?stine.
The hands of the clock of progress
are now pointing tpward civic
and religious liberty; the Turk has i
his face to the future ? a futura j
fraught with possibilities, the realization
of which will yet make him' proud
of his once despised country.?From
the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
Trunk3 For Aerial Travel.
An enterprising trunk niaker Id i
Paris, we learn, has in his shop |
trunks for balloonists. On the outside,
painted in white letters, arc
the words "aero trunk." On the inside
of the cover are instructions and |
hints for the traveler. 1. He is told I
to have no fear of tumbling out. for
the car is \well constructed, and there
is not the least danger of derailment.
2. Do not jump about in your joy,
for the car is not balcony. 3. Do
not smoke or carry a spirit stove.
4. Do not go into ecstasies over the
progress. Every one knows it. and it
is a waste of time. 5. Select your
baggage with intelligence. Only '
bring what is actually wanted, and j
this will be heavy enough. 6. Clothe ;
yourself well, for in the air it will ;
be fresh. 7. Do not be vexed if you j
find no wagon-restaurant. 8. Do not i
point the finger of scorn at mortals j
less fortunate than yourself who can- 1
not delight in the beauties of the J
air. The trunk is of great lightness, ;
the framework being of aluminum, |
with rings to attach it to the car. j
The trunk contains a small medicine I
chest, but we learn there is no provision
for ladies' big hats.?London
Globe.
Canght on the Rebound.
"There is a ring around the moon j
to-night," remarked the young man (
in the porch rocker. "Do you know '
what that means?"
"No." replied tbe fair occupant of ;
the hammock, "but I know what a j
ring around a girl's third finger !
means."
And as there was only one way out |
of it the y. m. went out that way? 1
and bought the ring.?Chicago News, j
F THE POTATO"
Lng Some Hitherto UnBgetabies.
linas. Not only are they useful by
reason of their edible qualities, but J
their high yield of staVch affords a j
prospect of great usefulness for them . 1
as stock food or in the production of j
alcohol.
The yautia seems to have been orig- '
M -U ~ Tnrl.'rtr, Tf
many iittuvc nj luc >vcai, luuics. il i
was cultivated by the aborigines in :
those parts centuries before Colum- !
bus discovered America. Even to tho
present day its roots? which look j
somewhat like sweet potatoes, are j
raised on the islands of that, archi- !
pelago in great quantities, the pro- j
duction often reaching ten tons to the i
acre. Did the white potato not exist I
they would take the place of it ad- !
mirably.
Aged But Efficient.
Of all the workmen employed by j
the Marlborough rural district coun- j
cil for work on the district roads ten (
of them average seventy years of
age, their combined ages being 701 '
years. The district surveyor informed
the council that they were
all capable of earning good money at
piecework.?London Standard.
^lySmart Frills
New York City.?The plain guimpe
is one that is always In demand. It
can be made from one material
throughout, or it can be made from
some simple lawn and faced to form
a chemisette or a yoke or in any way
that may be liked, so lessening the
quantity of fancy material needed.
This one includes sleeves of three
sorts and. can be faced for full length
at the centre front and back or to
form a shallow or a deep yoke, and it
can be made high with a collar, or
:ollarless, or with round or a square
Dutch neck, so that it really fulfils
3very requirement. Long plain
3leeves are fashionable, and are much
liked when found becoming, but moderately
full sleeves in both threeluarter
and full length are having
jqual vogue, and any of the three |
which may be liked can be us?d. |
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The guimpe is made with fronts i
and backs. There is a casing ar- 1
ranged over the waist line in which i
tapes are inserted to regulate the size, i
The long sleeves are in one piece 1
sach, fitted by means of darts. The 1
full sleeves are gathered into bands i
whichever length is used. When the 1
high neck is desired the regulation ]
stock finishes the edge. (
The quantity of material required '
for the medium size (.eigni years/ ?
one and three-quarter yards twenty- 1
one or twenty-four, one and three- 1
eighth yards thirty-two or one and '
one-eighth yards forty-four inches 1
wide. 1
New Hat Trimming.
The' newest idea in trimming the
large hats with revere side is to trim
the revere. All of a sudden some one
has discovered that this great sweep
of plain straw is not as becoming as
when it is ornamented with a smashing
big necktie bow or cluster of flowers.
A Startling Whim.
The startling whim of the moment
is the black or dark colored chem- j
isette and sleeves with a white or
light colored gowu. The effect is bet-'
ter than might be expected, and the
black makes a charming background
for pearls or diamonds.
The Fashionable Color.
Violet is the most fashionable color
of the day. The rage for this tint,
which, strangely enough, does not
emulate the modesty of the fragrant
flower from which it derives its name,
seems to increase rather than wane
as the season advances. 1
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Collarless Necks. i
Collarless necks and elbow sleeves j
appear together. <
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Pretty Leghorns.
There are no hats prettier for the
young girls than those of fine leghorn
straw.
For the Aviator.
The divided skirt has been pronounced
the proper style for the woman
aviator.
Silk Coats.
Some of the loveliest of the coats
ire made of the lighter silks, of crepe,
:ashmere de soie and such like.
Plaids For Children.
Pretty plaids of modest size, bordered
with plain color, are among the
new goods designed for children.
Paquin Skirts.
Tho new Paquin skirts require the
tightest sort of petticoat, and moat
women find that a really clingy skirt
is a very difficult thing to get
Attractive Hats.
Some of the most attractive hats
are of soft leghorn lined with figured
foulard. These accord with semidressy
gowns and make the costume
complete for a tour of the shops and
the inevitable "five o'clock."
JT-ilgllt UUITU on.11 t.
The skirt that is made to give a
panel effect is one of the very latest.
This one is snug fitting over the hips,
while it provides abundant flare about
the feet, and it consequently is graceful
and attractive in the extreme. In
the illustration it is made of linen and
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is trimmed with a simple banding, but
the panels allow of treatment of various
sorts. Heavy lace insertion or
applique could be used as a finish or
bands of the material braided or embroidered.
The model is just as available
for the thin batistes, lawns and
the like as it is for the heavier linens,
pongees and wool fabrics, and consequently
is a generally useful and satisfactory
one.
The skirt is cut in eight gores and
there are pleated portions joined to
the front, side and back gores, which
are cut off to form the panels. The
closing is made invisibly -at the left
of the back.
The quantity ol material required
Pnr the medium size is eitrht vards
twenty-four- Ave and a half yard3
thirty-two or four and three-quartci
pards fifty-two inches wide, with sev.
jn yards of banding.
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THE GREAT MAN'S GAME.
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He Wasn't Jingling Millions; He Waa
Merely Playing Solita'ire.
The financier was the cynosure of
all the passengers on board the transatlantic
steamer. So great a man
was he that he remained aloof from i
the rest of the passengers and had
most of .his meals in his room. When
occasionally he took a turn on deck
the few who had a bowing acquaintance
with him very gratefully ac-1
knowledged his 'grudging salutes.
The very atmosphere bristled with I
thoughts and sounds of dollars as he J
passed. ,
One day a young man, Europe j
bound, was taking a constitutional j
whose route led past the window of a
room wherein the financier sat.
There was the great man, just a bust |
view visible, big cigar in his mouth |
and hat cocked on one side of his I
head, his eyes directed down, appar- i
ently in the deepest thought.
The young man, greatly impressed, J
said to himself: "Ah, there he sits,
probably planning some great coup. (
Probably at this moment he is de- !
bating a joining of railroad interests ;
or a move that will make or unmake !
thousands. What a wonderful thing
is the power of money!"
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Tnen ne conunuea lus eiruu. ocica |
and forth he strode and about the !
fourth round trip he noticed that'the !
Ijat had been tilted forward, not so I
much so that the young man could [
not see an anxious and strained look I
on the wealthy man's face. J
"The merger must be presenting
some complex features," mused the
young man. "The problem isn't
working out well. This business of :
being a great man in the ijiarket has ]
Its drawbacks, 'too." '
Two or three times more the :
young man walked by. Finally he
thought he would walk over closer
to the window. He wanted/to see
the great man nearer. Tfce glimpse [
he got rather changed his mind about I
the cause for the intent look^ and i
Worried face.
The greaj miah was' playing solitaire.?N3w
York Sun.
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Gamekeeper's Gallows.
In the olden days the gamekeeper
set.up his vermin gallows in each of
his big woods..: It was to his credit
to show that lie had killed aNlarge
amount of vermin; on his gallows he
wrote his own testimonial. Nearly j
all the vermin he killed was duly displayed.
Now the day of the gallowa
is passing.
Keepers have'llttle time to give ta
the display; nor do employers always
encourage it. No doubt there is a
growing feeling against the destruction
of wild life involved by the preservation
of game; the gallows foster
this and lead to bitter, if often misjudged,
attacks. Keepers are contenting
themselves "with a modified
form of gallows, as the trunk of a
tree, to which the heads, tails, or
claws of the malefactors are nailed.
Of course small gallows do not speak
of the keeper's successful war waging
in the old manner of the old fash- j
ioned, full measure pattern, but there ;
is much in their favor. As one old J
keeper remarked of his tree trunk gal
lows, the faint odor was only enough !
to set off the scent of the flowers.? '
London Evening Standard.
Cat Lights on Its Feet.
Why cats when dropped from a [
height light on. their feet nine times
out of ten is one of the smaller problems
that from' time to time attract
the attention of a certain type of
scientists. Some years ago learned
men in Paris gravely studied the phenomena,
even had a lot of films taken
of a cat falling from a great height.
These showed that as soon as puss
began to fall a curious turning movement
of the hindquarters began, and I
just before she touched ground she I
was right side up.
A German professor went his fet- j
low-scientists one' better and proved i
a cat in falling changed its centre of !
gravity by rotary twists of the tail, j
The professor further observed that ;
these twists were the reverse of those i
of the rest of the body. So convinced j
was he of this fact that he fixed a j
movable tall to operate by clockwork j
on a dummy cat and lo, 'behold, the j
dummy cat when wound up and set i
in motion fell on its feet every time
like a sure enough cat. Aeroplanist,
consider the cat's tail and perhaps j
save your life.?New York Press. j
Hats in Manitoba.
Consul-General John Edward Jones j
reports that Winnipeg is preparing |
for an active campaign against rats,
which have already invaded Mani- !
toba from the south and are described j
as "marching on Winnipeg." Mr. i
Jones adds: "The people look with j
serious concern upon the subject. I
Recently the matter was taken before J
the board of control of Winnipeg j
with a view of devising ways and :
means to check the rodent advance.
It was stated that the rat3 had ap- j .
peared in the towns of Emerson and i 1
Gretna, Manitoba, a few miles north'
of the international boundary, and '
were trekking northward. All ol |
the municipalities along the boundary
are taking up the subject and j
some general plan will be devised to '
meet the situation. Western Canada, j
especially the grain belt, has ever J
been free from rats, and the farmers i
are much concerned over their ap- I
pearance and the threatened destruc- |
tlon of their harvested grain."? j
Daily Consular Reports.
What Becomes of the Corn.
In the year 1908, when the total i
crop was 2,CG6,000,000bushels, 241,000,000
bushels were consumed in
flour and grist mill products, 8,000,000
bushels in the manufacture of
starch, 9,000,000 bushels for malt i
liquors. 17,000,000 bushels in the '
production of distilled liquors, 40,- j
000,000 bushels, for glucose, 190,000,000
bushels for export and 13,000,000
bushels for seed, making a
total of 51S.000.000 bushels, or 19.3
per cent, of the entire crop. The remaining
SO.7 per cent., or 2,11$,000,000
bushels, seems to have been used
almost entirely for feeding.?Kansas
City Journal.
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Transportation's Signs.
If his shoes are dusty, it's walking,
if his clothes are dusty, it's driving;
if his hat only is dusty, it's automobiling.?Buffalo
Express.
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^ortJ)Up^0
One kaot equals a mile and ai
eighth.
The weight of the diamonds ex
ported each year from the Cape i:
about three-quarters of a ton.
Twenty lambs, twelve rabbits, twc
hens, a duck and a grouse wen
found by gamekeepers recently in i
fox's larder.
Two thousand movable kitchen:
have been ordered for the Austria!
army. Each of these is a four
wheled vehicle, weighing about hai
a ton, thoroughly equipped for cook
ing in the field.
More ships possess the name Mar]
than any other.
It is stated that the veins on th<
back of the .hand are every bit as use
ful for the identification of criminal!
as thumb prints.
The birds that live lo the greates
age are the eagle, th& swan anjl thi
raven, which sometimes attain mori
than 100 years.
Eighteen miles is the record dis
tance for a man's voice to be hear<
without artificial aid. This was ii
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
A?1?f "! r A . I. H AAA
\jLiiy j.u* yt:iauiib ill xvvu uavi
right and left arms of equal strength
In 469 out of 1000 women the righ
arm is stronger than the left. Ii
men 590 out of 1000 have the righ
arm the more powerful.
Italy, with 32,000,000, has now th?
smallest population of any of th
great Powers.
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New York City's egg record show
that at the present rate there will h
1,500,000,000 received on Manhattai
Island this year, and that they wil
cost wholesale about $24,800,000.
During three mouths the police o
New York City arrested^ 200 flaor
chauffeurs .th^n during the correspou
ding quarter of last year and 30<
more than during the safiie time twi
years ago.
Iron can be drawn Into thinne
wire than any other metal excep
gold.
Rutgers street, New York City, wa
so named because it was laid ou
through the land of the old Rutger
homestsad, and Catherine street wa
named after Catherine Rutgers, *wh
lived there.
One evidence of the return of pros
nfirUv Mqtit Vrtvlr + TT fa far
jfwi **WTT * V* A V4WJ A0 bUW 1.UV
that most of the cheap restaurant
are giving seven prunes to a portlor
where they gave five eighteen month
ago.
Swiss fire toads act as perfect ba
rometers. If kept in glass Jars cor
taining va.ter and a ladder, they wll
climb up the ladder when the weatfc
er is to be wet, and previous to dr
weather will stay snugly in their wat
ery homes.
BODY LOCKED IN CONCRETE
Pather'9 Plan to Prevent Its Re
moval by Widow of the Dead Man.
S. Branson Davis Has filled th
grave of his son with cement am
gravel to prevent the removal of th
body by the widow of the dead mar
His action anticipated the filing of
petition for injunction by Mrs. Davi
to prevent any intereference with he
wish to remove the body. Previousl
Davis has stood guard armed with
shot-gun over the grave.
The petition for Injunction and :
bill in chancery were filed to-day b;
the widow, Mrs. Sarah Davis, of Ver
million. William R. Davis, husbam
of the petitioner, was killed in a rail
road accident two years ago and bur
led in a cemetery lot supposed to b
owned jointly by himself and hi
father. Recently the latter servei
notice on the widow that the lot be
longed solely to him and that sh
could not be buried there.
Mrs. Davis thereupon began prep
arations foS the removal of the bod}
but Davis mounted guard with a shot
gun. He also prepared to encase tin
casket in concrete so that it couli
not be mcved. . Sheriff Winn, whi
served the injunction papers, fount
Davis had completed the work, ton:
of concrete having been poured int<
the grave.
Mrs. Davis says she will ask for ;
decree giving her the sole propert:
rights in the corpse, with the privi
lege of removal.?Paris, 111., Corre
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OJL/UUUCUCC VUlUUgV i. 1 *UUMV.
Downright Laziness.
George Washington crew a lonj
sigh and said: "Ah wish Ah had i
hundred watermilliens."
Dixie's eyes lighted. "Hum!"
Dat would suttenly be fine! An' e
yo* had a hundred watermillions
would yo' gib me fifty?"
"No, Ah wouldn't."
"Wouldn't yo' gib me twenty
five?"
"No, Ah wouldn't gib yo' twenty
five."
Qixie gazed with reproachful eyes
at his close-fisted frisnd. "Seems tc
me, you's powahful stingy, George
Washington," he said, and then con
tinned in a heartbroken voice
"Wouldn't yo' gib mjO one?"
"No, Ah wouldn't gib yo' ono
Look a-heah, niggah! Are yo' s:
good for nuffen lazy dat yo' cahn'i
wish fo' you' own watermillions?"?
Young's Magazine.
Stuffing Him.
"You people are at peace with al
the world," remarked the foreigner
"What do you need of a standing
army and a big navy?" "
"Principally," said the native, "tc
keep Captain Hobson quiet."?Chi'
cago Tribune.
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Stovaine is the name of a new:
anesthetic, far less dangerous to pa- <
tlents affected with heart complaints
i ; than chloroform or ether.
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In connection with the present ac
tivity with regard to the reduction of
3 fatalities in coal mines it is of Interest
to compare the following average
J of fatal accidents a thousand em)
j ployes: Anthracite miners, Pennsyl- ,
5 j vania, 3.18; miscellaneous steel and
i iron workers, Pennsylvania, 4.30;
I nut and bolt workers, Pennsylvania,
! 5.40; railway.- employes, United
3. j States, 2.50. '
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- i Iron bolts exposed to the action o!
t I rain water in bridges over ihe
- | Thames have, in twenty-five, years,
! been eaten away from an original di?
| ameter of five-eighths to one of fivet
! sixteenths of an inch,." which is a
j reduction in area of cross section ol
: seventy-five per cent. President
3 i Cochrane, of the British Institution ?
- , of Mechanical Engineers, thinks this
3 j largely due to sulphurous acid, aa
well as acrbonic acid, washed out oi
the air by rain.
11
3 ' The readiness with which low
3 forms of life accommodate themselves
to altered environment, shows that
they are capable of being trained or ?
" educated to a certain extent. Stahl
* [has shown that a certain plismodl- v
1 | um flees when sprinkled with salt,
but if the salt be added to the medium
gradually the organism accom-*
3 , modates itself to the new medium^
I Pnrnoseful action is manifested by
. plans as well as by animals, and by
I . both unicellular multicellular,
t
The korrigans, superstitious peas!
ants believe, are the black dwarfs of
9 Brittany who dwell in the sacred
B Druidic circles of the menhirs and
! count their cash in the moonshine. .,,
When mere mortals encounter them
3 by nijht the korrigans force their '
B visitors to dance with them around
II and around, singing monotonously v;, > i
* the names of the days of the week
from Monday to Sunday. This is the
theme of the best knoVn tradition
' dealing with them, the story of Lao
0 and the korrigans.
? i ' i ii
0 \ Vwi
o THE BRAKE HORSE*
Novel Feature of a Big Tracking Ontr
. fit That Crossed Broadway.
>t / '
Going east along Canal street and
I just now crossing Broadway was a
J trucking outfit that ould not fail to
? attract attention for the reason, if
for no other, that it was so long in
? passing; but its most remarkable
_ feature came into view only at the.
u very end. . . '! ,
The truck was one of thosg massive
vehicles made up of two pairs of
t high and ponderous wheels placed ,\
s fifty or sixty feet part with great
' beams set between, made for the carg
rying of steel columns and girders.
This truck had on it a plate girder
seventy or eighty feet long and
weighing perhaps eight or ten tons.
[m > To haul this truck there were strung
U , out in front of. it five pairs of big
L_ 1 horses, making altogether an outfit
y between 150 and 200 feet long.
! Walking alongside the horses te
look after and steady them were two
men, one on each side, while the
, driver stood on the forward end of
" the great girder, standing ten leet or
y more above the ground. Altogether
this made an outfit certain to atI
tract attention; and yet, as previouse
I ly stated, its really novel feature was
d I not revealed until you came to the
e j very end, where you saw walking
l. i along behind the great truck and
a hitched to it by means of rope3 made
s fast to its rear axle a single big horse
r with a driver walking along behind
y j him. .
a i Why the one big horse behind? To
' help when they came to down grades
a ! on the way. The two horses on the
y pole ahead would of course then ,
- i hold back good and hard, but the
3 ' horse behind could help a lot. Along
- ! the level stretches the rear horse's
- ; driver simply drove him along, keep*
e ing him at just distance enough from
s ! the truck to keep the ropes leading
3 to the rear axle from rubbing on the
- j ground, but when they came to down
e grades the rear driver would hold
! his horse up and then the horse
- j would plant his feet and settle back
| in his breeching, pulling back on tha
I ropes and so serving as a novel but
3 ! very useful brake.?New York Sun.
1 I
3 , 1 \
. j Interest in Orphans.
3 f A correspondent sends to a Paris
3 contemporary an amusing contest of
i wit whi"h he recently heard in a railj
1 way carriage on a journey between
y | Compiegne and Rove. There wers
_ 1 several passengers. One believed
I Vijmeoif tn nnssess a fund of humor
" : which he intended to expend on a
j priest who got in at one of the inter|
mediate stations. Bestowing a pat|
ronizing look on the clergyman, he
5 j said:
J | "Have yon heard the news, Mon?
' sleur le cure?"
' i "No, my friend, I have not," was
f the reply. "I have been out all day,
3 | and have not had time to glance at
the papers."
| Then said the traveler: "It is some
thing dreadful; the devil is dead."
j "Indeed," replied the ecclesiastic,
without the smallest surprise or disi
pleasure-. Then, seeming deeply
s j touched, he added: "Monsieur, I
) i have always taken the greatest inter
i est in orphans. Will you accept these
- two sous?"
The wit, we are told, retired as
gracefully and as quickly as he was
able.?London Globe.
;i
Handling an Audience.
! "What will you do when your constituents
ask you to explain your
' votes on some of these tariff schedules?"
' i "I'll explain." answered Senator
Sorghum, "with such minute and
' comprehensive technical detail that
they will be glad to have me drop
} j the subject and tell them a few amiis:
j inc anecdotes."?Washington Starai