LOST OPPOBTTJMTTY.
There I? a nest of thrushes In the gln ;
When we come back, we'll see the glad
young things,"
He said. We came not by the way again ;
And time and thrushes fare on eager
wings !
"Yon rose" she smiled "but no ; when
we return,
I'll pluck it then." 'Twas on a summer
day.
The ashes of the rose in autumn's urn
Lie hidden well. We came not back
" r that -way. '. S , '
We do not pass the splf-same way again,
Or, passing" by thnt way, no tiling we
find i
As it before had been ; but death or stain
Hath come upon It, or the wasteful
wind.
The very earth is envious, and her arms
Reach for the benuty thnt detained our
eyes :
Yea. It is lost beyond the aid of charms,
If, once within our grasp, we leave the
r"- prize !
Thou traveler to the unknown ocean's
brink.
Through life's fair field, say not, "An
oilier day
This joy I'll prove;" for never, as I think,
Never shall we como back this self-
snine way !
Waverley Magazine.
THE REVERSE SIDE
OF A VACATION
The August outing was decided on In
May.
"Think of It, Anno!" cried Rebecca,'
the day the question was Nettled. "I
hnve never been Inside a big hotel !
Think of staying lu one a whole
month !"
Rebecca's father puckered his brows.
"Yes," returned be, with n humorous
twinkle In bis eyes, "and to think of
the bills u big hotel is capable uf send
ing In! You girls must get enough en
joyment out of It to pay costs."
"Indeed we shall! We shall !" re
sponded Rebecca, enthusiastically.
Anne's eyes shone, but she said noth
ing. "And he sure," added It el wen's fath
er, "not to bother sister or make Toin
too much trouble."
The girls were to accompany Rebec
en's aunt, whose son Tom, a Cornell
senior, hail promised them his aid In a
"Jolly good time."
"You see," Rebecca had explained to
Anne, "some of the Cornell sophomores
nre at the hotel, and Tom will Intro
duce then) all. Oh, what fun we'll
have! Rut. I dread getting ready to go
all the sewing don't you?"
At that Anne's eyes lost their spar
kle, for into the prospective fun her
father had reluctantly Interjected a
certain If to her mother.
"We can afford to let Anne go If
there are no extra demands for clothes.
Business Is dull this year."
"No," returned Anne's mother, "Just
a substantial walking suit and n few
shirt-waists, which I shall make my
self." And for Anne the matter was
settled.
Across the street she reported to the
Browns oil the dress (uostlon, and .Mr.
Brown smiled his relief, "That's good!
Neither can 1 afford to tog Reeky here
out to any extent; anyway, you're
nothing but girls. You don't need many
dresses."
Rebecca nnd her mother exchanged
glances; for Reluvcn the matter was
liot settled,
"I can manage, I think," Mrs. Hrown
said, with a worried air, after the head
of the house had gone. "Of course you
must go well dressed. We will do'tlw
sewing ourselves and begin right away.
Your father will not notice what is
going on If I ask liini for n little money
..1 4 I..... II
iiuw iiuu wiru.
Anne wiggled uneasily nnd coughed
loudly, that she might not hear, but Ro
boeca clapped her hands Joyfully.
"Summer clothes are not expensive,"
she cried, eagerly, "and we can make
them look beautiful by putting lots of
work on them!" Then she looked com
inlscratliigly at the uncomfortable
Anne. "You know there are all Tom's
friends. Couldn't you get a little mon
ey at a time out of your father?" Re
becca was as honest and sensible as her
training would allow her to be.
Anne rose. Tliere was nn Indignant
ring In her tone, hut all she said was,
"It's lovely of father to give me the
mouth's outing without the new
clothes !"
Then she turned to Rebecca, Impul
sively frank. "Anyway, Reeky, I'm not
so Incoming to pretty dresses as yon
are, so It's easier to go without."
"O Anne!" protested Rebeccn, weak
ly. '
Rebecca was undeniably handsome,
and knew It, while Anne lalioml under
the Impression that she was "almost
sallow." At least, Hilda always spoke
of her younger sister's complexion In
that dubious way, and Anne, having
great faith In Hilda's judgment, accept
ed the verdict. .
A few days later Anne met Rebecca
hurrying home with her hands full or
thread and insertion. .
"O Anne," she cried, "mother and I
are making me the sweetest dimity for
August! Not expensive, you know, but
we are going to make it look lovely by
putting lots of work on it."
They did, and it proved as lovely as
Rebecca represented It. Anne ran
across the street to view It a week
later. She tried the front door, but it
was locked. She rang the bell, but only
a distant and curious ramble answered
her. The back door yielded to her
push, and the rumble became more- dis
tinct.
"They've taken the sewing machlm
upstairs," thought Anne, "where call
ers cant disturb them."
Tucking her tennis racket under her
arm, she climbed the stairs, and came
on two workers putting the last bit of
lace on the dimity.
"It's a beauty," declared Anne.
"Isn't It?" Rebecca's tone was rap
turous. She whirled Anne round, facin;
the big mirror, and held the dainty
waist up in front of her.
"Why," ejaculated Anno, in surprise,
"it's Incoming to me!" Owing to her
being "almost sallow," Anne was al
ways surprised to find that dainty
clothes looked well on her. "How I
wish " she cried, nnd then paused
abruptly.
"Can't you?" asked Rebecca, under-
standingly. "I know your father
would "
Anne turned from the glass, Inter
rnptlng gayly. "Yes, to the extent of a
walking suit and shirt waists."
Rebecca drew a long breath of satis
faction as she looked about the room.
"This," she explained. Indicating a
white fabric on the bed, "is organdy
that we're going to put over that old
blue taffeta of mine. Yes, it's got to be
all made over, but won't the combina
tion be sweet? And this is linen for a
suit. And this is dotted mull for a lit
tle afternoon gown. We can't have too
.many thin things, you know."
"Yes," said Anne, soberly.
She sighed as she crossed the street ;
but ten minutes later she recrossed It
excitedly, the cause of the sigh forgot
ten, and burst Into the sewing room.
"Reeky," she cried, "Will Dunmore
says we're going to have two boat clubs
and races, and-the girls can belong- lie
wants us on his side!"
"A boat club!" returned Rebeccn.
promptly. "O dear no, Anne ! With all
this sewing I can't waste any time boat-
ng! Mother has just decided that I
must have a cream-colored mohair for
mornings, In addition to the other
things."
niie twisted the knob of the door
and hesitated. "Rut, Reeky, what about
tennis? We play the first game this
afternoon "
Rebeccn Interrupted with n firm
shake of the head. "You know, Anne,
we'll get nil that at the lakes, rowing
and tennis and golf. Now I can't spend
he time ; I must sew."
As the weeks passed that expression,
"I must sew," became the only reply
Rebeccn gave, because the creani-col-
rcd mohair proved but the first of a
number of additions to her pretty ward-
obe. Tennis, croquet, boating, after
noon walks, evenings with her. friends
were all given up.
"I must sew," said Rebecca; nnd one
by one the dainty, filmy garments were
hung away fresh and unworn for Au
gust and the big hotel.
"I must sew," said Rebecca ; nnd her
checks grew hollow, while dark circles
came under her eyes, for summer was
also overworking that year, July heat
prevailing in June and August sultri
ness in July.
It was one hot afternoon in the mid
dle of July that Rebecca threw open
the wardrobe in the sewing room for
Anne's Inspection, saying, In n tone
weary but full of satisfaction. "Only
see, Anne, all the pretty things I have
to wear!''
"Indeed, they are pretty," assented
Anne, heartily.
Then her eyes traveled thoughtfully
from the contents of the wardrobe to
Rek'oca's cheeks nnd on to Mrs.
Hrown, bending over n shirt waist, on
which she was laying Insertion. Mrs.
Hrown's hands trembled nervously as
she worked, nnd occasionally she
paused to press her hand over her eyes.
During one of these pauses she asked
listlessly, "Have you begun to get your
new things, Anne?"
Anne still looked thoughtful. "You
know all I'm to have Is n walking suit
and shirt waists. Mother is working
on a shirt waist."
Mrs. Hrown bent n compassionate
gaze on her, while Rolteeea murmured,
"I supposed, Anne, that when you came
to think hard nbout going you'd
have " She- paused. Rebecca had a
habit of Implying the end of a sentence
by a glance or a tone.
"No," replied Anne, simply.
She walked across the street slowly,
nnd came on her mother also putting
Insertion In the front of n shirt waist,
and her mother looked warm and tired.
"Mother," said Anne, decldedjy,
"there's enough trimming on that waist
now." Abruptly she took the Insertion
out of her mother's hands, adding anx
iously, "It's nice now out on the porch."
Then. Irrelevantly, "you just ought to
see Mrs. Rrown."
Mrs. Tupper looked up inquiringly.
"Mrs. Rrown? Why, really, I've scarce
ly caught a glimpse of her all summer.
Hut I suppose she will let lier friends
sh. her again after you and Reeky go.'
They started the first of August. Mrs.
TupHr went down to the station with
Anne. They were preceded by an ex
press wagon lu which a little flat
topped one-story trunk rattled round In
couspteuously behind Its heavy, throe
story, Iron-lmund uelghlior.
Just as the train drew Into the
Hon Rebecca entered alone, bearing at
umbrella and two hat boxes.
"Mother has a headache," she ex
plained, adding listlessly, "and so
have I."
During the journey to, the northward
the owner of the three-story irunk day
Ijack in her seat, ajwethaiutilerelilef
across her eyes, while Anne, her fresh.
eager face In the open window, kept her
Informed of the varied outside attrao
tions. ,
Several days later a w:til from the
Twin Lakes, arrived by mall. It was
directed to ' Mrs. Brown, but Mrs.
Rrown was in no condition to rend !t,
She lay in a darkened room. Buffering
with Inflamed nerves and iiillamed
eyes. Mrs. Tupper was caring for her.
and It was Mrs. Tapper who raised tin
curtain a trifle nnd read the wail aloud,
"I haven't written much before,"
wrote Rebecca, "because I'm so tired I
can't write or do anything else except
watch the others hnve a good time
esiecially Anne. She has the best mus
cle of any girl here, nnd Tom's friends
all want her on their side in tennis
matches nnd bonting and that sort of
thing. She looks so well and happy
and active that I hear people say they
like to see her around. O denr! I'm
so tired I can write just this one thing
more! If I go away next summer I
won't kill myself getting ready! I'm
glad, though, that you are well. I was
afraid when I came away that you were
going to be sick."
There was a restless movement In
the darkest corner of the' room.."I
didn't write Reeky that I am sick be
cause I didn't want to spoil her good
time!" sighed Rebecca's mother.
Youth's Companion.
MISLEADING NAMES.
Ternm In Science Hint Belle the
Produce (o Which They A)l-.
There are terms lu certain depart
ments of science that positively nils-
name the products to which they are
applied.
The word "oil" in Its more compre
hensive and Indiscriminate uses, Is
made to include hydrocarbons, like pe
troleum, and nlso many other sub
stances that have an oily appearance,
like "oil of vitriol," which Is not oil- at
all, but sulphuric add.
Strictly speaking, the mineral oils,
maiming nn petroleum products, nre
not oil, although we speak of "coal oil"
and "kerosene oil."
The best classifications of oils do not
include mineral hydrocarbons,' like
naphtha, paraffin and petroleum, but
treat only the two well defined groups
fixed oils and fats and the essentia'
or volatile oils. .
"Copperas" Is not copper, but sul
phate of Iron. "Salt of lemon" has
nothing to do with the fruit of the lem
on tree, but is potassium blnoxnlatt) or
potash treated with'o.vaiie acid.
"Carbolic acid" is not an acid, but a
phenol. In structure it is allied to the
alcohols nnd has only slight add prop
erties. "Soda water" has no trace of
soda. "Sulphuric1 add" contains no sul
phur. "'Sugar of lead" is innocent of
sugar.
"Cream of tartar" has nothing to do
with cream nor "milk of lime" with
milk. "German silver" is a stranger to
sliver, and "black lead" is not lead at
all, but graphite. "Mosaic gold" is a
sulphide of tin.
These misleading names have come
down from the vocabulary of an early
and Inexact chemistry. As popular
science extends the old terms are yield
ing to the more scientific nomenclature.
SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
The Simple Secret of Blowing the
11 IK GIiimh GlolieH,
Emperor Nicholas wished to illumin
ate the Alexander column In a grand
style. . The size of the round lamps to
be used for the purpose was Indicated
and the glasses ordered at the umiufac
tory, where the workmen exerted them
selves In vain nnd almost blew the
breath out of their bodies in the en
deavor to obtain the desired size.
The commission must be executed
that was self evident but how?
A great premium wns offered to the
one who could solve the problem. Again
the human bellows tolled and puffed.
Their object seemed unattainable, when
at last a long bearded Russian stepped
forward and declared that he could do
It; he had strong lungs; he would only
rinse his mouth first with a little water
to refresh them.
lie applied his mouth to the pipe and
puffed to such puriKise that the vitre
ous ball swelled nnd puffed hearly'to
the required dimensions, up to them,
beyond them.
"Hold! Hold!" cried the lookers on.
"You nre doing too much. Ami how
did you do it at nil?"
"The matter Is simple enough," an
swered the long beard, "but, first,
where Is my premium?"
And when he clutched the promised
bounty he explained.
He had retained some of the water
hi his mouth, which had passed thence
Into the glowing ball and then, becom
ing steam, had rendered him tUs good
service.
(-Hutloita,
Mr. rglimug This portrait doesn't
look a bit like me.
Artist I know it. I was afraid to
make it exactly like you for fear you
wouldn't take it.
Some women break Into the gossip
class because they nre unable to attract
attention In any other way.
A girl may refuse a man because she
feels sure that he will propose again,
but a wlilow never takes any chances.
Every
time you get
your owu wtjf
you make an enemy.
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Building a Dam. .
I expect to" huild a dam on a creek
for a saw mill. Dam will be about
100 feet long at top to raise the water
tea feet. 1.J What would be the cheap
est way of building the dam? 2. "Will
yW give a plan of such a dam? 3.
Wtiat size of turbine would be neces
sary to run a 48-Inch' circular saw?
Ans. The accompanying sketch
shows a cross-section of the style of
dam that would be required for -this
purpose. Dams are sometimes con
structed by a curbing of wood, mason
ry, or cement, the Interior being filled
with dry stones. Such a dam Is called
a rock-fill dam. If stone is plentiful,
the dam may be built entirely of ma
sonry. The top should be laid either
with plank or cement.
As the Illustration shows, the dam
is laid on bed-rock, the bed rock being
blasted out sufficiently to secure a key
nnd a solid footing generally. With
a ten-foot dam the base should be ten
feet wide. On the upstream side, the
batter or slope of the dam is about 1
in 4, and on the downstream side the
upper part of the batter Is about 1 in 3
and the lower part 1 in 1. The dam
throughout its length should curve up
stream, so as to present a concave sur-
tea rock
DAM
FOR SAW MILL POWEB.
face to the pressure of the water. The
masonry work should be constructed
of rubble with cement mortar, nnd all
the work should be very thoroughly
done.
A necessary provision In connection
with a dam is sufficient wasteway for
water not utilized for power. The com
mon form of wasteway is a tunnel
through the dam sufficiently large to
prpvide for the maximum amount of
water that would be required to pass
through it. In addition sluice gates
should be provided, by which the flow
of water would be controlled. The
water to be utilized for power may'be
carried to the wheel by menus of n
flume. A fifteen-Inch turbine wheel
would provide from 8 to 10 horse pow
er, which would be sufficient to run a
saw of the size mentioned. Montreal
Star.
For Feeding Stock.
A bucket of peculiar construction,
designed especially to be used by farm
ers and dairymen in feeding slop to
stock and ,iu the
handling of fluid sub
stances is the Inven
tion of a Michigan
mau. It serves in a
sense ns a dipper.
The arrangement
Is Such that it can
be filled by forcing it
bottom downward In
to a receptacle of
fluid substance, the
new bucket. hinged portion of the
bottom being opened to permit the
bucket to be filled and closed to hold
the contents until carried to the place
of feeding. The contents can thus be
discharged Into a trough without
wasting it and without the liability of
spilling it upon the clothes of the
operator. The hinged portion of the
bottom of the can Is operated by a rod
extending above the top, which term
inates Into a handle. As the bucket
Is carried by the latter, pressure Is
always maintained upon the bottom to
keep it closed. When it is desired to
discharge' the contents the handle Is
pushed downward.
I"lg Money In AVaxte Land,
The woven wire feuce is revolution
izing the hog industry in the whole
country, nnd when farmers learu to
utilize every bit of waste land for pas
ture for their hogs the herds will be
healthy and the cost of production will
be decreased many dollars. It won't do
to allow the pigs to lie in the shade of
the corn cribs or to allow them only a
run of pasture. Feed a little corn all
of the time that the pigs are running
iu the pasture. The grass-grown pig
does not appear so attractive with his
working clothes on, but when he is well
developed nnd ready to be fitted he
makes the pampered pets look like 30
cmts. He makes a fine appearance and
s a credit to his owner and feeder.
Portable Canning Machine.
A machine by which the farmer can
prepare and can his fruits, tomatoes,
coru, beans or any other farm produce
which can be canned, in the fields or
orchards in which the vegetable or fruit
Is growing, Is described in Popular Me
chanics. Mounted on a wheelbarrow
arrangement the machine can be pushed
from one orchard to another or from a
tomato patch to a cornfield as necessity
requires. Water for the process is heat
ed by a kerosene burner.
mag
Halt tor Lira Stock.
Why salt should he regularly sup
plied to stock Is thus put by. a famous
English authority: Because la the
blood of animals, there Is six or seven
times more 'sodium than potassium, and
that the coinposition of the blood is
constant. ' T keep nniuiahr in good
health a definite amount of common
salt must be assimilated. The excess
of potassium salts in vegetable foods
causes by chemical exchange an ab
normal loss of common salt This Is
proved by the fact that the craving of
an animal for common salt Is most no
ticeable when the food contains a large
proportion of potassium salts, such as
wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, beans and
pens. The addition of salt to animal
food Increases the appetite, promotes
the repair of tissue by Its searching
diffusion through the body, and stimu
lates the rapid using up of its waste
products. Bousslngault's experiments
showed that salt Increases muscular
vigor and activity, and improves their
general appearance and condition.
The Right Way to Pack Frntt.
If the fruitgrower simply tumbles
his apples Into the barrel without sort-
ng and without arrangement, in order
to get the greatest number Into the
larrel, heads it up and ships to mar
ket, he will discover when he gets his
"hek that his fruit has been sold for
the lowest price. Thd only way to get
the top prices for fruit is to sort it
according to grades, arranging in bar
rels or boxes In layers, placing each
apple in by hand, and selecting for the
top layer fruit of the same color. The
top layer should be made up of apples
all of the same size If possible, and the
fruit should come Just to the top of
the staves. Then the heading should
be carefully placed on top and gently
pressed down until It slips into the
chine. This can be done better by the
use of a block placed under a lever.
Nitrate oi Soda.
The value of nitrate of soda applied
to barnyard millet at the New Jersey
experiment station was stated by the
experimenters as follows: Amount ap
plied, 100 pounds per acre; yield un
treated acre, 7.03 tons; treated acre,
13.38 tons; gain by use of nitrate,
5.75 tons ; per cent of gain, 75.4 ; value
of gain, at $3 ter ton, $17.25; cost of
nitrate per acre, $3.G0. net gain per
acre by use of nitrate over cost, $13.05.
The crop was seeded on June 10 on
well-fertilized land at the rate of three
fourths bushels of seed per acre, after
a crop of oat and pea forage had -been
harvested, which averaged six tons per
acre. The nitrate was applied soon af
ter the plants were well 'rooted and
capable' of absorbing food rapidly.
. Cow Stall.
The stall as shown here Is four feet
over all, but can be made less. Cow
when eating will stand with her hind
feet Just behind the 2 by 4, leaving the
droppings behind it .
When she lies down she will be com
pelled to He in front of the 2 by 4
with her head under the feed rack. It
is not necessary to have a gutter In
a stall of this kind. There should be
short partitions, ' however, to keep the
cows from turning around.
For building, use 2 by 4 for bottom
feed rack ; bottom of rack 3 feet above
floor. Strips of 1 by 4, 6 Inches apart
form the rack, and should slope back
GO degrees. From 7 to 8 feet from front
of stall place 2 by 4 on edge; if set in
dirt use stakes.
Chemical Action ot Manure.
Although cultivation is necessary and
will Increase your crops, no matter how
much you cultivate, or how you labor,
It should be remembered that the plant
food In the soil Is the vital element of
crop production. The crop removes this
element, but by applying manure it Is
put back again. Manure not only en
riches soil with the elements of fertil
ity, but also renders the stored plant
food of the soil more available. Im
proves the chemical conditions, makes
the soil warmer and enables It to re
tain more moisture and to draw It up
from below.
Farming Notes.
Remember the Importance of the
kitchen garden.
Some genius has figured out thnt a
bee will on a busy day draw sugar
from 120,000 different clover heads.
. When mustard Is a serious pest the
fields are sprayed with a solution that
kills the weed, but does not harm the
crop.
The government spent $10,000 this
last spring planning ways to destroy
the green bug In Kansas, Oklahoma
and Texas.
One hundred and thirty-nine cows,
comprising the best of thirty-six Illi
nois herds, produced an average ot 301
pounds of butter fat last year.
A cow owned by William Maher of
Sheffield, 111., gave birth to three good-
Ized and perfectly developed calves.
She is half Jersey, and raised the
calves the first three weeks on her
own milk.
COW STALL.
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V
7G5 Riot in Boston on account of th
stamp act.
1775 Continental army under Gen.
Montgomery arrived at Tietmderoga.
17701 Rritish defeated the Americans in
battle of Long Island.
1785 fxrd George Germain, the irrecon
cilable foe of America in the cabinet
of Ixrd North,, during the Revolu
tion, died. Rom Jan. 2G, 1710.
1795 French directory established,
1808 British under Sir Arthur Wellesley
defeated the French and Spanish
forces at Vimiera, in Portugal.
1814 British evacuated the city ot
Washington. ."?.The city of Wash-
I i. , a . i. t :.:.. i.
1818 The Savannah, the first steam ves
sel to cross the ocean, launched at
New York.
ISiO The Duke of Richmond, governor
general of Canada, died of hydropho
bia. 1829 Copper discovered at Galena, 111,
.... Warfare between Colombia and
Peru ended. . . . First temperance so
ciety formed in Ireland.
1S35 Sir John Gosford, Earl of Col
borne, sworn in as governor of Can
ada. -
1830 Opening of the Buffalo and Ni
agara railroad.
184G Annexation of New Mexico to the
United States.
1847 Republic of Liberia inaugurated.
1S4S Trials of the Chartists began In
London.
1851 The yacht America won the new
famous cup at the international re
gatta at Cowes, England.
1857 Port Huron, Mich., incorporated a
city. . .Beginning of a financial panic
in the-United States, which culmi
nated in an almost entire suspension
of the banks.
1858 First treaty signed between Great
Britain and Japan. .
1SG0 Victoria railway bridge at Mon
treal opened by the Prince of- Wales.
18GT Thomas Chandler Ilalihurton,
noted Canadian writer, died. Born
179G.
1809 First Confederate soldiers' monu
ment unveiled at Griffin, Ga.
1878 The independence of Servia, pro
claimed at Belgrade.
1880 William J. Kendall, clothed In a
cork vest, swam through the Niagara
whirlpool rapids.
1890 Maj. Gen. Sir F. D. Middleton re
tired from "the command of the Ca
nadian militia.
1891 Decenninl census placed the popu
lation of Canada at 4,823,344.
1894 A tornado swept the shores of the
Sea of Azof and caused the loss of
1.000 lives.
1897 President Borda of Uruguay assas
sinated at Montevideo. . , .Congress
of Salvador adopted the gold stand
ard.... Gen. J. P. S. Gobin of Penn
sylvania elected commander-in-chief
of the Q. A. R.
1904 Battleship Louisiana launched at
Newport News.
1907 British House of Lords passed the
bill legalizing marriages with a de
ceased wife's sister, thus settling a
long pending question.
Owing to the failure to secure advan
tageous railroad rates between Salt Lake,
Utah, and Ely, Nev., the proposed bout
between Battling Nelson and Joe Gans,
scheduled for Labor Day at Ely, has been
called off.
Forty-three strikeouts is the record 1
which was established in a remarkable
game at Buffalo Lake between the home
team and the fast Olivia team. The eon
test was prolonged for twenty innings,
during which Olivia used one t wirier,
while Buffalo Lake used two. Olivia won.
- At a meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Central States Rowing Asso
ciation it was decided to present the
grand prize 'fir the highest merit to the
South Side Rowing Club of Quincy, HI.,
and the association will have a duplicate
prize made to present to the Mound City
Club of St Louis. The original prize la
a handsome bronze plaque presented by
the Burlington Boating association. The
Mount City and the South Side clubs tied
(or first honors.
At the close of the Olympic games in
London, the American athletes were cov
ered with medals. Queen Alxandra hand
ed out fifteen gold medals to the Yankees
at the stadium. These with a tray full
of silver and bronze emblems of victory,
made by far the most imposing array of
"jewelry" awarded to any nation. Amer
ica's victory, 114 1;3 to England's 601-3
was by the biggest margin on record. At
Athens two years aeo the count i'U
751-10 to 41 in favor of America.- Tht
Americans csme wilhin ten points of scor
ing as much as all the other nations con
bined.