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LAKE MICHIGAN’S WATERS TO OVERWHELM CHICAGO IN THREE THOUSAND YEARS. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON FORT LUNDI KOTAU Lundi Kotal is one of the forts of the Khyber pass, the principal pass in the mountains separating India from ROF. (J. K. GILBERT of the United States geological survey has found by a study of lake levels that the great hikes are slowly tilting to the southwest, Afghanistan. Before the recent capture of the place by and that in 3,000 years, by the present rate of rise, Lake Michigan will Hood all the lowland country upon which Chicago is built and drain its overflow into the hostile tribesmen it was garrisoned by a contingent the Illinois river. The learned professor has found that the country to the north of I.ake Huron is steadily rising, while that in the vicinity of Chicago is as steadily sinking. IL' estimates that in no longer than 500 years Lake Michigan will overflow in its high stages; that in 1,000 years it will overflow at ordinary level; known as the Khyber Rifles, which are uniformed and GENERAL ELLES. that in 2,000 years the western outlet will divide volume equally with the eastward flow by way of the St. Lawrence and that in 3,000 years the whole flow back paid by the Indian Government.—Black and White. A British Coinnumder. from Luke Erie will be through the Chicago channel. He asserts that the lake, following a path of overflow that once before, in the last centuries of the glacial age, was its route, wdl course directly through Chicago, forcing what now is the Chicago river hack into the valley of the drainage canal, which is but itself, accord ing to the professor, an artificial aid for hastening what nature has already planned. I’rof. Gilbert, in making his statement of facts, figures and theories, sees no life by well established proverb» will MADE FLOUR FOR TROOPS. hope for Chicago unless the tilt censes as mysteriously as it has begun. He says that there is no known scientific reason for the rise responsible for the impending find himself in a quandary when he spill anil that the upheaval, being entirely lawless, nitty as illogieally decide within the course of 100 years or so to bend the other way. Otherwise he is sure Old Mill in Cumberland Gap Which considers that many of them have that Chicago is doomed; that the waters of the lake will pound clear to the sand hills at Summit, undermining the sky scrapers that may intervene, convert llid Service in the Civil War. their “opposites.” ing the second city of the land into n watery mass of ruins. P LIVES A LIFE OF EXILE, Binhop Who lias Charge of Religious W5»rk in the Far North, Bishop W. C. Bompas, who has charge of the work of the Anglican church In the diocese of Selkirk, in the extreme northwestern part of British America, has lived for over thirty years a life of exile that has few parallels In missionary annals. Since 18(15 lie has been laboring among the Indians far beyond the comforts of civilization. For twenty-three years of that nine he has been a bishop, and though he l.as repeatedly had the opportunity to choose for Ills special field of work the more southern and hospitable part of luring atmosphere, but when In their places pretty girls are Introduced the scene becomes worthy of a Watteau. It w< aid be interesting to know wliqt motives led those adventurous girls to brave the bent and discomfort of their morning’s enterprise. Was it just for fun, for a lark? Or are these particular women thinking of setting out to earn their living in a novel way and wished to prove their fitness to objecting friends and relatives? Or was It Just, an outburst of the “Zeitgeist," the spirit of the times? No one seems to know.— San Francisco Examiner. The Bicycle for Military Use. The bicycle corps of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry recently rode from Fort Missoula, Mont., to St. Louis, Mo, a distance of 1,900 miles. The commander of the corps has reported to the War Department that the trip required thirty-four days of actual travel, nt an average rate of (1.3 miles per hour. A largò part of the trip was made under trying conditions, over mountains, and on sandy or muddy roads, with an occasional fording of "OLD IRONSIDES.” Gallant Battleship Constitution Now One Hundred Years Old. “Old Ironsides” Is 100 years old, and she survives the wear ami tear of peace ami war. Charlestown harbor. Boston, was where the launching took place. The American navy is, therefore, just a century old, for the Constitution was one of the first battleships built by the then youthful Government after it had achieved its Independence. “Ohl Ironsides” was one of the first trio of battleships built by the United States, and is by all odds the most fa mous vessel that ever floated the Amer ican flag, 'to survive the dangers of war and, what Is sometimes more wasting, the decay of peace, through 100 years, is a record more remarkable for a ship than for a man. “Old Iron sides” deserves all the praise lavished on her In speech and song. There is no other vessel the associations of which , are enwrapped with so many names familiar In our history, or can boast such a record of gallant achievements by American tars. Hull, Bainbridge. Decatur, Rodgers and Stewart were nisiioi- w. c. noMi'As. the field, lie has resolutely kept him self on tile extreme limit. In 1S(>5 Mr. ltompas, then a young English deacon 3(1 years old, presented himself for or dination to the priesthood In order that he might go out for missionary work. He was assigned to the Mackenzie Riv er ami Yukon districts. On Christinas day, 1865, he arrived at Fort Sliupso i, where lie preached a Christmas sermon In the rude church that had already been cotwlriicted. In 1874 he was con secrated Bishop of Athabasca, and the journey to England at that time Is the only break In his years of service in (lie Northwest which he has allowed him self. His territory was an enormous one, but he has covered't from one end to another overand over agatu. So con tinuously is he traveling ami preaching that he cannot be said In anv sense io have a home of his own. In 18M Ills vast diocese was divided ami he re tained for himself the northern portion, becoming known as (lie Bishop of Mac kenzie River, In 1890 a further divis ion of territory was made and again Bishop Bompas chose the most outlying portion. For his tactful knowledge of the ways of the Indians amt Eskimos, and for Ills life of continuous self-sac-1 “OLD IRONSIDES.” rlfice Bishop Bompas Is respected wher streams; the men living meanwhile on among her captains. Paul Revere fur ever known. the regulation Held and travel ration. nished the brass bolts and spikes that A California Harvesting Inci lent. The health of the command was excel went into her sturdy frame. Betsy Four young women clad In bloomers lent, and none of the soldiers were dis Ross, “mother of the American flag." walked Into the fields of Lassen Coun abled: the commander thinks that the sewed the great banner of fifteen stars ty recently and asked j>erinission to practicability of the bicycle as a menus and fifteen stripes that floated above work the harvester. They were Orra of military transportation Is demon her when she first breasted the waves. Powell, Gertie Sawyer, Lillie Howell strated.- Youth’s Companion. Holmes wrote an ode to her that is fa and Nellie Packwood. It was granted miliar to every schoolboy. Lord Byron Chinese Otters. them and tliey proceeded to action. On«* 1 was once a guest on board and ('apt. The Chinese have completely domes i Dacres, afterward a British admiral, of them climbed to the driver’s seat and began to guide the twenty six horses ticated the otter. In that country ev was entertained there as a prisoner. around the field, another attended to ery fisherman has bls staff of fishing Her record during the war of 1812 In the binder, a third took charge of the otters and cormorants. These otters cluded the capture of three first-class sack sewing, and the fourth ran the are trained to hunt In company, to at British frigates, 154 guns. 9<M) prison tack, pursue, and seize the fish. Trav ers and property worth more than $1,- separator. A whole morning was spent elers who hnve fished In China state 000,000. In thia Interesting occupation, and then, that they hnve seen good well-trained without mishaps or adventures, they It was In 1704, In view of the troubles | otters currently sold for $400 each. tired, leaving the astonished men In with Algiers, that President Washing i possws'on. A harvest Held is the pret ton and Gen. Henry Knox. Secretary of ' Austria's Railways tiest sight In the world, with its reflec Austria, with Hungary, had 5,737 War (the navy was not then a separate , tions of soft yellow light from the gold miles of railroad at the end of 1896. department), recommended the build- on grain, Its mist of flying chaff and The gross earnings wore $52,000,000, I Ing of a number of first-class frigates. sheaves of winnowed wheat, oats or i the working expenses $35.000, and the The country was then without a single Imrley. Even rough, begrimed. per net revenue $17.000,000 on an invested nmn-of-war. The few merchant ves- | that had been hastily fitted out for spiring men look picturesque in this al I capital of $570,000,000. service In the revolution had been dis mantled or returned to their earlier uses. Congress was by no means a unit on the plan to establish a navy, and the bill for the building of six frig ates of “not less than thirty-two guns” had a majority of only two votes in'the House of Representatives. Of the six vessels thus provided for only three were at once built. They were the Constitution, of 44 guns, 1,576 tons burden and costing$302,719, which was built at Charlestown; the United States of the same size, built at Phila delphia, and the Constellation, of 36 guns and 1,265 tons, built at Baltimore. The engagement of the Constitution and the Guerriere forms a story that we have all read and gloated over in our school histories. It was the first American victory in the war of 1812, and coming from an unexpected quar ter it set the country wild with enthu siasm. When Hull and his victorious crew returned to Boston a great dinner was given to them by the citizens, and John Adams presided; Congress voted a medal to Hull and $50,000 to be di vided among tue officers and crew; the whole country set to singlug praise of the Yankee tars. The other exploits of the Constitu tion. including her escape from Admiral Brobe’s squadron in a three-days chase, her capture of the Java and later of tne Cyane and Levant in a single engage ment, are too familiar to require more than mention. The past half-century has been an un eventful oue for "Old Ironsides.” She did duty many years as a training ship, and tit the outbreak ef the civil war she was anchored at Annapolis. It was feared that she would fall Into the hands of the Confederates and she was towed to New York. She was after ward removed to Phlledalphia, and some years ago was towed to Ports mouth, where she remained until taken back ot Charlestown for the celebra tion lu honor of her century of exist ence. A plan that has been recently put forward in several quarters, and that may be adopted. Is to station the old ship at Annapolis or Washington and to fit her up as a naval museum with relics of our earlier naval history. It is believed that by this means she will be assured of preservation for an other hundred years, and mat she will serve a useful purpose as a constant ob- Ject lesson in patriotism to the younger generation of Americans. How to Shake Han Is. A new handshake lias arrived from England. They say that it is to be- AS THEY Din IT A YEAR AOO. THE FASntOXAnl.K MODE OF TO-DAT. come the rage and will entirely super- cede the kangaroo grasp which has been fashionable. Really the new hand- shake Is not a shake. The bands meet ami gent.*y swing from right to left for an Instant. The amonnt of air Inspired In twer» tyfour hour* is about 10,000 quarts. There is standing at Cumberland ' Gap, Just across the State line from Middlesboro, Ky., an historic old mill. | The mill is located at the foot of the famous Pinnacle mountain on the south , side. It has an overshot wheel of the ' old-fashioned kind about the same size and almost a duplicate of the noted waterwheel which attracts so much at tention near the entrance to the Ten nessee centennial. The mill was built I by John Locke, who came from North Carolina about 1806. The stones which formed the foundation of the structure were hauled from the old north state ’ at a cost of $150. Locke operated it successfully for many years, and after he had accumulated a small fortune he built a flour mill Just above it. He also erected a carding factory and an up right sash sawmill. All the machinery was run by the famous cave spring of the Pinnacle mountain, which gushes out of King Solomon’s cave 300 feet above the level of the valley. It comes from the mountain side a veritable torrent, foaming, hissing, seething, carrying huge bowlders be fore it and cutting a channel through the everlasting rocks in its mad rush to the valley below'. This torrent, ac cording to the estimate of mechanical engineers, would furnish 100 horse power, and although old man Locke harnessed only a part of the turbulent Here are some instances. Proverb: Many In haste, and repent at leisure. Opposite: Happy Is the wooing that’s not long a doing. Proverb: Out of sight, out of mind. Opposite: Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Proverb: A rolling stone gathers no moss. Opposite: A sitting hen gathers no feathers. Proverb: A stitch in time saves nine. Opposite: It’s never too late to mend. Proverb:There’shonoramong thieves. Opposite: Set a thief to catch a thief. Proverb: Discretion Is the better part of valor. Opposite: Nothing venture, nothing have. stream to bls wheels fie secured suffi cient power to operate the machinery for many years. At his death a few years prior to the war John C. Newly bought the plant and he owned It when the war broke out. _ He furnished the Confederacy with thousands of bushels of meal and hundreds of barrels of flour ground by these old mills, and when the Federal army took possession of the Gap the same burrs piade bread stuff for Uncle Sam’s men. When the Confederates began storming the Gap prior to the Federal forces evacuating Gen. George Morgan ordered the mills to be fired, as he did not wish them to remain in operation and give succor to the Confederacy. Accordingly a squad of men was detailed to do the work. They had Just set fire to the flouring mill w hen the Confederate batteries from the adjacent mountains opened fire on the Federal works. The squad lost no time in getting under cover, and as the wind blew the flames away from the corn mill it was saved. It has not lteen In operation for several years and may never grind again. Spaniards of the old race came to de clare that their blood was “blue,” while that of the common people was black. The phrase passed to France, where It had no such significance, and was,In fact, quite arbitrary, and thenee it came to England and America. Origin of “Blue Blood.” The origin of the term “blue Mood” is most suggestive. After the black Moors were driven out of Spain the aristocracy of Spain was held to con sist of those who traced their lineage back to the time before the Moorish conquest. These people were whiter than those who had been mixed with Moorish blood. The veins upon their white hands were blue, while the blood of the masses, contaminated by the Moorish infusion, showed black upon their hands and faces. So the white Revival or Old Jewelry. The old style jewelry is coming Into fashion again. Women are haunting the old curio shops, trying to find the beautiful old cameos like those worn by their mothers and grandmother« years ago. The old-fashioned setting Is rarely changed, the quaintly carved and twisted gold being considered ex tremely beautiful The old broocMT* and rings are especially sought for, and bring remarkable prices when found. Their Peculiarity. First Convict—I)ese prison doetoM are de queerest lot I ever see. Second Convict—How? First Convict—No matter what*« d* matter wld a man. dey never recom mend a change of air—Puck. The only way to successfully argwa Which Would We Believe. The man who sets out to regulate his with a woman is to keep silenL