IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS
Snlurd.iy, April 7.
Washington, Aptll 7. Tim house
did tint indtign Itself In llm iihmhI half
holiday today, but conl limed t ho con
nldcralioti of tlin puslolllcn Appropria
tion dill, and in tint latitude accorded
under general debute Hut discussion
look mi it wide range, Including rail
waj inn 1 1 pay, Increased ny for rural
lnttr carrier, the American smelter
triint and Hki corrupt use nl money
in elections, w ild side IIkIiIh on na
tiiralir.ution law.
DhIki'II, Republican, n( Pennsylva
nia, cull i" I up the dill amending tin In
ternal revenue laws to rn vt-nt the
Ioii)iIh taxation n( certain distilled
spirits. Hit asked tliHt the lilll lnt con
shlcrcd liy (li house n in committee nl
tint whole, possibly nut icipating some
debate. Ilcfoin hit could make any
rtateincnt, llm speaker had tint hill
read n third limit, indorsed nml j.hh 1 ,
win lit general laughter over tint ei pe
tition way tint speaker iliiiNttl of
legislation mn around tlm rliHinlir.
Friday. April 0.
Washington, April II. In mkiii an
ff irt tody to get the senate to agree
upon ft lUlit for taking ft vote on trie
railroad rate liill, Tillman made tint
iuiMirtniit ttinntnl that one week
more prolialily would exhaust tint gen
eral debate. Hit failed, however, to
oiwiiin thn consent (if Aldrich. who said
tlmt he would not be willing to agree
to vote on lint hill until it was morn
nearly perfected thiui it now is.
During tint ily there were threw
tqiceches on the rule hill. The llrst of
these was Hindi by Klkins, who, while
eipicsning thn opinion that the situa
lion demands legislation, indicate!
ninny defects in the pending hill.
iiHinhle followed in support of tint htll,
and Keiin ( IommI in opposition. Klkins
was freiiiently interrupted, and several
pirited colloquies nuiiked the progress
ol hi remarks. No senator being pr
pnred to hpc.-.k tomorrow, the senate
adjounied until Moudiiy.
Washington. April tl Tariff railway
until subsidies, delist urir.cd alcohol and
enlarged postal fftcilitie for Western
cities were the feature, of the dehHte
in the house today. What wereal
li ned to he the ill ill 1 lie of the Ding
ley law, o far a the manufacture ol
watches is concerned, were discussed hy
Ritiney, of lllinoiH, w hone tariff reviM
ion peech was listened to with much
Interest. The "stand-palters" made
copious note for the discur-sioris on
protection which are foreshadowed.
Without touching the merit of the
iotot!iee appropriation hill, which
nominally was under tlincunnion, the
bouse at 5:15 adj turned until noon to
morrow. Thursday, April 6.
Washington, April 5. The postolnce
ppropriation hill, following an immr-
tuorial cuHtoui, wa made the vehicle
for a nuinher of speeches Unlay having
no hearing on the subject under dis
cussion, hut of general interest to the
country The light of labor were dia-
ueil hy Towne, of New Yortt ; goinl
road, hy Ie, of (ieorgia; railway mail
pay hy Steeiiermin, of M iruifHota, and
protective tariff hy Kaincy, of lllinoi.
Incident to hi peecli on lalHir, Towne
epoke of the increaHed power given the
Hpeuker of the limine hy the rule now
in force. Ho said that, if the liouee
-ver has it ancient dignity and power
rextored, it will he after it ha vindi
cated the right of diHiiiHHion of all pub
lic (UHt ioim.
WiiBhington, April 5. In the senate
today there wan a re-echo of the White
Iioiihu conference, of last Saturday rela
tive to the pending railroad Irgiidittinu,
and, while the dicuHinn ended in good
nature, there whh a time when the
feeling waj quite inteiine The incident
occurred at the clone of ft speech hy
htone, which wa devoted largely to a
diHCUHnion of that conference.
KlkiiiB ha given notice of ft speech
nn the rate hill for tomorrow and
Itniley for a speech on that subject
Tuesday. The Texan senator will reply
especially to the criticisms made by
Hpooner and Knox, of bis plan for a
limitation of the powers of inferior
courts in granting injunctions in rate
litigation.
Newlandfl continueud bis argument
in support of bis proposition for the
national iwoi poration of railroad com
panies. Wednesday, April 4.
Washington, April 4. In the senate
today Nuwlands discuoHed the railroad
rate bill and Daniel the question of the
Pay for Conference at Rio.
Washington, April .H. The senate
committee on appropriations today re
ported the urgent doliciency bill with a
number of amendments.' The proviso
is added to the appropriation for dele
gates to the International Conference of
American Hates at Uio Janeiro, lira
y.il, that the delegates shall be appoint
ed so that as far as practicable they
shall represent the different sections of
the country. An appropriation of $50,
4)00 is made to enable the government
to participate in the second interna
tional peace conference at The Hague.
Circulation of National Banks.
Washington, April 3. The monthly
circulation statement shows that at the
close of business March 81, 190(1, the
the total circulation of National banks
was $554,01111,1)07, an .Increase for the
year of $78,718,022, and for the month
of $3,8(111,072. The circulation based
on United Htates bonds amounted to
$182,221,551, an increase for the year
of $(17,851,372, and for the month of
$5,047,985. Amount of circulation se
cured by lawful money was $42,415,416.
lack of repreHontatiou by the Hoiithern
"tain in the public service. New
hind advocated amendment to the
rate hill providing fur the national in
(Mrp iral ion of railroad, and announced
himself a favorable to the govern
mental ownership of these utilities.
I Unlet' speech wa haned on a provis
ion in the urgent deficiency appropria
tion hill fur the representation of the
United Hlale at the next I'mii-AuhtI-can
emigres, to he held in Kin de
Janeiro next July. The deficiency bill
wa amended so a to provide for more
delegates, and a amended wa paused.
Washington, April 4. The house
during it session today listened to a
criticinin of tlm president on the part
of Filxgerald, New York, for the fail
ure of the chief executive proper'y to
advise the bouse as to the objections be
had to the bill opening 505 .000 acres
of land for grar.ing ptiroe in Okla
homa territory, Instead of advising the
members of the Indian Affairs commit
tee as to thn weak ties of the measure,
so that it might be amended to meet
the w isbe of the commissioner of In
dian affair.
The poslolllce appropriation bill was
taken up, but beyond an explanation
by the chairman of the pontollice com
mittee, Overstreet, no headway was
made.
Tuetdny, April 3.
Washington, April 3. Senator
Long and Allison were under cross ex
amination by their brother senators to
day on the White house conference on
the former's rourt review amendment
to the rate hill. After Iing had spoken
at leiiKth in support of bis amendment,
l.olh the railroad senators on the He-
publican side and the lcmo ratio sen
ators wanted to know more atmut its
paternity. They scented in its being
discussed with the president and his
advisers by a few rf the friends of the
bill before its introduction in the sen
ate an invasion of the sacred preroga
lives of the upper house. Iing and
Allison successfully fenced with the
questions ami refused to divulge what
transpired at the conference.
Washington, April 3. Hy a vote of
202 to 20 the house today passed ti e
national quarantine bill. The bill
places the control of all quarantine
stations, grounds and anchorages under
the secretary of the treasury and di
rects that an soon as practicable after
the approval of the act he shall select
and designate such suitable daces for
them and establish the same at such
points on or near the seacoast of the
United State or the Mexican lorder as
in his judgment are best suited for the
same, in order to prevent the introdiis
tion of yellow fever into the United
States.
Monday, April 2.
Washington, April 2. The amend
ment to the house railroad rate bill
agreed to at the White house Saturday
by friends of the bill, providing for a
limited review of orders of the Inter
state Commerce commission, was offer
ed in the senate today by I-ong, of
Kansas, but lie was not able to get the
lloor to make his speech. The princi
pal speech was made by Fulton, of Ore
gon, who spoke for the bill. It was a
legal argument hearing upon the con
stitutional questions involved, and in
terruptions were so frequent that the
speech amounted to a debate on law
points, w here the speaker divided time
with the a majority of the lawyeis of
the senate. Nelson, of Minnesota, and
1 ley burn, of Idaho, made brief speech
es on the bill.
Washington, April 2. Chief among
the measures passed hy the house today
was the so-called "personal liability"
bill, which has been favored by the
army of railway employes throughout
the country, and which practically had
a unanimous report from the commit
tee. Members of the bouse showed
great Interest in the measure, and, had
a division been called for, the bill
would have bad an almost unanimous
vote. Another measure changing exist
ing law. which excited a filibustering
opposition, wkb the hill peimitting the
fortification of swet't wines and levy
ing a tax of 3 cents a gallon on all
wines thus fortified. A number of bills
were passed under suspension of the
rules.
The personal liability bill makes
each party responsible for its own neg
ligence. It also renders void any con
tract intended to restrict the liability
of the employer for the negligence of
employes.
Square Deal in Alaska.
Washington, .pril 2. The secretary
of the interior today sent to congress a
draft of a bill which be recommends to
lie passed providing that, whenever
mineral entries are made in Alaska, six
months' notice shall be given instead of
00 days, as at present. Under existing
laws it lias Income a common practice,
particularly in remote mining districts,
for cntrynum to hold off until the mails
are virtually closed by bad weather and
then forward their notices to Juneau.
In this manner persons wishing to in
stitute a contest are precluded.
Money for Klamath Tribe.
Washington, April 2. The Indian
committee of the senate has attached to
the Indian appropriation bill all tbo
amendments offered by Senator Fulton.
One appropriates $537,000 to pay the
Klamath Indians for lands relinquished
to the government; another permits the
sheepmen of Umatilla county to cross
the Umatilla reservation with their
flocks in going to and from the sum
mer range in the Wenaha foreBt reserve.
MOROCCO PKOTOCOL LONG.
Powers Will Combine to Induce Sultan
to Approve Reforms.
Algecirns, Spain, April 4. The pro
tocol of the conference on Moroccan
affairs, copies of which are in course of
preparation for signature by the dele-
g.ite .in Saturday, is a formidable doc-
nil ent of 1 23 sections.
The opening paragraph sets forth the
desire of the powers to assure peace
and prosperity in Morocco by reforms,
w it bout violating the three principles
of sovereignty of the sultan, Integrity
of his domain and commercial equality,
at thn same time pointing out the
method fif procuring the resources ne
cessary to carry out the reform pro
posed.
Details follow, relative to the dele
gates' decisions concerning the organ
ization of the police, the repression "f
contraband tra flic: In arms, the estab
lishment of a state hank, the creating
of fresh revenue and the control of cus
toms and public works. The signatory
powers undertake to introduce legisla
tion ratifying thn engagements of the
delegates.
Final ratification of the protocol will
occur not later than December 13, of
this year at Madrid. Meantime the
signatory towers reciprocally engage to
endeavor to obtain the sultan s integral
adhesion to the reform outlined in or
der to make them simultaneously oper
ative. Thn reform will be effective
December 31, 11)00. Kxisting treaties
between Morocco and the vaiious pow
ers will retain validity, but in the
event of conflict between treaties and
the conference's protocol the latter will
take precedence.
MINES OPENING.
Operators at Many Points Sign Scale
With Miners.
Pittsburg, April 4. With the excep
tion of one or two poinfs outside of the
Pittsburg district, the strained situa
tion lietwecn the operators and miners
in the soft coal fields of Western Penn
sylvania is hourly growing more pa
cific. Following thn signing of the scale
yesterday demanded by the miners, the
mines of the operators who signed the
scale resumed their operations today,
although in many instances with re
duced forces.
In the Pittsburg district there were
IH.000 miners working and 1,200 idle.
Nearly all of the mines of the Pittsburg
Coal company were in operation, and it
wrs expected that those men who are
out would return within a day or so.
It wan explained that following holi
days it was generally several days be
.'ore all the men returned to their la
bor. The cause of the idleness today,
however, was said to be their failure
to receive word of the signing of the
scale.
The independent operators met to
night and decided not to sign the scale
and not to work their mines nonunion.
They employ between 12,000 and 14,
000 men, and they are all idle.
The entire nonunion field of the Al
legheny valley will continue work with
out interruption. This is what is
known as the Freeport vein.
COMING BY THOUSANDS.
Extra Trains Required to Take Home
seekers to Northwest.
St. Paul, Minn., April 4. The
homeseekers' travel continues heavy
and tonight more than 4,000 holders of
these tickets had appeared at the Un
ion depot. All the regular overland
passenger trains were sent out in
double sections, and the Canadian con
tingent via the "Soo" lint went out to
night in three sections, taking about
1 ,000 passengers.
The Urent Northern and Northern
Pacitlc sent out eadi two special trains,
while each of the five regular trains
carried fiom three to five extra cpachws
to accommodate the rush. These pas
sengers were bound for Oregon and
Washington.
Tomorrow railroad men say the rush
will exceed any day since the low rates
went into effect, and the most couser
vative estimate the arrivals at 5,000.
The one-way colonist rates put in effect
February 15 will expire tomorrow, but
will be renewed and continued through
out the summer. Indiana, Illinois and
Missouri are furnishing the bulk of the
homeseekers' travel.
Texas Cattle Law Invalid.
Washington, April 4. In an opinion
by Justice Brown the Supreme court of
the United States today decided the
case of the Houston A Texas Central
railway vs. J. A. Mayes in favor of the
company. Mayes ordered 17 cars, in
which to ship 025 head of cattle. The
cars ariived 24 hours atfer the time set
in the agreement. Mayes sued, under
a Texas law, for damages done bis
cattle by the delay and also, under the
state law, to recover $25 per car on bis
contract with the company. The lower
courts upheld the complainant.
Big Guns Without Gunners.
Washington April 4. Some surpris
ing facts regarding the inadequacy of
the count artillery force were brought
out in the recent examination oi Secre
tary Taft by the senate committee on
military affairs. The secretary pre
sented data showing that the present
authorized force of coast artillery is
sufliclent to provide one relief for only
34 per cent of the guns, mines, range
finders, etc., now actually installed or
authorized for the coast defenses.
Conference on Statehood Bill.
Washington, April 4. Tl6 session of
the joint conference on statehood today
was devoted to a discussion of the main
proposition, the senate amendment
eliminating Aiisona and New Mexico
from the bill.
HOLDING HER GRIP
Russia Refuses to Give Up Man-
cliurlan Claims.
CHINA CONSIDERS THEM INVALID
Deadlock it Reached in Negotiations,
But Ruttia is in Possession
Both Work Secretly.
Pekin, April 5. The Uiisso-Chinese
negotiations appear to have readied
deadlock. At any rate, they are drag
ging along slowly. M. Pokotiloff, the
Uussian minister to China, and Tong,
the Chinese commissioner appointed to
negotiate an agreement with Itussia re
garding Northern Manchuria, have con
ferred only two or three times during
the past month.
Kussia has the upper band, because
she hold nearly all the privileges she
contend for, while demanding that
China official ly trrant them. The Chi
nese, on the contrary, it is said, are
also determined to withstand all for
eign encroachments. Both parties are
trying to keep the details as secret as
was the case with the Chinese-Japanese
treaty.
One contention is believed to be
about the mining and other concessions
which the Tartar generals in Man
churia gave to Russian corporations,
and which Russia wants the Chinese
government to ratify. The Chinese,
however, insist that their government
never sanctioned these concessions, and
that therefore they are invalid.
IRRIGATED LAND TOWNSITES.
House Passes Bill Allowing Sale of
Lots for ReclamationFund.
Washington, April 5. Representa
tive French today called up and passed
through t tie house Senator Heyburn's
general townsite bill, authorizing the
Reclamation i-ervice to set aside town
sites on government irrigation tracts
and sell lots at public auction, the
money going into the reclamation fund
instead of into the treasury, as it would
under the general townsite law. The
bill also provides that towns on reel a
mation tracts and other towns may re
ceive a municipal water supply from
government canals, and where there is
surplus power developed under any
project, it may be leased for ten-year
periods, the money to go into the re
clamation fund.
The Reclamation service considers
this bill highly important, believing it
will ultimately yield from 10,000,000
to $15,000,000.
The bill passed today is not the Hey
burn townsite bill recently reported.
This bill probably will not be passed,
because general opposition developed in
the bouse.
DECLINES TO INTERFERE.
President Refuses to Appoint Com
mission on Strike.
Washington, April 5. It is'stated at
the White house that the president has
made a reply to the telegram received
from the coal operators and that while
the text will not be made public, there
is authority fjr the statement that the
president has decided not to interfere
as long as conditions remain as they
now are.
Columbus, O., April 5. John II.
Winder, president of the Ohio Operat
ors association, today gave out part of
a letter he has received from President
Roosevelt, in which the president
answers the request that a commission
be appointed by him to settle the min
ers' strike. The president said:
"To appoint a committee to meet
with the miners and operators, as you
request, would necessitate action on the
part of congress. As yet, I am not
prepared to say what action I personal
ly will or can take in the matter."
Changes in Coeur d'Alene Bill.
Washington, April 5. By unani
mous consent of the Idaho delegation,
the Idaho delegation, the senate
amendment to the Indian appropria
tion bill authorizing the opening of the
Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation to
settlement was altered to make all save
mineral land subject to homestead en
try, but no commutation is allowed on
timber land. This was done at the in
stance of Dubois to prevent large tim
ber corporations from gobbling up all
the bast timber. Change was made to
open the reservation by act of congress.
Insure Their Own Hops.
Ban Francisco, April 5. The hop
growers of Sonoma county who are
members of the Hopgrowers exchange
will soon organize an insurance com
pany of their own and will insure their
own crops, particularly during that
dangerous period, the drying season.
The growers believe that they can in
sure their product more cheaply than
the old line companies. The Sonoma
hopgrowers control almost the entire
bop crop of the state.
Prepares to Fight America.
Moeeow, April 5. General Ton
Mack, the Russian representative of
the Red Cross, has just returned here
from Japan. lie declare! that the Jap
anese are actively engaged in war prep
arations and he adds that it is evident
that the enemy in view is America, and
that operations are being planned
against the Philippine islands,
THE OLD WATER MILL.
lis 1'naslnK llrlnss lir Sltth of
(ientilntt H-Hrr.
Thn on rush of civilization hns re
moved to n great extent one of the ro
iniintlf nml pleasant features of tho
pioneers n tlienio for painters iind
rsict.i from day remote. In tliesn day
of much haste nnd swift machinery. It
perhaps would not lit In with the times
to K'i to mill on horsehnek nnd nwalt
one's turn nt tin; old water mill, but
still It wn not so bud, after nil, to sit
iiliout In tho mill yard half u day nt a
time and piny mnrhli, plt'-h, quoits, or
fish.
Those were tho dnrs when Iiplr
were not In such n hurry as they are
now-n time when hiir were not
worth JiiHt so much each, like egKH In
n basket nnd they were given n few
extra years to make up for the time
lott In going to mill nnd hunting tho
cows n time when n backlog crackled
In the wide mouthed fire pine? nnd a
man had nn opportunity to get ac
quainted with his family.
Tho old water mill nnd tho scoom-
pnnylng mill jond seem to hnve been
n hnlf way jsilnt !twern savagery
nnd our present civilization arid a fle-
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THE OLD WATEB MILL.
cldedly interesting epoch to those
whose memory goes buck that far.
There were the delightful days of fish
lug In the leafy mouths, the dark pools
below the dam, the little sand bars aud
rltllts, and tbo log projecting out over
some particularly Inviting spot, where
big sunflsh came up to a hooked cricket
or grasshopper without hesitancy or
suspicion and there was njwuys water
In the creek. That was why there
were always flowers and greou grass
along the shores, nnd why the boys
could always And a place to wade and
wade and wade until their aukles
turned purple In the swirling waters.
Then when winter enme the scene
changed. There was never a better
place to skate tlinn on an old mill
pond, and tho skaters did not have
fancy clump skates which one can put
on and take off In two second. No, they
were tho old-style strap skater with a
screw an Inch lonj; to bo bored Into the
heel. Tho young man fortunate enough
to get hold of two worn out flies or a
discarded saw blade was the hero of
tho community. He could make skates
out of them with long, graceful turn
ups In front which were the envy of nil
tho beholders. It was n small hard
ship to sit on a snowy log half an hour
boring at a refractory heel, but the
end justified tho exertion.
In those dnys every little settlement
had Its owu grist and sawmill com
bined. To be sure tho mills did not
grind very fust und the saws would
not do for cutting mahogany veneer
ing, but they answered the purposes of
tho times the days of the candle dip,
tho tin lantern and the punctured hide
sieves, a stop In advance of the period
when breadstuffs were secured by
pounding grain Into meal. Sometimes
two or three mills would lie found on
a little stream ten miles In length. One
acted as a reservoir for another, and
kept the valley moistened the whole
season through, the little stream a live,
running brook. Now, those streams are
either a raging torrent or In turn as
dry and parched as a brick pavement.
This Is one of the penaltlea of advanc
ing civilization.
As bind became more valuable, like
the poor Indian, the old water mill had
to move on westward. There was ttio
much good land under water to suit the
thrifty owner, and ho substituted steam
for water power, and the old mill which
seemed to bo n part of the landscuiw
was no more. The settlement mill Is
a thing of the past with all Its at
tendant pleasures and hardships. Tho
old water mill was to our ancestors
what the trolley car and the electric
light Is to us a means to an end and
when something else was found to
servo the purposo better they adopted
It, but still wo cannot part with tho old
mill of our youth without a sigh of
regret.
Mnklnv Vma of Opportunity,
'We Americans eat too much," snld
the scientist.
"Yes," said the ordinary citizen. "We
see tho cost of food going up so fast
that we feel there la no tlmo to lose.
Washington Star,
American Desert
Irrigation.
"American Irrigation wn old when
Homo was In the glory of It youth,"
say C. J. Blanchard In "The National
fimrgraphlc Magazine." "Tho ancient
nqui'diirts nnd siihterrnnenn cnnnls of
South America, extending for thou
sands of miles, once supplied grent
cities and Irrigated lmmeiiso arena.
Centuries Id-fore the venturous Norse
men laiiditl uiiii the bleak nnd Inhos
pitable shores of New Kngland a lurgtj
population dwelt In the hot valleys of
tho far southwest. From the solid
rock, with primitive toola of stone, they
cut ditches and hewed the bloeks for
many chambered palaces, which they
erected In tho desert or on the lime
stone ledge of deep river canyons.
Tlteatt voiceless ruins, older than tlm
memory of many centuries, tell thn
story of a thrifty, home loving ami
sem I -cultured people, concerning whoso
fate history brings us no word. In
these pu luces and In many miles of
canals we may almost read the story
of another Kgypt a ieople tolling un
der the burning sun of the desert,
wearily uud patiently executing the
commands of an American Pharaoh."
In the lust quarter of a century a
crop, producing area of lO.OTKVJOO acres,
equal In size to the Stute of Massachu
setts, bus been wrested from the desert.
Irrigation canals long enough to span
the earth twice nnd representing an
outlay of $:s,0XM)O have been built.
Kvery year this urea returns a harvest
valued at nearly twice the cost of tho
Irrigation canals. The United States
Is to-day the largest owner of the great
American desert no doubt as Mr.
Blanchard explains, liecause It was not
considered worth stealing. For-many
yeurs the sentiment bus been growing
that the government should make this
vast empire habitable and this senti
ment crystallized Into the reclamation
law, signed by President Roosevelt on
June 17, 1'.'2.
The first of the great Irrigation
works to be undertaken by the govern
ment Is In Nevada. In the led of an
cient Lake Lahotitan nnd embracing
what was long known as Forty Mile
desert, the most desolate and arid sjsit
on this confluent except Death Valley,
the engineers completed the plans for
an extensive Irrigation work Involv
ing some rather uovel engineering fea
tures, the greatest and most Important
of which Is that of lifting the waters
of the Truckee ' River Into the great
canal, which will carry them over Into
the Carson River reservoir, whence
they are diverted Into laterals and car
ried out upon the desert When com
pleted the Truckee-Carson works will
cost "more than $0,000,000 and render
productive more than 400,000 acres now
absolutely worthless, but which, wheri
Irrigated, will sell readily for $30,000,
000, It Is estimated.
People Who Eat Clay.
Clay eaters are found In the West
Indies, Honduras and some of the re
gions round the Orinoco. They are not
necessarily of any particular tribe, for
even whites have fallen victims to this
degrading and fatal habit The habit
la contracted at as early an age as 12
years, and the craving once acquired,
apiiears to tie Irresistible. Confirmed
clay eaters will He down and lick the
earth where the edible clay Is found.
They suffer from chronic dyspeisla
and emaciation ; but in spite of tho
pain and weakness, they cannot do
without the clay any more than the con
firmed drunkard can do without his al
cohol. In some localities this clay la
whitish gray, sometimes yellowlsh
plnk. There appears to be lime In It,
and also the remains of minute organ
isms. It Is sometimes eaten baked ami
sometimes raw.
A confirmed clay eater will take four,
five, or even six tkiunds a day. Water la
drunk with It At length the habit
seems to give an aversion not only to
! other kinds of food, but also to alco
I nolle drinks. As soon as this stage Is
reached tho eating of clay Invariably
causes death.
Snake on the Gaa Meter.
Arch Davenport, a Fort Scott Joker,
turned a large snake loose In his cellar
under his house. The gas meter was
also In the cellar, and for six mouths,
his snakeshlp forced the gas compauy
to give Davenport a flat rate on his gas
bill. The young man who reads tha
meter never got nearer to It than tho
door. Last week the snake was found
dead and the reading of tho meter
allowed, that Davenport had paid for
only half the gas ho had used, lie was
compelled to put up the balance due.
Kansas City Journal.
Flith Story.
.Sunflsh Seems that all food ono
buys Is adulterated these days.
Pike Sure. 1 never think of buying
any canned preserves or anything like
that my wife makes all such stuff u
that. Why, last summer she put up
forty gallons of Jelly fish. Finest Jelly
flsh that ever went dowu the pike, too,
Kansas City Times.
And Silence Fell.
Bookkeeper (Jee! Those stenog.
raphers are chattering so that I can't
do any work. I wish I knew how to
shut 'em up.
Cashier Ask which one of them la
the oldest. Cleveland Leader.
Success coires to the man who can
adapt himself quickly to unexpected;
conditions.