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FREDDIE FUNSTON
GETS HIS REWARD
President Includes Him In
Promotion List.
KANSAN BRIGADIER GENERAL
Among Officers Advanced Are
Many Southerners—All Are
In Regular Army.
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The following important army ap
pointments were announced at the
white house Saturday night:
To be major general United Statea
army:
Brigadier General Lloyd TVheaton,
rice Miles promoted lieutenant gen
eral.
To be brigadier generals in the regu
lar army:
Colonel Jacob H. Smith, Seven
teenth United States infantry, briga
lier general volunteers, vice Dagett,
retired.
Brigadier general, Frederick Fun
ston, United States volunteers, vice
Wheaton, promoted.
The announcement of these appoint
ments was made after a conference
between the president, Secretary Boot
and Adjutant General Corbin, and at
the same time the long expected list
of appointments of majors and cap
tains in the quartermaster’s and com
missary departments and chaplains
was made known.
All of these appointments are in the
regular army, tinder the recent act of
congress enlarging and reorganizing
the army and without exception the
staff appointees are from volunteer
officers.
The chief interest, however, center
ed in the three high appointments of
a major general and two brigadiers,
and more particularly in the selection
of General Funston after his gallani
exploit in capturing Aguinaldo.
Following the announcement Gen
eral Corbin sent the following to Gen
eral Mac Arthur:
“Washington, March 30. —Mac-
Arthur, Manila.—The following ap
pointments made: Wheaton, major
general. Smith and Funston, briga
diers general. Secretary of war joins
me in congratulations to all.
* Cobbin. ”
AmoDg the other appointments were
the following:
To be captains and assistant quar
termasters:
W. M. Coulling, Virginia; W. B.
Barker, Mississippi; A. W. Butt, Geor
gia; H. L. PettUß, Alabama; L. F.
Garrard, Jr., Georgia; K. J. Hampton,
Kentucky; B. Frank Cheatham, Ten
nessee; Frederick W. Cole, Florida;
Charles T. Baker, South Carolina.
To be captain and assistant commis
sary of subsistence:
H. G. Cole, Georgia; T. B. Hacker,
Tennessee.
To be chaplains:
John M. Moose, Mississippi; Charles
T. Wright, Georgia; A. A. Pruden,
North Carolina.
The promotion of General Funston
show.: that President McKinley has
not been influenced by the disposition
on the part of what is known as the
regular army combine to discount the
importance of Funston’s sensational
achievement.
The fact that a volunteer officer,
without the assistance of the regular
army, has been able to locate and
make a captive of this notorious Fili
pino is not relished by the regulars.
Funston is Dot popular with the regu
lar army combine, which was demon
strated by the stubborn opposition to
every effort that had beeu made to
promote him. Ho was urged for pro
motion to the rank of brigadier gen
eral, but he was without sufficient mil
itary or political influence to obtain
the recognition which many persons
claim he was entitled to.
Orders Four New Ships.
The North German Lloyd Steam
ship Company has ordered the con
struction of four lavge steamers at
Bremen, Germany.
Glass Works Close Hay ist.
The Indiana glass manutactnrers
notified all their plants in the United
Spates to close May Ist until late in
the fall. This is two weeks earlier
&an Esaal.
ENLISTMENTS MAY 3TOP.
Owing to Aguinaldo’s Capture Big
Army Is Not Now Needed.
Asa result of the capture of Agui-
Tialdo and the belief among Washing
ton officials that a speedy and com
plete collapse of the insurrection in
ihe Philippines will follow, the full
strength of the army authorized by
the recent army reorganization act
-mzj not be enlisted. The question is
being canvassed by the president and
the authorities. If conditions turn
out as the officials here now believe
they will there will be no necessity
for recruiting an army of 100,000 men.
PROnOTION FOR FUNSTON.
No Doubt Exists That President W
Reward Brave Kansan.
A Washington dispatch says: T
view of General MacArthnr’s specili
recommendation, indorsed by Genera
Wheaton, that General Funston wi
be appointed a brigadier general in tb>
regular army, there seems to be n*
doubt in well informed quarters th
the president will comply promptly
with these recommendatioas.
ASSASSIN’S BAD AIM.
Bullet Intended For Czar Went
Amiss—Count Tolstoi Ban
nished From Russia.
A dispatch to The London Morning
Leader from Ivieff, Russia, says that
au officer of the household ineu iu
assassinate the czar. He tired at his
majesty, but missed, and then shot
and killed himself.
TOLSTOI BANISHED.
It was rumored in St. Petersburg
several days ago, but generallv dis
believed, that Count Leo Tolstoi
had been banished from Russia
because of the attempted assas
sination oi Privy Councillor Po
biedonostzeff, chief procurator of the
Holy Synod, who was shot at early iu
the morning of March 22d, while sit
ting iu his study, the attempt being at
tributed to a desire for revenge, grow
ing out of the excommunication of
Count Tolstoi.
Owing to the indefiuiteness of the
rumor, it was disregarded by the cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
St. Pelersburg. Now, however, the
correspondent has received a private
letter from a usually trustworthy
sonrce in \ ilua, capital of the govern
ment of that name, saying that Count
Tolstoi was reported to have passed
through Vi In a March 26th, being es
corted to the frontier by two gen
darmes.
The trial of Peter Karpovitch, the
assassin of M. Bologiepoff, thß Rus
sian minister of public instruction,
who has been sentenced to twenty
years’ penal servitude with a loss of
civil rights, was strictly secret. Ad
mittance was only by card.
STUDENTS LOYAL TO TOLSTOI.
“A thousand students of the Uni
versity of Kieff have forwarded a pe
tition to the holy synod,” says the
Odessa correspondent of The London
Daiiy Express, “in which they ask to
be excommunicated with Count
Tolstoi.”
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
Tlia Various Industries Established
During the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
new industries reported for the past
week are box factories at Mobile, Ala.,
Norfolk and Boykins, Va.; a §25,000
brick plant at Fulton, Ark.; §IOO,OOO
brick works at Chilhowie, Va., and
brick works at Fort Smith, Ark., aud
Concord, N. C.; brick and tile works
at Norfolk, Va.; broom factories at
Norfolk, Va., and Caldwell, Texas;
a chair factory at Owensboro, Kv.; a
§IOO,OOO coal and land company
at McDonald, W. Va.; a 830,000 coal
mining company at Oak Hill, Ky.,
and a §25,000 coal company at Wood
stock, Ala.; a cotton compress at
Scottsboro, Ala.; cotton gins at Jes
sie, Kerby, Peoria and Rockett,Texas;
a cotton and woolen mill at Fayette
ville, N. C.; a 81,000,000 develop
ment company at Norfolk, Va.; an
electric plant at Bowling Green, Ky;
an electric power plant at Smithville,
Ky.; a 825,000 electric light and power
plant at Cleburne, Texas; a flouring
mill at Plauteau, N. C.; a §25,000
foundry aud machine shop at Bir
mingham, Ala.; a §50,000 fuel
company at Corsicana, Texas; fur
niture factories at Vaiden, Miss.,
and Rudisill, N. C.; a §250,-
000 gas company at Petersburg, Va.;
a 820.000 glass factory at Chattanooga;
a grist mill and gin at Parsley, Texas;
a hardware company at Van Alstyne,
Texas; a harnees and saddle factory at
Richmond, Va.; ice factories at Knox
ville, Tenu., and Clarksville, Texas;
an ice and cold storage plant at Cov
ington, Tenn.; and irrigation plaut at
Kittrell, N. C.; a 830,000 land and im
provement company at Waco, Texas;
a lauudry at Wadesboro, N. C.; lum
ber compuuy at Cleburne, Texas, and
Welch, W. Va.; lumber mills at New
Orleans; a §50,000 oil compauy at
Houston, Texas; an oil company at
Dallas, Texas, and another at Mart,
Texas; packing plants at Fort Worth
and San Antonio, Texas; a paint fac
tory at Birmingham, Ala.; a $30,000
rice mill at Gueydau, La.; a §20,000
rice mill at Charleston, S. C.; a sash,
door aud blind factory at Greenville,
N. C.; a §25,000 saw mill near Mem
phis, Tenn.; a §200,000 sugar mill at
Glenflora, Texas; a §1,000,000 tele
phone company at Louisville, Ky.; an
other with §250,000 capital at Inver
ness, Fla.; telephone companies at
Fairview, Tenn., and Temple, Texas;
a trunk factory at New Orleans, and a
wagon factory at Churchpoint, La.—
Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
“BY GROSS TREACHERY.”
London Newspaper Comments On the
Capture of Aguinaldo.
The London Saturday Review says:
“The news of the capture of Agui
naldo may be welcome, as meaning the
end of a war which is still wasting life
and ruining prosperity in the Philip
pines; but for Aguinaldo himself,
whoe capture was effected by a gross
act of trea hery there must be general
sympathy.
“He gave the Americans invaluable
assistance in the eapture of Manila,
aud iu the previous maneuvers.”
SURRENDERING IN DROVES
Rebellious Filipinos Continue te u.v
Up to the Americans.
A Manila special says: Thirty men
of General Cable's command hare sur
rendered. Of this number five were
officers, including Colonels Herrera
and Reloya.
The recent surrenders ‘ iclnde Gen
eral Gonzales, eleven officers and forty
live rifles, at Malabon, and Colonel
flerrara, three officers and twenty
five men, with rifles, at Lagana, and
Colonels Pablo, Tecson and Sibul, at
Bulacau.
THE WEEKLY NEWS, CARTERSVTLLE, GA.
!U§ TALKS +
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Advli*o Upon Monry Matter#.
Always keep a supply of change on
hand —half-dollars, quarters, dimes
and nickels. This will obviate keep
ing people waiting for change and
wasting your time or the time of
others waltin" till change be made.
It will also help you to save many
cents in the course of a week, especial
ly if everything that comes to your
home is paid for in cash. Many house
wives object to this method of keep
ing change handy, because as soon as
a bill is “broken” it goes without
their knowing hovr or where. This is
racier the fault of mismanagement
than the consequence of keeping
change. If money passes through
other hands than your own before It
is finally paid it is time and trouble
saved to have the exact change to
hand out. —American Queen.
Summer Sus'-estions.
Tucks will be übiquitous.
Undersloeves will hold their own.
Plaids, as a rule, are things to shun.
Heavy stitekings in many instances
look like tucks at a short distance.
Jabots will help out shirtwaists
with more or less open jabots.
Shaped taffeta strappings will finish
scalloped edges.
Battlements will be a feature of
sartorial architecture.
Bodices buttoned or hooked up the
back are gaining favor.
Breadth of the shoulders is being
more accented.
Nun’s veiling, cashmere, foulard aud
crepe are talked of for occasions upon
which wash dresses would be too
light.
Elbow puffs may make a sylph out
of one girl, and a balloon of another.
Pompadour silk is nearly always a
lovely evening dress.
A cording of black will set off many
a dashing dress of light foulard. —
Philadelphia Record.
Well-bromjlit-up I’rincflWfK.
The Queen of England, so long and
lovingly known as the Princess of
Wales, or the “princess,” has been
very particular in bringing up her
daughters, so as to secure for them
good physical health. She made the
most of the time spent by the royal
household in the highlands of Scot
land. Here the young princesses were
kept out of doors as much as possible,
enjoying the fresh air in fair weather
or in cloudy. A great part of the day
was spent by them in loose-fitting
dresses, with unstiffened bodices,
adapted for hill climbing.
The princesses dressed for dinner
in conventional evening dress, worn
over the whaleboned corselet which
some women wear day in and day out,
but these evening hours of tight-fitting
clothing came at the end of a day
spent in loose garments, which did
not impede the breathing or the cir
culation. This sensible regime of
educating daughters with as much
chance of fresh air exercise as would
be given boys was insisted upon by
Alexandria, now Queen of England.
A Novel Tea Gown.
A becoming tea gown, in which one
can lounge in luxurious armchairs
after a day’s snort or touring, is a
most desirable addition to the ward
robe, and an extremely pretty gown
suitable for this "purpose is made of
soft broche silk in pale turquoise blue
and biscuit color, and it is mounted
on a lining of soft china silk or nun’s
veiling, which fits into the figure at
the back, but has no darts in front, so
the fullness is caught together by a
lace belt. The yoke, which is trans
parent and extends over the shoulders.
Is of biscuit colored tucked chiffon, with
bands of ecru guipure lace insertion
in between, and the collar and bands
on the sleeves are of lace insertion,
with frills of soft lace edging of the
same becoming tint gathered into
them. From the bottom of the yoke
all around the shoulders hangs a frill
of lace, and this is not carried quite
to the centre of the front, but the
ends are gathered and arranged in
waterfall frills, which taper off and
end about 10 inches below the waist.
If desired, the yoke could be lined
with pale blue china silk to make it a
little firmer, or a lining of cream or
flesh colored silk might be used, if the
contrast with the rest of the gown
were desired without the transparency.
The sleeves have close fitting iinings
of thin silk or nun’s veiling to hold
the full puff in position.
Hint* on Mourning down*.
Mourning costuunes of today are less
exacting than formerly. The time was
when a widow who wore a touch of
white within a year of her adoption
of black would have been regarded as
unfit for social recognition. Now- it is
not unusual to see a touch of white
chiffon at the throat, even in the
earliest days of widowhood, and some
times a whole vest of white chiffon is
worn before the close of the first year.
The materials chosen for mourning
are more varied than has been cus
tomery heretofore. Rough and
smooth serges, vicunas, cashmeres,
henriettas, crepons and nun’s veilings
all are correct and durable, and can
be made available for general use
after the period of conventional
mourning is ended.
The princess is a favorite mode of
making gowns of this character for
women of svelte and youthful figure,
while the recently revived postilion
basque is occasionally seen on women
of more portly type.
Dull finished ribbons are worn as
sashes, and give a touch of the mourn
ing aspect to any black gown. A ros
ette with long ends attached to the
corsage on the left, near the shoulder,
is a pretty addition to an otherwise
simple costume.
A handsome gown made recently
for a mourning wardrobe was cut with
the new princess skirt reaching to the
bust line, and had a blouse of dull
black taffeta. The coat was a bolero
with stitched edges, and the fronts
were elongated to permit of their being
drawn through a jet buckle and hang
ing like sash ends nearly to the hem
of the skirt.
Another costume was of zibeline,
with the princess skirt, black crepe de
chine pleated blouse and a bolero of
Persian lamb. The toque was of
black chiffon, with large rosettes. A
black fex boa and muff were the furs
ordered, and neck ruchings of black
silk edged with chenille were included.
While black fox is regarded as espe
cially appropriate to deep mourning,
broadtail and caracul also are used.
When the mourning period has
reached a term that admits of the ac
ceptance of informal invitations for
evening, black net is peculiarly fitting,
and may be accompanied by either
chiffon or ribbon for sash and cor
sage bows. Made high over a low lin
ing, with unlined sleeves, the effect
is quietly elegant.
Mr*. McKinley’s Carden.
It must be pleasant to be a lady of
the White House as spring approaches,
for she can look forward to the en
joyment of one of the earliest and
most beautiful gardens in the country.
Mrs. McKinley’s posy beds will then
take on delicate hues of green and
rose mauve and misty yellow; then
the colors will deepen and the beds
be jewelled with wide-opened blos
soms, and by the middle of April the
White House gardens will be brilliant
and full of color as a Diaz picture.
This effect is brought about by sys
tem and order and foresight. In Oc
tober the hyacinths, tulips, crocuses
and narcissus bulbs are placed in
the ground. Forget-me-nots, pansies,
field daises and many other plants are
“set out.” These remain in the beds
all winter, and flower from the middle
of March to the middle of May. Late
in April the summer planting com
mences, and continues until the close
of May, by which time the cannas
and geraniums and endless other va
rieties of newcomers are installed in
their summer home. During the fall
planting at the White House there are
placed in the ground more than 56,000
bulbs and fully 5000 plants, whereas
In the spring 35,000 plants, embracing,
150 varieties, are set out. Surrounding
the executive mansion are 55 flower
beds of various sizes, and aggregat
ing in area several acres. All of the
beds must be shielded in winter by
elaborate blanketings of protective ma
terial, and in the case of many of the
beds precaution must always be taken
lest they be washed out by the heavy;
rainfall. It takes care and caution to
make a president’s garden.
The work of peopling the half a
hundred flower beds with their richly
arrayed inhabitants is of itself a gi
gantic task. All of the plants come
from the great White House conserva
tories, and at planting-time a dozen
men are busy for a month or more
setting them out. There are placed
in the ground each year more than
6000 tulips, embracing not less than
half a hundred species, 2500 pansy
plants, 2000 field daises, from 6000 to
8000 geraniums and other flowers in
proportion. As an example of the in
tricate planting introduced it may be
stated that there are on the grounds
two fancy flower beds, neither of them
very large, in each of which there are
more than 5000 small plants.
No wonder Mrs. McKinley has a
lovely view from her window.—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
ffo R Vof'/Tf
Hats still perch at a dizzy angle.
Blouses are to be prime favorites.
Short boleros top off the princess
dress.
In striped materials the sleeves are
often made crosswise.
Skirt flounces are often tucked down
a part of their depth.
Elbow sleeves are bits of beauty
which will be retained.
Velvet ribbon put on in strap effect
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ornaments some gala gowns.
Chambray will figure for shirtwaist
suits. So will zephyr ginghams.
Agutlettes now tag strappings as
well as the ends of ribbon bows.
Some fabrics seem built for the sole
purpose of running ribbons through.
Fancy lace yokes often have an ef
fective elongation in vest effect at
the front.
Clusters of tucks, three say, add
much to the effectiveness of many a
blouse, especially if they go ’round
and ’round.
Whether the undersleeve is a mera
puff at the wrist or shows all the
way to the elbow is a mere matter
of preference.
One of the simplest yet most effec
tive trimmings is a row of narrow
striped silk set in with tucks or braid.
The stripes go crosswise.
TIHg
A Delieinu* Salad.
A delicious salad may be made of the
turkey meat. Cut the meat into dice
and mix with It an equal quantity of
celery. Season with salt, paprika, on
ion juice and capers, and serve on let
tuce loaves with a mayonnaise dress
ing, to which some whipped cream has
been added. Both white and dark meat
may be used, and if the supply is small
very tender veal will not detract from
the flavor.
A Compote of (]ulih ph.
For a compote of quinces peel, quar
ter and core six that are ripe and
sound and boil them in water enough
to keep them from burning until they
arc tender. Remove the pieces of fruit
and make a syrup of one-half cupful of
water and one-half cupful of sugar.
Then add the fruit and boil for five
minutes. Remove the quinces to a glass
dish, and boil the syrup until it is
thick. When it is cool pour it over the
quinces.
Fricamioe of Lamb.
A delicious fricassee of lamb may be
made by cutting the neck and shoul
der into small pieces, dredging it with
flour which has been seasoned with
salt and pepper, and sauteing it in but
ter until it is brown. The next step is
to add to it hot water to more than
cover it, and cook slowly until the
meat falls from the bones. Remove
the bones, return the moat to the stew
pan, add a slice of onion, a small to
mato and cook for half an hour. Re
move the onion, put the meat in the
centre of the platter and arrange
dumplings around it. Serve the sauce,
of which there should bo plenty, in a
gravy boat, separately.
Spring Chicken with Oyitern.
Singe and draw a small, tender
chicken of about two pounds; wipe it,
inside and out, with a wet towel; cut
the neck close to the breast, leave the
skin over the breast long to envelop
the breast; cut the legs close to the
body, and cut them in two; cut the
body in six pieces. Leave the breast
and wings in one piece. Put one and a
half tablespoons of butter in an earth
en cocotte, put it on the chafing dish;
stand directly over the flame. When
the butter has melted put in first all
the dark meat and the carcass; six
minutes after put In the breast. Sea
son with one level teaspoon of salt, one
level saltspoon of pepper; cook 20 min
utes uncovered, not too fast, and tak
ing care to turn and baste each piece,
so that every one shall become of a
golden brown. Meanwhile prepare one
quart of oysters, drain off the liquor,
put them in boiling water one minute;
dry them well with a towel, remove
the tendons, trim, and after the chick
en has cooked 20 minutes add them to
it. Make room in the cocotte, so that
the oysters will go to the bottom; cook
three minutes after putting in the oys
ters. With the fork arrange nicely all
the pieces, putting the breast on the
top with some of the nicest oysters
over it. Serve from the cocotte. If
not at hand, the chafiing msh could be
used instead, allowing four minutes
less for the cooking.—Harper’s Bazar.
Ifoiittehohi Flint#.
Tomato soup is improved by a few
slices of oranges just before serving.
A thick felt under the table cloth
avoids noise and saves wear on the
cloth.
Onions are particularly healthful,
and should be indulged in more fre
quently than they are.
To make tough meats tender put a
spoonful of vinegar into the water in
which they are boiling.
To remove grease spots from silk
moisten the spots with chloroform and
rub with a cloth till dry.
Excellent dishcloths may be made
from old white Holland curtains after
the stiffening has been boiled out.
Newspapers moistened and torn into
bits and strewn over a matting cov
ered floor will aid greatly in the sweep
ing.
Soiled w’hite fur can be cleaned by
rubbing it in successive changes of
flour and then haDging it for a time in
the open air.
Black silk and black satin are great
ly improved by wiping them with spir
its of wine diluted with a little water,
and wipe it on the right side.
In a room flooded with sunshine it
is wisest to use wall paper in which
green predominates. With so much
light repose and toning are needed.
A small novelty in table furnishing
is the cold meat platter, which is per
fectly flat like a bureau tray, but with
a similar but slighter upright rim.
Currant jelly and turnips are the
natural accompaniments of mutton. A
pretty way to serve the turcips is to
cut them in two after they are cooked,
scoop them into cup shape.? and fill
with green peas.
If the point or end of the breast bone
next the vent of any fowl, game bird,
etc., bends easily to pressure, you can
safely say the bird is young. If the
bird be broken or doctored, then nip
the flesh across butt of wings or neck,
between finger and ‘humb, when the
fingers will sink into the flesh of the
bird if it is young.
Familiar Examples.
“Mention some familiar examples of
successive layers.”
“Yes, sir. Hens and jelly cakes, sir.’*
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A German scientist recently declare#
that the age of fishes can be told by
their scales. When placed under the
microscope these show stripes similar
to the. bands in the cross section of a
tree, which indicate the age of the fish.
The communal council of Amster
dam, Holland, has voted $2,000,000 for
the construction of an electrical power
plant, to include a central power sta
tion, 30 miles of tramway, the electric
lighting of the city and a supply of
motive power. The power will be con
veyed in an underground conduit.
From the following analysis it would
appear that there is even less waste in
a cord of pitch pine wood than in the
carcass of a steer under the modern
way of handling it. Under proper
manipulation a cord of this wood will
produce of charcoal, 50 bushels; illu
minating gas, about 1000 cubic feet;
illuminating oil and tar, 50 gallons;
pitch or rosin, 11-2 barrels; pyroligne
ous acid, 100 gallons; spirits of tur
pentine, 20 gallons; tar, one barrel;
wood spirits, five gallons; and, so far
as the charcoal is concerned, when con
sumed it scarcely leaves an ash.
The advantage of the use of nickel
steel In the construction of instru
ments of precision was the subject of
a paper read before the recent Paris
congress of the International Geodetic
association. It was stated that a cer
tain alloy, with 35 to 36 percent nickel,
possessed an expansion 10 times less
than platinum and 20 times less tha*
that of brass. This property renders
it especially serviceable for measuring
rods. A description was given of a
“base bar” of this metal, four metres
In length, which is being constructed
for the geographic service of the
French army. Including its alumi
num case, it will weigh 110 pounds.
A great family of flowering animals
is that including the “sea cucumbers.”
These animals have long, flattened
bodies of a dark color that ranges from
brown to reddish purple, and their
most active movement is a slow, creep
ing along the bottom. At one end is
the mouth surrounded by the petal
like tentacles that push into it t.h®
mud and sand on which the organism
lives. The mud of the bottom is filled
with tiny beings that really furnish the
food, but it appears to subsist on the
inorganic mud itself. The most curi
ous thing about the “cucumber” is that
it takes ledgers in a way. It has a
large cavity within its body that is
filled with water, and into this cavity
a little fish called the flerasfer works
its way, and then lives within the help
less host. It is not a parasite, for it
leaves its lodging to seek food, but it
merely lodges in the holothurian for
shelter, as the power of stinging that
sea cucumbers possess to a high degree
renders them fairly safe from moles
tation. The little lodgers do not seem
to do any harm to their landlords ex
cept when several take quarters in the
same one, and they may inflict fatal
damage by overcrowding.
lightning-Arrentcr for Troll#j-Car*.
Anew kind of lightning-arrester
has been attracting atention in Europe.
It is designed for the purpose of pre
venting accidents occuring on trolley
cars from sudden discharges of atmos
pheric electricity in districts crossed
by extensive networks of electric wire,
a common form of accident resulting
in injury to the instruments and some
times loss of life. The intent of the
new system is to prevent the flash
from reaching any part of an electric
system, or, if this should take place, to
insure that the current is invariably
deflected so that no harm can result.
The system has been introduced in a
number of cars of the Berlin-Charlot
tenburg Electric railway in Germany,
and so-called “horn arresters” are at
tached to the upper part of the car in
the same way as the trolley. A num
ber of these instruments have also
been placed at oertain intervals along
the line, fixed on the top of the orna
mental iron posts that carry the con
ducting wire of the railway. The first
cars on which the system was tried
worked so well that the lightning-ar
resters have been generally adopted.
In some instances the “horn arresters”
have been applied in the form of a sec
ond trolley, and in others they have
been installed on the roof of the car
in connection with the trolley itself.
The Acid In Lunoni.
According to the New York Journal
of Commerce a New York firm has
made tests to ascertain the compara
tive citric values of Caiifcrnia and
Sicily lemons. The following is the re
sult:
Ninety-one and one-half California
lemons would yield one United States
gallon of juice.
One hundred and twenty-eight and
one-half Mediterranean lemons would
yield one United States gallon of
Juice.
The specific gravity of the juice in
each was 1.041.
Three hundred California lemons
would yield 450 ounces, avoirdupois,
juice, containing 26.64 ounces, avoirdu
pois, crystal citric acid.
Three hundred Mediterranean lem
ons would yield 325 ounces, avoirdu
pois, juice, containing 19.70 ounces,
avoirdupois, crystal citric acid.
The value of this test has been ques
tioned by the importers, who cVued
that it was unfair, in that it compared
Mediterranean fruit, which was among
the first of the season, and which had
not matured, with California fruit at
its best stage.
Florida people aie going more and
more into the small fruit and orang®
business.