INAUGURATION OF DIAZ.
WILL 1(1 •■! N <KYI!NTH TKUM AS
MKMCAV I*l. KSI DK\T.
THE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT.
Ramon Corral, Who May Become Presi
dent, Is Fifty Years Old, Has Be.n a
R ■ ortcr, i.ditcr, Soldier, and Govern
ment Official-—Admires Pluck of an
American Woman— Charming Wives.
"Great mon have been only too often j
great destroyer-. 'ut we arc gamin- a j
truer insight awl re«ei-vin;: cur pi ,
ami admiration for tlio-c who have buihl
e.l <>reatly, and among thc-e President j
Diaz i- assured of high an i 1 a sting re
nown."
in those von Is we find the epitome of
Porfirii I'. work, and the in.nigur: ij
fiestas of Dee. l-i were the nation's j
stamp of it* approval. Ihe ceremony
of December 1 marked the beginning ol
Diaz's seventh term, a period of service
unpn railed in the history of limuhlics.
lie lins served six terms, five of which
have loen consecutive. If lie lives to
finish the present term he will Lave ruled .
twenty-se\en years.
Ramon Corral, who will he -worn in as
.
.Mexico in that capacity. Never ''fore
durin . 1 the. loiiu period of his Presidency j
has Pdrliri > Di:'/. liecn willing to admit
the necessity of a coadjutor.
For a week the city was "en fiesta,
arches garlanded with foliage and flowers,
spanned the princiiial stive;,. i■! te cap
its!l; the whole scene was transformed in
•
at ions were thousands of i« l. white, and
green incandescent lamps.
The X ti nal Palace, where the ' and
in <iiirn• ;: l h ill was held in the evening,
wis ablaze with elect lights.
On the fe -ade of the cat hedral, under the
great clock towers, were two large por
traits of Diaz and Corral, outlined with
incandescent - in the national i'dor--. *
huge flag of red, white, and green elec
tric light.-, i \ the regulation stripes, were
lioi ' : on the p.: lace cupola above
Hid ilgo'p Liberty Bell.
The fie-tas continued a week, and the
Indians from the hills, the tieia caliente
and the ■■■ ist, flocked into the cits t
display and sell their basket pottery,
drn ' n and feather work, comestibles,
an 1 dulcies.
And the air was filled with awec'
tune- for the Mexican dearly loves his
sweet music. Every park, glorletta, and
square in the eit} had its concert at
some hour dui ing the day. Diaz, who is
part Indian, is ruler of the find; once
more lie has declared himself elected
President of the republic, and the whole
nation rejoices.
Prominence of Americans.
Upon first arrival one is impressed,
perhaps, with Mexico's Americanism to
the overshadowing of the more important
strides made in other directions by the
republic on the other side of the Rio
Grande. Vet, this is not so stiange when
one. remembers the proximity of the two
republics and the dominance of the Ang
lo-Saxon race over the Ijatin.
As one rides in American-built trol
leys. over American asphalted streets,
once canals on which Montezuma's .sub
jects rowed, and Hies by a tablet marked
Puciite de Alvarado, an.l is told it was
here that Cortez's young lieutenant made
his perilous leap on the "Xoclic Triste,"
and further along on the same trolley
line <me passes the gnarled and twisted
"Xochc Triste Tree" itself, under whose
low-hanging boughs Cortez wept that
miserable night at the downfall of his
dream of Western empire, one needs an
immense amount of faith in I'reseott to
reconcile the up-to-dateness ol parts of
Mexico to-day with the relics of six- ,
teenth century ignorance; and fanaticism
one linds at every turn.
Ten years ago, if you did not speak
Spanish, you could not buy anything in
anv of the shops, inquire a direction, or
get around any part of Mexico without
an interpreter. To-day every shop has
its English-speaking clerks, and in the
streets there is always some one only
too willing to direct you, and thus show
oil' his knowledge of "lnglis."
English is in the curriculum of the
public schools, in the grades above the
primary. The boys ;md girls of the
wealthy are sent to the States to le edu
cated, and in consequence the growing
generation of Mexicans h:is thrown off
the yoke of Mexican restrictions and as
sumed those of American liberty. Some
Buy Your Whiskey Direct From The Maker
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Forst's 7 Year
old Rye /- \ „ ff 112
WHISKEY L- Plain cealedlcase
liar— -i| cxpressapc prepaid to your nearest
4 full quarts station.
|j|g|P M. $
Our goods is aged in the wood, ana JS pure and mellow, letter than you
h*ve had from others for the price, or your money back.
Any Bank in Pittsburg will tell you tit;.t our word is and that »r
are responsible.
We do not humbug you like so many advertising so called "Distillers."
By buying from us you get an honest article, made frou* honest, select grain,
by honest people.
MORRIS FQRST & CO.,
Cor. 2nd Ave. & Smithfield St.,
\ PITTSBWRG, PA.
If you will send us the iWnes of 10 families rn your vicinity who m* -
Whiskey for medical to whom we may *na<t our pricelitt, we wiJl j j
send you, with your first ordei\one tjuart of Pure Virgrf«ia Homemade Black- j
berry Wine, FREE. \ '
: time- (it is t . be regret!« 1) a pronounced
: ox't erne i< i h<> consequence.
Gives Social Standby.
I ;e ' er:can elen ut m> pr< lore iato
i hr. if >< u h til a liai . .•. i
j somewh .- iiartly gi A ... J .he div
! v. ill ii. .iiire, ■ ■ ■ .
! "to lon in \merieano?"
,
; fall •" per cent, in his i -tiinati n, nd ~ u
rather apoh -retit ill} give him year 1
I fashion. 'lu address, if, on tie; eo.itmiy,
I you are <uc o: the elite, an 1 I".I hivi
Ijondr . oi Liveip 01, cr Fund - !!ron
Unites, or Roma, or Mareella. he assumes
| ail air of dignit;. and whips up his hordes
' in great style.
And s . you dash up tin A' ii ii - i Jimr i
1 1/., a 1 HI the Aluineda; i-ometiiiios you •
I turn up iSurcareli, but oftcncst, you go by j
u .iv of the l'aseo, tin I beautiful drive |
way Irom the city to Chapultcpee, which
! Mexi • o\v s to th - 111-fated ( arlotia. j
i Finally a turn into a section of the;
I city which five yeirn ago was an expanse ;
>f fields given over to underbrush and
in |uit ii . . litch is to-day a new town
jof asphalte I streets, water mains, el i
'trie lights. |'erfe,-t. ewer system, and
covered with beautiful mansions. Here
reside the wealthy members of the for
eign colonks.
When you iliglit, your cabby, with
bold effrontery, demands <i rcales (equal
t about (55 cents of our money) for a
ride for which a Mexican would pay I j
| ivalcs. I here is no lisp arguing the
question with him. You live in the col
ony. \on arc sin American, you have
money (that goes without saving), and
you are the natural prey of the native.
Ileing an American and computing in
iVimM that it is only <>."> cent' in gold,
y u naturally e< anpare the nriee you
j would pay home— and —well it is really |
! not >. ortli quarreling over, and you give
j him ti i' ile- ind think no more about it.
t Charming Senora Carmen.
Senora Dinz Senora ( man. n- the
juv.pie love to call her .\a- educate 1 in
a • • it! In \"« w ttrli us. s;,„. min li
younger than the President, nd if is
. said th-.it. her influence has dene milch to
soften the stornnos- of his military na
ture. 's (• -p,• 11<- l-'.vglish pei i'ectly, and
j was voi . .1 iinlTe and charming during
the til,lien •• which she granted the
I writer.
1 as fortunate in seeing her at Chap
ultepec, the <-astlc which crowns the his
t> rie "Hill of the Gra-sln i per.' It was
a pcri'e e or:iin_r in early Septc mber.
The hi ivy rains of the ni.irht before had
imparted a freshness and eoolne-s to the
atni' -piiei ■ which v.is vei_. jcfrcshing.
and the bright sunshine of that land t i
tlowei - and tr. pical luxuriance shone on
a scene of unsurpass,>d beauty.
Ss*-inn i Di.iz has never had any chil
dren. spends "most of her time in cliar
itab e works, and is patroness of many
industiial M-lIOOIS and orphanages, where
jyo'!!i«r girl- arc taught to be self-sup
port ing. She i- deeply interested in the
methods of settlement work and indua ,
trial eh ols as conducted in the T'nited
Si-iles. and asked me many questions
which proved that she has been studying
the problem of elevating the status of ;
women in Mexico. And yet le r life is a
restricted one. She belongs to the old
j regime, in a measure, which hedges wo
man and dwarfs her nature with old
fashioned conventionalities. Her chari
ties are her only break in the dull rou- ;
, tine of Mexican home life.
The First Vice President.
Last the constitution of Mexico,
which is modeled on our own, was i
; amended to admit of the election of i
\ ice President. To one conversant with
i he social and (loan st io situation in Mex
ico this step was pregnant. \\ iiile Diaz
lived and ruled the foreign colonies felt
-e ure. llvery one knew that, if he died
| without a legally appointed successor
the country, like other Latin-American
• governments, might be rent and disrapt
. cit by r< '. oluth 11.
The oiiU.nnc of the lirol national eon
venti-in held under the amended consti-I
. tut ion \\n.- the sclei-tion of Ramon Cor
ral. mini -ler d the interior, is the can
didate of the Nationalist party 112 r the'
\ n-e I'l' -ideiiey. lii- "election" follow
ed a- matter of course as siirclv and
my -terioi'-ly as that of the President i
.uin-i'ii.
I Pinion i oiiiil e. as lnirii fifty years ago I
in the State of Nonora, He wns a re
porter. then e<lit r. then soldier, then a
niemhcr of the state legislature, twice ,
•rovernor of his native state, governor of
the federal district, and finally minister
of the interior. Nonora. iMjrdering as it
does on the Initial States, is more Amer
icanized than many others in the repub
lic. < rial is n uch of an American. He
»'• iiilv Ih t I',) develop t-li-ri won
i
>f «i >■ ry ,\ lUcviesm methods and
i.• needed; < lurefore.
A . .in . -tt-rji. i-'S. prbm
.l I- - .. an > ».t an-U to la;
■ 1 'mi \i !■■-> to t!w United
I 'i' -ii»fi guarded intu*- 1 I ■ of
: .i 1 hi!v >rk ;-g;.in >1 law
the ' ''lit of Ph-.siiU-nt Dim's
i 'J (.11.
Man of Magnetism.
'>' ai. !of wonderful magnetism.
His •••! ii> Id ck eye -eem.- to look
I -.! iii .Ml : : > tlif !i i-j)recess of your
ni 111 Jve-. yen back imtliilILT ill If)
|l.l < i • ■ -*!»« ;k> English, Lilt simi! Ji'.i
iH'rtiiti'i tion hh \ it• President, following
- example, lie Uses it seldom. lie is
I i:<qiien;!y t.i In- seen in the clreets of
I 1 lie c;tv <! .-slii::■ ■ along at a high rate of
| S|) <•(! in ' is breach automobile, and lias
ijie appear:it!>: i t a successful America
I bit-ine-s mini.
Hi- wile i-- a l M-.i nt ifii 1 woman, who
was educate 1 in a convent at San Vn-
I tonio, she speaks English perfectly,and
i inneii i <ir ■ progressive than Senor;:
j( -mien. (.'tirr.d is a man after President
KooseveM\s heart. Me eannot 1 -«• accused
'I race uicide, a- lie i- the father of
nine chil Iron, ranging from a daughter :
nt twenty to ii l.oy oi p rhaps eighteen
montlis. All the children old enough to
' attend school are being e.llt> -at.ed ill the
I nited Stale-, and all speak English |
diientlv.
While I was in M xico last siimni r I !
• conceived the idea of obtaining an inter-
I view with tk • man of the hour. Among
my immediate Vmi!\ and friends 1 rath
er think I lost Vte, nv* concepti<«l was
so utterly at variance with tin' narrow i
ion..on of woman's life, foreign or na j
t.vc, ii Mexico, lit ali/.ing that, i ha ! an
. 11 iiust impij-.-ible ti.sk before me, I na- .
tin ll\ turned : high quarter-, and call- I
:ng upon our own" Aniba-- .dor. fien.
; I lay toil, eu'.i-tel his inlllieii -ton iny ,
; side.
'l'd and my own letter of guu > a tee. 1 |
'.vent to the cilice of the minister of tile :
interior. (( orri'l still retained his posi
ii n s minister and only resigned on the ;
i-t of October.) Ilie department of (lie
iiite: >r is an old Mexi< in man-ion in 2 V
Mini ■ ' I alighted «l the fo, • of the
are <1 stairs in the inner ratio, and :
eli i i',l ti. tile second fli. r, I here 1 \va .
met by an attendant who politely in- 1
quire I my Twines.- unforuma.tely in !
Spanish. Not knowing much of the lan
guage, I , -.plained as \>cli as | could that
I ■> ished to see Senor ( orral.
Looked Upon as a Fr ak.
He evidently thought me - me freak in
the "new woman" order, but ushered me
mo-'t graciously into the v.aiting room,
fitted with line specimens of antique
Spanish furnishings and decorations.
Presently a dappci little man in irre- j
proachable attire entered, .lust as you
: would listen to the vagaries of a lunatic I
lie heard my request to lie sh <vn into i
Senor Corral's presence. He paid little
' attention to my cards, but bowing to the
ground so obsequiously that lie was pos
; itively in danger of breaking his back, he
i \ plained:
"I am sorry. but the minister has been
called to nn important audience with the
Prc-idcnt. Would y< u be gracious
enough to come back on Monday at 10
o'clock ' "
There was nothing else for me to do |
lait to return on Monday, so I left my
bowing friend, who 1 am sure was de
lighted to be rid of me so qiiiet.lv.
On Monday at 10 I presented mvself
at the house in Citlle Humbled! to find j
the place deserted. It was duarez day,
and a national holiday. Then the Yan
kee in ne flu red up w hen I found how
m\ little man had fooled me, anil I de
termined to see Corral or die in the at
tempt.
In the aftcrn on I wrote him a letter
•••.plaining mv wish to see liini, telling
iiim how I had been misinformed, and
inclosed my two aids. This I* sent hv
my own maid to his home on Calle
d'Artcs. Tn an hour I had his replv, ap
pointing the liext day at f> o'clock'in the
'aitern on.
'Alien I reached the department of the 1
interior tli • t Hewing day I \\a- received I
like a queen. I ves ushered into the ,
great man's presence In my dapper lit- !
tie I rien-i. ' a !k;:c_<- 1. ekward ■nd bowinu
so low that I was sorely tempted to beg ;
him i i delist if I would maintain mv
dignity during th. l approaching inter
view.
Admires American Women.
When I reached the private r hmii the
vice pre--idoni-elect received lue in a
thoroughly Americiin manner, giving me
a hearty handclasp. I apologized for mv
persistency :u trying to see him.
"A.;. Scnora," he exclaimed in the only
i English he used during the visit, and his
inscrutable eyes had a gleam of humor
in them. "I admire your pluck. You are
, decidedly an American woman."'
I did not just know whether to take
| that .is a compliment or not. It was
during the course i I our conversation
- in reply to my assertion:
"Senor, tic American pe pi' are na- '
' urally anxious to know all they can
about the man who will l,e lue ..c.a Pros- j
ident of Mexico."
I!' 1 made the follov iug freqiu>uL replv: ,
".Mi, Scnora. I am not \et Presiden! of
M"xi (tea. iJiiz i- a ver\ -t ciiym in.
with man,, vein-, , 112 life before . |
inny ho\<t I" Mivxico's J'resiAl? , ti;t. M
And as i listened to him ('••• - el
features of Porfirio Diaz, as I had seen.l
him the day before on hi- v.av to the i
ceremonies at the grave of Juarez, the
.ine;at.or, came before me, and. involun
tarily I reechoed tin; vice president's '•
words-—but as I gazed upon the face of I
the man who uttered them somehow I •
believed in his destiny and I knew that
he would one day be President of Mexico. | 1
for he could not help himself; he was i
but an instrument in the hands of a j
higher power.—B. M. Slierman in Wash, i
Post.
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W Now Is the time to Advertise I 1
A NEW TIMBER SEA
SONING PROCESS.
■ Bureau of Forestry Will Scfk Pol
in W; t rand Then Investigate Their
RiU;- Tit' Seasoning.
T! c- I i Km • -i ry . .it it new i
pcriment sti'inns in H "iscon-in mi l Aliel;
'
.111! luißi ick telephone and telegrap'-
ji-i'fs which hnvi. been i'>> w• •
ter for \ trying length* of tinu This i
iin entirely w- . line of cxperiup at. That j
immersion in water seems to ;tll'ect t 1 ■ .
rate of seasoning tins often 1 een noti «!■ ,
t'afting is id by many luml i mien t j
improve timber. and logs which have lam |
fur a long time in sw; nips are hi - 1 • 1h■ j
places eagerly lougnt fur their superior j
ity for certain u*e*. But just why tb'.-
should be t rue, and what practical n e
can be made i!' the faet in seasoning gen
er.tlly, are 111a11<-i -> whieh have nev »r
been thoroughly a -a:ei tained. "
It i- known that t 1 <• -'p of •;r« ■ n \v< '
contains certain soluble substances fal
bumon. -tarch, tannin. etc..
i which undoubtedly are leache<l out of
! timbei*'i itnersed in water to a greater •<:-
| le •- extent. In <. Hilary sea- uing these
! substances are left l>chfiid as the wat'*i*
| evaporate- and are deposited on (lie i - I
v. ills. \- " i-ioni' x levins on the l u'
! side these dep fits must act as <' •• s
which virtually bottle up to i <•• rt <in de
■ gre • tiie water in the interior. !: is pn»-
i'le also that ih'erfiieal eli.i ii;
j the wood cells are produced b\ -oilkin*/.
Timber ensonintr i- at bit tedious
j and slow work. It can lie dune i'aii-1
; well in ten or twelve m >nths, but tier
: '>U'_!i seasoning requires from eighteen I
I twenty four months the time var
' v. it-h the different kinils of wood. If t !.•
, i>urc Ml -I )•' realize- ;t S fMp< -
! fion- ■ "ii these new experiment •. i
isiiM' re piiiv'l fi.r -e.i snnixi'.' poles v ill It
|re luce.l one third, and possibl;. mm h
:*i re. Tl ,: - woilld prove an i ecditiyK
j valuable eeonomy. If. in a-: litaai, the
i dui ihilitv of the poles e.m !;-■ im-reasi .1
in this ,I '■(. - villg l tli to i; •
).' le 1 to til • cause of forest p''e- P. -
lion will be enorm us. For ever ye :
: add • ' to the -ervice of poles cut off a
pro;>< rliotiat dem>nd upon the ore-'
1 for their renewal.
In the c new te-ts the pole'- ill 1
\ sul. ncrged in water for difTere it p ri
from one week no. to deeide what leu
o." time will give the best. results. The .
u il! then l e place ion skids about ~l (<• -t
• bnve the ground and lelt to dry. I'he.
will touch e: ell i tlier, but will '■ laid on
ly one layer deep. ,\t the exp' rati n
ever thirty days each pole will In
i weighed, and al-o measured to asceitain
an\ shrinkage of its circumference. I'M
I -oiked poles lnive furnished a circumfa:'-
i curt- shrinkage it' one-sixteenth ti one
eighth inch in thirty days, and of one
i fourth inch in six months.
An iaipi.it uit matter in -cisoning is
the 10.-sin weight. I'ast experiments
with white cedar poles have shown ..
lo- in weight of about one-third after
sixty day- of drying. In the case of
eh.i -tiiiit poles the same lengt-h of tim.
shewed a In per eent los-. These poli
are Ion;; and very heavy .-and such a la re
weight reduction means'n decided savin,
in freight charges, and increased case in
handling. Hut this advantage. though
import int., is small in comparison with
the gain iu lengthened service. Further,
with greatei resistance to decay it wi'l
. Im. possible to lower the present- but'
diameter requirement, which is now
ba.-ed on the certainty that t will so .11
weaken the power of the pole to with
stand strain at the surface of the
grotui I. Altogether, if the soaking pro
ee-« tiillills what it s,.,.|ns to promise, i;
will hive a n ! ,!ilc bearing on one of the
large -.ranches of Uinlaer consumption. 11-
liioineiifs thought of the number of
p->'.s in i!- : . in the entire country wi l
show.
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KOVELTIES IN NAMES.
"Mywiphobia" is >ue ~112 th<* latest ad
dilions to the i-niglish language. It is the
| name of a complaint which most people
I will recognize. I'|. labl;. it- lominom -t
i line is morbid fastidi usiie- t'ersons
j v. im sutler trom liiysophobia become veiw
IMy in tlif'i !!■ nner. I'he. arc verv
partifiilar t hat'tinn- js not even a spat
on the tablet-loin's snow \ surface. Ev
er;. plate and dish and glass that is
brought tot hem is eagerly s. aimed for
any trace of dirty lingers. Everything
must be unsoiled and immaculate. 111
the advance:! stage of inysophobia. the
siitrerer is unable to resist the tempta
tion to wipe every art ale till! t K placed
before him. It does not matter how
clean or pure it may ue, the wiping pro
cess has to be g-.iic through.
I nciniariasis" is another novel coni
| I.lint, or. rather, it is a novel name for
au old complaint. It is the disease which
causes the existence, in certain States,
of degenerate- known as "crackei's,'' or
p ■ a whites ; in fact, it is tiie Lrcriu < J
la/.iness which has been isolated. In ad-
Stops Bilious Evils.
Yon are lielng poisoned with contaminated
blood when you are bilious, lust as surely be
ing poisoned as though you were swuliowinii
'} e "el'°i'o. That poison is wlmt
makes the head aclie, makes your mouth taslo
! I'/ 1 J 011 Irritubleat I'inner-tiuie—irrit
able then and worse after dinner.
pLU : l " < ' K blood and the
r,,,i I , " mn b y cleansing the stomach
and bowels, removing every taint of bilious
poison. At ilruggistM', 26 cents.
v« need stg • tb« sufferer enta !.«•-
i.i< Ie . „• unusuall; At o.it- in the
•*>•!•>.) court- t'h m« -'rate v..is
•;eh .- in.i I >*. .1 witnc, •. ribiug
i In- | il-oiier ;if "ti'.nn!i tuna* i out
"vc.iu f!mi a .trails i man ■■ h<>
givi it i« lift from tli cn-unm in :i
. .rkct ( it in return for wliieii ite a
-•i-i.- (lie c iiniun t« unload. "A dead
stonier" was another cttriiiti- c pros ion
U'i lin u Jjon 1 n | ■:! it ■ court, Die de
t live till it v -* .ell !•. own expres
).'»! li-' I i)\ ;t ]. I M lien In unlit II f>t
very well fn-e liini tlf Horn a charge
which w.i- hanging over hi head. In the
in question tin' charge w's that of.
stealing* lend. It was un;'•••!•: mite for
the prisoner, that hewn- a " lca<l homer."
A krod'er," •'.-craintny"eaggy,"
i
1 i->ti names for a left-han.!• ! nmn. Jluta
"j imhiste" i- alwit the latest name.
I his tame out in a case in < iiieli a person
w.i> Kited i r lessons given in d Mieina.
I lie defendant denied that iie received
any lessons, lint sii.! that lie -imply at
tended the dancing cia>< its ii jamhist'.
\ j.unliiste. it is explained. is a young
oeicty i ■: mi who occupies his leisure
hours hv acting as an auxiliary at. a.
elite I of dancing. lie is tln-ie for tie
purpi--* of dancing witn am of the wo
men win an in want of a partner. It
ippears that hi' ft rnishes hi- services iit
the ti; :iia:; i-Jhjol gratuitously. I!!-.
hope of reward usually is that he may
meet i rieli oi ng lioire-.s ni tie. inn.ol
and be able t . marry her.
"Kleetrof iunite" i- a peculiar kind of
indicia.!!: .11 pro.lie I y tile draught
fr ai in feli' til fiin or ventilator.
A "I'itehe.i pia.ii" is a mum; whit:!:
in lit. puzzle a .!•»•! many people. It tip
pei i. .i in a case Iri•• I at tin,- 'lerkenvelJ
i i;tity ( ourt tli:it nmong fu nit.ire pe
u.o\ei\s v, ;• i:: L'i;r C r man_'!e is il: iriaMj'
kilo, n . a "I;'t'.-liei l piano."
The Iter" ir an in trim it; "which
ha- m In-, n .pt lby the Admiralty
Hy ti.-.' u ■ 112 tlii instrument the flrir.;
accurac of the weap :i~ is enhanced
gi illy. With its ai t a gunnel hit-, beer
■ *.., ait atii u- I at. -J tn-'i -ails eight
i is v.'itli eight shells in one .inuto
After all, tlis (lotter has a. go d lumielj
ri-; • l«Hti it.
A terrible new nut- t i-» "'Tnyntflt -tin
; ti? acthyh-eetamidothyino!.' it is {uglily
rt ' . iiin i' as a tne:'-!i nnt to [ -iplt
•vho siill'i'r 1> mi "i-cvvc.-." It has bee
t'otii,.'. lim' evc-r, that in a t.w cases is
tails in its liTett, in which •• •*. an on
\
\.ila \by 100 . A i c■ ■ '. -■ t 1 : . i i
for tic nerve-: I'ln- London llourCila-
TH . ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE.
Ivicml: rj'nip is Entirely Free —How tt
Eecome a Member To-day.
I he Si. Nicholas League is an organ
i/atan to ind S(. Nit'll la> leaders ii
I closer personal syiiipathy, and to en
| courage aatl develop literary and artistii
talent Itv means .112 monthly competi
lions, with gold anil silver badges aiu
'ca.-h rewards. With tin November issiu
the St. Nicholas League legan it> sixll
\i-ar. During the past the years then
have been n.-arlv three hundred competi
tions, that i- to my. nearly three bun
died practical lessons to young reader:
in art and literan composition, with flu
; -suit tlnit a considerable number ol
; tliosc who l«'gan in the i.ulv days of tin
Le><n:e have graduated from its ranks in
to th >-.(• of the adult art anil literary
The la-ague has n<-ver been s,
strong nor so useful as it is to-day. Tin
i membership is larger than ever and tin
standard of work has never been higher
The regular competitor for them nth
; ly prizes j. sure to be benefited In tin
! conscientious effort to win recognition
whether >un cssful or not, and the coin
parative study of the work done liy tin
successful ones each m. nth is of greatei
1 due to the real!, ambitious young as
pirant than almost any other form lit ill
stiuctioii. as has It-en repeatedly prove!
b\ tin fact that many of tho~o who be
: g.m almost hopelessly have per-evero
and iitt.iiia ! the high-st honors, will
evcelleiit pr misc of success in it wide:
' field.
' most intelligent and progressivi
Cllildi'i ill tic world coin|>ose the St
s -In! - 1.-.-'U'ie. The I t ague member
hip is tntind free. A League bii.lgt
, and eertitic.ite. also full instructions, wil
! sent to an\ leader, ol to any one de
siring to heeotlie ii reader ef the St
1 Nicholas Magazine. whi !.h?r a subscribe:
or u t.
THE PKODUciION OF
NATURAL GAS IN igo3
Never before has the production o
natural gas in the United States been -t
i great a-- it 1 as in the year l!l(».;. This i
th-- opening statement made in Mr. Oli
pliant' le]K)rt entitled "The I'rotluct.ioi
lof Natural Gas in lOtl.'t," which tin
I l iteil States tiealogical Survey has jus
published. 'J'iic year's product w.a
valued at S : :!.i.Klo..",(I0. This is an in
lert -t-c in value of $J.'.)47.t!)7. or Hi pel
■ at, ii- eoinpired with Tin in
<• in l'enn-ylvania a.ntl Ohio was e.
p'-ciall.v ii-i.ar! .title, aiitonntin:r res]>ec
I »'y , iS|.s;in,t;:.l an I *:M -J. T
1 inc* td the product of West Virginia
a' o -!io\ ol an increase of .fl.lii-.17S
l-oitr State . ::uim-l\. I'ennsy! n'ia.Wcs,
| \ irginia. In liii. a. ;ual Ohio pit lutt'd 'l'
per cent of the value of natural gas ii,
, M 1.13,.13, Of these States I: 'liana alone had
a decreased production in l!)().*5 as com
I pared with li) 02.
The volume tf natural gas produced in
MID:! amounted to 23H.709.007.0(X1 cimv
fee' at atnuisplieric pressure and repre
sented approximately .").!1118,72a tons. If
the density should remain the same thru
out, this ipiantity would till i reservoir
that was l.ti2 miles high and covered a
square mile of ground, or it. would fill a
pipe that encircled the earth at the equa
tur and that, had an interna] diameter of
4!l feet. Its heating value would equal
that of 11,938,453 tons of bituminous
coal.
The Worst Kind
Alter Pile- have existed for a long
time ' 'i j> • cd through different -tages,
' ' "II", . is intense p • in, ai-ning,
throb i ! TIOI a form, filled to burst
ing With Mack blood.
'• 1 1 1 ■ 1 "■ indicating other t.imilled
1 to it thoroughly J*ili• sick
person.
I!:!-> when Dr. Leonhardt's llein
'-he n:;ly ill) ..late I'ile eujre brings
tne results that has made its fame.
Ii will litre the rno i stubborn ease in
exisioni-e a'lid a bonded guarantees to that
ellcxt goes Wiuh each package.
l l i- to hi had for .SI.OO at the drug
store, < >r from Dr. Leonhardt t 0., Nia
gara Falls, \. Y.
For in Delevan, N. Y., by G. U.
Saxtoc; Little Valley, N. Y. by C. L. Mc-
Louth; Machias, N. Y. by G. H. Jewell;
Mayville, N. Y. by Paul H. Xiesewctter;
Fri ndship, K. if. by F. H. Mason.
vatui ii was burned uuiing 1003
y me-i a- con u .ii l - and 7-22
manufacturer , a total of 034.201) persons,
firms iiid eorpor :t ions that wer ■ supplied
wi'h !i- 1 t, heat, and power. earefil
i stimat • pul.- the iiumler of individuals
fienelited at not les- than ■1,500.000.
A large iii iiiiut of money was expend
'••l in 11103 in building mains tor convey
ing natural gas, in equipping new coii'-
pres-iii'j .tutioM-i and in drilling gas
well , main I v in Ohio, V. -l Vir.inia,
Pennsylvania, and K insas.
Ii is interesting to note that the
1 I He pro lin cd !l!l ! .! per tent
1 I l ae e it.i i,\ lid i prodll t. oi natural
dr. (■'! iphant i—•. usses the natural-gas
in, Usiry 1 S :ite-. Ihe report also
; contain.-, a • .oty of intuii sting facts
relating to the wile distribution of na
tural .as iu I.lie I uited States its illutti
n. i'n.ir |'i. .perlies and calorific value, the
■ !>!'•'' " i> and < eonoiny of the natural
, gas e- "inc. and the numher of eonipa
: i . nt ••• ri'iu St it.es ml the v itue
of the - con-iil aline leh. A record of
W' il and I: • I ill , is i 11,,, tided. trie
report, wli lii- published separately as
' <"• ej.i vaci from the Survi; ' ■ forthcoin
i' - - : i" ■ "Mineral Resources of
.'i 1■ • if'-. 1 'IO:, it ■ h■ . itain
!e l. e. ; clt irge, on application to tin
- • t«;I ol tli ! n'led Mates t.cologii al
Survi . Wasbiton, 1). t'.
—o
Santos Dumont's Lunatic,
'••ant. Dm-' nt was di- tuning with a
;
; lilted hi- own air-ship at St. I.ouis.
"\\ iv -!i uld I have done that.'" lie
1. "Kit In Iv a.s era:", I ha\c done
, il. or 1 1 ey ware er. /y who charged ine
cith .:..i it. The whole tiling- reminds
me ii: an episode that happened before a
lunatic asylum.
lunatic, continued the aeronaut,
"leaned over the teiice ol the a.svlum
grounds, watching a repair job that was
going oil, finally lie took the pipe from
his mouth, blew n fragrant cloud of
smoke into tin air. and said with languid
intcre-t to the middle-aged man who was
digging a hole with a spade in the hard,
stony soil:
"'What wages do you get, friend?'
" ">-i\ dollars a week,' said the laborer,
and he unknotted the >od handkerchief
that encircled his neck, and wiped the
sweat from his face.
" Are you married?' continued the lun
atic.
"'I iin,' said the laborer, 'and I am
lather of eleven young children besides.'
"The lunatic, pulling his pipe, mused a
little while. Then ho said:
"'l'm thinking, friend, you're on the
wrong side of the fence."'
"(ieorge. dear,"' -lie said, with a blush
"do you know that Mr. Simpson asked
me last night to be his wife?"
"Well, I like his impudence. The ides,
"l prop. in an engaged yjung lady!
W hat did you -a\ to him?"
"I told him that I was very -on . in
deed. i in lie w ii- too late."—Tit-Hits.
* * # i
' fler I canty is of a striking type, isn't
! if;"
"it doesn't strike me."
"Daesn't it? Well how about her
j i tthci - physical proportions.? Did vou
; ever see such an arm and tist?"
" I hey never -truck me either."
"Good thing."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Florida and Cuba
1 liiak of the balmy sunshine, of the
I fragrance ol orange blossoms, of the gol
den fruits of Florida; then recall the
I snow, the sleet, the biting and continued
j cold of last winter.
Splendid train service, with every con
venience for tiie comfort and safety of
the traveler, has been provided via the
ATLANTIC (/OAST LINE, "The great
thoroughfare to the tropics," controlling
MOO inih's of standard railway in the
State of Florida.
Winter tourist tickets now on sale via
this line carry the following privileges,
without additonal cost: Stopping ofT. up
to .10 days, enroute to or returning from
Jacksonville; Many variable routes south
of .Jacksonville; Stop over privilege in
the State of Florida at any point within
life of ticket. For illustrated booklets
on Florida, Cuba or "What to say in
Spanish anel how te> say it," or other in
formation, address, W. J. Oraig, G. P. A.
Wilmington, N. C., or Geo. B. Ecker'
Agt. Pans. Dept. 1161 Broadway, New
York - RP Nov. 26tf