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tie The Weather.
The indications for Georgia to-day are
weather, except showers In mountain
and for Eastern Florida fair
eitweather, with light to fresh westerly
vawlnds.
pu
* >e Mr. Bryan's Lincoln Interview, pub
lished yesterday, throws a douche of ice
is srater upon the David B. Hill boom for
to Flee President.
lie ■
an The probabilities are that Sheng. the dl
a -ector of Chinese telegraphs, will give us
| n u i new verb for our language. He is be
j,er!oming famous as the premier dlsseml
j | .ator of false war news.
4lv England's great aquatic sporting event,
‘‘ The Henley regatta, will take place on
on luly 4, 6 and 6. It is being said, however,
j ec hat the occasion will not be as brilliant
eatlHS year as In former years, for the rea-
that owners of many of the house
v<x>oats and launches, which have given
OIK
to the scene, are In South Africa,
lietome lighting and some under the veldt.
Jur ——
000 A Boston paper tells of an Episcopal
pljChurch that Is being sued because it is
tot sufficiently "high church." It seems
one.
the"®* a certain person left by will cer
ein-ajn money to the church, with the pro
eidvision that the services should come up
a certain standard of churchmanshlp.
de) The pastor has failed, it Is claimed, to
puget as much ritualism into the service
a and the responses of his flock as the be-
PV< 3uest calls for.
no _
of
tjo Congressman Joseph Bailey of Texas
cnfcbould congratulate himself upon his
Qriends—two of them, at least. They are
Francis of Missouri and Con-
Sibley of Pennsylvania. Both
tgipre very rich men, and they desire to see
thcMr. Bailey rich also. Recently, It Is
they purchased for Mr. Bailey
Texas ranch worth $250,009, allowing
re jhira thirty years in which to pay for It.
Mr. Bailey says he expects to pay the
Amount within twelve years.
Pp< Admiral Dewey tells the Herald that
he thanks God lhat the American people
OappareMly do not want him for Presl
oondent. "When I see the troubles and re
wllsponslbllities the President has to deal
cflthvlth at this moment I thank God they
tßOtre not on my shoulders." Only a short
ago the Admiral was quoted as say*
tiiat, upon an Inquiry Into the duties
erect the President he was satisfied they
Jf-were not very onerous, or words to that
vio effoc *' be seen, therefore, that
ftuPewey Is the same, delightful, impulsive
Jjetold sea-dog that he has alwayß been, ever
• O'Cady No change his mind to suit exist
ing conditions as he understands them,
snd so honest as to be perfectly frank
with respect to his own desires.
THE MOVEMENT TO DROP SILVER.
The fact that, several times within the
last two or three weeks Mr. Bryan has
taken occasicn to say that under no cir
cumstances will the 16 to 1 idea be drop
ped from the platform that will be adopt
ed at Kansas City justifies the belief that
he thinks that a strong effort will be
made at the Kansas City Convention to
make no reference whatever In the plat
form to financial matters. In our dis
patches yesterday he was quoted as say
ing that the Issues set forth In the Chi
cago platform would be reaffirmed. By
that he meant lhat the silver question
would occupy a place In the platform
that would be adopted this year.
It Is the understanding that some of
the strongest of the supporters of Mr.
Bryan are doing what they can to have
no reference to the money question made
In the platform. It is said that Senator
Daniel of Virginia, former Senator Gor
man of Maryland and former Senator Hill
of New York will lead the movement
to keep silver out of the platform. It
can be safely stated that they will not
be successful. They may succeed, how
ever. In keeping the financial question
In the background—that Is, in making It
one of the minor issues.
That the sentiment In favor of the 16
to 1 Idea Is not as strong as It was four
years ago is evident from the way In
which the suggestion that former Senator
Hill be nominated for Vice President is
being received in Democratic states. Even
In Arkansas, the home of Senator Jones,
chairman of the Dcmocralic National
Committee, Mr. Hill appears to be a
favorite for the vice presidential nomina
tion. It is well known, of course, that he
is not in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and if the silver senti
ment were as strong as it was in the
last presidential campaign he would not
have any support In the South for the
second place on the presidential ticket.
There Is not much if any probability of
Mr. Hill’s nomination. He says he would
not accept the second place, and if Mr.
Bryan controls the convention, and the
Indications are that he will, the nomina
tion will not be offered him. Mr.
Bryan declares that silver must be pre
sented as an Issue in the platform and
that no man should be nominated for Vice
President who is not in sympathy with
the platform. That statement practically
rules Mr. Hill out of the list of vice pres
idential candidates.
Senator Daniel and other supporters of
Mr. Bryan are just as strongly in favor
of the free coinage of silver as they evrr
were, but they think that in the campaign
ihis year the silver issue would lessen
the chances of the Democratic party for
electing its ticket. They want the Dem
ocratic party to concentrate its w’hole
strength against imperialism and trusts.
If it should do that, they believe it would
elect the next Presidertt.
A\ EARI/V CANDIDATE.
From the amount of talking that the
friends of Senator Foraker aie doing it
might be supposed that the question was
practically settled that be would be the
Republican nominee for President 1904. The
fact that he is an Ohio man accounts for
this. The Republican politicians of that
state have the idea firmly fixed in their
minds that they have a lien on all of the
office* in the gift of the people. It is aafe
to say that there are more natives of
Ohio living on the government at this
time than there are of any other state.
It seems now that Foraker’s friends were
particularly anxious to have Roosevelt ac
cept the nomination for Vice President in
order to get him out of the way of For
aker. But will the nomination put him
out of Foraker’s w r ay? It is doubtful. In
the first place it is by no means certain
that Roosevelt will be elected Vice Presi
dent. ifr he should be he would aim to be
something more than mere figurehead
for the Senate. He is a jresoureeful man,
and he -W'ould likely find ways to keep
himself before the public. If he should fail
in doing that, it would not be because of
any lack of effort on his part. It is true
the Vice President has no patronage to
distribute and he has no opportunity to
express his views on public ex
cept through the public prints, but before
this campaign is over the Republican
leader may consider it advisable to enter
into an arrangement with Roosevelt by
w hich he would have a certain amount of
influence in distributing patronage. The
President could help him immensely in
keeping himself in touch with the party
workers if he were bo disposed, and it
may be that he will find it to his interest
to help him. It is within the bounds of
probability that the friends of Foraker
have begun shouting for their favorite too
soon.
cojvvkntiox Pimm
Since Chairman Jones visited Kansas
City and inquired as to the hotel and
boarding house priJes that would prevail
during the meeting of the Democratic
convention, there has been no more talk
about extortionate rates. He found out
that the prices wou-id be reasonable, but
that at the hotels there might be a little
crowding. There does not appear to have
been any complaint about prices at Phila
delphia during tho Republican conven
tion. It is probable, however, lhat at the
hotels in the Quaker City, there were
charge# for extra service wherever it
was possible to make such a charge. It
la well known that there is no lack of
thrtftlness In that city. It Is related that
just before the convention met the city
council passed an ordinance prohibiting
use of sleeping cars as living apartments.
No doubt many who went to the conven
tion in private cars, hired in some instances
for a specified time, were forced to go to
the hotels. The Quakers proved them
selves shrewder than they were thought
to be. The chances are that they more
than got back the SIOO,OOO they gave to
get th# convention. Before they agreed
to give that amount, however, they in
sisted upon a contract that the conven
tion should last three days. As the con
vention was a cut and dried affair, its
entire business could have been done in
one day. Three days, however, were given
to it in order that the Philadelphians
might get back the money they contribu
ted to the campaign fund. Jt is safe to
say that the Democratic managers made
no such contract with the Kansas City
people. Tha Democrats will rush business
and depart, when they have finished it.
We ore not “at war” with China; never
theless American troops are going forward
from Manila, to that country, and Gen.
Chaffee will shortly sail from Ban Fran
cisco with more troops for the scene, of the
disturbance. The situation presents a
striking imitation of war, ai all events.
THE MOBNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY; JUNE 27, 1900.
OVERLOOKING FORTINES.
The New York Commercial says that the
farmers of the South are “overlooking for
tunes.” And there is no question that the
Commercial is right. It had asparagus in
mind at the time of making the observa
tion, and was commenting on the oppor
tunities for profits offered by that hlgh
prired vegetaole. "An asparagus bed,"
It says, "will last a life-time, and will
yield a proflt after the second year of
from S3OO to SI,OOO an acre. The former lo
cated out of reach of the large cities thinks
he Is prohibited from raising this remuner
ative vegetable, as he has no market. This
difficulty is easily overcome, if he will In
terest himself and neighbors In a canning
factory. The process of canning asparagus
is very simple, and so with all other veg
etables end fruits. The market for canned
asparagus has never been fully supplied,
consequently it brings a very high price."
There isn’t any doubt that this section
of the South is well adapted to the grow
ing of fine asparagus. One,of the largest
asparagus farms in the world is in Berke
ely county, South Carolina, near the coast.
That farm has produced two or three for
tunes within the past dozen years. Its
success might be duplicated almost any
where in the Georgia coast counties. It
would seem that the rich lands of Chat
ham county, reclaimed by the public
drainage system, ought to make especial
ly good and productive asparagus farm?
Asparagus, however, is but one source
of wealth lhat We overlook. Celery is an
other high-priced vegetable to which we
give practically no attention. It seems
that we prefer to pay Michigan a fancy
price for the stuff than to raise it for our
selves. We ought, as a - matter of fact,
to be able to compete with Kalamazoo in
supplying the markets of New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore with cel
ery, since we have cheaper transportation
to those cities than is enjoyed by the
Michigan town. Florida, by the way, has
lately given some attention to celery, and
she Is producing a very nicte and tender
quality of it.
There are, as a matter of fact, dozens
of kinds of vegetables which might be
grown around Savannah, and marketed in
the natural state or In cans at a good
profit. The canning of tomatoes, peas,
beans, corn, etc., ought to be a big indus
try here. We can raise such things at
less cost than they can be grown in the
North or the West. Nevertheless the peo
ple of Savannah consume annually tons
of canned vegetables that are grown and
packed where labor Is dearer and the soil
is less fertile than In Chatham county.
A BURNING POLITICAL QUESTION.
In his address to the graduating class
of the Yale Law School on last Monday
afternoon Mr. Bourke Cockran, among
other things, said: "It is not impossible
that twelve months hence the annexation
of a part of the wall of China may be a
burning political question.” It is hardly
probable that there will be a question in
this country of annexing a part of the
territory of China in the near future. It
is to the Interest of this country that
the Chinese empire shall not be broken
up. The ablest men in China are looking
to the United States to prevent it
from being broken up. Mr. John Barrett,
former minister to Slam, In an Interview
published on Monday last, said: "In re
storing peace In China the United States
should be the principal influence to de
termine the future and fate of China. It
is their influence only that can keep
China from an impending break up. They
must stand for the integrity of the
Chinese empire. They have everything
to lose and nothing to gain by its parti
tion among the European Powers."
No doubt our government will use all
of its influence to have the integrity of
the Chinese empire preserved. If it
should be broken up, and its fragments
taken possession of by European Powers,
our commerce with China would be de
pendent upon their policies. The United
States are not seeking the commerce of
only a part of China; they want the op
portunity to get what they can of the
commerce of the whole empire.
It is well understood in China and
Europe that the United States are not
seeking Chinese territory. It is admitted
that they desire nothing more than an
equal chance with other nations to get a
share of China’s commerce. Owing to
their disinterested attitude they may
be the most Important factor, after
the present trouble is over, In bringing
about a readjustment of the relations be
tween China and the foreign governments
whose treaty rights have been disre
garded.
The Georgia Teachers' Association be
gan yesterday on Cumberland Island what
will no doubt prove to be an interesting
and instructive annual session of four
days’ duration. These annual meetings
are in reality summer normal schools,
and the attendants upon them are always
much benefited. Teachers from all parts
of the state come together on the Island
and exchange views respecting the best
methods to be adopted in the school room;
how to Increase their own efficiency and
advance the morale of their charges.
Meanwhile the change of air, scene and
associations refreshes both mind and
body, so that at the conclusion of the an
nual meeting the teachers feel stronger
and belter equipped for the duties ahead
of them at the beginning of the next
school term.
The current Quigg controversy anent
that omitted plank of the Republican
platform recalls a soulful poem dashed
off a year or two ago by the Hon White
law Reid, editor of the New York Tri
bune and former Minister to France, as
follows:
If I were Lemuel Ell Quigg, Ell Quigg,
Eli Quigg;
If 1 were Lemuel Ell Quigg I'll tell you
what I'd do
l’d crawl into a little hole, little hole,
little hole;
I'd crawl Into a little hole and pull the
hole in, too!
It seems, however, that Mr. Reid’s fac
tion in New York politics is having some
difficulty In putting Quigg Into a hole.
Paris customs officials are regaling
themselves with Havana cigars worth
sixty cent* apiece in good American
money; and the cigars did not cost the
Frenchies a cent. The way of it Is this:
A Chicago millionaire of the name of
Leeds took a whole trunkful of the deli
cious weeds over with him. He wanted
to see the exposition, and he also wanted
his own especial brand of cigars. Know
ing lhat Frenchmen do not smoke or sell
really choice cigars, he took several thou
sand with him. But he forgot to declare
them at the custonv house, and they wera
seized and confiscated.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican re
calls that same years ago an eccentric
English novelist, M. P. Shiel, wrote a bo>k
called “The Yellow Danger.” In which he
told how a great Chinese statr sman b -
gun by embroiling the Western nations
over the partition of the ancient empire.
After England, France, Germany and
Russia had exhausted themselves In war,
the Chinese hordes swept from the East,
and nearly annihilated the population of
the Western world. The Chinese begin
by cutting off cable communications; then
they pelzed ail the foreigners in the coun
try, embassadors included, and distributed
them among the villages for tortuie and
death in order to kindle the war spirit.
“Fortunately,’* says the Republican,
“China is not yet armed and organized,
bin the time may come when the gha ily
dream of the romancer may 1> too possi
ble to be pleasant. The Chinese is com
monly held to have neither conscience nor
nerves nor mercy; familiarity with cruelty
has made him callous, and human life he
values no more than dirt. It will he an
unfortunate day when the 4 of
China follow ttife Japane.-e i r .to Mili
tant civilization of the Western world.'*
The Chicago Record, discussing Home
body’s proposition to foster the • migra
tion of negroes from the United States to
the Hawaiian Islands, says: “Unfortu
nately for the plan which contemplates
transferring many negroes in a mass from
the states to Hawaii, the native Hawaiians
have an ineradicable dislike for them. Any
attempt to unite natives and negroes in
political or social life would meet with
failure, and It is possible that the peace
and prosperity of the islands would then
really suffer.’’ It is a pity that this regard
for race prejudice was not considered in
Illinois and elsewhere in the North thirty
odd years ago, when the ignorant blacks
were forced as political equars upon the
white men of the South. If the people of
the North had been as considerate of their
own countrymen—men of their own blood
and bone—as this Chicago is of the
Kanakas of the Sandwich Islands, much
bad feeling and bloodshed would have bten
averted.
The most enthusiastic of the National
Prohibitionists only claim that they will
poll 300,000 votes in the national election.
Their ticket will not carry a solitary
precinct in the United States. Their
canvass will be absolutely hopeless,
nevertheless they will fight it out. They
are in polities because of principle, and
nothing else. One cannot help admiring
their pluck, whatever one may think of
their judgment.
PERSON A 1,.
—Among the letters advertised in a re
cent catalogue of a Berlin bookseller are
several written by Emperor Friedrich
during the ninety-nine days of his reign.
One of them gives expression to his aver
sion to courtly ceremonies, and refers to
various reasons why he should not be ex
pected to attend the receptions given by
ambassadors.
The Countess Louise Erdody,
death is reported from Vienna, was more
generally known as the “Latin Lady.”
Her great aim in life was to see Latin
again the international medium of inter
course and correspondence. In her own
writings she always used this language,
ivhich she had mastered to a wonderful
degree. Her hobby brought her indeed
to destitution, and she died in extreme
poverty in a miserable hovel. For its
sake she neglected the management of
her estates, and became involved in a
lawsuit w'hich lasted thirty years, and
brought about her ruin.
BRIGHT HITS.
—His Luck.—She—“Two weeks seems
such a short vacation.” He—“ That de
pends on where you spend it. I struck
a place where it seemed long.”—Puck.
—Jack.—“Well, whatever the summer
girl may be, there Is one thing she is not.”
Will.—“ What’s that?” Jack—" She is not
contagious.” Will—“How* do you mean?”
Jack—“ You can’t catch her.” —Detroit
Free Press.
—lt Has Various Seats.—“ What’s the
new from the seat of war?” she asked at
the breakfast table. He looked up from
his paper in surprise. “Please specify,”
he said. “Do you refer to China, St.
Louis, South Africa, Philadelphia or the
Philippines?’’—Chicago Evening Post.
—Drawing tho Line —“I suppose you feel
sure of your ground in the coming cam
paign?” “I should say so,” artswered
Senator Sorghum. “I think I may say
without boasting that I have enough laid
by to hold my own without mortgaging
any real estate.”—Washington Star.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)* soys:
"The making of the Republican platform
was so bungled by the bosses that a quar
rel has arisen among them as to which
particular boss or sub-boss shall be sad
dled with the blame. Tho reading of the
platform and its adoption by the conven
tion without debate, criticism or demur
was, like the naming of the candidate,
a merely formal function. The convention
was in no wise a deliberative body, and is
therefore not accountable for any hitch
or omission. Ii is suggested that In his
letter of acceptance the President shall
so amplify the scope of the piatform as to
rectify the blunders of its makers, partic
ularly in respect of the question whether
or not the con.-tltution goes along with
the flag and the sovereignty of the,United
States in our newly acquired territory.
The Chattanooga Times (Dem.) says:
“We think the. phio man is ‘off’ n trifle,
when he attributes the ‘swiping’ out of
the resolution to justify colonialism, to
Guigg. The Hon. Cushman K. Davis,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Commit
tee. was there or thereabout, when the
final touches wet e being put on the string
of juggles called the platform, and the
senator is a little weak on the imperial
question. He plainly showed that he
did not approve, of the Porto Rican taxa
tion clauses put into the scheme of gov
ernment for that Island, and he has
sharply qucstione4l the irie<r*>nsible power
of Congress over territory acquired by
treaty annexation, by purchase or by con
quest.”
The Baltimore Bun (Dem.) says: “Iron
and steel prices fell considerably during
the past month, yet the American Tin
plate Company still keeps its prices at
the highest notch permitted by the Ding
ley tariff. Its raw material is cheaper,
but the consuming public does iot get
any benefit from that fact. At the same
time the company refuse# to concede the
higher rates of wages asked by tinplate
workers. This i* the kind of tariff-fos
tered trust that deserves all the. odium It
gets. Its monopoly Is worked for all it
is worth, at the cost of the canning inter
ests of this and other states, to sny noth
ing of the users of tinware all over the
United States.”
The Nashville American (Dem.) says:
“The candidate for Vice President should
be selected with a regard to the platform,
and until that 1# drafted all booms should
bt held in check.”
Women nt the Poker Table.
“Come up to the house, Ja k. to-night,”
said the first man, according to the New
Ygrk Tribune. “We are going to have a
little j>ok?r r>arty—and be sure to bring
your wife. My wife plays, and we ll have
a gcod time.” t
“Thanks awfully, old man, but you will
have to excuse me.”
“Why, what’s tne maiter?”
"To be frank with you. I have played
my last game of poker with a woman.”
‘ That's It, <h? You ate one of those fel
lows whose gallantry won’t permit a wo
man in the game to lose. Weil, I have
passed that stage. 1 have played wdth
them too often. And then, do you know,
the women as a rule are far better losers
than the men?’’
“it isn't that at all. It’s the fear, ground
ed on costly experience, that I would go
fiat broke if I played against the dear
creatures.”
“Oh, you are joking.”
‘Wot at all. I won’t play any more with
women, int xicafed individuals or novices.
You cannot form the s ightest idea of
what any of them is going to do next,
and you can get no line on their play.
They are all bad enough, but the women
are the worst of all. I got in>o a game in
which there was a woman playing the
o'hcr night, and after it was over I vow
ed that it would be my last. She was
one of those women who keep up an in
cessant flow cf small talk all through
the game. Her game went something like
this:
“ I love to play poker with friends,
don’t you, dear?—is the pot opened?—as
I was saying R.’s bonnets were just too
lovely— cards, please—for anything,
but the flowers were—l raise—too horrid
—you raistj it again?—for anything—l
could never undersiand why' Mr. Gillette,
in Sherlock—what, raised again?—Ho’mes
—why, this is getting to bo a—should get
caught in such a cellar trap—plot—it will
take all my chips to raise it again, but I
will have to do it’—•—
“I had b en sitting quiefly all this t me
with three aces in my hand. In the draw*
1 caught a pair of fours, so you can im
agine I theught I had the. pot won. es
pecially* as my fair friend had drawn
three cards and all the other players had
dropped. So 1 continued to see her play,
and go her one better until 1 thought
that it had gone far enough, and then
I called, and she laid down four deuces.
“There was anoiher jackpot soon after
ward, and as I held a pat king high flush.
1 thought to myself. ‘lf she comes in I
svi;l get s; me of my chips back.’ Well she
came In quick enough—in fact, promptly
raised me when I opened the pot. She
continued her small talk and her play
of the Jackpot. When I called her, she
said:
“ ‘Ace flush. What have you got?”
“ ‘Me? I blurted out. ‘Why, I’ve got a
king high flush. But how did you get a
flush? You raised me before the draw and
then drew' two cards.’
“ ‘Yes, I had a puir of aces,* she re
plied, ‘but when you stood pat I broke
them and drew to a three-card flush,
drawing the six and ten spot of clubs.
Wasn’t it beautiful?”
“ ‘lt certainly was.’ I replied, but in
wardly* I was kicking myself all over for
playing with irresponsible creatures who
draw to three-card flushes. I got out of
the game as soon as I could, and that
ends my pektr wdth women.”
Took Him for nil Insane Man.
It is a difficult job to suppress the the
atrical pass fiend, says the Utica Ob
server. Tim Murphy, the comedian, says
it can’t be done. Last spring, when Mr.
Murphy was playing “The Carpetbagger”
in an interior town, a hotel waiter asked
him for two “complimentaries,” and as the
actor’s generosity towards waiters, boot
blacks an<l hotel employes is proverbial,
he received them. The recipient lost no
time in selling the passes to a drummer
and pocketed $1 for his enterprise. A few
weeks ago “The Carpetbagger” revisited
ihe town, and the same waiter again ask
ed for a ticket. This time he said one
would do.
“Do you want to see the play yourself?”
inquired the elongated comedian.
“Yes. fir, if you please.”
“If I give you a pass will you use it
yourself?”
“You bet I will!” was the emphatic re
ply.
“Come here, then,” said the actor. Drawr
ing a pencil from his pocket he wrote
across the polished shirt of the waiter,
’Pass this man to-night—if he is sober,’
and dated the line. ‘Show that at the box
office window,” he added, “and they will
give you a seat coupon.”
At 8 o’clock the waiter presented him
self at the box office window, and point
ing'toward nis wishbone inquired, “Is this
ticket good?”
“Certainly,” replied the ticket seller.
“Give me a ebupon, please.”
“All right, but lii have to punch tha<
ticket it it is a ‘complimentary.’ ”
“What, punch a whole through my
shirt?”
“Yes, sir, or else I must stamp it. Those
my instructions.”
For a moment the pass fiend hesitated;
then he returned to the attack. “Go
ahead,” he said.
“But I’m afraid it will spoil your shirt,”
This is purple ink and is indelible.”
“I don’t care, I want to see the show.”
A rubber stamp was pressed against the
linen and the waiter approached the door,
holding up the coupon for inspection.
"Ticket, please; I can’t let you In on
that,” politely remarked the doorkeeper.
“Weil, here is my ticket,” replied the
deadhead. “I’m wearirtg it to-night.”
“I’m sorry, sir, but all tickets must go
into the box so that we can count up the
house.”
“Thunderation!” ejaculated the pass
fiend. “Do you really mean it?”
“Y’es, sir.”
There was only a moment of wavering.
The orchestra was playing the overture.
He pulled off a "dicky,” handed it over
and went in.
“It was a darned good show,” he said
as he came out. “but,” he added, sadly,
“it cost me 15 cents after all.”
He Went on Hlx Pax*.
North American Indians always treated
wkh great kindness the insane and the
feeble-minded, believing that they would
be punished for any injury to persons so
unfortunate, says the Youth's Companion.
Oen. Strong tells how this belief of the
Indians enabled Prof. Hayden of the Unit
ed States Geological Survey to escape from
a dangerous predicament. One day. after
having filled his saddle-hags and pockets
with pieces of various kinds cf rock, the
professor found that he had wandered far
from his party and started in search of
them. Seeing some men on horseback
and supinrslng that they were his friends,'
he rode toward them, but, to his horror,
discovered that they were Indians.
Knowing' that he was in the country ®f
hostlles ho turned his horse and attempt
ed to escape. lint his saddle-bags and
every pocket were full to overflowing, as
was also the tin box containing bugs and
Insects which hung at his side. Thus
h.mdlcajiped he made but poor headway.
The Indians soon overtook him, and iti
sign language ordered him to dismount
They proceeded at once to take an in
spection of his possessions. He had noth
ing with which to defend himself, his out
fit being a pocket-knife, hammer, chisel
and watch. These they took, and then
began to plunge their hands into his po-k
--bringing them out filled with the rock
fpeoim^na.
Again and again they did this, until
pockets, pouch and saddle-bags were all
emptied. As the pile of stones Increased
upon (he ground beside him the Indians
burst Into loud laughter. Finally they
oitened the tin box, and when they saw
nothing in that but bugs and other insec'x
they rjulckly closed It. and. lo.k'ng at one
another, ami then very closely at Prof
Hayden they touched their ‘
and made the sign signifying crazy. Then
hey gave back all his things, even pick
ing up the specimens and. replacing th-m
carefully In his pookets.pcuch and saddle
hags, and In the sign language told him to
mount his horse and go on.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—An association of Chic gj l a-helois ns
been formed to establish a home of this
description: “Home should mean a nice,
neat and comfortably furnished flat or
house, which a man can cell his own, at
least for the time being, where he can
make a racket if he desires without being
afraid of disturbing anybody else, and
where he can throw* ofT collars, cuffs and
shoes, end stick his feet on the parlor
table without shocking a lot of 6illy
prudes.”
—An interesting engineering problem is
being discussed in Pittsburg, Pa., wher#
it is proposed to move the Carnegie Li
brary, a structure weighing about 58,000
tons, a distance of 1,000 feet. The li
brary is a steel and cne building, 392
feet in length by 148 feet In width, and
three stories high. The director of pub
lic works of the city of Pttsburg believes
that H could be raised on jacks and plac
ed on car trucks which would run on
rails. In the trip to the new site a ravine
100 feet in depth and JOO feet in width
must be crossed, and this would either
have to be filled or a timber crossw’ork
erected. Improvements being made about
the v present location, at the entrance of-
Sehenley Pftrk, will take away from the
appearance of the building, so its remo
val to anew location is being considered.
—“Are women’s necks growing longer?”
asks the Philadelphia Record. “A well
known Philadelphia artist says they are,
and he doesn’t attribute it to the custom
vulgarly known as rubbernecking, either.
He says the high collar is responsible for
it. All the life studies and portraits of
women seen at students’ exhibits demon
strate this. ‘I know a man,’ he said yes
terday, ‘who took a tape measure to the
last exhibit at the Academy of Fine Arts
and succeeded in getting data for a com
parison cf women’s necks painted tea years
ago, five years ago and at the present
time. He claims that the average feminine
neck has become elongated to the extent
of nearly an Inch during the last five
years. Remember, this is his claim, not
mine, although it doesn’t seem altogether
unreasonable when you come to think of
it.”
—When gold is ui-ed for the purpose of
beating, other metals are mixed with it
to give it the desired color. The propor
tions for the shades most frequently used
are as follows: Red, 18 grains of copper
to each ounce of gold; pale gold, 5 penny
weights of silver; deep or medium, 12
grains of silver and 12 grains of copper;
the gold Is melted with the requisite
amount of alloy in a clay crucible, the
temperature being raised about the fusing
point in order to make the resuPing
metal more malleable. The alloy, after
being cast and cooled, is rolled and an
nealed, rolling and annealing taking place
for six successive times. Asa result of
the continued roiling the piece of metal
increases In length, and at the conclusion
of this process the original Ingot has be
come about twenty yards in length and os
thick as a sheet of note paper. It then is
cut Into small pieces and goes through
the beating process.
—An engineering novelty is an armored
tradtion train for use in South Africa.
The train consists of traction engine, three
armored trucks, and two howitzers. The
engine has all its working parts boxed in
w ith protective plates which are made one
foiirth of an inch thick of a special nickel
steel containing a little chromium and
hardened by a secret process. The engi
neer has a slit through which he looks
out, and the plates are proof to Mauser
bullets. The train is designed- to carry
the howitzers and their ammunition into
the interior of the country, and each wag
on will hold about 12,000 pounds of the
latter. In the engine itself all the im
proved features discovered in an extensive
experience in South Africa have been in
corporated. The cars or w*agons can carry
the howitzers, and are provided with skids
on which they can be rolled inside, though
the guns will usually be attached to the
rear wugon and dragged tandem.
—Some important photographs of the
planet Eros w*ere made in- April at the
Arequipa station of the Harvard College
observatory by Dr. Dellsh Stewart, with
the Bruce telescope. An adjacent star
was followed In an eyepiece, and by
means of a micrometer screw the- pho
tographic plate was moved with regard
to it by an amount and in a direction
equal to the morion of Eros, giving a
negative where the planet appeared as
a point and the stars as trails. The ap
proximate positions were then computed,
and the negative sent to Cambridge for
further study. These are said to be the
first observations of Eros since its con
junction with the sun. and a month or so
later a second series ew eramJurer N..t
later a second series were made. At
Denver Prof. H. A. Howe, with the 20-
inch refractor of the Chamberlain obser
vatory, was able to make visual observa
tions on the evening of May 27. and these
are believed to be the first visual obser
vations of the planet since its conjunction
with the sun. Efforts were made by the
Harvard astronomers at Cambridge.
Mass., to observe Eros both visually and
photographically, but they were not suc
cessful, owing to the twilight.
—At Rio Janeiro. Brazil, remarkable
operations have been performed on Rosa
lia and Maria, two sisters, who were born
Joined together. The sisters are doing
well. Their case resembles that of the fa
mous Siamese twins, but modern surgery
will give them separate life. Rosalia and
Maria, the two little Brazilian children
who. but for the interposition of modern
science, would have hpd to live joined to
each other, were about 10 years old. Their
parents last winter determined to reek the
aid of surgeons, and to that end took the
twine to the Hospital Mircoacordia, Rio
Janeiro, where they were put in the care
of Dr. Alvara Romos. The two were
joined In manner similar to the Siam se
twins, only still more closely. Use of the
X-ray developed the fact that the seventh
ribs were, united by a solid osseous forma
tion, and that there was but one liver lor
the two. It was not difficult to sever the
flesh and bone, but, when it came to di
viding the liver, Dr. Romos hesitated.
Nevertheless, there have been cases
where part of a diseased liver has been
removed, so the physician was encourage 1
to make the attempt. The first part of
the operation was completed tarly in the
winter, when the ribs were cut apart. The
shock was so great to the patients that it
was deemed necessary to wait for a tltn.-
before completing the separation.
-The crowning piece of good fortune in
the excavations which have for years bee.i
carried on at Cornlth, Greece, by the
American School of Archaeology has been
attained. The only fountain in the Agora
(market place), mentioned by Pausanlat,
wax found absolutely intaci, with the
bronze lions' heads, from which water
once flowed, still In their places in the
wall. In pushing Into the Agora to the
west of the Propylaea there nppeared in
great confusion parts of a large building
a massive architrave, blocks with facet
rkhly carved with various ornamentation,
cornice blocks to match, and along with
them a series of colossal statues, male an i
fernnls, fortunately—and the fact Is excep
tloanl—with their heads. These were fol
lowed by some line reliefs, both Greeß on I
Roman, particularly a fine head of Ari
adne, in a state of perfect preservation,
as If it had Just come from the sculptor’s
hands. Other buildings adjacent (o the
Agora have been partially or wholly laid
bare, and the work Is still In progiees but
the crowning result of this year's work
will doubtless be this fountain, the top of
which is the base on which once stood a
bronze Poseidon, with a dolphin a' his
feet, spouting out water. The probabi lty
is growing that the massive architectural
blocks and colossal statues fell from the
Propylaea, a reconstruction of which will
probably be possible.
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