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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE.
VOLUME y.
NOTES.
A Peruvian guuhont has sunk on ac¬
count of the indiscretion of leaving her
aut in the wet. Peru ought to follow
the example of Nicaragua nnd trans¬
port her gunboats by rail.
Foster's statistics of mineral output,
Just published, show that the United
States produces more nml tlie British
Empire n little less than one-third of
the coal, while Germany furnishes one-
fifth.
The imports of Cienfuegos, Cuba, last
year were $5,000,000, of which $2,300,-
300 worth came from the United States.
Of $5,472,000 worth of sugar exported
all hut $3340 worth for Colombia came
to the United States.
The Minneapolis Times says that
comparison of the theatrical census
and the ratio of illiteracy in the various
largo cities brings to light tlie interest¬
ing fact—whether it is relevant or not,
Is a matter of opinion—that where
there are the most theatres tlie per¬
centage of Illiteracy Is the lowest, oi
conversely, that theatres are most suc¬
cessful where knowledge is most wide¬
ly diffused.
Iu 1033, when New York was first in¬
corporated as a city, by the Dutch
West India Company, under the name
of tho City of Amsterdam in the New
Netherlands, it contained a population
of about 1000 souls, observes tlie New
York Sun. At that period the greatest
capital of the world was Paris, with a
population of about half a million. The
population of London and its suburbs
was less by a quarter. I u the 250 years
since then Lornlou has risen to tlie first
place among tho cities of the world and
New York jo second place.
■
In a volume of social essays by the
late Sir Walter Besant, which has just
been published, there is a paper on
“Tlie Endowment ol’ the Daughter.”
Sir Walter writes with deep sympa¬
thy, as he so often Coes la his novels,
for the ivomaii who lias to gain her
own living, and for tho great army of
those who are continually struggling to
keep body and soul together and wlio
are beaten aside and trampled down
by those who are more competent than
they. It should be a mother's first
thought, Sir Walter says, to secure an
annuity, no matter how small, for.
every daughter born to her, and the es¬
say attempts to show that this Is possi¬
ble even when Incomes are very lim¬
ited.
The Now York World says that iu tin
appalling automobile disaster in France
there is a warning to civilization.
It is easily possible to build racing cars
that can be run at sixty or even 100
miles an hour. It is not possible, ana
it never will be possible, to run such
machines at full speed on highways
without inviting death. Road-racing
by automobiles must be stopped. The
common practice of/‘scorching” by In¬
dividual drivers is less easy to deal
with because sporadic and often un¬
premeditated. But dealt with it must
be. The rigid enforcement of the new
law which prescribes imprisonment as
a punishment for repeated offenses is
in New York State absolutely neces¬
sary to tlie public safety.
i 'American locomotives have received
another testimonial iu tlielr favor,
states the Philadelphia Record. This
is from Sir George Whiteliouse, mana¬
ger and chief engineer of tlie Uganda
Railway. He suys our engines proved
perfectly satisfactory, and were ten
per cent, cheaper than the English, and
better suited for a mountain railway.
It was at hill climbing in Jamaica that
American locomotives beat English ma¬
chines that were specially designed
for tlie steep grades on the island. On
the Uganda road there are twenty-six
'American and eight English steel vln-
ducts. To such au extent has thc
'American iron and steel industry in¬
vaded the Dark Continent in the face
of the competition of all Europe.
Considering how much concern most
people give themselves about tlielr per
sonal appearance, it is surprising how
few ever think of using shoe trees, foi
In no other way can the style of a boot
or shoe be retained during tlie whole ol
its career. Moreover, a tree makes £
boot last much longer. By inserting D
pair of trees when footwear Is taken
warm and damp, from tbe foot, tb<
lnatlier is compelled to dry In tbe pro
tor shape, without wrinkle or crack
glut unless the trees are used the shoei
vjill curl up at the toes and dry li
peases, and eventually the creases will
luteome cracks. Trees are now mad«
iu much more convenient form tliar
I'sey used to be, and they are also ad¬
justable, so that one serves the purpose
of two or three .........
An Assisted
SHADOW fell across An¬
drew Barton's desk. Ho
A looked tered his lip. room A man and had was en¬
standing by one of the win-
dows intently regarding
him. Andrew turned a little farther
in his desk chair and looked at the
man. He was stout and below the
medium height. He might have been
forty-five. There was no trace of gray
In either his coarse black hair or his
short black beard. Ills face was Hushed
and Ills steely blue eyes glittered with
the intentness of his glance.
“Do you wish to see me?” Andrew
asked.
“Yes,” said the stranger. Ills voice
was low and deep, anil Andrew fancied
there was a peculiar accent to it. “And
low that I’ve seen you I want to talk
;o you.”
“Sit here,” said Andrew, and pointed
;o a chair beside the desk.
The stranger shook Ids head.
“No,” lie said. “What I have to say
:an “Very bo better said standing.”
well,” said Andrew, and turned
so he could face his visitor.
“My name is Rawdon,” said tlie
stranger, “James Rawdon.” He paused
ind looked hard at Andrew. “I’m the
father of Anna Rawdon.”
Andrew’s face slightly Hushed. lie
put out his hand.
“Glad to meet you, Mr. Rawdon,”
he said.
The stranger waved aside the prof¬
fered hand.
“That’s as it may be,” lie muttered.
‘We'll find out how glad you are a
little later on.”
Andrew stared at him.
“Explain yourself,” he said.
“All In good time,” returned the
stranger. He stepped to the outer door
and turned the key. “Now we can
have the little affair quite to our¬
selves,” he muttered, as he met An¬
drew’s astonished gaze. “It isn't going
to take long—unless you drag it out.
Now, who is Anna Rawdon?”
Andrew's momentary anger at the
man’s act and the man’s tone vanished.
He would humor this singular visitor.
“Mfes Rawdon is one of the stenog¬
raphers of my office,” he replied. “She
is an unusually capable and intelligent
young woman. I assure you that both
her services and her personality are
highly esteemed.”
“Fair words,” said the stranger, “fair
words—and easy said. And now who
am'I?”
“You have just told mo that you
aro Miss Rawdou’s father.-”
The stranger nodded.
“True,” lie'said. “And that is nil
know of me?”
“That Is all,” Andrew .replied.
“Perhaps it's all that’s creditable,”
said the stranger. “I was the black
sheep of my family, and a ycry respec¬
table family it is —though I’m the last
man on earth to boast of such things.
I’m English, as you see, and an Eng¬
lishman whose prejudices are bitter is
not a pleasant sort of fellow. I’m an
advanced Socialist and a kicker again&t
the established order of things. I’ve
had a' good education, too, though I
never made any good use of it. The
class I found myself in—or rather that
I sought—was not a class to develop
a man’s intellect. It developed my gift
of gab, however, and that‘made me n
leader among them. Perhaps It was
a had thing for me, yet I’ll not admit
that the causeMs bad. Anyway, good
or bad, I'm tied up to it.” He looked at
Andrew, and ills frown deepened. “You
have no sympathy with the cause, have
you? What Is your fellow man to
you? You eau't see anything beyond
your hank account.”
“You aro wrong there,” said Andrew,
and Ills face showed no resentment.
“I take a lively interest iu my fellow
men.”
The stranger's face cleared.
“I'm just what I am,” he said, “no
better, nor worse. Anyway, I’m too
old to want to change. Oh, I know
that I have been a drag on my family.
My daughter would have been a lady
if she had had a less selfish father.
There was nothing too good for her
while her mother lived. Her mother
was a lady, If ever there was one.
God knows why she married me. But
she kept things straight, and she kept
me struight, and there was nothing she
wasn’t ready to do for our girl. And
now that she’s gone”—ho suddenly
passed his hand across his forehead—
“why, things are all at sixes and sev¬
ens, I left my work, I went hack to
the old associates and the old club, nnd
my daughter had to go out and earn
her own living. Understand mo, I’m
not an idler, I'm nn agitator. I’d rather
talk than oat. Some day, maybe, I’ll
show I can fight, too.” He paused ab¬
ruptly nnd stared at Andrew. “Curse
me,” he suddenly cried, “If I’m not
reeling off a lot of cheap guff about
myself. That’s like me. I come here
to have a reckoning with you, and
before T know it I’m talking about
myself.” He stopped short nnd ad¬
vanced a little nearer. “Well, there’s
one good thing gained. You can easily
see that my girl's not a bit like her
father. She's her mother over again,
and no one knows it better than I know
it And she's very dear to me. She’s
so dear to me that if any man as much
ns gave her an evil look I’d kill him In
his tracks. Do you understand that,
Mr. Andrew Barton?”
His eyes glittered. Ills attitude was
menacing.
“I think I understand you,” said An¬
drew quietly.
The man nodded slowly. He drew
CARNKSVILLE. GA-. FRIDAY. JULY :i. 1908.
back a little and passed Ills hand across
his forehead.
“My dead wife gave Anna into my
keeping,” he said. “I have neglected
her, but there are limits to this neglect.
I am her natural protector, her de¬
fender—her avenger, if need be.”
Andrew regarded him steadily.
“There can be no disputing tills,” he
said. “But you came here to tell me
something else.”
“Yes,” said thc older man. “And yet
that’s a part of it, too.” He paused a
moment “I find it hard, glib as I am,
to explain further. Let me begin by
saying that I am the natural enemy
of every man who absorbs an undue
share of the wealth of thc nation. I
look upon a rich man as a dangerous
parasite. I ascribe bad motives to
him. I give him no credit for charity,
for honesty of purpose, for unselfish¬
ness. Tills Is a part of my creed. I
think the worst of these gilded pests of
society until I know them better—and
thou I misdoubt my leniency. You
are a prospering man, Andrew Bur¬
ton?”
“Yes. I have no cause to complain.”
“You are building up a great busi¬
ness?”
“It is increasing rapidly.”
“You will become a rich man?”
“If all goes well.”
The older man glowered at the
younger.
“I will admit that men speak well of
you,” he said. “They tell me you were
a boy of the streets and tlie only sup¬
port of an invalid mother. That’s
good. And you have an lionost face.
That counts for something. But-your
money Is against you.”
“Come, come,” said Andrew, a little
sharply, “what Is it you really wish to
say to me? I have listened patiently
to your strange remarks. Make your,
self clearer and let us get to the
“I will,” said the older man. Be
spoke hurriedly. Then he leaned a
little forward and looked into An¬
drew’s eyes. “What is there,” he slow¬
ly asked, “between you and my Anna?”
Andrew started and flushed. But
the gaze that met the older man’s did
not flinch.
“There Is nothing,” he said. “What
do you mean?”
“You have made love to her?”
“No.”
“You have led her to believe that
you cared for her?”
“No.”
“You have let your money blind you
to the fact that those who.take their
wages at your hands have souls and
hearts, and feeling mayhap even more
sensitive than your own?”
“That Is false and idle talk. Why
do you come here and accuse me of
these things?”
“Your face is an honest one nnd your
voice has an honest ring. But how
can I believe you?”
“Come, come,” cried Andrew,"enough
of this. Tell me at once what it is that
prompts you to make these accusa¬
tions.”
The older man bowed his head.
“My poor Anna,” he said. “She came
home last night looking Sore distressed.
’What is It. my. girl?’ I asked. She told
me she must quit her place. I asked
why. She said it was distasteful to
her, but I could *see she was holding
something back.’ ‘Is the master not
Kind?’ I asked. She said he, was al¬
ways kind. And when she said it she
looked so-troubled that I blurted opt of
a sudden. ‘Is It because you love him?’
And with that, she gave me a quick
look from her brown eyes—they are so
like her dead mother’s—and burst Into
tears. I said no more, but I kept up a
lot of thinking. Then I made up my
mind to see you and have It out with
you—and I’m here with a mind that’s
torn with doubts and a heart that calls
for revenge.” Ills voice bad been
raised a little, but it suddenly dropped.
“I was going away,” lie said, “across
to the old country. They have sent
for mo. They need me. I wanted to
sec my Anna settled in a good home,
the wife of a good man. I’m no’ com¬
panion for her. She could not go with
me. I cannot leave her unprotected.
But 6ho would have naught to do with
any man I might choose for her. And
now I feel her peace of mind Is gone,
and her happiness Is gone.” lie paused
and his eyes again sought Andrew’s.
“And you blame me?” i ?!
“I cannot help but blame you.”
“Yet I tell you I am innocent.”
“Prove It.”
“How can I?”
“You must.”
Andrew looked at the dark face be¬
fore him and was silent a moment.
Then he suddenly flushed.
“.There is a way,” he said. “Step into
this storeroom here nnd leave the door
ajar. I want you to hear all that Is
said. But, understand, you are not to
interrupt.”
The older man looked at him doubt¬
fully. Then lie slowly stepped to the
storeroom door and opened It.
“Don’t forget that I am here,” he
“I will not forget.”
The man disappeared as Andrew
went to tlie outer door and unlocked
it. Then he returned to his desk and
struck a bell. A boy appeared In the
doorway.
“Bequest Miss Rawdon to come
here.”
The girl appeared a moment later.
She paused on tlie threshold.
“Yes,” said Andrew, as he turned
from his desk, “I wanted you, Miss
Rawdon. Sit here, please.”
She came forward with her tablet
mid pencil and tool; the chair by hlo
desk. Andrew gn vo her a (illicit
glance. She was pale. And touieho'f'
the.pallor became her.
“Miss liuwdon,” said Andrew, "nr*
you quite satisfied with your position
here?”
She gave n little start and a dull
red Hushed her cheeks.
"I have no reason to complain,” she
answered.
Andrew hesitated.
“For some time I have thought of
asking you to give up.your place,’'.lie
asked.
"I am ready to leave at any mo¬
ment," she quickly remarked.
"Wait, please,” lie said. "I wanted
you to leave because I meant to offer
you what I hoped you would consider
a better position.”
She looked at him with startled ex¬
pression.
“1 have hesitated." he went on, •‘be¬
cause I wished you to know me better
llrst. You bare really had no chance
to get acquainted wl*h me. I am
afraid you regard me ns a mere money
grubber. You had no reason to sup¬
pose there were any tender qualities
iu my make-up. And yet I want you
to know tlifit you attracted me the
very first day you came Into my em¬
ploy. That attraction has grown
stronger and deeper. It has licen a
great pleasure to know that you were
within call, and I dreaded to speak
the words that might part us. But this
morning I saw my error. I saw that
it was better to put the matter to the
tost And learn my fate. I say this to
you because I want to excuse my ab¬
ruptness. I am not tactful. I am only
practical—and I love you. Will you be
wife?”
The girl had been regarding him with
a troubled look. The hand that hold
the tablet trembled. Then her gaze
was suddenly averted and a rosy flush
crept across her pale face.
“Your wife,” she murmured.
"Yes, my wife.”
There was bewilderment in her eyes
as she slowly raised them to Ills face.
“But I never dreamed you eared for
me.”
“I fancy,” laughed Andrew, “that I
have been repressing my natural emo¬
tions too long. But I’ll promise .to
make amends. In the meantime my
question goes unanswered.”
She hesitated. Then she shook her
head, and the tears filled her eyes.
"My father would never Consent,”
she murmured.
"Your father?” *
“Yes; you dp not know him. Be¬
lie has very strange ideas. Be—oh, 11
is impossible.”
“Whit, dear, I have seen your
father.”
“You have seen my father?”
She gasped as she said It.
“Yes. Indeed lie Is not so terrible.
You see, I made up my mind to say
to him boldly, ‘Mr. ltuwdon, I love
your daughter. Will you give her to
me?’ ”
Be raised Ills voice a little at these
words.
“Did you say that to my father?” she
again.
“I said it to 1dm.”
“And he—what did he say?”
Andrew suddenly smiled.
“Well, he said quite enough to con¬
vince me that I had nothing to fear
iu that quarter. There—the only ob¬
stacle lias gone. Is it yes, Anna?”
She drooped a little.
“It Is ye>,” she softly answered.
lie caught the trembling hand that
,held tho tablet and pressed it to his
’lips.
“You'make me a very happy man,”
he murmured. “There, now, go back to
your desk and gather up ypur belong-
-lugs and collect wliat is due you from
(the cashier. You are discharged. If
asks you why you are going,
them you have accepted a half in¬
terest in. the Barton Manuafcturing
Company. To-utght you may expect
me at your home. And tell your father
to have ills consent and his blessing
ready. Good-by until this evening.”
“Good-by,” the girl murmured as she
hurried out.
Andrew looked toward the door of
the storeroom.
“The coast Is clear,” he called.
The door was pushed open and Raw-
don appeared. He came up to Andrew
and put out his hand. Ills look had
softened. The hand he extended
slightly trembled.
“It’s all right,” he said, “It's all
right.” lie choked a little. “I know
you’ll be good to her. The money
can’t hurt my Anna. And now I’ll get
out of the way as soon as I can.”
Andrew smiled.
"There was a way to find thc proof,”
he said.
“Yes,” nodded the older man. “The
best way of all.”
lie grasped Andrew’s hand again and
was gone—W. It. Rose, in Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Buries aft Mountain Climbers.
The lumber Which tlie burros trans¬
port is usually carried from the logging
camps, in tlie cleared areas, up tlie
mountains to the mines, nnd the con¬
struction of many valuable mines have
thus been made possible, where, under
other circumstances, they would have
been practically Impossible. With bent
heads the burros climb the slopes with
a great piece of timber on each side of
their backs. These timbers are often
two nnd three times as long as the
burro that carries them, and may be
two or three Inches in thickness. The
rear ends of these boards drag upon
the ground, while the forward ends are
in the air. These timbers hide from
view a goodly part of each burro’s
body. ; Twenty-five of these animals
thus half laden beneath the loads
which they are dragging, trudging up
the mountain sides, is one of tlie sights
of the entire West.
Blessings often come disguised, but
troubles arc generally labeled
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John B. and Sarah Johnson show
that the circulation of the common
earth worm Is not segmental but syste¬
matic. When the hearts ore reinoted
from the circulation by cutting off tlie
bead segment of the worm the anterior
end becomes congested with blood.
Imitated, hut lu a later trial pure water
mixed in correct proportion with the
slx chief salts of the ocean supported
sensitive marine animals, and ap-
poured to have the physiological effects
of natural sea water.
The transmission of Greenwich time
to ships by wireless telegraphy is u
late suggestion. As distinct signals dee
nil that Is necessary, It seems to be pos¬
sible already to send (line Impulses that
would be perceptible over the entire
North Atlantic, enabling mariners to
correct their chronometers and find
their longitude. By luternatlonl ar¬
rangement the time signals—at certain
fixed hours of day or night—could be
protected from other signals.
There is something like 30,000 square
miles of territory, the most fertile in
the world, subject to overflow in the
Mississippi Valley. When the flood ol'
the present year came upon the valley
it found one or two gaps in the lino,
nnd the levee long strung out and not
high enough. This was due to tlie fact
that all wholiad paid levee tax want 1
some protection, and ibere was not
enough time or money to bring tlie line
of levees up to tlie height the engineers
thought nnd knew to tie proper.
The extent of the strain a twelve-
inch gun suffers will lie appreciated
when it is known that every square
Inch, upon the occasion of explosion ol
a full charge, is required to withstand
a force of Yrom fifteen to seventeen
tons; In other words, It experiences the
shock of receiving this weight II
dropped a distance of one foot. Usu¬
ally, when a gun deteriorates, evidence
of tlie fact is shown by damage to the
rlfllfig, stress of the metal, or even
slight ruptures.
The precious pearl Is produced, at
least In many cases,.by the presence of
a minute parasite in the shell-secreting
mantle of tlie peaTl oyster and other
mollusks from which pearls are ob¬
tained. A spherical sac forms around
the parasite, which becomes a nucleus
about which tlie substance of the gem
is gradually built up In concentric lay¬
ers. Sometimes the puraslte remains
times at thc centre of the pearl, and some¬
It migrates from the sac before
it lias'become hopelessly imprisoned.
Reasoning upon these facts, Dr. II.
Lyster Jameson, to whose efforts tlie
discovery of some of them is due, sug¬
gests the possibility of artificial pro¬
duction of marketable pearls by in¬
fecting beds of pearl oysters with the
particular species of parasites that art
known to attack such mollusks with
‘.lie effects above described.
Hence the Bellowing.
People who bellow about the “inva
elous of privacy” of which newspaper*
are guilty should read with care one
passage In the speech delivered by Ml’-
St. Clair McKelway at tlie Social Sci
enco Convention in Boston this week.
‘The dally receipt,” he snld, “of per¬
sonal items from the pens of those
named in them, with the polite expres¬
sion that they may be inserted promi¬
nently and promptly, Is the experience
of every paper. Advance lists of
guests, advance descriptions of gowns,
ornaments, decorations nnd presents
are kindly inclosed. So offensive do
these personal notices become that
those named in them invariably buy
a large number of thc papers—presum¬
ably for suppression.” This more than
slightly shocks us, as a revelation of
the secrets of the prison house—we
mean of the newspaper office—hut now
that Mr. McKelway, in the exercise
of Ids large and surely judicious dis¬
cretion, has made it, any further mys¬
tery about the matter would bo use¬
less, if not absurd, and, while appre¬
hensive of bad results from his frank¬
ness, one might as well try to get
some good out of it. Ills, list of thc
cases in which privacy is invaded by
request, us it were, might have been
'vastly extended if he had cared to dc
so. Indeed, any newspaper willing tc
do it could fill all its columns, day nftei
day, with the most intimate details
of private life, all supplied gratis by
the heroes nnd heroines of the various
tales. The papors are criticised and
denounced, not more because they pub¬
lish personalities, Intimate or other,
than because they pick and choose
among the personalities, and select
them for general interest Instead of
Individual glorification . anil profit.
Hence n largo part of the bellowing,
and hence, also, ns Mr. McKelway ex¬
plained, the occasional purchases—for
purposes of suppression, of course—of
many copies of papors containing items
of purely;, nnd therefore offensively,
Overflow of Lava.
The overflow of lava from voloanoef
Is tremendous iu some Instances, and
the amount that is deposited over thc
sides of the mountains and poured lute
the valleys Is almost beyond eompre-
hension. At first the lava spouts up
into tlie air to a considerable height,
nnd then pours slowly over tlie edge
of the crater in an apparently inex-
haustible stream. In the efeuption
of Manila Lon in 1832 the lava which
burst out of tjie base of the mountain
into the sea formed a wave from 200
to 700 feet in height and 1000 feet
broad that overwhelmed everything iu
Its way.
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I want a clear complexion. What can
take for if' ROSY’S HUBBY.
Tako a reasonable amount of exercise
plenty of fresh air, nourishing
fo0( , wlth „ mln | mm „ of 8WrctP ; e:>rllt
hount . tll0 eilrl ll0UV8 of thc
„, ght nml gooil 80IU) t() th , fnc(!t fd .
lowed by plenty of clear water, at
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or evidently \f l mt crime approaches Irom certainly fi e north, They nnd
though there have bjen nil sorts of
speculations regardluc them, thcro is
nothing worthy of being rolled on.
Is it truo that the enn, with its attending
planets, what is direction plunging U through it space? nnd Is what so.
in going nt
rate of speed? STAR.
It Is true, according to tho best as¬
tronomical authority, and our entire
system is flying northward iu the di¬
rection of the bright stnr Vega at tlie
rate of Ill,000 miles an hour.
If a Jew becomes a Ilomnn Catholic or o
Protestant does lie cease to lie a Jew?
STEWARD.
lie does not A Jew Is a descendant
of Judah, son of Jacob. kiodoMf rep
rescutatlvcs of tlie stock call them
selves Hebrews in race and language
and Israelites in religion, but Jews In
botii senses.
Is it correct (o sny, "I Went the balance
at tho way ulonc?"
RUSSOPHOBE
It Is not. Sny “remainder” in place
of “balance.”
To what raeot do the Filipinos belong,
and what ure their chief characteristics?
ENGLISH LAD.
Filipino Is the collectVro name for thc
representatives of various races inlinb.
Itlng thc Philippine Islands, and espe¬
cially of the Negrito, Indonesian and
Malayan races, The twenty-one tribes
representing the Negrito race iqhablij
the islands of Luzou, Pnuay, Negro
and Mindanao. They ore typical ne¬
groes, with thick lips, broad nose nnd
curly hair. Intellectually they occupy
nearly the lowest rank In the human
series. The Indonesian race, repre¬
sented by about sixteen tribes nnd in
habiting almost exclusively the Island
of Mindanao, Is physically superior to
both the NegiU-to and Malay race. The
people are tall, Sturdy and of fair conb
plexlon, with a high forehead, wavy
hair and sometimes a long heard. Many*
of them are bright, intelligent and In-'
dustrlous;. hut none of these tribeA
have been converted to
The representatives of tlie Malay rucej
consisting of,about forty-seven tribes;
constitute; the greatest part of tho
population of the Philippine Islands.
They are of a brown complexion nnd
decidedly darker than tlie Indonesians,
though much lighter than tlie Negritos.
All more or loss civilized trilies of Im¬
portance, such ns tho Vlsnynns, Taga-
logs, Uocanos and Moros, belong to ttil.i
race. Although tlie majority of these
tribes are ignorant nnd illiterate, they
are with 1o a certain extent civilized, and,
tlie exception of the Mahometan
Moros,* 'they have been converted to
Christianity. Besides these nut bo
tribes there are numerous mixed type !
resulting from marriages with Spanish]
Chinese, Japanese ami even American
Con gumption of Ico in Cities.
Efforts have been made to get esti¬
mates of' the consumption of natural
iee In the great cities. In New York
the annual consumption ol' ice is be¬
lieved to ho about 5,(XX),000 tons. II
this figure Is approximately correct, the
manufactured Ice consumed during tlie
census year amounted to 8.2 per cent,
of the total consumption. Census
Office correspondence with several of
the leading lee manufacturers indicates
that the average cost of production
wus approximately $1.00 per ton, and
the average wholesale price §2; while from!
average retail price varied
fifteen to thirty cents per 100 pounds
according to the season of the year.
In Philadelphia tlie annual consump¬
tion of ice was estimated nt front
1,000,000 to 1,000,000 tons, 3-12,002 tons
of which was represented by the local
San production Francisco of manufactured from 10,(X)0 to ico. 15,00(1 Iij
tons of natural ice was used, brough j
from the Sierra Nevada Mountains]
but owing to climatic conditions, the
consumption' there is much smalt*]
than in Eustern cities of like size.-
New York I’ost.
Future of tho Cowboy.
THio cowboy of tlie present, to nil out¬
ward appearance, is but another type
of tlie hard toiler—matter of fact, sim¬
ple and free, but with nn underlying
rift of humor and morality scarce to
lie expected. Ilis future? He has
none. A score of years ago the
"puncher” could accept cattle In lieu of
his wages, get Ills "bunch” together,
lease a small tract, and lie nn “owner.”.
To-day none of this kind of Inducement!
is held out. As a general thing no
ranchman will allow bis help to **run”^
an Y cattle on Ills property. Little stlin-
u ' us * s offered Iu consequeuce, nnd it is
a rare Indeed when an employe
P uts as, de ills meagre earnings to meet
whatever ambitions lie may have as a
ranch owner.—New York I’ost.
”
Swindled by » contortionist.
A contortionist lias been swindling
Um street ear lines in New York City
I hiladelplila by allowing himself
to bo struck by trolley cars and then
damages for the “accident.”
He evaded capture for seventeen
mouths. .....
NUMBER 8: •>. >
NEW-FA NGLED S CHOOLS.
I'lioy taught taught him -him how to hemstitch and tTioy
And how make basket to ling, out of rnrlc-
to a
And how gated string, fold
to a paper so he wouldn’t
hurt his thumb.
They taught a lot to Bertie, but ho
couldn’t
do a ’
Bum.
They taught Hercules him in how clay, to mold the head of
And how to tell the (lift'rcncc 'twist the
bluebird and the Jay,
And how to sketch a hoi-bio in a little pier
But strangely turc frame, they forgot
to teach him
how to a
spell name. his 11 j
Now, Bertie's day pa find was cranky, and ho went
one to
What ’twas they did that made his son so
backward in the mind.
“I don’t want Bertie wrecked,” he cried,
his temper far from cool,
“I want him educated!" so ho
took him ;
out 6chool* of J .
!;>' —Newark New,
Bob—“Talk is cheap.” Joe—“Yes;
but listening often costs as much ns a
fiver, too.”—Detroit Free Press.
I know a man who’s so intent
On promises that he has spent
j Ono-half his life in making them; ■')
j Tlie other half in breaking them. ;
» —Philadelphia Record.
•Miss Olc’girl—“I wus proposed to
twice.” Miss Cutting—“Did tho fami¬
lies Interfere In both eases?”—Chlcngo
News.
Bella—“She’s like nt angel when she
is at home.” Low Com.—“Wouldn’t
have thought it.” Bella—“Yes; always
flying at her husband.”—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Mnymo—“Whntl register my letter to
Jack? Why should IV There’s nothing
valuable In it.” Mabel—“And yet you
just said you sent him a thousand
kisses.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Balmy B.—“Whom did you marry?”
Dotty D.—“I married a woman.” B.
B.—“Well, of course. Did you ever hear
of anyone marrying a man?" D. D,~
“Yes, my wife.”—Boston Globe.
Tis well to hoifc that we may get
Our wishes realized, and yet
The folks who simply sit and wish
Arc not the ones who catch the fish.
—Philadelphia Record.
“I don’t have any luck at all,”
growled the burglar. “You didn’t get
caught when you broke into that las s
bank, did you?” “No; I didn’t ge
caught, but the cashier had been there
ahead of Post.
“Statistics show,” said the amateur
scientist, “that every time you draw
your breath somebody dies.” “Per-
haps, hut If I didn’t draw my breath
the somebody who dies in that case
would certainly be me.”—Baltimore
Herald.
“He’s one of Hie most interesting
characters In the swell set.” “Hull!
Why, he has no character nt all.”
“That’s just it. Tlie less character a
man has the more Interested swell
society becomes iu pulling it to pieces.”
—Publfc Ledger.
* “I that if
suppose you marry my
daughter you will expect me to pay
your debts?” “Shouldn't think of put¬
ting you to so much trouble,” answered
Earlie Byrd; “you can give me the
money and I’ll pay ’em myself.”—
Washington Star.
“Papa,” said tho distinguished states¬
man’s petted daughter, “you have
never told me about the house in which
you were born.” “No, my child,” lie
replied, with a groan, “I have not.
I could not boar to destroy the fond
illusion that your father is a great
man. I am not a great man, my dear.
I am nn impostor. I was not born in
a log cabin, but In a three-story brick
with stone trimmings!” And lie turned
in Tribune.
ICoimukublo Lava Streams.
It is scientifically reported that the
lava streams from Vesuvius In’ 1858
were so hot twelve years Inter that
steam was issuing from the cracks and
crevices, while tlie lava beds from the
eruption of Etna in 1787 were found to
be steaming hot just below tlie top
crust as ldte as 18-10, But still more re¬
markable arc the scientific reports of
the volcano Jorullo in Mexico. This
sent fortli Immense streams of lava in
170!). In 1780 tlie lava beds were ex¬
amined by a party of scientists, and
It was found that a stick thrust Into
the crevices instantly ignited, tilt hough
there was no discomfort experienced
in walking on tho hardened crust.
Again some forty-four years after the
eruption It was visited by scientists
and reported to be steaming in many
places, and even eighty-seven years
after the eruption two volumes of
stoaralng vapor were fouud to be issu¬
ing from tlie crevices. Sometimes tlie
upper crust of such a stream of lava
cools so tliut plants and lichens find
precarious growth on the surface, while
a few feet beneath the lava is alums!
red hot.
Butterflies’ Power of Endurance.
Butterflies nnd moths are victims ol
Col(1 wea n lt . ri though in some instances
^ llag j l0(JU proved that they have
g rca t powers of endurance. Both lnrt-
terflios aucl moths live in the region
Q f gi ae iers iu the high Alps, nnd a
cer f a i n species is found fluttering aboui
on the summit of Mount Washington
au a a mid eternal snow. These butter-
flies and moths arc intimately associat¬
ed with the gentians and other flowcri
belonging to those lofty altitudes, anc
act as aids iu cross fertilization.