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Desert Irrigation in the Far West. * * * ?y LI. FrMnan. B (ORDERING on the Colo | ratio from the point where l it emerges front its Grand f Canon and begins the last [ stage of its seaward Jour ney to Yunm, Arizona. where It enters Mexican territory, lie oyer a half a million acres of land that can be reached by diversion canals. Thia area will be increased to one mil lion tw/> hundred thousand acres when tains fertiliser to the value of mors than ten dollars. This annual Inunda tion, then, of a deep alluvial soil that la made up of little but fertilizers In Um first place. In conjunction with the semi-tropic climate and Additional ir rigation its the crops may demand, will make fanning possible the year round, and It is confidently expected that an acreage production will be at tained without precedent In history. Four or more dams, from 100 to 900 feet In height, are to l?e constructed, and from each Is to run a main irri gating canal having a bottom width of not less than eighty feet and a depth of fifteen feet or over. These canals will in themselves afford a direct and effi cient system of navigation, making the slow and uncertain river boating of to-day a thing of the past. The power to be developed at each dam will not be the least item of its usefulness. On account of the abuud ance of water, the Installment of tur bine plants is considered feasible, and Desert lrrigation---The First Soaking. tlic Government's plans are enrried out, ami will In* capable of supi?ort!ng an aggregate imputation greater than that now living in the famous Irri gated valleys of the Nile ami the Po. The soil of this district Is a sedimen tary deposit of vast depth and amuxing richness; its climate is sub-tropical, and but slightly more severe than that of Egypt and Italy, ami the experiment stations have shown that, product for product, It will check with the most fertile sections of either. The parallel between the Colorado i and the Nile is most renmrkalrle. lioth rise among snow-covered mountains at great distances from their months and traverse semi-tropical and almost rainless deserts; both empty Into great landlocked arms of the sea at nearly the same latitude? thirty-two degrees north. Each has deposited a great delta at its month, and has vast allu vial areas along its lower length. Both overflow In summer at a time when Ir rigation is most needed, and the crops of the Mojave and Yuma Indians fail when the Hood is light, just as do those of the Nile farmers when similar condi tions prevail there. Finally the mini mum flow of en eh river is more than equal to the irrigating of Its border lands, and the Colorado will prove, as has the Nile, the means of rendering productive and habitable Its adjacent rainless regions, that otherwise would be worse than waste. The lesser irrigation enterprises that have been launched upon the Colorado In the past have found their chief ob stacle to lie in the accumulation in their canals of the sediment with which the water is so heavily charged. This silt is mostly worn from the canon walls and carried down from the upper courses of the river. The grade of the latter is so flat through the desert that a diversion canal must have so slight a fall and so low a veloc ity that it cannot clear itself of the precipitated sediment. By Its present plans the Government expects to util ize this extraneous matter by Impound ing It u|K)ii some of the vast gravelly expanses, where there Is little soli at oresent, by means of high dams, thus securing falls ror tiie caiiais, S.icreas ing the Irrigable land, and eliminating o?uch of the silt at the same time. The plans of the Government hydro the power generated will be In proi>or tioii to the height of the dam. This electrical energy will Im? used In oper ating river steamers? through the me diuiu of storage batteries? running trol ley lines, and pumping water to the sections of the eountry where the to pography of the Intervening country will not permit of canals. It is oven proposed to operate the desert divis ions of the transcontinental rail roads with electrieity from those river plants, and a transmission line to Jerome, Arizona, for the use of the I'nitcd Verde copper mine at that point, is one of the possibilities. Roth schemes are eminently practicable, and the saving of fuel to the companies in terested would be Immense, to say Sugar-Cane on a Desert Kmcb nothing of the value of an assured continuity of* service. The outside e?st of tliis splendid sys tem of ilesert irrigation is placed by the engineer* at isiJ.inK while the values to be created?literally created ? through its agency are beyond the | possibilities of computation. Irrigated land, as such, in California and Ari zona has sold as high as an acre, and under the poorest of water systems an acre Is never worth less than $UH>. Based even on the latter figure tlie l.am,(H)0 acres to he reclaimed would we worth $120,noo.non. Klectrleal en ergy to exceed 2."?U,(HK) horse-power, I vely worth will be easily developed, and the Improve ment ot navigation ennnot be reckoned at less than This gives a Two Years and Pour Month* Before the Taking off This Picture There Was Neither Vegetation Nor Water at This Point. ^rii pliers, ?? ;n?w outlined. call for a | of reservoirs along the river, to ue formed I ?y building hiuli dituis at points win it thc'opportunltlc* for stor lye appear favorable. Kiicli dam is ,o be ? provided with n sluiceway through its base, in order tlnit the water* mny be drawn off as desired, ? ncl also to provide a means of Hushing )at tln> surplus accumulations of s<*dl- . nent. Canals of great size, mid of a ! Jeellvlty Mitttrleiit to carry the silt In luspcnslon and not evolve destructive ( uoslon, will ran from the tops of the ' lama. | The full of the river Is ho slight thnt j ?eservolrs of enormous capacity may | !>e constricted without Involving dams ?f Impracticable height. liach reser voir will gradually till with sediment, ?nd when this occurs its surface will >e drawn down from twenty to for|y feet, thus converting all the reservoir dte, except the river channel, Into 'arming land. Then, whenever de dred, the sluices may be closed and Ir rigation and fertilization accomplished is chenply and with better effect than jy the naturnl overflow upon which the Nile Valley depends. It hns been estimated, as a result of recent analyses, that water from the Colorado sufficient to cover an acre of laud to the depth of three feet con- j nont little total ot t'jno.mio.foo to be J added to tin* Notional wealth on tlie , completion of tin- system as now out- i lined, ii sunt beside which the expemll* j ture necessary to bring It Into being seems as nothing.? llovlow of ltevlews. : <'oiit?>ilr rn t?- (It'iirmU Now ) An authoritative list ot' tHe survlv- | in? gorn'rai* of the Southern t'onfeder- ! acy is furnished hy <?eneral Marcus [ J. Wright, ii Confederate veteran out ployed by the War I 'opartment. All the full rank u ?suM'iils had died In when Itoauregard passed away. There are now four surviving lleiiten- j ant generals? Simon H. I'ucUmr, Stephen 1>. Lee. Alexander I*. Stewart and Joseph Wheeler. Of major gen- ? erals there are eleven and of hrlga- j dler generals tlfty-one. The surviving ? staflf officers of Confederacy shrunk one-half In number during the past de- ' cade and their disappearance has now become very rapid. 'I^n years ago the desert of Rechna Doab. In India, had not a single in- 1 habitant, but to-day there are y?HUHK) living In comfort on it. Irrigation Is ?e sponslblo. i The average density of popu'ution the world over Is about ten persons to one square kilometer. A FALL FROM THE STAGING. I HAD an experience e?ce that nearly whitened my hair." said the artist. "Spill white paint on It?** asked the man In the big leather chair. "No; it was something worse than that I was Just start out to earn my living with a brush, and was willing to paint almost anything, from a portrait to the sky piece in theatre scenery." And then he went on to tell this story: "One of the public buildings in the. capital had a big dome, and on the celling of this dome was n great deal of elaborate painting that had become dingy and needed retouching. I was pleased enough wheu I got the job of doing it. "They erected a staging for me to work on? a frail-looking affair, which almost tnrn^l me sick when I ar rived with my outfit and stood in the rot.unda. looking up at the dome, a hundred and fifty feet above me. "I shall be so dizzy I can't bold a brush." sold I to the carpenter. " 'Oh, that will be all right.' said he. 'We're going to spread a big canvas under the staging, for the rotunda is in use all the time, and you'd be spot ting everybody below with paint un less we had something to protect them.' "I felt relieved when I heard that, and still more relieved when I hadv climbed up into the dome and found that the entire rotunda below was hidden by a taut clotli which the work men had stretched across. "I had been at work nearly two days when I began to get careless in step ping around the staging. I suppose the canvas below me gave me a feel ing of comparative safety. About noon one day I took a step backward to look up at some drapery which 1 had just repainted. My foot touched only the air, and I fell into the can vas. "There was a ripping and tearing of cloth as I settled down into the hol low. I luy there tint on my back, and looked round with an interest in the quality and strength of the canvas and the way in which it was fastened that you may be sure was sincere. "There was 110 doubt about the strength of the fastenings; they were of rope, tied round big knots In The cloth, and strong enough to hold a horse. But the canvas itself was frightfully thin, and was mildewed in spots. I turned over on my face and found myself staring through a rip down to the mnrble flooring of the ro tunda, a hundred feet below. "I was comfortable enough physical ly, but mentally! Every time I moved something would stretch and tear. ? "Of course I yelled for help, and af ter a time I heard answering shouts from l>elow. The canvas was sagging down'in the middle and straining and squeaking along the edges. I tlgured out that it would take the workmen at least two minutes to climb to the dome. By the time they got to me I thought I would be spread out below. "I tried to move up the Incline of cloth, scrambling along on my stom ach and pushing with my feet; but the attempt widened the rip in the canvas. Suddenly, I pushed harder with my feet, one foot and nearly the whole leg shot through the canvas. "I could hear the screams of women below. ? Aly fingernails scratched ond clawed the rough surface, but, of course, made no impression. They simply kept ine from slipping quite so fast. Then I beard the steps of men on the scaffolding. They let down n rope that curled near my fingers, but it was several seconds before I dared to let go my hold on the canvas for a sufficient time to grasp it. "Finally I got both hands upon It. and they dragged me up the incline to the staging." SAVED LITTLE BKOTIIEH. From tho upper deck of the lighter Terminal, of t lie Old Dominion Line, lying nt Pier 2<?, North Itiver, George nml Oscar Gunderson. aged twelve and nine years*, respectively, were thrown into the water by a collision with tho lighter November, which was being warped to tile pier. Oscar's life was saved by liis sister. Elizabeth, twen ty-one years old, bnt <5 cor Re was drowned. Ilis body was recovered. It was n sad blow to Captain John Gunderson. Three weeks ago lie was nt the head of a family of eleven nine children and a wife. Then his little son Frank became 111 and died. In order to give the boy a proper bu rial the family voluntarily gave up their home in the city and went to live on the lighter. They moved there two days ago. Elizabeth, after a hard (lay's work, was sitting on the upper d"ck of the lighter last night watching her broth ers. Oeorge and Oscar, running bare foot about the d'*ck. She heard Watch man Thqjpas Sice on the dock warn ing them to be caivfnl, and heard Gcorg? rpply: "Oh. I can swim." Then n tug whistle blew shrill wafn fnc blasts nml Elizabeth turned and saw it warping the November into the pier. Her brothers had returned to the lighter and stood near the stern watching the work. The November suddenly hanged against the Terminal. Both boys pifl::?d forward, and strik ing heavily against the November, dropped Into the water as the lighter recoiled. Elizabeth knew that Oscar could not swim. With u hound she sprang to the stern of toe lighter and seized the top round of the ladder that ran down Into the water. Hhe could see little Oscar struggling between the two boats. The captain of the tug evi dently did not know of the accident, for he began pushing the November In again. It took but n second for the young woman to make up her mind. Then, holding her skirts high, she climbed down the ladder backwards until the water about her ankles told her she had gone as far as she could. Then she turned around. 81* feet away was the November, advancing slowly, while half way between the two was little Oscar. Clinging tight to the ladder jvlth one litud the girl reached oat u far u ike (Mid and Just reached her brother's toe. A lit tle more effort and ihe reached his an kle and quickly drew him to her. It had taken bat a few seconds, bat the November was getting nearer and nearer. She was too much excited to scream, find thought every minute thai both would be crashed to death. She picked up the boy. however and with her wet skirts and. her harden weigh ing her down, straggled ap. She got half wit up and then had to stop. She took a glance at the big^bulk of the on coming lighter and thought that her end had come. At that moment, for some reason, the big craft swung back. A minute later the girl was helped up to the deck and safety by some steve dores. In the meantime Frank Tighe, a scale man on the pier, and Watchman Slee had jumped into the water and tried to rescue George. They could not And him. however. His body was brought up Inter by grappling hooks The stevedores started a collection to pay for George's funaral.? New York Times. STORY OF A BOY'S BRAVERY. 'The story of a little Boer hoy who refused to betray his friends, even on the threat of death, is told by Major Seely. M. I*., as an Illustration of deep ly rooted love of freedom and of coun try. It happened during the Boer War. "I was asked." said Major Seely. "to get some volunteers, and try to capture a commandant at a place some twenty miles away. I got the men readily, and we set out. It was a rather des perate enterprise, but we got there all right. I can see the little ploce yet. the valley and the farmhouse, and 1 can hear the clatter of horses' hoofs. The Boer general had got away, but where had lie gone? It was even a question of the general catching us and not we catching the general. Wc rode down to the farmhouse and there we saw a good looking Boer boy and some women. I asked the boy if the commandant had been there, and he said in Dutch, taken by surprise, ?Yes.' 'Where has he gone?' I said, and the l>oy became suspicious, lie answered. *1 don't know.' "I decided then to do a thing for which I hope I may be forgiven, be cruise my men's lives were in danger. I threatened the boy with death if he did not disclose the whereabouts of the general. He still refused, and 1 put him against a wall, aud said 1 would have him shot. At the same time I whispered to my men. 'For heaven's sake, don't shoot.' The bo> still refused, though I could see he be lieved I was going to have hlui shot I ordered the men to aim. Every ritle was leveled at the boy. " 'Now.' I said, "before I give the word, which way has the genera-1 gone?' I remember the look in the boy's face? a look such as I have seen but once, He was transfigured be fore me. Something greater almost than anything human shone from hi* eyes. He threw back his head and said In I Mitch, 'I will not say.' There was nothing for it but to shake hands with the hoy and go awny."? Singapore Straits Budget. RIDIN'G ON A SWISS AVALAPJCHE Seven Alpine tourists, representing live different mi I tonalities, namely, twc Englishmen, a German count and his valet, a young ltussinn lad;-, a Dutch man and a Swiss guide, have just had an extraordinary escape from destruc tion by an avalanche. The party started from Arosa to as cend the Aro>cr Welsshorn on ski. When about 7???i feet from the summit, which Is 8710 feet above the sea level, the steepness of the ascent and the hardness ^f the snow necessitated tli? removal of tin* ski, and the party pro ceeded on foot. When nearing the top an immense avalanche suddenly rushed down the mountain side. Most of the party at once sat down to receive the impact on their backs, and seme suc ceeded in rhling the waves of snow with tolerable success for some dis tance. Five of the party were Involved 1 the nvnlnnchf, and four were swept down to the Iwittom of the sl.?pe. a dis tance of 700 feet. arriving .n all man ner of attitudes. The Oerninn count collided with a rock and was cut about the face; the Dutchman finished up In a standing posture buried in snow t? bis chin. Tin' Russian lady was the llrst to extricate herself, and behaved throughout with remarkable pluck and enduran< e. Wonderlu' to relate no bones were broken and all e?cnped with a few bruises and scratches, and reached Arosa in safety. Had not the ski been taken off before the accident serious results must almost certainly have ensued.? London Mail. GAVE LIFE FOR STORM VICTIM Captain, C.lotoff, commander of a Russian torpedo boat destroyer, an chored In the roadstead at Sebastopol, Jumped over! on rd during a storm to snve a man whose boat had been swamped. C.lotoff succeeded in bring ing the man to the side of the destroy er and he was taken aboard, but the captain himself sank exhausted aad was drowned. Just Tliat Ring. Ingenious manufacturers have dur ing recent years brought out many queer musical boxes concealed In a variety of receptacles other than the prosaic case <>f fancy wood. Thus, we have had albums, clocks, and Jewel cases, within which was secreted the necessary mechanism for the render ing of one or more familiar airs? some too familiar, as many a weary listener can testify. Now arrives the musical German l?eer Jug. f?>r this favorite ornament of the liachelor's den has been pressed Into the service by the enterprising manufacturer of the musical box. There Is nothing about the exterior of the musical Jug to indicate that it Is of other than the ordinary variety, un til Jt Is wound up and emits sweet sounds. An InvMlon of Mlc?. An Invasion of mice Is reported from all parts of South Australia, owing, it is said, to the large quantities of wheat left on the ground during the recent unfavorable harvest weather. Not a Dead o??, Paris Is to have a newspaper for the dead, published under the name of the Journal of I he BtcMMd* ? - LONDON PQUCCMEH. VaniMaij Bm*? to (M w On tan la ?h* World's Mrtiinlh. When the ambition 'to become a member of 'the great "blue army" of the metropolis baa taken possession of the young man of Cornwall or York ahlre. his first step la to fill up a form of application, which la sent to him from New Scotland Yard, and a search ing form It Is. says Tlt-Blts. He muot give a full personal descrip tion of himself? his age. which must be between twenty -one and twenty -seven; his height, which may not fall below 5 feet 0 Inches without his socks, and so on; and he must say whether he la married or single, what his trade Is. and answer a number of similar que? tions. To these answers are added two testimonials from householders who have known him for at least Ave years, together with a character from his last employer. If all this informntion proves satis factory, he is summoned to London, and. in company with perhaps fifty or sixty other candidates, presents him self at New Scotland Yard one Tuesday morning for examination of a varied and searching nature. First comes the medical scrutiny, and after unrobing and coverlug himself with a cloak, which gives him the appearance of a brigand in a transpontine melodrama, lie takes his place in a long procession "of similarly attired novices, and in his turn spends ten minutes in the com pany of the chief surgeon of the force. After (or bc(ore) he has proved himself to btf perfectly sound aud free from physical blemish, his height is taken, and if he fails by an eighth of an Inch to reach the standard he may at once take his return ticket home, for there Is no plnce for him In the force. Then follows an exhaustive exam ination In "the three It's," In which he must prove his proficiency, and after passing this last ordeal successfully, our tyro may consider himself practi cally assured of a blue uniform. Hut he has still much to go through before he can wear it. For the nex* three weeks he takes up his quarters at the candidate's sec tion house in Lower Kensington, in company with his successful fellows, and here, while he undergoes the pro cess of being "licked Into shape," he Is most comfortably entertained with ex cellent food, and a billiard room, read ing room, and games for Ills recreation When the day's work is done. Part of his novitiate he spends in learning telegraphy at the section house, and another part Is dally drill ing at Wellington UarraCks. while from the chief surgeon at Scotland Yard he learns the mysteries of anat omy, ambulance work, and how to ad minister tlrst aid to the Injured. Thus he is kept very busy during hjs brief apprenticeship, and that he may not become too inflated with his new dignity, he is rcvacclnated and under goes the chastening of a sore arm. After the probation comes an Inspec tion at the barracks by a chief consta ble. and if the candidates satisfy the critical eye of this important otlicial, they are summoned to uppear before one of the commissioners at Scotland Yard? this time in all the glory of their uniforms, newly donned? and there each man makes a solemn declaration well and truly to serve the King in the responsible office of constable "for pre serving the peace and preventing rob beries nnd other felonies, and appre hending offenders against the peace, and in all respects to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge the du ties of the said office faithfully and according to law." The declaration completes the period of probation, and now our candidate may consider himself a full-fledged constable of the metropolitan police force, equipped with all kinds of new responsibilities and powers. lie is drafted off to his division, and after two weeks of station work aml.attend ing the police courts to "learn the ropes," he is sent out on duty, ready equally to escort a timid old lady over a busy crossing or to arrest a burglat in the dark and silent watches of the night. Here we will leave him In full enjoy ment of his twenty-five shillings six pence a week, progressing by a shilling a week yearly to a weekly maximum of thirty-three shillings six pence, with the prospect of developing some day Into a sergeant, an Inspector, or even a superintendent on ?400 a year, and a certainty of a comfortable pension af ter from fifteen ta twenty years of ?altliful service. Green Pea* For Feline Oounnotn. j ft is generally supposed that eats are i earnlverous animals, yet from Investi- I gat ions recently undertaken by a French eat fancier It would appear j that vegetarians are to be found even ! among the feline tribe. CJrecn peas? cooked? are among the vegetables most favored by these four- I footed gourmets, and asparagus Is re* ' garbled as an extraordinary dainty, j oven the white, hard stalks, usually 1 rejected by the most fastidious "hti- I nans," being eagerly devoured. liar i- ' cot beans and sorrel are not much ! t'.iou^ht < f, nor spinach, but cooked chicory nnl lettuce are more to their t.iste. Carrots are generally appre ciated, ami are said to be beneficial to cat health. They are also excessively fend of maize. cither green or oven the hard grains when cooked. Fruit apparently doe* not appeal to nrss, apples, pears, peaches and apri cots failing to rous? her appetite. On t'je other hand, they show u decided taste for melons and bananas, while some were found to be absolutely greedy over cocoanut In any form. Tbero is evidently likely to he an opening in the future for a cat's veget* aide man to compete with the peripa tetic cat's uient man of the present.-* '.ondon Pally Telegraph. Foreign Born New Yorkers. In 1900 the number of foreign born In New York of all races was 1,270.080. Of these 232.343 were Germans, 27.V 102 Irish and 145,433 Italian. Since then the Itnlians have more than dou bled In number, but the Increase In the two other races has been small rela tively. k A Bright Negro. A remarkable negro youth acts as door keeper at the Apostolic Legation In Washington. His name Is James J. Mattlngly. he 1? twenty-one years of age, be fluently speaks five languages, and Is studying three more. News of jpterest AFRO-AMERICANS Girl Wtlghd 400 Pounds. A special from Jackson, Miss., says: * A 12-year-old Negro girl. Franco Ben nett. who Is the largest girl, accord ing to ago, known m Mississippi, died suddenly a few days ago. She lived In Quitman county, and has boon a curiosity all her life. The last time she weighed the scales were tapped for 400 pounds, and her coffln was 5 foet 9 Inches long, 1 foot 6 inches deep and 3 feet wide. ? ? ? ? G. A. R. and the Frsnchise. During the National O. A. R. en campment at Boston the race question was touched upon by the clmmitteo on the address of the commander in chief, which recommended the adoption by the encampment of reso lutions to the effect that if any mod flcation of the voting franchise ever should be necessary such modifica tion should be along lines of intelli gence and fitness and not along lines of race or color. ? ? ? ? Progress With Negro Missions. During the meeting of the Evange lical Lutheran Synod leal conference of North America, at Winona. Minne a report presented by Rev. B. Kretchmar, of St. Louis, on mission work among Negroes of the south showed that considerable progress was being accomplished along this line. There are twenty-four mission sta tions in Louisiana, North Carolina. Vir ginia and Illinois, and all show evi dence of growth. Two preparatory schools have been established, one at Concord, N. C., and the other at New Orleans, to train colored young people for mission work among the race, and It is hoped to arrange to extend this work beyond the pre paratory courses. ? ? ? * Mob Law and Cotton* Growing. In a recent address at Uniontown, Ala., whero one of his graduates has built up a strong and successful school. Dr. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskeogee. Ala., made some notable utterances. On tlio platform where the speaker stood were many white and colored citizens, among others the Mayor of Uniontown, who introduced Mr. Wash ington; Hon. H. I). S. Mallory, chair man of the State Democratic Com mittee. and Hon. Charles G. Brown, former Attorney-General of Alabama! There was not less than 1.000 persons present, of whom fully 300 were white. During the address nearly every busi ness house in Tniontown closed its doors, and the city court adjourned, by agreement with two attorneys who were trying a case before the mayor. The address by Mr. Washington was enthusiastically received. The fol lowing statement was more heartily applauded than could have been ex pected: "The white people cannot be unjust to the Negro without reaping due pun [ ishment. We hear that there are ; counties and communities in Missis sippi today that have their cotton lands In Idleness where a f?'w years ago there was prosperity and wealth; there are few black hnnds to take the plow and the hoe. or drive the mule. This is true almost wholly owins to the fact that the Negro has not Imp protected by the strong arm of law. Without Judge or jury, in many cases, I he has been lynched and murdered. The people of the country might as well learn once for all that they can I not lynch the Negro in the winter I and expect htm to make cotton in the summer." At the conclusion of Mr. Washing ton's address Mr. Mallory said: "We j are one In this country for every vital need, and should and must work to this in truth and fact the grandest section in all this land. It Is now , too late to contend that a man is not a better citizen when he is edu j cated than when he is not. and that i ignorance and vice do anything h;i* drag down our citizenship." j Former Attornoy-Genvral llmwn i spoke In warmly eulogistic terms of I Hr. Washington and his wor!:, ;?r> ! turning to him said: "Go on ,|>. Washington, In your noble work. The I best manhood ami the hrawsi e.'iivalry i of the southland will uphold you.'' 1 Many white and colored ci'iz -n? i , crowded the? platform to shake |? r. i 1 Washington's hand at tin- concluvi-o j of the exercises.? New York A ;o. | Colored Folk of New York City. The recent Incorporation of a r mi ostate company of Neurits ia order secure homes for person* <>f their ratv in other and more desirable rf >>t Now York city than wh?T" ?hcy no w live, has drawn attention anew to ihe fact tliat there Is a prcjudUv aK:< nst tlie Negro iu New York, says The Tribune in a recent issue. The Negro in New York is limited in his efforts to secure a living almost to the occupations in which are paid the smallest wages. This accounts for the small number In the profes sions. Of males, according to the last census, there are jnly 704 In the pro fessions In Now York. Of those 25 1 are actors and showmen, 13 are ar tists, 80 clergymen, 13 electricians, ?6 doutlsts, 7 civil engineers and survey ors. 7 Journalists, 20 lawyers, 8 liter ary and scientific persons, 192 musi cians and teachers of music, 9 gov ernment officials, 32 physicians and druggists and 32 teachers and profea sors in colleges. Those engaged in domestic and personal occupations are chiefly Janitors, of whom there are 788; unclassified laborers, of whom there are many longshoremen, the to tal number being 3.148. and servants and waiters, of whom th?hi Mt iWi There are 107 watchmen. policemen and Bremen. Two colored men are bankers and brokers. 409 are clerks and copyists, 1.320 ara draymen, hack* men and teamsters; CIO hostlers, 3SS messengers and office boys. 11 news* paper carriers and newsboys, 2.104 porters and helpers, 11 street railway employees. 15 undertakers. 220 engln* eers and firemen (not locomotive), and 1C2 painters, glaziers and varnish ters. Of the 158 candle, soap and tal low makers in the city. 126 are Ne groes, the only Instance where the majority employed In an occupation are of the colored race. It may sur prise some to know that of 20,635 printers, lithographers and pressmen, only 51 are Negroes. Several of these are employed In the offices of The Colored American Magazine, one of the principal publi cations of the colored race In the country, and The New York Age, the chief colored newspaper In the city. There are only 212 colored barbers in the city. The opportunity of the colored wo man for supporting herself is much more restricted than that of the men. Practically they are confined to the occupations of laundresses, servants, waitresses and dressmakers. All told, there are only fifty-two Negro. women employed In offices in the city, and of these a number are in colored of fices. Of the 270 colored women In pro fessions, seventy-five are actresses, seven artists and teachers of art, six "clergymen," one a Journalist, seven ty-one musicians and eighty-seven teachers. In domestic service the to tal number employed Is 1j.842. Of these, 3.098 are laundresses and 9.736 are servants and waitresses. Eleven of tho women are watchmen, t>oiicemen and firemen, one Is described as a drayman, and 273 are nurses and mid wives. There are 797 colored dress makers and 245 seamstresses. Among the Negro business and fin ancial enterprises in the city are a building and loan association, whieh has been in operation for nearly twelve years, and pays 6 per cent dividends; a national realty company, eight printing offices, a van company, several catering companies, a manu facturing business said to he patron ized l?y several of the large retail dry goods dealers of the city, and two large undertaking establishments, one of which is said to do a business of $50,000 a year. It Is asserted that Ne groes pay taxes on property In New York city valued at $3,000,000. A com pany .which the Negroes are organiz ing is a steamship line to Liberia. The promoters declare that owing to their color they are in a position to secure rubber and coffee concessions in Liberia on better terms than white men. which will, for this reason, prove more than ordinarily remunerative. The leading Negroes of the city feel that the only way the Negroes can at tain to the position in (he community to which they aspire Is by standing to gether, as they do not now nssist each other by their patronage. They say. also, they must make their religion more practical and less senti mental. Simple Cure for Lockjaw. My father (who has now passed away) was a physician, practicing foi over fifty years, and cured many, many rases of lockjaw. Even aftei the jaws were set they became r? laxed, and the patients recovered. lie often told me that It was o great outrage to let the patients die of lockjaw, as they have done time after time In the hospitals of this city. Then he told me what to do? and which I have always done when ever I have accidentally ent my ham' or foot with rusty iron, and have nev er had any serious results. He told me that this knowledge he received from an old French physician, years ( ago. He said to take a raw red beet, cut it in half ami scrape or mash it into a pulp and apply it to the wound and also to the palms of the hands, binding It on like a poultice. The juice of the red beet will cure lock jaw. It draws the poison out and prevents it from spreading.- -Phila delphia Record. Bear Story from Maine. Here is a bear story from South Paris: The other night Ira Murch oi that village went to a pasture near tiie Stony Hrook road after his cow When well up into the pasture lie ?looped down to pick some strawber fit's, and a little distance a?vay heard a combined grunting and squealing sound. I,ooking tip he beheld a larg? lemale bear with her family of three little cubs about two roils ahead of him. The mother bear was lying down, but got up slowly onto licr for ward feet and took a careful survey of Mr. Murch. He then tossed ?small stick toward her, when she p; ... onto her feet and walked away, ch ?*?;? ly followed by her three bald?. Murch says she was quite thin. Iv '. thinks she would weigh about 2<>C pounds. The cubs were, from ills d??s crlptlon, some eight or ten weeks old, and very cunning. Several boys arm ed with guns started Saturday 111 hot pursuit. 80 far as we know the bojr? got back alive.? Kennebec Journal \ Boys Make Money. Small boys whose parents spend the summer .n the country must have something to do. and It Is encourag ing for theui to llnd themselves em ployed in a money-making ontrrprise. A few years ago a family summer ing in the ountry took a house on the bank of a stream. Here the boys arranged a watercress patch. They J cleared away the weeds and rubbish, bought plants, because they were too eager for the seeds to germinate, and raised the tender little cress. Ther? was, In the nearby city market, ft I ready sale for all that was not needed j on the home table. So successful was the water cress experiment that the next summer th? boys planted mint and salad herbs) j Their summers are now both a delight end a means of support. This spring fhey sre going out to the farm early to plant horseradish for n?>xt vear.