science
ffvention!
new system of guu-flrlng, conlt
tnf la enlarging tat chamber at tits
breech and filling It with water- be
tween tht charge and tht propeellle, I
claimed to glv enormously high mus
lit velocities, with lew foullug ami
corrosion.
Flowering plants art not certainly
known to reach a greater height lhau
seventeen thousaud feet lu tho Alp.
At least bait doseu icU'- Uiotu.lltm
a saxifrage, a mallow, a valcrUu Mid
several couiposltae-have been brongnt
by Sir Martin Conway from height
, of eighteen thousaud to 18,500 feet !u
tbt Boll van mountain.
Before a tueetlug of the Biological
Society of Washington Mr. W. A. Or
ion described tbe result i f experiment
made to deteruiluo the ea.o , of the
flow of maple sap In the early spring,
lit conclusion was that the (low has
a mechanical cause, being duo ,0
Increasing beat which expands th
gases In tbe wood cell, and thu forct
bly expels tbe sap. This contradict
tbe view that tbe flow of sap Is due
only to physiological actlou In the
plant
The fur of the blue fox has become so
valuable of late years that "fox farm"
now exist on some of the lslauds off tbe
coast of Maine as well aa on the Alou
tl&n Islands and tbe Prlbllof Ilud In
Behrtng Sea. One of the problems now
coufroutlng the fox ranchers la bo to
provide more abundant food for the
foxes In the winter time. On tbe A leu
tl&n Islands tbey have been fed with
dried salmon wben other food itlves
out They will even eat sea-urculus,
searching for tbt m on the beach at low
tide.
Tbe members of the International
Commercial Congress recently held In
Philadelphia were told by W. C Bark
er, as the result of his observation
among Europeau manufactories, that
time seems to be regarded as of com
paratively little value abroad, while la
America the maxim that "time is mon
ey" Is practically applied. . Mr. Barker
found that In a large agricultural ma
chinery manufactory In Europe the
only trip hammer In use was worked by
band, tbe weight being drawn up with
ropes and pulley, and allowed to drop.
The American power-hammer strikes
1UO and more blows In a mluute.
. The discovery that there Is n kind of
struggle for existence and survival of
the fittest among rivers Is one of tbe
most Interesting results of the modern
study of physiography. A notable ex
ample of this contest la exhibited by
England's two longest rivers, the
Thames and tbe Severn. Between their
valleys lie tbe Cotswold Hill, and ex
ploration shows that the Severn, by
eating backward among these bills,
where softer strata underlie them, has
diverted to Itself some of the head
waters which formerly flowd luto the
Thames. So considerable ha this no
tion been that the two rivers concerned
have been denominated "the waxing
Severn and tbe waning Tim men."
' TO INTERVIEW A PRINCESS
How a Clever New York Woman Men
'aged to Convene with Kulalia.
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden, who
conducts tbe woman's department of
tbe New York Tribune, Is credited with
the following In tbe Saturday Evening
Tost:
"One day when I was writing for tbe
now defunct Recorder I was assigned
to Interview tbe Princess Eulallu, the
Spanish royal representative to tbe
World's Fair at Chicago. 1 missed her
In New York, so I paid my own ex
penses to Washington to Interview her
there, but I did not succeed. She would
not see reporters. I Interviewed tbe
master of ceremonies, an American
who had charge of tbe royal parly, and
asked him to help me. lie replied that
'lie. highness would tsturn to New
Yoik tbe next day, but you cumiut
meet ber unless you are Introduced by
Mayor Gllroy blnself.'
"I went back to New York crest
fallen. Tbe next day I Induced tbe
editor to send me on tbe chartered boat
which took the royal party up to West
Point Tbe boat started and Kulnlin
and her escort took up a position on the
mala deck. Tbe Mayor stood on one
side and navy and army officers on the
-other. All alout were soldiers with
crossed sabers. The procession of lu
vlted guests started two by two to be
presented to tbe Princess, but wben 1
' saw that they did not get near enough
to her to touch ber hand I determined
not to take my place In the line, but to
devise other means of being Introduced.
Finally a bright thought occurred to
me, and, breaking through tbe ranks,
I said to the soldiers:
" 'Let me pass; I've a message for
Mayor Gllroy.'
"I went through. I walked up to the
Mayor and said: 'Mr. Mayor, everybody
has met the Princess but myself. Will
you present me?'
"He recognized me and replied: 'I am
delighted to have the honor. Your
highness, this Is Miss Cynthia West
over, who has for yrars been a part of
the city government'
"The Princess looked up and smiled,
and I spoke to her In Spanish and told
her how pleased I was to meet her. She
answered that I was the first woman
she had met who spoke her own tongue.
We talked for over an hour on Spanish
and American customs. She told me
of her love of horses, music and litera
ture, and of the training of br Spanish
alsters. She asked me to step outside
with her, and I did so. We walked up
and down the deck for about ten
minutes when I saw tbe master of cere
monies coming. He Instantly recog
nized me, and advancing quickly to
ward the Frlncess he spoke hurriedly
In Spanish and put bis finger to bis
lips. I looked up to him and nn Id :
" 'I've got my two-column Interview,
thank you, and I obeyed your orders
strictly. I was presented by the
Mayor.' "
DIET AND TUBERCULOSIS.
Effects of One Upon the Other Value
of Ample Feed I n ir.
An Important feature of the "fresh
air" system of treating tuberculosis, us
most readers are already aware, Is
ample feeding. The sanatorium at
Nordach Is famous for Its requirement
that the patients shall tat a certain
amount of food at each meal and take
their repasts In the presence of a medi
cal supervisor.
Fresh Illustration of tbe benefits to
be derived from an abundant diet by
persons who suffer from tuberculosis
are afforded by Dr. Jane II. Walker,
physician to tbe New Hospital (n Lon
don, and superintendent of tbe East
Anglian Sanatorium. A particularly
striking case was that of a housemaid
who was under Dr. Walker's care at
one time. The maid exhibited some
nnusual symtoma. tier lempcratnre
wauld ruu up to 105 or eveu 110 de
grees without sppareut cause, ami thou
drop down to tbe uormal level, Tbe girl
was exceedingly obstluate aud difficult
to uiauage, too. She was so deter
mined to preserve her figure that she
would not at Brtt comply with the de
maud that she either relax or aim ml on
her stay. However, aha lost weight
steadily for six weeks, aud lu other re
pects appeared to be losing ground.
She then became alarmed and consent
ed to obey tbe doctor's orders. She left
off her slays, began to eat heartily, and
at the end of a single week she had
gained twenty three pound. Suspect
ing that there was some mistake, the
physician caused the patient to be
weighed on three different sets of
scales. These figures were fully veri
fied, however. During the uext week
she gained only six pound. She Im
proved In other ways also, and wa
noon afterward discharged. Tbe girl
is alive and well today, and bard at
work In her old place.
Dr. Walker expresses the opinion that
the perceptible falling off In mortality
from tuberculosis In England of late
yeara la due to the fact that the .work
ing classes there are better paid and
consequently better nourished than for
merly. H Is probable, however, that
they are also housed more comfortably
and amid better sanitary surrounding,
possibly more than one cause operate
to produce the observed effect.
COUNTRYMEN ARE SMaRT
i -
Net to IU Taken In and Iton For at
Cltf Hotels v , .
V meet some very atraui: jhvjh
In the course nf a day," said the down
town clerk, mnslugly. "The longer I
live the more firmly I become convinc
ed that It take all sorts of people to
make a world. Last night, for In
stance, a man who appeared to be well
to do wandered up to tbe desk and ask
ed me bow much I would charge him
for the privilege of occupying one of
tbe office chairs until daylight. I told
him that sort of tiling was not cus
tomary In this bouse aud offered to
give him a comfortable room at a mod
erate price, but this he refused and
Insisted iiKn renting a chair.
"After a great deul of urging lie said
that he came from Vermillion, S. D
and had $1,500 concealed In hi boot
"Do you suppose for ten seconds,' said
he. 'that I am going to trust myself
and my money In one of those rooms?
Suppose the blasted house caught Ore?
Suppuee some Jiggered sneak thief
managed to get Into my room while I
was asleep, or suppose three or four
hundred other thing that might hap
pen where there Is a houseful of
strangers. And then, again, to tell you
the truth, I don't know tlie proprietor
of this joint and am not sure but that
he would undertake the job of easing
me of the cash. No, sir, all I want 1
a place to sit down and watch that
hoot. If anything happen I am right
on deck and take no chance.'
"Another distinguished stranger,"
continued the clerk, "afier renting a
room the other night Insisted that the
bt'lllioy turn off tbe light before leav
ing tbe room. He said two friends of
his had gone to the other world by way
of the gas route ami the bellboy's ex
planation of the working of tbe Incan
descent light failed to satisfy him. He
was willing to undress In tbe dark and
the ly took him at bis word." Cblca
go Chronicle.
For Inspection.
A peculiar custom prevails among tin
Itoumaulan peasauts with regard to
marriage, write W. W. Long. When a
Itoumaulan girl Is of marriageable aee
her trousseau, which has beeu woven,
spun aud embroidered entirely by ber
mother and herself, la placed In a point
ed wooden box. When a suitor pre
sents himself be Is allowed to open tbo
box, which Is always kept In a promt
neut place, aud examine Its content.
If be I satisfied with tbe quantity aud
quality of the dowry, he formally pro
poses to the girl s parents; nut If the
trousseau does not answer bis antici
pations he may retire without being
considered to have committed himself
lu any way. Tbe wedding ceremony Is
made a scene of great rejoicing, the
bridegroom's parents driving the bride
home In a cart wreathed with garland
of flowers aud drawn by four oxen. The
all Important box containing the trous
seau la placed on tbe front of the cart.
while one of the brides relations fol
low on foot carrying her dot tied up
In a handkerchief at the end of a long
pole.
New York'e Elevated Itoad,
In 1871, the first section of the New
York elevated system wa constructed,
but put In operation In the following
year. In that year the iiUiiiIht of pas
sengers carried on nl! the surface and
elevated railroads was 138,8)17,000. In
1H82, the total had risen to 2r2,800,0)0;
In 1802, to 433,200,000, while in 1800
It was still further Incrensed to 528,
228,437, and rapidly growing. These
figures are for the old city of New
York, now kuown ns the boroughs of
Manhattan and Bronx, and are for pay
ing passengers amounting to 150,500,
822, not Included In tbe ubove.
It Is Interesting to note In compari
son that for 1808 the United States
Interstate Commerce Commission re
ports that there were carried on all the
steam railways of the United Slates,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the St. Lawrence to the Rio (iiaude,
passengers to the number of 501,000,-
081, or 5 per cent less than the num
ber carried by tbe New York City sur
face and elevated railways alone,
Scrlbner's Magazine.
Proof Positive.
Two men were standing outside a
Jeweler's window, admiring the gorge
ous display of glltteiipg gems that luy
before them. Presently one of them,
pointing to an object lu a red plush
tray, said:
"Just look at that scarf-pin represent
ing a fly. Any one can tell that's not
real."
"Well, I should think so," answered
hla friend. "Whoever saw a common fly
with such a bright appearance? Why,
It makes me weary wben I think that
the Jeweler who produced that fondly
hoped that some one would purchase It
to deceive bis friends. If I saw that
on a man's scarf 1 could tell directly
that It was enameled Imitation."
At that moment the object of their
condemnation moved across the tray,
flew In tbe air and vanished. The two
men looked at each other, gasped and
moved away without a word. Pear
son's Weekly.
Papa's Idea of It.
Little narry-Papa, whut Is the still,
smnll voice?
Papa-It's the voice In which yonr
mother makes suggestions to the cook.
Chicago News.
Chocolate Used fee Money.
Chocolate is still used in the interior
of South Africa for currency, as are
cocoanuts and eggs, ,,
-j - j 'Mil Afeygi if I '
Hftfif mR y M 'ism ft ($t fa
k&f.t- -. .; oyiW ley ? ' JOr 7mskS.
w
II KN the first water of tbe
great Chicago drainage canal
topped over tbe big bear-trap
dam at Uickport, to most residents of
j the vicinity It signalised the end of a
titanic umlertakiug-tue saunary wa
terway had been completed, and there
ended tbe Job, When that water nrst
plunged, hissing aud writhing, down
the valley of tbe Dcsplntcs to Its junc
tion with the Illinois liiver on Its way
to the "Father of Waters," men who
watched the work felt that a great Ice
sou was ended.
An offertory of some :i3,000,000 bad
been Hiured out by Chicago, ostensibly
to purify the water supply, vitiated by
a thousand sewer coudults. Hut the
real service had not commenced, for
the military feature of the mighty
caunt wn and Is but a subsidiary ele
ment. Tbe real object sought to be
attained wbeu the work was under
taken was and Is the beginning of a
ship canal to unite the chain of Inland
sen with the salt tide-water of the
delta of the Mississippi Ulver, some
1,1'ih) miles away.
The opening of the mammoth chan
nel, over 2iW feet wide and deep enough
lu all It thirty miles to float the heavi
est warship, was really the opening
wedge of a project which has been
HOW A PLANT FEEDS.
Van llctmunt's Interesting Kirl
merit WiowlnSj How a Tree Urow.
It I more than '.'.( kj years since phil
osophers la gan to speculate about the
food of plain and what we may term
their "digestive" processes, but It Is
ouly during the latter half of this cen
tury that really clear aud definite no
tions concerning the food supplies of
the vegetable world havo beeu gener
ally accepted by scientific men. As far
aa Is known, says a writer In Knowl
edge, the first botanical experiment
ever performed was conducted by Van
Hclinont Ho placed In a pot 200
pounds of dried earth, and In It ho
planted a willow branch which weigh
ed five pound. He kept the whole cov
ered up aud dally watered the earth
with rain water. After five years'
growth the willow was taken up and
again weighed, and was found to have
gnl ned lot pound. Tbe earth In the
pot dried and weighed, aud had lost
only two ounces.
Knowlege was not yet sufficiently ad
vanced to enable Van Hclinont to Inter
pret thesestiikingresults correctly, and
he came to tbo erroneous conclusion
that the Increased weight of the plant
was duo to tbo water which had beeu
supplied to the roots. He therefore
looked upon this experiment as sup
porting the theory which ho had ad
vanced, viz., that plants required no
food but water. Stephen Hale ad
vanced the subject a great step by In
dicating that much of the Increase In
weight of plants was derived from
carbon dioxide In the air.
Vegetable cells contain a liquid
known as "cell sap," which Is water
holding In solution various materials
which have been taken up from with
out by the roots and leaves. These ma
terials are thus brought In contact with
the protoplasm, which causes them to
undergo changes In composition which
prepare them to be added to the sub
stance of the plant. Thus It Is In the
protoplasm of the living cells of the
plant that those "digestive" processes
are carried on which Aristotle believed
to occur In the soil. Wc seo, then, that
the living cells are microscopic labora
tories In which the digestion of tbe food
of the plant Is carried on.
DICK'S GOOD TIME.
A Very Human Hoy Enjoying- His
Well-Karned Reward,
A portly gentleman sat on the porch
and smiled, while a small boy, also
smiling, painted the front fence.
"Look at that boy," the portly man
remarked to a visitor; "he thinks he Is
having a good time. A small boy is
surely the drollest creature on earth.
When I was a youngster I remember
that there were certain kinds of work
I considered play, and one of tliem was
painting. I was always crazy to paint.
Many times I have taken a bucket of
muddy water and an old pnlnt brush,
and have spent a whole half day put
ting a thick coat on the side of my
father's born.
"So with my boy, Dick, tbe little chap
painting the fence; he has always been
crazy to paint. He Is enjoying himself
now you can see he Is; and be will
pnlnt that whole fence, too, Just as well
as he knows bow. I don't care If It Is a
trifle smeared; he's getting Joy, solid
joy, thicker than the paint on b's bands
and clothes.
"There's a moan side to It, too; he
wanted to paint tbe fence and 1 wanted
the weeds pulled out of tbe yard. So,
like an underhanded rascal, I bargain
ed with blm; I told blm that If he would
pull all the weeds out I would let him
paint the fence. He went through tbe
OCKKX aolNO ntEIGUTEItS I.0ADINO IN CHICAGO.
dreamed of, legislated upon and striven
after for hair a ceutury. It means that
the expressed fears of Federal engi
neers, of communities dreading water
contagion, of shippers anticipating a
loss of commercial prestige, the deple
tion of our lakes, have all been let at
rest It means that the Ilenneplu canal
lde-th father of the sanitary caual
I In a fair way of accomplishment
aud by the use of a grand natural wa
terway the largest chain of fresh water
on the globe unites with one of the
largest river In the world, piercing a
mighty uatlon down Its middle.
Never since tbe first hasty 130,000 sur
vey was made In the shallow Itlluols
ha, tbe general government been able
to rid a self or the Idea that the frui
tion of the plan would encompass the
triumph of the grandest scheme of lu
tenia I Improvement ever undertaken In
this laud. The first great step to con
summate all this la tbe proposed turn
ing over of tbe Chicago Itlver to the
drainage canal trustees, to enlarge, to
Improve, to change, on the same prin
ciple that can make of the veriest creek
In the land that would not float a skiff
a channel wide enough and deep
enough to float a warship of the tint
clas with a draft of twenty eight feet.
Without a particle of Improvement the
Chicago Itlver can to day carry vessels
which haul 100,000 bushels of gralu-
other job like a soldierbe hate to pull
weeds-att boys do-and now he thinks
be Is getting his reward. It Is a down
right shame to fool blm that way
dou't you t ti title oT"
The portly geutteman chuckled (gain,
and tbe small boy, wild with Joy, went
on plastering paint on the feuce.-Detroit
Free Press.
RELIC OF LIVINGSTONE.
taction of Tree Under Which Hi Heart
Was Hurled Carried to Kn aland.
In that portion of South Africa which
Is now called lihodcsta, at tbo small
settlement of Chltambo, just south of
Lake lluugweolo, Dr. Livingstone, the
famous African explorer and mission
ary, gave up bis life on May 1, 1873.
The Itoyal Geographical Society ha
Just received a remarkable relic of Dr.
Livingstone In the shape of a section of
treo trunk. When the great explorer
died there was Intense grief among
those natives to w hom he had endear
ed himself. They opened tbo body, re
moved the heart and placed It In a tin
box which they burled under a large
tree. Around this they erected a fence.
SUCTION Of I.IV!NCSTON THCK,
An Inscription was cut on the tree
by order of oue of Dr. Llvliigstnne's
men, while the RcryTil'-ncntniilitirPhT'
Society sent subsidies to tlio fitlve
chiefs of the dlstrb t tn onler 'te j.jft-,
serve the sanctity of the spot. Living
stone's body was roughly cmhnlbrtj,
sent to England and t ttriod lu West
minster Abbey, but for more than
twenty years no white mnn visited The"
site of tbo tree under which his heart
hud Keen placed.
Ileports were some time ago received
that the tree was decaying, and Mr,
Alfred Sharpe, 0. B., the commissioner
to the British Central Africa Protec
torate, recommended Its fulling In or
der to preserve what remained of the
Inscription, This was done; the sec
tion containing the Inscription being
carefully cut out and forwarded to
CHINESE THE
CHIKItS
802 Million.
The relative proportion of persons
(NOUN
m Million.
types. The total population of the world Is 1,452,000,000. The lsnguuges uot represented lu the above illustrations In
clude Javanese, Turkish, Brazilian, etc. all with less than 30,000,000. , -
that means something more than 4.000
ton of cargo. Brief work In the line
done ou the canal aud an ocean high
way Is opened up for Chicago ami the
West, tn meats. In grsln. lu all those
commodities that now go to Liverpool
by other aud more expensive routes
for water carriage Is much chcer
than rail carriage, aud farmer who
grow grain lu Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa are today lu a measure at the
ni,my of the rail lines. Ocean rates
from Galveston end New Orlcau
would t'linMu tbvm to beat the sea
coast rates from New York by from
10 to 20 cents ou a bushel.
It is said that nothing but money and
the authority to go ahead I needed In
the work south of LockporL Half or
I V0o.00 would make tbe lower cbnn
Uel adequate. There Is a great deal uf
boring aud dredging to do; docking,
and the straightening out of crooked
course; but competent engineers have
been looklug over tbe field, aud tbe plan
Is simple wben understood.
The lower Mississippi problem Is oue
of tbe worst to the canal project. Many
millions of dollars have been lumped
Into that river by. succeeding Con
gresses and engineering board without
substantial Improvement. The river
ha depth sufllcleut for present com
merce, and no decided effort ha bwu
made to deepen It at certalu "cross
ICiigland. where It I to ho added to
the relic section of the Uoynl Geo
graphical Society.
The Inscription ha become almost
obliterated. Tbo bark, which hud been
cut away from the trunk, ha rvgrowu
In place and tin covered some of the
letter. All that now remain l "Dr.
Livingstone. May 4, 1873. . . . a
Mnlasere l'choK-re,"
When Crowd Are t'sofut.
Quite a brisk business exist In the
crowd line, said a well dressed man to
the writer, and I make a fairly good
living by supplying them. All sort of
people find a crowd useful at times.
For Instance, a young man who Is
about la make hi debut as a lecturer
or musician can, by coming to me,
make sure of having not only a nu
merically speaking-respectable, but
highly appreciative, audience. Agalu,
a big crowd outside the pit and gallery
doors of a theater creates In the mlnda
of passers-by tbe Idea that the piece
must bo worth seeing to attract so
many patient waiter. A few shop
keepers, too, have found out that half
a dozen wcll-driHtscd people, gazing In
tently Into a shop window, lends others
to do the same thing, and constitutes a
far better "draw" than anything put
lu the window Itself. I have eveu sup
plied spectators for a wedding, lu a
case where the bridegroom was a
wealthy parvenu who had a grent de
sire for popularity. An artist once
hired from mo about a dozeu well at
tired people to stand In front of hi
picture at an exhibition, the conse
quence being that his painting attract
ed considerable attention.. Where do !
get the people' Oh, there Is no diffi
culty about that. Some of them are
sandwich men tn the daytime, and
work for me at night; others work for
me lu the day, and appear on the stage
as "supers" tn the evening. I pay
,Uiem jio Jiiuch per hour, and find the
clothe. I lltve a moat elaborate stock
of gariuimtv and can turn out nulla
ran' aristocratic looking crowd.
T " '
Character In Red Ilalr.
Red-haired women are ardent and
vlvnrlqMsL especially If they have with
lniazeTeyes, In which case they have
a bright and quick Intelligence. They
have a great deal of natural felicity for
study and good memories. Red hair
with blue eyes shows the same warmth
of character, but not so much Intelli
gence; bright golden hair, of n rich,
deep color and of a crisp and waving
texture, growing thickly on the head
and somewhat low on the brow, shows
an ardent, poetic and somewhat artis
tic temperament It Is the signature
MOST WIDELY SPOKEN
AFRICA - IMOLISB BUBRUX - OltTlMAX VniNOB trAMISIt JAPANBSI ITALIAN
810 Million. 110 Million. 65 Million. 80 Million. MMIll'n. 44 MUTn. 40 Million. 14 Million.
speaking the chief languages of the world
ings" whore sand has piled up and the
lightest vessels run danger of striking
tbo bottom. Kugluei-r of tiatlotial rep
utation area unit Hint the Government
should begin the work of Improvement
substituting docks of masonry for
wooden wharfs.
Tbe pace ha been set by the drain
age canal. It has been demonstrated
to the world that ahlp highway can
be constructed Inland wldecuougb and
deep enough to float any warship on
the high sea. The West now offers the
finished prod net of Its efforts to that
higher authority wblch alone can exe
cute one of the grandest projects of In
ternal Improvement ever presented io
a nation.
In this project every farmer In the
West Is vitally Interested. Tbe agricul
turists of this MM'tlun ship through
Chicago nearly 40,iHK),nuO bushel of
grain a year. Upon this, should the
tranMrtatlou be made by the pro
posed route, the saving would be some
thing enormous. Aalde from the strict
commercial Interpretation, there Is the
problem of making the great lakes a
useful body of water for defense, No
outlet to the sea now exists, but Can
ada and Great Itrltalo have an Inlet
which Is controlled by them. The Mis
sissippi project w ould tie purely of the
country Slid for tbe country, Involving
a new grand highway.
of Apollo, the sun. People with red
brown hair which I very thick, and
redder over the enr and at temples
than 'on the bead, nre courageous and
energetic. This sort of hair give sense
of color lu painters, forre of language,
and eloquence In poets, aud power In
must en I ruiiiM)sltlon.
Against the 1 urri-nt.
It Is well kuown that salmon can
swim against a strong current, and
U-np up falls, but It la not so well kuown
that trout are also fnmous jumpers.
On the Iteaverklll la a three foot dnin,
with four Inches of water ou tbe breast,
and a gentleman sat uenr aud watched
thu trout go up. In ninny Instances a
first attempt failed, owing, however,
more to tin apparcut want of Judgment
thiin lack of physical ability In the fish
to accomplish the feat; the smaller fish,
as a rule, falling to get over In the first
attempt. The larger fish made a clean
Jump Into the smooth water above the
apron of the dam. These fish were en
abled to swim straight up this down
pour of water by tbe great musculur
power they possessed; there was no
trick about It, but pure strength which
Is evidently centered In the tall and
tall fin. The query naturally arises:
If a ten Inch trout cnu swim up such
a fall, what Is the capacity of a forty
Inch salmon under aluillar conditions)
Heeor.l In Mibmarlne Diving.
Edward Hooper, n professional diver,
bus made a record In his Hue of busi
ness Off (lie const of South Africa he
descended to the wreck of tbe ship
Capo Hoin and there remained, at oue
submersion, for forty-two minutes at
a depth of over 2(K) feet At tills polut
the pressure Is eighty-three aud oue
half pounds to the square Inch and no
other person, It Is asserted, has beeu
able to remain below this depth.
Offside Play;
Roney-Uuable to Increase Hawley'a
salary, and uot desliiug to lose his ser
vices, the SunrpoH have taken him luto
the firm,
Sklnnlo-Tlmfa great! ,
Policy-It nt then the firm Is losing
money dally. Philadelphia North
Ameticau.
Morn Ornamental than Useful.
Dorothy Papa, wo girls have a new
nnme for those men who call on us, but
never take us out anywhere.
Papa-What Is It. daughter?
"We call thciu 'fireside comp.tn-tonB."-Llfe.
Nearly every mnn, wben be goes to
a strange town, has a better under
standing of why a king travels In
cognito. LANGUAGE.
is represented by this series of national
StO'.AL TOren ON TMIUKEt;TH, AtmCiH HtMO lO-OH.
Will Ita 1'lMi-ed at I'olnte Alona Mlrhi
van, fcnperlor and Huron.
In tha-uear future the national
weather bureau will begin tbe erection'
of a large number of signal towers at
various points In the country for tbe
benefit of shipping Interests. From
these towers will be displayed flag,
pennant and light signals to warn Tea
sels of predicted storms and tell them
the directions from which the storms
will come.
Twenty one lowers will be erected
within the jurisdiction of tbe Chicago
weather office. Lakes Michigan, Supe
rior and Huron are under tbt Chicago
office and at tbe various ports on tbesa
lakes steel and Iron structures art to
be built. They will first bt placed at
those points where tbt signal staffs
heretofore In use bavt been blown
down or bare about reached tbt end of
their usefulness. The total height of
tbe towers. Including topmasts, will be
seventy five feet. , At tbt bast tbe
structure will be ten feet square. Tbt
four standard or corner posts will
slant Inward and come together at a
point fifty feet above tbe ground, Tbte
will lie the top of tbt lower proper.
From Ibis point a mast or flag pole
will rise twenty-five feet. From tbt
top of this mast will be displayed tbt
flag and storm pennants. Forty-five
feet above the ground will bt placed
tbt red light and ten feet above this
the white light. . Those will bt tht
only light signals. Wherever It Is pos
sible Incandescent electric lights will
be ued for the lanterns. In cast do
electric lights art available tht finest
oil lamp will bt utlllwd. Where elec
tricity Is employed tht white lantern
will be supplied with two lights ot
Sfty candlt power each and tbt red
lamp will have four lights of fifty can
dle power each.
When the red light Is displayed alone
XIW SIOXAL TOWEB.
It will Indicate that there is a storm
coming from an easterly direction and
w hen tbe red and white are both turn
ed on the storm Is approaching from a
westerly point Prof. Cox says that
although the two lights art placed ten
feet apart they will appear to occupy
almost the same point when seen from
a distance beyond five miles. Conse
quently the light signals can be of no
value when observed so far away.
Tbe Government recently Issued an
Interesting document on the subject of
the tower to the public lu geueral and
to Intending bidders on tbe construc
tion of tbe slgual stations. In thla It
Is stated that tbe tower Is to be con
structed of gnlvanlxed structural ateel,
"the design being similar to that of tbe
ordinary steel towers used for wind
mills, except that tbe tower Is extend
ed upward In the form of a staff."
M:DL FOR TOMMY.
KU' arat Affair for the RrltUh Fight
ers In South Africa.
On the authority of "South Africa"
tbe medal for the campaign against tbe
Poors will be the most expensive and
the most oruate Is
sued by the British
war olllce In recent
years. The medal
proper Is to be a
tlve-poluted star
with a gold center
surrounded by a
iTiMTT
ring of bronze, on
wiiicn ttie worn
"South Africa" ap
pear In raised let
ters. In the center
of all Is a miniature
of tbe queen. The
medal Is the same
d4
size as the Khcdlval Star of 1881. The
ribbon I of four colors, a stripe of
khaki In tho center, two of white and
one each of red and blue. There will
probably be a bar grunted for each Im
portant engagement. Both ribbon and
star are exceedingly attractive In ap
pearance, aud will, doubtless, be worn
with much pride by the happy recipi
ents when the war Is over. Even up to
the present, the Important engagements
have been sufficiently numerous to pro
vide bars to satisfy Tommy's most ar
dent desire for martial decorations. To
unme ouly some of them are Mngcrs
foutcln, Colcnso, Belmont, Graspan
aud Paardeberg.
A SINGING MOUSE.
tittle Rodent that Warbles Just Lik
Canary. -
Mrs. M. E. Marshall, of Brown wood,
Texas, has In ber possession a singing
mouse. This wouderful little animal
was captured lu a trap In Mrs. - Mar-!
shnU's home several mouths ago. Pre- j
vlous to Its capture the Inmates of the
house frequently heard loud and most '
beautiful singing which seemed to
come from the walls of the building.
Tho notes of the music were almost
Identical with that of the canary bird, j
except the volume of music was much
louder. Many long and fruitless 1
searches were made for the supposed
hidden canary, and finally some of the
people who knew of the remarkable
musical phenomena had their supersti
tion aroused and the report was circu
lated that the house was haunted. Mrs.
Marshall, however, was willing to live
with such a musical ghost. One morn
ing a beautiful dove-colored mouse vjas
found In a trap tn the pantry. The
color and general appearance of the lit
tle animal attracted Immediate atten
tion, and while the household were
gathered about the trap Inspecting the
captive It began to sing like a canary.
The notes were strong and clear." Tho
timna flmt tt rtv it a rn 1 mmioA Kml l...nn '
utrnn luot u iiiurnvni muuoo uuu utcu
captured at Mrs. Marshall's home soon
spread throughout the town, and hun
dreds of people called at the place and
saw the little animal and heard It sing.
A handsome cage was provided for it
and It soon became completely domesti
cated. It sings hour after hour and
seems to enjoy the distinction which It
has attained. The house has been vis
ited by people from far and near, and
no one Is ab'.e to explain the remark
able gift which It possesses. Austin
(Texas) Correspondence Chicago Bee
ord.
New Generation Ofcjacta to Thoreagh
and Coatlaaoaa Work.
Tbt dlstastt which tht new genera
tlon of blacks feel for thorough and
continuous work Is most conspicuously
shown Id their objection to following
trades, aays tbt Contemporary Rtvltw.
Owing to tht distance caused by tht
It of tbt estate in tbe agt of slavery,
which nisde It Inconvenient to tend for
white mechanics, who generally lived
In tht villages, It was the custom to
train negroes to most of tht common
handicraft. There were blacksmiths,
carpenters, wheelwrights, masons,
bricklayers, shoemakers and saddler
on all of tht most extenslvt plantation,
and many of these men were very skill
ful Id their trades. They had from
boyhood served an apprenticeship with
older slaves, and for years had been
called on to do a great quantity of work.
A craft was often passed down from
father to ton, and bad thus, on tbe same
estate, been In the hand of the mem
ter of the same family for a century or
more. : Oue mat travel now many hun
dred of miles through the rural dis
tricts of tbe South and not come upon
a single black mechanic And tbla
soems all the more remarkable wheu it
Is recalled that In the numerous col
leges for the blacks established Id all
parts of the Southern State manual
tusks havo been used as an Important
nrancn or tne system or luirucnou.
The graduates of these Industrial
school either give tip their trades alto-
u.,lxir np tho An lint H...I-
native rural communities as tliemost
promising field for such pursuit. In
most cases the trade are abandoned,
becattw to fwlow Uieio would tusk',
necessary a confining and exacting 'I fa
lu one place. White men have practi
cally usurped all tbe handicrafts Id tbe
rural districts, while tbe nogroe-iU..
continue to look to the task of the
field for subsistence. These tasks they
?an drop In one locality wltb.iut risking
their chance of securing work In anoth
er, as would I the easo If they were
mechanics. Such task they can also
perform with as many Intervals of In
loleuce as they like.
ELEVATORS FOR STATIONS.
Sew York Roads Propoae to ObvlaU
Climbing of tttaira.
New fork's elevated railroads are
preparing to adopt Inclined elevators to
.-airy passeugers from the street sur
face to the platforms. The purpose la
lo do away with tbe necessity of walk
ing up long filgbta or steep stairs to
reach the train. Tbe style of elevator
practically agreed uKn , Is what It
known as an escalade, or Inclined
plane, which moves upward so that a
passenger who steps upon It will be
carried to bis destination without per
sonal exertion.
The plan Is not a new one In connec
tion with the operation of elevated
roads. In fact the various companies
In tbe principal cities have been work
ing along this line for several years.
New York, of all other cities with ele
vated transportation lines. Is most In
need of some such aid to passengers,
jwiug to the high structures' In tbe
northern portion of the Island, made,
necessary by the hilly nature thereof.
Walking down Is not hard, so tbe In
:llnes are to lie built to umke the up
ward Journey only.
The Inclined elevator will have the
a it-
(1 IJJX7 fllT 1 U alII.UIUUIl.- . -
JXCLIHKU "L" ROAD Kl.XV.AT0K.
ary elevated railway stairway, except
that the Blope will not be as steep and
will be a straight run from top to bot
tom, with no landings. ' One-balf of tbe
structure will have steps for going
down, the other half will bavt a moving
Incline, ruuulng at a speed of ninety
feet a mluute. Tbe proposed elevators
will have a carrying capacity of 3,000
passengers each an hour. Tbe Inclined
elevators will be run on the endless
chain principle, and the power will, be
furnished by small electilu motors
placed In tbe stations.
Possibly as good an Idea ss could be
obtained of the worklngof tl Is escalade
will be to compare It to tbe moving
sidewalk of the World's Fair In Chi
cago. It will be remembered that this
sidewalk was placed on the long pier
Jutting out Into the lake from the east
ern continuation of tbe court of honor.
It was furnished with seats for the
riders. All oue had to do was to step
from the stationary walk to thu moving
aud the latter did the rest. Take this
moving sidewalk lying In oue plane and
tilt the outer eud Into the air at a sharp
angle, and let the return pass uuder to
reappear at the street surface, and the
principle Is explained.
Personally Concerned.
Two men were arguing . upon tht
question of the need of a general and
Immediate spelling reform, and the dis
cussion waxed earnest.
."Look here, Ferguson," said one of
the two, at last, "why nre you so bit
ter In your opposition to reforming the
language?"
"Because," replied the other, bring
ing big fist down with emphasis, "I
have just Invested twelve dollars In a
new dictionary I"
Mr. Fergusou's argument, It may be
added, Is pot without force. There are
many other persons ready to back It up
on the same ground.
Married for Nothing.
In a fashionable church In Fifth ave
nue, New York, marriages art perform
ed free If desired, and an announce
ment Is made to that effect. "If a man
comes here to be married," says the
pnstor, "and Insists on having an organ
wedding march, tt means $25; if he
wants the choir, It means more; if he
wants flowers, rlbl-.ns and special ush
ers, It means a great deal more. But
!f he comes here and dispenses with all
tl esc things, aud says, 'I want to get
married,' It costs him nothing."
Training the Otter.
It Is said that Indian fishermen have
u lugenlous way of training the otter.
' hey catch tbe small cub aud put a col
r round the throat The little crea
re, finding Itself unable for days to
ilier to swallow anything It catches,
es up trying to do so, and firmly be
es for the rest of Its life that an
i' can only swallow such food as It
. ives direct from Its master's hand,
.!, accordingly, It faithfully brings to
oiink ail th fish it may capture,