W0HfW!t'P mtmmm'wfw ijaawg; IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Frlnav, February 23. Washington, I'tilt. S.'l. Prccmhtd hy n debate whlrli Indicated im hesitancy, hut rattier n relish, In taking iii'llnn Against hUkhI railroad coiiiImiaIIoub, the litilliii agreed without opposition IihImV to tlm TilltiiAii-Olllip'i resolu tion, d' reeling llin Interstate Coinmnrm commission lu inakH ah IiihiiihIIiUh In qiilry nml ntorl regarding alleged n Rlrrtlntn n( timhi mi tlm mrl of ccitnlii railroads In tlm handling u( eon) nml . ffi ...1..11 . i .1 Oil. lin imoiuuiill WA lioi III lint form III which It panned tlm senate, nml will go back to tlml Imdy for iti recond notion. Proceeding under call of enmmltton, Iml UK Hitrtt pamed to require 176 worth of work annually on mining rl.ilinn nml Jfl wortli of work on roaiU nml trnlln fur iswh mining olnlm (n Alaska; allow ItiK forolgu ships to dear from American porta without examination cer till cut ra when lliocotllitlle to which they belong rreottnlse Ann.rli-.iii I'tirllllmtfM of In spection; to prevent lureliu Imllt dredite from updating III the United Htrtlix, incept the drolgev now nt work In tliH United Plates under contract. WitiililiiKliiii, full, J. Ily n vote ol 3 to ft tlm asuatn committee on Intor state roimiitir n today skim I to riqwirt llin Hepburn railroad rate Mil without nmcmliiieiit, Iml tho resolution re mrvod to IIih member of tlm commit ten frrndulll of nitloil conrtirullIK AlliomlmenU olMed In tint senate. Ily vote ol ft to 'A, Itepuhllcau trvnll lug, Tllltimn, a IliHiiocrnt, urn gln tlm honor of rooming tlm Mil, Thin ttAhllshrv n prrwdMil, In that a lie publican r-Oisle. ixMiimltlifi Im given to a l(iHK'rl control of mi lmxirUnt iiiMuri mihim liy a Itrptthllcau home nml rniloriH! by n Itepobllvau presi dent. Thurtday, February 22. Washtiitflun, lb. it Knot' niHrli illciiHnl Ktnl oti, eipectwl railroad hill ni IntriMlHTMl In tlm Momti today, and MHr) of tlm 'itfttlitMl Intwrwt HI the MlqWl w Aennrdwl tlm unus ual irlvllK ol n reading for tlm in formation of tlm MWalora on tlm ily of lnlMlirtlnit. At tlm rmttt ol IUIh, rltnlnriMl of tlm iiniiniitl- n itTil nllnlr, tlm Mil irovllltiK for (Im Hinliliitirnl of hailiiK t tlm nnrnl rpiny nt ,nni)Ui hm tnki-H up mul illniHiil nt IhkkIIi. )kk mlviM'atol pjlmom miMiiirMi, iHiylnx llmt iKtlillj; li will I mvoHiilliili tlm iliHilml riwult. lid nil tlmt Im linil lnvrllKlo.l tlm ImiltiK firnctlef), nml wnt irpnrwl to iriHMHiHr It "nn rnlii otor In liiiilnllty." 1 1 conlileril It h rrlnm out of Imrmony wllli tlm olHrx 1 1 l I by tlm mlilnlilpiiH'ii. Tlm hill wn IM'iwI. Wnililiictmi, Full. 22 Tlm lutntn to Uy mliitr. to niljourn In iilnbrntlo4i of Wrtliliittw'" hlitlHly, nnil it nmtiilHim mrtlrl(nttl In n iti'tmrnl llM ly of ilclwlf on tlm nrmy npr""irU tlmi hill. Tlm plm lixik n w!to inHk.i. Hhlp Kilxilily hm iIIkiimI fir nu !mu hy (IllUrt, mIhi t'Hik th oUIoh tlmt IiImi ronM Im Imllt nn cliwiply In thU wiuntiy nhronil. lln Ariti! tlmt tlm t'nltHil Htntm hm(m. tlm IImmI iimrclmnt HMfltm Hvl ol nny imtlwi. Timiorrow tlm Joint ri()iU.ni illrwt liilt tlm InlxiKtAtH I'.mnimrw rMWHiU nloti to lHYtttfnt tlm rnlirmul, Kft nml nn'li'Arltn iimI iml oil tnmlii will Iki rMnliltrwl nml iiiimI llkfly mmptMl. A lil I mm ml rii4irvlnK from ill pinl by tlm ttnVfrtiiMWit Iktttltf Moon, trtlll, H. I). Tlm limmttnln ! ninibt n )url of tlm lUttlit MiHinlnlii fennlUrliini rwmrvt'. Tlm inniintnln tnkin It nnm from ImIhk tlm nnrlmit Uttli'k'ruiiml brtwinii tlm Crow nml tlm Kioux In tllntiH. Tlm poitfrim r)rt iim tlm nr Krnt ilf Hclriiry hill nn Knl to. A Joint roMilutinn vn nrml to nl IowIiik Alnxkn tmtclmr nml muplnyw of tlio hmiMii o( mlHCAtliin tu rmIkh limit Mlnrli. Wednoidny, FebriiAry 21. VnliliiUii, Full. 111. HiH'mturjr HImw iiilnuittiil a nMirt lo tlm houeo t(Uy coiuernliiK pornmnont npproprbv tlmi. iiimltt from tlm unurl triHimiry, in Tpllni' with u revolution of ltip riHiiiiitntlvo Tnwirny of Mliinwotit, olinlrninn ol tlm houvo roiniiilttwi on npproprlntlonv, hIio linn boen ltniiiK tlm Unlit iijirtlnvt piTinnimnt Appropria tion nml linn n hill p.Hi.lliiK whlrli ro. vldwi for nlHillvhlnc vucli npproprlntlonii except (or ulnkliiK (limit Intornntloiinl paymeiita nml it (w othur llxwl iiIiIIka tlonv. Will noport DIM. WbhIiIukUiHi l'' U0- Tlm Philip jilnii tnriff hill, ultlult linn bconlmlil up in tlm viH'oto ooiiimlttoo t'vor hIih'o It pnail tlm lionvi', l oon tohoruporliHl. J'hu DeiiHHirntB of tlio oiinniltti'o, who ,uro BUpiKivixl to h riollilly nrrnywl itKAltiHt tlm hill, lu'W nrtwiforiiiioo toilny nml two out ol tlm 11 vo iltclnwl tlmlr Intmitlon to voto to roport tlm bill Oftrmivokol Tviiiiwihuu nml MeCrtmry of luuitucky. Thri-ti Itupulillrnmi, how iivur Hnluof MlnmiHOtA, llnrrowH of MIuIiIkaii nml llrnmlwo ol Uoiinuctlctit uro oppoicil to tlio hill. May Try Dolirlnpj Son Clnlmi. WnaliliiKton, l-h. S!0. Tlio Iioiibo voniinlttua on Judlolury toilny returned n Invornhlo roport on it hill to uonfor JurlHillctlon upon tlio Circuit court of tlio United Mated for tlio Ninth circuit (IVclllu count Btutes) to determine In equity the rights of Amurlrnu cltltenB under the nwnrd of tlio llelirlnu een nrhltrulloii of Tiirle nnd to render Judg ment. The liouuo oQUimltteo i1ho or dered fitvornhle roport for United Btntea coitrta At Victoria, Tex., nml Miami, Flu. It In tlmili'diro of Mr. Tiivtniy Hint iipproprlntloim nIiiiII Im nmilii iivnllnble (or two ynira f ir tlm pnyinent ol ex pi'iiilllurea proporly Imurreil within Hint time, nml nt tlio mid ol Hint prlod nil iiiinxpmiilml lalniiriHi nlnill hit tnuin birriil to tlm nuriiliiri ftlml. thua nvolil- liiK ir.nkliiK the npprotirlntlutiH perinn lient. Tlm reMirt ol Mr. Hlmw nhowa Hint tlmm were nlwnit 'Mi puniinimut niiro prlntliimi In I IK) I nml llor., In J1JU4 tlmy nKKriynli-d lia,()()0,00() nml In I Him 1 111,000.000. No nlnti tlintlm Invorv tlm Tnwimy hill In the initlii, hut aiiKK-t a few nddltlonul mount iniiiita. WnnhliiKtoii, Feb. 21. Alter T, ycnrri ol more or li-im imrlouv iviiihIiIith tlon ol tlm viibji-rlit, the nttnnto dxlny pniwiNl tlm lleybtirii pure food hill by llin (IivIvItii vote of IKI to 4. Tlm vote wnn tnkeii nltor n liny devoted nlniont nxi'ltmlvnly to ilrmiltory dhto on the hill. Knviirnl nlPirli! wore Hindu to numml tlm bill, nml tlm committee no rptil n uiiinber ol viikkimiHoiiii, tint only thoie lima nr'ptid weru liieor Hjrnltsl lit tlm bill nn mnei. Tueiday, February 20. WnchliiKloii, Fh. U0. Tlio vnnnto llvttitmd linen or four houra toUy to n iIUi'iii(iii ol tlm ih'tnlla of the pure IixmI bill. A miiiihor of minor numml iiieuta wern atiKi;i'iitel, hut under tlio nxii-eiimnt to vote on nil nnmmliiienla tomorrow imiin i.f them could Imi ncliil on today. Itnymir preteuliNl by ropieiit n reply (rom tlm llnltlmore A Ohio llnilroad rompituv to tlm clmrKn of dia crlmlnailoii ak'almt t by the Ited Itock Find romjivny, of Went Vlrnlnla, deny ing iinUIr trcntumiit. Tlm ttunlo nd Jiiiirnol a lew inliiilteit niter -I o'clock out ol ripii't to tlm memory ol the lute lleprteiitntlvo Cnitor, ol I'onuayl vnnln. (lnllliiK"r pri'ventod lour ptttltiona (rem reaidmita of OLIalioniA praying (nr prolilbitlmi In the proMl iititeol Oklahoma. Tlm mot voluinin-nii con tallinl the ntiliiM ol H 000 voleia, nml lUllinK'r rid that It wna 20 1 (rot Iohi;. Oho of the othera coutnlued tlm mtmea ol O.IHH) women, nml Another lhoe of fl.OOO children. Tlm fourth mm vlgiied by in liana only. Tlm pure food bill wna then tnkin up. A lon dlrciiiHilon of Ainriiduienta ffr l by vnrioua ronnWira enaui-d and wa NirticNitril In by IamIh, I'ilea, llrmenway, (lallitu-vr, HfKxnier, Key hum, Mi-Cniiilier ami othera, lleineii wAy nml I'ilea vpiierlnn for tlm first time In dtdutta In the annate. Wnihlnutoii, Feb. 20. The lionao ol reprenclilittlven tmlny tiMik nu IlimuxIUlo ndJiHunuietil out ol refpe-'t to the memory of IteprtwouUtivn (ieoriio A. Cnitor, ol I'etiiiiylvatiln, nltoi the pxa vntl "I niiroirte reeolutlona nml the apMilntnmut ol funeral wiinmltleo, Iteprencnlnilve Cnalor died initvrday in 1'hllaileliihlA. Monday, February 10. Wavhliitcton, Feb. 10. Three bills were ikium-I iimler ruimwiif Ion nt the rule rwj'ilrlnu a two-thirda rote In tlm Ihhim. ttnlny. Tlm Hrat iimken ipmhllnK unlnwful in the territoriea of tlm United KtAtee, IitIUiIIhk Aiuoim, New Mexico, Okht Ihiiiih. Ihtllnn Turntorv nnd Ahmkn. Tlm bill ladirictetl pnrtleulnrly nalnat Arlxnim nud New Mexico, where it wns tntiHl KnmhlliiK wna liceurist. The reeond prov dea niMltloriAl work for tlm CuiMiua hurAU by rculrinK ata t lulled to be taken on iuaurnuct. tlah- erica, electrical indiiatrita, ravlnt;a Imnki nud crlmea. The third npproprtatca f&O.OOO for tlm iiiiri'lmmt nl 300 ncrrii ol coal Innd on the Inland ol llntnn, one of tlio Philippine nrchlpnlHKO. On the Inst uiiiiimI bill n dolwteof two houra wna had. Tlm othera were debated 40 mlmitcn encli. WttnhliiKton, Feb. It. DinctiHlon of the pure food hill occupl.il prnctlcnlly nil of tlm dny in the pronto. The apenkura were lleyhuin, who hnarhn rite of tlm hill; Fotnknr, alio prea.intiHl n iiuuiher ol nmendmeuta tl en I red by lliinnr utercata: Money. In (nvor o( hia nuatltute; and MiCumher. An order wna inndo to devote time tiuuorrow to (HiuaideriiiK Ainemlmeiita under the ton- minute rule, nnd hecln voting at 6 o'clock Wednefdrty. Tlm una dent triinamlttcd tocoiiKreas n rpiH'inl mecBAKe AKreelnn with the minority report of the coiihuHIui; en ttlueera on the PniiHina ennui in luvor of a lock cniml. No Religious Tost. WiishliiKton, Feh. 20. In pror-onllni? petltlnna nuuliut Senator Need Hmoot, Binned hy tliotiBiuids of women of Call fornlit ami Colorado, lVrkina and Pat terson took occasion today to dollne their pnaitioti on the proteata AKalnat tlio Utah senator. The former Bitld Hint rellKloua views slionM not he con Bldered lu iiibbIhk upon the qualitlca tldiiH of n senator, and that Ills honesty and attrlbutes.that coninmnd conlldenco ami reaped should he above all oIbo. PrtllorHon tlioiiKlit there were Kreet con Htltutlonal ptt'stlous to ho considered. To Hoar Wlckcrsham'a Stdd. WBlilnton, Feb. 20. The senate coinmlttco on judiciary will tomorrow ,.r..l linnrlnir to JtldlH) JltlUeS Wluk- orsluuu, of Alaska, whoso inuniiMtlonJ la lielil up on ncvuuiik ' " cliaro. The commltt'o, wlillo wIlllnR to ulvo JuiIko Wlckorslmm an opportu nity tu rofuto tho charts, will not con front him with his nccuporB, or ovon furnish him with tholr nameB. Judgo Wlekorsliam will leavo for Alaska soon altor tho hearing 1b concludod. FHAUD IN INDIAN TEMfllTORY. flooievoll 'Forbids Ilia QuaiIiIok of Indlctrnenls In Cnta. WaahltiKUiii, Fob. 20. President Itooauviill liml btkeu a personal lutereat In tlm chnrniiH of frnud nod corrutitiou wlilcli uro rinlil Uj Iiavu occurred in Roum-ctlon with tho nflnira of tho Five Civlllxod I'rlhea In Urn Indian terri tory. Hut for IiIn interelerenco Imllct mouta BKiiinat aeveral poraona aHckimI to have Imen min((eil In llleal pmo tires would hnvo been otiArhed. Now, however, iimler his orders, the Interior depnrtment la pushliiK its In vrstlKAtlons with Increnaed vlnor, nnd it la reliably staled Hint In the near (iitiiro n niimhor ol newltidlctments will bo reiortud nxnlnat not only aev eri.1 men already Indicted, but they will nlno Include a n umber ol peritma whonn names have not heretofore been brotiKht Into tho ensu, lucludlnK a IiIkIi government olllcinl In Wnalilnnton. When It became known, lo the presi dent tlmt the district attorney lor In dian Territory hnd been instructed to iinah some indictments already found, Im Iminodintely sent orders counter mnndlng this proponed action. He was hxl to do this hy Inloriuntion received hy him that, niter March 4, when Hie tribal relations ol the Five Clvilixed Tribes twined, certain (nets would be put Into his jtotresMon which would strengthen tlm IiiiihIm o( tlm govern ment in its efforts to bring to trlnl h iiuinhor of perrons guilty ol grocs (rnud perietrntixl ngniurt tho Indians. It is known Hint Hecretary Hitchcock has submitted to thu president nnd Attorney (ieuurnl Moody a sjievlnl ro port dealing with tlm whole situation, which gives audi dftnllh ns to make it Imperative, (or the government to act. GERMANY FEELS NSULTED. Chinese Minister At Washington Said to Havo Talked Too Freely. Purlin, Fb. 20. A sensation has resulted lu diplomatic circles hero from the cabling of what purports to Im an Interview at Washington with the Chi uece minister to the United Htates, rilr Chentung Liang Cheng, In which the Utter Is quoted as rdylng: "Hinco the dawn of your civilixttlon tlm (lermani have bcun (lliturlx-rs of tho iK'flce and repoxe of other ieople Add nations within what is now the Christian domnlu. They seem nlwnys dlscontentinl with what they hnvo. Their energy ApKHirs to demand the whnltt world in which to hustle." The Chinese minister la then raid to hnvo lutmlnW! that tho present dircon tent in Clilun Is due to Uerinan meas ures and Oerman plots, nml is allrgel to havo further Intimated that the Ger man government or its agents Is giving support to tlm revolutionary movement which has for Its object the overthrow of the present reigning dynasty In China. This Is absolutely nml emphatically drilled hero, but none of tlio members of the Foreign ollice would discuss the matter until the Authenticity of the Al leged Interview could be substantiated. It is understood that a long cable dis patch was received from Huron von Sternberg, (ierman ambassador to tho United States, Sunday, bearing on the subject. If It should prove tlmt tho statement of Sir I.iang Cheng can be subataullnttH!, there is n potsihlllty that China will bo asked to disavow his remarks. . WOULD CLEAR THE SITUATION. Revolution in Wenezuala May Occur, Says M. Talgny. Paris, Peh. SO. M. Talgny, the ex Vri.neli Oin.n il'yfT ilieM nt Onracn. in an Interview with the Matin's corrcs (Hindent nt Liverpool, said thai the inniilmllv nf tlm illnlmnatH in Venn- suela Against his expulsion was a great surprise to rresmetu uaBiro, wuo nnm tho last moment had relied on. the moral support of a certain power. M. Talgny, according to the corres pondent, is convinced that a revolu tionary movement for tho overthrow of President Castro Is prep-rlng. Ho hail been approached hy several of the revo lutionary leaders during his sojourn in "onexuela, hut owing to his position as representative ol Franco ho was obliged to hold aloof from politics. in M ThIimiv'h nulnloii. tho corre spondent adds, a revolution would clear up the present Awkward situation in Venexuela. Eight-Hour Day tho Issue. Now York, Feb. SO. John Mitchell nnd Ills associates on the anthracite miners' Bulwommlttee, today finished tholr work of preparing proposals for nn agreement in tho hope that they will meet with tho coal operators' sub committee. It Ib practically cortaln that the minors will make a firm de mand for tho olsht-liour day for all mon employed about tho mines. One of tho Illinois' representatives said to day that the eight-hour question waB moro Important to tho men than any other demand mentioned. Firo Sweeps Rutland. Rutland, Vt., Feb. 20. Six of the largest and most valuable business blocks lu thu financial district of Rut land wore destroyed hy a lire that for soventl houra threatened to wlpo out tho city, and but for a fortunate shift shift In the wind which aided tho fire lighters and tho arrival of engino com panies from Whitehall, N. Y., It Is likely that tho entire business section would havo boon demolished. Ab it is, tho damage Ib placed at $700,000. Russian Town Aflame. Kiel, RuBsIa, Fob. 20. An nntl JowIbIi riot broke out today at Ylotka, a town of 0,000 Inhabitants near Gomol. A large part of the town la In llnmea, and troopi havo boen aent thore from Uomel. EVIDENCE COMPLETE Colorado Miners Arc Involved in Murder of Steunenbery. DENVER TO BOISE BY SPECIAL Dellevod Also to Havo Taken A,ctlvo Part In Cripple Creek Out rages Recently. Itoise, Idaho, Feb. 20. On a special train that mndo no stops At the princi pal cities and towns on the way from Denver, and changed engines and took water At obscure points, Charles K. Moyer, president of tho Western Fed eration of Miners; William I). Hay wood, secretary of the same organiza tion, end O. A. Petlibono, a former member of the executive board of tho federation, who were arrested in Den ver Saturday night charged with tho murder of Frank Ktetinenherg, ex governor of Idaho, arrived at Itoise yes terday morning In custody of a strong guard of Idaho and Colorado officers. The prisoners seemed 111 at ease and had little to say. They entertained themselves part of tho tlrno playing cards, and kept their own counsel. At no time did they discuss the char go up on which they were arrested. The party was taken to tho peni tentiary in two vehicles. Arriving there, they wero searched, their belong ings being taken in charge by Warden Whitney. They wero assigned to sepa rate cells. Denver, Colo, Feb. 20. "Heywood, Moyer and Pettihoue will never sea Colorado again," says James McPar land, head of tho detective agency em ployed hy tho stato of Idaho to run down the murderers of ex-Governor btcunanburg. "Their dvs are num bered. Wo have absolute evidence that will convict them of complicity in tho foul assassination of ex-Governor Htetinenmtrg and eridonce that will convict a great many others, too, of the same offense. "They cannot escapo in any possible way. and tho legal knowledge of all their attorneys cannot keep them from theirallowa. You can say for me that tho day of dynamite outrages in tho Weet is at an end. Heywood, Moyer and others know that they are guilty, and they know that their time has come. The Steunenberg assassination was the final straw that broke the camel's hack and was their undoing." MORE RESERVES. t President Finds Ho Has Backing of Many Congressmen. Washington, Feb. 20. President Roosevelt, after conferring with West ern men in congress, finds bis forest re servo policy is very generally endorsed, and learns that there Is no prospect of the passago of Senator Heyburn'a bills intended to check tho withdrawal of land and tho creation of reserves. He has, therefore, decided to abandon his recent order suspending forest resorve extension and within a short time new proclamation will bo forthcoming creat ing reserves In several Western states, Oregon snd Idaho among them. At the time he detei mined to hold up proclamations, the president bad been led to believe that bis right to creato reserves had been generally ques tioned and he thought it best to wait until his rights were specifically defined by congress. Now, however, it has be come apparent that the vast majority of men in congress approvo the manner in which the president lias been carry ing out his forestry policy and with this unqualified Indorsement the president has decided that be can, with good grace, proceed aa it there bad been no interruption. It is Intimated that the Ilayden re servo In extreme Northern Idaho will ho the first one created. Just bow soon. If at all, a roiervo is created in Southwestern Oregon cannot ho learned, as Forester Pinahot has promised to re ceive and consider tho protests of the people of that section and, until these protests aro filed, no determination of this uiHtter Ib expected. Raisin Combine Broken Up. Fresno, Cnl., Feb. 20. At a meeting of the growers of the Central California Raisin Growers' company today, tho dealers voted to disband the company and return to the growers the half a cent a pound hold out for tho purchase of packing houses. This action breaks tho association of growers formed for tho purpose of cc-oporaUon. This year the price of raisins was Oxedat too IiIkIi a rate, and tho dried fruit failed to sell. Tho Mercantile company, of San Fran cisco, finally took over the wholo crop at 3 cents n pound. Train Wrecked, Twelve Hurt. St. Louis, Feb. 20, Tho now fast mall train for tho Southwest on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern was wrecked at Caroudelot, a suburb of St. Louis, early today. Twelve men are Injured, several of them seriously. The enulno and first car rolled down a lo foot embankment. The second car lodced on tho edgo of tho Desperoa river. It contained n number of vnnW clerks and thu loss of llfo must havo been gen oral had the car fallen into the river. Pat Crowo Arraigned Again. Council Muffs, lit., Feb, 20. Pat Crowe was arraigned on Joint indict ment against himself and Arthur Levi for holding up two street car crews on July 2, 1005. He pleaded not guilty. OLDEST LOCOMOTIVE NOW USED. The out of date locomotive herewith llluatrntcd Is a relic of tho early days of railroading In America, hut modern progress In this direction has not yet succeeded In relcKntlng It to tin Junksliop. It Is still lp uso on the Cumberland Valley line, and although It Is not rotnarkablo as a mountain climber It still does good servlco as a yard engine. !MgjMjiiiuMMHPiiMi"BBaMasBaa OopulwSfeionce 1 r r &m$ I Tho ocean contains about 2,139 crntus of salt nnd other solids por Rat Ion, and the Dead Son about 19,700 Kralns per Knllon. Glass bricks, a German product, nro translucent, hut not transparent, and IKMsess the ndvnntriKos of being acid proof and of harboring no disease Kcrms. Thu celluloid wind screens of auto mobiles bIvo Krent risk of Are. Very flno copper Knuzc Is said to have proven n satisfactory substitute, being easily seen through and nou-lntlammnble, whllo It doos not crack like celluloid. The low elllclency of the steam en due tempts luventora with Breat possi bilities of saving fuel. M. Cantor, n Kuropean engineer, has hit upon nn altogether new form of heat engine, and projKHios to use for power Uie ex pansion of the gas produced by tho burning of liquid fuol like petroleum and alcohol when nprayed uiion n white hot oxkllzlni: material, like oihle of copper. The oxygen removed j from the copper ovlde would be re stored by an air Jet. Ponding practl cal test. It la claimed that the highest ....lt.l.. M.n nf nviuinutAn tft'nlltjl tlA nrmuiu mio wt -.,"..v. ,.... produced lu the working gas, and that a greatly Increased thermoydynarnic elllclency would be secured. Professor W. It Ayrton points out that the common expressions "buying sleetrlcity" and fconsumlug electric current" nro misleading. No electrici ty Is used up In lighting buildings, Jrlvlng machinery, and propelling can and trains. "Just ns much electricity, flows away per minute, through the return conductor, from your electric ally lighted house as flows to It through the coming conductor. The electric current Is like a butcher's cart carrying round meat you no more consume current than you consume cart. It Is not tho vehlclo hut what It loaves behind that the consumers buy, moat In the case of tho butcher's cart, and onergy lu the case of tho electric current" " Tho construction of an ordinary telegraph-line between Lima, on the Pa cific side of tho Andes In Poru, nnd Iqultos, near the Amason, being nil but Impossible, because of the density of the forests and tho animosity of tho Ignorant natives, the wireless method Is to be employed. Already communication by wireless telegraphy exists between Lima and Puerto Her mudei, nud this lino will bo extended to Iqultos, n dlstnnco of about COO miles, with three Intermediate stations. If tho enterprise succeeds, It Is the In tention to extend the wireless com munication across tho wholo width of ltrnzll to Monaos and Para, -thus Unk ing tho Atlantic nnd Pacific oceans across tho Andes and tho great Ura xlltan plains, Tho Pomelo, sometimes called tho Chinese breadfruit, u citrus-fruit which may bo described as a cross be tween the orange and tho grapefruit, combining tho good points of both, Is tho subject of an Interesting roport by Mr. Anderson, tho United States con Bill nt Haugchow. Mr. Anderson re gards It as tho finest fruit grown in tho far East. Ho believes that It might bo introduced with profit Into tho southern United States. Already, It Is understood, a few persons In this country aro cultivating tho pomelo, but not upon a commercial scale. In China, It la believed, this fruit has been cultivated for at least 2,000 years. Tho best pomelos In tho world aro said to cotno from a little valley near a hirgo Chlnoso city named Chang Chow, lying liiland from Amoy, and not yet. opened to foreign trndo. Tho sum mers In this valley aro hot nnd rather damp, and tho winters nro without se vere frosts. SIX YEARS AT CANANES. 'I,ot Moiiutnltta" Mluea Now Pro. tluctuir fll.OOO.OOO Year. Six years ago nt Cnimues, Mex., one would hnvo settled nu Irregular range of low mountains, eighteen miles Ion,? "lost mountains" the geologists call them, becauso they nro couuected with no other range, says Leslie's Weekly. They nro mere "stubs," tho tops worn down by tho powerful nctlou of the elements, nud tho valleys filled by ero sion. Theso "lost" hills were barren and bleak. Sometimes a bunch of stray cattle would raugo among the mouutulus, but no white mnn made his abode there. Even tho beasts of prey nvolded this solitary range, Thcro was no wilder, lonelier spot In tho i i, ..I wholo world limn tho "lost mountains" of Canaries. That was six years ago. Now they are tho scat of tho third largest cop per ralno In the world, tho site of a city of 20,000 Inhabitants. In tho mlno there nro thlrty-threo miles of under ground workings; n.OOO men are talc ing out of tho earth and running through reduction plants and smelters 2,&OQ tons of rock dally, producing In copper, gold nnd silver more than $9, 000,000 every year. Already tho mined havo yielded 135,000,000. Tlio "lost mountains" arc Uie scone of tremen dous Industry. There aro great fur naces with smoking stacks, oro bins, foundries, shops, electric light plants. Ice nnd water planta, shaft houses, con centrators, broad and narrow gauga railroads, street cars, a telephone sys tem, banks, stores, schools, n hospital nud all the other activities of a modern Industrial town. SHOEING OF AN AFHICAN MULE. The pirture herewith given comes from Greytown, Natal, and shows the method of shoeing a refractory mulo which Is In vogue In that faraway re gion. Ily means of pulleys, ropes and n wide leather band tho animal Is put into a frame. Its head resting on a padded bar, Its front legs bent nnd fastened to side bars, and Its hind legs attached to a stout crossbar. To pro vent damage from tho hoofs two coarse bags aro tied about them. Thua protected from all actlvo Interference on tho part of the animal, tho shocr may do his duty with comparatlvo safety. The Itcmnnnt of Itentmcnt, On tho opening day of tho Shn-IIo battle thcro wore many deeds of he roism, writes the author of "An Eyo Wltnoss In Manchuria." One Inci dent, he says, brought out clearly tho terrlblo nature of tho encounter. During tho Russian retreat a gen eral commanding a division noticed an otllcer and somo forty men returning through tho lines. It appeared as if it were a small party which had been charged with some outpost duty and had shown tho white feather. Incensed at their apparent coward Ice, tho general rode up to the officer and asked him what ho meant by de serting his post. With a somowhat grim smllo the otllcer, saluting, said: "Sir, this Is all that Is left ofsmy regiment" That regiment had gono Into action over two thousand strong. A Family la lllrr. Queen Wllliclmlna of Holland, used to bo ns fond of her dolls ns any other little girl, and her dolls went through tho same experience that dolto with lmnglnntlvo motnons usually uudorgo. Ono day, at dinner In tho palace, her small majesty mode her appcaranco when dessert was served, and placed herself next to n courtly old general. After eating somo fruit tho little girl turned her gnze up nt htm and se riously exclaimed, "I wonder you're not afraid to sit next to tne!" Everybody at tho tahlo turned to w'nrd tho childish voice, "On tho contrary." Bold tho general, "I'm but too pleased nnd honored to sit noxt to my future queen. Why should I bo afraid?" "'Causo," and tho llttlo girl looked qulto woebegone, "my dolls havo tho measles they're nil of them down wltli It" The Nerve of Hint. , "Adam Adam," repented St. Poter, meditatively; "tho nnmo seems fa miliar, hut " "I," explained tlio applicant, "coma from Eden. I am tho progenitor of tho wholo human raco." "And you," thuudered St. Potor, "you havo tho nerve to apply for ad mission hero! Front I Show the gen tleman below." Puck. Somo men aro such homo bodies that tho look as out of placo In a r&itnu rant at noon as n housekeeper does on tho street nt meal time. Tho wlso old hen chuckles to horeolf when she sees a man trying to tunko a. fortuno with an incubator. Slzo of a woman's hat baa noUdoff to do with tho price N ..- ..,J. V